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Areva Solar, Inc.

James Louis Barnhart

Alexander F Hoermann

Seung Mo Lim

Forest Ray

Scott P Phillips

David John McKay

Daniel Crenshaw

David B DeGraaf

A mirror is shaped using a shaping apparatus including a crossbar and a horizontal array of members (wheels in some embodiments) attached to a bottom of the crossbar. The height of the array of members is adjusted to form a predetermined shape. The shaping apparatus is positioned over a mirror such that the members contact the mirror. The shaping apparatus is moved along a length of the mirror such that the members remain in contact with the mirror. A frame is attached to the mirror such that when the shaping apparatus is removed from the mirror, the mirror substantially retains the predetermined shape.

Method of shaping a reflector

A ventilator system for a bed that withdraws air from under the bedding covers to provide fresh airflow along a sleeper's body is disclosed. The bed ventilator system includes an air removal extraction device at one end of a single bed, or along the lower-half sides of a shared bed, between the bottom sheet and the bed covers at the mattress top surface. A conduit directs withdrawn air from the extraction device to a vacuum generating system that provides negative air pressure as a motive force to withdraw air. The system provides air flow in the natural hair follicle direction, relieving bed occupants from both temperature and bodily odor distractions.

Drawn air bed ventilator

A compaction roller machinery assembly (10) suspended from the rear of a bulldozer (12) for compacting surfaces such as sand. The assembly (10) includes a vehicle (12) having a power plant for driving the assembly, a vibratory compaction roller (18) extending in a cantilevered fashion from a pivot axis on the vehicle for compacting a surface and a roller lift assembly (20) mounted to the vehicle (12) and interconnecting the vibratory compaction roller (18) and the vehicle (12) raising and lowering the vibratory compaction roller (18) about the pivot axis between a raised position and a surface engaged position. The vibratory compaction roller (18) includes a roller (22) for rolling and compacting surfaces and a vibration producing mechanism for vibrating the roller to facilitate the compaction of the surfaces. In addition, the assembly includes a first and second hydraulic pump disposed on the vehicle (12) for supplying hydraulic power to the roller lift assembly for raising and lowering the roller and to the hydraulic vibration producing mechanism (24) on the vibratory compaction roller (18) to vibrate the roller (22) to facilitate the compaction of the surface.

Compaction roller

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Sunnyvale, CA, United States of America

James Louis Barnhart