22nd week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 10 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090134081 | Adjustable filter basket for a storm water drain system - A nutrient separating filter basket apparatus for a storm water drain system has an adjustable filter basket installed in a storm water drain pipe system to receive storm water runoff therethrough. The filter basket collects organic materials, such as grass clippings, leaves and tree stems therein and is adjustable for different ground water levels. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134082 | Piston for a linear spool valve - A piston for a linear spool valve, the valve comprising a body having a inner surface. The body is made of a material with a relatively low heat expansion coefficient α | 2009-05-28 |
20090134083 | WATER CIRCULATION SYSTEMS FOR PONDS, LAKES, MUNICIPAL TANKS, AND OTHER BODIES OF WATER - A circulation system for bodies of water. In one set of embodiments for larger bodies of water, modified horizontal plate designs are provided at the entrance of the draft hose. The plate designs have sections that pivot downwardly as the flotation platform and depending draft hose are rapidly raised in high wave conditions to let the water escape downwardly out of the hose. Adaptations to the floats for the elongated arms of the platform are also made to essentially eliminate the creation of any damaging torques on them from high waves. Another set of embodiments are particularly adapted for smaller systems in municipal water tanks for thorough mixing of the water and treatment to kill undesirable ammonia oxidizing bacteria and prevent or at least inhibit their return. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134084 | Chlorinator system for wastewater treatment systems - A chlorinator for wastewater treatment systems having a circulation pump, circulation tank, and return flow line, which includes a reservoir of disinfectant fluid and a dosage container communicating with the reservoir, and a siphon communicating with the return flow line and dosage contain to dispense a determined quantity of disinfectant to the circulation tank after operation of the circulation pump. The dosage container is vented to atmosphere to prevent vacuum lock in operation and communicates with the reservoir at a flow rate substantially smaller than it communicates with the siphon. Operation of the circulation pump causes flow through the return line, inducing priming of a siphon for subsequent distribution of the quantity of disinfectant fluid into the circulation tank after operation of the circulation pump ceases, at which time disinfectant is drawn from the dosage container. As the dosage container outgoing flow rate far exceeds the dosage container incoming flow rate, once the disinfectant level drops below the point of communication between the dosage container and the circulation tank, no further disinfectant is drawn into the circulation tank. A near-uniform volume of disinfectant fluid is thereby supplied after each pump cycle. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134085 | Soup and sauce grease remover - A simple device, skimmer or utensil perfect for removing unwanted fat, impurities or foam from excess starch accumulated on the surface of soups, stocks, sauces, stews, or boiling pasta; wherein the skimmer is slowly inserted into the cooked liquid and by gently rotating its handle back and forth and gradually dipping the plate into the liquid, the fat, grease, or unwanted foam is spilled onto its holding plate; thus, removing from the cooked food unhealthy fat and/or other unwanted impurities. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134086 | Sealed rotational water treatment apparatus - A sealed rotational water treatment apparatus is disclosed, and the sealed rotational water treatment apparatus includes a container, a power unit, a pipe shaft, and a plurality of filtering units. The container includes a sealed room, an inlet, an outlet away from the inlet, and a valve connected with the outlet. The power unit is set outside the container. The pipe shaft is connected with the power unit and set through the container, and includes a fluid collecting opening. The filtering units are mounted the external wall of the pipe shaft alternately and perpendicularly whereby the pipe shaft is driven by the power unit, and the filtering units are rotated around an axis. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134087 | Noncircular replaceable fuel filter elements and systems including the same - One embodiment is a filter assembly wherein the shape of the filter is a non-circular geometry. Other embodiments include unique apparatus, devices, systems, and methods to remove contaminates from a flow of fuel while at the same time providing a unique filter and filter assembly geometry. Further embodiments, forms, objects, features, advantages, aspects, and benefits of the present application shall become apparent from the detailed description and figures included herewith. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134088 | FLUID FILTER FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND INSTALLATION METHOD FOR THE SAME - A fluid filter is provided with: a case member that is installed on a valve body in which fluid paths are formed and forms a filter chamber in cooperation with the valve body; a filter element that is disposed in the filter chamber and includes a filter medium and a resin supporting frame that supports the outer peripheral edge of the filter medium; and a seal member that is in pressure contact with the surface of the inner peripheral side of the upper end portion of the peripheral wall of the case member, the surface of the outer peripheral side of the upper end portion of the supporting frame, and the surface of the valve body. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134089 | Fish tank filter - A filter for use in filtering and treating contaminated water in an aquarium tank includes a filter bag for receiving a continuous supply of contaminated aquarium water pumped under a predetermined pressure into the interior of the bag. The wall of the bag is composed of a porous filter membrane formed of a laminate of a ePTFE membrane and polypropylene needlefelt material. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134090 | SEPARATING COMPONENTS OF AQUEOUS MIXTURES, SUSPENSIONS, AND SOLUTIONS - Systems and methods are described for separating components of aqueous mixtures, including aqueous solutions and suspensions. In one implementation, an apparatus flows the aqueous mixture over a hydrophilic surface to form a first region of purified water and a second region of at least one concentrated non-aqueous component. The apparatus can draw off either the purified water or the concentrated non-aqueous components. In one implementation, an array of tubules performs the differential extraction. In another implementation, various hydrophilic and/or hydrophobic surfaces are disposed in multiple differential extractors and some effluents may be recycled to perform complex assaying and separation. In a further implementation, an apparatus can draw off purified water just beneath the air-water interface. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134091 | Method for removing undesirable components from water while containing, cultivating, and harvesting photosynthetic marine microorganisms within water - Undesirable components are removed from water while photosynthetic marine microorganisms within the water are contained, cultivated, and harvested. An apparatus is placed within the water. The apparatus has a mesh lining adapted to permit the water, the undesirable components, and nutrients to enter through the mesh lining while at least substantially preventing the marine microorganisms that are being cultivated from escaping through the mesh lining. The marine microorganisms are cultivated, including by adding the nutrients to the water. The nutrients at least accelerate growth of the marine microorganisms, where the marine microorganisms feed off the undesirable components and the nutrients. The marine microorganisms that have been cultivated are then harvested, which includes removing the marine microorganisms from the water. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134092 | MEMBRANE FILTRATION DEVICE AND PROCESS - An element for use in ultrafiltration or microfiltration of potable water has a large number of small diameter hollow fibre membranes attached between two headers. Side plates attached to the sides of the headers define vertical flow channels containing the membranes. The elements may be placed side by side and stacked on top of each other to form cassettes having continuous vertical flow channels through the entire cassette. The membrane modules or cassettes may be arranged to cover a substantial part of the cross sectional area of an open tank. Tank water may flow upwards or downwards through the flow channels. A tank may be deconcentrated by at least partially emptying and refilling the tank with fresh water while permeation continues. Excess tank water created during deconcentration may flow generally upwards through the modules and out through a retentate outlet or overflow at the top of the tank. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134093 | PROCESS FOR TREATING EFFLUENTS FROM THE OIL INDUSTRY FOR DISCHARGE OR REUTILIZATION - A process is described for treating effluents from oil production units for discharge or reutilization, to remove oil and other soluble toxic contaminants such as sulphides, benzenes, toluenes, xylenes and polyaromatic hydrocarbons, before discharging or reusing this effluent, especially in an offshore environment. This process for effluent treatment includes a step of changing the thermodynamic equilibrium conditions of an oil-in-water emulsion, followed by a step of separating the oil and the water, to be carried out in an offshore oil production unit. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134094 | Separation of hydrocarbons from water - A method for the removal of entrained hydrocarbons, particularly aromatics, from water by extracting the hydrocarbons in the water with a hydrocarbon which is relatively less soluble in the water than the entrained hydrocarbon. The hydrocarbons are then separated from the water by a process of coalescence/separation. The extractant is suitably a paraffinic hydrocarbon which, while having an affinity for the entrained hydrocarbon, is relatively less soluble in water than hydrocarbons such as aromatics. The hydrocarbons removed from the water can be recirculated to the feed with the composition of the recirculating phase being controlled to achieve the desired level of hydrocarbon removal. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134095 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING A HEAVY HYDROCARBON FEEDSTOCK - An apparatus and process for treating a heavy hydrocarbon feedstock having a specific gravity differential between components of the feedstock is disclosed. The apparatus includes a treatment vessel having an inlet for receiving the feedstock. The apparatus also includes a primary separation container located in the treatment vessel, the primary separation container being operable to accumulate feedstock to cause a low specific gravity portion of the feedstock to separate and rise to an upper surface of the accumulated feedstock. The apparatus also includes a first weir for collecting the low specific gravity portion from the surface of the accumulated feedstock in the primary separation container. The apparatus further includes a first outlet in the primary separation container, the first outlet being operably configured to receive settling solids in the accumulated feedstock and to produce a first discharge stream at the first outlet. The apparatus also includes a secondary separation container located in the treatment vessel to receive the collected low specific gravity portion, the secondary separation container being operable to accumulate the collected low specific gravity portion to cause hydrocarbon products to separate and rise to an upper surface of the accumulated low specific gravity portion of the feedstock. The apparatus further includes a product outlet for collecting the hydrocarbon products from the upper surface of the accumulated low specific gravity portion to produce a hydrocarbon product stream at the product outlet. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134096 | Submersible reservoir management system - A method for submerging a submersible reservoir management system for large water reservoirs to circulate the water, monitor and add chemicals to the water and reduce temperature gradients. The method comprises locating a submersible Pump assembly in the reservoir, the assembly comprising one or more pumps, one or more jet mixers and a frame. The reservoir management system is analyzed for chemical content, and the submersible pump assembly adds disinfecting chemical when necessary to control water quality. A jet stream is produced to provide circulation of the chemicals and temperature uniformity within the reservoir. The reservoir management system can be repositioned both vertically and horizontally. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134097 | Deep Well Sparging - Method for treating contaminants on a site, especially a deep well site includes delivering a first stream of a first gas to a first port of a laminar microporous diffuser and delivering a second stream of a second gas to a second port of the laminar microporous diffuser to effect mixing of the first and second streams of gases within the laminar microporous diffuser. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134098 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR DIRECTLY ENERGIZING WATER MOLECULE COMPOSITION - Systems, devices, and methods for generating energized water molecules and administering same to a human or other biological subject. The system includes a humidifying apparatus, and excitation apparatus, and a control system. The system may further include a fluid management system to assist in the delivery of energized water molecules. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134099 | TREATMENT OF SOLID PARTICLES WITH FUNCTIONAL AGENTS - Provided are methods of modifying solid particles with functional agents to provide anti-microbial media. The anti-microbial media comprise a surface-modified inorganic component which is a reaction product of an anti-microbial component and an inorganic component. Methods of making the media include agitating inorganic base material in a processing tank substantially simultaneously with spraying the anti-microbial component into the processing tank to form a coated base material. Methods of making the media also include maintaining a ratio of the anti-microbial component to the inorganic component such that the coated base material is below its compaction point. Methods of use are also provided. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134100 | ELONGATED FILM TAPE, METHOD OF USING SAME TO PREPARE A FILTER, FILTER AND METHOD OF USING FILTER - An elongated film optionally having double-sided adhesive tapes adhered to both ends can be used to wrap a paper core and thereafter covered with a curable resin that is then cured to form a filter, especially a water filter, having a hardened canister about the paper core. The resulting filter is characterized by outstanding lack of visual imperfection. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134101 | FILTRATION SYSTEM - A filter comprising a filter element with a filtering medium, mounted in a housing having a first end and a second end, and a passageway A removable generator to provide heated fluid for regenerating the filter element is to be connected to the housing adjacent the second end The second end of the filter element is constructed so as to permit a first portion of the heated fluid to flow toward the first end of the filter element, and the passageway is to allow a second portion of the heated fluid to flow from the second end to the first end, bypassing the filtering medium A flow director is positioned adjacent to the first end of the filter element for directing the second portion of the heated fluid discharged from the passageway toward the first end of the filter element. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134102 | SEPARATOR AND PROCESS FOR REMOVING SOLIDS FROM DRILLING LIQUIDS - The invention provides a separator for the removal of solids from a drilling liquid, the separator comprising a tube settler ( | 2009-05-28 |
20090134103 | IMPACT RESISTANT, EASY ATTACHMENT SHELF-EDGE RAILS FOR SHELF EDGE MOUNTED ELECTRONIC DISPLAYS - A shelf-edge rail device and method are provided that can be easily attached to existing shelves over the built-in C-channels or can be built into the shelves at manufacturing time. In addition to providing the capability for mounting a variety of display devices within the shelf-edge rail device, the shelf-edge rail device is impact resistant and adjustable to configure the angle of display by the display devices. Thus, the shelf-edge rail devices can be angled differently for shelves of different heights to maximize view-ability by a shopper. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134104 | ROTARY CLOTHES LINE COVER - According to the present invention, there is provided a cover ( | 2009-05-28 |
20090134105 | Textile sampling - An apparatus is disclosed for displaying a plurality of textile or fabric samples. The apparatus includes a plurality of elongate rail members configured to receive and engage at least one sample member. The at least one or each sample member holds at least one sample and is adapted to slidably and/or pivotally engage at least one rail member by way of one or more corresponding apertures or channels provided therein. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134106 | LIFTING DEVICE - A lifting device having a frame, a lifting member supported by the frame, and a hydraulic pump and motor supported to the frame. The hydraulic pump and motor are operatively connected to the lifting member to raise, lower, extend, and retract the lifting member. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134107 | Robotic-Movement Payload Lifter and Manipulator - A payload lifter/manipulator module includes a rotatable joint supporting spreader arms angularly spaced with respect to one another. A rigid arm is fixedly coupled to the joint and extends out therefrom to a tip. A tension arm has a first end and a second end with the first end being fixedly coupled to the tip of the rigid arm. The tension arm incorporates pivots along the length thereof. Each pivot can be engaged by or disengaged from the outboard end of a spreader arm based on a position of the spreader arm. A hoist, positioned remotely with respect to the module and coupled to the second end of the tension arm, controls the position of the spreader arms to thereby control the position of the rigid arm's tip. Payload lifter/manipulator assemblies can be constructed with one or more of the modules. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134108 | Method of raising a crane boom - The invention relates to a method of raising a telescopic boom of a mobile crane having a luffing fly jib and having a spatial boom guying. To be able to raise particularly long luffing fly jib systems together with the telescopic boom here, in accordance with the invention the telescopic boom is first telescoped outwardly to its desired length. In this position, all the telescopic sections are bolted to one another and the spatial guying is tensioned before the raising of the luffing fly jib pivotally connected to the telescopic boom. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134109 | Boom - A pivoted coupling member of a two-piece boom can be shared with standard booms. The boom comprises a first boom having, on the base end side, a pivoted coupling member that is pivotably coupled to a boom support section, and a second boom in which the base end side is pivotably coupled to the distal end side of the first boom and in which an arm is pivotably coupled to the distal end side. In the boom, the lateral width of the main body portion | 2009-05-28 |
20090134110 | BOTTLE AND VALVE FOR HOLDING AND DISPENSING MULTIPLE SUBSTANCES - The present embodiments relate to a bottle capable of holding and selectively dispensing at least two different substances. The bottle comprises an outer container having a reservoir adapted to receive a first substance, and an inner container having a reservoir adapted to receive a second substance. When assembled, the inner container is removably disposed within a portion of the outer container. The bottle further comprises a valve having a first configuration adapted to inhibit flow from the inner and outer containers, a second configuration adapted to permit flow from the inner container and inhibit flow from the outer container, and a third configuration adapted to permit flow from the outer container and inhibit flow from the inner container. Tactile feedback is provided to the user to know when the valve moves from one configuration to another. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134111 | PACKAGE SYSTEM - A package system is provided for combining an article and a container in an integrated package with the article in nested relationship within an elongated, vertically oriented recess formed in the wall of the container. The container includes one or more reliefs in communication with, or located proximate to, the recess to facilitate supporting the article in the recess with a covering material. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134112 | BABY BOTTLE WITH CAP ATTACHMENT MEANS - The present invention is a baby bottle with a tethered cap. In order to keep the cap from flopping around during bottle use, there is also a means for attaching the cap to the side of the baby bottle. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134113 | Closure assembly - A closure assembly is provided that prevents tampering and counterfeiting of a container while at the same time protecting the contents stored therein from contaminants such as air and moisture. The closure assembly may include an upper closure portion securable to the container and a lower closure portion attached to the upper closure portion and securable to the container and adapted to evidence disengagement from the container. The lower closure portion may include a first section having a first cross section and a second section having a second cross section. The second cross section may be smaller than the first cross section, and may be adapted to evidence disengagement from the container if the lower closure portion is disengaged from the container. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134114 | CLOSURE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF FILLING A VIAL - A closure system for a vial comprising: an elastic closure part to engage the mouth opening, a clamp part to hold the closure part in a closing relationship with the mouth opening, the clamp part defining an upper aperture through which a region of the upper surface of the closure part is exposed when the clamp part is engaged with the vial, a cover part to engage the clamp part to cover the exposed region, the cover part engaging with the closure part to provide two or more concentric ring-shaped seals, at least part of the cover part being removable from the vial to allow access to the closure. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134115 | Neck ring and method of making for a glass container forming machine - A neck ring for a glass container forming machine includes two neck ring sections each consisting essentially of a neck ring body and an insert on the body. The inserts have opposed surfaces for forming closure attachment features on a container neck finish molded in the neck ring. Each neck ring body is of die-formed powder metal construction and is set around the associated insert. The inserts preferably form the entire glass-contacting portion of the neck ring. The neck ring bodies preferably are of sintered bronze or steel construction, and the inserts preferably are of nickel, bronze or steel construction. The body and insert preferably are sintered together for a metallurgical bond. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134116 | CLOSURE SYSTEM FOR CONTAINER - Closure system for a container including a cap and a ring adapted to engage by screwing in order to seal the opening, the cap including an upper wall from which in a downwards direction there extends an annular skirt that has a lower annular end and a radially inner surface fitted with a thread. The ring has an annular top rim, an annular collar and a thread complementary to the thread of the cap provided between the collar and the rim of the ring. The skirt of the cap includes a projecting annular member forming a barrier and adapted to be supported against the whole periphery of the collar of the ring in a substantially radial direction. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134117 | Container Having Vacuum Compensation Elements - A lightweight container includes an enclosed base, an upper portion that extends upwardly to a finish; and a body located between the base and the upper portion. The sidewall includes vacuum compensation elements that have an open end and an opposing closed end, and that form a V-shape. Each element has nested fields. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134118 | Method of manufacturing printed circuit board - A method of manufacturing a printed circuit board is disclosed. The method may include: stacking a cover layer over a copper foil, for a copper clad laminate that includes the copper foil stacked over one side of an insulation layer; forming an intaglio groove by removing portions of the cover layer and the copper clad laminate; stacking a seed layer over a surface of the intaglio groove and the cover layer; removing a portion of the seed layer stacked over the cover layer, by removing a portion of the cover layer; forming a plating layer, by plating an inside of the intaglio groove; and removing the remaining cover layer and the copper foil. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134119 | FILM-FORMING MATERIAL AND METHOD OF FORMING PATTERN - A film-forming material that is capable of forming, at a low temperature, a film having a high degree of etching resistance and a high etching selectivity ratio relative to an organic film, as well as a method of forming a pattern that uses the film-forming material. The film-forming material includes a metal compound (W) capable of generating a hydroxyl group upon hydrolysis, and a solvent (S) in which the metal compound is dissolved, wherein the solvent (S) includes a solvent (S1) with a boiling point of at least 155° C. that contains no functional groups that react with the metal compound (W). The method of forming a pattern includes the steps of: coating a pattern, which has been formed on top of an organic film of a laminate that includes a substrate and the organic film, using the above film-forming material, and then conducting etching of the organic film using the pattern as a mask. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134120 | Plasma Processing Method and Plasma Processing Apparatus - A plasma processing apparatus in which consumption of expensive krypton and xenon gases is suppressed as much as possible while reducing damage on a workpiece during plasma processing. In plasma processing of a substrate using a rare gas, two or more kinds of different rare gases are employed, and an inexpensive argon gas is used as one rare gas and any one or both of krypton and xenon gases having a larger collision cross-sectional area against electron than that of the argon gas is used as the other gas. Consequently, consumption of expensive krypton and xenon gases is suppressed as much as possible and damage on a workpiece is reduced during plasma processing. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134121 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - There is provided a plasma processing apparatus including a plasma generating unit for generating a plasma in a processing chamber in which a set processing is performed on a substrate serving as an object to be processed. The plasma processing apparatus further includes a particle moving unit for electrostatically driving particles in a region above the substrate to be removed out of the region above the substrate in the processing chamber while the processing on the substrate is performed by using the plasma. In addition, there is provided a plasma processing method of a plasma processing apparatus including the steps of generating plasma in a processing chamber in which a set processing is performed on a substrate serving as an object to be processed; and performing the processing on the substrate by the plasma. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134122 | Copper-passivating CMP compositions and methods - The present invention provides chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP) methods and compositions for polishing copper-containing substrates. The methods of the present invention entail abrading a surface of a copper-containing substrate with a CMP composition of the invention, preferably in the presence of an oxidizing agent (e.g., hydrogen peroxide). The CMP compositions of the invention comprise a particulate abrasive, a copper-complexing agent, a copper-passivating agent bearing an acidic OH group and an additional oxygen substituent in a 1,6 relationship to the acidic OH group, and an aqueous carrier. A preferred composition of the invention comprises about 0.01 to about 1 percent by weight of the particulate abrasive, about 0.1 to about 1 percent by weight of the copper-complexing agent, about 10 to about 1000 ppm of the copper-passivating agent. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134123 | HIGH VOLTAGE CIRCUIT BREAKER WITH IMPROVED GAS EXHAUST - A method of evacuating hot gases produced in a current breaking operation by a high voltage circuit breaker ( | 2009-05-28 |
20090134124 | Buffering mechanism for gas circuit breaker - A buffering mechanism for a gas circuit breaker includes a center piece which includes two protrusions extending from two ends thereof and two match surfaces are defined in two opposite sides of the center piece. Two side boards each have a pivot hole and a slot defined therethrough, the two protrusions of each end of the center piece are pivotably engaged with the pivot hole and the slot respectively. A plurality of impact plates are engaged with the two match surfaces of the center piece. When the impact plates are hit by the two links of the Y-shaped link mechanism of the gas circuit breaker at different times, the center piece is pivoted along the slots to absorb impact forces from the two links. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134125 | SWITCHGEAR AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A switchgear including a vacuum valve which prevents partial discharges infallibly and whose reliability is high, and a method of fabricating the same are obtained. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134126 | Electric-discharge machining apparatus and electric-discharge machining method - In an electric-discharge machining apparatus for controlling a machining axis so that an average voltage Vg during a predetermined sampling time Ts agrees with a servo standard voltage SV, the apparatus includes: an electric power supplier | 2009-05-28 |
20090134127 | Electron beam heating system having carbon nanotubes - An electron beam heating system includes a cathode, an anode, a CNT string and a chamber. The CNT string includes an end portion and an emission portion, and the end portion is contacted with and electrically connected to the cathode. The cathode, the anode and CNT string are arranged in the chamber. The CNT string is composed of a plurality of CNT bundles packed closely, each of the CNT bundles comprises a plurality of CNTs, the CNTs are substantially parallel to each other and are joined by van der Waals attractive force. Electron beams emitted from the emission portion bombard and heat a predetermined point on the anode. The heating efficiency of the electron beam heating system is high. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134128 | ELECTRICAL PULSE CIRCUIT - An electrical pulse circuit is disclosed. The electrical pulse circuit is in connection with a first pair of electrodes defining a first gap between ends thereof and a second pair of electrodes defining a second gap between ends thereof. The second gap is disposed proximate to the first gap. The circuit includes a controller, a first electrical pulse source in power connection with the first pair of electrodes, and a second electrical pulse source in power connection with the second pair of electrodes. The first electrical pulse source is productive of a high voltage low current arc across the first gap in response to the controller and the second electrical pulse source is productive of a low voltage high current arc across the second gap in response to the controller and the high voltage arc. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134129 | ABLATIVE PLASMA GUN APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - An ablative plasma gun subassembly is disclosed. The subassembly includes a body, a first pair and a second pair of gun electrodes having distal ends disposed within an interior of the body, and ablative material disposed proximate the distal ends of at least one of the first pair of gun electrodes and the second pair of gun electrodes. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134130 | Process and System for Creating Internal Stress in a Metallic Workpiece - A process and a system for creating internal stress in a metallic workpiece by laser shock peening is provided. In the process, a first laser pulse is applied to a treatment site of the workpiece covered by a surface layer. A second laser pulse follows the first laser pulse in time, and is applied to the treatment site of the workpiece. A covering layer, such as flowing water, is provided over the treatment site during the application of the laser pulses. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134131 | LASER WELDING METHOD FOR GALVANIZED STEEL SHEETS - The present invention relates to a laser welding method for galvanized steel sheets where galvanized steel sheets are lap-welded by using a laser beam of a keyhole welding zone in a state in which a gap for exhausting zinc fumes is formed by embossing a plurality of protrusions along a welding line on one galvanized steel sheet among the galvanized steel sheets by using a laser beam of a conducting welding region. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134132 | Laser Beam Welding Method with a Metal Vapour Capillary Formation Control - The invention relates to a method for welding at least one, preferably two metal parts to each other, by a laser beam consisting in using a laser beam ( | 2009-05-28 |
20090134133 | Preheating temperature during welding - The invention relates to a method of welding locally a surface of a Ni base, especially a single crystal superalloy substrate using a laser beam while preheating the substrate to an optimized temperature for the purpose of repairing cracks. Welding repair of single crystal super alloys often leads to two main types of defects: cracks and spurious grains. Both defects can be avoided using an optimized preheating temperature set to higher than 500° C. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134134 | MEDICAL LEAD AND METHOD FOR MEDICAL LEAD MANUFACTURE - A lead employing a connection between a conductor and an electric element is provided. The connection includes a conductive pad electrically connected to at least one conductor and the electric element electrically connected to the conductive pad. The conductive pad can further include an elongated element to connect the pad to the electric element. The method for connecting a conductor to an electric element is also provided. The method includes forming a groove in the insulator of a lead body to expose the conductor. Placing a conductive pad within the groove and electrically connecting a conductive pad to the conductor. An electric element is then placed over the conductive pad and the electric element is electrically connected to the conductive pad. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134135 | Glass Substrate Cutting Apparatus and Glass Substrate Cutting System Using the Same - Glass substrate cutting apparatuses using lasers are disclosed, where a laser cutting head is moved. A glass substrate cutting apparatus includes two parts for a laser cutting head: heavy laser oscillation parts fixed to respective ends of a gantry structure moving in parallel along two gantry stages located on either side of a cutting table, and relatively lightweight laser irradiation heads moving horizontally in parallel with the gantry structure. The glass substrate cutting apparatus includes a cutting table for maintaining a glass substrate in a horizontal state; biaxial gantry stages for moving a gantry structure along the cutting table; the gantry structure moving in between an upper part of the biaxial gantry stages; laser oscillation parts fixed to respective ends of the gantry structure for oscillating the laser; and laser irradiation heads that move horizontally on respective ends of the gantry structure and irradiate the laser upon the glass substrate. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134136 | Apparatus and method to machine holes - The present invention relates to an apparatus for machining holes, especially to machine holes in a surface of a coated gas turbine airfoil, which apparatus comprises a laser device for laser drilling and an electrode for electrical discharge machining. Further the invention relates to a method to machine a hole into a coated surface with an apparatus of the incipiently mentioned type. Known methods make use of a machine with separate machine heads for laser drilling and electrical discharge machining. By combining these two devices in one machine head the invention gives the possibility to save time and obtain very accurate results. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134137 | WELDING CONTRACTOR APPARATUS WITH IMPROVED HEAT DISSIPATION - A contactor device used in a wire-feeder employed in a welding system is disclosed. The contactor uses oversized nuts, increased torque and surface features to increase the heat dissipation of the contactor. This solution is an economical way of increasing heat dissipation to extend the life of contactors that are subject to failure due to heating and increased internal resistance. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134138 | Method of supporting a work piece - During friction welding a disc ( | 2009-05-28 |
20090134139 | Versatile Bath and Cleansing Water Dispenser and Methods of Production - A bathing and cleansing device is described that includes a heating mechanism; a liquid reservoir coupled to the heating mechanism, and a dispensing mechanism coupled to the liquid reservoir. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134140 | APPARATUS FOR PREPARING FOOD AND AIR GUIDE MEMBER THEREFOR - Apparatus for preparing food, comprising a food preparation chamber with an air-permeable bottom wall and an upper air discharge opening, a fan for moving hot air successively through the bottom wall, the food preparation chamber and the discharge opening, an air guide for returning the air from the discharge opening towards the bottom wall separate from the food preparation chamber, a heat radiating element positioned in the upper part of the food preparation chamber and an air guide member below the food preparation chamber. The air guide member is provided for directing the air flow essentially upwards into food present in the food preparation chamber. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134141 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE HUMIDITY LEVEL IN A COOKING OVEN - A method for controlling the humidity level in a cavity of a cooking oven provided with a steam generator comprises the monitoring of the power delivered to the steam generator in order to maintain the power to a predetermined value that is correlated to a choice made by the user among a plurality of predetermined values corresponding to different values of at least one cooking parameter, particularly the degree of browning of the food. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134142 | REFLOW FURNACE - The suction ports of a hot air blowing heater are arranged in a zigzag shape crossing the direction of travel of a printed circuit board, and hot air discharge nozzles project from inside or alongside the suction ports. Accordingly, in the reflow furnace according to the present invention, hot air discharged from the hot air discharge nozzles does not collide with hot air sucked into the suction ports, and turbulence does not take place. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134143 | ELECTRONIC POWER CONTROL FOR COOKTOP HEATERS - An electronic cook top control system has a cooktop including a heating element. An electronic controller is operatively connected to the cooktop. A rotary position input is operatively connected to the electronic controller. The electronic controller controls a heating level of the cooktop in a first manner in response to rotation of the rotary position input in a first direction. The electronic controller controls the heating level of the cooktop in a second manner in response to rotation of the rotary position input in a second direction. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134144 | HEATING APPARATUS WITH MULTIPLE ELEMENT ARRAY - A heating apparatus assembly and method are provided for heating a surface. The heating apparatus contains a substrate with a multiplicity of heating elements disposed upon at least one surface of the substrate where each element is individually controllable. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134145 | Electric Heating/Warming Fabric Articles - Electric heating/warming composite fabric articles have at least a first fabric layer, a second fabric layer, and a planar, sheet-form conductive layer element interposed between the first and second fabric layers. The conductive layer element includes a conductive textile that is formed as a continuous circuit that includes a plurality of elongated branches. The conductive textile is formed of conductive yarns and/or fibers. Methods of forming electric heating/warming fabric articles are described and claimed. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134146 | Heating blocks - In order, on the one hand, to achieve a high mechanical long-term stability of and, on the other hand, to have the possibility of guiding a stream of gas, in particular, a stream of gas consisting of a reactive process gas through a heating block for an apparatus for the thermal treatment of a substrate, in particular, a semiconductor substrate, wherein the apparatus has a space accommodating the substrate and the heating block on at least one side of the space accommodating the substrate, the substrate being treatable thermally by means of the heating block in a mechanically non-contact manner, it is suggested that the heating block be designed as a fiber composite member, that the fiber composite member be designed with passages for a stream of gas passing through it from one flat side to the other flat side. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134147 | Method and apparatus for sealing high pressure vessels using magnetic pulsing with high radial impact speed; vessels manufacturing according to such methods - A pulsed magnetic method of sealing a vessel is provided. The method includes providing a vessel's body having at least one open end, providing a cover having a welding part. The welding part of the cover is placed over the open end of the vessel's body to overlap at least a portion of the vessel's body, thereby to define an air gap between the portion of the vessel's body and the welding part of the cover. A welding induction coil is provided around the vessel's body at least at the place where the welding part of the cover is located. The welding induction coil is energized to generate a pulsed magnetic force sufficient to cause bending the welding part of the cover in the air gap in a radially inward direction around the portion of the vessel's body. The pulsed magnetic force has such a value so as to provide an effective radial velocity value of the cover's welding part in the range of 150 m/sec to 600 m/sec at the moment of impact with the vessel's body, thereby to provide mutual diffusion of atoms of the vessel's body and the cover at their impact. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134148 | ADJUSTABLE ELECTROMAGNETIC SEALING DEVICE - The present invention is an inductive sealing unit, which includes a conductive coil assembly that has at least two sections. At least one of the sections is adjustable with respect to the other. Each section has a magnetic flux concentrator, such as a ferrite core. A flexible conductive coil, such as litz wire, is disposed with respect to the magnetic flux concentrator to provide an electromagnetic field which induces heat sufficient to seal an object. The assembly can be adjusted to accommodate different size objects to be sealed. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134149 | INDUCTION HEATING DEVICE - An induction heating device is provided that can realize an accrete sensing of the temperature of a to-be-heated object and that is user-friendly. To realize this, the induction heating device includes a sensor for sensing the temperature of the to-be-heated object and can carry out a heating operation only when it is determined that the to-be-heated object exists above the sensor. A display having a circular design and characters for example that shows the position of this sensor is provided on a top plate of the induction heating device. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134150 | COOKING DEVICE - A cooking device for performing cooking using a microwave and steam, in which a door of a heating chamber includes, as constituting components, an inner frame, a choke cover, and a gasket. The inner frame is made of metal and has at its periphery a choke structure constructed from a large number of comb teeth. The gasket is installed in the door with a base section of the gasket held between the inner frame and the choke cover. A lip section of the gasket has a bag-like cross-section whose side that faces the inside of the heating chamber is an entrance. The forward end of the lip section is bent to the door side. The comb teeth, except those positioned at the corners of the door, are bent at a larger angle than in a case in which the gasket is not installed. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134151 | RAPID COOKING OVEN WITH BROADBAND COMMUNICATION CAPABILITY TO INCREASE EASE OF USE - An improved oven for use in a residence is described. The oven includes a cooking chamber, a programmable controller for executing program instructions, memory media for recording executable program instructions, and at least one controllable cooking system under control of the programmable controller, which provides a data-processing-controlled high speed cooking process which may be applied to food placed in the oven chamber. A plurality of cooking programs are recorded in the memory media of the oven. These define a plurality of high speed cooking routines available for use with the oven. A gateway server is communicatively coupled to the programmable controller. It manages the communication of digital content which is at least in-part related to operation and utilization of the improved oven. A broadband communication channel extends from a source of digital content, which is external to the residence, to the residence. The broadband communication channel delivers particular digital content related to the oven through the gateway server for distribution within the residence, including distribution to the programmable controller of the oven in order to facilitate cooking operations utilizing the oven. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134152 | Microwave nucleon-electron-bonding spin alignment and alteration of materials - A microwave energy emitter ( | 2009-05-28 |
20090134153 | POWER SUPPLY FOR A HIGH FREQUENCY HEATING - It is an object of the present invention to provide a power supply for a high frequency heating that suppresses an over-shoot of an input current generated under an unstable state immediately after a magnetron begins oscillating. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134154 | Device for Preventing Leakage of Microwave for Microwave Oven - The present invention relates to a device for preventing microwave leakage for a microwave oven. The present invention comprises a cavity assembly formed with an opening portion through which heating energy generated in an energy generating means is supplied into a cooking chamber provided within the cavity assembly; a cover provided on a side of the cavity assembly to cover the opening portion; and a choke member provided between the cavity assembly and the cover to prevent microwave supplied into the cooking chamber from leaking through a gap between the cavity assembly and the cover. According to the present invention, there is an advantage in that microwave is effectively prevented from leaking through a gap, which is formed when installing a heating means for providing a heating source in addition to the microwave. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134155 | VENT GRILLE OF MICROWAVE OVEN - A vent grille is provided. The vent grille is disposed on a front side of a microwave oven. Exhaust and inlet holes are disposed in a top side of the vent grille. The exhaust and inlet holes are not exposed when viewed from the front of the microwave oven. Air flows into and out of the microwave oven through the inlet and exhaust holes. An oblique guide surface or guide rib is provided to guide air discharged through the exhaust holes. Therefore, the frontal aesthetics of the microwave oven can be improved, and any safety hazard can be prevented. Furthermore, contaminants generated from food can be efficiently removed. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134156 | FOLDING CONTAINER WITH ELASTICALLY SUSPENDED FLOOR - A container ( | 2009-05-28 |
20090134157 | CRATE WITH COLLAPSIBLE WALL - A crate, such as for transporting egg cartons or other items, includes a base, opposed side walls and a rear wall extending upward from the base. A front wall opposite the rear wall is selectably moveable between a closed position and a retracted, open position. In the retracted position, access to the interior of the crate is provided. The front wall includes an upper section pivotable relative to a lower section. At least one of the adjacent edges of the upper section and the lower section is contoured away from the other when the upper section is in the closed position. The contoured edge provides improved access to the interior of the container when the upper section is in the retracted position. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134158 | Apparatus and method for making large diameter wound-fiber reinforced tanks - A process of constructing a large diameter tank is provided. The process includes the step of providing a tank wall mandrel that has at least one drive wheel and at least one curved panel. Glass fibers are applied from a vertical winder to the curved panel in order to form a segment of a tank wall shell. Additional glass fibers are also applied to the curved panel at a location above the segment of the tank wall shell in order to form a unitary tank shell. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134159 | ANTI SIPHON TANK INLET - The present invention provides a fluid tank inlet assembly having an inlet pipe extending from a mounting structure located at the proximal end of the pipe. A float valve assembly is disposed beyond the distal end of the inlet pipe and includes a float member. An obstruction is located within a housing between the inlet pipe and the float member. The obstruction blocks the line of sight or direct path between the inlet pipe and the float member, but a flow path remains and is defined between the obstruction and the housing wall to allow fluid to flow around the obstruction to the float valve assembly. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134160 | CLOSURE ARRANGEMENT FOR A CAN - A closure arrangement for a can of the type presenting a tubular body ( | 2009-05-28 |
20090134161 | Sliding Closure for Metallurgical Vessels - Disclosed is a sliding closure for metallurgical vessels, comprising at least two fireproof closing parts that can be braced against each other by means of spring elements ( | 2009-05-28 |
20090134162 | CONTAINER COMPRISING A CLOSING SHEET THAT IS DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO THE WALL - The invention relates to a container ( | 2009-05-28 |
20090134163 | LOOSENING PREVENTION DEVICE FOR PLUG - A loosening prevention device ( | 2009-05-28 |
20090134164 | Lid assembly for a liquid container - The invention relates to a lid assembly for a container, in particular for liquids, comprising a lid comprising at least one fastening clamp for fastening the lid assembly to the container, wherein the at least one fastening clamp is embodied in one piece on the lid. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134165 | SUBSTANTIALLY CLOSED SYSTEM FOR SAFELY DISPOSING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS MATERIAL - The present invention discloses a solution for disposing waste having potentially hazardous airborne emissions. The solution can include a step of receiving waste through an aperture of a disposal unit exhibiting a closed environment. The received waste can be placed within an air tight disposal container. An opening of the disposal container can be sealed to separate the disposal container from the remainder of the substantially closed environment. Air included in the remainder of the substantially closed environment can be captured and placed in a holding unit. The captured air can be ejected from the holding unit into the air tight disposal container. The disposal container containing the received waste and the ejected air can be sealed. The disposal unit can be thereafter opened so that the sealed disposal container is able to be discarded. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134166 | Additive tank for fuel system and production method thereof - Additive reservoir for a fuel system, comprising a closed plastic enclosure associated with a main fuel tank filling tube. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134167 | One-piece molded brake fluid reservoir - A brake fluid reservoir for a braking system has a body and a fluid level detector. The body is hollow, single-piece molded and has a top, a bottom, two sides, a chamber, a fluid inlet and two fluid outlets. The chamber is defined in the body and has an inner surface. The fluid inlet is defined in the top and communicates with the chamber. The fluid outlets are defined respectively near the two sides in the bottom of the body and communicate with the chamber. The fluid level detector is mounted in the body and has two baffles to divide the chamber into two spaces communicating respectively with the fluid outlets. Because the body is single-piece molded, structural strength of the reservoir is enhanced. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134168 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL CONTAINER APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present invention provides a multi-functional container. The container is adapted to keep contents separated until combined. The container has an outer rim and an inner rim, a pocket between the outer and inner rims, and the inner rim is adapted to translate downward below the outer rim to dispense one content on top of other contents in the container. A method for storing contents separate from each other until combined is also provided. The method includes supporting the container by the base and pressing the bottom of the container downward toward the base to combine the contents. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134169 | MULTI SECTIONAL BUCKET - A bucket having three or more sections for separating wash liquid. Dividers create the sections and are placed in an up position when filling the bucket so that the water will flow throughout the entire bucket. The dividers can then slide back down to create the separated sections of clean liquid. The dividers can be connected to each other by means of horizontal bars attached on the top of the dividers which run along the sides of the bucket along the inside. Lifting the horizontal bar up will lift all of the attached dividers up simultaneously. The horizontal bars can be provided in two sections that can be connected to each other. When the two sections are disconnected, when one lifts one bar section, only the attached dividers will lift up simultaneously, while the other bar section and its attached divider will remain in its down position. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134170 | Propellant Tank for Cryogenic Liquids - In a propellant tank, which especially serves for storing cryogenic propellants, for example of spacecraft, and which is operated with a driving gas serving as a conveying medium, the separation of the propellant from the driving gas occurs in a propellant extraction apparatus by means of sieves and with the use of hydrostatic forces and capillary forces. The extraction apparatus has the form of a refillable reservoir, which is mounted in the vicinity of the tank floor outside of the tank shell on the floor region of the propellant tank, and which is connected via a number of holes with the interior of the propellant tank. The extraction apparatus itself consists of a double-walled housing and is additionally thermally insulated. Capillary plates and additional struts are inserted in an L-shape into the reservoir. Furthermore, to substantially prevent the penetration of gas out of the propellant line, a cylinder-shaped pleated sieve is mounted at the end of the propellant line. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134171 | Modular tank unit for ship, barge and rail transportation - A modular tank unit for utilizing vessels of opportunity to serve as carriers for transportation and handling of specialty liquids or flowable particulate products or to serve as a terminal ashore receiving and dispensing to truck, rail, barge or other receiving facilities. The modular tank unit has a rectangular intermodal framework of predetermined dimension and tare weight permitting its transportation by cargo vessel, hopper barge and by rail for positioning inland or at shore facilities. A tank may be adapted for other modes of transportation and may be removably secured within the rectangular framework. The modular tank unit in its smaller dimension can be transported empty by rail and can be positioned in the field by portable crane. The modular tank unit defines a pump compartment having a pumping and draining manifold and portable pump and valve assembly for fluid handling, enabling the modular tank unit to be “active” for power energized pumping or “passive” for gravity discharge. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134172 | Vessels With Personnel Access Provisions - Embodiments of vessels include personnel access provisions having welded or otherwise permanent connections that substantially reduce the potential for leakage into or out of the vessels by way of the personnel access provisions. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134173 | Baffle System for a Vessel - A vessel has an annular upstanding wall and a bottom that together define an inner shell adapted to hold a vessel media. A baffle system is disposed in an interior of the inner shell and comprises a plurality of baffle portions each being generally an elongate planar member with a length edge and a width edge, and a tab projecting from the length edge. Each of the baffle portions is mounted to the upstanding wall at their respective tab with one of the baffle portion above the second baffle portion and a space therebetween. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134174 | BAFFLE UNIT - A baffle unit is secured in a fuel tank with an inward protrusion. The baffle unit includes a first band plate and a second band plate attached to the first band plate. The band plates contact opposite surfaces of the protrusion. A support may be provided between the two band plates. A hole may be provided in at least one of the band plates. The second band plate may include a flexible member, elastically secured to the protrusion. The shape of at least one edge of at least one of the band plates may correspond to the shape of a surface of the fuel tank. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134175 | FUEL TANK - A fuel tank is provided that is made of a plastics material. The fuel tank includes, but is not limited to an outer tank and a swirl pot arranged in the interior thereof. The edge of the swirl pot and the opening of the fuel tank are connected positively. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134176 | Collapsible container - A collapsible container which includes a rectangular bottom wall and sidewalls pivotally joined to respective outer edges of the bottom wall and is changeable between an assembled state in which the sidewalls are raised from the bottom wall and a folded state in which the sidewalls are folded to be superimposed on the bottom wall comprises a pair of band plate members extending along upper edges of a pair of first sidewalls opposed to each other and a band plate hinge mechanism joining the band plate members near to top surfaces of the first sidewalls so that the band plate members are pivotable between a horizontal posture of protruding from the first sidewalls horizontally inward and a rising posture of rising from the first sidewalls vertically upward. The band plate hinge mechanism is capable of positioning the band plate members in the horizontal posture. The band plate members assuming the horizontal posture are arranged as displaced lower relative to the top surfaces of the first sidewalls. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134177 | Fitting for Beverage Container - The present invention provides a fitting for a beverage container capable of completely preventing foreign matter, dirty water and so on from entering by eliminating a gap between a ferrule and an attachment member, and enabling a reduction in maintenance operations. The fitting for a beverage container comprises a ferrule of a beverage container in which a valve seat portion and an attachment portion are provided integrally, a down tube supported by the attachment portion, a gas valve fitted onto an upper end portion of the down tube, and a beverage valve provided in the interior of the upper end portion of the down tube. The gas valve is constituted by a metallic core metal | 2009-05-28 |
20090134178 | FLAT CONTAINER - A flat container ( | 2009-05-28 |
20090134179 | CONTAINER - A container for packaging food for transporting and selling to consumers is provided. The container includes a base having a pair of inwardly recessed pockets for capturing a pair of extending latching portions on a lid. The pair of extending latching portions has concave grooves allowing the extending latching portions to flex inwards from an initial position for insertion into the pair inwardly recessed pockets. When the pair of extending latching portions are inserted into the pair inwardly recessed pockets, the pair of extending latching portions expand back to their initial position and protrusions within the pair of inwardly recessed pockets retain the pair of extending latching portions creating a tight fit and preventing the lid of the container from being easily disengaged from the base of the container. | 2009-05-28 |
20090134180 | CONTAINER - A container having a base with extending sidewalls therefrom and a lid hingedly connected thereto. The container may have an alignment mechanism having a lower alignment member and an upper alignment member locating surface on the base and lid, respectively, at the region where the base and the lid are hingedly connected. The container may have a plurality of locking mechanisms in which each locking mechanism includes an extending latching portion and a corresponding circular opening for engagement thereof. The locking mechanism is configured to securely lock the lid to the base wherein an appropriate amount of pulling force must be applied thereto in order to disengage the lid from the base. | 2009-05-28 |