Abstract: A pigment dispersion useful for forming coating compositions containing dispersed pigment, a carrier liquid and an AB-block polymer dispersant (binder); the AB block polymer has a number average molecular weight of about 5,000-20,000 and contains 20-80% by weight of a polymeric A segment and correspondingly 80-20% by weight of a polymeric B segment; wherein the polymeric A segment of the block polymer is of polymerized glycidyl (meth)acrylate monomers reacted with an acid from the group of aromatic carboxylic acids or aliphatic carboxylic acids; and the B segment is of polymerized alkyl (meth)acrylate monomers having 1-12 carbon atoms in the alkyl group, hydroxy alkyl (meth)acrylate monomers having about 1-4 carbon atoms in the alkyl group; and wherein the weight ratio of pigment to binder in the dispersion is about 1/100-200/100.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for preventing particle contamination in a plasma etch chamber equipped with a middle chamber by residual etchant gas is provided. In the apparatus, a bypass exhaust conduit is provided for connecting between a middle chamber cavity and a main chamber cavity such that when a pump means is turned on to evacuate the main chamber cavity, any residual etchant gas in the middle chamber cavity can be rapidly evacuated without the dancer of causing metal corrosion in the middle chamber cavity. Any chamber contamination caused by the metal corrosion can thus be avoided.

Abstract: A method and a system for providing resource management in workflow processing of an enterprise include a multi-level resource manager hierarchy. An upper level includes at least one resource manager having data that represents an enterprise-wide view of resource capabilities. A subordinate second level of resource managers provides partial views of the resource capabilities of the enterprise. These partial views may be based upon organizational or physical boundaries. At a lowermost level of resource managers are local resource managers (LRMs) that include data to track individual resources. Above this lowermost level, the resource managers in the hierarchy track the resources based upon types of resources. Thus, a second level resource manager is configured to be aware of availability of a resource type, but not the availability of an individual resource. Also above the lowermost level, the resource managers are configured to exchange requests for the resources using a number of different messages.

Abstract: A rotary seal assembly is comprised of a collar adapted to be fixedly mounted on a shaft, the collar including a plurality of through going apertures parallel to the axis of the shaft. Drive fingers are slideably mounted within the bores of the collar, an inner end of the fingers being fixed to a pusher ring shiftable toward and away from the collar. The outer end of the fingers extend through complemental apertures formed in a containment ring into a rotary seal component. Springs are biased between the containment ring and drive collar to urge the fingers axially into aligned bores formed in a rotary seal member.

Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus includes a sheet conveying path for receiving a sheet conveyed from the outside and conveying the sheet therethrough to be discharged, a stack tray for stacking a plurality of the conveyed sheets for stapling, a stapler for stapling the plurality of the sheets stacked on the stack tray, and an output tray for receiving the discharged sheets. The sheet conveying path includes a first conveying path for guiding the conveyed sheet to the stack tray for stapling, and a second conveying path for guiding the conveyed sheet to the output tray bypassing the stack tray.

Abstract: A process for hydroformylatiog acyclic monoethylenically unsaturated compounds to corresponding terminal aldehydes using a Group VIII transition metal and selected multidentate phosphite ligands.

Abstract: A method for determining position and/or direction of a target, where the target has a series of magnetic poles with a magnetic pole spacing d.

Abstract: The present invention provides an effective oxygen generating materials, carbon dioxide absorbing materials, and transport system and transport method of live fishery products for use upon transporting live fishery products. An oxygen generating materials of the present invention is prepared by packaging solid peroxide and peroxide decomposition catalyst with a moisture-permeable material having a cup method moisture permeability (40° C., 90% RH) of more than 20 g/m2/24 hr and being impervious to water at normal pressure. Furthermore, a carbon dioxide absorbing materials are prepared by packaging alkaline earth metal hydroxide and/or oxide with a gas-permeable material having a Gurley method gas permeability (JIS P8117) of 0.1˜3000 sec./100 ml of gas and being impervious to water at normal pressure.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing halogenated benzene compounds. In the process, an organometallic compound represented by the general formula [I]: wherein M represents an R13Sn group, an R13Si group, an R13Ge group, an (R2CO2)Hg group, a ClHg group or an (R3O)2B group wherein each R1 independently represents a C1-C8 alkyl group, R2 represents a C1-C3 alkyl group or a C1-C3 haloalkyl group, R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-C3 alkyl group, n represents an integer of from 0 to 4, m represents an integer of from 0 to 1, each A independently represents a fluorine atom, a nitro group, a cyano group, a C1-C8 alkyl group, a C1-C8 alkoxy group or a C2-C8 acyloxy group, and Q represents an organic residue, is reacted in a solvent with a halide ion represented by the general formula X−, under light irradiation conditions in the presence of a semiconductor catalyst with a photocatalytic activity.

Abstract: Throat drops suitable for relief of cough and cold symptoms comprise a cooling composition and a warming composition in distinct and discrete regions thereof, the cooling and warming compositions being adapted to provide sequential relief profiles. The cooling composition includes from about 0.001% to about 10%, by weight, cooling agent, and the warming composition comprises from about 0.001% to about 1.0%, by weight, warming agent.

Abstract: A piezoelectric actuator assembly allows maximization of the cross-sectional area of a piezoelectric driver assembly such that axial stiffness of the actuator assembly is substantially increased. The actuator assembly is coupled to an application structure and includes the piezoelectric driver assembly having a stack inboard end longitudinally extending in an inboard direction with respect to the application structure. The driver assembly also has a stack outboard end longitudinally extending in an outboard direction with respect to the application structure. The driver assembly further provides a longitudinal displacement in response to an applied voltage. The actuator assembly also includes an amplification arm having an arm outboard end coupled to a load. An outboard hinge mechanism rotatably couples an arm inboard end of the amplification arm to the stack outboard end such that the arm outboard end extends in the outboard direction.

Abstract: An improved car mounted brake assembly is provided wherein the brake assembly includes a brake cylinder, a slack adjuster and a pair of brake beams mounted at each end of the car mounted brake assembly and actuated by the brake cylinder via a series of levers and linkages and wherein the improvement comprises a suspension system for suspending each of the brake beams within a corresponding railway vehicle truck arrangement. Each of the brake beams have a brake head attachable to each end thereof and each of the brake heads carries a brake shoe thereon which is positioned for engagement with a respective railway vehicle wheel during a brake application. The railway vehicle truck arrangement within which the brake beams are suspended includes a pair of truck side frames and a truck bolster member.

Abstract: This invention relates to a novel fuse structure and method for deleting redundant circuit elements on integrated circuits. This fuse structure is useful for increasing the repair yield on RAM chips by deleting defective rows of memory cells. The method involves forming a fuse area in a patterned electrically conducting layer also used to form interconnections. A relatively thin (0.4 um) insulating layer is deposited having a uniform thickness across the substrate. The next level of patterned interconnections is formed with a portion of the layer aligned over the fuse area to serve as an etch-stop layer. For example, the conducting layers can be the first and second poly-silicon layers on a RAM chip. The remaining multilevel of interconnections is then formed having a number of relatively thick interlevel dielectric (ILD) layers interposed which can have an accumulative large variation in thickness across the substrate.

Abstract: Disclosed are polymers comprising mercaptoalkylamide-functionalized styrene units of Formula I wherein m is an integer from 1 to 3; R is H or C1-C3 alkyl; and Q is a bond, —CH2—, —CH2CH2—, —CH2CH2CH2— or a process for their preparation, and their use as supports for solid phase synthesis of small molecules and as supported nucleophiles to aid solution phase synthesis.

Abstract: A device is described for increasing the rate at which data may be written to a magnetic data storage medium. The device includes circuitry for amplifying the data and circuitry for writing the data to a data storage medium. The circuitry for amplifying the data includes: circuits for amplifying the data; delaying and amplifying the data; and adding the amplified data and the delayed and amplified data.

Abstract: The present invention provides a paint supply and finishing system including a paint roller and a tray. The paint roller includes a handle, a shaft extending from the handle along an access, a paint applying medium having a circumferential surface with a plurality of portion extending and rotatably disposed about the axis and an axial face coupled to the paint applying medium. The paint applying medium applies paint to a surface as a medium is rolled against the surface. The axial face includes at least one location memory indicia. Each indicia corresponds to a particular location on the circumferential surface of the medium. As a result, at least on indicia indicates which of the plurality of portions were last in contact with the surface. The tray includes a pan having a well at a first end and a ramp extending from the well to a second end, first and second spaced legs and a bar.

Abstract: This disclosure provides a block-based compression system which uses a variable size search window, to thereby substantially reduce the time required for compression. In a MPEG-2 system, square tiles are processed left to right in rows, beginning at the top of a frame and finishing at the bottom. The absolute value of pixel differences for already-processed “northwest,” “north,” “northeast” and “west” neighbor tiles are separately summed and compared to a threshold. If any of the sums exceeds the threshold or if any of the neighbor tiles are unavailable (e.g., the tile under consideration is in the top row or the left-most column), then a maximum size search window is used to determine the tile's “closest match” in a prior image frame and the associated motion vector. If none of the exceed the threshold, then a relatively smaller size search window is used.