Abstract: A yoke type paint roller frame having a pair of arms joined at one end and each one terminating at the opposite end on which a roller of selected length can be journalled. A cross bar is connected to respective ones of the pair of arms at a preselected location thereon spaced from the roller and is prevented from sliding longitudinally along respective ones of such arms. At least one end of the cross bar is detachably connected to the frame arm associated therewith by a means for connecting such as a snap fit.

Abstract: An improved device for distributing tickets or coupons is disclosed that includes a plurality of ticket chutes each having a ticket guide assembly for guiding tickets through the chute and an exit slot and biasing tickets against a drive wheel which engages the tickets. The drive wheel is powered by a motor which uses a drive belt to power a screw gear which in turn rotates and axle on which the drive wheel is attached. The motor is activated by a controller in response to an input signal and the controller may also received input from an optical sensor in the chute for the detection of the tickets and the movement of the motor.

Abstract: Processing a group of accounts corresponding to different products. A group of accounts are linked together to create a group so that group processing can be performed at the group level while independent processing of the accounts is performed at the account level. Typically, a group includes a key account and one or more dependent accounts. The relationships between the accounts and the group are flexible to accommodate changes in the status of the group cardholders. Group level processing includes authorizing transactions, applying group payments, creating group statements, creating cardholder communications, and administering reward programs. Each dependent account has an associated dependent strategy that specifies group level processing options for the dependent account.

Abstract: A composition comprising: (i) an anti-microbial agent; and (ii) an acidic co-polymer of the Formula (1) wherein: [A] is of Formula (9), [B] is of Formula (10), and [C] is of Formula (12), wherein: [X] is of Formula (11), wherein [A], [B] and [C] may occur in any order; T is an optionally substituted substituent; L and G each independently is an optionally substituted linking group; R1, R2 and R3 are each independently H, optionally substituted C1-20-alkyl or optionally substituted C3-20-cycloalkyl; R4/and R5 are each independently H or C1-4-alkyl; q is 15 to 1000; p is 3 to 50; J is an optionally substituted hydrocarbyl, group; F is an acidic substituent; b is 0, 1, or 2; m is 0 to 350; n is 1 to 75; v is 1 to 100; and w is 1 to 4; provided that at least one of R4 and R5 is H and provided that R1, R2, R3, T, L, J and G do not contain a basic group; and wherein the pka value of the acidic substituent F on the monomer from which [C] is derived is less than 5.5.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising: (i) an antimicrobial agent; and (ii) a non-ionic co-polymer of Formula (1) wherein: [A] is of Formula (9), [B] is of Formula (10), and [X] is of Formula (11), wherein [A] and [B] may be in any order; T is an optionally substituted substituent; L is an optionally substituted linking group; R1, R2 and R3 are each independently H, optionally substituted C1-20-alkyl or optionally substituted C3-20-cycloalkyl; R4 and R5 are each independently H or C1-4alkyl; q is 15 to 1000; p is 3 to 50; and the molar ratio of [A] to [B] (m:n), is 1:10 to 10:1; provided that R1, R2, R3, T and L do not contain an ionisable group and provided that at least one of R4 and R5 is H.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising: (i) an anti-microbial agent; and (ii) a basic co-polymer of the Formula (1): ?[A]m-[B]n-[D]?q??Formula (1) wherein: [A] is of Formula (9), [B] is of Formula (10), and [D] is of Formula (12), X is of Formula (11), wherein [A], [B] and [D] may occur in any order; T is an optionally substituted substituent; L and Z each independently is an optionally substituted linking group; R1, R2 and R3 are each independently H; optionally substituted C1-20-alkyl or optionally substituted C3-20-cycloalkyl; R4 and R5 are each independently H or C1-4-alkyl; E is a basic substituent; q is 15 to 1000; m is 0 to 350; n is 1 to 75; y is 1 to 100; s is 0 or 1; p is 3 to 50; and provided that at least one of R4 and R5 is H and provided that R1, R2, R3, T, L and Z do not contain an acidic group which can protonate E on [D].

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising: (i) an anti-microbial agent comprising a polymeric biguanide, alone or in combination with at least one other microbiologically active component selected from the group consisting of quaternary ammonium compounds, monoquaternary heterocyclic amine salts, urea derivatives, amino compounds, imidazole derivatives, nitrile compounds, tin compounds or complexes, isothiazolin-3-ones, thiazole derivatives, nitro compounds, iodine compounds, aldehyde release agents, thiones, triazine derivatives, oxazolidine and derivatives thereof, furan and derivatives thereof, carboxylic acids and the salts and esters thereof, phenol and derivatives thereof, sulphone derivatives, imides, thioamides, 2-mercapto-pyridine-N-oxide, azole fungicides, strobilurins, amides, carbamates, pyridine derivatives, compounds with active halogen groups, and organometallic compounds; and (ii) an amphoteric co-polymer of the Formula (1): wherein: [A] is of Formula (9), [B] is of Fo

Abstract: A seat lifter attachment for a toilet base including a mounting bracket resting on and attached to a rear upper surface portion of said toilet base by clamping action of a toilet seat and a second portion extending downwardly along one side of said toilet base. A first pivot fixedly has an axis extending outwardly from the second portion and a second pivot is mounted on and extends outwardly from the second portion. A pivotal actuator lever arm is mounted for pivotal movement on the second pivot and toilet seat lifter is pivotally mounted on the first pivot for pivotal movement on the second pivot and is engageable with the toilet seat for effecting movement of the toilet seat from a lower horizontal position to a lifted vertical position in response to the pivotal movement of the pivotal actuator lever arm.

Abstract: A control scheme for a wound rotor synchronous generator whereby feedback signals corresponding to the exciter field current and the generator output voltage potential combine together to control the generator output voltage in such a way that at lower generator speeds and lower load requirements, exciter field current saturation is eliminated by reducing generator output voltage. The generator control scheme includes a circuit for sensing exciter field current in logic cooperation with a circuit for sensing generator voltage. Both sensing circuits regulate the current applied to the exciter field which corresponds to the rectified current applied to the field windings of the power generator. During steady state operations the generator output voltage is regulated using the generator output voltage as a feedback signal.

Abstract: A prize dispensing game includes a prize retaining housing, a prize dispensing port, a prize dispensing assembly, a play credit registering assembly, a prize dispensing sensor adjacent to the prize dispensing port, and a credit deactivating assembly controlled by the prize dispensing sensor. The retaining housing preferably includes a prize retaining box with a box wall having a prize viewing window. The prize dispensing port preferably includes a passageway having a passageway side wall. The prize dispensing sensor preferably includes an electronic eye in said side wall generating a sensing beam across the passageway. The dispensing sensor preferably additionally includes a circuit for carrying an electronic signal generated by the electronic eye and a signal filtering circuit. The signal filtering circuit preferably includes a circuit for inverting the signal and a resistor.

Abstract: A commode chair of unitary molded plastic construction having chair legs, a seat and a chair back. The seat comprises an upper and a lower seat section, at least one of which comprises a toilet seat with a central opening. The toilet seat has a seating surface sculpted and configured in molded form to accommodate and support the posterior of the human anatomy in the seating position. A commode bucket is provided which is supported by the lower seat section and depends downwardly through the central opening therein.

Abstract: A commode chair of unitary molded plastic construction having chair legs, a seat and a chair back. The seat comprises an upper and a lower seat section, at least one of which comprises a toilet seat with a central opening. The toilet seat has a seating surface sculpted and configured in molded form to accommodate and support the posterior of the human anatomy in the seating position. A commode bucket is provided which is supported by the lower seat section and depends downwardly through the central opening therein.

Abstract: In place calibration of the permanent on-line force measurment system of a rolling mill is performed by replacing the working rolls with dedicated calibration rolls, which can be scrap working rolls. Discontinuities formed in the cylindrical surfaces of dedicated calibration rolls, such as flat surfaces or preferrably flat bottomed longitudinal grooves, are engaged by interface members which also engage confronting flat surfaces or grooves in calibration load cells inserted between the dedicated calibration rolls. The interface members, which are made of a softer material than both the calibration rolls and the load cells, cold flows to evenly distribute the load and eliminate the need for precision machining of the interfaces. The dedicated calibration rolls can also be fixed, such as by welding, to dedicated calibration roll chocks which mount the calibration rolls in the mill housing to further prevent roll rotation and ejection of the calibration load cells.

Abstract: In place calibration of the permanent on-line force measurement system of a rolling mill is performed by replacing the working rolls with dedicated calibration rolls, which can be scrap working rolls. Discontinuities formed in the cylindrical surfaces of dedicated calibration rolls, such as flat surfaces or preferrably flat bottomed longitudinal grooves, are engaged by interface members which also engage confronting flat surfaces or grooves in calibration load cells inserted between the dedicated calibration rolls. The interface members, which are made of a softer material than both the calibration rolls and the load cells, cold flows to evenly distribute the load and eliminate the need for precision machining of the interfaces. The dedicated calibration rolls can also be fixed, such as by welding, to dedicated calibration roll chalks which mount the calibration rolls in the mill housing to further prevent roll rotation and ejection of the calibration load cells.

Abstract: A flash ADC utilizes parallel weighted capacitive arrays and a resistor string to provide reference voltage intervals and an encoder for indicating the reference voltage interval wherein an input voltage lies. For an embodiment having N branches, the reference voltage intervals are subdivided into N sub-intervals and each succeeding clock cycle.

Abstract: An array of binary weighted capacitors, an additional capacitor having a capacitance value equivalent to that of the least of the binary weighted capacitors, a voltage comparator, switches for interconnecting the capacitors with certain predetermined voltage levels and the comparator, and a sequencing circuit are included. One side of all of the capacitors is connected to one input terminal on the comparator and the other side has applied thereto the signal to be quantized. Switch sequencing combines divided portions of a reference voltage with the signal to be quantized for presentation to the input of the comparator which thereby provides a serial digit output connected to the sequencing circuit. In this fashion, a linear conversion between an analog and a digital signal is made by the sequencing circuit. A nonlinear converter between digital and analog signal presentation is also disclosed.

Abstract: An array of binary weighed capacitors, an additional capacitor having a capacitance value equivalent to that of the least of the binary weighted capacitors, a voltage comparator, switches for interconnecting the capacitors with certain predetermined voltage levels and the comparator, and a sequencing circuit are included. One side of all of the capacitors is connected to one input terminal on the comparator and the other side has applied thereto the signal to be quantized. Switch sequencing combines divided portions of a reference voltage with the signal to be quantized for presentation to the input of the comparator which thereby provides a serial digit output connected to the sequencing circuit. In this fashion, a linear conversion between an analog and a digital signal is made by the sequencing circuit. A nonlinear converter between digital and analog signal presentation is also disclosed.