09th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 6 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090050076 | BOILER PRODUCING STEAM FROM FLUE GASES WITH HIGH ELECTRICAL EFFICIENCY AND IMPROVED SLAG QUALITY - This invention relates to a boiler ( | 2009-02-26 |
20090050077 | MUTUALLY CONVERTIBLE BOILER BETWEEN NORMAL TYPE AND CONDENSING TYPE - Disclosed is a boiler which is easily convertible from a normal type oil boiler to a condensing type oil boiler or vice versa thereby reducing manufacturing costs for the boiler. A size and a weight of the boiler are reduced by vertically installing a latent heat exchanger in an outer housing of the boiler together with a combustion chamber and a main heat exchanger. The boiler includes a combustion chamber, a heat exchange section, and an outer housing. Coupling holes are formed in the outer housing, a circulation chamber is formed at a lower portion of the outer housing, a burner is provided at an upper portion of the combustion chamber so as to generate heat in a downward direction thereof, the combustion chamber is vertically installed in one of the coupling holes, and a lower portion of the combustion chamber is communicated with the circulation chamber. The heat exchange section includes first and second heat exchangers and is vertically installed in the outer housing adjacent to the combustion chamber. An upper portion of the heat exchange section is coupled to one of the coupling holes and a lower portion of the heat exchange section is communicated with the circulation chamber. A funnel is provided at an upper portion of the outer housing so as to discharge an exhaust gas derived from combustion of the fuel in the combustion chamber, and a noise-absorbing container is provided at the upper portion of the outer housing so as to connect the funnel with the outer housing. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050078 | Flanged Boiler Tube - A boiler apparatus comprises a supply manifold which includes a first flange having a first aperture defined therein. A boiler tube, including a second flange having an aperture defined therein, is secured to the manifold. A releasable fastener maintains sealed engagement of the first flange with the second flange. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050079 | Economizer for a steam generator - An economizer for a heat recovery steam generator utilized to improve the efficiency of the Rankine cycle by preheating the water that flows to the evaporator section. The economizer multi-pass sections include up-flow tubes only. This arrangement greatly reduces thermal stresses on the tubes by ensuring that each individual tube in any fluid-flow pass operates at the same or similar temperature. The design of the invention does this by causing all tubes in any fluid-flow pass to have the same upwards fluid flow direction and similar fluid flow velocity. No unstable backflow (i.e. flow in the reverse direction) occurs in any of the tubes. Heated down-flow tube sections are totally eliminated in this design. Respective jumper pipes are provided to conduct the water from the top of an economizer panel to the bottom of an adjacent panel. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050080 | HYDROGEN PEROXIDE-FUELED ROTARY EXPANSION ENGINE - A hydrogen peroxide-fueled engine system is provided. Embodiments of the system include: a source outputting liquid hydrogen peroxide; a decomposition chamber including an inlet in fluid communication with the source for receiving the liquid hydrogen peroxide, an outlet, and a catalyst interposed between the inlet and the outlet; and a rotary expansion engine including a gas outlet, a gas inlet in fluid communication with the outlet of the decomposition chamber, a generally lobe-shaped expansion chamber in fluid communication with the gas inlet and the gas outlet, and a rotor contacting a surface of the lobe-shaped expansion chamber between the gas outlet and the gas inlet, the rotor including an output shaft and diametrically-opposed first and second sealing arms that pivot outwardly to contact the surface. In another aspect, a method of producing rotational energy from decomposition of liquid hydrogen peroxide is provided. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050081 | EGR COOLANT CONTROL SYSTEM - An EGR coolant control system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include a coolant exhaust pipe connected with the coolant supply pipe, an EGR coolant supply pipe connected with the coolant supply pipe and the coolant exhaust pipe, a coolant control plate that is disposed in a junction portion of the coolant supply pipe, the coolant exhaust pipe, and the EGR coolant supply pipe, and that controls supply of a coolant, and an actuator controlling the coolant control plate according to in engine rotation speed. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050082 | Cooling system for motor vehicle - A cooling system includes a cooling circuit, a pump, an electric fan, an electric motor connected with the electric fan, and a controller for controlling the electric motor. The pump is capable of being driven by the electric fan that receives a ram airflow generated when the motor vehicle is running. The controller controls the electric motor to be shifted between in a first operation state where electric power is supplied to the motor and in a second operation state where no electric power is supplied to the motor. The pump is driven by a rotating torque of the ram airflow and a rotating torque of the motor in the first operation state, and the pump is driven by the rotating torque generated by the ram airflow without the rotating torque of the motor in the second operation state. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050083 | Engine with round lobe - An engine with intake and exhaust valves that may be controlled with a circular cam lobe is provided. The rotating axis of the circular cam lobe is offset from the physical center of the cam lobe. This permits the cam lobe to impart a reciprocal opening and closing of the valve. To maintain the valve in the closed position, the interconnection between the cam lobe and the valve | 2009-02-26 |
20090050084 | Spark-ignited gas engine - Conventional spark-ignited gas engines with a mechanically controlled fuel feed valve have several disadvantages in terms of operation, expensive control, irregular combustion or unstable and unreliable operation, which in turn can lead to operational and mechanical problems. In order to eliminate these disadvantages it is suggested, according to the invention, that a controlled valve is installed in the fuel line upstream of the fuel feed valve so that in the fuel line between fuel feed valve and controlled valve a defined intermediate volume is created and gaseous fuel is fed via the controlled valve into the intermediate volume. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050085 | Method of reducing hydrocarbon emissions from a cold engine and device and engine for carrying out this method - The invention relates to a method of control of an internal combustion engine comprising at least one electrically controlled inlet valve. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050086 | VARIABLE VALVE DRIVING APPARATUS OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A variable valve driving apparatus of an internal combustion engine, including a drive shaft rotatably supported by a cam bracket, a drive cam disposed about an outer periphery of the drive shaft, a link arm having a first end connected to the drive cam, an oscillating cam extending from the drive cam configured to press and release a drive valve of the engine to open and close the drive valve, a link rod having a first end rotatably connected to the oscillating cam, and a control shaft rotatably supported by the cam bracket. The control shaft includes a main shaft rotatably supported by the cam bracket, an eccentric shaft spaced apart from the main shaft, and a plurality of webs connecting the main shaft and the eccentric shaft. The eccentric shaft is connected to an oscillating arm configured to transfer a drive force of the drive cam. The oscillating arm has a first portion rotatably connected to a second end of the link arm and a second portion rotatably connected to a second end of the link rod, the first and second portions being spaced apart axially with respect to the eccentric shaft. A first flow path for supplying lubricant to a first sliding contact area between the oscillating arm and the eccentric shaft is formed through the control shaft. The first flow path extends from the main shaft to the eccentric shaft through a web located beside the second portion of the oscillating arm. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050087 | Valve Mechanism for Internal Combustion Engine - Disclosed is a valve mechanism for an internal combustion engine that uses a motor to open/close a valve body of each cylinder. The valve mechanism includes a camshaft that is rotated by the motor and equipped with cams for driving the valve body of a plurality of cylinders; control means that drives the motor while making a mode switch between a normal rotation drive mode in which the camshaft is continuously rotated in one direction to drive the valve body and a swing drive mode in which the camshaft is swung to drive the valve body; and change means that changes the relative angular positions of cylinder-specific cams on the camshaft. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050088 | CAMSHAFT ADJUSTER - A camshaft adjuster for adjusting the relative angular positions of a camshaft and a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine in accordance with a setting shaft is provided. In which the setting shaft is driven by a setting assembly and has a driving connection with an adjusting gear through a coupling. The drive moment is transmitted in the coupling by a radial extension ( | 2009-02-26 |
20090050089 | Rotary Valve Internal Combustion Engine - A rotary cylinder valve, reciprocating piston, internal combustion engine, has a crankshaft | 2009-02-26 |
20090050090 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF LUBRICANT DELIVERY - Embodiments of a lubricant delivery system comprise a lubricant feeder comprising at least one outlet port with an outwardly tapering cross section, and a lubricant delivery pipe operable to receive lubricant from the at least one outlet port of the lubricant feeder. The lubricant delivery pipe also comprises at least one lubricant discharge nozzle disposed on the lubricant delivery pipe, wherein the at least one lubricant discharge nozzle is operable to deliver lubricant to portions of the lubricant delivery pipe. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050091 | CAM FOLLOWER APPARATUS - As this radial needle bearing | 2009-02-26 |
20090050092 | Engine Start Device - An engine start device includes a generator, a battery charged by the generator, a starter, an electric double layer capacitor and a DC/DC converter. The electric double layer capacitor is connected between the starter and the battery. The DC/DC converter has an input terminal connected to the battery and the electric double layer capacitor. The DC/DC converter has an output terminal connected to the starter and the electric double layer capacitor. According to voltage of the battery, internal DC resistance of the battery or internal DC resistance of the electric double layer capacitor, the DC/DC converter effects control of charge voltage of the electric double layer capacitor so as to stabilize voltage applied to a starter motor and stabilize the engine start. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050093 | Twin Ignition System - A twin ignition system for automotive vehicles and the like is disclosed and claimed. Ignition system # | 2009-02-26 |
20090050094 | INTAKE CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An intake control device for an internal combustion engine includes an intake air induction duct, a housing, a valve, and a slope member. The intake air induction duct includes a bonding surface that is bonded with an attachment surface of the internal combustion engine, and the intake air induction duct defines therein a receiving chamber that opens at the bonding surface. The housing is received in the receiving chamber, and the housing defines therein an intake passage that is communicated with an intake port of the internal combustion engine. The valve is received in the housing for opening and closing the intake passage. The slope member cancels a step provided between the intake port and the intake passage. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050095 | Air Cleaner, Engine Unit and Straddle-Type Vehicle - An air cleaner includes an air intake port and an exhaust port on a side opposite to the intake port. A filter extends to the exhaust port side from the intake port side and divides the air cleaner into suction side and exhaust side air chambers. A distance between a side wall part of the suction side air chamber and the filter gradually decreases to the back of the suction side air chamber from the intake port. A distance between a side wall part of the exhaust side air chamber and the filter gradually increases to the exhaust port. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050096 | Variable Intake Device - A variable intake device includes an intake pipe through which air flows towards a combustion chamber of an engine, defining a first streamline at an intermediate portion of the pipe, a short-circuit pipe connected at the intermediate portion, defining a second streamline crossing the first streamline at the connected other end, and a valve arranged at the short-circuit pipe adjacent to the intermediate portion. The valve includes a valve body regulating air flow. When the valve allows air flow merging into the intake pipe from the short-circuit pipe, the valve body is positioned to extend in a direction between the extending direction of the first streamline indicated by arrow and the extending direction of the second streamline indicated by arrow. By such a configuration, a variable intake device having pressure loss at the intake path sufficiently reduced can be provided. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050097 | FLAP ARRANGEMENT FOR A FRESH GAS ARRANGEMENT - The invention relates to an arrangement ( | 2009-02-26 |
20090050098 | INTAKE CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An intake control device for an internal combustion engine includes an intake air induction duct, a housing, a valve, and a gasket. The housing is received in a receiving chamber of the intake air induction duct. The valve is received in the housing for opening and closing an intake passage defined in the housing. The gasket is mounted on one of (a) a position between the intake air induction duct and the attachment surface, and (b) a position between the housing and a wall surface of the receiving chamber. The housing opposes the attachment surface and is spaced from the attachment surface by a predetermined clearance The gasket has an elastic deformation portion that is positioned between the housing and the attachment surface. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050099 | POSITIONING PEG STRUCTURE OF A SINGLE-PULL REEL - A positioning peg structure of a single-pull reel is disclosed. The positioning structure provides the function of positioning of the cord after a second pull following the first pull of the cord. When the cord is pulled to rotate one round, a first positioning mechanism is formed. Thus, when the cord is pulled in one direction once, the cord is controlled to provide a plurality of multiple positioning such that the pulling distance can be precisely controlled. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050100 | MULTI-CYLINDER INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A multi-cylinder internal combustion engine in which pistons provided in a plurality of cylinders are coupled to a crankshaft by connecting rods, an oil pan for storing oil is mounted below a crankcase, and a balancer device which has a balancer shaft driven to rotate in accordance with rotation of the crankshaft and a balancer housing for accommodating the balancer shaft is housed between the crankcase and the oil pan, the multi-cylinder internal combustion engine having a heat transfer member that is provided between the balancer housing and the oil pan and below the balancer shaft, and comes into contact with the balancer housing and the crankcase. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050101 | PISTON AND INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE THEREWITH AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING THE PISTON - A piston and internal combustion engine therewith constructed in accordance with the present invention has a piston body with an upper crown having a substantially cylindrical outer surface depending from a top surface along a central axis. At least one annular ring groove extends radially into the outer surface to provide a top land extending from the ring groove to the top surface. A plurality of waves are formed circumferentially about the top land. Each of the waves has a valley extending radially into the outer surface of the top land and extending from the top surface to the ring groove. The waves traverse from the top surface to the ring groove and are configured in substantially non-overlapping relation with one another and in a predetermined orientation relative to at least one of a fuel spray stream, a pin bore axis or a thrust axis of the piston. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050102 | Oil filter having an integral metering orifice for a valve lifter oil manifold assembly - A combined oil filtration and metering assembly for filtering and metering oil in an oil gallery, such as in a Lifter Oil Manifold Assembly of an internal combustion engine. The filtration and metering assembly includes a filtration element at an oil entrance leading to an internal chamber having a metering orifice as an outlet to a downstream portion of the oil gallery. Preferably the metering orifice has a diverging exit cone. Preferably, the assembly replaces directly a prior art metering valve in a LOMA socket without requiring retooling of the LOMA top plate. The assembly may be readily formed by molding of the filtration element into the oil entrance in an injection overmolding process. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050103 | SPLIT-CYCLE AIRCRAFT ENGINE - A split-cycle aircraft engine includes a crankshaft rotatable about a crankshaft axis. A power piston is slidably received within a power cylinder and is operatively connected to the crankshaft such that the power piston reciprocates through an expansion stroke and an exhaust stroke during a single rotation of the crankshaft. A compression piston is slidably received within a compression cylinder and is operatively connected to the crankshaft such that the compression piston reciprocates through an intake stroke and a compression stroke during a single rotation of the crankshaft. A gas crossover passage operatively interconnects the compression cylinder and the power cylinder. An air reservoir is operatively connected to the gas crossover passage by a reservoir passage. The air reservoir is selectively operable to receive and deliver compressed air. The engine is mounted to an aircraft and the air reservoir is disposed within the aircraft. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050104 | VALVE GUIDE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE HAVING MEANS FOR MIXING FUEL - The present invention relates to a valve guide for an internal combustion engine, and more particularly, to a swirling valve guide having a fuel mixing means installed on an outer peripheral surface of the valve guide, which protrudes into an intake port of an internal combustion engine, to promote mixing of fuel and air. According to the present invention, there is provided a swirling valve guide including a guide portion installed to protrude into an intake port of a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine for guiding reciprocation of an intake valve of the internal combustion engine, comprising a fuel mixing mean having a member installed on an outer peripheral surface of the guide portion to mix fuel and air passing the intake port and to produce a swirl in a mixture of the fuel and air at a downstream side of the flow of the mixture. With the present invention, the fuel mixing means is installed on the valve guide adjacent to a combustion chamber to produce a swirl so that a mixture of fuel and air can be introduced into the combustion chamber in a state where the fuel and air are appropriately mixed with each other, hi addition, the fuel mixing means is installed on a conventional valve guide to minimize a disturbance of the flow of the mixture. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050105 | SWIRL GENERATOR - A swirl generator is arranged in a duct through which air is sent from the exterior to an air cleaner. The swirl generator has a plurality of guide vanes, which change the flow direction of an air flow. Each of the guide vanes has a guide fin that adjusts the air flow and a deflecting fin that applies swirl force to the air flow. The deflecting fin is configured by an upstream portion and a downstream portion, which are connected together at a predetermined angle. The upstream portion and the downstream portion each have a cross section extending linearly along a cylindrical plane coaxial with a nose cone. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050106 | BUTTERFLY-TYPE THROTTLE VALVE - Providing a butterfly valve-type throttle valve that can improve the reliability in fixing a valve body to a valve shaft. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050107 | IDLE SPEED CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - When it is determined that an engine speed NE rapidly decreases (positive outcome at S | 2009-02-26 |
20090050108 | Operation Control Method on the Basis of Ion Current In Internal Combustion Engine - The present invention is an operation control method on the basis of an ion current in an internal combustion engine, the method comprising a step of detecting the ion current generated within a combustion chamber | 2009-02-26 |
20090050109 | Injection system having a device for metering fuel into an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine and a method for this purpose - In an injection system having a device for metering fuel into an exhaust system of a Diesel engine, and a method for controlling the injection of fuel into the exhaust system, wherein the injection system has a high-pressure pump which feeds fuel to an accumulator under high pressure and injectors which inject fuel from the accumulator into the combustion chambers of the internal combustion engine, a fuel spray nozzle arranged in the exhaust system is in communication with the injection system via a fuel metering unit including a control valve and a metering valve and a pressure regulating valve is arranged between the control valve and the metering valve for controlling the pressure of the fuel being metered by the metering valve for injection into the exhaust system via the spray nozzle. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050110 | ACCUMULATION-VOLUME FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM FOR AN INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINE - The injection system comprises a pump designed to send fuel at high pressure to an accumulation volume, for example formed by a common rail, for supplying a plurality of injectors. The pump comprises at least one pumping element actuated with reciprocating motion with a compression stroke at a sinusoidal speed, in synchronism with each step of fuel injection. The injection system comprises at least one by-pass solenoid valve, which is controlled by a chopper control unit for modulating the delivery of the pumping element by varying both the instant of start and the instant of end of delivery during the compression stroke, in such a way that the delivery is synchronous with the injection phase. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050111 | Nested Three Chambers, Fluid Pulsation Dampener - A reactive acoustic dampener includes a nested three chambered configuration and connecting tubes that may be fully integrated into the fuel rail of a fuel injection system. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050112 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A PUMP CONNECTED TO A FUEL RAIL - In a method and a device for controlling a pump ( | 2009-02-26 |
20090050113 | Intermediate Element for a Fuel Injector - An intermediate element for a fuel injector situated in a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine is disposed between a valve housing of the fuel injector and a wall of a receiving bore of the cylinder head, and/or between the valve housing and a clamping shoe holding the fuel injector down in the cylinder head. The intermediate element is made up of a plurality of layers having different patterning and/or being made of different materials. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050114 | Injector - The invention relates to an injector for the fuel supply of an internal combustion engine, in particular in a motor vehicle. The injector has a piezoactuator for activating and/or actuating at least one nozzle needle to control the injection of fuel under high pressure through at least one nozzle spray hole. The piezoactuator is arranged with its shaft disposed in an actuator chamber of an injector body, and a high-pressure path directing the fuel under high pressure to at least one nozzle spray hole passes through the actuator chamber. In the injector according to the invention, the piezoactuator has an actuator foot at an end remote from the nozzle needle. The actuator foot has a sealing contour facing the nozzle needle and fitting in a sealing seat formed on the injector body remote from the nozzle needle. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050115 | MAGNETIC DEVICE FOR TREATING LIQUIDS AND GASES - Magnetic device ( | 2009-02-26 |
20090050116 | FLUID IONIZING DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES - A fluid ionizing device for use in an inlet air passage of an internal combustion diesel engine provides for improving combustion in the engine and reducing soot in the exhaust manifold of the engine. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050117 | CHARGE AIR COOLER ARRANGEMENT WITH COOLER BYPASS AND METHOD - A charge air cooler arrangement includes a first charge air cooler disposed upstream of an engine inlet, a second cooler disposed upstream of the first charge air cooler, and a bypass line for bypassing the second cooler, a downstream end of the bypass line being disposed upstream of the first charge air cooler. A method of reducing condensation in an engine having charge air cooling is also disclosed. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050118 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND A CONTROL AND REGULATION DEVICE - An internal combustion engine ( | 2009-02-26 |
20090050119 | System and Method for Determining Acceleration of an Internal Combustion Engine - An ECU for determining whether a request for acceleration is made to a supercharged internal combustion engine includes an acceleration request determining unit that determines whether a pressure difference between the upstream pressure and downstream pressure of a throttle valve disposed in an intake system is equal to or smaller than a predetermined value, and determines that a request for acceleration is made when the pressure difference is equal to or smaller than the predetermined value. The ECU also includes a variable valve actuating mechanism control unit that controls an InVVT and an ExVVT so that the intake charging efficiency and output torque of the engine become equal to the maximum intake charging efficiency and output torque at a certain downstream pressure when the acceleration request determining unit determines that a request for acceleration is made. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050120 | EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION DEVICE - The invention relates to an exhaust gas recirculation device ( | 2009-02-26 |
20090050121 | Two Stage Drainage Gas-Liquid Separator - A two stage drainage gas-liquid separator assembly includes an inertial gas-liquid impactor separator having one or more nozzles accelerating a gas-liquid stream therethrough, and an inertial impactor in the path of the accelerated gas-liquid stream and causing liquid particle separation from the gas-liquid stream, and further includes a coalescer filter downstream of the inertial gas-liquid impactor separator and effecting further liquid particle separation, and coalescing separated liquid particles. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050122 | INDUCTION DRIVEN IGNITION SYSTEM - An induction driven ignition system with an electrode projecting into the combustion chamber of a reciprocating internal combustion engine. The electrode is adjacent to but electrically insulated from an electrical conductor which receives current at frequencies between 100 kHz to 500 kHz. Thermal insulation is also provided between the electrode and adjacent structure of the head. The induction driven ignition system causes the electrodes to rapidly and accurately heat up to very high temperatures. The electrodes may be formed in elongated edges throughout the combustion chamber to provide combustion initiation over a wide area. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050123 | SPARK PLUG FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A spark plug for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle; the spark plug is embodied with a generally essentially long shape and includes: an essentially capacitive lower part including two coaxial electrodes, one of which is a central electrode, and the other a threaded shell for screwing in the spark plug on the engine; and an essentially inductive upper part including a central winding including a plurality of coils wound around a coaxial mandrel, an envelope, and an insulator inserted between the envelope and the winding. The essentially capacitive part and the essentially inductive part are mechanically interconnected as to enable transmission of a clamping couple applied to the envelope to the essentially capacitive lower part. The mandrel can be elastically deformed as to compensate effects of dilation of the insulator. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050124 | Two-Cycle Engine - A two-cycle engine includes a starting fuel supply passage for supplying a starting fuel to a crankcase from a starting fuel reservoir, and a flow passage opening and closing unit provided in a midway portion of the starting fuel supply passage. The starting fuel supply passage is opened to be constantly in communication with the crankcase. Accordingly, simultaneously with the generation of a negative pressure within the crankcase when a piston starts to ascend from a bottom dead center, the starting fuel starts to be supplied to the crankcase. Since the starting fuel is supplied to the crankcase for a relatively long time as compared to a conventional engine, a sufficient amount of the fuel is supplied for starting and startability of the two-cycle engine is improved. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050125 | Archery Bow Having A Multiple-Tube Structure - An archery bow is formed of multiple composite tubes bonded to one another along a common wall, wherein apertures, or “ports,” are molded between the tubes to improve the stiffness, strength, resiliency, control, and aerodynamics of the bow. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050126 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR UTILIZING LOADER FOR PAINTBALL MARKER AS A CONSOLIDATED DISPLAY AND RELAY CENTER - Among other things, methods and apparatus regarding collection, dissemination and display of information concerning paintball loaders and markers are disclosed. A loader includes a heads-up display, electronic devices for gathering, storing and disseminating information, and an antenna for sending and receiving data. Wireless voice communications among paintball players is possible via associated headsets. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050127 | FOAM PROJECTILE - A combat game weapon system includes a pneumatic launcher and an elastic projectile. The pneumatic launcher includes a barrel. The barrel includes a distal end and a bore with an inside diameter. The elastic projectile is configured for being expelled from the distal end of the barrel. The elastic projectile includes a cavity configured for expanding when the cavity receives a propellant from the pneumatic launcher and thereby for causing the elastic projectile to sealingly engage the inside diameter. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050128 | Bow-type soft projectile launcher - A bow-type projectile launcher for launching soft projectiles. The projectile launcher features a pump assembly having a cylinder and piston. The piston is attached to a bow string so that a pressure charge is generated when the user draws and releases the bow string. The pressure charge is released into a chamber which contains a soft projectile. A removable magazine is provided for containing a plurality of soft projectiles. A magazine receiver is provided for attaching the removable magazine to the projectile launcher. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050129 | Catalytic converter unit and method for treating cooking emissions - A catalytic conversion unit treats emissions emanating from a cooking event. The unit comprises a housing to contain the other components that connects either directly or through the use of ancillary components to the oven cavity of a residential range, or oven. Contained within the housing are an electric heating element and a catalyst unit. The housing may connect to additional components to complete the venting of the exhaust to the atmosphere. The electric heating element is arranged so that infrared radiation from the hot surface of the element is visible by the inlet face of the catalyst. The power output of the heater is sized so that the catalyst reaches a minimum operating temperature to initiate the catalytic reaction in advance of the temperature increase in the air coming from the cavity. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050130 | Cooling and exhaust system of dual electric oven - A cooling and exhaust system of a dual oven has upper and lower ovens, in which, in one aspect, an installation structure of a cooling fan and an exhaust structure provided for respectively cooling and exhausting the upper and lower ovens may be integrated into a simplified structure having common components to increase the manufacturing productivity. In another aspect, fans provided at the upper and lower ovens may be independently controlled to operate at different speeds according to a desired operation to maximize the cooling efficiency. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050131 | Water-Cooled Barbecue System - Disclosed is a water-cooled barbecue system with a cooling fluid circulation system which avoids meat from sticking to a grill and from burning. The water-cooled barbecue system comprises: a body, the upper portion thereof being open to provide heat from the supplied fuel, a receiving space being defined by the body; a grill with a frame, the frame having a first communicating hole and a second communicating hole to introduce and/or discharge fluid, a fluid circulation tube communicating between the first communicating hole and the second communicating hole being provided inside of the frame; and a cooling device connected with the fluid circulation tube through the first communicating hole and the second communicating hole, and cooling fluid which circulates inside of the fluid circulation tube. The water-cooled barbecue system, which has the body at the upper portion thereof and the cooling device inside thereof, can further a housing, which can be moved and assembled. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050132 | Fireplace Arrangement - A fireplace arrangement is provided with a grate and simulated logs that are arranged on the grate to provide the look and feel of a fireplace with natural wood logs. The simulated logs each have a securing element that is attached to a surface of the simulated log. The securing element is secured to at least one of the rail members of the grate. The securing element maintains the simulated logs in a set position on the grate. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050133 | REFLECTOR AND A RECEIVER FOR A SOLAR ENERGY COLLECTION SYSTEM - The present invention provides a reflector ( | 2009-02-26 |
20090050134 | Biomass Treatment Method - A method for treating biomass was developed that uses an apparatus which moves a biomass and dilute aqueous ammonia mixture through reaction chambers without compaction. The apparatus moves the biomass using a non-compressing piston. The resulting treated biomass is saccharified to produce fermentable sugars. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050135 | ADSORBENT AND METHOD FOR PURIFICATION OF CRUDE SUGAR JUICES - The invention is directed to a process for obtaining white sugar from sugar cane by treating the crude sugar juice with acid activated bentonite selected from the group of smectites, whereby the acid activated bentonite mixture replaces the traditional environmental unfriendly sulfitation process, wherein the mineral bentonite together with aluminium and iron sulfates, phosphoric and sulfuric acid and acid salt solutions allows to obtain a high quality white sugar. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050136 | TRANSGENIC PLANT CELLS AND PLANTS HAVING MODIFIED ACTIVITY OF THE GBSSI AND OF THE BE PROTEIN - Transgenic plant cells and plants are described which synthesize a starch which is modified in comparison to wild-type plant cells and plants and show a decrease in the activity of GBSSI and BE proteins. Furthermore, the modified starches obtainable from these plant cells and plants are described, and processes for their preparation. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050137 | Inhaler With a Mixing Channel for Producing an Aerosol to Be Inhaled - An inhaler with a mixing channel ( | 2009-02-26 |
20090050138 | INHALER - A mouthpiece ( | 2009-02-26 |
20090050139 | LIQUID MEDICINE EJECTION DEVICE - A liquid medicine ejection device for ejecting a liquid medicine as liquid droplets to be inhaled by a user includes means for providing information on the ejection to the user without providing means for determining a state of the ejection when a preliminary ejection operation is carried out, the preliminary ejection operation ejecting an amount of the liquid medicine smaller than an amount ordinarily ejected. The liquid medicine ejection device enables improved reliability of ejection and comfort of a user by carrying out preliminary ejection before inhalation and by making it possible for the user to visually or auditorily check an ejection state of minute liquid droplets with a relatively simple structure to see whether or not the preliminary ejection is carried out correctly. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050140 | PORE STRUCTURES FOR REDUCED PRESSURE AEROSOLIZATION - A nozzle comprising a thin, flexible substantially planar polymeric film having a plurality of pores with structures allowing for generation of an aerosol at reduced extrusion pressure is disclosed. The pores can comprise at least two sections, or steps, in which the thickness of the membrane is reduced in stepwise fashion, or the pores can be tapered. Nozzles formed comprising pores having such structures permit aerosol generation at lower extrusion pressures, thereby allowing for decreased weight of aerosolization devices, increased efficiency, increased portability and increased battery life. The pore structures also allow for the use of thicker, more easily processed polymeric films in manufacturing while having a thinner, more efficient aerosolization area. The use of decreased extrusion pressures also results in increased uniformity in aerosol generation and improved reliability of other components. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050141 | Pre-filled, single-use, disposable small volume medication nebulizer - A miniaturized pre-filled, single-use, disposable, small volume medication nebulizer unit for medicinal use that delivers a mist of properly sized aerosol particles of medicament to the patient with a very high level of efficiency. The nebulizer can be effectively used in conjunction with conventional tee and mouthpiece patient interface devices as well as with more sophisticated interface devices such as dosimetric/reservoir systems, or mechanical ventilator systems. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050142 | INHALER DEVICE - A medicine cartridge that discharges medicine towards an air channel includes a liquid medicine tank, a liquid medicine channel, and a discharge head. Before inhalation, the discharge head can be filled with the medicine by pushing a rubber stopper, provided at the bottom of the liquid medicine tank, using a rubber-stopper pushing portion. After a user inhales the medicine, a door for an air inlet is closed and a mouthpiece is slid into the air channel, causing the air pressure in the air channel to increase. This allows the medicine remaining in the discharge head to be returned to the liquid medicine tank. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050143 | MEDICINAL FORMULATION CONTAINER WITH A TREATED METAL SURFACE - A container, such as a metered dose inhaler, suitable for use with a propellant-based medicinal formulation, the container comprising one or more treated metal surfaces that come into contact with the medicinal formulation, wherein the one or more treated metal surfaces are characterized by an organic surface treatment compound covalently bonded to the metal surface through a reactive head group selected from either phosphonic acid or carboxylic acid and wherein the organic surface treatment compound is further characterized by an exposed, substantially non-reactive tail group disposed away from the metal surface. Also, metered dose inhaler canisters and valves with treated surfaces. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050144 | ADHESIVE NASAL RESPIRATORY DEVICES - Whole-nose nasal respiratory devices and methods of making and using whole-nose nasal respiratory devices are described and illustrated herein. These devices are typically configured to be adhesively secured to a subject so that they engage both of the subject's nostrils and allow airflow from both nostrils to communicate with an airflow resistor. The airflow resistor is configured so that it inhibits exhalation through the nostrils more than it inhibits inhalation through the nostrils. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050145 | NASAL CATHETER WITH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL AIR FLOWS - A nasally introduced catheter (nasal catheter) has a portion in which a user's breath (breathing air) air travels internally and a portion in which the breath travels externally. The portion in which air flow travels internally preferably includes a mesh or a whisk-like portion that expands and contracts, and the portion in which air flow travels externally preferably comprises a proximal tubular element having a sufficiently small cross-sectional area that at least 50% of the breathing air flows externally to the proximal portion. A sheath can optionally be positioned about the distal portion, and pulled back along the proximal portion to allow the distal portion to expand. In other aspects users can anchor the proximal and distal portions relative to the sheath using a nose clip or by removably coupling an extension arm to proximal portion. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050146 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INTUBATING AN AIRWAY OF A PATIENT - An endotracheal tube has oppositely disposed proximal and distal ends fluidly connected by a ventilation lumen. An apparatus for intubating an airway of a patient with an endotracheal tube includes a housing and a motive mechanism supported by the housing and providing a user interface structure. A tube coupler is supported by the housing and is adapted for motion relative to the housing. The tube coupler is operatively coupled to the motive mechanism and is connectable to the proximal end of the endotracheal tube. A stylet coupler is supported by the housing and is adapted for motion relative to the housing. The stylet coupler is operatively coupled to the motive mechanism and is connectable to a proximal end of an intubation stylet. The motive mechanism is, operable to move the tube coupler in a first direction relative to the housing and to substantially simultaneously move the stylet coupler in a second direction relative to the housing in response to actuation of the user interface structure. A method of intubating an airway of a patient with an endotracheal tube is also described. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050147 | DIVING HELMET - A diving helmet ( | 2009-02-26 |
20090050148 | INHALATION ANAESTHESIA DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD - An inhalation anaesthesia delivery system and method, whereby the system comprises a fresh gas feeding arrangement connected to a breathing circuit, a monitor device, a control device and an interface unit. The fresh gas feeding arrangement and the ventilator are configured to deliver a desired concentration of gas to the breathing circuit, the desired concentration being set by using the interface unit. The monitor device is configured to monitor gas concentrations in the breathing circuit by analysing gases flowing in the breathing circuit, and the control device is configured to control the fresh gas feeding arrangement on the basis of the data received from the monitor device to keep the desired breathing gas concentration. The monitor device is configured to monitor expired inorganic gas concentration by comparing the measured expired breathing gas concentration with the set target value and changing the fresh gas delivery accordingly to meet the target value. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050149 | Inhaler for Powdery Substances - The invention relates to an inhaler ( | 2009-02-26 |
20090050150 | RESPIRATION HUMIDIFIER - A respiration humidifier with a base unit ( | 2009-02-26 |
20090050151 | Breathing-Gas Delivery And Sharing System And Method - A device, system, and method for isolating a ventilator from one or more patients in which the delivery conditions of gas delivered to an isolation device from a ventilator may drive the delivery of breathing-gas delivered to one or more patients, the breathing-gas having the same or different delivery conditions. In one embodiment, an isolation device may have a housing and a movable partition. The movable partition may be joined to the housing, The movable partition may have a patient side on a first side of the partition and an actuating side on a second side of the partition. The isolation device may include an inlet pressure regulator on the actuating side and/or an exhaust pressure regulator on the patient side. These regulators may alter the delivery conditions (including, but not limited to, pressure and volume) of breathing-gas delivered to a patient. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050152 | Device and Method for Automatically Regulating Supplemental Oxygen Flow-Rate - Device and method for limiting adverse events during supplemental oxygen therapy are disclosed. In the present invention, the oxygen flow between a patient and an oxygen source is controlled with a valve such as a proportional solenoid capable of constraining flow-rates within a continuous range. The flow-rate of oxygen is accurately controlled in a closed-loop with flow-rate measurements. Measures of a patient's vital physiological statistics are used to automatically determine optimum therapeutic oxygen flow-rate. Controller signal filtering is disclosed to improve the overall response and stability. The control algorithm varies flow-rates to minimize disturbances in the patient feedback measurements. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050153 | TUBE SYSTEM FOR VENTILATION APPLIANCES - The invention relates to a three-arm tube system ( | 2009-02-26 |
20090050154 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING DESIRED PRESSURE IN POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE DEVICES - Systems and methods for adjusting a desired pressure in a positive airway pressure (PAP) device are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes: a) providing breathing gas under positive pressure to a patient via a PAP device based on current desired pressure, b) monitoring a characteristic of the breathing gas, patient, or PAP device indicative of respiration, c) creating a breathing cycle signal having a first level associated with inhalation and a second level associated with exhalation, the signal being based on the monitored respiration characteristic, d) performing an abnormal breathing check based on the monitored respiration characteristic and the breathing cycle signal, and e) if abnormal breathing is detected, increasing the current desired pressure until a maximum desired pressure is reached, otherwise, decreasing the current desired pressure until a minimum desired pressure is reached. Several embodiments of an apparatus associated with the method are also provided. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050155 | DETERMINATION OF APNEA/HYPOPNEA DURING CPAP TREATMENT - CPAP treatment apparatus is disclosed having a controllable positive airway pressure device. A sensor generates a signal representative of patient respiratory flow that is provided to a controller. The controller is operable to determine the occurrence of an apnea from a reduction in respiratory airflow below a threshold determined from long term ventilation. When an apnea or hypopnea has occurred the calculation of the threshold is suspended until the end of that event. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050156 | Mask vent - A vent arrangement is provided to a mask or associated conduit to discharge exhaled gas from the mask to atmosphere. The vent arrangement is structured to diffuse the exhaust vent flow to produce less air jetting, thereby increasing the comfort of the patient and their bed partner. For example, the vent arrangement may include one or more grill components and/or media constructed and arranged to diffuse vent flow. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050157 | Tracheostomy Tubes - A tracheostomy tube has an inner skeletal frame ( | 2009-02-26 |
20090050158 | Nasal adaptation of an oral inhaler device - This invention is for nasal adaptors for oral inhaler devices and methods of adapting an oral inhaler device with a nasal adaptor. The nasal adaptor of the present invention, in assembly with an oral metered dose aerosol inhaler converts an oral inhaler device to nasal delivery. The nasal adaptor in assembly with an oral inhaler device when in operation, simultaneously administers an inhalant to the nasal mucosa and down to the bronchial tree and lungs. In this manner a nasally delivered anti-inflammatory agent would travel down the same route as an allergen would—the nostril, nasal cavity, nasopharynx, trachea, bronchi and lung tissues. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050159 | Arm support device and methods of use thereof - According to one embodiment, an arm support device includes a sack of flexible and stretchable material. The sack is open at one end and closed (or closeable) on all other sides. The user inserts both arms into the sack and pulls the sack over the upper arms and shoulders. With the arms thus inserted, the user is free to relax and allow the stretch of the sack to provide arm support. In some embodiments, the sack has no other openings besides the top end, and in these embodiments the arm support device doubles as a travel bag for carrying small items. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050160 | Device for supporting a person in a sitting position - A device for supporting a person in a sitting position has a substantially horizontally extending supporting element placeable on a supporting surface substantially at a level of a person's pelvis when the person is in a sitting position, and two substantially vertically extending elements each having a lower end connected with the horizontally extending supporting element and an upper end extendable to an area of person's armpits so that the upper ends of the substantially vertically extending elements are placeable under the person's armpits. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050161 | Combination Bite Block, Tongue Depressor/Retractor And Airway - A combination bite block, tongue depressor/retractor and airway for establishing and maintaining an open airway while preventing emergence clenching and the resulting dental and soft tissue damage associated with emergence clenching in procedures where anesthesia and/or sedation are used, or when the patient is not in control of their own airway, regardless of the cause. The inventive subject matter includes a tongue depressor/retractor component in both right and left conformations; and a bite block component. The bite block component is a wedge shaped, compressible component that is inserted between the upper and lower molars on either the right or left side of the mouth. The tongue depressor component is comprised by a flat portion of that is inserted into the side of the bite block, and an optional curved portion that retracts the tongue off of the posterior pharynx when in place. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050162 | OPERATING SUPPORT FOR SURGEONS - The present disclosure concerns embodiments of an operating support that supports a surgeon in a sitting position straddling a patient. By straddling the patient, the surgeon is ideally positioned to perform certain types of laparoscopic surgery, such as pelvic surgery, which requires the use of relatively long surgical instruments. The operating support supports the surgeon in a more ergonomically correct position that reduces the stress and strain on the surgeon's body as compared to the conventional technique of performing laparoscopic surgery in a standing position at one side of the operating table. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050163 | SMOKING DEVICE INCORPORATING A BREAKABLE CAPSULE, BREAKABLE CAPSULE AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING SAID CAPSULE - A smoking device includes a recipient or able to receive burning products, preferably tobacco, and a filter element connected to the recipient, wherein the filter includes at least one breakable capsule, the capsule having a initial crush strength from 0.5 to 2.5 kp, and keeping a crush strength from 0.5 to 2.5 kp and a deformation of less than two third of its diameter prior to rupture after having been submitted to a smoking test. The invention is also relating to the capsule suitable for being incorporated in a smoking device, and to the process of manufacture of the capsule. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050164 | Supporting Device for the Suspension Treatment of the Tobacco Habit - A supporting device for the suspension treatment of the tobacco habit, characterized in that it comprises at least one pair of magnets, each magnet being apt to be applied at one of two opposite faces of a region located in the cartilaginous portion of the ear, so that the latter be comprised between the magnets. The magnets are such as to be arranged so as to face opposite magnetic poles, so that the magnetic attraction occurring be such as to exert a pressure at the region apt to the stimulation of endorphins and to support the magnets in a working position. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050165 | Herbal and tobacco filler composition for biri, cigarette and the like - The present invention provides a process of preparing herbal filler composition for biri, cigarette and the like comprising: gradual sun drying leaves of Cichorium intybus (Chicory) till the moisture of leaves is reduced to 10% to 12%, removing the midribs from said leaves, shredding said leaves without midribs in a shredder to the desired size, 10-90% tobacco in the said shredded leaves, optionally, adding flavouring agents, as herein described, in said shredded leaves and tobacco, if desired and mixing evenly, and filing said flavoured shredded leaves in biri, cigarette and the like for smoking. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050166 | SHREDDED TOBACCO AND METHOD OF TREATING TOBACCO - Shredded tobacco of the invention is treated with metal iodate. A method of treating tobacco of the present invention includes adding metal iodate to shredded tobacco to decompose tobacco specific nitrosamines and polyphenols in the shredded tobacco, thereby reducing the TSNAs and polyphenols. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050167 | Cigarette and Cigar Holder and Preserver - A cigarette and cigar holder and preserver comprises a tubular portion made of a material with high thermal conductivity such as copper or other appropriate metal with at least one end closed to contain a cigarette or cigar therein. The diameter of the tubular portion is selected to easily contain the cigarette or cigar within while easily allowing the cigarette or cigar to be removed for later use. Another end cap is provided to prevent the cigarette or cigar from accidentally falling out. In one embodiment, an eyehook is provided for attachment to a key chain. Another embodiment includes a clip for use in a pocket. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050168 | Cigarette filter - Cigarette filter with an outer housing, an inner smoke channel member, the outer housing being approximately cylindrical in shape, the outer housing having an aperture on its first end that is equivalent to the diameter of a standard cigarette, the outer housing having an aperture on the second end that is approximately one tenth of an inch in diameter, the second end also being flattened so that the end view of the second end is approximately rectangular, the interior of the outer housing capable of frictionally retaining the inner smoke channel member, the inner smoke channel member including a quarter of an inch diameter disk that is frictionally retained by the inner diameter of the outer housing, the disk including six evenly spaced radially placed apertures, the smoke channel member disk apertures being approximately three thousandths of an inch in diameter. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050169 | HAIR TREATMENT FLUID APPLICATION DEVICE - A hair treatment fluid application device includes a flexible container for containing a hair treatment fluid, an applicator body having outlet orifices for applying the hair treatment fluid to hair, the flexible container having a passage opening for allowing egress of the hair treatment fluid from the flexible container to the applicator body, a housing for accommodating the flexible container, a piston for exerting pressure on the flexible container for forcing the hair treatment fluid from the flexible container through the passage opening to the applicator body by deforming the flexible container, and a driver for driving the piston. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050170 | SHAVING SOLUTIONS FOR ELECTRIC SHAVING DEVICES - A method for treating human skin comprising a shaving solution for electric shaving devices consisting of de-ionized water solution, low humidity humectant, propylene glycol, plant extract, panthenol, biological oil, and laureth-23. The method further comprising applying the shaving solution to the skin prior to shaving with an electric shaving device. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050171 | Method for the cosmetic treatment of hair and implement for carrying out the same - A cosmetic method for treating strands of hair comprising the subsequent steps of: placing the strands of hair to be treated between two substrates on which a first and second compositions capable of reacting together are applied, and implement for the same. The implement for carrying out the method may comprise a first and a second substrates in the form of strips of material that may be folded over each other such that at least one section of the strands of hair to be treated is sandwiched between the first and second compositions. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050172 | BACK STRIPS - A lotion applicator roll comprising two or more strips and at least one finger slit on each of the strip, wherein perforated tear lines separate the strips; wherein the strip comprises a thin flexible material; and wherein the strip is a disposable material. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050173 | APPARATUS FOR CLEANING SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR CLEANING SUBSTRATE - Provided is an apparatus for cleaning a substrate. The apparatus includes a stage on which a substrate is loaded, a cleaning liquid supply unit supplying a cleaning liquid to the substrate, an oscillator transmitting sound waves to the substrate for cleaning the substrate, and at least two piezoelectric members disposed on an end portion of the oscillator at a predetermined distance apart from each other so as to generate the sound waves. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050174 | CART AND BASKET WASHER AND METHOD - According to embodiments, a cart or shopping basket washer is configured to wash one or more carts or shopping baskets. The cart or shopping basket washer may include self-propelled apparatuses to treat a substantially stationary cart or shopping basket, or may include a conveying mechanism to propel a cart or shopping basket through one or more substantially stationary washing stations. The cart or shopping basket washer may include provisions from accepting commands from non-trained persons, for receiving payment, and for receiving indication of a loyalty relationship. The cart or shopping basket washer may include sensors and logic to ensure the safety of people and property. | 2009-02-26 |
20090050175 | SUBSTRATE CLEANING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE CLEANING METHOD - At a vibration applying position, ultrasonic vibration is applied upon a liquid film which is on a surface of a substrate. Concurrently with this, at a drop arrival position which is different from the vibration applying position, drops of a cleaning liquid are supplied to the liquid film, whereby wave-generating vibration which is different from the ultrasonic vibration is applied upon the liquid film. This dramatically improves removal of particles adhering to the surface of the substrate as compared with mere application of ultrasonic vibration. Hence, even when the output, the frequency and the like of the ultrasonic vibration are set to such an extent not damaging the substrate, it is possible to effectively remove particles with the wave-generating vibration and favorably clean the surface of the substrate. | 2009-02-26 |