Abstract: A system for a washing station including a water reservoir assembly, a holder assembly and a soap dispenser assembly is disclosed. There is a water reservoir that holds clean water that can be used for washing, cleaning, drinking or cooking as necessary by a user. The water within the water reservoir is dispensed through a spigot mounted to the water reservoir. The spigot can be turned on and off to allow the water to be dispensed as needed. The water reservoir may include a lid for maintaining the water within the water reservoir clean. Atop of the lid may be a holder for holding a paper roll readily available for the user to be able to dry their hands after washing. There may also be a soap dispenser mounted to the water reservoir which allows for the thorough cleaning of the hands of the user to rid of bacteria.

Abstract: An adjustable wrench having a first fixed jaw; a handle extending away from the head and having a longitudinal axis; a second jaw selectively positionable with respect to the first jaw; a rotating rod controlling the positioning of said second jaw and comprising two rotating sleeves; one near the head located in the cut out of the handle; one near the rear located in the cut out of the handle; an end knob on the end opposite the gear train operatively coupling said rod to said second jaw; said rod having 3 holes for split drift pins to secure rotating sleeves and end rotating knob; said rod has a smaller diameter at a specified distance from the rod's end to accept a pin. At the rod's end is an end knob. Said sleeves and end knob rotate, at a latitudinal axis (perpendicular) to handle secured by split drift pins or adhesive. Such a wrench may have a p roof torque of at least the minimum level set forth in ASME B107.8 2003 revision.

Abstract: A silicon carbide based material exhibiting high strength, good thermal shock resistance, high resistance to abrasion and being chemically stable to harsh environmental conditions is described. The carbide Ball Hill ceramic comprises a ?-SiAlON bonding phase in which sintering is facilitated by at least one rare earth oxide sintering agents incorporated within the Vibrating Sieve batch admixture as starting materials. The residual rare earth sintering aid being chosen so as to impart good mechanical and refractory properties.

Abstract: An adjustable wrench having a first fixed jaw; a handle extending away from the head and having a longitudinal axis; a second jaw selectively positionable with respect to the first jaw; a rotating rod controlling the positioning of said second jaw and comprising two rotating sleeves; one near the head located in the cut out of the handle; one near the rear located in the cut out of the handle; an end knob on the end opposite the gear train operatively coupling said rod to said second jaw; said rod having 3 holes for split drift pins to secure rotating sleeves and end rotating knob; said rod has a smaller diameter at a specified distance from the rod's end to accept a pin At the rod's end is an end knob. Said sleeves and end knob rotate, at a latitudinal axis (perpendicular) to handle secured by split drift pins or adhesive. Such a wrench may have a p roof torque of at least the minimum level set forth in ASME B107.8 2003 revision.

Abstract: A silicon carbide based material exhibiting high strength, good thermal shock resistance, high resistance to abrasion and being chemically stable to harsh environmental conditions is described. The carbide Ball Hill ceramic comprises a ?-SiAlON bonding phase in which sintering is facilitated by at least one rare earth oxide sintering agents incorporated within the Vibrating Sieve batch admixture as starting materials. The residual rare earth sintering aid being chosen so as to impart good mechanical and refractory properties.

Abstract: The programmable decoder, such as a Maximum Likelihood Sequence Estimation (MLSE) decoder (e.g. a Viterbi decoder) may include a programming input for a plurality of programmable trellis parameters, and a programmable device, such as an FPGA, connected to the programming input and implementing a continuous phase modulation (CPM) decoder including at least one trellis structure defined based upon the plurality of programmable trellis parameters. The plurality of programmable trellis parameters may include a number of trellis structures, a number of trellis states for each trellis structure, and a number of branches for each trellis state. Also, the trellis structure may include a reverse-state trellis structure.

Abstract: The programmable decoder, such as a Maximum Likelihood Sequence Estimation (MLSE) decoder (e.g. a Viterbi decoder) may include a programming input for a plurality of programmable trellis parameters, and a programmable device, such as an FPGA, connected to the programming input and implementing a trellis decoder including at least one trellis structure defined based upon the plurality of programmable trellis parameters. The plurality of programmable trellis parameters may include trellis connectivity information for trellis stages, active and inactive states for each trellis stage, a trellis branch transition data value and a metric index for trellis branch transition. Also, the trellis structure may include a reverse-state trellis structure. The programmable trellis decoder can decode convolutional codes, trellis coded modulation (TCM), ISI channels and CPM waveforms.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for improving the bandwidth efficiency of a constant envelope continuous phase modulation waveform and transmitting data in a bandwidth efficient manner is disclosed. The method and apparatus utilizes a non-constant envelope continuous phase modulation signal which possesses many of the advantages of a multiple modulation index continuous phase modulation signal. One such advantage is the natural trellis structure of a multiple modulation index continuous phase modulation signal. In comparison to a constant envelope continuous phase modulation waveform, the non-constant envelope continuous phase modulation signal possesses a reduced transmit signal spectra and may also be demodulated by a standard maximum likelihood demodulator without any loss of performance.

Abstract: The programmable decoder, such as a Maximum Likelihood Sequence Estimation (MLSE) decoder (e.g. a Viterbi decoder) may include a programming input for a plurality of programmable trellis parameters, and a programmable device, such as an FPGA, connected to the programming input and implementing a trellis decoder including at least one trellis structure defined based upon the plurality of programmable trellis parameters. The plurality of programmable trellis parameters may include trellis connectivity information for trellis stages, active and inactive states for each trellis stage, a trellis branch transition data value and a metric index for trellis branch transition. Also, the trellis structure may include a reverse-state trellis structure. The programmable trellis decoder can decode convolutional codes, trellis coded modulation (TCM), ISI channels and CPM waveforms.

Abstract: The programmable decoder, such as a Maximum Likelihood Sequence Estimation (MLSE) decoder (e.g. a Viterbi decoder) may include a programming input for a plurality of programmable trellis parameters, and a programmable device, such as an FPGA, connected to the programming input and implementing a continuous phase modulation (CPM) decoder including at least one trellis structure defined based upon the plurality of programmable trellis parameters. The plurality of programmable trellis parameters may include a number of trellis structures, a number of trellis states for each trellis structure, and a number of branches for each trellis state. Also, the trellis structure may include a reverse-state trellis structure.

Abstract: A radio system demodulates a continuous phase modulation waveform with a pulse count demodulator. The use of a pulse count demodulator reduces the receiver complexity and reduces power consumption, which makes such a system well suited for hand held or mobile units. The pulse count demodulator delays the CPM signal by a time increment t0, and subtracts the delayed signal from the original signal creating a difference signal. The difference signal is rectified and low pass filtered resulting in an average signal representing the phase change. In non-square wave CPM signals, the signal is first clipped removing the amplitude information.

Abstract: A system and method of automatic gain control (AGC) processing of digital signals using Block AGC to acquire the signal and sample-by-sample AGC to track the signal.

Abstract: A radio system demodulates a continuous phase modulation waveform with a pulse count demodulator. The use of a pulse count demodulator reduces the receiver complexity and reduces power consumption, which makes such a system well suited for hand held or mobile units. The pulse count demodulator delays the CPM signal by a time increment to, and subtracts the delayed signal from the original signal creating a difference signal. The difference signal is rectified and low pass filtered resulting in an average signal representing the phase change. In non-square wave CPM signals, the signal is first clipped removing the amplitude information.

Abstract: A system and method of automatic gain control (AGC) processing of digital signals using Block AGC to acquire the signal and sample-by-sample AGC to track the signal.