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Mobil Oil Corporation

Xerox Corporation

Hughes Electronics Corporation

Gregory A Campbell

Don H Rasmussen

Paul A Sweeney

Santokh Singh Badesha

Arnold W Henry

Clifford O Eddy

Carl G Seefried

Connor Gingrich

Bangshu Cao

Robert A Buchaklian, Jr

Joseph J Butkovich

Robert D Moss

Douglas R Jungwirth

Pellets and a process for producing pellets are disclosed. The process includes recovering spent coffee grounds from a coffee production facility. The coffee grounds are then subject to a drying process to remove moisture from the coffee grounds to form dried coffee grounds. A mixture of about 0.5-10% dried coffee grounds and wood material is then formed. The mixture is then compressed in a pellet mill to form wood pellets including about 0.5-10% coffee grounds. The coffee grounds in the wood material acts as a lubricant for the pelleting machinery and eliminate the need for other lubricants in the process.

Spent coffee grounds as a lubricant in a method of pelleting of wood

An improved solar cell interconnect comprises a first connecting portion for connection to a first solar cell and a second connecting portion for connection to a second solar cell immediately adjacent the first solar cell. A stress portion is disposed between the first and second connecting portions such that the stress portion can be positioned between the first and second solar cells. The stress portion has a plurality of alternating loop portions that form an undulating pattern.

Large area solar cell extended life interconnect

Compatibilized blend of fluoroelastomer and polysiloxane useful for

Controlled foams of crystalline amorphous polymers include a second phase polymeric material having a transition temperature below that of the matrix polymeric material. The second phase material provides nucleating sites for the growth of gas formed cells which are limited in size by the particle size of the second phase polymeric material.

Controlled microcellular foams of crystalline amorphous polymers

A method of controlling the nucleation of cells in a polymeric foam material includes blending a matrix material with a second phase material which provides sites for bubble nucleation. The selection of the second phase material controls the size and density of the cells.

Controlling heterogeneous nucleation and growth of foams

A method and apparatus for determining the location and stability of location of the edges of an object such as an extruded blown film polymeric material annulus. By real time detection of the edge location and mathematical and statistical manipulation of the data in both time and frequency domains, the stability and effects of extrusion parameters on the object can be determined.

Video method and apparatus for measuring and controlling dimensional

A gimballed adjustable holder for a nursing bottle comprised of a base assembly (10), a gimbal support (16) which is vertically adjustable with respect to the base assembly and rotatable about the base and gimbal support pivot (34) for use in various positions and locations, an inner gimbal (24) and outer gimbal (20) which permits pivotal movement of the nursing bottle in order to compensate for movements of an infant during feeding. The bottle is held in place within the inner gimbal in a bottle support (26) and secured via a bottle retention strap (28).

Gimballed adjustable holder for nursing bottle

A device and method are provided for determining the bulk (average) temperature, surface temperature, temperature profile, and thickness of radiation translucent materials. These material functions are determined by evaluation of the intensity of the radiation emitted from the material using two detectors with a radiation source placed in the optical path of one of the detectors. The data is taken at several intensities of source radiation and reduced to obtain the bulk temperature and material thickness. The second detector is used to measure the surface temperature. These data are then used to determine the temperature profile in the material.

Non-contact sensing apparatus and method for temperature profile and

Para-methylstyrene is polymerized under free-radical conditions in the presence of a polyol to give grafted polymeric polyols which are suitable for use in the production of polyurethane foams.

Graft copolymers of para-methylstyrene on polyols and polyurethanes

A control for interior environmental energy system comprising a portable thermostat comprising a temperature indicator, an electromagnetic pulse transmitter and means to trigger the pulse transmitter with a coded 'on' and a coded 'off' pulse in response to the temperature in the room where the thermostat is located, an actuator unit in communication with the energy unit that contains means for receiving said energy pulses and relaying them to the energy system and that is latched into a stabilized on or off position through repeated receipt of the specific codes and a fail safe system that either closes down the control or transfers control to conventional built-in controller upon failure to receive coded pulses over a specific time period.

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Canton, NY, United States of America

Gregory A Campbell