Abstract: This invention relates to a method for the preparation and metering of substances, mixtures of substances and/or compounds in general, characterized by bacteriostatic and/or bactericidal activity, using a single pressurized container in which the substances, mixtures of substances and/or compounds in general are mixed with carbon dioxide in the form of vapor, liquid/vapor mixture or supercritical fluid for the purpose of mixing, dissolving, storing and dispensing at constant predetermined doses. The invention also relates to pressure containers suitable for dispensing the substances in accordance with the invention.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a smart system and method of performing high-resolution frequency order analysis/diagnosis on rotor, in which such system is characterized in that capable of performing order analysis via a Kalman filter or a RLS (Recursive Least Square) algorithm while determining the failure status based on the Fuzzy theory. The smart system of present invention comprises a data acquisition means, a bench data setup means, a STFT time-spectra analysis/re-sampled order tracking means, a Kalman filter or RLS algorithmic means, a fuzzy diagnosis means and a window interface (e.g., GUI) while repeatedly making use the functions of those means so as to achieve the real-time diagnosis on rotor.

Abstract: A technique to grow high quality and large area ZnSe layer on Si substrate is provided, comprising growing GexSi1?x/Ge epitaxial layers on Si substrate by using ultra-high vacuum chemical vapor deposition (UHVCVD), and finally growing a ZnSe film on top Ge buffer layers. Two concepts are applied in the process of this invention, the first one is to block the dislocations generated from GexSi1?x epitaxial layers and to terminate the propagated upward dislocations by using strained interfaces, accordingly the dislocation density of ZnSe layer is greatly reduced and the surface roughness is improved; the second concept is to solve the problems of anti-phase domain due to growth of polar materials on non-polar material using off-cut angle Si substrate, and that is free from diffusion problems between different atoms while generally growing ZnSe layers on Si substrate.

Abstract: A background-calibrated comparator and a background-calibrated flash analog-to-digital converter are disclosed for using in mixed-signal integrated circuit design in particular on the high-speed analog-to-digital converter circuit. Without affecting the operation of the comparator, the disclosure is directed at reducing the unpredictable input offset voltage originated from the variation of process parameters and environmental factors. The background-calibrated comparator includes a random chopping comparator, a calibration processor, and a random sequence generator. The background-calibrated flash analog-to-digital converter (ADC) includes a background-calibrated comparator array together with a reference voltage generator, a thermometer code edge detector, and a set of digital encoders.

Abstract: A physical fitness professional assesses an individual for whom a personalized fitness video is to be created with respect to flexibility, cardiovascular condition, body fat composition, muscular strength and condition, as well as other health conditions and limitations. Based on this assessment a specific fitness plan is determined and which includes a detailed workout program of specific exercises in at least one sequential arrangement. The physical fitness professional selects a plurality of video segments from a series of video segments stored in a computer wherein each selected video segment is a specific exercise of the detailed workout program and arranges the selected video segments into a sequence corresponding to the sequential arrangement of specific exercises of the specific fitness plan and records the same on a digital versatile disc or video cassette tape or makes the selected video segments of the specific fitness plan available on a secure web site.

Abstract: A control system for switching an electric operation to a manual operation of a door opener comprises: a housing 11, including a power unit 12 driving a shaft 120 electrically and transmitting the power to an output shaft 16; a braking device 13, used for braking the shaft 120 and releasing the shaft 120; a pull-chain disk device 15 allowed for exerting an external force via a pull chain 152 to rotate the shaft 120; a clutch device 18, disposed between the shaft 120 and the pull-chain disk device 15, used for unidirectionally rotating the shaft 120 controllably when the pull-chain disk device is rotated by the external force; a protective device 17 used for cutting off a circuit of a door opener 10? in an abnormal mode; and a driven disk 158 interlocked with the clutch device 18 so as to swing by an angle for actuating the protective device 17 to switch.

Abstract: A fluid composition for a refrigerator, which comprises a chlorine-free fluorocarbon refrigerant and a refrigerator oil, said refrigerator oil consisting essentially of a tetraester of pentaerythritol of formula (1) with both 2-ethylhexanoic acid and 3,5,5-trimethylhexanoic acid, said refrigerator oil exhibiting a pour point not higher than ?10° C.

Abstract: A group is provided for a compressed air distribution unit of the type including an intake regulator, an oil bath-screw type compressor, an air/oil separating tank, a minimum pressure valve, an air cooling radiator, a pressurized air collection tank, a thermostatic valve, and an oil cooling radiator, wherein the group includes the air/oil separating tank, the thermostatic valve, the minimum pressure valve, the oil cooling radiator, the air cooling radiator all connected to a cover for the air/oil separating tank resulting in a single-block group.

Abstract: There is provided an inflatable safety apparatus (10, 10?) which is manually or automatically operated having a compressed gas bottle (17, 20) with an operation rod (25, 54) in combination with an inflatable element (15, 18) which is initially folded upon itself as an open ring and housed in a ribbon-shaped case (13, 26) secured to the user's waist. The inflatable element (15, 18) is connected to the ribbon-shaped case (13, 26) by extensible tapes (27, 60) or ducts (14, 14?, 16, 16?) whose extension allows positioning the inflatable element at the height of the user's armpit.

Abstract: The use of beta-glucuronidase not in combination with allergens for the preparation of medicaments for the treatment of immune or allergic diseases is disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a laser system using a multi-longitudinal-mode Fabry-Perot laser diode as an inter-injection light source and a gain cavity formed by other laser diodes of such type so as to achieve the function of fast wavelength switching, so that it is possible to achieve repetitively fast switching of wavelength by varying and controlling the bias voltage of maximum optical gain in said inter-injection type multi-longitudinal-mode Fabry-Perot laser diode so as to achieve three different wavelengths with tuning range of 3.5 nm for a side-mode suppression ratio (SMSR) greater than 19 dB and a response time of wavelength switching in the order of nanosecond.

Abstract: A bamboo mat board element with a double-layered construction, a constant dimension, each of the elements is formed with a projecting tenon at each of two adjacent sides, respectively, and a concave mortise at each of the other two adjacent sides, respectively, for inter-tenoning the elements of the mat board, in which a surface layer of the mat board is obtained by matting a plurality of mat board stuffs having different orientations, shapes, and sizes, while each of the mat board stuffs is obtained by matting a plurality of lumbers having a parallel orientation, respectively, to form a plurality of patterns having parallel stripes by specially matting at the longitudinal section thickness of the lumbers. A method for producing the bamboo mat board at least comprises steps as follows: cutting step, boiling for blanching step, drying step, rough shaving, bottom layer pre-forming step, adhesive applying and pressing step, pattern selecting step, matting step, and refined shaving, etc.

Abstract: A refrigerator oil for use in compressors using therein a hydrogen-containing halogenocarbon as a refrigerant, consisting essentially of as a base oil at least one kind of an ester selected from the group consisting of a specific pentaerythritol ester such as an ester of pentaerythritol with a mono- or dicarboxylic acid, a specific polyol ester such as an ester of trimethylolethane with a mono- or dicarboxylic acid, a specific ester such as an ester of ethylene glycol and a dicarboxylic acid, and a specific polyol ester synthesized from a neopentyl type polyhydric alcohol, a monocarboxylic acid and a dicarboxylic acid; and further comprising at least one kind of an epoxy compound.

Abstract: There is disclosed a structure for fastening a shipboard-protecting fender comprising: a plurality of reinforcing rib layers securely provided on the inner and outer faces of a shipboard; a fixed base horizontally fastened on the reinforcing rib layers of the shipboard by means of a plurality of bolts, an accommodating space being formed at the outside of the fixed base; a core layer, one end of which is accommodated in the accommodating space of the fixed base; a bump-preventing layer covering the outer surface of the core layer and the fixed base; a pair of fixed plates supported at the outside of the two ends of the bump-preventing layer; and a plurality of bolts vertically passing through the fixed plates, the bump-preventing layer, the fixed base, and the core layer for fastening them, in which the bump-preventing layer is made from polyurethane (P. U.) material, while the core layer is made from the close cell of ethylene-vinylacetate copolymer (E. V.

Abstract: There is provided a reversible spray tip unit for an airless spray gun having an axially rotatable cylindrically shaped turret member with the spray tip nozzle arranged in a diametric fluid bore therein, the turret member being disposed in a complementary shaped bore of a housing and arranged transverse to the flow of paint, and a saddle seal received axially in the housing and having a cylindrically shaped sealing face mating with the cylindrical shape of the turret member at the diametric fluid bore housing the spray tip nozzle. Upon assembly of the disassembled reversible spray tip unit, the saddle seal is quickly inserted into the housing and accurately oriented so that its sealing face is aligned with the cylindrically shaped bore in the housing for the turret member by means of an insertion/orientation tool which is adapted to be keyed to the fluid bore of the saddle seal.