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Patent EP-0810320-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MEERSCHMAN GUY ACHILLES ALFONS
IPC: D06P5/12
Filed: 1997-05-21
Abstract: A process for the production of resist or multicolour effects on natural or synthetic polyamide fibre materials is claimed, in which, before or after treatment with a dye bath or printing paste containing anionic dyes, the textile is subjected (for resist effects) to local treatment, wet-on-wet, with a liquid preparation containing compound(s) of formula (I), in which R1 = 10-24C alkyl or alkenyl; R2, R3 = 1-4C alkyl; X = anion; A = optionally substituted benzene ring. To obtain multicolour effects, the textile is treated with similar liquid preparation(s) containing anionic dye(s) in addition to (1). The dye is then fixed by heat treatment.
Patent EP-0853042-A2 (EP)
Inventor: LEVIN ROBERT F
IPC: H02G1/06
Filed: 1998-01-12
Abstract: The automatic cable tie installation tool 12 comprises a cable tie application device 14 for application of the cable tie around a bundle 24, and a cable tie receiving device 26 for receiving and positioning the cable tie for transportation to the cable tie application device. A cable tie advancing device utilises pressurised air for advancing the cable tie from the receiving device through a transfer tube to the application device. A control device regulates the receiving device. A sensing device detects the presence of a blockage within the transfer tube. A signalling device signals the control device in response to a blockage indicated by the sensing device to prevent the positioning of a next cable tie for transportation to the application device.
Patent EP-0859216-A2 (EP)
Inventor: LYNCH DAVID DEXTER
IPC: G01C19/5691
Filed: 1998-01-26
Abstract: The invention is a method for applying forces to the resonator of a vibratory rotation sensor
(VRS) by establishing an ac voltage between conducting regions of a surface of the resonator and one
or more forcer electrodes opposing the conducting regions. The method comprises the steps of
generating a first ac voltage having a first frequency and a first phase, generating a second ac voltage
having a second frequency, and establishing the difference of the first and second ac voltages
between conducting regions of a surface of the resonator and the one or more forcer electrodes. The
first and second ac voltages are synchronized to the displacement of a point on the resonator when
the resonator is vibrating. The ratio of the vibrational frequency of the VRS to either the difference
or the sum of the first and second frequencies is a ratio of integers.
Patent EP-0858152-A2 (EP)
Inventor: GOTOU MAKOTO
IPC: H02M7/5387
Filed: 1998-02-06
Abstract: As shown in FIG. 9, a switching control part 310
detects voltage drops of FET power transistors 81 to 83,
and outputs a switching control signal Vd responding with
a modulated signal changed in synchronization with a
movement of a motor, and a detected operation voltage.
The switching operation of a switching transistor 61 is
controlled responding with the switching control signal
Vd, so that a converted DC voltage of a voltage converting
part 52 is controlled. The converted DC voltage of the
voltage converting part is supplied to power amplifying
parts 11 to 17. The power amplifying parts configured by
FET power current-mirror circuits analoguely alter current
paths from the converted DC voltage of the voltage
converting part to three-phase windings 2, 3, and 4,
whereby pulsation of drive currents I1, I2, and I3 to the
windings is reduced and a motor vibration is decreased in
level.
Patent EP-0898147-A2 (EP)
Inventor: GRIESINGER MANFRED DR
IPC: G01B11/06
Filed: 1998-02-26
Abstract: The method involves spectral evaluation of back-scattered light from the surface of the road. The wavelength-dependent characteristic of the back-scattering intensity is taken as the product of a function describing the wavelength-dependent back-scatter spectrum of a dry road surface and an exponential absorption term describing the light transmission of a water layer of defined depth. The parameters are approximated to determine the road condition. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM for a method of determining the condition of a road surface is also given. A light evaluation apparatus for performing the method is also claimed.
Patent EP-0866219-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KAWAI TAKASHI
IPC: F01N9/00
Filed: 1998-03-13
Abstract: Disclosed is a fuel cut control apparatus for an
internal combustion engine wherein provisions are made to
avoid the occurrence of misfire due to a drop in intake
air amount and also prevent impairment of the vehicle
deceleration feeling when control is performed to
prohibit fuel cut during deceleration in order to prevent
catalyst deterioration in a high-temperature, lean
atmosphere. When allowing fuel injection by prohibiting
deceleration fuel cut in order to prevent catalyst
deterioration, a minimum intake air amount necessary for
combustion is secured by controlling, for example, an
idle speed control valve (36), to ensure the prevention
of the occurrence of misfire. Further, in a driving
condition that tends to impair the deceleration feeling
and give the driver an unnatural feel, that is, in a
driving condition under which the decelerating force of
the internal combustion engine (engine braking) makes an
appreciable contribution to vehicle deceleration, the
fuel cut prohibition for the prevention of catalyst
deterioration is not executed. For example, when the
vehicle speed is slow, aerodynamic drag due to wind is
small and the driving condition is such that the engine
braking makes an appreciable contribution to vehicle
deceleration; therefore, when the vehicle speed is below
a predetermined value, the fuel cut prohibition for the
prevention of catalyst deterioration is aborted, and fuel
cut is executed (303, 304) to prevent the impairment of
the deceleration feeling.
Patent EP-0902414-A2 (EP)
Inventor: LUCIONI GONZALO DR-ING
IPC: G10L21/02
Filed: 1998-08-12
Abstract: The method involves using a call answering system (10) which has an answering device (12) in which a spoken response is provided in the form of a digital answering signal. There is detection of an overlap between the speech input and the response, for providing a compensation signal (y) controlling an adaptive digital filter for echo suppression. The difference signal (d) of the speech input signal and the compensation signal is fed to a speech recognition device (14). The adaption of the filter components of the digital filter is effected when the spoken response only is provided, with termination of the adaption when an overlap between the response and the speech input is detected.
Patent EP-0911900-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KAWAHARA TATSUYA
IPC: H01M4/88
Filed: 1998-10-22
Abstract: In a catalyst electrode 23, a plurality of catalyst clusters 30 and a
plurality of electrolyte clusters 32 are connected and entwined with each
other. Each catalyst cluster 30 is formed by aggregation of a plurality of
carbon particles 36 with a catalyst 34 carried thereon, and the surface of the
catalyst cluster 30 is coated with an electrolyte layer 38. Each electrolyte
cluster 32 is formed by aggregation of an electrolyte. A supply of ions is fed
to the catalyst 34 for the electrochemical reaction via the electrolyte layer 38.
The electrolyte clusters 32, on the other hand, ensure the pathway of ions
moving from an electrolyte film 21 towards a gas diffusion electrode 25.
This arrangement of the present invention does not require the thick
electrolyte layer 38 for ensuring the sufficient transmission of ions but
enables a sufficient amount of gas (oxygen) to be fed to the catalyst 34.
Patent EP-0930485-A2 (EP)
Inventor: WEITZEL THILO
IPC: H04B10/67
Filed: 1998-12-01
Abstract: The system produces a reference light beam, which is frequency-shifted, modulated, time-shifted or phase-shifted compared to the optical signal to be determined. At least one wave-dependent facility (14) is provided, with which the optical beam to be determined and the reference light beams are aligned in such a manner, that they can be applied for interference. At least one detector (40) is arranged together with a demodulator (50) or other optical elements, so that a temporal or spatial modulation of the intensity related to the whole or part of the detected radiation cross-section can be measured.
Patent EP-0909081-A2 (EP)
Inventor: RABIPOUR RAFI
IPC: H04M3/533
Filed: 1998-10-06
Abstract: In recent years, the telecommunications industry has
witnessed the proliferation of a variety of digital vocoders
in order to meet bandwidth demands of different wireline and
wireless communication systems. The rapid growth in the
diversity of networks and the number of users of such networks
is increasing the number of instances where two vocoders are
placed in tandem to serve a single connection. Such
arrangements of low bit-rate codecs can degrade the quality of
the transmitted speech. To overcome this problem in the
specific situation involving store-and-forward systems (e.g.
voicemail), the invention provides a novel method and
apparatus including a plurality of different vocoders that can
be selectively invoked to process the voice signal so as to
reduce signal degradation. Also, the apparatus has the
capability to bypass the vocoder bank when exchanging data
with a remote signal processor capable of accepting data
frames in compressed format.
Patent EP-0853355-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MCKNIGHT IAN ALEXANDER
IPC: B60R16/027
Filed: 1998-01-13
Abstract: An electrical connector comprises first and second relatively rotatable
housing parts (12, 14) housing a conductor. A first end of the conductor
is carried by the first housing part (12) and a second end of the
conductor is carried by the second housing part (14). The first housing
part (12) carries an indicator wheel (16) which is cooperable with a tooth
(30) of the second housing part (14) to provide an indication of the
relative rotary positions of the housing parts (12, 14). The indicator
wheel (16) is rotatable about an axis perpendicular to that about which
the first and second housing parts (12, 14) rotate. The indicator wheel
(16) may also act to limit rotary motion of the housing parts (12, 14).
Patent EP-0856291-A2 (EP)
Inventor: GAISER JOHN
IPC: A61B18/08
Filed: 1998-01-23
Abstract: A steerable electrophysiology catheter includes a
shaft having a distal ablation segment with one or more
electrodes coupled to a source of electrical energy by a
connector extending through the shaft. The distal ablation
segment of the shaft is movable between a collapsed
configuration sized for percutaneous introduction into the
patient and/or endoluminal delivery to the target site and an
expanded configuration, in which the distal ablation segment
forms a substantially continuous surface transverse to the
shaft axis for engaging the heart tissue and creating a linear
lesion thereon. The catheter includes one or more force
element(s) positioned to apply an axial force between the
distal and proximal ends of the ablation segment. The force
element(s) provide a sufficiently uniform force against the
distal ablation segment to establish continuous contact
pressure between the electrodes and the patient's heart
tissue. This contact pressure allows the surgeon to engage
the entire length of the distal ablation segment against the
heart tissue to provide a relatively long linear lesion on
this tissue.
Patent EP-0897763-A2 (EP)
Inventor: CAROLI AURELIO
IPC: B08B3/02
Filed: 1998-08-06
Abstract: A method for disposing of the washing liquid in a
machine for washing items and the washing machine.
The machine comprises a chamber for washing the
items, means for supporting at least one item in
the washing chamber, means for storing the washing
liquid, means for bringing the washing liquid into
contact with the item to be washed, and means for
eliminating the washing liquid from the machine.
According to the method, to eliminate the washing
liquid from the machine, the washing liquid is
evaporated, thus reducing the volume of liquid to
be eliminated.
Patent EP-0979440-A2 (EP)
Inventor: HOWLAND DAVID R
IPC: G05B19/12
Filed: 1998-04-14
Abstract: L'invention concerne un système de distribution de produits chimiques comprenant un lecteur de cartes en communication de données avec un organe de commande afin de commander, de manière programmable, le transfert de produits chimiques entre un dispositif d'approvisionnement en produits chimiques et un compartiment de lavage tout en permettant de garder un enregistrement permanent du statut programmé de l'organe de commande.
Patent EP-1012690-A2 (EP)
Inventor: DURST ROBERT T JR
IPC: G06Q30/00
Filed: 1998-07-14
Abstract: La présente invention concerne un procédé, permettant d'accorder des remises dans des transactions commerciales électroniques, qui consiste à imprimer un coupon de remise (2) doté d'informations lisibles par un consommateur, décrivant le vendeur, le produit et la remise et un symbole (2b) exploitable par ordinateur tel qu'un code barres linéaire ou en trois dimensions. Le symbole est codé par des zones de données comprenant un premier identificateur associé à l'adresse de protocole Internet d'un ordinateur de vendeur, éventuellement un deuxième identificateur associé à la remise appliquée à un produit, éventuellement un troisième identificateur associé au consommateur ciblé, et éventuellement des instructions permettant à un ordinateur d'accéder à un programme client. Le procédé comprend également les étapes consistant à diffuser le coupon de remise (2); à balayer le symbole de coupon exploitable par ordinateur; à décoder les données balayées de façon à produire l'adresse IP du vendeur; à lancer le programme de façon à permettre l'accès au système en ligne; à communiquer avec l'ordinateur hôte du vendeur ; et à télécharger depuis l'ordinateur hôte du vendeur un fichier associé au coupon balayé.
Patent EP-1021802-A2 (EP)
Inventor: ANDRASEV AKOS
IPC: G06Q20/00
Filed: 1998-09-17
Abstract: La procédure de l'invention peut être utilisée à la fois pour autoriser de manière verbale ou électronique le pouvoir d'utiliser une carte bancaire, et pour effectuer une recherche du pouvoir d'un mandat, avant son exécution. L'essence de la procédure réside dans le fait que, avant chaque transaction voulue, en plus du signal d'autorisation bien connu visant à permettre l'utilisation de la carte ou à émettre un mandat, le signal d'autorisation est subordonné à un signal prioritaire d'autorisation, déduit d'un signal de message de retour obtenu préalablement du décisionnaire par l'intermédiaire d'un réseau de télécommunications, de préférence par l'intermédiaire d'un réseau de télécommunications mobile numérique, sous la forme d'un signal de message SMS, en réponse à un message de demande de priorité d'autorisation, et la transaction est autorisée au moyen du signal d'autorisation validé par le signal d'autorisation prioritaire et ayant la signification de celui-ci.
Patent EP-0937418-A2 (EP)
Inventor: OKAJIMA SHINPEI
IPC: A43C1/04
Filed: 1999-02-19
Abstract: The invention relates to a shoe lacing configuration where short straps attached to sides of an article of footwear are formed with loops. A secondary lacing strap (85) includes loops (90) through which a lace extends. The lace extends through lacing means formed on opposite sides of a boot and further extends through the loops in the secondary lacing strap. The secondary lacing strap has the effect of doubling the force applied to the lace on the opposite sides of the boot in a manner similar to that of a block and tackle thus improving the lace tightening characteristics of the article of footwear.
Patent EP-0937849-A2 (EP)
Inventor: LAHMANN ERNST
IPC: E05C17/30
Filed: 1999-02-22
Abstract: The elongated box-shaped profile (20) has a tapering orifice (21) into which fits a metal flat bar (10) moving longitudinally inside it. The flat bar passes through a short braking casing piece (30) which has at least one sloping braking surface matching the tapering orifice. The flat bar has a raised flat arm (11) starting at a distance from its attached end and for elastically widening the braking casing piece and for exerting braking force in the orifice of the box-shaped profile.
Patent EP-0952271-A2 (EP)
Inventor: BAUER WERNER
IPC: E04B5/23
Filed: 1999-04-23
Abstract: Several ribs (5) are inserted between the boards (4) in the wooden structural part (2) and extend over the total length of the boards (4) into the concrete part (3). Above the compound surface (7) are recesses (11,12,14,15). A number of cross force anchors (10) run crossways to the longitudinal direction of the compound ribs in the recesses and are enclosed by the concrete part. The cross force anchors and the connecting ribs form a union which can accommodate the forces acting vertically to the plane of the board stack component. The cross force anchors are metallic flat profiles (10a), angle profiles (10c,10d) or round bars (10b,10f), arranged in grooves (11) of the connecting ribs.
Patent EP-0974558-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SANADA TOMOKI
IPC: H05K1/09
Filed: 1999-07-23
Abstract: A lead-free electrically conductive paste which can be fired at low temperature and
has excellent wettability to a solder, as well as a glass substrate having a circuit
suitable for producing an automobile window having an antifogging property. The
electrically conductive paste comprises an electrically conductive component, glass
frit, and a vehicle, wherein B-Bi-O or B-Si-Bi-O glass frit is used as the glass frit. A
circuit is formed on a glass substrate by use of the electrically conductive paste, to
thereby provide an automobile window having an antifogging property.
Patent EP-0976993-A2 (EP)
Inventor: BIANCHI VITTORIO
IPC: F25B31/00
Filed: 1999-07-26
Abstract: A reciprocating motor compressor for refrigerating apparatus
comprises a sealed casing and a motor-compressor unit. The
compressor of the unit comprises a piston, a cylinder (22) in
which the piston is movable to and fro and a valved cylinder
head (24). The cylinder (22), at least in the vicinity of
the cylinder head (24), has at least one cooling cavity (40,
40a, 40b) in its wall with an inlet opening (42) and an
outlet opening (44) to which respective cooling tubes lead
which extend out from the motor compressor casing to be
connected to an external coolant fluid circulation circuit
for the cylinder (22).
Patent EP-0994348-A2 (EP)
Inventor: HOLL KONRAD DR
IPC: G01N33/00
Filed: 1999-09-09
Abstract: Process for determining oxygen and nitrous oxide in gas mixtures comprises feeding the gas mixture to a zinc-air cell containing electrodes connected to a network of diodes and resistors placed on at least two electrochemical operating regions. The current flowing in each of the operating regions is used to indicate the amount of O2 and N2O in the gas mixture. An Independent claim is also included for an apparatus for carrying out the process for determining oxygen and nitrous oxide in gas mixtures comprising a housing (2, 3) containing the gas mixture (5) and a zinc-air cell (1), and a circuit connected to the electrodes of the cell. The circuit contains diodes (7, 8), resistors (9, 10), sensing points (11, 12) and apparatus for measuring and displaying the current strength.
Patent EP-0995579-A2 (EP)
Inventor: HEGLER RALPH PETER DR-ING
IPC: B29C48/13
Filed: 1999-09-18
Abstract: An outer pipe(37) is extruded and expanded to form transverse ribs(38) while a smooth inner pipe(39) is extruded inside the outer pipe and welded to the bases of the ribs(37). At specific points along the continuous extrudate, the outer and inner melt streams are formed into a cylindrical pipe socket(41), the flow rates in each stream being varied independently from each other to compensate for the different lengths of plastic used compared to the production of corrugated pipe. An Independent claim is made for the process equipment which includes circulating split molds(12) at least one of which has a cut-out for forming a socket(41), a first extruder feeding an inner nozzle(21) and a second extruder feeding an outer nozzle(22). The extrusion speed of one or both extruders is varied by switches(50,51,56,57) operated as the socket cut-out moves over one of the nozzles.
Patent EP-0994264-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KISHI JOSHINORI
IPC: F16C33/66
Filed: 1999-10-12
Abstract: A bearing lubricating device includes: oiling means
(14, 15) for supplying a predetermined amount of lubricating
oil to a shoulder peripheral surface (3B) of a race ring (3)
of a rolling bearing (1) located on a side of a raceway
surface (3A) of said race ring (3) of said rolling bearing
(1); and air jetting means (16, 19) for jetting air so as to
transfer the lubricating oil on said shoulder peripheral
surface (2A) toward an interior of said bearing (1), wherein
said air jetting means (16, 19) has a receiving space (17)
formed in a side member (11) disposed on a side of and
adjacent to a nonrotating race ring of said bearing so as to
receive air from an outside as well as an air jetting slit
(16) communicating with said receiving space (17), said air
jetting slit (16) having an annular shape concentric with
said race ring and substantially continuous in a
circumferential direction and being formed to be open in
such a manner as to be oriented toward the interior of said
bearing.
Patent EP-0999060-A2 (EP)
Inventor: HOSAKA KEN
IPC: B41J2/175
Filed: 1999-10-26
Abstract: To mainly provide a head holder including an ink
jet head for discharging ink and a flexible cable on
which a contact portion to which an electric signal for
discharging ink from the ink jet head is transferred is
formed and which is joined to the ink jet head, wherein
an opening through which the flexible cable passes is
formed in the head holder and a portion of the flexible
cable on which the contact portion is formed is exposed
to the outside of the head holder from the opening of
the head holder.
Patent EP-1001632-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SHIKUNAMI JUICHI
IPC: H04N21/2368
Filed: 1999-11-12
Abstract: A video disk recorder (100) is such an apparatus as to
compresses a video signal contained in a television signal
at a predetermined compression rate to record it on an optical
disk (1), and then play back the recorded signal. In such
a video disk recorder (100), the television signal being input
into a signal inputting portion is then compressed by a
variable-rate encoder (4), and then sent out to a
recording/playing portion (3). The signal sent out to the
recording/playing portion (3) is then recorded on an optical
disk (1). In particular, the video disk recorder (100) has
a probability calculating portion (5) for weighting signals
according to degree of importance of the contents of the
television signals, and a controlling portion (6) for varying
the compression rate in compliance with the weight.
Patent EP-0959271-A2 (EP)
Inventor: WHEELER DOUGLAS J
IPC: B60K20/00
Filed: 1999-04-15
Abstract: An electric shift apparatus ( 10 ) for shifting a vehicle transmission
assembly ( 12 ) includes a mounting structure ( 20 ) adapted to be mounted to a
transmission housing ( 22 ), an electric motor ( 24 ) supported by the mounting
structure ( 20 ), and a drive assembly ( 26 ) operably driven by the electric motor
( 24 ). The apparatus ( 10 ) further includes a core element ( 28 ) movably
supported by the mounting structure ( 20 ) and a guide ( 30 ) for guiding the core
element ( 28 ). A terminal ( 32 ) is slidably disposed in the guide ( 30 ) and
connected to the core element ( 28 ). A shift lever ( 34 ) is movable between a
plurality of shift positions and connected to the terminal ( 32 ) for shifting a
transmission. The apparatus ( 10 ) is characterized by the core element ( 28 )
comprising a helical cable ( 36 ) which is driven by the drive assembly ( 26 ) for
linear actuation of the shift lever ( 34 ). The helical cable ( 36 ) is comprised of
a filamentous member ( 38 ) and a core member ( 40 ) that defines a longitudinal
axis ( 42 ). The filamentous member ( 38 ) is wound in spaced convolutions to
define tooth-like members ( 44 ). The tooth-like members ( 44 ) are spaced apart
from one another along the core element ( 38 ) and are in driven engagement
with the drive assembly ( 26 ).