Abstract: A method for transferring seed during a planting operation includes receiving, by a theft detection system, a first equipment identity of first equipment, receiving the seed into a seed bin of second equipment from the first equipment, determining, using a sensing device disposed on the second equipment and communicatively coupled to the theft detection system, a first weight value indicative of weight of the seed received into the seed bin from the first equipment, and at least one of transmitting, by the theft detection system using a satellite data communication protocol, the first weight value and the first equipment identity to a tracking system, and determining, by the theft detection system, whether any of the seed was stolen based on the first weight value and the first equipment identity and selectively generating and transmitting a notification to the tracking system indicating that the seed was stolen.

Abstract: Systems and methods for theft reduction of grain are disclosed. A grain cart includes a theft detection system that monitors grain onboarded into the grain cart from a harvesting machine, and grain offloaded from the grain cart to a trailer. The theft detection system measures a weight value of the grain received from the harvesting machine, and transmits the weight value to a tracking system. Additionally, the theft detection system can receive an expected grain weight value from the harvesting machine and compare the measured weight value with the received weight value, and provide a notification (e.g., alarm) of the difference is greater than a predetermined threshold. The theft detection system can provide similar functions between weight values of grain in the grain cart and a trailer. Also, the theft detection system can encrypt transmit the weight values prior to transmitting to the tracking system.

Abstract: Systems and methods for theft reduction of grain are disclosed. A grain cart includes a theft detection system that monitors grain onboarded into the grain cart from a harvesting machine, and grain offloaded from the grain cart to a trailer. The theft detection system measures a weight value of the grain received from the harvesting machine, and transmits the weight value to a tracking system. Additionally, the theft detection system can receive an expected grain weight value from the harvesting machine and compare the measured weight value with the received weight value, and provide a notification (e.g., alarm) of the difference is greater than a predetermined threshold. The theft detection system can provide similar functions between weight values of grain in the grain cart and a trailer. Also, the theft detection system can encrypt transmit the weight values prior to transmitting to the tracking system.

Abstract: Systems and methods for theft reduction of grain are disclosed. A grain cart includes a theft detection system that monitors grain onboarded into the grain cart from a harvesting machine, and grain offloaded from the grain cart to a trailer. The theft detection system measures a weight value of the grain received from the harvesting machine, and transmits the weight value to a tracking system. Additionally, the theft detection system can receive an expected grain weight value from the harvesting machine and compare the measured weight value with the received weight value, and provide a notification (e.g., alarm) of the difference is greater than a predetermined threshold. The theft detection system can provide similar functions between weight values of grain in the grain cart and a trailer. Also, the theft detection system can encrypt transmit the weight values prior to transmitting to the tracking system.

Abstract: A cannula (1) comprising a central axis (2), a front end (3) and a through channel (5) coaxial or parallel to said central axis (2) and defining a peripheral wall (12) of said cannula (1), wherein A) said cannula (1) further comprises at least two perforations (8) penetrating said peripheral wall (12) transversely to said central axis (2); B) said through channel (5) is open at said front end (3); and C) the cross section of said through channel (5) has a contraction (6) with a diameter di located between the front most of said at least two perforations (8) and said front end (3) which is formed as a guidance for a wire (7). A device (10) for liquid jet irrigation of bone comprising such a cannula (1) and a wire (7).

Abstract: A cannula (1) comprising a central axis (2), a front end (3) and a through channel (5) coaxial or parallel to said central axis (2) and defining a peripheral wall (12) of said cannula (1), wherein A) said cannula (1) further comprises at least two perforations (8) penetrating said peripheral wall (12) transversely to said central axis (2); B) said through channel (5) is open at said front end (3); and C) the cross section of said through channel (5) has a contraction (6) with a diameter di located between the front most of said at least two perforations (8) and said front end (3) which is formed as a guidance for a wire (7). A device (10) for liquid jet irrigation of bone comprising such a cannula (1) and a wire (7).

Abstract: A waterway and system of waterways are disclosed in which the waterway includes a sheet of material having an upper face which defines a central channel straddled by a pair of skirts, and a pair of spaced walls between the channel and skirts to define the channel. When positioned in the system, the skirts of the waterway are anchored to the soil and covered with soil, and surface water from the soil is collected and drained through the channel. The ribs have walls which extend upwardly from the upper surface of the waterway, are spaced from each other and have juncture lines extending their length to permit the ribs and sheet of material to flex and rebound without damage when exposed to substantial loads.

Abstract: A method and system for executing an application at a client are described. An application is divided into portions. A first portion of code for the application is transmitted to the client over a network. The first portion of code is executed at the client to cause the client to generate a user interface that is displayed by the client, detect user interaction with the user interface, and transmit from the client over the network messages that indicate the user interaction with the user interface. A second portion of code for the application is executed at a node of the network other than the client. The second portion of code causes the node on which it is executing to respond to user interface messages from the client by (1) generating records that indicate changes to the user interface, and (2) transmitting the records to the first portion of code. The first portion of code responds to the messages by performing the specified changes to the user interface.

Abstract: An improved driving element, fastener placement system, method of fastening and combination of fastened workpieces are disclosed which include a generally U-shaped, staple-like fastener having a pair of legs spaced from each other by a crown which transversely extends between the upper ends of the legs to connect the legs to each other adjacent their upper ends and space the upper ends of the legs apart by a given distance. Each of the legs also has an opposite lower end which enter the respective workpieces which are to be fastened together. The fastener is positioned with the lower end of one leg in contact with one of the workpieces and the lower end of the other leg in contact with the other workpiece, and the fastener is then forcibly driven into the respective workpieces by a driving element which acts upon the crown in a manner to attempt or tend to shorten the distance between the upper ends of the legs by bending the crown and countersinking the legs and/or crown into the workpieces.

Abstract: An improved driving element, fastener placement system, method of fastening and combination of fastened workpieces are disclosed which include a generally U-shaped, staple-like fastener having a pair of legs spaced from each other by a crown which transversely extends between the upper ends of the legs to connect the legs to each other adjacent their upper ends and space the upper ends of the legs apart by a given distance. Each of the legs also has an opposite lower end which enter the respective workpieces which are to be fastened together. The fastener is positioned with the lower end of one leg in contact with one of the workpieces and the lower end of the other leg in contact with the other workpiece, and the fastener is then forcibly driven into the respective workpieces by a driving element which acts upon the crown in a manner to attempt or tend to shorten the distance between the upper ends of the legs by bending the crown and countersinking the legs and/or crown into the workpieces.

Abstract: An improved driving element, fastener placement system, method of fastening and combination of fastened workpieces are disclosed which include a generally U-shaped, staple-like fastener having a pair of legs spaced from each other by a crown which transversely extends between the upper ends of the legs to connect the legs to each other adjacent their upper ends and space the upper ends of the legs apart by a given distance. Each of the legs also has an opposite lower end which enter the respective workpieces which are to be fastened together. The fastener is positioned with the lower end of one leg in contact with one of the workpieces and the lower end of the other leg in contact with the other workpiece, and the fastener is then forcibly driven into the respective workpieces by a driving element which acts upon the crown in a manner to attempt or tend to shorten the distance between the upper ends of the legs by bending the crown and countersinking the legs and/or crown into the workpieces.

Abstract: A method of and apparatus for feeding a continuous thin film plastic tape or like, pliable, foldable strip in an oscillatory fashion, which may be random, from a feed surface having a width many times greater than the width of said tape to a receiving surface having a width at least as great as a tape width and many times narrower than the width of the feed surface by spacing and positioning the feed and receiving surfaces with respect to one another to limit the maximum angle between a transverse plane bisecting the receiving surface and extending towards the approaching tape and the centerline of the tape. The maximum value of this angle, in degrees, is about 6.5 times the inverse of the tape width expressed in inches. The invention is illustrated with an apparatus which converts the oscillatory motion of a tape fed from a roll many times wider than the tape over an equally large roller surface to a pulley only slightly wider than the tape and many times smaller than the roller surface.