Abstract: A machine comprises a pick and place stage and includes a plurality of releasable connectors. A support material is wound over rollers onto a storage roller or spool. The backing support material provides a substantially flat surface upon which a sheet of flexible material is placed by the pick and place stage. The sheet of material and the backing support material are then wound onto the storage roller or spool which may be removed for storage and/or transportation. Delicate sheets of pieces of flat material, such as carbon fibre, may thus be protected from damage during handling, storage and transportation that may otherwise result in damage to the material. The process is reversed to lay down the material, for example into a mould, during manufacture of, for example, an aeroplane wing.

Abstract: The described techniques relate to an improved method for geothermal imaging. The method may include obtaining raw seismic data from seismic receivers distributed with reference to a geological zone and detecting a tremor event from the raw seismic data. The detecting may include generating processed seismic data from the raw seismic data; generating spectral representations; generating, for pairs of seismic receivers, a covariance matrix including a cross-spectra between pairs of the spectral representations; generating a time-frequency representation of the processed seismic data; fitting synthetic resonance spectra to the time-frequency representation of the processed seismic data on a per-time-instance basis; and identifying a subset of the processed seismic data based on the fitting, where the subset of the processed seismic data is representative of the tremor event. After detecting the tremor event, method may include outputting candidate locations representative of a source of the tremor event.

Abstract: Pistols have a body having a grip, the grip defining a magazine passage, the body having a trigger guard defining a trigger space, the body having an upper surface, the body having a first mounting facility, an upper frame assembly removably connected to the body in a connected position, the upper frame assembly including a trigger element extending into the trigger space when in the connected position, a protrusion extending upward from the upper surface of the body, the protrusion having a forward-facing first bearing surface, and the upper frame assembly having a rear-facing second bearing surface adapted to abut the first bearing surface when in the connected position to transmit recoil forces from the upper frame assembly to the body. The upper frame assembly may have a slide rail. The upper frame assembly may define a horizontal slide plane.

Abstract: Pistols have a body having a grip, the grip defining a magazine passage, the body having a trigger guard defining a trigger space, the body having an upper surface, the body having a first mounting facility, an upper frame assembly removably connected to the body in a connected position, the upper frame assembly including a trigger element extending into the trigger space when in the connected position, a protrusion extending upward from the upper surface of the body, the protrusion having a forward-facing first bearing surface, and the upper frame assembly having a rear-facing second bearing surface adapted to abut the first bearing surface when in the connected position to transmit recoil forces from the upper frame assembly to the body. The upper frame assembly may have a slide rail. The upper frame assembly may define a horizontal slide plane.

Abstract: Pistols have a body having a grip, the grip defining a magazine passage adapted to receive a magazine, the grip having opposed left and right side walls and a front portion and an opposed rear portion, the front portion of the grip including a first front strap attachment facility, a front strap element having a second front strap attachment facility adapted to removably connect to the first front strap attachment facility, and the front portion of the grip defining a front path and the front strap element being an elongated element movable along the front path, such that the front strap element is removable for replacement by an alternate front strap element. A funnel element may be adapted for connection to the frame at a lower rim of the grip at an installed position.

Abstract: Pistols have a body having a grip, the grip defining an elongated magazine passage adapted to receive a magazine and defining a magazine axis, the grip having opposed left and right side walls and a front portion and an opposed rear portion, the body having an upper portion having a first linear interface element aligned with an attachment axis offset from the magazine axis, and a removable backstrap element adapted to overlay the rear portion of the grip and having a second linear interface element adapted to removably connect to the first linear interface element. The pistol frame may include slide rails defining a slide plane, and the first linear interface element may be parallel to the slide plane. The first linear interface element and the second linear interface element may comprise a sliding interface. The sliding interface may be a dovetail feature.

Abstract: A decocking safety lever for use with an external hammer shotgun includes a safety rod selectively positionable between a safe position wherein squeezing of the trigger is prevented; a fire position wherein squeezing of the trigger fires a shotgun shell; and a decocked positioned wherein the hammer is positioned in a decocked position and unable to fire the shotgun shell.

Abstract: Pistols have a body having a grip, the body having a trigger guard, the body having an upper slide interface surface defining a slide interface plane, the body having a first mounting facility at a forward end below the slide interface plane and at a level above at least a portion of the trigger guard, a dust cover having a rear end having a second mounting facility adapted to removably dock with the first mounting facility in an attached position, the dust cover defining an upper surface in the slide interface plane when the dust cover is in the attached position, and the first mounting facility and second mounting facility comprising a sliding interface. The sliding interface may be a dovetail feature.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to oral care compositions. In particular, the present disclosure relates to oral care compositions comprising sucralose and sodium saccharin, while being substantially free of other sugars or sugar alcohols.

Abstract: The present invention is a semi-automatic pistol receiver assembly comprising multiple removable parts rather than single piece construction normally used in semi-automatic pistols.

Abstract: Pistols have a body having a grip, the grip defining a magazine passage, the body having a trigger guard defining a trigger space, the body having an upper surface, the body having a first mounting facility, an upper frame assembly removably connected to the body in a connected position, the upper frame assembly including a trigger element extending into the trigger space when in the connected position, a protrusion extending upward from the upper surface of the body, the protrusion having a forward-facing first bearing surface, and the upper frame assembly having a rear-facing second bearing surface adapted to abut the first bearing surface when in the connected position to transmit recoil forces from the upper frame assembly to the body. The upper frame assembly may have a slide rail. The upper frame assembly may define a horizontal slide plane.

Abstract: Pistols have a body having a grip, the grip defining an elongated magazine passage adapted to receive a magazine and defining a magazine axis, the grip having opposed left and right side walls and a front portion and an opposed rear portion, the body having an upper portion having a first linear interface element aligned with an attachment axis offset from the magazine axis, and a removable backstrap element adapted to overlay the rear portion of the grip and having a second linear interface element adapted to removably connect to the first linear interface element. The pistol frame may include slide rails defining a slide plane, and the first linear interface element may be parallel to the slide plane. The first linear interface element and the second linear interface element may comprise a sliding interface. The sliding interface may be a dovetail feature.

Abstract: Pistols have a body having a grip, the grip defining a magazine passage adapted to receive a magazine, the grip having opposed left and right side walls and a front portion and an opposed rear portion, the front portion of the grip including a first front strap attachment facility, a front strap element having a second front strap attachment facility adapted to removably connect to the first front strap attachment facility, and the front portion of the grip defining a front path and the front strap element being an elongated element movable along the front path, such that the front strap element is removable for replacement by an alternate front strap element. A funnel element may be adapted for connection to the frame at a lower rim of the grip at an installed position.

Abstract: The present invention is a semi-automatic pistol receiver assembly comprising multiple removable parts rather than single piece construction normally used in semi-automatic pistols.

Abstract: A decocking safety lever for use with an external hammer shotgun includes a safety rod selectively positionable between a safe position wherein squeezing of the trigger is prevented; a fire position wherein squeezing of the trigger fires a shotgun shell; and a decocked positioned wherein the hammer is positioned in a decocked position and unable to fire the shotgun shell.

Abstract: A decocking safety lever for use with an external hammer shotgun includes a safety rod selectively positionable between a safe position wherein squeezing of the trigger is prevented; a fire position wherein squeezing of the trigger fires a shotgun shell; and a decocked positioned wherein the hammer is positioned in a decocked position and unable to fire the shotgun shell.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to oral care compositions. In particular, the present disclosure relates to oral care compositions comprising sucralose and sodium saccharin, while being substantially free of other sugars or sugar alcohols.

Abstract: The present invention relates to transgenic animals, as well as compositions and methods relating to the characterization of gene function. Specifically, the present invention provides transgenic mice comprising disruptions in PRO224, PRO9783, PRO1108, PRO34000, PRO240, PRO943, hu A33, PRO230, PRO178, PRO1199, PRO4333, PRO1336, PRO19598, PRO1083, hu TRPM2 or PRO1801 genes. Such in vivo studies and characterizations may provide valuable identification and discovery of therapeutics and/or treatments useful in the prevention, amelioration or correction of diseases or dysfunctions associated with gene disruptions such as neurological disorders; cardiovascular, endothelial or angiogenic disorders; eye abnormalities; immunological disorders; oncological disorders; bone metabolic abnormalities or disorders; lipid metabolic disorders; or developmental abnormalities.

Abstract: The present invention relates to transgenic animals, as well as compositions and methods relating to the characterization of gene function. Specifically, the present invention provides transgenic mice comprising disruptions in PRO69122, PRO204, PRO214, PRO222, PRO234, PRO265, PRO309, PRO332, PRO342, PRO356, PRO540, PRO618, PRO944, PRO994, PRO1079, PRO1110, PRO1122, PRO1138, PRO1190, PRO1272, PRO1286, PRO1295, PRO1309, PRO1316, PRO1383, PRO1384, PRO1431, PRO1434, PRO1475, PRO1481, PRO1568, PRO1573, PRO1599, PRO1604, PRO1605, PRO1693, PRO1753, PRO1755, PRO1777, PRO1788, PRO1864, PRO1925, PRO1926, PRO3566, PRO4330, PRO4423, PRO36935, PRO4977, PRO4979, PRO4980, PRO4981, PRO5801, PRO5995, PRO6001, PRO6095, PRO6182, PRO7170, PRO7171, PRO7436, PRO9912, PRO9917, PRO37337, PRO37496, PRO19646, PRO21718, PRO19820, PRO21201, PRO20026, PRO20110, PRO23203 or PRO35250 genes.