37th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 11 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100230272 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING HYDROGEN - The invention relates to a method and apparatus for using hydrogen. The method is characterised in that water from a sea water or other source if first preheated using solar energy and next subjected to a heating step in order to obtain steam which is transformed into water plasma at a low temperature, followed by the decomposition of the plasma by hydrolysis using electrodes and the subsequent separation of the hydrogen and oxygen obtained. The hydrogen is then transported to the location at which water is to be generated, the hydrogen undergoes oxidation and the energy therefrom is recovered, with water being regenerated for direct use. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230273 | FILM FORMING APPARATUS AND FILM FORMING METHOD - A film forming apparatus and a film forming method includes: a vacuum chamber; a holder for a film formation object, the holder being rotatably provided in the vacuum chamber; and a sputter source capable of holding a plurality of targets, the sputter source being spinnably provided so that the opposed area of the target with respect to the film formation object can be varied. They can perform uniform and efficient film formation in accordance with the size of a film formation object using a simple configuration, with less possibility of contamination and easy maintenance. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230274 | MINIMIZING MAGNETRON SUBSTRATE INTERACTION IN LARGE AREA SPUTTER COATING EQUIPMENT - A method and apparatus for performing physical vapor deposition on a large-area substrate is provided. One or more sputtering targets are disposed in a chamber, with each sputtering target comprising a magnet assembly. Each magnet assembly may comprise a plurality of magnet units aligned such that the magnetic polarity of the magnet units is complementary, and the magnetic fields of the magnet units couple. Each magnet unit thus comprises a plurality of magnets arranged such that the polarity of each magnet is opposite that of adjacent magnets in the same magnet unit. Alternately, each magnet assembly may comprise a plurality of magnets individually oriented to complement the magnetic fields of its neighbors. A substrate support having an insulating surface may also be provided. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230275 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR REDUNDANT ANODE SPUTTERING HAVING A DUAL ANODE ARRANGEMENT - In a method in which two anodes are operated alternately opposite each other as plasma discharge anodes and as cathodes for self-cleaning, and the cathodes of the plasma discharge are recurrently briefly reversed in polarity, and an arrangement comprising a cathode and a first and a second anode supplied with voltage by an H-bridge circuit, pole reversal of cathode voltage is effected by a pulse current supply, at least one anode is maintained at positive potential at all times and the other anode intermittently at negative potential during an etching time, and the H-bridge circuit is operationally connected to the pulse current supply, such that at least one anode is at positive potential at all times. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230276 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THIN FILM DEPOSITION USING A VACUUM ARC IN AN ENCLOSED CATHODE-ANODE ASSEMBLY - A vacuum-arc device including: a consumable cathode including a first material having a defined active surface, a refractory anode including a second material, an inter-electrode volume, bounded partially by at least a portion of an inner wall of the cathode and by at least a portion of an inner wall of the anode, wherein at least a portion of the inner walls form a first chamber surrounding the inter-electrode volume, the chamber having at least one opening fluidly communicating between the inter-electrode volume and an a volume outside the chamber; a vacuum chamber, disposed around and communicating with the first chamber; an evacuation mechanism for evacuating the vacuum chamber; wherein the cathode is adapted, and the cathode and the anode are disposed, such that upon evacuating the vacuum chamber using the evacuation mechanism, ignition of an arc discharge between the cathode and the anode, and activation of a high-current power supply, a portion of the first material is liberated from the cathode, transported through the inter-electrode volume, and discharged from the first chamber through the opening, wherein: a total opening area of the at least one opening, Aopenings, is defined by a sum of a minimum cross-sectional area for each the opening, the cross-sectional area being normal to a path of the opening between the inter-electrode volume and the volume outside the chamber; a surface area of the anode, Aanode, is defined by a geometrical surface area of the portion of the anode that bounds the inter-electrode volume; and wherein a ratio of the surface area of the anode to the total opening area, A | 2010-09-16 |
20100230277 | Capacitive Deionization Cell With Balanced Electrodes - A capacitive deionization cell comprising a first electrode, an anion membrane adjacent said first electrode forming an anion membrane-electrode conjugate, a cation membrane in spacial relation with said anion membrane defining a fluid flow path between said anion membrane and said cation membrane, and a second electrode adjacent said cation membrane forming a cation membrane-electrode conjugate, wherein said anion membrane-electrode conjugate and said cation membrane-electrode conjugate each have an effective capacitance, and the ratio of the effective capacitance of said cation membrane-electrode conjugate to the effective capacitance of said anion membrane-electrode conjugate is a non-zero number less than 2. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230278 | WATER ELECTROLYSIS SYSTEM - A water electrolysis system has a water electrolysis apparatus for electrolyzing pure water, thereby producing hydrogen, a water storage apparatus for separating between oxygen and residual water discharged from the water electrolysis apparatus, thereby storing the water, a water circulation apparatus for circulating the water stored in the water storage apparatus through the water electrolysis apparatus, and a water supply apparatus for supplying the pure water prepared from city water to the water storage apparatus. An inlet is formed at one end of a return pipe to introduce the oxygen and the residual water discharged from the water electrolysis apparatus into a tank, and the position of the inlet is determined such that the inlet is constantly opened in the water stored in the tank. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230279 | FLUORIDE ION SELECTIVE ELECTRODE - A fluoride monitoring electrode comprises a single crystal of a lanthanum series fluoride doped with alkaline earth ions. The sample pre-treatment solution used in conjunction with the electrode includes a buffer that maintains a pH of 5 to 8 and a complexing agent that complexes iron and aluminum. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230280 | Self-ionized sputtering apparatus - There is provided a low-cost self-sputtering apparatus which is so arranged that, even when an arc discharge occurs for some reasons or other, failure in electric discharge can be prevented. The self-sputtering apparatus has a vacuum chamber in which a substrate to be processed is disposed; a target to be disposed opposite to the substrate; a sputtering power source for charging the target with a negative DC current; an anode shield which is disposed in a manner to enclose a space in front of the target and which is charged with a positive electric potential; and a gas introduction means for introducing a predetermined sputtering gas into the vacuum chamber. The apparatus further has an LC resonance circuit in parallel with an output circuit from the DC power source to the target. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230281 | THIN FILM FORMING APPARATUS - Provided are a thin film forming apparatus and a thin film forming method. The thin film forming apparatus comprises a first electrode provided for etching a thin film formed on the substrate, a second electrode provided for forming a plasma in the internal space, a third electrode provided for focusing the plasma, and a control unit controlling a voltage to be applied to the first through third electrodes. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230282 | Magnet Structure and Cathode Electrode Unit for Magnetron Sputtering, and Magnetron Sputtering System - A magnet structure and the like are provided, which can reduce the labor required to make a magnet design for producing a tunnel-shaped leakage magnetic field for plasma confinement in a well-balanced manner over an obverse surface of a target, based on a quadridirectional magnetic field produced by magnetic interaction between plural magnets. The magnet structure ( | 2010-09-16 |
20100230283 | ASSEMBLY AND ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSOR, ESPECIALLY CONDUCTIVITY SENSOR, WITH SUCH AN ASSEMBLY - An assembly, especially an assembly for an electrochemical sensor, includes a functional body of a first material, wherein the surface of the functional body is covered, at least sectionally, with a plastic, protective body. At least one free section of the surface of the functional body is not covered with a plastic, protective body, and wherein the free section is bordered by at least one surrounding, self-closing, boundary line, at which the plastic, protective body lies against the functional body. In the plastic, protective body, spaced from the boundary line, an elastic sealing ring lies sealingly against the surface of the functional body, in order to seal the functional body against a gap arising, in given cases, from the boundary line between the plastic, protective body and the functional body. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230284 | REAGENT DEVICES - A reagent device such as an electro-chemical micro-electrode sensor is provided with one or more reagent modules to carry respective reagents. The device includes respective receiving stations for receiving the reagent modules on board. The reagent modules may be tested independently before assembly of the device and hence yields are improved. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230285 | Analyte Sensors and Methods of Making and Using the Same - Methods and systems for providing continuous analyte monitoring including in vivo sensors that do not require any user calibration during in vivo use are provided. Also provided are methods and devices including continuous analyte monitoring systems that include in vivo sensors which do not require any system executed calibration or which do not require any factory based calibration, and which exhibit stable sensor sensitivity characteristics. Methods of manufacturing the no calibration sensors and post manufacturing packaging and storage techniques are also provided. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230286 | Film Having Cobalt Selenide Nanowires and Method of Forming Same - A method for making a film having an array of cobalt selenide nanowires including: providing an aluminum substrate; anodizing the aluminum substrate to form anodized aluminum including an aluminum oxide layer having a plurality of pores therein on a surface of the aluminum substrate; preparing an electrodeposition composition including a source of cobalt ions and a source of selenite ions; contacting the anodized aluminum with the electrodeposition composition; and applying AC current to the anodized aluminum for a sufficient duration to electrodeposit cobalt selenide into the pores to form a film having an array of oriented cobalt selenide nanowires. According to a different aspect, a film has an aluminum substrate; an oxide layer having a plurality of pores therein on a surface of the aluminum substrate; and an array of cobalt selenide nanowires disposed in the pores. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230287 | POROUS GOLD MATERIALS AND PRODUCTION METHODS - Gold is subjected to anodic oxidation in an aqueous solution of a carboxylic acid or carboxylate. The carboxylic acid can be selected from formic acid, acetic acid, propionic acid, lactic acid, oxalic acid, malonic acid, succinic acid, maleic acid, malic acid, tartaric acid, and citric acid. The carboxylate can be selected from salts of the above-described acids. A potential applied to a gold electrode can be in the range of about +1.5 to about 11 V with respect to a potential of a standard hydrogen electrode. Thereby, a uniform porous gold film having a pore size of several nanometers to several hundreds of nanometers is formed. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230288 | SURFACE-TREATED METAL MATERIAL, SURFACE-TREATING METHOD, RESIN-COATED METAL MATERIAL, METAL CAN AND CAN LID - A surface-treated metal material is obtained by forming an inorganic surface-treating layer containing at least Zr, O and F as chief components but without containing phosphoric acid ions on the surfaces of a metal by the cathodic electrolysis or by forming an inorganic surface-treating layer containing at least Zr, O and F as chief components and having an atomic ratio of P and Zr of 0≦P/Zr<0.6 in the uppermost surface on the surfaces of the metal by the cathodic electrolysis at a low cost featuring high productivity, environmental friendliness, scar resistance, adhesion, workability and intimate fitting. By using a metal material obtained by coating the surface-treated metal material with an organic resin and, particularly, with a polyester resin, a metal can or a can lid exhibits excellent adhesion and corrosion resistance even at portions that are worked to a high degree. Further, the can lid exhibits excellent opening performance even after the sterilization by heating. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230289 | Method of anodizing metallic surfaces and compositions therefore - A method of treating metallic workpieces with an anodizing solution, compositions of the anodizing solution and the coatings prepared with this anodizing solution for anodizing metallic surfaces, especially surfaces of magnesium, magnesium alloys, aluminum and aluminum alloys, are disclosed. The compositions are basic aqueous solutions comprising a water-soluble inorganic hydroxide, phosphorus and oxygen containing anions, at least one surfactant and an alkaline buffer based on at least one alkaline hydrolyzed silane, on at least one alcohol showing at least one alkaline radical group or on a mixture of them. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230290 | MOULD FOR GALVANOPLASTY AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - The invention relates to a method ( | 2010-09-16 |
20100230291 | CURABLE AQUEOUS COMPOSITION - The present invention provides an aqueous curable composition comprising (A) a compound comprising all or some primary amino groups and/or secondary amino groups optionally neutralized with a Brønsted acid, and (B) a crosslinking agent, the crosslinking agent being a compound having an (N-alkyl-N-(2-acylacyl)amino)alkyloxycarbonylamino group represented by General Formula (I) | 2010-09-16 |
20100230292 | INTEGRATED SOLAR-POWERED HIGH-PRESSURE HYDROGEN PRODUCTION AND BATTERY CHARGING SYSTEM - One embodiment of the invention includes a photovoltaic system that provides both electricity and low-grade heat, together with many options of utilizing the energy. The electricity may efficiently be used to drive a high-pressure electrolyzer that produces hydrogen. The hydrogen pressure may be boosted to a final compression of at least 700 bar. In one embodiment the pressure may be boosted using a metal-hydride compressor and stored. The stored high pressure hydrogen may be used to fill fuel-cell electric vehicle (FCEV) tanks. The electricity can also be used to efficiently charge the batteries in an extended range electric vehicle (EREV). | 2010-09-16 |
20100230293 | CO2 UTILIZATION IN ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEMS - A low-voltage, low-energy electrochemical system and method of removing protons and/or producing a base solution comprising hydroxide and carbonate/bicarbonate ions, utilizing carbon dioxide in a cathode compartment that is partitioned into a first cathode electrolyte compartment and a second cathode electrolyte compartment such that liquid flow between the cathode electrolyte compartments is possible, but wherein gaseous communication between the cathode electrolyte compartments is restricted. Carbon dioxide gas in one cathode electrolyte compartment is utilized with the cathode electrolyte in both compartments to produce the base solution with less that 3V applied across the electrodes. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230294 | METHOD TO REMOVE ANTIMONY FROM COPPER ELECTROLYTES - A method and solution for eluting one of antimony(V) and a mixture of antimony(III) and antimony(V) from an ion exchange resin, comprises contacting the resin with an eluting solution comprising thiourea having a concentration of at least 0.002 M and hydrochloric acid having a concentration of at least 3 M. The method can be used for electrolytes in an industrial electrorefining process, by the further steps of contacting the electrolyte with an ion exchange resin to adsorb the antimony from the electrolyte and separating the resin from the electrolyte, before contacting the resin with the eluting solution comprising thiourea and hydrochloric acid. The method and solution address the difficulties of removing antimony(V), and allow for increased reuse of the resins. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230295 | METHOD OF SHUTTING DOWN WATER ELECTROLYSIS APPARATUS - A water electrolysis apparatus applies an electrolysis voltage between current collectors disposed on the respective sides of an electrolyte membrane thereby to electrolyze water to generate oxygen in an anode electrolysis chamber and hydrogen in a cathode electrolysis chamber under a pressure higher than a normal pressure. The water electrolysis apparatus is shut down by applying a voltage between the current collectors after the cathode electrolysis chamber stops supplying the hydrogen, reducing a pressure in at least the cathode electrolysis chamber while the voltage is being applied, and stopping applying the voltage when the pressure in the cathode electrolysis chamber is equal to a pressure in the anode electrolysis chamber. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230296 | Production of Hydrogen Gas From Sulfur-Containing Compounds - The described invention is a process for producing hydrogen gas comprising (a) combusting sulfur (S) or hydrogen sulfide (H | 2010-09-16 |
20100230297 | GAS SENSOR FOR MEASURING A GAS COMPONENT IN A GAS MIXTURE - A ceramic gas sensor for measuring a gas component in a gas mixture, which includes a sensor element, which has at least one first electrode exposed to the gas mixture to be determined, and at least one further electrode. Only one shared electrical contacting is provided for the first electrode and for the additional electrode, an electrical resistor, which is situated inside the gas sensor, being preconnected to the first electrode and/or the additional electrode. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230298 | NANOPOROUS CARBON ACTUATOR AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - An electrochemically driveable actuator according to one embodiment includes a nanoporous carbon aerogel composition capable of exhibiting charge-induced reversible strain when wetted by an electrolyte and a voltage is applied thereto. An electrochemically driven actuator according to another embodiment includes a nanoporous carbon aerogel composition wetted by an electrolyte; and a mechanism for causing charge-induced reversible strain of the composition. A method for electrochemically actuating an object according to one embodiment includes causing charge-induced reversible strain of a nanoporous carbon aerogel composition wetted with an electrolyte to actuate the object by the strain. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230299 | Hydrogen storage alloy, preparation process thereof, and hydrogen storage device - The hydrogen storage alloy has, as a main phase thereof, a bcc structure phase having a composition represented by Ti | 2010-09-16 |
20100230300 | SUTURE PACKAGING - Packaging and dispenser embodiments for sutures including bi-directional sutures are used to reduce catching and tangling of the sutures. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230301 | CARRYING RECEPTACLE - A method (and device so formed) for adapting a skin type decorative and protective case customized for fitting a hand held electronic device having a viewing screen and/or keyboard and configured for remaining on the device during use of the device. The method comprises the steps of forming the skin with a slot for insertion of thin items such as credit cards and money into a pocket either between walls of the case or between a wall of the case and an electronic device inserted in the skin case. The pockets are provided with elements to minimize any change of appearance of the original profile and elements for assisting in removing the items from the snug pocket element. The pockets further include elements for maintaining the integrity thereof relative to the remainder of the casing. The pocket may alternatively be directly integrated as part of the device housing. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230302 | DISPENSING BOX COVER - A cover for portable, standalone dispensing boxes of disposable wipes, such as boxed cut and folded tissue wipes. A blocking mechanism is provided to hold the dispensing box in place in the cover. A barrier is provided to prevent the dispensing box from falling out of the cover through the opening at the base of the cover. The cover is portable, which is not attached to any structure. The cover may be made of a rigid material, or a flexible material on a rigid frame. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230303 | PACK FOR LUMP-FORM OR GRANULAR MATERIAL - A pack for in particular piece-form pack contents having a sealed inner pack ( | 2010-09-16 |
20100230304 | STORAGE CARD CASE AND KIT - A case for organizing and storing media cards having individual compartments which fit media such as, but not limited to, SD cards, memory sticks pro duo, XD memory cards, compact flash cards, memory sticks, mini SD cards, micro SD cards or any other portable media card or device that is developed in the future comprises a plurality of compartments having individual closeable doors to securely lock a single media card or device into the compartment. The door of each case further comprises an area thereon onto which information can be written to identify the contents. In addition, the cases further comprise means for stacking multiple cases onto each other. A kit containing at least one case and removable identification devices which can be placed directly onto the media cards and/or mini envelopes into which the media devices can be placed onto which the contents of each media card can be written. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230305 | MEDIA DISC STORAGE CONTAINER - Media disc storage container ( | 2010-09-16 |
20100230306 | CONTAINER WITH A DETACHABLE POCKET FOR A PROMOTIONAL ITEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A container for holding a product and a substantially flat item is described. The container includes one or more walls, with a substantially flat detachable portion. The detachable portion includes a first pocket wall and a second pocket wall substantially opposite the first pocket wall. The first pocket wall and the second pocket wall are attached to one another so as to form a pocket with a slot for inserting and removing the flat item. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230307 | MUSIC INSTRUMENT CASE WITH INTERCHANGEABLE LID - A flexible music instrument case uses an interchangeable lid system to allow different types of lids to be attached to a main body depending on the particular needs of the user. The main body of the music case has an internal chamber configured to closely contain and protect the musical instrument or instruments, depending on the particular instruments being carried. The main body is somewhat structured to maintain a container shape, and may include various levels of rigidity. In addition, the main body further has at least one attachment mechanism attached to a portion thereof, to allow an interchangeable lid to be removably attached to the main body. The interchangeable lid has a similar attachment mechanism attached thereto to allow for the removable attachment of various lid elements. The interchangeable lids are configured differently to allow a user to configure the carrying case as necessary, and may include accessory compartments, sheet music pockets, or extended accommodations to allow portions of the musical instruments to extend beyond the open top while also being contained. Additional handles, wheels and straps are also included to increase the ease of use for the musical instrument case. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230308 | PROTECTIVE COVER ASSEMBLY FOR CAMERA MODULE AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING SAME - A protective cover assembly is mounted within a portable electronic device. The portable electronic device defines a through hole. The protective cover assembly includes a resisting portion including a first positioning portion and a second positioning portion, a shielding cover and an elastic member offering an elastic force to make the resisting portion abut against the shielding cover. When the shielding cover resisting the first positioning portion, the shielding cover shields the through hole. When the shielding cover resisting the second positioning portion, the shielding cover exposes the through hole. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230309 | Non-Contact IC Card Communication Controller and Non-Contact IC Card Holder - Provided is a non-contact IC card communication controller of a simple configuration which can easily be manufactured at a reasonable cost. The non-contact IC card communication controller ( | 2010-09-16 |
20100230310 | Warp Stable Wood Product Package and Methods for Sorting a Wood Product - The present disclosure includes a wood product package comprising a plurality of wood products having a performance attribute. The performance attribute of the wood products is certified in statistical terms based on a degree to at which at least one of a morphology, microstructure, macrostructure or chemical composition property remains substantially symmetrical about a cross-sectional centroid of each of the wood products. Each of the plurality of wood products have a cross-sectional centroid. The plurality of wood products each have a property that is substantially symmetrical about the cross-sectional centroids. The property is related to morphology, microstructure, macrostructure, and chemical composition. Further aspects of the disclosure are directed towards methods for sorting wood products. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230311 | BICYCLE TRAVEL/STORAGE BAG | 2010-09-16 |
20100230312 | DISPLAY PACKAGE - A package for displaying a plurality of items where the package has first and second containers connectable between an open position and a closed position, each container having an outer surface having at least one elongated protrusion, the at least one protrusion having a head end and a tail end, the head end extending further outwardly from the package than the tail end, and an inner surface having at least one inner cavity aligned with the at least one protrusion, the cavity having a depth varying along the protrusion and configured to receive one of the plurality of items, wherein the head end of the at least one protrusion of the first container is proximate the tail end of the at least one protrusion of the second container in the closed position. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230313 | PORTABLE TOOL CASE AND WORKSTATION - The invention is directed at a portable tool case and workstation comprising storage means for housing tools; and at least one workstation attachment, stored with the tool case; wherein the at least one workstation attachment cooperates with the tool case to provide a portable workstation to a user. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230314 | PATIENT INTERFACE PACKAGING WITH INTEGRATED SIZING GAGE - A patient interface packaging that includes an integrated sizing template. The packaging system includes a container having an inner chamber containing a patient interface device having a size contained within. The packaging further includes an outer exterior having an integral flap. The integral flap includes at least one opening therethrough forming a sizing template. The size of the opening corresponds to the size of the mask contained within the package so that the opening may be fitted to the nose region of a patient's to allow the user to determine an appropriate size patient interface device that matches his or her anatomical dimensions. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230315 | Display Pack and Packaging Method and Apparatus - A display pack for a consumer product is made of two sheets of corrugated cardboard and a clear plastic container with a flat insertion portion sandwiched between the cardboard sheets. The two cardboard sheets are adhered together in a peripheral area of the package by a heat sensitive adhesive, and the corrugations of the cardboard sheets are crushed and flattened in the peripheral area. To seal the package, the peripheral area of the two cardboard sheets is subject to sufficient pressure to crush the corrugations inside the cardboard sheets and flatten them in that area. Heat is applied to the outer side of the cardboard sheets in the peripheral area and conducted to the adhesive material between the two sheets to activate the adhesive material. A sealer machine with a heated sealing press or parallel sets of heated rollers may be used to carry out the sealing process. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230316 | DRAWER-AND-SHELL TYPE PACKAGE - A package ( | 2010-09-16 |
20100230317 | MULTI-POSITION STACKABLE CONTAINER - A container includes a base and a plurality of walls extending upward from a periphery of the base. A pair of supports are movable between a nesting position and at least one stack position. In one embodiment, the container includes projections outwardly from opposed walls that can be supported on the supports of an identical container. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230318 | Multiple Cap Size Bottle Crate - A beverage crate having a bottom wall, a first side wall, a second side wall, a first end wall and a second end wall. The bottom wall includes a lower surface having structure to allow the beverage crate to securely stack on a plurality of bottles having a first cap size or a plurality of bottles having a second cap size. The lower surface of the bottom wall including a plurality of bottle receiving portions where each bottle receiving portion includes a first cap size wall portion and a second cap size wall portion. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230319 | Stacking pan set - The invention provides a set of cooking pans which nest completely one within the other, optionally together with their lids. Each pan of the set comprises a pan body ad a side handle, and the pan bodies are of progressively smaller diameter so that each pan body can be completely received within the next larger pan body for storage purposes, and each pan handle from the largest pan to at least the second smallest pan in the set is concave, creating along the top of that handle a longitudinal recess, each longitudinal recess communicating with a concavity in the top rim of the associated pan body so that when the body of a pan of smaller size is received in the pan body, the handle of the smaller pan extends through that concavity and is received wholly within the longitudinal recess in the handle of that next larger pan. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230320 | PACKAGING - Packaging includes a blister pack ( | 2010-09-16 |
20100230321 | DISPENSING PACKAGE - A blister pack for dispensing pills that is childproof yet senior-friendly. The blister pack includes a housing, which may be substantially tear-resistant, that encloses one or more blisters contained on a blister sheet. In one embodiment, the cavities of the blisters are positioned such that pills or other objects are dispensed into a chamber. A neck extends outward from the chamber to permit a childproof cap to be removably attached thereto to permit the selective dispensing of the pills in a controlled fashion. In another embodiment, the blister pack may include a chamber for dispensing a first type of pill and a plurality of blisters not aligned with the chamber for dispensing a second type of pill. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230322 | Sausage Tray - A packaging tray for sausage links includes a bottom having side edges joined by arcuate end edges. A side wall extends upwardly from each of the side edges. An end wall extends upwardly from each of the arcuate end edges. One of the arcuate end walls is convex and the other of the arcuate end walls is concave. Advantageously, the arcuate end walls secure nested sausages on the tray from shifting and eliminates empty space on the tray. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230323 | Hydroprocessing of heavy hydrocarbons using liquid quench streams - A process for reducing sulfur, nitrogen, metals and asphaltene contents, while increasing the yield of distillable fractions in heavy hydrocarbons, by using a cooled light fraction as a liquid quench stream. The light fraction is obtained by splitting heavy hydrocarbons into a heavy fraction, and a light fraction which may be injected at spaced locations along a system of fixed-bed reactors series that comprises a first hydrodemetallization (HDM)/hydrodeasphaltenization (HDAs) step, followed by a second hydrodesulfurization (HDS)/hydrodenitrogenation (HDN)/hydrocracking step. The metal and asphaltene rich heavy fraction have contact with the entire catalyst system, while the light fraction is injected as side feed and quench stream(s) into the second reactor, where it is treated in admixture with the heavy fraction for elimination of the impurities of the light fraction. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230324 | Control of Fluid Catalytic Cracking Process for Minimizing Additive Usage in the Desulfurization of Petroleum Feedstocks - A method and apparatus for the cracking of a petroleum oil feedstock to produce a desulfurized full-range gasoline product. The petroleum oil feedstock is contacted with a base cracking catalyst and an FCC additive in an FCC unit, wherein the catalyst includes a stable Y-type zeolite and a rare-earth metal oxide and the additive includes a shape selective zeolite. The catalyst, additive and petroleum oil feedstock can be contacted in a down-flow or riser fluid catalytic cracking unit, that can also include a regeneration zone, a separation zone, and a stripping zone. The FCC unit includes an integrated control and monitoring system that monitors at least one parameter selected from FCC operating parameters, feed rate, feedstock properties, and product stream properties, and adjusts at least one parameter in response to the measured parameter to increase production of desulfurized products. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230325 | PROCESS FOR REMOVING OIL FROM PARTICULATE MATTER - There is provided a process for removing oil from particulate matter comprising mixing an aqueous slurry of the particulate matter with at least one stream of water applied at a pressure of from 0.5 to 100 Mpa, wherein the one or more high pressure water streams expand adiabatically when mixed with the aqueous slurry. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230326 | OIL SANDS FLOTATION - An oil sands flotation circuit wherein a feed stream is fed to a bank comprising at least one rougher flotation cell producing a rougher concentrate stream and a rougher tailings stream, said rougher concentrate stream being fed to a bank comprising at least one cleaner flotation cell producing a cleaner concentrate stream and a cleaner tailings stream. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230327 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF TRANSPARENT COMPONENT IN A MATERIAL FLOW - A device is disclosed for the classification of a transparent component of a material flow using an optical detector unit, with allocatable optical axis which is directed toward the material flow, at least one illumination unit for illuminating the material flow from a space over the material flow, in which the optical detector unit is also contained, and a classifier, which classifies the component based on information which is recorded from the component using the optical detector unit, and a decision criterion. A retroreflector is provided at least longitudinally relative to the optical axis of the detector unit, downstream from the material flow in the viewing direction of the detector, the illumination unit provides at least two light sources, with first light source emitting light of a first type and a second light source emitting light of a second type, The light of at least the first light source is incident on the material flow longitudinally relative to the optical axis. The optical detector unit detects light from both light sources selectively. The light of the second light source illuminates the material flow from an uplighting source providing the light incident on the material flow which is flatly distributed and not longitudinally relative to the optical axis of the detector unit, or the light of the second light source is incident on the material flow longitudinally relative to the optical axis. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230328 | INTELLIGENT BARCODE SYSTEMS - Systems and methods using intelligent barcodes for processing mail, packages, or other items in transport are provided. Systems and methods allowing end-to-end visibility of a mail stream by uniquely identifying and tracking mail pieces are also provided. Systems and methods include the use of standardized intelligent barcodes on mail pieces, a seamless process for mail acceptance, continuous mail piece tracking, and feedback on mail quality in real time. In one embodiment, systems and methods using intelligent barcodes allow a mailing service to provide enhanced acceptance, sorting, tracking, address correction, forwarding, and delivery services. In another embodiment, systems and methods using intelligent barcodes allow a mailing service to identify a mail piece as undeliverable-as-addressed (UAA) and determine a final disposition for the mail piece. In yet another embodiment, systems and methods using intelligent barcodes allow mailers more visibility into the mail stream and information on the quality of their mailings. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230329 | CONTINUOUS GRAVITY ASSISTED ULTRASONIC COAL CLEANER - An improved system and method for separating combustible organic particles from noncombustible inorganic particles in coal, in preparation for combustion. The coal is size-reduced and size-graded to small pieces which are then supplied to input ends of water-immersed descending slides having ultrasonic transducers for vibratory separation of inorganic and organic particles. The slides have different longitudinal lengths with angles of declination configured to achieve time-differential exposure to the ultrasonic vibratory energy, with smaller coal pieces being subjected to shorter time ultrasonic vibratory exposure. In one preferred form, longitudinally spaced turbidity sensors along the slide provide signals used to control selected ultrasonic transducers upon substantially complete cleaning of the coal pieces. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230330 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR THE PRE-PROCESSING OF SINGLE STREAM RECYCLABLE MATERIAL FOR SORTING - A system for pre-processing material into groups of different sizes comprising three levels. The second level is positioned above the third level and below the first level. The first level comprising a feeding mechanism, one or more first screens coupled to ducts and having apertures, blowers and vacuum ducts, dust collectors and a diverter. The screens transport the material along the first level in a first direction while a portion is sifted away before being diverted to the second level. The second level comprising one or more second screens coupled to ducts and having apertures, blowers and vacuum ducts and a takeaway device. The screens transport the material along the second level in a second direction different than the first while a portion is sifted away before falling to the third level. The third level comprising blowers and vacuum ducts and takeaway devices for receiving a portion of the material. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230331 | SOLID-LIQUID SEPARATION SYSTEM - An aggregating agent injector ( | 2010-09-16 |
20100230332 | ADSORPTION APPARATUS FOR WASTEWATER - An adsorption apparatus for wastewater, having a reaction tank configured to allow adsorption of a resource substance contained in wastewater on an adsorbent to be carried out therein, a supplying device configured to supply wastewater containing the resource substance to the reaction tank, a charging device configured to charge the adsorbent into the reaction tank, a water discharging device configured to discharge a treated water, obtained after the wastewater is removed of the resource substance by the adsorption, from the reaction tank, a adsorbent discharging device configured to discharge the adsorbent having the resource substance adsorbed thereon, from the reaction tank, and an adsorbent flow out preventing device configured to prevent flow out of the adsorbent from the reaction tank during the adsorption. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230333 | Anti-siphon trap with snorkel - The amount of sealant needed as an odor barrier in a wastewater cartridge is reduced. The cartridge inlet compartment ( | 2010-09-16 |
20100230334 | FILTER UNIT FOR SEPARATING TARGET MATERIAL AND MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE FILTER UNIT - A filter unit for separating target materials from microparticles using an eluent includes: an inlet; a separator unit which separates the target materials from the microparticles using the eluent; an outlet; and a filter which is interposed between the outlet and the separator unit and filters the microparticles. A volume of the separator unit is less than a volume of the eluent provided to the separator unit. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230335 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CENTRIFUGAL LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY - Apparatus and methods related to centrifugal liquid chromatography are described. An angular velocity can be simultaneously imparted to a large number of chromatographic enclosures. Via centrifugal forces, a mobile phase fluid including a sample can be driven through a stationary phase within the chromatographic enclosure to perform a chromatographic separation process on components of the sample. The use of centrifugation as a driving force can allow significantly smaller stationary phase particles to be employed as compared to high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Further, for an equivalent chromatographic separation process, the use of centrifugation can provide much greater separation efficiencies than HPLC. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230336 | SURFACE SKIMMING DEVICE FOR POOLS - A pool skimming device comprising an outer body with an outlet to the pool pump line, a hollow mating member which floats within the outer body so that its top rim is at the surface of the pool and a litter basket which fits within the floating member. The device has an inlet to attach a pool suction device and the outer body has a backing plate which fits over the opening of the pool skimmer box which provides access to the pool pump line. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230337 | WATER TANK APPARATUS - A water tank apparatus comprising a first tank ( | 2010-09-16 |
20100230338 | Floating skimmer and filter apparatus - The present invention is a storm water filter system for filtering floatable debris and non-floating pollutants from storm, water passing through a storm water drain system vault. The storm water filtering system has a vault having chamber having a floating skimmer panel between the inlet thereto and the outlet therefrom. The skimmer panel has a filter passageway therethrough for filtering the storm water while the floatable skimmer panel captures floatable debris and trash from the storm water. Storm water entering the vault inlet passes through a filter element in the skimmer panel and out the vault outlet and also can pass under the floating skimmer panel when the floatable skimmer panel is floated to a raised position to thereby prevent storm water from accumulating on the inlet side of the wall. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230339 | Particulate chiral separation material - A chiral particulate material and method of making the same are provided. The material includes a fibrous protein or chiral synthetic polymer, optionally crosslinked, organized into a multilayered chiral structure including nanoscale chiral pores or channels. The particles are useful for performing chiral separations, including in chromatographic applications. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230340 | SEALING ASSEMBLY FOR A CHROMATOGRAPHY COLUMN - The present invention relates to a sealing assembly for use in chromatography columns and methods for forming a seal in such columns. The assembly comprises a sealing element composed of a material having a low coefficient of friction and a separate resilient member co-operating therewith. The seal provided is stable over a temperature range of +2° C. to +30° C. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230341 | APPARATUS FOR THE SEMI-CONTINUOUS CHROMATOGRAPHIC SEPARATION OF BINARY AND MULTI-COMPONENT MIXTURES - The invention relates to a semi-continuous chromatographic method for the separation of binary and multi-component mixtures and corresponding devices. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230342 | Filter Element for Liquid Filters and Liquid Filter - The invention concerns a filter element as well as a liquid filter wherein the filter element is axially insertable into the filter housing ( | 2010-09-16 |
20100230343 | WATER TREATMENT APPARATUS - A water treatment apparatus includes a first treatment tank forming thereon a first, fixed bed includes a powdery phosphorus adsorbent includes an inorganic layered compound, wherein the first bed separates phosphorus and solid matter from the water, and recovers the phosphorus in a state adsorbed on the phosphorus adsorbent in the first bed, a second treatment tank forming a second, fluidized or fixed bed includes the phosphorus adsorbent, wherein the second bed separates phosphorus from the water received from the first treatment tank, and recovers the phosphorus in a state adsorbed on the phosphorus adsorbent in the second bed, and a transferring line configured to transfer the phosphorus adsorbent, having phosphorus adsorbed thereon in the second treatment tank, from the second treatment tank to the first treatment tank. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230344 | SURFACES HAVING PARTICLES AND RELATED METHODS - Provided are surfaces comprising particles, which particles may possess, for example, antimicrobial or biosensing properties. Also provided are related methods for fabrication of the inventive articles. Also provided are systems and methods for treating fluids, objects, and targets with the inventive surfaces. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230345 | WATER KETTLE CAPABLE OF FILTERING IMPURITIES FROM WATER - A water kettle includes a kettle body having a receiving space, a cover unit, a hollow receiving member, and a filtering unit. The cover unit includes a cover body mounted on the kettle body, and a valve movable relative to the cover body for controlling flow of water from a water outlet in the cover body. The receiving member is attached to the cover body, and includes a filtering space in fluid communication with the water outlet, and a plurality of openings in fluid communication with the filtering space and the receiving space. The filtering unit is disposed within the receiving member for filtering impurities from the water flowing from the receiving space into the water outlet through the hollow receiving member. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230346 | UREA SORBENT - A sorbent polymer is provided that interacts or reacts with aqueous urea to aid the regeneration of a dialysate liquid. The sorbent polymer may include one or more specific functional groups bonded thereto. Such specific functional groups are selected from carboxylic acids, carboxylic acid esters, carboxylates, amides, dicarboxylic acids, dicarboxylic acid esters, and dicer boxylates to produce the desired urea sorbent. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230347 | Adjustable height inlet/outlet liquid level management tools and systems - Apparatus for managing layers of different density includes an enclosed tank for holding the liquids so that they stratify into separate layers of different levels in the tank. A conduit for liquid in the tank is open at an inner end to the tank interior, and is open at an outer end to the tank exterior. A drive moves the inner end of the conduit to different levels within tank so liquid can be transferred into or out of different levels in the tank. The drive preferably being a gear mechanism employing woodruff-type tabs. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230348 | WASTEWATER TREATMENT METHOD AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT APPARATUS - An aspect of the present invention provides a wastewater treatment method for treating wastewater containing ammonium nitrogen, including the steps of: oxidizing the ammonium nitrogen in the wastewater to nitrite with nitrifying bacteria in a treatment tank in which the nitrifying bacteria and anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria having a half-saturation constant of 6.1 mgN/L or more with respect to nitrite coexist; and denitrifying the nitrite formed through the oxidation of the ammonium nitrogen, with the anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria in the treatment tank, while using the ammonium nitrogen contained in the wastewater as a hydrogen donor. The method employs the anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria that can maintain the denitrification activity even under a condition in which the amount of dissolved oxygen is large, consequently can easily maintain the activities of both of the nitrifying bacteria and the anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria which coexist in the same treatment tank, and can rapidly perform wastewater treatment. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230349 | UNIT, A PLANT AND A METHOD FOR TREATMENT OF POLLUTED WATER - A unit comprising the components necessary for performing waste water treatment renders it simple and cheap to establish purification of water in small scale at remote locations. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230350 | Method and apparatus for treating selenium-containing wastewater - A method and an apparatus for treating selenium-containing wastewater, in which wastewater containing hexavalent selenium is subjected to reduction treatment, selenium can be effectively removed at a small amount of metal leached, and, preferably, sludge produced during treatment is white, thereby facilitating the disposal of the sludge. The selenium-containing wastewater is brought into contact with an alloy or a mixture of metallic titanium and a first metal other than metallic titanium to partially leach the first metal, thereby subjecting selenium in the wastewater to reduction treatment. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230351 | Hydrophilic Membrane - The invention relates to an hydrophilic membrane comprising a membrane carrier and a hydrophilic coating with good properties. The coating may comprise covalently bound inorganic-organic hybrid material; or the coating may comprise ring-opening polymerized components like epoxy resins. The coating composition preferably is applied in a solvent, the solvent is evaporated, and the coating is cured with UV radiation. The hydrophilic membrane is very useful in water purification, and in other applications. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230352 | CONTINUOUS PROCESS BATCH-OPERATED REVERSE OSMOSIS SYSTEM WITH IN-TANK MEMBRANES AND CIRCULATION - A reverse osmosis system and method for operating the same includes a pressure tank having a first end and a second end, the pressure tank has a first volume adjacent to the first end and a second volume adjacent to the second end and a third volume between the first volume and the second volume and a fluid passage fluidically coupling the second volume to the first volume. The reverse osmosis system also includes a plurality of membranes disposed within the third volume generating permeate and a permeate manifold receiving permeate from the membranes and fluidically communicating permeate out of the pressure tank. A feed line couples feed fluid into the pressure tank. A first pump pressurizes the feed line. A second pump is disposed within the tank and circulates brine fluid from the second volume through the fluid passage. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230353 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CENTRIFUGAL LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY - Apparatus and methods related to centrifugal liquid chromatography are described. An angular velocity can be simultaneously imparted to a large number of chromatographic enclosures. Via centrifugal forces, a mobile phase fluid including a sample can be driven through a stationary phase within the chromatographic enclosure to perform a chromatographic separation process on components of the sample. The use of centrifugation as a driving force can allow significantly smaller stationary phase particles to be employed as compared to high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Further, for an equivalent chromatographic separation process, the use of centrifugation can provide much greater separation efficiencies than HPLC. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230354 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CENTRIFUGAL LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY - Apparatus and methods related to centrifugal liquid chromatography are described. An angular velocity can be simultaneously imparted to a large number of chromatographic enclosures. Via centrifugal forces, a mobile phase fluid including a sample can be driven through a stationary phase within the chromatographic enclosure to perform a chromatographic separation process on components of the sample. The use of centrifugation as a driving force can allow significantly smaller stationary phase particles to be employed as compared to high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Further, for an equivalent chromatographic separation process, the use of centrifugation can provide much greater separation efficiencies than HPLC. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230355 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CENTRIFUGAL LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY - Apparatus and methods related to centrifugal liquid chromatography are described. An angular velocity can be simultaneously imparted to a large number of chromatographic enclosures. Via centrifugal forces, a mobile phase fluid including a sample can be driven through a stationary phase within the chromatographic enclosure to perform a chromatographic separation process on components of the sample. The use of centrifugation as a driving force can allow significantly smaller stationary phase particles to be employed as compared to high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Further, for an equivalent chromatographic separation process, the use of centrifugation can provide much greater separation efficiencies than HPLC. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230356 | COMPOSITIONS FOR FLUID REHABILITATION AND APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR USING SAME - A composition of matter for rehabilitating a fluidic substance, comprising: a) at least one decolorizing ingredient constituting at least 58% by volume of the whole composition; and, b) at least one acidity reducing ingredient constituting at least 5% by volume of the whole composition. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230357 | Method for Removal of Volatile Phosphates From Hydrocarbons - This application relates to processes for selectively removing anionic phosphate molecules from contaminated hydrocarbon oil using the ion exchange activity of acid activated clay. The methods are particularly applicable to the removal of volatile phosphates from hydrocarbons contaminated during fracturing operations. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230358 | OIL ADSORBENT, AND METHOD FOR RECOVERING THE SAME - An oil adsorbent includes a plurality of particles, each being constituted from at least one of an inorganic particle and an organic particle as a core and a polymer covering the core. The plurality of particles are aggregated to form an aggregate so that a porosity of the aggregate is 70% or more. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230359 | POROUS AND DURABLE CERAMIC FILTER MONOLITH COATED WITH A RARE EARTH FOR REMOVING CONTAMINANTS FROM WATER - The invention is directed generally to a porous and durable ceramic filter monolith coated with one or more rare earth-containing compositions for removing contaminants from a fluid, particularly for removing one or more contaminants from water. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230360 | Anion adsorbent, water or soil cleanup agent and process for producing the same - A novel anion adsorbent with extremely high anion adsorptive power, composed mainly of iron as a metal excellent in biosafety, is provided. The anion adsorbent contains, as an active ingredient, amorphous ferric hydroxide produced under such conditions that a ferrous species is present. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230361 | MERCURY REMOVAL - A mercury absorbent comprising a metal sulphide, a support material, a first binder and a second binder, wherein the first binder is a cement binder and the second binder is a high aspect ratio binder having an aspect ratio >2. A mercury removal process comprises contacting a mercury containing feed stream with the absorbent. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230362 | FLUID PURIFICATION - A fluid purification system and method thereof, the system comprising a plurality of components serially coupled and in fluid communication. A pipe or conduit introduces a fluid into the system and communicates with a charging device that removes surface charge(s) from the fluid. The fluid is then transferred to a heater for raising the temperature of the fluid and providing the conditions for precipitating mineral material that generally causes build-up and/or corrosion within such a system. The fluid is then carried to a tank or tanks for precipitation of the mineral material. The resulting supernate and precipitate are transferred to a separator and further separated, with the precipitate withdrawn and the filtered fluid transferred for additional filtering downstream. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230363 | Groundwater recharging wastewater disposal method and apparatus - A sulfurous acid treated wastewater disposal method employing soil aquifer treatment (SAT) for artificial recharge of groundwater through infiltration basins allowing fully or partially-treated sewage effluent to infiltrate into the soil and move down to the groundwater through a “vadose” zone, which acts as a natural filter to remove essentially all suspended solids, biodegradable materials, bacteria, viruses, and other microorganisms. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230364 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING WATER PURIFICATION PROFILE - An apparatus for optimizing water purification profile, has a front processing unit, a booster pump having a water inlet, a rear processing unit, a waterflow control unit, an emission control unit, a control circuit, and a temperature sensing probe. The front processing unit is connected to the water inlet via a pipe. The control circuit corresponds to the emission control unit. The temperature sensing probe senses water temperature. The control circuit is connected to the temperature sensing probe whereby automatically adjusting time of producing purified water in a periodic cycle. The apparatus implements a constant water utilization rate as water temperature changes. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230365 | Water treatment - A system and method for maintaining a body of water in a sanitized condition with use of a halogen and a source of silver ions wherein the halogen is maintained at 50% to 75% less than a recommended halogen level for maintaining the body of water in a sanitized condition by adding a compound containing a hydantoin ring to a recreational body of water containing a halogen and a source of metal ions. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230366 | SEAWATER TREATMENT METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF INJECTION WATER FOR UNDERSEA OIL DRILLING AND CORRESPONDING INSTALLATION - A method for decreasing the dissolved oxygen content in water used for extracting oil from rocks includes directing water and gas into a housing containing at least one hydrophobic membrane such that the water contacts only a first surface of the membrane and the gas contacts only a second surface of the membrane. The pressure of the gas is decreased thereby causing the oxygen in the water to pass through the first side of the membrane to the second side of the membrane and mix with the gas. A system for decreasing the dissolved oxygen content in water used for extracting oil from rocks includes a plurality of membrane modules. Each module contains at least one hydrophobic membrane. A water supply inlet and a gas supply inlet direct water over the first and second surface respectively of each of the hydrophobic membranes. A water outlet and a gas outlet direct water and gas respectively out of the plurality of membrane modules. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230367 | LIQUID MEDIUM TREATMENT METHOD - The liquid treatment device comprises the nozzle with the throat, the confuser inlet chamber and the diffuser outlet chamber. The vortex cylinder with end-to-end cyclonic ports is coupled to the confuser chamber. The cavitation generator, the shaped head part of which is inserted in the nozzle, is secured axially to the said cylinder with possibility of axial travel. Axisymmetrical internal and external shells and correspondingly are built in the diffuser outlet chamber forming the annular channel in between. During treatment the liquid homogeneous mixture while passing through the cavitation zone is “heterogenized” by both wave slamming, generated with cavitation bubbles collapse, and by bubble generation. Partial “micro-cracking” takes place—bond opening with highly active radical and decreased molecular weight hydrocarbon generation. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230368 | Display stand - A display stand for displaying hats having a plurality of rotatable sections which rotate about a central support wherein each section may comprise a plurality of downwardly sloped trays wherein the central support is fixed to a surrounding structure which is enclosed by panels and a door which may be lockable. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230369 | Adjustable product display system - An adjustable product display system includes a plurality of pusher mechanisms each positionable on a planar support surface in a coextensive spaced-apart manner for defining therebetween a product area with front and rear ends, wherein the product area is adapted to hold one or more products in a continuous arrangement. Each pusher mechanism is configured for magnetic engagement to the planar support surface, and includes a pusher having a contact portion, and a partition fixedly attached thereto proximate the pusher. The pusher is configured for applying a force via said contact portion on the one or more products to advance the products toward the front end of the corresponding product area. The system further includes means for retaining the one or more products against the contact portion of the pusher within the corresponding product area. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230370 | Crane control with active heave compensation - The present invention represents a procedure for compensating the heave movement of offshore cranes. The dynamic model of the compensation actuator (hydraulically operated winch) and the load hanging on a rope are derived. Based on this model, a path-tracking control unit is developed. To compensate the movement of the ship/watercraft caused by waves, the heave movement is defined as a time-varying disturbance and is analyzed with respect to uncoupling conditions. With a model expansion, these conditions are satisfied, and an inversion-based uncoupling control law is formulated. To stabilize the system, an observer is used for reconstructing the unknown state by means of a force measurement. Furthermore, the compensation efficiency can be improved by predicting the heave movement. There is proposed a prediction method in which no ship/watercraft models or properties are required. The simulation and measurement results validate the heave compensation method. | 2010-09-16 |
20100230371 | METHOD TO MAKE AN ARM FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF CONCRETE, AND ARM THUS MADE - A method to make an arm for the distribution of concrete, or other material similar to concrete, used on heavy work vehicles, wherein the arm comprises a plurality of segments selectively folding and extendible one with respect to the other. Each segment comprises a main girder and auxiliary elements for connection to adjacent segments or for attachment of movement and/or supporting devices for the pipe that carries the concrete. The method comprises a first step in which each main girder is formed, with a predefined length, by depositing a plurality of layers of pre-impregnated composite material in a female type mold. The method comprises a second step in which the composite material, deposited in layers in the mold in a variable number of layers, is subjected to polymerization. The method comprises a third step in which each main girder is removed from the mold and a fourth step in which the auxiliary elements are associated with each girder so as to form a relative segment. The method comprises a fifth step in which the extendible arm is assembled, connecting the various segments at the respective ends. The cross section of each of the main girders of the segments is substantially constant over the whole length thereof. The female mold consists of one or more elementary molds of equal section, connected in sequence with each other according to the overall length of the main girder to be made. | 2010-09-16 |