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Patent CA-2183608-A1 (CA)
Title: Apparatus and method for generating address change notice
Inventor: MANDULEY FLAVIO M
IPC: G06Q30/00
Filed: 1996-08-19
Abstract: An apparatus and method for automatically generating address change notices. A semi-automatic mail sortation system is provided which includes a database of names and associated mailing addresses in addition to sortation information. When a mail piece is received the addressee's name and associated mailing address are accessed from the database and if the address on the mail piece does not match the address from the database the return address on the mail piece is scanned into the system the return address and the information retrieved from the database are then merged to form an address change record. Batches of address change records are later output to produce address change notices. Properly addressed mail pieces are sorted in a conventional manner.
Patent CA-2183749-A1 (CA)
Title: Bleaching Agent
Inventor: LAGNEMO HANS
IPC: C07C59/245
Filed: 1995-01-30
Abstract: The invention relates of particles comprising a peroxy compound with capability of releasing hydrogen peroxide or peroxy acids in aqueous solutions, wherein in that the core of the particles contain alkali metal silicate and a chelating agent selected from alkali metal salts or alkaline earth metal salts of a hydroxy carboxylic acid satisfying the formula: RCnHm(OH)nCOOH in which R is CH2OH or COOH, n is 2-6 and m is 0-n. The invention also relates to a method of preparing such particles.
Patent CA-2185643-A1 (CA)
Title: Ammunition transport in a repeating weapon
Inventor: BRANDL RUDOLF
IPC: F41A9/55
Filed: 1996-01-17
Abstract: The invention concerns itself with means for the ammunition transport in a repeating weapon. It relates, therefore, to all firearms which automatically remove cartridges from a supply and feed these to a barrel.       In detail, it provides a repeating weapon with at least one cartridge supply (15; 15'), a barrel (3; 3') and a transition which bridges the interval or the intervals between the cartridge magazine (15; 15') and the barrel (3; 3') and a cartridge carrier (7; 7') formed on the barrel (3; 3') at least partially, in which cartridges (17, 17') are loaded from the supply (15; 15') into the barrel (3; 3') or into the cartridge carrier (7; 7'), in which process one or more transitions serve there for the guidance of the cartridges (17; 17') and these transitions are constructed as at least one separate component (25; 25'). In a preferred form of execution the transition component (25; 25') is changeably mounted.
Patent CA-2189126-A1 (CA)
Title: Three-dimensional virtual audio display employing reduced complexity imaging filters
Inventor: ABEL JONATHAN S
IPC: H04S5/00
Filed: 1995-05-03
Abstract: Compressed head-related transfer function (HRTF)(130) parameters are prederived or derived in real time for use in filtering an audio signal for a virtual audio display.  From a frequency domain viewpoint, frequency components of known transfer functions are smoothed (125) over bandwidths which are a function of the width of the ear's critical bands.  In the first implementation, an HRTF is smoothed (125) by convolving the HRTF (120) with a frequency dependent weighting function in the frequency domain.  In the second way, the HRTF's frequency axis is warped or mapped into a non-linear frequency domain.
Patent CA-2189271-A1 (CA)
Inventor: AGOURIDAS CONSTANTIN
IPC: A61P31/04
Filed: 1995-05-02
Abstract: L'invention a pour objet les composés de formule (I) dans lesquels: R représente un radical -(CH2)nAr, n représentant le nombre 3, 4 ou 5, Ar représentant un radical hétérocyclique, éventuellement substitué, Z représentant un atome d'hydrogène ou le reste d'un acide. Les composés de formule (I) présentent d'intéressantes propriétés antibiotiques.
Patent CA-2189456-A1 (CA)
Inventor: LINKER KARL-HEINZ
IPC: C07D239/26
Filed: 1995-04-21
Abstract: The invention relates to novel substituted aromatic thiocarboxylic acid amides of general formula (I) in which R1, R2 and R3 are hydrogen or various substituents and Z is possibly substituted monocyclic or bicyclic, saturated or unsaturated heterocyclyl, heterocyclyl amino or heterocyclyl imino, and their use as herbicides.
Patent CA-2190864-A1 (CA)
Title: A mooring tower assembly for a lighter-than-air vehicle
Inventor: WOOD WILFRED L
IPC: B64F1/14
Filed: 1995-05-30
Abstract: The invention is a mooring tower (24) for a lighter-than-air vehicle (14). In detail, the invention includes a vertical tower (24) having a vertical and lateral axis. A first support member (40) is mounted on the top (34) of said tower (24), which is rotatable in a horizontal plane about a vertical axis aligned with the vertical axis of the tower. A second support member (54) is mounted by its first end (56) mounted to the first support member (40) and includes a telescoping second end (64). The second support member (54) is rotatable in a vertical plane about its first end (56). The second support member (54) includes an aperture (88) extending therethrough from the first end to the second. A winch (82) is mounted to the vertical tower (34) having a mooring line (88) extending through the aperture (80) in the second member (54) from the first end (56) to and out the second end (64) thereof. Thus a vehicle (10) having the end of the mooring line (88) attached to the nose (36) thereof can be winched to the vertical tower (24).
Patent CA-2191779-A1 (CA)
Inventor: ODENTHAL HEINZ F
IPC: B65D77/04
Filed: 1996-11-29
Abstract: A package for a plurality of parallelepipedal objects has a packing-paper tray and a stabilizing strap.  The tray has an annularly continuous band engaging around bases of the objects arranged in a row with side faces of the objects flatly engaging one another, and a floor element engaging underneath the objects. The strap is continuous and has one end secured to the tray, a side portion extending vertically upward from the tray along the objects, a top portion extending horizontally from the end portion across upper surfaces of the objects, another side portion extending downward from the top portion along the objects, and an opposite end secured to the tray.  The strap is snugly engaged around the objects and presses the objects together.  This strap can be provided with a handle for lifting the package so that when the package is lifted the strap presses the objects together.  The package provides a simple and economical way of holding a plurality of parallelepipedal objects in a stable array.
Patent CA-2193265-A1 (CA)
Inventor: CARR GERALD KENNETH
IPC: A01K85/14
Filed: 1996-12-20
Abstract: A crank bait fish lure that has a predictable wobble or action. A fishing lure made from a blank of rigid material and formed to provide a predictable wobble or action in an arch of approximately 180°,  having a front end and a tail end. The front end has an eyelet to which a line is attached,  and the tail end has an eyelet to which a hook is attached.  A lure,  with no appendages, which is shaped to have a centre of gravity that causes a wobble from left to right and from right to left, while maintaining a horizontal attitude when drawn or dropped through water., thus allowing a lure to maintain an upright attitude. The degree of bend to the front end of a lure will effect the depth at which a lure will travel as it is drawn through water.  Change  in  the  elevation or plane at the tail end will alter the wobble or action slightly. A lure will maintain it's predictable motion when drawn through or dropped through water.
Patent CA-2193418-A1 (CA)
Title: Continuously monitored high concentration ozonation for sterilization of blood and blood products
Inventor: SARTORI HELFRED ERWIN
IPC: A61L2/20
Filed: 1996-12-19
Abstract: A method of continuously monitored high concentration ozonation of blood  and  blood  products  that  produces  a  reliable  complete sterilization without substantially disrupting the physiological and/or immunological properties of blood cells and blood protein components.   This method is also suitable for sterilization of other  liquid  media,  especially  for  the  ones  encountered  in hospital, surgical, or medical environments.
Patent CA-2195865-A1 (CA)
Title: Cartonless packaging system
Inventor: D ALOIA GAETAN
IPC: B65D25/20
Filed: 1995-07-24
Abstract: A cartonless packaging system is provided which significantly reduces packaging waste and includes a container (12) for containing a liquid and a nozzle (14) disposed in one end of the container (12) for dispensing of the liquid from the container (12). A cap (20) is provided for enclosing the nozzle (14), and the cap (20) is configured for being removably attached to the container (12). A support system (24, 26, 28) is provided which encircles the nozzle (14) for removably supporting a plurality of tablets (32, 34, 36) with the support being disposed beneath the cap means (20) when the cap means (20) is attached to the container (12). In addition, instructional materials are incorporated into the cartonless packaging system, and thus no separate packaging materials are necessary for providing the separate elements to the consumer.
Patent CA-2195955-A1 (CA)
Title: Modulators of body weight, corresponding nucleic acids and proteins, and diagnostic and therapeutic uses thereof
Inventor: FRIEDMAN JEFFREY M
IPC: C12Q1/68
Filed: 1995-08-17
Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the control of body weight of animals including mammals and humans, and more particularly to materials identified herein as modulators of weight, and to the diagnostic and therapeutic uses to which such modulators may be put. In its broadest aspect, the present invention relates to the elucidation and discovery of nucleotide sequences, and proteins putatively expressed by such nucleotides or degenerate variations thereof, that demonstrate the ability to participate in the control of mammalian body weight. The nucleotide sequences in object represent the genes corresponding to the murine and human OB gene, that have been postulated to play a critical role in the regulation of body weight and adiposity.  Preliminary data, presented herein, suggests that the polypeptide product of the gene in question functions as a hormone. The present invention further provides nucleic acid molecules for use as molecular probes, or as primers for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification, i.e., synthetic or natural oligonucleotides. In further aspects, the present invention provides a cloning vector, which comprises the nucleic acids of the invention; and a bacterial, insect, or a mammalian expression vector, which comprises the nucleic acid molecules of the invention, operatively associated with an expression control sequence. Accordingly, the invention further relates to a bacterial or a mammalian cell transfected or transformed with an appropriate expression vector, and correspondingly, to the use of the above-mentioned constructs in the preparation of the modulators of the invention. Also provided are antibodies to the OB polypeptide. Moreover, a method for modulating body weight of a mammal is provided. In specific examples, genes encoding two isoforms of both the murine and human OB polypeptides are provided.
Patent CA-2196830-A1 (CA)
Inventor: MAN KENNETH SUN-MING
IPC: B60R25/04
Filed: 1997-02-05
Abstract: A secondary ignition switch system that connects to a conventional ignition switch system of a vehicle to provide a security function. The secondary ignition system includes a dashboard mounted double-pole-double-throw (DPDT) switch and a key operated secondary ignition switch. The DPDT switch controls the operation of the primary and secondary ignition switches. To start the engine the DPDT is set to a position to power the secondary ignition switch, such that the engine can be started by turning a secondary key. However, based on the interconnection of the ignition switches the steering column of the vehicle remains locked. Only until the operator uses the primary key to unlock the steering assembly can the car be driven. This system enables the engine of a vehicle to run including powering the accessory circuit (for heating/cooling and power accessories) to warm a vehicle in cold climates with minimized risk since the steering assembly remains locked. In addition, when the secondary key is removed from the secondary ignition switch no current flows to the primary ignition switch rendering the entire system disabled.
Patent CA-2197021-A1 (CA)
Inventor: TANIGUCHI NAOSHIGE
IPC: F16B35/00
Filed: 1997-02-07
Abstract: A method of manufacturing a connector bolt  includes the steps of forming axial grooves on a part of the shank of the  connector  bolt, and then simultaneously  performing  a rolling  process for thread formation around the shank  part with  the axial grooves formed thereon with a  rolling  tool and  a different rolling process around a part of the  shank without the axial grooves with a different rolling tool.
Patent CA-2197892-A1 (CA)
Inventor: GARCIA MU OZ EDUARDO
IPC: A61J17/00
Filed: 1996-06-19
Abstract: Dummy intended to dispense to the suckling child small doses of food, medicine or mixtures of both, having a perforated nipple with conventional protection washer to which is added at the opposite extremity a pear made of elastic material, or as an alternative, a large complete elastic part can be made to which is incorporated subsequently the protection washer, the latter being provided with a container for humidifying the nipple, with planar base, similar to that of the doser.
Patent CA-2198483-A1 (CA)
Title: Self-contained, self-adjusting smoke detector
Inventor: JOHNSON KIRK R
IPC: G08B29/24
Filed: 1995-08-25
Abstract: A smoke detector (10) with internal self-adjustment capabilities. It includes a microprocessor -based alarm control circuit (24) which periodically checks the sensitivity of a smoke sensing element (20). The microprocessor (30) implements a routine (50) in memory (32) by periodically determining a floating adjustment (FLT_ADJ) that is used to adjust the output (RAW_DATA) of the smoke sensing element and electronics (40) to produce an adjusted output for comparison with an alarm threshold. At power up or reset each floating adjustment is within a predetermined slew limit of the immediately preceding floating adjustment. The floating adjustment is determined by averages (NEW_AVG) comprised of data gathering intervals that are long enough to detect a smoldering fire.
Patent CA-2198715-A1 (CA)
Title: Gas replenishment method and apparatus for excimer lasers
Inventor: SANDSTROM RICHARD L
IPC: H01S3/225
Filed: 1994-08-31
Abstract: An excimer gas laser using a fluorine/krypton/neon gas mixture is provided with separate fluorine/neon and krypton/neon gas sources for use in replenishing the gas mixture. A bleed-down mechanism is also for provided for draining a portion of the gas mixture from the excimer laser. A control mechanism controls operation of the separate fluorine/neon and krypton/neon source and the bleed-down mechanism to selectively vary the gas mixture within the excimer laser to maintain an overall optimal laser efficiency.  Preferably, the control system monitors operational parameters of the excimer laser including gain, wavelength, bandwidth and pulse rate, to determine whether the gas mixture within the excimer laser may have changed from an optimal mixture. The control system controls operation of the separate fluorine/neon and krypton/neon sources to compensate for changes in the operation parameters of the laser to thereby maintain high overall laser efficiency. Alternatively, gas replenishment is controlled subject to pre-determined empirically-based gas replenishment strategies.
Patent CA-2199928-A1 (CA)
Inventor: TACCHINI FRANCO
IPC: B65B13/22
Filed: 1997-03-13
Abstract: Device to control the feeding of the strap in a strapping machine, comprising at least one fast driving wheel (4) and one slow driving wheel (2) which are mounted on fixed axes, the strap (R) being guided on the periphery of both said driving wheels, and wherein pressure means (5 and 14)  are provided to press the strap (R) against the periphery of one and/or the other of said driving wheels, so as to ensure feeding thereof, said pressure means being mounted on an oscillating sector (8) which is operated in response to tensioning of the strap; on said oscillating sector (8) there is also mounted a strap transmission wheel (13), located at a distance from said pressure means, which imparts on the oscillating sector (8), according to the tension of the strap (R), an oscillation such as to transfer the contact pressure of the strap from the fast driving wheel (4) - for the fast recovery step - onto the slow driving wheel (2) - for the slow tightening step - merely through the alternative action of said pressure means.
Patent CA-2199973-A1 (CA)
Inventor: FERRE MAURICE R
IPC: A61B19/00
Filed: 1995-09-13
Abstract: L'invention se rapporte à un système de surveillance de la position d'un instrument médical par rapport au corps d'un patient, et d'affichage d'au moins une image parmi une pluralité d'images préenregistrées du corps dudit patient en réponse à la position de l'instrument médical. Dans un mode de réalisation, le système comprend une unité de référence immobilisée par rapport au corps du patient, de sorte qu'elle soit pratiquement immobile par rapport à un site chirurgical cible. Ce système comprend également une unité éloignée destinée à être fixée à l'instrument médical. Un générateur de champ peut être associé à l'une des unités afin de générer un champ caractéristique d'une position dans une zone comprenant le site chirurgical cible. Au moins un capteur de champ peut être associé à l'une ou l'autre des unités, ce capteur étant sensible à la présence du champ caractéristique de la position afin de produire un ou plusieurs signaux de sortie de capteur représentant ledit champ détecté. Un détecteur de position, recevant le signal de sortie de capteur, produit des données de position représentant la position de l'unité éloignée par rapport à l'unité de référence. Un affichage de sortie, communicant avec le détecteur de position, affiche au moins une des images préenregistrées en réponse aux données de position.
Patent CA-2200152-A1 (CA)
Inventor: CROW WILLIAM R
IPC: A43B13/04
Filed: 1997-03-17
Abstract: The present invention provides performance enhancing shoe components, and methods of making the same, comprising comprising 1,4-polybutadiene and a rubber selected from the group consisting of natural rubber, synthetic isoprene rubber, polyisoprene, butadiene acrylonitrile rubber and ethylenepropylene diene modified rubber.  The shoe components are most advantageously placed in the user shoe beneath the ball of the foot to increase energy return and thereby enhance athletic performance.  The shoe components may be formed as midsoles and parts of midsoles, insoles and parts of insoles, or shoe inserts.
Patent CA-2201567-A1 (CA)
Title: Method of longitudinally splitting a pipe coupling within a wellbore
Inventor: NEWMAN FREDERIC M
IPC: E21B47/09
Filed: 1997-04-02
Abstract: A method of removing a pipe string anchored in cement within a wellbore involves the use of a coupling cutter having a linear charge that is magnetically oriented radially and rotationally within the pipe.  The coupling cutter also has a coupling sensor that identifies the location of a coupling electronically.  One first determines the free length of pipe that is above the cement.  The coupling sensor then finds the lowest coupling that is just above the cement level so that the linear charge can be axially aligned to that coupling.  A magnet on the cutter properly orients the linear charge both radially and rotationally relative to the inner wall of the pipe.  The charge is detonated to longitudinally split the coupling. The pipe string is then disassembled and pulled from the wellbore.
Patent CA-2203353-A1 (CA)
Inventor: NOLAN PATRICK B
IPC: A46B13/00
Filed: 1997-04-22
Abstract: A hand held cleaning apparatus with a housing, a motor, and a cleaning attachment operably connected to the motor. The housing is sized and shaped to provide two primary hand holding positions.  The housing has a handle section allowing a user to grasp the housing therearound and thereby provide the first hand holding position.  The housing also has a head section with a top surface having a curve to be matingly received on a user's palm and thereby provide the second hand holding position.
Patent CA-2207772-A1 (CA)
Inventor: HAWKINS JOEL M
IPC: C07D413/04
Filed: 1995-06-02
Abstract: Compounds of formula (A), wherein X is oxy, thio, -S(O)- or -S(O)2-; Y is carbonyl or methylene; R1, R2, R3 and R4 are hydrogen or substituents; R4 is alkyl or cycloalkylmethyl; and Z is an acidic residue; are useful as squalene synthetase inhibitors in the treatment of hypercholesterolemia, atherosclerosis, fungal or Alzheimer's diseases.
Patent CA-2207918-A1 (CA)
Title: Improved crystallization apparatus and method
Inventor: SCHRANZ MARTIN B
IPC: C30B35/00
Filed: 1995-10-30
Abstract: A surface-cooled fluid bed crystallizer apparatus (10) and method are disclosed wherein submerged heat exchanger surfaces (typically heat exchanger tubes (14) or plates through which a coolant is passed) are bathed with a stream of gas bubbles (preferably air). The gas bubbles increase localized velocity at the heat exchanger surfaces, improves heat transfer, reduces crystallization on the heat exchanger surfaces and gently keeps the crystals in suspension, thereby avoiding unwanted nucleation as is characterized by the use of mechanical circulation devices. By continuously removing the depleted magma and crystals, the crystallizer (10) can be operated in a continuous mode.
Patent CA-2208416-A1 (CA)
Title: Pre-cast manhole basins and catch basins for use in sewer and drainage systems
Inventor: SUATAC ISMAIL CEMIL
IPC: E03F5/02
Filed: 1997-06-20
Abstract: In a method for connecting a precast manhole, catch basin or valve chamber base section to at least one pipe, the base section, which has a sidewall opening, is positioned in a trench, and a connector has its inner end portion fitted into the opening.  The pipe is connected to the outer end of the connector  and  is  axially aligned with the  connector by adjustment of the position of the connector in the opening, the opening having a clearance space around the connector. Collars are fitted around the connector and are clamped against the inside and outside of the sidewall around the opening, and inner rims of the collars are sealed around the connector so that the collars define an annular chamber between the connector and the periphery of the opening. Finally settable material is admitted into the chamber to seal the connector to the sidewall.   If desired,  the settable material may be applied to seal the connector to the sidewall surrounding the opening directly, thus dispensing with the need for collars.   An upper section of the manhole, catch basin or valve chamber may be connected to a subjacent section by a telescopic joint allowing the upper section to rise and fall relative to the subjacent section and compensate for "frost heave".