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20100300018 | Thermally Conductive Wall Structure - There is described a wall structure for absorbing or transferring heat from or to the ground, the wall structure comprising a footing for the wall structure disposed in the ground below grade extending in the longitudinal direction of the wall structure, a vertical wall supported on and extending longitudinally in the direction of the footing, the vertical wall extending upwardly from the footing above grade to a predetermined height, and having upper, lower, interior, exterior and end surfaces, a sheath of insulation for enveloping the vertical wall's upper, end, interior and exterior surfaces and thermal conductors disposed in the wall structure to be in thermal communication with one another, at least some of the conductors extending outwardly from the footing into the ground, the thermal conductors facilitating heat transfer between the ground and the vertical wall. | 12-02-2010 |
20110192566 | THERMAL STORAGE SYSTEM FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH A THERMAL CONDUCTIVE WALL STRUCTURE - There is described a thermal storage system for transferring and storing heat in the ground, the thermal storage system comprising pumping means configured to circulate a working fluid, a heat exchanger, a supply output, a length of pipe, a return inlet and a thermally conductive ground engaging footing such that the pumping means circulates the working fluid through the length of pipe allowing heat transfer between the ground and the working fluid, the thermally conductive ground engaging footing thermally communicating with the ground. | 08-11-2011 |
20120023851 | Insulated Concrete Form - An apparatus for a concrete form of an insulated wall has opposed, spaced apart and parallel wall panels, each having an inner surface, upper edge surface and a lower edge surface. Plural retainers are secured within each of the panels at spaced apart intervals, each retainer including a connecting portion extending outwardly from the inner surface of each panel, and an anchoring portion. The anchoring portion includes a framework disposed within the panels, an upper connector extending upwardly from each panel's upper edge surface and a lower connector extending downwardly from each panel's lower edge surface. The upper and lower connectors respectively engage upper and lower connectors of the next vertically adjacent panel to securely attach the panels together. Plural cross webs extends between the panels to tie them together, the cross webs being connection to the connecting portions of opposed retainers in the panels. | 02-02-2012 |
20140145045 | APPLIANCE HOLDER - A holder for a hair appliance with heatable elements that is comprised of a stand with two pockets. The heated portion of the appliance is inserted into the two pockets, each pocket receiving a heatable element of the appliance. The pockets are made of heat resistant material. The use of the dual-pockets keeps the heating elements of the appliance separated, which assists in cooling and helps extend the life of the appliance. The base includes a counterweight to balance the holder. | 05-29-2014 |
20140353301 | HAIR STYLING APPLIANCE - An appliance used for styling or shaping of fiber that is comprised of at least two heatable plates with a longitudinally extending gap between adjacent plates. The gap between the plates allows for increased function of the appliance. The appliance may be a hair straightener, a crimping iron, a curling iron, clothes iron or any other appliance that uses heated plates and is used to shape or style fibers. | 12-04-2014 |
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20100019027 | Methods of processing a last check of a bunch of checks deposited at a self-service terminal during a bunch-check deposit transaction - A method is provided of processing a last check of a bunch of checks deposited at the self-service terminal during a bunch-check deposit transaction. The method comprises receiving the last check along a check transport path, processing the last check as the last check is being transported along the check transport path, transporting the processed check to a virtual escrow which is along a portion of the check transport path and which is other than a physical escrow, approving the bunch-check deposit transaction as the last check is being held in the virtual escrow, after the bunch-check deposit transaction is approved, transporting the last check from the virtual escrow to an endorser to allow the endorser to endorse the last check, endorsing the last check, and after the last check is endorsed, transporting the endorsed check to a storage bin. | 01-28-2010 |
20110101595 | DOCUMENT PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING A DOCUMENT PROCESSING APPARATUS - A document processing apparatus comprises a document transport path which extends from an upstream end to a downstream end, a low speed drive disposed at the upstream end of the document transport path and for transporting a document along the document transport path from the upstream end towards the downstream end, a high speed drive disposed at the downstream end of the document transport path and for receiving a document being transported along the document transport path from the low speed drive, an actuatable document processing device disposed at the downstream end of the document transport path and for, when actuated, performing a downstream processing operation on a document being transported along the document transport path, a sensor for (i) sensing speed of movement of a document which is being transported along the document transport path from the upstream end to the downstream end, and (ii) providing a first electrical signal which is indicative of speed of movement of the document, and a controller for (i) monitoring the first electrical signal to thereby monitor speed of movement of the document along the document transport path, (ii) detecting when speed of movement of the document has increased from a first speed to a second speed which is greater than the first speed, (iii) providing a second electrical signal to actuate the document processing device to perform the downstream processing operation in response to detection of speed of movement of the document having increased from the first speed to the second speed. | 05-05-2011 |
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20100001450 | WORKBENCH WITH SAW HORSE - A workbench with a collapsible frame and a plurality of top members. The collapsible frame can include a first set of legs and a second set of legs can be coupled to one of the top members. The frame and top members can be positioned and supported by the first and second sets of legs to form a pair of free standing structures that can be employed as work benches and/or saw horses. | 01-07-2010 |
20110088362 | MOWER - A cordless mower includes a deck, a rechargeable battery, a blade for cutting grass, a blade motor and a drive motor. The deck is supported by front and rear wheels and has a top side, a bottom side, a front end and a rear end. The rechargeable battery is supported on the deck. The blade is on the bottom side of the deck and is coupled with a blade motor. The drive motor is connected to the rear wheels for driving said rear wheels to move the mower. The drive motor is located in a chamber at the rear of the mower adjacent the rear wheels. The chamber has an opening therein to allow air to flow through. | 04-21-2011 |
20110198412 | PAINT SPRAYER - A sprayer can include a sprayer body, a reservoir coupled to the sprayer body, a cleaning fluid reservoir coupled to the sprayer body and a pump assembly arranged within the sprayer body and coupled to the reservoir and the cleaning fluid reservoir. The pump assembly can include a pump barrel that defines a central aperture, a piston arranged within the central aperture, a solenoid coupled to the piston and configured to reciprocate the piston within the central aperture during operation of the sprayer, and a manifold assembly coupled to the pump barrel and including a valve member movable between a first position and a second position. The valve member can fluidly couple the central aperture with the reservoir in the first position and fluidly couple the central aperture with the cleaning fluid reservoir in the second position. | 08-18-2011 |
20110198414 | PAINT SPRAYER AND PAINT CONTAINER ADAPTER - A sprayer that delivers a pattern of paint that can be obtained from a container. The sprayer generally includes a sprayer body that emits the pattern with the paint. The sprayer also includes a reservoir including a cavity that when connected thereto provides the paint to the sprayer body. The reservoir includes a cylinder and a piston assembly manually movable in the cylinder to draw the paint into the cylinder when the reservoir is connected to the container. | 08-18-2011 |
20120006234 | WORKBENCH WITH SAW HORSE - A worktable having first and second portions that are removably coupled to one another. When the first and second portions are decoupled from one another they can be arranged into free-standing positions where they can be used as sawhorses. | 01-12-2012 |
20130199146 | CORDLESS MOWER INCLUDING COOLING AIR FLOW ARRANGEMENT - A cordless mower includes a deck, a rechargeable battery, a blade for cutting grass, a blade motor and a drive motor. The deck is supported by front and rear wheels and has a top side, a bottom side, a front end and a rear end. The rechargeable battery is supported on the deck. The blade is on the bottom side of the deck and is coupled with a blade motor. The drive motor is connected to the rear wheels for driving said rear wheels to move the mower. The drive motor is located in a chamber at the rear of the mower adjacent the rear wheels. The chamber has an opening therein to allow air to flow through. | 08-08-2013 |
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20080202909 | REMOTE CONTROLLED WALL SWITCH ACTUATOR - A device to actuate a switch. The switch has a switch toggle movable between a first position and a second position. The device includes a switch yoke movable between the first position and the second position adapted to engage the switch toggle and move therewith. The device also includes a first linkage connected to the switch yoke. The first linkage applies a force in response to an input signal to move the switch yoke from the first position to the second position. The first linkage includes a shape memory alloy. The device is configured to permit manual actuation of the switch toggle. | 08-28-2008 |
20080216280 | UTILITY VACUUM - A vacuum that includes a container, a hose in fluid communication with the container, a fan assembly coupled to the container, an attachment and an accessory apron. The fan assembly includes a fan housing and a fan that is configured to draw a debris-laden air flow through the hose and into the container. The attachment is capable of being releasably coupled to at least one of the hose and the fan housing. The accessory apron has a strap and a holder that is sized to receive and removably store the attachment. The strap is configured to be releasably secured to at least one of the canister and the fan assembly. | 09-11-2008 |
20090013477 | COMBINATION TOOL FOR ELECTRICAL TASKS - A power hand tool can include a generally longitudinal housing having a first end and a second end. An indicator can be disposed on the housing. A first and a second jaw member can be arranged at the first end wherein one of the first and second jaw members can rotate relative to the other jaw member. A motor assembly can be disposed in the housing and include an output member arranged at the second end. A sensor can be arranged at the second end and configured to sense an electrical field in proximity thereof. The sensor can generate a signal in response to a sensed electrical field. A controller can receive the sensor signal from the sensor assembly and control operation of the indicator in response thereto. | 01-15-2009 |
20100058553 | Utility Vacuum - A utility vacuum that may be configured to employ a disposable bag or removable and reusable container for the collection of dirt and debris that are drawn into the utility vacuum. The utility vacuum may employ one or more movable legs that are movable between an extended position, which provides relatively stable operation of the utility vacuum, and a retracted position, which reduces the footprint of the utility vacuum so that it is easier to store. | 03-11-2010 |
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20090198840 | Typing Tutoring System and Method for Indicating Finger Placement on a Keyboard - A keyboard used for typing tutoring comprises a plurality of keys, in which each key comprises first and second actuators. The first actuator is arranged to generate a keystroke signal when the key is pressed by a first prescribed amount to record a normal keystroke on a computer with which the keyboard is associated. The second actuator is arranged to generate a contact signal when the key is contacted by a user and pressed by a second prescribed amount which is less than the first prescribed amount. An indicator responsive to the contact signals generated by the second actuators of the keys indicates to the user which key has been contacted. The indicator is operable independently of a monitor of the computer which displays the normal keystrokes. | 08-06-2009 |
20100300174 | Step Flashing Bending Device - A step flashing bending device comprises a supporting a lower press block and an upper press block thereon for movement relative to one another for bending blank metal sheets into step flashing therebetween. The press blocks have working surfaces which are elongate in a longitudinal direction extending at a downward inclination from a top end to a bottom end thereof. The frame and the press blocks are open at the bottom end such that the working surfaces are arranged to automatically release the step flashing from the frame between the bottom ends of the upper and lower press blocks under force of gravity when the press blocks are separated into an open position. | 12-02-2010 |
20120279165 | Retrofit Mounting Clip for an Exterior Building Surface - A replacement exterior surface, for example a replacement roof, is supported by a retrofit system including wooden structural members of dimensional lumber and mountings clips, so as to span over an existing exterior supporting surface of a building, for example an existing roof. The mounting clips each have a base portion for being fastened through the exterior supporting surface onto respective underlying structural members of the building and a channel portion receiving a respective portion of the wooden structural members therein. The mounting clips are arranged to support the wooden structural members to span parallel and spaced apart from one another in a substantially common plane outwardly from the exterior supporting surface of the building for supporting the replacement exterior surface material thereon. | 11-08-2012 |
20150143766 | Insulated Block for Standing Seam Roof Structure - A rigid insulating body is mounted within a standing seam roof structure formed of roof supporting elements and roof panels spanning across the roof supporting elements. The body is suited for extending along a top side of a roof supporting element between an adjacent pair of roof panel mounting clips to occupy a vertical space between the top side of the roof supporting element and the bottom side of the roof panels. Blanket insulation spanning between the roof supporting elements and the roof panels is typically compressed at each roof supporting element by roof panel mounting clips fastened through the insulation from the roof panels to the roof supporting elements. The body is trapezoidal with sides which diverge from bottom to top so as to occupy the area of the blanket insulation compressed by the mounting clips at each roof supporting element. | 05-28-2015 |
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20090043439 | Guidance, Navigation, and Control System for a Vehicle - The present invention provides a guidance, navigation, and control method and system for an underground mining vehicle that allow said vehicle to be taught a route by a human operator and then have it automatically drive the route with no human intervention. The method works in three steps: teaching, route profiling, and playback. In the teaching step the vehicle is manually driven by a operator (or using tele-operation whereby the operator views a screen displaying live views from vehicle-mounted cameras and using remote controls) along a route which can consist of an arbitrary sequence of maneuvers including tramming forwards, switching directions, tramming backwards, turning, or pausing movement. During this phase raw data from vehicle-mounted sensors including odometric sensors and rangefinders are logged to a file throughout teaching for later processing. During the (offline) route profiling step, the raw data in the log file are processed into a route profile including a vehicle path, a sequence of local metric submaps located along the path, and a profile of desired speed as a function of distance along the path. During the playback step, the vehicle automatically repeats the route that was taught during the teaching phase, as represented by the route profile. This is accomplished by first determining where the vehicle is on the route using a localization method which uses the odometric and laser rangefinder sensors and the local metric maps to determine the vehicle location. A steering control method adjusts the vehicle's steering to ensure it tracks the intended path. A drive control method adjusts the vehicle's speed accordingly and safety method ensures the vehicle stops in the event that an obstruction is on the vehicle's intended path. | 02-12-2009 |
20120035798 | GUIDANCE, NAVIGATION, AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - The present invention provides a guidance, navigation, and control method and system for an underground mining vehicle that allow said vehicle to be taught a route by a human operator and then have it automatically drive the route with no human intervention. The method works in three steps: teaching, route profiling, and playback. In the teaching step the vehicle is manually driven by a operator (or using tele-operation whereby the operator views a screen displaying live views from vehicle-mounted cameras and using remote controls) along a route which can consist of an arbitrary sequence of maneuvers including tramming forwards, switching directions, tramming backwards, turning, or pausing movement. During this phase raw data from vehicle-mounted sensors including odometric sensors and rangefinders are logged to a file throughout teaching for later processing. During the (offline) route profiling step, the raw data in the log file are processed into a route profile including a vehicle path, a sequence of local metric submaps located along the path, and a profile of desired speed as a function of distance along the path. During the playback step, the vehicle automatically repeats the route that was taught during the teaching phase, as represented by the route profile. This is accomplished by first determining where the vehicle is on the route using a localization method which uses the odometric and laser rangefinder sensors and the local metric maps to determine the vehicle location. A steering control method adjusts the vehicle's steering to ensure it tracks the intended path. A drive control method adjusts the vehicle's speed accordingly and safety method ensures the vehicle stops in the event that an obstruction is on the vehicle's intended path. | 02-09-2012 |
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20100143916 | OSTEOARTHRITIS BIOMARKERS AND USES THEREOF - The invention relates to the identification and selection of novel biomarkers and the identification and selection of novel biomarker combinations which are differentially expressed in osteoarthritis and/or in a particular stage of osteoarthritis, as well as a means of selecting the novel biomarker combinations. The measurement of expression of the products of the biomarkers and combinations of biomarkers of the invention demonstrates particular advantage in one or more of the following: (a) diagnosing individuals as having arthritis, (b) differentiating between two stages of osteoarthritis (OA) and (c) diagnosing individuals as having a particular stage of osteoarthritis (OA). As would be understood, in order to measure the products of biomarkers of the invention, polynucleotides and proteins which specifically and/or selectively hybridize to the products of the biomarkers of the invention are also encompassed within the scope of the invention as are kits containing said polynucleotides and proteins for use in (a) diagnosing individuals as having arthritis, (b) differentiating between two stages of osteoarthritis (OA) and (c) diagnosing individuals as having a particular stage of osteoarthritis (OA). Further encompassed by the invention is the use of the polynucleotides and proteins which specifically and/or selectively hybridize to the product of the biomarkers of the invention to monitor disease progression in an individual and to monitor the efficacy of therapeutic regimens. The invention also provides for methods of using the products of the biomarkers of the invention in the identification of novel therapeutic targets for osteoarthritis. The invention also provides for methods of using the products of the biomarkers of the invention in the identification of compounds that bind and/or modulate the activity of the genes of the invention. The compounds identified via such methods are useful for the development of assays to study osteoarthritis and osteoarthritis progression. Further, the compounds identified via such methods are useful as lead compounds in the development of prophylactic and therapeutic compositions for the prevention, treatment, management and/or amelioration of osteoarthritis or a symptom thereof. | 06-10-2010 |
20130017965 | OSTEOARTHRITIS BIOMARKERS AND USES THEREOF - The invention relates to the identification and selection of novel biomarkers and the identification and selection of novel biomarker combinations which are differentially expressed in osteoarthritis and/or in a particular stage of osteoarthritis, as well as a means of selecting the novel biomarker combinations. The measurement of expression of the products of the biomarkers and combinations of biomarkers demonstrates particular advantage in one or more of the following: (a) diagnosing individuals as having arthritis, (b) differentiating between two stages of osteoarthritis (OA) and (c) diagnosing individuals as having a particular stage of OA. Polynucleotides and proteins which specifically and/or selectively hybridize to the products of the biomarkers are within the scope of the invention as are kits containing said polynucleotides and proteins and the use of said polynucleotides and proteins. The biomarker products can be used to identify therapeutic targets for osteoarthritis, and compounds that bind and/or modulate the gene activity. | 01-17-2013 |