39th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 19 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110233777 | THROUGH-WAFER INTERCONNECTS FOR PHOTOIMAGER AND MEMORY WAFERS - A through-wafer interconnect for imager, memory and other integrated circuit applications is disclosed, thereby eliminating the need for wire bonding, making devices incorporating such interconnects stackable and enabling wafer level packaging for imager devices. Further, a smaller and more reliable die package is achieved and circuit parasitics (e.g., L and R) are reduced due to the reduced signal path lengths. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233778 | FORMATION OF LINER AND BARRIER FOR TUNGSTEN AS GATE ELECTRODE AND AS CONTACT PLUG TO REDUCE RESISTANCE AND ENHANCE DEVICE PERFORMANCE - The invention provides a method of forming a film stack on a substrate, comprising depositing a tungsten nitride layer on the substrate, subjecting the substrate to a nitridation treatment using active nitrogen species from a remote plasma, and depositing a conductive bulk layer directly on the tungsten nitride layer without depositing a tungsten nucleation layer on the tungsten nitride layer as a growth site for tungsten. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233779 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes an interlayer insulation film provided on a substrate including a Cu wiring, a via hole formed in the interlayer insulation film on the Cu wiring, a first metal film selectively formed on the Cu wiring in the via hole, functioning as a barrier to the Cu wiring, and functioning as a promoter of carbon nanotube growth, a second metal film formed at least on the first metal film in the via hole, and functioning as a catalyst of the carbon nanotube growth, and carbon nanotubes buried in the via hole in which the first metal film and the second metal film are formed. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233780 | COBALT NITRIDE LAYERS FOR COPPER INTERCONNECTS AND METHODS FOR FORMING THEM - An interconnect structure for integrated circuits incorporates a layer of cobalt nitride that facilitates the nucleation, growth and adhesion of copper wires. The cobalt nitride may deposited on a refractory metal nitride or carbide layer, such as tungsten nitride or tantalum nitride, that serves as a diffusion barrier for copper and also increases the adhesion between the cobalt nitride and the underlying insulator. The cobalt nitride may be formed by chemical vapor deposition from a novel cobalt amidinate precursor. Copper layers deposited on the cobalt nitride show high electrical conductivity and can serve as seed layers for electrochemical deposition of copper conductors for microelectronics. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233781 | METAL LINE OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING A DIFFUSION BARRIER WITH AN AMORPHOUS TaBN LAYER AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME - A metal line in a semiconductor device includes an insulation layer formed on a semiconductor substrate. A metal line forming region is formed in the insulation layer. A metal line is formed to fill the metal line forming region of the insulation layer. And a diffusion barrier that includes an amorphous TaBN layer is formed between the metal line and the insulation layer. The amorphous TaBN layer prevents a copper component from diffusing into the semiconductor substrate, thereby improving upon the characteristics and the reliability of a device. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233782 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE PACKAGE AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device package is disclosed. The package includes at least one semiconductor chip having a first surface and a second surface opposite thereto, in which at least one redistribution layer is disposed on the first surface of the semiconductor chip and is electrically connected to at least one conductive pad structure. At least one abut portion is disposed on the redistribution layer and electrically contacting thereto. A passivation layer covers the first surface of the semiconductor chip and surrounds the abut portion. A substrate is attached onto the second surface of the semiconductor chip. A fabrication method of the electronic device package is also disclosed. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233783 | SUBSTRATE ARRANGEMENT - In an embodiment, a substrate arrangement is provided. The substrate arrangement may include a semiconductor substrate including a first contact portion and a second contact portion on a first surface of the semiconductor substrate, wherein the semiconductor substrate is arranged such that the first contact portion and the second contact portion face each other. The substrate arrangement may further include an electrical connector configured to connect the first contact portion and the second contact portion. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233784 | COMPOSITE SUBSTRATE FOR A SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP - A composite substrate for a semiconductor chip includes a first covering layer containing a semiconductor material, a second covering layer, and a core layer arranged between the first covering layer and the second covering layer, wherein the core layer has a greater coefficient of thermal expansion than the covering layers. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233785 | BACKSIDE DUMMY PLUGS FOR 3D INTEGRATION - A semiconductor structure includes backside dummy plugs embedded in a substrate. The backside dummy plugs can be a conductive structure that enhances vertical thermal conductivity of the semiconductor structure and provides electrical decoupling of signals in through-substrate vias (TSVs) in the substrate. The backside dummy plug can include a cavity to accommodate volume changes in other components in the substrate, thereby alleviating mechanical stress in the substrate during thermal cycling and operation of the semiconductor chip. The backside dummy plug including the cavity can be composed of an insulator material or a conductive material. The inventive structures can be employed to form three-dimensional structures having vertical chip integration, in which inter-wafer thermal conductivity is enhanced, cross-talk between signals through TSVs is reduced, and/or mechanical stress to the TSVs is reduced. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233786 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to an embodiment, a separation layer and a wiring layer having an organic insulating film formed of a resin material and a metal wiring are sequentially formed on a support substrate. Regions of the organic insulating film corresponding to dicing regions are removed. Plural semiconductor chips are mounted on the wiring layer. A sealing resin layer is formed on the separation layer. The sealing resin layer is formed to cover edge surfaces of the device forming regions. The support substrate is separated from a resin sealing body having the wiring layer, the plural semiconductor chips and the sealing resin layer. The resin sealing body is cut according to the dicing regions to cingulate a structure configuring a semiconductor device. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233787 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE - Disclosed is a semiconductor structure including a semiconductor substrate including an electronic circuit, which is provided in a predetermined region of the semiconductor substrate; a wall which is formed to encircle the predetermined region of the semiconductor substrate; a wiring provided in a region of the semiconductor substrate outside of the predetermined region of the semiconductor substrate; an external connection electrode provided on the wiring; a sealing resin which seals the wiring, the sealing resin being filled in the region of the semiconductor substrate outside of the wall; and a transparent resin to seal the predetermined region of the semiconductor substrate, the transparent resin being filled inside of the wall. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233788 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A memory card has a wiring board, four memory chips stacked on a main surface of the wiring board, and a controller chip and an interposer mounted on a surface of the memory chip of the uppermost layer. The memory chips are stacked on the surface of the wiring board so that their long sides are directed in the same direction as that of the long side of the wiring board. The memory chip of the lowermost layer is mounted on the wiring board in a dislocated manner by a predetermined distance in a direction toward a front end of the memory card so as not to overlap the pads of the wiring board. The three memory chips stacked on the memory chip of the lowermost layer are disposed so that their short sides on which pads are formed are located at the front end of the memory card. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233789 | ADHESIVE-BONDED SUBSTRATES IN A MULTI-CHIP MODULE - A multi-chip module (MCM) is described in which at least two substrates are mechanically coupled by an adhesive layer that maintains alignment and a zero (or near zero) spacing between proximity connectors on surfaces of the substrates, thereby facilitating high signal quality during proximity communication between the substrates. In order to provide sufficient shear strength, the adhesive layer has a thickness that is larger than the spacing. This may be accomplished using one or more positive and/or negative features on the substrates. For example, the adhesive may be bonded to: one of the surfaces and an inner surface of a channel that is recessed below the other surface; inner surfaces of channels that are recessed below both of the surfaces; or both of the surfaces. In this last case, the zero (or near zero) spacing may be achieved by disposing proximity connectors on a mesa that protrudes above at least one of the substrate surfaces. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233790 | Sacrificial Material to Facilitate Thin Die Attach - A sacrificial material applied to a thin die prior to die attach provides stability to the thin die and inhibits warpage of the thin die as heat is applied to the die and substrate during die attach. The sacrificial material may be a material that sublimates at a temperature near the reflow temperature of interconnects on the thin die. A die attach process deposits the sacrificial material on the die, attaches the die to a substrate, and applies a first temperature to reflow the interconnects. At the first temperature, the sacrificial material maintains substantially the same thickness. A second temperature is applied to sublimate the sacrificial material leaving a clean surface for the later packaging processes. Examples of the sacrificial material include polypropylene carbonate and polyethylene carbonate. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233791 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING PARALLEL STOCHASTIC ASSEMBLY - A method of positioning at least 2 chips simultaneously on a substrate by parallel stochastic assembly in a first liquid is disclosed. In one aspect, the chips are directed to target sites on the substrate within the first liquid. The target sites are covered with a second liquid. The second liquid and the first liquid are immiscible. The chips are attracting the first liquid. A predetermined surface is chosen or treated on each chip such that it is selectively attracted by the second liquid and attracting the first liquid. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233792 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MATERIAL BONDING - A device and a method for realizing reliable electrical contacts at low temperature and low pressure between conducting materials on, for example, different substrates are disclosed. In one aspect, a rough and brittle intermetallic layer is formed on a conducting material on a first substrate. A soft solder material layer on the other substrate is used for contacting the brittle and rough intermetallic layer that will break. As the solder material is relatively soft, contact between the broken intermetallic layer and the solder material can be realized over a large portion of the surface area. At that stage, a second intermetallic layer is formed between the solder material and the first intermetallic layer realizing electrical contact. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233793 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In one embodiment, a preliminary solder layer made of a Sn alloy is formed on a connecting pad of a wiring substrate. A solder bump made of a Sn alloy is formed on an electrode pad of a semiconductor chip. After contacting the preliminary solder layer and the solder bump, the preliminary solder layer and the solder bump are melted by heating to a temperature of their melting points or higher to form a solder connecting part made of a Sn alloy containing Ag and Cu. Only the preliminary solder layer of the preliminary solder layer and the solder bump is composed of a Sn alloy containing Ag. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233794 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device at a good manufacturing efficiency and at a low cost while suppressing the occurrence of voids in the sealing region, the method including the steps of (A) bonding external connection terminals of a semiconductor chip to wirings of a film substrate by hot press bonding, and (B) resin sealing the periphery of the bonded portion of the semiconductor chip and the film substrate, in which the bonding step (A) is performed in a state of adsorbing a portion of the film substrate facing the semiconductor chip from the side opposite the bonding side of the semiconductor chip, and the resin sealing step (B) is performed in a state where the temperature of the semiconductor chip and the film substrate is lowered press is no thermal expansion of the film substrate. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233795 | STACKED WAFER LEVEL PACKAGE HAVING A REDUCED SIZE - A stacked wafer level package includes a first semiconductor chip having a first bonding pad and a second semiconductor chip having a second bonding pad. Both bonding pads of the semiconductor chips face the same direction. The second semiconductor chip is disposed in parallel to the first semiconductor chip. A third semiconductor chip is disposed over the first and second semiconductor chips acting as a supporting substrate. The third semiconductor chip has a third bonding pad that is exposed between the first and the second semiconductor chips upon attachment. Finally, a redistribution structure is electrically connected to the first, second, and third bonding pads. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233796 | Semiconductor Devices and Electronic Systems - A semiconductor device and an electronic system are provided. The semiconductor device includes a lower conductive pattern, and an intermediate conductive pattern on the lower conductive pattern. An upper conductive pattern is provided on the intermediate conductive pattern and is electrically connected to the intermediate conductive pattern. The intermediate conductive pattern includes a first portion and a second portion that extends from a part of the first portion and that is disposed at a higher level from the lower conductive pattern than the first portion. The upper conductive pattern is disposed on the first portion of the intermediate conductive pattern and has a top surface that is disposed at a higher level from the lower conductive pattern than the second portion of the intermediate conductive pattern. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233797 | Method And Apparatus For Cooling Pyrolysis Effluent - A process and apparatus are provided for cooling gaseous effluent from a hydrocarbon pyrolysis furnace, the cooling conduit apparatus comprising: (i) an inner wall for contacting the effluent, the inner wall defining a bore extending a length of the cooling conduit, the inner wall including a perimeter opening along the bore; (ii) an outer wall external to the inner wall and substantially coaxial to the inner wall; (iii) a substantially annular cavity external to the inner wall and including at least a portion of the outer wall, the annular cavity fluidly and remotely connected to the perimeter opening, the annular cavity externally surrounding a perimeter of the inner wall, the annular cavity including at least a portion of the outer wall; and (iv) a peripheral channel extending around a perimeter of the inner wall, the peripheral channel providing a channel flow path that fluidly connects the annular cavity with the remotely connected perimeter opening along the perimeter of the inner wall. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233798 | Fabrication of Optically Smooth Light Guide - Embodiments related to the fabrication of a light guide are provided. One disclosed embodiment comprises extruding a thermoplastic polymer through a die to form an extrusion, machining the extrusion to one or more fixed dimensions, and maintaining a face of the extrusion in contact with a heated mold surface to soften or melt the face of the extrusion while applying pressure to the extrusion. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233799 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LENS HAVING FUNCTIONAL NANOPATTERN - A method for manufacturing a lens having a functional nanopattern. A photonic crystal pattern is formed on a mold member, and the mold member is pressed against the curved portion of the lens such that the photonic crystal pattern is formed on the surface of the polymer attached to the surface of the curved portion of the lens, thus forming a photonic crystal pattern on the curved surface of the lens, minimizing reflection losses and improving light transmittance. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233800 | PLASTICS MOLDING SYSTEM AND OPTICAL ELEMENT FORMED BY THE SAME - A molding method of a plastic molded product includes preparing at least one mold including a high-precision surface; preparing a plurality of molds having a low-precision surface; sequentially supplying molten resin to one of the plurality of molds having low-precision surface; sequentially cooling, for a predetermined length of time, the molds supplied with the molten resin while applying pressure, taking out a molded member from the cooled mold, setting the molded member which has been taken out in the mold having the high-precision surface, and melting only a surface of the molded member while pressing the high-precision surface against the surface to form a plastic molded product. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233801 | System and Methodology for Forming Concrete Structures - One possible embodiment of the invention could be a system for creating forms used to make concrete structures comprising of plurality of panels, each panel having two or more sets of spaced-apart tie apertures; a plurality of ties, each tie forming a body between two ends, each end having a locking aperture, a plurality of L-shaped brackets with two flanges having a respective set of spaced-apart perforations; a plurality of locking mechanisms that attach to ties and connect L-shaped brackets together; wherein two or more ties are located between a pair of parallel and opposing panels, the ends of the ties protruding through respective tie apertures and perforations of L-shaped brackets located on the outside of the panels, the locking mechanisms engaging respective locking apertures to form an assembled pair of panels, the assembled pairs being connected together to create a form with a continuous cavity to receive plastic concrete. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233802 | SYSTEM FOR REPAIRING BREAKS IN THERMOPLASTIC PARTS - Thermoplastic body parts can be repaired by (a) heating a shaped staple to a temperature that is above the melt point of the thermoplastic component and (b) embedding the shaped staple across the crack seam and into the thermoplastic component material on either side of the crack seam. When cooled, the shaped staple will span the crack seam and be firmly embedded in the component material on either side thereof. The use of a plurality of such shaped staples along the length of the crack seam will permit the crack to be secured in a structurally significant manner and, with proper selection of the staple thickness and material, permit the crack to be filled, sanded and finished in a manner that does not pose a seam of continued structural weakness for the repaired component. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233803 | METAL MOLD HOLDING METHOD, ANNULAR MEMBER MANUFACTURING METHOD AND ANNULAR MEMBER MANUFACTURING APPARATUS - A metal mold holding method includes: rotating a metal mold by a first rotating portion; rotating a holding member by a second rotating portion in the same direction as that of the metal mold such that a difference between a speed of rotation of the holding member and that of the metal mold which rotates is smaller than a difference between the speed of rotation of the holding member and that of the metal mold in a case where the speed of rotation of the metal mold is zero; and holding the metal mold which rotates by the holding member which rotates. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233804 | ENCODED CONSUMABLE MATERIALS AND SENSOR ASSEMBLIES FOR USE IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS - A consumable material and sensor assembly for use in an additive manufacturing system, the consumable material comprising an exterior surface having encoded markings that are configured to be read by the sensor assembly, where the consumable material is configured to be consumed in the additive manufacturing system to build at least a portion of a three-dimensional model. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233805 | PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG DOOR FOR INSTRUMENT PANEL AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD - The present invention relates to an airbag door for instrument panel and its manufacturing method. A passenger side airbag (PAB) door for instrument panel includes a substrate with airbag opening, skin layer and foam layer, a PAB door reinforcement board which covers the airbag opening is connected to the instrument panel substrate. This PAB door reinforcement board is a cellulosic composite material board which is soaked by thermoplastic plastic or thermoplastic elastomer, formed through thermoforming. In present invention, the turnover and movable portion of the airbag door is lighten greatly. The airbag door with the light composite material can prevent the windshields from being broken effectively when the airbag deploys sufficiently and impacts against the windshields. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233806 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING VEHICLE LIGHTING PART - A method for manufacturing a vehicle lighting part in accordance with principles of the presently disclosed subject matter can include using a mold including a fixed section, a movable section, and a core section to slide according to a movement of the movable section, and an injection molding unit. The exemplary method can also include putting a first mixture of the molding compound and a chemical foaming agent into the injection molding unit, the molding compound containing polypropylene series resin to which a predetermined amount of talc is added. The method can also include producing a second mixture by enclosing a physical foaming agent in the first mixture in the injection molding unit. Finally, the exemplary method can include injecting the second mixture from the injection molding unit into the mold to fill the mold, and performing a core back of the core section immediately after injecting the second mixture into the mold to fill the mold. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233807 | FLYING FOAM APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MAKING FLYING FOAM - The present invention is an apparatus for generating foam shapes that float in air having a container, a gas source, an aeration nozzle for aerating a gas from the gas source, an outlet, and a separator for separating extruded foam into individualized foam shapes. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233808 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR HANDLING MATERIALS IN A 3-D PRINTER - The present invention is directed towards methods and apparatus for handling powder in a 3D printer. The invention includes a means of transporting powder from multiple sources to a powder dispensing apparatus with minimal user intervention, thus reducing contamination of the 3D printer and surrounding area with loose powder, while also providing a means of improving the recycling of powder for re-use. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233809 | GLASS-FILLED THREE-DIMENSIONAL RESIN ELEMENTS AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME - Methods of making three-dimensional glass tilled resin elements are provided. The methods can include the use of open or closed molds in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. The molds are filled with resin material and glass fragments to provide aesthetically pleasing three-dimensional resin elements. The resin material can be dyed to provide for a wide variety of colors, and the glass fragments can be obtained from post-consumer glass. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233810 | ANTIMICROBIAL PLASTIC COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PREPARING SAME - An antimicrobial plastic composition suitable for any non-foamed application includes an antimicrobial compound uniformly dispersed in a plastic. The antimicrobial compound is selected from the group consisting of silanol quaternary ammonium compounds and salts thereof (SQACs) having a hydroxyl or hydrolyzable silane group capable of undergoing a condensation polymerization reaction to form a homo or copolymer, and/or forming a covalent bond with the plastic and/or other components in the plastic composition. Also described are methods for preparing an antimicrobial plastic composition including: (i) uniformly dispersing an antimicrobial compound in a plastic; (ii) forming a shaped article; and (iii) optionally exposing the shaped article obtained in (ii) to moisture or steam. The antimicrobial plastic composition can provide an article which is non-leaching, environmentally safe, non-toxic, with surface renewability, durable antimicrobial properties and also has improved physical and chemical properties such as tensile strength, static dissipation and chemical resistance. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233811 | COMPOSITION FOR PRODUCING MAGNETIC OR MAGNETIZABLE MOLDINGS, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The invention relates to a composition for producing magnetic or magnetizable moldings, comprising from 95.5 to 98.95% by weight of a powder made of a magnetic or magnetizable material, from 1.0 to 4% by weight of a mixture made of at least one epoxy-novolak resin, and also of at least one hardener, and comprising from 0.05 to 0.5% by weight of at least one additive, based in each case on the total weight of the composition. The mixture made of the at least one epoxy-novolak resin and of the at least one hardener comprises from 85 to 95% by weight of the epoxy-novolak resin and from 5 to 15% by weight of hardener. The hardener has been selected from (cyclo)aliphatic amines and their adducts, polyamides, Mannich bases, amidoamines, phenolic resins, imidazoles, and imidazole derivatives, dicyandiamide, and BF | 2011-09-29 |
20110233812 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING WATER-DISPERSIBLE PARTICULATE AGRICULTURAL-CHEMICAL COMPOSITION - A process for efficiently producing a water-dispersible particulate agricultural-chemical composition having improved disintegrability/dispersibility in water, the composition having a particular size in the range of 50-1,000 μm. The process is characterized by comprising the following steps (a) to (e): (a) a step of kneading an agricultural-chemical active ingredient, a surfactant, and water; (b) a step of extruding the resultant mixture through a screen having pores 600-2,000 μm in diameter to form granules; (c) a step of drying the granules; (d) a step of rotating two toothed rolls with irregularities on the surface arranged in parallel to each other, and leading the dried granules to pass between the toothed rolls thereby pulverizing the granules; and (e) a step of sieving the pulverized granules. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233813 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING AN ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC BLADE MEMBER - A method of producing an electrophotographic blade member includes a continuous molding groove in an peripheral surface and an endless belt, in which the blade member includes a polyurethane resin cured a polyurethane composition having a viscosity of 500-3,000 mPa·s and including A)-D), and a position at which the composition is injected is set, on the belt, opposing to the groove, the position being away from a portion at which the molding drum and the belt are first contacted on an upstream for a moving direction of the belt: A) polyisocyanate; B) adipate-based polyester polyol having a number average molecular weight of 1,000-4,000; C) chain extender having a molecular weight of 200 or less; D) isocyanurate-forming catalyst at 20 to 500 ppm and a urethane-forming catalyst at 200-1,500 ppm. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233814 | Extrusion Molding Method of Resin-Molded Article and Resin Extrusion Molding Apparatus - An extrusion molding method of a resin-molded article is provided. A resin extrusion molding apparatus includes an extruder, a die, a sizing device, a take-up device and a cutting machine. During the resin-molded article is extrusion-molded, a replacement die is made to stand by at a standby position laterally adjacent to the die and a replacement sizing unit is made to stand by at a standby position laterally adjacent to a sizing unit which coincides with an extrusion line of the sizing device. After the resin extrusion molding apparatus is stopped, the die is detached from the extruder and the replacement die is moved to and attached to the extruder, and the sizing unit is moved to a position laterally deviated from the extrusion line and the replacement sizing unit is moved to a position which coincides with the extrusion line. Upper and lower endless rotary bodies of the take-up device are laterally moved to make one of a plurality of supporting faces of pads coincide with the extrusion line. After the replacement of the die, the replacement of the sizing device and the replacement of the take-up device are completed, the resin extrusion molding apparatus is restarted. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233815 | NOVEL COMPOSITION AND FILM USED FOR IRRADIATION MEASUREMENT - A tetrazolium bromide dye, e.g., 3-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT), to be used as a high dose solution dosimeter is disclosed. The dose response of MTT solution dosimeter increases strongly with increase of absorbed dose up to 1 kGy. In order to increase the dose range and for ease of handling the present dosimeter as routine dosimeter, MTT-polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) film dosimeter is used. The dose response of MTT-PVA film dosimeters increases strongly with increase of absorbed dose up to 25 kGy. Polyvinyl butyral (PVB) as a polymer for making a film provides more stability at higher temperatures and humidity levels and less calibration is required. The dose response of MTT-PVB film dosimeters is effective with absorbed dose of up to 100 kGy. The effects of irradiation temperature, relative humidity, dose rate and the stability of the response of the films after irradiation were investigated and found that these films could be used as a routine dosimeter in industrial irradiation processing measurements. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233816 | METHOD FOR MAKING CARBON NANOTUBE FILM - The present disclosure relates to a method for making a carbon nanotube film. In the method, a bent flexible substrate having a curved surface is provided. A carbon nanotube array on the curved surface of the bent flexible substrate is fabricated. The bent flexible substrate is at least partially unbent, thereby at least partially unbending the carbon nanotube array. A drawing tool is provided to contact the unbent carbon nanotube array to select a carbon nanotube segment from the carbon nanotube array. The selected carbon nanotube segment is drawn using the drawing tool, thereby forming the carbon nanotube film. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233817 | PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING A PLASTIC HOLLOW BODY, DEVICE AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION THEREOF - Process for manufacturing a plastic hollow body, the process comprising the following steps:
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20110233818 | METHOD FOR EXTRUDING PLASTIC MATERIALS - The invention relates to a process for extruding plastic compositions, in particular polymer melts and mixtures of polymer melts, above all thermoplastics and elastomers, particularly preferably polycarbonate and polycarbonate blends, also with the incorporation of other substances such as for example solids, liquids, gases or other polymers or other polymer blends with improved optical characteristics, with the assistance of a multi-screw extruder with specific screw geometries. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233819 | DEVICE AND PARTIAL MOLD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ROTOR BLADES FOR WIND POWER PLANTS AND METHODS FOR THE PRODUCTION - A device for the production of rotor blades ( | 2011-09-29 |
20110233820 | MOLD FOR NANOIMPRINT - A mold for nanoimprint including a liquid-crystalline polysilane and having a raised and recessed surface formed by the formation of a smectic phase due to the orientation of the liquid-crystalline polysilane. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233821 | COMPRESSION RESIN SEALING AND MOLDING METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - A compression resin sealing apparatus includes cooling means ( | 2011-09-29 |
20110233822 | BISECTED MOLD FOR TIRE MOLDING AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING TIRE WITH USE OF THE MOLD - Provided are a bisected mold for tire molding that enables manufacturing of high-performance tires and that at a mold clamping, avoids a tire from being pinched to thereby attain a yield enhancement; and a process for manufacturing a tire. Inside a container bisected into upper and lower parts in the state of mold opening, there are disposed a mold for tire molding and, along upper and lower side plates, an unvulcanized tire. After performing vulcanization molding of the unvulcanized tire while changing from this state to a state of mold clamping of sectors and segments split into a plurality of pieces in a circumferential direction of the unvulcanized tire through a driving device and a slide unit means, only the sectors are subjected to mold opening by use of a driving means while maintaining the state of mold clamping of the mold for tire molding and the segments by the driving device and the slide unit means, and subsequently taking the vulcanization-molded tire. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233823 | MOLD MOTION CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AN INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE - A method for injection molding comprises pre-positioning a clamp piston within a cylinder housing to a datum position axially intermediate a clamping position and an unclamped position, the clamp piston affixed to a tie bar, the clamp piston and cylinder housing cooperating to provide a clamp chamber and an unclamp chamber in a clamp cylinder housing on axially opposite sides of the clamp piston for urging the clamp piston towards the clamping and unclamped positions, respectively, when pressurized. Pre-positioning the clamp piston can include leaving a positioning gap between portions of a mold before releasably locking a tie bar to one of the moving or stationary platens, and then advancing the moving platen to substantially close the positioning gap after the releasable locking has been completed. Pre-positioning the clamp piston can include moving a stop member to an advanced position in the cylinder housing, and urging the clamp piston to bear against the stop member before the releasable locking step has been completed. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233824 | METHOD OF MOLDING A HOLLOW BODY OF REVOLUTION - A method of molding by injecting plastics material into a mold to make a part that is symmetrical about an axis of revolution, the part being hollow with a through passage along the axis, the part having two axial ends each defining an annular opening, the method comprising injecting the plastics material into the mold via an annular opening in an axial end of the part along an annular injection line, the plastics material containing solid particles of the flake or pearlescent type, thereby imparting flake and/or pearlescent highlights to the molded part. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233825 | IMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY - An imprint lithography apparatus is disclosed which includes a pattern fixing system configured to use actinic radiation to fix a pattern provided in a layer of imprintable medium by an imprint lithography template, and an inspection system configured to use inspection radiation to inspect an element constituting or, in use, being located within, the imprint lithography apparatus. The imprint lithography apparatus is configured such that the pattern fixing system and the inspection system are provided, in use, with, respectively, actinic radiation and inspection radiation from a single source of radiation. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233826 | DEVICE FOR SHAPING MATERIALS USING INDUCTION HEATING THAT ENABLES PREHEATING OF THE DEVICE - A molding device for the shaping of a material includes: | 2011-09-29 |
20110233827 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INFLATION EXTRUSION MOLDING OF PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE SHEET - The present invention provides an apparatus for inflation extrusion molding of pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet, the apparatus including: one or a plurality of extruders; a die into which one or a plurality of resin materials including at least a resin material for forming a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and extruded respectively from the extruders are respectively introduced and which extrudes from an ejection opening the resin materials into an inflated cylindrical shape having a predetermined diameter in accordance with an inflation method; and two stabilizers facing each other at a predetermined angle so as to upwardly approach each other, and defining a space therebetween through which the cylindrically-shaped resin materials extruded from the die are passed to be deformed into a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet in a flattened elliptical shape having a predetermined width, in which the stabilizers each have a plurality of air floating portions each of which blows air toward the resin materials; and the stabilizers rotate in one direction around the central axis of the cylindrically-shaped resin materials. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233828 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ABSORBENT BODY - An apparatus for manufacturing an absorbent body including a forming member having a predetermined face with a recessed form die formed thereon, moving the form die in one direction along a moving path intersecting a width direction of the predetermined face; a supply duct disposed in a predetermined position in the moving path, supplying a gas including fluid absorbent fibers from a supply opening section toward the predetermined face; a negative pressure room partition member provided on a side of the predetermined face, with the supply opening section provided on an opposite side of the predetermined face, the negative pressure room partition member partitioning a negative pressure room in cooperation with the predetermined face; and an exhaust duct exhausting a gas inside the negative pressure room so as to create a negative pressure inside the negative pressure room, wherein in a case of the form die passing a position of the supply opening section, by a gas from the supply duct being sucked through air intake holes in a bottom section of the form die into the negative pressure room, the fluid absorbent fibers in the gas are stacked in the form die to form an absorbent body. The negative pressure room partition member includes a pair of wall sections disposed by sandwiching therebetween the moving path in the width direction, and the negative pressure room being partitioned between the pair of wall sections. The exhaust duct is connected to one wall section of the pair of wall sections with an exhaust opening section of the exhaust duct provided by projecting inward beyond the wall section into the negative pressure room. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233829 | Process and die for manufacturing a plastic hollow body - A process for manufacturing a plastic hollow body by molding a molten plastic parison, which is extruded vertically through a die, in a mold comprising two complementary cavities, characterized in that the die is adjusted so that the shape of the parison matches that of the mold cavities. A die suitable for such a process. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233830 | METHOD OF MAKING CUTTING TOOLS - The present invention relates to a method of reducing dimensional deviations of sintered cemented carbide or cermet cutting tool inserts. According to the method the inserts are heat treated for at least 5 minutes at a temperature higher than the liquidus temperature in a protective atmosphere or vacuum with a controlled maximum temperature gradient over the insert. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233831 | Method of arranging and setting spray cooling nozzles and hot steel plate cooling apparatus - The present invention relates to an apparatus for cooling hot steel plate applied for controlled cooling of hot steel plate, obtained by hot rolling, while processing it constrained by constraining rolls and obtaining a steel material excellent and uniform in shape characteristics and provides a method of arranging and setting spray nozzles enabling uniform cooling in a direction perpendicular to processing and provides a method of arranging and setting spray nozzles of a spray cooling apparatus using two or more types of nozzles differing in amounts of water and spray regions to obtain a broad range of adjustment of amounts of water, wherein the spray nozzles are arranged so that a value of an n power of the impact pressures of the cooling water sprayed from the spray on the cooling surface integrated in the processing direction between pairs of constraining rolls becomes within −20% of the highest value in the direction perpendicular to processing,
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20110233832 | AIR SPRING FOR VEHICLE AND RAILWAY TRUCK FOR VEHICLE - The invention offers an air spring for obtaining a vehicle that renders good comfortableness even at the time of the curved-track running. The air spring for a vehicle has an upper board, a lower board, a diaphragm, and a stopper rubber placed between the lower board and a lower plate. The air spring is provided with a mechanism for restraining the displacement of the stopper rubber, the mechanism having a first restraining member placed on either one of the lower plate and the lower board and a second restraining member placed on the other. The shape of restraining wall surfaces is formed such that in the relative positional relationship between the first and second restraining members, when the first or second restraining member displaces itself such that it delineates an arc by placing the center at the railway truck axis of the railway truck of a vehicle, the spacings between the first and second restraining members at the left side and right side are equal to each other or decrease as the amount of displacement along the arc increases. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233833 | Rotationally Restrained Leaf Spring Clinch Clip - A clinch clip for a leaf spring which is rotationally restrained in to mutually orthogonal axes. An upper clip member and a lower clip member are provided. A non-circular rivet connects a leaf of a leaf spring to the lower clip member so as to preclude mutual rotation around a rivet axis. A non-circular bolt connects together the upper and lower clip members so as to preclude rotation around a bolt axis perpendicular to the rivet axis. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233834 | STOPPER STRUCTURE OF TORQUE ROD - A second bush of a torque rod is fastened and fixed such that a mating fastening member sandwiches an inner fitting in the axial direction. A rubber stopper on an acceleration side projecting from an outer fitting to the inner fitting is provided such that the rubber thickness increases toward a front end. The inner fitting is provided with a stopper contact forming a recessed space in which the rubber stopper is inserted. After the rubber stopper comes in contact with the stopper contact in a stopper function, the rubber stopper is deformed so as to fill the recessed space, and concurrently bulges in the axial direction to come in contact with the mating fastening member. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233835 | SHOCK ABSORBER - A shock absorber includes a cylinder defining a sliding hole, at least two sliders, absorbing particles filled in to the sliding hole, and a cap. The at least two sliders are slidably fitted in the sliding hole. The cap is connected to the sliding hole of the cylinder to prevent the sliders from sliding out of the sliding hole. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233836 | SPRING STRUCTURE - A spring structure ( | 2011-09-29 |
20110233837 | Inflatable Dorn - A mandrel for producing a fibre-reinforced composite part, in particular a blade for a wind turbine is disclosed. The mandrel includes an expandable body with an outer surface onto which a fibre material of the fibre-reinforced composite part is layable out. The expandable body is expandable in an expanded state, wherein in the expanded state the outer surface forms an interior shape of the fibre-reinforced composite part to be produced. Moreover, the expandable body is collapsible in a collapsed state. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233838 | CONTAINER TREATMENT MACHINE - The invention relates to a revolving treatment machine for treating containers, comprising a rotor element which can be driven to revolve about a vertical machine axis and which is used as a container support or forms a container support. The treatment machine further comprises a support element for at least one functional element of the machine which interacts with the containers, said support element being drivable as to revolve about the vertical machine axis. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233839 | QUICK CHANGE SYSTEM - A clamping device | 2011-09-29 |
20110233840 | Devices for Capping Vials Useful in System and Method for Dispensing Prescriptions - A method for securing a closure on a cylindrical container (such as a pharmaceutical vial) includes: positioning a closure in a first position, the closure being substantially centered via a centering assembly along an axis that is generally normal to the closure; translating the substantially centered closure along the axis to a second position; positioning a cylindrical container, the container being substantially centered via the centering assembly along the axis; translating the substantially centered closure along the axis to a third position in which it is adjacent the substantially centered container; and relatively rotating the closure and the container to secure the closure to the container. With such a method, both the closure and the cylinder can be centered along the axis, thereby registering them with each other for reliable securing. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233841 | Post-processing system - To provide a post-processing system for enabling a sheet prepared in a different printing apparatus to be mixed and undergo post-processing when the post-processing apparatus performs bookbinding finish on sheets with images formed thereon, a collecting means is provided in a post-processing section for performing post-processing on image-formed sheets, and is configured to enable a bunch of sheets to be manually set from the outside, a control section is provided with operating means for outputting a set finish signal such that the sheets have been set manually in the collecting means, and it is configured when a mode selecting means selects a mixing post-processing mode, the control section performs the post-processing on a bunch of sheets by post-processing means using the set finish signal from the operating means. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233842 | SHEET POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet post-processing apparatus implements a tilted edge-binding process by a movable table rectilinearly driving portion that moves a stapling unit rectilinearly via a movable table, and rotating the stapling unit to drive a staple near a sheet corner when the staple is tilted at a predetermined angle with respect to a sheet-conveying direction. The sheet post-processing apparatus includes the movable-table rotationally driving portion that rotates the movable table to cause the stapling unit to tilt at a position to drive the staple at the predetermined angle with respect to the sheet-conveying direction, and a tilt retention portion that mechanically holds the movable table to maintain the stapling unit tilted. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233843 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND RECORDING MATERIAL PROCESSING DEVICE - An image forming system includes an image forming unit that forms images on recording materials; a stacking unit used for stacking the recording materials having the images formed thereon as a bundle; a first binding unit that binds, by a first binding operation, first edge portions of the bundle; a second binding unit that binds, by a second binding operation, second edge portions of the bundle; a reversing transporting unit that reverses front and back surfaces of the recording materials having the images formed thereon, and that transports the reversed recording materials to the stacking unit; and a controller that performs control to determine whether or not to cause the reversing transporting unit to reverse and transport the recording materials, on the basis of orientations of the images with respect to the recording materials and positions of the first and second binding operations. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233844 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SHEET PROCESSING SYSTEM - A sheet processing apparatus includes a support unit on which sheets, which each include first and second edge portions that differ from each other, are stacked together such that the first and second edge portions are aligned; a counter member disposed so as to face the first edge portions; a pressing member that presses the first edge portions against the counter member; a first binding unit that binds together the first edge portions by a first binding process, the first edge portion of each sheet being pressed against the counter member by the pressing member; and a second binding unit that binds together the second edge portions by a second binding process, the first edge portion of each sheet being pressed against the counter member by the pressing member, a bond formed by the second binding unit being more easily breakable than a bond formed by the first binding unit. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233845 | MEDIA TRANSPORT SYSTEM - A system and method for transporting a sheet of media through a print zone including a media entrance station, a media exit station and a first media transport translatable in a reciprocal manner between the entrance and exit stations. A second media transport transports a sheet onto and off of the first media transport. The second media transport transports the sheet in a first direction as the first media transport is moving in a second opposite direction. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233846 | Image Forming Device Having Sheet Conveying Device - A sheet conveying device includes an accommodating unit, a conveying roller, a driving member, and a clutch mechanism. The accommodating tray has a sheet accommodating unit. The conveying roller is for conveying a sheet. The driving member supplies a drive force to the conveying roller. The clutch mechanism includes a link that moves in mechanical conjunction with the attachment or detachment of the accommodating tray and a movable member that moves in association with the movement of the link. The clutch mechanism selectively connects and disconnects a drive force transmitting path by the movement of the movable member. The clutch mechanism disconnects the drive force transmitting path when the accommodating tray is detached, and the clutch mechanism connects the drive force transmitting path when the accommodating tray is attached. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233847 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GUIDING VALUE DOCUMENTS - There is described an apparatus for guiding a value document along a portion of a transport path in a specified transport direction, having a film forming device which is configured for respectively forming on mutually opposing sides of the transport path portion a film of gas flowing in the transport direction, the film extending at least over the total width of the transport path portion and thus the total width of value documents transported along the transport path, so that the value documents are guided between the gas films. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233848 | SHEET CONTAINING DEVICE - In a sheet conveying device comprising at least one conveying arrangement with a porous conveyor belt that can be moved in a circulating manner, at least one vacuum source and at least one air line whose one end is connected to the vacuum source and whose other end abuts against the porous conveyor belt, a simple and automatic control of the suction pressure for different sheets is achieved by at least one constant pressure controller in the air line in order to essentially maintain constant a pressure differential between the interior space of the air line and its environment. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233849 | Image Reader - An image reader is provided, which includes an intermediate feed roller that is disposed downstream relative to a separation roller on a feeding path and configured to rotate in contact with a document sheet separated and fed by the separation roller and feed the document sheet to a downstream side on the feeding path so as to restrain a variation of a tensile force applied to the document sheet, which variation may be caused when the document sheet is fed and away from the separation roller, and only a single U-turn roller that is disposed downstream relative to the intermediate feed roller on the feeding path, and configured to rotate in contact with the document sheet fed by the intermediate feed roller and feed the document sheet to a reading unit in a U-turn manner on a U-turn path curved along an outer circumferential surface of the U-turn roller. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233850 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ISOLATING SECURITIES OF A STACK OF SECURITIES - The invention relates to a device and a method for separating notes of value of a value note stack. The device comprises at least one input tray having an opening for the insertion of the value note stack and at least one closing element for closing and opening the opening of the input tray. Further, the device has at least one pressure element for pressing the notes of value inserted into the input tray against a pull-off element. The closing element and the pressure element are connected to each other. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233851 | SHEET FEEDER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - A sheet feeder includes a sheet cassette insertable into a housing in a first direction, a remaining amount detecting member including a contact piece extending in a second direction opposite to the first direction and coming into contact with an uppermost sheet, and detecting a remaining amount of sheets according to a position of the contact piece, and a switching member switching the position of the contact piece between a contact position where the contact piece enters a storage space to come into contact with the uppermost sheet and a retracted position where the contact piece is retracted from the storage space. The position is switched to the contact position when the sheet cassette is inserted into the housing in the first direction and set to a feeding position while switched to the retracted position when the sheet cassette is separated from the feeding position and withdrawn from the housing. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233852 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTED-MATERIAL PROCESSING APPARATUS - A stack state of a plurality of trays is collectively determined and is notified in steps. A printing apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet and create a printed material, a plurality of storage units each configured to store the printed material created by the image forming unit, a sorter unit configured to output the printed material to the plurality of storage units, and a determining unit configured to determine whether the plurality of storage units are in a nearly full state in which printed material is stored in almost all of the plurality of storage units. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233853 | SHEET STACKING APPARATUS, SHEET FINISHING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND SHEET STACKING METHOD - A sheet stacking apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention includes a movable tray having a sheet stack part whose center part is dented downward as the number of discharged and stacked sheets increases, and a movement control mechanism part to move and control the movable tray up and down. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233854 | Media-loaded device and image forming apparatus - A media-loaded device includes a main body and a guide unit. The main body, in which media are stackable, has a first engaging member. The guide unit is movable relative to the main body and has a disengaging member. The disengaging member has a second engaging member that engages with the first engaging member. The second engaging member is disengaged from the first engaging member by an external force applied to the disengaging member in a stacking direction of the media. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233855 | Document handling apparatus - A document handling apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus comprises an input module for feeding documents one-by-one into the machine, a note handling assembly including a note transport system, secure document analysis assembly, diverter and stacker module. The secure document analysis assembly includes one or more detectors for detecting characteristics of the documents. The diverter directs documents along one of plural transport paths. Documents pass from the diverter into a safe via a through-safe transport and transport safe module to a series of roll storage modules, in which documents can be stored and later dispensed. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233856 | SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet conveying device with a sheet conveyance path through which a sheet is conveyed include: a sheet guide that has a first end rotatably supported to move a second end to be close to or away from the sheet conveyance path; and a sheet detecting section that has a first end protruding beyond the sheet guide and a second end rotatably supported so that the first end is pushed by the sheet and rotated. A rotation shaft of the sheet detecting section is disposed farther from the sheet conveyance path than a rotation shaft of the sheet guide, and the sheet guide is provided with a moving portion for moving the first end of the sheet detecting section to an inside of a guide face of the sheet guide. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233857 | MODULE TO MODULE SKEW ALIGNMENT - A method of aligning transport modules in a printing system, the method including passing at least one substrate media in a process direction through two adjacent belt driven transport modules with one of the two transport modules having a belt steering control disabled. Each of the two transport modules including a transport belt for engaging and conveying the at least one substrate media, which transfers skew between the two adjacent transport modules. The method including detecting a first cross-process position of the transport belt in one of the two adjacent transport modules using a first edge sensor and detecting a second cross-process position of the transport belt in the other of the two adjacent transport modules using a second edge sensor. Further, aligning the two adjacent transport modules based on a relative skew between the two transport modules indicated by the first cross-process position and the second cross-process position. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233858 | SHEET EJECTION DEVICE, POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A sheet ejection device including: a sheet stacking section; a sheet trailing edge hitting section; a pair of sheet holding members for holding a sheet or plural sheets placed one on top of another at a sheet holding position, and moving the same to the sheet stacking position; and a friction member that is provided on one of the sheet holding members and that comes in contact with the topmost sheet of the sheets stacked on the sheet stacking section; wherein, when the sheet holding members reach the sheet stacking position, one of the sheet holding members is moved upstream in the sheet ejecting direction, whereby the trailing edge of the held sheet is made to hit against the sheet trailing edge hitting section, and the friction member comes in contact with the topmost sheet, and then the topmost sheet is biased toward the sheet trailing edge hitting section. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233859 | Image Forming Apparatus and Sheet Transporting Apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, an image forming unit, a guide member, and a cover. The guide member is configured to be pivotable with respect to the apparatus body and is configured to guide the sheet along a transporting path. The cover is configured to be pivotable with respect to the apparatus body and is configured to open and close at least a part of the transporting path. The guide member includes a first engaging portion and the cover includes a second engaging portion which engages the first engaging portion of the guide member. One of the guide member and the cover includes an engagement guiding portion which guides one of the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion toward the other one of the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion, such that the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion engages with each other. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233860 | AIR HOCKEY TABLE - Air hockey tables are disclosed herein. An embodiment of an air hockey table comprises a playing surface bounded by at least three sides; a plurality of air paths extending through the playing surface, wherein air is emittable by the plurality of air paths, and wherein a puck is at least partially floatable on air that is emittable by the plurality of air paths; and at least one opening proximate each of three of the sides, the openings being sized to receive the puck. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233861 | AIR HOCKEY TABLE - Air hockey tables are disclosed herein. An embodiment of an air hockey table comprises an air hockey table comprising a playing surface that is at least partially curved; and a plurality of air paths extending through the playing surface, wherein air is emittable by the plurality of air paths, and wherein the puck is at least partially floatable on air that is emittable by the plurality of air paths. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233862 | DICE GAME - A dice game configured to play the game of rock, paper, and scissors. The game provides a manner to eliminate any human planning or strategy by providing a pair of dice with depictions of a rock and paper and scissors thereon. Each of two players rolls one of the pair of dice and according to a set of rules one prevails based on the depiction rolled by that player, or a rule based manner to break a tie. Colorized dice provide a manner to determine which player rolled which depiction in the event the dice are thrown out of the view of either or both players. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233863 | CARD SHUFFLING DEVICE AND METHOD - A card shuffling device is described where the device is configured to be mountable below a table top and accessible by an aperture formed in the table top. Cards are inserted into an aperture on the top of the card shuffling device with the face of the cards being in a horizontal plane. The cards are transported to a shuffling compartment where the cards are shuffled by ejection of the cards in a vertical direction. The shuffled cards are returned to the region of the aperture by an elevator mechanism for dispensing. A card counting device may also be included, where the counting is performed by ejecting the cards from a deck of cards in a vertical direction such that the cards pass individually through a sensing region. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233864 | TEACHING AIDS USING A MATHEMATICAL MATRIX - Teaching aid math games utilizing a mathematical matrix organized about x and y axises where the game is played by correctly associating numbers with their corresponding stations. The matrix comprises a first string of stations and a second string of stations where the first and second strings have the same number of stations. Each station is associated with a numerical value, and each station on the first string is parallel to a corresponding station on the second string where each corresponding station pair add up to the same numerical value. The display of the matrix provides visual associations for mathematical relationships. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233865 | Board Game - A board game includes a multi-color game board including eight distinguishing colors on a white background. The game also includes eight game pieces of eight colors that match the color spaces on eight radially extending arms surrounding a central hub. Each of the radially extending arms includes eight outwardly directed colored spaces and eight inwardly directed spaces abutting the eight outwardly directed spaces. The inwardly and outwardly directed spaces adjacent to the central hub and a turnaround space at the end of that arm are of the same color while the spaces in between the adjacent spaces and the turnaround spaces are of different colors. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233866 | Board Games and Methods of Playing - A board game includes a plurality of game pieces, a plurality of reward cards, and a game board, where the game board includes a travel path on the game board, said travel path including a plurality of instruction spaces, a plurality of hidden cache spaces, and a plurality of open cache spaces, where one of said plurality of hidden cache spaces and one of said plurality of open cache spaces are associated with one of said plurality of game pieces, and at least one instruction space includes directions to add one of said plurality of reward cards to one of said plurality of open cache spaces that is associated with one of said plurality of game pieces. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233867 | Telephone texting word game - The present invention relates to a word game utilizing playing pieces designed to represent the keys of a telephone. The object of the game is to form words from these playing pieces. The present invention is different from other word games, in that the players can use all the playing pieces associated with the game and all the playing pieces are face-up. When playing previous word games, a player could only use the playing pieces dealt them or picked blindly from a box. The remaining playing pieces in the game remained hidden. This limited choice of letters in other games could be frustrating to a player. The present invention solves this dilemma, by allowing the players to use all the playing pieces and further, all the playing pieces are placed face-up for all the players to see and use when playing the game. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233868 | POP-UP TARGET TURNER - A target system providing various target arrangements is provided. The varying target arrangements provide different visual presentations to the shooter to increase the shooting experience. Various target arrangements include auto-resetting targets that do not require user input to reset. Further, one target arrangement is an active target that continuously changes its visual presentation to the user. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233869 | BALLISTIC PANELING FOR BULLET TRAPS - A ballistic wall includes a facing material having destructible material with at least one side having a resilient material attached thereto to help provide additional integrity to the wall and to reduce the risk of ricocheting projectiles passing through the facing material. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233870 | EMPTY SHELL RECOVERY DEVICE - The present invention relates to a device for collecting empty shells that have been used at a shooting range and specifically to an empty shell recovery device of low operating cost. To achieve the above, the empty shell recovery device according to an embodiment of the present invention is furnished with absorption panels that are isolated from each other and inserted into sliding grooves of side plates facing each other to enable replacement and absorb the kinetic energy of an empty shell, an empty shell collection part that is inserted into the rear of the side plate and furnished with an escape prevention panel that prevents empty shells from escaping, and an empty shell discharge part that collects empty shells falling from the empty shell collection part downward and discharges them. Thus empty shells used at a shooting range are collected and recycling of empty shells is made possible. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233871 | LIFTOFF CARBON SEAL - A liftoff carbon seal assembly includes a rotating seal plate adjacent to a rotating seal backer plate and a rotating seal plate retainer. The rotating seal plate defines a rotating seal plate face which extends beyond a rotating seal plate retainer face of the rotating seal plate retainer with a static carbon seal is adjacent to the rotating seal plate. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233872 | SEALING DEVICE - Provided is a sealing device that increases the lubricity of seal surfaces, prevents leakage of sealed fluids, and prevents excessive heat generation and excessive friction at seal surfaces. Said sealing device, which is of the type that seals a fluid trying to leak from the outer periphery of a sealing surface towards the inner periphery thereof, forms at least two dimples in a circumferential direction in each of a plurality of rows arranged in a radial direction on a sealing surface of a stationary-side sealing element or a rotating-side sealing element. Each dimple is tilted by a dimple angle θ between 0° and 90°, exclusive, such that the tip of that dimple in the direction of rotation is tilted toward the inner periphery side. In each of the plurality of rows of dimples, land areas are formed in the circumferential direction between the proximate tips of adjacent dimples. For each of the plurality of rows of dimples, if a circle is drawn through the centers of the dimples in that row, let L1 be the distance along the circle from the point the circle enters a dimple to the point the circle leaves that dimple, and let L2 be the length, along the circle, of the land areas between dimples. The dimples are characterized by being arranged such that the gap ratio L1/L2 is between 0.001 and 0.1, inclusive. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233873 | Seal Arrangement - A seal arrangement includes a cylinder element, a piston which is accommodated in the cylinder element and can be driven to perform an axial reciprocating movement, and a sealing element for sealing a working space delimited by the piston and by the cylinder element, wherein the sealing element has a sealing side, a supporting side opposite the sealing side, a high-pressure side facing the working space to be sealed, and a low-pressure side facing away from the working space, and wherein the sealing side comprises at least one sealing lip formed by two converging sealing flanks of differing flank angles, wherein the sealing element is a component which is in the form of a single part, is composed of a standardized elastomer material, and has at least one marking for determining installation of the sealing element in the correct position. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233874 | Annular Sealing Assembly, in Particular for Wheel Hubs - A sealing assembly ( | 2011-09-29 |
20110233875 | Exhaust manifold gasket with spring steel embossed metal and graphite insulator - The present invention relates to an exhaust manifold gasket having a metallic core, at least one insulating layer, and an embossed layer. The metallic core has two sides with at least one side having a plurality of projections. The insulating layer has two sides, with the first side contacting the projections of the metallic core and the second side contacting the embossed layer. The embossed layer is a metallic flange having a lower leg, a convex face, and an upper leg. | 2011-09-29 |
20110233876 | TURBINE SEALING SYSTEM - A sealing system for sealing a gap between a first body and a second body includes a first seal having a first portion adapted to be attached to the first body and a second portion extending into the gap. The sealing system also includes a second seal. The second seal has a first portion adapted to be attached to the second body and a second portion extending across the gap. The second portion of the first seal and the second portion of the second seal are adjacent and overlapping with each other to seal the gap. | 2011-09-29 |