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Patent EP-0644160-A2 (EP)
Inventor: ZEIHER E H KELLE
IPC: C02F5/12
Filed: 1994-09-16
Abstract: A method for inhibiting calcium sulfate scale formation and deposition and/or dispersing iron from a feedstream passing through a reverse osmosis system which comprises the steps of: controlling the pH of the feedstream within the range between about 6.0 to about 7.0; controlling the temperature of the feedstream within the range between about 50 to about 80°F; and adding a scale inhibitor and/or iron dispersant to the feedstream in an amount between about 0.002 ppm per ppm hardness (as CaCO₃) of the feedstream to about 0.005 ppm per ppm hardness (as CaCO₃) of the feedstream, the scale inhibitor and/or iron dispersant comprising a water-soluble organic phosphonate, an N-substituted acrylamide polymer, caustic and water.
Patent EP-0660195-A2 (EP)
Inventor: USHIO MASARU C O KONICA CORPOR
IPC: B65H83/02
Filed: 1994-12-20
Abstract: An automatic two-sided recording apparatus having an image forming station (3) to form an image on a recording sheet (S) and a sheet feeder (4) to feed the recording sheets onto the station, includes an intermediate stacker (120) having an inlet through which a recording sheet whose one side has been subjected to recording is stacked thereon by a switchback member (110) provided adjacent to the inlet. The inlet is used also an outlet through which the recording sheet is fed out for recording on the other side thereof by the switchback member (110) through a conveyor. The apparatus further includes a controller that switches between a stackless mode in which the switchback member feeds in the recording sheets into the stacker and feeds out onto the station (3) without stacking in the stacker (120), and a stack mode in which the switchback member (110) feeds in and feeds out from the stacker (120) onto the station (3) after stacking in the stacker (120). The apparatus further includes a measuring member to measure one copy cycle time in the course of an image forming on one side. The controller determines the number of recording sheets to be handled in the stackless mode and that of recording sheets to be handled in the stack mode, based on the copy cycle time measured and a preset copy quantity, and switches the modes in accordance with the determined number of sheets.
Patent EP-0659816-A2 (EP)
Inventor: HEWEL MANFRED DR RER NAT
IPC: C08K5/5357
Filed: 1994-12-23
Abstract: Transparent copolyamides which have been flameproofed by an alkylphosphonic acid compound as additive and achieve VO values even at low amounts by weight.
Patent EP-0611015-A2 (EP)
Inventor: JOHANSSON LEIF AKE
IPC: G05D11/13
Filed: 1991-10-11
Abstract: Apparatus for measured injection of additives in oil products and the like during successive and separate loading or unloading operations in tank farms, in particular for filling fuel to be transported by tank trucks, comprising at least two supply conduits (20B-D) for additives and each provided with a shut-off valve (29B-D) and interconnected (200) upstream of a common control valve (15) with a subsequent common conduit (20) for additives leading to a main conduit (10) for oil products and the like in which a particular supply conduit (10A) for said oil products and the like is adapted to be temporarily put into fluid connection with a point of the common conduit (20) oppositely with respect to the connection (43) thereof to the main conduit (10), and that a control unit (30) by means of at least one valve (29A, 41) establishes said fluid connection during a time interval which starts substantially simultaneously with or after closing of a shut-off valve (29B-D) for terminating an injection of additive before fulfilling a loading or unloading operation, whereby said oil products and the like from said particular supply conduit (10A) are flushed through the common conduit (20).
Patent EP-0647391-A2 (EP)
Inventor: VAN DER LELY CORNELIS
IPC: A01J5/017
Filed: 1994-10-05
Abstract: The invention relates to a construction for automatically milking animals, such as cows, comprising a milking robot (8) for automatically connecting teat cups (14; 15; 16; 17) to the teats of an animal. The milking robot (8) includes a teat cup (14; 15; 16; 17) which is attached to the end of a loop-shaped tube, which tube can be distinguished in at least two portions, of which a first portion (74) is connected to the teat cup (14; 15; 16; 17) and is relatively rigid, while a second portion (75) of the tube (55; 56) is relatively flexible and allows the teat cup (14; 15; 16; 17) to move freely up and down and to reciprocate with respect to the milking robot (8). The first portion (74) of the tube is located in a horizontal plane, whilst the second portion (75) of the tube (55; 56) is in the shape of a loop and is predominantly located in a vertical plane. Consequently, the head (13) of the milking robot (8) can be arranged relatively low to the soil, without the tubes (55; 56) dragging along the soil.
Patent EP-0621026-A2 (EP)
Inventor: VIARD JEAN-LOUIS
IPC: A61G7/05
Filed: 1994-03-28
Abstract: A fluidized bed includes an air blower, a heater, an air/air heat exchanger with auxiliary fans, and an air/cold water heat exchanger. The fluidized bed includes a remotely disposed portable water chiller that provides the cold water for circulating in the air/cold water heat exchanger. The water chiller includes a water refrigeration unit and a water pump. Flexible tubing carries cooled water from the water chiller to the air/cold water heat exchanger and relatively warmed water from the air/cold water heat exchanger to the water chiller. Each of the free ends of the tubing, the water chiller, and the air/cold water heat exchanger, is provided with mating male or female connectors to enable the tubing to be selectively connected and disconnected between the water chiller and the air/water heat exchanger. A programmable EPROM uses temperature information from temperature sensors and the operating characteristics of the heater, air/air heat exchanger, fans, air/water heat exchanger, and water chiller to control the operation of the heater, the fans, and the water chiller for optimum efficiency in maintaining a desired temperature of the patient support surface under the extant temperature conditions in the environment of the fluidized bed.
Patent EP-0621552-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SPITZ A LAWRENCE
IPC: G06K9/20
Filed: 1994-04-18
Abstract: An automatic script-determining apparatus automatically determines the gross script-type of the text image of a document. A connected component generating means (28) generates connected components from the pixels comprising the text image. A bounding box generating means (30) generates a bounding box surrounding each connected component. A centroid determining means (32) determines a centroid for each bounding box. A script feature determining means (34) determines the locations, relative to the centroid, of one or more predetermined types of features, for each bounding box. A script determining means (36) determines a distribution of the located script features for the entire text image, and compares the determined spatial distribution to predetermined distribution for at least one script-type to determine the script type of the text image.
Patent EP-0640795-A2 (EP)
Inventor: IWAHORI MASAYUKI
IPC: F23Q2/167
Filed: 1994-08-18
Abstract: A combustion apparatus comprising a nozzle (11) for ejecting flammable fuel retained in a fuel container (5) through a valve (13), and a flow rate control means (19) upstream of said valve (13), said means (19) having a thread (19b) comprising a plurality of fibers (22) and/or a plurality of capillaries (24) and a fuel impenetrable member (19a) arranged around the thread (19b), whereby in use fuel from the fuel container (5) is supplied to the valve (13) by the capillarity of and/or clearences between the fibres (22) and/or capillaries (24) of the thread (19b), and wherein said fibers (22) and capillaries (24) are selected from one or more types of the group consisting of synthesized fibers, metal fibers, carbon fibers, glass fibers and hollow threads or fibers is described.
Patent EP-0645438-A2 (EP)
Inventor: LAUW HIANG P
IPC: B41M5/00
Filed: 1994-08-19
Abstract: Color bleed on paper media printed by ink-jet is alleviated by altering the dyes such that they become more bleed resistant. To this end, an organic compound with surfactant properties is substituted as the dye counter-ion. Specifically, a dye having one or more sulfonate or carboxylate groups is provided with a counter-ion comprising an amine having the formula given by  
 
        ⁺N-(CH₃) m H 3-m -(CH₂) n -R 
 
 
 where  m  ranges from 1 to 3,  n  ranges from 3 to 6, and R a hydrophilic substituent or cycloaliphatic or aromatic group with a hydrophilic substituent. An ink employing the dye of the invention comprises (a) about 0.5 to 40 wt% of one or more low vapor pressure solvents (b) about 0.5 to 5 wt% one or more water-soluble dyes in which one or more of the counter-ions have been substituted with the above amine, and (c) the balance water.
Patent EP-0650848-A2 (EP)
Inventor: NOBEL GARY M
IPC: B41J2/01
Filed: 1994-10-25
Abstract: A printer/plotter having a carriage (50) for removably mounting a plurality of printheads, with one type of printhead (64) such as a wider swath higher resolution black inkjet cartridge having one type of electrical interconnect and another type of printhead (40) such as a narrower swath lower resolution color inkjet cartridge having a different type of electrical interconnect. The carriage includes differently configured flex-circuit conductive assemblies (62; 54,56,58) for each different type of electrical interconnect without having to change the datum configuration of the cartridges mounted in the carriage.
Patent EP-0665691-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SEYTTER FRITZ DIPL-ING
IPC: H04N19/00
Filed: 1995-01-12
Abstract: The images of the original sequence are divided into a number of strips of uniform width which are actualised at a standard frame rate (typically 5 Hz) of an under-sampled sequence. The complete picture can then be reproduced as soon as a new strip at the higher original frame rate (typically 25 Hz) is decoded. The transmission time is reduced to the interval between two frames, and the overall delay in reproduction to the reciprocal of the prod. of the lower frame rate and number of strips, plus twice the reciprocal of the prod. of that rate and the number of macro-blocks.
Patent EP-0674437-A2 (EP)
Inventor: HOSHINO YASUHARU NEC CORP
IPC: H04N5/937
Filed: 1995-02-23
Abstract: In a video processor, an analog composite video signal is converted by an A/D converter (10) to a digital bit sequence in response to a system clock pulse. By using the system clock pulse and horizontal and vertical synchronizing pulses separated from the composite signal, a horizontal blanking interval and a vertical blanking interval are detected by control circuitry (21∼24) and the read/write operations of a field memory (12) are disabled during the horizontal and vertical blanking intervals and enabled at other times. The picture information from the memory is converted by a D/A converter (13) to analog form in response to the system clock pulse. A multiplex of a digital pedestal level signal and a digital synchronization level signal is supplied to the D/A converter (13) when the memory is disabled.
Patent EP-0676273-A2 (EP)
Inventor: LEHMANN JOERG DIPL-ING
IPC: F16B5/06
Filed: 1995-04-05
Abstract: Synthetic sheets (8,9) or films are joined by welding along their longitudinal edges (10,11). The joint has a holding strip (6) which can be anchored, esp. in concrete, and the backs (16,17) of the sheets (8,9) lie on it in the region of the edges (10,11). On the front (44,45) of the sheets (8,9) is a jointing strip 92) which is clipped to the holding strip (6). The jointing strip (2) has at least one heating wire (38,39) so that it can be welded to both sheets (8,9). <IMAGE>
Patent EP-0687703-A2 (EP)
Inventor: TSUMURA MASAHIRO C O KASHIMA O
IPC: C08G14/04
Filed: 1995-04-10
Abstract: A fiber-reinforced resin plate comprising a fibrous base material and a matrix bonding the fibers contained in the fibrous base material, the matrix being formed by curing a resin composition comprising a highly reactive modified phenolic resin (A) prepared by polycondensing a petroleum heavy oil or pitch, a formaldehyde polymer and a phenol in the presence of an acid catalyst to thereby prepare a modified phenolic resin and reacting the resultant modified phenolic resin with a phenol in the presence of an acid catalyst to thereby lower the molecular weight of the modified phenolic resin, and an epoxy resin (B). Also, a prepreg and a process for producing the fiber-reinforced resin plate. This fiber-reinforced resin plate is excellent not only in adhesion to copper and other metals, heat resistance and electrical insulating properties but also in dimensional stability, strength and other mechanical properties, especially those at heating, because of the formation of the matrix by curing of the above resin composition comprising the highly reactive modified phenolic resin (A) and the epoxy resin (B).
Patent EP-0669770-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KIDO KOUICHI
IPC: H04N9/84
Filed: 1988-10-07
Abstract: The invention relates to a VTR provided with a chrominance sub-carrier phase shifting circuit. The phase control of the chrominance sub-carrier phase is implemented in first and second modes, wherein, in successive field intervals of the video signal, the phase control alternates between said first and second modes. In the first mode, the phase of the frequency conversion signal applied to the mixer for executing frequency conversion of the chrominance sub-carrier is shifted by 90 °, whereas in the second mode no shifting is performed.
Patent EP-0692378-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KLUEHSPIES GUENTER WILLI
IPC: B26D1/547
Filed: 1995-07-06
Abstract: The device has two ends (13,14) of a cable-like flexible paper separator (12) which are fixed indirectly on the sides of a frame. A piston rod(18) and a double-acting pneumatic work cylinder (19) are provided to move at least one end (14) through the path of the paper web (1). One end of the separator can be fixed on the frame by a tension spring (16). The bending resistance of the separator should be approximately the same in all directions across the longitudinal axis.
Patent EP-0701347-A2 (EP)
Inventor: DAHOD ASHRAF MANSUR
IPC: H04L12/44
Filed: 1995-09-11
Abstract: An arrangement for interconnecting groups of users into collision domains in a Local Area Network such as an Ethernet comprises a plurality of repeater groups, with each repeater group being connected to a group of user stations. The arrangement also comprises an electronically reconfigurable switch matrix. The switch matrix comprises a plurality of segment lines (or other transmission media) each of which is used to form one collision domain or Ethernet segment. Switch elements under the control of a microcontroller selectively connect particular repeater groups (and the associated user groups) to particular segment lines to form Ethernet segments, each Ethernet segment being a single collision domain. Internetworking devices such as bridges and routers may also be connected to the switch matrix to interconnect particular collision domains.
Patent EP-0666564-A2 (EP)
Inventor: FUJII HIROSHI C O INT PROP DIV
IPC: G11B23/087
Filed: 1995-02-01
Abstract: A tape cassette comprising a flat, box-like cassette case, a recording medium tape accommodated in the cassette case, and a lid for covering and protecting, when the tape cassette is not in use, the recording medium tape at a portion exposed out of the cassette case, wherein a fulcrum of the lid is composed of a fulcrum pin and a receiving portion for receiving and holding the fulcrum pin, the receiving portion being made of an elastic synthetic resin and having a circular inner peripheral face for receiving the fulcrum pin, the inner peripheral face being partially notched for providing an introducing portion, and 
   a frontage of the introducing portion being slightly smaller than an outer diameter of the fulcrum pin. This setup makes extremely easy the work for having the fulcrum pin be supported in the receiving portion.
Patent EP-0699933-A2 (EP)
Inventor: PETISCE JAMES RAYMOND
IPC: G02B6/44
Filed: 1995-08-24
Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, an annular insulating core member is formed from an elastomeric material surrounding a plurality of optical fibers and maintaining the group of fibers in a predetermined configuration relative to each other. More specifically, the elastomeric material is characterized by its modulus at room temperature and its bonding to each color identified optical fiber being such as to hold together said fiber configuration while allowing interfiber movement and to facilitate the exposure of the individual optical fibers upon the application of peeling forces between the elastomeric material and an optical fiber without obfuscating the color identification of the optical fibers while providing suitable mechanical properties to maintain the integrity of the fiber configuration. Additionally, the insulating core member may be incorporated into a communication cable by enclosing the core member into a sheath system with an associated strength member. For applications with high strength demands, such as undersea environments, the cable strength members may include a central elongated filament and plural layers of stranded steel wires separated from the central filament by the annular insulating core member, in which the optical fibers are embedded. Furthermore, a metallic tubular jacket preferably surrounds the stranded steel layers to provide both a DC path for powering the optical repeaters and a hermetic moisture barrier for the fibers.
Patent EP-0706300-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KIGAWA NAOYUKI
IPC: G10K9/13
Filed: 1995-10-02
Abstract: The present invention provides an electroacoustic transducer which realizes an optimum characteristic thereof utilizing heat caused by reflow soldering without being influenced by the same heat. The electroacoustic transducer includes a magnetic driving portion (10) composed of a base (20), a core (22) provided upright on the base (20) and a coil (24) wound around the core (22), wherein a height (L1) of the coil (24) at the manufacturing time is set lower by a height which corresponds to thermal expansion of the coil in reflow soldering, and a projection length of the core (22) exposed from the coil (24) at the manufacturing time is set larger by the height which corresponds to thermal expansion of the coil in reflow soldering.
Patent EP-0747529-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SCHULTZ GARY V
IPC: D21F7/10
Filed: 1995-10-04
Abstract: A papermaking felt (26) of the invention contains at least one substrate web (35/36) having a fuse-bonded joint (90) extending across the width of the felt. The joint (90) is formed by superposing, onto each other, end portions (66,68) of a flat-woven substrate web element (42), with the end portions (66,68) extending away from the ends (70,72) in a common direction, and concurrently severing the ends from the end portions, and fuse bonding the end portions to each other, along a common cut line. 
     When the joint (90) is "opened out", the now endless closed loop web (35) exhibits a peak (100) in one surface and a valley (104) in the opposite surface. The web (35) is thereafter provided with a batt (38,40) of fibrous material on at least the paper-making surface (28) of the web; in this surface is the valley (104) which is almost imperceptible, and effectively no trace of which is discernible in paper made using the felt (26).
Patent EP-0713339-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KOBAYASHI TAKAYUKI
IPC: H04N19/42
Filed: 1995-10-24
Abstract: Herein disclosed is a motion vector searching apparatus for searching motion vectors indicative of visual motion between a current picture consisting of current picture blocks (TPi) and a reference picture consisting of search windows each including a set of reference picture blocks (B1 to B9) by calculating a set of distortion values and detecting the minimum value from the distortion values. The motion vector searching apparatus comprises means (100) for outputting current block data, means (200) for outputting search window data (Wj), and data registering means (300) for registering the search window data (Wj) in a searching region (310) covering first and second pixels. The data registering means (300) has first transmission registers (352) for initially registering part of the search window data (Wj) corresponding to the first pixels and second transmission registers (382) for initially registering the remaining part of the search window data (Wj) corresponding to the second pixels. The motion vector searching apparatus further comprises transmission controlling means (400, 500) for having the search window data (Wj) transmitted in a predetermined direction from the second transmission registers (382) to the first transmission registers (352) while the search window data (Wj) is transmitted in the predetermined direction, distortion computing means (300) for computing the distortion values based on the pixel values of one of the current blocks and the pixel values of the search window data (Wj) registered in order at the first transmission registers (352), and minimum distortion detecting means (600) for detecting the minimum value from the distortion values computed by the distortion computing means (300).
Patent EP-0713215-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MIYASHITA AKIRA
IPC: G11B7/1263
Filed: 1995-11-15
Abstract: An optical information recording and/or reproducing apparatus is arranged to radiate a leading light beam from a first light source and a trailing light beam from a second light source to follow up the leading beam onto an information track in a recording medium and to perform recording of information with the leading beam and verification with the trailing beam. The apparatus includes a common photosensor for detecting parts of light quantities of the light beams from the first and second light sources, a device for intermittently turning off the light beam not used for reproduction of preformat portions out of the leading beam and trailing beam, with respect to the preformat portions, and a light output controller for controlling the leading beam from the first light source and the trailing beam from the second light source at respective predetermined light outputs, based on the light quantities detected by the photosensor and reference values preliminarily set, when one of the leading beam and trailing beam is off and when the both of the leading beam and trailing beam are on.
Patent EP-0713009-A2 (EP)
Inventor: CLARKE PETER
IPC: F04B43/02
Filed: 1995-11-17
Abstract: A diaphragm pump (10) comprising: 
a chamber (12) opening at opposite end portions to provide an inlet (14 and an outlet (16), and including an aperture (30) defined in a surface of the chamber between the inlet and outlet; 
a flexible diaphragm (40) having an inner region (42) and an outer region (44), the outer region (44) sealing against the surface of the chamber surrounding the aperture to close off the aperture, the chamber and the diaphragm (40) thereby defining a passageway (50) providing fluid communication between the inlet and outlet; 
a one-way inlet valve (25) coupled to the inlet (14) and a one-way outlet valve (27) coupled to the outlet (16); 
the inner region (42) of the diaphragm (40) being reciprocatable within the chamber (12), whereby on reciprocation of the inner region fluid is drawn in via the inlet valve and expelled via the outlet valve, 
wherein the diaphragm (40) is angled such that the plane of the diaphragm faces the outlet (16).
Patent EP-0804179-A2 (EP)
Inventor: DELLA VALLE FRANCESCO
IPC: A61K31/22
Filed: 1995-03-17
Abstract: PCT No. PCT/EP95/01002 Sec. 371 Date Sep. 23, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Sep. 23, 1996 PCT Filed Mar. 17, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO95/25509 PCT Pub. Date Sep. 28, 1995The use of N-acyl derivatives of aminoalcohols with mono- and di-carboxylic acids for the prevention and treatment of diseases connected with hyper and prolonged excitation by excitatory amino acids is described.