01st week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 11 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130001004 | VEHICLE HOOD STRUCTURE FOR PEDESTRIAN BODY IMPACT PROTECTION - Embodiments of the present invention relate to pedestrian head impact protection. In operation, during a pedestrian impact event with a vehicle, a pedestrian protection deployable hood apparatus configured in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention causes displacement of the hood at its hinge-carrying portion for enhancing clearance an underside of the hood and a topmost surface of under-hood components. Such embodiments of the present invention contribute to providing for pedestrian head impact protection in a manner that can be implemented with a variety of hood mounting arrangements, that is effective in its results, and that is simple to package in an under-hood environment. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001005 | WORK VEHICLE - A work vehicle includes an engine compartment, an engine, an exhaust gas treatment device, an air cleaner, and an intake pipe. The engine compartment has a first sidewall, a second sidewall and an upper cover. The first sidewall and the second sidewall are set at a distance from each other in a vehicle width direction. The upper cover is disposed on the first sidewall and the second side sidewall, and constituting a tool-storage part. The engine is disposed in the engine compartment. The exhaust gas treatment device is disposed above the engine in the engine compartment. The air cleaner is disposed above the engine in the engine compartment and rearward of the exhaust as treatment device. The intake pipe is connected to the air cleaner in the engine compartment and protruding upward from the upper cover. The tool-storage part is disposed rearward of the intake pipe. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001006 | Method for Supplying Power to an Electrically Assisted Steering System - A method for supplying power to an electrically assisted steering system is described. In one example, the method adjusts alternator field current to increase energy supplied to the electrically assisted steering system in response to an automatic engine stop request. The method may improve operation of the electrically assisted steering system. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001007 | DIGITAL AIR GUN - A marine air gun generates an acoustic signal in water, for example, during a marine seismic survey. The marine air gun includes digital electronic circuitry. The digital electronic circuitry may control an actuator of the marine air gun, digitize and store data from sensors located on or near the marine air gun, send and/or receive digital communications, store and/or output electrical energy, and/or perform other functions. A marine seismic source system that includes multiple air gun clusters may have a separate digital communication link between a command center and each air gun cluster. Each communication link may provide power and digital communication between the command center and one of the air gun clusters. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001008 | Hearing Protection Device For Removable Mounting to Eyeglass Frames - A configurable hearing protection device capable of attachment to a temple support bar of any pair of eye or safety glasses. The device is a single elongated shaft having a securement loop at one end, an earplug attachment means at a second end, and a plurality of securing nubs disposed in between. The elongated shaft is wrapped around the frame of a pair of glasses and cinched tightly to prevent it from moving around while in use. The securement nubs hold the end of the securement loop in place so that it does not loosen and slip off of the glasses frame. Any suitable earplug may be removably secured to the earplug attachment means. The device is flexible and can be manipulated into a position of the user's choosing. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001009 | EDUCTOR EXHAUST SILENCER ASSEMBLY WITH BYPASS GASFLOW - An exhaust silencer assembly for use with an auxiliary power unit includes an eductor and a discharge pipe. The eductor is disposed downstream of the auxiliary power unit and has an entrance opening at a forward axial end thereof. The entrance opening is configured to receive exhaust airflow from the auxiliary power unit. The discharge pipe extends from the auxiliary power unit and communicates with the exhaust silencer assembly downstream of the entrance opening of the eductor. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001010 | ABATING LOW-FREQUENCY NOISE USING ENCAPSULATED GAS BUBBLES - Air bubbles may be used to reduce radiated underwater noise. Two modalities of sound attenuation by air bubbles were shown to provide a reduction in radiated sound: bubble acoustic resonance damping and acoustic impedance mismatching. The bubbles used for acoustic resonance damping were manifested using gas-filled containers coupled to a support, and the acoustic impedance mismatching bubbles were created using a cloud of freely-rising bubbles, which were both used to surround an underwater sound source. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001011 | SOUND MUFFLING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USING SAME - An apparatus for muffling sound can include first and second pivotally connected panels, each of the panels having a front side, a back side opposite the front side, a bottom edge for positioning on a base surface, and a top edge opposite the bottom edge. The panels can be moveable between an open position for use and a closed position for transport, and have complementary sections of sound dampening material, such as a plurality of foam pyramids. The foam pyramids can be positioned on the panels such that they are positioned against each other in an interlocking arrangement when the panels are in the closed position. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001012 | Portable Modular Lift System - A portable modular lift system that may be easily transported to a lifting location and compactly stored when not in use. The portable modular lift system generally includes a support base having a plurality of base wheels, a plurality of mast sections connectable to one another to form a vertical mast, a support platform movably positioned upon the vertical mast, and a drive unit connected to the support platform to elevate and lower the support platform upon the mast sections. The mast sections include a plurality of receiver apertures within a first end and a plurality of locking pins extending from a second end that are catchably received within the corresponding receiver apertures. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001013 | Lift Safety System - A lift safety system that prevents the lifting of a support platform from a support base until all of the support legs for the support base are supporting a minimum amount of weight to ensure stability of the lift. The support base includes a plurality of legs that extend outwardly with each of the legs having an adjustment member with a pad that engages a ground surface. As the adjustment member is adjusted downwardly with respect to the leg, a first engaging member connected to the adjustment member is elevated upwardly to engage a second engaging member thereby releasing a corresponding finger member attached to the support platform from the support base. Once all of the legs are supporting a minimum amount of weight, all of the finger members are released from the support base thereby allowing elevation of the support platform. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001014 | METHOD OF STABILIZING A PORTABLE LADDER - An improved apparatus and method for stabilizing a portable ladder is provided by this invention. The use of through rung functionality of a portable ladder securing device reduces the probability of a person climbing the portable ladder falling from the portable ladder or a person on the ground from being struck by an object falling from a portable ladder. The apparatus and method include the use of stabilizing arms that are attached to the portable ladder either by a brace or a through-rung component. Furthermore, the apparatus and method include a second section for securing the stabilizing arms either to a nearby stable structure or to an integrated ground spike component. The stabilizing arms are adjustable in length allowing for the proper use of the portable ladder stabilizing apparatus in a greater amount of environmental conditions. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001015 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CHANGING OUTBOARD ENGINE OIL - A method and device for changing oil in a four cycle outboard motor. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001016 | O-RING LUBRICANT - One example embodiment includes a lubricant for installing an O-ring in a groove where the lubricant cleanroom compatible. The lubricant includes a fluorinated solvent. The lubricant also includes a fluorinated oil. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001017 | OIL LEVEL MAINTENANCE SYSTEM - Oil level maintenance system for a gearbox ( | 2013-01-03 |
20130001018 | LUBRICATING STRUCTURE OF DIFFERENTIAL GEAR UNIT - A lubricating structure of a differential gear unit includes a differential case that rotatably supports side gears and pinions; a differential housing that rotatably supports the differential case via a bearing; and a lubrication hole that leads lubricating oil from a first chamber space formed between the differential case and the differential housing to a second chamber space formed around one drive shaft. A third chamber space is formed inside the differential case. A smallest passage sectional area of a lubricating oil flow path that leads from the second chamber space to the first chamber space via the bearing is smaller than a smallest passage sectional area of the lubrication hole, and a smallest passage sectional area between the second chamber space and the third chamber space and a smallest passage sectional area in the third chamber space are larger than the smallest passage sectional area of the lubrication hole. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001019 | ELEVATOR CONTROL DEVICE - In an elevator control device that transfers an elevator to pause operation when predetermined pause conditions are met, the elevator operation can be changed over properly according to the call cutoff state without decreasing the building security. This control device includes a pause operation selecting means and a car call cutoff means. The pause operation selecting means stops a car at a predetermined pause floor, closes a door after door opening motion, and pauses the elevator by selecting pause operation if predetermined pause conditions are met. The car call cutoff means prohibits a car call from being registered from a car call button in the car by cutting off the car call. The configuration is made such that when the car call to the pause floor has been cut off by the car call cutoff means, even if the predetermined pause conditions are met, the elevator is not transferred to pause operation. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001020 | SAFETY DEVICE FOR ELEVATOR AND ROPE SLIP DETECTION METHOD - In a safety system for an elevator, slip detection means detects a slip between a drive sheave and a main rope. A safety gear is mounted to a car, the safety gear being electrically operated by an actuator to cause the car to make an emergency stop regardless of whether a running direction of the car is upward or downward. A safety gear controller cuts power supply to a hoisting machine motor and causes the safety gear to make a braking operation upon detection of the slip between the drive sheave and the main rope by the slip detection means. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001021 | ELEVATOR DISPATCH CONTROL TO AVOID PASSENGER CONFUSION - An exemplary method of controlling an elevator system includes determining a source floor of a new call from a passenger desiring elevator service. A direction of travel from the source floor for the new call is also determined. A path of a considered elevator car is simulated as if the new call were assigned to the considered elevator car by determining at least one of (i) a relationship between a position of the considered elevator car and the source floor or (ii) a relationship between a direction of movement of the considered elevator car and the direction of travel. The new call is assigned to one of a plurality of elevator cars if the assigning will satisfy each of (i) the one of the elevator cars will not move in a direction opposite the direction of travel during a time between the passenger boarding the one of the elevator cars and arriving at a destination of the passenger and (ii) the one of the elevator cars will not move in a direction opposite a travel direction of any currently assigned passenger during a time between the currently assigned passenger boarding the one of the elevator cars and arriving at a destination of the currently assigned passenger. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001022 | ELEVATOR INTERFACE - A system and method are disclosed for logically disconnecting fire alarm equipment from elevator control equipment to enable independent testing of each equipment set. The system and method may include an interface having a fire alarm equipment side and an elevator control side which are interconnected by a plurality of relays. A plurality of action relays may be associated with specific functions of the elevator controller. A plurality of bypass relays are interposed between the action relays and the elevator controller so that when a “bypass” operation is initiated, the bypass relays prevent signals from the action relays from reaching the elevator controller. As such, the action relays can be tested without impacting ongoing elevator operations. In addition, the logical disconnection arrangement ensures proper functioning of the system once testing is completed. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001023 | ELEVATOR DEVICE, BUILDING AND POSITION DETERMINING DEVICE - An elevator device for transporting persons and/or objects within an elevator shaft of a three-dimensional formation including at least two levels, in particular a building or the like. The elevator device includes an elevator car, in which the persons and/or objects to be transported can be accommodated, a running framework for mounting and guiding the elevator car, a position determining device for determining the position of the elevator car within the elevator shaft and/or with respect to the running framework. The position determining device includes a marking unit for marking the position, a detection unit for detecting and/or reading out the marking unit and also an evaluation unit for evaluating the measured values of the detection unit. The marking unit is formed as a carrier of a barcode, in particular a 2-D code, and the detection unit is formed as an image sensor, in particular as a camera. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001024 | DISC BRAKE APPARATUS - An abutment-plate portion of a main body portion of a biasing member, which faces a disc rotor in an axial direction, includes a pad-return portion for biasing a friction pad in a direction separating apart from the disc rotor, and upper and lower claw portions which are located separately on the upper and lower sides of the pad-return portion. The upper and lower claw portions of the biasing member are brought into abutment against upper and lower groove portions respectively with a frictional resistance When a lining of the friction pad is worn away and the friction pad is pressed in a direction approaching to the disc rotor in accordance with the wear of the lining, the movement of the entire biasing member in the direction approaching to the disc rotor inside a pad guide is allowed by the upper and lower claw portions serving as wear-following portions. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001025 | DISK BRAKE - A pressing part is provided at a disk-circumferentially central portion of a base plate member of a shim plate. The pressing part presses a friction pad at the center in the disk circumferential direction of the friction pad when a piston starts to press the friction pad. The pressing part is formed by slitting and raising the disk-circumferentially central portion of the shim plate along the disk radial direction. When the pressing force of the piston is in a low pressure range, the pressing force is transmitted to the friction pad through the pressing part. After the pressing force of the piston has exceeded the low pressure range, the pressing force is transmitted to the friction pad through the whole region in the disk circumferential direction of the piston. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001026 | BRAKING DEVICE AND VEHICLE - A vehicle includes a vehicle body and a braking device configured to exert a braking force on the vehicle body, wherein, in a state that a driver gets in the vehicle, the braking device makes a braking force on a side near to a center of gravity larger than a braking force on a side far from the center of gravity in a direction orthogonal to a traveling direction of the vehicle body as an initial setting by a difference of supplied hydraulic pressure, a mechanical structure such as a difference of a brake performance, and an electric setting such as a difference of a calculated expression. Thereby, deflection of the vehicle body can be effectively suppressed during braking. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001027 | Method for operating a parking brake of a vehicle - A method for operating a parking brake of a vehicle, in particular of a motor vehicle, which parking brake operates in the superposition mode, the brake force of the parking brake being applicable by two different force-generating actuators mutually supporting one another in the superposition mode. It is provided that the force-generating, in particular pressure-generating, actuator is activated for support even before the superposition. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001028 | SAFETY BRAKE DEVICE FOR MOVING MACHINE ELEMENTS - A safety brake device for moving machine elements to prevent injury to the extremities of the operator of a machine if the distance of said operator from the moving machine element is less than a defined safety area. The device is characterized by an arrangement for detecting the operator position, in order to permit operation of the machine only if the operator remains within the defined working area, an arrangement for detecting the position of the extremities of the operator within a predefined safety zone, which enables the required work activities to be performed, and a brake device, by means of which the moving machine element can be immediately stopped if the extremities of the operator go beyond the safety area. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001029 | Brake Assembly Having a Mounting Clip - A brake assembly having a hub, a rotor, and a mounting clip. The hub has a mounting boss and first and second pockets disposed on opposite sides of the mounting boss. The rotor is disposed on the hub and has a first tooth and a second tooth disposed in the first and second pockets, respectively. The mounting clip has a first arm that is disposed in the first pocket between the first tooth and the mounting boss and the second arm is disposed in the second pocket between the second tooth and the mounting boss. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001030 | BI-STABLE SHOCK ABSORBER ASSEMBLY - A shock absorber assembly including a fluid for absorbing forces between the body and the wheel of a motor vehicle. The shock absorber includes a valve having a resilient disc engaging a piston for impeding the passage of fluid through the aperture of the piston. A bi-stable solenoid is disposed in the housing and is interconnected with the resilient disc of the valve. The bi-stable solenoid's armature is moveable between a first stable position for applying a first biasing force against the resilient disc of the valve and a second stable position for applying a second biasing force being less than the first biasing force against the resilient disc of the valve. The adjustment of the biasing force on the valve also adjusts the damping force of the shock absorber. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001031 | PNEUMATIC CYLINDER HAVING A SELF-ADJUSTING END POSITION DAMPING - A pneumatic cylinder having end position damping of the cylinder piston is controlled by means of a vent path and a control valve, the control valve comprises a control piston, the control side of which is pressurized by a pneumatic pressure which exists in a control chamber. The movement of the control piston into its closing position is pneumatically controlled by the increasing pressure in the damping chamber during the beginning of the damping. No additional components or controls are to be provided, so that the control of the end position damping occurs exclusively by the pressure conditions prevailing at the time when the damping begins. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001032 | TRAVELLING CASE - A travelling case for receiving articles therein includes a case body and a cover body. The cover body covers the case body. The cover body is provided with a three-dimensional pattern. By this arrangement, the distinctiveness of the travelling case can be increased. Further, the three-dimensional pattern can be changed according to user's demands. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001033 | HANDWHEEL TORQUE LIMITOR - A torque limiting device with an override mechanism coupled to a valve assembly capable of limiting the torque applied to the valve assembly and selectively being overridden to permit the application of excessive torque to the valve assembly. Tattletale devices capable of indicating when an override mechanism has been activated can also be integrated with the torque limiting device. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001034 | STARTING CLUTCH - The present invention provides a starting clutch disposed between a transmission and an engine and having a wet type multi-plate clutch for transmitting a power, in which the wet type multi-plate clutch includes a plurality of friction plates housed for an axial sliding movement, a clutch drum for housing the friction plates, and a piston for urging a radial central region or therearound of the friction plate to engage the friction plates, and oil which has lubricated the wet type multi-plate clutch is temporarily trapped within the clutch drum and then is discharged. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001035 | CLUTCH DEVICE - A clutch device includes an input rotor, a first pressure plate, a second pressure plate, a first clutch disc assembly, a second clutch disc assembly, a first diaphragm spring, a second diaphragm spring, a first adjusting bolt, a first adjusting spring and a first slide bushing. The first adjusting bolt is configured to be axially moved with respect to the first pressure plate when rotated with respect to the first pressure plate. The first adjusting spring is configured to apply rotational force to the first adjusting bolt. The first slide bushing is disposed while being allowed to restrict the first pressure plate from moving towards the first clutch disc assembly. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001036 | ELECTROMAGNETIC ENGAGEMENT APPARATUS - An apparatus includes: a cam that has two cam members disposed facing each other and produces thrust in an axis direction; an attracting member that creates friction force by attracting the cam members into contact with the attracting member by magnetic attraction force; an attracted member that is attached to one cam member of the two so as to rotate integrally together with the one cam member and be relatively movable in the axis direction, and that is attracted by the attracting member into contact with the attracting member so that the friction force is produced; a first return spring that exerts elastic force on the attracted member so as to move the attracted member away from the attracting member against the magnetic attractive force; and a second return spring that exerts elastic force on the one cam member. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001037 | Device Having a Molded Seal - The invention relates to a device having at least one first component ( | 2013-01-03 |
20130001038 | CLUTCH RELEASE BEARING DEVICE - The clutch release bearing device comprising a bearing | 2013-01-03 |
20130001039 | BANKNOTE HANDLING APPARATUS AND BANKNOTE MANAGING METHOD - A banknote handling apparatus stores a code list in which codes of banknotes stored in a storage unit are arranged in order in which the banknotes are stored. The banknote handling apparatus reads the codes when the banknotes are sequentially fed from the storage unit, and checks a target group of the codes of N successive banknotes including the last fed banknote (N is a natural number not less than 2) against the code list. When the target group and a reference group of the codes of N successive banknotes in the code list match each other, the banknotes remaining in the storage unit after the feeding of the banknotes are identified by regarding one of the codes of the reference group in the code list as a boundary. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001040 | BANKNOTE HANDLING APPARATUS - A banknote handling apparatus is operable in a code management mode in which banknotes stored in a storage unit are managed based on codes of the banknotes read by a recognition unit, and in a count management mode in which the banknotes stored in the storage unit are managed by counting the number of the banknotes to be stored in the storage unit. The banknote handling apparatus is switchable between the code management mode and the count management mode. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001041 | BANKNOTE HANDLING APPARATUS AND COIN HANDLING APPARATUS - A banknote handling apparatus | 2013-01-03 |
20130001042 | SORTING APPARATUS - The belt conveyer | 2013-01-03 |
20130001043 | SORTING DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR FOR PIECES OF LUGGAGE - A sorting device for sorting products, for example pieces of luggage, including a removing mechanism moving the product to be sorted off the supporting surface at a desired sorting location, wherein the removing mechanism includes a pusher element and a moving mechanism moving the pusher element laterally at a sorting location so as to have the pusher element push the product to be sorted off the supporting surface. The removing mechanism further includes two guides each sorting unit for guiding two respective guide members of the pusher element during the lateral movement of the pusher element. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001044 | Bottle Feed Station - Station for feeding bottles ( | 2013-01-03 |
20130001045 | CIGARETTE BUNDLE FEEDER - A cigarette bundle feeder has a discharge duct which forms a lower part of a hopper and delivers filter cigarettes towards a bottom plate located under the hopper to produce a cigarette bundle, the discharge duct having a plurality of discharge passages arranged adjacent to each other in a width direction of the hopper to make the filter cigarettes flow downwards separately, the discharge passages opening in one direction; a front plate disposed at one side of and adjacent to the discharge duct, and extending in the width direction to cover the discharged passages of the discharge duct; and a plurality of suction holes formed in the front plate and having open ends that open towards the discharge duct, for sucking, through the open ends, tobacco shreds that spill from the cigarette ends of the filter cigarettes and drop into a gap between the front plate and the discharge duct. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001046 | WORKPIECE SUPPLYING APPARATUS AND WORKPIECE SUPPLYING METHOD - A workpiece supplying apparatus includes a plurality of carriers, a carrier case, a first gear pair, a guide, and a second gear pair. Each carrier includes a base and a plurality of holding portions, which project from a surface of the base. The holding portions are arranged in a one-dimensional manner and each hold workpieces. The carrier case accommodates the carriers. The first gear pair draws out each carrier from the carrier case toward a workpiece unloading position along a drawing direction. The guide guides the carrier drawn out by the first gear pair in a direction that differs from the drawing direction while bending the carrier so that its rear surface is located at an inner side. The second gear pair collects the carrier guided by the guide. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001047 | SCREW-FED PUMP SYSTEM - A pump system includes a pump that includes a first belt and a second belt that are spaced apart from each other to provide generally straight sides of a passage there between. There is an inlet at one end of the passage and an outlet at an opposite end of the passage, with a passage length that extends between the inlet and the outlet. The passage defines a gap distance in a width direction between the straight sides at the passage inlet. A hopper includes an interior space that terminates at a mouth at the passage inlet. At least one screw is located within the interior space of the hopper and includes a screw diameter in the width direction that is less than or equal to the gap distance. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001048 | X-Ray Security Inspection Machine - The present specification discloses an X-ray security inspection machine that has a machine housing defining an X-ray tunnel for receiving an article to be inspected, a conveyor belt for conveying the article, two rollers for receiving and moving the conveyor belt, and a conveyor belt tracking device positioned along the path between the two rollers. The conveyor belt tracking device has a mounting bracket for mounting the conveyor belt tracking device to the inspection machine and a guide frame with an upper portion and a lower portion, where the upper portion and lower portion are spaced apart from each other and the conveyor belt passes through the space between the upper portion and lower portion. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001049 | ASSEMBLY TO APPLY A FLAVOURING TO SNACK FOOD - A conveyor assembly ( | 2013-01-03 |
20130001050 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS, SHEET CONVEYING PATH OPENING METHOD, AND ERASING APPARATUS - A sheet processing apparatus includes: a conveying member configured to convey a sheet; a first opening section including a conveyance guide section arranged on the opposite side of the conveying member across a conveying path and configured to form the conveying path and a first pivot shaft configured to pivotably support the conveyance guide section, the first opening section being configured to form the conveying path using the conveyance guide section if changing to a closed state and open the conveying path if changing to an open state; and a second opening section including a cover section configured to cover the first opening section if the first opening section changes to the closed state and a second pivot shaft configured to pivotably support the cover section, the second opening section being configured to cause, if pivoting, the first opening section to pivot following the second opening section. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001051 | GUIDE ARRANGEMENT FOR USE WITH A TRANSPORT MEMBER - A guide arrangement is provided for guiding movement of a transport member to convey products in a conveying direction of a conveying section having a predetermined course. The transport member includes a number of functional units operatively connected to each other. The guide arrangement includes a number of sequentially connected guide rail elements defining a guide channel along the conveying section. The guide channel has inside walls including structure to guide the transport member. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001052 | MECHANICAL INTERLOCK SOCKET OUTLET - A mechanical interlock socket outlet includes a female receptacle mounted to a face plate, a breaker box, a toggle switch for activating the breaker box, and an actuating rod for operating the toggle switch. A locking arm is provided for engaging the actuating rod and has a first position and a second position. A safety release saddle plate is engaged to the actuating rod. The plate has a locking arm release portion such that movement of the plate will contact the locking arm and move the locking arm from the first to a second position. Springs are connected between the plate and the face plate, and connected to a portion of the saddle plate adjacent a top portion of the plate. The springs act to return the saddle plate and toggle switch to a locked position. A push pin is provided to move the saddle plate. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001053 | TILT SWITCH - A tilt switch includes an insulating housing having a receiving chamber and a connecting cavity smaller than the receiving chamber in diameter to form a step therebetween, electrical terminals penetrating through the insulating housing to project into the connecting cavity, an insulating cover removably covered on the insulating housing, and a switching ball made of conductive materials and rollably placed between the insulating housing and the insulating cover. The step has a top face perpendicular to periphery surfaces of the connecting cavity and the receiving chamber. The switching ball needs to roll over the step having a hard span when the tilt switch changes working states between a closed state realized by the switching ball projecting into the connecting cavity to simultaneously connect with the electrical terminals, and an open state realized by tilting the tilt switch to disconnect the switching ball from at least one electrical terminal. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001054 | Micro-Machined Relay - An improved micro-machined relay is disclosed. The relay includes a micro-machined beam capable of carrying an electric signal and having a contact point on a closure side of the beam. The beam is electrically coupled to a first electrical transmission path and suspended above a second electrical transmission path. An insulation layer resides on a portion of the closure side of the beam and an electrical conductor is coupled to a least a portion of the insulation layer. A potential creator creates a potential between the electrical conductor and the potential creator that is capable of deflecting the beam, so that the contact point comes into contact with the second electrical transmission path. In such an embodiment, the potential creator need not account for the possible signal in the transmission path because the potential creator, which may be a voltage source, is decoupled from the transmission path. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001055 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device in which a waterproof structure is formed without hindering a lever operation to a lever switch is provided. A device main body has a housing member in which an opening is provided to house a switch main body, and a cover member that is engaged to the housing member to form at least a part of the front surface of the device main body, and the device main body has an elastic sheet arranged at a rear surface side of the cover member to cover the opening of the housing member, having a shape extending to a position overlapping with engaging surfaces between the housing member and the cover member, and having an outer edge portion interposed between the engaging surfaces of the housing member and the cover member, and a bottomed cylindrical portion that projects from a front surface of the elastic sheet. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001056 | LEVER SWITCH DEVICE - The objective is to reduce the size of a lever switch device. Disclosed is a lever switch device provided with a restriction wall ( | 2013-01-03 |
20130001057 | SWITCH, IN PARTICULAR A POWER SWITCH FOR LOW VOLTAGES - A switch includes a handle for activation and deactivation and an actuating device. The actuating device includes a motor drive, which tensions a spring held in a tensioned state by latching by way of a gear. Two spring pairs are provided for activation and deactivation. The two bridges are arranged, with the spring pairs thereof nested within each other and displaceable with respect to each other. The bridges facing each other are pressed apart from one another to tension the spring pairs, and an actuation element is arranged on the one bridge for activation and an actuation element is arranged on the other bridge for deactivation. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001058 | Vehicle touch button - The present disclosure relates to a touch sensitive button used in a vehicle. In one embodiment, the button is used to start the vehicle. The button may also include an illuminated area to indicate a condition of the vehicle. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001059 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL - A transparent capacitive touch panel comprising a transparent substrate, a transparent cover lens and a transparent adhesive layer is provided, wherein a first transparent electrode layer and a second transparent electrode layer are disposed on the transparent cover lens and the transparent substrate respectively. The transparent adhesive layer is used to bind the first transparent electrode layer and second transparent electrode layer in order to combine the transparent cover lens and the transparent substrate disposed in parallel. Thereby, the manufacturing process of the transparent capacitive touch panel is simplified, and the manufacturing cost of the same is lowered. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001060 | FLUID FRICTION-BASED DISTILLATION APPARATUS - The invention provides an apparatus for frictionally heating one or more fluids to produce one or more distilled fluids and to separate impurities from the one or more fluids. The apparatus includes a housing for receiving the one or more fluids. The apparatus also includes one or more rotatable cylinders enclosed within the housing. The one or more rotatable cylinders include a plurality of friction elements. On rotating the one or more rotatable cylinders, the impurities are separated from the one or more fluids and the plurality of friction elements frictionally interact with the one or more fluids to generate vapors. Thereafter, the one or more impurities are collected in an impurity collector associated with the housing. The vapors generated due to the frictional interaction are received by one or more condensers which condense the vapors to produce one or more distilled fluids. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001061 | RECOVERY OF BUTANOL FROM A MIXTURE OF BUTANOL, WATER, AND AN ORGANIC EXTRACTANT - A process for recovering butanol from a mixture comprising a water-immiscible organic extractant, water, butanol, and optionally a non-condensable gas, is provided. The butanol is selected from 1-butanol, 2-butanol, isobutanol, and mixtures thereof. An overhead stream from a first distillation column is condensed to recover a mixed condensate. An entrainer is added to at least one appropriate process stream or vessel such that the mixed condensate comprises sufficient entrainer to provide phase separation of the organic and the aqueous phases to provide for recovery of the butanol. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001062 | RECOVERY OF BUTANOL FROM A MIXTURE OF BUTANOL, WATER, AND AN ORGANIC EXTRACTANT - A process for recovering butanol from a mixture comprising a water-immiscible organic extractant, water, butanol, and optionally a non-condensable gas, is provided. The butanol is selected from 1-butanol, 2-butanol, isobutanol, and mixtures thereof. The extractant comprises at least one solvent selected from the group consisting of C | 2013-01-03 |
20130001063 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING TRICHLOROSILANE - A mixture containing methyldichlorosilane, tetrachlorosilane, and trichlorosilane is distilled to fractionate a fraction with a higher content of methyldichlorosilane than the mixture before distillation. Subsequently, the fraction thus fractionated is heated to disproportionate chlorine between methyldichlorosilane and tetrachlorosilane to disproportionate methyldichlorosilane into methyltrichlorosilane. Subsequently, the fraction after disproportionation containing methyltrichlorosilane is purified by distillation to separate high-purity trichlorosilane. Having a close boiling point to that of trichlorosilane (32° C.), which is a target product to be purified by distillation, removal of methyldichlorosilane (boiling point of 41° C.) has been difficult. The present invention removes methyldichlorosilane more easily by converting it into methyltrichlorosilane (boiling point of 66° C.) through disproportionation of chlorine between methyldichlorosilane and tetrachlorosilane. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001064 | METHOD TO UPGRADE HEAVY OIL IN A TEMPERATURE GRADIENT REACTOR (TGR) - A method of upgrading heavy oil in which the heavy oil is preheated to above a boiling point of water to remove water as steam and lighter fractions as vapours. The heavy oil passes downwardly through a series of sequential horizontal heat gradients in a temperature gradient reactor. A temperature of each sequential heat gradient progressively increases so that lighter fractions of the heavy oil vaporize with minimal cracking and heavier heavy oil fractions continue to fall by force of gravity downwards. As they pass through further sequential heat gradients of progressively increasing temperature, they tend to crack into lighter fractions in the presence of nascent hydrogen. Coke, formed from heavier heavy oil fractions generated and deposited on a fluidized catalytic bed a bottom of the temperature gradient reactor, is fluidized with superheated steam. The superheated steam generates the nascent hydrogen required to promote hydrogen reactions by indirect heated steam reforming and water-gas shift reactions | 2013-01-03 |
20130001065 | AROMATICS-RECOVERY PROCESS - The present invention comprises a process for recovery of sulfolane used in a solvent-extraction or extractive-distillation process. A recovery column for the sulfolane solvent comprises a liquid-jet ejector for maintaining the needed vacuum conditions, preferably using water as the liquid. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001066 | Spectral Chemistry - The invention relates to controlling the formation of water in a reaction system comprising hydrogen, oxygen and atomic hydrogen by irradiating the reaction system with electromagnetic emissions from a platinum lamp such that the atomic hydrogen is direct resonance targeted. Physical platinum may also be present in the reaction system. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001067 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SPLITTING WATER WITH VISIBLE LIGHT - A method of producing hydrogen includes providing a substrate having a plurality of nanoparticles disposed thereon and providing a source of electromagnetic radiation. The method also includes immersing the plurality of nanoparticles in an aqueous solution and irradiating at least a portion of the substrate having the plurality of nanoparticles disposed thereon with electromagnetic radiation. The method further includes exciting a plasmon resonance in the plurality of nanoparticles and converting a portion of the aqueous solution to hydrogen. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001068 | Production process for chemically functionalized nano graphene materials - A combined production-functionalization process for producing a chemically functionalized nano graphene material from a pre-intercalated, oxidized, or halogenated graphite material, comprising: (A) Producing exfoliated graphite from the pre-intercalated, oxidized, or halogenated graphite material, wherein the graphite material is selected from the group consisting of natural graphite, artificial graphite, highly oriented pyrolytic graphite, carbon fiber, graphite fiber, carbon nano-fiber, graphitic nano-fiber, meso-carbon micro-bead, graphitized coke, and combinations thereof; (B) Dispersing the exfoliated graphite and an azide or bi-radical compound in a liquid medium to form a suspension; (C) Subjecting the suspension to ultrasonication with ultrasonic waves of a desired intensity for a length of time sufficient to produce nano graphene platelets and to enable a chemical reaction to occur between the nano graphene platelets and the azide or bi-radical compound to produce the functionalized nano graphene material. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001069 | SPUTTERING TARGET, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT - According to an embodiment, two or more sets of knead forging are performed where one set is cold forging processes in directions parallel to and perpendicular to a thickness direction of a columnar titanium material. The titanium material is heated to a temperature of 700° C. or more to induce recrystallization, and thereafter, two or more sets of knead forging are performed where one set is the cold forging processes in the directions parallel to and perpendicular to the thickness direction. Further, the titanium material is cold rolled, and is heat-treated to a temperature of 300° C. or more. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001070 | ELECTROLYSER MODULE - A feed water addition means for an electrolyser module comprising a plurality of structural plates each having a sidewall extending between opposite end faces with a half cell chamber opening and at least two degassing chamber openings extending through the structural plate between the opposite end faces. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001071 | DROP-IN CELL FOR ELECTROLYTIC PURIFICATION OF WATER - A drop-in cell for the electrolytic purification of water, for example bathwater or service water, with an electrolysis cell that can carry a flow of water, is built into an oblong, e.g., cylindrical, electrically insulating sheath or jacket, and has two contact electrodes mutually positioned a distance apart from each other. A float is situated at least at the one end region of the jacket. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001072 | PROCESS FOR ELECTROSYNTHESIS OF ENERGETIC MOLECULES - A process for the production of energetically rich compounds comprising: using externally supplied thermal energy to heat an electrolyzable compound to a temperature greater than the ambient temperature; generating electricity from a solar electrical photovoltaic component; subjecting the heated electrolyzable compound to electrolysis with the solar generated electricity to generate an energetically rich electrolytic product. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001073 | SURFACE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND WORKPIECE-HOLDING JIG - A surface treatment system includes a surface treatment tank, a first guide rail and a second guide rail that extend at a position offset from a position over the upper opening of the surface treatment tank, and a plurality of transfer jigs that respectively hold a workpiece and are supported by the first guide rail and the second guide rail. The transfer jig includes a horizontal arm section, a first guide target section that is guided by the first guide rail, a second guide target section that is guided by the second guide rail, and a vertical arm section that is suspended from the horizontal arm section at a position between the first guide target section and the second guide target section, and holds the workpiece. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001074 | ELECTROCHEMICAL CHLORINE GENERATOR ASSEMBLY FOR USE IN POOL CLEANER - An automated self-propelled pool cleaner having a housing, a water pump for moving water through the housing and drive means for moving the pool cleaner over the surface of a salt water pool to be cleaned includes an electrochemical chlorine generator assembly mounted in the housing having an electrochemical cell that is manually releasable from its mounting system in order to permit the cell to be safely secured in place inside the housing for operation and manually removed when necessary for maintenance, repair or replacement by the user without special tools or training. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001075 | SPUTTERING APPARATUS AND SPUTTERING METHOD - A sputtering apparatus includes: a vacuum chamber in which a target is to be disposed; a power supply to input power to the target; gas introduction device; exhaust device; and substrate holding device to hold a substrate to be processed. The substrate holding device includes: a chuck main body having positive and negative electrodes; a chuck plate having a rib portion capable of bringing a peripheral edge portion of the substrate into surface contact with the rib portion; and a multiplicity of supporting portions provided upright and arranged at predetermined intervals in an interior space surrounded by the rib portion; and a DC power supply to apply a direct voltage between the two electrodes. The sputtering apparatus suppresses a variation in film thickness among substrates. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001076 | MOUNTING TABLE STRUCTURE AND PLASMA FILM FORMING APPARATUS - A mounting table structure includes a mounting table body, made of a conductive material, for mounting thereon the processing target object and serving as an electrode; a base table, made of a conductive material, disposed below the mounting table body with a gap therebetween in a state insulated from the mounting table body; a support column, connected to the ground side, for supporting the base table; a high frequency power supply line, connected to the mounting table body, for supplying a high frequency bias power to the mounting table body; and a power stabilization capacitor provided between the ground side and a hot side to which the high frequency bias power is applied. Here, an electrostatic capacitance of the power stabilization capacitor is set to be larger than an electrostatic capacitance of a stray capacitance between the mounting table body and the protective cover member. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001077 | NON-ADHESIVE SPUTTERING STRUCTURE INCLUDING A SPUTTERING TARGET AND BACKING PLATE - A non-adhesive sputtering structure includes a sputtering target having a plate shape; and a backing plate having a plate shape. The backing plate faces the sputtering target, and facing surfaces of the sputtering target and the backing plate are in contact with each other. The backing plate includes a body having a longitudinal axis; and a cooling member through which a cooling material flows in a longitudinal direction of the body substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis. The cooling material conducts heat generated from the sputtering target from sputtering to outside the backing plate. The non-adhesive sputtering structure further includes a plurality of non-adhesive fastening members which maintain the facing surfaces of the backing plate and the sputtering target in contact with each other. The non-adhesive fastening members are extended through a thickness of the backing plate and correspond to regions of the backing plate excluding the cooling member. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001078 | SPUTTERING TARGET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - [Problems to be Solved] | 2013-01-03 |
20130001079 | Sputtering Target of Nonmagnetic-Particle-Dispersed Ferromagnetic Material - A sputtering target of nonmagnetic-particle-dispersed ferromagnetic material is provided having a phase (A) such that nonmagnetic particles are dispersed in a ferromagnetic material formed from a Co—Cr alloy containing 5 at % or more and 20 at % or less of Cr and Co as the remainder thereof, and schistose textures (B) with a short side of 30 to 100 μm and a long side of 50 to 300 μm formed from a Co—Cr alloy phase in the phase (A); wherein each of the foregoing nonmagnetic particles has such a shape and size that the particle is smaller than all hypothetical circles with a radius of 1 μm around an arbitrary point within the nonmagnetic particle, or a shape and size with at least two contact points or intersection points between the respective hypothetical circles and the interface of the ferromagnetic material and the nonmagnetic material. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001080 | OXIDE SINTERED BODY, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILM USING THE SAME, AND RESULTANT TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILM - An oxide sintered body substantially containing zinc, tin and oxygen; containing tin at an atomic number ratio, Sn/(Zn+Sn), of 0.23 to 0.50, and being composed mainly of a zinc oxide phase and at least one kind of zinc stannate compound phase, or being composed of at least one kind of zinc stannate compound phase; provided by a method for manufacturing the oxide sintered body by formulating an aqueous solvent to raw material powder containing powder of a zinc stannate compound, or mixed powder of tin oxide powder and zinc oxide powder, and after mixing the resulting slurry for equal to longer than 15 hours, by subjecting the slurry to solid-liquid separation, drying and granulation and subsequently compacting by charging the granule into a mold followed by sintering the resultant compact under sintering atmosphere at 1300 to 1500° C. for equal to or longer than 15 hours. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001081 | Colorimetric or electrochemical mercury and trace metal detector - A simple and low cost device to detect the presence of mercury or other trace metals in the environment and quantify said concentration by spectrophotometric, colorimetric, or electrical conductivity is disclosed. Owing to its small size, it is suitable for portable mercury detectors or detectors that may be worn as badges in the breathing zone of workers. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001082 | DNA SEQUENCING USING MULTIPLE METAL LAYER STRUCTURE WITH ORGANIC COATINGS FORMING TRANSIENT BONDING TO DNA BASES - A technique for nanodevice is provided. A reservoir is filled with an ionic fluid. A membrane separates the reservoir, and the membrane includes electrode layers separated by insulating layers in which the electrode layers have an organic coating. A nanopore is formed through the membrane, and the organic coating on the electrode layers forms transient bonds to a base of a molecule in the nanopore. When a first voltage is applied to the electrode layers a tunneling current is generated by the base in the nanopore, and the tunneling current travels through the transient bonds formed to the base to be measured as a current signature for distinguishing the base. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001083 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYSIS AND SORTING OF POLYNUCLEOTIDES BASED ON SIZE - The invention relates to a microfabricated device and methods of using the device for analyzing and sorting polynucleotide molecules by size. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001084 | SEPARATION MEDIUM FOR CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS SUPPRESSING ELECTROOSMOTIC FLOW IN BARE CAPILLARIES AND CHANNELS - Disclosed herein is a composition of a separation medium and method of its use for electrophoresis in bare channels, either capillaries or chips, with suppressed electroosmotic flow, wherein various forms of boric acid are adsorbed on the wall of said separation channel, efficiently suppressing zeta potential of the wall of said bare channel. A composition of a sieving separation medium for electrophoresis of DNA is disclosed. A composition of a sieving separation medium for electrophoretic size separation of proteins by SDS CSE is also disclosed. A composition of a separation medium for capillary electrophoresis without sieving is also disclosed. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001085 | SHOWER WITH IONIZATION APPARATUS - The shower includes: a shower body having a lower end connected with a hose for receiving tap water and an upper end connected with a head portion; an ionization apparatus having a pair of protective covers forming the outward appearance of the ionization apparatus and being mounted inside the shower body, a flow passage pipe mounted inside the protective covers, a plurality of permanent magnets mounted on opposite sides of the flow passage pipe and respectively having an end portion being in contact with the flow passage pipe along a longitudinal direction of the flow passage pipe, and magnetic induction frames each having a horizontal portion being in contact with the other end portion of each of the permanent magnets and vertical portions; and a flow control part having a seating hole formed on the outer circumference of the upper portion of the shower body. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001086 | METAL OXIDE, METAL MATERIAL, BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIAL, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING METAL OXIDE - Disclosed is a crystalline metal oxide having a positive charge-induced region and a negative charge-induced region, which has a surface which has protrusions and recesses or a porous surface. The metal which configures the metal oxide is preferably an elemental metal or an elemental metal-containing alloy such as titanium, zirconium, titanium alloy, zirconium alloy or cobalt chromium alloy. The metal oxide is preferably one obtained by an anodic oxidation treatment of the metal which configures the metal oxide and the metal oxide can be suitably used as a biocompatible material or a member constituting a biocompatible material. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001087 | SURFACE TREATING APPARATUS AND PLATING TANK - To prevent a plate-like work in a plating tank from swinging to improve quality of plating and prevent dropout or damages of a printed circuit board during transportation. A plating tank | 2013-01-03 |
20130001088 | LEVELER COMPOUNDS - Leveling agents for metal plating baths are provided. Plating baths containing such leveling agents provide metal deposits having substantially level surfaces. Such leveling agents may be selected to selectively incorporate desired levels of impurities into the metal deposit. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001089 | PREPARATION OF GRAPHENE SHEETS - A method of preparing graphene sheets. The method includes: immersing a portion of a first electrode and a portion of a second electrode in a solution containing an acid, an anionic surfactant, a salt, an oxidizing agent, or any combination thereof as an electrolyte, the immersed portion of the first electrode including a first carbon material and the immersed portion of the second electrode including a second carbon material or a metal; causing a potential to exist between the first and second electrodes; and recovering, from the solution, graphene sheets exfoliated from the carbon material(s). Also disclosed is a method of preparing a graphene film electrode. The method includes: dissolving graphene sheets in an organic solvent to form a solution, applying the solution on a substrate, adding deionized water to the solution on the substrate so that a graphene film is formed, and drying the graphene film. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001090 | POLYMER FILM BIOELECTRODES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME - Bioelectrodes, methods of making bioelectrodes and methods of using bioelectrodes are provided. The bioelectrodes have an electrically-conductive substrate coated with an electroconductive polymer. The bioelectrode exhibits ohmic behavior over a range of about 1 Hz to about 100 KHz, where ohmic behavior means that the value of the impedance is independent of the signal frequency over the range of interest. The bioelectrode can transmit or receive an electrical signal between the electrically conductive substrate and the biological component through the conductive polymer. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001091 | ELECTROPLATING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Provided is an electroplating apparatus including: a water tank that is filled with a non-polar solvent having a higher specific gravity than an electrolyte in which an electrolyte layer is formed on top of the non-polar solvent; a copper electrode that is installed at a portion where the electrolyte layer of the water tank is positioned; an insulating substrate that is disposed to be inserted into and withdrawn from the water tank and on which seed electrodes are formed; an actuator that escalates the insulating substrate up and down; and a power supply that applies electric current between the copper electrode and each of the seed electrodes, to thereby uniformly form thickness of a metal thin film on a large substrate and guarantee grain size. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001092 | IONIC LIQUIDS - There is provided a mixture having a freezing point of up to 100° C. formed by a process comprising the step of contacting: (A) from 1 to 2 equivalents of a compound of formula (I) AlX | 2013-01-03 |
20130001093 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTROWINNING COPPER USING AN ATMOSPHERIC LEACH WITH FERROUS/FERRIC ANODE REACTION ELECTROWINNING - The present invention relates, generally, to a method and apparatus for recovering metal values from a metal-bearing materials, and more specifically, a process for recovering copper and other metals through leaching, electrowinning using the ferrous/ferric anode reaction, and the synergistic addition of ferrous iron to the leach step. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001094 | Lanthanide-Mediated Water Splitting Process for Hydrogen and Oxygen Generation - The application generally relates to a process for generating hydrogen, oxygen or both from water. More particularly, the application generally relates to a lanthanide-mediated electrochemical and/or photoelectrochemical process for generating hydrogen, oxygen or both from water. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001095 | METHOD OF PRODUCING COUPLED RADICAL PRODUCTS - A method that produces coupled radical products. The method involves obtaining a sodium salt of a carboxylic acid. The alkali metal salt is then used in an anolyte as part of an electrolytic cell. The electrolytic cell may include an alkali ion conducting membrane (such as a NaSICON membrane) that separates an anolyte compartment housing the anolyte from a catholyte compartment housing a catholyte. The anolyte includes a first solvent or mixture of solvents and a quantity of the sodium salt of the carboxylic acid. When the cell is operated, the alkali metal salt of the carboxylic acid decarboxylates and forms radicals. Such radicals are then bonded to other radicals, thereby producing a coupled radical product such as a hydrocarbon. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001096 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING RARE METAL - According to one embodiment, a process for producing rare metals includes the steps of: recovering a first-residue solution through a primary target metal extracted by leaching a mineral resource; extracting a perrhenic acid ion contained in the first-residue solution with at least one of an anion exchange resin and a first-organic solvent; back extracting the perrhenic acid ion contained in the anion exchange resin or the first-organic solvent to a first-eluant; and electrolyzing the back extracted first-eluant to collect a rhenium at a cathode. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001097 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING METALLIC LITHIUM - Provided is a safe and efficient method for producing lithium metal which facilitates efficient production of anhydrous lithium chloride without corrosion of the system materials by chlorine gas or molten lithium carbonate, and which allows production of lithium metal by molten salt electrolysis of the produced anhydrous lithium chloride as a raw material. The method includes the steps of (A) contacting and reacting lithium carbonate and chlorine gas in a dry process to produce anhydrous lithium chloride, and (B) subjecting the raw material for electrolysis containing the anhydrous lithium chloride to molten salt electrolysis under such conditions as to produce lithium metal, wherein the chlorine gas generated by the molten salt electrolysis in step (B) is used as the chlorine gas in step (A) to continuously perform steps (A) and (B). | 2013-01-03 |
20130001098 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AMMONIA (NH3) GENERATION - Various apparatuses and methods for producing ammonia are provided. One embodiment has uses a plurality of environments and an electrode configured to be exposed to the plurality of environments. The electrode is configured to receive hydrogen while being exposed to one of the environments, reduce nitrogen while being exposed to another environment, and allow the hydrogen and nitrogen to react with each other to form ammonia. Other embodiments provide for simultaneous hydrogen oxidation and nitrogen reduction at the same electrode, which in turn react for formation of ammonia. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001099 | Method and Apparatus for Cleaning Water Electrochemically - The invention relates to a method for cleaning water or an aqueous flow electrochemically by flotating impurities contained in water for collecting the impurities from a surface of the water. The method includes conveying the water flow to be cleaned through at least one particle bed which behaves bipolarically under electric voltage, which bed is formed of an anode and a cathode and metal particles arranged between the anode and the cathode; leading a changing direct current to the particle bed to maintain electrochemical reactions on anodic regions and cathodic regions of the particles; and dissolving metal of the particles electrochemically to water to split water to micro bubbled hydrogen gas H | 2013-01-03 |
20130001100 | Ultrasound Assisted Electrochemical Catalyst Removal For Superhard Materials - A catalyst removal apparatus and method for removing catalyst from a polycrystalline cutter. The cutter includes a substrate and a cutting table. The apparatus includes a tank forming a cavity therein, an electrolyte fluid occupying the cavity, the cutter, a covering surrounding at least a portion of the cutter's sidewall and extending from at least the substrate's top surface towards the bottom surface, a cathode submersed within the fluid, and a power source. The cutting table is submersed within the fluid and positioned near the cathode, thereby forming a gap therebetween. The power source is coupled to the cutter and the cathode and electrolyzes the fluid to react with the catalyst in the cutting table to produce a salt. The salt dissolves in the fluid and is removed from the cutter. Optionally, a transducer is sonically coupled to the cutter and emits vibrations to remove salt from the cutting table. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001101 | Biosensor Having Improved Hematocrit and Oxygen Biases - The present invention provides reagent compositions, and analyte measuring devices and methods that utilize the reagent compositions. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001102 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF MODIFIED ELECTRODES, ELECTRODES PREPARED WITH SAID PROCESS, AND ENZYMATIC BIOSENSORS COMPRISING SAID ELECTRODES - A process is described for the preparation of modified electrodes useful for the measurement of analytes in biological fluids, comprising the deposition of Prussian blue on screen printed electrodes, and the modified electrodes prepared via said process; the enzymatic electrodes and the biosensors comprising said modified electrodes and the method for the determination of analytes in biological fluids which uses said modified electrodes are also described. | 2013-01-03 |
20130001103 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF DISCRIMINATING CONTROL SOLUTION FROM A PHYSIOLOGICAL SAMPLE - Methods for distinguishing between an aqueous non-blood sample (e.g., a control solution) and a blood sample. In one aspect, the methods include using a test strip in which multiple current transients are measured by a meter electrically connected to an electrochemical test strip. The current transients are used to determine if a sample is a blood sample or an aqueous non-blood sample based on at least two characteristics (e.g., amount of interferent present and reaction kinetics). The method can also include calculating a discrimination criteria based upon at least two characteristics. Various aspects of a system for distinguishing between blood samples and an aqueous non-blood sample are also provided herein. | 2013-01-03 |