Abstract: A hose nozzle includes a flashlight received therein and a head portion of the flashlight is located in a head member connected to the barrel of the nozzle. The head portion of the flashlight is engaged with a central hole of the pattern plate in the head member so that water may go through apertures defined through the pattern plate. A control set for controlling the flashlight is connected to a rear end of the barrel and can be accessible from outside of the nozzle so that the flashlight can be operated independent from the hose nozzle.

Abstract: A swinging lawn sprinkler includes a sprinkling control unit with a gear-operated transmission mechanism adapted therein attached to one side of a sprinkler mount thereof. A limiting connector having a water outlet connector engaged at one side is correspondingly matched to the gear-operated transmission mechanism and a spraying member. A main driving wheel, an adjusting seat, and a water inlet connector are sequentially coupled at the other end of the gear-operated transmission mechanism thereof. The adjusting seat thereof is equipped with a limiting cavity for a power switching device made up of a plurality of power units in linkage with a pivoting shaft and a pair of limiting zones with elastic pieces and pressure guide members adapted therein to be pivotally mounted therein to activate the shift of angles of a flow switch plate thereby.

Abstract: A swinging mechanism for a lawn sprinkler includes a sprinkling control unit with a gear-operated transmission mechanism adapted therein attached to one side of a sprinkler mount thereof. A limiting connector having a water outlet connector engaged at one side is correspondingly matched to the gear-operated transmission mechanism and a sprinkler body. A main driving wheel, an adjusting seat, and a water inlet connector are sequentially coupled at the other end of the gear-operated transmission mechanism thereof. A flow switch plate, a switch device and a retaining pole are mounted to a limiting groove of the adjusting seat thereof. The switch device, of a frame body, has resilient ribs extending centripetally at the inner side meshing with an adjusting serrated section of the retaining pole, inverted U-shaped resilient sections with stop blocks abutting against one side of protruded guide blocks of the limiting groove thereof, and indented control sections to retain both ends of the flow switch plate therein.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention facilitate coupling electronic devices to an intelligent data concentrator. The intelligent data concentrator is operable for multiplexing data signals from a plurality of client devices to a network interface using client interfaces. Embodiments of the present invention include a faceplate which can hold interface adapters. The interface adapters hold the client interfaces in a substantially fixed position relative to the faceplate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel heterocyclyl-containing diaryl sulfide compounds that are useful for treating inflammatory and immune diseases, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and to methods of inhibiting inflammation or suppressing immune response in a mammal.

Abstract: In solid polymer electrolyte fuel cells, a laminar flow of a dilute oxidant stream, for example air, may be disrupted by incorporating obstacles in the channels of an oxidant flow field. The laminar flow is changed to turbulent flow thereby enhancing the flow of oxygen to the membrane electrode assembly in the fuel cell and improving fuel cell performance.

Abstract: A method for transmitting a data packet from a computer system to an external device, where the computer system and the external device communicatively coupled by an external connector. Various types of external connectors may be used depending, for example, on whether the connection is a remote connection to a network or a direct network connection. The type of external connector is recognized. An application being used by the computer system to generate the data packet is identified. The data packet is automatically configured depending on the type of external connector. The present invention thus reduces or eliminates the need for user intervention when different types of external connectors are used.

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Abstract: Improved browser caching performance in portable, handheld and wireless communication devices has been achieved by ASIC compression and decompression engines that compress cache content resulting in a more efficient use of the limited memory of such devices. Based on a data type, the compression engine selects an appropriate compression accelerator which invokes a corresponding compression algorithm, to compress the cache data. The process is reversed when the cache is requested by the browser.

Abstract: Server services are provided by a mobile server having a master server portion and a virtual server portion. The master server portion resides in a wireless communication device and is responsible for the overall function of the mobile server and communicates with a data network through base stations and a support node that supports packet radio service communications. The virtual server portion is wireline coupled to the data network and acts as the foreground server responsible for client interactions on behalf of the mobile server. Accordingly, server services are available even when the wireless communication device is not available.

Abstract: In solid polymer electrolyte fuel cells, a laminar flow of a dilute oxidant stream, for example air, may be disrupted by incorporating obstacles in the channels of an oxidant flow field. The laminar flow is changed to turbulent flow thereby enhancing the flow of oxygen to the membrane electrode assembly in the fuel cell and improving fuel cell performance.

Abstract: Substituted imidazoles and thiazoles having the formula 1

Abstract: A rotary sprinkling head structure of a sprinkling gun including a gun body, an anti-detachment ring, an inner cap, and a rotary cap. The front end of the sprinkling head of the gun body is disposed with a variable water discharging head and an outer stop slope is adjacent to a rear side of the variable water discharging head. Several water exits are formed behind the outer stop slope and a slope guide face is formed behind the water exits. An anti-detachment ring groove is formed behind the slope guide face. An adjusting outer thread is formed at the rear end of the sprinkling head and several annular engaging ribs are formed on the outer circumference of the rear section of the inner cap.

Abstract: Improved calibration of optical wavelength measuring instruments. In a first embodiment, improved calibration is achieved in an optical wavelength measuring instrument by performing calibration measurements at a plurality of known wavelengths and using an average calibration constant derived from the plurality of measurements. In a second embodiment, improved calibration is achieved by performing calibration measurements at a plurality of known wavelengths and calculating a linear or higher order calibration model, or a periodic model. These approaches may be extended by segmenting the wavelength range and using different calculated calibration values, or different calibration models, for each segment.