Ice/beverage dispenser with in-line ice crusher
    3.
    发明申请
    Ice/beverage dispenser with in-line ice crusher 有权
    冰/饮料分配器,配有直列式破碎机

    公开(公告)号:US20070193299A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-08-23

    申请号:US11514715

    申请日:2006-09-01

    IPC分类号: F25C5/18 B67D5/62

    摘要: An ice crusher is attached to an ice dispenser or to a combined ice and beverage dispenser. The ice crusher occupies minimal space in order to fit the dispenser into an existing space on a serving counter or in a beverage dispensing area. The ice crusher may also elevate the ice. In embodiments using this technique, the outlet of the ice from the ice crusher is higher than the ice inlet. As the ice flows from a source of ice, such as an ice bin, the ice is elevated while it is being crushed. The ice then flows from the outlet of the ice crusher down an ice chute or other outlet of the ice crusher, into a cup or container as desired. Other embodiments convey the ice without lifting it, and still other embodiments dispense either crushed or cubed ice, as the consumer may select. In one embodiment the selected crushed ice or cubed ice are both dispensed though the same ice dispensing chute. A retrofit kit may be used to add an ice crusher to an existing ice dispenser, or to an existing combined ice and beverage dispenser.

    摘要翻译: 冰粉碎机连接到冰分配器或组合的冰饮料分配器上。 冰粉碎机占用最小的空间,以便将分配器装配到服务柜台或饮料分配区域中的现有空间中。 冰粉碎机也可以升高冰块。 在使用这种技术的实施例中,来自冰破碎机的冰的出口高于冰入口。 当冰从诸如冰箱的冰源流动时,冰被压碎时升高。 然后冰从冰锤的出口沿着冰块的冰槽或其它出口流出,按需要进入杯子或容器。 其他实施例传送冰而不提升冰,而其他实施例也可以分配粉碎或立方冰,如消费者可以选择的那样。 在一个实施例中,所选择的碎冰或立方冰都通过相同的冰分配滑槽分配。 可以使用改装套件将冰破碎机添加到现有的冰分配器中,或者与现有的组合冰和饮料分配器相加。

    Vehicle occupant detection using relative impedance measurements
    4.
    发明申请
    Vehicle occupant detection using relative impedance measurements 失效
    车辆乘员检测采用相对阻抗测量

    公开(公告)号:US20060187038A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-08-24

    申请号:US11342009

    申请日:2006-01-26

    摘要: A passenger detection system is provided. A sensor measures capacitance, electric field effects or other characteristic responsive to a load in a seating area. The sensor uses one or more electrodes (e.g., a transmit and receive electrode or one electrode for transmit and one or more electrodes for receive). Other electrodes are connected with different impedances. Measuring by a sensor, but with other electrodes connected with different impedances, may distinguish between an occupant and inanimate objects, may distinguish between characteristics of a passenger (e.g., size, height, weight or position), or may indicate a grounding state of an occupant.

    摘要翻译: 提供乘客检测系统。 传感器测量响应于休息区中的负载的电容,电场效应或其他特性。 传感器使用一个或多个电极(例如,发射和接收电极或用于发射的一个电极和用于接收的一个或多个电极)。 其他电极连接不同的阻抗。 通过传感器测量,但与其他电极连接的不同阻抗可以区分乘客和无生命物体,可以区分乘客的特征(例如,大小,高度,重量或位置),或者可以指示接地状态 乘客。

    Plant seed oils
    5.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US07053267B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-05-30

    申请号:US10100121

    申请日:2002-03-18

    IPC分类号: A01H5/00 C12N15/82

    摘要: By this invention, modification of the fatty acid composition of a plant seed may be achieved as a result of the activity of a DNA sequence foreign to the plant species to be modified. In particular, it has been found that a plant oil having a modified fatty acid composition can be obtained upon the expression of genes derived from plants of different species than the host plant, upon the expression of genes derived from bacteria, and from the transcription of anti-sense sequences which are complementary to endogenous genes of the plant host cell. In a preferred embodiment, transcription of the fatty acid modifying foreign DNA sequence is restricted to the developing seed tissues.

    Rotary device with slidable vane supports
    6.
    发明授权
    Rotary device with slidable vane supports 失效
    具有滑动叶片支架的旋转装置

    公开(公告)号:US5509793A

    公开(公告)日:1996-04-23

    申请号:US367434

    申请日:1994-12-29

    摘要: An axial vane rotary device (14) includes a stator (16) with a cylindrical internal chamber (34) defined an annular outer wall (40) and two side walls (36, 38) of the stator. Each side wall has an annular cam surface (42, 44). A rotor (54) is rotatably mounted within the chamber. The rotor has an annular outer wall (66) and a plurality of angularly spaced-apart, axially extending slots (64) extending therethrough. A vane (68) is slidably received in each slot. The vanes reciprocate axially and alternatively expand and compress spaces between adjacent vanes and the cam sur-faces as the rotor rotates. The cam surfaces have alternating first portions (92) and second portions (90). The second portions are further from the rotor than the second portions. The first portions of one said cam surface are aligned with second portions of another said cam surface. The slots extend radially outwards on the rotor to the annular outer wall thereof. The outer edge of each vane slidably engages the annular outer wall of the stator. Each vane has an enlarged outer portion (75) slidably received in an enlarged outer portion (65) of one said slot (64).

    摘要翻译: 轴向叶片旋转装置(14)包括具有限定定子的环形外壁(40)和两个侧壁(36,38)的圆柱形内腔(34)的定子(16)。 每个侧壁具有环形凸轮表面(42,44)。 转子(54)可旋转地安装在腔室内。 转子具有环形外壁(66)和从其延伸穿过的多个角度间隔开的轴向延伸的狭槽(64)。 叶片(68)可滑动地容纳在每个槽中。 当转子旋转时,叶片轴向往复运动并交替地扩展和压缩相邻叶片和凸轮表面之间的空间。 凸轮表面具有交替的第一部分(92)和第二部分(90)。 第二部分比第二部分更远离转子。 一个所述凸轮表面的第一部分与另一个所述凸轮表面的第二部分对准。 狭槽在转子上径向向外延伸到其环形外壁上。 每个叶片的外边缘可滑动地接合定子的环形外壁。 每个叶片具有可滑动地容纳在一个所述狭槽(64)的扩大的外部部分(65)中的扩大的外部部分(75)。

    Wireless, solar-powered, pavement temperature sensor

    公开(公告)号:US20070211782A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-09-13

    申请号:US11372722

    申请日:2006-03-10

    申请人: Gregory Thompson

    发明人: Gregory Thompson

    IPC分类号: G01K1/16

    摘要: An improved roadway temperature monitoring system is designed to be powered by solar energy for measuring and transmitting sensed roadway surface temperatures over a wireless link to remote workstations comprises a module housing fabricated from a light-transmissive, thermally conductive tough plastic for containing a solar cell array, a microprocessor, a spread spectrum RF transmitter, a plurality of temperature sensing elements and a battery supply therefor whose charge is maintained by the solar cell array.