43rd week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 5 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20080257076 | Method and Apparatus for Adapting a Monitoring Device of a Control Unit for a Restraint System of a Motor Vehicle - A method for adapting a monitoring device of a control unit for a restraint system of a motor vehicle, having a redundant detection device and a triggering unit, having the method steps of: providing a first definable threshold value as a timing pattern for the monitoring device in a first operating range of the motor vehicle; detecting at least a second operating range of the motor vehicle by way of the redundant detection device at a first point in time; and transferring data from the redundant detection device to the monitoring device in order to adapt the monitoring device by utilizing at least one second definable threshold value in the second operating range of the motor vehicle, and an apparatus therefor. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257077 | Electric Starter Motor with Idle Gear - A helical spline section | 2008-10-23 |
20080257078 | Two-Speed PTO Stub Shaft Exchange Improvements - A power take-off assembly for a work vehicle including an improved power take-off shaft for installation and removal. The power take off shaft is extended and a cut out section on the first end of the shaft is provided to engage an extended portion of a spring loaded mechanism. Once the cut out section securely fits over the extended portion, the spring loaded mechanism is prevented from axially moving in a rightward direction, thus enabling the spring to hold the gear collar in place to engage the high speed gear. The PTO stub shaft has an extended end with protruding shoulders which serve to capture the snap ring between the stub shaft and the output shaft so that when the stub is moved axially the shoulders will pull the snap ring into the groove on the output shaft which securely fastens the stub shaft. A cut-out section on the front end surface of the output shaft is also provided to allow clearance for the tool to squeeze the snap ring tabs during installation and removal. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257079 | INERTIAL PROPULSION DEVICE - The present invention relates to a propulsion device including a housing, a rotation drive unit provided with an unbalanced weight, a control reverse unit for controlling reverse of the unbalanced weight, and at least one gyroscope made as a high speed rotating cylindrical body. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257080 | Linear Motion Assembly With Monitoring System and Method of Monitoring - A linear motion assembly comprising a first body arranged for operable communication with a second body for translation of the first body and the second body relative to one another. At least one of the two bodies carries a sensor that detects and monitors information related to performance-indicating characteristics of the assembly. A control module is arranged in communication with the sensor and monitors at least one performance-indicating characteristic of the linear motion assembly by monitoring corresponding signals received from the sensor. The control module also detects and provides an indication of a discrepancy in the performance-indicating characteristic. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257081 | TELESCOPIC ACTUATOR - A telescopic actuator includes a motor, an input flange rotated by the motor, a male screw member coupled to the input flange, a female screw member threadedly engaged with the male screw member, an output rod coupled to the female screw member, the output rod being moved in an axial direction thereof to output a thrust force when the input flange is rotated, and a housing inside which the male screw member and the female screw member are accommodated. The input flange is supported by the housing such that a relative movement of the input flange with respect to the housing is allowed in a radial direction but restricted in the axial direction. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257082 | Ball screw with a changeable oil-storage unit - A ball screw with a changeable oil-storage unit comprises: a screw shaft, a nut mounted on the screw shaft, a plurality of rolling elements, the nut defined with oil filler hole; an oil-storage unit having an oil feeding hole and an oil-storage space; a connector having a through hole and two connecting portions for mating with the oil filler hole of the nut and the oil feeding hole of the oil-storage space, respectively; one of the connecting portions has a tongue and groove arrangement, so that the through hole of the connector is connected to the oil filler hole of the nut and the oil feeding hole of the oil-storage space, forming an oil route that is used to provide lubricating oil for the ball screw. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257083 | Driving device having suitable stationary member as material - A driving device includes an electro-mechanical transducer having first and second end portions opposite to each other in an expansion/contraction direction, a stationary member coupled to the first end portion of the electro-mechanical transducer, a vibration friction portion mounted to the second end portion of the electro-mechanical transducer, and a rod-shaped moving portion frictionally coupled to the vibration friction portion, whereby moving the moving portion in the expansion/contraction direction of the electro-mechanical transducer. The stationary member consists essentially of a base alloy which consists of, by weight, 88 to 97% tungsten, 2 to 11% nickel as a binder, and, as the balance, 0.1 to 2% at least one metal having an ionization tendency which is higher than that of tungsten. The stationary member has a surface without nickel plating. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257084 | Selector mechanism for dual-clutch transmissions - An embodiment provides a method shifting a multispeed transmission. The multispeed transmission includes multiple gear paths having alternating speed ratios and a plurality of shift members. Each shift member is selectively moveable to engage a speed ratio of the transmission. The method includes directing a shift finger to contact a first shift member, moving the first shift member generally in a first generally orthogonal direction to engage a first gear, and moving the shift finger in a second generally orthogonal direction to an intermediate configuration. The shift finger will not contact a selector rail when moved in the first direction when the shift finger is in the intermediate configuration. The method also includes moving the shift finger generally in the second generally orthogonal direction to a second engaged configuration. The shift finger will contact a second shift member when moved in the first direction when the shift finger is in the second engaged configuration. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257085 | Progressive Gearing - A progressive gear assembly comprises at least one spur gear ( | 2008-10-23 |
20080257086 | Motor Actuator and Opening/Closing Device - In a driving force transmission mechanism in a motor type damper device, when a small AC synchronous motor rotates in one direction and a tooth-missing gear part of a tooth-missing gear engages with the first rack part of a rack member the rack member is moved upward to operate a baffle in an open direction and, when the tooth-missing gear part engages with the second rack part of the rack member, the rack member is moved downward to operate the baffle in a close direction. In this manner, even when the baffle and the rack member are operated in both directions, the tooth-missing gear is required to be rotated in only one direction and the rotation of the small AC synchronous motor is not required to be reversed. Therefore, the structure of a control circuit for the motor type damper device can be simplified. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257087 | Position Feedback Device for an Actuator - A position feedback device for an actuator is mounted on a housing of the actuator is directly driven to rotate by the screw of the actuator, such that the position feedback device can reflect the travel length of the actuator, and the maximum travel length of the actuator that the position feedback device can reflect is also increased, further, the structure of the screw of the actuator for driving the position feedback device is simplified. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257088 | MANUFACTURE AND USE OF PARALLEL ECCENTRIC ELECTRO-MECHANICAL ACTUATOR - A parallel eccentric electro-mechanical actuator provides motive power and includes an electric prime mover that drives the reducer's pinion gear. This pinion drives minimum three star gears with stationary shaft bearings. Each shaft contains an eccentric which are completely in parallel with each other. These eccentrics can be thought of as parallel/in-phase driven crankshafts. Each eccentric drives the parallel eccentric (PE) gear through a bearing. The PE gear exhibits a circular motion (without rotation) which in itself is unbalanced. The crankshafts have another eccentric which create an opposite inertia force to balance that of the PE gear. The PE gear contains an external toothed gear on its periphery. It meshes with the internal teeth of the output ring gear. The relative motion between the PE gear and the ring gear is that the PE gear rolls inside the ring gear. This relative motion is called hypo-cycloidal motion. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257089 | BICYCLE COMPONENT POSITIONING DEVICE - A bicycle component positioning device is basically provided with a fixed structure, an input member and a positioning member. The input member is movably coupled relative to the fixed structure. The input member has a first moving direction and a second moving direction. The positioning member is operatively coupled to the input mechanism to selectively move between a plurality of predetermined positions. The input member and the positioning member are configured and arranged relative to each other such that the positioning member is initially moved by the input member in a direction different from the first and second moving directions in response to movement of the input member both in the first moving direction and in the second moving direction. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257090 | HYBRID HYDRAULIC JOYSTICK FOR ELECTRICALLY OPERATING VALVES - A user input device is provided for a hydraulic system that has a source of pressurized fluid and a tank. The user input device includes a body with a supply passage for receiving the pressurized fluid, a tank passage for connection to the tank, and a first chamber. A handle is pivotally attached to the body and operates one or more valves within the body. In a preferred embodiment, the handle can be pivoted independently about two orthogonal axis with separate pairs of valves operated by movement about each axis. In response to the position of the handle, each valve connects a separate chamber alternately to either the supply passage or the tank passage and different pressure sensor produces an electrical signal indicating a level of pressure in the chamber of each valve. Thus an electrical signal is produced from each valve to indicate motion of the handle. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257091 | Gear Level With Extra Detection - The invention relates to a gear lever ( | 2008-10-23 |
20080257092 | PARALLEL-LINK OPERATIONAL DEVICE - A parallel-link operational device in which links of a link mechanism connecting rotary actuators and a movable member do not protrude outside an area of a base. Six flat rotary actuators driven to control position and posture of the movable member are provided on the base, rotary output shafts of which are disposed radially pointing toward the center of the base. The links fixedly mounted on the rotary output shafts of the actuators are connected by joints to one end of rods, and the other end of the rods are connected to the movable member by joints. An end effector mounted on the movable member is rotated by an actuator for posture control mounted on the base via a rotational-force transmission mechanism composed of joints, spline couplings, etc. The links rotate in planes parallel to the sides of the base without protruding beyond the area covered by the base. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257093 | CONDUIT GUIDE CLIP - A conduit guide clip is provided which includes a receiver and a single arm extending therefrom is provided for mounting to a tubular support such as the handlebar of a walk-behind lawn mower. The guide clip further includes a mounting post, which is inserted into a hole in the tubular support. The arm is curved to wrap around and clamp an arcuate inner surface of the receiver against the tubular support after installation. The mounting post is positioned to extend from the arcuate inner surface, and the arm includes a rearwardly swept remote edge and located whereby no portion of the arm is positioned to intersect the longitudinal axis of the mounting post. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257094 | METHOD FOR ROBOTIC HANDLING USING THERMO-REVERSIBLE DRY ADHESIVES - One embodiment includes an application of multilayer thermo-reversible dry adhesives in robotic handling of objects. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257095 | Adjustable wrist design for robotic arm - A wrist assembly is provided for securing an end effector to a robotic arm. The wrist assembly comprises a first portion ( | 2008-10-23 |
20080257096 | Flexible Parallel Manipulator For Nano-, Meso- or Macro-Positioning With Multi-Degrees of Freedom - The present invention is a friction- and backlash-fee flexible parallel manipulator device. The device is composed of multiple elastic fiber legs with various physical properties, a top platform, and a bottom platform. With multiple degrees of freedom, the motion of the top platform is controlled by the multiple elastic fiber legs whose lengths or curvatures between the top and bottom platforms are controlled based on the required motion of the top platform. The device can be used for nano-, micro-, or meso-manipulation. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257097 | Adjustable steering column for a motor vehicle - An adjustable steering column for a motor vehicle includes a setting unit displaceable in at least one displacement direction for setting the position of the steering column, a holding unit nondisplaceable into this displacement direction, a securement device, in the opened state of which the setting unit ( | 2008-10-23 |
20080257098 | BICYCLE OPERATING DEVICE - A bicycle operating device basically has a fixed member, a movable member, a positioning mechanism, a first pivoting member and a second pivoting member. The positioning mechanism is operatively arranged to selectively maintain the movable member in any one of a plurality of holding positions. The first pivoting member is pivotally mounted with respect to the fixed member to pivot about a first axis to operatively engage the positioning mechanism. The second pivoting member is pivotally mounted with respect to the fixed member to pivot about a second axis that is offset from the first axis. The second pivoting member includes first and second contacting parts for selectively contacting the first pivoting member at different radial positions causing the first pivoting member to pivot in response to pivotally movement of the second pivoting member. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257099 | Device for Adjusting the Tension of a Pulling Element - The present invention relates to a device for the automatic adjustment of the pretension of a pulling element ( | 2008-10-23 |
20080257100 | LEVER ASSEMBLY, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME, AND SOLENOID USED IN THE SAME - A lever assembly controls a pickup roller, and includes a lever, a solenoid to actuate the lever, and a supporting plate on which the lever is rotatably disposed and to which the solenoid is connected at one side of the lever. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257101 | Anti-freezing mechanism for a limit switch - An anti-freezing mechanism for a limit switch in an industrial vehicle includes a parking brake device, a parking brake lever, a parking lever and a limit switch. The parking brake device is used for parking the industrial vehicle. The parking brake lever is operated by an operator. The parking lever is used for connecting the parking brake lever with the parking brake device. The parking lever includes a link mechanism for actuating the parking brake device in accordance with the operation of the parking brake lever. The limit switch is provided on the top surface of the parking lever. The limit switch is used for detecting operating state of a parking brake. A water drain passage is formed in the parking lever at a position corresponding to a sliding portion of the limit switch for draining water attached to the sliding portion below the parking lever. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257102 | MECHANICALLY RETAINED MOTORCYCLE HANDLEBAR GRIPS - A motorcycle handlebar grip | 2008-10-23 |
20080257103 | Steering Device - The invention discloses a steering device comprising a support structure having a central hole and at least two handgrips, at least one of these being mobile, placed in distal positions compared to the central hole and tied to the support structure by means of pivots. The mobile handgrip is rotatable around an axis substantially orthogonal to the plane of the support structure, so as to manually apply thereto a rotating motion around the axis of the column. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257104 | Camshaft Assembly - The invention relates to a camshaft assembly comprising an inner shaft, an outer tube rotatable relative to the inner shaft, and two groups of cams mounted on the outer tube, the first group of cams being fast in rotation with the outer tube, and the second group being rotatably mounted on the outer surface of the tube and being connected for rotation with the inner shaft by means of connecting members that pass through circumferentially elongated slots in the outer tube. In the invention, the outer tube surrounds the inner shaft with clearance and the members connecting different ones of the cams of the second group to the inner shaft are inclined relative to one another and act to locate the axis of the inner shaft relative to the outer tube. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257105 | Methods of Using Tires and Scrap Rubber in the Manufacture and Melting of Steel and Other Metals - A method of using scrap rubber, such as tires or parts of tires, to manufacture or melt steel and other metals includes inserting into a furnace at a more precise and controlled rate, time, and location the scrap rubber. The controlled rate of insertion into the furnace, as opposed to batch feeding them, permits the use of larger quantities of scrap rubber. The net benefit includes reducing the amount of scrap rubber, such as tires, to be sent to a waste disposal facility or landfill, thereby improving the environment. In addition, by increasing the use of scrap rubber as a source of energy for steel or the metal production, less energy is required from other sources. The invention further allows the scrap rubber to be put into the furnace separate from the scrap metal that is also to be put into the furnace, thereby eliminating the known methods and techniques of combining of the scrap rubber with the steel or scrap metal prior to the placement of the scrap rubber and scrap metal into the furnace. The invention further allows the carbon monoxide that is being formed by the foamy slag process in the furnace to convert to carbon dioxide with additional heat generation inside of the furnace—a result of the catalytic effect of the tires. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257106 | Process for Producing a High-Cleanliness Steel - A process for producing a high-cleanliness steel which can produce, without relying upon a high-cost remelting process, steel products having cleanliness high enough to satisfy requirements for properties of mechanical parts used under severe environmental conditions. The production process comprises the steps of: transferring a molten steel produced in an arc melting furnace or a converter to a ladle furnace to refine the molten steel; subjecting the molten steel to circulation-type degassing; and casting the molten steel into an ingot, wherein, in transferring the molten steel to the ladle furnace, a deoxidizer including aluminum and silicon, is added to previously deoxidize the molten steel, that is, to perform tapping deoxidation before refining in the ladle refining furnace. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257107 | Compositions of Hardmetal Materials with Novel Binders - Hardmetal compositions each including hard particles having a first material and a binder matrix having a second, different material comprising rhenium or a Ni-based superalloy. A two-step sintering process may be used to fabricate such hardmetals at relatively low sintering temperatures in the solid-state phase to produce substantially fully-densified hardmetals. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257108 | Coated Slag - The invention relates to coated slag, which is coated with a layer of a hydrophobic polyurethane. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257109 | High Vacuum In-Situ Refining Method for High-Purity Materials and an Apparatus Thereof - The present invention concerns a high vacuum in-situ refining method for high-purity and superhigh-purity materials and the apparatus thereof, characterized in heating the upper part and lower part of crucible separately using double-heating-wires diffusion furnace under vacuum, thereby forming the temperature profile which is high at upper part and low at lower part of crucible, or in reverse during different stages; then heating the crucible in two steps to remove impurities with high saturation vapor pressure and low saturation vapor pressure respectively in efficiency; and obtaining high-purity materials eventually. The whole procedure is isolated from atmosphere, reducing contamination upon stuff remarkably. The present invention could provide products with high-quality and high production capacity, which are stable in performance, therefore is reliable and free from contamination. The present invention is appropriate for manufacture of high-purity and superhigh-purity materials, particularly for manufacture of high-activity high-purity materials. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257110 | Method of producing transformation induced plasticity steels having improved castability - A method for producing Transformation Induced Plasticity (TRIP) steels comprises adding a degassing step to remove hydrogen and nitrogen prior to casting, resulting in a more fluid steel that exhibits improved castability. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257111 | Method for Smelting Fragmentized Aluminum Scrap - A method is described for smelting fragmentized aluminum scrap, with the aluminum scrap to be smelted being molten in a furnace after thermal pre-treatment in a hot-gas stream. In order to provide advantageous process conditions it is proposed that the aluminum scrap is subjected at first in a continuous flow of material to the thermal treatment and is smelted thereafter, and that from the hot gas stream guided in a circulation for the thermal treatment of the aluminum scrap a partial stream is branched off and is guided into the furnace. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257112 | Rotating Stripping Head for Cable Stripping Apparatus - The invention relates to a novel insulation stripping head which can also be used in particular as a spare part for existing rotational insulation stripping apparatuses. It is particularly stable and simple to produce while at the same time providing the same or improved precision. It substantially has insulation stripping blades ( | 2008-10-23 |
20080257113 | Stake driver - A manually operated stake driver has a slide hammer and guide. The guide is fitted with a receiver that captures and guides the stake. The slide hammer provides percussion force directly to the stake by extending into the receiver when the slide hammer is actuated. The slide hammer may have a weight attached or incorporated into a handle to provide additional force to the stake when actuated. In one embodiment, the stake driver may be designed to be used while the operator is standing and to drive stakes into the ground. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257114 | BOLT AND SCREW HOLDING TOOL TO AIDE IN ASSEMBLY OR DISASSEMBLY PROCESS - An assembly of punched and formed material that has an ergonomically designed hood which covers a torsion spring that connects the hood to the formed and punched sliding hook. The hook and hood thereof is inserted and secured to the base which allows the hook to slide as the hood assembly is being pinched which opens the hook and allows the tool to be placed onto the threads of bolts, screws, or small pipe. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257115 | BOLT-FASTENING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An apparatus for fastening a washered bolt with a flat washer passed therethrough, to a fastening object. Air discharged from an air blow nozzle is blown into a space between a head of the bolt accommodated in a socket and the flat washer. Foreign matter will be prevented from adhering to the flat washer and the bolt head. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257116 | Power Tong Device - A power tong ( | 2008-10-23 |
20080257117 | One-Way Ratchet Wrench - The present invention relates generally to wrench—a manual tool, and more particularly to an one-way ratchet wrench, comprising: a wrench body, a ratchet wheel, a ratchet teeth and a magnetic coupling piece. The magnetic coupling piece provided on other side of the recess groove opposite to the ratchet teeth and against the side wall of recess groove, a spring provided between the magnetic coupling piece and the ratchet teeth, with one end fixed magnetically to the magnetic coupling piece and other end connected and fixed to the ratchet teeth. The one-way ratchet wrench according to this invention features rational structure and easy manufacture and assembly. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257118 | Sani-Clamp Tool - The sanitary pipe clamping tool described in this document will also be refered to as a “Sani-Clamp Tool”. The Sani-Clamp Tool is a tightening/removal tool, for use specifically with sanitary pipe clamps that join two flanged pipe ends together. The tool is used by placing the reccessed portion of the tool over the winged nut of the pipe clamp, turning clockwise or counterclockwise, allowing the user to tighten or loosen the clamp as desired. The tool is designed for use by itself for proper hand torquing and removal applications, or in conjunction with a drive adaptor, so that a power tool, ratchet, or torquing ratchet may be utilized to maximize efficiency. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257119 | Lug bolt wrench with step pad - A wrench for handling a fastener, involving an elongated member with a proximal end and a distal end, a step pad being disposed proximate the elongated member proximal end and for providing additional torque, and an adapter being disposed proximate the elongated member distal end. The adapter may include an element, such as a socket member and a ratchet member. The elongated member distal end may include a tool member. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257120 | Swivel jaw face for tensile and similar testing - A wedge action grip for tensile or similar testing is provided with a pair of jaws wherein at least one jaw includes a swiveling element with a gripping surface. The jaw and associated swiveling element may have cylindrical swiveling surfaces whereby the swiveling element swivels with a single degree of freedom about a vertical or horizontal axis or may have spherical swiveling surfaces whereby the swiveling element swivels with two degrees of freedom about a point. The two jaws may have different swivel characteristics, and one of the jaws may have a non-swiveling fixed gripping surface. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257121 | Surface grinding process and positioning member for securing movable jaw of adjustable wrench during surface grinding process - A positioning member is used to position the movable jaw to the sliding groove of the adjustable wrench and the adjustable wrench together with the positioning member are applied by vibrate grinding technology so as to make the outer surface of the movable jaw to be a mirror surface and the rod of the movable jaw is kept as the surface condition after being machine. The tolerance between the rod and the sliding groove is controlled within expected range. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257122 | Method and Devices for Severing Sheets from and/or Feeding a Web into a Subsequent Processing Stage - A web is fed into a sheet severer prior to its entry into a subsequent processing stage. The sheets, which have been severed from the web are then cut into required product sections in a cross-cutter which is associated with this subsequent processing stage. In order to achieve an accurately registered severing process, using the sheet severer, it is triggered by a signal which represents the phase position of the cross-cutter. The sheet severer is thus phase-correlated in relation to the phase position of the cross-cutter. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257123 | BACON SLICING APPARATUS - A system and method for using a self standing slicing apparatus to slice sheets of bacon in half. The slicing apparatus can have two conveyor belts for receiving sheets of bacon to be cut in half, a motor for driving the conveyor belts and moving the sheets of bacon through a cutting mechanism thereby cutting the sheets of bacon into two pieces. A safety enclosure can enclose the cutting mechanism. Markings can be used to indicate where the sheets of bacon should be placed on the conveyor belts to ensure that the product is cut into two approximately even pieces. A control panel can be used to start and stop the conveyor belts as well as adjusting the speed of the motor for driving the conveyor belts. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257124 | Working table having adjustable fence - A working table includes a front guide rail and a rear guide rail attached to a table member, a lip fence includes a bar having a front portion slidably attached onto the front guide rail and a rear portion adjustable relative to the rear guide rail with an adjusting device for allowing the bar of the lip fence to be adjusted to different height relative to the working table for suitably supporting the lip fence and for preventing the lip fence from scratching or scraping or damaging the rear guide rail or the table member. It is preferable that the adjusting device may be adjusted to different distance or adjusted sidewise relative to the rear guide rail or the table member. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257125 | CUTTING UNIT FOR AN IMPACT CUTTING DEVICE AND MATRIX ELEMENT THEREFOR - A cutting unit for an impact cutting device having at least one first and one second matrix element for retaining a workpiece to be processed, wherein at least one of the matrix elements is moveably supported relatively to the other matrix element or the other matrix elements and at least one of the matrix elements comprises a variable cross-section for retaining the workpiece. Further, a matrix element having a variable retaining cross-section for a workpiece is provided. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257126 | Panel sizing circular saw - On a panel sizing circular saw for machining panel shaped material, comprising a machine frame ( | 2008-10-23 |
20080257127 | SAW BLADE - A rotary saw blade is provided that has improved metal cutting performance by reducing vibration and producing less noise than typical rotary saw blades. The saw blade comprises a “gullet-less” design that helps reduce the generation of noise caused by the aerodynamic effects of the rotating saw blade on the ambient air. On embodiment of the saw blade uses a grouping of tip placement about the periphery of the saw blade to further reduce the generation of vibration during cutting operations. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257128 | Mandoline with adjustable cutting depth - A food slicer is disclosed having a frame with a track thereon, an adjustable pre-cut surface attached to the frame, a post-cut surface attached to the frame following the pre-cut surface, a blade disposed on the frame between the two surfaces, and a sliding mechanism movably secured within the track of the frame and engaged to support the adjustable pre-cut surface across the entire width of the surface, wherein sliding movement of the mechanism within the track raises and lowers the pre-cut surface relative to the blade. The track of the food slicer may include a plurality of detents for indexed movement of the sliding mechanism and the pre-cut surface may be made of a translucent or even transparent material to permit accurate placement of a catch bowl for the sliced food items. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257129 | MITCHEL'S TONE RING MATE - “Mitchel's Tone Ring Mate” is completely new to the banjo world. The “Mitchel's Tone Ring Mate” is a smaller tone ring in itself, sitting on top of the original raised head tone ring at 25 thousands higher and at opposite angles, thus converting the original raised head tone ring to a flat head tone ring. Being completely different than any other invention. This doing, by design, composition and development, unknown in manufacturing there into. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257130 | Stringed instrument construction - An improved hollow-bodied stringed instrument body having a substantially free edge in the lower bout which reduces the coupling of the resonances of the front plate, back plate, and enclosed volume of air. A selected number of holes of a selected shape create a substantially free edge in the lower bout of the front plate. This substantially free edge reduces the large-amplitude displacement of these plates that occurs due to low frequency resonance coupling. Placement of the free edge allows high frequency resonance of the front plate, which is not due to coupling, to contribute to the tone of the instrument. Reducing the large-amplitude displacement of the plates reduces bass-heavy tone and feedback. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257131 | ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - A main body | 2008-10-23 |
20080257132 | BLACK KEY FOR KEYBOARD INSTRUMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A BLACK KEY COVER - A black key for a keyboard instrument, in which a black key cover incorporating a weight can be manufactured at low costs, and the black key cover can be firmly mounted on a key body, in a state stably holding the weight in a black key cover body. A swingable key body extends in a front-rear direction. A black key cover body has a hollow shape opening downward, and is mounted on a front portion of the upper surface of the key body in a manner covering the front portion. A weight is received within the black key cover body. The black key cover body has at least one of lower walls protruding inward from lower portions of left and right side walls, for holding the weight from below. The lower surfaces of the lower walls are bonded to the key body. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257133 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY CREATING MUSIC PIECE DATA - A plurality of template data files are provided, each designating a structure and conditions of a music piece, and having a plurality of tracks, each track being assigned to a particular instrument group and defining a time progression structure of music to be performed by the assigned instrument group by setting performance sections at time positions to be performed by the assigned instrument group along the time progression of music. A plurality of component data files are provided, each representing a length of musical phrase that constitutes a predetermined tone progression pattern of a predetermined tone color for a performance by a particular instrument group. When conditions such as a tempo for a music piece to be created are given, a template data file that satisfies the given conditions is selected. Then, component data files are picked up according to the conditions designated by the selected template data file and the musical phrases are placed on the tracks in the template data file. Thus, data files of many and versatile music pieces are automatically created, satisfying the given conditions. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257134 | Method And Apparatus For Generating And Updating A Pre-Categorized Song Database From Which Consumers May Select And Then Download Desired Playlists - Apparatus, methods, systems, and data structures for organizing music files such that consumers can download single songs or entire predetermined libraries of songs with one or two clicks on an Internet browser. For passive listeners without the time to generate their own playlists, 500 to 30,000 song libraries can be downloaded to a PC, and then side loaded to an MP3 player. This will enable users to replicate the experience of listening to a favorite broadcast radio channel having songs most likely to please the listener, with zero interruptions. The stored and downloaded songs are individually categorized by song title, artist, mood/tempo, multiple genres, era, original song release date, and audience reach (e.g., audience crossover potential). For a subscription fee, the consumer will have continued access to listen to the downloaded and side loaded songs, but without the ability to copy or transfer the song. For an additional fee (or a higher subscription fee) the consumer can take actual ownership of downloaded song libraries and/or individual songs. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257135 | Electronic keyboard instrument and processing method of the same - An electronic keyboard instrument having a keyboard provided with a plurality of keys, a first and a second switches provided corresponding to each key of the keyboard and being sequentially turned on at a time interval corresponding to a key depression speed of the keyboard, a counting unit for counting a count value corresponding to the time interval during which the first and the second switches are sequentially turned on, a correcting unit for correcting the count value or a value corresponding to the count value based on a variation of the time interval, and a velocity conversion unit for converting the corrected value into a velocity, is provided. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257136 | Stringed Musical Instrument with Improved Method and Apparatus for Tuning and Signal Processing - A musical instrument includes a fretboard, frets aligned in a first direction on the fretboard, a number of strings, aligned in a second direction above the frets, and tensioning devices operable to hold the strings in tension such that the pitch of adjacent strings at any given fret differ by one whole tone. Signals from string vibration pickups may be electronically processed and amplified to modify the sound produced by the musical instrument. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257137 | Blast Mitigation Structures - According to the invention, there is provided a blast mitigation device ( | 2008-10-23 |
20080257138 | PERFORATING GUN LOADING BAY, TABLE AND METHOD - A perforating gun loading bay includes a loading area and a separate gun component storage area. The perforating gun loading area also includes racks and a table that permit an in-line loading operation such that the gun housing and loaded gun need not be moved out of a linear path from introduction to the bay to unloading from the bay. The racks and the table may be position in axial alignment and may include low friction members to permit axial sliding motion along the racks and the table. A method for using the loading bay permits in-line handling. A perforating gun loading table includes low friction members permitting axial movement of perforating gun components therealong and low friction members permitting rotational movement of perforating gun components along their long axis. The perforating gun loading table includes a control system for selecting the low friction member that is positioned to engage the perforating gun component on the table. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257139 | Method of manufacturing ammunition - A method of manufacturing ammunition | 2008-10-23 |
20080257140 | Method for Detecting and Neutralizing Submarine Objects - In a method for detection and neutralization of underwater objects which are present in a sea region, in particular mines, a two-dimensional or three-dimensional image of the seabed is created by means of an unmanned first underwater vehicle during a reconnaissance mission in a sea region section by means of optical and/or acoustic sensors, and this image is evaluated for the presence of underwater objects, after completion of the reconnaissance mission. At least one underwater object which is present is marked in the image, and the image which has been provided with the object marking is stored in an unmanned second underwater vehicle, which is equipped with the same sensors and additionally with a neutralization unit. During a neutralization mission by the second underwater vehicle in the same sea region section, image elements of the seabed are created continuously by means of the sensors and are compared with the stored image of the seabed. The second underwater vehicle is guided to the marked underwater object on the basis of the comparison data, and activates the neutralization unit there. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257141 | VEHICLE ARMOR - Armor for a vehicle comprises a grid of bars, at least the majority of the bars being formed from carbon fiber. The carbon fiber bars may be pultruded and some of the bars may be metallic. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257142 | Hydraulic Pressure Control Apparatus and Hydraulic Circuit - A supply passage | 2008-10-23 |
20080257143 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR A FLUID OR SLURRY PUMP PISTON - A method and apparatus for a reciprocating pump, specifically, a single acting fluid or slurry pump piston. The piston assembly includes a reserve seal that is operable and adapted to maintain a pump operation in the event of a primary piston seal failure. The reserve seal allows the communication of the primary piston seal failure to a pump operator or worker so that they may take timely remedial measures, thereby avoiding the numerous consequences of a complete piston failure. The piston assembly includes an indicator that is adapted to communicate to the pump operator or worker that the primary piston seal has failed. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257144 | Measuring of a Soot Deposition Homogeneity in a Particle Filter and Said Filter Regeneration Control - The invention relates to a method for measuring the uniformity of the deposit of soot in a particulate filter, comprising the steps consisting in measuring, simultaneously or in succession, the respective characteristic quantities of at least two gas streams each having passed through a different longitudinal portion of said filter, and then in comparing the characteristic quantities thus measured. It also relates to a method for controlling the regeneration of a particulate filter, comprising the steps consisting in measuring the uniformity of the soot deposit in said filter and in adjusting the parameters of said regeneration according to the uniformity value obtained. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257145 | PRODUCT GAS CONCENTRATOR AND METHOD ASSOCIATED THEREWITH - Various equipment and methods associated with providing a concentrated product gas are provided. In one embodiment, the equipment includes an input device first and second sieve tanks, a variable restrictor, and a controller. In one embodiment, the method includes: a) selecting a desired output setting for the concentrated product gas from a plurality of output settings, b) separating one or more adsorbable components from a pressurized source gaseous mixture via first and second sieve tanks in alternating and opposing pressurization and purging cycles to form the concentrated product gas, and c) selectively controlling a variable restrictor based at least in part on the desired output setting to selectively provide flow between the first and second sieve tanks such that the flow for at least one output setting is different from the flow for at least one other output setting in relation to corresponding pressurization cycles. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257146 | METHOD OF SUPPRESSING COKE IN ENDOTHERMIC FUEL PROCESSING - A fuel system for a propulsion system includes a fuel deoxygenating device and a catalytic module containing catalytic materials. The fuel deoxygenating device removes dissolved oxygen from the fuel to prevent formation of insoluble materials that can potentially foul the catalyst and block desirable catalytic reactions that increase the usable cooling capacity of an endothermic fuel. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257147 | Gas Distributor - A gas distributor, for distributing a gas that contains an entrained liquid, comprises a body with upper ( | 2008-10-23 |
20080257148 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ORGANIC PARTICULATE FILTRATION - The present invention provides systems and methods for organic particulate filtration. An organic particulate filtration system is implemented within a fossil fuel power plant combustion system. The filtration system comprises a gas flow, in which gas are entrained particulates. The filtration system has a collection hopper located proximate a precipitator collection area. Within the collection hopper, a particulate baffle is provided in a downward-angled orientation. The particulate baffle is enabled to trap particulate, such as organic particulate, in the collection hopper, thereby preventing particulate re-entrainment in the gas flow. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257149 | FILTRATION MEDIA HAVING A SLIT-FILM LAYER - A composite filter media for a vacuum cleaner comprising a first filtration layer comprising a slit film having a plurality of continuous electrostatically-charged polyolefin filaments disposed substantially parallel to each other along their lengths; and a second filtration layer comprising a high-efficiency filtration media selected from wet-laid filter paper, dry-laid filter paper, and nonwoven filter media; wherein said first filtration layer is disposed in series with said second filtration layer, with respect to an air flow direction through said vacuum cleaner, to form a composite. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257150 | PROCESSES FOR THE ADSORPTIVE REMOVAL OF INORGANIC COMPONENTS FROM HYDROGEN CHLORIDE-CONTAINING GASES - Processes for removing inorganic impurities from HCl-containing gases, which processes comprise: providing a crude gas stream comprising hydrogen chloride and at least one inorganic component; introducing the crude gas stream into an adsorber bed; adsorbing at least a portion of the at least one inorganic component from the crude gas stream on the adsorber bed to form a purified HCl gas, and removing the purified HCl gas from the adsorber bed. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257151 | WATER RETAINING DESSICATING DEVICE - A desiccating device includes a rigid container having an end sealed by a selectively permeable membrane, operative to admit water vapor into the container, but not allow water to pass out of the container. A desiccant separates water from water vapor that has entered the container. A removable impermeable membrane seals the container, and prevents water vapor from entering the container when the impermeable membrane is in place. A reinforcing member having apertures is placed above the selectively permeable membrane, enabling a thinner and weaker selectively permeable membrane. The container shape defines angles of less than 90 degrees, as in a triangle or other truncated rectangle, where the device may be placed in a corner, projecting into the area to be dried less than a rectangular or circular container. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257152 | METHODS OF PURIFYING A GAS MIXTURE COMPRISING TWO GASES USING GRANULATED POROUS GLASS - A packed bed of granulated porous glass is used to purify a gas mixture comprising two gases whose boiling points or sublimation points at one atmosphere are least 10° K apart. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257153 | Patterned Porous Venting Materials - A patterned gas permeable venting material is affixed within a venting apparatus which has an opening. The venting material forms a liquid tight, gas permeable seal of the opening. The patterned material comprises a PTFE membrane of porosity less than 80% and with a surface indentation of depth greater than 12 microns. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257154 | Membrane Air Dryer with Pre-Charge Volume - A membrane air dryer includes a housing with an air inlet, an air outlet, a sweep air inlet and a sweep air outlet; and a membrane separator having surfaces extending between and having an inlet and an outlet respectively connected to the air inlet and the air outlet. A sweep air passage in the housing extends between first and second ends of the membrane along and includes surfaces of the membrane. The sweep air passage has an inlet adjacent the air outlet and has an outlet adjacent the air inlet and connected to the sweep air outlet. A volume is concentric to the membrane separator, has an inlet connected to the outlet of the membrane separator and has an outlet connected to the sweep air inlet. The filter may be mounted in a reservoir with the membrane separator extending into the reservoir. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257155 | Porous Composite Article - Porous composites comprise a porous membrane having a structure defining a plurality of pores extending therethrough, nonporous discontinuous surface layer affixed to said porous membrane, in which the nonporous discontinuous surface layer forms regions of gas permeability, and regions of gas impermeability, and a coating disposed upon the porous composite which renders at least a portion of the porous composite oleophobic. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257156 | Carbon Nanotubes As Low Voltage Field Emission Sources for Particle Precipitators - An air particle precipitator and a method of air filtration comprise a housing unit; a first conductor in the housing unit; a second conductor in the housing unit; and a carbon nanotube grown on the second conductor. Preferably, the first conductor is positioned opposite to the second conductor. The air particle precipitator further comprises an electric field source adapted to apply an electric field to the housing unit. Moreover, the carbon nanotube is adapted to ionize gas in the housing unit, wherein the ionized gas charges gas particulates located in the housing unit, and wherein the first conductor is adapted to trap the charged gas particulates. The air particle precipitator may further comprise a metal layer over the carbon nanotube. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257157 | Device for the Removal of Soot Dust of Fuel Oil Combustion - A device designed for the removal of soot dust of fuel oil combustion. The device is based on the two-stage wet-electrostatic dust removal-desulfurization device, with different numbers of layers of the mesh screen being installed in the wet type dust removal-desulfurization device. This device not only has a relatively high efficiency in both of common dust removal and desulfurization, but also can remove the black smoke from fuel oil combustion efficiently with a removal efficiency ≧99%, and thus solves the present technical problem in the treatment of in the treatment of soot dust of fuel oil combustion. At the same time, with the advantages of cheaper construction cost and economy, the device of the present invention overcomes the disadvantages of the traditional bag filter process, which is expensive and cannot operate desulfurization simultaneously. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257158 | Self-regulating bio-gas treatment system - A self-regenerating bio-gas treatment system that uses the bio-gas instead of atmospheric are as media transport between adsorber and desorber tanks. Each tank includes at least four horizontally stacked and evenly spaced apart, perforated trays each capable being filled with fluidized carbon which migrates downward in the adsorber tank to remove contaminants from the bio-gas. With the bio-gas function as its media transport, the carbon media continuously moves downward over the perforated trays and eventually collected in the bottom of the adsorber tank. The spent carbon is then delivered to the desorber tank. The desorber tank is filled with an inert gas produced by an inert gas generator which causes the carbon media to be regenerated. The inert gas strips the carbon media of contaminates and is then delivered to a ground flare. The carbon media is returned to the adsorber tank and re-used to treat bio-gas. A plurality of heat exchangers, blowers, valves and interconnecting conduits keep the bio-gas, the inert gas, and the carbon media continuously flowing through the system thereby enabling the system to be used at different sizes of landfills or treatment plants. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257159 | Air handling and chemical filtration system and method - The present invention relates to systems and methods for controlling humidity and temperature in gases or air streams used in semiconductor processing systems. These systems and methods can be used in combination with systems and methods for contaminant detection and removal. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257160 | FUEL ADSORPTION FILTER AND AIR CLEANER - A housing of an air cleaner has an air inlet port and an air outlet port, and incorporates an air filter. In the housing, a fuel adsorption filter is arranged downstream of the air filter in such manner as to intersect an air passage. An open portion and a sheet-like adsorption portion are vertically defined in an outer frame of the fuel adsorption filter. The adsorption portion has a fuel adsorbing function. A weir is provided in a boundary between the open portion and the adsorption portion. The weir limits air flow from the upstream side of the adsorption portion to the upstream side of the open portion. A flow straightening plate having a flow straightening function is provided in the open portion. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257161 | Air/Oil Separator and Inlet Baffle Arrangement - A gas/liquid separator ( | 2008-10-23 |
20080257162 | EFFICIENT DROP SEPARATOR - Drop separator arrangement for a gas scrubber, with at least one drop separator layer which comprises a plurality of profile sets having drop separator lamellae arranged in a V-shaped manner and which is equipped with at least one scavenging device for the regular washing of the drop separator lamellae, the profile sets being capable of being arranged on carrying beams of the gas scrubber, characterized in that the drop separator lamellae have a mounting which is arranged in the flow shadow of the carrying beam. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257163 | Gas-liquid separator, exhaust cleaner or air cleaner using the separator, and sterilizing air cleaner - A gas-liquid separator of one aspect of the invention comprises; an inflow barrel; a main cylindrical barrel on downstream of the inflow barrel, which has an inner barrel duct and is constructed to induce rotational momentum on to-be cleaned gas having flown in from the inflow barrel; a plurality of subordinate cylindrical barrels that have diameters smaller than that of the main cylindrical barrel and are serially connected as adjoined to downstream end of the main cylindrical barrel; a connector cylindrical barrel that has diameter smaller than those of the subordinate cylindrical barrels and connects inside spaces of the subordinate cylindrical barrels; and liquid receivers on beneath of the subordinate cylindrical barrels; and an outflow barrel at downstream end of the series of the subordinate cylindrical barrels. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257164 | Transparent Filterable Dust Bag with Support Container for Vacuum Cleaner - The removable apparatus of a transparent filterable dust bag with a support container is designed as an attachment for a vacuum cleaner and like. A transparent filterable dust bag having an outer transparent wall and an inner filter cone coincides within a transparent support container which keeping the shape and position of the dust bag while separating dust from air. The transparent support container and the outer transparent wall of the dust bag allow to watch inside the filling level of the dust bag and to replace properly. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257165 | RIGID FILTER FOR CAPSULES SUITABLE FOR EXTRACTING BEVERAGES, PARTICULARLY ESPRESSO COFFEE - A rigid filter for capsules suitable for extracting beverages, comprising a flat body having a plurality of through filtering holes, which are sized so as to block the passage of solid particles and allow passage of brewed water or beverage, wherein the holes have a substantially symmetrical shape with respect to the middle plane of the flat body, so that the filter can be inserted into a capsule without taking care of the orientation of such holes with respect to the powdered substance within the capsule. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257166 | MODULAR COOKING APPARATUS - A modular cooking apparatus ( | 2008-10-23 |
20080257167 | SILICONE BASTING BRUSH - A silicone basting brush is provided. The brush has a handle portion and a basting portion. The basting portion includes a plurality of flexible silicone bristle units. The bristle units are slotted for receiving and retaining a basting sauce in the slots and releasing the sauce from the slots when the bristle unit is flexed by applying the basting portion to the surface of a food. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257168 | DEVICE FOR STIRRING AND COOKING FOOD - A cooking device and method heats a removable vessel with heaters of a cooking capsule, which includes a separator wall between the heaters and vessel. The heaters mount to the separator wall. The capsule is fixed in a housing, which also mounts a motor that rotates the vessel. The housing tiltably mounts on a base. Accessories can be fixed to the vessel or a lid secured to the housing, so the accessories can rotate with the vessel or remain stationary with respect to the vessel as it rotates. A locking mechanism that secures the lid to the housing prevents lid detachment when the vessel counter-rotates and an accessory is fixed to the lid. A heat sink wall reflects heat toward the vessel and fins draw heat from the heat sink wall away from the housing and out vent holes. Computer hardware and software control power to the motor and heaters. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257169 | Kitchen electrical appliance - A waffle baking appliance includes a waffle iron pivotally mounted to a stationary base, the waffle iron being pivotable between a first disposition and a second inverted disposition, baking heat being appliable to the waffle iron in both the first and the second dispositions. A method for baking a waffle is further included. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257170 | Electromagnetic induction heating grill toaster - An electromagnetic induction heating grill toaster that includes a first casing body, a first baking tray, a second casing body, and a second baking tray. The first casing body has a first electromagnetic induction element, a first micro-crystal plate, and a control element. The first baking tray is detachably disposed on the first casing body. The second casing body has one side pivoted on one side of the first casing body and has a second electromagnetic induction element and a second micro-crystal plate. The second baking tray is detachably disposed on the second casing body. The present invention utilizes the advantage of quick heating of electromagnetic induction, in order to reduce the amount of time users need to wait for the grill toast to preheat. Hence, the present invention not only reduces power use, but also saves time for the user. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257171 | Toaster - The present invention relates to an electric toaster comprising an outer housing, heating elements, and at least two bread toasting chambers, which are used to hold bread to toast. The heating elements are all tubular heating elements disposed on both sides of the toasting chambers. The electric toaster comprises at least one reflector, which is disposed inside the toasting region having a shape suitable for concentrating all the heat from the heating elements onto the bread-toasting chamber. The present invention can apply to electric toasters with two or more chambers with tubular heating elements, which enables bread to toast fast and safely by the use of high heating efficiency elements, such as quartz heating tubes or halogen heating tubes, etc. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257172 | Control Cabinets for Food Processing Systems - A removable control cabinet for a food processing system is provided, which houses control components for a operating the system. The control cabinet can be adapted for use with any food processing system known in the art. In preferred embodiments, the cabinet is adapted for use with conveyor systems. In particularly preferred embodiments, the cabinet is adapted for use with conveyors ovens, and in particular for use with pizza ovens. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257173 | DESSERT AND ICE CREAM MAKING APPARATUS - A dessert and ice cream making apparatus for use within or outside refrigerators or freezers, comprising a receptacle, a stirrer with at least one horizontal and one vertical blade to stir the contents of the receptacle, an electric motor for driving the stirrer, a housing for enclosing the electric motor, a locking means to engage and lock the housing on top of the receptacle, a means to shut off the electric motor after the receptacle contents reach a required density and a control panel. The stirrer is designed to scrap the inner surfaces of the receptacle. The apparatus also comprises a container with a securing member to receive and secure the receptacle, to form ice surrounding the receptacle. The container with ice can act as an ice box for the receptacle to allow the apparatus function outside the refrigerator. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257174 | Smoker box - A smoker box is disclosed for use in imparting smoked flavor to foods being cooked on a grill or outdoor oven. The smoker box has a tray for holding wood chips or the like and a base for holding the tray in spaced relationship therefrom. | 2008-10-23 |
20080257175 | Fluid injection for liquid extraction - Injectors and injection rings for injecting fluid into a screw press are disclosed. More particularly, systems and methods of reliably injecting fluid into an extraction press on a controllable basis are contemplated along with supporting technology. | 2008-10-23 |