Abstract: A method of manufacturing marine riser buoyancy elements includes providing a master mold and mold inserts such that a range of buoyancy elements may be manufactured from one master mold and providing the mold inserts such that an annular space between the riser main conduit and the buoyancy elements, or a groove width between the buoyancy elements may be varied during manufacture.

Abstract: A substantially cylindrical buoyancy module for a marine riser includes a plurality of buoyancy elements separated along at least one helical separation plane.

Abstract: A fuel assembly for a nuclear reactor that employs dissimilar materials for the fuel assembly grid and the control rod guide thimbles. The guide thimbles are secured to the grid employing a through grid cell sleeve that is welded to the grid and spot weld rings that are secured over the sleeve and welded directly to the guide tube through windows in the sleeve.

Abstract: A method may include receiving untrusted digital media; converting the untrusted digital media into an analog signal; converting the analog signal into trusted digital media; and storing the trusted digital media.

Abstract: A threaded pipe connection includes a pin member having an external thread increasing in width in one direction, a box member having an internal thread increasing in width in an opposite direction so that complementary internal and external threads move into engagement upon make-up of the connection, and at least one contact zone in which the pin member and box member are in sealed contact.

Abstract: A threaded pipe connection including a pin member having an external thread increasing in width in one direction, the external thread including load and stab flanks, a box member having an internal thread increasing in width in the other direction so that complementary internal and external threads move into engagement upon make-up of the connection, the internal thread comprising load and stab flanks, a positive stop torque shoulder, and wherein the width of the internal thread and external thread are selected to provide a selected clearance at least between the internal load and stab flanks and the external load and stab flanks upon initial engagement of the positive stop torque shoulder is disclosed.

Abstract: A method may include receiving untrusted digital media; converting the untrusted digital media into an analog signal; converting the analog signal into trusted digital media; and storing the trusted digital media.

Abstract: A vapor recovery spout for a portable fuel container. The spout includes an inner sleeve attached to the container to provide a fuel flow passage through the spout. The passage has an outlet port for fuel to flow through into a tank. A sliding sleeve is mounted on the inner sleeve for sliding axial movement from an outwardly extended position to a retracted position. A radially extending annular seal is mounted on the sliding sleeve for sealing the fuel tank opening when the spout is inserted. Vapor recovery passages are provided between the inner sleeve and the sliding sleeve for displaced vapor to flow from the tank to the container. The sliding sleeve closes the fuel passage and the vapor recovery passageways when in its extended position and opens the fuel passage and the vapor recovery passageways when in its retracted position. A spring urges the sliding sleeve to its extended position.

Abstract: A no-spill, automatic-shutoff, vapor-recovery spout (12) for transmitting a volatile liquid, such as fuel, from a container (10) into a tank. The spout comprises a structure having one end connected to and sealed to said container (10), and a second end to be inserted into, and forming a tank seal (56) with, the opening (54) of said tank. The spout includes a conduit (52) which conducts said fuel from said container through said tank seal into said tank, and a second conduit (48) which conducts vapor and air, in the opposite direction, through said tank seal from said sealed tank into the container. Said tank seal is in the form of a cone-shaped collar integral with a spring biased sliding sleeve (20), with the smaller end of said cone facing said tank opening, and having a smooth, continuous, and resilient sealing surface. The cone-shaped collar fits into and seals the range of tank opening diameters normally used with off-road, internal combustion engines.

Abstract: A threaded pipe connection including a pin member having an external thread increasing in width in one direction, the external thread including load and stab flanks, a box member having an internal thread increasing in width in the other direction so that complementary internal and external threads move into engagement upon make-up of the connection, the internal thread comprising load and stab flanks, a positive stop torque shoulder, and wherein the width of the internal thread and external thread are selected to provide a selected clearance at least between the internal load and stab flanks and the external load and stab flanks upon initial engagement of the positive stop torque shoulder is disclosed.

Abstract: Security paper, security documents made from the security paper, and processes for making the security paper, are provided. A filament is bonded and embedded into paper which has previously been manufactured. The filament is bonded to the paper by an adhesive, or by heat and pressure. The filament is embedded into the paper by pressure applied by rolls. The filament may be imprinted with printed matter for visual confirmation of document authenticity. The filament may include any combination of security features, such as reflective filaments, fluorescent filaments, and high tensile strength filaments.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to the deliberate cancellation of MICR-readable documents by applying a penetrating ink through the MICR line of the document wherein the ink contains magnetic particles which disrupt the reading of the MICR line by the MICR reader. The magnetic particles in the ink do not penetrate along with the other ink components, but remain on or near the surface of the document. These extraneous magnetic particles interfere with MICR readers by preventing accurate reading of the encoded MICR characters and cause the MICR reader to reject such a document from normal processing automatically.

Abstract: Security paper, security documents made from the security paper, and processes for making the security paper, are provided. A filament is bonded and embedded into paper which has previously been manufactured. The filament is bonded to the paper by an adhesive, or by heat and pressure. The filament is embedded into the paper by pressure applied by rolls. The filament may be imprinted with printed matter for visual confirmation of document authenticity. The filament may include any combination of security features, such as reflective filaments, fluorescent filaments, and high tensile strength filaments.

Abstract: Security paper, security documents made from the security paper, and processes for making the security paper, are provided. A groove is formed in paper and a security element is positioned or bonded within the groove. A coating is applied over the security element so that the coating covers at least a portion of the security element and is coplanar with the surface of the paper. The security element may include any combination of security features for verification of document authenticity.

Abstract: A self-wringing absorbent device includes a handle (10) with a pair of brackets (12) extending from opposite ends. Each bracket terminates in an archway (16). The brackets are connected on opposite sides by first and second bases (14). A retraction bar (22) is mounted between the brackets for slidable movement towards and away from the handle. The retraction bar is mounted to a hinged platen (28) against which the bases bear and in which the hinge (30) is aligned with and substantially centered under the two archways. When the retraction bar is drawn towards the handle by the action of the fingers of the hand grasping the handle, the hinge of the platen is drawn upwards, the bases bear against the sides of the platen forcing them to fold about the hinge and be drawn into the archways, compressing a pad mounted to the platen. In an alternative embodiment, the absorbent device includes flared ends (43) on the brackets (42) extending from the handle (40).

Abstract: A method of forming bicomponent fibers in a sheath-core relationship in a spinning pack that incorporates a plurality of adjacent plates that define predetermined flow paths therein for a sheath component and a core component to direct the respective components into the sheath-core relationship. The method comprises maintaining the differential pressure in the spinning pack between the sheath component and the core component low enough to avoid leaks and doglegging, while maintaining the total spinning pack pressure low enough to prevent leaks and doglegging.