46th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 6 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100288177 | MONO-COLUMN FPSO - This invention relates to a platform of the FPSO type in the form of a mono-column, of circular or polygonal horizontal section or of a combination of circular and polygonal sections, comprising one or more central load tanks ( | 2010-11-18 |
20100288178 | Offshore Floating Platform with Motion Damper Columns - A semi-submersible floating platform for use in offshore applications having a semi-submersible hull structure including motion damping support columns, a pontoon structure adjoined to the motion damping support columns at a lower end thereof, and a deck structure supported at an upper end of thereof for supporting equipment mounted thereon above the water surface. Each motion damping support column has an inner water trapping damper chamber of closed base or open base construction that allows natural flooding of said inner water trapping damper chamber during installation and before reaching an operating draft of the platform, and which when flooded provides hydrodynamic mass, damping, and in-water weight to said platform during operation. A plurality of smaller columns are disposed on the perimeter of the upper portion of each support column and surround the upper portion of the inner water trapping damper chamber. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288179 | MOVABLE PLATFORM ASSEMBLY FOR A BOAT, PARTICULARLY FOR HAULING OR LAUNCHING TENDERS OR THE LIKE - A movable platform assembly ( | 2010-11-18 |
20100288180 | Automotive Power Window Intrusion Detection - A system detects forced opening of a power window of a motor vehicle. An electric motor is responsive to a drive signal to provide a torque to selectably open or close the window. A regulator couples the electric motor to the window for transferring the torque into an opening or closing force on the window. A sensor is coupled to the electric motor responsive to a back voltage produced by the electric motor when an external force on the window glass opens the window glass when the drive signal is not present. A vehicle security system is coupled to the sensor for generating a perimeter alarm condition in response to detection of the back voltage by the voltage sensor. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288181 | IMPACT SENSING MULTI-LAYERED PLASTIC MATERIAL - A method and apparatus for detecting encroachment of property perimeters or boundaries employing a multi-layer structure having an inner layer of polyvinylidene fluoride having piezoelectric properties disposed between and joined with two outer layers of an electrically conductive plastic material. The multi-layer structure is connected with an electrical signal detector and buried at a boundary or property perimeter. The buried multi-layer structure is monitored for generation of an electrical signal. Detection of an electrical signal corresponds to an encroachment of the property perimeter or boundary. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288182 | Printed indicator compositions - A method of revealing exposure of a substrate to an environmental stimulus includes exposing the substrate to the environmental stimulus, where the substrate includes at least one indicia, where each of the at least one indicia includes a plurality of chromatically selective scattering particles having a particle size distribution as measured by (weight average diameter)/(number average diameter) of less than or equal to about 1.1, and a colorant; and the at least one indicia exhibits a change in color in response to the environmental stimulus. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288183 | INDICATING INSTRUMENT - An indicating instrument is provided in which a pointer is secured to pointer drive means by attraction force of magnets and the magnetic influence of the magnets can be reduced to improve the indication accuracy of the pointer. The indicating instrument has a display plate | 2010-11-18 |
20100288184 | SILICON SINGLE CRYSTAL WAFER FOR IGBT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SILICON SINGLE CRYSTAL WAFER FOR IGBT - A method for manufacturing a silicon single crystal wafer for IGBT, including introducing a hydrogen atom-containing substance into an atmospheric gas at a hydrogen gas equivalent partial pressure of 40 to 400 Pa, and growing a single crystal having an interstitial oxygen concentration of 8.5×10 | 2010-11-18 |
20100288185 | Method And An Apparatus For Growing A Silicon Single Crystal From A Melt - Silicon single crystals are grown from the melt by providing the melt in a crucible; imposing a horizontal magnetic field on the melt; directing a gas between the single crystal and a heat shield to a melt free surface, and controlling the gas to flow over a region of the melt free surface extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to the magnetic induction. A suitable apparatus has a crucible for holding the melt; a heat shield surrounding the silicon single crystal having a lower end which is connected to a bottom cover facing a melt free surface and a non-axisymmetric shape with respect to a crucible axis, such that gas which is directed between the crystal and the heat shield to the melt free surface is forced to flow over a region of the melt which extends substantially perpendicular to the magnetic induction. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288186 | FORMATION OF SILICON SHEETS BY IMPINGING FLUID - Techniques are generally disclosed for forming crystalline bodies. An example system, device or method for forming crystalline bodies may include a crucible for containing molten crystalline material and a support for accommodating a seed on an end thereof, the support being movable along a translation axis in a pull direction to draw the seed crystal from the molten crystalline, thereby initiating growth of a crystalline body along a growth path. Further examples may include one or more nozzles configured to be coupled to a fluid source, the nozzles being positioned relative to the growth path for shaping the crystal body as the molten crystalline is pulled in the pull direction along the growth path. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288187 | METHOD FOR GROWING SILICON CARBIDE SINGLE CRYSTAL - In a method for growing a silicon carbide single crystal on a silicon carbide single crystal substrate by contacting the substrate with a solution containing C prepared by dissolving C into the melt that contains Cr and X, which consists of at least one element of Ce and Nd, such that a proportion of Cr in a whole composition of the melt is in a range of 30 to 70 at. %, and a proportion of X in the whole composition of the melt is in a range of 0.5 at. % to 20 at. % in the case where X is Ce, or in a range of 1 at. % to 25 at. % in the case where X is Nd, and the silicon carbide single crystal is grown from the solution. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288188 | METHOD FOR GROWING SILICON CARBIDE SINGLE CRYSTAL - In a method for growing a silicon carbide single crystal on a silicon carbide single crystal substrate by contacting the substrate with a solution containing C by dissolving C into the melt that contains Si, Cr and X, which consists of at least one element of Sn, In and Ga, such that the proportion of Cr in the whole composition of the melt is in a range of 30 to 70 at. %, and the proportion of X is in a range of 1 to 25 at. %, and the silicon carbide crystal is grown from the solution. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288189 | Floating Semiconductor Foils - One embodiment of the present invention is a method for producing a silicon (Si) and/or germanium (Ge) foil, the method including: dissolving a Si and/or Ge source material in a molten metallic bath at an elevated temperature T | 2010-11-18 |
20100288190 | Growth Method of Non-Polarized-Plane InN - A kind of growth method of non-polarized-plane InN which is growing m-plane InN and In-rich m-plane InGaN on LiA1O | 2010-11-18 |
20100288191 | METHOD OF GROWING GALLIUM NITRIDE CRYSTAL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING GALLIUM NITRIDE SUBSTRATE - In a method of growing a gallium nitride crystal, the following steps are performed. First, a base substrate is prepared. Then, a first gallium nitride layer is grown on the base substrate. Thereafter, a second gallium nitride layer less brittle than the first gallium nitride layer is grown. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288192 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING EPITAXIAL SILICON WAFER - A silicon oxide film on a wafer front surface, including on internal surfaces of pits, is removed by hydrogen fluoride gas. The pits are thus completely filled with a film growth component at a time of epitaxial film growth. Thereby, productivity is not reduced; wafer flatness is enhanced; and micro-roughness of the wafer front surface is improved. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288193 | Film Transfer Tool with Application Head Moveable between Exposed and Stowed Positions - A film transfer tool includes an application head which is adapted to be moved to a stowed position and a reel assembly having a wall and two stopping members extended therefrom. The reel assembly and a shell have an active member disposed therebetween. The active member has a looped passage that the two stopping members are adapted to move thereon and the two stopping members can make the reel assembly position in a retained position in which the head extends outside the shell, and release the reel assembly from the retained position in order that the head is stowed inside the shell. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288194 | Compositions and Methods for Selective Deposition Modeling - There is provided compositions and methods for producing three-dimensional objects by selective deposition modeling with a polar build material and a non-polar support material. The build material comprises a hydrocarbon wax material and a viscosity modifier, and the support material comprises a hydrocarbon alcohol wax material and a viscosity modifier. After the selective deposition modeling process has been completed, the object can be placed in a bath of polar solvent to remove the support material. The particular materials provided herein, and the post-processing methods associated therewith, provide for improved part quality of the three-dimensional object and for improved post-processing techniques. The three-dimensional objects can subsequently be used in a number of applications, such as patterns for investment casting. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288195 | PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Plasma processing of plural substrates is performed in a plasma processing apparatus, which is provided with a plasma processing chamber having an antenna electrode and a lower electrode for placing and retaining the plural substrates in turn within the plasma processing chamber, a gas feeder for feeding processing gas into the processing chamber, a vacuum pump for discharging gas from the processing chamber via a vacuum valve, and a solenoid coil for forming a magnetic field within the processing chamber. At least one of the plural substrates is placed on the lower electrode, and the processing gas is fed into the processing chamber. RF power is fed to the antenna electrode via a matching network to produce a plasma within the processing chamber in which a magnetic field has been formed by the solenoid coil. This placing of at least one substrate and this feeding of the processing gas are then repeated until the plasma processing of all of the plural substrates is completed. An end of seasoning is determined when a parameter including an internal pressure of the processing chamber has become stable to a steady value with plasma processing time. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288196 | Apparatus for forming a flexible nanostructured material for photovoltaic panels - Provided is an apparatus for manufacturing a composite material consisting of a flexible substrate and a multilayer nanostructured PV-active film supported by the substrate. The apparatus comprises a sealable chamber, the cylindrical inner wall of which is used as a support for a flexible substrate. The chamber contains a rotating crucible having a recess in its center and flat margins. The apparatus is provided with a power laser capable of generating an annular beam focused on the aforementioned flat surface. In operation, a nanoparticle-containing colloidal solution is supplied to the crucible. During rotation, the solution moves to the flat margins where it forms a thin layer that is evaporated by means of the annular laser beam. As the solution evaporates, the nanoparticles, which remain on the surface, fly out by inertia from the edges of the crucible to the flexible substrate. The deposition process can be controlled so that the deposited layers form a PV-active film. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288197 | ANODIZED SHOWERHEAD - Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to an apparatus having an anodized gas distribution showerhead. In large area, parallel plate RF processing chambers, mastering the RF return path can be challenging. Arcing is a frequent problem encountered in RF processing chambers. To reduce arcing in RF processing chambers, straps may be coupled to the susceptor to shorten the RF return path, a ceramic or insulating or anodized shadow frame may be coupled to the susceptor during processing, and an anodized coating may be deposited onto the edge of the showerhead that is nearest the chamber walls. The anodized coating may reduce arcing between the showerhead and the chamber walls and therefore enhance film properties and increase deposition rate. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288198 | Arrangement and Method for Determining the Position of an Animal - An arrangement, which is provided for determining the position of an animal, comprises a three-dimensional camera directed towards the animal and provided to record a three-dimensional image of the animal, and image processing means is provided for detecting the animal and determining its position in at least one spatial dimension based on the three-dimensional image of the animal. The image processing means may form a three-dimensional surface representation of a portion of the animal from the three-dimensional image of the animal, analyze the surface of the three-dimensional surface representation, and determine the position of the animal based on the analysis of the surface of the three-dimensional surface representation. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288199 | Teat rubber with shock-absorbing properties - A teat cup liner for use in a milking cup is disclosed. The teat cup liner has a head with an insertion opening for an animal's teat. Joined to the head is a shaft and a holding rim. The holding rim at least partially surrounds and is spaced apart from the shaft. The teat cup liner holding rim has an inner surface that defines a number of recesses to enhance the durability of the liner. The recesses can be disposed circumferentially around the inner surface of the holding rim, and they can be disposed so that they are in contact with or near an end of the teat cup sleeve. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288200 | Squirrel-proof bird feeder and feed level control device - A squirrel-proof bird feeder and feed level control device is described. The bird feeder includes a vertically disposed inner housing member which is positioned within a vertically disposed outer housing member with each of the housing members including a plurality of vertically spaced-apart housing segments. The spacing of the housing segments divide feed openings therebetween. A combination feed level control and feed port device is positioned between each of the housing segments of the inner housing member so that feed ports are provided therebetween. The outer housing member has a plurality of feed openings formed therein which register with the feed ports of the combination devices when the outer housing member is in its first position. If a squirrel should move onto the outer housing member, the outer housing member moves downwardly with respect to the inner housing member so that the feed openings in the outer housing member do not register with the feed ports of the combination devices. A spring interconnects the inner and outer housing members to yieldably maintain the outer housing member in its first position. The combination feed level control and feed ports not only function as a feed level control mechanism but also provide feed ports at the lower end thereof. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288201 | Squirrel -proof sunflower seed bird feeder - A squirrel-proof sunflower seed bird feeder is provided which denies feeding access to squirrels by way of a unique connection system between an inner housing member and an outer housing member of the bird feeder. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288202 | Litter Box Liner - Described is a litter box liner having handle ties and a form-fitted bottom. The bottom may be square or rectangular-shaped and may be sized to fit into a particular size litter box. The bottom may include the feature that there are no foldovers contained therewithin. At least a bottom portion of the litter box liner may be reinforced to resist tears. Such a reinforcement layer may include a woven polypropylene fabric layer or an extruded polypropylene film. The litter box liner may be, at least in part, formed of high density polyethylene (HDPE), thereby providing an additional means for tear resistance in the litter box liner. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288203 | Systems and Methods for the Controlled Electrified Field Barriers - A system and method is described for a controlled electrified fish barrier that induces a potential field in a body of water with an electric field generator, a control system, and an object detection system, so that when the anode and cathode of the electric field generator are inserted in a body of water, and the object detection system detects an object, the object detection system electrically signals the control system; and in response the control system electrically adjusts the electric field generator. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288204 | Vehicle pet restraint system - A carrier device for restraining an animal inside and outside of a motor vehicle. The carrier device includes a plurality of panels configured to form a hollow enclosure for housing the animal and a strap for connecting the enclosure to the motor vehicle. At least one of the panels includes a frame for supporting the panel in order to maintain the shape of the enclosure. The panels and the frame are configured to allow the enclosure to collapse so that the carrier can be folded. The strap includes fastening mechanisms at each end. A portion of the strap located between the two ends is connected to one of the panels of the enclosure so that during a sudden acceleration or deceleration of the motor vehicle, the animal is restrained within the enclosure and a force exerted on the enclosure is transferred to the motor vehicle. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288205 | Pet washing apparatus and method - Disclosed is a pet washing apparatus having a base including a washing floor board for positioning a pet and a top part connectible with the lower base. The top part further includes a cover positionable at least partly over the floor board to define, at least partly, a contained wash space. Preferably, the washing apparatus also includes a nozzle supported on the cover and operably positioned to spray downwardly onto the base and pet positioned in the wash space. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288206 | LUMINAIRE BARRIER OR CLOSURE DEVICE - A removable birdstop closure for preventing the entry of birds and other small animals into the headcasing of a roadway luminaire through the opening at the rear of the luminary that can be installed around standardized 1.25″ or 2.00″ headpoles. Retaining means on the birdstop closure permits easy installation and removal. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288207 | Daisy-Chain Pet Leash - A multiple-handle pet leash for pet control and of a non-retractable, flat-material type. The body of the leash consists of a single length of strap material, which is folded over at the middle to capture a spring-clip device. The body of the leash is joined together at increments along the length of the strap material to form a series of apertures or loops. In addition, the handle of the leash shall be of a design which can be unfastened at one end, rendering a single open strap, and refastened using hook-and-loop material to reform the leash handle or to form a larger tie-out loop when fastened through one of the leash body apertures. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288208 | Collar for an Animal | 2010-11-18 |
20100288209 | HEAT EXCHANGER FOR A BOILER - A heat exchanger for a boiler comprises a central chamber for receiving a combustion gas. A baffle divides the central chamber into a first section and a second section. The baffle also restricts the combustion gas from flowing directly from the first section of the central chamber to the second section of the central chamber. There is a plurality of spaced-apart flues disposed about a periphery of the central chamber. The flues allow for communication between the first section of the central chamber and the second section of the central chamber, in particular, the flues allow for combustion gas to flow from the first section of the central chamber to the second sections of the central chamber. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288210 | Method for operating a once-through steam generator and forced-flow steam generator - A method for operating a once-through steam generator including an evaporator heating surface is provided. A target value for the supply water mass flow is fed to a device for setting the supply water mass flow, which is predefined using the ratio of the heat flow currently being transferred in the evaporator heating surface from the hot gas to the flow medium to a target enthalpy increase predefined with respect to the desired live steam condition of the flow medium in the evaporator heating surface. A forced-flow steam generator used for carrying out the method is also provided. The heat flow transferred from the hot gas to the flow medium is ascertained for this purpose allowing for a specific temperature value characteristic of the current temperature of the hot gas at the evaporator inlet and a specific mass flow value characteristic for the current mass flow of the hot gas. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288211 | Fuel system and method for burning liquid ammonia in engines and boilers - A process and apparatus is provided for burning liquid ammonia in an energy device such as a diesel engine, boiler or gas turbine. In particular, the process and apparatus include mixing a renewable fuel with a low flame speed and high ignition temperature, e.g., ammonia, with a combustible liquid fossil or bio-fuel and supplying the mixture into a closed fuel loop where part is efficiently burned in an engine combustion chamber, and part is used to cool the engine and returned by the loop for mixture with fresh incoming fuel mixture. The invention provides for the mixing and emulsifying in such a way that vapour lock is avoided. In the loop, the mixture is emulsified into a disperse distribution of fuel droplets such that upon injection of a portion into the combustion chamber, the renewable fuel in an emulsified droplet evaporates, mixes with the air and forms a small combustion cell surrounding the liquid fuel droplet. The fuel droplet burns and then serves as an ignition kernel for the gas mixture in the small combustion cell producing efficient and rapid combustion of the renewable fuel. The fuel loop allows the fuel system to automatically scale for engines varying in power output from 1 to 35,000 horsepower. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288212 | On demand system for using water (HHO) as a sole fuel - The instant invention provides a system and apparatus for direct retrofit into any internal combustion engine a system and apparatus for an engine that uses only water as the raw fuel sources hydrogen, oxygen, and steam. The system is designed for on demand conversion of distilled water to hydrogen, oxygen and a slight amount of water vapor. Sensors, minor chamber modifications are the only minor changes to the original or OEM system provides an elegant answer to a question of alternative energy. With addition of multiple heat exchange units or steam generators, surplus energy is made. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288213 | COOLING DEVICE FOR ENGINE - An engine cooling device is provided, which uses a fewer number of ducts for coolant circulation to reduce cost and weight and to make the duct layout easy, and which improves the durability of a differential pressure valve. In the engine cooling device in which a coolant is circulated by a water pump | 2010-11-18 |
20100288214 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME - An internal combustion engine and a method for maximizing fuel efficiency of an internal combustion engine. The internal combustion engine includes an engine block assembly having an electromagnet coupled thereto and an engine component movable relative to the engine block assembly. The engine component includes a permanent magnet coupled thereto. A control system is provided to selectively provide an electrical current to the electromagnet to produce a desired magnetic field, wherein the magnetic field of the electromagnet cooperates with a magnetic field of the permanent magnet to affect a motion of the engine component in respect of the engine block assembly. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288215 | VARIABLE VALVE TIMING CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In a variable valve timing control apparatus, a hydraulic variable valve timing device adjusts valve timing by changing a VCT phase. In a lock mode, the lock pin is allowed to be displaced in a lock direction for locking the VCT phase, and the VCT phase is slightly shifted in a lock-mode VCT phase shift direction corresponding to one of an advance direction and a retard direction. A lock control unit shifts the VCT phase in a direction opposite from the VCT phase shift direction if the VCT phase is located on a lock-mode VCT phase shift direction side of the intermediate lock position when the engine becomes equal to or less than a first rotational speed, and otherwise the lock control unit allows the lock pin to be displaced in the lock direction. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288216 | VALVE TIMING CONTROL APPARATUS - A driven-side rotator is rotatable synchronously with a camshaft and is supported between a gear member and a sprocket member of the driving-side rotator in an axial direction. A stopper portion of the driven-side rotator is adapted to contact the driving-side rotator in a rotational direction to limit a change in a relative phase between the crankshaft and the camshaft. The stopper portion radially outwardly projects from a small diameter portion provided at one end part of the driven-side rotator. A large diameter portion is provided at the other end part of the driven-side rotator and has a radial size that is measured from a rotational axis to a radially outer peripheral surface of the large diameter portion and is equal to or larger than that of the stopper portion. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288217 | Valve drive train arrangement - In a valve drive train arrangement for an internal combustion engine having a camshaft with a cam element axially displaceable supported on the camshaft and having a stop for limiting the axial movement of the cam element, the stop has at least one stop element extending radially from the camshaft for engagement with the cam element. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288218 | Valve drive device - In a valve drive arrangement for an internal combustion engine including a camshaft carrying axially movable cam elements provided with cams for operating gas exchange valves of the internal combustion engine and an actuation device having at least one shift element which is provided to shift cam element by means of a shifting gate between opposite axial positions, the valve drive arrangement has a change-over device for changing the axial shift direction of the shift element from one to the opposite axial position. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288219 | LASH ADJUSTER - A lash adjuster is provided of which the return spring is never compressed excessively when the adjusting screw is pushed into the nut member, and of which the external thread on the outer periphery of the adjusting screw can be formed easily by rolling. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288220 | DEVICE FOR SUPPLYING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A device for supplying an internal combustion engine ( | 2010-11-18 |
20100288221 | INTAKE DEVICE FOR MULTI-CYLINDER INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An intake passage in an internal combustion engine includes an independent passage disposed in each of cylinders, and a common passage connected to the independent passage, to be commonly used by the different cylinders. A cross-sectional area of the independent passage disposed in the cylinder having the long passage length from an intake valve to a surge tank is made greater than that of the independent passage disposed in the cylinder having the short passage length. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288222 | CYLINDER - A cylinder realizing reduced reciprocation friction between a piston ring and a bore surface of the cylinder in a region where the piston ring slides. The cylinder in which a piston slides on a bore surface of the cylinder. A plurality of recesses is formed in a stroke center region in the bore surface of the cylinder. The stroke center region is a region between an under face position of a ring groove for a bottom piston ring at a top dead center of the piston and a top face position of a ring groove for a top piston ring at a bottom dead center of the piston. The total of areas of all of the recesses is in the range of 1% to 80% when an area of the stroke center region is 100%, and the recesses are not formed in a region other than the stroke center region of the bore surface of the cylinder. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288223 | OIL PAN/AXLE SUPPORT - The invention relates to an oil pan/axle support. There is a need for an oil pan/axle support which is a structural member and which places the front axle support in front of the engine. Such an oil pan/axle support includes a rigid structural housing capable of forming a portion of a frame of a vehicle. The housing has an aft portion and a forward portion. The aft portion forms an engine oil reservoir surrounded by a rim. The rim has an upwardly facing sealing surface for engagement with a block of an engine. The forward portion extends forward from the aft portion and forms a pair of fore-and-aft spaced apart pivot bores for receiving a front axle pivot pin so that the front axle is spaced forward with respect to a front portion of the engine. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288224 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE HAVING A CYLINDER CRANKCASE AND A V-SHAPED CYLINDER CONFIGURATION - An internal combustion engine having a cylinder crankcase and a v-shaped cylinder configuration and having a lubricant circuit which operates according to the dry sump principle and has a lubricant reservoir, wherein the lubricant reservoir is located within the cylinder crankcase in the space between the cylinders. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288225 | Clean air reciprocating internal combustion engine - A method is provided for achieving low NOx operation of homogeneous charge, lean burn reciprocating internal combustion engines. The method incorporates providing a fuel-air compression charge having a lean fuel-air ratio of less than the lean flammable limit, compressing the fuel-air compression charge to raise the adiabatic flame temperature to a predetermined value above the lean flammable limit, and igniting the compressed charge for combustion. A non-platinum oxidation catalyst may be included to control carbon monoxide emissions in the exhaust. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288226 | High efficiency reciprocating internal combustion engine - A method is provided for operating a lean-burn homogeneous charge reciprocating internal combustion engine that includes providing an unthrottled fuel-air compression charge having a lean fuel-air ratio, passing the fuel-air compression charge to fill no more than sixty percent of a cylinder within the internal combustion engine, compressing the fuel-air compression charge within the cylinder, igniting the compressed fuel-air compression charge for combustion, and passing exhaust resulting from the combustion to a NOx removal system. A non-platinum oxidation catalyst may be used to control carbon monoxide emissions in the exhaust Engine power may be varied by controlling the engine speed with a continuously variable transmission, by varying the applied engine load to charge a hybrid system battery, or by varying the amount of the lean fuel-air mixture charged. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288227 | COMPRESSION IGNITION ENGINE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - An engine having improved combustion characteristics is provided. The engine includes a fuel injection system that is variable between two operational states. In the first operating state, the fuel injectors provide a fuel spray having first spray pattern characteristics. When the system detects that an operation characteristic exceeds a threshold, the fuel injectors are displaced into a second operating state. In the second operating state, the fuel injectors provide a spray pattern having first spray pattern characteristics. The combustion cycle may be characterized by timing the fuel injection so that the fuel is sprayed into the cylinder early in the compression stroke. Further still, the combustion cycle may be characterized by controlling the fuel pressure so that the fuel pressure is inversely related to the load on the engine. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288228 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE HAVING AN INTAKE SYSTEM - The invention relates to an internal combustion engine ( | 2010-11-18 |
20100288229 | VALVE MECHANISM FOR AN ENGINE - An internal combustion engine has intake ( | 2010-11-18 |
20100288230 | Engine Combustion Air Cyclonic Pre-Cleaner Embodying Throttling Member Adjusted In Accordance With Engine Load - An engine combustion air pre-cleaner includes a body shaped for effecting cyclonic air flow between an inlet and an outlet of the body. Located along a longitudinal axis of the body is a conical throttling member which is coupled to a control device which operates in response to increasing engine load, as represented by increasing boost pressure, torque and/or speed, to shift the throttling member so as to cause an increasing air flow with increasing engine load. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288231 | CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NEWLY ASSEMBLED ENGINES - An engine control system for a vehicle comprises a combustion control module and an engine startup module. The combustion control module selectively controls a spark timing and airflow into an engine based on a counter value. The engine startup module, when the counter value is one of greater than and less than a predetermined final value, controls an equivalence ratio (EQR) of an air/fuel mixture provided to the engine during an engine cranking period based on a fuel rail pressure and controls the EQR during an engine running period based on the fuel rail pressure and an engine runtime period. The counter value is set to the predetermined final value after the engine is started for a first time after the engine is assembled. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288232 | FUEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR VARIABLE ETHANOL OCTANE ENHANCEMENT OF GASOLINE ENGINES - Fuel management system for enhanced operation of a spark ignition gasoline engine. Injectors inject an anti-knock agent such as ethanol directly into a cylinder. It is preferred that the direct injection occur after the inlet valve is closed. It is also preferred that stoichiometric operation with a three way catalyst be used to minimize emissions. In addition, it is also preferred that the anti-knock agents have a heat of vaporization per unit of combustion energy that is at least three times that of gasoline. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288233 | FUEL METERING UNIT FOR A FUEL METERING UNIT FOR A HIGH-PRESSURE FUEL PUMP, AND HIGH-PRESSURE FUEL PUMP - The invention relates to a fuel metering device for regulating the delivery rate of a high-pressure fuel pump of a fuel injection device for an internal combustion engine. The fuel metering device has a control valve actuated by an electromagnet and having a valve member. The electromagnet has an armature and an armature rod and the armature rod is axially movably supported in at least one bushing. The at least one bushing is designed as a solid, one-piece metal component. The bushing is preferably made of steel and the bearing surface thereof, in which the armature rod is supported, has a nitrocarburized and polished surface layer. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288234 | SYSTEM FOR SEALED CONNECTION BETWEEN TUBULAR SECTIONS, IN PARTICULAR FOR THE SEALED CONNECTION OF A PIPE FOR FEEDING COMBUSTIBLE GAS AT HIGH PRESSURE WITH A PRESSURE REDUCER IN AUTOMOTIVE INTERNAL COMBUSTION MACHINES - A system is described for sealed connection between a pair of tubular sections ( | 2010-11-18 |
20100288235 | ENGINE STARTUP FUEL PRESSURE CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A fuel pressure control system for a vehicle comprises a pressure regulator module and a pressure increasing module. The pressure regulator module regulates a fuel pressure supplied to an engine to a first predetermined pressure during an engine running period. The pressure increasing module selectively increases the fuel pressure to a second predetermined pressure during the engine running period when a counter value is one of greater than and less than a predetermined final value. The second predetermined pressure is greater than the first predetermined pressure, and the counter value is set to the predetermined final value after the engine is started for a first time after being assembled. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288236 | DIRECT INJECTION SPARK IGNITION INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - In a direct injection spark ignition internal combustion engine that performs an Atkinson cycle operation in which the time to close intake valves is retarded, the tumble flow in the engine cylinder is intensified by fuel injected from a fuel injection valve during a time period from an intake stroke bottom dead center to closing of the intake valves. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288237 | BALL-LIFT COMPRESSION RATIO ADJUSTMENT DEVICE FOR A VARIABLE COMPRESSION RATIO ENGINE - A device for adjusting the compression ratio of a variable compression ratio engine including a hydraulic double-acting control actuator ( | 2010-11-18 |
20100288238 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FORMING AN ELECTRIC CONTROL SIGNAL FOR AN INJECTION IMPULSE - In a method or a device for forming an electric control signal for an injection impulse of a position-controlled fuel injector, particularly of a common-rail or pump-nozzle injection system, he course of the electric control signal can be selected freely in regard to the pulse edges (injection rate changes Q), the holding period (Δt) and the injection rate (Q). This offers the advantage that the combustion process can be better optimized with respect to low emissions, low consumption and for meeting tightened legal regulations. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288239 | PIEZOELECTRIC DIRECT ACTING FUEL INJECTOR WITH HYDRAULIC LINK - A piezoelectric-actuated fuel injector for injecting fuel into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine is provided which includes a piezoelectric actuator movable to expand in a first direction and movable to contract in a second direction opposite the first direction, and a hydraulic link assembly disposed within said injector cavity. The hydraulic link assembly includes a hydraulic link barrel having an inner bore, a hydraulic link outer plunger positioned to slidably move in the inner bore, and a hydraulic link operatively connected to a needle valve to move the needle valve in the second direction toward the open position in response to movement of the piezoelectric actuator in the first direction. A hydraulic link inner plunger is attached to the needle valve and extends into a center bore of the hydraulic link outer plunger. Leakage control features and hydraulic link refill valves are also provided. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288240 | Method of and apparatus for co-fuelling diesel engines - Apparatus for co-fuelling a diesel engine including a diesel engine having one or more combustion chambers; a co-fuel tank for containing a liquid co-fuel, the co-fuel tank being in fluid connection with the one or more combustion chambers; co-fuel delivery and delivery control means operatively interposed between the co-fuel tank and the one or more combustion chambers for delivering co-fuel from the co-fuel tank to the one or more combustion chambers; a liquid to gas converter operatively interposed between the co-fuel tank and the one or more combustions chambers for converting the liquid co-fuel from a liquid to a gas; a condensate return for returning any of the co-fuel which recondenses to the co-fuel tank and engine control means operatively associated with the diesel engine and the co-fuel delivery and delivery control means for controlling operation of the diesel engine and the delivery of the co-fuel to the one or more combustion chambers. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288241 | FUEL VAPOR PROCESSING APPARATUS - A fuel vapor processing apparatus includes a device that can restrict or prevent flow of gas from a vapor passage into a canister during recovering of fuel vapor from the canister into a fuel tank. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288242 | FUEL VAPOR PROCESSING APPARATUS - A fuel vapor processing apparatus includes a purge air supply device including separation device that can separate gas, which is introduced from within a fuel tank, into a fuel component and an air component. The air component is supplied into a canister for purging the canister. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288243 | HYDROGEN STORAGE MATERIAL, PRODUCTION METHOD OF THE HYDROGEN STORAGE MATERIAL, HYDROGEN SUPPLY SYSTEM, FUEL CELL, INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND VEHICLE - A hydrogen storage material includes: a first storage material body ( | 2010-11-18 |
20100288244 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THERMAL EFFLUENTS GENERATED BY AN AIRCRAFT AND COOLING DEVICE FOR AN AIRCRAFT IMPLEMENTING SAID METHOD - A process for management of thermal effluents of an aircraft that includes an airframe ( | 2010-11-18 |
20100288245 | FUEL CONSERVATION DEVICE - A fuel conservation device for a combustion engine includes a heat-exchanging tube disposed through a heating coil that is contained within a housing containing coolant. The heat-exchanging tube is adapted to be coupled inline with a fuel line used to supply fuel from a gas tank to a fuel management device, such as a carburetor provided by the engine. In addition, the heating coil is configured to be coupled to an exhaust pipe coupled to the engine, so as to be heated by the hot exhaust gases generated as it operates. A radiator fluidly coupled to the housing cools the coolant, so that the fuel passing through the fuel line is maintained at a temperature just below the boiling point of the fuel. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288246 | Fuel saving heater for internal combustion engine - A fuel saving heater powered by electrical energy in an automobile may be disposed at any convenient position preferably as close to an engine as possible. The device is operative without any alteration or modification to the original design of the automobile. The device has a housing means that further defines an inner chamber, inlet end, and outlet end. An infrared annular member made of heat retaining materials is in the center portion of the inner chamber. An electrical heating pipe made of heat conduction materials is wrapping around the outside surface of the annular member. Within the heating pipe, there are stuffing gauzes made of magnesium oxide and at least two sets of electrical heating elements made of heat resistance materials. The heating elements are to rapidly generate electrical heat to rapidly elevate the temperatures of three thermal exchangers of the heating pipe, the annular member, and filling metal gauzes within the inner chamber and the thermal exchangers are to rapidly elevate the temperature of the fuel via thermal conduction by means of direct contact with the fuel passing through. Multi-elements plates and a multi-metallic layer on the outside surface of the annular member are to restore the fuel back to the original stage at refinery level without bad influences of fuel additives. A nanometer-level ceramic coating on the outer surface of the heating pipe is to prevent the fuel from overheating. An electrical system has a thermocouple probe to constantly detect the temperature of the fuel with the help of an integrated circuit to rapidly activate or deactivate the heating elements. A fuel stabilizer to regulate the flow and the pressure of the fuel and to avoid excessive fuel supply waste for the engine is provided. A fuel magnetizer to magnetize the properties of the fuel and to enhance fuel vaporization for prolongation of engine life and improvement of fuel efficiency is also supplied. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288247 | INTAKE MANIFOLDS - An intake manifold includes a surge tank chamber, a plurality of branch passages and a gas tank chamber capable of introducing a gas and distributing the gas into the plurality of branch passages. The gas is to be refluxed to an engine. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288248 | HYBRID ENGINE - A hybrid engine that uses a primary internal combustion engine portion and a secondary external combustion engine portion. In a preferred arrangement, the secondary external combustion engine portion operates as a reciprocating steam engine. The heated exhaust gases of the internal combustion engine portion are used to generate steam, and the steam is used to power the steam engine portion adding the steam engine's power output to that of the internal combustion engine. The thermal efficiency of the hybrid engine may be higher than the thermal efficiency of an internal combustion engine without use of the exhaust gas heat. The hybrid engine uses a configuration in which steam is generated directly in the steam engine and a mechanical link between the internal combustion engine portion and the steam engine portion with the result that the hybrid engine is simple and inexpensive to construct and maintain. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288249 | Internal Combustion Engine With Ammonia Fuel - The invention provides methods of providing fuel to an internal combustion engine, fuel systems for an internal combustion engine and a fuel injector for an internal combustion engine. Ammonia may be heated and pressurized to a selected condition and may used as fuel which is supplemented with hydrogen to assist with ignition, flame propagation, and/or combustion speed. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288250 | IGNITION ENHANCER FOR A VEHICLE ENGINE - An ignition enhancer for a vehicle engine is installed between a conducting wire of a high voltage coil and a plug connector, provided with a capacitor, two conducting rods respectively extended outward from two ends of the capacitor, an insulation sleeve wrapping around the capacitor and filled with a waterproof resin to fully surround the capacitor, and two engaging grooves respectively formed in two ends of the insulation sleeve. Thus, with the conducting rods inserted in a core of the conducting wire of the high voltage coil and the plug connector respectively, the capacitor, storing an electric charge, is able to stabilize voltage and fulfill filtering to strengthen ignition power after starting a vehicle engine, not only advancing combustion efficiency to lower carbonization but also augmenting engine power. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288251 | SCAVENGING COVER AND TWO-CYCLE ENGINE - Since a throttle hole for narrowing a scavenging passage is provided on a partition for closing the scavenging passage, the throttle hole of a desired size can be drilled at a desired location on the partition after preparing the scavenging cover having no throttle hole on the partition. Accordingly, the size and location of the throttle hole can be easily changed in conducting a test for finding the most appropriate size and location of the throttle hole, so that the most appropriate size and location of the throttle hole can be easily found. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288252 | Non-Polluting Two-Stroke Engine with Air-Cooled Piston - A two-stroke internal combustion engine has at least one cylinder having a bore diameter, a central axis, a cylinder wall, and an upper and a lower extremity, a piston slip-fit in the cylinder, the piston having an overall height and a top surface, an upper portion and a lower portion each of approximately the bore diameter, each of the upper and lower portions having at least one seal ring between the piston and the cylinder wall, and a central portion of significantly less than the bore diameter and a height at least one-half of the overall piston height, providing an annular space between the central piston portion and the cylinder wall, a crank mechanism coupled to the piston in a manner providing a repeating stroke of a specific stroke length in the direction of the central axis of the cylinder, the repeating stroke providing a varying volume V between the top of the cylinder and the top surface of the piston, one or more exhaust ports through the cylinder wall, each exhaust port having a first height in the direction of the cylinder axis, centered at a first dimension from the top of the cylinder, one or more intake ports through the cylinder wall, each intake port having a second height in the direction of the cylinder axis, centered at a second dimension from the top of the cylinder, and a forced-air mechanism providing air to the one or more intake ports, wherein for a significant portion of every stroke both the one or more exhaust ports and the one or more intake ports are open to the annular space between the central piston portion and the cylinder wall, allowing the air pump to force air from the one or more intake ports around the central piston portion to the one or more exhaust ports. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288253 | AIR INTAKE PORTING FOR A TWO STROKE ENGINE - A two stroke engine of a particular configuration can have its power output increased by running bigger pistons and using ports in the piston skirt through which to conduct compressed air within the skirt through short passages in the cylinder housing that conduct the air from within the skirt to above the piston. As a result a larger piston can be used for the same spacing and opening size in the block to save the need to redesign the block and the crankshaft. A position adjuster for the piston moves it axially without rotation of the piston ports out of alignment with inlet ports in the housing. The piston rod is held in the crosshead using a flat to prevent rotation while an adjuster nut that is turned creates axial movement in the piston rod with a lock nut securing the final piston position. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288254 | UNDERWATER HUNTING GUN OF THE CROSSBOW TYPE WITH EFFORTLESS STRING-DRAWING DEVICE AND LOW RECOIL - An underwater hunting gun of the crossbow type uses push-rods for tensioning elastic links, the push-rods being placed laterally on a moving headpiece activated by a lever-operated arming system. The elastic links run freely around the push-rods such that front ends of the elastic links are permanently and preferably fixed to the base and rear ends are fixed under no tension in a slot of a bolt or arrow. The sliding of the moving headpiece in the forward bolt-support segment intensifies the drawing of the elastic links from the back forwards over and under the push-rods, thus optimizing, at the time of firing, the range of the bolt without recoil of the crossbow through the fact that the bolt is expelled in the manner of a whiplash. The crossbow incorporates a power regulator and an arrow rail offering stealthy firing suited to the range to the target. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288255 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR LAUNCHING A GRANULAR SUBSTANCE - An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for launching a granular substance. The method may include providing a granular substance, an air gun, a compressed air source, an insertion tube, a passage, a loading chamber, a recess, a cover, and a fastening assembly. The method may further include inserting the granular substance into the recess and dispensing the granular substance from the recess into the loading chamber. The method continues with releasing the stored, compressed air in the air gun. The compressed air moves into the insertion tube, through the passage, through the loading chamber disposed within the passage, and finally launches the granular substance from an outlet of the passage. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288256 | COMPRESSED GAS POWERED PROJECTILE GUN - A compressed gas gun fires arrows or other similar projectiles. A compressed gas delivery mechanism within the compressed gas gun ensures that a predetermined amount of compressed gas is used to fire an arrow during a firing operation. Various elements within the compressed gas gun can be selectively tailored to provide greater or lesser amounts of compressed gas during each firing operation. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288257 | TABLE SAW HAVING A DETACHABLE TABLE EXTENSION FOR CUTTING TILE - A tile saw comprises a frame, a primary table moveably supported by the frame for supporting a work-piece to be cut, a water tray located under the primary table, a supporting arm mounted on the frame, and a cutting device supported by the supporting arm. The primary table also includes first and second connecting edges and a secondary table which may be removably attached, without the use of tools, to either the first or second connecting edge of the primary table. When the secondary table is attached, the supporting area for the work-piece is increased resulting in increased stability and increased cutting accuracy. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288258 | TILE SAW HAVING A TABLE SUPPORT RAIL PROTECTION DEVICE - The tile saw of the present invention has a frame with a first guide rail and a second guide rail, a water tray coupled to the frame and a table for supporting a work-piece to be cut supported by at least one of the first and second guide rails. The tile saw also has a supporting arm mounted on the frame and a cutting machine supported by the supporting arm. In the present invention, one of the first or second guide rails is located outside of the water tank and the tile saw has a rail protective device for protecting the guide rail from damage. As a result, the tile saw of the present invention protects the guide rail from both dirty water and dust produced during the cutting process. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288259 | SKID PLATE FOR CONCRETE SAW - A skid plate for a concrete saw is integrally cast having two end mounting portions and a middle portion with a slot in the middle portion. A horizontal slot in a leading end mounting portion cooperates and a vertical slot in the trailing end portion releasably engage pins on the saw to allow the skid plate to be easily fastened to and removed from the saw. A spring loaded latch mechanism holds the pins in the slots. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288260 | Door release automatic gas oven shut down - A tamper proof contact or senor detection device transmits a signal to processor controlled timing device. The processor timing device in response to the received signal disables the ignition device that ignites the gas valve of an oven when the oven door is left open for a certain period of time or longer. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288261 | FIRE PIT ASSEMBLY - An expandable fire pit assembly including a first and second planar member. The first planar member and the second planar member include an upper edge, a lower edge, a first end having a tab member, and a second end having a slot. The tab member of the first planar member engages the slot of the second planar member and the tab member of the second planar member engages the slot of the first planar member, thereby interlocking the first planar member and the second planar member together forming a ring. The fire pit assembly can also include a gas burner connected to one of the planar members and is attachable to a gas supply source. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288262 | Gas Cooker Control System - A gas cooker control system includes an ignition controller includes a touch button, a resistor, a first comparator, a second comparator and a third comparator, the touch button comprising an end connected to external power source, and the other end connected to first inputs of the first, second and third comparators, the resistor being connected between the inputs of the first, second and third comparators and ground, second inputs of the first, second and third comparators being configured for providing a first reference voltage, a second reference voltage and a third reference voltage respectively, outputs of the first, second and third comparators being connected to an igniter, a gas valve and a system power source, a voltage of the external power source being greater than the first reference voltage, the first reference voltage being greater than the second reference voltage, the second reference voltage being greater than the third reference voltage; a gas valve controller including a switch circuit connected to a power source, at least one gas valve circuit connected between the switch circuit and ground, and a protection circuit parallel to the at least on gas valve circuit, the switch circuit being configured for controlling the on or off of the power source and further controlling the at least one gas valve circuit; and a power and ignition controller driving device including a power source driving circuit, an ignition driving circuit and a comparison circuit connected between the power source driving circuit and the ignition circuit, the comparison circuit being configured for providing a high level voltage or a low level voltage to control the power source driving circuit and the ignition driving circuit according to an input of delay voltage signal. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288263 | PORTABLE OUTDOOR FIREPLACE - A portable outdoor fireplace which can also be used as a cooking grill. The fireplace includes a base member, a four-sided screened enclosure, a top member and two wheels. Only a few fasteners are needed to assemble and hold all of the components together. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288264 | MODULAR SOLAR FENCE SYSTEM - A solar panel and a solar fence incorporating the solar fence. The solar panel has a fluid heating component adapted to absorb solar energy and mounted to a frame assembly. The solar panel may include an auxiliary line to facilitate alternative system configurations and convenient connection of inlet and outlet lines. The solar panel may also include a cover to selectively control the rate at which the fluid is heated. The solar panel may also include panels to provide privacy when the solar panel is incorporated into a solar fence. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288265 | SOLAR COLLECTOR PANEL WITH TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED BI-DIRECTIONAL AIRFLOW - A solar collector panel is disclosed for heating ventilation air to a building interior, featuring a method for protecting the build-in solar cell panel from long term excessive heating, leading to damage of the panel, if the solar collector panel is turned off. Furthermore the solar collector panel features a method to create active cooling ventilation to a building interior during summer, by using a forced bi-directional airflow. The above is achived by using a build-in temperature controller. The temperature controller, located within the heater, is powered by a solar cell panel. The temperature controller relays a signal to one or more solar powered fans, to change the direction of the air flow through the heater, at a preset temperature measured within the panel. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288266 | Solar Heater - The inventive device provides a means to concentrate solar thermal energy and transmit this energy to the fluid in a tank. This tank may be relatively distant and otherwise inaccessible to sunlight such as a hot water heater in a residence. By supplementing traditional energy sources, the invention could reduce the duty cycle of a conventional hot water heater's energy source and hence increase efficiency and lower operating cost. The device performs these duties via a series of lenses, mirrors and control systems which can be powered by integrated photovoltaic panels. The system can therefore be self-powered. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288267 | Solar Water Heating System and Components Thereof - A solar water heating system is disclosed. The system consists of three main parts, the solar water heating apparatus and an intelligent system controller and an optional auxiliary hot water holding tank. The system is intended to be easily retrofitted to existing water heating device to provide supplementary hot water as the weather conditions allow and to expressly become inactive when weather conditions do not provide for water heating. The system is designed to allow for freezing temperatures without hindering the primary water heating device. In addition, if the solar water heating apparatus fails, the primary water heating device will not be effected. Finally, when weather conditions are favorable, the system, with the auxiliary tank, provides adequate quantity of hot water for the user. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288268 | PARASOL HEATER WITH TILTING PARASOL - A parasol heater comprising a moveable dish provided above a gas burner, wherein the dish is pivotably coupled to a first side of the burner, the heater comprising an actuator coupled to the dish and configured in use to effect movement of the dish relative to the gas burner, the actuator extending downwardly from the dish along a second side of the burner, the second side being opposite to the first side. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288269 | PROCESS FOR COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION OF CONCENTRATED SUGARY SYRUP WITH LOW ENERGY REQUIREMENT - The invention provides a process for the commercial production of sugar, particularly maple, syrup including the steps of exposure of collected raw sugar solutions and maple sap on-site to a predominantly or relatively naturally occurring cold surface, gradually cooling the sap to a temperature sufficient to commence freezing, continuing the cooling and freezing to form a solids body of sap ice and a component separate from the solids body containing first sugars, continuing the cooling and freezing until the first sugars containing component reaches a substantially thickened or solid consistency, and thirdly, separation of the first sugars containing component from the said solids body. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288270 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD - A liquid ejecting head includes an energy generating element for generating energy utilized for ejecting liquid containing a medicine, and a plurality of ejection outlets, provided for said energy generating element, for ejecting the liquid. Each of the ejection outlets has a rotationally asymmetrical cross-section in a plane parallel to the energy generating element. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288271 | System for Artificial Respiration of Persons - The invention relates to a system for artificial respiration of persons, comprising: a respirator apparatus, comprising: a respirator device and at least one respiratory tube coupled to the respirator device, which respiratory tube is adapted to enable respiration of a person; and at least one atomizing device for atomizing an additive in an airflow to be inhaled by the persons, comprising: at least one atomized body coupled to the respiratory tube and at least one supply container for holding a supply of at least one additive. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288272 | INTUBATION ASSISTANCE INSTRUMENT, INTUBATION ASSISTANCE APPARATUS AND INTUBATION ASSISTANCE SYSTEM - An intubation assistance instrument includes: an elongated assistance instrument main body to be inserted into a target site of a patient from a mouth cavity or a nasal cavity of the patient; a guide member detachably attached to the assistance instrument main body, the guide member having a guide portion into which an intubation tube is to be inserted when the intubation tube is intubated into the target site of the patient, the guide portion capable of guiding the intubation tube to the target site; and a lock mechanism that locks the guide member to the assistance instrument main body when the guide member is attached to the assistance instrument main body. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288273 | Firefighter Hood for a Firefighter's Face Mask - A firefighter's fire resistant hood designed for attachment to a firefighter's fire resistant mask using a fastening means to form a seal between the firefighter's fire resistant hood and firefighter's fire resistant mask thereby preventing injury to the firefighter's head, face, neck, shoulders and back. The firefighter's fire resistant hood comprises a head portion and a shoulder portion. The head portion has a face opening. The inner periphery of the face opening contains a securing means to interface with another securing means on the mask element thus removably attaching the two elements. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288274 | Illuminated Self Contained Breathing Apparatus - A device for use with a self contained breathing apparatus, such as a SCBA tank, which allows a user to display different indicia on the tank. The indicia are preferably illuminated by a self contained illumination system also located on the tank. The device allows a user to readily interchange the indicia so that the currently displayed indicia provide a specific message or indicate a specific condition to an individual observing the tank and related indicia. The illumination system permits the indicia on the tank to be clearly seen in poorly lighted environments, such as deep underwater, or in environments with poor visibility, such as in smoke-filled rooms associated with fires. | 2010-11-18 |
20100288275 | NASAL ADMINISTRATION - A delivery device for and method of delivering a powdered substance, in particular a triptan, such as sumatriptan, to the posterior region of a nasal cavity of a subject, in particular for the treatment of headaches, for example, cluster headaches and migraine, and neuropathic pain, the delivery device comprising: a nosepiece ( | 2010-11-18 |
20100288276 | COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING PARKINSON'S DISEASE - The present invention relates to improved treatment of diseases and disorders of the central nervous system by administration of apomorphine. In particular, the administration is via pulmonary inhalation. The invention provides the means for improving the treatment of a number of conditions, including Parkinson's Disease. | 2010-11-18 |