Author: claimsbot

1. A computing system adapted for use with an optical disk drive, said computing system comprising:
a motherboard adapted to be coupled electrically to the optical disk drive; and
a control key coupled electrically to said motherboard and operable so as to provide a control signal to said motherboard, said motherboard being adapted to control disk loading and disk unloading operations of the optical disk drive in accordance with the control signal provided by said control key.
2. The computing system of claim 1, wherein said motherboard includes a Southbridge chipset and a basic inputoutput system (BIOS), the control signal being provided to said Southbridge chipset,
in response to the control signal, said Southbridge chipset requesting said BIOS to issue sequential load and unload commands that are to be provided to the optical disk drive, thereby enabling the optical disk drive to perform the disk loading operation when the optical disk drive is in a disk unloading state, and to perform the disk unloading operation when the optical disk drive is in a disk loading state.
3. The computing system of claim 1, wherein said motherboard includes a Southbridge chipset and a basic inputoutput system (BIOS), said BIOS being provided with a flag register for indicating whether the optical disk drive is in a disk loading state or a disk unloading state, the control signal being provided to said Southbridge chipset,
in response to the control signal, said Southbridge chipset enabling said BIOS to update content of said flag register and to issue one of a load command, that is to be provided to the optical disk drive so as to enable the optical disk drive to perform the disk loading operation, and an unload command, that is to be provided to the optical disk drive so as to enable the optical disk drive to perform the disk unloading operation, in accordance with the content of said flag register.

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 method of forming a unitary fabric element for use in an engineered thermal fabric article having a multiplicity of predetermined discrete regions of contrasting insulative capacity positioned about the article in an arrangement having correlation to insulative requirements of corresponding regions of a user’s body, the unitary fabric element defining at least two predetermined, discrete regions of contrasting insulative capacity,
said method comprising the steps of:
designing a pattern of the predetermined, discrete regions;
combining yarn andor fibers in a continuous web according to the pattern of predetermined, discrete regions, comprising the steps of, in one or more first discrete regions of the fabric element, forming loop yarn to a first pile height, the one or more first discrete regions corresponding to one or more regions of the user’s body having first insulative requirements, and in one or more other discrete regions of said fabric element, forming loop yarn to a second pile height different from and relatively greater than the first pile height, the one or more other discrete regions corresponding to one or more regions of the user’s body having other insulative requirements different from and relatively greater than the first insulative requirements;
incorporating a smart yarn andor smart fiber into the web,
finishing one or both surfaces of the continuous web to form the predetermined, discrete regions into discrete regions of contrasting pile heights; and
removing the unitary fabric element from the continuous web according to the pattern of predetermined, discrete regions.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the incorporating step includes incorporating smart yarn andor smart fibers into the web in predetermined, discrete regions that correspond to the regions in which the loop yarn is formed to the first pile height.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the incorporating step includes incorporating the smart yarn andor smart fibers into the web in predetermined, discrete regions that correspond to the regions in which the loop yarn is formed to the second pile height.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein the incorporating step includes utilizing the smart yarn andor smart fibers as stitch yarns in the regions in which the loop yarn is formed to the second pile height.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein the incorporating step includes combining the smart yarn andor smart fibers into the web as floating yarns in the regions in which the loop yarn is formed to the first pile height.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein the smart yarn andor smart fiber comprises a ceramic.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein the smart yarn andor smart fiber comprises a synthetic material embedded with ceramic particles.
8. The method of claim 1 wherein the smart yarn andor smart fiber comprises a phase change material.
9. The method of claim 7 wherein the ceramic particles comprise zirconium carbide.
10. The method of claim 1 wherein the smart yarn andor smart fiber comprises a biomimetric material.
11. The method of claim 1, wherein the designing of a pattern of the predetermined, discrete regions comprises designing of the pattern for use in an engineered thermal fabric garment.
12. The method of claim 1, wherein the unitary fabric element comprises a silhouette for an engineered thermal fabric garment and the method comprises the further steps of:
forming a complementary unitary fabric element with a complementary pattern of predetermined, discrete regions, the complementary unitary fabric element comprising a complementary silhouette for the engineered fabric element; and
joining together the unitary fabric element and the complementary unitary fabric element to form the engineered thermal fabric garment.
13. The method of claim 1, wherein the designing of a pattern of the predetermined, discrete regions comprises designing of the pattern for use in an engineered thermal fabric home textile article.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein the designing of a pattern of the predetermined, discrete regions comprises designing of the pattern for use in an engineered thermal fabric home textile article in the form of an article selected from the group consisting of: blanket, upholstery cover, mattress cover, mattress ticking, and viscoelastic mattress ticking.
15. The method of claim 1, wherein the combining yarn andor fibers in a continuous web comprises combining yarn andor fibers by tubular circular knitting, reverse plaiting, warp knitting or weaving.
16. The method of claim 1, comprising the steps of combining the yarn andor fibers by regular plaiting and finishing one surface of the continuous web to form a single face fleece.
17. The method of claim 1, comprising combining the yarn andor fibers by reverse plaiting and finishing both surfaces of the continuous web to form a double face fleece.
18. The method of claim 1, comprising the further step of incorporating the unitary fabric element in a unitary fabric laminate.
19. The method of claim 18, wherein the incorporating the unitary fabric element in a unitary fabric laminate comprises the step of laminating the unitary fabric element with a controlled air permeability element.
20. The method of claim 1, wherein the combining step includes selecting the yarn andor fibers from the group consisting of: regenerate yarn andor fibers, polyester yarn andor fibers, nylon yarn andor fibers, acrylic yarn andor fibers, polypropylene yarn andor fibers, continuous filament flat or textured or spun yarn made of synthetic staple fibers, flame retardant yarn andor fibers, cotton yarn andor fibers, and wool yarn andor fibers.
21. The method of claim 20, wherein the regenerate yarn andor fibers is selected from the group consisting of: rayon yarn andor fibers.
22. The method of claim 1, wherein the forming loop yarn to the first pile height comprises forming loop yarn with no pile.
23. The method of claim 1, wherein the forming loop yarn to the first pile height comprises forming loop yarn to a low pile height using a combination of low pile using low sinker andor shrinkable yarn and no pile.
24. The method of claim 11 wherein the one or more first discrete regions and the one or more other discrete regions correspond to one or more regions of the wearer’s body selected from the group consisting of: spinal cord area, spine, back area, upper back area, lower back area, neck area, back of knee areas, front of chest area, breast area, abdominal area, armpit areas, arm areas, front of elbow areas, sacrum dimple areas, groin area, thigh areas, and shin areas.

1. A high-alumina raw material, comprising in weight-percent, based on dry weight:
8
Al2O3
50-80%
MgO
2-15%
SiO2
1-15%
CaO
0.5-20%
Fe2O3
0.5-2%
Na2O
0.5-2%
Al (metallic)
0.1-2%
AlN
0.1-1%
K20
0.1-1.5%
F
0.1-2%
Cl
0.1-0.8%
other
5%
components, not to exceed
loss on ignition, not to exceed
15%
and wherein the mineral form of Al2O3 comprises in weight-percent:
9
aluminium hydroxide
20-60%
corundum -Al2O3
10-40%
spinel MgAl2O4
5-40%
wherein the aluminium hydroxide is present as aluminium mono-hydroxide Al2O3.H2O and aluminium tri-hydroxide Al2O3.3H2O with a weight ratio between Al2O3.H2O and Al2O3.3H2O exceeding 0.25.
2. A high-alumina raw material in of claim 1, wherein the aluminium mono-hydroxide has the crystallographic form of boehmite.
3. A method of producing a the high-alumina raw material of claim 1 from an alumina product, wherein the alumina product is a by-product of a treatment process of aluminum salt slags the alumina product comprising in weight-percent, based on dry weight
10
Al2O3
50-80%
MgO
2-15%
SiO2
1-15%
Al (metallic)
1-5%
CaO
0.5-5%
Fe2O3
0.5-2%
Na2O
0.5-2%
AlN
0.1-2%
K2O
0.1-1.5%
F
0.1-2%
Cl
0.1-0.8%
other components,
5%
not to exceed
loss on ignition, not to
15%
exceed
and wherein the mineral form of Al2O3 comprises, in weight-percent:
11
aluminium hydroxide
20-50%
corundum -Al2O3
10-40%
spinel MgAl2O4
5-40%
with more than 90 weight-% of the mineral form of Al2O3 having a particle size of less than 500 m, said alumina product containing more than 25 weight-% water, wherein the method comprises the steps of mechanically compacting the alumina product to a bulk density of more than 1.1 gcm3 (on dried basis), and treating the alumina product under conditions between a moist warm and a hydrothermal state at a temperature of at least humid 70 C., until the aluminum tri-hydroxide is transformed into aluminium mono-hydroxide and the weight ratio of aluminium mono-hydroxide to aluminium tri-hydroxide exceeds 0.25.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein prior to the mechanical compacting, a quantity of burnt lime is mixed into the alumina product, wherein said quantity does not exceed 20 weight % of a total weight of the mixture, and wherein at least 90 weight-% of said quantity of burnt lime has a particle size smaller 500 m.
5. The method of claim 3, wherein prior to the mechanical compacting, the alumina product is dried to a residual moisture content of less than 5 weight-%. and wherein the alumina product is mechanically compacted and simultaneously ground up by a vibrational grinder.
6. A method of producing ceramic and refractory materials, cement, porosifyed binding agent building materials, slag formers for iron and steel, mineral wool and ceramic fibers comprising using the high-alumina raw material of claim 1 as a source of sinter-active alumina.
7. A mixture for manufacturing ceramic and refractory materials, cement, porosified binding agents, slag formers for iron and steel, mineral wool and ceramic fibers. wherein the mixture comprises the high-alumina raw material of claim 1 and at least one of a calcium oxide source an iron oxide source and a silicon oxide source.
8. The mixture of claim 7, wherein the calcium oxide source comprises at least one of lime, limestone, gypsum, anhydrite, dolomite, and cement.
9. The mixture of claim 7, wherein the iron oxide source comprises at least one of burnt iron sulfide, haematite, and red mud.
10. The mixture of claim 7, wherein the silicon oxide source comprises at least one of clay, sand, and fly ash.

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 process for acquiring seismic data for prospecting for hydrocarbons comprising:
a) creating an array of receiver locations in the field where each receiver location includes a node;
b) providing at least a first and a second geophone connected to each node of the array of receiver locations where the first and second geophones provide a composite signal of the vibrations sensed from the ground where the first geophone is configured to have a first vibrational frequency sensitivity range and the second geophone is configured to have a second and different vibrational frequency sensitivity range;
c) providing a third geophone at each node wherein the third geophone is configured to have a third and different vibrational frequency sensitivity range; and
d) delivering seismic energy into the ground to create an upcoming seismic wave field to be sensed by the geophones at the various receiver locations of the array.
2. The process according to claim 1 wherein the step of providing a third geophone having a third and different vibrational frequency sensitivity range more particularly includes the third geophone frequency sensitivity range overlapping the first and second frequency sensitivity ranges.
3. The process according to claim 1 wherein each node includes an autonomous recorder.
4. The process according to claim 3 wherein the array of receiver locations is altered by collecting autonomous recorders from some receiver locations and deploying autonomous recorders to new receiver locations.
5. The process according to claim 1 wherein each node is attached to a long cable that includes multiple nodes along its length.
6. A process for acquiring seismic data for prospecting for hydrocarbons comprising:
a) creating an array of receiver locations in the field where each receiver location includes a node;
b) providing at least a first and a second geophone connected to each node of the array of receiver locations where the first and second geophones provide a composite signal of the vibrations sensed from the ground where the first geophone is configured to have a first vibrational frequency sensitivity range and the second geophone is configured to have a second and different vibrational frequency sensitivity range;
c) providing a third geophone at each node wherein the third geophone has the same vibrational frequency sensitivity as one of the first and second vibrational frequency sensitivity ranges; and
d) delivering seismic energy into the ground to create an upcoming seismic wave field to be sensed by the geophones at the various receiver locations of the array.
7. A process for acquiring seismic data for prospecting for hydrocarbons comprising:
a) creating an array of receiver locations in the field where each receiver location includes a node;
b) providing at least a first and a second geophone connected to each node of the array of receiver locations where the first and second geophones provide a composite signal of the vibrations sensed from the ground where the first geophone is configured to have a first vibrational frequency sensitivity range and the second geophone is configured to have a second and different vibrational frequency sensitivity range;
c) providing additional geophones at each node wherein at least one of the additional geophones has the same vibrational frequency sensitivity as one of the first and second vibrational frequency sensitivity ranges; and
d) delivering seismic energy into the ground to create an upcoming seismic wave field to be sensed by the geophones at the various receiver locations of the array.
8. The process according to claims 1, 6, or 7 wherein the first and second vibrational frequency sensitivity ranges do not overlap.
9. The process according to claims 1, 6, or 7 wherein the first and second vibrational frequency sensitivity ranges overlap.
10. The process according to claims 1, 6, or 7 further including the step of connecting each geophone to the node.
11. A process for acquiring seismic data for prospecting for hydrocarbons comprising:
a) creating an array of receiver locations in the field where each receiver location includes a node;
b) providing at least a first and a second geophone connected to each node of the array of receiver locations where the first and second geophones provide a composite signal of the vibrations sensed from the ground where the first geophone is configured to have a first vibrational frequency sensitivity range and the second geophone is configured to have a second and different vibrational frequency sensitivity range,
wherein each node includes a plurality of geophones where each geophone has a spike and each spike is inserted into the ground wherein at least two geophones have the same frequency sensitivity range and at least one additional geophone has a frequency sensitivity range different from the frequency sensitivity range of the first two geophones.
12. The process according to claims 1, 6, 7, or 11 wherein said first geophone has a vibrational frequency sensitivity range within the range of 1 to 100 Hz, 2 to 100 Hz, or 2 to 60 Hz and said second geophone has a vibrational frequency sensitivity range within the range of 8 to 300 Hz, 8 to 250 Hz, or 10 to 200 Hz.
13. The process according to claims 1, 6, 7, or 11 wherein geophones having different vibrational frequency sensitivity ranges have one or more of:
a) magnets of different sizes;
b) springs of different strengths;
c) coils of different sizes; or
d) coils of different structures.