Abstract: A number of methods and arrangements for controlling a gyroscopic continuously variable transmission (GVT) are described. The stroke length or effective stroke length of the input member (1) can be varied. A bearing arrangement includes a lubricant volume (212) and vanes (208) between an aperture and a shaft (8?) to transmit power whilst allowing for movement between the components. A transmission system may have a number of GVT's and a cam member (304) to move the inputs of the GVT's. The transmission may be provided in a wind turbine.

Abstract: A system, method, computer program product, and application program interface for indexing data relating to results of speech recognition in a database management system provides the capability to perform simple and efficient searches on audio speech data with reduced development effort. An application program interface for indexing data relating to results of speech recognition in a database management system comprises an indextype operable to support text queries on speech recognition results, an interface operable to provide interaction with an index of the indextype, and a format adapter interface a format adapter that the index creation activity will invoke to extract relevant information from a proprietary speech recognition format.

Abstract: A new variety of carnation plant named ‘CFPC Moonstone’ having large white flowers in a spray-type blooming habit.

Abstract: A new plant variety of Loropetalum chinese var. rubrum named ‘Sato's Dwarf Red’, having a low growing, compact habit and red foliage throughout the year.

Abstract: A new and distinct June-bearing strawberry cultivar named ‘Orléans’ is primarily adapted to the growing conditions of Eastern Central Canada and shows resistance to soil born diseases. Its upright growing habit, its small flowers with as-long-as-broad petals, its firm light-red fruit with same-sized calyx, its fruit sweetness, long shelf life and high levels of antioxidants essentially characterize ‘Orléans’.

Abstract: A new and distinct hybrid of Sedum plant characterized by red tinted stems and foliage, a compact, upright habit, large red purple and mauve flowers, and prominent white flower buds.

Abstract: A new and distinct Malus domestica Borkh. plant that produces apples having an excellent sugar-acid balance and keeping quality, suitable for use as a table and dessert fruit.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Aglaonema plant named ‘TWYAG0003’, characterized by its upright and outwardly arching plant form; vigorous growth habit; freely clumping habit; full, dense and bushy appearance; leaf surfaces green in color with pink-colored midribs and random spots and blotches; and pink-colored leaf petioles.

Abstract: A new miniature rose plant that has abundant, light pink flowers with pale orange hues and attractive foliage. The variety successfully propagates from softwood cuttings and is suitable for year-round production in commercial glasshouses. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘Kirimaji Double Blue Velvet’, characterized by its double-type, dark violet-colored flowers, medium green-colored foliage, excellent branching characteristics, and vigorous, low mounded and cascading growth habit.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Viola plant named ‘Sunviobu’, characterized by its outwardly spreading and mounded plant habit; vigorous and freely branching growth habit; freely flowering habit; single violet-colored flowers with long peduncles; long flowering period; and good garden performance.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Viola plant named ‘Sunviolaho’, characterized by its outwardly spreading and mounded plant habit; vigorous and freely branching growth habit; freely flowering habit; single white-colored flowers with long peduncles; long flowering period; and good garden performance.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Calibrachoa plant named ‘USCALI671M’, characterized by its semi-upright to cascading plant habit; freely branching habit; freely flowering habit; relatively large pink and red bi-colored flowers; and tolerance to rain and low and high temperatures.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Calibrachoa plant named ‘USCALI99’, characterized by its semi-upright to cascading plant habit; freely branching habit; freely flowering habit; relatively large purple-colored flowers with prominent dark purple-colored venation; good weather tolerance; and resistance to Thielaviopsis.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Calibrachoa plant named ‘USCALI53M’, characterized by its semi-upright to cascading plant habit; freely branching habit; freely flowering habit; relatively large yellow and dark red bi-colored flowers; and tolerance to rain and low and high temperatures.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘Sunhore’, characterized by its outwardly spreading, mounded and decumbent plant habit; vigorous and freely branching growth habit; freely flowering habit; large coral pink-colored flowers with purple-colored venation; long flowering period; and good garden performance.

Abstract: A distinct male cultivar of Salix purpurea×S. miyabeana named ‘Oneida’, characterized by rapid stem growth producing 2.7-times greater woody biomass than one of its parents (‘SX67’) and greater than 36% more biomass than current production cultivars (‘SV1’ and ‘SX64’). ‘Oneida’ can be planted from dormant stem cuttings, produces multiple stems after coppice, and the stem biomass can be harvested when the plant is dormant. In the spring following harvest, the plant will re-sprout very vigorously, producing new stems that can be harvested after two to four years of growth. This harvest cycle can be repeated several times. The stem biomass can be chipped and burned as a source of renewable energy, generating heat and/or electricity. ‘Oneida’ displays a low incidence of rust disease or damage by beetles or sawflies.

Abstract: A new and distinct Glechoma plant named ‘Dappled Light,’ particularly characterized by its unique variegation. The main or ground cover of the upper surface of mature leaves is a medium green, with the reticulated pattern and veining being a very pale green. The leaf stems, when exposed to sunlight, have a pinkish-purple color, which pleasantly contrasts with the variegated leaves. The new cultivar has relatively long internodal spacing thereby producing a fuller and more open plant.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Geranium plant named ‘Balluresion’ characterized by its semi-double medium red-colored flowers, medium green-colored foliage with a slightly lighter green-colored zone, and vigorous, upright growth habit.

Abstract: Shrub rose plant substantially as shown and described, characterized particularly by its flowers in deep, rounded, many-petalled cups of deep pink color; having an Old Rose fragrance on a rounded shrub with arching stems, medium to tall in size; and its resistance to powdery and downy mildew.

Abstract: A new variety of Hybrid Tea rose suitable for garden decoration, having flowers of blended apricot gold with an irregular yellow-colored fan-shaped pattern of venation on the under surface of the petals.

Abstract: A new variety of Climbing rose suitable for garden decoration, having flowers of deep velvet red coloration.

Abstract: A new New Guinea Impatiens plant particularly distinguished by numerous, medium to large, deep purple flowers, early flowering, intense green foliage with small leaves, and a medium to tall, well-branched plant habit that is round and tight, is disclosed.

Abstract: A new New Guinea Impatiens plant particularly distinguished by large, round, almost flat, lavender flowers that are well above the foliage, an early to medium flowering response, medium green foliage with large leaves, and a medium sized plant habit that is round and bushy, is disclosed.

Abstract: A new New Guinea Impatiens plant particularly distinguished by large, round, flat to slightly cup-shaped deep purple flowers, early flowering, deep green foliage with large leaves, and a medium size plant habit that is round and bushy, is disclosed.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Berberis plant named ‘Golden Carpet’ that is characterized by a dense prostrate habit and yellow foliage. In combination these traits set ‘Golden Carpet’ apart from all other existing varieties of Berberis known to the inventor.

Abstract: A new New Guinea Impatiens plant particularly distinguished by large, round, almost flat bi-colored, purple and pale violet or white flowers on long pedicles, mid season flowering, blackish-green, glossy foliage, and a medium size plant habit that is round and bushy, is disclosed.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Geranium plant named ‘Balfanwite’ characterized by its semi-double white-colored flowers, dark green-colored foliage, and medium to compact, upright growth habit.

Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Verbena plant, substantially as herein illustrated and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by its light lavender flowers, early flowering, double incised leaves and a habit that is extremely spreading.

Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Verbena plant, substantially as herein illustrated and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by its dark purple flowers, early flowering and a habit that is very compact and later spreading.

Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Verbena plant, substantially as herein illustrated and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by its burgundy flowers, very early flowering and a habit that is very compact and later spreading.

Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Verbena plant, substantially as herein illustrated and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by its white flowers, early flowering and a habit that is very compact and later spreading.

Abstract: A triangle road sign having a bottom rack, a left frame bar and a right frame bar respectively pivoted to two distal ends of the bottom rack and detachably coupled to each other to form a triangle rack with the bottom rack, a device for securing the triangle rack to the inside of a car, indicator lights respectively installed in the bottom rack, the left frame bar and the right frame bar and controlled to flash by a control switch at the bottom rack, a solar collector installed in the bottom rack to collect solar energy and to convert collected solar energy into electricity for the signal lights at the bottom rack, the left frame bar and the right frame bar, a battery box installed in the bottom rack and controlled by the control switch to provide the necessary working voltage to the signal lights, an alternating current adapter controlled by the control switch to convert alternating current power supply to direct current power supply for the signal lights.

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner filter bag retainer includes slots on each side which receive a cardboard plate attached to a filter bag. The plate is slid into the slots of the filter bag retainer such that openings in the plate and bag match with an opening in the filter bag retainer. The retainer is attached to a tank through an opening in the tank, and an inlet fitting extends from outside the tank, through the retainer, and into the bag. The inlet fitting, therefore, prevents the bag from sliding out of the slots in the retainer. A swivel fitting loosely traps the inlet fitting adjacent the filter bag retainer through threads on the swivel fitting and the retainer. The inlet fitting also holds a hose to the inlet fitting.

Abstract: A system for the destruction of volatile organic compounds while generating power. In a preferred embodiment the system comprises a combustor and a reaction chamber connected to an exit of the combustor. A primary inlet to the combustor supplies a primary fuel to the combustor. A secondary fuel, comprising air and an amount of one or more volatile organic compounds, is supplied to a compressor, which compresses the secondary fuel and directs the secondary fuel to the combustor and the reaction chamber. The system is suitably configured to enable the stoichiometric reaction of the two fuels in a manner sufficient to destroy the volatile organic compounds contained in the secondary fuel and power a turbine engine connected to an exit of the reaction chamber.

Abstract: The compressor in a refrigeration system is controlled solely by a variable speed drive which controls the motor of the compressor by virtue of the varying of the frequency of the electricity provided to the motor. To minimize the initial cost and to minimize operating costs, the variable speed drive is cooled by refrigerant from the refrigeration system which permits the use of a smaller drive, and the variable speed drive is operated at, or approaching, a unity power factor.

Abstract: A mechanical transmission system (10) is provided with a detent mechanism (156/172, 186/196) for applying a selectively variable detent resistance to disengagement of an engaged gear ratio. To provide resistance to shift lever (31) induced jumpout when no intent to shift is sensed, a greater detent resistance is provided, and to provide improved shift quality upon sensing an intent to shift, a lesser detent resistance is provided. The mechanism also may be utilized to maintain the transmission in neutral.

Abstract: A fuel supplying apparatus comprising a fuel pump 4 disposed within a fuel tank 1 for pumping fuel to an injector, a pressure regulator 6 for discharging an excess amount of fuel out of the fuel from the fuel pump 4 into the fuel tank 1 as an excess fuel, a fuel filter 5 disposed within a flow path connected between the fuel pump 4 and the pressure regulator 6 upstream of the pressure regulator 6 and having a filter element 12 accommodated within an electrically insulating housing 13 for filtering the fuel discharged from said fuel pump 4, characterized by a grounding device comprising an electrically conductive protector 24 or an electrically conductive member 25 for providing an earth to the filter element 12, whereby an electrostatic electricity generated while the fuel is passing through the filter element can be ensured to be dissipated, allowing a stable fuel supply.

Abstract: A method for reducing carryover of and delivering liquid taken from a source container by a dispensing means to a target container by spinning the target container so that any liquid within the target container is removed from the dispensing means prior to dispensing liquid into the target container.

Abstract: To accomplish a web transfer, which in reliability is comparable to the one obtained with a closed draw, in any operating environment, but especially where it is desirable to transfer a fast running tissue web (4) from the drying section of a tissue machine, e.g., a Yankee dryer (2), to a reel-up (3), a web support device (10) extends across the width of the web (4) and along a predetermined run of the web support device has a support surface (11) formed by a series of plate member assemblies (23) having means for creating a flow of air in the direction of the web run. Between the web (4) and the support surface (11) the flow of air forms an air layer (15) of reduced static pressure, so as to stabilize the web (4) against flutter. The predetermined run may extend through a calender (7) and past scanner equipment (8). Pneumatic tail threading capabilities may be included.

Abstract: In a fishing reel of the type in which the spool for receiving the fishing line is caused to more to and fro in the direction of its winding axis in response to a cam drive for driving a spindle attached to the spool, the cam drive including a guide part with a guide slot into which projects an eccentrically mounted cam stud, the guide slot is in the form of an elongated S in order to impart an acceleration to the spool at its reversing points, and thereby prevent formation of bulges at the sides of the spool during winding. The locations in the guide slot corresponding to reversing points of the spool are offset from a center line of the guide slots along a longitudinal axis of the slot in a direction perpendicular to the stroke direction, resulting in the above-described acceleration and also having the effect of increasing displacement of the cam drive mechanism in the stroke direction.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes defining chip sections on a wafer by scribe lines with each chip section having chip electrodes formed thereon. The wafer is covered with a passivating film except for on the chip electrodes. Aluminum interconnection layers are provided such that each layer is connected to the chip electrode at one end thereof and the other end of the layer is extended towards the central portion of the chip section. A cover coating film is applied on the passivating film and the layers. A number of apertures are formed in the coating film passing therethrough, and bump electrodes are formed at the position corresponding to the apertures. The chip sections are then separated from each other along the scribe lines into semiconductor devices.

Abstract: An improved seating arrangement having a pair of rigid sides which include a back portion and a seat portion. Flexible webbing members extend between the rigid sides in the back and seat portions. Various arrangements are provided for increasing and decreasing the length and tension of the flexible webbing to provide a three dimensional variation in the contour of the flexible webbing in the back and/or seat portion.

Abstract: The invention relates to a combination of optical elements comprising at least one optical retardation film and at least one broadband reflective polarizer, characterized in that the optical retardation film is comprising at least one layer of an anisotropic polymer material having an optical symmetry axis substantially parallel to the plane of the layer, said optical retardation film being obtainable by polymerization of a mixture of a polymerizable mesogenic material comprising: a) at least one reactive mesogen having at least one polymerizable functional group; b) an initiator, c) optionally a non-mesogenic compound having two or more polymerizable functional groups; and d) optionally a stabilizer; and relates to an optical retardation film used in said combination of optical elements and to a liquid crystal display comprising said combination of optical elements.

Abstract: The present invention provides labeled synthetic libraries of random oligomers and methods and apparatus for generating labeled synthetic oligomer libraries. Each member of such a library is labeled with a unique identifier tag that specifies the structure or sequence of the oligomer. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention the identifier tag is a microchip that is pre-encoded or encodable with information that is related back to a detector when the identifier tag is pulsed with electromagnetic radiation.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel sulphonylamino(thio) carbonyl compounds of the formula (I), in which A represents a single bond, oxygen, sulphur or the group N—R, in which R represents hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl or cycloalkyl, Q represents oxygen or sulphur, R1 represents hydrogen or formyl or represents in each case optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, alkylsulphonyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylcarbonyl or cycloalkylsulphonyl, R2 represents cyano or halogen or represents in each case optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, alkoxy, alkenyloxy or alkinyloxy, and R3 represents in each case optionally substituted heterocyclyl having 5 ring members of which at least one is oxygen, sulphur or nitrogen and from one to three further ring members can be nitrogen, and salts of compounds of the formula (I), the previously known compounds 4,5-dimethoxy-2-(2,5-dimethoxy-phenylsulphonylaminocarbonyl)-2,4-dihydro-3H-1,2,4-triazol-3-one, 4,5-diethoxy-2-(2,5-dimetho

Abstract: Compounds of the formula Ia or IB where A is a saturated or monounsaturated heterocyclic, 4 - to 8-membered ring which contains one or two nitrogen atoms, and their tautomeric forms, possible enantiomeric and diastereomeric forms, their prodrugs and possible physiologically tolerated salts are useful as inhibitors of the enzyme poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of 8-iso prostaglandins and their derivatives for decreasing intraocular pressure, for example in the treatment of glaucoma It is based, at least in part, on the discovery that 8-iso prostaglandin E2 effectively decreased intraocular pressure by a trabecular meshwork outflow mechanism.

Abstract: Systems and methods for returning windows to an original location are described. When springing already open windows to a new location on a display space, it is desired to return that window to its original location for certain situations. A list is provided when the springing operation is initialized which captures information used to return the sprung window. According to exemplary embodiments, the relocation of various windows is tracked to ensure that each window is returned to an original location.

Abstract: A disposable swimsuit includes a lower piece having a front covering piece and a back covering piece to define two leg openings at two outer edges of the lower piece and a waist opening at two upper edges of the front and back covering pieces. The disposable swimsuit is made of swimwear garment including an outer stretchable layer and a lining layer overlappedly attached to the outer stretchable layer in an edge to edge manner, wherein the outer stretchable layer is made of water resistant material having air ventilating ability and flexibility, wherein the lining layer is made of non-irritant and air ventilating material.