01st week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 4 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120000301 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ISOLATING A VIEWPORT - An apparatus, a method of servicing, and a method of measuring a process parameter for a coating process having an isolatable viewport are disclosed. The apparatus includes a viewport, a device positioned for selectively isolating the viewport from a process chamber, and a second chamber positioned between the viewport and the device. The device includes a first position to selectively isolate the viewport from a process chamber and to selectively maintain a predetermined process pressure in the process chamber, the device includes a second position to selectively permit line of sight measurement of the process chamber from the viewport, and the second chamber maintains the predetermined process pressure in the process chamber when the device is in the second position. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000302 | ULTRASONIC SENSOR MODULE ATTACHING DEVICE AND ATTACHING METHOD - An ultrasonic sensor module attaching device and attaching method include an ultrasonic sensor module | 2012-01-05 |
20120000303 | ELECTRIC POWER ASSISTED DRIVE, IN PARTICULAR A WIPER DRIVE - Electromotive auxiliary drive, particularly a wiper drive, with an electric motor and a downstream gear forming an output shaft of the auxiliary drive, presenting at least two gear stages arranged in series in a drive train between the electric motor and the output shaft, of which one first gear stage is designed in the manner of a worm gear consisting of a worm and of a gearwheel or worm wheel interacting with this worm. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000304 | LINEAR DRIVE ACTUATOR FOR A MOVABLE VEHICLE PANEL - An apparatus for opening and closing a deck lid of a vehicle body includes a jack-screw type drive unit having two elongated relatively rotatable drive elements which are threadably engaged for controlled bi-directional displacement. An electric motor engages the rotatable drive element. A first mounting device pivotally connects the rotatable drive element to a relatively fixed point on the vehicle. A second mounting device pivotally connects the non-rotatable drive element to the deck lid, or vice versa. The motor is energized to affect bi-directional control of the drive unit while enabling low back-drive effort. A concentric spring counters loading due to the weight of the deck lid. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000305 | HYBRID ENVELOPING SPIROID AND WORM GEAR - A hybrid spiroid and worm gear is formed as a gear body having an axis of rotation. The gear body has a plurality of spiroid gear teeth formed in opposing surfaces of the body formed generally radially relative to the axis of rotation. The gear body further has a plurality of worm gear teeth formed in a hub portion, between, separate and apart from the spiroid teeth. The worm gear teeth are formed generally longitudinally relative to the axis of rotation. A method for making the hybrid spiroid and worm gear is also disclosed. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000306 | BALL SCREW WITH A BUFFERING CIRCULATION MEMBER - A ball screw with a buffering circulation member comprises: a screw, a nut, a circulation member, a plurality of rolling elements and a plurality of flexible members. The circulation member comprises a first structure and a second structure. The flexible members are disposed at the combining portion between the circulation member and the nut to allow the first and second structures to be assembled more closely in a seamless manner. The flexible members which support the circulation member can absorb or buffer the collision of the rolling elements, thus reducing the vibration of the rolling elements or the noise caused by the collision of the rolling elements. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000307 | COMPOSITE GEAR BLANK AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - Composite gear blanks are manufactured by placing a rigid centerpiece in a mold, optionally inertizing the mold, filling the mold by adding a liquid reactive mixture around the centerpiece, applying static pressure to the mold and polymerizing the reactive mixture so as to form a plastic outer part surrounding the centerpiece. The composite gear blanks thus made have improved values of normal and shear adhesion strength both at room temperature and at elevated temperatures of up to 120° C. and are particularly suited for making worm gear parts of automotive electronic power steering systems. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000308 | System for the Contactless Sealing of a Rotatably Mounted Shaft with Respect to a Housing, and Gear Unit - A system for the contactless sealing of a rotatably mounted shaft with respect to a housing, and a gear unit, oil being provided in the interior of the housing, in particular, the rotating shaft protruding from the interior into the outer area; a centrifugal disk, joined in rotatably fixed manner to the shaft, having at least partially radially extending bores that connect oil from a centrifugal chamber to a collection chamber surrounding the centrifugal disk. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000309 | RANGE SENSING APPARATUS - A housing slidably guides a slider, which is driven in response to selection of a shift range of an automatic transmission. Upper and lateral sides of a movable range of the slider are covered with the housing. Thereby, application of hydraulic fluid and foreign objects to guide rails is limited to limit malfunction of the slider. Furthermore, even when the hydraulic fluid and foreign objects adhere to the guide rails, the hydraulic fluid and foreign objects can be collected at ends of the movable range of the slider and can be expelled to an outside of the housing through open ends of the housing. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000310 | END-CONNECTOR OF SELECT CABLE FOR MANUAL TRANSMISSION IN VEHICLE - An end-connector of a select cable for a manual transmission is configured to allow a driver to perform a sufficiently smooth selecting operation even with small force by ball joint type combination between a rear protrusion of a fastener and a ball portion of a connector pin. The end-connector includes a connector housing integrally connected with both ends of a select cable and having a housing hole formed through the left and right sides, a fastener inserted in the housing hole of the connector housing, with one end protruding through the housing hole, an elastic clip member fixed to the connector housing and restraining the end of fastener which protrudes from the housing hole to prevent the fastener from separating from the housing hole, and a connector pin assembled with the fastener to freely rotate with the other end of the fastener in the housing hole. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000311 | GEARSHIFT KNOB ATTACHING STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE GEARSHIFT LEVER UNIT - When an end portion of a gearshift lever | 2012-01-05 |
20120000312 | PAINTING ROBOT - A robot, such as a painting robot for painting components such as motor vehicle body components, is disclosed having a plurality of robot elements that are pivotable relative to each other. At least one flexible supply line may run from a proximal robot element to a distal robot element. The supply line may be axially displaceable in the proximal robot element relative to the longitudinal axis of the supply line, so that the supply line can perform an axial compensating motion during a pivot motion of the robot. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000313 | ACCESSORIES FOR A BICYCLE AND THE LIKE, AND METHOD FOR ACCESSING ARTICLES FROM A MOVING BICYCLE AND THE LIKE - There is provided an apparatus configured for being fixedly secured to a handlebar of a bicycle and for use with one or more retrievable storage units stowed within the handlebar. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000314 | FLOW-FORMED DIFFERENTIAL CASE ASSEMBLY - A differential case assembly includes a differential case and a pinless gear assembly. The differential case has an open end and a side wall with an interior surface. The pinless gear assembly includes a retainer insert and a side gear with a shaft extending outwardly therefrom. The retainer insert is disposed adjacent the interior surface of the side wall, The retainer insert defines at least a portion of an aperture that receives an end of the shaft to align the gear assembly within the differential case. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000315 | Method and Device for Controlling Vibrations of a Metallurgical Vessel - In a method and a device for controlling vibrations of a metallurgical vessel that occur while gas is being injected into liquid molten metal located in the metallurgical vessel, a certain total amount of gas per unit of time is injected into the liquid molten metal, and the total amount of gas being is injected into the liquid molten metal through a number of individual nozzles in the metallurgical vessel, measured values correlating with the vibrations of the metallurgical vessel occurring are being measured during the injection, wherein while keeping the total amount of gas injected per unit of time largely constant, the amount of gas injected from individual nozzles per unit of time is changed in dependence on the measured values that are measured and correlate with the vibrations of the metallurgical vessel occurring. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000316 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING PRESSED ARTICLES CONTAINING COAL PARTICLES - Coal particles to be processed into compressed articles are impregnated with a substance before being mixed with a binder system containing water and finally being processed into compressed articles. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000317 | Method Of Refining The Grain Structure Of Alloys - The invention is directed to a method of making liquid metal compositions containing a large number of solid particles per unit volume, without external heat removal, which solid particles act as nuclei for grains when the metal is solidified. A method of forming a metal solid includes the step of partially removing a solute of a liquid metallic solution which is at its liquidus temperature to partially solidify a metal solvent component, thereby forming a solid fraction, wherein there is essentially no reduction in temperature of the liquid metallic solution and solid fraction. The method further includes the step of subsequently lowering the temperature of the liquid metallic solution and solid fraction to solidify the remaining liquid metallic solution and thereby form a solid that includes the solid fraction formed during the step of partial solute removal. In an embodiment, the method further includes turbulence from gas evolution which aids in solid particle formation and grain refinement. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000318 | HIGH TEMPERATURE HEAP BIOLEACHING PROCESS - A heap is constructed with hypogenic copper sulfide bearing ore to include exposed sulfide mineral particles at least 25 weight % of which are hypogenic copper sulfides. The concentration of the exposed sulfide mineral particles is such that the heap includes at least 10 Kg of exposed sulfide sulfur per tonne of solids in the heap. At least 50% of the total copper in the heap is in the form of hypogenic copper sulfides. A substantial portion of the heap is heated to at least 50° C. The heap is inoculated with a thermophilic microorganism, and bioleaching is carried out so that sufficient sulfide mineral particles in the heap are biooxidized to oxidize at least 10 Kg of sulfide sulfur per tonne of solids in the heap and to cause the dissolution of at least 50% of the copper in the heap in a relatively short period of time. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000319 | Backup Tool for Holding Nuts - A backup tool supports a nut from rotation. The tool has a socket opening having opposing faces that lie along adjacent sides of an equilateral triangle. A threaded opening in the tool has an axis that intersects a third side of this equilateral triangle, and an adjustable screw threads into this opening. To adjustably fit the tool on a nut, the socket opening disposes around the nut, and the screw threads in the opening until the screw's distal end engages one of the six sides of a hex nut. The opposing faces along the sides of the equilateral triangle then engage two alternating sides of the hex nut. To support the nut from rotation, a reaction surface of the tool engages against a supporting surface of another nut, an edge of a flange, or the like. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000320 | SPINNING LUG STUD SOCKET - A tool for removing a damaged lug stud from a vehicle may include, at one end thereof, a socket that fits over a lug nut. The socket may be held in place with a wrench, pliers, or the like while the stud is drilled through a bushing on the other end of the tool. The tool may remove the damaged lug stud quickly, without damage to the wheel of the vehicle. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000321 | Tool for Removing and Replacing Lightbulb - A tool for removing and replacing a light bulb includes a long handle rod, a chuck at an upper end of the handle rod, and an operating mechanism at a lower end of the handle rod for actuating the chuck. The chuck includes an arm holder, bearing brackets, chuck arms pivotally supported by the bearing brackets, tension springs for closing the chuck arms, a seat pad for receiving and supporting a top surface of the glass sphere of the light bulb, guide bars for opening the chuck arms, and a movable bar-holder-block connected to the operation mechanism for supporting the guide bars. When the movable bar-holder-block is pulled downward by the operating mechanism, the upper end portions of the chuck arms are operatively opened away from one another. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000322 | UNIVERSAL RATCHETING TOOL - A universal ratcheting tool provides improved handling of tools that are difficult to use on their own, specifically, hexagonal wrenches. The universal ratcheting tool includes a handle and a body with a ratcheting mechanism within the handle. The body includes a first aperture for receiving a tool, and the first aperture includes slots to accept a plurality of sizes of tools. The body also includes a second aperture where the tool extends out of the body. A retaining component is coupled with the body to retain the tool and a retaining tab is able to be used to open and close the retaining component. Once the tool is positioned and retained within the universal ratcheting tool, a user is able to easily install or remove an object such as a screw with the benefit of a comfortable handle and the ease of use of the ratcheting mechanism. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000323 | SINGLE DIRECTION MECHANISM OF A RACHET WRENCH - The present invention discloses a single direction ratchet wrench which comprises a main body, a ratchet wheel, a pawl, an elastic element and a clip. The ratchet wheel and the pawl are lodged within the main body. The pawl has retaining cogs, concave surfaces and recess. One end of the elastic element is lodged within the second housing and the other end within the recess. The elastic element pushes the pawl with a particular angle so that the retaining cogs of the pawl are engaged with the ratchet teeth. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000324 | BIT OR FASTENER DRIVER - A tool includes a first bit receiving socket, a second bit receiving socket, and an angled metal structure. The angled metal structure includes a first end connected with the first bit receiving socket and a second end connected with the second bit receiving socket. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000325 | HAND TOOL ALTERNATELY-MAGNETIZING STRUCTURE - A hand tool alternately-magnetizing structure includes a body, at least one magnetic component, and an adjustment ring. The body defines a central axis and a handle portion; in which defines at least one recess dented along a radical direction thereof. The magnetic component is received in the recess of the handle portion, and includes a resilient member and a magnetic member. The adjustment ring is sleeved onto the handle portion and capable of angular displacement. The adjustment ring defines at least one switchable portion dented at an interior wall face thereof for corresponding to the recess of the handle portion. The switchable portion describes an adjacent section and an outlaying section, wherein a wall thickness defined at the adjacent section is greater than that defined at the outlaying section. When the outlaying section of the switchable portion is set to align with the recess of the handle portion, the effective magnetic field of the magnetic member reaches an extramural area, which situates out of the handle portion. On the contrary, when the adjacent section of the switchable portion is set to align with the recess of the handle portion, the effective magnetic field of the magnetic member fades into an intramural area, which situates inside the handle portion. Therefore, due to the radical motion the effective magnetic field of the magnetic member, the hand tool presents a switch of magnetism. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000326 | PARALLEL ACTION PLIERS - Provided is a hand tool with a first handle portion, a first jaw portion connected to the first handle portion at a first jaw pivot located near a distal end of the first handle portion, a second handle portion connected to the first handle portion at a handle pivot, the handle pivot being located proximal of the first jaw pivot, a second jaw portion connected to the second handle portion at a second jaw pivot located near a distal end of the second handle portion, the handle pivot being located proximal of the second jaw pivot, and a first slider that is substantially elongate, has a length and a longitudinal axis along the length, the first slider extending between the first and second jaw portions and being slidably connected to the first jaw portion. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000327 | AUTOFEED SCREWDRIVING TOOL - A screwdriver for collated screws in which a tip of the screw projects forwardly of the tool prior to initiation of the screwdriving sequence and, preferably, a forwardly directed socket carried on a retractable nose portion engages the head of the screw to be driven and urges the screw forwardly into a workpiece such that the pinching of the screw between the nose portion and the workpiece initiates retraction of the nose portion preferably leading to engagement of the screw by a rotating driver shaft. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000328 | Torque-Setting Device - A torque-setting device includes a shank, a handle provided on the shank, a driving unit attached to the shank, a strain gauge connected to the driving unit, a spring abutted against the strain gauge, a pusher abutted against the spring, an axle engaged with the pusher, a restraining element connected to the axle, a C-clip provided on the restraining element, and a knob. The knob is operable to rotate the axle relative to the pusher, thus moving the pusher relative to the spring to set a value of torque. The knob is movable between a position where teeth thereof are in grooves of the handle to avoid rotation of the axle and another position where the tooth are out of the grooves to allow rotation of the knob and the axle. The C-clip is located against an annular rib formed on an internal face of the knob. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000329 | ARBOR INSERTION TOOL - An arbor operably configured to facilitate positioning an element within an open end of a terminal or other device. The arbor may be operable to position the element relative to a groove or another type of difficult to reach area interior the open end. The arbor may include an assembly operable to move the element through the open end to a desired position where the element is freed to be positioned within the groove or other portion of the open end. Optionally, in the event the element is resilient, the resiliency of the element may be relied upon to cause the element to free itself from the arbor using expansion and at the same time secure itself within the groove or other portion of the open end. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000330 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR CUTTING POROUS SUBSTRATES - Apparatuses and methods for cutting a sample piece, having a shape and an outer dimension, out of a porous substrate, comprising: a puncher having an outermost dimension at a punch head; a stripping sleeve; a die having an innermost dimension that is larger than the outermost dimension of the punch head; and a fixture that holds the die in a fixed position relative to the puncher and stripping sleeve. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000331 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SEPARATING SURFACE LAYERS IN PRODUCTS OF THE FOOD INDUSTRY - A method and apparatus to separate a surface layer of a product in the food industry. The apparatus includes a transport device to transport the product from an input region to an output region and a pressure device to press the product against the transport device. A separating device is arranged in the output region to separate the surface layer from the product. The separating device defines a separating gap between the separating device and the transport device. A substantially cylindrical, rotatably controllable deflecting device is arranged in the output region. The deflecting device has a shape varying in the axial direction and/or a circumferential direction. The transport device is guided around the deflecting device to create a variable process gap to separate the surface layer of the product from the product. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000332 | FABRICATION OF AN ALTERNATE SCAVENGER GEOMETRY - A method of making a slotted scavenger wherein a rigid sheet is used as a starting material. A slot is formed through the sheet having horizontally angled sidewalls such that an opening of the slot on a first major surface of the sheet is smaller than an opening of the slot in a second major surface of the sheet. Modifications of the method include using a rotating cutting tool for cutting through the sheet to form slots. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000333 | ROTARY CUTTING MACHINE - A rotary cutting device includes a body having a cutter blade with a cutting edge and a pressure roller mounted relative to the cutter blade. The cutter blade is configured to rotate about a rotational axis. The pressure roller is rotationally fixed. The cutter blade and the pressure roller are positioned relative to each other such that pressure is applied to a material fed therebetween. As the cutter blade rotates relative to the pressure roller, the pressure applied to the material being fed therebetween allows for a width of material to cut by a cutting edge of rotating cutter blade. An embossing roller may be used in place of the cutter blade to emboss material. The device also includes guide for guiding material into the machine, pressure adjustment for pressure applied to the material, and rotational speed control. A method for using the rotary cutting device is also disclosed. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000334 | Tool holder device for shearing machine - A tool holder ( | 2012-01-05 |
20120000335 | CUTTER BAR - A cutter bar of a cutting device for producing pellets from strands of material that emerges from a perforated plate in one or more strands of material and is cut into individual pellets by the cutting device, having at least one cutting edge. The cutter bar can have a serration on at least one strand contact surface, and the serration can have a preferential direction that is inclined at an angle relative to the cutting edge. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000336 | Steel Alloy - An alloy, such as a tool steel containing, in percent by weight, 0.5%-0.7% carbon; 1.80%-2.50% chromium; 0.90%-1.20% molybdenum; 3.50%-5.50% nickel and 0.60%-1.50% vanadium. The steel alloyed accordingly is eminently suitable for heat treatments for influencing strength. With a carbon content of less than 0.7%, a partially martensitic metal structure having a high ductility can be formed by way of hardening processes. Due to surface hardening, the carbon content may in some portions on the outer surface be greater than 0.7%. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000337 | ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED SINGULATION - A punch and die assembly for singulating an IC unit from a substrate, the assembly comprising an array of punches a guide block having opposed first and second faces with a plurality of elongate channels corresponding to each punch extending from said first to second face; a die block for supporting said substrate, said die block having an array of punching zones at which the punches bear so as to singulate all or a portion of a peripheral edge of said IC units from the substrate. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000338 | SAW BLADE TOOTH FORM FOR ABUSIVE CUTTING APPLICATIONS - A recip saw blade has a blade body and a cutting edge extending along the blade body and defined by a repeating pattern of two consecutive teeth suitable for abusive cutting applications. The blade defines a relatively coarse tooth pitch. The two consecutive teeth, which may be bi-metal, include a high tooth and a relatively low tooth in comparison to the high tooth. Each high tooth and low tooth include a primary clearance surface defining a relatively shallow primary clearance angle that is about 28° or less, and a secondary clearance surface defining a relatively steep secondary clearance angle in comparison to the primary clearance angle. The primary clearance angle of the high tooth is steeper than the primary clearance angle of the low tooth, such as between about 23° and 28°, and the secondary clearance angle of the high tooth is shallower than the secondary clearance angle of the low tooth. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000339 | MODULAR TABLE SYSTEM FOR TABLE SAWS - A table tool includes a table which carries a power tool. The table includes table base and a table top. The table top includes a central table top portion fixed to the table base. The central table top portion of the table top includes a left perimeter, a right perimeter, and a rear perimeter. A first table top extension is configured to be selectively coupled to the table on the left perimeter, and the right perimeter of the central table top portion with the first table top extension slideable relative to the central table top portion. A second table top extension is configured to be selectively coupled to the left perimeter, the right perimeter, and the rear perimeter of the central table top portion with the second table top extension fixed relative to the central table top portion. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000340 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING EASY OPEN END - A method of manufacturing an easy open end includes the steps of using a laminated steel sheet with resin films formed on both surfaces of the laminated steel sheet, and forming a panel structure and a score. A score die used for forming the score includes a scoring edge having a cross section in which a tip is a curve and two sides with the tip interposed therebetween are tangent to the curve. The tip is the curve having a curvature radius ranging from 0.2 to 0.4 mm, and the two sides have elevation angles θ in a range of 0.3≦tan θ≦1.0 to an end surface. The panel structure is formed by a motion that is synchronous with a motion in which the score die is pressed to a surface of the laminated steel sheet during the formation of the score. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000341 | Adjustable Depth Snare Drum - A snare drum having four cylindrical members which nest within and are permanently attached to each other from the top shell of the drum. The top ends of the four cylindrical members are located adjacent to each other and the bottom ends of the third and fourth cylindrical members are located below the bottom ends of the first and second cylindrical members. A fifth cylindrical member slides axially along the lower end of the third cylindrical member. The top ends of the four cylindrical members are covered by a first drum head and the bottom ends of the third and fourth cylindrical members are covered by a second drum head. The four cylindrical members are the top shell for the drum and the fifth cylindrical member is the bottom shell for the drum. The distance between the first and second drum heads change as the fifth cylindrical member is manually moved axially along the third cylindrical member. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000342 | PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT - The present invention relates to a percussion instrument of the type consisting of a box composed of four walls ( | 2012-01-05 |
20120000343 | NESTED DRUM SET - The invention provides nesting drum set designs suitable for packaging drums having standard height (depth) and standard drum head and fastening frames sizes in a self-contained fashion, wherein some of the drums have drum head diameter differences of circa 2″ one from the other, thereby providing a compact and relatively lightweight packed drum set that can be comfortably transported or stored while occupying substantially small storage/luggage space. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000344 | BEARING STRUCTURE FOR DRUM PEDAL - A drum pedal includes a base having a pair of posts, a shaft, a beater, a footboard, and a chain belt. A shaft is rotatably supported by the upper ends of the posts with bearings. One of the bearings is fixed to a first end portion of the shaft by fastening a screw to the shaft along the axial direction. The bearing fixed to the shaft is sandwiched by the cover and the post along the axial direction of the shaft. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000345 | STROKE SENSING DEVICE FOR PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS - A percussion instrument striking detection device is configured to minimize time lag from striking the head until detection of head vibrations and for reliable detection of the vibrations in conformance with the striking force without regard to the head condition. A striking member has a vibration sensor. Therefore, the distance from the striking location on the head to the vibration sensor can be short, to minimize time lag. In addition, the effect of the tension or the material of the head on the vibrations detected by the vibration sensor can be minimized and vibrations in conformance with the striking force can be reliably detected. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000346 | PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT - A percussion instrument is configured for minimizing space used for set up for use. The percussion instrument uses a belt member stretched between one of two upper stretching members and a lower stretching member, to form a striking surface. By using the elasticity of the belt member, the striking surface can simulate the tension sensation of a conventional acoustic percussion instrument. By forming the belt member in a band shape, the width dimensions of the striking surface can be small relative to conventional circular shaped striking surfaces. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000347 | KEYBOARD DEVICE - Disclosed is a keyboard device | 2012-01-05 |
20120000348 | RECOIL DAMPENING MECHANISM - The invention concerns a recoilless weapon ( | 2012-01-05 |
20120000349 | ASSIGNING WEAPONS TO THREATS - System and method of assigning at least one weapon of a plurality of weapons to at least one threat of a plurality of threats. Data relating to a plurality of weapons and threats data relating to a plurality of threats is received and processed to select at least one of a plurality of weapons assignment techniques. The selected weapons assignment technique is applied to the data to produce data describing assignment of at least one of the plurality of weapons to at least one of the plurality of threats. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000350 | MOTOR-DRIVEN UNIT FOR CLEARING MINES FROM AND SECURING A HAZARDOUS ROUTE - The present disclosure relates to a motor-driven unit for clearing mines from and securing a hazardous route. According to the present method, system and device, a marker apparatus for a secured route is a liquid material for marking on the ground, and comprising dispensing members for providing one axial marking and two side markings on either side of said axial marking, respectively, for said route. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000351 | Linkage for Rimmed Ammunition - A linking system for rimmed ammunition is disclosed. The linking system features individual links that each encompass one ammunition cartridge while having an arcuate lateral arm which encompasses a neighboring link and associated cartridge. A plurality of collet arms secure the cartridge and separate as the cartridge is forced forward in the delinking process. Angular momenta from the feeding motion and the rotational motion of the de-linking assembly combine to rotate a first link away and apart from the next associated link. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000352 | REACTIVE ARMOR SYSTEM AND METHOD - A reactive armor that may include multiple layers. The reactive armor may include a self-healing outer layer, a ceramic tile layer and a backing layer. The ceramic tile layer may include a plurality of ceramic tiles and explosive material. The ceramic tiles may be hexagonal. The ceramic tiles may each define a hollow space in which the explosive material is deposited. The reactive armor may be combined with non-reactive armor. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000353 | PILOT-OPERATED DIRECTIONAL CONTROL VALVE, PARTICULARLY FOR CONTROLLING AN ACTUATING CYLINDER OF A TURBO-MACHINE - A directional control valve for controlling working cylinders, servomotors, or an actuating cylinder of a turbo-machine such as gas and steam turbines, the directional control valve includes a force-regulated magnet and a hydraulic unit. The hydraulic unit includes a pilot piston and a control housing in which the pilot piston is situated so it is displaceable in an axial direction of the directional control valve. The control housing has at least three hydraulic connections including a first pressure connection configured for connection to a hydraulic pressure supply, at least one consumer connection configured for connection to the working cylinder or the servomotor, and a tank connection configured for connection to a hydraulic tank. A flow cross-section between the hydraulic connections being variable by displacement of the pilot piston. The valve also having an actuating unit that includes a control piston, an actuating piston, a first elastic element, a second elastic element and a conductor. The control piston is displaceably located in the control housing or in a flange attached on the control housing. The control piston is displaceable using the force-regulated magnet, the control piston being configured to vary the flow cross-section between an actuating unit pressure connection, an actuating piston connection and an actuating tank connection by displacement. The actuating piston is non-positively and/or positively connected on the pilot piston such that the actuating piston is displaceable in the axial direction of the directional control valve. The actuation piston divides a piston room into a first piston room chamber and a second piston room chamber, the chambers being sealed from one another. The first piston room chamber is hydraulically connected to the actuating piston connection. The first elastic element acts against a hydraulic pressure force in the first piston room chamber. The actuating piston being connected by way of the first elastic element to the control piston or being supported thereon. The second elastic element acts against the hydraulic pressure force in the first piston room chamber. The actuating piston being connected by the second elastic element to the control housing or the flange or being supported thereon. The conductor is situated in a magnetic field of the force-regulated magnet. The force-regulated magnet being an electromagnet configured for electrical activation. The conductor is electrically connected to the electromagnet and a control unit for control of the electromagnet such that the magnetic force and the position of the control piston, the actuating piston, and the pilot piston are regulated by way of a Hall voltage generated in the conductor. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000354 | Hydrostatic Axial Piston Machine - A hydrostatic axial piston machine ( | 2012-01-05 |
20120000355 | Flexible System To Remove Carbon Dioxide From A Feed Natural Gas - A system and process for the removal of carbon dioxide (CO | 2012-01-05 |
20120000356 | POWERED AIR CLEANING SYSTEM AND AIR CLEANING METHOD - A powered air cleaning system has a flow path extending through the system from an inlet to an outlet. A motor-driven fan is located along the flow path to draw particulate debris laden air into the inlet and rotate it about an axis to form a rotating flow that stratifies the debris laden air with the heaviest particles in the outermost orbits of the rotating flow. An ejector port ejects particulate debris laden air from the stratified rotating flow in the system. At least one de-swirl component located within the rotating flow aerodynamically redirects clean air from the innermost orbits of the stratified rotating flow toward the outlet to provide a positive airflow pressure out of the outlet. The system has a variable speed fan motor and an integrated controller for adjusting the speed of the motor and thereby the flow rate of clean air through the outlet of the system. The controller receives a signal that is a function of airflow requirements of a device supplied with clean air by the system. The system can be mounted above or below a hood housing an engine to be supplied with clean air. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000357 | Apparatus and Method for Biogas Purification - The present invention is a biogas processing system having a compressor having a biogas input and output, a pump having a water input and output, a scrubber tower having a mixing chamber connected to a biogas input, a water pump input, a water output, and a processed biogas output, and a filtration member connected to the water output to remove contaminants from the water exiting the first scrubber tower. The system also includes devices for heating and cooling the recycled flow of water to enhance the ability of the water to absorb contaminants from the biogas and the ability of a stripper to remove absorbed contaminants from the water in a closed loop water system, and a controller for closely controlling the operating parameters of the system to achieve safe an optimal operation of the system. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000358 | STRUCTURE PROVIDED WITH ZEOLITE SEPARATION MEMBRANE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, METHOD FOR SEPARATING MIXED FLUIDS AND DEVICE FOR SEPARATING MIXED FLUIDS - There is provided a zeolite separation membrane-provided article having gaps or pores larger than pores inherent to zeolite crystals and controlled within an appropriate range and being capable of achieving both high permeability and high separability for components with small difference in adsorption properties or a component having a smaller molecular diameter than the diameter of the pores, a method for producing the same, a method for separating mixed fluids, and a device for separating mixed fluids. The zeolite separation membrane-provided article is provided with a zeolite membrane having an N | 2012-01-05 |
20120000359 | NATURAL GAS PURIFICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to an integrated membrane/absorbent/adsorbent process and system for removal of mercury and sulfur compounds from natural gas on a ship that houses natural gas purification equipment. First mercury and most of the sulfur compounds are removed by an adsorbent bed and then the natural gas stream passes through a membrane unit to produce a partially purified natural gas residue stream to be dried and then liquefied and a carbon dioxide permeate stream that can be used as a fuel gas. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000360 | Method Of Operating A Mixed Ionic-Electronic Conducting Ceramic Membrane - A method of operating a mixed ionic-electronic conducting ceramic membrane having an oxidizing side and a reducing side, said method comprising a start-up phase and a production phase, for producing a gas stream, characterized in that the start-up phase comprises a step of introducing, on the oxidizing side and the reducing side of the membrane respectively, first and second gas mixtures not capable of chemically degrading the membrane; and a step of establishing a stream of oxygen through the membrane. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000361 | Composition and method for dust suppression wetting agent - This disclosure teaches a composition and process which makes it possible to remove floating particulates or prevent the dissemination or particulates, by the misting of a solution that readily captures any particulate material in the air. More specifically, the present disclosure teaches the composition and use of aromatic compounds that are semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs) or slow evaporators in water-based carriers with surfactants as the misting/fogging agent for dust suppression. The particulate material is lowered to surfaces and removed by vacuuming, damp-wiping or using a dry cloth with a cationic charge (static cloth). This method can be achieved with neutral air pressure differentials in the work areas. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000362 | PARTICLE CONCENTRATOR - Concentrating particles in a turbulent gas flow may include receiving, in a receptacle, a turbulent gas flow that includes particles. The concentration of particles in a gas flow exiting the receptacle at a first port is increased as compared with a concentration of the particles in the gas flow received by the receptacle. The increased concentration of particles is accomplished by removing a portion of the gas flow by using a second port, and fluidly communicating the gas flow through a tube in the receptacle. The tube has a smaller diameter at the end of the tube at which the gas flow exits the tube than diameter at the end of the tube at which the gas flow is received. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000363 | Air filter device - An air filter device includes a permeation film arranged at a boundary portion between an outside air passage and an inside air passage, such that one side surface of the permeation film is exposed to outside air in the outside air passage and the other side surface of the permeation film is exposed to inside air in the inside air passage. The permeation film is configured such that specific gas passes through the permeation film between the outside air passage and the inside air passage. Furthermore, a turbulent flow generation portion is provided to generate a turbulent flow in at least one of the outside air flowing through near the one side surface of the permeation film and the inside air flowing through near the other side surface of the permeation film. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000364 | System and Method for Removing Carbon Dioxide from an Atmosphere and Global Thermostat Using the Same - A system for removing carbon dioxide from an atmosphere to reduce global warming including an air extraction system that collects carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through a medium and removes carbon dioxide from the medium; a sequestration system that isolates the removed carbon dioxide to a location for at least one of storage and generation of a renewable carbon fuel; and one or more power supplying units that supply heat to the air extraction system to remove the carbon dioxide from the medium, at least one of the one or more power supplying units being a fossil fuel plant. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000365 | Apparatus for removing carbon dioxide from a gas - Exhaust gas after coal or oil burning has moisture, which hinders carbon dioxide adsorption. It is necessary to completely remove this moisture with the minimum use of energy. The exhaust gas from the burning apparatus is first lowered of its temperature by passing through an total heat exchanger rotor, and the resultant gas which has low temperature and humidity is sent to a carbon dioxide adsorption rotor, thereby removing carbon dioxide from the gas, which is then sent through the total heat exchanger rotor with the resultant desorption of moisture adsorbed there and is exhausted to outside atmosphere, while the carbon dioxide adsorption rotor is desorbed of its carbon dioxide using water vapor, with the resultant very humid carbon dioxide to be sent to a processing system such as for underground burial. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000366 | WET GAS SCRUBBER - A wet gas scrubber is provided for removing at least one of solid and liquid particles from water-saturated gases with a Venturi zone adjustable with respect to the flow cross-section. The wet gas scrubber includes a fixed lower Venturi plate and a vertically adjustable upper Venturi plate disposed above the fixed lower Venturi plate. The Venturi plates are substantially parallel to one another and include corresponding segments configured to engage in each other. A plurality of Venturi channels are disposed between the Venturi plates and configured to guide a mixture of a gas to be cleaned and cleaning liquid droplets injected into a stream of the gas by a nozzle. The segments of the Venturi plates engage in each other while the Venturi channels are kept free. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000367 | Brewery Facility for Producing and Bottling Beer - The invention relates to a brewery plant ( | 2012-01-05 |
20120000368 | INTRODUCING A FALSE BOTTOM INTO A LAUTER TUN - A method of introducing a false bottom comprising several false bottom elements into a lauter tun container, as well as a corresponding lauter tun, where, to introduce the false bottom or the false bottom elements, a false bottom introduction opening is provided in the lauter tun bottom through which the false bottom elements are introduced into the lauter tun container from the bottom. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000369 | DRIP BAG - A drip bag having a bag body and a holder which is formed from a sheet material and is adhered to the bag body. The holder is folded into two parts, a front surface and a rear surface, on a center fold line, and the center fold line overlaps a lateral side of the bag body. V-shaped fold lines bent in V-shapes and extending from the open edge of the drip bag toward the bottom direction thereof are formed in regions on the side of the center fold line of the front surface and the rear surface of the holder. In addition, overhanging parts, which have concave portions for hooking, are formed in a manner that allows them to be pulled open on both the left and right sides of the lower end of each of the front surface and the rear surface of the holder. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000370 | APPARATUS FOR MAKING A HOT DRINK - An electric coffee machine has a housing, a brewing unit in the housing having an outlet from which used grounds are ejected, a removable receptacle in the housing spaced below the outlet and adapted to receive the ejected used grounds, and a removable funnel-shaped liner in the housing between the outlet and the receptacle. This liner surrounds a pathway traveled by the used grounds when moving from the outlet to the receptacle so that the liner protects the machine from being soiled by the used grounds when moving from the outlet to the receptacle. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000371 | MACHINE FOR THE PREPARATION OF BEVERAGES BY INFUSION USING CARTRIDGES - A machine for the preparation of beverages by infusion using cartridges; the machine includes an infusion assembly; characterized in that the infusion assembly includes: a slide for introduction of a single cartridge; a lever for operation of a piston; the piston suitable to move rectilinearly along a direction and having a first resting position and a second working position; a chamber suitable for receiving the cartridge; the slide being positioned in an intermediate position between the first resting position and the second working position; the slide having a predefined resting position so that the capsule is positioned resting on an edge of the chamber. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000372 | HOT-BEVERAGE-MAKING APPARATUS, IN PARTICULAR FOR MILK BEVERAGES SUCH AS CAPPUCCINO, CHOCOLATE AND THE LIKE - A hot-beverage-making apparatus, in particular for milk beverages such as cappuccino, chocolate and the like, comprising a container extending along an axis, a lid closing the container, a rotary mechanical stirrer fitted with an impeller, and a steam wand connectable to a steam source and having an end steam outlet. The stirrer and the wand extend, sloping with respect to each other, inside the container, and the end steam outlet of the wand is located above and radially eccentric with respect to the impeller of the stirrer. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000373 | ROTATABLE LOCK CATCH AND GRILLING DEVICE WITH ROTATABLE LOCK CATCH (Amended) - A grilling device with the rotatable lock catch, has a pin module and a rotary shaft joint with two semi-shafts. The upper half shaft of the rotary shaft has a post rod, the lower half shaft of the rotary shaft has a through hole for accommodating the passing in and out of the post rod. The upper end of a supporting shelf of the pin module is disposed with a U-shaped opening for adapting the rotary shaft, two short shafts are respectively disposed by the two sides of the U-shaped opening, two arc-shaped spacing flakes with opposite openings are respectively hinged joint with the corresponding short shafts. A movable ejector pin is disposed on the supporting shelf and along the midline of the U-shaped opening. A pressing board of the middle portion of the ejector pin upward presses the lower portions of the two spacing flakes. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000374 | FONDUE COOKING APPARATUS - A fondue set includes a plurality of utensils, a removable heating vessel for holding a liquid to cook or coat food items, and a fondue stand for holding the heating vessel and the utensils. Each utensil has a food attaching portion for holding a food item. The fondue stand includes a lower portion having a central cavity sized and shaped to hold the removable heating vessel, and an end opening that allows the removable heating vessel to be placed within the central cavity. The stand also includes an upper portion configured to hold the plurality of utensils. The upper portion has a top opening that allows the food attaching portion of the utensils to be placed into the heating vessel. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000375 | APPARATUS FOR COMPRESSING AN EXPANDABLE MEDICAL DEVICE - Various systems for compressing and loading an expandable medical device into a sheath are disclosed. One system comprises an array of moveable blades radially disposed about a central axis and forming a radially contractible aperture. The blade array includes at least a first plurality of blades and a second plurality of blades. The first plurality of blades is independently moveable with respect to the second plurality of blades. Additional aspects of the invention include methods of using the various compressor systems to compress and load an expandable medical device into a sheath. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000376 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FIBER ABSORBER - A method for manufacturing a fiber absorber includes:
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20120000377 | SQUARE BALER - The square baler comprises a pick-up a pre-compression chamber, a baling chamber, a loading mechanism for transferring each slice of crop from the pre-compression chamber into the baling chamber and a plunger. The baler further can include at least one non-contact sensor that is provided in at least one of the walls of the pre-compression chamber and/or of the input zone of the baling chamber to produce an output signal indicative of the density of the crop. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000378 | COMBINATION STAMPING AND EMBOSSING IMPLEMENT AND SEAL HAVING ENHANCED SECURITY FEATURES - A combination embosser and printing system. The combination embosser and printing system creates a raised seal or image having one or more areas of inked image in and/or around the raised image. The combination embossing and printing system is adapted to emboss and print a substrate in a single actuation of the system. The system generally includes an embossing assembly adapted to form at least one raised image area on a substrate and a printing assembly adapted to form at least one inked image area on the substrate. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000379 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A STAMP FOR HOT EMBOSSING - The present invention provides a process for producing a stamp for hot embossing (HE). The stamp can be constructed from any photo-resist epoxy that is stable at temperatures equal to the glass transition temperature (T | 2012-01-05 |
20120000380 | SCREEN PRINT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLEANING A MASK OF THE SAME - It is an objective to provide a screen print system and a method for cleaning a mask of the screen print system that enable sufficient cleaning of the mask used for subjecting a cavity substrate to screen printing. A mask contact area R of a paper member | 2012-01-05 |
20120000381 | SCREEN PRINTER - A challenge to be met by the present invention is to provide a screen printer arranged so as to be able to readily perform both replacement of squeegees and operation for filling a paste feed syringe with paste. A paste feed syringe ( | 2012-01-05 |
20120000382 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING METAL THIN FILM - A method for producing a metal thin film on a substrate includes: a step of applying an ink to a flat blanket; a first transfer step of bringing the first blanket and a letterpress having a predetermined pattern of projections into contact by a pressure compression while the flat blanked and the letterpress being disposed opposite each other, to selectively transfer a portion of the ink on the flat blanket corresponding to the projections to the letterpress; a second transfer step of bringing the flat blanket obtained after the first transfer step and the substrate into contact by pressure compression while the flat blanket and the substrate being disposed opposite each other, to transfer the ink remaining on the flat blanket to the substrate; and a step of subjecting the substrate obtained after the second transfer step to electroless plating to deposit a metal thin film on the substrate. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000383 | RECORDING APPARATUS - There is provided a roll paper storage cassette and a recording apparatus which do not need a roll paper storage cassette according to the size of roll papers, and prevent a roll paper, a roll-paper shaft, and a roll paper storage cassette from being erroneously loaded. A roll paper storage cassette for housing a roll paper wound around the core portion of a roll paper shaft includes a pair of openable and closable cases, an attachment which can be attached and detached to and from the inside of both ends of the case according to the size of the roll paper, and a regulation member configured to prevent the roll paper shaft of a specific type from entering and allow the roll paper shaft of another specific type to enter in a state where the attachment is detached and configured to be moved from a position where the roll paper shaft of the specific type is prevented from entering in a state where the attachment is attached. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000384 | Multi-Layer Compressible Foam Sheet and Method of Making the Same - Various methods for providing multi-layer compressible foam sheets for backing relief image printing elements are described. The use of multi-layer compressible foam sheets as backing layers allows for customization of the compressible layer, for example to impact the print result, maximize cushion life, enhance press speed characteristics and to modify the imaging of the printing plate resin. As a result, a customized compressible foam sheet can be used for backing various relief image printing plates to achieve a desired result. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000385 | LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE MATERIAL AND LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE - Disclosed is a negative type lithographic printing plate material comprising a surface-roughened and anodically oxidized aluminum substrate and a photosensitive layer provided thereon, characterized in that: said photosensitive layer comprises a novolac resin, which contains a binder resin (a), a crosslinking agent (b), an infrared-absorbing agent (c) and an acid-generating agent (d), and in which the binder resin (a) contains 20-100 mass % inclusive of a phenol part expressed in ratio by mass, and a polyvinylphenol polymer; the content ratio of the novolac resin to the polyvinylphenol polymer (the mass of the novolac resin:the mass of the polyvinylphenol polymer) is 7:3 to 3:7; and the ratio by mass [(b)/(a)] is 0.25 to 0.50 inclusive. After the lithographic printing plate material is subjected to plate-making to give a lithographic printing plate, an image part thereof has a high solvent resistance and an excellent fraction resistance and the lithographic printing plate can be subjected to near infrared laser exposure. Also disclosed is the lithographic printing plate. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000386 | TRANSPORT FOR PRINTING SYSTEMS - A transport system for cut sheet media has a first and second cylinder to form a nip, a support subsystem to transport edges of cut sheets having at least one image into and out of the nip, and an array of contact points on each cylinder to make contact with the cut sheets without marking the image. A wheel for a print medium transport system has an outer rim having a series of contact points, an inner hub supporting a means to accommodate a drive shaft, and an internal spring connecting the outer rim to the inner hub. A method of transporting cut sheets in a printing system forms a nip between at least one pair of cylinders, each cylinder having an array of contact points, guides a first edge of a cut sheet into the nip, and uses the arrays of contact points to transport the cut sheets through one of either a fusing or drying process. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000387 | DETONATOR CARTRIDGE AND METHODS OF USE - An energetic material initiation device having a receiver assembly and an initiator assembly that includes an electronic initiator and a pellet assembly with an energetic material. The receiver assembly is configured to be coupled to a firing circuit. When the firing circuit is to be armed, the initiator assembly can be pressed into a socket in the receiver assembly to electrically couple the receiver assembly and the initiator assembly. A method for mounting an energetic material initiation device to a firing circuit is also provided. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000388 | SAFETY AND ARMING DEVICE FOR A PROJECTILE AND USING MICRO ELECTRO-MECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY - The invention consists of a safety and arming device for a projectile and using micro electro-mechanical technology that incorporates at least three layers of substrate: a bottom, a top and at least one intermediate layer incorporating at least one mobile part with respect to the different layers of substrate wherein the bottom and top incorporate raised patterns, the raised patterns being evenly spaced over the bottom and the top such that the mobile part is always, when in movement, held immobile between the raised patterns of the bottom and those of the top, the raised patterns of the bottom being in contact with a lower face of the mobile part and the raised patterns of the top being in contact with an upper face of the mobile part. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000389 | SAFETY AND ARMING DEVICE FOR PROJECTILES INERTIAL LOCK WITH MEMS TECHNOLOGY - The invention relates to a safety and arming device for projectiles and using micro-electromagnetic technology, such device incorporating a slider made mobile by the effect of the centrifugal acceleration with respect to the body of the device and immobilized in a safety position by at least one inertial lock, such lock incorporating at least one means to ensure its blocking in the unlocked position, wherein the inertial lock incorporates a counterweight having at least one straight groove whose longitudinal axis is parallel to the direction of movement of the lock, groove in which a fixed guiding pin integral with the safety and arming device is positioned, since the groove is of sufficient length to allow the displacement of the counterweight with respect to the pin, the slider in its safety position being made integral with the body of the safety and arming device by means of hooking means integral with the counterweight. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000390 | DISCARDING SABOT FOR GUIDE AND METHOD FOR ATTACHMENT OF SUCH SABOTS - To maintain predetermined tolerance conditions for the front guide region ( | 2012-01-05 |
20120000391 | BOGIE FOR GUIDE RAIL TYPE VEHICLE | 2012-01-05 |
20120000392 | SUSPENSION OF CELLULOSE FIBERS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A suspension of cellulose fibers, containing a cellulose fiber, wherein the cellulose fiber contains a cellulose fiber with an average fiber diameter of not more than 200 nm, a content of carboxyl groups in cellulose composing the cellulose fibers is 0.1 to 2 mmol/g, and a metal selected from a polyvalent metal and a monovalent metal (with the proviso that single sodium is excluded) is contained in the cellulose fiber to form a counter ion for the carboxyl group. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000393 | Fluorapatite-Forming Calcium Phosphate Cements - This study reports in vitro and in vivo properties of fluorapatite (FA)-forming calcium phosphate cements (CPCs). Experimental cements contained from (0 to 3.1) mass % of F, corresponding to presence of FA at levels of approximately (0 to 87) mass %. The crystallinity of the apatitic cement product increased greatly with the FA content. When implanted subcutaneously in rats, the in vivo resorption rate decreased significantly with increasing FA content. The cement with the highest FA content was not resorbed in soft tissue, making it biocompatible and bioinert CPC. These bioinert CPCs are candidates for use in useful applications where slow or no resorption of the implant is required to achieve the desired clinical outcome. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000394 | Tricalcium Phosphate Coarse Particle Compositions and Methods for Making the Same - Methods for preparing a tricalcium phosphate coarse particle composition are provided. Aspects of the methods include converting an initial tricalcium phosphate particulate composition to hydroxyapatite, sintering the resultant hydroxyapatite to produce a second tricalcium phosphate composition and then mechanically manipulating the second tricalcium phosphate composition to produce a tricalcium phosphate coarse particle composition. The subject methods and compositions produced thereby find use in a variety of applications. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000395 | Method for producing photocatalytically active clinker - In a method for producing photocatalytically active clinker, TiO | 2012-01-05 |
20120000396 | REDUCED-CARBON FOOTPRINT CONCRETE COMPOSITIONS - Reduced-carbon footprint concrete compositions, and methods for making and using the same, are provided. Aspects of the reduced-carbon footprint concrete compositions include CO | 2012-01-05 |
20120000397 | CEMENT SLURRY COMPOSITION - The present invention provides a cement slurry composition, containing a hydraulic cement material, (A) a first water-soluble low molecular weight compound and (B) a second water-soluble low molecular weight compound differing from the compound (A), wherein a combination of the compounds (A) and (B) is (I) the compound (A) selected from cationic surfactants and the compound (B) selected from anionic aromatic compounds; or (II) the compound (A) selected from cationic surfactants and the compound (B) selected from brominated compounds, and in the compound (A), a ratio of compounds having a hydrocarbon group of 18 or more carbon atoms is not less than 45% by weight. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000398 | LAPTOP COMPUTER SUPPORT - Articles for supporting computers on users' laps and for isolating the users from heat from the computers. Embodiments may include a body, a top surface for contacting the computer, a bottom surface for contacting the user's lap, and back and front walls or surfaces. In various embodiments, the body defines a hollow area and a side opening, the back is taller than the front, the top surface is at an acute angle to the bottom surface, the bottom surface has a greater horizontal dimension from front to back than the top surface, the bottom surface has a greater horizontal dimension from left to right than the top surface; the article has a cross section that is a trapezoid (e.g., isosceles), the article comprises a foam portion (e.g., tubular) and fabric covering the foam portion, or a combination thereof. In some embodiments, each surface comprises the foam covered with fabric. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000399 | Alternative Pallet Rail, Pallet Assembly, and Method for Making Same - A new pallet rail that is light weight, strong and environmentally friendly is part of an alternative modular pallet assembly. The rail includes a recessed portion with projections extending thereinto. A method of making the pallet rails and assembly is also disclosed. | 2012-01-05 |
20120000400 | SUPPORT DEVICE FOR MATERIALS HANDLING - A support device for materials handling includes a plurality of leg members used to form a support structure. A deck member is mounted on the support structure to form the support device. In particular, the deck member comprises a plurality of recesses on a first side shaped to receive the plurality of leg members. | 2012-01-05 |