The invention concerns a two-stroke internal combustion engine supplied with gasoline, diesel, fuel, or other conventional fuel comprising a piston (2)-cylinder (1) assembly, said cylinder (1) providing exhaust ports (11), said piston (2)-cylinder (1) assembly providing a head (5) slidable within said cylinder (1) between the Top Dead Centre of the piston (2) stroke and a closure position of the exhaust ports (11), said slidable head (5) providing a transfer valve (9) for fresh air or fresh air-…

Methods of preparing Group IVA and Group VIA organometallic compounds, particularly Group IVA organometallic compounds, are provided. Such manufacturing methods employ an amine and/or phosphine catalyst in a transalkylation step and may be performed in a batch, semi-continuous or continuous manner.

Provided is a variable resistance random access memory device having an n+ interfacial layer and a method of fabricating the same. The variable resistance random access memory device may include a lower electrode, an n+ interfacial layer on the lower electrode, a buffer layer on the n+ interfacial layer, an oxide layer on the buffer layer and having a variable resistance characteristic and an upper electrode on the oxide layer.

A padded corner bumper comprises an elongated core formed of a cushioning material, an outer decorative cover formed of vinyl-coated fabric, and a backing material formed of polypropylene mesh. The core has a front, a back coextensive with the front, and a continuous side edge extending between the top and bottom. The outer decorative cover and backing material are stitched together to form a casing that completely surrounds the core, the backing being positioned only over the back of the core. …

An acoustic switch device that independently operates two or more electrical appliances. The acoustic switch operates a first electrical appliance upon receipt of a first series of acoustic signals and operates a second electrical appliance upon receipt of a second series of acoustic signals that is different from the first series of acoustic signals.

An abrasive tool includes a superabrasive grain component, a filler component that comprises hollow bodies and a vitreous bond. Natural and synthetic diamond, cubic boron nitride and combinations thereof can be employed as the superabrasive grain component. The vitreous bond component includes zinc oxide and at least two alkali metal oxides. The vitreous bond component can further include barium oxide. A method for producing an abrasive tool includes combining a superabrasive grain component, a …

A method of depositing a Group IV metal-containing film on a substrate by conveying one or more of certain Group IV organometallic compounds in a gaseous phase to a deposition reactor containing a substrate and decomposing the one or more Group IV organometallic compounds to form a film of a Group IV metal on the substrate is provided. Such Group IV metal-containing films are particularly useful in the manufacture of electronic devices.

An aspect based recovery system and method is provided. The state of a device may be defined by one or more aspects of the device. Aspects may include graphical user interface, database, security, user configuration, site configuration, and current user. Using this aspect-based definition, the current state of the device may be monitored. For example, the current state of the system may be determined by examining the aspects which define the state. Moreover, using this aspect-based definition, t…

A moisturizing and therapeutic glove is disclosed which includes a thin layer of Aloe Vera coated evenly and uniformly on an inside surface of the glove. Aloe Vera is attached to the surface through a dehydration process achieved with a controlled drying method. Aloe Vera soothes hand during the wearing of the glove.

The invention provides roller rail clamp apparatus for use in lifting a rail for operations such as replacement of ballast or resurfacing of a railway. The apparatus comprises parallel pairs of spaced-apart lift roller assemblies mounted to a support for positioning a pair of clamping to a rail of the track, each the lift roller assembly comprising at least one pair of rollers, wherein each the roller of a roller pair rotates on an axis in an essentially vertical plane adjacent a rail and the ro…