Abstract: Described is an apparatus for moving a container between two positions on a vehicle carrying bed. The apparatus includes a connector that extends away from the container and a container mover, which has a connector end and a vehicle connector end. The connector end is rotatably connected to the connector to permit the container to swing about a connector axis. The vehicle connector end is connected to the vehicle carrying bed to move about a hinge, to allow the container to be actuated to move between the two positions along an arc.

Abstract: The present invention concerns an auto-combustible log comprising at least one air intake connected to a chimney wherein the log is made of wood, wood particle or wood residues wherein the wood, wood particles or wood residues have been treated to destroy any invasive pests, such as insects and fungi.

Abstract: The present invention concerns an auto-combustible log comprising at least one air intake connected to a chimney wherein the log is made of wood, wood particle or wood residues wherein the wood, wood particles or wood residues have been treated to destroy any invasive pests, such as insects and fungi.

Abstract: The window has a sash mounted in a frame, the sash having an electrical system and being selectively operable into one of a closed state and an open state, a lock between the sash and the frame, the lock being selectively operable into one of a locked state and an unlocked state, an electrical connection connecting the frame and the electrical system of the sash, and a sensor-switch device which senses the open state and which causes the electrical connection to be open when the sash is in the open state

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for identifying modern radar systems. A finite state automaton comprising a finite set of states and a set of transitions from state to state that occur in dependence upon an input signal is provided for modeling the radar system. The finite state automaton produces a sequence of output symbols from an output alphabet in dependence upon the state transitions such that the sequence of output symbols corresponds to a received electromagnetic signal emitted from the radar system. The finite state automaton is then transformed into a hidden Markov model such that a sequence of observation symbols produced from an observation alphabet by the hidden Markov model is equal to the sequence of output symbols. The method provides powerful tools for solving electronic warfare problems such the classification problem, the decoding problem, the prediction problem and the training problem.

Abstract: A method for starting a car engine remotely by sensing the car battery voltage using an algorithm that can adjust its K value on a regular basis whenever the remote control is put into learn mode and a manual sequence is carried out prior to starting the car remotely. The device is highly reliable and easy to install due to a reduction in the amount of wires necessary for its installation and functioning. The device can be used for a wide variety of vehicles.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for identifying modern radar systems. A finite state automaton comprising a finite set of states and a set of transitions from state to state that occur in dependence upon an input signal is provided for modeling the radar system. The finite state automaton produces a sequence of output symbols from an output alphabet in dependence upon the state transitions such that the sequence of output symbols corresponds to a received electromagnetic signal emitted from the radar system. The finite state automaton is then transformed into a hidden Markov model such that a sequence of observation symbols produced from an observation alphabet by the hidden Markov model is equal to the sequence of output symbols. The method provides powerful tools for solving electronic warfare problems such the classification problem, the decoding problem, the prediction problem and the training problem.

Abstract: A tachometer apparatus of a remote vehicle starting system for providing tachometric information. The apparatus includes an antenna disposed proximate to the engine compartment of the vehicle and adapted to pick up an RF signal generated by the firing of the spark plugs in the engine compartment. The apparatus also includes an RF detector having the antenna coupled to the input thereof and providing at its output a tachometer signal for coupling to a controller and providing a signal indicative of the running status of the vehicle engine and of the tach speed of the engine.

Abstract: A tachometer apparatus of a remote vehicle starting system for providing tachometric information. The apparatus includes an antenna disposed proximate to the engine compartment of the vehicle and adapted to pick up an RF signal generated by the firing of the spark plugs in the engine compartment. The apparatus also includes an RF detector having the antenna coupled to the input thereof and providing at its output a tachometer signal for coupling to a controller and providing a signal indicative of the running status of the vehicle engine and of the tach speed of the engine.

Abstract: An automatic gain control (AGC) circuit for electromagnetic wave receiving systems, such as radar warning receivers, has a number of N parallel paths to which analog IF input signals are applied with each path being connected to one of N inputs of an output switch. Each path contains a free running sampling analog-to-digital converter (ADC) that digitizes an amplified analog IF input, the digitized signals being applied to inputs of digital delay units whose output are supplied to the output switch's inputs. The amplification in each of the N paths is fixed and staggered to provide different fixed amplifications of the IF input to the ADCs. The AGC has a leading edge trigger (LET), a trailing edge trigger (TET) and a track-and-hold circuit that samples and holds the amplitude of an input pulse starting at the leading edge as demarked by the LET.

Abstract: A corn stalk and straw chip pulping method to greatly improve the yield of pulp by 1) preconditioning the corn stalk with propionic acid when harvesting or by impregnating the straw with HNO.sub.2 in the mill after chip washing, and 2) by pulping the stalk or straw chips in a high-consistency pulper with a KOH liquor, with or without K.sub.2 SO.sub.3, at a 12 to 15 percent consistency at 90.degree. C. for a predetermined time period (30 to 60 minutes). The pulping improvement step increases the yield of corn stalk and straw pulp from approximately 40 percent to 70 to 75 percent.

Abstract: A tool for use with a cartridge gun adapted to dispense a product from a cartridge, the tool having first and second nozzle members with a fluid passageway extending therethrough, the first and second nozzle members being rotatably moveable such that they may be moved through 180.degree. with respect to each other, the nozzle members having an arcuate configuration, and a guide member to guide the dispensing end of the tool through a prescribed path with respect to a fixed object. The tool permits a uniform dispensing at a desired distance and permits the user to dispense the contents into all corners of a room or the like.

Abstract: A system for the culture of mollusca especially oysters or for collecting mollusca larvae in a water stretch. This system is characterized by the presence of a source of gas under pressure, an inflatable and deflatable floatation device, a conduit connecting the gas source to the floatation device, a mechanism for the introduction of gas under pressure into the floatation device in order to inflate it and for the removal of gas from the floatation device in order to deflate it and fastenings associated with the floating device attaching the latter to a grid constituted of a three dimensional grid type arrangement of culture baskets or of a group of mollusca larvae collectors.