| 11th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 4 |
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| 20130061662 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR POLYMER CHARACTERIZATION - Apparatus for GPC/TREF and TREF/GPC characterization of a polymer sample. The apparatus provides for the automated and integrated use of multiple TREF columns and a GPC system employing a multiple flow through detectors. In addition, a method for TREF/GPC characterization of a polymer sample by GPC analysis of TREF fractions at increasing TREF elution temperatures from multiple TREF columns operated in a coordinated and synchronized temperature cycle for increased sample throughput. Also, a method for GPC/TREF characterization of a polymer sample by GPC fractionation followed by TREF fractionation of the GPC fractionations. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061663 | METHOD AND ASSEMBLY FOR DETERMINING THE TEMPERATURE OF A TEST SENSOR - An assembly determines an analyte concentration in a sample of body fluid. The assembly includes a test sensor having a fluid-receiving area for receiving a sample of body fluid, where the fluid-receiving area contains a reagent that produces a measurable reaction with an analyte in the sample. The assembly also includes a meter having a port or opening configured to receive the test sensor; a measurement system configured to determine a measurement of the reaction between the reagent and the analyte; and a temperature-measuring system configured to determine a measurement of the test-sensor temperature when the test sensor is received into the opening. The meter determines a concentration of the analyte in the sample according to the measurement of the reaction and the measurement of the test-sensor temperature. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061664 | INSPECTION VEHICLE FOR A TURBINE DISK - An inspection vehicle structured to inspect a portion of the turbine disk, preferably the blade attachment hubs, while the turbine disk is disposed within a turbine housing assembly is provided. A turbine disk is generally planar but includes a inner hub and an outer blade attachment hub. The inner hub is coupled to a shaft and the blade attachment hub provides a surface to which removable blades are attached. The area between the inner hub and outer blade attachment hub is substantially planar. The inner and blade attachment hubs are the “inspection areas” that the inspection vehicle is structured to inspect. The inspection vehicle travels over, and is magnetically coupled to the planar surface between the two hubs. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061665 | SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION SENSOR - Provided is an SCR sensor that does not degrade a measurement accuracy of a quality sensor even when a remaining amount of a urea tank is reduced. A quality sensor | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061666 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING VIBRATION ISOLATORS - A system may monitor a vibration isolating connection between a first part and a second part. The system may include a light source, an optical sensor mounted to receive light from the light source, and a processing unit for providing an output indicative of the deformation of the vibration isolating connection based on the output of the optical sensor. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061667 | EXTERNAL TIRE PRESSURE SENSING DEVICE AND SEALABLE VENTING MEMBER THEREOF - An external tire pressure sensing device and a sealable venting member thereof are provided. The sealable venting member is placed inside the external tire pressure sensing device. The venting member is of an integral part and includes a supporting platform for tightly contacting with a sensor, a communication portion located at one side of the supporting platform and used to lift of a gas outlet valve of a gas nozzle, and a communicating hole for interconnecting the gas nozzle and a sensing portion of the sensor located on the top portion of the supporting platform. The sealable venting member has the advantages of small axial dimension, good sealability, reliable connection and high safety, thus further reducing the size of the external tire pressure sensing device. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061668 | INTERCHANGEABLE MEASUREMENT HOUSINGS - Apparatus and methods for operating the apparatus provide a modular unit of hardware to make measurements in a well. The modular unit may include a housing arranged for placement in a drill-string element, where the housing includes a sensor and is structured such that the housing is transferable to another drill-string element without a calibration during or after the transfer. The drill-string elements associated with the transfer may be of different sizes. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061669 | LEVEL DETECTOR FOR MEASURING FOAM AND AERATED SLURRY LEVEL IN A WET FLUE GAS DESULFURIZATION ABSORBER TOWER - A level detector | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061670 | LIQUID SENSOR USING TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION - A liquid sensor system can detect whether liquid is present at a location within a tank or other container, such as an aircraft fuel tank. The system can include a sensor that has a heated negative temperature coefficient (NTC) element and a temperature compensator element. The sensor may be located within the tank. The elements can be polarized by voltages from separate voltage sources. The voltages can be compared to detect a presence or level of liquid within the tank. Only two wires may be needed to connect the sensor with components outside the tank. The system may be able to detect liquid using less than twenty five milliamps and a sensor temperature that is less than two hundred degrees Celsius. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061671 | ACCELEROMETER - An accelerometer includes an enclosure and a flowable material disposed in the enclosure, A signal representing a shape of a surface of the flowable material in the enclosure is developed and a circuit is responsive to the signal for deriving an indication of acceleration. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061672 | UNIAXIAL OR BIAXIAL MICROELECTROMECHANICAL GYROSCOPE WITH IMPROVED SENSITIVITY TO ANGULAR VELOCITY DETECTION - An integrated microelectromechanical structure is provided with: a driving mass, anchored to a substrate via elastic anchorage elements and moved in a plane with a driving movement; and a first sensing mass, suspended inside, and coupled to, the driving mass via elastic supporting elements so as to be fixed with respect to the driving mass in the driving movement and to perform a detection movement of rotation out of the plane in response to a first angular velocity; the elastic anchorage elements and the elastic supporting elements cause the detection movement to be decoupled from the driving movement. The elastic supporting elements are coupled to the first sensing mass at an end portion thereof, and the axis of rotation of the detection movement extends, within the first sensing mass, only through the end portion. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061673 | Three-Mass Coupled Oscillation Technique for Mechanically Robust Micromachined Gyroscopes - A micromachined gyroscope is disclosed comprising a substrate, three masses m | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061674 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A CAPPING WAFER FOR A SENSOR - A method for producing a capping wafer for a sensor having at least one cap includes: production of a contacting via extending through the wafer, and, temporally subsequent thereto, filling of the contacting via with an electrically conductive material. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061675 | ACCELERATION MEASURING APPARATUS AND ACCELERATION MEASURING METHOD - Disclosed herein are an acceleration measuring apparatus and an acceleration measuring method. The acceleration measuring apparatus includes: an acceleration sensor including a first output terminal and a second output terminal; a first switch of which an end is connected to the first output terminal; a second switch of which an end is connected to the second output terminal; a first resistor of which an end is connected to the other end of the first switch; a second resistor of which an end is connected to the other end of the second switch; a logic element connected to the end of the first resistor and the end of the second resistor; and a Time-to-Digital Convertor (TDC) converting a signal output from the logic element into a digital value. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061676 | SENSING UNIT FOR BICYCLE SPEEDOMETER - A sensing unit for a bicycle speedometer is disclosed. The bicycle speedometer has a meter body and the sensing unit for detecting pedaling and generating a signal related to bicycle pedaling. The sensing unit includes a sensor mounted on a bicycle frame and a fixture for carrying a sensed member. The fixture has a fixing end coupled with a bicycle crank and a coupling arm for carrying the sensed member. The fixture allows positional adjustment of the sensed member with respect to the bicycle crank, thereby facilitating aligning the sensed member with the sensor, so as to ensure proper sensing of the sensor to the sensed member. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061677 | DEFECT DETECTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A defect detecting system and method thereof are disclosed. Wherein, the defect detecting system comprises: a laser device ( | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061678 | OBJECT INFORMATION ACQUIRING APPARATUS AND OBJECT INFORMATION ACQUIRING METHOD - This invention employs an object information acquiring apparatus including a probe for receiving, as a received signal, an acoustic wave which is generated within an object irradiated with light and propagates on an object surface, and a processor for generating object information, which is information based on an internal optical characteristic value of the object, by using intensity of the received signal. The processor corrects the intensity of the received signal by using the reflectance upon the acoustic wave entering the probe which is calculated based on the angle of the acoustic wave entering the probe, and on the acoustic impedance and acoustic velocity of the object and the probe. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061679 | INTERIOR TRIM PART AND EXTERIOR FACING PART OF A VEHICLE HAVING AN ULTRASONIC SENSOR - The invention relates to an interior trim part of a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, comprising a composite having a carrier ( | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061680 | ANGULAR VELOCITY DETECTION CIRCUIT, ANGULAR VELOCITY DETECTION APPARATUS, AND FAILURE DETERMINATION SYSTEM - An angular velocity detection circuit is connected to a resonator for making excited vibration on the basis of a drive signal and detects an angular velocity. The angular velocity detection circuit includes: a self-vibration component extraction unit that receives, from the resonator, a detection signal including an angular velocity component based on a Coriolis force and a self-vibration component based on the excited vibration and extracts the self-vibration component from the detection signal; a direct-current conversion unit including an integration unit that integrates an output signal of the self-vibration component extraction unit; and a temperature characteristic compensation unit that compensates for a variation due to a temperature in an output signal of the direct-current conversion unit. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061681 | Sensor For High Pressure Processing Of Articles - A pressure sensor device and its use for confirming achievement of a selected pressure in a high pressure process (HPP) for sanitizing food is disclosed. The device includes at least a base and a sheet, each of which is substantially impermeable to the working fluid of the HPP and is deformable at the selected pressure. Microcapsules interposed between flat overlapping portions of the base and sheet contain a color former and burst upon pressurization of the environment surrounding the device. Release of the color former is detected to confirm that the pressurization occurred. The device can be associated with one or more foodstuffs (e.g., a packaged food product or a group of such packages) and remain associated therewith to continuously indicate that the foodstuff(s) have been subjected to the selected pressure and are therefore sanitized. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061682 | SHOCK TEST DEVICE - The invention provides a shock test device suitable for an expansion slot of a computer system. The shock test device includes a mainboard, a structure unit and a detection module. The mainboard has a connecting finger electrically connected to the expansion slot. The structure unit is disposed at the mainboard for simulating a weight and a supporting structure. The detection module is coupled to at least one pin of the connecting finger for detecting a touch condition between the connecting finger and the expansion slot so as to produce a warning signal. In this way, the shock test device can detect whether or not a link plug-in in a host computer (for example, the link between the expansion slot and the connecting finger portion of the shock test device) is disconnected due to shocking or unseen disconnected and then reconnected again. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061683 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING STRUCTURAL TESTS ON WIND TURBINE BLADES - Systems and methods for performing structural tests on wind turbine blades are disclosed herein. A system in accordance with a particular embodiment includes a test stand positioned to carry a test article that includes at least a portion of a wind turbine blade. The system can further include first and second reaction anchors movably positioned relative to the test stand. A first generally horizontal force link is attached to the first reaction anchor and coupleable to the test article to apply a first horizontal load to the test article. A second generally horizontal force link is attached to the second reaction anchor and is coupleable to the test article to apply a second horizontal load to the test article. The test stand can be positioned to apply a test stand force to the test article equal and opposite to the sum of the first and second horizontal loads. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061684 | AIR MASS FLOW METER - An air mass flow meter, includes a housing made of plastic having an electrically insulating effect. A flow channel is formed in the housing. The air mass flow motion also includes a sensor element which is arranged in the housing and detects the air mass flowing in the flow channel. Conductive paths are arranged in the housing and connect the sensor element to connection pins. In order to provide a mass air flow meter which is cost-effective to produce and allows precise measurement of a mass air flow, the entire housing is made of plastic and at least one part of the flow channel has electrostatically dissipative properties. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061685 | METHOD FOR OPERATION OF SEVERAL ADJACENT MAGNETIC-INDUCTIVE FLOW METERS - A method for operation of several adjacent magnetic-inductive flow meters, each of which has a measurement tube through which an electrically conductive medium flows, a magnetic field generating apparatus for permeating the medium with a magnetic field having a component perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the measurement tube, and a measurement apparatus for measuring the voltage induced into the medium and for determining the flow rate from the induced voltage. Each flow meter has a control apparatus. In order to prevent variations of mutual influences on the flow rate measurements by the magnetic fields of adjacent flow meters, measured flow rate values from individual measurement processes and synchronous measurement processes are used to determine the mutual influences on the flow rate measurements, and influences that are free of variations are compensated by the magnetic fields of the adjacent flow meters being synchronized. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061686 | ULTRASONIC FLOW MEASUREMENT UNIT AND ULTRASONIC FLOWMETER USING SAME - Provided is ultrasonic flow measuring unit including: measurement path through which fluid to be measured flows; a pair of ultrasonic transducers disposed respectively upstream and downstream of measurement path and operable to transmit and receive an ultrasonic signal; and ultrasonic transducer attachment unit disposed in measurement path. Each of ultrasonic transducers includes piezoelectric element, terminal for applying a voltage to piezoelectric element, and acoustic matching layer adhered to a transmitting surface of terminal. Ultrasonic transducer is fixed to ultrasonic transducer attachment unit using an elastic coating material. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061687 | PORTABLE ULTRASONIC FLOW MEASURING SYSTEM, MEASURING DEVICES AND MEASURING TUBE - The invention relates to a measuring device for a portable ultrasonic flow measuring system, which measuring device comprises two sensor heads. Each of the sensor heads comprises a sensor housing on which there is provided a sensing surface intended to be placed on or against a measuring tube. An ultrasonic transceiver is provided in each sensor housing for transmitting and receiving ultrasonic waves through the sensing surface. Additionally, the measuring device comprises a control and evaluation device for measuring a transit time difference for ascertaining the velocity of flow of a medium flowing through a measuring tube. Provision is made for each ultrasonic transceiver in the sensor head to be disposed therein parallel to the sensing surface in the sensor housing. The invention further relates to a measuring tube adapted for use with the measuring device of the invention and an information carrier that contains information concerning the measuring tube. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061688 | Fluid Flow Monitor - There are disclosed methods and apparatus for monitoring fluid flow along a conduit such as a well bore or a pipeline. A sensor optical fibre is disposed along the conduit, and an optical interrogator is used to launch probe light pulses into the fibre and to determine optical properties of probe light backscattered within the fibre, the properties being indicative of vibration as a function along the fibre. An analyser is used to detect one or more vibration features moving along the conduit and to determine a measure of fluid flow based on the detected movement. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061689 | MEASURING ELEMENT, FORCE-MEASURING SENSOR, AND MEASURING ASSEMBLY FOR MEASURING FORCES - A measuring element for measuring forces that includes a first measuring element part by which at least one force to be measured is received, a second measuring element part by which at least one force to be measured is received, the second measuring element part being spaced from the first measuring element part, and a plurality of sensors extending between the first measuring element part and the second measuring element part and configured to measure the at least one force received by the first and second measuring element parts. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061690 | PRESSURE GAUGE AND PRESSURE DETECTING CIRCUIT THEREOF - The present invention provides a pressure detecting circuit, which is electrically connected to a coil to receive an induced electromotive force from the coil, including a movement detecting unit electrically connected to the coil to receive the induced electromotive force from the coil and find a distance of the movement of the magnetic device according to the induced electromotive force; and a converting unit electrically connected to the movement detecting unit to generate the voltage signal to indicate the distance. In addition, the present invention further provides a pressure gauge incorporated with the pressure detecting circuit. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061691 | FORCE SENSOR - A force sensor comprising a substrate, a semiconductor body, and a piezoresistive element provided on a top surface of the semiconductor body. The semiconductor body is connected to the substrate in a force-fit manner, and includes a first wing which is provided on the top surface of the semiconductor body and being connected to the semiconductor body in force-fitting manner. A first force application area is provided on the first wing. A second wing has a second force application area provided opposite the first wing. The piezoresistive element is disposed between the first wing and the second wing. A force distribution component is connected to the first force application area and the second force application area in a force-fit manner. The force distribution component having a first surface which is oriented away from the top surface of the semiconductor body and includes a third force application area. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061692 | ELECTRONIC NOSE APPARATUS - A pumpless electronic nose sensing apparatus includes a cavity for holding a volume of the sample to be tested, and a port disposed on an outer wall of the cavity for enabling transfer of the sample into the cavity. A precise, controllable air current assembly is operatively connected to the cavity for producing an air flow within the cavity for uniformly distributing the sample. The air current assembly is expansible, and by axial expansion and contraction of the air current assembly in response to a load applied to an axial end thereof an air flow is created within the cavity. An at least one sensor array disposed within the cavity is used to test the sample and produce an output. By operative association with the expandable air current assembly, the cavity itself is indirectly expandable (and contractible) in response to the expansion and contraction action of the air current assembly. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061693 | SAMPLE TEST AUTOMATION SYSTEM - A sample test automation system which is capable of reducing the workload of an operator and precisely carrying out necessary processes of each of samples without stagnation. In the sample test automation system, a sample tray | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061694 | PIPETTE - Provided is a pipette, including: a cylinder ( | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061695 | ROBOT HAVING WORKPIECE MASS MEASUREMENT FUNCTION | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061696 | SYSTEM FOR THE AUTOMATED INSPECTION OF STRUCTURES AT HEIGHT - A method of inspecting a structure comprises providing an inspection apparatus, engaging the inspection apparatus with an access system coupled to a structure, inspecting the access system using the inspection apparatus, and inspecting a portion of the structure using the inspection apparatus. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061697 | APPARATUS FOR CONTAINED INSPECTION AND TRANSPORTATION OF SUSPECT OBJECTS - Apparatus/device for the contained inspection and possible transportation of a potentially dangerous object, the apparatus including: an inspection unit ( | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061698 | TRANSFER DEVICE - A transfer device includes a plurality of primary transfer rollers, a second link member and a regulatory member. The regulatory member restrains the second link member from moving further than a predetermined position toward the second direction. The second link member causes the primary transfer rollers to be displaced as it moves. The second link member is split into a plurality of link arms of which overall length is variable within a predetermined range; and its joint portion includes an elastic member urging the plurality of link arms toward a direction to which the overall length gets longer in a state where the second link member is most separate from a cam shaft, and a first locking section and a second locking section engaging the plurality of link arms with one another for the overall length not to get longer beyond a maximum value. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061699 | Object Processing Apparatus and Financial Apparatus - Provided are an object processing apparatus and a financial apparatus. The object processing apparatus comprises a motor, a shutter configured to close and open an object-entrance space, and a power transmission. The power transmission is configured to open or close the shutter according to operation of the motor and allow the shutter to be opened or closed by an external force when the motor is not operated. The power transmission transmits a driving force of the motor to the shutter without any electronic control. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061700 | OPENING/CLOSING DEVICE - The present invention relates to an opening/closing device including a fixed plate, a moving plate that can be moved relative to the fixed plate, a slide plate that is formed having a slide groove, a hinge arm including a first shaft part rotatably connected to the fixed plate, a third shaft part rotatably connected to the moving plate, and a second shaft part provided between the first shaft part and the third shaft part, and configured to move the moving plate between a closed position and an open position relative to the fixed plate by centrally rotating about the first shaft part, a slide arm including a fourth shaft part rotatably connected to the moving plate and a fifth shaft part connected slidably along the slide groove of the slide plate, and configured to move the moving plate between the closed position and the open position relative to the fixed plate by rotating about the fourth shaft part, a link arm having one end part connected to the second shaft part and another end part connected to the fifth shaft part. The fifth shaft part is configured to slide inside the slide groove as the link arm moves along with the moving of the hinge arm when the moving plate is moved between the closed position and the open position. The moving plate and the fixed plate are positioned substantially on the same plane when the moving plate is moved to the open position. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061701 | TRANSMISSION FOR A VEHICLE - A dual clutch transmission for a motor vehicle which comprises at least two part-transmissions each of which has at least one input shaft and an output shaft arranged as the drive output shaft of both part-transmissions. The at least one input shaft and the output shaft are arranged on a main axis and/or a secondary axis and at least one intermediate transmission with at least one countershaft is provided, the at least one countershaft is designed as the secondary axis relative to the main axis, and at least one of the input shafts can be connected to the output shaft by at least two gearwheel planes and/or by way of at least one shifting element. A plurality of shifting elements N in number are provided with N being an integer larger than or equal to two such that N-1 shifting elements are arranged on the main axis. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061702 | BEVEL GEAR TRANSMISSION - A bevel gear drive ( | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061703 | HELICAL GEAR AND POWER TRANSMISSION APPARATUS - In the helical gear, an opening perimeter wall includes a first arc side face located at the leading end side in the direction of rotation, concave towards the leading end side in the direction of rotation, and having a distance from the arc center as a first radius. The first arc side face includes a side face at a side of the rotation center of the hub, located at position with a distance from the arc center differing from the length of the first radius, on a verge of a virtual arcuate line centered about the rotation center, and passing through the arc center. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061704 | ENVELOPING SPIROID GEAR ASSEMBLIES AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A gear assembly includes a single piece gear body having a first axis of rotation and including opposing first and second surfaces each having spiroid gear teeth formed therein. The gear teeth radially extend outward from the first axis of rotation. The gear teeth on the first surface also extend from the first surface toward the second surface and the gear teeth on the second surface also extend from the second surface toward the first surface. The gear teeth on the first surface and the gear teeth on the second surface are configured to concurrently engage teeth of a pinion such that rotation of the pinion is translated to rotation of the gear body around the first axis of rotation. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061705 | BICYCLES WITH ELECTRONIC SHIFTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Electronic shifting systems, mechanisms and methods of using the systems to operate a bicycle that allows front and rear gear changer mechanisms to be controlled with only two switches. The switches can be arranged so that each hand is only required to operate one switch to shift the bicycle. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061706 | Electronic Shifter with Adaptive Position - A latching shifter mated with a shift-by-wire transmission in which the gear cam includes a momentary shift lever position which is spring biased toward the drive gear notch. A driver is enabled to shift the transmission into a desired gear by passing the shift lever into and out of the momentary shift lever position in the event of autonomous shifting by the transmission or to otherwise provide a selected gear of the transmission. Preferably a dynamically changeable gear shift display is provided, the indicia of which is responsive to the gear status of the transmission. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061707 | BALANCING MECHANISM AND ROBOT USING THE SAME - A balancing mechanism for a robot configured for lifting heavy weights comprises a hollow balancing body comprising an opening; an elastic assembly received in the balancing body and a pulling rod assembly received in the balancing body and hinged to a robot arm of the robot. One end of the pulling rod assembly resists the elastic assembly, and another opposite end of the pulling rod assembly extends out from the balancing body through the opening, the pulling rod assembly is movably assembled with the balancing body via the elastic assembly to make the elastic assembly capable of producing a balancing moment against the gravity moment of the robot arm. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061708 | ROBOT ARM MECHANISM - A robot arm mechanism includes a drive arm, a support arm, a transmission assembly and three tool portions. The support arm is rotatably connected to the drive arm. The three tool portions are rotatably mounted on the support arm. The transmission assembly includes a first bevel gear, a second bevel gear and a transmission belt. The first bevel gear is mounted on the drive arm, the second bevel gear is mounted on the support arm and engages with the first bevel gear. The transmission belt is driven by the second bevel gear and imparts rotary motion to the plurality of tool portions simultaneously. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061709 | MANIPULATOR WITH WEIGHT COMPENSATION MECHANISM AND FACE ROBOT USING THE SAME - This disclosure relates to a face robot which is operated similarly to the motion of a human head and a multi-joint manipulator which supports a robot's face, and more particularly, to a structure which may compensate an influence caused by the gravity and exerted on rotation parts rotating about its axes. A manipulator with a weight compensation mechanism of the disclosure is provided, the manipulator having rotation parts connected to a plurality of axes rotating about their axes, the manipulator including: a weight compensation mechanism that supports wires connected to the rotation parts receiving gravity in a rotation state by a spring and compensates an influence of gravity exerted on the rotation parts. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061710 | BALL JOINT MECHANISM, KINEMATIC CHAIN AND PARALLEL ROBOT - A ball joint mechanism includes a ball joint member, a ball socket member and a plurality of elastic assemblies. The ball joint member has a head portion. The ball socket member defines a spherical engaging socket and a plurality of mounting holes communicating with the spherical engaging socket. The head portion of the ball joint member is assembled into and pivotally engages with the corresponding spherical engaging socket of the ball socket member. The plurality of elastic assemblies are assembled within the mounting holes of the ball socket member, respectively, and elastically resist against a periphery of the ball joint member. One or more kinematic chains and a parallel robot using the ball joint mechanism are also provided. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061711 | ANCHORING DEVICE FOR A SHEATH TERMINAL - An anchoring device including a support member having a slot open out at one edge thereof for receiving a first cylindrical portion of the sheath terminal, a retainer for receiving and retaining a second cylindrical portion of the sheath terminal, and a guide for guiding the retainer as the second cylindrical portion of the sheath terminal is received therein, the guide including guide members that are formed integrally with the support member. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061712 | Knob Assembly - The present invention relates to a knob assembly adapted to be secured to a top portion of a shaft ( | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061713 | CAM WHEEL ASSEMBLY FOR REFRIGERANT RECOVERY MACHINE - A high-durability cam wheel assembly mounted in a shell of a refrigerant recovery machine is disclosed to include a frame member ( | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061714 | INERTIAL WHEEL FOR EXERCISE BICYCLE - The inertial wheel contains a circular side piece and a circular frame piece oppositely together. The side piece has its circumference extended towards the frame piece into a first ring wall. The frame piece has its circumference extended towards the side piece into a second ring wall. A ring groove is configured along the second ring wall, and an outer section of the second ring wall presents as a ring platform. The first ring wall of the side piece is received by the ring platform of the second ring wall of the frame piece; and the first and second ring walls are riveted. The inertial wheel is easy to start, with significant inertia, simple to manufacture, less prone to deformation, low cost, low carbon, visually appealing, and wide applicability. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061715 | PEDAL OF EXERCISE EQUIPMENT - A pedal for exercise equipment concentrates foot effort applied for driving and realizes stable stepping of pedal bodies with soles. The pedal includes a pedal body and a connection shaft connected to a crank rod of pedal exercise equipment. A pair of first and second inclination control plates are respectively mounted at the front and rear surfaces of the pedal body, and hinge-connected to the pedal body at the crank rod connection side thereof. A pair of fixing screws fix the second and first inclination control plates to the pedal body, wherein the positioning angle of the sole is set to be larger than 0° for effective driving power transmission to the crank rod, and deviation of the sole from the pedal body is prevented under the free control of the sole positioning angle according to the body type of a user. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061716 | VEHICULAR STARTER RING GEAR - A vehicular starter ring gear in the form of an annular member which has external teeth and which is welded at a plurality of positions to a disc member rotated with an engine, such that the vehicular starter ring gear is fitted on an outer circumferential surface of the disc member, so that the vehicular starter ring gear is rotated to start the engine, by a starter motor having a pinion gear engageable with the external teeth, includes: a thermal resistor portion provided in a radial portion between an inner circumferential surface and peak surfaces of the external teeth, and radially outwardly of at least welding portions bridging the vehicular starter ring gear and the disc member, the thermal resistor portion restraining conduction of a heat generated during an operation to form the welding portions, to the external teeth. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061717 | CAM INDEXER - A cam indexer includes a driving assembly, a driving plate, a multi-task dial, a latching assembly and a positioning assembly. The driving plate defines an arc-groove at the periphery thereof and a cam surface at the bottom of the arc-groove, the driving plate further includes a receiving end and a resisting end positioned at opposite ends of the cam surface. The multi-task dial defines four positioning grooves along the periphery thereof; the latching assembly is fixed to the driving plate and elastically engages in first one positioning groove, the positioning assembly elastically engages in a second one positioning groove. The latching assembly and the positioning assembly are adapted to detach from the positioning grooves when the driving plate is driven by the driving assembly, such that the cam indexer functions as a partitioning mechanism. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061718 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING ANISOTROPIC METAL NANOPARTICLES - The present invention relates to a new method for preparing anisotropic metal nanoparticles with high aspect ratios and different types of structures by means of catalysis by Atomic Quantum Clusters (AQCs). | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061719 | PRODUCTION OF METAL PRODUCTS DIRECTLY FROM UNDERGROUND ORE DEPOSITS - A process for producing metal compounds directly from underground mineral deposits including steps of forming a borehole at a site into a mineral deposit containing metal compounds, inserting a slurry-forming device having a nozzle into the borehole adapted to direct pressurized water through the nozzle into the mineral deposit, supplying pressured water through the nozzle into the mineral deposit forming a mineral slurry containing metal compounds, extracting the mineral slurry containing metal compounds through the borehole, leaching the mineral slurry converting the metal compounds to a soluble form in a leach solution, and removing metals and metal compounds by treating the leach solution with an extraction treatment removing the metal products. Steps of leaching the mineral slurry and removing metal products are performed at a location remote from the borehole site. In one alternative, the step of removing metal products from mineral slurry is accomplished by pyrometallurgical processes. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061720 | RATCEHT WRENCH WITH ROTATABLE DRIVING HEAD - A ratchet wrench includes a body, a driving head, a control member and a resilient member. The body includes a handle and a Y-shaped extension. The driving head is pivotably connected to the Y-shaped extension by two pivots and an inner groove and a recess are respectively defined in the inside of the Y-shaped extension. The inner groove accommodates the C-shaped plate of the control member and the resilient member is received in the recess. The C-shaped plate has engaging teeth defined in distal ends thereof and the pivots each have ratchet teeth which are engaged with the engaging teeth by moving the control member so as to control the rotation of the driving head relative to the body. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061721 | RATCHETING WRENCH - A wrench having a handle and ratchet assembly and a socket wheel. The handle and ratchet assembly has a handle and a first drive member that is rotatable relative to the handle. The socket wheel has a plurality of tool members, a plurality of first lugs and a plurality of second lugs. Each tool member is fixedly coupled to a pair of the first lugs and a pair of the second lugs. An adjacent pair of the tool members share a single one of the second lugs and no adjacent pair of the tool members shares any of the first lugs. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061722 | Two Handle Socket Wrench System - A dual handle socket wrench system provides torque generated by two-handed operation. Bolts and other fasteners are removed with greater ease as a wrench operator may use two hands to turn a fastener. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061723 | PIPE FLANGE SPREADING TOOL - A pipe flange spreading tool is disclosed. The pipe flange spreading tool includes a pair of wedges and a retainer strap. Each of the wedges has a through-hole and a tapered end. The tapered end is configured to be forced between two pipe flanges of a pipeline to separate the pipe flanges of the pipeline. The retainer strap connects the pair of wedges via the through-holes. The retainer strap includes a first and second end loops configured to be looped around a first and second secured locations of the pipeline, respectively, in order to retain the pair of wedges with respect to the pipeline during operation. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061724 | HANDLE FOR A HAND TOOL - A handle for a hand tool has a held section and a connecting section connected with the held section. The held section has at least one soft area and at least one hard area that are formed on an outer surface of the held section. The connecting section has an end surface and a shank hole. The end surface of the connecting section is opposite to the held section. The shank hole is formed in the end surface of the connecting section and has an axis. A cross section of the held section is asymmetric relative to the axis of the shank hole. The cross section of the held section is asymmetric and ergonomic, so the held section is suitable for the user's hand to turn. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061725 | ERGONOMIC HAND TOOL HOLDERS AND SYSTEMS - An ergonomic hand tool holder that supports a tool for use, while being received comfortably in a user's hand in a natural resting angle relative to the wrist, defines forefinger and thumb rest areas on outwardly-facing surfaces of side regions of the holder body, and hand rest areas adapted to engage and rest against the “saddle” of a user's hand when the holder is held with the forefinger and thumb rest engaging the forefinger and thumb rest areas. The weight of the holder and its supported load is distributed to the dorsal saddle area of the user's hand, allowing the user's arm to bear the weight, while the user's wrist and fingers guide, rather than carry, the tool. An ergonomic system may also include a counterweight device adapted to move the combined weight the load toward the hand rest area engaging the dorsal saddle area. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061726 | Machine Tool Apparatus And Method - A machine tool apparatus and method for exterior and interior cutting operations on a workpiece is provided. In one form, the machine tool apparatus has a common support assembly with a tailstock and a boring tool holder mounted thereto. The common support assembly has a common support carriage that is mounted to a machine base for travel along a longitudinal axis parallel to a central axis of the workpiece. The tailstock and boring tool holder are mounted to a mounting base portion for travel transverse to the workpiece central axis. In one form, a turret having external cutting tools is separate from the boring tool holder and mounted to the machine base for performing external cutting operations on the workpiece. This separate mounting allows the turret to machine the exterior of the workpiece while also permitting a longer boring tool to perform deep internal cutting operations on the workpiece. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061727 | URETHRAL SUPPORT IMPLANT FOR THE TREATMENT OF MALE URINARY INCONTINENCE - A urethral support sling implant for treatment of male urinary incontinence is produced in a biocompatible material and comprises a central part intended to form the area supporting the urethra, including an inferior base prolonged into two trans-obturator arms in the same plane and in opposition to each other. The inferior base is prolonged upwards by a section extending beyond the inferior base in the form of two pre-pubic arms. The prolonging arms are made of the same material as the central part, and the arms are produced in the same direction of knit. The pre-pubic arms are configured in a ‘V’ relative to each other, and each of the pre-pubic arms is configured in a ‘V’ relative to the subjacent trans-obturator arm. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061728 | DRAW PUNCH AND METHOD OF MAKING DIFFERENT SHAPED CUTOUTS - A draw punch assembly for making one or more desired cutouts in a work piece is disclosed. The draw punch assembly includes a draw punch with a peripheral cutting edge on an outer surface and a bending edge on an inner surface, and a die with a shaped cavity for receiving a slug, where the slug is a cutout portion of the work piece. The die and the draw punch maintain a pre-defined clearance with respect to each other during operation. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061729 | Method for cutting a food standard into slices - A method for cutting a food strand into slices, including the steps of feeding the food strand forward to a cutting device including a rotating blade, successively cutting off slices, placing the cut off slices onto an intermediary storage device moveable transversal to the feed direction and in feed direction in order to form a portion, wherein a stacked or fish scaled slice arrangement with a total of n slices is generated and n is a natural number≧3, transferring a non-finished portion including m slices, wherein m is a natural number and m| 2013-03-14 | |
| 20130061730 | WIRE SAW FOR CUTTING PIPE - A wire saw for cutting pipe is provided including a saddle forming a saddle surface for abutting against a cylindrical pipe, an elongate guide fixed to the saddle, a bow having a first and second end, a bridge portion joining the first and second ends, and an open end having a length L from the first end to the second end which is greater than a diameter D of the pipe, a wire loop movable along a track formed within the bow, and a cooling system for actively cooling the wire loop. The elongate guide has an axis approximately perpendicular to an axis of the pipe when the pipe is abutting against the saddle. An exposed portion of the e loop extends across the open end. The how is moveable on the elongate guide toward and away from the pipe when the pipe is abutting against the saddle. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061731 | DIAMOND WIRE FOR CUTTING HARD MATERIALS - The invention relates to a diamond wire of the type used in single- or multiple-wire machines for cutting blocks of hard materials, such as stone, concrete, metal or similar, in order to obtain sheets with a thickness of between 2 and 3 cm. The structure of the wire comprises a steel cable and a number of beads distributed along the length of the cable, as well as a plastic coating which is applied to the cable and secures the heads in relative positions both in terms of the longitudinal movement and rotation thereof in relation to the cable. The invention is characterised in that: each bead comprises a generally cylindrical single body of diamond material including an axial passage provided with various formations in the form of angularly equispaced ribs that project inwards and extend longitudinally; and that the external surface of the cylindrical body includes multiple corresponding angularly equispaced channels that also extend longitudinally. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061732 | MULTI-PROFILE DIE CUTTING ASSEMBLY - A die roll is disclosing have multiple alternating patterns. Cutting edges and non-cutting edges on the die roll are phased with cutting surfaces and relieved areas on the anvil, respectively. Multiple cut profiles are achieved from a single die/anvil combination. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061733 | KEYBOARD INSTRUMENT - In a predetermined sound generation mode, a drive signal having a frequency characteristic corresponding to an operated key is supplied to an excitation unit provided on a soundboard. In response to a mechanical vibration generated by the excitation unit, the soundboard is vibrated so as to generate an acoustic vibration sound corresponding to the operated key. The excitation unit is supported by a supporting unit such that less or no load of the excitation unit except a vibration member vibrated in response to the drive signal is applied to the soundboard. Thus, only a load of the vibration member which is a very light portion of the excitation unit is applied to the soundboard, thereby vibration characteristics of the soundboard being hardly affected. When a sound damping mode is selected, a stopper is permitted to prevent a hammer from striking a sounding body. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061734 | ACOUSTIC EFFECT IMPARTMENT APPARATUS, AND PIANO - An acoustic effect impartment apparatus detects striking of any one of strings by a corresponding hammer in an acoustic piano like a grand piano, and vibrates a vibration section with a driving waveform signal obtained by synthesizing sine wave signals of the fundamental frequency and harmonic frequency of the hammer-struck string. Such vibration of the vibration section is transmitted to the keys via a soundboard and bridge of the piano. Thus, vibration is excited in the hammer-struck string by the striking with the hammer but also by the driving waveform signal, so that an acoustic effect corresponding to the driving waveform signal is imparted. Because the driving waveform signal is a simple signal using the sine wave signals corresponding to the fundamental frequency of the string, a natural feeling of the acoustic piano will not be lost even when the acoustic effect is imparted. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061735 | POLYPHONIC NOTE DETECTION - Processor-implemented methods and systems for polyphonic note detection are disclosed. The method includes converting a portion of a polyphonic audio signal from a time domain to a frequency domain. The method includes detecting a fundamental frequency peak in the frequency domain. The method then detects a defined number of integer-interval harmonic partials. If a defined number of integer-interval harmonic partials relative to the fundamental frequency peak are detected the fundamental frequency is recorded as a detected note. This process is repeated for each fundamental frequency until each note in the polyphonic audio signal has been detected. For example, this method allows detection of each note in a strummed guitar chord to provide feedback on the tuning of each string in a strummed chord or allows detection and feedback of the timing and pitch errors for guitar chords played along with a reference track. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061736 | VIBRATION GENERATOR - From analog music information in which the sounds of a plurality of musical instruments are mixed, sound data corresponding to the register of the reproduced sound of a bass guitar and sound data corresponding to the register of the reproduced sound of a drum are extracted using a band-pass filter. A drive pulse with a low frequency is generated within the periods of data sections in which the former sound data reaches a predetermined level or higher, and a drive pulse with a high frequency is generated within the periods of data sections in which the latter sound data reaches a predetermined level or higher. A vibrating body in a vibration mechanism unit is resonated by two drive pulses with frequencies, thereby causing vibration according to the reproduced sound of music. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061737 | FIREARM HAVING A HANDLE ASSEMBLY FOR CHARGING AND FORWARD ASSIST - A firearm includes a receiver defining a receiver bore and a bolt carrier disposed in the receiver bore. The bolt carrier is moveable relative to the receiver along a longitudinal axis between a firing position and a rearward position. A hand guard is coupled to the receiver and an elongated member is fixed relative to the bolt carrier in the hand guard. A handle assembly is slideably engaged with the elongated member in the hand guard and the handle assembly is moveable toward the receiver to define a charging motion. The bolt carrier presents a first surface and the handle assembly terminates at a terminal surface aligned with the first surface along the longitudinal axis. The terminal surface of the handle assembly abuts the first surface of the bolt carrier when the handle assembly is moved in the charging motion. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061738 | INCENDIARY MACHINE - An incendiary machine ( | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061739 | ENERGY DISSIPATION COMPOSITE MATERIAL - A composite material able to dissipate the kinetic energy of a moving object comprising a layer of ballistic material bonded to a layer of porous matrix material which is impregnated with shear thickening fluid. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061740 | VEHICLE USING COMPRESSED GAS, AND CONTROL DEVICE THEREFOR - A power unit that can periodically determine a leakage of a compressed gas to early discover a defect, such as a crack, and a vehicle in which the power unit is used are provided. A vehicle that runs with an air engine including a gas machinery includes a control device. The control device includes an adjuster that controls an output of the gas machinery such that a target output is obtained, a pressure measuring unit that measures the pressure of the compressed gas at the piping unit of the air engine, and a determination unit that determines a leakage state of the compressed gas based on a change in pressure, which is measured by the pressure measuring unit every time the target output of the gas machinery becomes substantial zero. The control device suspends the determination of the leakage state when the target output of the gas machinery changes from substantial zero during the determination. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061741 | DUAL MODE FLUID POWERED ACTUATOR - A dual-mode fluid powered actuator includes a cylinder housing having a cylinder axis, a first end and a second end spaced axially apart from the first end, and an inner surface extending between the first and second ends. A first fluid port is provided adjacent the first end of the cylinder housing and a second fluid port is provided adjacent the second end of the cylinder housing. A piston assembly is in the cylinder housing, the piston assembly slidable between the first and second ports. The piston assembly includes a first piston member and a second piston member, the first and second piston members translatable relative to each other between an engaged position in which the piston assembly isolates the first fluid port from the second fluid port, and a disengaged position in which the first and second fluid ports are in fluid communication with each other through the piston assembly. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061742 | Lockable Hydraulic Actuator - An apparatus comprising a downhole tool having a body defining an outer surface, a plurality of standoffs distributed about the outer surface, and a hydraulic circuit operatively coupled to the standoffs. The hydraulic circuit includes a plurality of hydraulically actuated pistons, each of which is operatively coupled to a respective one of the standoffs to extend and retract the respective standoff. The pistons are hydraulically coupled and sized to extend or retract the respective standoffs at substantially the same rate in response to a hydraulic control signal. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061743 | STRUCTURE OF ACTIVE MOUNT - An active mount structure may include an actuator coupled to an actuator plate coupled to an orifice plate within a housing, wherein the actuator includes a plunger coupled to the actuator plate, a first rod rotatably coupled to a bottom of the plunger and rotated by a first motor unit, wherein the first rod includes a rotating shaft rotatably coupled to the plunger, one side of the rotating shaft extending to form an extending portion, and a rotation retention portion formed at the extending portion, a swash plate defining a center hole therein and having shaft protrusions, wherein the first rod may be disposed in the center hole and the rotation retention portion may be engaged to the swash plate, and a second rod engaged at the swash plate and raised or lowered by a second motor unit, wherein the shaft protrusions may be rotatably coupled to the housing. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061744 | OFFSET CAM FOR PISTON PUMP - A pump assembly comprises a cam and a piston. The cam rotates in a plane about an eccentric axis, and has a circumferential side wall. The piston engages the circumferential side wall of the cam, and runs along a piston axis which lies in the plane of the cam. The piston axis is parallel to but not coincident with a reference line perpendicular to and intersecting the eccentric axis. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061745 | REMOVABLE SHIM CLIP FOR ADJUSTABLE PISTON PUMP - A pump assembly comprises a base, a cam, a cylinder, a piston, and a shim clip. The cam rotates about a rotational axis with respect to the base. The cylinder attaches to the base, and has an inlet port and an outlet for fluid. The piston is reciprocally driven by rotation of the cam to draw fluid into the cylinder through the inlet port during a fill stroke, and to close the inlet port and pump fluid in the cylinder toward the offset during a pump stroke. The shim clip is removably insertable between the cylinder and the base to increase the distance between the inlet port and the rotational axis. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061746 | Device Having a Pneumatic Actuating Cylinder, and Method for Controlling a Device of Said Type - The invention relates to a device having a pneumatic actuating cylinder ( | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061747 | DYNAMIC AND CONTINUOUS CONTROL FOR PRESSURE SWING ADSORPTION - A Pressure Swing Adsorption filtration that separates a first set of particles and a second set of particles to produce a purified gas output can be monitored in real-time. A sentinel component can provide real-time in situ tracking of a parameter associated with the PSA filtration and dynamically adjusts the PSA filtration based upon the real-time tracked parameter. The real-time monitoring of the parameter further enables maintenance of equipment utilized with the PSA filtration as well as equipment down-the-line that utilize the purified gas output. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061748 | Supersaturated Fluid Degassing - An elongated flow-through degassing apparatus includes an elongated gas permeable outer shell and one or more gas-permeable, liquid-impermeable elongated inner conveyance members extending within the outer shell and at least partially through a chamber defined within the outer shell. The apparatus also includes inlet and outlet junctions for securing the outer shell to the inner conveyance member. The outer shell exhibits a first permeance that is substantially greater than a second permeance of the inner conveyance member. The degassing apparatus may be sufficiently flexible so as to be readily manipulatable into desired configurations. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061749 | GAMING MACHINE WITH IONIZED FILTRATION SYSTEM - An air filtration system may provide effective cooling to a processor or other components of a gaming machine with clean cooling air. The air filtration system may include an ionizer to partially ionize air passing therethrough and to increase sizes of contaminant particles. Some of the contaminant particles may be expelled out of the partially-ionized air, resulting in cleaner air. Cleaner air further passes through a filter, which may further filter out contaminant particles. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061750 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONCENTRATING OZONE GAS - A method of concentrating ozone gas including: causing ozone gas contained in ozone-oxygen mixture gas to be selectively adsorbed to adsorbents which are filled in a non-cooled state in at least two adsorbing cylinders arranged parallel to one another; desorbing the ozone gas from the adsorbents by subjecting a depressurizing process to each adsorbing cylinder during an ozone gas desorption operation; repeating an adsorption step and a desorption step alternately in the at least two adsorbing cylinders; and controlling the adsorbing cylinders, in such a way that one of the adsorbing cylinders is performing the adsorption step while another one of the adsorbing cylinders is performing the desorption step. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061751 | COLD-WEATHER RECHARGING DEHYDRATING BREATHER - A recharging dehydrating breather for providing dehydrated air to electrical components includes a desiccant chamber configured to hold desiccant and a heating element configured to heat the desiccant held in the desiccant chamber to at least partially eliminate water. The device further includes a housing configured to hold the desiccant chamber and the heating element, an outlet configured to provide an outlet to guide the water away from the housing, and the outlet configured to be heated by the heating element. A process of configuring a recharging dehydrating breather for providing dehydrated air to electrical components is also disclosed. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061752 | Tetratopic Phenyl Compounds, Related Metal-Organic Framework Materials and Post-Assembly Elaboration - Disclosed are tetratopic carboxylic acid phenyl for use in metal-organic framework compounds. These compounds are useful in catalysis, gas storage, sensing, biological imaging, drug delivery and gas adsorption separation. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061753 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TREATING GAS DISCHARGED FROM CARBON DIOXIDE RECOVERY DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to provide a method and a device, which can suppress poisoning due to CO and efficiently remove a low concentration of amines contained in a gas discharged from a CO | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061754 | AIR PURIFIER - An air purifier includes a frame, a fan unit, and an electrostatic precipitator. The precipitator has a first strip with a first continuous conductive electrode layer directly adjacent to an edge, and a second strip with a second continuous conductive electrode layer directly adjacent to an edge. The first and second strips are nested with one another. The edge of the first strip is opposed to the edge of the second strip. An electrostatic precipitator for an air purifier includes a first spiral strip having a continuous conductive electrode, a second spiral strip having a continuous conductive electrode and nested with the first strip, a plurality of combs. Each comb extends from an outer periphery of the precipitator to an intermediate region between the outer periphery and a center of the precipitator. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061755 | Integrated Adsorber Head and Valve Design and Swing Adsorption Methods Related Thereto - An adsorber with minimal dead volume especially suited to reverse-flow applications comprises: a) an adsorber body; b) a first head engaged with said adsorber body; c) a first conduit extending from outside said head to at least partially through said head; and d) a first valve in flow communication with said first conduit controlling fluid flow along a flow path extending from the first valve and through the adsorber body. The adsorber is especially suited for use in a process for swing adsorption separation processes. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061756 | ADSORPTION UNIT, ADSORTION DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR REGENERATING THEREOF - An adsorption unit is provided, including an electrical heating substrate defined with a fluid channel therein, and an adsorptive material layer formed on the electrical heating substrate to contact the fluid channel for adsorbing moisture or volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in a gas flow through the fluid channel. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061757 | SYSTEM FOR DECONTAMINATING INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT GASES - The system for decontaminating industrial output gases may process both particulate and gaseous emissions from industrial facilities. The system may be located with or adjacent to an industrial facility or at some distance from the facility. In one embodiment the system includes a subsystem of alternating active and inactive filters, and a wash subsystem cleaning the inactive filters during the cycle. The wash water is captured in a basin for further processing of the chemical particulates therein. Fans located downstream of the filters draw the gaseous industrial output through the filters. Remaining vapor passes to a classification plant where the gases are separated into their constituent elements or compounds. Gases that are allowed to escape may be burned, and the resulting gases recirculated through the system. Another embodiment is adapted for processing steam, and cools the steam for use as liquid water, rather than allowing it to escape as vapor. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061758 | SYSTEM FOR DECONTAMINATING INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT GASES - The system for decontaminating industrial output gases may process both particulate and gaseous emissions from industrial facilities. The system may be located with or adjacent to an industrial facility or at some distance from the facility. In one embodiment the system includes a subsystem of alternating active and inactive filters, and a wash subsystem cleaning the inactive filters during the cycle. The wash water is captured in a basin for further processing of the chemical particulates therein. Fans located downstream of the filters draw the gaseous industrial output through the filters. Remaining vapor passes to a classification plant where the gases are separated into their constituent elements or compounds. Gases that to are allowed to escape may be burned, and the resulting gases recirculated through the system. Another embodiment is adapted for processing steam, and cools the steam for use as liquid water, rather than allowing it to escape as vapor. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061759 | GAS DELIVERY SYSTEM - A gas delivery pipe for transmitting a gas, the pipe comprising: a wall defining a lumen of the pipe; an inlet aperture through which gas flows into the pipe; an outlet aperture through which gas flows out of the pipe; wherein the pipe has an index, SI, characterizing a degree to which the pipe is serpentine that is equal to an integral of an absolute value of changes in angle of direction that a unit vector tangent to a midline of the lumen undergoes in moving along the midline from the inlet to the outlet aperture, which integral has a value greater than or about equal to 180°. | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061760 | ERGONOMIC DISPENSER INTERFACE - A machine ( | 2013-03-14 |
| 20130061761 | BEVERAGE PRODUCTION DEVICE WITH ENHANCED CONTROL MEANS - The invention proposes a beverage production device for preparing single-component and/or multi-component beverages comprising: a brewing unit for preparing the component, a user interface ( | 2013-03-14 |
