Abstract: An apparatus for applying a tire dressing fluid to a tire surface is provided. The apparatus includes a tire engagement arm having an applicator manifold and leveling pad. The applicator manifold has an opening for receiving a tire dressing fluid and a plurality of openings for dispensing the tire dressing fluid directly onto the tire surface. The leveling pad is provided for engaging the tire surface and spreading the tire dressing fluid over the tire surface. A method for applying a tire dressing fluid onto a tire surface is provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to data processing, and more specifically to a web identifier that embeds an instruction set for navigating through one or more World-Wide-Web (WWW) pages, and a specialized web browser for processing the web identifier.

Abstract: An apparatus for applying a tire dressing fluid to a tire surface is provided. The apparatus includes a tire engagement arm having an applicator manifold and leveling pad. The applicator manifold has an opening for receiving a tire dressing fluid and a plurality of openings for dispensing the tire dressing fluid directly onto the tire surface. The leveling pad is provided for engaging the tire surface and spreading the tire dressing fluid over the tire surface. A method for applying a tire dressing fluid onto a tire surface is provided.

Abstract: An apparatus for applying a tire dressing fluid to a tire surface is provided. The apparatus includes a tire engagement arm having an applicator manifold and leveling pad. The applicator manifold has an opening for receiving a tire dressing fluid and a plurality of openings for dispensing the tire dressing fluid directly onto the tire surface. The leveling pad is provided for engaging the tire surface and spreading the tire dressing fluid over the tire surface. A method for applying a tire dressing fluid onto a tire surface is provided.

Abstract: A floor finish is provided including a film former, a lightness inducing agent, and a diluent. The floor finish composition includes a film former, a lightness inducing agent, and a diluent, with the lightness inducing agent being included in an amount sufficient for the composition to provide, when evaluated using a hardened finish having a thickness of about 0.005 mm on a LENETA Form 5C Opacity chart and a MINISCAN XE Plus color spectrophotometer having 45° illumination and a 0° viewing geometry (a) an increased lightness value L* on the black portion of the chart and (b) a contrast ratio (CR0.80) less than about 0.7 when evaluated on the black and white portions of the chart. Laminates, methods for treating a floor, and kits are also provided.

Abstract: A jobsite-renewable floor finish comprising a film former and an appropriate amount of a lightness-inducing pigment provides a translucent hardened finish layer having an increased lightness value (as evaluated in relation to an appropriate color space) and a cleaner appearance than a finish made without such pigment.

Abstract: A jobsite-renewable floor finish comprising a film former and an appropriate amount of a lightness-inducing agent comprising a core-shell polymer system or sheathed polymer system provides a translucent hardened finish layer having an increased lightness value (as evaluated in relation to an appropriate color space) and a cleaner appearance than a finish made without such pigment.

Abstract: A jobsite-renewable floor finish comprising a film former and an appropriate amount of a lightness-inducing agent provides a translucent hardened finish layer having an increased lightness value (as evaluated in relation to an appropriate color space) and a cleaner appearance than a finish made without such pigment.

Abstract: The system includes a receiver for receiving a bit stream; an error monitor for indicating a first error rate for a first set of data received in the bit stream; and an adjustable circuit for converting an incoming signal into the bit stream using a reference signal that is modulated using a control signal. The system also includes a subsystem for correlating the first error rate and the control signal to generate the reference signal. The control signal has an amplitude that is selected so that a second set of data received in the bit stream has a second error rate that is less than the first error rate.

Abstract: An apparatus for treating fabrics in a tumble dryer including a holder having at least one securement device for retaining a dryer sheet. The holder is inherently form-retaining and of such shape as to be readily tumbled with laundry in a tumble dryer, or it can be mounted to the inside surface of said tumble dryer.

Abstract: Compositions and methods of the invention include: providing a wet fabric; contacting the wet fabric with a compound of formula (I): where X? is an anion, R, R1 and R2 are independently selected from (C1-C4)alkyl, or (C1-C4)alkoxy, R3 is a polyoxyalkylene chain of formula: where, n is 35-45; or a compound of formula (II): where R is a (C1-C25)alkyl, (C1-C25)alkoxy, (C1-C25)alkenyl, n is 1-50, m is 1-50; and removing water from the wet fabric.

Abstract: A coating composition includes a material adapted to form a coating; and a material that fluoresces when exposed to U.V. light or the material adapted to form a coating contains a U.V. blocker disposed on a U.V. indicator. A kit containing a U.V. indicator and material adapted to form a coating containing a U.V. blocker. Methods of coating a substrate with the coating compositions are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for cleaning an article with an intermediate concentration cleaning composition, and to the compositions. The method includes contacting the article with the intermediate concentration cleaning composition and then contacting the article with the composition diluted.

Abstract: A coating composition includes a material adapted to form a coating; and a material that fluoresces when exposed to U.V. light or the material adapted to form a coating contains a U.V. blocker disposed on a U.V. indicator. A kit containing a U.V. indicator and material adapted to form a coating containing a U.V. blocker. Methods of coating a substrate with the coating compositions are also disclosed.

Abstract: An apparatus for applying a tire dressing fluid to a tire surface is provided. The apparatus includes a tire engagement arm having an applicator manifold and leveling pad. The applicator manifold has an opening for receiving a tire dressing fluid and a plurality of openings for dispensing the tire dressing fluid directly onto the tire surface. The leveling pad is provided for engaging the tire surface and spreading the tire dressing fluid over the tire surface. A method for applying a tire dressing fluid onto a tire surface is provided.

Abstract: An apparatus for applying a tire dressing fluid to a tire surface is provided. The apparatus includes a tire engagement arm having an applicator manifold and leveling pad. The applicator manifold has an opening for receiving a tire dressing fluid and a plurality of openings for dispensing the tire dressing fluid directly onto the tire surface. The leveling pad is provided for engaging the tire surface and spreading the tire dressing fluid over the tire surface. The apparatus additionally includes at least two swing arms and an anchor. The at least two swing arms have a first end rotatably attached to the tire engagement arm, and a second end rotatably attached to the anchor. A method for applying a tire dressing fluid onto a tire surface is provided.

Abstract: An apparatus for treating fabrics in a tumble dryer including a holder having at least one securement device for retaining a dryer sheet. The holder is inherently form-retaining and of such shape as to be readily tumbled with laundry in a tumble dryer, or it can be mounted to the inside surface of said tumble dryer.

Abstract: An apparatus for applying a tire dressing fluid to a tire surface is provided. The apparatus includes a tire engagement arm having an applicator manifold and leveling pad. The applicator manifold has an opening for receiving a tire dressing fluid and a plurality of openings for dispensing the tire dressing fluid directly onto the tire surface. The leveling pad is provided for engaging the tire surface and spreading the tire dressing fluid over the tire surface. The apparatus additionally includes at least two swing arms and an anchor. The at least two swing arms have a first end rotatably attached to the tire engagement arm, and a second end rotatably attached to the anchor. A method for applying a tire dressing fluid onto a tire surface is provided.

Abstract: A method and apparatus provide for an automated fragrance dispenser for the application of a fragrance to dry fabrics during an industrial laundering process. In one embodiment, the fragrance dispenser is positioned outside the dryer, and preferably on the exit side of the steam tunnel in the laundering process. The fragrance dispenser includes a sensor for determining whether the garment passing on the conveyor is the type of garment to which the fragrance is to be applied, for example, a uniform shirt versus pants. The fragrance dispenser also includes a delivery system for applying the fragrance to selected garments. The delivery system also includes a timing device for dispensing the fragrance onto the garment for a controlled amount of time. In an alternative embodiment of the present invention, automated application of the fragrance to fabrics is provided in the dryer within the laundering process.

Abstract: An improved method for modeling electrical behavior in a MOSFET semiconductor device is disclosed wherein a rate equation qualitatively predicts electrical behavior, including electron migration and current, across a boundary imposed by the difference in doping the source and the channel. Quantitative values of the electrical behavior are skewed when doping levels in the device are unknown. However, the qualitative result may be used, regardless of knowledge of the doping levels, to design MOSFET devices which exhibit more desirable electric behavior. The rate equation may further be used to simulate the behavior of a MOSFET device in a computer simulation program. Because mobility and diffusion factors, which break down with shrinking gate dimensions, are eliminated from the instant rate equation, the electrical behavior of smaller devices is simpler to calculate than with classical rate equations.