09th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 7 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130048509 | ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESS TO RECYCLE AQUEOUS ALKALI CHEMICALS USING CERAMIC ION CONDUCTING SOLID MEMBRANES - A method for producing an alkali metal hydroxide, comprises providing an electrolytic cell that includes at least one membrane having ceramic material configured to selectively transport alkali metal ions. The method includes introducing a first solution comprising an alkali metal hydroxide solution into a catholyte compartment such that said first solution is in communication with the membrane and a cathode. A second solution comprising at least one alkali metal salt and one or more monovalent, divalent, or multivalent metal salts is introduced into an anolyte compartment such that said second solution is in communication with the membrane and an anode. The method includes applying an electric potential to the electrolytic cell such that alkali metal ions pass through the membrane and are available to undertake a chemical reaction with hydroxyl ions in the catholyte compartment to form alkali metal hydroxide. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048510 | METHOD FOR PURIFYING A FLUID THROUGH A THROUGH-FLOW CONDENSER, AND APPARATUS FOR PURIFYING A FLUID, IN PARTICULAR SUITABLE FOR IMPLEMENTING SUCH A METHOD - Apparatus for purifying a fluid through a through-flow condenser, which comprises a tank of solubilising product and means for inserting it into a momentarily interrupted supply conduit. After having inserted a measured dose of solubilising product received from a tank into the same supply conduit, a logic control unit controls its forward motion in the condenser through the passage of a fluid transportation flow rate measured to transport the dose of solubilising product up to the electrodes of the condenser. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048515 | CONTAINER CARRIER - A flexible carrier for carrying a plurality of containers within a plurality of corresponding container receiving apertures that includes at least two rows of container receiving apertures wherein each container receiving aperture is wider than an adjacent container receiving aperture from a center to outer edges of the carrier wherein a handle extends outwardly from one row of the at least two rows. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048516 | Enhanced Pre-Wetted Intermittent Catheter With Lubricious Coating - A pre-wetted intermittent catheter apparatus including a container, a conduit positioned within the container, and a wetting fluid disposed within the container. The container may have a proximal end section, a distal end section, and a middle section connecting the proximal end section to the distal end section. The middle section may have a plurality of pleats along a collapsible section, the collapsible section having a first expanded length and a second collapsed length less than the first expanded length. The conduit may have a proximal end fixed to the proximal end section, a distal end slidably positioned with respect to the container at the distal end section, and a coating disposed on an outer surface thereof. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048517 | TRANSFORMABLE CARRYING CASE - A transformable carrying case includes a first cover and a second cover pivotably coupled to the first cover. The transformable carrying case may be transformable between at least three distinct positions including a closed position in which the first cover is disposed substantially on top of the second cover, an open position in which the first cover is substantially coplanar with the second cover, and a stand position in which the second cover is in a folded condition defining a prop surface to prop an object at an oblique angle relative to the first cover. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048518 | PAINT TUBE HOLDER - The present invention is a paint tube holder that includes a plurality of paint tubes, a transparent vinyl covering that is folded over the paint tubes to protect the paint tubes and a plurality of transparent vinyl pockets that are stitched to a vinyl backing that accommodate and removably hold each individual said paint tube. The paint tube holder can hold the paint tubes that can hold any color or type of paint and the paint tube holder and its components are made of durable transparent plastic. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048529 | CUSHIONING AIR BAG WITH AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTABLE CLAMPING PRESSURE - A cushioning air bag with automatically adjustable clamping pressure includes an air cylinder sheet and an adjustable air sac sheet, where the air cylinder sheet includes a first air valve and a plurality of air cylinders, one end of the first air valve is positioned in the plurality of air cylinders, and an adjustable air sac sheet, includes a plurality of cushioning adjustment zones attached to wall surfaces of the plurality of air cylinders, a bag is formed when the air cylinder sheet and adjustable air sac sheet are filled with air, an accepting space is included among the plurality of cushioning zones positioned in the bag, used for clamping a different size of object when the object is received in the accepting space. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048530 | BIOSENSOR DISPOSABLE APPARATUS - A disposal apparatus for biosensor includes a coupling member and a capsular wrapper. The capsular wrapper includes a space having a closed end and an open end to hold a biosensor. The coupling member has a coupling portion connecting to the closed end and a test strip adapter with two ends respectively formed a test strip insertion end and a test strip extended slot. The test strip insertion end passes through the slot and inserts into a test strip loading port of the biosensor. The capsular wrapper encases the biosensor to allow the test strip insertion end to insert into the test strip loading port. Through coupling of the test strip adapter, the biosensor can perform testing. After the testing is finished, the coupling member and the test strip can be wrapped together by the capsular wrapper and be discarded, thus avoiding user being contaminating with samples on the test strip. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048535 | DESIGN DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ANALYZER BASED CONTROL SYSTEM AND ALGORITHM - A method of correcting measurements of a chemical sensor used in an industrial facility. The method involves correcting for errors known to occur in the steady state and the dynamic state for specifically recognized situations. This method allows for correcting errors that occur due to deadtime, false zero measurements, and non-linear disturbances. The method combines automated measurement techniques and human know how to progressively learn and refine the accuracy of the corrections. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048536 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING HIGH QUALITY LUBE BASE OIL USING UNCONVERTED OIL - Disclosed is a method of manufacturing high quality lube base oil (Group III) from unconverted oil having various properties obtained in a variety of hydrocrackers using improved catalytic dewaxing and hydrofinishing, the method including producing unconverted oil of at least one kind in the same or different hydrocrackers; subjecting the unconverted oil to vacuum distillation; supplying all or part of the distillate fractions to a catalytic dewaxing reactor; supplying the dewaxed oil fraction to a hydrofinishing reactor; and stripping the hydrofinished light oil fraction, wherein make-up hydrogen is supplied upstream of the hydrofinishing reactor to increase hydrogen partial pressure, thereby enabling high quality base oil to be manufactured at high yield under optimal process conditions using unconverted oil produced by hydrocracking under various conditions. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048537 | METHOD OF SIMULTANEOUSLY MANUFACTURING HIGH QUALITY NAPHTHENIC BASE OIL AND HEAVY BASE OIL - Disclosed is a method of simultaneously manufacturing high quality naphthenic base oil and heavy base oil using a single catalyst system, by subjecting an oil fraction (slurry oil or light cycle oil) produced by fluid catalytic cracking and an oil fraction (deasphalted oil) produced by solvent deasphalting to hydrotreating, catalytic dewaxing and hydrofinishing of the single catalyst system, thereby obtaining not only products having low viscosity but also heavy base oil products (150BS) having high viscosity which was impossible to obtain using a conventional catalytic reaction process, and also thereby producing base oil products having different properties using the single catalyst system, thus generating economic benefits and exhibiting superior efficiency. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048538 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLD CRACKING WITH STEAM - Method to enhance the recovery of oil from an oil field, comprising: applying heat to a colloidal hydrocarbonic medium that comprises hydrocarbon chains; and applying pressure waves having a predetermined frequency and intensity to hydrocarbon chains, in order to crack hydrocarbon chains into relatively shorter hydrocarbon chains. Optionally: applying heat may comprise applying steam; the pressure waves may be applied directly or indirectly to hydrocarbon chains to be cracked; applying pressure waves may be performed within the oil field, by use of an Activator within or outside of the oil field; applying pressure waves may be performed within the oil field; applying pressure waves may be performed by use of a rotor situated in a housing pervaded by the colloidal hydrocarbonic medium. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048539 | Methods and Systems for Upgrading Hydrocarbon - Methods and systems for upgrading hydrocarbon are described. The system can include a combustor and a nozzle reactor. The combustor can be used to produce a motive fluid suitable for use in the nozzle reactor. The motive fluid produced by the combustor and a hydrocarbon stream can be injected into the nozzle reactor to upgrade the hydrocarbon material. The systems and methods can also be integrated with a steam assisted gravity drainage system. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048540 | ULTRA-DISPERSED CATALYST AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME - A catalyst composition comprising an emulsion of an aqueous phase in an oil phase, wherein the aqueous phase contains a group 6 metal, and wherein between about 55 and 100 wt % of the group 6 metal is sulfurated. A method for making a catalyst emulsion, comprising the steps of providing an aqueous phase comprising an aqueous solution of a group 6 metal, wherein between about 55 and 100 wt % of the group 6 metal is sulfurated; and mixing the aqueous phase into an oil phase to form an emulsion of the aqueous phase in the oil phase. A hydroconversion process, comprising the steps of contacting the catalyst of claim | 2013-02-28 |
20130048541 | ATTRITION SELECTIVE PARTICLES - Additive particles for use in a fluid catalytic cracking system are provided for reducing the opacity of flue gas that is generated from a regenerator within the system. Particles are supplied to the unit to catalyze the cracking of hydrocarbon feeds, and to react with sulfur oxides that are produced during regeneration of catalysts supplied for the cracking reactions. At least a portion of the supplied particles include active particulates and a binder, with at least a portion of the active particulates being in a size range from 0.5 to 40 microns. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048542 | DESULFURIZATION OF HYDROCARBONS BY SOLVENT EXTRACTION - A high sulfur content hydrocarbon feedstream is treated by mixing one or more selected solvents with a sulfur-containing feedstream for a predetermined period of time, allowing the mixture to separate and form a sulfur-rich solvent-containing liquid phase and a crude oil phase of substantially lowered sulfur content, and withdrawing the sulfur-rich stream and regenerating the solvent. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048551 | HYBRID INTAKE SCREEN ASSEMBLY - An intake screen assembly including an intake member, a screen support member, and a screen member coupled to the screen support member. The screen member may be formed from a material, such as copper-nickel, that is different from a material, such as stainless steel, used to form the intake member and/or the screen support member. The intake screen assembly may include corrosion protection members for preventing contact between the components of the screen assembly that are formed from dissimilar materials. The assembly may be formed by coupling the screen support member to the intake member, and coupling the screen member to the screen support member. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048552 | FILTER DEVICE AND FILTER ELEMENT PROVIDED THEREFOR - The invention relates to a filter device, in particular for fluids polluted with admixtures of water, such as diesel oil, comprising a filter housing ( | 2013-02-28 |
20130048553 | SUCTION APPARATUS FOR FABRIC FILTER AND FILTERING DEVICE FOR LIQUID FILTRATION USING THE SAME - Provided are a suction apparatus for a fabric filter and a filtering device for liquid filtration using the same. A main suction slit and a sub-suction slit are provided in parallel by a partition. Thereby, pile threads undergo delayed straightening and fluctuation while going through the sub-suction slit and then are rapidly straightened in the main suction slit. Thus, a back-washing effect can be further improved. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048554 | FILTER AND FILTER ELEMENT PROVIDED THEREFOR - The invention relates to a filter, in particular for fluids polluted by admixtures of water, such as diesel oil, comprising a filter housing ( | 2013-02-28 |
20130048559 | Method of Preparing a Substrate for Immobilization of Functional Substances Thereon and the Substrate Obtained Therefrom - A substrate having compounds disposed thereon for immobilizing a functional molecule, each compound having a chain comprising: a moiety R that is chemically coupled to the substrate, said moiety R being selected from the group consisting of an ether, ester, carbonyl, carbonate ester, thioether, disulfide, sulfinyl, sulfonyl, and carbonothioyl; and an epoxide-containing moiety that is coupled to the moiety R by a linker comprising at least one nucleophilic group. Methods of preparing the substrate and use of the substrate are also disclosed. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048560 | MEMBRANE FILTER SYSTEM - A guide member for directing gas bubble flow along a membrane surface, the guide member having first and second side edges defining a channel for gas bubbles to flow along, the channel having an open bottom end through which the gas bubbles can enter the channel and an open top end through which the bubbles can exit the channel, and a diverting means adjacent the channel bottom end arranged to direct at least some of the incident gas bubbles in a first direction towards the channel bottom end. A membrane module assembly and a membrane filter system including the guide member. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048561 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TREATING LIQUIDS USING SWITCHABLE SOLVENTS - A method of treating a liquid. The method comprises providing a feed liquid comprising at least one solvent and at least one solute to a first side of a membrane. A single-phase draw solution comprising at least one of an aminium salt, an amidinium salt, and a guanidinium salt is provided to a second side of the membrane. The at least one solvent is osmosed across the membrane and into the single-phase draw solution to form a diluted single-phase draw solution. At least one of CO | 2013-02-28 |
20130048562 | TREATMENT OF GAS WELL PRODUCTION WASTEWATERS - A method of treating a wastewater is provided and can be used, for example, to treat a gas well production wastewater to form a wastewater brine. The method can involve crystallizing sodium chloride by evaporation of the wastewater brine with concurrent production of a liquor comprising calcium chloride solution. Bromine and lithium can also be recovered from the liquor in accordance with the teachings of the present invention. Various metal sulfates, such as barium sulfate, can be removed from the wastewater in the production of the wastewater brine. Sources of wastewater can include gas well production wastewater and hydrofracture flowback wastewater. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048565 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BLOOD SEPARATION BY MICROFLUIDIC ACOUSTIC FOCUSING - Systems and methods for cleansing blood are disclosed herein. The methods include acoustically separating undesirable particles bound to capture particles from formed elements of whole blood. After introducing the capture particles to whole blood containing undesirable particles, the whole blood and capture particles are flowed through a microfluidic separation channel. At least one bulk acoustic transducer is attached to the microfluidic separation channel. A standing acoustic wave, imparted on the channel and its contents by the bulk acoustic transducer, drives the formed elements and undesirable particles bound to capture particles to specific aggregation axes. After aggregating the particles, the formed elements exit the separation channel through a first outlet and are returned to the patient. The undesirable particles, bound to the capture particles, exit through a second outlet and can be discarded to saved for later study. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048566 | Redox water treatment method - A redox water treatment method utilizing sulfurous acid to act as either an oxidizing or a reducing solution via pH adjustment for water conditioning | 2013-02-28 |
20130048569 | PULSE-POWER APPARATUS AND WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM FOR INHIBITING SCALE FORMATION AND MICROORGANISM GROWTH - The present invention relates to an apparatus for inhibiting scale formation and microorganism growth within a moving water system, with the apparatus including: (i) a pulse-power assembly having a fly-back pulse generator circuit effective to produce a current pulse that when terminated yields a voltage spike and generates a plurality of frequencies of energy, where the fly-back pulse generator circuit comprises a coil as an integral portion of the fly-back pulse generator circuit; and (ii) a chamber for passing water from the moving water system therethrough, where the coil is wound around the chamber so as to transmit the plurality of frequencies of energy into the chamber in order to inhibit scale formation and microorganism growth within the moving water system. Water treatment systems and methods of using the apparatus are also provided. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048570 | CONCENTRATION OF SUSPENSIONS - Gravity sedimentation of a first aqueous suspension of solid particles in a vessel results in formation of a second aqueous suspension of solid particles in the present invention. The process involves adding at least one organic polymeric flocculant to the first aqueous suspension to form a suspension of flocculated solid. The flocculated solids settle to form a bed of consolidated solids. Introducing an effective amount of an agent into the bed of consolidated solids or into the flocculated solids that are settling leads to formation of the second aqueous suspension. The second aqueous suspension of solid particles has a higher solids content than the first aqueous suspension of solid particles. The agent is a free radical agent or an oxidizing agent. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048577 | SEPARATOR FLUID COLLECTOR AND METHOD - A collection apparatus for a separator. The collection apparatus including a housing at least partially encircling a flow separation passage and defining a chamber and a cutout, the chamber being in fluid communication with the flow separation passage to receive a separated flow therefrom, and the cutout extending outward from the chamber to at least partially deflect the separated flow. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048578 | Water Bottle with Pressurized Pump Filtration System - A water bottle with filter is disclosed. The portable water bottle has removable top and disposable filter with integrated pressurized hand pump to provide water filtration and delivery to the user. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048579 | Ceramic Filter with Nanofibers - A filter system for filtering a fluid containing particles includes a porous substrate. The porous substrate is made of a porous ceramic material. A filtering material is connected to the porous ceramic substrate. The filtering material includes nanofibers. The fluid travels through the porous ceramic substrate and travels through the filtering material wherein the particles are captured in the porous ceramic substrate and in the filtering material. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048580 | Cable Extension Module - In one embodiment, a cable extension mechanism includes a housing and a plurality of cable tray segments adapted to retain elongate material therein, wherein each cable tray segment includes first and second cable trays. A sheave is disposed on an axle between the first and second cable trays thereby forming an extendable elbow. At least one wheel assembly is coupled to each cable tray segment to enable the tray segment articulate between a first position wherein the elongate material is stored and has a first length shorter than an actual length of the elongate material and a substantially flat second position, thereby extending a length of the elongate material disposed thereon. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048587 | COLLAPSIBLE UTILITY TRAY WITH FLEXIBLE MOUNTING FEATURE - A collapsible utility tray device with a flexible mounting feature. The device includes a main tray portion for holding various items as desired by a user. A combined back/top piece is hinged to the main tray portion, such that the back/top can be folded closed to serve as a lid for the tray, or can be folded open to serve as a back structure for mounting the device and holding the tray portion horizontal. The back/top piece is fitted with a large rubberized twist tie for flexibly attaching the device to an object. The large rubberized twist tie can also be used to keep the device closed when the back/top piece is folded down. The device further includes smaller rubberized twist ties which can be used for hanging other small items from the tray or securing items to the tray. A small light can also be included in the device. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048588 | SHELVING SYSTEM - A shelving system having tubular frame members and plastic shelves, the shelves having frame receiving regions for receiving ends of the frame members. The shelves and frame members are connectable by insertion of the frame members into the frame receiving regions to form an openly configured, assembled shelving unit in which the shelves are connected to one another in vertically spaced relationship by the frame members. The shelving system has at least one closure member. The assembled shelving system and the at least one closure member both have an integrally molded connector structure. The integrally molded connector structures enable the at least one molded plastic closure member to be connected to the assembled shelving unit after the shelving unit has been assembled. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048591 | Venting Baby Bottle - The present invention relates to a venting baby bottle that includes an outer container, and an inner container, adapted to fit within the outer container, wherein the inner container has a base, a tapered neck, and a vent tube projecting upwardly into the inner container. The baby bottle of the present invention also includes a gasket having a gasket base adapted to fit the neck of the inner container, one or more gasket channels, and a lip. A reservoir is defined between the neck of the inner container and the wall of the outer container. The venting baby bottle of the present invention has an air passage, when inverted and filled with liquid, from a point outside the baby bottle to a point inside the inner container. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048592 | Bottle With Integrated Cap Remover - A bottle with an integrated cap remover allows a user to remove a twist-off bottle cap without the need for a separate bottle opener. The bottle includes a bottle cap, a bottle opening, a neck, a side wall, and a bottom surface. The bottom surface includes an indent that has a plurality of indent ridges. The bottle cap has a plurality of cap ridges. The bottle cap of a second bottle can be pressed into the primary indent of a first bottle. Twisting the first bottle will cause the indent ridges of the first bottle to engage against the cap ridges of the second bottle. The bottle cap of the second bottle will then be loosened, allowing a user to easily remove the bottle cap. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048597 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILM - A method of manufacturing a transparent conductive film has the steps of: preparing a laminated body in which a transparent conductive layer that is not patterned is formed on a flexible transparent base, removing a part of the transparent conductive layer to form the pattern forming part having the transparent conductive layer on the flexible transparent base and the pattern opening part not having the transparent conductive layer on the flexible transparent base, and heating the laminated body in which the transparent conductive layer is patterned. The absolute value of the difference H | 2013-02-28 |
20130048598 | PLATING METHOD OF CIRCUIT SUBSTRATE, PRODUCTION METHOD OF PLATED CIRCUIT SUBSTRATE, AND SILVER ETCHING LIQUID - Provided is a plating method of a circuit substrate comprising a conductive pattern in which a metal layer containing at least silver and copper is exposed on an outer surface. The plating method comprises: step (A) of treating the circuit substrate with a first liquid agent containing an oxidizing agent; step (B) of treating the circuit substrate after the step (A) with a second liquid agent which dissolves copper oxide, and thereby removing copper oxide from the conductive pattern's surface; step (C) of treating the circuit substrate after the step (B) with a third liquid agent whose rate of dissolving silver oxide (I) at 25° C. is 1000 times or more faster than its rate of dissolving copper (0) at 25° C., and thereby removing silver oxide from the conductive pattern's surface; and step (D) of performing electroless plating on the conductive pattern of the circuit substrate after the step (C). | 2013-02-28 |
20130048601 | Use of Hydrogen-Oxygen Plasma for Forming Hydroxyl Functional Groups on a Polymer Surface - A method for improving adhesion between polymeric materials is provided. The method includes treating a surface of a first polymeric material with plasma of oxygen gas and hydrogen-containing gas. The first polymeric material may be a fully cured polymeric material. A second polymeric material may then be deposited on the plasma treated surface of the first polymeric material. The second polymeric material may be an uncured polymeric material. This plasma treatment may be used in improving the adhesion between polymeric components of an inkjet printer. It provides good adhesion between the polymeric components of the inkjet printer even after long exposure to ink. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048602 | Method of Manufacturing a Metallized Ceramic Substrate - A method of manufacturing a metallized ceramic substrate includes forming a metal layer on a ceramic substrate, and forming on the metal layer a resist having a first patterned resist opening and a second patterned resist opening for the metal layer to be exposed therefrom. A first width of the first patterned resist opening is greater than the thickness of the metal layer, and a second width of the second patterned resist opening is less than the thickness of the metal layer. A wet-etching process is conducted, to form in the first patterned resist opening a patterned metal layer opening and form in the second patterned resist opening a patterned metal layer dent. Therefore, an internal stress between the metal layer and the ceramic substrate is reduced, and the yield rate and reliability of the metallized ceramic substrate is increased. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048603 | METHOD OF FORMING MICROPATTERNS - A method of forming micropatterns separated over a misalignment margin includes forming a first mold pattern including a main pattern and a separation-assist pattern, forming a first spacer mask having a first width around the first mold pattern, forming a second mold pattern using the first spacer mask as an etch mask, forming a second spacer mask having a second width around the second mold pattern, and forming a target pattern using the second spacer mask as an etch mask. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048604 | PHOTORESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF FORMING A FINE PATTERN USING THE SAME - A photoresist composition includes from about 20% to about 50% by weight of a polymer, from about 0.5% to about 1.5% by weight of a photo-acid generator, from about 0.01% to about 0.5% by weight of a photo absorber and the remainder includes an organic solvent. Also provided is a method of forming a fine pattern including forming a thin film on a substrate; forming a photoresist pattern by using a photoresist composition that includes from about 20% to about 50% by weight of a polymer, from about 0.5% to about 1.5% by weight of a photo-acid generator, from about 0.01% to about 0.5% by weight of a photo absorber and a remainder comprising an organic solvent; and patterning the thin film by using the photoresist pattern as an etch-stop layer to form a fine pattern. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048605 | DOUBLE PATTERNING ETCHING PROCESS - A method of etching a substrate comprises forming on the substrate, a plurality of double patterning features composed of silicon oxide, silicon nitride, or silicon oxynitride. The substrate having the double patterning features is provided to a process zone. An etching gas comprising nitrogen tri-fluoride, ammonia and hydrogen is energized in a remote chamber. The energized etching gas is introduced into the process zone to etch the double patterning features to form a solid residue on the substrate. The solid residue is sublimated by heating the substrate to a temperature of at least about 100° C. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048606 | METHODS FOR IN-SITU CHAMBER DRY CLEAN IN PHOTOMASK PLASMA ETCHING PROCESSING CHAMBER - Embodiments of the invention include methods for in-situ chamber dry cleaning a plasma processing chamber utilized for photomask plasma fabrication process. In one embodiment, a method for in-situ chamber dry clean after photomask plasma etching includes performing an in-situ pre-cleaning process in a plasma processing chamber, supplying a pre-cleaning gas mixture including at least an oxygen containing gas into the plasma processing chamber while performing the in-situ pre-cleaning process, providing a substrate into the plasma processing chamber, performing an etching process on the substrate, removing the substrate from the substrate, and performing an in-situ post cleaning process by flowing a post cleaning gas mixture including at least an oxygen containing gas into the plasma processing chamber. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048607 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR WET TREATMENT OF PLATE-LIKE ARTICLES - A method and device for wet treatment of a plate-like article comprises a spin chuck for holding and rotating the plate-like article. Gas supply nozzles open on a surface of the spin chuck facing a first side of the plate-like article. The spin chuck is configured to direct gas discharged from the gas supply nozzles radially outwardly through a gap defined between an upper surface of the spin chuck and a downwardly facing surface of a plate-like article positioned on the spin chuck. Liquid supply nozzles open on the surface of the spin chuck facing a first side of the plate-like article and positioned radially outwardly of the gas supply nozzles. The liquid supply nozzles are positioned beneath a peripheral region of a plate-like article positioned on the spin chuck. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048608 | SUPPORT AND TRANSPORT UNIT FOR A PRINT SUBSTRATE FOR A PLANT FOR DEPOSITING PRINT TRACKS, AND RELATIVE DEPOSITION METHOD - A unit to support and transport a print substrate ( | 2013-02-28 |
20130048609 | LIQUID PROCESSING APPARATUS, LIQUID PROCESSING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Disclosed are a liquid processing apparatus and a liquid processing method. The liquid processing apparatus includes an ejection port ejecting a first liquid to a wafer, a first liquid supply mechanism supplying sulphuric acid to the ejection port, and a second liquid supply mechanism supplying hydrogen peroxide solution to the ejection port. The first liquid supply mechanism includes a first temperature adjustment mechanism maintaining the first liquid heated to a first temperature, a second temperature adjustment mechanism connected to the first temperature adjustment mechanism, and an ejection line connecting the second temperature adjustment mechanism with the ejection port. The second temperature adjustment mechanism includes a second circulation line and a second heater. The ejection line connects the second circulation line through a switching valve at a location further downstream than the second heater. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048610 | EDGE BEVEL REMOVAL APPARATUS AND METHOD - A substrate edge bevel etch module for etching a material from a peripheral edge of a substrate with an etchant is described. The substrate edge bevel etch module includes a rotatable substrate holder having a support for a substrate, and a surface tension etch applicator comprising a wetted etching surface opposing a substrate surface proximate an edge of the substrate when the surface tension etch applicator is located proximate to the edge of the substrate. The surface tension etch applicator further includes an etchant dispensing portion, proximate the wetted etching surface, which dispenses an etchant in a region between the wetted etching surface and the substrate surface and wet at least a portion of the wetted etching surface and the substrate surface. A spacing between the wetted etching surface and the substrate surface is selected to retain the etchant using surface tension forces and form a meniscus there between. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048611 | VACUUM INTERRUPTER - A vacuum interrupter includes a vacuum vessel configured with an insulator, a fixed end plate and a movable end plate fixed to both ends of the insulator. A fixed contact and a movable contact face each other inside the vacuum vessel. A movable conductor has one end fixed to the movable contact and the other end is extracted outside the vacuum vessel. A bellows has an accordion portion expanding and contracting with linear movement of the movable conductor. A bellows support member having a cylindrical shape is fixed to the vacuum vessel so that the accordion portion of the bellows contacts the inside of the bellows support member. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048612 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING AND CONTROLLING ELECTROEROSION - A method for monitoring machining in an electroerosion assembly having a power supply and an electrode arranged across a gap from a workpiece, includes measuring a voltage at a point in a voltage waveform after a time delay t | 2013-02-28 |
20130048615 | ROTATING LASER WELDING PRESSURE UNIT - A laser welding pressure unit comprises a housing, a rotating element, and a foot. The housing may attach to a laser head. The rotating element may include an outer ring rotatably coupled to an inner ring, wherein the outer ring is coupled to the housing. The foot may couple to the inner ring such that the foot rotates with respect to the housing. The foot may also be configured to contact an upper surface of a metal sheet and may be oriented such that while the metal sheet is being welded, the foot rotates about a central vertical axis and the laser welding pressure unit is able to move in any direction without the foot breaking contact with the surface. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048616 | METHOD FOR CONNECTING LEADER LINE - Disclosed is a method for connecting a core wire of a wire rod covered with an insulating coating and pulled out from a coil component with a substrate by irradiating a laser beam, the method comprising the steps of: (a) forming a bond part between the wire rod and the substrate, the bond part being made of a material having a high optical absorptance for laser beam; and (b) irradiating a laser beam on an area to be connected under a state that at least one of the wire rod and the substrate is being pulled toward the other. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048617 | HOLE FORMING METHOD AND LASER PROCESSING APPARATUS - A hole forming method of forming a laser processed hole in a workpiece configured by bonding a first member formed of a first material and a second member formed of a second material. The hole forming method includes a minimum shot number setting step of setting as a minimum value the number of shots of a pulsed laser beam applied to the workpiece at the time the spectral wavelength of plasma has changed from the spectral wavelength inherent in the first material to the spectral wavelength inherent in the second material, and a maximum shot number setting step of setting as a maximum value the number of shots of the pulsed laser beam at the time the spectral wavelength of the plasma has completely changed. In a hole forming step, the application of the pulsed laser beam is stopped in the case that the number of shots has reached the minimum value and the spectral wavelength of the plasma has changed whereas the application of the pulsed laser beam is continued until the number of shots reaches the maximum value in the case that the spectral wavelength of the plasma has not changed even after the number of shots has reached the minimum value. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048618 | METHOD FOR PARTIALLY STRIPPING A DEFINED AREA OF A CONDUCTIVE LAYER - A method for partial detachment of a defined area of a conductive layer using a laser beam includes forming a conductor track with a defined path from the conductive layer on the substrate, the path defining main axes. The area is segmented into zones. A linear recess is provided along a respective perimeter of each of the zones. Each of the zones has a strip shape such that the recesses extend along paths that are substantially straight lines not parallel to either of the main axes. One of the zones to be removed is heated using laser radiation until adhesion of the conductive layer to the substrate is substantially reduced and the zone to be removed is detached in a surface-wide manner from the substrate under external influences. Laser-beam parameters are set such that only the conductive layer is removed without affecting an underlying substrate. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048621 | WELDING WIRE FEEDER WITH IMPROVED WIRE GUIDE - A wire guide for use in a welding wire feeder is provided. The wire guide includes two guide surfaces spaced from one another to define an opening through which welding wire is directed from a spool to a wire drive assembly of the wire feeder. The wire guide may also include a side flange extending from an outboard position of the wire guide to maintain the wire within a desired region of the wire drive assembly, such as a space formed by grooves along rollers of the wire drive assembly. The side flange may be formed integrally with an outboard guide surface of the wire guide. The guide surfaces and the side flange may be formed integrally into a one-piece wire guide structure. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048622 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR HEATING WINDOWS OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - Method and apparatus for heating windows of a motor vehicle with a vehicle heating system which directs warm air onto the windows in a controlled manner, wherein the motor vehicle has electrically heated windows (in particular a front windscreen and/or a rear backlite window) and side windows without electrical heating. The warm air from the vehicle heating system is concentrated on the windows without electrical heating when the electric window heating is switched on. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048625 | ESTIMATING TEMPERATURE - A method of estimating a temperature of a material being heated is described. The method may comprise supplying electrical power to a heating element in dependence on a measured temperature, calculating a rate at which the amount of electrical power supplied changes over time, comparing the calculated rate with a plurality of known values in order to determine the value of a parameter relating to thermal properties of the material being heated, and calculating an estimated temperature based on the determined value of said parameter. In some embodiments, the method may further comprise detecting a drop in temperature of the material being heated, by detecting a change in the calculated rate at which the amount of electrical power supplied changes over time. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048626 | HOME APPLIANCE INCLUDING STEAM GENERATOR AND CONTROLLING METHOD OF THE SAME - Embodiments may relate to a home appliance, more specifically, to a washing apparatus having a steam generator and a controlling method of the same and embodiments may relate to a home appliance including a steam generator. according to one embodiment of the present invention, a home appliance includes a steam generator configured to generate steam to supply the generated steam to an object accommodation part where an object is accommodated, wherein the steam generator includes a housing configured to accommodate water supplied thereto; a heater configured to heat the water accommodated in the housing by heating the housing to generate steam; and a control unit configured to cut off or apply an electric power of the heater based on the temperature of the housing. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048627 | CERAMIC HEATER AND GAS SENSOR ELEMENT - A ceramic heater in which a heater pattern is formed on a ceramic substrate is disclosed. The heater pattern has a heating element and lead portions. The heating element has heating connection ends and the lead portions have lead connection ends. The heating element and the lead portions are connected at joints which are formed by overlaying the heating connection ends and the lead connection ends. The heater pattern, as viewed in a direction perpendicular to a plane in which the heater pattern is formed, has inwardly recessed concavities formed on both width wise sides of each of the joints. The concavities include portions in each of which a profile of the respective heating connection end crosses a profile of the respective lead connection end. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048628 | Baking Helper Device, and Method of Using Thereof - A device for hastening a rise of dough placed inside a bowl, the device comprising: an internal member made of fabric, the internal member comprising a plurality of interconnected chambers having therein solid dry grains that are heatable in a microwave oven or in other suitable way; and an external member or sleeve, to enclose therein said internal member after said internal member is heated in the microwave oven, wherein the device is wrapable around said bowl. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048635 | Oil-less pressure relief valves - A self contained one-way pressure relief valve for application to product packaging that does not require the addition of a sealing lubricant. Atop a base with an opening extending through is an adhesive-like material layer, and a dry strap of a silicone or other release film coated membrane, all of which are of gas impervious materials. The release coated material layer covering the opening with the release film in contact with the adhesive-like material creating a surface attraction between the release film and the adhesive-like material. An intermediate layer of gas impervious material with an opening extending through provides for including a gas pervious filter material layer that may be for fine particulates or liquid proof. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048636 | FLEXIBLE, SELF-VENTING RETORTABLE CONTAINER - Containers are disclosed, as well as multilayer films used in such containers, which advantageously maintain a high seal strength even after being subjected to retort conditions for sterilization. These retortable containers and multilayer films are also beneficially self-venting upon exposure to microwave heating, when the internal container pressure exceeds a threshold value. The self-venting nature of these containers arises from particular sealing characteristics, in which the seal width differs in defined, self-venting seal regions, relative to non-venting seal regions of a given peripheral seal. Particular structural features and geometries of the self-venting seal regions can be used to improve the location of venting and control of the vented gases. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048639 | Fuel Cap - A fuel cap for a filler neck on a fuel tank includes a cap body having threads for engaging the filler neck when the fuel cap is installed on the filler neck and a cap handle rotatably mounted on the cap body. A clutch acts between the cap handle and the cap body to permit the cap handle to rotate freely on the cap body when the clutch is disengaged. When the clutch is engaged, rotation of the cap handle will rotate the cap body so that the user can remove the fuel cap from the filler neck to refuel the vehicle. A pressure-sensing diaphragm disengages the clutch when the pressure differential between the fuel vapor pressure and the atmospheric pressure exceeds a predetermined threshold and engages the clutch when the pressure differential between the fuel vapor pressure and the atmospheric pressure is less than the predetermined threshold. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048640 | SEAL CAP - A seal cap includes a main body, a retaining cover and a fastening ring. The main body has a slab shape and is flexible. The main body includes a press collar extending upward from the main body. The press collar has a connecting portion therein. The retaining cover covers the main body, and includes an annular inner wall, an outer covering body, a trough and a coupling portion. The outer covering body covers the annular inner wall and has at least one press opening. The trough is formed between the outer covering body and the annular inner wall, and faces downward. The trough communicates with the at least one press opening. The press collar is inserted located in the trough. The coupling portion encircles the outer covering body, and is located above the engaging portion. The fastening ring is located at an outer side of the connecting portion of the main body, so that the connecting portion is tightly connected to the annular inner wall of the retaining cover. When in use, the seal cap of the present invention is coupled to the opening of a container. The top of the container leans against the coupling portion, and the circumferential wall is against the container to seal the container. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048645 | PRESSURE VESSEL - A pressure vessel having reduced weight while satisfying required design conditions has polygonal upper and bottom walls, a side wall provided therebetween, an upper curved surface portion for connecting the upper and side walls, and a lower curved surface portion for connecting the bottom and side walls. An upper wall center rib includes an upper wall center part, and upper wall annular ribs respectively connecting substantially center parts of the upper wall and surrounding the upper wall center rib. Ribs are formed substantially centrally in the upper curved surface portion. A bottom wall center rib includes a center part in the bottom wall. Bottom wall annular ribs are formed connecting the bottom wall and surrounding the bottom wall center rib. Lower curved surface portion ribs are formed substantially centrally in the lower curved surface portion, and main surface ribs are formed substantially centrally in the side wall. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048646 | PRESSURE VESSEL - A pressure vessel having reduced weight while satisfying required design conditions has upper wall first and second ribs, upper curved surface portion first and second ribs, a bottom wall first rib with a bottom wall second rib formed on an outer surface of a bottom wall, lower curved surface portion first and second ribs, and a side wall first rib with a side wall second rib on an outer surface of a side wall. The center upper wall first rib has a center upper wall first rib center portion, a center upper wall first rib continuous portion, and a center upper wall first rib thin portion. The center bottom wall first rib has a center bottom wall first rib center portion, a center bottom wall first rib continuous portion, and a center bottom wall first rib thin portion. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048647 | TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED CARGO CONTAINERS - Temperature controlled cargo containers may include thermal masses conditioned to temperatures above and/or below a target temperature. Example thermal masses may include plates including phase change materials, such as eutectic materials. One or more fans and flapper valves may be selectively operated to circulate air in the cargo container across one or more of the thermal masses to maintain the temperature within the cargo container within a prescribed temperature band. Some example temperature controlled cargo containers may include refrigeration units and/or heaters for regenerating the thermal masses when receiving power from an external power source and/or may include one or more rechargeable batteries for providing power during transport or storage independent of external power sources. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048648 | Cooler with automatic product height adjustment mechanism - A cooler has an upright housing with a sidewall. A product compartment disposed in the housing has a floor and a sidewall that is attached to the floor forming a watertight compartment and to the housing sidewall. Disposed in the product compartment is a product platform that is movable vertically relative to the floor and adapted to hold a plurality of product containers disposed within the product compartment. A telescoping pole has upper and lower end portions and is disposed in the product compartment between the product platform and the floor. A spring coiled about the telescoping pole and disposed between the floor and the product platform exerts an upward force on the product platform to maintain product containers on the product platform at a constant height as product containers are removed from the platform. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048649 | INSULATED TOTE BAG FOR TRANSPORTING BAKING PANS - An insulated tote bag allows a user to tote a plurality of baking pans, such as up to four baking pans, securely with one hand via handle straps. The tote bag can not only provide an easy mode for carrying multiple baking pans, but also can protect a user's vehicle from spills when the baking pans are carried to a vehicle for transport. The tote bag can keep items warm or cold during transport. The tote bag also allows a user to take necessary condiments and/or utensils, napkins, or potholders in an outside pocket provided on the tote bag. The tote bag can be finished in various styles and designs, as may be desired by the user. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048650 | FLEX RING BASE - A plastic container includes a cylindrical body defining a longitudinal axis. The body has an upper portion, a sidewall portion and a base portion having a base. The base portion defines a radial sidewall and a central inset portion defined inboard of a thinned wall portion formed around at least a portion of the base. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048651 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PLASTIC CONTAINER HAVING A PLANAR ELECTRONIC ELEMENT, PLASTIC CONTAINER PRODUCED ACCORDING TO SAID METHOD, AND INJECTION MOLD FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD - In order to produce a plastic container ( | 2013-02-28 |
20130048652 | Box Having Foldable and Self-Locking Side Walls - A foldable box includes a floor having a shaft arranged in a base area of an exterior wall area thereof. A guide opening in the fixed exterior wall area and includes a lateral opening section extending from an outside of the fixed exterior wall area inwards. A cam in the base area includes a cam contour which gets into contact with a contact surface of the exterior wall area. When exceeding a boundary angle the shaft is moved inwards. After exceeding the boundary angle a bottom side of the exterior wall is pressed against an internal edge area of the fixed exterior wall area by a force higher than a force by which the bottom side of the exterior wall in the erected vertical position is pressed against a top side of the fixed exterior wall area by the effect of the shaft or the cam. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048659 | Placemat for a container - The present invention relates generally to a placemat. More particularly, the invention encompasses a placemat for a container. The present invention is also directed to a novel placemat that can be placed inside a lunch box or a similar container. The present invention is also directed to a novel placemat that can be removably secured to the inside surface of a lid or an inside surface of a container. The novel placemat could also have either discrete magnets or at least one magnetic layer secured thereto. The present invention is also directed to a combination placemat and lunch box. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048660 | WASTE CONTAINER ASSEMBLY - A container for disposing of waste includes a receptacle and a first pivoting member functionally associated with the receptacle. The first pivoting member includes a first disposal surface. A second pivoting member functionally associated with the receptacle includes a second disposal surface. The second pivoting member is operatively coupled to the first pivoting member such that waste deposited on either the first disposal surface or the second disposal surface causes concurrent counter rotation of both the first pivoting member and the second pivoting member to dispose of the waste into the receptacle. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048661 | Lid Swiveling Mechanism - A detachable lid swiveling mechanism is a joint for a pot lid and has a base on a body and a connecting piece arranged on a pot lid. The base has a blocking slot having an insertion inlet, and the connecting piece has a rotating shaft movably passing in and out the blocking slot through the insertion inlet and matching with the blocking slot to enable the pot lid to rotate around the blocking slot. The blocking slot of the lid swiveling mechanism of the present invention has an insertion inlet through which the pot lid can be easily connected with or detached from the pot body. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048662 | Sanitized vending machine and method - A sanitized vending machine includes product and cup dispensing mechanisms and an actuation mechanism. The product dispensing mechanism, holding one or more product items, rotates through a product dispensing cycle to dispense them. The cup dispensing mechanism, holding a stack of cups, rotates through a cup dispensing cycle to dispense a cup to a predetermined position. The dispensing cycles occur in a predetermined sequence so as to enable the dispensed product items to be received in a previously dispensed cup. The dispensing mechanisms respectively include rotatable first and second driven gears drivingly interfaced to rotate during respective product and cup dispensing cycles. The actuation mechanism includes a handle and a rotatable drive gear drivingly interfaced with the first driven gear. When the handle is turned by a user through an actuation cycle the driven gears rotate the respective mechanisms through respective product and cup dispensing cycles. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048665 | Shot Applicator Device - The present invention relates to a shot applicator device and, more particularly, to an automatic shot applicator device including a housing with a shot storage/delivery chamber, a tip structured to deliver the shot into tubing attached to various fishing tackle/equipment including fishing rigs, line, hooks, leaders, fly fishing tippet, and/or inserting directly into lures and baits, thereby changing the density (add or decrease weight) of the fishing tackle/equipment, and a mechanism structured to apply a force to the shot thrusting it through the tip and into such material. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048666 | PRODUCT DISPENSER AND COVER MEMBER FOR A PRODUCT DISPENSER - A dispensable product system including a product housing for a product dispenser that defines a product reservoir. The product housing being mountable to a counter top or wall member having an opening for receiving the product housing through the wall member and opposed major surfaces that are substantially planar. The system includes an opening through a side wall of the housing and a protrusion member positionable from a non-blocking position to a blocking position in that the protrusion member is positionable through the opening from an inside of the side wall of the product housing to project from an outside of the side wall of the product housing for seating against one of the major surfaces of the counter top or wall member to block movement of the product housing with respect to passing through the opening in the wall member in a first direction. The projection member includes a catch portion engaging with the outside of the side wall to resist movement of the projection member from the blocking position to the non-blocking position. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048667 | PRODUCT DISPENSER AND COVER MEMBER FOR A PRODUCT DISPENSER - A product dispenser including a housing for housing dispensable products in a product reservoir defined by the housing and a cover member defining a dispensing opening through which the products are dispensed. The cover member includes a lid member and a support member and the lid member is openable relative to the support member about a hinge. The cover member is removably mountable to the housing by at least one engagement member of the support member engaging at least one complementary engagement member of the housing. A strength of connection of the hinge to the support member and a strength of connection of at least one engagement member of the support member for removably mounting the support member to the housing is such that when the lid member is opened to a stop position and further opening force is applied to the lid member, at least one engagement member dismounts between the housing and the support member before the force gets so great as to break the hinge. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048668 | Pressure sensing liquid dispensing system - An automated liquid dispensing system for dispensing a pressurized liquid through a feed line includes a pressure sensing device having a sensing component provided in the feed line for sensing the pressure of the liquid. A pour control center is provided in the feed line. A smart director is electrically connected to the pressure sensing device and to the pour control center for continually and selectively actuating the pour control center in response to input from the sensing device. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048669 | BOILING WATER DISPENSER - A boiling water dispenser ( | 2013-02-28 |
20130048670 | SEALED GLASS CONTAINER WITH A DISPLACEABLE PLUNGER - A container ( | 2013-02-28 |
20130048671 | Wearable Apparatus for Dispensing a Beverage - An apparatus comprises two beverage dispensers each comprising a top, a bottom, a facing side, an outside side, a front wall, a back wall, a beverage storage portion, a beverage dispensing portion disposed on the front wall, and a liquid control device disposed on the back wall. A connecting mechanism joins the facing sides. Two strap mechanisms each support a beverage dispenser. Each of the two strap mechanisms comprises a first strap portion for joining to the top and for extending over a wearer's shoulder, and a second strap portion for joining to the outside side and for extending about a side of the wearer. The first strap portion and the second strap portion are joined together to support the beverage dispenser on the wearer's shoulder with the beverage dispenser being disposed proximate a breast area of the wearer where the wearer can support the apparatus for dispensing the beverage. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048672 | Dispensing Nozzle Assembly - A dispensing nozzle assembly for dispensing a number of micro-ingredients into a fluid stream. The dispensing nozzle assembly may include a micro-ingredient mixing chamber, a number of micro-ingredient lines in communication with the micro-ingredient mixing chamber such that the micro-ingredients mix therein, and a mixed micro-ingredient exit such the mixed micro-ingredients are dispensed into the fluid stream. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048673 | SELECTIVE DISPENSING FROM ONE OR MORE CONTAINER RECEPTACLES - A closure for pouring selectively from one or both of two pour orifices of one or more fluid containers. The closure yokes the fluid containers together where more than one fluid container is provided. Alternatively, the closure may work with a single container incorporating plural fluid compartments. The closure may incorporate a movable valve and sufficient passages to enable fluids to be poured from a selected one pour orifice or from plural pour orifices, with proportions of the two fluids being selectable. The closure may incorporate a pouring spout to guide fluids being poured. The valve may be rotary or linearly acting, and have a manual operator. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048674 | Manifold Module for Beverage Dispensing System - A beverage dispensing system includes a beverage dispensing head for dispensing beverages from at least one pressurized beverage source, and at least one beverage tube, with a first end that is fluidly connected to the beverage dispensing head and a second end. A manifold module for use in this system includes at least one flow control module configured for attachment to and fluid communication with the beverage source, and a beverage redirecting apparatus configured to be attached between the flow control module and the second end of the beverage tube. The beverage redirecting apparatus includes at least one fluid inlet in fluid communication with the flow control module and at least one fluid outlet in fluid communication with the second end of the beverage tube. The beverage redirecting apparatus is configured such that a direction of fluid flow is altered between the inlet and the outlet. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048675 | THERMAL BEVERAGE DISPENSER - A thermal beverage hopper is provided that includes a structure having a top ( | 2013-02-28 |
20130048676 | CONTAINER WITH DISPENSER-SUPPORTING COLLAR - A container includes a bottle and a bottle closure. The bottle closure is configured to close a mouth opening into an interior region in the bottle. Glue is used to retain a portion of the bottle closure in a fixed position on the bottle. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048677 | Granular food dispenser installed under a cupboard - A food dispenser for attaching underneath a cupboard, wherein the dispenser has a bin member having four side walls and a dispensing hatch at a bottom portion thereof, and bin channels formed in top portions of two opposite of the side walls, and a support bracket adapted to be securely attached underneath the cupboard having four side edges, wherein two opposite side edges have support channels adapted to engage respective bin channels of the bin member opposite side walls, such that the bin member can slide on and off the support bracket. The dispensing hatch is pivotally attached to one of the four side walls of the bin member, such that the hatch can be pivotally opened and closed such that food can be extracted from the bin member. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048678 | ANTI-MICROBIAL FOAM DISPENSING SYSTEM - A portable system for delivering an anti-microbial foam includes a product dispenser for providing an anti-microbial solution. The product dispenser includes a rigid canister that contains the anti-microbial solution and a propellant and a nozzle assembly that includes a flexible actuator toggle nozzle. The product dispenser delivers the anti-microbial solution from the dispenser as a foam. The product dispenser may be assembled with a canister holder that can be attached to an object such as a person's waist belt or clothing. Alternatively, the product dispenser may be assembled with a lanyard to be worn about a person's neck. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048679 | DISPENSING CONTAINER FOR DISPENSING PREDETERMINED AMOUNTS OF PRODUCT - A vessel configured to contain a liquid, semi-solid or powder product and to dispense predetermined amounts of the product. The vessel comprising a dispensing closure; a container engaged with the dispensing closure and having a pair of opposed walls defining a bore for receiving the product and having a relaxed state, the container being squeezable to inwardly deflect from its relaxed state to cause the opposed walls to deflect inwardly to displace some of the product from the container into the dispensing closure for dispensing one of the predetermined amounts of product and being flexible to return its relaxed state after squeezing, the container thereafter being squeezable to inwardly deflect from its relaxed state to cause the opposed walls to deflect inwardly to displace some more product from the container into the dispensing closure for dispensing an other predetermined amount of product and being flexible to return its relaxed state after squeezing; and a limiting member disposed within the bore for limiting inward deflection of the opposed walls during each squeezing of the container to limit the amount of product displaced from the container into the dispensing closure. The limiting member has an H-shaped cross section substantially along its length. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048680 | QUANTITATIVE DISPENSER - A quantitative dispenser is disclosed. The quantitative dispenser includes a container body, a rod, a connection base, an elastic part, and a pressing element. The container body consists of a first space with an isolation ring and a second space. The rod is passed into the first space and the second space. One end of the rod in the first space is through the elastic part and is connected to the pressing element while the other end of the rod is with a pull part. A bottom of the first space is connected to the connection base and a bottom of the rod is inserted into a material discharge opening of the connection base so as to close the material discharge opening. By pressing and releasing the pressing element, a gap is formed between the rod and the material discharge opening and a constant amount of seasoning falls off. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048683 | SPOUT ADAPTER SYSTEM - A spout adapter system is provided for use with at least two different containers in which each container has a threaded fitment adapted to removably receive a threaded closure cap and in which the two different containers have different thread configurations around the dispensing opening. The system includes a first and second adapter each having two ends and a fluid passageway extending between their ends as well as a dispensing spout having a fluid passageway for dispensing fluid. The spout includes a threaded connector which threadably cooperates with a threaded connector at one end of either of the adapters so that the dispensing spout may be used with either adapter. The first adapter includes a threaded portion at its other end which is configured to cooperate with the threaded fitment of one of the containers while the other adapter has a threaded portion at its other end configured to cooperate with the threaded dispensing opening of the other container. Consequently, the different adapters enable the same spout to be utilized with different containers having different sized dispensing openings. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048684 | Shirt Bead Tool - A beading device is disclosed that can be used to assist users when threading beads onto clothing and accessories. The beading device comprises a handle and an elongated wire. The elongated wire is secured to the middle of the handle via threading an end of the wire through a continuous opening in the middle of the handle and then securing the ends of the wire together to form a continuous loop. Beads are then threaded onto the loop of the elongated wire. A user then opens the loop and places a piece of fringe through the wire loop. The user then moves the beads, transferring the beads from the loop of the elongated wire to the fringe. The user then pulls the end of the fringe out from the wire loop and ties a knot in the end. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048685 | Golf Cart Belt Assembly - A hand golf cart having an elongated main belt member with secondary belt members extending from each end of said main belt member the ends of said secondary belt members being provided with adjustable fastening means. The elongated main belt member including fastening members which allow the main belt to be attached to the handle of a hand golf cart whereby when the belt assembly is worn about the waist of a golfer, the golfer may pull the cart forward while walking without use of his hands or arms. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048686 | FOLDABLE BAG DEVICE - The present invention provides methods and systems for a foldable bag that includes a rear wall part having a front side, a back side, and an interior side; a front wall part having a front side, a back side, and an interior side; a middle part having a front side, a back side, and an interior side. The front wall part is engaged to the middle part along a fold line, and the rear wall part is engaged to the middle part along a fold line. The foldable bag is moveable between a first position and a second position. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048687 | HIPBAND POUCH - A pouch for holding items is disclosed which has the appearance of a waistband. The pouch is formed as a tube of a stretchable material with a plurality of openings therein. Items may be inserted through the openings and positioned within the pouch. The pouch may be manipulated to position the openings at various positions around the body. The openings may also be positioned on the outside, inside, top or other part of the pouch. The pouch has a substantially constant width to better camouflage items placed therein. The openings may include closures to prevent items from falling out. The pouch may be formed of a single circle or include closures for placing it around the body. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048688 | INTEGRATED HUB AND SPINDLE ASSEMBLY AND A SELF-ALIGNING TRACTOR AXLE MOUNTED TANK SYSTEM - A self-aligning tractor axle mounted tank system for vertically mounting a tank to a tractor is provided comprising; an integrated hub and spindle, a housing connected to the spindle so that the spindle can rotate with respect to the housing, and at least one housing bracket connected to the housing and adapted to mount a tank frame assembly, wherein the housing bracket is configured to align the tank frame assembly with the housing during vertical mounting. Additionally, an integrated hub and spindle assembly is provided comprising; a spindle connected to a hub, and a bearing housing connected to the spindle so that the spindle can rotate with respect to the bearing housing. Furthermore, a process for mounting a self-aligning tank to the rear axle of a tractor is provided. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048707 | IDENTIFIER GENERATION FOR VISUAL BEACON - A visual beacon, such as a Quick Response (QR) code or other type of artificial visual beacon is identified based on a coarse position and content information, and optionally, the type of the visual beacon. For example, position may be based on latitude and longitude, e.g., from a satellite positioning system, or the CellID from a cellular network. The content information may be based on a sampling of the content before or after decoding. The content information may alternatively be all of the decoded content or an image of the visual beacon. Thus, for example, a mobile platform may generate a visual beacon identifier using the position and content information, which is transmitted to a navigation assistance server. The server can access and transmit to the mobile platform a navigation assistance message associated with the visual beacon identifier. If no visual beacon identifier is found, the server may enter the information. | 2013-02-28 |
20130048708 | MOBILE PRODUCT ADVISOR - Mobile product advising includes creating, via a computer processor, vectors for each of a number of subjects corresponding to a product and assigning attributes of the subjects to corresponding fields of the vector. The mobile product advising also includes assigning values in the fields of the vectors reflecting a status of the attributes relative to the subjects. The mobile product advising further includes creating a product label for the product and encoding the vector including the attributes and values on the product label. | 2013-02-28 |