01st week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 9 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110000802 | TACTILE PACKAGING FOR CONSUMER GOODS - Packaging for consumer goods having a discontinuous tactile coating is provided. The discontinuous tactile coating is formed by applying one or more varnishes to the outer surface of the packaging in a pattern comprising a plurality of raised features having a height of at least about 10 microns and a separation of at least about 20 microns. The one or more varnishes can include one or more tinted varnishes. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000803 | Garment carrier in the form of a convertible counter/garment bag - The garment carrier is convertible to function as a counter bag, in a first orientation, and a garment bag for use with a hanger with a hook portion, in a second orientation. The main section of the carrier includes a relatively large garment receiving opening at one end and a relatively small hanger hook portion receiving opening at the other end. A zipper is provided to permit insertion and removal of garments. Drawstrings are provided for closing the garment receiving opening of the main section. The zipper intersects the plane of the drawstrings. The drawstrings include first and second separate drawstring sections. Each of the sections has an end anchored to the main section. The anchor points are proximate the garment receiving opening, at respective points on opposite sides of the zipper, such that the zipper does not interfere with the operation of the drawstrings. The carrier also has an extendable section which depends from the main section and is movable between a position within the main section, when the carrier functions as a counter bag, and a position outside the main section, when the carrier functions as a garment bag. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000804 | Storage device for a data carrier - A storage device includes a rear element and a front element; where in at least one of the rear or the front element at least one holding means is provided for holding a data carrier in a releasable manner, where the storage device includes first material and further in engagement areas includes a second material with friction characteristics different from the friction characteristics of the first material. Hereby improved handling and engagement characteristics are obtained. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000805 | PROTECTOR OF HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICES - An improved protector allows the operation of camera buttons to operate at greater depths through use of a “see-saw” mechanism proximate the camera buttons. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000807 | CONTAINER FOR CONTAINING A LIVING ORGANISM, A DOCKING STATION AND A TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM - The invention relates to a container ( | 2011-01-06 |
20110000808 | CARRIER HANDLE FOR PLANT TRAY/POT - A carrier handle for insertion into a plant tray or pot includes highly flexible locking tabs at opposite ends. Each of the opposed ends includes a generally triangular tab which deflects for ease of insertion into an aperture in a tray or pot. The handle includes a center section with inwardly projecting concave indentations for defining a handhold centered for balancing the item being carried. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000809 | PACKAGE - The present invention refers to a multi-layered package, and particularly to a container comprising a container opening and a container bottom. Preferably, at least one outer wall comprises a predetermined removable wall section, revealing an information. The feature of the package according to the present invention is that the package is formed with at least one inner wall and one outer wall. Thereby, the wall section is as part of the outer wall a removable card. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000810 | Removable sampler - The removable sampler attaches to a card and then separates from the card after a journey through the mail. The removable sampler has a backer with one or more glue strips, and a sampler with one or more perforations and one or more tabs upon the glue strips but detaching from the perforation. Upon lifting, the sampler separates and detaches along the perforations. A tab remains behind in a magazine or a mail piece to meet postal regulations. The removable sampler uses permanent adhesive to affix the tabs to the backer. The sampler may include foil and no-foil structure packets, flow wraps, three sided and four sided seal pouches, and cosmetic or fragrance sampling items. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000811 | CLAMSHELL PACKAGE FOR HOLDING AND DISPLAYING CONSUMER PRODUCTS - A system for holding and displaying an article comprising: a clamshell package comprising: a panel having a first major surface, a second major surface, a top end, a bottom end and at least one blister portion extending from the first major surface and defining an internal cavity for retaining at least a portion of the article; a first base housing having a top surface, a bottom surface and one or more lateral surfaces connecting the top and bottom surfaces of the first base housing, a well formed into the bottom surface of the first base housing; and the first base housing connected to the bottom end of the panel so that the panel extends upward from the top surface of the first base housing; a security device comprising a sensor housing and a plurality of cables extending from the sensor housing; and the sensor housing nested within the well of the first base housing so that the sensor housing does not protrude beyond the bottom surface of the first base housing and the plurality of wires are wrapped around the clamshell package. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000812 | STACKABLE PACKAGE AND A PACKAGING ASSEMBLY MADE THEREWITH - The present invention concerns a flexible or semi-flexible stackable package ( | 2011-01-06 |
20110000813 | REUSABLE TOTE FOR HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS - Systems and methods for transporting and dispensing hazardous chemicals are described. A container is described that is resistant to the detrimental effects of the chemicals. The container comprises a first shell configured to contain a corrosive chemical, and an optional second shell surrounding the first shell and a spacer that maintains separation of the first and second shells. A valve provides access through which the corrosive chemical is discharged under pressure from the container. An interstitial space is provided between first and second shells. In some of these embodiments, the spacer seals the interstitial space. The second shell is configured to contain any of the corrosive chemical that escapes the first shell. The container may be repeatedly charged, transported, mounted on a dispensing platform from which measured amounts of the chemicals are discharged before the container is returned for clearing and recharging. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000814 | Child-Resistant Medicate Container - A child-resistant medicate container includes a housing having a top segment fixedly attached to and extending from a bottom segment. Each of the bottom segment and the top segment include a generally flat first sidewall and an opposing generally flat second sidewall that define the storage cavity. Each sidewall defines a plane and each plane extends generally parallel with respect to the remaining planes. The planes defined by the first and second sidewalls of the bottom segment are spaced-apart a greater distance than a distance between the planes defined by the first and second sidewalls of the top segment. A cover is movably attached to the housing and surrounds at least a portion of the first and second sidewalls of the top segment of the housing. One of the cover and the top segment of the housing include an aperture formed in a sidewall thereof. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000815 | AMPULE CONTAINER - There is provided an ampule container, which can smoothly dispense an ampule without causing a breakage of the neck of the ampule and a change in orientation of the ampule. The ampule container | 2011-01-06 |
20110000816 | DURABLE AUTOMOTIVE WINDSHIELD COATING AND THE USE THEREOF - The present invention is directed to a kit for rendering a glass surface water repellent. This invention is particularly directed to a kit for coating a windshield of a vehicle to render the windshield water repellent. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000817 | RETAINER AND SUBSTRATE STORAGE CONTAINER PROVIDED WITH SAME RETAINER - When the position of a substrate is shifted, the substrate is made to return to an original position by enabling the position of the substrate to be controlled using an elastic piece which protrudes inside from a vertical direction part of a frame. Further, a coupling piece is provided extending in a vertical direction and having both ends thereof coupled to a horizontal direction part of the frame, and a protruding part protruding inside a substrate container is provided on the coupling piece. Then, this protruding part is configured to have an inclined face which is inclined in a direction intersecting the substrate and enabled to come into contact with the periphery of the substrate, and thereby this inclined face guides the substrate to reduce the friction of the substrate and to control the position of the substrate. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000818 | PROCESS FOR CONVERTING INFERIOR FEEDSTOCK TO HIGH QUALITY FUEL OIL - A catalytic conversion process can convert inferior feedstock to high quality fuel oil and propylene. A inferior feedstock is introduced into first and second reactor zone, wherein the feedstock carry out first step and second step reactions by contacting with catalytic conversion catalyst. Product vapors separate from spent catalyst by gas-solid separation. The spent catalyst is stripped, regenerated by burning off coke and then returns to reactor. The product vapors are introduced into separation system to obtain propylene, gasoline, diesel, fluid catalytic cracking gas oil (FGO) and other products. The FGO is introduced into hydrotreating unit and/or extraction unit to obtain hydrotreated FGO and/or extracted FGO. Said hyrotreated FGO and/or extracted FGO return to the first reactor zone and/or another catalytic cracking unit to obtain propylene and gasoline. The extracted oil of said FGO is rich in double ring aromatics which are good chemical materials. The raffinate of said FGO is rich in chain alkane and cycloalkane which are suitable for catalytic cracking. More particularly, the invention relates to a process to utilize petroleum oil resources efficiently for decreasing the yield of dry gas and coke significantly. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000819 | Process and System for Preparation of Hydrocarbon Feedstocks for Catalytic Cracking - A process, apparatus and system for forming light olefins, the process including heating a resid-containing hydrocarbon feedstock containing at least 10 ppmw of metals to vaporize at least 90 wt. % of said hydrocarbon feedstock; separating in a knockout drum a hydrocarbon vapor portion having less than 10 ppmw metals from a non-vaporized resid-containing portion; and feeding said hydrocarbon vapor to a catalytic cracking process to form light olefins. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000820 | CATALYST COMPOSITION WITH NANOMETER CRYSTALLITES FOR SLURRY HYDROCRACKING - A process and apparatus is disclosed for converting heavy hydrocarbon feed into lighter hydrocarbon products. The heavy hydrocarbon feed is slurried with a catalyst comprising iron oxide and alumina to form a heavy hydrocarbon slurry and hydrocracked to produce lighter hydrocarbons. The iron sulfide crystallites have diameters in the nanometer range. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000821 | Structurally Enhanced Cracking Catalysts - A cracking catalyst contains a substantially inert core and an active shell, the active shell containing a zeolite catalyst and a matrix. Methods of making and using the cracking catalyst are also described. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000822 | METHOD FOR THE START-UP OF A CATALYTIC PROCESS - The present invention relates to a process for starting up a hydrotreating process using a bulk metal catalyst, said process comprising the steps of: i) providing a hydrocarbon feed stream containing less than 100 ppmw nitrogen-containing species; ii) adding a nitrogen-containing compound to said hydrocarbon feed stream; and iii) contacting the resultant feed stream with the bulk metal catalyst in the presence of hydrogen and a sulfur-containing species. The present invention also relates to a process for hydrotreating a hydrocarbon feedstock, said process comprising the steps of: i) providing a hydrocarbon feed stream containing less than 100 ppmw nitrogen-containing species; ii) adding a nitrogen-containing compound to said hydrocarbon feed stream; iii) contacting the resultant feed stream with a bulk metal catalyst in the presence of hydrogen and a sulfur-containing species; and iv) subsequently contacting the resultant bulk metal catalyst with the hydrocarbon feedstock in the presence of hydrogen. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000823 | MEMBRANE DESULFURIZATION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBONS USING AN EXTRACTIVE LIQUID MEMBRANE CONTACTOR SYSTEM AND METHOD - The process of the present invention is directed to the desulfurization of a sulfur-containing hydrocarbon stream with a membrane contactor, where sulfur compounds are concentrated in a sulfur-rich stream on a permeate side of the membrane using an extractive liquid, and a sulfur-lean stream is recovered as a retentate. The sulfur-rich stream, which has a small volume relative to the original hydrocarbon stream, is conveyed to a recovery zone to recover extractive liquid, and the remaining hydrocarbon stream having an increased concentration of sulfur compounds is passed to a downstream desulfurization apparatus or system, such as a hydrotreating system, to recover the hydrocarbons associated with the organosulfur compounds. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000824 | HYDROPROCESSING CATALYST AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - The present invention is directed to a hydroprocessing catalyst containing at least one catalyst support, one or more metals, optionally one or more molecular sieves, optionally one or more promoters, wherein deposition of at least one of the metals is achieved in the presence of a modifying agent. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000825 | CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL UPGRADING USING SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS - Systems and methods for extracting, handling and upgrading carbonaceous material. The systems and methods involve forming a reaction mixture of a carbonaceous material, a supercritical fluid, a catalyst and a source of hydrogen, and maintaining the reaction mixture at moderate temperatures for modest time periods. Exemplary reaction temperatures are those below 200° C. Exemplary reaction times range from 30 minutes to less than 24 hours. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000826 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR EXTRACTING NON-MAGNETIC ORES - In a device and a method for extracting non-magnetic ores from a pulp comprising non-magnetic ore particles and having a solid fraction of at least 30 mass percent, the pulp flows continuously through a reactor in the direction of flow and magnetic or magnetizable magnet particles that form ore magnetic particle agglomerations with the non-magnetic ore particles are added to said pulp. The ore magnetic particle agglomerations are moved by a magnetic field into an accumulation range of the reactor, and are then discharged out of reactor range and separated into ore and magnetic particles. In a device and a method, the separated magnetic particles are treated, in particular hydrophobized, such that during a new interaction with non-magnetic ore particles, new ore magnetic particle agglomerations are formed. Accordingly, a high yield of ores can be obtained and the mine can be operated in an economical and environmentally friendly manner. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000827 | AIR SIEVING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An air sieving apparatus capable of sieving particles in a particle size range below 50 μm includes a cylindrical screening case defining an internal space and provided with a screen dividing the internal space into an upper space and a lower space. Powdered material is fed through a powdered material feed opening onto a bottom plate disposed to cover the lower open end of the screening case with gaps formed therebetween. Air in the screening case is sucked upward by a suction blower. The fed powdered material is dispersed by currents of air sucked through the gaps and the dispersed powdered material is sucked upward. Fine particles that have passed through the screen | 2011-01-06 |
20110000828 | SCREENING MACHINE WITH SEGMENTED SCREEN PANELS - A screen panel assembly is used with a screening machine. The screen panel assembly includes first and second generally planar screen panels and a coupling between the first and second screen panels that includes latching mechanisms to temporarily secure the screen panels together. An overlap region between the first and second screen panels permits lifting of the second screen panel by a lifting force exerted upon the first screen panel while inhibiting the passage of material being screened between the two adjacent screen panels. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000829 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BINNING AT FINAL TEST - Systems and methods for sorting an electronic device undergoing a final test operation in accordance with a test program, into one of a plurality of bins. In one embodiment, an evaluator defines the binning of the electronic device while the device is still socketed, and the defined binning may or may not concur with the binning assigned by the test program. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000830 | HEMODIALYSIS APPARATUS - A hemodialysis apparatus includes a hemodialysis treatment administering unit including a blood treating unit for treating patient's blood; and a controller for controlling the hemodialysis treatment administering unit. The controller includes a maximum change rate setting unit for setting the maximum rate of change in circulating blood volume, and an adjustment line forming unit for forming an adjustment line for adjusting the rate of change in circulating blood volume so as to be equal to or less than the maximum change rate set in the maximum change rate setting unit. The controller controls the hemodialysis treatment administering unit based on the adjustment line formed in the adjustment line forming unit. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000831 | MEMBRANE SEPARATION PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS FOR ENHANCED PERMEANT RECOVERY - Membrane separation processes and systems are disclosed that pass a portion of the feed ( | 2011-01-06 |
20110000832 | DIALYSIS SYSTEM WITH ENHANCED FEATURES - A dialysis system includes a dialysis fluid cassette-based membrane blood pump; a dialyzer in fluid communication with the blood pump: first and second dialysis fluid cassette-based balance chambers each having (i) a fresh dialysis fluid compartment in fluid communication with the dialyzer and (ii) a spent dialysis fluid compartment; a dialysis fluid cassette-based fresh dialysis fluid membrane pump in fluid communication with the fresh dialysis fluid compartments of the first and second balance chambers; a dialysis fluid cassette-based spent dialysis fluid membrane pump in fluid communication with the dialyzer and the spent dialysis fluid compartments of the first and second balance chambers; and arterial and venous lines in fluid communication with the dialyzer for patient connection, the arterial and venous lines each including a contact used for electrically detecting a patient access disconnection. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000833 | FUEL FILTER SYSTEM, ESPECIALLY FOR DIESEL ENGINES - The invention relates to a fuel filter system, especially for Diesel engines, comprising a filter housing ( | 2011-01-06 |
20110000834 | SYSTEM FOR RECEPTION AND TRANSPORT OF LIME MUD FROM A WHITE LIQUOR FILTER - The system is for the reception and transport of dry lime mud from a continuously operating pressurized filter in a causticization process. A tube valve is used as an outlet from the pressurized process. The tube valve has a minimum length that is twice a diameter of the tube. A column of lime mud can be held within it as a pressure lock. The column of lime mud can be caused to descend through the tube valve by controlling a difference in pressure between an inner surface and an outer surface of the tube such that the diameter of the tube expands essentially uniformly along its length by 5-10% or by at least 4-6 millimeters. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000835 | FLUID PURIFICATION PUMP CONTROL APPARATUSES AND METHODS - A pump in fluid communication with the outlet of a fluid purification apparatus. A pump may furthermore provide fluid to the inlet of the fluid purification apparatus. An embodiment includes a fluid driven rotating inlet device in fluid communication with the inlet of the fluid purification apparatus and an outlet impeller in fluid communication with the outlet of the fluid purification apparatus. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000836 | Efficient arrangement of membrane bioreactors - Flat-sheet membrane filter assemblies require open space around equipment to form a viable path for an internal recycle or roll pattern. Creating a dedicated roll pattern for individual filter assemblies is space intensive and imposes process constraints on tank dimensions. A hollow wall or series of pipes forms a recycle wall designed to consolidate roll patterns and reduces space requirements. The recycle wall is designed such that the structural components also serve as a mixed liquor distribution system for the necessary roll pattern. Fixed vertically oriented conduit and sectional channel pieces allow for easy access and removal of membrane filter assemblies installed side by side. Feeding mixed liquor, air and or influent to the bottom of filter assemblies via submerged conduit improves process efficiency when coupled with return channels spaced not more than 10 feet away and above assemblies. The system is particularly advantageous for flat-sheet membrane filter units used in SMBR applications but is adaptable to other technologies including tubular and hollow-fiber membrane filter assemblies. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000837 | Multiple Inlet flow regulator - A multiple inlet flow regulator with a restricted low-level inlet and upper-level overflow inlet is used to modify a new or existing storm water catch basin to regulate the flow of storm water from the catch basin into the sewer system. During periods of heavy rains and high flows into the catch basin, this flow regulator will allow the catch basin to serve as a temporary storage tank for storm water. The construction of these flow regulators can be accomplished using a variety of off-the-shelf components or custom fabrication, to achieve the desired effect of restricting the discharge from each catch basin in a combined sewer or storm water system as much as practicable without resulting in overflows onto the roadways. Key components include: restricted low level inlet that can be adapted in size to meet specific low flow conditions, upper level inlet sized to allow for the maximum discharge from the catch basin to prevent overflows onto the roadway, connections to the existing catch basin structure and covers to prevent floatable debris from discharging from the catch basin into the sewer system. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000838 | CLEANING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLEANING CONTAINERS HAVING NON-VERTICAL SIDEWALLS - The present invention is directed towards devices combining swimming pool skimmers, pumps, and removable, disposable filters into integral, sidewall-mounted systems for above-ground pools and other above-ground liquid containment enclosures, and methods for the use of such systems to remove both larger floating debris and smaller particulate matter to maintain water clarity and hygienic safety within such pools or like liquid containment enclosures. Specifically, the present invention is a ring-type above-ground pool comprising a base, a sidewall, and at least a portion of a cleaning system solely supported by the sidewall and mounted at a non-vertical angle such that it is substantially parallel to the sidewall. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000839 | FILTER CARTRIDGE CENTERING DEVICE - A filter cartridge centering device and method are provided for centering a filter cartridge within a filter canister. The device includes a flexible elongate strap having a strap portion with a series of ratchet teeth formed near a first end and an enlarged head portion formed at a second end. The head portion contains an aperture and a pawl that cooperates with the ratchet teeth to prevent removal of the strap portion from the aperture. A plurality of flexible fingers extend generally perpendicularly from the strap portion at spaced locations along a length of the strap portion. The flexible fingers are arranged to extend radially outwardly from the filter cartridge to engage an inner wall of the filter canister to center the filter cartridge within the canister. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000840 | Filtration arrangement for micro, ultra and nanofiltration - The invention relates to a filtration device including a flat filter module and a base housing, on which the flat filter module is placed. A wall of the base housing includes a polymer cellular lightweight construction material, or a fiber composite material. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000841 | Filter Cartridge and Method For Producing and Using Thereof - The group of inventions relates to liquid purifying devices and can be used for purifying drinking water and other liquids for household, medical and other purposes. A filter cartridge is filled with a filtering material and is configured in the form of an open bowl which can be closed with a lid, having side walls and a bottom with at least one outlet opening which is closed with a water-permeable material, wherein the cartridge bottom is designed such as to make it possible to use the water-permeable material which comes to the external edge of the side walls and is made of fibers with a sufficiently small diameter to allow using the filtering material containing powder particles; furthermore, the entire area between external and internal edges of the walls along the perimeter of the bottom is made of a composite based on a polymer water-permeable material. The method of producing the filtering cartridge involves placing a blank in at least a split mould, cutting it to the exact shape of a piece, filling a shaping cavity of the mould with a molted polymer material and extracting the product from the mould, wherein the cavity of the mould is filled with the molted polymer material upon placing the blank therein and the blank is cut up along a cutting zone which is formed in the purpose-made region of the mould. The filtering cartridge is used in a device for purifying liquid, substantially drinking water. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000842 | HUMIDIFYING MEMBRANE MODULE - To provide a humidifying membrane module that is reduced in weight, size and cost by making a case in a single layer structure, the humidifying membrane module has a hollow fiber membrane bundle constructed from plural hollow fiber membranes, a case accommodating the hollow fiber membrane bundle, a first flow passage extending through hollows of the hollow fiber membranes, and a second flow passage extending through the outer surface sides of the hollow fiber membranes, the membrane bundle and the case are simultaneously integrated at both ends of the membrane bundle by using potting members sealing gaps between the membrane bundle and the case, an inlet and an outlet constructing the first flow passage are formed at the both ends of the case respectively, and an entrance and an exit constructing the second flow passage are formed in side surfaces near the both ends of the case respectively. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000843 | APPARATUS FOR FILTERING LIQUIDS AND RELATED FILTERING COMPONENT - An apparatus for filtering liquids and the related filtering component, wherein the apparatus includes a head detachably associated to a container that accommodates a mechanically-acting filtering component; the head is provided with an inlet for the liquid to be filtered, which is connected to the portion of the container upstream of the filtering component, and with an outlet for the filtered liquid, which is connected to the portion of the container downstream of the filtering component. The apparatus has an antimicrobial structure. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000844 | CONNECTION MEMBER AND SEPARATION MEMBRANE MODULE USING THE SAME - Provided are a connection member capable of preventing leakage from a supply side to a permeating side from occurring by a simple means; and a separation membrane module using the connection member. The connection member ( | 2011-01-06 |
20110000845 | HIGH LOFT SPUNBONDED WEB - Herein are disclosed high loft spunbonded webs that are substantially free of crimped fibers and gap-formed fibers. The webs exhibit a solidity of from less than 8.0% to about 4.0% and a ratio of Effective Fiber Diameter to Actual Fiber Diameter of at least 1.40. Also disclosed are methods of making such webs. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000846 | CRYSTALLINE POLYMER MICROPOROUS MEMBRANE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND FILTRATION FILTER - A crystalline polymer microporous membrane, which contains: a microporous film formed of a crystalline polymer, which has a plurality of pores; and a hydrophilic polymer containing a hydroxyl group, which covers exposed surfaces of the microporous film, wherein the plurality of pores have a larger average pore diameter at a first surface of the film than the average pore diameter at a second surface of the film, and the average pore diameter of the pores continuously changes from the first surface to the second surface. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000847 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING PARTICLES ELECTROSTATICALLY - The invention refers to a method for forming particles or droplets of at least one substance comprising the steps of providing a foamed medium, which foamed medium comprises said substance, and forming particles or droplets of said substance at least partly by electrostatic processing. The use of foamed medium in electrostatic processing enables higher production speeds and increases the evenness of a coating layer formed by electrospinning or electrospraying the particles or droplets on a substrate. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000848 | Removal Of Sediment From A Container Holding Liquid - A sediment removal assembly ( | 2011-01-06 |
20110000849 | WATER PURIFICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USING PRESSURE FILTER AND PORE CONTROL FIBER FILTER - The present invention provides a water purification apparatus and method using a pressurized micro-filter preprocessed with a coagulation inclined-plate sedimentation reservoir and a pore-control fiber filter for improvement of a recovery rate, which removes the dissolved organic materials and the turbidity of raw water through a preprocess by a flash mixer, a two-stage coagulation reservoir and an inclined-plate sedimentation reservoir, thereby making it possible to reduce the use of coagulants, the generation of sludge by-products, the inflow load of membranes, and the facility size in comparison with the conventional standard water purification processes. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000850 | WATER TREATMENT - A process for the treatment of water comprising at least the steps of: (a) providing the water in laminar flow; and (b) providing bubblefree aeration to the water. The present invention introduces aerobic treatment into wastewater settlement without any hindrance to the settlement process. The present invention is useable for any settlement step or stage, without limitation, the commonest being primary settlement or final settling. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000851 | High Performance Nitrifying Sludge For High Ammonium Concentration and Low Temperature Wastewater Treatment - Compositions of bacteria which are effective for the nitrification of wastewater, particularly at low temperatures, are described. The compositions are comprised of 35 strains or populations of at least partially characterized isolated bacteria. These compositions may be used to treat wastewater contaminated with animal fecal waste and/or ammonia. In use, wastewater is contacted with the bacterial composition of the invention under aerobic conditions and for a period of time effective to oxidize ammonia therein. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000852 | THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY PLATES AND RELATED METHODS - In an embodiment, a method for manufacturing a thin layer chromatography (“TLC”) plate is disclosed. The method includes forming a layer of elongated nanostructures (e.g., carbon nanotubes), and at least partially coating the elongated nanostructures with a coating. The coating includes a stationary phase and/or precursor of a stationary phase for use in chromatography. Embodiments for TLC plates and related methods are also disclosed. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000853 | PROCESS AND DEVICE FOR SEPARATING FRACTIONS OF A MIXTURE - The invention concerns a method for separating fractions of a mixture using a chromatography device. The method includes the following steps: controlling in one node of the device, the history of a specific variable of the fractions of the mixture to be separated; detecting one characteristic point of the history, the characteristic point being between two successive steps of fraction collecting; comparing the position of the characteristic point relative to a target position; adjusting the amount of mobile phase modifying the position of the characteristic point to cause the position of the characteristic point to coincide with the target position. The invention also concerns a device for implementing the method. The method enables the operation of the device to be automatically set. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000854 | USE OF A DUAL POLYMER SYSTEM FOR ENHANCED WATER RECOVERY AND IMPROVED SEPARATION OF SUSPENDED SOLIDS AND OTHER SUBSTANCES FROM AN AQUEOUS MEDIA - A method uses anionic and cationic polymers added in, any order or simultaneously, to aqueous media for the removal of substances. The sequential addition of the two biopolymers, anionic xanthan, followed by cationic chitosan, causes the rapid formation of very large and cohesive fibrillar aggregates that may exhibit high solids to liquid ratios and that quickly settle out from the aqueous media. The aqueous media can be easily separated from the large fibrillar aggregates by settling under gravity or by filtration through a porous containment device, such as a synthetic or non-synthetic woven or non-woven fabric including a geotextile fabric or a solid containment device containing a solid mesh screen. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000855 | Media for Removal of Contaminants from Fluid Streams and Method of Making and Using Same - Sorption media for removal of contaminants from fluid streams are provided. The sorption media comprise an active compound bound or linked to a support substrate or matrix. Support substrates can include iron- and alumina-based materials. A method for making sorption media for the removal of contaminants from fluid streams is also described. The method includes selecting a support substrate, and, optionally, providing a doping mixture comprising an active compound. The selected support substrate can be contacted with the doping mixture to form a doped mixture. The doped mixture can be reacted at a predetermined temperature and atmospheric environment for a predetermined duration to form an active media, wherein the active compound is bound or linked to the support substrate. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000856 | Method for Treatment of Water Comprising Non-Polar Compounds - A process for removal of non-polar compounds from water, wherein the non-polar compounds exist in dissolved or dispersed form, wherein the water is led through a preparation tank wherein the temperature is adjusted and wherein possible solid particles are removed. The water is then led via pipe into a reactor tank and is mixed with a hydrate forming compound, wherein simultaneously hydrate seeds are added which have been recycled for continuous use in the process; whereby the drops or molecules of the non-polar compounds are attached or associated to hydrate particles being formed in the reactor tank. The hydrate particles are separated from the water and melted. The hydrate forming compound is recycled to the reactor tank and the non-polar compounds discharged. In addition, a device for use of the process as well as hydrates for removal of non-polar compounds in water. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000857 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF SLUDGE TREATMENT - A sludge dewatering system that includes a reactor to apply an electric field across at least a portion of the volume of the sludge and a dewatering station to dewater the sludge. The dewatering system may include one or more bypass lines so that at a portion of volume the sludge bypasses particular stages of the system. The dewatering station may use, for example, pressing or a centrifuge. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000858 | FLUID PURIFICATION PRESSURE CONTROL APPARATUSES AND METHODS - Apparatuses and methods for improved operation of a fluid purification apparatus. The fluid purification apparatus includes a pressure sensor to energize and de-energize one or more components of the fluid purification apparatus based on the pressure entering or in the fluid purification apparatus. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000859 | FLUID PURIFICATION LEVEL CONTROL APPARATUSES AND METHODS - Apparatuses and methods for level control in a fluid purification apparatus. The apparatuses and methods include a fluid purification apparatus and a level sensor that regulates operation of the fluid purification apparatus. The level sensor may further operate a bypass valve or a heater. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000860 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE CONTINOUS PRODUCTION OF LOW CONCENTRATIONS OF CHLORINE DIOXIDE FROM LOW CONCENTRATIONS OF AQUEOUS CHLORITE - Provided are methods and systems for continuously producing low concentrations of chlorine dioxide from dilute solutions of sodium chlorite. The low concentrations of chlorine dioxide produced allow for reduced exposure risk with direct application of the chlorine dioxide stream. The incorporation of a suitable chlorine dioxide detector permits continuous monitoring and control of chlorine dioxide production ensuring that the process stays within regulatory guidelines. Pretreatment of reaction water is preferred for achieving suitable conversion rates of the low concentrations of chlorite to chlorine dioxide. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000861 | Portable and Scalable Water Reclamation System and Method - An embodiment of a water reclamation system has at least one water filtration module mounted to a transport vehicle. The at least one water filtration module has a plurality of water treatment vessels with a treatment media positioned therein. A waste water inlet header, a produced water collection header, and a waste water outlet header are all connected to the plurality of water treatment vessels of the at least one water filtration module. A method of reclaiming waste water comprises flowing waste water into the waste water inlet header where it is distributed into the plurality of treatment vessels. The waste water engages the treatment media and the filtered or produced water is collected in the produced water collection header. The waste water is collected in the waste water outlet header. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000862 | SEPARATOR AND SEPARATION METHOD - A problem is to solve problems on removal of solids by a screen and on an installation space and pipe connection in a separator. A solution to the problem is as follows. A separator | 2011-01-06 |
20110000863 | Tape Storage Slot - A slot for releasably storing a tape cartridge is disclosed. The slot comprises an enlargeable receiving portion for releasable insertion of the tape cartridge and a plate for supporting the tape cartridge in the slot. At least a portion of the plate is moveable for enlarging the receiving portion. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000864 | Cookware Holder and Method - A cookware holder is supported in the upper end of a kitchen cabinet to hang a plurality of cookware items by their handles so that these items extend from the back to the front of the cabinet. The cookware is held on a plurality of hooks that descend from a laterally extending rail portion of the holder. This rail is extended outward from the front of the cabinet to dispose the cookware items outside the cabinet to facilitate access and storage thereof. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000865 | CRANE IMPROVEMENTS - Aspects of the present invention relate to crane systems and/or hoists. One aspect includes in combination with a pair of runways in a crane system, a pair of hoist assemblies moveable on the runways, a pair of transfer rails selectively disposable transversely to the runways, the transfer rails including racks for at least a portion of one or both of the hoist assemblies to travel on, a spreader assembly locatable between the hoist assemblies and engaging the runways and/or the hoist assemblies to push the runways or hoist assemblies apart during insertion of the transfer rails between the runways. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000866 | Apparatus for Controlling the Position of Crane Tong According to Slab Bending and the Method Thereof - An apparatus and method for controlling the position of the tongs of a crane depending on bending of a slab are disclosed. Side surface detection units are installed at both ends of the tongs of a crane for gripping the side surfaces of one or more slabs, and are configured to detect one or more gaps generated due to bending of one of the slabs. A distance detection unit is configured to detect the distance between an uppermost slab and the crane. A control unit is configured to adjust the final grip position of the tongs using information about the gaps generated due to the bending of the slab. The information about the gaps is detected by the side surface detection units and the distance detection unit. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000867 | FEEDING BOTTLE - Feeding bottle ( | 2011-01-06 |
20110000868 | Fully vented wide rim nursing bottle with contoured vent tube - A nursing bottle formed of a large volume container, incorporating a vent tube that extends to vent pressure at all times. The nursing bottle may have a cylindrical shape or other configuration that prevents formula placed therein from blocking the vent tube regardless of its angular disposition. The vent tube extends distally from the vent insert, operatively associated with a collar, that holds the vent structures and the nipple to the wide rimmed opening. In addition, the vent tube has a conical shape of decreasing diameter distally toward the center of the bottom to dissipate the pressure that may cause leakage from the bottle. Further, the vent insert has a major and minor seal that prevents leaks out of the collar and onto an infant. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000869 | Container Neck With Recesses - A container defines a central longitudinal axis and includes an engagement part that secures a lid to the container. A neck portion is disposed adjacent the engagement part and includes a plurality of recessed portions spaced circumferentially around the neck portion, where each recessed portion has a periphery. The neck portion also includes an outwardly protruding rib disposed along at least a portion of the periphery of at least one recessed portion and an outer surface extending between each pair of adjacent recessed portions. The rib projects outwardly from both the outer surface and the at least one recessed portion. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000870 | PLASTIC CLOSURE - A plastic closure including a bottom part and a lid that has an annular retaining bead in the bottom part. A disk having a support surface is held positively or non-positively in the bead. The disk includes one or more through-passages, which open into a chamber. A thixotropic fluid present in a flexible container reaches the chamber through the through-passages, where the fluid performs a directional change from axial to radial and after a second directional change from radial to axial flows out through the spout opening, wherein a constriction between the two directional changes accelerates the flow. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000871 | HINGED STOPPER OF PLASTICS MATERIAL - This stopper ( | 2011-01-06 |
20110000872 | STOPPER DEVICE COMPRISING A SUPPORTING CAP, AND CONTAINER PROVIDED WITH SUCH A DEVICE - The invention relates to a stopper device for a container having a neck with a Δ axis. Said device comprises an elastomer stopper, a plastic cover that can cover both the neck and the stopper in place in the neck and comprises means for locking on the neck, and a cap adapted to the top of the cover by means of a central segment and provided with a peripheral supporting edge connected to the central segment by at least one connecting runout. According to the invention, the connecting runout is elastically deformable such that, under the effect of an axial effort, it enables an axial movement of the supporting edge from a raised position (R) to a lowered position, via an intermediate position (I), and, in a first deformation range corresponding to a movement of the supporting edge between the raised position (R) and the intermediate position, has a rigidity K | 2011-01-06 |
20110000873 | Fragrance slurry pad - The fragrance slurry pad receives a fragrance in slurry and prints the slurry into a recognizable logo, brand, or word upon a strip. To enhance the marketing impact of fragrance strip advertising and to differentiate among marketers without increase in cost, the present invention is fragrance slurry deposition pads that support and reinforce a marketing message. The preferred embodiment has a brand name, logo, or message etched into a flexographic print pad. The print pad applies the slurry to a strip located beneath a flap. Upon opening the flap, the fragrance slurry appears in a discernible pattern and visible message. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000874 | METHOD FOR STRIPPING PHOTORESIST - Disclosed is a method for stripping a photoresist comprising: (I) providing a photoresist pattern on a substrate where the substrate has at least a copper (Cu) wiring and a low-dielectric layer thereon, and selectively etching the low-dielectric layer by using the photoresist pattern as a mask; (II) contacting the substrate after the step (I), with ozone water and/or aqueous hydrogen peroxide; and (III) contacting the substrate after the step (II), with a photoresist stripping solution that contains at least a quaternary ammonium hydroxide. The present invention provides a method for stripping a photoresist that enables to strip effectively photoresist films and etching residues after etching step even in a process not including an O | 2011-01-06 |
20110000875 | Methods Of Forming Capacitors - A method of forming a capacitor includes depositing a dielectric metal oxide layer of a first phase to a thickness no greater than 75 Angstroms over an inner conductive capacitor electrode material. The first phase dielectric metal oxide layer has a k of at least 15. Conductive RuO | 2011-01-06 |
20110000876 | STRIPPER SOLUTION AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY USING THE SAME - A method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display includes simultaneously forming a gate electrode and a gate bus line on a transparent dielectric substrate, simultaneously forming a channel layer, an ohmic contact layer, and source/drain electrodes by forming a gate insulation film, an amorphous silicon film, a doped amorphous silicon film, and a metal film on the transparent dielectric substrate on which the gate electrode and the gate bus line are formed and etching the metal film, the amorphous silicon film, and the doped amorphous silicon film, and forming a pixel electrode by forming a protective film and a transparent metal film on the transparent dielectric substrate upon which the source/drain electrodes are formed and finely etching the transparent metal film through a lift-off process using a stripper solution. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000877 | HEAD SUSPENSION FLEXURE WITH INLINE LEAD PORTIONS - An integrated lead head suspension flexure including a plurality of integrated leads each including at least one lead portion unbacked by the flexure spring metal layer and configured to be substantially inline with the general plane of the spring metal layer. The leads are disposed on a dielectric layer including an unbacked dielectric layer portion having a surface positioned between the major surfaces of the spring metal layer. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000878 | INK JET-PRINTABLE COMPOSITION AND A MASKING PROCESS - A radiation-curable, ink jet-printable composition comprising a compound having a reactive silyl group that is suitable for use as a masking composition and/or processes in which the composition is applied onto a substrate; the printed composition is exposed to radiation to form a cured image that masks selected areas of the substrate; the unmasked areas of the substrate are modified; and the cured image is treated with an alkaline solution in order to release the cured image from the substrate. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000879 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A MASTER INFORMATION CARRIER FOR MAGNETIC TRANSFER AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - A method of easily manufacturing a master disk for magnetic transfer is disclosed. The method of the invention facilitates separation of the master disk and a slave disk to be transferred even after conducting a magnetic transfer process after adhering the two disks by pressing or exhaustion for the purpose of enhancing transfer performance. A method of manufacturing a master disk comprises a step of forming recesses by eliminating selected parts of a surface region of soft magnetic layer | 2011-01-06 |
20110000880 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium includes forming a resist on a magnetic recording layer, imprinting a stamper to the resist to transfer patterns of protrusions and recesses, and partially etching the magnetic recording layer in areas not covered with patterns of the resist used as masks by ion beam etching using a mixed gas of He and N | 2011-01-06 |
20110000881 | Method of manufacturing an optical integrated nanospectrometer - A planar nanospectrometer is manufactured as a single chip that uses diffraction structures, which are combinations of numerous nano-features placed in a predetermined configuration. The manufacturing method consists of creating a two-dimensional analog-generating function A(x,y), binarizing the two-dimensional analog-generating function A(x,y) by creating a binary function B(x,y), simplifying the binary function B(x,y) by assigning the value of 1 to areas exceeding a predetermined threshold and 0 to all the remaining areas in order to convert the binary function B(x,y) to discrete generating function C(x,y), and lithographically fabricating the aforementioned binary features by etching as a discrete generating function C(x,y) to a calculated depth on a planar waveguide. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000882 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR SUPPORTING WORKPIECES DURING PLASMA PROCESSING - Apparatus and methods for simultaneously supporting multiple workpieces inside a processing space of a plasma processing system for simultaneous two-sided plasma processing. The apparatus may be a fixture having a carrier plate configured to be supported inside the processing space and a plurality of first openings extending through the thickness of the carrier plate. The carrier plate is configured to contact each of the workpieces over an annular region at an outer peripheral edge so that the first and second sides of each of the workpieces is exposed to the plasma through a respective one of said plurality of first openings. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000883 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS, FOCUS RING, AND SUSCEPTOR - A plasma processing apparatus having a focus ring, enables the efficiency of cooling of the focus ring to be greatly improved, while preventing an increase in cost thereof. The plasma processing apparatus is comprised of a susceptor which has an electrostatic chuck and the focus ring. A wafer W to be subjected to plasma processing is mounted on the electrostatic chuck. The focus ring has a dielectric material portion and a conductive material portion. The dielectric material portion forms a contact portion disposed in contact with the electrostatic chuck. The conductive material portion faces the electrostatic chuck with the dielectric material portion therebetween. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000884 | Method for Etching Copper and Recovery of the Spent Etching Solution - An etching and recovery method is described, wherein articles made of copper are etched with an acid aqueous solution of etching chemicals containing Cu | 2011-01-06 |
20110000885 | BARREL CONSTRUCTION - A barrel includes a plurality of wood slats that have an inner face, an outer face and side edges, grooves formed in the edges of the slats and keys that join the slats by engaging grooves in the side edges of adjacent slats. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000886 | VACUUM CIRCUIT BREAKER AND GAS-INSULATED SWITCHGEAR USING THE SAME - Provided is a vacuum circuit breaker whose insulation cylinder contained in a gas-insulated-switchgear housing contains a vacuum valve and which can be downsized while the cylinder's required mechanical strength is retained, and a gas-insulated switchgear using the same is also provided. The vacuum circuit breaker includes a plurality of insulation cases that are arranged parallel to each other in a container filled with an insulating gas, and each of the plurality of insulation cases includes a first insulation frame in which a section orthogonal to its longitudinal direction is in a substantial square-bracket shape, a second insulation frame in which a section orthogonal to its longitudinal direction is in a substantial square-bracket shape and which is arranged with a gap from the first insulation frame in a manner that open sides of the substantially square-bracket shaped frames oppose to each other, and a vacuum valve that contains attachable and detachable electrodes and is housed in each of the plurality of insulation cases. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000887 | CONTACT FOR A MEDIUM-VOLTAGE VACUUM CIRCUIT-BREAKER WITH REINFORCED STRUCTURE, AND AN ASSOCIATED CIRCUIT-BREAKER OR VACUUM CIRCUIT-BREAKER, SUCH AS AN AC GENERATOR DISCONNECTOR CIRCUIT-BREAKER - A vacuum circuit-breaker wherein at least in one of the contacts at least one stud is used as a spacer, and is disposed between the mechanical connection portion and the circular plate of the contact body in such a manner as to avoid the collapse thereof during a closing operation of the vacuum circuit-breaker, and in the closed position the contacts can withstand very high compression forces, typically greater than 700 kg-force or 2 t-force. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000888 | Adapter converting a conventional oxy-fuel cutting torch to an exothermic cutting torch - A method and means is disclosed for converting a conventional oxy-fuel cutting torch to an exothermic or air lance cutting torch. The conventional oxy-fuel cutting torch is converted by removing the torch tip therefrom and by substituting a two-piece adapter which enables one end of a burning bar to be inserted therein and securely positioned therein. Two different embodiments of the adapter are disclosed. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000889 | ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING APPARATUS AND ELECTRIC DISCARGE MACHINING METHOD - In a waveform of switching signals, which is output from a full-bridge circuit formed of four switching elements, includes a normal polarity pulse group and a reversed polarity pulse group for controlling an output timing of voltage pulses. A duty cycle of the normal polarity pulse group containing a plurality of normal polarity pulses, which apply a positive power-supply polarity to a workpiece and apply a negative power-supply polarity to a machining-purpose electrode, is configured so as to be different from a duty cycle of the reversed polarity pulse group containing a plurality of reversed polarity pulses, which apply a negative power-supply polarity to the workpiece and apply a positive power-supply polarity to the machining-purpose electrode. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000890 | Potential-Free Wire Heating During Welding and Apparatus Therefor - In conventional hot wire welding, the deposition rate and temperature cannot be adjusted. A process for welding a component in which a heated welding wire is fed to the component is provided. Through the potential-free heating of the welding wire, the deposition rate and temperature may be further increased. A welding apparatus is also provided. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000891 | Heating device for a turbine blade and welding method - During the welding of components, the components are preheated to avoid stresses. A device is provided for heating a turbine blade or vane in that a heating coil is arranged in a particular manner to obtain a temperature gradient in a component. A process for welding a turbine blade or vane is also provided. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000892 | METHOD AND WELDING DEVICE FOR THE EVALUATION OF THE WELDING CURRENT INTENSITY DURING THE WELDING OF CONTAINER BODIES - In order to evaluate the welding current for the resistance seam welding of an overlap seam of container bodies, a welding with changing welding current intensity is carried out for a container body of the production series, resulting in a changing welding of the seam, ranging from the welding with a too high temperature to the welding with a too low temperature. The electric energy for this welding is determined several times during this welding and/or the temperature of the weld seam is determined several times and the welding current intensity is determined at which the welding of the individual container body is too cold and the welding current intensity at which the welding is too hot. This determination is based on the determined electric energy values and/or on the determined temperature values and based on this determination a preferred range for the welding current intensity within these limits of too hot and too cold is determined. By this, an evaluation if the welding current intensity is correct may take place in a simple way during the production. After the welding of the individual container bodies a changed welding current intensity lying between the welding current intensity of the too hot and of the too cold welding may optionally be set and used for the following series of container bodies of the production series. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000893 | SYNERGISTIC WELDING AND ELECTRODE SELECTION AND IDENTIFICATION METHOD - A method of identifying and selecting welding electrodes and welding output parameters on a welding power source is provided. The method includes identifying electrodes and/or electrode packaging with distinct colors and/or patterns which correspond to properties of the electrode. The method also may include employing distinguishable identifying markings on a power supply which correspond to the electrodes to be used to allow for easy setting of output parameters. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000894 | COOLING BLOCK FORMING ELECTRODE - The present invention is a cooling block that forms an electrode for generating a plasma for use in a plasma process, and includes a channel for a cooling liquid, the cooling block comprising: a first base material and a second base material respectively made of aluminum, at least one of the first and second base materials having a recess for forming a channel for a cooling liquid; and a diffusion bonding layer, in which zinc is diffused in aluminum, and an anti-corrosion layer of a zinc oxide film, the layers being formed by interposing zinc between the first and second base materials, and by bonding the first and second base materials with zinc interposed therebetween in a heating atmosphere containing oxygen. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000895 | MULTI-ELECTRODE PLASMA SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THERMAL SPRAYING - A plasma apparatus is provided including a cathode module, an anode module, and at least one inter-electrode insert located between the cathode module and the anode module. The cathode module includes at least one cathode, and a pilot module may be provided adjacent to the cathode module. The pilot module may assist ignition of the plasma apparatus. The inter-electrode insert may have an upstream and a downstream transverse surface. Both the upstream transverse surface and the downstream transverse surface are angled in a downstream direction. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000896 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY CONTROLLING ION COMPOSITION OF ION SOURCES - A method is disclosed for adjusting the composition of plasmas used in plasma doping, plasma deposition and plasma etching techniques. The disclosed method enables the plasma composition to be controlled by modifying the energy distribution of the electrons present in the plasma. Energetic electrons are produced in the plasma by accelerating electrons in the plasma using very fast voltage pulses. The pulses are long enough to influence the electrons, but too fast to affect the ions significantly. Collisions between the energetic electrons and the constituents of the plasma result in changes in the plasma composition. The plasma composition can then be optimized to meet the requirements of the specific process being used. This can entail changing the ratio of ion species in the plasma, changing the ratio of ionization to dissociation, or changing the excited state population of the plasma. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000897 | LASER WORKING METHOD, LASER WORKING APPARATUS, AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD - An object to be processed | 2011-01-06 |
20110000898 | LASER PROCESSING A WORKPIECE - A method is described for simultaneously writing patterns in thin films of material coated on the opposite sides of thin glass or plastic substrates by direct write, laser ablation. The substrates are fully or partially transparent to the laser radiation used and in addition the surfaces of the substrates are not assumed to be flat. Different registered patterns may be applied at the same time to opposite sides of the substrates. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000899 | CONNECTING PIECE, MULTI-AXIS MACHINING CENTER, ELASTICITY CONTROL METHOD - A connecting piece for a tool of a multi-axis machining center has a support on the machining center side, a holder at the tool side and a pushing device which elastically pushes the holder into a defined position against the support. The pushing force of the pushing device can be varied during the operation of the machining center. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000900 | INVERTER OUTPUT RECTIFIER CIRCUIT - In a power source of a welding system, an inverter rectifier output circuit and method for reducing the blocking voltages across saturable reactors associated with a rectifier coupled to a transformer winding in the inverter rectifier output circuit during both turn-on and turn-off transitions of the rectifier. At least a portion of a reverse recovery current associated with the rectifier is blocked by allowing blocking voltages to build across associated saturable reactors during a transition phase of the rectifier. During a turn-off portion of the transition phase, the blocking voltages are reduced using a RC circuit, thereby suppressing a peak voltage associated with the rectifier. During a turn-on portion of the transition phase, the blocking voltages are reduced using another saturable reactor in series with a free-wheeling diode. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000901 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A GLOW PLUG - A method and a device for controlling a glow plug in a combustion engine, where a state of aging A of the glow plug is ascertained, and the control of the glow plug is influenced as a function of the state of aging A of the plug. | 2011-01-06 |
20110000902 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR HEATING SOLUTIONS, PREFERABLY DIALYSIS SOLUTIONS - The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for the heating of solutions, preferably dialysis solutions, to a wanted desired temperature, wherein a solution presented in a bag is heated on a heater system including a heater by means of a two-step control. In accordance with the present invention, the temperature forming the lower switch-on threshold of the heater and the temperature forming the upper switch-off threshold of the heater vary. | 2011-01-06 |