Author: claimsbot

1. A method for controlling transmission power levels in a spread spectrum time division duplex communication system having frames with time slots for communication, the method comprising:
receiving at a first communication station communications from a second communication station and transmitting from the first station power commands based on in part a reception quality of the received communications;
transmitting from the first communication station a first communication having a transmission power level in a first time slot;
receiving at the second communication station the first communication and the power commands;
measuring a power level of the first communication as received;
determining a pathloss estimate based on in part the measured received first communication power level and the first communication transmission power level; and
setting a transmission power level for a second communication in a second time slot from the second station to the first station based on in part the pathloss estimate weighted by a quality factor and the power commands.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the set transmission power level is based on in part a desired received power level at the first station, a closed loop factor and an open loop factor; wherein the closed loop factor is based on in part the received power commands and the open loop factor is based on in part the pathloss estimate weighted by the quality factor.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the set transmission power level is based on in part a desired received power level at the first station and a combined closed loopopen loop factor; wherein the combined closed loopopen loop factor is based on in part the received power commands and the pathloss estimate weighted by the quality factor.
4. The method of claim 2 wherein the closed loop factor is updated for each received power command.
5. The method of claim 3 wherein the combined factor is updated for each received power command.
6. The method of claim 2 wherein the desired received power level is based on in part a target signal to interference ratio and a measured interference level at the first station.
7. The method of claim 3 wherein the desired received power level is based on in part a target signal to interference ratio and a measured interference level at the first station.
8. The method of claim 1 wherein the first station is a base station and the second station is a user equipment.
9. The method of claim 1 wherein the first station is a user equipment and the second station is a base station.
10. A code division multiple access user equipment for controlling transmission power levels, the user equipment comprising:
means for receiving a first communication and power commands;
means for measuring a power level of the first communication as received;
means for determining a pathloss estimate based on in part the measured received first communication power level and the first communication transmission power level; and
means for setting a transmission power level for a second communication based on in part the pathloss estimate weighted by a quality factor and the power commands.
11. The user equipment of claim 10 wherein the set transmission power level is based on in part a desired received power level, a closed loop factor and an open loop factor; wherein the closed loop factor is based on in part the received power commands and the open loop factor is based on in part the pathloss estimate weighted by the quality factor.
12. The user equipment of claim 10 wherein the set transmission power level is based on in part a desired received power level at the first station and a combined closed loopopen loop factor; wherein the combined closed loopopen loop factor is based on in part the received power commands and the pathloss estimate weighted by the quality factor.
13. The user equipment of claim 11 wherein the closed loop factor is updated for each received power command.
14. The user equipment of claim 12 wherein the combined factor is updated for each received power command.
15. The user equipment of claim 11 wherein the desired received power level is based on in part a target signal to interference ratio and a measured interference level.
16. The user equipment of claim 12 wherein the desired received power level is based on in part a target signal to interference ratio and a measured interference level.

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 spine formation device for forming a spine of a bundle of folded sheets, the spine formation device comprising:
a sheet conveyer that conveys the bundle of folded sheets with a folded portion of the bundle forming a front end portion of the bundle;
a clamping unit disposed downstream from the sheet conveyer in a sheet conveyance direction in which the bundle of folded sheets is transported, for squeezing the folded portion of the bundle in a direction of thickness of the bundle;
a contact member disposed downstream from the clamping unit in the sheet conveyance direction and including a flat contact surface against which the folded portion of the bundle is pressed;
a controller comprising a CPU and operatively connected to the sheet conveyer as well as the clamping unit to cause the bundle of folded sheets to bulge by stopping the sheet conveyer after the bundle of folded sheets is transported a predetermined conveyance distance downstream in the sheet conveyance direction from a contact position between the contact member and the folded portion of the bundle, the predetermined distance set in accordance with a predetermined sheet-related variable, and to cause the clamping unit to squeeze a bulging portion of the bundle created between the sheet conveyer and the contact member with the folded potion pressed against the contact member; and
an input unit via which a user selects whether the predetermined conveyance distance is set automatically or manually.
2. The spine formation device according to claim 1, wherein the clamping unit comprises:
a first clamping member; and
a second clamping member disposed downstream from the first clamping member in the sheet conveyance direction,
wherein the controller causes the first clamping member to localize the bulging portion of the bundle created between the sheet conveyer and the contact member to a downstream side in the sheet conveyance direction and causes the second clamping member to form the spine of the bundle by squeezing a bulging portion of the bundle created between the first clamping member and the contact member.
3. The spine formation device according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined sheet-related variable comprises at least one of a quantity of the folded sheets, a sheet thickness, a sheet size, and a special sheet classification.
4. The spine formation device according to claim 3, wherein the special sheet classification is data identifying the sheet as one of an OHP sheet, a label sheet, and a coated sheet.
5. The spine formation device according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined sheet-related variable comprises a thickness of the bundle of folded sheets.
6. The spine formation device according to claim 5, wherein, when the bundle of folded sheets is constituted of multiple standard sheets, the predetermined conveyance distance of the bundle from the contact position between the contact member and the folded portion of the bundle is calculated as
\u03b4def=(1\u2212\u03c04)t

wherein \u03b4def and t represent the predetermined conveyance distance for a standard sheet classification and the thickness of the bundle, respectively.
7. The spine formation device according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined sheet-related variable comprises a quantity of the folded sheets, a sheet thickness, and a special sheet classification, and
the predetermined conveyance distance of the bundle from the contact position between the contact member and the folded portion of the bundle is a sum of a distance set in accordance with a special sheet classification and a default conveyance distance for a standard sheet classification, calculated as
\u03b4def=(2\u2212\u03c02)Tdef\u2212N
wherein \u03b4def, Tdef, and N respectively represent the predetermined conveyance distance for standard sheets, a thickness of a standard sheet, and the quantity of sheets in the bundle.
8. The spine formation device according to claim 1, wherein the clamping unit comprises a pair of pressing members arranged in the direction of thickness of the bundle of folded sheets, on both sides of the bundle, the pair of pressing members each including:
a pressing surface pressed against one of opposed sides of the front end portion of the bundle; and
a sloped surface disposed downstream from the pressing surface in the sheet conveyance direction, sloped in a direction away from the sloped surface of the other pressing member toward downstream in the sheet conveyance direction.
9. A bookbinding system comprising:
an image forming apparatus to form images on sheets of recording media; and
a spine formation device for forming a spine of a bundle of folded sheets, the spine formation device comprising:
a sheet conveyer that conveys the bundle of folded sheets with a folded portion of the bundle forming a front end portion of the bundle;
a clamping unit disposed downstream from the sheet conveyer in a sheet conveyance direction in which the bundle of folded sheets is transported, for squeezing the folded portion of the bundle in a direction of thickness of the bundle;
a contact member disposed downstream from the clamping unit in the sheet conveyance direction and including a flat contact surface against which the folded portion of the bundle is pressed;
a controller comprising a CPU and operatively connected to the sheet conveyer as well as the clamping unit to cause the bundle of folded sheets to bulge by stopping the sheet conveyer after the bundle of folded sheets is transported a predetermined conveyance distance downstream in the sheet conveyance direction from a contact position between the contact member and the folded portion of the bundle, the predetermined distance set in accordance with a predetermined sheet-related variable, and to cause the clamping unit to squeeze a bulging portion of the bundle created between the sheet conveyer and the contact member with the folded potion pressed against the contact member; and
an input unit via which a user selects whether the predetermined conveyance distance is set automatically or manually.
10. A spine formation method used in a spine formation device including a sheet conveyer, a clamping unit, and a contact member disposed, in that order, in a sheet conveyance direction in which a bundle of folded sheets is transported, the spine formation method comprising:
transporting the bundle of folded sheets with the folded portion of the bundle forming a front end portion of the bundle in the sheet conveyance direction;
causing the bundle of folded sheets to bulge by stopping the bundle of folded sheets after the bundle of folded sheets is transported a predetermined conveyance distance downstream in the sheet conveyance direction from a contact position between the contact member and the folded portion of the bundle of folded sheets; and
forming a spine of the bundle of folded sheets by squeezing a bulging portion of the bundle of folded sheets created between the sheet conveyer and the contact member in the direction of thickness of the bundle with the folded portion pressed against the contact member,
wherein the predetermined distance is set in accordance with a predetermined sheet-related variable; and
wherein a user selects whether the predetermined conveyance distance is set automatically or manually via an input unit.

What is claimed is:

1. A lamp reflector, comprising:
a reflector body formed from glass-reinforced unsaturated polyester and having an area on which to form a reflective coating and at least one aperture defined in said area for receiving a lamp bulb;
a UV-cured basecoat adhered to said area comprising an acrylated or methacrylated polyester urethane; and
a metal film adhered to said basecoat so as to form a reflector surface.
2. The lamp reflector of claim 1 and also including a topcoat over said metal film.
3. The lamp reflector of claim 2 wherein said reflector surface does not blister, crack or haze when subjected to 350 F. for 2 hours.
4. The lamp reflector of claim 2 wherein said reflector surface does not blister, crack or haze when subjected to 400 F. for 2 hours.
5. The lamp reflector of claim 2 wherein said reflector surface does not blister, crack or haze when subjected to 450 F. for 24 hours.
6. The lamp reflector of claim 1, wherein the UV-cured basecoat comprises about 10% to about 20% of an acrylated or methacrylated polyester urethane having a number average molecular weight of about 500 to about 2000, about 40% to about 60% of trifunctional acrylate, about 5% to about 15% of an epoxy diacrylate, and about 3% to about 15% of a photoinitiator.
7. The lamp reflector of claim 1, wherein the UV-cured basecoat comprises about 25% to about 45% of an acrylated or methacrylated polyester urethane having a number average molecular weight of about 500 to about 2000, about 45% to about 65% of a triacrylate, and about 3% to about 10% of a photoinitiator.
8. The lamp reflector of claim 1, wherein said UV-cured basecoat comprises about 15% to about 30% of an acrylated or methacrylated polyester urethane having a number average molecular weight of about 500 to about 2000, about 1% to about 10% of an acrylated or methacrylated polyether urethane having a number average molecular weight of about 1200 to about 2600, about 40% to about 60% of trifunctional acrylate, about 5% to about 15% of an epoxy diacrylate, and about 3% to about 15% of a photoinitiator.
9. The lamp reflector of claim 1, wherein said UV-cured basecoat comprises about 70% to about 90% of an acrylated or methacrylated polyester urethane having a number average molecular weight of about 500 to about 2000, about 3% to about 15% of a photoinitiator, and about 3% to about 15% of a second acrylated or methacrylated urethane having a molecular weight greater than that of said acrylated or methacrylated polyester urethane.
10. The lamp reflector of claim 1, wherein said reflector surface comprises a plurality of flutes or facets.
11. The lamp reflector of claim 10, wherein said reflector surface comprises a plurality of flutes.
12. An ultraviolet curable coating composition, comprising a solvent, and, exclusive of the solvent, about 10% to about 20% of an acrylated or methacrylated polyester urethane having a number average molecular weight of about 500 to about 2000, about 40% to about 60% of trifunctional acrylate, about 5% to about 15% of an epoxy diacrylate, and about 3% to about 15% of a photoinitiator.
13. The composition of claim 12 wherein said solvent constitutes about 75% to about 45% of the composition and, taken together, the acrylated or methacrylated polyester urethane, trifunctional acrylate, epoxy diacrylate and photoinitiator constitute about 25% to about 55% of the composition.
14. An ultraviolet curable coating composition suitable for forming a basecoat on a metallized plastic molded article, comprising a solvent and, exclusive of the solvent, about 25% to about 45% of an acrylated or methacrylated polyester urethane having a number average molecular weight of about 500 to about 2000, about 45% to about 65% of a trifunctional acrylate, and about 3% to about 15% of a photoinitiator.
15. The composition of claim 14 wherein said solvent constitutes about 75% to about 45% of the composition and, taken together, the acrylated or methacrylated polyester urethane, trifunctional acrylate, and photoinitiator constitute about 25% to about 55% of the composition.
16. An ultraviolet curable coating composition suitable for forming a basecoat on a metallized plastic molded article, comprising a solvent and, exclusive of the solvent, about 15% to about 30% of an acrylated or methacrylated polyester urethane having a number average molecular weight of about 500 to about 2000, about 1% to about 15% of an acrylated or methacrylated polyether urethane having a number average molecular weight of about 1200 to about 2600, about 40% to about 60% of trifunctional acrylate, about 5% to about 15% of an epoxy diacrylate, and about 3% to about 15% of a photoinitiator.
17. The composition of claim 16 wherein said solvent constitutes about 75% to about 45% of the composition and, taken together, the acrylated or methacrylated polyester urethane, acrylated or methacrylated polyether urethane, trifunctional acrylate, epoxy diacrylate, and photoinitiator constitute about 25% to about 55% of the composition.
18. An ultraviolet curable coating composition suitable for forming a basecoat on a metallized plastic molded article, comprising a solvent, and, exclusive of the solvent, about 70% to about 90% of an acrylated or methacrylated polyester urethane having a number average molecular weight of about 500 to about 2000, about 3% to about 15% of a photoinitiator, and about 3% to about 15% of a second acrylated or methacrylated urethane having a molecular weight greater than that of the acrylated or methacrylated polyester urethane.
19. The composition of claim 18 wherein said solvent constitutes about 75% to about 45% of the composition and, taken together, the acrylated or methacrylated polyester urethane, second acrylated or methacrylated urethane and photoinitiator constitute about 25% to about 55% of the composition.
20. A metallized molded plastic article, comprising:
a molded plastic substrate;
a UV-cured basecoat comprising an acrylated or methacrylated polyester urethane adhered to said substrate;
a metal film adhered to said basecoat so as to form a reflector surface; and
a topcoat over said metal film;
wherein said reflector surface does not blister, crack or haze when subjected to 350 F. for 2 hours.

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 pipe handling apparatus for assembling and dismantling pipe strings used in wells, the apparatus comprising:
a) a main arbor arranged for attachment to an overhead support;
b) a main body situated on said main arbor for axial movement thereon, said mail arbor and main body defining an assembled length;
c) an active arbor supported by said main body, extending therefrom, arranged for axial movement relative thereto, and rotationally connected to said main arbor;
d) a first fluid powered hydraulic cylinder arranged to vary the assembled length of said main arbor and said main body in response to fluid power selectively supplied by a separate source;
e) a second fluid powered hydraulic cylinder arranged to adjust the assembled length of said main body and said active arbor in response to fluid power selectively supplied by a separate source;
f) a wedge-lock pipe gripper situated on said active arbor for gripping pipe by contact with said pipe’s inner surface when said assembled length of said main body and said active arbor is selectively adjusted; and
g) fluid conducting galleries, at least partly in said main body, arranged to conduct fluid to enable said separate source of fluid power to selectively actuate said first and said second fluid powered hydraulic cylinders.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said fluid conducting galleries, at least in part, are in a swivel bearingly and sealingly mounted on said main body, to allow said main body to rotate relative thereto to enable a stationary said separate source of fluid power to selectively control said hydraulic cylinders.
3. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said attachment to an overhead support is accomplished by a tool joint on said main arbor.
4. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said main body is free to rotate relative to said main arbor.
5. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising least one accumulator arranged to exchange fluid flow surges with galleries that supply fluid to move said first hydraulic cylinder.
6. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising at least one accumulator arranged to exchange fluid flow surges with galleries that supply fluid to move said second hydraulic cylinder.
7. A pipe handling apparatus for assembling and dismantling pipe strings being installed in or removed from wells, the apparatus comprising:
a) a main arbor and a main body having a telescoping relationship, said main arbor extending from said main body and having a connector for attachment to an overhead support;
b) an active arbor telescopingly received in said main body, and extending some variable distance therefrom;
c) a first fluid powered hydraulic cylinder, responsive to fluid power manipulation at a separate location, to vary the extension of said main arbor from said main body;
d) a second fluid powered hydraulic cylinder, responsive to fluid power manipulation at a separate location, to vary the extension of said active arbor from said main body;
e) a pipe gripping arrangement on said active arbor for insertion into a pipe bore to grip or release pipe in response to change in the distance said active arbor extends from said main body;
f) a fluid conducting conduit situated to receive drilling fluid from said drilling rig, conduct it along said main and active arbors and to inject said drilling fluid into said pipe bore;
g) a fluid handling gallery arrangement, at least partly situated in said main body, to deliver said fluid power and control to said first and said second motors when said main arbor is rotating and said fluid power manipulation is provided from a stationary installation; and
h) a telescoping relationship between said main arbor and said active arbor comprising mating non-circular surfaces to conduct torque between the two arbors.
8. A pipe handling apparatus according to claim 7 wherein said fluid handling gallery arrangement includes a swivel bearingly and sealedly situated on said main body.
9. A pipe handling apparatus according to claim 7 wherein said pipe gripping arrangement comprises pipe grippers that extend a variable radial distance from said active arbor and change said radial distance when said active arbor is moved relative to said body.
10. A pipe handling apparatus according to claim 7 wherein said non-circular surfaces are splines.
11. A pipe handling apparatus according to claim 7 wherein said main arbor is terminated at an upper end by a tool joint.