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International Business Machines Corporation

Gloway International, Inc.

Daniel Graham Ball

Colin R Jewell

A network comprises at least one network device and a plurality of unconnected network ports, the apparatus comprising: a send component for sending an identification message to each network device; a receive component, responsive to the send component sending the identification message, for receiving at least one identification response from the network; an analyze component, responsive to the receive component receiving an identification response, for determining the plurality of unconnected network ports comprising a first network port; an identify component, responsive to the analyze component determining the plurality of unconnected network ports, for determining the first network port; and a send component, responsive to the identify component determining the first network port, operable for sending a first location message to the first network port.

Using wireless technology to direct complex wiring configurations

A connector for a plain end pipe comprising a housing ( ) for location over the pipe, an annular recess ( ) formed in an inner surface of the housing ( ), a seal ( ) located in the recess ( ), a nipple ( ) for the supply of grease under pressure, and segmental grippers of L-shaped cross section comprising a leg ( ) and a foot ( ) having a serrated inner surface for engagement with the pipe. Such connectors have wide tolerance within a certain range of nominal pipe outside diameter.

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Darlington, United Kingdom

Daniel Graham Ball