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20110009003 | ELECTRICAL CHARGER - There is provided an electrical charger including a base unit and an adaptor unit. The base unit is configured for being coupled to an electronic device, and includes an electrical connector plug which includes a plurality of electrical connector plug contacts. The adaptor unit is configured for being coupled to a power supply, and includes a plurality of adaptor unit contacts and a receiving aperture defining an opening for an electrical connector plug receiving receptacle configured for receiving the electrical connector plug. After the electrical connector plug is received within the electrical connector plug receiving receptacle and while the electrical connector plug is disposed within the electrical connector plug receiving receptacle, each one of the electrical connector plug contacts is disposable in an electrical contact engagement state with a respective one of the adaptor unit contacts such that, when the adaptor unit becomes disposed in electrical communication with a power supply and the base unit becomes disposed in an electrical coupling relationship with an electronic device and each one of the electrical connector plug contacts becomes disposed in electrical contact engagement with a respective one of the adaptor unit contacts, power is supplied to the electronic device. | 01-13-2011 |
20110009004 | ELECTRICAL CHARGER - There is provided an electrical charger including a base unit and an adaptor unit. The base unit is configured for being coupled to an electronic device. The adaptor unit is configured for being coupled to a power supply. The base unit is configured to co-operate with the adaptor unit such that there is provided an electrically coupled state wherein the base unit is electrically coupled to the adaptor unit, and such that there is also provided an electrically uncoupled state wherein the base unit is electrically uncoupled from the adaptor unit. Effecting a change in state from one of the electrically coupled state or the electrically uncoupled state to the other one of the electrically coupled state and the electrically uncoupled state includes effecting rotation of the base unit relative to the adaptor unit. There is also provided an electrical charger including a base unit and an adaptor unit. The base unit is configured for being electrically coupled to an electronic device. The adaptor unit is configured for being electrically coupled to a power supply. The base unit is configured to co-operate with the adaptor unit so as to effect electrical coupling between the base unit and the adaptor unit. The base unit is configured to co-operate with the adaptor unit such that there is provided a mechanically coupled state wherein the base unit is disposed in a mechanical coupling relationship with the adaptor unit. Effecting mechanical uncoupling of the base unit from the adaptor unit includes effecting rotation of the base unit relative to the adaptor unit. | 01-13-2011 |
20110009005 | ELECTRICAL CHARGER LOCKING ASSEMBLY - There is provided an electrical charger including a charger assembly and a locking assembly. The charger assembly includes a base unit configured for being electrically coupled to an electronic device, and an adaptor unit configured for being electrically coupled to a power supply. The locking assembly includes at least one operative detent member. There is provided a locked state, wherein the base unit is disposed in an electrical coupling relationship with the adaptor unit and movement of the base unit relative to the adaptor unit, such that the base unit becomes disposed in an electrically uncoupled relationship with the adaptor unit, is resisted. There is also provided an unlocked state wherein the base unit is moveable relative to the adaptor unit. In the locked state, each one of the at least one operative detent member is biased into an interference relationship with the charger assembly so as to resist the relative movement between the base unit and the adaptor unit which would effect the electrical uncoupling of the base unit from the adaptor unit. In the unlocked state, the locking assembly co-operates with the charger assembly such that the base unit is moveable relative to the adaptor unit. Application of a respective minimum predetermined force is required to effect a change in state from one of the locked state and the unlocked state to the other one of the locked state and the unlocked state. | 01-13-2011 |
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20110209576 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A BLAST FURNACE AND BLAST FURNACE INSTALLATION - A method for operating a blast furnace and a corresponding blast furnace, the method including recovering top gas from the blast furnace, submitting at least a portion of the top gas to a recycling process, and feeding the recycled top gas back into the blast furnace, where the recycling process includes feeding the recovered top gas to a reformer unit, feeding volatile carbon containing material to the reformer unit, proceeding to flash gasification of the volatile carbon containing material in the reformer unit, at a temperature between 1100 and 1300° C., and thereby producing devolatised carbonaceous material and synthesis, and allowing the devolatised carbonaceous material and synthesis gas to react with the recovered top gas. | 09-01-2011 |
20110253017 | BUSTLE PIPE ARRANGEMENT - The present invention proposes a bustle pipe arrangement ( | 10-20-2011 |
20110272868 | BUSTLE PIPE ARRANGEMENT - The present invention proposes a bustle pipe arrangement ( | 11-10-2011 |
20120007291 | TUYERE STOCK ARRANGEMENT FOR A BLAST FURNACE AND METHOD FOR FEEDING HOT BLAST INTO A BLAST FURNACE - Tuyere stock arrangement ( | 01-12-2012 |
20120009534 | METHOD FOR FEEDING HOT GAS TO A SHAFT FURNACE - The present invention proposes a method for feeding hot gas to a shaft furnace ( | 01-12-2012 |
20120039700 | METHOD FOR FEEDING A BURDEN TO A BLAST FURNACE - The present invention proposes a method for feeding a burden to a blast furnace ( | 02-16-2012 |
20120043705 | METHOD FOR FEEDING A BURDEN TO A BLAST FURNACE - The present invention proposes a method for feeding a burden to a blast furnace ( | 02-23-2012 |
20120055382 | ARRANGEMENT FOR BURNING BLAST FURNACE OFF-GAS FROM A BLEEDER VALVE AND CORRESPONDING BLEEDER VALVE - The invention proposes an arrangement for burning blast furnace off-gas from a bleeder valve. It comprises a bleeder valve ( | 03-08-2012 |
20120064471 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A REGENERATIVE HEATER - The present invention proposes a method for operating a regenerative heater ( | 03-15-2012 |
20120111245 | DEVICE FOR REGULATING THE TEMPERATURE OF A GAS IN A HOT GAS MAIN - The present invention proposes a device ( | 05-10-2012 |
20130061786 | TUYERE STOCK ARRANGEMENT OF A BLAST FURNACE - Tuyere stock arrangement of a blast furnace including a tuyere body configured for installation in a shaft furnace wall, the tuyere body including a front face facing an interior of the shaft furnace and an opposite rear face, a tuyere channel extending from the rear face to the front face the tuyere stock arrangement further including a blowpipe connected between the rear face of the tuyere body and a hot blast air supply system, the blowpipe having a front portion connecting to the tuyere body and an opposite rear portion connecting to the hot blast air supply system where a fuel injection lance is provided for feeding fuel into the shaft furnace and a gas injection lance is provided for feeding an oxidizing gas to the shaft furnace, the fuel injection lance being arranged through the tuyere body and according to an important aspect of the invention, the gas injection lance is arranged in the rear portion of the blowpipe, the gas injection lance being arranged in such a way as to feed the oxidizing gas into a central portion of a stream of hot blast air fed through the blowpipe. | 03-14-2013 |
20130316295 | STAVE COOLER FOR A METALLURGICAL FURNACE - A stave cooler for a metallurgical furnace, in particular for a blast furnace, including a panel-like body having a front face for facing the interior of the metallurgical furnace and an opposite rear face; and at least one internal coolant passage arranged within the panel-like body, where the at least one shaft, protrudes from the front face of the panel-like body. | 11-28-2013 |
20140252696 | METHOD OF OPERATING REGENERATIVE HEATERS IN BLAST FURNACE PLANT - In a blast furnace plant, at least three regenerative heaters are cyclically operated on blast and on gas: while a regenerative heater is operated on gas, hot flue gas is produced and caused to flow through the regenerative heater so as to heat the heat storage elements; and while a regenerative heater is operated on blast, process gas, i.e. a CO-rich fraction of the top gas, is blown through the regenerative heater so that the process gas takes up heat from the heat storage elements. During, such that during a changeover of a regenerative heater from on-blast to on-gas operation, the regenerative heater is purged from process gas using flue gas collected after having flown through at least one of the regenerative heaters. | 09-11-2014 |
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20140288486 | TRANSVAGINAL SPECIMEN EXTRACTION DEVICE - In laparoscopic surgery, small (5-12 mm diameter) incisions are made in the abdominal wall through which instruments dissect and remove specimens that may be several centimeters in diameter. Removal of the sample typically requires either enlarging these incisions or morcellating the sample to pass through the sub-centimeter ports. The laparoscopic device permits extraction of the sample to be removed in a female using the vagina, which has sufficient elasticity to accommodate removal of large specimens. The posterior portion of the vagina communicates to the abdomen through a few tissue layers, and is distant from vital anatomic structures. Utilizing the vagina is optimal due to its ease of access to the abdomen and repair, minimal scarring and post-operative pain, and faster recovery following surgery. A deployable collection bag is housed in a sheath, which is deployed into the vagina or abdominal cavity to extract a large (multiple-centimeter) specimen(s) through the vagina. Optional insufflation system and inflatable balloon to maintain pneumoperiotoneum may be used to reduce the number of laparoscopic ports required. | 09-25-2014 |
20150282836 | LAPAROSCOPIC TOOL WITH OBTURATOR - A laparoscopic device with obturator. The device facilitates extraction of specimens from a female subject's abdominal cavity through the subject's vagina by also facilitating the suturing of a mesh to the anterior and posterior walls of the subject's vagina. The device includes an elongate sheath that has a flat surface on the front, a curved shape on the back, and an inner port opening formed within the flat surface, where the port opening that enables introduction of instruments or removal of specimens from the peritoneal cavity. An internal obturator can be inserted into the sheath to reduce the size of the port opening into the peritoneal cavity, or can be used to close the inner port opening into the peritoneal cavity. The obturator and sheath can be utilized as firm surfaces against which a user can suture a sacrocolpopexy mesh to the anterior and posteriors vaginal walls. | 10-08-2015 |
20150335342 | MINIMALLY INVASIVE LAPAROSCOPIC TISSUE REMOVAL DEVICE - A minimally invasive laparoscopic tissue removal device, namely a morcellator. The device includes, from proximal end to distal end, a handle, handle guard, elongate sheath, and mouth, finally terminating in a safety tip. The elongate sheath and mouth are concentric, such that two elongate, rotating cutting/shredding blades/teeth and one elongate auger feed screw can be positioned along the length of the sheath and mouth. The teeth are opposingly disposed and staggered, such that contact with tissue mass grabs and pulls tissue inwards toward the auger, which transports the tissue proximally toward the outside of the patient's body. A motor unit and gear assembly can be coupled to the teeth and auger to drive rotation of the teeth and auger. A cup assembly can be disposed in overlying relation to the mouth for guiding the tissue mass towards the mouth. Various mechanisms of safely covering the mouth are contemplated as well. | 11-26-2015 |
20150374474 | SACROCOLPOPEXY/SACROCERVICOPEXY VAGINAL POSITIONING AND MESH RETENTION SYSTEM - A vaginal support device, vaginal positioning system and associated method of treating pelvic prolapse is presented herein. Vaginal support device contains flat superior and inferior surfaces to facilitate affixing of mesh to vagina. Vaginal support device may be used as part of a system in conjunction with a manipulation device to support the vaginal walls. Mesh retention system may also include a holding device and retention mechanism such as a catheter or shaft and corresponding catheter balloon to hold mesh in place. | 12-31-2015 |
20160022304 | SMALL DIAMETER LAPAROSCOPIC TOOL HAVING RELEASABLE TIP - A laparoscopy tool includes a sheath and a control wire slideably disposed within a lumen of the sheath. The sheath has a diameter of less than 1.6 mm and is introduced through an abdominal incision. A handle axially displaces the control wire within the lumen and operates a conventional tip with wire-controlled opposing jaws that is introduced through the umbilicus and has a bore formed in its trailing end. A first set of blades in the bore engage grooves formed in the leading end of the control wire and a second set of blades engages the sheath to prevent sheath retraction. A cam displaces the second set of blades away from the sheath for sheath introduction and removal, and toward the sheath to prevent sheath retraction. The tip is removed through the umbilicus and the tool is removed through the abdominal incision when the surgery is completed. | 01-28-2016 |
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20120148038 | CALL CENTER CALL PARKER - A call parker monitors calls between callers and a call center to determine the number of active calls to the call center. A maximum call center capacity is identified and compared to the number of active calls to determine if the maximum call center capacity is being met. If the maximum call center capacity has been met, new calls are intercepted and placed on hold until the maximum call center capacity is no longer being met (i.e., an agent completes a call). Once the maximum call center capacity is no longer being met, the new call(s) are transferred to the call center. | 06-14-2012 |
20120163568 | CONFERENCE ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A conference manager detects that a communication has been initiated between a communication device and conferencing system. A user of the conferencing system is identified. For example, the user can be identified by using the caller ID of the person who initiated the communication. In response to identifying the user of the conferencing system, the conference manager gets a list of conferences in which the user is scheduled to participate. The list can include one or more conferences. | 06-28-2012 |
20130034025 | System and Method of Transferring Information Between Contact Centers - When a call is received at a first contact center, information is collected about the call. The information can be information that the caller enters through an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system, an Automatic Number Identification (ANI), an associated Universal Caller Identification (UCID), other information gathered from the caller, and the like. An identifier associated with a second contact center, such as a Dialed Number Identification Service (DNIS) number, is associated with the information and stored in a shared resource. The call is transferred to the second contact center using the identifier. As the transferred call comes into the second contact center, the second contact center determines if the identifier in the transferred call matches the stored identifier. If so, the information is used in the second contact center for various purposes in supporting the call, such as routing the call in the second contact center. | 02-07-2013 |
20130251136 | IM TO PHONE ESCALATION FOR CUSTOMER SUPPORT - System and method to change a mode of communication used by an agent at a contact center for customer service, the method including: receiving, from a customer, a customer contact via a first mode of communication; establishing a first communication link, using the first mode of communication, between the customer and the agent; communicating by use of the first mode of communication between the customer and the agent; receiving an instruction, via an instant message, to change the mode of communication to a second mode of customer service; interpreting, by the contact center, the instruction from the agent; establishing a second communication link, using the second mode of communication, between the customer and the agent; and communicating by use of the second mode of communication between the customer and the agent. | 09-26-2013 |
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20130077539 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A CONFERENCE FOYER - Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for implementing a conference foyer for conferencing. The system receives a request to join a conference call that is hosted on a specific conference server. The system receives the request via a call from a caller using a specific phone number. The system is a back-to-back user agent configured to transfer requests to one or more SIP-based conference servers. Based on the request, the system identifies a specific conference server hosting the requested conference. The system uses a conference code included in the request to identify the specific conference server hosting the conference call. The system then transfers the call to the specific conference server, which can join the call to the conference requested by the caller. This approach provides a flexible, efficient, and scalable way to increase the number of conference calls associated with a specific phone number. | 03-28-2013 |
20130077617 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPLIT SIP - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for splitting SIP back-to-back user agents and converting SIP communications between a back-to-back user agent server and a back-to-back user agent client to HTTP requests while preserving SIP headers. The back-to-back user agent server receives a SIP invite from a caller and converts the SIP invite to an HTTP request, wherein headers from the SIP invite are preserved in the HTTP request. The server transmits the HTTP request to a user agent client via a wide area network connection and receives, from the user agent client, an HTTP response to the HTTP request. The server converts the HTTP response to a SIP response, and transmits the SIP response to the caller, wherein the SIP response contains instructions for establishing SIP communications between the caller and a callee via a network. | 03-28-2013 |
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20110158397 | Server for Providing Enhanced Services to Contact Center Agents - A technique is disclosed that enables a contact center to provide enhanced services to its agents. An agent server is interconnected with the automatic call distributor (ACD) and agent telephones of the contact center. The server intercepts messages sent by the ACD, which contain caller-provided data obtained by an interactive voice response system. When it is determined that the particular agent has access to both a telephone and a personal computer, the agent server draws a distinction in the information content of the received message. In doing so, the agent server provides the call initialization information in the message to the agent's telephone, and appears as if the information were coming from the ACD; additionally, the agent server provides the caller-provided data to the agent's personal computer. The personal computer is then able to execute a predetermined application, such as a display-oriented presentation application, based on the caller-provided data. | 06-30-2011 |
20110286365 | Method for Connection Preservation - A method is provided for the preservation of communication sessions that are terminated unexpectedly. The present invention detects when an ongoing communication session is (or is about to be) terminated unexpectedly by a first communication session participant. And also, the present invention takes steps to preserve the disintegration of the communication session with respect to a second communication session participant. | 11-24-2011 |
20120014375 | Method for Telephone Connection Preservation - A method is provided in which a server is placed in the communication flow between a first communication terminal and a second communication terminal. The server executes connection preservation software which operates to keep the second communication terminal connected when the first communication terminal shuts down its communication software (e.g., VoIP application, etc.). Specifically, the connection preservation software transmits signaling that causes the connection to be transferred from the first communication terminal to a communication network node and vice versa. | 01-19-2012 |
20160072950 | SERVER FOR PROVIDING ENHANCED SERVICES TO CONTACT CENTER AGENTS - Systems and methods for permitting a contact center to provide enhanced services to its agents are described. An agent server is interconnected with the automatic call distributor (ACD) and agent telephones of the contact center. The server intercepts messages sent by the ACD, which contain caller-provided data obtained by an interactive voice response system. When it is determined that the particular agent has access to both a telephone and a personal computer, the agent server draws a distinction in the information content of the received message. In doing so, the agent server provides the call initialization information in the message to the agent's telephone, and appears as if the information were coming from the ACD; additionally, the agent server provides the caller-provided data to the agent's personal computer. The personal computer is then able to execute a predetermined application, such as a display-oriented presentation application, based on the caller-provided data. | 03-10-2016 |