21st week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 11 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110120802 | MINIMAL LUBRICATION DEVICE - A minimal lubrication device including a storage reservoir for a lubricant fluid and a pump for the lubricant, the pump being of high pressure type with its delivery port connected to at least one modular element adapted to mix a compressed air flow with the lubricant. The modular element presenting a mixer element fed with a compressed air flow into which an outlet of a flow regulator fed by the lubricant originating from the pump opens. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120803 | MINIMAL LUBRICATION DEVICE - A minimal lubrication device including a storage reservoir for a lubricant fluid, a pressurizer to pressurize the lubricant and a feeder to feed the lubricant in pressure to at least a modular element. The modular element including a lubricating conduit intercepted by a flow regulator and a compressed air conduit. The lubricating conduit and the compressed air conduit being coupled with an air-lubricant mixing element. On the compressed air conduit upstream to the mixing element a vortex tube is provided, to cool down the temperature of the air flow at which the lubricant is mixed. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120804 | DEVICE FOR OIL OR FLUID GREASE LUBRICATION - A device for oil or fluid grease lubrication, including a reservoir able to house a determined quantity of lubricant, a pump arranged to draw the lubricant from the reservoir and to feed it under pressure to a delivery port to which a lubricant distribution pipe can be connected, a control unit arranged to regulate the pump operation, and a sensor for sensing the lubricant level within the reservoir. The level sensor is an infrared sensor. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120805 | GEAR OIL CHAMBER - A transmission oil sump comprises a main oil compartment, in which a suction line of an oil pump is located, and a secondary oil compartment. The secondary oil compartment is in fluid communication with the main oil compartment via an opening. To prevent the introduction of air during rapid acceleration, cornering at high speeds and/or rapid deceleration of the vehicle, a barrier closes the opening to prevent the flow of oil out of the main oil compartment into the secondary oil compartment so that the oil level, required for the oil pump in the main compartment, remains adequately high. When not closed, the opening of the secondary oil compartment is open to ensure oil flow from the secondary oil compartment to the main oil compartment. The secondary oil compartments is arranged so as to collect oil that leaks from transmission components. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120806 | MECHANICAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM - A mechanical energy storage system includes a containment vessel, a drive shaft operatively connected to a generator/motor and supported for rotation in the containment vessel. A support structure is attached to the drive shaft and configured for radial extension from a rest position proximate the drive shaft. A resilient member having a mass and extending circumferentially around the drive shaft is connected to free ends of the support structure and configured to store elastic energy when the support structure extends radially from its rest position. Upon rotation of the drive shaft, the resilient member stores both elastic and rotational energy commensurate with its mass and elastic properties. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120807 | INDUSTRIAL TRUCK COMPRISING TWO LOAD CARRIAGES - The invention relates to an industrial truck comprising a first mast comprising two uprights and a first and a second load carriage arranged to be independently moved in the vertical direction wherein a second mast is arranged between the uprights of the first mast and that the first load carriage is arranged to be moved along the first mast and the second load carriage is arranged to be moved along the second mast. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120808 | AUTOMATED ELEVATOR FIXTURE ADDRESSING - An exemplary method of automatically addressing a plurality of fixtures in an elevator system includes determining whether a selected elevator device operation is performed at a location of a fixture and automatically providing initializing information to the corresponding fixture responsive to the selected operation. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120809 | COLLISION BRAKE FOR TWO ELEVATOR BODIES MOVING INDEPENDENTLY OF ONE ANOTHER - A collision brake for two elevator bodies, which move independently of one another, includes a first locking mechanism, which is disposed between the two elevator bodies and is fastened on a first of the two elevator bodies, and which has a brake body arrangement having at least one first brake body, which is movably mounted in the first locking mechanism toward a guide structure. The first locking mechanism has a positive guide, which converts a relative movement of the brake body arrangement in an ascension direction by the second of the two elevator bodies into a relative movement of the brake body arrangement on the guide structure. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120810 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ELEVATOR IN AN EMERGENCY MODE - Method for operating an elevator ( | 2011-05-26 |
20110120811 | ELEVATOR SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING AN ELEVATOR GROUP - An elevator system and a method are provided for controlling an elevator group. The elevator system includes an elevator group, which includes at least two elevator cars, which elevator cars are fitted to be moved in the elevator hoistway according to the calls allocated by the control of the elevator group. The elevator system includes a power supply arrangement, for adjusting the power needed to move the elevator cars. An energy storage is connected to the power supply arrangement. The energy storage is fitted in the first operating situation to yield energy for use in moving the elevator car, and in the second operating situation to receive energy released by movement of the elevator car. The elevator system includes a determination of the charging status of the energy storage, and the control of the elevator group is fitted to determine the change in energy that would be caused by the movement according to an allocated call of the elevator cars belonging to the elevator group. The control of the elevator group is fitted to allocate a call by favoring in the allocation an elevator car, the determined change in energy caused by the movement of which best meets the allocation criterion. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120812 | ELEVATOR RESCUE OPERATION SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, there is provided an elevator rescue operation system to be used in a building in which a plurality of elevators are installed in parallel. The system includes a disaster detection unit configured to detect, when a disaster has occurred in the building, an occurrence site of the disaster, a priority response floor setting unit configured to set a priority response floor on the basis of the disaster occurrence site detected by the disaster detection unit, and a rescue operation unit configured to cause a corresponding elevator for a rescue operation among the plurality of elevators to respond to the priority response floor set by the priority response floor setting unit, thereby carrying out a through-car operation up to a refuge floor. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120813 | DYNAMIC ELEVATOR CAR DISPATCHING DURING AN ELEVATOR SYSTEM MODERNIZATION - An exemplary method is useful for handling passenger requests during an elevator system modernization that includes modernizing elevator cars over time. The modernized elevator cars are capable of servicing destination requests placed outside of an elevator car. Such destination requests include an indication of a desired destination. The exemplary method includes assigning an elevator car to respond to a new pending destination request according to a selected criterion for selecting between a modernized elevator car and an elevator car that has not yet been modernized. The method includes automatically updating the selected criterion responsive to a change in a number of modernized elevator cars. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120814 | ELEVATOR CALL CONTROL - An elevator installation has at least one terminal and at least one call control. The terminal communicates data with respect to an input floor and a destination floor to the call control by way of at least one signal bus. The call control is arranged on a first plug-in card. At least one signal-bus adapter for the signal bus is arranged on a second plug-in card. The first plug-in card and the second plug-in card are directly connected together to form a circuit board. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120815 | Braking System for Patient Support - An assembly controls brakes on beds for use in healthcare facilities. The bed comprises at least one caster device supporting a base frame in relation to a supporting surface. The caster device has a caster brake. A brake control assembly is operatively engageable with the caster brake to engage the caster brake. The brake control assembly comprises a sensor for sensing a status condition of the caster brake. A controller is connected to the sensor. The controller causes engagement of the caster brake when the sensor senses the status condition for a predetermined period of time. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120816 | BRAKE PAD COOLING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An exemplary embodiment providing one or more improvements includes a brake cooling apparatus and method in which heat is conducted from a brake pad to a heat dissipating portion through a heat receiving portion and a heat dissipating portion dissipates the heat into a cooling medium. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120817 | Brake Assembly for a Utility Vehicle - The invention relates to a brake assembly for a utility vehicle. After a braking operation a clearance between a control member ( | 2011-05-26 |
20110120818 | DISC BRAKE - Disclosed is a disc brake to receive a disc and a brake pad. The disc brake includes an inner pad to produce friction with one side of a disc, an outer pad to produce friction with an opposite side of the disc, and a caliper housing including a cylinder part provided therein with a cylinder to receive a piston to press the inner pad and a finger part provided in front of the cylinder part to press the outer pad. The caliper housing includes a spacer to variably change an interval between the cylinder part and the finger part. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120819 | DRUM BRAKE WITH AUTOMATIC SHOE CLEARANCE ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS - To provide the drum brake with the automatic shoe clearance adjustment apparatus to reduce the cost of the drum brake as reducing the number of components. The first engagement portion is provided between the brake lever and the strut body to engage the brake lever and the strut body without operating the service brake, and the second engagement portion is provided also to engage the brake lever and the strut body while automatically adjusting the shoe clearance. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120820 | SHAFT BRAKE DISC, IN PARTICULAR FOR A RAIL VEHICLE - A shaft brake disc, in particular for a rail vehicle, including a friction ring fastened to a hub by way of screws that are passed through a clamp ring at the inner periphery of the friction ring that sits against support flanges, the clamp ring forming a backing support for the screws, is adapted so that the clamp ring and the hub engage one another in a form-fitted manner. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120821 | PAD CLIP FOR DISC BRAKE APPARATUS - A pad clip for a disc brake apparatus is provided with a sandwiching portion for sandwiching a projecting portion formed in a support member of the disc brake apparatus. The sandwiching portion includes an upper hold piece, a lower hold piece, and a connecting piece for connecting the upper hold piece and lower hold piece to each other. The upper hold piece includes a hold claw having a leading end urged toward an upper surface of the projecting portion and in contact with a vertically extending wall surface of a recessed groove formed in the projecting portion, and a spring piece for urging the hold claw. When the sandwiching portion sandwiches the projecting portion, the spring piece is not in contact with the upper surface of the projecting portion. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120822 | AUTOMOBILE HYDRAULIC SHOCK ABSORBER - An automobile hydraulic shock absorber includes a cylinder body, a piston, an upper support, a piston rod, a volume adjustment mechanism, first and second communicating passages, and a pressure-applying mechanism. The piston rod is attached to the upper support via a rubber cushion. The volume adjustment mechanism includes a free piston. The first and second communicating passages communicate the first oil chamber and second oil chamber with each other in the cylinder body via a diaphragm. The pressure-applying mechanism is disposed outside the cylinder body, movement thereof is restricted by the upper support, and the pressure-applying mechanism pushes the piston rod downward. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120823 | Retracta Belt Brake System - A pedestrian traffic control stanchion including a post having an upper end and a lower end; a belt cassette assembly mounted on an upper end of the post; a spring case assembly positioned adjacent to and operatively connected to the belt cassette assembly to provide tension on a belt as the belt is extracted from the belt cassette assembly; a brake case assembly positioned adjacent to the belt cassette assembly and operatively connected to the belt cassette assembly to dampen the rate of rotation of the belt cassette assembly as the belt is retracted into the belt cassette assembly under the tension force exerted by the spring case assembly; the brake case assembly including a housing, a drive gear positioned within the housing, said drive gear being configured to be connected to the belt cassette assembly, a floating gear positioned within the housing in a position to engage the drive gear, the floating gear having an axial shaft extending therefrom, wherein the axial shaft of the floating gear is positioned within a slot formed in the housing, the slot having a first end and a second end; and a gear driven damper assembly positioned within the housing and configured to engage the floating gear when the axial shaft of the floating gear is positioned in one of the first end or the second end. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120824 | TRAVEL ACCESSORY FOR THE FOLDING OF GARMENTS AND SUITCASE OBTAINED WITH SAID ACCESSORY - A travel accessory for the folding of garments inside a suitcase, includes at least one structural element for spreading and/or hanging ( | 2011-05-26 |
20110120825 | BAG | 2011-05-26 |
20110120826 | PORTABLE COSTUME CASE WITH A COLLAPSIBLE RACK - The present invention is directed to a portable costume case for use by performers to allow for hanging of costumes to maintain them in proper condition, as well as to allow for quick changes by the performers from one costume to another. The costume case is a bag having a base and opposing ends and sidewalls extending upwardly of the base and connected to one another and a top. The top is provided with a releasable opening means to allow the top to be opened for access to the interior of the bag and to be closed to maintain the contents within the interior of the bag. The case is provided with a reinforced framework attached to the opposing ends and sidewalls and encircling the bag to maintain the opposing ends and sidewalls in an upright position. The opposing ends of the bag are also provided with end stiffeners attached to the reinforced framework. Each of the end stiffeners are provided with a receiving means for an upright support for a costume rack. The costume rack comprises upright supports having one end to be received within the receiving means and having a means for attaching a horizontal support bar thereto to provide for a support for hanging costumes. During transport, the costume rack is removed from the receiving means and stored within the interior of the bag and when it is desired to use the bag for hanging of costumes the costume rack is removed from the bag and mounted to the receiving means. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120827 | Foldable paper wheeled luggage - A wheeled luggage includes a folding main body formed of heavy paper pulp based board and comprising a folding a top panel and a folding handle panel, the handle panel being opposite the top panel and including at least one opening; and a wheel assembly disposed at a bottom edge of the main body. The wheel assembly is made of heavy paper pulp based board. The number of the at least one opening is two. The handle panel further comprises an elastic strap. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120828 | LUGGAGE CASE WITH LARGE FOLDING WHEELS - A wheeled luggage case may include first and second shells connected together at their perimeter edges to define a generally parallelepiped packing volume. A wheel device may be attached to each of the first and second shells. Each of these wheel devices may include a hub rotatably attached to a respective shell. A tire may be attached to the hub for rolling on the supporting surface when the tire portion and hub are rotated about this axis of rotation. The tire portion may include a series of tire segments. At least some of the segments may be attached to the hub portion by a hinge. The hinge may include a hinging axis of rotation at a substantially right angle to the axis of rotation of the hub itself. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120829 | TWO-PIECE FLOW SEPARATION HUB - A flow separation hub including a first hub component, a second hub component affixed to the first hub component, a first passage arranged through the first and second hub components for enabling a first fluid to flow through the flow separation hub, a second passage arranged through the first and second hub components for enabling a second fluid to flow through the hub, wherein the hub prohibits fluid communication between the first and second fluids when the first and second fluids flow through the hub. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120830 | COMPACT DISC SPRING TORQUE LIMITER - A compact disc spring torque limiting clutch has an input hub and an output hub having a friction pack that is removable from the input hub as an entire unit to facilitate servicing and repair. The force actuator of the torque limiting clutch is a Belleville spring or machined disc spring that is operatively interposed between the input hub and the friction pack. The deflection of the Belleville spring during the useful life of the friction pack is within the flat portion of the force vs. deflection curve and establishes a characteristic breakaway torque for the torque limiting clutch. The use of a Belleville spring significantly reduces the axial dimension of the torque limiting clutch, adapting it for use in applications where space is at a premium. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120831 | FRICTION CLUTCH DEVICE COMPRISING A DOUBLE SHOCK-ABSORBING STEERING WHEEL FOR WHICH A SECONDARY ASSEMBLY IS FIXEDLY MOUNTED AXIALLY RELATIVE TO A REACTIVE PLATE - A friction clutch device for coupling a first rear motor shaft to a second front forced shaft by allowing free relative axial displacement between the two shafts. The clutch device includes a double shock-absorbing steering wheel having a primary couple input assembly which is fixedly mounted axially to the motor shaft, a secondary couple output assembly which is rotatably connected to a reactive plate of the clutch device which is supported by the forced shaft. An elastic circumferential action member is arranged in a cavity that is peripheral to the primary assembly to rotatably connect the secondary assembly, with circumferential shock absorption, to the primary assembly. The secondary assembly is fixedly mounted axially relative to the reactive plate. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120832 | TORSIONAL DAMPER - A torsional damper includes a torque limiter and a damper. The torque limiter includes at least two friction members, allows transmission of torque, and prohibits transmission of excessive torque. The damper absorbs torsional vibration through resilient deformation of a spring. The torque limiter is a wet torque limiter in which the friction members are arranged in an oil chamber filled with lubricating oil. The damper is a dry damper in which the spring is not immersed in the lubricating oil. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120833 | APPARATUS FOR, AND METHOD OF, SEPARATING CYLINDRICAL BODIES - An arrangement for separating cylindrical bodies, such as parisons for hollow bodies, which have at least one protuberance at a first end, has a pair of parallel guide elements between which the cylindrical bodies can be erected in that the cylindrical bodies hang on the guide elements in each case by way of the protuberance. The separating arrangement here has a detecting arrangement with an ejector by means of which cylindrical bodies which, although hanging on the guide elements by way of the protuberance, do not have their second end hanging downwards or are nested one inside the other, are detected and ejected from the individual row. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120834 | CONVEYING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SORTING PRODUCTS - A conveying apparatus comprises a first conveyor for conveying products in a first conveying direction, which first conveyor comprises a first supply location, where a first series of products are supplied to the first conveyor via a first supply station, a second conveyor for conveying products in a second conveying direction, which second conveyor comprises a second supply location, where a second series of products are supplied to the second conveyor via a second supply station. The conveying apparatus further comprises a channelling element for channelling at least one product out from the second conveyor, and a channelling conveyor for conveying a channelled-out product from said channelling element. The channelling conveyor and the first supply station being arranged and cooperating with the first conveyor in such a manner that a product that has been channelled out from the second conveyor and said first series of products are supplied to the first conveyor in such a manner as to jointly form an at least substantially continuous product flow. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120835 | STORE-TRANSPORT ASSEMBLY FOR ELONGATED ROD SHAPED ELEMENTS, AS WELL AS METHOD OF CONTROLLING MASS FLOW AND FILLING AND EMPTYING OF STORE-TRANSPORT ASSEMBLY FOR ELONGATED ROD SHAPED ELEMENTS - Assembly having a plurality of conveyors ( | 2011-05-26 |
20110120836 | CATERPILLAR TRACTION APPARATUS - A caterpillar traction apparatus ( | 2011-05-26 |
20110120837 | PACKAGE STREAM INDEXER DEVICE - A package stream indexer device ( | 2011-05-26 |
20110120838 | BELT CONVEYOR - The invention relates to a belt conveyor which comprises a conveyor belt ( | 2011-05-26 |
20110120839 | WEAR-RESISTANT CONNECTOR FOR A MODULAR LINK CONVEYOR BELT - A connector for connecting modular conveyor links to form a belt includes a rod-like core and a powder coating forming a protective shell. The core may be stainless steel and the powder coating may be nylon. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120840 | BLOW MOLDING MACHINE FOR CONTAINERS AND MANDREL HOLDER - A blow molding machine for containers, having a conveyor path carrying a mandrel holder and pre-forming mandrels attached to the mandrel holders in an exchangeable manner by means of removable couplings, wherein each coupling has a mandrel clamping mechanism and a releasing element accessible form outside that can be adjusted at least relative to the mandrel holder for releasing the clamping mechanism. In the mandrel holder, particularly for use in a blow molding machine, the mandrel clamping mechanism is designed with a ball joint lock, and the ball joint lock can be released by means of a releasing element in order to exchange a performing mandrel. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120841 | Electrical Switch Connector Assembly And Method Of Connecting An Electrical Device To An Electrical Switch Assembly - An electrical connector assembly ( | 2011-05-26 |
20110120842 | MULTI-POSITION PUSH SWITCH - A multi-position switch includes a base and a cover. The base and the cover form a receiving space having a lateral surface. The cover defines a through hole and includes a bottom surface and a number of ratchet teeth protruding from the bottom surface and arranged around the through hole. A number of positive contacts and a negative contact are arranged on the lateral surface. The button includes a button body having a side surface and a number of protrusions protruding from the side surface. The button body passes through the through hole and is external to the cover. Each protrusion is located between two neighboring ratchet teeth and has a sloping end. A conductive member is arranged under the button body and includes a conductive rod having two ends configured for respectively contacting one of the positive contacts and the negative contact. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120843 | PIEZOELECTRIC BIMORPH SWITCH - The present invention relates to a piezoelectric bimorph switch, specifically a cantilever (single clamped beam) switch, which can be actively opened and closed. Piezoelectric bimorph switch are known from the prior art. Such a switch may be regarded as an actuator. Actuators are regarded as a subdivision of transducers. They are devices, which transform an input signal (mainly an electrical signal) into motion. Electrical motors, pneumatic actuators, hydraulic pistons, relays, comb drive, piezoelectric actuators, thermal bimorphs, Digital Micromirror Devices and electroactive polymers are some examples of such actuators. The switch of the invention comprises piezoelectric stack layers ( | 2011-05-26 |
20110120844 | Electrical switch - A switch for switching an electrical load comprises a contact chamber in which a first contact member, a second contact member and a movable contact bridge are arranged. The contact chamber is arranged in a mounting support. The contact chamber comprises a ceramic material and the mounting support comprises a plastics material. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120845 | CONNECTING FLEXIBLE CONDUCTORS USING COLD PLASTIC DEFORMATION - Electrical component for low-voltage switching devices having an electrode comprised of a substantially rigid body with one or more slots and at least one flexible conductor with an end portion inserted into and joined to an associated slot by means of cold plastic deformation. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120846 | BREAKER - A breaker includes a contact unit provided in an airtight container. The contact unit has fixed contact points and a movable contact point which selectively contacts with the fixed contact points. Further, the breaker include a movable shaft having a part projecting outward from the airtight container, for moving the movable contact point to and from the fixed contact points, and a metal member for ensuring airtightness of the airtight container. The metal member has one end fixed to the airtight container and the other end fixed to the movable shaft and is extensible and contractible in accordance with the movement of the movable shaft. Moreover, the breaker includes a lever unit for moving the movable shaft between a closed position where the movable contact point is in contact with the fixed contact points and an open position where the movable contact point is separated from the fixed contact points. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120847 | SWITCH ASSEMBLY - A switch assembly includes a panel defining a receiving portion. The receiving portion includes two opposite first sidewalls, two opposite second sidewalls, and a bottom wall connected between the first sidewalls. A switch member is attached to the panel. An actuating member is accommodated in and engaged with the second sidewalls of the receiving portion. The actuating member includes a pressing plate. Two guiding walls extend from two opposite first sides of the pressing plate, and two elastic hooks protruding from two opposite second sides of the pressing plate. A spring member is disposed between the pressing plate of the actuating member and the bottom wall of the receiving portion, to provide resilient force to expose the actuating member outside of the panel. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120848 | LUMINOUS KEYBOARD - A luminous keyboard includes plural keycaps, a membrane circuit board, at least one light-emitting element, and a lower cover. The plural keycaps, the membrane circuit board and the light-emitting element are supported on the lower cover. In addition, the lower cover of the luminous keyboard has a light-guiding function. Since an additional light guide plate is required, the luminous keyboard has simplified configuration and the overall thickness thereof is reduced. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120849 | OPERATION INPUT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - An operation input device includes a base including at least four elastic engagement receiving portions raised at a periphery of a center thereof; a print substrate configured to be stacked and integrated on the base; an annular operation plate mounted on push button switches of the print substrate and configured to prevent slip-out; an operation dial mounted on the annular operation plate on an axial center; and a fixing tool configured to be inserted to a fit-in hole of the operation hole and engage with at least two elastic engagement receiving portions of the base at an edge on a lower side and with an inner peripheral edge of the operation dial. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120850 | SWITCH ASSEMBLY CONSTRUCTIONS - Electronic devices are provided with switch assembly input components that can have adhesives adhered to the side and/or bottom surfaces of support plates for retaining switches between the adhesives and the tops of the support plates. The switch assembly input components can include buttons with one or more absorption elements for receiving impact energy, reducing the impact energy, and transferring the reduced impact energy onto the switches. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120851 | APPARATUS FOR RESTORING WASTE PLASTIC TO OIL - The claimed invention relates to an apparatus and method for restoring plastic, to oil, thereby efficiently recycling waste plastic. The apparatus comprises a decomposer, an oil reduction body, a cooling tank, and a filter and emission part. The decomposer comprises a decomposition space comprising an opening to receive the plastic, a heating coil inside the decomposer to heat the decomposition space to pyrolyze the plastic, and a pyrolyzing gas exhaust pipe in an upper part of the decomposer connected to the decomposition space to exhaust pyrolyzing gas produced in pyrolyzing the plastic. The oil reduction body positioned in one side of the decomposer is divided into a cooling space and a oil catchment space by a partition. The cooling space is connected to the pyrolyzing gas exhaust pipe to receive the pyrolyzing gas from the decomposition space. The cooling tank positioned in one side of the reduction body provides cooling water to the cooling space to cool and reduce the pyrolyzing gas to oil, which is collected in the oil catchment space. The filter and emission part is positioned in another side of the reduction body and connected to the oil catchment space of the oil reduction body to filter the oil reduced from the pyrolyzing gas. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120852 | DEVICES FOR A DIRECTED INTRODUCTION OF PRIMARY COMBUSTION AIR INTO THE GAS SPACE OF A COKE OVEN BATTERY - A device for a directed gas routing of primary air into a coke chamber oven is disclosed. The primary air is conducted through the coke chamber top into the gas space of a coke oven battery and is laterally deflected as it enters into the gas space of the coke chamber. Also disclosed is a method for lateral deflection of primary air after its entry into the coke oven chamber, thus improving the distribution of the primary air in the coke oven chamber. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120853 | Porous Pyrolysis Reactor Materials And Methods - In one aspect, the invention includes a reactor apparatus for pyrolyzing a hydrocarbon feedstock, said apparatus including: a reactor component comprising a refractory material in oxide form, the refractory material having a melting point of no less than 2060° C. and which remains in oxide form when exposed to a gas having carbon partial pressure of 10 | 2011-05-26 |
20110120854 | PHOTOVOLTAIC PANEL-INTERFACED SOLAR-GREENHOUSE DISTILLATION SYSTEMS - A hybrid photovoltaic panel-interfaced solar-greenhouse distillation technology is provided that is capable of utilizing solar waste heat to perform liquid distillation while co-generating solar electricity. Solar waste heat co-generated at a photovoltaic panel is effectively utilized by in situ distillation liquid as an immediate heat sink in thermo contact with the photovoltaic panel front surface, thus providing beneficial cooling of the photovoltaic panel and co-making of distillation products while generating electricity with significant improvement on total-process solar energy utilization efficiency. Its enabled beneficial utilization of waste heat can provide a series of distillation-related products such as: freshwater, sea salts, distilled water, hot water, hot steam, saline/brine products, and brine photobiological cultures for production of advanced biofuels and bioproducts, in addition to solar electricity. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120855 | VANADIUM OXIDE THIN FILMS - Thin films of vanadium oxide having exceptionally high metal-insulator transition properties are synthesized by RF sputtering. An Al2O3 substrate is placed in a sputtering chamber and heated to a temperature up to about 550 degrees Celsius. Ar and O | 2011-05-26 |
20110120856 | Memory Cell and Select Element - In accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure, a memory cell ( | 2011-05-26 |
20110120857 | FUNCTIONAL SOLUTION SUPPLY SYSTEM - A sulfuric acid electrolyte is produced efficiently as a functional solution and persulfuric acid produced by electrolysis is supplied efficiently to a use side while suppressing self-decomposition thereof. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120858 | VACUUM PROCESSING APPARATUS AND OPTICAL COMPONENT MANUFACTURING METHOD - To uniformly perform processing such as deposition on a processing object such as a large, heavy substrate for optics, the large, heavy substrate for optics is accurately, reliably attached to a holder. A vacuum processing apparatus which processes a processing object in a vacuum vessel includes a susceptor which has a surface having concavity and convexity, that is opposite to its surface on which the processing object is mounted, and movably holds the processing object, a holder which has a surface having concavity and convexity which mesh with those of the susceptor, a driving mechanism which holds the holder to be movable to a first state or a second state, and a control means for moving the susceptor while the holder is held in the first state to mesh the surface, having the concavity and convexity, of the susceptor with the surface, having the concavity and convexity, of the holder and thereby connect the susceptor and the holder to each other, moving the holder, to which the susceptor is connected, to the second state and processing the processing object, and moving the holder to the first state again and moving the susceptor so that the surface, having the concavity and convexity, of the susceptor is separated from the surface, having the concavity and convexity, of the holder. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120859 | SPUTTERING APPARATUS - Provided is a sputtering apparatus which deposits a metal catalyst on an amorphous silicon layer at an extremely low concentration in order to crystallize amorphous silicon, and particularly minimizes non-uniformity of the metal catalyst caused by a pre-sputtering process without reducing process efficiency. This sputtering apparatus improves the uniformity of the metal catalyst deposited on the amorphous silicon layer at an extremely low concentration. The sputtering apparatus includes a process chamber having first and second regions, a metal target located inside the process chamber, a target transfer unit moving the metal target and having a first shield for controlling a traveling direction of a metal catalyst discharged from the metal target, and a substrate holder disposed in the second region to be capable of facing the metal target. A distance difference between a linear distance, which is a distance between a substrate loaded on the substrate holder and the metal target, and a length of the first shield is less than 3 cm. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120860 | BIPOLAR PULSED POWER SUPPLY AND POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS HAVING PLURALITY OF BIPOLAR PULSED POWER SUPPLIES CONNECTED IN PARALLEL WITH EACH OTHER - A bipolar pulsed power supply which supplies power in a bipolar pulsed mode at a predetermined frequency to a pair of electrodes that come into contact with a plasma is arranged to reduce the switching loss of the switching elements in a bridge circuit, and also to attain a high durability without using high-performance switching elements. The bipolar pulsed power supply has: a bridge circuit constituted by switching elements SW | 2011-05-26 |
20110120861 | POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS - There is provided a power supply apparatus that is capable of suppressing the occurrence of anomalous electric discharge due to charge-up of a substrate and that is capable of forming a good thin film on a large-area substrate. The power supply apparatus of this invention has: a first discharge circuit that alternately charges predetermined potential at a predetermined frequency to a pair of targets that are in contact with a plasma; and a second discharge circuit that charges predetermined potential between the grounding and the electrode, out of the pair of electrodes, that is not charged with potential from the first discharge circuit. The second discharge circuit is provided with a reverse potential charging means for charging, at the time of polarity reversal, at least one of the electrodes with potential that is reverse to the output potential. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120862 | ANODE ROD FOR A SPUTTERING SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to an anode rod for a sputtering system comprising a target, a lateral surface area of the anode rod is at least 2 times greater than the lateral surface area of the a circular cylinder having the same volume. Further, the present disclosure relates to a sputtering system comprising at least one anode rod, wherein the anode rod having a lateral surface area that is at least 2 times greater than the lateral surface area of the a circular cylinder having the same volume, and at least one sputtering cathode assembly comprising a backing device selected of the group consisting of a backing plate for a planar target, and a target backing tube for a rotatable cylindrical target. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120863 | PALLADIUM INK EXHAUST SENSOR - An exhaust sensor includes a first sheet of ceramic that is perforated with a vent orifice and, a second sheet of ceramic that is laminated to the first sheet. A palladium circuit trace is positioned between the first sheet and the second sheet of ceramic and a fugitive ink is printed on one of the sheets that is in communication with the vent orifice and the palladium. The fugitive ink volatilizes during a firing process and created a void space that is occupied by a palladium oxide that forms at temperatures around | 2011-05-26 |
20110120864 | CELLULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY SENSOR CHIP AND CELLULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY SENSOR USING THE CHIP, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CELLULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY SENSOR CHIP - A cellular electrophysiology sensor is adapted to measure an electrical change of a test cell. A chip for the sensor includes a diaphragm, and a thermally-oxidized film mainly containing silicon dioxide on the diaphragm. The diaphragm includes a silicon layer and a silicon dioxide layer on an upper surface of the silicon layer. A through-hole passing through the silicon layer and the silicon dioxide layer is formed. The through-hole has an opening which opens at the silicon dioxide layer and is adapted to capture the test cell. The thermally-oxidized film is provided on an inner wall surface of the through-hole, and unified with the silicon dioxide layer at the opening of the through-hole. This cellular electrophysiology sensor chip can stably capture the test cell and provides a gigaseal stably even if test cells have different properties, | 2011-05-26 |
20110120865 | Analyte Sensors Comprising High-Boiling Point Solvents - Generally, embodiments of the present disclosure relate to analyte determining methods and devices (e.g., electrochemical analyte monitoring systems) that have improved uniformity of distribution of the sensing layer by inclusion of a high-boiling point solvent, where the sensing layer is disposed proximate to a working electrode of in vivo and/or in vitro analyte sensors, e.g., continuous and/or automatic in vivo monitoring using analyte sensors and/or test strips. Also provided are systems and methods of using the, for example electrochemical, analyte sensors in analyte monitoring. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120866 | ENVIRONMENTAL GAS SENSOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided are an environmental gas sensor and a method of manufacturing the same. The environmental gas sensor includes an insulating substrate, metal electrodes formed on the insulating substrate, and a sensing layer in which different kinds of nanofibers are arranged perpendicular to each other on the metal electrodes. Thus, the environmental gas sensor can simultaneously sense two kinds of gases. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120867 | MICRO-CHANNEL CHIP FOR ELECTROPHORESIS AND METHOD FOR ELECTROPHORESIS - The micro-channel chip for electrophoresis of the present invention comprises a first substrate formed of a gas-permeable material and a second substrate formed of a gas-permeable or a gas-impermeable material, the first and the second substrate being glued together, the mating surface of either one of the first and second substrates having a sample-feeding channel having a port at both ends and an electrophoretic channel also having a port at both ends, the sample-feeding channel and the electrophoretic channel being allowed to communicate with each other via a narrower channel having a smaller cross-sectional area than those two channels. The micro-channel chip for electrophoresis of the present invention requires only one power source to perform electrophoresis and can use samples with minimum waste of their quantity. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120868 | Nanopore and Carbon Nanotube Based DNA Sequencer and a Serial Recognition Sequencer - The present invention is directed to systems, devices and methods for identifying biopolymers, such as strands of DNA, as they pass through a constriction such as a carbon nanotube nanopore. More particularly, the invention is directed to such systems, devices and methods in which a newly translocated portion of the biopolymer forms a temporary electrical circuit between the nanotube nanopore and a second electrode, which may also be a nanotube. Further, the invention is directed to such systems, devices and methods in which the constriction is provided with a functionalized unit which, together with a newly translocated portion of the biopolymer, forms a temporary electrical circuit that can be used to characterize that portion of the biopolymer. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120869 | METHOD FOR MULTIPLEXED CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS SIGNAL CROSS-TALK CORRECTION - The present invention provides a simple method to correct cross-talk, after the data have been generated. Adjacent signals are simply subtracted from the original observed signal with a repeating process. The data processing is stopped when a predefined condition is met. By this technique, cross-talk can be reduced from >5% to less than 0.1%. And as an additional advantage, this method provides a way to correct the cross-talk without the need to know which peaks are caused by the adjacent capillary signal. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120870 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING A FLUID - A fluid treatment system is disclosed wherein a fluid is passed through a membrane and is treated with an electrical treatment device. The electrical treatment device may include a wire wrapped about a fluid conduit and a control unit. The electrical treatment device may include a first electrode, a second electrode, and a control unit. The first electrode and the second electrode may be in contact with the fluid. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120871 | Formation of Layers of Amphiphilic Molecules - To form a layer separating two volumes of aqueous solution, there is used an apparatus comprising elements defining a chamber, the elements including a body of non-conductive material having formed therein at least one recess opening into the chamber, the recess containing an electrode. A pre-treatment coating of a hydrophobic fluid is applied to the body across the recess. Aqueous solution, having amphiphilic molecules added thereto, is flowed across the body to cover the recess so that aqueous solution is introduced into the recess from the chamber and a layer of the amphiphilic molecules forms across the recess separating a volume of aqueous solution introduced into the recess from the remaining volume of aqueous solution. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120872 | TUBE ELECTROFORMING METHOD, TUBE BY ELECTROFORMING, AND THIN WIRE MATERIAL FOR PRODUCTION OF TUBES BY ELECTROFORMING - The invention provides a method of producing an electrocast tube having a fine inner diameter, and an electrocast tube. It also provides a thin wire material for production of an electrocast tube having a fine inner diameter. An electrocast tube producing method comprising the steps of forming an elecrtodeposit around a thin wire material ( | 2011-05-26 |
20110120873 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL COATING OF ALUMINIUM PIECES - The invention relates to a method for application of a multifunctional coating to the surface of a workpiece made from aluminium or an aluminium alloy. The invention further relates to a workpiece, which may be produced by such a method. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120874 | POROUS TIN PARTICLES AND THE PREPARATION FOR THE SAME - A porous tin particle and its preparation method are provided in the present invention. The method includes steps of: (a) performing a reductive (or reductive electrochemical) reaction on a tin particle which simultaneously reacts with lithium ions to form a tin-lithium (Sn—Li) alloy; and (b) performing an oxidative (or oxidative electrochemical) reaction on Sn—Li alloy to release the lithium ions therefrom, and the porous tin particle is formed. The porous tin particle could be further applied in manufacturing the electrochemical electrode for lithium-ion battery with longer cycle life and higher reversibility. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120875 | Volatile Group 2 Metal Precursors - A compound comprising one or more polyfunctionalized pyrrolyl anions coordinated to a metal selected from the group consisting of barium, strontium, magnesium, radium or calcium or mixtures thereof. Alternatively, one anion can be substituted with and a second non-pyrrolyl anion. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120876 | CONVERSION COATING FOR ALUMINUM AND ITS ALLOYS AND ARTICLES THEREOF - I provide a non-toxic protein and protein compound conversion coated metal article, a painted or plated non-toxic protein and protein compound conversion coated metal article, the aqueous coating solution to provide the in-situ conversion protective coating, and a process of preparing the article. The article is a metal selected from the group consisting of aluminum and aluminum alloy. The solution has a pH of 3.0 to 12.0 and preferably 4.0 to 10.0 and a protein and protein compound concentration of 0.1 to 10% by weight and the protein and protein compound have a molecular mass of 16,700 to 1,000,000. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120877 | CONVERSION COATING FOR MAGNESIUM, BERYLLIUM, AND THEIR ALLOYS AND ARTICLES THEREOF - I provide a non-toxic protein and protein compound conversion coated metal article, a painted or plated non-toxic protein and protein compound conversion coated metal article, the aqueous coating solution to provide the in-situ conversion protective coating, and a process of preparing the article. The article is a metal selected from the group consisting of magnesium, magnesium alloy, beryllium and beryllium alloy. The solution has a pH of 3.0 to 12.0 and preferably 4.0 to 10.0 and a protein and protein compound concentration of 0.1 to 10% by weight and the protein and protein compound have a molecular mass of 16,700 to 1,000,000. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120878 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC WRITE HEAD HAVING A TAPERED WRITE POLE AND NON-MAGNETIC BUMP STRUCTURE - A method for manufacturing a magnetic write head having a write pole and a trailing wrap around magnetic shield, and having a non-magnetic step layer and a non-magnetic bump to provide additional spacing between the write pole and the trailing wrap around shield at a location removed from the air bearing surface. A magnetic write pole material is deposited on a substrate and a non-magnetic step layer is deposited over the write pole. A reactive ion milling can he used to pattern the non-magnetic step layer to have a front edge that is located a desired distance from an air hearing surface. A patterning and ion milling process is then performed to define a write pole, and then a layer of alumina is deposited and ion milled to from a tapered, non-magnetic bump at the front the non-magnetic step layer. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120879 | ELECTROWINNING APPARATUS AND PROCESS - Apparatus and processes are disclosed for electrowinning metal from a fluid stream. A representative apparatus comprises at least one spouted bed reactor wherein each said reactor includes an anolyte chamber comprising an anode and configured for containing an anolyte, a catholyte chamber comprising a current collector and configured for containing a particulate cathode bed and a flowing stream of an electrically conductive metal-containing fluid, and a membrane separating said anolyte chamber and said catholyte chamber, an inlet for an electrically conductive metal-containing fluid stream; and a particle bed churning device configured for spouting particle bed particles in the catholyte chamber independently of the flow of said metal-containing fluid stream. In operation, reduced heavy metals or their oxides are recovered from the cathode particles. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120880 | ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF NITROGEN FERTILIZERS - Methods and apparatus for the preparation of nitrogen fertilizers including ammonium nitrate, urea, urea-ammonium nitrate, and/or ammonia, at low temperature and pressure, preferably at ambient temperature and pressure, utilizing a source of carbon, a source of nitrogen, and/or a source of hydrogen or hydrogen equivalent. Implementing an electrolyte serving as ionic charge carrier, (1) ammonium nitrate is produced via the reduction of a nitrogen source at the cathode and the oxidation of a nitrogen source at the anode; (2) urea or its isomers are produced via the simultaneous cathodic reduction of a carbon source and a nitrogen source; (3) ammonia is produced via the reduction of nitrogen source at the cathode and the oxidation of a hydrogen source or a hydrogen equivalent such as carbon monoxide or a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen at the anode; and (4) urea-ammonium nitrate is produced via the simultaneous cathodic reduction of a carbon source and a nitrogen source, and anodic oxidation of a nitrogen source. The electrolyte can be aqueous, non-aqueous, or solid. Additionally, described is the production of ammonia from nitrogen and impure hydrogen sources via integrated electrochemical and thermal reactions and electrochemical hydrogen purification. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120881 | REDUCTION OF METAL OXIDES IN AN ELECTROLYTIC CELL - A method of reducing a titanium oxide in a solid state in an electrolytic cell which includes an anode, a cathode formed at least in part from the titanium oxide, and a molten electrolyte which includes cations of a metal that is capable of chemically reducing the cathode titanium oxide, which method includes operating the cell at a potential that is above a potential at which cations of the metal that is capable of chemically reducing the cathode titanium oxide deposit as the metal on the cathode, whereby the metal chemically reduces the cathode titanium oxide, and which method is characterised by refreshing the electrolyte and/or changing the cell potential in later stages of the operation of the cell as required having regard to the reactions occurring in the cell and the concentration of oxygen in the titanium oxide in the cell in order to produce high purity titanium. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120882 | POROUS SILICON ELECTRO-ETCHING SYSTEM AND METHOD - It is an object of this disclosure to provide high productivity, low cost-of-ownership manufacturing equipment for the high volume production of photovoltaic (PV) solar cell device architecture. It is a further object of this disclosure to reduce material processing steps and material cost compared to existing technologies by using gas-phase source silicon. The present disclosure teaches the fabrication of a sacrificial substrate base layer that is compatible with a gas-phase substrate growth process. Porous silicon is used as the sacrificial layer in the present disclosure. Further, the present disclosure provides equipment to produce a sacrificial porous silicon PV cell-substrate base layer. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120883 | Electrolyte Solution and Electropolishing Methods - An aqueous electrolyte solution including a concentration of citric acid in the range of about 1.6 g/L to about 982 g/L and an effective concentration of ammonium bifluoride (ABF), and being substantially free of a strong acid. Methods of micropolishing a surface of a non-ferrous metal workpiece including exposing the surface to a bath of an aqueous electrolyte solution including a concentration of citric acid in the range of about 1.6 g/L to about 780 g/L and a concentration of ammonium bifluoride in the range of about 2 g/L to about 120 g/L and having no more than about 3.35 g/L of a strong acid, controlling the temperature of the bath to be between the freezing point and the boiling point of the solution, connecting the workpiece to an anodic electrode of a DC power supply and immersing a cathodic electrode of the DC power supply in the bath, and applying a current across the bath. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120884 | IMPRESSED CURRENT PROTECTION FOR FOOD OR BEVERAGE CONTAINERS - Techniques are generally described herein for protecting food or beverage containers (e.g., cans) using impressed current protection. In various embodiments, containers may be received into at least one conductive bed, each bed having a complementary anode. The containers may then be electrically coupled to a first terminal (e.g., negative) of a power supply, and the anode may be electrically coupled to a second terminal (e.g., positive) of the power supply. Resultantly, protective current may be provided to the containers by the anode. Other embodiments may be disclosed and claimed | 2011-05-26 |
20110120885 | COOLING TOWER WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A cooling tower water management system is disclosed. A water treatment module is positioned in a water circulation line in a cooling tower. The water treatment module comprises a treatment cell having a cathodic tube and an anodic rod within the tube. A controller and power supply create a pulsed electrical potential across water in the treatment cell from the cathode to the anode to perform electrolysis on the water. Suspended and dissolved solids in the water are built up on a surface within the treatment cell. The controller can initiate a regeneration cycle to remove the built up solids from the surface. The regeneration comprises switching the electrical contact from the anode to a portion of the cathodic tube. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120886 | WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A water treatment system provides treated water to a point of use by removing at least a portion of any hardness-causing species contained in water from a water source, such as municipal water, well water, brackish water and water containing foulants. The water treatment system typically receives water from the water source or a point of entry and purifies the water containing at least some undesirable species before delivering the treated water to a point of use. The water treatment system has a pressurized reservoir system in line with an electrochemical device such as an electrodeionization device. The water treatment system can have a controller for adjusting or regulating at least one operating parameter of the treatment system or a component of the water treatment system. The electrochemical device can be operated at a low current and low flow rate to minimize water splitting or polarization, which minimizes scale formation. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120887 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CLEANING CIRCULATION WATER - The object of the invention is to provide a method for cleaning circulation water, which reduces the cost of operation and maintenance as much as possible, without a cumbersome cleaning operation such as by detaching electrode plates from an electrolysis cleaning tank and removing scale from inside the tank, and to provide a device used in this method. Accordingly, the present invention provides a method for cleaning circulation water, comprising the steps of flowing circulation water to be cleaned between electrode plates placed in a face-to-face manner between one another; and applying DC voltage between the electrode plates, allowing one or more metal ions contained in the circulation water to be precipitated onto the negative electrode plates by electrolysis, to clean the circulation water, wherein the electrode plates used are made of titanium plates, and wherein a desired amount of current flows, while an anodized oxide coating formed on the surface of the positive electrode plates is compulsively subject to dielectric breakdown by increasing the voltage applied to the anodized oxide coating. FIG. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120888 | METHOD FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL MODIFICATION OF LIQUID STREAMS - A method for electrochemical modification of liquid streams employing an electrolytic cell which utilizes an oxidation site defined by an anode, an anode compartment comprising liquid electrolyte anolyte where oxidation is effected, a cathode compartment comprising liquid electrolyte catholyte where reduction is effected, a cathode comprising conducting cathode particulates forming a cathode particulates bed and a current feeder device in at least intermittent contact with said cathode particulates where the cathode particulates are in motion and the particulates motion is substantially independent of bulk electrolyte flow, a separator which confines the cathode particulates to the cathode compartment, constrains electrolyte flow through the cathode particulates bed and permits ionic conduction of current between the anode and cathode, a cathode particulates conveyance system that manipulates cathode particulates motion. A separate system circulates the liquid undergoing modification through the electrolytic cell. An unidirectional current driving system drives unidirectional electric current supported by the liquid streams from the anode through the anolyte and the separator and into the catholyte and to the cathode particulates and to the current feeder device during the contact between the cathode particulates and the current feeder device. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120889 | Detection Device of Screen-Printed Electrode With High Sensitivity - A detection device for detecting | 2011-05-26 |
20110120890 | Conductivity sensor device comprising diamond film with at least one nanopore or micorpore - Sensor device for ion channel recordings; liquid-liquid measurements and resistive pulse particle counting comprising; at least one sensor element; the element comprising a diamond thin film substrate and a pore which is a nanopore or a micropore included in the substrate. This device may be used in analysis, for instance the device may be used for single molecule detection of an apialyte (e.g. DNA), for the analysis of interactions between a sensor element and an analyte, for the detection of pore forming entities, or for the determination of ion transfer. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120891 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NANOPARTICLE ELECTROGENERATED CHEMILUMINESCENCE AMPLIFICATION - Methods, compositions and kits for analyzing a chemical analyte using an electrochemical cell connected to a measuring apparatus are provided. The electrochemical cell contains a solution having one or more conductive or redox active NPs (nanoparticles), one or more chemical analytes, and an indicator. In addition, the electrochemical cell contains one or more electrodes in communication with the solution. One or more catalytic ECL properties are generated by the interaction of the one or more conductive or redox active NPs and the liquid sample and measured at the one or more electrodes or with an optical detection system. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120892 | Blocking device - An assembly (100) for wetting a medical device ( | 2011-05-26 |
20110120893 | AIR-CUSHION BACKPACK AND LAPTOP SLEEVE - A backpack has a front pocket containing a plate and a pair of shoulder straps for holding the plate against the back of a user. A pressurizable, flexible and elastic bladder covers the plate and has inside surfaces with an embossed pattern for preventing sticking together of facing walls of the bladder to facilitating an initial inflation of the bladder. A pair of tubular extensions extend from the bladder and into the shoulder straps, one of the tubular extensions being for inflating and deflating the bladder. A mouth-inflatable check valve connected to extension is location so as to be accessible to the user for inflating the bladder and a valve cover is detachably connected over the entire mouth engageable perimeter of the check valve for keeping it clear. Semi-rigid liners in the shoulder straps near the bladder form channels for facilitating inflating and deflating of the bladder. A pair of cushion panels in, or separate from the backpack, include pluralities of offset parallel, partially filled air tubes spaced by webs for minimizing volume when there is nothing between the cushion panels. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120894 | HAIR-APPLIANCE HOLDER - A hair-appliance holder for retaining a hot hair-styling appliance, such as a hot hair iron, on an upper edge portion of a pedestal sink basin or a towel rod and which, while retaining the hot hair iron, reduces the likelihood of burning contact by the iron with adjacent objects and a user thereof, the hair-appliance holder comprising a counterweight member, or other attachment means, a heat-resistant retaining member having at least one open end for inserting a hot hair-styling appliance, and a connecting strap member, each named member preferably being made of semi-rigid silicone. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120895 | Compact Tool Box with Ratchet Driving Function - A tool box includes a body having a front end and a force-receiving portion spaced from the front end. The body further includes first and second sides and two lateral walls. The front end includes a driving groove for receiving a shank in an operative position. A receiving space is defined between the lateral walls and has an opening. The force-receiving portion includes an insertion groove for receiving the shank in a storage position. The insertion groove is in communication with the driving groove of the body. The body further includes a first opening extending from one of the lateral walls through the insertion groove and a second opening extending from the other lateral wall through the insertion groove, allowing access to the shank in the storage position for manual removal of the shank from the insertion groove. A bit-receiving rack is removably received in the receiving space. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120896 | Device for a Reel Assembly - A device for a reel assembly including a supporting frame for the storage and transport of at least one reel, in which a reel core which extends between the end portions of the supporting frame constitutes a shaft for two or more side-lying reels. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120897 | DIAPER PACKAGING - A diaper packaging comprising a container and disposable diapers packaged therein, wherein: the disposable diaper is folded back at a fold line; a first marking which represents a size of the disposable diaper or a third marking which represents a classification of an absorptive capacity of the disposable diaper is provided on an outside of the fold line; the disposable diaper are stacked so that the fold lines face in a same direction; the container has an openable part formed on a side to which the fold lines face; a second marking which represents the size of the disposable diaper or a fourth marking which represents the classification of the absorptive capacity of the disposable diaper is provided on the container; and the first marking and the second marking are indicated in a same color, or the third marking and the fourth marking are indicated in a same color. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120898 | CONTAINER FOR FRANGIBLE ITEMS - A container comprises a sheet of polymer formed into a base portion. The base portion has cavities for receiving frangible items. An intermediate cover portion has cavities for covering the frangible items. A first hinge rotates the intermediate cover portion onto the base portion to hold the frangible items captive. A top cover portion has at least one concavity. A second hinge rotates the top cover portion onto the intermediate cover portion to hold the base, intermediate and the top cover portions closed together. Flanges define peripheries of the base, intermediate and top cover portions. The intermediate peripheral flange has a cut-out at each corner of the intermediate cover portion defining a cut-out edge that is non-parallel to the longitudinal edges of the base portion, and has a dimension greater than a corresponding lateral flange portion of the top peripheral flange in a longitudinal dimension of the container. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120899 | INFLATABLE MAILING PACKAGE - A sealable mailing package and a process for mailing an article are disclosed. In one embodiment, the sealable mailing package includes an enclosure having an open end and a compartment for receiving an article. The enclosure includes an exterior surface and an interior surface. The sealable mailing package further includes at least one inflatable bladder positioned adjacent to the interior surface of the enclosure, and a manual pumping device integrated into the compartment of the enclosure. The manual pumping device is in fluid communication with the at least one inflatable bladder. The sealable mailing package further includes a one way valve located between the pumping device and the at least one inflatable bladder that only allows gas flow from the pumping device to the at least one inflatable bladder, and a sealing member for sealing the open end of the enclosure. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120900 | Storage and dividing device for baby food powder with optional connection to food powder container or baby feeding bottle - The present invention innovates with a device that enables storage of baby food powder, with the device having at least one connector enabling the device to be connected to a box of baby food powder, for example, as a cover, with the device being composed of at least two separable or fixed parts, which are enabled by rotating on their axis, in such way as the interior of the device that connects the two parts is hollow in part of its area, and thus enables pouring of the powder from the storage box, through the attachment, which is a part of the device attached to it, and which connects to the upper part of the device, and serves as a measuring unit as needed, and can be replaced with other measuring units, based on the user's needs and requirements. Optionally, the device can also be attached to the openings of baby bottles, where at least one storage compartment is used to store the baby food powder. | 2011-05-26 |
20110120901 | DEVICE HOUSING AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - A device housing for an electronic device is provided. The device housing includes a main body and a decorative member. The main body and the decorative each has a metallic coating with a different color. The decorative member is positioned within the main body to form a desired symbol, logo, or pattern thereon. | 2011-05-26 |