46th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 10 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20080277243 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SORTING ITEMS - A method and apparatus are provided for sorting items to a plurality of sort destinations. The items are loaded onto one of a plurality of independently controlled delivery vehicles. The delivery vehicles follow a track that guides the delivery vehicles to the sort destinations, which are positioned along the track. Once at the appropriate sort destination, the delivery vehicle ejects the item to the sort destination and returns to receive another item to be delivered. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277244 | Conveyor Segment And Assembly For Use In High Wall Mining, And Coupling And Releasing Methods - The invention relates to a conveyor segment ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080277245 | Liner Plate Replacement - A skirt for a material transport system, eg conveyor belt ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080277246 | Reciprocating slat conveyer - The present disclosure concerns embodiments of a reciprocating slat conveyor, such as used to form the floor of a mobile cargo container. For example, the slat conveyor can be installed in the collection area of a garbage collection truck. In particular embodiments, the conveyor includes an elongated floor assembly that has a concave upper surface such that the left and right longitudinal sides of the floor assembly curve upwardly from the longitudinal center of the floor assembly. In this manner, materials, especially liquids, tend to funnel downwardly along the curved portions of the floor assembly and accumulate proximate the center of the floor assembly. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277247 | SPLINE ROLLER FOR A BELT-DRIVEN ROLLER CONVEYOR, AND METHOD FOR MAKING - A spline roller having a cylindrical barrel having a length, a first and second end, a centerline, and a circumferential surface, and at least a first drive portion formed integrally into the circumferential surface, having a first end and a second end, at least a first circumferential recess at the first end, and comprising a plurality of the parallel, radially-disposed, splines about the circumference, each spline extending along the length of the barrel from the first circumferential recess. Each spline has a ridge extending from the first end to the second end, and typically has a crown along the length of the ridge. The ridge can be oriented along a line that is parallel to the centerline of the spline roller, to provide a straight spline roller. The ridge can also be oriented along a line that is angled inwardly at a taper angle toward the centerline of the roller, to provide a tapered spline roller. Typically, each roller has a second drive portion adjacent to and axially disposed from the first drive portion. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277248 | SIDE-FLEXING CONVEYOR BELT - An endless side-flexing conveyor is described comprising a conveyor belt made from a number of rows of hinged interconnected belt links, where each row comprises at least one link, where each link has a front end, a back end, a top surface, a bottom surface and two sides, where hinge parts separated by apertures are arranged along the front end and the back end such that front hinge parts on the front end will fit inside apertures on the back end of an adjacent belt link, and where the front end and back end are substantially parallel to a first axis parallel to the width direction of the link, wherein the hinge parts of each link are defined by a top and bottom which are substantially flush with the top and bottom surfaces respectively, and two side surfaces and a free front surface, and that the front hinge parts on one end of each link are provided with a protrusion on each side surface, where the protrusions fit inside elongated apertures provided in the side surfaces of the rear hinge parts on the opposite end of the link; and further that the protrusions on more than one of the front hinge parts arranged centrally on the link are arranged on an axis parallel to the first axis, and that at least the protrusions on one or more of the outermost front hinge parts on one side of each link are arranged parallel to an axis angled +x° in relation to the first axis and that one or more protrusions on the opposite side of each link are arranged parallel to an axis angled −x | 2008-11-13 |
20080277249 | Circuit breaker with improved lock-off accessory - A circuit breaker comprises a housing containing a trip mechanism, a handle coupled to the trip mechanism and movable between on and off positions, and a lock-off mechanism capable of holding the handle in its off position. The lock-off mechanism includes a base member adapted to be mounted on the circuit breaker housing adjacent the movable handle. A slide is mounted on the base member for movement to an advanced position in which a portion of the slide projects into the path of movement of the breaker handle for engaging the handle and blocks movement of the handle from the “off” position to the “on” position. In the retracted position of the slide, the path of movement of the handle is unobstructed by the slide. A key-operated lock is also mounted on the base, and a lock shaft is coupled to the lock and mounted for movement to a locked position in which the shaft engages the slide when the slide is in its advanced position to block retracting movement of the slide, thereby locking the breaker handle in its “off” position. In the unlocked position of the lock shaft, movement of the slide is unobstructed by the shaft, but the slide interferes with advancing movement of the lock shaft, thereby preventing the lock shaft from moving to its advanced position. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277250 | Circuit breaker with improved lock-off accessory - A circuit breaker comprises a housing containing a trip mechanism, a handle coupled to the trip mechanism and movable between on and off positions, and a lock-off mechanism capable of holding the handle in its off position. The lock-off mechanism includes a bracket adapted to be mounted on the circuit breaker housing adjacent the movable handle, and a slide mounted on the bracket for movement parallel to the movement of the handle when the handle is moved from the off position to the on position. The slide projects into the path of movement of the handle for engaging the handle, and the bracket and the slide form openings that register with each other when the projecting portion of the slide is proximate the handle in the off position. The registered openings are sized and shaped to receive the shackle of a padlock for locking the slide to the bracket, and thus locking the handle in the off position. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277251 | Electrical switch apparatus and methods - Particular embodiments of the inventive technology may relate to an electrical switch apparatus, and related methods, that include a conductive contiguity, alone with which two sequential electrical contacts may be induced upon application of force by a user, thereby effecting two or more distinct electrical events. Embodiments of the inventive technology may more specifically include a conductive contiguity having a truncated leg that enables inducement of a first electrical contact before a second, subsequential contact is induced. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277252 | Mechanical switch - Apparatus including a substrate and a mechanical switch, the mechanical switch located over the substrate, the mechanical switch including: a first electrical contact over the substrate; a support over the substrate, the support including a region moveable relative to the first electrical contact, the moveable region having a second electrical contact, the second electrical contact located over the first electrical contact; and a self-assembled molecular layer between the substrate and the second electrical contact. Method including placing into operation an apparatus, and applying a coulomb force causing the second electrical contact to move relative to the first electrical contact such that the switch is opened or closed. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277253 | Thin Key Sheet - Mobile phones are in a trend of having thinner configuration due to emphasis on the design. Thus, in order to meet this demand, the present invention aims to thin the key sheet portion as much as possible. The present invention provides a thin key sheet | 2008-11-13 |
20080277254 | Keyboard assembly with adjustable keystroke - Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a keyboard structure comprising a bottom plate, a bridging device support board positioned above said bottom plate, and a plurality of keys positioned above said bridging device support board. The key board structure further includes a plurality of bridging devices positioned between said bridging device support board and each of said plurality of keys. Further, the said bottom plate is adapted to movably engage the said plurality of bridging devices for moving the said plurality of keys transversely relative to the said bottom plate. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277255 | KEYSWITCH WITH BALANCE MEMBER - The invention discloses a keyswitch, which includes a keycap and a balance member. The keycap thereof defines a lower surface, which has at least one mounting portion. The balance member has an axle thereof defines a first end and a second end opposite to the first end. Additionally, the axle is folded with a first angle and elongated from the first end to form a first side, and folded with a second angle and elongated from the second end to form a second side. The axle is mounted in the at least one mounting portion. Particularly, the second angle is between 30° and 60°. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277256 | KEYSWITCH STRUCTURE - The invention discloses a keyswitch, which includes a substrate, a plurality of switches, a keycap, and at least one support. The switches are fixed on the substrate. The keycap thereof defines a bottom surface, which has a plurality of protruding portions, each of which corresponds to one of the switches. In addition, the at least one support is used for supporting the keycap to move vertically relative to the substrate, and each of the at least one support corresponds to one of the switches. Particularly, when the keycap is pressed, the protruding portions and/or the at least one supporting portion can trigger at least one of the switches. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277257 | KEY FOR KEYBOARD AND KEYBOARD USING THE SAME - A low-noise cost-effective keyboard includes keys arranged in rows and columns in a housing. Each key has a mounting member affixed to the housing, at least one button, at least one connecting member integrally connected between the mounting member and the at least one button in a manner that a top surface of the at least one button is higher in elevation than the top surface of the mounting member, and at least one stop flange protruding from a side of the button opposite to the connecting member in a manner that an end edge of the at least one stop flange is lower in elevation than a bottom surface of the button and the stop flange of one key suspends beneath one button of another key. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277258 | MEMS plate switch and method of manufacture - Systems and methods for forming an electrostatic MEMS plate switch include forming a deformable plate on a first substrate, forming the electrical contacts on a second substrate, and coupling the two substrates using a hermetic seal. The deformable plate may have a flexible shunt bar which has one end coupled to the deformable plate, and the other end coupled to a contact on the second substrate. Upon activating the switch, the deformable plate urges the shunt bar against a second contact formed in the second substrate, thereby closing the switch. The hermetic seal may be a gold/indium alloy, formed by heating a layer of indium plated over a layer of gold. Electrical access to the electrostatic MEMS switch may be made by forming vias through the thickness of the second substrate. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277259 | Capacitive type touch panel - A capacitive type touch panel includes: a transparent substrate; an array of first conductors formed on a surface of the transparent substrate; an array of second conductors formed on the surface of the transparent substrate; a plurality of conductive first bridging lines, each of which interconnects two adjacent ones of the first conductors; a plurality of conductive second bridging lines, each of which interconnects two adjacent ones of the second conductors and each of which intersects insulatively a respective one of the first bridging lines; and a plurality of spaced apart insulators, each of which is disposed at an intersection of a respective one of the first bridging lines and a respective one of the second bridging lines to separate the respective first and second bridging lines. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277260 | FLUID DISPERSION UNIT ASSEMBLY AND METHOD - A tray valve assembly for a process column of a type wherein a first, heavier fluid flows downwardly from a downcomer onto a tray and thereacross in a first direction through which a second, lighter fluid flows upwardly therethrough for interaction and mass transfer with the heavier fluid before passing therefrom. A plurality of valves disposed across a surface of the tray and mounted above a plurality of apertures on the surface of the tray, each valve of the plurality of valves comprising a top surface and at least one securement leg. A first securement leg of is adapted to intercept the heavier fluid flow in the first direction forming a diverting baffle for engaging the heavier fluid flow across the tray. Each valve includes at least one aperture to facilitate the lighter fluid flow therefrom and further comprising a first aperture in the first securement leg. The first aperture is adapted to allow the lighter fluid to flow in a second direction to interact with the heavier fluid flow in the first direction for lighter fluid aeration thereof. Each valve includes a plurality of open side regions for allowing ascending lighter fluid flow to pass outwardly therefrom in generally oppositely dispersed directions for contact with the heavier fluid flow in the first direction and each valve is adapted to allow the ascending lighter fluid flow to pass outwardly therefrom generally in the first direction of the heavier fluid flow passing over the top surface for facilitating a propulsion of the heavier fluid flow therefrom and across the tray. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277261 | Water Distillation System - A system for distilling sea or brackish water includes a feed water arrangement for supplying feed water from a feed water source to one or more flashing stages. Each flashing stage has a water flash evaporator for vaporizing at least part of the water therein, and a condenser for receiving the vapour and converting at least a part of the vapour into distilled water. A heat storage arrangement provided with a heat generating source for storing heat energy is used to heat a fluid medium flowing through it. A heat exchange arrangement receives the hot fluid medium and transfers heat to a stream of vapour flowing under pressure from each flashing stage. The vapour leaving the heat exchange arrangement being at a raised temperature is arranged to be condensed into water at the condenser and to transfer some of its latent heat to the evaporator. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277262 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WASTEWATER REDUCTION AND FRESHWATER GENERATION - A process whereby freshwater is generated and wastewater is eliminated through the employ of waste combustion gas; wherein combustion gas is cooled below dewpoint, via the effects of a wastewater fed evaporative cooler, resulting in the combined benefits of freshwater generation from the combustion gas and evaporative reduction of the wastewater. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277263 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATMENT OF IMPOTABLE WATER - Apparatus and method are provided for treatment of impotable water and for optionally simultaneously creating surplus electricity. Briefly, water is marshaled through a series of chambers by variances in pressure which are created as the water changes state from liquid to gas and from gas to liquid. The source or input water moves through the system, first heated, then vaporized where the impurities fall out, then pushed and pulled through a nozzle where it turns the blades of a turbine-type generator, and finally condensed where the newly-distilled water is removed from the system. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277264 | ALCOHOL PRODUCTION USING HYDRAULIC CAVITATION - A system and method is provided which includes using a liquid treatment apparatus, which is equipped with cyclonettes, for example, to subject a liquid medium processing stream in an alcohol production process to hydraulic cavitation, i.e., to shear under vacuum, at one or more locations. The liquid treatment apparatus, in one embodiment, is directed to the formation of a central axial jet and a vacuum chamber that can be sealed by the exiting jet. Cavitation is generated by directing a high velocity jet of liquid medium processing stream through a volume of vapor under a vacuum created in the chamber through which the jet travels. This can reduce the production cost of alcohol, such as ethanol, by improving alcohol yield per bushel, among other benefits. In one embodiment, the alcohol production process is a dry grind process, a modified dry grind process, or a wet mill process. In one embodiment the alcohol production process utilizes grain as a starting material. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277265 | GAS REFORMULATION SYSTEM COMPRISING MEANS TO OPTIMIZE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF GAS CONVERSION - This invention provides a system and method for efficient reformulation of an initial gas with associated characteristics into an output gas with desired characteristic parameters, within a substantially sealed, contained, and controlled environment. The gas reformulating system uses a gas energizing field to disassociate the initial gas molecules and molecules of injected process additives of appropriate types and amounts, into their constituents that then recombine to form the output gas with the desired parameters. The gas reformulating system further comprises a control system that regulates the process and thereby enables the process to be optimized. The gas energizing field may be provided at least partly by hydrogen burners or plasma torches. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277266 | Shape of cone and air input annulus - A constricting chamber having first and second ends, the chamber comprising: an interior surface formed between the first and second ends, disposed circumferentially around and defining an interior space and a longitudinal axis of the chamber; a frusto-conical surface disposed between the first and second ends and narrowing as it extends away from the first end and into the second end; an ejection port disposed at the second end and substantially aligned with the longitudinal axis; a cover disposed at the first end, substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, and comprising a center substantially aligned with the longitudinal axis; an injection port disposed on the cover proximate the center, and configured to receive a reactive mixture into the chamber; and an annular supply portion disposed circumferentially around the longitudinal axis and comprising supply port(s) configured to supply conditioning fluid into the chamber in an annular formation along the interior surface. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277267 | Highly turbulent quench chamber - An apparatus for cooling a reactive mixture, comprising: a reactor configured to form the reactive mixture; a quench chamber comprising a frusto-conical body having a wide end, a narrow end, and a quench region formed between the wide and narrow end, wherein the quench chamber is configured to receive the reactive mixture from the plasma reactor through a reactive mixture inlet into the quench region, to receive a conditioning fluid through at least one fluid inlet, and to flow the conditioning fluid into the quench region, wherein the frusto-conical body is configured to produce a turbulent flow within the quench region with the flow of the conditioning fluid into the quench region, thereby promoting the quenching of the reactive mixture to form a cooled gas-particle mixture; and a suction generator configured to force the cooled gas-particle mixture out of the quench chamber. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277268 | Fluid recirculation system for use in vapor phase particle production system - A method of and system for recirculating a fluid in a particle production system. A reactor produces a reactive particle-gas mixture. A quench chamber mixes a conditioning fluid with the reactive particle-gas mixture, producing a cooled particle-gas mixture that comprises a plurality of precursor material particles and an output fluid. A filter element filters the output fluid, producing a filtered output. A temperature control module controls the temperature of the filtered output, producing a temperature-controlled, filtered output. A content ratio control module modulates the content of the temperature-controlled, filtered output, thereby producing a content-controlled, temperature-controlled, filtered output. A channeling element supplies the content-controlled, temperature-controlled, filtered output to the quench chamber, wherein the content-controlled, filtered output is provided to the quench chamber as the conditioning fluid to be used in cooling the reactive particle-gas mixture. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277269 | Collecting particles from a fluid stream via thermophoresis - A method of collecting particles from a gas-particle stream having a first temperature and a plurality of particles, the method comprising: cooling an interior surface of a collection chamber to a second temperature less than the first temperature of the gas-particle stream; flowing the gas-particle stream through the chamber, wherein the gas-particle stream is directed along the cooled interior surface of the collection chamber, and a temperature gradient between the gas-particle stream and the cooled interior surface creates a thermophoretic force; and the thermophoretic force attracting the particles from the gas-particle stream to the interior surface of the collection chamber, wherein the particles are deposited onto the interior surface of the collection chamber. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277270 | Method and apparatus for making uniform and ultrasmall nanoparticles - A system comprising: a plasma production chamber configured to produce a plasma; a reaction chamber vaporize a precursor material with the plasma to form a reactive mixture; a quench chamber having a frusto-conical surface and a quench region formed within the quench chamber between an ejection port of the reaction chamber and a cooled mixture outlet, wherein the quench region configured to receive the reactive mixture from the ejection port, to cool the reactive mixture to form a cooled mixture, and to supply the cooled mixture to the cooled mixture outlet; and a conditioning fluid injection ring disposed at the ejection port and configured to flow a conditioning fluid directly into the reactive mixture as the reactive mixture flows through the ejection port, thereby disturbing the flow of the reactive mixture, creating turbulence within the quench region and cooling the reactive mixture to form a cooled mixture comprising condensed nanoparticles. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277271 | Gas delivery system with constant overpressure relative to ambient to system with varying vacuum suction - A system operating in an environment having an ambient pressure, the system comprising: a reactor configured to combine a plasma stream, powder particles and conditioning fluid to alter the powder particles and form a mixture stream; a supply chamber coupled to the reactor; a suction generator configured to generate a suction force at the outlet of the reactor; a fluid supply module configured to supply the conditioning fluid at an original pressure; and a pressure regulation module configured to: receive the conditioning fluid from the fluid supply module, reduce the pressure of the conditioning fluid from the original pressure to a selected pressure relative to the ambient pressure regardless of any changes in the suction force at the outlet of the reactor, and supply the conditioning fluid at the selected pressure to the supply chamber. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277272 | Methods and Apparatuses for Making Liquids More Reactive - This invention relates generally to novel methods for affecting, controlling, and/or directing various reactions with and in various liquids (such as water) by creating an energy field within and/or juxtaposed to at least one surface of said liquid. An important aspect of the invention involves the creation of a plasma, which plasma is created between at least one electrode located above the surface of the liquid and at least a portion of the surface of the liquid itself, which functions as at least one second electrode. In order to permit at least a portion of the surface of the liquid to function effectively as a second electrode, at least one additional electrically conducting electrode is typically located within (e.g., at least partially submerged within) said liquid. The plasma results in a restructuring of the liquid and/or the presence of at least one active species within said liquid. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277273 | ELECTROHYDROGENIC REACTOR FOR HYDROGEN GAS PRODUCTION - A system for hydrogen gas generation is provided according to the present invention which includes a hydrogen gas electrode assembly including a first anode in electrical communication with a first cathode; a microbial fuel cell electrode assembly including a second anode in electrical communication with a second cathode, the microbial fuel cell electrode assembly in electrical communication with the hydrogen gas electrode assembly for enhancing an electrical potential between the first anode and the first cathode. A single chamber housing contains the hydrogen gas electrode assembly at least partially in the interior space of the housing. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277274 | Electrolytic Sterilizing Apparatus for Ship Ballast Water - An electrolytic sterilizing apparatus comprises an electrolytic module ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080277275 | TREATMENT APPARATUS, SOLUTION STIRRING METHOD AND SOLUTION TRANSFER METHOD - The electrolytic reaction of a solution supplemented with oxidation-reduction substances is caused in a magnetic field. Lorentz force generated by the interaction between an electrolytic current and the magnetic field is utilized. As a result, the effective stirring or transfer of a solution as well as the detection of a biologically relevant substance with high precision can be achieved without causing the aggregation or uneven distribution of magnetic beads or the like. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277276 | Photopolymerizable Silicone Materials Forming Semipermeable Membranes for Sensor Applications - A method for preparing sensing devices (biosensors) includes the steps of: (1) applying a photopatternable silicone composition to a surface in a sensing device to form a film, (2) photopatterning the film by a process comprising exposing the film to radiation through a photomask without the use of a photoresist to produce an exposed film; (3) removing regions of the non-exposed film with a developing solvent to form a patterned film, which forms a permselective layer or an analyte attenuation layer covering preselected areas of the sensing device. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277277 | BIOSENSOR MEMBRANES COMPOSED OF POLYMERS CONTAINING HETEROCYCLIC NITROGENS - Novel membranes comprising various polymers containing heterocyclic nitrogen groups are described. These membranes are usefully employed in electrochemical sensors, such as amperometric biosensors. More particularly, these membranes effectively regulate a flux of analyte to a measurement electrode in an electrochemical sensor, thereby improving the functioning of the electrochemical sensor over a significant range of analyte concentrations. Electrochemical sensors equipped with such membranes are also described. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277278 | BIOSENSOR FOR DISEASE DIAGNOSIS - The present invention relates to a biosensor including: a bottom plate having a base film having a lead mounted at one side of the top surface thereof, an electrode member formed on the base film, a spacer formed on the top surface of the electrode member so as to secure a recess having a predetermined width formed on the electrode member, and an enzyme reaction layer formed transversely on the top surface of the electrode member in such a fashion as to be positioned in the recess of the spacer; and a top plate formed integrally with the bottom plate and having the same configuration as the bottom plate. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277279 | ELECTROPHORETIC DEVICE, METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Disclosed is a method of driving an electrophoretic device that includes an electrophoretic element having a first electrode, a second electrode, and an electrophoretic layer disposed between the first and second electrodes, and further includes a capacitor connected to the first electrode at one terminal. The method includes (a) applying a reference potential or a first potential higher than the reference potential to the first electrode of the electrophoretic element and the terminal of the capacitor and applying the reference potential to the second electrode of the electrophoretic element, and (b) applying a signal fluctuating between a second potential and a third potential to the second electrode subsequently to the step (a), the second potential being equal to or higher than the reference potential, the third potential being higher than the second potential and being equal to or lower than the first potential. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277280 | DEVICE FOR ANALYSIS OF A SAMPLE ON A TEST ELEMENT - An analysis device for analysis of a sample on a test element is provided that comprises at least one component configured to make electrical contact with at least one other component for electrical transmission therebetween. The at least one component generally comprises an injection-molded circuit mount, also called an MID, or molded interconnect device. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277281 | SENSOR CONTROL DEVICE - A sensor control device for controlling a current application state of a gas sensor element when measuring a specific gas component concentration in a gas to be measured using the gas sensor element, which sensor control device includes: at least one cell having a solid electrolyte body and a pair of electrodes; a sensor heating unit as defined herein; an oxygen reference pole generating unit as defined herein; a damage avoidance time elapse determining unit as defined herein; and a reference generation current application permitting unit as defined herein. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277282 | GAS SENSOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - There is provided a gas sensor, which includes a sensor element extending axially of the gas sensor and having a gas sensing portion at a front end thereof and an electrode portion at a rear end thereof, a cylindrical metal shell retaining therein the sensor element with the gas sensing portion and the electrode portion protruding from front and rear ends of the metal shell, respectively, and having a flange portion and a rear end portion located on a rear side of the flange portion, a cylindrical protection cover having a front end fitted onto the rear end portion of the metal shell so as to cover the electrode portion and a weld joint through which the entire circumference of the front end of the protection cover is joined through the metal shell. The weld joint extends from an end face of the protection cover to the metal shell. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277283 | Gas Sensor - A gas sensor is used in particular for determining a physical property of a measuring gas, preferably for determining the concentration of a component of an exhaust gas in an exhaust branch of an internal combustion engine. The gas sensor has a sensor element situated in a housing. The housing includes a protecting tube having apertures through which the measuring gas may reach the sensor element. At least on its side facing the sensor element, the protecting tube has an absorptivity which is subject to only minor changes during the intended operation of the gas sensor in an exhaust branch of an internal combustion engine. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277284 | Consolidated amorphous carbon materials, their manufacture and use - A carbon based material produced from the consolidation of amorphous carbon by elevated temperature compression. The material having unique chemical and physical characteristics that lend themselves to a broad range of applications such as in electrical, electrochemical and structural fields. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277285 | BIPOLAR ELECTROLESS PROCESSING METHODS - A bipolar photo-electrochemical process is disclosed for electroless deposition (referred to as photo Bi-OCD) of a metallic compound onto the top surface of a semiconducting substrate whereby differential illumination of the front side of the substrate versus the back side of the substrate provides a driving force to separate the cathodic and anodic partial reactions leading to high yield deposition of the metallic compound. A selective photo Bi-OCD process is further disclosed whereby the top surface of the substrate is at least partly covered with an insulating pattern such that the deposition of the metallic compound takes place selectively into the openings of the pattern. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277286 | Method and apparatus for racking articles for surface treatment - A process employing a rack having an article carrier that is movably supported on a frame and mechanically coupled for translating movement from a motor to the article carrier to effect movement of an article during processing to provide more uniform surface treatment, reducing or eliminating the need for shielding. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277287 | HIGH RATE ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICES - A device and system useful for highly efficient chemical and electrochemical reactions is described. The device comprises a preferably porous electrode and a plurality of suspended nanoparticles diffused within the void volume of the electrode when used within an electrolyte. The device is suitable within a system having a first and second chamber preferably positioned vertically or in other special arrangements with respect to each other, and each chamber containing an electrode and electrolyte with suspended nanoparticles therein. When reactive metal particles are diffused into the electrode structure and suspended in electrolyte by gasses, a fluidized bed is established. The reaction efficiency is increased and products can be produced at a higher rate. When an electrolysis device can be operated such that incoming reactants and outgoing products enter and exit from opposite faces of an electrode, reaction rate and efficiency are improved. Ideally, this device and system can be used to rapidly produce significant quantities of high purity hydrogen gas with minimal electricity cost. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277288 | Method For Removing A Coating From A Component - Method for removing coatings which have been applied to components such as turbine blades. After the end of the product life cycle of the turbine blades has been reached, these coatings can be removed to reuse the turbine blades after recoating. The coating, containing in particular chromium oxide compounds is removed via a stripping bath by adding alkanolamine compounds or salts containing such compounds as the inhibitor. These compounds advantageously prevent new chromium oxide compounds from being produced during the stripping of the turbine blades or the chromium oxide compounds present in the coating are removed effectively, so that the chromium oxide compounds cannot have an adverse influence on the removal rate of the stripping process. Advantageously reduced treatment times can thereby be achieved for the stripping process. By adding 2% triethanolamine, the treatment time in hydrochloric acid for example can be reduced to below one hour. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277289 | WASTEWATER AMMONIUM EXTRACTION AND ELECTROLYTIC CONVERSION TO NITROGEN GAS - A new system is disclosed for extracting ammonia from a wastewater stream, and for transferring the ammonia into the secondary water circuit, where the dissolved ammonium is electrolysed and transformed into gaseous nitrogen. The new system makes use of a membrane of gas-permeable hydrophobic material. The wastewater is raised to pH of 11, and 50° C., to make the transfer of ammonia through the membrane more efficient. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277290 | Gas Sensor - The present invention provides a unique solution to the problems of both steady-state and transient signals produced by a variety of interfering stimuli, including humidity, which relies upon the inclusion in a gas sensing electrode in an electrochemical gas sensor of a catalyst material in addition to a first catalyst material reactive to the target gas, the additional, or second, catalyst material producing a response to an interfering stimulus which is of the opposite polarity to that generated by the first catalyst material. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277291 | Small Volume In Vitro Analyte Sensor - A sensor designed to determine the amount and concentration of analyte in a sample having a volume of less than about 1 μL. The sensor has a working electrode coated with a non-leachable redox mediator. The redox mediator acts as an electron transfer agent between the analyte and the electrode. In addition, a second electron transfer agent, such as an enzyme, can be added to facilitate the electrooxidation or electroreduction of the analyte. The redox mediator is typically a redox compound bound to a polymer. The preferred redox mediators are air-oxidizable. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277292 | Small Volume In Vitro Analyte Sensor - A sensor designed to determine the amount and concentration of analyte in a sample having a volume of less than about 1 μL. The sensor has a working electrode coated with a non-leachable redox mediator. The redox mediator acts as an electron transfer agent between the analyte and the electrode. In addition, a second electron transfer agent, such as an enzyme, can be added to facilitate the electrooxidation or electroreduction of the analyte. The redox mediator is typically a redox compound bound to a polymer. The preferred redox mediators are air-oxidizable. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277293 | Small Volume In Vitro Analyte Sensor - A sensor designed to determine the amount and concentration of analyte in a sample having a volume of less than about 1 μL. The sensor has a working electrode coated with a non-leachable redox mediator. The redox mediator acts as an electron transfer agent between the analyte and the electrode. In addition, a second electron transfer agent, such as an enzyme, can be added to facilitate the electrooxidation or electroreduction of the analyte. The redox mediator is typically a redox compound bound to a polymer. The preferred redox mediators are air-oxidizable. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277294 | Small Volume In Vitro Analyte Sensor - A sensor designed to determine the amount and concentration of analyte in a sample having a volume of less than about 1 μL. The sensor has a working electrode coated with a non-leachable redox mediator. The redox mediator acts as an electron transfer agent between the analyte and the electrode. In addition, a second electron transfer agent, such as an enzyme, can be added to facilitate the electrooxidation or electroreduction of the analyte. The redox mediator is typically a redox compound bound to a polymer. The preferred redox mediators are air-oxidizable. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277295 | Package for consumer product - A package comprising an externally visible face. The externally visible face comprises indicia, the indicia having disposed thereon a relatively glossy or shiny coating. The externally visible face is embossed in a portion corresponding to the indicia. The externally visible face comprises an additional coating surrounding the indicia, the additional coating being relatively non-glossy. The indicia is non-alphanumeric. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277296 | MARKER PEN STORAGE SYSTEM - A marker pen storage system comprising a housing having a plurality of receptacles for receiving marker pens, each receptacle formed to include an upper and lower cavity, the upper cavity located at the opening of the receptacle and formed to include a first upper inclined section and a first lower inclined section, wherein the first upper inclined section has a greater incline than the first lower inclined section, said lower cavity sized to receive a writing end of a marker pen, receptacle openings are formed immediately adjacent so as to create guidance walls between each receptacle, and prevent a flat upper surface from being formed between adjacent receptacles, and a snap ring formed between the upper and lower cavities, wherein a relatively airtight seal is formed around the writing end of a marking pen when it is completely inserted into the lower cavity so as to prevent circulation of air to the writing end of an inserted marking pen, and the snap ring produces a snap feel and sound when a marker pen is completely inserted into the lower cavity. Guidance walls between the receptacles enable a user to properly insert a marker pen without having a direct line of site to the proper receptacle, thereby making the marker pen holder very easy for young children to use and put away marker pens when it is time to clean up. Also, the receptacle snap ring prevents marker pens from spilling out of the holder, which is very useful when marker pens are carried in children's backpacks to and from school or the like. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277297 | Cigarette Package Provided With Internal Envelops Made From Polymer Film - The invention relates to a single-layered or multilayered, biaxially-oriented film which contains 70 to 100% by weight of polymer consisting of at least one type of aliphatic polyhydroxycarboxylic acid, and which is used in the form of an inner liner of a cigarette package. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277298 | Quick-releasable nail output nozzle for nail gun - A quick-releasable nail output nozzle for a nail gun includes a nozzle base, which is affixed to a nail outlet port of a nail magazine and has a nail output groove on the front side for guiding out a bar of nails, two side wings, and two hooks spaced below the side wings. A nozzle cover is covered on the front side of the nozzle base and has two flanges with protruding blocks respectively hooked on the back side of the side wings of the nozzle base. A locking lever is pivoted to the nozzle cover. A hook rod is pivoted to the locking lever for hooking up with the hooks of the nozzle base by means of the control of the locking lever. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277299 | TYPE OF MULTI-DOOR INTERLOCKED TOOL BOX - This utility model relates to a type of multi-door interlocked tool box, consisting of box body and box door. Left and right side doors on the box body can be opened outward. Box door is of 2-leaf type. A rotor disc is provided on lower bottom plate. On rear board of the box, and inner surfaces of left and right side doors and the 2-leaf box door, hook plates that can accommodate many tools are provided. Connecting rod installation seat is provided on inner surface of each door at frame side near lower edge of the door, and on upper disc of the rotor disc assembly. Rigid connecting rod is fitted between corresponding connecting rod installation seats on each door and the upper disc. The upper disc can rotate freely about the installation axis, so that as hauled by rigid connecting rod, left/right side doors and front 2-leaf door are driven to open synchronously, and all tools will be shown or withdrawn in the box and locked. Use and management is easy and safe. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277300 | Lipstick Case - Disclosed is a lipstick case used for makeup. According to the lipstick case of the present design, when a user rotates a rotary body ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080277301 | APPARATUS FOR SECURE TRANSPORT OF CONTAINERS - An apparatus comprising a base defining a recess shaped to accommodate a bottom of a tank, a pair of side walls extending upwardly from the base, and a pair of end walls extending upwardly from the base. Each side wall defines an indentation on the inner surface thereof shaped to conform to an outer surface of the tank when the bottom of the tank in the recess. One of the end walls defines a notch shaped to accommodate a neck of a bottle lying on a side thereof between the side walls. The apparatus may be used to transport one of the tank and the bottle at a time. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277302 | CONFECTIONERY CONTAINER WITH IMAGE PROJECTION DEVICE - A confectionery container with an image projection device comprises a front cover having a projection opening, which is used to project an image, at a central portion thereof a first body of which one end is fixed to the front cover, the first body receiving an image projection device therein; and a second body including a base and a rear cover, the base receiving the other end of the first body in one end thereof, and the rear cover being fixed to the outer peripheral surface of the base and receiving confectionery such as candies therein. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277303 | Cushion Packs - A cushion pack including a corrugated fibreboard lattice within a flexible polymeric envelope which is vented to allow the air contained within the envelope to escape when the cushion pack is subjected to compression. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277304 | CONTAINER FOR STORING CHEESE AND OTHER TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE FOOD AND ITEMS IN WINE REFRIGERATION UNITS, WINE STORAGE ROOMS AND WINE CELLARS - The invention is a container for storing and serving food, especially practical for cheese, and other items that would benefit from being stored in a temperature and environment similar to those recommended for wine. The invention addresses food storage requirements including moderated refrigeration and enhanced humidity control while addressing odor migration thus maintaining the flavor and other characteristics of cheese and other temperature sensitive items. The invention does so by taking a novel approach in that it repurposes one or more of the wine bottle storage bays found in commercially available refrigerated wine storage units and the bottle bays of wine storage racks found in wine cellars and wine storage rooms. By virtue of the container's size and contour the container will fit stably into the bottle bays in the vast majority of commercially available refrigerated wine storage units and in those bottle bays of wine storage racks found in wine cellars and wine storage rooms. It will also rest stably on a flat surface such as a table or countertop thus facilitating the filling of the container, access to its contents and its use as a serving vessel. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277305 | Collectible Product - A waterproof thin sticker is embedded into a top and bottom layer of soap. The sticker may be printed with a four-color image. The bottom soap layer, below the sticker, is a solid color. The bottom soap layer makes up two-thirds of the entire soap's thickness. The top soap layer, above the sticker, is comprised of clear/transparent glycerin soap and makes up one-third of the entire soap's thickness. The soap is designed to wear at the top layer first which leaves the sticker image attached to the remaining bottom soap layer. The sticker remains intact and can be peeled off from the soap, saved, and collected. Packaging includes individually wrapping the soap product in a glossy plastic wrap and then putting into windowed package such as a mailable gift box. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277306 | Tubular Sachet Pack - A tubular sachet pack ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080277307 | ELECTRONIC INTERACTIVE PILLBOX SYSTEM - An interactive electronic pillbox that includes a plurality of compartments for containing medications and means to electronically identify a particular compartment from which medication is to be taken at a particular time. The interactive electronic pillbox includes data entry, data display, data transmitting and data processing functions which allow for interactive healthcare management by individuals and healthcare personnel directly or remotely. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277308 | Gusseted T-Shirt Bag and Bagging Rack - A rack and T-shirt bag which may be used in combination are disclosed. The T-shirt bag includes elongated tabs which can be tied together when the bag is loaded with items. A pack of the bags can also include contact adhesive disposed between adjacent bags that will cause a successive bag to open as a lead bag is removed. The rack includes a pair of handle mounting arms for mounting a pack of T-shirt bags, the arms having an upwardly extending portion which lifts the bags and increases their perceived volume as they are being loaded. The arms also include a stopper for preventing removal of successive bags as the lead bag is removed. A side-mounted bag dispenser for mounting a second pack of T-shirt bags can be selectively attached to the rack. The dispenser includes a handle support arm which supports the bags as they are loaded. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277309 | Police Vehicle Safety Tray - The present invention is a vehicle-mounted tray adapted to aid a police officer during a vehicle stop by providing a means for securing articles and a means for temporarily restraining a stopped subject so that the officer can be less distracted during the officer's interrogation, frisk, or arrest. The tray is adapted to be mounted to an exterior surface of the police vehicle, preferably the trunk, and one or more compartments are defined on the top surface for securing articles such as evidence or other contraband. A clipboard clip, a light source, and hand-cuff rail are also mounted to the top surface of the tray. The hand-cuff rail is configured as a longitudinal rail raised from the top surface of the tray, which allows for the collection of fingerprints and allows a hand-cuffed subject to be secured to the tray and thus the police officer's vehicle. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277310 | Segregated Container Packaging for Liquids - A vessel includes an enclosing body, a physical barrier dividing the enclosing body into at least two compartments, and side-by-side openings from the compartments such that material from each compartment may be expelled in a single stream. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277311 | Packaging Box for Medicaments - A packaging box for medicaments, which can comprise: a bottom panel ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080277312 | Reconfigurable Packaging Material and Packages - Packaging materials are disclosed which are reconfigurable into two different shipping configurations: one for bulk shipment of electronic products, and one for individual shipment of the same electronic products. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277313 | WAFER SUPPORTER - A wafer supporter includes a base and a plurality of rods vertically fixed on the base. Each rod includes holders to support a wafer. Each of the holders has a downwardly slanted top surface relative to the corresponding rod for a pre-determined angle so that the wafer lies on the top surface on its rim. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277314 | Olefin production utilizing whole crude oil/condensate feedstock and hydrotreating - A method for thermally cracking a feed composed of whole crude oil and/or natural gas condensate using a vaporizer to vaporize the feed before cracking same, recovering pyrolysis gas oil from the cracked feed, subjecting the recovered pyrolysis gas oil to hydrotreating to form a hydrotreated product, and passing the hydrotreated product to the vaporizer as additional thermal cracking feed. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277315 | Catalyst Support - The invention relates to a cylindrical catalyst body | 2008-11-13 |
20080277316 | Catalytic conversion of methane and natural gas to condensable hydrocarbons - Catalytic processes are taught for oxidative chemical conversion of gaseous reactants comprising methane, natural gas or other gaseous compounds combined with air or oxygen to products and catalytic methanation of resulting oxidized products comprising alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, glycol ethers and aldols to condensable hydrocarbons using methane, natural gas or other gaseous hydrocarbons. Gaseous reactants including methane, ethane, propane, oxides of carbon, unsaturated compounds and other organic compounds with conversion to condensable hydrocarbons by this catalytic process. The catalysts are based on di-metal, tri-metal and/or poly-metal backbone or molecular string type compounds of transition metals, comprising titanium, vanadium, chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, molybdenum, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, silver, hafnium, tantalum, tungsten, rhenium, osmium, iridium, platinum, gold and combinations thereof in conjunction with a non-fluoride magnesium halide. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277317 | Two Stage Hydrotreating of Distillates with Improved Hydrogen Management - An improved hydrotreating process for removing sulfur from distillate boiling range feedstreams. This improved process utilizes a two stage hydrotreating process scheme, each stage associated with an acid gas removal zone wherein one of the stages utilizes a rapid cycle pressure swing adsorption zone to increase the concentration of hydrogen in the process. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277318 | SEPARATION AND RECOVERY OF BITUMEN OIL FROM TAR SANDS - A process for the separation of bitumen oil from tar sands and the like. Slurry is supplied to a mixing chamber of a jet pump at an input end of the process. The slurry is agitated within the jet pump to effect a partial to full phase separation of the oil fraction from the solids fraction of the slurry. The partially to fully separated slurry is discharged into a pipeline and later into a hydrocyclone to effect a second phase separation of the slurry. One or more hydrocyclone separators may be used to separate the bitumen oil and liquid from the solids fraction. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277319 | FINE PARTICLE CARBON DIOXIDE TRANSFORMATION AND SEQUESTRATION - An energy efficient method and system for producing micron-sized particles and transforming and sequestering carbon dioxide into mineral carbonates is described, along with uses for the mineral carbonates produced in the process. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277320 | VEHICLE TRANSPARENCY HEATED WITH ALTERNATING CURRENT - A heatable transparency comprises a substrate and an electrically conductive coating formed over at least a portion of the substrate. A power supply is in contact with the conductive coating. The power supply is configured to provide alternating current (AC) to the conductive coating. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277321 | Magnetic Separation Process for Trona - A process for beneficiation of trona includes supplying a trona feedstream that is crushed and dried. The trona is then separated into a first size fraction and a second size fraction. Impurities are removed from the first size fraction using at least one magnetic separator. The magnetic separator includes a plurality of stages. Each stage includes a conveyer system including a first end, a second end, and a conveyer belt. Each stage also includes a magnetic roller disposed at the second end of the conveyer system and a splitter disposed adjacent the second end of the conveyer system for separating a fraction of magnetic impurities from the trona to create a beneficiated fraction. At least one conveyer belt is deionized. Airborne dust particles are removed from an area surrounding at least one conveyer system. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277322 | NOISE ABATING PERFORATED PLATE - Disclosed herein is a perforated plate and a screening assembly for separating particulate matter comprising perforated plate, the perforated plate comprising a plurality of apertures of a selected size for receiving and separating the particulate matter, wherein the plate comprises a laminate, the laminate comprising two metal layers spaced apart by and joined by a damper layer comprising a viscoelastomer. A method of reducing noise generated by a vibratory separating apparatus using the inventive perforated plate is also disclosed. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277323 | System for Sorting Objects, Such as Packages - In a system for sorting packages ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080277324 | FLOOR DRAIN - A floor drain system includes a generally rectangular drain grate having a plurality of drain apertures, and a drain body, having a circular lower portion defining an outlet and configured to mate with an underdrain structure, and an upper portion defining an inlet configured to receive the drain grate in a frictional fit. The drain body includes an integral grout rim surrounding the inlet, having a knife-tapered top edge, configured to reduce the visibility of the grout rim between the surrounding material and the grate. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277325 | Mobile Oil Filtration Unit - A portable oil filtration unit | 2008-11-13 |
20080277326 | Pre-Assembled Flow Control Structure and Related Media Filtration System - A stormwater filtration system includes a stormwater containment structure including a concrete floor and a pre-assembled flow structure embedded in the concrete floor. The pre-assembled flow structure includes an inlet compartment housing, an outlet compartment housing and at least one filter conduit positioned between the inlet compartment housing and the outlet compartment housing and in flow communication with the interior of the outlet compartment housing. At least one bypass conduit extends from the inlet compartment housing to the outlet compartment housing for delivering water from the interior of the inlet compartment housing to the interior of the outlet compartment housing. A plurality of filter units are connected to the filter conduit so that stormwater filtered by the filter units passes into the filter conduit and then to the interior of the outlet compartment housing. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277327 | Stormwater Filter Assembly - A filter assembly for use in filtering stormwater includes a bottom including a boss that includes a rib extending laterally along an inner surface of the boss. The rib includes a locking portion that mates with a corresponding locking portion on a peripheral surface of a connection to an outlet conduit for securing the bottom to the connection thereby inhibiting rotation of the bottom relative to the outlet conduit. A center tube is secured to the bottom using a locking mechanism that inhibits relative movement between the bottom and the center tube. The center tube is in communication with an opening in the bottom and a hood is secured to the center tube. A filter medium is located between the hood and the center tube. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277328 | Up-flow Multi-stage Anaerobic Reactor (UMAR) - The present invention discloses an Up-flow Multi-stage Anaerobic Reactor (UMAR) used for treatment of medium/high concentration organic wastewater. The stated UMAR with forced internal circulation, improved phase separator and added sludge inlet overcomes the disadvantages of a lower load, a longer hydraulic retention time and a larger dimension in traditional anaerobic reactors. The forced internal circulation increases capacity and cycles of internal circulation thus increased efficiency of contaminant removal. The fast jetting is avoided and efficiency of gas/liquid separation is increased by an improved bending outlet of up flow pipe. The simplified sludge addition and usage are obtained by a sludge inlet. The load of UMAR in this invention can reach about 30 kgCOD/(m | 2008-11-13 |
20080277329 | Jet Nozzle Arrangement for Optimising Gas Bubble Size in Flotation - The present invention provides a nozzle assembly for use in a dissolved gas flotation system, comprising: a nozzle having at least one inlet and at least one outlet, the at least one inlet and the at least one outlet being in fluid communication; and a shroud comprising a first shroud portion, the shroud being arranged, in use, to at least partly receive and confine a gas saturated fluid stream emitted from at least one nozzle outlet; the nozzle assembly being arrangeable in use within an ambient fluid, such that the gas saturated fluid stream forms bubbles within the ambient fluid; characterised by: the shroud comprising at least one aperture for, in use, allowing the ambient fluid to communicate with an interior of the shroud. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277330 | Device and Method For Thermally Drying Filter Cakes in Diaphragm-Filter Presses - Heatable filter plate comprising two interconnected corrugated elements forming a cavity for the flow of a temperature controlled medium, filter press comprising said filter plate and diaphragm-filter plates in an alternating manner, and method for drying filter cakes in said filter press. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277331 | Multisectional Filtering Device - This invention relates to systems for division of the materials mixed in the fluid medium being filtered, for example, for purification of water at power stations. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277332 | Micromachined membrane filter device for a glaucoma implant and method for making the same - A MEMS-fabricated filter device for an ophthalmic shunt and a method for making the same. The filter device may include: a membrane with a plurality of pores, substantially uniformly sized to achieve a therapeutic flow rate while substantially preventing bacterial passage therethrough; a pair of substrates, each bonded to an opposing side of the membrane, and each having an axial inlet opening at a distal end thereof, and a cross-shaped support disposed in one of the substrates, the cross-shaped support supporting the membrane. The filter device may also include: a substrate having a passage therethrough; a membrane, axially recessed from opposing ends of the substrate and having a plurality of pores, substantially uniformly sized to achieve a therapeutic flow rate while substantially preventing bacterial passage therethrough; and a conformal coating covering the membrane. The method may include depositing a membrane layer on a substrate, patterning pores in the membrane layer to define an initial size of the pores, backside etching the substrate to the membrane layer, and conformally coating the membrane layer. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277333 | CHLORINE RESISTANT POLYAMIDES AND MEMBRANES MADE FROM THE SAME - A chlorine resistant polyamide is formed from the reaction product of an amine and an acid chloride monomer wherein the acid chloride monomer is modified with electron-withdrawing groups that exhibit sufficient activity to (i) minimize any chlorination on both the amine and acid chloride side and (ii) minimize N-chlorination. A membrane is made from the polyamide and, in one application, the membrane is used in a desalination unit. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277334 | Process for Producing Semipermeable Composite Membrane - The present invention aims at providing a composite semipermeable membrane excellent in water permeability and salt-blocking rate, a smaller content of unreacted polyfunctional amine components in the membrane, the composite semipermeable membrane avoiding the necessity of a membrane washing treatment, and the present invention also aims at providing a process for producing the composite semipermeable membrane. A composite semipermeable membrane having a skin layer, formed on a surface of a porous support, including a polyamide resin obtained by an interfacial polymerization of a polyfunctional amine component and a polyfunctional acid halide component, wherein the content of the unreacted polyfunctional amine component is 200 mg/m | 2008-11-13 |
20080277335 | DISPOSABLE WEIR LINER - A garnet settling/filtration system for use with a plurality of machine tools such as a water jet cutting machine is described. The garnet settling/filtration system comprises a settling tank, which utilizes a removable, disposable settling weir, which is received therein. The settling weir drops into the settling tank and provides an over-under flow system through which the garnet slurry must travel. As the flow of the slurry travels over and under the incorporated series of baffles, the garnet particulate settles out on the bottom of the liner. Once the liner has reached its maximum holding capacity, a series of incorporated, reinforced removal loops located near the top of the liner allow for the easy and quick removal of the liner and the settled-out particulate from the settling tank. The liner can then be discarded and a new one replaced in a matter of minutes, thereby reducing downtime of the machine. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277336 | PERMANENT ACCESS PORT - A method and apparatus for the anaerobic digestion of high-solids waste material. The apparatus includes a closed container having a relatively circular outer wall. The closed container has a first passage having an inlet in which the waste material flows in a first direction, a second passage in which the waste material flows in a second direction, and a divider having an end. The divider separates the first passage from the second passage, such that the waste material flows around the end of the divider when flowing from the first passage to the second passage. An access port is provided in a roof of the closed container with a sleeve extending into the waste material within the container. A conduit is advanced through the sleeve into the closed container for suctioning debris out of the closed container. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277337 | Method for producing hydrogen from organic wastes - The present invention relates to a method for producing hydrogen by batch process capable of replacing the existing complex continuous organic waste treatment system by using pretreated organic waste not only as a substrate but also an inoculum. According to the present invention, the existing complex continuous process can be changed into a simple batch process, thereby reducing the installment costs and operational costs. It is possible to obtain economic operation because a long initial start-up period is not required. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277338 | Methods of treatment of ground water - The present invention relates to apparatus, methods, and applications for treating wastewater, and more particularly to biological processes for removing pollutants from wastewater. This invention further relates to apparatus and methods for growing microbes on-site at a wastewater treatment facility, and for economically inoculating sufficient microbes to solve various treatment problems rapidly | 2008-11-13 |
20080277339 | Oil tank cleaning - A system and method for cleaning oil tanks comprising: a bio-reactor for producing bacterial cultures containing bio-emulsifiers from bacteria, air, water and sources of utilizable carbon, nitrogen and phosphate; a first pump for pumping the bacterial cultures from the bio-reactor through a first pipe into the oil tank; at least one spraying nozzle connected to the first pipe for spraying the bacterial cultures onto the oil tank's floor and walls under anaerobic conditions; and a second pump for pumping fluid out of the oil tank through a second pipe into a receiving container. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277340 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FOULING OF A MEMBRANE FILTER - A membrane bioreactor system includes one or more biological reactors and one or more membrane tanks with each membrane tank having one or more membrane filters. To control membrane fouling, various process control variables are employed. First, the membrane filters are cleaned by an air scouring process where bubbles are moved upwardly adjacent the membrane filters and clean the same in the process. To control membrane fouling, a process is utilized that dynamically varies the air scouring flow rate (V) as a function of transmembrane pressure (TMP). In addition, the process entails allowing permeation to start and stop which results in a series of cycles where each cycle includes a permeation phase and a relaxation phase. The duration of the relaxation phase (TR) and the duration of the permeation phase (TP) is varied from cycle to cycle as a function of one or more process variables including the change in TMP over a selected period within a membrane phase, or the change in TMP over a selected time period spanning at least two membrane phases. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277341 | Method for Making Reverse Osmosis Permeate Water and Mineral Water From Deep Seawater - A method for making reverse osmosis permeate water and mineral water from deep seawater includes the steps of: a) sand-filtering or ultra-filtering the deep seawater; b) conducting a first nano-filtering step to nano-filter the deep seawater after the step a) to obtain first nano-filtration permeate water and first nano-filtration concentrated water; c) filtering the first nano-filtration permeate water using a reverse osmosis apparatus to obtain reverse osmosis permeate water and reverse osmosis concentrated water; and d) treating the first nano-filtration concentrated water by electrodialysis to obtain anion-rich water, cation-rich water, and mineral water. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277342 | POLYAMIDE MATRICES AND METHODS FOR THEIR PREPARATION AND USE - The invention provides novel polymer matrices and methods for preparing polymer matrices, as well as methods for purifying caustic feed streams using membranes that comprise polysulfonamide matrices. | 2008-11-13 |