Author: claimsbot

1. A method of making a coated substrate, comprising the steps:
preparing a silk peptide with a particle size of from 50 to 250 nm by degumming silk fiber, and dissolving the silk fiber in an organic solvent;
adding said peptide to a treated bath containing a building block polymer having a particle size of from 50 to 500 nm;
polymerizing said peptide with said building block; and
applying the peptidebuilding block polymer to a cellulosic substrate,
wherein the building block is a soft segment that is selected from the group consisting of silicon-oxygen backbone polymers, amino amide derivatives, imidazoline, alkyl aryl sulphonate, thermoplastics, ethylene oxide, aminoethylamine propylsiloxone, and dimethyl siloxone, and
wherein the ratio of said peptide to said soft segment is from about 4:1 to about 10:1.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of drying said peptidebuilding block polymer-coated substrate.
3. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of curing said peptidebuilding block polymer-coated substrate.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein said peptide is derived from the group consisting of silk fibroin, cocoon, raw silk, waste cocoon, raw silk waste, bisu, silk fabric waste, and bourette.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein said treatment bath can be an aqueous solution, organic solvent, or an aqueousorganic solvent mixture.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein polymerization of said peptide with said building block is brought about by an initiator selected from the group comprising metal chlorides or metal nitrates.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein polymerizing occurs between a temperature of 110\xb0 C. to 180\xb0 C. for a period of 2 minutes to about 30 minutes.
8. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of adding a dispersing or wetting agent prior to applying said polymer to said substrate.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein applying said polymer may occur by means selected from the group consisting of immersion, padding, spraying, coating, and calendaring.
10. The method of claim 1, wherein said substrate is selected from the group comprising cotton, wool, angora, flax, silk, jute, modal, velvet, fur, leather, and natural materialsynthetic material blends.
11. A polymer-coated substrate, comprised of a cellulosic fabric and silk peptidesoft segment polymer, wherein said soft segment is selected from the group consisting of silicon-oxygen backbone polymers, amino amide derivatives, imidazoline, alkyl aryl sulphonate, and thermoplastics, wherein said polymer-coated substrate possesses a wrinkle recovery angle between 250-290 (W+F,o), and wherein said polymer-coated substrate does not comprise N-methylol compounds.
12. A polymer-coated substrate, comprised of a cellulosic fabric and silk peptidehard segment polymer, wherein said hard segment is selected from the group consisting of polyethers and crystalline entities, wherein said polymer-coated substrate possesses a tear strength of from 4.7 to 7lbs, and wherein said polymer-coated substrate does not comprise N-methylol compounds.
13. A method of making a coated substrate, comprising the steps:
preparing a silk peptide with a particle size of from 50 to 250 nm by degumming silk fiber, and dissolving the silk fiber in an organic solvent;
adding said peptide to a treated bath containing a building block polymer having a particle size of from 50 to 500 nm;
polymerizing said peptide with said building block; and
applying the peptidebuilding block polymer to a cellulosic substrate,
wherein said building block is a hard segment that can be selected from the group consisting of polyethers and crystalline entities, and
wherein the ratio of said peptide to said hard segment is from about 1:1 to about 10:1.
14. The method of claim 13, further comprising the step of drying said peptidebuilding block polymer-coated substrate.
15. The method of claim 13, further comprising the step of curing said peptidebuilding block polymer-coated substrate.
16. The method of claim 13, wherein said peptide is derived from the group consisting of silk fibroin, cocoon, raw silk, waste cocoon, raw silk waste, bisu, silk fabric waste, and bourette.
17. The method of claim 13, wherein said treatment bath is an aqueous solution, organic solvent, or an aqueousorganic solvent mixture.
18. The method of claim 13, wherein said polyethers can be selected from the group consisting of polyoxymethylene, poly(ethylene oxide), poly(propylene oxide), poly (styrene oxide), polyhexamethylene adipamide, and poly (ethylene trephthalate).
19. The method of claim 13, wherein polymerization of said peptide with said building block is brought about by an initiator selected from the group comprising metal chlorides or metal nitrates.
20. The method of claim 13, wherein said substrate is selected from the group comprising cotton, wool, angora, flax, silk, jute, modal, velvet, fur, leather, and natural materialsynthetic material blends.

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: LEDs Any Color control circuit is achieved by constructing a lighting circuit comprising:
a. Required wavelength input device.
b. One DC power supply step-down sampler chip,
c. LEDs Any Color control circuit processor micro-computer chip,
d. LEDs Any Color control circuit algorithm, which is programmed into the LEDs Any Color control circuit processor micro-computer chip,
e. LEDs Any Color control circuit switching chips.
f. The 6 required LEDs are as follows:
i. BLUE: 470 nm
ii. CYAN: 505 nm
iii. GREEN: 530 nm
iv. AMBER: 590 nm
v. RED: 627 nm
vi. WHITE: (NA)
2: Based on the LEDs Any Color control circuit from claim 1, different types of devices can be used to input the wavelength of the light required.
3: Based on the LEDs Any Color control circuit from claim 1, the LEDs Any Color control circuit processor chip selects 2 of the LEDs assigned intensity from 1 to 100.
4: Based on the LEDs Any Color control circuit from claim 1, the LEDs Any Color control circuit switching chips will send DC current to 2 LEDs in each set of 6 LEDs.
5: Based on the LEDs Any Color control circuit from claim 1, 2 LEDs from the set of 6 LEDs will generate light.
6: Based on the LEDs Any Color control circuit from claim 1, a lens blends the light from the 2 LEDs to produce the required wavelength of light.
7: Based on the LEDs Any Color control circuit from claim 1, when a greater amount of LEDs Any Color lighting is required, multiple sets of LEDs are used.
8: Based on the LEDs Any Color control circuit from claim 1, when a lesser amount of LEDs Any Color lighting is required, smaller LEDs are used.
9: Based on the LEDs Any Color control circuit from claim 1, although the present invention has been described with reference to preferred embodiments, numerous modifications and variations can be made and still fall within the scope of the invention.
10: Based on the LEDs Any Color control circuit from claim 1, increasing or decreasing the scale of the preferred embodiment andor increasing the number of instances of the embodiment will still fall within the scope of the invention.

1. A shifter for use with a continuously variable transmission (CVT) having a plurality of power adjusters, each provided with a tiltable axis of rotation, the shifter comprising:
a grip portion having a display;
a hub portion coupled to the grip portion by at least one cable; wherein the grip can be rotated to adjust a pulley located in the hub;
wherein the display has a filament that is moveable from a first position to a second position, the filament comprising a flexible member; and
wherein the grip portion further comprises:
an inner case;
a grip pulley engaged over the inner case, wherein the grip pulley is rotatable around the inner case; wherein the grip pulley has a geared portion; and
a lead screw also having a geared portion for mating with the grip pulley;

wherein the filament is coupled to the lead screw by a following nut.
2. The shifter of claim 1 wherein the grip portion comprises an adjuster coupled to the cable, wherein the adjuster can be rotated to adjust the tension on the cable.
3. The shifter of claim 1 wherein the hub comprises a case, wherein the pulley located in the hub is located within the case.
4. The shifter of claim 3 wherein an adjustment in a tension on the at least one cable rotates the pulley in the hub.
5. The shifter of claim 1 wherein an adjustment of the shifter further adjusts a ratio between an input force and an output force.
6. The shifter of claim 1 wherein the filament has a first end coupled to the nut and a second end coupled to the inner case, so that a movement of the nut produces flexion in the filament.
7. The shifter of claim 1 wherein the grip pulley further comprises a helical groove for cable take-up.
8. The shifter of claim 1 wherein the grip pulley further comprises a cable capture slot for coupling the at least one cable to the grip pulley.
9. The shifter of claim 1 further comprises a top case for covering the indicator.
10. The shifter of claim 1 further comprises a scale for indicating a relative adjustment.
11. The shifter of claim 1 comprises a hub interface back plate that can be positioned at various angles to a vehicle frame while also being rotationally anchored to the vehicle frame.
12. A shifter for use with a CVT on a bicycle comprising:
a grip portion located on a handlebar for the bicycle;
a hub portion coupled to the bicycle adjacent to a rear axle of a rear wheel;
a first cable coupled to the grip portion, the first cable coupled to the hub portion;
a second cable coupled to the grip portion, the second cable coupled to the hub portion; and
wherein the grip portion comprises:
an inner case;
a grip pulley engaged over the inner case, wherein the grip pulley is rotatable around the inner case; wherein the grip pulley has a geared portion;
a lead screw also having a geared portion for mating with the grip pulley; and
an indicator coupled to the lead screw by a following nut.
13. The shifter of claim 12, wherein the indicator comprises a filament that is moveable from a first position to a second position.
14. The shifter of claim 12 wherein the hub comprises a case and a pulley assembly within the case, wherein rotation of the pulley assembly produces an axial translation of a rod coupled to the pulley assembly.

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 device, comprising:
a plurality of light emitters, a portion of which are grouped responsive to a combined chromaticity of a portion of a plurality of bins that are defined corresponding to a plurality of emitter group regions in a multiple axis color space and a plurality of luminosity ranges,
wherein the plurality of bins are prioritized corresponding to chromaticity values.
2. The device of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of bins comprises a center point corresponding to chromaticity and luminosity values.
3. The device of claim 1, wherein the combined chromaticity comprises chromaticity values estimated from a first chromaticity and a first luminosity corresponding to a first bin of the plurality of bins and a second chromaticity and a second luminosity corresponding to a second bin of the plurality of bins.
4. The device of claim 1, wherein the combined chromaticity comprises chromaticity values that are within a desired color region in the multiple axis color space.
5. The device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of bins are prioritized by proximity to a desired color region in the multiple axis color space.
6. The device of claim 5, wherein a first emitter group region that corresponds to a first bin of the plurality of bins is more proximate the desired color region than a second emitter group region that corresponds to a second bin of the plurality of bins, and wherein the second bin includes a high priority relative to the first bin.
7. The device of claim 1,
wherein the plurality of light emitters are selected from a batch of light emitters that are grouped into the plurality of bins, and
wherein each of the plurality of bins includes a center point comprising center point chromaticity values and center point luminosity values.
8. The device of claim 7, wherein the combined chromaticity comprises an additive mixing of center point chromaticity values and center point luminosity values corresponding to at least two of the plurality of bins.
9. The device of claim 7, wherein the combined chromaticity comprises chromaticity values that correspond to a desired color region.
10. The device of claim 1, wherein a plurality of combination center points corresponding to at least two of the plurality of bins are prioritized based on a target chromaticity point in a desired color region.
11. The device of claim 10,
wherein the plurality of light emitters are selected from an inventory of light emitters that are grouped into the plurality of bins, and
wherein the plurality of combination center points are prioritized corresponding to a plurality of substantially concentric regions centered at the target chromaticity point, the regions including an aspect ratio substantially similar to an aspect ratio of a bounded area corresponding to distribution data of the inventory of light emitters.
12. The device of claim 10,
wherein the plurality of light emitters are selected from an inventory of light emitters that are grouped into the plurality of bins, and
wherein the target chromaticity point comprises an inventory chromaticity center point corresponding to an aggregate chromaticity and luminosity of the inventory of light emitters.