41st week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 29 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100260458 | OPTICAL FIBER CABLE HOLDER, FUSION SPLICER INCLUDING THE HOLDER, AND FUSION SPLICING METHOD USING THE HOLDER - A holder capable of holding an optical fiber cable without breaking or damaging the cable includes a holder main body, a fiber holding portion, and a cable holding portion. The main body has a groove for receiving the optical fiber exposed from the cable sheath at an end part of the cable, and a portion for receiving the end part of the cable sheath. A positioning surface with which an end surface of the cable sheath can come in contact is provided at the boundary between the fiber receiving groove and the cable receiving part. A fiber holding portion for pressing and holding the optical fiber received by the fiber receiving groove, and a cable holding portion for pressing and holding the cable sheath received by the cable receiving part, are configured so that holding by the cable holding portion is released in conjunction with the release of holding by the fiber holding portion. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260459 | Armored Fiber Optic Assemblies and Methods of Forming Fiber Optic Assemblies - Cables have dielectric armor with an armor profile that resembles conventional metal armored cable. The dielectric armor provides additional crush and impact resistance for the optical fibers and/or fiber optic assembly therein. The armored cables recover substantially from deformation caused by crush loads. Additionally, the armored fiber optic assemblies can have any suitable flame and/or smoke rating for meeting the requirements of the intended space. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260460 | COMBINED DISPLAY AND ANTENNA ARRANGEMENT - The present invention relates to a display and antenna arrangement comprising a primary display screen ( | 2010-10-14 |
20100260461 | WAVEGUIDE TYPE OPTICAL DEVICE - There is provided a waveguide type optical device whose parasitic capacitance is reduced to allow an increase in signal transmission speed. Bottom electrode | 2010-10-14 |
20100260462 | Method for Making Optical Waveguides - A method for making a waveguide comprises (a) providing a waveguide structure comprising a substrate ( | 2010-10-14 |
20100260463 | Connector for splicing and hanging cable trays - A connector that can function as a cable tray splice is provided. The connector may have a frame that is configured for being placed against first and second portions of cable tray. The connector may also have a flange located at an end of the frame that is capable of being shaped by a user. The flange and the frame define an aperture. A connector that may be a configured as a cable tray hanger and a method of securing a connector to the cable tray are also provided. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260464 | STORAGE DEVICE FOR THE OVERLENGTH OF AN OPTICAL FIBER OR OTHER TYPE OF CABLE - The invention provides a device for storing an excess length of at least one optical fiber or some other type of cable, the device comprising two separate guide members configured to guide a portion of at least one optical fiber or one cable, each guide member presenting a periphery that is substantially perpendicular to a plane in a travel direction, said periphery including in a fraction of its outline a groove that is suitable for receiving a portion of at least one optical fiber or one cable, said groove being defined by at least one curved portion having at least a radius of curvature that is greater than the minimum radius of curvature that is acceptable for the fiber or the cable, and the relative position of said guide members in said plane being adjustable with the help of at least one longitudinal part extending parallel to the travel direction and having a first end and a free second end, said first end being secured to one of the guide members, said longitudinal part being suitable for being fastened to the other guide member from the free second end of said part and being capable of being moved relative to said other guide member while remaining fastened thereto, whereby adjustment of the relative position of said guide members enables the surplus length of said fiber or said cable to be stored on said guide members. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260465 | Protein engineering strategies to optimize activity of surface attached proteins - Isolated and/or recombinant enzymes that include surface binding domains, surfaces with active enzymes bound to them and methods of coupling enzymes to surfaces are provided. Enzymes can include large and/or multiple surface coupling domains for surface coupling. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260466 | Low Complexity Event Detection For Video Programs - A video processing method for detecting significant events from a video program includes computing short-time sub-band energies in the audio for plural audio sub-bands, detecting scene boundaries where a weighted sum of these short-time sub-band energies are less energy threshold for longer than an time interval, segmenting the video program into a plurality of scenes by the boundaries, removing scenes shorter than a segment time interval and classifying and ranking the remaining scenes by audio. A second segmenting and removal is based upon a second energy threshold and a second time interval or when energy in a lowest frequency sub-band is greater than a predetermined bass energy threshold. The first segment time interval may be recomputed based upon the distribution of length of the remaining scenes. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260467 | CAPTION REMOVAL METHOD FOR DIGITAL VIDEO EDITING SYSTEM - A caption removal method for a digital video editing system includes the following steps. A video frame of a video sequence is inputted. A high level executing stage is provided. The high level executing stage includes the step of recovering the structural region of the temporal domain in the video frame and the step of recovering the structural region of the spatial domain in the video frame. A low level executing stage is provided. The low level executing stage includes the step of recovering the non-structural region in the video frame. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260468 | MULTI-USER REMOTE VIDEO EDITING - Methods and systems for remote video editing include a source media file on a storage device and an input for receiving video editing commands, over a low-bandwidth network, pertaining to the source media file. A virtual representation of the source media file includes the editing commands and a link to the source media file. A media delivery engine reads the source media file over a high-bandwidth link, applies the editing commands thereto, and produces a proxy representation of the edited source media file, and an output transmits the proxy representation over the low-bandwidth network. Requested individual frames of the edited media may also be output. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260469 | Image processing apparatus, program, and method for performing preprocessing for movie reproduction of still images - An apparatus takes in a plurality of still image frames, to generate an interpolated image frame. Next, moving addition of the still image frame and an interpolated image frame is performed in time-axis direction, to generate a superimposed image frame. At this time, high spatial frequency components in the superimposed image frame are suppressed strongly as alienation of motion between the still image frames becomes larger. Movie is reproduced by sandwiching these superimposed image frames between the still image frames. As a result of this, the movie reproduction with smooth motion is made possible even from a group of the still images photographed by an electronics still camera and the like. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260470 | Data recording method, data editing method, data decoding method, and apparatus and recording medium therefor - A system records an AV stream composed of a plurality of record units (RUs) containing independently reproducible video units (VUs) of at least video or audio and program information (Movie atom) managing the AV stream, onto a recording medium. The program information contains a piece of information (Edit list atom) that manages a point of junction between the record units or between AV streams. In decoding the AV stream, decoding is halted or decoders are switched at the point of junction, based on the management information on the points of junction, for example. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260471 | TIME SHIFT VIEW/LISTENING SYSTEM, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TIME SHIFT VIEW/LISTENING METHOD - A display device switches a broadcast channel which is being received by a tuner unit based on a broadcast channel switching instruction input from a user operating unit and transmits broadcast channel switching information to a recording and reproduction device. The recording and reproduction device sets a channel of a tuner unit to the same channel as the display device based on the broadcast channel switching information. A content is recorded and reproduced by a recording and reproduction unit based on a time shift viewing/listening instruction, a switch unit of the display device is switched from the tuner unit to the recording and reproduction device, and the reproduction output from the recording and reproduction device is displayed on a display unit. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260472 | VIDEO RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus includes a recording unit configured to record in a recording mode in which recording is started by a recording start instruction and is stopped after a predetermined recording time elapses, a changing unit configured to change a number of frames to be recorded per unit time, and a setting unit configured to set, when an image recorded in the recording mode is reproduced, the predetermined recording time according to reproduction speed so that reproduction time of the image becomes constant. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260473 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERRUPTED PROGRAM RECORDING - Program recording systems and methods are operable to adjust recording times of a program of interest in response to an occurrence of an interrupting program that alters the scheduled recording times of the program of interest. An exemplary embodiment receives an unscheduled program flag (UPF) corresponding to an occurrence of an unscheduled program; adjusts at least one of a scheduled recording start time associated with the program of interest to an updated record start time and a scheduled recording end time associated with the program of interest to an updated record end time in response to receiving the UPF; and records the program of interest based upon at least one of the updated record start time and the updated record end time. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260474 | INFORMATION RECORDING APPARATUS, INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION SERVER, INFORMATION RECORDING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD - An information recording apparatus includes a stream receiver configured to receive a stream including therein video and audio data regarding a program, a program information transmitter configured to transmit program information regarding the program to a server connected thereto via a communication network, a writing information receiver configured to receive writing information from the server, which is used for processing for writing the video and audio data into a recording medium, and a recording section configured to, under the condition in which absolute time information included in the stream and absolute time information included in the writing information having been received from the server are synchronized with each other, write the video and audio data included in the stream into the recording medium, as well as the writing information. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260475 | TELEVISION SIGNAL RECORDING - A television signal recording apparatus comprises a recording unit that makes recordings of television signals and stores metadata representing information in respect of the recordings including the channel and the recording time. A graphical display of made recordings and scheduled recordings is produced in which graphical objects representing respective recordings are arranged in two dimensions, ordered in a first dimension on the basis of the channels and ordered in a second dimension on the basis of the recording times. In the second dimension, the graphical objects are arranged along a time axis which includes discontinuities at times when no recording is present, the discontinuities being graphically represented by graphical symbols that are different according to the period of the discontinuity. An electronic program guide is produced with a similar format, the programs being filtered to select programs and discontinuities being present at times where there is no selected program. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260476 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SECURE CONFIGURATION OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Method and apparatus for ensuring the security of configuration or programming data supplied to an electronic device, such as a video consumer electronic device. This is achieved by storing within an integrated circuit video processor in the device both logic and data for checking the security of input configuration and/or programming data for the video processor to detect and prevent tampering with same. Not only is it determined if the input data is correct versus unacceptable, also if it is determined unacceptable, the logic then determines if the input data is the result of an innocent error or tampering by a hacker and takes appropriate protective steps accordingly. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260477 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING A SUBTITLE DATA STREAM OF A VIDEO PROGRAM, AND ASSOCIATED VIDEO DISPLAY SYSTEM - A method for processing a subtitle data stream of a video program includes: receiving the subtitle data stream, wherein subtitle data carried by the subtitle data stream is originally stored with an image format; performing optical character recognition (OCR) on the subtitle data carried by the subtitle data stream in order to derive a subtitle text stream; and processing the subtitle text stream to generate a processed subtitle image, and tagging the processed subtitle image onto an image of the video program. An associated video display system including a demultiplexer and a processing module is also provided. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260478 | Video synthesizing apparatus and program - The invention provides data for display on the display area for a child frame when the child frame is synthesized and displayed on the parent frame in picture-in-picture playback in order to give the displayed area of the child frame in conformity with the video content in the parent frame, as well as providing a video display apparatus etc. for displaying the child frame at an appropriate displayed position using the data for display. A video display apparatus | 2010-10-14 |
20100260479 | Video synthesizing apparatus and program - The invention provides data for display on the display area for a child frame when the child frame is synthesized and displayed on the parent frame in picture-in-picture playback in order to give the displayed area of the child frame in conformity with the video content in the parent frame, as well as providing a video display apparatus etc. for displaying the child frame at an appropriate displayed position using the data for display. A video display apparatus | 2010-10-14 |
20100260480 | TERMINAL DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TERMINAL DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A terminal device, upon each receiving of an operation regarding a viewing of a content from a user, stores history information indicating the history thereof. Then upon receiving an instruction for writing a content onto an external recording medium, the terminal device creates preference information based on the history information having been collected therein. The terminal device then writes the content specified by the writing instruction and the created preference information onto the external recording medium. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260481 | RECORDING MEDIUM ON WHICH 3D VIDEO IS RECORDED, PLAYBACK APPARATUS FOR PLAYING BACK 3D VIDEO, AND SYSTEM LSI - A left view graphics stream and a right view graphics stream recorded on a recording medium each include one or more display sets, and the display sets are data groups used for displaying one screen worth of one or more graphics objects. The one or more display sets included in the left view graphics stream are in one-to-one correspondence with the one or more display sets included in the right view graphics stream, and an identical playback time for the video stream on the playback time axis is set in each of the corresponding display sets. Each display set includes state information indicating whether the data is all data necessary for displaying one screen worth of one or more graphics objects, or is a difference from the immediately previous display set, and the state information included in corresponding display sets indicate identical content. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260482 | Generating a Synchronized Audio-Textual Description of a Video Recording Event - A data processing system and a computer implemented method for generating a synchronized audio-textual description of a video recording of an event. The data processing system comprises an audio-textual description device arranged to record an audio-textual description of the event simultaneously with and contextually relating to a playback of the video recording; and a synchronization module arranged to generate a common temporal scale for the video recording and the audio-textual description. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260483 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR RECORDING MULTI-DIMENSIONAL AUDIO - Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems, methods, and apparatus for recording three dimensional audio. According to an example embodiment of the invention, the method may include orienting a three-dimensional (3-D) microphone with respect to a predetermined spatial direction, selectively receiving sounds from one or more directions corresponding to directional receiving elements, recording the selectively received sounds in a 3-D recorder having a plurality of recording channels, recording time code in at least one channel of the 3-D recorder; and mapping the recorded channels to a plurality of output channels. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260484 | PLAYBACK APPARATUS, PLAYBACK METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A playback apparatus includes a first deciding unit configured to decode the stream of a Base view video and the stream of a Dependent view video, a second decoding unit configured to decode the graphic stream of a Base view and the graphic stream of a Dependent view, and a synthesizing unit configured to generate a first synthesizing plane by synthesizing a plane of the Base view video obtained based on the decoding result and a plane of Base view graphics obtained based on the decoding result and to generate a second synthesizing plane by synthesizing a plane of the Dependent view video obtained based on the decoding result and a plane of Dependent view graphics obtained based on the decoding result. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260485 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, REPRODUCING APPARATUS, REPRODUCING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a controller that sets type information, which represents that an application for executing a process using a dependent view video stream is an application for reproducing a 3-D image, in a clip information file which describes information on a transport stream including the dependent view video stream out of a base view video stream and the dependent view video stream obtained by encoding a plurality of video data according to the a predetermined video coding format. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260486 | Apparatus, System and Method for Recording a Multi-View Video and Processing Pictures, and Decoding Method - An apparatus, a system, and a method for recording a multi-view video and processing pictures, and a decoding method are disclosed. The apparatus for recording a multi-view video and processing pictures includes a video recording unit, a collecting unit, a selecting unit, and an encoding unit, which are connected in sequence. The video recording unit is configured to record a video including recording a multi-view video, and output 3D video data. The collecting unit is configured to collect 3D video data output by the video recording unit. The selecting unit is configured to select at least one channel of data among the 3D video data. The encoding unit is configured to encode data including encoding the 3D video data selected by the selecting unit. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260487 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEARCHING REPLAY DATA - A method for use with a computer simulation includes generating metadata that corresponds to replay data, and storing the generated metadata in a searchable text file. The replay data is generated in response to an execution of the computer simulation, and the metadata includes textual descriptions of one or more events that occurred during the execution of the computer simulation. A computer-readable storage medium stores a computer program for use with a computer simulation, and an apparatus includes a processor based system. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260488 | OPTICAL DISC DEVICE, VIDEO REPRODUCING APPARATUS, SERVER, CAR NAVIGATION SYSTEM USING THE OPTICAL DISC DEVICE, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND RECORDING/REPRODUCING METHOD - An optical disc device is provided with an optical head ( | 2010-10-14 |
20100260489 | RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK DEVICE, PROGRAM, PLAYBACK METHOD, AND RECORDING METHOD - Recorded on the recording medium (BD-ROM) is an AV stream that is obtained by multiplexing a video stream and one or more audio streams. MOVIE objects are scenarios showing playback procedures of video data described using playback device-oriented commands. In addition to the MOVIE objects, enhanced-mode scenarios (Java and WebPage objects) are also recorded on the recording medium. These enhanced-mode scenarios, each of which is described in the Java language or a markup language, show control procedures with respect to playback devices. The Java and WebPage objects are capable of taking over register setting values set by MOVIE objects, and extracting parts of video data played by MOVIE objects. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260490 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR HEATING BUILDINGS HAVING AN INFRARED HEATING SYSTEM - A method and a configuration for heating buildings has an infrared heating system containing a radiant tube disposed in a first building, particularly in a hall, to which a gas heated by a furnace is supplied at a first end. A second end of the radiant tube is in a flow connection with a heat exchanger that is subjected to the heated gas after the gas leaves the radiant tube. A radiator or tap water dispenser is disposed in a second building that is connected to the heat exchanger via lines in order to emit the thermal energy absorbed by the heat exchanger in the second building in the form of convection heat or heated tap water. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260491 | PORTABLE VAPORIZING DISPENSER - A vaporizing dispenser comprising a user-activatable chemical reaction heat source and a volatile compound inside a container such that convection currents from the activated heat source volatilize the volatile compound and carry it out of the container. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260492 | IMAGE STABILIZER AND CAMERA MODULE HAVING SAME - An exemplary image stabilizer includes an outer housing, an inner housing, an upper cover and a driving assembly. The inner housing is moveably received in the outer housing. The upper cover is fixedly mounted on the inner housing and moveably supported by the outer housing. The driving assembly includes a first magnetic member and a second magnetic member. The first magnetic member is positioned on the inner housing. The second magnetic member is positioned on the outer housing. The driving assembly is configured for driving the inner housing and the upper cover to move relative to the outer housing in a plane substantially perpendicular to a central axis of the outer housing through interaction between the first magnetic member and the second magnetic member. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260493 | IMAGE SHAKE CORRECTION APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A third group barrel | 2010-10-14 |
20100260494 | Curvilinear sensor system - Methods and apparatus for a Curvilinear Sensor System are disclosed. The present invention includes a wide variety of generally curved, aspheric or non-planar arrangement of sensors and their equivalents. The curvilinear surfaces, edges or boundaries that define the geometry of the present invention may be continuous, or may be collections or aggregations of many small linear, planar or other segments which are able to approximate a curved line or surface. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260495 | ON-BOARD CAMERA - An on-board camera is disposed, behind a neighboring member that is located above a steering column, on the steering column that can move forward at the time of a collision of a vehicle in which the on-board camera is installed. The on-board camera includes: a camera portion; and a support mechanism. The support mechanism supports the camera portion in such a manner that the camera portion can move in a direction away from the neighboring member when the neighboring member and the camera portion are brought into contact with each other because of a forward movement of the steering column at the time of the collision. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260496 | OPTICAL NETWORK WITH SHARED LASER ARRAY - Method and apparatus for operating for operating an optical network including a shared laser array are disclosed. An example apparatus includes include a first plurality of N lasers. Each laser of the first plurality of N lasers is configured to output a respective optical seed signal having a respective wavelength. The example apparatus further includes a first optical coupler coupled with the first plurality of N lasers. In the example embodiment, the first optical coupler is configured to multiplex the respective optical seed signals of the first plurality of N lasers onto a plurality of N optical fibers. In this example, each optical fiber of first plurality of N optical fibers transmits each of the respective optical seed signals produced by the plurality of N lasers to a respective distribution node for distribution to N respective optical network units, where the optical network units use the optical seed signals to seed respective optical transmitters located at the N optical network units. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260497 | METHOD OF SAVING POWER IN OPTICAL ACCESS NETWORK - Provided is a method of reducing power consumption of an optical access network (OAN) as much as possible by configuring an optical line terminal (OLT) and optical network terminals (ONTs) in the OAN to support a maximum power-saving mode. According to the method, upon the application of power, an ONT operates normally in an activation mode. The ONT then determines whether the requirements for switching from activation mode to power-saving mode are satisfied. If the requirements are satisfied, the ONT transmits a sleep signal to an OLT, which is a message notifying that the ONT will soon switch to power-saving mode. Thereafter, the ONT switches to power-saving mode and cuts off power for all functions except for power for monitoring and controlling external inputs. The ONT then determines whether the requirements for switching from power-saving mode to activation mode are satisfied. If the requirements are satisfied, the ONT transmits a wake-up signal to the OLT and switches to the activation mode for normal operation. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260498 | OPTICAL NETWORK TERMINAL OF THE GIGABIT PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK AND FRAME TREATMENT METHOD OF THE ONT - A gigabit passive optical network (GPON) system for fiber to the home (FTTH) service must provide a down-stream data rate of an optical band to provide IPTV service with hundreds of channels to subscribers, and must be able to provide an upstream data rate of an optical band using a currently available BM-IC chip. A currently available BM-IC chip for a GPON has 1.244 Gbps and 2.488 Gbps modes. Accordingly, an optical network terminal (ONT) for a GPON that is capable of providing a downstream transmission band of 10-Gbps and an upstream transmission band of 1.244 Gbps or 2.488 Gbps, and a method for processing an upstream frame in the terminal, are provided. The GPON ONT can provide 20 Mbps, high-definition IPTV service with 500 channels and can provide both upstream data rates of 1.244 Gbps and 2.488 Gbps according to a user's selection without using an additional device. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260499 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS - There is provided an optical transmission apparatus including: a plurality of wavelength selective switches including input ports, a transmission port, and monitor port used to output a light switched so that the light from the input port is monitored; a multiplexer to combine the lights output from the transmission ports of the plurality of wavelength selective switches; a monitor to monitor whether a same wavelength of the light output from the monitor port exists in wavelengths of the lights combined by the multiplexer; and a controller to control the wavelength selective switch so as to output, from the transmission port, the light switched to the monitor port in case that the same wavelength of the light output from the monitor port is absent in wavelengths of the lights combined by the multiplexer, based on a monitor result by the monitor. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260500 | MULT9-DEGREE WAVELENGTH CROSS-CONNECT USING BIDIRECTIONAL WAVELENGTH SELECTIVE SWITCH - A modular wavelength cross connect node for use in a dense wavelength division multiplexing network exhibiting low cost and improved performance by employing a bidirectional wavelength selective switch in a main optical path and using optical circulators to share any common ports. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260501 | BIDIRECTIONAL WAVELENGTH CROSS CONNECT ARCHITECTURES USING WAVELENGTH ROUTING ELEMENTS - Bidirectional wavelength cross connects include a plurality of ports, each configured to receive an input optical signals, each input optical signal having a plurality of spectral bands. At least one of the plurality of ports is disposed to simultaneously transmit an output optical signal having at least one of the spectral bands. A plurality of wavelength routing elements are configured to selectively route input optical signal spectral bands to output optical signals. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260502 | TRANSMITTER OF MULTIMEDIA DATA - Disclosed is a multimedia data transmitter that can transmit multimedia data such as image, voice and control signal whose media are different from each other through an optical transmission medium such as plastic or glass optical cables to a short or long distance area. The multimedia data transmitter includes: a digital signal processing logic, converting multimedia data transmitted in different transmission formats into data of a single transmission format, converting parallel image data into serial image data; an interface control logic, generating a control signal for transmission of the data converted by the digital signal processing logic, interfacing interface data; an optical driver, performing optical transmission of the serial data generated by the digital signal processing logic according to the control signal generated by the interface control logic, processing an optical-to-electrical converted signal. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260503 | Free Space Optical Connector - A Free Space Optics (FSO) connector is provided with a method for interfacing to an electronic circuit card electrical connector via the FSO connector. The method transceives electrical signals via an electronic circuit card electrical connector. Using an FSO connector, the method converts between electrical signals and optical signals, and transceives optical signals via free space. In one aspect, the optical signals are initially received via free space along a first axis, and reflected along a second axis. Further, the optical signals may be initially transmitted along the second axis and reflected into free space along the first axis. In another aspect, the optical signals are transceived in a plurality of directions in free space. For example, optical signals may be transmitted and received in four mutually-orthogonal axes. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260504 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - An optical transmission system includes an optical transmitter that includes first and second light sources, first and second phase modulators respectively modulating light from the first and the second light sources, and a polarized beam combiner combining the light output from the first and the second phase modulators to output an optical signal; and an optical receiver that includes a local oscillator, a polarization beam splitter splitting, according to polarization, the optical signal transmitted from the optical transmitter, and first and second digital coherent receivers corresponding to the first and the second phase modulators, and including a frontend that mixes light from the local oscillator and the polarization-split optical signal to output an electrical signal of real and imaginary parts, an analog-digital converting unit converting the electrical signal to a digital signal, and a digital signal processing unit estimating phase of the digital signal and extracting a signal. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260505 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING MULTILEVEL CODED OPTICAL SIGNALS - A simple and effective all-optical system, producing a multilevel coded optical signal based on the M-ASK technology and by the minimized equipment. The novel all-optical modulation technique for optical M-ASK generation is based on nonlinear interaction between optical signals, say between N 2-ASK modulated pump signals having extinction ratio ER | 2010-10-14 |
20100260506 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is provided with an image forming station for forming an image, a display unit for displaying specified information, a mode changing section for switching a mode of the image forming apparatus between a first mode for waiting on standby with first power consumption and a second mode for waiting on standby with second power consumption lower than the first power consumption, a determining section for determining whether or not an image can be formed after the mode is switched from the second mode to the first mode, a starting section for starting the display unit when the determining section determines that no image can be formed, and a notifying section for displaying on the display unit information to the effect that no image can be formed. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260507 | DEVELOPING APPARATUS - In the present invention, for a developing apparatus provided with a sensor for detecting the toner density of a developer, retention of the developer near the sensor face can be suppressed by increasing the force with which the developer present near the sensor face is carried in a shaft direction of a stirring/carrying member. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260508 | FIXING DEVICE WHICH DETECTS ANOMALY OF HEATER - A fixing device shifts to the anomaly detection mode in arbitrary timing except during printing. In the anomaly detection mode, a first heat generation member and a second heat generation member are off and only a third heat generation member is turned on for a predetermined time. A quantity of temperature change in a fixing member during that time is detected by a first temperature detection member or a second temperature detection member. When the quantity of temperature change is within a predetermined range, it is determined that the third heat generation member is normal. In inspecting whether the third heat generation member is normal or not, when the temperature of the fixing member is in the area exceeding T1° C. where the temperature rise gradient of the fixing member is gentler, the inspection is skipped. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260509 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - There is provided a photoreceptor cleanerless image forming apparatus capable of decreasing color mixture or an exposure error due to reverse transfer toner or untransferred toner. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260510 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing device includes a developer supporting member for supplying developer to an image supporting member; a developer supplying member for supplying developer to the developer supporting member; and a stirring member disposed to be freely rotatable. The stirring member includes a free end portion arranged to contact with the developer supplying member and a stirring section for stirring developer when the stirring member rotates. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260511 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present invention is directed to clean a collecting member without making toner on the collecting member enter a developing device and to reduce deterioration in throughput accompanying the operation of cleaning the collecting member with a simple configuration. A control unit is provided that executes cleaning operation of transferring toner collected by a cleaning roller to a conveyance belt via a photosensitive drum and collecting the toner by a cleaning device. In the cleaning operation, the control unit develops at least a surface part to which the toner is transferred from the cleaning roller, in the surface portion of the photosensitive drum with the toner by the developing device. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260512 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier which moves while carrying an image and a transfer roller including a roller base material which faces the image carrier and rotates. A concave portion is positioned on a peripheral surface of the roller base material. A grip unit on the concave portion grips a recording medium. An elastic layer is disposed on a peripheral surface of the roller base material. The transfer roller grips a recording medium by the grip unit when the concave portion faces the image carrier and passes the recording medium through a nip between the image carrier and the elastic layer when facing each other so that the image carried on the image carrier is transferred on the recording medium. A roller driving unit rotates the roller base material. A control unit controls the roller driving unit to adjust a timing for forming the nip. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260513 | Temperature Control Unit For Electrophotographic Photoconductor Substrate - There is provided a temperature control unit for an electrophotographic photoconductor substrate, containing a stretchable membrane member which is detachably disposed in a hollow space of the cylindrical substrate, wherein the membrane member is configured to sequentially stretch until reaching the deepest part of the hollow space of the cylindrical substrate as a result of an introduction of a refrigerant therein to closely contact with an entire inner wall of the cylindrical substrate, and to sequentially shrink to the original shape thereof as a result of a release of the refrigerant therefrom, so that the membrane member is detachably disposed in the hollow space, and wherein the membrane member is configured to make a heat transfer between a surface of the cylindrical substrate and the refrigerant via the membrane member closely contacted with the inner surface of the cylindrical substrate, to control a surface temperature of the cylindrical substrate. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260514 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - An image forming device includes a carrying device configured to carry a recording sheet in a predetermined carrying direction, and a plurality of image forming units that are arranged along the carrying direction and that are in contact with the carrying device. All of the image forming units are configured to be separable from the carrying device when one of the image forming units is detached from the carrying device. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260515 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - An electrophotographic image forming apparatus, including a photoreceptor, a charger charging the surface of the photoreceptor, an irradiator irradiating the surface of the photoreceptor with imagewise light to form an electrostatic latent image thereon, an image developer developing the electrostatic latent image with a developer including a toner to form a toner image on the surface of the photoreceptor, and a transferer transferring the toner image onto a transfer material, wherein the photoreceptor includes an electroconductive substrate, and a photosensitive layer overlying the electroconductive substrate and including a charge generation material and a specific charge transport material. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260516 | Process Cartridge, Main Body Cartridge, Image Carrier Body Cartridge, Developing Cartridge, Toner Cartridge, and Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus is provided which can be switched between states in which a developing roller is attached to an image carrier body by applying a pressing force to a developing cartridge and a state in which the developing roller can be released from attachment from the image carrier body. When an operation part of a toner cartridge is arranged at an installation position a pressing force can be applied to a developing cartridge by protruding parts fitting with spring parts, and a developing roller can be attached to a photoconductor drum by the applied pressure. When the operation part is arranged at a removal position, the fitting can be undone, causing the applied pressure to be released. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260517 | Electrophotographic Photosensitive Body and Image Forming Device Having an Electrophotographic Photosensitive Body - A negative charging electrophotographic photosensitive body has a base, a photoconductive layer made of an amorphous silicon compound and formed amorphous silicon compound and formed on the base, a charge injection blocking layer formed on the photoconductive layer, and a surface layer formed on the charge injection blocking layer. The charge injection blocking layer contains at least one element selected from a group of N, O, and C and a group-13 element. The optical absorption coefficient of the charge injection blocking layer is smaller than that of the photoconductive layer, and the difference between the refractive index of the photoconductive layer and that of the charge injection blocking layer is greater than 0 and less than 0.9. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260518 | PHOTOSENSITIVE-MEMBER UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A pressing member applies a pressing force to a trailing end in a direction which intersects a predetermined reference direction, allowing the pressing force to have both a first component in the predetermined reference direction and a second component perpendicular to the predetermined reference direction. A trailing end is pressed in the predetermined reference direction by the first component. In the mounted state, the leading end is in contact with the reference member at two contact surfaces including a first contact surface and a second contact surface. The first contact surface defines a first positioning direction being perpendicular to the first contact surface and intersecting the predetermined reference direction. The second contact surface defines a second positioning direction being perpendicular to the second contact surface and intersecting both the predetermined reference direction and the first positioning direction, allowing the photosensitive-member unit to be positioned with respect to the main body. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260519 | TRANSFER DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A transfer device includes an image carrier that carries an image and a transfer roller having a recessed section, a transfer medium gripping member that is disposed in the recessed section and grips a transfer medium, and an elastic member that forms a transfer nip by abutting upon the image carrier, the transfer roller transferring the image carried by the image carrier to the transfer medium by abutting upon the image carrier. The transfer medium gripping member grips the transfer medium when the recessed section moves to a position of the transfer nip and the image carrier and the transfer roller do not contact to each other. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260520 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus, including: an image carrier for carrying an image; a transfer roller including a holder member that holds a transfer material, a groove portion in which the holder member is disposed, and an elastic member disposed over the transfer roller except a portion where the groove portion is disposed, the elastic member of the transfer roller is pressed onto the image carrier to transfer an image from the image carrier onto the transfer material; and
| 2010-10-14 |
20100260521 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is an image forming apparatus, including: a first image bearing member; a first transfer member that comes into contact with the intermediate transfer member; a colored toner image forming portion; a second image bearing member; a second transfer member; and a transparent toner image forming portion for forming the transparent toner image wherein the transparent toner image forming portion is provided on an upstream side with respect to the colored toner image forming portion in a movement direction of the intermediate transfer member, and a distance between a most upstream end of the second contact area and the second transfer member in a rotation direction is larger than a distance between a most upstream end of the first contact area and the first transfer member in a rotation direction. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260522 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier which carries an image and a transfer roller including a roller base material which faces the image carrier and rotates. A concave portion is positioned on a peripheral surface of the roller base material. A grip unit on the concave portion grips a recording medium. An elastic layer is disposed on a peripheral surface of the roller base material. The transfer roller passes the recording medium through a nip between the image carrier and the elastic layer which comes into contact with the image carrier via the image carrier and the recording medium to transfer the image carried on the image carrier onto the recording medium. A roller driving unit rotates the roller base material. A control unit controls the roller driving unit and causes the concave portion to face the image carrier to stop the transfer roller. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260523 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus for forming an unfixed toner image on a sheet includes a fixing unit including a fixing roller, a back-up member for cooperating with the fixing roller to form a nip therebetween, and a rotatable heating member contactable to a surface of the fixing roller to heat the fixing roller; wherein the sheet is outputted from the apparatus after the unfixed toner image is fixed on the sheet, wherein the apparatus is operable in a cleaning mode for cleaning the fixing unit, wherein when the cleaning mode is selected, a predetermined unfixed toner image is formed on the sheet, and the sheet is fed to the fixing unit, and the toner is transferred from the sheet onto the fixing roller in the fixing nip, and then the toner transferred onto the fixing roller is brought into contact to the heating member, and thereafter, the toner on the fixing roller is transferred onto the sheet in the fixing nip. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260524 | FUSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fusing apparatus for fusing a toner image onto a recording medium using heat and pressure includes a fusing roller; an endless pressing belt disposed opposite the fusing roller; and a pressing member for pressing the endless pressing belt onto the fusing roller. A recording medium with a transferred toner image is passed through a fusing nip between the fusing roller and the pressing belt. The fusing roller includes positive and negative crown portions along the axial direction. The pressing member includes convex and concave surface portions along the longitudinal direction. When the pressing member is pressed onto the fusing roller, the positive and negative crown portions of the fusing roller are engaged with the concave and convex surface portions, respectively, of the pressing member. The pressing member exerts a greater pressing force on the fusing roller at a central portion than at an end portion. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260525 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Plural main cores and plural sub-cores are arranged spaced apart from each other along a direction orthogonal to a rotating direction of a heat belt. The plural main cores are opposed to a first area where a sheet having first width in the heat belt passes. The plural sub-cores are opposed to second areas that are areas excluding the first area in an area where the sheet having second width larger than the first width in the heat belt passes. The plural sub-cores have thickness in the direction orthogonal to the rotating direction of the heat belt smaller than the thickness of the plural main cores. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260526 | HEATING MEMBER INCLUDING RESISTIVE HEATING LAYER AND FUSING DEVICE COMPRISING THE HEATING MEMBER - A heating member includes a weight supporter having an outer circumference, and a resistive heating disposed on the outer circumference of the weight supporter. The resistive heating layer includes a conductive filler dispersed in a base material. A pair of electrodes extends along a length direction of a rotational axis of the weight supporter and is arranged along a circumference of the weight supporter for supplying electric power to the resistive heating layer. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260527 | PRINT LINE MANAGEMENT FOR CUT SHEET PRINTERS - Multi-colorant and monochromatic digital image print lines are connected to operate sequentially from a single sheet feeder in a first mode and switchable to operate independently from separate feeders in a second mode. The print lines may include sets of monochromatic and multi-colorant marking engines. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260528 | PRINTING DEVICE - A printing device loads a tape cassette including a label, a tape transfer roller, and a shaft hole, and the printing device includes a first synthetic resin support shaft that is fitted in the shaft hole to support the tape transfer roller, a synthetic resin frame that anchors a lower part of the first support shaft, a second synthetic resin support shaft that stands on the frame on the opposite side of the first support shaft, a first gear that is provided on the second support shaft to be rotated by driving power from a motor in the printing device, a second gear that engages with the first gear and biased toward the first gear, and a press roller that includes the second gear, rotates, and is biased toward the first support shaft to hold the label between itself and the tape transfer roller and to discharge the label. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260529 | TENSIONING PRINT MEDIA - A method of tensioning multiple webs of print media for a web printer is presented. The method comprises the steps of: feeding each print media web through a print media feeding path of the web printer; and attaching one or more tensioning weights to each print media web so as to impart a tension in each print media web. The total weight value of the one or more tensioning weights attached to each web of print media is substantially the same so that the tension imparted in each print media web is substantially equal. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260530 | APPARATUS FOR DISPENSING VISCOUS FLUID, AND TOOL AND METHOD FOR DISPENSING DRYWALL JOINT COMPOUND - Apparatuses for dispensing viscous fluids, tools for dispensing drywall joint compound, and methods. Embodiments include a chamber containing the fluid or compound, a discharge head, and a valve that is normally closed and opens in response to a force applied by pressing the tool against the drywall. Embodiments include a stopper linked to the nozzle, and when the nozzle is moved, the stopper moves from blocking an orifice, to not blocking the orifice. Chambers include a pressure plate, two side plates, a back plate, and a radius plate, and at least one spring or spring hinge that applies a force on the pressure plate. A torsion spring may be substantially concentric with the pivot point. Certain methods obtain or provide a source of pressurized drywall joint compound, an attachment feature, a valve, an enclosed passageway, and a linkage from the attachment feature to the valve. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260531 | APPLICATION SYSTEM - An application system is disclosed, e.g., for the application of a sealing, adhesive or other coating material having a high viscosity, for example, on vehicle bodies. An exemplary application system may include an application robot fitted with an applicator having at least one application nozzle for the coating material, and a dosing device for general dosing of the coating material applied by the application nozzle, as may be desired. An exemplary dosing device may include a screw pump or a spiral pump that is built into or onto the applicator, or into or onto a robot arm of the displacement machine. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260532 | NAIL POLISH CONTAINER - A nail polish container includes an outer barrel having a dispense nozzle and a detachable refill container. The dispense nozzle includes a brush and a dispense tube seat mounted therein. The refill container contains therein a liquid content and has a top mouth receiving therein a volume-regulating valve seat and a tubular sleeve. When the refill container is fit into the outer barrel, a dispense tube of the dispense tube seat is inserted into the valve seat, whereby depression of the refill container may cause the valve to open to allow the nail polish contained in the refill container to flow, in a volume-regulated manner, to the brush for performing application of the nail polish. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260533 | HAND-WRITING INPUT DEVICE AND HAND-WRITING INPUT SYSTEM - A hand-writing input device includes a penholder, a writing head and an infrared light source. The penholder includes a writing end and an opposite top end. The writing head is arranged on the writing end. The writing head is capable of leaving color distinguishable traces on an object. The infrared light source is positioned on the writing end of the penholder adjacent to the writing head. The present invention also relates to a hand-writing input system using the hand-writing input device. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260534 | WRITING KIT WITH PLASTIC SHEETS - A writing kit including a plastic sheet, a binding and a case with a closing element to hold the plastic sheet in the case. The case has at least one hole at a center portion of the case and the sheet has at least one hole in the sheet. A binding comprising a flexible cord is laced through the hole in the sheet and the case and a clasp slidingly engages the cord. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260535 | Vertical Doucment Holder - The present invention comprises a document holder for placement on a vertical surface, comprising a backplate and a ring binder mechanism anchored to the backplate using standard anchoring means, the backplate having a surface area at least twice the size of the ring binder mechanism to provide sufficient leverage for the document holder to be placed on a vertical surface utilizing means other than nails or screws, and that do not damage the vertical surface, including by means of tacks or pushpins, adhesive strips, magnetic backing, or hook and loop-type fasteners (Velco®). | 2010-10-14 |
20100260536 | PLAYPEN HUB ASSEMBLY AND PLAYPEN USING THE SAME - A linking device is configured at the bottom of a playpen. Two of the bottom pipes at opposite side pivot to a base seat and further pivot to the linking device, which is engaged by a locking device so that the bottom pipes and the linking device are secured at an unfolding position. To fold the hub assembly, using a strap or by pushing the locking device directly pivots the locking device to disengage from the linking device and the bottom pipes may rotate to a folding position. To restore the hub assembly to the unfolding position, the linking device can be pressed to push an inclined surface of the locking device to impart a force to the locking device to pivot the locking device until the linking device snaps to engage the locking device, so the hub assembly is secured at the unfolding position again. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260537 | CONNECTING STRUCTURE FOR SWIVEL SHAFTS - A connecting structure for a first swivel shaft and a second swivel shaft includes a connecting plug, a connecting socket, and positioning members. The connecting plug extends from an end of the first swivel shaft and includes an extending portion having engaging surfaces. The connecting socket is formed on an end of the second swivel shaft and defines a receiving hole receiving the extending portion of the connecting plug. The positioning members are positioned in the inner surface of the receiving hole. Each of the positioning members includes a resisting point abutting one engaging surface of the extending portion such that the extending portion of the connecting plug is non-rotatable relative to the connecting socket. Projections of the resisting points of the positioning members form a circle concentric with the second swivel shaft on a plane perpendicular to the axis of the second swivel shaft. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260538 | JOINT AND/OR BEARING ARRANGEMENT - A joint and/or bearing arrangement with a joint pin whose head area can move relative to a receiving shell or housing unit, the joint pin being enclosed over at least part of its length by a surrounding sealing sleeve which, at its end axially remote from the head area is in direct or indirect sealing contact with the joint pin and for this comprises a clamping ring radially on the inside, is designed such that associated with the sealing sleeve in the area of its contact against the joint pin a second ring is positioned radially farther out, at least approximately parallel to the first clamping ring and with an axial extension component, which is connected by a radial connector to the first clamping ring to form a receiving unit of portal-shaped cross-section for an axial end area of the sealing sleeve. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260539 | Fixing Structure of Work Machine - In the conventional connection and fixture part between a working vehicle and an excavator, a connection pin is made to contact a guide plate to be fixed in position, thereby requiring a high rigidity of the guide plate, accuracy of recreation of positioning of the connection pin, and high cost for manufacturing the guide plate. Thus, guide plate | 2010-10-14 |
20100260540 | Connection System for Tubular Members - A tubular connector system is disclosed for joining two pipe ends. In one form, the pipe ends are joined without the necessity of rotating the pipe ends. A special coupling has opposing tapered ends. Each of the tapered ends slopes inwardly from an inner extent to an outer extent thereof to thereby form a respective mouth opening of the body. Each tapered end of the coupling has a specially contoured surface which is made up of a series of alternating helical spline wedges. The wedges are oppositely tapered from an inner extent to an outer extent thereof, whereby the helical spline wedges form an alternating series of lands and grooves on the body as viewed from the respective mouth openings. The two opposing pipe ends have mating engagement surfaces which engage and mate with the contoured surfaces of the coupling as one pipe end is pushed toward the other during assembly. In another form, the pipe ends are joined with only a slight rotation of the pipe ends. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260541 | Coupling device with the option of moving longitudinally - The invention relates to a coupling device ( | 2010-10-14 |
20100260542 | Shaft Bearing Attachment System - A mounting system is disclosed for mounting a bearing assembly or other mechanical element to a shaft. The mounting system uses a tapered sleeve mechanism to secure the bearing assembly on the shaft. Specifically, a plurality of screws point load the tapered sleeve and drive it from a pre-assembled position to an initial position. Once the initial position has been reached a plurality of fasteners then drive the sleeve from the initial position to a final position. The difference between the initial position and final position determined by the width of a removable spacer used in the mounting system. The system also incorporates a jack screw mechanism used to dismount the bearing assembly from the shaft. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260543 | CONNECTING MECHANISM - A method for connecting at least a first component ( | 2010-10-14 |
20100260544 | Combination of Bicycle Rear Wheel Hub and Sprocket Set - A connection tube of bicycle rear wheel hub includes a connection portion and an engaging portion one two ends of the connection tube, the connection portion is connected to the bicycle rear wheel hub. The engaging portion is a hollow tube and four elongate driving ribs extend radially from an outer periphery of the engaging portion. Each driving rib includes a driving surface and an inclined surface on two sides thereof. The driving surface is perpendicular to the outer periphery of the engaging portion. A positioning rib extends radially from an outer periphery of the engaging portion and is located between two driving ribs. Only the driving surface contacts the engaging ribs of the sprocket set. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260545 | PAVING SYSTEM FOR MECHANICALLY PAVING WITH IRREGULAR PAVING STONES - Paving system for mechanically paving with irregular paving stones, the paving system comprising a pre-ordering part ( | 2010-10-14 |
20100260546 | SUBSURFACE DRAINAGE SYSTEM AND DRAIN STRUCTURE THEREFOR - A subsurface drainage assembly for directing fluid drainage from a surface is disclosed. The subsurface drainage assembly includes a plurality of drain structure panels that include a plurality of spaced apart tubular support members arranged to define a unit having a plurality of side edges, the tubular support members having a first end, a second end, and a sidewall extending there between. The drain structure panels further include at least one strut extending from each support member to another support member to latterly support the tubular support members. An anchor plate is positioned between at least two tubular support members. The anchor plate has an aperture formed there through sized and configured to receive a ground anchoring member for securing the drain structure panel to a ground surface. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260547 | Method For Injecting Surface Water Into The Ground - A method and pumping/drainage channel member for injecting surface water into the soil beneath a ground area includes drilling a series of holes and inserting an elongated pumping/drainage members into each hole extending downwardly into the soil. The pumping/drainage channel members comprise a cluster of integrally joined channel features each formed with a lengthwise extending slot opening. Surface water flows to the pumping/drainage member, enters the channels and drains down the pumping/drainage members to enhance water movement down into the soil to reduce runoff and help to recharge acquifers. Longer members may be installed between shorter members in a pattern to achieve more rapid injection of water deep into the subsoil. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260548 | RECONFIGURABLE OBSTACLE SYSTEM FOR A RIVER CHANNEL - Disclosed is a reconfigurable obstacle system for a river channel in a river park. Each obstacle assembly includes a plurality of obstacles. Obstacles may include a hollow structural box, a strut channel frame and a plurality of connectors that cooperate to divert water when installed in a river channel. A plurality of connectors pass through the hollow structural box when holding the obstacle in position. The obstacle assemblies can be reconfigured as desired, e.g. increase amplitude of a wave, speed up water flow, change depth, etc. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260549 | WATER-SAVING LOCK CONFIGURATIONS AND OPERATIONS - A two-lane ship lock having center-wall tanks that hold water drained from one lane for use in filling the second lane as the unit is operated. The method reduces transit water-use where a lock connects a waterway to a sea with large daily tides by capturing seawater in a lagoon at high tide for use at start of chamber refilling during lower tides. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260550 | Beaver be gone - A support that prevents beavers and other animals from constructing dams which block culverts associated with ponds and streams. The support includes a rectangular floating device covered with solar electrically charged mesh wire. The support is anchored so as to be able to rise and fall as the level of the waters rise and fall. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260551 | Bendable Pre-Insulated Pipeline Assembly - This invention relates to a pipeline assembly especially for offshore installation comprising an inner carrier pipe, a casing and at least one closed-cell and/or solid thermal insulation material layer placed in between the casing and the inner carrier pipe, and the at least one insulation layer being directly or indirectly bonded to at least the casing and the inner carrier pipe. The pipeline assembly has improved bending properties which is achieved as the insulation material layer comprises at least one slit substantially transversely to the longitudinal direction of the pipeline assembly. The slit can be applied as a helical or circumferential cut, enabling the pipeline assembly to be rolled onto a reel or spool which greatly improves the pipeline assembly installation process. Methods of improving the bending properties of such a pipeline assembly are also described. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260552 | VESSEL FOR LAYING A PIPELINE AND COMPRISING AN A & R MEANS | 2010-10-14 |
20100260553 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SURVEY OF SEA FLOOR - A method and a device are described for survey of an ocean floor, and also cables and the like on the ocean floor in ocean areas with strong currents, as a submersible survey platform ( | 2010-10-14 |
20100260554 | HEAVE PLATE ON FLOATING OFFSHORE STRUCTURE - A floating offshore structure having a buoyant hull with an open truss frame having heave plates vertically spaced along the truss frame. One or more of the heave plates include a skirt plate that is attached around the outer perimeter of the heave plate and increases the effectiveness of the heave plate at trapping water mass between the heave plates for reducing heave motions of the floating offshore structure. A skirt plate is attached to one or more heave plates at essentially a right angle to the heave plate. The skirt plate may extend beyond the upper and lower surfaces of the heave plate or be positioned so as to be flush with the one surface of the heave plate and extend only beyond the opposite surface of the heave plate. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260555 | CANTILEVER SKIDDING SYSTEM ON A DRILLING RIG - The present invention provides an improved cantilever ( | 2010-10-14 |
20100260556 | Ram Style Tensioner with Fixed Conductor and Floating Frame - A riser tensioner for an offshore floating platform has a frame stationarily mounted to the upper portion of the riser. Pistons and cylinders are spaced circumferentially around the riser and connected between the frame and the floating platform. A tubular guide member is mounted to the floating platform for movement in unison in response to waves and currents. The riser extends through the guide member. A guide roller support is mounted to and extends downward from the frame around the guide member. At least one set of guide rollers is mounted to the guide roller support in rolling engagement with the guide member as the guide member moves in unison with the platform. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260557 | ROCK ANCHOR - The invention relates to a rock anchor including an elongate, hydraulically inflatable anchor tube made of a ductile material and defining a closed leading end, a trailing end, and a tube cavity extending between the ends. The rock anchor of the invention includes an end cap on a trailing end of the tube, defining a feed aperture in communication with the tube cavity for pressure feeding a liquid substance into the tube cavity for inflating the tube. The end cap includes pressure indicator means configured for indicating when, as a result of pressure feeding of a liquid substance into the tube cavity, a predetermined installation pressure is reached in the tube cavity. The pressure indicator means typically includes a pressure indicator formation displaceable under pressure in the tube cavity, with such displacement being visible from the outside of the end cap. | 2010-10-14 |