Abstract: A bottle assembly has a bottle and a removable cap. The cap includes a nozzle and a vent arrangement. The vent arrangement can include a vent conduit that extends into an air cavity present at the bottom of the bottle assembly when the bottle assembly is inverted. The vent arrangement allows for pressure equalization within the bottom assembly in response to liquid being dispensed from the bottle assembly to permit high flow rates of the dispensed liquid without squeezing of the bottle.

Abstract: A wheel fastener alarm assembly is provided having a fastener body with a first portion defining a wrenching surface and a cavity, and a second portion with a threaded portion to attach and detach from a wheel of a vehicle. A sensor array is disposed in the cavity of fastener body to detect an attribute of the fastener body and generate an output signal based on the attribute of the fastener body. An antenna connected to the sensor array to transmit the signal to a remote location. A cap is secured to the first portion of the fastener body and covers the wrenching surface and the cavity opening to define a capped fastener body.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of indirectly cooling an optomechanical resonator, comprising impinging a laser on an optomechanical resonator attached to a substrate, wherein the optomechanical resonator comprises a cantilever, a cooling end of the cantilever, having a cooling end comprising a laser-induced cooling element, an attachment end of the cantilever, attached to a substrate, and wherein the laser has a peak wavelength in the near-infrared band.

Abstract: The invention relates to a reversible oral adhesive gel. The reversible oral adhesive gel is suitable for application to lips to inhibit oral (mouth) breathing and to promote nasal breathing and thereby prevent or ameliorate snoring and to correct respiratory problems.

Abstract: Described are methods and apparatus, including a method of manufacture, for a compact antenna. Two biconical dipole antennas and a monocone monopole antenna are displaced in an adjacent and orthogonal configuration. The two biconical dipole antennas are each shunted to the monocone monopole antenna.

Abstract: The invention relates to a reversible oral adhesive gel. The reversible oral adhesive gel is suitable for application to lips to inhibit oral (mouth) breathing and to promote nasal breathing and thereby prevent or ameliorate snoring and to correct other respiratory problems.

Abstract: Described are methods and apparatus, including a method of manufacture, for a compact antenna. Two biconical dipole antennas and a monocone monopole antenna are displaced in an adjacent and orthogonal configuration. The two biconical dipole antennas are each shunted to the monocone monopole antenna.

Abstract: A modeling tool for determining the impact that a data warehouse solution will have upon a business organization considering implementing a data warehouse solution. The modeling tool is implemented on a server computer with restricted access through a client computer. A server computer includes: a business impact model comprising a mathematical representation of a data warehouse solution, and an assessment questionnaire; and a modeling application for calculating a value of a data warehouse solution to a business organization from the business impact model and assessment questionnaire answers. A client computer is connectable to the server computer for receiving a copy of the business impact model, and providing offline collection of answers to the assessment questions, and offline calculation of a value of the data warehouse solution to the business organization. An application residing on the server computer keeps a record of the business impact model received by the client computer.

Abstract: A pumping system including a fluid inlet line and a primary pump for the fluid. The primary pump includes an impeller in an impeller chamber, with the impeller chamber adapted to receive fluid from the inlet line. A suction chamber is above the impeller chamber, with a throttle opening between the impeller chamber and the suction chamber. A priming pump is adapted to draw fluid through the throttle opening into the suction chamber. A fluid path is provided around the impeller chamber and between the inlet line and the suction chamber, with the fluid path having a larger area than the throttle opening and including a float restrictor.

Abstract: A grit extractor includes inlet and outlet flumes arranged to inject and extract liquid tangentially into a round chamber. The velocity entering and leaving the chamber is controlled by the width of the outlet flume. The velocity is maintained within an optimal region over a ten to one flow range. An effective ten to one variation in flow is achieved with a velocity in the range of 1.5 feet per second to 3.5 feet per second.

Abstract: A grit extractor includes inlet and outlet flumes arranged to inject and extract liquid tangentially into a round chamber. The velocity entering and leaving the chamber is controlled by the width of the outlet flume. The velocity is maintained within an optimal region over a ten to one flow range. An effective ten to one variation in flow is achieved with a velocity in the range of 1.5 feet per second to 3.5 feet per second.

Abstract: A system and method of measuring a level of settled particles in a fluid-containing vessel includes the steps of fluidizing particles from a position below the settled level of particles, and measuring a static pressure of liquid within the vessel at a position in the vessel below the settled level of particles. The fluidized static pressure is correlated to a level of settled particles within the vessel using an experimentally determined relationship. The apparatus includes an inlet pipe into the vessel at a position below the settled level of particles, and a pump which recirculates liquid from the vessel above the submerged level of particles, remote from the settled level of particles, and a static pressure instrument connected to the inlet pipe. A solids pump can be activated to remove settled particles from the vessel, the operation of the pump being controlled by the measured level of settled particles.

Abstract: A biscotti manufacturing system for easily and efficiently producing biscotti cookies. The biscotti manufacturing system includes a baking pan having a base, a first wall, a second wall, a plurality of partitions between the walls, and a plurality of channels within for receiving the biscotti dough. The user prepares the desired amount of biscotti dough and then utilizing an applicator fills the channels of the baking pan with desired portions of the biscotti dough. The baking pan with the biscotti dough is then baked. After the biscotti dough is fully cooked, the user then removes the biscotti cookies from the baking pan.

Abstract: A method utilizing intentionally generated in-band frequency harmonics to compensate for frequency error and frequency drift in a voltage controlled oscillator of a receiver, thereby eliminating the frequency synthesizer and RF divider required in conventional designs. The method includes modulating the intentionally generated frequency in a predetermined manner so that a receiver can identify the intentionally generated frequency and includes the use of plural frequency harmonics for use in a curve fitting technique to correct frequency error in the voltage controlled oscillator.

Abstract: A pipe coupler is provided that is a non-metallic, cylindrical sleeve for connecting pipes that transport corrosive or abrasive fluids. The sleeve has grooves that are formed on the external surface of the fore and aft ends of the sleeve for receiving connector rings with internal grooves. Also, gaskets are used to seal the inner wall of the sleeve to the pipes. The gaskets may have a ribbed inner surface. The sleeve and connector rings receive the ends of two pipes to be connected. A tool is used to push the connector rings inward and onto the ends of the sleeve to cause grooves on the connector rings to engage the grooves on the ends of the sleeve. The gaskets in the connector rings compress against the external wall of each pipe to provide a seal against leaking.

Abstract: An insulated food box construction 10 comprising a receptacle unit 11 including a reinforced generally rectangular receptacle member 20 having an open top, a closure unit 12 including a pair of transparent lid panels 40 hingedly connected to the receptacle member 20 and dimensioned to overlie the open top of the receptacle member 20. Each of the lid panels 40 are provided with a pair of "stay open/stay closed" support arms and a support unit 13 including a pair of pivoted support legs 50 operatively associated with the receptacle member 20 for elevating the receptacle member 20 to a serving height during use.

Abstract: A system and method for receiving direct sequence spread spectrum transmissions with both chip code and frequency uncertainty including a parallel frequency acquisition technique for increasing receiver sensitivity and increasing process gain while reducing a preamble duration required for spread spectrum acquisition. The system and method include techniques for reducing effects of jamming and impulse noise on receiver performance via enhanced antenna diversity by constructively combining received signals. Further, techniques are provided which compensate for chip code alignment drift, providing an associated transmitter maintains carrier and chip code coherence, by comparing received signal energies at varying chip code alignments. These techniques enable the use of lower cost frequency setting crystals in both the receiver and transmitter as well as provide for system operation over a wider temperature range.

Abstract: A method utilizing intentionally generated in-band frequency harmonics to compensate for frequency error and frequency drift in a voltage controlled oscillator of a receiver, thereby eliminating the frequency synthesizer and RF divider required in conventional designs. The method includes modulating the intentionally generated frequency in a predetermined manner so that a receiver can identify the intentionally generated frequency and includes the use of plural frequency harmonics for use in a curve fitting technique to correct frequency error in the voltage controlled oscillator.

Abstract: An enhanced frequency-agile radio for avoiding undesired signal energy, based on a prediction, by scanning an available radio spectrum, measuring a receiver output, identifying an occupied portion of the available spectrum, predicting a level of undesired signal energy in a future scan, and storing the prediction.

Abstract: A device which monitors the through passage of incompressible fluids such as water that relies upon a nutating disk-type transducer associated with a spherical hollow core. The disk includes a spindle which precesses in the presence of a sensor. A display panel is driven by a microcontroller which converts the precession of the spindle to useful output as a function of time whereby the precession correlates with volume flow through the nutating disk transducer.