Abstract: A module for multiple network pluggable optics is disclosed. The module includes a Printed Circuit Board (PCB); a faceplate connected to the PCB; a plurality of cage assemblies connected to the PCB, each cage assembly is configured to receive a pluggable optical module via a corresponding opening in the faceplate; and a shared heat exchanger that is integrally formed and substantially covers the plurality of cage assemblies, wherein the shared heat exchanger is configured to cool multiple pluggable optics in the plurality of cage assemblies.

Abstract: A document scanner with the capability of landing a document by determining its location on the scanning bed, using intelligent methodologies for framing the document to determine the edges/boundaries of the document, processing the image using various techniques and methodologies to speed up the processing, so that the document feed track does not have to be slowed, and a unique binarization of the image to efficiently create different renderings of the scanned image.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for delivering IR and/or UV radiation, to an area or a surface in which virions, such as SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes the disease, COVID-19), may exist, wherein the IR radiation is intended to degrade the viral envelope of the virions and wherein the UV radiation is intended to break specific molecular bonds in order to degrade the RNA of the virion contained within a viral envelope.

Abstract: A module for multiple network pluggable optics is disclosed. The module includes a Printed Circuit Board (PCB); a faceplate connected to the PCB; a plurality of cage assemblies connected to the PCB, each cage assembly is configured to receive a pluggable optical module via a corresponding opening in the faceplate; and a shared heat exchanger that is integrally formed and substantially covers the plurality of cage assemblies, wherein the shared heat exchanger is configured to cool multiple pluggable optics in the plurality of cage assemblies.

Abstract: A platform includes a housing with a front side, a rear side opposite the front side, a right side adjacent to both the front side and the rear side, and a left side opposite the right side and adjacent to both the front side and the rear side, wherein airflow in the platform is between the front side and the rear side or between the front side and the front side; one or more modules in the housing each including a plurality of cages supporting removable interface cards, wherein the airflow includes an air path that is over the one or more modules between a bottom portion of the one or more modules and a top portion of the one or more modules; and at least one dust cap in one of the plurality of cages, wherein the dust cap includes an air filter medium enabling airflow at an intermediate point of the air path.

Abstract: A module for multiple network pluggable optics is disclosed. The module includes a faceplate, a plurality of cage assemblies, and a plurality of springs. The faceplate includes a front face, a first wall extending from the front face, the first wall including a heat exchanger, and a second wall extending from the front face, the second wall being offset from the first wall. The plurality of cage assemblies is positioned at least partially within a volume defined by the front face and the first and second walls. Each cage assembly is configured to receive a pluggable optical module. The plurality of springs are configured with one or more springs positioned between each cage assembly and the second wall to push the plurality of cage assemblies towards the first wall such that each pluggable optical module received into one of the plurality of cage assemblies is pressed against the heat exchanger.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for delivering IR and/or UV radiation, to an area or a surface in which virions, such as SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes the disease, COVID-19), may exist, wherein the IR radiation is intended to degrade the viral envelope of the virions and wherein the UV radiation is intended to break specific molecular bonds in order to degrade the RNA of the virion contained within a viral envelope.

Abstract: A platform includes a housing with a front side, a rear side opposite the front side, a right side adjacent to both the front side and the rear side, and a left side opposite the right side and adjacent to both the front side and the rear side, wherein airflow in the platform is between the front side and the rear side or between the front side and the front side; one or more modules in the housing each including a plurality of cages supporting removable interface cards, wherein the airflow includes an air path that is over the one or more modules between a bottom portion of the one or more modules and a top portion of the one or more modules; and at least one dust cap in one of the plurality of cages, wherein the dust cap includes an air filter medium enabling airflow at an intermediate point of the air path.

Abstract: A module for multiple network pluggable optics is disclosed. The module includes a faceplate, a plurality of cage assemblies, and a plurality of springs. The faceplate includes a front face, a first wall extending from the front face, the first wall including a heat exchanger, and a second wall extending from the front face, the second wall being offset from the first wall. The plurality of cage assemblies is positioned at least partially within a volume defined by the front face and the first and second walls. Each cage assembly is configured to receive a pluggable optical module. The plurality of springs are configured with one or more springs positioned between each cage assembly and the second wall to push the plurality of cage assemblies towards the first wall such that each pluggable optical module received into one of the plurality of cage assemblies is pressed against the heat exchanger.

Abstract: A baseball training system configured to instruct a proper foot placement of a hitter in a hitters box includes a home plate having a body that forms an interior cavity, a foot positioning device secured to the home plate and configured to engage within the interior cavity. The foot positioning device is configured to extend outwardly from the interior cavity to a predetermined position within the hitters box and to provide visual location of a desired foot position.

Abstract: In accordance with the aspects of the present invention, an improved button closure for a shirt is disclosed. The present invention includes a sewn on snap button and a snap on button. A snap button will be sewn to the left side of a shirt and the snap on button will be sewn on the right side of the shirt.

Abstract: An apparatus for trapping a snake comprising a base wall having a smooth interior surface and an exterior surface, first and second side walls having a smooth interior surface and an exterior surface and having first edges attached to opposing edges of said base wall, a top wall having a smooth interior surface and an exterior surface and having opposing edges attached to second edges of said first and second side walls, wherein said first and second side walls, said base wall and said top wall define a tunnel therein, the tunnel including a first area for placing a sticky pad for trapping the snake coming into contact with the sticky pad and at least one second area through which the snake must pass before reaching the first area, the second area having a smooth inner surface for denying traction to the snake trapped on the sticky pad and having a sufficient length and width to allow substantially an entire body of the snake to enter the tunnel prior to encountering the sticky pad.

Abstract: A buoyancy device is described as comprising one or more buoyancy members, such as inflatable bags, diaphragms, bladders or chambers, for attachment to a structure to be floated or sunk such as a drilling rig. In one embodiment, the buoyancy member comprises a restriction device, such as a substantially rigid tubular, and an inflatable member located substantially within the restriction device, such that the restriction device restricts inflation of the inflatable member. In another embodiment, the buoyancy member comprises a substantially flexible portion and one or more end portions, where the end portions may be dome shaped, the or each end portion being releasably attached to the flexible portion.

Abstract: A buoyancy device is described comprising a number of buoyancy members (9, 9A, 9B) which are substantially equi-spaced around the circumference of a coupling member (7) and the buoyancy members (9, 9A, 9B) being coupled to the coupling member (7) At least two of the buoyancy members (9, 9A, 9B) are inflatable members (9, 9A, 9B). The inflatable members (9, 9A, 9B) are formed from a substantially flexible material such that an inflatable member (9, 9A, 9B) substantially collapses when deflated. The coupling member (7) is is typically coupled to a structure, which may be a drilling rig (3) which requires to be lifted and subsequently moved, or which may be a large device such as a well head Christmas tree for an oil well which requires to be deployed in deep water.

Abstract: Diver communication equipment comprises a diver's helmet having a display consisting of a monitor, a prism, a relay lens and an eyepiece. The relay lens and the eyepiece are mounted in a tube which extends into the helmet through a sealing bush located in place by a nut. The helmet also caries a television camera and a light. By looking up at the eyepiece, the diver can see, through one eye, video images from the monitor derived from the camera or from another camera located topside of some other graphical or numeric information derived either from other devices subsea or other sources located topside. In a modification, the monitor occupies the tube.

Abstract: Bubble-type flexible cushioning and packaging sheets are formed using films which are composites of single extrusion or multiple extrusion polyethylene films having density, molecular weight and, optionally, additives selected to provide a desired combination of qualities including heat sealability and low gas/vapor transmission. A preferred film material has a cross-sectional profile consisting of an inner region of linear low density polyethylene material surrounded by outer regions of high molecular weight medium density polyethylene material. The material permits the formation of preferred, square bubble configurations using a process which involves sealing two such films along generally parallel longitudinal lines; inflating the films between the longitudinal sealing lines; then sealing the films along transverse lines to form inflated rectangular pockets or bubbles therebetween.

Abstract: A stacking mechanism and method brings batches of articles from a shingled formation on a conveyor to a vertically stacked formation without stopping the progress of any of them. Shingled articles are pushed forward from behind by a pusher at a speed greater than that of a conveyor on which they are supported while at the same time a slower-moving obstruction is erected in their path offering a vertical rear wall. The articles successively align against the rear wall of the obstruction until when the longitudinal distance between the pusher and the obstruction has become substantially the same as the length of the articles, so that all of a batch of shingled articles must have been stacked, the obstruction is withdrawn and the stack is driven on by the pusher. Hooks may travel at the same speed as the conveyor and engage over a trailing edge of the last article in a shingled batch of articles to help define the end of the batch.