30th week of 2018 patent applcation highlights part 21 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20180208389 | STABLE BEVERAGE CONTAINER - A beverage container including an outer cup having an integrally formed base plate, an inner cup disposed in the outer cup, a base including a lower portion configured to releasably engage the beverage container to an external surface, the lower portion including a suction cup defining a cavity and configured to sealingly engage the beverage container with an external surface by forming a seal between the suction cup and the external surface, and a valve operably connected to the integrally formed base plate and movable between a first position and a second position to control fluid communication between atmospheric pressure and the cavity. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208390 | LIQUID MATERIAL DISCHARGE DEVICE - A discharge device capable of suppressing pressure fluctuation of a compressed gas supplied to a container in which a liquid material is stored. The device includes a storage container in which a liquid material is stored; a discharge port through which the liquid material is discharged; a pressure control valve that adjusts a pressure of a compressed gas supplied from an external compressed gas source to a desired level; a discharge valve that establishes or cuts off communication between the pressure control valve and the storage container; a control device that controls operation of the discharge valve; a first flow line connecting the pressure control valve and the discharge valve; and a second flow line connecting the discharge valve and the storage container. The device further includes a third flow line branched from the first flow line, and a leak mechanism connected to the third flow line. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208391 | CONTAINER FOR ICECREAM - A container for ice cream according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure is an ice cream container having an inner space, in which ice cream is stored, formed by coupling between a container part and a cap part, and the container for ice cream includes: a container part which is formed of a material obtained by mixing polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and silicone resin in order to endow the same with elasticity and has a first coupling flange formed on the periphery thereof and a first grip portion formed on one side thereof; and a cap part which has a second coupling flange corresponding to the first coupling flange and has a second grip portion corresponding to the first grip portion and thus corresponds to the container part. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208392 | CONTAINMENT SYSTEM - A containment system comprising a flexible bladder having at least one opening through which a liquid or other fluid or material can be pumped or transferred into or out of the bladder. The bladder has a contracted and an expanded or semi-expanded state. A support structure surrounds the side surfaces of the bladder and provides lateral support to the bladder when the bladder is in an expanded or semi-expanded state. The support structure comprises a plurality of panels that are seperably connected to one another to form an enclosed walled support structure. The at least one opening in the bladder is operatively connected to a point exterior to the support structure to permit the bladder to be filled or evacuated from a position exterior to the support structure. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208393 | Expandable-Volume Liner for a Collapsible Liquid Holding Tank - An expandable-volume liner is usable with a collapsible liquid holding tank frame consisting of top and bottom rails spaced apart by vertical struts. The expandable-volume liner has pliant impervious side walls, a pliant impervious floor panel and at least one pliant impervious collapsible bag extending outwardly from the liner. Each bag is optionally extendable between its respective surrounding top and bottom rails and adjacent struts to conform the tank to the differing footprints presented by various sites and the volume of liquid necessary to accomplish the task at hand. The liners are especially suited to firefighting applications and can be used in conjunction with existing frames built for non-expandable volume liners. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208394 | SEALED REUSABLE BULK MATERIAL CONTAINER - The present invention relates to a container for holding bulk material, having a closable inlet for the bulk material in the upper closure of the container, a cross-sectional geometry narrowing in the outlet direction for the bulk material, an outlet tube for the bulk material arranged subsequently in the outlet direction, a first reversible mechanical closure device (A), which is arranged in the transition region from the container body to the outlet tube or in the outlet tube itself and, by opening, releases the bulk material from the interior of the container, and a second closure device (B) which reversibly closes the mouth of the outlet tube, the second closure device being a cover which is pressed flush onto the mouth of the outlet tube by means of a closure device, there being a seal which seals the outlet tube in a gas- and liquid-tight fashion from the external environment at least on the contact surface of the cover with the mouth degree of the outlet tube, wherein the cover is screwed onto or is pressed with a clamping ring or a bayonet closure onto the mouth of the outlet tube. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208395 | METHOD FOR MODIFYING A CARGO CONTAINER FOR DELIVERY OF PROPPANT TO A FRAC SITE - A cargo container is modified to carry a fracing proppant such as sand from a quarry or source to the frac site. Openings are cut in the top and bottom of a cargo container and hydraulically operated sliding doors are placed there under. A hopper module with the walls being inclined to approximately the angle of repose for the proppant is installed inside the cargo container. The hopper module is sealed inside the cargo container so that a proppant enters through the top opening at the quarry and flows out through the bottom opening at the fracing site. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208396 | GARBAGE CAN LID LOCKING DEVICE FOR USE WITH TRUCK HAVING A MECHANICAL ARM - A lid retaining device adapted to secure the lid of a container. The device adapted for receipt on the container and for contact with a mechanical arm of a garbage truck, wherein a grasping force applied to the device will move the device from a closed position to an open position. The device having a lid retaining means with an adjustable height, the height adapted to allow the lid be retained at a position that is not completely closed. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208397 | AS/RS LIFT HAVING VERTICALLY-ALIGNED DUAL CARRIAGES - A material handling system has a vertical lift two vertically aligned carriages that are independently positionable on a vertical support structure by respective drive systems. A processor subsystem selects one of the two carriages to move an article from at least one in-feed conveyor to a selected level of an automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS). The processor subsystem concurrently positions the other carriage to avoid a collision. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208398 | AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLE AND METHOD OF USE - A storage system comprises one or more automated guided vehicles, one or more centralized supervisory systems, one or more parts container storage spaces disposed within a defined two dimensional space comprising one or more addressable parts container spaces and parts bins which comprise a part identifier and which are configured to fit at least partially within the parts container storage space. The automated guided vehicles comprise a controllable autonomous parts container base and one or more position sensors operatively in communication with a controller and operative to determine a coordinate location of the automated guided vehicle within a defined two dimensional space in real time without relying on a map stored in the controller. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208399 | CHECKOUT STATION BUMPER - Described is a checkout station in a retail store that includes a bumper for preventing dividers from covering a belt end sensor. The belt end sensor senses when items on a checkout station conveyor belt have reached the end of the conveyor belt. If a divider stored on an edge wall alongside the conveyor belt covers the belt end sensor, the conveyor belt stops motion when it should keep moving. The checkout station includes a bumper that couples to the edge wall. The bumper prevents the dividers from covering the belt end sensor and interfering with the operation of the belt end sensor and the conveyor belt. The bumper includes a backbone and a hook coupled to the backbone. The hook couples the bumper to the edge wall. When the bumper is coupled to the edge wall, the bumper blocks dividers from covering the belt end sensor. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208400 | PRESSURE SEALED HIGH TEMPERATURE ELEVATING CONVEYOR - A pressure sealed elevating conveyor for non-ambient temperatures having a pressure sealed shroud allowing lifting of a material while in a pressure sealed environment. In some embodiments, the pressure sealed elevating conveyor has structural details that allow the pressure sealed elevating conveyor to be used at very high or very low temperatures. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208401 | Telescopic Conveyor Support Assembly - A support assembly for a telescopic conveyor may be provided. The assembly may include at least two spaced apart bearings and a reservoir of hydraulic fluid, the bearings being coupled to the reservoir to impart force to and receive force from the hydraulic fluid. The reservoir may be configured to transmit force received from any one of the bearings to at least one other of the bearings by the hydraulic fluid. The assembly can distribute uneven loads amongst the bearings thereby maintaining contact between the bearings and the conveyor, and reducing wear on the bearings and associated components. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208402 | Method of Recognizing Conveyor Belt Wear Condition - A method of recognizing a conveyor belt wear condition is provided. Relationships between an apparent compressive stress in a wear resistance test and surface roughness of a sample and between the surface roughness and amount of wear per unit frictional energy of the sample are acquired. A wear condition of an upper cover rubber is recognized based on an apparent compressive stress generated on the upper cover rubber at a use site, and a database is created based on the relationships. Alternatively, relationships between an average wear pitch calculated from the surface roughness and viscoelastic properties of the sample and between the average wear pitch and an actual amount of wear of the sample are acquired. A wear condition of the upper cover rubber is recognized based on the viscoelastic properties of the upper cover rubber of the use site and a database is created based on the relationships. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208403 | CONVEYOR - A conveyor includes a conveyor belt, a sensor and a controller, wherein the sensor includes a light ray generator, a light ray receiver and at least one baffle The controller is connected with the light ray receiver for controlling the conveyor belt to stop moving in response to a signal fed back by the light ray receiver that the conveyed product has been conveyed to the end of the conveyor belt. The baffle has a light transmission hole to let the light ray emitted from the light ray generator pass through. The gap between a lower edge of the baffle and the conveyor belt is smaller than the thickness of the conveyed product. When the baffle is impinged by the conveyed product, the baffle will move along the conveying direction of the conveyor belt so as to block the light ray emitted from the light ray generator. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208404 | Conveyance Control Device and Conveyance Control System - A conveyance control device according to one aspect of the present invention is configured to control operation of one or more carriages each configured to convey a FOUP. The conveyance control device includes: a basic processing unit that generates basic command data based on basic input data containing a request to convey the FOUP; an optimization processing unit that generates optimization command data based on optimization input data containing the request to convey the FOUP; an output unit that outputs the basic command data or the optimization command data to each of the carriages; and a switching unit that controls operation of at least one of the basic processing unit, the optimization processing unit, and the output unit such that either one of the basic command data and the optimization command data is output by the output unit. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208405 | DRY LUBRICATING CONVEYOR BELT EQUIPMENT - The invention relates to a system for dry lubricating equipment for a moving conveyor, said system comprising a dry lubrication unit or a treatment unit associated in a movable manner with the supporting system, without having to remove all the return supporting elements attached to the supporting system. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208406 | WORKPIECE POSITION DETECTING METHOD AND HANGER MAINTENANCE-WORK NECESSITY JUDGING METHOD - The stop position of a workpiece is detected by a position detection unit. A control unit calculates and records a difference between the detected stop position (actual stop position) and a reference stop position set in advance. After recording the difference multiple times, the control unit performs a statistical processing of the differences and calculates a compensation amount based on results of the statistical processing. In the next position detecting, the position detection unit is disposed at a compensated position which is obtained by adding the compensation amount to the reference stop position, and in this state, detects the position of a predetermined portion of the workpiece. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208407 | LOADING DEVICE - The invention proposes a loading device ( | 2018-07-26 |
20180208408 | APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING BULK MATERIAL - The apparatus is provided for separating bulk material, in particular in the form of packages, from a bulk material container. The apparatus has a first belt conveyor for conveying the bulk material from a bulk material container, and a downstream second belt conveyor, oriented at an angle about a vertical axis, relative to the conveying direction of the first belt conveyor, for conveying away the bulk material. The first belt conveyor has a plurality of separately actuatable discharging conveyor belts arranged parallel to one another. The apparatus has an electronic control device which is configured to drive the discharging conveyor belts in each case intermittently such that units of the bulk material are each transferred to the second belt conveyor at discrete time intervals and/or distances. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208409 | APPARATUS FOR THE AUTOMATED REMOVAL OF WORKPIECES ARRANGED IN A BIN - The present disclosure shows an apparatus for the automated removal of workpieces arranged in a bin, said apparatus having a first object recognition device for detecting the workpieces in the bin; a first picker for picking and removing the workpieces from the bin; a controller for evaluating the data of the first object recognition device, for path planning and for controlling the first picker; a buffering station on which the first picker places the workpieces after the removal from the bin and a positioning apparatus that more accurately positions and/or isolates the workpieces starting from the buffering station. Provision is made that the buffering station has at least one tiltable placement area that is tiltable into a slanted position via a tilting mechanism. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208410 | APPARATUS FOR THE AUTOMATED REMOVAL OF WORKPIECES ARRANGED IN A BIN - The present disclosure shows an apparatus for the automated removal of workpieces arranged in a bin, said apparatus having a first object recognition device for detecting the workpieces in the bin; a first picker for picking and removing the workpieces from the bin; a controller for evaluating the data of the first object recognition device, for path planning and for controlling the first picker; and a transport device on which the workpieces removed from the bin are placed. Provision is made that a robot arm that is used for placing the workpieces on the transport device is arranged on a pedestal above the transport device. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208411 | ADVERTISING TRAYS FOR SECURITY SCREENING - A system and device for use in a security area, and more particularly, a rack system and holding device for placing various objects that are processed through a security area are taught. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208412 | MULTILAYER HYDRODYNAMIC SHEATH FLOW STRUCTURE - A microfabricated sheath flow structure for producing a sheath flow includes a primary sheath flow channel for conveying a sheath fluid, a sample inlet for injecting a sample into the sheath fluid in the primary sheath flow channel, a primary focusing region for focusing the sample within the sheath fluid and a secondary focusing region for providing additional focusing of the sample within the sheath fluid. The secondary focusing region may be formed by a flow channel intersecting the primary sheath flow channel to inject additional sheath fluid into the primary sheath flow channel from a selected direction. A sheath flow system may comprise a plurality of sheath flow structures operating in parallel on a microfluidic chip. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208413 | DOWNWARD ELBOW WITH CYCLONIC EFFECT AND PRODUCT OVERFLOW CAPABILITY - An air system for supplying product to the product tank of an agricultural implement has an air supply and at least one elongated conduit for delivering air entrained product to the tank. There is at least one outlet in the tank formed as a hollow elbow having a generally downwardly directed outlet, a generally upwardly directed outlet and a transverse inlet coupled to the conduit. The elbow includes an upper generally cylindrical region comprising a cyclone chamber for swirling the incoming air entrained product directing at least a portion of the air flow upwardly toward the upwardly directed outlet while allowing the product to fall in a generally helical pattern through a generally frusto-conical region, whereby material migrates downwardly and air upwardly releasing the material to fall in a gentle spiral and air to exit from the upper region of the tank. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208414 | CONVEYING APPARATUS AND TRANSMITTING SYSTEM - The present disclosure provides a conveying apparatus and a transmitting system. The conveying apparatus includes: a magnetic rack movable along a first direction, having a plurality of magnetic rack magnetic teeth arranged in the first direction, adjacent ones of the magnetic rack magnetic teeth having different polarities; at least one first magnetic gear rotatable about at least one first axis, respectively, wherein each first magnetic gear has a plurality of first magnetic gear magnetic teeth and adjacent ones of the first magnetic gear magnetic teeth have different polarities; at least one second magnetic gear rotatable about at least one second axis, wherein each second magnetic gear has a plurality of second magnetic gear magnetic teeth and adjacent ones of the second magnetic gear magnetic teeth have different polarities; wherein: at least one first magnetic gear, in combination with at least one second magnetic gear, forms at least one magnetic gear set, respectively; the magnetic rack and second magnetic gear may magnetically engage in a non-contact state with different first magnetic gear teeth of the first magnetic gear belonging to the same magnetic gear set via the magnetic rack magnetic teeth and the second magnetic gear teeth, respectively; and when the at least one second magnetic gear is used as a driving gear to output power, the power may be transmitted to the magnetic rack through at least one first magnetic gear so as to move it along the first direction. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208415 | SWEEP AUGER APPARATUS - A sweep auger apparatus includes an attachment plate having a first and second sides. The first side has attachment features to attach the attachment plate to mobile equipment. A first rotatable shaft is secured to the second side of the attachment plate. A central axis of the first rotatable shaft extends in a first direction. A first motor is connected to the first rotatable shaft to cause the first rotatable shaft to rotate. An auger support member is connected to the first rotatable shaft so as to rotate with a rotation of the first rotatable shaft. A second rotatable shaft is secured to the auger support member, and a central axis of the second rotatable shaft extends in a second direction that is transverse to the first direction. A second motor is connected to the second rotatable shaft to cause the second rotatable shaft to rotate, thereby rotating an auger. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208416 | VERTICALLY OPERABLE RESTRAINT FOR A LOADING DOCK HAVING AN OPERABLE SECONDARY RESTRAINT - A vehicle restraint for a loading dock includes a barricade member that is rotationally operable between a stored position, a blocking position and a verification position. The barricade member in the blocking position is adapted to laterally secure a vehicle relative to the loading dock. An operable latch is coupled proximate an outer end in the barricade member. The operable latch is selectively operable between retracted and extended positions. When the barricade member is in the blocking position and the operable latch is in the extended position, the operable latch vertically secures the vehicle relative to the barricade member. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208417 | CONVEYOR WITH INTEGRATED DUST COLLECTOR SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present disclosure a system for capturing proppant dust particles when positioned at a fracking operation site including a proppant delivery assembly to receive one or more containers having proppant stored therein. The system dispenses the proppant from the one or more containers and delivers the proppant to other fracking operation equipment. Moreover, the system includes a dust collection assembly positioned proximate and associated with the proppant delivery assembly to capture dust particles released by movement and settling of the proppant when being dispensed and delivered by the proppant delivery assembly. The dust collection assembly is positioned to direct an air flow in a flow path overlying the dust particles to capture the dust particles and move the dust particles away from the proppant thereby reducing risk of dust exposure to fracking operation site personnel. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208418 | SHEET FEEDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet feeding apparatus includes a sheet containing unit and a sheet feeding device to feed sheets in the sheet containing unit. The sheet containing unit includes a main body to hold sheets, a drawer member capable of being drawn from the main body, a restricting member movable in a direction parallel to a sheet feeding direction, a first retaining member disposed at the main body, and a second retaining member disposed at the drawer member. The drawer member holds the sheets together with the main body when drawn from the main body. The restricting member restricts an upstream end position of the contained sheets. The first retaining member retains the restricting member at a first position. The second retaining member retains the restricting member at a second position. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208419 | SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet conveying apparatus includes a cover unit opened and closed with respect to an apparatus body and a guide unit including first and second movable guides respectively movable with respect to the apparatus body. A first conveyance path is formed between the first guide portion and the first movable guide, and a second conveyance path is formed between the second guide portion and the second movable guide. The guide unit is provided with a linking mechanism including an intermediate member for linking the first and second movable guides. The linking mechanism coordinates movements of the first and second movable guides such that the first and second movable guides are respectively moved away from the first and second guide portions along with an opening movement of the cover unit with respect to the apparatus body. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208420 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR METALLIC OBJECT DETECTION IN A MEDIA TRANSPORT SYSTEM - Systems and methods for detecting the presence of metallic objects in media to be conveyed in a medium transport system are disclosed. One or more induction sensors are included in the medium transport system to detect the presence of metal in the transported media, with detection signals sent from the sensors to a system processing unit. An ultrasonic detector is employed in some embodiments to output another detection signal. One or more microphones may also be included, for detecting the sound created as the medium is being transported. The system processing unit analyzes various detection signals and analyzes computed sound values from the microphones, to determine the presence and location of metal in the media. A position jam detector may assist in determining jams of the media along the medium transport path. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208421 | PAPER FEEDING DEVICE AND PAPER FEEDING METHOD APPLIED THERETO - A paper feeding device includes a motor, a pickup roller assembly, a velocity sensor and a feeding roller assembly. The pickup roller assembly is driven by the motor for picking up the papers. The velocity sensor is mounted to the pickup roller assembly for detecting rotating speeds of the pickup roller assembly so as to detect speeds of feeding forward the papers. The feeding roller assembly is driven by the motor for continuing feeding forward the papers. A speed discrepancy will be generated between the rotating speed of the pickup roller assembly after the one of the papers is fed to the feeding roller assembly and the rotating speed of the pickup roller assembly which just picks up the one of the papers, when the speed discrepancy reaches a preset value set by the scanner, the scanner is triggered to start scanning. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208422 | APPARATUS TO OVERTURN SHEETS AND/OR PANELS - In an apparatus for overturning sheets and/or panels, a bearing structure carries a loading plane, and roto-translation means vertically translate the loading plane and rotate the same with respect to an axis. A grab device carried by the loading plane serves to transfer a sheet and/or panel from a supply station, when stopped upstream of the apparatus, on an operating surface. A command and control unit in alternatively activating and de-activating the roto-translation means, the stabilization and transfer and the grab device, defines for the loading plane a collection position, an overturning position and an unloading position of a sheet and/or panel to be overturned by the supply station placed upstream of the apparatus, over an unloading station downstream of the apparatus. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208423 | POSITIONING MODULE AND DRIVING CONTROL DEVICE OF CARRIER UNIT, INCLUDING SAME - The present invention relates to a positioning module and a driving control device of carrier unit with the positioning module. In the present invention, the positioning module calculates the unwinding length and unwinding angle of a wire which is unwound by an external force. Then, the positioning module sequentially calculates location information of some points on the wire and the speed of the wire. When the speed exceeds the threshold value, the positioning module generates a control signal corresponding to the number of times where the speed exceeds the threshold value, by using the unwinding length and the unwinding angle. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208424 | AUTOMATIC PAPER PRODUCT DISPENSER WITH DATA COLLECTION AND METHOD - Sheet product dispensers and methods are provided. A sheet product dispenser includes a loading station for sheet material, a sheet feeding mechanism configured to feed the sheet material, a presentation station for presenting one or more discrete sheet products to an end user, a sensor downstream of the feeding mechanism and upstream of the presentation station configured to detect a presence of the discrete sheet products, and a controller configured to facilitate dispensing of the one or more discrete sheet products in response to a signal, and to determine and store data associated with the dispensing of the sheet products. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208425 | SHEET SORTING DEVICE - A sheet sorting device according to an embodiment includes a transporting unit that transports a sheet. A reading unit generates an image of a surface of the sheet. A decoloring unit performs a decoloring processing to decolor an image on the sheet. The sheet sorting device includes a plurality of sheet stacking trays. A processor causes the reading unit to generate an image of the surface of the sheet after the decoloring unit performs the decoloring processing on the sheet. The processor determines a color of the sheet based on the generated image. The processor determines one sheet stacking tray out of the plurality of sheet stacking trays as a transport destination of the sheet, based on the determined color. The transporting unit transports the sheet to the determined sheet stacking tray. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208426 | Method and System for Cutting and Placing Nose Wires in a Facemask Manufacturing Process - A method and associated system are provided for cutting and placing individual nose wires in a facemask production line. A continuous wire is supplied from a supply source to a cutting station in the facemask production line where the continuous wire is cut into individual nose wires having a defined length. A first web is conveyed to a vacuum conveyor, and the individual nose wires are deposited from the cutting station onto the vacuum conveyor such that the nose wires are drawn by vacuum against the first web at a defined spacing and orientation. With the vacuum conveyor, the first web and attached nose wires are conveyed to a folding station wherein the first web and nose wires are combined with a second web such that the nose wires are encapsulated between the first and second webs. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208427 | WRAPPING AND DISPENSING APPARATUS - An apparatus may include a housing, a power-supply, a user-interface, a wrap-roller, a dispenser. In one embodiment, the apparatus is configured to roll an unwound hand-wrap after a workout. In another embodiment, a vending machine includes the housing, the power-supply, the user-interface, the wrap-roller, and the dispenser. In this embodiment, the housing includes a plurality of items that may aid in a users' workout and may selectively dispensed from the vending machine. The vending and use of the apparatus may be monetized for profit at sports-related establishments. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208428 | BUCKET REEL DEVICE - A device for the coiling, storage and payout of cable, hose, cord and wire having a bucket creating a storage space defined by a round bucket bottom, a peripheral wall cylindrically extending from the round bucket bottom and terminating in a round open top and a bucket longitudinal axis passing through its geometric center. A spool having a cylindrical core, spaced apart top and bottom flanges and a spool longitudinal axis passing through its geometric center. A nub extends between and spaces the bottom flange from the bucket bottom, the bucket further having an opening in its peripheral wall, the opening having elongated sides extending longitudinally and parallel to the bucket longitudinal axis and extending the distance between the top and bottom flanges and relatively low friction contour rails positioned along the elongated sides and an extendible handle secured to the top flange. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208429 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ELEVATING ELEVATOR CARS - The invention refers to a method for allocating elevator cars in an elevator system for passenger transport having at least one elevator group with at least one elevator having at least one elevator car, which elevator group is controlled by an elevator group control having a call allocation system to allocate an elevator car to a floor call using destination call control wherein the floor call includes the departure floor as well as the destination floor, whereby the elevator system communicates via a communication means with terminal devices, e.g. mobile devices acting as destination operating panels for the passengers. According to the invention the call allocation system is configured to handle load calls issued via the terminal device, whereby a load call comprises a departure floor, a destination floor, load specification data and a first time or time frame within which the load is to be transported from the departure floor to the destination floor, and
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20180208430 | APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE MANAGER - Modern elevators are computer controlled and a computer program sending service requests to an elevator system may be implemented in a mobile device. An API-manager is used in a mobile device for providing a common programming interface for all elevator related applications in the mobile device. The API-manager has a certificate that is used for identifying the person using the mobile device. Thus, it is possible to execute service requests that require authorization or access rights. When the identification is provided at the API-manager third party applications executed in the mobile device do not need own certificates. Furthermore, as the API-manager has a certificate service requests can be trusted also when the mobile application is provided by a third party. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208431 | ELEVATOR VISUAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A visual communication system ( | 2018-07-26 |
20180208432 | AUTOMATIC DOOR SWITCH INSPECTION - A door switch inspection device for detecting an abnormal condition of a landing door switch used in an elevator is disclosed. Each of a plurality of landing door switches is disposed on a corresponding landing door at each landing floor for detecting an open/closed state of the landing door. The door switch inspection device includes a plurality of voltage detection units connected to the ground side of their respective landing door switches for detecting a voltage value of their respective landing door switches, and a switch contact monitoring unit for detecting an abnormal condition of a landing door switch, which is carried out by calculating a voltage difference between two adjacent floors and comparing the voltage difference with a threshold voltage. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208433 | SAFETY BLOCK FOR ELEVATOR - An elevator safety block including a frame configured to attach to an elevator structure, e.g., an elevator car or counterweight, and slidably engage with a guide rail, the frame defining a first engaging surface and a support surface, an intermediate body slidably mounted to the support surface, and an engaging body rotatably attached to the intermediate body and having a second engaging surface. In a first position, the first engaging surface and the second engaging surface are configured to permit the elevator structure to move along the guide rail, and, in a second position, the first engaging surface and the second engaging surface are configured to engage with the guide rail and prevent movement of the elevator structure. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208434 | ELEVATOR BRAKE WEDGE - An elevator brake wedge is provided and includes an elongate body having first and second generally opposed major surfaces and first and second generally opposed minor surfaces. The second minor surface has a greater length than the first minor surface. Each of the first and second major surfaces extends between corresponding first and second ends of the first and second minor surfaces, respectively. The second major surface defines low-friction film securing grooves extending from a plane of the second major surface into the elongate body. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208435 | BELT-TYPE TRACTION MEANS AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE TRACTION MEANS AS WELL AS USE OF SAID TRACTION MEANS IN AN ELEVATOR AND AN ELEVATOR PROVIDED WITH SAID TRACTION MEANS - The object of the invention is a belt-type traction means, which comprises a herringbone toothed belt, which has at least a tooth part and a support structure supporting the tooth part, which support structure comprises a plurality of reinforcement means in the longitudinal direction of the toothed belt. In the transverse direction of the toothed belt the toothed belt comprises two edge parts side by side and a center part between the edge parts connecting the edge parts, the spring constant of which center part in the transverse direction of the toothed belt is smaller than the corresponding spring constant of the edge parts. In addition, the object of the invention is a method for fabricating the aforementioned traction means and the use of the traction means in an elevator as well as an elevator provided with the aforementioned traction means. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208436 | COMPLIANT SHEAR LAYER FOR ELEVATOR TERMINATION - A termination device for a suspension member of an elevator system includes a housing and a wedge assembly located in the housing. The wedge assembly includes a wedge interactive with the housing to apply a clamping force to the suspension member in response to an axial load acting on the suspension member and a compliant shear element secured to the wedge or the suspension member and configured to reduce shear loads on the suspension member. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208437 | ELEVATOR CAR LINING PANEL AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING AN ELEVATOR CAR - An elevator car lining panel ( | 2018-07-26 |
20180208438 | AUTOMATED MOUNTING DEVICE FOR PERFORMING ASSEMBLY JOBS IN AN ELEVATOR SHAFT OF AN ELEVATOR SYSTEM - A mounting device for performing an assembly job in an elevator shaft of an elevator system includes a support component and a mechatronic assembly component. The support component is configured to be moved within the elevator shaft. The assembly component is held at the support component and configured to perform a mounting step as part of the assembly job in at least a partially automatic manner. The assembly component can be an industrial robot. A drilling of holes in the shaft walls is performed in a partially or fully automated manner by the mounting device. Furthermore, other repetitive mounting jobs such as the driving in of screws, etc., can be performed in a partially or completely automated manner. The mounting effort, time and/or costs can be reduced. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208439 | AUTOMATED MOUNTING DEVICE FOR PERFORMING ASSEMBLY JOBS IN AN ELEVATOR SHAFT OF AN ELEVATOR SYSTEM - A mounting device for performing an assembly job in an elevator shaft of an elevator system has a support component and a mechatronic assembly component. The support component is configured to be moved within the elevator shaft. The assembly component is held at the support component and configured to perform a mounting step as part of the assembly job in at least a partially automatic manner. The assembly component can be an industrial robot. The mounting device allows repetitive mounting jobs, such as drilling holes and driving in screws, etc., to be performed in a partially or fully automated manner. The mounting effort, time, and/or costs thereby can be reduced. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208440 | TRANSPORTING APPARATUS, IN PARTICULAR ESCALATOR OR MOVING WALKWAY - A transporting apparatus such as an escalator or a moving walkway may include a truss. A first support angle may be disposed at a first end of the truss, and a second support angle may be disposed at a second end of the truss. The first support angle may be fitted on a building via a fixed bearing. The first support angle may have a hole, and a first fixing element fastened on the building may pass through the hole. The second support angle may be fitted on the building via a floating bearing. The second support angle may have a slot, and a second fixing element fastened on the building may pass through the slot.ā | 2018-07-26 |
20180208441 | DIAGNOSTIC STEP FOR A PASSENGER CONVEYOR - A diagnostic step for a passenger conveyor comprises at least one camera for shooting at least one lateral side of the interior space of the passenger conveyor, at least one directional microphone pointed to said at least one lateral side of the interior space of the passenger conveyor and an analyzer unit which receives image data from the camera and sound data from the directional microphone and transmits the data to an outside network. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208442 | FLUE MOUNTED HOIST - A flue mounted hoist includes an anchor section for anchoring within a flue hole, and an extendable arm. A winch is provided at the end of the extendable arm for attachment to a boiler. The flue mounted hoist allows safe lifting and installation of a wall-mounted boiler by a single person. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208443 | COUPLING UNIT - Coupling unit for coupling a freely movable device into an energy chain system which is connected to a coupling carriage that is movable parallel to the displacement path of the device, wherein the coupling unit has a first plug part which is able to be connected to the device in a flexible and tension-resistant manner and which is able to be connected to a second plug part arranged on the coupling carriage, wherein the coupling unit is able to be extended in the direction of the coupling carriage, wherein the coupling carriage has a guide unit by way of which a vertically displaceable strut arranged on the device is able to be raised with the first plug part, and wherein, when the coupling carriage stops in a predetermined position relative to the device the strut drops into a receptacle of the coupling carriage and surrounds the latter, wherein the two plug parts are positioned horizontally and vertically with respect to one another. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208444 | HOISTING DEVICE - A hoisting device includes a trolley travelling along a support structure, and a hoisting member to be lowered and lifted therefrom by means of hoisting ropes, as well as a current supply cable between the trolley and the hoisting member, wherein the structure of the current supply cable is made to assume a spiral shape such that in an uplifted position it forms an at least substantially flat-spiral structure wherein turns of the spiral structure lie in turns of increasing diameter. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208445 | DEVICE FOR STERILIZING CLOSURES FOR CONTAINERS - A sterilizing device for sterilizing closures for closing containers has vertically-oriented closure receivers arranged around a circumference of said rotor that moves said closures through a treatment zone between a closure inlet and outlet. One of the closure receivers is provided with said actuating device that at least partially engages the housing for applying, using the actuator, an actuation movement to a closure in said closure receiver. The actuator is movably connected to the opening via a bellows. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208446 | ASEPTIC FILLING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DECONTAMINATING THE SAME - In an aseptic filling apparatus, a CIP of the content filling station is performed after rotation of a wheel in the content filling station is stopped, a COP or SOP of the content filling station is performed while the wheel in the content filling station is rotating immediately after the CIP is completed, an SIP of the content filling station is performed with rotation of the wheel in the content filling station being stopped immediately after the COP or SOP is completed, and one or both of the COP and SOP of the other stations is performed in a predetermined order while wheels in the other stations are rotating in a period from the start of the CIP to the end of the SIP. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208447 | SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING HYDRATION AND FOR THE CONTEXTUAL DISPENSING OF ADDITIVES - Provided are systems, methods, and apparatuses for a portable hydration system including a mechanical or electromechanical mechanism for dispensing additives into a liquid or other solute in a portable container. Such additives include solids, liquid, powders, and gases, and include vitamins, minerals, nutritional supplements, pharmaceuticals, and other consumables. Additives are introduced into the hydration device via closed vessels equipped with RFID tags or similar, capable of transferring data about the vessels' contents to the device. Dispensing is initiated manually by direct user action, automatically by the device, and/or externally through an associated application on a user device. Dispensing is adjustable by contextual factors such as a user's preferences, location, activity, physiologic status, and the like, obtained via APIs to third party applications or through more direct measurements or inputs. Consumption of additives and consumable liquids in the container is measured and monitored, and the data used to generate recommendations. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208448 | INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AND COLLECTING DATA IN A BEVERAGE DISPENSING SYSTEM - A Internet of Things (IoT) system and method for a beverage distribution system. For example, one embodiment of a system comprises: a set of Internet of Things (IoT) devices configured at different locations within a beverage distribution system, each IoT device having a sensor to detect a current condition at its respective location within the beverage distribution system, each of the IoT devices having a wireless network interface and configured to transmit data associated with the current conditions over a network; and an IoT cloud service to receive the data transmitted by the set of IoT devices and to implement a set of rules specified for maintenance, problems and failure conditions associated with the beverage distribution system, the IoT cloud service to determine, based on the rules, whether the data indicates a compliance violation, problem, or failure condition and, if so, to generate a notification and/or recommendation for an action to be taken with respect to the compliance violation, problem, or failure condition. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208449 | AUTOMATED BEVERAGE GENERATING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A method of operating an automated beverage generating system. The method comprises receiving one or more electrical signals representative of an order for a specified beverage. The method further comprises translating the order into one or more steps required to generate the specified beverage. The method still further comprises entering at least one of the required steps into a dynamic sequence corresponding to a module of the system configured to perform that particular step, the dynamic sequence representing an order in which one or more steps in the dynamic sequence will be performed by the module for one or more beverages to be generated by the system. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208450 | LIQUID MATERIAL EJECTOR - The liquid material ejector has a liquid material supply port through which the liquid material is supplied, a nozzle for ejecting the liquid material, a valve block having a metering bore to be filled with the ejected liquid material and a liquid material supply channel communicating with the liquid material supply port, a selector valve having a first channel for allowing communication between the metering bore and the liquid material supply channel and a second channel for allowing communication between the metering bore and the nozzle, a plunger advancing and retracting in the metering bore, a plunger driving section for driving the plunger, a valve driving section for driving the selector valve, and a transmission section for transmitting driving power from the valve driving section to the selector valve. The plunger driving section, the valve driving section, and the valve block are arranged successively in the longitudinal direction. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208451 | Fuel Blending Hose and Fuel Dispensing Unit - A fuel hose for delivering multiple-grades of fuel is provided and in one embodiment includes a first hose portion having a first length and a first diameter, and a second hose portion having a second length and a second diameter. The first hose portion includes a first fuel line and a second fuel line, and the second hose portion includes a third fuel line. The first fuel line and the second fuel line can be fluidly connected to the third fuel line. In one embodiment, the first diameter of the first hose portion is larger than the second diameter of the second hose portion. The invention further relates to a fuel dispensing unit. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208452 | DUAL-FLUID DISPENSING SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR DIESEL VEHICLE - A dual-fluid receptacle for a diesel vehicle includes an outer wall disposed on an outer surface of the vehicle. The outer wall defines a diesel receptacle for receiving diesel fuel, a diesel-exhaust receptacle adjacent the diesel receptacle for receiving a diesel-exhaust fluid, and a bridge portion disposed between the diesel and diesel-exhaust receptacles. The receptacles are configured to simultaneously receive the diesel fuel and diesel-exhaust fluid from a single fluid dispensing unit. This allows an operator to fill the vehicle with diesel fuel and diesel-exhaust fluid, simultaneously, from a single fluid dispensing unit. A projection extends from the outer wall proximate to at least one of the two receptacles. The projection is configured to cooperate with an engagement feature of the fluid dispensing unit to selectively enable dispensing of diesel. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208453 | CONTAINER EMPTYING DEVICE AND METHODS FOR OPERATING AND CLEANING A CONTAINER EMPTYING DEVICE - The invention relates to a container emptying device ( | 2018-07-26 |
20180208454 | FLEXIBLE MEMBRANE - There is provided a flexible membrane for use in a microelectromechanical transducer, the flexible membrane comprising an electromagnetic waveguide. There is further provided a microelectromechanical system comprising a substrate which comprises the flexible membrane, and a process for forming the flexible membrane. The flexible membrane may be configured to operate within an optical microphone system. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208455 | MEMS MICROPHONE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes providing a semiconductor structure including a first electrode layer, forming a sacrificial layer on the first electrode layer, the sacrificial layer including a recess having a pointed bottom defining a depth, forming a second electrode layer on the sacrificial layer, the second electrode layer including a first opening exposing the recess, and forming a support layer filling the recess, the first opening, and on the second electrode layer. A portion of the support layer filling the recess forms a stopper having a height equal to the depth of the recess. The method also includes forming a second opening extending through the support layer and the second electrode layer and exposing a surface of the sacrificial layer, and removing a portion of the sacrificial layer to form a cavity. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208456 | PROGRAMMABLE, SELF ASSEMBLING PATCHED NANOPARTICLES, AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS - The present invention generally relates to nanofabrication and, in some embodiments, to methods of synthesizing selectively binding patched nanoparticles and the devices that can be made from them. In some embodiments, the invention relates to methods of assembling arbitrarily shaped structures from patched nanocubes and the devices and uses that follow. For example, nanocube building blocks may be patched by stamping their faces with a selectively binding chemical species (e.g. DNA, antibody-antigen pairs, etc.), or by using self-assembly to attach to the nanocubes multiple selectively binding patch species whose immiscibility can be preprogrammed. Arbitrarily shaped structures can then be designed and assembled by deciding which faces will be bonded to each other in some target structure and combining nanocubes that have selectively binding patches on those faces. Other aspects of the invention are also directed to methods of making such nanocubes or other nanoparticles, methods of forming such nanocubes. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208457 | MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM DEVICE - A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device includes a processing die, a MEMS die and a plurality of wires. The MEMS die includes a substrate and a MEMS element. The substrate has a first surface, and the first surface includes a circuit and a plurality of first conductive contacts electrically connected with the circuit. The MEMS element has a second surface, a third surface and at least one second conductive contact, wherein the MEMS element is disposed on the first surface of the substrate with the second surface facing the substrate, and the at least one second conductive contact is disposed on the third surface of the MEMS element. The wires electrically connect the substrate and the MEMS element of the MEMS die to the processing die through the first conductive contacts and the second conductive contact respectively. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208458 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A MICROELECTRONIC MEDIA SENSOR ASSEMBLY, AND MICROELECTRONIC MEDIA SENSOR ASSEMBLY - A manufacturing method for a microelectronic component assembly and a microelectronic component assembly. The manufacturing method includes providing a sensor having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, as well as at least one lateral surface, at least sections of the first surface including a detection surface. In a subsequent step, a sacrificial material is deposited onto the first surface of the sensor, at least some regions of the detection surface being covered by the sacrificial material, and the sacrificial material extending to the lateral surface of the sensor. A carrier having a mounting surface is then provided. Subsequently, the sensor is connected electrically on the carrier, the first surface of the sensor and the mounting surface of the carrier facing each other at a distance. Afterwards, the sacrificial material is removed, the detection surface becoming at least partially free of the sacrificial material. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208459 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of producing a semiconductor device includes providing a carrier structure having a semiconductor substrate; applying or introducing a precursor substance onto or into the carrier structure, treating the precursor substance for producing a porous matrix structure; introducing a functionalization substance into the porous matrix structure. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208460 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A semiconductor structure and a manufacturing method for the same are disclosed. The semiconductor structure includes a MEMS region. The MEMS region includes a sensing membrane and a metal ring. The metal ring defines a cavity under the sensing membrane. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208461 | SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor element includes a processed substrate arrangement including a processed semiconductor substrate and a metallization layer arrangement on a main surface of the processed semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor element further includes a passivation layer arranged at an outer border of the processed substrate arrangement. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208462 | Metered Acid Acceleration of Hydrogen Generation Using Seawater As A Reactant - An underwater hydrogen generator can include a watertight reaction housing enclosing a metering chamber. The metering chamber can have an upper portion that terminates at a piston opening, and a lower portion that merges into a funnel, which can further terminate at a metering opening. The metering chamber can be filled with an acid accelerator, and the watertight reaction void can be partially filled with NaBH | 2018-07-26 |
20180208463 | SOLID HYDROGEN STORAGE SYSTEM - A hydrogen storage system includes a pressure-sealed sleeve defining an interior and having an outlet, a shaft extending through the interior of the sleeve, a set of porous chambers arranged axially along and concentric to the shaft, and a hydrogen storage, wherein at least some hydrogen gas is supplied to the outlet. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208464 | PLASMA DEVICES FOR HYDROCARBON REFORMATION - Plasma devices for hydrocarbon reformation are provided. Methods of using the devices for hydrocarbon reformation are also provided. The devices can include a liquid container to receive a hydrocarbon source, and a plasma torch configured to be submerged in the liquid. The plasma plume from the plasma torch can cause reformation of the hydrocarbon. The device can use a variety of plasma torches that can be arranged in a variety of positions in the liquid container. The devices can be used for the reformation of gaseous hydrocarbons and/or liquid hydrocarbons. The reformation can produce methane, lower hydrocarbons, higher hydrocarbons, hydrogen gas, water, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, or a combination thereof. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208465 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING HYDROGEN CHLORIDE - Provided is a method for producing a hydrogen chloride that is capable of efficiently producing a hydrogen chloride with a simple facility. The hydrogen chloride is produced by a method including causing an inert gas to be in gas-liquid contact with a hydrochloric acid in which a concentration is 20 mass % to 50 mass %, distilling the hydrochloric acid with which the inert gas is in gas-liquid contact in the gas-liquid contact and separating a hydrogen chloride from the hydrochloric acid to obtain a crude hydrogen chloride, dehydrating the crude hydrogen chloride obtained in the separating, and compressing and liquefying the dehydrated crude hydrogen chloride obtained in the dehydrating, and purifying the liquid crude hydrogen chloride by distillation. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208466 | METHODS OF FORMING CARBON NANOTUBES HAVING A BIMODAL SIZE DISTRIBUTION - A composition comprising a mixture of carbon nanotubes having a bi-modal size distribution are produced by reducing carbon oxides with a reducing agent in the presence of a catalyst. The resulting mixture of nanotubes include a primary population of multiwall carbon nanotubes having characteristic diameters greater than 40 nanometers, and a secondary population of what are apparently single-wall nanotubes with characteristic diameters of less than 30 nanometers. The resulting mixture may also contain one or more other allotropes and morphologies of carbon in various proportions. The mixture of carbon nanotubes has specific apparently uncommon properties, including unusual resistivity and density. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208467 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL DETERMINISTIC GRAPHENE ARCHITECTURES FORMED USING THREE-DIMENSIONAL TEMPLATES - In one embodiment, a composition of matter includes: a plurality of ligaments each independently comprising one or more layers of graphene; where the plurality of ligaments are arranged according to a deterministic three-dimensional (3D) pattern. In another embodiment, a method of forming a deterministic three-dimensional (3D) architecture of graphene includes: forming or providing a substrate structurally characterized by a predefined 3D pattern; forming one or more layers of metal on surfaces of the substrate; and forming one or more layers of graphene on surfaces of the metal. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208468 | FUNCTIONALIZED REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDE AND METHODS OF PRODUCING THE SAME - Functionalized reduced graphene oxide (functionalized rGO), and a method of producing the same are provided. The functionalized reduced graphene oxide comprises reduced graphene oxide which is fluorinated and co-doped with at least one co-dopant selected from the group consisting of B, N and S | 2018-07-26 |
20180208469 | DEVICE FOR INSULATING AND SEALING ELECTRODE HOLDERS IN CVD REACTORS - Improved sealing of Siemens reactor electrodes which results in improved reactor campaign times, is accomplished by use of an electrically insulating ring in combination with two seals, a first seal located in a groove in the insulating ring or in a groove in the reactor base plate adjacent the insulating ring, and a second seal not contained in a groove. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208470 | METHOD FOR ANNEALING GRANULAR SILICON WITH AGGLOMERATION CONTROL - This disclosure concerns embodiments of an annealing device and a method for annealing flowable, finely divided solids, such as annealing granular silicon to reduce a hydrogen content of the granular silicon. The annealing device comprises at least one tube through which flowable, finely divided solids are flowed downwardly. The tube includes a heating zone and (i) a residence zone below the heating zone, (ii) a cooling zone below the heating zone, or (iii) a residence zone below the heating zone and a cooling zone below the residence zone. An inert gas is flowed upwardly through the tube. The tube may be constructed from two or more tube segments. The annealing device may include a plurality of tubes arranged and housed within a shell. The annealing device and method are suitable for a continuous process. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208471 | SYSTEM FOR REDUCING AGGLOMERATION DURING ANNEALING OF FLOWABLE, FINELY DIVIDED SOLIDS - This disclosure concerns embodiments of an annealing device and a method for annealing flowable, finely divided solids, such as annealing granular silicon to reduce a hydrogen content of the granular silicon. The annealing device comprises at least one tube through which flowable, finely divided solids are flowed downwardly. The tube includes a heating zone and (i) a residence zone below the heating zone, (ii) a cooling zone below the heating zone, or (iii) a residence zone below the heating zone and a cooling zone below the residence zone. An inert gas is flowed upwardly through the tube. The tube may be constructed from two or more tube segments. The annealing device may include a plurality of tubes arranged and housed within a shell. The annealing device and method are suitable for a continuous process. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208472 | CONTROL OF SILICON OXIDE OFF-GAS TO PREVENT FOULING OF GRANULAR SILICON ANNEALING SYSTEM - This disclosure concerns embodiments of an annealing device and a method for annealing granular silicon to reduce a hydrogen content of the granular silicon. The annealing device comprises at least one tube through which granular silicon is flowed downwardly. The tube includes a heating zone and (i) a residence zone below the heating zone, (ii) a cooling zone below the heating zone, or (iii) a residence zone below the heating zone and a cooling zone below the residence zone. An inert gas is flowed upwardly through the tube. The tube may be constructed from two or more tube segments. The annealing device may include a plurality of tubes arranged in parallel and housed within a shell. The annealing device and method are suitable for a continuous process. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208473 | METHOD OF PRODUCING INORGANIC OXIDE MOLDED BODY - It is difficult to obtain a glassy, monolithic molded body of an inorganic oxide with a high melting point and softening point. Although molding by sintering is possible, it is hard to obtain a molded body which is transparent and has high barrier properties. Further, producing molded bodies with the sol-gel process is costly, and it is difficult to produce a molded bodies of large size. In this invention, a molded body principally composed of inorganic oxides is produced with a method that involves a step in which an inorganic-organic hybrid compound, formed by an organic polymer having a hydroxyl group chemically bonding with an inorganic oxide or a derivative thereof, is heated in an atmosphere in which oxygen is present, and the organic polymer component of the inorganic-organic hybrid compound is oxidized and removed. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208474 | METHOD OF PREPARING METAL OXIDE-SILICA COMPOSITE AEROGEL AND METAL OXIDE-SILICA COMPOSITE AEROGEL PREPARED THEREBY - The present invention relates to a method of preparing a metal oxide-silica composite aerogel containing a high ratio of a metal oxide and a metal oxide-silica composite aerogel prepared thereby. The method of preparing a metal oxide-silica composite aerogel according to the present invention may adjust a metal oxide ratio to a high level while easily forming a uniform network structure by performing a primary reaction under an acidic condition and a secondary reaction under a basic condition, and thus, since the prepared metal oxide-silica composite aerogel may contain a high ratio of the metal oxide, mechanical properties may not only be excellent, but high specific surface area and low tap density characteristics may also be exhibited. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208475 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO SYNTHESIZE AMMONIA - A system and method for producing ammonia at high conversion rates. The system having a fluidized bed reactor with a fluidized zone with catalyst particles. The fluidized bed reactor is preferably configured to receive a continuous flow of solid sorbent particles, nitrogen, and hydrogen, with the catalyst particles being at least ten times larger than the sorbent particles. The method allows for the nitrogen and hydrogen react on a surface of the catalyst in order to generate ammonia that is adsorbed by the sorbent particles. The method extracts the adsorbed ammonia from the sorbent particles with a sorbent regenerator to product a pure ammonia product. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208476 | METHOD OF MAKING INORGANIC GOLD COMPOUND - A method of making the inorganic gold compound, such as tetrachloroauric acid, sodium tetrachloroaurate, potassium tetrachloroaurate, sodium tetracyanoaurate, and potassium tetracyanoaurate, includes the step of: treating gold with a halogen-containing oxidizing agent in a hydrochloric acid to obtain the inorganic gold compound, wherein the halogen-containing oxidizing agent excludes chlorine gas. The method of making the inorganic gold compound is simple, safe, time-effective, cost-effective, and environment-friendly, and has the advantage of high yield. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208477 | SYNTHESIS OF M13 CLUSTERS FROM ALUMINUM AND GALLIUM MINERAL POLYMORPHS - A method comprising reacting an aluminum mineral polymorph or a gallium mineral polymorph with an acid at an aluminum metal to acid molar ratio or gallium metal to acid molar ratio sufficient to produce M | 2018-07-26 |
20180208478 | Precipitated Alumina and Method of Preparation - A process for producing alumina, the process having a seeding phase and a precipitation phase. During the seeding phase a seed mixture is produced by adding an aluminium salt to an aqueous solution and then adding an alkaline metal aluminate to the mixture while maintaining the seed mixture at generally neutral pH. The precipitation phase produces precipitated alumina by simultaneously adding aluminium salt and alkaline metal aluminate to the seed mixture while maintaining a pH from 6.9 to 7.8. The recovered precipitated alumina has at least one, preferably all the following characteristics: i) a crystallite size of 33-42 Ang.: in the (120) diagonal plane (using XRD).; ii) a crystallite d-spacing (020) of between 6.30-6.59 Ang.; iii) a high porosity with an average pore diameter of 115-166 Ang.; iv) a relatively low bulk density of 250-350 kg/m | 2018-07-26 |
20180208479 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING IRON-BASED OXIDE MAGNETIC PARTICLE POWDER - To provide iron-based oxide magnetic particle powder that has a narrow particle size distribution and a small content of fine particles that do not contribute to the magnetic recording characteristics, which result in a narrow coercive force distribution, and is suitable for the enhancement of the recording density of the magnetic recording medium, and a method for producing the same. An alkali is added to an aqueous solution containing a trivalent iron ion and an ion of the metal substituting a part of Fe sites to neutralize the aqueous solution to pH of 1.0 or more and 3.0 or less; a hydroxycarboxylic acid D is added in an amount providing a molar ratio D/Fe with respect to the amount of the trivalent iron ion or a molar ratio (D/(Fe+M)) with respect to the total amount of the trivalent iron ion and the ion of the metal M in the case where the substituting metal ion is contained of 0.125 or more and 1.0 or less; an alkali is further added to neutralize to pH of 7.0 or more and 10.0 or less; and then the iron oxyhydroxide containing the substituting metal element is coated with a silicon oxide and heated, so as to provide Īµ-type iron-based oxide magnetic particle powder containing the substituting metal element. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208480 | SEAWATER INJECTION CONTROL METHODS AND SYSTEMS - A control method and system for controlling the operation of a seawater injection system comprising at least one water treatment line in which seawater is forced through one or more coarse filtration unit(s), ultrafiltration unit(s) and at least one of a reverse osmosis unit and/or a nanofiltration unit to a water injection pump, and wherein the flowrate required to create differential pressure across membrane(s) of the ultrafiltration unit(s) is obtained by a boosting pump. A controller āCā implemented operation control is applied to adjust automatically the outlet pressure and flow of the boosting pump such that an average flowrate through the ultrafiltration units is maintained and determined as boosting pump flow divided by the number of active ultrafiltration units. A proportional-integral-derivative control mechanism is preferably applied to all adjustable flow/pressure regulating units in the seawater injection system. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208481 | Method of recovering iron and/or phosphorus from sludge of waste water treatment plants - Method of recovering iron and/or phosphorus from sludge of waste water treatment plants, said sludge being obtained after precipitation by iron salts, wherein said method comprises separating sludge from waste water and submitting said sludge to a lactic fermentation to release a liquid phase where iron and phosphorus are dissolved. Lactic fermentation is performed with addition of a co-substrate rich in carbon, preferably rich in carbohydrate, in one single step of biological acidification or a sequencing biological acidification in two steps by first releasing phosphorus from the PAO contained in the sludge. Iron can then be recovered by means of a cationic exchange resin. Phosphorus can be recovered as struvite or calcium phosphate from the remaining solution substantially free from iron ions, after a precipitation step in presence of a magnesium or calcium source and a pH above 7. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208482 | ELUTION SYSTEMS FOR TREATMENT OF DISTRESSED WATERS - Disclosed herein is an elution device comprising one or more inlets and one or more outlets and defining an interior volume comprising steel slag, wherein the elution device is mounted to a support and situated substantially above ground level. One or more inlets and one or more outlets are disposed to facilitate fluid flow from an inlet toward an outlet to cause contact of the eluant with the slag for a period sufficient to form an eluate. Also disclosed herein are methods of applying an eluant to the elution device and dispensing an eluate from an outlet proximal to a distressed water source to form a treated water source. Also disclosed herein are methods of applying an eluant to the elution device and dispensing an eluate from an outlet proximal to one or more areas having living plants thereon or therein. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208483 | USE OF BASALT TO ADSORB TOXIC MATERIAL - Basalt selectively adsorbs organic toxic materials, such as dioxins, furans, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate, arsenic, mercury, chromium, copper, nickel, zinc, cadmium, lead, and the like, from substances such as sediment, which contains water and the toxic materials. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208484 | PROCESS FOR REMOVING HEAVY METALS FROM WATER - The specific field of Invention relates to the surprising and wholly unexpected findings that so-called Catalytic Activated Carbons developed, either to remove chloramines, hydrogen sulfides and bromates or to purify and de-color the hydrocarbon liquids or to remove organic compounds from air, are also capable of removing dissolved heavy metals from contaminated drinking and waste water when given a range of contact times. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208485 | FLUID TREATMENT SYSTEM - There is described, a fluid treatment system comprising: a fluid treatment chamber comprising a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet and a fluid treatment zone; an elongate radiation source assembly comprising an elongate radiation source configured to be disposed in the fluid treatment zone; and a lamp socket element secured to a proximal portion of the fluid treatment chamber, the lamp socket element configured to be disengaged from the elongate radiation source assembly only when the fluid treatment chamber is fluid non-pressurized. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208486 | FLUID STERILIZATION APPARATUS - A sterilization apparatus is provided with: a light source, which has a semiconductor light-emitting element that emits ultraviolet light; a housing, which forms a flow passage through which a fluid subject to sterilization passes; a light receiving unit, which receives a portion of the ultraviolet light emitted from the light source and detects the amount of ultraviolet light that has been received; and a control unit, which controls the output of the semiconductor light-emitting element based on information regarding the amount of ultraviolet light acquired from the light receiving unit. The housing has an incidence portion on which ultraviolet light becomes incident and a reflection portion, which reflects the ultraviolet light at the inner surface thereof. The light receiving unit is provided at a position where the light receiving unit can receive the portion of ultraviolet light that has been transmitted through the reflection portion. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208487 | System for Cleansing Organisms from Water - Techniques for depleting target organisms in water include a waterproof transducer configured for ensonifying a container of water with low intensity sound at one or more ultrasound frequencies for a duration sufficient to prevent maturation of at least 90% of the target organism. In some cases the target organism is mosquito larvae. For example, a portable system for depleting target organisms in water includes a control system and a plurality of waterproof transducers. The system is configured for ensonifying a surface layer of water in an acoustic frequency range from about 40 kilohertz to about 100 kilohertz and in a power concentration range from about 35 milliwatts per milliliter to 100 milliwatts per milliliter for a duration in a range from about 1 to about 100 seconds. | 2018-07-26 |
20180208488 | LOW REACTIVITY CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE SHAPED ARTICLE - It has now been discovered that a shaped article containing calcium hypochlorite has low reactivity in handling, storage and transportation as well as has a favorable dissolution (solubility) profile, when the shaped article contains lime and a hydrated magnesium sulfate. The shaped article has a NFPA rating of Class 1 oxidizer and is a non-Division 5.1 oxidizer. | 2018-07-26 |