28th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 10 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100176062 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR ADSORPTIVE BUBBLE SEPARATION USING A DENSE FOAM - A method of concentrating particles in a liquid-particle dispersion feed by adsorptive bubble separation by intimately contacting a gas with a pressurized stream of liquid in a chamber to form an aerated dispersion that retains at least some of the kinetic energy from the pressurized stream, and removing at least some of the kinetic energy from the aerated dispersion to form a dense foam. A liquid-particle dispersion feed is then injected into the dense foam to form a gas-liquid-particle dispersion. The gas-liquid-particle dispersion is injected into a flotation chamber at a point below a surface of a liquid contained therein, where the gas-liquid-particle dispersion forms bubbles of a gas-particle agglomerate, and the bubbles are released from the feed liquid depleted in hydrophobic particles and rise to the surface to form a floating froth enriched in particles. Also described is a device that includes plurality of chambers for aeration and mixing, feed injection, and a duct that is positioned below the liquid-foam line of a flotation chamber, so that the gas-liquid-particle dispersion is released within the chamber, and rises to the surface as a floating froth enriched in particles. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176063 | METHOD FOR COALESCENCE INDUCED LIQUID-LIQUID SEPARATIONS AND APPARATUS THEREOF - A method and apparatus for separating immiscible liquids effectively are provided in the present invention. Such method and apparatus may allow coalescing of relatively small-sized droplets into larger droplets for easing and improving the degree of separation thereafter. The method may be defined by a system of equations describing the requirements and conditions imposed on the kinetics of droplet breaking and coalescence as functions of properties of the involved liquids, involved energy, and means for inducing mixing energy into the mixture. According to the method, such means may include viscosity, interfacial tension, droplet diameter distribution, average droplet diameter, average volumetric droplet diameter, concentration of the dispersed liquid in the coalescing apparatus, restricting pressure of the electrostatic double layer surrounding the interfacial boundary of the droplets, and turbulent energy dissipation distribution per volume within the coalescing apparatus. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176064 | Back Pressure-Matched, Integrated, Environmental-Remediation Apparatus and Method - Production brines are used to scrub a horizontal stack receiving exhaust from an energy source, controlling, reducing, or both noxious chemicals. Mutual remediation of flows from petroleous production cool and scrub exhausts from flares burning waste hydrocarbons, heaters lowering viscosity of crude oil, engines driving oil pumps or natural gas compressors, and the like. Resulting evaporation of production brines results in distilled water, more concentrated brines to reduce hauling, or, optionally, dehydrated dry waste minerals from the brines. Year-round operation of brine evaporation ponds is facilitated, and may be another source of process pre-heating. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176065 | Process for treating waste water having low concentrations of metallic contaminants - A process for treating waste water having a low level of metallic contaminants by reducing the toxicity level of metallic contaminants to an acceptable level and subsequently discharging the treated waste water into the environment without removing the treated contaminants. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176066 | Method of Improving Efficiency of UV Photolysis of Peracetic Acid for Disinfection and Organic Destruction - A method of disinfecting municipal wastewaters comprises contacting the wastewater with a peracetic acid solution containing a relatively low amount of hydrogen peroxide in the presence of ultraviolet irradiation. In another aspect, a source of UV irradiation is selected to emit energy at one or more wavelengths at which PAA absorption is optimized or economized. The enhanced UV-PAA process may be used in a variety of other disinfection and organic destruction processes. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176067 | Photocatalytic reactor and process for photocatalysis - A coil-shaped reactor and process are provided to degrade or remove contaminants from water. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176068 | Web Comprising Fine Fiber and Reactive, Adsorptive or Absorptive Particulate - The assemblies of the invention can comprise a fine fiber layer having dispersed within the fine fiber layer an active particulate material. Fluid that flows through the assemblies of the invention can have any material dispersed or dissolved in the fluid react with, be absorbed by, or adsorbed onto, the active particulate within the nanofiber layer. The structures of the invention can act simply as reactive, absorptive, or adsorptive layers with no filtration properties, or the structures of the invention can be assembled into filters that can filter particulate from a mobile fluid while simultaneously reacting, absorbing, or adsorbing materials from the mobile fluid. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176069 | METHOD FOR REGENERATING A FILTER AID - Methods for regenerating filter aids which comprise inorganic, natural or semisynthetic filter aids. The method comprises subjecting the filter aid to a first treatment with an aqueous alkaline solution, treating the filter aid with enzymes, treating the filter aid with a surfactant, and subjecting the filter aid a second treatment with the aqueous alkaline solution. The enzyme treatment and the surfactant treatment steps may be carried out simultaneously or in any order. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176070 | FILTER RENEWAL SYSTEM AND A METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus and a method of rejuvenating capillary filters ( | 2010-07-15 |
20100176071 | Water treatment apparatus and a method for cleaning a filter layer of a water treatment apparatus - A water treatment apparatus includes a raw water supply tube, mixed raw water stream jet nozzles each communicating at one end thereof with the raw water supply tube and having at the other end thereof a raw water outlet from which mixed stream of raw water and air is jetted out, a filtering tank housing a filter layer disposed below the mixed raw water stream jet nozzles with a predetermined distance between the surface of the filter layer and the raw water outlet of the mixed raw water stream jet nozzles, a filtered water takeout tube provided in the filtering tank for taking out water filtered through the filter layer, a reverse stream cleaning water supply tube provided in the filtering tank for supplying reverse stream cleaning water to the filter layer, filter layer cleaning jet nozzles each communicating at one end thereof with a filter layer cleaning water supply tube and having at the other end thereof a cleaning water outlet from which cleaning water is jetted out, and an overflow outlet provided in the filtering tank above the filter layer. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176072 | Gasket Distributor - A flange joint for connecting two objects in a fluid connection so that fluid can flow between the objects. The flange joint has a gasket and the gasket is installed in the flange joint. The flange joint has at least one channel for feeding additional fluid from outside of the flange joint through the gasket into fluid flowing between the two objects. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176073 | Stackable Stems - A stem may comprise a circular base, a plurality of outer ears, and a plurality of outer uprights. The circular base may have a circular outer perimeter centered on a center point of the circular base. The plurality of outer ears may protrude outwardly from the circular outer perimeter. The plurality of outer uprights may be respectively connected to each of the plurality of outer ears at a bottom end of each of the plurality of outer uprights. The plurality of outer uprights may be substantially parallel with each other and may be substantially perpendicular to the circular base. The stem may be configured to allow an additional stem to mateable stack inside the stem. The additional stem may be rotated (with respect to the stem) an incremental amount such that sides of outer ears of the additional stem may respectively contact sides of the outer uprights of the stem. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176074 | SHELF ASSEMBLY - A shelf assembly for products to be placed in a limited space, which at least is limited in depth by a rear boundary surface and laterally by lateral surfaces. The shelf assembly consists of a shelving section with a front and a rear, which shelving section comprises a plurality of gravity-feeding shelves and a base plate. The shelving section is placed on a shelving section support and arranged on the same to be rotatable about an axis, which is arranged by a first engaging means, which is placed on the base plate and rotatably engaged with a second engaging means, which is placed on the shelving section support. The rear of the shelving section is in the refill position located further away from the rear boundary surface than is the front of the shelving section in the display position. Moreover, the shelving section is rotatable substantially within the limited space. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176075 | PRODUCT DISPLAY WITH IMPROVED PULL-THROUGH FRAME ARRANGEMENTS - A display tray for specially shaped packages (e.g., sliced meat products), having flat, flexible bases and a forwardly projecting housings for the product, typically, typically with recesses in the base to accommodate nesting. A vertical frame at the front, permitting the product housing to project through while normally retaining the base and while also allowing the base to be pulled through by a customer, is known. The new tray positions this frame a sufficient distance behind a front stop of the tray to enable a customer to replace a pulled-through product into the tray, in front of the frame and a product projecting through the frame. To particular advantage, the thus-positioned frame is incorporated into a special tray insert, easily installed in a general purpose tray to accommodate the described, specially shaped packages, and easily removed from the tray to render it more suitable for the display of general merchandise. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176076 | DECKING BEAM RACK APPARATUS AND METHOD - A method for management of conventional decking beams incorporates unique racks with special features facilitating the organization, storage, protection, and shipping of decking beams when the decking beams are not in use supporting shipments of cargo. Additional features facilitate stacking of racks when loaded with beams; and for stacking of empty racks themselves in minimal space for their storage or transportation when not in use. Identification of beams and of racks for wireless location-tracking is included. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176077 | WIDTH-ADJUSTABLE PRODUCT DISPLAY TRAY WITH NOVEL MOUNTING ARRANGEMENT - A display tray with a push-forward means for the display of product items in a back to front column, with the forwardmost item of the column being at all times urged tot the front of the tray. A special mounting arrangement is provided for the tray in which product side guides, preferably width adjustable, also serve to mount the trays on a rectangular bar positioned horizontally at the back of a display gondola or the like, enabling a plurality of such trays to be mounted side by side and movable laterally for desired spacing and appearance. To particular advantage, the side guides are formed of a rigid sheet material, typically sheet metal, provided at front and back portions with transverse mounting rods engageable with base members of the tray to accommodate lateral adjustment of the side guides relative to the central portions of the tray. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176078 | Auxiliary Device for Installing the Lower and Upper Jib Support of an Adjustable Auxiliary Boom on a Mobile Crane - A device for installing the lower and upper jib support of an adjustable auxiliary boom. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176079 | Drill ship - Floating systems for well operations are disclosed with a height-adjustable crown assembly movably connected to a derrick; in one aspect, movable within the derrick by movement apparatus; and, in one aspect, movable with a motion compensator. This abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract which will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure and is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims, 37 C.F.R. 1.72(b). | 2010-07-15 |
20100176080 | CLOSURE WITH MEMBRANE AND ROTATABLE PROTECTIVE CAP - A closure ( | 2010-07-15 |
20100176081 | CONTAINER HAVING META-STABLE PANELS - A container has meta-stable panels to compensate for internal vacuum from hot filling. The panels include a groove that yields during deformation such that the stiffness of the panel varies from its pre-yield stage to its post-yield stage. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176082 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE SELECTIVE REMOVAL OF SILICON NITRIDE - Compositions useful for the selective removal of silicon nitride materials relative to poly-silicon, silicon oxide materials and/or silicide materials from a microelectronic device having same thereon. The removal compositions include fluorosilicic acid, silicic acid, and at least one organic solvent. Typical process temperatures are less than about 100° C. and typical selectivity for nitride versus oxide etch is about 200:1 to about 2000:1. Under typical process conditions, nickel-based silicides as well as titanium and tantalum nitrides are largely unaffected, and polysilicon etch rates are less than about 1 Å min | 2010-07-15 |
20100176083 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVING ADJACENT CONDUCTIVE AND NON-CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS OF A MICROELECTRONIC SUBSTRATE - A microelectronic substrate and method for removing adjacent conductive and nonconductive materials from a microelectronic substrate. In one embodiment, the microelectronic substrate includes a substrate material (such as borophosphosilicate glass) having an aperture with a conductive material (such as platinum) disposed in the aperture and a fill material (such as phosphosilicate glass) in the aperture adjacent to the conductive material. The fill material can have a hardness of about 0.04 GPa or higher, and a microelectronics structure, such as an electrode, can be disposed in the aperture, for example, after removing the fill material from the aperture. Portions of the conductive and fill material external to the aperture can be removed by chemically-mechanically polishing the fill material, recessing the fill material inwardly from the conductive material, and electrochemically-mechanically polishing the conductive material. The hard fill material can resist penetration by conductive particles, and recessing the fill material can provide for more complete removal of the conductive material external to the aperture. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176084 | SQUEEZE FOR SCREEN PRINTER - Disclosed is a squeeze for a screen printer. The present invention provides a squeeze for a screen printer, which coats a printed circuit board with an adhesive paste while moving parallel over a metal mask on the printed circuit board, the printed circuit board being open through an opening of the metal mask, the squeeze including a solvent storage unit for storing solvents; and solvent discharging holes for discharging the solvents, stored in the solvent storage unit, to an adhesive paste. Accordingly, the squeeze for a screen printer of the present invention may be useful to prevent a dog ear phenomenon, namely that an adhesive paste layer is asymmetrically formed in an indented manner, by controlling a viscosity of an adhesive paste by discharging a solvent onto an adhesive paste layer that comes in contact with the squeeze when the adhesive paste layer is formed in the printed circuit board. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176085 | PLASMA PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MONITORING PLASMA DISCHARGE STATE IN PLASMA PROCESSING DEVICE - An object is to provide a plasma processing device capable of rightly monitoring existence of plasma discharge and also rightly monitoring existence of abnormal discharge. Another object of the present invention is to provide a method of monitoring a state of plasma discharge in the plasma processing device. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176086 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISTRIBUTION OF A PLASMA THEREIN - A plasma processing apparatus performing a plasma processing to a substrate includes a processing vessel having a vacuum exhaustible processing chamber; a mounting table serving as a lower electrode for mounting thereon the substrate in the processing chamber; a circular ring member arranged to surround a periphery of the substrate whose radial one end portion is supported by the mounting table; an upper electrode arranged above the lower electrode to face same; and a power feed for supplying the mounting table with a high frequency power. The plasma processing apparatus further includes a first intermediate electrical conductor supporting a middle portion of the circular ring member; and a first movable electrical conductor which is selectively electrically connected or disconnected to the power feed; and a second intermediate electrical conductor supporting a radial opposite end portion of the circular ring member. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176087 | PHOTOMASK MAKING METHOD, PHOTOMASK BLANK AND DRY ETCHING METHOD - A photomask is manufactured by providing a photomask blank comprising a transparent substrate, a phase shift film, and a light-shielding film, the phase shift film and the light-shielding film including silicon base material layers, a N+O content in the silicon base material layer of the phase shift film differing from that of the light-shielding film, and chlorine dry etching the blank with oxygen-containing chlorine gas in a selected O/C1 ratio for selectively etching away the silicon base material layer of the light-shielding film. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176088 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THE WET CHEMICAL TREATMENT OF A PRODUCT AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING A FLOW MEMBER INTO THE APPARATUS - To ensure a uniform flow over the surface of a product W, an apparatus is provided for the wet chemical treatment of the product W that is disposed in the apparatus | 2010-07-15 |
20100176089 | CONFINEMENT OF FLUIDS ON SURFACES - The invention is directed to a device for applying a fluid to a surface, the device comprising a first conduit for directing a flow of a first fluid towards the surface and a second conduit for directing a flow of a second fluid away from the surface, the first conduit being arranged relative to the second conduit such that in operation of the device the second fluid comprises substantially the first fluid, and wherein said first conduit comprises a first aperture and the second conduit comprises a second aperture, the first aperture arranged at a distance from the second aperture. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176090 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF METAL-COATED BASE LAMINATES - The invention relates to a method for producing metal-coated base laminates having a support ( | 2010-07-15 |
20100176091 | ELECTRICAL SWITCHGEAR UNIT COMPRISING A COMPLEMENTARY ELECTRICAL FUNCTION - The present invention relates to an electrical switchgear unit designed to be fixed onto a fixing support and comprising at least one electrical switching module and at least one module housing a complementary electrical function, at least one of the complementary modules being situated next to at least one of the above-mentioned switching modules, the or each switching module comprising an arc extinguishing chamber. This unit is characterized in that the arc extinguishing chamber of the module situated facing the complementary module presents a cambered face towards the inside of said arc extinguishing chamber so as to create a space E,F inside said chamber enabling a part of the volume of the complementary module to be housed, and in that the ends of said arc extinguishing chamber encroach on the volume of the complementary module. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176092 | ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR BLANKET GAS SUPPLY CONTROL FOR AN ELECTRICAL WELDING APPARATUS - Apparatus and method for controlling blanket gas flow in an electrical welding facility, wherein welding is performed using a welding electrode in electrical connection with a welding machine unit. The apparatus includes an electric measuring device having a current sensor for determining the magnitude of an electrical welding current carried in a circuit incorporating the welding electrode and having a current sensor output adapted to provide a I signal indicating the current magnitude, and a voltage sensor for determining the magnitude of electrical voltage applied to the welding electrode and having a voltage sensor output for providing a U signal indicating the voltage magnitude, and a control device having inputs connected to the current sensor output and the voltage sensor output, respectively, and a control signal output for providing a control signal to a blanket gas flow controller. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176093 | METHOD OF SHORT-TIME STUD JOINING - The invention relates to a method of short-time stud joining, a first workpiece, such as a stud for example, being joined with its end face onto a joining surface of a second workpiece, such as a metal sheet for example, with the steps of: a) creating an arc between the end face and the joining surface in order to begin melting the end face and/or the joining surface, and b) lowering the first workpiece onto the second workpiece and switching off a joining current (I | 2010-07-15 |
20100176094 | HEATER COIL FOR GAS SENSOR, DETECTING ELEMENT FOR GAS SENSOR, CATALYTIC COMBUSTION GAS SENSOR, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF CATALYTIC COMBUSTION GAS SENSOR - A lead portion ( | 2010-07-15 |
20100176095 | METHODS AND DESIGNS FOR FORMING JOINTS BETWEEN METALLIC MEMBERS - Disclosed are methods and structures for joining metallic members. A welding material can be used between two metallic members that comprise different metals. The different metals can normally form brittle intermetallic compounds when welded to one another, and the welding material can inhibit the formation of the brittle intermetallic compounds. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176096 | Plasma Cutting Method And Plasma Cutting Apparatus - The present invention relates to a cutting method for cutting an upper edge and a lower edge of a cutting plane into a curved shape, when a cutting object is cut by supplying plasma gas to the periphery of an electrode of a plasma torch and ejecting plasma arc from a nozzle. In order to melt the upper edge and the lower edge of the cutting plane to form a curved shape, at least one condition selected from plural conditions including a cutting electric current, cutting speed, height of a plasma torch, angle of the plasma torch, and flow rate of plasma gas upon performing the vertical cutting for forming the upper edge and the lower edge of the cutting object substantially at right angles is changed. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176097 | ARRANGEMENT FOR THE REPAIR OF THE BLADES OF BLISK DRUMS BY MEANS OF LASER DEPOSITION WELDING - An arrangement for the repair of BLISK blades damaged at their leading and trailing edges by use of laser deposition welding, includes a laser source and laser optics for generating a focused laser beam ( | 2010-07-15 |
20100176098 | Method of Assembling a Member on a Support by Sintering a Mass of Conductive Powder - In this method, the conductive powder mass is placed on the support, and then the member is placed on the mass and a compression force is applied, urging the member against the mass and the support before heating the mass. The magnitude is increased from an initial value to a first predefined value for agglomerating the mass, which value is less than a plastic deformation threshold of the powder mass. Then, the magnitude is maintained at the first predefined value throughout a predetermined duration for agglomerating the powder mass. Finally, the magnitude is increased from the first value to a second predefined value less than a critical threshold for damaging the member but greater than a minimum threshold for sintering the mass at the predetermined temperature, the second predefined value being greater than the first predefined value. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176099 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE INITIAL MEASUREMENT OF A WORKPIECE, AND THE PROCESSING OF A WORKPIECE - A method for workpiece levelling includes mounting the workpiece in a machine tool, measuring the position of the workpiece in the mounting and determining a translatory offset xv, yv, zv and a rotatory offset λv, βv, φv of the factual workpiece mounting compared to the ideal mounting from the measurement results and from a workpiece data forming an initial data set related to the ideal mounting, wherein for obtaining another initial data set a plurality of surface points of the mounted workpiece are measured in their position xn, yn, zn in space, the data of one of the initial data sets are varied a plurality of times in accordance with plural translatory and rotatory displacements for obtaining a plurality of varied data sets, from the varied data sets and their base data set the one data set is determined that represents a surface with a lowest deviation measure compared to a surface represented by the other of the initial data sets, and the translatory offset xv, yv, zv and the rotatory offset λv, βv, φv is determined from the translatory and rotatory displacement of the determined data set. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176100 | LASER PROCESSING METHOD AND LASER PROCESSING APPARATUS - A laser beam machining method and a laser beam machining device capable of cutting a work without producing a fusing and a cracking out of a predetermined cutting line on the surface of the work, wherein a pulse laser beam is radiated on the predetermined cut line on the surface of the work under the conditions causing a multiple photon absorption and with a condensed point aligned to the inside of the work, and a modified area is formed inside the work along the predetermined determined cut line by moving the condensed point along the predetermined cut line, whereby the work can be cut with a rather small force by cracking the work along the predetermined cut line starting from the modified area and, because the pulse laser beam radiated is not almost absorbed onto the surface of the work, the surface is not fused even if the modified area is formed. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176101 | HIGH SPEED AND HIGH POWER LASER SCRIBING METHODS AND SYSTEMS - A method of scribing a graphic on a material is provided, in which laser output is applied to the material. The laser output is moved relative to the material at a high speed greater than 10 m per second, and at a high power greater than 500 W, to scribe a graphic on a surface of the material. Also provided is a system for scribing a graphic on a material. The method and system of the invention are especially useful in the scribing of building materials. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176102 | METHOD FOR MACHINING MATERIAL USING LASER RADIATION AND APPARATUS FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD - A method and device for machining material uses laser radiation, in which the unfocused laser radiation is focused through a focusing optics to a smaller beam cross section. The optical axis of the focused laser radiation, referred to as beam axis, is directed at the material surface. The beam waist, which results from the focusing operation, of the focused laser radiation is held in the region of the interface, which forms of laser radiation and material. The laser radiation is partially absorbed on the interface such that due to induced material removal or induced material displacement the interface and thus also the laser radiation penetrate into the material. The spacing of the beam waist from the upper or lower side of the interface in the axial direction corresponds at most to triple the value of the penetration depth of the interface into the material. The focusing operation is effected such that components of the laser radiation are made divergent not just in the propagation direction downstream of the beam waist but also in the beam waist and/or also in the propagation direction upstream of the beam waist and are thus directed away from the beam axis. These components and angles of divergence are larger than those of the effects of imaging errors, which are inadvertently produced using standard optics and are tolerated. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176103 | METHOD FOR MATERIAL REMOVAL AND DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT SAID METHOD - A method and device for the material removal to a predetermined removal depth from a workpiece employs a laser beam consisting of one or more sub-beams, each of the latter having a defined beam axis. The axis of the laser beam or the individual axes of the sub-beams are guided along a removal line at a predetermined travelling speed and the laser beam has a predetermined spatial energy flow density that defines a Poynting vector S with a value I | 2010-07-15 |
20100176104 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTIVE GMAW SHORT CIRCUIT FREQUENCY CONTROL AND METHOD OF HIGH DEPOSITION ARC WELDING - An electric arc welding device for performing a pulse welding process by a current between an advancing electrode and workpiece where the welder comprises a short detecting circuit for creating a short signal upon occurrence of a short circuit between the advancing electrode and the workpiece and a boost circuit to create a plasma boost pulse after the short circuit is cleared during the time period when the welder is not outputting the peak pulse current. The peak pulse current to background current ratio is high and the duration of the peak pulse is short. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176105 | WELDING OUTPUT CONTROL METHOD AND ARC WELDING EQUIPMENT - A superimposed voltage waveform with a predetermined cycle and amplitude is superimposed on a commanded voltage waveform for a second predetermined time after a first predetermined time elapses within an arcing period in which an arc is produced. The predetermined cycle of the superimposed voltage waveform is shorter than a short-circuit cycle and longer than a control cycle of a welding power supply unit. This suppresses a growth of a weld droplet by being pushed up toward a consumable electrode and suppresses an excessive growth of the droplet over an entire range from a low current range, characterized by frequent short-circuits, to a medium to high current range where short-circuits are less frequent. The droplet is also smoothly transferred to the weld pool in addition to preventing excessive droplet growth. This reduces the generation of spatter, giving a flatter bead appearance. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176106 | Carriage for Automating Welding, Brazing, Cutting and Surface Treatment Processes - This invention relates to a welding carriage operable to drive across a surface of a work piece having a joint to be welded. The welding carriage comprises a number of wheels, where each wheel is pivotal around an axle and where each wheel is a magnetic wheel; the welding carriage further comprises means for supporting a welding device wherein at least one of the wheels can be flexed inwardly or outwardly so that the welding carriage can travel over curved surfaces. The welding carriage can travel over magnetizable surfaces having any direction, e.g. orientation in space. The welding carriage can carry a laser sensor arrangement arranged to detect the position as well as the direction of a joint to be welded, so that the welding carriage is applicable for performing fully automated welding. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176107 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTROSLAG WELDING SPLICED VERTICAL BOX COLUMNS - A system and method for welding spliced vertical box columns with an electroslag welding system. The system includes a welding fixture having opposing, paired and positionally adjustable welding shoes, run-off tabs, and sumps affixed at the junction of box columns to be spliced. A distributed control electroslag welding system, articulating boom, welding torch and consumable guide tube oscillator feed provide molten flux within the shoes filling from the sump to the run-off tab. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176108 | WELDING METHOD FOR T-JOINT - In a plate assembling step, a gap ( | 2010-07-15 |
20100176109 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO START AND USE A COMBINATION FILLER WIRE FEED AND HIGH INTENSITY ENERGY SOURCE - A method and system to start and use a combination wire feed and energy source system for any of brazing, cladding, building up, filling, and hard-facing overlaying applications. High intensity energy is applied onto a workpiece to heat the workpiece. One or more resistive filler wires are fed toward the workpiece at or just in front of the applied high intensity energy. Sensing of when a distal end of the one or more resistive filler wires makes contact with the workpiece at or near the applied high intensity energy is accomplished. Electric heating current to the one or more resistive filler wires is controlled based on whether or not the distal end of the one or more resistive filler wires is in contact with the workpiece. The applied high intensity energy and the one or more resistive filler wires are moved in a same direction along the workpiece in a fixed relation to each other. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176110 | VEHICLE HEATING SYSTEM - When a seat heater and a planar electric heater on a surface of an interior member are used in parallel, the seat heater and the planar electric heater cannot be heated sufficiently due to a limitation on an electric capacity of a vehicle, and in particular, in a vehicle having good engine efficiency, heating of an interior of a passenger compartment by air conditioning utilizing hot air generated by heat expelled from an engine is not sufficient, whereby there sometimes occurs a situation where occupants feel cold. A heating device | 2010-07-15 |
20100176111 | VEHICLE HEATER SYSTEM AND METHOD - A heater system for a vehicle has an internal combustion engine fluidly connected to a fuel tank by a fuel line for delivering fuel from the fuel tank to the engine. The heater system includes an in-line heater disposed along the fuel line between the fuel tank and the internal combustion engine for heating fuel within the fuel line. A power cord is operatively connected to the in-line heater for providing electrical power thereto. The power cord has a distal end configured to removably connect to an external power source and a length sufficient to reach the external power source. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176112 | HEATING APPLIANCE FOR COOKING - A rear surface of an operating region | 2010-07-15 |
20100176113 | COOKING DEVICE - A cooking device capable of preventing erroneous operations which are not intended by a user is provided. The cooking device includes a top plate provided on an upper surface of a main body, a heating section operable to perform induction-heating a bottom surface of an object to be heated that is placed on the upper portion of the main body, a control unit operable to control a heating output of a heating coil, one or more operation switches ( | 2010-07-15 |
20100176114 | OVEN WITH IMPROVED TOASTING FUNCTION - A toaster oven features a moving, pivoting heater element to yield improved toasting capability. The toaster oven also cooks food with traditional bake, broil and toast functions, but also has the capability of having an additional heater element that can be positioned closely to the bread rack to give optimum toasting performance. Once the toasting function is completed, the additional heating can be repositioned out of the way, providing increased oven height for cooking bigger sized items. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176115 | COOKING DEVICE - A cooking device that is easy to use in terms of key operation is provided. A cooking device includes an operation unit ( | 2010-07-15 |
20100176116 | Cooking apparatus and heating device including working coils thereof - A cooking apparatus performing cooking with a cooking container disposed at any desired position on a cooking plate, and a heating device thereof. The cooking apparatus includes a cooking plate to receive a cooking container thereon, and at least one working coil disposed under the cooking plate to heat the cooking container, the at least one working coil including a first portion and a second portion having a different winding structure of a conducting wire which forms the working coil so that a winding density of the conducting wire at one of the first portion and the second portion is relatively higher than the other of the first portion and the second portion. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176117 | APPARATUSES USEFUL FOR PRINTING AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING THE TEMPERATURE OF MEDIA IN APPARATUSES USEFUL FOR PRINTING - Apparatuses useful for printing and methods for controlling the temperature of media in apparatuses useful for printing are disclosed. An embodiment of the apparatuses includes a heated first roll including a first outer surface; a heated second roll including a second outer surface; a third roll including a third outer surface; a temperature sensor for sensing the temperature of the third outer surface; a belt supported on the first roll and the second roll and disposed between the first outer surface and the third outer surface, the belt including an inner surface and an outer surface; a nip between the third outer surface and the outer surface of the belt at which the belt heats media which include a surface, marking material on the surface and an interface between the surface and marking material; and a positioning device coupled to the second roll. The positioning device is operable to move the second roll relative to the outer surface of the belt to change a wrap length of the belt on the second outer surface, based on the temperature of the third outer surface, to maintain a substantially constant temperature at the interface between the surface and marking material. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176118 | Electric heating film and method of producing the same - An electric heating film comprising of an first polymeric layer having a top surface and bottom surface, a second polymeric layer, a metalized surface, and conductive bus electrodes. The top surface of the first polymeric layer includes a continuous metalized surface of vacuum deposited metal coating and at least one pair of parallel spaced conductive bus electrodes, i.e. copper strips, for connection to a power source. The conductive bus electrodes are conductively adhered to the metalized surface to distribute an electrical current onto the metalized surface to provide a heat across the metalized surface. The second polymeric film sheet layer is provided as a protective layer positioned atop of the top surface of the first polymeric film sheet or enclosing the top and bottom surface of the first polymeric film sheet. The first or the first and the second polymeric layer is mechanical reduced using perforations to reduce the surface area of the metalized surface thereby producing a desired resistance across the metalized surface. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176119 | METHODS FOR IMPROVING BRAZE JOINTS UTILIZING GOLD/COPPER/NICKEL BRAZING ALLOYS - A method to improve the impact resistance of a braze joint between a tungsten/carbide/cobalt substrate and a substrate including titanium or alloy thereof includes utilizing a brazing material including gold, nickel, and copper present in respective amounts to improve the ductility of the braze joint. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176120 | INDUCTION HEATING COOKER - There is provided an induction heating cooker capable of preventing a pan having a pan bottom warped in a convex shape or a pan having a pan bottom with a small thickness from being excessively heated. The induction heating cooker includes a heating coil ( | 2010-07-15 |
20100176121 | MICROWAVE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A microwave oven includes a microwave generation device and a case. Three antennas are provided in the case. The two antennas are opposite each other along a horizontal direction. In the microwave generation device, a power distributor almost equally distributes a microwave generated by a microwave generator among phase variators. Each of the phase variators adjusts the phase of the fed microwave. This causes a phase difference between microwaves respectively radiated from the opposite two antennas to change. The microwaves are respectively radiated from the antennas. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176122 | MICROWAVABLE CONTAINER WITH SLEEVE - A food package kit including a plurality of trays having a bottom, a sidewall extending upwardly from the bottom and terminating at a top end, and a flange extending from the sidewall opposite the bottom, the flange includes a rim section configured to receive a sealing film, and a recessed section extending from the rim section, wherein each of the opposed longitudinal edges intersect with a lateral edge at a corner, wherein the kit also includes a sleeve adapted to contain the trays completely therein, the sleeve including a sleeve top, a first depending sleeve side, and a second depending sleeve side and a sleeve bottom, wherein the tray is completely disposed within the sleeve by frictional force between the tray and the sleeve. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176123 | MICROWAVE HEATING APPARATUS - A microwave heating apparatus includes a microwave generation part ( | 2010-07-15 |
20100176124 | Air Transportable ISO Container - A transport device such as an ISO container that is adapted to be transported by air or surface transportation. The transport device includes a base, a plurality of movable ISO corner blocks movably coupled to the base, and a plurality of adjustment mechanisms. Each adjustment mechanism is adapted to couple a respective corner block to the base and to selectively move the corner block with respect to the base between an air transport position, wherein the bottom surface of the corner block does not extend beyond the bottom surface of the base, and a surface transport position wherein the bottom surface of the corner block is located below the bottom surface of the base. The base includes a plurality of roller plates that form the bottom surface of the base and that are adapted to engage rollers of an aircraft cargo handling system. The transport device also includes detent rails that are removably attached to the base. The detent rails includes tabs and detents that are adapted to cooperate with an aircraft cargo handling system to releasably secure the transport device in place within an aircraft. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176125 | PACKAGE - The invention relates to a package suitable for containing a perishable product, comprising a first shell element provided with an upright circumferential edge and a central portion for accommodating said perishable product, as well as a closure element provided with a circumferential edge which closure element is placed with its circumferential edge on the upright circumferential edge of said first shell element in an adhering and closing manner and wherein said closure element is provided at its circumferential edge with a protruding lip, which lip does not adhere to the circumferential edge of said first shell element, for the purpose of peeling off said closure element from said first element. Near said lip the two circumferential edges are provided with a closed channel being in communication with said central portion, and wherein at least one of said circumferential edges is provided with a fracture line extending substantially perpendicularly to said channel. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176126 | GARBAGE BIN AND LID FOR CONTAINER - A garbage bin in which, when the opening of a container in which garbage is placed is closed by a lid, odor emanating from the garbage does not leak to the outside from a gap between the container and the lid. The garbage bin includes an outer container, an inner container placed inside the outer container and in which garbage is placed, an openable/closable outer lid pivotally attached to the outer container and closing the opening of the outer container, and an inner lid attached to the lower surface of the outer lid and moving together with the outer lid. The lower surface of the inner lid is in intimate contact with the upper end of the inner container when the opening of the outer container is closed by the outer lid. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176127 | FAST ACTING GATE - The invention can be used in pipelines, any devices, man holes and arrangements, at any pressures and working conditions for closable large-diameter pipes. The aim of said invention is to improve the operating reliability of a gate. The inventive gate comprises a lid consisting of a flange and a bottom caved in a pipe, wherein a sleeve provided with a supporting ring is welded to the bottom, arresting elements in the form of sectors insertable into the circular boring of the tube, when they are radially displaced on the flange along clamping bolts and on the supporting ring by the action of the inclined face of a drive nut, are arranged on the end face of the flange and on the supporting ring. The nut is embodied in the form of a truncated pyramid provided with T-slots embodied on the side surfaces thereof. The sectors are provided with T-shaped tenons enabling the sectors to be moved along the end surfaces of strengthening ribs, control markers are mounted on the sectors, a locking plate which, is provided with a lever, descends into a gap embodied between the sectors and locks them by the action of a pneumatic cylinder in the presence of excessive pressure, is arranged inside the lid. The nut can be embodied in the form of a truncated cone. The lid is mounted on articulated joints and the pipe with the lid are covered by an enclosure. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176128 | SELF-CONTAINED AUTOMATIC ACCESS PORT UNIT FOR A COUNTERTOP, WITH METHODS OF USE THEREOF - A self-contained automatic access port unit having a sensor that recognizes when refuse is approaching the cover, and to activate a direct current motor, solenoid, or drive cylinder which in turn moves a drive arm to open a cover to permit refuse to drop through the access port unit into a trash container therebelow, thereby avoiding the need for a user to make contact with the trash access port. A switch or timer causes the access port unit to close its cover. Motion of the drive arm is initiated by the motor, solenoid or drive cylinder, but continues through momentum imparted to the drive arm and cover. The cover engages a seal ring to provide a uniform impervious countertop surface. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176129 | Enhanced container system - Food containers formed of sheet plastic are latchably stackable on one another. Each container has base ( | 2010-07-15 |
20100176130 | REINFORCED PAPER LID - The paper lid comprises a top plate, a sidewall formed downward at an edge of the top plate, and a reinforcing member to reinforce the sidewall and firmly attach the paper lid to a container. Further, the paper lid comprises a receipt part is formed between an inner top of the reinforcing member and the top plate. The receipt part grasps the rim of the container, thereby strengthening the connection between the paper lid and the container. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176131 | LOCKING SYSTEM AND A FLASK COMPRISING A LOCKING SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a locking system, particularly designed for flasks that comprise a set of containers that fit by the neck, wherein there is the need for a quite effective closure to ensure tightness. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176132 | VESSEL PORT CONFIGURED FOR USE WITH A GLOVE BAG - A port and closure device for a vessel that is configured for use with a glove bag. The port comprising includes a first annular flange with an opening, a second annular flange disposed a predetermined distance from the first flange and also having an opening, and a seal ring disposed adjacent the first annular flange and having an additional opening. At least a portion of the openings are aligned so that a path is provided through the flanges and the seal ring. A slideable door is included in the port between the seal ring and the second annular flange. The slideable door has a first position that obstructs the path and a second position that is outside of the path. Springs are disposed between the first flange and the seal ring that urge the seal ring toward the slideable door. To reduce contamination sites, the springs may be sealed within an annular interface between the first annular flange and the seal ring. Alternatively, or in addition, a funnel pipe may be used with the port disposed in the openings of the first and second flange and the seal ring. The port may also include an adapter configured to hold a glove bag thereon. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176133 | Container seal with integral promotional token and method - A container seal having a releasable, integral promotional token attached thereto comprises a sealing sheet bound to a promotional token by a releasable adhesive. The sealant sheet has a tacking surface and a sealing surface. The promotional token has a tacking surface and an obverse surface. At least one surface of the promotional token has promotional indicia visible thereon. The tacking surface of the promotional token is bound to the tacking surface of the sealant sheet by a releasable adhesive, so that the promotional token is peelably removable from the sealant sheet when the sealant sheet is bound to the finish of a container. The promotional token consists of a material selected from the group consisting of a layer of paper or synthetic fabric, a layer of paper or synthetic fabric laminated to a polymer film, and a layer of paper or synthetic fabric laminated to two polymer films, and optionally, the tacking surface of the promotional token or the tacking surface of the sealant sheet comprises a release coating. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176134 | Retortable Closures and Containers - A retortable container (C) or a retortable closure ( | 2010-07-15 |
20100176135 | Cold Start System for a Motor Vehicle - A system and method for controlling a fuel system for a cold start of an engine is disclosed. An auxiliary fuel tank includes a separating device configured to separate a mixed fuel into a first fuel and a second fuel. A valve may be controlled to allow the flow of the first fuel to an engine of a motor vehicle to enable a cold start of the engine. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176136 | Multi-Layered Plastic Polymeric Container for the Storage of Pharmaceutical Compositions - Multi-layered plastic polymeric container useful for the storage and conservation of pharmaceutical compositions, sterile or non sterile, which comprises an inner layer and an outer layer, a gas barrier layer, and adhesive layers. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176137 | Combination pizza box and leveling device - An embodiment of the present invention is a combination of a pizza box and leveling device for the pizza box. The pizza box has at least one sidewall that is formed having two adjacent panels with a cavity between the adjacent panels, and, a bottom that has at least one slot. The at least one slot is substantially aligned with and provides access to the cavity. And, the leveling device has at least one portion thereof formed for insertion into the at least one slot and further into the cavity of the sidewall of the pizza box so as to detachably attach the leveling device to the pizza box. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176138 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING ELECTRICAL DEVICES - There is a commercial wiring system and method for wiring, which is designed to increase the speed of installation of wiring devices. In one embodiment of the invention there is a bracket which is designed to receive an adapted wiring box. This bracket has tabs for fixing to a wiring box to form an electrical box. The bracket can be coupled to another bracket that is adjustable in length and includes at least two legs, with a first leg being slidable in position in relation to a second track. A first set of tracks in the first assembly is designed to receive the second set of tracks in the second assembly in a telescoping or nested manner. The adjustable electrical box assembly can include a box section, a mounting plate and a mud ring or plaster ring. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176139 | STEMWARE HOLDER - A stemware holder maintains a piece of stemware in an upright position even during turbulent conditions. An embodiment has a base extending downward from a cap. The cap has a lower portion with a flat surface and an upper portion with two prongs that define a slot. A wall extends around part of the perimeters of the upper and lower portions and has a front opening. The upper and lower portions, partial perimeter wall, and front opening define a groove. The groove narrows slightly from the front to the rear. The stemware holder base is insertable into the recess of a standard cup holder. The base of a piece of stemware can be slid into the groove through the front opening with the stem extending through the slot. The prongs and groove collectively assist in maintaining the stemware upright. Another embodiment employs a similar cap that is fixable directly to a surface without insertion into a cup holder recess. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176140 | Hand-Held Vessel - A hand-held vessel has a bottom wall, a sidewall and a supportive strap attached to the bottom wall and the sidewall. The bottom wall and sidewall have an inner and outer surface. The sidewall extends from the bottom wall, whereby the inner surfaces of the bottom wall and sidewall define a cavity for holding fluids or loose materials therein. The strap has a first end and a second end, whereby the first end is fixedly attached to the sidewall and the second end is selectively secured to the bottom wall. The strap is adaptable to accept a user's hand disposed between the strap and the outer surface of the sidewall. The strap urges the hand against the outer surface of the sidewall to secure the vessel to the hand and stabilize the vessel with respect to movement relative to the hand. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176141 | Moisture Retention Seal - Provided is a moisture retention seal for use with a package. The moisture retention seal includes an opened-ended canister having a plurality of canister sealing surfaces. Snap-fitted with spatial interference to the canister at its opened-end, is a moisture retention closure having a plurality of closure sealing surfaces. Each canister sealing surface cooperates with a corresponding one of the closure sealing surfaces to form a plurality of partial seals. At least one of the partial seals includes a micro-bead surface comprising one or more small, inwardly directed, narrowly spaced-apart, micro-bead elements. The package that includes a moisture retention seal of the present invention employs only molded parts and does not require gaskets or secondary seals. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176142 | Plastic Paint Can - A paint can has a molded plastic bucket and cover which are releasably engageable with one another at a seal. The bucket has an integrally-formed handle with a cushioned grip formed therein. The handle has an enlarged central portion that facilitates knitting of the molten material fed into the handle mold. The cover has a central panel and a surrounding closure member joined to the panel by a connector. The connector supports the central panel intermediate the a first sealing surface on the closure member. The connector resiliently urges the closure member into sealing engagement with the bucket rim. The sealing surfaces have a polished finish. Grooves in a reinforcing ring on the bucket provide access for removal of the cover. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176143 | MOBILE HEALTHCARE PRODUCT DISPENSER - A dispenser for dispensing healthcare products comprising at least one dispenser section having at least one dispensing orifice and one disposal section having a disposal opening. The disposal section has fully compressed and fully uncompressed positions and is capable of remaining positioned in any position between the fully compressed and uncompressed positions. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176144 | ROLLED ANIMAL WASTE COLLECTION PADS - A series of animal waste pads connected together where the separation between animal waste pads is defined by a perforation and the animal waste pads are wound around a roll that is adapted to fit an animal waste pad dispenser. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176145 | PHARMACEUTICAL DISPENSING SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - A dispensing system and associated method provides a turnkey solution for dispensing pharmaceutical products such as solid medications and nutritional supplements to be taken orally in health care settings, including but not limited to long term care (LTC) and assisted living settings. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176146 | DISTRIBUTING PRESCRIBED MEDICATIONS - A physical distribution system for distributing prescribed medications ordered by physicians from a storeroom via a pharmacy to patients in a hospital department in a secure and reliable manner. The physical distribution system comprises a container with compartments, and dispensers. Each of the compartments is associated with an electronic lock associated with an opening code uniquely associated with a physician, a patient and prescription data. Each of the plurality of dispensers is associated with a unique patient related code. Each electronic lock is arranged to enable entering the prescribed medications into the associated compartment upon identification of the associate opening code. Each electronic lock is arranged to enable disposing prescribed medications from compartments into the dispenser upon identification of a patient related code on the dispenser corresponding to patient data in the opening code. The prescribed medications are associated with their prescription data. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176147 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPENSING BEVERAGE - An apparatus for dispensing beverage, comprising a line system and at least one draw-off tap and a connecting head connected to said line system, and a connecting piece provided with means for connection to said connecting head to be connected to a beverage holder, wherein the line system comprises at least a rinsing line and a dispensing line and the connecting head comprises at least a valve device for connecting the dispensing line to, at will: the connecting piece, or at least to a holder, for fluid communication between a holder and the tapping line; or the at least one rising line for fluid communication between the respective rinsing line and the dispensing line. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176148 | Detergent Dispensing Device - A detergent dispensing device for an automatic washing machine, the device having a plurality of chambers to accommodate a detergent composition, a selecting means to selectively expose each chamber to wash liquor allowing the detergent, in use, to be washed out of the chamber; a manual operating means being movable from a first position to a second position for loading mechanical energy into the device which provides a restoring force for the operating means, and a return motion prevention means to retain the operating means in the second position, the return motion prevention means being arranged to move when subjected to a condition prevailing in an interior of the machine during a wash cycle, thereby moving the operating means to the first position or releasing the operating means to return to the first position during a single wash cycle; the operating means being arranged to move the selecting means and cartridge relatively to one another to advance the selecting means to an adjacent chamber as it moves either from the first to the second position, the second to the first position, or both. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176149 | ASSEMBLY FOR DISPENSING BEVERAGE - An assembly for dispensing a beverage includes a collapsible beverage container having an outlet with a connecting element; a pressure chamber configured to accommodate the beverage container and including a lid; a heat transfer system operable on the pressure chamber; a pressure source operable to provide a predetermined pressure to the interior of the pressure chamber; and a dispensing line connectable with the outlet of the beverage container so as to extend from the outlet through an opening in the lid to a dispensing tap. The beverage is dispensed by providing the predetermined pressure to the interior of the pressure chamber and the beverage container therein. As the dispensing line is opened at the dispensing tap, the beverage container collapses in response to the applied pressure, forcing the beverage into the dispensing line and out the tap without being supplied with or being in contact with any gas. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176150 | Apparatus For Discharging A Stream Of Fluid - Presented is an apparatus for discharging a stream of fluid. The apparatus includes a water pump, a trigger mechanism, a ratchet mechanism, a fluid reservoir, and a secondary fluid chamber. A pump handle is used to move a piston that draws the fluid from the fluid reservoir into the secondary fluid chamber before discharge. The pump handle is also used to selectively connect the trigger mechanism to the ratchet mechanism to allow incremental discharge of the fluid from the secondary fluid chamber. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176151 | POPPET SEAL FITMENT FOR A COLLAPSIBLE BAG - Disclosed herein is a fitment for use with a collapsible bag for dispensing liquids or semi solids comprising a spout having a generally cylindrical body attached to a collapsible bag, a cap attached to the spout having positioned therein a flexible poppet that allows for the flow of fluid when engaged with a probe assembly. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176152 | DUCKBILL FLIP CAP FITMENT FOR A COLLAPSIBLE CONTAINER - Disclosed herein is a fitment for use with a collapsible bag for dispensing liquids or semi-solids comprising a spout having a generally cylindrical body attached to a collapsible bag, a cap attached to the spout having positioned therein a flexible cap duckbill that allows for the flow of fluid when engaged with a probe assembly. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176153 | POUCH FOR A PRESSURIZED BOTTLE - The invention relates to a pouch for a pressurized bottle, made up of a tubular wall closed in its upper part by a welded seam into which a valve is incorporated. According to the invention, the tubular wall is obtained by overlapping and welding together the two lateral edges of a strip, and the tubular wall is closed in its lower part by an essentially round bottom wall. Thus, the tubular wall of the pouch will have a practically circular cross section in a large lower part, this cross section tending towards an elliptical shape as it nears the upper end where it becomes completely flat. The pouch will, at least in a major lower part, occupy practically all the space in the bottle, considerably reducing the dead space in that part. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176154 | Dispenser of Fine Granular Dry Materials With Light - A dispenser of granular dry materials with an integrated lighting element providing light optimized to permit users to visually monitor the flow and amount of material that is being or has been dispensed. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176155 | Coupling for pump and container - An improved coupling is disclosed for connecting a pump to a container. A first embodiment of the improved coupling incorporates a slidable coupling sleeve for piercing a frangible seal for providing liquid communication from the container to the pump. A first embodiment of the improved coupling incorporates coupling for providing liquid communication from the container to the pump. The invention is suitable for use with an aseptic container, a refrigerated container or a non-refrigerated container with or without preservatives. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176156 | TAPPING DEVICE, CONNECTING DEVICE FOR A BEVERAGE CONTAINER AND COOLING DEVICE FOR SUCH A CONNECTING DEVICE - A tapping device, comprising a container with at least one beverage valve and a connecting device for connection to and operation of the beverage valve, wherein cooling means are provided for cooling the connecting device, wherein for instance the container is filled with fermented beverage, in particular beer, and/or the connecting device is at least partly included in a cooled space. A cooling line or cooling jacket is optionally provided around said connecting device. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176157 | SEASONING DISPENSER - Fixed amounts of granular and granulated seasonings are dispensed from a rotatable disc that lies flat or horizontal and which includes a through-hole or void. The void is gravity-filled with granulated seasonings from a hole in the bottom of a hopper. A screen below the disc is formed to have open, through-holes and a solid land. The void in the disc fills with granules when the void is beneath a hole in the hopper but over a solid land thus preventing granules to spill through the disc. Rotation of the disc moves the void away from the land, allowing granules in the void to fall through holes in the screen. A gasket provides a seal between the disc and the hopper. The disc is rotated back and forth around its axis by vertical movement of an actuator about the horizontal hinge. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176158 | DOSING DEVICE FOR FLUID PRODUCTS - A fluid dosing device includes a substantially hollow main body, fully insertable into a container for a fluid; a piston slidably movable in the main body defining, in combination with the main body, a dosing chamber presenting a containment volume for the fluid product having a capacity defined by the relative position between the piston and the main body; a stem operatively active on the piston to actuate the piston is slidably movable between a first operative position a greatest volume of the dosing chamber and a second operative position with smallest dosing chamber volume; the stem being hollow and in fluid communication with the dosing chamber to expel a portion of fluid. The main body includes a tubular portion connected to a closing ring proximal the upper end of the main body; the closing ring further including a sleeve encompassing the stem and in sliding contact therewith. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176159 | POWDER AND GRANULAR MATERIAL FEEDER - A powder and granular material feeder constantly feeding powder and granular material with poor fluidity that is discharged to an annular passage between inner and outer tubes through a clearance between a lower end of the inner tube and a bottom plate from a fall opening, outside of the feeder, by scraping plates immediately below the fall opening. The fall opening has an arcuate configuration starting on an outer side of the outer tube to the inner tube or to an inner side of the inner tube. The scraping plates are located on a small cylinder around the center of curvature. The scraping plates and spokes rotate in opposite directions from each other at a portion of the fall opening, and the powder and granular material transferred by the spokes and inward claws into the fall opening is discharged in a direction opposite to the feeding direction and leveled by an lower edge of the outer tube. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176160 | Spray Bottle Suction Straw Diversion Device - A spray bottle that has a Suction Straw Diversion Device (SSDD) that diverts or directs the sprayer pump suction straw towards the perimeter of the bottle. This can be accomplished through the use of a protrusion, bar, tube, rail, plate, hook or any other device built into the bottle that will keep the suction straw diverted to the perimeter of the bottle and in the liquid thus allowing it to be dispensed. | 2010-07-15 |
20100176161 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PULSED DISPENSING OF LIQUID - An apparatus and method for pulsed dispensing of liquid. The apparatus includes a syringe body structure communicating with an input passage for pressurized actuation air, and communicating with an exit passage for allowing discharge of the liquid. An air input passage flow air controller is operative to increase the flow rate of the input air in accordance with a relationship that depends at least partially on a reduction of liquid volume in the syringe body structure resulting from a previous pulsed dispensing operation. | 2010-07-15 |