Abstract: An apparatus for diverting incoming printed products which includes a shaft, at least one first flipper mounted in a first fixed direction on the shaft, a motor coupled to the shaft; and a controller coupled to the motor for controlling positioning of the shaft to allowing printed products to be diverted along different paths associated with a particular shaft position. The apparatus further includes a low inertia coupler interconnected between the motor and the shaft. Alternatively, the apparatus includes a roll, a first motor coupled to the roll and a controller coupled to the first motor for controlling the rotation of the roller for diverting printed products along one of two different paths, each path associated with a direction of rotation of the roll. This alternative apparatus may also include a shaft with at least one flipper mounted thereon and a second motor coupled to the shaft.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 6, 2009
Date of Patent:
June 12, 2012
Assignee:
Goss International Americas, Inc.
Inventors:
Joseph Adrian St. Ours, Mark Anthony Wingate, David Elliot Whitten, Jared David Kinson
Abstract: A pump, particularly to a vane-cell pump for a vacuum for brake boosters in motor vehicles or for drawing blow-by gas out of the crankcase of internal combustion engines, with a casing, a rotor and with at least one vane and a liquid cooling device, which is depicted by a simple, essentially cylindrical insertion bush for inserting inside the casing.
Abstract: Disclosed is a pharmaceutical composition, comprising two analgesic compounds and/or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof consisting of meloxicam and/or at least one a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a dose oxycodone and/or at least one a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, the two analgesic compounds in an amount sufficient to provide an analgesic effect in a human patient. Also disclosed is a method of effectively treating pain in humans or other mammals, comprising administering to the patient a an oral dosage form comprising two analgesic compounds consisting of meloxicam and/or at least one a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and oxycodone and/or at least one a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, the two analgesic compounds in an amount sufficient to provide an analgesic effect in a human patient.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 25, 2002
Date of Patent:
June 5, 2012
Assignee:
Purdue Pharma L.P.
Inventors:
Ronald M. Burch, Richard S. Sackler, Paul D. Goldenheim
Abstract: A method for detecting a type of one of plurality of devices attached to a graphics machine, each device being one of at least a first type and a second type. The method includes detecting at a controller the type of device attached to or to be attached to the machine. The controller is capable of preadjusting the device or machine as a function of the detection. A graphics machine includes a controller, a first device connected to the controller, the first device being categorizable as one of at least a first type and a second type, the controller detecting the type of the first device, and a memory accessible by the controller, the memory storing information regarding the first type and the second type.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 30, 2009
Date of Patent:
June 5, 2012
Assignee:
Goss International Americas, Inc.
Inventors:
Keith Edwards Foley, Glenn Alan Guaraldi, Craig Steven Harris
Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of providing an image file depicting an image, in a computer memory, identifying information in the image file relevant to a logical deduction regarding material and illumination aspects of an image and selected from information relevant to spatio-spectral aspects of an image and constituents of color; defining a constraint as a function of the information; and utilizing the constraint in an image segregation operation.
Abstract: A nuclear power plant is provided including a BWR, a reactor cooling system cooling the BWR, an HWC hydrogen injection system connected to the reactor cooling system and an alcohol injection system connected to the reactor cooling system. Methods for providing methanol and hydrogen are also provided.
Abstract: Disclosed is a pharmaceutical composition, comprising two analgesic compounds and/or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof consisting of N-[3 -(formylamino)-4-oxo-6-phenoxy-4H-1-benzopyran-7-yl] methanesulfonamide and/or at least one a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a-dose oxycodone and/or at least one a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, the two analgesic compounds in an amount sufficient to provide an analgesic effect in a human patient. Also disclosed is a method of effectively treating pain in humans or other mammals, comprising orally administering to the patient a an oral dosage form comprising two analgesic compounds consisting of N-[3-(formylamino)-4-oxo-6 -phenoxy-4H-1-benzopyran-7-yl] methanesulfonamide and/or at least one a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and oxycodone and/or at least one a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof such that the two analgesic compounds in an amount sufficient to provide an analgesic effect in a human patient.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 25, 2002
Date of Patent:
May 29, 2012
Assignee:
Purdue Pharma L.P.
Inventors:
Ronald M. Burch, Paul D. Goldenheim, Richard S. Sackler
Abstract: A book trimmer is provided. The book trimmer includes an edge trimming knife movable back and forth in a book travel direction and a conveyor downstream of the edge trimming knife. The conveyor includes a reciprocating section movable back and forth in the book travel direction receiving books trimmed by the edge trimming knife. A method for trimming a book is also provided.
Abstract: A method for manufacturing integrally bladed rotors (preferably gas turbine rotors) is provided. The method includes the steps of a) providing a basic rotor body; b) placing the basic rotor body into an electrolyte; c) electrochemically machining the basic rotor body by simultaneously manufacturing a plurality of unmachined blades; and d) subsequently machining the unmachined blades to provide hydrodynamic surfaces, in particular a suction side and a pressure side, in the area of each unmachined blade.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 21, 2005
Date of Patent:
May 29, 2012
Assignee:
MTU Aero Engines GmbH
Inventors:
Erwin Bayer, Martin Bussmann, Thomas Kraenzler, Albin Platz, Juergen Steinwandel
Abstract: A method for anchoring a fastening element to a flat steel member, in which the fastening element is driven into a blind hole previously drilled in the steel member is disclosed. Initially, in a first step of the method, a metal disk is adhesively bonded to the steel member. In a subsequent second step, a blind hole is drilled into the stack formed by the metal disk and the steel member and, in a subsequent third step, the fastening element is driven into the pre-drilled blind hole in the stack using a hand-held drive-in tool.
Abstract: The present invention relates to particles and to methods of making particles. In particular, the invention relates to methods of making composite active particles comprising a pharmaceutically active material for pulmonary inhalation, the method comprising a jet milling process.
Abstract: A formulation for an inhaler device comprises carrier particles having a diameter of at least 50 ?m and a mass median diameter of at least 175 ?m; active particles; and additive material to which is able to promote release of the active particles from the carrier particles on actuation of the inhaler device. The formulation has excellent flowability even at relatively high fine particle contents.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 17, 2001
Date of Patent:
May 22, 2012
Assignee:
Vectura Limited
Inventors:
John Nicholas Staniforth, David Alexander Vodden Morton, Rajbir Gill, Gaetano Brambilla, Rossella Musa, Lorenzo Ferrarini
Abstract: A variable cutoff web printing press is provided including a first plate cylinder for printing a first color of first and second images and a second plate cylinder for printing a second color of the first and the second images. The printing press also includes a common blanket cylinder. The first and second plate cylinders contact the common blanket cylinder and transfer the first and second images to the common blanket cylinder. The printing press also includes a first transfer body for receiving the first image from the common blanket cylinder and transferring the first image to a web and a second transfer body for receiving the second image from the common blanket cylinder and transferring the second image to the web. A method of variable cutoff web printing is also provided.
Abstract: A device is described for displaying data (13) during process sequences in machines (2) which process printing material. The device is provided for the purpose of graphically superimposing the data (13) to be displayed on the printing material (14).
Abstract: A system for producing at least one hydrocarbon fuel from a carbonaceous material, the system including: a nuclear power plant; a hydrocarbon fuel manufacturing plant, including at least an electrolyzer unit for producing a first hydrogen stream from water and electric power provided by the nuclear power plant, and an hydrocarbon fuel synthesis unit, the nuclear power plant supplying power to a power distribution grid to which electric power consumers other than the hydrocarbon manufacturing plant are electrically connected; a buffer storage of at least one given hydrocarbon fuel; a reforming unit for producing a second hydrogen stream from the at least one given hydrocarbon fuel, and a device to feed the at least one given hydrocarbon fuel to the reforming unit at a controlled feed flow rate; a device to feed the hydrocarbon fuel synthesis unit with the first hydrogen stream at a first controlled flow rate and with the second hydrogen stream at a second controlled flow rate; and a device to control the fi
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 13, 2009
Date of Patent:
May 22, 2012
Assignee:
Areva SA
Inventors:
Michel Lecomte, Iraj Rahmim, Alan Rossiter
Abstract: A feeder device for printed products is provided including at least one first drum rotatable about a first axis; at least one second drum rotatable about a second axis; and an actuator coupled to the at least one first drum and the at least one second drum for reciprocating the at least one first drum and the at least one second drum axially. A printed product conveying device and a method of transporting printed products are also provided.
Abstract: A torque converter including a cover, the cover having an axis and having an axially extending flange about the axis, the flange defining an aperture, a pilot fitted within the aperture, and a turbine hub connected to the flange.
Abstract: A method for recharging an electric vehicle having an electric battery for powering a vehicle drive system is provided. The method includes recharging the electric vehicle during a first period at a first electrical power and recharging the electric vehicle during a second period shorter than the first period at a second electrical power higher than the first electrical power. The recharging includes delivering coolant to the electric vehicle to cool the electric battery during the second period. Other methods of recharging an electric vehicle are also provided.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 25, 2011
Date of Patent:
May 8, 2012
Assignee:
Lightening Energy
Inventors:
Christopher K. Dyer, Michael L. Epstein, Duncan Culver
Abstract: In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of providing an image file, identifying a boundary in the image, calculating a representation of the boundary extending to segments of the image at either side of the boundary, performing feature calculations on the representation and classifying the boundary as caused by a material change, as a function of the feature calculations.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 28, 2008
Date of Patent:
May 8, 2012
Assignee:
Tandent Vision Science, Inc.
Inventors:
Bruce Allen Maxwell, Richard Mark Friedhoff, Casey Arthur Smith
Abstract: A bogie includes two pairs of wheels (2), the wheels (2) of one pair being connected to one another by a shaft to form an axle (4), the axles (4) being connected to one another by a chassis (6) having at least two side members (10) resting on axle boxes (14, 14?) of each axle (4). The boxes (14, 14?) are arranged between the wheels (2) of the axle (4), and a motor (24) fixed to the chassis (6) extends between the wheels (2) of the axle (4) and drives the axle (4) in rotation by way of a coupling (42) and a reducing gear (28). One of the axle boxes (14) accommodates the reducing gear (28) of the motor (24).