Author: claimsbot

1. A power conduit having a length greater than fifteen feet for coupling a stationary fitting to a pool cleaner for propelling the cleaner through a water pool for capturing debris from the surface of the pool andor the surface of a wall containing the pool, said conduit including:
at least one axially stiff elongate section having first and second ends spaced by greater than one foot, said stiff elongate section configured to transfer energy therealong from said first to said second end; and
coupling means respectively coupling said first and second ends of said stiff elongate section to said stationary fitting and said pool cleaner for avoiding the formation of persistent coils andor knots in said conduit, said coupling means including a swivel coupling for enabling said stiff elongate section to swivel axially relative to said fitting andor pool cleaner and an axially flexible section for enabling said stiff elongate section to variably angulate relative to said fitting andor pool cleaner.
2. The conduit of claim 1 wherein said stiff elongate section comprises a rigid tube defining an interior flow path.
3. The conduit of claim 1 wherein said axially flexible section has a length shorter than the length of said stiff elongate section.
4. The conduit of claim 1 wherein said stiff elongate section comprises a rigid tube defining an interior flow path and said axially flexible section comprises a flexible hose defining an interior flow path coupled in series with said rigid tube flow path.
5. The conduit of claim 1 wherein said stiff elongate section includes an electrically conductive path.
6. The conduit of claim 1 wherein said stiff elongate section carries a source of illumination.
7. The conduit of claim 1 further including at least one propulsion device carried by said conduit.
8. A power conduit for transferring energy from a power source via a stationary fitting to a pool cleaner body for propelling said body through a water pool to capture debris from the surface of said water pool andor the surface of a wall containing said water pool, said conduit comprising:
a first conduit end adapted for coupling to said stationary fitting;
a second conduit end spaced by at least fifteen feet from said first end adapted for coupling to said pool cleaner body;
said conduit including:
at least one axially stiff elongate section; and
at least one axially flexible elongate member coupled between said stiff elongate section and at least one of said conduit ends for enabling said stiff section to variably angulate relative to said fitting andor said pool cleaner body; and

swivel means in said conduit for enabling said stiff section to swivel axially relative to said fitting andor said pool cleaner body for avoiding the formation of persistent coils andor knots in said conduit.
9. The conduit of claim 8 wherein said axially flexible member has a length shorter than the length of said stiff section.
10. The conduit of claim 9 wherein said stiff section comprises a rigid member defining an interior flow path and said axially flexible member comprises a flexible hose defining an interior flow path coupled in series with said rigid member flow path.
11. The conduit of claim 9 wherein said stiff section includes an electrically conductive path.
12. The conduit of claim 8 wherein said stiff elongate section carries a source of illumination.
13. The conduit of claim 8 further including at least one propulsion device carried by said conduit.
14. A power conduit for transferring energy from a power source via a stationary fitting to a pool cleaner body for propelling said body through a water pool to capture debris from the surface of said water pool andor the surface of a wall containing said water pool, said conduit comprising:
at least one first elongate member configured to transfer energy therealong from a first to a second end thereof;
at least one second elongate member configured to transfer energy therealong from a first to a second end thereof;
at least one third elongate member configured to transfer energy therealong from a first to a second end thereof;
means coupling said first, second, and third elongate members in tandem to form a conduit having a length greater than fifteen feet for extending between said fitting and said pool cleaner body;
said second elongate member having a length greater than one foot and configured to exhibit a significantly greater axial stiffness than said first and third elongate members; and
means for enabling at least one of said elongate members to swivel axially relative to said fitting andor pool cleaner body for avoiding the formation of persistent coils andor knots in said conduit.
15. The conduit of claim 14 wherein said means coupling said members in tandem includes swivel means for enabling at least one of said elongate members to swivel axially relative to another of said elongate members.
16. The conduit of claim 14 wherein said second elongate member exhibits high axial stiffness and said first andor third elongate members exhibits high axial flexibility.
17. The conduit of claim 14 wherein each of said elongate members includes an elongate lumen defining a fluid path.
18. The conduit of claim 14 wherein each of said elongate members includes an electrically conductive path.
19. The conduit of claim 14 wherein said first andor third elongate members comprises a tube exhibiting high axial flexibility and defining an interior fluid flow path.
20. The conduit of claim 19 wherein said second elongate member comprises a tube exhibiting high axial stiffness and defining an interior fluid flow path.
21. The conduit of claim 20 wherein said means coupling said members in tandem includes swivel means for enabling at least one of said elongate members to swivel axially relative to another of said elongate members.
22. The conduit of claim 14 wherein said second elongate member carries a source of illumination.
23. In combination:
a pool cleaner configured to move along a travel path through a water pool for capturing debris from the surface of a wall containing the pool andor the water surface of the pool; and
a conduit assembly for supplying energy to said pool cleaner from a power source via a stationary fitting for propelling said pool cleaner along said travel path;
said conduit assembly comprising:
at least one axially stiff elongate section having first and second ends spaced by greater than one foot, said stiff elongate section configured to transfer energy therealong from said first to said second end; and
coupling means respectively coupling said first and second ends of said stiff elongate section to said stationary fitting and said pool cleaner for avoiding the formation of persistent coils andor knots in said conduit, said coupling means including (1) a swivel coupling for enabling said stiff elongate section to swivel axially relative to said fitting andor said pool cleaner and (2) an axially flexible section for enabling said stiff elongate section to variably angulate relative to said fitting andor said pool cleaner.
24. The conduit of claim 23 wherein said stiff elongate section comprises a rigid tube defining an interior flow path.
25. The conduit of claim 23 wherein said axially flexible section comprises a flexible elongate member having a length shorter than the length of said stiff elongate section.
26. The conduit of claim 23 wherein said axially stiff elongate section comprises a rigid tube defining an interior flow path and said axially flexible section comprises a flexible hose defining an interior flow path coupled in series with said rigid tube flow path.
27. The conduit of claim 23 wherein said stiff elongate section includes an electrically conductive path.
28. The conduit of claim 23 wherein said stiff elongate section carries a source of illumination.

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 creped tissue product comprising a creped tissue web having a fine crepe structure, measured as % COV at a STFI wavelength of 0.28 to 0.55 mm, less than about 25%, a Hercules Size Test (HST) value from about 1 to about 10 seconds, a Fuzz on Edge from about 0.90 to about 1.20 mmmm and less than about 0.60 percent water soluble extractives by weight of the tissue web.
2. The creped tissue product of claim 1 having a Wet Out time from about 3 to about 15 seconds.
3. The creped tissue product of claim 1 wherein the creped tissue web has a bone dry basis weight from about 24 to about 28 gsm and a bulk from about 10 to about 12 ccg.
4. The creped tissue product of claim 1 having an HST value from about 1.5 seconds to about 3 second.
5. The creped tissue product of claim 1 wherein the tissue product contains multiple, individual tissue sheets that are in a stacked arrangement.
6. The creped tissue product of claim 1 wherein the tissue product contains multiple tissue sheets spirally wound together, each of the tissue sheets being separated by a line of weakness.
7. The creped tissue product of claim 1 having a first side and a second side; wherein a creping composition and a sizing agent are disposed on the first or second side, the sizing agent comprising a styreneacrylic acid ester copolymer and the creping composition comprising a cationic component.
8. The creped tissue web of claim 7 wherein the creping composition is water soluble.
9. The creped tissue web of claim 7 wherein the at least one cationic component comprises an amphoteric starch or a cationic starch having a charge density of at least about 0.1 mEqg.
10. The creped tissue web of claim 7 wherein the creping component comprises a quaternary ammonium salt having the general formula:
(R1\u2032)4-b\u2014N+\u2014(R1\u2032\u2033)bX\u2212
wherein R1\u2032 is a C1-6 alkyl group, R1\u2033 is a C14-22 alkyl group, b is an integer from 1 to 3 and X\u2212 is any suitable counterion.
11. The creped tissue web of claim 7 wherein the cationic component comprises a cationic oleyl imidazoline.
12. The creped tissue web of claim 7 wherein the creping composition further comprises a film forming component selected from the group consisting of hydroxylpropyl modified starch, poly(ethylene) oxide, cellulose ethers and esters, and poly(acrylate esters).
13. The creped tissue web of claim 7 wherein the creping composition further comprises an adhesive component selected from the group consisting of polyethylene glycols, amine terminated ethylene glycols, and ethylene glycol-propylene glycol block copolymers.

1. An electric camera comprising:
an image sensing device with a light receiving sensor having an array of pixels arranged vertically and horizontally in a grid pattern, in an N number of vertically arranged pixel lines, wherein N is equal to or greater than three times a number of effective scanning lines M of a display screen;
a signal processing unit, that generates image signals by using the output signals of the image sensing device; and
a display unit with a display screen, to display an image corresponding to the image signals;
wherein during monitoring in a static image mode, the signal processing unit generates image signals by mixing or culling signal charges accumulated in the N number of vertically arranged pixel lines to provide pixel lines only at pixel intervals of K1 pixels;
wherein during recording in a moving video mode, the signal processing unit generates image signals by mixing or culling signal charges accumulated in the N number of vertically arranged pixel lines to provide pixel lines only at pixel intervals of K2 pixels, a value of K1 being different from a value of K2; and
wherein during recording in the static image mode, the signal processing unit generates image signals by using all signal charges accumulated in the N number of vertically arranged pixel lines, to provide N pixel lines.
2. An electric camera according to the claim 1, wherein the value K1 is larger than the value K2.
3. An electric camera according to the claim 1, wherein during the moving video mode, the signal processing unit generates image signals by using the signal charges mixed or culled at pixel intervals of K2 pixels.
4. An electric camera according to the claim 3, comprising:
an image-instability detector which detects an image-instability of the electric camera;
wherein the signal processing unit generates image signals by using the part of signal charges mixed or culled at pixel intervals of K2 pixels, the part being changed according to an amount of image-instability detected by the instability detector to correct the image-instability, during a moving video mode.
5. An electric camera comprising:
an image sensing device with a light receiving sensor having an array of pixels arranged vertically and horizontally in a grid pattern, in an N number of vertically arranged pixel lines;
a signal processing unit that generates image signals by processing the output signals of the image sensing device; and
a display unit with a display screen, that displays an image corresponding to the image signals;
wherein when recording an image in a static image mode, the signal processing unit generates image signals by using all signal charges accumulated in all N number of vertically arranged pixel lines of the image sensing device, to provide N pixel lines;
wherein when monitoring an image in a static image mode, the signal processing unit generates image signals by using pixel lines that have been mixed or culled from the N number of vertically arranged pixel lines to only include pixel lines separated from one another by intervals of a first distance; and
wherein when recording an image in a moving video mode, the signal processing unit generates image signals by using a portion of, or the entirety of, pixel lines which have been mixed or culled from the N number of vertically arranged pixel lines to only include pixel lines separated from one another by intervals of a second distance, where the second distance is different from the first distance.
6. An electric camera according to the claim 5,
wherein when recording an image in the moving video mode, the pixel lines do not include one or more pixel lines at a top andor bottom of the sensor, and the portion of the pixel lines used does not include one or more pixels at a left extreme andor right extreme of the pixel lines.
7. An electric camera according to the claim 5, further comprising:
an image-instability detector which detects an image-instability of the electric camera; and
wherein when recording in the moving video mode, in order to correct the image-instability, the signal processing unit generates image signals by changing the pixel lines used, and the portion of the pixel lines used, according to an amount of image-instability detected by the instability detector.
8. An electric camera according to the claim 5, wherein a value of the first distance is larger than a value of the second distance.
9. An electric camera according to the claim 5, wherein N is equal to or greater than a product of a fixed parameter multiplied by a number of effective scanning lines M of a display screen
10. An electric camera according to the claim 9, wherein the fixed parameter is equal to three.
11. A method for operating an electric camera, wherein the electric camera includes the features of
an image sensing device with a light receiving surface having an array of pixels arranged vertically and horizontally in a grid pattern with an N number of vertically arranged pixel lines,
a signal processing unit that generates image signals by processing the output signals of the image sensing device, and
a display unit with a display screen that displays an image corresponding to the image signals, the method comprising:
selecting between the static image mode and a moving video mode, and when in a static image mode, selecting an operation from a list including (1) recording an image in a static image mode, and (2) monitoring an image in the static image mode;
upon selecting the operation of recording an image in the static image mode, using the signal processing unit to generate image signals by using all signal charges accumulated in all N number of vertically arranged pixel lines of the image sensing device, to provide N pixel lines;
upon selecting the operation of monitoring an image in the static image mode, using the signal processing unit to generate image signals by using pixel lines which have been mixed or culled from the N number of vertically arranged pixel lines of the image sensing device to provide only pixel lines separated from one another by intervals of a given distance; and
upon selecting the operation of recording an image in the moving video mode, using the signal processing unit to generate image signals by using a portion of, or the entirety of, the N number of vertically arranged pixel lines which have been mixed or culled to provide only pixel lines separated from one another by intervals of a second distance, wherein a value of the second distance is different from a value of the first distance.
12. A method for operating an electric camera of claim 11,
wherein when recording an image in the moving video mode, the pixel lines do not include one or more pixel lines at a top andor bottom of the sensor, and the portion of the pixel lines used does not include one or more pixels at a left extreme andor right extreme of the pixel lines.
13. A method for operating an electric camera of claim 11,
wherein when recording in the moving video mode, in order to correct image-instability, the signal processing unit generates image signals by changing the pixel lines used, and the portion of the pixel lines used, according to an amount of image-instability detected by a instability detector which detects an image-instability of the electric camera.
14. A method for operating an electric camera of claim 11, wherein the value of the first distance is larger than the value of the second distance.
15. A method for operating an electric camera of claim 11, wherein N is equal to or greater than a product of a fixed parameter multiplied by a number of effective scanning lines M of a display screen.
16. A method for operating an electric camera of claim 15, wherein the fixed parameter is equal to three.

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 stable aqueous solution for the production of fire resistant glazings comprising:
at least one alkali metal silicate;
water; and
at least one additive comprising a quaternary ammonium compound having the general formula 1:
R1R2R3R4N+OH\u2212\u2003\u20031
wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 which may be the same or different represent alkyl groups, hydroxy-substituted alkyl groups, alkaryl groups, hydroxy-substituted alkaryl groups comprising from 1 to 12 carbon atoms, or groups having the general formula \u2014CH2n-N+R5R6R7 wherein n is an integer having a value of from 1 to 12, the group \u2014CH2n- may be hydroxy-substituted, and R5, R6 and R7 which may be the same or different represent alkyl groups, hydroxy-substituted alkyl groups, alkaryl groups or hydroxy-substituted alkaryl groups comprising from 1 to 12 carbon atoms;
with the proviso that at least one of the groups R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 represents a hydroxy-substituted alkyl group or a hydroxy-substituted alkaryl group comprising at least 2 carbon atoms wherein the hydroxy substituent is not located on a carbon atom which is bonded to a nitrogen atom; and wherein
the additive comprises at least two hydroxy substituents; and
at least one of the groups R1-7 comprises at least two hydroxy substituents.
2. The aqueous solution according to claim 1, wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 which may be the same or different represent alkyl groups, hydroxy-substituted alkyl groups, alkaryl groups, or hydroxy-substituted alkaryl groups comprising from 1 to 8 carbon atoms.
3. The aqueous solution according to claim 1, wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 which may be the same or different represent alkyl groups, hydroxy-substituted alkyl groups, alkaryl groups, or hydroxy-substituted alkaryl groups comprising from 3 to 8 carbon atoms.
4. The aqueous solution according to claim 1, wherein the additive is present in an amount of from 0.01 to 10% by weight of the solution.
5. A transparent intumescent interlayer for the production of fire resistant glazings comprising:
at least one alkali metal silicate,
water; and
at least one additive comprising a quaternary ammonium compound having the general formula 1:
R1R2R3R4N+OH\u2212\u2003\u20031
wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 which may be the same or different represent alkyl groups, hydroxy-substituted alkyl groups, alkaryl groups, hydroxy-substituted alkaryl groups comprising from 1 to 12 carbon atoms, or groups having the general formula \u2014CH2n-N+R5R6R7 wherein n is an integer having a value of from 1 to 12, the group \u2014CH2n- may be hydroxy-substituted, and R5, R6 and R7 which may be the same or different represent alkyl groups, hydroxy-substituted alkyl groups, alkaryl groups or hydroxy-substituted alkaryl groups comprising from 1 to 12 carbon atoms;
with the proviso that at least one of the groups R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 represents a hydroxy-substituted alkyl group or a hydroxy-substituted alkaryl group comprising at least 2 carbon atoms wherein the hydroxy substituent is not located on a carbon atom which is bonded to a nitrogen atom; and wherein
the additive comprises at least two hydroxy substituents; and
at least one of the groups R1-7 comprises at least two hydroxy substituents.
6. The interlayer according to claim 5, wherein the interlayer comprises from 10 to 50% by weight of water.
7. A fire resistant glazing comprising at least one interlayer according to claim 5 attached to at least one glass sheet.
8. A fire resistant glazing assembly comprising at least one fire resistant glazing according to claim 7 attached to a frame.