Abstract: A device is provided for holding down textile material (on which images or text are to be printed) on the platen of a digital printing machine. The device includes facing flexible rubber pads or seals mounted on the periphery of the platen. The seals have opposed gripping surfaces which touch or have a selected limited spacing there between. The textile material is pushed and tucked in between the seals. The seals grip and hold the material in position, to provide a smooth material surface on which the ink is applied. After the printing operation, the textile material is pulled out from the seal grip.

Abstract: In an independent basic service set (IBSS) of IEDs, using wireless communications devices to provide license-free two-way wireless peer to peer communications of digital data between pairs of IEDs, and also to provide wireless peer to peer communications between ones of said IEDs and a common access port to the IBSS.

Abstract: A circuit, and a processing and calculation method that makes use of the digital samples of either the positive or negative half-cycle of voltage or current signals to achieve a sixteen to one improvement in accuracy for controls connectable to an electrical utility system.