Author: claimsbot

I claim:

1. A slitter knife system operational within a slitter machine, comprising:
a main housing having a main interior;
a chuck housing positioned within said main housing, wherein said chuck housing has a chuck interior and a center bore extending from said chuck interior;
a plunger member having a shaft portion and a broad portion, wherein said shaft portion slidably extends through said center bore and said broad portion is slidably positioned within said chuck interior;
a spring positioned within said chuck housing and between a wall of said chuck housing and said plunger member thereby forcing said plunger member into an outward position;
a first passage extending into said chuck housing to said chuck interior for providing air pressure to said chuck interior thereby forcing said plunger member into an inward position;
an arbor member rotatably positioned about an extended portion of said chuck housing for receiving an upper knife;
a clamp member having a slot positionable upon said arbor member adjacent said upper knife; and
an outer bearing attached to a distal portion of said shaft portion of said plunger member in selective engagement with said clamp member for retaining said clamp member adjacent said upper knife when said plunger member is within said inward position.
2. The slitter knife system of claim 1, wherein said arbor member includes a receiver portion extending from a main body of said arbor member for receiving said upper knife.
3. The slitter knife system of claim 2, wherein said clamp member includes an inner lip within a perimeter thereof extending towards and engaging said upper knife.
4. The slitter knife system of claim 3, wherein said receiver portion extends a distance greater than a width of said upper knife for snugly receiving said clamp member.
5. The slitter knife system of claim 1, wherein said slot within said clamp member has a width greater than an outer diameter of said shaft portion.
6. The slitter knife system of claim 1, wherein said outer bearing includes an outer portion and an inner portion, where said outer portion includes a lip portion that engages said clamp member.
7. The slitter knife system of claim 6, including a fastening nut threadably attached to said distal portion of said shaft portion adjacent said inner portion of said outer bearing.
8. The slitter knife system of claim 1, wherein said broad portion of said plunger shaft includes a plunger cavity centrally positioned for receiving a distal end of said spring.
9. The slitter knife system of claim 8, wherein said chuck housing includes a chuck cap member having a chuck cavity centrally positioned for receiving an opposing distal end of said spring.
10. The slitter knife system of claim 1, wherein said broad portion includes a plunger seal within an outer perimeter thereof for sealing within said chuck cavity.
11. A slitter knife system operational within a slitter machine, comprising:
a main housing having a main interior;
a chuck housing positioned within said main housing, wherein said chuck housing has a chuck interior and a center bore extending from said chuck interior;
a plunger member having a shaft portion and a broad portion, wherein said shaft portion slidably extends through said center bore and said broad portion is slidably positioned within said chuck interior;
a spring positioned within said chuck housing and between a wall of said chuck housing and said plunger member thereby forcing said plunger member into an outward position;
a first passage extending into said chuck housing to said chuck interior for providing air pressure to said chuck interior thereby forcing said plunger member into an inward position;
an arbor member rotatably positioned about an extended portion of said chuck housing for receiving an upper knife;
a clamp member having a slot positionable upon said arbor member adjacent said upper knife; and
an engaging structure attached to a distal portion of said shaft portion of said plunger member for selectively engaging said clamp member.
12. The slitter knife system of claim 11, wherein said arbor member includes a receiver portion extending from a main body of said arbor member for receiving said upper knife.
13. The slitter knife system of claim 12, wherein said clamp member includes an inner lip within a perimeter thereof extending towards and engaging said upper knife.
14. The slitter knife system of claim 13, wherein said receiver portion extends a distance greater than a width of said upper knife for snugly receiving said clamp member.
15. The slitter knife system of claim 11, wherein said slot within said clamp member has a width greater than an outer diameter of said shaft portion.
16. The slitter knife system of claim 11, wherein said engaging structure includes an outer bearing having an outer portion and an inner portion, where said outer portion includes a lip portion that engages said clamp member.
17. The slitter knife system of claim 16, including a fastening nut threadably attached to said distal portion of said shaft portion adjacent said inner portion of said outer bearing.
18. The slitter knife system of claim 11, wherein said broad portion of said plunger shaft includes a plunger cavity centrally positioned for receiving a distal end of said spring.
19. The slitter knife system of claim 18, wherein said chuck housing includes a chuck cap member having a chuck cavity centrally positioned for receiving an opposing distal end of said spring.
20. A method of operating a slitter knife unit upon a slitter machine including a chuck housing positioned within a main housing, wherein said chuck housing has a chuck interior and a center bore extending from said chuck interior, a plunger member having a shaft portion and a broad portion, wherein said shaft portion slidably extends through said center bore and said broad portion is slidably positioned within said chuck interior, a spring positioned within said chuck housing and between a wall of said chuck housing and said plunger member thereby forcing said plunger member into an outward position, a first passage extending into said chuck housing to said chuck interior for providing air pressure to said chuck interior thereby forcing said plunger member into an inward position, an arbor member rotatably positioned about an extended portion of said chuck housing for receiving an upper knife, a clamp member having a slot positionable upon said arbor member adjacent said upper knife, and an outer bearing attached to a distal portion of said shaft portion of said plunger member in selective engagement with said clamp member for retaining said clamp member adjacent said upper knife when said plunger member is within said inward position, said method comprising the steps of:
(a) positioning an upper knife upon said arbor member;
(b) positioning said clamp member upon said arbor member adjacent to said upper knife; and
(c) applying air pressure to said first passage thereby forcing said plunger member inwardly until said outer bearing tightly engages said clamp member against said upper knife.

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 longwall equipment for mechanical extraction in longwall mining, comprising:
a face conveyor arranged along a coal face;
an extraction machine displaceable along the face conveyor and having shield support units attached to the face conveyor at an angle thereto;
a liquid-filled hydrostatic tube balance with a tube conduit, said liquid-filled hydrostatic tube balance positioned along the coal face on selected elements of the longwall equipment for determining an absolute height position of the selected elements of the longwall equipment, wherein said hydrostatic tube balance is connected to a base station arranged in a gate road and determined precisely in its height as a reference point;
pressure sensors incorporated into the tube conduit and distributed over a course of the longwall equipment on the selected elements of the longwall equipment; and
a central evaluation and control unit, wherein said pressure sensors are connected to the central evaluation and control unit.
2. The longwall equipment according to claim 1, wherein the tube conduit is positioned on top canopies of said shield support units, wherein one of said pressure sensors is assigned to a respective shield support unit.
3. The longwall equipment according to claim 1, wherein the hydrostatic tube balance is arranged on skids of the shield support units, and wherein one of said pressure sensors is assigned to a respective shield support unit.
4. The longwall equipment according to claim 1, wherein the tube conduit of the hydrostatic tube balance is arranged on conveyor troughs of the face conveyor, and wherein one of said pressure sensors is assigned to individual conveyor trough pans spaced apart from one another.
5. The longwall equipment according to claim 1, wherein the extraction machine is connected to the tube conduit of the hydrostatic tube balance, wherein said tube conduit is connected to the base station, and wherein at least one of said pressure sensors is arranged on the extraction machine.
6. The longwall equipment according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of individual hydrostatic tube balances with associated tube conduits and pressure sensors arranged therein are disposed on the selected elements of the longwall equipment.
7. The longwall equipment according to claim 1, wherein a supply line is led from the base station to a face-to-roadway transition, wherein at least two tube conduits installed on different ones of said selected components lead away from said supply line, wherein said at least two tube conduits are connected to one another in a region of an opposite gate road, wherein the pressure sensors incorporated in the at least two tube conduits each have the same distance from the face-to-roadway transition.
8. The longwall equipment according to claim 1, wherein a tube conduit section of the hydrostatic tube balance is installed in a gate road that lies opposite to the gate road accommodating the base station.
9. The longwall equipment according to claim 8, wherein a pressure control valve is arranged at an end of the tube conduit section for formation of a pressurized hydrostatic tube balance closed at both ends.
10. The longwall equipment according to claim 8, wherein an overflow basin forming a highest point of the hydrostatic tube balance is arranged at an end of the tube conduit section in order to form a hydrostatic tube balance open at one end.
11. The longwall equipment according to claim 10, wherein the base station is arranged in a lower-lying gate road.
12. The longwall equipment according to claim 10, wherein one of the pressure sensors of the hydrostatic tube balance that lies closest to the overflow basin is disposed at a defined height below the overflow basin.
13. The longwall equipment according to claim 1, wherein a connection for filling of the hydrostatic tube balance with liquid is disposed at the base station.

1. A tester for lightning arresters counter comprising a fuse connected to an input voltage of preferably 220 VAC, providing power supply to an electrical circuitry and an indicator lamp;
wherein when said lamp is on said tester is in working condition; said tester is turned on by a start button, energizing a first contactor and primary transformer; wherein said power supply comprises an increasing transformer; wherein said transformer comprises different voltages of 300V, 400V, 500V, 600V, 700V; wherein a voltage selector selects one of said different voltages; said different voltages pass through a first resistance of preferably 10 W, 47K\u03a9 and a first and second diodes of preferably 1KV3A; rectifying said first and second diodes in a half wave form; therefore charging four capacitors.
2. The tester of claim 1; wherein said four capacitors are all the same and preferably AC, 50 HZ, 400V, 25KVAR, C=3\xd7166 \u03bcF; wherein voltage charge value of said four capacitors are displayed by a DC voltmeter.
3. The tester of claim 2, wherein when said voltage charge value of said four capacitors reaches a sufficient and predetermined value a testing process starts when a test button is pressed and therefore a second and third contactors are energized and said four capacitors are discharged through a first and second output terminals as an impulse wave.
4. The tester of claim 3, wherein said second output terminal is connected to an input of a discharge counter and wherein said first output terminal is connected to an output of said discharge counter.
5. The tester of claim 4, wherein said discharge counter comprises a cyclometer coil; and
wherein said impulse wave discharges to said discharge counter and said cyclometer coil is actuated and therefore said discharge counter displays one digit higher than before indicating said discharge counter works well.
6. The tester of claim 5, wherein said testing process starts at voltage 300V.
7. The tester of claim 6, wherein if said discharge counter is not actuated a higher voltage is selected.
8. The tester of claim 7, wherein said testing process is restarted by pressing a restart button wherein said four capacitors recharge with said higher voltage; and wherein when said voltage charge value of said four capacitors reaches a sufficient and predetermined value said testing process starts with pressing said test button.
9. The tester of claim 8, wherein if said discharge counter is not actuated said testing process is repeated till said four capacitors are charged with maximum value of said higher voltage; if said maximum value does not actuate said discharge counter said discharge counter is not in working condition and needs to be changed.
10. The tester of claim 9, wherein said testing process is stopped by pressing a stop button where a four contactor is not actuated anymore and a second resistance will be paralleled with said four capacitors, therefore discharging a remaining voltage of said four capacitors to said first resistance.

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 for enhancing the flux of a drug through a body surface, comprising administering the drug to a localized region of a human patient’s body surface in combination with a hydroxide-releasing agent, the hydroxide-releasing agent applied to the body surface in a predetermined amount effective to enhance the flux of the drug through the localized region of the body surface without causing damage thereto.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined amount of the hydroxide-releasing agent is effective to provide a pH in the range of approximately 8.0 to 13 at the localized region of the body surface, during drug administration.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the pH is in the range of approximately 8.0 to 11.5.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the body surface is skin.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the body surface is mucosal tissue.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the drug and the hydroxide-releasing agent are applied to the body surface simultaneously.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the drug and hydroxide-releasing agent are present in a single pharmaceutical formulation.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein the formulation is aqueous.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein the formulation has a pH in the range of approximately 8.0 to 13.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein the pH is in the range of approximately 8.0 to 11.5.
11. The method of claim 8, wherein the aqueous formulation is selected from the group consisting of a cream, a gel, a lotion, and a paste.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein the formulation is a cream.
13. The method of claim 11, wherein the formulation is a gel.
14. The method of claim 7, wherein the formulation is nonaqueous.
15. The method of claim 14, wherein the formulation is an ointment.
16. The method of claim 1, wherein the hydroxide-releasing agent is administered to the localized region of body surface prior to administration of the drug, wherein the hydroxide-releasing agent is in solution comprised of a protic solvent and having a pH in the range of approximately 8.0 to 13.
17. The method of claim 1, wherein the hydroxide-releasing agent releases free hydroxide ions in the presence of an aqueous fluid.
18. The method of claim 1, wherein the hydroxide-releasing agent is selected from the group consisting of inorganic hydroxides, inorganic oxides, metal salts of weak acids, and mixtures thereof.
19. The method of claim 7, wherein the hydroxide-releasing agent is selected from the group consisting of inorganic hydroxides, inorganic oxides, metal salts of weak acids, and mixtures thereof.
20. The method of claim 18, wherein the hydroxide-releasing agent is an inorganic hydroxide.
21. The method of claim 20, wherein the inorganic hydroxide is selected from the group consisting of ammonium hydroxide, alkali metal hydroxides, alkaline earth metal hydroxides, and mixtures thereof.
22. The method of claim 21, wherein the inorganic hydroxide is selected from the group consisting of ammonium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide, calcium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, magnesium hydroxide, and mixtures thereof.
23. The method of claim 22, wherein the inorganic hydroxide is sodium hydroxide.
24. The method of claim 22, wherein the inorganic hydroxide is potassium hydroxide.
25. The method of claim 18, wherein the hydroxide-releasing agent is an inorganic oxide.
26. The method of claim 25, wherein the inorganic oxide is selected from the group consisting of magnesium oxide, calcium oxide, and mixtures thereof.
27. The method of claim 18, wherein the hydroxide-releasing agent is a metal salt of a weak acid.
28. The method of claim 27, wherein the hydroxide-releasing agent is selected from the group consisting of sodium acetate, sodium carbonate, tribasic sodium phosphate, dibasic sodium phosphate, sodium borate, potassium carbonate, potassium acetate, dibasic potassium phosphate, tribasic potassium phosphate, sodium metaborate, and mixtures thereof.
29. The method of claim 20, wherein the amount of inorganic hydroxide in the formulation is the total of (a) the amount required to neutralize any acidic species in the formulation plus (b) an amount equal to approximately 0.5 wt. % to 4.0 wt. % of the formulation.
30. The method of claim 29, wherein the amount of inorganic hydroxide in the formulation is the total of (a) the amount required to neutralize any acidic species in the formulation plus (b) an amount equal to approximately 0.5 wt. % to 3.0 wt. % of the formulation.
31. The method of claim 30, wherein the amount of inorganic hydroxide in the formulation is the total of (a) the amount required to neutralize any acidic species in the formulation plus (b) an amount equal to approximately 0.75 wt. % to 2.0 wt. % of the formulation.
32. The method of claim 31, wherein the amount of inorganic hydroxide in the formulation is the total of (a) the amount required to neutralize any acidic species in the formulation plus (b) an amount equal to approximately 1.0 wt. % of the formulation.
33. The method of claim 29, wherein the drug is an acid addition salt of a basic compound, and the amount in (a) is the amount required to neutralize the acid addition salt and any other acidic species in the formulation.
34. The method of claim 29, wherein the drug is an acidic drug in the form of a free acid, and the amount in (a) is the amount required to neutralize the acidic drug and any other acidic species in the formulation.
35. The method of claim 29, wherein the drug is a basic drug in the form of a free base.
36. The method of claim 29, wherein the drug is a basic addition salt of an acidic compound.
37. The method of claim 29, wherein the drug is nonionizable.
38. The method of claim 25, wherein the formulation contains up to approximately 25 wt. % of the hydroxide-releasing agent.
39. The method of claim 38, wherein the formulation contains up to approximately 20 wt. % of the hydroxide-releasing agent.
40. The method of claim 27, wherein the formulation contains up to approximately 25 wt. % of the hydroxide-releasing agent.
41. The method of claim 40, wherein the formulation contains up to approximately 20 wt. % of the hydroxide-releasing agent.
42. The method of claim 1, wherein the drug and hydroxide-releasing agent are administered by applying a drug delivery device to the localized region of the patient’s body surface thereby forming a body surface-delivery device interface, the device comprising the drug and the hydroxide-releasing agent, and having an outer backing layer that serves as the outer surface of the device during use.
43. The method of claim 42, wherein the drug and hydroxide-releasing agent are present in an adhesive, gel or liquid formulation contained within the device.
44. The method of claim 42, wherein the outer backing layer is occlusive.
45. The method of claim 42, wherein the pH at the interface is in the range of approximately 8.0 to 13.
46. The method of claim 45, wherein the pH at the interface is in the range of approximately 8.0 to 11.5.
47. The method of claim 1, wherein the drug is administered in combination with an additional permeation enhancer.
48. The method of claim 1, wherein the drug is locally acting and administration is topical.
49. The method of claim 1, wherein the drug is systemically acting and administration is transdermal.
50. The method of claim 1, wherein the drug and the hydroxide-releasing agent are administered without any additional permeation enhancer.
51. A composition of matter useful for the delivery of a drug through a body surface, comprising an aqueous formulation of:
(a) a therapeutically effective amount of a drug;
(b) a hydroxide-releasing agent in an amount effective to enhance the flux of the drug through the body surface without causing damage thereto; and
(c) a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier suitable for topical or transdermal drug administration.
52. The composition of claim 51, having a pH in the range of approximately 8.0 to 13.
53. The composition of claim 52, having a pH in the range of approximately 8.0 to 11.5.
54. The composition of claim 51, wherein the carrier is aqueous.
55. The composition of claim 54, comprising a cream, a gel, a lotion, or a paste.
56. The composition of claim 55, comprising a cream.
57. The composition of claim 55, comprising a gel.
58. The composition of claim 51, wherein the carrier is nonaqueous.
59. The composition of claim 58, comprising an ointment.
60. The composition of claim 51, wherein the composition is substantially free of additional permeation enhancers.
61. The composition of claim 51, wherein the composition is substantially free of organic solvents.
62. The composition of claim 60, wherein the composition is substantially free of organic solvents.
63. The composition of claim 51, wherein the hydroxide-releasing agent is selected from the group consisting of inorganic hydroxides, inorganic oxides, metal salts of weak acids, and mixtures thereof.
64. The composition of claim 63, wherein the hydroxide-releasing agent is an inorganic hydroxide.
65. The composition of claim 64, wherein the inorganic hydroxide is selected from the group consisting of ammonium hydroxide, alkali metal hydroxides, alkaline earth metal hydroxides, and mixtures thereof.
66. The composition of claim 65, wherein the inorganic hydroxide is selected from the group consisting of ammonium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide, calcium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, magnesium hydroxide, and mixtures thereof.
67. The composition of claim 66, wherein the inorganic hydroxide is sodium hydroxide.
68. The composition of claim 66, wherein the inorganic hydroxide is potassium hydroxide.
69. The composition of claim 63, wherein the hydroxide-releasing agent is an inorganic oxide.
70. The composition of claim 69, wherein the inorganic oxide is selected from the group consisting of magnesium oxide, calcium oxide, and mixtures thereof.
71. The composition of claim 63, wherein the hydroxide-releasing agent is a metal salt of a weak acid.
72. The composition of claim 71, wherein the hydroxide-releasing to agent is selected from the group consisting of sodium acetate, sodium carbonate, tribasic sodium phosphate, dibasic sodium phosphate, sodium borate, potassium carbonate, potassium acetate, dibasic potassium phosphate, tribasic potassium phosphate, sodium metaborate, and mixtures thereof.
73. The composition of claim 64, wherein the amount of inorganic hydroxide in the formulation is the total of (a) the amount required to neutralize any acidic species in the formulation plus (b) an amount equal to approximately 0.5 wt. % to 4.0 wt. % of the formulation.
74. The composition of claim 73, wherein the amount of inorganic hydroxide in the formulation is the total of (a) the amount required to neutralize any acidic species in the formulation plus (b) an amount equal to approximately 0.5 wt. % to 3.0 wt. % of the formulation.
75. The composition of claim 74, wherein the amount of inorganic hydroxide in the formulation is the total of (a) the amount required to neutralize any acidic species in the formulation plus (b) an amount equal to approximately 0.75 wt. % to 2.0 wt. % of the formulation.
76. The composition of claim 75, wherein the amount of inorganic hydroxide in the formulation is the total of (a) the amount required to neutralize any acidic species in the formulation plus (b) an amount equal to approximately 1.0 wt. % of the formulation.
77. The composition of claim 73, wherein the drug is an acid addition salt of a basic compound, and the amount in (a) is the amount required to neutralize the acid addition salt and any other acidic species in the formulation.
78. The composition of claim 73, wherein the drug is an acidic drug in the form of a free acid, and the amount in (a) is the amount required to neutralize the acidic drug and any other acidic species in the formulation.
79. The composition of claim 73, wherein the drug is a basic drug in the form of a free base.
80. The composition of claim 73, wherein the drug is a basic addition salt of an acidic compound.
81. The composition of claim 73, wherein the drug is nonionizable.
82. The composition of claim 69, wherein the formulation contains up to approximately 25 wt. % of the hydroxide-releasing agent.
83. The composition of claim 82, wherein the formulation contains up to approximately 20 wt. % of the hydroxide-releasing agent.
84. The composition of claim 71, wherein the formulation contains up to approximately 25 wt. % of the hydroxide-releasing agent.
85. The composition of claim 84, wherein the formulation contains up to approximately 20 wt. % of the hydroxide-releasing agent.
86. A system for the topical or transdermal administration of a drug, comprising:
(a) at least one drug reservoir containing the drug and a hydroxide-releasing agent in an amount effective to enhance the flux of the drug through the body surface of a human patient without causing damage thereto;
(b) a means for maintaining the system in drug and enhancer transmitting relationship to the body surface; and
(c) a backing layer that serves as the outer surface of the device during use.
87. The system of claim 86, wherein the backing layer is occlusive.
88. The system of claim 86, wherein the drug reservoir is comprised of a polymeric adhesive.
89. The system of claim 88, wherein the polymeric adhesive serves as the means for maintaining the system in drug and enhancer transmitting relationship to the body service.
90. The system of claim 86, wherein the drug reservoir is comprised of a hydrogel.
91. The system of claim 86, wherein the drug reservoir is comprised of a sealed pouch containing the drug and hydroxide-releasing agent in a liquid or semi-solid formulation.