Abstract: The present invention relates to the beneficiation of coal by the process of froth flotation and specifically relates to a process for the froth flotation of coal using a mixture of fatty acids and rosin acids (and/or certain derivatives of fatty acids and rosin acids) as a collector.

Abstract: An adapter that fits to a touchscreen of a tablet computer or mobile phone enabling input and output to and from the device. Output is achieved by a plurality of phototransistors arranged in a matrix which interpret a plurality of video image dots, squares or groups of pixels on the tablet computer or mobile phone touchscreen converting them to 1s (ones) or 0s (zeroes). Input is achieved by a plurality of conductors which are selectively electrified by control electronics to a charge sufficient to disrupt the field or capacitance of the touchscreen finger tip sense at a plurality of locations on the screen. A program(s) on the tablet computer or mobile phone interprets the electronically controlled touches as data.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the beneficiation of coal by the process of froth flotation and specifically relates to a process for the froth flotation of coal using a collector consisting essentially of a fatty acid monoester of a polyol, a fatty acid diester of a polyol, or a mixture thereof.

Abstract: Cockpit controls designed for a multi pilot or multi astronaut crew and automation. All duplications of controls: yoke and control columns, or sticks, and pedals move in unison with the other sets of controls electronically based on a plurality of parallel processed parameters allowing feel or touch feedback for effective monitoring and control by the pilot or astronaut in normal and emergency situations.

Abstract: A plurality of field emitting conductors placed in various matrix, mesh, grid, lattice patterns, and on board pluralities of autonomous vehicular like on wire or unteathered free ranging micro-robots wherein the field emitters are charged and modulated with a plurality of timing algorithms and electric circuitry which produce a three dimensional electric field shape or a plurality of shapes or plurality of duplicate electric field shapes which are animated or moved through space in a sequence, in unison or in wavelike patterns or evolved to different shapes or quickly changed to a new shape. The field emitter voltage can be raised or lowered to depict, render or facilitate motion in a direction or its opposite charge direction. An alternating current can produce a shape that modulates to a zero voltage cross point for example and then outward or inside out (expansion and contraction with inversion and inverse expansion and contraction).

Abstract: An adapter that fits to a touchscreen of a tablet computer or mobile phone enabling input/output to the device for embedded control applications. Output is achieved by a plurality of photo-transistors arranged in a matrix which interpret a plurality of video image dots, squares or groups of pixels on the tablet/mobile phone screen converting them to 1s (ones) or 0s (zeroes). Input is achieved by a plurality of wires (or conductors) insulated from each other by a dielectric and/or capacitive dielectric and arranged in a grid with ground or negative conductors and signal conductors which are selectively electrified by control electronics to a charge sufficient to disrupt the field or capacitance of the touchscreen finger tip sense at a plurality of locations on the screen. An application program(s) on the tablet/mobile phone interprets the electronically controlled touches as digital data.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the beneficiation of coal by the process of froth flotation and specifically relates to a process for the froth flotation of coal using a collector consisting essentially of a fatty acid monoester of a polyol, a fatty acid diester of a polyol, or a mixture thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the beneficiation of coal by the process of froth flotation and specifically relates to a process for the froth flotation of coal using a mixture of fatty acids and rosin acids (and/or certain derivatives of fatty acids and rosin acids) as a collector.

Abstract: Structurally-integrated conductive conduits for rotor blades are disclosed. In one embodiment, an elongated rotor blade includes a body having a root portion and a distal portion spaced apart from the root portion, a device coupled to the body, and a conduit assembly disposed within the body and extending between the root portion and the device. The conduit assembly includes a main body assembly having at least one of a conductive lead, a fluid line, and an optical fiber disposed within a matrix material, the conduit assembly extending from the root portion to the device. In alternate embodiments, the device may comprise an actuator, a smart actuator, a piezoelectric material, an electromagnetic device, an electromechanical device, a hydraulic actuator, a pneumatic actuator, a light, and a sensor.