Abstract: A dryer drawer system is provided comprising a generally multisided drying chamber having opposed side walls, a rear wall, and at least one access door, wherein the door is sealable to the chamber. The dryer drawer further comprises a heater for heating air circulating in the chamber and at least one fan for circulating air in the chamber. The multisided drying chamber includes an air inlet and an air outlet, a sensor for sensing the temperature of the air in the chamber, a first damper for selectively opening and closing the air inlet, a second damper for selectively opening and closing the air outlet, and a controller for controlling operation of the fan, the heater and the dampers. The controller is operative in a first operational mode to open the air inlet and the air outlet to provide air flow through the chamber and in a second operational mode to close the air inlet and the air outlet to provide a recirculating air flow within the chamber.

Abstract: A system for delivering targeted content to a device includes a database and a processor. The database stores anonymous identifications for a plurality of customers of at least one financial institution. Each anonymous identification is associated with financial information for a respective customer of the at least one financial institution. The processor includes software that is configured to classify consumers, create a targeted list of content viewers, and deliver a targeted advertisement over a network to a device used by a content viewer on the targeted list. The classifications can be based on the financial information associated with each anonymous identification. The target list of content viewers can be based on at least one selected classification. The advertisement can be delivered to a device used by a content viewer on the targeted list after the device has been used to log onto an application offered by the at least one financial institution.

Abstract: A process to fabricate an electronic device comprising: (a) liquid depositing a composition comprising a liquid, silver-containing nanoparticles, a replacement stabilizer comprising a carboxylic acid on the surface of the silver-containing nanoparticles, and a residual amount of an initial stabilizer on the surface of the silver-containing nanoparticles, resulting in a deposited composition; and (b) heating the deposited composition to form an electrically conductive layer comprising silver.

Abstract: A stent that is adapted for introduction into a body passageway and which releases at least one biological agent after being inserted in the body passageway. The release of the at least one biological agent can be a controlled release via molecular diffusion through a non-porous polymer layer.

Abstract: A kitchen blender provides improved efficiency of mixing and cleaning by positioning the motor and electrical components in an enclosed top component which mounts snuggly into a pitcher with a smooth, easily cleaned interior surface and an enlarged base.

Abstract: Phosphor compositions having the formula (Ba,Sr,Ca)SiO4:Eu and light emitting devices including a semiconductor light source and the above phosphor. Also disclosed are blends of (Ba,Sr,Ca)SiO4:Eu and one or more additional phosphors and light emitting devices incorporating the same. Preferred blends include (Sr,Ba,Ca)2SiO4:Eu and at least one of (Sr,Mg,Ca,Ba,Zn)2P2O7:Eu,Mn; (Ca,Sr,Ba,Mg)5(PO4)3(Cl,F,OH):Eu,Mn; (Sr,Ba,Ca)MgAl10O17:Eu,Mn; and Mg4FGeO6:Mn4+; and one or more garnet phosphors having the general formula (Y,Gd,La,Lu,T,Pr,Sm)3(Al,Ga,In)5O12:Ce.

Abstract: An ink container shell for an ink jet cartridge has spaced apart side walls, a front wall, a rear wall, and a bottom wall, a partition in said shell dividing the interior thereof into first and second chambers for respectively receiving an ink and an ink absorbing material, an opening through the partition for communicating ink in said first chamber with ink absorbing material in the second chamber, and which has a height greater than its width. The shell further includes an outlet port in the bottom wall of the second chamber provided with a wick retaining arrangement, and a block of ink absorbing material in the second chamber having an angled surface facing the opening through the partition and having an area greater than the area of the opening. A lever and tongue component for releasably interengaging the container with a holder therethrough has smooth surfaces and edges to facilitate handling of the container.

Abstract: A glossing subsystem is provided that receives duplexed output media that has been selectively marked on a first side and a second side. The glossing subsystem includes: a first glossing unit that selectively provides a first gloss level to a first side of the duplexed output media; and, a second glossing unit that selectively provides a second gloss level to a second side of the duplexed output media.

Abstract: Color error associated with an image rendered by a rendering device is calculated in the no more than N?1 dimensions of an associated color sensor color space. The color error is assumed to be small. A differential of a mapping from an N dimensional rendering device color space to the associated color sensor color space is used to calculate a colorant error in the N dimensions of the rendering device color space. Where necessary, appropriate assumptions are used to constrain an underdetermined system of equations. Where calculated colorant error is unreasonable, the calculated colorant error is clipped and colorant error is recalculated based on the clipped value.

Abstract: Particle collection, transport, and detection systems are disclosed. The systems are uniquely adapted for collecting or concentrating particles from a flowing medium and then transporting the collected particles to a desired location or for subsequent analysis. Electrostatic traveling wave grids can be used in conjunction with sample concentrators.

Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging method and apparatus includes a navigator region defined within the subject by selective excitation. Blood flow is measured within the selected region using the principles of phase contrast MR angiography. A cardiac cycle plot is constructed from Fourier transformed data that represents measured velocity of blood flow through the navigator region as a function of time. On the basis of the cardiac cycle plot and the navigator measurements, data acquisition is synchronized or gated to portions of the cardiac cycle.

Abstract: An improved reactor and ballast system is provided. The reactor includes a core having an I portion and a rolled portion which forms a core opening, a coil having an electrically insulated coil opening through which the I portion extends, and a spacer between the I portion and an edge of the rolled portion of the core. A portion of the coil extends into the core opening. The ballast system includes a core having a plurality of I portions and a rolled portion which form one or more core openings, a plurality of coils, each coil having an electrically insulated coil opening through which one of the I portions extends, and a plurality of spacers between the I portions and a first edge of the rolled portion and between the I portions and a second edge of the rolled portion. A portion of each coil extends into a corresponding core opening.

Abstract: A laser diode (22) emits laser light which is collimated into parallel rays with collimating lens (24). The collimated beams travels as much as 50 meters or more before being reflected back to a photoreceiver (28). A ball lens (26) focuses the reflected light onto the photoreceiver. The photoreceiver, preferably, is a synchronous detector which issues control pulses to a laser drive circuit (42) for causing the laser diode to emit intermittent bursts of laser light. The synchronous detector then compares the timing of received light with the timing of the control pulses to the laser diode to distinguish between true reflected light and stray light. An intensity adjustment (56) adjusts the intensity of the laser light in accordance with a distance between the laser diode/photoreceiver and a reflector. In this manner, distances of 1-70 meters can be accommodated with no lens modification.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a rotary electric machine that provides bobbins with good assembling efficiency and allows no dislocation of the stator. A motor 2 comprises a case 4, a stator 6 secured inside the case 4, a rotor 10 formed into one piece with a rotating shaft 8. The stator 6 comprises stator yokes 32 and the stator yokes are secured in a radial manner in the case 4. Furthermore, resin 58 is filled in between the stator 6 and the case 4 with a space for the rotor being left. The stator yokes 32 comprise a salient pole 34, a bobbin 36 for holding the salient pole 34, and a magnetic wire 38 wound around the bobbin 36. A collar 39b of the bobbin 36 is formed so as to contact each other with notches 3 formed on two, upper and lower edge portions. Accordingly, combining two bobbins 36, 36 allows through-holes 5 penetrating the collar 39b thereof.

Abstract: The ink reservoir comprises a bottle (1) into which is installed a foil bag (2). The bag (2) is designed at both axial ends as a standing bag. In one end of the bag (2) includes a thermoplastic connector (23) having an elastomer stopper (27) disposed therein. The stopper is piercable by a first hollow needle of the plotter. The connector (23) is snapped into a lid (4) of bottle (2) below a passage opening (44). The lid (4) is snapped onto the bottle (1). Below the lid (4), an absorbent body (3) is installed in the bottle (1) which surrounds the bag. By means of another opening (45) in lid (4) a second hollow needle of the plotter is inserted into the absorbent body (3). The absorbent body serves for acceptance of waste ink. With the described design, one attains simple handling during shipping and installation in the plotter.

Abstract: Apparatus for securing a pair of eyeglasses to the headband of a headset worn by a person, comprising an attachment removably connected to the headband, a flexible boom connected to the attachment, and a clamp disposed at an end of the flexible boom remote from the attachment for removably connecting the pair of eyeglasses such that the pair of eyeglasses are adjustably positionable relative to the eyes of the person.

Abstract: The doctor device has a profile member pivotally mounted to a retaining member that is carried on a mount. Vertical movement of the mount causes angular displacement of the profile member thereby changing the material applicaton area disposed adjacent and upstream of the doctor. The doctor is either a doctor blade or roll doctor. In the case of a roll doctor, a receptacle is formed in the profile member and the roll doctor is magnetically retained with the receptacle. During application of a material to an application surface with the roll doctor, the roll doctor is magnetically attracted to the application surface by a second magnetic device located beneath the application surface or work surface.

Abstract: A pressure equilibrator has a slider received slidably in a pressure accumulation chamber and partitioning the chamber into two opposing sections, and a relief port formed in the inner side surface of the chamber. The slider is inserted into the pressure accumulation chamber with a minute gap left around the slider. Two gases are respectively introduced into the sections of the pressure accumulation chamber to be equilibrated in pressure. The gap provides passageways for connecting the respective sections of the pressure accumulation chamber with the relief port so as to discharge parts of the gases.

Abstract: A process for the production of vinyl acetate which comprises contacting ethylene, acetic acid and an oxygen-containing gas with a supported palladium catalyst prepared by a process comprising the steps of (a) impregnating a catalyst support with a palladium compound, (b) converting the palladium compound to substantially metallic palladium, and (c) sintering the supported palladium at a temperature of greater than 500° C.