20th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 2 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090119918 | METHOD FOR ATTACHING A BEARING SUPPORTING A ROTOR ON A TURBOMACHINE - The invention relates to a method for attaching a bearing ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090119919 | COMPONENTS FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINES AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING COMPONENTS FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINES - A method of manufacturing a turbine engine component comprises the steps of fabricating an inner hub, casting a plurality of blades, forming a blade ring, and bonding the blade ring to the inner hub. Each blade comprises a blade root and an airfoil body extending from the blade root. The blade ring comprises, at least in part, the plurality of blades coupled by a first bonding technique. The blade ring is bonded to the inner hub using a second bonding technique. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119920 | METHOD OF PRODUCING A COMPONENT - The present technology relates to a method for producing a component, especially a gas turbine component, with at least the following steps: a) production of a component with several component surfaces, in which at least one transitional area between two component surfaces has a transition radius that is greater than 0.05 mm and less than 0.30 mm; b) strengthening of the component, at least on the transitional area or each transitional area, by ultrasonic shot peening. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119921 | Method for making orifices in the secondary casings of a pressurized water reactor steam generator - The method consists in making sure that the steam generator ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090119922 | Powered nail clipper - The submission is an electrically powered, self-operated, hands-free, fingernail clipper for persons having neither the strength nor the flexibility to use a conventional leaf-spring type nail clipper. The unit is mounted in a PVC housing, with an aluminum cover, and consists of an electric, 3 RPM Hi-Torque motor, mounted on the side of a chassis strut, with a direct shaft drive to a Tri-Lobe cam that depresses the activating lever of a pair of conventional, leaf-spring type nail clippers. The motor is activated by a rocker switch, applying power through a cable plugged into normal house current (115-120V). | 2009-05-14 |
20090119923 | Sensor For A Razor - A safety razor has a handle and a cartridge selectively detachable from the handle. The cartridge has at least one blade with a sharp cutting edge and a beginning shaving utility. A connecting is coupled to the handle for attaching or detaching the cartridge from the handle in response to an action. The safety razor includes a sensor that generates a signal in response to the action. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119924 | VIBRATING WET SHAVER - A vibrating wet shaver that includes a hollow handle, a shaving head borne by the handle, and an electric vibratory that includes a rigid casing that is fixed inside the handle for transmitting vibrations to the shaving head through the handle. The casing of the vibratory is tightly fitted in the handle, and at least an elastomeric layer is interposed between the casing and the handle. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119925 | Folding Tool - Many techniques including safety lockable mechanisms have been proposed to improve safety of knives; however, to close a knife according to the techniques, it requires the user to place their finger on the line of rotation of a body of the knife, rendering it unfavorable from the viewpoint of safety, and in addition, the knives of the techniques have insufficient strength and in turn are less safe. The object of the invention is to eliminate such drawbacks that are also common to key holders and holders for small-sized tools such as screwdrivers and saws. The folding tool has one side-plate ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090119926 | Folding Tool Having A Rotatable Locking Mechanism - A folding tool and an associated locking mechanism are provided in order to securely and reliably retain an implement, such as a knife blade, in an open position. The folding tool may include a handle, an implement pivotally connected to the handle and a lock. The lock, in turn, may include an engagement member for movement with the blade and a pivotable member, such as a cam member, configured to pivot relative to the handle between first and second positions. As a result of controlled interaction between the engagement member and the pivotable member, such as a result of camming action provided by the cam member, the rotatable implement can be secured in the open position. If desired, the rotatable implement may be released and folded into the closed position. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119927 | Foldable saw with folding in guide - A foldable saw provided with a fold in guide structure to solve problems of a handle being damaged by teeth of a blade upon folding in the blade to the handle and frustrated folding in process found with the prior art due to that those teeth of the blade are frequently stuck by the handle of a foldable saw of the prior art upon folding in the blade for storage; multiple guide structures are respectively provided on both sidewalls facing each other in an accommodation channel of a handle to receive the blade; the blade when folding into the accommodation channel is led by those guide structures to enter into a track of the accommodation channel without deflection. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119928 | DUAL BLADE TRIMMER WITH SLIDE-OUT BLADE ASSEMBLY - A hair trimmer | 2009-05-14 |
20090119929 | TREE TIMMING APPARATUS - The tree trimming apparatus includes a cutting head assembly adapted to be mounted to the end of a pole by a mounting bracket. A main lever arm is pivotally mounted at a first end to a support arm of a hook of the cutting head assembly, and a pulley receiving a rope for manual operation of the cutting or shearing blade is connected to the main lever arm. First and second parallel spaced apart link members are pivotally connected at their upper end portions to first and second sides of the blade lever arm, and are pivotally connected at their lower end portions to the first and second sides of the main lever arm, medially and near an end of the main lever arm. A coil return spring is connected between the lever arm of the cutting blade and a point on the main lever arm medially of the link members. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119930 | Hand-Held Tool For Grout Removal - A hand-held tool. The tool comprises an interchangeable blade or blades located at an end of an L-shaped frame. The frame has a first portion and a second portion, the first portion attached at its end to the second portion in perpendicular fashion. The blade is located at an end of the second portion and has a working edge, which may be sharp, rough, serrated, or otherwise adapted for an application. A motor supported inside the frame provides reciprocal motion to the blade, the motion in a direction parallel to a length of the first portion of the L-shaped frame. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119931 | TOOL ELEMENT AND MARKING SYSTEM - A reciprocating saw blade for use with a reciprocating saw having a movable shoe includes a main body including a first end configured to attach to the reciprocating saw, a first edge, and a second edge opposite the first edge. The main body includes a plurality of coarse teeth and a plurality of fine teeth defined in the first edge, the coarse teeth extending along a length in the first edge near a center of the main body and the fine teeth being defined in the first edge on both sides of the coarse teeth. A first indicator is positioned on the main body adjacent the first edge and substantially aligned with a center of the length to indicate the center of the coarse teeth and a plurality of second indicators is positioned on the main body adjacent the second edge. Each of the plurality of second indicators is spaced a different distance from the first indicator than any of the other of the plurality of second indicators. Each distance corresponds to a size of a workpiece. Each of the plurality of second indicators is positioned between the first indicator and the first end such that no indicators are positioned on the side of the first indicator opposite the first end. Alignment of the shoe with any one of the plurality of second indicators aligns the first indicator with a center of a workpiece having a size corresponding to the selected one of the plurality of second indicators. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119932 | Curved and toothed cutting blade for a trimmer and a grinding wheel for manufacturing therefor - A curved and toothed cutting blade for a trimmer comprising a base body having at least a connecting member for mounting onto a trimmer and a longitudinal cutting edge on one side which is symmetrically concave downward and has teeth, wherein the curve of the cutting edge is in the form of a segment of the interior of a circular arc of a lens with the two interior angles of any teeth not having different degrees of angle and the dent in between any two teeth being not perpendicular to the base pitch of the tips of the two teeth and slanted towards the center point of the curve of the cutting edge; and a grinding wheel for manufacturing the cutting blade, wherein the cutting blade is manufactured by a grinding wheel which is in the form of a lens with the two endpoints truncated with diameter being the largest in the middle and gradually decreasing towards the two ends and the surface of which has grooves of sizes and shapes which correspond to the sizes and shapes of the teeth of the cutting blade. The manufacturing process is simple and of low cost. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119933 | Apparatus having a tool on an elongate pole and method of operating the apparatus - A powered apparatus having an elongate pole with a tool at a proximal region and a drive for operating the tool. A first operating component is repositionable between first and second positions to change a state of the drive. A second operating component is repositionable between: a) a locked position; and b) a released position wherein the first operating component can be changed from the first position into the second position. A handle assembly has a gripping portion with an extent that can be grasped by the user's one hand at a plurality of different locations along the extent of the gripping portion to control the operating components, including at a first location in a manner wherein with the elongate pole vertically oriented, a majority of a vertical weight force component of the apparatus is directed generally parallel to the length of a user's forearm below the user's one hand. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119934 | AUTO CHAIN TENSIONER - The invention relates to an auto tensioner of a chain saw. A spiral guide groove ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090119935 | PNEUMATICALLY POWERED POLE SAW - A pneumatically powered pole saw, comprising: an extendable pole; a head member secured to the extendable pole; a cutting blade movably mounted to the head member; a piston linked to the cutting blade; a reciprocating valve disposed in the head member configured to release compressed gas into the piston chamber on one side of the piston when the reciprocating valve is in a first position causing the cutting blade to move in a first cutting direction, when the cutting blade reaches the limit of travel in the first direction, the reciprocating valve releases compressed gas into the piston chamber on another side of the piston causing the cutting blade to move in a second cutting direction. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119936 | Plane blade adjustment improvement - A plane includes a plane body having an opening positioned in a bottom surface of the plane body, an angled support structure carried by the plane body, a blade supported by the angled support structure, the blade having an edge positionable to protrude from the opening, and a lateral stabilizer constructed and arranged to inhibit a lateral movement of the blade while permitting a longitudinal movement of the blade. The blade adjuster is operatively connected with the blade and longitudinally moves the blade so as to control a distance that the edge of the blade protrudes through the opening and laterally moves the blade so as to control an angle of the edge of the blade relative to the bottom surface of the plane body. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119937 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HEADING INDICATION WITH DRIFT COMPENSATION - An apparatus and method for compensation of the effects of various bias errors encountered by inertial rate gyroscopes, particularly vibrating element gyroscopes, configured to detect heading relative to true north. Certain embodiments are suitable for reducing rotational dynamic errors associated with rotating gyroscopes. Other embodiments may include compensation of biases not related to rotational dynamics, such as thermal drift. The various methods disclosed may also account for the bias by sampling the rotational vector of the earth at an arbitrary heading, and at a heading that is 180° offset from the arbitrary heading. The sequence may be repeated numerous times to compensate for bias drift. The bias drift may be constant with respect to time (linear) or changing over time (non-linear) during the data acquisition sequence. Some embodiments include methods that utilize data from accelerometers to infer the bank and elevation angles as well as earth latitude location relative to the equator. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119938 | Digital Clinometer - The present invention relates to an integral digital clinometer. The integral digital clinometer includes at least one acceleration sensor; an Analog-to-Digital (AfD) converter for converting detected signals from the acceleration sensor into digital signals; computing means for processing the digital signals in order to obtain an inclination value of a measurement line or a measurement plane with respect to a reference line or plane; display means for displaying the inclination value; power supply means; and a housing configured to accommodate the acceleration sensor, the A/D converter, the computing means and the power supply means, mounted so that display of the display means is visible, and configured to have a mounting portion supported along the measurement line or the measurement plane. The integral digital clinometer can be used as the ball marker of a golf green by miniaturizing the structure thereof and forming a lower disk base portion and a pin portion at the center of the disk base portion. The integral digital clinometer of the present invention can precisely display the inclination difference between a reference (absolute) horizontal plane or a reference (absolute) vertical plane and the ground, the bottom of a building, or the base of one of various electromechanical apparatuses in numerals, test, or graphics. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119939 | T-SQUARE WITH FINGER GUARD - A finger guard for use with a T-square having a head and a blade includes an elongated body, two finger-shielding surfaces extending along a longitudinal axis of said body for accommodating an installer's thumb, a lower edge on the body that is attachable to the blade of the T-square, and a peak edge opposite the lower edge and separating upper ends of the surfaces. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119940 | MAGNETIC CALIPER WITH REFERENCE SCALE ON EDGE - An electronic hand tool type caliper includes a scale track located along a scale member reference edge that forms a sliding bearing with a mating surface of the caliper slide, thereby maintaining proper alignment of the slide jaw. Placing the scale track along the reference edge is advantageous in that the reference edge surface is inherently precisely machined and particles are excluded by the inherently close fit and the wiping action of the sliding bearing. A readhead sensor is mounted within the slide surface that mates to the reference edge to provide the sliding bearing. Thus, a very small readhead sensor may be reliably positioned at an extremely small gap relative to the scale in a protected operating environment, without detrimentally affecting cost, slider friction, or signal strength. High resolution digital signals may be provided. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119941 | Apparatus for Assisting in Installation of a Fence - Disclosed is an apparatus for assisting in installation of a fence covering an area, for example, a garden. The apparatus includes a box and a sheet material housed in the box. The box further includes an opening such that the opening facilitates the sheet material to be withdrawn out of the box. The sheet material includes plurality of equidistant markings disposed along a longitudinal axis of the sheet material. The plurality of equidistant markings serves as indicators for equidistant placement of a plurality of posts of the fence, thereby assisting in correct installation of the fence. In one embodiment, the sheet material includes a biodegradable material. In another embodiment, the sheet material includes a weed-controlling agent. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119942 | Hand dryer - A dryer uses a high-speed blower producing high velocity air, a heater and a compound directional nozzle containing multiple tubular, cylindrical air sub-outlets to generate both suitable force and temperature in the sub-jets of air to dry the user's hands. The air outlets are sized and shaped to maintain direction of airflow at the location of the hands. The multiple tubular sub-nozzles reduce the air turbulence noise from the fast airflow sub-jets striking the hands by providing spaces between the adjacent sub-nozzles and air sub-jets so that the turbulence and hand impact noise is reduced and so that the water evaporated from the water film has a shorter escape distance. An ion source provides ions in the output air from the compound directional nozzle to enhance evaporation. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119943 | Vented dryer with heat recovery and condensate pan and method for operation thereof - The invention relates to a vented dryer having a drying chamber for items to be dried, a supply air duct for supply air, in which is situated a heater for heating the supply air and the heated supply air (process air) can be directed by means of a first fan over the items to be dried, an exhaust air duct, a motor for driving the drying chamber, a first heat exchanger in the exhaust air duct and a condensate pan arranged beneath the first heat exchanger, whereby the vented dryer has first means for the discharge of warm air from a housing interior surrounding the motor toward the condensate pan and away across the latter. The invention also relates to a method for the operation of this vented dryer. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119944 | Clothing dryer - Disclosed is a clothing dryer comprising a drum in which a drying object is contained, an exhaust duct connected to the drum and exhausting air in the drum, a blowing fan mounted at an intermediate portion of the exhaust duct and configured to move air, a fan housing receiving the blowing fan and temperature sensors installed at the fan housing. And, temperature sensor mounting portions are formed in the fan housing so as to prevent foreign materials from being accumulated at a front portion of the temperature sensors disposed at a front side of a flow direction of air passing through the fan housing, accordingly it is capable of preventing the foreign materials such as lint from being accumulated at the front side of the temperature sensors and of reducing resistance against air flow. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119945 | HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE FOR WASHING AND/OR DRYING CLOTHES - Household appliance for washing and/or drying clothes comprising an outer casing ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090119946 | Boot Cover - A boot cover for covering a boot. There is: a rectangular leg member, having a first zipper portion and a second zipper portion, wherein the rectangular leg member is removably coupled to a leg portion of a boot by zipping the first zipper portion to the second zipper portion; and a conical foot member, having a conical circumference, wherein a portion of the conical circumference is coupled to a portion of the rectangular leg member, creating a heel hole thereby. The conical foot member is removably coupled to a foot portion of a boot by insertion of the foot portion of the boot. There is a locking mechanism to lock the zipper portions. The locking mechanism comprises a clasp. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119947 | Orthopedic Foot Appliance - An orthopedic foot appliance providing optimal and adaptable comfort and shock absorption while at the same time varying degrees of heel support, arch support and motion control depending on the foot type and footwear. The foot appliance consists of a cushioning insole and a re-attachable support piece for attaching and re-attaching to the insole. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119948 | Golf Shoe Mesh Upper with a Moisture Resistant Guard - An article of footwear including a sole having a ground engaging surface; an upper having a toe region, heel region and a vamp portion. The upper has a first layer which is water impermeable and a second layer which is vapor and air permeable. The first layer extends in an upward direction from the featherline of the sole to a height on the upper which is at least 1.5 inches above the ground engaging surface of the sole and is attached to the second layer at height. The height at which the first layer extends and is attached to the second layer can vary along the upper in a toe-to-heel direction. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119949 | Footwear for three-beat rhythm walking - Disclosed herein is footwear for three-beat rhythm walking. The footwear includes an outsole (S) having a first landing part ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090119950 | Self Assembled Article of Footwear with Customized Designs - A method of customizing an article of footwear that is configured for self assembly is disclosed. The method includes steps of applying customized designs to pre-cut portions, and packaging the pre-cut portions with a lace and a set of instructions into a kit of parts. The kit of parts can be taken home and assembled by the customer. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119951 | Footwear With Sole Force Distribution and Sense Enhancement - According to the present invention there is provided a sports shoe ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090119952 | BOOT WITH IMPROVED TIGHTENING OF THE UPPER - A boot including a sole and an upper, the boot extending lengthwise from a heel to a front end, widthwise between a lateral portion and a medial portion, and height-wise from the sole to an upper end. The boot includes a reinforcement that is more rigid than the upper, at least in the region of the instep, the reinforcement including a lateral wall and/or a medial wall, and extending beneath the instep, the boot further including a transverse linkage provided to tighten the instep zone, the linkage extending from the lateral portion to the medial portion in a transverse plane of the boot. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119953 | Cushion improved structure of shoe ventilating insole - A cushion improved structure of shoe ventilating insole comprises a top insole having air inlet and outlet ports, a bottom insole and a middle smaller area foam pad, wherein said top insole adhered with a cloth or leather and made of plastic material is integrally formed with a raised face on top of the heel area at the top surface thereof, and a plurality of air inlet ports are made at lower peripheral edge of said raised face, further, several grooves in any arbitrary shapes having a plurality of air outlet ports at the inside bottoms thereof is integrally made on the front sole area, and a larger density foam pad is distributingly punched with several small holes while unpressed arch area of foot is densely punched with several big holes, whereby the enhanced smooth air flow and best air change effect due to increased air volume are obtained. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119954 | SELF POWERED LANDSCAPING ATTACHMENT FOR VEHICLE - A snowplow or other landscaping implement for mounting by a single point attachment such as a trailer hitch receiver on a host platform or the rear of a vehicle. The implement includes a main battery for intermittently powering a mechanical actuator or blade lifting mechanism where the functions are remotely controlled by the vehicle or host platform operator controlling at least one solenoid for switching on main battery power when needed. There is also a main battery trickle charging system connectible for power to an electrical circuit on the host platform or vehicle through a connector, and configured to draw only a limited level of current only when the main battery needs it and the source electrical circuit can readily provide it. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119955 | GARMENT REFRESHING APPARATUS - A garment refreshing apparatus is provided. The garment refreshing apparatus includes a case, a steam generator, and a discharging device. The case stores garments. The steam generator supplies steam to the inside of the case. The discharging device is extendably connected to the steam generator, to discharge steam generated by the steam generator to the inside of the case. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119956 | FOLD-OUT ADVERTISING DISPLAY STAND - Advertising display stand comprising at least a body or module each of the bodies consisting of an advertising panel and an interior shaping panel which will permit the fold-out and automatic retention in folded out position without any need to use additional means for the automatic folding out and its subsequent retention, such as elastic or magnetic means, for which purpose the shaping panel is provided with curved edges, a central fold line divided into three zones by means of cuts which permit the definition of folding flaps in respect of a fold line, in such a way that the shaping panel when unfolded is convex along the fold line. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119957 | SOUVENIR BADGE - A high pull-out force of souvenir badge includes a magnetically attractive badge body that shows a design and has a pointed stem for piercing a nonmetal sheet member, for example, a clothe or the visor of a sports cap, and a positioning block made of a magnet and having a positioning hole for receiving the pointed stem to secure the badge body to the nonmetal sheet member by means of magnetic attraction between the badge body and the positioning block. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119958 | Greeting Card Display - A greeting card display includes a sleeve having transparent front and rear walls, first and second ends, a top, and a bottom. The front and rear walls are unitary at the first and second ends and at the top but are separable at the bottom to define a weatherproof receiving area accessible only adjacent the bottom. The receiving area is configured to receive a greeting card. A mounting rod includes a first portion coupled to the sleeve and a second portion configured to attach to one of a flower urn and a ground surface. The front and rear walls have first and second lateral portions that converge at a spine, the first lateral portion being angularly biased relative to the second lateral portion. The front and rear walls collectively define an access opening the first lateral portion and an access opening the second lateral portion. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119959 | COLORED SNAP BACKING SYSTEM - A colored snap backing fastening system for effective closure of openings in any baby garment, the colored snap fastening system consisting of colored snap fasteners installed in series along the opposite sides of any opening on a baby garment, each colored snap backing fastener further consisting of a matching pair of stud and socket portions, a pair of backing portions adjacent to the fabric and between the fabric and each of the stud portion and socket portions whereas each pair of the backing portions has an unique visual indicator associated therewith. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119960 | Advertising sign - An advertising sign configured for use in combination with a free standing security system having first and second sides and which is adapted to be arranged in proximity to an ingress/egress opening to a store. The advertising sign has axially aligned open ends and is sized and shaped to slidably fit over a lengthwise portion of the free standing security system. The advertising sign has first and second opposed side edges along with top and bottom edges. The advertising sign further includes first and second surfaces between the edges with an advertisement disposed upon each of the first and second surfaces. After being fitted about the security system, a distance between the top and bottom edges of the advertising sign is less than a distance between the top and bottom edges of the free standing security system but with more than 60% of both sides of the free standing security system being covered by the advertising sign such that the advertisement on both sides of the advertising sign allows the security system to also serve as a point-of-purchase advertising medium viewable from either side of the free standing security system whereby guaranteeing at least two visual advertising impressions are presented by the advertising sign to every person passing the security system. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119961 | COMPACT YARD SIGN PACKAGE REINFORCED BY FOLDED BAIL - A compact yard sign package reinforced by a folded bail includes a sign member formed by a rectangular sheet folded at a fold line to form a sign member including pair of sign panels, side edge regions of the sign panels being joined to form a bail receiving pocket between the sign panels. A hand bendable wire bail is formed by a straight bridge section with legs extending from ends of the bridge at right angles. Outer sections of the legs are bent at right angles to inner sections of the legs to form a folded bail. The folded bail is positioned in the pocket of the sign member to reinforce the sign member during shipping. An end use removes the bail from the pocket and straightens the legs out prior to inserting ends of the legs into the ground to set up the sign assembly. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119962 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR THE DISPLAY OF PROMOTIONAL IMAGES - Methods and apparatuses for the display of promotional images are provided wherein a promotional image is displayed on a waste receptacle. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119963 | Information Handling System Product Badge Orientation System and Method - A product badge coupled to a product, such as an information handling system, has a manually-selectable orientation to allow the orientation of the product badge to change for adapting to changes in the orientation of the product. A product badge support rotationally couples the product badge to the product for user selection of a desired orientation of product information, such as a manufacturer logo or a product identification number. Manual activation to change product badge orientation includes pushing the product badge into the product badge support to engage opposing cams, pushing the product badge edge to rotate the product badge to an opposing side having product information of another orientation, and pushing the product badge to activate a retention mechanism for release and retention of a selected of plural clips. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119964 | Ornamental Album Frame - An album frame is provided having an outer frame. The outer frame has a back side and an outer periphery. A mounting plate is attached to the back side of the outer frame. A support shelf extends frontwardly from the mounting plate along a first portion of the inner periphery. The support shelf is adapted to support a binding of an album. In addition, the outer frame may have a recessed groove in a second portion of the inner periphery. The second portion is located opposite the first portion of the inner periphery. Furthermore, the outer frame may include a first guiding ramp on a third portion of the inner periphery and a second guiding ramp on a fourth portion of the inner periphery. The first guiding ramp and the second guiding ramp allows an edge of an album cover to be guided into the recessed groove. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119965 | PICTURE FRAME - An improved picture frame having an open display pocket mounted behind a viewing aperture for quickly and easily changing the picture displayed within the frame. A storage compartment extends from the rear of the display pocket for conveniently storing a plurality of pictures while they are not being displayed, and a peripheral easel is mounted to the rear of the frame for supporting the frame in either a portrait or landscape orientation without interfering or traversing the display pocket or the storage compartment. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119966 | Display having adhesive structure - A display having adhesive structure includes a display body and an adhesive layer. The display body includes a display screen and a frame. The frame includes a front opening, a front external surface, and a side external surface. The display screen is arranged inside the frame and corresponds to the front opening of the frame. The adhesive layer is formed on at least one of the front external surface and the side external surface of the frame. The frame of the display body is sticky and can be adhered thereto, repeatedly, notepaper or stationery. Besides, the adhesive area of the frame, as a whole, is greater than that of normal pressure sensitive adhesive, therefore, the frame has a stickier adherence and that the notepaper or stationery would not be loosened off easily. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119967 | RIFLE RECOIL ABSORPTION SYSTEM - The present invention is directed towards a rifle recoil absorption system comprising a harness attached to a rifle support and shooting surface for absorbing recoil force generated when a high powered rifle is fired. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119968 | WEAPON HAVING LETHAL AND NON-LETHAL DIRECTED ENERGY PORTIONS - A portable weapon comprises a non-lethal portion and a lethal portion. The lethal portion may comprise a rifle, and the non-lethal portion may comprise a millimeter-wave directed energy weapon. The non-lethal portion may comprise a kit to add non-lethal capability to a lethal weapon. The non-lethal portion may comprise an output antenna to generate a high-power millimeter-wave initial wavefront, a main reflector, and a sub-reflector to reflect the initial wavefront to the main reflector. The main reflector may direct the reflected wavefront in a bore-sighted direction toward a target. The wavefront directed by the main reflector may have a power density selected to deliver a non-lethal deterring effect on the target. In some embodiments, the non-lethal portion may include a replaceable energy-storage module. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119969 | FISHING POLE HOLDER - A fishing pole holder that can be safely secured to the ground or a boat or an object such as a tackle box or cooler that contains a ground penetration spike, but can quickly and easily adjust the angle of the fishing pole, without adjusting the spike in the ground; and further this invention a notch in the holder that acts as a fishing pole locking mechanism. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119970 | Fishing lure - A fishing lure or bait is a shaped body of a gelatinous elastomeric composition. The gelatinous elastomeric composition is made from a styrenic block copolymer and an oil mixture of a first oil and a second oil. The first oil has a viscosity and the second oil has a viscosity. The viscosity of the first oil is greater than the viscosity of the second oil. The second oil is in excess of the first oil. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119971 | FISHING LURE HEAD - An improved fishing lure head has an outer shell with a smooth, curved outer surface and a through-hole for passing a leader line therethrough, an interior that is hollow, and a rearward open end leading into a cavity which provides a volume for holding a leading end of a soft plastic lure therein. Preferably, the front end of the shell has a weighted portion with a hole or aperture for passing the leader line therethrough. A soft plastic lure is threaded on a hook and leader line and pulled into the cavity of the shell where it is strongly held by suction forces created by press fitting into the cavity. Retention of the lure in the cavity may be further reinforced by providing a retainer ring at the rearward open end of the shell. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119972 | DESIGN FISHING HOOK FOR BAIT AND LURE - A fishing hook device changing fundamentals of “J” shape fishing hooks with modifications to the extended shank length only allowing all prior art. Towing eye position relative to hook bend and hook point is changed allowing fish unrestricted access to the forward bait fish head clear of obstruction by the fishing line. Sharpened hook point faces away from the fisherman and cannot snag. This device has a once-only structural shape change only after the hook point impales flesh inside the fish mouth lower jaw. A second version has a re-settable structural shape change after the hook point impales the fish. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119973 | Leader and Leader Sections for Use in Fly Fishing - Leaders for use in fly fishing are described. The leader is connected between a fly line and a tippet section. In one embodiment, the leader includes a first section of wire connected to the fly line and a second section of polymeric monofilament. The section of wire can be a shape memory alloy or a superelastic alloy. Nitinol is a preferred alloy for use in the wire section of the leader. The section of wire is attached to the second section of polymeric monofilament. One of more sections of wire can be used in the leader. Each of the sections of wire can be tapered. Additionally, one or more sections of polymeric monofilament can be used in the leader. In another embodiment of the present invention, a single section or multiple sections of wire, preferably shape memory alloy wire or superelastic alloy wire, can be used. The wire leader is able to store mechanical energy generated by the cast allowing the leader to function as intended with greater frequency. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119974 | Fishing Line Holder - The disclosed device is an improved fishing line organizer that, among other features, provides a frame to wrap multiple and varying fishing lines and terminal tackle around for storage reducing tangling, preventing line kinks and maintaining each fishing line available for use. An embodiment of the device provides for construction of the device from a material (or materials) sufficiently buoyant to float when holding multiple fishing lines and terminal tackle. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119975 | Tackle box - There is provided a soft tackle box for use with a boat seat having a top surface, a front surface, a bottom surface, a rear surface, a left side surface, and a right side surface, and the boat seat attached to a pedestal that is secured to a boat deck, and wherein the boat seat further defines a side seat position proximate to both the left side surface, and the right side surface. The soft tackle box may comprise: a flexible wall section defining an exposed surface and a seat surface, and further defining a first side edge, a second side edge, a front edge, and a rear edge, and the wall section further defining a first storage section and a second storage section; a support section affixed to the wall section wherein the support section defines an extended front edge; at least one strap affixed to the extended front edge and the rear edge; wherein the wall section is configured so that when the seat surface covers the boat seat top surface, the storage sections hang at the side seat position; and wherein the strap is configured so as to pass over the front surface, the bottom surface, and the rear surface of the boat seat, so as to secure the tackle box to the boat seat. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119976 | Bait bucket having a funnel for cast netting - The present invention is directed to a bait bucket assembly for retaining bait therein. More specifically, a bait bucket assembly is described that may facilitate transferring bait from a cast net therein while minimizing, if not preventing, undesired egression of the bait from the bait bucket assembly, i.e., the bait “escaping” from the bait bucket. Further, the bait bucket assembly may facilitate desired egression of the bait from the bait bucket assembly, i.e., a user retrieving the bait. The bait bucket assembly comprises a bucket having a funnel to achieve the above. The bait bucket assembly may further comprise a floatation device such that the same may float in water. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119977 | TRIACYGLYCEROL BASED CANDLE WAX - A triacylglycerol-based wax includes a triacylglycerol component and a polyol fatty acid partial ester component. The triacylglycerol-based wax may have a melting point of about 54° C. to 63° C., may have an Iodine Value of about 20 to 40, and may have a fatty acid profile including about 50 to 70 wt. % saturated fatty acids. The wax may be suitable for use as a candle. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119978 | METHOD OF PRODUCTION OF BIOFUEL FROM THE SURFACE OF THE OPEN OCEAN - A method for the production of biofuels from the open ocean comprises the steps: testing the currents to determine that a biomass remains in a zone suitable for harvesting; harvesting a portion of the biomass; and processing a portion of the harvested biomass to produce useful components of biofuels. An improved method of production of a biofuel comprises the additional steps of testing the ocean surface waters to determine any nutrients that are missing, and applying a fertilizer with any missing nutrients. The currents should be such that the biomass created stays in the ocean waters suitable for harvest rather than washed up on shores, or dispersed to other areas of the ocean. Suitable currents include ocean gyres such as the Sargasso Sea. Suitable biomass includes seaweeds that float in the open ocean and aggregate together in floating patches, such as the Sargassum weed in the Sargasso Sea. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119979 | CATALYSTS FOR PRODUCTION OF BIODIESEL FUEL AND GLYCEROL - A method of producing biodiesel through the trans-esterification of a triglyceride, comprising mixing a triglyceride, an alcohol, and a catalyst to form a mixture, where said catalyst is non-metal quaternary ammonium hydroxide or non-metal quaternary phosphonium hydroxide, removing volatile components from said mixture, and allowing the remaining mixture to separate into a biodiesel-rich layer and a glycerol-rich layer. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119980 | ABANDONED MINE DISCHARGE ALGAE CLEAN UP - Disclosed herein is a new method of producing biodiesel fuel using algae grown on the polluted water from mine acid water drainage ponds. By directly using the water from the mines the necessity of adding costly nutrient chemicals to the water to produce the algae is eliminated. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119981 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR BRIQUETTING SOLID FUEL - In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for a system and method for briquetting solid fuel before or after treatment with electromagnetic energy. In the system and method, solid fuel is transported through a continuous feed solid fuel treatment facility, treated using electromagnetic energy, and briquetted after treatment. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119982 | SYSTEM FOR GROWING PLANTS - The present invention relates to a device for covering a plant growing medium. The device includes a sheet and an aperture defined by the sheet. A first portion of the sheet surrounds the aperture. A second portion of the sheet has at least one ledge for engaging a top surface of the plant growing medium. The second portion of the sheet is integrated with the first portion of the sheet such that the at least one ledge is situated at a height below the height of the first portion of the sheet. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119983 | Christmas tree stand - A Christmas tree stand that holds various size Christmas trees, both live cut and artificial, trees in a secure and stable manner due to its large display platform and plurality of interlocking pieces. The Christmas tree stand includes a self watering system utilizing a two gallon water tray located beneath the platform that transfers water from the tray to the tree holder. It includes a special adaptor to hold artificial trees. The Christmas tree stand consists of a two piece display platform, a tree holder, a water tray, fencing, and screws with knobs which when assembled provides structural integrity and stability to the stand as well as an area to display Christmas decorations. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119984 | Apparatus and Method For Planting and/or Training Trees - An adjustable trunk support system which restrains a tree trunk within a specified containment area without permanently attaching to the trunk. One or more trunk supports are vertically adjustable to allow multiple trunk supports to be embedded in the ground at different heights on a slope while restraining the tree at the same height on the trunk. Adjustable arms laterally extend from the trunk supports such that the size of the containment area can be adjusted to accommodate tree growth. Adjustable locking ties secure to the adjustable arms to provide increased stability, and to provide pressure for the purpose of restraining, and/or training, a tree trunk. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119985 | Liquid Fertilizer, Weed Killer, and Pesticide Application Device Using Exchangeable Containers Connected to an Irrigation System - An apparatus and method are disclosed for applying fertilizer, weed killer, pesticides, and other botanical treatment liquids through an in-ground irrigation system using an inexpensive, easily installed apparatus with exchangeable treatment containers. An adaptor connects in series with an irrigation pipe and supports an inverted treatment container. Treatment liquid enters the irrigation system due to gravity, Venturi effect suction, a pressure differential caused by a constriction in the adaptor, and/or a diverter that diverts water into the container. Embodiments include a cap for sealing the adaptor, a barrier with a hole that controls treatment dispensing rate, a constriction for increased Venturi suction, and/or a protrusion that penetrates a membrane seal on a pre-filled container. Treatment liquid can be dispensed from a collapsible bag inside the treatment container. Embodiments with large containers include structural reinforcements or separate supporting stands. Some embodiments include a closable chamber that protects the apparatus from weather. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119986 | HIGH SPEED SEED TREATMENT APPARATUS - An apparatus and method for treating a least a portion of one or more initial seed samples to create one or more treated seed samples for use in research applications is provided. In various embodiments, the apparatus and method utilize two or more seed treaters operating in parallel to increase throughput for treating a portion of one or more initial seed samples. The apparatus and method may also include a metering station configured to distribute at least a portion of the one or more initial seed samples to the two or more seed treaters. As a result, the apparatus and method are configured to efficiently and accurately treat seed samples. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119987 | Stackable nursery trays for plants - A simple and inexpensive nursery device is provided, comprising: at least two identical trays containing plant cells, identical bushings coupled to the trays so that each of the trays furnished with an equal number of the bushings identically disposed at corresponding predetermined points of the trays, and identical rods of a predetermined height. Bushings internally include upper and lower cavities, and partitions fixed therebetween. The rods are made insertable into the cavities, being supported by the partitions. The trays can be assembled in stack by making one tray a lower tray, inserting the rods into the lower tray's upper cavities, inserting the rods into the lower cavities of the corresponding bushings of another tray, thereby making it an upper tray. Embodiments include different bushings dispositions on the trays, combined rods assembled of component rods. Some rods include threaded top holes and threaded bottom heads, some bushings cavities include fixation threadings. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119988 | Aerial plant planter - An aerial plant planter comprising a wall and a flat bottom surface that formed the cavity for holding root structure of a plant and its growing medium with attached individual porous water chambers on the wall of the planter for storing quantity of water. Open spaces are created around the wall and bottom of the planter to provide sufficient airflow. Tops of the water chambers are open to supply humidity to the plants and for easy refilling. The flat bottom defines a plurality of risers for maximum air circulation and to prevent the plant from sitting on any excess water that may be present underneath the planter. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119989 | Hydrogen generator with low volume high surface area reactor - A hydrogen generator, comprising ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090119990 | Methods and Apparatus for Solid Carbonaceous Materials Synthesis Gas Generation - Methods and apparatus may permit the generation of consistent output synthesis gas from highly variable input feedstock solids carbonaceous materials. A stoichiometric objectivistic chemic environment may be established to stoichiometrically control carbon content in a solid carbonaceous materials gasifier system. Processing of carbonaceous materials may include dominative pyrolytic decomposition and multiple coil carbonaceous reformation. Dynamically adjustable process determinative parameters may be utilized to refine processing, including process utilization of negatively electrostatically enhanced water species, process utilization of flue gas ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090119991 | Methods and Apparatus for Solid Carbonaceous Materials Synthesis Gas Generation - Methods and apparatus may permit the generation of consistent output synthesis gas from highly variable input feedstock solids carbonaceous materials. A stoichiometric objectivistic chemic environment may be established to stoichiometrically control carbon content in a solid carbonaceous materials gasifier system. Processing of carbonaceous materials may include dominative pyrolytic decomposition and multiple coil carbonaceous reformation. Dynamically adjustable process determinative parameters may be utilized to refine processing, including process utilization of negatively electrostatically enhanced water species, process utilization of flue gas ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090119992 | Methods and Apparatus for Solid Carbonaceous Materials Synthesis Gas Generation - Methods and apparatus may permit the generation of consistent output synthesis gas from highly variable input feedstock solids carbonaceous materials. A stoichiometric objectivistic chemic environment may be established to stoichiometrically control carbon content in a solid carbonaceous materials gasifier system. Processing of carbonaceous materials may include dominative pyrolytic decomposition and multiple coil carbonaceous reformation. Dynamically adjustable process determinative parameters may be utilized to refine processing, including process utilization of negatively electrostatically enhanced water species, process utilization of flue gas ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090119993 | PARALLEL PATH, DOWNDRAFT GASIFIER APPARATUS AND METHOD - A method for using a downdraft gasifier comprising a housing and a refractory stack contained within the housing. The refractory stack may comprise various sections. Apertures in the sections may be aligned to form multiple columnar cavities. Each columnar cavity may comprise an individual oxidation zone. The method of use may include the steps of placing a feedstock into an upper portion of the refractory stack, measuring the temperature of each columnar cavity, and adjusting the flow of oxygen to a particular columnar cavity to maintain the temperature of the particular columnar cavity within a particular range. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119994 | Methods and Apparatus for Solid Carbonaceous Materials Synthesis Gas Generation - Methods and apparatus may permit the generation of consistent output synthesis gas from highly variable input feedstock solids carbonaceous materials. A stoichiometric objectivistic chemic environment may be established to stoichiometrically control carbon content in a solid carbonaceous materials gasifier system. Processing of carbonaceous materials may include dominative pyrolytic decomposition and multiple coil carbonaceous reformation. Dynamically adjustable process determinative parameters may be utilized to refine processing, including process utilization of negatively electrostatically enhanced water species, process utilization of flue gas ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090119995 | ENTRANCE CONTROL SYSTEM - An entry control apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a pair of spaced barriers forming a pathway therebetween. The barriers are positioned adjacent a doorway to control ingress into and egress from a building or the like. An arm is pivotally mounted and extends across the pathway and permits free movement of people in one direction and selectively restricts movement in the other direction. A motion sensor is provided and a motion control system is associated with the sensor. The sensor and motion control system cooperate to selectively allow the arms to move to a normally open position for normal traffic in an approved direction. In the event a person approaches the apparatus, as if to exit, or move in the wrong direction through the pathway, the sensor detects the movement and effects operation of the motion control system that locks the arm against movement to prevent movement through the passageway. An alarm system can be provided to alert personnel that an unauthorized movement through the pathway may be underway. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119996 | Power transmitting system for rotary wings of automatic revolving door - A revolving driving force structure of a revolving wing for an automatic revolving door is provided, in which a revolving door of an automatic revolving door having an inner body with a revolving door at an inner side of an outer body provided at a front end of a transparent wall member is generated based on a rotation roller protruded from the inner body and by an operation motor which rotates the rotation door, and the rotation roller is supported on an inner support protrusion, and it is possible to prevent any safety accident based on a stable rotation of the inner body and the revolving wing and a constant gap during the rotation of the revolving wing, and a simple structure can be obtained, and a durability and life span increase without any load. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119997 | FIXTURE WHICH PROVIDES ACCESS CONTROL - A fixture includes a support structure having a flexible arm which carries an input device. The input device is in communication with a moveable vehicle barrier and controls its operation. The flexible arm flexes in response to an applied force so that the input device can move if it is engaged by a vehicle. | 2009-05-14 |
20090119998 | REGULATION MECHANISM FOR SLIDING DOORS - The invention relates to a regulation mechanism for built-in sliding doors of the type comprising a sliding leaf ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090119999 | Toggle bar and shutter - A shutter having a frame, hollow louvres rotatably supported in the frame, and a control bar for controlling the louvres and one-piece connector members connecting the louvres to the control bar in which the connector member has a T-member with integral rigid arms extending normal to the stem on either side for insertion into a louvre, a stem integral with the T-member and an abutment on the stem which prevents movement of the stem into the interior of the louvre and ribs within the louvre for locating the arms and assisting in providing a hinge action and attachments for attaching to a control bar. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120000 | Shutter with multi-part tilt control bar connector - A shutter assembly having a rectangular frame and at least two separate sections of louvres rotatably supported in the frame; at least two separate tilt control bars, for controlling at least two separate groups of louvres; links connecting respective louvres to the respective control bar; a releasable connector device for connecting and disconnecting the tilt control bars of at least two separate sections of louvres of the shutter assembly, to allow adjustment of the tilt of the louvres in all groups of the shutter assembly in unison, or each separate group of the louvres individually. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120001 | VEHICLE DOOR OPENING-CLOSING APPARATUS - A vehicle door opening-closing apparatus is provided, which includes a vibration detector and a controller. The controller acquires an envelope formed by connecting crests or troughs of a waveform of vibration detected by the vibration detection sensor. The controller determines whether or not a shape of the envelope meets a condition. A vehicle door is controlled based on a result of determination by the controller. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120002 | DOOR OPENING AND CLOSING DEVICE - A door opener system for opening and closing a door relative to a structure includes a rack gear that is hinged on one end to the structure. The door opener system also includes a pinion drive mechanism that is fixed to the door. The door opener system further includes a pinion gear that is engaged with the rack gear and that is rotationally driven by the pinion drive mechanism. In addition, the door opener system includes a retention assembly supporting at least one guide bearing that is engaged with the rack gear. Additional embodiments are disclosed. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120003 | System for opening and closing a flap - A system for opening and closing a motor vehicle, the flap is swivalably mounted along one of its edge areas at a stationary structural component part about a horizontal swiveling axis. A first drive device and a second drive device act in parallel to more like flap from a closed position into an open position. The first drive device is a non-self-locking drive device, and the second drive device comprises a cylinder filled with a fluid under pressure. An interior of the second drive device is divided by a piston into a first work chamber and a second work chamber, wherein a piston rod of the piston is guided outward through the first work chamber. A valve arrangement in the piston closes a flow connection between the first work chamber and the second work chamber in a stationary operating state of the flap. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120004 | Mounting assembly for closure devices - The invention is a mounting assembly for closure devices, such as doors, retractable screens, sliding doors, or the like. The mounting assembly comprises a mounting bracket and a main body, wherein the mounting bracket is attached directly to an enclosure component and the main body are fitted to the mounting bracket at a non-parallel orientation. In this manner, the mounting assembly compensates for misaligned enclosure components, thus promoting easy and efficient operation of the closure device. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120005 | Drain - A water drain for insertion into a mating wall opening in an extruded, hollow door or window sash or frame. A round, rectangular or the like housing having at least one peripheral front flange defining a drain opening is adapted for abutment against a wall of the sash or frame, said housing having a top wall portion and a bottom wall portion perpendicular to the front flange, and a pair of opposed side wall portions, a baffle extending downwardly from the housing top wall portion for partially closing an upper portion of the drain opening, and a flap having a lower planar rear surface and an upper planar front surface for opening and closing lower and upper portions of the drain opening. The planar lower rear surface portion is joined to the upper front surface portion by a pivot axis, the planar lower surface being disposed forwardly of the upper planar front surface whereby the flap tends to gravitate to an at-rest, closed, substantially vertical position. The flap has a lug extension at each end of the pivot axis for insertion into mating holes in said side wall portions of the housing for pivotal mounting of the flap in the housing drain opening, whereby the flap planar lower surface can pivot from a substantially vertical at-rest closed position to an open position for the drainage of water. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120006 | Construction apparatus - A construction apparatus having a frame adapted to be mounted on a support; at least one work object, having a predetermined upper portion and a lower portion; and an assembly mounting the work object in supported relation on the frame by the upper portion or the lower portion of the work object for substantially lateral movement relative to the support in the performance of a work operation. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120007 | Automobile weather strip - An automobile weather strip has a trim part having a substantially U-shaped section and a sealing part. The automobile weather strip is characterized in that: the trim part has an insert member and a covering material for covering the insert member; the covering member is provided with holding lips for holding a flange part on an inner surface of the trim part; a sponge material of a rubber formed by using a blend material of an EPDM rubber and an olefin-based thermoplastic synthetic resin and a sponge material of a rubber having physical properties of a specific gravity of 0.6 to 0.8 and a 25%-stretching stress of 500 KPa or more are used as the covering material. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120008 | IMPREGNATED DRILL BITS AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME - An impregnated cutting structure that includes a plurality of first encapsulated particles, each first encapsulated particle comprising a first abrasive particle encapsulated by a first matrix material shell; and a plurality of second encapsulated particles, the second encapsulated particles comprising a second abrasive particle encapsulated by a second matrix material shell, wherein the first encapsulated particles and the second encapsulated particles have at least one property difference is disclosed. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120009 | Polycrystalline Grits and Associated Methods - A method for forming polycrystalline grits can include forming an abrasive dough, including a plurality of abrasive particles, into a sheet. The sheet can be divided into a plurality of abrasive precursors. By placing the sheet on a stretchable surface, separations among the plurality of abrasive precursors can be revealed by stretching the stretchable surface. The stretchable surface can include a particulate separating agent, and additional particulate separating agent can be distributed in the separations. The abrasive precursors can be sintered to form polycrystalline grits. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120010 | Sintered Bead Based on Zirconia and on Cerium Oxide - A sintered bead presenting the following chemical analysis, in percentages by weight and for a total of 100%: ZrO | 2009-05-14 |
20090120011 | Composite Sintered Body - A composite sintered body according to the present invention contains at least cubic boron nitride and a binder. Cubic boron nitride has a continuous structure as a result of bonding of a plurality of cubic boron nitride particles to each other. The binder has a continuous structure as a result of bonding of a plurality of binder particles to each other, that are present in a region except for a bonding interface where the cubic boron nitride particles are bonded to each other. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120012 | Method for preparing additive for chemical mechanical polishing slurry composition - Disclosed is a method for preparing an additive solution which can be contained in a chemical mechanical polishing slurry composition used for a semiconductor manufacturing process. The method for preparing an additive solution for a chemical mechanical polishing slurry composition comprises the steps of: preparing an aqueous iron salt solution by admixing an iron salt and cooled water of 5° C. or less; and preparing an oxide containing silicon and iron by admixing and stirring a silicon salt and the aqueous iron salt solution for carrying out a reaction of the silicon salt and the aqueous iron salt solution. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120013 | RISER PAN COMPONENT FOR ON-SITE WASTE SYSTEMS - An integrally formed riser pan member for use as a modular component within an access passageway for an on-site waste disposal system, such as a septic tank, to receivably retain a secondary cover member within, the riser pan member including a cylindrical body having an upper portion having a vertical wall member adapted to receive another modular passageway component thereon, and a lower portion which includes an integral pan portion to seatably receive a secondary cover member. The riser pan member further includes an annular ring between the upper and lower portions. The riser pan member can be employed as a lowermost, a highermost, or as an intermediate component in, for example, an access passageway formed of multiple stackable riser members. In addition, the riser pan member may be formed integrally with a stackable riser member. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120014 | Disappearing Building - A building equipped with a suitable mechanism by which it is caused to descend in a suitable shaft below ground level, in order to secure it both against bad atmospheric occurrences and malicious acts, is disclosed. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120015 | Apparatus and Method for Identifying Equipment - An apparatus and method for locating building equipment such as HVAC systems, electrical lines, gas lines, water lines, IT lines and the like which is located above the ceilings, behind the walls, or under the floors of a building is presented. According to the invention, the walls, ceilings, or floors that cover building equipment are marked with an invisible marking material. When the location of a particular piece of equipment is required, the previously marked wall is illuminated with a remote apparatus designed to read the invisible markings, thereby identifying the equipment location. The marking material can be any commercially available invisible material that is suitable for such use. The illumination apparatus can be any device which is capable of displaying the marking material. For non-limiting example, an infra-red readable material can be used with a remote apparatus, such as a flashlight, equipped with an infra-red identifying wavelength light. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120016 | Solar Panel Supporting System - A solar panel supporting system includes a main frame, a solar panel, and a spring mechanism. The main frame has two opposite lateral sides. The solar panel is pivotally mounted on the main frame along a first pivot axis defined by a first rod extending between the opposite lateral sides of the main frame. The spring mechanism is operatively coupled to the solar panel for resiliently holding the solar panel at a predetermined position. The solar panel is adapted to pivot in response to wind strong enough to stretch or compress the spring mechanism. | 2009-05-14 |
20090120017 | HOLDING DEVICE FOR SASH MEMBER - A holding device for a sash member ( | 2009-05-14 |