Abstract: According to an embodiment, a scout agent with network connectivity is configured to build a source database by learning address information, port information and protocol information of certain traffic sources. The scout agent is configured to learn application traffic profile information of these traffic sources, and instruct storage of the address information, port information, protocol information and application traffic profile information in a source database.

Abstract: Fasteners, such as rivets (60), are fed to a fastener insertion tool (1) via a buffer magazine (5) adjacent to the tool. The buffer is movable with the tool and C-frame (6) between an operative position where fasteners can be inserted into a workpiece and a re-filling position where it is docked at a docking station (13) to reload. Fasteners are delivered to the docking station from a source (14) and held there ready for when the tool docks. Once docked a transfer gate (25, 28) is opened at an interface between the buffer magazine and the docking station and fasteners from the docking station are transferred into the buffer magazine. The quantity of fasteners in the buffer magazine is detected and the last fastener is retained so as to support preceding fasteners loaded into the buffer magazine. Any subsequently loaded fasteners back to the docking station either under gravity, under the influence of a pressurized gas or both.

Abstract: A power tool and a chuck release tool for a power tool, the power tool including a chuck body and a locking means for locking an operational tool within the chuck, the power tool being operable in an adjustment mode to move the locking means between an open position in which the operational tool is free within the chuck and a locking position in which the locking means secures the operational tool within the chuck, and the power tool being operable in a working mode to drive rotation of the operational tool to perform work, the chuck body including a section for direct engagement with a chuck release tool to allow a user to manually move the chuck body and thereby move the locking means between the locking position and the open position, the chuck release tool having an engagement section which directly engages a section of the chuck body to allow a user to manually move the chuck body and thereby move the locking means between the locking position and the open position.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to absorbent articles and in particular to an absorbent article including a liquid permeable cover layer, a liquid impermeable barrier layer, an absorbent core arranged adjacent to the cover layer, a transfer layer arranged between the core and the barrier layer, the absorbent core including an upper surface and a lower surface and a material-free zone extending from the upper surface to the lower surface.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are effect pigment PVC plastisol, uses thereof, and proceses for producing effect pigment PVC plastisol. In one embodiment, an effect pigment PVC plastisol comprises: (A) at least one finely divided PVC homopolymer having particle sizes of from 0.04 to 40 ?m, and which as a dispersion in a plasticizer exhibits dilatancy, (B) at least one finely divided PVC homopolymer having particle sizes of from 1 to 400 ?m, and which as a dispersion in a plasticizer exhibits pseudoplasticity, (C) at least one plasticizer, and (D) at least one effect pigment.

Abstract: An apparatus for facilitating in use connection of an accessory, such as a drill bit, to a drill. The apparatus includes an accessory holder for holding the accessory and drill engaging means for facilitating accurate location of the drill relative to the accessory holder. Also disclosed is a drill suitable for use with the apparatus for facilitating in use connection of an accessory.

Abstract: A diaphragm coupling having first and second diaphragm plates that are joined together around their outer edges. Each diaphragm plate has a central, axially-extending hub. The hub of the first plate supports within it a pin member having an outwardly projecting shoulder at each end adapted to engage an internal shoulder on the hub of the first plate at one end and an internal shoulder on the hub of the second plate at the other end so as to limit axial separation of the two hubs—from one another.

Abstract: The invention relates to a hand held power tool, such as a router, for use with an operative element to treat a work piece over a treatment depth from a face of the work piece. The power tool includes a base positionable in use adjacent the work piece and a fastening assembly for holding the operative element, the fastening assembly being rotatable about an operative axis and being movable relative to the base in the direction of the operative axis. The power tool also includes primary power drive means including a motor being operable to rotate the fastening assembly about the operative axis and secondary power drive means including a motor being operable to move the fastening assembly relative to the base in the direction of the operative axis.

Abstract: Fasteners, such as rivets (60), are fed to a fastener insertion tool (1) via a buffer magazine (5) adjacent to the tool. The buffer is movable with the tool and C-frame (6) between an operative position where fasteners can be inserted into a workpiece and a re-filling position where it is docked at a docking station (13) to reload. Fasteners are delivered to the docking station from a source (14) and held there ready for when the tool docks. Once docked a transfer gate (25, 28) is opened at an interface between the buffer magazine and the docking station and fasteners from the docking station are transferred into the buffer magazine. The quantity of fasteners in the buffer magazine is detected and the last fastener is retained so as to support preceding fasteners loaded into the buffer magazine. Any subsequently loaded fasteners back to the docking station either under gravity, under the influence of a pressurised gas or both.

Abstract: A boot for a joint includes a shaft-gripping portion, a joint-connecting portion, and a sleeve portion connecting the joint-connecting portion with the shaft-gripping portion. The boot is adapted to dynamically roll about the sleeve portion to a roll position (A, B, C) to form a roll surface having a roll width, wroll, wherein the roll width, wroll, remains generally constant independent of the roll position (A, B, C). The boot can be used to connect a shaft to a joint portion of the joint and is adapted to allow shaft translation.

Abstract: A handle assembly for a power tool, such as an angle grinder, including first and second handle portions for gripping the power tool, the first handle portion extending substantially transverse to the second handle portion. The handle assembly also having a trigger including an elongate portion associated with the first handle portion and a flange portion associated with the second handle portion and a switch for operating the power tool actuated by movement of either the elongate or flange portion of the trigger relative to the first or second handle portions respectively.

Abstract: A capacitor-based (supercapacitor, ultracapictor or psudeocapcitor) electrical charger, rechargeable device and energy storage pack for use with a rechargeable power tool. The rechargeable device includes a storage capacitor. The electrical charger includes a supply capacitor electrically connected to an electrical contact, the supply capacitor being charged when the electrical charger is connected to a power source. While in use, any charge in the supply capacitor is rapidly distributed between the supply capacitor and the storage capacitor when the rechargeable device is mounted in the receiver of the electrical charger. The electrical charger includes a safety interlock switch which only supplies power to the electrical contact of the charger after electrical terminal of the rechargeable device have engaged the electrical contact.

Abstract: A formatting object according to the present invention conveys information to the reader of a document (such as a table or chart) by associating visual attributes (such as color, fill type, border width, line width, line style, font size, marker size and marker type) to characters or markers within the document. The formatting object may be used to emphasize data within a table or a chart by modifying the structural visual attributes of characters or markers within the table or chart according to pre-defined criteria. Similarly, the formatting object may be used to increase information density within a table or chart, and to elegantly represent the relationships between four or more interrelated variables in a two-dimensional chart. The formatting object accomplishes this by defining at least one format map that comprises one or more mapping segments.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are effect pigment PVC plastisol, uses thereof, and proceses for producing effect pigment PVC plastisol. In one embodiment, an effect pigment PVC plastisol comprises: (A) at least one finely divided PVC homopolymer having particle sizes of from 0.04 to 40 ?m, and which as a dispersion in a plasticizer exhibits dilatancy, (B) at least one finely divided PVC homopolymer having particle sizes of from 1 to 400 ?m, and which as a dispersion in a plasticizer exhibits pseudoplasticity, (C) at least one plasticizer, and (D) at least one effect pigment.

Abstract: A drag-and-drop user interface (DDUI) can generate multiple charts in an integrated chart report and supports the drag-and-drop method of adding fields to the integrated chart report. When a field is dropped from a field list into a multiple chart drop zone, the DDUI will automatically generate additional charts to represent the data in the dropped field. An additional chart will be generated for each unique entry in a data field. The number of charts can be modified by selecting particular elements in the dropped field, by means of a drop-down menu. The drop-down menu enables the elimination or addition of elements of the dropped field. Each additional field dropped into the multiple chart drop zone will add a chart to the chart report. Conversely, each field dragged out of the multiple chart drop zone will eliminate a chart from the chart report. The DDUI can accommodate various chart types.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a chimeric chemokine receptor comprising two components: a first sequence comprising the N terminus through the last residue of the seven helix TM region of a first chemokine receptor joined with a second sequence comprising the C terminus of a second chemokine receptor extending from the first intracellular residue of the chemokine receptor to the last residue of the chemokine receptor. The chimeric chemokine receptor can be employed in various applications, such as ligand binding and screening assays and signalling assays. The chimeric chemokine receptor can also form a component of a chemokine receptor modulator design program.

Abstract: A formatting object according to the present invention conveys information to the reader of a document (such as a table or chart) by associating visual attributes (such as color, fill type, border width, line width, line style, font size, marker size and marker type) to characters or markers within the document. The formatting object may be used to emphasize data within a table or a chart by modifying the structural visual attributes of characters or markers within the table or chart according to pre-defined criteria. Similarly, the formatting object may be used to increase information density within a table or chart, and to elegantly represent the relationships between four or more interrelated variables in a two-dimensional chart. The formatting object accomplishes this by defining at least one format map that comprises one or more mapping segments.

Abstract: A compact smoke alarm assembly (10) is disclosed. The assembly (10) comprises: a smoke detection chamber (20) defined by a body (22) having a plurality of openings for allowing airflow therethrough, the body (22) having a sound inlet aperture (25); a smoke detector (30) mounted to the body for communication within the chamber (20); an electrical circuit operatively connected to the smoke detector (30), the circuit providing an electrical signal when the smoke detector (30) detects smoke in the chamber (20); and a piezoelectric disc (40) mounted external to the chamber adjacent to the sound inlet aperture, the piezo disc (40) operable in response to the electrical signal to generate sound. The smoke detection chamber (20) is sized substantially in accordance to the Helmholtz formula to cause resonance at the operating frequency of the piezo disc (40).

Abstract: A formatting object according to the present invention conveys information to the reader of a document (such as a table or chart) by associating visual attributes (such as color, fill type, border width, line width, line style, font size, marker size and marker type) to characters or markers within the document. The formatting object may be used to emphasize data within a table or a chart by modifying the structural visual attributes of characters or markers within the table or chart according to pre-defined criteria. Similarly, the formatting object may be used to increase information density within a table or chart, and to elegantly represent the relationships between four or more interrelated variables in a two-dimensional chart. The formatting object accomplishes this by defining at least one format map that comprises one or more mapping segments.

Abstract: A method of sending content via email includes the steps of creating an email message, obtaining a list of files and directories, selecting one or more files or directories to send as attachments, determining an appropriate channel by which to send the attachments, packaging the attachments into a package, removing the attachment from said email message and replacing said attachment with a link to said package, and sending the email message to one or more recipients, wherein the package is sent separately from the body of the email message via one or more alternative channels. The one or more alternative channels comprise a peer-to-peer swarming network.