44th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 6 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20080264237 | Music instrument - In a musical instrument ( | 2008-10-30 |
20080264238 | Musical instrument tuning method and apparatus - The present disclosure relates to musical instruments and devices. A system is provided which utilizes tonal visualization components incorporating color and/or shape to allow a person to “see” a note or group of notes sounded by an instrument to determine whether the instrument is in tune and make appropriate adjustments if necessary. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264239 | Archiving of environmental sounds using visualization components - The present disclosure relates to sound recognition devices and methods. A system is provided that utilizes a system of tonal and rhythmic visualization methods to recognize different environmental sounds so as to accurately identify certain species of wildlife and other elements of nature. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264240 | Method and apparatus for computer-generated music - The present disclosure relates computer music generation methods and devices. A method and associated apparatus is provided that operates with a computer to automatically create or “compose” music that is original as well as sufficiently complex to provide ongoing interest for listeners. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264241 | System and method for music composition - The present disclosure relates to music composition devices and methods. A system is provided which allows composers of all skill levels to easily create music that is pleasurable to the ear. The system may also assist more advanced composers in creating complex musical arrangements based off of partially completed compositions. The system also streamlines composition and arrangement in multi-instrument environments. The user is able to select from a variety of available music visualizations and instrument views, allowing comparison therebetween. The system may comprise composition error checking functions, free-play performance abilities, and recording and playback features. Certain embodiments incorporate remote access for collaboration between users. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264242 | PHASE SHIFTING DEVICE IN ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - It is an object of the invention to provide a phase switching device in an electric musical instrument capable of outputting a sound wave, which is output from the electric musical instrument, in a positive phase. A detection means that detects whether a sound wave transmitted from an electric musical instrument has a positive phase or a negative phase and a phase inverting means that inverts the phase of the sound wave from the electric musical instrument to a positive phase when a result of detection performed by the detection means is a negative phase are provided. An inversion operation driving means that causes the phase inverting means to perform an inversion operation on the basis of a detection signal when the result detected by the detection means is a negative phase is provided between the detection means and the phase inverting means. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264243 | Ceramic components, ceramic component systems, and ceramic armour systems - Several ceramic armour systems are provided herein. One such system is a ceramic armour system for personnel. Such system includes an integral ceramic plate, or a plurality of interconnected ceramic components providing an integral plate. The ceramic has a deflecting front surface or a flat front surface, and a rear surface. A front spall layer is bonded to the front surface of the ceramic plate. A shock-absorbing layer is bonded to the rear surface of ceramic plate. A backing is bonded to the exposed face of the shock-absorbing layer. A second such system is a ceramic armour system for vehicles. Such system also includes an integral ceramic plate, or a plurality of interconnected ceramic components providing an integral plate. The ceramic plate has a deflecting front surface or a flat front surface, and a rear surface. A front spall layer is bonded to the front surface of the ceramic plate. A shock-absorbing layer is bonded to the rear surface of the ceramic plate. The assembly of the front spall layer, the ceramic plate, and the shock-absorbing layer is bolted to the hull of a vehicle, preferably with an air gap, or alternatively without an air gap. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264244 | Armor - An armor panel adapted to protect a body from an incoming projectile, the armor panel comprising an armor member constituted by at least one layer. The layer is encapsulated within and pressed upon by a wrapping as a result of an arresting process. The panel has a front, rear and side walls. The wrapping is preformed, prior to the process, with at least one outlet hole at least one of the rear and side walls. Through the outlet hole, air trapped within the armor panel prior to the arresting process, and/or excess gasses produced during the process, are allowed to escape. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264245 | Barrier - A passive barrier ( | 2008-10-30 |
20080264246 | Quick-response drive mechanism for controlling the movement of an object relative to a support - An improved drive mechanism ( | 2008-10-30 |
20080264247 | Lightweight Piston - A piston has a piston head that is provided with a field of rings and a piston shaft which is disposed thereupon. The piston shaft is equipped with supporting shaft wall sections and rear connecting walls which interconnect the shaft wall sections, have an arched shape, and are fitted with a bolt bore. An undercut free space is provided below the annular field in the area of the bolt bore in the region of the piston head. An arched zone is disposed in the interior of the piston at the transition from the bolt bore in the direction of the shaft wall session. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264248 | Master cylinder and method of manufacturing the same - An object of the present invention is to provide a master cylinder capable of controlling an increase in an intruding amount of a cup seal while relieving a stress concentration therein to thereby prevent the cup seal from being damaged. Provided is a master cylinder in which a piston is moved in slidable contact with an inner circumference of a cup seal held in a cylinder main body so as to pressurize a brake fluid in a pressure chamber formed of the piston and the cylinder main body, wherein an annular wall configured integrally with the cylinder main body is provided behind the cup seal. Further, a chamfered portion having a curved shape in a cross-section taken along a diameter direction of the cylinder main body is provided between the annular wall and a cylinder wall to which the piston is facing. One end of the chamfered portion is formed continuously so that a tangent thereto is in line with the annular wall, and the other end of the chamfered portion is formed to constitute a flexed portion in combination with the cylinder wall. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264249 | Precipitator Energisation Control System - The energisation of an electrostatic precipitator is controlled in order to reduce arcing and/or back corona between the precipitator electrodes, using the precipitator current as a feedback parameter. A high speed switching device is used to control the energisation of the precipitator electrodes so that the precipitator current is regulated to a desired level with a response time that is significantly less than the arc generation time constant. The energisation is controlled so that the precipitator current is regulated to a predetermined value below the current level at which arcing occurs. The energisation response is proportional to the severity of the arcing, which can be based on the power and frequency of arcing. If back corona is detected, the energisation can also be controlled to reduce back corona. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264250 | Flue Gas Desulfurization Process Utilizing Hydrogen Peroxide - A flue gas desulfurization process in which a SO | 2008-10-30 |
20080264251 | Device and a Method for Cleaning of a Gas - The invention refers to a device and a method for cleaning a gas containing particulate impurities. The device includes a main separator having an inlet for the gas, an outlet for the gas and a rotating member provided between the inlet and the outlet. The rotating member is adapted to bring the gas to rotate for separating by means of centrifugal forces a main amount of the particulate impurities from the gas, wherein a rest amount of the particulate impurities remains in the gas. The device also includes an additional separator adapted to separate substantially the whole rest amount. The additional separator includes an electrostatic filter. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264252 | Method of Diminishing Organochlorine Compound in Cement Production Equipment and Cement Production Equipment - The method for reducing organic chlorine compounds in the cement production facility of the present invention is a method for reducing organic chlorine compounds in cement production facility by which a quantity of organic chlorine compounds contained in cement raw materials is reduced in the cement production facility, which is provided with an organic matter adsorbing step in which an adsorbing powder is supplied into exhaust gas generated on calcination of cement clinker from the cement raw materials, thereby the organic chlorine compounds are adsorbed on the adsorbing powder and an adsorbing-powder removing step in which the adsorbing powder, which has adsorbed the organic chlorine compounds, is collected, thereby removing the adsorbing powder from the exhaust gas. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264253 | PROCESSES FOR REMOVING ORGANIC COMPONENTS FROM GASES CONTAINING HYDROGEN CHLORIDE - Processes comprising: providing a crude gas stream having a temperature not exceeding 40° C., the crude gas stream comprising hydrogen chloride and at least one organic impurity; condensing at least a portion of the at least one organic impurity from the crude gas stream at a temperature not exceeding 0° C. to form a prepurified gas stream and a condensate comprising condensed organic impurity; subjecting at least a portion of the prepurified gas stream to adsorption on an adsorption medium to provide a purified gas stream; and separating the condensate into at least a head gas stream comprising residual hydrogen chloride and a sump stream comprising at least a portion of the condensed organic impurity. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264254 | Novel sorbents and purification and bulk separation of gas streams - Porous-material-supported polymer sorbents and process for removal of undesirable gases such as H | 2008-10-30 |
20080264255 | PROCESSES FOR REMOVING SOx AND SULFURIC ACID AEROSOLS FROM CHLORINE-CONTAINING PROCESS GASES - Processes comprising: providing a gas comprising chlorine and at least one sulfur-containing component; and countercurrently contacting the gas with circulating chlorine-containing water in a column such that the at least one sulfur-containing component is oxidized with chlorine in the chlorine-containing water to form sulfate and chloride and a portion of the chlorine from the gas is absorbed by the water to an equilibrium. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264256 | Method For Removing Salt Deposits in Reformer Waste Heat Boilers - The invention provides a method for removing salt deposits from waste heat boilers in a reformer train. The method includes the steps of producing a fluid stream which includes steam from a reformer and flowing to waste heat boilers, and controlling the temperature and pressure of the fluid stream to reach a temperature in the waste heat boilers of below or equal to the salt deposit saturation point of the steam in the fluid stream. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264257 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ILLUMINATING AND REMOVING AIRBORNE IMPURITIES WITHIN AN ENCLOSED CHAMBER - An enclosed chamber for illuminating and removing airborne impurities includes at least one air cleaner for removing airborne impurities. The enclosed chamber also includes a means for illuminating the airborne impurities. Airborne impurities can be introduced into the enclosed chamber through an aperture in a chamber housing of the enclosed chamber. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264258 | Filter for Removing of Physical and/or Biological Impurities - The invention relates to the filter for removing of physical and/or biological impurities from the filtrated media containing the textile fibres. The filter contains at least one couple (L) of nanofibrous layers, out of which in the direction of passage of the filtrated media the first nanofibrous layer is an active nanofibrous layer ( | 2008-10-30 |
20080264259 | NANOFIBER FILTER FACEMASKS AND CABIN FILTERS - A filtration medium includes a fine filter layer having a plurality of nanofibers and a coarse filter layer having a plurality of microfibers attached to the fine filter layer. The coarse filter layer is positioned proximal to a direction of fluid flow, and the fine filter layer is positioned distal to the direction of fluid flow. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264260 | Droplet Separator Installation - A droplet separator installation for gas washers, cooling towers etc. is described according to which a row of parallel droplet separator profiles is supported at a support construction by means of an intermediate construction. The intermediate construction serves for the support and the stabilization of the droplet separator profile row and for the support of a rinsing means for rinsing the droplet separator profile row. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264261 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS ALLOWING FOR RESERVOIR AIR BUBBLE MANAGEMENT - Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to limiting a presence of air bubbles in fluidic media in a reservoir. Air passages may allow air to escape from fluidic media in a reservoir. Membranes may allow for trapping air bubbles in fluidic media before fluidic media enters a reservoir. A membrane may allow air to flow from a first reservoir containing fluidic media to a second reservoir while plunger heads within each of the reservoirs are moved within the reservoirs. An inner reservoir with a membrane may be moveable within an outer reservoir to allow air to move from the outer reservoir to the inner reservoir. An inner reservoir containing pressurized gas may allow fluidic media to be transferred to an outer reservoir. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264262 | SUPPORTING STRUCTURE FOR THE NOZZLE-SPRAYING PLANT OF A DROP SEPARATOR SYSTEM - Flue-gas scrubber, comprising at least one horizontally installed drop separator module mounted by means of carrying beams and at least one nozzle-spraying plant having at least one nozzle-spraying pipe, the at least one nozzle-spraying plant being designed with a supporting structure for the nozzle-spraying pipes, characterized in that the supporting structure is designed with at least one suspension which at least partially surrounds a carrying beam and which has for at least one carrying bar mountings projecting on both sides of the carrying beam, this at least one carrying bar serving as a rest for the at least one nozzle-spraying pipe. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264263 | GAS SCRUBBER WITH ADAPTED DROP SEPARATORS - Gas scrubber, with at least one drop separator level which spans a cross section of the gas scrubber, the gas scrubber comprising at least one edge rest and a plurality of carrying beams, spanning the cross section, for the mounting of drop separators which jointly delimit a free flow cross section of the gas scrubber, at least 95% of the free flow cross section being designed with throughflow drop separators. This is achieved preferably in that drop separators are used having a plurality of drop separator lamellae which are arranged at an inclination to one another and are fixed by means of at least two end plates of unequal level or non-parallel. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264264 | Appliance for Producing Hot Drinks - An appliance for producing hot drinks comprising a water heating device; a heating source; a seat adapted to receive a product for preparing the drink; a duct for feeding hot water from the water heating device to the seat; a control device operatively associated with the heating source for adjusting the temperature of the water contained in the water heating device; and a compensating device to dynamically compensate for temperature drop undergone by the water flowing along the duct from the water heating device to the seat. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264265 | Ice coffee maker - An ice coffee maker includes an electric heating percolator and a coffee pot. The electric heating percolator heats and boils coffee, which flows in the coffee pot. The coffee pot consists of an outer container with an upper opening and a front spout, and an inner container cone-shaped with a hole and an upper disk rim provided with a front notch to face the spout of the outer container. An inner container lid sealingly closes on the opening of the inner container. An outer container lid closes the opening of the outer container. In using, ice cubes are placed in the inner container, with the inner container lid closing up the opening. Then the inner container is placed in the outer container, with the disk rim closing up the opening of the outer container, which is superposed with the opening of the inner container. Then the coffee pot is placed under the electric percolator, so hot coffee flows into the outer container through the space defined by the notches of the inner container and the outer container lid and by the spout of the outer container to let the coffee cool off quickly and become ice coffee. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264266 | Infusion Unit for Infusion Preparation, Infusion Machine, Device for Ejection of Exhausted Infusion Powder and Method for Making the Same - The present invention relates to a unit for the preparation of infusions comprising a stationary piston, a mobile chamber ( | 2008-10-30 |
20080264267 | Pressure Beverage Cartridge and Preparation Method - A cartridge for beverage dispensing machine is provided with outlet means ( | 2008-10-30 |
20080264268 | INSTANT EXTRACTION CUP - The invention relates to a disposable infusion product for making a beverage including a filter cup composed of a water permeable material and having on the base of the cup a plurality of perforations as a time control mechanism for flow of liquid. The invention also relates to a method of preparing an individual serving of a solid beverage flavorant, such as coffee or tea being immersed in the filter cup. The assembly includes four concave vents being set on the lower part of the outer side wall of the filter cup to provide relief for hot steam build up that occurs and which could slow down the drip down process when two cups are telescopically engaged in a liquid receiving container. A supporting sit-on-ring telescopically engages above the liquid receiving container. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264269 | Cooking Appliance Comprising at Least One Gas Sensor Array, Sampling System for Such a Cooking Appliance, Method for Cooking Using Said Cooking Appliance and Method for Cleaning Said Cooking Appliance - A cooking appliance comprises at least one cooking compartment, at least one installation compartment, at least one gas sensor array for detecting the atmosphere within the cooking compartment, the atmosphere within the installation compartment, and/or the atmosphere surrounding the cooking appliance. The gas sensor array(s) have at least two separate, different individual sensors and/or at least one coherent sensor field including at least two different sensor segments. The cooking appliance additionally includes at least one storage unit for storing signals detected by the gas sensor array(s), at least one evaluation unit for processing the detected signals, at least one control unit for controlling cooking or cleaning processes, at least one first feed line for transporting the atmosphere from the cooking appliance to the gas sensor array(s), and at least one valve at the inlet and/or in the area of the first feed line. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264270 | BABY FOOD MAKER - A baby food maker ( | 2008-10-30 |
20080264271 | Grease Collection System for Oven - A grease collection system is provided that may be connected to an oven for the real-time removal of grease from the heating chamber while maintaining a closed system. In particular, one end of a grease removal conduit is placed in communication with a drain in the cooking chamber, and the other end of the conduit is placed in a portable reservoir for the disposal of grease having a predetermined fluid level to prevent ambient air from entering the heating chamber during the preparation of food product. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264272 | APPARATUS FOR DISPERSION OF A SECOND PHASE INTO A NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID BASE PRODUCT - A method and apparatus for producing a non-Newtonian fluid product including a non-Newtonian fluid base product including at least one second phase is disclosed. A second phase dispersion apparatus is disclosed which receives the at least one second phase and the non-Newtonian fluid base product and disperses the at least one second phase within the non-Newtonian fluid base product to produce the non-Newtonian fluid product. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264273 | SNIPPER KNIFE STEM - A snipping apparatus includes a frame having an inlet end and an outlet end, a rotatable drum mounted in the frame, and a plurality of mounting rods fixed relative to the frame. The mounting rods extend between the inlet end and the outlet end and are aligned generally parallel to a longitudinal axis of the drum. The snipping apparatus also includes a plurality of resilient rods, each resilient rod having a first end, a second end and a curved portion positioned between the first end and the second end, and a plurality of snipper knives, such that each of the knives is coupled to a free end of one of the resilient rods. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264274 | Transfer press with non-uniform station spacing - In a press installation including a press with at least one press station and a multi-station press between arranged at a distance from each other which is a non-integral multiple of the press station distance of the multi-stage press. The installation also includes a transport arrangement for moving workpieces from press station to press-station concurrently by a step corresponding to the distance between the press station of the multi-station press. To compensate for an increased distance between the press station of the press and the adjacent press station of the multi-station press a deposit stage is arranged between the press and the multi-station press and includes a movable support an which the workpiece removed from the press can be deposited and from which, after appropriate movement of the support in the transport direction, it can be picked up by the transport arrangement for placement in the adjacent press station of the multi-stage press. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264275 | Embossing apparatus - A rigid embossing roll having an embossing surface containing at least one embossing line element. An elastomeric covered roll opposing the rigid embossing roll and the at least one embossing line element comprising a top having a first edge, a second edge opposing the first edge, and a width, A, measured between the first and the second edge. A step located adjacent to either the first or the second edge, the step having a riser and a landing. The landing having a width, B, measured between the riser and a sidewall of the embossing line element and the riser having a vertical height, C, measured along an axis orthogonal to a base of the embossing line element between the landing and the top. Finally, A is between about 0.010 inch to about 0.10 inch, B is between about 0.010 inch to about 0.10 inch, C is between about 0.0025 inch to about 0.015 inch; a ratio C/B is between about 0.25 to about 1.5; and a ratio of A/B is between about 0.1 to about 10.0. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264276 | Printing machine and a method of printing - The invention relates to a printing machine comprising a support plate ( | 2008-10-30 |
20080264277 | GEAR UNIT APPARATUS FOR PRINTER - To provide a gear unit apparatus for a printer in which the assembling characteristics and maintenance workability of driving sections for transferring a printing paper to be printed can be improved, and particularly assembling, replacement and maintenance work can be easily performed on a platen roller and a transfer roller. The present invention focuses on unitizing a group of belts and a group of gears independently of a printer main body, and is configured such that a unit bracket that is detachable to a printer bracket is provided independently of the printer bracket, a drive motor, the belt group and the gear group are assembled to the unit bracket, and, when the unit bracket is attached to the printer bracket, a platen roller gear of a platen roller and a transfer roller gear of a transfer roller can be engaged with each other. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264278 | PRINTING METHOD BY OFFSET PRINTING PRESS AND OFFSET PRINTING PRESS - A printing method by an offset printing press and an offset printing press are disclosed which suppress occurrence of curl with printing paper while making it possible to improve the printing quality by performing a ground process with aqueous ground processing material for low whiteness printing paper such as newsprint paper. To a printing face of the printing paper, aqueous ground processing material is supplied. At the same time with or later than the supply of the ground processing material, moisture is supplied to a reverse face to the printing face of the printing paper. Thereafter, offset printing is performed for the printing paper. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264279 | Sheeter apparatus - A sheeter apparatus includes: a cutter cylinder for cutting a transported web into sheets in cooperation with a fixed knife; lower high-speed transportation belts for transporting a cut sheet; and a suction device for sucking the cut sheet from suction ports of a suction roller, which causes the lower high-speed transportation belts to travel, in such a manner that a surface of the sheet which is on the other side of the surface facing the cutter cylinder adheres to the outer peripheral surface of the suction roller. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264280 | Process and system for aligning printed images with perforated sheets - A system and process for aligning printed images on a rolled product with perforation lines being formed into the product is disclosed. According to the process, the position of printed images are sensed as the images are being printed onto a substrate, such as a tissue strip. The images are printed onto the substrate using a printing device including at least one rotating print roller. In order to maintain the printed images in alignment with perforation lines being formed into the substrate, the speed of the print roller is adjusted in order to adjust the length of the printed images. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264281 | HAND OPERATED MARKING DEVICE EMPLOYING PRINTER WITH MOVABLE PRINTHEAD AND REPLACEABLE CARTRIDGE - A hand operated marking device for printing upon print media, the marking device comprising: a pair of housings which are movably interconnected together so that a first one of the housings is adapted to be received in a second one of the housings responsive to compression of the housings between a hand and the print media; a printer which is located within the first housing and comprising a movable printhead configured to print ink; a selector arrangement operatively mounted to the second housing and enabling selection of an indicia, from a plurality of possible indicia, to be printed by the printhead; an ink connector adapted to couple with an ink cartridge via one or more ink sockets, and further adapted to couple with the movable printhead via one or more tubes; and a moving mechanism housed within at least one of the housings and which moves the printhead along the print media responsive to the compression of the housings so that the selected indicia is printed upon the print media. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264282 | Hand Operated Marking Device Employing Printer with Movable Printhead and Retractable Shutter - A hand operated marking device for printing upon print media, the marking device comprising: a pair of housings which are movably interconnected together so that a first one of the housings is adapted to be received in a second one of the housings responsive to compression of the housings between a hand and the print media; a printer which is located within the first housing and comprising a movable printhead configured to print ink; a selector arrangement operatively mounted to the second housing and enabling selection of an indicia, from a plurality of possible indicia, to be printed by the printhead; and a moving mechanism housed within at least one of the housings and which moves the printhead along the print media responsive to the compression of the housings so that the selected indicia is printed upon the print media, wherein the first housing defines an opening in which the printhead can move, and the marking device further comprises a retractable shutter which is operatively connected to move with the printhead and cover the opening when the marking device is not in use. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264283 | Printing Assembly - The present invention provides a printing assembly which includes a printing drum such as an impression drum, a pair of eccentric bearings between and on which the drum is mounted for rotation, a pair of self aligning bearings on which the eccentric bearings are supported, and a pair of frameless motors directly connected to the eccentric bearings in order to effect the rotation thereof through closed loop feedback control, in order to facilitate the automatic and accurate control of pressure level and uniformity along the nip of a printing press. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264284 | MAGNETIC CHASE AND GRAPHIC ARTS DIE ASSEMBLY WITH SELECTIVELY ACTUATABLE MEANS FOR RAISING AND SUPPORTING THE DIE PLATE DURING ALIGNMENT - A graphic arts die assembly and chase for use in a graphic arts press are disclosed for use in conjunction with a press. The die assembly includes a die plate formed at least partially of ferromagnetic material and a chase with a plurality of magnet assemblies configured to provide a magnetic coupling force to selectively secure the die plate to the chase. The chase includes an actuatable releasing assembly to exert a disengagement force to separate the magnetic securement between the plates. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264285 | Method of processing and printing print job portions for enabling bindery efficiencies - A method is provided for preparing one or more print jobs for finishing. The method includes dividing a portion of the one or more print jobs into a first set of pages corresponding with a first print output stack having one stack height and a second set of pages corresponding with a second print output stack having another stack height. A printing instruction is provided for causing at least one of the first and second sets of pages to be printed in a multiple up format when either one of the output stack heights is greater than a selected output stack height, or when the sum of the stack heights is greater than the selected output stack height. The printing instruction is used, pursuant to printing the first and second sets of pages with the printing instruction, for (1) causing the at least one of the first print output stack and the second print output stack to be printed in multiple-up format, and (2) preventing either one of the print output stack heights from exceeding the selected output height. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264286 | OFFSET HAND PROOFER TOOL - A method of predicting the performance of a printing press for a printing job includes preparing a first printing plate and securing the printing plate to a proofing device then adjusting the proofing device to optimize ink transfer from an anilox roll to the printing plate and from the printing plate to a substrate. An operator then prepares a printing proof on the substrate and evaluates the printing proof to predict the performance of a second printing plate on the printing press. The invention may also include a plate for printing that includes a printing press portion that is dimensioned to be secured to a printing press and a proofing portion that is dimensioned to be secured to a proofing tool that are separable. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264287 | METHOD FOR LOADING PRINTING PLATE ON IMAGING DEVICE - A method for aligning the leading edge of printing plate ( | 2008-10-30 |
20080264288 | Phase change ink compositions - Disclosed is a phase change ink composition comprising a colorant and a phase change ink vehicle comprising a compound of the formula | 2008-10-30 |
20080264289 | PROPELLANT FOR FRACTURING WELLS - An apparatus for fracturing wells employs a propellant charge and an ignition cord wrapped around the outer surface of the propellant charge to rapidly ignite the outer surface of the propellant charge. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264290 | Bullet - A projectile ( | 2008-10-30 |
20080264291 | Design of a Large Low Maintenance Battery Pack for a Hybrid Locomotive - The present invention is directed to systems for prolonging battery life, such as maintaining battery cell temperatures in battery packs within specified limits, providing vibration and shock resistance, and/or electrically isolating groups of batteries from nearby conductive surfaces. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264292 | Suspension for a rail vehicle - A suspension for a rail vehicle includes a bogie pedestal | 2008-10-30 |
20080264293 | Method of Improving the Adhesion of Cement-Bound Coatings to Concrete Surfaces - The present invention relates to plastering mortars which exhibit enhanced adhesion to concrete surfaces and comprise monofluorophosphates, to adhesion primers comprising monofluorophosphates, and to a method of improving the adhesion of cement-bound plasters to concrete surfaces, which involves applying a monofluorophosphate to the concrete surface. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264294 | Method of analysing a temperature indicating paint using a marker paint - A marker paint comprises 42 wt % to 52 wt % pigment, 31 wt % to 37 wt % acrylic resin and 17 wt % to 21 wt % silicone resin excluding solvent. The pigment comprises cobalt titanium oxide, titanium nickel antimony oxide, cobalt aluminium oxide or cadmium sulphide selenium to give a green, yellow, blue or red colour respectively. The marker paint is used in conjunction with an irreversible temperature indicating paint to determine if there is any debris and/or dirt on the irreversible temperature indicating paint to affect the accuracy of the temperature measurement of the irreversible temperature indicating paint. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264295 | Treatment of Metakaolin - A method for increasing the brightness of metakaolins comprises calcining a metakaolin under reducing conditions. The calcined metakaolins are suitable for use in a variety of applications including in polymer products and paints. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264296 | Biodegradable vehicle/carrier for printing ink - Embodiments of the present invention provide a composition useful as an additive to a printing ink. In one embodiment a composition is used that includes a biologically derived base material formed from one or more saturated or unsaturated straight or branched chain triglycerides or combinations thereof, wherein the triglycerides are partially to fully hydrogenated and have a viscosity between about 50 and about 200,000 centipoise at temperatures about 72 degrees Fahrenheit. In another embodiment, the composition further includes a finely divided additive selected from the group consisting of polytetrafluoroethylene or hydrogenated triglycerides in an intimate admixture with the base material. Other aspects relate to a method of making an ink additive and method for printing paper stock by letter press or lithography. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264297 | Concentrated Dye Solution - Concentrated aqueous dye solutions comprising one or more cationizable dyes, an organic acid and water are useful for dyeing and/or printing organic substrates and for producing inkjet printing inks. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264298 | Pigment dipsersions comprising functionalized non-polymeric dispersants - The present invention relates to pigment dispersions comprising a liquid vehicle, a pigment, and a non-polymeric dispersant comprising at least one functional groups. Various embodiments of the functional group are disclosed. For each of these embodiments, preferably the functional group has a defined calcium index value. Also disclosed are various uses for these dispersions, including inkjet ink compositions. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264299 | Aluminium Oxide Dispersion - Aluminium oxide dispersion, which is stable in a pH range 5 from 5 to 9 and has an aluminium oxide content of at least 40 wt. %, obtainable by dispersing pyrogenically produced aluminium oxide particles in an aqueous phase, wherein one or several at least dibasic hydroxycarboxylic acids present dissolved in the dispersion and at least one salt of a 10 dialkali metal hydrogen phosphate and/or alkali metal dihydrogen phosphate are added to the aqueous phase each mutually independently in a quantity of 0.3−3×10 | 2008-10-30 |
20080264300 | Organic-pigment aqueous dispersion, method of producing the same, and colored coating composition and coated article using the same - An organic-pigment aqueous dispersion, containing a pigment at a concentration of 6 to 30 mass %, and having a haze of 0.3 to 10%, as determined by enclosing the dispersion in a transparent glass cell of optical distance 0.2 mm and analyzing with integrating-sphere photoelectric photometry; and a colored coating composition using the same. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264301 | COAL COMBUSTION PRODUCT CEMENTS AND RELATED METHODS OF PRODUCTION - Coal combustion product cement compositions produced using classes of relatively low-cost industrial by-products and low-value minerals. A variety of highly sustainable cements with low-environmental impact can be provided. Coal combustion by-products and other wastes produced on the large scale from the burning of coal or coal and biomass in coal-fired power stations with or without low-value minerals, processed minerals, and/or by-products of the mining, mineral processing, metal refining, petrochemical, fine chemical, pharmaceutical, agrochemical, biotechnology, food, feed and energy industries, as well as agricultural and municipal by-products, can be utilized to provide improved cements and cementitious materials that are more economic and environmentally friendly than traditional cements including Portland cement. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264302 | Curable Composition Containing as Constituent Material Silica Obtained by Decomposing Chrysotile and Cured Object - Chrysotile or chrysotile-containing serpentinite containing chrysotile is treated to convert the chrysotile contained therein into a non-asbestos material, so that the non-asbestos material is used as a material that can be recycled safely and is effective from the view point of environmental protection. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264303 | SOLID SURFACE PRODUCT CONTAINING ORIENTED REFLECTIVE PARTICLES AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - A solid surface material which exhibits a pearlescent visual appearance and method of making it are provided. The solid surface material includes a polymer resin, optionally, a filler, and oriented anisotropic pigment particles dispersed substantially throughout the polymer resin to provide the pearlescent visual appearance. The solid surface material is made by forming a mixture of polymer resin, optional filler, and anisotropic pigment particles; dispersing the pigment particles substantially throughout the mixture; casting the mixture into an open mold; applying a vacuum to the molded mixture to release entrapped gases therein to cause the pigment particles to become oriented in the mixture; and curing the molded mixture to produce the solid surface material. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264304 | PALLET STORAGE SYSTEM - A pallet storage system including a pallet ( | 2008-10-30 |
20080264305 | COMPRESSOR PACKING MEMBER - Compressor packing member which can pack compressors in many tiers is disclosed. The compressor packing members includes a pallet having first pins projected from an upper surface for holding mounting plates of compressors, and supporting surfaces formed in the upper surface for supporting lower parts of the compressors, and a pad inserted between tiers of compressors stacked on the pallet in multiple tiers for protecting the compressors. The pad includes platforms each arranged at corners of each loading lot for supporting corners of the mounting plate of the compressor, reinforcing ridges each projected between adjacent platforms for preventing deformation of the platforms, thereby stacking, and packing multiple tiers of a plurality of compressors. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264306 | Expandable Table Assembly - An expandable table assembly having a table top, a base, a plurality of legs supporting the base, and a plurality of releasably attachable expansion members that can be used to expand the table surface beyond the surface area of the unexpanded table top. The table top is repositionable from a first use position to a second use position by lifting the table top above the base, rotating the table top 90 degrees relative to the base in a substantially horizontal plane, and then lowering the table top back onto the base. The expansion members are attachable to the base only when the table top is in the second use position and, when attached, become part of the total surface area of the table. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264307 | TABLE - A table may include a table top and one or more leg assemblies. The table top may include a downwardly extending lip. The table may also include a frame, and the lip may include one or more receiving portions sized and configured to receive a portion of the frame. The receiving portions may also be sized and configured to receive a portion of a leg assembly. The table top may be constructed from molded plastic, such as blow-molded plastic, and the receiving portions may be integrally formed in the table top during the molding process. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264308 | Stand with lifting and lowering function - A stand includes a frame, a drive, and a moving support member; the frame has two opposing walls, and a base on a bottom thereof, which has two opposing upright parts; the drive includes a driving unit joined to the upright parts of the base, a driven shaft passed through the upright parts and pivoted on the opposing walls, chain wheels on two ends of the driven shaft, and two loop-shaped motion units passed over and engaged with respective ones of the chain wheels; the moving support member is joined to the loop-shaped motion units at two ends thereof by means of a coupling structure so as to be adjusted in height by means of operating the drive; L-shaped sliding pieces are secured on corners of the moving support member and propped against frame wall portions, which are joined to edges of said opposing walls of the frame. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264309 | Multifunctional, Portable Security System - Security system ( | 2008-10-30 |
20080264310 | Combustion Method and System - A method of combustion for pulverized hydro-carbonaceous fuel includes the steps of injecting an oxidant/fuel stream into a burner, causing a low-pressure zone; directing a flow of a high-temperature combustion gas from a combustion chamber into the low-pressure zone in the burner; mixing the high-temperature combustion gas with the injected oxidant/fuel stream to heat the injected oxidant/fuel stream, and injecting the heated oxidant/fuel stream from the burner to the combustion chamber, wherein the oxidant/fuel stream is rapidly devolatilized and combusted in a flame that has a high temperature; sensing a combustion parameter; and based on the sensed combustion parameter, controlling combustion to achieve at least one of a desired NOx reduction and a desired distance from the burner to a flame front. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264311 | Process for the Complete Combustion and Oxidation of the Mineral Fraction of Waste Treated in Direct Incineration-Vitrification Apparatus - The invention concerns a process enabling the complete combustion and oxidation of the mineral fraction of combustible waste contained in an apparatus intended to treat waste by direct incineration-vitrification, said process comprising the following steps:
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20080264312 | Agricultural Machine for Crop Interseeding - An agricultural machine apt for crop interseeding, of the type that is self-propelled, comprising a unit with a drawing drive unit and a draw unit, both operatively linked to each other. The drawing drive unit comprises a land vehicle including an elevated chassis disposed at a substantial height for passing over tall mature crops such as corn, wheat, sunflowers and other similar crops, without causing any damage. The drawn unit comprises a structure mounted on a metal frame of a single hopper housing seeds and/or fertilizers with its corresponding dosage dispensers and mechanically actuated drop chutes. A transversal longitudinal member is positioned over the frame and the lower part thereof is provided with multiple cavities with anchoring guides for housing and positioning a number of modules of independent bodies of planting/fertilizing of easy assembly and disassembly changing the distance between the bodies en discrete y selective form according to the distance between the furrows of the primary mature working crop. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264313 | Method of Retrofitting a Pneumatic On-Demand Seed Delivery System and an Improved Pneumatic On-Demand Seed Delivery System - A pneumatic on-demand seed delivery system wherein seed from the auxiliary hopper enters the seed meter through an opening beginning rearward of the vertical axis of the seed meter. And a retrofit kit for existing on-demand seed delivery systems, and method of retrofitting such existing pneumatic on-demand seed delivery systems, so as to provide an auxiliary hopper that communicates seed to the seed meter through an opening beginning rearward of the vertical axis of the seed meter. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264314 | Gripper for a tufting machine - A gripper ( | 2008-10-30 |
20080264315 | Modular Gauging Element Assembly - A modular gauging element assembly for a tufting machine is provided that allows for broken and damaged gauging elements of the tufting machine to be replaced. The modular gauging element assembly includes a series of gauge modules each having a module body including a series of spaced slots in which gauge elements are received. Locating devices help position the gauge modules along their gauge bars, after which the gauge modules can be mounted in place by fasteners received through the gauge modules. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264316 | Sequin Feeder Apparatus - Sequin strip ( | 2008-10-30 |
20080264317 | Soft Goods Slitter and Feed System for Quilting - An apparatus is provided for feeding and slitting mattress covers, quilts and other soft goods supported on a table. The apparatus has a first slitting wheel rotatable by a motor. A second slitting wheel is rotatable by the motor and contacts the first slitting wheel to provide a cutting action. The apparatus further includes a conveyor operable by the motor for conveying the soft goods past the slitting wheels, and a compression assembly having an actuator, a swing arm, and wheels for compressing the soft goods and holding the soft goods against the conveyor to preventing slippage or twisting. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264318 | Sewing machine - A sewing machine includes a detection device that detects whether a feed distance by which the piece of work cloth is shifted by a feed dog in the back-and-forth or right-and-left direction has reached a predetermined distance, a counting device that counts a number of forward feed stitches and a number of backward feed stitches which are sewn when the piece of work cloth is shifted backward and forward, respectively, by the predetermined feed distance detected by the detection device or a number of leftward feed stitches and a number of rightward feed stitches which are sewn when the piece of work cloth is shifted leftward and rightward, respectively, by the predetermined feed distance, and a correction value setting device that sets a correction value to correct the feed distance based on a result of the counting of the number of stitches by the counting device. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264319 | Embroidery data processor, sewing machine, and computer readable medium for embroidery data processing - An embroidery data processor includes an embroidery data storage that stores embroidery data for sewing embroidery patterns by an embroiderable sewing machine; an embroidery data preparator that prepares the embroidery data of the embroidery patterns to be sewn by reading the embroidery data from the embroidery data storage or by receiving the embroidery data from external source; and a data generator that generates temporary stitch data for temporarily sewing an interlining on an underside of a workpiece cloth prior to embroidery sewing based on the embroidery data prepared by the embroidery data preparator. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264320 | FABRIC JOINING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A fabric joining method and system for attaching a first piece of fabric having synthetic content to a second piece of fabric having synthetic content. The method includes welding the first piece of fabric to the second piece of fabric at a seam and sewing the first piece of fabric to the second piece of fabric using a stitch that crosses the welded seam. An example method includes ultrasonically welding a first piece of fleece fabric to a second piece of fleece fabric followed by stitching along and across the welded seam completely through the fabric layers using a zig-zag stitch. The system includes a first piece of fabric, a second piece of fabric fused to the first piece of fabric at a welded seam, and a thread stitched across the welded seam. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264321 | Attachable bow stop for a watercraft float system - A bow stop is removably secured in a bow stop recess at a front of a watercraft ramp on a watercraft float. A molded mooring loop on the bow stop receives a tie line from the watercraft. The removably attachable bow stop is alternately placed in one of the recessed corners of a stackable watercraft float for compact storage or shipment. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264322 | Configurable Multi-Function Vessel - A configurable, multi-function vessel that comprises first and second pontoon barges and a plurality of interconnecting barges. The first and second pontoon barges have a plurality of connection members disposed on the inboard sides thereof. The plurality of interconnecting barges are disposable between the inboard sides of the first and second pontoon barges so that a plurality of connection members disposed on opposite sides of the interconnecting barges are adjacent to the connection members on either said first or second pontoon barge. A plurality of connectors releasably couple adjacent connection members so that the pontoon barges and the interconnecting barges form a unitary, oceangoing vessel. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264323 | Submersible Vehicle - A submersible vehicle having an outer hull which defines a hull axis and appears substantially annular when viewed along the hull axis, the interior of the annulus defining a duct which is open at both ends so that when the vehicle is submerged in a liquid, the liquid floods the duct. The vehicle further comprising means for rolling the vehicle about the hull axis. A buoyancy control system may be provided, and the outer hull may be swept with respect to the hull axis. Various methods of deploying and using the vehicle are described. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264324 | Motor Boat - A motorboat, in particular a yacht, with a cabin which merges on a rear side into a cockpit which is delimited laterally by side sections. To improve the wind comfort in the cockpit, a respective side guiding element for guiding the flow is disposed on each side of the boat. The side guiding element extends generally vertically upward and generally in the longitudinal direction of the boat from a rear end section of the respective side section. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264325 | MOVING MECHANISM FOR CRUISER ARCH - A cruiser arch moving and control mechanism includes a pair of carriage guides ( | 2008-10-30 |
20080264326 | Indicator - An elongate strip for indicating a platform edge includes a base for resting on a platform; a back and a further surface. The arrangement is such that with the device resting on a platform, the further surface takes the place of the platform surface and includes an indicator to indicate an edge of the platform. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264327 | Strain-Responsive Visual Indicator - A strain-responsive visual indicator comprises a pair of overlapping shutter strips ( | 2008-10-30 |
20080264328 | ILLUMINATED HUB POINTER - A pointer assembly includes the pointer and hub that are both illuminatable. The hub includes a main portion with a concave surface. A reflector is partially received within a slot through the concave surface and is supported on top of the hub. The reflector includes a reflective surface that directs light onto the concave surface. Light from a light source is directed by separate reflective surfaces on the pointer and the reflector to illuminate both the hub and the pointer. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264329 | Dial device and method for manufacturing the same - A dial device includes a dial knob, which is located in a mount hole of a housing and rotatable integrally with a bumpy portion. A plunger as a bottomed hollow member has a tip end, which is configured to engage with the bumpy portion in conjunction with rotation of the dial knob. A coil spring is inserted in an opening rear end of the plunger. A support portion is located in a recess of the housing to support a rear end of the coil spring so as to compress the coil spring to resiliently bias the tip end of the plunger toward the bumpy portion. The plunger is rotatable around the support portion when the tip end is inserted from an outside of the recess into the recess without causing interference between the support portion with the rear end of the plunger. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264330 | Production of nanostructure by curie point induction heating - An apparatus for synthesizing nanostructures. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a heating device that defines a reaction zone therein and a susceptor made of a ferromagnetic material with a Curie temperature and placed in the reaction zone, where the Curie temperature substantially corresponds to a temperature at which the growth of desired nanostructures occurs and the heating device is capable of heating the susceptor substantially at the Curie temperature. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264331 | Manufacturing Method and Manufacturing Apparatus of a Group III Nitride Crystal - A method for manufacturing a group III nitride crystal on a seed crystal in a holding vessel holding therein a melt containing a group III metal, an alkali metal and nitrogen. The manufacturing method comprises the steps of causing the seed crystal to make a contact with the melt, setting an environment of the seed crystal to a first state offset from a crystal growth condition while in a state in which said seed crystal is in contact with the melt, increasing a nitrogen concentration in the melt, and setting the environment of the seed crystal to a second state suitable for crystal growth when the nitrogen concentration of the melt has reached a concentration suitable for growing the seed crystal. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264332 | Method, system, and apparatus for doping and for multi-chamber high-throughput solid-phase epitaxy deposition process - The current application deals with the doping and multi-chamber method and apparatus for the growth of material, directed toward Solid Phase Epitaxy (SPE) process. We will examine different variations and features of this method and process. The advantages of this method are the high throughput and the reduced operational cost of the production for semiconductor material and devices, such as III-V material (e.g. GaAs) and solar cell devices. It can be applied to many systems and devices/material. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264333 | Rotary Pan - Described is a rotary pan ( | 2008-10-30 |
20080264334 | DEVICE FOR APPLYING COATINGS TO LENGTHY PRODUCTS - The inventions refer to method of product surface treatment, technological line and device for hot applying the coating on lengthy products. Line for applying the coating on lengthy product comprising supplying device, product surface preparing unit, devise for continuous applying the coating, cooling camera and final product acceptance unit. Device for applying the coating comprises camera ( | 2008-10-30 |
20080264335 | SYSTEM FOR IMPARTING STRETCH AND RECOVERY TO FABRICS - A system for imparting a desired stretch and recovery characteristic to woven fabric that contain yard strands. The system has a surface for receiving the fabric in a compacted state, the fabric having been stabilized to retain the compaction. The system also comprises an applicator for applying at least one adhesive liquid with known stretch and recovery characteristics to the fabric with the yarn strands in a compacted state. The affixed adhesive liquid thereby facilitates maintaining the desired stretch and recovery characteristic of the fabric after the stabilization has been removed from the fabric. An elongated stabilizer is applied to the fabric to stabilize the yarn strands in their compacted state while the adhesive liquid is being applied. A trough guides the fabric while a dispenser dispenses the adhesive liquid and a spreader spreads the adhesive liquid on the fabric. An oven is used to cure the adhesive liquid affixed to the fabric. | 2008-10-30 |
20080264336 | MECHANICAL AND ACOUSTICAL SUSPENSION COATING OF MEDICAL IMPLANTS - The present invention has several plausible embodiments. In one embodiment an apparatus for coating a medical device is provided. This apparatus includes a coating chamber, a vibrating structure within the coating chamber the vibrating structure capable of suspending a medical device positioned in the coating chamber, and a coating source, the coating source positioned to introduce coating into the coating chamber. In another embodiment a method of coating a medical device is provided. This method includes moving a medical device into a predetermined coating area, vibrating a structure below the medical device, the vibration of the structure forcing the medical device away from the vibrating structure, and coating at least a portion of the medical device that has moved away from the vibrating structure. | 2008-10-30 |