All Prior Art

A method of arranging containers, such as bottles or cans, for forming groups of containers to be packaged as a group in a container filling plant, and apparatus therefor. The thermoelectric conversion material includes an oxide represented by formula : M1Oy, where M1 is at least one selected from the group consisting of V, Nb and Ta, and 1. Also included are methods of treating a mammal which include the administration of said compounds. The built-in antenna configuration can indeed make an electronic communication product reach the requirement of a miniature, meet the appeals of easily stowing and conveniently carrying, reduce the manufacturing cost thereof and thus promote the product competition and the added value thereof. A spring urges the closure such that the shaft may selectively extend out of the opening. Also integrated in the window frame are light emitting diodes that are activated during absence of daylight and powered from the solar electricity stored in the batteries.

A laser scanning indicia reading apparatus comprises one or more adjustable aperture assemblies for adjusting the diameter of a laser beam and adjustable lens assemblies for adjusting the distance of a laser beam waist. Inert gas molecules pass into the enclosure through an opening near the first electrode and from the enclosure through an opening near the second electrode. If the maximum value is changed by the zigzag width range setting apparatus 9 during the sewing machine stitch action, zigzag stitch in accordance with the changed maximum zigzag width is performed. When the safety controller determines a rollover situation, the seat moving mechanism moves the seat in a substantially downward direction from an initial position to increase a head clearance for a vehicle occupant seated in the vehicle seat.

Embodiments of the present invention include bicycle chain rings for bicycles having specially shaped ramps, tapers and profiled teeth for improved shifting performance. Accordingly, when the movable core contacts the stationary core, the buffer can be pressed and transformed to decrease impact and noise. At one end, the pouch includes a releasable clip adapted to secure the pouch to an article of clothing worn by the individual in a position where the pouch is concealed. Spacer elements in such pump chambers are, in some embodiments, attached to a wall of the substantially rigid component so as to prevent the movableflexible membrane from contacting the wall during pumping.

An electrostatic chuck is provided for controlling a radial temperature profile across a substrate when exposed to a plasma. A radius of curvature R3 of a front surface of the second lens element satisfies the relation: \u22120. Each of the top and bottom members has opposite terminal ends each formed as a connecting member having a vertical slot. A first electric transceiver module is provided and arranged in said second receiving section.

Methods and apparatuses for synchronizing a system clock of a computer via a local gateway are described herein. Said exchanger is characterized in that the casing is made of heat-resistant plastic material and means are provided for ensuring mechanical containment of the beam in the axial direction, and for damping the thrust loads resulting from the fluid internal pressure, preventing their being transmitted to the casing. These electrodes constitute interdigital electrode portions defined by mutually opposed comb electrodes which are arranged such that the direction in which the teeth thereof extend is substantially perpendicular to the length direction of the vibrating member.

A system for modifying dislocation distributions in semiconductor materials is provided. Hypothetical locations among the set are propagated to respective hypothetical next locations, using respective location-specific propagation models associated with the hypothetical locations. In the methods of the present invention, no etch step is required to form the air gaps. The plate-shaped coupling units may also have spiral shapes. The bottom frame also has four corners with roller tracks at each corner. With this start-up circuit, all the control and supporting circuitries are connected at the converter output low voltage side and protected from high input DC voltage.

A carborane-siloxane compound is provided having the repeat unitQ contains any of \u2014SiR2\u2014, \u2014SiR2\u2014O\u2014, \u2014C\u2261C\u2014C\u2261C\u2014, carboranyl, and U\u2032. An example method includes processing an image received from a mobile device of a panelist to identify text within the image, the image representing a display of the mobile device. Step measurement points provided by the steps and base plane measurement points provided by portions of the base plane are intermingled along a measurement track. Various embodiments also provide a step for presenting the hypothesis to a user so as to indicate the previously unknown combination. The low melt fiber strand and the other strand are combined by air interlacing to create a single combined strand and to expose a sufficient amount of the one low melt fiber strand to facilitate a bond to an adjacent yarn strand. Examples are end effectors suitable for picking up semiconductor wafers and packaging material from a pod or some other carrier.

Data compression and decompression methods for compressing and decompressing data based on an actual or expected throughput of a system. The robotic surgical tool includes a wrist mechanism disposed near the distal end of a shaft which connects with an end effector. The frame and screen box are disposed at an incline relative to a horizontal surface on which the stand rests, so that material travels downwardly in the screen box toward the output openings.

A lithium ion secondary battery having a positive electrode 3 which contains, as a positive electrode active material, a composite metal oxide containing at least one of Li, Co, Mn, and Ni as a metal component thereof; a negative electrode 2 which contains a negative electrode active material; and a nonaqueous electrolyte solution containing a lithium salt. The target has an active section and an inactive section. When the maintenance execution time reaches a preset time, an asterisk * is displayed on a display portion 18 of the operating panel 16. Note that the encoding function depends on a preceding codeword in the stream of codewords, so that when the preceding codeword changes to the current codeword, rising transitions are substantially matched with falling transitions within the bundle. The main supporting beams are preferably arranged at least partially between the flue gas channels extending over the roof of the furnace.

Conducting materials having narrow impurity conduction bands can reduce the number of high energy excitations, and can be prepared by a sequence of plasma treatments. A cushioning material 25 is interposed in the gap to fix the cooling block 22 relatively to the magnetic yoke 20 by screws. The Original Bubble Nails eliminates other forms of drying wet fingernails because it encloses and totally protects wet fingernails in a protective form so wet nails can dry flawlessly.