Abstract: Aspects of the present invention pertain to apparatuses, systems, and methods to provide power for electric power devices such as electric power tools.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing biogas and/or methane from solid spent cereal products derived from, for example, the mashing process of malt whisk(e)y and/or beer production. There is also provided a system for producing biogas and/or methane from solid spent cereal products derived from, for example, the mashing process of malt whisk(e)y and/or beer production.

Abstract: Aspects of the present invention pertain to apparatuses, systems, and methods to provide power for electric power devices such as electric power tools.

Abstract: The invention relates to processes and equipment for treatment of a feedstock by anaerobic organisms to produce a methane containing biogas that can be used as a source of energy. The invention is particularly concerned with producing methane from a waste plant material such as produced by fermentation processes used in the alcoholic beverages industry, such as from brewing/distilling processes which employ grain material for fermentation.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing biogas and/or methane from solid spent cereal products derived from, for example, the mashing process of malt whisk(e)y and/or beer production. There is also provided a system for producing biogas and/or methane from solid spent cereal products derived from, for example, the mashing process of malt whisk(e)y and/or beer production.

Abstract: Example embodiments of the systems and methods of preventing bedsores take the pressure off of the soft tissue and direct it on the bone, which is made to handle the weight and the pressure. In example embodiments, to insert pins, incisions are made in the skin. A hole may then be drilled into the bone and a pin may be inserted into the hole in the bone. The pins may extend out through the skin. A support plate may be connected to the pins. In one embodiment, holes are drilled though the plate to accommodate the external fixation pins. In an alternative embodiment, one or more crossbars may be connected from pin to pin and then the plate may be clamped onto the one or more crossbars. In an example embodiment, a removable panel is located in the plate to provide access to tend to the wound.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing biogas and/or methane from solid spent cereal products derived from, for example, the mashing process of malt whisk(e)y and/or beer production. There is also provided a system for producing biogas and/or methane from solid spent cereal products derived from, for example, the mashing process of malt whisk(e)y and/or beer production.

Abstract: The invention relates to processes and equipment for treatment of a feedstock by anaerobic organisms to produce a methane containing biogas that can be used as a source of energy. The invention is particularly concerned with producing methane from a waste plant material such as produced by fermentation processes used in the alcoholic beverages industry, such as from brewing/distilling processes which employ grain material for fermentation.

Abstract: A method of coaching through a computer system having at least two client devices, and a communication network operatively and electrically connecting the client devices to the at least one server. A user generates at a client device a sports diagram representing a playing surface with sports plays and transmits the sports diagram to another client device via a server for display. The user can also communicate analysis of the diagram between the two client devices.

Abstract: A display device or diagramming a play includes a housing. A recess of the housing receives a display panel filled with a layer of magnetic particles and on which an outline of a field of play, or a portion thereof, is drawn. A stylus has a tip end which, when brought into contact with, or in close proximity to, an outer surface of the panel attracts the magnetic particles to the underside to form an image visible to anyone looking at the panel. The user can create as many images as he needs to diagram a play for his team. When done, the user moves a magnetic band underneath the length of the panel to erase the display.

Abstract: A display device (10) for diagramming a play includes a housing (12) having a handle (14) for lifting and carrying the housing. A bottom (16) and sides of the housing form a recess is filled with a layer (18) of magnetic particles and a display panel (20) on which an outline of a field of play, or a portion thereof, is drawn. The panel fits over the layer. A stylus (24) has a tip end (26) which, when brought into contact with, or in close proximity to, an outer surface of the panel attracts the magnetic particles to the underside of the form an image (28-32) visible to anyone looking at the panel. The user can create as many images as he needs to diagram a play for his team. When done, the user draws a slide (36) underneath the length of the panel to erase the display.

Abstract: A coated optical fiber adjusted to operate at a predetermined temperature range. The coated fiber includes an optical fiber, a first polymer coating generally concentrically surrounding the optical fiber and a second polymer coating generally concentrically surrounding the first polymer coating, wherein the first polymer coating includes substantially no coefficient of thermal expansion stresses when the optical fiber is placed at a lower end of the temperature range.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a coated optical fiber including the step of determining a desired temperature operating range of a coated optical fiber having at least one critical limit. The intercoating delamination stresses at the critical limit of said temperature range are determined. A zero-stress temperature region using the critical limit and the delamination stresses is then selected. An optical fiber is provided and the optical fiber is coated with a first polymer coating. The first polymer coating is exposed to a source of actinic radiation, wherein the source of actinic radiation generates heat. A second polymer coating including a photopolymerizable composition is applied to the optical fiber directly on the first polymer coating. The second polymer coating is cured, where at the time the second polymer coating is cured the first polymer coating is at the zero-stress temperature region.

Abstract: A coated optical fiber adjusted to operate at a predetermined temperature range. The coated fiber includes an optical fiber, a first polymer coating generally concentrically surrounding the optical fiber and a second polymer coating generally concentrically surrounding the first polymer coating, wherein the first polymer coating includes substantially no coefficient of thermal expansion stresses when the optical fiber is placed at a lower end of the temperature range.

Abstract: A self-contained automatic watering method and system for plants that includes a container made up of an inner and outer pot nested together to define an annular space which serves as a reservoir for water to be used for watering a plant held in the inner pot. A distributor in the form of an inclined wall is located on the container at least partially surrounding a plant held in the container. A housing is easily detachably mounted on said container and extends into the reservoir. The housing contains a pump, a motor to drive the pump, and a conduit leading from the pump to the distributor for directing water into a plant held in the inner pot, and a controller for controlling the motor to initiate watering cycles according to a preselected program regarding the frequency of watering and quantity of water.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a coated optical fiber including the step of determining a desired temperature operating range of a coated optical fiber having at least one critical limit. The intercoating delamination stresses at the critical limit of said temperature range are determined. A zero-stress temperature region using the critical limit and the delamination stresses is then selected. An optical fiber is provided and the optical fiber is coated with a first polymer coating. The first polymer coating is exposed to a source of actinic radiation, wherein the source of actinic radiation generates heat. A second polymer coating including a photopolymerizable composition is applied to the optical fiber directly on the first polymer coating. The second polymer coating is cured, where at the time the second polymer coating is cured the first polymer coating is at the zero-stress temperature region.