Abstract: An apparatus for a countertop ice dispenser or ice and beverage dispenser is made from a single piece plastic ice bin. Parts for the dispenser are assembled into sub-assemblies before final assembly. The ice bin may be made by a rotomolding process. This uses relatively inexpensive molds with reasonable control over the thickness of the resulting bin, while allowing up to 0.005″ of variation per inch of length in the overall size of the ice bin. The resulting ice bin has hollow walls that can be filled with insulating foam. An attractive dispenser may be assembled from such an ice bin, with metal panels and a plastic base. If a combined ice/beverage dispenser is desired, a cold plate and dispensing valve may be included. The plastic base and a plastic drain pan have integral attachments that mate for assembly. The dispenser may also be easily disassembled for repair.

Abstract: The interface between a moving conveyor belt and a work piece can be lubricated using an air driven stream of finely divided droplets of a lubricant composition. Droplets of a preferred size are directed by the air stream onto the conveyor with little waste of lubricant off the conveyor. The lubricant provides a very low coefficient of friction and little or no stress cracking in the containers. Using a low pressure and low flow rate air stream in conjunction with a low flow rate liquid lubricant attains the useful particle size in the lubricant add on spray. The liquid lubricant is sheared by the effect of the air flow creating the desirable droplet size and pattern of lubricant on the conveyor.

Abstract: The interface between a moving conveyor belt and a work piece can be lubricated using an air driven stream of finely divided droplets of a lubricant composition. Droplets of a preferred size are directed by the air stream onto the conveyor with little waste of lubricant off the conveyor. The lubricant provides a very low coefficient of friction and little or no stress cracking in the containers. Using a low pressure and low flow rate air stream in conjunction with a low flow rate liquid lubricant attains the useful particle size in the lubricant add on spray. The liquid lubricant is sheared by the effect of the air flow creating the desirable droplet size and pattern of lubricant on the conveyor.

Abstract: A system and method for generating achromatic components for output incorporate receiving input color data defined in a first color space. The received input color data is converted to intermediate color data defined in an intermediate color space. Typically the intermediate color space is defined only in terms of chromatic components. A black or achromatic component is then calculated. The black or achromatic color component is a function of both the input color data in the first color space and the intermediate color data in the intermediate color space. This black or achromatic color component is associated with the intermediate color data for further processing and output.

Abstract: An orthotic device for inserting within a heel portion of a shoe of a user for inhibiting excessive pronation or excessive supination of a user's foot, and for comforting associated pain by cushioning a heel of the foot, which includes a sloped wedge member with a cutout for receiving a portion of the heel of the user; and a cup member positionable adjacent the wedge member, the cup member including a cushion material therein located so as to substantially underlie the cutout of the wedge member when the cup member is positioned adjacent the wedge member.

Abstract: A selection manifold for use for use with a beverage dispenser apparatus for dispensing both carbonated and non-carbonated beverages and including a plurality of dispensing valves with a syrup and a water line feeding each dispensing valve further comprising a selection manifold connected between at least one of the water lines and sources of both carbonated and non-carbonated water, the manifold having a selecting mechanism allowing a user of the apparatus to easily switch between directing carbonated and non-carbonated water through the water line to the dispensing valve. In a preferred embodiment, the selection mechanism includes a portion that enables a viewer to easily determine whether carbonated or non-carbonated water is selected. In another preferred embodiment, the selection mechanism includes a lock to prevent inadvertent switching of the mechanism.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for providing employment management services to a user via a network. The systems disclosed herein can comprise a portal server hosting at least a portion of an employment management services accessible to a user via a client system, at least one business application, wherein said at least one business application concerns an employment service which is offered to the user, at least one database of information concerning an employment service which is offered to the user, and wherein the employment management services includes a user interface comprising controls whereby the user submits information. The system can assist a services manager in managing employment services being offered to the user.

Abstract: The interface between a moving conveyor belt and a work piece can be lubricated using an air driven stream of finely divided droplets of a lubricant composition. Droplets of a preferred size are directed by the air stream onto the conveyor with little waste of lubricant off the conveyor. The lubricant provides a very low coefficient of friction and little or no stress cracking in the containers. Using a low pressure and low flow rate air stream in conjunction with a low flow rate liquid lubricant attains the useful particle size in the lubricant add on spray. The liquid lubricant is sheared by the effect of the air flow creating the desirable droplet size and pattern of lubricant on the conveyor.

Abstract: The invention refers to a photopolymerizable precursor of a pressure-sensitive thermosettable adhesive, said precursor comprising: (i) from about 30% to about 80% by weight with respect to the mass of the precursor of a photopolymerizable component, comprising a monomeric or prepolymeric syrup, said component exhibiting an overall solubility parameter of between 10 and 11 and comprising (A) at least 30% by weight with respect to the mass of the photopolymerizable component (i) of one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers with a solubility parameter of between 10 and 11.5 and less than 10% by weight with respect to the mass of component (i) of one or more ethylenically unsaturated compounds with a solubility parameter of more than 11.5, or (B) at least 50% by weight with respect to the mass of the photopolymerizable compound (i) of one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers with a solubility parameter of between 9.5 and 11.

Abstract: Image values are adjusted based on image object or component type and in a perceptually linear manner based on user set control values. Image values are also scaled based on dynamic ranges of an input and output device, such as a monitor and a printer. A lookup table is generated for converting image values from an adjustment color space to a printer color space by measuring a test print, inverting the measured data to an adjustment color space and generating a final lookup table based on the adjustment color space data and the inversion color space data. Image values are adjusted in a perceptually linear manner by converting the image values to a perceptually uniform color space and adjusting the values in the adjustment color space before converting the values to a printer device space.

Abstract: An apparatus for filtering and cooling liquid, with four filtration chambers are connected by a series of passageways. The apparatus is mounted on a cart so that it may be rolled into position under a machine quickly and easily. Once the apparatus is in position, the machine is drained of its debris-laden oil which flows directly into the first chamber and through the first wire mesh filter. The liquid is then forced either by gravity or by pressure through the remaining chambers and their respective filters which have progressively smaller pore sizes. The tortuous movement of the liquid around the weirs helps to cool the liquid while the filters remove foreign particles from the liquid. Once the liquid reaches the fourth chamber, a pump is used to pump the cleansed liquid back into the machine so that it may be reused. The inlet to the pump may be fitted with an optional fifth filter element.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for blending pictorial and graphical look-up tables is provided. The blended look-up table, addressable by image signals from both pictorial and graphical objects, produces printer signals which are a blend of the output of the pictorial and graphical look-up tables. For image signals that are inside the pictorial gamut of the printer, only the output of the pictorial look-up table is used in the blended look-up table. For image signals that are outside the pictorial gamut, a blend of the output of both pictorial and graphical look-up tables is used in the blended look-up table. To blend the tables, graphical and pictorial image signals are selected from the surface of the graphical and pictorial gamut which have the same hue and luminance as the desired image signal.

Abstract: A microwave substrate is formed by thermocompression bonding a metalization system layer to two substrates having corresponding properties. One of the properties in one material is significantly different in value than that property in the other material. The substrates are selected from polycrystalline and monocrystalline ceramic materials. The bonded slabs are sliced and ground planes attached to form finished composite substrates.

Abstract: Three modular arrays structured from a common module are connected together a first way to form a binary quotient by successive approximations, or a second way to form a binary product. Any one of the three modular arrays may be used to add or subtract two binary numbers. To divide, one array is utilized to generate a shift and add sequence that represents the reciprocal of the divisor, most significant bit first. As this add and shift sequence is being formed, it is, at the same time, being utilized to manipulate the dividend, thereby forming the quotient, most significant bit first. In effect, the dividend is being multiplied by the reciprocal of the divisor so as to form a product of the dividend and reciprocal of the divisor, most significant bit first. This product is actually the quotient of the dividend and divisor. The binary product of two numbers is formed, most significant bit first, by manipulating the multiplicand according to an add and shift sequence determined by use of the multiplier.

Abstract: Three modular arrays structured from a common module are connected together a first way to form a binary quotient by successive approximations, or a second way to form a binary product. Any one of the three modular arrays may be used to add or subtract two binary numbers. To divide, one array is utilized to effectively form the reciprocal of the binary divisor, most significant bit first, by successive approximation. Control circuitry, including a carry detector, dictates the formation of the shift and add sequence that effectively represents the reciprocal of the divisor by controlling the positioning of the divisor before each addition step so that the product is a series of binary ones. The add and shift sequence utilized to generate the series of binary ones, as it is evolving, is also being utilized to manipulate the dividend, thereby forming the quotient, most significant bit first.

Abstract: A plurality of modular arrays, each structured from a common module, are connected together so as to form a binary quotient by successive approximations. For divisors that fall into that group of numbers that have reciprocals with a reasonably short period, the forming of a quotient with such a divisor and any dividend can be greatly accelerated after the add and shift sequence for the first period of the divisor reciprocal is obtained. A unity array, divisor array, dividend array, and quotient array may all be of equal length, but must be longer than the length of the periods of the reciprocals of the divisors utilized. The reciprocal of the divisor is effectively formed in the divisor array by generating a shift and add sequence that will produce a product that is a series of binary ones. After the first period of the divisor reciprocal is formed, the binary bits of the reciprocal start to repeat for the second period, and so on.