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| 20100096381 | DRINKS DISPENSER - The present invention relates to a drinks dispenser with a heating device for the heating of a liquid and with at least one electric accumulator for the energy supply of the drinks dispenser, more preferably of its heating device, which compared with the charge power has a higher discharge power which is greater than 500 watt. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100175269 | DINING AND/OR SERVING CUTLERY MADE OF FERRITIC STAINLESS STEEL WITH A MARTENSITIC BOUNDARY LAYER - The invention relates to dining and/or serving cutlery made of a steel material which is formed from a ferritic core with an essentially martensitic boundary layer. In the dining and/or serving cutlery of the invention, the surface hardness of the boundary layer, determined according to the hardness test according to Vickers HV 3, is thereby greater by 30 to 300% than the lowest hardness of the core, likewise measured according to Vickers HV 3. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100229728 | COFFEE MAKER - The present invention relates to a coffee maker with a brewing device connected to a water supply comprising a brewing chamber accommodating coffee powder and with a pump for feeding the brewing water into the brewing chamber. It is substantial to the invention that a control/regulating device is provided via which during the brewing process a brewing pressure acting on the coffee powder is adjustable. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100236416 | FROTHING DEVICE - The present invention relates to a frothing device for the frothing of milk, comprising a steam supply channel which opens into a mixing chamber, a milk supply channel which opens into the mixing chamber and comprising an air supply channel, wherein the mixing chamber is connected in communication with a froth chamber. It is essential to the invention that the air supply channel opens into the froth chamber, with the result that an almost identical dispensing temperature of milk froth and milk can be achieved. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20120137892 | DRINKS MACHINE - A drinks machine, such as a coffee machine, has at least one pipe, a container, a control device, a signal receiver, and at least one sensor to detect temperature. The at least one sensor is formed for wireless data transmission. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120138721 | GRINDER FOR A COFFEE MACHINE - Inserted into the housing ( | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120139735 | VENDING MACHINE - A vending machine has at least one sensor to record at least one capacitive variable. The at least one sensor is formed as a wireless signal transmission chip, particularly a RFID chip (Radio Frequency Identification). Thus, a particularly precise and reproducible record of measurement results is possible, while permitting reduced cabling needs in view of the wireless signal transmission. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120291633 | BEVERAGE MACHINE - A beverage machine ( | 11-22-2012 |
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| 20080231275 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING OBJECTS THAT ATTENUATE PENETRATING RADIATION - In a method and an apparatus for automatic determination of objects that attenuate high energy/penetrating radiation by magnetic resonance, the magnetic resonance apparatus scans and prepares MR images, and the MR images contain information about the T2 relaxation time constant. Subsequently, penetrating radiation-attenuating objects are determined in the MR images by means of the T2 relaxation time constant. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20100286517 | System and Method For Image Guided Prostate Cancer Needle Biopsy - In a method for image guided prostate cancer needle biopsy, a first registration is performed to match a first image of a prostate to a second image of the prostate. Third images of the prostate are acquired and compounded into a three-dimensional (3D) image. The prostate in the compounded 3D image is segmented to show its border. A second registration and then a third registration different from the second registration is performed on distance maps generated from the prostate borders of the first image and the compounded 3D image, wherein the first and second registrations are based on a biomechanical property of the prostate. A region of interest in the first image is mapped to the compounded 3D image or a fourth image of the prostate acquired with the second modality. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20120041909 | METHOD TO CONFIGURE AN IMAGING DEVICE - A database contains variants of protocols for the operation of magnetic resonance tomographs as well as different types of magnetic resonance tomographs. Each variant contains parameter values and is associated with one of the types. In a training phase, relationships are determined between the parameters among one another and/or between the parameters and the associated types and are stored as patterns in a knowledge base. A protocol plan for the operation of a new magnetic resonance tomograph is created later in an application phase using the determined pattern. The method offers the advantage that the efficiency and quality of the automatic conversion of the protocols is improved. The improved quality of the protocol plan reduces operating time and costs for a manual post-processing of the protocols. Furthermore, a higher consistency of the protocols among one another is achieved both between product families and between individual configurations. | 02-16-2012 |
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| 20090023882 | PROCESS FOR PREPARATION OF POLYISOBUTYLENE WHOSE CONTENT OF TERMINAL DOUBLE BONDS IS MORE THAN 50% FROM AN INDUSTRIAL C4 HYDROCARBON STREAM COMPRISING 1-BUTENE, 2-BUTENE AND ISOBUTENE - Preparation of polyisobutylene having a content of terminal double bonds of more than 50% by polymerizing isobutene using a polymerization catalyst customary therefor from a technical 1-butene-, 2-butene- and isobutene-containing C | 01-22-2009 |
| 20100170142 | Use of Proteins as Demulsifying Agents - The present invention relates to the use of at least one protein, in particular at least one hydrophobin or at least one derivative thereof, for improving phase separation in compositions comprising at least two liquid phases, to methods for separating at least two liquid phases in a composition comprising at least two liquid phases, and to formulations comprising at least one compound selected from the group consisting of fuels, combustibles, crude oils or water-soluble or oil-soluble polymer solutions and at least one protein, in particular at least one hydrophobin or derivatives thereof. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20110163260 | GLYCERIN-CONTAINING ANTIFREEZING AGENT CONCENTRATES WITH CORROSION PROTECTION - The present invention relates to antifreeze/anticorrosion concentrates comprising from 10 to 50% by weight, based on the total amount of the concentrate, of glycerol, to processes for preparing such concentrates from superconcentrates, to aqueous coolant compositions from these concentrates, and to their use, for example in internal combustion engines. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110201772 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING HIGH-REACTIVITY ISOBUTENE HOMO- OR COPOLYMERS - Preparation of high-reactivity isobutene homo- or copolymers with a content of terminal vinylidene double bonds per polyisobutene chain end of at least 50 mol % and a polydispersity of preferably 1.05 to less than 3.5, by polymerizing isobutene or an isobutene-comprising monomer mixture in the presence of an aluminum trihalide-donor complex effective as a polymerization catalyst or of an alkylaluminum halide-donor complex, especially of an aluminum trichloride-donor complex, said complex comprising, as the donor, an organic compound with at least one ether function or a carboxylic ester function. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20120291339 | PROTECTION OF LIQUID FUELS - A liquid concentrate comprising essentially:
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| 20080280204 | Method For The Production Of Nickel Oxide Surfaces Having Increase Conductivity - The invention relates to a method for producing electrically conducting nickel oxide surfaces made of nickel-containing material. According to said method, the nickel surface is first degreased and is then roughened for approximately ten minutes in a solution containing about one percent of hydrochloric acid, said process being accelerated by adding hydrogen peroxide solution, resulting in the electrolyte turning green. The nickel surface is briefly wetted, the nickel material is introduced into a solution of 3.5 molar lye to which about ten percent of hydrogen peroxide is added and is kept therein for ten minutes, and the resulting nickel hydroxide surface is dehydrated in a subsequent thermal process and is then further oxidized to obtain nickel oxide. The invention further relates to a conductive boundary layer that is produced according to said method, the electrodes therefrom, and the use thereof in chlorine-alkali electrolysis processes, in fuel cells and storage batteries. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080292944 | Silver Gas Diffusion Electrode for Use in Air Containing Co2, and Method for the Production Thereof - The invention relates to a method for the production of a gas diffusion electrode from a silver catalyst on a PTFE-substrate. The pore system of the silver catalyst is filled with a moistening filling agent. A dimensionally stable solid body having a particle size greater than the particle size of the silver catalyst is mixed with the silver catalyst. Said compression-stable mass is formed in a first calendar in order to form a homogenous catalyst band. In a second calendar, an electroconductive discharge material is embossed in the catalyst band, and heating takes places between the first and the second calendar by means of a heating device, wherein at least parts of the moistened filling agent are eliminated. The invention also relates to a gas diffusion electrode which is produced according to said method. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20090236220 | Electrolysis cell - The invention relates to an electrolysis cell of the single-element type design for chlor-alkali electrolysis plants, comprising an anode compartment and a cathode compartment, each of the two compartments containing an electrode connected to the rear wall of the respective compartment by means of parallel bars. The electrodes are thus subdivided into several sections. In accordance with the invention, at least one of two electrodes is provided with a curved shape in each section, this curved section protruding towards the opposite electrode and pressing a membrane area against the opposite electrode. According to a preferred embodiment, the curved shape of the various electrode sections is obtained by means of springs. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20100092692 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COATING SUBSTRATES - The invention relates to a method for coating one or more sides of substrates with catalytically active material, comprising material deposition under vacuum in a vacuum chamber, wherein the following steps are performed: (a) loading the vacuum chamber with at least one substrate, (b) closing and evacuating the vacuum chamber, (c) cleaning the substrate by introducing a gaseous reducing agent into the vacuum chamber, (d) increasing the size of the substrate surface by depositing a vaporous component on the substrate surface, (e) coating by a coating process taken from the group of plasma coating processes, physical gas deposition, sputtering processes or the like, wherein one or more metals and/or alkaline and/or earth alkaline metals or their oxides are applied to the surface of the substrate. This method may be used, for example, for coating electrodes which are used in the chlor-alkali electrolysis. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100294653 | Device for electrochemical water preparation - The invention relates to an electrolysis device for cleaning acidic waters which comprises a cathode, an anode, and an ion exchange membrane, wherein the membrane is arranged between the cathode and the anode and is attached at least along the entire circumference of its rim, wherein many inlets and outlets are arranged along the upper and lower rim of the electrolysis device which are linked to the cathode space or to the anode space, in such a way that a plug flow, ideally with a laminar profile, is created in the cathode space and in the anode space. | 11-25-2010 |
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| 20090155666 | Bipolar plate and process for producing a bipolar plate - In order to provide a bipolar plate for a fuel cell unit, wherein the bipolar plate comprises a support layer of a metallic material and a protective layer, wherein the protective layer comprises an at least binary oxide system with at least two different types of metal cations, the protective layer of which prevents the formation of an oxide layer or changes the properties of the formed oxide layer such that lower mechanical stresses occur in the oxide layer, it is proposed that one type of metal cation of the oxide system of the protective layer is Mn and a further type of metal cation of the oxide system of the protective layer is Cu. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090155667 | Bipolar plate and process for producing a protective layer on a bipolar plate - In order to provide a bipolar plate for a fuel cell unit, wherein the bipolar plate comprises a support layer and a protective layer, wherein the protective layer comprises an at least binary oxide system with at least two different types of metal cations, the protective layer of which reliably reduces chromium evaporation even in long-term operation and which also meets the other requirements set for a bipolar plate, it is proposed that one type of metal cation of the oxide system of the protective layer is Fe. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090191446 | Method of producing a sealing arrangement for a fuel cell unit and a sealing arrangement for a fuel cell unit - In order to provide a method of producing a sealing arrangement for a fuel cell unit by means of which there can be produced a sealing arrangement having good gas-tight properties and good electrical insulation and which exhibits long-term stability in operation of a fuel cell system, there is proposed a method of producing a sealing arrangement for a fuel cell unit which comprises the following process steps:
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| 20090162729 | Bipolar plate and method for manufacturing a protective layer on a bipolar plate - In order to create a bipolar plate for a fuel cell unit, wherein the bipolar plate comprises a carrier layer and a protective layer, wherein the protective layer comprises an oxide system, the protective layer of which reliably reduces any chromium evaporation even during long-term operation and which also meets the remaining requirements placed on a bipolar plate, it is suggested that the oxide system of the protective layer be an at least ternary oxide system with at least three different types of metal cations. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20100035101 | Fuel cell unit and method for producing an eletrically conductive connection betweenan electrode and a bipolar plate - In order to create a fuel cell unit, comprising a cathode-electrolyte-anode unit and at least one bipolar plate which is connected to an electrode of the cathode-electrolyte-anode unit in an electrically conductive manner, which has a low contact resistance between the bipolar plate and an electrode of the cathode-electrolyte-anode unit, it is suggested that the fuel cell unit comprise at least one electrically conductive intermediate element which is arranged between the bipolar plate and the electrode and has at least one contact surface facing the electrode. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100323267 | Method for producing an electrically insulating sealing arrangement for a fuel cell stack and sealing arrangement for a fuel cell stack - In order to create a method for producing an electrically insulating sealing assembly for producing a seal between two components of a fuel cell stack, which allows for production of a sealing assembly that offers long-term stability during operation of a fuel cell system and provides good gas tightness and good electrical insulation properties, a method comprising the following steps is proposed: applying an insulating layer starting material onto a substrate in a wet-chemical process; heating the insulating layer starting material to a sinter temperature so as to produce a sintered, electrically insulating, ceramic insulating layer; and directly or indirectly joining the insulating layer to the components to be sealed. | 12-23-2010 |
