Abstract: Apparatus are disclosed that thermally cycles samples between at least two temperatures. These apparatus operate by impinging fluid jets onto the outer walls of a sample containing region. Because the impinging fluid jets provide a high heat transfer coefficient between the jet and the sample containing region, the sample containing regions are uniformly cycled between the two temperatures. The heat exchange rate between the jets and the sample regions are substantially uniform.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 7, 1997
Date of Patent:
August 24, 1999
Assignee:
The Perkin-Elmer Corporation
Inventors:
Douglas H. Smith, John Shigeura, Timothy M. Woudenberg
Abstract: Apparatus, methods, systems and computer program products are disclosed to assist a user of a display device to more quickly recover from a distraction causing the user to look away from the display device. The user is also assisted when navigating hypertext documents by the invention indicating where the user last looked in a restored, previously viewed hypertext document.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 25, 1996
Date of Patent:
November 3, 1998
Assignee:
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Inventors:
Bruce Tognazzini, Jakob Nielsen, Robert Glass