Abstract: A kitchen hood assembly includes a combination hood cleaning and fire suppression system. The hood assembly includes a hood structure and a riser connected thereto. An exhaust blower forces an exhaust stream of air into the hood and through the riser. A combination hood cleaning and fire suppression system is incorporated into the hood structure. The combination hood cleaning and fire suppression system includes an elongated spray bar that is connected to a water source and includes a surfactant injector that injects a surfactant into the water being directed to the spray bar. In one mode of operation, the spray bar is effective to clean the hood assembly. In another mode of operation, when a fire is sensed in or in the vicinity of the hood, the same spray bar is utilized to inject an aqueous liquid into the hood to suppress the fire.

Abstract: A kitchen hood assembly includes a combination hood cleaning and fire suppression system. The hood assembly includes a hood structure and a riser connected thereto. An exhaust blower forces an exhaust stream of air into the hood and through the riser. A combination hood cleaning and fire suppression system is incorporated into the hood structure. The combination hood cleaning and fire suppression system includes an elongated spray bar that is connected to a water source and includes a surfactant injector that injects a surfactant into the water being directed to the spray bar. In one mode of operation, the spray bar is effective to clean the hood assembly. In another mode of operation, when a fire is sensed in or in the vicinity of the hood, the same spray bar is utilized to inject an aqueous liquid into the hood to suppress the fire.

Abstract: The invention provides a novel method to reduce the minimum offset time and pre-transmission delay for data in Optical Burst Switching or Labeled Optical Burst Switching or other packet or burst switched systems, as well as in circuit-switched networks. Under this method, a control packet is relayed as soon as it is determined if bandwidth for the data at the output port(s) can be reserved successfully, greatly speeding up the setup and configuration of the Switching Elements. A control packet is processed by a pipeline with up to 6 stages, and in addition, a control packet is processed using multiple processors at each port to speed up the time taken to determine if bandwidth for the corresponding data at the desired output port(s) can be reserved successful.

Abstract: The invention is an unique control method that maintains the bandwidth efficiency of Optical Burst Switched, Labeled Optical Burst Switched, and other burst or packet switched networks. The invention also combines in a novel manner the delayed Reserve-a-Fixed-Duration (RFD) class of switching techniques and special classes of slow Switching Elements.

Abstract: A device includes can be supported on a weapon, and has a range portion that specifies a range to a target, a sensor portion that provides sensor information representing an orientation of the device; and a sight that facilitates weapon orientation in preparation to fire the munition. The device has an electronic control portion responsive to sensor information from the sensor portion and a range from the range portion for calculating how to hit a target with a munition, and for causing the sight to present a visual indication of how to orient the weapon so that the munition will hit the target, the electronic control portion terminating the presentation of the visual indication by the sight in response to a lack of user activity for a selected time interval during the presentation of the visual indication.

Abstract: A device has structure that can support the device on a weapon, and a range portion that specifies a range to a target. A sensor portion provides sensor information representing an orientation of the device, and an electronic control portion is responsive to sensor information from the sensor portion and a range from the range portion for calculating how to hit the target with a munition. The device includes a sight that facilitates weapon orientation in preparation to fire the munition, the sight having an analog indicator that is disposed within its field of view and that is responsive to the electronic control portion for indicating how to orient the weapon so that the munition will hit the target.

Abstract: A device includes structure that can support the device on a weapon. One version of the device includes a first sight that facilitates weapon orientation in preparation to fire a first munition, and a second sight that facilitates weapon orientation in preparation to fire a second munition different from the first munition. A different version includes first and second sights that each facilitate weapon orientation, and an electronic control portion that is operatively coupled to and simultaneously exerts control with respect to each of the first and second sights, the first and second sights each displaying targeting information generated electronically by the electronic control portion.

Abstract: An optical rangefinder includes an optical portion for directing optical radiation from a generator to and through an optical aperture, and for directing reflected energy of the optical radiation that is received back through the aperture to a detector, the optical portion having an optical switch. In a first operational mode the optical switch routes optical radiation from the generator in a manner that facilitates the directing of the optical radiation to and through the optical aperture, and in a second operational mode the optical switch routes the reflected energy in a manner that facilitates the directing of the reflected energy to the detector. A control portion is responsive to the detector, and controls the generator and the optical switch.

Abstract: A device has structure that can support the device on a weapon, and a range portion that specifies a range to a target. A sensor portion provides sensor information representing an orientation of the device, and an electronic control portion is responsive to sensor information from the sensor portion and a range from the range portion for calculating how to hit the target with each of first and second munitions that are different.

Abstract: An apparatus has a rangefinder portion that includes: a radiation generator which emits radiation having a selected wavelength; a radiation detector which detects radiation having the selected wavelength; and an optical portion which includes a non-reciprocal optical part. The optical portion routes radiation emitted by the radiation generator at the selected wavelength through the non-reciprocal optical part and then through an aperture toward a location remote from the apparatus, and also routes radiation received via the aperture at the selected wavelength through the non-reciprocal optical part and then to the radiation detector.

Abstract: An apparatus includes first and second portions. The first portion has optics which cause first radiation within a selected waveband to travel along a path of travel and to have a selected field of view. The second portion introduces second radiation within the selected waveband into the field of view, without any significant degradation of a transmission efficiency of the first radiation along the path of travel. The second radiation then travels with the first radiation along the path of travel.

Abstract: An integrated network architecture called Labeled Analog Burst Switching (LABS) using enhanced/extended MPLS as a control plane and extended Optical Burst Switching as a switching paradigm that avoids the need for buffer memory or other data delay devices at intermediate nodes is proposed. The structure of a LABS node and the AP interface between an edge LABS node and protocol data unit devices such as electronic LSR's are proposed, so are the structure of a LABS control packet, burst assembly/disassembly methods, methods for fault detection/localization and recovering from lost bursts, and LABS specific information for distribution using extended IGP protocols for traffic engineering.

Abstract: The invention is an unique control method that maintains the bandwidth efficiency of Optical Burst Switched, Labeled Optical Burst Switched, and other burst or packet switched networks. The invention also combines in a novel manner the delayed Reserve-a-Fixed-Duration (RFD) class of switching techniques and special classes of slow Switching Elements.

Abstract: The invention provides a novel method to reduce the minimum offset time and pre-transmission delay for each data burst in Optical Burst Switching or Labeled Optical Burst Switching or other packet or burst switched systems. Under this method, the control packet is relayed as soon as it is determined if bandwidth for the data burst at the data burst output port(s) can be reserved successfully, greatly speeding up the setup and configuration of the Switching Element.