摘要:
The invention provides a mulch film that may be sprayed over soil or existing mulch in a plant bed or in crop rows. The sprayed-on mixture hardens into a continuous barrier that passes water but blocks light to suppress weed growth. The components of the mixture are environmentally safe and will not harm desirable plants around which it is sprayed. A preferred embodiment of the mixture comprises a binding agent, a wetting agent, a dispersing agent, a stabilizing agent and a filler material, where total solids preferably comprise about 40-60 percent by weight of the mixture. In one embodiment, the binding agent comprises an emulsion polymer, the wetting agent comprises an alkyl ethoxylate, the dispersing agent comprises a polymer-based polycarboxylate, the thickening agent comprises a hydrophobic-modified carboxymethyl cellulose, and the filler comprises powdered clay.
摘要:
A seal breaker to break the seal of a container includes the container cap having either one or more slots with an adjacent rigid portion capable of penetrating the seal or one or more pointed projections capable of penetrating the seal or one or more pointed projections.
摘要:
Disclosed is a franchise-style business method that incorporates a system of identifying, evaluating, hiring and recruiting qualified candidates, managing employees in smaller franchise cells and providing franchise owners with an ownership experience model otherwise absent in most organizations. The system entails identifying candidates, and thereafter tracking the performance of each franchise cell within the larger organization. The performance of the individual franchises determines their compensation, placing emphasis on higher work quality, output and developed business. Highly skilled and entrepreneurial candidates are given the opportunity to lead franchises within the larger organization, recruit and hire high performing employees and define their franchise business objectives. Greater employee satisfaction results in higher employee retention and improved employee performance, which improves efficiency and revenue for the overall organization.
摘要:
A heat exchanger is mounted external to a section of flue pipe or is an integral part of a section of flue pipe. The heat exchanger preheats a domestic hot water supply and boosts the return water temperature prior to reentry to the furnace coil. The heat exchanger reduces fuel use, pollution and wear of the furnace and burner. A typical heat exchanger installation includes an oil or gas burner located on a furnace or boiler having a flue pipe leading to a gaseous outlet, such as a masonry chimney. A short vertical flue section leads to a draft-regulating damper. The flue heat exchanger may be a coil of tubing wrapped around flue section, such that the tubing picks up heat from the heated flue gasses. Preheated water exits from the heat exchanger.
摘要:
The invention provides a weed blocking film that may be sprayed over existing mulch in a plant bed. The sprayed-on mixture hardens into a continuous barrier that passes water but blocks light to suppress weed growth. The components of the mixture are environmentally safe and will not harm desirable plants around which it is sprayed. A preferred embodiment of the mixture comprises a binding agent, a wetting agent, a dispersing agent, a stabilizing agent and a filler material, where total solids preferably comprise about 40-60 percent by weight of the mixture. In one embodiment, the binding agent comprises an emulsion polymer, the wetting agent comprises an alkyl ethoxylate, the dispersing agent comprises a polymer-based polycarboxylate, the thickening agent comprises a hydrophobic-modified carboxymethyl cellulose, and the filler comprises powdered clay.
摘要:
Methods and systems are provided for providing network services using at least one processor, such as a network operations center that interfaces a base network. The network operations center may receive information identifying a user authorized to administer a first processor, which may be separate from the network operations center, and a base address that is routable in the base network. The network operations center may provide through the base network code and information for self-configuring the first processor as a gateway that interfaces the base network at the base address. The first processor may execute the provided code to self-configure itself as the gateway based on the provided information. The network operations center may then provide through the base network to the first processor additional information enabling at least one tunnel through the base network to a second processor, which may also be separate from the network operations center, when the first and second processors each provide to the network operations center a consent for enabling the tunnel.
摘要:
A portable diagnostic and medication delivery system that includes a housing and a monitor disposed in the housing for monitoring a characteristic of a bodily fluid sample obtained from an individual. A medication delivery pen and a lancer are each removably mounted to the housing. The monitor, which may be integrated into the housing, may monitor blood glucose levels, for example, and the pen may be employed for the delivery of insulin.
摘要:
A seal breaker to break the seal of a container includes the container cap having either one or more slots with an adjacent rigid portion capable of penetrating the seal or one or more pointed projections capable of penetrating the seal or one or more pointed projections.
摘要:
A seal breaker to break the seal of a container includes the container cap having either one or more slots with an adjacent rigid portion capable of penetrating the seal or one or more pointed projections capable of penetrating the seal or one or more pointed projections.