Author: claimsbot

1. A dirt moving apparatus comprising:
a handle assembly affixed to a blade assembly;
a blade removeably coupled to said blade assembly;
a basket removably coupled to said blade assembly; and
two adjustable height wheel assemblies coupled to said basket.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said handle assembly is generally cylindrical and comprises a handle having an outer surface coupled to an inner surface of a band proximate a center of said handle, a first shaft perpendicularly coupled to an outer surface of said band, a second shaft having a first end and an opposing second end wherein said first end is coupled to said first shaft at an opposing end to said band and at a forty-five degree angle from said first shaft, a body having a first end and a second end wherein said first end of said body is coupled to said second end of said second shaft, an arm having opposing first and second ends and a forty-five degree bend in said arm wherein said second end of said body is coupled to said first end of said arm, and a swivel joint extending from said arm and coupled to said second end of said arm.
3. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein said swivel joint and said arm are rotatably coupled.
4. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein the shape of said handle is selected from the group consisting of a U-shape, a T-shape, and a V-shape.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said blade assembly comprises a first leg and a second leg, wherein said first leg and said second leg each have a first end and an opposing second end, wherein said second ends are coupled to an attachment plate and a pivot plate, wherein said attachment plate and said pivot plate define a first aperture and a second aperture therethrough for receiving a first fastener and a second fastener proximate a center of an edge of said attachment plate and said pivot plate, and wherein said attachment plate is generally parallel to and coupled to said pivot plate generally by said first and second fasteners.
6. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein said second ends of said first leg and said second leg are wider than said first ends of said first leg and said second leg.
7. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein said fasteners are selected from the group consisting of a bolt, a lug, a latch, a pin and a key.
8. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein said pivot plate defines at least two additional apertures therethrough for receiving said second fastener, wherein said additional apertures are located on either side of said second aperture at said edge of said pivot plate.
9. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said blade is concave.
10. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said blade has teeth extending downwardly from a bottom edge of said blade.
11. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said basket has an open box configuration and comprises a front wall, an opposing rear wall, a right wall, an opposing left wall, and a bottom wall.
12. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said adjustable height wheel assembly comprises a wheel and an adjustable U-joint wherein said U-joint includes a first leg and a second leg extending perpendicularly from a bar at opposing ends of said bar, an appendage coupled to and extending from said first leg and defining an aperture therethrough for receiving a rotatable fastener wherein said fastener is coupled to said wheel and further wherein said second leg is coupled to said basket and further wherein said U-joint is adjustable.
13. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said handle assembly, said blade assembly, and said basket are each made from a material selected from the group consisting of metal, steel, aluminum, alloy, wood plastic, composite laminate, fiberglass, and graphite.
14. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising an arm coupled to and extending from said basket, wherein a second blade assembly is coupled to said arm and further wherein said blade is removably coupled to said second blade assembly.
15. The apparatus of claim 14 wherein said blade assembly comprises a first leg and a second leg, wherein said first leg and said second leg each have a first end and an opposing second end, wherein said second ends are coupled to an attachment plate and a pivot plate, wherein said attachment plate and said pivot plate define a first aperture and a second aperture therethrough for receiving a first fastener and a second fastener proximate a center of an edge of said attachment plate and said pivot plate, and wherein said attachment plate is generally parallel to and coupled to said pivot plate generally by said first and second fasteners.
16. A dirt moving apparatus comprising:
a generally cylindrical handle assembly, including a handle wherein an outer surface of said handle is coupled to an inner surface of a band proximate a center of said handle, a first shaft perpendicularly coupled to an outer surface of said band, a second shaft having a first end and an opposing second end wherein said first end is coupled to said first shaft at an opposing end to said band and at a forty-five degree angle from said first shaft, a body having a first end and a second end wherein said first end of said body is coupled to said second end of said second shaft, an arm having opposing first and second ends and a forty-five degree bend in said arm wherein said second end of said body is coupled to said first end of said arm, and a swivel joint rotatably coupled to and extending from said second end of said arm;
a blade assembly including a first leg and a second leg wherein said first leg and said second leg each have a first end and an opposing second end, wherein said second ends are coupled to an attachment plate and a pivot plate, wherein said attachment plate and said pivot plate define a first aperture and a second aperture therethrough for receiving a first fastener and a second fastener proximate a center of an edge of said attachment plate and said pivot plate, wherein said attachment plate and said pivot plate are generally parallel and are affixed by said first fastener and said second fastener, and further wherein said first ends of said first leg and said second leg are affixed to said arm of said handle assembly;
a blade removably coupled to a bottom face of said pivot plate;
a basket having an open box configuration including a front wall, an opposing rear wall, a right wall, an opposing left wall, and a bottom wall;
a support system having a first beam, a second beam, and a third beam, wherein said first beam and said third beam are coupled to said swivel joint and extend downward at a forty-five degree angle from said member, wherein said first and said third beam form a ninety-degree angle from each other, wherein said second beam is coupled to said first beam and said third beam and is generally parallel to said member, and wherein said second beam is coupled at an opposing end of said member to an outer wall of said rear wall of said basket; and
two adjustable height wheel assemblies, said each wheel assembly having a wheel, an adjustable U-joint wherein said U-joint includes a first leg and a second leg extending perpendicularly from a bar at opposing ends of said bar, an appendage coupled to and extending from said first leg and defining an aperture therethrough for receiving a rotatable fastener wherein said fastener is coupled to said wheel, and wherein said second leg of one wheel assembly is coupled to said right wall of said basket and said second leg of said other wheel assembly is coupled to said left wall of said basket and further wherein said U-joint is adjustable.
17. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein said fasteners are selected from the group consisting of a bolt, a lug, a latch, a pin and a key.
18. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein said pivot plate defines at least two additional apertures therethrough for receiving said second fastener, wherein said additional apertures are located on either side of said second aperture at said edge of said pivot plate.
19. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein said blade has teeth extending downwardly from a bottom edge of said blade.
20. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein said handle assembly, said blade assembly, said support system, and said basket are each made of a material selected from the group consisting of metal, steel, aluminum, alloy, wood plastic, composite laminate, fiberglass, and graphite.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A pharmaceutical product comprising
a) an admixture of 3-fluoro-7-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)phenoxathiin 10,10-dioxide; and
b) a stabilizer, wherein the ratio of a) to b) is from about 2:3 to about 1:10.
2. The pharmaceutical product of claim 1, wherein the 3-fluoro-7-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)phenoxathiin 10,10-dioxide and stabilizer are a solid-form unilamellar matrix.
3. The pharmaceutical product of claim 1, wherein no more than 10 percent of the total 3-fluoro-7-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)phenoxathiin 10,10-dioxide changes morphology when the pharmaceutical product is stored for 40 days at 40\xb0 C. under 75% relative humidity.
4. The pharmaceutical product of claim 1, wherein no more than about 10 percent of the total 3-fluoro-7-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)phenoxathiin 10,10-dioxide is in crystalline form.
5. The pharmaceutical product of claim 1, wherein the admixture comprises up to 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 30%, 35% or 40% 3-fluoro-7-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)phenoxathiin 10,10-dioxide.
6. The pharmaceutical product of claim 1, wherein the product comprises
a core which comprises active ingredient or ingredients; and
an enteric coating surrounding the core.
7. The pharmaceutical product of claim 1, wherein the product provides plasma levels of phenoxathiin-based MAO-A inhibitor ranging from about 40 ngml to about 80 ngml.
8. The pharmaceutical product of claim 1, wherein the stabilizer is a copolymer of vinylpyrrolidone and vinyl acetate, poly(vinylpyrrolidone), hydroxypropyl methylcellulose acetate succinate, hydrogenated phosphatidylcholine, a copolymer of methacrylic acid and ethyl acrylate, or a mixture thereof.
9. A process for making a pharmaceutical product of 3-fluoro-7-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)phenoxathiin 10,10-dioxide, comprising the steps of:
i) dissolving about 2 parts by weight or less of 3-fluoro-7-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)phenoxathiin 10,10-dioxide and about 3 parts by weight of a stabilizer in an organic solvent; and
ii) removing the organic solvent.
10. The process of claim 9, further comprising the steps of:
iii) adding an aqueous liquid to the product of step ii) and mixing the resultant suspension; and
iv) when step iii) is performed, subsequently removing the aqueous liquid.
11. The process of claim 9, wherein the 3-fluoro-7-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)phenoxathiin 10,10-dioxide in step (i) is Form A.
12. A pharmaceutical product comprising
an admixture of 3-fluoro-7-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)phenoxathiin 10,10-dioxide as an active ingredient;
a stabilizer; and
at least one excipient, wherein the ratio of 3-fluoro-7-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)phenoxathiin 10,10-dioxide to a total at the least one excipient is from about 1:1 to about 1:4.
13. The pharmaceutical product of claim 12, wherein the ratio of 3-fluoro-7-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)phenoxathiin 10,10-dioxide to a total at the least one excipient ranges from about 1:2 to about 1:3.
14. A solid-form unilamellar matrix comprising
an admixture of 3-fluoro-7-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)phenoxathiin 10,10-dioxide as an active ingredient; and
a stabilizer.
15. A method of inhibiting monoamine oxidase-A (MAO-A) in a mammal identified as being in need of inhibition of MAO-A comprising
administering a therapeutically effective amount of the pharmaceutical product of claim 1.
16. A method of treating or preventing a psychiatric disorder or psychiatric disease comprising
administering a therapeutically effective amount of the pharmaceutical product of claim 1.
17. The method of claim 16, wherein the psychiatric disorder or psychiatric disease is selected from the group consisting of major depressive disorder, dysthymia, childhood depression, atypical depression, bipolar disorder, mania and hypomania, generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, panic disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, attention deficit disorder, panic disorder, anergic depression, and treatment-resistant depression.

1. A system configured to separate nitrogen from atmospheric air comprising:
a feed air compressor unit having a screw compressor with an inlet and outlet driven by an airfuel engine so as to compress atmospheric air to a pressure of at least 200 psi at the outlet of the screw compressor;
a filtration assembly comprising at least first, second, third, and fourth coalescence filters supported on a filter frame, the first, second, and third coalescence filters being connected in series with an inlet of the first coalescence filter connected to the outlet of the screw compressor, the first, second, third, and fourth coalescence filters disposed adjacent to each other on the filter frame;
a carbon tower filter having an inlet communicating with an outlet of the third coalescence filter and an outlet of the carbon tower filter being connected to an inlet of the fourth coalescence filter, the carbon tower filter being disposed in a position that is not spatially between the third and fourth coalescence filters;
a heater device having an inlet connected to an outlet of the third coalescence filter and an outlet connected to an inlet of the carbon tower filter;
a membrane separation assembly having a plurality of membrane separation devices arranged in at least first and second vertical stacks, at least first and second vertical members supporting the first and second vertical stacks, at least the first vertical member defining either an inlet or an outlet manifold of a plurality of the membrane separation devices, and inlet of the membrane separation assembly being connected to an outlet of the fourth coalescence filter and being configured to distribute a filtered gas from the fourth coalescence filter to inlets of a plurality of the membrane separation devices, the heater device and being supported by at least one of the first and second vertical members;
a booster compressor having an inlet connected to an outlet of the membrane separation assembly and configured to raise a pressure of nitrogen rich gas discharged from the membrane separation assembly, the booster compressor having an engine driving a compressor device having an outlet, the compressor device being configured to raise a pressure of the nitrogen rich gas to at least 1000 psi; and
a control cab having an electronic control system comprising at least a first sensor being configured to detect an operational parameter of the feed air compressor, at least a second sensor being configured to detect an operational parameter of the membrane separation assembly, and at least a third sensor configured to detect an operational parameter of the booster compressor, the electronic control system comprising an electronic control unit connected to the first second and third sensors and configured to allow an operator of the electronic control system to monitor the output of the first, second, and third sensors; and
a wheeled vehicle supporting the feed air compressor, the filtration assembly, the carbon tower filter, the heater device, the membrane separation assembly, the booster compressor, and the control cab.
2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the wheeled vehicle comprises a trailer configured to be towed on a highway.
3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the wheeled vehicle comprises a flatbed truck.
4. The system according to claim 3, wherein at least one of the engines of the feed air compressor and the booster compressor is also configured to provide shaft power to at least one wheel of the flatbed truck.
5. The system according to claim 1, wherein the wheeled vehicle comprises at least one pair of wheels, and wherein the booster compressor and the feed air compressor are disposed on opposite sides of the at least one pair of wheels.
6. The system according to claim 1 additionally comprising an auxiliary sensor input port configured to be connected to a sensor disposed external to and is not supported by the wheeled vehicle.
7. The system according to claim 1, wherein the electronic control system comprises a graphical user interface having at least first, second, and third screens, the first screen being configured to display data indicative of the output of the first sensor, the second screen being configured to display data indicative of the output of the second sensor, and the third screen being configured to display data indicative of the output of the third sensor.
8. The system according to claim 1 additionally comprising a heater system configured to circulate lubricant from at least one of the feed air compressor and the booster compressor to the heater device.
9. The system according to claim 1, wherein the inlet of the screw compressor is connected to an exhaust outlet of the air fuel engine.
10. A system configured to separate a component gas from atmospheric air comprising:
a plurality of membrane separation devices supported by at least first and second generally vertical members, at least one of the generally vertical members defining an intake or discharge manifold for the plurality of membrane separation devices;
a heater device supported by at least one of the first and second generally vertical members; and
a filtering device connected, in series, between the heater device and one of the plurality of membrane separation devices.
11. The system according to claim 10 additionally comprising a feed air compressor configured to pressurize atmospheric air and deliver the pressurized atmospheric air to an inlet of the plurality of membrane separation devices.
12. The system according to claim 11 additionally comprising a booster compressor configured to raise a pressure of the inert gas discharged from the plurality of membrane separation devices.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

What is claimed is:

1. An isolated and purified culture of Penicillium citrinum KCTC 10225BP having a fructosyl transferase that hydrolyzes sucrose into fructooligosaccharides of the following formula I:
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in which n is an integer of 1 to 5, G represents glucose and F represents fructose, and neofructooligosaccharides of the following formula II:
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in which n is an integer of 1 to 5, G represents glucose and F represents fructose, using said fructosyl transferase.
2. A method for producing fructooligosaccharides and neofructooligosaccharides comprising contacting sucrose with a purified and isolated Penicillium citrinum KCTC 10225BP having a fructosyl transferase that hydrolyzes sucrose into fructooligosaccharides of the following formula I:
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in which n is an integer of 1 to 5, G represents glucose and F represents fructose, and neofructooligosaccharides of the following formula II:
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in which n is an integer of 1 to 5, G represents glucose and F represents fructose, using said fructosyl transferase.
3. A method for producing fructooligosaccharides and neofructooligosaccharides comprising:
seed culturing in a first medium at 26 C. to 28 C. for 2 days while agitating at a speed of 100 to 200 rpm a Penicillium citrinum KCTC 10225BP having a fructosyl transferase that hydrolyzes sucrose into fructooligosaccharides of the following formula I:
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in which n is an integer of 1 to 5, G represents glucose and F represents fructose, and neofructooligosaccharides of the following formula II:
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in which n is an integer of 1 to 5, G represents glucose and F represents fructose, using said fructosyl transferase;
mass-producing said microorganism in a fermentation medium at 26 C. to 28 C. for 72 hours while agitating at a speed of 200 to 600 rpm and injecting air at a rate of 0.5 to 1 vvm; and
collecting the produced microorganisms by centrifugation, washing the collected microorganisms twice with 0.85% physiological saline, and culturing in a sucrose solution having a Brix concentration of 60 to 77 at a temperature of 35 C. to 50 C. and a pH of 5 to 7 for 20 to 50 hours at a speed of 100 to 300 rpm.
4. A method for producing fructooligosaccharides and neofructooligosaccharides comprising:
seed culturing a Penicillium citrinum KCTC 10225BP having a fructosyl transferase that hydrolyzes sucrose into fructooligosaccharides of the following formula I:
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in which n is an integer of 1 to 5, G represents glucose and F represents fructose, and neofructooligosaccharides of the following formula II:
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in which n is an integer of 1 to 5, G represents glucose and F represents fructose, using said fructosyl transferase;
mass-producing the seed cultured microorganism;
mixing the mass-produced microorganisms with a carrier to form beads;
packing said beads in a column; and
passing a sucrose solution through said coulmn.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein the seed culturing step is performed at 26 C., to 28 C. for 2 days while agitating at a speed of 100 to 200 rpm.
6. The method of claim 4, wherein the mass-producing step is performed at 26 C. to 28 C. for 42 to 72 hours while agitating at a speed of 200 to 600 rpm and injecting air at a rate of 0.5 to 1 vvm.
7. The method of claim 4, wherein the carrier is one selected from a group consisting of alginate gel, photo cross-linked resin, acrylamide gel, chitosan and gelatin.
8. The method of claim 4, wherein the carrier is used at a concentration of 1 to 2%.
9. The method of claim 4, wherein the beads are produced by dropping the mixture of the microorganisms and the carrier through a needle having a diameter of 1 mm to 1 to 2% aqueous calcium chloride (CaCl2) solution.
10. The method of claim 4, wherein the sucrose solution has a concentration of Brix 60 to 70.
11. The method of claim 4, wherein the sucrose solution is passed through the column at 35 C. to 55 C. and a rate of 100 to 300 mLhour.
12. A Penicillium citrinum KCTC 10225BP fructosyl transferase that hydrolyzes sucrose into fructooligosaccharides of the following formula I:
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in which n is an integer of 1 to 5, G represents glucose and F represents fructose, and neofructooligosaccharides of the following formula II:
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in which n is an integer of 1 to 5, G represents glucose and F represents fructose;
wherein said fructosyl transferase has a hydrolytic activity of 1.5 units per 1 g of sucrose.