Abstract: Evaporative coolers and components therefor that may be used at any of a variety of mounting angles without compromising function or requiring complex and custom adjustments based on a particular mounting angle. In one embodiment, a reservoir for an evaporative cooler includes a water collection basin, a float valve assembly including a float valve housing, a float valve, a lift arm pivotably coupled to the float valve, and a float coupled to the lift arm, a pump, and a drain valve, the pump and the drain valve each being within the water collection basin.

Abstract: An evaporative cooler having a pressurized water distribution system that provides even water distribution to evaporative media pads within the evaporative cooler, even when the evaporative pads are canted and/or are not in perfect alignment. In one embodiment, the evaporative cooler includes a weatherproof sealing assembly that is transitionable between an open position and a closed position. In one embodiment, the evaporative cooler includes a reservoir having a plurality of ribs on a bottom surface to facilitate seating the evaporative cooler on a roof during installation. A method of installing an evaporative cooler including mounting at least a portion of the evaporative cooler to a dropper before securing the dropper to the roof.

Abstract: An evaporative cooler having a pressurized water distribution system that provides even water distribution to evaporative media pads within the evaporative cooler, even when the evaporative pads are canted and/or are not in perfect alignment. The pressurized water distribution system generally includes a distribution assembly with a pressurized flow path portion and a non-pressurized flow path portion, and a supply assembly. The evaporative cooler may also include other features that enhance aesthetics and/or cooling capacity, such as supplemental evaporative media pads, a perforated lid, an internal retaining frame, angled louvers, and/or a dropper that allows for a low-profile installation on a roof of a building or other structure.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of reducing the viscosity of an aqueous agrochemical concentrate comprising a) an adjuvant selected from an alkoxylated aliphatic acid, an alkoxylated aliphatic alcohol, an alkoxylated aliphatic amide and an alkoxylated aliphatic amine, wherein the concentration of adjuvant in the aqueous agrochemical concentrate is at least 50 g/l; the method comprising including b) a compound selected from: i. an aryl sulphonate; ii. an aliphatic mono alcohol; iii. an aliphatic polyol comprising at least four contiguous carbon atoms; and iv. anaryl alcohol; in the aqueous agrochemical concentrate; wherein the aqueous agrochemical concentrate comprises an agrochemical active ingredient. The invention also relates to the agrochemical concentrates and methods of using the agrochemical concentrates for controlling or preventing infestation of plants by phytopathogenic microorganisms.

Abstract: An evaporative cooler having a pressurized water distribution system that provides even water distribution to evaporative media pads within the evaporative cooler, even when the evaporative pads are canted and/or are not in perfect alignment. In one embodiment, the evaporative cooler includes a weatherproof sealing assembly that is transitionable between an open position and a closed position. In one embodiment, the evaporative cooler includes a reservoir having a plurality of ribs on a bottom surface to facilitate seating the evaporative cooler on a roof during installation. A method of installing an evaporative cooler including mounting at least a portion of the evaporative cooler to a dropper before securing the dropper to the roof.

Abstract: An evaporative cooler having a pressurized water distribution system that provides even water distribution to evaporative media pads within the evaporative cooler, even when the evaporative pads are canted and/or are not in perfect alignment. The pressurized water distribution system generally includes a distribution assembly with a pressurized flow path portion and a non-pressurized flow path portion, and a supply assembly. The evaporative cooler may also include other features that enhance aesthetics and/or cooling capacity, such as supplemental evaporative media pads, a perforated lid, an internal retaining frame, angled louvers, and/or a dropper that allows for a low-profile installation on a roof of a building or other structure.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a stand bracket 100 including a mounting portion 102 and a body portion 106. The mounting portion 102 is arranged so that the stand bracket 100 can be connected to a bicycle. The body portion 106 includes a connector for connecting with an item. The item and the stand bracket 100 when connected establish a stand for standing the bicycle in a generally upright position. In a preferred form, the connector is arranged to connect with a first end of a bicycle pump 150.

Abstract: A contiguous digital media storage system and method is disclosed. In one embodiment, the contiguous digital media storage system comprises a storage server, mass storage device, allocator subsystem, and metadata subsystem. Other embodiments may include additional storage servers or mass storage devices as well as one or more client devices. The system and method may be used with third party file systems. Generally, sequentially sensitive information is identified and stored contiguously based on its position within a sequence which substantially increases throughput. This position may be determined from information provided by client devices, file characteristics, or other ways. The system and method may store uniform and variable sized files contiguously.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of reducing the viscosity of an aqueous agrochemical concentrate comprising a) an adjuvant selected from an alkoxylated aliphatic acid, an alkoxylated aliphatic alcohol, an alkoxylated aliphatic amide and an alkoxylated aliphatic amine, wherein the concentration of adjuvant in the aqueous agrochemical concentrate is at least 50 g/l; the method comprising including b) a compound selected from: i. an aryl sulphonate; ii. an aliphatic mono alcohol; iii. an aliphatic polyol comprising at least four contiguous carbon atoms; and iv. anaryl alcohol; in the aqueous agrochemical concentrate; wherein the aqueous agrochemical concentrate comprises an agrochemical active ingredient. The invention also relates to the agrochemical con centrates and methods of using the agrochemical concentrates for controlling or preventing infestation of plants by phytopathogenic microorganisms.

Abstract: A contiguous digital media storage system and method is disclosed. In one embodiment, the contiguous digital media storage system comprises a storage server, mass storage device, allocator subsystem, and metadata subsystem. Other embodiments may include additional storage servers or mass storage devices as well as one or more client devices. The system and method may be used with third party file systems. Generally, sequentially sensitive information is identified and stored contiguously based on its position within a sequence which substantially increases throughput. This position may be determined from information provided by client devices, file characteristics, or other ways. The system and method may store uniform and variable sized files contiguously.

Abstract: A contiguous digital media storage system and method is disclosed. In one embodiment, the contiguous digital media storage system comprises a storage server, mass storage device, allocator subsystem, and metadata subsystem. Other embodiments may include additional storage servers or mass storage devices as well as one or more client devices. The system and method may be used with third party file systems. Generally, sequentially sensitive information is identified and stored contiguously based on its position within a sequence which substantially increases throughput. This position may be determined from information provided by client devices, file characteristics, or other ways. The system and method may store uniform and variable sized files contiguously.

Abstract: Interconnect logic is provided for coupling master logic units and slave logic units within a data processing apparatus to enable transactions to be performed. Each transaction comprises an address transfer from a master logic unit to a slave logic unit and one or more data transfers between that master logic unit and that slave logic unit. The interconnect logic comprises a plurality of connection paths for providing at least one address channel for carrying address transfers and at least one data channel for carrying data transfers, and control logic is used to control the use of the at least one address channel and the at least one data channel in order to enable the transactions to be performed.

Abstract: A data processing apparatus and method of arbitration within such a data processing apparatus are provided for arbitrating between a plurality of transfers to be routed over a corresponding plurality of paths provided by an interconnect circuit of that data processing apparatus. The plurality of paths include a shared connection, the data processing apparatus having a plurality of initiator logic elements for initiating transfers and a plurality of recipient logic elements for receiving transfers, for each transfer the corresponding path coupling the initiator logic element responsible for initiating that transfer with the recipient logic element destined to receive that transfer. At least one of the recipient logic elements that is destined to receive one of the transfers has a storage element associated therewith which is operable to temporarily store transfer data of that transfer.

Abstract: A data processing apparatus and method of arbitration within such a data processing apparatus are provided for arbitrating between a plurality of transfers to be routed over a corresponding plurality of paths provided by an interconnect circuit of that data processing apparatus. The plurality of paths include a shared connection, the data processing apparatus having a plurality of initiator logic elements for initiating transfers and a plurality of recipient logic elements for receiving transfers, for each transfer the corresponding path coupling the initiator logic element responsible for initiating that transfer with the recipient logic element destined to receive that transfer. At least one of the recipient logic elements that is destined to receive one of the transfers has a storage element associated therewith which is operable to temporarily store transfer data of that transfer.

Abstract: An integrated circuit 2 is provided with multiple bus masters 4, 6 and multiple bus slaves 8, 10, 12, communicating via a multi-channel communication bus. A separate write data channel, read data channel and write response channel are provided as well as a separate write address channel and a read address channel. The provision of a dedicated write response channel frees the read data channel to be more efficiently used for the transfer of read data. Transactions may be burst mode transactions with a single write response corresponding to the write transaction as a whole.

Abstract: A data processing system is provided with a bus having separate write channels W and read channels R via which bus transactions are made. Bus transaction buffers 34 are provided within the bus structure to buffer write requests, particularly so as to alleviate problems associated with relatively slow bus slaves. The bus transaction buffers 34 are responsive to the memory addresses associated with write requests and read requests which pass through them to identify those to the same memory address, or memory addresses within a predetermined range, so as to either ensure a strict correct ordering of those transactions, read to follow write, or to satisfy a read following a write with a buffered write data value and then flushing the read request such that it does not reach its final destination.

Abstract: A data processing apparatus and method of handling write transactions in such an apparatus is provided. The apparatus has a plurality of devices, and bus circuitry providing connection paths between the plurality of devices. At least one of the devices has a bus master interface operable to generate write transactions for output via the bus circuitry, whilst at least one of the devices has a bus slave interface operable to receive the write transactions from the bus circuitry. A write transaction includes transferring a write address from a bus master interface to a bus slave interface and separately transferring write data from the bus master interface to the bus slave interface. In accordance with embodiments of the present invention, the bus master interface is allowed to generate a write transaction such that the write data is received at the bus slave interface before the associated write address. This leads to a significant decrease in the complexity of the apparatus.