40th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 15 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090242635 | Processing scheme for an indicia reader - An apparatus for collecting and processing information bearing indicia (IBI) comprising: a converter for converting light reflected off an IBI into IBI signals representative of the converted light; and, at least one processor adapted for: running at least one application process for acquiring the IBI signals and providing those IBI signals for signal processing; and, running at least one signal process for processing the IBI signals, wherein running of the at least one application process is independent of running of the at least one decoder process and wherein the at least one application process is adapted for resetting the at least one signal process. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242636 | PROCESSOR FOR A PRINT ENGINE ASSEMBLY HAVING POWER MANAGEMENT CIRCUITRY - Provided is a processor for a print engine assembly having a card reader for reading data from a data card. The processor includes a central processor unit having memory units, an orientation sensor, and a number of motor controllers for controlling drive motors of the print engine assembly. The processor also includes a power management circuit for managing power consumption of the print engine assembly. The processor is configured to read the data from a data card with the card reader, the data read from the card instructing the processor in a manner of processing a digital image. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242637 | INFRARED BLOCKING ARTICLE - The present invention relates to a process for producing an opaque, transparent or translucent transaction card having multiple features, such as a holographic foil, integrated circuit chip, silver magnetic stripe with text on the magnetic stripe, opacity gradient, an invisible optically recognizable compound, a translucent signature field such that the signature on back of the card is visible from the front of the card and an active thru date on the front of the card. The invisible optically recognizable compound is an infrared ink and/or film, which can be detected by a sensor found in an ATM or card assembly line. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242638 | DEVICE THAT READS DATA ENCODED AS DOTS - A system is disclosed for reading data encoded as a series of invisible dots carried on a substrate. The system has a detector that detects the dots on the substrate and outputs a first signal; a decoder interconnected to the detector that decodes the first signal to produce an output signal; and an output device interconnected to the processor that receives the output signal and creates a corresponding human readable output. The dots may be infrared absorbing and the encoding can include Reed-Solomon encoding of the prerecorded audio. The system can include a wand-like arm having a slot through which the photograph is inserted. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242639 | OPTICAL MARK READING THAT USES A DISREGARD STATE AS PART OF AN UNAMBIGUOUS SYMBOLOGY OF MARKS TO FILL INTO RESPONSE BUBBLES - Response bubbles on a scannable form are provided that allow a user to mark the bubbles in a manner that signifies that the user wishes to have a response disregarded. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242640 | Method for Optimizing Auto-Exposure Performance of an Imaging Device - An imaging device includes an illumination element; an auto-exposure element; and a processor disabling the auto-exposure element and subsequently disabling the illumination element. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242641 | Multifunctional Data Capture Device - A device having a housing, a hybrid engine disposed within the housing, the hybrid engine configured to include components to perform at least two functionalities and an interface circuitry disposed within the housing to connect the hybrid engine to a processor using a single connector. The hybrid engine having a first set of components to perform a first functionality, a second set of components to perform a second functionality and a single connector connecting the hybrid engine to an interface circuitry of a device, the connector one of transmitting and receiving data relating to the first and second functionalities to a processor of the device. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242642 | System For Interacting With Analog-Printed Substrate - A system for interacting with a coded substrate. The system comprises a substrate having human-readable information and machine-readable coded data disposed thereon and a sensing device for reading the machine-readable coded data. The coded data comprises an IR-absorbing phthalocyanine dye having sulfonate groups. A counterion of each sulfonate group is a phosphonium cation. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242643 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SYMBOL INFORMATION READING - A symbol information reading apparatus may include an imaging element; an image memory structured to store image data; a position detecting processor structured to fetch the image data and structured to detect a position of symbol information. The position detecting processor may include a temporary area judgment unit that structured to calculate a variation of brightness, and structured to judge a temporary area having a possibility of corresponding to the symbol information; a correlation map creating unit that structured to calculate correlation between areas neighboring in a direction perpendicular to the scanning direction, and structured to create a map showing an area provided with large correlation values; a labeling unit that structured to check presence of a basic barcode on the correlation map, and structured to label an area judged as having the basic barcode; and a position determining unit that structured to detect a position of the symbol information recorded. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242644 | Method and System for Limiting Peak Power Consumption in an Imaging Bar Code Scanner - A system includes a processor; an imager; and an illumination arrangement. When an image capture process is initiated, the imager and illumination arrangement are powered on and the processor is switched to a low power state. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242645 | NON-CONTACT TYPE IC CARD - This invention provides a non-contact type IC card that can prevent electrostatic discharge failure of an IC chip caused by static electricity generated in a metal reflective layer. In a non-contact type IC card, an inlet sheet on which an antenna and an IC chip connected to the antenna are mounted is embedded in a card base member and a metal reflective layer (which corresponds to a hologram-magnetic recording layer) is laminated on the surface of the card base member. The non-contact type IC card includes conductive members that are embedded in the card base member. The conductive members attract static electricity generated in the metal reflective layer, and discharge the static electricity from a second surface of the card base member (the surface of the card) opposite to a first surface of the card base member (the back surface of the card) on which the metal reflective layer is laminated. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242646 | Personal identification card comprising a two-dimensional image of the user - The invention relates to a personal identification card of the type that is used to identify the holder in order for same to gain access to digital signature services, banking services, mobile telephone services, buildings, public transport, shops or similar or in the future Spanish electronic ID card (DNI Electrónico). More specifically, the invention relates to a personal identification card, preferably a smart card or simply a card comprising a magnetic strip or a built-in chip, which is equipped with at least two different visible images of the person associated with the card, said images being disposed essentially in the same area of at least one of the faces of the card. The invention can be visually inspected in order to verify whether or not the card belongs to the holder. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242647 | RFID CARD USING KOREA PAPER AND THE MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides an RFID card using Korean paper and a method of manufacturing the same. The RFID card has a base sheet provided with a chip accommodation portion in which an RFID chip is accommodated, protective sheets stacked on top and bottom surfaces of the base sheet, and transparent film sheets stacked on outside surfaces of the protective sheets and provided with advertisements. The base sheet is made of strawboard that is manufactured by breaking the bark of a paper mulberry tree and straw into pieces and mixing them together. The protective sheet is made of oiled floor paper that is manufactured by coating Korean paper with perilla oil. The transparent film sheets are made of Chinese drawing paper that is manufactured using paper mulberry as raw material. The loop antenna is printed on the strawboard in conductive ink, and is connected to the RFID chip. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242648 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INITIALIZING AN IC CARD - An apparatus for storing initialization data in an IC Card, including a non-volatile memory, whereto the initialization data is addressed, and a plurality of pins including pins for connecting the apparatus and at least one I/O pin for receiving the initialization data, the apparatus includes an initialization card. The initialization Card includes a respective non-volatile memory unit, wherein the initialization data is stored, and the plurality of pins including the I/O pin and the pins for connecting the apparatus. The I/O pin of the initialization Card is connected to a respective I/O pin of the apparatus for receiving an initialization signal. A connection from at least a predetermined pin of the initialization Card to the at least one pin of the IC Card is provided for transmitting the initialization data from the initialization Card to the IC Card, upon reception of the initialization signal. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242649 | Two-dimensional code having rectangular region provided with specific patterns for specify cell positions and distinction from background - A two-dimensional code having a rectangular region is provided. In the rectangular region, there are code blocks composed of a plurality of cells, a first specific pattern specifying the positions of the cells, and a second specific pattern separating the code blocks from a background of the code. The first specific pattern is located at a specified corner of the rectangular region. The second specific pattern is located along one or more of first borders along which the first specific pattern is located, the first borders being part of the borders of the rectangular region. The code blocks include error-correction code blocks, which are located along second borders which are different from a border of the borders along which the second specific pattern is located. The second borders are part of the borders. Compressed data code blocks are also arranged in the same way as the error-correction code blocks. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242650 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL CODE HAVING RECTANGULAR REGION PROVIDED WITH SPECIFIC PATTERNS FOR SPECIFICATION OF CELL POSTIONS AND DISTINCTION FROM BACKGROUND - A two-dimensional code having a rectangular region is provided. In the rectangular region, there are a plurality of code blocks, a first specific pattern, and error-correction code blocks. Each code block is composed of a plurality of cells aggregated together and formed to have both a specified corner in the rectangular region and the plurality of code blocks arranged in the rectangular region. The specific pattern is used to specify the positions of the cells. The error-correction code blocks are contained in the code blocks and formed to correct an error. The error-correction code blocks are arranged contiguously to part of the borders of the rectangular region. The part of the borders is displaced from the first specific pattern. Compressed data code blocks are also arranged in the same way as the error-correction code blocks. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242651 | Local Comfort Zone Control - The present invention supports the remote control of an environmental unit based on an effective temperature that is indicative of a comfort index to an occupant of a controlled environmental space. The remote controller obtains a plurality of environmental factors, e.g., temperature, relative humidity, and air speed, in order to determine an effective temperature. When the effective temperature is sufficiently different from a set point temperature, the remote controller activates an environmental unit to change the effective temperature in accordance with the set point temperature. The environmental unit may include an air conditioner, furnace, or heat pump. Also, the remote controller may communicate with at least one remote sensor over a wireless communications channel in order to obtain the environmental factors for determining the effective temperature. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242652 | Power saving compressor and control logic - An air conditioner control method may entail measuring an evaporator first temperature at an exit side of the evaporator, maintaining the evaporator first temperature, measuring a length of time that the evaporator maintains the evaporator first temperature, providing a user-set evaporator target temperature; and reducing a rate of refrigerant compressed by a compressor based on a relationship between the length of time that the evaporator maintains the evaporator first temperature and the evaporator target temperature. Furthermore, an air conditioner control method utilizing a condenser and a cold storage unit may entail turning off an air conditioner compressor, maintaining operation of a condenser cooling fan, closing a thermostatic expansion valve, opening a bleed port to bypass the thermostatic expansion valve, and receiving a liquid refrigerant into the cold storage unit from the condenser after the refrigerant passes through a thermostatic expansion valve bleed port and the evaporator. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242653 | Enviromentally distinctive cabin design and integrated recovery system - An integrated air flow induction system for heating a building is provided, the system comprising a centrally located fireplace hearth assembly and wall and floor beam sections defining hollow channels therethrough. The hollow channels are configured to return air back to the fireplace. The fireplace comprises a fire box, the fire box configured to retain a fire therein and further configured to receive returned air from the hollow channels, such that the returned air is heated. A plenum, located below the fire box, is configured to receive the returned air from the hollow channels. A fan, located between the fire box and the plenum, is configured to direct the returned air received by the plenum through the fire box, such that the air is heated by the fire box and dispersed throughout the building. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242654 | Track Bed Structures - A track bed composite structural element issued in railway track engineering, and has an upper water permeable layer, a lower water permeable layer and a filter material layer provided between the upper and lower water permeable layers. The upper and lower layers may comprise geotextile layers and the filter material may be sand or glass, for example. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242655 | RAILROAD TIE THAT OBVIATES THE NEED FOR A TIE PLATE - A plastic or polymer composite railroad tie, which includes at least one rail seat bordered on at least one side by a raised portion of the tie. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242656 | EVAPORATOR SPRAY SYSTEM FOR AUTOMOBILE CABIN AROMA ENHANCEMENT - A spray nozzle or other dispensing opening is configured to deliver an aroma enhancement fluid onto an evaporator core of the HVAC system of an automobile. A fluid reservoir is configured to house the aroma enhancement fluid. Tubing can provide a flow path from the fluid reservoir to the spray nozzle. A pump unit can be located along the flow path to pump fluid from the fluid reservoir to the spray nozzle. A controller intermittently actuates the pump unit, thereby spraying the aroma enhancement fluid onto the evaporator core through the spray nozzles. In an associated method the user can select from one of a plurality of available aroma enhancing fluids. The aroma enhancement fluid can include an antibacterial component, an anti-fungal component, a deodorizer component, a fragrance component, and combinations thereof. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242657 | Systems And Methods For Automatically Varying Droplet Size In Spray Released From A Nozzle - Systems and methods are provided for spraying chemicals and automatically adjusting, in substantially real-time, the drop size of the liquid in the spray. The drop size may be adjusted to control (either minimize or maximize) the amount of drift associated with the sprayed liquid. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242658 | Modular straw with secure connection - An extendible flexible drinking straw segment ( | 2009-10-01 |
20090242659 | INDICATING A SHOWER STAGE - Processes and apparatus for indicating a shower stage are disclosed. The apparatus includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet with a shower water passage extending between them. The inlet communicates with a water supply and the outlet communicates with shower head apertures. A light indicator system in the housing is automatically operable in a first condition during a first stage of the session and a second condition during a second stage, the lighting conditions being visible to the person who is showering. The stages may be determined by the passage of time or by the passage of shower water volume through the device. Seeing the first and second conditions prompts the person who is showering to use less shower water. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242660 | MEDICAL LIQUID DROPLET APPARATUS - The present invention provides a medical liquid droplet apparatus, which comprises a driving base and a polymeric film. The driving base is capable of providing a vibrating energy. The polymeric film, having a plurality of tiny openings formed thereon, is disposed on the driving base for receiving the vibrating energy so as to generating liquid droplet. By means of the present invention, the embrittled problem due to the high frequency vibration occurred in the conventional nebulizing film or malfunction due to the chemical eroding of the conventional vibrating film can be avoided. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242661 | NOZZLE PLATE OF A SPRAY APPARATUS AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - A nozzle plate for use with a spray apparatus and a fabrication method thereof are provided. The nozzle plate has a plurality of orifices each including an inlet end and an outlet end. The inlet end and the outlet end have a geometrical structure with mirror symmetry and a centroid with positional deviation from a pattern center. The pattern center is the center of an imaginary circle circumscribed about the geometrical structure. The geometrical structure controls the propagation direction of liquid spray, expands the nebulizing range per unit density of orifices, enables product miniaturization, and saves energy. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242662 | LIQUID NEBULIZATION SYSTEM - Disclosed is a liquid nebulization system comprising a power supply unit, a signal generating unit, a liquid storage unit and a nebulizing unit. The signal generating unit receives power from the power supply unit to generate a main signal and at least an auxiliary signal, wherein the main signal and the auxiliary signal are added together to constructively and destructively interfere with one another to form a driving signal, further causing the nebulizing unit to nebulize the liquid contained in the liquid storage unit using the driving signal. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242663 | MEDICAL LIQUID DROPLET APPARATUS - The present invention provides a medical liquid droplet apparatus, which comprises a driving base and a polymeric film. The driving base is capable of providing a vibrating energy. The polymeric film, having a plurality of tiny openings formed thereon, is disposed on the driving base for receiving the vibrating energy so as to generating liquid droplet. By means of the present invention, the embrittled problem due to the high frequency vibration occurred in the conventional nebulizing film or malfunction due to the chemical eroding of the conventional vibrating film can be avoided. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242664 | DEVICE FOR SPRAYING ANTI-ICING AGENTS ON TRANSPORT SURFACE - The present invention provides a deicing device for spraying anti-icing agents over a transport surface, such as paved road or bridge, to protect the transport surface from snow deposition and ice formation. The deicing device that is surface mounted to the transport surface has a pavement sensor to determine when the deicing device is turned on and off to spray the anti-icing agents. The deicing device comprises a supporting housing, a spray puck having a plurality of nozzles and jet channels connected to the nozzles for spraying anti-icing agents, a lock ring to immobilize the spray buck within the supporting housing, and an O-ring for sealing the anti-icing agents from leaking. The spray puck can be rotated within the supporting housing to change a spray direction. The jet channels have round corners, such as parabolic shape cross-section, to prevent from collection of dirt or debris. The supporting housing is configured for dual stacking such that a second supporting housing is stacked on a first supporting housing to extend the top of the deicing device to be flush with the transport surface when the road is repaved. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242665 | MISTING SYSTEM WITH INJECTOR FOR INTRODUCING A COMPOSITION INTO FLUID - An injector ( | 2009-10-01 |
20090242666 | Adjustable showerhead with ceramic disk assembly - The invention provides an adjustable showerhead that provides a variety of distinct discharge water patterns. The showerhead features a ceramic disk assembly that provide long-life and reliable operation to the showerhead. The showerhead includes a wand having a receiver with a discharge outlet and a depending lug. The disk assembly includes an upper ceramic disk fixedly positioned within the receiver, and has a curvilinear groove and a water inlet hole that receives water from the wand's discharge outlet. A lower ceramic disk is movably positioned within the receiver against the upper disk, and has a plurality of outlet holes arrayed along the periphery. A bushing resides within a central opening of the lower disk and operably connects the lower disk to the receiver. An outlet assembly is operably connected to the lower disk, and includes an inner faceplate with a plurality of discharge outlets, and an outer faceplate with a plurality of discharge outlets. An adjusting ring is operably connected to the lower disk. An operator rotates the adjusting ring to move the showerhead between various disk positions to attain the desired water discharge pattern. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242667 | Protection device for a solenoid operated valve assembly - A fuel injector is disclosed. The fuel injector includes an injector valve needle and a valve actuation assembly including a stator, an armature, and a valve, the valve in fluid communication with the injector valve needle. A stator protection device is positioned between the stator and at least a portion of the armature. The stator protection device is configured to prevent contact between the stator and the armature. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242668 | Fuel Injection Valve and Method for Forming Orifice Thereof - A fuel injection valve comprises a convex portion prominently formed on an outer end surface of a nozzle body, stepped recesses each of which has plural steps formed by press forming on the convex portion, and multi orifices as fuel nozzle holes formed by press forming so that an outlet of each of the orifices is located at a bottom face of each of the stepped recesses. Furthermore, the fuel injection valve has plural sets each of which comprises one of the stepped recesses and the relevant orifice, the orifices incline to each other, and a step on a downstream side in each of the stepped recesses has a larger diameter than a step on an upstream side thereof. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242669 | REGULATING CHECK VALVE AND FUEL INJECTON VALVE HAVING THE SAME - A valve chamber is defined in a valve body of the regulating check valve. A first communicating hole and a second communicating hole communicate the valve chamber with a first flow passage and with a the second flow passage, respectively. A valve element is slidably installed in the valve chamber to seat on or lift away from a valve seat to close or open the first communicating hole. A pressure in the first flow passage urges the valve element away from the valve seat, and a pressure in the second flow passage urges the valve element toward the valve seat. The spring is interposed between the valve element and the valve body to urge the valve element away from the valve seat. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242670 | Injector - A fuel chamber defined by a recess portion of a valve body and a tip section of a valve member of an injector is structured such that a seat diameter Ds of a seat section of the valve member seated on a valve seat section formed on an inner peripheral surface of the valve body, an axial distance A between an inlet portion of an injection hole formed in the recess portion and the tip section of the valve member facing the inlet portion in the fuel chamber and an axial distance B between an inside region of the recess portion located radially inside the inlet portion of the injection hole in the fuel chamber and the tip section facing the inside region satisfy inequalities: 0.048≦A/Ds≦0.18 and B/Ds≦0.18. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242671 | ARTICULATING FAUCET AND JOINT THEREFOR - Articulating faucets have segments connected by a plurality of movable joints. Each joint includes a pair of ceramic mating disks arranged in face to face contact, but able to rotate relative to each other when sufficient force is applied. A wave spring helps keep the disks in constant contact, and rubber spheres press against opposing surfaces of the ceramic disks to produce shear forces to keep the joint stable. In the faucet water passes through the joint by means of a tube or a hollow banjo bolt sealed from the joint. The faucet can therefore direct water to a wide variety of positions, without the need for a side spray, and while reducing the risk of joint leakage. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242672 | JET MILL - In a vertical loop jet mill, a grinding chamber in the lower part of the loop is trapezoidal in shape with side walls converging toward the outside of the loop. Removable nozzle plates are provided in the lower parts of the side walls of the grinding chamber, and the nozzles are directed so that gas streams from nozzles on one side intersect gas streams from nozzles on the other side. A removable insert, with trapezoidal end panels forms the upper wall of the grinding chamber. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242673 | Media mixing mill - Disclosed is a media mixing mill, which is capable of obtaining a high-quality product while ensuring adequate pulverization/dispersion functions. The media mixing mill of the present invention comprises a grinding container having a material inlet and a spherical-shaped grinding chamber, an agitating member rotatably installed inside the grinding chamber and in adjacent relation to an inner wall of the grinding container, grinding media contained in the grinding chamber, and a centrifugal-type media-separating member rotatably disposed inside the grinding chamber and in opposed relation to the agitating member. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242674 | MOBILE WASTE DISPOSAL SYSTEM - A waste disposal system includes a pulverizing tank where wastes are put into; a pulverizing device for pulverizing the wastes and making them into slurry; one or more heat and dry tanks connected to the pulverizing tank for drying and heating the slurry; a heating device for heating the heat and dry tank; and a vapor discharge device for discharging vapors generated by the heat and dry process of the slurry. The waste disposal system further includes a slurry drain unit for discharging the heated and dried slurry. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242675 | Composite Lifting Element of a Grinding Mill - A lifting element for a drum of a grinding mill to be used for grinding of ores and minerals, said lifting element being attached to a frame of the drum and extending in the longitudinal direction of the drum, and said lifting element comprising a flexible body and a wear protection located in the leading edge of the body with respect to the direction of rotation of the drum. The wear protection consists of at least two different parts, said parts being manufactured of different materials having toughness and hardness different from each other. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242676 | PULVERIZER UPPER GEARBOX BEARING ASSEMBLY - A pulverizer upper gearbox bearing assembly for a mill includes a bowl hub having a stepped hub defining a first bore to receive a shaft therethrough and a bowl extending radially outwardly therefrom defining a cavity between the stepped hub and bowl, the stepped hub having a first outside diameter extending to a second outside diameter, which in turn extends to a third outside diameter along a longitudinal axis of the first bore, the first outside diameter larger than the second outside diameter, which is larger than the third outside diameter; a thrust bearing disposed around the first outside diameter, the thrust bearing having an upper washer and a lower washer, the upper washer having an interference fit with the first outside diameter of the bowl hub; a roller bearing disposed around the third outside diameter, the roller bearing having a separable inner ring from an outer ring and a surrounding cage and roller assembly; a mill base hub extending into the cavity between the bowl and stepped hub, the mill base hub defining a first inside diameter extending to a second inside diameter, which in turn extends to a third inside diameter along a longitudinal axis of the first bore, the first inside diameter larger than the third inside diameter, which is larger than the second inside diameter; and a fluorocarbon rubber oil seal disposed in an annulus of an edge defining the first inside diameter of the mill base hub. The upper washer of the thrust washer is disposed between the first outside diameter of the base hub and the oil seal and first inside diameter of the mill base hub. The second outside diameter of the bowl hub is inside and aligned with the second inside diameter of the mill base hub. The third outside diameter of the bowl hub has an interference fit with the inner ring of the roller bearing, and the third inside diameter of the mill base hub allows the outer ring, cage and roller assembly of the roller bearing to fit therein allowing removal of the bowl hub, inner ring, upper washer and shaft from the mill base hub. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242677 | Apparatus and method for supporting a removable anvil - A grinding machine having an improved anvil mounting arrangement is provided. The mounting arrangement according to the present disclosure is configured to securely support an end of the feed table and an anvil, and also enables easy replacement of the anvil. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242678 | KEY DESTROYER - A key destroyer preferably deploys an angle grinder fitted with a grinding chamber, cover, and insertion tube through which a key can be inserted to be destroyed. The key is gripped in a holder that can slide key foremost through the support tube so that the coded portion of the key can pass through a safety wall at the inner end of the support tube and engage a rotating abrasive disk that grinds away the coded portion of the key. The head of the destroyed key can then be retained as evidence that a particular copy of a key no longer exists. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242679 | WEAR PLATE ASSEMBLY FOR VERTICAL ROTOR OF A PULVERIZER - A wear plate assembly includes a body portion and an abutment flange extending from a radially outer circumferential edge of the body portion and substantially normal thereto. The abutment flange is cooperatively configured with respect to another abutment flange of a respective adjacent wear plate that interengages with the wear plate such that a convoluted edge of the another abutment flange of the respective adjacent wear plate intermeshes with a respective convoluted edge of the abutment flange of the wear plate. At least one polygonal recess and a corresponding abutment ramp are substantially aligned therewith at a same latitude on the body portion, the recess further includes a through hole extending through the wear plate. A first clip configured is partially received in the polygonal recess, the clip having a plurality of exposed impact surface faces. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242680 | Recording tape cartridge - A recording tape cartridge includes a case that comprises an upper case and a lower case and houses a reel around which recording tape is wound. A regulating wall that defines an area in which the reel is housed is formed on the upper case and on the lower case. An attachment member is held between the regulating wall of the upper case and the regulating wall of the lower case so as to be disposed on an outer peripheral surface side of the regulating wall. The attachment member holds an RFID. There is provided a recording tape cartridge that can ensure an attachment region for an RFID inside a case. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242681 | Recording tape cartridge - A recording tape cartridge comprises: a case that comprises an upper case and a lower case and houses a reel around which recording tape is wound; a regulating wall that is formed at least on the lower case and defines an area in which the reel is housed; a holding wall that is formed a predetermined space away from an outer peripheral surface of the regulating wall; and an RFID that is housed in the space between the regulating wall and the holding wall. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242682 | Recording tape cartridge - A recording tape cartridge that can secure the attached region of an RFID in a case is provided including: a case that has an upper case and a lower case and houses a reel around which a recording tape is wound; a restricting wall that is formed at least in the lower case and defines an area in which the reel is housed; a housing portion that is formed between the restricting wall and the corner of the case; and a planar RFID that is provided in the housing portion such that the rotational axis direction of the reel is a normal line direction. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242683 | AUTOMATIC FAST WINDING MACHINE - An automatic fast winding machine includes a machine table, a support frame, a feeding tank, a rotary disk, plural guide rollers, a press roller, a saw-teeth cut device and a collect frame. A large roll of packing film is hung on the support frame. Packing film extends from the large roll, guided by the guide rollers pressed tightly by the press roller, and wound around a cylinder that falls down from the guide hole and supported on one of the support rods, and then the rotary disk turns for 90 degrees once to let the packing film cut by the saw-teeth cut device. Then the cylinder wound with packing film becomes a small roll of packing film to fall down along the collect frame and received and collected therein. All the operations are automatically performed by the machine with fast speed, enhancing production. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242684 | CROSS-CUTTING AND ROLL-CHANGEOVER APPARATUS FOR CONTINUOUS - An apparatus for winding a flexible web continuously moving in a longitudinal travel direction as rolls onto sleeves has a winding station for holding a sleeve and rotating it about an axis for winding the web onto the sleeve. Upstream of the winding station at a changeover station a fresh sleeve is held adjacent the continuously moving web. A shell juxtaposed with the fresh sleeve in the changeover station forms therewith a gap. A cross-cutter for the web is provided adjacent an end of the gap and can form on the web a trailing end and a leading end so that the trailing end travels to the winding station for winding on the sleeve therein. Air is drawn air into the end of the gap to aspirate the leading end into the gap. This leading end is electrostatically adhered to the fresh sleeve in the changeover station. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242685 | Method For Improving The Transport Of Multiaxial Contexture During Production - A method for producing a multiaxial contexture, from fiber materials, winds mono-axial contexture from at least one storage device about a winding plane, wherein the winding plane and the at least one storage device rotate about one another, in order to wind the mono-axial contexture about the winding plane. In order to prevent twisting the mono-axial contextures and to facilitate pulling it off from the winding plane, a vibration drive is proposed, which imparts mechanical vibrations onto the winding plane. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242686 | Device for Applying a Paper Web onto a Paper Reel and Corresponding Reel Changer - A device for applying a paper web onto a paper reel is provided, including a web application roller mobile between a guiding position of the paper web and an application position of the paper web onto the paper reel, and an actuator for moving the web application roller between its two positions. The device includes a locking mechanism adapted for locking the web application roller in its application position. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242687 | Roller protective device - A roller protective device including a bracket, an operating arm reciprocally movably mounted on the bracket for holding a roller, a cover pivotally connected with the operating arm and movable between a first position and a second position in response to the reciprocation of the operating arm for disclosing/enclosing the roller, and a resilient member positioned between the operating arm and the cover. The resilient member always exerts a resilient force onto the cover in a direction to the first position where the cover discloses the roller. In a not used state, the cover is automatically moved to the second position where the cover encloses the roller to protect the roller from contamination of aerosols. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242688 | Anti-tangle elastic wire for coiled hoses and wires - An anti-tangle means for coiled materials; such as a coiled electric wires, coiled lawning hoses, compressed air hose, and coiled telephone wires, is provided. The means is comprised of a long elastic wire and a case for rewinding the wire. The rewinding elastic wire penetrates inside of a helix that is formed by the coiled material. Retracted length of the elastic wire is same as the retracted coiled hoses/coiled wires and fully stretched length of the wire is the same as the stretched length of the hoses/wires. One end of the elastic wire is connected to one end of the coiled material and the other end is connected to a ribbon spring that is installed inside of a case. The case has a stopper to control the tension of the elastic wire. The elastic wire with proper tension prevents tangling of the coiled material. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242689 | CRAFT HAVING A ROTATABLE FLUID PROPULSION DEVICE - The invention arose in the design of vertical takeoff craft where a bladed rotor directs a jet of fluid over a curved surface so that the jet is turned from a radial direction towards an axial direction to create lift. These craft have stability problems when an attempt is made to hover close to the ground or to a vertical surface and for this reason such craft have been confined to paper proposals and unsuccessful experimental models. In accordance with the invention, the craft is designed so that its rotor and other moving parts have a large angular momentum. In this way, a gyroscopic effect is achieved, sufficient to give positive stability to the craft, eliminating the aforementioned problem. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242690 | DUCTED PROPULSION VECTOR SYSTEM - A ducted propulsion vector system that vectors thrust generated from ducted fan powered aircraft. The system has hinged duct flaps may be vectored from +10 degrees up and turned through −90 degrees downward. Vectored downward 90 degrees, the flaps vector thrust enabling vertical/short takeoff and landing of an aircraft. Hover control is facilitated by internal mounted vanes in line of the thrust stream. The duct flaps are transitioned at operator's input to enable the aircraft to achieve forward flight. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242691 | SWASHPLATE TRAJECTORY CONTROL - A system and method of controlling a rotary-wing aircraft includes transforming a non-rate limited servo position command into a rate limited servo position command. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242692 | Clutch Arrangement - A clutch arrangement comprises a rotatable drive input, a rotatable output, and an epicyclic gear arrangement comprising a ring gear, a series of planet gears meshing with the ring gear, a sun gear meshing with the planet gears, and a carrier upon which the planet gears are mounted, the drive input being connected to one of the ring gear and the carrier, the output being connected to the other of the ring gear and the carrier, and a clutch device operable to control relative rotation between the ring gear and the sun gear. The invention also relates to a nosewheel landing gear steering arrangement including such a clutch arrangement. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242693 | SYSTEM FOR SHIPBOARD LAUNCH AND RECOVERY OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE (UAV) AIRCRAFT AND METHOD THEREFOR - A system to launch and recover an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) aircraft has a pole member attached to a deck of a ship. An arm member is attached to the pole member and extends away from the pole member in an approximately horizontal direction. The arm member is able to move rotationally and vertically on the pole member. An attachment mechanism is attached to a distal end of the arm member for holding and capturing the UAV aircraft. Momentum of the UAV aircraft causes the arm member to move rotationally around and vertically on the pole member when the UAV aircraft is coupled to the attachment mechanism. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242694 | HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FOR AIRCRAFT - A hydraulic system for aircraft operating devices provides a secondary pressure source for direction and deceleration control in case of loss of pressure from a primary pressure source. The system includes multiple pressure accumulators that include a primary accumulator, which supplies pressurized fluid to a first actuator, and first and second secondary accumulators, which supply pressurized fluid to second and third actuators, respectively. If the primary accumulator is disabled, the first secondary accumulator will supply pressurized fluid to the first actuator. If the first secondary accumulator is disabled, the second secondary accumulator will supply pressurized fluid to the second actuator. By providing multiple, substantially independent accumulators, direction and deceleration control is maintained even in the event of loss of the primary accumulator. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242695 | SECURING EMERGENCY AND SAFETY EQUIPMENT ON AIRCRAFT - An emergency equipment system comprising an elongate member, an emergency equipment package, and a cutter. The elongate member may have a first end and an angled end. The emergency equipment package may have a sleeve on one side capable of receiving the elongate member from the angled end. The cutter may be attached to a side of the elongate member and may be capable of cutting the sleeve. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242696 | DEVICE FOR LOCKING A MOVABLE COMPONENT OF AN AIRCRAFT - The present invention relates to a device for locking a movable component of an aircraft. The device includes an electronic tag adapted for receiving a polling signal and returning an identification signal. The present invention also involves an on-board system allowing for detection of such locking devices. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242697 | VEHICLE WITH BUOYANCY BODIES - According to the invention, inflatable buoyancy bodies are kept in storage housings on the outside of a vehicle. During normal use, buoyancy bodies are folded up and stored under covers. Only when the vehicle is on water do the covers open and buoyancy bodies fill with air. An on-board compressed air system supplies air for filling buoyancy bodies so that air, which is not required by a braking installation or the like of the vehicle, is used to fill the buoyancy bodies. The additional use of outside air enables more air to be supplied to the buoyancy bodies at a low pressure than the sole use of the on-board compressed air system. In order to empty the buoyancy bodies, a vacuum is generated in connection lines. When stop cocks are open, air is sucked out of the buoyancy bodies, which then fold up and the covers are closed and locked. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242698 | AERODYNAMIC BRAKING DEVICE FOR AIRCRAFT - A speed brake apparatus reduces the airspeed of an aircraft by increasing aerodynamic drag. First and second brake panels are located on opposite sides of a portion of the aircraft, such as the fuselage, and are adapted to swing outward about a downstream hinge axis into deployed positions extending into the air stream. The panels are controlled by an operating device that includes a linear actuator. The actuator moves an operating head connected to a pair of toggle assemblies to convert linear movement of the operating head to the deployment and retraction movement of the brake panels. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242699 | KNOWLEDGE BASED ACCESS AND ACCESS HIERARCHY IN AN AIRCRAFT - A method and apparatus for a hierarchical access system for a compartment. The hierarchical access system comprises a moveable barrier, a locking mechanism, and a control unit. The moveable barrier is capable of preventing access to at least one of a first space and a second space in the compartment in the lavatory when the moveable barrier is in a closed position. The locking mechanism is capable of securing the moveable barrier in the closed position. The control unit is capable of unlocking the locking mechanism in a manner that provides different levels of access to the first space and the second space in the compartment in response to receiving an access request. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242700 | SEAT - A seat comprising a seat pan ( | 2009-10-01 |
20090242701 | PRESSURE BULKHEAD FOR AIRCRAFT - A pressure bulkhead assembly adapted for installation in an aircraft fuselage includes a bulkhead web and a reinforcing structure. The bulkhead web has a first side facing the pressurized compartment and a second side opposite the first side. The reinforcing structure, which is formed from a series of primary beam members, secondary beam members, and connecting elements, is provided on the second side of the bulkhead web. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242702 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR OPTICAL PROPAGATION IMPROVEMENT SYSTEM - An aircraft turret and fairing assembly for facilitating transmission of a directed energy beam from a directed energy device includes a turret section for directing an energy beam. The assembly also includes a fairing section aft of and adjacent to the turret section. Each of the turret section and the aft fairing section are coupled to an aircraft. The assembly also includes at least one sensor for detecting air speed of the aircraft and air pressure. The turret section and the aft fairing section are configured and positioned relative to one another to direct airflow for generating an aeroacoustic resonance within a desired frequency range in an area aft of the turret section. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242703 | Heating architecture for a composite fairing - A composite fairing with embedded heating architecture for ice protection includes heating elements arranged on various fairing plies for heating substantially all of the composite fairing. The heating elements are positioned to provide ice protection to substantial portions of the external surface of the composite fairing. Junctions, busbars, and plated through holes are used for delivering electric current to the heating elements on the various fairing plies. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242704 | IN ORBIT SPACE TRANSPORTATION & RECOVERY SYSTEM - An In Orbit Transportation & Recovery System (IOSTAR™) ( | 2009-10-01 |
20090242705 | HYDRAULIC SYSTEM PROTECTED FROM EXTERNAL IMPACTS - A hydraulic system includes at least one hydraulic circuit with at least one pump, one or more consumer equipment units, at least one HP discharge line comprising at least one bypass, the bypass being located between the pump and the units, at least one return line including at least one bypass, the bypass being located between a tank and the units. The hydraulic system further includes at least one closure element on the at least one HP line between the bypass and the units, and at least one nonreturn valve on the at least one return line between the bypass and the units. The closure element is placed automatically in the closed position when a break of the HP line is detected downstream of the closure element of the HP line. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242706 | Mechanism for operating switch points - The subject of the present invention is a mechanism for operating sets of switch points, comprising an actuator control assembly ( | 2009-10-01 |
20090242707 | DEVICE FOR GUIDING A HOSE CONTAINING AT LEAST ONE SUPPLY LINE - In order to allow, in particular in the case of an industrial robot for a hose assembly to be used, a simply constructed guide element which is flexible is provided. The guide element has longitudinal compensation for the hose assembly and is formed by preferably four guide rods which are distributed uniformly on a circular line and are respectively fastened at their ends to a holding ring. The supply lines running in the hose assembly can be flexibly guided laterally out from the guide element, to any desired sides, between the guide rods. A helical spring which surrounds the hose assembly in the guide element, is provided for a restoring movement. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242708 | Apparatus for flexibly restraining service loops in an oil derrick to prevent entangling of the loops - An apparatus for flexibly restraining service loops in an oil derrick to prevent entangling of the loops, comprising a plurality of identical apparatus wherein each apparatus is positioned at different longitudinal level to restrain the service loops. Each apparatus is comprised of a plurality of interlocking units, wherein each unit is comprised of a central steel ring which is adhesively bonded to a braid of a service loop penetrating therethrough and exteriorly affixed to first and second interconnecting rings. A first flexible cable and second flexible cable connect the respective first and second interconnecting rings of the units of each apparatus. Therefore, the service loops are flexibly restrained to have a uniform path and bend radius when they travel longitudinally during operation of an oil well drilling machine, which results in reduction of damage of the service loops. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242709 | Cable holder - A cable holder for a cable includes a guide section for guiding the cable that can be pivoted in sections for a change in direction of a run of the cable. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242710 | DEVICE FOR FIXING A WIRE CABLE RACEWAY TO A THREADED ROD - This device for fixing a wire cable raceway onto a threaded rod ( | 2009-10-01 |
20090242711 | Wire attachment device for vehicle - A wire attachment device for a vehicle includes a strap having a flap extended at one side of an intermediate partition for forming a space between the intermediate partition and the flap, and a panel extended at the other side for forming a compartment between the intermediate partition and the panel, and one or more wires or cables engageable into either of the space or the compartment of the strap and shielded by the strap for preventing the wires from being exposed and from spoiling the outer appearance of the vehicle and for preventing the wires from being hooked by the other objects, and a light device has a carrier for stably anchoring and supporting the strap. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242712 | SURFACE MOUNT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Herein are disclosed systems and methods and assemblies for mounting an accessory base to a surface (e.g., a wall surface). The systems comprise a mounting bracket which can be attached to the surface by a double-faced adhesive such as a stretch-releasing adhesive. The accessory base can be attached to the mounting bracket. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242713 | Bathroom fixture attachment device including a rotary coupling - The invention disclosed provides a rotary coupling mechanism that securely attaches common household fixtures to a wall. The invention is comprised of a wall bracket, a base bracket, a cam pin, and two mounting screws. Flanges on the base bracket rotationally engage flanges on the wall bracket and the cam pin inserted through the base bracket rotates to hold the flanges and secure the base bracket to the wall bracket. An alternate embodiment of the invention is comprised of a wall bracket and a base bracket having flanges with canted surfaces. A locking pin holds the brackets together after the flanges are rotationally engaged. For each application of the coupling mechanism, a decorative body conceals the apparatus. The decorative body is rigidly connected or pivotally connected to a decorative cap. The decorative cap retains various household fixtures such as paper holders, towel racks, or shelves. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242714 | RAIL AND CLAMP MOUNTING SYSTEM - A mounting system for attaching accessories to surfaces. The mounting system comprises a rail and clamp that includes housing for a bolt having a shaft extending outwardly of the housing from a first surface thereof. A hook extends outwardly of a second surface of the housing to engage the rail. A blade also extends outwardly of the second surface to be received in a channel of the rail. The hook and blade exert pressure on the rail during rotation of a knob along the shaft of the bolt to tighten the blade against the rail for releasable connection of the clamp to the rail, the clamp being adapted for attachment of accessories. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242715 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURING CLIP ASSEMBLY TO A STRUCTURE - A system for securing a structure to a panel includes a clip assembly. The clip assembly includes an engagement plate secured to at least one strap through at least one curved portion. A central opening is formed through the engagement plate, and at least one strap cavity is formed through the strap(s). At least one extension beam integrally connects to and extends from the strap(s). The extension beam(s) is perpendicular to the strap(s) and the engagement plate in an at-rest position. At least one beam cavity is formed through the extension beam(s). At least one tab is integrally connected to the extension beam(s) through at least one intermediate portion. The tab(s) includes at least one removal hole formed therethrough that is aligned with the strap cavity and a portion of the central opening when the clip assembly is in the at-rest position. The tab is configured to pass into the beam cavity when the clip assembly is urged into a panel hole. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242716 | TOOL HOLDING BRACKETS - A heavy tool holding floor anchored bracket | 2009-10-01 |
20090242717 | Cup Holder - A cup holder for holding beverage containers in conjunction with shopping carts and the like. The holder includes a top including an aperture formed therein that is dimensioned to accept said beverage container; first and second sides extending from the top and including first and second hook portions, respectively, and a bottom including two sections interconnected to the first and second sides. All of the elements of the holder are integrally connected via folds for movement of the top, the first and second sides, and the first and second sections of said bottom between a first position, wherein the first and second sections of the bottom, the first and second sides, and the top extend along a common plane, and a second position, where the first and second sections of the bottom, the first and second sides, and the top are positioned to retain the beverage container. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242718 | TEMPORARY CLAMPING STRUCTURE FOR ELECTRONICS - A bracket includes a first surface being fastened to a mounting surface, and a second surface disposed opposite the first surface, to which second surface a body of the electronic device is fastened. A fitting concavity is formed in one of the electronic device body and the bracket. A fitting convexity is formed in other one of the electronic device body and the bracket and fittable into the fitting concavity. A cover, which covers the electronic device body, includes a cover attaching and detaching mechanism, which one of attaches and detaches the cover to and from the electronic device body. For a detached state the cover is rotated to be completely detached from the electronic device body. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242719 | Adaptive mounting structure - A novel adaptive mounting device that effectively mounts and secures objects to nonplanar surfaces, and in particular effectively mounts and secures objects in a quick and efficient manner to complex contours of different automotive vehicle dashboard and other interior vehicle surfaces having differing coverings of differing textures. By example and without limitation, this novel adaptive mounting device includes a substantially flexible container forming a vacuum chamber containing and substantially filled with a substantially granular substance. A mounting structure having a frame supporting a presentation structure is joined to the bladder with at least a coupler or other presentation structure external of the bladder. A substantially air impermeable seal is formed between the bladder and a portion of the frame, and at least a partial vacuum is formed within the bladder. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242720 | VEHICLE SUPPORT APPARATUS - An improved vehicle support apparatus, also referred to as a hub stand, for use with a vehicle. Certain aspects of the invention include a vertically disposed plate-like body or hub plate ( | 2009-10-01 |
20090242721 | Adaptive mounting structure - A novel adaptive mounting device that effectively mounts and secures objects to nonplanar surfaces, and in particular effectively mounts and secures objects in a quick and efficient manner to complex contours of different automotive vehicle dashboard and other interior vehicle surfaces having differing coverings of differing textures. By example and without limitation, this novel adaptive mounting device includes a substantially flexible container forming a vacuum chamber containing and substantially filled with a substantially granular substance. A mounting structure having a frame supporting a presentation structure is joined to the bladder with at least a coupler or other presentation structure external of the bladder. A substantially air impermeable seal is formed between the bladder and a portion of the frame, and at least a partial vacuum is formed within the bladder. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242722 | Planar rotation mechanism of supporting device - The present invention relates to a planar rotation mechanism of supporting device, includes a base seat; a supporting rack; a retaining member and a position located at a top portion of a lateral side of the retaining member, a diagonal position of the retaining member and a position between the above two positions are respectively provided with a first, a second and a third guiding slots with different curvatures and lengths; and a rotating member respectively provided with a column hole with respect to the initial positions of the first, the second and the third guiding slots for allowing a first, a second and a third guiding columns respectively pass through the corresponding column holes and the corresponding guiding slots, so the guiding columns can respectively slide within the corresponding guiding slots; so when the rotating member is operated with a planar rotation with an object to be supported provided in front of the rotating member, the plural guiding columns slide within the corresponding guiding slots, a corner of one lateral side of the object to be supported is firstly moved a small distance alongside the bottom end of the object to be supported, then is rotated, so a horizontal status of the object to be supported is switched to a vertical status or vice versa. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242723 | MULTIPLE CONFIGURATION PORTABLE EASEL - An easel comprises a base and a hinge coupled to a top portion of the base. The easel further includes a plurality of arms depending from a front member of the hinge and a plurality of retention clips, each one of the retention clips disposed on each one of the arms. A plurality of support braces depend from a rear member of the hinge, each one of the support braces coupled to one of the plurality of arms. A plurality of legs depend from the base. The arms, braces and legs permit the easel to be manipulated into a variety of positions and angles to accommodate the artist's preferences. Each retention clip accommodates variable positions of a canvass relative to the arms and braces. The legs comprise a joint that is variably positionable relative to the base, with the joint articulating in a recess formed in the base. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242724 | ADVERTISING PANEL SUPPORT DEVICE - The invention relates to a device which is used to hold in place a repositionable element that is subjected to loads from a force, e.g. a weight, and, more specifically, a fluid, e.g. a moving liquid or a gas. The inventive device is designed such that, when a force exerts a pressure on the element, at least one elastic mounting means ( | 2009-10-01 |
20090242725 | Braking system for motorcycle - A braking system for a motorcycle includes a pressure regulating unit interposed between hydraulic pressure generating unit and a wheel brake, a control unit which controls operation of the pressure regulating unit so as to regulate hydraulic pressure outputted from the hydraulic pressure generating unit and exert the regulated pressure on the wheel brake, a support fixing the pressure regulating unit to an engine body mounted on a body frame of the motorcycle, and an elastic member disposed between the support and the pressure regulating unit for reducing or preventing vibration of the engine body being transmitted to the pressure regulating unit. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242726 | SOUND-INSULATING ASSEMBLY ELEMENT FOR SUPPORTING PROFILES - Assembly element for fixing a supporting profile on a solid ground with at least two opposite, outward turned flanges extending in the longitudinal direction of said supporting profile, whereby this assembly element comprises an elastic, compressible vibration isolator with a slot in which can be put a flange of the supporting profile, such that the supporting profile is acoustically insulated in relation to the ground, whereby the vibration isolator is formed of at least two parts defining the slot and which allow the vibration isolator to assume an open position, whereby the parts of the vibration isolator are at least partly removed from one another so as to put the flange of the supporting profile at least partly in the slot, and to assume a closed position, whereby the above-mentioned parts are moved towards one another and the vibration isolator is compressed so as to press together the slot when the flange of the supporting profile is at least partly situated inside the slot, such that the flange is clamped in said slot. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242727 | Clothes dryer motor support assembly - The present invention relates to a dryer motor assembly support that limits or eliminates cabinet vibration and noise. The dryer comprises a cabinet comprising a floor having an outside peripheral portion, and a central portion with four openings. The dryer further comprises a motor assembly, having a motor and motor mount comprising a base, spaced above the openings. A support assembly for supporting the motor assembly comprises two parallel spaced apart support portions each spaced below and spanning across the central portion, passing beneath the openings. Each support portion has oppositely disposed end portions secured with the peripheral portion. Each support portion comprises two projections extending therefrom toward the base. Each projection passes through a corresponding one of the openings with clearance to secure the support portion with the base, isolating the motor. The motor and support assembly, and the openings are co-located away from the central portion. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242728 | WOOD CEMENT BOARD - Provided is a wood cement board that has a pattern of acute-angled and deep recesses and projections on its surface, and that tends not to cause cracking during a hardening and curing process, a drying process, a transportation process and so on. The wood cement board has a pattern of recesses and projections on its surface, in which the distance from the apex of the projections to the rear face is 9 mm or more, and the distance from the apex of the projections to the base point of the recesses is 2 mm or more, and is equal to or less than half the distance from the apex of the projections to the rear face. The average specific gravity of the wood cement board as a whole, and the specific gravities of the projections and the recesses are each 1.1 or more, and the difference between the specific gravity of the projections and the specific gravity of the recesses is less than 0.1. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242729 | FORMWORK TIE & APPARATUS FOR RETAINING TIE - A primary pin apparatus having an adjustable one-step connection and disconnection mechanism, a supplemental pin apparatus for supplementing the primary pin apparatus and engaging ties, and an improved tie having a non-circular engagement hole. The primary and supplemental pin apparatuses each include an engagement pin including one or more locking fingers which selectively protrude angularly outward from a longitudinal axis of the engagement pin, wherein the locking fingers are selectively extendable and retractable in order to, respectively, connect and disconnect adjacent forming panels of a formwork. The tie includes a body which is elongated along a longitudinal axis and has an end presenting an engagement hole for receiving a pin, wherein the engagement hole having a greater dimension along the longitudinal axis and a lesser dimension along an axis which is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242730 | APPARATUS FOR RETAINING FORMWORK TIE & CONNECTING FORMWORK - A primary pin apparatus having an adjustable one-step connection and disconnection mechanism, a supplemental pin apparatus for supplementing the primary pin apparatus and engaging ties, and an improved tie having a non-circular engagement hole. The primary and supplemental pin apparatuses each include an engagement pin including one or more locking fingers which selectively protrude angularly outward from a longitudinal axis of the engagement pin, wherein the locking fingers are selectively extendable and retractable in order to, respectively, connect and disconnect adjacent forming panels of a formwork. The tie includes a body which is elongated along a longitudinal axis and has an end presenting an engagement hole for receiving a pin, wherein the engagement hole having a greater dimension along the longitudinal axis and a lesser dimension along an axis which is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242731 | Leave-in-Place Concrete Retention forms - A form into which concrete may be poured for the formation of grid pavement in situ is comprised of a sheet base having top and bottom surfaces, the top surface having a plurality of hollow frusta projecting there from preferably in a uniform pattern and creating an interstitial space there between within which a first site material, namely concrete, is poured to create a grid with areas and a second site material, namely soil, sand or an aggregate, occupies the frusta and is in communication with the underlying subsoil. In order to prevent wet concrete from infiltrating the hollowed frusta during pouring of concrete into the interstitial space, lids of a preferably biodegradable substance such as compressed peat are inserted into or over the frusta openings. The lids may be easily broken into pieces which fall into the hollowed frusta after the concrete has cured so that the second site material can be added therein. When the second material is soil, the peat will increase the soil's capacity to retain moisture and add nutrients promoting vegetation growth. Removable lids are also contemplated. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242732 | Apparatus for making ice glasses, bowls and candleholders - A one-piece apparatus for making ice glasses using a regular glass. The apparatus is shaped like a cylindrical nipple with a dome-shaped head that gradually widens until it turns into a round base with a protruding rim around its circumference. The apparatus is used with a regular glass with a uniform rim, and the freezing action takes place with the regular glass upside down. Use of the apparatus is simple and efficient. First, a regular glass is filled with water. Then the apparatus is inserted into the regular glass so that the nipple is facing the bottom of the glass. Next, the regular glass is turned upside down, with the apparatus in it, and placed in the freezer. After the water has frozen, the apparatus and the regular glass are separated and an ice glass is obtained. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242733 | APPARATUS FOR CONNECTING FORMWORK - A primary pin apparatus having an adjustable one-step connection and disconnection mechanism, a supplemental pin apparatus for supplementing the primary pin apparatus and engaging ties, and an improved tie having a non-circular engagement hole. The primary and supplemental pin apparatuses each include an engagement pin including one or more locking fingers which selectively protrude angularly outward from a longitudinal axis of the engagement pin, wherein the locking fingers are selectively extendable and retractable in order to, respectively, connect and disconnect adjacent forming panels of a formwork. The tie includes a body which is elongated along a longitudinal axis and has an end presenting an engagement hole for receiving a pin, wherein the engagement hole having a greater dimension along the longitudinal axis and a lesser dimension along an axis which is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. | 2009-10-01 |
20090242734 | CURRENT DETECTION CIRCUIT, PHOTORECEIVER USING THE SAME, LIGHT EMISSION CONTROL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A first transistor may be provided on a current path of a photo transistor. The bias current path may include a bias switch and a first bias resistor connected in series and is provided in parallel with a main current path including the phototransistor. A second transistor may configure a current mirror circuit with the first transistor, and generates second current formed by multiplying the first current flowing in the first transistor by a predetermined factor. The second current is charged in the charging capacitor and converted into a voltage. The bias current path turns on prior to the start of light reception of the phototransistor and turns off after a predetermined period has elapsed from the start of light reception of the phototransistor. | 2009-10-01 |