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The lighting system according to the present invention includes an electrical wiring substrate in which a connector to a power source is formed, a plurality of LED chips mounted in a predetermined array pattern on the electrical wiring substrate, a deflection lens array disposed in proximity to the LED chips between the LED chip and the predetermined illumination region and a housing for receiving the electrical wiring substrate and the deflection lens array. A plurality of deflection lenses are integrally molded in the deflection lens array to lead lights from the LED chips to the predetermined illumination region in a state where the lights from the LED chips are superposed with each other. The lights emitted from the LED chips are collected in a state where they all are superposed in a common, single illumination region through the deflection lenses.

A hand-held, electronic, bi-directional, wireless electronic communication device having a physical configuration which includes a relatively large, constantly visible display and an alphanumeric keyboard that can be concealed until needed.

A system and method for quickly and easily clocking in a player to a poker table in a casino are provided. A control panel is installed on the poker table at a location that is easily accessible by a dealer. When a player sits down at an empty spot at the table, the dealer accepts the players ID card, swipes the player's identification into the system, and then presses a dedicated button on the control panel associated with that seat. The information is received by the system and transmitted to a central computer. If the player wants to take a break from play, such as for example to go to eat, then the dealer presses a button on the control panel to indicate that the player is still assigned to that seat, but is temporarily away from the poker table. The system further includes means for maintaining a waiting list of players awaiting play in the poker room and for tracking the play of a plurality of poker players in a tournament setting.

The invention relates to a thermal spray feedstock composition that employs free flowing agglomerates formed from (a) a ceramic component that sublimes,(b) a metallic or semi-conductor material that does not sublime and (c) a binder. The invention also relates to a method for preparing the agglomerates and a method for preparing ceramic containing composite structures from the agglomerates.

A rigging system for angularly adjusting the output portions of a plurality of loudspeaker cabinets wherein each of the cabinets includes a pair of rotatably adjustable rigging disks which protrude outwardly thereof which are selectively receivable within an adjacent cabinet. Each cabinet has a first locking element for securing the disks therein with respect thereto and second locking element or elements for selectively securing protruding portions of disks of an adjacent cabinet whereby an angle of the output portions of each cabinet may be adjusted from substantially a planar orientation to a curved orientation to thereby change the overall wavefront characteristics of sound issuing from a vertical array of attached loudspeaker cabinets.

A method and system is provided for gathering, processing, displaying, and manipulating data from building equipment using a dedicated HTML-driven, non-PLC controller having an integral web server. Authorized users who use microprocessor controlled devices to access the website are provided with displayed equipment data that can be selected, monitored, and adjusted based on a user profile controlled by software of the controller.

A flat panel display mounting apparatus that enables quick and easy mounting and dismounting of the flat panel display. The system includes a first bracket having a periphery defining a plurality of spaced apart notches and a second bracket selectively removably receivable on the first bracket that includes a plurality of fastening buttons, each fastening button defining a slot. The fastening buttons are spaced apart and positioned correspondingly with the notches of the first bracket so that the slot of each fastening button receives the periphery of the first bracket at a separate one of the notches when the second bracket is received on the first bracket.

This invention relates to an assembly kit composed of quickly easily interchangeable modular components that can be reconfigured in a number of different ways into a number of different versions of a self supporting frame on wheels to form a multimode and multifunction implement carrier. The purpose is: i) to take advantage of a number of different propulsion means, and ii) to accommodate more suitably a wider range of dependent attached small equipment implements than are presently possible on current known related versions of machines referred to as implement carriers, for example utility tractors, front end loader machines and hydraulic boom excavators.

A long, well tool which effectively performs as an integral part of a typical coiled tubing string and accordingly can be ran continuously into a pressurized wellbore with the same deployment equipment as used with known coiled tubing. The tool is comprised of a plurality of elements (e.g. perforating charges or logging sensors such as hydrophones, geophones, gamma ray sensors, gravity sensors, etc.) fixed at spaced, known distances from each other within a flexible housing, e.g. a length of coiled tubing.

The present invention relates to an Internet-based opinion search system and an opinion search and advertisement service system and method for same, wherein user opinion information scattered across various websites existing on the Internet is automatically extracted and analyzed to provide opinion search services so that search and statistical results may be checked based on affirmative / negative opinions, and also provides appropriate custom advertisement services to individual opinion search users in addition to user opinion information scattered across various websites on the Internet so that: opinion search users may easily and quickly search and monitor the opinions of other users with respect to a specific keyword, substantial amount of time formerly spent searching for opinions of other users may be greatly reduced, opinions of other users with respect to a specific keyword may be searched and monitored easily and quickly from the standpoint of an opinion search user, and more efficient advertisement effects can be obtained regarding the goods from the standpoint of a sponsor, which can effectively improve the probability of purchase of goods.

A plug capable of providing information relating to a physical or chemical property of a body fluid, or the presence or amount of a molecular component therein in a living organism is disclosed. Specifically, one embodiment plug is capable of being inserted into a portion of a human eyelid in order to provide information relating to tear fluid is disclosed. This embodiment plug includes a body having a passage which allows for the natural flow of tear fluid therethrough. In addition, a sensing mechanism is provided which is capable of measuring, for example, glucose levels in the body of a patient through the analysis of the tear fluid. Such plug may further be designed so as to double as a punctal plug useful in preventing dry eye. Methods of utilizing and implanting such plugs are also disclosed.

A self-contained beverage brewing system for brewing a beverage includes an outer container and an inner container positionable therein. The inner container is moveable relative to the outer container between a storage / drinking position, where the inner container is positioned within an interior volume of the outer container so that respective upper rim regions of the containers are substantially adjacent to one another, and a brewing position, where the inner container is telescoped out of the interior volume of the outer container. A filter is positioned between the bottom ends of the inner container and the outer container for filtering the brewed beverage as the inner container is moved from the brewing position to the drinking position. The system can include a flexible seal connecting the respective containers, an interior collapsible bellows, a beverage module, or a combination thereof to store beverage material between the inner container and the outer container.

A communication system includes a remote device for communicating with a vehicle. Both the vehicle and the remote device have global positioning system (GPS) receivers for determining the location of the vehicle and remote device respectively. The remote device computes the direction, distance, and elevation difference between the remote device and the vehicle. The remote device also includes a digital compass for determining the direction the remote device is pointed. A display on the remote device shows an arrow, along with the distance and elevation difference, to guide a user to the vehicle. The remote device can also send control commands to vehicle systems and receive status data from vehicle systems.

A medical instrument has a rod-shaped body which has a distal end section which can be inserted through a vagina into an uterus. A bell-shaped element is mounted on the rod-shaped body. The bell-shaped element being slidingly displaceable along said rod-shaped body at least between an axial position on said rod-shaped body close to a proximal end thereof and up to said distal end section inserted in an uterus.

A dog leash which incorporates a personal security device. The dog leash includes a handle with an ergonomically shaped body that is also padded to facilitate comfort of use. Disposed substantially inside a substantially watertight cavity defined by the handle is a personal security device. The personal security device includes an audible alarm, a battery, and an activation switch selectively operated by the user so as to activate the audible alarm. A hand loop is connected to one end of the body so that when a user's hand is inserted through the hand loop the user's hand may thereby grasp the ergonomically shaped body, and be proximately disposed with respect to the activation switch of the personal security device. A snap swivel is attached to the other end of the ergonomically shaped body, and a split ring depending from the snap swivel removably engages one end of a lead. The other end of the lead has a coupler for attaching the lead to a dog collar.

A system and a method for controlling movements of an industrial robot during a work cycle including visiting and performing work on a plurality of workstations in a work cell. The system includes a set of predefined workstations. Each workstation includes preprogrammed robot code adapted to the workstation, an entry point defining the entrance position to the workstation, and one or more predefined paths to be followed by the robot at the workstation. A user interface is adapted to provide information about the predefined workstations and allows an operator to select one or more of the predefined workstations and to specify a desired part flow between the workstations. A scheduling unit is adapted during execution of the work cycle to schedule the execution order for the workstations based on the workstations selected from the predefined workstations and the desired part flow, and to control the movements of the robot based on the scheduled execution order and the predefined paths.

An improved endotracheal tube is provided which is adapted to optimally and safely accommodate the nasopharyngeal airway during nasopharyngeal intubation. The endotracheal tube includes a body having a nasopharyngeal section adapted to sealably enclose and contain a spirally-wound coil longitudinally therealong. The nasopharyngeal section integrally transposes into a rigid section which extends longitudinally from the nasopharyngeal section and terminates at a lower end of endotracheal tube. The nasopharyngeal section with incorporated spirally-wound coil allows for multiple positioning of nasopharyngeal section about a face of a patient, thereby minimizing pressure sores, abrasions, and ulcerations, and further allows for quick, easy, and efficient surgical access to the nasopharyngeal airway without requiring removal of the endotracheal tube.

A mounting device for an interface card includes a main unit housing and a holding plate. The holding plate is rotatably coupled to the main unit housing and positionable in an open position to allow an interface card to be installed, and in a closed position to secure an interface card. When an interface card is installed into a socket on the motherboard of the computer, a portion of an attach plate of the interface card extends between the locating plate and the holding plate, thereby securing the interface card. The attach plate of the interface card may also extend through a lower opening of the housing, which receives therethrough a portion of the card's attach plate.

A fixture for holding a workpiece during a manufacturing process includes a base and a rod received by and moveable relative to the base. The rod includes a proximal end presenting a bonding surface. Adhesive establishes an adhesive bond extending between and bonding to the bonding surface and the workpiece. The bonding surface is moveable with the rod relative to the base in an adhesive bond destroying motion. A method of holding the workpiece on the fixture includes the step of adjoining the adhesive to the bonding surface and to the workpiece to create the adhesive bond between the bonding surface and the workpiece during the manufacturing process. The method also includes the step of displacing the bonding surface relative to the base and relative to the workpiece to destroy the adhesive bond between the bonding surface and the workpiece after the manufacturing process has been performed on the workpiece.

The present invention relates generally to manifolds adapted to receive a fluid stream from one location and distribute it to a plurality of different locations. More specifically, one embodiment of the present invention includes an in-line, generally cylindrical, manifold adapted to receive high volumes of fluid and distribute it to a plurality of discharge nozzles. It is envisioned that these smaller volume discharge nozzles would be interconnected to hoses, wherein the fluid is transported to various locations for a preferred use. For example, in one embodiment of the present invention, the manifold would be used to transport treated water to various decontamination units to treat victims of chemical, biological, or nuclear attacks.

A connector for quick connect / disconnect engagement between two or more segments of coaxial cable has a hollow housing for attaching to a first electrical conductor and a coupler for attaching to a second electrical conductor. The housing and the coupler move to a limited distance in a sliding relation to each other. A locking member is fitted between the housing and the coupler to lock position of the housing in relation to the coupler and disengage the housing from the coupler when needed. The locking member has a compression spring that normally urges the housing away from the coupler and locking balls fitted in cutouts made in the locking member. When the spring is compressed, the locking balls move from the cutouts into an annular groove formed in the inner wall of the housing, thus allowing a limited sliding movement of the housing.

An improved nasal filter is provided which includes a pair of filter housings joined by a flexible bridge. The bridge is adapted to conform and removably adhere to the outer contour of the nasal columella or nose tip of a user's nose. The filter housings are oval-shaped and include a filter-insert cavity. The filter-insert cavity is adapted to receive and removably hold a disposable filter element therein. The filter housings are formed of a soft, shape-memory material adapted to flexibly accommodate the anatomy of the internal nasal passages of a nose. The improved nasal filter is adapted to improve the quality of air inhaled by individuals while providing a comfortable, quick, easy, and efficient customized fit.

An energy weapon protection device to be worn by a live potential target includes a generally flexible main panel having three main elements, a generally flexible, generally planar electrically non-conductive outer insulator panel, an electrically conductive inner conductive panel and an electrically non-conductive insulating backing panel. The inner conductive panel is mounted on the insulating back panel in generally parallel alignment and the outer insulator panel is mounted on the inner conductive panel in generally parallel alignment thereby forming the main panel, and the main panel is operative to receive an electrical pulse from an energy weapon through the outer insulator panel into the inner conductive panel which completes the electric circuit for the energy weapon and the insulating backing panel generally preventing electric current from passing therethrough from the inner conductive panel such that the live potential target is protected from the electrical pulse generated by the energy weapon.

A multi purpose fish-hook case with fishline binding device is disclosed. The fish-hook case (1), used for keeping a variety of fish-hook therein, of this invention consists of a main body (10) provided with a lid (15). This lid (15) is designed to be elastically opened around its hinged portion due to a spring force through a one-touch opening process when a user presses down a first actuation button (11) provided at a predetermined position of the lid's central portion. This lid (11) also has a window (16) at a predetermined position, thus allowing the user to see the contents of the case (1). A steel plate (23) is fixed to a predetermined position at one side within the main body (10) of the case (1). At least one fish-hook container (20, 20a) is magnetically and removably attached to the steel plate (23) due to its bottom magnet (22) and designed to regularly and inclinedly receive a variety of fish-hooks therein. An accessory case (30) is fixed to the other side within the main body (10) of the fish-hook case (1), with a cover (33) hinged to the accessory case (30) by a hinge (35) and elastically opened by a spring (36) when the user operates a second button (34). The accessory case (30) has a plurality of cells (32) separately receiving a variety of fishing accessories therein. A fishline binding device receiving cell is formed at a predetermined portion within the main body (10), with a fishline binding device (19) used for tying a desired fishline to a desired fish-hook and received within the fishline binding device receiving cell. The multi purpose fish-hook case of this invention thus allows a user to more easily, rapidly and simply tie a fishline to a fish-hook and to easily and simply keep such fish-hooks with the fishlines within the fish-hook container. The multi purpose fish-hook case of this invention also has a means for measuring the length and weight of the fish. This fish-hook case may be also provided with a radio, a flashlight and / or a gas lighter.

A manual override device is disclosed for use with an automatic transponder system. This system has the capability of detecting errors in the operation of the system, and then for allowing for a manual override to initiate operation of a security gate when such is necessary.

An apparatus, system, method and computer program product are provided for generating a preview of one or more media files and / or collections of media files stored on a user's device, wherein the preview may be specifically designed to enable the user to quickly and easily recognize the media file and / or collection of media files. In particular, when a user requests to hear and / or view a preview of a collection of media files stored on his or her device, the user's device may first select which of the media files of the selected collection are most likely to be recognized by the user. The device may then determine which portion of those media files selected the user is most likely to quickly and easily recognize. The device may then combine the recognizable or representative portions of each of the recognizable or representative media files into a preview for outputting to the user.

Implementations of the present disclosure relate to systems, methods, and apparatus for finishing polymer products and producing one or more designs, textures, and / or embossment patterns on the surface thereof. At least one implementation includes a printed mold that a manufacturer can produce quickly and inexpensively by producing a three-dimensional representation of a two-dimensional image on the surface of a substrate material. The printed mold also can allow the manufacturer to customize designs, textures, and / or embossment patterns on polymer products, while reducing manufacturing costs.