| 16th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights (04-16-09/04-16-09_5) part 5 |
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| 20090095119 | INTERCHANGABLE LEVER ASSEMBLIES - A lever assembly. The assembly may include a lever, a shaft coupled to the lever for supporting pivotal movement of the lever, a magnet coupled to the lever, the magnet being configured to rotate upon pivotal movement of the lever, and magnetic field sensor positioned adjacent the magnet for providing an output representative to position of the lever. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095120 | Structure of Electronic Accelerator Pedal With Hysteresis and Sensor - There is provided a structure of an electronic accelerator pedal with hysteresis and a sensor, which uses hysteresis, comprising: a pedal to be pushed by a driver's foot; a hinge unit in which a sensor is installed for sensing a rotation angle of the pedal at the symmetrical outside of a body to the inside of another side of the body in which the pedal is pivotably formed and for sending an electrical signal to a controller; a pressing plate with one side to be connected to a spring positioned on a supporting plate and the other side to be pivotably hinged to the body, wherein the supporting plate is formed by extending one side of the pedal through the hinge unit and the body and a clearance space are formed above the spring; and a contact plate to contact with one side end of the pressing plate and to be pressed when the pressing plate is pivoted by the spring, for pressurizing the hinge unit of the pedal. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095121 | STEERING WHEEL COVER - A steering wheel cover includes: a wheel sleeve having an inner wall that defines an inner space which is adapted to receive a steering wheel therein, the wheel sleeve further has a radial cross section that has first and second circumferential ends; and a plurality of anti-slip ribs formed on the inner wall of the wheel sleeve. Each of the anti-slip ribs extends from the first circumferential end to the second circumferential end of the radial cross section and radiates inwardly from the inner wall of the wheel sleeve into the inner space in the wheel sleeve. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095122 | Removable pedal platform - This invention relates to pedals for vehicles like bicycles. Pedals according to certain embodiments comprise a removable pedal platform, a body and/or a pin. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095123 | Anatomically supportive pedal platform - This invention relates to pedals for use on vehicles, especially bicycles. A pedal of the invention comprises an anatomically supportive shape. A pedal according to certain embodiments comprises an upper and a lower footbed portion. In certain other embodiments, a pedal comprises one or more barrier portions. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095124 | ADJUSTMENT DEVICE FOR A CAMSHAFT - An adjustment device for a camshaft includes a brake system and a superposition gear system connected on a drive output side to the camshaft and on the drive input side to the crankshaft, such that to adjust the camshaft the superposition gear system dissipates part of the energy from the drive side into the brake system. The brake system is a frictional brake system, such that the necessary braking force is produced by a friction lining that operates in a slipping condition. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095125 | ARMATURE TYPE ELECTRICAL GENERATORS FOR SELF POWERED CELL PHONES - Self powered cell phones are operated with a rotatable crank shaft, the rotary motion of which is translated by cam or slotted slider crank-driven gear trains into pivoting motions of an internal armature, in reciprocal alternating opposite directions, whereby one or more conductive wire coils, supported by the armature, are caused to intersect the magnetic flux of one or more permanent magnets disposed within the cell phones, thereby generating electrical voltage and current for operating, charging or recharging the cell phone batteries. Recharging mechanisms are provided which can be manually or flywheel operated to impart the pivotal motions of the armature and supply the current generated therein directly to the cell phone batteries. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095126 | Tool Indexer and Turret-Indexer Assembly - Disclosed are a tool indexer assembly, a computer numerically controlled machine that includes such tool indexer assembly, and associated methods. The assembly in one embodiment includes a turret and an indexer, the indexer including a portion that is movable with respect to the turret and that includes plural tool station configured to receive plural tool structures. The tool indexer is disposed on a facet of the turret, and, in some embodiments includes a table that is rotatable about an axis that is generally orthogonal to the axis of rotation of the turret. In another embodiment, a tool indexer includes a clamping mechanism having a source of pressurized fluid and a piston that is hydraulically actuated by the pressurized fluid and movable to a clamping position. The assembly further includes a conduit for delivery of the pressurized fluid proximal the tool structure as coolant fluid. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095127 | PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR MATERIAL RECLAMATION AND RECYCLING - A system and process for reclaiming nickel and cadmium from a feed source such as Ni—Cd batteries. The feed source is shredded to produce feed particles, screened to size the particles, magnetically separated to remove non-metallic materials, and induction heated to generate nickel and cadmium products. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095128 | UNIFORM AEROSOL DELIVERY FOR FLOW-BASED PYROLYSIS FOR INORGANIC MATERIAL SYNTHESIS - Light-driven flow reactors are configured with an aerosol delivery apparatus that is designed to improve the reactive process with respect to forming uniform product compositions at higher rates. In particular, the reactant delivery system can deliver an aerosol having an average droplet size of no more than about 50 microns, and in some embodiments 20 microns, and with less than 1 droplet in 10,000 having a diameter greater than 5 times the average droplet size. In some embodiments, the edge of the aerosol generator can be placed within about 6 centimeters of the edge of the light beam passing through the reaction chamber. The average aerosol velocity can be no more than about 5 meters per second. In some embodiments, the aerosol generator can comprise a non-circular opening and a gas permeable structure that is used to generate a mist that is delivered from the apparatus as an aerosol. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095129 | Process for enhancing dry compressive strengsth in iron ore pelletizing - A process for producing green iron ore pellets comprises the inclusion of Direct Reduced Iron or a metallic iron-containing material into the pellet mixture to enhance Direct Compressive Strength properties of the green pellets. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095130 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF TANTALUM POWDER USING RECLAIMED SCRAP AS SOURCE MATERIAL - A process for obtaining tantalum powder from tantalum containing scrap material is provided. The process includes selecting source material, such as from sintered anodes for capacitors, hydriding the source material, milling to desired particle size and surface area, dehydriding, deoxidizing, agglomerating, sifting, and acid treating to obtain tantalum powder of a desired size and purity. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095131 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING MOLYDENUM METAL POWDER - Method for producing molybdenum metal powder. The invention includes introducing a supply of ammonium molybdate precursor material into a furnace in a first direction and introducing a reducing gas into a cooling zone in a second direction opposite to the first direction. The ammonium molybdate precursor material is heated at an initial temperature in the presence of the reducing gas to produce an intermediate product that is heated at a final temperature in the presence of the reducing gas, thereby creating the molybdenum metal powder comprising particles having a surface area to mass ratio of between about 1 m | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095132 | PROCESSING OF METAL CHLORIDE SOLUTIONS AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING DIRECT REDUCED IRON - A process and apparatus for regeneration of acid and metal from spent acid liquors includes the steps of, optionally, concentrating ( | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095133 | METHODS, COMPOSITIONS, AND DEVICES FOR SAFE STORAGE, TRANSPORT, DISPOSAL AND RECYCLING OF MERCURY CONTAINING LIGHT BULBS - The present invention provides methods and devices for the safe and cost efficient storage, transport and disposal of mercury. A puncture resistant container is provided having an interior element comprising a mercury sequestering substance to permit the safe storage, transport or disposal of mercury containing light bulbs and to capture mercury vapor by chemical sequestration in the event that the bulb breaks during storage, transport or disposal. The mercury sequestering element may be removable to facilitate further processing and reclamation of sequestered mercury using various methods known in the art. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095134 | Process and Equipment for Blast Furnace Ironmaking Using Pure Oxygen and Gas - Process and equipment for blast furnace ironmaking using pure oxygen and gas The process for blast furnace ironmaking using pure oxygen and gas includes putting a mineral aggregate consisting of pellet, alkaline sinter, coke and solvent into the furnace from the furnace top, wherein each ton of iron is assigned with coke of 170-200 kg; blasting pure oxygen into the furnace, wherein each ton of molten iron is blasted with oxygen of 120-200 Nm | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095135 | Seal breaking device - A seal breaking device is provided. Such seal breaking device includes an elongated handle member having a first end and a second end. Such elongated handle member is manufactured from a first predetermined material and has a first predetermined size and a first predetermined shape. A lid lifting member is operably connected at a first end thereof to such first end of such elongated handle. Such lid lifting member is manufactured from a second predetermined material and has a second predetermined size and a second predetermined shape. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095136 | SELF ACTIVATING TORQUE TOOL - A self actuating torque tool includes a shoe having at least one guide track lying in a plane, and at least one jaw. Each jaw has a follower paired with a pivot axis normal to the plane of the guide track. The follower travels along the at least one guide track between an extended position and a retracted position. There is a drive coupling through which torque is applied to the shoe. One of left torque or right torque is applied to the drive coupling causing the follower to travel along the at least one guide track moving the jaw to the extended position, and another of left torque or right torque is applied to the handle causing the follower to travel along the at least one guide track moving the jaw to the retracted position. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095137 | Specialized Socket for Installing Valve - A removable valve socket wrench for installing and removing pipe valves. The socket may be attached to an end of a ratchet, torque wrench, T-bar, or breaker bar with an extendable wrench handle. A detent feature is provided to allow the socket to positively engage the handle and be physically retained yet removable. The socket features various openings in the socket walls to engage with protruding features of a particular valve. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095138 | INSULATING SCREWDRIVER HAVING WEAR IDENTIFICATION FUNCTION - An insulating screwdriver includes a handle, a drive shank having a first end mounted in the handle and a second end protruding outwardly from the handle, an insulating jacket mounted on the second end of the drive shank, and an identification insulating sleeve mounted between the second end of the drive shank and the insulating jacket. Thus, when the insulating jacket is worn out or broken due to friction or hit, the identification insulating sleeve is still located outside of the drive shank to provide a secondary insulating effect to the drive shank so as to protect the user when operating the drive shank. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095139 | Mobile wheelset reprofiling device - A mobile wheelset reprofiling device mounted on rollers which can be moved on a workshop track for reprofiling wheelsets is provided. The wheelsets are mounted in a bogie such that they can rotate. The reprofiling includes using a mobile wheelset lathe, which can be connected to a corresponding service container which is also mounted on rollers and can be moved on a workshop track. A device for supporting another wheelset which is currently not being machined is also provided. The mobile wheelset lathe, the service container and the device for supporting the wheelsets are attached to a common support frame which is mounted on rollers which can be moved in the workshop track. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095140 | ARTICLE FOR RECEIVING AND SUPPORTING AN INSERTING PORTION OF A CIRCULAR SAW BLADE AND A ROUTER BIT IN IMMERSING FASHION WITHIN A VOLUME OF A CLEANING FLUID - A three dimensional article exhibiting an upper accessible slot communicating with a three dimensional interior recess for receiving a likewise configured arcuate inserting portion of a circular saw blade. A volume of a cleaning solution is deposited upon interior surfaces of the article exposed to the interior recess and, upon insertion of the blade, the cleaning solution acts to remove sap and other build up contaminants typically associated with certain varieties of natural wood. The lengthwise extending surface configuration of the recess is further such that it exerts an inwardly opposing/biasing force to the inserted circular blade, this serving to retain the blade in place and further as it is slowly rotated throughout a 360° cycle to evenly clean all the perimeter extending teeth. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095141 | ADJUSTABLE FENCE FOR A MITER SAW - A miter saw includes a base, a table rotatably coupled with the base, and a cutting assembly connected to the table. The miter saw includes a fence assembly attached to the base and overlying the top surface of the table. The fence assembly has a fixed fence with a front face, a rear face, a top surface extending between the front and rear faces, and an elongated tongue projecting from the top surface. The fence assembly also has a movable fence with a front face, a rear face and an elongated groove formed in an underside thereof adapted to engage the elongated tongue for guiding movement of the movable fence over the fixed fence. The fence assembly includes at least one spring projecting from the elongated tongue for urging the movable fence toward the rear face of the fixed fence and into enhanced surface contact with the fixed fence. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095142 | Fingering guide for string instrument (Finger Finder) - An instructional and reference device, for use by violinists, violists, and cellists, is constructed using an outer sleeve or pocket with a sliding panel. The outer sleeve has a larger and a smaller opening, each positioned to reveal information imprinted on the sliding panel. The information revealed through the smaller opening may include musical keys and key signatures. The outer sleeve is imprinted with the names of the strings above the larger opening, through which is revealed the appropriate fingering used on each string when playing in the musical key displayed in the smaller opening of the outer sleeve. Several different inner panels can be used in this musical slide rule, making available fingering information relevant to violin, viola, cello, and/or variants thereof, for different hand positions on these instruments; different inner panels can be used to display fingering information for various positions on the fingerboards of these instruments. Fingering for classical scales of major and minor keys for various modes, and ethnic and stylistic scale patterns, such as are used in jazz, blues, and musical styles native to subcultures around the world may be provided. The inner panel displays the numbers of the appropriate fingers on each string, their relative spacing on each string in each selected musical key, and through various colors or other means may indicate the locations of the root notes of each major and minor key, and arpeggio notes. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095143 | Musical instrument system - A musical teaching system including a plurality of blocks adjacent one another. Each block includes a graphical representation of upbeat and downbeat, and also includes a graphical representation of a musical beat and a musical note or rest. In one embodiment the blocks are mounted on a shaft and are urged into frictional engagement by shaft mounted springs. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095144 | Musical score recognition device and computer program thereof - The part template including information that is necessary to set after the image of the musical score read out by the scanner is recognized, is stored beforehand, and the part template corresponding to the read out musical score by the scanner is selected from a plurality of the part templates. And then, with the selected part template, setting (correcting) is to be performed automatically for the musical score read out by the scanner. Accordingly, it is possible to make the settings, which the user performs after a musical score is recognized, fewer than conventionally, and it is possible to increase the recognition rate of the musical score higher than conventionally. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095145 | Fragment search apparatus and method - Analysis section divides waveform data of a given music piece into waveform data of a plurality of fragments and divides the waveform data of each of the fragments into one or more events of sound, and obtains a character value indicative of a character of the waveform data pertaining to each of the divided events. Storage section stores respective music piece data and music piece composing data of one or more music pieces. The music piece composing data include a character value indicative of a character of the waveform data pertaining to each of the events of each of the fragments. Search section searches (or retrieves) for, from among the stored music piece composing data, one event or a plurality of successive events having a character value of a high degree of similarity to one or more events included in a designated fragment. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095146 | PRESSURE-RESISTANT VESSEL AND BLASTING FACILITY HAVING THE SAME - An object of the present invention is to improve durability of a pressure vessel for blasting an article to be treated such as hazardous substance or explosive therein. The pressure vessel | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095147 | Armor panel system - An armor panel system has a strike face assemblage formed of a hard material layer of discrete elements or tiles and a fiber reinforcement bonded to the tiles. The fiber reinforcement includes a layer of cup-shaped staples aligned and bonded to an inner surface of an associated tile and having legs that extend into gaps between side edges of adjacent tiles. The tiles and fiber reinforcement are encapsulated in a matrix material. The armor panel system also includes a support and containment assemblage having a support plate and a containment element. The containment element is fastened to and supported by the support plate along a periphery by stitching, which allows the containment element to act as a net to catch and contain fragments. A bonding layer joins the strike face assemblage and the support and containment assemblage. The bonding layer includes a mesh embedded in an adhesive material. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095148 | Hydrostatic Axial Piston Machine - A hydrostatic axial piston machine, in particular a swashplate machine, has a cylinder drum ( | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095149 | Axial Piston Machine - An axial piston machine utilizing a swashplate design has a cylinder drum ( | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095150 | Axial Piston Machine Utilizing A Swashplate Design - A hydrostatic axial piston machine utilizing a swashplate design has a cylinder drum ( | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095151 | Actuator For Active Motor Vehicle Bonnet - A pneumatic actuator is provided for an active bonnet. The pneumatic actuator includes, but is not limited to a cylinder and a piston transferable from a rest position to an extended position and lockable in its rest position. The piston, in its rest position, is held pre-stressed by a spring element in the direction of the extended state. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095152 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING LEAKS IN BASHOUSE BAGS - Methods and systems for detecting the presence of a leak in a baghouse bag installed in a baghouse system having at least one compartment. The methods include using a system to acquire electrical signals corresponding to the opacity of gas flow through an outlet of a baghouse system during a start-up of one or more compartments of the baghouse system and comparing the electrical signals corresponding to the opacity of the gas flow with electrical signals characteristic of a leak in at least one of the baghouse bags of the baghouse system. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095153 | NATURAL GAS RECOVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present invention is a method and system for recovering natural gas used to operate a diaphragm pump in a gas production unit (GPU) at or near a natural gas well. A system embodiment may include a back pressure valve installed on a natural gas line between an exhaust port of heat trace diaphragm pump and a vent to atmosphere, the back pressure valve configured for selectively blocking flow of natural gas to the vent. The system may further include a return line connected between the natural gas line and a burner system fuel line for redirecting the natural gas to a burner system. An embodiment of a method of recovering natural gas expelled from a heat trace diaphragm pump exhaust port may include preventing the natural gas from exhausting to atmosphere and redirecting the natural gas to a natural gas supply system. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095154 | Rotary cylinder dual diverter valve - A rotary cylinder valve comprises a valve body, a valve cylinder rotationally mounted within the valve body, and first, second, third and fourth valve seats coupled to the valve body. The valve cylinder has a first position in which dual independent flow paths connect the first valve seat with the second valve seat, and connect the third valve seat with the fourth valve seat. The valve cylinder is rotatable to a second position in which the dual independent flow paths connect the first valve seat with the fourth valve seat, and connect the third valve seat with the second valve seat. The valve seats form seals against the valve cylinder, such that no flow path connects the first valve seat with the third valve seat. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095155 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURE - Methods and systems for handling sour carbon dioxide (CO | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095156 | SEPARATOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SEPARATING PARTICLES CONTAINED IN AN AIR STREAM - A separator device ( | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095157 | Smokestack - A tube, or duct, is constructed, drawing air from the top of the enclosed structure, or area, through the use of a high speed rotating fan, and filtered. The air is drawn through the tube, or duct, by a second high speed rotating fan to the base of the enclosed structure, where it is filtered a second time, and exhaled back into the enclosed structure. Not only does this process improve air circulation, but also energy efficiency. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095158 | THERMAL SHOCK RESISTANT SOOT FILTER - A ceramic honeycomb filter having improved thermal shock resistance is comprised of a ceramic honeycomb filter that has a heat absorbing material that undergoes a reversible phase change that absorbs at least in part the heat energy, for example, arising from the combustion of Diesel soot entrapped in the filter. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095159 | Dimensionally stabilized particulate protective fabric - A fine particle filtration fabric, stabilized dimensionally against distension by a force field which may be applied to the fabric, has a layer of air filtration media, and a reinforcing matrix of filaments extending linearly in plural directions within a two-dimensional geometric pattern along said layer of filtration media or even outside of a composite fabric containing filtration media to inhibit the distension. The air filtration media comprises a layer of flexible lay-down of discontinuous filaments or fibers providing interstitial spacing in a range of 0.1 to 0.5 microns, the layer having a thickness in the range of 1-5 millimeters. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095160 | ELECTROSTATICALLY CHARGED ENGINE INTAKE FILTER MEDIA - A filter for internal combustion engine air intake comprised of a synthetic fiber media uniquely enhanced with an electrostatic charge. The media described in this application is a low restriction synthetic fiber media enhanced with an electrostatic charge applied to the media fibers to greatly improve efficiency and dust holding capacity. This charge is so effective that unlike other mechanical filters the initial efficiency of this media is as high, or higher than its efficiency after use. The applied charge will either attract particles of an opposite charge that might otherwise pass through the media or in cases of particles with similar charges an induced dipole is formed to attract those particles. The claims of this patent will not be for the method of enhancing this media but for its use and configuration for use in engine intake air filtration. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095161 | POROUS METAL DENUDER - A porous metal denuder has a cascade impactor to collect aerosol particles of different diameters, two porous metal discs downstream to collect basic and acidic gases, respectively, and a final filter to collect particles smaller than the cut diameter of the last stage of the cascade impactor which will penetrate the two porous metal discs. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095162 | Dehumidifier system - A dehumidifier system having a dehumidifier section within which liquid desiccant absorbs moisture from air flowing therethrough and a dehumidifier section within which the desiccant is regenerated employs a heat exchanger for maintaining a relatively high temperature differential between the desiccant contained within the dehumidifier and regenerator sections. The desiccant which is conducted to either the dehumidifier section or the regenerator section is separated into multiple streams, and the multiple streams are treated differently from one another before being discharged into preselected segments of the air flow moving through the corresponding one of the dehumidifier section and the regenerator section. A control scheme in the system is capable of altering, and thereby improving, the concentration level of desiccant utilized in the system. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095163 | Coffee Machine with Dispenser of a Ready Prepared Chocolate-Based Beverage - Coffee machine, comprising at least one steam generator for producing steam and an apparatus for producing the coffee with associated dispensing device, a storage tank containing a ready prepared liquid chocolate product with a density suitable for being a conventional chocolate beverage, a heating device provided with an inlet and an outlet for the product to be heated and an inlet for introducing the steam, a line between said storage tank and the inlet of said heating device, a metering pump arranged along said line for conveying a predetermined amount of chocolate-based product from said storage tank to said heating device and for circulating it inside it, a line for the steam, connecting said steam generator to said inlet for the steam of the heating device, an intercept valve arranged along the said steam line as well as a beverage dispensing device connected to the outlet of the said heating device. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095164 | METHOD OF ENHANCING BEVERAGES BY MEANS OF A UNIQUE MICROENCAPSULATED DELIVERY SYSTEM - The present invention provides a method of imparting flavor enhancers, (flavorings) flavor or aroma masking agents, medicinal additives, fragrances, vitamins, colorants, homeopathic and herbal remedies, appearance and characteristic modifiers and other ingredients to a brewed or steeped beverage such as coffee or tea by means of a microencapsulated delivery system incorporated onto a substrate or filter material such as those used in drip coffee makers or tea bags. The microcapsules are “printed” or laminated to the substrate filter paper in a pattern that allows water to pass through while the microcapsules filled with a flavoring liquid or solid is dissolved thus releasing the contents into the water stream resulting in a flavor-enhanced beverage. Alternative delivery may also be achieved by means of:
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| 20090095165 | Machine for brewing a beverage such as coffee and related method - A machine for brewing a beverage such as coffee includes a chamber and a piston disposed in the chamber. The piston is operable to move to a first position to allow the chamber to receive a liquid and a flavor base such as ground coffee, to remain in the first position for a time sufficient for the beverage to brew, and to move to a second position to dispense the beverage by forcing the beverage out of the chamber. By modifying some or all steps of the French press brewing technique, the machine can typically control coffee-brewing parameters with a level of precision that yields brewed coffee having a uniform taste from cup to cup, and can typically brew the coffee with a speed that renders the machine suitable for use by establishments that serve significant amounts of coffee. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095166 | PRESSURE-DETECTION METHOD AND A DETECTION DEVICE FOR AN ELECTRIC PRESSURE COOKER - A pressure-detection method and detection device for electric pressure cooker is used for detecting continuously and accurately to control the pressure in the electric pressure cooker. The method comprises that a strainometer is provided on the periphery of a cooking pot of the electric pressure cooker, and a transmission arm is utilized to sense the expanding amount of the cooking pot and converts the expanding amount into a displacement, then makes the elastomer of the strainometer distorting; the distorting elastomer generates subsequently a controllable electric signal due to the electric characteristic of a sensitive foil, and the controllable electric signal is delivered to a central control unit, then control signals and display signals are outputted by the central control unit. The detection device comprises a strainometer, a transmission arm, a central control unit and the like. The strainometer is provided on the periphery of the cooking pot of the electric pressure cooker and is fixed by a proper way. The present invention can be used not only to detect and control the pressure of the electric pressure cooker and can be used for the household appliances also, such as electric iron, electric water heater and the like, the temperature and pressure of which need to be detected. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095167 | Bar-B-Que cooking device - A bar-b-que cooking device is described. A cylindrical basket is suspended in proximity to a heating device to form the main body of the bar-b-que cooking device. The basket is connected to a motor which slowly rotates the basket. A smoke box is attached to the main body and allows a user to add wood chips or other smoke-producing materials. Frozen French fries or other foodstuffs are added to the basket and the device is activated, causing the basket to slowly spin around its horizontal axis. Heat from the heating device cooks the foodstuffs while the smoke box adds the smoky, outdoor-cooking flavors. The spinning action of the basket continuously repositions the foodstuffs during cooking so that they cook evenly. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095168 | Broiler Pan having Grease Draining Function - A broiler pan includes a pan body having a surface provided with a screw bore, a grease draining pipe mounted on a bottom of the pan body and connected to the screw bore of the pan body, and a control screw releasably mounted in the screw bore of the pan body and rotatable relative to the pan body. Thus, the control screw is unscrewed from the screw bore of the pan body to connect the grease draining pipe to the screw bore of the pan body, so that the grease in the receiving chamber of the pan body in turn flows through the screw bore of the pan body into the grease draining pipe and is drained outwardly from the grease draining pipe. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095169 | Adapter for a slow cooker - An adapter for a slow cooker having one or more basins for food items and a perimeter configured to fit an upper rim of the slow cooker and also receive the cover of the slow cooker such that the original closure seal of the cover to the slow cooker is maintained. Another embodiment comprises at least first and second identically shaped trays configured to nest in side-by-side fashion when supported within the slow cooker. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095170 | MARINADE CONTAINER - A marinade container has a base element having an inner surface provided with a plurality of tines which are configured for puncturing holes in a surface of a piece of food product, the base element also having an outer surface, and a lid element having an inner surface provided with a plurality of tines which are configured for puncturing holes in a piece of food product, the lid element and the base element being connectable with one another so as to define an inner space in which a piece of food product can be accommodated and the tines on the inner surface of the base element and on the inner surface of the lid element being configured so that when the piece of food product is accommodated in the inner space the tines of the base element puncture holes in one surface of the piece of food product and the tines of the inner surface of the lid element simultaneously puncture holes in an opposite surface of the piece of food product for increasing a diffusion of marinade into the food product and for thereby increasing an effectiveness with which the piece of food product is marinated and made tender. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095171 | ELECTRIC PRESS DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to provide an electric press device which enables fixed-point working requiring accurate position control with a high accuracy for a long time by changing a structure in a publicly known document in which a differential key is moved in a straight state to a structure of circumferential movement. In an electric press device for performing fixed-point working on a work piece by vertically moving a slide plate ( | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095172 | Pallet paint and stencil apparatus and method - An apparatus and method for sequentially stenciling an image on each of a plurality of pallets uses a conveyor for transporting a first pallet along a frame to a stop location at a stenciling station. Once the first pallet is duly held at the stop location, at least one stencil image is indexed adjacent to a side-face of the pallet and sprayed through for marking the image at substantially the same region on each pallet. After the first pallet is stenciled, it exits the stenciling station, and a second pallet is transported therein and the stenciling repeated. Further, after spraying through the same stencil image for one or more stenciling passes, a clean stencil pattern is rotated in place while the prior used pattern is cleaned for reuse. The apparatus and method can also include a painting station for painting the lateral, front and rear side-faces of the pallet with an undercoat before stenciling. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095173 | SILK SCREEN SAMPLE APPARATUS WITH INTEGRATED HEAT PRESS DEVICE - This invention relates to a combination silk screen and heat press apparatus, which is configured such that silk screening and heat pressing operations may be performed on an article, such as a garment, using the same apparatus without the need to remove or reposition the article. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095174 | CONTROLLED PRESSURE SILK SCREENING DEVICE - This invention relates to a manually operated silk screen device that allows multi-colored graphics to be produced whose color is consistent and properly aligned on articles such as garments. The consistency in color is achieved by controlling the pressure and angle of the silk screen squeegee by a pneumatic or hydraulic mechanism. Screen frames are securely mounted and aligned within the device by a pin registration system. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095175 | SILK SCREEN SAMPLE PRESS WITH QUARTZ FLASH CURE UNIT - One embodiment of this invention discloses a silk screening device which includes an integrated quartz flash unit. The invention improves upon prior art systems and relates to a system whereby both a silk screen squeegee unit and a quartz flash unit are slidably mounted on a common set of rails, in order to allow each to be easily placed and removed from the silk screening platform. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095176 | Method and apparatus for PCB finishing processes - An apparatus for printing PCBs includes both solder mask ink and notation ink printing subsystems within the same unit. Notation ink and solder mask ink may be applied by a single apparatus or by separate apparatuses, such as an ink jet printer, and may be dried by a single drying mechanism or by separate drying mechanisms. The apparatus may also be equipped with a flipping station to allow dual-sided printing and/or a curing station to complete the PCB printing process. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095177 | KIT FOR CREATING ARTISTIC WORK ON LAWN - Components of a kit for creating an artistic work on a lawn include: a container of aerosol paint; a plurality of stakes for anchoring a lawn stencil to a lawn; and a sheet of flexible material in which is defined one or more openings used to apply one or more design elements of the artistic work to the lawn by spraying the aerosol paint through the one or more openings in the lawn stencil when the lawn stencil is anchored to the lawn with the stakes. The components are held in a container having a relatively small form factor that readily accommodates point-of-sale display and purchase at retail stores by consumers. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095178 | Sheet-Fed or Web-Fed Printing Machine - The sheet-fed or web-fed printing machine comprises a main unit ( | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095179 | Method for cleaning printing plates - An inking unit in a printing machine having an ink dispensing system comprising an inking roller and a form cylinder carrying at least one printing form. The inking roller transfers printing ink arriving thereon to at least one printing form positioned on the form cylinder. The printing ink is transferable from a respective printing form to print sheets moved between the form cylinder and an impression cylinder. The inking roller is also adjustable relative to the form cylinder. An engagement and/or disengagement of the inking roller relative to the form cylinder and/or an engagement and/or disengagement of a print blanket cylinder or form cylinder relative to the impression cylinder is performable such that print sheets become can be imprinted with a residual ink image by residual ink remaining on the plate cylinder or print blanket cylinder in a printing ON setting with the ink supply disengaged. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095180 | RUBBER SLEEVE - A rubber sleeve for a printing press and a method for producing a rubber sleeve is disclosed. The rubber sleeve has a rigid support sleeve and a blanket that is wrapped around the support sleeve as well as is firmly connected to the support sleeve. The blanket has at least a two-layer structure with an inner layer embodied as a base layer and an outer layer serving as a functional layer for the printing process, where the butting edges of the blanket are connected to one another via a sealing material, which is introduced in a gap embodied between the butting edges. The sealing material is introduced in the gap embodied between the butting edges while forming a channel. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095181 | Transfer Drum Between Printing Units of a Sheet-Fed Printing Press - A transfer drum for conveying a sheet in a printing press improves the accuracy of a sheet transfer. The transfer drum includes a drum body which is supported for rotation in a frame and a gripper system on the drum body for holding an edge of the sheet. The gripper system is formed of a row of spaced-apart gripper fingers jointly pivotable about an axis which is parallel to the axis of rotation of the drum body. A device for actuating the gripper fingers during a revolution of the drum body includes an actuating element which is displaceable in the direction of the axis and on which at least two drive elements of cam joints are formed. Each of the drive elements is in operative connection with a group of the gripper fingers. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095182 | CLEANING UNIT AND PRINTER - An apparatus for efficiently cleaning a platen roller of a printer. A cleaning unit is attached to a main unit in place of a removal unit for an intermediate transfer sheet. A cam is turned by means of turning an arm UP/DOWN lever, and the arm is turned from an UP position to a DOWN position by means of the cam, to thus bring a cleaning pad on a leading end of the arm into contact with a platen roller and perform cleaning operation. When an operation mode is set to a cleaning mode and when attachment of the cleaning unit UC is detected, the platen roller is rotated, thereby allowing cleaning operation. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095183 | Printing plates with permanent resin laminated interleaf - In a lithographic printing plate and method of manufacture, an interleaf is permanently integrated to the bottom surface of the plate substrate. A thin, flexible, water and solvent insoluble film is adhered to and covers the bottom surface of the coated and cured sheet before the sheet is cut into plates. The interleaf has a lesser thickness than the thickness of the substrate. A preferred method comprises the steps of selecting a wound coil of aluminum sheet, unwinding the coil and advancing the sheet through a coating station at which a liquid coating of radiation imageable material is applied to the top surface of the sheet, curing the material to form a cured coating adhered to the top surface of the sheet, laminating a polymeric film to the bottom surface of the sheet, and advancing the laminated sheet to a cutting device where individual plates are cut from the sheet. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095184 | NEGATIVE WORKING, HEAT-SENSITIVE LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE PRECURSOR - A heat-sensitive negative-working lithographic printing plate precursor includes a support having a hydrophilic surface or which is provided with a hydrophilic layer and a coating provided thereon, the coating including an image-recording layer which includes hydrophobic thermoplastic polymer particles wherein the hydrophobic thermoplastic polymer particles include a polyester and have an average particle diameter from 18 nm to 50 nm. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095185 | WEB-FED PRINTING PRESS - A web-fed printing press is disclosed. The press includes at least one printing-plate-based printing unit for statically printing a printing substrate web with a static printing image and at least one processing device, in particular a printing-plate-less printing device for dynamically printing at least one printing substrate web surface of a printing substrate web with a variable printed image in-line. The processing device is assigned a sensor, which automatically measures a statically printed printing substrate web and, depending upon the measurement of the printing substrate web, triggers the processing device to position the processing to be performed with the processing device in the transport direction and/or transverse to the transport direction of the printing substrate web at the desired position on the printing substrate web. The processing device is assigned an operating device to make control commands available to the processing device independent of a printing press control system. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095186 | Decoys for Infra-Red Radiation Seeking Missiles and Methods of Producing and Using the Same - The present invention relates to decoys for heat-seeking missiles and methods of producing and using the same. The decoys are designed to be kinematic or pseudo-kinematic, producing one or more infra-red radiation emitting clouds that give the appearance of a moving infra-red target in the airspace in which the decoy has been released. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095187 | High-pressure fixed munition for low-pressure launching system - A high-pressure fixed munition for a low-pressure launching system having a cylindrical body with a centrally located bore is provided. The bore of the munition has a reduced diameter on the charge end in which a primer charge is positioned. The bore is filled above the primer charge with a propellant and above the propellant with a payload. The payload may include multiple buckshot pellets, frangible buckshot pellets, tear gas, multiple slugs, frangible slugs, paint balls, rubber pellets, bean bags, or the like. The munition may also include a pressure disk between the propellant and the payload, and tactile ridges or on the outside surface of the munition body or be of a specific color for purposes of identification of the payload. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095188 | Rail Threading Mechanism - A rail threading mechanism for a rail handling vehicle includes a thread box mounted on the outer end of a manipulating arm. The thread box includes a platform and a pair of jaws pivotally connected to the platform and moveable between open and closed positions. The platform includes a support roller for rollingly engaging the flat bottom of a rail. Each jaw include a plurality of jaw rollers positioned for rollingly engaging a rail positioned on the support roller when the respective jaw is in the closed position. The jaw rollers on each jaw preferably include a pair of base rollers positioned for engaging an edge of the base of the rail, a pair of flange top rollers positioned for engaging a top surface of the top flange of the rail, and a flange side roller positioned for engaging an edge surface of the top flange of the rail. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095189 | Guideway System to Roadway Interchange System - According to one embodiment, a transport interchange system includes a roadway that intersects a guideway system such that the roadway is discontinuous across the guideway system. A guideway vehicle is provided that transports an intermodal container over the guideway system. The guideway vehicle is operable to rotate the intermodal container from a first position in which the intermodal container is parallel to the roadway to a second position in which the intermodal container is parallel to the guideway vehicle. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095190 | Roller Coaster Maintenance Vehicle - A roller coaster maintenance vehicle includes a platform with a set of wheels arranged to ride on a roller coaster track structure. The platform includes a propulsion system which allows it to traverse the track structure independent of the roller coaster propulsion system. In one embodiment, a person rides on the vehicle and controls its movement. In another embodiment the vehicle is remotely controlled. Remotely controlled vehicles preferably include one or more inspection apparatus for inspecting the track structure. Optionally, the remotely controlled vehicles also include remotely controlled repair/maintenance equipment such as a robotic arm with a power tool coupled to its free end. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095191 | RECREATIONAL DEVICE - A device for children of the present invention includes a travel path supported by a post and a plurality of sections occupied by the children movable relative the travel path in at least one direction. The travel path is movable between at least two planes relative the post. The device may include an actuator cooperable with the travel path to move the travel path between the two planes. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095192 | Guideway Coupling System - According to one embodiment, a pair of guideway engagement members having a controller circuit is configured on a transport vehicle that travels over an elongated guideway. The pair of guideway engagement members have a corresponding pair of bearing members that are each disposed on opposing sides of the guideway. The controller circuit receives a measurement indicative of dynamic movement of the transport vehicle from one or more sensors, and adjusts the stiffness of the pair of guideway engagement members according to the measurements received from the sensors. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095193 | Cowling for a Guideway Vehicle - According to one embodiment, a guideway vehicle has a first end, a second end, a support surface, and a cowling coupled to its first end or second end. The support surface is configured to support an intermodal container for transport along a guideway system. The cowling has an outer surface that slopes upwardly from the first end to a cowling edge such that the intermodal container may be placed proximate the cowling edge during transport of guideway vehicle on the guideway system. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095194 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY AFFECTING A FORCE APPLIED THROUGH A RAIL VEHICLE AXLE - A system is provided for dynamically affecting a force applied through at least one axle of a rail vehicle configured to travel along a rail track. The rail vehicle includes a plurality of axles and a plurality of wheels received by the plurality of axles. The system includes a device configured to selectively impart the force through the at least one axle to control a respective weight of the at least one axle on the rail track for affecting a traction performance of the rail vehicle traveling along the rail track. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095195 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY AFFECTING A FORCE APPLIED THROUGH A RAIL VEHICLE AXLE - A system is provided for dynamically affecting a force applied through at least one axle in a rail vehicle configured to travel along a rail track. The rail vehicle includes a plurality of wheels, where the wheels are received by a plurality of axles. The plurality of wheels are configured to move along a respective rail of the rail track in a travel direction. The system includes a device configured to dynamically affect the force applied through the at least one axle. As the rail vehicle travels along the rail track, at least one characteristic of the force is selected to affect the traction performance of the rail vehicle. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095196 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY COUPLING TWO OR MORE AXLES OF A RAIL VEHICLE - A system is provided for coupling two or more axles of a plurality of axles on a rail vehicle. The rail vehicle includes a plurality of wheels and a rail track, where the plurality of wheels is received by the plurality of axles. The system includes a coupling device which is configured to couple the two or more axles to dynamically affect a force applied through the two or more axles. One or more characteristics of the force are selected to affect a traction performance of the rail vehicle as the rail vehicle travels along the rail track. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095197 | KIT FOR RECONFIGURING A RAIL VEHICLE FROM A FIRST TRACTIVE EFFORT CONFIGURATION TO A SECOND TRACTIVE EFFORT CONFIGURATION - A kit is provided for reconfiguring a rail vehicle from a first tractive effort configuration to a second tractive effort configuration. The rail vehicle travels along a rail track, and includes a plurality of axles with a plurality of wheels in contact with the rail track. The first tractive effort configuration of the rail vehicle includes a fixed respective weight of the plurality of axles on the rail track prior to the rail vehicle traveling along the rail track. The kit includes a device respectively coupled to at least one axle in the second tractive effort configuration. Upon operatively coupling the device to the respective axle, the device selectively imparts a force through the at least one axle to dynamically vary the respective weight of the at least one axle on the rail track to affect a traction performance of the rail vehicle in the second tractive effort configuration. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095198 | ELECTROLESS DEPOSITION FROM NON-AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS - A non-aqueous electroless copper plating solution that includes an anhydrous copper salt component, an anhydrous cobalt salt component, a non-aqueous complexing agent, and a non-aqueous solvent is provided. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095199 | INK, INK JET RECORDING METHOD, INK CARTRIDGE, RECORDING UNIT, AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - It is an object to provide an ink that forms an image which is superior in color developability, has high environmental gas resistance, and further has superior bronze resistance. The ink comprising at least a coloring material is wherein the coloring material comprises a compound represented by a following general formula (I) or a salt thereof; the coloring material comprises a compound represented by a following general formula (I) or a salt thereof; and the maximum absorption wavelengths obtained by measuring an absorbance of a liquid prepared by diluting 2,000 times the ink with 90 mass % of N,N-dimethylformamide aqueous solution are respectively in a range of 580 nm or more and 640 nm or less and in a range of 650 nm or more and 700 nm or less; and a ratio B/A of 0.75 or more and 0.90 or less, wherein A is an absorbance at a maximum absorption wavelength in the range of 580 nm or more and 640 nm or less, and B is an absorbance at the maximum absorption wavelength in a range of 650 nm or more and 700 nm or less. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095200 | Modified colored pigments - The present invention relates to a modified colored pigment comprising a colored pigment having an attached organic group. The organic group is attached to the colored pigment via at least one carbon atom of a C—C single bond or double bond, wherein the C—C single bond or double bond is not a component of an aromatic system. The organic group further comprises at least one activating group on at least one carbon atom of the C—C single bond or double bond. A method of preparing a modified colored pigment is also disclosed, as are aqueous and non-aqueous dispersions, e.g., including ink jet inks, comprising the modified colored pigments. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095201 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PIGMENTED INKS - A method for manufacturing a pigmented ink comprising the steps of: | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095202 | Water-Based Pigment Preparation - The invention relates to an aqueous pigment preparation comprising (A) at least one organic and/or inorganic pigment, (B) dispersants and/or surfactants, (C) a trihydric or higher polyhydric alkoxylated alcohol, (D) a polyglycol alkyl ether, (E) if desired, hydrotropic oligomers and/or polymers, (F) if desired, fats, oils or fatty acids, (G) if desired, further additives typical in the preparation of aqueous pigment dispersions, and (H) water. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095203 | METHOD FOR REDUCING CURLING AND/OR WARPING IN POURED CONCRETE AND STRUCTURE MADE THEREBY - The invention discloses a method for reducing curling, warping, or both in poured concrete. The method includes substituting a lightweight fine aggregate for at least a portion of the natural fine aggregate in a concrete mixture, mixing the components, pouring the mixture, and curing the poured concrete. The invention also discloses a concrete component, formed by the method, for use in building a parking structure. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095204 | TABLE FURNITURE CONFIGURABLE INTO THREE SEPARATE ARRANGEMENTS AND MODES OF USE - A configurable table ( | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095205 | PLASTIC PALLET SYSTEM - The present invention involves a plastic pallet system for the support, storage, and transportation of articles, and a method for manufacturing the same. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095206 | Ultralight Unit Load Device - An ultralight unit load device comprising a ruggedized quadrangular composite structure with a cellular load-bearing core sealed in successive ordered-polymer stiffening plies and trimmed at the outer edges with a hollow, multi-chambered profile of lightweight material fixed with flush attachment means so as to present a flat surface for easy loading and unloading of payloads. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095207 | Temporary pants hemming / cuffing devices - A device for temporary hemming/cuffing children's pants legs is disclosed. One embodiment of the present invention is a device having an outer body portion and an inner tongue portion connected by a hinge. The hinge creates an offset distance between the outer body and the inner tongue, and is biased to angle the inner tongue through the outer body. The inner tongue may be deflected from its neutral position to form a recess to accommodate material, such as a cuff made by turning the bottom edge of a pants leg over the pants leg. Another embodiment of the present invention is a clip having a pair of arms extending from a tongue portion. The arms are adapted to engage the bottom of a turned up edge of the pants leg thereby preventing the clip from sliding down the cuff. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095208 | Water drift compensation method and device - Current methods for station keeping an object in the ocean or body of water involve mooring assemblies or active and complex navigation and differential thrust or thrust and rudder assemblies. The embodiments herein provide a method and device for compensating for the force of water or ocean currents through the use of a hydrofoil assembly to orient a device in the water current direction, through the use of any number of devices for sensing water current force, and through the use of a motor assembly to produce sufficient thrust to compensate for water current drift. An alternate embodiment allows the method to be employed without sensing the force of the water current. The method does not require directional thrust or active rudder assemblies, is highly portable, utilizes minimal power, is light weight, is scalable, and can be operated in any body of water. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095209 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES - A method and apparatus of operating an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) may include receiving an AUV in a receptacle of a submersible station. The AUV and the submersible station may be launched to an underwater location. The AUV may engage with the submersible station before, after or during a mission, and may return to the same or a different submersible station after part, or all, of the mission has been completed. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095210 | Reversible rally flag - A flag having a first panel having an outer surface and an inner surface, the first panel bearing a first indicia visible from the outer surface when the flag is turned outside-out, and from the inner surface when the flag is turned inside-out; and, a second panel having an outer surface and an inner surface, the second panel bearing a second indicia visible both from the outer surface when the flag is turned outside-out, and from the inner surface when the flag is turned inside-out; the first and second panels each having a perimeter, the perimeters of the first and second panels substantially secured to one another to form a pouch having a single opening to accommodate turning the flag inside-out. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095211 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INDICATING THE CONDITION OF TUBES ON A TUBESHEET - A device and method for temporarily plugging and visually identifying the condition of tubes. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095212 | Method for manufacturing single crystal of nitride - A seed crystal | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095213 | THERMAL EVAPORATION SOURCES FOR WIDE-AREA DEPOSITION - A thermal evaporation source includes:
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| 20090095214 | LASER CLADDING DEVICE WITH AN IMPROVED NOZZLE - A laser cladding device for applying a coating to a part comprising a laser which can generate laser light, which is adapted to heat the coating and the part, a main body defining a laser light channel adapted to transmit the laser light to the part, a coating channel adapted to transmit the coating to the part, and a vacuum channel and a nozzle having an exit. The nozzle comprises a delivery port at one end of the laser light channel, a coating port at one end of the coating channel, and a vacuum port at one end of the vacuum channel, wherein the vacuum port is positioned generally adjacent the delivery port In operation the vacuum port draws a vacuum, pulling the coating towards the part. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095215 | TRANSPORT APPARATUS FOR ELONGATE SUBSTRATES - In a transport device for elongated substrates, especially in hot processes, which includes an essentially rectangular frame, formed by longitudinal and transverse spars connected to each other, in which at least three transverse spars are provided between two longitudinal spars, at least one transverse spar is made from a material, whose heat expansion coefficient differs from the heat expansion coefficient of the material of the other transverse spars or/and at least one transverse spar is connected force-free to at least one transverse support or/and at least one transverse spar is formed from an open profile. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095216 | Supercritical fluid-assisted direct write for printing integrated circuits - High resolution patterns provided on a surface of a semiconductor substrate and methods of direct printing of such high resolution patterns are disclosed. The high resolution patterns may have dimensions less than 0.1 micron and are formed by a direct writing method employing a supercritical fluid comprising nanometer-sized particles, which may be optionally electrically charged. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095217 | Plasma treatment system and cleaning method of the same - A plasma treatment apparatus has a reaction vessel ( | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090095218 | Temperature controlled showerhead - A temperature controlled showerhead for chemical vapor deposition (CVD) chambers enhances heat dissipation to enable accurate temperature control with an electric heater. Heat dissipates by conduction through a showerhead stem and fluid passageway and radiation from a back plate. A temperature control system includes one or more temperature controlled showerheads in a CVD chamber with fluid passageways serially connected to a heat exchanger. | 04-16-2009 |
