Abstract: A method and system to help control body-shop processing of vehicles, based on timing of interaction with a touch-screen display. In an example implementation, a body shop will be equipped with a computing system including a touch-screen display, with the computing system being configured to manage presentation on the display of graphical representations of job-cards for individual body-shop jobs, such as individual vehicles in for repair. With such an arrangement, body shop personnel could drag and drop job cards from one section to another to indicate transitions of jobs between body-shop processing steps. The computing system will then advantageously make use of data regarding the timing of those drag-and-drop operations as a basis to control body-shop processing, such as be predicting a processing duration of a job currently in process and taking action to modify processing of the job based on the predicted duration for instance.

Abstract: A method and system to help control body-shop processing of vehicles, based on timing of interaction with a touch-screen display. In an example implementation, a body shop will be equipped with a computing system including a touch-screen display, with the computing system being configured to manage presentation on the display of graphical representations of job-cards for individual body-shop jobs, such as individual vehicles in for repair. With such an arrangement, body shop personnel could drag and drop job cards from one section to another to indicate transitions of jobs between body-shop processing steps. The computing system will then advantageously make use of data regarding the timing of those drag-and-drop operations as a basis to control body-shop processing, such as be predicting a processing duration of a job currently in process and taking action to modify processing of the job based on the predicted duration for instance.

Abstract: A method and system to help control body-shop processing of vehicles, based on timing of interaction with a touch-screen display. In an example implementation, a body shop will be equipped with a computing system including a touch-screen display, with the computing system being configured to manage presentation on the display of graphical representations of job-cards for individual body-shop jobs, such as individual vehicles in for repair. With such an arrangement, body shop personnel could drag and drop job cards from one section to another to indicate transitions of jobs between body-shop processing steps. The computing system will then advantageously make use of data regarding the timing of those drag-and-drop operations as a basis to control body-shop processing, such as be predicting a processing duration of a job currently in process and taking action to modify processing of the job based on the predicted duration for instance.

Abstract: A method and system to help control body-shop processing of vehicles, based on timing of interaction with a touch-screen display. In an example implementation, a body shop will be equipped with a computing system including a touch-screen display, with the computing system being configured to manage presentation on the display of graphical representations of job-cards for individual body-shop jobs, such as individual vehicles in for repair. With such an arrangement, body shop personnel could drag and drop job cards from one section to another to indicate transitions of jobs between body-shop processing steps. The computing system will then advantageously make use of data regarding the timing of those drag-and-drop operations as a basis to control body-shop processing, such as be predicting a processing duration of a job currently in process and taking action to modify processing of the job based on the predicted duration for instance.

Abstract: A method and system to help control body-shop processing of vehicles, based on timing of interaction with a touch-screen display. In an example implementation, a body shop will be equipped with a computing system including a touch-screen display, with the computing system being configured to manage presentation on the display of graphical representations of job-cards for individual body-shop jobs, such as individual vehicles in for repair. With such an arrangement, body shop personnel could drag and drop job cards from one section to another to indicate transitions of jobs between body-shop processing steps. The computing system will then advantageously make use of data regarding the timing of those drag-and-drop operations as a basis to control body-shop processing, such as be predicting a processing duration of a job currently in process and taking action to modify processing of the job based on the predicted duration for instance.

Abstract: A hydraulic drive system is disclosed that has infinitely variable ratio without any need to reduce or remove power during shifts, requires very little effort to shift, and requires little or no effort to maintain shift position after shifting. It provides the ability to use single wheel drive, or multi-wheel drive with traction control, selectably. This invention may be used to power bicycles, but is not limited to bicycles as it may be built in any size or configuration.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to polyamines represented by the following general structure: ##STR1## where R is an organic group, R' is H or CH.sub.3, andx=0-3Tri, tetra, penta, and hexa amines, accordingly, are disclosed.The method for making the novel polyamines comprises a multi-step reaction that commences in step (a) with the cyanoethylation of a primary amine, R--NH.sub.2, with acrylonitrile under cyanoethylation conditions to form an aminonitrile of the structure R--NH--CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --CN. The aminonitrile in step (b) is methylated by reaction with formic acid and formaldehyde under Leuckart reaction conditions to form a monomethyl aminonitrile of the structure R--N(CH.sub.3)--CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --CN. The monomethyl aminonitrile then in step (c) is reduced, preferably by hydrogenation under hydrogenation conditions, to form a monomethyl diamine of the structure R--N(CH.sub.3)--CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --NH.sub.2.

Abstract: Dihydroxy and polyhydroxy compounds are obtained from polymerized fatty acids by a liquid phase reaction at a temperature at about 500.degree. F. to about 650.degree. F., pressures up to about 1000 psi in the presence of a catalytic amount of a hydrogenation catalyst, along with removal of water by-product during the reaction.

Abstract: Esters are obtained from organic carboxylic acids and/or lower molecular weight esters thereof by a liquid phase reaction at temperatures of about 200.degree. C. to about 350.degree. C., pressures of about 50 psi to about 1800 psi, whereby water and/or alcohol by-product is removed during the reaction of the acid and/or lower molecular weight ester to the ester to thereby obtain the desired ester.

Abstract: What is disclosed is an improvement in a braiding assembly having a structural framework and a main rotating braider deck carrying a plurality of bobbins, each having a plurality of spools from which cable is pulled at the desired tension for being braided into a master cable for being wound into respective layers in the hose or the like. The improvement comprises respective bushings and nuts non-rotatably supported on the shafts of the bobbins, the bushings have respective radially protruding bases, or flanges, against which the nuts can tighten respective pairs of adjustably loadable bearings for providing the requisite accurate rotation and adjustable tension for the respective cables.