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Patent EP-0458497-A2 (EP)
Inventor: CHRISTENSEN SCOTT C
IPC: G01N1/00
Filed: 1991-05-10
Abstract: A material analyzer includes a container (10); a radiation source (12) disposed within the container; a detector (14) disposed within the container for detecting radiation that is secondarily emitted by a material sample within an activation region (28) located between the radiation source and the detector when the material sample is bombarded by radiation from the radiation source and for producing signals in response to said secondarily emitted radiation; a computer (20) for processing the signals to determine the content of the material sample; and a carrousel (16) for transporting a material sample from outside the container to within the activation region. The carrousel is disposed about an axis of rotation located between the activation region and a receiving region (40) located outside the container, and has a pair of sample containment chambers (42, 44) that are alternately moved between the receiving region and the activation region when the carrousel is rotated about said axis. A radiation shield (18) within the container shields the the outside of the container from radiation derived in the activation region from the radiation source. Material samples are placed in buckets (49) for loading into the sample containment chambers. The bucket includes a perimetric side wall (52) having a predominant surface area that is contoured on opposite sides of the side wall to define exterior indentations (54) in the predominant surface area; and a handle (50), including a pair of tongs (56) shaped and disposed for insertion into the side wall indentations, and a telescopic handle (58, 59) joining the tongs.
Patent EP-0470791-A2 (EP)
Inventor: RICHARDS JOHN BRYAN
IPC: A62B17/04
Filed: 1991-08-05
Abstract: Emergency escape breathing apparatus includes a hood (1,31,41) made of a flexible material and having a neck seal (3) for engaging the neck of a wearer of the hood (1,31,41), and a baffle (4,33,43) such as an orinasal mask mounted to a region of the interior of the hood (1,31,41) to provide a confined space around a wearer's nose and mouth. Means (8,22,37,46) is provided for supplying breathable gas from a source thereof to the hood (1,31,41) either directly to the interior of the baffle (4,33,43) or to the interior of the hood (1,31,41) outside the baffle (4,33,43). The flexible material of the hood (1,31,41) includes stretchable elastic material (11,34,49) extending from a position on one side of the region of the hood (1,31,41) to which the baffle (4,33,43) is mounted around the back of the hood (1,31,41) to a similar position on the other side of the region of the hood (1,31,41) to which the baffle (4,33,43) is mounted so that the stretchable elastic material draws the baffle (4,33,43) firmly against the wearer's face thereby correctly positioning the hood (1,31,41) upon the wearer's head when the hood (1,31,41) is donned. The stretchable elastic material may be incorporated in the flexible material of the hood (1,31,41) as one or more bands (11,34) of smocking or alternatively the flexible material of the hood (1,31,41) may be made of stretchable elastic material (49), preferably a knitted viscose material coated with a plastics compound to render the material impervious.
Patent EP-0484071-A2 (EP)
Inventor: FRIEDMAN PAUL A
IPC: C07D413/06
Filed: 1991-10-28
Abstract: The combination of certain aminopyridones and anti-HIV nucleoside analogs has been found to synergistically inhibit HIV reverse transcriptase. This combination is useful in the prevention or treatment of infection by HIV and the treatment of AIDS, either as a combination of compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutical composition ingredients, whether or not in further combination with other antivirals, anti-infectives, immunomodulators, antibiotics or vaccines. Methods of treating AIDS and methods of preventing or treating infection by HIV are also described.
Patent EP-0445030-A2 (EP)
Inventor: ROOS CHARLES E
IPC: B09B5/00
Filed: 1991-02-27
Abstract: A process and apparatus for the vitrification of fly ash produced from an incineration system for solid waste materials, including the combining for fly ash extracted from the pollution control device in the incineration system with fusible material, particularly glass, and preferable recycled glass extracted from the solid waste material before it is incinerated, and susbsequently melting the combined glass and fly ash in a vitrification furnace in order to vitrify the fly ash and its toxic contaminants, including lead, mercury, cadmium and other heavy metals, to produce an inert vitrified ash product. The flue gas from the vitrification furnace is returned to the gas stream from the incinerator for introduction into the pollution control device.
Patent EP-0458748-A2 (EP)
Inventor: BUNICK FRANK J
IPC: A23L5/20
Filed: 1991-05-16
Abstract: A polydextrose composition that is substantially free of bitter tasting and colour causing compounds is useful as a bulking agent in the incorporation of low calorie foods. In particular, the bulking agent may be combined with high intensity sweeteners as a replacement for sugar in foods so as to lower their calories without detracting from their texture and mouthful. Commercially available polydextrose that otherwise contains acidic compounds that cause bitter tastes and contribute to off colours thereby deterring its use in many food applications is purified through modified ion exchange column chromatography.
Patent EP-0440591-A2 (EP)
Inventor: VIRTANEN OLLI
IPC: B28B1/32
Filed: 1991-01-30
Abstract: The invention concerns a method for producing a concrete pillar, said method being based on the shotcreting of an appropriately shaped frame structure of the concrete pillar with concrete, and said frame structure is simultaneously rotated on a rotating shaft (2) attached to the frame structure while being shotcreted with concrete, and said shotcreted concrete surface is shaped after shotcreting with the help of, e.g., a collar (4) having a desired shape. The concrete pillar is allowed to harden while being attached to the rotating shaft (2), and after hardening, the surface of the concrete pillar is ground with a grinding apparatus (5), and the concrete pillar is rotated on its rotating shaft either in the same rotating equipment in which the concrete pillars are shotcreted, or alternatively, in a separate grinding apparatus.
Patent EP-0508394-A2 (EP)
Inventor: DIEHL ERIC
IPC: H04N7/16
Filed: 1992-04-08
Abstract: In order to record automatically a video program a VTR does need a timer and programming features. In case of scrambled TV programs a pay TV decoder has to be switched on when recording. 
New generation pay TV systems include the transmission of data identifying the kind of program. By providing an infra-red transmitting diode at the cabinet of the pay TV decoder this decoder can control the VTR via the infra-red link. The VTR does not need programming features and is switched on automatically at the event of a pre-selected program received by the pay TV decoder.
Patent EP-0517280-A2 (EP)
Inventor: LEHMANN WILFRIED DR-ING
IPC: F04D29/10
Filed: 1992-06-09
Abstract: A shaft bushing through a unit housing, having a seal (6), a restrictor bush (7) and an intermediate space (9) arranged between them. In the event of failure of the seal (6), the restrictor bush (7) limits the emergence of medium. If very stringent safety requirements with respect to the sealing of the shaft bushing in the event of failure of the seal (6) have to be satisfied, a secondary seal in the form of a sealing ring (13) is additionally provided, which secondary seal is subjected to the pressure in the intermediate space (9), via a duct (12). When the pressure in the intermediate space (9) rises as a consequence of failure of the seal (6), this sealing ring (13) is axially displaced until it comes into contact in a sealing manner. The intermediate space (9) may have sensors for monitoring the sealing of the seal (6).
Patent EP-0525513-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KAWANAKA SEIDO C O SHARP CORP
IPC: G06V30/10
Filed: 1992-07-15
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for detecting inclination of an image of a paper to be input for being read, especially to a method for detecting inclination so as to correct non-intended inclination of a paper to be input and read as an image by a copy machine, facsimile machine, OCR, etc. 
     A method for detecting inclination of an image of characters comprising steps of: expanding the image as many times as that characters in the same character line fuse with one another in a expanded image; defining a major direction of the inclination; defining a coefficient for each pixel pattern in a convolution of predetermined size in the image; and calculating statistical value as the inclination from the coefficient of total convolutions.
Patent EP-0545186-A2 (EP)
Inventor: CASEY WILLIAM JAMES III
IPC: A24D1/22
Filed: 1992-11-21
Abstract: Disclosed is a stabilized substrate (14) composition for smoking articles, particularly cigarettes. In general, the stabilized substrate composition comprises an admixture of a binder and an aerosol forming material which plasticizes the binder, together with optional fillers and/or base materials. In the stabilized substrate compositions of the present invention the relative amounts of binder and aerosol former depend particularly on the situation in which the substrate composition is used. In general, the ratio of aerosol former to binder is between about 3:1 and about 40:1. When the stabilized composition is used on a base material such as tobacco cut filler, the ratio of aerosol former to binder should be at least about 15:1, and preferably is from about 25-35:1, with a maximum ratio of about 40:1. If the composition is formed into a cast sheet, the minimum ratio is about 3:1, the preferred ratio is about 8:1, and the maximum ratio is about 10:1. When the stabilized mixture is printed on a sheet or web substrate, the ratio of aerosol former to binder is generally about 6:1, the maximum ratio is about 10:1, and the minimum ratio is about 3:1.
Patent EP-0522626-A2 (EP)
Inventor: RIEGEL MAXIMILIAN
IPC: H04L25/493
Filed: 1992-06-25
Abstract: A local area network of data terminals (2, 3, 4) with a bidirectional bus (1) is described. The clocked data terminals (2, 3, 4) are connected to this bus (1) for transmitting or receiving data. For data transmission to occur asynchronously in such a system, the bus (1) consists of n wires. A coder (2A, 3A, 4A) is allocated to at least one data terminal (2, 3, 4), which coder outputs n-digit codewords in parallel to the n-wire bus (1) and codes data and control information to be sent out by the associated data terminal with its transmit clock into transmissions from one codeword to another codeword. Furthermore, a decoder (2B, 3B, 4B) is allocated to at least one data terminal (2, 3, 4), which decoder decodes transitions from one codeword to another codeword on the bus (1) into data or control information for the associated data terminal (2, 3, 4). <IMAGE>
Patent EP-0524708-A2 (EP)
Inventor: YAP KOK KIN
IPC: A45D20/30
Filed: 1992-10-08
Abstract: A personal-care apparatus comprises a load (LD) and a switch (SW), which load (LD) and which switch (SW) are coupled in series between a first (1) and a second (2) supply terminal for receiving an alternating voltage, the personal-care apparatus further comprising a rectifying circuit (RC) for converting the alternating voltage into a direct voltage, and a safety circuit (SC), which is coupled between a third (3) and a fourth (4) supply terminal for receiving the direct voltage and which comprises a capacitive sensor (CS) for the detection of the presence of a part of a human body in the proximity of the personal-care apparatus, the safety circuit being adapted to control the switch (SW) in response to said detection.
Patent EP-0508745-A2 (EP)
Inventor: OHZU HIDEYUKI
IPC: H01M8/14
Filed: 1992-04-08
Abstract: A long-life molten carbonate fuel cell in which outflow of an electrolyte in an electrolyte body (13) sandwiched between a pair of electrodes is reduced to suppress an increase in internal pressure of the electrolyte body (13) and generation of a gas crossover which are caused by the outflow of the electrolyte is disclosed. The molten carbonate fuel cell includes a pair of conductive electrodes (11, 12), an electrolyte body (13) sandwiched between the pair of electrodes (11, 12) and constituted by a porous body containing as a filler at least two heterogeneous particles selected from the group consisting of LiAℓ x O y  (4.5 ≦ x ≦ 5.5 and 7.25 ≦ y ≦ 8.75), LiAℓ a O b  (0.89 ≦ a ≦ 1.11 and 1.80 ≦ b ≦ 2.20), lithium zirconate, and stabilized zirconia, and an electrolyte consisting of an alkali carbonate mixture impregnated in the porous body, fuel gas supplying member (22) for supplying a fuel gas (21) to one of the pair of electrodes (11, 12), and an oxidant gas supplying member (25) for supplying an oxidant gas (24) to the other of the pair of electrodes (11, 12).
Patent EP-0518670-A2 (EP)
Inventor: NAGOSHI SHIGEYASU
IPC: B41J2/205
Filed: 1992-06-11
Abstract: A recording head (12) having a plurality of recording elements can operate in a first recording mode for recording a desired image by performing a single scan operation on a predetermined region on a recording medium, and a second recording mode for recording a desired image by recording a thin image a plurality of number of times by performing a plurality of number of times of scan operations on the predetermined region. The scan speed in the second recording mode is set to be higher than that in the first recording mode. 
     For example, when the scan speed in the second recording mode is N times that in the first recording mode, the driving operation of the plurality of recording elements is controlled to obtain a dot pattern in which the minimum dot distance in the scan direction in the second recording mode is N times or more that in the first recording mode. 
     Image quality can be improved without decreasing the throughput.
Patent EP-0521639-A2 (EP)
Inventor: WALSTAD DENNIS C
IPC: F04B49/02
Filed: 1992-06-18
Abstract: Start up difficulties in gas compression systems due to undersized motors and/or low voltage conditions are avoided in a system including an electrically operated compressor (10, 36) including a compression chamber (34), a compressed gas reservoir (20) connected to the compression chamber (34) to receive gas therefrom, a pressure control switch (16) associated with the reservoir (20) and operable to control operation of the compressor (10, 36) in response to the pressure level of gas within the reservoir (20), and an unloader valve (42) connected to the compression chamber (34) and operable by the switch (16) by a valve construction including a valve body (50), an inlet (62) to the valve body (50) and in fluid communication with the compression chamber (34), and an outlet (68) from the valve body (50) to the ambient. A relatively large first passage (52) is located in the valve body (50) and extends between the inlet (62) and the outlet (68). A first valve seat (70) is located in the passage (52) and a first relatively large valve member (80) is movable within the passage (52) on the inlet side of the seat (70) and is operable to close against the seat (70). A second passage (88) is located within the valve (42) in bypass relation to the valve seat (70) and a second valve seat (90) is located in the passage (88). A second, relatively small valve (92) is movable in the second passage (88) and closable against the second valve seat (90) and includes an operator (116) extending exteriorly of the valve body (50) and connected to the second valve member (92) for operation via the pressure switch (16).
Patent EP-0536886-A2 (EP)
Inventor: PACHOLOK DAVID R
IPC: H05B41/285
Filed: 1992-08-25
Abstract: A high frequency power supply for neon and mercury luminous tubes including means for simultaneously suppressing bubbles formed in neon tubes and for minimizing migration of mercury commonly associated with the use of solid-state luminous tube power supplies.
Patent EP-0578906-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KERN WOLFRAM
IPC: G01R27/26
Filed: 1993-01-15
Abstract: In a circuit arrangement for a sensor, particularly for a pressure sensor, comprising a capacitor, the capacitance of which is essentially inversely proportional to a physical quantity to be measured, an alternating voltage can be supplied via a further capacitor to an inverting input of an amplifier, the output of which is connected to the inverting input via the capacitor. The output of the amplifier is connected to an evaluating circuit. <IMAGE>
Patent EP-0566871-A2 (EP)
Inventor: TILLNER ALFRED
IPC: B68G7/12
Filed: 1993-03-18
Abstract: A drawing-in bar (1) for profiling upholstery materials (16), which are covered on the outside by a covering material (14), for upholstered furniture and similar upholstered seat parts consists of a plastic profile element which bears a separately produced sewing-on lug (5) for connecting it to the covering material (14) and which has a dual-limb cross-sectional profile whose two profile limbs (2, 3) are connected to one another at their base by a narrow connecting web (4) and bound a receiving gap which starts from said connecting web and fixes the sewing-on lug (5). The drawing-in bar (1) is provided with holding tabs (9) arranged spaced apart in the longitudinal direction of said bar and formed by punch-outs (8) which include the sewing-on lug (5), and, in the region of its free side edge (10) opposite the receiving gap, the sewing-on lug (5) bears a support bar (11) which continues in the longitudinal direction of the drawing-in bar (1), bridges the punch-outs (8) and, in turn, is made of plastic.   <IMAGE>
Patent EP-0565084-A2 (EP)
Inventor: GILHAM JEFFREY J
IPC: G06F17/00
Filed: 1993-04-07
Abstract: A method and system for heart rate variability analysis is provided. In a preferred embodiment, a computer system generates various statistical and spectral measurements of heart rate variability based on user-specified qualifications and displays the results. The computer system includes a statistical and spectral data component. The statistical component of the computer system includes a storage device for storing electrocardiographic data, an interval detector for determining the length of heart beat intervals in the electrocardiographic data, a minute data generator for accumulating statistical measurements based on the intervals and user-specified qualifications, a period data generator for accumulating statistical data measurements based on the generated minute data and user-specified time period and qualifications, a region data generator for accumulating statistical measurements based on the generated minute data in a user-specified region of time, and a display controller for displaying the period data and region data. The spectral component of the computer system includes a data storage device for storing electrocardiographic data, an interval detector for determining the length of heart beat intervals in the electrocardiographic data, an instantaneous interval function data generator for generating instantaneous interval function data based on the interval data and user-specified qualifications, a filter and resampler for generating resampled data by filtering and resampling the instantaneous interval function data, a power spectral density data generator for generating spectral density data based on the resampled data and user-specified qualifications, a period spectral data generator for accumulating period and region spectral data measurements based on the generated power spectral density data, a time period, and user-specified qualifications, and a display controller for displaying period data and region data. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention allows a user to specify minimum and maximum beat interval times, whether intervals near atrial and ventricular ectopic beats should be disregarded, the time period over which data is to be accumulated, the difference margins for beat triplets, the region of time over which data is accumulated, and whether data is to be displayed in graphical or tabular format.
Patent EP-0583784-A2 (EP)
Inventor: TIGELAAR HOWARD L
IPC: G03F7/16
Filed: 1993-08-19
Abstract: A flowable dielectric material is applied to the processing side of wafers (24-31), and then the wafers (24-31) are arranged in a centrifuge-like apparatus (10) with the processing side facing its center axis (34). The centrifuge-like apparatus (10) then spins to generate a centrifugal force directed perpendicularly into the processing side of the wafers (24-31). The flowable dielectric material is thus spread evenly across the wafer surfaces.
Patent EP-0602642-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KITSUKI TOSHIAKI C O NEC CORPO
IPC: H04N19/625
Filed: 1993-12-16
Abstract: An adder restores an image data by adding an output of a reverse DCT portion and an output of a predicted value calculating portion to output to a macro-block buffer. Data temporarily stored in the macro-block buffer is written in a predicting dynamic memory per a unit of data of one word consisted of 2 x 2 blocks of luminance component (Y), 1 x 2 blocks of Cr component and 1 x 2 blocks of Cb components, via a memory data bus. A prediction reference block of the preceding frame stored in the predicting dynamic memory is output to a reference block buffer via the memory data bus. A restored image data of the preceding frame in the predicting dynamic memory is output to a line buffer via the memory data bus.
Patent EP-0602646-A2 (EP)
Inventor: FUKUSHIMA TOHRU C O SEIKO EPSO
IPC: B41J2/01
Filed: 1993-12-16
Abstract: An ink jet printer in which hardened ink is readily and reliably removed from a nozzle plate (11). The ink jet printer includes a print head (1) having a plural number of nozzle openings (12) arrayed in the width direction of a recording paper (26), a head drive circuit (30; 51, 52) for selectively outputting a first signal to cause a stream of ink droplets at a speed suitable for print and a second signal to cause ink to ooze through each nozzle opening (12), and a cleaning device (30) with a rubbing function and which is usually positioned in a nonprinting region, but is movable in the longitudinal direction of the print head (1) and with respect to a nozzle plate (11). In a cleaning mode, the cleaning device (30) is operated while oozing ink from the nozzle openings (12). The hardened ink on the nozzle plate is dissolved by the oozing ink, and then removed therefrom through the rubbing and wiping operations of the cleaning device (30).
Patent EP-0552983-A2 (EP)
Inventor: INOUE YOSHIO
IPC: C08L83/05
Filed: 1993-01-22
Abstract: An air bag coating composition is obtained by emulsifying (A) an organopolysiloxane containing at least two alkenyl groups each attached to a silicon atom, (B) an organo-hydrogenpolysiloxane containing at least three hydrogen atoms each attached to a silicon atom, and (C) a curing catalyst in water in the presence of an emulsifier to form an aqueous silicone emulsion. The composition cures into a coating which firmly adheres to an air bag base fabric and provides a tack-free surface.
Patent EP-0600747-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KIM HAK
IPC: H01L21/027
Filed: 1993-12-03
Abstract: A method for forming fine patterns of a semiconductor device uses an electron beam with a low accelerating voltage (1∼5KeV) and a silylating process. A resist is coated on a substrate (11) to form a resist film (12). Using the electron beam (13), portions of the upper surface of the resist film (12) are selectively exposed. Then, the exposed resist film (12) is silylated selectively so as to form a silylation layer (18) on the upper portion of the resist film (12). This resist film (12) is etched using the silylation layer (18) as a mask so as to form the resist pattern (12'). Silicon of the silylation layer (18) at the first stage of the dry etching reacts with oxygen plasma, thereby to form the etching mask (18') composed of SiO x . Here, ultra fine patterns (0.1µm) can be manufactured and the throughput of the electron beam lithography is increased.