33rd week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 6 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110197828 | Power Generation Using Water Pressure - Systems are disclosed that use water pressure to generate power. The systems can include a chamber having an inlet conduit and an outlet conduit that has a valve configured to regulate an outlet flow of water through the outlet conduit. A reciprocating element can be disposed within the chamber, such that the reciprocating element is moved as a function of a pressure of an inlet flow of water flowing through the inlet conduit. A generator can be coupled to the reciprocating element, such that power is generated as a function of the reciprocating element's movement. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197829 | UPSIDE-DOWN TYPE LOW NOX BOILER - In a low NOx boiler of the present invention, a high-temperature reductive combustion zone is provided to an upper portion of a rectangular combustion chamber, and a second-step combustion zone is provided to a middle stage of the combustion chamber. A wall provided below the second-step combustion zone is tapered to narrow the combustion chamber, with a taper angle of approximately 35° or so, relative to a vertical line. An ash discharge port is provided to a furnace bottom portion, and a gas outlet port communicated with a rear pass water wall is provided to a lower side face of the second-step combustion zone. This rear pass water wall is connected with a further post-treatment step, via a super-heater tube and an economizer. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197830 | Continuous steam generator - A continuous steam generator including a combustion chamber with a plurality of burners for fossil fuel is provided. A vertical gas duct is connected downstream of the combustion chamber on the hot gas side, in an upper region via a horizontal gas duct. The outside wall of the combustion chamber is formed from evaporation pipes which are welded together in a gas-tight manner and mounted upstream of a water separator system on the flow medium side and from superheater pipes which are welded together in a gas-tight manner and mounted downstream of the water separator system. The water separator system includes a plurality of water separation elements, each element includes an inlet tube which is connected to the respective upstream evaporation for tubes, which extend into a water evacuation tube. A distributer element is arranged on the evaporator side between the respective water separator element and the inlet collector. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197831 | Pulverized Coal Burning Boiler - A pulverized coal burning boiler is provided, which reduces an air-excess ratio thereby to reduce the emission of unburned contents such as CO. The pulverized coal burning boiler includes a pulverized coal feed measuring device for measuring the feeding rates of the pulverized coal to be conveyed through coal feeding pipes, individually, and a control device for calculating the burning air feeding rates to match the pulverized coal feeding rates thereby to send a control command signal to burning air feed adjusting device, so that a burner air ratio set by a burner air ratio setting device may be kept on the basis of both the pulverized coal feeding rate, which is measured by the pulverized coal feed measuring device, and the burning air feeding rate, which is measured by the burning air feeding rate measuring device and fed to a pulverized coal burner connected to the coal feeding pipes. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197832 | COOLANT JACKETS FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND METHOD OF CONTROL - An internal combustion engine is provided. The internal combustion engine includes a cylinder block having a cooling jacket and a cylinder head having two cooling jackets. In one example, the internal combustion engine may be operated so as to reduce engine friction and emissions during cold engine starts. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197833 | Variable Lost Motion Valve Actuator and Method - A lost motion engine valve actuation system and method of actuating an engine valve are disclosed. The system may comprise a valve train element, a pivoting lever, a control piston, and a hydraulic circuit. The pivoting lever may include a first end for contacting the control piston, a second end for transmitting motion to a valve stem and a means for contacting a valve train element. The amount of lost motion provided by the system may be selected by varying the position of the control piston relative to the pivoting lever. Variation of the control piston position may be carried out by placing the control piston in hydraulic communication with a control trigger valve and one or more accumulators. Actuation of the trigger valve releases hydraulic fluid allowing for adjustment of the control piston position. Means for limiting valve seating velocity, filling the hydraulic circuit upon engine start up, and mechanically locking the control piston/lever for a fixed level of valve actuation are also disclosed. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197834 | EARLY INTAKE VALVE CLOSING AND VARIABLE VALVE TIMING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD - An early intake valve closing (EIVC) and variable valve timing (VVT) assembly and method are provided for an internal combustion engine. The method includes operating an intake valve to open and close an intake port and allow intake gas to enter a cylinder of the internal combustion engine containing a piston, where the timing of the closing of the intake valve occurs at or before bottom dead center (BDC) of the compression stroke of the piston. The method further includes selectively extending duration of the opening of the intake port by an amount that delays closing timing of the intake valve until after BDC of the piston compression stroke. An assembly for EIVC and VVT includes a cylinder head including an intake valve and intake port and a rotatably mounted camshaft including an intake lobe operatively connected to the intake valve to periodically move the valve into the first and second positions. The intake lobe is shaped such that the timing of the closing position occurs at or before BDC of a compression stroke of the piston. The assembly further includes a selectively activatable VVT assembly having an actuator that operatively engages the intake valve before the intake valve reaches the closed position to extend duration of the intake valve opening until after BDC of the piston compression stroke. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197835 | DEVICE FOR THE VARIABLE ADJUSTMENT OF VALVE LIFT CURVES OF GAS EXCHANGE VALVES OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A device for the variable adjustment of valve lift curves of gas exchange valves of an internal combustion engine, which has a hydraulic consumer, a camshaft and a volume accumulator. The camshaft is arranged in the internal combustion engine in a rotatably mounted manner by camshaft bearings. The interior of the camshaft has a cavity. Bores are formed on the camshaft in the region of the camshaft bearings and, via the bores, the cavity communicates with the camshaft bearings. The volume accumulator is arranged in the cavity and has a housing which extends in a region of at least one camshaft bearing. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197836 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE CONTROL UNIT - A variable valve mechanism varies a lift amount of an inlet valve. A throttle valve is provided upstream of the inlet valve and varies an opening area of an induction passage. An automatic stopper automatically stops the internal combustion engine. A controller can put the internal combustion engine in a first induction control state in which the lift amount of the inlet valve is equal to or smaller than a predetermined amount and the opening of the throttle valve is larger than a predetermined opening with respect to a predetermined running state. The controller can put the internal combustion engine in a second induction control state in which the left amount of the inlet valve is larger than the predetermined amount and the opening of the throttle valve is equal to or smaller than the predetermined opening with respect to the predetermined running state. The automatic stopper automatically stops the internal combustion engine in a case where the lift amount of the inlet valve is equal to or smaller than the predetermined amount, when a stopping condition of the internal combustion engine is met under which a predetermined vehicle state is produced. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197837 | CELLULAR WHEEL - A cellular wheel of a device for variably setting control times of gas exchange valves of an internal combustion engine, which has a cylindrical circumferential wall, a driving wheel that is arranged on an outer surface area of the circumferential wall, with a sealing cover that extends from an inner surface area of the circumferential wall radially inward, and a plurality of projections that extend from the inner surface area of the circumferential wall radially inward and from the sealing cover in an axial direction. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197838 | Variable valve mechanism - [Object] It is to provide a variable valve mechanism that is downsized by providing a crank mechanism in place of an egg-shaped cam on an input shaft that is rotationally driven by a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197839 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WITH VARIABLE VALVE DEVICE - An engine with a variable valve device includes cylinders each provided with a plurality of intake valves, an outer camshaft for driving first intake cams, an inner camshaft arranged coaxially with the outer camshaft for driving second intake cams, and a cam phase change mechanism arranged at one end of the outer and inner camshafts and capable of varying the phase difference between the two camshafts. A first cam sensor for detecting the rotational angle of the outer camshaft and a second cam sensor for detecting the rotational angle of the inner camshaft are arranged close to the one end of the camshafts. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197840 | ENGINE EQUIPPED WITH VARIABLE VALVE TIMING MECHANISM - An engine is equipped with a variable valve timing mechanism, which is operated by a working oil to change rotating phase of a camshaft to thereby change the valve timing, and includes an oil passage formed in a chain case and an oil passage formed in the cylinder head so as to be communicated with the hydraulic actuator, in which the oil passages communicate with each other at a contact surface between the chain case and the cylinder head, and the working oil is supplied from the hydraulic control valve to the hydraulic actuator. The variable valve timing mechanism further includes a block disposed independent of the chain case between an inner wall of the chain case and an end wall of the cylinder head, and an intermediate oil passage formed in the block and including communication openings in which one of the communication openings is offset in position from another one thereof. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197841 | SECURING DEVICE FOR INSTALLING A ROCKER ARM - An internal combustion engine is provided that includes, but is not limited to a securing device for installing a rocker arm on a cylinder head of the internal combustion engine, the securing element situated on the cylinder head and securing element securing the rocker arm during the installation of the rocker arm against slipping of the rocker arm off of a play adjuster and/or a valve shaft of a gas compensation valve. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197842 | SWITCHABLE ROLLER FINGER FOLLOWER - The finger follower employs two independent lost motion arms and a rod which moves longitudinally to lock both arms. The rod is transversely mounted in the follower. In order to avoid premature locking, each arm has a chamfered surface on a top wall to force the rod out of engagement with the arm during upward movement of the arms, to protect premature movement of the rod from an unlocked position to a locked position. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197843 | SWITCHABLE ROLLER FINGER FOLLOWER - The finger follower employs two independent lost motion arms and a coupling device that locks both arms. Stops are provided both for the roller axle and for the arm swing. The axle stop and the end stops for the arm swing are positioned on the arm and the outer sidewall of the inner lever. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197844 | REMOTE STARTING DEVICE AND REMOTE STARTING METHOD - A remote starting device starts up an engine when receiving an RF signal instructing to start up the engine from a remote control terminal. A first switch is provided in parallel to an accessory switch which is disposed in a first power supply line connecting a battery to an electrical device for controlling accessories. A second switch is provided in parallel to an ignition switch which is disposed in a second power supply line connecting the battery to an electrical device for controlling non-accessories. A first controller controls the second switch to be turned on when starting up the engine. A first detector detects an insertion state of a key into a key cylinder by a user. A second detector detects an electrical connection state in the first power supply line. A second controller controls the first switch to be turned off when the first detector detects that the key is inserted in a state where the engine is started up. A third controller controls the second switch to be turned off when the second detector detects that the electrical connection state of the first power supply line is changed from an electrically-connected state to an electrically-disconnected state in a state where the first switch is turned off by the second controller. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197845 | PISTON ASSEMBLY - An exemplary piston assembly and method of making the same are disclosed. A piston assembly may include a piston crown and piston skirt. The crown may include a ring belt portion defining at least in part a cooling gallery, as well as radially inner and outer crown mating surfaces. The skirt may be received in a central opening of the crown such that the crown and skirt cooperate to form an upper combustion bowl surface. The skirt also may include radially inner and outer skirt mating surfaces that are abutted with the inner and outer crown mating surfaces, respectively, such that the cooling gallery is generally enclosed by the skirt. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197846 | Control Valve Apparatus - In a hydraulic system equipped with a main flow passage for feeding oil to each of lubricated engine parts and a branch passage branched from the main flow passage, a control valve apparatus is provided for adjusting a flow rate of the oil flowing through a portion of the main flow passage downstream of the branched point. The control valve apparatus is configured to control openings of a large flow control section and a small flow control section, depending on a position of a valve element, and further configured to close the opening of the small flow control section, at least in a specified state where the opening of the large flow control section is fully opened with a maximum opening area. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197847 | CONNECTING ROD-PISTON GROUP - The invention relates to mechanical engineering, in particular to units for piston machines, primarily internal combustion engines. A connecting rod and piston assembly comprises a piston, which is accommodated in a cylinder and is provided with a head and an insert, a piston pin, and a connecting rod with top and bottom heads and a bar. The insert is in the form of a hollow, box-like stiffening rib that transmits reactive load from the connecting rod to a housing via contact surfaces. The top head and a part of the connecting rod bar are accommodated in the box cavity, and a hole for the piston pin is provided in the side walls of the insert box. The head is connected to the insert with the aid of a hinged joint so that the head can self-center along the cylinder surface by moving in all directions with respect to the insert on a plane that intersects the longitudinal axis of the cylinder. The housing is provided with mating contact surfaces which interact with the contact surfaces of the insert and which are located on separate supporting elements secured on the housing. The technical result consists in increasing the performance, reliability and service life of machines which use the described assembly and in achieving high specific mass and dimensional parameters of such machines. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197848 | PISTON MACHINE - The invention relates to mechanical engineering, in particular to piston machines. The technical result of the invention consists in increasing the reliability and service life of the cylinder-piston group of a piston machine and the power-to-displacement ratio thereof (when the machine is used as an engine) by decreasing the mass of the reciprocatingly moving elements of the machine, and in improving the efficiency by substituting boundary sliding friction in a badly oiled cylinder-piston pair by rolling friction so that the rolling elements are prevented from slipping. The essence of the invention is that the crosshead and the body of the machine are provided with guides with contact surfaces and that rollers are arranged between the contact surfaces in order to transmit reactive energy from the crosshead to the body. Furthermore, the crosshead guides are positioned on two opposite sides thereof and at least on one side of the crosshead two rollers are situated, wherein the guides are provided with toothed racks and the rollers are provided with synchronising gears engaged with the toothed racks of the body and the crosshead. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197849 | Co-axial rotary engine - The present invention relates to a rotary-style internal combustion power-plant, and an electric machine, comprising a compressor housing, wherein a compressor is housed, a electric machine housing, located adjacent to the compressor housing, wherein an electric machine is housed, a charge air cooler housing, located adjacent to the electric machine housing, a combustion rotor housing located adjacent to the charge air cooler housing, a power take-off housing located adjacent to the combustion rotor housing, a combustion rotor located adjacent to a power take-off housing, an auxiliary pump housing (oil, coolant, and fuel) located adjacent to the combustion rotor; and turbine housing located adjacent to the auxiliary pump housing (oil and coolant), wherein the housings are manufactured as separate entities and are stacked along a singled axis. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197850 | FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM - A sub-injector injects liquid fuel into a vaporized-fuel chamber of a vaporized-fuel tank. The injected liquid fuel is vaporized in the vaporized-fuel chamber. The generated vaporized fuel is supplied to a combustion chamber through a vaporized-fuel passage. A supply of the vaporized fuel to the combustion chamber is controlled by a purge valve. Thereby, the vaporized fuel can be precisely supplied to the engine at a start of engine, so that emission can be reduced. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197851 | METHOD FOR METERING A FUEL MASS USING A CONTROLLABLE FUEL INJECTOR - A method for controlling a direct-injection fuel injector for an internal combustion engine includes identifying linear and non-linear fuel mass delivery regions corresponding to predefined ranges of injection duration, monitoring an operator torque request, determining a total desired fuel mass associated with the operator torque request, identifying a fuel mass delivery region corresponding to the total desired fuel mass, and commanding a plurality of partial injection events having injection durations corresponding to the linear fuel mass delivery region to inject the total desired fuel mass when the total desired fuel mass corresponds to the non-linear fuel mass delivery region. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197852 | Heat engine cycle and internal combustion engine for the same - The heat engine cycle for four-stroke and six-stroke engines essentially increasing their efficiency, stipulates cessation of suction of a charge before a piston of the engine reaches bottom dead center during the suction stroke and ignited in proportionally decreased volume of combustion chamber. The central angle of a sector of the cams on which their lobes are located is decreased in the inventive engine. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197853 | WASTE HEAT CONTROLLER - An ECU controls waste heat quantity of an engine according to a required heat quantity in response to a heat-utilize requirement. The ECU controls a valve opening period of an intake valve based on an engine driving condition and an ignition timing based on a most efficient timing at which fuel economy is highest. The ECU determines whether there is an ignition advance margin relative to the most efficient timing. When there is no margin, an actual compression ration of the engine is decreased by advancing or retarding a valve close timing of the intake valve and the ignition timing is advanced relative to the most efficient timing in order to increase the waste heat quantity. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197854 | FUEL CONTROL APPARATUS - The invention, described herein, is an improved Fuel Injection Servo (“Servo”) for the homebuilt aircraft. The Servo has been designed to allow the manufacturer to more easily fine tune the pressure deferential over the air diaphragm. The Servo also provides an idle valve that the manufacturer and homebuilder can easily fine tune. In a second embodiment, the Servo is further adapted to replace the carburetor in smaller aircraft. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197855 | Apparatus and Method For Recovering Fuel - A new and useful apparatus and method for recovering fuel is provided, that is particularly useful for recovering fuel from a vehicle fuel system in which fuel is normally pumped to the vehicle engine. In a method and apparatus according to the principles of the present invention, fuel is recovered from a fuel supply system (e.g. a vehicle fuel system) in which fuel is normally directed, under pressure from a fuel pump to an engine (generally via a fuel rail that is connected directly to a fuel supply line). The fuel is recovered by connecting a drain conduit that comprises a single fluid conduit directly to the fuel line in a manner that provides a connection to only one point in the fuel line (and bypasses the fuel rail and the engine), initiating operation of the fuel pump (without starting the engine), to cause the fuel pump to pump fuel in the fuel line directly to the drain conduit. Thus, fuel is drained to the drain conduit, by operating the fuel pump without starting the engine, and draining fuel through the single conduit, while bypassing the fuel rail and the engine. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197856 | FUEL DELIVERY PIPE WITH DAMPER FUNCTION - A fuel delivery pipe with damper function, being constructed of an elongate lower case provided at its bottom with a plurality of injection sockets for connection with fuel injection valves to be opened and closed by a controller unit; an upper case coupled with the lower case in a liquid-tight manner to form an internal space to be filled with fuel under pressure supplied from a fuel pump; a hollow partition wall member the whole periphery of which is brazed to an inner surface of the lower or upper case to form an air chamber isolated from the internal space; and a vent hole formed in the lower or upper case and sealed after communicating the air chamber with the atmosphere therethrough. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197857 | FUEL INJECTION DEVICE - [Object] To ensure that the flow rate required during high-speed operation can be adequately provided in a fuel injection device for injecting/supplying fuel to an engine. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197858 | FUEL INJECTION DEVICE - [Object] To allow smooth discharge of a gas accumulated in a fuel injection device for injecting/supplying fuel to an engine intake passage. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197859 | Dynamically Altering Piston Displacement - Systems are disclosed that enable an internal combustion engine to dynamically alter piston displacement. The alteration is dynamic, because it occurs during engine operation, rather than requiring stopping and disassembling the engine. It is piston displacement that is altered, rather than engine displacement, because the actual volume that is displaced by a piston (as it moves within a cylinder) is altered. This is contrasted with the prior art practice of starving some cylinders of fuel. Because “engine displacement” is conveniently defined in prior art multi-displacement systems, to include only cylinders that actively produce power, the fuel-starved cylinders are excluded from a calculation of “engine displacement” and thus the “engine displacement” allegedly changes. The disclosed dynamic alteration of piston displacement is the alteration of actual displaced cylinder volume, and is differentiated from alteration of engine displacement. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197860 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE CONTROLLER - An internal combustion engine is started by performing fuel supply into part of a plurality of cylinders included in the internal combustion engine. After the magnitude of the negative pressure produced in intake piping of the internal combustion engine exceeds a predetermined reference value, fuel supply into the remaining cylinder(s) is started. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197861 | CANISTER DEVICES FOR GAS VEHICLE - A canister for a fuel vapor processor connected to a fuel tank and an engine includes a housing defining an adsorption chamber therein and an absorber being capable of adsorbing fuel vapor and filled in the adsorption chamber. The housing has an air communicating pipe communicating the adsorption chamber with the atmosphere, an introducing pipe communicating the adsorption chamber with the fuel tank and an exhaust pipe communicating the adsorption chamber with the engine. It is configured that airflow resistance in the canister along a first route between the air communicating pipe and the exhaust pipe is smaller than airflow resistance along a second route between the introducing pipe and the exhaust pipe. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197862 | Checking Functionality of Fuel Tank Vapor Pressure Sensor - A vehicle fuel emissions system includes a fuel tank, a tank pressure sensor indicating a pressure differential between the tank and a port communicating with the atmosphere, a pump for selectively producing vacuum in the tank, and a passage connecting the pump and a pressure sensor air reference port external to the system. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197863 | EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE IN VEHICLE - An exhaust gas recirculation valve in a vehicle has two valves that are controlled individually by using one driving source. The exhaust gas recirculation valve enables secure operation of a vehicle even if the driving source is out of order. The exhaust gas recirculation EGR valve includes a driving unit having a driving motor for rotating a motor shaft and an interlocking unit for receiving rotational force from the motor shaft. A rod portion moves upon reception of the rotational force. A valve unit at an end portion of the rod portion controls a flow rate of the exhaust gas. A valve housing is coupled to the driving unit as one unit and has an EGR port and a bypass port. The interlocking unit includes a valve return member for rotating the motor shaft forcibly to make the valve unit to move to an initial position. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197864 | Internal combustion engine and method for monitoring a tank ventilation system and a crankcase ventilation system - The invention relates to an internal combustion engine having an intake air line, which contains both a compressor of an exhaust gas turbocharger and a throttle flap, as well as having a tank ventilation system and a crankcase ventilation system, both of which are connected to the intake air line at two connecting points upstream of the compressor and behind the throttle flap. In order to make it possible to monitor the inlet points of the ventilation gases into the intake air line in a relatively simple way, the invention proposes that a non-return valve be mounted directly at each of the connecting points. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197865 | INTENTIONAL ARCING OF A CORONA IGNITER - A corona ignition system and method for igniting combustible gaseous mixtures includes the detection and control of arcing such that when arcing occurs, it is detected and the voltage to the ignitor increased to ensure sustained arcing for a period of time and of such quality that combustion of the mixture occurs through spark ignition for a period of time, after which the voltage is decreased to restore ignition by corona discharge only. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197866 | METHOD OF OPERATION OF TWO-STROKE FORCED CYLINDER FILLING ENGINE - The invention relates to propulsion engineering, namely to methods of operation of two-stroke engines. The invention makes it possible to increase the power-to-volume ratio of an engine through better cylinder filling and to improve engine performance through the utilization of combustion product energy, while using parts that are easy to produce from inexpensive and readily available materials. The essence of the invention is that a portion of incoming charge is by-passed from a cylinder, during the filling thereof, to an exhaust manifold after the combustion products so that a part of the exhaust manifold is filled. A portion of the combustion products is returned towards the cylinder cavity by fully closing the exhaust manifold with the aid of a valve member, and an incoming charge is pumped from the exhaust manifold to the cylinder cavity via exhaust members by virtue of combustion product energy when the scavenging ports are already closed. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197867 | Fuel Economizer Fuel Vapor System for Internal Combustion Engine - A fuel vaporizer system for an internal combustion engine including a first closed chamber defining a first volume, the first closed chamber having a heat transfer surface; a second closed chamber at least partially surrounding the first closed chamber and defining a second volume; and a third closed chamber at least partially surrounding the second closed chamber and defining a third volume. A liquid fuel supply system including a liquid fuel supply line emits fuel into the first volume in an expanding pattern of liquid fuel spray from at least one orifice. A thermal fluid system from said engine is configured to circulate fluid, which may be engine coolant, through the second volume and transfer heat from the fluid through the first closed chamber and vaporize said liquid fuel. An exhaust system from said engine is configured to circulate exhaust through the third volume and transfer heat from the exhaust through the second closed chamber and heat said fluid. A vaporized fuel outlet is configured to direct vaporized fuel from the first closed chamber to supply fuel to at least one combustion region of the internal combustion engine via a combustion fuel supply line. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197868 | Two-stroke engine - A two-stroke engine ( | 2011-08-18 |
20110197869 | BOW HAVING IMPROVED LIMBS, TRIGGER RELEASES, SAFETY MECHANISMS AND/OR DRY FIRE MECHANISMS - The present disclosure provides improved bows (e.g., crossbows and/or vertical bows). More particularly, the present disclosure provides advantageous bows having improved limbs, trigger releases, safety mechanisms and/or dry fire mechanisms. In exemplary embodiments, the present disclosure provides for systems and methods for fabricating bows (e.g., crossbows/vertical bows) having improved limbs (e.g., crossbow limbs), trigger releases, safety mechanisms and/or dry fire mechanisms, and wherein the bows provide increased arrow speed and/or more efficient release of stored energy. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197870 | Base For Supporting Tiles To Be Cut, A Kit and A Method For Adapting A Manual Tile-cutting Machine - The invention relates to a base ( | 2011-08-18 |
20110197871 | Apparatus for Preventing Splatter on a Front Surface of a Kitchen Stove and Methods of Using the Same - An apparatus prevents splatter on a front surface of a kitchen stove. More specifically, an apparatus attaches to a front surface of a kitchen stove. The apparatus prevents the splatter of cooking material, such as oils, grease, hot water and other like food material, from defiling the front of the kitchen stove, such as the dials and oven door disposed beneath the burners of a stovetop, and/or prevents splatter from ending up on the kitchen floor. Moreover, the apparatus helps to prevents injuries to children by preventing children access to the stovetop heating elements and cooking containers disposed thereon. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197872 | Portable heating device - A barbecue kit comprising a bowl having a base and side walls, the base having a central planar portion and a plurality of downwardly sloping portions between the planar central portion and the walls, a plurality of apertures in the base, a support assembly including a manifold connected to a plurality of hollow support arms and a fan associated with the manifold to blow air through the hollow support arms to the interior of the bowl. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197873 | DEVICE FOR TRANSFERRING HEAT AND A RELATED MEANS OF TRIGGERING A CONTROLLED COMBUSTION - The present invention is a means of starting a controlled combustion reaction by introducing sodium borohydride or similar chemical to a liquid or gelatinous fuel. The present invention is also a device for transferring heat having a thermal conductor connected to a catalyst such that the thermal conductor is positioned within a liquid or gelatinous fuel held within a fuel container. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197874 | FASTENING SYSTEM FOR GAS TUBES IN STOVES - A fastening system for securing gas tube in the regulator or venturi in gas stove is disclosed. The fastening system may include a double coupling clamp whose center part wraps around the tube and an end which penetrates into the gas regulator or the venturi, allowing the coupling in two side projections foreseen in the regulator or venturi body. The double coupling clamp may allow the gas tube to stay aligned with the regular or venture body to which it is connected. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197875 | GUIDE DEVICE - A guide apparatus for a baking oven. The guide apparatus includes a baking support including a projecting edge on opposite sides of the baking support. Further included is a side wall of the oven and a plurality of horizontal bars mounted on the side wall. The horizontal bars form at least one baking level and support the projecting edges of the baking support. Also included is at least one holding means provided on the baking support, which holding means engages beneath one of the plurality of horizontal bars and forms a tilt protection mechanism. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197876 | Protective tapered member - An edge guard for use adjacent an edge. The edge guard comprises a cushion member and an edge attachment. The cushion member includes a first face, a second face, and a cushion edge portion disposed between them. Both faces have inner portions extending away from the cushion edge portion towards end portions. The inner portions are positioned adjacent surfaces surrounding the edge. The edge attachment includes an upper surface, an attached end, and a distal end. The attached end is attached to one of the end portions of the cushion member. The edge attachment is stiffer than the cushion member. The upper surface of the edge attachment is separated a distance from the surface it is positioned adjacent that tapers from a larger distance at the attached end to a smaller distance at the distal end. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197877 | SOLAR PANELS - A solar panel system ( | 2011-08-18 |
20110197878 | DEVICE FOR ABSORBING ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION - The invention relates to a device ( | 2011-08-18 |
20110197879 | Solar collector for evaporation of aqueous solutions - The invention is related to solar collectors intended to perform technological processes and specifically, to solar collectors used for concentration by evaporation of aqueous solutions. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197880 | Solar Concentration and Cooling Devices, Arrangements and Methods - Arrangements may include a concentrator constructed and arranged to receive incident electromagnetic energy and to concentrate the incident electromagnetic energy to a greater intensity level; an electromagnetic receiving device comprising a first surface constructed and arranged to receive the concentrated electromagnetic energy, and a second surface opposite the first surface; a heat transport device comprising at least one duct and a first surface; and a thermal interface layer physically connected to at least a portion of the second surface of the electromagnetic energy receiving device and the first surface of the heat transport device, the thermal interface material being both electrically and thermally conductive. Related methods and additional arrangements are also described. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197881 | Underwater Breathing Apparatus - An underwater breathing apparatus includes a water resistant enclosure for floating on the surface of a body of water. An air collection header and an air pump for generating a constant flow of breathable air, an air supply line for delivering a flow of the breathable air to a user and a check valve for exhausting used air are also provided. At least one mouth piece connected to one of said supply lines and to a user's mouth together with a solar powered rechargeable battery connected to the air pumps enables the air pump to supply breathable air to the user. A safety flag mounted on the water resistant enclosure and extending upward therefrom indicate the presence of an individual below the surface of the water as does a safety warning light mounted on top of the water resistant enclosure. A fresh air vent tube supplies air to the air pump and prevents water from entering the water resistant enclosure while a jet ski fixed to an underside of said water resistant enclosure and guided by the user is used for moving the water resistant enclosure to a different area. Finally, a tether line connects the user to the jet ski while a retractable hose mechanism automatically reels out air hoses when a diver descends and reels in the air hose when the diver ascends. In the preferred embodiment of the invention a micro-computer contains the data from dive tables and automatically reels in and stops at various steps the air hose. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197882 | POWER CONTROL IN A MEDICAL VENTILATOR - A ventilator that is small, lightweight, and portable, yet capable of being quickly adapted to operate in a plurality of different modes and configurations to deliver a variety of therapies to a patient. A porting system having a plurality of sensors structured to monitor a number of parameters with respect to the flow of gas, and a number of porting blocks is used to reconfigure the ventilator so that it operates as a single-limb or dual limb ventilator. In the single-limb configuration, an active or passive exhaust assembly can be provided proximate to the patient. The ventilator is capable of operate in a volume or pressure support mode, even in a single-limb configuration. In addition, a power control mechanism controls the supply of power to the ventilator from an AC power source, a lead acid battery, an internal rechargeable battery pack, and a detachable battery pack. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197883 | PORTING BLOCK FOR A MEDICAL VENTILATOR - A ventilator that is small, lightweight, and portable, yet capable of being quickly adapted to operate in a plurality of different modes and configurations to deliver a variety of therapies to a patent. A porting system having a plurality of sensors structured to monitor a number of parameters with respect to the flow of gas, and a number of porting blocks is used to reconfigure the ventilator so that it operates as a single-limb or dual limb ventilator. In the single-limb configuration, an active or passive exhaust assembly can be provided proximate to the patient. The ventilator is capable of operate in a volume or pressure support mode, even in a single-limb configuration. In addition, a power control mechanism controls the supply of power to the ventilator from an AC power source, a lead acid battery, an internal rechargeable battery pack, and a detachable battery pack. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197884 | VOLUME CONTROL IN A MEDICAL VENTILATOR - A ventilator that is small, lightweight, and portable, yet capable of being quickly adapted to operate in a plurality of different modes and configurations to deliver a variety of therapies to a patient. A porting system having a plurality of sensors structured to monitor a number of parameters with respect to the flow of gas, and a number of porting blocks is used to reconfigure the ventilator so that it operates as a single-limb or dual limb ventilator. In the single-limb configuration, an active or passive exhaust assembly can be provided proximate to the patient. The ventilator is capable of operate in a volume or pressure support mode, even in a single-limb configuration. In addition, a power control mechanism controls the supply of power to the ventilator from an AC power source, a lead acid battery, an internal rechargeable battery pack, and a detachable battery pack. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197885 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR SENSING RESPIRATION AND CONTROLLING VENTILATOR FUNCTIONS - Improved methods and devices are described for sensing the respiration pattern of a patient and controlling ventilator functions, particularly for use in an open ventilation system. A ventilation and breath sensing apparatus may include a ventilation gas delivery circuit and a ventilation tube coupled to the ventilation gas delivery circuit. A plurality of pressure sensing elements may be separated by a distance and may produce independent signals. The signals may be used to detect pressure differentials between the plurality of pressure sensing elements. Sensing ports may be located in an airway, and connected to transducers that are valved to optimize sensitivity and overpressure protection. Airway pressure and flow can both be obtained and used to optimize ventilator synchronization and therapy. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197886 | RESPIRATORY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR VENTILATING A PATIENT - The invention relates to a respiratory device for ventilating a patient. The respiratory device comprises a respirator that is or can be linked with an endotracheal tube or a respiratory mask. The respiratory device is provided with a control/regulation unit ( | 2011-08-18 |
20110197887 | ACCESSORY CONNECTION AND DATA SYNCHRONICATION IN A VENTILATOR - A medical ventilator that includes a memory device, a controller operatively coupled to the memory device, and an accessory connector provided at or about the exterior of the ventilator housing. The controller is adapted to record ventilation data in the memory device that includes at least one of data relating to the operation of the ventilator and data relating to the breathing of the patient while ventilation therapy is being provided to the patient. The accessory connector is structured to operatively couple the controller to an accessory device and to provide power to the accessory device. The accessory connector also serves as a communication bus for enabling the accessory device to communicate data generated by it to the controller, which in turn is adapted to record the accessory device data in the memory device in a manner wherein the accessory device data is merged. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197888 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VENTILATION - A method of monitoring tracheal pressure of a subject is disclosed. The subject is ventilated with breathing gas flowing via an endotracheal tube having an inflatable cuff. The method comprises monitoring sealing of the trachea by the cuff using a close loop control, varying a ventilation pressure thereby varying flow level of the breathing gas, monitoring a response pressure within the cuff in response to the variation, and calculating the tracheal pressure using the ventilation pressure variations, the cuff response pressure and the flow level. In some embodiments, an under-pressure is applied for suctioning fluid carrying secretions, synchronously with variations in the tracheal pressure. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197889 | ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR SUPPLYING BREATHING GAS FOR RESPIRATION - An apparatus and method for supplying a breathing gas for a respiration. The apparatus includes a reciprocating unit configured to receive an inspiration gas flow and adapted to control respiratory movements. The apparatus also includes a gas mixer for supplying a fresh gas flow. The apparatus also includes a breathing circuit configured to conduct an expiration gas flow to the reciprocating unit and to conduct the fresh gas flow from the gas mixer for the respiration and to conduct the gas flow from the reciprocating unit for an inspiration, the breathing circuit comprising a CO2 remover configured to remove carbon dioxide from the gas. The apparatus also includes a first bypass passage configured to permit bypassing the reciprocating unit and connecting the breathing circuit to the inspiration gas flow upstream from the reciprocating unit. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197890 | AMBULATORY OXYGEN CONCENTRATOR - An oxygen concentrator provides ambulatory oxygen utilizing a vacuum swing adsorption (VSA) oxygen separator powered by a power pack. The separator has a plurality of nitrogen-selective adsorbent beds, each operating in VSA cycles including feed, evacuation and repressurization phases. The concentrator also contains a delivery system for receiving oxygen produced by the VSA separator. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197891 | ARTICULATED FIREFIGHTER BREATHING PACK - An articulated firefighter breathing pack includes multiple polymeric pressure vessels connected together and to a flexible manifold with sections of flexible conduit. The pressure vessels and sections of flexible conduit are encased in high strength fiber material. The pressure vessels are wrapped in high strength ballistic ribbon material. The manifold provides connections for a high pressure regulator and an air fill source. A low pressure hose is connected to the high pressure regulator, a low pressure regulator is connected to the low pressure hose and a mouthpiece connected to the low pressure regulator. A pressure vessel container attaches the pressure vessels, the flexible conduit and the manifold to a harness having a waist portion and two vertical straps extending upwardly over the shoulders and back down to the waist portion. A utility belt provides mounting for equipment for the breathing pack including hoses, a power supply, electronic sensors and controls. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197892 | Enhanced manually actuated pressure controlled modulator technology - A dual area pressure pulmonary modulator apparatus which provides constant flow, pressure cycled ventilatory support to patients that is additionally equipped with fluid conduits in the valve mechanism and body that allow the clinician or user to manually actuate inhalation by occluding a fluid path emanating from the modulator. Such feature is useful for when the device stops cycling due to physiological changes of the patient, for determining if the patient is cycling the device or if the device is automatically cycling by nature of its setting, coordinating medical procedures with the breathing of the patient, increasing the PEEP beyond the intrinsic design PEEP of the device for a given PIP setting, increasing inspiratory hold time, and providing an easy to use alternative mode of operation for users with less sophistication. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197893 | QUICK RELEASE HEADGEAR STRAP - This invention provides a headgear for a mask assembly including straps for positioning on the head and means to minimise deviation from an optimal mask assembly setting when engaging or disengaging the mask assembly from operative use. Preferably, the disengaging means is a variable-length strap incorporating at least one length delimiter, which may be a hub in the strap or an alternative means which employ friction to remain in place. The strap surfaces may be modified to provide the delimiting means. The strap may incorporate a second delimiting means in moveable engagement with the strap. Preferably, one engagement means is in fixed engagement with the strap. One delimiting means may be a thickened strap portion. However, other means for delimiting the effective strap length may be used. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197894 | Endotracheal tube cleaning apparatus - A cleaning apparatus including an elongate tubular member utilized by extending into an endotracheal tube. A cleaning assembly provided at a distal end of the elongate tubular member radially expands to engage the interior wall of the endotracheal tube, for cleaning thereof by an outer periphery, achieving an effective cleaning engagement. A fluid impervious bladder portion provides an effective seal preventing fluid seepage during cleaning withdrawal. Further, a ventilator coupling connects to the endotracheal tube, a first inlet port couples to a ventilator assembly to supply air to a patient, and a second inlet port receives the elongate tubular member there through into the endotracheal tube. Also, a bypass coupling assembly connects between the channel of the elongate tubular member and the ventilator assembly directing air into the channel of the elongate tubular member and out the distal end upon occlusion of airflow. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197895 | TRACHEAL TUBE ADAPTOR AND FLARING JIG - The present disclosure describes systems and methods that utilize a tracheal tube adaptor system. The tracheal tube adaptor system includes a tracheal tube adaptor and/or a flaring jig. A proximal end of a tracheal tube may be flared and the tracheal tube adaptor may be coupled to the proximal end of the tracheal tube. The tracheal tube adaptor may be configured to easily attach and detach an end connector. The end connector may be used to couple a variety of medical devices such as a ventilator, a manual respirator, a nebulizer, a vaporizer, suctioning equipment, and so forth, to the tracheal tube. The use of the tracheal tube adaptor system and methods enables the rapid detachment and attachment of various end connectors, thus allowing the coupling of the tracheal tube to a variety of medical devices. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197897 | ANTIBACTERIAL AGENT, AND DEVICE USED FOR ACTIVE PROTECTION OF INCISION MARGINS AND INCORPORATING SUCH AN ANTIBACTERIAL AGENT - The invention relates to an antibacterial agent comprising, as active product, a haemostatic contact tissue with an acid pH combined with povidone iodine, the haemostatic contact tissue being regenerated or non-regenerated oxidized cellulose. It also relates to a device used for active protection of incision margins and incorporating such an antibacterial agent. The applicant has now demonstrated surprisingly that the combination of regenerated or non-regenerated oxidized cellulose with povidone iodine provided a degree of bacterial inhibition superior to simple use of regenerated or non-regenerated oxidized cellulose on its own or of povidone iodine on its own. This therefore represents a synergistic effect, which yields a novel agent that is both a very powerful haemostatic and also very powerful antibacterial substance. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197898 | SPIT PREVENTION MASK - A spit prevention mask comprises a frame, the covering plate and two support arms. The covering plate is capable of being inserted onto the frame, two support arms can be attached onto the two ends of the frame. wherein with the above mentioned structure, the ear hook of each support arm can be placed around the user's ear, and the covering plate covers the user's mouth, and the separator keeps a predetermined distance between the covering plate and the user's mouth without any contact; therefore, the covering plate prevents spit coming from the user without reducing the clarity of speech of the user, allows facial expressions to be seen, does not affect intake of breath, and exhalations from the user do not cause fogging of the user's eyeglasses. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197899 | NANO-OTOLOGIC PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT FOR IMPACT NOISE TOXICITY AND/OR BLAST OVERPRESSURE EXPOSURE - An apparatus for preventing hearing loss having a body made of a soft compliant material having first and second ends and a channel extending therethrough, an acoustically limp material adjacent one of the ends of the body with the acoustically limp material having a hole therein aligned with the channel extending through the body, and a component film, disc or other structure covering or sealing the opening in the acoustically limp material. The film or disc may be formed of a high-strength polymer material and may be less than 10 micrometers in thickness. Rather than having a single channel extending through the body, a plurality of channels may extend therethrough and a plurality of corresponding holes may be provided in the acoustically limp material. The film, disc or other structure covers or seals the plurality of holes in the acoustically limp material. The film, disc or other structure may be attached in such a fashion as to behave like a flap whose operation is to close in response to high energy sound waves. The flap is pressed shut from the high intensity shock wave itself. The body may cylindrical in shape or may have another shape to fit snugly in a human ear canal. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197900 | PERCUTANEOUS INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY SYSTEM FOR TREATING VALVULAR DISEASE - A system is provided for treating valvular disease percutaneously though a ventricular apex of the heart. The system includes a needle for piercing through the ventricular apex of the heart and creating a hole whereby a catheter can be passed through the skin and the wall of the heart to gain access to the interior of the heart. Once percutaneous access to the heart is obtained, any of a variety of techniques can be utilized for annular and/or valvular therapy and/or repair through, the catheter. A closure device is necessary for closing the puncture of the heart. Any of a variety of vascular closure devices can be modified to be utilized with the system to close the puncture of the ventricular apex of the heart. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197901 | TOBACCO DEPENDENCE ATTENUATION COMPOSITION - A tobacco dependence attenuation composition and method of preparing the same. The composition includes comminuted alfalfa leaves, peppermint, cayenne pepper, water, honey, and optionally, vitamin C. The alfalfa leaves may be finely ground to powder form. With the water at or near boiling temperature, these ingredients are mixed together. The mixed ingredients may be packaged and frozen to promote expression of sugar from the alfalfa and permeation of expressed sugar throughout the mix. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197902 | TOBACCO CUT FILLER INCLUDING METAL OXIDE SUPPORTED PARTICLES - A smoking article composition and a method of making a smoking article composition and an additive, wherein the additive comprises particles anchored to the cut filler by a metal oxide support. The additive can be formed by combining particles and a metal oxide precursor solution with the smoking article composition. The smoking article composition can comprise tobacco cut filler, cigarette paper and/or cigarette filter material. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197903 | Small bowl filtered smoking apparatus and method for using same - A two piece in-line smoking device meant for smoking small amounts of tobacco or other substances. A mouthpiece portion is inserted into a chamber portion and crimps a filter medium into place against a filter support permanently attached near the chamber portion top end. An internal conical lip extends around the inner circumference of the chamber portion bottom end. A method for preventing substance from falling out of the chamber portion includes filling the chamber portion cavity with substance and then adding an additional small amount of substance whereby the additional amount is pressed against the bottom end inner lip and against the first portion of added substance thereby forming a plug that prevents substance from falling out of the chamber portion. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197904 | ARTIFICIAL NAILS INCLUDING APPLICATION TABS - A kit including a package containing a plurality of preformed artificial nails having an application tab that removably clings to a surface of the nail, the application tab assembly including a body protruding from the nail, an attachment portion, and, optionally, an adhesive disposed between the body and the artificial nail. The clinging portion of the attachment portion, and the adhesive, if utilized, leaves substantially no residue on the artificial nail when the application tab assembly is removed from the surface of the artificial nail. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197905 | TWIN HANDLE HEATED AIR ROUND BRUSH DRYER/STYLER - A twin handled round hair styling brush with a first or right handle, a second or left handle that is a duplicate shape and size of the first or right handle, a round hollow center bristle base with bristles that can be made of several different bristle types that are used for drying, curling and styling hair, a motorized fan and heating element which is used to blow an even airflow onto the hair with the motorized fan and heating element housed inside the heat resisting round hollow center bristle base the round hair brush, an electrical power cord with a hi/lo/off regulator switch with a Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI) cord connected to the motorized fan and heating element housed inside the bristle base and housed and run through the left handle portion. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197906 | Method For Providing Maximum Malodor And Perspiration Control - A method for treating malodor on an intimate area comprising: applying an intimate cleansing product to the intimate area; rinsing the intimate cleansing product from the intimate area; and applying an antiperspirant to the intimate area; wherein the intimate cleansing product comprises a malodor active. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197907 | Method For Providing Maximum Malodor And Irritation Control - A method for reducing irritation on an intimate area comprising: applying an intimate cleansing product to the intimate area; rinsing the intimate cleansing product from the intimate area; applying a shave preparation to the intimate area; shaving the intimate area; wherein the intimate cleansing product comprises a malodor active. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197908 | HAIR EXTENSION - The present invention provides method of attaching a hair extension to a subject, the hair extension including a plurality of hairs attached to a base with an aperture through the base, the method including: i) selecting a first bundle of the subject's hair; ii) passing the first bundle of the subject's hair through the aperture; iii) selecting a second bundle of the subject's hair; and iv) clamping the first bundle of subject's hair to the second bundle of subject's hair with a clamp; wherein the clamped first and second bundles form a closed loop which retains the hair extension in place. The present invention also provides a hair extension for use in the method. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197909 | COMPOSITION FOR THE PERMANENT SHAPING OF HUMAN HAIR - The present invention concerns a composition for the permanent shaping of human hair used both for the permanent waving of human hair with an excellent waving effect as well as for the straightening of either naturally or chemically curled hair comprising a diamide compound. Accordingly, the present invention is on a composition for permanent shaping hair based on at least one reducing agent and a compound comprising at least two amide (diamide) groups in its molecule and at least one cationic polymer. Preferred diamide compounds are according to the general structure | 2011-08-18 |
20110197910 | COLORING AND PERMING COMPOSITIONS FOR HAIR - The present invention is related to an aqueous composition comprising an alkalizing agent and a cationic polymer. The inventors of the present invention have surprisingly found out that a composition comprising at least one alkalizing agent and a cationic polymer consisting of a copolymer of vinylpyrrolidone and vinylimidazole and a homopolymer of dimethyl dially ammonium chloride colours and/or permanently shapes hair excellently and improves hair shine, combability and manageability and especially hair treated with such composition has less flyaway. Additionally it has been observed that hair coloured and/or permanently shaped more homogeneously from root to tips. The object of the present invention is a composition for hair comprising at least one alkalizing agent and a cationic polymer consisting of a copolymer of vinylpyrrolidone and vinylimidazole and a homopolymer of dimethyl dially ammonium chloride. Cationic charge density of the polymer is preferably between 3 and 4 mEq/g and particularly 3.7 mEq/g at pH 7.0. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197911 | COLORING COMPOSITION - The present invention is related to an aqueous composition comprising an alkalizing agent and an aqueous emulsion of a silicone copolymer. The inventors of the present invention have surprisingly found out that a composition comprising at least one alkalizing agent and an aqueous emulsion of divinyldimethicone/dimethicone copolymer with an internal phase viscosity of more than 1×10 | 2011-08-18 |
20110197912 | COLORING COMPOSITION - An aqueous oxidative colouring composition for keratin fibres has at least one oxidative dye precursor and optionally at least one coupling agent and an aqueous emulsion of divinyldimethicone/dimethicone copolymer with an internal phase viscosity of more than 1×10 | 2011-08-18 |
20110197913 | COSMETICS CASE - A cosmetics case includes a case body and a cover body. The case body has an accommodating room, a first pivot, and a first buckle. The cover body is connected to the case body and has a second pivot as well as a second buckle that both are designed in accordance with the first pivot and the first buckle of the case body. The cover body further has a non-transparent decoration area and a transparent window that are designed in accordance with the accommodating room of the case body. The window surrounds the decoration area and accordingly surrounds the accommodating room of the case body. Through the window, users are able to observe the color or the amount of the cosmetic article such as a powder foundation, a lipstick, cheek, or an eye shadow in the accommodating room inside the cosmetics case. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197914 | TOOTHPICK - Disclosed is a toothpick having a structure wherein the two ends each have different functions. The toothpick comprises two end portions with one end portion configured in a linear body and the other end portion configured in a hook body, wherein the tips of both end portions are pointed, the overall cross section is elliptical and the overall surface is embossed. The linear body can be used for relatively easy removal of food waste retained in the mouth, while the hook body is used to efficiently remove food stuck deep in the mouth. The embossed surface of the toothpick helps to improve the removal of food waste. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197915 | Bio-Based Solvents and Methods for Using Same - A method for making and using bio-based cleaning compositions containing an epoxidized fatty acid ester is provided herein. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197916 | SQUEEGEE ASSEMBLY FOR A FLOOR CLEANING MACHINE - The present invention relates to an improved squeegee assembly. Some embodiments of the present invention are directed to a uniquely shaped squeegee configuration that has been found to remove liquids from a floor in an efficient manner. One particular embodiment utilizes a W-shaped squeegee. Other embodiments are directed to a squeegee fixation device. Yet other embodiments are directed toward a squeegee orientation device. Some embodiments are also directed toward a lifting mechanism and the connection between the squeegee assembly and the lifting mechanism. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197917 | MULTI-SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A cleaning apparatus disclosing embodiments wherein a covering may be affixed to an apparatus head or removable or a combination of removable and fixed covering. A portion of the apparatus is hollow and may be used as a product dispenser to retain and dispense various flowable solutions. Certain embodiments feature a scrubbing surface to aid in removing debris. Other embodiments teach a cleaning head of varying size and shape to permit navigation of small or select areas. Further embodiments disclose various cleaning, drying, and polishing surfaces such as brushes, sponges, microfiber, abrasive surfaces, melamine, and tacky surfaces. A variety of reversible and permanent affixation methods are disclosed. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197918 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CLEANING RUBBER BLANKETS ON BLANKET CYLINDERS - The invention relates to an apparatus for cleaning the rubber blanket stretched over a rubber blanket cylinder ( | 2011-08-18 |
20110197919 | Barnacle Fouling Tool - Disclosed is a flow-driven antifouling device for a seismic marine streamer cable. A cylindrical housing is circumferentially mounted to a submerged, circular cable. Fluid flow over the cable provides motive power to rotate the device around the outer surface of the cable, preventing barnacles, marine growth and other fouling accumulation. Interior wheels contact the cable outer surface to disrupt fouling growth and control the direction of travel along the length of the cable. Radially-protruding vanes utilize the local fluid flow over the cable to apply a rotation to the device, powering its movement. The orientation of the inner wheels determines corkscrew direction, allowing forward and aft travel along the cable. Continuous and uninterrupted motion prevents fouling development, which improves the fidelity of seismic sensors and decreases drag on the cable. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197920 | Monitoring and Recording Device for Clean-In-Place System - A controller and recorder is disclosed for controlling, monitoring, and recording concentrations, temperature, air flow, fluid flow, and valve position a cleaning system. The invention allows a user to monitor multiple outputs at one time to quickly and efficiently diagnose malfunctions in the cleaning system. The invention records and archives the outputs during operation of the cleaning system. The data may then be downloaded by a user and analyzed for malfunctions in the system. For example, the data may indicate malfunctioning valves or fouled sensors in the cleaning system. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197921 | Stethoscope disinfection monitoring and reporting system - A stethoscope disinfection monitoring and reporting system structured and configured to track, monitor and report the cleaning, disinfecting, and/or sterilizing of the head portion of a stethoscope is presented. The system comprises a stethoscope cleaning assembly cooperatively structured and configured to clean the head portion of the stethoscope, for instance, via the application of a cleaning fluid or solution thereto. The system further comprises a monitoring device and a cooperatively structured and disposed reader assembly. The monitoring device may be unique to, or otherwise serve to identify, the stethoscope. The reader assembly is structured and disposed to detect, identify, and record data pertaining to the monitoring device and/or stethoscope upon cleaning the head portion, or otherwise upon disposition of the head portion into a cleaning relation with the stethoscope cleaning assembly. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197922 | VEHICLE SPRAY WASHER WITH LIGHTING FOR POSITION ASSISTANCE - A spray-type car wash system includes an overhead carriage which can move longitudinally the length of a wash bay. A pair of laterally opposed spray arms depend from the carriage. During vehicle entry into the bay, LED-based lights running down the length of each arm are caused to flash to help the driver center a vehicle between the arms. Cushioning and breakaway features protect the arms from damage. A single-arm system is also disclosed. A double-light, stationary support system is also disclosed. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197923 | STAGED COMPRESSOR WATER WASH SYSTEM - A compressor wash system for compressor washing includes stages of fluid delivery lines coupled at one end to a pump output and at the other end to a corresponding nozzle set. A control valve is connected to the fluid delivery line between the pump and the nozzle set, selectively supplying fluid between the pump and the nozzle set. Each nozzle of a nozzle set is positioned on an inlet of the compressor to allow the stages to wash a portion of the compressor. Nozzle sets are positioned around a bellmouth assembly and/or around an inlet cone of the compressor inlet, with a nozzle spray tip of each nozzle extending into an inlet air flow path of the compressor. Fluid may be directed to one or more of the stages in a sequencing pattern determined and configured to wash the compressor. Templates and installation guides are utilized to position the nozzles. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197924 | TOUCHLESS CAR WASH SYSTEM - A carwash system is disclosed wherein a spray arm dependingly mounted to an overhead longitudinally movable carriage for dispensing fluids onto the exterior surfaces of a vehicle in a wash bay unidirectionally circumnavigates the vehicle for multiple circuits while performing one or more wash functions by coordinating longitudinal and rotational movements of the arm through the selective operation of two independent motor drives. Electrical power and/or data is carried to and from electrical devices on the arm by way of a slip ring conductor which is mounted coaxially with the arm pivot on the bottom side of the carriage. The fluid supply conduit also passes concentrically through this pivot. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197925 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DERIMING CRYOGENIC EQUIPMENT - The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for liquefying natural gas. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197926 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A DISHWASHER - In a method for operating a dishwasher containing wash items, in particular a household dishwasher, at least at times a heated liquid to the wash items is applied during at least two of a plurality of program steps. A desorption process for desorption of a reversibly dehydratable drying material of a sorption drying system is effected at least at times. The desorption process is carried out at least partially before or during a first of the at least two program steps, with heated liquid being applied to the wash items during the at least two program steps. | 2011-08-18 |
20110197927 | AUTOMATIC DISHWASHING AGENT - The invention relates to low-alkaline and bleach-free dishwasher detergents having a pH value (20° C.) between 8 and 12, comprising
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20110197928 | Carrier for Reducing Entrance and/or Exit Marks Left by a Substrate-Processing Meniscus - A carrier for supporting a substrate during processing by a meniscus formed by upper and lower proximity heads is described. The carrier includes a frame having an opening sized for receiving a substrate and a plurality of support pins for supporting the substrate within the opening. The opening is slightly larger than the substrate such that a gap exists between the substrate and the opening. Means for reducing a size and frequency of entrance and/or exit marks on substrates is provided, the means aiding and encouraging liquid from the meniscus to evacuate the gap. A method for reducing the size and frequency of entrance and exit marks is also provided. | 2011-08-18 |