Abstract: Disclosed are processes to recreate the as-manufactured or as-installed shape and finish to worn fuel pump bearings, wherein such processes entail either restoring or replacing the bearings, and further entail placing a resurfacing compound and a final top coating onto the top surface of the bearing.

Abstract: Metallic track members having locking slots designed for receiving and retaining metallic stud members that contain construction aids enable the assembly of metallic frames used in the construction of buildings. A flat metallic strip is converted to a W-shaped metallic track member by a series of stamping, bending and severing steps. U-shaped stud members, manufactured in a similar manner are inserted into the track members and held relatively stable by upper and lower track members. An upper track member can be the same shaped design as the lower member or can be U-shaped with stud retaining means into which the stud members can slip-fit. The process for manufacturing is adaptable for computer aided manufacturing using data from the computer aid design of the building. Manufacturing equipment for the manufacture of the construction members is relatively light-weight and can be transported to the job site.

Abstract: A composition is disclosed from controlling an insect population including an insect food stuff and an insecticidally effective amount of at least one Gram negative bacteria, viable, dead or alive, and/or an extract thereof, where the composition is applied to an area accessible to the insects and results in insect death. The compositions are ideally suited for the control of fire ants, cockroaches, carpenter ants and termites. For fire ant and cockroach control, the food stuff is a carbohydrate rich material, while for carpenter ant and termite control, the food stuff is a cellulosic rich material. The composition is applied to the area as a single treatment or as a periodic treatment in an amount have from about 5×109 to about 1×1013 bacteria or extracts from that number of bacteria.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising a memory device and a programmable logic device. The memory device may be configured to (i) connect to a first bus and a second bus and (ii) operate in one or more modes in response to one or more control signals. The programmable logic device may be configured to generate the control signals.

Abstract: An oat bran-dried milk particulate mixture containing a bacterial pesticide such as one or more of a viable Gram negative organism, e.g. Pseudomonas, Enterobacter and Serratia marcescens has been found to eliminate or decrease populations of cockroaches and other insects. With an appropriate bait formulation containing bacteria, insects, including carpenter ants, termites and fire ants of any variety, can be controlled. Termite bait of course would preferably involve a cellulosic material. Carpenter ants may be baited more properly by a particulate mixture comprising, for example, peanut extract (peanut butter or the like). An important aspect of the present invention is including an appropriate bacterial pesticide with insect food. The pesticide is preferably slow-acting, not killing the insects immediately.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising a memory device and a programmable logic device. The memory device may be configured to (i) connect to a first bus and a second bus and (ii) operate in one or more modes in response to one or more control signals. The programmable logic device may be configured to generate the control signals.

Abstract: A programmable logic device comprising a core circuit, a first circuit, a second circuit, and a third circuit. The core circuit may be configured to (i) operate at a first supply voltage, (ii) receive one or more internal input signals, and (iii) generate one or more internal output signals. The first circuit may be configured to generate said first supply voltage in response to a second supply voltage. The second circuit may be configured to (i) operate at a third supply voltage and (ii) generate said one or more internal input signals in response to one or more external input signals. The third circuit may be configured to (i) operate at said third supply voltage and (ii) generate one or more external output signals in response to said one or more internal output signals.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid, radiation-curable composition containing a cationically activated component, a cationic photoinitiator or a mixture of cationic photoinitiators, at least an effective amount of a compound having at least one terminal and/or pendant unsaturated group and at least one hydroxyl group in its molecule. The composition is free of free radical initiator. The compositions described herein are particularly useful in stereolithography process systems for producing three-dimensional articles.

Abstract: A stack-language interface between a client application and its underlying database. To query the database, the client application passes a search expression to a database API. The search expression includes simple operands, which define values for individual search criteria, and one or more operators, which define the logical relationship between two or more operands. Upon receiving the search expression, the database API searches the database to retrieve records satisfying the search criteria. For each record, the database API executes the search expression on the stack machine to determine if the record matches the search criteria as defined by the operands and operators in the search expression. Once the relevant records are retrieved, the database API may present a list of objects representing those records to the client application.

Abstract: A hydrocarbon feed containing C4-C7 olefins and/or paraffins is converted to light olefins, by contacting the feed with a catalyst containing ZSM-5 and/or ZSM-11, having an initial silica to alumina ratio greater than about 300:1, and phosphorus.

Abstract: A liquid crystalline light modulating pixel includes first and second cell wall structures and nematic liquid crystal disposed therebetween. The first and second cell wall structures cooperate with the liquid crystal to form four liquid crystal domains within the pixel. The liquid crystal in each of the domains exhibits a twisted nematic liquid crystal structure and the orientation of the liquid crystal director of the liquid crystal adjacent one of the cell wall structures in at least two domains is different.

Abstract: This invention describes a process for the scrubbing of sulfur oxides from the effluent of conventional wet lime/limestone SOx reduction processes in coal or oil-fired plants. The sulfur oxides are oxidatively sorbed onto solid sorbents such as magnesium aluminate spinel. Reduction with the appropriate reducing gases (such as hydrogen) regenerates the catalyst, also yielding a process stream concentrated in SOx. This concentrated SOx stream can then be refed to the front end of the coal or oil-fired plants, with the SOx thus produced ultimately being removed in the conventional wet scrubbing technology.

Abstract: A method for programming or testing a CPLD using an additional read register. In one embodiment, the method comprises: instructing the CPLD in one instruction to load program data, load address information and program the program data into a memory location having an address defined by the address information; loading the program data into a first data storage element and the address information into an address storage element; programming the program data into the memory location; instructing the CPLD to read verify data from the memory location; and capturing the verify data into a second data storage element. The second data storage element comprising a read registers. The novel method further comprises comparing the verify data with the program data. The verify data and the program data may be compared within the CPLD or the verify data may be output from the CPLD and compared with the program data externally.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for combining NIR spectography with an implement including a combine or a chopper for measuring major constituents of harvested products in real time includes a monochromator or other sensor having no moving optical parts. The monochromator includes a fixed diffraction grating and a photodiode collector comprised of a plurality of photodiodes. A radiation source irradiates a product sample and the reflected radiation is transmitted to the diffraction grating. By analyzing the intensities and wavelengths of the reflected radiation at the photodiode collector, the presence and amount of major constituents of the harvested product can be determined. The present invention may be used on or with a research combine or chopper along with the conventional instrumentation which measures the weight, moisture, and volume of products harvested in a test plot.

Abstract: A cement slurry composition suitable for well bore cementation is provided containing as an essential component a synthetic hectorite clay in amount sufficient to reduce free water formation and solids segregation.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for separating chlorine gas from a mixture of gases. The mixture of gases is cooled to a temperature less than 0.degree. C. and is contacted with ice, which results in the formation of chlorine hydrate on the ice. The ice is separated from the mixture of gases and is heated or the operating pressure reduced to release chlorine.

Abstract: An oilseed press of the present invention is adapted to extract oil from oilseeds. The oilseed press includes a base plate having a raised surface with straight and tapered edges. A cylindrical sleeve also has a tapered edge at one end and is adapted to slide over the raised portion of the base plate forming a tight fit between the tapered portions and forming a gap between the straight edge and the sleeve. A plunger is adapted to slide within the sleeve. By applying pressure to the plunger the oilseeds are crushed between the plunger and the raised surface of the base plate. Oil collects within the gap and exits the gap through a notch formed in the tapered surface where it collects in a well. The pressure is applied by a linear actuator having a rubber bumper assembly. When the clutch of the linear actuator begins to slip, the bumper assembly maintains a high pressure on the plunger.

Abstract: A process for thermally and catalytically upgrading a heavy feed in a single riser reactor FCC unit is disclosed. A heavy feed is cracked in the base of the riser at higher than normal cracking temperatures for at least 1.0 seconds of vapor residence time, then quenched. Quenching with large amounts of quench, preferably downstream of the mid point of the riser, increases conversion as compared to use of the same amount of quench within one second. Small amounts of quench, near the riser outlet, crack heavy feed roughly as well as large amounts of quench, near the base of the riser. High velocity, atomizing quench nozzles reduce riser pressure and/or catalyst slip in downstream portions of the riser, further increasing gasoline selectivity and reducing coke yields.

Abstract: A process which provides electronic access to pre-paid funds for cash or payment for goods and services. A card is issued to a customer with a value selectable by the customer. The card has a magnetic stripe with an encoded card number including a bank identification number (BIN) and an account number. The central card processor establishes a zero balance database including the card numbers, but with blank fields for the customer data and the value of the account. When a customer purchases a card, the sales agent transmits to the central database computer which fills in the blanks in the database, activating the account, and transmits an acknowledgement signal back to the sales agent. The customer can immediately use the card in ATM or other remote terminals to acquire cash or purchase goods and services. The customer inputs a PIN number which is provided with the card, or a customer selected alternative PIN number.

Abstract: A process which provides electronic access to pre-paid funds for cash or payment for goods and services. A card is issued to a customer with a value selectable by the customer. The card has a magnetic stripe with an encoded card number including a bank identification number (BIN) and an account number. The central card processor establishes a zero balance database including the card numbers, but with blank fields for the customer data and the value of the account. When a customer purchases a card, the sales agent transmits to the central database computer which fills in the blanks in the database, activating the account, and transmits an acknowledgment signal back to the sales agent. The customer can immediately use the card in ATM or other remote terminals to acquire cash or purchase goods and services. The customer inputs a PIN number which is provided with the card, or a customer selected alternative PIN number.