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...that two musicians were responsible for the invention of color print film? Fascinated by photography, Leopold Godowsky and Leopold Mannes worked together to produce an easy-to-use, practical color film. They worked full time as music teachers and gave concerts while experimenting during their off hours in Mannes' kitchen. Their success earned them full-time, well-paying jobs at Kodak and their efforts resulted in Kodachrome film, which was introduced in 1935.
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| 20120125442 | Fluid Level Monitoring System and Method A fluid level monitoring system may include a control panel having a plurality of input devices, each corresponding to a monitored fluid of a machine, and a plurality of indicators, each corresponding to one of the input devices. The indicators may provide visual displa... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120129242 | Falling Film Evaporator An apparatus and method are disclosed for controlling the thickness of a flowing, laminar fluid film. The film flow may be gravity-induced or the result of an alternative force. The fluid is deposited on an upper end of a flow surface where a relatively thick layer of t... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120103424 | VORTICE AMPLIFIED DIFFUSER FOR BUOYANCY DISSIPATER AND METHOD FOR SELECTABLE DIFFUSION Embodiments of a vortice-amplified diffuser section for use in a buoyancy dissipater are generally described herein. The vortice-amplified diffuser section may include a plurality of diffusion ports to diffuse an expanding gas, a reduction sleeve to adjust an amount of ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120103426 | METHOD AND DEVICE PERFORMING MODEL BASED ANTI-SURGE DEAD TIME COMPENSATION Methods and devices for performing a model based anti-surge dead time compensation in systems including a compressor and an anti-surge loop are provided. A new position of an anti-surge valve on the anti-surge loop is determined by correcting for dead time a value of th... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120103425 | Flow Meter With Improved Thermal Stability And Methods Of Use Devices and methods for controlling flow to a processing chamber are disclosed. The devices comprise a flow meter, an inlet tube in fluid communication with the flow meter, an outlet tube in fluid communication with the outlet of the flow meter, and thermal insulation e... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120052792 | Ventilation Unit Calibration Apparatus, System and Method A ventilation unit for installation in a ventilation system. The ventilation unit can include a motor coupled to a fan element and a power source. The ventilation unit can also include a calibration module having one of a voltage and current regulator for adjusting the ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120048386 | System for Contaminant Isolation and Flushing A system for isolating and flushing contaminants in a water supply system is disclosed. The system includes a monitoring and detection subsystem, a communication subsystem, and a flushing subsystem. Components of the system for isolating and flushing contaminants may be... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120048385 | Aerobic Irrigation Controller An apparatus, method, and system for supplementing an aerobic-treated supply of water in an aerobic sewer pump tank using water from a separate source, the apparatus including an electronic controller device to control the occurrence of injection of water from a separat... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120036866 | AUXILIARY POWER UNIT WITH MULTIPLE FUEL SOURCES A system and method are disclosed for supplying fuel to an auxiliary power unit of an aircraft. The system includes a primary fuel source, a secondary fuel source, and a secondary valve. The primary fuel source is in fluid communication with the auxiliary power unit to ... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120031498 | Water supply system and method A system for supplying hot and cold water to an apartment/house. Recycling water from the hot into the cold water pipe comprises a faucet having adjustable first and second valves installed in the paths to hot and cold water inlets and third valve in the path to outlet.... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120012188 | SLURRY FEED SYSTEM AND METHOD The invention can provide or facilitate systems and methods for feeding a slurry and, in particular, to systems and methods for treating wastewater streams with a slurry having periodic flushing of conduits.... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120006413 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HYDRAULICALLY MANAGING FLUID PRESSURE DOWNSTREAM FROM A MAIN VALVE BETWEEN SET POINTS A system for hydraulically managing fluid pressure between selected set points includes a pilot control system operably coupled to a main valve. The pilot control system includes at least one fluid conduit, a variable orifice assembly, and a control pilot valve apparatu... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110314820 | DOSING SYSTEM FOR USE IN AN EXHAUST SYSTEM OF A COMBUSTION ENGINE The present invention relates to a dosing system for dosing a first fluid, preferably flowing in a first flow passage (5) into a stream of a second fluid, preferably flowing in a second flow passage (9). The system may e.g. be used to dose a reducing agent... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110308627 | METHOD OF AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR MANAGING ONE OR MORE AGRICULTURAL DEVICES A system and method for managing an agricultural device, including connecting the agricultural device to a network, collecting operational data relating to the agricultural device, granting an access right in respect of the collected operational data to an entity connec... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110308626 | Flow Passage Switching Apparatus, Processing Apparatus, Flow Passage Switching Method, Processing Method and Storage Medium Disclosed are a flow path switching apparatus and a fluid processing apparatus having a liquid processing unit that performs a processing by supplying different kinds of processing fluid to wafer W at different timings The atmosphere of the liquid processing unit is dis... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110297238 | MATERIAL DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND METHODS A method of determining an operational parameter of a washing system having a wash tank to which water and material are added. In some embodiments, the method includes establishing a communication link between a sensor and a controller. The sensor is positioned in the w... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110290329 | Large Area Water Redistribution Network A system and methods for the redistribution of water as a resource across large geographic distances where water deficits are matched with excess water conditions. The system utilizes a large area network of water conduits that extend between nodes, generally between wa... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110284091 | EXHAUST FLOW CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD A system and method for controlling the exhaust flow rate in an exhaust ventilation system including an exhaust hood positioned above a cooking appliance. The method can include measuring a temperature of the exhaust air in the vicinity of the cooking appliance, and mea... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110284090 | SOLID CHEMICAL PRODUCT DILUTION CONTROL A solid chemical product is dispensed to prepare a requested amount of a use solution having a requested concentration of the chemical product. In some examples, a target amount of a diluent and a target amount of the chemical product required to prepare the requested u... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110253224 | FEEDBACK CONTROL IN MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEMS Systems and methods for controlling fluids in microfluidic systems are generally described. In some embodiments, control of fluids involves the use of feedback from one or more processes or events taking place in the microfluidic system. For instance, a detector may det... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110247696 | MASS FLOW CONTROLLER WITH ENHANCED OPERATING RANGE A mass flow controller among other embodiments and method is described. The mass flow controller including a thermal mass flow sensor including at least two sensing elements coupled to a sensor tube of the mass flow controller, the thermal mass flow sensor being designe... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110247697 | METHOD OF PROCESSING FLUID FROM A WELL There is described a method of processing fluid from a well. In an embodiment, a fluid processing system is operable to process fluids from a well in dependence on a plurality of controllable system parameters. The parameters are adjusted between respective first and se... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110240130 | HYDROPHOBIC VALVE The present invention relates to a hydrophobic valve for liquids having an appreciable surface tension comprising magnetic particles, said device comprising at least two planar solid substrates with a functionalized surface each, wherein at least a first solid substrate... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110240129 | THICKENER FLOCCUANT CONTROL BY IN-SITU AGGREGATE SIZE ANALYSIS A system for performing in-situ aggregate size analysis in a feedwell assembly, which includes a feedwell assembly, which receives an influent feed stream from at least one feed pipe, and at least one flocculant feed pipe within the feed stream or feedwell assembly, whi... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110232768 | Slurry Catalyst Flow Splitters and Methods of Using the Same A system for feeding a slurry catalyst composition including: a primary slurry feed system comprising a primary slurry flow meter and a primary catalyst injection device, wherein the primary slurry flow meter measures a primary slurry catalyst composition flow rate to t... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110233116 | WATER SEPARATOR A water separator for continuous separation of water, air and particles includes an inlet pipe, an outlet pipe, an upper chamber connected with a lower chamber, and a three-way valve located in an air connection pipe being adapted to establish a connection between the u... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110232907 | LAMINAR PHASE RING FOR FLUID TRANSPORT APPLICATIONS Methods for creating and using multi-phase fluid flows are disclosed. In one embodiment, such a method includes introducing an inner fluid into a tubular conduit. The method further includes introducing a ring fluid into the tubular conduit. In this embodiment, the ring... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110232702 | METHOD FOR PUMPING A FLUID OUT OF AN AQUIFEROUS HOUSEHOLD DEVICE In a method for pumping a fluid out of an aquiferous household device such as a dishwashing machine, a drain pump and a circulation pump are operated at least partially simultaneously to ensure that, in the event of an abrupt stop of the circulation pump, reverse flow t... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110226342 | FLUID WORKING MACHINES AND METHODS A fluid working machine comprises a controller (12) and a working chamber (2) of cyclically varying volume. The working, chamber has both an electronically controllable primary low pressure valve (14) and a secondary low pressure port (22) as... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110220210 | Hydronic Space and Water Heater A compact hydronic space and water heating apparatus and system is disclosed for use in a recreational vehicle. A liquid heating medium, stored within a low pressure tank, is recirculated through a gas fired heater thereby maintaining a desired set point temperature. Th... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110220209 | GAS METERING DEVICE FOR A HOME SODA MACHINE A home soda machine includes a cylinder of gas suitable for carbonation, an attachment mechanism to attach a bottle of water, a valve opening mechanism to open a gas release valve on the gas cylinder and introduce the gas to the bottle of water, a gas release sensor to ... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110220211 | PLUMBING FITTING A blocking plumbing fitting; said fitting comprising a flexible cup element adapted for insertion into a pipe element; said fitting further comprising a one way valve element depending from said flexible cup element, wherein said one way valve element permits liquid to ... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110214745 | MICROFLUIDIC CHIPS AND ASSAY SYSTEMS The systems and methods described herein include a microfluidic chip having a plurality of microfeatures interconnected to provide a configurable fluid transport system for processing at least one reagent. Inserts are provided to removably interfit into one or more of t... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110214744 | Fluid control system, device and method A fluid control system, device and method are disclosed. The fluid control device is preferably configured to connect to an outlet of a fluid source. The fluid control device includes a valve, a sensor, a battery and a micro-generator. The sensor is used to measure or d... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110209769 | THERMALLY OPERATED VALVE A valve has a housing including a valve seat. A valve pin is supported by a housing through a support shell. The support shell and the valve pin have distinct coefficients of thermal expansion such that when exposed to a temperature change, movement of the support shell... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110209682 | CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR A VARIABLE CAPACITY ENGINE OIL PUMP An oil circulating control system for an engine includes an engine speed module and a mode selection module. The engine speed module determines a speed of the engine. The mode selection module is configured to select a first pressure mode and a second pressure mode of a... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110203672 | Dual valve method and apparatus for limiting toilet water flow A dual valve assembly for limiting flow into a toilet tank comprises a fill valve, such as a float valve or ball cock valve, and a piston valve positioned between a water supply line and the fill valve. The piston valve operates independently of the fill valve, and is d... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110203771 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRICAL CONTROL OF HEAT TRANSFER A heat exchange system includes an electrode configured to electrostatically control a flow of a heated gas stream in the vicinity of a heat transfer surface and/or a heat-sensitive surface.... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110162721 | PROCESS FOR CONVEYING A STREAM OF A LIQUID F COMPRISING (METH)ACRYLIC MONOMERS A process for conveying a stream of a liquid F comprising (meth)acrylic monomers with a delivery pump P through a pipeline with circular cross-sectional area OF in which is mounted a restrictor B which firstly closes an area portion of the open cross-sectional area QF a... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110160670 | VENTED DRUG RESERVOIR UNIT A reservoir unit is provided comprising a housing in which a reservoir with a transparent portion is arranged, the housing comprising a window allowing a portion of the reservoir to be inspected. The reservoir unit is adapted to be moved from a first “cold” conditio... | 06/30/2011 |
