33rd week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 11 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110198329 | WELD BANK DATA STRUCTURES FOR WELDING APPLICATIONS - A data structure for weld programs associates configuration data for a welding system with a plurality of weld programs and weld sequence data. The data structure allows the welding system to be configured for a particular part, operator, or stage in a welding process, and to be easily reconfigured when the part, operator, or stage changes, providing improved efficiency and flexibility in operation. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198330 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR RESPONDING TO HIGH PRIMARY SUPPLY VOLTAGES OF WELDING SYSTEMS - Methods and devices for controlling a welding power source based on a primary supply voltage level are provided. One method may include sensing activation of the welding power source and sensing a primary supply voltage established on a control transformer of the welding power source. The method may also include establishing a substantial current draw from a primary power supply that exceeds a predefined current threshold when the sensed primary supply voltage exceeds a predefined voltage threshold. The substantial current draw may be adapted to trip a circuit breaker of the welding power source to disallow current through the welding power source when the sensed primary supply voltage exceeds the predefined voltage threshold. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198331 | TIP-BASE METAL DISTANCE CONTROL METHOD FOR ARC WELDING SYSTEM, AND ARC WELDING SYSTEM - A tip-base metal distance control method includes an actual-welding-current acquisition step of measuring actual welding currents by current measuring means under a predetermined actual welding condition and calculating an average actual welding current under the actual welding condition by average-value calculation means, a reference-current acquisition step of extracting, from a reference-current storage table, an average actual welding current corresponding to the actual welding condition and setting the average actual welding current as a reference current by reference-current acquisition means, a current comparison step of comparing the average actual welding current under the actual welding condition with the reference current by current comparison means, and a welding-torch-position correction step of correcting the position of a welding torch in an upward or downward direction by welding-torch-position correction means on the basis of a comparison result in the current comparison step. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198332 | Rotary Welding Torch - A rotary robotic welding torch that enables the welding process in a robotic unit. The rotary welding torch allows for clockwise and counterclockwise rotation during the welding process, while being supplied with an uninterrupted supply of inert gas and electrical current. The rotary robotic welding torch may also be supplied with an uninterrupted supply of coolant and/or electrode/filler wire during the welding process. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198333 | Molding Machine - A mold core includes a forming pin having a hollow interior and an end wall. A passage, preferably in the form of a hollow tube, extends into the hollow interior of the forming pin and has an end sealingly secured at a position spaced from the end wall of the forming pin. A poppet valve is disposed on the end wall of the forming pin. The poppet valve is responsive to air pressure within the passage to open and permit flow of air through the end wall of the forming pin to assist stripping of molded articles from the mold core. The poppet valve includes a valve element having an outer end at the end face of the forming pin and an inner end adjacent to the end of the passage. A spring preferably biases the valve element to a closed position. The spring preferably comprises a coil spring captured in compression between the valve element and the forming pin. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198334 | METHOD FOR OBTAINING A HEATED GLAZING - The subject of the invention is a method of obtaining a heated window, comprising
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20110198335 | HEATING ASSEMBLY, HEATING DEVICE, AND AUXILIARY COOLING MODULE FOR A BATTERY - The present invention relates to a heating assembly, a heating device and an auxiliary cooling module for a battery. The heating assembly is connected to a battery and includes a heat-conducting element and a heating element. The heat-conducting element has at least one heat-absorbing portion and at least one heat-conducting portion. The heat-conducting portion is provided to correspond to the battery. The heating element has at least one first heating portion located to correspond to the heat-absorbing portion for heating the heat-absorbing portion. The other side of the heat-conducting element opposite to the battery is provided with a heat-insulating portion. The auxiliary cooling module is further provided with at least one cooling pipe in the heat-conducting element, thereby cooling the battery. With the heating assembly, the heating device, and the auxiliary cooling module of the present invention, the battery can be kept in a normal range of working temperature, so that the efficiency and lifetime of the battery can be increased greatly. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198336 | APPARATUS FOR PURIFYING METALLURGICAL SILICON FOR SOLAR CELLS - A system for forming high quality silicon material, e.g., polysilicon. In a specific embodiment, the melted material comprises a silicon material and an impurity, e.g., phosphorous species. The system includes a crucible having an interior region. In a specific embodiment, the crucible is made of a suitable material such as a quartz material or others. The quartz material is capable of withstanding a temperature of at least 1400 Degrees Celsius for processing silicon. In a specific embodiment, the crucible is configured in an upright position and has an open region to expose a melted material. In a specific embodiment, the present system has an energy source. Such energy source may be an arc heater or other suitable heating device, including multiple heating devices, which may be the same or different. The arc heater is configured above the open region and spaced by a gap between the exposed melted material and a muzzle region of the arc heater to cause formation of a determined temperature profile within a vicinity of a center region of the exposed melted material while maintaining outer regions of the melted material at a temperature below a melting point of the quartz material of the crucible. In a specific embodiment, the system produces a melted material comprising a resulting phosphorous species of 0.1 ppm and less, which is purified silicon. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198337 | THERMAL ACCUMULATION-TRANSMISSION PANEL AND THE PROCESS FOR OBTAINING IT - The present invention relates to a thermal accumulation-transmission panel that comprises an improved porcelain stoneware and a manufacturing process thereof, for its use as a thermal accumulator and transmission element in heating devices. The thermal accumulation-transmission panel of porcelain stoneware of the invention is characterised in that it comprises a porcelain stoneware whose chemical composition comprises between 80.0% and 90.0% SiO | 2011-08-18 |
20110198338 | MULTI-ZONE HEATING SYSTEM - A heating system is disclosed including a cabinet having walls defining an interior heating chamber. Sensors are attached to an exterior surface of the walls. Heating pad subassemblies are attached to the exterior surface of the walls with each heating pad subassemblies located adjacent a corresponding sensor. The heating pad subassemblies include a pad having an attachment face coupled to the exterior surface of the walls and a heating element coupled to the pad. A controller is in electrical communication with the heating elements and the sensors. This controller is configured to independently monitor temperate measurements from each of the sensors and to independently control each of the heating elements. The heating pad subassemblies are positionable on the exterior side of the plurality of walls and the heating system compensates for load variations across the interior heating chamber. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198339 | MULTI-ZONE HEATING SYSTEM - A heating system is disclosed including a cabinet, at least one heating pad subassembly, and a plurality of couplings. The cabinet has walls defining an interior heating chamber. The heating pad subassembly is disposed on an exterior surface of the walls of the cabinet and includes a heating element and a plurality of openings formed there through. The plurality of couplings includes a plurality of coupling first portions disposed on the exterior surface of the walls and a plurality of coupling second portions coupled to the plurality of coupling first portions. At least a portion of the plurality of couplings extend through the plurality of openings in the heating pad subassembly, thereby coupling the heating pad subassembly to the cabinet. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198340 | TRIAC CONTROL OF POSITIVE TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT (PTC) HEATERS IN ROOM AIR CONDITIONERS - An electric heating module for a room air conditioning system and methods are presented in which the duty cycle of the electric heater banks are controlled to limit the inrush current during the startup phase of the heater or to supplement the heat generated by the heat pump when the heat capacity of the heat pump nears the heat loss of the room being heated. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198341 | Constant watt-density heating film - A very thin, laminated sheet material supplies evenly-distributed heat over its entire surface when an electrical voltage is applied to its opposite faces has an interior layer material sandwiched between outer layer materials. The sheet may be cut into any shape and produces an even heat with a constant watt-density over its entire surface at the same low voltage, regardless of size. The voltage may be applied at any point on the opposite faces of the material to produce the same effect. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198342 | INDUCTION HEATING COOKER - An induction heating cooker includes: a top plate on which a cooking container is placed; a temperature measuring device which has an infrared ray sensor operable to detect infrared rays radiated from the cooking container and a temperature converting unit operable to calculate a temperature of the cooking container from an output of the infrared ray sensor; a heating coil operable to receive a supply of a high frequency current and generate an induction magnetic field for heating the cooking container; and a heating control unit operable to control the high frequency current of the heating coil based on the temperature measured by the temperature measuring device, and control heating power to be supplied to the cooking container. The temperature measuring device further includes a temperature detecting unit operable to measure a temperature of the infrared ray sensor, and calculate the temperature of the cooking container from an output of the infrared ray sensor based on the temperature of the infrared ray sensor measured by the temperature detecting unit. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198343 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR HEATING USING RF ENERGY - A method of heating and/or thawing using an RF heater is described. In some cases the heating differentially heats portions according to their dissipation ratios. Optionally, this avoids dissipating large amounts of energy into thawed portions while frozen portions are still extant and heat slowly. Optionally, this prevents overheating of thawed portions. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198344 | COOKER - A cooker of the invention includes: a heating chamber; a detachable heating pan; a high-frequency wave supply unit which generates microwaves; an antenna which radiates the microwaves generated by the high-frequency wave supply unit; a heat supply unit which heats an object placed on the heating pan by heat radiation; and a control unit which controls heating treatment of the objects to be heated. When a first object to be heated is placed on a placing table used also as a bottom surface of the heating chamber, and a second object to be heated is placed on the heating pan, the control unit controls the second object to be heated so as to be heated by the heat supply unit after subjecting at least the first object to be heated to the microwave radiation, and stops operation after heating of the objects to be heated is completed. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198345 | AUTOMATED MICROWAVE SAMPLE DIGESTION SYSTEM - There is described an automated heating system for heating a sample contained in a sample holder, comprising: a heating chamber having at least one opening and adapted to receive the sample holder; a microwave generator in microwave transfer communication with the heating chamber; a conveyor extending into the heating chamber and adapted to receive and transport the sample holder into and out of the heating chamber; at least one microwave barrier movable between an open position to allow access to the heating chamber and a closed position to prevent microwaves from leaking out of the heating chamber when the microwave generator is activated; and a control unit for controlling the microwave generator and the conveyor. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198346 | FUNCTIONAL-CONTAINER FORMING METHOD, MOLDING DIE, AND FUNCTIONAL CONTAINER PRODUCED BY THOSE - It is an object of the present invention to provide a functional-container forming method and a molding die which can produce a functional container at a low cost and a high throughput without using a bond, and, a functional container produced by utilizing those. A functional-container forming method for forming a casing part on a bottom-face member having a predetermined functional surface, the functional-container forming method comprising the steps of: forming a protection region that suppresses a deterioration of a function of the functional surface between the functional surface and a molding die; and performing a molding by filling a melted resin in a cavity formed between the molding die and the bottom-face member. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198347 | CARRIER FOR CONTAINERS - A carrier for holding a plurality of containers. The carrier comprises a plurality of panels that extend at least partially around an interior of the carrier. The plurality of panels comprises at least one bottom panel, a front panel, a back panel, and at least two side panels. The interior of the carrier is divided into a front portion and a back portion. The carrier comprises a reinforced handle comprising a handle panel, a handle reinforcement panel at least partially overlapping the handle panel, and a handle reinforcement flap at least partially in face-to-face contact with the handle reinforcement panel. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198348 | PACKING UNIT, SHIPPING UNIT AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A PACKING UNIT - A packing unit having a group of packages filled with a liquid product which have a bottom wall and two opposite side walls. The packages in their upright position have an upwardly tapering shape, and are so arranged that each package has a side wall facing a bottom of the packing unit. The packages are stacked one over another in a plurality of layers with a plurality of packages in each layer, have an alternative orientation in a first direction and a second direction opposite to the first direction of the packages of an individual layer having a uniform orientation in the first or the second direction, and have a plastic film cover made of a web of plastic film material which has been joined together along four or fewer elongate sealing portions for forming the plastic film cover. A shipping unit and a method of manufacturing are also provided. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198349 | Leak Proof Drinking Lid with Pressure Relief - A leak proof/resistant drinking lid ( | 2011-08-18 |
20110198350 | DEVICE FOR OPENING A LINE - The present application relates to a device for opening a line, particularly the line of a blood tube or blood bag system, wherein the line has a sealing element that blocks the line passage, wherein the device comprises at least one opening unit ( | 2011-08-18 |
20110198351 | RECLOSEABLE LID FOR A CONTAINER, IN PARTICULAR FOR A PAPER CUP - The invention is directed to a lid for a container, in particular to a lid for a drink container such as a paper cup. The lid is detachably mountable onto the edge of an opening of the container. The lid comprises a lower lid part with an inner outlet opening, and an upper lid part with an outer outlet opening. In an assembled position, the upper lid part is mounted rotatable relative to the lower lid part between at least two positions, such that the outlet openings are mutually aligned in one position and are without any overlap in the other position. The lower lid part has a circumferential mounting flange for overlapping the opening edge of the container, and the upper lid part has a circumferential mounting flange for overlapping the mounting flange of the lower lid part. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198352 | CARAFE WITH A 360 DEGREE POURING CAPABILITY - A carafe is provided including a carafe body; and a cap. The cap includes an outer lid defining a pouring space surrounded by a continuous peripheral rim. A removable cap is removably mated to the outer lid. The carafe body is movable between a non-pouring position where a liquid is contained within the carafe body and a pouring position where liquid is allowed to flow from within the carafe body into the pouring space. The liquid may be poured out from the pouring space in any direction over any portion of the continuous peripheral rim of the outer lid. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198353 | WASTE LIQUID GUIDE DEVICE WITH QUICKLY REPLACEABLE INNER BAG - A waste liquid guide device with a quickly replaceable inner bag comprises a bottle body having an inner bag; a cover installed with a waster liquid guide tube, two vacuum suction holes, a tube head, a handle, an annular groove, a check valve, a unidirectional valve; the inner bag is coupled to the annular groove; wherein the unidirectional valve is connected to the two vacuum suction holes; the check valve is communicated to the waste liquid guide hole; the tube head is communicated to the two vacuum suction holes; the inner bag is connected to the cover and is engaged to the annular groove; and a pressure release valve installed to the bottle body. Thus a waste liquid guide device with a quickly replaceable inner bag is formed. The inner bag can be replaced quickly without stopping other instrument. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198354 | DISPOSABLE DUAL CHAMBER CONTAINER - A dual-chamber container with independent or combined access includes two individual chambers made of a breach-able material such as, but not limited to, a paper product. The container can be made from a unitary blank that is foldable to create a substantially triangular body. The triangular body includes a first and a second superimposed triangular chamber, each chamber having a distinct interior space for holding a dispensable substance. A first and a second access fin are positioned at each of a respective first and a second corner of the body, each access fin contiguous with a respective one of the first and the second chamber. The interior space of each chamber is individually accessible by removing a respective one of the access fins, thereby breaching it's respective chamber. Both chambers are simultaneously accessible by opening both of the first and the second chambers adjacent a third corner of the triangular body. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198355 | BOTTLES, CANS, AND OTHER STORAGE STRUCTURES WITH SECONDARY STORAGE COMPARTMENTS SUCH AS CAP CONTAINERS - A bottle is provided with a cap. The cap includes a container that may be externally opened while the cap seals material inside the bottle. Thus, a user may retrieve items from inside the cap (e.g., dietary supplements or candy such as mini M&Ms) before opening the bottle (by removing the cap) and using the material inside of the bottle (e.g., a water or a soft drink). | 2011-08-18 |
20110198356 | Paints to go a.k.a paint stay - A palette in which one can store paint in individual paint pots directly on the palette. Each paint pot has an air tight lid that keeps the paint safely secure when not in use. The air tight lid seals the paint and keeps it from drying out for an extended period of time. This also makes the palette easy to stow and carry knowing the paint will not spill when the lid is securely sealed in place. This also allows for easy clean up of excess paint when finished using the palette. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198357 | CULINARY ARTICLE HAVING A CORROSION-RESISTANT AND SCRATCH-RESISTANT NON-STICK COATING - The present invention relates to a culinary article comprising a metal substrate having a concave inner face intended to be placed on the side of food which can be introduced into said article and a convex outer face intended to be placed facing a heat source, said inner face being coated in succession, starting from said substrate, with a hard enamel base, which is rough and contains no lead or cadmium, and then with a non-stick coating covering said hard layer. The present invention also relates to a method of manufacturing such an article. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198358 | ARTICLE WITH A CERAMIC COATING AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH AN ARTICLE USING A LASER - An article comprising a metal support with two opposing faces at least one of which is covered by a discontinuous ceramic coating. Said coating has a softening point above the melting point of the support and has at least one absorbing element for the laser radiation at a wavelength of the order of 1 μm, being at least 1% of the weight of said coating. The invention further relates to a method for producing said article. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198359 | HEAT-SEALABLE AND SHRINKABLE MULTI-LAYER POLYMERIC FILM - An open-ended tube comprising walls of a heat-sealable multi-layer polymeric film, wherein said film comprises an outer shrinkable substrate layer and an inner heat-sealable layer, wherein said substrate layer has a degree of shrinkage in the longitudinal dimension of the tube of about 0% to about 50% over the temperature range 55 to 100° C., and a degree of shrinkage in the transverse dimension of the tube of 5 to about 70% over the temperature range 55 to 100° C.; and use thereof in the manufacture of packaging for a container suitable as a receptacle for a ready-prepared ovenable meal. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198360 | INTER-TERMINAL CONNECTION STRUCTURE, LIQUID STORAGE CONTAINER, AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING LIQUID STORAGE CONTAINER - An inter-terminal connection structure includes: a first terminal; a second terminal which is separated from the first terminal and is mounted on a container main body for storing a liquid storage body; a first connection member which is in contact with the first terminal, is mounted on the liquid storage body, and has conductivity; and a second connection member which is for connection to the second terminal, is mounted on the container main body, and has conductivity, wherein, when the liquid storage body is accommodated in the container main body, in order to cause the first connection member to come in contact with a first contact portion of the second connection member, the container main body has a positioning member for determining a position of a first site of the first contact portion which is to come in contact with the first connection member inside the container main body. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198361 | Flip straw bottle cap with loop handle storage spout - A flip straw bottle cap with a pivotal spout configured to position at an obtuse angle for drinking from a bottle and stored vertically in a crevice flush against one side of the loop handle when not in use. The loop handle has a keyhole to attach a carabiner using a key chain. The cap is adaptable to fit any bottle mouth diameter. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198362 | HANGING CONDIMENT CONTAINER HOLDER - A hanging condiment container holder is provided including a clip portion for removably attaching the holder to an upper portion of a food package, a loop portion for receiving a condiment container, and an extension wall extending between the clip portion and the loop portion. The clip portion may be contoured to the shape of the upper edge or lip of a food package such as a cup. Various clip portions may be employed for removably attaching the hanging condiment container holder to a food package such as a cup. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198363 | Modified Paint Can With Thumb Hole - A paint can with a thumb hole disposed therein as an aid in holding such paint can in one hand. The thumb hole has a different shape when designed for use with a gallon can as opposed to the thumb hole when designed for use with a quart can or smaller. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198364 | CONTAINER - This invention relates to a container comprising a container body and a lid body. When the lid body is covered on the container body, a gap is formed between the peripheral edge of the lid body and the upper peripheral edge of the container body by providing an upturning portion on the peripheral edge of the lid body or a downturning portion on the upper peripheral edge of the container body. The gap is formed in such a manner that users can apply a force on the peripheral edge of the lid body and the upper peripheral edge of the container body so as to separate the container body and the lid body apart. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198365 | Game cartridge storage and dispensing system and method for the same - A system for storing and dispensing game cartridges and a method for the same. A housing system that requires a user to store a game cartridge in the apparatus before another game cartridge in the apparatus can be dispensed. Thus, insuring that game cartridges will be returned to a storage apparatus before another game cartridge is removed thereby preventing game cartridges from being lost and keeping all game cartridges not being played in one storage container. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198366 | Carton With An Improved Dispensing Feature - A carton with an improved dispenser at one of the carton which preserves the integrity of the carton when the carton is opened by permitting a bottom end flap attached to the bottom panel to remain in place and also a portion of each side end flap that is adjacent to the bottom end flap. This dispenser may also provide a safety net for the first container that is automatically dispensed when the carton is opened. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198367 | SENSOR DISPENSER DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE - Disclosed herein are electrochemical sensor dispensing methods and apparatus. The sensors dispensers can include an elongate body having a proximal end and a distal, the elongate body including a proximally positioned dispensing surface with an opening for dispensing a sensor. A storage chamber having a series of connected sensors is positioned distally and can feed a proximally positioned sensor feeder mechanism. The feeder mechanism includes an elongate member having a first end and second end, the second end adapted to pivot between a sensor engaging position and a sensor feeding position. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198368 | CONTAINER LINER AND A METHOD OF DISCHARGING A CONTAINER LINER - The present invention concerns a container liner with an aerate system which reduces the specific bulk density of the powder material inside the liner and thereby improves the flowability of the product. This significantly reduces the unloading time and increases the safety in relation to the discharge process due to a lower response angle and thereby that the required tilting angle of the cargo container is reduced. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198369 | CONCRETE COOLING INJECTION UNIT AND METHOD OF INJECTING A COOLANT INTO A CONCRETE MIXTURE - A method and apparatus for cooling a mixture with an injection system. The injection system is adjustable to accommodate the relative position and particular specifications of a given container (e.g., concrete mixer). In one embodiment, the injection system is operable to inject a coolant directly into the mixture while in the mixing process. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198370 | DEVICE FOR MIXING AND DISCHARGING PLURAL MATERIALS - A device for mixing and discharging plural materials has a body, a housing and a sealing plug. The body has multiple barrels and multiple tubes communicating with the barrels. The housing is rotatably attached to the body in a thread manner and has a mixing chamber and a discharging segment. The sealing plug is mounted in the mixing chamber to seal the tubes and has a sealing disk and multiple sealing sleeves. The sealing disk has multiple holes and multiple sealing lids mounted respectively in the holes, and each sealing lid has an outer edge connected detachably to the inner surface of a corresponding hole and having a thickness smaller than that of the sealing lid. The sealing sleeves are formed on the sealing disk, align respectively with the holes in the sealing disk and are mounted respectively around the tubes. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198371 | LIQUID DOSING DEVICES - A dosing device for dispensing liquid from a container ( | 2011-08-18 |
20110198372 | Nozzle assembly - A nozzle assembly includes an inner tubular member having a closed end and an opposed open end for receiving a fluid from a source, at least one outlet extending radially through the inner tubular member proximate the closed end, wherein the closed end is configured for insertion into a bore defined by a sidewall in a work piece. The nozzle assembly further includes a slidably movable outer sleeve, having a distal end, disposed around the inner tubular member, wherein the distal end is configured for contact with an exterior edge portion of the bore. The outer sleeve is normally biased to a first position sealing the at least one outlet from the exterior, and slidably movable to a second position unsealing the at least one outlet upon contact with the edge portion of the bore as the closed end of the inner tubular member is inserted into the bore. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198373 | Safety hanger - A clothes hanger that has two safety locks, one is at the hook head of the hanger that can prevent the hanger from falling down. Another one is added to the hook bottom of hanger that can prevent the clothes from being blown away. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198374 | Interior Cradle for a Portable Electronic Device - A storage device for portable electronic devices is provided. The storage device includes a luggage item provided with an interior cradle. The interior cradle is adapted to securely and adjustable hold a portable electronic device, such as a laptop computer. The interior cradle comprises a height adjuster for selectively changing the position or depth of the stored device within the bag. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198375 | UTV GUN MOUNT SYSTEM - A gun mounting apparatus for utility terrain vehicles comprising: a first inverted L-shaped tubular member comprising a first attacher, a second inverted L-shaped tubular member comprising a second attacher, an obliquely oriented tubular member having a first tubular member end and a second tubular member end with a gun grip attached to each tubular member end and a first elastic cord and a second elastic cord. The first and the second inverted L-shaped tubular member may be partially inserted into receiving holes in side walls of a bed-box of a utility terrain vehicle and may be additionally secured to the vehicle via the first and second elastic cord which are attached to the first and second attacher. The gun mounting apparatus for utility terrain vehicles is suitable for transporting at least one weapon securely fastened to the gun grips which are attached to the obliquely oriented tubular member. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198376 | SHOPPING CART DEVICE - A shopping cart device includes a shopping bag, hook devices, supporting bars, handles, and fasteners. The shopping bag has an opening surrounded by a rim portion. The hook devices are attached to the rim portion of the shopping bag and configured to engage the shopping cart so as to hold the shopping bag in place on the shopping cart. The supporting bars are fixed to the part of the rim portion of the shopping bag, and each of the pair of hook devices is fixed to a corresponding one of the supporting bars. The handles are fixed to a corresponding one to the supporting bars. The fasteners are fixed to a part of the supporting bars, and the fasteners are configured to stick together detachably when unhooked from the shopping cart. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198377 | BACKPACK WITH SUSPENSION - The invention relates to a backpack ( | 2011-08-18 |
20110198378 | NON-CONTACT DANCER MECHANISMS, WEB ISOLATION APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR USING THE SAME - A non-contact dancer mechanism for conveying a web of brittle material includes a guide rail and a variable position web support plenum adjustably positioned on the guide rail. The variable position web support plenum may include an arcuate outer surface with a plurality of fluid vents for emitting a fluid to support the web of brittle material over and spaced apart from the arcuate outer surface thereby preventing mechanical contact and damage to the web of brittle material. A support plenum counterbalance may be mechanically coupled to the variable position web support plenum, wherein the support plenum counterbalance supports at least a portion of the weight of the variable position web support plenum on the guide rail. Apparatuses incorporating the non-contact dancer mechanism and methods for using the non-contact dancer mechanism for handling continuous webs of brittle material are also disclosed. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198379 | SLUDGE AND SEDIMENT REMOVAL SYSTEM BY REMOTE ACCESS - A compound conduit containing inner and outer conduits with apertures in the former that are angled to direct jets of fluid in a rearward direction from the inner conduit into the annular space is used to draw sludge or undesirable material from a vessel without imposing a vacuum on the system. In conjunction with the compound conduit is a rotary tube seal that allows the conduit to be mounted to an orifice in a tank wall and pivoted or rotated over a range of angles. A tubing drive mechanism grasps the tubing at locations well removed from the distal end and causes the tubing to travel in the direction of the tubing axis. The gripping members in the mechanism engage the sides of the tubing and are capable of shifting position relative to each other to accommodate changes in the curvature of the tubing. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198380 | PNEUMATIC DRIVING MACHINE - The nailing machine ( | 2011-08-18 |
20110198381 | GAS SPRING FASTENER DRIVING TOOL WITH IMPROVED LIFTER AND LATCH MECHANISMS - A portable linear fastener driving tool is provided that drive staples, nails, or other linearly driven fasteners. The tool uses a gas spring principle, in which a cylinder filled with compressed gas is used to quickly force a piston through a driving stroke movement, while a driver also drives a fastener into a workpiece. The piston/driver is then moved back to its starting position by use of a rotary-to-linear lifter, and the piston again compresses the gas above the piston, thereby preparing the tool for another driving stroke. An improved lifter design has modified lifting pins that reduce the side-forces on the driver. A pivotable latch acts as a safety device, by preventing the driver from making a full driving stroke at an improper time. An improved latch design has a more durable catching surface. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198382 | APPARATUS FOR INSTALLING EXPLOSIVELY DRIVEN FASTENERS AND FASTENERS FOR USE THEREWITH - An improved tool for installing an explosively driven fastener as well as an improved explosively driven fastener for use therewith are disclosed. The fastener includes a nail having a head with an explosive load attached thereto in a plastic cap that includes a buffer. The tool has a plurality of concentric cylinders and springs including a muzzle for receiving the fastener head and explosive load. A spring actuated firing pin ignites the load causing it to explode and drive the nail out of the tool. The explosion also automatically resets the tool. The tool and the fastener provide many advantages over existing explosively driven fasteners and the tools used to install them. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198383 | APPARATUS FOR INSTALLING EXPLOSIVELY DRIVEN FASTENERS AND FASTENERS FOR USE THEREWITH - An improved tool for installing an explosively driven fastener as well as an improved explosively driven fastener for use therewith are disclosed. The fastener includes a nail having a head with an explosive load attached thereto in a plastic cap that includes a buffer. The tool has a plurality of concentric cylinders and springs including a muzzle for receiving the fastener head and explosive load. A spring actuated firing pin ignites the load causing it to explode and drive the nail out of the tool. The explosion also automatically resets the tool. The tool and the fastener provide many advantages over existing explosively driven fasteners and the tools used to install them. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198384 | PNEUMATIC DRIVING MACHINE - The nailing machine ( | 2011-08-18 |
20110198385 | SURGICAL DEVICE HAVING MULTIPLE DRIVERS - A surgical device is provided, the surgical device including a first driver for performing a first movement function; a second driver for performing a second movement function; a first rotatable drive shaft configured, upon actuation, to cause selective engagement of one of the first and second drivers with a second rotatable drive shaft, wherein the second rotatable drive shaft is configured to drive the selectively engaged one of the first and second drivers. Third and fourth drivers may also be included. The drivers may function to rotate a shaft portion of the surgical device relative to, and about the longitudinal axis of, a handle; move a jaw portion relative to the shaft portion; move a first jaw relative to a second jaw; and/or move a surgical member within the second jaw. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198386 | Articulation And Firing Force Mechanisms - There is provided a surgical instrument incorporating driving force mechanisms capable of transmitting a driving force through an articulated section of the surgical instrument. In one embodiment, a series of racks connect with a transfer gear to pass forces around the articulated section. In an alternative embodiment a series of cable sections and wheels or pulleys are provided to transmit a driving force through the articulated section of the surgical instrument. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198387 | GROOVING SUPPLY DEVICE FOR FLUX CORED WIRE SOLDER - A first roller is arranged on one side of a transfer path for transferring flux cored wire solder, and a second roller is arranged on the other side. The first roller has on its outer circumference a guide groove in which the wire solder is fitted. The second roller is provided, with a grooving blade and a feed blade closely contacted to each other. The grooving blade comprises a continuous blade edge on the outer circumference, and the feed blade has on its outer circumference a plurality of engaging claws intermittently formed at a constant pitch. The second roller is driven and rotated to thereby advance and retract the wire solder by means of the feed blade, and thus the wire solder is grooved by the grooving blade. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198388 | Flux-free chip to wafer joint serial thermal processor arrangement - A serial thermal processing arrangement for treating a pre-assembled chip/wafer assembly of semiconductor material in a rotary processor, through a series of intermittent, rotatively advanced, movements into independent, temperature and pressure controlled, circumferentially disposed chambers, | 2011-08-18 |
20110198389 | Friction Welding Apparatus - This invention relates to a friction welding apparatus, and more particularly, but not exclusively, to a modular friction welding apparatus suitable for in-situ reparation of blind holes in pipes. The friction welding apparatus includes a frame assembly, a spindle assembly for holding a friction welding consumable; and a drive assembly for driving a spindle of the spindle assembly. The spindle assembly and the drive assembly are releasably securable to the frame assembly so as to form a modular friction welding apparatus, and the frame assembly is furthermore removable securable to an object to be welded. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198390 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING OR REPAIRING INTEGRALLY BLADED GAS TURBINE ROTORS - The invention relates to a method for producing integrally bladed gas turbine rotors, especially of integrally bladed turbine rotors, wherein rotating blades ( | 2011-08-18 |
20110198391 | EXOTHERMIC WELDING ASSEMBLY - An assembly is disclosed for exothermic welding comprising a mold which is formed of a material which withstands exothermic welding temperatures and includes a weld cavity therein for positioning at least two members which are to be exothermically welded together, and an ignition cavity communicating with the weld cavity. The mold is capable of accommodating any one of several exothermic welding procedures which may involve either a flint igniter or the use of an electrical igniter which is readily accommodated by the mold in the performance of several of the procedures. The electrical igniter is formed of a pair of flat, longitudinally extending conductor strips with a sheet of insulation laminated therebetween, a filament adjacent one end of the strips, and one or more positioning tabs adjacent one end of the strips. A cartridge is also provided which contains the weld metal and the electrical igniter and which may be positioned in the ignition cavity of the mold. The cartridge is formed of a material which is consumed during the welding procedure and may contain a plate of a different material adjacent its bottom which melts at a higher temperature than the materials of the cartridge. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198392 | Process for Fluxless Brazing of Aluminium and Brazing Sheet for Use Therein - This relates to a process for controlled atmosphere brazing including, brazing an aluminium alloy without flux in a controlled atmosphere, while using brazing sheet including an aluminium alloy core upon which on at least one side a layer of filler alloy is clad. The filler clad layer has an inner-surface and an outer-surface, the inner-surface is facing the core and the outer-surface is devoid of any further metallic based layers. The filler alloy has a composition which is Na-free, Li-free, K-free, and Ca-free, and includes, in wt. %: Si 3% to 15%, Mg 0.05% to 0.5%, one or more elements selected from the group of: (Bi 0.03% to 0.2%, Pb 0.03% to 0.2%, Sb 0.03% to 0.2%, and the sum of these elements being 0.2% or less), Fe 0 to 0.6%, Mn 0 to 1.5%, the balance aluminium and incidental impurities. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198393 | CARTON WITH HANDLE - A carton including a wall ( | 2011-08-18 |
20110198394 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LONG-TERM ARCHIVING OF DIGITAL DATA - A method and a system for the automated digital archiving of data comprises (1) a writing step in which data are subjected to a first algorithm producing an encoded file which is written into or onto a durable storage medium, preferably with an expected lifetime exceeding 50 years, in a machine-recognizable pattern with a predefined high density and (2) a reading step, in which the storage medium is scanned to obtain an image of the pattern, e.g. a raster graphic of the image, transferring the image to a memory, and storing it therein. Subsequently, by means of pattern recognition, the bits in the data pattern are identified, the value/sequence of these bits determined, and a bit stream for readout produced. The pattern produced in the writing step may encompass two parts, a first part comprising the stored data and a second part, possibly in human readable format, comprising file format information which, in the reading step, is used for identifying the bits and/or decoding the bit stream to derive its content. The writing step may include writing the file as a regular bit pattern onto the durable storage medium using a redundancy and/or an error correction algorithm. It may also comprise applying at least two different first algorithms to the data, thus encoding said data into at least two differently encoded files and writing each of said differently encoded files into or onto the durable storage medium as a regular bit pattern. It may further include writing differently encoded files as at least one regular bit pattern onto the storage medium using redundancy and/or error correction, thus providing a multiple redundancy of the data to be archived. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198395 | HANDHELD MOBILE CREDIT CARD READER - A handheld mobile credit card reader includes a handy housing having a clamping space for holding a mobile electronic device, a card reader module mounted in a compartment in the housing and having a card slot set in alignment with a card-sliding slot at the front side of the housing for allowing a person to slide an electronic card therethrough and a card reader unit adapted for reading data from the electronic card being moved through the card slot, and a signal transmission device set in the front side of the housing for the connection of the attached mobile electronic device and electrically connected with the card reader unit for transmitting fetched data from the cad reader unit to the attached mobile electronic device for enabling the attached mobile electronic device to transmit the data to a remove remote credit card transaction processing center wirelessly to make a payment. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198396 | CARD HOLDER DEVICE - A card storage device for storing payment cards, such as credit and debit cards or other media in an orderly fashion. The device may be used at a food and/or drink establishment. The device securely stores a number of cards for a number of patrons who wish to open a tab at a bar, pub, restaurant, or other service environment. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198397 | SECURE USE OF EXTERNALLY STORED DATA - A smart card reader is adapted to extract and store authentication data from a response APDU received from a smart card before generating a filtered response APDU, wherein the filtered response APDU does not include the authentication data. Beneficially, when the smart card reader transmits the filtered response APDU toward a destination, the biometric template data is less susceptible to interception, thereby providing a more secure solution. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198398 | MULTIPLE ANTENNA READING SYSTEM SUITABLE FOR USE WITH CONTACTLESS TRANSACTION DEVICES - A multiple antenna reading system suitable for use with contactless transaction devices, the system including at least one reader, at least first and second antennas having at least some inductive coupling therebetween and being coupled to the at least one reader and antenna function disabling circuitry automatically operative upon activation of at least a first one of the at least first and second antennas to disable antenna function of at least a second one of the at least first and second antennas. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198399 | CODE SYMBOL READING APPARATUS AND READING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a code symbol reading apparatus includes a decoder, a candidate area detection unit, a direction determination unit, and a direction notification unit. The decoder decodes a code symbol attached to an article, based on an image picked up by a camera. The candidate area detection unit detects an image area to be a candidate of the code symbol from the image of the article picked up by the camera. The direction determination unit determines such a direction that a decoding rate of the code symbol becomes higher based on the image area detected by the candidate area detection unit when the decoder cannot decode the code symbol. The direction notification unit notifies of the direction determined by the direction determination unit. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198400 | CODE SYMBOL READING APPARATUS AND READING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a code symbol reading apparatus includes a scanner, a camera, a candidate area detection unit, a direction determination unit, and a direction notification unit. The candidate area detection unit detects an image area to be a candidate of the code symbol from an image of the image pickup area picked up by the camera. The direction determination unit determines such a direction that the image area to be the candidate of the code symbol overlaps the scanning area, when the code symbol cannot be read though the image area to be the candidate of the code symbol is detected by the candidate area detection unit. The direction notification unit notifies of the direction determined by the direction determination unit. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198401 | Wireless antenna for RFID for tires - An RFID device for tires utilizes a wireless antenna. The antenna is formed of conductive rubber having a slot formed therein. The conductive rubber antenna is encapsulated between a pair of non-conductive sheets. A third non-conductive member encircles the conductive rubber antenna and is itself sealed between the first and second sheets of non-conductive material. A microchip is positioned in the slot and conductively attached to the antenna on opposite sides of the slot. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198402 | Wireless antenna for RFID tires - An RFID device for tires utilizes a wireless antenna. The antenna is formed of a pair of spaced apart electrically conductive rubber units. The conductive rubber antenna is encapsulated between a pair of non-conductive sheets. A third non-conductive member encircles the conductive rubber antenna and is itself sealed between the first and second sheets of non-conductive material. A microchip is positioned in the slot defined by the space between the units and conductively attached to each of the units. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198403 | VACUUM HANDLING DEVICE - The invention relates to a vacuum handling device ( | 2011-08-18 |
20110198404 | AUTOMATIC AIR DUCT REGISTER - An automatic air duct register system operating within an HVAC system comprises an automatically controlled register. The register includes louvers which are electromechanically adjusted in order to control the airflow through the register. The register may be opened or closed, responsive to a programmable electronic timer or clock, an occupancy sensor, or in response to a measured temperature. The register system may be part of a control network, wherein the network communicates programming information to the register system, and wherein the network reads information from the register system. The register system may be self-powered, utilizing an electrical generator powered from airflow from the duct attached to the register system. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198405 | DRYER HAVING A HEAT PUMP, METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR AIR CONDITIONING A ROOM - A dryer is provided that includes a drying chamber for items to be dried; a supply air duct; a process air duct; an exhaust air duct; and a heat pump having a heat sink and a heat source, wherein the supply air duct and the exhaust air duct can be connected to each other through a recirculating air duct by means of a mechanism in order to adjust a proportion of recirculating and exhaust air in the dryer, and wherein the dryer has a first sensor for determining a process air temperature. A method for operating the dryer and a method for controlling the temperature and/or the humidity of the air of a room using the dryer are also provided. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198406 | Vapor/vacuum heating system - A building heating system with cycling steam source used for plurality of radiators is provided. During heating cycle condensate is retained in radiators and released later through steam supply line. Such condensate and steam flows alternation eliminates water hammering and justify usage of smaller diameter tubes and new radiator design. When air is evacuated, system operates like branched heat pipe with periodic condensate return. System may include vacuum check valve on air vent lines and operational procedure to create vacuum naturally by steam condensing in a closed space after complete air purging from the system. Steam/vapor source's cut off pressure can be adjusted to regulate the vapor's temperature depending on the outside temperature. Method is proposed for conversion of the existing steam heating systems into a vapor/vacuum system with naturally induced vacuum. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198407 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO BREAK UP OR ANNIHILATE TYPHOONS, TORNADOES, CYCLONES OR HURRICANES - This invention is about an efficient, but simple method and apparatus designed to break-up/annihilate disastrous natural phenomena, like typhoons, tornadoes, cyclones or hurricanes in the forming and deployment stages, on ground or on sea, by using a controlled implosion principle, which absorbs forced and fast air and water as displaced by typhoons, tornadoes, cyclones or hurricanes; the method and apparatus can be employed on sea, on ground or in the air. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198408 | METHOD OF FUEL INJECTION (VARIANTS) - The method is intended for fuel injection systems, for atomizing different fluids. In the method, which involves pumping a jet of fluid through a nozzle orifice while producing an electrical spark discharge in the fluid flow, the inlets of the nozzle passages are arranged along lines that pass between the discharging surfaces of electrodes. The nozzle passages are opened prior to an electrohydraulic discharge and are closed after fuel injection, the process of opening and closing the nozzle passages being controlled. Fuel is pumped at least between the electrodes inside the electrical discharge nozzle, and the pressure of the pumped fuel is kept close to the pressure in the injection volume. The quantity of fuel to be injected is adjusted by varying the distance between the end face of a high-voltage electrode and an earth electrode and/or by changing the discharge energy. In order to provide stable and high fuel characteristics, gases and some other discharge products are removed from the fuel. In order to achieve high parameters of the voltage supplied by a high-voltage energy storage unit (delay, voltage, length, slope and frequency), a high-voltage switch is inserted into the electrical circuit that operates the electrical discharge nozzle. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198409 | Tree Scents - A scent dispersing device for use with an artificial tree having a hollow trunk, the device comprising a disk comprising a container for housing a replaceable fragrance cartridge and an energizable heater in communication with the cartridge. When the heater is energized, the cartridge emits a fragrance through openings in the disk. The invention comprises a motorized fan, such that when the fan operates, air is forced into the hollow trunk and through at least one disk located at the bottom or between sections of the assembled trunk and fragrance is forced through openings in the disk or holes in the trunk. The invention includes a tree stand that houses a fan, lighting, and audio each wired to a control panel and timer connected to an energy source. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198410 | Sprinkler Head Guard - A cylindrical, protective housing and accompanying insertion tool for shielding an in-ground sprinkler head. The cylindrical housing is inserted into the ground surrounding an in-ground sprinkler head, protecting the sprinkler head and subterranean feed lines from damage resulting from yard work or other traffic. The cylindrical housing prevents inadvertently sprinkler head collisions with lawn mowers, wheelbarrows, golf carts, or similarly wheeled vehicles. The insertion tool is a male-fitting press tool that provides vertical loads on the cylindrical housing upper extent to force it into soil surrounding a sprinkler head. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198411 | Low Flow Sprinkler - An impact sprinkler has a nozzle connected to a housing and a discharge deflector member connected to a rotatable shaft assembly. The sprinkler has different replaceable nozzles and discharge deflectors for providing desired discharge characteristics. The shaft assembly and housing have contacting braking surfaces outside of the water flow providing a frictional braking force dependent on both water flow rate and pressure. The sprinkler has a deflection member for rotating an impact assembly relative to the shaft assembly while a pin supports the impact assembly at a position above the deflection member. A lower portion of the shaft assembly may be positioned in a recess in the housing such that a surface on the shaft assembly contacts a surface in the recess, and a highly wear-resistant material may be disposed on a surface of either the shaft assembly or the recess for providing improved wear characteristics. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198412 | PAINT SPRAYER - A sprayer can include a sprayer body, a reservoir coupled to the sprayer body, a cleaning fluid reservoir coupled to the sprayer body and a pump assembly arranged within the sprayer body and coupled to the reservoir and the cleaning fluid reservoir. The pump assembly can include a pump barrel that defines a central aperture, a piston arranged within the central aperture, a solenoid coupled to the piston and configured to reciprocate the piston within the central aperture during operation of the sprayer, and a manifold assembly coupled to the pump barrel and including a valve member movable between a first position and a second position. The valve member can fluidly couple the central aperture with the reservoir in the first position and fluidly couple the central aperture with the cleaning fluid reservoir in the second position. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198413 | PORTABLE AIRLESS SPRAYER - A handheld airless fluid dispensing device comprises a pump, a drive element and an orifice element. The pump directly pressurizes a fluid. The drive element supplies power to the pump. The orifice element is connected to the pump and atomizes un-thinned architectural coating to a particle size of no greater than approximately 150 microns. The pump generates orifice pressures up to approximately 2.48 MPa and the orifice has an area of approximately 18.7 mm2. In one embodiment, the pump, drive element and orifice element are integrated into a handheld housing. In one embodiment, the pump comprises a reciprocating piston fluid pump comprising at least two pumping chambers configured to be actuated out of phase by at least one piston. In another embodiment, the reciprocating piston fluid pump comprises two pistons having different displacements that are linearly actuated by a wobble assembly driven by a gear reducer and an electric motor. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198414 | PAINT SPRAYER AND PAINT CONTAINER ADAPTER - A sprayer that delivers a pattern of paint that can be obtained from a container. The sprayer generally includes a sprayer body that emits the pattern with the paint. The sprayer also includes a reservoir including a cavity that when connected thereto provides the paint to the sprayer body. The reservoir includes a cylinder and a piston assembly manually movable in the cylinder to draw the paint into the cylinder when the reservoir is connected to the container. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198415 | SHOWER APPARATUS - Provided is a shower apparatus which can stably produce and supply bubbly water to nozzle holes, causing finely divided water droplets of relatively large, uniform size to land continuously on a user so as to allow the user to enjoy a shower with a voluminous feel as if the user were being showered by large drops of rain. The shower apparatus includes a water supply unit, a throttle unit adapted to eject passing water downstream, an aeration unit adapted to produce bubbly water by aerating the water ejected through the throttle unit, and a nozzle unit provided with a plurality of nozzle holes used to discharge the bubbly water, wherein an ejection speed changing means is installed in the water supply unit to at least partially vary ejection speeds of the water ejected from respective throttle channels of the plurality of throttle channels of the throttle unit. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198416 | SHOWER APPARATUS - Provided is a shower apparatus which can stably supply bubbly water through all nozzle holes and can cause water droplets of large, uniform size to land continuously on the user so as to allow the user to enjoy a shower with a voluminous feel as if the user were being showered by large drops of rain. The shower apparatus includes a water supply unit, a throttle unit adapted to eject passing water downstream, an aeration unit adapted to produce bubbly water by aerating the water ejected through the throttle unit, and a nozzle unit provided with a plurality of nozzle holes used to discharge the bubbly water, wherein the throttle unit has a flat-shaped throttle channel and water ejected through the throttle channel plunges into an air-liquid interface as a sheet-like stream, thereby producing bubbly water, which is then discharged through the nozzle hole. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198417 | PROCESS CHAMBER GAS FLOW IMPROVEMENTS - Embodiments of the present invention generally provide plasma etch process chamber improvements. An improved gas injection nozzle is provided for use at a central location of the lid of the chamber. The gas injection nozzle may be used in an existing plasma etch chamber and is configured to provide a series of conic gas flows across the surface of a substrate positioned within the chamber. In one embodiment, an improved exhaust kit for use in the plasma etch chamber is provided. The exhaust kit includes apparatus that may be used in an existing plasma etch chamber and is configured to provide annular flow of exhaust gases from the processing region of the chamber. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198418 | FUEL INJECTION DEVICE - In a fuel injection device, a control body has a pressure control chamber, an inflow port and an outflow port. The inflow port and the outflow port are opened at an abutting surface exposed to the pressure control chamber. In the pressure control chamber is arranged a floating plate for pressing the abutting surface by a pressing surface with the pressure of the fuel to interrupt communication between the inflow port and the pressure control chamber. The abutting surface of the control body is provided with an outer opposite surface portion opposite to an outer edge of the pressing surface in a displacement axis direction of the floating plate, and the outer opposite surface portion has a special depressed portion that is depressed in the displacement axis direction and that extends along the shape of the outer edge of the pressing surface. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198419 | FUEL INJECTION VALVE - A fuel injection valve includes a needle valve having an engagement part, and a movable core having an engagement part to be engaged with the engagement part of the needle valve. One of the engagement part of the needle valve and the engagement part of the movable core is defined by two inner faces of a recess opposing to each other in an axis direction, and the other engagement part is defined by two outer faces of a projection opposing to the inner faces, respectively. The projection is movable between the inner faces in the axis direction in a state that the projection is located in the recess. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198420 | Irrigation water bubbler - The present invention is directed towards a water bubbler sprinkler head for a drop hose to produce bubbling water to reduce the destructive force of the water landing on the surrounding land. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198421 | NOZZLE FOR HAIR DRYER - A nozzle for a hair dryer includes a nozzle body ( | 2011-08-18 |
20110198422 | LOOSEFILL BAG DIGESTER FOR BLOWING INSULATION MACHINE - Machines for distributing loosefill insulation from a package of compressed loosefill insulation are provided. The package of compressed loosefill insulation includes a bag encapsulating a body of compressed loosefill insulation. The machine includes a chute having an inlet end and an outlet end. The inlet end of the chute is configured to receive the package of compressed loosefill insulation. A plurality of shredders is mounted at the outlet end of the chute and configured to shred and pick apart the loosefill insulation. A bag digester is configured to shred the bag into short strips of shredded bag. The short strips of shredded bag are configured to mix with the shredded loosefill insulation. A discharge mechanism is positioned downstream from the bag digester and the shredders and is configured for distributing the shredded loosefill insulation and the short strips of shredded bag into an airstream. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198423 | Refiner and Method for Refining Fibrous Material - A refiner ( | 2011-08-18 |
20110198424 | REMOVALBE HOPPPER GRINDER - A grinding machine for use in grinding materials, the grinding machine includes a grinder assembly for receiving material. At least one removable hopper is removably positionable on the grinding assembly for dispensing material to the grinder assembly. The removable hopper is positionable on the grinder assembly in a generally non-vertical direction. A passage defined in the hopper is cooperatively positionable in communication with the grinding assembly for allowing movement of material from the hopper to the grinder assembly. A device carried on the hopper is positionable in an open position when the hopper is on the grinder assembly and is positionable in a closed position when the hopper is removed from the grinder assembly. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198425 | AUTO FEED SHREDDER APPARATUS AND METHODS - Shredding devices and methods are disclosed for automatically feeding multiple sheets of paper to be simultaneously shredded. The shredding devices include an auto feed portion for receiving and advancing the paper to be shredded. Certain examples include a paper feed tray and an auto feed assembly having a rotatable elongated shaft and a plurality of disks disposed thereon. As the elongated shaft rotates, the plurality of disks engages a stack of paper present in the feed tray and advances multiple sheets of the stack of paper to shredding blades. Certain feed trays are further configured to fold into a top portion of the housing during non-use and can advantageously protect the auto feed assembly. Certain shredding devices further include at least one feed slot for receiving material manually fed into the shredding device by the user. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198426 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING FIBER MATERIALS - A system for processing material has a power supply and a machine having a hopper for receiving and passing material to an auger. The auger has a shaft with an axis about which it rotates, a helical flighting mounted to the shaft, pins mounted to the helical flighting, and paddles mounted to the shaft. The radial outer edge of the helical flighting is crenelated with periodic notches that form rectangular blades on the helical flighting. The pins are rotationally and angularly aligned with leading edges of the rectangular blades. The system may include a vehicle, such as a trailer, having first and second compartments separated by a partition. The power supply is located in the first compartment and has a power supply member extending though the partition. The machine is located in the second compartment and coupled to the power supply member. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198427 | MIXING MACHINE HAVING IMPROVED PULVERIZING EFFICIENCY - Disclosed herein is a mixing machine having improved pulverizing efficiency. The mixing machine includes a main body having a motor therein, a container having a pulverizing blade therein, and a cover which covers the container and has an inlet hole. The mixing machine further includes an introducing unit which is coupled to the inlet hole of the cover, an inclined material-supply means which is provided in the introducing unit, and a discharge unit which is coupled to the container. The inclined material-supply means prevents material pulverized in the container from back flowing upwards. The discharge controls in multi-stages a rate at which pulverized product is discharged from the container. Therefore, a supply rate of material and the discharge rate of the pulverized product can be maintained constant so that the efficiency with which the material is pulverized is increased. | 2011-08-18 |
20110198428 | Self-Tightening Snow Chain and Methods of Use - Self-tensioning snow chain for attachment to a vehicle wheel. The self-tensioning snow chain includes a chain and a tensioning device including a housing having a top including a set of housing teeth, a bottom and at least one aperture defined by the top and the bottom when joined together; a lever interconnected to the housing; a cord; a ratchet spool having a set of ratchet teeth on an upper surface, the ratchet teeth mate with the housing teeth, an under surface and a channel between the upper and under surfaces to receive the cord that is interconnected with the ratchet spool; a tension spring interconnected with the ratchet spool that places a bias on the ratchet spool toward a wind-up direction; and a wave spring positioned between a top surface of the bottom of the housing and the under surface to bias the ratchet spool towards the housing teeth. | 2011-08-18 |