Abstract: A system for installing wiring and cable in new and existing buildings has a tray member which will be coupled to a bottom section of a wall and run a length of the wall. A plurality of perforated knock-outs are located in an interior section of the tray member. A plurality of retaining clips are coupled to the interior section of the tray member. At least one electrical box is coupled to the tray member. An electrical accessory is coupled to the electrical box. A cover is coupled to the tray member for covering the wiring and the cables in the system. A face plate is coupled to the electrical box which mounts flush to and matches the cover.

Abstract: A inductorless method and apparatus for driving electroluminescent (EL) panels enables fabrication of an integrated circuit that provides a complete EL panel driver solution in one package. The high voltage required to drive the EL panel is generated by a plurality of charge pump circuits. A multi-stage charge pump may be used to provide a high voltage power supply that does not require an external capacitor to store energy for the power supply.

Abstract: A rosary device which may be used during activities has a plurality of bead members. A string is slidably coupled to each of the plurality of bead members. The string is of sufficient thickness to prevent the plurality of bead members from freely moving. Connectors are coupled to the string for removably coupling the rosary device to an object.

Abstract: An optical storage method and apparatus having enhanced resolution uses a Fabry-Perot cavity to narrow a beam used for reading data stored on media. The method and apparatus achieve an enhanced resolution due to the reduction of beam size and the increased slope of the beam profile in a beam used to illuminate physical changes in the media corresponding to data encoded in the media. The Fabry-Perot cavity may be included in a media for use with standard optical storage devices or may be external to the media, as part of an optical storage head for use with standard media.

Abstract: A breathing apparatus and method therefor having a frame capable of carrying a primary air storage tank and an emergency air storage tank, where the emergency air storage tank can either be released from the frame to replace a disabled person's tank, or the emergency air storage tank can remain on the frame and be coupled to a disabled person's face-mask by a hose thus allowing a rescuer to have both hands free in order to carry or drag a disabled person to safety

Abstract: A portable restroom facility has a housing. The housing has a door opening for entering and exiting the housing. A removable waste storage container is stored within the housing for holding bodily waste. When the removable waste storage container is full or partially full, the removable waste storage container can be removed and a new clean removable waste storage container can be inserted into the housing. Thus, a waste drainage truck does not need to visit each facility and drain each portable restroom facility.

Abstract: A transformer includes an end, and electrical insulator bushings are attached to and extend away from the end of the transformer. Conductors extend from the electrical insulator bushings. A cover has openings and an attachment end affixed to the transformer. The cover shields the end of the transformer and the electrical insulator bushings preventing animals from alighting on the end of the transformer and the electrical insulator bushings. The conductors each extend through one of the openings of the cover. The cover has an access panel movable between a closed position and an open position permitting access to the end of the transformer and the electrical insulator bushings without having to detach the attachment end of the cover from the transformer.

Abstract: A holding device for a fishing net which will hold a net portion of the fishing net to a pole section to prevent the net portion of the fishing net from becoming tangled and caught on items. The holding device has a body section having a first end coupled to the pole section. Fasteners are coupled to the first end and a second end of the body section. The fasteners are used for securing the net portion of the fishing net to the pole section and for releasing the net portion of the fishing net when pressure is applied to the net portion.

Abstract: A supercharging device of a hermetic compressor comprises a suction chamber connected with a suction pipe and a cylinder, the suction chamber formed at lower side of a cylinder block; a suction fan rotatably disposed in the suction chamber; a driving pulley disposed on a lower end of a crankshaft; a driven pulley disposed on a rotating shaft of the suction fan; and a belt connecting the driving pulley and the driven pulley. Accordingly, the suction fan rotates with the crankshaft, and moves the refrigerant in the suction chamber to the cylinder, and thus the amount of the refrigerant drawn into the cylinder is increased and consequently the volume efficiency of the compressor is increased.

Abstract: An optical measurement and inspection method and apparatus having enhanced path length detection uses a Fabry-Perot cavity to increase the phase detection sensitivity for light reflected from optical structures within a device under inspection. A partially reflective surface is inserted between an illumination subsystem and the device under inspection and the position of the partially reflective surface may be adjusted by a positioner to create the Fabry-Perot cavity between one or more surfaces within the device under inspection. The detection of phase changes is improved, providing improved sensitivity to optical path differences produced by structures within the device under inspection.

Abstract: A card-based system electronically transfers funds in real time. A customer card stores digital data representing a unique customer account number associated with a unique, remotely located customer account having at least one vendor-associated subaccount. A merchant terminal having a merchant IP address designating a unique merchant is affiliated with at least one unique vendor for transmitting to a system control center customer transaction data including the merchant IP address, the customer account number read from the customer card and account adjustment data designating either the value of a credit to be added to the vendor-associated subaccount reflecting a customer pre-payment or the value to be subtracted from the vendor-associated customer subaccount reflecting a customer purchase. The system control center maintains a vendor account database and a customer account database.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for cleaning semiconductor devices and other workpieces using an aqueous rinse solution which is de-oxygenated by passing the aqueous rinse solution and a carrier gas through an osmotic membrane degasifier. A cleaning chamber is also disclosed for carrying out the cleaning method.

Abstract: An apparatus for altering the radiation intensity delivered from a radiation source has a plate member for holding a plurality of radiation modulating devices. A frame member is coupled to the radiation source for holding the plate member between the radiation source and a target area. The frame member allows the plate member to rotate within the frame member so different radiation modulating devices may be positioned between the radiation source and the target area to alter the radiation intensity delivered.

Abstract: A camping tool for hammering in and removing tent-stakes out of the ground, and also for making holes into the ground for the tent-stakes or for breaking up very hard ground. The tool can be split into two pieces for easier storage. This includes on the upper portion, the hammerhead (10) for hammering the tent-stakes into the ground and the ground-penetrating dibble (12) for either making the starter hole or breaking up hard ground. Also, on the lower portion is the leverage leg (14), which is used for removing the tent-stakes easier by using leverage power, and the o-ring (24) for attaching onto the tent-stakes so you can remove them. Both the o-rings and leverage leg are on the plastic cylindrical body-tube (16).

Abstract: An internet telephone system is disclosed. The internet telephone system is comprised of an internet system, a public switched telephone network (PSTN) coupled to the internet system, and a plurality of internet telephone stations coupled to the PSTN. In the internet telephone system a first internet telephone station establishes a PSTN telephone connection to a remote number, and upon coupling to a second internet telephone station at the remote number, the first and the second internet telephone stations exchange their names and IP addresses, terminate the PSTN telephone connection and then automatically establish an internet telephone TCP/IP connection.

Abstract: A system for dispensing a liquid from an aircraft to extinguish a fire has a container located in a body of the aircraft for storing the liquid to extinguish the fire. A boom is coupled to an exterior section of the body of the aircraft and to the container. The boom has a hollow interior section and a plurality of openings formed on a bottom section of the boom. The openings are used for dispensing the liquid from the container. A pump is coupled to the container and the boom for dispensing the liquid from the container and out through the boom. A rotating mechanism is coupled to the boom for rotating the boom.

Abstract: A lightweight insulated cover which may be easily installed and removed from an above ground spa has a top section and four side walls coupled to the top section. The top section and the four side walls comprised of an insulated layer, and a second layer coupled to a front and back surface of the insulated layer for protecting the insulated layer from moisture generated from the above ground spa and external weather conditions.

Abstract: A holder for supporting a vase in an upright position has a base member. An adhesive is coupled to a bottom surface of the base member. The adhesive is used to coupling the holder onto a surface on which the vase is to be displayed. A holding member is coupled to the base. The holding member is used for holding the vase in an upright position.

Abstract: An assembly for use in a laser wire stripping apparatus that has a single piece channel assembly which has a pathway for allowing a light source to travel through the channel assembly to a cylindrical cavity in the channel assembly. A collet is provided and has a passageway for insertion of a wire. The collet has an opening, which when the collet is properly inserted into the cylindrical cavity, is in alignment with the pathway thereby allowing the light source to travel to the wire in order to remove insulation from the wire. A housing assembly is used for holding the channel assembly and for allowing the channel assembly to rotate within the housing assembly. The housing assembly has an air insertion opening and an exhaust opening for clearing smoke and debris from the channel assembly.