14th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 5 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100083814 | Apparatus, Method and Computer Program for Switching Musical Tone Output - In the multi-timbre states in which musical tones with various timbres are outputted or imputed simultaneously and in the non-multi-timber states in which musical tones with a single timbre are outputted or inputted, the most suitable state of transmitting musical tone data is provided. When the non-multi-timber states is selected (step | 2010-04-08 |
20100083815 | FIBER REINFORCED RESIN MEMBER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND APPARATUS MANUFACTURING FIBER FABRIC - An object of the present invention is to provide a high-quality fiber reinforced resin member that enables a longitudinal yarn to be laid out, without slipping, around an outer periphery of a mandrel having at least a bent portion, thus allowing both the longitudinal yarn and a diagonal yarn to be evenly laid out, and a method of manufacturing the fiber reinforced resin member, as well as an apparatus manufacturing a fiber fabric for the fiber reinforced resin member. A fiber reinforced resin member | 2010-04-08 |
20100083816 | Load Reducing Stores Launch Tube - Stores launch tubes and vehicles equipped with stores launch tubes are disclosed. According to a particular illustrative example, a stores launch tube includes a tube member and a flexible seal. The flexible seal couples an exterior of the tube member to a hull. The flexible seal acts as a pressure barrier against an ambient environment. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083817 | AUTOMATIC SHOOTING MECHANISM AND ROBOT HAVING THE SAME - An automatic shooting mechanism capable of remote switching and unmanned switching between a safety mode and a shooting mode, and remote shooting and unmanned shooting. Also provided is a sentry robot employing the automatic shooting mechanism and capable of performing wide and narrow monitoring and sentry duties in short and long ranges, and automatically shooting at a target. The automatic shooting mechanism comprises a safety unit including a safety solenoid and an elastic member to move a safety pin of a gun between a safety mode position and a shooting mode position, a return unit for applying force to the safety pin of the gun to move the safety pin to the safety mode position. The automatic shooting mechanism further comprises a shooting unit including a shooting solenoid to move a connecting link back and forth, and a trigger push member having one end contacting a trigger of the gun and the other end contacting the shooting solenoid, and coupled at a middle portion of the shooting unit to be capable of pivoting to pull the trigger as desired. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083818 | FIREARM ADAPTER FOR AM180 .22 CALIBER CARTRIDGE DRUMS - A firearm adapter for AM180 .22 caliber cartridge drums includes: a tower adapted to engage with a cartridge-receiving mechanism of the firearm; a plate having a first surface to releasably engage with and retain the cartridge drum in a plane generally parallel to the plate, and a second surface to engage with and retain the tower in an orientation at a substantial angle to the plane of the plate; and an aperture in the plate that aligns with a feeding aperture in the drum and the tower so as to transport the cartridge from the drum to the tower. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083819 | Armor system - An armor system and method for the interior of a structure to be protected wherein releasable fastener material is secured to an inside wall of the structure and at least a first armor panel includes, in one example, a spacer layer, a ceramic hard face layer behind the spacer layer, a ballistic material behind the ceramic energy absorber layer, an encapsulant about the spacer layer, the ceramic energy absorber layer, and the ballistic material. Releasable fastener material is on the encapsulant adjacent the spacer layer for mating the panel to the inside wall of the structure. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083820 | BALLISTIC SHIELD WITH LIGHTING - Various embodiments of the present invention relate to protective shields, and more particularly, to ballistic shields. For the purposes of describing and claiming the present invention the term “ballistic shield” is intended to refer to a shield designed to minimize the chances of a fatality or serious injury in the event of a bullet strike, shrapnel strike, or the like (but not necessarily to be impenetrable to all types of strikes under all conditions). | 2010-04-08 |
20100083821 | PISTON PUMP FOR A VEHICLE BRAKE SYSTEM - The invention relates to a piston pump for a motor vehicle braking system having a housing section and a piston guided displaceably in the housing section. The invention further has an intake valve having a valve seat arranged on the piston. The valve seat is configured as a circular sealing edge. A spherical valve body of the intake valve seals against the spherical sealing edge. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083822 | OPPOSING SWASH PLATE PISTON PUMP/MOTOR - A first swash plate ( | 2010-04-08 |
20100083823 | ROD-LESS CYLINDER DEVICE AND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THEREOF - The disclosure provides a rod-less cylinder, device adapted to longitudinally displace loads, said device comprising a shaft, a nut confined to move longitudinally within the shaft, a slider circumscribing said shaft and coupled to said nut, a drive adapted to displace said nut within said shaft, and a sensing means adapted to affect a signal sent via wireless means towards said drive. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083824 | Lobe Design For Fuel Pump Actuation - A fuel system may include a fuel pump and a drive shaft. The fuel pump may include a reciprocating member and the drive shaft may include a lobe member engaged with the reciprocating member. The lobe member may linearly displace the reciprocating member and drive the fuel pump. The lobe member may include a first lobe having a first opening flank driving a first compression stroke of the fuel pump through engagement with the reciprocating member. The first lobe may have a profile providing a constant velocity for the linear displacement of the reciprocating member for a portion of the first compression stroke. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083825 | PISTON SUPPORT PORTION FOR A PISTON ASSEMBLY OF A RODLESS CYLINDER - A piston support portion ( | 2010-04-08 |
20100083826 | METHOD OF MOUNTING A CYLINDER ARRANGEMENT OF A HERMETICALLY ENCLOSED REFRIGERANT COMPRESSOR ARRANGEMENT, AND HERMETICALLY ENCLOSED REFRIGERANT COMPRESSOR ARRANGEMENT - The invention concerns a method of mounting a cylinder arrangement of a hermetically enclosed refrigerant compressor arrangement in a carrier arrangement ( | 2010-04-08 |
20100083827 | METHOD FOR SURFACE TREATMENT OF A SKIRT PORTION OF A PISTON FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND A PISTON FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A piston allowing a lubrication layer of a resin coating with a low friction coefficient to be tightly adhered to a skirt portion of a piston for an internal combustion engine, with low friction, superior wear resistance, and superior anti-seizing properties and that can reduce wear of a cylinder inner wall even if the lubrication layer is peeled off or abraded, is provided. Metal or ceramic fine particles having an average particle diameter of 20 μm to 400 μm are injected with compressed air or compressed nitrogen as a mixture fluid onto the skirt portion of the piston, made of an aluminum alloy and produced by a method such as casting or forging, at an injection speed of 80 m/s or more or an injection pressure of 0.2 MPa or more to be collided with the skirt portion, thereby uniformly making a microstructure of a piston base material fine-grained in a depth range of 1 μm to 15 μm from a surface of the skirt portion and forming a modified layer with an activated surface. A lubrication layer is formed on the modified layer, for example, by applying a resin with a low friction coefficient, while a surface of the modified layer is being activated. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083828 | REMOVAL OF CARBON DIOXIDE FROM FLUE GAS STREAMS USING MIXED AMMONIUM/ALKALI SOLUTIONS - A process for removing carbon dioxide from a gas stream by scrubbing the carbon dioxide from the gas stream with a mixture of ammonium and alkali carbonates such as sodium carbonate and/or potassium carbonate. Using the mixed alkali carbonate solution as the CO | 2010-04-08 |
20100083829 | PSA PROCESS, AN EQUIPMENT ARRANGEMENT FOR HEAT EXCHANGE AND A PROCESS OF THERMAL ENERGY RECOVERY IN SAID PSA PROCESS - The present invention relates to a pressure swing adsorption process, also known as PSA process, which is modified with a view to utilizing the heat from the post-adsorption stream coming from the molecular sieves to heat/vaporize the pre-adsorption stream containing the hydrated product or the mixture component(s) to be adsorbed in said sieves. The present invention provides alternative arrangements for the heat exchanger system in order to use the thermal potential of the post-adsorption stream with the elimination or minimization of the risk of a slug flow regime in the exchangers, the so-called “gush,” which would be a natural result from the periodic oscillation characteristic of PSA processes. With this, the vapor consumption with the modified process according to the present invention is considerably reduced. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083830 | REMOVAL OF HEAVY METALS FROM HYDROCARBON GASES - A process is disclosed for removing heavy metals from a hydrocarbon gas stream by contacting the hydrocarbon gas stream, which contains a heavy metal and less than 10 ppm oxidizing compounds, with a composition containing a molecular sieve and sulfur resulting in a treated stream containing less heavy metal than the hydrocarbon gas stream; wherein the molecular sieve contains alumina, silica, and iron, and optionally copper and zinc. Optionally, the hydrocarbon gas stream can also contain a sulfur compound. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083831 | CHILLED AMMONIA BASED CO2 CAPTURE SYSTEM WITH WATER WASH SYSTEM - A method and system for reducing an amount of ammonia in a flue gas stream. The system | 2010-04-08 |
20100083832 | VORTEX WASTE SEPARATOR APPARATUS - A vortex separator for drawing a substantially moisture-free airstream from a waste stream having an annular channel defining a first vortex flow path for separating liquid and solid waste from this waste stream and preferably a filter unit with an inverted conical cavity between nested inverted cones defining a second vortex flow path that is isolated from the first vortex flow path for separating additional liquid and solid waste from the waste stream before it exits the vortex separator. In preferred embodiments, the separator includes a removable filter unit cartridge positioned within the outer cone and a helix isolator to respectively make use of the separator more convenient to use and more efficient. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083833 | Cyclonic Vacuum Cleaner Ribbed Cyclone Shroud - A vacuum cleaner cyclone separator having a cyclone chamber with an air inlet and an air outlet. The cyclone chamber directs an airflow into a cyclonic pattern to remove a first amount of debris from the airflow. A filter shroud is located within the cyclone chamber and separates the air inlet from the air outlet. The filter shroud includes an air-pervious filter surface adapted to allow the airflow to pass from the air inlet to the air outlet and remove a second amount of debris from the airflow. One or more protrusions are associated with the filter surface, and configured and dimensioned to direct at least a portion of the airflow passing generally parallel to the filter surface away from the filter surface before passing through the filter surface. A dirt collection assembly having a cyclone separator and a method for using a cyclone separator are also disclosed. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083834 | Particulate removal from gas streams - Fine, solid particles in a gas stream, especially fly ash particles in the hot gas stream from a coal/coke-utilizing synthesis gas unit, are agglomerated by passage through a gas flow matrix element having a body with confined gas flow channels which bring the particles into close proximity to one another in an environment of low turbulence; a rough surface on the gas flow passages provides surface induction to promote agglomeration of the particles. The larger, agglomerated particles may then be removed from the gas stream by inertial separators such as cyclones. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083835 | SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR A FILTER BAG AND A METHOD OF USING THE SUPPORT STRUCTURE - The support structure is used in a filter bag for filtering gas and has a plurality of tubular pipe elements extending in the longitudinal direction of the filter bag. The tubular pipe elements are connected to annular elements located at a distance from each other in the longitudinal direction. The annular elements include elements formed by a number of parts, each part having two ends and extending between adjacent longitudinally extending tubular pipe elements. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083836 | HYDROGEN PERMEABLE FILM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention provides a hydrogen-permeable film having a ceramic material of a nitride or oxide of a metal element belonging to group IVa, Va or VIa and hydrogen-permeable metal particles of at least one kind selected from palladium (Pd), niobium (Nb), vanadium (V), tantalum (Ta) and alloys thereof dispersed in the ceramic material, wherein the ratio of the hydrogen-permeable metal particles in the hydrogen-permeable film is 20 to 70 mass %, and the thickness of the hydrogen-permeable film is 5 to 1,000 nm. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083837 | CARBON MEMBRANE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A porous carbon membrane has as a loaded component water, alcohol, ether, or ketone loaded on a surface or in a pore, or on the surface and in the pore thereof. The carbon membrane has the loaded component preferably having a molecular weight of 100 or less. The carbon membrane has the loaded component preferably being linear alcohol or linear ether. The carbon membrane has the loaded component preferably being at least one selected from methanol, ethanol, n-propanol, and n-butanol. There is provided a carbon membrane having high separation performance and little change in the separation performance with the passage of time. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083838 | FILTERING MEDIUM AND FILTER UNIT - A filtering medium is comprised of a non-woven fabric containing mainly an organic fiber, in which single fibers are fixed, wherein the non-woven fabric is constructed of a plurality of single fibers having different Young's moduli and finenesses, a non-crimped single fiber having a Young's modulus of 150 cN/dtex or more, and a fineness of 7 dtex or more is contained at a ratio of 20% or more of a total fiber mass, and single fibers are fixed with a resin having a glass transition temperature of 30° C. or more. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083839 | HYDROGEN PERMEABLE MODULE AND USAGE THEREOF - A hydrogen permeable module includes a hydrogen permeable membrane that permeates hydrogen, an outer peripheral part of the hydrogen permeable membrane being restricted, an inside of the outer peripheral part of the hydrogen permeable membrane being not restricted. The hydrogen permeable module permeates the hydrogen by constantly keeping a pressure of a primary side to a pressure that is equal to or more than a pressure of a secondary side. The inside of the outer peripheral part of the hydrogen permeable membrane is not restricted so as to be capable of expanding to the secondary side. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083840 | INFUSIBLE SUBSTANCE DISPENSER - A device for dispensing an infusible substance, and a method for using the device are disclosed. The device may include a bag for holding the infusible substance. A cord may be attached to the bag for manipulating the bag. The bag and cord may be sealed in a pouch to maintain the infusible substance fresh. The device may be used by opening an upper portion and a lower portion of the pouch such that the cord extends out the top and the bag extends below the pouch. The bag may be placed in a liquid to dispense the infusible substance. The bag may then be drawn into the pouch with the cord and the pouch may be squeezed to compress excess fluid out of the bag. The bag may be discarded inside the pouch to further enhance the cleanliness of the dispensing procedure. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083841 | BEVERAGE DISPENSING APPARATUS - A beverage dispensing apparatus comprises a frame and a liquid injector. The frame includes a receiving station for receiving therein a steeped liquid container including a steeping chamber and a securing mechanism displaceable between an engaged configuration and a disengaged configuration, the securing mechanism being engaged with the steeped liquid container, received in the receiving station, in the engaged configuration and securing the steeped liquid container in a predetermined position therein and disengaged from the steeped liquid container received in the receiving station in the disengaged configuration. The liquid injector is displaceable between an injection position wherein the liquid injector is inserted through the steeped liquid container into the steeping chamber, secured in the predetermined position in the receiving station and a disengaged position wherein the liquid injector is disengaged from the steeped liquid container. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083842 | BREW HEAD OF BEVERAGE PREPARATION MACHINE - A brew head for a beverage brewer includes a lid, a handle rotatably mounted to the lid and including a cam surface, and a spring mounted to the lid with a follower that engages the cam surface such that movement of the handle from an open position to a closed position relative to the lid, or vice-versa, by a user causes the user to experience a clicking feeling. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083843 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREPARING A LIQUID BEVERAGE FROM A CARTRIDGE - A system and device for preparing a liquid beverage from a cartridge. The device includes a supply unit for supplying an injection fluid into the cartridge, a cartridge holder configured to accept and support the cartridge with the cartridge holder being detachable from the device. A complementary insertion mechanism of the device is configured to receive the cartridge holder in the device. The cartridge is positioned in the supply unit in an injection position with its injection surface substantially in an inclined plane relative to the horizontal plane and the injection mechanism is offset from the highest edge of the cartridge. The cartridge holder preferably comprises a linear wedge-shaped insertion member having a bearing surface inclined along an angle. The method of operation of the system and device are also disclosed. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083844 | Brewing unit for a coffee machine and coffee machine comprising such a brewing unit - A brewing unit ( | 2010-04-08 |
20100083845 | STEAM GENERATOR COOKING DEVICE METHOD FOR OPERATING AND PRODUCING A STEAM GENERATOR AND METHOD FOR COOLING A HEATING DEVICE - A steam generator for cooking devices has a vessel and a heating device. Water to be evaporated is contained within a free volume of an inner chamber of the vessel, which forms a water-guiding region. This water is heated through a heating device at least up to boiling temperature, whereby steam is generated that flows along a steam-guiding region of the vessel. The heating device is a thick-film heating device applied to the surface area of the vessel on the water-guiding region. Both the water and the steam flowing past cool the heating device as the water level drops. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083846 | Cooking Grill - A cooking grill includes a housing having a generally open internal area and an open upper end. The grill includes an electrical heating element having a heating portion and a first coupling component. The grill includes a gas heating element having a heating portion and a second coupling component. A third coupling component complementary to the first coupling component allows the first and third coupling components to be selectively joined. An electrical control regulates an amount of electricity delivered to the third coupling component. A fourth coupling component allows the second and fourth coupling components to be selectively joined. A gas control regulates an amount of gas passed to the fourth coupling component. A food support element is selectively positionable over the support element generally adjacent the housing upper end. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083847 | Salad Spinning Assembly - Salad spinning assembly with a top bowl, a bottom bowl, an inner salad holding top bowl, an inner salad holding bottom bowl, a water absorbing sponge member, a pair of sliding bowl locking members, two pairs of spin strings, a pair of pull handles and an upper bowl to lower bowl gasket. The inner bowls having a plurality of water releasing apertures. The inner bowls nest within the outer bowls so that there is a gap between them. Pull strings are attached to the central outer portion of each outer bowl. When a user fills the salad holding bowls with salad greens and then places them within the outer top and bottom bowls and locks the bowls together, the user can twist the strings and then proceed to pull and release the pull handles to create a bowl spinning effect forcing excess water droplets to be absorbed by the sponge. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083848 | Food manufacturing apparatus and related method - The invention is directed to a food manufacturing apparatus comprising a feed system for inputting a plurality of materials, an extruder and a cutting assembly. The extruder comprises a pump system and a rotating extrusion die removably connected to the pump system, wherein the rotating extrusion die comprises at least one product channel for receiving and extruding the plurality of materials. The cutting assembly comprises at least one groove and a wire attached through the groove. The feed system is attached to the extruder and the cutting assembly is located at a position to cut the extruded plurality of materials with the wire from the rotating extrusion die. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083849 | BARREL BAR AND BARREL SEGMENT - A barrel bar, for use in a barrel of a screw device having a screw rotatable in the barrel about an axis, has a generally trapezoidal cross-sectional configuration. The barrel bar may have arcuate inner and outer surfaces and a relief along one side surface. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083850 | SCREW PRESS FOR COMPACTING SOLID WASTE - Screw press, with small dimensions, particularly suitable for the compaction of solid waste for disposal also by means of sorted-waste collection, of the type which comprises an initial large-diameter screw section with a wide-pitch helix, communicating laterally with the bottom opening of the loading hopper ( | 2010-04-08 |
20100083851 | ROTARY DRIVE WITH STRAIGHT PRIMARY PART SEGMENTS - The aim of the invention is to provide pivoting and rotary drives for electric machines with low number of parts economically. Said aim is achieved, by means of a secondary part ( | 2010-04-08 |
20100083852 | Method for Imprinting Vials - A method of printing onto closed vial units. The vial units are formed in a series and the vial units have a drug therein. The method involves providing the series of vial units onto a conveyor belt; positioning the vial units adjacent cleats on the conveyor belt; engaging a first offset inking transfer device on a fist side of said vial units; engaging a first back-up roller against said vial units, said first back-up roller being placed opposite said first offset inking transfer device; capturing the vial units between said first back-up roller and said first offset inking transfer device; printing onto the vial units with said first offset inking transfer device; and curing the ink with a first ultra violet dryer. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083853 | DEVICE FOR APPLYING INFORMATION ONTO A SURFACE OF AN AIRCRAFT - The invention relates to a device for applying information onto a surface of an aircraft, wherein the information is applicable in variable locations and is modifiable, comprising the following features:
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20100083854 | METHOD FOR STARTING UP A WEB-FED ROTARY PRINTING PRESS - A method for starting up a web-fed printing machine, in which a web to be printed on is guided through at least one printing gap formed by a printing cylinder and a counter printing cylinder of the web-fed printing machine; the printing cylinder accelerates to a print-on speed (N | 2010-04-08 |
20100083855 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR APPLYING A SHEET TO A SUBSTRATE - The invention provides a method and apparatus for laminating a sheet to a substrate in a stress free and distortion-less manner. The method comprises providing the sheet and substrate such that an attractive force between them exists that is capable of bringing the sheet and surface together at least when their distance is shorter than a critical distance. The method creates these conditions by locally making an initial contact between the sheet and substrate such that at a contact front, being the boundary between areas where the substrate and sheet are in contact and those where they are not in contact, these conditions exist. In a further step the sheet and substrate are allowed to gradually make contact such that the contact front advances along either of the substrate or sheet surface therewith increasing the contacting area between the substrate and the sheet. The method is advantages when used during imprint lithography or embossing processes or other processes where feature patterns need to be transferred from the substrate to the surface or vice versa. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083856 | Belted inker for a printing press - A printing unit is provided. The printing unit includes an ink feed system, a plate cylinder and an inker having multiple rollers and a belt wrapped around the rollers. The belt accepts ink from the ink feed system and transfers the ink to the plate cylinder. A method of printing and an inker are also provided. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083857 | Printing Press - A printing press includes a roller having a first antifriction bearing and a second antifriction bearing. The first antifriction bearing has rolling bodies, a first ring and a second ring. One of the two rings forms an outer ring and the other of the two rings forms an inner ring. Roller sockets are configured as quick action changing devices for receiving the anti-friction bearings during insertion of the roller into the printing press. The first antifriction bearing is configured as an axial floating bearing with a considerable axial movement play of the rolling bodies between the latter and one of the rings. The second antifriction bearing is configured as an axial locating bearing without such a considerable axial movement play. A centering device centers one of the rings relative to the other. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083858 | NON-FLUTING PRINTING SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a printed substrate comprising a substrate and a printing ink and is characterized in that at least one side of the substrate has a surface with a porosity of below 0.07 ml/g determined by the mercury porosimetry method, and it comprises an printing ink formulated as heat-set offset printing ink with reduced tack comprising at least one pigment and a mixture of at least two solvents boiling in the range of from 200° C. to 270° C. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083859 | Precision pyrotechnic display system and method having increased safety and timing accuracy - A system and method are disclosed for controlling the launch and burst of pyrotechnic projectiles in a pyrotechnic, or “fireworks”, display. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083860 | NON-LETHAL PROJECTILE WITH FLOWABLE PAYLOAD - A non-lethal projectile consisting of a solid capsule filled with a flowable payload. The solid capsule comprises a weakened area that ruptures upon impact with a target. The solid capsule also comprises an internal hydrodynamic structure. At the moment of impact, the internal hydrodynamic structure forces the radial movement of the flowable payload, from the center to the periphery, against the weakened area of the solid capsule, facilitating the rupture and reducing the pressure of projectile's point over target's surface. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083861 | LEAD FREE FRANGIBLE BULLETS - A lead-free, frangible bullet is provided. The lead-free, frangible bullet is manufactured without sintering or external heating of the bullet. The bullet is prepared by blending a lead-free copper powder mixture and cold compacting the powder in a die to form a bullet. The copper powder can be atomized copper powder, electrolytic copper powder, or a combination of atomized and electrolytic copper powder. The atomized copper powder can be water atomized, air atomized, and combination of water and air atomized. Preferably, the frangible bullet has a fragmentation less than 5 grains. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083862 | WATER BASED PAINTALL AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING WATER BASED PAINTBALLS - A Bioluminescent Paintball | 2010-04-08 |
20100083863 | PYROTECHNICAL METHOD FOR DUAL-MODE GAS GENERATION AND RELATED PYROTECHNICAL GENERATOR - The subject of the present invention is a pyrotechnic method for generating gas at two successive flow rates
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20100083864 | Pneutrain pneumatic mass transportation system - This invention is a pneumatic mass transportation system on the cutting edge of technology employing a combined cycle turbine power system with digital controls to effect acceleration, deceleration and train propulsion. The combustion turbines can be adapted to use alternative fuels including bio fuels as they are developed. The heat recover steam generator will recycle the hot exhaust gasses from the turbines to generate electricity to be used by the system. The multi-car train is propelled by differential air pressure forward and aft of the vehicle in the pneumatic tube. Air propulsion is achieved by large in-tube impellers driven by the turbines. A digital control system will operate the pitch of the impeller blades and the vacuum/pressure release valves in the tubes to produce full movement control of the trains. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083865 | Devices and Systems for Controlling Travel of a Railcar - A device and system for controlling travel of a railcar along a set of rails is provided. In one example, a railcar stop is coupled to the set of rails and is selectively movable between a first position wherein the railcar is free to travel along the set of rails and a second position wherein the railcar stop engages the treads of the wheels to thereby prevent travel of the railcar in at least one direction along the rails. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083866 | Railway Vehicle Comprising Pivoting End Bogies - A railway vehicle including two end bogies is provided. Each end bogie includes a chassis; two front wheels and two rear wheels; for each front wheel and each rear wheel, guide for guiding the wheel in rotation and a primary suspension device of the chassis on the guide. At least the primary suspension devices associated with the front and rear wheels arranged on the same first lateral side of the bogie include two longitudinal connecting rods, each connected by a first connection point to the chassis, and by a second connection point to the corresponding guide, at least one resilient component inserted between the two connecting rods to define at least the vertical stiffness of the primary suspension device, the two connecting rods being offset longitudinally relative to one another. Each end bogie includes pivot connector suitable for connecting the end bogie to the vehicle. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083867 | PIVOTING SYSTEM FOR A CHAIR - The seat surface of a chair of a chair lift can be pivoted with the aid of a pivot mechanism. Thus, the seat surface can, while a passenger is sitting thereon, be pivoted in such a way that it extends so as to descend, or descend more markedly, toward the rear edge of the seat part. Passengers enter automatically, and independently of their size and sitting position on the chair, into a stronger, stable back position, thereby reliably counteracting slipping in the direction of the front edge of the seat part and thus slipping-through between the seat surface and transverse hoop. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083868 | Rail Firefighting Platform - An apparatus for fighting fires comprises a rail carriage, a base mounted upon the rail carriage and an enclosure mounted upon the base. The enclosure includes a top wall having an aperture defined therein. At least one vertically extendible lift is mounted within the enclosure and carries a liquid discharging device. A pressurizer and connecting conduits deliver liquid from a liquid source to the liquid discharging device. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083869 | FLUORESCENT NANOSCALE PARTICLES - A nanoscale pigment particle composition includes a fluorescent compound, such as a benzothioxanthene pigment, including at least one functional moiety, and a stabilizer compound including at least one functional group, wherein the functional moiety associates non-covalently with the functional group; and the presence of the associated stabilizer limits the extent of particle growth and aggregation, to afford nanoscale-sized particles. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083870 | MODELLING COMPOSITION - A modelling composition, in which there is no cracking likely to cause the modelling composition to disintegrate either during drying or during drying of the objects made from said composition, contains a compound made up of the components starch, an adhesive agent, common salt, water, calcium chloride, sodium benzoate, potassium hydrogen sulphate, liquid paraffin, propylene glycol and bittern. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083871 | Moisture-curable oil and fat compositions and processes for preparing the same - A moisture-curable, silane-modified oil is disclosed. The silane-modified oil includes an unsaturated oil having at least one unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon chain per molecule of the unsaturated oil, and at least one hydrolysable silyl group grafted to the unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon chain. The silane-modified oil has a degree of unsaturation that is substantially similar that of the unsaturated oil. A process for forming the moisture-curable, silane-modified oil according to the disclosure includes reacting the unsaturated oil with an unsaturated hydrolysable silane in the presence of a free radical initiator. Also disclosed is a cured silane-modified oil which includes the reaction product of the silane-modified oil and water. Compositions according to the disclosure have relatively low viscosities (facilitating their application to a substrate) and have relatively high levels of silane grafting (resulting in non-leaching cured compositions with a high gel content). | 2010-04-08 |
20100083872 | BRIGHT PIGMENT, AND BRIGHT COATING COMPOSITION AND AUTOMOTIVE BODY COATING EACH CONTAINING THE SAME - The bright pigment of the present invention includes flaky particles and a metal oxide layer coating at least a part of the surface of each flaky particle. The bright pigment or the flaky particles of the present invention have a particle size distribution in which the particle size at 99% of the cumulative volume from the smaller particle size is 48 μm or less, and the maximum particle size is 62 μm or less. The flaky particles are made of a material having a refractive index in the range of 1.4 to 1.8. The flaky particles have a thickness distribution in which the frequency of the particles having a thickness in the range of 0.8 μm to 1.9 μm is 90% or more by volume, or the frequency of the particles having a thickness in the range of 0.01 μm to 0.35 μm is 90% or more by volume. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083873 | Encapsulation Of Active Agents For On-Demand Release - The present disclosure relates to a method of forming microcapsules. The method may include combining an active agent in a first solvent S | 2010-04-08 |
20100083874 | AIR CLAY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An air clay and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes i) selecting at least one raw material from a group consisting of sand powder, shell powder, crop powder and a mixture thereof, ii) finely grinding the raw material to prepare a base material having a particle diameter of about 0.02 mm to about 0.2 mm, iii) adding about 10 wt. parts to about 30 wt. parts of glycerin to about 100 wt. parts of the base material, iv) mixing and kneading these materials together to form a paste and v) adding about 0.1 wt. parts to about 9 wt. parts of a liquid coagulating agent for water treatment to the paste and mixing these materials together. According to one embodiment, the clay is useful for various types of play and learning for infants and young children. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083875 | ALUMINUM PIGMENT, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND WATER-BASED METALLIC PAINT COMPOSITION CONTAINING THE ALUMINUM PIGMENT - There is provided an aluminum pigment including an aluminum particle having a film formed on a surface thereof, wherein the film contains a metallic amine salt and the metallic amine salt is represented by the compositional formula R | 2010-04-08 |
20100083876 | PRECIPITATED SILICA AND PAPER INDUSTRY/OTHER APPLICATIONS THEREOF - Precipitated silica specifically useful in the paper industry and in particular in paper-coating applications for inject printing, is characterized by an uptake of DOP oil lower than 260 ml/100 g, a pore volume (V | 2010-04-08 |
20100083877 | HEAT RESISTANT PHOSPHATE CEMENT - A phosphate cement composition is provided. The cement composition comprises about 10 to 40 percent by weight calcium or magnesium oxide, about 10 to 40 percent by weight acid phosphate, and about 10 to 50 percent by weight vermiculite or perlite or mixture thereof. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083878 | EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CEMENT BURNING FACILITY - An object of this invention is to provide an exhaust gas treatment method and system for a cement burning facility which allows the handling property of collected powder dust to be improved and which enables smooth removal of hydrogen chloride that may result from burning of organic sludge. When part of exhaust gas in a lowermost part of a preheater | 2010-04-08 |
20100083879 | LOW VOC JOINT COMPOSITION - A drying type, low VOC filler or joint composition that when mixed with water to produce a wet, paste-like mixture, can be spread easily to fill wallboard joints and other wallboard surface defects and imperfections; dries to a solid mass and can be sanded to a smooth finish. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083880 | REDUCED-CARBON FOOTPRINT CONCRETE COMPOSITIONS - Reduced-carbon footprint concrete compositions, and methods for making and using the same, are provided. Aspects of the reduced-carbon footprint concrete compositions include CO | 2010-04-08 |
20100083881 | PALLET ASSEMBLY - A pallet assembly includes an upper deck and a lower deck spaced by a plurality of columns. The weight of the pallet is reduced without significant reduction in strength by providing only a single cross beam in each of the upper and lower reinforcement members and orienting them perpendicular to one another. The reinforcement members are minimized for weight reduction and for improved performance in heat tests. The peripheral rail of the upper reinforcement member is reduced such that it rests on only an inwardly open recess on an inner corner of each of the corner columns. This reduces the size and weight of the upper reinforcement member, while still providing support to the upper deck. Additionally, the peripheral rails of both the upper and lower decks are reduced in length such that either ledge does not directly support them while the pallet is stored on a rack. As a result, in the case of sufficient heat source on the pallets, the pallets will eventually collapse without interference from the reinforcement members and at least partially smother the heat source. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083882 | GASIFIER AND CYCLONE SEPARATOR FOR COAL COMBUSTION - A direct-fired coal combustion system includes a swirl chamber having an input configured to receive a coal-water slurry and causing the coal-water slurry to mix with discharge air from a compressor to gasify the coal-water slurry and create a synthesis gas. The system also includes a cyclone separator directly coupled to the second end of the swirl chamber and a second stage combustion input coupled to an output of the cyclone separator. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083883 | Solid Fuel Boiler Assembly - A boiler assembly including primary and secondary combustion chambers includes primary and secondary air controls for controlling combustion air to the chambers respectively. The air controls are operable between open positions to allow combustion in the chambers and a closed position in which the combustion air passages are fully sealed to fully interrupt combustion responsive to heating demands. The air controls are supported externally on the main housing of the boiler assembly so as to be modular and readily releasable from the main housing and the respective combustion air passages. The primary combustion chamber communicates with the secondary combustion chamber at a location partway in between introduction of the secondary combustion air and the exhaust passage. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083884 | Method and burner for burning solid fuels - The present invention relates to a burner and to a method for burning solid fuels, which comprises a tube for the supply of a flow of solid fuel; a first chamber that has an inlet and an outlet, the inlet of said chamber being connected to said tube for receiving the flow of solid fuel at a first supply rate and for increasing the rate of the supply flow of the solid fuel at the outlet from said first chamber of the burner; and a second chamber connected to the outlet of the first chamber for receiving the faster flow of solid fuel and projecting a flat flame towards a melting chamber of the glass melting furnace, with a high solid-fuel combustion efficiency and low CO and NOx emissions. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083885 | GRANULE DISPENSING TOOL - A granule dispensing device is provided and includes a chamber having a predetermined volume for housing granules and defining a flow path for a flow of granules, a valve assembly for controlling the flow path, and an actuator configured to actuate the valve assembly for dispensing the granules. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083886 | Seed row shaper attachment for a power tiller - An attachment for a conventional, walk-behind power tiller for forming seed rows and adjacent furrows wherein an auger disposed perpendicularly to the seed row being formed has a larger diameter at its proximal ends and a smaller diameter at its central, inner end. The auger is rotated using power derived from the tiller to which the novel seed row forming apparatus is attached. In operation, the larger diameter outer portions of the auger dig a furrow and move the disturbed soil inwardly along the diminishing diameter of the auger, thereby depositing the soil from each side of the auger into a central berm or seed row. The apparatus provides seed row-forming capability for use with small rotary tillers and provides minimum soil tillage while readily forming planting rows. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083887 | AUTOMATIC SYSTEM FOR ANTI-ROLL STABILIZATION OF WATERCRAFT - An automatic system for anti-roll stabilization of watercraft, comprising, a stabilizing fin that can turn about an axis, an actuator assembly, designed to govern rotation of said fin about said axis, and a regulating system, designed to govern said actuator assembly as a function of signals indicating rolling of the watercraft. Said actuator assembly comprises an electric motor connected to said stabilizing fin. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083888 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DAMPENING RUDDER VIBRATION - An apparatus is provided for dampening rudder vibration of a motorboat. The apparatus may include a tiller assembly rotatable about a pivot point adjacent the stern of the motorboat, the tiller assembly including a tiller arm extending in a first direction from the pivot point and configured to be rotated about the pivot point by a user, and/or a damper mounted on the tiller assembly extending in a second direction from the pivot point. The damper may be configured to rotate integrally with the tiller arm, and the damper may include a mass that is sufficient to dampen vibrations of the tiller. A method of using the apparatus for dampening rudder vibration is also disclosed. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083889 | BARGE SYSTEM - An improved barge system comprises a barge with a connecting system built into the barge. The connecting system includes several recessed areas about the periphery of the barge with upper and lower tubes about the peripheral edges of the barge. A connecting system with a vertical post having a lower connecting member and an upper connecting member is attached within each recessed area. The vertical post and upper connecting member are separated hinged within the recess for rotation into position to connect an adjacent barge by connecting the upper and lower connecting members to adjacent upper and lower tubes on the adjacent barges. An adjustable hinge and wedged lower end of the connecting member is provided for alignment of the upper connecting member with the vertical post. A liner on the upper connecting member provides load absorption and noise abatement, and torsion bars on the barge provide structural control. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083890 | Rotating T-Top for center console boat - This invention provides a top (commonly called a T-Top) for a center console boat providing protection form the sun and elements for passengers, which a) may be easily attached to existing metal (typically stainless steel) grab rails on the fiberglass console structures on the center of the vessel, b) may be lowered by rotating forward or rearward for storage or clearance under bridges by rotating forward or rearward about fixed pivot points by removing positioning pins or bolts, c) provides open access completely around the perimeter of the boat without straps or other contrivances attached to the gunwales or perimeter of the boat, d) may utilize optional gas spring assistance for raising and lowering and e) may provide mounting for optional removable windshield, fishing rod holders, gear net storage, sound speakers, navigation equipment, interior lights and spot lighting. The top shall be constructed of rigid metal, metal tubing or plastic tubing and covered with a flexible or rigid material for protection from the elements. Typical T-Top designs are “fixed”, and do not allow the top to be lowered. Other “removable” T-Tops either a) must be lifted from the vessel (do not rotate) or require special mounting to the floor or fiberglass structure of the vessel. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083891 | Automated bimini top device - An automated bimini top device comprises a foldable frame assembly adapted to carry a flexible canvas material thereon and powered to move the canvas selectively between a retracted position and an extended position. The frame assembly includes a rear bow member supported in a fixed raised position, a front bow member adapted to slide along a length of the rear bow and pivot relative thereto, and a middle bow member pivotally connected along the length of the front bow and adapted to move in an opposite rotational direction thereto. Actuator means assembled to the rear bow member are operatively connected to move the front bow member in reversible directions outward and away from the rear bow into the extended position and inward and toward the rear bow into the retracted position. The middle bow member is coupled to a guide strap support connected between the rear and front bow members and further attached beneath the canvas material to maintain contact with the canvas during retraction and provide central support thereof in the extended position. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083892 | Boat Command Chair With Instrument Pod - A command chair for a water craft includes a seat with at least one arm defining an enclosure with an opening facing away from the seat. An instrument pod has an instrument display side. Guide tracks in the enclosure support the instrument pod for movement between a stored position and a deployed position. In the stored position, the pod is within the enclosed housing with the instrument display side facing away from the enclosure opening and an opposite face of the pod substantially covering the opening. In the deployed position, the pod extends out from the enclosure with the instrument display side substantially horizontal and facing upwardly to display the instruments on top of the pod. A drive, which includes a drive motor inside the pod, is adapted to move the pod along the guide tracks between the stored and deployed positions. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083893 | Method for making a submersible surface with antifouling protection - A method for manufacturing a submerged surface, such as the hull of a marine vessel or a submerged grate or conduit, uses particles that are electrically conductive and disposes those particles on the exposed surface. The particles are held in, place by an electrically conductive composite material, such as a conductive gel coat, and a charge distribution layer is used to spread the current through all parts of the conductive outer surface. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083894 | MULTI-COLORED FEATURES FOR INSTRUMENT CLUSTER GAUGES - An instrument cluster includes a gauge with selectively and visually variable features to communicate vehicle information to a vehicle operator. A border is illuminatable by colored LED assemblies to provide an indication of the range of a vehicle operating condition. A pointer assembly is also selectively illuminatable to provide a visual reference of a specific operating condition that is responsive and varies depending on a specific current operating condition. A digital display within the gauge includes telltales that are also selectively illuminatable and visually variable, responsive to specific operating conditions to communicate not only a problem or an issue with a specific feature but also a range or magnitude of alert to the vehicle operator. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083895 | Device and Process for Producing a Block of Crystalline Material - A temperature gradient is established in a crystallization crucible by means of a heat source and a cooling system. The cooling system comprises a heat exchanger and an adjustable additional heat source. The cooling system is preferably formed by an induction coil cooled by a coolant liquid circulating in the induction coil and by an electrically conductive induction susceptor positioned between the crucible and induction coil. The fabrication process comprises heating the crucible via the top and controlling heat extraction from the crucible downwards by means of the heat exchanger and by means of regulation of the adjustable additional heat source. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083896 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING SIC SINGLE CRYSTAL - 5 to 30 at % of Ti and 1 to 20 at % of Sn or 1 to 30 at % of Ge are added to an Si melt, and SiC single crystal are grown from SiC seed crystal by holding the SiC seed crystal immediately beneath the surface of the Si melt in a graphite crucible while maintaining temperature gradient descending from the inner side of the Si melt to the surface of the melt. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083897 | Seed crystal consisting of silicon carbide single crysatal and method for producing ingot using the same - The present invention relates to a seed crystal consisting of a silicon carbide single crystal suitable for producing a substrate (wafer) for an electric power device, a high-frequency device or the like, and a method for producing an ingot using the same. A single crystal growing face of a seed crystal consisting of a silicon carbide single crystal is inclined at an angle ranging from 3 degrees or more to 60 degrees or less with respect to the (11-20) face to a direction inclined at an angle ranging from −45 degrees or more to 45 degrees or less from a <0001> direction to the [1-100] direction. By performing crystal growth using such a seed crystal, a high quality silicon carbide single crystal ingot can be obtained. According to the present invention, it is possible to obtain material consisting of a silicon carbide single crystal of favorable quality, which has few crystal defects such as micropipe defects and stacking faults, and the diameter is suitable for practical application. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083898 | Substrate processing apparatus - There are provided an inner tube in which a substrate is stored; an outer tube surrounding the inner tube; a gas nozzle disposed in the inner tube; a gas ejection hole opened on the gas nozzle; a gas supply unit supplying gas into the inner tube through the gas nozzle; a gas exhausts hole opened on the side wall of the inner tube; and an exhaust unit exhausting a space between the outer tube and the inner tube and generating a gas flow in the inner tube toward the gas exhaust hole from the gas ejection hole, wherein the side wall of the inner tube is constituted, so that a distance between an outer edge of the substrate and the gas exhaust hole is set to be longer than a distance between the outer edge of the substrate and the gas ejection hole. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083899 | Immersion Lithography Apparatus and Tank Thereof - A tank for an immersion lithography apparatus provided. The tank has a container with a bottom plate and side plates connected to each, wherein the side plates surround and connect all edges of the bottom plate. The container is filled in at least a liquid having a refractive index thereof from about 1.4 to about 1.8. A platform is located in the container and immersed in the liquid. The platform has an axle fastened on a side thereof parallel to the bottom plate, wherein the axle passes through a bearing hole penetrated through one of the side plates. A roller disposed outside the container connects to the axle to rotate the axle, and furthermore, to incline the platform accordingly. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083900 | ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION APPARATUS - An atomic layer deposition apparatus is provided. The atomic layer deposition apparatus includes a reaction chamber, a first heater, a second heater, a first gas supply system, a second gas supply system and a vacuum system. The vacuum system is connected to the reaction chamber. The reaction chamber includes a preheating chamber and a plating chamber connected to the preheating chamber. The first heater is for heating the preheating chamber. The first gas supply system is connected to the preheating chamber. The second heater is for heating the plating chamber. The second gas supply system is connected to the plating chamber. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083901 | Arrangement for Producing Coatings on Substrates in Vacuo - The invention relates to an assembly for the formation of coatings on substrates in a vacuum, wherein a plasma is formed by means of electric arc discharge at least on one target connected as cathode, and the arc discharge will be ignited between an anode and the target by means of a deflectable focused laser beam which is directed through a window to the surface of the target. It is an object of the invention to provide a technical solution by means of which an undesired coating in the window area of a vacuum chamber can be distinctly reduced. According to the invention, for this a permanent magnet or electromagnet is disposed between the window and at least one target at the side next to, above or below the optical axis of the laser beam, and the laser beam is guided through a magnetic field developed by the permanent magnet or electromagnet. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083902 | Plasma generating device - A plasma generating device is disclosed, which generates plasma by supplying a bias RF power in the initial state in an inductive coupled plasma (ICP) system. Especially, an insulator which insulates a ground member from a susceptor supplied with the bias RF power is separated into at least two pieces such that the thermal expansion of the insulator can be generated similarly to adjoining parts. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083903 | Dip cup | 2010-04-08 |
20100083904 | Pet Treat Dispensing Toy - A pet treat dispensing toy mainly includes a main shell and a bottom shell. The main shell has an upper opening and a bottom opening. The bottom shell is connected around the position of the bottom opening. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083905 | STRIP WEATHER SHIELDED FEEDER - An animal feeder includes a base, a feeding trough supported by the base, the feeding trough having an outer rim. A feed hopper is situated over the feeding trough to deliver feed to the feeding trough. A roof extends laterally at least over the feeding trough outer rim. A curtain formed from a plurality of adjacent vertically elongated members having upper ends connected to the roof and lower ends extending downward laterally outside the feeding trough outer rim so that the vertically elongated members of the curtain inhibit rain and other weather related elements from contacting the feeding trough while being displaceable by an animal seeking access to the feeding trough | 2010-04-08 |
20100083906 | Easy Empty Trough - This invention is directed to troughs and more particularly to pre-cast or molded troughs made of plastic, fiberglass or other appropriate material and utilizing a novel shape whereby the trough rests on it's natural tipping point using a novel pair of stabilizers made to rest on the ground and fit into corresponding cavities on the underside of the trough to maintain an upright and stable position until tipping is desired. The unique shape makes possible the slight backward tipping of the trough, done easily by one person, so the stabilizers can be kicked away and the trough tipped forward to empty, clean and/or refill. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083907 | Mammal nurser and method of use - A surrogate nurser for mammal infants, such as kittens and puppies or other infants without the ability to nurse from their mother for any reason is described that includes a furry exterior to provide the feel of the mother. Inside the surrogate is a reservoir with a flat bottom that houses a milk substitute that flows through protrusions that align with holes in the surrogate wherein the protrusions are equipped with nipples that allow the infants to suckle. The head of the surrogate includes a simulated heartbeat and in the case of cats, a simulated purring sound. Both the purring sound and the heartbeat are controlled by switches found on the head of the surrogate. The head is removable for easy cleaning of the body of the surrogate without damaging the electronics found in the head. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083908 | CALF CHUTE TAILGATE - A calf chute tailgate particularly suited for use in calf roping competitions is disclosed. The tailgate has a pair of upright bars that are mounted to the entry of the calf chute using a pair of four-bar linkages so that during opening and closing of the gate the bars retain their upright orientation resulting a calf chute gate that is fully open across its full height permitting easy access to the chute by calves of any size and shape. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083909 | Modular Animal Enclosure - A modular animal enclosure includes a housing comprising a top portion affixed to a base portion to form a sheltered interior. The housing includes a door aperture and a climate conditioning aperture. A remove ably attachable climate conditioning unit is installed over the climate conditioning aperture to facilitate a flow of atmospheric air from the exterior environment into the interior of the housing. The climate conditioning unit can variously comprise a cover assembly, a heating unit, a cooling unit and a forced air unit, and different types of units can be installed at different times. In another aspect, the bottom portion can be selectively hinged to the top portion on opposing sides of the housing to allow pivotal movement of the top portion in two opposite directions, as desired to permit access to the interior of the housing for inspection, maintenance and cleaning of the interior. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083910 | Durable Bone With Soft Core - The present invention, in one exemplary embodiment, relates a method of manufacturing an animal chew by molding two body portions of a first material each having at least one concave surface and one or more through holes, attaching the two portions together such that the concave surfaces face one another to form a hollow body portion, injecting a second material into the hollow body portion to fill at least a portion of the hollow body and form areas of exposed regions of the second material by filling the one or more through holes. In a second exemplary embodiment, the two portions may have the concave surfaces over-molded with a second material which fills the one or more through holes. In a third exemplary embodiment, a separate shape of a second material may be molded in a configuration having dimensions complementary to the two half portion and holes when the portions are combined. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083911 | RIDER SIMULATION APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present application is directed to developing animals using a non-human rider simulation apparatus. The rider simulation apparatus includes a torso, a securing means for releasably mounting the apparatus to an animal, and a resilient means for connecting the torso to the securing means. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083912 | Omnidirectionally reflective pet leash - A flexible omnidirectionally reflective pet leash and collar having a handle and a cylindrical central core is housed within a cylindrical omnidirectionally reflective sleeve that reflect an incoming light beam back in the same direction as it is emanated. The reflected light beam provides accurate illumination of the pet owner's hand, pet leash and the location of the pet during dusk or nighttime hours. This flexible omnidirectionally reflective pet leash is created by surrounding a central core with a cylindrically reflective sleeve comprising a flexible retroreflective sheet and being operable to surround the central cylindrical core thereby providing omnidirectional reflectivity. The flexible retroreflective sheet has retroreflectors bonded thereto with a transparent bond layer. Due to the circular construction of the cylindrically reflective sleeve, the reflective pet leash reflects light omnidirectionally over a large angle of acceptance, illuminating the pet owner's hand, the leash itself, and the pet's collar, thereby providing an improved measure of safety for both the pet and the pet handler. | 2010-04-08 |
20100083913 | Pet step storage unit - A pet step storage unit has a staircase with a plurality of stairs, each stair being open at its outboard lateral end and closed at its inboard lateral end. The stairs are closed off at the inboard lateral end by a planar side support which extends the length and height of the staircase. Semi-enclosed spaces are formed beneath the stairs, access to the spaces being gained through openings leading into the space. Vertical and horizontal partition components separate spaces into sectionalized storage compartments which can remain open for ready access, or which can be configured for accepting and retaining drawers. | 2010-04-08 |