Abstract:
A method and apparatus for adjusting a dialect for an oral presentation provided by an agent of an organization to a human target of the organization through a communications network. The method includes the steps of determining a dialect to be used by the agent for communicating with the target, modifying the dialect of the oral presentation of the agent for communicating with the target based upon the determined dialect and presenting the modified oral presentation to the target.
Abstract:
An intravenous fluid system incorporates an elastomeric reservoir in which the intravenous fluid is retained under pressure and fed at a controlled rate to a cannula which is inserted into the patient. The reservoir is contained in a translucent housing which is open to the atmosphere through a check valve and which is connected to the line connecting the reservoir to the cannula through another check valve which permits flow of fluid into the housing when the outlet of the cannula is plugged.
Abstract:
An antenna or radiating element that is constructed of materials allowing for survivability of fire, high temperature, corrosive environments, or any combination of the aforementioned. Antennas are capable of operating for an extended period of time in a high temperature environment with the use of a radome having one or more surfaces covered in one or more of the following surface elements: a polyester film, a moldable plastic film, a boPET product, a ceramifiable silicone rubber material and a ceramic fiber wrap material. The surface elements can be used to construct a portion of the structural components of the antenna.
Abstract:
An intake manifold that allows air to flow through the intake manifold, engine, and exhaust from the engine, until the engine is cooled to a desired temperature.
Abstract:
A waste management system for associating a collected refuse bin with a corresponding user of that bin. The system comprises a GPS tracker unit on-board a collection vehicle for recording the GPS co-ordinates of each refuse bin during refuse collection therefrom by the collection vehicle. A central server is configured for communication with each of a plurality of collection vehicles so that the GPS co-ordinates of each refuse bin collected during a refuse collection may be communicated to the central server. The server is further configured to effect a datastore lookup for comparing the GPS co-ordinates of the collected refuse bins with pre-recorded geographical data of a plurality of users for associating each refuse bin to a corresponding user.
Abstract:
An apparatus to enable the flow of high speed gases through the apparatus, the apparatus including modifying a metal hose which can be a metal hose or a corrugated metal hose having an exterior braid and an interior liner. The improvement includes inserting a non-bendable flange insert into a leading edge of the metal pipe and combining that with a pipe having a tapered interior wall which is welded to the metal hose to facilitate the flow of gases to a level of Mach 1 without damaging the interior portions of the interior liner.
Abstract:
A customizable hand tool system is presented. The customizable hand tool system includes a blade which is connected to an inner frame. The inner frame extends a length between a first end and a second end and includes a front stop positioned adjacent the front end and a rear stop positioned adjacent the second end. A cover is positioned around the inner frame between the front stop and the rear stop. A label, which the user or owner can customize, is positioned between the inner frame and the cover. As the cover is transparent or translucent, the label is easily seen through the cover. In this way, presented is a customizable hand tool that prevents misplacement or theft of the hand tool.
Abstract:
A lip rolling machine for forming a lip on the rim of preformed containers such as cups, including a set of spaced apart tubular oven guide bars guiding a train of nested cups through an oven for preheating the rims thereof. One of the guide bars is driven to be rotated driven by a variable speed motor and a belt drive so as to maintain rotation of the train of cups while passing through the oven. One embodiment includes a fixed inner tube having an outer tube rotated on the inner but.
Abstract:
An upper receiver is provided for cooperatively engaging a lower receiver, wherein the lower receiver includes at least a trigger and a lower hammer. The upper receiver includes an upper sear movable in response to movement of the lower hammer, thereby permitting an upper hammer in the upper receiver to actuate a valve in the upper receiver and pass a motive gas to a firing chamber and thereby expel a projectile through a barrel of the upper receiver.
Abstract:
An embodiment of a tunable capacitor can include a plurality of capacitors connected in series where at least two capacitors of the plurality of capacitors share a common electrode where the at least two capacitors are in lateral proximity and a bias that is capable of being applied to the at least two capacitors whereby the at least two capacitors vibrate in opposite phase to each other when the bias and an RF signal is applied to the at least two capacitors.