05th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 5 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090025512 | Thin film coating of blades - The present invention relates to a process for forming a razor blade. The process includes the steps of: a) providing a substrate, b) forming a wedge-shaped sharpened edge on the substrate that has an included angle of less than thirty degrees and a tip radius of less than 1,000 angstroms, c) placing the substrate in a vacuum chamber, d) placing a first solid target in the vacuum chamber, e) providing a gas to be ionized in the vacuum chamber, and f) generating ions from the first solid target by applying a negative voltage to the first solid target in pulses, the ions forming a thin film coating on the wedge-shaped sharpened edge on the substrate. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025513 | Container Opener - A container opener providing a plurality of elements for opening various containers is disclosed. The opener is lightweight and has a one-piece construction that typically fits in a user's hand and pocket. The opener includes a handle portion, a mid-portion for containing a first element for opening containers, a distal end containing a second opening element and a third element placed on one side of the elongated opener. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025514 | Wheel stud installing and removing system and method - A wheel stud installing and removing system includes a C-frame; a forcing screw configured to communicate with the C-frame to move laterally through the C-frame; a swivel mounted on an end on the forcing screw; an adapter receiver mounted on an opposite end of the C-frame from the forcing screw, and configured to receive at least one of either a stud installing adapter and a stud removing adapter. A method of moving a stud includes: inserting one of either an installing adapter or a removing adapter into an adapter receiver on a C-frame; aligning a longitudinal axis of the adapter with a longitudinal axis of the stud; aligning the longitudinal axis of the stud with a longitudinal axis of a forcing screw; and turning the forcing screw. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025515 | Hook structure of power tool - In a housing of a power tool is formed a hook-receiving portion, with openings facing leftward and rightward, through which a substantially U-shaped hook having a left hook leg and a right hook leg is movable among a left protruding position in which the left hook leg protrudes leftward from the hook-receiving portion, a right protruding position in which the right hook leg protrudes rightward from the hook-receiving portion, and an accommodating position in which the left and right hook legs are both accommodated in the hook-receiving portion. Also provided in the housing is a retaining mechanism by which the hook is retainable in one of the positions of the left protruding position, right protruding position, and accommodating position. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025516 | Powered wrench - A powered wrench driven by a fluid motor using a gear to gear system. The fluid motor causes a primary gear to turn, which directly engages a second gear attached to a workpiece and rotates that workpiece in response to operation of the fluid motor. The fluid motor can be located spaced from the handle of the wrench or in the handle of the wrench. An extension can also be included to extend the reach of the wrench. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025517 | TORQUE SENSOR INSERTION AND DEINSERTION TOOLS - A torque sensor insertion tool is provided for installing a torque sensor disposed on an axle and a torque sensor deinsertion tool is provided for removing a torque sensor unit disposed on the axle. These tools are designed to avoid applying an excessive tension force or an excessive compression force that will distort the torque sensor unit during installation and removal of the torque sensor unit disposed on the axle. Basically, the tools contact the torque sensor at two axially spaced apart points and support the torque sensor unit both internally and externally during installation and removal. The torque sensor insertion tool basically has an axle attachment structure, a tubular sensor supporting structure and a tubular sensor moving structure. The torque sensor deinsertion tool basically has an outer member, an inner member and a nut member. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025518 | Ratcheting Torque Wrench - A tool is provided for driving fasteners that includes a torque limiting mechanism therein. The torque limiting mechanism includes a first frictional engagement member disposed on the drive shaft for the tool that is engaged by one or more second frictional engagement members disposed on one or more sides of the first frictional member. The second frictional engagement members are biased into engagement with the first member by biasing members disposed within the handle that can be adjusted in order to provide more or less of a biasing force to control the frictional engagement of the second member with the first member and thereby control the torque limiting function of the torque limiting mechanism. In addition, a drive shaft is also engaged with a ratcheting mechanism that enables the tool to drive a fastener into a suitable substrate in only a single direction. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025519 | Tire Chopping Apparatus and Method - Used tires are chopped up in a punch press which progressively punches out areas of each tire lying flat in the press. The tire fragments are conveyed from the press to a collection container. An elevator mechanism may receive four tires stacked vertically, each used tire therein successively fed into the press by a feed mechanism receiving each tire from the elevator mechanism. An on-site enclosure houses all of the components and a container of collected fragments which is accessed for removal through a door in the enclosure. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025520 | Circular saw stand - A circular saw stand ( | 2009-01-29 |
20090025521 | DRIVE UNIT WITH ROTATING SAW BLADE FOR CONNECTION TO A ROBOT - Drive unit with a rotating saw blade which is hinged inside of a protective hood, for connection to a robot, shaped by an enclosure that can be connected to the robot in which a shaft is positioned, by means of which the saw can be powered under intermediate connection to a gearbox. The saw blade is held between two firmly connected internal rings which are arranged on both sides of the saw blade and contain it, as well as being connected to each other. The rings are rotatably mounted within non-rotating external rings that are connected to the protective hood. The device that is formed by the saw blade, the internal rings and the external rings is fastened in a removable way to a drive hub that is powered by the gearbox. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025522 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPTIMIZING TRANSVERSE MACHINING OPERATIONS - A method for operating a transverse machining roller of a transverse machining device, which is driven by means of a drive unit and is for the rotary machining of a product web that is transportable in a transport direction, in order to produce machined sections of product web of different formats, having the following steps:
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20090025523 | Quick release device for saw blade guard assembly in a circular saw and saw blade guard assembly using the same - A quick release device for a saw blade guard assembly in a circular saw includes a mounting block having two spaced sidewalls, a mounting groove defined between the two sidewalls for receiving a spreader, and two through holes respectively defined through the sidewalls and in communication with the mounting groove and a locating hole. At least one movable engagement member is movably disposed in the through hole of the mounting block. A locking member having two spaced locking blocks mounts onto the mounting block. Each of the locking blocks has a retaining wall portion for engaging the at least one movable engagement member and forcing the at least one movable engagement member to be held in the locating hole of the spreader. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025524 | Sheet processing apparatus - There is provided a sheet processing apparatus capable of preventing the roll sheet cut by the cutting device from falling over to the sheet processing apparatus and improving the conveyance capability of the roll sheet when the long size roll sheet is made. Long size roll sheet is fixed at three spots, wherein the three spots are the top edge portion of the roll sheet receiving portion, the top edge portion on the downstream side of the regulatory member, and the bottom edge portion of the projecting portion. The bottom edge portion of the projecting portion is constructed to be always located inside a circular arc which starts from a center O with a maximum radius R of the roll sheet, wherein the circular arc passes the top edge portion of the roll sheet receiving portion and the top edge portion on the downstream side of the regulatory member. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025525 | SLITTER BLADE ASSEMBLY - A disk-shaped rotary blade of a slitter blade assembly has a cutting edge and a first beveled surface facing a drum-shaped rotary blade of the slitter blade assembly and progressively spaced from the drum-shaped rotary blade toward the cutting edge. The disk-shaped rotary blade also has a second beveled surface facing a workpiece to be cut off and progressively spaced from the cutting edge away from the workpiece. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025526 | SLITTER BLADE ASSEMBLY - A disk-shaped rotary blade of a slitter blade assembly has a cutting edge and a first beveled surface facing a drum-shaped rotary blade of the slitter blade assembly and progressively spaced from the drum-shaped rotary blade toward the cutting edge. The disk-shaped rotary blade also has a second beveled surface facing a workpiece to be cut off and progressively spaced from the cutting edge away from the workpiece. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025527 | Vibration-reducing device for a scroll saw - A vibration-reducing device is applied to a scroll saw. The scroll saw includes a body, a U-frame, a block and an actuating device. The U-frame is coupled to the body, and the block and a shaft of the actuating device are eccentrically fastened to each other, and the actuating device is mounted to the body. The vibration-reducing device includes a connector and a pivot arm pivotally coupled to the body. The connector includes a third end rotatably connected to the block, and a fourth end rotatably connected to the pivot arm. When the shaft is rotated, the motion of the center of gravity of the pivot arm in a vertical direction is opposite to the motion of the center of gravity of the U-frame. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025528 | Tuning peg element - To provide a tuning peg element for a stringed musical instrument having a wooden peg box, a conical fixing part is provided, by means of which the tuning peg element is fixable to the peg box in rotatable manner without further auxiliary means and which is of solid construction and is made of a non-fibrous material at least in a region of contact with the peg box. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025529 | Strap Lock - A strap lock is provided. The strap lock includes a sleeve, a slider and a spring. The slider fits within the sleeve and moves from a locked position to an unlocked position. The spring biases the slider into a locked position. The sleeve may be attached to a strap end having a keyhole such that the slider covers a portion of the keyhole when in a locked position and uncovers the keyhole when in an unlocked position. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025530 | Gyro-JIG apparatus for repairing a stringed musical instrument - An improved method and apparatus for safely and securely holding and manipulating a musical instrument for construction or repair, the apparatus for which consists of a base, a pedestal upstanding from the base having an associated vertically adjustable post, an instrument support assembly including an instrument support plate mountable thereon; a holder mounted atop the pedestal for holding the instrument support assembly; clamps for attaching an instrument to the instrument support assembly; a pivot for supporting the instrument support assembly about a vertical axis; a pivot for rotating the instrument support assembly about an axis normal to the face of the support plate; and a gear for rotating the instrument support assembly about a horizontal axis. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025531 | REINFORCING STRUCTURE FOR METAL SHELL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR METAL SHELL - A metal shell is composed of a trunk portion and a pair of reinforcing portions provided at opening ends of the trunk portion. The trunk portion is formed of a metallic cylinder, the reinforcing portion is formed of a metallic ring having the same diameter as that of the cylinder, and the ring is joined to at least an opening end of the cylinder. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025532 | Drum - A drum includes a shell, a counterhoop and a head. The shell is cylindrical and provided with a combining member to engage with an engaging member of the counterhoop, and the head is sandwiched tightly between the shell and the counterhoop, with no need of any other parts to keep the head stretched tight so as to save time and cost for its manufacture. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025533 | Quick connect and disconnect for drum pedals - Embodiments of the invention provide an apparatus for connecting drum pedals for a musical drum set. In one embodiment, an apparatus for connecting two drum pedals of a drum set comprises an outer tube having a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end of the outer tube being coupled with a first drum pedal; an inner rod having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of the inner rod being slidably received through the proximal end of the outer tube, the distal end of the inner rod being coupled with a first drum beater; and a quick-release mechanism configured to releasably engage the outer tube with the inner rod. The quick-release mechanism includes a resilient engagement member that resiliently engages the outer tube with the inner rod and that is manually operable to disengage the outer tube from the inner rod. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025534 | Device for practicing percussion instrument technique - A device for practicing percussion instrument technique includes a shaft portion and a feedback portion. The feedback portion is movable relative to the shaft portion and provides feedback to the user when an appropriate technique is used by the user of the device. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025535 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REPRESENTING MUSICAL NOTES IN AN OCTAVE TO THE VISIBLE LIGHT SPECTRUM AND METHOD THEREFOR - A method of graphically representing the musical notes in an octave in parallel to the visible light spectrum, by means of one or more color codes comprising colors in a spectrally sequential order and repeating the code throughout the different octaves, and a series of apparati designed to apply said method, as a note locator, to any type of musical instrument where exactly one auditory tone is modified in pitch by exactly one manipulation of the instrument, including all stringed, keyboard, and melodic percussion instruments. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025536 | Method of instruction for musical instruments - The present invention is directed toward an instructional methodology that is used in teaching novice or beginner status individuals how to play a musical instrument. The current methodology has been found to be particularly advantageous in teaching the use of stringed instruments such as guitars. More particularly, the instructional system uses a series of repetitive sequencing steps in order for a pupil to understand the positions on the instrument as well as to grasp a fundamental understanding of chord arrangements and musical scales. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025537 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SYNTHESIZING A PLURALITY OF WAVEFORMS IN SYNCHRONIZED MANNER - A plurality of blocks of waveform data are stored in a memory, which also stores, for each of the blocks, synchronizing information representative of a plurality of cycle synchronizing points that are indicative of periodic specific phase positions where the block of waveform data should be synchronized in phase with another block of waveform data. Two blocks of waveform data (e.g., harmonic and nonharmonic components) are read out from the memory, along with the synchronizing information. On the basis of the synchronizing information, the readout of two blocks of waveform data is controlled using the synchronizing information. There is stored, for each of the blocks, at least one piece of synchronizing position information indicative of a specific position where the block should be synchronized with another block, and the readout of the individual blocks of waveform data is controlled so that the blocks are synchronized with each other using the synchronizing position information. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025538 | Method, Apparatus, and Program for Assessing Similarity of Performance Sound - A similarity assessment apparatus is provided for assessing a performance sound based on a model performance sound. In the apparatus, a probability density function generating unit divides data of a performance sound into a sequence of frames each having a predetermined temporal length, and generates a probability density function of a fundamental frequency for each frame of the performance sound. A probability density function providing portion provides a probability density function of a fundamental frequency for each frame of the model performance sound. A similarity assessment unit compares the generated probability density function of a frame of the performance sound with the provided probability density function of a frame of the model performance sound so as to assess a similarity between the performance sound and the model performance sound. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025539 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SELECTING MUSIC TO BE RECOMMENDED FOR USER BY USING MUSIC REPRODUCTION DEVICE - A music reproduction device for recommending music suitable for a taste of a user is provided. When the music reproduction device reproduces music, a motion of the user is measured. A range of a tempo in which a tempo of music is matched with a tempo of the motion of the user is determined as a range of a preferred tempo of the user. Pieces of music to be recommended for the user are selected based on the determined range of the tempo. Thus, it is possible to accurately recommend pieces of music suitable for the taste of the user without an additional input for generating a recommendation list by the user. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025540 | MELODY GENERATOR - The invention relates to a method for automatic generation of melodies where from one step to a following a new parameter value is generated that is sent to a unit emitting sound. The parameters comprise a new note pitch, a new window width, a life span for the window width, a window offset and a life span for the window offset. The new note pitch is selected according to a given probability distribution within the interval of note pitches given by the note pitch in a previous step, the window width and the window offset. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025541 | ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - The electronic musical system comprises a keyboard that has a plurality of keys to designate the pitch, a key operation detector for detecting the operating state of the keyboard, set operator that can switch to the parameter setting state, parameter value input port to input the parameter values, pressed key count detector to detect the number of pressed keys, parameter setting program for setting the parameter value according to the pressed keys detected by the key operation detector. If one key being pressed is detected, then the parameter values are set to the value of the pressed key. If, however, multiple keys being pressed are detected, then the parameter values are set to the value of the multiple pressed keys and parameter output port outputs the parameter values that were set by the parameter setting program. The electronic musical instrument allows the user to intuitively set the parameter values with a effortless operation. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025542 | SHAPING AMPLITUDE CONTOURS OF MUSICAL NOTES - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for shaping amplitude contours of musical notes. A method for shaping amplitude contours of musical notes in time of particular pitch and duration includes processing musical notes to modify a contour of an amplitude shape curve of each note differently in accordance with its relationship to its succeeding note, the processing including calculating an initial amplitude shape curve, modifying a first portion of the calculated initial amplitude shape curve to be more convex or more concave, and independently modifying a second portion of the calculated initial amplitude shape curve to be more convex or more concave, the resulting modifications improving a timbre quality. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025543 | Instant coil system - A box installed in an instrument with a cut out where a pick up coil can be instantly slid in and out or side to side. The coils are slid into the box unit which has a slice in it to allow the coils to be slid side to side along a path of the strings to achieve different tonal effects. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025544 | 3-D woven fabric and methods for thick preforms - Fabric and methods of forming thick 3-D woven preforms wherein substantially orthogonal yarn systems are manipulated in each direction to provide predetermined thickness and cross-sectional shapes. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025545 | WEAPON SIGHT - This invention, as a unit, is a training adjustable combination sight, primarily intended to be mounted on a vehicle of smaller vessel for close-in defence of these against air and ground attacks. In its entirety, aside from the required sight sensors ( | 2009-01-29 |
20090025546 | Hand-Held Ballistic Resistant Personal Protection Device - A personal protection device comprising a shield having two planar sides, oppositely disposed to one another, wherein the shield is fabricated of a ballistic resistant material, a window interconnected in the shield, an access port disposed on the shield, two handles, each disposed on a planar side, wherein the two handles allow a user to hold the shield in either the right or left hand without extension across the user's body while maintaining the position of the shield in front of the user's body. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025547 | Highly survivable urban utility vehicle (HSUUV) - The Highly Survivable Urban Utility Vehicle (HSUUV) provides a novel way to balance the concerns of armor, mobility and cost. Prior art distributes armor to protect all areas of the vehicle evenly, thereby distributing the maximum armor weight capacity evenly. The HSUUV provides armored protection in levels, which vary depending on the location of the armor and that location's ballistic threat. Entrance to the HSUUV is located in location(s) other than the traditional side door(s) so as to provide additional armored protection in the area receiving the greatest ballistic threat. Using the HSUUV, soldiers can safely and quickly enter areas that they otherwise would have had to fight and sustain casualties to enter. The vehicle will give United States forces an unprecedented amount of flexibility, allowing for better strategic and tactical decisions. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025548 | Spring-return, pneumatic actuator - A spring-return, pneumatic actuator includes a casing having therein a cylinder chamber, a housing chamber and a spring chamber and equipped therein with a piston reciprocating by means of air supplied and discharged from an air supply and exhaust vent on a primary side of the piston, a piston rod joined to the piston, a conversion mechanism for converting a reciprocating motion of the piston into a rotary motion, a spring undergoing a snap action by means of the reciprocating motion of the piston and a communication space chamber formed via a communication part to have a predetermined volume from a secondary side to the spring chamber. The cylinder chamber has the piston and the piston rod built-in, the housing chamber has the conversion mechanism built-in and the spring chamber has the spring built-in. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025549 | PISTON - A piston is equipped with a skirt that has a sliding surface provided with an oil repellent resin layer. A solid lubricating resin layer and the oil repellent resin layer are exposed on the sliding surface. On the sliding surface, the oil repellent resin layer extends at an incline with respect to the centerline of the sliding surface in a circumferential direction of the piston. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025550 | Piston for an Internal Combustion Engine and Method for its Production - A piston for an internal combustion engine has annular cooling passage arranged in the vicinity of the piston crown and radially on the outside, which, in those regions of the pin bosses which lie close to the boss holes, has boss cooling passages which are connected to the cooling passage and are intended for improved cooling of the pin bosses. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025551 | MOUNTING MECHANISM FOR A POSITION-DETECTING SENSOR - A position-detecting sensor to which a mounting mechanism for a position-detecting sensor is applied is equipped with a holder capable of accommodating a sensor element in which a magnetic sensor or the like is disposed, and includes a flange on a lower end of the holder, which is inserted through a sensor mounting groove of a cylinder apparatus. The flange is formed in a plate shape, having a narrow portion and a widened portion that differ in width dimension. After insertion thereof through the sensor mounting groove such that side surfaces of the narrow portion are made parallel with the sensor mounting groove, the holder is turned, whereby the widened portion engages within and is retained respectively by a pair of recess portions in the sensor mounting groove. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025552 | GAS PURIFICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A gas purification apparatus capable of removing fine particles of substantially any size without lowering the efficiency of gas supply. A loader module of a substrate processing apparatus includes a fan filter unit for producing a downward flow of atmospheric air in the internal space of a transfer chamber. The fan filter unit includes a fan for generating an atmospheric air flow, a filter of mesh structure for trapping and removing particles mixed in the atmospheric air flow, an irradiation heater disposed between the fan and the filter, and a high temperature part disposed in the atmospheric air flow and higher in temperature than the filter. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025553 | ADSORBENT COATING COMPOSITIONS, LAMINATES AND ADSORBER ELEMENTS COMPRISING SUCH COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THEIR MANUFACTURE AND USE - Using zeolites as the active adsorbent, adsorbent laminates have been fabricated with various sheet supports. These adsorbent laminates have been successfully operated for oxygen enrichment at high PSA cycle frequencies, such as upwards of at least 150 cycles per minute. Methods for making suitable adsorbent laminates are described. The methods generally involve forming a slurry comprising a liquid suspending agent, an adsorbent and a binder. Laminates are made by applying the slurry to support material or admixing support material with the slurry. The slurry can be applied to support material using a variety of techniques, including roll coaters, split roll coaters, electrophoretic deposition, etc. One method for making laminates by mixing support material with the adsorbent slurry comprises depositing the slurry onto a foraminous wire, draining the slurry material, and pressing the material to form a ceramic adsorbent paper. Spacers can be formed on adsorbent laminates to space one laminate from another. The spacer dimensions can be uniform, or can vary along a laminate, such as increasing in height from a first end to a second end of the laminate. Gas flow-through apertures also can be formed on laminates. The laminates are adjacent one another to define flow channel between adjacent bodies, whereby a portion of a gas flowing through the flow channels flows through the apertures to facilitate pressure equalization in the adsorbent structure. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025554 | METHOD OF PURIFYING LARGE QUANTITY OF EXHAUST GAS CONTAINING DILUTE VOLATILE HYDROCARBONS - A method of purifying an exhaust gas by means of an “adsorption unit (adsorption columns ( | 2009-01-29 |
20090025555 | SORBENT FIBER COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF TEMPERATURE SWING ADSORPTION - The various embodiments of the present invention relate to compositions, apparatus, and methods comprising sorbent fibers. More particularly, various embodiments of the present invention are directed towards sorbent fiber compositions for temperature swing adsorption processes. Various embodiments of the present invention comprise sorbent fiber compositions, apparatus comprising a plurality of sorbent fibers, and methods of using the same for the capture of at least one component from a medium, for example CO | 2009-01-29 |
20090025556 | Metal-Organic Framework Materials Based on Icosahedral Boranes and Carboranes - Disclosed herein are metal-organic frameworks of metals and boron rich ligands, such as carboranes and icosahedral boranes. Methods of synthesizing and using these materials in gas uptake are disclosed. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025557 | Domestic Appliance Comprising an Adsorption Unit and Method for Operating a Domestic Appliance of This Type - A domestic appliance including an adsorption unit and further including a process air conduit, wherein an adsorption container operates as a heat exchanger for heating a stream of air flowing in the process air conduit and being applied to the adsorption container, with the adsorption unit configured for alternate and reversible operation in a first operating state in which a stream of air flowing in the process air conduit is applied to the adsorption container and which adsorbs adsorptive evaporating in the phase transition container, and in a second operating state in which the adsorbing agent is heated by the heater and the adsorptive is desorbed, with desorbed adsorptive condensing in the phase transition container, the domestic appliance including an assembly operatively associated with the adsorption unit for applying a stream of air flowing in the process air conduit to the adsorption container in the second operating state. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025558 | Electronic device filter assembly - An filter assembly comprises a sleeve coupled to an external surface of an electronic device and disposed at least partially over an airflow vent of the electronic device, the sleeve configured to receive insertion of a filter element therein. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025559 | AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM WITH MODULAR ELECTRICALLY STIMULATED AIR FILTER APPARATUS - An air conditioning system includes an air flow pathway extending through a housing from an inlet to an outlet. Air conditioning apparatus is disposed in the airflow pathway between the inlet and the outlet conditioning an air stream passing through the air flow pathway from the inlet to the outlet. A modular electrically stimulated air filter apparatus is carried by opposed, parallel frameworks mounted in series in the air flow pathway between the inlet and the air conditioning apparatus filtering entrapping contaminants in the air stream flowing through the housing from the inlet to the outlet. The opposed parallel frameworks are mounted to opposed supports affixed to the housing. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025560 | Oxygen Concentrator - The present invention provides a pressure swing adsorption-type oxygen concentrator for medical use having a flow channel switching device that successively pressurizes and supplies air from an air supply device at a constant timing to adsorb/desorb nitrogen in the air, wherein the flow channel switching device is a rotary distributor valve assembly structure provided with an electric motor, the rotary distributor valve assembly structure being provided with a shaft seal mechanism to perform shaft sealing with an O-ring having Shore A hardness of 45 to 60 degree and further the oxygen concentrator has a mechanism that simultaneously achieves rotary drive transmission following axial offset and angular offset of the rotary shaft of the rotary distributor valve assembly structure and shaft sealing. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025561 | CONTAMINANT CONTROL FILTER WITH FILL PORT - Filters, methods, and an apparatus for filling housings and both encapsulated porous and non-porous spaces with contaminant control media for placement in electronic enclosures, such as disk drive enclosures, are disclosed. In one embodiment, a filter assembly includes a housing comprising an internal cavity configured to receive contaminant control media, a fill port in communication with the internal cavity, and an opening in communication with the internal cavity, and filter media at least partially covering the opening; and contaminant control media occupying the internal cavity. Contaminant control media is deposited within the internal cavity via the fill port by means of creating a negative pressure within the internal cavity. The application of a partial vacuum facilitates movement of the contaminant control media into the internal cavity and minimizes the contamination of the filter, housing, and work space common to other loose fill filling methods. Other aspects and embodiments are provided herein. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025562 | CENTRIFUGAL SEPARATOR FOR CLEANING OF GAS - The invention refers to a centrifugal separator comprising a stationary casing defining an inner space, a spindle and a rotating member, which is attached to the spindle and arranged to rotate around an axis of rotation with a rotary speed. The rotating member comprises a number of separating discs which are provided in the inner space. A drive member drives the spindle and the rotating member with said rotary speed. A sensor device senses the rotation of the rotating member in relation to the casing. The sensor device comprises at least one transmitter element which is provided in the inner space on the rotating member and a receiver element which is provided at the casing and arranged to sense the transmitter element. The receiver element is provided on the casing outside the inner space. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025563 | CENTRIFUGAL SEPARATOR - In a centrifugal separator for cleaning a gas containing liquid impurities, a stationary casing encloses a separation space having an inner wall surface. An inlet is provided. A rotating member is provided in the separation space downstream the inlet rotates in a direction of rotation around an axis of rotation. The rotating member brings the gas to rotation in the direction of rotation for separation of liquid impurities from the gas. A gas outlet is provided downstream the rotating member for discharge of the cleaned gas. A first liquid outlet is provided upstream the gas outlet and downstream the rotating member for discharge of separated liquid impurities and comprises an outlet hole. A surrounding ring groove extends outwardly from the inner wall surface in the stationary casing and has a surrounding bottom surface, wherein the outlet hole extends outwardly from the bottom surface. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025564 | Silencer and oxygen concentrator having silencer - Provided are an expansion-type silencer ( | 2009-01-29 |
20090025565 | AIR FILTERING DEVICE AND CLEANING SYSTEM OF SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS WITH THE SAME - An air filtering device and an air cleaning system of a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus to reduce cost and increase manufacturing productivity. The air filtering device may include a frame having an open aperture coupled to an air supply line. A buffer frame configured to be inserted into the frame may include a plurality of slot parts, each slot part having a plurality of air in/out apertures through which air may flow in or out from the buffer frame. A plurality of filters may be releasably fastened to the plurality of slot parts to filter pollution material contained in air flowing through the air in/out apertures. An air interrupter for interrupting air flowing through the air in/out apertures may be used when replacing the plurality of filters, thereby providing purified air to the semiconductor manufacturing apparatus during the replacement. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025566 | CONDENSED WATER DISCHARGING APPARATUS FOR FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A condensed water discharging apparatus for a fuel cell system is disclosed. The condensed water discharging apparatus includes: a drain tank installed around a hydrogen discharging line comprising an inlet portion, an outlet portion formed on both distal ends of the drain tank, and a intermediate portion having at least a drain hole installed wherein the intermediate portion is disposed inside the drain tank so that condensed water is separated from hydrogen flowing in through the intermediate portion by gravity and is drained downwardly; and a drain pump connected to the drain tank to discharge condensed water drained through the drain holes of the intermediate portion. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025567 | Folding leg system for a cooking appliance - A cooking appliance having a removable storable lid and having legs which are foldable into at least two positions, one position being an operable position in which legs depend from the appliance and support the appliance above and on a support surface, and the other being a storage position in which the legs fold into a more compact configuration and simultaneously retain the lid to the appliance. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025568 | DRAWER-TYPE COOKING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPENING AND CLOSING OF DOOR THEREOF - A drawer-type cooking device and a method for controlling opening and closing of a door thereof, in which an opening/closing direction and an absolute position of a door by a manual opening/closing operation by a user can be detected with a simple structure even when the door is in a door-open state in an intermediate position, is provided. A rotation sensor | 2009-01-29 |
20090025569 | Cooking impliment shelf and food warming drawer for use with commercial griddles and charbroilers - A cooking implement shelf is disclosed that is attachable to a commercial griddle and is able to support and position cooking implements such as a spatula, grill weights, cooking tongs, a salt shaker, etc, in a location that is readily accessible to a grill cook and does not taking up space on the cooking surface. One aspect of the invention is attachable to a staging feature on top of a barrier that runs along the backsplash of the griddle, while another aspect is directly attachable to the backsplash or to a side splash guard of the griddle. In preferred embodiments, the accessory is made from stainless steel, includes a warming tray and drip pan under the shelf, can be positioned above the cooking surface so as to warm items in the tray without harming them, and is adjustable horizontally and in height from 8″ to 17″ above the cooking surface. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025570 | WAFFLE IRON HAVING A CHANGEABLE PLATE INSERT FOR CUSTOMIZATION OF WAFFLES MADE THEREIN - A waffle iron includes upper and lower heatable textured plates which can be separated for dispensing batter thereon and for unloading cooked waffles, a recess in at least one of the heatable textured plates for receiving one of a plurality of inserts which customize waffles cooked therein. Each of the plurality of inserts has a topographically formed name, character or figure thereon, either in relief or by engraving. Each heatable plate which receives an interchangeable insert has a recess into which the insert fits. The recess may be equipped with indexing apertures or indentations. Each insert is equipped with a threaded shaft which passes through apertures in the heatable plate and associated waffle iron body portion. A nut can be secured to the threaded shaft, thereby securing the insert within the recess on the heatable plate. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025571 | Induction-heated cooking or frying machine - Cooking machine or deep-fat fryer comprising a vessel for holding a bath of water or frying oil, said vessel being formed by a cylindrical vertical wall or by at least a vertical planar wall, means for controllably heating said bath, a perforated basket adapted to be dipped into said vessel, wherein the heating means comprise at least an induction coil provided on the outside of a vertical wall of said vessel and oriented so that the axis of the electromagnetic flux generated by said coil is directed at the interior of said basket in a substantially horizontal direction, and an appropriate electric-frequency driver generator adapted to generate an electric voltage that is transmitted to said induction coil; said perforated basket is made of a ferromagnetic material. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025572 | Apparatus for Holding Food Items for Roasting in a Fire - An appliance for holding food items, such as marshmallows and hot dogs, for roasting against the face of an open fire includes food carrying skewers that are rotatably mounted on an axis generally perpendicular to the elongated frame of the device. A drive linkage, manually operated from the opposite end of the frame, rotates the skewers such that the food products are uniformly exposed to the same heating, resulting in uniformly cooked food items without burning. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025573 | ROTISSERIE SPIT - A rotisserie spit including a spit rod for supporting food, a carrier bracket for mounting the spit rod in cantilever fashion by bearings to permit rotation of the spit rod, the bracket being mounted to an upright support post such that the bracket and spit rod carried thereby can swing about the axis of the post, and a motor coupled to the spit rod for driving the spit rod in rotation about its axis. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025574 | COOKING APPARATUS AND METHODS OF USE - Outdoor cooking apparatus including a basin, a grate within the basin, a pedestal including a housing having a chamber and a container for a heat generating source. The container is preferably an insertable starter unit that is removably secured within the chamber and remains in place during cooking. The outdoor cooking apparatus is particularly useful for wok cooking as a wok may be placed on the grate such that a small diameter of very hot air is delivered from the insertable starter unit to the wok. The outdoor cooking apparatus may further be modified for other cooking purposes requiring a broader diameter of lower heat. This embodiment further includes a diffuser, preferably including a plate having apertures therein and a second larger planar grate placed within the basin above the diffuser. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025575 | Garlic Press With Variable Grate Configurations - An adjustable garlic press that allows the user to choose among a variety of different grate assemblies with, for example, variable sized apertures/pattern of apertures. The apertures can be holes, or other forms, for example, in the form of dicers or slicers. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025576 | Machines for making bales of disgregated material - These improvements are applied to the machines that comprise a compacting chamber and consist in:
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20090025577 | RAM POSITION DETECTION METHOD, RAM DRIVE METHOD, RAM DRIVE DEVICE, AND PRESS MACHINE HAVING THE RAM DRIVE DEVICE - A ram driving method including the steps of fixing one end of a large-diameter piston rod ( | 2009-01-29 |
20090025578 | System and method for identifying bales of hay - A system and method for tagging individual bales of hay as they are baled and recording information regarding the moisture, weight, preservative applied, field position, quality and other information available at the time of baling, all sequenced to the formation of the bale by a timing and positioning device. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025579 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVED PLASTIC COMPACTOR BAGS - A method and system for improved plastic compactor bags is provided by the present invention. In particular, the present invention discloses a method of using plastic compactor bags having flaps for use with a compactor, such that the plastic flapped bag with two or more flaps is placed into the container of a compactor having a front panel in close proximity to the container. The flaps of the plastic compactor bag are provided such that a person installing the bag can pull the plastic bag over an upper edge of the container to facilitate securing the plastic flapped compactor bag onto the container of the compactor. Furthermore, the present invention discloses a system of a plastic flapped compactor bag placed within a container of a compactor. Finally, the present invention discloses a method of removal of a plastic flapped compactor bag from a container of a compactor. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025580 | COATING DEVICE AND COATING UNIT IN A STENCIL PRINTING APPARATUS - The invention discloses a varnish coating device that utilizes an ordinary conventional digital stencil printing apparatus, such that anyone can easily apply a uniform film of a viscous coating onto a predetermined area of, for instance, covers and surfaces of printed products. The invention functions as a varnish coating device, in place of a drum unit, when a varnish coating unit is mounted on a mounting section of a printing apparatus main body. The varnish coating unit has: a coating roller that coats the surface of printed paper with a transparent varnish liquid and feeds out the paper; a supply device having a doctor roller that forms a liquid pool on the coating roller and that supplies varnish liquid to from a coating in a predetermined thickness over a predetermined area of the surface of the coating roller; a cradle that detachably supports a varnish container; and a pumping device. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025581 | Mask for screen printing and screen printing method using the same - This invention relates to a mask for screen printing, which includes a mask body composed of a plurality of pattern areas having holes for screen printing and a peripheral area surrounding the outside of the pattern areas; and a protrusion portion formed in the peripheral area of a back surface of the mask body, and to a screen printing method using the same. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025582 | SCREEN PRINTING METHOD FOR PRINTING A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - An exemplary screen printing method for printing a printed circuit board is provided. The printed circuit board includes a number of parallel electrical traces. In the method, firstly, a screen printing stencil is disposed on a side of the printed circuit board having the electrical traces and a squeegee is disposed on the screen printing stencil. Secondly, the squeegee is drawn across the screen printing stencil in a manner such that an angle between a blade of the squeegee and the electrical traces is in a range from 20 degrees to 70 degrees so as to print an ink on the printed circuit board. The method can improve quality of the printed circuit board. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025583 | Variable cutoff printing unit with belt blanket and method of printing - A variable cutoff printing press is provided. The variable cutoff printing press includes a first plate cylinder, a second plate cylinder, a continuous belt blanket contacting the first and second plate cylinders and a movable support cylinder supporting the belt blanket. The first and second plate cylinders, the continuous belt blanket and the movable support cylinder form a first print section and the movable support cylinder is movable to change the print length of the first print section. A method of printing images with a printing press is also provided. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025584 | Method for Developing Printing Plates in an Offset Printing Press and Printing Press for Carrying out the Method - A method for developing printing plates in a printing press having at least one printing unit includes loading an imaged, undeveloped printing plate with dampening solution before a start of printing for dampening in at least one printing unit of the printing press for an active duration corresponding at least to one and one half times a time duration or number of machine revolutions provided before a start of printing when an already developed printing plate is used in the same printing press. A printing press for carrying out the method is also provided. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025585 | Method for Starting Continuous Printing with Reduced Application of Dampening Solution and Printing Press for Carrying out the Method - A method for operating an offset printing press having at least one printing unit with an inking unit, a plate cylinder for receiving a printing plate, a blanket cylinder, an impression cylinder and a dampening unit, and for controlling an application of dampening solution from the dampening unit onto the plate cylinder, includes predampening the printing plate. After a printing pressure has been switched on between the blanket cylinder and the impression cylinder and after a printing material transport through the offset printing press has been switched on, a supply of dampening solution to the plate cylinder in the printing unit is reduced to a pronounced extent at least once for a short predefined time period, as a result of which an excess of dampening solution produced by the predampening does not accumulate permanently in the inking unit. A printing press for carrying out the method is also provided. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025586 | WEB-FED ROTARY PRINTING PRESS - A web-fed rotary printing press is disclosed. The printing press having several printing units and having a folding unit, and a turner bar nest and folding superstructure positioned between the printing units and the folding unit, in which at least one printing substrate web can be separated into partial webs and/or the or each printing substrate web or the or each partial web can be conveyed via turner bars and/or guide rollers to at least one former. At least one guide roller is respectively positioned along the transport path of the or each printing substrate web and/or the or each partial web through the turner bar nest and the folder superstructure, whose two ends are each assigned an adjusting unit, via which the respective end of the respective guide roller can be displaced linearly in and/or opposite from the running direction of the respective printing substrate web or partial web. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025587 | DIGITAL PRINTING PRESS WITH AUTOMATED MEDIA TRANSPORT - A digital printer is provided with an automated printing sheet transport system, operating in an intermittent regime of feeding a printing sheet to the digital printer, halting the transport to allow printing onto the printing sheet while the printing sheet is maintained in a fixed position, and removing the printed sheet from the digital printer after printing. The digital printer may be combined with a screen print station, both operating on top of a single printing sheet transport system, to form an integrated multifunctional and hybrid printing press. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025588 | Imprint apparatus and imprint method using the same - The present invention relates to an imprint apparatus for forming a transfer pattern on a substrate. The imprint apparatus includes a container comprising a pattern forming material and a mold member comprising an imprint pattern formed on a surface. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025589 | Support for Printing Material and Printing Plate Material - In the present invention, disclosed is a support for a printing plate material possessing an aluminum plate having been subjected to at least a surface-roughening treatment and an anodizing treatment, wherein the support has a roughened surface having a center-line average roughness Ra of from 0.25 μm to 0.50 μm, and a skewness Rsk of from −0.8 to 0, and an objective is to provide a support for a printing plate material exhibiting excellent resistance to blanket contamination with no deterioration of printing ability, and also to provide a printing plate material exhibiting excellent resistance to blanket contamination, even though the support is employed for an on-press development type printing plate material. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025590 | Track-Laying Apparatus for Laying Easter Bunny Tracks, Other Track-Laying Apparatuses and Track-Laying Methods - Easter bunny tracks may be laid onto the ground using a track-laying device to dispense flour or another material contrasting with the ground. Other desired track shapes (such as tracks of Santa's reindeer) may be laid using a track-laying device and suitable dispensed material. A handle with a ground-contacting rubber tip makes the device especially convenient to operate. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025591 | Process for on-press developing overcoat-free lithographic printing plate - A method of processing an overcoat-free on-press developable lithographic printing plate with ink and/or fountain solution is described. The plate comprises on a substrate a photosensitive layer which is either capable of hardening (negative-working) or solubilization (positive-working) upon exposure to a laser, the non-hardened or solubilized areas of the photosensitive layer being soluble or dispersible in ink and/or fountain solution. The plate is exposed with a laser, heated to an elevated temperature, and then developed with ink and/or fountain solution on a lithographic press. The laser exposed plate is preferably heated by passing through a heating device or while mounted on a lithographic press before on-press development. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025592 | REGISTERING PRINTING SLEEVE SEGMENTS - A printing sleeve ( | 2009-01-29 |
20090025593 | PRINTING PRESS - A method of controlling a printing unit is disclosed. The printing unit comprising a plurality of printing couple pairs, each printing couple pair comprising a plate cylinder and a blanket cylinder and an inking system associated with each printing couple pair operable to supply ink to printing plates mounted on the plate cylinders of said printing couple pairs. The printing unit also comprises a primary module carrying the printing couple pairs and, a pair of secondary modules carrying the inking systems, the secondary modules being movable relative to the primary module from an operative into a non-operative position in which each secondary module is separated from the primary module. The printing unit further comprises apparatus for loading/unloading printing plates from the plate cylinders of the printing unit and the method includes the step of unloading printing plates from the plate cylinders of the printing unit using said apparatus whilst the secondary modules are moving relative to the primary modules into their non-operative positions. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025594 | Inspection System for a Sheet-Fed Recto-Verso Printing Press - There is described a sheet inspection system for a sheet-fed recto-verso printing press of the type comprising two printing cylinders ( | 2009-01-29 |
20090025595 | Contact Printing Method Using an Elastomeric Stamp Having a Variable Surface Area and Variable Shape - The present invention is directed to methods for patterning substrates by contact printing methods using tools that include continuous, flexible surfaces having variable surface areas and variable shapes. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025596 | DEMOLITION CHARGE HAVING MULTI-PRIMED INITIATION SYSTEM - A demolition charge system has a multi-primed initiation system with a rigid container having interconnected thin end walls, side walls, a base and a lid. The lid continuously fits onto the end and side walls to cover and contain an internal chamber. Each of the ends walls has a threaded opening longitudinally aligned with each other. An elongated thin-walled tube longitudinally extends through the internal chamber and has threaded ends engaging inner portions of the threaded openings to securely hold the tube in the container. At least one demolition initiator is capable of longitudinally extending in the tube and a main charge in the internal chamber is positionable in abutting contact along the tube to assure demolition. Magnets assure magnetic securing of the demolition system on a ferrous target. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025597 | VARIABLE RANGE AMMUNITION CARTRIDGE FOR ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE WEAPON - An ammunition cartridge for an electrical discharge weapon having at least one dart positioned within a dart chamber in the housing. The cartridge has at least one adjustable barrel for selection between close and extended ranges and a joint and port for adjusting pressure in the barrel. In another form the cartridge has two fixed barrels and a retractable deflection ramp for selection between close and extended ranges. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025598 | OVERHEAD TRANSPORT SERVICE VEHICLE AND METHOD - A overhead transport service vehicle system includes a carriage frame structured and arranged to carry a user. A hoisting mechanism utilizes at least one lifting device for lifting and lowering the carriage frame and at least one moving device for causing movement of the hoisting mechanism along one of a track or rail. A control controls at least one of the at least one lifting device and the at least one moving device. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025599 | STEERED AXLE RAILWAY TRUCK - A railway truck has a frame, and two wheel-sets operatively connected to the frame. Each wheel-set includes a corresponding axle, and two wheels disposed on the axle. A first steering lever is pivotally connected to the first end portion of the first axle about a first pivot axis and to the frame about a second pivot axis. A second steering lever is pivotally connected to the second end portion of the first axle about a third pivot axis and to the frame about a fourth pivot axis. A first line passing through the first and second pivot axes crosses a second line passing through the third and fourth pivot axes at less than a predetermined distance from a vertical centerline of the truck when the first and second axles are parallel. A railcar including the truck is also disclosed. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025600 | Azo Pigment Preparation - The invention relates to an azo pigment preparation which is characterized by a content in 4,4′-diaminodicyclohexylmethane, the percentage of the trans,trans-isomer being at least 25%, based on the total amount of 4,4′-diaminodicyclohexylmethane. The azo pigment preparation according to the invention is especially suitable for producing gravure inks having improved optical density, higher luster and no ink show-through in the gravure printing of illustrations. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025601 | POLYMERIZABLE DYE-MONOMER CONJUGATES FOR ENCAPSULATING PIGMENT PARTICLES - A polymeric colorant comprises a polymer-encapsulated pigment, wherein the polymer has a molecular weight in the range of 2,000 to 2,000,000 g/mole (2 to 2,000 kDa) and is a polymerization product of at least one dye-monomer conjugate. In some instances, a comonomer is added. The polymeric colorant is made by a method that comprises polymerizing at least one dye-monomer conjugate in a mixture containing pigment particles, to produce a polymerization product wherein the pigment particles are encapsulated by the polymerization product. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025602 | Capillary-Action, Glitter Markers and Ink Compositions for Same - The disclosure is generally related to writing instruments capable of making markings containing large diameter glitter pigment particles, and glitter ink compositions for the same. In one embodiment, the disclosure provides a capillary-action marker comprising a glitter ink composition, a low density ink reservoir for storing the glitter ink composition, and a porous nib in fluid communication with the low density ink reservoir, wherein the glitter ink composition comprises glitter pigment particles having a particle size greater than about 12.1 microns in at least one dimension. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025603 | PIGMENT INK COMPOSITION AND COATING MATERIAL - A pigment ink composition has high transparency and good color characteristics such as a high OD that are not inferior to those of dyes, even though pigment particles are used, and also has good weatherability and remaining ability on the coating and printing medium surface that are inherent to pigment particles. The pigment ink composition contains pigment particles including at least needle pigment particles, a dispersant, and a solvent. The needle pigment particles have a needle shape with an aspect ratio of at least 3, an average aspect ratio of at least 5 and at most 7, an average short dimension of at least 20 nm and at most 30 nm, and a distribution of short dimension with a standard deviation of 2.0 nm or less. The needle pigment particles are covered with the dispersant. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025604 | NOVEL YELLOW PIGMENTS AND NON-AQUEOUS PIGMENT DISPERSIONS - A color pigment containing, based upon the total weight of the pigment, at least 70.0 weight % of a first compound COP according to Formula (1): | 2009-01-29 |
20090025605 | Aqueous ink for inkjet - An aqueous ink for an inkjet, comprising a pigment, a water-soluble organic solvent A, a water-soluble organic solvent B, and water, wherein | 2009-01-29 |
20090025606 | Method for producing a core sand and/or mold sand for foundry purposes - A method for producing a core sand and/or mold sand for foundry purposes mixes a granular mineral mold base material with an additive and an inorganic binder. An inorganic swelling additive having a swelling index of at least 9, in other words a higher swelling index that that achieved for coal, is used as an additive. Alternatively, it is also possible to work with an inorganic additive, for example with macro-crystalline graphite, whereby the finished mixture of the mold base material, the additive, and the binder is compacted to a density increase of at least 20 g/dm | 2009-01-29 |
20090025607 | Bituminous Materials - The use of a surfactant to improve the resistance of asphalt to degradation by a de-icer and/or an anti-icer, and optionally in addition to improve the resistance of said asphalt to degradation by water. The surfactant may be a fatty acid or a fatty acid derivative, such as at least one polymerised fatty acid selected from dimers and trimers of an unsaturated fatty acid, or one or more amine or substituted amine compounds, such as a reaction product of tall oil fatty acids and polyalkylenepolyamines. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025608 | FLUOROCHEMICAL URETHANE COMPOUNDS HAVING PENDENT SILYL GROUPS - Fluorochemical urethane compounds and coating compositions derived therefrom are described. The compounds and compositions may be used in treating substrates, in particular substrates having a hard surface such as plastics, ceramics or glass, to render them water, oil, stain, and soil repellent. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025609 | Coating Liquid for Forming Low Dielectric Constant Amorphous Silica-Based Coating Film and the Coating Film Obtained From the Same - A coating liquid for forming a low dielectric constant amorphous silica-based coating film with a dielectric constant of 3.0 or below and a film strength (Young's modulus) of 3.0 GPa or more, and also having a smooth surface with an excellent hydrophobicity. The coating liquid contains (1) a silicon compound obtained by hydrolyzing bis(trialcoxysilyl)alkane (BTASA) and alcoxysilane (AS) in the presence of tetraalkylammoniumhydroxide (TAAOH), or (2) a silicon compound obtained by hydrolyzing bis(trialcoxysilyl)alkane (BTASA), alcoxysilane (AS) and tetraalkylorthosilicate (TAOS) in the presence of tetraalkylammoniumhydroxide (TAAOH). | 2009-01-29 |
20090025610 | ORGANIC/INORGANIC COMPOSITE - An organic/inorganic composite including a condensation product of an organic silicon compound represented by formula (I) as a major component; at least one kind of a photosensitive compound which is sensitive to light having a wavelength of 350 nm or less selected from the group consisting of metal chelate compounds, compounds of metal organic acid salts, metal compounds having 2 or more hydroxyl or hydrolyzable groups, hydrolyzates thereof, and condensation products thereof; and/or a compound derived from the photosensitive compound; | 2009-01-29 |
20090025611 | ORGANIC PIGMENT FINE PARTICLES AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - According to the method of producing organic pigment fine particles of the present invention, when producing organic pigment fine particles by allowing two or more solutions at least one of which is an organic pigment solution in which an organic pigment is dissolved to flow through a microchannel, the organic pigment solution flows through the microchannel in a non-laminar state. Accordingly, the contact area of solutions per unit time can be increased and the length of diffusion mixing can be shortened, and thus instantaneous mixing of solutions becomes possible. As a result, nanometer-scale monodisperse organic pigment fine particles can be produced in a stable manner. | 2009-01-29 |