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Patent CA-2215965-A1 (CA)
Title: Packaging machine for multi-packs
Inventor: CHALENDAR ERIC
IPC: B65B5/08
Filed: 1996-03-27
Abstract: A carton feeding and erecting mechanism for a machine for packaging articles such as beverage containers (c) into cartons (ct) includes a carton conveyor (16, 18) for conveying an open-ended carton (ct) through the machine. The feeding and erecting mechanism includes a vacuum conveyor (42a, 44a) for engaging a lower surface of a collapsed carton (ct) and moving the carton (ct) onto the carton conveyor (16, 18), and a feeder (40) beneath the vacuum conveyor (42a, 44a) for selecting a collapsed carton (ct) from a carton supply (10) and placing the carton (ct) on the vacuum conveyor (42a, 44a). An erector (46) above the vacuum conveyor (42a, 44a) has vacuum cups (46a) for engaging an upper surface of the collapsed carton (ct) and moving the panel upwardly with respect to the lower surface thereby erecting the carton (ct). A series of upper carton engaging elements (481) above and synchronously moving with the vacuum conveyor (42a, 44a) engages the erected carton (ct) to maintain the carton (ct) in erected condition until moved onto the carton conveyor (16, 18).
Patent CA-2216252-A1 (CA)
Title: Stopper
Inventor: SKOWORODKO MIKE
IPC: E05F5/00
Filed: 1997-09-23
Abstract: A stopper of generally triangular section having a base and a upper surface.  The base includes a material of high friction and the top is smooth and flexible.
Patent CA-2216724-A1 (CA)
Title: Solitons in dispersion flattened waveguide
Inventor: KECK DONALD B
IPC: H04B10/17
Filed: 1996-05-23
Abstract: A combination of dispersion flattened single mode optical waveguide fiber (14) and soliton signal pulses (18, 20) yields an optimum telecommunication system capacity. The dispersion flattenend fiber (14) serves to relax tolerances on soliton center wavelength and intensity. In addition, the inventive combination facilitates the design and use of long haul systems using optical amplifiers (16).
Patent CA-2218304-A1 (CA)
Title: Engine for vehicle
Inventor: AOKI KAORU
IPC: F02F7/00
Filed: 1997-10-15
Abstract: In an engine for a vehicle including a bearing cap integral type oil pan which has a plurality of bearing cap sections integrally provided thereon and which is integrally coupled to a cylinder block, connecting bolts are screwed into the bearing cap sections from the cylinder block to integrally couple the cylinder block and the oil pan to each other. An oil pan chamber, which is an as-cast bore made by drawing a die in an axial direction of a crankshaft, is defined to extend continuously in the axial direction of a crankshaft between the bearing cap sections and bottom wall of the oil pan. Thus, the oil pan can be produced simply, at a low cost, by a casting process and moreover, it is possible to reduce the weight and size of the oil pan and increase the rigidity of the oil pan.
Patent CA-2221550-A1 (CA)
Title: Retaining barrier attachment for animal cages
Inventor: EICOFF JEFFEREY
IPC: A01K31/06
Filed: 1997-11-18
Abstract: A retaining skirt or barrier is provided for animal cages. A skirt comprising a sheet, preferably made from a clear plastic or polymer material, is provided that can be wrapped around the bottom portion of an animal cage. The two ends of the skirt can be detachably and adjustably connected to one another so that a skirt of a single length can be utilized on animal cages of varying sizes.
Patent CA-2224495-A1 (CA)
Title: Feed digestibility measurement in ruminants
Inventor: WILLIAMS PETER
IPC: G01N21/35
Filed: 1996-08-07
Abstract: This invention concerns a process for determining in vivo nutritional value during the digestive transit of feed in ruminants through analysis of the feed (especially silage) through spectrophotometry in the near infrared.
Patent CA-2225802-A1 (CA)
Title: Connector for solid or hollow profile sections
Inventor: GUICHARD JACQUES
IPC: E04B1/26
Filed: 1996-06-28
Abstract: PCT No. PCT/FR96/01009 Sec. 371 Date Jan. 26, 1998 Sec. 102(e) Date Jan. 26, 1998 PCT Filed Jun. 28, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO97/02389 PCT Pub. Date Jan. 23, 1997A connector for profile sections having axes that intersect at a certain angle ( alpha ,  beta ) includes a connecting member folded or cut so that it defines a bearing surface provided with a through-bore and arranged to be attached to any one of the surfaces of a first profile section, the connecting member being pivotable about a first axis parallel or orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the through-bore, and at least one portion of the member further being pivotable about a second axis orthogonal to the first axis (D1); the part of the connector located beyond a plane parallel to the first axis and passing through the second pivot axis forms an initial attachment portion to which a second profile section is attached either directly or by an insert.
Patent CA-2225814-A1 (CA)
Title: Gaseous fuel supply device for an internal combustion engine
Inventor: HESSELS JOHANNES L L
IPC: F02M21/02
Filed: 1996-06-20
Abstract: A device suitable for supplying a gaseous fuel to an internal combustion engine comprising combustion chambers, which device is provided with an evaporator (3) and with a metering device (5), said metering device (5) on an inlet side being in communication with an evaporating chamber (13) disposed within the evaporator (3). On an outlet side, the metering device (5) is provided with a main pipe, said main pipe after said metering device branching into a number of pipes (63) connected to the individual combustion chambers.  Each pipe (63) is provided with a predetermined local constriction (65), across which at least 85 % of the pressure drop from the division of the main pipe into the individual pipes to the combustion chambers takes place, whereby the differences in the flow resistances of the local constrictions of the individual pipes are 5 % at most.
Patent CA-2228191-A1 (CA)
Inventor: KATO OSAMU
IPC: B32B15/08
Filed: 1998-01-28
Abstract: There is disclosed a resin-coated aluminum alloy plate material good in flaw resistance, formability and/or workability, and printability, which comprises an aluminum alloy plate, whose Vickers hardness (Hv) is 30 or more, and an organic resin film having a thickness of 0.5 µm or more, but 20 µm or less, and containing a resin, whose glass transition temperature (Tg) is 10 °C or less, and a wax and/or a fluororesin-series lubricant in an added amount of 1 to 30% by weight based on the solid content in the organic resin film, the organic resin film being coated on a surface of the aluminum alloy plate.  The resin-coated aluminum alloy plate material has good flaw resistance, formability and/or workability, and printability, and can be preferably used as a shutter material of a recording medium cassette.
Patent CA-2229462-A1 (CA)
Title: Culasse composite faite d'une matrice ceramique renforcee par fibres et revetement de culasse pour moteurs a combustion interne
Inventor: ATMUR STEVEN
IPC: F02F7/00
Filed: 1996-07-16
Abstract: La présente invention concerne des composants pour moteurs à combustion interne, et plus particulièrement une culasse (10) entièrement céramique, ou encore un revêtement composite (11) fait d'une matrice céramique renforcée par fibres, pour un moteur à combustion interne. La présente invention permet de résoudre les problèmes de défaillances dues à des chocs thermiques, de dégâts provoqués par de faibles impacts, d'érosion, de poids du moteur, et autres problèmes similaires. Cette culasse (10) entièrement céramique, ou le revêtement composite (11) fait d'une matrice céramique renforcée par fibres, comportent également un puits de chaleur (12) à la surface supérieure de manière à maintenir à un niveau raisonnable les températures auxquelles on peut les toucher. La culasse céramique ou le revêtement de culasse sont conçus pour une automobile et peuvent être placés sous le capot de cette dernière sans que la chaleur dégagée ne cause de dommages aux autres systèmes du véhicule.
Patent CA-2229857-A1 (CA)
Inventor: COLLOMS MARTIN
IPC: H04R7/06
Filed: 1996-09-02
Abstract: An inertial vibration transducer (9) characterised by a plate-like piezo-electric bender (27) and means (20, 93) adapted to mount the bender on a member (2) to be vibrated, the arrangement being such that a substantial part of the bender is spaced from the member for movement relative thereto.
Patent CA-2230013-A1 (CA)
Title: Continuous metal manufacturing method and apparatus therefor
Inventor: CLARK MIKE
IPC: B22D11/16
Filed: 1998-02-20
Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the manufacture of steel, in the form of rod, bar or strip, from the molten metal to the final rolled product comprising a casting process and a rolling process coupled together with a balanced mass flow rate, wherein the rolling process includes a first rolling stage followed by a second rolling stage, and wherein a temperature controlling stage is arranged between the first and second rolling stages, which comprises a first state in which it operates to prepare the steel for rolling in the austenitic phase, and an alternative second state in which the temperature controlling stage operates to prepare the steel for rolling in the ferritic phase, said temperature controlling stage being selectively operable between the first state and the second state, such that the steel passes through the same subsequent second rolling stage, correspondingly in the austenitic phase or alternatively the ferritic phase. Thetemperature controlling means may comprises a heat retaining means which, in the first state encloses the steel to retain heat therein, and is openable to form the second state, in which the steel is exposed to the surrounding cooling air. Alternatively, it may comprises a heat providing or retaining means and a separate heat removing or cooling means arranged either in parallel with the selected temperature control means, being arranged in-line or in series, on-line.
Patent CA-2230051-A1 (CA)
Inventor: BARBER JILL
IPC: C12N15/09
Filed: 1996-08-14
Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a substantially deuteriated substance comprising the steps of growing on a deuteriated medium an organism producing the substance, wherein the organism has been adapted to deuteriated medium such that on a deuteriated medium it produces approximately the same quantity of the deuteriated substance as the non-adapted organism produces of the non-deuteriated substance on a non-deuteriated medium. Also provided are substances produced according to the method of the present invention, MRE600 for use in a method of production of a substantially deuteriated substance, and substantially deuteriated EFTu having a substantially greater half-life in the presence of chymotrypsin in protiated media than protiated EFTu.
Patent CA-2230280-A1 (CA)
Title: Adjustable planter box hangar
Inventor: GRASSI WALTER L
IPC: A47G7/04
Filed: 1998-02-23
Abstract: An adjustable planter box hanger for hanging a planter box at a selected angular position from a support structure having front and rear faces adjoined by a top brim portion comprises left and right hanging support brackets, each having a support structure engaging top portion for engaging the top brim portion of a support structure, and terminating in a downwardly turned lip portion for engaging the rear face of a support structure. Each of the left and right hanging support brackets also has a main downwardly depending leg having top and bottom ends and depending from the support structure engaging top portion, and an outwardly projecting support arm for receiving a planter box thereon. The outwardly projecting support arm terminates in an upwardly turned lip portion. An angle adjustment member has left and right bracket engagement member terminating at inner ends that are coterminous with and interconnected by a substantially straight cross member, for engaging, in use, the front face of a support structure. Each of the left and right bracket engagement members extends forwardly from the cross member. The left and right bracket engagement members are engagable forwardly and rearwardly along the bracket engagement members in selectively adjustable relation with the respective left and right hanging support brackets, such that any one of a plurality of fore and aft support positions can be selected, whereby each left and right hanging support bracket is displaced a selected distance from the front face of a support structure, thus permitting the downwardly depending leg to be disposed substantially vertically and the outwardly projecting support arm to be disposed substantially horizontally.
Patent CA-2233326-A1 (CA)
Title: Liquid projectile launcher
Inventor: FITTER JOHAN CHRISTIAAN
IPC: F41B6/00
Filed: 1996-09-30
Abstract: A fluid projectile launcher (10) comprises a barrel having an open end and a closed end defining a breech portion (50). The breech portion (50) is arranged to hold a dosage of fluid (56) in the form of an ionizing medium for rendering the fluid electrically conductive and an active substance which induces a physiological reaction in living organisms. The projectile launcher (10) includes a launching initiation circuit in the form of a capacitor (22) and an inductance (36), and a pair of electrodes (38A, 38B) forming part of the breech portion (50). Trigger means (40) are provided for allowing the energy storage means (22) to discharge into the dosage of fluid (56) in the breech portion (50) via the electrodes (52, 38A, 38B) so as to cause the dosage of fluid (56) to be projected from the open end of the barrel as a fluid projectile. The leads (38A, 38B) connecting the capacitor (22) and inductance (36) are arranged in a radially symmetrical pattern about a tubular first electrode so as to create an electromagnetic field which is functionally symmetrical in the plane normal to the central axis of the barrel. The launcher may be in the form of a portable hand held device.
Patent CA-2233393-A1 (CA)
Title: Dielectric filter and communication apparatus using same
Inventor: HIRATSUKA TOSHIRO
IPC: H01P1/20
Filed: 1998-03-26
Abstract: A dielectric filter is formed by constituting electrode non-formation parts opposed as inserting both main surfaces of a dielectric plate as dielectric resonator, as well as by providing two coupling members coupled to said dielectric resonator, and a large attenuation quantity required for a certain frequency in a blocking area is secured by generating an attenuation pole in a predetermined frequency area; a dielectric resonator is Constituted by providing an electrode on a upper surface of a dielectric plate as a portion thereof being an electrode non-formation part, providing an electrode on a lower surface of the dielectric plate as a portion opposite to the electrode non-formation part being an electrode non-formation part, and nearly placing probes as coupling members, as well as placing both probes in note-parallel.
Patent CA-2233492-A1 (CA)
Inventor: TRAVAGLINI VINCENT
IPC: B29C45/27
Filed: 1998-03-30
Abstract: A nozzle arrangement for a plastic injection molding apparatus, said nozzle arrangement including a nozzle housing, a nozzle tip having a flanged end and a collar threadedly received by the nozzle housing for retaining the nozzle tip within the nozzle housing. The flanged end of the nozzle tip contacts the nozzle housing over a substantial portion of an inner face and a circumference of the flange to ensure good heat transfer and sealing between the nozzle tip and the nozzle housing. The collar has a sealing rib extending about its circumference which is closely spaced to an outer edge of the nozzle housing to further ensure against melt seepage.
Patent CA-2234024-A1 (CA)
Inventor: STONEBACK DEAN A
IPC: H04N7/173
Filed: 1996-12-16
Abstract: Un système de réduction de la variance de gain et de l'entrée de bruit parasite diminue dans son ensemble les interférences parasites pour la totalité d'un chemin de transmission de retour dans un système de télévision par câble, et permet de réduire la puissance d'émission de retour du terminal d'abonné. Le système attribue une perte calculée à chaque prise d'abonné (67, 69, 71, 73). Ces pertes permettent à la tête de réseau de recevoir un gain plus cohérent dans le chemin de transmission de retour, ce qui réduit la puissance nécessaire à l'émission de retour du terminal. Elles diminuent en outre l'entrée de bruit dans le chemin de transmission de retour.
Patent CA-2238828-A1 (CA)
Inventor: THOUVIER STEPHANE
IPC: G01L7/04
Filed: 1996-11-15
Abstract: A pressure gauge comprising a body (14) and a pressure sensing member consisting of a resiliently flexible curved tube (12) attached to said body (14) and having a fixed end (16) for communication with a fluid to enable pressure measurement, and a closed opposite end (18) freely movable by the fluid pressure relative to said body (14) and controlling a pressure indicator (20). Said gauge comprises at least one stop (36) arranged between the body (14) and the tube (12) for restricting the resiliency of the tube (12).
Patent CA-2240213-A1 (CA)
Title: Non-destructive evaluation of geological material structures
Inventor: MOMAYEZ MOE
IPC: G01N3/00
Filed: 1998-06-10
Abstract: A portable system for non-destructive evaluation of geological material structures comprises an impact device which impacts a spherical surfaced member against the surface of the structure. A vertical displacement transducer and a horizontal displacement transducer detect reflected signals from an interface of the structure, the signals being processed to give a indication of the depth of the interface from the surface of the interface and also provide an evaluation of the physical properties of the structure.
Patent CA-2240586-A1 (CA)
Inventor: CHEN WATERSON
IPC: E05B67/38
Filed: 1998-06-12
Abstract: A padlock includes a lock base having first and second shackle insert holes and a lock receiving space, a lock unit received in the lock receiving space, a shackle having a longer leg portion which is retained slidably and rotatably in the first shackle insert hole, and a shorter leg portion which is received removably in the second shackle insert hole, and a spring-loaded retaining unit mounted on the lock base and extending into the lock receiving space for engaging the lock unit so as to retain releasably the lock unit in the lock receiving space. The retaining unit is accessible by means of a tool which is inserted into the second shackle insert hole when the shorter leg portion of the shackle is removed from the second shackle insert hole, and is adapted to be actuated by the tool so as to disengage the lock unit in order to permit removal of the lock unit from the lock receiving space.
Patent CA-2240813-A1 (CA)
Title: Process for broadening cholesteric reflection bands of photopolymerizable cholesteric liquid crystals and optical elements produced by this process
Inventor: SCHWALB GEORG
IPC: C09K19/38
Filed: 1998-06-16
Abstract: Process for broadening cholesteric reflection bands of photopolymerizable cholesteric liquid crystals, and optical elements produced by this process.   The invention  relates  to  a  process  for  broadening  the cholesteric reflection  bands  of  photopolymerizable cholesteric  liquid  crystals,  which  comprises  the following process steps:     1) partial polymerization of a layer containing photopolymerizable  cholesteric  liquid  crystals  by exposure to actinic light for a defined brief period at a defined temperature, 2) observance of a defined waiting time without exposure (dark phase) at a defined temperature, 3) fixing of the resultant layer by exposure to actinic light at a defined temperature.
Patent CA-2241906-A1 (CA)
Title: Method and system for optical restoration tributary switching in a fiber network
Inventor: FEE JOHN A
IPC: H04B10/03
Filed: 1996-12-30
Abstract: A method and system for restoration of a fiber communication network through optical tributary switching. Multi-port optical cross-switches switch traffic at the tributary side of lightwave terminal equipment in the event of a network failure. Optical tributary switching is implemented in a variety of all-optical core network architectures including separate disjoint path, linkbased mesh, and path-based mesh configurations. Network resiliency is enhanced without introducing loss over a high-speed fiber line or trunk.
Patent CA-2244949-A1 (CA)
Inventor: ROGOLS SAUL
IPC: A23L19/18
Filed: 1998-08-12
Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing a frozen potato product with a film-like coating on the outer surface which coating comprises greater than 60% by weight solids of a starch product including the steps of: cutting the potatoes; blanching the potatoes; dust coating the potatoes with a dry composition comprising greater than 60% by weight solids of a starch product; and freezing the potatoes. Also provided is a method by which the gelatinizable components of a dry coating mixture are blended and gelatinized prior to forming a dust.
Patent CA-2245732-A1 (CA)
Title: Detection of dioxin-like compounds by detection of transformed ah receptor/arnt complex
Inventor: WHEELOCK GEOFFREY D
IPC: G01N33/567
Filed: 1997-02-13
Abstract: A method of detecting dioxin-like compounds consisting essentially of the group of compounds: polychlorinated dibenzodioxins, polychlorinated dibenzofurans, polychlorinated biphenyls, and structural analogues thereof which exhibit biological activity characteristic of polychlorinated dibenzodioxins, polychlorinated dibenzofurans, polychlorinated biphenyls. The assay includes: 1) an inactive Ah receptor in a form capable of binding to the dioxin-like compounds and being tranformed to an active form that forms a complex with ARNT and binds a dioxin responsive element, and 2) a quantity of ARNT sufficient to optimize Ah receptor transformation. A test sample is contacted with the assay under conditions effective to bind the dioxin-like compounds to the Ah receptor and allow transformation of the Ah receptor to an active form that forms a complex with ARNT. The presence of the complex containing the transformed Ah receptor and the ARNT is detected. The presence of the complex containing the transformed Ah receptor and the ARNT is detected with an antibody with a region capable of binding to the ARNT when associated with the complex.
Patent CA-2246615-A1 (CA)
Title: Biodegradable polymer networks for use in orthopedic and dental applications
Inventor: SHASTRI VENKATRAM R
IPC: A61B17/58
Filed: 1997-02-19
Abstract: Biodegradable polymer networks are provided which are useful in a variety of dental and orthopedic applications. The biodegradable polymer networks can be formed in one embodiment by polymerizing anhydride prepolymers including cross-linkable groups, such as unsaturated moieties. The anhydride prepolymers can be cross-linked, for example in a photopolymerization reaction by irradiation of the prepolymer with light in the presence of a free radical initiator. Suitable anhydride prepolymers include dianhydrides of a dicarboxylic acid and a carboxylic acid molecule comprising a cross-linkable group. For example, methacrylic acid dianhydrides of monomers or oligomers of a diacid such as sebacic acid or 1,3-bis(p-carboxyphenoxy)-hexane can be used. The anhydride prepolymers can be applied in vivo to a site where an orthopedic implant is needed, and then may be cross-linked, for example, by irradiation with UV light, to form a biodegradable implant such as a rod, pin or plate. The implants advantageously provide mechanical support and also are capable of slow surface degradation to permit bone ingrowth.