Abstract: A laundry treating appliance for treating laundry items according to an automatic cycle of operation can include a cabinet defining an interior and having an access opening providing access to the interior. A tub can be located within the interior and can at least partially define a liquid chamber. A drum is rotatably mounted within the liquid chamber and at least partially defines a treating chamber. A clothes mover is located within the treating chamber and rotatable about a vertical axis. The clothes mover can include a base and a barrel.

Abstract: A wireless hoist system including a first hoist device having a first motor and a first wireless transceiver and a second hoist device having a second motor and a second wireless transceiver. The wireless hoist system includes a controller in wireless communication with the first wireless transceiver and the second wireless. The controller is configured to receive a user input and determine a first operation parameter and a second operation parameter based on the user input. The controller is also configured to provide, wirelessly, a first control signal indicative of the first operation parameter to the first hoist device and provide, wirelessly, a second control signal indicative of the second operation parameter to the second hoist device. The first hoist device operates based on the first control signal and the second hoist device operates based on the second control signal.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a unique (or quasi unique) identifier can be received by an application store, or other on-line store, and the store can create a signed receipt that includes data desired from the unique identifier. This signed receipt is then transmitted to a device that is running the application obtained from the on-line store and the device can verify the receipt by deriving the unique (or quasi-unique) identifier from the signed receipt and comparing the derived identifier with the device identifier stored on the device, or the vendor identifier assigned to the application vendor.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a unique (or quasi unique) identifier can be received by an application store, or other on-line store, and the store can create a signed receipt that includes data desired from the unique identifier. This signed receipt is then transmitted to a device that is running the application obtained from the on-line store and the device can verify the receipt by deriving the unique (or quasi-unique) identifier from the signed receipt and comparing the derived identifier with the device identifier stored on the device, or the vendor identifier assigned to the application vendor.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a unique (or quasi unique) identifier can be received by an application store, or other on-line store, and the store can create a signed receipt that includes data desired from the unique identifier. This signed receipt is then transmitted to a device that is running the application obtained from the on-line store and the device can verify the receipt by deriving the unique (or quasi-unique) identifier from the signed receipt and comparing the derived identifier with the device identifier stored on the device, or the vendor identifier assigned to the application vendor.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a unique (or quasi unique) identifier can be received by an application store, or other on-line store, and the store can create a signed receipt that includes data desired from the unique identifier. This signed receipt is then transmitted to a device that is running the application obtained from the on-line store and the device can verify the receipt by deriving the unique (or quasi-unique) identifier from the signed receipt and comparing the derived identifier with the device identifier stored on the device, or the vendor identifier assigned to the application vendor.

Abstract: A control is provided for louver blinds of the kind that hang vertically, although it would work for horizontally extended blinds and any other curtain or window cover in which both a double chain and a double cord or their equivalents were used. The control provides longitudinal channels through which the chains and cords pass, and are controlled by a cam and release bar arrangement to grip one of the cords, and three plungers to grip the other cord and two chains and exit the opposite side of the body of the control so that the control is easily gripped in one hand with the release bar pressed by the fingers and the thumb pressing a selected one of the buttons, or vice versa, so that all blind movements are made by pulling the control down, and lifting it back up in idling mode to pull down again, if necessary.

Abstract: A water heater control system designed to conserve energy, in part by anticipating hot water demand as a function of usage, utilizes refined design features to effectively automatically switch the water heater's thermostat between a high and a low setting in response to actual use of hot water and the heat of the water at the moment. The basic purposes of the invention are first, the prevention of the system from switching into the "high" mode when in fact adequate hot water is still present in the tank, and second, the reduction of the length of the burner firing time at times when a long burn is not necessary. These features include a specialized heat sensor switch which permits the trigger temperature of the switch to follow the seasonal temperature of the incoming water, also a stack gas switch for further refining the system's function. Remote control and a special mounting means are also included in the refined control system.

Abstract: A clip and method of using same are provided whereby the angle valve beneath the sink is positively coupled to the flexible connector tube leading to the faucet to prevent the tube from working out of the slip-joint of the angle valve over a period of time.

Abstract: A water heater control system is provided to lower the temperature to which hot water is heated during periods of low use, and raise the temperature back up during periods of peak demand. The unit described herein is adapted for use on a recirculating hot water system used in apartment buildings and includes a first thermoswitch disposed on the outflow pipe from the hot water tank which feeds this recirculating system. This pipe is hotter during periods of low use because the heater is adequate to provide continuous supply of very hot water which has not been drained by tenant use. Thus this thermoswitch is directly wired to a thermostat control to reduce the heater temperature when the thermoswitch is hot.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a catalytic process where two unsaturated substances of which at least one of them is a high molecular weight polymeric material containing double bonds either along the main chain or as part of pendant side groups, are inter-reacted by means of an olefin metathesis reaction leading to the formation of new and useful polymeric materials.

Abstract: A water heater control system for controlling the thermostat setting on a water heater which senses the temperature on an outflow line from the water heater and energizes a control for lowering the thermostat setting during periods of low flow demand and raising the thermostat setting during periods of high demand, thereby reducing overall required heating energy.

Abstract: The composition is disclosed of graft and block copolymer and interpolymers comprising subjecting two dissimilar polymeric substances to catalysts capable of inducing the olefin metathesis reaction.