11th week of 2021 patent applcation highlights part 14 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20210077860 | REACTIVE PROTOCOLS FOR ORTHOPEDIC TREATMENT - A computer-implemented system for managing a treatment plan includes a clinician interface to configure various aspects of a treatment plan. The treatment plan includes one or more treatment protocols, and each treatment protocol includes one or more sessions. Each session comprises several session periods, with each of the session periods including a particular activity for treating the body part of the patient. The clinician interface includes a patient profile display presenting historical data regarding performance of the treatment plan, and a protocol management display presenting controls for modifying a treatment protocol within the treatment plan. A treatment apparatus, such as a stationary bicycle, is used by the patient to perform the treatment protocol. A patient interface, such as a tablet computer, communicates information to the patient and receives feedback from the patient. A server stores data and coordinates operation of the system. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077861 | GOLF BALL - To provide a golf ball that can prevent a decrease in carry distance of a driver shot when it rains and also, can exert excellent spinning performance upon an approach shot. The golf ball of the present invention includes a core, a cover that is provided on an outer side of the core and is provided with dimples, and an outermost layer that is formed on an outer side of the cover and made of a material having a contact angle of 90° or more. The golf ball has a dynamic friction coefficient of 0.52 or more. The material constituting the outermost layer comprises a urethane coating that contains a water repellent additive, and the water repellent additive includes a fluorinated surfactant, silicone-modified acrylate or hydrophobic silica. The urethane coating comprises a polyisocyanate as a curing agent, and the polyisocyanate includes both an adduct form and an isocyanurate form of hexamethylene diisocyanate, and a mixing ratio (isocyanurate form/adduct form) of the isocyanurate and adduct forms of the hexamethylene diisocyanate, expressed as a mass ratio, is from 95/5 to 40/60. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077862 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLAYING A PIN BASED GAME USING AN IMPACT RESISTANT BALL AND PROCESS OF FORMING THE SAME - A system and method for playing a pin based game with an impact resistant ball and process of forming an impact resistant ball are provided. The impact resistant ball has an increased resistance to damage caused to a ball by repeated impact with objects such as a game board and game pins thereby decreasing the frequency with which the ball must be replaced. The impact resistant ball also has utility to afford a larger segment of the population the ability to properly grip and throw the impact resistant ball by providing an increased length gripper able to accommodate a greater range of hand sizes. The impact resistant ball has further utility to automatically identify and transmit data including the impact of the ball with the game pins and ball metrics including speed, pressure and weight. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077863 | PRESERVATION SYSTEM FOR A BOWLING BALL - A method and a bowling ball enclosure are provided for encasing and reducing temperature fluctuations of and within a bowling ball. The bowling ball enclosure includes a flexible inner vapor barrier layer and a flexible outer layer that are made of a polymer material, the inner layer forming an interior region that receives the bowling ball. The bowling ball enclosure also includes a bottom portion and a top portion, wherein the top portion is positionable from a first position to a second position to encapsulate the bowling ball. In the first position, the top portion being in an open position to receive the bowling ball into the interior region. In the second position, the top portion being in a closed position to encapsulate the bowling bowl. A bowling ball bag includes a vapor ball layer to reducing the emission of volatiles from a retained bowling ball. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077864 | HIGH DENSITY OUTER LAYER OF A GOLF CLUB HEAD - Embodiments of a golf club head comprising a body having a body material density, a strike face having a strike face material density, and a coating comprising a coating material having a coating material density greater than the body material density or the strike face material density are described herein. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077865 | GOLF CLUB FACE PLATES WITH INTERNAL CELL LATTICES AND RELATED METHODS - Embodiments of golf club face plates with internal cell lattices are presented herein. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077866 | GOLF CLUB - A golf club head includes a club body including a heel portion, a sole portion, a toe portion, a top-line portion, and a face portion, the face portion having an ideal striking location, wherein said sole portion extends rearwardly from a lower end of said face portion. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077867 | CLUB HEADS WITH VARYING IMPACT RESPONSES AND RELATED METHODS - Some embodiments include a golf club head. The golf club head includes a front body having a front body front portion with a front body front surface and having a front body rear portion, and includes a rear body having a rear body front portion, a rear body rear portion, and multiple protrusions. The golf club head is configured such that (i) when the front body front surface strikes a golf ball with a first amount of force, the front body deflects toward the rear body with a first amount of deflection, and (ii) when the front body front surface strikes the golf ball with a second amount of force less than the first amount of force, the front body deflects toward the rear body with a second amount of deflection greater than the first amount of deflection. Other embodiments of related club heads and methods are also disclosed. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077868 | GOLF CLUB HEADS HAVING A LOCALIZED HEAT AFFECTED ZONE - A golf club head having localized heat treatment is described herein. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077869 | GOLF CLUB - A golf club head includes a club body including a crown, a sole, a skirt disposed between and connecting the crown and the sole and a face portion connected to a front end of the club body. The face portion includes a geometric center defining the origin of a coordinate system when the golf club head is ideally positioned, the coordinate system including an x-axis being tangent to the face portion at the origin and parallel to a ground plane, a y-axis intersecting the origin being parallel to the ground plane and orthogonal to the x-axis, and a z-axis intersecting the origin being orthogonal to both the x-axis and the y-axis. The golf club head defines a center of gravity CG, the CG being a distance CG | 2021-03-18 |
20210077870 | GOLF CLUB HEADS WITH RIBS AND RELATED METHODS - Golf club heads with ribs are described herein. A golf club head comprises a first rib protruding from an interior surface of the club head, and a second rib protruding from the interior surface of the club head. The first rib comprises a first axis and the second rib comprises a second axis; wherein the first and second rib axes intersect each other forward the front end of the club head body. The club head further comprises a first side rib protruding from the interior surface of the heel end, and a second side rib protruding from the interior surface of the toe end. The first side rib and the second side rib generally extend in a front end to rear end direction, and can be linear or curvilinear. The ribs provide structural support and sound control for the club head. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077871 | GOLF CLUB HEADS WITH RIBS AND RELATED METHODS - Provided herein are embodiments of golf club heads comprising a crown and a ribbed region. The ribbed region of the golf club head can be positioned on a portion of the crown and can further include a ribbed wall, wherein the ribbed wall comprises a ribbed wall interior surface, a ribbed wall exterior surface, and one or more external ribs. The one or more external ribs can protrude from the ribbed region to increase the strength of the crown and beneficially reduce crown thickness. Other embodiments and related methods are disclosed herein. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077872 | GOLF CLUB HEADS AND METHODS TO MANUFACTURE GOLF CLUB HEADS - Embodiments of golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head may include a body portion having an interior cavity, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, a sole portion, a front portion, and a back portion. The body portion may include a face portion coupled to the front portion to close the interior cavity with the face portion having a front surface, a back surface having a center portion, and a reinforcement section extending into the interior cavity from the back surface. A polymer material in the interior cavity may be coupled to at least the center portion of the back surface and at least partially surrounded by the reinforcement section. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077873 | Golf Club Bag Having Protective Cover - A golf club bag includes a barrel, a cover, and an elevating device. The barrel has an outer member and an inner member. The inner member is received in the outer member to form a channel between the outer member and the inner member. The cover has a cover member and a cover ring connected to the cover member. The cover ring and a portion of the cover member are received in the channel of the barrel. The elevating device is received in the channel of the barrel and connected to the barrel and the cover respectively. The elevating device drives the cover to reciprocate along the channel of the barrel. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077874 | INLAY GOLF BALL MARKER - A golf ball marker includes a base and an ornamental inlay. The base defines a closed recess, and has a flat marginal surface surrounding the recess. The ornamental inlay is carried by the base, and held flush within the recess such that an outside surface of the inlay and the flat marginal surface of the base reside in substantially the same plane and form a substantially continuous smooth top surface of the ball marker. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077875 | Device for Repairing Golf Ball Marks - The present disclosure is directed to a device for repairing golf ball marks. The device includes a pin, a base and three or more prongs which are fixed to the base and extend in an opposite direction to the pin. The tips of the prongs are sloped. The inner sides of the prongs form a round shape in such a way that the inner edge of the slope part is a sharp protuberance. This protuberance is found at the thickest part of the prong. The device is pushed into the soil in such a way that the prongs surround the ball-mark. The inner sides of the prongs shift soil towards the centre of the ball-mark and the protuberance loosens the soil when the device is inserted into the soil. After that the soil is tamped down with, for example, a golf club to even out the putting surface. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077876 | TABLE TENNIS RACKET BLADE - Provided is a novel technology capable of enhancing repulsion when a blade has a laminate structure including a resin foam and a non-ligneous panel-like member laminated thereon. This table tennis racket blade includes: a resin foam ( | 2021-03-18 |
20210077877 | Hockey-Stick Blade with Tailored Performance Regions - A hockey-stick blade includes a heel region, a toe region spaced longitudinally from the heel region, and a mid-region located between the heel region and the toe region. The toe region includes one or more reinforcing elements, optionally of different lengths, located at different vertical positions within the toe region. The blade further includes a hosel that optionally is tailored to substantially match the strength and stiffness characteristics of an attached or integral hockey stick shaft. The mid-region of the blade exhibits improved feel and flexibility characteristics due to the increased stiffness in the toe region. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077878 | Crashing Bridges game - Crashing Bridges is a game which consists of breaking magnet bonded objects with tossed bags. The flat objects, attached to a rectangular open frame, are tenuously connected in the middle of the frame by magnets attached to each corresponding object (e.g. 9 pairs). Crashing Bridges improves on the objective of other lawn games by making the rules of the game simpler to grasp and with no point totals to keep track of. The game is played by each player starting at an agreed upon distance apart (e.g. 10 feet) facing each other with a Crashing Bridges board by their side. Each player takes turns throwing corn or rice filled bags with the intent to break the “bridges” with the tossed bag, breaking the bond of the paired magnets and dropping the “bridge.” The player who knocks down all of the “bridges” first on the opposing players board wins. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077879 | PERSONAL TRAINING DEVICE - A personal training device is disclosed. The training device includes an obstruction body designed to block a region of a user's line of sight and a fastening system configured to attach the obstruction body to the user. The obstruction body is meant to be attached on the upper-chest region of the user, thus leaving an abdomen region substantially free of contact from the training device. The training device can be used in different activities such as sports like soccer or hockey and musical instruments like piano and guitar. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077880 | SYSTEM FOR DOWNING A BALL CARRIER AND FOR TACKLE TRAINING - A tackle training system defines a frame configured for attachment to a player's body. The frame has an upper portion, a lower portion, and a center portion extending therebetween. The upper portion defines at least one attachment structure extending downwardly toward the lower portion, and the lower portion defines at least one attachment structure extending upwardly toward the upper portion generally vertically aligned with the attachment structure of the upper portion. The opposing attachment structures are for contacting opposing ends of a bar so as to removably attach and extend the bar between the upper and lower portions. The attachment structures of the frame limit movement of the removable bar generally to that of the frame and allow release of the removable bar from the frame when a force that overcomes an attachment force provided by the attachment structures is applied to the removable bar. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077881 | GOLF CLUB FOR PRACTICING SWINGS - The present invention relates to a golf club for practicing swings which enables learning a smooth rhythmic sensation under the concept of hitting a ball with a sphere having a metal texture, so as to maintain a stable swing track involving proper rhythm in real swings to correctly send a ball to a desired position. The golf club for practicing swings comprises: a shaft provided with a handle at the top end; and a head coupled to the bottom end of the shaft, wherein the sphere providing a metallic material sensation is integrally formed with the face of the head or detachably formed on the head, thereby providing an image of softly hitting a ball with the sphere made from the metallic material during practice swings. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077882 | ALIGNMENT AID SYSTEM - The subject invention comprises a system, and method of using the system, for providing improved alignment in multiple dimensions. Appropriate settings include woodworking, machining, and sports, although there are several other practical applications for this technology. This system allows for simultaneous alignment along the x, y, and z axes. Another embodiment of this invention incorporates the multi-dimensional alignment station with one or more horizontal alignment stations. Each of the alignment stations have a base and top, guides that fit into the station tops and bases, and positional locks that lock the rotating element into place relative to the base plate and the alignment guides in place within the alignment stations. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077883 | Golf Ball Putting Alignment System and Method - A golf ball aligning device comprises a shaft having a first and a second end, a handle mounted to the first end and a head member mounted to the second end. The head member further comprises a ball opening extending through the height of the head member having a chamfered or rounded bottom edge to engage a golf ball. An alignment grid on the top face of the head member comprises a crosshair pattern centered with the ball opening. A golf ball engaged with the bottom edge may be manipulated and oriented relative to the alignment grid for setting the trajectory of a shot. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077884 | EXERCISE MACHINE - One or more apparatuses are provided. In an example, an exercise machine is provided. The exercise machine may include one or more driving elements connected to one or more motors controlled by a computer. The one or more motors may be configured to provide an electromechanical resistance via the one or more driving elements. The electromechanical resistance may be controlled by smart algorithms running on the computer such that variable resistance is provided at different parts of movement. The algorithms may use readings from one or more sensors. The exercise machine may include a controller configured to control the motor based upon one or more inputs. The exercise machine may include an exercise bar. The exercise machine may include a screen. The exercise machine may include safety actuators. The exercise machine may be fixed on its place or may be portable. The exercise machine may include electromechanical safety stand(s). | 2021-03-18 |
20210077885 | First Down Indicator Assembly - A first down indicator assembly includes cart that is rollable along a sideline of an American football field. A pair of laser units is each of the laser units is coupled to the cart. Each of the laser units emits a location beam outwardly onto the American football field. The laser units are spaced 10.0 yards apart from each other thereby facilitating officials to determine when a first down is achieved by a football team. An American football visibly renders the location beam from a respective one of the laser units when a football team achieves the first down. A display unit is coupled to the cart thereby facilitating the display unit to be visible to players on the American football field. The display unit displays a variety of indicia for indicating information relating the American football. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077886 | SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A GAME SCENARIO IN A SPORTS GAME - The invention concerns a method and a system for determining a game scenario in a sports game, the system including a player module being attachable to a player, an equipment module being attachable to a sports equipment to be used in the sports game, and a computing unit. The computing unit may be configured to receive player based data from the player module and equipment based data from the equipment module, the player based data representing an activity profile of the player and the equipment based data representing a motion profile of the equipment. The computing unit may further be configured to determine, based on the activity profile of the player and on the motion profile of the equipment, one of a plurality of game scenarios involving the player and the equipment. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077887 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GUIDING USER CONTROL OF FITNESS MACHINES - A method for controlling a fitness machine by a user, where the method includes storing intensity ratings within a memory device, and the intensity ratings correspond to an intensity for the user operating the fitness machine. The method includes displaying initial operating levels selectable to control the fitness machine, where the intensity for the user varies for each of the initial operating levels. The method includes determining and displaying the intensity rating associated with each of the initial operating levels, receiving a selection from the initial operating levels and automatically controlling the fitness machine to operate according thereto, displaying, after receiving the selection among the initial operating levels, new operating levels selectable to control the fitness machine, and determining and displaying the intensity ratings associated with each of the new operating levels. At least one of the new operating levels and one of the initial operating levels are different. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077888 | PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE MANAGEMENT USING COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED ACTIVITIES - A system, methods, and techniques are provided for performing automated operations to track one or more physiological indicators of a user via hardware capabilities of a computing device associated with the user, and/or of external monitoring devices communicatively coupled to such a user computing device. Feedback regarding such tracked activities may be provided to the user via one or more guided physiological and/or exercises. The system may enable the user to interactively create and/or experience audiovisual artworks that may include still images, music, dynamic sound effects, and animations, such as animations depicting the creation of one or more related artworks. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077889 | PROTECTION DEVICE AND RELATED METHOD OF USE - Protector for an American football player, including, as impact absorption device, an inflatable element defining an inner chamber adapted to receive an inflation fluid and adapted to assume an active inflated condition. Use of an inflatable element as a protector for an American football player and a method for protecting an American football player are also described. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077890 | SIX FINGER SPORTS GLOVE - A six fingered glove, for sports, such as, but not limited to, golf promotes the stable grip for a grip of a golf club handle. The glove includes a hand-insertable open proximal wrist portion connected to front palm and dorsal back portions. The glove has a distal array of open finger portions, a first open thumb portion and a second open thumb receiver portion positioned on the front of the palm portion. The second open thumb receiver portion is separated and spaced apart from the first open thumb portion, forming the six fingered glove, whereby the thumb and four fingers of one hand of the wearer are inserted into the first open thumb portion and the open finger portions, and the thumb of the wearer's other hand is inserted into the second open thumb receiver portion of the glove, thereby stabilizing the wearer's manual grip of the golf club handle. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077891 | GLOVE, IN PARTICULAR GOALKEEPER GLOVE - A glove, in particular a goalkeeper glove. The glove includes a plurality of protrusions that protrude from a backside of the glove and extend in a first direction away from the backside. The protrusions are adapted to deform in a second direction that includes a component perpendicular to the first direction. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077892 | CASTER BOARDS WITH REMOVABLE INSERT - A caster board can include a front platform, a rear platform, and at least two neck sections extending between the front platform and the rear platform. The neck sections can serve as a torsion element allowing twisting of the front platform relative to the rear platform. An aperture between the neck sections can be configured to receive an insert. The insert can alter a structural characteristic of the caster board, such as the torsional stiffness of the caster board. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077893 | SKATEBOARD WITH VARIABL-RATE ELASTOMERIC STEERING CONTROL SPRING - A skateboard and a variable-rate elastomeric steering control spring include a boardside unitary body formed of an exterior first elastomer having a first durometer on the Shore “A” scale, and an interior second elastomer coupled to the first elastomer and extending at least a length of the exterior first elastomer, the second elastomer having a second durometer on the Shore “A” scale and a through hole disposed to receive a kingpin of the skate truck; a roadside unitary body formed of an exterior third elastomer having a third durometer on the Shore “A” scale, and an interior fourth elastomer coupled to the third elastomer and extending at least a length of the exterior third elastomer, the interior fourth elastomer having a fourth durometer on the Shore “A” scale and a through hole disposed to receive the kingpin; and wherein the first, second, third and fourth elastomers comprise at least two durometers on the Shore “A” scale between 65A and 100A to enable the boardside unitary body and the roadside unitary body to form the variable-rate elastomeric steering control spring when disposed on the king pin of the skate truck. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077894 | POWERED WHEELED BOARD - Various powered wheeled board vehicles are disclosed. In some embodiments, the vehicle includes a deck having a forward portion and a rearward portion. At least one front wheel can be connected with the deck under the forward portion. The front wheel can be configured to swivel about a first axis and rotate about a second axis. A powered wheel can be connected with the rearward portion. In some configurations, the rear wheel comprises a hub motor. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077895 | APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING AND SUPPORTING POOL CUES - A pool cue holder includes a housing having a set of four, circumferentially spaced-apart openings configured to receive the distal end of a pool cue. The dimension, position, and shape of the openings are selected such that when the proximal end of each pool cue is positioned in a different corner of a pool table and the corresponding distal end of each pool cue is inserted through a different one of the one of the four openings in the housing, the housing will be supported directly over the center of the pool table. A receptacle containing a light source may be secured to the bottom of the housing. The bottom wall of the receptacle may have cut-outs arranged in a decorative pattern that allows light from the light source to illuminate the pool table in an interesting fashion. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077896 | CUE WITH KINETIC ENERGY ABSORBING INSERT - A cue for billiard sports that has a butt section, a joint collar, and a shaft section that has a kinetic energy absorbing insert located in the shaft section of the cue. A shaft section that has a kinetic energy absorbing insert that may be connected to an existing joint collar and butt section of a cue to improve the kinetic energy absorbing characteristics of the cue. A kinetic energy absorbing insert that is to be received by an existing shaft section of a cue in order to increase the kinetic energy absorbing characteristics of the cue is also disclosed. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077897 | Chess M.D (mulit-dimensional) - A three dimensional chess game method and apparatus which features four levels, one square, non-playing surface baseboard and four square sub-levels, one quarter the size of the baseboard, adjacent and above the base board at various heights. Sub-levels are divided into sixteen squares, by combining the squares from all of the sub-levels there are sixty-four possible playing positions. The King, queen, bishop and knight acquire three dimensional movement by using the height difference between sub-levels, and using square placement on each sub-levels as equal, when the king, queen, or bishop land on a square on any sub-level, all sub-levels holds a virtual playing piece on that square location. Three dimensional movement is obtained through rotation around center point of the chess board as the piece moves from sub-level to sub-level and X,Y and Z, movements between sub-levels which is utilized by the knight. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077898 | TicTacToe-Like Instant Game Ticket - A method of playing a lottery instant scratch ticket game comprises a plurality of scratch tickets, wherein each ticket comprises four game grids. Each ticket provides a TicTacToe-like gameplay and wherein “O” symbols provide a payout differing from “X” symbols in each separate game grid. A mini jackpot and a maxi jackpot may be provided. Alternate embodiments are discussed. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077899 | Deep Cutout Safe Puzzle - A safe puzzle is configured with deep cutouts inside a base block, and inside the cutouts are respective pegs that are shielded by the surrounding walls. The base block may have multiple cutouts and inside each one is a peg that serves as the puzzle for the child. The cutouts can have a square peg, triangular peg, circular peg, and ovular peg that extends in a vertical direction from a floor of each cutout. A gap between the peg and the cutout's walls surrounds the pegs so that the child and a parent have sufficient space for their hand to manipulate the blocks, such as place the blocks over the pegs and remove the blocks from the pegs. The pegs have a height that is equal to or below the base block's top surface to create a safer environment for toddlers when playing with the puzzle. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077900 | Method and device for object pointing in Virtual Reality (VR) scene, and VR apparatus - A method and device for pointing at an object in a Virtual Reality (VR) scene, and a VR apparatus are provided. The method includes sensing a movement of a gamepad from a first position to a second position in a reality scene through an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) orientation sensor. The IMU orientation sensor is mounted in the gamepad, and the gamepad is configured to control an object in a VR scene. The method also includes generating a first position vector based on the movement; acquiring a first absolute position coordinate of the second position in the reality scene according to a position coordinate of a starting point in the reality scene and the first position vector; converting the first absolute position coordinate into a first virtual position coordinate in the VR scene; and pointing at a target object located at the first virtual position coordinate in the VR scene. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077901 | ACCESSORY DEVICE - The first operation portion is configured to be pressed by one hand of a user holding a grip portion. The first button depression portion is configured to move toward a first button of a game controller secured in a compartment, thereby pressing the first button of the game controller secured in the compartment, in response to the pressing operation on the first operation portion. The second operation portion is configured to be pressed by the other hand of the user holding the grip portion. The second button depression portion is configured to move toward a second button of the game controller secured in the compartment, thereby pressing the second button of the game controller secured in the compartment, in response to the pressing operation on the second operation portion. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077902 | PROGRAM, METHOD, AND SYSTEM OF TRANSMITTING OR RECEIVING MESSAGE - A controller receives a message from a first user terminal of user terminals belonging to a chat group. In a case where the type of the message is of a normal message, the controller transmits the message to each of the user terminals. In a case where the type of the message is selection of the game icon, the controller generates a game message according to logic corresponding to the game icon and transmits the game message to each of the user terminals. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077903 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING VIRTUAL SCENE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOF - A method and apparatus for configuring a virtual scene are provided. The method includes obtaining a selection instruction generated by a first application running on a first terminal in response to a selection operation. The selection instruction includes configuration information selected through the selection operation. The configuration information is for configuring a scene element in the virtual scene. The method further includes generating indication information according to the selection instruction. The indication information indicates a target scene element among a plurality of scene elements. The method further includes transmitting the indication information to a second application running on a second terminal, to instruct the second application to display the target scene element in the virtual scene. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077904 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING A NON-CURATED VIEWING PERSPECTIVE IN A VIDEO GAME PLATFORM BASED ON A CURATED VIEWING PERSPECTIVE - Systems and methods are described for creating a non-curated viewing perspective in a video game platform based on a curated viewing perspective. For example, a user may be viewing a gameplay video of a video game. The user may be interested in viewing the same gameplay from a different perspective in the video game. Accordingly, a media guidance application may identify the video game in the video and retrieve video game engine data associated with the video game, to replicate, on a video game console, the gameplay depicted in the video. The user may be able to change the perspective (e.g., in-game position of the camera and the camera angle) within the replicated video game platform, via user commands In response to receiving a user command to change the curated viewing perspective to a non-curated viewing perspective, the media guidance application may re-render the gameplay from the non-curated viewing perspective. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077905 | VIDEO MODIFICATION AND TRANSMISSION USING TOKENS - Computer-readable storage media are disclosed storing instructions, which when executed, cause a processor to: distribute, toward a terminal device of a viewer via a communication line, a first video including an animation of a first avatar of a distributor generated on the basis of motion data or the motion data; distribute, toward the terminal device of the viewer via the communication line, a second video related to a game generated on the basis of operation data by using a received web page; receive, from the terminal device of the viewer via the communication line, token data indicative of providing a token to the distributor from the viewer viewing the second video; and distribute, toward the terminal device of the viewer via the communication line, the second video including a game object set on the basis of the token data. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077906 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD AND MEDIUM - A computer functions as: an individual performance data receiver that receives a plurality of pieces of individual performance data from two or more performer user terminals connected via a network, each of the pieces of individual performance data being generated in accordance with a performance operation by a user on the corresponding performer user terminal and transmitted during a performance; a synthetic performance data generator that generates synthetic performance data by synthesizing pieces of individual performance data in an identical time slot, of the plurality of pieces of individual performance data received from the performer user terminals, during the performance, the synthetic performance data being used to reproduce sound in which individual performance contents on the two or more performer user terminals are mixed; and a synthetic performance data transmitter that transmits the synthetic performance data to at least one appreciator user terminal connected via the network during the performance. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077907 | MEDIA-ACTIVITY BINDING AND CONTENT BLOCKING - A system and method for providing a content block is provided. Media and at least one set of activity data associated with the media may be stored in memory. A user request may be received by a server from a user device to stream the media. Such user request may include information about at least one of user completed activities or user in progress activities that a user has engaged with. The media may be monitored to identify a trigger indicating that an activity to be displayed is not one of the at least one of user completed activities or user in progress activities. A notification may be generated to the user that the activity to be displayed is not one of the at least one of user completed activities or user in progress activities. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077908 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AWARDING TROPHIES - A computer-implemented method assigns one or more trophies to a user. A game is emulated in response to a request from a client device. A trophy trigger is detected during emulation of the game by comparing a memory value of the emulated game to a predetermined value and assigning the one or more trophies to the user based on the detected trophy trigger. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077909 | HATER PLAYER POOL FANTASY SPORTS - A computer-implemented fantasy sports game is provided in which a selection of player choices is submitted by one or more participants in association with one or more games scheduled according to a real-life sports game period. The selection of choices may include one or more virtual players selected for a game roster or a team by a participant. Statistically calculated performance ratings may be assigned to the selected virtual players and a total score may be computed for the participating teams based on the assigned performance ratings. One or more participants with worst scoring teams may be rewarded with proceeds contributed by other fantasy sports participants. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077910 | Virtual League Platform of a Sport Activity - The present disclosure describes a platform that allows individual users to compete against other users in a virtual league. The platform allows individual users to maintain personal performance statistics, which, collectively, are used to determine a projection result of the user's performance in a competition within the league. The platform employs projection result, in combination with, or as a substitute for, results associated with a real race completed by the user, in the scoring of the user against other competitors in the league. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077911 | METHOD OF DETERMINING EXCITING MOMENTS IN A GAME VIDEO AND METHOD OF PLAYING A GAME VIDEO - Techniques for determining exciting moments in a game video are described herein. The disclosed techniques comprise capturing a video frame in a target game video; obtaining an icon associated with a game character in the video frame; determining a corresponding health point of the game character in the video frame based on the icon; determining a health point change of the game character by comparing a plurality of health points of the game character in the plurality of video frames; and determining at least one exciting moment in the target game video based on the health point change. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077912 | CONTROLLER SUPPORT FOR VIRTUAL REALITY VIDEO GAMES - A controller support for virtual reality video games, where the support is presented in the form of a stick simulating an object in the virtual reality video game, at least one housing is adapted to receive a controller by interlocking, the controller housing is secured to the stick by way of a pin, the controller housing is grippable and configured to be removably engaged on the pin, a magnetic connection exerting a magnetic force ensures the holding in position of the controller housing on the pin, the magnetic connection is configured such that the engagement/disengagement of the controller housing on the pin is done by a lateral movement of said housing, the magnetic force being oriented in the direction of this lateral movement. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077913 | ROLLING VEHICLE TRACK - A rolling vehicle track including a first wall and a second wall each positioned between and connected to a third wall and a fourth wall. The track further includes a bracket having a first bracket portion, a second bracket portion, a third bracket portion, and a fourth bracket portion, the first bracket portion connected to the third wall, and the fourth bracket portion connected to the first wall. The track further includes the first wall, the second wall, the third wall, and the fourth wall defining a first quadrilateral chamber. The track further includes the first bracket portion, the second bracket portion, the third bracket portion, and the first wall defining a second quadrilateral chamber, the first wall, the second wall, the third wall, the fourth wall, and the bracket are interconnected without welding. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077914 | Ferris Wheel Roller Coaster - An amusement ride comprises at least one Ferris wheel mounted on at least one roller coaster so that a central axle of said at least one Ferris wheel is perpendicular to a travel direction of said at least one roller coaster and rotating said at least one rider around said central axle changing his/her elevation in relation to said at least one roller coaster. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077915 | TOY ROBOT - A programmable robot includes a body, a pair of drive wheels rotatably coupled to the body, a pair of electric motors in the body for driving the drive wheels, a receiver unit configured to receive at least one wireless command from a programming device, a sensor configured to sense a surrounding environment of the programmable robot, and a controller operably connected to the receiver unit and the sensor, the controller configured to control operation of the electric motors in response to the at least one wireless command received from the receiver unit and a data signal received from the sensor. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077916 | System and Method for Assisted Construction | 2021-03-18 |
20210077917 | METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH OUTLET FOR EXTRACTING MOLTEN SALT - The invention relates to a device for drawing off liquid salt, particularly for facilities for purifying wastewater, said device comprising a heating chamber. The heating chamber comprises an inlet for introducing a salt-containing substance and is connected to an outlet for a salt melt. The outlet comprises an outlet channel and an outlet channel end, a cooling region for cooling the salt melt being provided down-stream of the outlet channel end. The outlet channel is peripherally surrounded by an outlet wall at least along a section, the outlet comprising heating element. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077918 | Device and Method for Multistage Continuous Preparation of Deuterium Depleted Water - The present application discloses a device for multistage continuous preparation of deuterium depleted water, which includes a feeding pump, a plurality of stages of separation systems connected in series, and a receiver, all of which are connected in sequence. Each stage of separation system comprises a distillation column, a vapor-liquid separator, a low-pressure steam compressor, a stream delivery pump, a three-way valve, and a stream output pipe. The present application further discloses a method for preparing deuterium depleted water, wherein natural water is fed into the device of the present disclosure, and the liquid phase stream continuously flows backwards stage by stage under the combined action of the low-pressure steam compressors and the stream delivery pumps. In a single-stage system, the deuterium is deprived depending on the difference in vapor pressure between | 2021-03-18 |
20210077919 | EXTRACTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SAME - Provided is an extraction method for extracting an extract from a mixture using liquefied gas that can dissolve the extract, the method facilitating extraction operations and enabling low cost operation. An extraction device that extracts a component dissolved in liquefied gas from material to be treated using continuous phase changes in the liquefied gas is characterized by being provided with: a compressor that feeds gas under pressure; a heat exchanger for generating liquefied gas by the gas flowing in a high temperature side flow path; a treatment tank into which the material to be treated is loaded and the liquefied gas flows; and a retention tank provided in series or in parallel to the flow path downstream of the high temperature side flow path in the heat exchanger. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077920 | Parallel Assembly of Chromatography Column Modules - A parallel assembly ( | 2021-03-18 |
20210077921 | Sand Eliminator Measurement Tank - A tank system and methods of use for extracting sand and particulates from effluents, fluids, liquids, and muds are disclosed. The system uses pressure and cyclonic fluid dynamic based methods to extract, separate, weigh, and dump sand and particulates. The system comprises sand or particulate filtration or collection baskets that are hydraulically operated and scales that weigh the sand after separation from the fluidic component, prior to dumping. After separating the sands, the fluid is collected in a reservoir tank where it can be transported or removed from the site or otherwise disposed of as a liquid product. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077922 | REMOVAL DEVICE - A removal device for removing gas bubbles and/or dirt particles from a liquid in a liquid conduit system or for removing a second liquid from a first liquid in the conduit system includes a main channel for a main flow, a housing which defines an inner space, at least one supply channel extending from the main channel to the inner space, at least one return channel extending from the inner space back to the main channel, directly or indirectly via a return chamber, at least one quiet zone in the inner space in which in use the liquid has a substantially smaller velocity than in the main channel. The quiet zone is configured to allow dirt particles or a relatively heavy liquid to settle at a lower end of the housing and/or gas bubbles or a relatively light liquid to rise to an upper end of the housing. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077923 | SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES FOR AUTOMATED SAND SEPARATION - A sand handling system having, for example, one to three sand separators are configured to be operatively connected to a well and an inlet of a common dumping vessel. Advantageously, the dumping vessel has a sensor to measure an amount of sand in the dumping vessel and provide a signal to a programmable controller which is arranged to dump the dumping vessel when a specified amount of sand is in the dumping vessel. The system automates the sand handling process and also measures and records data associated with a number of flowback parameters. The data can then be used in well design to improve oil and/or gas production, lessen sand production, reduce well damage and/or equipment corrosion due to, for example, sand. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077924 | LIQUID FILTER POSITIONING AND SEALING FEATURE - A filter element has a positioning and sealing feature including a shelf surface facing downwardly along the longitudinal axis that is spaced longitudinally away a predetermined distance from the bottom open end of the filter element. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077925 | FILTRATION FILTER - A filtration filter having a tubular shape, defining a first opening and a second opening facing the first opening, and including a filter base that defines a plurality of through holes arranged in a square grid array. The filter base includes a continuous portion having a first set of through holes of the plurality of through holes, and a non-continuous portion having a second set of through holes of the plurality of through holes. The continuous portion extends in a first direction from the first opening of the filtration filter toward the second opening and extends in a second direction along at least a first portion of a circumference of the filtration filter orthogonal to the first direction. The non-continuous portion has the second set of through holes shifted relative to the first set of through holes of the continuous portion and extends in the first direction. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077926 | MANIFOLD ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF USE - A manifold assembly including a linear guide and a method of engaging a filter capsule in the manifold assembly are provided. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077927 | ELECTRICALLY ENHANCED FILTER CARTRIDGE AND METHODS FOR ITS USE - A fluid treatment apparatus and related methods involving the use of replaceable treatment cartridges that include a treatment media, wherein the treatment cartridge is electrically enhanced to form regions of differing polarity within the cartridge. The treatment cartridge can include a pair of fixed polarity conductors that can be electrically connected to a power source so as to induce regions of differing polarity within the cartridge. The fluid treatment apparatus can be utilized to treat liquids including aqueous solutions as well as gases such as an air supply by exposing the fluid to the regions of differing polarity. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077928 | Side Leakage Prevention and Environmentally-Friendly Filter Element - The present invention discloses a side-leakage-proof and environmentally-friendly filter element, which relates to the technical field of filter elements; an inner side-leakage-proof layer is fixedly installed on an inner side wall of the skeleton supporting layer, an upper end of the inner side-leakage-proof layer is provided with a water-entry netting, the water-entry netting is fixedly installed at an upper end of the skeleton supporting layer, an inner upper side of the inner side-leakage-proof layer is filled with the first filter material, an inner lower side of the inner side-leakage-proof layer are filled with the second filter material, the bottom middle part of the inner side-leakage-proof layer is provided with a water outlet slot. The present invention can prevent side leakage of water along the outer wall side before filtering, improve the use efficiency of filter material and have high stability; and the present invention has high strength, is not easy to deform, at the same time realizes energy saving and environmental protection, and the service life thereof can be prolonged. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077929 | FILTER ELEMENT ASSEMBLY AND WATER PURIFIER - The disclosure provides a filter element assembly and a water purifier. The filter element assembly includes a filter bottle, an interface mechanism and a connector. The interface mechanism is provided on the filter bottle; the connector is connected to the interface mechanism to form a water passage to communicate with the filter bottle; a blocking member is movably provided on a mechanism body and has a first position for closing the water passage and a second position for opening the water passage; a magnetic member is provided on the mechanism body and produces a magnetic force to the blocking member, for driving the blocking member to move towards the first position; the connector is inserted into the water passage to push the blocking member to the second position. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077930 | NONWOVEN FABRIC AND FILTER - A nonwoven fabric, including fibers, in which the fibers have an elongational viscosity, as measured under conditions at an elongational strain rate of 2.5×10 | 2021-03-18 |
20210077931 | CYCLONE SEPARATION DEVICE - The cyclone separation device has a case ( | 2021-03-18 |
20210077932 | FILTER CARTRIDGES; AIR CLEANER ASSEMBLIES; HOUSINGS; FEATURES; COMPONENTS; AND METHODS - According to the present disclosure, air cleaner assemblies, components, features, and methods relating thereto, are described. These features, in part, relate to configuration of a preferred seal arrangement and seal surface of the cartridge. Particular arrangements are shown, in which: the filter cartridge includes a seal arrangement having a axial pinch seal surface with a projection/recess contour including at least one projection thereon; and, the cartridge includes a seal contour projection stabilizing portion at a location in perimeter alignment with the portion of the seal pinch arrangement including the first housing engagement projection. Additional features are included that relate to clean air separator section tubes of a precleaner arrangement secured to a cartridge. These features can be used in cartridges including features outlined above, or in alternative cartridges. Additional features of air cleaner arrangements and filter cartridges in accord with the above are described. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077933 | Filtered Enclosure for Cell Culture Samples for Incubators - Described herein is a filtered, reusable, autoclavable cell culture sample container that would enclose a cell culture growth container such as a flask, Petri dish or well plate and it would be stored in an incubator with or without adjacent samples and sample containers. The purpose of the product is to provide a sterile incubation environment with free-flowing gas exchange with the surrounding environment. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077934 | AIR FILTER SYSTEMS, FILTER BAG ASSEMBLIES, FILTER BAGS AND METHODS - Air filter systems, filter bag assemblies, filter bags and corresponding methods are described herein. Air filter systems, filter bag assemblies, filter bags and corresponding methods are described herein. The filter bag assemblies include a flange assembly, a cage attached to the flange assembly, and a filter bag installed over the cage with an opening at the flange assembly. When installed in the dirty air chamber of the air filter system, a seal between the flange assembly and the tubesheet defining the dirty air chamber is provided by applying a seal force on the end of the filter bag assembly located proximate the access panel on the side of the dirty air chamber opposite the tubesheet. That seal force is transmitted to the flange assembly through the cage. The tubular filter bags may be in the form of triangular bags and/or may include bag support connectors at the closed end of the bag. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077935 | AIR FILTRATION UNIT - An air filtration unit is provided with a replaceable media cartridge to reduce the time, material, and labour costs required to maintain the filtration system. A housing portion includes a mounting flange, a supporting frame, and a collar for receiving a replaceable media cartridge. The replaceable media cartridge slides into the frame. At least one cap ensures that air flows through the cartridge and may provide a handle for easy removal and replacement of the cartridge. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077936 | VENT FILTER AND RADIO REMOTE UNIT - A vent filter and a Radio Remote Unit having the vent filter. The vent filter includes a first member including a first body having a ventilation path extending through the first body, an inner wall constituting a ventilation hole which is communicated with the ventilation path, and an outer wall constituting a gap between the inner wall and the outer wall. The vent filter also includes a second member including a second body and at least one enclosure wall protruding out from the second body, wherein at least one of the at least one enclosure wall is located outside the outer wall and surrounding the outer wall. Both the inner and outer walls have at least one first groove at an end and each of the at least one enclosure wall has at least one second groove at an end. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077937 | Pulse Valve - A pulse valve assembly including a main valve and a pilot valve that selectively actuates the main valve. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077938 | POWDER COLLECTOR - A powder collector including a box including a first opening configured to pass powder therethrough, a bottom portion disposed so as to oppose the first opening, and a side portion that intersects the first opening and the bottom portion, the box being configured to install a bag provided so as to be in communication with the first opening, a second opening provided in the box, the second opening being configured to suction a gas inside the box, a plurality of frames disposed in at least either one of the bottom portion and the side portion, and a flow portion configured to flow the gas therethrough. In the powder collector, the flow portion is a gap formed between a frame among the plurality of frames and another frame among the plurality of frames. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077939 | AIR FILTRATION MEDIA PACK, FILTER ELEMENT, AIR FILTRATION MEDIA, AND METHODS - An air filtration media pack is provided having a plurality of layers of single facer media. The layer of single facer media includes a fluted sheet, a facing sheet, and a plurality of flutes extending between the fluted sheet and the facing sheet and having a flute length extending from a first face of the filtration media pack to a second face of the filtration media pack. A first portion of the plurality of flutes are closed to unfiltered air flowing into the first portion of the plurality of flutes, and a second portion of the plurality of flutes are closed to unfiltered air from flowing out of the second portion of the plurality of flutes so that air passing into one of the first face and the second face of the media pack and out the other of the first face and the second face of the media pack passes through media to provide filtration of the air. The fluted sheet includes repeating internal peaks facing toward the facing sheet and repeating external peaks facing away from the facing sheet. In addition, the fluted sheet can include at least one ridge extending along at least 50% of the flute length between an internal peak and an adjacent external peak. Additional characterizations of an air filtration media pack, air filtration media, and methods of making and using are provided. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077940 | Air Filter Arrangement; Assembly; and, Methods - An air cleaner arrangement is shown. The air cleaner arrangement includes a serviceable filter cartridge. A preferred filter cartridge positionable within an air cleaner arrangement, is depicted. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077941 | VACUUM DRYING AND SOLVENT RECOVERY DEVICE - Disclosed is a vacuum drying and solvent recovery device, including a vacuum drying system for drying an ink jet printing (IJP) ink by volatilizing a solvent in the IJP ink and a solvent recovery system for recovering the solvent volatilized from the IJP ink. By integrating the solvent recovery system outside the vacuum drying system and providing a plurality of solvent recovery chambers in the solvent recovery system to condense and recover solvents for various systems, the recycling of the solvents in the IJP inks and the reduction of production costs can be achieved. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077942 | PROCESS FOR HANDLING VARIABLE FLOW RATES AND COMPOSITIONS IN PRESSURE SWING ADSORPTION SYSTEMS - The present invention generally relates to a process for responding to feed flow variations by changing the process cycle and thereby increasing the productivity and capacity of the system significantly over constant process systems. This increases the flexibility a PSA system for customers that do not require a constant or uniform product flow rate and/or for processes and applications that experience feed streams that vary in flow, temperature, and/or composition. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077943 | ACTIVE CARBON FILTER FOR A CARBON CANISTER AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A method for producing an active carbon filter for a carbon canister includes forming a body having a honeycomb structure with a plurality of bleed passages from a polymer based material, and forming an adsorption layer along a surface of the body, where the adsorption layer is made of a carbon based material. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077944 | CYLINDRICAL FILTER DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD AND USAGE OF THE SAME, AND FILTER SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME - A cylindrical filter device of the present invention includes a wavy filter screen, a sealing device, and a connecting device. The wavy filter screen includes a first flexible side, a second flexible side opposite to the first flexible side, and a plurality of wavy structures disposed between the first flexible side and the second flexible side. The wavy filter screen wraps to form a cylindrical structure with respect to an axis. The opposite ends of the cylindrical structure are respectively wrapped to form a first opening and a second opening by the first flexible side and the second flexible side. The sealing device is disposed at the first opening and has a first groove. The first flexible side is able to engage with the first groove with its elasticity and makes the first opening be sealed by the sealing device. The connecting device is disposed at the second opening. The connecting device has a second groove and a port. The second flexible side is able to engage with the second groove with its elasticity and makes the second opening communicate with the port. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077945 | ELBOW TYPE GAS PURIFIER AND METHOD OF ITS PRODUCTION - Elbow type gas purifier with powder reactant and continuously operating purity indicator of gas product, created on the basis of a flow meter, form, with a sequential connection, a system that is a gas cleaning equipment of a new class. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077946 | LASER DEVICE AND DEHUMIDIFICATION MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR LASER DEVICE - A laser device includes a laser oscillator, a dehumidifier, and a controller controlling an operation of the dehumidifier. The controller controls the dehumidifier such that the dew point inside the laser oscillator is lower than the first dew point when a monolayer or less of water molecules is adsorbed, or such that the dew point is equal to or higher than the second dew point when more than a monolayer of water molecules is adsorbed inside the laser oscillator, and is lower than the third dew point at which the dew condensation starts to occur inside the laser oscillator. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077947 | A METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING CHLORINE GAS FROM A GASEOUS ANODE OUTLET STREAM OF AN ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTOR - The invention relates to a method for separating chlorine from a gaseous anode outlet stream mass flow of an electrochemical cell reactor. In a first aspect, the method makes use of an absorption step, wherein an anode outlet stream mass flow of the electrochemical cell reactor is exposed to an organic solvent being essentially immiscible with water for achieving an exergy-efficient separation of chlorine and hydrogen chloride. In a further aspect, the method makes use of absorption step, wherein the anode outlet stream mass flow is exposed to an ionic liquid, wherein the hydrogen chloride is dissolved in said ionic liquid, thereby forming a gas flow containing essentially chlorine and a solution mass flow comprising the ionic liquid and the hydrogen chloride. The hydrogen chloride is desorbed from the solution mass flow in a desorption step. In another aspect, the method makes use of a distillation step, wherein the anode outlet stream mass flow is separated at a static pressure of at least 2 bar for an exergy-efficient separation. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077948 | CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - In one embodiment, a carbon dioxide capturing system includes an absorber to absorb CO2 from first gas into lean liquid, and produce rich liquid that is the lean liquid absorbing the CO2 and second gas that is the first gas removing the CO2, and a regenerator to separate third gas including the CO2 from the rich liquid flowing from the absorber, and provide the lean liquid and the third gas. The system further includes a flowmeter to measure a flow rate of the third gas, a liquid level gauge to measure a liquid level of the lean liquid and/or the rich liquid, and a controller to regulate a quantity of heat energy supplied to the regenerator based on the flow rate of the third gas, and regulate a total amount of the lean liquid and the rich liquid in the system based on the liquid level. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077949 | HUMIDITY CONDITIONING DEVICE AND HUMIDITY CONDITIONING METHOD - Provided is a humidity conditioning method that enables absorption and desorption of moisture with low power consumption. The humidity conditioning method includes: an adjustment step of adjusting a moisture amount of hygroscopic liquid; and a measurement step of measuring concentration of a hygroscopic substance contained in the hygroscopic liquid, in which at the adjustment step, at least either moisture absorption processing of causing moisture contained in air to be absorbed by the hygroscopic liquid or regeneration processing of separating the moisture from the hygroscopic liquid is performed, the regeneration processing includes atomization processing of irradiating at least a part of the hygroscopic liquid with an ultrasonic wave to generate an atomized droplet from the hygroscopic liquid and perform removal, the atomized droplet contains a first droplet and a second droplet whose particle size is larger than a particle size of the first droplet, a concentration region of the hygroscopic substance relative to total mass of the hygroscopic liquid includes a first concentration region in which the first droplet is generated, and a second concentration region in which the second droplet is generated and in which concentration is lower than that in the first concentration region, and the moisture amount of the hygroscopic liquid is adjusted so that the concentration is included in the first concentration region on a basis of a measurement result obtained in at least the measurement step. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077950 | Method of Processing Sulfur-Bearing Wastes from Refineries and Upgraders - The methods and systems are disclosed which leverage sulfur abatement resources present at most refineries or other hydrocarbon processing plants, such as natural gas processing plants to capture and treat sulfur-containing byproducts, such as SO | 2021-03-18 |
20210077951 | TANGENTIAL FLOW FILTER SYSTEM FOR THE FILTRATION OF MATERIALS FROM BIOLOGIC FLUIDS - Systems and methods for filtering materials from biologic fluids are discussed. Embodiments may be used to filter cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from a human or animal subject. The method may include the steps of withdrawing fluid comprising CSF, filtering the volume into permeate and retentate by passing the fluid through a tangential flow filter, and returning the permeate to the subject. During operation of the system, various parameters may be modified, such as flow rate. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077952 | APPARATUS FOR MEMBRANE DISTILLATION USING SOLAR ABSORBER AND HEAT PUMP - The present disclosure to an apparatus for membrane distillation using a solar absorber and a heat pump, in which in the implementation of a membrane distillation process for producing treated water using a temperature difference between raw water and a coolant, raw water is heated using the solar absorber with improved heat collection efficiency, and through this, the treated water production efficiency of the membrane distillation process is improved. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077953 | ION PERMEABLE MEMBRANE - An ion permeable membrane includes ion conductor particles and a fiber base material, in which each of the ion conductor particles has a first portion embedded inside the fiber base material, and a second portion exposed on outside surfaces of the fiber base material, and the second portions are continuous between an upper surface and a lower surface in a thickness direction of the ion permeable membrane. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077954 | Method and Apparatus for Onsite Generation and Recovery of Acid and Base Cleaning Solutions - Methods and apparatus for onsite generation of acid and base solutions for cleaning purposes through the utilization of bipolar membrane electrodialysis (BPED) are described. The methods eliminate the need to s store large quantities of acids and bases onsite or to transport the acid and base solutions to the cleaning site. A method of recycling substantially neutralized waste salt solutions into acid and base solutions for additional cleaning, thus decreasing the amount of waste salt discharged to the environment, also is described. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077955 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DESALINATION OF WATER - A water desalination system including at least one reverse osmosis desalination unit, including at least one reverse osmosis membrane and having a saline water inlet at a feed side of the at least one reverse osmosis membrane and a permeate outlet at a permeate side of the at least one reverse osmosis membrane, and an intermittent cleaning control subsystem operative to provide intermittent cleaning of the at least one reverse osmosis membrane by at least one of narrowing or closing the permeate outlet, thereby causing an increase of pressure of the permeate at the permeate side of the at least one reverse osmosis and reducing the feed pressure, without significantly increasing the permeate pressure, thereby causing permeate to flow from the permeate side to the feed side of a membrane and flushing foulants to a location outside of the desalination unit. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077956 | HYDROGEN SEPARATION MEMBRANE - The present invention pertains to a polycrystalline membrane containing metal nitride particles represented by the general formula MN | 2021-03-18 |
20210077957 | SYNTHETIC MEMBRANE COMPOSITION COMPRISING POLYURETHANE BLEND - Disclosed herein are membranes, composition for forming membranes, methods for forming membranes, and sensors and other devices comprising membranes. The membrane comprises a polyurethane component, the polyurethane component comprising a blend of from 5 wt % to 95 wt %, based on the total weight of the polyurethane component, of an amphiphilic polyurethane, and from 5 wt % to 95 wt %, based on the total weight of the polyurethane component, of a hydrophobic polyurethane. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077958 | SYSTEM FOR STORING CHEMICAL LIQUID AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING GAS CONCENTRATION IN CHEMICAL LIQUID - Chemical liquid is injected into a tank. A concentration of a first gas dissolved in the chemical liquid is detected. Based on the detected concentration of the first gas, at least one of the first gas and a second gas is injected into the tank to sustain at least one of the concentration of the first gas and a concentration of the second gas in a range of a target value. | 2021-03-18 |
20210077959 | PADDLE MIXER - A paddle mixer for evenly and efficiently mixing a volume of aggregate with minimal spillage is described. The paddle mixer includes a first portion, a second portion, a first paddle, and a second paddle. The paddle mixer may include a means for adjustably fixing the first portion to the second portion. The first paddle and the second paddle are arranged on the first portion and the second portion, respectively, such that the first paddle and the second paddle are perpendicular to each other, promoting mixing of the volume of aggregate with a whirlpool effect allowing mixing with minimal spillage. The first paddle and the second paddle may also be arranged perpendicular to each other by the means for adjustably fixing the first portion and the second portion. | 2021-03-18 |