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Patent CA-2219064-A1 (CA)
Title: Battery charging unit
Inventor: MARTENSSON NILS
IPC: H02J7/00
Filed: 1997-10-22
Abstract: The present invention relates to a battery charging unit comprising a housing having a current supply means provided therein for supplying current to an electrical or electronic apparatus located remote from the battery charging unit, coupling means provided on the housing for coupling the current supply means to a mains power supply, means for coupling the remote apparatus to the current supply means, comprising a cable, and a reel provided in the housing for storing the cable in the housing when the battery charging unit is not in use, and allowing the cable to be dispensed when required. This has the advantage that by having a device around which the cable remains wound during storage and from which the cable is simply unwound from the charging unit when it is required eliminates the unsightly and messy bunching of the cable which is a feature of known charging units.
Patent CA-2219376-A1 (CA)
Title: Cellular base station with intelligent call routing
Inventor: WHITE TIMOTHY R
IPC: H04W88/08
Filed: 1996-04-29
Abstract: A base station communicates with a plurality of mobile stations over a cellular network. In one embodiment, the base station includes a transceiver configured to receive inbound information from the mobile station and transmit outbound information to the mobile station. The transceiver equalizes and decodes the inbound information and encodes the outbound information. The transceiver is coupled to a data bus for communicating the inbound and outbound information with the other elements in the base station. The transceiver is also coupled to a control bus. A trunk module is coupled to the data bus and to a mobile services center. The trunk module communicates inbound and outbound information with the mobile services center. The trunk module is also coupled to the control bus. Finally, a central processor is coupled to the control bus to control the transceiver and the trunk module. A preferred protocol is Global Systems for Mobile Communication (GSM).
Patent CA-2219745-A1 (CA)
Inventor: MASUDA SHIRO
IPC: H04M1/60
Filed: 1997-10-30
Abstract: An adapter and signal transmission cables for hands-free telephone system including a mobile telephone, car audio equipment such as a cassette recorder and a mobile telephone adapter. The mobile telephone adapter includes an adapter body, which can be pushed inside the cassette recorder; a hands-free microphone; a first signal transmission cable for connecting the adapter body and the mobile telephone; and a second signal transmission cable for connecting the hands-free microphone and the mobile telephone. The adapter body has a housing that resembles a cassette tape externally and a magnetic recording head installed inside. One end of the first and second signal transmission cables are joined together and connected to a plug, and the plug is capable of plugging into the voice input/output socket of the mobile telephone. When the mobile telephone picks up incoming voice signals, the signals will be transmitted via the adapter to the cassette recorder, which is then broadcast out through its loudspeakers. Similarly, any out-going voice signals will be collected by the hands-free microphone, and then passed on via the adapter to the mobile telephone for broadcasting. Therefore, a bi-directional communication is established.
Patent CA-2221581-A1 (CA)
Inventor: LEVINE ROBERT A
IPC: G01N9/30
Filed: 1997-11-18
Abstract: A sample of anticoagulated mammalian whole blood is admixed with a combination of reagents that will reduce the natural repulsive forces that mammalian erythrocytes have for each other. The treated blood sample is then centrifuged in a tube containing a buffy coat expanding insert thereby physically expanding the axial extent of the blood sample's buffy coat components in the tube. By reducing the tendency of the erythrocytes to repel each other, a clearer demarcation between the erythrocytes and the buffy coat can be achieved. The effect of agglutinating reagents which may have been added to the blood sample will also be enhanced. The aforesaid procedure and reagents make it possible for the first time to accurately analyze a centrifuged sample of anticoagulated bovine whole blood and obtain hematocrit and differential white cell counts therefrom. Additionally, human blood samples which otherwise exhibit a streaming tendency can also be accurately analyzed by the addition of a combination of the appropriate erythrocyte repulsion-reducing reagents along with agglutinating reagents.
Patent CA-2221714-A1 (CA)
Title: Mixing
Inventor: M RSKY PEKKA PARTTYLI
IPC: B01F5/00
Filed: 1996-04-19
Abstract: The invention relates to the mixing of a gas with a liquid. The apparatus has a mixing space (5) between two surfaces of revolution one inside the other, into which space the liquid and the gas are fed tangentially so that the mixture comes into a rotary motion in the space. The invention can be used, for example, in froth flotation processes, in dissolving processes, or in the aeration of waters.
Patent CA-2224637-A1 (CA)
Inventor: KUSZNER HENRY TONY
IPC: A01K77/00
Filed: 1998-03-05
Abstract: The present invention features a sportsman's fishing net apparatus having a shaft with forward hand grip, forearm leverage/restraining ring and fulcrum for thrusting the net into the moving current for the purpose of snaring and leveraging heavy snared fish out of the water with one hand while the other hand maintains rod line tension. The forward hand grip is angularly adjustable and the grip also provides a hollow chamber for containment of a waterproof flashlight apparatus to illuminate the netting area and assist in night fishing. The positioning and geometry of the handles allow the net apparatus to be held in a standby position and still permit simultaneous two-handed operation of the rod/reel apparatus.      In one embodiment of the apparatus the front grip handle and rear ring handle is integrally shaped from a continuous extruded or thermo plastic material to provide the necessary leverage action capability. A shoulder strap is releasably attached to the apparatus and the apparatus also features a elastic cord that tethers the bottom loose end of the net sieve up towards the tubular shaft in order to prevent water current from forcing the net material ahead the tubular ring and spooking the hooked fish when attempting to snare a fish that is positioned facing the current of water.
Patent CA-2229915-A1 (CA)
Title: Gas turbine stationary blade
Inventor: FUKUNO HIROKI
IPC: F02C3/30
Filed: 1998-02-19
Abstract: In cooling a gas turbine stationary blade, steam and air are used as cooling media, the steam is recovered surely without leakage and used effectively, and the amount of air required for cooling is decreased to provide a margin for combustion air, by which the gas turbine efficiency is improved.  A steam cooling section is provided at the rear from the blade leading edge, and an air cooling section is provided at the blade trailing edge.  The steam cooling is effected by cooling the blade by the cooling steam flowing in the serpentine flow path having turbulators after impingement cooling of an outside shroud and by impingement-cooling an inside shroud during the cooling process, the cooling steam being led to a recovery section from the outside shroud.  On the other hand, the air cooling section consists of an air flow path extending from the outside shroud to the inside shroud and slot cooling at the blade trailing edge.  Thus, the stationary blade is cooled by both of the steam cooling section and air cooling section.
Patent CA-2230542-A1 (CA)
Inventor: FULD STEPHEN T
IPC: G06F12/08
Filed: 1996-08-29
Abstract: A system and method that detects sequentially in the memory accesses of a cache data storage system. The system relies on either an internal analysis of the location of records sought to be accessed or hints from the host processing system. The internal analysis is designed to perform on the record level thereby avoiding a substantial number of misses prior to the detection of sequentiality.
Patent CA-2231197-A1 (CA)
Inventor: LEVANON MOSHE
IPC: B65H5/06
Filed: 1996-09-09
Abstract: An imaging apparatus and an improved exit device therefor are provided for guiding a substrate bearing an at least partly deformable image upon exit of the substrate from an image impression region on an image impression surface of an imaging system.
Patent CA-2231201-A1 (CA)
Title: Toilet bowl cleaning tablet
Inventor: MAINQUIST WILLIAM K
IPC: C11D7/08
Filed: 1996-10-24
Abstract: A cleaning formulation, in tablet form, capable of providing a metered release of cleaning active while immersed in the tank of a toilet. The tablet comprises greater than about 85 to 99 weight percent of a halohydantoin plus about 1 to 15 weight percent of a longevity aid comprising boric acid.
Patent CA-2231584-A1 (CA)
Inventor: WEIHL WILLIAM E
IPC: G06F15/16
Filed: 1998-03-09
Abstract: In a computer system, an apparatus is configured to collect performance data of a computer system including a plurality of processors for concurrently executing instructions of a program.  A plurality of performance counters are coupled to each processor.  The performance counters store performance data generated by each processor while executing the instructions.  An interrupt handler executes on each processors, the interrupt handler samples the performance data of the processor in response to interrupts.  A first memory includes a hash table associated with each interrupt handler, the hash table stores the performance data sampled by the interrupt handler executing on the processor.  A second memory includes an overflow buffer, the overflow buffer stores the performance data while portions of the hash tables are active or full.  A third memory includes a user buffer, and means are provided for periodically flushing the performance data from the hash tables and the overflow to the user buffer.
Patent CA-2231783-A1 (CA)
Inventor: SYKES WILLARD D
IPC: A63B47/02
Filed: 1998-03-11
Abstract: A golf ball retrieving device including an elongated handle and a ball picking member having a pair of side elements in an acute angular relationship, the panels being in pivotal engagement selectively widening the acute angular relationship to receive a ball between the panels, at least one panel providing a seat for selectively securing a ball between the panels.
Patent CA-2232240-A1 (CA)
Title: Peptide for inhibiting growth of smooth muscle cells
Inventor: KAMIKUBO YUICHI
IPC: C07K14/745
Filed: 1996-10-23
Abstract: The present invention is directed to a peptide comprising a peptide (A) of an amino acid sequence being abundant in basic amino acid residues and a peptide (B) of an amino acid sequence comprising at least two consecutive, hydrophobic amino acid residues wherein the peptide (B) is linked to the C-terminal of the peptide (A) directly or via several amino acid residues. The novel peptide of the present invention inhibits the growth of smooth muscle cells. The invention is further directed to a pharmaceutical composition comprising said peptide useful for preventing or treating pathological conditions associated with the growth of smooth muscle cells such as arteriosclerosis, restenosis after angioplasty, luminal stenosis after grafting blood vessels and smooth muscle sarcoma.
Patent CA-2232999-A1 (CA)
Inventor: FOX WILLIAM CASEY
IPC: A61C8/00
Filed: 1996-09-27
Abstract: L'invention concerne des dispositifs de fixation ayant des éléments s'adaptant d'une manière spontanée et cordonnée à un trou, une cavité tubulaire ou à un défaut d'un tissu dur. Un mécanisme d'actionnement transforme la force appliquée pour adapter une pluralité d'éléments à la cavité. Le dispositif de fixation peut être utilisé pour l'implantation d'une prothèse dans le tissu dur d'humains ou d'animaux, pour ancrer un dispositif pendant que celui-ci est transformé, ou pour centrer un dispositif dans un trou, un tube ou un puits. Le mécanisme actionne des éléments qui se détendent d'une manière interdépendante ou d'une manière dépendante et qui appliquent une pression connue et contrôlée sur le matériau qui les entoure.
Patent CA-2234602-A1 (CA)
Title: Arrangement in electronically controlled injection devices
Inventor: HJERTMAN BIRGER
IPC: A61M5/31
Filed: 1996-10-14
Abstract: In an electronically controlled injection device for the administering of one or more injections from an injection cartridge (1), the readying of the device for administering and the subsequent administering therefrom are controlled by an electronic control unit (7). This control unit (7) comprises a position or attitude sensor (8) which transmits signals to the control unit (7) such that said readying of the device cannot take place unless the longitudinal axis of the injection cartridge (1) is oriented in a predetermined direction.
Patent CA-2235005-A1 (CA)
Title: Powder inhaler
Inventor: JUUSELA PETRI
IPC: A61M15/00
Filed: 1996-11-08
Abstract: The invention relates to a device for the dispensing of a powdered medication by inhalation. The device comprises a medicament container, an air channel, a metering member equipped with a dosing recess, and a counter for the number of doses remaining in the medicament container. The counter comprises a mechanism which detects, upon the returning of the metering member into the filling position, whether or not the dose has been inhaled from the dosing recess.
Patent CA-2236276-A1 (CA)
Title: Fluid flow power generation system with foil
Inventor: BERNARD SAMUEL
IPC: F03D3/04
Filed: 1998-04-28
Abstract: A fluid flow power generating system is disclosed. The system includes a foil for accelerating the velocity of a fluid flow past said foil, to increase the fluid's kinetic energy. A turbine is located downstream of the foil, and at least partially behind the foil, and the turbine is driven by the fluid.      The foil shields the upwind side of the turbine. A generator is also connected to the turbine for generating electrical energy. The turbine is mounted relative to the foil, so the position of the turbine relative to said foil can be adjusted to expose more or less of the turbine to the fluid flow. In one embodiment there acre provided a plurality of individual systems which form a tower.
Patent CA-2238212-A1 (CA)
Inventor: CUMMINGS JOHN H
IPC: F21V29/15
Filed: 1998-05-22
Abstract: Piercing, heat sink, and reflector modules are detachably connected together to provide a lighting fixture adaptable to low voltage, line voltage, halogen, fluorescent, incandescent, and other lighting systems. In heat sensitive applications, such as insulated ceilings, a heat conductive basket sleeve is disposed around the heat sink and reflector modules, and the sleeve, heat sink module and reflector module are enclosed within a heat-sealing cover. Heat from the sleeve is conducted to a trim ring externally disposed on the lighting fixture. The lighting fixture permits direct connection to a continuous insulated cable without the requirement of a junction box connection, thereby facilitating installation of the fixture in either new or existing construction.
Patent CA-2239141-A1 (CA)
Inventor: BRADLEY JOHN STEWART
IPC: B01D71/02
Filed: 1996-12-13
Abstract: The present invention provides for microporous ceramic materials having a surface area in excess of 70 m2/gm and an open microporous cell structure wherein the micropores have a mean width of less than 20 Angstroms and wherein said microporous structure comprises a volume of greater than about 0.03 cm3/gm of the ceramic. The invention also provides for a preceramic composite intermediate composition comprising a mixture of a ceramic precursor and nanoscale size metallic particles, whose pyrolysis product in inert atmosphere or in an ammonia atmosphere at temperatures of up to less than about 1100 ~C gives rise to the microporous ceramics of the invention. Also provided is a process for the preparation of the microporous ceramics of the invention involving pyrolysis of the composite intermediate under controlled conditions of heating up to temperatures of less than about 1100 ~C to form a microporous ceramic product.
Patent CA-2239746-A1 (CA)
Title: French door gasket corner seal
Inventor: JEZIOROWSKI LES A
IPC: F25D23/08
Filed: 1998-06-05
Abstract: A refrigerator cabinet has a food storage compartment bounded by front facing vertical and horizontal walls. A pair of French doors are pivotally mounted to the refrigerator cabinet to close the open front of the refrigerator. In the closed position the doors have vertically extending confronting walls which include an intermediate sealing gasket extending along a major vertical portion of the confronting walls which are adapted to sealingly engage against each other to form a vertically extending seal.      Upper and lower corner sealing gasket members are respectively positioned above and below the intermediate sealing gasket members and adjacent a corresponding horizontal wall of the cabinet. Each of the corner sealing gasket members has a first sealing surface adjacent the intermediate sealing gasket member to complete the vertical seal between the confronting walls of the doors when the doors are in a closed position.      The corner sealing gaskets further include a second sealing surface generally orthogonal to the first sealing surface. The second sealing surface in an open position has one vertically extending outwardly protruding ridge contracting the second sealing surface to withdraw the first sealing surface back from its vertical sealing position. The ridge engages one of the horizontal walls as the door closes so as to flatten the second sealing surface into sealing engagement with this horizontal wall and to advance the first sealing surface towards the location of the vertical seal position. Magnetic strips are also located in the corner sealing gasket members to facilitate the sealing of the first sealing surfaces to each other and to the front facing horizontal wall.
Patent CA-2239788-A1 (CA)
Title: Appareil pour resection du tissu corneen
Inventor: NIGAM ALOK
IPC: A61F9/007
Filed: 1996-10-17
Abstract: Instrument coupant (100) qui permet d'enlever de la surface d'un oeil une fine couche de tissu cornéen, de préférence en laissant un lambeau. L'instrument comprend une partie corps (102) qui presse la surface de l'oeil contre une surface aplanétique (202) par le biais d'un système d'aspiration. Puis une lame (112) comportant un bord coupant (114) non perpendiculaire à la direction de déplacement est passée à la surface de l'oeil, de façon à enlever une fine couche de tissu cornéen. La lame peut ensuite être rétractée et l'instrument enlevé, laissant un lambeau de tissu cornéen qui peut être utilisé pour des interventions chirurgicales visant à modifier la courbure de la cornée.
Patent CA-2239851-A1 (CA)
Inventor: PAFFENHOLZ JOSEF
IPC: G01V1/36
Filed: 1998-06-08
Abstract: A method for determining water bottom reflectivities whereby pressure signals and velocity signals are combined to generate combined signals having signal components representing downwardly-travelling energy substantially removed.  The pressure and velocity signals correspond to seismic waves generated at source locations n in a water layer and detected by co-located pressure and velocity receivers at receiver locations m in the water layer.  The combined signals correspond to each pairing of source location n and receiver location m.  The combined signals are transformed from the time domain to the frequency domain, generating transformed signals.  A source peg-leg term and a receiver peg-leg term are calculated for each transformed  signal,  generating  filtered  signals. An optimization algorithm is applied to the filtered signals, using the corresponding source and receiver peg-leg terms to determine the water bottom reflectivity values Rn and Rm at the source locations n and the receiver locations m, respectively.
Patent CA-2241102-A1 (CA)
Title: Multi prism image enhancing lens system and method of making same
Inventor: ONUFRYK MICHAEL
IPC: G02B3/00
Filed: 1996-12-20
Abstract: A prismatic lens (10) having a plurality of integral prisms (60), wherein the prisms (60) surround a central non prism area (90) in an apex portion (72) in-base (62) out orientation. Each prism (60) is adjacent or contacting two other prisms (60) to encompass the non prism area (90). The present invention may include a conical, spherical or aspheric lens member (30). Further, the plurality of prisms (60) may be disposed on an object side (12) or an image side (14) of the lens (10), so that a corrective prescription curvature may be formed on the lens member (30) on either the object (12) or image (14) side of the lens (10).
Patent CA-2241648-A1 (CA)
Inventor: HOVEY GORDON E
IPC: A63B57/15
Filed: 1998-06-26
Abstract: Disclosed is an invention relating to golf tees on practice ranges and more particularly to the construction of a golf tee having a ball support portion associated with a piston portion, the piston being adapted to be vertically moveable within a housing secured within a base of the practice tee. In one embodiment, the piston and housing have a mechanism to detachably lock the two together and to provide controlled "drag" to relative movement of the two soas to provide a "feel" to the vertical adjustment of the ball support portion. In another embodiment, the ball support and piston are integrally molded of a flexible plastic material and the housing is of a harder plastic material. The piston reciprocates within the housing and has a lower end with a slit skirt encompassing a circular wire spring which forces the skirt outwardly with contact with the housing walls to provide the desired "drag".
Patent CA-2242235-A1 (CA)
Inventor: LEYSIEFFER HANS
IPC: A61F2/18
Filed: 1998-06-30
Abstract: Arrangement for adjusting and fixing the relative position of two components of an active or passive hearing implant. A first one of the elements is rod-shaped at least in the fixing region. The other of the elements, at least in the fixing region, is sleeve-shaped and can be plastically cold-deformed by a crimping tool or is made as a belt loop which can be tightened and in the fixed state loops around the rod-shaped part over an angle of at least 360°. The two elements are joined permanently to one another without play by cold-flow deformation of the sleeve-shaped part or by force fit and/or form fit when the belt loop is tightened.
Patent CA-2243228-A1 (CA)
Inventor: BARNET ADRIAN J
IPC: D21C3/06
Filed: 1998-07-15
Abstract: A refiner mechanical pulp is produced employing a two  stage  refining  operations  with  an  interstage chemical  treatment.   Energy savings are achieved to substantiate the same overall pulp quality by employing a reduced application of energy in the first stage of refining having a maximum of about  0.75 MWh/odt  of pulp.
Patent CA-2243842-A1 (CA)
Inventor: HOSGOOD HENRY DAVID
IPC: C08G18/36
Filed: 1997-01-27
Abstract: A polyol composition for reacting with a polyisocyanate to form a polyurethane resin, comprises: (a) a triglyceride of a C12 to C25 hydroxy-substituted fatty acid or a C12 to C25 hydroxy-substituted fatty acid and glycerol, which can react together to produce a triglyceride; and (b) at least 0.1 mole, per mole of triglyceride (a) or triglyceride capable of being formed from the fatty acid and the glycerol, of an oxide, hydroxide or carbonate of a metal from Group IIA of the periodic table. A composition for reacting with a polyisocyanate to form a polyurethane resin, comprises the reaction products of: (a) a triglyceride of a C12 to C25 hydroxy-substituted fatty acid, a C12 to C25 hydroxy-substituted fatty acid and glycerol, which can react together to produce a triglyceride; and (b) at least 0.1 mole, per mole of triglyceride (a) or triglyceride capable of being formed from the fatty acid and the glycerol, of an oxide, hydroxide or carbonate of a metal from Group IIA of the periodic table.