Author: claimsbot

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method of processing a phrase in a first language for translation to a second language, comprising:
receiving the phrase in the first language;
identifying a plurality of possible linguistic patterns in the second language that correspond to the phrase in the first language; and
for each pattern, calculating a translation probability for the pattern based on a combination of a language model probability for the pattern and a translation model probability for the pattern.
2. The method of claim 1 and further comprising:
identifying a highest translation probability calculated; and
identifying a linguistic pattern, for which the highest translation probability was calculated, as indicative of a likely phrase translation of the phrase in the first language.
3. The method of claim 2 and further comprising:
providing an output as a translation of the phrase in the first language to the second language based on the linguistic pattern identified.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein identifying a plurality of possible linguistic patterns, comprises:
accessing a bilingual data store that includes linguistic patterns in the second language associated with phrases in the first language.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein calculating a translation probability further comprises:
calculating a pattern probability for the pattern.
6. A computer-implemented method of processing a multi-word phrase in a first language for translation to a second language, comprising:
receiving the multi-word phrase in the first language;
identifying a plurality of possible linguistic patterns in the second language that correspond to the phrase in the first language; and
calculating a translation probability for translation of the multi-word phrase in the first language to one of the plurality of linguistic patterns in the second language.
7. The method of claim 6 wherein calculating a translation probability comprises:
for each of the linguistic patterns identified, calculating the translation probability as a combination of a language model probability for the pattern in the second language and as a translation model probability for the phrase in the first language, given the linguistic pattern in the second language.
8. The method of claim 7 wherein calculating a translation probability further comprises:
calculating the translation probability based on a pattern probability for the linguistic pattern.
9. The method of claim 7 and further comprising:
identifying a highest translation probability calculated; and
identifying a linguistic pattern, for which the highest translation probability was calculated, as indicative of a likely phrase translation of the phrase in the first language.
10. The method of claim 9 and further comprising:
providing an output as a translation of the phrase in the first language to the second language based on the linguistic pattern identified.
11. The method of claim 7 wherein identifying a plurality of possible linguistic patterns, comprises:
accessing a bilingual data store that includes linguistic patterns in the second language associated with phrases in the first language.
12. A natural language processing system, comprising:
a pattern engine receiving a phrase in a first language and identifying a plurality of linguistic patterns in a second language possibly corresponding to a translation of the phrase from the first language to the second language; and
a probability generator configured to generate, for each linguistic pattern identified, a translation probability for translating the phrase in the first language to the second language in the linguistic pattern.
13. The system of claim 12 wherein the pattern engine, comprises:
a bi-lingual data store storing phrases in the first language and corresponding linguistic patterns in the second language.
14. The system of claim 13 wherein the probability generator comprises:
a translation model, the probability generator being configured to generate the translation probability by accessing the translation model.
15. The system of claim 14 wherein the probability generator further comprises:
a language model in the second language, the probability generator being configured to generate the translation probability by accessing the language model.
16. The system of claim 15 wherein the probability generator is configured to:
identify a highest translation probability calculated; and
identify a linguistic pattern, for which the highest translation probability was calculated, as indicative of a likely phrase translation of the phrase in the first language.

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 composition comprising, in percent by weight, about 5% to about 82% (USP) of an enhanced efficacy aluminum-zirconium-chlorohydrate-glycine antiperspirant salt having an HPLC peak 4 to peak 3 area ratio of at least 0.5 with at least 70% of the aluminum contained in said peaks 3 and 4, wherein the glycine is present in an amount to provide a glycine: Al+Zr weight ratio of about 2:1 to about 1:20, about 1% to about 85% water, and a soluble strontium salt in an amount to provide a Sr:Al+Zr weight ratio of about 1:1 to about 1:28.
2. The composition of claim 1 comprising about 10% to about 78% (USP) of said aluminum-zirconium-chlorohydrate-glycine antiperspirant salt and about 4% to about 75% water, wherein said glycine:Al+Zr weight ratio is about 1:1 to about 1:10 and said Sr:Al+Zr weight ratio is about 1:2 to about 1:25.
3. The composition of claim 2 wherein said aluminum-zirconium-chlorohydrate-glycine antiperspirant salt has an HPLC peak 4 to peak 3 area ratio of at least 0.7 with at least 80% of the aluminum contained in said peaks 3 and 4.
4. The composition of claim 3 wherein said strontium salt is selected from the group consisting of strontium chloride, strontium bromide, strontium nitrate, strontium citrate, strontium formate, strontium acetate, strontium gluconate, strontium ascorbate, strontium lactate, strontium glycinate, strontium carbonate, strontium sulfate, strontium hydroxide, and mixtures thereof.
5. The composition of claim 1 in the form of an aqueous solution comprising about 10% to about 45% (USP) of said aluminum-zirconium-chlorohydrate-glycine antiperspirant salt and about 20% to about 80% water.
6. The composition of claim 4 in the form of an aqueous solution comprising about 20% to about 42% (USP) of said aluminum-zirconium-chlorohydrate-glycine antiperspirant salt and about 25% to about 75% water.
7. The composition of claim 1 in the form of a solid powder comprising about 48% to about 82% (USP) of said aluminum-zirconium-chlorohydrate-glycine antiperspirant salt and about 1% to about 16% water.
8. The composition of claim 4 in the form of a solid powder comprising about 66% to about 78% (USP) of said aluminum-zirconium-chlorohydrate-glycine antiperspirant salt and about 4% to about 13% water.
9. A method of reducing perspiration from human skin comprising applying to human skin a perspiration reducing effective amount of a composition according to claim 1, 5, 6, 7 or 8.
10. A topical antiperspirant composition in the form of an aerosol, pump spray, roll-on, lotion, cream, gel, or stick comprising a perspiration reducing effective amount of a composition according to claim 1, 6, or 8.
11. A clear antiperspirant gel composition comprising a water-in-oil emulsion wherein the water phase comprises a composition according to claim 5 or 6.
12. A topical antiperspirant composition comprising a perspiration reducing effect amount of a composition according to claim 7 or 8 suspended in an anhydrous carrier.
13. A topical antiperspirant composition comprising a dermatologically acceptable carrier vehicle, about 8% to about 22% (USP) of an enhanced efficacy aluminum-zirconium-chlorohydrate-glycine antiperspirant salt having an HPLC peak 4 to peak 3 area ratio of at least 0.5 with at least 70% of the aluminum contained in said peaks 3 and 4, wherein the glycine is present in an amount to provide a glycine: Al+Zr weight ratio of about 2:1 to about 1:20, and a soluble strontium salt in an amount to provide a Sr:Al+Zr weight ratio of about 1:1 to about 1:28.
14. The composition of claim 13 wherein the enhanced efficacy aluminum-zirconium-chlorohydrate-glycine antiperspirant salt has an HPLC peak 4 to peak 3 area ratio of at least 0.7 with at least 80% of the aluminum contained in said peaks 3 and 4, wherein the glycine: Al+Zr weight ratio is about 1:1 to about 1:10, and wherein the Sr:Al+Zr weight ratio is about 1:2 to about 1:25.
15. The composition of claim 13 comprising about 0.5% to about 10% strontium salt.
16. The composition of claim 14 comprising about 1% to about 6% strontium salt.
17. The composition of claim 13 or 14 wherein the strontium salt is selected from the group consisting of strontium chloride, strontium bromide, strontium nitrate, strontium citrate, strontium formate, strontium acetate, strontium gluconate, strontium ascorbate, strontium lactate, strontium glycinate, strontium carbonate, strontium sulfate, strontium hydroxide, and mixtures thereof.
18. The composition of claim 13 or 14 wherein the carrier vehicle comprises water and the antiperspirant salt and the strontium salt are dissolved in the water.
19. The compositions of claim 13 or 14 wherein the carrier vehicle is anhydrous and the antiperspirant salt and the strontium salt are suspended in the carrier vehicle.

1. A bulked continuous carpet filament consisting essentially of a recycled polymer.
2. The bulked continuous carpet filament of claim 1, wherein said bulked continuous carpet filament is produced using a process that includes at least a step of passing a recycled polymer through an extruder comprising:
(A) a first satellite screw extruder, said first satellite screw extruder comprising a first satellite screw that is mounted to rotate about a central axis of said first satellite screw;
(B) a second satellite screw extruder, said second satellite screw extruder comprising a second satellite screw that is mounted to rotate about a central axis of said second satellite screw;
(C) a pressure regulation system that is adapted to maintain a pressure within said first and second satellite screw extruders below a pressure of about 1.5 millibars as said recycled polymer passes through said first and second screw extruders; and
(D) a satellite screw extruder support system that is adapted to orbitally rotate said first and second satellite screws about a main axis as said recycled polymer passes through said first and second screw extruders, said main axis being substantially parallel to both: (1) said central axis of said first satellite screw; and (2) said central axis of said second satellite screw.
3. The bulked continuous carpet filament of claim 2, wherein said bulked continuous carpet filament has an internal viscosity of between about 0.79 dLg and about 1.00 dLg.
4. The bulked continuous carpet filament of claim 2, wherein said recycled polymer consists essentially of recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET).
5. The bulked continuous carpet filament of claim 2, wherein said bulked continuous carpet filament is produced using a process that includes at least a step of passing said recycled polymer through at least one filter after said step of passing said recycled polymer through said extruder.
6. The bulked continuous carpet filament of claim 5, wherein said at least one filter comprises:
a first filter having a micron rating of less than about 50 microns; and
a second filter having a micron rating of less than about 30 microns.
7. The bulked continuous carpet filament of claim 1, wherein said bulked continuous carpet filament consists essentially of recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET).
8. The bulked continuous carpet filament of claim 7, wherein said bulked continuous carpet filament has a tenacity that is between about 3 gfden and about 8 gfden.
9. The bulked continuous carpet filament of claim 1, wherein said bulked continuous carpet filament is produced using a process that includes at least a step of passing a recycled polymer through an extruder comprising:
(A) at least six satellite screw extruders, each of said at least six satellite screw extruders comprising a satellite screw that is mounted to rotate about a respective central axis of each said satellite screw;
(B) at least one vacuum pump that is adapted to maintain a pressure within each of said at least six satellite screw extruders below a pressure of about 5 millibars as said recycled polymer passes through each of said at least six satellite screw extruders; and
(C) a satellite screw drum that houses said at least six satellite screw extruders and is adapted to orbitally rotate said at least six satellite screw extruders about a main axis as said recycled polymer passes through said at least six satellite screw extruders, said main axis being substantially parallel to each said central axis.
10. The bulked continuous carpet filament of claim 9, wherein said bulked continuous carpet filament consists essentially of recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET).
11. A bulked continuous carpet filament comprising between about 80% recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and about 100% recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET), wherein:
said bulked continuous carpet filament has a tenacity of at least about 3 gfden.
12. The bulked continuous carpet filament of claim 11, wherein said bulked continuous carpet filament has a tenacity of between about 3 gfden and 9 gden.
13. The bulked continuous carpet filament of claim 12, wherein said bulked continuous carpet filament is produced using a process that includes at least a step of passing a recycled polymer through an extruder comprising:
(A) a first satellite screw extruder, said first satellite screw extruder comprising a first satellite screw that is mounted to rotate about a central axis of said first satellite screw;
(B) a second satellite screw extruder, said second satellite screw extruder comprising a second satellite screw that is mounted to rotate about a central axis of said second satellite screw;
(C) a pressure regulation system that is adapted to maintain a pressure within said first and second satellite screw extruders below a pressure of about 1.2 millibars as said recycled polymer passes through said first and second screw extruders; and
(D) a satellite screw extruder support system that is adapted to orbitally rotate said first and second satellite screws about a main axis as said recycled polymer passes through said first and second screw extruders, said main axis being substantially parallel to both: (1) said central axis of said first satellite screw; and (2) said central axis of said second satellite screw.
14. The bulked continuous carpet filament of claim 13, wherein said recycled polymer consists essentially of recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET).
15. The bulked continuous carpet filament of claim 13, wherein said recycled polymer has an internal viscosity of between about 0.79 dLg and about 1.00 dLg while passing through said first and second satellite screw extruders.
16. The bulked continuous carpet filament of claim 15, consisting essentially of recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET).
17. The bulked continuous carpet filament of claim 11, comprising between about 0% virgin polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and about 20% virgin polyethylene terephthalate (PET).
18. The bulked continuous carpet filament of claim 11, wherein said bulked continuous carpet filament is produced using a process that includes at least a step of passing a recycled polymer through an extruder comprising:
(A) at least six satellite screw extruders, each of said at least six satellite screw extruders comprising a satellite screw that is mounted to rotate about a respective central axis of each said satellite screw;
(B) at least one vacuum pump that is adapted to maintain a pressure within said at least six satellite screw extruders between a pressure of about 0.5 millibars and a pressure of about 5 millibars as said recycled polymer passes through said at least six satellite screw extruders; and
(C) a satellite screw drum that houses said at least six satellite screw extruders and is adapted to orbitally rotate said at least six satellite screw extruders about a main axis as said recycled polymer passes through said at least six satellite screw extruders, said main axis being substantially parallel to each said central axis.
19. The bulked continuous carpet filament of claim 18, wherein said recycled polymer consists essentially of recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET).
20. The bulked continuous carpet filament of claim 19 consisting essentially of recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET).

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 door catch, comprising:
a ball plunger assembly including a body with a threaded exterior, a bottom surface with a tool receiving pattern and an interior cavity open to a top portion of the body, and a ball captive within the interior cavity and biased by a spring to partially extend out of the top portion of the body;
a catch bar bracket including a first mounting portion, a catch bar integrally formed with the first mounting portion and projecting away from the first mounting portion, the catch bar including a first planar surface in which a detent is formed;
a ball catch base including a second mounting portion and a base portion, the base portion including a base portion end outer surface distal from the second mounting portion and radiused about a vertical axis and a second planar surface projecting away from the second mounting portion to the base portion end outer surface with a threaded aperture therethrough, the ball plunger assembly threaded into the threaded aperture with the ball extending out of the second planar surface;
the catch bar bracket and the ball catch base being mountable on opposing vertical surfaces of a wall structure and a door by the first and second mounting portions so that the ball and the detent frictionally engage to hold the door in an open position, wherein when the ball and the detent are frictionally engaged with one another, the first planar surface and the second planar face one another and are parallel to each other while extending orthogonally to a corresponding one of the opposing vertical surfaces of the door and the wall structure; and
a force of impinging of the ball against the detent is adjustable by rotating the body within the threaded aperture, causing the ball to raise or lower with respect to the second planar surface.
2. The door catch of claim 1, wherein:
the first mounting portion includes a fastener-receiving aperture configured to receive a fastener so as to mount the first mounting portion in a fixed and non-adjustable position relative to one of the wall structure and the door.
3. The door catch of claim 1, wherein:
the catch bar is a downward facing L-bracket; and
the first mounting portion is configured as a planar back with respect to the downward facing L-bracket.
4. A door catch, comprising:
a ball plunger assembly including a body with a threaded exterior, bottom surface with a tool receiving pattern, an interior cavity open to a top portion of the body, and a ball captive within the body within the interior cavity and biased by a spring to partially extend out of the top portion of the body;
a catch bar bracket including a first mounting portion and a catch bar, the catch bar bracket comprising a one-piece rigid structure, wherein the catch bar is constrained to project away from the first mounting portion along a fixed axis and includes a first planar surface in which a detent is formed;
a ball catch base including a second mounting portion and a base portion, the base portion including a second planar surface projecting away from the second mounting portion and with a threaded aperture therethrough, the ball plunger assembly threaded into the threaded aperture with the ball extending out of the second planar surface, the base portion comprising a base portion end outer surface that is distal to the first mounting portion and radiused about a vertical axis;
the catch bar bracket and the ball catch base being mountable by the first and second mounting portions on opposing vertical surfaces of a wall structure and a door so that the ball and the detent frictionally engage to hold the door in an open position, wherein when the ball and the detent are frictionally engaged within one another, the first planar surface and the second planar face one another and are parallel to each other while extending horizontally away from a corresponding one of the opposing vertical surfaces of the wall structure and the door; and
a force of impinging of the ball against the detent is adjustable by rotating the body within the threaded aperture, causing the ball to raise or lower with respect to the second planar surface.