20th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 6 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110114020 | LID ASSEMBLY FOR A PROCESSING SYSTEM TO FACILITATE SEQUENTIAL DEPOSITION TECHNIQUES - Embodiments of the invention generally relate to apparatuses for processing substrates. In one embodiment, a substrate processing system for sequential deposition or atomic layer deposition (ALD) is provided and includes a lid assembly coupled with a chamber housing, wherein the lid assembly contains a lid having a plurality of controllable flow channels extending from an upper lid surface, through the lid, and to a lower lid surface, a gas manifold disposed on the lid, and at least one valve coupled with the gas manifold and adapted to control a gas flow through one of the controllable flow channels. The substrate processing system further contains a gas reservoir disposed between a first gas line and a second gas line, and the gas reservoir is fluidly connected to the gas manifold by the second gas line. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114021 | PLANAR ANTENNA MEMBER AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - The present invention is a planar antenna member configured to introduce electromagnetic waves generated by an electromagnetic-wave generating source into a processing vessel of a plasma processing apparatus, the planar antenna member comprising: a base member of a circular plate shape, made of a conductive material; and a plurality of through-holes formed in the base member of a circular plate shape, the through-holes being configured to radiate the electromagnetic waves; wherein: the through-holes include a plurality of first through-holes which are arranged on a circumference of a circle whose center corresponds to a center of the planar antenna member, and a plurality of second through-holes which are arranged concentrically with the circle outside the first through-holes; a ratio L | 2011-05-19 |
20110114022 | WAFER CARRIER WITH HUB - A wafer carrier for a rotating disc CVD reactor includes a unitary plate of a ceramic such as silicon carbide defining wafer-holding features such as pockets on its upstream surface and also includes a hub removably mounted to the plate in a central region of the plate. The hub provides a secure connection to the spindle of the reactor without imposing concentrated stresses on the ceramic plate. The hub can be removed during cleaning of the plate. The wafer carrier also preferably includes a gas flow facilitating element on the upstream surface of the plate in the central region of the plate. The gas flow facilitating element helps redirect the flow of incident gases along the upstream surface and away from a flow discontinuity in the central region. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114023 | Method and device for treatment of animals - Method and device for treatment of a milk-yielding animal ( | 2011-05-19 |
20110114024 | AUTOMATIC MILKING DEVICE - Device for milking an animal, such as a cow, comprising an animal standing area to be occupied by the animal to be milked in a particular milking position and a robot device with a robot arm assembly for applying to and/or removing teat cups from the respective teats of the udder of the animal, wherein the robot arm assembly at a distal end is provided with holding means for the teat cups, wherein the robot arm assembly at a proximal end is suspended from a support so as to extend downwards therefrom and is rotatable with respect thereto about a first centre line which has a vertical direction component, wherein, in use, the first centre line intersects the floor of the animal standing area. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114025 | Selectively Sealable Pet Feeder - A pet feeder is provided that conveniently holds both food and water. The pet feeder includes a bowl adapted to hold pet food and the remainder of the pet feeder's interior is adapted to hold water. As such, water spreads evenly throughout the pet feeder. Thus, the pet feeder provides a stable and spill-resistant pet feeder. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114026 | Water Dispenser Apparatus - This patent application relates to water dispensing apparatus. One example includes a container receiving portion configured to receive a water container. This example also includes a water presentation portion configured to receive water from the container receiving portion for consumption by an animal. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114027 | Wildlife Watering Troughs and Related Structures and Methods - Water troughs and structures for retrofitting a watering trough to provide safe water access for birds and other wildlife. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114028 | AQUACULTURE NET WITH HIGH-TENSILE STEEL WIRES - An aquaculture net ( | 2011-05-19 |
20110114029 | AQUATIC-ANIMAL COUNTING SYSTEM, AQUATIC-ANIMAL COUNTING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An aquatic-animal counting system is provided. The system includes a channel, a linear photographing device, and an operation processing device. A channel is used for a plurality of aquatic animals to pass through. The linear photographing device is used for photographing the aquatic animals passing through the channel to generate at least one image. The operation processing device is electrically connected to the linear photographing device and the operation processing device includes an image processing module. The image processing module utilizes at least one operation rule to analyze the at least one image, so as to calculate a number of the aquatic animals in the at least one image. An aquatic-animal counting method and a recording medium are also provided. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114030 | Pet Turtle Slope - A device for use in conjunction with a standard aquarium tank or similar container, to provide a habitat for water pets such as Red Eared Sliders or other land or water creatures. The device is sloped, utilizing a wedge-like shape, which rests at the bottom of the tank or container. The design is in such a way that the device does not move or float. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114031 | Endoskeletal Pet Toy - A pet toy includes an internal skeletal member having an inner surface and an outer surface. The internal skeletal member is configured to deform upon compression such that opposing sides of the internal surface come into contact with each other. An outer covering surrounds the skeletal member. A sound-emitting squeaker device is located within an internal space of the internal skeletal member. The sound-emitting squeaker device remains free to move throughout the internal space of the internal skeletal member. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114032 | RETRACTING DOG LEAD WITH MANUAL OVERRIDE - A retracting animal lead having a housing with a handle portion and an internal chamber in which a spool is rotatably mounted. An extraction opening is formed in the housing in alignment with a winding cylinder of the spool for guiding lead material from the spool out of the housing. The spool is rotationally biased into a first rotational position and is rotatable against the biasing force so as, in use, to unwind from the spool the lead material wound thereon. A winding handle is rotatably mounted to the outside of the housing, and a coupling means is operatively moveable between an engaged position in which it non-rotatable couples the winding handle to the spool so as to enable manual rotation of the spool, thereby, in use, enabling the lead material manually to be rewound onto the spool, and a disengaged position in which the spool in rotationally disconnected from the handle. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114033 | e-Tube collar - An e-tube (Esophagostomy tube) protective collar prevents an animal from scratching at the wound/insertion site, stitches or the e-tube itself. The e-tube protective collar prevents injury to the surgical site, provides stabilization of the tube and prevents accidental or deliberate removal of the tube by the animal. The collar is fashioned of double-sided fabric which encircles the animal's neck and fastens via hook and loop fastener strips under the neck allowing for adjustment of tightness. There is a stitched hole in the fabric for the tube to pass through which is then held stable once the collar is snug around the animal's neck. The collar has a hook and loop fastener strap disposed on the top face to fold over the loose end of longer tubes and hold them flat against the collar. The secure collar requires minimal dressing for the wound and protects it while allowing it to “breathe”. Because of the the comfortable fit, the collar can remain on the animal continuously and causes no discomfort or impediment to normal eating, grooming, or play. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114034 | VENT PROVING SYSTEM - A vent proving system is described for use with a gas fired appliance. The gas fired appliance includes a gas burner, a vent damper for selectively opening or closing an exhaust vent from the gas fired appliance and a relay control for operatively controlling the vent damper and the gas burner to open the damper if the gas burner is on. The vent proving system comprises a sensor for sensing a variable in the vent representing air flow direction in the vent. An electrical switch is connected in series between the relay control and the vent damper. A controller is operatively connected to the sensor, the electrical switch and to the relay control. The controller determines if a back draft condition is present in the vent when the gas burner is on and selectively operates the electrical switch to open the connection between the relay control and the vent damper if a back draft condition is present in the vent when the gas burner is on. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114035 | Method of and apparatus for cleaning fouling in heat exchangers, waste-heat boilers and combustion chambers - A device for cleaning contamination in heat exchangers, waste-heat boilers, or combustion chambers is provided. In some embodiments, the device comprises a tube, a blasting body, and a combustible gas mixture within the tube. In some embodiments, the tube is destroyed after blasting. In some embodiments, the device further comprises a second tube comprising a blasting cord that is connected to a fuse, wherein the second tube is coupled to the first tube by a hinge. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114036 | WELDING AND GOUGING SYSTEMS WITH MULTIPLE POWER SETTINGS - Embodiments of a welding power supply include a housing and a diesel engine disposed in the housing and adapted to output a first power output curve and a second power output curve substantially higher than the first power output curve. The welding power supply also includes a controller coupled to the diesel engine and adapted to control the diesel engine to operate along the first power output curve during a low power operation and to control the diesel engine to operate along the second power output curve during a high power operation. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114037 | SYSTEMS FOR ENERGY RECOVERY AND RELATED METHODS - Energy recovery systems can utilize waste heat from an internal combustion engine or other base energy conversion system in the operation of hydrogen processors. Some energy recovery systems can utilize more than one source of waste heat from the energy converting system for this purpose. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114038 | Ported engine constructions with low-tension compression seals - In ported engine constructions, cooling of piston crowns and cylinder liners results in reduction or elimination of bore/liner distortions, thus ensuring circularity of the bore/piston interface throughout engine operation. Consequently, the need for heavily-tensioned piston rings is eliminated. Such engine constructions incorporate annular low-tension compression seals on the pistons, which substantially reduce port bridge wear during all phases of engine operation while also limiting blow-by during combustion. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114039 | BUSH AND ENGINE THAT IS EQUIPPED WITH THE BUSH - A bush assembly may include an inner pipe, in which a bolt hole is formed substantially in the middle thereof, an outer pipe, through which the inner pipe is inserted, wherein an inner circumference of the outer pipe is spaced with a predetermined gap from an exterior circumference of the inner pipe and the outer pipe includes a bent portion that is bent at a lower portion thereof and extends in a radial direction with a predetermined length, and an elastic member that couples the inner pipe and the outer pipe in the predetermined gap and is fixed to a lower surface of the bent portion. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114040 | COOLING STRUCTURE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A spacer fitted inside a water jacket which is formed to surround peripheries of cylinder bores in a cylinder block of an internal combustion engine includes: a spacer main body part partitioning the water jacket into an upper cooling water passage and a lower cooling water passage; and a cooling water outlet and inlet port part continuing to the spacer main body part. A center of a thickness of the cooling water outlet and inlet port part is offset in a radial direction from a center of a thickness of the spacer main body part. Accordingly, when cooling water passes the cooling water outlet and inlet port part, the pressure loss can be reduced in such a way that the cooling water outlet and inlet port part does not interfere with the passage. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114041 | COOLING STRUCTURE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A spacer fitted inside a water jacket of a cylinder block in an internal combustion engine is set so that a space formed between an inner peripheral surface of the spacer and an inner wall surface of the water jacket is smaller than a space formed between an outer peripheral surface of the spacer and an outer wall surface of the water jacket. Accordingly, even if a position of the spacer is shifted in a radial direction, the inner peripheral surface of the spacer comes into abutment on the inner wall surface of the water jacket at first. Thereby, the abutment of the outer peripheral surface of the spacer on the outer wall surface of the water jacket is prevented completely. Therefore, hitting sounds of pistons can be blocked by the space between the outer peripheral surface of the spacer and the outer wall surface of the water jacket. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114042 | COOLING STRUCTURE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A spacer covers intermediate portions of respective cylinder bores in a depth direction of a water jacket throughout the entire peripheries of the intermediate portions in the peripheral direction. Accordingly, the intermediate portion of each cylinder bore becomes higher in temperature than any other portion, and is thermally expanded. Thereby, the clearance between the cylinder bore and the corresponding piston increases. Thus, the friction decreases to improve fuel efficiency of an internal combustion engine. Furthermore, since the temperature of oil lubricating the intermediate portion of the cylinder bore rises, and the viscosity decreases. Accordingly, the effect of friction reduction is enhanced more. Furthermore, upper and lower portions of the cylinder bores in a cylinder axis direction are sufficiently cooled. Therefore, the cooling performance of a top part and a skirt part of each piston, which tends to become higher in temperature, is secured. Accordingly, overheat can be prevented. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114043 | COOLING STRUCTURE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A height of a spacer which is arranged inside a water jacket formed to surround peripheries of cylinder bores of a cylinder block of an internal combustion engine is made to be lower by a step in an intermediate portion thereof in a cylinder row line direction. Consequently, among end-portion cylinder bores having a lower temperature and being situated at opposite end portions in the cylinder row line direction and intermediate cylinder bores being other than the end-portion cylinder bores and having a higher temperature, a cooling performance of the intermediate cylinder bores is higher than that of the end-portion cylinder bores. Therefore, all the temperatures of the respective cylinder bores can be made uniform. A similar operation effect can be obtained alternatively by making a thickness of the spacer thinner in portions facing the intermediate cylinder bores and thicker in portions facing the end-portion cylinder bores. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114044 | CYLINDER HEAD COOLING SYSTEM - A cylinder head for a motorcycle engine, which has a pair of cylinders arranged in a “V” configuration such that the cylinders converge toward a crankshaft axis and such that a space is defined between the cylinders at an upper extent of each of the cylinders. The cylinder head includes a base configured to be coupled to one of the cylinders, an intake side including an intake passage and an intake valve movable disposed within the intake passage, the intake side being positioned adjacent the space, and an exhaust side including an exhaust passage and an exhaust valve movable disposed within the exhaust passage, the exhaust side being positioned remote from the space. A cooling liquid inlet port and a cooling liquid discharge port are located on the intake side. A cooling liquid passage runs through the cylinder head to reduce an operating temperature of the cylinder head. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114045 | SLIDING MEMBER AND SURFACE TREATMENT METHOD FOR THE SAME - Abrasion resistance is further enhanced in a sliding member used in an internal combustion engine. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114046 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE CAMSHAFT - An internal combustion engine, having at least one camshaft, which is mounted in the radial direction via at least one bearing block supplied with bearing fluid, wherein in the region of the bearing block, two sealing rings are provided, which are axially spaced apart from each other and which seal an annular chamber supplied with bearing fluid and located between the camshaft and the associated bearing block at least partially in the axial direction. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114047 | CAMSHAFT INSERT - The invention relates to a camshaft insert for a camshaft, which can be, in particular, a composite camshaft. In this case, the camshaft insert bears an oscillating motor adjuster. An accumulator that can be loaded by means of a spring force is disposed inside camshaft insert. Alternatively, the accumulator can also be disposed in the camshaft. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114048 | CAMSHAFT ADJUSTER - A camshaft adjuster for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, including a stator which can be driven by a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine and is located radially on the outside, a rotor which is non-rotatably connected to a camshaft and located radially on the inside, working chambers which are disposed between the rotor and stator and can be subjected to a pressure such that the rotational position of the rotor relative to the stator can be varied, and at least one sealing cover which laterally delimits the working chambers and rests against the stator and/or rotor. The sealing cover, the stator and/or rotor have a convex, concave or conical contact surface, and the sealing cover can be elastically deformed by the attachment via the contact surface such that it rests against the stator and/or rotor with an increased sealing force as a result of elastic deformation. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114049 | FOUR STROKE SINGLE CYLINDER COMBUSTION ENGINE STARTING SYSTEM - A four stroke single cylinder combustion engine starting system with an electrical machine is operable as both a generator and a motor. The starting system has a single cylinder four stroke combustion engine. A piston of the engine is coupled to a shaft of the electrical machine. The starting system also has a motor driver having outputs coupled to the electrical machine. A controller is coupled to the driver and an ignition switch is coupled to the controller. In response to the controller receiving an ignition signal from the ignition switch, the driver controls the electrical machine to operate as a motor so that the electrical machine rotates in a reverse direction to move the piston in a reverse stroke cycle. After the piston reverses to a power stroke position of the reverse stroke cycle the driver controls electrical machine to rotate in a forward direction to move the piston in a forward stroke cycle to attempt to ignite the combustion engine. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114050 | VARIABLE INTAKE DUCT STRUCTURE OF ENGINE - A variable air intake duct structure controls an air amount supplied to each combustion chamber according to engine speed that is subdivided into various steps. The variable intake duct structure is for an engine having an air duct for controlling an air amount supplied to an engine and may include first, second, and third ducts. The air ducts may be selectively opened or closed according to engine speed. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114051 | AIR INTAKE APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An air intake apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes a casing having a hollow shape and constituting an air intake passage connected to a cylinder of an internal combustion engine, the casing including an intake port and a discharge port, and a rotary valve mounted at an inside of the casing in a rotatably driven manner and including a rotor that adjusts a volume of an airflow from the intake port to the discharge port of the casing. The rotor includes a valve element edge portion that varies an opening area of the discharge port, the valve element edge portion being formed by a cut portion. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114052 | AIR INTAKE APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An air intake apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes a casing including an intake port and a discharge port, a rotary valve rotatable around a rotational axis within the casing and including a valve element that controls a connecting state between the intake port and the discharge port, and an inner surface forming portion formed at an inner surface of the casing along the rotational axis of the rotary valve and defined from the intake port to the discharge port, a distance of the inner surface from the rotational axis being shorter than a maximum rotational radius of the valve element. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114053 | Actuator powered by fluid and method of forming the same - A system for moving fluids includes a pump device having a housing and at least one piston movable in the housing to displace fluids thereby causing flow. An actuator device is connected to the at least one piston for moving the piston within the housing to displace fluids as the actuator device is moved. The actuator device includes a plurality of side portions connected to one another to form a vacuum therein and movable relative to one another as the actuator device moves reciprocally between first and second positions with one of the side portions being connected to at least one piston thereby moving the at least one piston within the housing. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114054 | Single Piece Piston Body For An Internal Combustion Engine - A single-piece piston body for an internal combustion engine includes a crown portion having a circumferential ring belt including an oil ring groove configured to accommodate an oil control ring and a skirt portion having a first skirt wall disposed on the major thrust side and a second skirt wall disposed on the minor thrust side of the piston, and two box walls that connect the skirt walls and which are set back with respect to the ring belt. A first plurality and a second plurality of axial drain passages extend from the oil ring groove to the bottom of the crown portion, the first and second pluralities of axial drain passages being substantially centered at opposite box sides of the piston and each plurality of axial drain passages spanning an arcuate portion of about 45-75 degrees. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114055 | Method for operating a combustion engine - A combustion engine ( | 2011-05-19 |
20110114056 | ENGINE WITH VIBRATION SUPPRESSION STRUCTURE - There is provided, in one aspect of the present description, an engine. In one example, the engine comprises a cylinder block, a cylinder head, a sheet metal gasket interposed between the block and the head, a first projection projecting outwardly and laterally from a side portion of the block, and a second projection projecting outwardly and laterally from a side portion of the head, the first projection and the second projection facing each other along a coupling surface between the block and the head. The engine further comprises an extension extending from a main body of the sheet metal gasket and located between the first projection and the second projection, and a resilient portion which is provided in the extension, formed resiliently in a direction perpendicular to the coupling surface, and compressed between the first projection and the second projection when the head is fastened on the block. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114057 | Hybrid Cycle Rotary Engine - An internal combustion engine includes in one aspect a source of a pressurized working medium and an expander. The expander has a housing and a piston, movably mounted within and with respect to the housing, to perform one of rotation and reciprocation, each complete rotation or reciprocation defining at least a part of a cycle of the engine. The expander also includes a septum, mounted within the housing and movable with respect to the housing and the piston so as to define in conjunction therewith, over first and second angular ranges of the cycle, a working chamber that is isolated from an intake port and an exhaust port. Combustion occurs at least over the first angular range of the cycle to provide heat to the working medium and so as to increase its pressure. The working chamber over a second angular range of the cycle expands in volume while the piston receives, from the working medium as a result of its increased pressure, a force relative to the housing that causes motion of the piston relative to the housing. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114058 | HIGH EFFICIENCY NATURAL GAS/GASOLINE BI-FUEL ENGINES USING ON-DEMAND KNOCK CONTROL - A bi-fuel spark ignition engine is disclosed. The engine can operate on either gasoline, natural gas or a combination of the two. The amount of each fuel that is used by the engine is based on the engine's operating parameters, such as RPM and torque. In some embodiments, the operator can provide input, such as the availability of natural gas, which affects the operation of the engine. In some embodiments, an anti-knock agent is used to prevent knock at higher values of torque. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114059 | METHODS OF OPTIMIZING COMBUSTION IN A COMBUSTION CHAMBER - A method of optimizing combustion in a combustion chamber during operation of a fuel-injected internal combustion engine includes monitoring an operating condition of the internal combustion engine, and adjusting a protrusion depth of a fuel injector nozzle in the combustion chamber according to the operating condition to thereby optimize combustion in the combustion chamber. A fuel injector system includes a fuel injector configured for injecting fuel into the combustion chamber and an actuator. The fuel injector includes a body and the fuel injector nozzle slideably connected to the body and configured for translating within and injecting a fuel plume into the combustion chamber. The actuator is configured for adjusting the fuel injector nozzle within the combustion chamber. A shape of the fuel plume remains substantially unchanged as the fuel injector nozzle translates within the combustion chamber. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114060 | ENGINE BRAKE AND ENGINE PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - An engine brake may include a rocker shaft, a rocker arm pivoting around the rocker shaft, an actuator piston disposed to the rocker arm and selectively protruded there from, a stopper disposed to a corresponding position of the actuator piston for the rocker arm to open a valve when the actuator piston is protruded and a hydraulic pressure supply portion selectively supplying hydraulic pressure to the actuator piston. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114061 | ROTATION ANGLE DETECTION DEVICE AND THROTTLE VALVE CONTROL DEVICE USING THE SAME - A rotation angle detection device may include a rotational member, at least one magneto-electric transducer having a magnetism detection portion capable of detecting a change in magnetism caused by rotation of the rotational member and generating a detection signal representative of the change in magnetism, and an operation voltage output portion capable of performing an operation based on the detection signal and generating an output signal. The rotation angle detection device may further include a fixed member having an receiving recess that receives the at least one magneto-electric transducer therein, and an elastic member attached to the receiving recess in which the at least one magneto-electric transducer is received. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114062 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING ENGINE TORQUE DURING INTRUSIVE TESTING - A control system and method for controlling an engine includes a control module. The control module includes an evaporation control valve module closing a canister purge valve during a system diagnostic. A torque determination module determines a torque change for an end of the system diagnostic. A torque adjustment module changes an engine torque to a changed torque corresponding to the torque change. The evaporation control valve module opens the purge valve at the end of the diagnostic. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114063 | SPARK IGNITION TYPE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In an internal combustion engine, a variable compression ratio mechanism able to change a mechanical compression ratio and a variable valve timing mechanism able to control the closing timing of an intake valve are provided. The mechanical compression ratio is held at a maximum mechanical compression ratio at the engine low load operation side and gradually made to decrease as the engine load increases at the engine high load operation side. The actual compression ratio is held nearly constant at the engine high load operation side and is made to decrease as the engine load decreases at the engine low load operation side. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114064 | HIGH-PRESSURE FUEL SUPPLY APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A discharge valve ( | 2011-05-19 |
20110114065 | LIQUID HYDROCARBON FUEL TREATING DEVICE FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The invention relates to devices for treating liquid carbonous fuel. The inventive device comprises external and internal electrodes, which are coaxially arranged in such a way that a treatment chamber connected to a fuel line by means of inlet and outlet channels is formed therebetween, and a dielectric insert placed between the electrodes. The outlet channel is located along the longitudinal axis of the electrodes. The external electrode is embodied in the form of a bolt which is fixable to the fuel line body by means of an external thread. The inlet channel is formed by means of at least one orifice connecting the bolt external surface, which is located between the bolt head and the end face thereof opposite to the head, to the treatment chamber. The internal electrode is extended beyond the end face of the bolt head through a dielectric sleeve. The inlet and outlet channels are embodied according to a relationship (I), wherein S | 2011-05-19 |
20110114066 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COMPRESSOR AND CHARGE AIR COOLER PROTECTION IN AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A device is provided for compressor and charge air cooler protection in an internal combustion engine, such as a Diesel engine. The engine having an intake manifold and an exhaust manifold, first and second EGR routes, a charge air cooler, a turbocharger having a compressor and a turbine. A regulator is also provided for regulating the flow rate of exhaust gas and the splitting of exhaust gas between the first and second EGR route. A temperature sensor is also provided for sensing output temperature of gas at the outlet of said compressor. A method and computer readable medium embodying a computer program product are also provided that have a first phase of monitoring a parameter representative of the gas temperature at the output of the compressor and a second phase in which an activity involving engine components operation is performed. The activity is performed using temperature information determined in the monitoring phase. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114067 | ENGINE INCLUDING VALVE LIFT ASSEMBLY FOR INTERNAL EGR CONTROL - An engine assembly may include a first exhaust valve lift assembly, a first exhaust valve, and a first camshaft. The first exhaust valve lift assembly may be operable in first and second operating modes. The first exhaust valve may be engaged with the first exhaust valve lift assembly and may be in communication with an engine combustion chamber. The first camshaft may include a first exhaust lobe engaged with the first exhaust valve lift assembly and defining a profile including a first exhaust region and a first exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) region. The first exhaust valve may remain closed when the first EGR region engages the first exhaust valve lift assembly during the first operating mode and may be opened when the first EGR region engages the first exhaust valve lift assembly during the second operating mode to provide exhaust gas flow into the combustion chamber during an intake stroke. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114068 | ENGINE START-UP WITH A SECONDARY FUEL - An engine system includes a primary fuel source and a secondary fuel source. The secondary fuel source includes a secondary fuel with which the engine can be initially started in order to preheat the engine such that it is better able to combust the primary fuel. In some examples, the secondary fuel source is in-line with the primary fuel source, such that the first and secondary fuel sources share a fuel line that supplies fuel to the engine. In addition, in some examples, the secondary fuel source is removably attached to the fuel line, such that it can be removed from the fuel line in a relatively efficient manner. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114069 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN OXYGEN-ENRICHED AMMONIA-FUELED SPARK IGNITION ENGINE - Described herein are various embodiments of an apparatus, system and method for operating an oxygen-enriched ammonia-fueled spark ignition engine. According to one illustrative embodiment, a method for operating an oxygen-enriched ammonia-fueled spark ignition engine includes fueling the engine with a mixture of ammonia and auxiliary oxygen within a first engine load range between zero and an engine load associated with a target combustion condition selected from the group consisting of rough limit, MBT knock limit, and any of various conditions between the rough limit and MBT knock limit. Within the first engine load range, the amounts of ammonia and auxiliary oxygen consumed per cycle increase as the load increases. The method further includes fueling the engine on a mixture of ammonia, auxiliary oxygen, and air within a second engine load range between the engine loads associated with the selected target combustion condition and the maximum engine load. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114070 | Apparatus and method for controlling swirl in a ported, two-stroke, internal combustion engine - An apparatus and a method for controlling swirl of air in a ported, two-stroke internal combustion engine include deflecting air into the intake port of a ported cylinder by an array of vanes disposed around the cylinder's intake port. The angle of deflection establishes the swirl of air in the cylinder. Swirl is varied by changing the angular positions of the vanes under the control of a vane drive mechanism coupled to an actuator. A swirl control mechanization controls vane angular position in response to engine operating parameters. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114071 | IGNITING COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES - The disclosure relates methods and related systems for controlling corona discharge in a combustion chamber without causing an arc strike. The methods can include measuring a baseline impedance of a circuit in electrical communication with an electrode, measuring an actual impedance of the circuit, determining an impedance setpoint based at least in part on the baseline impedance, comparing the actual impedance to the impedance setpoint, and adjusting the actual impedance based at least in part on the comparison between the actual impedance and the impedance setpoint. The electrode is arranged to deliver a corona discharge to the combustion chamber. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114072 | PNEUMATICALLY POWERED PROJECTILE LAUNCHING DEVICE - The pneumatically powered projectile launching device has a bolt located within a body. A front gas chamber in the body has an opening through which the bolt extends into the chamber. The bolt can move forward and backward thereby changing the volume of the front chamber. The bolt has a backward facing working surface. A gas valve in the body selectively releases compressed gas into the chamber. The released gas applies pressure on the backward facing working surface of the bolt to move the bolt forward, and then passes through a passage in the bolt to pneumatically force the projectile to leave the device. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114073 | Furnace Air Handler Blower Housing with an Enlarged Air Outlet Opening - An air distribution blower housing for an air handler such as a residential furnace is designed with an enlarged air outlet opening that slows down and spreads out the air flow from the blower housing over a greater area of the furnace heat exchanger. The blower housing thereby enables less air pressure drop through the heat exchanger, which increases the efficiency of the blower motor operation. The design of the blower housing also efficiently turns the velocity head of the air flow through the housing to usable static air pressure at the housing air outlet. The enlarged air outlet opening of the blower housing is achieved without increasing the exterior diameter dimensions of the blower housing whereby the blower housing is used in a compact enclosure for residential use. This is accomplished by utilizing a volute outer wall of the blower housing that has an exponentially increasing expansion angle in the direction of air flow through the blower housing. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114074 | Combustion Chamber for Charcoal Stove - A combustion chamber may include an upper and a lower chamber. The chambers may be separable to aid in loading fuel and removing spent fuel. The cross-section of the upper combustion chamber may be less than the cross-section of the lower section. Charcoal or other biomass fuel may be added into the lower combustion chamber and may be supported by a grate. Oxygen may be fed into the combustion chamber through a plurality of apertures that may be substantially shielded from direct line of site of the fuel bed. The upper combustion chamber may further include an annular constriction, to aid in constricting the view factor between the cooking vessel and the fuel bed. The constriction may also aid in radiating energy back to the fuel bed. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114075 | HETEROGENEOUS HYDROGEN-CATALYST REACTOR - A power source and hydride reactor is provided comprising a reaction cell for the catalysis of atomic hydrogen to form hydrinos, a source of atomic hydrogen, a source of a hydrogen catalyst comprising a solid, liquid, or heterogeneous catalyst reaction mixture. The catalysis reaction is activated or initiated and propagated by one or more chemical other reactions. These reactions maintained on a electrically conductive support can be of several classes such as (i) exothermic reactions which provide the activation energy for the hydrino catalysis reaction, (ii) coupled reactions that provide for at least one of a source of catalyst or atomic hydrogen to support the hydrino catalyst reaction, (iii) free radical reactions that serve as an acceptor of electrons from the catalyst during the hydrino catalysis reaction, (iv) oxidation-reduction reactions that, in an embodiment, serve as an acceptor of electrons from the catalyst during the hydrino catalysis reaction, (v) exchange reactions such as anion exchange that facilitate the action of the catalyst to become ionized as it accepts energy from atomic hydrogen to form hydrinos, and (vi) getter, support, or matrix-assisted hydrino reaction that may provide at least one of a chemical environment for the hydrino reaction, act to transfer electrons to facilitate the H catalyst function, undergoes a reversible phase or other physical change or change in its electronic state, and binds a lower-energy hydrogen product to increase at least one of the extent or rate of the hydrino reaction. Power and chemical plants that can be operated continuously using electrolysis or thermal regeneration reactions maintained in synchrony with at least one of power and lower-energy-hydrogen chemical production. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114076 | COMMERCIAL KITCHEN EXHAUST SYSTEM - An exhaust system includes a hood structure having one or more of (i) an exhaust flow infeed surface extending downward from a lower end of the filter unit that helps to feed the thermal plume toward the filter unit, (ii) a bypass flow transition surface extending upward from the upper end of the filter unit and then forward to aid bypass flow in circulating back toward the filter aperture and (iii) a front wall structure that includes a downwardly extending wall portion with a chamfered and/or curved transition portion at its lower end and a rearwardly extending wall portion. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114077 | HINGED COOKTOP GRIDS - A cooking appliance includes a cooktop with a number gas burners positioned below a grate. The grate is hinged to the cooktop so as to be pivotable between a raised position and a lowered position. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114078 | Focused solar energy collection system to increase efficiency and decrease cost - An efficient and cost effective system for the collection, concentration, and delivery of disperse solar energy to a central location for use in electrical power generation. The system includes a unique structural design for a strong lightweight parabolic dish heliostat. It couples this heliostat with a small collimating lens (or mirror) and a flat side mirror to redirect the resultant concentrated solar energy beam to a central receiver. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114079 | INCLINOMETER FOR A SOLAR ARRAY AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS - Embodiments of the invention relate to an inclinometer for use in tracking movement of a moveable structure such as a solar array. The inclinometer includes a magnetometer for sensing changes in a magnetic field indicative of movement of the movable structure. This movement information is then used to determine a current position/orientation of the moveable structure. In the context of a solar array, this information is used to determine the current position/orientation of the solar array. In some embodiments where the movable structure is a solar array, sun position data either from a database listing sun position information for different times of day or data based on algorithmic calculations may be used to determine a difference between current position of the sun and a current position/orientation of the solar array. The solar array may then repositioned based on this determined difference. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114080 | Multi-Axis Metamorphic Actuator and Drive System and Method - An embodiment of a system and method for moving an object in two or more axes includes one or more fluid containers, each of which is directly or indirectly in physical contact with the object. A volume of a fluid is placed in the one or more fluid containers. The system further includes a fluid mover operably connected to the one or more fluid containers for moving the fluid into the one or more containers, and a fluid volume control for controlling the volume of fluid in the one or more containers. By changing the volume of fluid in the one or more containers, the containers are variably pressurized, thereby moving the object in one or more axis. The object may be supported at one or more pivot points that allow the object to be moved in multiple axes. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114081 | SOLAR COLLECTOR SYSTEM - A solar energy collecting system comprises a manifold defining a closed fluid passage between a condensation point and a heating point. The manifold includes a plurality of heat exchange members configured to be in heat exchange relationship with the fluid passage at the heating point, and a heat sink at the condensation point. A plurality of solar energy collector members extend from and operably connect to the heat exchange members of the manifold. The solar energy collector members collect solar energy and transform it into heat energy. Heat energy is transferred from the solar energy collector members to the heat exchange members and to a fluid in the passage in the manifold at the heating point so as to heat the fluid into a vapor. The fluid is circulated in heat exchange relationship to the condensation point where heat energy is transferred to the heat sink so as to cool the fluid to a liquid. The fluid repeatedly cycles between a vaporized state at the heat exchange members and a liquefied state at the condensation point. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114082 | HEAT EXCHANGING STRUCTURE OF SOLAR HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanging structure of a solar heat exchanger | 2011-05-19 |
20110114083 | TROUGH COLLECTOR FOR A SOLAR POWER PLANT - A trough collector ( | 2011-05-19 |
20110114084 | HEAT RECOVERY INSTALLATION USING SOLAR ENERGY - A heat recovery installation using solar energy includes a three-channel plate, in which the first channel layer, viewed from the outside, alternately discharges used air and supplies fresh air. The third channel layer, viewed from the outside, ensures the supply of used air and the discharge of fresh air, while in the second channel layer, viewed from the outside, the heat exchange between the used and fresh air takes place according to the counterflow principle. In order to produce this flow, small apertures are provided in the second and third plates, viewed from the outside, of the three-channel plate, as a result of which the flow in the channel layer, viewed from the outside, is at right angles to the channel plate. By making the airflow quicker than the heat flow (Pe>>1), no heat can flow from the inside to the outside, except for a small loss flow through the partitions and through radiation and, conversely, mainly heat exchange of the used to fresh air according to the counterflow principle takes place with heat recovery. If the channel plate is made of transparent material and the inner plate is provided with a (sun)light absorber, then (sun)light which shines on the three-channel plate is also converted into heat and given off directly and indirectly to the fresh air. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114085 | HEAT TRANSFER PASSES FOR SOLAR BOILERS - A boiler for a solar receiver includes a plurality of boiler walls arranged end to end surrounding a boiler interior space. Each wall includes a plurality of side by side solar receiver panels. The panels are fluidly connected to one another by way of a steam circuit. The boiler also includes a plurality of conduits each forming a portion of the steam circuit fluidly connecting the panels. The panels and conduits form a plurality of heat transfer passes in the steam circuit. In certain embodiments, the steam circuit includes between two and ten passes, inclusively. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114086 | HEATING DEVICE - A heating device, including a gas or oil burner in a cylindrical combustion chamber radially bounded by a heat exchanger, at least one gap for the passage of heating gases through the heat exchanger into an exhaust-gas collection chamber, which is radially outside of the heat exchanger and has a surrounding shell having a connection nozzle for an exhaust gas line, a front cover element for accommodating the burner, a rear cover element as a closure for the combustion chamber, and supply/return connection nozzles. The present system is intended to optimize the heat exchanger so as to achieve the most compact possible dimensions and efficient heat transfer properties. The heat exchanger includes annularly configured heat exchanger tubes that are disposed in parallel to the longitudinal axis of combustion chamber, which each form an axially extending gap between two adjacent heat exchanger tubes for passing heating gases in the radial direction. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114087 | NASAL ADMINISTRATION - A delivery device for and method of providing for delivery of substance to the central nervous system (CNS) of a subject, the delivery device comprising: a nosepiece unit ( | 2011-05-19 |
20110114088 | INHALER - An inhaler ( | 2011-05-19 |
20110114089 | INHALER AND A METHOD OF OPERATING IT - A Breath Actuated Inhaler ( | 2011-05-19 |
20110114090 | Inhalation actuated nebulizer with impingement shield - The present invention is directed generally to a nebulizer for the formation of micro-droplets from liquid medicaments for respiratory patient treatment, and more specifically, to a baffled nebulizer wherein a static baffle used to form an atomized medicament is proximal to a shied which responds to patient respiration force to oscillate from an aerosol flow occluding position to an aerosol flow open position. During inhalation, the shield moves into a first registration format to allow passage of the atomized medicament (nebula) to the patient. During exhalation/non-use, a biasing pressure maintains said shield in a second registration format such that the nebula is retarded from passing to the patient and is coalesced into macro-droplets which return to a supply reservoir for re-atomization. The present nebulizer design is particularly adaptable for controlling atomization in response to patient respiratory forces exceeding a defined threshold; allowing for opportunity to control inhalation airflow and enhanced therapy regimes. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114091 | TEE CONNECTOR FOR SUPPLYING AEROSOL - A Tee connector for supplying aerosol includes: a Tee-shaped tube having a transverse tube portion and a longitudinal tube portion, the transverse tube portion having inlet and outlet ports and being formed with a top opening and a bottom opening, the bottom opening being aligned with the top opening and being connected fluidly to the longitudinal tube portion; a cover closing detachably the top opening; a valve including a valve plate which is movable downward to close the bottom opening and upward to open the bottom opening; and a spring disposed within the transverse tube portion and urging the valve plate so that the valve plate is moved downward to close the bottom opening. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114092 | Dry Powder for Inhalation - The aim of the invention is to improve the moisture resistance of dry powder formulations for inhalation which contain a pharmaceutically ineffective carrier of not-inhalable particle size and a finely divided pharmaceutically active compound of inhalable particle size and to also improve the storage stability of said formulations. To this end, magnesium stearate is used in said formulations. On of the features of the inventive dry powder is that a high fine particle dosage or fine particle fraction can be maintained also under relatively extreme temperature and humidity conditions. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114093 | AUTOMATIC FITMENT DETECTION AND FLOW CALIBRATION USING NON-CONTACT SENSING IN POWERED AIR PURIFYING RESPIRATORS - A method and apparatus for operating an powered, air-purifying respirator. The apparatus includes an air mask, an air pump, a hose connecting the mask to the air pump, a magnetic actuator disposed on a portion of the hose that engages a housing of the air pump and a controller that provides a predetermined air flow from the pump to the mask based upon a magnetic flux from the actuator. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114094 | AUTO CALIBRATION / VALIDATION OF OXYGEN SENSOR IN BREATHING APPARATUS - The Invention is directed to an oxygen sensor arrangement ( | 2011-05-19 |
20110114095 | ANTIVIRAL METAL IMPREGNATED ACTIVATED CARBON CLOTH COMPONENTS - An adaptable component having antiviral and virucidal properties is disclosed. The component generally comprises of a metal impregnated activated carbon cloth, an inner layer positioned along one side of the cloth and an outer layer positioned along the opposite side of the cloth. The layers can be attached together along all or a portion of a perimeter. The component can also have a protective membrane positioned between the outer layer and the activated carbon cloth. The components can be of benefit used in facemask composite, medical clothing such as gowns and scrubs, bed linen and protective clothing for military purposes. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114096 | CHIN PIVOT PATIENT INTERFACE DEVICE - A patient interface device that includes a body portion comprising a pair of arms and a chin support. A first end portion of each arm in the pair of arms is coupled to an opposite end of the chin support. The chin support is adapted to be disposed under the mandible responsive to the patient interface device being donned by a user. At least one headgear attachment element is provided on each arm in the pair of arms. A circuit portion is provided at a second end portion of each arm in the pair of arm. A patient interface portion is coupled to the circuit portion. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114097 | Tracheostomy Cannula with Window - The present invention concerns a tracheostomy cannula comprising a cannula tube, wherein the cannula tube has a bend with a radially inward and a radially outward side of the cannula tube and a tube lumen and a tube wall and an axis extending parallel to the tube wall in the tube lumen and a distal and a proximal end and on the radially outward side of the bend a first window region having one or more openings in the tube wall. To provide a tracheostomy cannula having a cannula tube, with which talking is made possible and the entry of air into the tissue is prevented even when the position of the tracheostomy cannula in the trachea or the anatomical conditions change, it is proposed in accordance with the invention that the cannula tube has in axially displaced relationship with the first window region at least one further window region having one or more openings in the tube wall. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114098 | NASAL PILLOWS WITH HIGH VOLUME BYPASS FLOW AND METHOD OF USING SAME - A fan unit which in use forms part of a gases supply unit, the gases supply unit suitable for use as part of a system for providing heated humidified gases to a user, the fan unit having a casing that has an inlet aperture and an outlet passage, the outlet passage including an exit aperture, the fan unit also including a fan which is located inside the casing and which is adapted for connection to a motor to drive rotation of the fan in use, the fan drawing gases into the casing via the inlet aperture, and forcing these gases out of the casing via the outlet passage as a gases stream, the outlet passage further including at least one bypass vent hole independent of the exit aperture and arranged at an angle to the path of the gases stream through the outlet passage. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114099 | RESPIRATORY SHIELD - In an embodiment, a respiratory shield is disclosed. The respiratory shield is sized to be coupled with a respiratory device having a nasal air intake member so as to be positioned along an oral airflow axis. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114100 | P3 Personal Power and Performance Mouthpiece - A dental mouthpiece clenched between the teeth and used to alleviate numerous dental and medical conditions as well as increase a user's performance. The mouthpiece improves facial tone and provides relief of temporomandibular joint pain and associated grinding of the teeth. The mouthpiece is less visible than prior art devices, even when the wearer opens his/her mouth, and does not cause discomfort. Furthermore, the mouthpiece allows for substantially unaffected speech, by the strategic placement of protuberances, so that the user may keep the mouthpiece in place and proceed about his or her business without providing any sound or visual cues to the presence of the mouthpiece. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114101 | IMMOBILIZATION DEVICE - An immobilization device including an anterior component including a two-dimensional shaped section contoured to a shape of the human chest and an anterior outwardly bowed area relative to the two-dimensional shaped anterior section generally corresponding to the sternum of the wearer. The device also includes a posterior component including a two-dimensional shaped section contoured to a shape of the human back and a posterior outwardly bowed area relative to the two-dimensional shaped section corresponding to the spinal column of the wearer, with elongate cushion elements connected to and extending within a width of the posterior outwardly bowed area. A strapping system connects both the anterior and posterior components to one another. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114102 | PATIENT STABILIZING STRAP - A patient stabilizing strap includes a base strap, which is removably attachable to a planar surface. At least one receiving portion is secured to the planar surface by the base strap. At least one elongate stabilizing portion has longitudinally spaced first and second stabilizing portion ends separated by a stabilizing portion body. Each first stabilizing portion end is removably attachable to a receiving portion to secure the stabilizing portion to the planar surface. Each second stabilizing portion end is removably attachable to an other second stabilizing portion end to encircle at least a portion of a patient body in cooperation with the planar surface. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114103 | FALSE LUXURY ITEM - The false luxury item | 2011-05-19 |
20110114104 | APPARATUS FOR FILLING CIGARETTE TUBES WITH TOBACCO - An apparatus ( | 2011-05-19 |
20110114105 | SINGLE-USE MULTI-ABRASIVE TOOL TO DECREASE BIOHAZARD - A comprehensive cost-effective single-tool-per-job and single-use abrasive device used by aesthetic professionals for shaping and polishing the natural keratin plate or its artificial enhancements on the digits of the human limbs that eliminates the cost-per-use driven standard practice of reusing multiple tools which carries a risk of spreading biohazard contamination. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114106 | Continuous curve fingernail acrylics form with handle tab and method - A form for depositing fingernail acrylic onto a fingernail includes a channel member with arched cross-section and curved along its length to define a member rim, and a concave member interior surface and a member outer surface progressing rearwardly along a smooth and continuous curve to a cuticle rim end, the cuticle rim end being arched outwardly to meet and match the inward curve of a cuticle and progressing forwardly to an opposing forward rim end; to apply a coating of fingernail acrylic with a progressively increasing thickness along a continuous curve, forwardly from the cuticle. The form preferably includes a form handle tab extending from the member rim for gripping between user fingers to overcome adhesion of the fingernail acrylic and remove the form. The channel member outer surface optionally includes a longitudinal breaking groove. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114107 | BOWL | 2011-05-19 |
20110114108 | Compositions and Methods Incorporating Photocatalysts - The present invention relates to a composition including an active material having groups capable of covalent attachment to a substrate in the presence of an acid or a base, a photocatalyst capable of generating an acid or a base upon exposure to light, and a vehicle. The active is a silicone polymer and/or a silicone oligomer, having a molecular weight higher than 1,000 grams/mole, and at least one organic functional group. The compositions may also include surfactants, emulsifiers, oxidants, and other components. A method for treating a substrate is also disclosed. The compositions and methods described herein are useful in personal care product and consumer care product applications. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114109 | COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE SILICONE PHOSPHATE COMPOUND AND AT LEAST ONE AMINE COMPOUND, AND METHODS FOR USING THE SAME - Compositions, methods, and kits for caring for, treating, conditioning or durable conditioning of at least one keratinous fiber comprising at least one silicone compound comprising at least one phosphate group compound and at least one amine compound comprising greater than three amino groups, wherein the amino groups are identical or different. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114110 | Hair styling assembly - A hair styling tool kit has cylindrical hair roller(s) having bristles positioned on exterior thereof, a proximate end, a distant end and an opening formed in the proximate end. A handle is configured to detachably engage the proximate end of the hair roller(s), one at a time, and facilitate rolling of hair on the hair roller(s). The body of the hair roller(s) is manufactured from heat absorbing material that helps in transmitting heat to the hair rolled on the hair roller(s). | 2011-05-19 |
20110114111 | Hair styling tool with detachable handle - A hair styling tool kit has cylindrical hair roller(s) having bristles positioned on exterior thereof, an open proximate end, a closed distant end and an inner cavity. A magnet is fitted in the distant end of the hair roller, and a mating magnet is fitted in a roller engaging portion of the handle. The handle is configured to detachably engage the proximate end of the hair roller(s), one at a time, and facilitate rolling of hair on the hair roller(s). The magnets retain the hair roller engaged with the handle during the hair rolling process while rotation of the hair roller in relation to the handle is prevented. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114112 | LASH BRUSH WITH ADJUSTABLE BRISTLE ARRANGEMENT - The present invention relates to a lash brush that allows for adjustment of the arrangement of bristles formed on a bristle sleeve of the lash brush according to practical needs and enhances the operation of lash make-up. A bristle bar assembly includes an inner bar that is retained in an end cap by a rim member defining guide slots and an outer tube fit over and encompassing the inner bar. A front end of a bristle sleeve is coupled to an end of the outer tube and an end of the inner bar is inserted into and fixed to an inner end of the bristle sleeve. In use, through withdrawing and rotating the cap, the inner bar rotates the end of the bristle sleeve, causing twisting of a bristle tip surface formed by tips of bristles and thus realizing adjustment of the arrangement of the bristles. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114113 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CLEANING METHOD THEREOF AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - There is provided a cleaning method for a substrate processing apparatus capable of improving a removing rate of a deposit without increasing a self-bias voltage. The cleaning method includes supplying, to clean the inside of a processing chamber | 2011-05-19 |
20110114114 | CLEANING METHOD OF APPARATUS FOR DEPOSITING CARBON CONTAINING FILM - A dry cleaning method of an apparatus for depositing a carbon-containing film is provided. The method includes in-situ cleaning an inside of a reactor of the apparatus, wherein the cleaning of the inside of the reactor of the apparatus comprises supplying a cleaning gas including halogens with being activated by using a remote plasma generator to the reactor and simultaneously supplying a carbon-removing gas without being activated to the reactor. In the method, a by-product in a solid form is not generated, and in-situ cleaning can be performed without stopping the apparatus for depositing a carbon-containing film after a predetermined amount of wafers are treated, such that productivity of the apparatus for depositing a carbon-containing film can be maximized. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114115 | TUNING HARDWARE FOR PLASMA ASHING APPARATUS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - A continuously variable microwave circuit capable of being tuned to operate under a plurality of distinct operating conditions, comprising: a waveguide comprising an adjustable tuning element having a core configured to protrude into the waveguide; an actuator in operative communication with the adjustable tuning element, wherein the actuator is operable to selectively vary a length of the core that is protruding into the waveguide so as to minimize reflected microwave power in the plasma asher; and a controller in operative communication with the actuator, wherein the controller is configured to selectively activate the actuator upon a change in the plurality of operating conditions. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114116 | VEHICLE CLEANING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USE THEREOF - A method and apparatus for cleaning vehicle exteriors using a stream of pressurizes steam. Preferably the stream of pressurized steam has a pressure in the range of 65 to 75 psi and is supplied at a temperature in the range of 295 to 310 degrees ° F. After applying the steam to a portion of a vehicle exterior surface and subjecting a first cloth to a stream of the pressurized stream, the vehicle's surface is first wiped with the first cloth and then wiped with a second cloth. This method is repeated to clean the entire vehicle. | 2011-05-19 |
20110114117 | SUBSTRATE CLEANING APPARATUS AND METHOD EMPLOYED THEREIN - A substrate cleaning apparatus for cleaning a front-side clean target surface | 2011-05-19 |
20110114118 | METHOD OF USING AN ADJUSTABLE TOOL SUPPORTING A CLEANING IMPLEMENT - A cleaning tool | 2011-05-19 |
20110114119 | SCRAPER TRACKING SYSTEM - A tracking system for use with a pipeline includes a scraper having signal generation capability for generating acoustic signals, a plurality of acoustic pressure sensors positioned at intervals along the path travelled by the scraper, and a plurality of local processors positioned at intervals along the path travelled by the scraper. Each of the local processors is in communication with a respective acoustic pressure sensor. A central processor is in communication with the local processors and determines the location of the scraper using time-stamped acoustic signals received by the pressure sensors and a speed of sound in a fluid within the pipeline. | 2011-05-19 |