Abstract:
Managing instant messages may include receiving instant messages created by or on behalf of one or more message sources for delivery to an intended recipient. From among the received instant messages, qualifying instant messages may be identified that satisfy a capture rule, and two or more of the qualifying instant messages may be captured. The intended recipient may be informed of the captured instant messages unobtrusively, and also may be enabled to manage the captured instant messages.
Abstract:
Managing instant messages may include receiving instant messages created by or on behalf of one or more message sources for delivery to an intended recipient. From among the received instant messages, qualifying instant messages may be identified that satisfy a capture rule, and two or more of the qualifying instant messages may be captured. The intended recipient may be informed of the captured instant messages unobtrusively, and also may be enabled to manage the captured instant messages.
Abstract:
A stackable wire core assembly for a bedding foundation which may be nestably stacked with numerous other such assemblies for transportation, thereby avoiding the need to compress and tie the assembly for shipping. The wire core assembly includes an upper wire grid including a border wire and support wires extending between the ends of the border wire. Each support wire has resilient portions extending downwardly from the plane of the upper wire grid, each resilient portion having a flat bottom adapted to be secured to a wooden base frame and curved arms extending upwardly from opposed ends of the flat bottom.
Abstract:
The present invention is generally directed to a method of making a lined fabric product having an open hem construction. An open hem construction refers to a lined fabric product in which a liner fabric is hemmed separately from a cover fabric. In this configuration, the liner fabric is allowed to drape independently from the cover fabric. In the past, fabric articles, such as curtains and draperies, having an open hem construction were primarily made exclusively by hand. The process of the present invention, on the other hand, allows some automation, improving the speed and cost at which the products are made.
Abstract:
Self-healing coatings are formed by first phosphating or nitriding ferrous parts, then coating with an emulsion of e.g. polysiloxane, oil, sorbitan derivative and sodium sulfonate, butyl cellosolve, oleic acid. Preferred phosphating is to a thickness of 2,000-3,000 mg Zn phosphate/square foot. This coating passes 240-plus hours in 5% salt spray (ASTM B-117) and resists wash off with car wash soap.
Abstract:
A lightweight, strong, pallet construction is provided by providing a pair of flat sheets of cardboard and a plurality of elongated runners of cardboard which can be deformed by the forks of a fork lift truck. The runners have notches formed in one edge thereof which enable the runners to be locked together in a matrix which is sandwiched between the flat sheets of cardboard. The upper and lower edges of the runners are adhesively connected to the flat surfaces of the two sheets of cardboard so that the two sheets are disposed in substantially parallel relationship to another. A very strong interconnected structure is thereby provided.
Abstract:
A method of making a portion of a sodium sulfur battery is disclosed. The battery portion made is a portion of the container which defines the volume for the cathodic reactant materials which are sulfur and sodium polysulfide materials. The container portion is defined by an outer metal casing with a graphite liner contained therein, the graphite liner having a coating on its internal diameter for sealing off the porosity thereof. The steel outer container and graphite pipe are united by a method which insures that at the operating temperature of the battery, relatively low electrical resistance exists between the two materials because they are in intimate contact with one another.
Abstract:
A recreational vehicle with an expansible section is provided with means accommodating extension and retraction of the section with minimum physical exertion, means to guide the movement of the expansible section to prevent binding and improper positioning thereof, and means effectively sealing the vehicle body at the extension-receiving opening thereof in both extended and retracted positions of the expansible section.
Abstract:
An air terminal for a horizontal vent of a sealed combustion furnace includes a faceplate for mounting to an exterior vertical wall. A horizontal flue pipe extension, receiving the combustion products, is surrounded by an oval sleeve. Fresh air is communicated to the furnace through the space between the flue pipe and the sleeve. The outlet of the flue pipe is at least about 3/4 in. outside the faceplate. An enlarged fresh air intake opening exists about the flue pipe, and a pocket-shaped rain shield is located beneath the flue pipe extending upwardly and inwardly. A horizontal wind deflector vane is located beneath the flue pipe and extends across the width of the fresh air intake opening for directing incident wind downwardly along the wall. The terminal improves operation of the furnace under all wind conditions, whether the furnace is operating on pilot or main burner modes.