08th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 9 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130043178 | DEVICE FOR FILTERING AND SEPARATING FLOWING MEDIA - A device for filtering and separating flowing media by means of membranes, in particular by the method of ultrafiltration, reverse osmosis and nanofiltration includes a housing in which the membranes are disposed, an inlet for the flowing medium that is carried in the device and is to be separated, and one outlet for carrying out the permeate produced in the device and one outlet for the retentate leaving the device, which substantially forms a separation unit. The device furthermore includes a container in which at least two separation units are received, connected to one another in such a way that for the delivery of the flowing medium to be separated to the at least two separation units, a common inlet is provided. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043179 | FILTRATION TANK WITH SERIALLY CONNECTED HORIZONTAL SCREENS - A wastewater filtration device, the device including a tank having end walls, a first screen rotationally mounted adjacent one tank end wall, and a second screen rotationally mounted adjacent the other tank end wall, adjacent the fine screen. The device further includes an inlet in one end wall adjacent the fine screen and into the fine screen, and an outlet in the other end wall adjacent the second screen and out of the second screen. A dividing wall is between the first screen and the second screen, so that water in the inlet flows into the first screen, and then through the first screen out into the tank, around the dividing wall, and then through the second screen into the outlet. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043180 | Filtration Device - A filtration device designed for the purpose of recovering filtrate from wastewaters is characterized by a rotor system ( | 2013-02-21 |
20130043181 | HYDRAULIC SPIN-ON FILTER CARTRIDGE HAVING BASE PLATE SUPPORTING RADIALLY DIRECTED SEAL - A filter element is provided. The filter element is removably engaged with a filter head having an inlet and an outlet. The filter element includes an outer housing, a filter cartridge, and a baseplate. The filter element further includes a plurality of seals adapted to seal between the baseplate and the filter head, and between the baseplate and the filter cartridge. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043182 | WATER FILTER - A filter for filtering water includes a compound material installed between the upper supporting seat and the lower supporting seat; the compound material being formed with an high density fiber layer, an active carbon layer surrounding the high density fiber layer and a fiber layer surrounding the active carbon layer; the upper supporting seat having a cover plate, an inner ring, an middle ring and an outer ring; the lower supporting seat having a cover plate; an inner ring; a middle ring and an outer ring; the high density fiber layer being installed between the platforms of the upper and lower supporting seat; the active carbon layer being installed between the fiber filtering material of the upper supporting seat and the fiber filtering material of the lower supporting seat; and the fiber layer being installed between the upper and lower supporting seat. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043183 | Electron Source Modification Of Microporous Halocarbon Filter Membranes - Versions of the invention include electron beam treated microporous halocarbon membranes, particularly fluoro-carbon membranes, and methods for treating one or more surfaces of a polymeric porous halocarbon membrane with electron beams. The modified porous membrane is stable, resists dewetting, and retains its mechanical properties and chemical inertness. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043184 | ELECTROFORM FILTER STRUCTURE INCLUDING UNIFORM PORE SIZE - An electroformed metal filter structure includes a plurality of first recesses, a plurality of second recesses, a plurality of first pores, and a plurality of second pores. Each of the plurality of first recesses includes a first recess diameter and a first recess center-to-center spacing relative to each other. Each of the plurality of second recesses includes a second recess diameter and a second recess center-to-center spacing relative to each other. Each of the plurality of first pores is in fluid communication with a corresponding one of the plurality of first recesses and each of the plurality of second pores is in fluid communication with a corresponding one of the plurality of second recesses. The first recess diameter is not equal to the second recess diameter and the first recess center-to-center spacing is not equal to the second recess center-to-center spacing. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043185 | Whirlpool skimmer - A whirlpool skimming device removes surface debris from a pool by creating a whirlpool having an upper bound at the surface of the pool. The uppermost portion of the whirlpool is free standing and is not bounded by the device. The device includes an outer cup-shaped portion and an inner cup-shaped portion coaxially disposed therein. An opening is disposed in the bottom of the inner cup-shaped portion which communicates with a source of suction which is preferably a Venturi tube feeding the outlet water to a filter bag. There is a first nozzle supplying water at an upper, inner edge of the inner cup-shaped portion at a slightly downward angle in a first direction, and there is a second nozzle supplying water at a lower, outer edge of the inner cup-shaped portion and mounted on an opposite side of the inner cup-shaped portion. The device causes coaxial rotational flow patterns relative to the inner cup-shaped portion, in which the outer rotational flow takes an upwardly spiral path outside the inner cup-shaped portion, and the inner rotational flow takes a downwardly spiral path inside the inner cup-shaped portion of the device. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043186 | METHOD FOR SEPARATING LIQUID MIXTURE, AND DEVICE FOR SEPARATING LIQUID MIXTURE - There are disclosed a method for separating a liquid mixture in which a permeation performance enhances, and a composition of the liquid mixture containing a hydrocarbon liquid and an alcohol liquid at supply and a composition after membrane permeation are changed by a separating operation, and a device for separating a liquid mixture. The liquid mixture containing the hydrocarbon liquid and the alcohol liquid is used as a supply mixture liquid, and at least part of the supply mixture liquid is, in a liquid state, brought into contact with a membrane supply side of a separation membrane, and discharged in a vapor state through a membrane permeation side of the separation membrane, whereby a composition of a mixture vapor which is balanced with the supply mixture liquid becomes different from a composition of a vapor on the membrane permeation side. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043187 | HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE MODULE FOR USE IN A TUBULAR PRESSURE VESSEL - A hollow fiber membrane element may be used in a pressure vessel similar to those used with spiral wound elements, optionally as a replacement for a spiral wound element. A connecting sleeve is used to connect the insides of adjacent elements to each other or to one or more fittings in communication with the outside of the pressure vessel. The element has hollow fiber membranes suspended between two potting heads spaced apart by a cross flow tube that is open at the outside faces of both potting heads. The potting heads are each adapted to slide into an end of a connecting sleeve. A module has one or more hollow fiber elements located inside of a pressure vessel. At least one port is provided in communication between the outsides of the one or more elements and the outside of the vessel. An aerator may be provided on the bottom of the vessel. In an outside-in flow process, feed water enters through the port and flows to the outside of one or more elements while permeate is removed through a fitting at one or both ends of the module. In an inside-out process, feed water enters through a fitting and permeate is removed through a port. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043188 | CONTROL OF IMMERSED MEMBRANE SYSTEM CONSIDERING ENERGY COST FLUCTUATIONS - An immersed membrane filtration system is operated in view of an electricity pricing programs in which the price of electricity varies over time. Examples of such programs include time of use pricing, critical peak pricing and critical peak rebate programs. Alternatively, the filtration system may be operated, for example as part of a smart grid, in view of requests or demands by an electrical utility for time limited reductions in energy use. During a high energy cost period of time, one or more membrane units are shut down. Preferably, aeration of the still operating membrane units is not increased. The flux of the still operating trains may be increased towards a pre-determined maximum permitted flux, or towards a maximum flux that is calculated in view of operational parameters such as water temperature or viscosity. Optionally, during a low energy cost period of time, one or more additional membrane units may be turned on. Optionally, the transfer of water from an equalization tank may also be controlled in view of the energy pricing program. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043189 | Filtration Device Having Internal Recirculation - A device for micro-, ultra-, or nanofiltration that includes one or more flat filter modules having flat filter elements arranged in parallel and at a distance from each other and gas injectors of one or more gas lifting systems for producing a circulating cross flow directed tangentially to the surface of the flat filter elements and having at least one rising area, in which the cross flow flows substantially vertically upward, and at least one falling area, in which the cross flow flows substantially vertically downward, in which the rising area flows through 10 to 100% and the falling area flows through 10 to 100% of an inlet-flow volume of the at least one flat filter module. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043190 | High Recovery Drinking Water Process - Disclosed is a process that uses reverse osmosis (RO) or nanofiltration (NF) membranes and ion exchange (IX) water softening resins to maximize the production of drinking water, purified industrial service water or recycled purified municipal or industrial effluents. The membrane and ion exchange units are configured in a manner that enables operation of the system at high permeate recoveries in the range 90% to 99%, thus producing purified drinking water with a minimum volume of wastewater to drains and a very low membrane cleaning or membrane replacement frequency. The process mitigates membrane fouling and scale formation and minimizes the use of water treatment chemicals including acidic and alkali solutions and sodium chloride salt that is normally required to regenerate the IX resin. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043191 | AUTOMATIC BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE PURIFICATION APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH MAGNETIC FILED APPLYING PART, METHOD OF EXTRACTING TARGET SUBSTANCE FROM BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE, AND PROTEIN EXPRESSION AND PURIFICATION METHOD - Disclosed is an automatic purification apparatus for isolating target substances from multiple biological samples, and more particularly to an automatic biological sample purification apparatus equipped with a magnetic field applying part, in which the magnetic field applying part for purifying biological samples and a heating part are integrally formed with each other so as to be movable up and down. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043192 | PROCESS FOR UPGRADING BIOMASS DERIVED PRODUCTS - Disclosed is a process for the alteration of the ratio of the specific gravities of the oil and water phases resulting from the conversion of biomass to liquid products, the reduction of the conductivity and of metals of the product mixture, which each can aid in the removal of solids contained in the oil phase. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043193 | Compositions for Conditioning Sludge - Composition for conditioning sludge, comprising a mineral compound that is lime and an organic compound that is a cationic organic coagulant having a weight average molecular weight less than or equal to 5 million g/mol and greater than or equal to 20,000 g/mol, the said cationic organic coagulant being chosen from the group of linear or branched polymers based on diallyldialkyl ammonium salts. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043194 | Tagged Polymers, Water Treatment Compositions, And Methods Of Their Use In Aqueous Systems - A method and composition is described for controlling the growth of fouling materials, such as scale, in aqueous systems using a tagged (fluorescent) polymer. The tagged polymer can be a fluorescent polymer which has at least one fluorescent monomeric unit derived from a fluorophore which has at least one terminal end comprising an olefinic group. The method of controlling the growth of at least one fouling material in an aqueous system can include the steps of adding the tagged polymer to the aqueous system to be treated, fluorometrically monitoring the concentration of the tagged polymer, and adjusting, as needed, the concentration of the tagged polymer and proportionally used water treatment compound or compounds effective to control the growth of at least one fouling material. The adjustment of pH before determination of the fluorescence signal can be employed to increase sensitivity of the fluorophore and minimize background interference. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043195 | WATER RECLAMATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A mobile water recovery system and methods of recycling water from slurry produced by pavement grinding machines. The system includes a platform having a plurality of wheels, a slurry storage tank or a slurry settling tank, a centrifuge in flow communication with the slurry storage tank or slurry settling tank, such as a hydraulic centrifuge, a solids storage component, and a cleaned water storage tank in flow communication with the centrifuge. The system may also include an acidifier which may be located within the cleaned water storage tank. The acidifier may bubble engine exhaust through the cleaned water or may dispense a pH adjusting agent into the clean water storage tank. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043196 | Concrete Washout Separation System - The invention pertains generally to waste management and debris removal, and more particularly to systems and methods for separating and recovering the water and solids from a volume of concrete washout following the washing out of concrete mixer trucks and other concrete mixing and delivery equipment. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043197 | Tangential Flow Particle Separator and Method Therefor - A particle separating apparatus for fluids containing particulate material, treatment system for treating effluent from a processing plant, and a method of separating particles from fluid. A treatment vessel has an inlet for injecting fluid containing particulate material, and a plurality of outlets for separately discharging separated supernatant on the one hand, and separated particles on the other hand, from the fluid. An outer annular treatment region receives fluid injected tangentially into said treatment vessel from the inlet and directs the fluid into a transverse, laminar flow within the vessel about a central axis. An inner particle separating region communicates with the outer treatment region but is separated therefrom by a baffle to permit ingress of the injected fluid gradually from the transverse flow in a radially converging manner that maintains the laminar flow for fluid. The fluid eventually reposes centrally of the treatment vessel for optimum residency in the inner particle separating region. The baffle mitigates the effects of the angular fluid motion in the outer annular treatment region on fluid within the inner separating region. A lower particle collection region communicates with both the lower portion of the outer treatment region and said inner particle separating region for receiving separated particles from the fluid having a higher specific gravity. An upper supernatant separating region communicates with the top of the inner particle separating region for egressing supernatant from the fluid for extraction. The baffle has a recess opening from the depending thereof behind the inlet and spanning a sector of approximately 90°. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043198 | BICYCLE STORAGE SYSTEM - A bicycle storage system has an apparatus with a collar within which a core member is rotatably engaged and a height adjustment rail system. A pair of locking arms is pivotally attached to the core member such that each of the locking arms has an open position designed to permit insertion or withdrawal of a bicycle wheel and a closed position designed to block withdrawal of the wheel Rotation of the core member locks the locking arms in the closed position. Bicycles of various sizes can be stored in the apparatus mounted on the height adjustment rail system by inserting the front wheel into engagement with the locking arms, rotating the front wheel from a substantially vertical plane to lock the locking arms in the closed position, and elevating the front wheel above the rear wheel by moving the apparatus along the rails of the height adjustment rail system. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043199 | SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR SOLAR PANELS - An array of photovoltaic panels is supported in rows and columns spaced from one another using a foldable bi-directional span of support members. The support members include a plurality of support joists and support rails braced at an incline. Each support rail is tubular and generally rectangular, having a lower wall section with a T-slot channel for acceptance of the head of a bolt for adjustable attachment with the support joist. Also, the support rail may have a C-slot channel for retaining electrical wires. Clips are used to secure each panel to upper wall portions of underlying support rails. Each clip has a generally U-shaped gasket and is retained to a corresponding support rail through a threaded hole in a top wall of the support rail that receives a bolt or similar threaded fastener. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043200 | PORTABLE CUSHION TRAY - A portable cushion tray includes a cushion coupled to a tray. The tray has a first maximum perimeter. The cushion has a second maximum perimeter. The first maximum perimeter is one of the same as the second maximum perimeter and disposed inside of the second maximum perimeter. The portable cushion tray is used as a furniture accessory and selectively provides each of a pillow and a working surface for use with furniture. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043201 | HAND TOOL DISPLAY BOX - The hand tool display box has a bracket and multiple storing mounts. The bracket has multiple mounting recesses and a hanging panel. The mounting recesses are formed in the bracket and each mounting recess has two first locking parts. The hanging panel is connected to a top edge of the bracket and has a hanging hole to facilitate hanging the display box on a display rack. The storing mounts are connected pivotally to the bracket and each storing mount covers a corresponding mounting recess and has two second locking parts and a clamping part. The second locking parts engage the first locking parts of the corresponding mounting recess. The clamping part is used for holding a hand tool. Therefore, the multiple storing mounts can hold different kinds of hand tools and users can conveniently take out a needed hand tool by opening one storing mount relative to the bracket. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043202 | Plastic Containers, Base Configurations for Plastic Containers, and Systems, Methods, and Base Molds Thereof - Plastic containers, base configurations for plastic containers, and systems, methods, and base molds thereof. Plastic containers have base portions constructed and operative to accommodate internal pressures within the container due to elevated temperature processing, such as hot-filling, pasteurization, and/or retort processing. Plastic containers can also be constructed and operative to accommodate internal pressures within the filled container resulting from subjecting the filled plastic container to cooling or cool-down processing. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043203 | PLASTIC CONTAINER AND BLOW-MOULDING METHOD FOR MAKING SAME - Plastic container ( | 2013-02-21 |
20130043204 | LOCKABLE CAP FOR A BOTTLE - A lockable cap, is a security feature for a medical prescription bottle. There is a dial locking mechanism that is attached to the cap. The dial locking mechanism and the cap can be attached or removed from the bottle only when the user has the correct combination on the dial lock. When the combination is incorrect a mechanism, including a dog plate within a housing, is disengaged and the inner cap cannot be removed from the bottle. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043205 | Motion Activated Sound Producing Bottle Top - An apparatus includes an interior component, movably attached to an exterior component. Rotation of the exterior component causes an actuation piece to activate a circuit provided to either the interior or exterior component. Activation of the circuit causes sound to be played from a speaker provided to either the interior or exterior component. Also included is a hollow portion provided to the interior component, of sufficient diameter to fit a bottle top therein. Also, the apparatus includes a grip, provided on the hollow portion and operable to fixedly engage the bottle top at least when the exterior component is rotated. Rotation of the exterior component relative to the interior component causes engagement of the interior component by the exterior component, such that the interior component is caused to rotate in concert with the exterior component, further causing rotation of the bottle top which the grip fixedly engages. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043206 | SEALING DEVICE FOR BOTTLES AND CONTAINERS - A sealing device for bottles and containers, which comprises a teat ( | 2013-02-21 |
20130043207 | CAP FOR A CONTAINER NECK - A cap for a container neck includes a tubular skirt defining a longitudinal central axis, and a plurality of longitudinal ribs distributed around a periphery of the skirt, each having a free supporting end for the pad of at least one finger of a user. The plurality of ribs on the skirt includes main ribs and secondary ribs, the supporting ends of the main ribs having a radius of curvature greater than a radius of curvature of the supporting ends of the secondary ribs. At least one of the secondary ribs is arranged between the main ribs. A tamperproofing strip, centered on the axis, is connected to the skirt by a weakening line designed to break when the cap is first opened. The tamperproofing strip includes longitudinal ribs distributed around the outer periphery of the strip, each with a free supporting end for the pad of at least one finger. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043208 | CONTAINER STRUCTURE FOR REMOVAL OF VACUUM PRESSURE - A container has a longitudinal axis, and comprises an upper portion including an opening into the container, a sidewall portion extending from the upper portion to a lower portion, the lower portion including a base, and a pressure panel located in the lower portion substantially transversely to the longitudinal axis, the pressure panel being movable substantially along the longitudinal axis between an initial position and an inverted position to compensate for a change of pressure induced within the container. The pressure panel comprises an initiator portion and a control portion, the initiator portion adapted to move in response to the change of pressure prior to the control portion. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043209 | Plastic Containers Having Base Configurations with Particular Up-Stand Geometries, and Systems, Methods, and Base Molds Thereof - Plastic containers, base configurations for plastic containers, and systems, methods, and base molds thereof. In particular, the disclosed subject matter involves container base configurations having particular up-stand geometries that can assist or facilitate elevated temperature processing and/or cooling processing of plastic containers. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043210 | ION ETCHING OF GROWING InP NANOCRYSTALS USING MICROWAVE - High quantum yield InP nanocrystals are used in the bio-technology, bio-medical, and photovoltaic, specifically IV, III-V and III-VI nanocrystal technological applications. InP nanocrystals typically require post-generation HF treatment. Combining microwave methodologies with the presence of a fluorinated ionic liquid allows Fluorine ion etching without the hazards accompanying HF. Growing the InP nanocrystals in the presence of the ionic liquid allows in-situ etching to be achieved. The optimization of the PL QY is achieved by balancing growth and etching rates in the reaction. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043211 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A FLOOR BOARD - A method of manufacturing a floor board comprises the steps of supplying a panel, printing a curable substance or surface removing substance onto the panel in a predefined pattern for creating an elevation on the panel at the pattern or removing a portion of the surface of the panel at the pattern, respectively, and curing the curable substance or removing any re-action products of the surface removing substance and the panel. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043212 | CONTINUOUS PATTERNED LAYER DEPOSITION - A method of manufacturing a substrate with a patterned layer of deposited material, the patterned layer being deposited from a processing head, the method comprising
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20130043213 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING SINGLE-CRYSTAL DIAMOND MOVABLE STRUCTURE - The utilization of single crystal diamond in a nano- or micro-machine (N/MEMS) device is difficult, and there has been no report on such utilization. The reason for this resides in that it is difficult to grow single crystal diamond on an oxide which is a sacrifice layer. In a conventional technique, a cantilever or the like is produced by forming polycrystalline diamond or nanodiamond on an oxide as a sacrifice layer, but the mechanical performance, vibration characteristics, stability, and reproducibility of the produced cantilever or the like are unsatisfactory. In the present invention, utilizing the fact that the high concentration ion-implanted region in a diamond substrate | 2013-02-21 |
20130043214 | SACRIFICIAL ETCH PROTECTION LAYERS FOR REUSE OF WAFERS AFTER EPITAXIAL LIFT OFF - There is disclosed a growth structure comprising a growth substrate, a sacrificial layer, a buffer layer, at least three substrate protective layers, at least one epilayer, at least one contact, and a metal or alloy-coated host substrate. In one embodiment, the device further comprises at least three device structure protecting layers. The sacrificial layer may be positioned between the growth substrate and the at least one epilayer, wherein the at least three substrate protective layers are positioned between the growth substrate and the sacrificial layer, and the at least three device structure protecting layers are positioned between the sacrificial layer and the epilayer. There is also disclosed a method of preserving the integrity of a growth substrate by releasing the cell structure by etching the sacrificial layer and the protective layers. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043215 | Compound Bung for Wine and Spirits Barrels - Compound bung-type stopper assemblies for wine and spirits barrels, comprising a body having an enlarged head portion, a reduced, tapered neck portion and a tapered, disposable elastomeric cup that snugly fits over the neck. The taper permits the inventive compound bung to be universal in fit and the elastomeric material of the cup grippingly conforms to bunghole irregularities. The body can be re-used with multiple cups, each being dedicated to a different wine or spirit, or after the cup has worn out. Body materials are selected from any essentially low- or non-resilient material, including glass, hard plastic (such as polycarbonate), wood, metal or ceramic, and may be colored. The head may be domed or flat, and may be decorated, as by etching, embossing or painting with the winemakers or winery mark. The inventive compound bungs/bodies that are identified by such marks may be sold as collectibles or as commemorative devices. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043216 | WIRE ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINE HAVING POSITIONING ACCURACY COMPENSATION FUNCTION - Two contact detection jigs are spaced apart and attached on a table on which a workpiece to be machined by a wire electric discharge machine is placed, and first, under a state serving as a reference, a distance between these two contact detection jigs (a reference distance) is measured by bringing the wire electrode into contact with these contact detection jigs. Subsequently, in a state of actual use, the wire electrode is brought into contact with these contact detection jigs in the same manner, so that a distance between these two contact detection jigs (an actual distance) is measured. Then, based on the difference between the reference distance and the actual distance, the amount of compensation is obtained to compensate an instruction for moving the wire electrode with respect to the table. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043217 | WORKPIECE RETAINER, WIRE ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING DEVICE, THIN-PLATE MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND SEMICONDUCTOR-WAFER MANUFACTURING METHOD - A workpiece retainer retains a workpiece at a time of a cutting process by a wire electric discharge machining device that cuts a workpiece by electric discharge from wire electrodes that are spaced from each other and are arranged in parallel. The workpiece retainer is formed with a fitting portion, into which the workpiece is fitted substantially without any gap, and has an external shape such that at a time of cutting the workpiece retainer together with the workpiece fitted in the fitting portion, a length along the wire electrodes of a portion where the workpiece retainer and the workpiece face the wire electrodes becomes substantially constant during the cutting process of the workpiece. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043218 | MULTI-WIRE CUTTING FOR EFFICIENT MAGNET MACHINING - Methods and apparatus for rapidly and efficiently machining rare earth magnets are disclosed. In particular various embodiments of multi-wire electrical discharge machining and wire saw machines are described that can allow for significant time savings, thereby allowing integration of a wire cutting process into a high volume production scale operation. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043219 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO START AND USE COMBINATION FILLER WIRE FEED AND HIGH INTENSITY ENERGY SOURCE FOR WELDING - A method and system to weld or join workpieces employing a high intensity energy source to create a weld puddle and at least one resistive filler wire which is heated to at or near its melting temperature and deposited into the weld puddle. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043220 | AIR-CARBON ARC SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING AND/OR REDUCING IRREGULARITIES IN A WORK PIECE SURFACE AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - An air-carbon arc system for reducing irregularities in a work piece surface including a control box, a torch head operationally connected to the control box and configured to cooperate with the work piece to generate an arc, and a pendant operationally connected to the control box and having a means for reducing irregularities in the work piece surface. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043221 | Sintering Process and Apparatus - A two-step pulse lamp sintering process using a series of low energy light pulses to pre-treat the target before applying one or more higher energy pulses to sinter the metallic nanoparticles. The pulses can be provided so that nanoparticles are not sintered by the low energy pulse(s), but are sintered by the high energy pulse(s). | 2013-02-21 |
20130043222 | PLASMA TORCH AND RETAINING CAP WITH FAST SECURING THREADS - A retaining cap for a plasma torch is provided that includes fast securing threads. The retaining cap includes internal threads that couple to external threads of a torch body of the plasma torch. The internal and external threads may be multiple start threads having a thread angle greater than 60°. Plasma torches and plasma cutting systems are also provided. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043223 | PLASMA TORCH AND TORCH HANDLE HAVING ERGONOMIC FEATURES - A plasma torch having a torch handle is provided. The plasma torch handle may be formed from a soft material and a hard material. Additionally, the plasma torch handle includes a thumb contour formed from the soft material and a finger contour formed from the soft material. In one embodiment, the plasma torch handle forms an angle of about 80° with the torch head. Plasma cutting systems having the plasma torch and handle are also provided. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043224 | PLASMA TORCH AND COMPONENTS - A plasma torch is provided having an electrode with a frustoconical end portion. The electrode is received by a plunger during a contact start sequence of the plasma torch and is self-releasing from the torch. The electrode may include a shoulder portion that provides concentric alignment and centering of the electrode with respect to the central longitudinal axis of the components. Other components of the torch include a nozzle, a swirl ring, and retaining cup, such that the consumables of the torch may be toollessly removed and installed. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043225 | LASER PROCESSING HEAD AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING A WORKPIECE BY MEANS OF A LASER BEAM - The invention relates to a laser processing head ( | 2013-02-21 |
20130043226 | SYSTEM AND DEVICE OPERATING USING A WELDING POWER BUS - A system and device operating using a welding power bus are provided. One welding power supply includes control circuitry configured to control the operation of the welding power supply and power conversion circuitry configured to convert input power to output welding power. The welding power supply also includes welding terminals configured to receive the output welding power from the power conversion circuitry and to provide the output welding power to a device that does not use the welding power for a welding operation. The control circuitry is configured to adapt the output welding power to the device. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043227 | HIGH STRENGTH STICK ELECTRODE - A shielded metal arc welding electrode for depositing a high strength weld metal bead on a workpiece which satisfies the strength requirements under America Welding Society A5.5 standard's E11018M classification with no chromium added to the composition of the electrode. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043228 | Method for Connecting Two Vehicle Components and/or Two Non-Vehicle Components - A method is provided for connecting a first component to a second component. The two components are placed against each other and pre-fixed, wherein the two components are attached and immovably connected to each other at at least one first connection point via a first detachable component connection and are attached and connected to each other so as to be movable relative to each other in a sliding direction at at least one second connection point via a second detachable component connection. The pre-fixed components are rigidly connected, in particular, by welding. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043229 | HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HEATING SUBSTRATE BY LIGHT IRRADIATION - In light-irradiation heating with a total irradiation time of one second or less, two-stage irradiation is performed, including a first stage of light irradiation of a semiconductor wafer, which irradiation produces an output waveform that reaches a peak at a given emission output; and a second stage of supplemental light irradiation of the semiconductor wafer, which irradiation is started after the peak, producing an emission output smaller than the above given emission output. The emission output in the second stage is two thirds or less than the above given emission output at the peak. The first-stage light-irradiation time is between 0.1 and 10 milliseconds, and the second-stage light-irradiation time is 5 milliseconds or more. This allows the temperature of the semiconductor wafer even at a somewhat greater depth below the surface to be raised to some extent while allowing the surface temperature to be maintained at a generally constant processing temperature. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043230 | ELECTRIC CIGAR LIGHTER, UNIVERSAL POWER SOCKET AND ACCESSORY PLUG - A cigar lighter has a heating element and a movable knob biased by a spring. The heating element has a first electrical terminal in contact with a first contact element disposed around the perimeter of the heating element and a second centrally located terminal in contact with a centrally disposed fastener. A bimetal element is in contact with the second terminal of the heating element and has two engaging clips. A movable contact moves with the knob and has a first position wherein it does not engage the clips and the heating element is unenergized and a second position wherein it engages the clips to energize the heating element. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043231 | ELECTRIC HEATER APPARATUS FOR ELETRIC VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - The present invention relates to an electric heater apparatus including a switch control part for controlling a switching part according to a control command of an air-conditioner controlling part; the switching part switched according to a switching control signal of the switch control part for supplying electric power of the power supply part from a heating part; and the heating part for receiving the electric power of the switching part and generating heat, wherein the switching part includes a plurality of switching modules set to control an output load of the heating part, and the switch control part operates one or more switching modules in serial order according to a target heating temperature. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043232 | Vacuum Assisted Conformal Shape Setting Device - A device and method for applying treatment to a structure includes a housing having a first membrane sealed to a second membrane for creating an airtight cavity therebetween for receiving a porous material and a working layer. The method includes the process of conforming the shape of the housing to the structure and applying a treatment thereafter to the structure. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043233 | DEVICE FOR ACTIVE HEATING OF TRANSPARENT MATERIALS - A device for removing condensate from a surface of a transparent material is disclosed. The device uses a power supply to conduct an electrical current through and thereby heat a transparent thermo-resistive element embedded within the transparent material. As the transparent thermo-resistive element is heated, heat transfers to a surface of the transparent material, thereby heating such surface to a temperature above the dew point of the condensing liquid which in turn prevents fogging on the surface of the transparent material. Embodiments of the present invention have utility in performance eyewear where fogging has the potential to reduce visibility. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043234 | HEATING DEVICE AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL DEVICE - A heating device and a temperature control device are provided. The heating device includes a heating element, and a heat conducting film disposed on the surface of the heating element, wherein the heat conducting film has a surface area that is larger than the contact area between the heat conducting film and the heating element. The heat conducting film is used for uniformly conducting heat generated by the heating element. Therefore, the existing non-uniform heating and slow heat dissipation problems for the heating element having a large surface area can be solved. Furthermore, because the metallic heat conducting film has good heat conduction, the heat can be quickly spread over a larger area to prevent localized overheating and damage to the heating element itself or the electrical product. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043235 | RAPID THERMAL PROCESSING CHAMBER WITH MICRO-POSITIONING SYSTEM - Methods and apparatus for rapid thermal processing of a planar substrate including axially aligning the substrate with a substrate support or with an empirically determined position are described. The methods and apparatus include a sensor system that determines the relative orientations of the substrate and the substrate support. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043236 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - A honeycomb structure is provided with a pair of electrode sections disposed on the side face of the honeycomb structure section. The honeycomb structure section has an electric resistivity of 1 to 200 Ωcm, and each of the pair of electrode sections is formed into a band-like shape extending in a cell extension direction of the honeycomb structure section. In a cross section perpendicular to the cell extension direction, one electrode section of the pair of electrode sections is disposed across the center O of the honeycomb structure section from the other electrode section of the pair of electrode sections. In a cross section perpendicular to the cell extension direction, 0.5 time the central angle of each of the electrode sections is 15 to 65°. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043237 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE - There is disclosed a honeycomb structure including a honeycomb structure section, and a pair of band-like electrode sections arranged on a side surface of the honeycomb structure section, an electrical resistivity of the honeycomb structure section is from 1 to 200 Ωcm, in a cross section which is perpendicular to a cell extending direction, the one electrode section is disposed on an opposite side of the other electrode section via the center O, an angle which is 0.5 time as large as a central angle of the electrode section is from 15 to 65°, and each of the electrode sections is formed so as to become thinner from a center portion in a peripheral direction toward both ends in the peripheral direction, and in the cross section which is perpendicular to the extending direction of the cells, the whole outer peripheral shape is a round shape. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043238 | SOLIDS HEAT EXCHANGER - A solids heat exchanger ( | 2013-02-21 |
20130043239 | HOB DEVICE - A cooktop apparatus, in particular an induction cooktop apparatus, includes a switching unit configured to interrupt and establish current flow from a current supply, a first switching element receiving the current flow during an operating process, a control apparatus, which controls the switching unit during the operating process such that the switching unit interrupts the current supply during a first time interval which has a duration of less than of half a period of the power supply voltage. The control apparatus causes the current supply to be connected during the operating process immediately before and immediately after the first time interval. The first switching element begins switching and ends switching during the first time interval. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043240 | BEAM ASSEMBLY AND SPACER ELEMENTS - The present invention provides an assembly of orthogonal tension beams ( | 2013-02-21 |
20130043241 | COLLAPSIBLE SEMI-BULK CONTAINER - A flexible, collapsible semi-bulk container for storing and transporting content is provided. The container has the strength to hold up to two tons of contents while being stacked up to five high. The container is also collapsible for ease of storage and transport. In some embodiments, the container includes swing walls that provide support to the side walls when positioned substantially adjacent to them. In another embodiment, the container includes partial swing walls that support cassettes for dividing the container into smaller compartments. In a still further embodiment, the container includes an interior baffle for dividing the container into smaller compartments. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043242 | Folding Basket - A collapsible storage device made of plastic comprised of four side pieces and a base is presented. The base comprises six hinged pieces including two identical trapezoid pieces and four identical right triangle pieces. The shorter of the parallel sides of the two trapezoid pieces are hinged together and the right triangle pieces are hinged together at their right angles forming two isosceles triangle pieces. Further, the isosceles triangle pieces are hinged to the joined trapezoids fitting in the triangle formed therein and the four side pieces are hinged to the outer sides of the base as well as to each other where they meet. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043243 | Cell Phone Cradle - Cell phone cradle that keeps a cell phone away from the head when it is held up to the ear. The cradle has a first end with a height corresponding to the thickness of the cell phone, a second end with a height substantially greater than the thickness of the cell phone, and tapered sides forming an enclosure having an open top and a depth which increases from one end to the other. The cell phone is placed in the cradle with the speaker in the deeper end so that the cell phone is spaced away from the head when the open side of the enclosure is held against the head with the speaker opposite the ear. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043244 | ADJUSTABLE BOX FOR RECEIVING ACCUMULATORS - An adjustable box for receiving accumulators includes a box for receiving an accumulator, a box cover for covering the box, a rectangular frame assembled between the box and the box cover, and an imaginary line defined surrounding the rectangular frame. The imaginary line divides the rectangular frame into a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion. A first distance is defined vertically from the imaginary line to the top of the rectangular frame and a second distance is defined vertically from the imaginary line to the bottom of the rectangular frame. The first distance is larger than the second distance. The rectangular frame is taken to connect to the box and the box cover for adjusting the height of the adjustable box such that the adjustable box can receive various accumulators with different sizes. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043245 | Scented Attachment for Containers - Aspects of the disclosure include an attachment for providing a scent to a container. The scented attachment may be configured for being associated with a container, such as a drink or a food storage container. In one instance, the attachment is of a size or shape so as to fit around a circumference of the container. In another instance, the attachment may be configured for being associated to the container with a suitable attachment mechanism. For instance, the attachment may include a substrate having a first surface comprising an attachment mechanism for associating the scented attachment to the container; and a second surface comprising a scent. Systems including a scented attachment and a container, including their methods of use, are also provided. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043246 | CONTAINER COVER - A container cover including a cover body, a dispensing opening formed in the cover body and a cap configured to releasably close the dispensing opening. The cap includes a resilient element which is pivotally mounted on the cover body and configured to release the cap when pressure is applied to the resilient element. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043247 | TAMPER-EVIDENT CONTAINER - The present invention is a tamper-resistant and tamper-evident container for holding solid and liquid goods, such as food items. The container has a base portion with a male member extending upwardly from the base and extending about an opening in the base, the outer surface of the male member having a guard lip extending outwardly. The container has a cover with a female member extending upwardly for frictionally engaging the male member when the container is closed. The guard lip renders the lower edge of the outer portion of the female member relatively inaccessible. The container has a hinge connecting the cover to the base having a removable portion that may be removed to facilitate opening the container. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043248 | BEVERAGE CONTAINER END CLOSURE WITH EASY OPENING FEATURES FOR A PULL TAB - An end closure for food and beverage containers is provided. The end closure comprises a central panel portion having a recessed fingerwell for facilitating access to and manipulation of a pull tab. The fingerwell may further comprise features such as rounded edges for reducing risks of laceration and increasing accessibility. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043249 | Rip rah garbage can - I have search internet and have yet to find the product of which I am trying to get patent. I also have checked main brand market areas and haven't found the garbage can that is detailed as this one. The two components of the structure in which the garbage can is being used haven't yet been distributed to the public. This is the sole reason why I am coming forward to gain permission to have the sole rights of the idea. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043250 | LOCK FOR STERILIZATION CONTAINER - A lock for locking a sterilization container has box-like bottom part and a container cover that can be removed and placed airtightly and connected on the bottom part by a seal to form a closed sterilization space. The lock has a tensioning lever pivotable into an opened position, and a closing flap rotatable about an axis of rotation, with a positive-locking closed position with the tensioning lever. The tensioning lever is able to be brought via the closing flap, during the rotary motion of the closing flap into an opened rotated position, with the closing flap disengaged from the tensioning lever after a further rotary motion into a fully opened end position. The tensioning lever may be fixed in open, and the closing flap positive-lockingly engages with the tensioning lever during closing and the tensioning lever is able be to moved into a closed tensioned position by the closing flap. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043251 | Children's Toy for Collecting Fish at a Shore Line - A child's toy for collecting fish includes a clear bowl with a rope handle attached to it. Tethered to the rope handle is a lid with a water and air permeable mesh. The handle preferably includes a buoyant member such as a wooden cylinder hand grip which will keep the apparatus from sinking if let go. The apparatus is preferably made from a plastic fish bowl into which two diametrically opposed holes are created to receive ends of the rope handle which is held in place by tying. The fish bowl has an upper lip and a ring dimensioned to fit over the lip. A circular mesh screen is attached to the ring and the ring is attached by a tether to the bowl or to the rope handle. A kit and a method of assembly are also disclosed. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043252 | WATER SEEPAGE ABATEMENT IN WATER HEATERS - A water heater system includes a water heater, a cover, a shroud and at least one ring. The water heater includes a tank, a layer of foam surrounding the tank and a wrapper surrounding the layer of foam. The cover is positioned on a top edge of the water heater. The shroud is positioned over the cover. The at least one ring is positioned around at least one of an inlet port and an outlet port of the water heater. The cover, shroud and at least one ring are operative to prevent a liquid from coming into contact with at least one of the layer of foam surrounding the tank and one or more components covered by the shroud. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043253 | SLOW COOKER - A slow cooker is provided which comprises a cooking body having a hollow cavity, a liner container received in the hollow cavity, a lid selectively engageable with the liner container, and a locking assembly for locking the lid with the cooking body. The locking assembly is hinged at one side of the cooking body at one end and selectively engaged with an opposite side of the cooking body at the other end, with the locking assembly being disposed above the lid. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043254 | SILICONE COOKWARE WITH REMOVABLE COVER AND CARRIER VESSEL - A cookware comprising a basin made from food-grade silicone, a removable cover made from food-grade silicone, and a removable carrier vessel made from a thermal insulator. The cookware can be subjected to a wide range of temperatures, and may be used in various environments, including conventional or radiation oven, refrigerator, or freezer. The removable carrier vessel adds structural stability to the silicone basin, and facilitates even heat distribution to the food material. The removable silicone cover has multiple functions, including serving as a splatter guard, protecting the food material from scorching or drying out, and distributing heat evenly along the top surface of the food material. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043255 | STRENGTHENED PETALOID BASE OF A CONTAINER - Container ( | 2013-02-21 |
20130043256 | FROZEN FOOD ITEM HOLDER - The present invention relates to a holder for frozen food items. The holder includes a grippable shaft having a first receptacle at a first or superior end of the shaft and in an embodiment, a second receptacle at a second or inferior end of the shaft. The first receptacle is adapted to receive a cone, such as those served with ice cream. The second receptacle is adapted to receive a stick, such as those served with frozen ice confections and ice cream bars. The receptacles are further adapted to receive drippage from melting frozen food items and confections. The holder is invertible to conveniently use either the first or second receptacle for receiving frozen food items supported in a cone, or on a stick. The receptacle not in use may be used as a support member to place the holder on a table or similar flat surface. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043257 | NON-SKID CONTAINER - A method for manufacturing an antiskid container ( | 2013-02-21 |
20130043258 | CONTAINER WITH INTEGRATED DISPENSING CHUTE - A laundry basket incorporates a feature that allows an individual to deposit clothing directly from the basket into a washing machine, such as a front-loading washing machine, via a molded chute. The chute is integrated into the basket and is the correct size to allow it to be inserted into the typically round opening in the front of the appliance, hooked over the edge by the lip/handle, and the opposite end lifted up to deposit the clothing directly into the appliance with very little effort. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043259 | Protector for Containers - The invention relates to a protector for containers for improving hygiene conditions, especially cans with an essentially cylindrical form, said protector comprising an upper protector element covering the upper part of the container and a lower ring arranged peripherally around the container connected to the upper protector element by means of a hinge section, said upper protector element comprising a tongue projecting towards the outside in a downwards direction from the body of said upper protector element and having a cambered form following the contour of the packaging. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043260 | CLOSURE DEVICE - A closure device ( | 2013-02-21 |
20130043261 | CORRUGATED BEVERAGE COASTER/INSULATOR/ADVERTISING SHEATH - An insulating beverage sleeve that can lay flat for use as a coaster is described. The sleeve has two separate corrugated panels held together by a thin, flexible outer sheath. The sleeve can collapse into a platform, where no relatively stiff insulating material undergoes a bend or fold at the edges of the platform. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043262 | ONE-PIECE CONTAINER SLEEVE - A container sleeve designed to be fitted about a beverage container and formed of a single piece of material. The container sleeve includes a first body portion, a second body portion, a first connector and a second connector. The top edges of the body portions facing one another prior to the container sleeve being formed for fitting about the beverage container. The top edges defining a top opening of the container sleeve when the container sleeve is formed for fitting about the beverage container. The first connector is integrally connected to the first side edges of the first and second body portions and the second connector is integrally connected to the second side edges of the first and second body portions. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043263 | Cup Sleeve - A cup sleeve is adapted to be sleeved around a cup and includes a sleeve body that is a multilayered tissue paper. The sleeve body is formed with upper and lower open ends opposite to each other, and has an outer surface that includes at least one non-rough region and at least one rough region. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043264 | STRAP RECEIVABLE WATER KETTLE CAP - A strap receivable water kettle cap includes a cap coupleable to a water kettle. The cap has a side wall forming an elongate slot and a bottom to which a rotary ring is mounted. The rotary ring has an upper portion forming a diameter reduced vertical wall. The vertical wall and the side wall of the cap form therebetween a receiving space for receiving strap in a winding fashion. The vertical wall forms an extension and retention section, and the strap extends through and is retained by the extension and retention section. The strap further extends through the slot of the side wall of the cap to have end extension sections of the strap projecting outside the cap. The tips of the end extension sections of the strap are processed to form a closed terminal. The strap can be selectively retracted back into the receiving space inside the cap. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043265 | METHOD OF DISPENSING PAPER SHEET BY SHEET FROM A STOCK AND A PAPER DISPENSER - A method and a dispenser dispense a sheet of paper through a bottom outlet gap from a stock. A sensor activates, upon detection of a person, an electric drive which delivers a portion of paper from the outlet gap so that the sheet of paper can be torn off by hand. When the delivered sheet of paper is torn off, a switch is actuated. Actuation of the switch puts the dispenser in an operational readiness for delivery of another portion of paper. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043266 | PAPER DISPENSER - A paper dispenser dispenses paper sheet by sheet. Paper projects from a dispenser housing in an operational position so that it can be pulled off from a supply roll by hand. The paper dispenser has a delivery roller driven by the web of paper that is being pulled. A stop which is moved from a rest position to a blocked position against the force of a return spring blocks the rotation of the delivery roller so that the sheet is torn off due to the pulling power, and is slowed down by a braking device when returning to the rest position. A post-delivery device is configured to further drive the delivery roller once the sheet has been torn off and completes the rotation in a time-delayed manner so that the paper projects from the dispenser housing and can be pulled again. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043267 | Apparatus for the dispensing of wipes and hygiene products - An apparatus for dispensing wipes and hygiene products with a rectangular container having a bottom, a top, and upstanding sides defining an enclosed space with one open side, and hanging disposed at the top or the sides of the dispenser and adapted for suspending the dispenser from an existing bathroom tissue holder's spindle roll or holder's bar used for mounting a conventional bathroom tissue roll, three hook like arms at the top end, a nipple on the outside of both side walls, a lip at the bottom of the front open side, openings on both side walls for to secure lugs, and detachable square side containers having lugs and an attached lid. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043268 | FOLDED SHEET PRODUCT AND PACKAGING ARRANGEMENT - A folded product and packaging arrangement utilizes quarter folded and interfolded sheets forming a more-or-less square or cube shaped stack/clip of interfolded sheets closely matching the inside profile of a substantially cube-shaped package, substantially completely filling the package, and allows the same number of sheets provided by former packaging arrangements, which used rectangular sheets folded into U-shaped clips, in a package with a substantially square footprint and having only half the height of the previous packages. Alternatively, the new folding arrangement allows twice as many sheets to be provided in the same size package used in prior approaches requiring U-shaped folded clips of rectangular sheets. Stacked packages inside of a cover may be repositioned when an upper package is expended to present tissue from a fresh box through the top of the cover. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043269 | METHODS, DEVICES, AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING INCREASED ACCESS TO FIRST AID SUPPLIES - Disclosed herein, in certain embodiments, are methods, devices, and systems for dispensing bandages comprising: a dispenser body defining an interior compartment with an open or partially open top and comprising a front wall with an exposed upper edge and at least one interior compartment divider; at least one bandage pack disposed in said interior compartment, wherein said bandage pack comprises at least one individually wrapped bandage; and at least one retaining clip, wherein said clip retains a bandage pack in said dispenser body. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043270 | BEVERAGE VENDING MACHINE CUP FEED UNIT - A cup feed unit for supplying cups in a beverage vending machine, wherein the cups are fed through an annular body, which has a substantially vertical axis, internally defines a through passage of diameter D, and has a number of locators, which are fitted to the annular body, are equally spaced about the axis, and are movable between a normal rest position, in which the locators limit the through passage to define a smaller passage of diameter D | 2013-02-21 |
20130043271 | Interactive Video Vending Machine - An interactive vending machine comprising a touch screen interactive display, where the display provides a visual and audio information concerning goods within the vending machine upon activation by the consumer; a purchasing means, where the purchasing means includes a credit card acceptor, a bill receiver and a coin receiver; a dispensing door, where the dispensing door enables access to the goods after purchase; and a payment receipt dispenser. The touch screen includes a video display to display advertisements pertaining to the goods within the vending machine. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043272 | CUTLERY DISPENSER - A cutlery dispenser comprising a front cover, a housing, and a pushing assembly. The front cover further includes an opening and at least stop. The at least one stop is configured to cause a utensil, such as a knife, fork, spork, or spoon, to fan through the opening for retrieval by a user. The pushing assembly urges the utensils forward in the dispenser toward the stop and toward the opening. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043273 | METERING DEVICE FOR THE METERED DISPENSION OF FLUID PREPARATIONS, AND METHODS RELATED THERETO - The present invention relates to a metering device for metered output of liquid preparations in the medicinal, pharmaceutical or cosmetic field or in the foodstuffs sphere, the use of preservatives being able to be dispensed with. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for filling and also the use of a metering device according to the invention. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043274 | PACKAGE FOR STORING AND DOSING A FLUID AND DISPENSER FOR DOCKING THE PACKAGE - The invention concerns a package for storing and dosing a fluid comprising:—a flexible container for storing a fluid and presenting a fluid outlet,—dosing means comprising: a housing, said housing presenting a pump inlet and a pump outlet and a part of the housing between the inlet and the outlet being flexible and resilient, a rotor presenting at last one chamber formed between the rotor surface and the housing,—a one-way valve, wherein the housing pump inlet is connected to the flexible container and the housing pump outlet is connected to the one-way elastic valve. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043275 | HOT-WATER WATERING DEVICE FOR REMOVING WEEDS - The present invention discloses a hot-water watering device for removing weeds, and the device comprises a movable main body having a roller set and a push-pull handle, and a water outlet module, such that a battery set installed in the main body and an electric power of the battery set are provided for a heating device to heat liquid water to an appropriate high temperature, and then the hot water is watered directly and accurately at roots of the desired removing weeds through a water outlet module, so as to achieve an expected weeds removing performance. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043276 | DISPENSER - A dispenser for a liquid or pasty media contains a replaceable container at a bottom of which a pump is mounted, and a holder for the container. The dispenser further contains a holding element having a part formed from a transparent plastic material which at least partially encloses the upper region of the container. | 2013-02-21 |
20130043277 | DISPENSING CLOSURE - There is provided a dispensing closure ( | 2013-02-21 |