48th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 5 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20080289472 | SKIDLOADER MOUNTED TIMBERSAW ATTACHMENT - A timbersaw attachment for a skidloader is beneficial in cutting timber. The skidloader attachment has a mounting plate adapted to attach to the skidloader, a cutting head attached to the mounting plate and one or more extensible members adapted to move the cutting head. Using the timbersaw attachment for a skidloader and method for cutting timber is disclosed by joining the attachment having a cutting head to the skidloader, connecting one or more extensible members and a motor on the attachment to the skidloader's hydraulics, moving the cutting head relative to the skidloader with the extensible members, and cutting timber with a chain rotated by the motor upon the cutting head. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289473 | Metal cutting band saw with suspended saw frame - A metal cutting band saw is provided that includes a main carrier, on which an intermediate carrier is pivotally mounted. The saw frame, which can be adjusted in the direction of the workpiece, is mounted on the intermediate carrier by means of a swivel support or a parallel guide. The swivel support for connecting the main carrier to the intermediate carrier is located above the workpiece to be processed. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289474 | Tension Equalizer - In one embodiment, a device includes: first, second, and third paired-strand levers each configured to receive a pair of tensile strands at locations spaced apart from one another along the paired-strand lever; first, second, and third fulcrums each supporting a corresponding one of the paired-strand levers between the tensile strand receiving locations; a fourth lever linked to the first and second paired-strand levers through the first and second fulcrums, respectively, at secondary lever link locations spaced apart from one another along the fourth lever; a fourth fulcrum supporting the fourth lever between the secondary lever link locations; a fifth lever linked to the third paired-string lever and the fourth lever through the third and fourth fulcrums, respectively, at primary lever link locations spaced apart from one another along the fifth lever; and a fifth fulcrum supporting the fifth lever between the primary lever link locations. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289475 | FOSTER EXTENSION FOR FLUTES - A flute attachment which improves and enhances the harmonic capability of a flute by lengthening the resonant chamber of the standing wave. The instant invention ‘fine tunes’ the harmonic range of the flute by taking into account the end point of the fundamental length of the sounding oscillations of an air column without negating the frequency which has been predetermined by the original terminus of the physical scale length of the flute. The sound wave length within a flute terminates slightly beyond the physical length of the flute tube and this difference in length is known as the ‘end correction’. The instant invention captures the node which extends beyond the flute tubing and balances and reinforces the propagation of upper partials throughout the sounding range of the instrument. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289476 | Drum Lift - A drum lift is configured so as to support a drum and position the drum such that the desired portion of the drumhead is at a desired height and allow a drum pedal assembly to be removably attached to a desired portion of the drum lift so that (1) the hammer or beater strikes the drum at a desired location of the drumhead, and/or (2) the hammer travels a desired rotational distance in order to strike the drumhead. The drum lift comprises a body portion having a base portion, a front wall, a rear wall, a pair of sides, a bottom side for placement on a surface, and a top side. The top side has a concave surface for receiving an outer, curved portion of a drum. Each side of the body portion has a generally vertical portion and an angulated portion that is contiguous with the generally vertical portion and the top side. The drum lift has a generally horizontal plate portion attached to the front wall of the body portion for removably attaching thereto a drum pedal assembly. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289477 | MUSIC COMPOSITION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system, program code, and method for music composition, comprising: displaying a composition object according to a first value, wherein the first value includes a musical event; displaying a first and second indicator, wherein the first and second indicator describes the first value; selecting the composition object; graphically altering the first indicator; changing the first value to a second value; and graphically altering the second indicator. The first indicator comprises the position of the composition object relative to a displayed virtual instrument. The second indicator is not keyed to shapes, rather comprises a color. The method and system further incorporates a graphical user interface including a virtual music instrument; the virtual music instrument includes a plurality of virtual keys, each key corresponding to a key on a performance module. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289478 | PORTABLE MUSIC RECORDING DEVICE - The invention concerns a portable music recording device, comprising a virtual keyboard for recording music tracks in a standard file format. A microphone for recording audio tracks. A processor for converting recorded audio tracks to the standard format file. And an electronic memory for storage of standard format files. The device may also comprise a built-in speaker for playback of standard format files as audio tracks. In another aspect, the invention concerns a computer program for recording and processing audio tracks on a portable music recording device. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289479 | Reproduction device, reproduction method and computer usable medium having computer readable reproduction program emodied therein - The reproduction device comprises a decoding section, a threshold calculating section, and a musical data output section. The threshold calculating section calculates an average amplitude level in a predetermined section of an end portion of first musical data generated by the decoding section, and calculates a threshold for detecting a silent portion of the end portion of the first musical data on the basis of the calculated average amplitude level. The musical data output section removes a silent portion between the first musical data and the second musical data and reproduces them so that a position nearest to the end position of the first musical data at an amplitude level which is the threshold or more is a reproduction ending position and so that a position near the leading position of the second musical data at an amplitude level which is the threshold or more is a reproduction starting position. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289480 | ELECTRONIC KEYBOARD MUSICAL INSTRUMENT FOR ASSISTING IN IMPROVISATION - A musical keyboard includes a plurality of white keys and black keys. As a number of keys are depressed simultaneously, a pattern of the depressed keys is judged as categorized in a number of predetermined patterns of depressed keys in view of the white keys and the black keys based on the input note data acquired from the depressed keys. A plurality of types of harmonization are predetermined, from among which a type of harmonization is determined. According to the determined type of harmonization, the input note data representing the notes of the depressed keys are adjusted so that inadequate notes included in the input notes are changed to adequate notes to constitute a chord as permitted by the type of harmonization in view of musical grammar. An unskilled player can play music incorporating improvisation which would need higher musical skill, as the inadvertently erroneous depression of the keys is rectified in the note data processing. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289481 | SCAT GUITAR SIGNAL PROCESSOR - The disclosed subject matter includes, in one aspect, a signal processor having circuitry configured to substitute an assortment of pre-recorded sounds in place of the sound of the guitar. The pre-recorded sounds are triggered by a guitar note that is above a certain threshold. The threshold can be varied, as can the length of time of the substitution. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289482 | Musical Sound Producing Apparatus, Musical Sound Producing Method, Musical Sound Producing Program, and Recording Medium - The present invention aims at the production of musical sounds by calculating motion data based on inputted image data using a simple technique without preliminarily preparing playing information or the like and by producing musical sounds based on the calculated data. A musical sound producing apparatus includes an operation part specifying means which extracts motion data indicative of motions from differentials of respective pixels corresponding to image data of a plurality of frames using image data for respective frames as an input; a musical sound producing means which produces musical sound data containing a sound source, a sound scale and a sound level in accordance with the motion data specified by the motion part specifying means; and an output means which outputs the musical sound data produced by the musical sound producing means, wherein an image database in which patterns are registered and an image matching means are provided, and a musical sound synthesizing means is provided to the musical sound producing means, in the musical sound producing means, so as to synthesize the musical sound data with other sound data, thereby producing the musical sound data. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289483 | METHOD OF MODIFYING THE FREQUENCY RESPONSE OF A WOODEN ARTICLE - Disclosed is a method for modifying the frequency response of a wooden article by exciting the article with acoustic energy. Frequency response is the measure of a system's spectrum response at the output due to a signal of varying frequency (but constant amplitude) at its input. The acoustic energy includes at least one excitation frequency, a composite broadband frequency component, or a combination thereof, which is preferably in the audible spectrum (20 to 20,000 Hz). The use of acoustic energy from the remote source provides non-contact excitation of the wooden article. In one embodiment, the acoustic energy is at least one sound wave which comprises at least one resonant frequency of the wooden article, at least one acoustic mode of the wooden article, at least one discrete frequency, a broadband frequency component, or any combination thereof. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289484 | Electronic Keyboard Instrument Having Key Driver - An electronic keyboard instrument comprises a storage device that stores automatic performance data including a first event for generating a musical tone and first timing data that defines a reproduction timing of the first event, a key-driving data generator that generates key-driving data including a second event corresponding to the first event included in the automatic performance data and second timing data that defines a reproduction timing of the second event and precedes the first timing data for a predetermined time, a keyboard that has a plurality of keys, a key driver that drives each of the plurality of keys in accordance with the key-driving data, a reproduction device that reproduces the automatic performance data and the key-driving data in parallel. The key-driving data generator generates the key-driving data before the reproduction device starts the reproduction. A reproduction process can be simplified even if keys are driven with the reproduction. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289485 | Rounds counter remotely located from gun - A rounds counter for a weapon mount is disclosed. The rounds counter is mounted on the mount in a remote location from the weapon itself, such as to a pedestal supporting a gimbal rotating the weapon mount in azimuth, inside an elevation drive housing, or to other structure. The mounting location is selected to be one where shock loads are relatively high, as compared to other locations on the mount. The rounds counter includes a sensor which senses shock due to the firing of the weapon, such as an accelerometer or strain gauge. The sensor could also be an acoustic transducer. Analog and digital circuitry for processing the sensor signal and to count the firing of the gun is also disclosed. The rounds counter is particularly useful as a common, single rounds counter unit for a weapon mount is adapted to receive and fire a variety of weapons, such as remotely operated weapon mounts mounted to military vehicles and patrol watercraft adapted to receive and fire four different types of guns. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289486 | CUSHION RING AND FLUID-PRESSURE CYLINDER - A cushion ring which is used between a rod-side cylinder head and a piston rod of a fluid-pressure cylinder and which is externally fitted on the piston rod to cushion a shock in the vicinity of the farthest extended end of cylinder includes a throttling groove that has a V-shaped cross section. The throttling groove extends from an appropriate position of the cushion ring to a rod-side end part and functions to throttle the flow of a working fluid flowing from a rod-side fluid chamber to an input/output port provided in a rod-side cylinder head. The throttling groove is provided at the outer periphery of the cushion ring. The throttling groove terminates at a rod-side end part with an end guide face that guides the working fluid toward a slantwise outward direction of the cushion ring. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289487 | HYDRAULIC DISTRIBUTOR PROVIDED WITH A DEVICE FOR DETECTING SEIZING - The present invention relates to a hydraulic distributor ( | 2008-11-27 |
20080289488 | RECIPROCATING FLUID MACHINES - A scotch yoke type fluid device in which the pistons are decoupled from each other is provided. Each piston of the device has its own pair of sliding surfaces and its own slider. The sliding surface of each piston is disposed on the same side of a big end bearing of a crank. The main axis of the crank is movable along a path such that the pistons are neither substantially retarded nor advanced. The effective centre of mass of the crank, piston and slider remains stationary relative to the crank axis. Each piston includes a guide for constraining the piston to move along the piston axis. An intermediate member may interconnect the piston and the slides. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289489 | Composite Piston Unit and Automatic Vehicle Transmission - A composite piston unit ( | 2008-11-27 |
20080289490 | Piston for a Combustion Engine, and Combustion Engine - Disclosed is a piston for a combustion engine, comprising a cooling duct with a single inlet port and at least two outlet ports, at least two of which are separated from each other regarding the discharged coolant. Also disclosed is a combustion engine comprising at least one such piston. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289491 | Powder-Metallurgically Produced Piston Body Comprising Support Webs - A powder-metallurgically produced piston body for a piston-cylinder arrangement, in particular a shock absorber piston, has a one-part piston body, a revolving or circumferential web that protrudes radially outwardly from outer surface of the piston body, longitudinal webs, and at least one traverse groove. A collar-shaped seal, made of thermally deformable material, is formed onto the piston body such that the revolving or circumferential web and the support webs are formed into the seal over at least a part of their heights. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289492 | Method and system for treating metal-containing fluid emissions - A system and associated method for removing metal, including metal in vapor form, from high temperature fluid emissions such as may occur at the exhaust of furnaces or thermal treatment equipment. One embodiment is the Integrated Metal Emissions Control System (IMECS™) incorporating both a Steel Screen Particulate (SSP) Filter System and a Perlite Based Sorbent (PBS) System. IMECS™ uses the SSP Filter System, with pore sizes down to one micron, to capture toxic metal particulate materials and the PBS System to capture vapor phase metals using surface-modified perlite. Using the IMECS™, EPA-listed heavy metals have been removed from representative high-temperature emissions in field tests to easily meet the NESHAP standards. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289493 | ADVANCED METHANE AND AMMONIA RECOVERY SYSTEM - An advanced methane and ammonia recovery system processes gaseous waste from domestic livestock and poultry farms to reduce the green house gasses which are presently dumped into the environment and to produce useful material. The system includes a gas recovery system. The methane and ammonia recovery system captures ammonia and methane and converts the ammonia into fertilizer and methane into energy. The system is designed to substantially reduce the amount of green house gases introduced into the environment, while providing additional income to the domestic livestock and poultry farms | 2008-11-27 |
20080289494 | DECOMPOSITION OF NATURAL GAS OR METHANE USING COLD ARC DISCHARGE - The invention provides methods and apparatus for a cold arc discharge used to decompose natural gas or methane into its gaseous constituents and carbon in the form of solid particles. The gaseous constituents obtained are mainly hydrogen and acetylene and they are produced in admixture with unreacted natural gas or methane. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289495 | System and Method for Removing Carbon Dioxide From an Atmosphere and Global Thermostat Using the Same - A system for removing carbon dioxide from an atmosphere to reduce global warming including an air extraction system that collects carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through a medium and removes carbon dioxide from the medium; a sequestration system that isolates the removed carbon dioxide to a location for at least one of storage and which can increase availability of renewable energy or non-fuel products such as fertilizers and construction materials; and one or more energy sources that supply process heat to the air extraction system to remove the carbon dioxide from the medium and which can regenerate it for continued use. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289496 | METHOD FOR REMOVING SULFUR OR OTHER CONTAMINANT SPECIES FROM HYDROCARBON FUELS OR OTHER FUELS - Fuel is desulfurized with a rapid cycle desulfurization-regeneration method and apparatus. Regeneratable mass separating agents, including metals supported on high surface area materials, are used in a plurality of beds that are rotated into, through, and out of a desulfurization series and a regeneration series by valves and plumbing, which can include a rotary valve apparatus. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289497 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING METHANE AND OTHER GASES - Systems and methods for processing methane and other gases are disclosed. A representative method in accordance with one embodiment includes directing a first portion of a gas stream through a first adsorbent while exchanging heat between a second adsorbent and a third adsorbent. The method can further include directing a second portion of the gas stream through the third adsorbent while exchanging heat between the first and second adsorbents. The method can still further include directing a third portion of the gas stream through the second adsorbent while exchanging heat between the first and third adsorbents. In further particular aspects, the adsorbent can be used to remove carbon dioxide from a flow of methane. In other particular aspects, a heat exchange fluid that is not in direct contact with the adsorbents is used to transfer heat among the adsorbents. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289498 | PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF CARBONACEOUS ADSORPTION AGENTS DOPED WITH ELEMENTARY SULFUR AND A PROCESS FOR WASTE GAS CLEANING USING SUCH ADSORPTION AGENTS - The invention concerns a process for the production of carbonaceous adsorption agents doped with elementary sulfur, in which sulfur is mixed with the adsorption agent, the mixture is heated to a temperature of between 120° C. and 150° C. and the temperature is maintained over a period of about an hour. The process is distinguished in that heating of the mixture is effected under a controlled oxygen-bearing atmosphere. The invention further concerns a process for waste gas cleaning using carbonaceous absorption agents doped with elementary sulfur. Preferably brown coal coke is used as the adsorption agent. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289499 | System and method for removing carbon dioxide from an atmosphere and global thermostat using the same - A system for removing carbon dioxide from an atmosphere to reduce global warming and increase availability of renewable energy including an air extraction system that collects carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through a medium and removes carbon dioxide from the medium, a sequestration system that isolates the removed carbon dioxide to a location for at least one of storage and generation of a renewable carbon fuel, and one or more power supplying units that supply heat to the air extraction system to remove the carbon dioxide from the medium, at least one of the one or more power supplying units being a concentrated solar power supplying unit. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289500 | System and method for removing carbon dioxide from an atmosphere and global thermostat using the same - A system for removing carbon dioxide from an atmosphere to reduce global warming and increase availability of renewable energy including an air extraction system that collects carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through a medium and removes carbon dioxide from the medium; a sequestration system that isolates the removed carbon dioxide to a location for at least one of storage and generation of a renewable carbon fuel; and one or more renewable energy sources that supply heat to the air extraction system to remove the carbon dioxide from the medium. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289501 | Emission Control Systems - A separation column ( | 2008-11-27 |
20080289502 | Cyclonic Separator and Method for Degassing a Fluid Mixture - A method and cyclonic separator are disclosed for degassing a fluid mixture comprising a carrier liquid and one or more gaseous and/or vaporizable components, wherein: —the fluid mixture is accelerated in a throat section ( | 2008-11-27 |
20080289503 | Method and Device for Welding Metallic Fibers Into a Fleece by Repeatedly Carrying out a Welding Process, Fleece Having Welded Metallic Fibers and Method of Filtering Exhaust Gas With a Fleece - A method and a device produce a fleece of metallic fibers in a layer in which the metallic fibers are welded to one another to form the fleece. A welding process is repeatedly carried out with regard to a portion or section of the fleece. Such metallic fiber fleeces are used, in particular, for exhaust gas treatment units in the automobile industry. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289504 | Regenerable purification system for removal of siloxanes and volatile organic carbons - A process to purify biogases (i.e., landfill gas and municipal digester gas), to 5 enable such biogases to be utilized to generate electricity and heat. Biogases from these sources generally include small amounts of organosilicons (which are particularly harmful to power generation equipment, and especially harmful to micro-turbines, reciprocating internal combustion engines, and large turbines), and halogenated chemical species (which can foul expensive emission catalysts). A fluidized media bed reactor is configured to concentrate offending organics, and is coupled with another reactor vessel configured to strip the offending organics off saturated media with a hot inert gas. The removed organics are further concentrated into an inert gas stream that is conveyed to a small flare for greater than 99% destruction. The energy required to strip the organics from the spent media, and to energize the flare, is generated by the combustion of a small quantity of the purified biogas. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289505 | Air Dryer Cartridge - The present invention provides desiccant cartridge ( | 2008-11-27 |
20080289506 | PORTABLE WELDING SMOG DISPOSING MACHINE - A portable welding smog disposing machine includes a machine box formed with an accommodating space disposed at an intermediate portion with a filter plate set, which partitions the accommodating space into a front and a rear accommodating chamber. The front accommodating chamber has its topside bored with a through hole extending upward and its front side formed with an opening having a door plank pivotally assembled thereon. An ember obstruction device is fixed on the inner side of the door plank and received inside the front accommodating chamber. By so designing, the embers produced during electric welding will be pumped to directly drop into the ember obstruction device through the through hole to be collected therein so as to prevent the embers from getting into the machine box. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289507 | Air Velocity Apparatus and System - An apparatus and a system is provided that may be utilized to determine air flow through an air filter and/or a plurality of air filters. The present invention utilizes a demonstration apparatus to illustrate the differences in air flow and air restriction between a plurality of different air filters and filtration media. The apparatus and system utilizes a common plenum which subjects the plurality of air filters to the same differential pressure. The air flows through a first side of the air filter and is measured on the second side of the air filter by utilizing a wind meter or similar device to gauge the amount of air flow velocity of the second side of the filter. Additionally, the apparatus and system utilizes a display means to illustrate the differing air velocity through the second side of the air filter. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289508 | WINE STORAGE AND PRESERVATION CABINET - A device for the storage of multiple bottles of wine including an open wine container therein. The device includes a purging station for the introduction of inert or heavier thin air gas to the open wine container and an actuator for selectively introducing the heavier than air gas to the open wine container. The device further includes a cabinet having a top, bottom, sides and back creating a space for housing a plurality of wine containers in an upright orientation and a door having an open window to enable one to view at least the open wine container while the door is closed. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289509 | BEVERAGE DEVICE FOR MAKING A BEVERAGE WITH A FOAM LAYER ON TOP - A beverage device for making a beverage with a foam layer on top, comprising foaming means for generating foam from said beverage, said foaming means comprising at least one inlet opening ( | 2008-11-27 |
20080289510 | Pan-Turning Method and Device Thereof - The present invention discloses a method for waggling or shaking a pot comprises the following steps: (1) moving a pot in a planar or curved surface, and (2) accelerating or decelerating the pot at an appropriate position and at appropriate moment, and thus making all of or part of the materials in the pot to move linearly, curvilinearly or circularly. The present invention also discloses a device for waggling or shaking a pot to perform the above method, comprising a pot, a motion mechanism, a driving mechanism, and a control system, in which the driving mechanism drives the motion mechanism and the pot to make a linear, curvilinear or circular movement in a planar or curved surface in variable speed. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289511 | Combination grilling basket and tool set - A combination cooking basket and cooking tool holder having an upper and lower basket securable together to form an enclosure, and a cooking tool or tools releasable fastened in the enclosure for storage and washing as a unit, the components being separable for use while cooking. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289512 | Food product toaster - A toaster for bread-type food products includes a housing defining at least one toasting cavity having an upper mouth for depositing the food products into the cavity and a lower opening from which toasted food products exit the cavity. A perforate rack is provided beneath the lower opening and onto which the toasted food products are deposited as they exit the cavity. The rack is perforated to significantly reduce the surface area of the rack which might otherwise stick to the toasted food products. An imperforate plate is juxtaposed behind the perforate rack to prevent crumbs from the toasted food products from falling into the bottom of the toaster. The plate is spaced from the rack a sufficient distance to prevent any portions of the toasted food products from projecting through the perforate rack and touching the plate and sticking thereto. As disclosed herein, the perforate rack is provided as a wire form structure. At least a portion of the rack is angled to form a ramp down which the toasted food products move toward the front of the toaster. Preferably, the imperforate plate comprises a metal sheet. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289513 | Fruit Ripening Display - Apparatuses and methods for ripening and displaying fruit are provided. Methods of making those apparatuses are also disclosed. In one aspect, the apparatuses and methods employ multiple platforms and other features for ripening fruit that increase fruit ripening speed, improve fruit flavor, reduce fruit bruising, and accommodate different ripening rates of different fruit. Other aspects and features disclosed herein further help achieve those goals, and particularly help fruit consumers to ripen store bought fruit. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289514 | Regeneration Unit - A regeneration unit characterized by a housing ( | 2008-11-27 |
20080289515 | PEPPER DE-STEMMING - A way of dealing with challenges to the pepper processing industry and pepper growers is to mechanize pepper processing, including the de-stemming of whole peppers. The present example provides a method of or mechanically de-stemming whole peppers. The method provides for the recognition of a pepper's shoulder in order to generate a control signal to initiate a process to de-stem the pepper. In particular, several implementations of the method are provided that may include a mechanical system, a laser system, a machine vision system, a combination of a machine vision system and the laser system, and other equivalent implementations. Additionally disclosed, are methods of processing whole peppers utilizing automated de-stemming. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289516 | Method and Device for Strapping Goods - In a method to seal/lock a strap ( | 2008-11-27 |
20080289517 | Method For Transferring a Micron Pattern on an Optical Pattern and the Thus Obtained Optical Pattern - The inventive method consists in transferring a pattern (P) onto the optical article ( | 2008-11-27 |
20080289518 | SCREEN PRINTING APPARATUS AND SCREEN PRINTING METHOD - In supply of feedback data to improve a positional deviation quantity and a deviation state of a soldering paste printed on individual substrates held on the carrier, a plurality of average values of individual positional deviation for each of the individual substrates are obtained, and then, if the deviation value ΔM indicating a difference between the maximum value Mmax and the minimum value Mmin of the plurality of average values M of individual positional deviation is less than or equal to the tolerance value Δ(t), an intermediate value of the maximum value Mmax and the minimum value Mmin is obtained, and the positioning parameters of the mask plate and the carrier are corrected based on the intermediate value (Mmax+Mmin)/2. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289519 | Metal Stencil Foil Attachment to Screen Mesh - Methods and apparatuses for attaching metal stencil foils to screen mesh using thermoplastic materials. Mechanical, rather than adhesive, attachment of metal stencil foils to screen mesh is accomplished by melting thermoplastic material so as to encapsulate portions of metal stencil foils and screen mesh resulting in faster, less expensive, and more durable bonding. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289520 | PRINTING ROLLER APPARATUS AND METHOD - A printing roller apparatus and method are for use with ink and a gel carried on an operatively rotating casting drum. The apparatus and method include a print roller and a drive member. The print roller has an exterior print surface rollably engaging the gel. The drive member directly engages the casting drum and operatively rotates the print roller, such that the print surface moves coincident with the gel carried on the operatively rotating casting drum. An even distribution of the ink is transferred from the print surface to the gel, so as to clearly print at least one print indicium thereon. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289521 | Surface Tracking Rotary Pad Printing Apparatus and Method - In one aspect of a first embodiment, a rotary pad printing system comprises a controller ( | 2008-11-27 |
20080289522 | Apparatus for Turning a Sheet During Transport Through a Printing Press - An apparatus for turning a sheet during transport through a printing press provides better printed results as a result of improved sheet guidance. A transfer drum has gripper systems disposed in channels for holding the sheet at the leading and trailing sheet edge, and guide elements covering the channels. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289523 | Anilox Printing Unit and Printing Press Having an Anilox Printing Unit - An anilox printing unit includes, as inking unit rolls, an ink applicator roll and an engraved roll mounted in rapid change roll sockets, for removing the engraved roll from the roll sockets and inserting another engraved roll into the roll sockets by an operator. The engraved roll is hollow and a temperature control fluid flows therethrough. The engraved roll and the ink applicator roll each have bearer rings. A device which presses the bearer rings of one inking unit roll against the bearer rings of the other inking unit roll has springs for compensating for diameter differences as a result of manufacturing tolerances between the bearer rings of the engraved roll and the bearer rings of the other engraved roll and for compensating for thermally induced diameter changes of the bearer rings of the engraved roll. A printing press having an anilox printing unit is also provided. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289524 | Roller Micro-Contact Printer with Pressure Control - A micro-contact printing apparatus includes a roller ( | 2008-11-27 |
20080289525 | Driving System for the Cylinder Cleaning Assemblies of Printing Machines - When the plate cylinder (D) is provided with at least one longitudinal channel (C) housing the sheet grippers (P) and when the ends of this channel have cams (Z) for contact with rollers mounted on the cleaning assembly, to ensure that when this assembly is actively working the presser ( | 2008-11-27 |
20080289526 | Method for imparting three-dimensional images and indicia to planar coated surfaces - A method for imparting indicia to a wet-film of resinous liquid and magnetically positionable particles located on a substrate. The device employs a planar magnet abutting a planar metal sheet imaging indicia formed thereon. The planar metal sheet interacts with the magnetic field communicated to the wet-film to form indicia into the wet-film through migration and reorientation of the particles along the lines of the field. The letters, numbers, logos, or other images formed as indicia may be formed such that when viewed they appear three dimensional. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289527 | Device and Method for Correcting Lateral Position of a Printing Substrate - A device for correcting the lateral position of a printing substrate, preferably a sheet of paper, held by a gripper bar and conveyed in a transporting direction has a linear drive that includes a first primary part and a first secondary part configured as a first carriage and associated with the first primary part, and a second secondary part configured as a second carriage. The first carriage and the second carriage are arranged on the same side of the printing substrate in the lateral direction and—to correct the position of the printing substrate in the lateral direction—are movable relative to each other in the direction of transport. Such a device may be used for transporting printing substrates and for correcting the register position of printing substrates in machines for processing printing substrates, preferably printing presses or machines for the further processing of printed products. The relative movement of the two carriages with respect to each other initiates a lateral movement of the gripper bar without influencing the advancement of the printing substrate. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289528 | INSPECTION SYSTEM FOR INSPECTING AN IMPRINTED SUBSTRATE ON A PRINTING PRESS - An inspection system for inspecting an imprinted substrate on a printing press has a light source, a contact image sensor, and a processor. The light source is configured to illuminate a portion of the substrate which has been imprinted with different colors at a plurality of printing units of the printing press. The contact image sensor has a plurality of sensing elements. Each sensing element senses light reflected by a corresponding region on the substrate to produce data representative of the corresponding region printed on the substrate. The processor is configured to receive the data representative of the imprinted substrate and to compare the data representative of the corresponding region printed on the substrate with stored reference data. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289529 | APPARATUS FOR PENETRATING A TARGET AND ACHIEVING BEYOND-PENETRATION RESULTS - The specification and drawing figures describe and show an apparatus for penetrating a target and achieving beyond-penetration results. The apparatus includes a liner. The liner includes at least one liner member formed of a penetrating material and one liner member formed of a reactive material, and may include at least one liner member formed of neither a penetrating nor reactive material. The liner member is positioned in a housing. The housing includes an explosive and means for detonating the explosive. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289530 | Airborne device such as model rocket with light and sound for observing and retrieving - An airborne device such as a model rocket or balloon is provided with a light source and/or a sound source that makes the rocket visible during ascent, descent and recovery at night. The sound source is provided to assist in day time recovery. The light source may be located in a transparent or translucent nose cone section of a rocket or otherwise attached adjacent or in a balloon to assist in operation and viewing. The light source may include a timing or flashing feature to make the airborne device or rocket more visibly distinct during flight and recovery. Additional signaling and informational light sources may be added to other parts of the rocket and to the ground mounted launch apparatus to announce launching and/or improve the night time viewing. One form of the rocket system uses a count down feature with lights on the launch structure to signal when blast off will occur. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289531 | Piezoelectric Stun Projectile - The present invention provides a non-lethal projectile for delivering an electric pulse to a target. In one aspect of the invention, the projectile utilizes a piezoelectric device and an electrical oscillating circuit in order to generate a pulse. In another aspect of the invention, the projectile utilizes a piezoelectric device and a mechanical oscillating circuit in order to generate an electric pulse. Since the projectile of the present invention contains the structure to generate the required electric pulse, it can be employed effectively at distances of up to 150 meters. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289532 | AQUEOUS RELEASE AGENTS AND THEIR USE IN THE PRODUCTION OF POLYURETHANE MOLDING - The invention provides aqueous release agent dispersions for producing polyurethane moldings, substantially including
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20080289533 | PROTECTIVE COATINGS AND COATING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A protective coating on a metal surface comprises a particulate material produced by a method including heating an animal skeletal material to a temperature of at least 1000° C. for a time sufficient to convert at least part of the calcium carbonate in the skeletal material to calcium oxide and produce a calcined product; and then contacting at least part of the calcined product with water to produce the particulate material containing calcium hydrate. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289534 | Naphthol as Colorants and Their Use - A Naphthol AS colorant according to Formula (I): | 2008-11-27 |
20080289535 | Global Warming Shirt - Provided are articles and methods for creating articles which include a representation of a planet which undergoes a morphing, or changing in color and pattern, upon application of heat, light or moisture to illustrate the effects of global warming. The article can be any article, including but not limited to clothing and pictures. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289536 | INK COMPOSITION FOR INKJET RECORDING, INK CARTRIDGE INCLUDING THE INK COMPOSITON, AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE INK CARTRIDGE - An ink composition for inkjet recording including a compound represented by Formula 1, a coloring agent, and water, so that the ink composition prevents formation of depositions therein over time to obtain high storage stability and good ejection properties. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289537 | HIGHLY ACTIVE PHOTOCATALYST PARTICLES, METHOD OF PRODUCTION THEREFOR, AND USE THEREOF - A coating agent which produces a film with photocatalytic properties, comprises composite photocatalyst particles of titanium dioxide and a compound inactive as a photocatalyst, and at least a binder. The photocatalyst particles achieve a ratio of decomposition of acetaldehyde (DWA) values of at least 80%. A BET specific surface area of the composite particles of titanium dioxide and a compound inactive as a photocatalyst is from 10 to 300 m | 2008-11-27 |
20080289538 | Pigment preparations of pasty or gellike consistency - The present invention relates to pasty or gellike pigment preparations for colouring lime-bound and/or cement-bound building materials, asphalt, paints, varnishes, paper or plastics and also to a method of preparing them. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289539 | COATING COMPOSITIONS HAVING HYPERBRANCHED POLYMERS AND METHODS OF PRODUCING SAME - Coating compositions include a crosslinker and a hyperbranched polymer and methods of producing coating compositions include combining a crosslinker and a hyperbranched polymer. Branching portions of the hyperbranched polymer include a linkage via a carbonyl group and at least two linkages via methylene groups. Branching compounds used in a process to form a hyperbranched polymer include at least one hydroxyl group and at least two oxirane groups. Resulting hyperbranched polymers can include dendrimers. Coating compositions having hyperbranched polymers and crosslinkers can be applied to a substrate and cured to form a crosslinked film. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289540 | Procedure for the preparation of a thermal, flexible and light coating paint - The invention involves a procedure in which by the combination of certain components, a thermal, flexible and light coating paint is obtained. This paint offers insulation properties with a low film thickness. This coating paint offers better insulation properties than other insulators with a higher thickness while not requiring any additional protection. These properties are due to the internal structure of the coating paint in which internal caverns are formed by the reaction of ramified chain polymers, addition of materials, and a balance of certain elements. These characteristics are impossible to get in traditional coating paints. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289541 | Benzoisoindole derivative, pigment composition comprising the same and colored composition - A pigment composition contains a specified benzoisoindole derivative, and a pigment. A colored composition contains such a pigment composition and a pigment carrier. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289542 | Hydraulic Binder - In a hydraulic binder containing slags, aluminium-silicates and calcium sulphate, slag, in particular furnace slag, in amounts below 50% (w/w) as well as aluminium-silicates different from furnace slag, as for example flue-ash and natural aluminium-silicates, as for example basalt or andesite, in amounts of 5 to 75% (w/w) respectively related to the entire blend with the requirement that the stm of slag and aluminium-silicates is between 82 and 95.9% (w/w) and as one of the activators CaSO | 2008-11-27 |
20080289543 | Folding, auto-leveling extension table - An extension table apparatus with automatic height adjustment and folding capability. This apparatus is primarily designed for use with portable or stationary frame-mounted woodworking equipment such as planers, joiners, drum sanders and power saws. With one end of the table attached to a height-adjustable surface such as a planer bed, the apparatus uses a leveling assembly extending beneath the table to support and maintain the other end of the table. Simple lever principles and strategically located pivot points keep the table coplanar with the planer bed as it is raised or lowered. The leveling assembly transfers most of the weight of the workpiece and table to the floor, instead of the machine. The apparatus attaches only to the machine permitting mobility of the apparatus and machine. The design of mounting brackets, length of parts and pivoting action allows folding of the apparatus to facilitate storage. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289544 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTION OF COLLISIONS IN FURNITURE - This invention relates to a device and a method for recognizing collision of automatically moveable parts of furniture with obstacles by detecting a change in bend or a change in acceleration. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289545 | Workstation System and Workstation with Multiple, Adjustable Height, Work Tops - A module is disclosed. The module includes a pair of uprights, each being of adjustable-height. The module is used in a grouping of two or more with an equal grouping of work tops. In the grouping, which forms a workstation, the modules and the worktops are secured to one another in alternating relation such that each work top is supported at its ends by a respective pair of modules and is independently height-adjustable. A modular furniture system based on the module is also disclosed. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289546 | SAFE WITH ELECTRONIC STORAGE - A secure enclosure includes an information storage device within an inner compartment. The secure enclosure has an opening within a wall. A communications interface connected to the information storage device extends within the opening. The communication interface allows the information storage device to be connected to a computer or network for receipt and storage of electronic information. The secure enclosure is used to store other items with the information storage device. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289547 | Crime Prevention Structure of Steel Door - The present invention provides a crime prevention structure for a steel door. A steel door comprises an indoor panel, an outdoor panel, a sound-insulating core filled in a space formed between inner surfaces of the panels, and a high hardness metal plate that is thicker than plate thickness of the panels wherein the metal plate is provided between the sound-insulating core and an entire inner surface area, except sections for mounting door components, of at least one of the panels. In one preferred aspect, the metal plate is provided at the entire inner surface area, except portions for mounting door components, of the indoor panel. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289548 | Modular security suite [MSS] TM M.A.S.F. - A Modular Security Suite™ of rooms/modules is for the protection of families and/or valuable personal property during Earthquake related and other emergencies. The “Dual Use” space MSS model has two or more adjacent rooms or modules and an adjacent hallway module. One room could be a W.C. and the other module could be a kitchenette or pantry or walk-in high security storage room. Its steel walls and ceiling would be made with interior and exterior steel plates which are welded and/or otherwise fastened to its vertical and horizontal steel/stud pipes or I-beam/studs and then can be filled with concrete. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289549 | POSITIONING AND HOLDING AN EMBROIDERABLE FOR EMBROIDERY - A placement holder for an embroiderable. The placement holder comprises a metallic hoop for use in an embroidery machine. The metallic hoop contains a quantity of metal sufficient for a magnet to be attracted to the metallic hoop. An embroiderable is placed on top of the metallic hoop for embroidery. An adapter is attached to the metallic hoop. One end of the adapter is attached to the metallic hoop, and the other end of the adapter attaches to an attachment mechanism on a pantograph on the embroidery machine. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289550 | Quilt blank, method of making a quilt using a quilt blank and quilt kit including quilt blank - The disclosure is directed to a quilt blank, a quilt kit including a quilt blank and method of making a quilt using a quilt blank. The disclosure describes a quilt blank including a partially completed quilt having a quilt top, backing and batting material interposed between the quilt top and the backing, all of which are secured together via a sewing or quilting pattern. The quilt top of the quilt blank includes at least one predetermined blank portion sized to receive a fabric swatch or other material selected by a user. Alternatively, the quilt blank may simply be a quilt top having a predetermined blank area to be filled with a fabric swatch or other material. The disclosure also describes a quilt kit including a quilt blank and a method of making a quilt using a quilt blank. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289551 | MULTIPLE NEEDLE SEWING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR SEWING LARGE-AREA SEWING MATERIAL - The invention relates to a multiple needle sewing machine for sewing large-area sewing material ( | 2008-11-27 |
20080289552 | Sewing machine and computer readable medium - A sewing machine includes a sewing controller that controls sewing machine components, an imaging element capable of capturing facial images of a sewing machine user; a settings storage that stores settings for preset modes, the settings comprising items pertaining to sewing machine functions; a user information storage that stores facial image data of the user captured by the imaging element with mapping to the settings of the mode registered with the user; a verifier that verifies whether or not image data that matches the facial image data captured by the imaging element at sewing operation start exists in the user information storage; and an instruction controller that reads the settings from the user information storage when receiving a positive verification result from the verifier, and that instructs the sewing controller to control the sewing machine components based on the settings read. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289553 | Embroidery data creation apparatus and computer-readable recording medium storing embroidery data creation program - An embroidery data creation apparatus including an angle information calculation device that calculates an angle characteristic and an angle characteristic intensity for each of the pixels constituting image data, an angle information storage device that stores the angle characteristic and the angle characteristic intensity as angle information, a region specification device that specifies a change region in which the angle information is to be changed, an angle characteristic specification device that specifies a post-change angle characteristic, an angle characteristic change device that changes the respective angle characteristics of pixels included in the change region based on the post-change angle characteristic, a line segment data creation device that creates line segment data, a color data creation device that creates color data, and an embroidery data creation device that creates the embroidery data based on the line segment data and the color data. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289554 | Watercraft for Transportation and Exercise - A watercraft for transportation and exercise including a boat for floating on water and having a portion thereof above a waterline and a portion thereof below the waterline The boat has an opening therein for permitting a person to be partially below the waterline and partially above the waterline. A sub-frame is operatively attached to the boat, the sub-frame having a lower position at least partially in the water and an upper position at least mostly out of the water. A propulsion device is operatively attached to the sub-frame for propelling the watercraft forwardly in response to movement of the person's feet, the propulsion device having a foot contact portion. The foot contact portion of the propulsion device being disposed a predetermined distance from the waterline in a transportation mode so that that a person can be at least partially above the waterline when using the propulsion device in the transportation mode, said foot contact portion of the propulsion device being disposed in the water and a substantial distance below said predetermined distance when the propulsion device is being used in an exercise mode wherein at such time the person's legs are at least partially disposed below the waterline. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289555 | Movable ballast in a sailing vessel - An external adjustable ballast system for keeled sailboats comprising a weight that is designed for low hydrodynamic drag, mounted through a beam to a shaft running down the leading edge of the fin keel. Turning the shaft moves the weight to optimize hull trim, both fore/aft and athwart ships, for a particular point of sail. If the weight and beam are shaped as a lifting body and mounted to the shaft such that it pivots as it rotates to optimize angle of attack, the dynamic balancing component can allow for a lighter weight. Ballast weight and beam can be raised or lowered to optimize performance for expected wind conditions. The leading edge of the fin keel is a rotatable non spherical shaft. When rotated, the shaft creates an asymmetric cross section which improves hydrodynamic efficiency of the keel. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289556 | RUDDER FOR MARINE VEHICLES | 2008-11-27 |
20080289557 | Universal Water Sport Tow Attachment and System - The invention disclosed herein is a universally adaptable, collapsible, adjustable boom designed for selective attachment and detachment to any configuration of a boat tower, and which provides multiple support points to counteract the downward force exerted by a water sport participant. Attachment and detachment of the boom is efficiently accomplished with the use of adjustable clamps and lynch pins, and the boom further secured by a cabling system. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289558 | Lasar Scanning for Mooring Robot - A profile scanner for locating a target zone on a profile of a vessel comprising an emitter adapted to progressively or instantaneously radiate towards the vessel; a receiver providing a signal indicative of radiation incident thereon; a controller or processor including stored instructions, for energising the emitter and receiving the signal, and adapted to determine the vertical location of the target zone relative to scanner. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289559 | DISCONNECTABLE TURRET MOORING SYSTEM FOR A VESSEL - A disconnectable turret mooring system for a vessel is provided, comprising a turret positioned in a moonpool of the vessel and having an upper part cooperating with a first upper bearing assembly positioned between the turret and the vessel, and a lower disconnectable buoy part cooperating with a second lower bearing assembly positioned between the turret and the vessel, wherein the lower bearing assembly comprises a number of discrete circumferentially spaced bearing members which are attached to and extend radially inwards from the vessel for engaging the lower disconnectable buoy part of the turret, and which bearing members are displaceable radially between an inner operative position for engaging the lower disconnectable buoy part and an outer inoperative position for disengaging the lower disconnectable buoy part. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289560 | SUBMERSIBLE CARGO CONTAINER - Various embodiments of this invention disclose a standard sized shipping container that is submersible, such that it may be towed behind a seagoing vessel as well as loaded and stored on the deck of a sea going vessel. Various embodiments of the invention allow standard shipping containers to be towed behind seagoing vessels and containers to be sealed and submerged in order to prevent tampering during transit. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289561 | Elevated Water Sport Tow Extension Apparatus - An elevated tow device comprised of: first and second substantially vertical support members, each slidably and pivotally engaging a boat support structure on a lower end and forming an apex on an upper end, the height and width of which can be adjusted; a tether attachment point at the apex adapted to mechanically engage a tether for connecting to a towed object; at least one forestay connecting the device to a bow of the boat; and at least one rear stay connecting the device to the boat support structure, the forestay and rear stay providing stability to the device. Because of the way that the device is connected to the boat support structure, the device is adjustable in height and width and is also collapsible. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289562 | HYDROFOIL BLADE GUARD - A foil guard for sporting devices having hydrofoils covers the exposed edges of the foils and thereby prevents damage to persons or property from accidental contact with the foils. The guard may include cords or elastics to secure the guard to the foils, and may float in water to prevent loss of the guard. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289563 | REAR-END WATER-SWEEPING DEVICE PARTICULARLY FOR AN AMERICAN FISHERMAN - The present invention provides a water-sweeping device configured to prevent the occurrence of water wall at the rear-end of a marine vehicle and particularly of an American fisherman vessel during backward movement, the device being characterized by comprising at least one water sweeping inlet, and at least one water distribution means running out of the portside or starboard sides of the vessel, said water distribution means being adapted to the water sweeping inlets. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289564 | Speed-Indicating Instrument for Motor Vehicle Provided with an Adaptive Cruise-Control System - A speed-indicating instrument for a motor vehicle provided with a cruise-control system comprises a dial ( | 2008-11-27 |
20080289565 | Rescue whistle - A rescue whistle, end surfaces of two ends of which are respectively concaved with a holding space, a circuit board main body at one end of a flash drive storage unit is positioned within one of the holding spaces, and a USB connector at another end of the flash drive storage unit protrudes outside the holding space. A whistle is connected to the other holding space, forming a sealed space, within which is deposited a strip of paper with health information on an individual written thereon. Accordingly, when an accident occurs, rescue workers can access the pieces of health information on the individual stored in the flash drive storage unit, or refer to the health information of the individual written on the strip of paper, thereby facilitating carrying out the most appropriate first aid and care. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289566 | Bookmark and method of employment for product advertising, reading encouragement, and contests - A device and method for encouraging reading employing a bookmark for engagement to the spine, covers, or pages of a book. Coupons tradeable for rewards or sequentially removable portions from the bookmark to reveal indicia indicating increased reading achievement are provided as inducement to readers for reading. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289567 | Method and Apparatus for a Gauge for Indicating a Pressure of a Fluid - The invention relates to a method and apparatus for a gauge for indicating a pressure of a fluid, including a gauge having a face where the face has a first plurality of graduation marks, each for indicating a pressure in an ascending direction. The face also has a second plurality of graduation marks, each for indicating a pressure in a descending direction. In addition, the gauge includes a sensor magnet for detecting the pressure of the fluid, a pointer magnet coupled to a pointer and in communication with the sensor magnet for moving the pointer in correspondence with a movement of the sensor magnet, and wherein the pointer traverses across both the first and second pluralities of graduation marks for indicating the pressure of the fluid in either an ascending direction or descending direction. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289568 | QUARTZ GLASS CRUCIBLE, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND USE - A crucible has a structure where a layer containing a crystallization accelerating component such as aluminum or the like (a crystallization accelerating layer) is inserted inside a quartz glass layer of a crucible straight body part excepting a crucible bottom part. The crucible does not deform and fall inwardly at the straight body part since a part containing a crystallization accelerating component advances to crystallize so as to increase strength at a high temperature when the crucible is used in pulling up silicon single crystal. Therefore, a single crystallization rate can be increased. Further, since the crystallization accelerating layer is inserted inside the quartz glass layer, the crystallization accelerating component, such as aluminum or barium, does not contact with silicon melt or a carbon susceptor, contamination by eluting these metals does not occurs. Further, since the crystallization accelerating layer is not provided at the crucible bottom part, there is no danger to crack due to thermal distortion at a time of pulling up silicon single crystal and melt leakage does not occur. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289569 | Method for Producing Group 13 Metal Nitride Crystal, Method for Manufacturing Semiconductor Device, and Solution and Melt Used in Those Methods - A process for producing a Group 13 metal nitride crystal, comprising performing the growth of a Group 13 metal nitride crystal in a solution or melt comprising an ionic solvent having dissolved therein a composite nitride containing a metal element belonging to Group 13 of the Periodic Table and a metal element other than Group 13 of the Periodic Table. According to this production process, a good-quality Group 13 metal nitride crystal can be produced under low or atmospheric pressure by an industrially inexpensive method. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289570 | Process for Producing Silicon Carbide Single Crystal - This invention reduces planar defects which occur within a silicon carbide single crystal when a silicon carbide single crystal is epitaxially grown on a single crystal substrate. | 2008-11-27 |
20080289571 | Coating apparatus - A hollow rotating drum | 2008-11-27 |