Abstract: A ride control system for controlling a plurality of vehicles on a path includes a path processor and a bi-directional voting circuit in circuit with the path processor. Each vehicle of the plurality of vehicles may include a vehicle processor supported by the at least one vehicle and shunt relays in circuit with the at least one vehicle processor. Each vehicle processor may be configured to close a respective shunt relay upon a predetermined condition of the vehicle whereby the bi-directional voting circuit is activated to notify all other vehicles.

Abstract: A banking system comprising a network, one or more cash handling machines connected to the network, the cash handling machine generating a status report on detection of a status update event, at least one monitoring device connected to the network to which the status report is addressed, and one or more user devices connected to the network. The monitoring device(s) allow at least one operative of each user device to subscribe to particular cash handling machine(s) and/or particular event type(s). The at least one monitoring device receives the status reports and filters them based on one or more report identifiers in each report identifying the cash handling machine generating the report and/or an event type, and transmits to each of the user devices only the filtered status reports which contain report identifiers identifying the one or more cash handling machines and/or event types to which an operative has subscribed.

Abstract: A ride control system for controlling a plurality of vehicles on a path includes a path processor and a bi-directional voting circuit in circuit with the path processor. Each vehicle of the plurality of vehicles may include a vehicle processor supported by the at least one vehicle and shunt relays in circuit with the at least one vehicle processor. Each vehicle processor may be configured to close a respective shunt relay upon a predetermined condition of the vehicle whereby the bi-directional voting circuit is activated to notify all other vehicles.

Abstract: The present invention is a tubing centralizer for use within casing within a wellbore. The tubing centralizer has a tubing centralizer cage comprising a top ring, a middle ring, and a bottom ring and a plurality of springs, where each spring connects the top ring to the middle ring and the middle ring to the bottom ring and where each spring has a double arcuate shape such that the springs arc radially outward between the top ring and the middle ring and again between the middle ring and the bottom ring. The springs may be sized such that they exert outward pressure against the inside wall of the casing such that the tubing centralizer resists movement along the casing. The tubing centralizer may further comprise a tubing centralizer mandrel, where the tubing centralizer mandrel is part of the tubing string and extends through the tubing centralizer cage.

Abstract: A ride control system for controlling a plurality of vehicles on a path includes a path processor and a bi-directional voting circuit in circuit with the path processor. Each vehicle of the plurality of vehicles may include a vehicle processor supported by the at least one vehicle and shunt relays in circuit with the at least one vehicle processor. Each vehicle processor may be configured to close a respective shunt relay upon a predetermined condition of the vehicle whereby the bi-directional voting circuit is activated to notify all other vehicles.

Abstract: According to one aspect the disclosure relates to a terminal for providing at least one machine based transaction facility for a customer. The terminal comprises: a user interface configured to receive input from a user for conducting transactions and to present to the user a request help option; a first communication interface operable to transmit a user request from the terminal when the request help option is selected to cause an alert to be activated at a separate device; and a second communications interface configured to detect a connection request from a controlling computer and to establish a communications link with the controlling computer by means of which the controlling computer can control operations of the terminal to assist the customer in effecting a transaction. According to another aspect the disclosure relates to a computer system for delivering transactions to a customer.

Abstract: Data is managed in a Host Wireless Adapater (HWA)-Device Wireless Adapater (DWA) system by receiving at the HWA a wireless packet from the DWA which contains a DWA Transfer Result message. At the HWA, the DWA Transfer Result message is parsed. In the event parsing the DWA Transfer Result message indicates there is data ready to be sent over a wireless channel between the HWA to the DWA a Micro-scheduled Management Command (MMC) is generating at the HWA and the MMC is transmitted from the HWA to the DWA. The MMC is transmitted prior to receiving a Transfer Request message at the HWA from an HWA driver and the data is transmitted from the DWA to the HWA in response to receiving the MMC.

Abstract: A controller comprising: a database; a control module associated with the database; and a network interface configured to connect, over a network, to a plurality of workstations and at least one machine for performing operations to handle cash and/or other physical financial documents. The network interface receives requests from at least some of the workstations over the network, each comprising a request to pre-order a respective one of the operations. The requests are stored in the database. The network further receives, over the network, a signal from or on behalf of a slave module of the machine for retrieving one of the requests from the database. The control module processes the signal and in response releases the respective operation, the release comprising issuing an instruction to the slave module over the network controlling the machine to perform the respective operation to handle the cash and/or other physical financial document.

Abstract: A connector to secure to the end of a cylindrical rod to transfer and distribute stress uniformly from the connector to the rod with a recess to cooperate with a retrieval tool to allow recovery of fractured rod strings or broken connectors. The connector includes an elongated body having a receptacle with a cylindrical wall, a top end and a recess where the recess is adjacent to the top end. A plurality of axially aligned tapered annuluses, coaxial with the receptacle, extends from the cylindrical wall into the body. Each annulus has a cross-section that is radially arcuate with one end tangentially approaching the cylindrical wall and the other end arcuately approaching the cylindrical wall.

Abstract: A connector to secure to the end of a cylindrical rod to transfer and distribute stress uniformly from the connector to the rod with a recess to cooperate with a retrieval tool to allow recovery of fractured rod strings or broken connectors. The connector includes an elongated body having a receptacle with a cylindrical wall, a top end and a recess where the recess is adjacent to the top end. A plurality of axially aligned tapered annuluses, coaxial with the receptacle, extends from the cylindrical wall into the body. Each annulus has a cross-section that is radially arcuate with one end tangentially approaching the cylindrical wall and the other end arcuately approaching the cylindrical wall.

Abstract: The present invention is a tubing centralizer for use within casing within a wellbore. The tubing centralizer has a tubing centralizer cage comprising a top ring, a middle ring, and a bottom ring and a plurality of springs, where each spring connects the top ring to the middle ring and the middle ring to the bottom ring and where each spring has a double arcuate shape such that the springs arc radially outward between the top ring and the middle ring and again between the middle ring and the bottom ring. The springs may be sized such that they exert outward pressure against the inside wall of the casing such that the tubing centralizer resists movement along the casing. The tubing centralizer may further comprise a tubing centralizer mandrel, where the tubing centralizer mandrel is part of the tubing string and extends through the tubing centralizer cage.

Abstract: Determining a payroll tax withholding can comprise receiving, at a tax calculation system, a residential address and an employment address of an employee, determining latitude and longitude coordinates of the residential and employment addresses, retrieving a plurality of residential geocodes associated with the latitude and longitude coordinates of the residential address, wherein the plurality of residential geocodes include tax boundaries in which the location of the residential address resides, retrieving a plurality of employment geocodes associated with the latitude and longitude coordinates of the employment address, wherein the plurality of employment geocodes include tax boundaries in which the location of the employment address resides, and retrieving applicable tax rates corresponding to the plurality of residential geocodes and the plurality of employment geocodes from a tax rate database.

Abstract: Connectors that may be incorporated and used in electronic devices in a reliable manner. One example may provide a connector that may receive a memory card, such as a Secure Digital, SmartMedia, Compact Flash, or other type of memory card. One example may provide a connector that may connect to other electronic circuits and components in an electronic device in a reliable manner. Another may provide a connector that may reliably form a connection for electromagnetic interference protection during device assembly. Another may provide a connector that may be resistant to damage from debris or other particulate matter that may enter the connector. Another example may provide a connector that has a back that is reinforced to prevent damage caused by the insertion of a card with excessive force. Another may provide a connector having a raised portion arranged to fit in an opening in a printed circuit board.

Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method is used for facilitating a single instance banking transaction. The method includes the steps of receiving a banking transaction request from a banking account holder at a first banking computer system, the request including at least an account identification and transaction information, generating a single instance banking transaction indicia correlated to the banking transaction request, providing the single instance banking transaction indicia to the banking account holder, receiving the single instance banking transaction indicia at a second banking computer system, and performing the banking transaction request at the second banking computer system.

Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method is used for facilitating a single instance banking transaction. The method includes the steps of receiving a banking transaction request from a banking account holder at a first banking computer system, the request including at least an account identification and transaction information, generating a single instance banking transaction indicia correlated to the banking transaction request, providing the single instance banking transaction indicia to the banking account holder, receiving the single instance banking transaction indicia at a second banking computer system, and performing the banking transaction request at the second banking computer system.

Abstract: Connectors that may be incorporated and used in electronic devices in a reliable manner. One example may provide a connector that may receive a memory card, such as a Secure Digital, SmartMedia, Compact Flash, or other type of memory card. One example may provide a connector that may connect to other electronic circuits and components in an electronic device in a reliable manner. Another may provide a connector that may reliably form a connection for electromagnetic interference protection during device assembly. Another may provide a connector that may be resistant to damage from debris or other particulate matter that may enter the connector. Another example may provide a connector that has a back that is reinforced to prevent damage caused by the insertion of a card with excessive force. Another may provide a connector having a raised portion arranged to fit in an opening in a printed circuit board.

Abstract: A solenoid assembly for a circuit breaker having a clapper with an increased mass is provided. The mass, preferably at least one non-ferrous slug, increases the mass of the clapper so that the solenoid response time is slowed. That is, the added mass creates an inertial delay that slows the solenoid clapper as the clapper moves between the first position and the second position. Preferably, the delay is between 48 ms and 60 ms, and more preferably 50 ms. The clapper having a non-ferrous slug may also be incorporated into existing circuit breakers by, for example, coupling the non-ferrous slug to the preexisting clapper, or replacing the clapper with a clapper assembly having at least one non-ferrous slug thereon.

Abstract: A method elucidates reaction dynamics of photoreactive compounds from time-resolved optical signals affected by an external magnetic field. A coil or magnet applies a magnetic field at a region of interest (ROI). A light or laser illuminates the ROI with a probe beam. An optical fiber collects light emitted by the probe beam; and a computer analyses the collected light.

Abstract: A ride control system for controlling a plurality of vehicles on a path includes a path processor and a bi-directional voting circuit in circuit with the path processor. Each vehicle of the plurality of vehicles may include a vehicle processor supported by the at least one vehicle and shunt relays in circuit with the at least one vehicle processor. Each vehicle processor may be configured to close a respective shunt relay upon a predetermined condition of the vehicle whereby the bi-directional voting circuit is activated to notify all other vehicles.

Abstract: A solenoid assembly for a circuit breaker having a clapper with an increased mass is provided. The mass, preferably at least one non-ferrous slug, increases the mass of the clapper so that the solenoid response time is slowed. That is, the added mass creates an inertial delay that slows the solenoid clapper as the clapper moves between the first position and the second position. Preferably, the delay is between 48 ms and 60 ms, and more preferably 50 ms. The clapper having a non-ferrous slug may also be incorporated into existing circuit breakers by, for example, coupling the non-ferrous slug to the preexisting clapper, or replacing the clapper with a clapper assembly having at least one non-ferrous slug thereon.