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20080217812 | SPREADER BOX APPARATUS AND METHOD OF FORMING BI-LAMINAR PAINTBALL SHELL MATERIAL AND PAINTBALLS FOR USE WITH PAINTBALL GUN - A spreader box and method form a bi-laminar paintball shell material. Walls of a box body define a reservoir containing, and an aperture dispensing, a first gel. Walls of a gate body define a reservoir containing, and an aperture dispensing, a second gel. Within the box, the first gel is kept separate from the second gel. The box body aperture dispenses the first gel as a continuous first layer. The gate body aperture dispenses the second gel as a continuous second layer that is adjacent and juxtaposed with the first layer, such that the first gel bonds with the second gel to form the bi-laminar paintball shell material. A paintball, containing a fill material, has a frangible bi-laminar shell including an exterior shell that completely surrounds and contains an interior shell. The paintball is adapted to withstand the normal range of forces sustained in being fired from a paintball gun. | 09-11-2008 |
20080289520 | PRINTING ROLLER APPARATUS AND METHOD - A printing roller apparatus and method are for use with ink and a gel carried on an operatively rotating casting drum. The apparatus and method include a print roller and a drive member. The print roller has an exterior print surface rollably engaging the gel. The drive member directly engages the casting drum and operatively rotates the print roller, such that the print surface moves coincident with the gel carried on the operatively rotating casting drum. An even distribution of the ink is transferred from the print surface to the gel, so as to clearly print at least one print indicium thereon. | 11-27-2008 |
20100064927 | STARCH-BASED PAINTBALL FILL MATERIAL - A fill material is for use within a closed interior chamber of a gelatin paintball capsule. The fill material includes a starch and a polyethylene glycol and/or an oil. The starch is present in an amount that is substantially more than about 48% by weight of the fill material. Suitable starches may include corn starch, rice starch, potato starch, modified starch, and combinations thereof, among others. The fill material may also include a dye, a surfactant, and/or an additional material, such as, for example, a density agent, an emulsifier, and/or a thickener. | 03-18-2010 |
20100140830 | ROTARY DIE SUPPORT AND INSERT DIE MEMBER DEVICES AND METHODS FOR ENCAPSULATION TECHNOLOGIES - A rotary die support and insert die device is for forming gel capsules and for use with a pair of gel ribbons and a fill material. The device includes rotary die supports and insert die members. The rotary die supports rotate towards one another. Each insert die member has a contact rim and inner and outer surfaces. The outer surface extends into an outwardly facing aperture in an exterior surface of one rotary die support. It securely engages the rotary die support in selectively removable relation. The inner surface has an outwardly facing cavity. The ribbons are juxtaposed between contact rims of opposing insert die members mounted on opposing rotary die supports. A web of gel material is formed from the ribbons, with the cavities of the insert die members forming encapsulated pocket portions in the web which are filled with the fill material. | 06-10-2010 |
20130014666 | SPREADER BOX APPARATUS AND METHOD OF FORMING BI-LAMINAR PAINTBALL SHELL MATERIAL AND PAINTBALLS FOR USE WITH PAINTBALL GUN - A spreader box and method form a bi-laminar paintball shell material. Walls of a box body define a reservoir containing, and an aperture dispensing, a first gel. Walls of a gate body define a reservoir containing, and an aperture dispensing, a second gel. Within the box, the first gel is kept separate from the second gel. The box body aperture dispenses the first gel as a continuous first layer. The gate body aperture dispenses the second gel as a continuous second layer that is adjacent and juxtaposed with the first layer, such that the first gel bonds with the second gel to form the bi-laminar paintball shell material. A paintball, containing a fill material, has a frangible bi-laminar shell including an exterior shell that completely surrounds and contains an interior shell. The paintball is adapted to withstand the normal range of forces sustained in being fired from a paintball gun. | 01-17-2013 |
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20110223569 | FORCIBLE ENTRY TRAINING DOOR SYSTEM - The present invention relates generally to apparatus for training the art of forcible door entry for emergency personnel such as firefighters and, in particular, a reusable forcible entry door training prop, adapted to simulate a locked door and allow individuals to conduct training in forcible entry techniques for different door types and mounting configurations (e.g., opening inward or outward, left hand opening or right band opening, steel jam or wood jams). | 09-15-2011 |
20120208154 | FORCIBLE ENTRY TRAINING DOOR SYSTEM - Apparatus for training the art of forcible door entry for emergency personnel such as firefighters and, in particular, a reusable forcible entry door training apparatus that allows individuals to simulate forcible entry of outward opening metal doors mounted in metal frames. | 08-16-2012 |
20130224700 | FORCIBLE ENTRY TRAINING DOOR SYSTEM - The present invention relates generally to apparatus for training the art of forcible door entry for emergency personnel such as firefighters and, in particular, a reusable forcible entry door training prop adapted to simulate a locked door and allow individuals to conduct training in forcible entry techniques for different door types and mounting configurations (e.g., opening inward or outward, left hand opening or right band opening, steel jam or wood jams). | 08-29-2013 |
20130224701 | FORCIBLE ENTRY TRAINING DOOR SYSTEM - Apparatus for training the art of forcible door entry for emergency personnel such as firefighters and, in particular, a reusable forcible entry door training apparatus that allows individuals to simulate forcible entry of outward opening metal doors mounted in metal frames. | 08-29-2013 |
20140157885 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TESTING PRESSURE OF HYDRAULIC TOOLS - Devices and methods are provided for testing and maintaining hydraulic tools and, in particular, devices and methods for testing and maintaining hydraulic forcible entry tools that are used to forcibly open locked doors, for example, in emergency situations. | 06-12-2014 |
20150251032 | FORCIBLE ENTRY TRAINING DOOR SYSTEM - The present invention relates generally to apparatus for training the art of forcible door entry for emergency personnel such as firefighters and, in particular, a reusable forcible entry door training prop adapted to simulate a locked door and allow individuals to conduct training in forcible entry techniques for different door types and mounting configurations (e.g., opening inward or outward, left hand opening or right band opening, steel jam or wood jams). | 09-10-2015 |
20160139017 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TESTING PRESSURE OF HYDRAULIC TOOLS - Devices and methods are provided for testing and maintaining hydraulic tools and, in particular, devices and methods for testing and maintaining hydraulic forcible entry tools that are used to forcibly open locked doors, for example, in emergency situations. | 05-19-2016 |
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20080252499 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE COMPRESSION OF PROBABILITY TABLES - The present invention relates to a method, computer program product and system for the compression of a probability table and the reconstruction of one or more probability elements using the compressed data and method. After determining a probability table that is to be compressed, the probability table is compressed using a first probability table compression method, wherein the probability table compression method creates a first compressed probability table. The first compressed probability table contains a plurality of probability elements. Further, the probability table is compressed using a second probability table compression method, wherein the probability table compression method creates a second compressed probability table. The second compressed probability table containing a plurality of probability elements. A first probability element reconstructed using the first compressed probability table is thereafter merged with a second probability element reconstructed using the second compressed probability table in order to produce a merged probability element. | 10-16-2008 |
20100161896 | Direct Memory Access Transfer Efficiency - A mechanism is provided for improving the efficiency of multiple smaller direct memory access transfers. The mechanism uses one input buffer and a small result buffer, or some temporary variables, to temporarily store computation results. The mechanism performs a computation on a segment of data in the input buffer and stores the result in the temporary result buffer. The mechanism then copies the result back into the input buffer. As such, the mechanism uses the input buffer as both an input buffer and a results buffer. The mechanism then performs a direct memory access transfer on the segment of the input buffer that contains the computation result and then performs a computation on the next segment of the input buffer. The mechanism then repeats this process until the entire input buffer has been processed. | 06-24-2010 |
20120316785 | RTM SEISMIC IMAGING USING COMBINED SHOT DATA - A system, method and computer program product for seismic imaging implements a seismic imaging algorithm utilizing Reverse Time Migration technique requiring large communication bandwidth and low latency to convert a parallel problem into one solved using massive domain partitioning. Several aspects of the imaging problem are addressed, including very regular and local communication patterns, balanced compute and communication requirements, scratch data handling and multiple-pass approaches. The partitioning of the velocity model into processing blocks allows each sub-problem to fit in a local cache, increasing locality and bandwidth and reducing latency. The RTM seismic data processing utilizes data that includes combined shot data, i.e., shot data selected from amongst a plurality of shots that are combined at like spatial points of the volume. | 12-13-2012 |
20120316786 | RTM SEISMIC IMAGING USING INCREMENTAL RESOLUTION METHODS - A system and method implementing a hierarchical approach to RTM (Reverse Time Migration) seismic imaging at different granularity in space and time. An RTM seismic imaging algorithm utilizes RTM technique to convert a parallel problem into one solved using massive domain partitioning. In the method, a coarse-grain grid for the 3D volume of the geological subsurface structure under investigation is initially processed, permitting the RTM imaging process to be performed faster and produces lower level seismic image for inspection. Criteria are then applied to the first level of seismic image to determine whether to reject the image or whether a finer resolution seismic imaging is needed. In the case of finer resolution is needed, RTM resolution for the target volume is adjusted accordingly and RTM imaging process is applied with the new resolution. The process is repeated until either the image is accepted or rejected. | 12-13-2012 |
20120316792 | RTM SEISMIC IMAGING WITHOUT SCRATCH DATA STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system, method and computer program product for seismic imaging implements a seismic imaging algorithm utilizing Reverse Time Migration technique requiring large communication bandwidth and low latency to convert a parallel problem into one solved using massive domain partitioning. Several aspects of the imaging problem, including very regular and local communication patterns, balanced compute and communication requirements, scratch data handling and multiple-pass approaches. The partitioning of the velocity model into processing blocks allows each sub-problem to fit in a local cache, increasing locality and bandwidth and reducing latency. | 12-13-2012 |
20120316850 | FULL WAVEFORM INVERSION USING COMBINED SHOT DATA AND NO SCRATCH DISK - A system, method and computer program product for seismic imaging implements a seismic modeling algorithm utilizing Forward Wave Inversion technique for revising Reverse Time Migration models used for sub-surface modeling. The technique requires large communication bandwidth and low latency to convert a parallel problem into one solved using massive domain partitioning. The partitioning of a velocity model into processing blocks allows each sub-problem to fit in a local cache, increasing locality and bandwidth and reducing latency. The RTM seismic data processing utilizes data that includes combined shot data, i.e., shot data selected from amongst a plurality of shots that are combined at like spatial points of the volume. An iterative approach is applied such that the correction term RTM generates at each iteration in the iterative approach is used for refining the model, and the updated model is used for generating a further refined RTM model. | 12-13-2012 |
20130197877 | PROBABLISTIC SUBSURFACE MODELING FOR IMPROVED DRILL CONTROL AND REAL-TIME CORRECTION - A system, method and computer program product for generating probabilistic models of a subsurface region of the earth of interest. The system, method can be implemented efficiently to enable real-time imaging of a sub-surface structure. The system, method can provide users with the ability to assess where their subsurface images are reliable and where they are not in order to assist in the selection of low-risk, high-reward sights indicated as having oil potential for drilling. The system, method allows users to estimate a degree of uncertainty to be expected when drilling in a specific location. The knowledge of this uncertainly can be used to guide drilling in real-time to reduce the time to oil (and thereby the cost of drilling), increase the efficiency of drill maintenance and reduce the risk associated with incorrectly identifying the depth at which pressure might spike. | 08-01-2013 |
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20110235869 | Parallel Computing of Line of Sight View-Shed - Techniques are disclosed for parallel computing of a line of sight (LoS) map (e.g., view-shed) in a parallel computing system. For example, a method for computing an LoS map comprises the following steps. Data representing at least one image is obtained. An observation point in the at least one image is identified. A portion of the data that is associated with a given area in the image is partitioned into a plurality of sub-areas. The plurality of sub-areas are assigned to a plurality of processor elements of a parallel computing system, respectively, such that the data associated with each one of the plurality of sub-areas is processed independent from the data associated with each other of the plurality of sub-areas, wherein results of the processing by the processor elements represents the LoS map. The parallel computing system may be a multicore processor. | 09-29-2011 |
20130346044 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DATA COLLECTION - Systems and techniques for directing data collection. Upon an initial data collection, the uncertainty of all or of a portion or portions of the collected data is evaluated. The collected data may be associated with a region, with portions of the collected data associated with subregions. Further data collection, including changes to or refinement of collection techniques, is undertaken based on evaluations of the uncertainty. Further data collection may be undertaken only for portions of the data for which uncertainty exceeds a threshold. Uncertainty evaluation may be performed at least in part using a model. The model may be an initial hypothesis model, and the model may be optimized as further data is collected, and the optimized model may be used to guide further data collection techniques, with iterations of data collection and model optimization being carried out concurrently. | 12-26-2013 |
20130346998 | Methods And Apparatus For Load Balancing - Systems and techniques for computational load balancing. A problem space is partitioned into subspaces and the subspaces are assigned to processing nodes. The load of nodes associated with outer subspaces is compared with the load of nodes associated with inner subspaces, and partition boundary adjustments are made based on the relative loads of outer versus inner subspaces. | 12-26-2013 |
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20090202476 | CRYSTALLINE FORMS OF N-(TERT-BUTOXYCARBONYL)-3-METHYL-L-VALYL-(4R)-4-((7-CHLORO-4-METHOXY-1-IS- OQUINOLINYL)OXY)-N-((1R,2S)-1-((CYCLOPROPYLSULFONYL)CARBAMOYL)-2-VINYLCYCL- OPROPYL)-L-PROLINAMIDE - The present disclosure generally relates to crystalline forms of N-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)-3-methyl-L-valyl-(4R)-4-((7-chloro-4-methoxy-1-isoquinolinyl)oxy)-N-((1R,2S)-1-((cyclopropylsulfonyl)carbamoyl)-2-vinylcyclopropyl)-L-prolinamide. The present disclosure also generally relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising one or more of the crystalline forms, as well of methods of using the crystalline forms in the treatment of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and methods for obtaining such crystalline forms. | 08-13-2009 |
20100260837 | Bioavailable Capsule Compositions of Amorphous Alpha-(N-Sulfonamido)Acetamide Compound - Pharmaceutical capsule compositions containing the active compound (2R)-2-[[(4-chlorophenyl)sulfonyl][[2-fluoro-4-(1,2,4-oxadiazol-3-yl)phenyl]methyl]amino]-5,5,5-trifluoropentanamide, and polyethylene glycol (PEG), Vitamin E polyethylene glycol succinate, polyvinylpryrrolidone (PVP) or copovidone (PVP-Polyvinyl acetate), with or without citric acid, are provided. | 10-14-2010 |
20120230949 | CRYSTALLINE FORMS OF N-(TERT-BUTOXYCARBONYL)-3-METHYL-L-VALYL-(4R)-4-((7-CHLORO-4-METHOXY-1-IS- OQUINOLINYL)OXY)-N-((1R,2S)-1-((CYCLOPROPYLSULFONYL)CARBAMOYL)-2-VINYLCYCL- OPROPYL)-L-PROLINAMIDE - The present disclosure generally relates to crystalline forms of N-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)-3-methyl-L-valyl-(4R)-4-((7-chloro-4-methoxy-1-isoquinolinyl)oxy)-N-((1R,2S)-1-((cyclopropylsulfonyl)carbamoyl)-2-vinylcyclopropyl)-L-prolinamide. The present disclosure also generally relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising one or more of the crystalline forms, as well of methods of using the crystalline forms in the treatment of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and methods for obtaining such crystalline forms. | 09-13-2012 |
20130302414 | SOLUBILIZED CAPSULE FORMULATION OF 1,1-DIMETHYLETHYL [(1S)-1-CARBAMOYL)PYRROLIDIN-1-YL]CARBONYL}-2,2-DIMETHYLPROPYL]CARBAMATE - The present disclosure includes various embodiments directed to a solubilized capsule formulation of asunaprevir, 1,1-dimethylethyl[(1S)-1-{[(2S,4R)-4-(7-chloro-4methoxyisoquinolin-1-yloxy)-2-({(1R,2S)-1-[(cyclopropylsulfonyl)carbamoyl]-2-ethenylcyclopropyl}carbamoyl)pyrrolidin-1-yl]carbonyl}-2,2-dimethylpropyl]carbamate, and to methods including asunaprevir. | 11-14-2013 |
20150119317 | ORAL SOLID DOSAGE FORMULATION OF 1,1-DIMETHYLETHYL [(1S)-1-CARBAMOYL)PYRROLIDIN-1-YL]CARBONYL}-2,2-DIMETHYLPROPYL]CARBAMATE - The present invention is directed to an oral solid dosage formulation of Asunaprevir, 1,1-dimethylethyl[(1S)-1-{[(2S,4R)-4-(7-chloro-4methoxyisoquinolin-1-yloxy)-2-({(1R,2S)-1-[(cyclopropylsulfonyl)carbamoyl]-2-ethenylcyclopropyl}carbamoyl)pyrrolidin-1-yl]carbonyl}-2,2-dimethylpropyl]carbamate, and to methods of using the formulation in the treatment and/or inhibition of the hepatitis C virus and infections caused thereby. | 04-30-2015 |