34th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 6 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140230616 | HANDLE FOR A HAND-OPERATED STRIKING TOOL, HAND-OPERATED STRIKING TOOL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A HAND-OPERATED STRIKING TOOL - The invention relates to a handle for a hand-operated striking tool including a body having a striking end corresponding to a terminal area. The handle also includes a connection system configured to surround the terminal area of the body at a distance so as to define a space between the connection system and body. The connection system includes at least one access hole to the body on each front surface in the terminal area of the body. At least two securing members are configured to be inserted in the holes of the connection system and to mechanically connect a striking head to the body in an orthogonal direction to the striking head. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230617 | CONVERGENCE MACHINING APPARATUS BASED ON TURNING - Disclosed is a convergence machining apparatus based on turning in which a rotational axis of a work piece fixed by a headstock and a tailstock and a center of a width of a slide surface of a bed on which a reciprocal carriage installed with a tool is transferred while being supported are positioned at the same virtual plane, thereby preventing an offset error according to a relative displacement between the work piece and the tool during processing. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230618 | DEEP-DRAWING PACKAGING MACHINE WITH LIFTING DEVICE - The invention relates to a deep-drawing packaging machine and to a method of operating such a deep-drawing packaging machine, comprising a lifting device for a workstation, wherein a lower tool part connected to a stand and an upper tool part connected to a frame are coupled to each other and driven by a motor such that both tools may at least partially move together towards a film web. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230619 | DEVICE TO REMOVE BINDING MATERIALS FROM PACKAGED BULK GOODS - The invention relates to a device | 2014-08-21 |
20140230620 | CUTTING HEAD ASSEMBLY FOR CENTRIFUGAL CUTTING APPARATUS AND CENTRIFUGAL APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH SAME - Cutting head assembly for a centrifugal cutting apparatus, comprising a plurality of drum stations, at least one of which is a cutting station, provided for together forming a drum, and fixing parts provided for assembling and holding the drum stations together. The drum stations have overlapping parts with each time at least one receiving part for receiving one of the fixing parts, such that in assembled condition the adjacent drum stations are each time fixed to each other by means of at least one of the fixing parts at the overlapping parts of the adjacent drum stations. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230621 | IMPELLER FOR CENTRIFUGAL FOOD CUTTING APPARATUS AND CENTRIFUGAL FOOD CUTTING APPARATUS COMPRISING SAME - Impeller for a centrifugal food cutting apparatus, comprising a base plate and at least one set of paddle parts mounted on the base plate and provided for imparting centrifugal force to food products to be cut. Each set comprises inner and outer paddle parts defining at least a first stage and a second, cutting stage, the inner and outer paddle parts being offset from each other in radial and angular direction of the impeller, such that a safe compartment is defined for food product which is in the second stage. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230622 | CUTTING DEVICE FOR CUTTING RESIDUAL RUNNER OF LENSES - A cutting device includes a bearing seat, a positioning seat, and a guiding element. The bearing seat includes a first seat and a second seat connected to the first seat. The first seat includes a top surface and a connecting surface. The first seat has a height greater than a height of the second seat. The connecting surface connects to the second seat. The first seat defines a guiding hole on the top surface and a cutting hole on the connecting surface. The cutting hole communicates with the guiding hole. The positioning seat is positioned on the second seat and defines a receiving recess for receiving a lens. The guiding element is movably received in the guiding hole and defines a notch in a cylindrical surface thereof. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230623 | REMOTE CUTTER HEAD AND SYSTEM - A remote cutter head and a system therefore which can operate in confined spaces are provided. The remote cutting system including a cutter assembly driven by a fluid source, a pushrod hose coupling the cutter assembly to the fluid source, a control assembly detachably secured to the pushrod hose, and a monitor assembly coupled to at least one camera. The monitor assembly provides video images of the cutter assembly and cutter assembly surroundings. The cutting head including a fluid-driven gearmotor, the gearmotor including a two-piece housing, bearings, a pressure balanced gearmotor cavity, and two rotating members provided in the pressure balanced gearmotor cavity, one of the rotating members protruding from the cutting head. High-pressure fluid provided to the cutting head turns the two rotating members to drive a cutting bit attached to the rotating member protruding from the cutting head. Also provided is a cutting bit. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230624 | PUNCHING DEVICE - A punching device includes: a die seat; a punch seat; an interconnecting member interconnecting the die seat and the punch seat; a punch; first and second pivot parts; a first lever pivoted to the first pivot part and having two first side walls and two side flanges that extend respectively from lower ends of the first side walls; a second lever pivoted to the second pivot part and having two second side walls that abut against the side flanges for driving rotation of the first lever relative to the first pivot part; and an urging member for urging the punch. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230625 | Sawmill - Referring to FIG. ( | 2014-08-21 |
20140230626 | ACCESSORIES FOR OSCILLATING POWER TOOLS - A blade for use with an oscillating power tool includes a blade body having a front portion and a rear portion. A working portion is coupled to the front portion of the blade body and is configured to remove material from a workpiece. A tool attachment portion is coupled to a rear portion of the blade body and is configured to be removably attachable to an oscillating power tool. A vibration reduction member is coupled to the blade body and configured to dampen vibration in the blade body. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230627 | Hair & Thread Cutter Blade - The hair and thread cutting blade is related to the vacuum cleaner brush roller and cuts hair and thread into tiny pieces as it works its way past the thread guard on the ends of the brush roller preventing them from impeding the rotation of the brush roller. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230628 | String Changing Device For Bigsby Tailpieces - A method and devices for changing and dampening guitar strings are disclosed. The string changing device comprises a flexible urethane foam having trapezoidal sides so that the front face of the device can be inserted into the space between the Bigsby tailpiece and a front face of a guitar to temporarily hold at least one eyelet of a guitar string onto a pin of the Bigsby tailpiece while a guitar string installer is installing a string on a headstock tuning peg. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230629 | Using Sound-Segments to Find & Act-Upon a Composition - A method, apparatus and system that enables a user to find and act-upon a sound-containing composition, in a group of compositions. One or more sound-segments, which are intended to prompt a user's memory, may be associated with each composition in a group of compositions. A recognition sound-segment may include a portion of its associated composition, which is more recognizable to users than the beginning part of its associated composition. A recognition-segment may contain one or more highly recognizable portion(s) of a composition. When the user is trying to locate or select a particular composition, the recognition-segments are navigated and played-back to the user, based upon a user-device context/mode. When a user recognizes the desired composition from its recognition-segment, the user may initiate a control action to playback; arrange; and/or act-upon, the composition that is associated with the currently playing recognition-segment. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230630 | Simultaneously Playing Sound-Segments to Find & Act-Upon a Composition - A method, apparatus and system that enables a user to find and act-upon a sound-containing composition, in a group of compositions. One or more sound-segments, which are intended to prompt a user's memory, may be associated with each composition in a group of compositions. A recognition sound-segment may include a portion of its associated composition, which is more recognizable to users than the beginning part of its associated composition. A recognition-segment may contain one or more highly recognizable portion(s) of a composition. When the user is trying to locate or select a particular composition, the recognition-segments are navigated and played-back to the user, based upon a user-device context/mode. When a user recognizes the desired composition from its recognition-segment, the user may initiate a control action to playback; arrange; and/or act-upon, the composition that is associated with the currently playing recognition-segment. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230631 | Using Recognition-Segments to Find and Act-Upon a Composition - A method, apparatus and system that enables a user to find and act-upon a sound-containing composition, in a group of compositions. One or more sound-segments, which are intended to prompt a user's memory, may be associated with each composition in a group of compositions. A recognition sound-segment may include a portion of its associated composition, which is more recognizable to users than the beginning part of its associated composition. A recognition-segment may contain one or more highly recognizable portion(s) of a composition. When the user is trying to locate or select a particular composition, the recognition-segments are navigated and played-back to the user, based upon a user-device context/mode. When a user recognizes the desired composition from its recognition-segment, the user may initiate a control action to playback; arrange; and/or act-upon, the composition that is associated with the currently playing recognition-segment. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230632 | Musical Instrument Mixer - A method of managing a power state of devices in a home entertainment system using a wireless home entertainment hub comprises obtaining a registration of a plurality of devices, where the plurality of devices includes at least one sink device and at least one source device. A selection of one of the source devices is received for presentation of program content to a user in the home entertainment system. A subset of the at least one sink device is determined for presentation of the program content to the user based on the selection of the source device. Each sink device in the subset of the at least one sink device is ensured to be active. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230633 | SYSTEM FOR WIRELESS OPERATION OF AN EXPRESSION PEDAL - A system for wireless operation of an expression pedal. In one embodiment a remote unit senses the position of an expression pedal and transmits the sensed expression pedal position information to a main unit. The main unit receives the sensed expression pedal position information and sets an adjustable element, to change an audio quality of an audio signal propagating through an external effects box, or of an audio signal propagating through the main unit. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230634 | REINFORCED FIBER/RESIN FIBER COMPOSITE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A reinforced fiber/resin fiber composite is provided in which the ratio and arrangement of a long fiber and a thermoplastic resin fiber included in an intermediate material are accurately controlled to simultaneously provide good impregnation characteristics of the long fiber and good interfacial characteristics between the long fiber and the thermoplastic resin. A reinforced fiber/resin fiber composite ( | 2014-08-21 |
20140230635 | Wrapped Yarns for Use in Ropes Having Predetermined Surface Characteristics - A blended yarn comprises a plurality of first fibers and a plurality of second fibers. A coefficient of friction of the second fibers is greater than a coefficient of friction of the first fibers. Abrasion resistance characteristics of the second fibers are greater than abrasion resistance properties of the first fibers. A gripping ability of the second fibers is greater than a gripping ability of the first fibers. The plurality of second fibers are combined with the plurality of first fibers such that the first fibers extend along the length of the blended yarn and the second fibers do not extend along the length of the blended yarn at least a portion of the second fibers are engaged with and extend from the plurality of first fibers effectively to define surface characteristics of the blended yarn. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230636 | DISPENSER POD - A dispenser pod, which includes a dispenser chassis with a first chassis end, a second chassis end and a chassis chamber, a first chassis end cover for covering the first chassis end, a second chassis end cover for covering the second chassis end, a launch system, and at least one sway brace. The first chassis end cover has at least one expendable passageway for accepting an expendable launch canister such that the expendable launch canister can enter the chassis chamber. The launch system is for expelling the expendable launch canister from the chassis chamber and through the expendable passageway. The at least one sway brace is for securing the expendable launch canister within the chassis chamber. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230637 | WEAPON INTERFACE SYSTEM AND DELIVERY PLATFORM EMPLOYING THE SAME - A weapon interface system, and methods of operating the same. The weapon interface system is coupled to an electrical interconnection system of a delivery platform and a weapon system coupled to a rack system. The weapon interface system includes a translation interface configured to provide an interface between the electrical interconnection system and an inductive power and data circuit. The weapon interface system also includes a weapon coupler, coupled to the translation interface, configured to provide an inductive coupling to the weapon system to provide mission information thereto. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230638 | Multi-Layer Multi-Impact Ballistic Body Armor And Method Of Manufacturing The Same - Multi-impact multi-layer body armor is presented. A first layer is a single layer of front covering material. A second layer, is a ballistic ceramic plate formed of a plurality of curved smaller ceramic tiles that are bonded together using a structural adhesive. A third layer formed of one or a plurality of aramid layers such as Kevlar® XP. A fourth layer formed of a rigid backing plate, formed of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene such as Spectra Shield®. A fifth layer is a single layer of rear covering material. Thus, an improved body armor is presented which is inexpensive to produce, light, durable and can sustain multiple impacts. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230639 | DEFENSE STRUCTURE FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE - Provided is a defense structure for national defense including: a hollow structure which extends from the ground or from underground so as to protect the interior of the defense structure from the concussive or explosive forces of shells or rockets, and which has a plurality of cells which are hollow and are partitioned by cell walls, wherein the plurality of cells are arranged in a set, three-dimensional pattern; and a cladding for surrounding the outside of the hollow structure; and a filler that is selectively filled in hollow portions of the cells. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230640 | ARMORED SPLIT HATCH - A split hatch with armored hatch leaves that are positioned to shield occupants standings in the hatch opening when the hatch is opened. The hatch leaves can be fixed at different angles to provide improve protection from different threats. The armored hatch leafs are oversized to engage the hatch opening in an overlapping configuration to prevent passage of nuclear, biological or chemical contaminants from entering the vehicle between the leaves and the edge of the hatch opening. A seal assembly overlaps the edges of the leaves to prevent contaminants from entering the vehicle between the leaves themselves. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230641 | REMOTE WEAPON STATION, IN PARTICULAR FOR AIRCRAFT, SUCH AS FIXED-WING AIRCRAFT - A remote weapon station ( | 2014-08-21 |
20140230642 | RATE CONTROL MECHANISM - Certain embodiments disclose rate reducer systems and methods to reduce the cyclic rate of self-powered firearms. The reduction in cyclic rate is achieved by mechanically delaying the firing step in the cycle of functioning. This delay is achieved by temporarily latching an inertia weight at the rear of the recoil stroke while the recoiling parts return to battery (i.e. a firing position). When the recoiling parts go into battery, the inertia weight is released and urged forward. At the forward end of its travel, the inertia weight actuates the firing mechanism. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230643 | ACTUATOR DISPLACEMENT MEASUREMENT SYSTEM IN ELECTRONIC HYDRAULIC SYSTEM OF CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT - An actuator displacement measuring system in an electro-hydraulic system for a construction machine is disclosed, which can detect an actuator displacement using the characteristics of an electro-hydraulic system. The actuator displacement measuring system includes controlling driving of an electric motor, determining whether the electric motor is driven, determining whether a set pressure value of a relief valve is larger than or equal to a measured pressure value of the hydraulic system if a displacement value of an actuator that is always detected deviates from a zero value of a reference position, setting the actuator displacement value to a previous value if a pressure value of the hydraulic system is larger than or equal to a pressure value of a relief valve and calculating the actuator displacement value using a rotating speed of the electric motor. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230644 | ACTUATOR APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR INTEGRATING THIS ACTUATOR INTO TURBOMACHINERY - Apparatus and method for integrating an actuator into turbo-machinery and operating the actuator based on process fluid associated with the turbo-machinery. The integrated actuator mechanism includes an actuator casing; a balance drum, with labyrinth seals, and recovery spring, configured to apply force to the balance drum, in the actuator casing; an actuation bar connected to the balance drum and configured to move linearly in the direction of the balance drum; and a connection mechanism connecting a diverted portion of turbo-machinery process fluid to the actuator casing for applying force, in an opposite direction of the spring force, to the balance drum. The labyrinth seals allow the diverted turbo-machinery process fluid to bleed through and return to the turbo-machinery. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230645 | GAS CYLINDER, IN PARTICULAR HIGH-PRESSURE GAS CYLINDER - The invention relates to a gas cylinder, in particular a high-pressure gas cylinder, the cylinder tube ( | 2014-08-21 |
20140230646 | Complex-Shaped Forged Piston Oil Galleries - A steel piston with an oil gallery, and process for forming a steel piston oil gallery channel, which corresponds to the complex shape of the combustion bowl in the piston crown. The oil gallery channel is first forged to the basic shape that corresponds to the shape of the walls of the combustion bowl. Machine-turning surfaces in the oil gallery channel can be machine-finished as desired. Surfaces in the oil gallery which cannot be machined with conventional turning operations, such as recesses and protrusions into the channel, are left in the original forged condition. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230647 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING A WET SCRUBBER USEFUL FOR REMOVING SULPHUR DIOXIDE FROM A PROCESS GAS - A wet scrubber ( | 2014-08-21 |
20140230648 | PARTICULATE REMOVAL - Embodiments provide methods, apparatuses, and articles of manufacture for filtering particulates from an airflow directed at a heat exchanger. A blade may gather the filtered particulates. The gathered particulates may then be exhausted. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230649 | Counter-Flow Gas Separation Modules and Methods - A gas separation method includes flowing a gas feed along a feed flow path within a housing directionally from a product end to a feed end of a gas separation membrane. After the feed flow path, the gas feed flows along a membrane flow path defined by the membrane from the feed end to the product end. The feed flow path is counter to the membrane flow path. Heat may be exchanged between the feed flow path and the membrane flow path and increase separation efficiency. Also, heat exchanged may compensate for some temperature drop in the membrane due to enthalpy of gas separation. A gas separation module includes a feed flow path within a housing extending directionally from a product end to a feed end of a membrane. The feed flow path is counter to a membrane flow path defined by the membrane. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230650 | METHOD TO RETROFIT SYSTEM WITH ENHANCED CAPACITY FOR REMOVING MERCURY FROM A PRODUCED HYDROCARBON FLUID. - A method for retrofitting a system for removing mercury and water from a gas stream is disclosed. A system is provided including a first water removal unit and a second mercury removal unit in fluid communication with the first water removal unit. The first water removal unit has a fixed capacity or reservoir for containing mole sieves for removing water from a gas stream. The second mercury removal unit has a fixed capacity or reservoir for containing mole sieves for removing mercury from the gas stream. The second mercury removal unit is filled with mole sieves adapted for removing mercury from a gas stream containing mercury. The first water removal unit is retrofit by replacing a first portion of mole sieves adapted for removing water from the gas stream with a second portion of mole sieves adapted for removing mercury. The capacity of the system for removing mercury is thereby enhanced relative to a system of the same size wherein the first water removal unit is filled with water removing mole sieves and no mercury removing mole sieves. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230651 | HOT GAS FILTRATION SYSTEM - A filtration system particularly suited for removing a particulate material from a hot gas includes a housing, a collection system including an array of collection elements, a cleaning system to clean the collected particulate material from the collection elements, and a removal system for removing the collected particulate material from the housing. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230652 | DRYING SUBSTANCES, PREPARATION AND USE THEREOF - There is provided herein a dryer polymer substance adapted to pervaporate a fluid (such as water, water vapor or both), the polymer substance includes: a porous support member having a plurality of pores, wherein at least a portion of the pores are filled with a cross-linked co-polymer comprising (i) a cationic monomer and an anionic monomer, (ii) a zwitterionic monomer, or a combination thereof. The substance may include a membrane or a tube. There is further provided herein a process for the preparation of a dryer polymer substance adapted to pervaporate a fluid (such as water, water vapor or both), the process includes impregnating into at least a portion of the pores of a porous support member a solution which comprises: (i) a cationic monomer and an anionic monomer, (ii) a zwitterionic monomer, or a combination of (i) and (ii), graft co-polymerizing the anionic monomer and the cationic monomer and/or the zwitterionic monomer within at least a portion of the pores to form a co-polymer, and cross-linking the co-polymer, such that the pores of the support member are at least partially grafted with a cross-linked co-polymer bound to the support member. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230653 | Ultrathin, Molecular-Sieving Graphene Oxide Membranes for Separations Along with Their Methods of Formation and Use - Methods for forming an ultrathin GO membrane are provided. The method can include: dispersing a single-layered graphene oxide powder in deionized water to form a single-layered graphene oxide dispersion; centrifuging the graphene oxide dispersion to remove aggregated graphene oxide material from the single-layered graphene oxide dispersion; thereafter, diluting the single-layered graphene oxide dispersion by about ten times or more through addition of deionized water to the graphene oxide dispersion; and thereafter, passing the single-layered graphene oxide dispersion through a substrate such that a graphene oxide membrane is formed on the substrate. Filtration membranes are also provided and can include: a graphene oxide membrane having a thickness of about 1.8 nm to about 180 nm, with the graphene oxide membrane comprises about 3 to about 30 layers of graphene oxide flakes. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230654 | GAS SEPARATION MEMBRANE - The present invention relates to a gas separation membrane comprising as a main component a polyacetal, wherein the polyacetal contains 1.5 to 10 mol of an oxyalkylene unit based on 100 mol of an oxymethylene unit. The gas separation membrane of the present invention has high carbon dioxide gas separating ability and high permeability rate to carbon dioxide gas and is advantageously used as a separation membrane for carbon dioxide gas contained in exhaust gas. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230655 | Injection Lance Assembly - The system and method for preventing air leakage from the process side to the bearing side of a mill. The system includes a labyrinth seal ring comprising a series of knives defining first and second labyrinth paths from an air inlet to the process side and the bearing side of the system, respectively. The differences in the two paths such as provided by the number of knives used in each path creates a differential pressure drop which biases air from the air inlet to the process side. The labyrinth seal thus provides a reliable and superior method for reducing the potential for particulate in the process side of the mill from damaging the bearing system. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230656 | COMPOSITE GETTERS - A composite getter system is described. The system has NEG materials coated with a polyimide or polyamide based compound. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230657 | AIR SEPARATOR FOR EXTRACORPOREAL FLUID TREATMENT SETS - An air separator ( | 2014-08-21 |
20140230658 | HOT BEVERAGE PRODUCTION DEVICE - The invention concerns a beverage production device comprising:—a beverage production chamber ( | 2014-08-21 |
20140230659 | ADDITIVE DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND CONTAINERS - A compact filtering and additive delivery system which is readily adaptable to a portable container, such as a sports bottle, and receives a modular additive container for the metered delivery of additive, such as flavor concentrate, to a stream of base liquid as the base liquid is drawn or dispensed from the container. The modular additive container configuration on the delivery system allows a consumer/user to experience different additives, such as different flavors or supplement compositions, for a given supply of base liquid, such as water, stored in the container. The system may be readily used with off-the-shelf containers, such as disposable water bottles. An additive container configuration provides modular additive delivery system as described herein. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230660 | SCALABLE AUTOMATED COOKING SYSTEM HAVING SMALL FOOTPRINT AND REDUCED LABOR COST - An automatic cooking system includes a computer system that stores recipes, cooking stations each comprising a cooking container that can cook food ingredients therein to produce a first cooked food, wherein the computer system can assign and schedule a plurality of dishes to be cooked at the cooking stations, storage containers configured to hold food ingredients, mini vehicles each carrying transport containers configured to hold the food ingredients, wherein the computer system can control at least some of movements of the mini vehicles in accordance to the recipes, a loading apparatus configured to load food ingredients from the storage stations to the transport containers on the mini vehicles, and an unloading apparatus that can transfer food ingredients from the transport containers on the mini vehicles to the cooking container at one of the cooking stations. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230661 | SAFETY TIMER FOR COOKING APPLIANCE - A safety timer device, for a cooking appliance connected to an energy source, the cooking appliance having a heat generating component in communication with a heat controller. A timer communicates with the heat controller configured to count down a predetermined cooking time. An alarm unit, in communication with the timer, is configured to communicate an alarm signal for a predetermined alarm time after the cooking time expires. An ON/OFF device in communication with the timer, the energy source and the heat generating component, is configured to disconnect the energy source from the heat generating component after the alarm time expires. A reset device in communication with the timer, the alarm unit and the ON/OFF device configured to reset the timer to the predetermined cooking time, terminate the alarm signal after the cooking time expires, and reconnect the energy source with the heat generating component after the alarm time expires. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230662 | INTELLIGENT VENTILATING SAFETY RANGE HOOD CONTROL SYSTEM - An improved control system for a range hood that is capable of automatically responding to various air quality parameters including heat, smoke, carbon monoxide, humidity, and others. The system contains a number of features that, combining aspects of open-loop and closed loop control, manage the system dynamics for smoother operation, respond to both level and rate signals and compensate for background conditions and sensor variability by using relative values. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230663 | Kitchenware Item with a Handle Which Works Electrically with a Removable Accessory - Provided is a kitchenware item for cooking food, comprising a pan provided with a side wall, a handle comprising attachment means for attaching said handle to the side wall, and a removable accessory of the kitchenware item, said accessory or lid comprising an electromechanical device. The handle comprises an electrical energy source and the electrical energy source feeds the electromechanical device arranged on the accessory by means of an electrical circuit comprising electrical connection-disconnection means. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230664 | Device and Method to Simulate Cooking Stuffing in a Bird - The present invention provides a device and method for simulating cooking stuffing in a bird, such as a turkey. Stuffing prepared with the device and method of the invention has both the appearance and taste of cooked-in-the-bird stuffing. In addition, the device and method of the invention allows the user to prepare simulated cooked-in-the-bird stuffing at any time, in any quantity and in less time compared to the several hours usually needed to cook stuffing in a bird. The invention, therefore, provides all the benefits of cooked-in-the-bird stuffing without the safety concerns of bacterial contamination when cooked in a bird. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230665 | BARBECUE SUPPORT ASSEMBLY - A barbecue support assembly for supporting an elongate skewer at one or more preselected heights above a barbecue grill. The barbecue support assembly includes one or more body elements having one or more parts thereof positionable substantially at one of the preselected heights. Also the part includes one or more apertures in which an end of the skewer is receivable. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230666 | ADJUSTABLE PITCH COOKING GRATE - An adjustable pitch cooking grate includes generally parallel rods and means for changing the pitch of the rods by moving the rods between a closed configuration and a range of open configurations, with different width gaps therebetween. Scissors linkage at the rod ends can move the rods in unison between the open and close configurations. When the rods have flat upper surfaces the rods create a generally flat, smooth, continuous cooking surface when in the closed configuration and a plurality of generally flat coplanar cooking surfaces when in the different open configurations. The pitch changing means can include manual or motorized means for moving the rods between the open and close configurations. The spacing between the rods in a fully open configuration can be equal to about 1-3 times the lateral dimension of the rods. One or more cooking grates can be supported by the cooking grill frame. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230667 | EGG YOLK SEPARATOR - The device may include an egg yolk removing device that has a top portion, a middle portion, and a bottom portion. The top portion may include a bellow, the middle portion may include a main tube, and the bottom portion may include a suction tube. A user may compress the bellow and place the suction tube over an egg yolk. The user may then release the bellow and the yolk may be pushed into the main tube. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230668 | FRUIT PITTER - A Fruit Pitter is disclosed where a plunger and shaft are slidably disposed within a generally cylindrical barrel. The shaft contains a pit engaging end that serves to cut and push a pit through a food item and expel the pit into a pit ejection chamber. The plunger is spring actuated for ease of operation. The food item rests in an opening in the barrel and remains there throughout the pit removal operation until a user removes the food item from the Fruit Pitter. The pit ejection chamber keeps the pit retained until it can be disposed of, and further serves to reduce splattering while the Fruit Pitter is in use. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230669 | INTEGRATED VEHICLE GALLEY TRASH COMPACTOR - A space-saving in-flight trash compactor, comprising a trash chute, a compactor mechanism disposed above a level of the trash chute, and a storage chamber removably positioned below the compactor mechanism and below a level of the trash chute. The storage chamber is vertically aligned with the compactor mechanism. The trash chute is configured to channel trash disposed through an opening of the trash chute at a level of a counter top and above a level of a top of the storage chamber into an opening of the storage chamber at the top of the storage chamber. The opening of the trash chute may be horizontally offset from the vertical alignment of the storage chamber and compactor mechanism. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230670 | PRINTING METHOD AND PRINTING DEVICE FOR FABRICS - A printing method is performed by use of a printing device. The printing device includes a print head, a supply roll, a serving roll, a support roll, a feed roll, and a winding roll. The printing device feeds a fabric material toward the winding roll by a prescribed length each time that a cycle of a print operation is performed by the print head, so that the printing is performed on the fabric material intermittently. The printing method includes performing a first feed operation of intermittently rotating the feed roll by a first motor to pull the fabric material from a print unit and feed the fabric material toward the winding roll by a prescribed length; and performing a second feed operation of intermittingly rotating the serving roll by a second motor to feed the fabric material toward the print unit. A detected tensile force value based on a detected value of the tensile force of the fabric material detected at a position upstream with respect to the print unit is compared to a preset target tensile force, and the second motor is controlled based on a result of the comparison. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230671 | SELF-INKING STAMP - A self-inking stamp is configured such that, in a marking preparation state, a marking member is maintained in a state in which it is oriented upwardly within a stamp body of the self-inking stamp and pressed against an ink pad to supply ink thereto, and, during a marking operation, after the inner frame is moved downwardly while being reversingly rotated and oriented downwardly, the downwardly-oriented marking member is exposed from the stamp body and enabled to make a mark. The self-inking stamp is also configured to lock the marking member in a state in which it is exposed from the stamp body, for replacement and cleaning of the marking member. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230672 | APPARATUS FOR FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING OF A WEB OF PACKAGING MATERIAL - The disclosure relates to an apparatus for flexographic printing of a web of packaging material. The apparatus has an anilox roll which is rotary in an ink pan or chamber for picking up and transferring printing ink to an impression cylinder which is rotary adjacent the anilox roll and forms, together with a counter pressure cylinder rotary adjacent the impression cylinder, a nip through which the web is led for receiving printing ink from the impression cylinder. In order to prevent printing ink from drying and adhering to the anilox roll, the apparatus displays a spray- or shower device through which a cleaning fluid for the printing ink is applied on the circumferential surface of the anilox roll. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230673 | BLANKET TENSIONING DEVICE - A blanket tensioning device for an image transfer medium (ITM) cylinder includes two elongated blanket holders. A long dimension of each blanket holder is substantially parallel to a long dimension of the other. At least a part of at least one of the blanket holders is moveable toward or away from the other blanket holder. The device includes at least one spring that, is longitudinally arranged with respect to the long dimension and a transmission for converting a force that is exerted by the spring to a transverse force that is applied to the moveable part. When the device is installed on the cylinder with the long dimension being oriented substantially parallel to an axis of the cylinder, and when a blanket is wrapped around the cylinder with each of opposite ends of the blanket being held by each of the blanket holders substantially parallel to the cylinder axis, the applied transverse force tensions the blanket. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230674 | SYSTEM FOR MOUNTING A FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE - A system for mounting a flexographic printing plate to a cylinder includes a flexographic printing plate with a first alignment feature; a fixture with a second alignment feature which matches the first alignment feature; aligning the plate to the fixture using the first and second alignment features; mounting the cylinder in the fixture in alignment with the second alignment feature; and transferring the plate from the fixture to the cylinder maintaining registration. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230675 | SYSTEM OF ALIGNING A STAMP TO A STAMP BACKING PLATE - A system of aligning a stamp to a stamp backing plate includes a fixture with a first alignment feature mount on a platen; a first stamp with a second alignment feature which matches the first alignment feature; aligning the first stamp to the fixture using the first and second alignment features; transferring the first stamp from the fixture to a first stamp backing plate maintaining registration; a second stamp with a third alignment feature which matches the first alignment feature; aligning the second stamp to the fixture using the first and third alignment features; and transferring the second stamp from the fixture to a second stamp backing plate while maintaining registration. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230676 | FLEXOGRAPHIC PLATE MOUNTING - A method of aligning a flexographic printing plate ( | 2014-08-21 |
20140230677 | METHOD OF ALIGNING A STAMP TO A STAMP BACKING PLATE - A method of aligning a stamp to a stamp backing plate includes mounting a fixture with a first alignment feature to a platen; providing a first stamp with a second alignment feature which matches the first alignment feature; aligning the first stamp to the fixture using the first and second alignment features; transferring the first stamp from the fixture to a first stamp backing plate maintaining registration; providing a second stamp with a third alignment feature which matches the first alignment feature; aligning the second stamp to the fixture using the first and third alignment features; and transferring the second stamp from the fixture to a second stamp backing plate maintaining registration. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230678 | ROCKET DELAY APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Delay tools, systems and methods for achieving a selection of alternative delay times, a tool of which including a body, a drill bit operable relative to the body and a knob operably connected to the drill bit, and operably disposed relative to the body for engagement of the body with a rocket motor bulkhead and the drill both relative to a delay to provide for achieving a selection of alternative delay times. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230679 | METHOD AND DEVICE - A method of generating electricity which comprises forming a galvanic cell comprising two electrodes in contact with an ionic conductor, wherein the ionic conductor comprises an explosive composition or is derived from an explosive composition. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230680 | LESS THAN LETHAL PROJECTILE AND AMMUNITION - A less than lethal projectile comprising a shell body made of elastic material and accommodating a plurality of separate pellets encapsulated therewithin. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230681 | DRILL CARTRIDGES, ADAPTORS AND METHODS FOR MULTI-CALIBER DRILL CARTRIDGE TRAINING - A caliber specific drill cartridge and an adaptor assembly for transforming the caliber specific drill cartridge for use in a first firearm chamber into a caliber specific drill cartridge assembly for use in a second firearm chamber. The adaptor assembly may include a drill cartridge having a first central axis, a rear casing, and a front casing with a first maximum outer dimension perpendicular to the first central axis. The front casing may be connected to the rear casing such that the front and rear casings cooperate to form a housing, which may be configured and dimensioned for chambering in a first firearm chamber. The adaptor assembly further may include a cartridge specific adaptor with a second central axis. The drill cartridge and the cartridge specific adaptor may be combined such that the adaptor assembly is configured and dimensioned for chambering in a second firearm chamber. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230682 | RADIAL FIRING WARHEAD SYSTEM AND METHOD - A warhead system, method and apparatus. A warhead includes a liner having a logitundinal axis that runs down the center of the liner. The liner includes a liner pattern and a liner shape. The liner shape is selected and a radial distance from the longitudinal axis is selected. The liner pattern is warped as a function of the selected distance and the shape of the liner to reduce the effects of spoking in the post-detonation fragmentation pattern at the selected distance. The liner is then formed as a function of the warped liner pattern. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230683 | REDUCED FRICTION EXPANDING BULLET WITH IMPROVED CORE RETENTION FEATURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE BULLET - A low-cost, reduced friction expanding bullet with an improved core retention feature and a method of manufacturing the bullet is described wherein a cylindrical jacket containing a compacted malleable metal core having an open end and a closed end is forced into a forming die having a bottleneck shaped interior resulting in a bottleneck shaped pre-form wherein the outside diameter of the open-ended forward portion of the jacket is smaller than the outside diameter of its closed rearward portion and wherein a transition shoulder separates the two diameters. The pre-form is then placed in a profile die wherein a base punch exerts an axial force against said pre-form which axially collapses a portion of the jacket wall forward of the transition shoulder subsequently forcing said portion of the jacket wall radially inwardly providing a reduction in bearing surface and forming an internal core-locking radius while at the same time forming an ogival bullet nose. The bullet thus formed provides reduced friction and ultimately higher muzzle velocity per any given chamber pressure level while also providing a core-locking feature comprising a wide-area, circumferential indentation which serves as a living hinge that ultimately expedites uniform bullet expansion. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230684 | CHARGED PROJECTILES AND RELATED ASSEMBLIES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Charged projectile assemblies include a housing and an electronic assembly configured to produce an electric field about at least a portion of the housing of the projectile. Cartridge assemblies for use with firearms include charged projectiles. Methods of charging a projectile include forming an electric field about at least a portion of a projectile and extending the electric field at least partially between a forward portion of the projectile and an aft portion of the projectile. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230685 | GAS GENERATOR - A gas generator includes a cylindrical housing, a diffuser portion, a first combustion chamber defined by a first porous plate member, a second combustion chamber defined by a second porous plate member, and an ignition device having an ignition portion attached to an igniter collar. The first porous plate member comprises first through holes arranged in the vicinity of a peripheral edge portion. An annular space is formed between an outer peripheral surface of the ignition portion and an inner peripheral wall surface of the cylindrical housing. The height (H) of a top surface of the ignition portion from the igniter collar and a smallest length (Lmin) of a first gas generating agent in the first combustion chamber satisfies a relation Lmin2014-08-21 | |
20140230686 | Monorail Vehicle Apparatus with Gravity-Augmented Contact Load - Apparatus and method for gravity-augmented preload of drive wheels in a monorail vehicle travelling along a guide rail with a bearing and contact surfaces that are non-parallel with the gravity vector. The vehicle has a structure defining a pivot location against the bearing surface, as well as first and second assemblies for engaging the rail on the bearing and contact surfaces, respectively. The vehicle is mounted so its center of gravity is at a rear longitudinal offset r | 2014-08-21 |
20140230687 | END MEMBER ASSEMBLIES AS WELL AS GAS SPRING ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE INCLUDING SAME - An end member assembly dimensioned for securement to an associated flexible spring member of an associated gas spring assembly. The end member assembly can include a base wall and a mounting wall disposed in axially-spaced relation to the base wall. A compliant support structure is disposed between the base and mounting walls. The compliant support structure includes at least one compliant element that includes a compliant element body and one or more reinforcing plies at least partially embedded within the compliant element body. Rigid elements can be disposed between adjacent compliant elements if two or more compliant elements are included. A gas spring assembly and a method of manufacture can include one or more of such end member assemblies. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230688 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTRODE COVERED WITH SODIUM METAL - A current collector is covered with sodium metal through: (1) applying a sodium dispersion containing sodium metal and at least one substance selected from the group consisting of an imide salt and a binder, on a current collector in an inert gas environment (with an oxygen concentration of not more than 0.01% and a dew point of not more than −10° C.), followed by heating and drying; (2) pressure bonding a piece of solid sodium metal having a surface which exhibits a metallic luster onto a current collector in the aforementioned inert gas environment; (3) vapor-depositing sodium metal on a current collector in a reduced pressure environment; or (4) immersing a current collector having a surface fired at a temperature ranging from 150 to 300° C. in molten sodium metal after removing a coating film which is generated on a surface and formed from impurities, in the aforementioned inert gas environment. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230689 | VEGETABLE OIL-BASED METAL RESINATE COMPOSITIONS AND MATERIALS COMPRISING SAME - A vegetable oil-based resinous composition comprises a metallization product of vegetable oil-based adduct, wherein the vegetable oil includes at least one unsaturated double bond. The vegetable oil-based adducts may include a Diels-Alder adduct, a ene reaction adduct, or combinations thereof. The metallizing agent may be selected based on various factors such as the types of substrates, the techniques of applying the composition to the substrate, and the end use applications of the composition. The resinous composition may be used as an alternative to a conventional rosin-based resinate binder for various end use applications such as printing inks, coatings, and adhesives on a variety of substrates. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230690 | BIODEGRADABLE PACKAGING OBTAINED FROM CASSAVA FLOUR AND FIQUE FIBER AND THEIR MANUFACTURE PROCESS - The present invention is related to the elaboration of a compound material molded from cassava flour for the manufacture of biodegradable packaging useful in packing and packaging of dry foods and other products. The semi-rigid novel compound material is elaborated through thermo-pressing of a mixture of cassava flour and fique fiber. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230691 | COATING AND A METHOD FOR PREPARING THEREOF - The invention relates to a method for preparing a thermoplastic coating on a substrate from a hemicellulose polymer or a cellulose polymer wherein the method comprises at least following steps: —providing a cellulose polymer or a hemicellulose polymer having at least one hydroxyl group which can be used for forming cellulose or hemicellulose ester, —reacting hemicellulose polymer or cellulose polymer with a residue originating to fatty acid with an aliphatic carbon tail of 4-28 carbons or ester thereof, for obtaining hemicellulose fatty acid ester or cellulose fatty acid ester, —dispersing the hemicellulose fatty acid ester or cellulose fatty acid ester into aqueous solution, —dispersion coating a substrate with dispersed hemicellulose fatty acid ester or cellulose fatty acid ester for preparing a coated substrate and —heating the coated substrate for preparing a substrate provided with a coating, so that the substrate provided with a coating is heat-sealable with the same substrate provided with said coating or with an uncoated substrate. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230692 | Methods for Substrate Coating and Use of Additive-Containing Powdered Coating Materials in Such Methods - The present invention relates to the use of a particle-containing powdered coating material, wherein an additive has been at least partially applied to the surface of the particles, in coating methods, in particular in cold gas spraying, flame spraying, high-speed flame spraying, thermal plasma spraying and non-thermal plasma spraying. Furthermore, the present invention relates to coating methods, in particular the above-named methods, using the powdered coating material according to the invention. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230693 | Additive for Asphalt Mixes Containing Reclaimed Bituminous Products - The present invention relates to a method of improving the incorporation of recycled bituminous products by using at least one surfactant as an alternative to the known rejuvenating oils, for the preparation of asphalt mixes containing recycled bituminous products. The use of such alternative surfactant(s) results in better mechanical properties of the asphalt mix, while using smaller amounts of fresh bitumen and greater amounts of recycled bituminous products. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230694 | HIGH EMISSIVITY COATING COMPOSITIONS AND MANUFACTURING PROCESSES THEREFORE - Titanium dioxide is used as an emissivity enhancer in high emissivity coating compositions. The titanium dioxide increases the emissivity of the high emissivity coating compositions. In certain embodiments, titanium dioxide is recovered from industrial waste sources such as catalyst containing waste streams from olefin polymerization processes or re-based sources. Titanium dioxide emissivity enhancers recovered from industrial waste solution sources contribute favorably to the cost of manufacturing high emissivity coating compositions containing such enhancers. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230695 | HYDRAULIC ENGINE MOUNT SOLUTION COMPOSITION - Disclosed is a hydraulic engine mount solution composition, and more specifically a hydraulic engine mount solution composition, which maintains vibration absorbing ability at high temperatures as well as at low temperatures due to its higher boiling point than conventional engine mount solutions, and which inhibits aging and extends life of the engine mount by inhibiting flowing out and cohesion of chemical additives from an anti-vibration rubber of the engine mount by inclusion of a dispersion stabilizer, thereby preventing blocking of a flow channel, such as orifice of the engine mount. In particular, the hydraulic engine mount solution composition comprises a solvent containing ethylene glycol and propylene glycol; a dispersion stabilizer; and a phenol-based antioxidant, a heat stabilizer, a metal corrosion inhibitor and the like. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230696 | TERNESITE USED AS AN ADDITIVE IN PORTLAND CEMENT - The present invention relates to the production of ternesite clinkers containing 20 to 100% by weight C | 2014-08-21 |
20140230697 | CALCIUM SULFOALUMINATE CEMENT WITH TERNESITE - The present invention relates to a ternesite calcium sulfoaluminate clinker as well as a ternesite clinker containing 20 to 100% by weight of C | 2014-08-21 |
20140230698 | PROCESS FOR THE BODY-HYDROPHOBIZATION OF BUILDING MATERIALS COMPRISING SOLID ORGANOSILICON COMPOUNDS - Body-hydrophobing of mineral building compositions prepared from water curable mineral materials such as cement and plaster are obtained by admixing into the curable composition an organosilicon compound prepared by reacting a hydrocarbylhalosilane or hydrocarbylhydrocarbyloxysilane with a gylcol or polyglycol in a mol ratio of halo or hydrocarbyloxy radicals to hydroxyl radicals of 0.3 to 1.3. The organosilicon compounds are solid at 20° C. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230699 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING TERNESITE - The present invention relates to the production of ternesite clinkers containing 20 to 95% by weight C | 2014-08-21 |
20140230700 | GEOMETRIC AND MATERIAL HYBRID SYSTEMS FOR TRAY TABLE ARM - In an embodiment, a support arm comprises: a thermoplastic material and a filler. A cross-section of the support arm taken along a line from an inner edge to an outer edge of the support arm comprises a modified I-shaped, a I/U-shaped, or a U-shaped cross-section. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230701 | NATURAL DRAFT LOW SWIRL BURNER - A new design for a low swirl burner is disclosed in which natural draft rather than a motorized pump is used to move a fuel-air mixture through the burner. This new design enables the burn off of gas at refineries in an environment where electric motors cannot be used because of the potential for sparks, which could trigger explosions. Additional modifications to the burner, including the introduction of flue gas to the burner allows for the reduction of NOx gas to meet current emission control targets, without the need for further post combustion emission control systems. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230702 | GASIFICATION OF CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL - A grate assembly ( | 2014-08-21 |
20140230703 | OXY-FUEL COMBUSTION WITH INTEGRATED POLLUTION CONTROL - An oxygen fueled integrated pollutant removal and combustion system includes a combustion system and an integrated pollutant removal system. The combustion system includes a furnace having at least one burner that is configured to substantially prevent the introduction of air. An oxygen supply supplies oxygen at a predetermine purity greater than 21 percent and a carbon based fuel supply supplies a carbon based fuel. Oxygen and fuel are fed into the furnace in controlled proportion to each other and combustion is controlled to produce a flame temperature in excess of 3000 degrees F. and a flue gas stream containing CO2 and other gases. The flue gas stream is substantially void of non-fuel borne nitrogen containing combustion produced gaseous compounds. The integrated pollutant removal system includes at least one direct contact heat exchanger for bringing the flue gas into intimated contact with a cooling liquid to produce a pollutant-laden liquid stream and a stripped flue gas stream and at least one compressor for receiving and compressing the stripped flue gas stream. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230704 | RETRACTABLE INDUCTOR - An inductor mountable to a frame member of an implement. The inductor is movable between a working position and a stowed position. In the working position, the soil engaging tool is in engagement with the soil. In the stowed position, the soil engaging tool is out of engagement with the soil. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230705 | SEED DELIVERY APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - Referring to the drawings, wherein like reference numerals designate identical or corresponding parts throughout the several views, FIG. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230706 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, SEWING MACHINE SYSTEM, AND EMBROIDERY FRAME - A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores computer-readable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a device including an image capture portion configured to create image data, cause the processor to perform the steps of causing the image capture portion to create the image data by causing the image capture portion to capture an image of a range including at least one reference mark and at least one indicator mark, computing positioning data based on the image data, and outputting the positioning data. The at least one reference mark is provided on an embroidery frame. The at least one indicator mark is positioned in an area inside the embroidery frame, on a sewing workpiece clamped in the embroidery frame. The positioning data are data that indicate at least one of a position and an angle of the at least one indicator mark in relation to the at least one reference mark. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230707 | SEWING MACHINE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, AND SEWING MACHINE SYSTEM - A sewing machine includes an embroidery frame moving portion, a sewing portion, a communication portion, a processor, and a memory. The memory is configured to store computer-readable instructions that cause the processor to perform the steps of specifying an embroidery pattern and a size of the embroidery pattern, outputting the size of the embroidery pattern through the communication portion to a device provided with an image capture portion, acquiring positioning data through the communication portion, setting at least one of a position and the angle of a embroidery pattern on a sewing workpiece based on the positioning data, acquiring embroidery data, and causing the embroidery frame moving portion and the sewing portion to form stitches that make up the embroidery pattern on the sewing workpiece based on the embroidery data. The positioning data have been computed by the device based on image data and output to from the device. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230708 | SEWING MACHINE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM AND SEWING MACHINE SYSTEM - A sewing machine includes an embroidery frame moving portion, a sewing portion, a processor, and a memory. The memory is configured to store computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform the steps of acquiring image data created by a device and obtained by capturing an image of a range that includes at least one reference mark and at least one indicator mark, computing positioning data based on the image data, specifying an embroidery pattern to be formed in a sewing workpiece clamped in an embroidery frame, setting at least one of a position and an angle of the embroidery pattern on the sewing workpiece, based on the positioning data, acquiring embroidery data, causing the embroidery frame moving portion and the sewing portion to form the stitches that make up the embroidery pattern in the sewing workpiece, based on the embroidery data. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230709 | Outrigger Deployment Mechanism - An outrigger deployment mechanism is provided. The outrigger deployment mechanism may include, one or more outrigger adjustment plates; one or more outriggers; one or more outrigger arms operably coupling the one or more outriggers to the one or more outrigger adjustment plates; one or more locking mechanisms operably engaged with at least one of the one or more outrigger adjustment plates and at least one of a corresponding one or more outrigger arms, wherein the one or more locking mechanisms are configured to lock the outriggers in various positions; and one or more adjustment mechanisms operably engaged with one or more of the one or more locking mechanisms and the one or more outrigger arms, wherein the one or more adjustment mechanisms are configured to position the outriggers. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230710 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISCHARGING A WASTE FLUID - The embodiments herein relate to a system for discharging a waste fluid from a floating unit ( | 2014-08-21 |
20140230711 | Mobile Operations Chassis with Controlled Magnetic Attraction to Ferrous Surfaces - A chassis clings to a ship hull or other ferrous surface by a magnet that moves toward or away from the surface to adjust the magnet air gap and thus the attractive force. The magnet(s) can be the only clinging force or used with other sources such as a suction chamber or fluid jet drive. An internal magnet on a crank mechanism can pivot around a wheel rotation axis inside a wheel body having a non-ferrous traction surface or tire. The magnet gap is least at an angle perpendicular to the surface on which the wheel rests, and larger at an angle oblique to that, for varying the attractive force to two or more levels. The vehicle can be an autonomous hull maintenance device with sensors, controllers and actuators to sense, measure and clean away fouling. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230712 | Docking and Drilling Stations for Running Self-Standing Risers and Conducting Drilling, Production and Storage Operations - A sea vessel exploration and production system is provided, wherein the system includes a drilling station formed from at least one section of a first sea vessel hull; and a docking station, which is also formed from at least one section of a second sea vessel hull. A mooring system suitable for connecting the drilling station to the docking station is also provided. Means for anchoring the vessels to the seafloor, and for attaching them to turret buoys, are also considered. Various exploration and production packages, as well as equipment required to deploy and control a self-standing riser system in either deep or shallow waters, are also described. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230713 | UNDERWATER MOBILE INSPECTION APPARATUS AND UNDERWATER INSPECTION EQUIPMENT - An underwater mobile inspection apparatus is capable of inspecting a subsea pipeline (inspection object) while cruising. The underwater mobile inspection apparatus includes: a cruising body configured to submerge under water and cruise along the inspection object in such a manner as not to come into contact with the subsea pipeline; a first movable arm provided on the cruising body; an inspection tool unit for use in inspecting the subsea pipeline, the inspection tool unit being provided on the first movable arm; and a controller configured to, when the cruising body cruises along the subsea pipeline in such a manner as not to come into contact with the subsea pipeline, operate the first movable arm to move the inspection tool unit, such that a positional relationship of the inspection tool unit with the subsea pipeline becomes a predetermined target positional relationship. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230714 | EXTERNAL PAYLOAD MODULE FOR AN AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE - An external payload module or body that is mechanically attached to the exterior of a standard production AUV. The module expands the applications for which the AUV can be utilized and/or enhances an existing application(s), enabling current single or limited use AUV's to have multi-mission capability or enhancing existing capability without requiring complete redesign of the AUV. This approach capitalizes on the advantages of high-volume small AUV production to maintain low manufacturing and handling costs, while enabling greatly improved AUV mission flexibility. | 2014-08-21 |
20140230715 | EXCITATION FORCE REDUCING TYPE SHIP - Disclosed is an excitation force reducing type ship. An excitation force reducing type ship according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a hull having a rear end with a propeller; and an excitation force reducing module which forms an air layer for generating reflected waves on a surface of the hull neighboring the propeller during an operation of the propeller so as to reduce the excitation force in the direction of the hull, wherein the excitation force reducing module can be arranged eccentrically with respect to a center line penetrating through the center of the axis of rotation of the propeller in a vertical direction of the hull. | 2014-08-21 |