Abstract: A system for printing audio information on a print medium, the system comprising: a mobile telecommunications device which comprises: a printer module to print the audio information on the print medium; and, a sensor module to sense a print media identifier of the print medium.

Abstract: A system for printing a health report on a print medium, the system comprising: a mobile telecommunications device which comprises: a printer module to print the health report on the print medium; and, a sensor module to sense a print media identifier of the print medium.

Abstract: A system for printing gaming information on a print medium, the system comprising: a mobile telecommunications device which comprises: a printer module to print the gaming information on the print medium; and, a sensor module to sense a print media identifier of the print medium.

Abstract: As pairs of antennas driven under the same timing among antennas of respective groups, there are plural combinations whose selected two antennas have the distance therebetween set to be shortest.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus for use in a transmitting or receiving operation by a non-contact type IC card function and a reader/writer function includes a loop antenna having a feeding element having a first number of turns winded in a predetermined form, and a non-feeding element provided inside or outside of the feeding element and having a second number of turns winded in the form.

Abstract: The invention relates to an optical reading system. The optical reading system comprises: an object, a sensor assembly and a processing device. The object has at least one predetermined pattern on a surface of the object. The predetermined pattern is printed in a predetermined ink for receiving light beams from a surrounding light source and for generating corresponding infrared ray. The sensor assembly is used for receiving the corresponding infrared ray from the ink of the predetermined pattern and for capturing the information of the predetermined pattern. According to the invention, the optical reading system of the invention only utilizes the outside light source, and does not need the internal light source as described in the prior art. Therefore, the optical reading system of the invention can save power and reduce the required elements.

Abstract: An optoelectronic reader for reading machine-readable symbols such as barcode symbols employs an optical assembly to focus a non-Gaussian image on an image sensor. The optical assembly may include a substantially diffraction free optical element, such as an annular slit aperture or a conical lens element, for example a conical refracting surface or axicon lens element.

Abstract: A mail processing apparatus has a conveying path to convey mail, a reader to read information about mail conveyed through the conveying path, and a processor to make unnecessary information unreadable when the information read by the reader includes unnecessary information.

Abstract: An integrated data reader and electronic article surveillance (EAS) system, and methods of operation. In one configuration, a data reader such as a bar code scanner is equipped with an EAS deactivation module disposed behind the scanner surface preferably downstream and/or upstream of the scanner window. The system may be configured such that the EAS deactivation module is interchangeable from the right side of the scanner housing (which is preferred for left-to-right scanning motion) to the left side of the scanner housing (which is preferred for right-to-left scanning motion). In other configurations, the deactivation module may be disposed in the housing adjacent to the window and oriented longitudinally and parallel to the sweep direction of the item. The EAS deactivation modules have various configurations such as simple planar coils, a magnetically active core with coil windings, or two part L-shape construction.

Abstract: A method and system for assisting a user in the set-up of a new device to operate within a current system configuration are described. The method may involve identifying a new device to be added to a current system configuration, where the new device is identified via a Universal Product Code (UPC) number. Based on the current system configuration, customized set-up instructions are determined to enable the new device to operate within the current system configuration.

Abstract: An image generation apparatus comprises: an acquisition unit that acquires first position information for determining a position in a first area provided on a first medium plane and second position information for determining a position in a second area provided on a second medium plane, the second position information having continuity with the first position information; and a generation unit that generates a first code image printed in the first area from the first position information and generates a second code image printed in the second area from the second position information.

Abstract: Systems and methods for making and using handheld data readers comprising one or more fluid lenses. One or more fluid lenses are provided to allow a handheld data reader to perform such operations as reading indicia, including such additional operations as zooming, reorienting a viewing direction, focusing, adjusting an optical axis, and correcting for the effects of motion such as hand jitter. The fluid lens or lenses can be operated for example by applying electrical signals to fluid lenses comprising a plurality of fluids including at least one that is conductive and at least one that is non-conductive.

Abstract: A portable data reading device, such as a barcode scanner or RFID reader, includes a Web server and a first server-side application to modify one or more settings of the portable data reading device. The settings may include, for example, symbology settings, device settings, and network settings. The Web server may receive formatted data from a client browser representing a requested modification of at least one setting of the portable data reading device. Upon receiving the formatted data, the Web server may automatically invoke the first server-side application to modify the at least one setting responsive to the formatted data.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a system and method for decoding barcodes using mobile device. Generally, the barcode image is acquired via a digital camera attached to the mobile device. After the barcode image has been acquired, software located on the mobile device enhances the barcode image and subsequently decodes the barcode information. The barcode information is then transmitted to a server via a wireless network. The server processes the barcode information and transmits media content related to the barcode back to the mobile device.

Abstract: The subject of this invention is a storage unit with identifying markings consisting of a receptacle that encloses a storage area to receive the material to be stored, an opening in the receptacle leading to the storage area, and a closure member that may be secured temporarily over the opening. The distinctive feature of the invention is that the identifying markings are formed by a group of particles of a marking material which create a unique electromagnetic radiation image or unique electromagnetic response image and are arranged in a random distribution over the covering surface of the closure member and/or in the material of the closure member, and/or on the covering surface of the receptacle and/or in the material of the receptacle.

Abstract: A foldable data card assembly and method are disclosed. The foldable data card assembly comprises a base assembly with a left portion, a middle portion, and a right potion. The left portion or the middle portion contains an aperture. A data card is enclosed within the base assembly such that the aperture is aligned with a special number on the data card. A security barrier is placed adjacent to the personal account number on the data card, but the security barrier is not placed between the aperture and the special number on the card. During manufacture, the special number is read from the card through the aperture, and the special number used to generate activation information which is printed on the package. The activation information is read at the point of sale, and used to activate the account associated with the activation information.

Abstract: The invention relates to a data carrier into which, by a laser beam, identifiers (20, 22) are introduced in the form of patterns, letters, numbers and/or images that are visible due to local changes in the optical properties of the data carrier, effected by the laser beam and resulting from material transformations. According to the present invention, the data carrier comprises a laser-sensitive recording layer (26) that is transparent in the visible spectral range and that is provided with a surface relief in the form of a lens grid (28). The identifiers are introduced with the laser beam from different directions through the lens grid (28) into the recording layer (26) and are perceptible when later viewed from those same directions. The data carrier is transparent at least in the area of the introduced identifiers (20, 22).

Abstract: Transactional presentation instrument systems having one or more chambers, and method of using and constructing such systems are provided. Systems can include a presentation instrument, an information storage medium configured to store a unique identifier, and a chamber having a fluid component and an object component. The object component can include a plurality of items that float in or disperse throughout the fluid component.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus as well as a method for reliably determining the deliberate use of a contactless data carrier. Beside an antenna-based data transmission channel in dependence on the data to be transmitted additionally an optical data transmission channel between reading device and data carrier can be employed.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for integrally packaging antennas with semiconductor IC (integrated circuit) chips to provide highly-integrated and high-performance radio/wireless communications systems for millimeter wave applications including, e.g., voice communication, data communication and radar applications. For example, wireless communication modules are constructed with IC chips having receiver/transmitter/transceiver integrated circuits and planar antennas that are integrally constructed from BEOL (back end of line) metallization structures of the IC chip.

Abstract: A non-contact IC tag includes; a plurality of antennas corresponding to a plurality of frequency bands, and a peel-off sticker. The peel-off sticker is applied to at least one of the plurality of antennas and can be peeled off to disable the at least one antenna to which the peel-off sticker is applied.

Abstract: An IC tag which has a means for recording and erasing invisible information and a means for recording and erasing visible information, both allowing recording and erasing information in a non-contact manner, exhibits flexibility and can have a small size is provided. The IC tag has a means for recording and erasing invisible information and a means for recording and erasing visible information which are disposed on the surface of a support and allow recording and erasure of the information in a non-contact manner, wherein the means for recording and erasing visible information has a layer of a heat sensitive color developing material (I), a layer of a material absorbing light and converting absorbed light into heat (II) and a protective layer (III) laminated on the surface of the support successively from the surface, or (II), (I) and (III) laminated on the surface of the support successively from the surface.

Abstract: A system and method to control environmental parameters of pre-defined zones within an environment using an electronic controller are disclosed. The system includes a non-proprietary electronic controller which enables a weighting value to be assigned to each zone within the environment. The electronic controller also detects any zone service calls from sensor devices associated with each of the zones and determines a cumulative weighting value in response to the detected zone service calls. The electronic controller selects an equipment staging combination from at least two possible equipment staging combinations in response to thermal capacity, and an air handler stage is selected in response to at least the cumulative zone weighting value.

Abstract: A fluid mixing valve for producing a mixed fluid stream from first and second inlet fluid streams having different, varying temperatures, and having different, varying pressures, the mixed fluid stream having a substantially stable, preselected temperature of a magnitude between the temperatures of the first and second inlet fluid streams, the fluid mixing valve including a housing and a mixing regulation assembly disposed within the housing. The invention also provides a method for producing a mixed fluid stream from first and second inlet fluid streams having different, varying temperatures, and having different, varying pressures, the mixed fluid stream having a substantially stable, preselected temperature of a magnitude between the temperatures of the first and second fluid streams.

Abstract: A mold temperature regulating apparatus includes a casing which can be located indoors. Within the casing, there are installed a heating tank through which a temperature-regulating medium returned from a mold passes, a cooling tank for storing the common temperature-regulating medium returned from the mold, a heater for heating the temperature-regulating medium in the heating tank, a cooling system for cooling the temperature-regulating medium in the cooling tank, a confluence pump that allows the temperature-regulating medium cooled in the cooling tank to join the temperature-regulating medium in the heating tank, and a medium-feeding pump for feeding out the temperature-regulating medium discharged from the heating tank into the mold. The cooling system is configured to indirectly cool the temperature-regulating medium by a different cooling medium circulated in the casing.

Abstract: When a truck engine (12) is not running, an auxiliary coolant heater (32) can heat engine coolant and pump it through an occupant compartment heater (16). A coolant flow control system (10), including a valve assembly (84), associates the auxiliary heater (32) with both the occupant compartment heater (16) and engine (12) for selectively distributing heated coolant. When engine (12) has been running and is shut off, auxiliary heater (32) can be turned on and valve assembly (84) operated for occupant compartment heating while keeping the engine (12) warm. When the engine is cold, the auxiliary heater can be turned on and the valve assembly can be operated for engine pre-heating prior to starting.

Abstract: A shelving system includes at least two parallel lengths of track, at least two pair of end pieces disposed on opposite ends of each of the at least two lengths of track, and a stationary shelving unit attached to one of the at least two pair of end pieces, with the stationary shelving unit including a plurality of posts and a shelf supported by the plurality of posts, and a mobile shelving unit, which includes a plurality of posts, a shelf supported by the plurality of posts, and a plurality of wheels adapted to roll on the at least two lengths of track.

Abstract: A rail fastening clip used with a rail clip support having a rail clip slot of the kind used in K plates is disclosed. The rail clip is formed from a U shaped member made of metal plate having a base and two arms tapered from the base to their tips, with the arms being bent inwardly beyond the base in a large arc and the tips are bent back toward the base and oriented for contact with the foot of the rail. The base is adapted to fit in the K plate slot of the rail clip support. The base of said clip has a leading edge remote from the arms that contacts the upper interior surface of the support slot to form at least a line of contact with said upper interior surface of said slot. The line of contact is about 6 mm. The design overcomes the problem of rotation of the clip within the support slot and is a more cost effective clip than that currently used with K plates.

Abstract: A decorative fountain and waterfall is disclosed. The decorative fountain and waterfall is constructed of natural or man made stone to create the appearance of a miniature natural waterfall. The decorative fountain and waterfall also includes a fountain portion to create the sound of splashing water.

Abstract: An ultrasonic waterjet apparatus (10) has a mobile generator module (20) and a high-pressure water hose (40) for delivering high-pressure water from the mobile generator module (20) to a hand-held gun (50) with a trigger and an ultrasonic nozzle (60). An ultrasonic generator in the mobile generator module (20) transmits high-frequency electrical pulses to a piezoelectric or magnetostrictive transducer (62) which vibrates to modulate a high-pressure waterjet flowing through the nozzle (60). The waterjet exiting the ultrasonic nozzle (60) is pulsed into mini slugs of water, each of which imparts a waterhammer pressure on a target surface. The ultrasonic waterjet apparatus (10) may be used to cut and de-burr materials, to clean and de-coat surfaces, and to break rocks.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, devices and systems to maintain the accessibility and integrity of equipment contained in underground housings. The methods, devices and systems and methods of the present invention maintain the accessibility and integrity of equipment contained in underground housings by providing at least one barrier that prevents burrowing animals from off-loading displaced ground dirt or other debris into the space created by the underground housing.

Abstract: A rotary atomizing applicator includes a shaping air system having first orifices discharging air against the outer surface of the bell cup, with the air following the bell cup and being released from the bell cup at the forward edge of the bell cup. A terminal portion of the outer surface of the bell cup directs the flow of air to shape the pattern of coating released from the bell cup. A second pattern of air is directed from outwardly and behind the bell cup inwardly toward the forward edge of the bell cup.

Abstract: A dispensing system for dispensing a viscous, flowable food product such, for example, as a condiment, comprises an axially extending container that defines an opening and an interior chamber for receiving and storing the food product. A discharge assembly is coupled to the container, the discharge assembly being dimensioned and arranged to spin, relative to the container, as it receives the viscous food product from the interior chamber. The spinning motion of the discharge assembly, accompanied by a linear movement of the container itself relative to a target food item, allows the user to cleanly and evenly distribute the flowable food material onto the target item in an attractive, curvilinear deposit pattern. Optionally, the discharge assembly may be configured with a pivoting nozzle that can be moved from a position for obtaining a helical (curvilinear) deposit pattern to a position for obtaining a rectilinear deposit pattern.

Abstract: A fire-fighting piercing nozzle device having two chambers for extinguishing and monitoring fires within a storage unit. The fire-fighting piercing nozzle device includes a dispensing system for dispensing fire-fighting materials onto a fire, a temperature measuring system for measuring the temperature within a storage unit to determine the location of a fire, and a combustion gas extraction system for extracting a sample of combustible gas from a storage unit to determine the location of a fire or to determine whether the fire has been properly extinguished. The fire-fighting piercing nozzle device includes a nozzle tip, a plurality of extenders (if necessary), and a head connector.

Abstract: In a de-icing and washing device and method of a vehicle, a heating module is in liquid communication between the main tank and a nozzle. The control module is communicated with the pump, the wiper and the heating module, and operated in an automatic mode for activating the heating module to heat the washing liquid therein and automatically starting the pump when the temperature of the washing liquid in the heating module is ranged from a first preset value to a second preset value. In such manner, the washing liquid in the main tank is introduced into the heating module, heated by the heating module and sprayed through the nozzle.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device and method for the atomisation or nebulisation of a liquid using a propellant vapour or gas (referred to hereafter as gas) which is introduced into the device under pressure. According to the invention, the two fluids are mixed together and subsequently released to the exterior, such that the liquid is released in the form of an aerosol or a suspension of drops that is conveyed by the gas stream. The inventive device comprises a liquid storage chamber which is housed in a pressurised cylinder or container and a liquid/gas mixing area whereat the aforementioned two phases are combined and released to the exterior.

Abstract: A method for reducing the nonsteady side loads acting on a nozzle of a rocket engine during a startup phase of said engine. The nozzle comprises a combustion chamber (1) where exhaust gases are generated, a divergent portion (3) in which a supersonic flow of said exhaust gases occurs, and a throat (2) connecting the combustion chamber to the divergent portion, which method comprises the positioning of a body of rounded shape (5) inside the divergent portion (3) along its axis corresponding to an axial position such that, during at least part of the startup phase, a shock wave (8), induced by the disturbance of the flow of the exhaust gases by the body of rounded shape (5) is incident to the wall of the divergent portion (3) at an axial incidence position where it produces a jet separation or a separation in the form of a toroidal separation bulb.

Abstract: A fuel injection valve for internal combustion engines having a valve seat at which at least one injection opening originates. A valve needle with a valve sealing face embodied thereon cooperates with the valve seat to close and open the at least one injection opening. First and second sealing edges are embodied on the valve sealing face; in the closing position of the valve needle the first sealing edge rests sealingly on the valve seat upstream of the at least one injection opening and the second sealing edge rests sealingly on the valve seat downstream of the at least one injection opening. On its face end toward the valve seat the valve needle has a recess such that a sealing lip is formed which can be deformed elastically or plastically inward by the contact of the valve needle on the valve seat and at which the second sealing edge is embodied.

Abstract: A hydrotherapy mechanical wound irrigation device for successful use with domestic water pressure service for the performance of wound self maintenance. The apparatus contains a body that is adapted to a domestic water connection, allowing for concurrent device and domestic plumbing fixture usage. The body contains a valve mechanism with lever for regulating flow through the device and spray nozzle whose specifications afford desirable impact pressures across the full range of domestic water pressures encountered.

Abstract: An improved fluidic insert, that operates on a pressurized liquid flowing through the insert to generate a jet of liquid that flows from said insert and into the surrounding gaseous environment to form a spray of liquid droplets, includes: (a) a member having top, front and rear outer surfaces, (b) a fluidic circuit located within this top surface and having an inlet, an outlet and a channel whose floor and sidewalls connect the inlet and outlet, and a barrier located proximate the outlet that rises from the channel floor and is configured such that: (i) it divides the channel in the region of the barrier into what are herein denoted as two power nozzles, and (ii) each of these nozzles has a downstream portion that is configured so as to cause the liquid flowing from the nozzles to generate flow vortices behind the barrier that are swept out of the outlet in such a manner as to control the lateral rate of spread of liquid droplets from the insert.

Abstract: An electrode holder for a powder spraying device includes a powder channel and a bridge arranged into the powder channel for holding an electrode. In addition a wedge is provided, which can be fixed on the bridge, on the upstream side of the bridge.

Abstract: A linear water feed apparatus for use in agricultural irrigation includes a linear-move machine with a mobile truss assembly supporting a plurality of individual sprinklers and adapted for movement in a specified direction across a field to be irrigated. The truss assembly is oriented transverse to the specified direction, and a supply pipe is arranged in the specified direction along or within the field to be irrigated. The supply pipe mounts a plurality of water supply hydrants at spaced locations along the pipe, each of the hydrants enclosing a water supply valve. A docking station is supported at one end of the truss assembly closest to the supply pipe, and is adapted to engage and open successive ones of the water supply valves in the plurality of hydrants. The docking station assembly includes a docking station that is suspended from a frame for floating movement about at least three mutually perpendicular axes.

Abstract: A grinding machine (20) for use in grinding materials, the grinding machine (20) comprising: a grinder assembly (22) for receiving material therein; at least one removable hopper (24) attachable proximate to the grinding assembly (22) for dispensing material to the grinder assembly (22); a passage (22) defined in the hopper being cooperatively placed in communication with the grinding assembly (22) for dispensing material from the hopper (24) to the grinder assembly (22); a displaceable shutter (70) being positionnable in an open position when the hopper (24) is placed on the grinder assembly (22) and being positionnable in a closed position when the hopper (24) is removed from the grinder assembly (22); and a slide gate mechanism (42) including a slide gate (42) and a mover linked to the slide gate for controllably opening and closing passage of material from the hopper (24) to the grinder assembly (22) for grinfind material therein.

Abstract: A rotary mill is configured to cut fibrous insulation material into tufts of loosefil insulation. A housing of the mill has a rotary cutter assembly mounted therein having a plurality of radially outwardly extending vanes extending to the housing and being configured to sweep along the housing in a machine direction. A screen having a plurality of screen openings is positioned in the housing, each screen opening having an effective opening size. The screen comprises an inner plate having a plurality of inner openings formed therethrough and an outer plate having a plurality of outer openings formed therethrough. The inner openings correspond with the outer openings to define the screen openings, and the screen openings have an effective cutting edge oriented transversely to the machine direction. The inner and outer plates are mounted for movement relative to each other so the effective opening size of the screen openings can be changed.

Abstract: There is a shredder comprising: a chopped apparatus including an insertion opening for inserting wastes, and an exhaust port for discharging chopped wastes; a waste container which is displaceable between a receivable position where to receive the chopped wastes and a non-receivable position where not to receive the chopped wastes; a claw portion provided with the waste container; a shutter, which opens the exhaust port by moving the waste container to the receivable position, and which closes the exhaust port by moving the waste container to the non-receivable position; a lock member, which is displaceable between a locked position where to close the shutter and an unlocked position where to make the shutter movable; and an operation lever which displaces the lock member to the unlocked position with the claw portion.

Abstract: A shredding device, method, system, and software program for the destruction or obliteration of confidential information. The invention may have the ability to shred by a unit of measurement. The device being a self-service bulk shredder that charges the user by a unit of measurement, such as: weight, time, or number of various item types or pages. These items types may be sorted and logged by units. In addition, the size of the shredding maybe selected. The unit information may be used to determine a cost and usage data for operational and management purposes. A user may place bulk items in the shredder to be weighed to assess a cost and display cost and payment information to a user. Payments may be made electronically and/or by cash. The device can produce an itemized receipt and/or a Certificate of Destruction, which may be provided electronically and/or emailed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device, for the dosed dispensing of small amounts of a material, comprising a housing for the material and an opening to the exterior, for the dispensing of the material. The material is itself embodied as a housing and has the form of a block with such a size as to be at least partly gripped by the hand of a user, or which may be held in the hand. The block is embodied with a rigid outer surface and an actuator may be introduced and operated through the opening in the block, which releases desired amounts of the material from inside the block or from the region surrounding the opening, by means of a scraping, digging or frictional interaction.

Abstract: A shredding cutter blade for a shredding machine includes a main body having a serrated periphery and a locating hole for insertion of a rotatable shaft of the shredding machine, and two extension portions symmetrically obliquely extending from the serrated periphery of the main body and having respectively a cutting edge for cutting waste strips of paper shredded by the serrated periphery into small pieces.

Abstract: In a metal mold, a part of a portion corresponding to a reel gear in a bottom portion side of a hub is divided, and a gate port of a resin is provided in this portion. A flow path of the resin to the gate port is inclined in a peripheral direction with respect to an axial direction of the hub. The resin is guided by the flow path. In the hub, an orientation of the resin (a flow of the resin) is inclined in the peripheral direction with respect to the axis of the hub, and in a lower flange, the orientation of the resin is inclined with respect to a direction of a radial line of the lower flange.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes at least one paper supply portion including a roll paper accommodating portion adapted to accommodate a paper roll constituted by winding long paper around a shaft, a roll paper holding portion on which the paper roll is temporarily put, a paper feeding portion adapted to deliver paper from the paper roll accommodated on the roll paper accommodating portion, a horizontal rotating-shaft adapted to support the paper supply portion in a body of the image forming apparatus, the paper supply portion drawn outwardly from the body of the image forming apparatus by being rotated when change of the paper roll is performed, wherein the change of the paper roll can be performed by rotating the paper supply portion to thereby draw out the paper supply portion.