Abstract: A system for configuring preconfigured software in networked open systems in a distributed environment, including, in a work station, a design device called a designer (DC), an editor (CE) and a knowledge base (KB), and, in a station to be configured, an interpreter (CI). The designer allows read and write access to the knowledge base which contains the data describing the various elements in the network that can be configured and the links between these various elements, said designer making it possible to define the various configuration capabilities of the editor on which the desired configuration is displayed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved integrated circuit for a microprocessor controlled by at least one program and the process for using the circuit which includes means which can decorrelate the running of at least one instruction sequence of a program from internal or external electrical signals of the integrated circuit. The internal or external electrical signals include timing, synchronization and status signals.

Abstract: An improved thermionic electric converter uses a wire grid cathode to provide a larger surface area for electrons to boil off. Alternately or additionally, the larger electron emission surface area can be achieved by using a curved electron emission surface. A laser provides quantum interference to electrons just before they reach the anode, thereby lowering their energy levels such that they more readily are captured by the anode. The arrangement provides improved conversion efficiency and reduced electron scatter.

Abstract: A surveillance apparatus and method for the surveillance of traffic are provided, in which the apparatus includes a housing for substantially completely enclosing and concealing a law enforcement vehicle therein, and a one-way window extending around part or nearly all of the housing, such that a vehicle operator in a vehicle inside the housing may visually monitor traffic, while the window prevents the vehicles in traffic from visually determining whether a vehicle is or is not present in the apparatus.

Abstract: A method for producing a fast drying high solids adhesive and the adhesive composition are described herein whereby a water based polymer emulsion known as latex is modified with unemulsified plasticizing oils and reinforcing-tackifying resins, and a stable final emulsion of polymer, oil and resin is achieved without the use of additional emulsifiers or volatile organic solvents. The method takes advantage of the inherent solubility of the oils and resins in the polymer and of the emulsion-stabilizing effects of the selected resins, and the resultant product has excellent adhesive characteristics such as fast drying, improved water resistance, improved freeze resistance, high bond strength and no volatile organic compounds.

Abstract: An information processing device IPD implanted in an information processing resource RES which enables dialog between an administration system MAN and the resource RES, by the agency of a standard protocol such as SNMP and through a network such as TCP/IP. The device PID is constituted on the one hand by a selection and dialog manager DIS including a configuration file CF, and on the other by a set of specific agents A1, A2, . . . , An of the protocol SNMP, the protocol which is also used in the device IPD. The manager DIS receives requests form the system MAN and, after reading the file CF, dispatches them, as a function of the object to which they pertain, to one or more of the agents A1, A2, . . . , An and then receives the responses to the requests sent by the appropriate agents and transmits them to the system MAN.

Abstract: The invention relates to a glove dispenser comprising a box (5) essentially constituted by at least one wall which defines an internal volume capable of containing a batch of a predetermined number of gloves, in which wall is provided at least one slot (6) through which gloves can be extracted.This dispenser is characterized in that the slot (6) of the box (5) has a cross section at least equal to the cross section that the batch (3) intended to be placed inside the box (5) has in a predetermined transverse plane of a group of fingers constituted by the stacking of the same fingers of the gloves (1) of a batch in such a way that this group of fingers can be inserted into the slot (6) at least as far as the transverse plane in question.

Abstract: The invention pertains to the information systems field, in which a system is constituted by several machines which, in order to exchange data, communicate with one another through serial links. The invention relates more specifically to a device for exchanging messages between two data processing machines by means of a bidirectional serial link (2).

Abstract: A system for separation of fluids and drill cuttings received from a borehole during an under-balanced drilling procedure. The system is designed to cope with significantly varied pressures and flow rates, particularly in relation to gas content of drill fluids returned to the surface during the drilling process in a production zone, and to provide effective separation and to reduce the detrimental effect due to the presence of the drill cuttings in the returned drill fluids. In the present invention there is utilized a first stage, high pressure vessel in which a major portion of the gases ad drill cuttings are separated, and a second stage, horizontal low pressure vessel, preferably of greater volume than the high pressure vessel, in which further separating is achieved, including the separate removal of the drilling liquid to be returned to the drill tube.

Abstract: A coke oven door for closing the open end of an elongated coking chamber of a nonrecovery coke oven, including process air vents extending through the door at a level above a coal charge to be coked, has a structural frame on its outer surface including an elongated manifold extending across the door adjacent its bottom with a plurality of inlet openings in the manifold, and a tubular duct system connecting the manifold to the process air inlets whereby reduced pressure in the oven will draw air through the process air inlets and the duct system to thereby draw emissions from the area at the base of the door into the oven for incineration.

Abstract: Continuous casting of steel strip in twin-roll caster comprising casting rolls (16). Molten steel is delivered by a delivery system comprising a distributor (18) and delivery nozzle (19) to casting pool (68) supported above the nip (69) between the casting rolls (16) which are rotated to deliver a solidified steel strip (20) downwardly from the nip. Delivery nozzle (19) dips into casting pool (68). To minimise reactions between carbon in the delivery nozzle with oxygen containing compounds in the casting pool the delivery nozzle is made of refractory material containing a major proportion of a refractory aggregate and a minor proportion of graphite of at least 96% purity in the range of 15% to 25% by weight and an anti-oxidant additive being aluminium or an alloy thereof. The refractory aggregate may be comprised mainly of alumina.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for verifying the preservation of the integrity of an unprotected request sent by an anonymous client to a server, in which only one public key, that of the server, is used.

Abstract: The invention applies to packages for transmitting signals at very high frequencies. A package (10) for the integrated circuit (11) comprises conductors disposed on at least two levels (N1-N6) and distributed so that two pairs of conductors of two fixed potentials (18d, 18g; 19d, 19g), along with a conductor (18s) for single-pole transmission of a signal, form a three-dimensional structure which is approximately coaxial having a characteristic impedance which is substantially constant and predetermined.

Abstract: A pumped fiber laser including turns of optical fiber defining a wound pack, wherein the optical fiber includes a core, a cladding around the core and a concentric layer of a porous glass matrix material, such as sol-gel, around the cladding. The fiber laser further includes a pumping laser, preferably in the form of a semiconductor laser bar, having lasing regions each being operable to generate light, and a wedge device for directing the light from the lasing regions into the side of the optical fiber at a plurality of different turns thereof, respectively.

Abstract: A peanut line and seed and oil products derived therefrom wherein the seed has an oleic acid content of from about 74% to about 84% and a linoleic acid content of from about 2% to about 8%, each based upon the total fatty acid content of the seed, and a ratio of the amount of oleic acid to linoleic acid in the seed of from about 9:1 to about 42:1.

Abstract: A method of and apparatus for degassing molten metal in a vacuum treatment chamber defined by a open topped ladle containing the molten metal and a generally cylindrical refractory lined cover having a closed top and an open bottom positioned on the ladle, with a temporary joint formed therebetween, and a vacuum seal sealing the vacuum treatment chamber from the atmosphere. A vacuum offtake is connected to the cover chamber to apply vacuum to the vacuum treatment chamber, and the molten metal is stirred to produce sufficient turbulence and splashing to produce an increased surface area of molten metal exposed to vacuum to accelerate the degassing rate. The offtake outlet is located at a height above the cover chamber open bottom to substantially prevent splashed metal and slag from being carried into the offtake while permitting aggressive stirring to increase treatment rate.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process of detecting check sequences in a situation recognition system, composed of a list of events and time constraints. For each check sequence, a sequence of events and intervals between possible dates of occurrence of each of these events is created in memory. The process manages an internal clock differing from universal time, representing the current date of the system, updates the sequences of events for each situation upon each occurrence of a new event. This causes an updating of the current date, an updating for each sequence of events memorized of the intervals between possible dates of occurrences, detection of all the sequences of events for which one of these intervals is empty, creation of new sequences of events integrating this new event, and a detection of complete sequences.

Abstract: A drain stopper having a lift mechanism or assembly and, optionally, a strainer assembly, is provided wherein a sealing member which may be a stopper plug or a flat disc is coupled to an elongate rod having a pair of legs extending in one direction and a handle extending in an opposite direction. The rod extends transversely across a top of the sealing member, and is coupled to the sealing member in a manner so as to permit rotation thereof. When the rod is rotated to urge the legs downwardly along the sides of the sealing member, the legs will engage the drain and, through lever or camming action, lift the sealing member upwardly from the drain. A strainer assembly includes a member extending downwardly from the underside of the sealing member which holds a screen at a lower extent of the extension member.

Abstract: The protection device according to the invention comprises a primary and a secondary coil facing each other. Current flow through the primary coil induces magnetic fields which repel each other, so that the two coils are jerked apart and a missile is projected towards an approaching projectile. The projecting device is triggered by a sensing device.By offsetting the magnetic fields of the primary and secondary coil, the angle between the direction of acceleration of the missile and the coil plane may be changed, as required.Preferably, the primary coil comprises several offset coil elements, which can be activated separately, in groups or all together, as desired.

Abstract: A composition of matter formed by melt-blending a thermoplastic polymer and from about 0.01% to less than about 1.0%, by weight, of an additive comprising a polyfluoroalkylsiloxane, the additive having a lower surface energy than that of the polymer, and the blending resulting in a substantially homogenous admixture of the polymer and the additive. The admixture, upon cooling, results in a solid composition wherein a concentration of the additive through a cross-section of the solid composition is lower in the interior thereof and higher at the surfaces thereof.