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20130146689 | PROCESS FOR RECYCLING ABSORBENT SANITARY PRODUCTS - A process for treating used absorbent sanitary products, comprising the steps of providing a rotary cylindrical autoclave having an inner surface and two ends, at least one of which terminates in a hatch that can be opened to enable access to said autoclave and sealably closed to enable pressurization of said autoclave; loading said autoclave with closed absorbent sanitary products; heating to a sterilization temperature and pressurizing said autoclave and at the same time driving the autoclave in rotation about a longitudinal axis thereof; and providing inside said autoclave a load of high-density tearing elements designed to facilitate thermal and physical destructuring of said absorbent sanitary products. | 06-13-2013 |
20130146690 | APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR RECYCLING ABSORBENT SANITARY PRODUCTS - An apparatus for treating used absorbent sanitary products, comprising, a rotary cylindrical autoclave having an inner surface and two ends, at least one of which terminates in a hatch that can be opened to enable access to said autoclave and sealably closed to enable pressurization of said autoclave; and a circuit for heating and pressurizing the autoclave for heating the absorbent sanitary products to a sterilization temperature, wherein said autoclave comprises a sealing layer on said inner surface, designed to prevent adhesion on said inner surface of material coming from destructuring of said absorbent sanitary products. | 06-13-2013 |
20130153692 | PROCESS FOR RECYCLING ABSORBENT SANITARY PRODUCTS - A process for treating used absorbent sanitary products, comprising the steps of providing a rotary cylindrical autoclave having an inner surface and two ends, at least one of which terminates in a hatch that can be opened to enable access to said autoclave and sealably closed to enable pressurization of said autoclave; loading said autoclave with closed absorbent sanitary products; heating and pressurizing the autoclave to a sterilization temperature and at the same time driving the autoclave in rotation about a longitudinal axis thereof, wherein said step of heating and pressurizing the autoclave envisages a first temperature regime for the products contained in the autoclave and a second temperature regime, higher than the first temperature regime, for said inner surface. | 06-20-2013 |
20130153693 | APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR RECYCLING ABSORBENT SANITARY PRODUCTS - An apparatus for treating used absorbent sanitary products, comprising a rotary cylindrical autoclave having a side wall and two ends, at least one of which terminates in a hatch that can be opened to enable access to said autoclave and sealably closed to enable pressurization of said autoclave; a circuit for heating and pressurizing the autoclave for heating the absorbent sanitary products to a sterilization temperature; and a plurality of cutting nozzles supplied by pressurized fluid, which are arranged for directing respective jets of pressurized fluid inside said autoclave. | 06-20-2013 |
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20090244597 | PRINT SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING SIZE BASED ON REMAINING PAGES - A method includes receiving a print request, the print request including a number of pages to be printed; determining an approximate number of sheets of paper in a printer cache; if the number of pages to be printed is greater than the approximate number of sheets of paper in the printer cache, determining whether the print request indicates that page reduction is allowed; if page reduction is allowed, shrinking the pages to be printed for printing multiple pages on each sheet such that all pages will be printed on the available number of sheets of paper in the printer cache; and if page reduction is not allowed, not shrinking the pages. | 10-01-2009 |
20090244626 | Print method for optimizing document size based on pages remaining - A method includes receiving a print request, the print request including a number of pages to be printed; determining an approximate number of sheets of paper in a printer cache; if the number of pages to be printed is greater than the approximate number of sheets of paper in the printer cache, determining whether the print request indicates that page reduction is allowed; if page reduction is allowed, shrinking the pages to be printed for printing multiple pages on each sheet such that all pages will be printed on the available number of sheets of paper in the printer cache; and if page reduction is not allowed, not shrinking the pages. | 10-01-2009 |
20140157184 | CONTROL OF USER NOTIFICATION WINDOW DISPLAY - A method for controlling a user notification window (UNW). Under this method: (i) an initial-form UNW is generated in response to detection of existence of a first precondition; (ii) the first initial-form UNW is displayed on a display device; and (iii) subsequent to the initial display of the initial-form UNW and in response to the detection of a second precondition, control is applied that overwrites the display of the first initial-form UNW on the display device. The second precondition is a precondition other than a response made by a user of the display. | 06-05-2014 |
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20090027294 | OMNI-DIRECTIONAL ANTENNA FOR MOBILE SATELLITE BROADCASTING APPLICATIONS - An antenna for mobile satellite communication is disclosed. The antenna may include an electrically conducting ground plane and at least a first and a second radiating element. Each one of the radiating elements may be electrically coupled to a feed line, whereby each one of said at least first and second radiating elements may be electrically connected to the ground plane at one end and being open-circuit at an opposite end, whereby the at least first and second radiating elements may intersect at a feeding point of the feed line and extend radially with respect to the elongation of the feed line. | 01-29-2009 |
20100052994 | INCLINED ANTENNA SYSTEMS AND METHODS - In accordance with various aspects of the present invention, a method and system for designing an inclined antenna array with a hybrid mechanical-electronic steering system with improved radiation performances at low elevation angles is presented. In an exemplary embodiment, a radiating element structure is attached to a mounting surface and includes a patch antenna and a ground plane. The bottom edge of the patch antenna is farther from the mounting surface than the top edge of the patch antenna. If the radiating element structure is used in an inclined array antenna, then the patch antenna has an uncovered view of a low elevation angle. Furthermore, at least a portion of a patch antenna may be uncovered and have a clear view. A clear view of the low elevation angle results in increased directivity and increased polarization quality due to reduced signal scattering. | 03-04-2010 |
20100060535 | PLANAR ANTENNA FOR MOBILE SATELLITE APPLICATIONS - The invention relates to a microstrip patch antenna for mobile satellite communications comprising a first electrically conducting ground plane having at least one opening, at least one patch radiating element, at least one first dielectric layer, disposed between the first electrically conducting ground plane and the patch radiating element and more particularly between the at least one opening and the patch radiating element, at least one feed line for providing signal energy in a contactless manner to or from the patch radiating element through the opening and a second dielectric layer disposed between the feed line and the first electrically conducting ground plane wherein the antenna further comprises a second ground plane and a third dielectric layer disposed between the second ground plane and the feed line. | 03-11-2010 |
20100253585 | SUB-ARRAY POLARIZATION CONTROL USING ROTATED DUAL POLARIZED RADIATING ELEMENTS - A system and method of minimizing a polarization quantization error associated with an antenna sub-array. The antenna sub-array includes at least two radiating elements, with the radiating elements having different polarization orientations from other radiating elements in the antenna sub-array. The radiating elements are dual polarized and have electronic polarization control. In an exemplary embodiment, the radiating elements are configured to reduce the polarization quantization error to be less than half of a polarization quantization step size. In various embodiments, rotating the radiating elements and implementing a phase delay, individually or in combination, is used to change the polarizations of the radiating elements. | 10-07-2010 |
20110025574 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A COMPACT MODULAR PHASED ARRAY ELEMENT - In an exemplary embodiment, a modular phased array comprises a ground plane with a first side and a second side, where the ground plane has a slot. The modular phased array also comprises a patch antenna located on the first side of the ground plane, and a feed network located on the second side of the ground plane. In an exemplary embodiment, the ground plane isolates the patch antenna from the feed network. The feed network includes a compacted hybrid with two output ports. In an exemplary embodiment, the ground plane comprises slots that are non-orthogonal and non-parallel to the two output ports of the feed network. In another exemplary embodiment, the distance from the center of the patch antenna to the farthest output port of the two output ports of the compacted hybrid is ½ wavelengths or less. | 02-03-2011 |
20140009357 | Hybrid Single Aperture Inclined Antenna - In an exemplary embodiment, an antenna architecture comprises a single aperture having both receive elements and transmit elements, where the single aperture has the performance of a dual-aperture but in about half the size. Moreover, in the case of an array with inclined elements, there is the need to interconnect a planar substrate with an inclined substrate at an angle. An exemplary single aperture comprises a metal core having a thick pass-through slot from a first side to a second side; connecting the inclined substrate to the first side of the metal core, and connecting a second substrate to the second side of the metal core. Furthermore, an RF signal is communicated between the first substrate and the second substrate in a contactless manner through the thick pass-through slot. | 01-09-2014 |
20140253400 | Method and Apparatus for a compact modular phased array element - In various embodiments, a radiating cell of an antenna array can comprise a compacted hybrid as part of a stripline feed network, a radiating element having slots rotated with respect to the compacted hybrid, and a feed circuit layer in communication with the stripline feed network. The radiating cell radius can be a ½ wavelength or less. Furthermore, the compacted hybrid has two input ports and two output ports, where the input and output ports of the compacted hybrid are non-orthogonal and non-parallel to the slots of the radiating element. A radiating cell can comprise a ground plane with a first side and a second side, where the ground plane comprises a slot. The slot can be non-orthogonal and non-parallel to the two output ports of the feed network. | 09-11-2014 |
20150022421 | APERIODIC PHASED ARRAY ANTENNA WITH SINGLE BIT PHASE SHIFTERS - An antenna array can include multiple radiating cells, each comprising a radiating element and a phase shifter. Further, each radiating element can comprise a first radiating element port and a second radiating element port. Each of the radiating cells can be configured to selectively connect the phase shifter to one of the radiating element ports, Each of the radiating cells can further comprise a phase delay difference between the signal paths associated with the radiating element ports. Further, the radiating cells can have physical polarization orientations that can be different from, at least one other radiating cell. | 01-22-2015 |