52nd week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 39 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20080317588 | MANAGING SPOOL BEARING LOAD USING VARIABLE AREA FLOW NOZZLE - A turbine engine provides a spool supporting a turbine. The spool is arranged in a core nacelle and includes a thrust bearing. A fan is arranged upstream from the core nacelle and is coupled to the spool. A fan nacelle surrounds the fan and core nacelle and provides a bypass flow path that includes a fan nozzle exit area. A flow control device is adapted to effectively change the fan nozzle exit area. A controller is programmed to monitor the thrust bearing and command the flow control device in response to an undesired load on the thrust bearing. Effectively changing the fan nozzle exit area with the flow control device actively manages the bearing thrust load to desired levels. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317589 | Compressor Housing for Use at Low Temperatures - The invention relates to a turbo machine comprising a housing. Said turbo machine is designed especially as a turbo compressor for use at low temperatures, the housing preferably being made of a cold-resistant material that has a martensitic structure. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317590 | PRODUCTION METHOD OF STATOR BLADE AND TURBO-MOLECULAR PUMP WITH THE STATOR BLADE - Disclosed is a method of producing a stator blade for use in a turbo-molecular pump. The method includes subjecting a metal plate to a slitting process to form a blade element having an upstream edge surface and a downstream edge surface, wherein a laser beam is emitted onto the metal plate at an incident angle oblique to a principal surface of the metal plate. Thus, the upstream edge surface and/or the downstream edge surface can be formed to extend obliquely relative to the principal surface of the metal plate, in a simple manner, while eliminating a need for a burr removal operation which would otherwise be necessary in a punching-based slitting process. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317591 | CENTERLINE SUSPENSION FOR TURBINE INTERNAL COMPONENT - A centerline suspension arrangement ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080317592 | Pump Housing with Two-Point Mount - The invention relates to a pump housing having means for fastening the pump to a holding face, wherein the housing has only two fastening points, wherein in each case one fastening point is situated on in each case one flange of the pump housing, and wherein the fastening points are formed either by means of a material projection which is aligned toward the holding face or by means of a flattened portion of the flange. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317593 | Turbocharger with Stepped Two-Stage Vane Nozzle - A turbocharger having a variable nozzle with stepped two-stage vanes ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080317594 | INSTALLING A SHAFT IN A BEARING COMPRISING A SELF-RELEASING NUT - The present invention relates to a gas turbine engine comprising a shaft, a bearing, a coupling supported by the bearing, the shaft being engaged by an end trunnion inside the coupling and fixed to the coupling by means of a cylindrical nut. The engine is characterized in that the nut is in axial abutment in a first direction against the coupling and the trunnion is screwed onto the nut, a slotted stop ring housed in an annular groove of the nut forms an axial abutment in the direction opposing the first direction, so as to allow the removal of the trunnion from the coupling by unscrewing the nut. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317595 | Fluid Pump - A pump pulley is supported on a pump body via a bearing interposed between the outer peripheral surface of the pump body and the pump pulley so that the pump pulley can freely rotate relative to the pump body. A pump shaft extends along the rotation axis of the pump pulley into a pump chamber formed by a pump base and the pump body, and one end of the pump shaft is fitted to the pump pulley and the other end is fitted to an impeller located within the pump chamber. A body side seal member and a shaft side seal member that form a mechanical seal to maintain the leak tightness of the pump chamber are in opposite to and contact each other in the direction of extension of the pump shaft to form a seal surface, and the plane that includes the load support center of the bearing and the plane that includes the seal surface of the mechanical seal are substantially coincidental. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317596 | Turbocharger - The invention relates to a turbocharger ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080317597 | Domed tip cap and related method - A bucket for a turbine includes a dovetail mounting portion, a shank portion defined at a radially outer end thereof by a platform, and an airfoil portion extending radially outward of the platform. The airfoil portion has a radially outer end closed by a tip cap having a non-planar shape that reduces stress in the tip cap during use. A related method of reducing stress in a tip cap of a turbine bucket includes providing an airfoil portion of the turbine bucket with a radially outer end; and closing the radially outer end with a tip cap having a non-planar shape that reduces stress in the tip cap during use. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317598 | Power loss reduction in turbulent wind for a wind turbine using localized sensing and control - A wind turbine blade assembly includes at least one local load sensor disposed on and/or within a surface of the wind turbine blade and at least one active flow modification device disposed on and/or within a surface of the wind turbine blade and configured to alter the aerodynamics of the wind turbine blade in response to real time local load sensor measurements such that a difference between a current angle of attack and an optimum angle of attack on the wind turbine blade is substantially minimized. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317599 | BLADE FOR A HORIZONTAL-AXIS WIND GENERATOR - The invention relates to a blade for a horizontal-axis wind generator consisting of two flattened bodies which are arranged opposite one another in longitudinal convergence towards the tip without making contact with one another, said bodies being attached by means of an intermediate latticework formed by ties ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080317600 | Wind turbine rotor blade with vortex generators - A wind turbine rotor blade with an airfoil having a suction side and a pressure side is provided. The airfoil comprises an inner airfoil portion and an outer airfoil portion, where the inner airfoil portion is comparatively thicker than the outer airfoil portion and provided with vortex generators. The thickness of the inner airfoil portion is between 30% and 80% of the inner airfoil portion's chord length, and the vortex generators are located at the suction side of the inner airfoil portion between 8% and 12% of the chord length, as measured from the leading edge of the airfoil portion. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317601 | Turbomachine Blade With Erosion and Corrosion Protective Coating and Method of Manufacturing - A turbomachine blade ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080317602 | ARTICLE HAVING A VIBRATION DAMPING COATING AND A METHOD OF APPLYING A VIBRATION DAMPING COATING TO AN ARTICLE - A compressor blade ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080317603 | Locking Ring in a Pump of a Beverage System - A beverage system includes a pump that draws a set amount of a flavored concentrate into a mixing chamber for mixing with water to form a beverage. A locking ring attaches an adapter plate to a pump head. When the locking ring is in a locked position, a magnet of the locking ring is detected by a reed switch. If the locking ring rotates from the locked position, the reed switch does not detect the magnet, indicating that the locking ring, and therefore the pump head, is incorrectly or not completely installed. The controller then stops operation of the pump. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317604 | PUMP LOSS-OF PRIME AUTOMATIC SHUT OFF VALVE - A pump shutoff device is provided wherein compressed air supplied to the air inlet port of the over speed control device enters an air pressure chamber, and then proceeds to an adjacent air exhaust chamber. From there, the air passes to an outport which is connected,directly to the inlet port of the air motor of an air-operated piston pump spool located inside the body of the device, is shaped such that the valve spool functions to allow passage of air freely from the air pressure chamber to the air exhaust chamber. Compressed air is connected through a series of unrestricted conduits,ports and chambers continuous from the compressed air supply to the air motor of a pump. The air motor is energized by compressed air to provide continuous pumping. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317605 | Progressive Cavity Propagation Pump - A pump is provided that includes a body made at least partially of an elastomeric material and an inlet port and an outlet port, with each port being coupled to the body. The pump further includes a flow passage formed in the body and extending between the inlet port and the outlet port, with at least a portion of the flow passage being normally closed and with the inlet port being fluidicly uncoupled with the outlet port when the pump is in a free-state condition. An actuating device is coupled to the body and is operable for sequentially deforming the body to create a cavity within the normally closed portion of the flow passage, the cavity being in fluid communication with the inlet port, thereby drawing a packet of fluid from the inlet port into the cavity and propagating the cavity and the packet of fluid contained therein toward the outlet port. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317606 | Tile flood pump - A tile flood pump for attachment to a tile or drain pipe and pumping water from a field through the tile or drain pipe to a drainage ditch or canal. The tile flood pump is characterized by a pump housing fitted with a flange for removably bolting to the existing tile or pump embedded in a levee or dike separating the field from the drainage canal and an impeller housing enclosing one or more shaft-mounted, lower rotating impellers, the impeller housing typically having impeller housing flanges for access to the lower impeller(s) and extending into the pump housing in angular relationship for pumping water from the field through the impeller housing and the tile, into the ditch. A pump housing flapper valve or end plate can be provided on the intake end of the pump housing and when installed, the valve can be selectively opened and closed by a control rod mechanism to facilitate a flow of water by direct drainage through the pump housing and the tile into the ditch, or for pumping water through the impeller housing, the pump housing and the tile when the water in the field is at a higher level than the water in the ditch. A shaft housing also extends into the pump housing in alignment with the impeller housing for enclosing a drive shaft that mounts the lower impeller(s) and connects to an external drive system. A shaft housing extension is typically removably fitted into the shaft housing for enclosing an upper impeller designed to flood and cool the upper internal marine and load bearings which carry the rotating impeller shaft, upon which the upper impeller is mounted. The tile flood pump can be typically operated by means of a power take-off system on a tractor or by a diesel, gasoline powered or electric motor. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317607 | SMART BLOW-DOWN SYSTEM FOR VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRIVE COMPRESSOR UNITS - A method and apparatus for blowing down a compressed air system when temperature is at or below a predefined temperature threshold is provided. Temperature sensors in the compressed air system monitor temperature and a control processor determines when the temperature is at or below the predefined temperature threshold. When it is determined temperature is at or below the predefined temperature threshold, the control processor operates a solenoid blow-down valve that depressurizes the compressed air system. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317608 | Pump Control System - A pumping system in which a pump ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080317609 | Controllable Coolant Pump - The invention relates to a controllable coolant pump for internal combustion engines which is driven by torque transmission elements. It is an object of the invention to develop a driven, controllable coolant pump of this type for internal combustion engines, which ensures further functioning of the coolant pump (failsafe) if the control means fails, is distinguished by a high degree of efficiency and a very compact, simple, robust design, and, even in the case of operating medium which is loaded with dirt, ensures high operational safety and reliability and makes active control of the coolant delivery amount possible, in order firstly to ensure optimum warming up of the engine by “zero leakage” and in order secondly, after warming up of the engine, to influence the engine temperature during continuous operation so exactly that both the emission of pollutants and the friction losses and fuel consumption can be reduced considerably over the entire operating range of the engine. According to the invention, this object is achieved by a controllable coolant pump having a pump housing ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080317610 | Capacity Variable Type Rotary Compressor and Driving Method Thereof - Disclosed is a capacity variable type rotary compressor and a driving method thereof. In the compressor, a first discharge port ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080317611 | Adapter Plate in a Pump of a Beverage System - A beverage system includes a pump that draws a set amount of a flavored concentrate into a mixing chamber for mixing with water to form a beverage. A pump head includes a piston opening that receives a piston and a water port that defines a water flow path. The pump head includes protrusions. An adapter plate includes a piston opening that receives the piston and a water opening that receives the water port of the pump head. The adapter plate includes depressions. When the adapter plate is installed in the pump, the piston opening of the adapter plate and the piston opening of the pump head align, and the water port of the pump head is received in the water opening of the adapter plate. The protrusions of the pump heads are received in the depressions of the adapter plate, aligning the pump head and the adapter plate. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317612 | Auxiliary engine driven device and methods for use thereof - Auxiliary engine driven devices and methods for using the same are provided. The auxiliary engine driven devices includes an engine having a first end and a second end and an auxiliary device. The engine is drivingly connected to the auxiliary device on the first end of the engine to provide power to operate the auxiliary device. A cooling system is disposed on the engine with the cooling system having a heat exchanger disposed adjacent the second end of the engine. A tangential blower is positioned along a side of the engine. An enclosure for enclosing the engine and the auxiliary device is also included. The enclosure has a first and second end and is configured to permit the pulling of air by the tangential blower over the auxiliary device and at least a portion of the engine from the first end of the enclosure and pulling of air by the tangential blower through the heat exchanger of the cooling system and over at least a portion of the engine from a second end of the enclosure. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317613 | Compressor - A compressor includes a hermetic container having resonant frequency F, a compression element operable to compress refrigerant, an electric element including a shaft rotating as to drive the compression element at a predetermined operation frequency, and a rolling bearing accommodated in the hermetic container. The rolling bearing supports the shaft rotatably. The rolling element includes plural rolling elements. The predetermined operation frequency of the electric element is different from operation frequency N expressed by a following formula: N=2·F/(n·R) where n=1, 2 and R is a number of the plurality of rolling elements. This compressor is prevented from generating large noise. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317614 | Electric compressor - An electric compressor is disclosed in which gas in a motor housing of a rotating electric machine is drawn into a compression chamber and then discharged by the rotating electric machine. The rotating electric machine includes a stator, teeth, coils of different phases, and phase-to-phase insulation sheets provided between coils of different phases. An inlet port is provided in the motor housing. The inlet port draws gas from the outside of the motor housing. An inflow direction of the gas flowing through the inlet port intersects a coil end of one of the coils. A part of the phase-to-phase insulation sheet faces the inlet port and covers an intersection surface of the coil end that intersects the inflow direction. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317615 | Actuator Pump System - An actuator housing unit for a system of layered surfaces, comprising an activated primary surface having a physical shape capable of change when activated by an electrical, chemical, or light stimulus, to expand and exert force or pressure or contract and remove force or pressure, upon activation or deactivation, to move or keep matter within the housing by direct or indirect contact. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317616 | Positioning device for a detecting device of a motor of a ceiling fan - The invention relates to a positioning device of a detecting device of a motor of a ceiling fan. The motor includes a stator, a rotor, a detecting device and a circuit board. The rotor is pivotally installed around a motor shaft provided in the stator. The positioning device includes a plurality of supporting recesses formed in the stator, positioned in preset locations on one surface cut through to its edge of the stator, for fitting precisely the detecting device therein without increasing extra cost. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317617 | Fluid pump - A pump for fluid, comprising a pump body defining a bore, a pumping plunger having an end region which is slidably received within the bore, a spill port defined by the pump body in a wall of the bore which port is coverable by the end region of the pumping plunger as the plunger is driven on a pumping stroke, in use, so as to initiate fluid pressurization within a pumping chamber; and a spill feature defined by the pumping plunger being arranged to uncover the spill port during a pumping stroke so as to cause depressurization of the pumping chamber. The pumping plunger further defines a speed sensitive feature configured to permit a controlled leak of fluid from the pumping chamber to the spill port towards the end of a pumping stoke. The invention also encompasses a pumping plunger particularly suited for use in the above described pump. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317618 | PULSATION PRESSURE DECREASED TYPE PUMP FOR VEHICLE SLIP CONTROL SYSTEM - The present invention provides a pulsation pressure decreased type pump. When an oil pump that is driven by a motor during the operation of an electronically controlled brake system discharges a working fluid, the working fluid passes through an annular orifice provided at a position where the working fluid is discharged and is then discharged to an outlet of a pump housing through an outflow channel formed in the orifice so as to decrease a pulsating pressure using a piston reciprocated by a cam. Therefore, it is possible to decrease a pulsating pressure generated in the pump from 20 bar to 5 bar or less. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317619 | TANDEM COMPRESSOR SYSTEM AND METHOD - A compressor system including a first compressor and a second compressor. The first and second compressors each include a shell, a compression mechanism disposed within the shell, and a drive member adapted to drive the compression mechanism. A discharge tube assembly interconnects the first compressor and the second compressor, and the discharge tube assembly includes an inlet portion adjacent the first compressor that is inclined relative to another inlet portion adjacent the second compressor. The inlet portion that is inclined is adapted to prevent a backflow of oil through the discharge tube assembly. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317620 | Rare earth element magnet - A rare earth element magnet comprising molded magnetic powder containing at least one rare earth element, wherein a Fe rich phase covering a part or entire of the surface of particles of the magnetic powder and having a Fe atomic percentage larger than that of the magnetic powder, and an inorganic binder bonding the particles covered with the Fe rich phase. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317621 | Process for Producing Mg Alloy - An object of the present invention is to obtain an ingot containing homogeneous ingredients with suppressing ingredient segregation of Y in the melt-production of an Mg alloy containing Y. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317622 | THERMAL BARRIER DEPOSITED DIRECTLY ON MONOCRYSTALLINE SUPERALLOYS - The invention relates to the field of superalloys coated in a thermal barrier. On a monocrystalline superalloy having the following composition by weight: 3.5% to 7.5% Cr, 0 to 1.5% Mo, 1.5% to 5.5% Re, 2.5% to 5.5% Ru, 3.5% to 8.5% W, 5% to 6.5% Al, 0 to 2.5% Ti, 4.5% to 9% Ta, 0.08% to 0.12% Hf, 0.08% to 0.12% Si, the balance to 100% being constituted by Ni and any impurities, a stabilized zirconia is deposited directly, the zirconia being stabilized with at least one oxide of an element selected from the group constituted by rare earths, or with a combination of a tantalum oxide and at least one rare earth oxide, or with a combination of a niobium oxide and at least one rare earth oxide. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317623 | HIGH STRENGTH ALLOY - A high strength alloy comprises: silicon with a weight percentage of 0.1 wt %˜0.5 wt %; manganese with a weight percentage of 0.3 wt %˜1.2 wt %; carbon with a weight percentage of 2.0 wt %˜3.0 wt %; phosphorous and sulfur with weight percentages of 0.01 wt %˜0.05 wt %, respectively; chromium with a weight percentage of 5.0 wt %˜7.0 wt %; molybdenum with a weight percentage of 3.0 wt %˜4.0 wt %; tungsten with a weight percentage of 1.0˜2.0; niobium with a weight percentage of 0.5 wt %˜1.7 wt %; vanadium with a weight percentage of 5.8 wt %˜7.8 wt %; nitrogen with a weight percentage of 0.04 wt %˜0.12 wt %; iron; other elements and impurities with a weight percentage of below 2 wt % | 2008-12-25 |
20080317624 | METHOD OF DISINFECTING CONTAINERS WITH A DISINFECTANT AND PRIOR HEAT TREATMENT, AND A CORRESPONDING INSTALLATION - The method of aseptically treating containers in accordance with the invention comprises the step of subjecting the containers while held upside-down in a heat treatment station to steam at 140° C. for 2 s to 20 s and then in subjecting the containers in a station to a disinfectant mixture comprising peracetic acid, hydrogen peroxide, acetic acid, and water raised to a maximum temperature of 60° C. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317625 | Method for sterilization of hydrogel contact lenses - The present invention provides an aqueous solution for sterilizing and storing ophthalmic devices, preferably a contact lens, made of a hydrogel material, preferably a poly(oxyalkylene)-containing hydrogel material. The solution comprises one or more organic buffer agents, such as a Good buffer or a bis-aminopolyols; an organic tonicity-adjusting agent with multiple hydroxyl groups in an amount sufficient to provide an osmolarity of from about 200 to about 450 mosm/l, wherein the aqueous solution has a pH of from about 5.5 to about 8.5, provided that the aqueous solution include phosphate buffer at a concentration of about 15 mM or less and about 5000 ppm sodium chloride. The present invention also provides a method for sterilizing and storing an ophthalmic device using an aqueous solution of the invention. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317626 | Sterilization System and Method - A system, device and method for sterilizing or decontaminating an object that includes a sealable sterilizing chamber ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080317627 | CHEMILUMINESCENCE ANALYZER - The present invention aims to achieve both rapid supply of reagent substances to micro-chambers and inhibition of contamination from adjacent chambers. For achieving the above objects, the shape of a flow channel in a flow cell including a plate having micro-chambers is varied between the time of substance supply and the time of luminescence reaction. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317628 | CHECK SHEET - A check sheet includes: a reagent container that contains a reagent that changes color by being brought into contact with a target element generated from skin; and a plurality of filters provided in different positions from each other at the opposite side to the side of the reagent container to be attached to the skin along the reagent container, and emitting light in wavelength regions different from each other. A check sheet includes: a reagent container that contains a reagent that changes color by being brought into contact with a target element generated from skin; and a filter provided at the opposite side to the side of the reagent container to be attached to the skin, and transmitting light in a part of a wavelength region detectable by a light detector detecting a color of the reagent. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317629 | Analyzing device - This invention relates to an analyzing device ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080317630 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE CONTINUOUS EXTRACTION OF A LIQUID PHASE OF MICROSAMPLES, AND AUTOMATED INSTALLATION FOR TAKING THEM, FOR CARRYING OUT THE EXTRACTION AND TAKING MEASUREMENTS - The present invention relates in particular to a continuous automated extraction system and method for physically extracting at least one liquid phase of a series of liquid microsamples which are taken beforehand in discrete packets, both in space and in time, and are in stored. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317631 | Nanotube Device and Method of Fabrication - A nanotube device and a method of depositing nanotubes for device fabrication are disclosed. The method relates to electrophoretic deposition of nanotubes, and allows a control of the number of deposited nanotubes and positioning within a defined region. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317632 | Microchannel and Microfluid Chip - There is provided a microchannel for allowing a liquid to flow. At least part of an inner surface of the microchannel is provided with a bubble trapping means for trapping any bubbles present in a liquid sample. This allows bubbles present in the liquid sample to be efficiently trapped even though only a tiny amount of sample may be used, regardless of the size of the microchannel. As a result, the flow of a fluid is not disrupted and thus measurement, detection, and so forth can be carried out accurately and quickly without hampering the measurement system. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317633 | Multiplex lateral flow devices and methods - A lateral flow device includes a porous medium layer having a two-dimensional shape in plan view defined by one or more peripheral edges wherein the two dimensional shape includes a plurality of testing regions separated from one another by spaces between portions of the one or more peripheral edges. The porous medium layer further includes a fluid-receiving region in capillary flow communication through the porous medium layer to the testing regions. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317634 | FLUIDIC CIRCUITS FOR SAMPLE PREPARATION INCLUDING BIO-DISCS AND METHODS RELATING THERETO - A fluidic circuit for receiving a fluid and separating a component of a fluid from the fluid comprises a separation chamber for receiving the fluid, an air chamber in fluid communication with the separation chamber, and a return channel in fluid communication with the separation chamber. In an advantageous embodiment, the fluidic circuit is subjected to a force, such as a centrifugal force, so that substantially all of the component of the fluid is moved to the return channel while substantially all remaining portions of the fluid are moved to the separation chamber. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317635 | Testing Device For Testing Or Analysing Fluids And A Holder And A Storage Container For Such Devices - A testing device for testing or analysing fluids comprises a separately produced holder ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080317636 | GAS SENSOR DEVICES COMPRISING ORGANIZED CARBON AND NON-CARBON ASSEMBLY - This invention relates generally to gas sensors comprising organized assemblies of carbon and non-carbon compounds. The invention also relates to devices containing such gas sensors and analysis units. In preferred embodiments, the organized assemblies of the instant invention take the form of nanorods or their aggregate forms. More preferably, a nanorod is made up of a carbon nanotube filled, coated, or both filled and coated by a non-carbon material. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317637 | ROTATING REAGENT DISPENSER AND METHODS - Devices and methods of dispensing and mixing reagents with samples in an enclosed container in which the amounts of the reagents dispensed into the sample are predetermined. The devices include a rotating dispenser element attached to a base, wherein an ampoule is located within a cavity in the base. The dispenser elements contain two or more dispensing chambers that are sealed and that can be opened and any reagent(s) located therein dispensed into the ampoule at selected times. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317638 | SYRINGE BARREL AND CYLINDER HOLDER - An arcuate guide projection is provided on a front surface of a flange of a syringe barrel and an arcuate guide groove for guiding the guide projection is provided on a front sidewall surface of a flange insert groove of a cylinder holder. When the syringe is mounted, the guide projection and the guide groove are brought into engagement thereby preventing the flange from slipping off upwardly. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317639 | SAMPLE DISPENSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A sample dispensing apparatus and method for dispensing a sample such as blood and urine collected for inspection from one vessel to another are provided wherein the remaining quantity of a primary sample can be reduced without disturbing the primary sample. When clogging by a separating agent is detected during suction of a sample such as blood and urine collected for inspection, the sample dispensing apparatus performs raising of an aliquot head such that an opening at the free end of a nozzle tip does not come out of the sample liquid surface to dissolve clogging; sucking of the sample under the residual pressure; and additionally sucking of a fixed quantity of the sample to reduce the remaining quantity of the sample. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317640 | MULTI-CHAMBER CHEMICAL DELIVERY CONTAINER - A multi-chamber chemical delivery container for storing dry chemicals that are used to produce a liquid microbial deactivation fluid. The container includes two housing sections and a dividing wall that is located between the two housing sections. The dividing wall separates the container into two compartments. Openings formed in each of the two housing sections are dimensioned to respectively receive an inlet fitting and an outlet fitting. The inlet and outlet fittings are dimensioned to respectively engage with inlet and outlet connectors that are fluidly connected with a fluid circulation system of a microbial deactivation system. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317641 | Support Element for Test-Tubes and the Like - A support element for test-tubes and the like, including an annular body adapted to be fitted on a test-tube and provided with connection means among several support elements to allow the formation of a chain having additional support elements, wherein the connection means are a spherical joint. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317642 | Batch Contaminated Resource Treatment Method and Apparatus - This invention provides methods and apparatus for treating a batch contaminated resource using an ultrasonic pressure wave. A method of treating a batch contaminated resource is described comprising the steps of introducing at least one oxidizing agent into the batch contaminated resource; and energizing the batch contaminated resource and the at least one oxidizing agent with an ultrasonic pressure wave; and an apparatus is described for treating a batch contaminated resource using at least one transducer ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080317643 | SELECTIVE REDUCTION CATALYST AND ENGINE EXHAUST GAS PURIFIER USING THE SAME - The present invention aims to eliminate the mounting of an independent ammonia oxidation catalyst to an exhaust passage. A selective reduction catalyst comprises a catalyst support | 2008-12-25 |
20080317644 | Dry Scrubber and Method of Converting a Wet Scrubber to a Dry Scrubber - A scrubber that employs a dry chemical medium includes a first vessel defining a first cavity. A second vessel adjoining the first vessel defines a second cavity, and the first and second cavities combine to form a common chamber. A fan draws a gaseous stream into the chamber at a first location and extracts the gaseous stream from the chamber at a second location. A plurality of partitions extend substantially from the upper end of the chamber to the floor. A dry chemical medium is disposed within the spaces between the partitions for neutralizing a pollutant in a gaseous stream. The partitions have openings of a sufficiently large size to permit gas to flow therethrough but of a sufficiently small size to prevent the dry chemical medium from passing therethrough. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317645 | Selective Reduction Catalyst and Engine Exhaust Gas Purifier Using the Same - The present invention aims to effectively prevent NOx from being emitted into the atmosphere even if the temperature of exhaust gas is relatively low. A selective reduction catalyst comprises a catalyst support | 2008-12-25 |
20080317646 | CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A catalytic converter includes: a three-dimensional structural support having a plurality of cells partitioned by porous cell walls, in which a pore diameter of the cell walls is 10 μm to 50 μm and porosity of the cell walls is 40 vol % or more; and a catalyst-coated layer containing a catalyst component. The catalyst-coated layer is coated on surfaces of the cell walls of the three-dimensional structural support. 50 mass % or more of a total supported amount of the catalyst component on the three-dimensional structural support is present in a region from the surfaces of the cell walls of the three-dimensional structural support to surfaces of the catalyst-coated layer. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317647 | Autoclaves with Combined Air Flow - Autoclaves with combined airflow to provide controllable heating or cooling of parts being processed are disclosed. Gas flow along the autoclave is provided in one or more duct areas ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080317648 | ENDOSCOPE CLEANER - There is provided an endoscope cleaner having: a plurality of cleaning vessels each of which can accommodate an endoscope; at least one disinfectant tank that holds a disinfectant, a first number of the at least one disinfectant tank being less than a second number of the plurality of cleaning vessels; disinfectant supply means for supplying the disinfectant from the at least one disinfectant tank to the plurality of cleaning vessels; disinfectant recovery means for recovering the disinfectant from the plurality of cleaning vessels to the at least one disinfectant tank; and a control unit that controls the disinfectant supply means and the disinfectant recovery means to control steps of a cleaning and disinfecting treatment to be performed in the plurality of cleaning vessels. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317649 | Process for recausticizing cyanide leach solutions - A method is shown for raising the pH of a cyanide leach solution of the type used in a heap leaching mining operation. Lime slurry is mixed with a side stream of barren cyanide solution in a reactor vessel in order to remove carbonate hardness, to regenerate the hydroxide alkalinity and to raise the pH of the resulting recausticized leach solution. A portion of the calcium carbonate precipitate formed in the reactor vessel is retained in order to encourage further crystal growth. Overflow from the reactor vessel passes through one or more cyclone separation stages in order to remove particulate solids. A cyclone overflow stream is directed back to the process to upwardly adjust the pH of the bulk of the barren cyanide solution. A cyclone underflow stream is directed back to the reactor vessel to provide seed crystal nuclei for precipitate growth. Periodically, precipitate grains are drained from the bottom of the reactor vessel, water-washed to recover cyanide solution, and discharged as carbonate sand and lime grit. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317650 | Oxides of Manganese Processed in Continuous Flow Reactors - Methods and systems for regenerating and pretreating oxides of manganese and precipitation of oxides of manganese from manganese salt solutions. Oxides of manganese, a slurry containing oxides of manganese or manganese salt solutions are mixed with heated aqueous oxidizing solutions and processed in a continuous process reactor. Temperature, pressure, Eh value, and pH value of the mixed solution are monitored and adjusted so as to maintain solution conditions within the MnO | 2008-12-25 |
20080317651 | Plant And Process For Removing Carbon Dioxide From Gas Streams - The present invention is based on the realization that the carbon dioxide component of industrial gas streams also containing steam can be processed so to utilize either as latent and/or sensible heat the heat available from the steam component to assist in separating carbon dioxide from the remainder of the gas stream. For example, flue gases produced by power stations burning brown coal, black coal or natural gas inherently contain a useful amount of energy that can be harnessed according to the present invention. According to particular preferred forms of the invention, nitrogen and sulphur constituent such as SO | 2008-12-25 |
20080317652 | Emission control system internal to a boiler - This invention is an emission control system wherein the boiler hosts a reactor which contains one or more catalysts for the purpose of reducing NO | 2008-12-25 |
20080317653 | Exhaust treatment system and catalyst system - A catalyst system comprises a gold catalyst capable of oxidizing CO; a hydrocarbon oxidation catalyst; and a hydrocarbon adsorbing material. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317654 | Boron Suboxide Composite Material - A boron suboxide composite material having improved fracture toughness consists of particulate or granular boron suboxide distributed in a binder phrase, such as Al | 2008-12-25 |
20080317655 | Process for producing shaped articles of inorganic cyanides and products obtainable by the process - The invention relates to a method for producing shaped inorganic cyanide bodies, especially made of alkaline metal cyanides and alkaline earth metal cyanides, by pressing particulate inorganic cyanide obtained by means of a crystallization method. According to the invention, a cyanide crystallate separated from a mother liquor by means of a solid-liquid separation device and containing 2-15 wt. % water is fed to a forming device without the addition of an auxiliary forming agent and placed under pressure and compressed to form shaped bodies containing 0.1-12 wt. % water. The amount of water contained by the shaped bodies is always less than that contained in the crystallates used for the production thereof. Preferably, the crystallite is pressed out of a rotary filter or a centrifuge at a temperature of more than 40° C. to form shaped bodies containing 0.2-6 wt. % residual water. The inventive method can be carried out in a more economical manner than previously known methods using dried cyanide. The invention also relates to shaped inorganic cyanide bodies obtained according to said method. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317656 | Process of Catalytic Ammoxidation for Hydrogen Cyanide Production - A process for the ammoxidation of an alcohol feed, such as methanol, or a nitrile feed, such as propionitrile, or a mixture thereof, to form hydrogen cyamide uses a modified Mn—P catalyst having the following empirical formula: | 2008-12-25 |
20080317657 | Systems and methods for capturing, isolating and sequestering carbon from CO2 in the atmosphere in the form of char produced from biomass feedstock - The invention is a system and methods whereby biomass is gasified in a reactor vessel producing carbon char for the purpose of sequestering that char in soil, thereby reducing the carbon in the atmosphere. The invention relies on a renewable source for the biomass and a dedicated land area for sequestering the carbon char. The process in the reactor vessel is monitored and controlled to produce char with characteristics beneficial to the soil in which it is sequestered and to the plants growing in that soil. The net affect is “Carbon Negative.” The process returns only part of the carbon in the process feedstock to the atmosphere, thereby reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide in proportion to the amount of carbon char sequestered in the soil. The process produces a gas by product that may be burned for heat or used as a feedstock for other processes. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317658 | FUSION FUEL CONTAINERS AND SYSTEM - A fusion fuel composition has two or more light nuclei combined with a cage-like molecule. The light nuclei may be, for example, deuterium and tritium, and the cage-like molecule may be, for example, a fullerene molecule. A fusion reaction to consume the fusion fuel may be ignited, for example, via compression methods including chemical or laser. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317659 | Diamond-Carbon Material and a Method for the Production Thereof - The invention relates to carbon chemistry and is embodied in the form of a diamond-carbon material, in which carbon is contained in the form a diamond cubic modification and in a roentgen-amorphous phase at a ratio of (40-80):(60-20) in terms of a carbon mass, respectively, wherein the inventive material comprises 89.1-95.2 mass % carbon, 1.2-5.0 mass % nitrogen, 0.1-4.7 mass % oxygen and 0.1-1.5 mass % fire-resisting impurities. The inventive method for producing said material consisting in detonating, in a closed space of a carbon-inert gas medium, a carbon-containing oxygen-deficient explosive material, which is placed in a condensed phase envelop containing a reducing agent at a quantitative ratio between said reducing agent mass in the condensed phase and the mass of the used carbon-containing explosive material equal to or greater than 0.01:1. A method for processing the samples of diamond-carbon material produced by means of a detonation synthesis for examining the elemental composition thereof is also disclosed. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317660 | Nanotube Structures, Materials, and Methods - Nanotube structures and methods for forming nanotube structures are disclosed. The methods include forming nanotubes such that they are associated with a surface of a substrate and compressing at least a portion of the nanotubes. In some embodiments, the nanotubes may be dimensionally constrained in one direction while being compressed in another direction. Compressing at least a portion of the nanotubes may comprise stamping an impression into a surface of the nanotubes, at least a portion of which is retained when the stamp is removed. In some embodiments, the nanotubes may be aligned with respect to one another and to the surface of the substrate and may extend in a direction that is, for example, normal to the substrate. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317661 | Carbon fibers from kraft softwood lignin - A method of making a carbon fiber from softwood alkaline black liquor lignin by acetylating the lignin to provide a meltable and drawable lignin. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317662 | Molten Salts, Method of Their Production and Process for Generating Hydrogen Peroxide - A molten salt and process for preparing a molten salt or hydrogen peroxide uses ionic hydroquinones or hydroquinone derivatives as O | 2008-12-25 |
20080317663 | Lithium Tantalate Substrate and Process for its Manufacture - A lithium tantalate substrate obtained by working in the state of a substrate a lithium tantalate crystal grown by the Czochralski method is buried in a mixed powder of Al and Al | 2008-12-25 |
20080317664 | Method for Gas Storage - This invention released a method for gas storage, characterized that gas is stored in the form of nanometer scale bubbles or gas layers on the solid-liquid surfaces. Said gas is hydrogen, the surface of the solid is planar solid surface, irregular solid surface, or porous material surface, especially highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) surface, and the liquid is water, inorganic acid, inorganic salt, inorganic alkali, organic solution or colloid solution. The gas to be stored is produced by electrochemical method, inorganic reaction, organic reaction, biologic reaction or physical method. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317665 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING HYDROGEN FROM WATER - The present invention relates to methods, compositions and systems for producing hydrogen from water involving reacting metal particles with water in the presence of an effective amount of catalyst. In particular the invention pertains to methods, compositions and systems for producing hydrogen upon reaction of metal particles selected from the group consisting of aluminum (Al), magnesium (Mg), silicon (Si) and zinc (Zn) with water, in the presence of an effective amount of a catalyst, wherein the catalyst is a water-soluble inorganic salt. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317666 | Colonic Delivery of Active Agents - Drug delivery devices that are orally administered, and that release active ingredients in the colon, are disclosed. In one embodiment, the active ingredients are those that inactivate antibiotics, such as macrolides, quinolones and beta-lactam containing antibiotics. One example of a suitable active agent is an enzyme such as beta-lactamases. In another embodiment, the active agents are those that specifically treat colonic disorders, such as Chrohn's Disease, irritable bowel syndrome, ulcerative colitis, colorectal cancer or constipation. The drug delivery devices are in the form of beads of pectin, crosslinked with calcium and reticulated with polyethyleneimine. The high crosslink density of the polyethyleneimine is believed to stabilize the pectin beads for a sufficient amount of time such that a substantial amount of the active ingredients can be administered directly to the colon. Advantageously, the amount of polyethyleneimine is sufficient to allow a substantial portion of the pectin beads to pass through the gastrointestinal tract to the colon without releasing the active agent, and is also sufficient such that the pectin beads are sufficiently degraded in the colon to release an effective amount of the active agent. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317667 | Compositions and methods for inhibiting growth of smad4-deficient cancers - The present invention is in the fields of cell biology, immunology and oncology. The invention relates to the discovery that there is a relationship between the expression levels of the tumor suppressor gene smad4 (also known as dpc4) and integrin α | 2008-12-25 |
20080317668 | Integrin Targeted Synthetic Ligands for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications - The present invention relates to a novel class of diagnostically or therapeutically effective compounds comprising novel aza-bicycloalkane based cyclic peptides, acting as a targeting moiety towards integrin receptors. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317669 | Cloning of honey bee allergen C - The present invention relates to a nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide capable of binding to IgE from subjects allergic to venom of an insect from the order | 2008-12-25 |
20080317670 | Compositions Containing, Methods Involving, and Uses of Non-Natural Amino Acids and Polypeptides - Disclosed herein are non-natural amino acids and polypeptides that include at least one non-natural amino acid, and methods for making such non-natural amino acids and polypeptides. The non-natural amino acids, by themselves or as a part of a polypeptide, can include a wide range of possible functionalities, but typical have at least one aromatic amine group. Also disclosed herein are non-natural amino acid polypeptides that are further modified post-translationally, methods for effecting such modifications, and methods for purifying such polypeptides. Typically, the modified non-natural amino acid polypeptides include at least one alkylated amine group. Further disclosed are methods for using such non-natural amino acid polypeptides and modified non-natural amino acid polypeptides, including therapeutic, diagnostic, and other biotechnology uses. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317671 | NON-IMIDAZOLE HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS - Certain non-imidazole heterocyclic compounds are histamine H | 2008-12-25 |
20080317672 | DETECTION OF ANOMALIES IN MEASUREMENT OF LEVEL OF HYPNOSIS - The invention relates to detection of anomalies related to a measurement of the hypnotic level of a subject. In order to detect when a measure indicative of the hypnotic level of a subject is anomalous either due to a medical reason or due to an interference, the measure is monitored and state information indicative of the activity of the autonomous nervous system of the subject and drug effect information indicative of the hypnotic drug effect in the subject are employed to check whether the measure fulfills a predetermined consistency condition requiring that the measure changes consistently with at least one of the drug effect information and the state information. An anomaly, indicative of an abnormal change in the measure, is detected when the measure fails to fulfill the predetermined consistency condition. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317673 | METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING AND TREATING BRONCHIAL ASTHMA - A method for diagnosing and treating a bronchial asthma by classifying a patient's asthma as Type I, Type II or Type III based on the patient's symptoms is disclosed. The symptoms for the three types of asthma are disclosed together with recommended treatment guidelines for each type to optimize treatment regiments based on symptoms. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317674 | Method and Reagent for Measuring Nitroreductase Enzyme Activity - Disclosed are nitro-substituted squaraine reporter dyes and methods using such dyes for detecting nitroreductase enzyme activity and nitroreductase gene expression in cellular assays. The dyes are of the structure: | 2008-12-25 |
20080317675 | Low Osmolar X-Ray Contrast Media Formulations - The present invention generally relates to nonionic x-ray contrast media formulations, radiological compositions containing such agents and methods for x-ray visualization utilizing such compositions. The invention especially relates to injectable radiological compositions for x-ray visualization comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle and a mixture of a monomer, being a triiodo-substituted benzene nucleus, and a dimer, being two linked triiodo-substituted benzene nuclei, such that the mixture demonstrates favorable properties. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317676 | Biocompatible Fluorescent Imaging Agents - This invention relates to new fluorescent chemical entities that are designed to attach to biocompatible molecules to form in vivo optical imaging agents. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317677 | Laser Marked Dosage Forms - The present invention relates to a coated dosage form having openings to expose the core material or an intermediate coating layer. The invention also relates to methods for manufacturing such coated dosage forms. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317678 | Laser Marked Dosage Forms - The present invention relates to a coated dosage form having openings to expose the core material or an intermediate coating layer. The invention also relates to methods for manufacturing such coated dosage forms. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317679 | FOAMABLE COMPOSITIONS AND KITS COMPRISING ONE OR MORE OF A CHANNEL AGENT, A CHOLINERGIC AGENT, A NITRIC OXIDE DONOR, AND RELATED AGENTS AND THEIR USES - The present invention relates to a foamable therapeutic composition comprising: (a) a therapeutically effective concentration of at least one active agent selected from the group consisting of a channel agent, a cholinergic agent, and a nitric oxide donor; and (b) a foamable carrier comprising:
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20080317680 | Sunless tanning composition and method of sunless tanning - A sunless tanning composition having dihydroacetone and an amphoglycinate (amphoacetate) in an amount effective for sunless tanning is provided. Also provided is a method of sunless tanning having the step of topically applying to the skin an effective amount of a sunless tanning composition having dihydroacetone and an amphoglycinate. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317681 | Compositions containing a stain removing complex, and methods of making and using the same - A composition in the form of a chewing gum composition, a confectionery composition or consumable film composition containing a stain removing complex including a stain removing agent having therapeutic properties and a cyclodextrin compound and methods of preparing and using the same to remove stains from dental material including teeth. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317682 | Tooth Bleaching Agent - A bleaching agent for brightening teeth that is comprised of a solvent, a pharmaceutically acceptable oxidation agent, and a varnish former. A kit that includes a bleaching agent and lip and cheek retractor. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317683 | Carrageenan and Carrageenan-Containing Products - The present invention discloses a carrageenan composition comprising: sodium in the range of about 5.410 to about 8.230%, preferably about 6.300 to about 8.230%, and more preferably about 7.380 to about 8.230%; potassium in the range of about 0.023% to about 0.248%, preferably about 0.023 to about 0.238%, and more preferably about 0.023 to about 0.078%; calcium in the range of 0.046-0.553%, preferably 0.046-0.446%, and more preferably 0.046-0.325%; and magnesium in the range of about 0.051 to about 0.338%, preferably about 0.051 to about 0.244% and more preferably about 0.051 to about 0.127%; wherein the carrageenan product has a gelling temperature of 7-30° C., preferably 7-18° C., more preferably 7-12° C.; and a melting temperature in the range 16-38° C., preferably 16-28° C., more preferably 16-24° C. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317684 | Topical Compositions - Topical compositions are disclosed that are useful for delivering a therapeutic level of an NSAID to a target within a subject having a local inflammatory disorder. A composition of the present invention comprises a Drug and a solvent system, wherein the solvent system comprises at least two solvent alcohols and wherein the solvent system is present in an amount sufficient to solubilize the Drug, the solvent system is a low alkanol system, and the composition is a single phase composition. Exemplary solvent systems are those for which one of the at least two solvent alcohols is polyethylene glycol, glycerin, butylene glycol, dipropylene glycol, propylene glycol, ethanol, isopropanol, or a derivative thereof. Optionally the local inflammatory disorder is pseudofolliculitis barbae, dermatitis, psoriasis, wounds, or sunburn. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317685 | Photoprotective cosmetic compositions comprising photostabilized dibenzoylmethane compounds and siloxane-containing arylalkyl benzoate amide compounds - Photostable, topically applicable cosmetic/dermatological compositions contain at least one dibenzoylmethane sunscreen compound and at least one photostabilizing siloxane-containing arylalkyl amide compound of formula (I) below: | 2008-12-25 |
20080317686 | Cosmetic Composition for Skin Care - The invention relates to the use of siloxanes for emulsifiers for cosmetic compositions for skin care as well as cosmetic emulsions comprising such emulsifiers. The composition comprises an aminofunctional organopolysiloxane for W/O emulsions, O/W emulsions and multiple emulsions. The emulsions are formed easily, are very stable and needs not to add electrolytes. | 2008-12-25 |
20080317687 | COSMETIC AND PHARMACEUTICAL OIL-IN-WATER EMULSIONS CONTAINING AN ESTER QUAT - The present invention relates to an ester quat of a defined structure useful for the preparation of cosmetic and pharmaceutical oil-in-water emulsions, and to oil-in-water emulsions which comprise said ester quat. | 2008-12-25 |