03rd week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 4 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110011115 | EVAPORATOR AIR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR TRAILER REFRIGERATION - An improved evaporator air management system for trailer refrigeration systems, including an electrically powered, vertical axis, axial flow fan, arranged so as to draw air through a horizontally mounted evaporator coil. The flow is then driven upward through a nozzle and discharged into the trailer. The nozzle shape graduates from a circular cross-section to a wide-aspect ratio rectangular cross-section, while turning through 90°. The preferred choice of axial flow fan for the invention is the vane-axial type incorporating outlet guide vanes. Provision is made for a single fan-nozzle configuration which may be either centered or transversely off-set with respect to the evaporator coil. An additional option provides for an arrangement with a pair of side-by-side fan-nozzles. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011116 | Ice making apparatus and refrigerator having the same - An ice making apparatus, in which a vale cap is opened by manually adjusting a valve member of a water storage unit when making ice cubes, and a refrigerator having the same. The ice making apparatus includes a water storage unit having a storage main body, in which water is stored, an ice making unit to make ice cubes through supply of water stored in the storage main body, at least one valve member to open and close a water supply hole, through which water stored in the storage main body is supplied to the ice making unit, and an opening and closing member to move the at least one valve member so as to open the water supply hole. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011117 | HEAT EXCHANGER FOR USE IN COOLING LIQUIDS - A heat exchanger has at least one inlet and outlet to permit circulation of refrigerant therethrough. Each heat exchanger includes a plurality of thin sections of material arranged between a pair of thin flat outer plates. Each of the thin sections of material is comprised of parallel flow paths, allowing for the refrigerant to flow through the inlet, then from one section to the next, and finally out the outlet. The arrangement of the sections of parallel flow paths allows for the refrigerant to come into contact with the majority of the inside wall of the outer plates, allowing for maximum heat exchange. In use for cooling liquids, the heat exchangers are arranged within a frame and brought into contact with the liquid to be cooled. When the heat exchangers are used to cool liquid sufficiently to produce ice crystals, a rotating scraping device sweeps across the surface of the heat exchanger, removing any ice crystals that have formed. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011118 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator is provided, including a refrigerator body having first and second cooling chambers formed therein, partitioned by a barrier wall, an evaporator provided within the barrier wall, a first cooling fan disposed at one side of the evaporator to blow cooling air into the first cooling chamber, and a second cooling fan provided at the other side of the evaporator to blow cooling air to the second cooling chamber. First and second suction openings are formed at upper and lower surfaces of the barrier wall, respectively, such that air drawn into the barrier wall through the first and second suction openings are brought into contact with different regions of the evaporator and is not mixed, so that the first and second cooling chambers may be separately or simultaneously cooled to appropriate temperatures. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011119 | HIGH EFFICIENCY REFRIGERATOR - A thermal storage container is coupled to a pump for circulating cooled liquid from the thermal storage container in at least one of two circuits. One circuit includes a heat exchanger coupled to the fresh food evaporator for assisting in cooling the fresh food section of the refrigerator or for chilling the liquid. Another circuit includes a sub-cooler between the compressor and condenser for cooling the hot gas output from the compressor before entering the condenser, thereby increasing the efficiency of the system. A three-way valve is coupled from the output pump to couple the stored coolant selectively to one or the other or both of the coolant circuits. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011120 | Refrigerator Cooling System - The present invention refers to an improved cooling system for a refrigerator, preferably a domestic refrigerator, comprising a cell in which is located at least one compartment for the storage of food below freezing point, with said compartment being cooled using at least one wire tube evaporator arranged on at least one wall of said cell. It is provided for according to the invention that a wire tube evaporator ( | 2011-01-20 |
20110011121 | REFRIGERATOR HAVING THE PARTITION MEMBER - A refrigerator having a partition member, including a refrigerator main body having a cooling chamber therein; a partition member disposed at a front surface of the cooling chamber so as to divide an opening of the cooling chamber into a plurality of smaller openings; and a plurality of doors for opening and closing the plurality of smaller openings, whereby the opening of the cooling chamber is divided into a plurality of smaller openings and each smaller opening is selectively open and closed, thereby facilitating opening and closing operations and preventing a leakage of cooling air. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011122 | Portable bulkhead for refrigeration containers - A new and improved portable bulkhead for use within, for example, refrigeration containers in order to, for example, divide the interior space of the refrigeration container into a predetermined refrigeration compartment within which a predetermined refrigeration temperature is to be maintained, wherein the new and improved portable bulkhead comprises a central core block fabricated from extruded polystyrene and having oppositely disposed side surface portions, and a pair of vinyl sheets respectively laminated onto the opposite side surface portions of the central core block so as to form, with the central core, a three-piece laminated portable bulkhead. The resulting bulkhead exhibits enhanced stiffness, rigidity, durability, service life expectancy, and does not readily absorb water which renders the same capable of being readily washed-down during cleaning and maintenance procedures. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011123 | REFRIGERATION APPARATUS - In a refrigeration apparatus including a refrigerant circuit in which refrigerant represented by Molecular Formula 1: C | 2011-01-20 |
20110011124 | REFRIGERATION APPARATUS - A refrigeration apparatus ( | 2011-01-20 |
20110011125 | REFRIGERATION APPARATUS - An air conditioner ( | 2011-01-20 |
20110011126 | HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger includes heat transfer tubes forming one or more refrigerant passages, and a plurality of plate-shaped fins aligned and stacked at a predetermined spacing with the heat transfer tubes passing through in a substantially perpendicular manner. A relationship between a center-to-center distance S between an adjacent pair of heat transfer tubes and an outside diameter D of the heat transfer tubes is 2.52011-01-20 | |
20110011127 | Process for Controlling Liquefied Natural Gas Heating Value - Process for efficiently operating a natural gas liquefaction system with integrated heavies removal/natural gas liquids recovery to produce liquefied natural gas (LNG) and/or natural gas liquids (NGL) products. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011128 | Process For The Production Of Carbon Dioxide Utilizing A Co-Purge Pressure Swing Adsorption Unit - The present invention provides a process for recovering gaseous hydrogen and gaseous carbon dioxide from a mixture of hydrocarbons by utilizing a system that includes a reformer unit, an optional water gas shift reactor, and a pressure swing adsorption unit in conjunction with a carbon dioxide purification unit such as a cryogenic purification unit or a catalytic oxidizer. In this process, purified CO | 2011-01-20 |
20110011129 | METHOD FOR RECYCLING SILANE (SiH4) - The invention relates to a method for recycling silane that comprises the following consecutive steps: a) injecting a mixture of pure silane/pure hydrogen (SiH4/H2) in a reaction chamber for making silicon-containing thin layers; b) extracting from the mixture the excess of silane not used during step a)/hydrogen (SiH4/H2) via a pump using a supply gas; c) discharging from said pump, at a pressure close to the atmospheric pressure, a mixture containing at least silane (SiH4), hydrogen (H2) and an amount different from zero of said supply gas; d) separating the silane (SiH4) from the hydrogen/supply gas mixture resulting from the mixture from step c), the silane thus obtained containing less than 100 ppm of supply gas, preferably less than 10 ppm of supply gas and more preferably less than 1 ppm of supply gas; characterised in that at least 50%, preferably 70%, and more preferably 80% of the silane (SiH4) from step b) is reused after step d) for a new step a). | 2011-01-20 |
20110011130 | Method And Apparatus For The Production Of Gas From Air In Highly Flexible Gaseous And Liquid Form By Cryogenic Distillation - A method of producing at least one air gas using cryogenic distillation is provided. The expanded streams coming from the two turbines are combined and then split into two fractions. The first fraction is sent to the medium-pressure column of the system in gaseous form, whereas the second fraction is returned to the cold end of the heat exchange line. At a temperature T | 2011-01-20 |
20110011131 | CONCENTRIC ROTATABLE RINGS HAVING ORNAMENT SUPPORT STRUCTURE - Jewelry ring assemblies configured to mount one or more ornaments via one or more ring assembly elements retaining a rotatable ring. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011132 | ORNAMENTAL ARTICLE OF ANNULAR SHAPE - An ornamental article of annular shape, comprising an internal support having a longitudinal axis of circular shape; a plurality of fixed ornamental elements coupled in a non-rotatable way to said internal support in positions set apart from one another along said longitudinal axis; and a plurality of rotatable ornamental elements, each of which is free to rotate with respect to the internal support about said longitudinal axis, wherein each rotatable ornamental element is set between two fixed ornamental elements and has at least one first ornamental face and one second ornamental face with different ornament and is rotatable about said longitudinal axis to set one of said ornamental faces alternatively in a visible position. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011133 | LIGHTING DEVICE WITH LENS, AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS FOR MAKING THE SAME - A lens is disclosed for lighting purposes suited in particular as a lens for a poly-ellipsoid reflector headlamp for imaging the light emitted by a light source and reflected by a poly-ellipsoid reflector for the purpose of producing a predetermined lighting pattern. At least one of the two lens surfaces comprises areas having different optical scattering effects which areas are configured as zones that are transferred from a mold to the surface by a hot-pressing process. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011134 | INJECTOR FOR HYDROGEN AND OXYGEN BUBBLING IN GLASS BATHS - A bubbler for injecting gas bubbles into a glass bath in a melter includes an injector mounted to a bottom portion of the melter beneath the glass bath, the injector having a surface exposed to the glass bath; a plurality of passageways formed in the injector extending through the injector and opening at the surface for providing the gas bubbles into the glass bath; and a controller connected to the bubbler for controlling origination and release of the gas bubbles for injection into the glass bath. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011135 | METHOD OF MAKING A GLASS PREFORM - The method that enables high yield production of a glass preform comprises an assembling step, a soot deposition step, a pulling step, a consolidation step, and a collapse step. In at least one traverse of the reciprocating movement during the soot deposition step, the relative transfer velocity of the base rod unit and the glass synthesizing burner in a second range is made slower than the relative transfer velocity of the base rod unit and the glass synthesizing burner in a first range, where the first range is a range extending from a boundary position to the tip portion of the starting mandrel and the second range is a range extending from the boundary position to a part of the tubular handle, the boundary position being a position that is 30 mm or more distanced from one end of the tubular handle to the direction of the tip portion of the starting mandrel. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011136 | WASHING SYSTEM - A washing system provided with a washing container for washing laundry and provided with a heater device for heating water in the washing container. In order to achieve a high energy efficiency the washing container is provided with a water outlet, a water inlet and an external connection extending between the water outlet and the water inlet. A pump unit is provided for pumping water from the water outlet to the water inlet through the external connection. The heater device comprises a gas burning device for heating a helical tube heat exchange portion in said connection. A water filter is provided for filtering the water. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011137 | SECURITY DOOR BRACE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - A security door brace is provided for bearing against an inside surface of a barrier door in order to prevent non-permitted, inward opening of the door. The security door brace carries one or more elongated pin means for cooperative engagement with one or more slotted receiving means formed within a cooperating mounting plate that is firmly affixed, preferably via conventional screw fastener means, to a portion of the floor underlying the intended operable position of the security door brace. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011138 | SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR LOCKING SLIDING DOORS - A system and method for locking a sliding door comprising an outside door handle connected to a handle shaft, which in turn operates a security bar mounted on the inside of the sliding door. The door handle is capable of being locked and unlocked from both the inside and the outside of the sliding door. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011139 | KEY CYLINDER LOCK ARRANGEMENTS - A recodeable lock includes a housing, a cylinder plug, a plurality of wafer tumblers, and a sidebar coupled with the cylinder plug. The sidebar is assembled with a plurality of code blocks and a codebar releasably securing the code blocks to the sidebar. A liftbar is disposed in the housing radially outward of the cylinder plug and is configured to selectively engage a radially outward extending appendage of the codebar when the cylinder plug and sidebar are rotated to a recoding orientation, to release the code blocks from the sidebar. The housing includes a circumferential track axially positioned to receive the appendage of the codebar to permit greater than 180 degree rotation of the cylinder plug and sidebar with respect to the housing. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011140 | PROGRAMMABLE LOCK HAVING INCIDENTAL CHANGE CONTROL - A key-operated cylinder lock for operating a bolt or a latch, that can be programmed for use with one of a plurality of user keys without disassembling the lock or replacing the tumblers, with reduction or elimination of incidental or accidental re-keying of the lock. The lock has a rotating plug having one or more retainer cavities formed into the periphery, and lock configuration change balls, movable within the lock between a first position within a driver chamber and a second position within a corresponding retainer cavity when the plug is in a programming position. The positioning of the change balls within either the pin chambers or the retainer cavities determines the key configuration that can operate the lock. The lock employs a means for isolating selectively the retainer cavities from the corresponding driver chambers when the plug is in the programming position, to prevent incidental or accidental movement of the change members from the driver chamber into the retainer cavities. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011141 | METHOD FOR TREATMENT OF OIL AND/OR GAS FIELD WASTE AND BY PRODUCT MATERIALS - A method for the treatment of oil and/or gas field waste and by product materials, the method comprising composting the waste materials. The present invention is typically suited to the treatment of waste and by-product materials from oil and gas wells that are contaminated by organic compounds, such as hydrocarbon residues, either from oil based drilling muds, or from hydrocarbons produced from the well. The composting is typically accomplished by an endogenous microbial population on the composted mixture, and optionally a feeder material to provide N and C sources for the microbes. The composting operation is typically carried out in a composting chamber, and typically an auger or some other tilling device is used to mix the material within the composting chamber. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011142 | Material Compound and a Method of Fabricating the Same - A material compound comprising MgO. CaCO | 2011-01-20 |
20110011143 | OPERATING METHOD FOR A COLD-ROLLING LINE TRAIN WITH IMPROVED DYNAMICS - In a multi-staged cold-rolling line, a strip is rolled. An actual rolling force of a last rolling stage of the cold-rolling line is detected and fed to a force control unit which determines a control parameter using the actual rolling force and a target rolling force and outputs a control parameter. An actual thickness is detected directly downstream of the last rolling stage and is sent to a thickness control unit which acts on the last rolling stage. Another actual strip thickness is detected directly upstream of the last rolling stage. Enter and exit speeds of the last rolling stage are detected and with a pre-determined final strip thickness following the last rolling stage fed to a setpoint determination unit which determines a target thickness which is used as a setpoint for another thickness control unitacting on the next to last rolling stage and receiving the other actual thickness value. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011144 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING BIMETALLIC PIPES - The means for making a bimetallic pipe, made up of a pipe telescopically inserted with clearance inside a pipe and projecting from both ends of the latter, comprising a fixed expansion head and a moveable expansion head, wherein the ends of the bimetallic pipe are inserted before proceeding to the hydraulic or oil hydraulic closure of particular clamping members around each end of the outer pipe while the inner pipe has the ends positioned against the corresponding elastic abutments made inside each of the above-mentioned heads, thus being free to move axially and radially to rotate around its own axis during plastic expansion thereof. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011145 | Method for producing profile sealing rings - A method for producing profile sealing rings, in particular in a C-, V-, or U-shape, in which a profile strand ( | 2011-01-20 |
20110011146 | METHOD OF FORMING A TENON ON ONE SIDE OF A METAL PLATE MEMBER - A method of forming a tenon on one side of a metal plate member by means of punching the wall of one side of the metal plate member with a punch or punches to form a protrusion and then punching the protrusion with a punch rod to extend the height of the protrusion and to deform the protrusion into a tubular configuration. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011147 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRIMMING A CAN - A trimming turret including a first trimmer head including a first pilot. The turret is configured to receive a stress induced plastically deformed container having earing about a respective opening in the container, and at least one of (i) direct the container to the first trimmer head so that the pilot becomes located inside the opening, and (ii) direct the first trimmer head to the container so that the pilot becomes located inside the opening. The turret is configured to trim off the earing from the container with the first trimmer head. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011148 | Method for forming patterned modified metal layer - A method for forming a patterned modified metal layer is disclosed, which comprises the following steps: (A) providing a metal base which is in the form of either a bulk metal or a metal coated substrate, and a mold with patterns; (B) applying the mold onto the metal base to transfer the patterns of the mold to the metal surface; (C) removing the mold; and (D) modifying the whole metal base or the, surface and a certain depth beneath the surface of metal base to form a modified metal layer with designated patterns. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011149 | METHODS TO PROVIDE A FEATURE ON A NEEDLE - A gripping surface is provided on an outer surface of a needle shield as incorporated into an intravenous catheter assembly. The gripping surface provides a gripping position nearer the catheter adapter, catheter and needle tip for improved balance and control of the catheter assembly during insertion of the catheter. Additionally, the gripping surfaces include a guard feature to prevent a user's unintended contact with various components of the catheter assembly whereby the contact may result in an undesirable “over the bevel” condition. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011150 | LOAD APPLICATION ELEMENT - A load application element comprising a base plate, a connecting member and a tie member is provided. The base plate is stackable and connected with a connecting member. The connecting member is arranged in vertical direction to the base plate and is suitable for the attachment of a tie member. The tie member is attached to the connecting member, preferably through a screw connection or a plug connection. In another preferred embodiment of the invention the base plate, the connecting member and the tie member are made from one piece. On the base plate load transmission ribs are provided to distribute the initiated pulling force homogenously. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011151 | Auto-Calibration Circuit For Analyte Measurement - Embodiments provide expanded ability to communicate calibration information to diagnostic systems for determining a characteristic of a test sample. An example system for determining a characteristic of a test sample includes: a test sensor for receiving a test sample; a sensor meter responsive to the test sensor, the sensor meter determining a characteristic of the test sample received on the test sensor; and a calibration element including electrical contacts readable by the sensor meter. The electrical contacts are configurable in one of a plurality of patterns that communicates, to the sensor meter, information relating to the determination of the characteristic of the test sample. The plurality of patterns include two or more of the electrical contacts that are electrically isolated from any other electrical contacts. The sensor meter determines at least partially the information from the electrical contacts by determining a combination of values corresponding to the isolated electrical contacts. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011152 | AMMONIA CONCENTRATION DETECTION SENSOR - An ammonia concentration detection sensor | 2011-01-20 |
20110011153 | RESPONSE SENSING DEVICE OF EXHAUST GAS COMPONENT CONCENTRATION SENSOR - An actual intake air quantity at the time when the intake air quantity is changed compulsorily with an EGR valve is measured with an airflow meter. An oxygen concentration of exhaust gas after combustion in a diesel engine is estimated based on the measured actual intake air quantity and a fuel injection quantity of the diesel engine. The estimated oxygen concentration is compared with an actual oxygen concentration sensed with an A/F sensor, thereby sensing response of the A/F sensor. Even if a response time for causing a change in the intake air quantity with the EGR valve changes, the change of the response time does not affect the estimate of the oxygen concentration since the oxygen concentration is estimated based on the actual intake air quantity. Therefore, the response of the A/F sensor can be sensed with high accuracy. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011154 | METHOD FOR THE ON-BOARD FUNCTIONAL DIAGNOSIS OF A SOOT SENSOR IN A MOTOR VEHICLE AND/OR FOR THE DETECTION OF FURTHER CONSTITUENTS IN THE SOOT - A method for on-vehicle functional diagnosis of a soot sensor and/or for detecting further components in the soot in a motor vehicle having an internal combustion engine, the soot sensor connected electrically to an evaluation circuit. To specify a method for functional diagnosis of a soot sensor and/or for detecting further components in the soot, by which it is possible to detect a faulty soot sensor and/or further components in the soot in an economical manner, the evaluation circuit measures a temperature coefficient of the soot sensor and detects the faultiness of the soot sensor and/or the presence of further components in the soot from the temperature coefficient of the soot sensor. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011155 | PROCESS FOR ANALYZING LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT ORGANIC COMPOUND HAVING AT MOST 20 CARBON ATOMS IN CLOTH MADE OF CHEMICAL FIBERS TREATED WITH WATER AND OIL REPELLENT AGENT - To provide a process, whereby a low molecular weight organic compound having at most 20 carbon atoms present in a trace amount in a cloth made of chemical fibers treated with a water and oil repellent agent, can be accurately analyzed. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011156 | NATURAL GAS ANALYZER ON A MICRO-CHIP - A miniaturized gas analyzer formed onto a micro-chip and a method of separating components from a composite gas using the miniaturized gas analyzer are disclosed. The gas analyzer includes an injector block and two column blocks arranged in series along an analytical path. The injector block receives the composite gas and a carrier gas to create a gas sample. The gas sample is then injected into the column blocks to separate the components of the composite gas. Further, a valve used within the miniaturized gas analyzer is disclosed, in which the valve is formed onto the micro-chip and includes a flexible membrane and a rigid substrate. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011157 | GAS CHROMATOGRAPH COLUMN WITH CARBON NANOTUBE-BEARING CHANNEL - A carbon nanostructured micro-fabricated gas chromatography column which is particularly well-suited to the surface well-site and/or the downhole analysis of natural gas in oilfield or gasfield applications (but which may also be used in non-oilfield or non-gasfield situations) is described. This micro-fabricated column integrates a micro-structured substrate such as a silicon substrate with carbon nanotubes as an active nanostructured material in a micro-channel. Benefits of the present invention include enhanced separation of alkanes and isomers, particularly below hexane (i.e., below C | 2011-01-20 |
20110011158 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CHEMICAL SAMPLING IN PARTICULATE LADEN GASEOUS ENVIRONMENTS - Chemical sampling systems and methods that can inexpensively and efficiently provide accurate chemical sampling in dusty environments are disclosed. The system can include a chemical detector, an elastomeric membrane, and a support structure for the elastomeric membrane. The gas chromatograph can have a sample inlet through which chemicals from the gaseous environment can enter the gas chromatograph. The sample inlet can be covered with the elastomeric membrane, the elastomeric membrane being configured to extract chemicals from the gaseous environment while excluding dust and other particles from passing into the gas chromatograph. The support structure can be disposed between the elastomeric membrane and the sample inlet and can provide mechanical support to the elastomeric membrane. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011159 | Device for determining the oxygen content of a gas - The device for measuring the oxygen content in a gas mixture comprises three flow channels, a main channel, a measuring channel and a reference channel, over which the gas stream is distributed. By using a non-homogeneous magnetic field produced by a magnet, the gas flow is deflected into the measuring channel as a function of oxygen content; at the same time, the flow in the reference channel is reduced. The oxygen content of the gas is determined by means of a flow measurement of the volume flow of gas in the measuring or reference channel by means of resistance thermometers. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011160 | Exposure System - A system and a method for studying or predicting the interaction between a lung and an aerosolized agent. The system comprises an aerosol generator ( | 2011-01-20 |
20110011161 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING PROPERTIES OF CONCRETE - Provided are procedures for estimating the amount of water vapor emissions as well as other properties, such as slump and volume yield, of a concrete or cementitious mix used in producing a concrete. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011162 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING BOTTLES OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS - The present application relates to a device for inspecting bottles or similar containers by introducing an inspection and/or monitoring fluid into said containers and by analysis, by an inspection station disposed on a transport path for the containers, of gas and/or vapor reaction products potentially generated in the interior of the container, at least two inspection stations at least for the analysis of the gas and/or vapor production products being disposed one after the other in the transport direction of the transport path. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011163 | METHOD FOR TESTING A MECHANICAL INTEGRITY OF AN INSULATING LAYER COVERING A CONDUCTOR IN A CABLE - A method for testing a mechanical integrity of an insulating layer covering a conductor in a cable, a longitudinal void being defined inside the insulating layer in a region of the conductor. A first end of the insulating layer is blocked. A compressed gas is injected at a second end of the insulating layer so that the gas enters and travels the longitudinal void inside the insulating layer towards the first end. A gas pressure inside the insulating layer is measured at least near the second end. Injection of the compressed gas is stropped after a predetermined injection time period. A variation of the gas pressure inside the insulating layer is monitored during a diagnostic time window succeeding to a transitional time period following the stopping of the injection. Integrity of the insulating layer is determined based on the variation of the gas pressure during the diagnostic time window. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011164 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THE INTEGRITY TESTING OF FLEXIBLE CONTAINERS - An apparatus for integrity testing a first container having a flexible body at least partially defining a first interior chamber using a second container having a second, preferably sterilized interior chamber at least partially filled with a detectable gas. A sensor associated with a detection chamber for receiving the flexible container, and possibly the second container as well, senses the presence of the detectable gas external to the first interior chamber in the event of a leak of the detectable gas therefrom. Related methods also involve integrity testing of fluid processing bags and other types of flexible containers. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011165 | METHOD FOR PLANNING ROAD ASPHALTS - The subject of the present invention is a new method for designing road asphalts, comprising:—the determination of the optimal bitumen content with compacting experiments using samples made of asphalt mixtures; the optimal bitumen content being the one at which the receptive void volume has a minimum value, depending on the bitumen content; that is, where the compactness of the sample is the highest, and by changing the mass rates in the asphalt mixture, the bitumen content is set to the optimal bitumen content at most. The optimal bitumen content provides the possibility to aim for reaching the highest compactness, i.e. the smallest possible void volume which provides the most favorable fatigue and solidity characteristics. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011166 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLLECTING TEAR FILM AND MEASURING TEAR FILM OSMOLARITY - A sample receiving chip comprising a substrate that receives an aliquot volume of a sample fluid and a sample region of the substrate, sized such that the volume of the sample fluid is sufficient to operatively cover a portion of the sample region. The energy imparted into the sample fluid is transduced by the sample region to produce an output signal that indicates energy properties of the sample fluid. The sample receiving chip also includes a channel formed in the substrate, the channel configured to collect the aliquot volume of a sample fluid and transfer the aliquot volume of sample fluid to the sample region. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011167 | FLUID HANDLING CASSETTE WITH A FLUID CONTROL INTERFACE AND SAMPLE SEPARATOR - A fluid handling module that is removably engageable with a bodily fluid analyzer is provided. The module may comprise a fluid handling element, and a fluid component separator that is accessible via the fluid handling element and configured to separate at least one component of a bodily fluid transported to the fluid component separator. The fluid handling element may have at least one control element interface. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011168 | Test stand for an internal combustion engine - A test stand for an internal combustion engine ( | 2011-01-20 |
20110011169 | Test stand for an internal combustion engine - A test stand for an internal combustion engine ( | 2011-01-20 |
20110011170 | LATERAL POSITION CONTROL FOR TIRE TREAD WEAR TEST MACHINE - A method of tire testing comprising applying a drive torque to a tire and a wheel assembly about an axis of rotation to drive the tire and wheel assembly and a rotatable drum with the tire in rolling contact with the rotatable drum; controlling a load pressure of the tire against the rotatable drum; and adjusting a lateral position of the tire across a surface of the rotatable drum. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011171 | TIRE RIM-ASSEMBLING MECHANISM, RIM-ASSEMBLING METHOD OF TIRE, AUTOMATIC VISUAL INSPECTION EQUIPMENT OF TIRE, AND AUTOMATIC VISUAL INSPECTION METHOD OF TIRE - Disclosed is automatic visual inspection equipment of a tire in which eccentricity of a rim-assembled tire is prevented by preventing the tire from being deformed by the load of an upper rim. An upper rim is previously pulled up to the side of a main shaft by an upper rim pull-up mechanism, which is fixed to the side of a main shaft. The lower rim is elevated up to the upper rim to fix the upper rim to the tire, and the rim-assembled tire is fixed to the main shaft. Only the upper rim pull-up mechanism is lowered and visual inspection of the tire is performed by rotating the main shaft. A positioning means is provided and includes a positioning pin and a positioning hole provided between the upper surface of an upper rim connector and the lower end surface of the upper rim fixing portion of the main shaft. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011172 | DEVICE FOR GENERATING ENERGY IN A ROTATING SYSTEM - A device for generating electrical energy in a rotating system for the purpose of supplying electric current to electronic components in the system, comprising external forces, acting on the system, that act on piezoelectrically active energy converters in the system, as a result of which electrical energy is generated, and comprising an electronic system for processing the generated electrical energy and transferring it to the components. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011173 | MEASURING APPARATUS - A measuring apparatus to measure adhesion of a tape includes a supporting plate slanting related to horizon, and a ball. The tape is attached to the supporting plate with an adhesive surface opposite to the supporting plate. The ball rolls on the tape along the supporting plate. The ball would be held by the tape according to the weight of the ball and the adhesion of the tape, thereby assessing the adhesion. The measuring apparatus further includes a base, a positioning mechanism mounted to the supporting plate, and an angle-adjusting mechanism engaging with the base and the supporting plate and capable of rotating related to the base to adjust a slanting angle of the supporting plate. The positioning mechanism includes a frame to releasably hold and position the ball. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011174 | RETRIEVABLE DOWNHOLE TESTING TOOL - A retrievable downhole testing tool that is adapted to be temporarily installed in a well is disclosed. The retrievable downhole testing tool comprises a variable choke, a tool control unit adapted to control the variable choke, and at least two measuring sensors adapted to measure physical parameters including pressure. At least one measuring sensor is situated above the variable choke, and at least one measuring sensor is situated below the variable choke. The retrievable downhole testing tool is pre-programmed with a specified test sequence for controlling a downhole flow rate using the variable choke and for executing downhole measurements of physical parameters at specified flow periods. The specified test sequence is adapted according to a pre-defined stability criterion using the tool control unit. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011175 | SHEET SAG EVALUATION METHOD AND DEVICE - A touch roller is pressed to the surface of a sheet being conveyed in a space and the amount of displacement of the touch roller is measured to evaluate the sag of the sheet at the position at which the touch roller is pressed against the sheet. The method enables the sag of a sheet to be accurately evaluated with the use of a device having a relatively simple structure and easily maintained. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011176 | CONNECTING ELEMENT FOR CONNECTING A MEASUREMENT RECORDER TO A SEALED FLUID SYSTEM - The invention relates to improving a system element for releasably sealed connecting of a measurement recorder to a fluid system, having a measurement chamber ( | 2011-01-20 |
20110011177 | LIQUID LEVEL SENSOR FOR GALLEY INSERTS - The liquid level sensing device includes rotating electrically conductive probes and uses a self-cleaning rotary electrical connection system with a contact stylus on a rotating conductive barrel, for sensing a liquid level in a dispensing container of an aircraft galley insert. The probes, pivot arms of the probes, rotating drum and stylus may have an exterior surface formed of an electrically conductive, corrosion resistant material. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011178 | SENSOR ARRANGEMENT FOR DETERMINING A TANK FILL LEVEL, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING IT - The invention relates to a sensor arrangement for determining a tank fill level of a liquid, especially a reducing agent for removing nitrogen from the exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine, which liquid is contained in a tank, at least two electrically conductive measuring electrodes being at least partially embedded in a carrier that is produced of an electrically non-conductive material. The sensor arrangement includes a temperature sensor, especially a resistor with negative temperature coefficient being used as a temperature sensor, which is integrated into the carrier. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011179 | Moister sensor - A moister sensor, for measuring moister in a building without leaving visible scars to the building surface, is provided. The moister sensor includes a flexible carrier carrying an antenna for receiving EM-radiation between 9 kHz and 11 MHz and a resonant circuit including a moister reactive element. The moister reactive element includes a hygroscopic electrolyte arranged between a first and a second electrode, wherein the electrolyte in the presence of moister forms mobile ions and provides a complex impedance at least in response to the alternating voltage, which complex impedance varies with the moister content of the electrolyte. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011180 | SENSOR HOUSING ASSEMBLY FACILITATING SENSOR INSTALLATION, REPLACEMENT, RECOVERY AND REUSE - An enclosed sensor assembly ( | 2011-01-20 |
20110011181 | ROTATION SENSING APPARATUS AND METHODS - Angular rate sensors cause a stream of fluid to flow by heating the fluid. A trajectory of the stream of fluid is deflected by Coriolis forces. Apparatus according to some embodiments provides two heaters spaced apart along a channel. A stream of gas can be made to flow along the channel by operating one of the heaters. The flow can be periodically reversed by alternating operation of the heaters. Temperature sensors may be applied to detect deflection of the flowing gas. Angular rate sensors may be fabricated inexpensively by micromachining techniques. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011182 | CAPACITIVE ACCELERATION SENSOR - A capacitive acceleration sensor includes an acceleration sensor moving part and an acceleration sensor stationary part together forming a capacitor for detecting acceleration, a sealing structure hermetically enclosing but not contacting the acceleration sensor moving part, and at least one support pillar enclosed by but not directly contacted by the acceleration sensor moving part, both ends of the at least one support pillar being in contact with inside walls of the sealing structure. The acceleration sensor moving part is electrically connected to the at least one support pillar. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011183 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IN SITU TESTING OF GAS FLOW CONTROLLERS - Methods and apparatus utilize a rate of drop in pressure upstream of a gas flow controller (GFC) to accurately measure a rate of flow through the GFC. Measurement of the gas flow through the many gas flow controllers in production use today is enabled, without requiring any special or sophisticated pressure regulators or other special components. Various provisions ensure that none of the changes in pressure that occur during or after the measurement perturb the constant flow of gas through the GFC under test. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011184 | METHOD FOR MEASURING THE VOLUME FLOW OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE LIQUIDS THROUGH A VESSEL - It is described a method of measurement of the volume V | 2011-01-20 |
20110011185 | Flowmeter and manifold therefor - An acoustic displacement flowmeter for determining flow rate of a fluid has a fluid flow line defining a flow path for the fluid. The fluid flow line has an inlet and an outlet. A controllable valve is positioned along the fluid flow line for opening and closing the flow path as desired, and an acoustic displacement transducer having a fluid port is coupled to the fluid flow line upstream from the controllable valve. The outlet of the fluid flow line extends through a wall isolating fluid exhausted from the outlet of the fluid flow line from electrical and/or mechanical components residing inside the flowmeter, thereby preventing the exhausted fluid, if explosive, from contacting such electrical and/or mechanical components which may act as potential ignition sources. Preferably, a manifold having a rigid body is provided in which the fluid flow line is formed. An acoustic displacement transducer (ADT) chamber wall is formed on the manifold body, and has an ADT chamber inlet port formed therein, and the fluid flow line has a branched portion connecting the fluid flow line to the ADT chamber inlet port. The outlet of the fluid flow line extends through a wall formed in the manifold body to isolate fluid exhausted from the outlet of the fluid flow line from electrical and/or mechanical components residing inside the flowmeter. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011186 | CORIOLIS FLOWMETER - A Coriolis flowmeter | 2011-01-20 |
20110011187 | SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CORIOLIS FLOWMETER - [Object] To provide a signal processing apparatus which may always perform measurement with constant precision and performs phase measurement with high filtering performance and a small amount of computation even when a temperature of a fluid to be measured changes, air bubbles are mixed into the fluid to be measured, or the fluid to be measured rapidly changes from a gas to a liquid. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011188 | FIBER OPTIC ROTATION/POSITION SENSOR - A sensor apparatus includes a resilient member positioned near a rod member and a strain sensor operatively connected to the resilient member. The rod member includes an eccentric member, which causes the resilient member to deflect as the rod member rotates. The strain sensor measures the strain in the resilient member due to the deflections caused by the eccentric member. The amount of strain relates to a rotational position of the rod member. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011189 | TUBE FOR SEPARATING PORTIONS OF A SAMPLE - A method and tube for separating a sample. The tube is configured to separate agglomerated or clumped material or other sample components having over a particular size from other smaller size portions of the sample. For example, blood clots may be separated from serum of a blood sample. The tube includes a chamber with a closed bottom and a sidewall extending upwardly from the bottom, and a sample inlet branch coupled to the chamber. A slit is positioned between the chamber and the sample inlet branch so that after a sample is placed into the sample inlet branch, a portion of the sample having a size smaller than the slit (e.g., liquid material) passes through the slit and into the chamber, and material in the sample having a size larger than the slit remains in the sample inlet branch. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011190 | PROBE AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING THREE-DIMENSIONAL COMPOSITIONAL MAPS OF A BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE - The invention provides a probe and a method of obtaining a three-dimensional compositional map of one or more targets in a biological sample, or a portion thereof, comprising: (a) milling a surface layer of a biological sample with a focused ion beam, thereby creating a newly exposed surface layer of the biological sample; (b) imaging the newly exposed surface layer of the biological sample; (c) identifying the chemical composition of the newly exposed surface layer of the biological sample, or a portion thereof, with a mass spectrometer; and (d) repeating (a) to (c) until a three-dimensional compositional map of one or more targets in the biological sample, or portion thereof, is obtained. Uses of the three-dimensional map obtained from the inventive method are further provided. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011191 | Ball-screw drive with axial bearing - A ball-screw drive, which has a spindle nut arranged on a threaded spindle and an axial bearing which is arranged so as to act on the threaded spindle and which has a bearing part arranged so as to be rotatable relative to the threaded spindle. The bearing part is arranged so as to be captively retained on the threaded spindle by a captive retention means. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011192 | TRANSMISSION HAVING CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE GEAR RATIOS BETWEEN AN INPUT SHAFT AND AN OUTPUT SHAFT - Gear mechanism with a continuously variable gear ratio between an input shaft ( | 2011-01-20 |
20110011193 | MULTI-STAGE TRANSMISSION - Disclosed is a constantly-meshing-type multi-stage transmission which can be operated with small forces, does not need a clutch for gear shift, has no loss of changeover time at the time of gear shift, and in which a loss of the driving force is prevented. Driven gears n | 2011-01-20 |
20110011194 | REVERSE CHAIN DRIVE FOR MOTOR VEHICLE TRANSMISSIONS - Reverse gear for a motor vehicle transmission is achieved through a chain assembly having two sprockets and a multi-link chain. One of the sprockets is coupled to a clutch which selectively connects it to an input or output shaft. The other sprocket is directly coupled to the other, i.e., output or input shaft. The multi-link chain carries drive torque from the input shaft to the output shaft when the clutch is engaged. Because the other driving connections between the input shaft and the output shaft associated with the forward gears or gear ratios are through gears which cause a reversal of rotational direction, the driving connection achieved by the chain assembly, without a directional reversal, is, in fact, opposite in direction to the rotational direction of the forward gears, thereby providing reverse. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011195 | GEARWHEEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A GEARWHEEL - The invention concerns a gearwheel ( | 2011-01-20 |
20110011196 | NEUTRAL LOCK MECHANISM FOR VEHICLE SHIFTER - A shifter apparatus is associated with a neutral lock lever and includes a detent ball bearing, a shaft seal, a detent spring, and a retention pin. A shaft associated with the neutral lock lever can be inserted into a matching hole configured within or integrated with a shifter housing. The shaft can be rotated if a cammed lobe portion associated with the shaft moves into an inner wall of the shifter housing. The retention pin can be pressed via an end of the neutral lock lever into a groove located on an outside wail of the shifter housing after the neutral lock lever is rotated into position. The retention pin rides inside the groove thereby limiting the rotation of the neutral lock lever. The neutral lock lever locks the shift lever in a neutral position preventing accidental movement of the vehicle in a forward and a reverse direction. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011197 | BAR END ELECTRIC SHIFTER FOR BICYCLE - A bar end electric shifter is provided for bicycle. The bar end electric shifter has a base member, a brake lever and a shift operating member. The base member includes a handlebar mounting portion and a brake lever mounting portion. The handlebar mounting portion is configured to be fixedly mounted to a free end of a handlebar. The brake lever is pivotally disposed on the brake lever mounting portion about a brake pivot axis. The brake lever includes an elongated brake operating portion extending from the brake pivot axis and a proximal portion adjacent to the brake pivot axis. The shift operating member is disposed on the proximal portion of the brake lever to move therewith. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011198 | Brake Level for a Bicycle - A brake level for a bicycle is assembled and disassembled by a locking method. After assembly of the brake level, a brake cable can be assembled to the brake level just by means of a single through hole. By such arrangements, the assembling cost of the brake level can be reduced, and the brake level can be assembled and disassembled repeatedly. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011199 | DAMPED ROTARY ENCODER - A tuned damped absorber arrangement is used to attenuate the response of an encoder. A vibration problem occurs on rotary axis heads which are used in machining operations. When using long slender tools, a vibration can be created which causes the encoder to lose its position. The device uses a tuned damped absorber that is attached to the input shaft of the encoder to dampen unwanted vibration. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011200 | Bearing for a Connecting Rod - A bearing for a connecting rod includes a retainer having a plurality of pockets spaced about a circumference of the retainer, a first end that defines a first flange, and a second end that defines a second flange opposite the first flange. The bearing also includes a plurality of radial bearing elements that supports a radial load, and each of the plurality of radial bearing elements is positioned in one of the plurality of pockets. A first plurality of axial bearing elements is positioned on the first flange and receives at least a portion of an axial load, and a second plurality of axial bearing elements is positioned on the second flange and receives at least a portion of the axial load. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011201 | Bicycle Bottom Bracket Assembly That Is Assembled Closely and Tightly - A bottom bracket assembly for a bicycle includes a bottom bracket, two axles mounted on the bottom bracket and two cranks each having a mounting tube mounted on the respective axle. Each of the axles has a first engaging face, and the mounting tube of each of the cranks has a second engaging face engaging the first engaging face of the respective axle. Thus, the first engaging face extends through a partial portion of the circumference of each of the axles, and the second engaging face extends through a partial portion of the circumference of the mounting tube of each of the cranks to reduce the clearance between the mounting tube and the respective axle, so that the mounting tube of each of the cranks and the respective axle are combined together closely and tightly. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011202 | Bicycle crank - A bicycle crank comprises an L-type left crank and an L-type right crank. The L-type left/right cranks are respectively and integrally composed of a crank and a connection head, and includes a through hole passing through the crank and the connection head, a left compression shaft and a right compression shaft respectively disposed to terminals of the through holes of the L-type left/right cranks, a cone shaped member in which two ends are respectively disposed in the left and right compression shafts and the inner surface has screw threads, a rotary sleeve that is a hollow and integrally formed, and two locking members in which a terminal has screw threads corresponding to the cone shaped member and for respectively passing through the through holes and locked to two ends of the cone shaped member to connect the L-type left crank and the L-type right crank. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011203 | IN-WHEEL MOTOR DRIVE DEVICE - An in-wheel motor drive device ( | 2011-01-20 |
20110011204 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WITH AIR BREATHER STRUCTURE - An automatic transmission comprises a transmission casing that houses therein a speed change mechanism and a parking mechanism, the speed change mechanism including a plurality of rotating members; an air breather chamber provided by the transmission casing, the breather chamber being communicated with the outside air; and a breather chamber opening through which an interior of the transmission casing and the air breather chamber are fluidly communicated with each other, the breather chamber opening being exposed to the interior of the transmission casing. The transmission casing has a predetermined housing space to which the breather chamber opening as well as the rotating members are exposed, and the parking mechanism is projected into the predetermined housing space at a position between the breather chamber opening and each of the rotating members. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011205 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - An automatic transmission has a transmission casing accommodating a transmission mechanism and a filter case attached to the transmission casing and having an oil filter. The transmission casing has a concave portion with which at least an oil inlet or an oil outlet communicates and an overhanging portion positioned close to the concave portion and extending along a surface of the transmission casing with a clearance provided between the surface and the overhanging portion. The filter case has a case body inserted into the concave portion, a seal member sealing a boundary between an outer circumferential surface of the case body and an inside surface of the concave portion, a first brim portion protruding from the outer circumferential surface and fixed to the surface of the transmission casing, and a second brim portion protruding from the outer circumferential surface and inserted into the clearance. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011206 | DRIVELINE YOKE WITH BRAKE ROTOR - A driveline yoke is integrally formed as one-piece with a brake rotor. At least one caliper includes a friction element that selectively engages the brake rotor. In one example, the yoke is coupled to a front output of a transfer case and the caliper is mounted to a housing of the transfer case with the friction element engaging a braking surface on the brake rotor in response to a parking brake request. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011207 | METAL POWDER PRODUCTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A metal powder production system includes a vacuum chamber having a vacuum chamber interior, a stock feed mechanism communicating with the vacuum chamber interior, a radiation source provided in the vacuum chamber interior, a cooling chamber having a cooling chamber interior communicating with the vacuum chamber interior and a container communicating with the cooling chamber interior. A metal powder production method is also disclosed. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011208 | METHOD FOR PREPARING SILVER NANOPARTICLES BY EMPLOYING ETHANOLAMINE - The present invention provides a method for producing silver nanoparticles by employing ethanolamine. The method of this invention can be easily operated and no organic solvent is required. Ethanolamine first reacts with a mixture of poly(oxyalkylene)-amine/epoxy or copolymers of poly(styrene-co-maleic anhydride) (abbreviated as SMA) to generate polymeric polymers. The polymeric polymers then reduce silver ions to silver atoms which are dispersed in the form of silver nanoparticles. Functional groups of the polymeric polymers can chelate with silver ions and be stably compatible with water or organic solvents, whereby the silver nanoparticles can be stably dispersed without aggregation and the produced silver nanoparticles. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011209 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING MOLTEN IRON - A method for producing molten iron by melting an iron source material using an iron bath-type melting furnace comprising a top-blowing lance at an upper part of the furnace, a bottom-blowing tuyere in the bottom of the furnace and a tap hole at a lower part on the side of the furnace, the method comprising: a melting process of charging the iron source material, a carbonaceous material and a flux into the furnace and top-blowing an oxygen-containing gas through the top-blowing lance while blowing an inert gas through the bottom-blowing tuyere into melt present in the furnace to stir the melt to thereby melt the iron source material and generate the molten iron and slag using combustion heat of combusting carbon in the carbonaceous material and/or in the molten iron, wherein the melting process has at least one tapping process of discharging the molten iron and the slag through the tap hole while holding a position of the furnace in generating the molten iron, and the tapping process continues or interrupts generation of the molten iron and continues top-blowing of the oxygen-containing gas to thereby keep a temperature of the molten iron in the furnace at or above a pre-set lowest temperature of the molten iron. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011210 | Process for making glycol ether compositions useful for metal recovery - Glycol ether compositions useful for metal recovery by froth flotation and processes for making the compositions are disclosed. In one process, dipropylene glycol methyl ether (DPM) is propoxylated to give a composition comprising 4 to 15 wt. % of DPM and at least 20 wt. % of tripropylene glycol methyl ether (TPM). In another process, the glycol ether composition is made from a distillation residue which comprises DPM, TPM, and a basic catalyst. Extraction of the residue with water to remove some of the basic catalyst is followed by propoxylated to give a composition which comprises less than 15 wt. % of DPM, at least 20 wt. % of TPM, and one or more PO-based glycols. In comparative froth tests, glycol ether compositions of the invention meet or exceed the performance of commercial frothers. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011211 | METALLURGICAL PROCESS AND PLANT HEREFOR - A process for the production and/or treatment of at least one metal in a reactor includes discharging a waste gas stream via a waste gas conduit and after-treating the waste gas stream by supplying a cooling gas and/or a cooling gas mixture. The after-treating includes injecting the cooling gas and/or cooling gas mixture into the waste gas conduit on a side of the waste gas conduit facing the reactor, at a high velocity and substantially tangentially with respect to a main flow direction of the waste gas. A volume of the cooling gas and/or the cooling gas mixture injected into the waste gas conduit is adjusted so as to reduce a mixing temperature below a melting temperature of the molten particles and/or a condensation temperature of the vaporous constituents of the waste gas stream. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011212 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURE OF A CYANIDE - A method for producing a cyanide including the steps of supplying a hydrocarbon and nitrogen source to an onsite plasma reactor and removing cyanide synthesised inside the onsite plasma reactor to thereby produce the cyanide is disclosed. Also disclosed is a method which includes a monitor for monitoring the cyanide requirement of an onsite cyanide utilising system and supplying the hydrocarbon and nitrogen source in accordance with the cyanide requirement. Additionally, a method for recovering, refining, purifying or treating a metal including the steps of monitoring a cyanide requirement of the method and supplying to the method in a just in time sequence a cyanide synthesised onsite to thereby recover, refine, purify or treat the metal is disclosed. | 2011-01-20 |
20110011213 | CALCIUM ALUMINATE CLINKER AS A REFRACTORY AGGREGATE WITH AND WITHOUT BARIUM ADDITION AND USE THEREOF - The present invention provides for a refractory aggregate composition comprising an improved calcium aluminate clinker having the formula C | 2011-01-20 |
20110011214 | SEPARATION OF FINE PARTICLE PRECIOUS METALS FROM CLAYS AND OTHER GANGUE MATERIALS THROUGH APPLICATION OF DILUTED SOLUTION OF A SILICON CHEMICAL - The present invention generally relates to a formulation created by reacting sodium hydroxide, water, and silicon metal which has unique properties and many uses. The present invention further relates to the separation of fine particle gold and other precious metals from clays and other gangue materials through application of a diluted solution of a silicon chemical. The present invention further relates to the use of the diluted solution of the silicon chemical with vibration tables, concentrators, wash towers, hydro-cyclones and centrifuges and the like to aid in the separation of fine particle gold and other precious metals from clays and other gangue materials. | 2011-01-20 |