A system and method are disclosed for ink jet printing of wide format substrates such as textiles in a manner to simulate screen printing, in which image data in one or more acceptable formats is input, transformed into a suitable L*a*b* file format, further converted into a driver format for a printer, then communicated to such printer. Optionally, the color gamut of the image in the L*a*b* file format is checked against an estimated screen gamut of a screen printer, and limited to the estimate...

Methods and systems for conducting gaming activities are disclosed. In one method, wagers are placed on a game and cards are dispensed. An indicia of a play card is used to determine an outcome of the game. A feature bet is included, wherein if the indicia of the play card is a predetermined indicia, an indicia of the second card is identified. If a predetermined indicia on the second card is identified, a feature bet payoff is made to players that wagered on the feature bet. A method and system...

A system and method for simulating a plurality of networked program logic controllers includes, in one aspect of the invention, determining if a configuration of networked program logic controllers exists; populating a configuration by creating a plurality of program logic controllers in a network if the configuration does not exist, the populating of the program logic controllers provided by use of a network view for collecting network information; and interacting with at least one of the progr...

A swinging mechanism for a toy includes a speed-reduction gear assembly driven by a motor, a linkage, a pair of swing blade units, and an eccentric unit. The speed-reduction gear assembly has a drive gear and a driven gear. The linkage has an actuating link and a carrier link. The carrier link has a turning axis between two opposite ends thereof. The actuating link has an end fixed to the carrier link adjacent to the turning axis. Each of the swing blade units has at least an inner blade and an ...

A device for causing a toy to simulate a yawn or sleep condition, includes an actuator mounted in the toy which is pivotable between first and second positions when a stimulus is applied to the toy. A sensor is provided for detecting one of the first and second positions of the actuator. A microprocessor is operably connected to the sensor for receiving and storing signals from the actuator. The microprocessor counts the total number of signals and transmits an activation signal to the toy to si...

A method is described for preparing a human platelet analog for use as a reference control in particle analysis instrumentation of the Coulter type. Goat erythrocytes from individual goats which have been selected with respect to age, sex, selective breeding, a controlled environment, prior veterinary treatment, and diet are altered in size and/or combined with samples from several goats, as needed, to obtain a blend for use as a reference control for automated particle counting equipment in whi...

The device that has been invented, sprays water into and around a windrow of hay evenly adding moisture to dry alfalfa to allow for baling at moistures above 14% and below 18%, reducing the losses of leaves due to shatter.

A shoe includes a shoe body and a shoe lace device. The shoe body has a pair of eyelet tabs. The shoe lace device includes first, second, third, and fourth lace sections, a clamp member, and a decorative knot. Lower ends of the first to fourth lace sections are anchored on the shoe body. The upper ends of the first and second lace sections, and those of the third and fourth lace sections, are interconnected to form first and second loops, respectively. The clamp member is sleeved slidably on med...

A game comprising a first flat horizontal rectangular non-magnetic sheet; first and second ring magnets overlying the first sheet and disposed adjacent opposite ends; first and second disc magnets disposed in the centers of the corresponding first and second ring magnets; a second horizontal non-magnetic sheet overlying the magnets; at least one magnetic body lying movably on the top of the second sheet; a third horizontal non-magnetic sheet disposed above the magnetic body; and at least one bar...

A rolling mill control system which, in one aspect, compensates for the effects of roll eccentricity during operation of the rolling mill. The control system includes circuitry which produces a control signal for rapid and accurate adjustments to hydraulic roll force actuators in a manner to prevent increases in the roll separating force. This circuitry further includes an outer gage control loop and/or tension control loop for automatic gage control of the rolling mill. According to another asp...