37th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 5 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110219907 | SLIDING SLEEVE - The invention relates to a telescopable steering spindle having an inner spindle and an outer spindle, which are arranged coaxially in relation to one another and have an out-of-round cross section for torque transmission, wherein an intermediate space is provided between the outer spindle and the inner spindle, a sliding sleeve being arranged in the said intermediate space, wherein the sliding sleeve is provided with a surface structuring on at least one surface facing the inner spindle or the outer spindle. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219908 | Bicycle Stem - A bicycle stem comprises a steerer tube base including a pivotal end having a pivotal hole and two blocking devices provided in the pivotal end and slightly protruding from an inner side of the pivotal hole; a clamp arm including a coupled end pivotally coupled to the pivotal end; and a lock unit including two lock sleeves, an engaged bolt disposed in the pivotal hole of the pivotal end and a blocking element for preventing the engaged bolt detaching from the pivotal end; wherein the lock unit is operable between a first position and a second position. In the first position of the lock unit, the clamp arm is fixed and can not pivot with respect to the steerer tube base, and in the second position of the lock unit, the clamp arm is able to pivot with respect to the steerer tube base. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219909 | Bicycle Handlebar and Grip Assembly - A bicycle handlebar assembly that includes a body having at least two grip areas positioned for interaction with the hands of a rider. The grip portions or grip areas are preferably spaced apart by a center portion that secures the assembly to a bicycle steerer tube. A channel or detent is formed in the body proximate at least one, and preferably proximate each grip portion or grip area. A dampener formed of a different material than the body is disposed in the detent and dissipates at least a portion of vibration of the body to reduce vibrations communicated to the hands of the rider from handlebar vibration. An optional grip assembly cooperates with the handlebar assembly and is constructed to further dampen handlebar vibration. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219910 | Grip Sleeve Assembly - A grip sleeve assembly is adapted to be mounted on a grip portion of a steering wheel. The grip sleeve assembly includes an anti-slip sleeve, a resilient clamp, and a grip sleeve. The anti-slip sleeve is adapted to be sleeved on and in frictional contact with the grip portion, has a C-shaped cross-section, and is formed with a gap adapted for permitting the grip portion to be removed from the anti-slip sleeve therethrough. The resilient clamp has a C-shaped cross-section, and is mounted to the anti-slip sleeve to thereby bias the anti-slip sleeve to clamp the grip portion. The grip sleeve is mounted fixedly around the anti-slip sleeve. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219911 | Control Interface Activated Restraining System to Secure a Rider's Footwear to a Foot Support - A restraining system is configured to secure and release a rider's footwear to a vehicle footrest in response to inputs to a control interface. The vehicle is typically a motorcycle or bicycle. In the case of a motorcycle, a rider's boot is restrained to a motorcycle foot peg by the action of a restraining device. Exemplary restraining device embodiments include an electromagnet or a mechanical latch. The control interface may be located on the motorcycle handlebar or on the rider's helmet. The rider can provide the inputs directly to the control interface. Alternatively, the inputs may be received from a wireless source. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219912 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A .beta.-y-TiAL BASE ALLOY - A method for the production of a γ-TiAl base alloy by vacuum arc remelting, which γ-TiAl base alloy solidifies via the (β-phase (β-γ-TiAl base alloy), comprises the following method steps:
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20110219913 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING METALLIC NANOWIRES USING IONIC LIQUIDS - Disclosed is a method of manufacturing nano-sized metal wire having a length-to-diameter ratio of at least 50 by using an ionic liquid in a polyol reduction using a metal salt as a precursor. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219914 | REDUCING DROSS METHOD OF LEAD-FREE SOLDER - A reducing dross method of lead-free solder includes the steps of: producing master alloy of reducing dross which comprises Sn and 0.1 to 0.8 wt % P; analyzing the percentage of P in the lead-free solder to be modified, in order to reach 0.008 to 0.015 wt % P in the lead-free solder, adding the master alloy into the lead-free solder with the percentage of P less than 0.008 wt % or no P; then sampling the lead-free solder at regular intervals to determine the percentage and the percentage loss of P, if the percentage of P being less than a given value between 0.008 to 0.015 wt %, adding the master alloy to keep the percentage of P within 0.008 to 0.015 wt %. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219915 | Nail Driver - A nail driver that is a non separable bottom loader. The driver is equipped with handles with the striking area penetrating through the handle enabling the user to strike the striking area only reduce the vibration received when using it manually or with a hammer. A handle on the rod allows it to be held safely while striking the striking area on top of the rod handle with a hammer. The tool is small enough to be easily stored in a workers tool box. A plurality of sizes permit the user to hold a wide variety of nail sizes required. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219916 | Power Tong Device - A power tong device ( | 2011-09-15 |
20110219917 | BREAKOUT WRENCH SYSTEM - A breakout wrench for use with a rock drill string includes a frame adapted for mounting to a rock drill feed guide structure, and a sub-frame rotatably connected to the frame about a drill string longitudinal axis. The sub-frame supports a pair of jaw members adapted for radial movement towards and away from one another and to releasably engage a first section of a drill string. The breakout wrench also includes a clamping member supported by the rock drill feed guide structure. The clamping member is adapted to releasably engage a second section of the drill string spaced axially from the first section. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219918 | Dry wall screw embedder - A screw embedder attachment for a hand tool handle is disclosed. The invention allows for the addition of a screwdriver functionality to hand tool handles at the end of the tool handle opposite the working end of the tool. Since the invention is placed over the exterior of the tool handle, it allows for assembly and reassembly of the resulting apparatus without the need for disassembly and reassembly of the tool. The invention may be attached and detached from the tool in a minimal number of steps and without the need for special tools, such that where the invention is not needed for a particular job, but the tool is, the invention may be stowed for later use. The invention may be practiced by hand tool operators desiring to reduce the number of individual tools that need to be carried and exchanged for a particular job. This improves the efficiency of work operations and may reduce the number of related injuries and accidents. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219919 | INSTALLATION AID - An installation aid for installing a blocking element on a suspension strut of a motor vehicle, the installation aid having a flexible, Y-like design with a trunk section, a first branch section and a second branch section, wherein
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20110219920 | Rotating Pipe Machining Device - A machining device has a stationary member and a rotating member. A plurality of bearings on one of the members engages a surface of the other. At least one of the bearings is radially fixed, while the remainder of the bearings are radially adjustable. In another aspect of the invention, the bearings are rotatable on a first cylindrical portion of a mounting shaft that has a second cylindrical portion attachable to the machine. A radial undercut is provided around a flange between the first cylindrical portion and the second cylindrical portion. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219921 | Cutting System - A cutting system for cutting natural or composite products is disclosed. The cutting system includes a fixed shear cutting blade having a cutting edge that faces upwardly. The cutting system also includes a movable ram positioned above the cutting edge. The movable ram can be moved upwardly and downwardly relative to the cutting edge. In use of the cutting system, a product desired to be cut is fed between the movable ram and the cutting edge of the cutting blade. By moving the movable ram downwardly toward the cutting blade, the product is compressed against the cutting blade thereby causing the cutting edge of the cutting blade to cut upwardly through the product. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219922 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING CURLED DECORATIVE GRASS - Curled decorative grass having a variety of configurations and methods for making such decorative grass is provided which, because of its increased bulk, can also be used as a packing material, animal bedding, cat litter, mulch for soil, and a media for plants. The curled decorative grass is produced by curling a substantially flat sheet of material and thereafter cutting the resulting curled sheet of material, or by cutting a pre-curled material. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219923 | Gathering method and apparatus for a keypad fabrication process - A gathering method for a keypad fabrication process, in which a key-top tree is placed into a punching die, the punching die is aligned, a receiving device is disposed under the punching die, an assembly jig is disposed on the receiving device and aligned using an x-y table for gathering a punched-out key-top, a punch disposed above the punching die using another x-y table for allowing the punching die to perform both punching the key-top tree and gathering the punched-out part onto the assembly jig. Each key-top on the key-top tree is punched out and gathered on the assembly jig by repeating the aforementioned steps. Accordingly, the key-tops can be punched out and arranged on the assembly jig with a different pitch from the key-top tree automatically, fast and correctly. A gathering apparatus for a keypad fabrication process is also provided. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219924 | Method for Efficient Order Change of a Corrugator Dry End Using Order Look Ahead - The present invention provides a method for facilitating efficient order change in the dry end conversion of a corrugated paperboard web by looking ahead to as many as three orders scheduled to follow the running order and repositioning slit tools and score tools to unused positions in anticipation of the orders to follow. The method is particularly effective to preset the slit and score tools for an order that follows a short order that may have a running time as short as 20 seconds. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219925 | FLUID JET CUTTING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR CUTTING A HOLLOW WORKPIECE - One embodiment of a fluid jet cutting assembly for cutting slots in a hollow workpiece, which may have an inner surface and an outer surface, may include a base. The assembly may also have an attachment mechanism supported by the base. The attachment mechanism may engage and support the workpiece. In addition, the assembly may also have a carrier supported by the base whereby the carrier or the attachment mechanism may be movable on the base along a longitudinal axis. Further, the assembly may have an array of fluid jet cutters extending from the carrier for cutting the hollow workpiece from the inner surface to the outer surface. The cutters may cut the slots in the workpiece in response to the carrier or the attachment mechanism moving along the longitudinal axis. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219926 | TOOLING ASSEMBLY, BLANKING TOOL THEREFOR AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - A blanking tool is provided for cutting blanks from a sheet of material. The sheet of material includes a product area where the blanks are located, and a web area, which is the area between the blanks. The blanking tool includes a shear having first and second opposing sides, an outer diameter, and an inner diameter. A plurality of contact surfaces are disposed on the second side of the shear. The contact surfaces engage only the web of the material. A tooling assembly is also disclosed, which includes first and second tooling coupled to first and second opposing portions, respectively, of a press and being structured to cooperate to engage the sheet of material therebetween. The blanking tool is coupled to the first tooling, and the shear of the blanking tool cooperates with a portion of the second tooling to cut the blanks from the material. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219927 | CUT AND STRIP MACHINE FOR PRODUCING CABLE-SECTIONS - A cut and strip machine ( | 2011-09-15 |
20110219928 | PROTECTIVE COVER STRUCTURE OF A DESK SAWING MACHINE - A protective cover structure of a desk sawing machine includes a chopper board, a cover, two first side boards and two second side boards. The cover is disposed at an upper end of the chopper board. The two first side boards respectively disposed at two sides of the cover. One end of each of the first side boards is pivotally connected to the cover. The two second side boards respectively connected to another end of each of the first side boards. The first side boards and the second side boards can be operated independently to enhance shelter. The desk sawing machine can keep off the sawdust when cutting, providing a protective effect to the equipment and the user. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219929 | Parting Tool - The invention relates to a tool for parting, in particular for sawing, having a carrier blade that has a toothing portion having a finite, geometrically determined toothing, having a receiver for fixing to a tool spindle of a power tool, which tool spindle can be driven in oscillation about its longitudinal axis, the toothing being disposed at a distance from the receiver and being configured to be advanced perpendicularly in relation to the longitudinal axis, wherein the toothing is realized in a non-uniform manner along the toothing portion, the toothing portion being provided with a middle region and having end regions that adjoin the latter and that are provided with strengthened corner teeth. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219930 | PROFILING SAW BLADE AND METHOD OF USING - The present invention provides an apparatus and method for cutting a chamfer into the edge of a material while simultaneously making another cut in the material. The chamfer provides the cut material with reduced susceptibility to top surface edge swell. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219931 | ACTIVE SCRAPER AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING LIGHT GUIDE PLATE USING THE SAME - An active scraper which can form a scattering pattern on a light guide plate to a uniform depth even when the light guide plate has a curved surface, and an apparatus for manufacturing a light guide plate using the active scraper. The active scraper includes a drive-force generating part which generates drive force, and a transmitting part which transmits the drive force to teeth of a body part. The active scraper further includes the body part which converts the drive force into surface-unit drive force corresponding to the width of the body part, and a scraping part which is provided on the end of the body part. The scraping part converts the surface-unit drive force into line-unit drive force. The teeth are provided on the scraping part and form grooves of a scattering pattern in a light guide plate at a predetermined pitch. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219932 | Guitar with double carve sound board - A stringed musical instrument body with a front plate having an integral cavity defined by a tail end inner edge, a neck end inner edge, a bass side inner edge, and a treble side inner edge is provided. The cavity cooperates with a back plate to form a resonance chamber. A method for making the stringed musical instrument body is also presented. In many instances, the stringed musical instrument is a guitar. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219933 | MUSICAL STRING - A musical string includes at least one supporting core of the string, and a first winding wire wound in a helical manner around the core of the string. The first winding wire has a core and a first outside layer disposed in substantial surrounding relationship to the core. The core and the first outside layer are pressed and/or welded together at least in sections. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219934 | PERCUSSIVE ACCESSORY FOR STRING INSTRUMENT - A percussive device for a stringed instrument. The percussive device includes a support structure, an attachment component that attaches the support structure to the stringed instrument, one or more hammers attached to arms rotatably coupled to the support structure and one or more actuators rotatably coupled to the support structure. User activation of the one of the actuators causes a corresponding one of the hammers to make contact with a string of the stringed instrument. A rotational force device applies a rotational force to at least one of the hammer arms or actuators. The rotational force device includes a torsion or helical compression spring. The applied rotational force causes the hammer to be positioned not in contact with the string of the stringed instrument. The applied rotational force is overcome when an applicable force has been applied to the corresponding actuator by a user, thereby causing the at least one hammer to be positioned in contact with the corresponding string of the stringed instrument. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219935 | DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING A STRING MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - Device for supporting a guitar ( | 2011-09-15 |
20110219936 | PIPE STRUCTURE OF WIND INSTRUMENT - A wind instrument is constituted of a mouthpiece and a pipe structure including tapered/straight pipes. The pipe structure is constituted of a blow member and a branch pipe. The branch pipe is branched into a main pipe and an auxiliary pipe, which are straight pipes having openings and connected together in a branch shape. The blow member is connected to a branch point of the branch pipe. The branch pipe simulates resonance characteristic of a tapered pipe having a predetermined length, a predetermined distance between the upper base and the vertex, and a predetermined sectional area of the upper base commensurate with the sectional area of the main pipe. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219937 | SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTS - A support system for an acoustic instrument has connecting elements of flexible material extending between and attaching the instrument and a support frame to support and/or balance the weight of the instrument and isolate acoustic frequencies, thereby eliminating deleterious acoustical effects. Embodied exemplarily herein as a support system for a drum, flexible elements extend between and attach the drum head hoop to a circular frame or support that fully or partially encircles the drum. The flexible elements may be made integral with the drum head and/or its head skin. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219938 | Bass Drum Support System - A bass drum support hoop for supporting one or more percussive instruments, and a method of supporting one or more percussive instruments, above a bass drum. The hoop comprising: an inward face, an outward face, a front edge, and a drum head edge adapted to engage a drum head; the hoop adapted to receive a plurality of tensioners opposite the drum head edge and at least one percussive instrument support for mounting at least one percussive instrument; the hoop capable of supporting the at least one percussion instrument above the outward face; whereby when the hoop is tensioned by the tensioners attached to a bass drum shell to apply pressure to the drum head positioned across the bass drum shell and in contact with the drum head edge, the hoop is capable of supporting the at least one percussive instrument support, and the at least one percussive instrument mounted on the support and positioned above the outward face of the hoop, while maintaining substantially uniform axial pressure against the drum head and not applying substantial radial pressure against the drum shell. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219939 | METHOD OF INSTRUCTING AN AUDIENCE TO CREATE SPONTANEOUS MUSIC - A method of instructing an audience to spontaneously create music at an entertainment event is disclosed. The method comprises providing noisemakers to groups of participants, the noisemakers being distinguishable between the plurality of types and each noisemaker sounding a single note. A dynamic display comprising a screen and a notice period shows instructions to the participants. The instructions direct the participants to sound their respective noisemakers at different times. The combined sound from the various noisemakers thereby produces a musical score. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219940 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING CUSTOM SONGS - An expert system based system for customizing a song for a system user. The system includes a song acquisition module having access to the internet, a knowledge acquisition control consol, the knowledge acquisition control consol operatively connected to the song acquisition module, a characteristics extraction module the characteristics extraction module operatively connected to the song acquisition module, knowledge generation module, the knowledge generation module configured to communicate with the knowledge acquisition control consol, a knowledge base module, the knowledge base module configured to work with the inference engine module and communicate with the knowledge acquisition control consol the inference engine module configured to use the knowledge base for reasoning and communicate with the song synthesizer; and an a graphics user interface to interface with system users and a song synthesizer for generating a song according to the requirements of a system user. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219941 | MUSICAL TONE SIGNAL GENERATING APPARATUS | 2011-09-15 |
20110219942 | AUDIO COUPLING DEVICE TO COUPLE AN ELECTRIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT TO A HANDHELD COMPUTING DEVICE - An audio coupling device is disclosed that includes a connector for an electric musical instrument, a connector for a handheld computing device, and a connector for headphones. The device may also include electrical decoupling and shielding mechanisms. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219943 | CROSS-PLIED COMPOSITE BALLISTIC ARTICLES - A multilayered composite fabric, the composite fabric comprising a first fabric comprising first and second non-woven unidirectionally oriented fiber layers. Each of the fiber layers is in a resin matrix and the fibers comprise high tenacity fibers. The fibers in the two fiber layers are disposed at an angle with respect to each other. The composite fabric includes a second fabric comprising multi-directionally oriented fibers optionally in a resin matrix. The second fabric also comprises high tenacity fibers. The first and second fabrics are bonded together to form the composite fabric, which has improved ballistic resistant properties. Plastic films may be adhered to one or both outer surfaces of the first fabric and can serve as the bonding agent between the two fabrics. Also described is a method of making a composite fabric. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219944 | VEHICLE PROVIDED WITH REVOLVING TURRET - A vehicle provided with a revolving turret includes an armor-plated cockpit ( | 2011-09-15 |
20110219945 | Architecturally Design Mortar Base Plate - An architecturally design mortar base plate is provided having an architecturally design structure having a center receiving hub and socket made of one piece machine from solid steel for socket to absorb the impact over repeated cycling. A plurality of forged metal ribs extend radially out therefrom to distribute the impact strength from the socket regime to throughout the whole base volume to consume the energy that created due to firing. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219946 | Non-Threaded Method for Assembling a Center Hole Parking Diaphragm and Adapter Push Rod with a Clip and Washer - A brake actuator having a plurality of actuator housing portions includes a diaphragm seal partially delimiting a parking brake de-actuation chamber and retained between adjacent portions of the housing. To produce brake actuation upon depressurization of the parking brake de-actuation chamber, a push rod extends into and out of a service brake actuation chamber upon release of fluid pressure from and supply of fluid pressure to the chamber. A clip or similar element receivable over the end section of the push rod is securable on the end section to compress the diaphragm seal axially relative to the push rod against a seat carried by the push rod while permitting a radial inner edge of the diaphragm seal to remain spaced from an outer surface of the end section. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219947 | HIGH-PRESSURE FUEL PUMP - A high-pressure fuel pump includes a housing and a swash plate which is mounted in the housing and is arranged in an oil space of the housing. A drive shaft is connected to the swash plate and passes through a housing opening, and with a seal for the drive shaft, which seal is mounted in the housing in the region of the housing opening. The high-pressure fuel pump has a plurality of pump elements for sucking up, compressing and ejecting fuel, which pump elements can be acted upon consecutively by the rotatable swash plate. In a pump of this type, the fuel pump has at least one magnet, the magnetic force field of which acts on the oil space of the housing. Premature wear of the pump, in particular premature wear of the seal, is avoided since the magnet separates off iron-containing dirt particles found in the oil. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219948 | RADIAL COUNTERFLOW CARBON CAPTURE AND FLUE GAS SCRUBBING - Carbon capture is effected by mechanical means, producing out of flue gas a concentrated, cleaned, and cooled stream of carbon dioxide. This is a new method of carbon capture which avoids the limitations of known cryogenic, membrane, or chemical capture methods. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219949 | GAS SEPARATION PROCESS USING MEMBRANES WITH PERMEATE SWEEP TO REMOVE CO2 FROM GASEOUS FUEL COMBUSTION EXHAUST - A gas separation process for treating exhaust gases from the combustion of gaseous fuels, and gaseous fuel combustion processes including such gas separation. The invention involves routing a first portion of the exhaust stream to a carbon dioxide capture step, while simultaneously flowing a second portion of the exhaust gas stream across the feed side of a membrane, flowing a sweep gas stream, usually air, across the permeate side, then passing the permeate/sweep gas back to the combustor. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219950 | SINGLE-BED RADIAL ADSORBERS IN SERIES - The invention relates to a method for purifying a feedstock gas flow including a main compound, water (H2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) as well as so-called secondary impurities, that comprises: a) feeding the feedstock gas flow into at least one 2-grid radial adsorber comprising as a single adsorption bed an activated alumina or silica gel bed on which H2O is preferably adsorbed; b) feeding the gas resulting from step a) into at least one 2-grid radial adsorber comprising as a single adsorption a molecular sieve bed on which CO2 and secondary impurities are preferably adsorbed; and c) recovering a gas resulting from step b) enriched with the main compound and suitable for cryogenic distillation. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219951 | Method and mitigating mercury vapor emissions during storing, staging, handling and transportation of mercury containing universal waste - A method for mitigating mercury vapor emissions during storing, staging, handling and transportation of an unbroken mercury containing universal waste lamp. The method includes the step of: placing the unbroken mercury containing universal waste lamp wholly within a container for storage, staging, handling or transportation. The container has an opening for allowing the unbroken mercury containing universal waste lamp to be placed wholly within the container. The container also has impervious wall structure for preventing mercury vapors from passing therethrough. The method also includes the step of: placing a predetermined amount of an activated carbon media having an affinity for mercury vapors within the container to passively adsorb mercury vapors escaping from incidental breakage of the mercury containing universal waste lamp. The next step involves closing the opening in the container such that when the container is closed the container is substantially airtight and vapors are prevented from passing from an interior to an exterior of said container and wherein the predetermined amount of activated carbon media within the closed container furthermore mitigates mercury vapors from inadvertently escaping from the container when the container is again opened | 2011-09-15 |
20110219952 | Systems Using Mass Flow Promoting Insert with Gas Purging and Methods Thereof - A system in one embodiment includes a barrier; an inverted cone in the barrier; and a member under the inverted cone and having dimensions that cause solids passing therealong between the member and the barrier to have about a constant velocity profile thereacross. A method for purging a gas from a solid/gas mixture according to one embodiment includes adding solids to a barrier having an inverted cone therein and a member under the inverted cone, wherein the solids passing along the member have about a constant vertical velocity profile thereacross; and injecting a purge gas into the solids from at least one point adjacent the member. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219953 | AIR FILTERATION SYSTEM WITH QUICK CONNECT - An air filtration system includes a housing that is interchangeably positioned within a plenum that is in fluid communication between the housing and a room. A fan is positioned within the housing and configured to draw contaminated air from the plenum. At least one filter member is positioned within the housing and configured to filter the contaminated air. A flexible duct is configured to channel filtered air from the housing to the room. The flexible duct is configured to enable the interchangeability of the housing. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219954 | Electrically Enhanced Air Filtration System Using Rear Fiber Charging - An electrically enhanced air filtration system is disclosed which uses rear fiber charging is disclosed. In particular, a fibrous filter may be placed in an upstream position within the system with one or more ionization arrays positioned downstream or to the rear of the fibrous filter in terms of airflow direction. The fibrous filter may include a grounded side and fiber side with the grounded side being upstream of the fiber side. The ionization array may include a plurality of electrodes each extending unidirectionally toward the fibrous filter. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219955 | REDUCTION APPARATUS OF RADON IN THE GROUNDWATER HAVING DISINFECTION MEANS - Provided is a radon reduction apparatus for groundwater having a disinfection means. The radon reduction apparatus includes an agitation space forming body that groundwater fed through a groundwater feed pipe passes through before inflow into the groundwater storage tank and that forms a water turbine installation space whose top portion is not filled with groundwater; a water turbine located in the water turbine installation space to be rotated by groundwater when the fed groundwater falls, is run against the bottom and scattered; an oxygen supply means supplying oxygen to groundwater before inflow of the groundwater to the agitation space forming body; a ventilating fan that is rotated by receiving rotary power of the water turbine and that is connected to the water turbine installation space to discharge air of the water turbine installation space; and an antiseptic solution supply means supplying antiseptic solution to be mixed with the groundwater. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219956 | BEVERAGE DISPENSER - A beverage apparatus has a portable liquid container having a ledge detail within a top open end; a removable infuser with an annular support flange; and a gasket about the infuser below the annular support flange, where in use the gasket forms a seal with the container ledge detail and the infuser body, and further spaces the infuser annular support flange from the container ledge detail to define a liquid access gap. At least one vertical channel is defined through the gasket to communicate liquid through the gasket between the liquid container and the liquid access gap. A support base has an opening to receive and hold a bottom end of the portable liquid container and a heating element to heat liquid within the portable container when the container bottom end is inserted within the opening. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219957 | SMOKELESS BARBECUE - Smokeless barbecue ( | 2011-09-15 |
20110219958 | Multi-functional food preparation devices - Cooking devices capable of functioning as a smoker, grill and barbequing unit are provided. A device according to the disclosure includes a first chamber and a second chamber, the second chamber including a food cooking surface disposed substantially at its top portion. The first chamber serves as a source of heat in one embodiment, which may be either heat from a gas burner or heat provided by the burning of carbonaceous materials. In another embodiment the first chamber serves as a duct through which heat and/or smoke is conveyed from combustion of wood and/or charcoal an external fire box that is in fluid communication with the first chamber acting as a duct. By providing adjustable vents about a device according to the disclosure, precise control of heating and high efficiencies are attainable. A specially located safety exhaust port and below-grid exhaust port provide synergistic control over the flow of heat and gases through the devices, in conjunction with the user-set openings of apertures present on the adjustable vents present. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219959 | CITRUS JUICE AND MEASURE - A juicer and measurer includes a lower container having a circumference that is preferably small enough to be grasped and held by a single hand. An upper rim region supports a reamer atop a funnel that flares outwardly to collect juice and funnel it into the container. In an exemplary version, the flared upper rim includes at least one region that is configured to serve as a spout so that the juice can be poured from the container more readily. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219960 | STRAPPING MACHINE FOR DIAGONAL STRAPPING OF LOADS - A strapping machine applies a strap diagonally across a load. The machine draws a drape of strap material at a lower edge on the front of the load to an upper edge on a rear of the load, tensions the strap material and seals abutting courses of the material to one another around the load and forms a subsequent drape of strapping material. A carriage is movable longitudinally relative to the load. Opposing reciprocating sealing heads are mounted to the carriage and move toward and away from one another. The heads are movable vertically between a position above the upper edge of the load and a position at about the upper edge of the load. A strap supply and a strap lifter is associated with each of the sealing heads. The lifters lower the drape of strap material to the lower edge of the load, and raise the drape of strap material as the carriage moves relative to the load, such that the drape of strap material is drawn toward the upper edge of the opposite side of the load. The sealing heads then tension the strap material around the load and form a seal of strap around the package and a seal forming the subsequent drape of strap material. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219961 | ROTARY FAN PRESS - A system for extracting liquid from a mass comprising a portable platform having an upper surface, a system mass input, a polymer feeding and blending system on the upper surface, a liquid extraction assembly on the upper surface, and piping having a first section between the system mass input and the polymer feeding and blending system, and a second section between the polymer feeding and blending system and the liquid extraction assembly. The system is configured to have mass inputted into the system mass input, transport the mass to the polymer feeding and blending system through the first section of the piping, inject polymer into the mass in the polymer feeding and blending system, and transport the mass from the polymer feeding and blending system to the liquid extraction assembly. Pressure from mass forced into the liquid extraction assembly forces liquid in the mass to exit the mass. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219962 | YARD WASTE COMPACTOR - A compactor for compressing yard waste in a yard waste receptacle such as a leaf bag or garbage pail is disclosed. The compactor includes a press and a handle connected to the press. Force may be applied to the handle to cause the press to compress the yard waste in the yard waste receptacle so as to compact the yard waste and allow more yard waste to be added to the receptacle. A locking swivel bracket may be used to connect the handle to the press. The locking swivel bracket allows the handle to be held in a substantially perpendicular position for use in compacting yard waste or a substantially parallel position for storing the compactor or for guiding yard waste into a yard waste receptacle. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219963 | FRAME PRESS WITH GUIDE COLUMNS - The invention relates to a frame press having a plurality of press frames ( | 2011-09-15 |
20110219964 | Method of making a keycap structure having a UV-cured resin and method of making a keyboard including keycap structures having a UV-cured resin - A method of making a keycap structure having a UV-cured resin and making a keyboard having such keycap structures, in which a film is printed with a top color layer and then a bottom color layer, the film is hot-pressed to form a thin shell, a UV-cured resin layer is formed on the bottom color layer through a UV-curing process, and finally the film having the UV-cured resin layer is cut or punched out to form a plurality of keycap structures. A keyboard including keycap structures having a UV-cured resin may be further formed by combining the keycap structures and a set of keyboard members. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219965 | Method of making a keycap structure and method of making a keyboard having keycap structures - A method of making a keycap structure and making a keyboard having keycap structures, in which a film is printed with a top color layer and then a bottom color layer, the film is hot-pressed to form a thin shell, a plastic injection layer is formed on the bottom color layer by a plastic injection molding process, and finally the film having the plastic injection layer is cut or punched out to form a plurality of keycap structures. A keyboard having keycap structures may be further formed by combining the keycap structures and a set of keyboard members. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219966 | PRINT HEAD ASSEMBLY, SCREEN PRINTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A print head assembly ( | 2011-09-15 |
20110219967 | PRINTING SCREENS, FRAMES THEREFOR AND PRINTING SCREEN UNITS - A printing screen unit including a printing screen having two pairs of opposite edges and a frame including interface members bonded to opposite edges of the printing screen and coupled together at corners of the frame, wherein the frame holds the printing screen in an untensioned state when no tension is applied thereto by external tensioning mechanisms separate to the frame, and the frame is substantially rigid when in the untensioned state, but allows for relative movement of the respective pairs of interface members by a tension applied by external tensioning mechanisms separate to the frame to tension the printing screen. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219968 | Printing Unit with Curved Sealing Doctor Blade - A printing unit with a rotary roller and an ink chamber with an elastic sealing doctor blade ( | 2011-09-15 |
20110219969 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A STRUCTURED SURFACE CONTACTING PRINTING MATERIAL, STRUCTURED SURFACE, MACHINE AND METHOD FOR SELF-REPAIR OF STRUCTURED SURFACES - A method for producing a structured surface making contact with printing material, preferably a cylinder cover, includes producing a structured coating having microparticles on a substrate, preferably a stainless steel plate. The microparticles are encased antiadhesively and agglomerated by adsorption of nanoparticles, and the agglomerates being produced are fixed in a sol-gel matrix. A surface produced in this way has a structured coating on a substrate and the coating has microparticles. The coating has agglomerates fixed in a sol-gel matrix and including microparticles encased antiadhesively by adsorption of nanoparticles and preferably formed of silicon carbide. The surfaces advantageously have a self-repair function since, in the case of abrasion of structural elevations, the antiadhesive casings of the microparticles are exposed and the antiadhesive property of the coating is maintained. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219970 | ADJUSTABLE DELIVERY WEB CONVERSION APPARATUS AND METHOD - An adjustable delivery web conversion apparatus is provided. The adjustable delivery web conversion apparatus includes a variable cutting apparatus cutting a printed web into a first signature and a second signature, a first assembly receiving the first signature and a second assembly downstream of the first assembly receiving the second signature. Also included are a first delivery section for receiving the first signature from the first assembly, a second delivery section for receiving the second signature from the second assembly and a stack receiving conveyor for receiving the first signature and the second signature. The first delivery section is movable between a first delivery and a first non-delivery position. The second delivery section is movable between a second delivery position and a second non-delivery position. The stacking receiving conveyor is movable between a conveying position and a non-conveying position. A method of producing and delivering signatures is also provided. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219971 | DOCTOR BLADE - A doctor blade for wiping printing ink off a surface of a printing plate, comprising a flat and elongated main body having a working edge region configured in a longitudinal direction, the working edge region being covered with a first coating on the basis of a nickel-phosphorus alloy applied by electroless deposition, and hard material particles being dispersed in the first coating, characterized in that the first coating is covered with a second coating on the basis of galvanically deposited nickel. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219972 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MAKING FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING MASTERS - A method for making a flexographic printing master includes the steps of providing a flexographic printing support: applying image-wise on the flexographic printing support subsequent layers of radiation curable liquid by an inkjet printing device whereby one or more applied layers are immobilized using a curing device before one or more subsequent layers are applied, such that a relief with a top hat profile is obtained; and grinding the relief so that the height DT of a top hat segment is reduced. An imaging apparatus includes structure to perform the above method. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219973 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MAKING FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING MASTERS - A method for making a flexographic printing master includes the steps of providing a flexographic printing support; providing an inkjet printing device; applying a mesa relief on the flexographic printing support with the inkjet printing device; and applying an image relief with the inkjet printing device on the mesa relief. A method for making a flexographic printing master includes the imaging apparatus. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219974 | Overprinting System and Method - An adaptive overprint system for providing an overprint upon a substrate; the substrate comprising a plurality of registration markers at predetermined locations thereon and at least one pre-printed feature; the system comprising: an imager for capturing a digital image of said substrate with said registration markers and said feature; a printing platform upon which the substrate resides during overprinting; a printing mechanism for stamping said overprint upon said pre-printed feature; a controller operatively connected to said imager and said printing mechanism; and a handling device to move the substrate in and out of the printer; wherein said controller is adapted to identify and calculate the shift in said pre-printed feature based on said image of the substrate received from said imager, and to calculate a correlating compensation or correction shift to be electronically applied to the overprinted image. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219975 | Method of Colour Setting in a Rotary Printing Press - A method of colour setting in a rotary printing press, in which a composition of an ink is adjusted until colour specifications of a printed product, that is formed by a substrate with the ink printed thereon, match given target colour specifications, including the steps of measuring (S | 2011-09-15 |
20110219976 | METHOD OF PRINTING NEWSPAPERS - A system and method is described for providing an insert in a finished newspaper which is printed by a different process than the process by which the newspaper itself is printed, yet where the insert is not inserted after the newspaper is printed, but while the newspaper is printed. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219977 | INITIATOR MODULES, MUNITIONS SYSTEMS INCLUDING INITIATOR MODULES, AND RELATED METHODS - Initiator modules for munitions control systems include a mounting portion for receiving a portion of an initiation device, a detonator device disposed within the initiator module, a connection portion configured to connect the initiator module with a munitions control system, and an electronics assembly configured to electronically couple with a munitions control system and transmit a signal to the detonator device. Munitions systems may include initiator modules received in a socket of a munitions control system. Methods of igniting explosive devices include coupling a shock tube to an explosive device, connecting an initiator module to a munitions control system, mounting a portion of the shock tube to the initiator module, and igniting the shock tube with a detonator device disposed within the initiator module. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219978 | Shaped Charge Liner Comprised of Reactive Materials - A shaped charge liner is provided. The shaped charge liner comprises a first material denser than 10 grams per cubic centimeter (g/cc) and a reactive material. The first material is concentrated in a middle of the liner and decreased in at least one of an apex and a skirt of the liner, and the reactive material is concentrated in at least one of the apex and the skirt of the liner and decreased in the middle of the liner. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219979 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING IRRITANTS OR WARFARE AGENTS - An apparatus for distributing irritants or warfare agents includes a container having an interior for providing an irritant or warfare agent, which is dissolved or emulsified in a solution gas in its liquefied state of aggregation, which solution gas is in gaseous condition at room temperature and atmospheric pressure or ambient pressure. In addition, the container has at least one predetermined breaking point for producing an opening of the interior to the surroundings of the container at a predefined bursting pressure in the interior, and the apparatus further includes a pressure generator which can generate an increased pressure in the interior of the container that is greater than the bursting pressure of the at least one predetermined breaking point. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219980 | SELECTABLE EFFECT WARHEAD - A munition includes a casing, the casing formed at least in part from a material comprising (i) a meltable or phase-changing material, and (ii) an energetic material; an explosive payload contained within the casing; and a fuze arrangement, the fuze arrangement comprising a main fuze configured and arranged to ignite the high explosive, and at least one secondary fuze configured and arranged to cause the casing material to melt or undergo a phase change. A method of selectively altering the mode of operation of a munition includes: forming a casing, the casing comprising a material comprising (i) a meltable or phase-changing material, and (ii) an energetic material; introducing an explosive payload into the casing; providing a fuze arrangement comprising a main fuse and at least one secondary fuze configured and arranged to cause the casing material to melt or undergo a phase change; and selectively activating the main fuze and the at least one secondary fuze in a manner that provided at least a first and a second mode of operation, the first mode of operation comprising blast coupled with fragmentation effects, and the second mode of operation comprising mainly blast effects. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219981 | Automated Railcar Gate Operating System - An automated trackside railed car discharge gate operating system is disclosed which can automatically unload a string of cars “on the fly” and without the need for a separate indexing system. The system includes a pair of carriage-mounted tool systems for opening/closing capstan-operated railcar gates disposed to travel along a carriage track and including visual devices that acquire and track capstans and coordinate tool orientation and operation. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219982 | ANTIFUNGAL PAINTS AND COATINGS - Antifungal and antibacterial peptides, polypeptides and proteins as antifungal additives for paint and other coatings are disclosed, along with antifungal compostions, and coated surfaces with antifungal properties. Methods of using the coatings for treating and/or inhibiting growth of mold, mildew and other fungi and bacteria on objects such as building materials that are susceptible to such infestation are also disclosed. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219983 | LECITHIN AND PLASTICIZER COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS - The present invention is directed towards compositions having lecithin and a plasticizer. Processes for producing such compositions are further disclosed. The present invention is also directed towards uses of the novel compositions as a dispersant in order to disperse compounds, such as in the fields of coatings, inks, cosmetics and the like. In one embodiment, the dispersants of the present invention are used to disperse pigments. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219984 | INORGANIC BLACK PIGMENT, AND PAINT, RESIN COMPOSITION AND AGRICULTURAL MULTI-FILM USING THE SAME - The present invention provides an inorganic black pigment which comprises no harmful elements and has an excellent infrared reflecting property and an excellent light transmittance. The inorganic black pigment of the present invention comprises a composite oxide comprising Fe, Co and Al as well as at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ti, Zn, Sn, Zr, Si and Cu, which inorganic black pigment has an average primary particle diameter of 0.02 to 2.0 μm, an average reflectance of not less than 10% as measured in a wavelength range of 300 to 2500 nm from a visible light region to an infrared region, and an average light transmittance of not less than 10% as measured in a wavelength range of 300 to 2500 nm from a visible light region to an infrared region. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219985 | GEOPOLYMER HAVING NOVEL ORGANIC COMPONENTS AND METHOD OF MANUFATURE - Various methods for forming structural composites are disclosed. For example, a particular method may include adding an effective amount of algae extract to an aggregate mixture so as to provide a plasticizer to the aggregate mixture, and processing the aggregate mixture to form a hardened composite. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219986 | Slaked Lime Composition and its Manufacturing Process - The invention relates to a slaked lime composition containing Ca(OH) | 2011-09-15 |
20110219987 | SELF-LEVELLING CONCRETE - A powder including, in percentages by weight: (a) 94% to 99% of particles of at least one refractory material, the main constituent(s) of which are alumina and/or zirconia and/or silica; (b) 1% to 6% of a hydraulic cement; (c) 0 to 0.03% of organic fibres; (d) optionally, 0.075% to 1% of a surfactant; and (e) optionally, a setting accelerator, where the fraction of particles having a size below 40 μm being distributed, in percentages by weight relative to the weight of the powder, in the following manner: (1) fraction<0.5 μm:≧4%, (2) fraction<2 μm:≧5%, fraction<10 μm:≧16%, and fraction<40 μm:29-45%, where the proportion of zirconia in the fraction of particles having a size smaller than 10 μm, called “fines”, is between 35% and 75% by weight relative to the total weight of said fraction. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219988 | Adjustable table and method - A table having adjustment means is provided, wherein the work surface may be raised or lowered, widened or narrowed, tilted at a desired angle, or so that the shape may be altered. The adjustable table utilizes a series of slots, holes and bolts, allowing the components of the table to slide in various directions, providing multi-dimensional adjustment capabilities by simply loosening the attachment means (preferably bolts and nuts), sliding the components to their desired position, and then tightening the attachment means to fix the components in that position. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219989 | LINEAR MOTOR AND TABLE FEED APPARATUS - A linear motor includes a field magnet unit, an armature unit, and a connecting unit. The field magnet unit includes a first field magnet yoke and a second field magnet yoke each of which has an odd number of permanent magnets arranged thereon in a longitudinal direction such that polarities of the permanent magnets are alternately different, where the first field magnet yoke and the second field magnet yoke are arranged such that respective permanent magnets are opposite to each other and that polarities of the opposite permanent magnets are different from each other. The armature unit is wound with a winding and is arranged between the first field magnet yoke and the second field magnet yoke. The connecting unit is configured by a magnetic substance and connects the first field magnet yoke and the second field magnet yoke. One of the field magnet unit and the armature unit moves relatively to the other. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219990 | ALIGNMENT STAGE - In an alignment stage, a top table | 2011-09-15 |
20110219991 | PORTABLE, MODULAR VOTING BOOTH - A voting booth that is easily transported between a polling-facility and a storage facility and is efficiently stored with other voting booths when not in use. The voting booth comprises a working surface, privacy panels, and a leg assembly. The leg assembly includes a plurality of casters. The voting booth components are configured to allow modular grouping and nesting with voting booths of like construction. The voting booth is light-weight and has a high degree of mobility. The nesting ability provides for efficient storage by minimizing the space needed to store multiple voting booths. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219992 | FOLDING TABLE - A folding table top has a locking assembly for holding the table top open. The locking assembly has an inner cross bars extending across each half of the table top near a pivot axis. The inner cross bars each have one of holes that are aligned when the table is open. The shaft of a pin may be inserted into the holes to prevent the table from folding closed. The pin may have a head normal to its shaft. A clip may be mounted to one half of the table to receive the head of the pin while the shaft of the pin is in the holes, and thereby prevent the pin from backing out of the holes. The clip may also be used to hold the pin when the table is folded and stored. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219993 | Method For Operating A System For Producing Bioethanol - The invention relates to a method for operating a system for producing bioethanol, wherein organic waste products of the production process, particularly DGS and DDGS, are combusted and the useful heat is fed back into the system itself. The combustion process takes place in a fluidized bed oven. All areas in which the combustion process takes place have sufficient heat removed that the melting point of the ash of the waste product, particularly 70° C., is not exceeded at any point. In this manner, a fine-grained ash forms and largely mixes into the fluidized bed and is easily disposed of. The useful heat is obtained partially from the flue gas arising from the combustion, and partially from the heat extracted from the combustion process for maintaining the maximum temperature. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219994 | ARRANGEMENT OF A SEED METERING DEVICE ON AN AGRICULTURAL MACHINE - Agricultural machine embracing at least one drilling unit including a support device as well as a seed metering device. The drilling unit is movably connected with a structural member embraced by the agricultural machine. The seed metering device is fixedly connected with the support device of the drilling unit and the seed metering device includes a chamber for seeds arranged to be supplied with a positive pressure where the seed metering element constitutes a wall limiting the chamber and in which holes or recesses are arranged. The holes/recesses connect the chamber with the surroundings, with the purpose of, by the pressure difference developed hereby, attaching and transporting seeds at said holes/recesses of the seed metering element. A seed metering line has an inlet in the chamber, with the purpose of, by said positive pressure in the chamber, creating an air flow for the transportation of the seeds from the chamber through the seed metering line to a drill furrow. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219995 | SECONDARY AIR SEEDER ASSEMBLY AND SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A secondary air seeder assembly for depositing seed along the tire tracks formed by an air seeder cart and system comprising the same is provided. The secondary air seeder assembly includes includes first and second elongated and parallel main frame members, each having a terminal forward end and a terminal down turned rearward end. First and second elongated and parallel transverse frame members are connected to and extend between the first and the second main frame members at a longitudinal spaced distance from one another. Two forward caster wheels, one is connected at each terminal forward end of the first and the second main frame members. Two rearward wheels, one is connected at each terminal down turned rearward end of the first and the second main frame members. First and second elongated coupling frame members, are each connected at first end thereof to the first transverse frame member at a spaced distance and connected together at a second end thereof forming a hitch point. A hitch is located at the hitch point. One or more dry material applicator assemblies are connected to the second transverse frame member between the first and the second main frame members. One or more dry material applicator assemblies connected to the first transverse frame member between the first and the second main frame members. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219996 | Air/Product Flow Splitting Apparatus For Use With Product Distribution System Of An Agricultural Seeding Machine - A splitter divides an air/product mixture flow, delivered thereto in an air-powered distribution line, between a primary and a secondary distribution channel, which may be flow-coupled to a product hopper or a hose flow-coupled to another product hopper or another splitter. The air/product mixture enters the inlet of the splitter along an angled downward flow path and exits a primary outlet, flow-coupled to the primary distribution channel, along a vertical downward flow path. Air/product flow is exhausted by a secondary outlet, which is flow-coupled to the secondary distribution channel, at an angled upward flow path. The velocity flow vector along which the air/product mixture is exhausted from the secondary outlet is at an acute angle relative to the velocity flow vector along which the air/product mixture is received by the inlet of the splitter. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219997 | CLEANING ELEMENT, SOWING DEVICE AND SINGLE-GRAIN SOWING MACHINE - Sowing heart for an individual grain sowing machine including a seed disk which can rotate in one direction of rotation R, wherein the seed disk has sowing holes in a defined arrangement; a receiving region for receiving the seed in the sowing holes and a delivery region for delivery of the seed; and cleaning means for cleaning of the sowing holes during operation of the sowing heart between the delivery region and the receiving region. For improved cleaning action of the cleaning means for cleaning each hole, per revolution of the seed disk there being at least two separate cleaning phases which can be easily replaced at the same time. Furthermore, the invention relates to an individual grain sowing machine with a plurality of sowing assemblies with one aforementioned sowing heart at a time and a corresponding cleaning element. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219998 | Air/Product Flow Splitting Apparatus For Use With Product Distribution System Of An Agricultural Seeding Machine - A splitter divides an air/product mixture flow, delivered thereto in an air-powered distribution line, between a primary and a secondary distribution channel, which may be flow-coupled to a product hopper or a hose flow-coupled to another product hopper or another splitter. The air/product mixture enters the inlet of the splitter along an angled downward flow path and exits a primary outlet, flow-coupled to the primary distribution channel, along a vertical downward flow path. Air/product flow is exhausted by a secondary outlet, which is flow-coupled to the secondary distribution channel, at an angled upward flow path. The velocity flow vector along which the air/product mixture is exhausted from the secondary outlet is at an acute angle relative to the velocity flow vector along which the air/product mixture is received by the inlet of the splitter. | 2011-09-15 |
20110219999 | Deep Water Offshore Apparatus And Assembly Method - A truss type spar that eliminates the need for the more complex and critical attachment of the buoyant hull to the truss section at a fabrication site/yard that is remote from the fabrication yard where the buoyant hull and truss sections were originally built. The buoyant hull and initial truss sections are constructed at the fabrication yard of choice, joined together, and transported to a dock or fabrication yard (a second location) that is as close as possible to the final offshore installation site. Transport of such completed structures, either separately or together, is normally done on a heavy lift vessel to reduce transport time and prevent damage to the buoyant hull and truss sections. Once at the fabrication yard/dock, the joined buoyant hull and initial truss section are floated off the heavy lift vessel and the draft adjusted to a position suitable for joining additional truss sections. One or more additional truss sections can be attached to the initial section, and the completed buoyant hull and truss is then towed to the final offshore installation site. | 2011-09-15 |
20110220000 | FACILITY FOR USING FLUID IN A STRETCH OF WATER, AND ASSOCIATED ASSEMBLY METHOD - The present disclosure relates to an installation ( | 2011-09-15 |
20110220001 | SUBMERSIBLE TRANSPORT CANISTER AND METHODS FOR THE USE THEREOF - Embodiments of a submersible transport canister, and embodiments of using a submersible transport canister, are provided. In one embodiment, the submersible transport canister includes a pressure vessel having a storage cavity configured to store at least one item therein, a cap movable to a closed position wherein the cap sealingly engages the pressure vessel, and a diver-adjustable buoyancy system configured to be coupled to the pressure vessel. When coupled to the pressure vessel, the diver-adjustable buoyancy system is configured to displace a volume of water to achieve a substantially neutral buoyancy during underwater transport of the item within the submersible transport canister. | 2011-09-15 |
20110220002 | DEVICE FOR REDUCING FRICTIONAL RESISTANCE OF SHIP BODY - A ship-body frictional resistance reducing device for reducing frictional resistance of a sailing ship body by forming an air bubble curtain | 2011-09-15 |
20110220003 | Ship or floating support equipped with a device for attenuating movements of liquid contents - A ship or floating support for carrying or storing liquid consisting of a liquefied gas, preferably chosen from methane, ethylene, propane, and butane, cooled in a large tank that is preferably cylindrical and of polygonal cross-section, that is thermally insulated, and of large size with at least its smallest dimension in the horizontal direction, in particular its width, being greater than 20 m and preferably in the range 25 m to 50 m, and presenting a volume greater than 10,000 m | 2011-09-15 |
20110220004 | Pump Horn - Pump Horn that can easily be used to deliver a blasts of sound. The invention comprises a Chamber that can be filled continuously and indefinitely by a Push/Pull Slide attached to a Suction Piece that when pushed into the Chamber exerts pressurized air that is then pushed through a smaller Tube creating a higher pressure that goes through the Sound Producing Device then through the Amplifying Unit making a loud blasts sound. | 2011-09-15 |
20110220005 | Udafan Mesh Flag - Embodiments described herein comprise a mesh flag with symbols or colors upon them for the purpose of portraying them. The unique design utilizing a mesh structure enables persons within close proximity of the mesh object to see through it. | 2011-09-15 |
20110220006 | COMPOSITE LAMINATE STRUCTURE - A structure comprising a composite laminate having an edge; and an impact indicator which is carried by the edge and comprises a resin which fractures upon impact. The fracture provides permanent visible evidence of impact damage, for instance by cracking or by one or more pieces breaking off from the impact indicator. As well as providing such visible evidence of impact damage, the impact indicator may also provide an element of impact protection. Typically the impact indicator is formed from a resin which is more brittle and less strong than the material forming the composite laminate. For instance the material forming the composite laminate may be reinforced, and the resin forming the impact indicator may be un-reinforced. | 2011-09-15 |