Abstract: An electric grooming appliance includes a housing, a grooming device, an electric motor, and a controller. In some embodiments, the electric grooming appliance is capable of operating in different modes and includes a user interface which allows a user to communicate with the controller and select at least one of the modes. The electric grooming appliance may provide information to the user relating to information determined and/or detected during a grooming session. In addition, the electric grooming appliance may record or store grooming session information on a memory and estimate future operating parameters based on the grooming session information. The electric grooming appliance may include a trimmer assembly that is positionable between a stowed position and an operative position.

Abstract: A handheld grooming appliance includes a housing defining a handle, a head, and an interior space. The handheld grooming appliance further includes a grooming device operatively connected to a motor and supported by the head of the housing. The handheld grooming appliance also includes a magnetic coupling system configured to releasably attach the grooming device to the housing. The magnetic coupling system includes at least one first magnet located on the grooming device and at least one second magnet located on the housing. The first magnet and the second magnet provide an attractive force to secure the grooming device to the housing during operation of the handheld grooming appliance. The magnetic coupling system is arranged to allow selective detachment of the grooming device from the housing when a user applies a force greater than the attractive force between the first and second magnets.

Abstract: An electric grooming appliance includes a housing, a grooming device, an electric motor, and a controller. In some embodiments, the electric grooming appliance is capable of operating in different modes and includes a user interface which allows a user to communicate with the controller and select at least one of the modes. The electric grooming appliance may provide information to the user relating to information determined and/or detected during a grooming session. In addition, the electric grooming appliance may record or store grooming session information on a memory and estimate future operating parameters based on the grooming session information. The electric grooming appliance may include a trimmer assembly that is positionable between a stowed position and an operative position.

Abstract: A device for handling a door is provided, the door having a door handle which comprises a stem and a hand grip. The device includes a base unit and an extension unit. The base unit has a channel opening at a bottom section of the base unit, the channel being closed by a top section of the base unit. The channel is configured to receive at least one portion of the stem of the door handle so as to slip the base unit onto the door handle to connect the base unit to the door handle. The extension unit extends outwardly from the base unit and include a panel substantially parallel to the door, such that a force applied on the panel is transferred to the base unit, via the base unit to the door handle, and via the door handle to the door.

Abstract: A throttle body fuel injection system and method that is arranged to easily replace four-barrel carburetors includes a throttle body assembly with four main bores, each with a throttle plate and an associated fuel injector. Each injector feeds fuel into a circular fuel distribution ring via a fuel injection conduit, which introduces pressurized fuel into the air stream. The fuel distribution rings and bores have profiles that avoid constrictions for to prevent low pressure zones according to the Venturi effect. Fuel is injected through downward-facing outlets at or near the bottom end of the rings. The fuel injection rings are two-piece, each formed of an insert pressed into an outer housing. The insert includes axial grooves intervaled about its exterior circumference of insert that are joined by a circumferential groove formed about the insert. The grooves are in fluid communication with a conduit that supplies fuel from a fuel injector.

Abstract: A throttle body fuel injection system and method that is arranged to easily replace four-barrel carburetors includes a throttle body assembly with four main bores, each with a throttle plate and an associated fuel injector. Each injector feeds fuel into a circular fuel distribution ring via a fuel injection conduit, which introduces pressurized fuel into the air stream. The fuel distribution rings and bores have profiles that avoid constrictions for to prevent low pressure zones according to the Venturi effect. The throttle body includes an idle air control circuit having a port opening into main intake bores downstream of the point of fuel distribution into the air stream, thereby reducing the tendency for a lean fuel mixture at idle. An ECU “feed forward” algorithm controls fuel injection as a function of the position of the idle air control valve.

Abstract: A system and method for the management and maintenance of content delivery rights and the scope of content delivery rights for events in which the content may not be delivered to all areas in which the event content could be delivered. The system and method presents a visual view of a cloud-based “geographic truth” which presents a geographic representation of all geographic areas into which content delivery is to be suspended or blacked out. The system and method manages the definition, modification, and management of blacked out areas based upon input by stakeholders. Stakeholders have access to the geographic truth at any time and all changes and updates are made to a single site such that an up to date summary made be instantly viewed at any time.

Abstract: A throttle body fuel injection system and method that is arranged to easily replace four-barrel carburetors includes a throttle body assembly with four main bores, each with a throttle plate and an associated fuel injector. Each injector feeds fuel into a circular fuel distribution ring via a fuel injection conduit, which introduces pressurized fuel into the air stream. The fuel distribution rings and bores have profiles that avoid constrictions for to prevent low pressure zones according to the Venturi effect. The throttle body includes an idle air control circuit having a port opening into main intake bores downstream of the point of fuel distribution into the air stream, thereby reducing the tendency for a lean fuel mixture at idle. An ECU “feed forward” algorithm controls fuel injection as a function of the position of the idle air control valve.

Abstract: An electric shaver generally includes a handle and a head mounted on the handle. The head has at least three cutter assemblies arranged in a forward-rearward direction. The cutter assemblies include a forwardmost cutter assembly and a rearwardmost cutter assembly that are long hair cutter assemblies. Each of the long hair cutter assemblies has a substantially U-shaped upper blade and a lower blade in shearing contact with the upper blade. The cutter assemblies further include a short hair cutter assembly disposed between the long hair cutter assemblies.

Abstract: An electric shaver generally includes a handle having an arm, and a head mounted on the handle via the arm such that the head is pivotable relative to the arm. The electric shaver also includes a clip by which the head automatically attached to the handle upon insertion of the arm into the head.

Abstract: A throttle body fuel injection system and method that is arranged to easily replace four-barrel carburetors includes a throttle body assembly with four main bores, each with a throttle plate and an associated fuel injector. Each injector feeds fuel into a circular fuel distribution ring via a fuel injection conduit, which introduces pressurized fuel into the air stream. The fuel distribution rings and bores have profiles that avoid constrictions for to prevent low pressure zones according to the Venturi effect. Fuel is injected through downward-facing outlets at or near the bottom end of the rings. The fuel injection rings are two-piece, each formed of an insert pressed into an outer housing. The insert includes axial grooves intervaled about its exterior circumference of insert that are joined by a circumferential groove formed about the insert. The grooves are in fluid communication with a conduit that supplies fuel from a fuel injector.

Abstract: The present invention concerns an interface for inputting data, the interface comprising two manually operable direction buttons, and microprocessor means for outputting signals generating a visual display comprising a menu, and in response to operation of the buttons enabling a user to make selections from the menu and to cause relative movement between the menu and a cursor, and wherein the microprocessor is adapted to respond to intermittent pressure of a single button to step the cursor relative to the menu in either a first or a second direction in dependence upon the button depressed.

Abstract: In a method of producing a digital half-tone representation of an original image, wherein the representation is constituted by an array of output cell values representing the colour content of pixels of the original image, cell values are determined for successive output cells, for which cell values have not previously been determined. An output cell value is generated with reference to an input cell value related to the colour content of a corresponding pixel in the original image, and any error values propagated from previous iterations. Where the output cell value satisfies a predetermined condition, the effective colour content of a neighbourhood of previously determined output cell values is determined by addressing a look-up table containing a single value for each neighbourhood. An error value constituted by the difference between the effective colour content and the corresponding input cell value is determined and propagated for use in subsequent iterations.

Abstract: A graphics display system comprises a monitor (5); a first frame store (1) for holding digital data defining the color content of an image to be displayed on the monitor; a second frame store (2) for holding an array of control data, there being a control data value corresponding to each pixel of the image in the first frame store; and a processor (6,10,3) to cause the monitor to display the image in the first frame store under control of the control data array. The processor (6,10,3) means is adapted to cause a moving contrast image to be mixed with the image from the first frame store (1) under control of the control data array.

Abstract: A method of generating an output device control signal having portions representing the content of pixels of an image including at least two types of image content, in which data defining the content of each pixel of the image at a lower, first resolution and a higher, second resolution are passed respectively through a pair of processing paths, one corresponding to each image content type. A binary control signal is generated from the first resolution data in the first path by applying a stochastic screen. The binary control signal resulting from the stochastic screen is adapted to conform with the data at the second resolution, and the output device control signal is generated by combining data from the two processing paths.