Abstract: A grip for a handheld airbrush is described. The grip comprises pliant material piece having a first cylindrical passage that includes an open axial seam and a second cylindrical passage that is closed, where the second substantially cylindrical passage intersects the first substantially cylindrical open passage opposite the open axial seam. The pliant material piece fills area between ends of the first substantially cylindrical passage and of the second substantially cylindrical passage. The grip is installed with the second substantially cylindrical passage over the airbrush handle or stem and the first cylindrical passage around the cylindrical body with the airbrush toggle extending through the open axial seam. Depressed regions on opposite sides of the pliant material piece aid a user's grip. The grip may be employed with a secondary toggle grip for a toggle button of the airbrush.

Abstract: Tooltip generation for zoom feedback is described. In response to the initiation of a zoom operation, a tooltip is generated. The tooltip shows an established potential zoom level that will be used to execute the zoom operation if no other zoom level is established or selected. Multiple potential zoom levels may be shown within the tooltip before the zoom operation is executed.

Abstract: A device streams assets to network-based storage in cooperation with servers administering the network-based storage. The servers manage and secure access to the stream of assets, on both an account level and an asset level, in accordance with asset metadata registered for the assets during streaming, and in accordance with account data associated with the assets being streamed and the device with which the assets are streamed. The servers operate to notify other authorized devices associated with the device that the assets are available to download, including initiating the download of assets automatically or in response to user input.

Abstract: This invention relates to the use of polycarbonate for the production of an optical recording medium in which secure high speed operation, a transcriptability of the pit/groove structure of >85% and sufficient disc flatness can be achieved and the polycarbonate is based on bisphenol A and the polycarbonate contains a release agent in an amount less than 2000 ppm.

Abstract: This invention relates to DVDs made from polycarbonate and a special UV curable bonder material consisting of A) an urethane acrylate oligomer as binder, which is the reaction product of i) one or more polyisocyanates and ii) one or more hydroxyfunctional lactone ester (meth)acrylates having a number average molecular weight of from 200 g/mol to 2000 g/mol and having the formula: CH2?C(R1)—C(O)—O—R2—[O—C(O)—R3]n—OH wherein, n is an integer from 1 to 5, R1 is hydrogen or methyl, R2 represents an alkylene group or substituted alkylene group having from 2 to 10 carbon atoms and R3 represents a straight or branched chain alkylene group of from 3 to 8 carbon atoms, and which may be substituted with one or more alkyl groups having from 1 to 12 carbon atoms, B) a reactive thinner, comprising of mono functional acrylates and/or (meth)acrylates C) a photo initiator and D) optional additives which offers improved performance at high data transfer rates.

Abstract: A checksum calculation, prediction and validation system includes a host system, a network interface, a reception pipeline disposed between the host system and network interface and configured to calculate an expected full checksum related to packets received in the host system and a transmission pipeline disposed between the host system and network interface and configured calculate factors related to packets for transmission on the network interface.

Abstract: The method includes creating a master copy of a header for all packets of a data transmission event, the master copy including a plurality of intact constant header information, the plurality of intact constant header information being constant for all packets of the data transmission event, storing unique header information for all packets of the data transmission event, the unique header information including information unique to at least one packet of the data transmission event, tokenizing identities of each packet of the data transmission event to create a tokenized packet ID for each packet, and indexing the stored unique header information based on the tokenizing. A computer program product for directing a computer processor to perform a method. According to the method, at packet read-time, unique header information associated with the packet is overlayed onto the master copy to create a unique packet.

Abstract: A safety catch mechanism, comprising a safety catch that is captively attached to the barrel of a nail gun by matching tracks on both said safety catch and said barrel, facing each other, so that said safety catch is allowed to move only in the forward and backward directions along the barrel of the nail gun in the direction of the motion of the nails, is disclosed. A forward pushing means keeps the forward end of the safety catch beyond the muzzle of the nail gun in the initial secured position. As the safety catch is pushed back, the trigger of the nail gun is activated.

Abstract: A cartridge having at least one layer containing sodium zirconium phosphate and at least one layer containing a combination of acid zirconium phosphate and alkaline hydrous zirconium oxide is described. Methods of using the cartridge for water purification are also described.

Abstract: An image processing device and a deinterlacing process thereof are provided. The deinterlacing process reads a memory to retrieve ten pixels of an image field that are temporarily stored in the memory, wherein the ten pixels are located on a first column, a second column, a third column, a fourth column and a fifth column of a first row and a second row of the image filed. Then, the deinterlacing process estimates the data of an interpolated pixel according to the data of the ten pixels. The interpolated pixel is inserted between the first and second rows of the image field on the third column to form a deinterlaced image frame.

Abstract: This invention relates to the use of polycarbonate for the production of an optical recording medium in which secure high speed operation, a transcriptability of the pit/groove structure of >85% and sufficient disc flatness can be achieved.

Abstract: A pigmented phase change ink composition comprising an ink vehicle, a dispersant, and pigment particles wherein the dispersant is a chemical compound of formula: wherein R1 is an alkyl group, aryl group, alkylaryl group or arylalkyl group with at least 23 carbon atoms, R2 is an alkylene group, arylene group, alkylarylene group or arylalkylene group with at least 2 carbons and X is a quaternary ammonium salt. The ink can be resistant to substantial aggregation and settling of the pigment particles in the melt and even when exposed to freeze thaw cycles.

Abstract: This invention relates to an optical recording medium in which at least a recording layer and a light transmitting layer are sequentially formed on a substrate and in which the light is illuminated from the light transmitting layer side for recording and/or reproducing information signals, said substrate comprising an injection molded part, and said substrate having a Young's modulus E of at least 2.15 GPa and a Q factor of lower than 160 measured at 25° C. at 2000 Hz in accordance to ASTM E 756-05 05 and a transcriptability of the pit/groove structure of >85%.

Abstract: A process for fabricating oleophobic surface coatings to be deposited on a metal surface, such as the front-face or aperture plate of piezoelectric print heads and transfix rolls. The surface coatings are applied to the surface by electrochemical polymerization.

Abstract: An air brush is provided with the quick needle pullback mechanism thereby allowing the user to apply quick flushes. This is composed of first pushing down on the trigger to open the air valve and then retracting the needle fully and allowing the needle to be pushed forward by the spring, effectively using the pressured air and paint to clean the nozzle. The distance of the pullback is regulated by a pre-set adjustment knob. A needle chuck and a needle lock perform the function of affixing to the needle, which regulates the paint or media flow. Under normal use, the pre-set adjustment knob defines the maximum paint output by stopping the needle from traveling backward farther than the preset position.

Abstract: An image processing device and a deinterlacing process thereof are provided. The deinterlacing process reads a memory to retrieve ten pixels of an image field that are temporarily stored in the memory, wherein the ten pixels are located on a first column, a second column, a third column, a fourth column and a fifth column of a first row and a second row of the image filed. Then, the deinterlacing process estimates the data of an interpolated pixel according to the data of the ten pixels. The interpolated pixel is inserted between the first and second rows of the image field on the third column to form a deinterlaced image frame.

Abstract: A pigmented phase change ink composition comprising an ink vehicle, a dispersant, and pigment particles wherein the dispersant is a chemical compound of formula: wherein R1 is an alkyl group, aryl group, alkylaryl group or arylalkyl group with at least 23 carbon atoms, R2 is an alkylene group, arylene group, alkylarylene group or arylalkylene group with at least 2 carbons and X is a quaternary ammonium salt. The ink can be resistant to substantial aggregation and settling of the pigment particles in the melt and even when exposed to freeze thaw cycles.

Abstract: Zirconium phosphate particles are synthesized by providing a solution of zirconium oxychloride in an aqueous solvent, adding at least one oxygen-containing additive to the solution, the oxygen-containing additive being selected to form a complex with zirconium ions in the solution of zirconium oxychloride and thereby reduce hydration of the zirconium ions, and combining this solution with phosphoric acid or a phosphoric acid salt to obtain zirconium phosphate particles by sol gel precipitation.

Abstract: Zirconium phosphate particles are synthesized by providing a solution of zirconium oxychloride in an aqueous solvent, adding at least one oxygen-containing additive to the solution, the oxygen-containing additive being selected to form a complex with zirconium ions in the solution of zirconium oxychloride and thereby reduce hydration of the zirconium ions, and combining this solution with phosphoric acid or a phosphoric acid salt to obtain zirconium phosphate particles by sol gel precipitation.

Abstract: Zirconium phosphate particles are synthesized by providing a solution of zirconium oxychloride in an aqueous solvent, adding at least one oxygen-containing additive to the solution, the oxygen-containing additive being selected to form a complex with zirconium ions in the solution of zirconium oxychloride and thereby reduce hydration of the zirconium ions, and combining this solution with phosphoric acid or a phosphoric acid salt to obtain zirconium phosphate particles by sol gel precipitation.