Author: claimsbot

1. A mixed oxide having the formula (A):
XaYbZcOd.pC\u2003\u2003(A)

optionally shaped without a binder, wherein
X is selected from Ni, Co or a mixture thereof,
Y is selected from Mo, W or a mixture thereof,
Z is selected from Si, Al or a mixture thereof,
O is oxygen
C is selected from:
a nitrogenated compound N,
an organic residue deriving from the nitrogenated compound N by partial calcination,

wherein said nitrogenated compound N is selected from:
a) an alkyl ammonium hydroxide of formula (I)
RIRIIRIIIRIVNOH\u2003\u2003(I)
wherein the groups RI, RII, RIII and RIV are the same or different and are aliphatic groups containing from 1 to 7 carbon atoms,
b) an amine of formula (II)
R1R2R3N\u2003\u2003(II)
wherein
R1 is a linear, branched or cyclic alkyl, containing from 4 to 12 carbon atoms, and
R2 and R3 are the same or different and are selected from H and a linear, branched or cyclic alkyl, containing from 4 to 12 carbon atoms, said alkyl being equal to or different from R1
a, b, c, d are the number of moles of the elements X, Y, Z, O, respectively,
p is the weight percentage of C with respect to the total weight of the compound of formula (A),
a, b, c, d are greater than 0
ab is greater than or equal to 0.3 and less than or equal to 2,
(a+b)c is greater than or equal to 0.3 and less than or equal to 10,
d=(2a+6b+Hc)2
wherein
H=4 when Z=Si
H=3 when Z=Al
and p is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 40%.
2. The mixed oxide according to claim 1, having a formula (A1):
XaYbZcOd\u2003\u2003(A1)

optionally shaped without a binder, wherein
X is selected from Ni, Co or a mixture thereof,
Y is selected from Mo, W or a mixture thereof,
Z is selected from Si, Al or a mixture thereof,
O is oxygen
a, b, c, d are the number of moles of the elements X, Y, Z, O, respectively and are greater than 0
ab is greater than or equal to 0.3 and less than or equal to 2,
(a+b)c is greater than or equal to 0.3 and less than or equal to 10,
d=(2a+6b+Hc)2
wherein
H=4 when Z=Si
H=3 when Z=Al.
3. The mixed oxide according to claim 1, having a formula (A2):
XaYbZcOd.pC\u2003\u2003(A2)

optionally shaped without a binder, wherein
X is selected from Ni, Co or a mixture thereof,
Y is selected from Mo, W or a mixture thereof,
Z is selected from Si, Al or a mixture thereof,
O is oxygen
C is selected from:
a nitrogenated compound N,
an organic residue deriving from the partial calcination of the nitrogenated compound N,

wherein said nitrogenated compound is selected from:
a) an alkyl ammonium hydroxide of formula (I)
RIRIIRIIIRIVNOH\u2003\u2003(I)
wherein the groups RI, RII, RIII and RIV are the same or different and are aliphatic groups containing from 1 to 7 carbon atoms,
b) an amine of formula (II)
R1R2R3N\u2003\u2003(II)
wherein
R1 is a linear, branched or cyclic alkyl, containing from 4 to 12 carbon atoms and
R2 and R3 are the same or different and are selected from H and a linear, branched or cyclic alkyl, containing from 4 to 12 carbon atoms, said alkyl being equal to or different from R1,
a, b, c, d are the number of moles of the elements X, Y, Z, O, respectively,
p is the weight percentage of C with respect to the total weight of the compound of formula (A2)
a, b, c, d are greater than 0
ab is greater than or equal to 0.3 and less than or equal to 2,
(a+b)c is greater than or equal to 0.3 and less than or equal to 10,
d=(2a+6b+Hc)2
wherein
H=4 when Z=Si
H=3 when Z=Al
and p is greater than 0 and less than or equal to 40%.
4. A composition comprising a mixed oxide according to claim 1, in shaped form with a binder.
5. The mixed oxide according to claim 2, mesoporous, having a surface area, determined after thermal treatment at 550\xb0 C., greater than or equal to 70 m2g and a pore volume greater than or equal to 0.10 mlg.
6. The mixed oxide according to claim 2, mesoporous, wherein the average pore diameter ranges from 3 to 18 nm.
7. The mixed oxide according to claim 3, mesoporous, having a surface area, determined after thermal treatment at 400\xb0 C., greater than or equal to 90 m2g and a pore volume greater than or equal to 0.18 mlg.
8. The mixed oxide according to claim 7, containing silicon as element Z, having a surface area greater than or equal to 100 m2g and a pore volume greater than or equal to 0.20 mlg.
9. The mixed oxide according to claim 7, containing aluminium as element Z, having a surface area greater than or equal to 130 m2g and a pore volume greater than or equal to 0.30 mlg.
10. The mixed oxide according to claim 1, wherein the nitrogenated compound of formula (I) is a tetra-alkyl ammonium hydroxide, wherein the alkyl groups, the same as each other, contain from 1 to 7 carbon atoms, or a trimethyl alkyl ammonium hydroxide, wherein the alkyl group contains from 1 to 7 carbon atoms.
11. The mixed oxide according to claim 1, wherein the nitrogenated compound of formula (II) is selected from n-hexyl amine, n-heptyl amine and n-octyl amine.
12. The mixed oxide according to claim 1, wherein X is Ni.
13. The mixed oxide according to claim 1, wherein the (a+b)c ratio ranges from 0.8 to 10.
14. The mixed oxide according to claim 1, wherein, when X is a mixture of Ni and Co, the molar ratio NiCo ranges from 1001 to 1100, and when Y is a mixture of Mo and W the molar ratio MoW ranges from 1001 to 1100.
15. A composition comprising a mixed oxide according to claim 2, in shaped form with a binder.
16. A composition comprising a mixed oxide according to claim 3, in shaped form with a binder.
17. The mixed oxide according to claim 3, wherein the nitrogenated compound of formula (I) is a tetra-alkyl ammonium hydroxide, wherein the alkyl groups, the same as each other, contain from 1 to 7 carbon atoms, or a trimethyl alkyl ammonium hydroxide, wherein the alkyl group contains from 1 to 7 carbon atoms.
18. The mixed oxide according to claim 3, wherein the nitrogenated compound of formula (II) is selected from n-hexyl amine, n-heptyl amine and n-octyl amine.
19. The mixed oxide according to claim 2, wherein X is Ni.
20. The mixed oxide according to claim 2, wherein the (a+b)c ratio ranges from 0.8 to 10.
21. The mixed oxide according to claim 2, wherein, when X is a mixture of Ni and Co, the molar ratio NiCo ranges from 1001 to 1100, and when Y is a mixture of Mo and W the molar ratio MoW ranges from 1001 to 1100.
22. The mixed oxide according to claim 3, wherein X is Ni.
23. The mixed oxide according to claim 3, wherein the (a+b)c ratio ranges from 0.8 to 10.
24. The mixed oxide according to claim 3, wherein, when X is a mixture of Ni and Co, the molar ratio NiCo ranges from 1001 to 1100, and when Y is a mixture of Mo and W the molar ratio MoW ranges from 1001 to 1100.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1-18. (canceled)
19. A wireless telephonic communications device comprising:
a directional device for determining the direction of said wireless telephonic communications device;
a locating device for determining the location of said wireless telephonic communications device; and
a location-based program, wherein said location-based program is downloaded wirelessly to said wireless telephonic communications device.
20. The system of claim 19, wherein said location-based program is a location-based video game.
21. The system of claim 19, wherein an additional level of said video game is downloaded.
22. The system of claim 19, wherein an additional level of said video game is downloaded as part of a subscription.
23. The system of claim 19, wherein said video game is downloaded at a cost.
24. The system of claim 19, wherein said video game is rented at a cost.
25. A head-mounted system comprising:
a transparent display, wherein virtual indicia are provided on said transparent display such that a user looking through said transparent display sees the user’s physical environment and said virtual indicia through said transparent display;
a directional device for determining the direction of said head-mounted system; and
a locating device for determining the location of said head-mounted system.
26. The system of claim 25, wherein said virtual indicia are associated with a video game.
27. The system of claim 25, wherein said virtual indicia are associated with a location-based video game.
28. The system of claim 25, wherein information from said locating device is provided to a remote server.
29. The system of claim 25, wherein said virtual indicia is associated with a multiple-player video game, said head-mounted system is associated with a first player of said multiple-player video game, and information for operating said multiple-player video game is received from a remote device associated with a second player of said multiple-player video game.
30. The system of claim 25, wherein said locating device comprises a positioning receiver.
31. The system of claim 25, further comprising a second locating device.
32. The system of claim 25, further comprising:
a second locating device; and
a third locating device.
33. A portable gaming system comprising:
a display;
a locating device; and
a processor for playing a location-based video game based, at least in part, on signals received from said locating device, wherein said location-based video game is provided on a removable cartridge.
34. The system of claim 33, further comprising a second locating device.
35. The system of claim 33, wherein said locating device comprises a positioning receiver.
36. The system of claim 33, further comprising a directional device.
37. The system of claim 33, wherein information associated with said video game is provided to a remote storage device.
38. The system of claim 33, wherein said video game is a multiple-player video game and information associated with a second player of said video game is received by said system and utilized by said video game.

1. A system for changing the seed variety in a planter, comprising:
a plurality of row units with each row unit having a plurality of seed meters;
a transport belt positioned below the seed meters to receive seeds from the seed meters and transport the seeds to a seed tube; and
a guide attached to a discharge end of each seed meter to reduce bounce of the seed when received on the belt;
wherein said belt has an adjustable cover.
2. The system of claim 1 wherein the belt has a plurality of adjustable lugs.
3. The system of claim 1 wherein the belt has adjustable sidewalls connected to a belt frame.
4. The system of claim 1 wherein each of the guides of each seed meter is adjustable.
5. The system of claim 1 wherein the cover terminates in an end guide at a discharge end of the belt.
6. The system of claim 1 wherein each of the guides of each seed meter is positioned to deliver seeds in a direction that the belt is moving.
7. A system claim here Seed is delivered to the seed meters via a hose system, said system further comprising at least one reservoir where seed is not delivered via the hose system.
8. A system for changing the seed variety in a planter, comprising:
a plurality of row units with each row unit having a plurality of seed meters;
a transport belt positioned below the seed meters to receive seeds from the seed meters and transport the seeds to a seed tube;
a switch connected to each seed meter and positioned adjacent the belt; and
a switch actuator attached to the belt such that the switches are selectively activated and deactivated as the switch actuator passes by the switches.
9. The system of claim 8 wherein a controller is connected to the switch actuator.
10. A system for changing the seed variety of a planter, comprising:
a plurality of row units with each row unit having a plurality of seed meters;
a transport belt positioned below the seed meters to receive seeds from the seed meters and transport the seeds to a seed tube;
a seed delivery conduit connected to a fan, a gate valve, a hulk seed hopper, an entrainment box, and one of the plurality of seed meters;
a vacuum pressure conduit connected to an air supply conduit between the fan and an air supply at one end and a discharge end of the belt at an opposite end; and
an air block connected to the vacuum pressure conduit and an exit conduit that extends to a storage receptacle.

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 fastening device for a bicycle seat pad, comprising:
a base, being formed with two hook portions;
two pawl shanks, each pawl shank comprising a pawl section and a hook section, the pawl shanks being pivoted to the base, the pawl shanks being pivotable about two pivoting axes respectively;
wherein each hook portion and its corresponding hook section define a pad clamp, the pawl sections define a tube clamp;
wherein the pad clamps and the tube clamp are narrowed or enlarged when the pawl shanks pivot about the pivoting axes respectively, the pivoting axes are perpendicular to width directions defined by the pad clamps along which the pad clamps are narrowed or enlarged;
a means for narrowing the pad clamps and the tube clamp.
2. The fastening device of claim 1, wherein the fastening device further comprises two position rods, the base is formed with two base positioning holes, each pawl shank is formed with a pawl positioning hole, each positioning rod inserts in one of the base positioning holes and the pawl positioning hole of one of the pawl shanks, such that the pawl shanks are pivotable about the pivoting axes defined by the positioning rods respectively.
3. The fastening device of claim 1, wherein each pivoting axis is located between the pawl section and the hook section of one of the pawl shanks.
4. The fastening device of claim 1, wherein the pad clamps are adapted for clamping two bottom tubes of a seat pad respectively, the pivoting axes are parallel to the bottom tubes when the bottom tubes are clamped.
5. The fastening device of claim 1, wherein the means for narrowing comprises a screw, a through hole and a threaded bore, the screw has a head and a threaded rod axially extended from the head, the through hole is formed on one of the pawl shanks, the threaded bore is formed on the other pawl shank, the threaded rod is inserted through the through hole and threaded with the threaded bore.
6. The fastening device of claim 1, wherein the means for narrowing comprises a screw, two through holes and a nut, the screw has a head and a threaded rod axially extended from the head, the through holes are formed on the pawl shanks respectively, the threaded rod is inserted through the through holes and then threaded with the nut.
7. The fastening device of claim 1, wherein each pawl section has an abutting surface, the abutting surface is slanted.
8. The fastening device of claim 1, wherein each hook portion comprises two arms, each base positioning hole is defined on the arms of each hook portion, each pawl shank is disposed between the arms of each hook portion, each pad clamp is defined by the hook section and the arms of each hook portion.
9. A seat tube having a fastening device of claim 1, further comprising a tube member, the tube member having an upper end, a connecting head is formed on the upper end, the connecting head is clamped by the tube clamp.