Abstract: A connector is used to connect a gases supply to a user. The user can be fitted with an interface, such as a cannula, while the gases supply can include a conduit. The connector interfaces between the conduit and the interface. The connector has a female assembly and a male assembly that connect together, such as by push fit. The male assembly includes an inner portion sized and configured to mate with a first female connector and an outer portion sized and configured to alternatively mate with a second female connector.

Abstract: A downhole setting system for use in a wellbore, the system having a workstring, a setting tool assembly coupled with the workstring, and a downhole tool coupled with the setting tool assembly in a run-in configuration. In a set configuration the downhole tool is disconnected from the setting tool assembly.

Abstract: A controller controlling zones of a multi-zone pneumatic mattress comprises a plurality of variable pressure reducing valves, and may be either manually operated, and includes plug-in connectors for removal connection to plural air circuits of the mattress. A single master control can operate the variable pressure reducing valves simultaneously.

Abstract: A withdrawer computing device may send to an application server device a cash withdrawal request for a cash withdrawal of an amount of physical cash. The withdrawer computing device may then receive from the application server device a quote of a cash withdrawal fee for the cash withdrawal, obtain an acceptance of the quote, and send a notification of the acceptance to the application server device. The withdrawer computing device may also receive an indication that the cash withdrawal has been completed, and transmit to the application server device confirmation that the cash withdrawal has been completed. A withdrawer electronic funds account may then be debited by the amount of physical cash and the cash withdrawal fee and a depositor electronic funds account may then be credited by the amount of physical cash and the cash withdrawal fee.

Abstract: The present invention provides a breathing assistance apparatus that has a convenient and effective method of cleaning internal conduits inside the apparatus. The breathing assistance apparatus is preferably a gases supply and humidification device. The cleaning method is a method of disinfection that is automated so minimal training is required to disinfect in particular an internal elbow conduit within the device. It is therefore not necessary to dismantle the gases supply and humidification device, therefore, inadvertent damage to the internal parts of the device is avoided. The present invention also provides a method of disinfecting a heated breathing conduit and a patient interface.

Abstract: In some examples, a magnetic shield for a plasma source is provided. An example magnetic shield comprises a back-shell. The back-shell includes a cage defined, at least in part, by an arrangement of bars of ferro-magnetic material. The cage is sized and configured to at least extend over a top side of an RF source coil for the plasma source.

Abstract: A method and computing system for providing a non-gambling game are disclosed. A computing system receives individual registration data and determines whether the registration data corresponds to a base or premium tier. A premium tier can be provided if the player previously enrolled in a membership subscription with an entity associated with the provider of the game. Upon receiving a start input, and without any requirement of payment for a wager, the computing system operates the game. Upon detecting a trigger event, such as the end of a turn of the game where a pattern of symbols has become certain, the computing system makes a payout determination. The mode of game operation differs in response to base and premium tier registration data.

Abstract: A connector is used to connect a gases supply to a user. The user can be fitted with an interface, such as a cannula, while the gases supply can include a conduit. The connector interfaces between the conduit and the interface. The connector has a female assembly and a male assembly that connect together, such as by push fit. The male assembly includes an inner portion sized and configured to mate with a first female connector and an outer portion sized and configured to alternatively mate with a second female connector.

Abstract: A motor vehicle air conditioning system includes an internal air guiding device with a plurality of warm air ducts at the end of a warm air path and at an entrance to a mixing space, each warm air duct being designed to guide warm air to at least one air outlet, that is to say, in a direction of at least one defrost outlet, at least one ventilation outlet, or at least one footwell outlet. The warm air ducts are each designed to be open on one side along a predominant part of the course of the warm air ducts in a longitudinal direction of the warm air ducts.

Abstract: The breathing assistance apparatus of the present invention includes a manifold that is provided with or retrofittable to gases supply and humidifying devices. The manifold allows gases from an oxygen concentrator to be combined with the flow through a gases supply and humidifying device, most usually air. The combined output of oxygen and other breathing gases (air) is then humidified. The breathing assistance apparatus and manifold of the present invention provides a safe method to add oxygen to the input air stream of a gases supply and humidifying device and reduces the amount of accumulation of oxygen within the gases supply device, reducing fire risk should sparking occur within the device.

Abstract: An enamel paste composition is provided for fabricating a coated glass article includes a glass substrate, an enamel layer disposed on the glass substrate, and a thin coating having a thickness of no greater than 0.5 micrometres disposed on the enamel layer. The enamel paste composition is formulated such that it provides a smooth surface and does not crystallize during processing of the coated glass article, thereby improving the quality of the thin coating disposed thereon.

Abstract: The breathing assistance apparatus of the present invention includes a manifold that is provided with or retrofittable to gases supply and humidifying devices. The manifold allows gases from an oxygen concentrator to be combined with the flow through a gases supply and humidifying device, most usually air. The combined output of oxygen and other breathing gases (air) is then humidified. The breathing assistance apparatus and manifold of the present invention provides a safe method to add oxygen to the input air stream of a gases supply and humidifying device and reduces the amount of accumulation of oxygen within the gases supply device, reducing fire risk should sparking occur within the device.

Abstract: The present invention provides a breathing assistance apparatus that has a convenient and effective method of cleaning internal conduits inside the apparatus. The breathing assistance apparatus is preferably a gases supply and humidification device. The cleaning method is a method of disinfection that is automated so minimal training is required to disinfect in particular an internal elbow conduit within the device. It is therefore not necessary to dismantle the gases supply and humidification device, therefore, inadvertent damage to the internal parts of the device is avoided. The present invention also provides a method of disinfecting a heated breathing conduit and a patient interface.

Abstract: A notification appliance is disclosed and includes a sound engine that generates sound according to an acoustic pattern and the power control that regulates input voltage to the sound engine that is matched to the acoustic pattern. A method of powering a sounder is also disclosed and includes providing a constant input current and regulating an input voltage to a phase of a sound engine corresponding with an acoustic signal generated by a sound engine.

Abstract: A plugging device for multistage fracturing wherein a stopper assembly is installed in the plugging device in manner that allows pressure integrity from above the plugging device, and the stopper assembly is further configured to allow a bore of the plugging device to open with an at least minimal pressure from therebelow in order to remove a stopper from the stopper assembly in order to open a flow path through the plugging device in either direction.

Abstract: A hospital bed has an inclinable backrest, a pneumatic mattress, and an automatically acting mechanical air pressure control for the mattress. The pressure control includes a gravity responsive valve between the backrest and another zone of the mattress. A weighted mass in the pressure control urges the valve to move to a desired position and may counter a biasing member acting on the valve. The weighted mass may prevail against the biasing member when the backrest is upright but may yield to the biasing member when the backrest has been lowered. With the backrest upright, pneumatic cells of the backrest may be isolated from the other zone of the mattress. With an air source arranged to inflate the other zone, that portion of the mattress exposed to greater weight of a patient, as would occur with the backrest upright, enjoys increased air pressure.

Abstract: The breathing assistance apparatus of the present invention includes a manifold that is provided with or retrofittable to gases supply and humidifying devices. The manifold allows gases from an oxygen concentrator to be combined with the flow through a gases supply and humidifying device, most usually air. The combined output of oxygen and other breathing gases (air) is then humidified. The breathing assistance apparatus and manifold of the present invention provides a safe method to add oxygen to the input air stream of a gases supply and humidifying device and reduces the amount of accumulation of oxygen within the gases supply device, reducing fire risk should sparking occur within the device.

Abstract: A downhole system for multistage fracturing wherein a stopper assembly is installed in a plugging device in manner that allows pressure integrity from above the plugging device, and the stopper assembly is further configured to allow a bore of the plugging device to open with an at least minimal pressure from therebelow in order to remove a stopper from a baffle in order to open a flow path through the plugging device in either direction.