24th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 5 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120144942 | TRANSMISSION - A transmission that is able to perform shift operation and select operation using the driving force of a single electric motor is provided. A shift/select actuating device includes: an electric motor; a first conversion mechanism; a second conversion mechanism; and a changing unit that changes a destination, to which the rotational driving force of the electric motor is transmitted, between the first conversion mechanism and the second conversion mechanism. The changing unit includes: a first electromagnetic clutch that transmits the rotational driving force of the electric motor to the first conversion mechanism or interrupts the rotational driving force; and a second electromagnetic clutch that transmits the rotational driving force to the second conversion mechanism or interrupts the rotational driving force. | 2012-06-14 |
20120144943 | MULTI-SHAFT DRIVE DEVICE - Output gears are disposed so as to be movable toward and counter to plural second input gears to which rotation of the motor is transmitted, and so as to be biased toward the plural second input gears. A cam, which has plural recesses provided at the periphery thereof, is disposed at the inside of the output gear. The cam is rotated, and a pin of the output gear enters the recess, so that the output gear is moved toward the second input gear, and the output gear is engaged with the second input gear. | 2012-06-14 |
20120144944 | Ball Screw Device - A ball screw apparatus is provided which is less likely to increase dynamic friction torque even when a nut is contracted by cooling, and in which cooling effect is made as high as possible and which does not invite excessive machining efficiency droop and increase in pressure loss. The ball screw apparatus includes a screw shaft, a nut screwed with the screw shaft via a plurality of balls, and a cooling section cooling the nut. The plurality of balls to which preload is applied in a two-point contact state, with a preload direction as a tensile direction, are disposed between a screw groove of the screw shaft and a screw groove of the nut. Or, a ratio of the axial length L of the through hole axially formed in the nut and the diameter D of the through hole axially formed in the nut is given by an equation “10≦L/D≦60”. | 2012-06-14 |
20120144945 | SINGLE-PISTON THREE-POSITION HYDRAULIC ACTUATOR - An actuator assembly includes a housing, a piston disposed within a portion of the housing. The piston has a movable range along a working-axis, and separates a first volume and a second volume within the housing. The assembly also includes a biasing feature disposed within the second volume, where the piston is configured to engage the biasing feature within a first portion of the movable range, and configured to not engage the biasing feature within a second portion of the movable range. | 2012-06-14 |
20120144946 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING A HYDRAULIC CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A DUAL CLUTCH TRANSMISSION - A hydraulic control system for a dual clutch transmission includes a plurality of solenoids and valves in fluid communication with a plurality of clutch actuators and with a plurality of synchronizer actuators. The clutch actuators are operable to actuate a plurality of torque transmitting devices and the synchronizer actuators are operable to actuate a plurality of synchronizer assemblies. Selective activation of combinations of the solenoids allows for a pressurized fluid to activate at least one of the clutch actuators and synchronizer actuators in order to shift the transmission into a desired gear ratio. | 2012-06-14 |
20120144947 | DRIVER SELECT PADDLE SHIFT DEVICE AND MODES OF OPERATION - A shift mode system and method of operating includes a switch assembly that selectively and alternately connects a shift selector to one of the steering column and the steering wheel. In an exemplary embodiment, the switch assembly has a first locking member to connect the shift selector to the steering column, and a second locking member for connecting the shift selector to the steering wheel. A lever has first and second operative positions to selectively engage the first and second locking members or pins from the shifter into operative engagement with one of first and second cable reels, respectively. | 2012-06-14 |
20120144948 | OPERATING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - An operating apparatus for a vehicle facilitating a continuous operation may include a shift lever, a gate means providing a gate pattern and allowing the shift lever moving along a path to sequentially select a plurality of shift ranges and to make a continuous displacement in a specific shift range, actuators mounted in a vehicle to change physical quantities, and a controller controlling the actuators based on the continuous displacement made by the shift lever in the specific shift range. In addition, instead of letting the shift lever to make a continuous displacement in a specific shift range, the operating apparatus may include an additional independent operator to make the continuous displacement. | 2012-06-14 |
20120144949 | SHIFTING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A shifting apparatus capable of selecting any one of plural shift ranges according to a driver's manipulation intention and allowing the driver to additionally express his/her consecutive manipulation intention in a specific shift range may include: a main shaft, a shifting lever installed to slide in a straight line and pivot along the main shaft, and a gate plate limiting a reciprocation path of the shifting lever such that the shifting lever reciprocates on a single path while sliding in a straight line and pivoting along the main shaft. The gate plate may include a gate pattern having a plurality of shift ranges arranged in a line on the reciprocation path and formed in such a manner that a specific shift range among the plurality of shift ranges is discriminated from the other shift ranges. | 2012-06-14 |
20120144950 | SELECTIVELY RIGIDIZABLE AND ACTIVELY STEERABLE ARTICULATABLE DEVICE - A selectively rigidizable and actively steerable device is described. In one aspect, an articulatable device is described that includes a flexible inner tube having a first lumen, a flexible outer tube that receives the inner tube, and a multiplicity of overlapping, rigidizable scale-like strips. Each scale-like strip is coupled with the inner tube and positioned between the inner and outer tubes. Of particular note, the overlapping strips are actuatable between a non-rigidized state in which overlapping strips are slideable relative to one another and a rigidized state in which overlapping strips are not slideable relative to one another. | 2012-06-14 |
20120144951 | STEERING COLUMN SUPPORT APPARATUS - Provided is construction of a steering column support apparatus that simplifies tuning for stabilizing the forward displacement of the steering wheel during a secondary collision, makes the apparatus more compact and low cost, and lowers and stabilizes the break away load. A bracket | 2012-06-14 |
20120144952 | Outer tube of a steering shaft in a motor vehicle - An outer tube of a steering shaft in a motor vehicle, into which an inner shaft, which can be positively coupled in the direction of rotation, is telescopically insert able in the outer tube, has a wall thickness that varies in the circumferential direction, wherein radially recessed outside wall reduction sections having a reduced outside radius are provided on the outer casing. | 2012-06-14 |
20120144953 | ADJUSTABLE STEERING COLUMN FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - An adjustable steering column for a motor vehicle includes a casing unit that rotatably supports a steering shaft, first and second lateral flanges, which can be fastened to the body and between which the casing unit is arranged, a locking device that comprises a clamping bolt, which penetrates the lateral flanges through openings and which is moved in the axial direction when the locking device is opened and closed, and first and second locking elements, between which the casing unit is arranged. The first locking element interacts with a first mating locking element in the closed state of the locking device, and the second locking element interacts with a second mating locking element in the closed state of the locking device. A stop element is arranged on or against the clamping bolt in the area between the two lateral flanges, said stop element being at a distance from a counter-stop in the closed state of the locking device. | 2012-06-14 |
20120144954 | ADVANCED STEERING WHEEL - An advanced steering wheel is disclosed, where most of the surface area of the invented steering wheel, with the exception of the outer wheel ring, does not need to rotate. In this way, the central part of the steering wheel can be used for various purposes, such as information displays, various devices (such as cell phones, GPS receiver), etc. as well as the air bag and horn pad. Unlike rotational spokes and the hub of a conventional steering wheel, the inventive steeling wheel uses a mechanical coupling device such as a gear system or a belt and pulley system. When a vehicle driver rotates the steering wheel ring, the rotational driving motion is transferred to the steering shaft spindle by the mechanical coupling devices, which are mounted under the steering wheel surface. The surface area of the steering wheel can be used for various utility consoles and accessories. | 2012-06-14 |
20120144955 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CARRYING OUT A METALLURGICAL PROCESS - A metallurgical process involves providing an ingredient enclosure and placing a plurality of granules of a first material in the ingredient enclosure. The first material contains a first ingredient in a metallurgical process. A metallurgical process furnace having a chamber in which ingredients for the metallurgical process are added is provided and the ingredient enclosure and the first material are added to the chamber. The chamber is heated after the addition of the ingredient enclosure and the first material to the chamber, although it may also be heated prior to such addition. In one form, the granules comprise mill scale and the metallurgical process furnace is a blast furnace. | 2012-06-14 |
20120144956 | Metal Nanoparticles with a Pre-Selected Number of Atoms - A metron refers to a molecule which contains a pre-defined number of high affinity binding sites for metal ions. Metrons may be used to prepare homogenous populations of nanoparticles each composed of a same, specific number of atoms, wherein each particle has the same size ranging from 2 atoms to about ten nanometers. | 2012-06-14 |
20120144957 | POLYMER COMPOSITE FOR EXTRACTING CESIUM FROM NUCLEAR WASTE AND/OR OTHER INORGANIC WASTES/SOLUTIONS - A polymer composite with superior granulometric properties for the extraction of active and non-active cesimn from high level acidic radioactive nuclear waste and/or other inorganic wastes/solutions that is particularly useful to nuclear industry. The void volumes of the said polymer composite is varied to obtain the desired Cs ion exchange kinetics wherein the composite material is radiation resistant and stable in highly acidic and alkaline medium. | 2012-06-14 |
20120144958 | CORROSION RESISTANT GLASS COATING APPLIED TO CERAMIC FOAM USED TO FILTER MOLTEN ALUMINUM - An improved filter is described which is particularly suitable for filtering molten metal. The filter has a porous open celled ceramic foam body with voids separated by struts wherein a portion of the struts are densified with glass. | 2012-06-14 |
20120144959 | SMELTING METHOD - A method of recovering gold from a gold containing source material comprising: forming a molten pool comprising at least one metal selected from the group consisting of copper, silver, gold and platinum group metals; and adding at least part of the source material into the molten pool of metal. | 2012-06-14 |
20120144960 | Hand Tool With An Adjustable Tool Head - A hand tool includes a tool head with an insertion hingedly connected to a pair of lugs of a handle to be rotatable relative thereto, and retained to an angular position by means of a spring-biased ball. The insertion is configured to have a hemispherical segment which includes front and rear segment strips extending circumferentially from an apical area that has a retaining concavity. Each segment strips has a plurality of circumferentially extending retaining grooves. The hemispherical segment further includes left and right cutout surfaces parallel and opposite to each other. By virtue of the hemispherical segment, rotation of the tool head relative to the handle and engagement of the ball in a selected one of the grooves and concavity are smooth and successful. | 2012-06-14 |
20120144961 | DOUBLE FLEX WRENCH - A wrench having a main body defines a first end, an opposite second end, and an axis extending therebetween. A handle body defines a first end, an opposite second end, and an axis extending therebetween, wherein the handle body first end is pivotally coupled to the main body second end. A handle is axially fixed and rotatably coupled to the handle body second end. A tang, having a first end configured to releasably receive a tool, an opposite second end, and an axis extending therebetween, is pivotally coupled to the main body first end. A detent is received in a recesses defined in one of the handle body first end and the main body second end. | 2012-06-14 |
20120144962 | Tool for adjusting military phone jack - Various embodiments of the invention provide a tool for adjusting a military phone jack. A tool for adjusting a military phone jack, the tool comprising a modified head cap screw, an expanding split collet, a collet receiver shaft, and a jam nut driver. The modified head cap screw has an edge of the head cap machined to an angle between 1 and 89 degrees with respect to the unmachined portion of the head cap which is further from the screw shaft. The expanding split collet comprises a central hole throughout its longitudinal axis with the hole of sufficient diameter to receive the modified head cap screw, two or more slits through the exterior wall of the collet and extending from one end of the collet, and a machined inner diameter of the end of the collet having the slits, the angle of the machined inner diameter matching the angle on the head cap of the modified head cap screw. The collet receiver shaft has an internal thread drilled into one end of the shaft, the internal thread receiving the thread end of the modified head cap screw. The jam nut driver comprises a central hole throughout its longitudinal axis, the hole of sufficient diameter to receive the expanding split collet and the collet receiver shaft, the jam nut driver having a grip end and a nut end, the nut end machined to receive a jam nut. | 2012-06-14 |
20120144963 | LABORSAVING PLIERS - Laborsaving pliers includes a first main body composed of a first handle at a lower end and a first working portion at the upper side. The first working portion is provided with a first combining member having a first jaw, and an arcuate slide groove is bored between the first combining member and the first handle. A second working portion is provided with a second combining member to be combined with the first combining member, having a second jaw corresponding with the first jaw, and the second combining portion has fixed with a combining rod. A second handle has an upper end secured with a sliding rod to slide in the arcuate slide groove, having a slide-joint groove positioned adjacent to the center for the combining rod to slide therein. | 2012-06-14 |
20120144964 | ERGONOMIC TOOL HANDLE ENHANCEMENT - A tool handle including: a body configured to receive a handle of a tool; a hand grip extending approximately perpendicular from the body; and an arm ring rotatably disposed on the body, wherein the arm ring is adapted to be placed in at least two positions, a first position in which the arm ring is generally perpendicular to the hand grip such that a user may place the user's forearm through the arm ring to grasp the hand grip and a second position in which the arm ring is generally parallel to the hand grip so as to minimize the width of the tool handle. | 2012-06-14 |
20120144965 | COATED CUTTING TOOL INSERT FOR TURNING OF STEELS - A cutting tool insert for turning of hardened steels and tool steels includes a textured CVD α-Al | 2012-06-14 |
20120144966 | METHOD FOR MACHINING BY LATHING, AND LATHE | 2012-06-14 |
20120144967 | TAIL SPINDLE OF LATHE INCLUDING OIL HYDRAULIC CIRCUIT FOR THRUST COMPENSATION - The present invention relates to the trail spindle of a lathe including an oil hydraulic circuit for thrust compensation, wherein lathe turning operations on a processing object can be performed always accurately by preventing the processing object from being swung and the shape of the processing object from being deformed, in such a manner that necessary thrust is generated by using an oil hydraulic cylinder and a pressure reducing and relieving valve without using the existing method of moving a tail spindle using a screw and the oil hydraulic circuit automatically performs thrust compensation (i.e., maintains constant thrust) according to a change in the length of the processing object during lathe turning operations. | 2012-06-14 |
20120144968 | CLAMPING TOOL FOR USE IN MANUFACTURING FOOT ORTHOSIS SUPPORT DEVICES - A clamping device and associated method for clamping a foam carving block for use by a carving system to produce a positive mold during the manufacturing of orthotic and prosthetic devices. The clamping device includes first and second elongated clamping jaws that are selectively movable between an opened position and a closed position, wherein the clamping jaws clamp the foam carving block therebetween when in the closed position. The clamping device is further operative to automatically center the foam carving block when the foam carving block is clamped. The clamping device also includes a mechanism for automatically generating indexing holes in the foam carving block for use in subsequent manufacturing processes for the orthotic or prosthetic devices. | 2012-06-14 |
20120144969 | WORKPIECE AND GRIPPING MECHANISM - There are provided a workpiece and a gripping mechanism capable of shortening the handling time not involved in machining, shortening the overall time required for producing a plurality of finished members, accurately positioning the workpiece even if there is an axial dimension error, lessening waste of a material and reducing the burden of disposal of discharged chips. The workpiece has a shape in which plural raw blanks that become products by material removal are integrally molded. The gripping mechanism comprises a free moving means that relatively and freely moves a gripper and the workpiece, and a positioning means for defining the axial gripping position of the gripper and the workpiece. | 2012-06-14 |
20120144970 | Delivering Foil Leaves of Selected Lengths from an Indeterminate Length of Foil - A method and apparatus deliver consecutive foil leaves for use by a hair stylist during the course of a hair styling procedure. Each leaf is of a selected length severed from a supply of foil of indeterminate length, with a unitary tab folded along a fold line extending across the leaf, adjacent a leading edge of the leaf. The foil preferably is drawn from a roll of foil and is advanced along a feed path to a delivery station, and a cutter and folder are moved across the feed path to sever the leaf from the indeterminate length of foil and establish the tab adjacent the leading edge of the leaf. In the preferred arrangement, the cutter and the folder are moved simultaneously along respective arcuate paths by pivotal movement about a common pivotal axis. | 2012-06-14 |
20120144971 | Tool fastenable to a drive shaft of a hand-held power tool driveable in an oscillating manner - A tool is configured with a centering element and a fastening portion with form-locking elements for axial mounting and fastening onto a drive shaft of a hand-held power tool. The centering element and the form-locking elements are arranged in a first tool part. The form-locking elements are located radially outside the centering element and are configured with a quadrangular cross section that corresponds to a trapezoidal cross section, which is perpendicular to an axis of the drive shaft. | 2012-06-14 |
20120144972 | STRINGED INSTRUMENT - A stringed instrument has a body, a neck connected to the body, strings extending from the body to a distal end of the neck, frets on the neck under the strings, and at least one spike between two of the frets and under at least one of the strings. The strings are arranged so that the thickest string and the thinnest string are adjacent to each other. | 2012-06-14 |
20120144973 | SLIDE BAR HOLDER - A slide bar holder removably secures a slide bar to a stringed musical instrument. The slide bar holder includes an instrument attachment clip and a slide bar clip. The instrument attachment clip has an elongate central portion and a pair of opposing jaws disposed at opposite ends of the central portion which extend from the central portion in a first direction. The jaws of the instrument attachment clip are operable to removably receive the body portion of the musical instrument and thereby secure the slide bar holder to the musical instrument. The slide bar clip has a pair of opposing jaws that extend from the central portion of the instrument attachment clip in a second direction that is opposite the first direction. The jaws of the slide bar clip are spaced apart by a distance substantially equivalent to the diameter of the slide bar, such that the jaws of the slide bar clip are operable to removably receive and secure the slide bar in the slide bar holder. | 2012-06-14 |
20120144974 | INSTRUMENT AND SPEAKER LIFT STAND - Improvements in a lifting stand are presented. The lift stand is for a musical instrument stand or to elevate a speaker and that rigidly supports a sousaphone brass type instruments or speaker in an in a stored and in a playable or elevated position. The stand supports all or the majority of the weight of the instrument or speaker in a static position to relieve the weight of the musical instrument or speaker. The stand has legs that are extendable to rest on multiple levels as might be found in a stadium. The stand further has a securing mechanism that gently grasps a tubular section to hold the musical instrument. The musical instrument stand is collapsible to fit within or can be carried with the case of the sousaphone or other brass instrument. The speaker stand can be easily collapsed for transportation and storage. | 2012-06-14 |
20120144975 | MULTIPURPOSE DRUMSTICK - The present invention is embodied in a multipurpose instrument system that includes a drumstick configured to incorporate one or more drumstick tips for striking a drum set and a shaker percussion instrument incorporated near the drumstick tips, wherein the drumstick tips are configured to be interchangeable tips or percussion instruments. A coating can be applied to the tip to protect equipment struck by the drumstick and wherein the interchangeable tips can be configured to be flipped by a user to allow the drumstick to perform with various tips and percussion instruments without having to physically switch equipment. | 2012-06-14 |
20120144976 | BEATER BRACKET AND VARIABLE DRIVE LEVER SYSTEM WITH VARIABLE PIVOT POINT SPRING ROTOR FOR BASS DRUM FOOT PEDALS - Described is a bass drum foot pedal having a variable drive lever linkage with variable arc ratios connecting the foot pedal to a beater bracket. The beater bracket is formed with a mounting surface that tips a beater shaft forward to create a forward beater angle that maximizes the beater impact against a bass drum. | 2012-06-14 |
20120144977 | MUSIC-ORIENTED CONTROLLER FOR A TABLET COMPUTING DEVICE - A controller for a tablet computing device is disclosed. The controller has a body having a number of control surfaces. A dock is on the body and has an L-shaped groove configured and arranged to receive a tablet computing device docked therein. A microcontroller is configured and arranged to detect interactions with the control surfaces and transmit the interactions to the tablet computing device. An analog output is configured and arranged to receive audio signals from the tablet computing device whereby interactions from the control surfaces are processed by the tablet computing device into audio signals for transmission through the audio output. | 2012-06-14 |
20120144978 | System and Method For Adaptive Melodic Segmentation and Motivic Identification - The present invention comprises a system and method, modeled on research observations in human perception and cognition, capable of accurately segmenting primarily (although not exclusively) melodic input in performance data and encoded digital audio data, and mining the results for defining motives within the input data. | 2012-06-14 |
20120144979 | FREE-SPACE GESTURE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT DIGITAL INTERFACE (MIDI) CONTROLLER - The free-space gesture MIDI controller technique described herein marries the technologies embodied in a free-space gesture controller with MIDI controller technology, allowing a user to control an infinite variety of electronic musical instruments through body gesture and pose. One embodiment of the free-space gesture MIDI controller technique described herein uses a human body gesture recognition capability of a free-space gesture control system and translates human gestures into musical actions. Rather than directly connecting a specific musical instrument to the free-space gesture controller, the technique generalizes its capability and instead outputs standard MIDI signals, thereby allowing the free-space gesture control system to control any MIDI-capable instrument. | 2012-06-14 |
20120144980 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC PROCESSING OF CYMBAL VIBRATION - In one embodiment, an electronic cymbal system includes a first pickup configured to generate an electrical signal representative of vibrations in a first cymbal, and a controller configured to receive the first electrical signal and to process the first electrical signal to generate an output. The controller includes a digital signal processor (DSP) configured to subject a version of the first electrical signal to a digital signal processing technique. The digital signal processing technique includes one or more of dynamic range compression, expansion, frequency equalization, harmonic excitation, comb filtering, and pitch shifting. The cymbals may be any of variety of known cymbals, such as hi-hat, crash and ride cymbals, and may be of the perforated type configured to reduce noise for indoor use. Lighting control may be provided to illuminate the cymbal for functional or aesthetic purposes. | 2012-06-14 |
20120144981 | FOOT CONTROLLER - A foot controller for electrically controlling a device by a user may include at least one sensor pad module having a first plate of dielectric material. The first plate of dielectric material may support at least two electrodes forming a planar capacitor. The controller may further include a second plate of dielectric material separated from the first plate by a layer of compressible dielectric material. The first plate is adapted to be displaced with respect to the second plate, so as to vary the geometry of an equivalent capacitor which includes the at least two electrodes, the compressible dielectric material and the second plate of dielectric material, thereby varying the value of the capacitance of the equivalent capacitor. The foot controller may further include a control module adapted to generate an electrical control signal which depends on the value of the capacitance. | 2012-06-14 |
20120144982 | CLOSED VESSEL ARRANGEMENT FOR SAFE DESTRUCTION OF ROCKET MOTORS - The present invention relates to a closed vessel arrangement ( | 2012-06-14 |
20120144983 | ENERGY HARVESTING POWER SOURCES FOR ASSISTING IN THE RECOVERY/DETONATION OF UNEXPLODED MUNITIONS - A method is provided for recovering and/or exploded an unexploded munition. The method including: providing the munition with a power supply having a piezoelectric material for generating power from an induced vibration; inducing a vibration; monitoring an output from the power supply after the power supply has stopped generating power from a firing of the munition; and generating a beacon signal or detonation signal upon the detection of the output. | 2012-06-14 |
20120144984 | Braided Carbon Nanotube Threads and Methods Of Manufacturing The Same - A braided carbon nanotube thread includes at least three carbon nanotube filaments braided into a thread. The carbon nanotube filaments include a plurality of carbon nanotubes, each of the carbon nanotubes having a length L. The carbon nanotube filaments are braided such that the carbon nanotube thread has at least 8 intersections per the length L of each carbon nanotube. The carbon nanotube thread has a tensile strength greater than the tensile strength of the constituent carbon nanotube filaments. | 2012-06-14 |
20120144985 | Light Weight Machine Gun - A light-weight machine gun is made by replacing selected components previously made of steel with interchangeable components made of coated titanium alloy. Several different coatings are used on the components depending on the performance requirements of the component as well as factors related to convenience. The back sight bracket, the side plates, bottom plate and cocking handle guide of the receiver, and the carrying handle rod of the carrying handle assembly, are made of titanium alloy coated with tungsten DLC; the front block, also made of titanium alloy, is coated with a first coating of chrome nitride for resistance to wear resistance and secondarily for high temperature resistance, followed by a second coating of chrome carbo-nitride to provide the appropriate appearance; and the titanium alloy carrying handle bracket of the carrying handle assembly is coated with boron carbide. Performance of the lighter machine gun is equivalent to the prior art carbon steel machine gun but with a weight reduction of over four pounds. | 2012-06-14 |
20120144986 | STANDOFF BALLISTIC PROTECTION DEVICE - A standoff protection device intended to fully cover a door and incorporating at least one mobile panel hinged on hinges having an axis of rotation parallel to an axis of rotation of the door. The device incorporates at least one connecting rod linked to the door by a first pivot and to the mobile panel by a second pivot. The orthogonal projection of the axis of the second pivot in the plane of the door is located between the first pivot and the orthogonal projection in the plane of the door of the axis of the hinges of the mobile panel. The device incorporating a fixed standoff protective panel integral with the door. The fixed panel includes a first lateral edge extending beyond an external edge of the door parallel to its axis of rotation, and a second lateral edge contiguous with the mobile panel when the door is closed. | 2012-06-14 |
20120144987 | COMPOSITE PLATE AND ARMOR HAVING AT LEAST ONE OF THE COMPOSITE PLATES - The invention relates to a composite plate having at least one layer for deflecting a projectile, said layer being composed of a multitude of molded components arranged adjacent to one another; the molded components are embodied in the form of bars that have side surfaces and end surfaces and have the capacity to be arranged in series with one another without gaps; adjacent bars are arranged adjacent to one another without gaps at least partially by means of side surfaces or edges that face each other and the longitudinal axes of the bars are arranged in an inclined fashion enclosing angles α and β relative to a perpendicular (L) on a surface of the composite plate in at least two different planes E | 2012-06-14 |
20120144988 | HYDRAULIC ENERGY REDIRECTION AND RELEASE SYSTEM - An apparatus for providing protection from blast and ballistic energy is provided. The apparatus includes a liquid storage mechanism containing a liquid and a rigid layer internal to the liquid storage mechanism. The apparatus also includes a pressure release mechanism configured to allow the liquid to exit the liquid storage mechanism when a pressure sufficient to open or activate the pressure release mechanism contacts the liquid storage mechanism and presses the liquid storage mechanism against the rigid layer. | 2012-06-14 |
20120144989 | HIGH BALLISTIC STRENGTH MARTENSITIC ARMOUR STEEL ALLOY - The invention relates to an air hardenable high-hardness steel for armouring applications, such as armour plate for use in light armoured vehicles and body armour, and having a high level of ballistic performance relative to its plate thickness. In particular, the invention concerns a high ballistic strength martensitic armour steel which, in an air cooled and untempered condition, has a strength coefficient (s0) of higher than 2500 MPa; a flow parameter (P) of higher than 8.0, preferably higher than 18.0; and a manganese content of 1.8 to 3.6% by weight of manganese, preferably 2.8 to 3.1% by weight of manganese. The armour steel also includes retained austenite at a volume fraction of at least 1%, and preferably a volume fraction of 4 to 20%. | 2012-06-14 |
20120144990 | ARMOUR - A steel armour comprising between 90% and 50% bainite, the rest being austenite, in which excess carbon remains within the bainitic ferrite at a concentration beyond that consistent with equilibrium; there is also partial partitioning of carbon into the residual austenite. In one embodiment of the invention the bainite comprises in weight percent: carbon 0.6 to 1.1%, silicon 1.5 to 2.0%, manganese 0.5 to 1.8%, nickel up to 3%, chromium 1.0 to 1.5%, molybdenum 0.2 to 0.5%, vanadium 0.1 to 0.2%, balance iron save for incidental impurities. In particular it was noted that excellent properties were obtained if the manganese content is about 1% by weight. By forming the steel as a pearlite sheet the elements ( | 2012-06-14 |
20120144991 | CONTROL MECHANISM SECURABLE TO A FIRING DEVICE AND METHOD - A control mechanism securable to a firing device is provided. The control mechanism includes an actuation component adapted to generate signals in response to activation of the actuation component. Further, the control mechanism includes an attachment apparatus adapted to support the actuation component adjacent to a stock of the firing device. The attachment apparatus has at least one securing member for securement of the attachment apparatus to the stock of the firing device. | 2012-06-14 |
20120144992 | M249 RIFLE WITH SELECT FIRE MECHANISM FOR SELECTIVE FULLY-AUTOMATIC AND SEMI-AUTOMATIC OPERATION - A trigger assembly for a trigger housing for a, M249 fully automatic rifle is provided having a switch accessible at the outside of the trigger housing for changing the firing of the rifle between semi-automatic and fully-automatic fire. | 2012-06-14 |
20120144993 | M60 RIFLE WITH SELECT FIRE MECHANISM FOR SELECTIVE FULLY-AUTOMATIC AND SEMI-AUTOMATIC OPERATION - A trigger assembly for a trigger housing for a, M60 fully automatic rifle is provided having a switch accessible at the outside of the trigger housing for changing the firing of the rifle between semi-automatic and fully-automatic fire. | 2012-06-14 |
20120144994 | METHOD FOR SHOOTING A SEMI-AUTOMATIC FIREARM - A method for rapidly firing a semi-automatic firing unit having a trigger, a receiver and a barrel. The firing unit is placed in a handle so as to enable only reciprocating linear movement along a constrained linear path that is parallel to the barrel. The user grasps the handle and places their trigger finger firmly on a finger rest. In use, the user generates a forward activation force that urges the firing unit forwardly so that the trigger collides with the stabilized finger, stimulating the first round of ammunition in the receiver. A recoil force from the discharging ammunition pushes the firing unit rearwardly so that the trigger separates from the stabilized finger. During the recoil event, the user may apply negative resistance to the translating firing unit which may be varied by the user on-the-fly to proportionally change the firing tempo. | 2012-06-14 |
20120144995 | OFFSET VALVE BORE IN A RECIPROCATING PUMP - A fluid end | 2012-06-14 |
20120144996 | Axial Piston Pump With Pistons Having Metallic Sealing Rings - An axial piston pump, comprising a cylinder block having one or more cylinder bores; and one or more piston assemblies; wherein number of piston assemblies matches number of cylinder bores; wherein each of the piston assemblies having a piston being disposed reciprocating in each of the cylinder bores; and wherein each piston being fitted with a metallic sealing ring, which is a coiled felt seal (CFS), for reducing leakage and keeping concentric of the piston within its corresponding cylinder bore. | 2012-06-14 |
20120144997 | CYLINDER PRESSURE ADJUSTER OF A MOTOR - A crank device and an adjusting device of a combustion engine. The system adjusts the cylinder pressure of the motor in accordance with the required power. Adjustment of the cylinder pressure takes place by changing the compression ration by means of the adjusting device ( | 2012-06-14 |
20120144998 | Hydraulic Activation for a Sliding Carriage - A hydraulic system for moving a carriage guided for movement along a linear path by a support frame, such as a backhoe or an excavator. The system comprises two hydraulic jacks, each having a cylinder body and a piston rod. The cylinder bodies of the two jacks are joined to one another, the end of the piston rod of one jack is connected to the support frame and the end of the piston rod of the other jack is connected to the carriage. In the invention, the two piston rods project from the same side of the joined cylinder bodies and in each end position of the carriage, the piston rod of a respective one of the jacks is extended while that of the other jack is retracted. | 2012-06-14 |
20120144999 | TITANOSILICATE MOLECULAR SIEVE SUPPORTED METALLIC NANODOTS AND METHODS OF USE TO ADSORB NOBLE GASES - A metal nanodot material is formed by ion-exchange with an ETS zeolite, followed by activation to form metallic nanodots. The nanodot may be formed from silver, nickel, copper, gold or a platinum group metal. | 2012-06-14 |
20120145000 | Drying Process For Flue Gas Treatment - An apparatus and method for drying a moist gas is provided. The apparatus includes a revolving desiccant rotor with at least an adsorption sector and a regeneration chamber; the regeneration chamber comprising at least a first dry gas sector, a hot regeneration sector, and a second dry gas sector, and optionally a cold regeneration sector. The method includes at least an adsorption sector and a regeneration chamber; the regeneration chamber comprising at least a first dry gas sector, a hot regeneration sector, and a second dry gas sector, and optionally a cold regeneration sector. This method includes the steps of; contacting a moist gas stream with the desiccant in the adsorption sector, thereby producing a dry gas stream; contacting a first dry gas stream with the desiccant in the first dry gas sector, thereby producing a first wet gas stream; contacting a hot partially wet gas stream with the desiccant in the hot regeneration sector, thereby producing a warm wet gas stream; contacting a dry regeneration gas stream with the desiccant in the second dry gas sector, thereby producing a wet regeneration gas stream, and contacting a regeneration purge gas stream with the desiccant in the cold regeneration sector, thereby producing a warm purge gas stream. | 2012-06-14 |
20120145001 | Process For Reducing Contaminants In An Industrial Fluid Stream - This invention provides novel processes utilizing compositions comprising substituted polyamines as acid gas scrubbing solutions and methods of using the compositions in an industrial system. The invention relates to the use of such polyamine compounds in industrial processes to remove acidic contaminants from natural and industrial fluid streams, such as natural gas, combustion gas, natural gas, synthesis gas, biogas, and other industrial fluid streams. The compositions and methods of the invention are useful for removal, absorption, or sequestration of acidic contaminants and sulfide contaminants including CO | 2012-06-14 |
20120145002 | Method for Treating Contaminated Gas - A method for treating natural gas using a vessel having a manifold for introducing gas in the vessel, a flow disperser above the manifold that prevents channeling of the gas, a spray system for spraying a treating liquid into an upwardly rising column of gas and, optionally, a liquid level controller for maintaining the level of a pool of treating liquid above the flow disperser. | 2012-06-14 |
20120145003 | ENERGY RECUPERATING FILTRATION APPARATUS - A filtration apparatus comprises a casing defining an inner cavity with an upper cylindrical portion and a lower hopper portion. An inlet feeds gas and solids into the inner cavity and causes movement of the solids in a downward spiral path in the casing. A solids outlet at a bottom of the lower hopper portion outlets the solids from the casing. A gas outlet exhausts gases from the casing. An annular arrangement of ports in a wall of the casing injects an other gas in the inner cavity. The ports are oriented to guide the other gas into following a partially vertical path into the inner cavity to disrupt the movement of the solids in the downward spiral path to allow a capture of the solid particles by the capturing solids. A gas source is connected to the arrangement of ports. | 2012-06-14 |
20120145004 | Vacuum system for nail salon work station - A system for ridding the working area of a nail salon work station of fumes and nail dust. The system is self-contained within the particular work station and has a vacuum system that draws air in from the area surrounding and proximate the working area to remove the fumes and dust. A fan draws that air into a chamber containing a bag-type, particulate filter that filters out the nail dust. Downstream of the bag-type filter is a fume filter that receives the air from the bag-type filter, having been pressurized by the fan, and provides a filter of the fumes. The air, now having passed through a particulate filter and a fume filter is exhausted into the room at a location remote from the working area. The bag-type filter is inexpensive and readily replaced. | 2012-06-14 |
20120145005 | NEW PANEL FILTER AUGMENTATION TECHNIQUE FOR PARTICULATE CAPTURE GAINS - An accessory filter for enhancing the operation of a HVAC panel filter, the HVAC panel filter having a peripheral frame that is receivable in a filter mount of a forced air HVAC system. The accessory filter includes a filter sheet having planar dimensions matching the frame; and adhesive attached near the edges of the filter sheet operable to adhere the filter sheet to the frame. The filter sheet has a thickness substantially thinner than that of the HVAC panel filter. The filter sheet thickness allows the HVAC panel filter and the accessory filter to coextensively fit in the filter mount. | 2012-06-14 |
20120145006 | Carbon canister for vapor recovery systems - A carbon canister as utilized relative to underground fuel storage tank vapor recovery, including for the capture and purging of hydrocarbon vapors as air is introduced into and released from an underground storage tank, and wherein, in one form intended primarily for use in Stage II Vapor Recovery systems, the carbon canister includes a valve activated by weight of saturated carbon and wherein, in another form intended primarily for use in Stage I Vapor Recovery systems, the carbon canister is a free breathing carbon canister with a surge protection device. | 2012-06-14 |
20120145007 | Absorption cell and manufacturing method thereof - An absorption cell includes a first absorption layer formed of a first absorbent, and a second absorption layer formed of a second absorbent having a higher density than the first absorbent and coated on the surface of the first absorption layer so as to prevent generation of dust particles from the first absorption layer. The upper surface of the first absorption layer is coated with the second absorption layer formed of the high-density absorbent, thereby preventing generation of minute dust particles and thus preventing secondary contamination. | 2012-06-14 |
20120145008 | ENCAPSULATED ACTIVATED CARBON AND THE PREPARATION THEREOF - The present invention relates to encapsulated activated carbon and a method of preparing the same to protect the structure of the activated carbon and preserve the odor absorbing capability of the activated carbon particles. Particularly, the present invention is directed to a polymer article having odor absorption capabilities comprising a film comprising a matrix polymer and activated carbon particles at least partially encapsulated with a non-water soluble amorphous polymer, wherein the non-water soluble amorphous polymer is incompatible with the matrix polymer. The polymer article can be a bag. | 2012-06-14 |
20120145009 | WET TYPE DUST COLLECTOR FOR VACUUM CLEANER - A wet type dust collecting apparatus of a vacuum cleaner is provided. The wet type dust collecting apparatus of a vacuum cleaner includes a first separating unit configured to filter out and discharge dust by rotating air which is inlet via a first air inlet, and a plurality of a second centrifugal separating units configured to filter out dust from the air which is discharged from the first separating unit, and configured to eliminate dust from the inlet air via water which is filled inside of the second centrifugal separating units. | 2012-06-14 |
20120145010 | AIR CLEANER - A case of an air cleaner includes an inlet, through which the outside air is taken in by rotation of an internal fan. The outside air taken in passes through a filter from the inlet in a first flow path. A sensor unit is arranged outside of the first flow path, and the outside air taken in passes through the sensor unit from the inlet by a flow path pipe forming a second flow path different from the first flow path. As a result, the outside air taken in through the flow path different from the flow path toward the filter is sensed by the sensor unit. | 2012-06-14 |
20120145011 | USER-FRIENDLY START-UP MODE OF A BEVERAGE PREPARATION MACHINE - An electric beverage preparation machine has: an arrangement ( | 2012-06-14 |
20120145012 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CRUSHING AND COMPACTION - An exemplary embodiment of a screw crusher may utilize a cantilevered screw with an inverse tapered shaft with flighting for conveying the product up the length of the shaft for compression. The screw may include an end flight configured to provide thrust to the product for further conveyance beyond the end of the screw or additional compaction when utilized with a receiving container. An exemplary embodiment of the screw crusher may utilize a single moving element in relation to a cylindrical tube for compression of the product. Also, an exemplary screw compactor may utilize a fixed replaceable restrictor tube section and an efficient screw design making it more cost effective and efficient to operate than other known compactors. Furthermore, an example of the screw crusher may be fitted with perforated or the preferred “V” Slotted tube to perform liquid removal in addition to the compaction of the material. | 2012-06-14 |
20120145013 | COMBINATION STENCIL PRINTER AND DISPENSER AND RELATED METHODS - A combination stencil printer and dispenser includes a frame, a stencil coupled to the frame, a substrate support coupled to the frame to support a substrate in a print position, and a print head coupled to the frame to deposit and print viscous material over the stencil. The combination stencil printer and dispenser further includes a dispenser mounted on an independent gantry to dispense viscous material on the substrate when the substrate is in the print position. In other embodiments, the dispenser can be mounted on a stencil wiper assembly or a movable stencil provided within the combination stencil printer and dispenser. | 2012-06-14 |
20120145014 | COMBINATION STENCIL PRINTER AND DISPENSER AND RELATED METHODS - A combination stencil printer and dispenser includes a frame, a movable stencil coupled to the frame, a substrate support coupled to the frame to support a substrate in a print position, and a print head coupled to the frame to deposit and print viscous material over the stencil. The combination stencil printer and dispenser further includes a dispenser mounted on the movable stencil to dispense viscous material on the substrate when the substrate is in the print position. In other embodiments, the dispenser can be mounted on a stencil wiper or on an independent gantry provided within the combination stencil printer and dispenser. | 2012-06-14 |
20120145015 | COMBINATION STENCIL PRINTER AND DISPENSER AND RELATED METHODS - A combination stencil printer and dispenser includes a frame, a stencil coupled to the frame, a substrate support coupled to the frame to support a substrate in a print position, and a print head coupled to the frame to deposit and print viscous material over the stencil. In one embodiment, the combination stencil printer and dispenser further includes a cleaning assembly coupled to the frame to wipe excess viscous material from a bottom surface of the stencil. The combination stencil printer and dispenser further includes a dispenser mounted on the cleaning assembly to dispense viscous material on the substrate when the substrate is in the print position. In other embodiments, the dispenser can be mounted on a movable stencil or on an independent gantry provided within the combination stencil printer and dispenser. | 2012-06-14 |
20120145016 | METHODS FOR DEPOSITING VISCOUS MATERIAL ON A SUBSTRATE WITH A COMBINATION STENCIL PRINTER AND DISPENSER - A method of depositing viscous material on a substrate includes positioning the substrate in a print position, performing a print operation on the substrate with a print head and a stencil to deposit viscous material on the substrate, and inspecting the substrate with a vision system to detect a defect with the deposit of viscous material on the substrate. The method further includes, in the event of a defect, re-working the substrate by depositing viscous material on the substrate with a dispenser attached to a cleaning assembly, the stencil, or an independent gantry to correct the defect. | 2012-06-14 |
20120145017 | PRINTING LAYERS OF CERAMIC INK IN SUBSTANTIALLY EXACT REGISTRATION DIFFERENTIAL INK MEDIUM THERMAL EXPULSION - A method of partially imaging a substrate, for example glass, with a print pattern comprising layers of ceramic ink in substantially exact registration. The method relies on a mask ink layer defining the print pattern and differential thermal expulsion of ceramic ink medium during a heat fusing process between the areas outside the print pattern and within the print pattern. This results in pigment and glass frit forming a durable image material adhered to the substrate within the print pattern and non durable material outside the print pattern, enabling its removal outside the print pattern to leave the desired layers of ceramic ink within the print pattern in substantially exact registration. | 2012-06-14 |
20120145018 | CLOSED LOOP COLOR CONTROL OF SELECTED REGIONS USING SOLID COLOR REGIONS WITHIN IMAGES - A color control system for use in a printing press is provided. The system includes a controller for reviewing digital data for a print job and identifying solid color regions of the print job that are greater than a predetermined size, a user interface allowing an operator to select solid color regions identified by the controller, a sensor for measuring a characteristic of the selected solid color regions of the print job on a printed substrate, the controller determining measured values of the characteristic for each of the selected solid color regions, and at least one inking unit for supplying ink in a plurality of ink zones to a plate cylinder, the controller varying the ink supplied to ink zones including the solid color regions as function of a difference between the measured value of the characteristic of each selected solid color region and a predetermined target value of the characteristic. A method for controlling printing of a printing press is also provided. | 2012-06-14 |
20120145019 | ROLLER MICROCONTACT PRINTING DEVICE AND PRINTING METHOD THEREOF - A roller microcontact printing device and a printing method of the device are revealed. The roller microcontact printing device includes a transfer module with a transfer roller and a supply module. The supply module provides an isolating solution and a thin film material to the transfer module to form an isolation layer and a thin film layer in turn on the surface of the transfer roller. Then the thin film is transferred to a substrate by the transfer roller. The microcontact print device and method are used in a roll-to-roll printing process. Thus the production efficiency of the thin film layer on the substrate is improved and the cost is reduced. | 2012-06-14 |
20120145020 | DEVICE FOR REGULATING THE APPLICATION OF DAMPENING SOLUTION AND INK IN A PRINTING PRESS - A device for regulating the application of dampening solution in a printing press is disclosed. The device includes a dampening solution quantity adjustment apparatus, where a quantity of dampening solution applyable to a printing press cylinder is adjustable by the dampening solution quantity adjustment apparatus. An ink measuring device detects printing parameters of an ink applied to a printing substrate selectively and/or over an entire width of the printing substrate. A control and regulating device analyzes detected printing parameters and controls the dampening solution quantity adjustment apparatus. | 2012-06-14 |
20120145021 | ROLLERS FOR DAMPENING UNITS - Roll in a dampening system, particularly a dampening contact roll or dampening transfer roll or dampening ductor, comprising a core and an outer layer, wherein the outer layer is selected from the group consisting of hard anodized aluminum, chemical nickel and aluminum oxide, obtainable by plasmachemical anodic oxidation, and combinations thereof. | 2012-06-14 |
20120145022 | Devices and methods for printmaking on canvas - Devices and methods for printmaking on canvas are described herein. The devices and methods provide advantages that include permanent printmaking on canvas. | 2012-06-14 |
20120145023 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus picks up each one of sheets stacked in a tray, allows a detecting sensor to detect whether a mark indicating a reusable sheet is assigned to the picked-up sheet, and cumulates the sheet in which the mark is not detected by the detecting sensor in a cumulative unit. The image forming apparatus erases a color of an image forming material by heating the sheet of which the mark is detected by the detecting sensor and receives the sheet of which the image forming material is erased in a sheet cassette. The image forming apparatus forms an image with the image forming material erasable by applying heat to the sheet received in the sheet cassette. | 2012-06-14 |
20120145024 | Printing of Game Tickets - In a row of lottery tickets each ticket has variable image printing game data printed onto a base layer on a substrate and a series of covering layers including at least one sealing layer and at least one scratch-off layer. Simultaneously game information is printed as a multi-color digital image for each ticket using a variable image printing system. The game information graphics can indicate different values for different ones of the tickets. The tickets in the row can be of different series for sale to different retailers. The printing system automatically correlates the game data and game information to ensure no registration errors thus allowing much improved variability and allowing the game to take into account both game data and game information in determining a winning ticket. | 2012-06-14 |
20120145025 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A PRINTING PROCESS - A method for operating a printing process for production of printed products includes integrating at a suitable location in the printing process at least one processing station for realizing a finishing process that is directed toward a specific location on the printed product. The processing station, or the finishing process realized with the processing station, is activated or deactivated according to a product-related sequence. | 2012-06-14 |
20120145026 | Device and Method of Using Explosives to Breech a Surface - An explosive device used to breech a surface is disclosed. The device comprises a backing, a detonation cord secured to the backing and a shock tube. The detonation cord is arranged along the backing of the device and extends beyond the backing at at least one point of extension. The device comprises a shock tube with cap detonator, wherein the cap detonator is connected to the detonation cord at at least one point of extension. An igniter is attached to the opposite end of the shock tube. A method for breeching a surface is also disclosed. | 2012-06-14 |
20120145027 | EXPLOSIVES CONTAINER AND METHOD - An explosives container comprising a flexible inner bag within a flexible outer bag, the outer bag comprising a first end and a second end and a booster compartment located on an external surface of the outer bag, adjacent the second end. An explosive composition can be located within the inner bag and, in use, the booster compartment contains an explosive booster and serves to maintain the explosive booster in close contact with the explosives composition. The explosives container further comprises an elongate sheath extending substantially between the first end and the second end of the outer bag and serving to house and protect a detonator cord from damage or dislodgement. | 2012-06-14 |
20120145028 | PROJECTILE THAT INCLUDES PROPULSION SYSTEM AND LAUNCH MOTOR ON OPPOSING SIDES OF PAYLOAD AND METHOD - Projectiles that include a propulsion system and a launch motor which are located on opposing sides of a payload and a method of directing a projectile toward a target are generally described herein. Placing the propulsion system and the launch motor on opposing sides of the payload may provide many potential advantages when designing the projectile. These design advantages may make it easier to create a projectile that includes more propellant and/or payload while still permitting the projectile to be stored within existing containers having a fixed size. | 2012-06-14 |
20120145029 | GRENADE MECHANISM - An auxiliary safety mechanism for a grenade to prevent detonation from shockwaves, heat, fragments, etc., the grenade including a fuse housing containing a delay detonator and explosive train. In at least one embodiment, the fuse housing includes a reversible slider element interposed between the delay detonator and the rest of the explosive train to form a barrier therebetween when the grenade is in an unarmed condition, and when the slider element is withdrawn the barrier between the delay detonator and explosive train is removed leaving the grenade in an armed condition. In another embodiment, a further safety mechanism involves connecting the two sections of the housing with a weak connection that ruptures prior to the explosive contained therein reaching the critical explosive temperature/pressure. | 2012-06-14 |
20120145030 | HYBRID GAS GENERATOR - A hybrid gas generator includes a high pressure gas cylinder and a gas release actuating device. The gas release actuating device includes a pyrotechnic gas cylinder, an igniting assembly, and a bursting disc. The pyrotechnic gas cylinder includes a guide ring securely disposed in the pyrotechnic gas cylinder to hermetically separate the space in the pyrotechnic gas cylinder into a gas releasing chamber and a firing chamber, a piercing plug fitted with the guide ring, where the gas releasing chamber is formed with at least a vent for releasing the gas stored in the high pressure gas cylinder, and the firing chamber may be provided with a gas producing medium to produce gas for driving the piercing plug when the igniting assembly is ignited. | 2012-06-14 |
20120145031 | Payload Handling Apparatus and System - The present invention has been developed to improve the way a payload support platform, such as a mole, is driven between one site and another, particularly when the second site is the interior of a Lift which interfaces with a Pallet Handling System (PHS) of a ship. In a first aspect the invention proposes that the driving means which drives the payload support platform along a rail ( | 2012-06-14 |
20120145032 | RAIL TRAIN - A rail train for supporting multiple sticks of ribbon rail comprises a plurality of rail support cars having a single, centrally positioned rail support stand wherein adjacent rail support cars are supported on shared trucks. End cars include a tunnel for supporting the rails near their ends and one or more rail support arms pivotal at a first end about two axis and supporting a rail guide assembly at a second end for supporting a rail as it is pulled of the rail train. A rail tie-down car utilizes spring-loaded, hydraulically actuated clamp assemblies to clamp individual rails to the tie-down car. Each clamp assembly incorporates at least two clamp members which act opposite one another to prevent the rail secured in place by the clamps from sliding in either longitudinal direction. | 2012-06-14 |
20120145033 | Center Bowl Liner With Spring Washer Conductor - A center bowl liner provided for use between a center plate of a railroad car and a center bowl surface on a truck bolster. The center bowl liner includes a disc-shaped element having top and bottom surfaces and a central opening for receiving a center pin. A conductive washer is attached to the disc-shaped element, the conductive washer having a profile wherein portions of the conductive washer are exposed at the top and bottom surfaces of the disc-shaped element and create an electrical connection between the railroad car center plate and the center bowl on the truck bolster. The disc-shaped element acts as a load-bearing element supporting the railroad car center plate. The conductive washer, since it may have spring-like properties, will also undertake to bear a limited amount of the load of the railroad car center plate in addition to providing electrical connection between the car and truck. | 2012-06-14 |
20120145034 | LONGITUDINALLY REINFORCED RAILWAY VEHICLE - A longitudinally reinforced railway vehicle includes a body, longitudinal girders, cross-girders, and reinforced carriage ends. Reinforcement tubes which are guided within recesses of the cross-girders are arranged in the longitudinal direction between the reinforced carriage ends. | 2012-06-14 |
20120145035 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RE-CIRCULATING WASH WATER USED IN MANUFACTURING GLASS FIBER PRODUCTS - A method of re-circulating washwater used to clean production components for the manufacture of fibrous insulation, e.g. fiberglass is disclosed. The method includes providing a bulk washwater recovery loop to re-circulate washwater used to clean the downstream air components, as well as a separate hoodwall washwater recovery loop to re-circulate hoodwall washwater. Re-circulated hoodwall washwater may be used to clean the forming hood components and for preparation of binder dispersions. In the latter case, the pH of the hoodwall washwater is measured and the binder dispersion may be prepared with 100% hoodwall washwater, 100% makeup water, or a blend of each depending on and in response to the pH measurement. | 2012-06-14 |
20120145036 | PRODUCT HAVING FUNCTIONAL LAYER AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A product having a functional layer and a method for fabricating the same. A method for fabricating a product having a functional layer includes the step of conducting a plasma reaction with titanium and silicon precursor compounds to form a coating on a substrate, such as a heat exchanger surface. | 2012-06-14 |
20120145037 | Hybrid Vehicle Systems - A hybrid film-forming composition is prepared by forming an aqueous mixture including an organofunctional silane, a metal chloride, and an acid, and boiling the mixture. A base is added to the aqueous mixture to substantially neutralize the mixture and to form a hydroxide of the metal. A colloidal suspension including the metal hydroxide and a siloxy compound is formed. A peroxide-based solution is added to the suspension to form a suspension including a peroxide of the metal. The suspension is allowed to equilibrate at room temperature. The suspension is boiled at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure to form a hybrid film-forming composition including the condensation product of a siloxy compound and a metal peroxide. A coating formed from the hybrid film-forming composition may be hydrophobic or hydrophilic. | 2012-06-14 |
20120145038 | CLAY DISPERSION LIQUID, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, CLAY FILM, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND TRANSPARENT MATERIAL - An object of the present invention is to provide a clay dispersion liquid which is capable of obtaining a clay film which realizes compatibility between heat resistance and water resistance, and a method for producing the same; a clay film and a transparent material, produced from the lay dispersion. The clay dispersion liquid of the present invention contains a liquid containing water as a main component, and a tetraphenylphosphonium-modified clay. The clay film and the transparent material of the present invention are obtained by applying the clay dispersion liquid on a surface of a supporting body to form a film. | 2012-06-14 |
20120145039 | REPLENISHING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF REPLENISHING PRETREATMENT COMPOSITIONS - Disclosed are replenisher compositions and methods of replenishing pretreatment compositions. The methods include adding a replenisher composition to a pretreatment composition wherein the replenisher composition includes (a) a zirconium complex and also optionally includes: (b) a dissolved complex metal fluoride ion wherein the metal ion comprises a Group IIIA metal, Group IVA metal, Group IVB metal, or combinations thereof; (c) a component comprising an oxide, hydroxide, or carbonate of Group IIIA, Group IVA, Group IVB metals; or combinations thereof; and/or (d) a dissolved metal ion comprising a Group IB metal, Group IIB metal, Group VIIB metal, Group VIII metal, Lanthanide Series metal, or combinations thereof. | 2012-06-14 |
20120145040 | Basecoat and Associated Paperboard Structure - A basecoat including a pigment blend that includes a ground calcium carbonate component and a hyperplaty clay component, wherein the ground calcium carbonate component has a coarse particle size distribution, and wherein the hyperplaty clay component has an average aspect ratio of at least about 40:1. | 2012-06-14 |
20120145041 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PARTICLE PROCESSING - Plasma-treating small particles, such as carbon nanotubes, are disclosed. The technical aim is to achieve a controllable degree of treatment which is reasonably uniform in the mass of particles treated. The proposed method uses a low-pressure plasma (glow discharge) generated in a rotating treatment drum ( | 2012-06-14 |