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20100143620 | WETTING RESISTANT MATERIAL AND ARTICLES MADE THEREWITH - An article coated with a highly durable, wetting resistant coating is provided. The article comprises a coating that comprises a cermet material. The cermet material includes a nickel-bearing metal matrix and a phase disposed within the matrix. The phase includes an anion moiety, for example nitrogen, carbon, or boron; and a cation moiety, for example chromium, zirconium, titanium, vanadium, hafnium, niobium, or tantalum. The phase is present in the cermet at a level of at least about 5 volume %. | 06-10-2010 |
20100279022 | System and Method For Applying A Coating To A Substrate - A process for providing a protective layer to an article. The process includes depositing a layer of material onto a surface of the article with a thermal spray process. Examples of thermal spray process include high velocity oxygen/air fuel, atmospheric plasma spray, and chemical vapor deposition. Coating methods, such as cold vapor deposition and physical vapor deposition, may also be used. The layer can then be bonded to the article by heating material in the layer adjacent its connection with the article. Bonding the layer to the article can be performed by irradiating the layer with a collimated light source, the layer irradiation can be applied concurrently with the thermal spray process | 11-04-2010 |
20110086178 | CERAMIC COATINGS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - A method for forming a ceramic coating is provided. The method includes providing a slurry comprising a liquid and a plurality of feedstock particles disposed in the liquid, injecting the slurry into the flame of a thermal spray gun, and spraying the slurry on a surface of a substrate using the thermal spray gun to form the ceramic coating such that at least a part of the surface of the substrate is covered by the ceramic coating, wherein a thickness of the ceramic coating is in a range from about 10 nanometers to about 3 micrometers, and wherein a density of the ceramic coating is more than about 90 percent, and wherein the ceramic coating is a continuous coating. | 04-14-2011 |
20110126673 | RHENIUM RECOVERY FROM SUPERALLOYS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A method of recovering rhenium from rhenium-containing superalloy scrap is provided. The superalloy is usually a nickel-based superalloy. The method includes the steps of forming an oxidation feedstock of flaky morphology of the superalloy scrap, and oxidizing the oxidation feedstock to convert rhenium into a volatile rhenium oxide. The flaky morphology of the oxidation feedstock is achieved by increasing the surface area of the superalloy scrap. | 06-02-2011 |
20110293919 | Combustion Cold Spray - Different types of apparatus for fabricating a deposit, method of deposition and an article are presented. The apparatus include a thermal spray gun comprising a combustion chamber, combustion zone, an air injection port, a fuel injection port, a nozzle and a liquid injection port. The combustion zone exists between the inlet side and outlet side of the combustion chamber. The method includes, among other things, providing a fuel and an oxidizer inside the combustion zone, initiating combustion inside the combustion zone, and directing products of the combustion toward the outlet side to create a combustion product stream. The method also includes introducing a feedstock mixture comprising a feedstock material and a liquid into the combustion product stream to create an entrained feedstock stream, and expelling the entrained feedstock stream from the spray gun through a nozzle to form a deposit on a surface of the article. | 12-01-2011 |
20110305873 | COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR APPLYING A PROTECTIVE COATING - A coating composition includes a cermet material having metal carbide phase particles with an average size of less than 5 microns. The coating has an average surface roughness of less than approximately 5 microns. A system for applying a coating to a substrate includes a spray gun configured for use with a high velocity oxygen or high velocity air fuel system. The system further includes a cermet material supplied to the spray gun, wherein the cermet material includes at least approximately 34 percent by weight of a metal carbide phase having an average particle size of less than or equal to approximately 5 microns. The metal carbide phase is dispersed in a liquid selected from the group consisting of water, alcohol, an organic combustible liquid, or an organic incombustible liquid. | 12-15-2011 |
20120318528 | GATE VALVE SEAT AND SEAT RING - A gate valve has a body, the body having a cavity and a flow passage intersecting the cavity. A seat is mounted to the body at the intersection of the flow passage and the cavity. A gate is installed at the cavity and has an engaging face that slidingly engages the seat while the gate is being moved between open and closed positions. The end faces between a seat pocket and the seat are hard-coated and smooth-finished to provide sealing when mated. The hardcoated pocket and seat sealing surfaces extend the life of the valve by eliminating the need for an elastomeric seal of limited life. | 12-20-2012 |
20130047394 | SOLID STATE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REFURBISHMENT OF FORGED COMPONENTS - A system and method for refurbishing forged components. The system includes an identification subsystem for identifying a forged component for refurbishment, a removal subsystem for removing portions of the forged component, and a rebuilding subsystem for rebuilding the forged component, the rebuilding subsystem including an assembly for adding a non-molten material to the forged component. | 02-28-2013 |
20130126773 | COATING METHODS AND COATED ARTICLES - One aspect of the present invention includes a method. The method includes combusting a fuel and an oxidant in a combustion chamber of a thermal spray gun to form a combustion stream. The method further includes injecting a liquid and a feedstock material into the combustion stream in the combustion chamber to form an entrained feedstock stream, wherein the feedstock material includes a plurality of cermet particles having a median particle size of less than about 5 microns. The method further includes directing the entrained feedstock stream on a surface of a substrate to form a coating, wherein a temperature of the plurality of cermet particles in the entrained feedstock stream is less than a melting temperature of the plurality of cermet particles. Coated articles are also presented. | 05-23-2013 |
20130153089 | COLD SPRAY OF NICKEL-BASE ALLOYS - Briefly, in one embodiment, a method is disclosed. The method includes introducing a powder feedstock into a cold-spray apparatus, and operating the cold-spray apparatus to deposit the feedstock. The feedstock includes particles including nickel-base alloy having a thermally altered microstructure. | 06-20-2013 |
20140175318 | COATING METHODS AND COATED ARTICLES - One aspect of the present invention includes an article. The article includes a substrate and a coating disposed on the substrate, wherein the coating includes a plurality of cermet particles bonded along their prior particle boundaries. The plurality of cermet particles have a median particle size less than about 5 microns and less than 25 percent of the plurality of cermet particles include melted and re-solidified particles. Gate valves are also presented. | 06-26-2014 |
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20100074984 | BLOWING MOLD - To allow to increase the production capacity of conventional blow molding machines by using the space available within it, more specifically by using the available space in the direction of the nominal path of opening and closing the original distribution line for mold cavities of the blowing machine and through which it will be possible to increase the assembly in distribution lines for mold cavities, which will be located in parallel, in the direction of the nominal path of opening and closing the molds and, for that, the blowing mold as disclosed herewith incorporates an embodiment allowing joint displacement of equal side and intermediary halves composing mold cavities, so to neutralize the force tending to promote the opening of the halves of contiguous mold cavities, which is generated by the pneumatic pressure as introduced, by means of blowing pins, inside parisons which are located at the mold cavities, with no need to change the required compression force to keep closed the mold-bearing tables of the blowing machine. | 03-25-2010 |
20100180543 | SEALING SYSTEM FOR PACKAGE - Sealing system for package, created to avoid undesirable leakage and to enable to obtain a different and innovatively designed package, not effecting sealing performance, characterized by being constituted by a roll-on type package made of plastic material ( | 07-22-2010 |
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20100012133 | Manufacturing Machine for Producing Combination Cigarette Filters - A manufacturing machine for producing combination filters for cigarettes, and having: a group-forming unit for forming groups of filter portions, each having at least two different filter portions aligned axially and contacting at the ends; a winding unit which receives a succession of groups of filter portions from the group-forming unit, winds a strip of wrapping material about the succession of groups of filter portions to form a continuous filter rod, and cuts the combination filters off the continuous filter rod by cyclically cutting the continuous filter rod transversely; and a transfer unit which transfers the groups of filter portions from the group-forming unit, in which the groups of filter portions travel transversely, to the winding unit, in which the groups of filter portions travel axially, and has at least one spider, which feeds the groups of filter portions successively into a forming beam of the winding unit, and at least one release drum which releases the groups of filter portions successively to the spider; the release drum being mounted to move between a work position, in which the release drum is adjacent and connected to the spider, and a maintenance position, in which the release drum is detached a good distance from the spider. | 01-21-2010 |
20100012135 | MANUFACTURING MACHINE FOR PRODUCING TOBACCO INDUSTRY ARTICLES - A manufacturing machine for producing tobacco industry articles, and having at least one station having a number of drums cooperating with one another to convey and process filter portions; and a supporting structure fitted to a frame and supporting the drums at the station. The station has a vertical front panel supporting at least some of the drums at the station and fixed removably to the supporting structure for replacement, together with the respective drums, when making a brand change. | 01-21-2010 |
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20100137150 | Sequence Based Engineering and Optimization of Single Chain Antibodies - The invention provides methods of using sequence based analysis and rational strategies to modify and improve the structural and biophysical properties of single chain antibodies (scFvs), including stability, solubility, and antigen binding affinity. These methods and strategies can be used individually or in combination. The methods of the present invention also include the use of a database comprising scFv sequences from an experimentally screened scFv library of antibodies that have been selected to have superior solubility and stability. The invention also provides methods of using the properties found for these selected antibodies in a general approach for reshaping scFv antibodies to improve stability and solubility properties of a single chain antibody fragment. | 06-03-2010 |
20110117091 | HUMANIZATION OF RABBIT ANTIBODIES USING A UNIVERSAL ANTIBODY FRAMEWORK - The present invention relates to an universal antibody acceptor framework and to methods for grafting non-human antibodies, e.g., rabbit antibodies, using a universal antibody acceptor framework. Antibodies generated by the methods of the invention are useful in a variety of diagnostic and therapeutic applications. | 05-19-2011 |
20110159007 | STABLE AND SOLUBLE ANTIBODIES INHIBITING TNF ALPHA - The present invention relates to particularly stable and soluble scFv antibodies and Fab fragments specific for TNF, which comprise specific light chain and heavy chain sequences that are optimized for stability, solubility, in vitro and in vivo binding of TNF, and low immunogenicity. Said antibodies are designed for the diagnosis and/or treatment of TNF-mediated disorders. The nucleic acids, vectors and host cells for expression of the recombinant antibodies of the invention, methods for isolating them and the use of said antibodies in medicine are also disclosed. | 06-30-2011 |
20110268728 | SOLUBILITY OPTIMIZATION OF IMMUNOBINDERS - The invention provides methods of using sequence based analysis and rational strategies to improve the solubility of immunobinders, and in particular of single chain antibodies (scFvs). The invention provides methods of engineering immunobinders, and in particular scFvs, by performing one or more substitutions with hydrophilic residues identified by analysis of a database of selected, stable scFv sequences. The invention also provides immunobinders with optimized solubility prepared according to the engineering methods of the invention. | 11-03-2011 |
20120014958 | STABLE AND SOLUBLE ANTIBODIES INHIBITING VEGF - The present invention relates to soluble and stable anti-VEGF immunobinders comprising CDRs from rabbit monoclonal antibodies. Said antibodies are designed for the diagnosis and/or treatment of VEGF-mediated disorders. The hybridomas, nucleic acids, vectors and host cells for expression of the recombinant antibodies of the invention, methods for isolating them and the use of said antibodies in medicine are also disclosed. | 01-19-2012 |
20130023652 | HUMANIZATION OF RABBIT ANTIBODIES USING A UNIVERSAL ANTIBODY FRAMEWORK - The present invention relates to an universal antibody acceptor framework and to methods for grafting non-human antibodies, e.g., rabbit antibodies, using a universal antibody acceptor framework. Antibodies generated by the methods of the invention are useful in a variety of diagnostic and therapeutic applications. | 01-24-2013 |
20130053259 | SEQUENCE BASED ENGINEERING AND OPTIMIZATION OF SINGLE CHAIN ANTIBODIES - The invention provides methods of using sequence based analysis and rational strategies to modify and improve the structural and biophysical properties of single chain antibodies (scFvs), including stability, solubility, and antigen binding affinity. These methods and strategies can be used individually or in combination. The methods of the present invention also include the use of a database comprising scFv sequences from an experimentally screened scFv library of antibodies that have been selected to have superior solubility and stability. The invention also provides methods of using the properties found for these selected antibodies in a general approach for reshaping scFv antibodies to improve stability and solubility properties of a single chain antibody fragment. | 02-28-2013 |
20140004114 | STABLE AND SOLUBLE ANTIBODIES INHIBITING VEGF | 01-02-2014 |
20140193400 | STABLE AND SOLUBLE ANTIBODIES INHIBITING TNF ALPHA - The present invention relates to particularly stable and soluble scFv antibodies and Fab fragments specific for TNF, which comprise specific light chain and heavy chain sequences that are optimized for stability, solubility, in vitro and in vivo binding of TNF, and low immunogenicity. Said antibodies are designed for the diagnosis and/or treatment of TNF-mediated disorders. The nucleic acids, vectors and host cells for expression of the recombinant antibodies of the invention, methods for isolating them and the use of said antibodies in medicine are also disclosed. | 07-10-2014 |
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20090028848 | SEQUENCE BASED ENGINEERING AND OPTIMIZATION OF SINGLE CHAIN ANTIBODIES - The invention provides methods of using sequence based analysis and rational strategies to modify and improve the structural and biophysical properties of single chain antibodies (scFvs), including stability, solubility, and antigen binding affinity. These methods and strategies can be used individually or in combination. The methods of the present invention also include the use of a database comprising scFv sequences from an experimentally screened scFv library of antibodies that have been selected to have superior solubility and stability. The invention also provides methods of using the properties found for these selected antibodies in a general approach for reshaping scFv antibodies to improve stability and solubility properties of a single chain antibody fragment. | 01-29-2009 |
20090074780 | METHODS OF MODIFYING ANTIBODIES, AND MODIFIED ANTIBODIES WITH IMPROVED FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES - The invention provides methods of using sequence based analysis and rational strategies to modify and improve the structural and biophysical properties of immunobinders, and in particular of single chain antibodies (scFvs), including such properties as stability, solubility, and/or antigen binding affinity. The invention provides methods of engineering immunobinders, and in particular scFvs, by performing one or more substitutions at amino acid positions identified by analysis of a database of selected, stable scFv sequences, wherein preferred amino acid residues for substitution have been identified. The invention also provides immunobinders prepared according to the engineering methods of the invention. The invention also provides preferred scFv framework scaffolds, into which CDR sequences can be inserted, as well as scFv antibodies made using these preferred framework scaffolds. | 03-19-2009 |
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20120170062 | Color Document Printing System - The different illustrative embodiments provide a computer program product, and apparatus for managing a set of colors in a document. A plurality of respective costs are identified. Each respective cost is associated with printing the document using a respective combination of a plurality of combinations of the set of colors. An amount of contrast for a first respective combination is identified using a contrast matrix. A determination is made as to whether the amount of contrast for the first respective combination and an associated respective cost meet a set of criteria. Responsive to a determination that the set of criteria is met, the document is printed using the first respective combination. | 07-05-2012 |
20120200869 | Color Document Printing System - The different illustrative embodiments provide a method and apparatus for managing a set of colors in a document. A plurality of respective costs are identified. Each respective cost is associated with printing the document using a respective combination of a plurality of combinations of the set of colors. An amount of contrast for a first respective combination is identified using a contrast matrix. A determination is made as to whether the amount of contrast for the first respective combination and an associated respective cost meet a set of criteria. Responsive to a determination that the set of criteria is met, the document is printed using the first respective combination. | 08-09-2012 |
20130007139 | LOGICAL THREAD MANAGEMENT THROUGH EMAIL INFRASTRUCTURE - A method that includes, via a processor, receiving at least one user input within an electronic mail (email) client associating a first email with a logical thread. The first email can specify a task assigned to at least one recipient of the first email. The method further can include sending the first email to the at least one recipient, adding the first email to a logical thread list associated with the logical thread, and receiving a task response from the recipient. Within the logical thread list, a task status associated with the first email based upon the task response can be automatically updated. | 01-03-2013 |
20130315098 | Location of Unprotected Access Points Through Protected Access Points - A solution for locating unprotected access points is provided. Particularly, a wireless network access point providing an access to a network over a wireless connection maintains a location structure comprising an indication of a geographical position of each one of a set of unprotected access points in proximity of the access point, each unprotected access point providing the access to the network at least partially unconditionally. A mobile station submits a request to access the network to the access point when the mobile station is within a transmission range thereof, receives the indication of the geographical position of at least part of the unprotected access points in response to a denial of the access from the access point, and outputs directions towards one of the unprotected access points according to the corresponding geographical position. | 11-28-2013 |
20140101268 | Forwarding Messages for Meeting Attendees to Host Computers at the Meeting Location - A method and apparatus for managing messages is disclosed. A data processing system identifies a presence of a person in a meeting at a location using calendar information. The data processing system also identifies a computing device in the location having a connection to a network. The data processing system then sends a notification to the computing device identified in the location, responsive to the data processing system identifying a message for the person when the person is meeting in the location. | 04-10-2014 |
20140105008 | Affiliation of Mobile Stations and Protected Access Points - A solution for accessing a network is provided. Particularly, an embodiment of the invention provides for operating a wireless network access point providing an access to a network over a wireless connection, the access point being protected for limiting the access to the network to entitled users. A request to access the network is received from a mobile station. An entitlement of the mobile station to access the network through the access point is verified. An affiliation of the mobile station to an affiliation group of the access point is verified when the mobile station is not entitled, the affiliation group comprising a plurality of access points and a plurality of mobile stations. The access to the network is granted when the mobile station is affiliated, and the access to the network is denied when the mobile station is not affiliated. | 04-17-2014 |
20140156732 | Splitting of Processing Logics Associated with Commands of Pages in a Distributed Application - A mechanism is provided for controlling a distributed application. An indication of a computational capability of a client computing machine and of a server computing machine is detected. At least part of a page is built in response to a request received by the server computing machine from the client computing machine. The at least part of the page comprising a set of commands each one for submitting a next request on the client computing machine. Processing logic for serving each next request being split between a client processing component and a server processing component. The page with the client processing component for each command is returned to the client computing machine for causing the client computing machine to load the page and execute each client processing component in response to the corresponding next request. Each server processing component is executed in response to the corresponding next request. | 06-05-2014 |
20140181064 | GEOGRAPHICAL AREA CORRELATED WEBSITES - A system, method and/or software for using overlap between a first website area-of-interest map, associated with a first website, and a searcher area-of-interest map to help prioritize the websites returned by a search engine search. The area-of-interest maps are made up of geographic pixels respectively assigned with area-of-interest values. Overlap area is determined by comparing, on a pixel-by-pixel basis, corresponding pixels of the searcher area-of-interest map and the first website area-of-interest map to determine overlap pixels where the following conditions hold: (i) the first website area-of-interest map has a non-zero interest value, and (ii) the searcher area-of-interest map has a non-zero interest value. | 06-26-2014 |
20140187203 | AUTHENTICATION OF PHONE CALLER IDENTITY - According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a method and technique for caller authentication is disclosed. The method includes: responsive to initiation of a telephone call by a caller from a first telephone unit to a second telephone unit, retrieving an identification object comprising identification information corresponding to the caller; encrypting the identification object using an encryption key stored on the first telephone unit; and transmitting, as part of the telephone call, the encrypted caller identification object to a telephone network destined for the second telephone unit. | 07-03-2014 |
20150089642 | Detecting Phishing of a Matrix Barcode - A method and a system for detecting phishing of a matrix barcode is provided. The matrix barcode comprises colored and white squares in rows and columns. The method comprises scanning the matrix barcode row by row and column by column resulting in received squares, storing a corresponding white color level for each received white square, and comparing the white color levels of the received white squares couple-wise. | 03-26-2015 |
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20120155462 | Processing Multicast Messages In A Data Processing System - Processing multicast messages in a data processing system that includes compute nodes, each of which includes a communications controller, the communications controllers operatively coupled for data communications amongst the compute nodes, each compute node in the data processing system executing at least one logical partition, the data processing system including a hypervisor, where multicast messages are processed by receiving, by more than one of the communications controllers, a multicast message; responsive to receipt of the multicast message, signaling, by one of the communications controllers, an interrupt in the hypervisor without signaling an interrupt by any other communications controller; determining, by the hypervisor, that the message received by the interrupt signaling communications controller is a multicast message; and providing, by the hypervisor, the multicast message to at least one logical partition configured to receive multicast messages. | 06-21-2012 |
20120331260 | IIMPLEMENTING DMA MIGRATION OF LARGE SYSTEM MEMORY AREAS - A method, system and computer program product are provided for implementing memory migration of large system memory pages in a computer system. A large page to be migrated from a current location to a target location is converted into a plurality of smaller subpages for a processor or system page table. The migrated page is divided into first, second and third segments, each segment composed of the smaller subpages and each respective segment changes as each individual subpage is migrated. CPU and I/O accesses to respective subpages of the first segment are directed to corresponding subpages of the target page or new page. I/O accesses to respective subpages of the second segment use a dual write mode targeting corresponding subpages of both the current page and the target page. CPU and I/O accesses to the subpages of the third segment access the corresponding subpages of the current page. | 12-27-2012 |
20140068734 | Managing Access to a Shared Resource Using Client Access Credentials - Systems and methods to manage access to shared resources are provided. A particular method may include receiving a request to access a shared resource from a first client of a plurality of clients and determining whether the shared resource is being used. A first window credential associated with the first client may be retrieved. The first window credential may be one of a plurality of window credentials associated with the plurality of clients. The first window credential may be used to access the shared resource. | 03-06-2014 |
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20080252009 | Method and layout for a craps game - The invention includes methods of playing craps. Point 7 and/or 7 Point 7 wagering area(s) are provided. Bets are placed on the areas. A come out roll is performed. A subsequent roll is performed if the come out roll does not terminate the round, and a payout is awarded to players who placed Point 7 wagers if the come out roll is a point and the subsequent roll is a 7. The invention includes awarding a payout to players who participated in the 7 Point 7 wager if the come out roll is a 7. The invention further includes performing a subsequent roll immediately following the come out roll, if the come out roll does not terminate the round, and awarding a payout to each player who participated in the 7 Point 7 wager if the come out roll is a point and the subsequent roll is a 7. | 10-16-2008 |
20080252010 | Method and layout for a craps game - The invention includes methods of playing craps. Wagering area(s) are provided. Bets are placed on the areas. A come out roll is performed. Subsequent rolls are performed if the come out roll does not terminate the round, and a payout is awarded to players who placed Point 7 wagers if the come out roll is a point and the subsequent roll is a 7. An embodiment includes a 7 roll followed by a point roll. A payout is made to players who placed a 7 Point 7 wager if the come out roll is a 7. If the come out roll does not terminate the round, a payout is awarded to players who participated in the 7 Point 7 wager if the next come out roll is a point and the subsequent roll is a 7. | 10-16-2008 |
20130116036 | Method and layout for a craps game - The invention includes methods of playing craps. Wagering area(s) are provided. Bets are placed on the areas. A come out roll is performed. Subsequent rolls are performed if the come out roll does not terminate the round, and a payout is awarded to players who placed Point 7 wagers if the come out roll is a point and the subsequent roll is a 7. An embodiment includes a 7 roll followed by a point roll. A payout is made to players who placed a 7 Point 7 wager if the come out roll is a 7. If the come out roll does not terminate the round, a payout is awarded to players who participated in the 7 Point 7 wager if the next come out roll is a point and the subsequent roll is a 7. | 05-09-2013 |
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20110315153 | Smoking Articles and Method for Manufacturing Smoking Articles - The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a plurality of smoking articles, comprising providing a wrapping paper having a permeability of less than 15 CU and applying a burn retardant additive material in a predetermined pattern to the wrapping paper. The wrapping paper is wrapped about a tobacco material to form a wrapped rod and the wrapped rod is cut to form the plurality of smoking articles. The invention also relates to a smoking article manufactured by the method, wherein the wrapping paper has a permeability of less than 15 CU in areas without the burn retardant additive and a lower permeability in areas where the additive is applied. | 12-29-2011 |
20130118510 | Method for Manufacturing Smoking Articles and Smoking Articles - The present invention relates to a method for making smoking articles, smoking articles, and more particularly to a method for manufacturing smoking articles having a reduced ignition propensity. A method of manufacturing a smoking article includes the steps of providing a filter element ( | 05-16-2013 |
20130118513 | LIP Smoking Article Wrapper, Smoking Article, Method and Apparatus - A low ignition propensity wrapper comprising a first region and a second region different to the first region, wherein the first region is an embossed region. A low ignition propensity smoking article incorporating the wrapper and an apparatus and a method for forming the wrapper are also described. | 05-16-2013 |
20130139837 | Embossing Techniques - An embossing apparatus for applying an embossing pattern to a wrapper for a smoking article, the embossing apparatus configured so as to act to at least partially minimise the reduction, in at least one direction, in the tensile strength of the wrapper resulting from the application of said embossing pattern. | 06-06-2013 |
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20130086143 | Music On Video Site - A method performed by one or more server computers includes receiving, from a client, a plurality of music titles for respective music pieces that a user has the right to listen to; determining, for one of the plurality of music titles, that a matching video stored on the server has the respective music piece for the music title as an audio component of the matching video; adding the matching video to a list of matching videos; and storing the list of matching videos on the one or more server computers so that it is accessible to a user associated with the client. | 04-04-2013 |
20140215544 | MUSIC ON VIDEO SITE - A mobile device is provided that comprises a memory, a processing device, and a connector application. The connector application is, executed from the memory by the processing device to scan, at a scheduled time, a local object store for a plurality of music pieces that a user has the right to listen to, compile object information comprising music titles of the plurality of music pieces found in the local object store, send the object information to a server to identify matching videos having respective music pieces for the music titles in the object information, and receive a list of the matching videos from the server. | 07-31-2014 |
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20100204219 | AROMATIC 1,4-DI-CARBOXYLAMIDES AND THEIR USE - The invention relates to novel compounds of formula (I) wherein X, Y, Z represent independently from one another C or N, n stands for 1, 2, 3, m is 0 or 1, p stands for 0 or an integer from 1 to 6, R | 08-12-2010 |
20100249135 | SULFONAMIDES AND THEIR USE AS A MEDICAMENT - The present invention relates to the use of a sulfonamide compound of formula (I): wherein R | 09-30-2010 |
20110112110 | ANTIPROLIFERATIVE COMPOUNDS AND THERAPEUTIC USES THEREOF - Inhibitors of the oncogenic tyrosine kinase ALK and of the Bcr-Abl mutant T315I Bcr-Abl, pharmaceutical compositions containing the same and their use for the treatment of hyper-proliferative diseases. | 05-12-2011 |
20110281862 | ALFA-CARBOLINE INHIBITORS OF NPM-ALK, RET, AND BCR-ABL - The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) | 11-17-2011 |
20130017197 | STABILIZED ANTIBODY PREPARATIONS AND USES THEREOF - The present invention is directed to stabilized intact antibody formulations, related methods and uses thereof. In particular, the invention relates to a method of stabilizing an intact antibody in a liquid carrier. | 01-17-2013 |
20130028920 | STABILIZED ANTIBODY PREPARATIONS AND USES THEREOF - The present invention is directed to stabilized intact antibody formulations, related methods and uses thereof. In particular, the invention relates to a method of stabilizing an intact antibody in a liquid carrier. | 01-31-2013 |
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20100070203 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING REHEAT CRACKING SUSCEPTIBILITY - System, computer software and method for determining a susceptibility to reheat cracking of a sample of material, which includes a welded area. The method includes measuring a length of the sample, applying a first stress to the sample to achieve a predetermined elongation of the sample, exposing the elongated sample to a predefined heat treatment, applying a second stress to the sample until the sample breaks at least into two different pieces, and determining the susceptibility of the broken sample to reheat cracking. | 03-18-2010 |
20110137616 | Design Method for Subsea Equipment Subject to Hydrogen Induced Stress Cracking - Systems and methods for generating transfer functions associated with calculating local stresses on pipe elements by post processing forces and moments of a pipe model representing the piping system. The transfer functions are reusable and allow recalculation with different sets of user data without requiring regeneration of the transfer functions. | 06-09-2011 |
20130019745 | POPPET VALVE WITH AN IMPACT DAMPER AND METHOD FOR REDUCING IMPACT WEAR IN HYPER COMPRESSORS - Disclosed herein is a differential pressure poppet valve comprising: a valve body, the valve body having at least one flow inlet and at least one flow outlet; at least one shutter guide disposed inside the valve body; at least one poppet shutter guided by the shutter guide; at least one flow passage from the flow inlet to the flow outlet, the flow passage being formed between an inside surface of the valve body and an outside surface of the shutter guide and of the poppet shutter. The valve further comprises at least one biasing member configured to bias the poppet shutter towards a closed position so as to block the flow passage through the flow inlet. To reduce impact wear at least a first damper is provided, configured and arranged to at least partly absorb impact energy of the poppet shutter when the poppet shutter opens or closes the flow inlet. | 01-24-2013 |
20130019955 | DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE VALVE WITH REDUCED SPRING-SURGE AND METHOD FOR REDUCING SPRING SURGE - Disclosed is a differential pressure valve comprising: a valve body, the valve body having at least one flow inlet and one flow outlet: at least one shutter, the shutter being movable between an open position and a closed position under a differential pressure across the valve; at least one flow passage from the flow inlet to the flow outlet; at least one biasing member configured to bias the shutter towards a closed position so as to block the flow passage through the flow inlet. The biasing member is a non-linear biasing member. | 01-24-2013 |
20130138411 | Method for Subsea Equipment Subject to Hydrogen Induced Stress Cracking - Systems and methods for generating transfer functions associated with calculating local stresses on pipe elements by post processing forces and moments of a pipe model representing the piping system. The transfer functions are reusable and allow recalculation with different sets of user data without requiring regeneration of the transfer functions. | 05-30-2013 |
20130160641 | VALVES WITH VALVE CLOSING MEMBER ATTACHED TO THE ACTUATED COUNTER-SEAT AND RELATED METHODS - A valve assembly in a reciprocating compressor used in oil and gas industry is provided. The valve assembly comprises an actuator configured to a valve actuating motion and a valve. The valve has a valve seat comprises an inlet port configured to allow a fluid to flow through the valve seat, a counter-seat comprising an outlet port configured to allow the fluid to flow through the counter-seat, and a valve closing member attached to the counter-seat and configured to cover the inlet port when the counter-seat is in a closed position. The counter-seat is configured to receive the valve actuating motion and to move between the closed position and an open position in which the valve closing member does not cover the inlet port thereby selectively allowing the fluid to flow on a flow path which comprises the inlet port and the outlet port. | 06-27-2013 |
20140338761 | AUTOMATIC VALVE WITH INTERCHANGEABLE SEAT PLATE - An automatic valve comprising a valve seat with first gas flow passages extending there through, and a valve guard having second gas flow passages extending there through. Sealing rings are arranged between the valve guard and the valve seat. A removable seat plate is removably connected to the valve seat and is provided with apertures matching with the first gas flow passages of the valve seat. The sealing rings are resiliently biased by resilient members against the removable seat plate to close the valve. The seat plate and the rings are made of non-metallic material. | 11-20-2014 |
20140377111 | TRANSLO-ROTATING ACTUATED ROTARY VALVES FOR RECIPROCATING COMPRESSORS AND RELATED METHODS - An actuated rotary valves for reciprocating compressors used in oil and gas industry, the valve including a stator with a stator opening, a rotor with a rotor opening, and an actuation mechanism. The actuation mechanism is configured to receive a rotation motion and to actuate the rotor to perform first an axial translation moving away from the stator and then a rotation. The actuation mechanism includes an outer shaft configured to receive the rotation motion, and an inner shaft inside the outer shaft and configured to rotate the rotor. The outer shaft is configured to rotate a predetermined angular displacement while pushing the rotor away from the stator before engaging the inner shaft to rotate together with the rotor. | 12-25-2014 |
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20120141261 | COMPOSITE SHROUD AND METHODS FOR ATTACHING THE SHROUD TO PLURAL BLADES - An impeller for a turbo-machine and is provided. The impeller includes a metallic base having a central hole, a back surface and a front surface opposite to the back surface; at least one blade extending on the front surface of the metallic base; a composite shroud attached to the at least one blade such that plural closed paths or vanes are formed by the front surface of the metallic base, the at least one blade and the composite shroud; and a connector configured to attach the composite shroud to the metallic base or the at least one blade, | 06-07-2012 |
20130156611 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR CONSTRUCTIVELY USING THE PRESSURE PULSATIONS IN RECIPROCATING COMPRESSORS INSTALLATIONS - Apparatuses and methods for constructively utilizing pressure pulses to enhance the volumetric efficiency of a reciprocating compressor are provided. An apparatus includes a gas circulation device and a controller. The gas circulation device provides a path through which the gas circulates between a reciprocating compressor and a volume bottle buffering the reciprocating compressor from an installation. The gas circulation device is configured to have a resonance frequency substantially equal to a frequency of the performing compression cycles in the reciprocating compressor. The controller is configured to control timing of switching a valve located between the reciprocating compressor and the gas circulation device in order to constructively use pressure pulsations occurring in the gas circulation device, to enhance the volumetric efficiency of the reciprocating compressor. | 06-20-2013 |
20140014190 | DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE VALVE WITH PARALLEL BIASING SPRINGS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING SPRING SURGE - A differential pressure valve is disclosed, comprising: a valve body, the valve body having at least one flow inlet and one flow outlet; at least one shutter, the shutter being movable between an open position and a closed position under a differential pressure across the valve; a flow passage from the flow inlet to the flow outlet; at least one biasing member configured to bias the shutter towards a closed position so as to block the flow passage through the flow inlet. The biasing member comprises at least two springs arranged in parallel, one of the springs having at least one resonance frequency different from at least one resonance frequency of the other of the two springs. | 01-16-2014 |
20140353535 | ROTARY VALVES HAVING SEALING PROFILES BETWEEN STATOR AND ROTOR AND RELATED METHODS - Reciprocating compressors used in oil and gas industry having actuated rotary valves with sealing profiles between a rotor and a stator thereof and related methods are provided. An actuated rotary valve includes a stator having a stator opening, and a rotor having a rotor opening. At least one of the rotor and the stator has a sealing profile extruding from a surface of the rotor or of the stator towards an interface there-between, the sealing profile surrounding a respective one of the rotor opening or the stator opening. | 12-04-2014 |
20140377081 | RECIPROCATING COMPRESSORS HAVING TIMING VALVES AND RELATED METHODS - A reciprocating compressor for the oil and gas industry, the reciprocating compressor has a chamber, a timing valve, an actuator and a controller. A fluid entering the chamber via a suction valve is compressed inside the chamber, and evacuated from the chamber via a discharge valve. The timing valve is located between the chamber and a fluid volume at a relief pressure that is lower than a pressure in the chamber when the timing valve is opened. The actuator is configured to actuate the timing valve. The controller is configured to control the actuator such that to open the timing valve during an expansion phase of the compression cycle, and to close the timing valve when the relief pressure becomes equal to the pressure in the chamber or when the suction valve is opened. | 12-25-2014 |
20140377110 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR ACTUATING VALVES - Apparatuses and methods overcoming the technical challenges in actuating valves of reciprocating compressors used in oil and gas industry are provided. A valve assembly includes an actuator, a shaft, a collar and a thrust bushing. The actuator is configured to generate a displacement. The shaft configured to receive a rotating motion caused by the displacement and to penetrate inside a compressor body of the reciprocating compressor. The collar is located close to a location where the shaft penetrates inside the compressor body. The thrust bushing is located between the collar and the compressor body. The rotating motion actuates a valve closing member of a valve inside the compressor body. | 12-25-2014 |
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20090158783 | HYDRODYNAMIC BALANCE RING FOR CENTRIFUGAL ROTATION MACHINES - A balance ring for washing machine devices as may be used in vertical and horizontal axis washing machines is provided. One structural arrangement of the ring comprises alternatively disposed positive and negative curved blades, as well as curved and straight blades, that in combination with the different heights of the blades, reduce the time and the amplitude of the vibrations of the transition state, thus enabling the washing basket to spin at higher velocities, and reducing the centrifugal cycle while increasing the centrifugal force applied to the objects being washed. Such an structural arrangement provides a superior drying of the clothes and further results in energy savings. | 06-25-2009 |
20110048081 | BALANCE RING SYSTEM ON TWO PLANES FOR A SPIN ROTARY MACHINE - A textile washing machine has a rotary basket balanced in at least one of its two planes, where optionally a first balance ring is structurally formed at the lower part of the basket or bottom of basket in order to balance the lower plane of the rotary basket and/or optionally, a second balance ring structured at the upper part of the basket. The first balance ring comprises: a channel or track that forms an integral part with the bottom of basket, a viscous drag fluid lodged in the track, a plurality of spheres lodged in the channel or track, immerse in the viscous drag fluid, and a lid that seals hermetically against the track. The lid comprises at least one radial rib in order to provide the bottom of basket with a structural reinforcement so that the bottom of basket does not weaken due to the presence of the track or channel. The second balance ring includes: a base with a first wall and a second wall, a cover that closes the base and with the same walls of the base, a working fluid lodged in the base, at least a curved blade lodged in the base where the blade covers from the first wall of the base and leaves a clearing between the blade and second wall, allowing the working fluid to have a vertical component; and at least a straight blade lodged in the base and alternated with the at least one aforementioned curved blade. | 03-03-2011 |
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20090160552 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CLASS D AMPLIFIER WITH SAMPLING RATE CONVERSION - A class D amplifier is provided. The class D amplifier includes an interpolator, a sampling rate converter, a pulse width modulator, a sigma-delta modulator, and a pulse width modulation (PWM) pulse generator (PPG). The sampling rate converter interpolates the output of the interpolator such that the sampling rate converter up-samples the interpolator output by a factor that is greater than one and less than two. The pulse width modulator outputs a multi-bit digital signal. The sigma-delta modulator performs sigma-delta modulation on the pulse width modulator output, the order of the sigma-delta modulation is programmable, and the output of the sigma-delta modulator is a multi-bit, digital signal. At least one of the orders to which the sigma-delta modulator can be programmed is greater than two. The PPG provides a pulse signal such that the width of each pulse is based on the value of the sigma-delta modulator output. | 06-25-2009 |
20130308729 | DEMAPPER FOR A MULTIPLE-INPUT, MULTIPLE-OUTPUT SYMBOL RECEIVER - A method, implementable on a multiple-input, multiple-output symbol receiver, includes selecting a hypothesis for a second symbol value U | 11-21-2013 |
20140082241 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR COHERENCY CONTROL - The subject matter discloses a method for data coherency; the method comprising receiving an interrupt request for interrupting a CPU; wherein the interrupt request is from one of a plurality of modules; wherein the interrupt request notifying a writing instruction of a first data by the one of the plurality of modules to a shared memory; and wherein the shared memory is accessible to the plurality of modules through a shared bus; suspending the interrupt request; validating a completion of an execution of the writing instruction; wherein the validating is performed after the suspending; and resuming the interrupt request after the completion of the execution of the writing is validated, whereby to notify a to the CPU about the completion of the execution of the writing instruction. | 03-20-2014 |