Abstract: A novel networking architecture and technique for reducing system latency caused, at least in part, by access contention for usage of common bus and memory facilities, wherein a separate data processing and queue management forwarding engine and queue manager are provided for each I/O module to process packet/cell control information and delivers queuing along a separate path that eliminates contention with other resources and is separate from the transfer of packet/cell data into and from the memory.

Abstract: A substantially tetrahedral squeezable resilient core cleaning utensil provided on its various faces with permanent or removable scrubbing surfaces, including porous surfaces containing detergent and the like.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for "training" high speed telephonic modems to adjust or become corrected to obviate imperfections in the telephone channel or line, such as echoes, phase changes and other effects, while concurrently with voice communication on such simple telephone lines through sending test signals in unoccupied spaces of successive time frames created by compressing concurrent digital voice therein.

Abstract: A multiple-plastic stream co-extruder as for injection-molding cavities, in which the extruder is internally provided therewithin and therealong with a restrictor or throttle pin, rod or element that forces combined plastic material streams, formed with an interior core stream encased in outer and inner stream layers, into corresponding concentric annular flow stream layers that are ultimately split transversely in opposite directions into a cavity gated to the extruder, and with the core stream at a region of zero gradient in the transverse flow velocity profile within the extruder and cavity.

Abstract: A hydrogen-selective thin Pd/40% Cu membrane as for use as a wall connecting high and low pressure chambers of a hydrogen generator, comprising the foil having its edge area diffusion-bonded to a copper-surfaced metallic frame; and a method of preparing the same.

Abstract: Improved cation exchange zeolite crystalline and zeolite-like plant bed structures are disclosed, preferably saturated with water-based extracts of particular plant/herb materials exhibiting plant growth acceleration properties and synergistically providing also nutrient, and sometimes anti-microbial and insect and fungus repellent properties, as well, and with the adaptability to present the structures in solid, gel and liquid form.

Abstract: The invention is concerned with the formation of modular units from individual plate-like elements and other elements with special interlocking joints at their ends that allow them to form cubes that can be grouped together to form storage "cubbies" and modular structural systems and toy construction sets and the like, wherein, in one embodiment, the plates are formed with one end having studs on a 45 degree angled surface, and the other end having receptacles or openings such as sockets on a 45 degree angled surface for interlocking with a second mating plate like the first, but in which the studs and sockets are interchanged, allowing a cube to be formed by two of each type of plate, with the use of studs and sockets on the surfaces allowing two or more such cubes to stick together; and wherein, in another embodiment, the cube is made from four identical plates, as by an extrusion process, where one end of a plate contains double male features, such as barb arrows, and the other end contains double correspo

Abstract: A rotary hybrid bearing that utilizes both hydrostatic and hydrodynamic principles to support a rotatable shaft in which lubricating fluid is fed through orifices or other flow restriction devices to a plurality of recesses, and finally across lands and out of the bearing. The shaft is rotated in such a direction as to pump the fluid back through grooves from lands to recesses, thereby reducing the flow rate of lubricant through the bearing. The recesses are located at an angular position from lands such that a force is generated by hydrostatic action that substantially cancels the destabilizing force generated by hydrodynamic action, thereby greatly enhancing the stability of the bearing and enabling higher rotational speeds.

Abstract: A process for the isolation of oryzanols from crude dark acid oil (rice bran) which comprises (a) distilling the free fatty acids from crude dark acid oil by conventional methods, (b) hydrolyzing the resultant residue by conventional methods, (c) dissolving the hydrolyzed product in water to form oryzanol containing micellar aggregates and adding dropwise aqueous solution of calcium chloride to form precipitate, (d) extracting the oryzanols from dried precipitate with polar organic solvent and if desired (e) purifying the oryzanols from the organic extract by column chromatography.

Abstract: A fully automated protein and/or DNA gene fragment analyzing machine and method are disclosed in which, in a simple machine structure, a plurality of electrophoresis cells each containing such fragments, are robotically, under computer programming, inserted into an electrophoresis housing and subjected to voltage for producing electrophoretic migration in one dimension (horizontally), and then preferably after robotic 90.degree. rotating of the cells, are voltage migrated in an orthogonal direction to separate the fragments vertically, and then robotically presented to an optical image scanner for identifying the brightest fragments and classifying the same, with comparison with reference image fragment locations of normal or variant fragments, and for computer storing all relevant data.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fabric with a laminate structure comprising flexible materials such as skins, woven fabrics and/or paper, and at least one metal material. The fabric is manually deformable without high elastic or plastic recovery. According to the invention, the structure consists of a substantially planar metal core essentially comprising a non-ferrous metal, this core being less than 0,15 mm thick and having the firmness necessary to provide a flexible stiffness, the thickness and metallurgical treatment being adapted to the weight of the flexible materials, and a layer of flexible materials bonded to either side of the core. The fabric of the invention is for use in the clothing industry, furnishings, interior decoration and stage designing.

Abstract: A novel magnetic crossed loop antenna system is provided for use with radio navigation signals, such as provided by two or more Loran-C transmitters, and in which each loop antenna is rapidly switched between the receiving channel and that of the other loop-antenna to enable the selection of one channel with the strongest signals from both transmitters, and through tuning the antenna to the Loran-C frequency and providing rate compensation and feedback to the antenna, optimum signal-to-noise ratio, sufficiently wide bandwidth to ensure time delay stability and attenuated amplifier noise are achieved, enabling greatly improved location and tracking.

Abstract: A system and technique for holding down and restraining a roll-off container in place as it is winched into its final position on the bed of a truck or other transport device, wherein, as the roll-off container is winched into position on the truck, a protuberance on the side of the bottom rail of the roll-off container slides into a mating interlocking cradle attached to the truck. The sliding mate can be of a cantilevered spear into a socket, or more generically, a sliding open-ended mate such as a dovetail. In the event of a crash or sudden stop, the roll-off container will thus be retained by the interlocking connection.

Abstract: A technique for configuring arrays of programmable logic cells, including those associated with FPGA devices, through a novel DRAM-based configuration control structure that enables not only "on-the-fly" alterable chip and similar device reconfigurations, but, where desired, self-modifying reconfigurations for differing functionalities of the devices, eliminating current serious reconfigurability limitations and related problems, while providing significantly enhanced system performance at low cost. A large amount of memory is available internal to the FPGA and is accessed with a small number of pins such that the reconfiguration time is, for example, four orders of magnitude faster than the traditional approaches and at notably low cost.

Abstract: A bar of soap or soap dispensing container "bar", whereby teeth or ridges are formed into the product such that as it is rubbed on the body, the contact pressure causes the teeth to lightly bend the skin at a number of points creating a series of waves in the skin which move along the surface of the skin as the soap is moved, thereby creating a traveling wave which acts to help remove dirt and dead skin particles and create a pleasant massaging effect, wherein the teeth forms are shaped to provide transverse and lateral strength in the product so it will not easily break, and so that it can be stacked for more dense shipping and better handling.

Abstract: A novel two-part fluid dispensing and technique using fluids of similar or widely different viscosities and in flexible plastic or similar cartridges of a similar or different volumes, and with adjustable dispensing ratios by forcing the fluids out of their respective cartridges in response to variable air pressure into a static mixer, and thence along a dispensing flexible pinch tube, the opening and closing of which is controlled by a pinch valve operated in response either to manual or micro-processor-controlled control.

Abstract: An assay for detecting mutations in genes by a two-step multiplex polymerase chain reaction amplification followed by preferably two-dimensional electrophoretic separation of the fragments on the basis of both size and base pair sequence.

Abstract: Fire-retardant barrier structures. The fire-retardant barrier structures are useful for protecting military personnel and equipment from both fire and chemical and/or biological agents. The fire-retardant barriers are multilayer structures having desirable flammability characteristics and resistance to nuclear, chemical and/or biological agents. The preferred barriers also possess favorable durability properties and are printable.

Abstract: A novel means for providing an internal damping mechanism for a system with structural load supporting members that may be subject to time-varying loads, where the structure's structural members have rough holes formed in them, either by casting, drilling, or welding pipe, where the holes can be any shape, but the ideal shape and location maximizes the product of the perimeter of the shape and the distance from the neutral axes to the neutral axis of the structure, so a smooth surfaced shear member, with a diameter several millimeters smaller than the hole and a surface finish on the order of 0.5 micron R.sub.

Abstract: A novel low cost/high performance multi-port internally cached dynamic random access memory architecture called `AMPIC DRAM`, and consequentially a unique system architecture which eliminates current serious system bandwidth limitations, providing a means to transfer blocks of data internal to the chip, orders of magnitude faster than the traditional approach, and with the chip also interconnecting significantly higher numbers of resources with substantially enhanced performance and at notably lower cost through the use of a system configuration based on this novel architecture and working equally efficiently for both main memory functions and as graphics memory, thus providing a truly low cost, high performance unified memory architecture.