baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent CA-2227588-A1 (CA)
Inventor: CLARE SCOTT
IPC: B62D33/02
Filed: 1996-07-24
Abstract: A hidden storage/utility system is incorporated in a bed (12), which includes wheel wells (19) and fender/side panels (15), of a pickup truck (10) without altering the bed's external appearance for reducing attraction for theft. The storage system includes storage boxes (22, 23) located adjacent the wheel well (19), the fender/side panels (15) as outer panels of the storage boxes (22, 23), and hinges (30) to open and close the fender/side panels (15) over the storage boxes (22, 23). The storage boxes (22, 23) do not extend inwardly beyond the wheel wells (19), and do not extend upwardly beyond the upper surface (24) of the bed (12). An initial fabrication method incorporates the hidden storage/utility system into the bed during fabrication of the pickup truck (10). A conversion method for an existing bed (12) on an existing pickup truck (10) cuts the fender/side panels (15) from the existing bed (12) and reattaches them thereto with the hinges (30) to form the outer panels of the storage boxes (22, 23).
Patent CA-2227823-A1 (CA)
Title: Evaporator/condenser for a heat pump
Inventor: CHAPP TERRY L
IPC: F25B39/00
Filed: 1998-01-23
Abstract: Improved condensate drainage is achieved while compact size is retained in a condenser/evaporator for use in a heat pump system in a construction having first and second, curved, generally congruent tubular headers (10), (14) with one of the headers (10) being an upper header and the other of the headers (14) being a lower header. A first row of elongated tube slots (18) is located in the upper header (10) while a second row of elongated tube slots (20) is located in the lower header (14). Each tube slot (18) in the first row has a corresponding tube slot (20) in the second row and corresponding tube slots (18), (20) in the rows are aligned with one another. Elongated, straight, flattened tubes (22) extend between the headers (10), (14), in parallel with each other and a first port (32) is provided for refrigerant in one of the headers (10) and a second port (36) is provided for refrigerant in the other of the headers (14).
Patent CA-2229635-A1 (CA)
Inventor: NIV YEHUDA
IPC: G03G15/16
Filed: 1996-08-16
Abstract: A multi-layered image transfer blanket (100) and a method of producing same, including a body portion (116) and an image transfer portion (104), the image transfer portion (104) having an image transfer surface and a back surface, comprising forming the image transfer portion (104) on a carrier substrate (200) and transferring the image transfer portion onto the body portion (116) such that the back surface of the image transfer portion faces the body portion. Preferably, the image transfer portion is formed on the carrier substrate such that the back surface of the image transfer portion faces the carrier substrate.
Patent CA-2229693-A1 (CA)
Inventor: HAVETTE ETIENNE
IPC: C22C38/42
Filed: 1998-02-13
Abstract: A method is claimed for the production of a drawn wire, notably a pneumatic reinforcing wire with a diameter of less than 0.3 mm, by drawing from a base machine wire with a diameter greater than 5 mm or from a previously drawn wire based on a stainless steel with a balanced composition conforming to given individual limits for its various components. The steel has set limits for its content of oxide inclusions and its composition conforms to given relationships between its components. The base wire is subjected to a wire drawing operation satisfying the following conditions:- a) a cumulative rate of deformation greater than 6; b) keeping the wire, during the wire drawing operation and between wire drawing operations, at a temperature of less than 650 degrees C, and preferably at a temperature of less than 600 degrees C, without reheating between the wire drawing passes. The stainless steel used in this method is also claimed.
Patent CA-2230038-A1 (CA)
Title: Movable tripper belt conveyor
Inventor: CLARK PHILIP G
IPC: B65G47/95
Filed: 1998-02-19
Abstract: An enclosed movable tripper belt conveyor includes an elongated trunking having an endless conveyor belt carried by troughing idlers along an upper path leading from a tail pulley to a head pulley. The belt returns from the head pulley to the tail pulley in sliding contact with a floor of the trunking. A movable tripper unit includes a tripper that discharges the material being conveyed to a valve that is configured and arranged to selectively discharge the material to one side or the other of the movable tripper unit. A cover is received over the trunking and the movable tripper unit so as to form with the trunking an enclosure containing the belt, the tail pulley, the head pulley, all of the troughing idlers and the movable tripper unit.
Patent CA-2230561-A1 (CA)
Inventor: NELSON JAMES RUSSELL
IPC: F04D29/28
Filed: 1996-12-05
Abstract: This invention relates to a process which comprises reacting one or more reactants in the presence of a metal-organopolyphosphite ligand complex catalyst and optionally free organopolyphosphite ligand to produce a reaction product fluid comprising one or more products, wherein said process is conducted at a carbon monoxide partial pressure such that reaction rate increases as carbon monoxide partial pressure decreases and reaction rate decreases as carbon monoxide partial pressure increases and which is sufficient to prevent and/or lessen deactivation of the metal-organopolyphosphite ligand complex catalyst.
Patent CA-2231419-A1 (CA)
Inventor: MCLAUGHLIN RICHARD
IPC: E04B2/84
Filed: 1998-03-06
Abstract: An apparatus for constructing insulated concrete walls has insulation panels with openings receiving ribbed anchors for embedment in concrete. Insulation panels are positioned against inside surfaces of formwork panels. Slotted insulation-retaining wafers are installed on elongated form ties, butting against tabs on the form ties. The ties are inserted through openings in the insulation and formwork panels, with the tie ends projecting outside the formwork. Form wedges inserted in holes in the projecting tie ends maintain the formwork panels at a desired spacing. Fluid concrete is placed between the insulation panels. When the concrete has cured, the formwork panels are removed, and the projecting tie ends are broken off at weak points created by notches therein. Tie holes in the insulation panels are plugged with insulation plugs to provide continuity of insulation over the entire surface of the finished wall.
Patent CA-2233273-A1 (CA)
Inventor: STEPHENSON LARRY J
IPC: F04B43/14
Filed: 1998-03-26
Abstract: The  present  invention  provides  a  combination  pump diaphragm and outer piston arrangement used in certain pump applications in which at least a predetermined portion of such diaphragm is in contact with such outer piston which would tend to abrade such diaphragm. The combination comprises a diaphragm member formed from at least one layer of a flexible material selected from a group comprising EPDM, chloroprenes, nitrile rubbers fluoroelastomers and various mixtures thereof.  Such diaphragm member includes a generally flat portion, a generally flexure annular portion and an enlarged bead like wear ring portion disposed intermediate such generally flat portion. Such generally flexure annular portion has a first predetermined diameter  and  a predetermined configuration.   The present invention further includes a means for securing such outer periphery of such diaphragm member to a pump housing.  An outer piston member is disposed for securing such diaphragm member to a piston rod of a pump.  Such outer piston member includes a generally flat portion contacting such generally flat portion of such diaphragm member and an arcuate portion contacting such enlarged bead like wear ring portion.  Such outer piston member does not extend beyond such predetermined configuration of such enlarged bead like wear ring portion of such diaphragm member.          There is further a central aperture in such diaphragm member and such outer piston member for attaching such combination pump diaphragm and outer piston arrangement to a piston rod of a pump.
Patent CA-2233434-A1 (CA)
Inventor: BOATMAN L TERRY
IPC: B63B27/34
Filed: 1992-09-25
Abstract: An improved detachable mooring system is disclosed of the kind including a rotatable turret mounted on the vessel and a buoyant spider buoy, secured by chains to the sea floor, which may be selectively connected by means of a hydraulic connector to the bottom of the turret. The improvement relates tomanufacturing the turret in three sections, with top and bottom sections joined ultimately by a middle section. The top section includes a machined surface for connection of the bearing retainer ring to the upper roller bearing. The bottom section includes a machined cylindrical journal surface for connection to the radial support bearing. Another improvement relates to testing during manufacture of the mating and connection between the top of the spider buoy and the bottom of the turret prior to deployment of the vessel and spider buoy in the sea. Such testing occurs before the bottom section of the turret is installed on the vessel and joined to the turret middle and upper sections.
Patent CA-2235076-A1 (CA)
Title: Method of participating in a live casino game from a remote location
Inventor: MOLNICK MELVIN
IPC: G07F17/32
Filed: 1996-10-08
Abstract: A method by which a player may participate in a live casino game from a location remote from the casino is disclosed. A player establishes an information link with a casino from an interface station including a video monitor and keypad. In response to the player's entry of financial account information, the casino establishes an information line with the player's financial institution. The casino assigns the player to a gaming table at which a "live" game is occurring, transmitting all images of game play and instructions to the player. The player transmits bet and game play information to the casino. Because of the open line between the casino and player's financial institution, bets are checked, winnings paid, and losses debited, instantaneously.
Patent CA-2236770-A1 (CA)
Inventor: SANDERS JAN WILLEM
IPC: C12N1/21
Filed: 1997-08-20
Abstract: The invention provides a salt-inducible promoter present in SEQ ID NO: 10 and derivable from a lactic acid bacterium in isolation from the coding sequence normally controlled by said promoter in a wild-type lactic acid bacterium, with modifications and important parts thereof. Also provided are a recombinant vector and a transformed lactic acid bacterium comprising such promoter, and the production of a desired protein by such transformed bacterium, whereby the gene encoding said desired protein or a precursor thereof is expressed under control of such promoter. The desired protein can be secreted by the bacterium due to the presence of a signal sequence. The action of the salt-inducible promoter is enhanced at a pH of about 4-4.5 and/or by the presence of glutamic acid. Such process can be used in a fermentation process, in which the desired protein is a lytic protein causing lysis of the cells and release of the cell content. Or the desired protein can be an enzyme involved in flavour formation, e.g. in producing dressings, spreads, sausages and sour dough, or a protein functioning in a cheese production process, such as chymosin or a precursor thereof, or an enzyme involved in cheese flavour formation.
Patent CA-2236998-A1 (CA)
Inventor: CLAWSON GARY A
IPC: A61P31/00
Filed: 1996-11-08
Abstract: The invention provides tissue-specific and target RNA--specific ribozymes. These ribozymes can be used to destroy target-specific neoplasms and to treat viral infections, among other uses. The ribozymes of the present invention comprise a 5' autocatalytically cleaving ribozyme sequence, a catalytic ribozyme comprising a target RNA-specific binding site and a 3' autocatalytically cleaving ribozyme. The invention also provides nucleic acids which encode the ribozymes of the invention. These nucleic acids can be used to express the ribozymes of the invention at the selected site. Methods of treating disease by administering the ribozymes are provided.
Patent CA-2237186-A1 (CA)
Title: Composes fongicides (b)
Inventor: KHAMBAY BHUPINDER PALL SINGH
IPC: A01N43/12
Filed: 1996-10-28
Abstract: L'invention concerne l'utilisation de dunnione représentée par la formule (I) en tant que fongicide. Elle concerne également des compositions fongicides contenant de la dunnione.
Patent CA-2237806-A1 (CA)
Title: A device for tracking garments
Inventor: MAGLIO FRANCESCO
IPC: G09F3/04
Filed: 1998-05-15
Abstract: The tracking device is adapted for attaching to clothing and/or clothing accessories for tracking the date, event and circumstances in which the clothing and/or clothing accessories were worn. The device is a sheet material having a circular opening and two parallel scored lines extending from one edge to a portion close to the other edge opposite to the first edge. The scored lines are designed to be punctured selectively to form slot openings of selective shape and length for attaching the device to the clothing and/or clothing accessories.
Patent CA-2238079-A1 (CA)
Inventor: VOLPE ANTHONY S
IPC: B65D50/04
Filed: 1998-05-20
Abstract: A container closure which can be converted from a child resistant configuration to a non-child resistant configuration. The container closure includes an external 5cap, an internal cap and a locking element. The locking element is inserted between the external cap and internal cap to form the non-child resistant configuration.
Patent CA-2238588-A1 (CA)
Title: System and method for connecting together two assemblies which can move one with respect to the other, especially in underwater installations
Inventor: MACKINNON CALUM
IPC: E21B43/013
Filed: 1998-05-22
Abstract: System and method for joining together two assemblies which can move one with respect to the other, especially in underwater installations, comprising a remote-operated vehicle (17) comprising propulsion means (21) and at least one equipment item (19, 20) including hauling means (20) which attach to the assembly considered as being fixed (2) during connection, means of attaching to the other assembly considered as being mobile and which has to be connected to the said fixed assembly, means (19) of winching the said hauling means, the said equipment item being at least partially housed in a skid (18), characterized in that the remote-operated vehicle (17) further comprises a front chassis (22) that pivots about a pivot axis, the said pivoting chassis comprising the said means of attachment to the mobile assembly, the pivoting of the said front chassis being controlled in such a way that as the mobile assembly is moved towards the fixed assembly, the said vehicle is kept constantly in an approximately horizontal position.
Patent CA-2240918-A1 (CA)
Inventor: SCHNEIDER ERNST
IPC: A61F2/958
Filed: 1998-06-17
Abstract: A catheter assembly for the treatment of vessels carrying body fluid, comprises an inner catheter provided with a guide wire lumen (32) for receiving a guide wire (44) and an inflation lumen (30) for a balloon (26) provided at its distal end.     The catheter assembly further comprises an outer catheter provided with an inflation lumen (30) for a balloon (14) provided at its distal end and a lumen (20) in which the inner catheter is applied shiftable for changing the spacing of the two balloons (14, 26) and which features a larger cross-section than that of the inner catheter so that between the outer wall of the inner catheter and the inner wall of the outer catheter a cross-section employable as an inflation lumen exists and ports into the portion sited between the two balloons (14, 26).     The guide wire lumen (32) of the inner catheter is connected to the portion sited between the two balloons (14, 26) via ports (40) in the catheter wall.     The guide wire lumen (32) is dimensioned cross-sectionally so that it can be used as the inflation lumen (30) also when the guide wire (44) is in the lying position, and the guide wire (44) is provided at its distal end with an occlusion element (46) for closing off the port (42) located at the distal end of the guide wire lumen (32).
Patent CA-2243137-A1 (CA)
Inventor: VALENTINE GARY L
IPC: A42B3/06
Filed: 1998-07-10
Abstract: A hockey goalie type helmet with a shell which wraps fully around the face, jaw and chin, with a face opening covered by a cage, wherein the shell is formed with a recess around the face opening adapted to receive the cage in a recessed fit such that the cage edges lie below the adjacent primary surfaces of the shell to prevent blows from pucks or sticks from catching the edges of the cage. In a preferred form the recess extends fully around the face opening to receive and recess the entirety of the top, side and bottom edges of the cage. The recess further includes a reinforcing ridge formed into the helmet shell in a manner which creates a bend or fold in the shell overlying the recess and cage edges, and to increase the strength and stiffness of the shell around the face opening.
Patent CA-2244791-A1 (CA)
Title: Method for inhibiting tumor cell growth
Inventor: ISRAEL MARK A
IPC: A61K31/00
Filed: 1997-01-30
Abstract: The invention provides methods for the enhanced intracellular delivery of therapeutically active molecules to a target tumor cell. In a preferred embodiment, the method comprises providing engineered cells that express a heterologous nucleic acid that encodes a connexin and that contain a pro-drug activating gene that, when expressed, converts a nontoxic substrate to a therapeutic toxic metabolite, contacting target tumor cells in a solid tumor with engineered cells that form functional gap junctions with said target tumor cells, and exposing the engineered and tumor cells to the nontoxic substrate, whereby the nontoxic substrate is converted to a therapeutic molecule such that the therapeutic molecule passes through a gap junction to a target tumor cell.
Patent CA-2246063-A1 (CA)
Title: Ratcheting cargo load bracing bar
Inventor: FELDMAN EDWARD T
IPC: B60P7/15
Filed: 1998-08-28
Abstract: A cargo load bracing bar comprises first, outer and second, inner telescoping tubular members, a housing attached to the outer tubular member, a pinion gear and actuating ratchet handle, having a spring-biased ratchet member mounted thereon, respectively rotatably and pivotally mounted upon the housing, and a gear rack attached at one end thereof to the inner tubular member while the opposite end of the gear rack is slidably disposed upon the outer tubular member. An angle bracket is mounted upon the housing, and a spring-biased pawl member is slidably disposed upon the gear rack and operatively associated with the angle bracket  The pawl member and the ratchet member are normally engaged with the pinion gear so as to achieve the ratcheting extension of the gear rack and the inner tubular member with respect to the outer tubular member. However, the ratchet member may be disengaged from the pinion gear so as to permit the ratchet handle to be moved to a collapsed position substantially parallel to the outer tubular member, and both the ratchet member and the pawl member may be disengaged from the pinion gear so as to permit the pinion gear to freely rotate, and the gear rack and inner tubular member to undergo free longitudinal movement, so as to permit the cargo load bracing bar to be rapidly extended or contracted.
Patent CA-2246245-A1 (CA)
Title: Cementitious board and process for its manufacture
Inventor: DEVEREUX WILLIAM BELL
IPC: B26F1/14
Filed: 1997-02-10
Abstract: A die assembly (10) for providing a gypsum ceiling tile having improved acoustic absorption properties comprises a punch plate (16) having punches (12) which form perforations through a plasterboard tile and indentors (14) which form identations in the tile. The punches and indentors are arranged in elongate strips to produce fissure-like perforations and indentations. A stripper plate (24) having apertures (28, 28') corresponding to the punches and indentors and a die plate (26) having apertures (30) corresponding to the punches sandwich the tile, and the punch plate is applied to the tile. The invention embraces the tile, the die assembly and a method of making the tiles.
Patent CA-2246734-A1 (CA)
Inventor: ALBINO ANTHONY P
IPC: A61K49/00
Filed: 1997-02-20
Abstract: L'invention concerne des méthodes de criblage rapide d'agents de modulation qui, quand ils sont combinés avec un agent thérapeutique antitumoral, augmentent l'apoptose de cellules tumorales. Elle concerne également des méthodes de criblage rapide d'agents thérapeutiques antitumoraux convenant à une thérapie associant ceux-ci avec des inhibiteurs de la protéine kinase C, pour augmenter l'apoptose de cellules tumorales, ainsi que des thérapies associant des inhibiteurs spécifiques de la protéine kinase C et les agents thérapeutiques antitumoraux.
Patent CA-2250300-A1 (CA)
Title: Process and apparatus for treating water
Inventor: YAGI OSAMI
IPC: C02F3/06
Filed: 1997-03-10
Abstract: A method of treating water containing a chlorinated organic compound, comprising the steps of passing microbes from a separation bath to a decomposition bath and supplying an energy source to the microbes separated in the decomposition bath. A water treating apparatus having an arrangement capable of passing water to be treated through baths in the order of the separation bath, the decomposition bath and a regeneration bath. It is possible to reduce losses due to the discharge of the energy source, such as methane or propane, from the separation bath. A water treating apparatus having a decomposition bath and a separation bath and capable of culturing microbes in the decomposition bath. Since no regeneration bath is needed, the entire size of the apparatus can be reduced.
Patent CA-2251062-A1 (CA)
Title: Method of stabilizing the viscosity of a thickened composition
Inventor: SVOBODA GEORGE J
IPC: C11D3/37
Filed: 1997-03-31
Abstract: A method of stabilizing a composition containing a thickening agent which is adversely affected by the increasing ionic strength of the composition, by blanketing the solution in a vessel with a sufficient amount of gas capable of diluting or displacing the atmospheric air in the headspace of the vessel.
Patent CA-2252648-A1 (CA)
Title: Non-invasive enzyme screen for tissue remodelling-associated conditions
Inventor: WIEDERSCHAIN DMITRI
IPC: G01N33/564
Filed: 1997-04-25
Abstract: The present invention provides non-invasive methods and kits for facilitating the diagnosis or prognosis of tissue remodeling-associated conditions, such as cancers, arthritis conditions, obstructive disorders, degenerative disorders, and wound-healing and ulcerative disorders. A biological sample, such as urine, is obtained, and screened for the presence of an enzyme, such as a metalloproteinase, associated with the condition(s).