Abstract: A manufacturing tool configuration for applying one or more levels of interconnect metallization to a generally planar dielectric surface of a workpiece with a minimal number of workpiece transfer operations between the tool sets is disclosed. The tool configuration comprises a film deposition tool set, a pattern processing tool set, a wet processing tool set, and a dielectric processing tool set.

Abstract: A cathode current control system employing a current thief for use in electroplating a wafer is set forth. The current thief comprises a plurality of conductive segments disposed to substantially surround a peripheral region of the wafer. A first plurality of resistance devices are used, each associated with a respective one of the plurality of conductive segments. The resistance devices are used to regulate current through the respective conductive finger during electroplating of the wafer. Various constructions are used for the current thief and further conductive elements, such as fingers, may also be employed in the system. As with the conductive segments, current through the fingers may also be individually controlled. In accordance with one embodiment of the overall system, selection of the resistance of each respective resistance devices is automatically controlled in accordance with predetermined programming.

Abstract: A garment, such as a coat, shirt, or jacket, for a firefighter, a rescue worker, a forestry worker, or another worker having to carry a rope has a back portion and two front portions, each front portion extending from the back portion at one side of the garment. A back pocket extending at least substantially across the backs portion, between the sides of the garment, is adapted to carry a rope placed in a zigzag pattern. A front pocket extending at least partially across one of the front portions of the garment communicates with the back pocket, through a slit in the garment, so that a rope carried within the back pocket is removable through the slit and through the front pocket. A front flap overlies the front pocket and the slit. The back pocket is accessible from the interior of the garment and the front pocket is accessible from the exterior of the garment. A strip coacting with the back portion to define the back pocket has an upper edge and a lower edge.

Abstract: A dispensing structure, and a package with a dispensing structure, is provided with a valve. In one embodiment, the dispensing structure is a multi-piece fitment. The multi-piece fitment includes a base for mounting to the container and a valve carrier for mounting to the base. A flexible, self-sealing slit-type valve is mounted within the carrier. In another embodiment, a fitment is mounted in the opening of a thin-walled, flexible, collapsible container, and the flexible valve is mounted in the fitment. In yet another embodiment, a package includes a container having a corner wall defining an opening, and a fitment is sealingly mounted to the corner wall at the opening. A valve is disposed within the fitment. A removable and disposable cover extends from the container over the fitment and at least a portion of the corner wall to define a hermetically sealed volume around the fitment. The cover may be pulled away from the container to expose the fitment.

Abstract: A process for making an internally-reinforced bag assembly includes formation of an outer bag body with a plurality of longitudinally oriented, laterally spaced pleats or tucks therein. An inner reinforcement layer is applied to the outer bag body after formation of the pleats, whereby the inner layer spans and overlaps each of the pleats. An apparatus embodying the present invention effects bag formation in this fashion. Advancement through the forming apparatus effects formation of the outer web into a gusseted tube, and formation of a square bottom seal. The completed bag assembly includes the inner reinforcement layer, which is dimensioned to define a circumference which is less than a circumference defined by the bag body. The resultant bag assembly resists bulging and deformation under the influence of particulate, granular, or other flowable products packaged therein.

Abstract: A method and arrangement for increasing evaporation capacity in a multi-stage evaporation plant of spent liquor of a pulp mill. The method includes increasing the pressure of vapor discharged from an evaporation stage by a separate booster, and supplying the vapor having increased pressure to the following evaporation stage. In the arrangement the booster (A-E) is provided in a conduit through which vapor is supplied from one evaporation stage onwards for increasing the pressure of the vapor conducted in the conduit.

Abstract: A plastic mounting plate closes a junction box which delivers wires to an alarm unit or emergency light or the like. The mounting plate is connected to the junction box by screws which engage threaded holes provided by the junction box. The mounting plate can be mounted to either a single-wide junction box or a double-wide junction box and provides corresponding holes for connection to either box. An alternate mounting plate for a single-wide junction box is also provided. An alarm device can be connected to the mounting plate directly by screws or by a combination of a single screw and a tab which is received into a slot onto the mounting plate. The mounting plate can be color-coded for a particular alarm service, such as fire, weather warnings, or other emergency condition.

Abstract: A method for obtaining a Staphylococcus carnosus bacterium expressing at its membrane surface a recombinant polypeptide derived from RSV protein G, said polypeptide having a sequence which is a modification of SEQ ID No. 1 and SEQ ID No. 2 (sequence encompassed between residues 130 and 230 of RSV A and RSV B protein G respectively) wherein at least one of position 44 and 57 is serine is disclosed.

Abstract: Coat protein genes of cucumber mosaic virus strains V27, V33, V34 and A35 (CMV V27, CMV V33, CMV V34, and CMV A35 respectively) are provided.

Abstract: A system for mounting two alarm-indicating or condition-sensing modules side-by-side onto a junction box provides installation flexibility to locate a particular module on the right or left side of the respective other module. A loudspeaker module can be centered on the junction box and a strobe light module can be placed either on the right side or the left side of the junction box by 180.degree. rotation of a common elongated rectangular frame and 180.degree. rotation of the strobe light module with respect to the frame. The loudspeaker module includes fastener receiving holes aligned with fastener engagement holes of a standard 4".times.4" junction box for securing the loudspeaker module and the common frame with the strobe light module attached thereto, to the junction box. The frame includes a recessed region to receive and support the strobe light module.

Abstract: A branched polyolefin additive for use in fuel and/or lubricating oil in the form of a comb, star, nanogel and structural combinations thereof in which a plurity of polyolefin arms are attached to a backbone having repeating units containing aliphatic groups, aromatic groups, heteroatom-containing groups and combinations thereof, to provide a branched polymeric additive in which the properties of the additive can be conveniently tailored to a single or multi-functional performance criteria of a fuel and/or lubricating oil composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a Pisum sativum variety that contains a recessive gene called the bsg gene and produces peas that exhibit an elevated level of sucrose and a decreased level of alcohol insoluble solids when compared to peas produced from a Pisum sativum variety that does not contain the bsg gene within its genome.

Abstract: A closure for a container having carbonated or otherwise pressurized contents includes a top wall portion, and an annular depending skirt portion. An internal thread formation mates with a like thread formation of an associated container. To facilitate gas venting during closure removal, the container includes a plurality of axially extending vent grooves. Release of gas pressure during closure removal is facilitated by providing the closure with at least one, and preferably a plurality of rotation-inhibiting projections positioned adjacent to the internal thread formation. The projections interferingly engage with the vent grooves of the associated container, thus providing increasing frictional drag during closure removal to permit dissipation of gas pressure from within the container.

Abstract: A single port pump impeller includes two pump vanes diverging arcuately and radially from a suction eye to form one open expanding chamber, and includes a blocking wall for closing the remaining, opposite expanding chamber. The two vanes are contained within parallel spaced apart shrouds. The shrouds include increased wall thickness regions to dynamically balance the impeller. The blocking wall can include a small aperture for providing a small stream of liquid to flow into the otherwise closed expanding chamber to prevent cavitation at a distal end of an adjacent vane. Alternately, the otherwise blocked expanding chamber can be filled with a solid material having substantially the same weight as the fluid being pumped, e.g., water, to prevent cavitation at the outside edge of one of the adjacent vanes.

Abstract: A duct mountable smoke detector includes a smoke sensor, an alarm indicating output relay, and an air flow control relay. In the presence of an alarm condition, the alarm indicating relay is energized thereby producing an alarm indicating signal. The air flow control relay is also energized thereupon changing an operative state of the respective air flow control element. Finally, a signal is coupled to an input/output interconnect port and, via an interconnect link, to other detectors coupled to the link. Other detectors coupled to the link which receive an alarm indicating interconnect signal energize the respective air flow control relays thereby changing operative state of the respective air flow control devices. The other detectors do not enter an alarm state. This allows for easy determination of the detector that initiated the alarm.

Abstract: A force multiplying single point mount capable of reliably resisting relatively high displacement torques when locked incorporates a steel ball within a rotatable and tiltable housing. The housing can be clamped to the ball, which is fixedly supported relative to a selected surface, by means of first and second plates axially displaced from one another at opposite ends of the ball. A single locking lever can be used to release the ball from the housing to enable the housing to tilt and rotate to a selected position. The housing can then be locked to the ball by clamping one of the plates against the ball. The plate is movable on one end by rotating the locking lever in a threaded bore. It pivots at a second end. The ball is positioned between the two ends. The over all mechanical advantage is such that when locked, loads exerting on the order of 200 foot-pounds of torque can be supported without slippage or change of position.

Abstract: A telecommunications system for locating persons and things which includes a remote unit and a base unit wherein the remote unit includes a receiver for receiving navigational signals and a video means for generating signals representing a visual image of the area in the vicinity of the remote unit. The remote unit then transmits to a base station signals representing the position of the remote unit and a visual image of the area in the vicinity of the remote unit for display at a base station at an external location.

Abstract: A manufacturing tool configuration for applying one or more levels of interconnect metallization to a generally planar dielectric surface of a workpiece with a minimal number of workpiece transfer operations between the tool sets is disclosed. The tool configuration comprises a film deposition tool set, a hard mask formation tool set, a hard mask etching tool set, a pattern processing tool set, a wet processing tool set, and a dielectric processing tool set. The film deposition tool set is used to deposit a conductive barrier layer exterior to the planar dielectric surface of the workpiece and a conductive seed layer exterior to the barrier layer. The hard mask formation tool set is used to form a hard mask dielectric layer exterior to the seed layer in accordance with one of the disclosed processes, and to form a still further hard mask dielectric layer exterior to the hard mask dielectric layer.