33rd week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 9 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130206262 | Plumbing Fitting - A plumbing fitting which includes an inlet pipe connectable to a water supply pipe and an outlet connectable to an appliance, said fitting also including a valve arranged between said inlet pipe and said outlet, said valve being moveable between a first position in which water can flow from said inlet pipe to said outlet, and a second position in which said inlet pipe is shut off from said outlet, characterised in that in a first configuration of the plumbing fitting the outlet does not protrude beyond the profile of the inlet pipe. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206263 | VORTEX CONTROL APPARATUS - A vortex control apparatus is disclosed which has a unit body extending longitudinally along a central axis. The unit body has a plurality of primary fins extending radially from its central axis. The unit body also has a plurality of secondary fins extending radially from its central axis. Each of the plurality of primary fins can be spaced apart and be positioned disposed between two primary fins. The vortex control apparatus can also include a flange coupled to the unit body that extending radially from the central axis of the unit body. The flange can also extend radially from the central axis of the unit body farther than primary fins or the secondary fins. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206264 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANIPULATING A LIQUID - The invention relates to a device and method for manipulating a liquid in a channel, wherein a body, which forms a capillary intermediate space with respect to the channel wall, is moved in the channel and the channel is filled with liquid only up to the body. Preferably, the body can also bridge an area of the channel that cannot be wetted for the liquid. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206265 | HYDRODYNAMIC RAM MITIGATING FUEL CELL STRUCTURE - A system and method to mitigate the effect of hydrodynamic ram. The system including a chamber adapted to receive fluid and a core disposed within the chamber. A plurality of columns extend through the core and a plurality of orifices extend through the thickness of the columns. The method includes channeling a portion of a vapor bubble to an ullage space disposed within the chamber with the plurality of columns and changing the fluid state of the vapor bubble with a plurality of orifices extending through the thickness of the plurality of columns. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206266 | Recycled Water Storage System for Vehicle Windscreen Cleaning - An apparatus ( | 2013-08-15 |
20130206267 | FLAME RESISTANT HOSE COUPLING - A hose and coupling combination wherein the hose is made of an inner tube which is enclosed by a reinforcing section which is further enclosed by a flame-resisting section and the coupling is made of inner sleeve with an outer sleeve adjacent to and enclosing a linear portion of the inner sleeve and arranged such that the outer sleeve and the inner sleeve form a cavity into which the flame-resisting section fits such that a gap is provided between the reinforcing section and the flame-resisting section. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206268 | CONNECTING DEVICE FOR THE FLUIDIC CONTACTING OF MICROFLUIDIC CHIPS - The invention relates to a connecting device for the fluidic contacting of a microfluidic chip ( | 2013-08-15 |
20130206269 | Honeycomb-Body-Based Fluidic Interconnectors and Methods - Inter connectors for fluidically connecting reactor modules in a millimeter scale continuous flow reactor or the like is disclosed, the interconnectors including a honey-comb-body substrate having first and second ends and a plurality of channels extending along a common direction as well as a structure formed on or in the substrate for attaching an interface clamp to the substrate. The interconnectors further have one or more open channnels extending through the substrate and a plurality of closed channels closed off by a plugging material at the ends of the substrate and surrounding the one or more open channels. Methods of making the interconnectors are also disclosed. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206270 | VERTICALLY COMPACTABLE FLUID TRANSFER DEVICE - A vertically compactable fluid transfer device ( | 2013-08-15 |
20130206271 | Exhaust System - An exhaust system for motor vehicles has a component made from a coated steel sheet. The steel sheet has a thickness of at most 4.5 mm and is formed of a ferritic stainless steel having a chromium content of from 10.5% to 25%, a molybdenum content of from 0 to 2.5%, and a titanium and/or niobium content of from 0.1 to 2% each. The coating of the steel sheet consists essentially of nickel. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206272 | Cr-CONTAINING AUSTENITIC ALLOY TUBE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - There is provided a Cr-containing austenitic alloy tube, wherein a chromium oxide film with a thickness of 0.05 to 1.5 μm having the relationship defined by Formula (i) is formed on the inner surface of the tube, wherein the average concentration of C in the depth range of 5 to 10 μm from the inner surface is lower than the concentration of C in a base metal; | 2013-08-15 |
20130206273 | Fiber Reinforced Polymer Matrix Nanocomposite Downhole Member - A downhole composite component is disclosed. The downhole composite component includes a tubular member, the tubular member comprising a fiber reinforced polymer matrix composite. The fiber reinforced polymer matrix composite includes a polymer matrix, the polymer matrix having an unfilled matrix compressive modulus of elasticity. The polymer matrix also includes a nanoparticle filler comprising a plurality of nanoparticles dispersed within the polymer matrix, the polymer matrix and dispersed nanoparticle filler having a filled matrix compressive modulus of elasticity, the filled matrix compressive modulus of elasticity being greater than the unfilled matrix compressive modulus of elasticity. The fiber reinforced polymer matrix composite also includes a plurality of reinforcing fibers, the plurality of reinforcing fibers embedded within the polymer matrix, the polymer matrix and plurality of reinforcing fibers having the form of the tubular member, the tubular member configured to receive a compressive stress. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206274 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING LARGE DIAMETER, HIGH STRENGTH, CORROSION-RESISTANT WELDED PIPE AND PIPE MADE THEREBY - A method of roll-forming sheet or plate into a round hollow, welding the round hollow with a welding alloy that matches the alloy of the round hollow to form a welded pipe, annealing the welded pipe at a minimum of 1950° F. to provide a carbide-free microstructure, ultrasonic inspecting to assure sound welds, and cold-working the annealed and inspected pipe via drawing or pilgering to the desired tensile strength. The compositional range alloys suitable for use in the method of the present invention in weight % is: 25.0-65.0% Ni, 15.0-30.0% Cr, 0-18.0% Mo, 2.5-48.0% Fe, 0-5.0% Cu, 0-5.0% Mn, 0-5.0% Nb, 0-2.0 Ti, 0-5.0% W, 0-1.0% Si, and 0.005-0.1% C. The process has been most preferably optimized for an alloy range consisting of 32.0-46% Ni, 19.5-28.0% Cr, 18.0-40.0% Fe, 3.0-8.0% Mo, 1.0-3.0% Cu, 0.6-1.2% Ti, 0.5-2.0% Mn, 0.1-0.5% Si, 0.01-0.08% C. The present invention also includes the pipe made thereby. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206275 | Flexible, Abrasion Resistant Textile Sleeve and Method of Construction Thereof - A textile sleeve for routing and protecting elongate members and method of construction thereof is provided. The sleeve includes an elongate wall having opposite edges extending parallel to a central axis of the sleeve. The wall is woven with warp yarns extending parallel to the axis and fill yarns extending transverse to the warp yarns. The warp yarns include monofilament yarns within an intermediate region of the wall and multifilament yarns within opposite edge regions of the wall to enhance abrasion resistance and curl, respectively, and the fill yarns include monofilament yarns larger in diameter than the fill monofilament yarns to provide further abrasion resistance, enhanced curl strength and multifilament yarns to provide increased coverage, maintain flexibility, and to maintain the warp monofilaments in their intended position. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206276 | JOINING LOOP STRUCTURE OF INDUSTRIAL MULTILAYER FABRIC - A multilayer fabric is joined by engaging joining loops formed at both ends of a disjoined industrial multilayer fabric having wefts and warps in layers. The joining loops are formed by folding back some or all the end portions of warps. The both ends of the fabric are joined by engaging the loops to form a common hole and inserting a core wire into the common hole. At least one upper side weft remains while a lower side weft below the remaining upper side weft is removed at the both ends of the fabric. The common hole and the core wire inserted therein are located below the remaining upper side weft. The folded portions of the warps are interwoven with wefts of a normal portion of the fabric. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206277 | Pressure Checking and/or Adjustment Method and Device for a Tire-Wheel Assembly - A method for simplifying the conventional pressure monitoring and/or adjustment method for a mounted assembly for a vehicle, in particular for a two-wheeled vehicle, and, more precisely, reducing the number of steps in the method, and a pressure monitoring and/or adjustment device for the use of this method. A mounted assembly ( | 2013-08-15 |
20130206278 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FILLING A SPRAYER TANK - The present invention relates to a system for filling a sprayer tank with at least one liquid solution, including at least a first tank containing a first liquid solution and a second tank configured to contain a second liquid solution, means for temporarily connecting the system to the tank, means for incorporating an active material into the first tank or between the first tank and the connecting means, and pumping means controlled by a control device and configured to selectively fill the tank with the liquid solution(s). The system also includes means for preparing the first liquid solution in the first tank by mixing the second solution and the active material in predetermined proportions. The means for preparing the first liquid solution include at least the means for incorporating the active material, which are positioned between the first tank and the second tank, as well as agitation means configured to ensure that the first liquid solution remains a suspension in the first tank. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206279 | FLUID DELIVERY CONTROL NOZZLE - A fluid delivery nozzle for wireless communication to either an active or a passive device located on a vehicle and for wireless communication from the fluid delivery nozzle to a central location for storage of vehicle data. Upon initiation of a fluid delivery transaction, a communication link is established between a vehicle communication device and the central location and between a fluid container of the vehicle and the fluid delivery nozzle. The information received from the vehicle and container is relayed to the central location to authorize delivery of a fluid to the vehicle. Information is also transferred from the central location back and forth to the fluid delivery nozzle to update and store information regarding the fluid delivery transaction. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206280 | FLUID RESERVOIR DOCKING STATION - A fluid dispensing system may include a fluid outlet connected to a flexible fluid reservoir and a docking station configured to receive the fluid outlet and align the fluid outlet. In some examples, a fluid pump that defines a driveshaft aperture that is connected to the fluid outlet. In some additional examples, a drive motor is attached to the docking station that includes a driveshaft for driving the fluid pump. The docking station may align the fluid outlet so that the driveshaft aperture defined by the fluid pump is co-axially aligned with the driveshaft. This may allow an operator to efficiently take an empty reservoir out of service and replace it with a new reservoir full of fluid. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206281 | VOLUMETRIC METERING DEVICE - A metering device meters and dispenses of a known volume of a liquid product. The metering device includes a receptacle and a moveable slug sized to fit within the receptacle, leaving a remaining volume within the receptacle equivalent to a desired amount of a liquid product to be dispensed. Application of a vacuum at the outlet end draws the known volume of liquid product out of the receptacle and causes the moveable slug to move from a first position at the inlet end of the receptacle to a second position at the outlet end of the receptacle. At the same time, additional liquid product is drawn in via the inlet aperture. When the vacuum is removed, the slug returns through the additionally drawn-in liquid product back to the first position. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206282 | Equipment for Producing Cooling Packs Consisting of a Shell made of a Porous Material Containing an Amount of Carbon-Dioxide Snow Enclosed and Retained Inside the Casing - The invention relates to equipment for producing cool packs containing an amount of carbon-dioxide snow, which includes: a set of at least two cells, each of which is capable of receiving and supporting a shell to be filled; a feeding tube connected, at the upstream portion thereof, to a liquid CO2 source; a set of at least two injection manifolds, each injection manifold being located opposite a cell in which a casing to be filled is to be positioned, and each manifold being connected, at the upstream portion thereof, to the feeding tube, wherein each manifold comprises an injection port at at least one location along the length thereof, the equipment being characterized in that: i) the end of each manifold opposite the feeding tube is formed as a sealed end provided in the form of a substantially rounded tip; j) each injection port located on a manifold is a provided as a threaded opening having a given diameter D and is capable of receiving an injection nozzle by means of screwing; k) said equipment comprises at least two injection nozzles, each injection nozzle being provided in the form of a part that is cylindrical over at least a portion of the length thereof, said cylinder being a hollow cylinder, the threaded outer diameter of which is equal to the diameter D of at least one of the threaded openings of at least one of the manifolds, and the inner diameter d of which is less than D. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206283 | GRAIN ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A grain oriented electrical steel sheet has thermal strain introduced thereinto in a dotted-line arrangement in which strain-imparted areas are lined in a direction that crosses a rolling direction of the steel sheet, wherein the strain-imparted areas introduced in the dotted-line arrangement have a size from 0.10 mm or more to 0.50 mm or less and an interval between the adjacent strain-imparted areas is from 0.10 mm or more to 0.60 mm or less. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206284 | Method for Producing a Hot-Formed and Hardened Steel Component Coated with a Metallic Anti-Corrosion Coating from a Sheet Steel Product - A method for producing a steel component with a metallic anti-corrosion coating from a sheet steel product comprising at least 0.4% by weight Mn is disclosed. The sheet steel product is annealed in a continuous furnace under an annealing atmosphere containing up to 25% by volume H | 2013-08-15 |
20130206285 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR STEEL SHEETS FOR CONTAINERS - A manufacturing method for steel sheets for containers produces steel sheets with excellent film adhesion qualities. In a method for manufacturing steel sheets upon which is formed a chemical conversion coating having a metal Zr content of 1-100 mg/m | 2013-08-15 |
20130206286 | ABRASION RESISTANT STEEL PLATE WHICH EXHIBITS EXCELLENT WELD TOUGHNESS AND EXCELLENT DELAYED FRACTURE RESISTANCE - An abrasion resistant steel plate which is excellent in toughness and delayed fracture resistance of a multi pass weld and is preferably used in construction machines, industrial machines and the like is provided. To be more specific, the composition of the steel plate contains by mass % 0.20 to 0.30% C, 0.05 to 1.0% Si, 0.40 to 1.2% Mn, 0.010% or less P, 0.005% or less S, 0.40 to 1.5% Cr, 0.005 to 0.025% Nb, 0.05 to 1.0% Mo, 0.005 to 0.03% Ti, 0.1% or less Al, 0.01% or less N, and 0.0003 to 0.0020% B, and further contains one, two or more kinds of components selected from a group consisting of W, Cu, Ni, V, REM, Ca and Mg when necessary, wherein DI* (DI*=33.85×(0.1×C) | 2013-08-15 |
20130206287 | CO-BASED ALLOY - A Co-based alloy containing not less than 0.001 mass % and less than 0.100 mass % of C, not less than 9.0 mass % and less than 20.0 mass % of Cr, not less than 2.0 mass % and less than 5.0 mass % of Al, not less than 13.0 mass % and less than 20.0 mass % of W, and not less than 39.0 mass % and less than 55.0 mass % of Ni, with the remainder being made up by Co and unavoidable impurities, wherein the contents of Mo, Nb, Ti and Ta which are included in the unavoidable impurities are as follows: Mo<0.010 mass %, Nb<0.010 mass %, Ti<0.010 mass %, and Ta<0.010 mass %. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206288 | HIGH-STRENGTH GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET HAVING EXCELLENT FORMABILITY AND CRASHWORTHINESS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A high-strength galvanized steel sheet having excellent formability and crashworthiness, including a component composition containing 0.03% to 0.13% C, 1.0% to 2.0% Si, 2.4% to 3.5% Mn, 0.001% to 0.05% P, 0.0001% to 0.01% S, 0.001% to 0.1% Al, 0.0005% to 0.01% N, and 0.0003% to 0.01% B on a mass basis, the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities, and a microstructure containing a tempered martensitic phase and a bainitic phase such that the sum of an area fraction of the tempered martensitic phase and an area fraction of the bainitic phase is 30% or more (the area fraction of the martensitic phase is 30% or more in the absence of the bainitic phase), wherein a distance of closest approach of the tempered martensitic phase is 10 μm or less and the contents of C, Mn, and B satisfy (1): | 2013-08-15 |
20130206289 | HIGH-STRENGTH HOT-ROLLED STEEL SHEET HAVING EXCELLENT FORMABILITY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet having excellent formability has a composition containing, by mass, 0.04% to 0.1% of C, 0.3% to 1.3% of Si, 0.8% to 1.8% of Mn, 0.03% or less of P, 0.005% or less of S, 0.005% or less of N, 0.005% to 0.1% of Al, and at least one element selected from 0.002% to less than 0.03% of Ti, 0.002% to less than 0.03% of V, and 0.002% to less than 0.02% of Nb, the balance being Fe and incidental impurities. The steel sheet has a microstructure in which the area fraction of ferrite phase in the entire structure is 85% or more, the area fraction of bainite phase in the entire structure is 10% or less, the area fraction of phases other than the ferrite and bainite phases in the entire structure is 5% or less, and the area fraction of acicular ferrite phase in the entire ferrite phase is 30% to less than 80%. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206290 | CARBON NANOTUBE EXPLOSIVES - A micro-explosive material is provided. The micro-explosive material can include a carbon nanotube and a solid oxidizer attached to the carbon nanotube. The carbon nanotube with the solid oxidizer attached thereto is operable to burn per an exothermic chemical reaction between the carbon nanotube and the solid oxidizer such that a controlled burn and/or an explosive burn is provided. The micro-explosive material can be used as a heat generator, a gas generator, a micro-thruster, a primer for use with a larger explosive material, and the like. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206291 | TIRE TREAD COMPRISING A WEAR INDICATOR - The invention relates to a tire tread for a passenger vehicle comprising a tread surface designed to come into contact with a ground when this tire is running. The tread comprises at least one internal cavity of elongate overall shape with a total length LC and width WC and a sipe less than 2 mm wide beginning partly or totally on the cavity. The sipe extends the cavity over the whole of the length LC while extending radially outwards in order to emerge on the tread surface. The cavity comprises a bottom and two lateral walls surrounding this bottom and extending in the length LC of the cavity. The bottom comprises a message intended for an observer of the tire and the message is at a distance from at least one lateral wall of the cavity, the distance between the message and the said lateral wall being at least equal to 5% of the width WC of the cavity. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206292 | TREAD FOR A TIRE FOR A TRAILER-TYPE HEAVY VEHICLE - A tyre for heavy goods vehicle comprising a tread with a thickness E having a tread surface, an asymmetrical sculpture design over at least one thickness equal to 30% of the thickness of the tread, forming an outer portion of axial width LE to be positioned axially towards the outside of a vehicle when the tyre is fitted and an inner portion of axial width LI situated in the axial extension of the outer portion, the inner portion and the outer portion separated by a groove of generally circumferential orientation, the outer portion of the tread comprising, in the circumferential direction, a succession of rigid strips of circumferential width D | 2013-08-15 |
20130206293 | TIRE COMPRISING A PROTECTIVE REINFORCEMENT - The invention relates to a tire with a radial carcass reinforcement comprising a crown reinforcement, itself radially capped with a tread, comprising at least two circumferentially continuous cutouts, the said tread being connected to two beads via two sidewalls. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206294 | TIRE | 2013-08-15 |
20130206295 | TIRE TREAD - The invention relates to an asymmetric tread for a tire comprising a plurality of basic patterns, for each of which there is defined a sipes density corresponding to | 2013-08-15 |
20130206296 | Tire for Two-Wheeled Vehicles, Comprising a Tread Having a Circumferentially Continuous Groove - A tire for a motorized two-wheeled vehicle comprising a reinforcing structure of the carcass type, made up of reinforcing elements, anchored on each side of the tire to a bead the base of which is intended to be mounted on a rim seat, each bead being extended radially outward by a sidewall, the sidewalls radially toward the outside joining to a tread. At least the central part of the tread comprises at least one circumferentially continuous cut, the cut being made up, for at least 80% of its length of at least one incision and at most 20% of at least one part having a width greater than that of an incision and the apparent area of the at least one incision is greater than the apparent area of the at least one part having a width greater than that of an incision. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206297 | Tire for Two-Wheeled Vehicles, Including a Tread Having Sipes - A tire for a motorized two-wheeled vehicle comprising a reinforcing structure of the carcass type, made up of reinforcing elements, anchored on each side of the tire to a bead the base of which is intended to be mounted on a rim seat, each bead being extended radially outwards by a sidewall, the sidewalls radially towards the outside joining to a tread comprising incisions. The length of the incisions is less than 1.2 times the width of the area of the contact patch and at least one incision has at least one end which ends in a cut in the tread the width of which is greater than 2.5 mm and the length of which is between 2.5 and 10 mm. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206298 | PNEUMATIC TIRE TREAD COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF INCISIONS - A tread comprises a central zone with a width of between 70% and 80% of the width W of the tread. The central zone comprises one or more circumferential bands, each being delimited by two grooves of a width greater than or equal to 2 mm, and each comprising a contact surface intended to come into contact with the ground and a plurality of transverse sipes distributed evenly in the circumferential direction. Each sipe has, on the contact surface, a width less than 2 mm so as to define a mean circumferential void ratio, which is between 0.5 times and 1.5 times the ratio between a mean thickness (E) of the circumferential band to a mean circumferential radius of curvature (Rc) of the said circumferential band. The sipes divide the circumferential band into a succession of blocks, each having two edge corners intersecting the contact surface of the circumferential band, at least one of the edge corners of said block extending radially by an inclined part forming a chamfer. This inclined part connects the edge corner to a lateral wall of the block so as to generate an offset in the circumferential direction between the said edge corner and the lateral wall of the block. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206299 | HEAVY LOAD PNEUMATIC TIRE FOR CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES - Side lug rows are provided at both side regions of a tread surface and are formed by a plurality of lugs defined by lug grooves opening to edges in the tread width direction, and a central block row aligned on the tire equator and formed by a plurality of blocks is disposed between positions at ¼ of the tread surface width from the tire equator. The tire has a directional tread pattern, with a designated rotation direction, formed by circumferential grooves and width direction grooves that define the blocks of the central block row and are narrow grooves with a narrower groove width than the lug grooves. The distance from the tire equator to the groove wall in each of the circumferential grooves defining the blocks is set to be larger at a leading edge of each block than at a trailing edge of each block. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206300 | MOTORCYCLE TIRE - A motorcycle tire comprises a tread portion including a pair of tread edges to define a tread width, and a pair of tread shoulder regions each of which has a 12.5% width region of the tread width from each tread edge, the tread portion provided with a first lateral groove extending from one of the tread shoulder regions to the other one of the tread shoulder regions and a second lateral groove extending from a groove intersection where the first lateral groove and the second lateral groove cross each other, and a protruded portion being provided at least partially in the groove intersection so that a groove depth is reduced. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206301 | TIRE, AND TIRE MANUFACTURING METHOD - Provided is a tire having at least a circular tire frame formed of a thermoplastic resin material, the tire including a reinforcing cord member that forms a reinforcing cord layer on the outer circumference of the tire frame, and the thermoplastic resin material including at least a polyamide-based thermoplastic elastomer. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206302 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - The present invention provides a pneumatic tire by which workability when molding a tire and tire durability performance can be enhanced without increasing tire weight when providing a reinforcing layer formed by aligning a plurality of monofilament steel wires and embedding this plurality of monofilament steel wires in rubber. The pneumatic tire of the present invention includes a reinforcing layer formed by aligning a plurality of monofilament steel wires and embedding said monofilament steel wires in rubber. Each of the monofilament steel wires is provided with twisting around an axis thereof, and a wire surface twisting angle θ with respect to an axial direction of the monofilament steel wires is not less than 1°. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206303 | TIRE FOR TRUCK OR BUS - A truck/bus tire has an internal surface covered with an air-seal layer that has an end in a region within 120 mm as measured from a toe tip of a bead portion along a bead base line and is configured of a stack of layers of polymers including a first layer of an elastomer composition containing a SIBS and having a thickness of 0.05-0.6 mm and a second layer of an elastomer composition containing at least one of a SIS and a SIB, having a thickness of 0.01-0.3 mm, and positioned adjacent to a carcass ply. The first and second layers have the elastomer compositions with a dynamic modulus of elasticity (E | 2013-08-15 |
20130206304 | RUN FLAT TIRE INCORPORATING IDENTICAL AND BOLT INTERLOCKING HALVES WITH IMPROVED INNER RIM MOUNTING RING WITH NOTED AND OVERLAPPED CONFIGURATION AND FURTHER EXHIBITING A COMBINATION NON-SLIP AND ANTI-GALVANIC COMPOSITION IN CONTACT WITH THE RIM - A run flat tire for use with a conventional wheel supporting an outer tire. First and second semi-circular shaped subassemblies inter-engage around an annular surface of the wheel, each of the subassemblies exhibiting an outer support ring adapted to engage a deflated inner surface of the outer tire in a run flat condition. The subassemblies exhibit stamped metal bodies and include stiffening beads for increased strength. Each of the subassemblies also includes a semi-circular shaped body cap exhibiting a flat band in end profile and which is secured to inner support locations associated with the spaced apart sides of the main body. Each of the subassemblies includes an innermost rim mounting ring secured to the wheel surface and exhibiting a cross sectional profile matching a selected wheel rim design. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206305 | TIRE - The present invention provides a tire having a plurality of ridges | 2013-08-15 |
20130206306 | Crown Reinforcement for Aircraft Tire - An improvement of an airplane tire to obtain a more even distribution of temperature within the crown of the tire. An airplane tire comprises a crown reinforced by a working reinforcement ( | 2013-08-15 |
20130206307 | PNEUMATIC RADIAL TIRE FOR AIRCRAFT - Provided is a pneumatic radial tire for aircraft that includes a radial carcass constituting a backbone structure of the tire, a belt ( | 2013-08-15 |
20130206308 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - To provide a pneumatic tire wherein the lightweight properties of a tire is secured while improving the plunger energy and BES resistance thereof, which is particularly suitable for tires for a large passenger car or extra load tires. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206309 | PASSENGER VEHICLE TIRE HAVING A RADIAL CARCASS REINFORCEMENT - The invention relates in particular to a passenger vehicle tire, the crown reinforcement of which consists of:
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20130206310 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - The present invention provides a pneumatic tire having a carcass | 2013-08-15 |
20130206311 | TIRE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SAME - Provided is a tire having a circular tire frame formed of at least a thermoplastic resin material, in which the tire includes a reinforcing cord member that forms a reinforcing cord layer on an outer circumference of the tire frame, and the thermoplastic resin material contains at least a polyester-based thermoplastic elastomer. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206312 | Tire with Improved Bead - A tire comprising two beads, each bead comprising an annular reinforcing structure, a carcass reinforcement, anchored in the two beads by a turn-up around the annular reinforcing structure, so as to form a main portion and a wrapped-around portion. Each bead comprises a bead filler situated at least partially between the main portion and the wrapped-around portion of the carcass reinforcement. Each bead further comprises an outer strip situated axially on the outside of the wrapped-around portion of the carcass reinforcement. The bead filler has a thickness E(r), this thickness corresponding to the length of the intersection of the direction perpendicular to the main portion of the carcass reinforcement with the bead filler, r denoting the distance separating the point of intersection of the direction perpendicular to the main portion of the carcass reinforcement with the carcass reinforcement from the radially innermost point of the annular reinforcing structure. The assembly formed by the bead filler and the outer strip has a thickness ET(r). For all the points of intersection of which the radial distance from the radially innermost point of the annular reinforcing structure is greater than or equal to 10% and less than or equal to 35% of the radial height H of the tire, the ratio E(r)/ET(r) is greater than or equal to 0.3 and less than or equal to 0.5. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206313 | TYRE FOR VEHICLE WHEELS PROVIDED WITH AN INNER CAVITY | 2013-08-15 |
20130206314 | CABLE OR CABLE PORTION WITH A STOP LAYER - An embodiment of a method for manufacturing a cable, comprises providing a cable core comprising at least one conductor therein, extruding a stopping layer about at least the cable core, extruding a jacketing layer about the stopping layer, and cabling at least one armor wire layer about the jacketing layer to form the cable, wherein the stopping layer comprises a polymer layer configured to mechanically and thermally protect the cable core. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206315 | Method for Manufacturing Electromagnetic Interference Shielding Film - Provided is a method for manufacturing an electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding film, including: (a) providing a single insulating layer on a first protective film, the insulating layer being made of an insulating layer composition including at least one resin selected from a thermoplastic resin and a thermosetting resin and at least one filler selected from a flame-retardant filler and an abrasion-resistant filler; (b) providing a metal layer on the insulating layer; (c) providing a conductive adhesive layer on the metal layer, the conductive adhesive layer being made from a conductive adhesive layer composition including at least one resin selected from a thermoplastic resin and a thermosetting resin and a conductive filler; and (d) providing a second protective film on the conductive adhesive layer, and an EMI shielding film manufactured by the method. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206316 | METHOD FOR PREPARING COLOR MICROCAPSULE MEMBRANE AND DISPLAY COMPRISING SAME - Embodiments of the invention disclose a method for preparing a color microcapsule electrophoresis display membrane by preparing individually various monochromatic microcapsule membranes, then binding each monochromatic microcapsule membrane together using a binding agent by stacking the membranes in sequence, so as to form multiple membrane layer units, and cutting the stacked multiple membrane layer units in a longitudinal direction perpendicular to a surface, thereby preparing the color microcapsule electrophoresis display membrane. The color microcapsule electrophoresis display membranes prepared by the method have high light reflectivity, high color contrast and precise color positioning. The invention further discloses a method for preparing a color microcapsule electrophoresis display comprising the color microcapsule electrophoresis display membrane. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206317 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING RF ENERGY APPLIED TO MOLDS - Each platform mounted mold assembly for plastic tubing includes a circuit board containing parameters defining elements of the forming, molding, tipping or welding operation to be undertaken on the tubing. A control unit includes an RF generator for providing the RF energy to effect the forming, molding, tipping or welding process, a source of air under pressure to operate the mechanical elements attendant each mold assembly, various sensors and a multiplex unit. In operation, the control unit serially addresses each of the mold assemblies, senses the parameters attendant the mold and applies the appropriate power level of RF energy for a specific duration and temperature while activating the mechanical aspects of the mold assembly. The mold assemblies may be serially activated through a multiplex unit or in a particular sequence that may be operator controlled. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206318 | REPAIR OF DELAMINATED PLATES WITH PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS - A piezoelectric patch can be used to repair a defective structure having a plate configuration. The piezoelectric patch can be energized with an applied voltage that is configured to sustain the loading arising from the plate. The applied voltages and electrodes of the patch can be configured based on a numerical model and a finite element method (FEM). | 2013-08-15 |
20130206319 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR MICROVALVES - Microvalves are composed in a stacked design of a plurality of components comprising at least two housing parts, a membrane clamped between the two housing parts, and an actuator. A plurality of identical components are respectively arranged on a common, individual support plate and positioned next to each other in one plane. The manufacturing method for the microvalves comprises the steps of: providing the support plates with respectively identical components positioned in a grid pattern each having with the same grid dimension, inserting the support plates on top of one another in a retaining device, connecting at least some of the stacked components arranged on the support plates on an outer edge delimiting the components by a joining method, separating the microvalves by punching, and punching the membrane from a membrane support plate during connection of the components. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206320 | Carbon-On-Carbon Manufacturing - The presently disclosed technology relates to carbon-on-carbon (C/C) manufacturing techniques and the resulting C/C products. One aspect of the manufacturing techniques disclosed herein utilizes two distinct curing operations that occur at different times and/or using different temperatures. The resulting C/C products are substantially non-porous, even though the curing operation(s) substantially gasify a liquid carbon-entrained filler material that saturates a carbon fabric that makes up the C/C products. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206321 | METHOD AND ASSEMBLY FOR MANUFACTURING A GREEN TYRE - Method and assembly for manufacturing a green tyre using a building drum ( | 2013-08-15 |
20130206322 | METHOD FOR MAKING A BASE LAYER OF A SOLID TIRE AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - An apparatus makes a base layer of solid tire blanks having a radially inner rubber-under-core-ply, a middle core ply and a radially outer covering layer and includes a pivoting block having first and second winding drums and a winding system for depositing the rubber-under-core ply and the covering layer on the winding drums. A laying unit has a wire feeder and deposits the core ply on the winding drums. The pivot block defines an axis and is pivotable between first and second positions and is arranged between the winding system and the laying unit causing the first drum to be assigned to the winding system and the second drum to be assigned to the laying unit in the first position. The pivoting block pivots to the second position causing the first drum to foe assigned to the wire feeder and the second drum to be assigned to the winding system. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206323 | METHOD OF MAKING AN OPTICAL ELEMENT HAVING AN ELECTROCHROMIC APODIZED APERTURE - A method of forming an optical element which includes an electrochromic apodized aperture having variable light transmittance through a clear aperture area in response to an applied electrical current is disclosed. The apodized aperture includes a body including an area defining the clear aperture area wherein a fluid containment area substantially overlapping the clear aperture area, and includes at least one fill passage extending from the fluid containment area to at least one fill port outside of the clear aperture area; an electrochromic fluid within the fluid containment area substantially overlapping the clear aperture area and having variable light transmittance in response to an applied electrical current; a cover attached with the electrochromic fluid between the cover and body; electrical contacts electrically coupled to the electrochromic fluid for supplying electrical current thereto; and at least one passage seal in each said fill passage positioned outside of the clear aperture area. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206324 | Method for producing a central wing box - A method for producing a central wing box having an upper panel, a lower panel, a front spar and a rear spar, the upper edges of said spars approximately parallel to an axis Y being connected by the upper panel, and the lower edges of said spars approximately parallel to the axis Y being connected by the lower panel. The method includes producing at least one panel and at least one spar from composite material in one piece. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206325 | METHOD AND UNIT FOR FORMING TUBULAR LENGTHS OF WEB MATERIAL PARTICULARLY IN A LABELLING MACHINE - An example includes a method for forming tubular lengths of linear web material. The example can include winding a portion of linear web material in a tubular configuration such that opposite vertical ends of said linear portion overlap. The example can include welding said overlapping ends to fix said linear portion of linear web material in sleeve configuration. This welding can include heating up at a first temperature a first region of said portion over the whole of which said ends overlap and heating up at a second temperature lower than said first temperature a second region of said portion adjacent to said first region, said ends of said portion of linear web material overlapping over only a part of said second region. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206326 | METHOD AND UNIT FOR FORMING TUBULAR LENGTHS OF WEB MATERIAL, PARTICULARLY IN A LABELLING MACHINE - An example includes a method for forming tubular lengths of web material. The example can include winding a portion of web material in a tubular configuration such that opposite vertical ends of said linear portion overlap. The example can include welding said overlapping ends to fix said linear portion of web material in sleeve configuration. This welding can include heating up at a first temperature a first region of said portion over the whole of which said ends overlap and heating up at a second temperature lower than said first temperature a second region of said portion adjacent to said first region, said ends of said portion of labelling web material overlapping over only a part of said second region. One or more examples relate to a forming unit configured to implement the method outlined above. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206327 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ADHESIVE TAPE HAVING A PROTRUDING LINER - A method produces adhesive tapes which are adhesive at least on one side, wherein an adhesive tape web, in which the at least one adhesive side is covered by a first liner, is guided into a cutting device in which a total of N individual adhesive tape strips located next to one another are produced in the machine direction from the adhesive tape web. Every other adhesive tape strip is removed from the first liner and is applied to a second liner in each case having a spacing a between the individual adhesive tape strips. The liners are cut between the adhesive tape strips located on the first liner and on the second liner, and the individual adhesive tapes, together with the liner strips, are wound up in a total of X rolls in a form of an Archimedean spiral. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206328 | PROCESS FOR APPLYING A FILM STRUCTURE ONTO A LENS BLANK - A process for applying a film structure onto a lens blank is improved by implementing a wedge piece when the film structure is pressed against the lens blank using a resilient cushion. The wedge piece forces the film structure to conform more tightly to the lens blank within a depression track existing on said lens blank. Then, the lens blank assembled with the film structure has a final optically useful area which is increased. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206329 | Golf Ball With Thin Biaxial Film Outer Layer - Systems and methods for manufacturing a golf ball are disclosed. In some embodiments, a thermoplastic film may be manipulated causing the molecules in the film to become biaxially oriented. In some embodiments, a robotic arm may manipulate the thermoplastic film. In some embodiments, a robotic arm may manipulate the golf ball core in order to dispose the thermoplastic film around the golf ball core. In some embodiments, a robotic arm may position the golf ball components in a mold. In some embodiments, a robotic arm may remove the golf ball components from a mold. In some embodiments, the mold may be associated with a conveyer belt. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206330 | ADHESIVE STRUCTURE WITH STIFF PROTRUSIONS ON ADHESIVE SURFACE - A laminate and process of making the laminate is disclosed comprising: a surgical mesh having first and second surfaces; and an adhesive structure having adhesive and non-adhesive surfaces, wherein the non-adhesive surface of the adhesive structure is laminated to at least one of said first and second surfaces of said surgical mesh, and the adhesive surface of said adhesive structure has protrusions extending therefrom comprising a resin having a Young's modulus of greater than 17 MPa, which protrusions are of sufficiently low diameter to promote adhesion by increasing physical attractive forces between the adhesive structure and a target surface, as measured by shear adhesion. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206331 | EDGE SEPARATION EQUIPMENT AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - An edge separation equipment and an operating method thereof are suitable for a carrier and a circuit board in a coreless process. The carrier is attached to the circuit board by a mechanically separable interface, and the edge separation equipment is used to separate the edge of the carrier from the edge of the circuit board. The edge separation equipment includes a platform, a supporting device and a wind knife device. The platform has a supporting surface on which the carrier or the circuit board is mounted. The supporting device is configured at a side of the platform. The wind knife device is configured on the supporting device, and the air jet supplied by the wind knife device blows toward the edge of the carrier and the edge of the circuit board, such that there is an edge separation width between the carrier and the circuit board. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206332 | ADHESIVE TAPE, ADHESION DEVICE AND ADHESION METHOD - An adhesive tape is disclosed. The adhesive tape includes a first release layer, an adhesive layer, and a second release layer, wherein the second release layer has a positioning portion, and a total area of the second release layer is greater than a total area of the first release layer. Further, an adhesion device and an adhesion method are disclosed. The adhesion device includes a base having a receiving slot and a positioning unit. The adhesive tape is received in the receiving slot of the base, such that the positioning portion of the adhesive tape and the positioning unit of the base are used for positioning each other. After the first release layer is removed to expose the adhesive layer, a supporting component is adhered to the adhesive layer. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206333 | ORIENTED STRUCTURAL ADHESIVES - A solid, dry to the touch at ambient temperature, heat curable, generally non-foaming structural adhesive that exhibits shape memory characteristics. The adhesive can be cured at an elevated temperature and contains a high molecular weight polymeric constituent that can be oriented such that at an elevated temperature below the curing temperature the material will shrink in one plane while increasing its thickness at a temperature in the range of from above the elevated temperature to below the curing temperature. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206334 | POSITIONING DEVICE AND POSITIONING METHOD FOR TWO-SIDED ADHESIVE TAPES - A positioning device for positioning a number of two-sided adhesive pieces includes a base, a number of pulling blocks, and a pressing block. The base includes a positioning block defining a number of positioning holes. Each pulling block includes a connecting plate, and a supporting plate protruding out from a top end of the connecting plate. A first surface of each adhesive piece is adhered on a top surface of one of the supporting plate. The connecting plate is received in a corresponding one of the positioning hole. The pressing block is attached to the positioning block. A second surface of each adhesive piece to be adhered to a bottom surface of the pressing block. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206335 | ATTACHMENT MEMBER WITH INTEGRAL ADHESIVE CHANNEL AND METHOD - An attachment member including an integral adhesive channel and a method of adhering an attachment member to a substrate includes adhering the member to the substrate using a first adhesive attached to the member to form a gap between the substrate and a bonding surface of the member defined by a perimeter edge. The first adhesive may be a pressure sensitive adhesive. The member defines a channel including a first opening configured to receive a second adhesive, which may be a flowable adhesive. The channel includes a second opening in fluid communication with the bonding surface. After adhering the member to the substrate with the first adhesive, the flowable adhesive is dispensed through the channel and into the gap such that the dispensed flowable adhesive is contained in the gap within the perimeter edge of the bonding surface. The flowable adhesive forms a bond between the substrate and the member. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206336 | BIOADHESIVES AND PROCESSES FOR MAKING SAME - A dried distiller soluble based bioadhesive composition and method for producing the dried distiller soluble based bioadhesives are disclosed, as well as derivatives thereof. The produced dried distillers solubles derives from co-products of corn fermentation facilities, and is advantageously comprised in part of water-soluble proteins. The method for producing the dried distillers solubles generally involves separation and/or introduction of targeted constituents and/or physiochemical treatment to facilitate use as an adhesive. Use of the method and bioadhesive compositions disclosed herein will improve the economics of fermentation by increasing co-product value, reducing plant-wide energy utilization, decreasing waste and emissions, and increasing overall product yield from each bushel of corn consumed. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206337 | ARRANGEMENTS FOR CONTROLLING PLASMA PROCESSING PARAMETERS - A plasma processing system having a plasma processing chamber configured for processing a substrate is provided. The substrate is disposed above a chuck and is surrounded by an edge ring, the edge ring being electrically isolated from the chuck. The plasma processing system includes a first RF power supply for providing a first RF power to the chuck. The plasma processing system also includes an edge ring RF voltage control arrangement which is coupled to the edge ring to provide second RF power to the edge ring. The plasma processing chamber is configured to strike plasma to process the substrate, the substrate being processed while the edge ring RF voltage control arrangement is configured to control the second RF power to the edge ring such that a predefined potential difference is maintained between the edge ring and the substrate while processing the substrate. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206338 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS - A plasma processing apparatus comprises an upper electrode | 2013-08-15 |
20130206339 | TOOL FOR PRODUCING A BASEBALL OR SOFTBALL - A tool for producing baseballs and softballs, whereby a spherical core is independently formed and then a fiber material layer is attached, this fiber material layer is evenly brushed with a layer of PU, and this spherical core is placed in a ball cover mold made up of two or more mold pieces, and then put aside or heated, and finally the mold is removed to reveal the complete ball. Utilizing the production tool of this invention to produce the baseballs and softballs, whereby PU is brushed onto, and penetrates into the fiber material layer on the independently formed spherical core, resulting in the ball cover forming, the ball cover and spherical core attaches and fits firmly, and the porous construction of this fiber material layer attracts air, and therefore greatly avoids bubbles forming when the outer cover is formed, which affects the quality and lifespan of the ball. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206340 | TIRE BUILDING METHOD AND RUBBER STRIP BONDING APPARATUS - The invention can surely accomplish lamination without the generation of voids in building a tire constructed to comprise a plurality of rubber members for a tire when a ribbon-shaped rubber strip (R) is spirally wound and laminated, and uses holding rolls ( | 2013-08-15 |
20130206341 | Tyre demounting machine - A tire demounting machine includes a base; a support unit for supporting wheels on a rest plane, and rotatable about a first axis of rotation, which is supported on the base and is equipped with lock and release devices for the wheels supported thereon; a work-tool supporting column which extends from the base ( | 2013-08-15 |
20130206342 | APPARATUS AND LOW TEMPERATURE PROCESS FOR PRODUCING DRIED DISTILLERS SOLUBLES - Low temperature process and apparatus generally includes separating whole stillage into thin stillage and wet distillers grains, wherein the thin stillage comprises water soluble proteins in an amount greater than the wet distillers grains, and wherein the wet distillers grains has a higher solid content than the thin stillage; atomizing the thin stillage at an elevated temperature to remove at least a portion of moisture in the thin stillage and form particles and granules of the thin stillage; and removing additional moisture from the particles and granules in a fluidized bed to form dried distillers solubles. The apparatus includes an atomization section and a fluidized bed section configured to dry the thin stillage. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206343 | FALLING FILM EVAPORATOR - A falling film evaporator, includes an outer shell formed by a cylindrical shell and convex ends, at least one tube bundle formed of vertical tubes arranged inside the outer shell, whereby a heat-releasing, condensable vapour can be fed into the vertical tubes from below upwards, and a heat-receiving, vaporizable liquid can be fed to the upper end of the tube bundle to flow downwards along the outer surface of the vertical tubes as a thin liquid layer, whereby an element for discharging non-condensable gases contained in the heat-releasing vapour has been arranged in the tube bundle. The evaporator includes two or more tube bundles each being provided with a tube plate of its own, whereby the vertical tubes of each tube bundle are at their lower ends attached to the tube plate of the corresponding tube bundle and at their upper ends to collecting manifolds of the corresponding tube bundle. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206344 | Lift Guiding System For A Car Curtain - A lift guiding system for a car curtain, set on the left and right hand sides of a car rear windshield, comprises a gliding rail in strip shape, wherein remote from the rear window a cover is set; a passage, an opening, a slide, longitudinally movable set in said passage, wherein an upper end is jointed with an end of the rod of said curtain; and a rope, wherein a lower end is connected with the folding system of the car curtain; while the upper end is fixed on said slide; thus the rope is concealed; due to the cover the outward appearance and interior trim become unified; so a aesthetic appearance is achieved. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206345 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE HYDROLYSIS OF PREFERABLY SOLID ORGANIC SUBSTRATES - The invention relates to a device for the hydrolysis of preferably solid organic substrates, in particular of energy crops and plant residues, with a collection vessel ( | 2013-08-15 |
20130206346 | FLASH TANK WITH ADJUSTABLE INLET AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING INLET FLOW TO A FLASH TANK - A flash tank including: a closed interior chamber; a gas exhaust port coupled to an upper portion of the chamber; a liquid discharge port coupled to a lower portion of the chamber; an inlet nozzle attached to an inlet port of the chamber, wherein the inlet nozzle includes a flow passage, and a movable valve plate in the flow passage, wherein the valve plate has a first position which defines a first throat in the flow passage and a second position which defines a second throat having a smaller cross-sectional area than the first throat. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206347 | STRUCTURED FABRIC FOR USE IN A PAPERMAKING MACHINE AND THE FIBROUS WEB PRODUCED THEREON - A papermaking machine for the production of a fibrous web including a plurality of rollers and a structured fabric moving along the rollers. The structured fabric includes a plurality of weft yarns and a plurality of warp yarns woven with the plurality of weft yarns to produce a weave pattern, the plurality of warp yarns being a plurality of paired warp yarn sets. Each paired warp yarn set including a first warp yarn and a second warp yarn. Within the weave pattern the first warp yarn forms a float over at least four weft yarns and weaves with a single weft yarn immediately adjacent with the float. The second warp yarn having an inverse pattern to the first warp yarn, with the second warp yarn weaving with another single weft yarn that is not adjacent to the single weft yarn with which the first warp yarn is woven. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206348 | STRUCTURED FABRIC FOR USE IN A PAPERMAKING MACHINE AND THE FIBROUS WEB PRODUCED THEREON - A papermaking machine for the production of a fibrous web. The papermaking machine including a plurality of rollers and a structured fabric moving along the plurality of rollers. The structured fabric includes a plurality of weft yarns and a plurality of warp yarns woven with the plurality of weft yarns to produce a weave pattern. The plurality of warp yarns being a plurality of paired warp yarn sets. Each paired warp yarn set including a first warp yarn and a second warp yarn, within the weave pattern the first warp yarn forms a float over at least three weft yarns and weaves with a single weft yarn immediately adjacent to the float. The second warp yarn having a reverse pattern to the first warp yarn. The float of the first warp yarn having a start that is at the same position as a finish of the float of the second warp yarn. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206349 | SURFACE TREATED MODIFIED CELLULOSE FROM CHEMICAL KRAFT FIBER AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME - A modified kraft pulp fiber with unique properties is provided. The modified fiber can be a modified bleached kraft fiber that is almost indistinguishable from its conventional counterpart, except that it has a low degree of polymerization (DP). Methods for making the modified fiber and products made from it are also provided. The method can be a one step acidic, iron catalyzed peroxide treatment process that can be incorporated into a single stage of a multi-stage bleaching process. The products can be chemical cellulose feedstocks, microcrystalline cellulose feedstocks, fluff pulps and products made from them. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206350 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING BRIGHTNESS IN BLEACHED PULP - The invention is directed towards methods and compositions for processes based on the combination of organic peroxyacids and ammonium salts that preserve and enhance the response to optical brighteners (fluorescent whitening dyes), brightness and improve color of pulp or paper when applied during different stages of the papermaking process are identified. The composition and method improve response to optical brighteners (fluorescent whitening dyes), maintain and/or enhance brightness and enhance the performance of paper products. Used in combination with optical brighteners the described agents produce a synergistic effect not previously identified in the paper process. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206351 | FORMING METAL PREFORMS AND METAL BALLS - A process and tools for forming and/or releasing metal preforms, metal shapes and solder balls is described incorporating flexible molds or sheets, injection molded metal such as solder and in the case of solder balls, a liquid or gaseous environment to reduce or remove metal oxides prior to or during metal (solder) reflow to increase surface tension to form spherical or substantially spherical solder-balls. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206352 | UNIDIRECTIONAL SOLIDIFICATION PROCESS AND APPARATUS AND SINGLE-CRYSTAL SEED THEREFOR - A single-crystal seed, apparatus and process for producing a casting having a single-crystal (SX) microstructure. The seed has a geometry that includes a vertex capable of destabilizing an oxide film that forms at the interface between the seed and a molten metal during the casting process, and thereby promotes a continuous single-crystal grain growth and reduces grain misorientation defects that can initiate from the seed/metal interface. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206353 | LUBRICATING COMPOSITIONS FOR CONTINUOUS CASTING PROCESSES AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING SAME - Lubricating compositions for use in the casting of steel, in particular in continuous casting processes are provided. Methods for making and using such compositions are also provided. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206354 | HEAT EXCHANGER - The invention relates to an air-air heat exchanger as a regenerator, having at least one positionally fixed or movable storage mass through which alternately outside air and exhaust air flows in order to heat or cool the supply air of air-conditioned buildings and thereby save energy during the heating or cooling of interior spaces, wherein the storage mass has plastic, in particular propylene or is composed of plastic, in particular propylene. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206355 | Tubular Heat Exchange - In one embodiment, the invention relates to a heat exchanger suitable for use with a thermodynamic cycle-based machine such as an engine, an energy conversion machine, a cooling machine or other suitable systems and machines. The heat exchanger can include one or more tubes arranged to form a heat exchanger. In one embodiment, a unitary tube is used. The heat exchanger can include a canister that includes a regenerator material. The canister can be in thermal communication with a working material and a containment vessel having a containment chamber in one embodiment. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206356 | HEAT STORE - Known high-temperature heat storage devices for the storage of heat at a temperature above 100° C. having a container for heat-storing bulk material such as gravel/ceramic spheres have a steel wall which is constructively extremely complex to manufacture for larger heat storage devices or the storage of heat at higher temperatures. According to the invention, the side wall of the heat storage device for its part is supported by a supporting bulk material and is preferably inclined, with the result that the side wall is substantially less stressed and can be made of a non-metal material such as, for example, concrete. Such a heat storage device is simple and inexpensive to manufacture and allows long-term storage of larger amounts of heat at high temperatures. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206357 | Cooling Apparatus and Method - A cooling apparatus includes a shell adapted to hermetically store liquid water, a heat exchanging structure adapted to receive a substance to cool down, and a vacuum pump. The heat exchanging structure has one or more heat transfer walls, each of the heat transfer walls having a first surface in contact with the liquid water stored in the shell, and a second surface in contact with the substance to cool down. The vacuum pump is operable to create a partial vacuum on a surface of the liquid water, whereby causing a decrease in a temperature of the liquid water in the shell. In other embodiments, methods of cooling a substance are also described. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206358 | PANEL COOLED WITH A FLUID FOR METALLURGIC FURNACES, A COOLING SYSTEM FOR METALLURGIC FURNACES COMPRISING SUCH A PANEL AND METALLURGIC FURNACE INCORPORATING THEM - A panel cooled with a fluid, for metallurgic furnaces, includes a first chamber having a face which, in assembly conditions, is configured to face an interior of a metallurgic furnace and an opposite face in thermal contact with a face of a second chamber whose opposed face is configured to face, in assembly conditions, an external part of the metallurgic furnace. The first and second chambers are mutually independent. The first and second chambers each include an inlet and outlet of a cooling fluid. The panel has a first working configuration in which the first chamber is passed by a first cooling fluid and the second chamber is passed by a second cooling fluid different from the first cooling fluid, and a second working configuration in which the first chamber is passed by the second cooling fluid and the second chamber is passed by the first cooling fluid. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206359 | HEAT EXCHANGER PLATE AND A PLATE HEAT EXCHANGER - The invention refers to a plate heat exchanger and a heat exchanger plate. The heat exchanger plate for a plate comprises a heat transfer area and an edge area, extending around the heat transfer area. The heat exchanger plate is a double wall plate formed by two adjoining plates compressed to be in contact with each other. The heat exchanger plate comprises a sensor which is configured to sense at least one parameter and to produce a signal depending on the parameter and that the sensor comprises a sensor probe that is provided between the adjoining plates. | 2013-08-15 |
20130206360 | Electric Vehicle and Thermal Management System Therefor - An electric vehicle and a thermal management system are provided, a cooling device thereof comprises a condenser ( | 2013-08-15 |
20130206361 | PACKAGING FOR TRANSPORT AND/OR STORAGE OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS, WHICH INCLUDE IMPROVED MEANS OF THERMAL CONDUCTION - The invention relates to a package ( | 2013-08-15 |