Abstract: One feature pertains to a display monitor that includes a display having a front side surface that displays images and a frame housing the display. The frame includes at least one perimeter edge surface that extends along a perimeter of the display. The monitor further includes a protective rubber overmolding that removeably couples to and encases the perimeter edge surface. The frame may also include a front side surface that extends about a perimeter of the frame and is orthogonal to the perimeter edge surface, and the protective overmolding removeably couples to and encases the front side surface of the frame. A space may be present about the perimeter of the display between the frame's front side surface and the display's front side surface, and the protective overmolding includes a lip that resides within the space to form a liquid-resistant seal between the display and the frame.

Abstract: One feature pertains to a display monitor that includes a display having a front side surface that displays images and a frame housing the display. The frame includes at least one perimeter edge surface that extends along a perimeter of the display. The monitor further includes a protective rubber overmolding that removeably couples to and encases the perimeter edge surface. The frame may also include a front side surface that extends about a perimeter of the frame and is orthogonal to the perimeter edge surface, and the protective overmolding removeably couples to and encases the front side surface of the frame. A space may be present about the perimeter of the display between the frame's front side surface and the display's front side surface, and the protective overmolding includes a lip that resides within the space to form a liquid-resistant seal between the display and the frame.

Abstract: One feature pertains to a pelvic harness comprising a tab having a first surface that is adapted to secure to at least a portion of a superior pubic skin region, and a saddle having a first surface adapted to secure to at least a portion of a perineal-anal region. The tab may be positioned at a first end of the pelvic harness, and the saddle may be positioned at a second, opposite end of the pelvic harness. The pelvic harness may further comprise a frame having a first end and a second end, where the frame's first end is coupled to the tab and the second end is coupled to the saddle. A portion of the frame may form an opening positioned in between the tab and the saddle. The frame may include a rail portion that includes at least two rails that define the opening.

Abstract: One feature pertains to a pelvic harness comprising a tab having a first surface that is adapted to secure to at least a portion of a superior pubic skin region, and a saddle having a first surface adapted to secure to at least a portion of a perineal-anal region. The tab may be positioned at a first end of the pelvic harness, and the saddle may be positioned at a second, opposite end of the pelvic harness. The pelvic harness may further comprise a frame having a first end and a second end, where the frame's first end is coupled to the tab and the second end is coupled to the saddle. A portion of the frame may form an opening positioned in between the tab and the saddle. The frame may include a rail portion that includes at least two rails that define the opening.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of removing contaminants from a hydroprocessing feed stream. More specifically, the invention relates to a method of removing contaminants from a hydroprocessing feed stream which originates in a Fischer-Tropsch reactor using a guard bed that employs a temperature profile.

Abstract: A system having a movable platform including synthesis gas production, synthetic crude production and product upgrading is provided. The system may include one or more movable platforms on which the various production and/or upgrading facilities are located. A process for converting natural gas to hydrocarbon products is also provided where the process occurs on a movable platform. The process may occur on one or more operationally connected vessels. The movable platform may be any of a number of movable or transportable bases on which process equipment may be placed and/or in which hydrocarbon products may be stored.

Abstract: A transportation fuel or blending stock for a transportation fuel which contains substantially no FT oxygenates and no sulfur is provided. An economical method of producing a transportation fuel or blending stock which eliminates oxygenates and which does not cause any significant yield loss is also provided.

Abstract: A system having a movable platform including synthesis gas production, synthetic crude production and product upgrading is provided. The system may include one or more movable platforms on which the various production and/or upgrading facilities are located. A process for converting natural gas to hydrocarbon products is also provided where the process occurs on a movable platform. The process may occur on one or more operationally connected vessels. The movable platform may be any of a number of movable or transportable bases on which process equipment may be placed and/or in which hydrocarbon products may be stored.

Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a composition for controlling wellbore fluid and gas invasion including methods for using said composition. The composition of the invention is a flowable slurry preferably comprising about 70 to 30% by weight of magnesium oxychloride and about 70 to 30% by weight of water. The composition is a flowable slurry at composition temperatures below about 60° C. and sets to form a substantially solid mass upon reaching a composition temperature of about 60-68° C. The phase transition is rapid, thereby limiting or avoiding formation of gel states which contribute to incomplete wellbore seals. The rapid set of the slurry further avoids invasive contamination of earthen formations surrounding the wellbore. The composition has a near-linear relationship between the time required for the phase transition to occur and the composition temperature at which the phase transition occurs.

Abstract: At start-up, a bed of pellets derived from pulp mill residual liquor is fluidized by feeding preheated air to the bed to initially raise the temperature of the bed to a temperature at which a particulate ligno-cellulosic auxiliary solid fuel may be completely consumed (800.degree.-850.degree. F.

Abstract: A mixture of wood chips and impregnation liquor is continuously passed through an impregnation zone, the mixture is agitated throughout said impregnation zone to maintain the consistency of the mixture constant and the residence time of the chips uniform throughout said impregnation zone, the mixture is withdrawn from said impregnation zone, excess liquor is removed from the chips and said chips are then digested in a cooking zone.

Abstract: A positioning device for a critical aircraft surface, such as a stabilizing elevator in a helicopter, includes a pair of reversible electric jack-screw type actuators acting in series, each being controlled in a closed-loop fashion by separate electronic hardware, the position of each as well as the rate of change thereof being compared with the other, against limits which, according to the invention, are relatively broader at low speeds and are tightened at higher speeds. If either of the positions or the rate of change of positions of the two actuators fail to track within the variable threshold disparity, an alarm condition is manifested and the actuators are disconnected from automatic control and rendered operable by manual control.

Abstract: A circuit responsive to a change in the state of a switch for suppressing spurious electrical pulses associated with switch contact opening and closing. The suppression circuit includes a dual Schmitt trigger having its individual trigger circuits connected in series and having the input of the first trigger stage clamped to a first output of the first trigger stage to delay firing of the trigger circuits until switching transients have subsided. The dual trigger is provided with an output disable input whereby outputs of the series connected trigger circuits may be caused to assume a high resistance state thereby permitting a plurality of the suppression circuits to be connected between input switches and a common logic bus.