06th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 11 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090032465 | METHOD FOR THE ELIMINATION OF METAL COMPLEX CATALYSTS FROM TELOMERIZATION MIXTURES - Process for separating a metal complex catalyst from a reaction mixture obtained from a telomerization reaction, wherein the metal complex catalyst is separated off at least one membrane which is more permeable to the telomerization product than to the metal complex catalyst. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032466 | Agent for Increasing Rejection with a Permeable Membrane, Process for Increasing the Rejection, Permeable Membrane and Process for Water Treatment - An agent for increasing the rejection with a permeable membrane which comprises an ionic macromolecule having a weight-average molecular weight of 100,000 or greater; a process for increasing the rejection with a permeable membrane which comprises treating a permeable membrane with the agent; a permeable membrane which is treated in accordance with the process; and a process for water treatment which comprises using the permeable membrane are disclosed. By using the above agent, an increased rejection of inorganic electrolytes and organic compounds soluble in water can be maintained for a long time easily and safely at the location of the use of the membrane without extreme decrease in the flux of permeation in the membrane separation using a selective permeable membrane such as a nano filtration membrane and a reverse osmosis membrane. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032467 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THERMOCAPILLARY EVAPORATION - A vaporization apparatus and related vaporization method is provided that relies on thermocapillary convection. The apparatus consists of a thermocapillary evaporator that has three sections: an evaporation section, a displacement section, and a storage system for storing the liquid to be evaporated. The evaporation section is operable to distribute thermal energy substantially along the entire liquid-gas interface. The method of the present invention consists of providing a thermocapillary evaporator that includes a storage system for the liquid to be evaporated. Advantageously, the present invention provides substantial evaporation from relatively low temperature heat sources, compared to conventional evaporators. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032468 | Methods for Removal of Lipids from Fluids - This invention is directed to systems and methods for removing lipids from a fluid, such as plasma, or from lipid-containing organisms. These systems contact a fluid with an extraction solvent, which causes the lipids in the fluid to separate from the fluid or causes lipids in the lipid-containing organisms to separate from the lipid-containing organism, using at least one hollow fiber contactor. The separated lipids are removed from the fluid. The extraction solvent is removed from the fluid or at least reduced to a level below a particular threshold enabling the fluid to be administered to a patient without the patient experiencing undesirable consequences. Once the fluid has been processed, the fluid may be administered to a patient who donated the fluid, to a different patient, or be stored. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032469 | FILTER FOR BODY FLUIDS - A filter for body fluids includes a housing with a filtering element. The filtering element is made of a filtering material pleated and wrapped in a cylindrical configuration. The pleated material includes an alternation of long pleats and short pleats. Intermediate length pleats with an intermediate length may also be present. The alternation may include, for example, each long pleat interposed between two short pleats or each long pleat interposed between two pairs of short pleats. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032470 | Porous PTFE Materials and Articles Produced Therefrom - Novel porous PTFE membranes are described possessing a unique combination of high strength, low flow resistance, and small pore size. Additionally, unique constructions with superior filtration and venting properties incorporating porous PTFE membranes are described. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032471 | Innovative treatment technologies for reclaimed water - Innovative methods and systems for the removal and destruction of contaminants present in reclaimed or other waste water are described. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032472 | Systems and methods for removal of heavy metal contaminants from fluids - A system for use in the removal of heavy metal contaminants from fluid is provided. The system includes a source from which contaminated fluid may be introduced into the system, a first station for removal by physical separation of a targeted heavy metal contaminant from the flow of fluid, including elemental species of the targeted heavy metal contaminant, and a second station positioned downstream of the first station and in fluid communication therewith for adsorptive separation of the targeted heavy metal contaminant from the fluid flow, including additional amount of the elemental species along with the other species of the targeted heavy metal contaminant. A method for removing heavy metal contaminants from fluid is also provided. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032473 | Method of removing ozone remaining in water - The present invention provides a method of removing ozone remaining in water by separating residual ozone which remains in water after ozone is melted in the water and kills microorganisms in the water including the steps of storing water containing the residual ozone in a pressure tank, supplying the pressure tank with compressed air, generating coarse bubbles larger than the residual ozone existing in water in the form of micro bubbles in pressurized condition, making the residual ozone in the form of micro bubbles adhere to the coarse bubbles, separating the residual ozone from water as the coarse bubbles go up, and discharging the micro bubbles from the pressure tank. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032474 | Irrigation Control System - A method for achieving the optimum pH of the water used for irrigation, comprising passing water through a water meter or a pH monitor, which transmits a signal based on the volume of flow of the water or the pH of the water, a pump which receives a signal from the water meter or pH monitor and injects a predetermined amount of an acidic compound into the irrigation water based upon the volume of flow of the water or the pH of the water. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032475 | FLUOROPOLYMER FINE FIBER - A layer of fluoropolymer fine fiber can be made. The fine fiber can be made by electrospinning from a solvent or a solvent blend. The layers of the invention are useful in general filtration of fluid streams including gaseous and liquid streams. The fine fiber layers are also useful as hydrophobic filtration layers that can be used to separate water from a hydrocarbon stream. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032476 | Cover system and method for making the same for use with a twin channel clarifier tank - A cover system for a clarifier tank having a combined effluent and influent trough separated by a dividing wall. The cover system includes a mounting bracket attached to an inboard wall of the influent trough and at least one openable cover panel attached to the mounting bracket. An opposite support bracket is located on the dividing wall between the influent and the effluent troughs, where the cover panel covers the effluent channel and is openable for cleaning of the effluent channel. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032477 | FILTRATION DEVICES WITH EMBEDDED RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID) TAGS - Embodiments of the present invention comprise reverse osmosis filters and systems comprising embedded radio frequency identification (RFID) tags for storing and retrieving data. The RFID tags can be preferably embedded under a filtration device's protective outer shell. Information can be easily stored onto and retrieved from the embedded RFID tags. The ability to easily store and retrieve data from the embedded RFID devices facilitates the creation of loading maps, monitoring, addition, and replacement of fluid filtration devices. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032478 | Rotatable Article Display Device and Method for Use - A rotatable article display device for displaying an article such as a piece of jewelry or the like includes a platen defining a display surface. The platen is configured to rotate about a first axis substantially perpendicular to the display surface and a second axis parallel to the displays surface. First and second drive mechanisms, together with suitable connectors, are provided to mechanically rotate the platen about the perpendicular and parallel axes. In a method for use, at least one article of jewelry is positioned on the display surface and viewed while the platen is rotated about at least one of the perpendicular and parallel axes. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032479 | Desk organizer device - A desk organizer device includes a housing member manufactured from a first predetermined material and having a first predetermined shape and a first predetermined size. At least one compartment is disposed at least one of within and on such housing member at a predetermined location for at least one of receiving and storing at least one predetermined item. Such at least one compartment is at least one of a second predetermined size and a plurality of predetermined sizes. Such at least one compartment is at least one of a second predetermined shape and a plurality of predetermined shapes. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032480 | Tray for receiving musical accessories to be mounted on top of an amplifier - A tray adapted to be mounted on the top of a portable amplifier having a handle on the top of the amplifier including a top surface. The top surface is particularly adapted to receive musical accessories. At least one rear wall and two side walls is provided. Each wall is adjacent to the top surface. Each wall has a bottom edge extending below the top surface, forming a cavity. A clip is attached to the tray and received in the cavity. The clip includes a protrusion adapted to be received by the handle of the amplifier for securing the tray to the top of the amplifier. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032481 | DINNERWARE DISPLAY - A dinnerware display includes a piece of dinnerware, a base, a track and a dinnerware mount. The track is securely coupled to the base behind the piece of dinnerware. The dinnerware mount is at least partially received by and is slidably coupled to the track such that the dinnerware mount can be slid along the track. The dinnerware mount includes two arms circumferentially spaced from one another and each defining a clasp for receiving a portion of the piece of dinnerware. When the dinnerware mount is in a first position with respect to the track, the piece of dinnerware is securely maintained between the base and the dinnerware mount. When the dinnerware mount is in a second position with respect to the track, the piece of dinnerware is removable from between the base and the dinnerware mount. Other dinnerware displays, fixtures and associated methods are also disclosed. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032482 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR UTILIZING A GRAVITY FEED HANGER - An apparatus and method for removably coupling a hanger to a latch at a first end of the hanger, removing the hanger from the latch while the latch remains coupled to a support member, threading an item of hanging stock onto the hanger via the first end, and recoupling the hanger to the latch while the latch remains coupled to the support member, wherein the hanger extends from the latch at an angle that is less than the horizontal, so that the hanging stock is urged by gravity toward a second end of the hanger. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032483 | Chip Stacker - A chip stacker for a stack of chips includes an elongated chip counter having an upper end and a bottom end to define a height between the upper and bottom end corresponding to an integer number of the chips in a stacking manner. The chip counter has a plurality of longitudinal edges extended from the upper end to the bottom end and a plurality of guiding sidewalls formed between every two of the longitudinal edges, wherein each of the guiding sidewalls has a stacking surface has a predetermined curvature matching with a curvature of the chip, in such a manner that the chip counter is adapted for not only precisely counting the chips between the upper and bottom ends the chip counter but also easily stacking up the chips in an ordered manner when the chips are biased against the stacking surfaces of the guiding sidewalls to space apart the stacked chips side-by-side. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032484 | Display Rack Assembly for Wrenches with Different Handles - A display rack assembly includes a rack having two coupling sections for releasably and fixedly coupling with a first wrench with a first handle and a second wrench with a second handle. The second handle includes a handle section having two opposite wider faces perpendicular to two opposite wider faces of the first handle. The handle section further includes two opposite narrower faces perpendicular to two opposite narrower faces of the first handle. A customer may hold one of the narrower faces of the first handle and one of the wider faces of the handle section of the second handle and apply a rotational force to try the wrenches. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032485 | Wall-mounted snowboard hanging apparatus - A wall-mounted snowboard hanging apparatus having an elongated body component, tubular in shape and subtly flared outwardly as respects the lower portion thereof once mounted to walling and being curvaceous about each end portion thereof with through holes in the mid-portion thereof each for receipt of affixation means serving to secure the apparatus to walling in the vicinity of studding located just behind the walling, and being optionally partially covered with a smoothly textured material substance. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032486 | Two-piece child-resistant closure and package - A child-resistant closure includes a plastic inner shell having a base wall with a peripheral skirt, at least one internal thread segment on the peripheral skirt and a plurality of internal lugs on the base wall adjacent to the skirt. A plastic outer shell has a base wall with a peripheral skirt and a plurality of internal L-shaped lugs at a juncture of the base wall and the peripheral skirt. Each of the L-shaped lugs includes a first portion extending radially inwardly along an undersurface of the base wall of the outer shell for engaging the external lugs on the inner shell, and a second portion extending axially along an inner surface of the peripheral skirt of the outer shell for slidably engaging the inner shell and aligning the inner shell within the outer shell. The second portions of the L-shaped lugs preferably have rounded radially inwardly facing surfaces for reduced sliding friction with the skirt of the inner shell. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032487 | SPILL RESISTANT CAPS AND CONTAINER SYSTEMS - A spill resistant cap for a container, such as a commercially available water or other beverage bottle, includes a cap body that forms a mating fit with the container and a spout having liquid dispense holes that allow fluid to flow out of the container. A removable valve is sized to fit within the cap body. The valve includes a valve mechanism that opens in response to a pressure differential applied across the valve face, such as the mouth suction applied to the spout when a person attempts to drink from the container, allowing fluid to flow through the valve and through the liquid dispense holes in the spout. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032488 | Ceremonial plug closure and package - A closure includes a plastic shell having a base wall and a skirt with at least one internal thread segment for threaded engagement with at least one external thread segment on a container neck finish. A stopper, preferably of natural or synthetic cork, is secured to the base wall within the skirt and has an outer surface for sliding fit within the inside diameter of the container neck finish. An annular seal is disposed on the base wall surrounding the stopper within the skirt for sealing engagement with an end surface of the container neck finish. The closure can readily be removed from the container neck finish by unthreading the closure shell and pulling the plug from the container neck finish. The sliding fit between the external surface of the stopper and the inside diameter of the neck finish is sufficiently tight to provide a popping sound as the closure is removed from the neck finish. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032489 | MEDICAMENT ADMIXING SYSTEM - A system for mixing or reconstituting a drug contained in a first container with a diluent or fluid contained in a second container. The second container has a port docking assembly for engaging the first container. The first container is rotatable and axially slidable within the port docking assembly. The port docking assembly has an actuator to urge a stopper fluidly sealing the first container into the interior of the first container. The port docking assembly further includes a movable plug constructed to fluidly seal the second container in a first, docked position and to provide access to the interior of the second container in a second, activated position, whereby fluid communication between the first and second containers is provided when the first and second containers are in the second, activated position. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032490 | METHOD OF FABRICATING COLOR FILTER - Methods for fabricating color filters are provided. Firstly, a substrate having a first region and a second region is provided. Then, a first dichroic layer and a first mask layer are formed on the first region sequentially. Next, a second dichroic layer is formed on the substrate to cover the first mask layer and the surface of the second region of the substrate. Thereafter, a second mask layer is formed on the second dichroic layer on the second region. Afterwards, the second dichroic layer on the first region and between the first mask layer and the second mask layer is etched. Then, the first mask layer and the second mask layer are removed. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032491 | CONDUCTIVE ELEMENT FORMING USING SACRIFICIAL LAYER PATTERNED TO FORM DIELECTRIC LAYER - Methods of forming a conductive element for an integrated circuit (IC) chip and a related structure are disclosed. One embodiment of the method may include forming a first sacrificial layer having a pattern therein for a first dielectric layer to surround the conductive element; forming the first dielectric layer within the patterned first sacrificial layer; removing the patterned first sacrificial layer, leaving the first dielectric layer; and forming the conductive element in a space vacated by the patterned first sacrificial layer. The methods prevent damage caused to low dielectric constant dielectric layers during etching and stripping/cleaning processes. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032492 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR WET-CHEMICAL PROCESSING OF FLAT, THIN SUBSTRATES IN A CONTINUOUS METHOD - The invention relates to a method and apparatus for wet-chemical processes (cleaning, etching, stripping, coating, dehydration) in a continuous method for flat, thin and fracture-sensitive substrates, the substrate transport and the wet process being effected by media-absorbing rollers. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032493 | Method For Manufacturing Predetermined Pattern - A method for manufacturing a predetermined pattern is generally used to manufacture a predetermined pattern on PCBs. The method comprises a step of etching an insulating substrate of the PCB with a laser beam instead of chemical solutions to produce the predetermined pattern according to the layout of the predetermined patterns. The method may further comprise a step of applying metallization treatment on the predetermined pattern, thereby forming a desired trace. The laser etching has the advantages such as high precision and no chemical wastewater. The laser etching also overcomes the disadvantages of conventional manufacturing methods, such as uneven thickness and imprecision. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032494 | Thin film magnetic head structure, method of making same and thin film magnetic head - A thin-film magnetic head structure has a configuration adapted to manufacture a thin-film magnetic head configured such that a main magnetic pole layer including a magnetic pole tip on a side of a medium-opposing surface opposing a recording medium, a write shield layer opposing the magnetic pole tip so as to form a recording gap layer on the medium-opposing surface side, and a thin-film coil wound about the write shield layer or main magnetic pole layer are laminated. The magnetic pole tip of the main magnetic pole layer includes an even width portion having a substantially even width along an extending direction. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032495 | Method for etching metal nitride with high selectivity to other materials - A method and system of etching a metal nitride, such as titanium nitride, is described. The etching process comprises introducing a process composition having a halogen containing gas, such as Cl | 2009-02-05 |
20090032496 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THERMAL INTERFACE MATERIAL HAVING CARBON NANOTUBES - A method for manufacturing a thermal interface material includes the following steps: providing a carbon nanotube array formed on a substrate, the carbon nanotube array having a number of carbon nanotubes and a number of interstices between the adjacent carbon nanotubes; filling a liquid state first base material into the interstices; curing the first base material, thereby achieving a carbon nanotube/first base material composite; dripping a liquid state second base material onto the surface of the carbon nanotube/first base material composite, the first base material melting and flowing out of the carbon nanotube/first base material composite, until the carbon nanotube array being substantially submerged in the second base material; and curing the second base material, thereby achieving a thermal interface material. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032497 | System and method for controlling the application of acid etchers or cleaners by means of color-changing dye - An acidic etcher solution for etching a substrate's surface. The acidic etcher solution includes an acid and a pH indicator, the pH indicator having at least one color transition at a pH below 7. The acidic etcher solution having an initial color at an initial pH when applied to the surface to allow determination of the evenness of the coating and the etcher having a second color at a second pH higher than the first pH wherein visual inspection allows for a determination that the etcher is substantially finished reacting. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032498 | Spin Processing Method And Apparatus - There are provided a spin processing method and a spin processing apparatus with which the improvement of a processing speed in spin processing can be compatible with the saving of a processing solution. The spin processing method comprises holding and fixing the wafer on the upper surface of the spin table, and supplying the processing solution to the surface of the wafer by the predetermined amount while rotating the spin table, to process the surface of the wafer, wherein the processing solution is supplied while the wafer is heated and maintained at the predetermined temperature, to process the wafer. The predetermined temperature for heating the wafer is equal to or higher than 25° C. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032499 | Low Friction Coatings for Use in Dental and Medical Devices - The present invention provides an article, at least part of it being coated by inorganic fullerene-like (IF) nanoparticles or composite containing such nanoparticles. Preferably, the invention provides an article made of metal, for use in dentistry or medicine e.g. archwire, needle or catheter, having a friction-reducing film, and methods for coating such articles with a friction-reducing film. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032500 | VACUUM INSULATED SWITCH AND VACUUM INSULATED SWITCHGEAR - The vacuum insulated switch includes a vacuum container; two stationary contacts contained in the vacuum container; two movable contacts contained in the vacuum container, each capable of contacting and separating from a corresponding one of the stationary contacts; a vacuum insulated actuating rod connected to the two movable contacts; an operating rod connected to the vacuum insulated actuating rod via a metal bellows; and a guide for guiding the operating rod. The vacuum insulated switch has an off-axis displacement allowing structure which is provided between the guide and the operating rod for allowing the off-axis displacement of the operating rod. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032501 | ABRASION-RESISTANT WELD OVERLAY - A material blend for deposition of an abrasion-resistant overlay onto a metal substrate comprising a first metal particle component, a second metal particle component, and a carbide particle component and a method for the application thereof, wherein the overlay process conditions and the homogeneity of tungsten carbide distribution in the overlay are improved. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032502 | Method and apparatus for sensing the length of a lead - The technology features an apparatus and a method for sensing the length of a lead that connects to a power source to a thermal processing system such as a plasma torch system. Components disposed in the thermal processing system enable the length of the lead to be sensed. In addition, the time for contact starting a thermal processing system enables determination of the length of the lead. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032503 | Thermal Cutting Method - The invention pertains to a thermal cutting method, in which a cutting gas is introduced into a cutting nozzle and guided onto the work piece to be processed by means of the cutting nozzle, and in which the volumetric flow rate of the cutting gas is at least reduced in a periodically repeating fashion, wherein the invention is characterized in that the method is carried out with a periodicity that has a frequency between 700 Hz and 8000 Hz. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032504 | Shielding gas for hybrid welding and welding method using the same - The present invention relates to a shielding gas for hybrid welding of a steel plate by combining laser welding and arc welding, characterized by containing: carbon dioxide; and oxygen, in which the mixing ratio of carbon dioxide and oxygen satisfies the following conditions: | 2009-02-05 |
20090032505 | CUTTING DEVICE FOR CUTTING HARD-BRITTLE MATERIAL - A cutting device for cutting a hard-brittle material along a cutting path is provided. The cutting device includes a cooling source having a first output terminal for providing a first cooling effect along the cutting path, and a heating source having a second output terminal disposed in the first output terminal for providing a heating effect following the first cooling effect along the cutting path. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032506 | Method of Scale Manufacture - The present invention relates to an apparatus for the manufacture of a metrological scale comprises a scale substrate ( | 2009-02-05 |
20090032507 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING METAL MASK FOR SCREEN PRINTING - A method for producing a metal mask for screen printing is provided, in which dross that is deposited at the time a boring operation is conducted via a laser beam is removed, without causing warpage or bending. The method for producing a metal mask for screen printing includes steps of: forming openings in the metal plate by melting the metal plate at positions irradiated by the laser beam; and ejecting an abrasive onto the other surface of the metal plate after the openings are formed. The abrasive ejected in the abrasive ejection step is one having a predetermined flat shape (plate-shaped abrasive), so as to form a plate shape having a flat surface, or an elastically deformable abrasive, with an average grain diameter of a dispersed or carried abrasive grain being 1 mm to 0.1 μm, and which is ejected at an incident angle of equal to or less than 80 degrees with respect to the other surface of the metal plate, and at an ejection pressure of 0.01 MPa to 0.7 MPa or at an ejection speed of 5 m/sec to 150 m/sec, so as to slide along the other surface of the metal plate. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032508 | PERFORATION METHOD AND PERFORATION APPARATUS - A perforation method and an perforation apparatus in which a hollow member of a fuel injection nozzle is filled with a filler such as a zirconia ball, and a laser light is applied to the hollow member to form an injection hole while vibrating the zirconia ball using an ultrasonic vibrator. After the injection hole is formed, the laser light is introduced through the injection hole to the inside of the fuel injection nozzle, and thereby is applied to the vibrated zirconia ball. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032509 | Laser Machining Method - A laser processing method which can reduce the chipping generated when a plate-like object to be processed formed with a modified region is turned into small pieces in steps other than its dividing step. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032510 | Laser Processing Apparatus and Laser Processing Method - A laser processing apparatus for processing a multitude of portions to be processed in an area to be processed in a subject W to be processed, including a laser device, a focusing or imaging means for laser beams provided by the laser device, and an arranging means for arranging the subject W to be processed, in which the subject W to be processed and the focusing or imaging means are fixed, and the subject to be processed is processed while relatively shifting the laser beams and the focusing or imaging means so that the focusing or imaging means is irradiated from different areas in the laser beam, inside and outside the area to be processed, and that cumulative laser beam irradiation time during the processing of each of the multitude of portions to be processed is equalized. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032511 | Apparatus and method of improving beam shaping and beam homogenization - The present invention generally relates to an optical system that is able to reliably deliver a uniform amount of energy across an anneal region contained on a surface of a substrate. The optical system is adapted to deliver, or project, a uniform amount of energy having a desired two-dimensional shape on a desired region on the surface of the substrate. Typically, the anneal regions may be square or rectangular in shape. Generally, the optical system and methods of the present invention are used to preferentially anneal one or more regions found within the anneal regions by delivering enough energy to cause the one or more regions to re-melt and solidify. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032512 | Method for Measuring Phase Boundaries of a Material During Machining With a Machining Beam Using Additional Illumination Radiation and an Automated Image Processing Algorithm, and Associated Device - The present invention relates to a method for measuring phase boundaries of a material during the machining of a workpiece ( | 2009-02-05 |
20090032513 | Arc welding power source - An arc welding power source supplies a start current, a welding current and a crater current as an output current in accordance with an activating signal supplied from outside. The power source includes a start period setting unit, a crater period setting unit, and a current control unit that controls the output current. The current control unit causes the power source to supply the start current and the welding current consecutively while the activating signal is in an on-state, where the start current is supplied for the start period, and the welding current is supplied for the period following the start period. The current control unit also causes the power source to supply the crater current after the activating signal is turned off, where the crater current is supplied for the crater period. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032514 | WIRE FEED CONTROL ASSEMBLY - A wire feed assembly and torch and welding systems are disclosed. The wire feed assembly includes a motor drivingly connected to at least one roll of a pair of rolls. A controller is connected to the motor and is constructed to control the operation thereof. A knob is rotatably connected to the controller and facilitates an operator's adjustment of the controller. A collar is disposed between knob and the controller and is fixedly connected to the controller and engaged by the knob to resist movement of the knob and thereby adjustment of the controller. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032515 | Magnesium Welding Wire - It is an object of the invention to provide a magnesium welding wire excellent in surface cleanliness and a method for manufacturing the same. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032516 | Warming bag, pajama warmer - The technical nature of this invention is the development of a flexible bag, which has a flexible-reflective interior foil that is protected from being damaged by the objects to be placed inside the bag for warming such as fabric items, gloves, pajamas, baby clothes, or construction materials that need to be kept warm. Items are kept warm by a heating pad which is plugged into a standard 120 volt outlet or into a 12 volt DC converter. The bag is portable or can be left in a location where the warmed items need to be used. In industrial or construction applications, the addition of a strap to the bag allows it to be easily carried or hung over a railing for easy dispensing of the items that are being kept warm in the bag. The bag retains heat for an extended period of time when unplugged. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032517 | Ski integrated solar power system - A system for heating a ski boot or snowboard boot powered by way of photovoltaic (solar) cells banked in a flexible solar panel or flexible solar panels placed within the structure of a ski or snowboard. Electricity produced by the photovoltaic cells is conducted from the solar panel(s) to the ski boot or snowboard boot via a circuit which is run from the solar panel(s) through the structure of the ski or snowboard to a contact point within or at the surface of the ski. The aim of which is to power a temperature controlled, heating element containing boot and/or binding and its circuitry, resulting in solar powered heat for the wearer. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032518 | Warmer Equipment and Warmer Device for Vehicle Seat - Provided are a warmer equipment which is excellent in quick warming property at a rising time and which can satisfy temperature stability later thereby to improve the comfortableness, and a warmer device for a vehicle seat. The warmer equipment includes a warming member having a heater element, a temperature controlling thermostat, a temperature detecting element for detecting the temperature of the warming member, and a temperature control circuit for controlling the temperature of the warming member with an output coming from the temperature detecting element. The temperature controlling thermostat and the temperature control circuit are connected in parallel. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032519 | ELECTRIC CARTRIDGE TYPE HEATER - The electric cartridge type heater is provided with a continuous central fitting hole ( | 2009-02-05 |
20090032520 | Ribbon Based Heating Apparatus and Method - A heating apparatus comprising a ribbon element, a power source and related components. The heating apparatus can be designed, retrofitted or manufactured into articles of clothing or equipment such as gloves, vests, jackets, shirts, pants, socks, insoles, mitts, handwarmers, seats and other common articles. A ribbon element comprises one or more conductive wires woven into a carrier strip. Various wiring configurations can desirably adjust the resistance of the ribbon element thereof. Methods of manufacture and use are disclosed in conjunction with the heating apparatus. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032521 | Cooking apparatus and method of controlling the same - A cooking apparatus and a method selectably cook food using one or more of a plurality of cooking spaces formed by a divider while using a same heat source and control different temperatures of the cooking spaces formed by the divider. An embodiment of the cooking apparatus includes a cooking chamber, a divider to divide the cooking chamber into cooking spaces, a heated air supply unit including a fan cover having upper and lower ventilation holes, a detection unit including temperature sensors to detect the interior temperatures of the cooking spaces, an airflow adjusting unit to adjust an amount of heated air supplied, and a control unit to control the amount of heated air, based on an interior temperature of the cooking space, to adjust a temperature to a target temperature set by a user. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032522 | ZONE CONTROL HEATER PLATE FOR TRACK LITHOGRAPHY SYSTEMS - A substrate heater comprising a bake plate having an upper surface, a lower surface and a peripheral side surface extending between the upper and lower surfaces, the bake plate including at least one heating element, at least one temperature sensor and a plurality of wires including at least one wire coupled to the heating element and at least one wire coupled to the temperature sensor; a shield spaced apart from and generally surrounding the lower and peripheral side surfaces of the bake plate, the shield having an interior upper surface facing the lower surface of the bake plate, an interior side surface facing the peripheral side surface of the bake plate and a lower surface opposite the interior upper surface; a patterned signal layer formed on the lower surface of the shield, wherein the plurality of wires are electrically coupled to a corresponding plurality of signal traces formed in the patterned signal layer; and a connector, electrically coupled to the plurality of signal traces in the patterned signal layer, adapted to facilitate electrical connections to the plurality of wires. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032523 | Conformable heating pad - A conforming heating pad having a curvilinear Y-shaped recess has a pair of opposed curved wing sections surrounding a centralized opening occupied by a central flap portion created by the Y-shaped recess. A pair-of opposed multi-layer constructions housing a resistive NTC sensing wire and a plurality of individual weights serve to enhance the conformity of the heating pad. The heating pad is operable in at least two modes, including a constant heating level mode at various user-selectable temperature levels and a timed mode that offers user-selectable temperature levels over a user-selectable period of time. The heating pad can be wetted to offer a moist heat therapy. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032524 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRIC HEATING APPARATUS - A three-dimensional electric heating apparatus includes a pouch-like electric heating knitted fabric, a protective layer, and a thermal insulating device. The electric heating knitted fabric is utilized to accommodate and heat a container while the electric heating knitted fabric elastically fits around the container. The protective layer is located on a surface of the electric heating knitted fabric facing the container. The thermal insulating device is located on another surface of the electric heating knitted fabric so as to insulate the heat generated by the electric heating knitted fabric. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032525 | Soil-heating device particularly for soil covered by a synthetic surface - A soil-heating device, particularly for soil covered by a synthetic surface, of the type including a heated film ( | 2009-02-05 |
20090032526 | High-frequency induction hardening apparatus for mental objects - A high-frequency induction hardening apparatus used for metal objects, including a heating coil holder ( | 2009-02-05 |
20090032527 | Sterilizing Device With Ultraviolet Ray And Microwave Oven Having The Same - The present invention relates to an ultraviolet (UV) sterilizer and a microwave oven including the same. The ultraviolet sterilizer of the present invention comprises a sterilizer casing having an open side and defining a sterilizing chamber, a sterilizer door installed at one side of the sterilizer casing to selectively open or close the sterilizing chamber, a UV lamp installed at another side of the sterilizer casing to irradiate UV rays into the sterilizing chamber, and a turntable rotatably installed on a floor of the sterilizing chamber to place an article to be sterilized onto a top surface thereof. According to the present invention, there are advantages in that the microwave oven with various functions can be provided and articles to be sterilized can be more efficiently sterilized using the microwave oven. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032528 | MICROWAVE HEATING APPLICATOR - A new, comparatively small type of microwave system based on open-ended applicators is disclosed. The applicator according to the invention uses a main evanescent and a propagating mode in combination, where the combination results in a cancellation of the horizontal magnetic fields at the ends of at least two opposing walls. The effect of this is that the fields propagating out of the applicator become concentrated to the applicator centreline (axis) region, provides an efficient heating of a load or assembly of loads, as well as a stable impedance matching of the system under variable loading conditions due to the mode evanescence, while not leaking energy between adjacent applicators. The applicator can also be used for direct feeding of an underlying small closed metal cavity, for providing (the same favourable) mode conditions to a load in this cavity. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032529 | Susceptor With Corrugated Base - A thermally insulated susceptor structure comprises a dimensionally stable corrugated base, a first susceptor, and a second susceptor. At least one of the first susceptor and second susceptor may circumscribe one or more microwave energy transparent areas that allow the transmission of microwave energy through the respective susceptor and/or create localized fields that enhance heating, browning and/or crisping of an adjacent food item. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032530 | Joint structure for portable work and storage container - A joint structure for portable work and storage container includes a plurality of joint members and a plurality of reinforcing shafts. Each joint member includes an upper joint extended from a top retention frame, a lower joint extended from a bottom retention frame, and a shaft holder alignedly mounting between the upper and lower joints to form a reinforcement channel. The reinforcing shafts are disposed within the reinforcement channels and coupling between the upper and lower joints through the shaft holders respectively, wherein each of the reinforcing shafts has an upper portion received in a respective upper socket of the upper joint, a lower portion received in a respective lower socket of the lower joint, and a mid-portion received within the respective shaft holder such that the joint structure reinforces the a strength between the top and bottom retention frames to rigidly support the wall frame. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032531 | BEVERAGE CAN PROTECTIVE COVER - A rotational one-piece beverage can protective cover is disclosed. The beverage can protective cover is capable of being snapped on or off of a correspondingly sized beverage can top and of being rotated to open or close the drink hole of a beverage can. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032532 | Packaging with Lid Sealable to Container and A Method of Sealing the Packaging - The invention relates to a packaging, preferably for foodstuffs, said packaging comprising a container and a lid, both of which is made of a material which is suitable for injection moulding, said lid being sealable relative to the container; and wherein the lid comprises an elevated portion for abutment on the internal, upper edge of the container, wherein at least a portion of the lid ( | 2009-02-05 |
20090032533 | Flow switch and container - A flow switch assembly which includes a valve housing that includes an upper body portion and a lower body portion that are rotatably engaged relative each other. The upper and lower body portions define a chamber. The housing includes an inlet and outlet to the chamber. A valve member seated in the chamber of the valve housing for movement between an open position establishing at least one passage between the inlet and the outlet and a closed position wherein the at least one passage between the inlet and the outlet is non-established. Interactive cam elements are associated with at least one of the upper body portion and the lower body portion, and associated with the valve member, are provided for moving the valve member between the open position and the closed position when the upper body portion of the housing is rotated relative to the lower body portion. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032534 | Pull tab on tear strip on plastic cover plastic cover,including break tab feature,and related apparatus and methods - Apparatus and related methods for a container lid include a pull structure affixed to at least one end of a tamper evident tearstrip and positioned in an outer flange of the lid, the pull structure having a portion shaped to receive and engage a manipulator such as at least one finger of a user's hand, to assist the user to initiate tearing of the tearstrip from the lid. The shaped portion of the pull structure is configured to eliminate the need to grip the tearstrip between opposing digits of the user's hand. The lid may further include an extendible connection member positioned on at least one end of the tearstrip in an area or space generally defined as a “well.” Among other things, the extendible connection member can provide additional flex to a hinge portion of the lid, without destroying the subsequent tamper-evidencing value of the lid. A satellite ring may be attached to or provided on the lid or container to provide further tamper evidencing and protection to the lid assembly. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032535 | CONTAINER - A container ( | 2009-02-05 |
20090032536 | CAP FOR CAULKING CARTRIDGE OR SIMILAR CONTAINER - A cap adapted for sealing a caulking cartridge. The cap may include a first member and a second member. The first member may have the shape of a frustum. The second member may be longer than the first member and extend through the first member. The second member may include an elongated portion, a planar member and a ring portion. The elongated portion may include a plurality of shoulders. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032537 | Garb-ez / Garb-ez-R - Garb-ez and Garb-ez-r provide the consumer with an easier way to replace trash bags and replaces the need to having to constantly look for new bags by having them right in the can or trash receptacle. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032538 | Package for sale, storage and application of two-part coatings - A package ( | 2009-02-05 |
20090032539 | Suspension Assembly For Mechanically Retaining a First Article by Bracing it Against a Second Article - A suspension assembly for mechanically retaining a first article by bracing it against a second article includes a spherical or spheroid object located between first and second articles. A first set of at least three rounded surfaces is mechanically braced between the spherical or spheroid object and the first article, with each of such surfaces being in contact with the spheroid object at a single point; and a second set of at least three rounded surfaces mechanically is braced between the spherical or spheroid object and the second article, with each of said surfaces being in contact with the spherical or spheroid object at a single point. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032540 | Food Storage System - Multiple food storage systems are disclosed herein. One food storage system includes a main bowl that defines a first food receiving cavity. A secondary bowl is positioned in the first food receiving cavity and defines a second food receiving cavity. The secondary bowl includes a sidewall containing thermal energy storage material therein. A separate food storage system includes a main lid configured for use with a main bowl that defines a first food receiving cavity. A secondary bowl is positioned at least partially on and/or in the main lid. The secondary bowl includes a sidewall containing thermal energy storage material therein. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032541 | Method and apparatus for a product dispenser with increased insulative properties - Vacuum insulation panels with a decreased thermal conductivity provide increased thermal effectiveness in a vessel of a product dispenser, when the vessel is substantially encapsulated with the vacuum insulation panels. The product dispenser including insulation having a reduced thermal conductivity provides the ability to convert existing manufacturer product lines from designs requiring foams with hydroflorocarbon blowing agents to foams that utilize non-hydroflorocarbon blowing agents. The vacuum insulation panels may be placed adjacent to the vessel walls, or may be adhered to the vessel walls. In an extension of this embodiment, multiple layers of vacuum insulation panels may be applied to the vessel to further increase the thermal effectiveness of the vessel. Still further, the layers of the vacuum insulation panels may be covered with an as-formed foam insulation, thereby creating a composite thermal barrier. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032542 | ERGONOMIC SYSTEM FOR HANDLING A CONTAINER - In certain embodiments, a system for ergonomically handling a container comprises a container body having a container wall with an inside surface defining an internal cavity configured to receive material and an opposite external surface. Additionally, the system includes a handle having opposite first and second ends coupled to the external surface of the container wall, the handle being able to rest alongside the external surface. The system further includes a finger pocket defined in the container wall and adapted for receiving at least a portion of at least one of a user's fingers to assist in handling the container. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032543 | Drinking cup cover - A drinking cup cover includes a cover body and a closure member. The cover body has a cover wall with top and bottom surfaces, a peripheral portion, and a beverage hole formed through the top and bottom surfaces of the cover wall adjacent to the peripheral portion. The cover wall further has a hole-defining periphery that defines the beverage hole. The closure member includes a tab part, a depressible part, and an engaging part. The tab part is connected to the hole-defining periphery such that the closure member is movable relative to the cover body between a sipping position and a non-sipping position. The depressible part protrudes upwardly from the tab part and is operable to move the tab part downwardly from the non-sipping position to the sipping position. The engaging part is formed on one end of the depressible part opposite to tab part to engage the hole-defining periphery. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032544 | Freeze Pop Cozy - A Freeze Pop Cozy comprising two pieces of material joined together to form a holder in order to contain cylindrical shaped objects commonly known as “ice pops” or “freeze pops”. A Freeze Pop Cozy should keep frozen “freeze pops” cold while keeping your hands from getting cold. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032545 | HINGED LID FOR A FOOD CONTAINER - A hinged lid for a food container is provided. The lid structure includes a rim with an attached cover member. The lid structure also includes a mounting structure for mounting the lid structure to a food container. A tamper evidence latch is provided to releasably secure the rim in a closed configuration overlying the open end of the food container. The rim engages an upper rolled lip of the food container sidewall when the lid structure is in a closed configuration. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032546 | PILL BOTTLE INCLUDING AN INTERNAL SLEEVE AND AN EXTERNAL SLEEVE - Systems and methods for providing a pill bottle including an internal and external sleeve are provided. A pill bottle according to the invention may include an external sleeve and an internal sleeve. The internal sleeve preferably includes a cavity for holding pills. The external sleeve is slidably coupled to the internal sleeve. The external sleeve may include a groove and the internal sleeve may include a projection that may slide within the groove. The groove may prevent substantial rotation of the external sleeve with respect to the internal sleeve by preventing a substantial rotational of the projection with respect to the groove. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032547 | THREE BUTTON ACTUATED PILL HOLDER/DISPENSER - Systems and methods for providing a three button actuated pill holder/dispenser are provided. Such a pill holder/dispenser may include a housing comprising a plurality of apertures, a top button and two side buttons. In response to actuation of the top button, a pill may be dispensed from the pill holder/dispenser. Preferably, the two side buttons, which may project through the apertures, lock the top button, such that the top button may only be actuated when the two side buttons are depressed. Alternatively, some other sequence of the buttons may be implemented to cause a pill to be actuated. Additionally, the pill holder/dispenser may be packaged in a sealable package. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032548 | FUEL DISPENSER AND METHOD OF TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION IN A FUEL DISPENSER - A temperature compensating fuel dispenser comprises a fuel-handling compartment, an electronics compartment, a barrier separating said compartments, and at least two fuel lines in the fuel-handling compartment. Each fuel line is provided with a flow meter and a temperature sensor. The fuel dispenser has a compensator device for compensating a flow measured by the flow meters based on a temperature measured by the temperature sensors. A control unit is arranged in the electronics compartment connected to each flow meter by a respective communication line. The means for compensating the measured fuel flow comprises one compensator for each flow meter arranged in the fuel-handling compartment in connection with the respective flow meter. The communication lines are connected between the respective flow meters and the control unit through a common intrinsically safe passage in the barrier. A method for compensating a measured fuel flow for a temperature of the fuel is also disclosed. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032549 | Pump assembly with sound emitting device - A container for a liquid is provided with a pressurizing pump sprayer that includes a sound emitting device. The sound emitting device emits a sound in response to pressure on a plate of the pressurizing pump sprayer. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032550 | DEVICE FOR EMITTING SOUND FROM A PERFUME SPRAY PACKAGE - Device for emitting sound from a perfume spray package. This package is shaped so as to contain various microcomponents of a sound-emitting device, such as a microloudpeaker, electronic micorcomponents and microbatteries, operated by pressing on the push button of the spray bottle, the diffusion of the sound and the diffusion of a perfume having the same direction. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032551 | Flexible panel pitcher with curved divider - A container or pitcher is provided having a flexible side wall portion and rim portion of the container which can conform to the shape of an object to which the pitcher is applied to thereby direct fluid flow from the pitcher over a broader area and to prevent fluid from flowing from the pitcher and underneath the rim of the pitcher and onto portions of the object to which it is not desirable to apply the fluid. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032552 | Split engagement flange for soap dispenser pump piston - A liquid soap dispenser is disclosed having a permanent housing which permits simplified insertion and replacement of disposable fluid reservoirs. The housing includes an actuator assembly which is cycled by a lever between first and second positions. The actuator assembly is configured to couple to a piston element of a piston pump carried on the reservoir so that when cycled, the piston element is actuated in sliding movement to dispense a quantity of fluid. The piston element includes resiliently deformable fingers which act to secure the piston element to the actuator assembly for sliding movement therewith. If, on insertion of a replacement reservoir, the reservoir is positioned uncoupled from the actuator assembly, on first cycling of the actuator assembly the fingers deform to permit movement of the actuator assembly relative to the piston element and move towards a coupled orientation. In the coupled orientation, the fingers return to an undeformed configuration securing the piston element to the actuator assembly. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032553 | PERSONAL MULTI-USE DEODORIZER - A personal multi-use deodorizer device may comprise a housing having a cavity therein. The device may also include a top container hingedly coupled to a top portion of the housing; wherein the top container includes a selectively closable aperture. The device may further include a bottom container coupled to the bottom of the housing, wherein the bottom container may include a selectively closable aperture having an air-tight seal. The device may also include a fluid container disposed within the cavity of the housing and having a fluid dispensing device extending outwardly from a top portion of the housing. The fluid container may be selectably removable from the housing. Finally, the device may include a mirror disposed on a side portion of the housing; wherein the mirror may be selectably coupleable. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032554 | Dispenser, a pump engine for a dispenser and a container for a dispenser - A pump engine or unit for pump-action fluid dispenser has a fluid storage chamber ( | 2009-02-05 |
20090032555 | Feeder - A feeder is configured to dispense particulate material at a desired rate. The feeder can include a discharge system that allows for the particulate material to be removed from the feeder in an efficient manner. The feeder can include a roller that assists in the agitation of the hopper to facilitate dispensing of the particulate material. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032556 | ARRANGEMENT FOR POURING FREE-FLOWING MEDIA FROM A CONTAINER - The invention relates to an arrangement for pouring free-flowing media out of a container. The arrangement contains a pour-out valve ( | 2009-02-05 |
20090032557 | AUTOMATIC ACTUATING DEVICE FOR SPRAYER - The actuating device for a sprayer contains a control circuit to provide scheduled operations, a driving member to provide a torque, a power member to provide electricity to the control circuit and the driving member, an actuating member to exert pressure to the nozzle of the sprayer, a gear set to deliver the torque to the actuating member, and a casing member to house the foregoing components. The actuating member has a roughly quadrant shape with gear teeth on the arc and a peen besides the gear teeth. An adaptation member can be provided on top of the nozzle. The adaptation member has a socket to fit on the nozzle and a diametric elongated ridge interacting with the peen to provide closer and longer period of interaction to avoid insufficient exertion of pressure to the nozzle. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032558 | Baby Carrier - A baby carrier including a backpack assembly, first and second legs, a first strap, and a second strap. The first and second legs are operably coupled to the backpack assembly and normally biased toward an open position. The first strap is operably coupled to the first leg and the second strap is operably coupled to the second leg. The first and second straps are used for pivoting the first and second legs toward each other and into a closed position when biased. The first and second legs are operably coupled to the backpack assembly by hinges. The first and second legs are normally biased toward the open position by springs in the hinges. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032559 | DEVICE FOR CARRYING BAGS WITHOUT THE USE OF HANDS - A bag carrying device that allows an individual to carry multiple retail store style plastic bags and/or any other type of bags with handles so the bags can be carried hands-free to allow a person to use keys or carry other items with their hands without dropping the bags. It is preferable made of light weight plastic and comfortably fits over the individual's shoulder. The “U” shape conforms to or rests on the shoulder with each side running down to form a generally V-shaped or J-shaped hook where the bags are seated. The bags are secured with a slider clip, which slides down to engage the hook portion and secure the bags in place. The part that drapes over the shoulder can include a cushion portion attached to it for comfort. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032560 | HAND MOUNT - Various embodiments and methods relating to a hand mount are disclosed. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032561 | BICYCLE ACCESSORY MOUNTING SYSTEM - An accessory mounting system having a body for being removably engaged with a supporting structure. The body includes a pliable strap for securing the body to a variety of profiles. An operator is connected to the body and configured to engage the strap such that a portion of the strap removably engages the body. A cap portion is rotatably connected to the body and is configured to removably engage an accessory. Another operator interacts with the accessory such that the accessory can be selectively secured to the supporting structure. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032562 | Dual purpose portable apparatus for carrying harvested game and providing shelter for a hunter - A dual purpose portable apparatus is provided for carrying a harvested game animal or for providing a protective shelter for a person. The apparatus includes a housing formed of a flexible, foldable material defining a chamber therein, the chamber adapted to receive a body and head portion of the harvested game animal or the person seeking shelter therein. Openings are provided for receiving the hind and fore legs of the harvested game animal and a gap formed in a forward end of the housing allows for passage of the antlers. Edges of the housing are disposed above the openings when the housing is in a closed configuration so as to substantially retard leakage of fluid through the openings and between the edges of the housing. | 2009-02-05 |
20090032563 | Gas combustion type striking machine - A containing portion | 2009-02-05 |
20090032564 | Gas combustion type striking tool - A front portion of a feed cylinder of a feed piston-cylinder mechanism is communicated with a combustion chamber, and a rear portion of the feed cylinder is sealed. A check valve and a spring which constantly biases a feed piston toward a nail feed direction in the forward direction are provided. An opening valve communicating with the rear portion of the feed cylinder is provided. The opening valve is opened after or just before a completion of a returning operation of a striking piston. | 2009-02-05 |