05th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 7 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090025712 | STRUCTURALLY ISOLATED THERMAL INTERFACE - In one embodiment, an assembly having bodies of different thermal expansion rates comprises a first body, a second body having a different thermal expansion rate than the first body, and a plurality of high conductivity members attached to both the first and second bodies. The high conductivity members are more flexible than the first and second bodies in order to allow for varied thermal expansion of the first and second bodies. The assembly may comprise a solar collector assembly, wherein the first body is a solar cell attached to a substrate, and the second body is a heat sink. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025713 | Nebulised Antibiotics for Inhalation Therapy - The present invention provides pharmaceutical aerosols which are useful for the prevention or treatment of infectious diseases of the airways, such as the lungs, the bronchi, or the sinunasal cavities. The aerosols comprise an active agent selected from the group of quinolone antibiotics. Also disclosed are liquid and solid compositions suitable for being converted into the aerosols, and kits comprising such compositions. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025714 | Drug Delivery Apparatus and Method - A drug delivery apparatus includes a mouthpiece portion having an internal conduit for delivering an aerosol including the drug to the patient. The internal conduit has an inlet end and a mouthpiece end that is structured to be received in the patient's mouth. The mouthpiece portion is structured to operate at a substantially fixed inhalation flow rate when the patient inhales through the mouthpiece end. The apparatus further includes an aerosol generator for generating the aerosol from a drug supply and injecting the aerosol into a first region within the mouthpiece portion located between an outlet of the aerosol generator and the inlet end of the conduit. The mouthpiece portion also includes a flow accelerating mechanism that causes a localized flow rate at the first region to be greater than the inhalation flow rate. A method is also provided that increases the local flow rate within the mouthpiece portion. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025715 | Breathing Assistance Device - A breathing assistance device comprises a resiliently stretchable band member dimensioned to wrap generally around a user's head; and adhesive elements removably connected to respective ends of the band member for temporarily adhering to respective cheeks of a person. During use, the band member of the device under tension exerts a tangential pull on the skin of a person's cheeks thereby to open the person's sinuses and/or nasal passages. An adhesive element for a breathing assistance device, the adhesive element comprises a base layer having a connection element for removably connecting the base layer to a platform that is connected to a respective end of a resiliently stretchable band member of the breathing assistance device; and an adhesive layer overlying at least a portion of the base layer. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025716 | PERSONAL RESPIRATORY PROTECTION SYSTEM - A respiratory protection system which is worn by a passenger during a flight in air plane, by a patient visiting hospital or doctors office, a nurse working with a patient during hospital stay, or the like. The system includes a relatively light weight, substantially rigid, headgear structure, containing an air disinfection chamber, a fan means, a filter means, an ultraviolet air disinfection means, an air blanket origination means and an energizing means. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025717 | Hand powered suction device with mucus trap and suction catheter for tracheostomy tubes - A device and method for suctioning mucus and secretions from a patient's tracheostomy tube is described. The device utilizes a reusable squeezable bulb with check valves to regulate air flow in and out of the squeezable bulb and a disposable mucus trap and suction catheter to suction a tracheostomy tube effectively and discretely without using an electrically powered suction machine. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025718 | Apparatus and Method for Maintaining Consistency for Aerosol Drug Delivery Treatments - An aerosol drug delivery apparatus is provided. The apparatus may include a reservoir constructed to contain a predetermined dose of a liquid drug, an aerosol generator in communication with the reservoir, and a power source arranged to deliver power to the aerosol generator in order to produce an aerosolized form of the dose that can be administered to a patient. The apparatus may maintain consistent aerosol drug delivery treatments, for example, by way of a breath measuring mechanism that monitors the patient's breathing pattern during the administration of the dose and a controller configured to vary the power level at which the power source during the administration of the dose based on the monitored breathing pattern. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025719 | Pre-metered dry powder inhaler for moisture-sensitive medicaments - The invention discloses a dry powder inhaler for use in a treatment of respiratory disorders. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025720 | Dry Powder Aerosolized Inhaler - This invention provides an aerosolized inhaler which enables the drug powder to aerosolize within the inhaler by breathing in the air, comprising the main body ( | 2009-01-29 |
20090025721 | Powder inhaler devices - An improved inhalation device is provided for facilitating inhalation by a patient of powder medicaments contained in a receptacle. The inhalation device includes a staple assembly comprising a plunger and staple that are securely and robustly coupled to one another. Embodiments of the inhalation device have a cap that prevents or reduces the amount of dust and grime entering into the device. The cap is additionally configured to prevent or reduce inadvertent and unintentional operation of the device. The body portion and first casing portion of certain embodiments of the inhalation device are sealably coupled, restricting or reducing undesirable flow pathways that have an adverse effect on the operation of the device. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025722 | ADAPTER FOR INHALATION APPLIANCES FOR TREATMENT OF ARTIFICIALLY VENTILATED PATIENTS - The invention relates to a device for delivery of respiratory gases in conjunction with a powder inhaler for inhaled administration of pharmaceuticals, pharmaceutical mixtures or pharmaceutical formulations to patients who are attached to respirators. The pharmaceuticals, pharmaceutical mixtures or pharmaceutical formulations are preferably administered to patients who are being artificially ventilated through a mask or via a tracheal tube under anesthesia. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025723 | Nasal cannula - The invention relates to a nasal cannula for an anti-snoring apparatus, comprising a forked tube pneumatically connected to apertures, which are embodied and positioned in such a way that air can be administered into the nose of a user via these apertures. The nasal cannula further comprises a heating wire extending in the interior of forked tube in such a way that the heating wire can heat the air supplied through the forked tube. The invention moreover relates to a nosepiece and to a Y-shaped element for nasal cannula including internal radius steps at tube connection points. The invention further relates to a nosepiece and to a Y-shaped element having rounded off transition regions. The invention finally relates to a method for avoiding condensation in nasal cannulas. To this end, the gas is heated as it flows through the tubes of a nasal cannula. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025724 | System for removal of water from a hose and the hygroscopic hose utilized - A respirator system and hygroscopic hose used in the system is disclosed. The system includes a means for generating a flow of air, a hose connected to the generating means and a mask adapted to be secured to a patient. The mask connected to the hose such that air generated by the generating means passes through the hose to the mask. The hose is a hygroscopic hose made up of a thermoplastic polyurethane. The thermoplastic polyurethane permits water formed by the respiration of the patient to permeate through a sidewall of said hose from an inner surface of the hose to an outer surface of the hose. The sidewall of the hose does not permit air generated by the generating means to pass through the sidewall. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025725 | TRANSIENT INTERVENTION FOR MODIFYING THE BREATHING OF A PATIENT - A method for modifying the breathing of a patient while the patient is experiencing sleep apnea, for example Cheyne Stokes breathing. An instantaneous pulmonary ventilation of a patient is monitored. Limit cycle behavior of the instantaneous pulmonary ventilation is identified. A transient intervention is applied to the patient during a phase of a limit cycle of the instantaneous pulmonary ventilation. The transient intervention has an effect on a breathing state of the patient. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025726 | Hypoxic conditioning in patients with exercise limiting conditions - Patients having exercise limiting conditions and those at risk of developing such conditions are exposed to a regimen of hypoxic conditions that simulate various altitude conditions. The exposure is of a temporary nature, being from a few hours to most of a day or night in any one day and repeated on a personally worked out regimen of from a series of consecutive days to a regular number of “on” and “off” days, to a random number of days. An alternate regimen is such exposure for a few minutes at a time followed by normoxic rest period of a few minutes, with the cycle repeated multiple times over the course of a treatment session. The conditioning treatment strengthens the cardiac tissue and skeletal muscle and the results extend beyond the treatment periods whereby the patient's condition is substantially improved. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025727 | RESPIRATOR, WELDING HELMET, OR FACE SHIELD THAT HAS LOW SURFACE ENERGY HARD-COAT LENS - A personal safety protective device that includes a lens and a support structure onto which the lens is secured. The lens includes a substrate and a hard-coat layer located on the substrate of the lens. The hard-coat layer has a low surface energy outer surface that is derived from a) an additive that includes at least one of i) a perfluoropolyether urethane that includes hydrolysable silane groups, and ii) an acrylate polymer that includes at least one perfluoropolyether moiety and at least one hydrolysable silane group, and b) a silsesquioxane-based hard-coat composition. The provision of such a lens on a personal safety protective device enables the lens to be durable to abrasion and to be easily cleaned without use of solvents that could shorten the service life of the lens. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025728 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING BREATHING TUBE MOVEMENT - Methods and systems are provided for detecting movement of the breathing tube in a surrounding airway of a patient. The breathing tube includes an optical fiber or camera system for producing a video image of the airway from the distal end of the breathing tube. By obtaining a baseline image and comparing said baseline image with successive images, the position of the breathing tube can be automatically monitored and a signal provided when the image differs from the baseline by more than a threshold value. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025729 | Tracheotomy Tube and Method of Using the Same - To provide a tracheotomy tube, which is configured such that a balloon reliably inflates at the time of inhalation, that air is sent to the lungs without leaking, that exhaled air reaches the vocal cord when a patient wishes to vocalize, and that saliva is prevented from entering a trachea at the time of exhalation when the patient does not wish to vocalize. The balloon keeps its inflated shape under normal pressure, and when air is sent from an artificial respiration device to the balloon via a hole provided in an inside tube portion, the balloon substantially maintains a state of being bonded to a trachea and maintains the inflated shape under pressure of exhaled air that is not for vocalization, and the inflated shape contracts under pressure of exhaled air for vocalization, and the exhaled air is sent toward the vocal cord via a gap formed between the balloon having the contracted shape and a tracheal wall. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025730 | Post decannulation stoma cover - A device and method used to cover a stoma when a patient who has had a tracheostomy tube no longer requires a tracheostomy tube and has been decannulated. The device utilizes a curved plate with an annular foam or air-filled cushion, an adhesive and a trach tie to hold the device in place over the stoma. The device effectively blocks the stoma to allow for speech, promote wound healing and prevent infection. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025731 | Surgical Pillow - A surgical pillow for supporting the head and neck of a user includes a neck rest member to support the neck of the user and having an aperture, a headrest member to support the head of the user, a base member to position and support the neck rest member and the headrest member, a support member to cooperate with the aperture of the neck rest member to support the neck rest member. The headset member includes a first outwardly projecting member and a second outwardly projecting member. The first outwardly projecting member and the second outwardly projecting member form an angle of approximately 90°. The aperture may be substantially D shaped, and the support member may be substantially a cylinder. The first outwardly projecting member and the second outwardly projecting member may form a substantial V shape and the first outwardly projecting member and the second outwardly projecting member includes a curved top surface. The neck rest member includes a inclined front surface, and the neck rest member includes a curved top surface. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025732 | Method and device for generating a passive movement in a diagnostic device - A method and an apparatus for generating a passive movement of a patient in a magnetic resonance tomograph. The apparatus includes a support for supporting at least one body part of the patient. The support, together with a patient bed can be moved into a passage of the magnetic resonance tomograph. Driven by a motor, the support can be swiveled about at least one axis inside the passage of the magnetic resonance tomograph. The components of the support and its drive, which are disposed inside the passage of the magnetic resonance tomograph, are made of non-ferromagnetic materials. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025733 | Shermo - The present invention (shermo) is a thin protective lining (1 mm in thickness, 6.5 inches in length and 2.5 inches in width) (FIG. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025734 | Devices, systems, and methods to move or restrain the hyoid bone - Systems and methods employ implants attached to the hyoid bone, thyroid cartilage, cricoid cartilage, or both the thyroid and cricoid cartilages and a source of magnetic force to move the hyoid bone, thyroid cartilage, cricoid cartilage, or both the thyroid and cricoid cartilages in the treatment of sleep disordered breathing, using attracting, repelling or a combination of attracting and repelling magnetic forces. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025735 | MEDICAL GARMENT - An apparatus for treating colic in infants including a garment having a garment body for wearing by the infant. A pair of bands extend latterly from opposite sides and in opposed directions from the garment for wrapping around the torso the infant. The bands have a width such that they extend from just below the underarms of the infant to the hips of the infant. The bands wrap around opposite sides of the infant's torso in front-to-back direction where the free ends of the bands are secured to the back of the garment. A pocket on the front of the garment is configured to receive a thermal pack to provide thermal therapy to the infant. In treating colic, the bands are wrapped snuggly about the infant's torso applying warmth and a slight pressure to thereby relieve discomfort. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025736 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MAKING TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS - A composition useful for treating the substrate of a tobacco smoke filter. A tobacco smoke filter comprising one or more than one free porphyrin or one or more than one free metal phthalocyanine. A seamless tobacco smoke filter ( | 2009-01-29 |
20090025737 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONVEYING A CIGARETTE STREAM IN A CONTROLLED MANNER - A method and apparatus for conveying a cigarette stream in a controlled manner into an initially empty conveying section of a machine for producing and/or packaging cigarettes, the conveying section being delimited laterally by walls and the cigarette stream being supported during conveying by a movable supporting element which is moved together with the cigarette stream along the conveying section. The walls which delimit the conveying section laterally can be moved at least partially in order to change the cross section of the conveying section. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025738 | Smokeless Tobacco Composition - The invention provides a process for preparing a tobacco composition suitable for use as a smokeless tobacco composition, the process including: providing a slurry comprising water and a tobacco material, the slurry comprising at least about 75% by weight water, based on the total weight of the slurry; heating the slurry to a temperature of at least about 60° C. for a time sufficient to pasteurize the tobacco material; adding an amount of a base to the slurry sufficient to raise the pH of the slurry to at least about 8.5, thereby forming a pH-adjusted slurry; and continuing to heat the pH-adjusted slurry to a temperature of at least about 60° C. for a time sufficient for the pH of the slurry to drop at least about 0.5 pH unit following the adding step. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025739 | Smokeless Tobacco Composition - The invention provides a process for preparing a tobacco composition suitable for use as a smokeless tobacco composition, including: providing a moist tobacco material; heating the moist tobacco to a temperature of at least about 85° C. for a time sufficient to pasteurize the tobacco material while maintaining the moisture content at a relatively constant level; adding an amount of a base and water to the moist tobacco material sufficient to raise the pH of the slurry to at least about 8.7 and raise the moisture content to at least about 40% by weight, thereby forming a pH-adjusted moist tobacco material; and continuing to heat the pH-adjusted moist tobacco material to a temperature of at least about 55° C. for a time sufficient for the pH of the moist tobacco material to drop to less than about 8.5 while maintaining the moisture content at a relatively constant level. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025740 | Oral pouch product having soft edge and method of making - An oral pouch product having a soft edge includes an inner filling material enclosed inwardly of at least one seam between opposed layers of porous pouch wrapper. The at least one seam is separated from the periphery of the porous pouch wrapper by an unbonded area of the opposed layers so as to form a soft edge of the pouch wrapper. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025741 | Tobacco-free oral flavor delivery pouch product - Provided is a tobacco-free oral flavor delivery pouch product that provides and engaging and flavorful experience to a user. The pouch product includes a porous pouch wrapper and an inner filling material. The inner filling material can include a non-tobacco, botanical component, at least one functional ingredient and a solid flavor component dispersed throughout the inner filling material. The pouch product delivers multiple textures to the user's mouth. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025742 | LOW IGNITION PROPENSITY CIGARETTE PAPER - A low ignition propensity cigarette paper includes base cigarette paper having a basis weight exceeding 22 g/m | 2009-01-29 |
20090025743 | Toezeeze - A system to facilitate pedicures and all applications where comfortable toe separation is demanded. The System consists of small tubular devices that fit in between each toe To ensure adequate space between the toes while polish is applied during a pedicure or other treatment to toes is required. The entire composition is made of biodegradable material, and may be left in place when using your own sandal, flip flop or other open toed shoe when your services are complete. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025744 | NAIL FILE - A nail file, including a file sheet and a handle, wherein at least the file sheet is made of biscuit porcelain, the file sheet containing an abrasive agent. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025745 | AutoNails - A portable, easy to use manicure/cosmetic case that is designed to be used by a person desiring to apply manicure/cosmetic products while sitting inside a moving vehicle such as an automobile, train, bus, or air plane without experiencing the typical problems when such an activity is attempted without such a device. This manicure/cosmetic case is designed to withstand the typical mechanical vibrations experienced in such aforementioned moving platforms thereby allowing the individual to safely and quickly apply the manicure/cosmetic without fear of product spillage or incorrect application of the product due to the vibrations. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025746 | Electric Mascara - An electric mascara for makeup of eyelash by using a mascara brush is provided, An electric mascara includes a cap including a rotary switch which is operated by a handle, a motor which is operated according to the ON/OFF operation of the rotary switch and a decelerator to which motive power of the motor is supplied; a brush stick which is connected to a revolving axis of the decelerator; and a mascara brush installed at the end of the brush stick. The mascara brush is formed by piling disk-type comb tooth in serial with a space enough to form a trough, where mascara solution can be charged, and in zigzag so that eccentricity is generated; and an eyelash curling portion and a mascara solution applying portion with shorter length then the eyelash curling portion are formed at the mascara brush | 2009-01-29 |
20090025747 | Apparatus and method for the precision application of cosmetics - One or more reflectance modifying agent (RMA) such as a pigmented cosmetic agent is applied selectively and precisely with a controlled spray to human skin according to local skin reflectance or texture attributes. One embodiment uses digital control based on the analysis of a camera images. Another embodiment, utilizes a calibrated scanning device comprising a plurality of LEDs and photodiode sensors to correct reflectance readings to compensate for device distance and orientation relative to the skin. Ranges of desired RMA application parameters of high luminance RMA, selectively applied to middle spatial frequency features, at low opacity or application density are each be significantly different from conventional cosmetic practice. The ranges are complementary and the use of all three techniques in combination provides a surprisingly effective result which preserves natural beauty while applying a minimum amount of cosmetic agent. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025748 | RIGHT ANGLE DENTAL FLOSSING DEVICE - A polyaxial flossing device constructed to provide a flossing portion with a plurality of axes of pivotal movement relative to a handle which can assume a straight or intermittently-angled shape position is described. The dental flossing device is formed by interconnecting a flossing portion and a handle portion by a universal joint to define a polyaxial joint. The universal joint includes a substantially spherical end and a substantially spherical appendage extending outwardly and sized to cooperate with the spherical cavity. Such construction and arrangement provides universal movement between the flossing and handle portions. The dental flossing device further has at least one resilient member extending between the flossing portion and handle portion of the invention, providing resistance to the pivoting flossing portion with respect to the handle portion. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025749 | METHOD FOR VERTICAL TRANSFER OF SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATES IN A CLEANING MODULE - A substrate handler is provided. In one embodiment, the substrate handler includes a first and second carriage coupled to a rail. A first robot having at least two grippers is attached to the first carrier. A second robot having at least one gripper is coupled to the second carriage. The first carriage is independently positionable along the rail relative to the second carriage. As each carriage has a separate actuator, the movements of the first and second robot are decoupled, thereby allowing increased throughput. The substrate handler is particularly suitable for using in a planarization system having an integrated substrate cleaner. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025750 | Method for removal of a deposition from an optical element, lithographic apparatus, and method for manufacturing a device - A method of removing a deposition from an optical element of an apparatus. The method includes providing a hydrogen comprising gas in at least a part of the apparatus, providing nitrogen radicals in the part of the apparatus for generating hydrogen radicals from the hydrogen comprising gas, and contacting the optical element with at least part of the hydrogen radicals to removal the deposition. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025751 | Method of removing contaminants from a coating surface comprising an oxide or fluoride of a group IIIB metal - Disclosed herein is a cleaning method useful in removing contaminants from a surface of a coating which comprises an oxide or fluoride of a Group III B metal. Typically the coating overlies an aluminum substrate which is present as part of a semiconductor processing apparatus. The coating typically comprises an oxide or a fluoride of Y, Sc, La, Ce, Eu, Dy, or the like, or yttrium-aluminum-garnet (YAG). The coating may further comprise about 20 volume % or less of Al | 2009-01-29 |
20090025752 | Device for cleaning rollers - A device for cleaning a horizontal roll turning about its axis, the device being carried and guided by the roll without following the roll in its rotation, being capable of being displaced by sliding along the roll and cleaning the surface of the roll during its sliding by a cleaning mechanism, for example a cutting tool, fixed to the device. The device allows the cleaning of rolls for conveying glass sheet or glass ribbon, particularly those of a lehr downstream of an installation for forming flat glass such as a float glass installation (formed on a bath of molten metal generally based on tin). | 2009-01-29 |
20090025753 | Lithographic Apparatus And Contamination Removal Or Prevention Method - A lithographic apparatus is disclosed having an in situ ozonizer, which is used to produce ozone gas, for example, by UV irradiation of an oxygen-containing gas. The thus produced ozone is dissolved in ultra-pure water by contacting the ozone with the ultra-pure water through a permeable membrane. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025754 | Controlling method of dishwasher - A method for controlling a dishwasher includes sequentially performing a first main washing step, a second main washing step, and a third main washing step. The first main washing step includes supplying washing water, which is heated by a sump heater, to a washing chamber. The second main washing step includes selectively performing a steam spraying action for supplying steam to the washing chamber, and performing a water supplying action for supplying washing water to the washing chamber. The third main washing step includes supplying washing water, heated by the sump heater, to the washing chamber. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025755 | Method for treating substrate - Example embodiments relate to a method of treating a substrate after performing a cleaning step with a liquid chemical in a single substrate spin cleaner. A method of treating a substrate according to example embodiments may include forming a film of deionized water on a surface of the substrate during rinsing, and drying the substrate by supplying a drying gas to the water film on the surface of the substrate. When rinsing the substrate, the rotating speed of the substrate may be reduced to about 50 rpm or less to form a film of water on the surface of the substrate. The film of water may shield the surface of the substrate from direct exposure to atmospheric air. The film of water may be maintained on the surface of the substrate when commencing the supply of the drying gas. Consequently, the number of water marks on the dried substrate may be reduced or prevented. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025756 | Cleaning wastewater holding tanks - Vibrators, each comprising an electric motor having an eccentric weight on its rotating shaft, are adhesively secured to the bottoms of the wastewater holding tanks of a recreational vehicle, to aid in flushing the tanks by dislodging solid debris from the inside walls and bottoms of the tanks and from the electrodes of the liquid level sensors in the tanks. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025757 | LID FOR A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR USING THE SAME - A method of reducing sticking of a door of a semiconductor device processing apparatus is provided. The method comprises providing rinsing fluid to a lid of a semiconductor devise processing chamber so as to rinse particulates therefrom; and sliding a door that is operatively coupled to the lid so as to move between a closed position wherein the door occludes an opening formed in the lid, and an open position wherein the door does not occlude the opening. Numerous other aspects are provided. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025758 | WAREWASH MACHINE ARM AND NOZZLE CONSTRUCTION WITH SET SPRAY PATTERN - A warewash machine includes a housing including an area for receiving wares to be washed and a liquid dispensing arm removably positioned within the housing, the liquid dispensing arm including a nozzle receiving opening. Removably positioned in the nozzle opening is a nozzle that is configured to output liquid in a specific output pattern. The nozzle receiving opening and the nozzle are cooperatively shaped and configured such that when the nozzle is inserted in the nozzle receiving opening the nozzle is automatically positioned such that an orientation of the specific output pattern relative to the area is automatically set to a specific orientation. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025759 | WASHING APPARATUS FOR BASKETS, ESPECIALLY HANDHELD SHOPPING BASKETS AND THE LIKE - Washing apparatus is provided for handheld baskets, particularly shopping baskets, wherein a washing tunnel has an entrance end and an exit end and conveyor means for supporting baskets and conveying them from the entrance end to the exit end. A series of spray nozzles are arranged within the tunnel and connected to a source of cleaning liquid that is operatively under pressure. The conveyor means comprises a pair of laterally spaced conveyors arranged to move in unison whilst operatively supporting two opposite peripheral edges of a shopping basket in an inverted orientation as the basket is conveyed from the entrance end to the exit end. Retaining means such as a longitudinally extending skid or the like are provided over at least a part of the length of the tunnel to inhibit lifting of shopping baskets off the conveyors. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025760 | MEDICAL AND DENTAL TOOL CLEANING DEVICE - An apparatus for cleaning of dental instruments and medical instruments. The apparatus includes a body for holding such instruments that is biased apart from an immersion tank. The retained instruments can be lowered into the immersion tank by hand operation. After the hand pressure is removed, the instruments are biased to pull out of the immersion bath. The instruments are then blown dry by pressurized gas. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025761 | ULTRASONIC CLEANING APPARATUS - An ultrasonic cleaning apparatus which performs ultrasonic cleaning of a contamination attached to a surface of an object to be cleaned, by using a cleaning liquid to which ultrasonic waves are applied has a cleaning bath pooling the cleaning liquid, a support base on which the object to be cleaned is supported in the cleaning liquid, ultrasonic wave generation device for alternately focusing first ultrasonic waves having a frequency of 1 to 10 MHz and second ultrasonic waves having a frequency equal to or lower than ½ of that of the first ultrasonic waves toward the object to be cleaned, a focus position adjustment device of adjusting the distance between a focus position for the focus and the surface of the object to be cleaned, and moving device of moving at least any one of the ultrasonic wave generation device and the support base so that the effect on the surface of the object to be cleaned of the ultrasonic waves generated by the ultrasonic wave generation device is uniform. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025762 | APPARATUS FOR WASHING CIRCUITS INVOLVED IN THE PREPARATION OF MILK-BASED BEVERAGES - Apparatus for washing hydraulic circuits involved in the preparation of milk-based beverages in machines ( | 2009-01-29 |
20090025763 | SUBTRATE TREATMENT APPARATUS - An inventive substrate treatment apparatus includes a substrate rotation unit which rotates a substrate, a brush to be brought into contact with at least a peripheral edge portion of a front surface of the substrate rotated by the substrate rotation unit, and a peripheral rinse liquid ejection unit which ejects a rinse liquid toward a predetermined rinse liquid applying position on the peripheral edge portion of the front surface of the substrate from a position located radially inward of the predetermined rinse liquid applying position with respect to a rotation radius of the substrate, the predetermined rinse liquid applying position being spaced downstream in a substrate rotation direction from a brush contact area of the peripheral edge portion kept in contact with the brush. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025764 | UMBRELLA FRAME PART - An umbrella frame part includes: a slender support of a metal extrudate, the support being formed with at least one retaining groove extending along the length of the support and defined by a grove-defining wall, the groove-defining wall having two opposite end portions extending toward each other to define a constricted opening therebetween, the constricted opening in a normal direction relative to the length of the support; and at least one slender decorative bar inserted fittingly into the retaining groove, having an outer surface exposed from the constricted opening, and restricted by the end portions of the groove-defining wall. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025765 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SENSING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION - An apparatus for providing information about a three-dimensional environment to a user includes; a handle, at least one sensor operatively coupled to the handle, a tactile pad disposed on the handle, a plurality of tactile buttons arrayed on the tactile pad, a plurality of actuators, wherein each actuator is operatively coupled to one of the plurality of tactile buttons to control a height thereof in relation to the tactile pad, and a processor which receives signals from the at least one sensor and controls positioning of the plurality of actuators to represent a physical environment sensed by the at least one sensor. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025766 | BED ENCLOSURE - A bed enclosure comprises a frame, a tent supported by the frame, and a mattress cover for preventing access to a mattress from the interior of the tent. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025767 | Collapsible structures - A collapsible structure has a first panel, a second panel and a third panel, with the second and third panels each having a foldable frame member that has a folded and an unfolded orientation, with a fabric material covering portions of each respective frame member to form the second or third panel for each frame member when the frame member is in the unfolded orientation. The left side of the first panel is hingedly coupled to the right side of the second panel, and the right side of the first panel is hingedly coupled to the left side of the third panel. A support member includes a frame member that has unconnected ends, the support member having a first portion hingedly coupled to the left side of the second panel, and a second portion hingedly coupled to the right side of the third panel. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025768 | COLLAPSIBLE VEHICLE COVER - A portable vehicle cover ( | 2009-01-29 |
20090025769 | ADJUSTABLE TARPAULIN SUPPORT - A support apparatus includes a rectilinear central pole having axially opposed end portions. The pole includes a plurality of oppositely spaced female portions and a male portion slid ably engageable therewith. Each female portion has a plurality of apertures equidistantly spaced along a longitudinal length thereof. The male portion is medially nested between the female portions wherein the female portions are telescopically movable. The apparatus further includes first and second pairs of telescopically adjustable and rectilinear leg members connected to the opposed end portions of the pole and extending away therefrom, respectively. The apparatus also includes a mechanism for independently pivoting each of the first and second leg members about a fulcrum axis centrally registered with the pole and extending parallel thereto. The apparatus also includes a mechanism for independently pivoting the first and second members along a unique arcuate path and about a fulcrum axis. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025770 | SEGMENTED THERMOELECTRIC DEVICE - According to some embodiments, a thermoelectric system includes a plurality of thermoelectric elements forming a thermoelectric array, the thermoelectric elements having a cooling side and a heating side. The system further includes at least one heat exchanger on at least one of the cooling side and the heating side, the heat exchanger being in thermal communication with at least some of the thermoelectric elements. In addition, the system includes a substrate generally positioned between the thermoelectric elements and the heat exchange element. The substrate comprises an electrical isolation layer, a support element configured to receive the heat exchanger and a plurality of interconnecting tabs configured to place adjacent thermoelectric elements in electrical communication with one another. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025771 | LOW POWER THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR - A thermoelectric generator has a top plate disposed in spaced relation above a bottom plate. A series of foil segments are electrically and mechanically connected end-to-end to generate a foil assembly that is spirally wound and in thermal contact with the bottom and top plates. Each foil segment comprises a substrate having a series of spaced alternating n-type and p-type thermoelectric legs disposed in parallel arrangement on the front substrate surface. Each of the n-type and p-type legs is formed of a bismuth telluride-based thermoelectric material having a thickness of about 10-100 microns, a width of about 10-100 microns and a length of about 100-500 microns. The alternating n-type and p-type thermoelectric legs are electrically connected in series and thermally connected in parallel such that a temperature differential between the bottom and top plates results in the generation of power. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025772 | Glass-ceramic thermoelectric module - The invention is directed to a thermoelectric module that utilizes a glass-ceramic material in place of the alumina and aluminum nitride that are commonly used in such modules. The glass-ceramic has a coefficient of thermal expansion of <10×10− | 2009-01-29 |
20090025773 | Thermoelectric generator with micro-electrostatic energy converter - A power supply comprises a thermoelectric generator, an initial energy management assembly, an electrostatic converter and a final energy management assembly. The thermoelectric generator is adapted to generate an electrical activation energy with sufficiently high voltage in response to a temperature gradient acting across the thermoelectric generator. The initial energy management assembly is connected to the thermoelectric generator and is adapted to receive and condition the electrical activation energy produced by the thermoelectric generator. The electrostatic converter is connected to the initial energy management assembly and is activatable by the electrical activation energy received therefrom and is configured to generate electrical energy in response to vibrational energy acting thereupon. The final energy management assembly is connected to the electrostatic converter and is adapted to condition the electrical energy produced thereby. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025774 | THERMOELECTRIC MEANS AND FABRIC-TYPE STRUCTURE INCORPORATING SUCH A MEANS - The invention relates to a thermoelectric means ( | 2009-01-29 |
20090025775 | DYNAMIC SOLAR TRACKING SYSTEM - The invention relates to a dynamic solar tracking system for making optimal use of solar energy by means of panels of photovoltaic or thermal plates, in which a modular tracker adopting the configuration of a main beam which can be aligned with others of an identical nature is developed, this assembly of main beams being able to pivot with respect to its longitudinal axis, each of these beams being formed by a variable number of modules formed by profiles which as a whole provide each beam with a configuration by way of a tetrahedron mesh, and in each of which there is assembled a secondary beam structure for supporting the panels of plates, this secondary structure being supported by two side supports with respect to which it can rotate with respect to an axis transverse to the longitudinal direction of the main beams. The assembly incorporates control means for the automatic orientation of the panels, and a weather station for providing information to the control means. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025776 | Method of making an antireflective silica coating, resulting product, and photovoltaic device comprising same - A low-index silica coating may be made by forming a silica precursor having a radiation curable composition including a radiation curable monomer and/or a photoinitiator, and also including a silica sol comprising a silane and/or a colloidal silica. The silica precursor may be deposited on a substrate (e.g., glass substrate) to form a coating layer. The coating layer may then be cured via exposure to electromagnetic radiation, such as UV radiation. Then, the cured coating layer may be fired using temperature(s) of from about 550 to 700° C., in forming the low-index silica based coating. The low-index silica based coating may be used as an antireflective (AR) film on a front glass substrate of a photovoltaic device (e.g., solar cell) in certain example instances. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025777 | Method of making an antireflective silica coating, resulting product and photovoltaic device comprising same - A low-index silica coating may be made by forming a silica precursor having a radiation curable composition including a radiation curable monomer and/or a photoinitiator, and also including a silica sol comprising a silane and/or a colloidal silica. The silica precursor may be deposited on a substrate (e.g., glass substrate or silicon wafer) to form a coating layer. The coating layer may then be cured via exposure to electromagnetic radiation, such as UV radiation. Then, the cured coating layer may be fired using temperature(s) of from about 550 to 700° C., in forming the low-index silica based coating. The low-index silica based coating may be used as an antireflective (AR) film on a front glass substrate of a photovoltaic device (e.g., solar cell) in certain example instances. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025778 | SHADING PROTECTION FOR SOLAR CELLS AND SOLAR CELL MODULES - In accordance with one aspect of the invention, there is provided a shading protected solar cell apparatus for use in a solar cell system. The apparatus includes a solar cell having a front side current collector and a back side current collector. The apparatus also includes a bypass diode closely adjacent the back side current collector, the bypass diode having a front side current collector and a back side current collector. The apparatus further includes a first electrical coupling for electrically coupling the front side current collector of the bypass diode to the back side current collector of the solar cell. The apparatus also includes a second electrical coupling for electrically coupling the back side current collector of the bypass diode to the front side current collector of the solar cell, the first and second electrical couplings cooperating to enable a current generated by non-shaded solar cells in the system to be shunted through the bypass diode when the solar cell is shaded. The apparatus further includes a thermal coupling thermally coupling the bypass diode to a back side of the solar cell such that heat generated in the bypass diode due to current shunted through the bypass diode is dissipated by the solar cell sufficiently to avoid burning the solar cell or the bypass diode when the solar cell is shaded. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025779 | SOLAR CELL ASSEMBLY - A solar cell assembly includes a first solar cell panel, a second solar cell panel, and at least one first light diverging lens. The first solar cell panel has at least one first through hole defined therein. The at least one first light diverging lens is embedded in the at least one first through hole of the first solar cell panel. The at least one first light diverging lens is configured for diverging sunlight incident thereupon and forming a first diverged light output. The second solar cell panel is spaced apart from the first solar cell panel and facing towards the at least one first light diverging lens. The second solar cell panel is configured for receiving and converting the first diverged light output into electric power. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025780 | Light Receiving or Light Emitting Semiconductor Module - In the solar battery module | 2009-01-29 |
20090025781 | NOVEL AMINO GROUP-CONTAINING HETEROCYCLIC DERIVATIVES AND SENSITIZING DYES FOR PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION CONTAINING THE HETEROCYCLIC DERIVATIVES - It is intended to provide novel amino group-containing heterocyclic derivatives, which have a broad absorption zone in the visible region and are suitable for sensitizing dyes for photoelectric conversion having a high photoelectric conversion efficiency, and photoelectric conversion materials, photoelectric conversion electrodes and photoelectric conversion cells using the same. Namely, a heterocyclic derivative represented by the following general formula (I) and containing an amino group at the terminus: | 2009-01-29 |
20090025782 | Solar cell and method for manufacturing the same - The present invention is a solar cell comprising at least a semiconductor substrate | 2009-01-29 |
20090025783 | Optical filter - The present invention provides an optical filter including a substrate having a plurality of layers of materials stacked upon it each of which layers is formed from one or both of: a first material having a first index of refraction; and, a second material having a second index of refraction being less than the first index of refraction; wherein the plurality of layers of materials include a first layer and a second layer each formed from an inhomogeneous mixture of said first material and said second material; and a third layer formed from the first material being stacked in between the first layer and the second layer; wherein the optical thickness of each of said first and said second layers is greater than the optical thickness of said third layer. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025784 | THERMAL SPRAY FOR SOLAR CONCENTRATOR FABRICATION - A system may include an optical element, a thermal-sprayed material disposed on the optical element, and a solar cell coupled to the optical element. Some aspects provide thermal spraying of a first material onto an optical element, and coupling of a solar cell to the optical element. Thermal spraying the first material may include spraying a molten metal powder onto the optical element. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025785 | SOLAR CELL WITH FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE - An exemplary solar cell includes a flexible substrate, a back metal contact layer, a P-type semiconductor layer, a P-N junction layer, an N-type semiconductor layer, and a front metal contact layer. The substrate is made of stainless steel. The back metal contact layer is formed on the substrate. The P-type semiconductor layer is formed on the back metal contact layer. The P-N junction layer is formed on the P-type semiconductor layer. The N-type semiconductor layer is formed on a P-N junction layer. The front metal contact layer is formed on the N-type semiconductor layer. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025786 | SOLAR CELL HAVING HIGH QUALITY BACK CONTACT WITH SCREEN-PRINTED LOCAL BACK SURFACE FIELD - A thin silicon solar cell having a back dielectric passivation and rear contact with local back surface field is described. Specifically, the solar cell may be fabricated from a crystalline silicon wafer having a thickness from 50 to 500 micrometers. A barrier layer and a dielectric layer are applied at least to the back surface of the silicon wafer to protect the silicon wafer from deformation when the rear contact is formed. At least one opening is made to the dielectric layer. An aluminum contact that provides a back surface field is formed in the opening and on the dielectric layer. The aluminum contact may be applied by screen printing an aluminum paste having from one to 12 atomic percent silicon and then applying a heat treatment at 750 degrees Celsius. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025787 | Wafer/Ribbon Crystal Method and Apparatus - A method of processing a ribbon crystal provides a string ribbon crystal, and removes at least one edge of the string ribbon crystal. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025788 | ELECTRODE FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS, PHOTOVOLTAIC CELL AND PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE - An electrode for contacting an electrically conductive surface of a photovoltaic element includes an electrically insulating optically transparent film, an adhesive layer provided on a planar surface of the film, and a plurality of substantially parallel, electrically conductive wires embedded into the adhesive layer. The plurality of wires lies over the planar surface of the film. A part of the surfaces of the wires protrude from the adhesive layer. At least the part of the surfaces protruding from the adhesive layer are covered by a coating consisting of an alloy having a low melting point to solder the wires to the electrically conductive surface and to a first terminal bar. The adhesive layer has a thickness less than the thickness of the wires embedded therein. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025789 | ALIGNMENT OF OPTICAL ELEMENT AND SOLAR CELL - A system may include a solar cell comprising a first electrical contact, an optical element comprising a second electrical contact, and a solder bump in contact with the first electrical contact and the second electrical contact. The solar cell is to generate charge carriers in response to received photons. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025790 | FLEXIBLE SOLAR CELL - The present invention relates to a flexible solar cell ( | 2009-01-29 |
20090025791 | TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE SUBSTRATE FOR SOLAR CELLS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SUBSTRATE - To provide a transparent conductive substrate for solar cells, whereby the resistance of the tin oxide layer is low, and the absorption of near infrared light by the tin oxide layer is low. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025792 | Silicon-Based Photovoltaic Cell and Its Red Light Conversion Layer - A silicon-based photovoltaic cell is disclosed having a red light conversion layer that absorbs ultraviolet rays, blue-purple or yellow-green light of the Sun's solar radiation and converts the absorption into a red, dark red and near infrared subband radiation. The maximum value of the solar radiation absorbed by the red light conversion layer is μ=470˜490 nm, and the maximum value of the photoluminescent spectrum of the red light conversion layer is within the photosensitive spectral zone of said single-crystal silicon substrate λ=700˜900 nm, i.e., in conformity with the optimual sensitivity area of silicon-based solar cells. The red light conversion layer has filled therein an ethyl acetoacetate or polycarbonate-based light-transmissive polymer that has evenly distributed therein a phosphor composed of α-Al | 2009-01-29 |
20090025793 | Photo-electrode For Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Comprising Hollow Spherical Agglomerates of Metal Oxide Nanoparticles and Process for Preparation Thereof - Disclosed is a photo-electrode for a dye-sensitized solar cell comprising a conductive substrate; a light absorbing porous film comprising nanoparticles of a first metal oxide, which is formed on the conductive substrate; a light scattering porous film comprising hollow spherical agglomerates of nanoparticles of a second metal oxide, which is formed on the light absorbing porous film; and a photosensitive dye adsorbed on the surface of the light absorbing metal oxide nanoparticles as well as on the surface of the hollow spherical agglomerates of the light scattering porous film. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025794 | ULTRA LOW VOLUME FLUID DELIVERY SYSTEM USING A CENTRIFUGAL RADIAL COMPRESSOR AND METHOD THEREOF - A fluid delivery system and method is disclosed for the application of fluids to a region using a centrifugal radial compressor. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025795 | Apparatus to connect a valve stem to a valve plug - Apparatus to connect a valve stem to a valve plug and, more particularly, apparatus to connect a threaded valve stem to a valve plug of a control valve are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a threaded valve stem received in a threaded opening of a valve plug and a securement member received in an adjacent opening extending from at least one of the threaded opening or an exterior surface of the valve stem to secure non-rotatably the threaded valve stem to the valve plug. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025796 | CLOSE-COUPLED PURGEABLE VAPORIZER VALVE - A method and system are provided for an integrated fluid and vapor delivery system design that optimizes vapor delivery. The method and system utilize a purgeable valve assembly which is closely coupled to a vaporizer. The purgeable valve assembly includes a liquid control valve and a purge gas valve which are connected by an outlet to the vaporizer in a manner minimizing the dead volume of the liquid supplied to the vaporizer. The system does not require the liquid precursor to be subjected to vacuum prior to entry into the vaporizer. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025797 | Ergonomic pneumatic calibration power - The pump described below is used for pneumatic pressure calibration, to generate a test pressure. This design incorporates features which provide for leak free operation. The vent valve uses a Schrader type valve operated by a vent knob. This vent knob is contained within and concentric with a pressure adjusting knob called a vernier knob. We claim this configuration. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025798 | Adaptable water connection for fire fighting equipment and connection device - Improvements in present day fire hydrants are presented. The improvement relates to a fire hydrant where the above ground structure is essentially removed and is replaced with an adaptable connection. The connection uses the same mounting hole pattern as used in the above ground hydrant. In operation, the adaptable connection is protected by a hinged cover that is opened to provide access to the adaptable connection. The adaptable connection includes a bayonet type connection where a portable fire hydrant is secured and rotated to start the flow of water. The adaptable fire connection eliminates the appearance of the fire hydrant, the potential of a vehicle hitting a fire hydrant and the material cost associated with above ground fire hydrants | 2009-01-29 |
20090025799 | Faucet Locking Device - This patent describes a locking device for securing a standard hose bib faucet. The current implementation consists of two manufactured interlocking pieces of hardened metal that wrap completely around a faucet in clamshell fashion. Once affixed, a person can then attach a lock, such as a standard padlock, to secure the device. Once the device is in place and locked shut, the device completely prevents unauthorized access the faucet, which among other things prevents significant amounts of wanted water. Because the device also wraps around the connector between the hose and the faucet, theft of an attached hose is only possible by completely cutting the hose below the extrusion from the device, thereby deterring theft. Specific device coatings can be used to protect the outside of the device from the elements or chemical manipulation to add to the protection factor. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025800 | VALVE CARTRIDGE WITH LOBULAR KEY - A one-handle valve cartridge has one or more lobular keys formed on a housing of the valve cartridge. The lobular keys interface with keyways formed in a valve body. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025801 | Hydraulic system for producing a pilot pressure to actuate a transmission component - A hydraulic system for producing a pilot pressure to actuate at least one transmission component of an automatic transmission of a vehicle. A pilot system is connected via an inlet orifice or flow restriction to a supply conduit that is under a predetermined input pressure and that includes a pressure limiting valve for setting a predetermined pilot pressure. At least one inlet orifice or flow restriction is provided in such a way that the resulting flow resistance compensates for a rise in residual pilot pressure at low temperatures. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025802 | CONSTANT FLOW VALVE - A regulating valve includes an outer housing comprised of a cap joined to a base. The housing is internally subdivided by a barrier wall into a head section and a base section, the latter being further subdivided by a modulating assembly into a fluid chamber and a spring chamber. An inlet and a 90° outlet in the cap communicate with the fluid chamber. Fluid at a variable pressure is admitted into the fluid chamber via the inlet, with the modulating assembly serving to maintain the fluid exiting the fluid chamber via the outlet at a substantially constant pressure. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025803 | Valve - The invention refers to a valve with an inlet and an outlet as well as a return. In the inlet a first screen is provided. This screen is designed sharp or short. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025804 | Cleaning related apparatus - The present invention relates to a cleaning related apparatus comprising a first compartment for holding a fluid, a filter element communicating with said first compartment, a pump means communicating with said filter means having the ability to draw fluid through the filter and return fluid to said first compartment, and an energy source connected to said pump means providing means to power said pump. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025805 | FUEL TANK SYSTEMS - A fuel tank system includes a fuel tank that has a tank wall defining a fuel storage space. A heat control chamber is formed within the tank wall. A pressure control device can control a pressure within the heat control chamber in response to a difference between a temperature within the fuel storage space and a temperature externally of the tank wall. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025806 | LIQUID LIFTING ASSEMBLY FOR SUCKING LIQUID TO HIGHER PLACE - A liquid lifting assembly for sucking liquid to a higher place, comprises a suction portion having a body, check valves, a suction head, and a pressure tank; the body being formed by a plurality of tubes; a pressure end, a suction end and a releasing end being extended from the body; the suction end and the releasing end are installed with check valves; the pressure end of the body being communicated to a pressure tank; the pressure tank being a hollow tank with air therein; a first check valve being installed between the releasing end and the body; the suction end being connected to a suction head through a second check valve. In use, the suction device sucks the liquid to the body; and the liquid in the pressure tank will give a pressure to push the liquid to flow through the check valve to the releasing end. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025807 | RUBEE ENABLED OUTDOOR FAUCET AND WATERING CONTROL SYSTEM - A control system for an outdoor faucet includes a control unit encased in a waterproof housing. Inside the waterproof housing can be found an omni-directional antenna; a transceiver operatively coupled with the antenna and operating at a low radio frequency below 300 kHz; an onboard memory for storing data; a motor valve for controlling liquid flow; a micro controller unit operatively coupled with the onboard memory and configured for controlling operation of the control unit and for actuating the motor valve; and a connector for coupling with an energy source for powering the control unit. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025808 | VALVE CARTRIDGE WITH LOW POINT OF CONTACT FOR INSTALLATION - A one-handle valve cartridge has a low point of contact for installing the valve cartridge in a valve body. A retention nut bears down on the low point of contact to secure the valve cartridge in the valve body. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025809 | ROTATABLE FAUCET WITH WATER TEMPERATURE RETAINING FEATURE - A rotatable water faucet having a water temperature retaining feature includes a hot water control, a cold water control, a mixing chamber for receiving the hot and cold water, a water passage rotatably connected to the mixing chamber for dispensing a mixture of hot and cold water received from the mixing chamber through an outlet of the water passage, and a master control for controlling the dispensing of water through the outlet, wherein the master control is capable of stopping the dispensing of water through the outlet while at least one of the hot water control and the cold water control is in an open position, wherein rotation of the water passage is capable of stopping the dispensing of water through the outlet while the master control, and at least one of the hot water control and the cold water control are in the open position. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025810 | MICRO-VORTEX GENERATOR - The present invention relates to a MEMS-based micro-oscillator which can generate specific vortical pattern in a micro-channel. The micro-vortex generator is composed of a suspended bridge with a gold-plated, rectangular flat-plate as the primary structure. When an AC current passed through the gold leads under an external magnetic field, the plate will oscillate due to Lorenz force, thereby generating micro-vortices. | 2009-01-29 |
20090025811 | Hydraulic heating apparatus - A hydraulic heating apparatus includes a body having an inlet for high pressure fluid, and an outlet for heated fluid, a chamber within the body and a flow path for the high pressure fluid between the inlet and the chamber. The high pressure fluid flows through a restriction in the flow path between the inlet and the chamber whereby the apparatus becomes heated. The working fluid flowing from the inlet to the chamber must pass through an orifice which is closable by a linearly acting closure structure. The closure structure is urged to a position in which the closure structure closes the orifice when the pressure of the high pressure fluid is below a threshold pressure. The closure structure includes a thermally sensitive material which expands in response to increasing temperature to close the orifice in response to a temperature above a threshold temperature. | 2009-01-29 |