Abstract: The present invention provides a display system for caskets, both for display prior to casket selection, e.g., in a showroom prior to purchase, and for display in actual use, e.g., in a viewing room and/or during a funeral or memorial service. The casket display system is easy to assemble in a short period of time, is lightweight enough for a single human to be able to lift and move any of its component parts, yet is strong and sturdy, giving the appearance of stability and mass, and is easily transportable. The casket display system of the present invention comprises a back wall panel, a bier formed by a plurality of casket-supporting cylinders, and at least one supporting member, wherein each supporting member is supported by at least one of the cylinders and provides support for the back wall panel. The back wall is completely supported by the supporting members, requiring no additional means of support. Each supporting means is attached to one or more of the cylinders.

Abstract: A burial casket having an image receiving surface includes a container, a cover and a coating applied to the exterior surface of the casket for receiving images. The image receiving surface includes at least one layer of stain applied directly to the exterior surface of the casket, a shading toner applied on top of the stain, a lacquer sealer applied on top of the shading toner, and at least one layer of gloss lacquer applied on top of the lacquer sealer. The container has a rectangular central portion which forms the bottom of the casket, opposed end walls which form the ends of the casket, and opposed side walls which form the sides of the casket. The cover overlies the ends walls and the sides walls and is hingedly connected to one of the side walls for moving between an open position and a closed position. The casket also includes media for introducing the images on the image receiving surface. The media include ink, dye, plastic, chalk, paint, charcoal, decals and transfers.

Abstract: A device for cleaning, disinfecting, and/or drying an endoscope consists of a basin supported on a base. The basin forms a channel that defines a teardrop shape. The device includes a lid that sealingly engages the basin. During operation, the endoscope to be cleaned is completely immersed in cleaning solution in the basin. The basin includes injectors arranged so as to create a rotating flow of cleaning liquid and sterile rinsing water or recycled drying air within the channel. The vessel also includes injection nozzles that attach to various inlets of the endoscope to inject products at specified pressures and to continuously test the tightness of the seal.

Abstract: One aspect of the invention relates to a method useful in a multiprocessor system for operating a processor. In one version of the invention, the method includes the steps of storing halt signature data in a register on the processor, the halt signature data being representative of whether the processor is in a halt state, storing start address data in memory which is accessible by the processor, executing an interruptible spin loop with the processor, and comparing the halt signature data with a predetermined halt signature to determine whether the processor is in a halt state when an interrupt is received and reading the start address data from memory to determine whether there is a request to start if the processor is in a halt state.

Abstract: A method for removing pollutants from water, according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of providing algal spores for seeding, providing a source of water for flowing through a floway, and the water contains a quantity of pollutants and has a pH on entry into said floway, providing a growing surface in the floway upon which the algal spores form an attachment, subjecting the algal spores in the floway to operating conditions resulting in the formation of an algal turf in which the algae has cell walls on its surface, adjusting the floway operating conditions such that a predetermined pollutant precipitates onto and/or into the algal cell walls but not into the water, and harvesting a portion of the algal turf including the cell walls onto and/or into which the pollutants have precipitated.

Abstract: A process of producing compounds containing an acyloxyalkoxy group from an alcohol consists of reacting the alcohol with a formaldehyde donor until a compound of the formula:R--O--CH.sub.2 (OCH.sub.2).sub.X OR (V)is generated, wherein x is between about 1 to about 5 and R is an organic moiety. This product is then reacted with a carboxylic acid anhydride. The resulting product has the formula:R--O--CH.sub.2 O--COR.sup.1wherein R.sup.1 is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl group. The invention further relates to intermediates used in the production of such acyloxyalkoxylated compounds.

Abstract: According to the present invention, a domino CMOS logic circuit having a plurality of stages for evaluating logic signals is provided. In one embodiment, the domino CMOS logic circuit includes at least one stage which has a logic block that includes a plurality of logic devices, inputs and outputs, and a precharge/evaluate circuit. In a more specific embodiment, the circuit includes a first transistor having a source connected to a supply voltage, a gate connected to a delayed clock signal, and a drain, a second transistor having a source connected to the drain of the first transistor, a gate connected to a clock signal, and a drain connected to the outputs of the logic block.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a circuit useful to manage a random order queue having a plurality of queue entries, each queue entry having an associated validity bit which indicates whether the queue entry contains valid data. In one embodiment, the circuit includes a first plurality of inputs for receiving validity signals responsive to a first group of validity bits, a second plurality of inputs for receiving shift signals responsive to a second group of validity bits, and a plurality of outputs for providing select signals to multiplexers coupled to the queue, the select signals being responsive to the shift signals and the validity signals.

Abstract: This invention relates to an apparatus for the storage and withdrawal of an elastically flexible rope material (1), particularly a push-and-pull wire preferably having a circular cross-section and particularly consisting of glass-fiber plastic, preferably for introducing cables, photoconductors, and/or other lines into cable tubes or cable protection tubes or empty tubes, the apparatus comprising a storage drum (2), with the elastically flexible rope material (1) nestling against the inner wall (3) thereof, and a housing (4) having arranged therein a rotational axle (5) for rotationally supporting the storage drum (2).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multiple stage execution unit for executing instructions in a microprocessor having a plurality of rename registers for storing execution results, an instruction cache for storing instructions, each instruction being associated with a rename register, a sequencer unit for providing an instruction to the execution unit, and a data cache for providing data to the execution unit.

Abstract: In a microprocessor having a plurality of execution units, rename register, architectural registers, and a cache for storing blocks of data, each block having a plurality of words, a method for aligning bytes stored in separate words. In one version, the method includes the steps of reading a first word of data from the cache; rotating the first word to align a first byte with respect to a first byte of a rename register; storing the first aligned byte in the rename register; reading a second word from the cache; rotating the second word to align a second byte with respect to a second byte of the rename register; and storing the second aligned byte in the rename register.

Abstract: Steel reinforced filter plates consist of an inner steel sheet and front and back panels composed of thermoplastic resin. The front and back panels of the filter plate are composed of thermoplastic synthetic resin and are bond to each other through a series of prefabricated openings in the steel sheet. The inner steel sheet of the filter plate of the invention further contains at least one exit port hole and a drainage channel leading from the port hole. The filter plate further contains a feed port (passageway) extending from the exterior of the front panel to the back panel. The thermoplastic synthetic resin encompasses all of the exposed surfaces of the filter plate--all of the steel lining the prefabricated openings, port holes and drainage channel being encased by thermoplastic synthetic resin. The filter plate of the invention is produced via an injection molding process wherein a prefabricated steel sheet is first inserted between the upper and lower regions of a mold.

Abstract: A directional control system for ballistic projectiles, including a projectile capable of being fired from a gun, a tracking device within the projectile capable of sensing and identifying a preferred target direction, a moveable mass located within the projectile, an electromagnetic mass-shifting device within the projectile capable of reversibly moving the mass from a first position to a second position whereby the flight path of the projectile is controlled. The directional control system may be used with a projectile which has no externally protruding bodies. The system includes at least one microprocessor programmed to obtain input from the tracking device and to perform calculations to determine movements of the mass. The moveable mass is positioned to shift the momentum vector perpendicular to the central longitudinal spin axis of the projectile when in motion.

Abstract: A method of producing mature fish using an algal turf as feedstock. The method consists of first growing an algal turf in a growth reservoir while subjecting the turf to an oscillatory water surge; severing the algal turf from its growing surface and transferring the severed algal turf to a second vessel containing young fish. In an optional embodiment, water enriched in oxygen may be removed from the growth reservoir and recycled to the second vessel. Further, at least a portion of the metabolic and respiratory waste products of the fish may be transferred to a growth reservoir containing algal turf.

Abstract: As voltage and frequency dependent multiple payload dispenser system in which a variable voltage or frequency signal source is used to selectively fire squibs based on the pass voltages and pass frequencies of a filter network. The filter network is placed near, or incorporated into, the payload dispenser itself or attached to the magazine, reducing system wiring.

Abstract: The Pressure Protection Manager comprises an apparatus and method for determining and documenting overpressure protection due to causes of overpressure associated with equipment and pressure relief devices used in industries such as, for example, process plants having process fluids. The apparatus is used in association with a computer system having a memory device, a processing device, and a program in communication with the processing device and memory device program, the processing device performing tasks required by the program and the computer system further having input and output devices, the memory device comprises: a relational database structure, the relational database structure comprising an equipment database, a pressure relief devices database, a linker database communicating with the pressure relief devices database and the equipment database, and a causes of overpressure database communicating with the equipment database.