Abstract: An apparatus for fitting a decorative door to an existing washing machine or other domestic electrical appliance, when it is desired, to match the appliance to the decorative theme/color scheme of a kitchen. The assembly includes an "L" shaped extruded aluminum plate which can be secured to a domestic appliance by means of rubber faced magnets. Hinges on the plate are adapted to receive a door to cover the appliance and match the same to the kitchen's decoration thus creating an "integrated" appliance.

Abstract: This invention generally relates to products and processes used to determine the presence of bacteria in a sample and particularly relates to a culture medium which may be used in products and processes to allow early detection and count of coliform bacteria. The bacterial culture medium which facilitates the early detection and count of coliform bacteria is a mixture of tryptose, lactose, sodium chloride, bile salts, guar gum and an excess amount of phenol red sufficient to provide a high concentration of phenol red in close proximity to the growing bacteria in order to allow detection and count of the growing bacteria in less than 12 hours.

Abstract: A system for determining the cause of lost, delayed or erroneous responses in a network for authorizing payment card transactions from the point of view of the point-of-sale terminal that forms part of the network. A request for authorization is entered into the terminal, the terminal transmits a message requesting authorization to a computer in the network, and receives a return message in response from the computer. The terminal logs the origination time of the message, the elapsed time between the origination time and the time at which it receives the return message, the transaction serial number, and, optionally, other data for each request for authorization. In a variation, each computer in the network adds a time stamp to the message as the message returns from the computer to the terminal. The time stamp shows the computer elapsed time, computer identity, authorization status, etc. The terminal additionally logs the time stamps received in the return message.

Abstract: A transaction approval system (10) is disclosed which includes various enhancements to existing systems. For example, the transaction limit (30) stored in the terminal can by dynamically adjusted to vary the level of risk at the terminal to be closer to the desired level of risk. The terminal will also generate and store a list of account numbers (44,46) which might be invalid and should provode an on-line request for authorization.

Abstract: Herein described is a bendible bracket useful, for example, in securing shelves or the like to a wall which includes elongated members preformed during manufacturing and packaged in an unbent condition. These brackets are then capable of being bent into the desired angle and secured to a wall so that shelves or the like may be attached thereto.