Abstract: A TFT structure includes a variably doped contact layer system in order to reduce leakage current characteristics and increase mobility of the TFT. Such TFTs may be utilized in, for example, X-ray imagers or liquid crystal displays. In certain embodiments, the contact layer system is lightly doped adjacent a semiconductor or channel layer, and is more heavily doped adjacent the source/drain electrodes. The variation in doping density of the contact layer system may be performed in a step-like manner, gradually, continuously, or in any other suitable manner. In certain embodiments, the contact layer system may include a single layer which is deposited over an intrinsic semiconductor layer, with the amount of dopant gas being used during the deposition process being adjusted through the deposition of the single layer so as to cause the doping density to vary (increase or decrease) throughout the thickness of the system/layer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a product and to the product itself to prevent and care for skin disorders. The process includes using a natural sodium alginate extract, and the submission of this extract to at least on depolymerization treatment. The resulting product includes oligo-alginate chains and uronic acids. The product is used to treat cutaneous rashes, allergic reactions to cosmetic compositions, and the cutaneous effects of aging.

Abstract: A chair cover is provided including a back portion and a base portion. The back portion forms a first pocket having front and rear sides and which is configured to receive the back of a chair wherein the chair back is formed having a plurality of supports. The base portion forms a second pocket that communicates with the first pocket. The second pocket is configured to receive the seat of the chair. An elastic is opening is provided to the second pocket and is located in approximately the center of the base. A fastener associated with said first pocket is provided for attaching the front and rear sides of said first pocket between the supports of the said chair back.

Abstract: A toy convertible between a doll walker and an activity play board includes a base having at least one wheel, and activity components and a seat formed in a first main surface of the base. A pair of bosses project laterally from the sides of the base, and a pair of wheeled legs attach to the base by engaging the bosses in boss cavities and with a fastener. By selecting the appropriate boss cavities, the base can be either horizontally oriented or inclined relative to the horizontal.

Abstract: A decorative object including a groove, such as a grooved border or other indicia, with a rounded apex and well-defined sidewalls, formed in the back surface of the object. The back side of the object is painted a first color and the grooved border is painted a second different or contrasting color to give the illusion of a frame made of metal, stone or some other material that is embedded in the object. The illusion of an embedded frame gives the object a three-dimensional visual quality.

Abstract: A continuous output system makes paper coating by combining an emulsifier with ASA particles having sizes in the low to sub-micron region. A turbine, pump, blender or other device exposes the ASA to a number of repeated episodes of high shear until the resulting ASA is in the form of particles having a mean average diameter in approximately the 1&mgr; range. A manifold provides the system piping in order to minimize the internal areas where ASA may build up. This manifold has a plurality of holes bored in a solid metal block so that each of the bores forms a short pipe which is only an inch or two in length in order to reduce the interior surface area of an ASA transport and conveyance system.

Abstract: An article dispenser is disclosed for dispensing articles, such as pieces of candy, out a dispensing opening in the dispenser. Articles are stored in a storage chamber inside the dispenser. An inclined flipper plate forms the bottom of storage chamber. A flipper arm is positioned near the bottom edge of flipper plate. An actuator is included for vibrating the flipper plate and flipper arms causing the articles to slide down the flipper plate onto the flipper arms where they are flipped up onto a dispensing slide located above the storage chamber. Articles flipped up onto the dispensing slide are dispensed out of the dispenser through the dispensing opening.

Abstract: A hysteresis slip clutch having an adjustable stall torque is provided. The clutch components include first and second rotors, with a housing at least partially enclosing the rotors. An annular permanent magnet is rigidly mounted on the first rotor and an annular hysteresis sleeve is rigidly mounted to the second rotor. The first and second rotors are mounted within the housing such that the magnet and hysteresis sleeve are concentrically located and axially aligned with one another within the housing. In this orientation, magnetic flux from the magnet penetrates the hysteresis sleeve and magnetic hysteresis developed within the hysteresis sleeve acts to oppose relative angular motion between the first and second rotors. The magnetic hysteresis establishes a torque by which angular motion of the first rotor is transferred to the second. A annular magnetic shunt is adjustably mounted to the housing.

Abstract: The present invention provides a device for applying torque to rotatable mechanical fasteners having variously sized outer circumferences, the device comprising a flat wrench plate with a central opening therein. The central opening includes notches of various sizes, and each notch is sized and shaped to fit around and engage a different sized nut or bolt. Between each pair of adjacent notches is a protrusion directed towards the center of the central opening. The flat wrench plate is mounted within and at one end of a short, hollow handle. Preferably, the wrench plate is generally circular and the hollow handle is a cylinder sized to fit easily within a user's hand so that the user can easily grip and rotate the handle. In one embodiment, a clear cover plate having an aperture therein is mounted within the cylindrical handle at the end opposite the wrench plate. In a different embodiment, another wrench plate with different sized notches is mounted in the handle opposite the first wrench plate.

Abstract: An automatic Braking system for an elevator car (10) is designed to stop it when it reaches or exceeds a speed limit of movement within an elevator shaft. A stop mechanism (40) is mounted on car (10), or a part thereof, so as to lock a stop pulley (41) which then moves relative to the car in a direction substantially parallel to the direction of the car (10) movement. A control mechanism (11) reacts to responsive to the stop pulley (41) movement to apply the brakes (12, 13).

Abstract: A device for discharging charges from a capacitor of a power system is disclosed. The discharge device includes a discharge loop electrically connected to the capacitor for providing a discharging passageway for the charges to be safely discharged therethrough, and a control loop electrically connected to the capacitor for actuating the discharge loop start to discharge at the moment when the power system is suddenly powered off.

Abstract: A bubble maker toy for producing a plurality of bubble streams from a liquid bubble solution. The bubble maker toy comprises a bubble wand and an electric fan. The bubble wand includes a plurality of bubble rings connected together by connection arms. The electric fan is configured for producing an airflow concentrated adjacent to the center of the bubble wand which forces the bubble streams outward from the center of the bubble wand and away from each other. The connection arms are arcuate in shape and connected to each other at approximately the center of the bubble wand causing the air flow produced by the electric fan to swirl in a rotating manner further forcing the bubble streams away from each other thus preventing the bubbles from sticking together or combining to form a cluster of bubbles.

Abstract: A charge-coupled device has a first P-type well layer which forms a charge transfer section and a second P-type well layer which forms a floating diffusion layer section and within which the first P-type well layer is formed. The second P-type well layer below the floating diffusion layer section has an impurity concentration lower than that of the first P-type well layer whereby a depletion layer formed therein by a PN-junction flares in the direction to the second P-type well layer. With this arrangement, it is made possible to reduce the floating diffusion capacitance and to maintain a large output voltage with respect to a signal electron charge.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of natural extracts of algae for the preparation of a product meant to prevent and to treat skin diseases. The invention also relates to natural extracts of algae meant to prevent and to treat these diseases. Said use of natural extracts of algae consists in using concentrated extracts of algae of the chlorella type. The invention especially applies to diseases such as skin rashes or allergic reactions to cosmetic compositions.

Abstract: An automatic packaging machine for forming and filling a latching flip-top box uses a two part mandrel which are joined by a hinge. One of the two hinged parts has a roller thereon for following a cam track having a quarter turn spiral therein. As the roller follows the spiral causing one hinged part to move through a quarter turn causing the flip-top to fold over and be formed. A somewhat loose tab on the top edge of the bottom of the box is a latch tab which is caught when the flip-top folds over.

Abstract: A method for monitoring a condition of a polishing pad used in a chemical-mechanical planarization (CMP) process to polish a semiconductor wafer is disclosed. The method uses a linear multi-dimensional scanning device arranged above the polishing pad in a radial direction to monitor the changes in profile of the surface of the polishing pad, and determines the condition of the polishing pad according to the profile information. When the change in profile of the surface of the polishing pad substantially exceeds a preset value, e.g. 2 mm, it is indicated that the polishing pad should be changed.

Abstract: There is provided a vertical timing signal generating circuit which can operate stably irrespective of the phase relationship between a vertical synchronous signal and a vertical timing signal generated by a counter, and can provide a vertical timing signal having a desired phase. Delay circuit 100 receives vertical synchronous signal Pc 123, outputs as a reset signal a signal which is delayed in phase with respect to input vertical synchronous signal Pc 123 by a predetermined phase, and vertical counter 103 receives horizontal synchronous signal Pb 121 and reset signal Pe 125 outputted from delay circuit 100 and resets the count by using reset signal Pe 125 to count a predetermined number of horizontal synchronous signals 121, thereafter outputting vertical timing signal Pd 127.

Abstract: A chair back comprises a rear surface, a front surface spaced from the rear surface and a side extending between the front and rear surfaces; a lumbar support member positioned between the front and rear surfaces and mounted for vertical movement with respect to the chair back and for forward movement with respect to the front surface; a first control member positioned on the rear surface of the chair back for adjusting the forward movement of the lumbar support member; and, a second control member positioned adjacent one of the sides of the chair back for adjusting the vertical height of the lumbar support member.

Abstract: A method of molding, from porous material, a low-density product having an impermeable surface. A mold is provided which has a cavity, the outline of which defines the outline of the product. The starting material is a flat sheet of plastic foam. The first step of the process, in some cases, is a pre-heating procedure, which softens the material. Then, from this sheet there is stamped a blank having substantially the outline of the desired product, which is then inserted into the mold cavity. The mold is then heated with the blank therein to form the blank permanently into the desired product, after which the mold is quenched in cold water with the product still inside. The product is subsequently removed from the mold and frozen. The result of this molding method is a low-density product having an impermeable surface integral with the foam interior which is suitable for receiving various types of brightly colored finished.