51st week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 35 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20080310954 | PUMP HAVING HEAT-DISSIPATING MECHANISM - A pump includes a DC motor ( | 2008-12-18 |
20080310955 | Hybrid cooling of a gas turbine engine - A hybrid cooling system for a gas turbine engine includes a vapor cooling assembly and a cooling air cooling assembly. The cooling air cooling assembly is configured to remove thermal energy from cooling air used to cool a first component of the gas turbine engine. The vapor cooling assembly configured to transport thermal energy from a vaporization section to a condenser section through cyclical evaporation and condensation of a working medium sealed within the vapor cooling assembly. The vaporization section is located at least partially within a second component of the gas turbine engine, and the condenser section is located outside the second component. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310956 | VARIABLE GEOMETRY GAS TURBINE ENGINE NACELLE ASSEMBLY WITH NANOELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM - A nacelle assembly includes an inlet lip section and a cowl section downstream of the inlet lip section. At least a portion of the cowl section is flexed to take various shapes through a nanoelectromechanical system and thereby influence an effective boundary layer thickness of the nacelle assembly. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310957 | Extended Length Cutoff Blower - A blower assembly including a blower housing having a side wall with a first portion extending from the initial cutoff through an angle of at least 45° or more, the first portion having a radius which is substantially constant or which increases at a relatively small rate. The side wall additionally includes a second portion, extending from the end of the first portion to the outlet, which has an increasing radius which is increasing at a larger rate and has a rate of increase that is also increasing with housing angle. The shape of the side wall allows a reduction in the overall size of the blower housing for a given size of impeller. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310958 | EXHAUST CASING FOR A TURBOMACHINE - A turbomachine exhaust casing with connection roots between the structural arms of the casing and the annular endplates of the hub of the casing, each of said the roots having a profile that is optimized so as to reduce the level of stress in the connection portions, and thus increase the lifetime of the exhaust casing. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310959 | Ceiling fan - A ceiling fan, including a plurality of blades, wherein at least one surface of at least one blade in the plurality of blades is covered by a decorative motif. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310960 | Cross-flow fan impeller for a transversley excited, pulsed, gas discharge laser - A cross-flow fan impeller for circulating gas in a transversely excited, pulsed, gas discharge laser is disclosed and may comprise a plurality of hubs, the hubs spaced apart along the impeller's rotation axis and establishing at least two impeller segments wherein a first segment has an output flow within 80-120% of a second segment and the first and second segment having differing blade pass frequencies. In some embodiments of this aspect, the first segment may have n number of blades the second segment m number of blades, and m≢n. In one embodiment, the impeller may be configured with n=29 and m=23 and in another embodiment, the impeller may be configured with n=23 and m=19. The impeller may be configured wherein n and m are prime numbers. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310961 | Blade shroud with protrusion - A fluid-flow machine has a main flow path, in which at least one row of blades ( | 2008-12-18 |
20080310962 | Air-Jet Propeller - The invention relates to an air-jet propeller comprising three bodies. The first body or head takes the form of a half-ellipse, the upper part of which is provided with a grille, while the lower part thereof is closed at one section, said first body being equipped with a closure ring. The second body or central part takes the form of a tubular cylinder comprising a helical round honeycomb rotor which is coupled to a spark ignition engine. The third body or rear part takes the form of a truncated cone and is equipped with a series of openings, gates and butterfly valves which balance, stabilise and direct the aircraft, such as to reduce fuel consumption and, consequently, pollution since the aircraft can fly at low speeds (km/h), thereby facilitating landing and take-off with minimum runway lengths and eliminating the risks associated with the high speed required for take-off and landing. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310963 | ROTARY BLOOD PUMP - Various “contactless” bearing mechanisms including hydrodynamic, hydrostatic, and magnetic bearings are provided for a rotary pump as alternatives to mechanical contact bearings. These design features may be combined. In one embodiment, the pump apparatus includes a rotor having a bore, a ring-shaped upper rotor bearing magnet, and a ring-shaped lower rotor bearing magnet. The bearing magnets are concentric with the bore. The lack of mechanical contact bearings enables longer life pump operation and less damage to working fluids such as blood. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310964 | Stuctural Beam for a Wind Generator Blade Production Method Thereof - Structural beam of a wind turbine blade comprising a body-root and a body-trunk in the form of a box with a section decreasing towards the blade tip, comprising various piles each formed by various layers of carbon fibre impregnated with a synthetic resin, located on the upper and lower areas, intercalated between various layers of fibre glass impregnated with synthetic resin arranged along its perimeter, including between two piles, at least one layer of reinforcing material on each of the side areas enveloped by an adhesive resin film. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310965 | Gas-turbine blade featuring a modular design - A gas-turbine blade has a root | 2008-12-18 |
20080310966 | Scroll type booster - An electromagnetic valve at an intake side is provided between an intake port of a compressor body and a pneumatic line at an intermediate position of an intake pipe. The electromagnetic valve is opened/closed by the control unit. When the valve is opened, a communication of the intake port of the compressor body and the pneumatic line is allowed. When the valve is closed, the communication between the intake port and the pneumatic line is blocked. Under a start-up control of the compressor body, the electromagnetic valve at the intake side is opened to communicate the pneumatic line in the plant with the intake port of the compressor body for power supply to an electric motor to drive an orbiting scroll. The rattle of the orbiting scroll by an amount equal to the axial gap (play) is suppressed before starting a compression operation. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310967 | INTELLIGENT AIR MOVING APPARATUS - An intelligent air moving apparatus for cooling an electronics enclosure includes a motor for driving a fan at a variable rotational speed and a microcontroller for controlling the rotational speed of the motor. The microcontroller includes a speed sensor for sensing the rotational speed such that when the sensed rotational speed deviates below a target speed, the microcontroller detects a locked rotor condition. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310968 | Waste Water Lifting System - A waste water lifting system with a collecting tank ( | 2008-12-18 |
20080310969 | DUAL CHAMBER MIXING PUMP - A dual chamber mixing pump design is disclosed which allows two different sources of fluid to be combined into one mixed product fluid. The pump is divided into two chambers, the proximal chamber and the distal chamber. The chambers are defined in part by a piston having proximal and distal ends and recessed sections. The pump utilizes one common driving mechanism to axially rotate and laterally reciprocate the piston to provide continuous pumping of fluids with reduced pulsations. Each fluid enters through its own pump inlet and outlet. For mixing applications, the outlets are joined together. The flow volume per stroke of each chamber is determined by the lateral stroke of the entire piston assembly and also by the annular areas of the proximal and distal ends of the piston. The flow volume per stroke may be altered by varying the piston and shaft diameters for each chamber. This allows mixing of two fluids in any ratio or proportion desired. Alternating pulses of the two chambers provide a stream which has small segments of alternating fluid from each inlet. Such segmented streams can become more thoroughly mixed through normal flow characteristics of the downstream flow path, providing more effective mixing. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310970 | Jet Pump - A fluid mover ( | 2008-12-18 |
20080310971 | PISTON PUMP - A piston pump includes a first piston pump including a first piston and a first pump chamber, a second piston pump including a second piston and a second pump chamber, the second piston operating to follow the first piston, a pressure release passage formed in communication with the second pump chamber, and a relief valve provided at the pressure release passage and defining an upper limit discharge pressure of the second piston pump. When a discharge pressure of the second piston pump is equal to or smaller than the upper limit, a discharge fluid of the second piston pump is added to that of the first piston pump so as to flow into an outlet port. When the discharge pressure exceeds the upper limit, the discharge fluid is released to the pressure release passage and the discharge fluid of the first piston pump only flows to the outlet port. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310972 | INTEGRATED HYDROSTATIC TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY - A hydrostatic transmission mountable to a vehicle frame as a unit. The hydrostatic transmission has a nose cup to which a motor module is mounted. Passageways in an end block connect the pump element and motor module in a closed loop. The end block also has passageways for connecting a charge pump to the closed loop for supplying make-up flow thereto. An isolation plug is provided for separating flow between two intersecting passageways in the end block. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310973 | Water pumping device by using pressure differential - A water pumping device includes a water storage tank, a water tower, a pressure differential pump, and two pumping pipes. The pressure differential pump includes two opposite cylinders, two pistons, a connecting rod, two equivalent-diameter retractable air pipes, and two air control valves. Thus, the air pipes are expanded by the compressed air from the air control valves, and the two pistons are movable reciprocally in the cylinders by driving of the air pipes to introduce the water in the water storage tank through the pumping pipes into the water tower in an alternating manner so as to pump and supply the water into the water tower successively. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310974 | Hermetic Compressor With a Heat Dissipation System - A hermetic compressor with a heat dissipating system, comprising: a casing within which is defined an oil sump; a cylinder block mounted inside the casing and defining a cylinder, for compression of a refrigerant fluid, having an end closed by a cylinder head in which is defined a discharge chamber, and at least one thermal energy transfer duct having a heat absorbing end mounted to the cylinder block in order to absorb the heat generated by compression of the refrigerant fluid inside the cylinder, and a heat releasing end provided away from the cylinder block in order to conduct and liberate the heat absorbed therefrom to another means. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310975 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR A COGENERATION ABATEMENT SYSTEM FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE MANUFACTURING - The present invention provides systems, methods, and apparatus for abating effluent from an electronic device manufacturing system using cogeneration. The invention includes a pump adapted to couple to a processing chamber and adapted to draw effluent from the processing chamber; a reaction chamber coupled to the pump and adapted to receive the effluent from the pump; and a turbine coupled to the reaction chamber and adapted to be driven by combustion gases from the reaction chamber. The turbine is adapted to generate power which is applied to operate the pump. Numerous additional aspects are disclosed. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310976 | BRUSHLESS MOTOR FUEL PUMP - The invention relates to a fuel conveying device for conveying fuel towards an internal combustion engine. The fuel conveying device comprises a housing and a head connected to the housing. Further, a fuel pump is provided, having an electronically commutated brushless motor. The control electronics for the electronically commutated brushless motor of the fuel pump are carried by or arranged within and/or on the head or housing. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310977 | Compact Compressor - A compact compressor comprising a first tubular housing portion; a second tubular housing portion having a first end region open to the first tubular housing portion and a second end region defining a compression chamber and housing a piston; an electric motor carried by the first tubular housing portion; a driving means connecting the piston to the electric motor; a valve plate seated against the second end region of the second tubular housing portion; and an end cover fixed to the second tubular housing portion and acting against the valve plate and providing, internally and through the valve plate, fluid communications between the compression chamber and the suction line and discharge line of a refrigeration circuit to which the compressor is coupled. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310978 | Modular CPAP compressor - A modular compressor assembly comprises a common motor assembly, an impeller, a blower housing and an engagement mechanism. The common motor assembly includes a stator housing containing a stator assembly and having a rotor magnet rotatably disposed therewithin. The impeller is mounted to and rotatable with the rotor magnet. The blower housing is selectable from among a plurality of blower housings each having a different cross-sectional geometry. The engagement mechanism is formed on the stator housing and/or the blower housing and allows interchangeable mounting of different blower housing configurations to the common motor assembly in order to achieve varying flow characteristics of the compressor assembly. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310979 | Piston Pump With Improved Efficiency - The present invention relates to a piston pump for delivering hydraulic fluid, including a reciprocating piston for building up pressure in a pressure chamber; a sealing element is situated on the piston; during a compression phase, this sealing element produces a seal between the pressure chamber and a low-pressure region of the piston pump and during an intake phase, it opens a connection between the pressure chamber and the low-pressure region in order to draw hydraulic fluid into the pressure chamber. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310980 | Valve Mounting Arrangement For a Refrigeration Compressor - A valve mounting arrangement for a refrigeration compressor which presents a compression chamber closed by a valve plate having a suction orifice closed by a valve element having a mounting end portion. The mounting arrangement comprises: a first retaining means to retain the mounting end portion of the valve element inside a receiving recess of the valve plate; and at least one orientation projection carried by receiving recess and/or the mounting end portion of the valve element and to be fitted into an orientation recess in the other part; and/or a second retaining means provided between the receiving recess and the mounting end portion of the valve element, so as to avoid the latter from moving from the receiving recess before mounting the first retaining means. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310981 | POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT FLOW SEPARATOR - A positive displacement flow separator contains a rotor portion positioned inside a casing portion to act as a least area rotor which captures a volume and moves the volume along the length of the separator. The rotor portion contains a plurality of lobes which interact with grooves in the casing portion, such that the interaction of the lobes and grooves create barriers which capture the volume The creation of the volume creates a flow barrier between a downstream end of the separator and an upstream end of the separator. The flow separator is coupled to a combustion portion to provide a flow of material to the combustion portion. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310982 | POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT FLOW SEPARATOR WITH COMBUSTOR - A positive displacement flow separator or combustor contains a rotor portion positioned inside a casing portion to act as a least area rotor which captures a volume and moves the volume along the length of the separator. The rotor portion contains a plurality of lobes which interact with grooves in the casing portion, such that the interaction of the lobes and grooves create barriers which capture the volume. The creation of the volume creates a flow barrier between a downstream end of the separator and an upstream end of the separator. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310983 | Expander - A positive displacement expander includes a volume change mechanism ( | 2008-12-18 |
20080310984 | POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT CAPTURE DEVICE - A positive displacement flow separator contains a rotor portion positioned inside a casing portion to act as a least area rotor which captures a volume and moves the volume along the length of the separator. The rotor portion contains a plurality of lobes which interact with grooves in the casing portion, such that the interaction of the lobes and grooves create barriers which capture the volume. The creation of the volume creates a flow barrier between a downstream end of the separator and an upstream end of the separator. The flow separator is coupled to a combustion portion to provide a flow of material to the combustion portion. Each of the rotor and casings portions are created by forming shapes which are equidistant at all points from a base curvature, where the base curvature is a least area rotor. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310985 | Motor Driven by Pressure Medium Supplied From an External Pressure Source | 2008-12-18 |
20080310986 | OIL-COOLED SCREW COMPRESSOR - In an oil-cooled screw compressor comprising, a compressor body including a pair of a male rotor and a female rotor, a motor including a stator and a motor rotor connected to one of the male and female rotors, and an oil separator container for gathering the oil from a mixture of the gaseous manner and oil to restrain the oil from proceeding with the compressed gaseous matter after the mixture of the gaseous manner and oil is discharged from the pair of male and female rotors, a rotational axis of the motor rotor and the rotational axis of the one of the male and female rotors are coaxial with respect to each other. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310987 | Rotary piston machine - The rotary piston machine has a bypass channel, which is formed through two openings ( | 2008-12-18 |
20080310988 | Vane Pump - A vane pump for pumping hydraulic fluid wherein fluid at a pressure intermediate the inlet pressure and the outlet pressure of the pump is supplied to under vane passages of the vanes located in and passing through the rise region of the pump. This assists in preventing damage to the vanes caused by driving the vanes through the protective coating of oil on the wall of the pump chamber when the vanes are travelling through an inlet region of the pump. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310989 | Method for Preparing Metal-Matrix Composite and Device for Implementing Said Method - A method for preparing metal-matrix composites including cold-process isostatic compaction of previously mixed powders and hot-process uniaxial pressing of the resulting compact disclosed. The method enables metal-matrix composites with improved properties to be obtained. A device for implementing isostatic compaction comprising a latex sheath into which mixture of powders is poured, a perforated cylindrical container in which the latex sheath is arranged, and means for sealed insulation of the mixture of powders contained in the sheath is also disclosed. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310990 | Stainless Steel Pipe Having Excellent Expandability for Oil Country Tubular Goods - There is provided a cost-effective stainless steel pipe having excellent expandability for oil country tubular goods, the stainless steel pipe having excellent CO | 2008-12-18 |
20080310991 | Perishable-fruit-bearing cut-limb preservation and distribution method, coating and shipping container therefor - A method of preserving fruit-bearing cut-limbs from cutting at an orchard to receiving by a remote consumer includes cutting a live, fruit-bearing limb off a fruit tree in an orchard; and bagging the cut limb with perforated film substantially to seal the limb therein substantially continuously from the time of cutting at the orchard to the time of receiving by the remote consumer. After the cutting and before the bagging, the method can include dipping the cut end of the limb in a solution of water substantially continuously from cutting at the orchard to receiving by the remote consumer and/or coating the cut limb including the fruit and leaves thereon using a moisture-retentive agent. A perishable-fruit distribution method includes cutting an intact fruit- and leaf-bearing limb from a live tree in an orchard; treating the cut-limb to extend the useful life of the intact fruit and leaf thereon; placing the treated cut-limb with the intact fruit and leaf thereon in a shipping container; and delivering the treated, containerized cut-limb with the intact fruit and leaf thereon within the shipping container to a consumer remote from the orchard. A coating and a shipping container also are described and claimed. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310992 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USING OZONE AS A DISINFECTANT - A method of sterilizing a closed environment is provided in which a disinfection apparatus is placed into the closed environment; it then generates ozone to a predetermined ozone concentration, following which the humidity of the closed environment is rapidly increased. A catalytic converter then reduces the ozone concentration to safe levels. When the ozone concentration is reduced to a predetermined safe level, the disinfection apparatus signals. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310993 | Air purifier, Air Purifying Method, Formed Photocatalyst-Supporting Member and Method of Making Formed Photocatalyst-Supporting Member - An air purifier according to the present invention includes: a tubular main body | 2008-12-18 |
20080310994 | BREATHING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS - The present invention provides a breathing assistance apparatus that has a convenient and effective method of cleaning internal conduits inside the apparatus. The breathing assistance apparatus is preferably a gases supply and humidification device. The cleaning method is a method of disinfection that is automated so minimal training is required to disinfect in particular an internal elbow conduit within the device. It is therefore not necessary to dismantle the gases supply and humidification device, therefore, inadvertent damage to the internal parts of the device is avoided. The present invention also provides a method of disinfecting a heated breathing conduit and a patient interface. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310995 | Method, Device and System for Thermal Processing - The system and method features continuous, high-temperature, short-time thermal processing of biological materials, including protein, that is suitable for large scale production at rapid flow rates. The thermal processing can include rapid temperature increases and rapid cooling. The thermal processing can be used to reduce or eliminate contaminants, such as viruses and bacteria, from biological materials such as protein solutions. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310996 | Germicidal Floor System (GFS) - A device for cleaning feet, socks, or shoes comprises a housing, a target surface, and at least one ultraviolet light source. The target surface is supported by the housing and is adapted to be walked upon by an individual. The at least one ultraviolet light source is supported by the housing and adapted to direct ultraviolet light waves onto the target surface such that the ultraviolet light waves interact with the feet of the individual walking upon the target surface. The light waves kill or deactivate harmful germs or transmissible diseases disposed on the target surface, or carried by the feet or the socks of the individual, thereby preventing the harmful germs from spreading and causing harm to other individuals or animals. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310997 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVAL OF VAPORIZED HYDROGEN PEROXIDE FROM A REGION - A method and apparatus for aerating a region exposed to a gaseous/vaporous sterilant. A catalytic destroyer and a reactive chemical unit are used to reduce the concentration of the gaseous/vaporous sterilant within the region. The reactive chemical unit includes a chemistry that is chemically reactive with the gaseous/vaporous sterilant. In one embodiment, the gaseous/vaporous sterilant is vaporized hydrogen peroxide and the chemistry of the reactive chemical unit includes thiosulfate and iodide. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310998 | Liquid Flow Assays Utilising a Combined Detection and Control Zone - The invention relates to liquid flow assays widely applicable to target analytes, including haptens, which employ a detection zone which is a single combined analyte detection and control zone in a test strip or sheet and two labelled reagents with detectably distinguishable labels, preferably with visually contrasting coloured particle labels, whereby both negative and positive samples are distinguishable by detection of different captured label signals in the detection zone. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310999 | AUTOMATIC ANALYZER - The present invention provides an automatic analysis system that is capable of quickly performing reinspection The automatic analysis system comprises: a sample rack which holds a sample vessel containing a sample; a sample rack input unit in which the sample rack is input; a carrier line which carries the sample rack; a plurality of automatic analyzers arranged along the carrier line; a sample rack holding unit which holds the sample rack storing an analyzed sample; a sample rack collection unit which collects the sample rack storing an analyzed sample; a carrier line for reinspection which returns the sample rack containing a sample subjected to reinspection depending on analysis results; and control means for returning the sample rack from the sample rack holding unit through the carrier line for reinspection and controlling any one of automatic analyzers different from one that has previously performed analysis to perform reanalysis of the sample. | 2008-12-18 |
20080311000 | Micro-Fluidic System - Micro-fluidic systems comprise components ( | 2008-12-18 |
20080311001 | REACTION CUVETTE FOR AUTOMATIC ANALYZER AND METHOD OF SURFACE TREATMENT FOR REACTION CUVETTE - The present invention provides a highly reliable reaction cuvette in which air bubbles are adhered little and mutual contamination can be prevented among samples and reagents in adjoining reaction cuvettes, a method of surface treatment for a reaction cuvette, and an automatic analyzer with the reaction cuvette mounted therein. | 2008-12-18 |
20080311002 | Analytical devices with integrated desiccant - An analytical device for performing an assay to determine the presence or approximate quantity of at least one analyte in a liquid sample is described. The device is manufactured to include an integrated desiccant within at least a test strip of the device. Addition of an integrated desiccant within the device improves signal to noise ratio, eases the manufacturing process, and saves in cost of production of the device. | 2008-12-18 |
20080311003 | Stoppable test device - A lateral flow chromatography test device is disclosed that includes a stopping mechanism which enables a user of the test device to stop reactions of a test by pushing the stopping mechanism downward to remove materials flowing along a test strip in the test device at a time instructed by the manufacturer or decided by the user. This stopping mechanism is adapted to freeze the test result at the stopping time so as to keep the test result as a permanent record. The invention enables qualitative tests to become quantitative or semi-quantitative tests. | 2008-12-18 |
20080311004 | BIOSENSOR AND ULTRASONIC METHOD OF MAKING A BIOSENSOR - There is provided a test strip for testing a fluid sample, including a sample cavity configured to receive the fluid sample and an ultrasonically-spread reagent layer arranged on at least one surface of the sample cavity. There is also provided a method for making a biosensor, including providing a substrate having a region for receiving a sample; dispensing a liquid substance on at least one surface of the region for receiving a sample; and subjecting the substrate to ultrasonic vibrations to quickly and uniformly spread the liquid substance on the at least one surface of the region for receiving a sample. | 2008-12-18 |
20080311005 | APPARATUS FOR FOCUSING AND DETECTING PARTICLES IN SAMPLE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An apparatus for focusing a particle in a sheath flow, the apparatus comprising: a sheath fluid inlet for injecting a sheath fluid; a first flow channel for conveying a fluid, wherein the first flow channel extends from the sheath fluid inlet to the fluid outlet and is formed such that a channel extending from the sheath fluid inlet is divided into two subchannels that extend further and are then merged into one channel; and a second flow channel that extends from the sample fluid inlet to the sample fluid outlet, wherein the second flow channel is in fluid communication with the first flow channel at the merged channel region through the sample fluid outlet so as to introduce a particle in a sample into a sheath fluid conveyed through the first flow channel. | 2008-12-18 |
20080311006 | Droplet-based fluidic coupling - A fluid supply unit is described, with the fluid supply unit comprising a fluid dispenser with an orifice adapted for dispensing a fluid, and a microfluidic device comprising an inlet port located at one of the faces of the microfluidic device. The fluid supply unit is adapted for establishing a fluidic contact between a droplet formed at the fluid dispenser's orifice and an inlet port of the microfluidic device, and the fluid supply unit is adapted for electrophoretically moving charged compounds from the droplet towards the inlet port. | 2008-12-18 |
20080311007 | PRESSURE EQUALIZING DEVICE, RECEPTACLE AND METHOD - Pressure equalizing device comprising a fluid container for attachment to a receptacle such as a vial to permit pressure equalization between the fluid container and the receptacle. The pressure equalizing device comprises a flow channel that is arranged to provide fluid communication into or out of the fluid container when the pressure equalizing device is attached to the receptacle. The pressure equalizing device also comprises a fluid inlet that contains a one-way valve that permits fluid to flow into the fluid container via said fluid inlet and that prevents fluid from flowing out of the fluid container via said fluid inlet and filter-receiving means that are arranged to permit fluid flowing into or out of the fluid container to be filtered when the filter-receiving means comprises a filter. | 2008-12-18 |
20080311008 | DEVICE FOR DISPENSING A VOLATILE SUBSTANCE - The present invention relates to the field of perfumery and more precisely it concerns a device, and the consumer articles associated therewith, for dispensing an active composition into the surrounding space. The device includes an active liquid, a reservoir holding the active liquid, a wick-/emanator structure composed of a wicking part and an emitting part, the latter having an evaporative surface to be directly exposed to the surrounding space when the device is activated and being housed in a moveable housing assembly, activation of the device occurring without need to removing the housing assembly and or the wick-/emanator structure, the device further comprising a rotor arranged in a manner providing for rotation of wicking or emitting parts to allow forced evaporation of the active volatile upon activation of the device. | 2008-12-18 |
20080311009 | Device and Method for Supplying Fuel or Reducing Agent, and Plasma Torch - The present invention provides a device and a method for supplying a fuel or a reducing agent, where a fuel or reducing agent supplied by injection can be vaporized and/or a fuel or reducing agent having high reactivity can be provided, and provides a plasma torch ( | 2008-12-18 |
20080311010 | Atomization of Fluids By Mutual Impingement of Fluid Streams - The present invention relates to the field of atomizing one or more fluids. Various embodiments of the invention have been disclosed in which one or more fluid streams flow so that impingement of the fluid stream(s) occur which impingement provides atomization of the fluid. Various devices and methods for providing the atomization have been disclosed, where at least some of those provide a large span between maximum and minimum amount of fluid being atomized. The fluid streams may e.g. have a cross section in the order of 0.1 mm before impingement, and the resulting droplets after impingement may have a cross section in the order of 0.01 mm. | 2008-12-18 |
20080311011 | PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTOR WITH MOVABLE CONFORMAL LIGHT GUIDING PLATE - A photocatalytic reactor is disclosed herein, which includes a rotatable light guide plate and a light source. The light guide plate is coated with a photocatalyst film on a surface thereof. A light beam emitted from the light source can be coupled into and propagate inside the light guide plate to activate the photocatalysis of the photocatalyst film. Additionally, the rotation of the light guide plate further expedites the photocatalysis so as to enhance the reaction efficiency of the photocatalytic reactor. | 2008-12-18 |
20080311012 | Transmissive window for hydrooptic disinfection system - Some demonstrative embodiments of the invention include an illumination-based liquid disinfection device. The disinfection device may include, for example, a conduit to carry a flowing liquid to be disinfected, the conduit having an inlet to receive the liquid and an outlet to discharge the liquid; at least one illumination source external to the conduit to illuminate the liquid with light through a shaped non-flat window. The non-flat window may redistribute the light in the conduit so as to improve uniformity of light-dose received by entities such as micro-organisms and or chemicals within the liquid. | 2008-12-18 |
20080311013 | Staged System for Producing Purified Hydrogen from a Reaction Gas Mixture Comprising a Hydrocarbon Compound - The inventive stage system for producing hydrogen consists of at least two upstream/downstream stages, respectively, each of which comprises, optionally, a catalytic reactor (C1 to C5) followed by a separator comprising a space (E1 to E4) for circulation of a gaseous mixture contacting at least one oxygen extracting membrane and a hydrogen collecting space, wherein the reactor (C | 2008-12-18 |
20080311014 | PERMSELECTIVE MEMBRANE TYPE REACTOR - There is disclosed a permselective membrane type reactor which efficiently forms hydrogen by use of a water-gas shift reaction and which is excellent in an aspect of manufacturing cost. In a permselective membrane type reactor | 2008-12-18 |
20080311015 | PROCESS AND DEVICE FOR SEPARATING HYDROGEN FROM GAS FLOWS BY A PRESSURE SWING ADSORPTION PROCESS - A process for separating hydrogen from a gas flow having an oxygen constituent and including predominantly hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, methane and/or other hydrocarbons, as well as a device for conducting the process, is disclosed. The gas flow undergoes a process to thermally convert oxygen prior to the pressure swing adsorption process. | 2008-12-18 |
20080311016 | Process for disposing waste gas comprising sulfur oxides and apparatus thereof - A method for enlarging the particle diameters of sulfuric acid mists in waste gas and collecting the sulfuric acid mists in high efficiency is provided. A process for disposing waste gas containing sulfur oxides that introduces the waste gas in dry type electrostatic precipitator to remove dusts and then introduces the waste gas in a wet desulfurization apparatus to carry out desulfurization, wherein the waste gas temperature of a smoke channel at a more upstream side than the wet desulfurization apparatus is measured, the flow channel length is variable based on the measurement value of the waste gas temperature, the waste gas is flown to a flow channel means that is adjusted at a channel length capable of cooling the waste gas to the dew point of acid by heat release and then, the waste gas is introduced into the wet desulfurization apparatus. | 2008-12-18 |
20080311017 | Metal aminoboranes - Metal aminoboranes of the formula M(NH | 2008-12-18 |
20080311018 | Materials Purification by Treatment with Hydrogen-Based Plasma - The present invention relates to a purification method for removing oxygen from materials, especially boron, by hydrogen-based plasma treatment. | 2008-12-18 |
20080311019 | Apparatus for pulling single crystal by CZ method - In a Czochralski (CZ) single crystal puller equipped with a cooler and a thermal insulation member, which are to be disposed in a CZ furnace, smooth recharge and additional charge of material are made possible. Further, elimination of dislocations from a silicon seed crystal by use of the Dash's neck method can be performed smoothly. To these ends, there is provided a CZ single crystal puller, wherein a cooler and a thermal insulation member are immediately moved upward away from a melt surface during recharge or additional charge of material or during elimination of dislocations from a silicon seed crystal by use of the Dash's neck method. | 2008-12-18 |
20080311020 | Method for Producing High Purity Silicon - An object of the invention is to provide a method for producing a large amount of inexpensive and high purity silicon useful in a solar battery. The method includes steps of preparing molten silicon, preparing a slag, bringing the molten silicon and the slag into contact with each other, and exposing at least the slag to vacuum pressure. | 2008-12-18 |
20080311021 | Apparatus for pulling single crystal by CZ method - In a Czochralski (CZ) single crystal puller equipped with a cooler and a thermal insulation member, which are to be disposed in a CZ furnace, smooth recharge and additional charge of material are made possible. Further, elimination of dislocations from a silicon seed crystal by use of the Dash's neck method can be performed smoothly. To these ends, there is provided a CZ single crystal puller, wherein a cooler and a thermal insulation member are immediately moved upward away from a melt surface during recharge or additional charge of material or during elimination of dislocations from a silicon seed crystal by use of the Dash's neck method. | 2008-12-18 |
20080311022 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR AMMONIA PRODUCTION - Processes for the production of ammonia may include the production of nitrogen from the combustion of a stream or slipstream of hydrogen mixed with air. Hydrogen used to produce the nitrogen for an ammonia combustion process may be generated from the electrolysis of water. Hydrogen produced by the electrolysis of water may also be combined with nitrogen to produce ammonia. Apparatuses for the production of ammonia and constituents used to produce ammonia are also disclosed. | 2008-12-18 |
20080311023 | Single Crystal Diamond - A single crystal diamond grown by vapor phase synthesis, wherein when one main surface is irradiated with a linearly polarized light considered to be the synthesis of two mutually perpendicular linearly polarized light beams, the phase difference between the two mutually perpendicular linearly polarized light beams exiting another main surface on the opposite side is, at a maximum, not more than 50 nm per 100 μm of crystal thickness over the entire crystal. This single crystal diamond is of a large size and high quality unattainable up to now, and has characteristics that are extremely desirable in semiconductor device substrates and are applied to optical components of which low strain is required. | 2008-12-18 |
20080311024 | DIAMOND SINGLE CRYSTAL SUBSTRATE MANUFACTURING METHOD AND DIAMOND SINGLE CRYSTAL SUBSTRATE - A diamond single crystal substrate manufacturing method for growing by vapor-phase synthesis a single crystal from a diamond single crystal seed substrate, comprising etching away by reactive ion etching, prior to single crystal growth, at least 0.5 μm and less than 400 μm, in etching thickness off the surface of the seed substrate which has been mechanically polished, thereby removing from the surface of the seed substrate the work-affected layers caused by mechanical polishing; and growing then a single crystal thereon. The manufacturing method provides a diamond single crystal substrate having a high quality, large size, and no unintentional impurity inclusions, and suitable for use as semiconductor materials, electronic components, optical components or the like. | 2008-12-18 |
20080311025 | METHOD FOR FORMING A PATTERNED ARRAY OF FULLERENE NANOTUBES - This invention relates generally to forming a patterned array of fullerene nanotubes. In one embodiment, a nanoscale array of microwells is provided on a substrate; a metal catalyst is deposited in each microwells; and a stream of hydrocarbon or CO feedstock gas is directed at the substrate under conditions that effect growth of fullerene nanotubes from each microwell. | 2008-12-18 |
20080311026 | Process for the Production of Hydrogen by the Thermochemical Route, Based on the Hydrochlorination of Cerium - Process for the production of hydrogen by the thermochemical route from water, based on the chlorine/cerium cycle, in which, according to a first reaction scheme, the following reactions are carried out: | 2008-12-18 |
20080311027 | Process for the Production of Ge by Reduction of Gecl4 With Liquid Metal - The invention relates to the manufacture of high purity germanium for the manufacture of e.g. infra red optics, radiation detectors and electronic devices. GeCl | 2008-12-18 |
20080311028 | Assemblies of anisotropic nanoparticles - Methods and compositions of matter are described for assemblies of anisotropic nanoparticles. A method, includes forming a substantially close packed dense layer by assembling a plurality of anisotropic nanoparticles, each of the plurality of anisotropic nanoparticles having a) a first dimension that is substantially different than both a second dimension and a third dimension and b) a non-random nanoparticle crystallographic orientation that is substantially aligned with the first direction, wherein assembling includes mechanically interacting the plurality of anisotropic nanoparticles by imposing a delocalized force that defines a direction that is substantially perpendicular to a basal plane of the substantially closed packed dense layer; and imposing a fluctuating force to which the anisotropic nanoparticles respond, wherein fluctuations in a magnitude of the imposed force are sufficient to overcome a short range weak attractive force between members of the plurality of anisotropic nanoparticles with respect to anisotropic nanoparticles that are not substantially overlapping. The plurality of anisotropic nanoparticles are substantially aligned with respect to each other to define the substantially close packed dense layer and the substantially closed packed dense layer has a non-random shared crystallographic orientation that is substantially aligned with the basal plane of the substantially close packed dense layer. A composition of matter, includes a plurality of anisotropic nanoparticles that are in physical contact with one another, each of the plurality of anisotropic nanoparticles having a) a first dimension that is substantially different than both a second dimension and a third dimension and b) a non-random nanoparticle crystallographic orientation that is substantially aligned with the first direction. The plurality of anisotropic nanoparticles are substantially aligned with respect to each other to define a substantially close packed dense layer having a non-random shared crystallographic orientation that is substantially aligned with a basal plane of the substantially close packed dense layer. | 2008-12-18 |
20080311029 | Method of preparing cadmium sulfide nanocrystals emitting light at multiple wavelengths, and cadmium sulfide nanocrystals prepared by the method - A cadmium sulfide nanocrystal, wherein the cadmium sulfide nanocrystal shows maximum luminescence peaks at two or more wavelengths and most of the atoms constituting the nanocrystal are present at the surface of the nanocrystal to form defects. | 2008-12-18 |
20080311030 | Apparatus and Method for Operating the Apparatus for Continuously Recovering Sulfur from Gas Containing H2s - In an apparatus for continuously recovering sulfur from a gas stream containing 0.1 to 3.0 vol-% H | 2008-12-18 |
20080311031 | Methods For Production of Metal Oxide Nano Particles With Controlled Properties, and Nano Particles and Preparations Produced Thereby - The invention provides a method for the formation of small-size metal oxide particles, comprising the steps of a) preparing a starting aqueous solution comprising at least one of metallic ions and complexes thereof, at a concentration of at least 0.1 % w/w of the metal component; b) maintaining the solution at a temperature lower than 50° C. for a retention time in which hydrolysis takes place, the extent of the hydrolysis being sufficient to produce O.1 mmol protons per mmol of metal present in solution, wherein the time does not exceed 14 days, to form a system containing a retained solution; and c) adjusting the conditions in the system by at least one of the steps of: i) heating the retained solution to elevate the temperature thereof by at least 1° C.; ii) changing the pH of the retained solution by at least 0.1 units; and iii) diluting the retained solution by at least 20% whereby there are formed particles, wherein the majority of the particles formed are between about 2 nm and about 500 nm in size. | 2008-12-18 |
20080311032 | Method of manufacturing aluminum oxide (Al2O3) substrate - A method of manufacturing aluminum oxide (Al | 2008-12-18 |
20080311033 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING DETERGENT BUILDER ZEOLITE-A FROM KIMBERLITE TAILINGS - The present invention provides a process for the preparation of detergent builder Zeolite-A from Kimberlite tailing generated as solid waste during diamond mining is disclosed. The process comprises, reacting an acid treated Kimberlite tailing with alkali solution to obtain sodium silicate and reacting it with alkaline aluminum source at room temperature and crystallizing at higher temperature to obtain Zeolite-A. The product is useful as builder in detergent formulation. | 2008-12-18 |
20080311034 | Anti-Tissue Factor Antibodies and Compositions with Enhanced Effector Function - Variants of antibodies to human tissue factor are optimized for the capability to elicit effector functions produced by immune effector cells while maintaining the ability to neutralize the biological functions of tissue factor, such as the prevention of blood clotting via the extrinsic pathway, and are produced by mutations of the Fc-region of the antibody. The variants comprise A330Y, A330I, and I332E where the I332E variant may optionally further comprise a second substitution selected from A330I (in the case of the first substitution being I332E), V264I, and S239D. The variants may further be optimized for the capability to elicit effector functions produced by immune effector cells by production of the antibody variants under conditions that produce effector function enhancing glycosylation of the Fc-region. | 2008-12-18 |
20080311035 | Diagnostic Agents For Positron Emission Imaging Using Radiolabeled Halogenated Xanthenes - New diagnostic agents for positron emission tomography (PET) and methods for use of such agents for imaging of human or animal tissue are described, wherein a primary active component of such agents is a radiolabeled halogenated xanthene or halogenated xanthene derivative. Preferably, the radiolabeled halogenated xanthene is radiolabeled Rose Bengal or a functional derivative of Rose Bengal. | 2008-12-18 |
20080311036 | Imaging of Neural and Organ Injury or Damage - In vivo determination of regional damage with neural and organ injury specific imaging agents. Rapid, and non-invasive imaging compositions and methods for assessment of the extent of neurotoxic cell loss or nervous system damage resulting from nervous system injury due to ischemia, stroke, trauma, chemical or electrical insult, acute drug overdose or exposure to substance abuse (such as “recreational drugs”) infection or other insults. The same or similar rapid, and non-invasive imaging compositions and methods for assessment of the extent of the organ injury comprises any damage, injury or infection, functional failure to specific organs such as liver, kidney, prostate, lung, skeletal muscle, heart, pancreas, stomach, small and large intestine, bladder and the reproductive system as well as damage, injury or infection, functional failure to multi-organs, trauma-hemorrhagic shock and sepsis. In particular, neural and organ damage is detected via protease inhibitor-based radionuclide-labeled imaging ligand binding to overactivated proteases (calpains, caspases, cathepsins, proteasome, metalloproteases, granzyme B or other proteases) that are specific to neural or organ injury or damage. | 2008-12-18 |
20080311037 | Compounds which bind PSMA and uses thereof - A compound is represented by Structural Formula A1: | 2008-12-18 |
20080311038 | Radicicol Derivatives Useful for Position Emission Tomography - The present invention relates to novel radicicol derivatives of the formula I, | 2008-12-18 |
20080311039 | Therapeutic and Prognostic Factor Yy1 in Human Cancer - The present invention provides for the first time YY1, a transcription factor gene over-expressed and/or functionally overactive in human cancer. The present invention provides methods of diagnosing and providing a prognosis for cancer such as prostate cancer, as well as methods of drug discovery. YY1 is also a therapeutic target for treatment of cancer resistant to conventional and experimental cancer therapeutics. Inhibition of YY1 expression and/or activity sensitizes resistant tumor cells to cytotoxic treatments, including chemotherapy, radiation therapy, hormonal therapy, and immunotherapy. | 2008-12-18 |
20080311040 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVED THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS WITH siRNA - The present invention relates to chemically modified, linked double-stranded (ds)RNA compositions comprising two or more double-stranded (ds) oligoribonucleotides linked by at least one linking moiety and methods of formulating and delivering such compositions to modulate gene expression through target-specific RNA co-interference (RNAco-i). The compositions of the invention may optionally comprise a conjugation or a complex with one or more small molecule drugs, protein therapeutics, or other dsRNA molecules. The present invention is directed at the methods of production for, methods of use of, and therapeutic utilities for RNAi co-interference therapy utilizing the compositions of the invention. | 2008-12-18 |
20080311041 | Water-Soluble, Fluorescent Compounds for Detection of Potassium Ions - The invention provides chromoionophore compounds comprising a triazacryptand (TAC) K | 2008-12-18 |
20080311042 | Loop-Variant Pdz Domains as Biotherapeutics, Diagnostics and Research Reagents - The present invention provides polypeptides that contain one or more PDZ loop-variants and are useful in the detection of pathogens and disease-associated molecules. The polypeptides of the invention are also useful in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases. Also provided are methods of preparing polypeptides of the invention. | 2008-12-18 |
20080311043 | Uses and compositions for treatment of psoriatic arthritis - The invention provides methods, uses and compositions for the treatment of psoriatic arthritis. The invention describes methods and uses for treating psoriatic arthritis, wherein a TNFα inhibitor, such as a human TNFα antibody, or antigen-binding portion thereof, is used to psoriatic arthritis in a subject. Also described are methods for determining the efficacy of a TNFα inhibitor for treatment of psoriatic arthritis in a subject. | 2008-12-18 |
20080311044 | Methods of determining hair follicle inductive properties - The present invention provides a method for determining hair inductive properties of a composition comprising injecting a composition comprising dissociated dermal cells and epidermal cells into skin of a mammal and determining whether at least one hair follicle forms. | 2008-12-18 |
20080311045 | Polymersomes for Use in Acoustically Mediated Intracellular Drug Delivery in vivo - Targeted therapeutic delivery systems comprising specially designed nanocarriers for intracellular therapeutic delivery, mediated by acoustic energy, for use either in vivo or in vitro, are described. Nanocarriers comprised of substantially polymersomes, and mixtures thereof, are used to treat a variety of diseases in humans and other species, such as cancer, opthalmological, pulmonary, urinary or other pathologies. Methods for preparing the targeted therapeutic delivery systems are also embodied, which comprise processing a solution comprised of biopolymers or other species and components, with or without targeting moieties, adding said biopolymers and other compounds to a solution containing one or more therapeutic agents, stabilizing or not stabilizing said nanocarriers, adding one or more contrast agents, and resulting in a targeted therapeutic delivery system. Preferred therapeutics for use with the present invention include nucleic acids, proteins, peptides, and other therapeutic macromolecules. | 2008-12-18 |
20080311046 | Ultrasound Contrast Agent - An ultrasound contrast agent composed of at least one kind of low-boiling water-insoluble substance (with a boiling point lower than 37° C.) and at least one kind of high-boiling water-insoluble substance (with a boiling point higher than 37° C.). The former vaporizes to absorb ultrasonic energy upon application of ultrasound, thereby causing the latter to vaporize secondarily, with the resulting bubbles producing an echo image. It is less liable to bumping and hence safe. | 2008-12-18 |
20080311047 | Multimetric Biosensors and Methods of Using Same - Multimeric tryptophan biosensors are disclosed, which comprise tryptophan-binding domains conjugated to donor and fluorescent moieties that permit detection and measurement of Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer upon tryptophan binding. Such biosensors are useful for real time monitoring of tryptophan metabolism in living cells. | 2008-12-18 |
20080311048 | Imaging Agent - The invention provides a conjugate comprising an iron containing colloidal particle, the particle being conjugated to one or more sugar targeting moieties. The conjugate is useful as a contrast agent in medical imaging, particularly in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The agents of the present invention may cross the blood brain barrier and so may be particularly useful in the monitoring or diagnosis of conditions affecting the brain. | 2008-12-18 |
20080311049 | ABUSE-PROOF DOSAGE FORM - The invention relates to a dosage form that is thermoformed without discoloration and is safeguarded from abuse, comprising at least one synthetic or natural polymer having a breaking strength of at least 500 N in addition to one or more active substances that could be subject to abuse. The invention also relates to a corresponding method for producing said dosage form. | 2008-12-18 |
20080311050 | Method for Producing Shape Memory Effects in Hair in Connection with Hydrophobic Active Ingredients - A method for achieving a retrievable hair restyling is described. Here a composition is applied to the hair, said composition containing at least one first active ingredient or active ingredient complex which can provide a shape memory effect by itself or in combination with other substances after being applied to the hair and after the performance of the treatment of the hair according to the invention. The composition additionally contains at least one second active ingredient, namely a hydrophobic substance with a water solubility of ≦5 percent by weight at 20° C. The hair is arranged into a given (permanent) shape and said permanent shape is then fixed by inducing a chemical or physical modification of the applied active ingredients, wherein after a wanted or unwanted deformation of the shape memory, the original shape memory can be restored by means of a physical stimulation. In addition to the permanent hairstyle, a second (temporary) shape can be impressed. A method is also described for restoring a previously programmed permanent hairstyle that was temporarily transformed into a temporary shape or that was otherwise deformed. | 2008-12-18 |
20080311051 | Caspase-2 Inhibitors And Their Biological Applications - The invention relates to selective new caspase-2 inhibitors that recognize caspase-2 and prevent and block its activity based on the following backbone: 2-Quinolinylcarbonyl-L-Valinyl-L-Aspartyl (methyl ester)-L-Vanilyl-L-Alaninyl-L-Aspartyl (methyl ester) 2,6-difluorophenyl ester (SEQ1) and derivatives thereof, SEQ 1 corresponding to formulae (Ia) or (Ib). Application of said inhibitors for preventing and treating diseases involving caspase-2. | 2008-12-18 |
20080311052 | Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Disclosed herein are compounds, compositions and methods for modulating the expression of STAT 6 in a cell, tissue, or animal. Also provided are uses of disclosed compounds and compositions in the manufacture of a medicament for treatment of diseases and disorders related to expression of STAT 6, airway hyperresponsiveness, and/or pulmonary inflammation. | 2008-12-18 |
20080311053 | Fluorinated phosphate ester surfactant and fluorinated alcohol compositions - Foaming compositions having high solvent content and compositions for foaming high solvent content formulations are disclosed having a fluorinated phosphate ester surfactant (“FPES”) of the formula (R | 2008-12-18 |