Abstract: The invention relates to an improvement for a low pressure gas lamp, and more specifically for a venturi tube in order to furnish a more efficient flame.

Abstract: A method for the synthesis and manufacture of metal nanoparticles using metal inorganic salts. The method is simple and uses inexpensive chemicals. The procedure produces nanometals in 100% yields. Method is scalable and produces nanoparticles in unlimited quantities. In this method, a metal inorganic salt is dissolved in a reaction medium, comprised of a solvent and organic amine to create a metal/amine complex. A reducing agent, comprised of a solvent and Sodium Borohydride (NaBH4), is then mixed with the metal/amine complex through titration or through a continuous flow process. The resulting nanoparticles are then precipitated through the addition of methanol and centrifugation and decanted. The decanted nanoparticles can then be suspended in a solvent for storage.

Abstract: A pivot assembly that can be inserted into kitchen cabinets to utilize otherwise unused and unreachable overhead spaces over kitchen wall cabinets. The pivot assembly has a pair of pivot arms pivotally connected to opposite sides of a frame, the frame slidably attached within a cabinet. A drawer is connected to the pivot assembly between the pivot arms. The drawer slides out of the cabinet on a pair of drawer slides and rotates down and out 180 degrees on the pivot arms, from an up position to a down position, wherein the drawer remains stable even as the pivot arms pass through a middle position. The pivot arms form a primary and secondary parallelogram shape during operation, the secondary parallelogram supporting the primary parallelogram at its weakest point in the middle position.

Abstract: Detailed information about a particular used motor vehicle is quickly provided to a potential buyer having a personal digital assistant equipped with a receiving means. To provide the information, it is first necessary to obtain standard information about used motor vehicle values in digital form from a provider of such information. It is then necessary to obtain specific information about an inventory of used motor vehicles from the owner or seller of the vehicles. The standard information and the specific information are then integrated on a server computer and transmitted to the potential buyer.

Abstract: A gas detector especially adapted for use with gas chromatographs contains two capillary tubing electrodes through which a gas flows. The inner ends of the electrodes are coaxial and are separated by a gap. The outer end of one of the electrodes forms a gas inlet. The gas detector also contains a coaxial dielectric tube spaced apart from and surrounding the electrodes axially, a means for applying a sufficient voltage across the gap between the electrodes to create a discharge within the gas, and a means for measuring a change in properties of the gas as it passes through the gap between the electrodes.