Abstract:
A system is used with advertisements or merchant listings that include promotional phone numbers associated with particular merchants. The system includes a database of associations between phone numbers for the particular merchants and their promotional phone numbers. A call tracker is provided that includes a telephone interface that receives calls directed to multiple phone numbers and identifies a phone number called and a calling phone number for the received calls. As the phone number called is one of the promotional numbers, for received calls, the call tracker uses the database to select the merchant phone number associated with the phone number called and routes the call to the selected merchant phone number. The call tracker also adds data identifying the call, including data identifying the time and date of the call, the calling phone number, the phone number called and the merchant phone number to a call log.
Abstract:
A storage tank containment system including a cubic-shaped tank having an outer shell having cylindrical walls for the efficient storage and transportation of large quantities of fluid, for example, liquid and compressed natural gas.
Abstract:
A retractable barrier (10) includes an elongate housing (12) having a first end (14), a second end (16), and a slotted opening (18) extending between the first end (14) and the second end (16). A substrate support (20) is rotatably mounted within the housing (12). A barrier substrate (22) is provided of a height substantially equal to a length of the slotted opening (18). The barrier substrate (22) has an attachment end (26) and a free end (24). The barrier substrate (22) is rolled onto the substrate support (20) with the attachment end (26) being attached to the substrate support (20) and the free end (24) extending through the slotted opening (18) of the housing (12) to permit a selected quantity of the barrier substrate (22) to be extended from the housing (12). The barrier substrate (22) is configurable into non-linear configurations by the selectively attaching poles (28) where a change of direction occurs. A crank (32) is provided for rotating the substrate support (20), thereby retracting the barrier substrate (22) back into the housing (12).
Abstract:
A steering column apparatus disclosed herein includes an inner-outer cylinder assembly housing a steering shaft, an outer jacket, an anchorage and a compression bracket, wherein the outer jacket, the anchorage and the compression-bracket are coupled together via a cross-bolt. The apparatus is further attached to a locking motor adapted to secure the steering column apparatus in a tilt-telescope position, a tilt-motor adapted to tilt the steering shaft along a pivotal axis, and a telescopic-motor adapted to move the steering shaft along a telescopic axis. Each of the locking motor, the tilt-motor and the telescopic motor may be adapted to be actuated using a switch or a memory device.
Abstract:
The invention is directed to an apparatus for detecting and ejecting fallen containers on a conveyor line. The detecting apparatus includes at least three sensors arranged beside the conveyor system. Two of the sensors are positioned to detect the top of a container and a third sensor is positioned to detect the bottom of the container. When a container is judged to be fallen on the conveyor line, a control system sends a signal to an ejector apparatus to remove the fallen container from the conveyor line.
Abstract:
A storage tank containment system including a cubic-shaped tank having an outer shell having cylindrical walls for the efficient storage and transportation of large quantities of fluid, for example, liquid and compressed natural gas.
Abstract:
A system is used with advertisements or merchant listings that include promotional phone numbers associated with particular merchants. A database includes associations between phone numbers for the merchants and their promotional numbers. A call tracker includes an interface that receives calls and identifies a phone number called and a calling phone number for received calls. The call tracker uses the database to select the merchant phone number associated with the phone number called and routes the call to the selected merchant phone number. The call tracker adds data identifying the call, including data identifying the time and date of the call, the calling phone number, the phone number called and the merchant phone number to a call log. The call tracker determines whether a message is taken for the merchant for a received call and track any calls from the merchant to the calling phone number responding to the message.