38th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 6 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130239785 | MUSICAL PERFORMANCE DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MUSICAL PERFORMANCE DEVICE AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - An object of the present invention is to provide a musical performance device capable of changing layout information, such as information regarding the arrangement of a virtual musical instrument set, by an intuitive operation. In the present invention, when position coordinates detected at a shot timing are within one of the areas of a plurality of virtual pads, a CPU designates a virtual pad in this area as a target of positional change. Then, the CPU determines a position where the virtual pad designated as a target of positional change is placed by this positional change, based on position coordinates detected at shot timings, and changes the position of the virtual pad designated as a target of positional change to the determined position. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239786 | TOUCH SENSING DEVICE, TOUCH SENSING UNIT, STORAGE MEDIUM AND TOUCH SENSING METHOD - A first contact and a second contact are provided at each of a plurality of keys, and are successively closed in accordance with a key press operation. On the basis of respective closed sense signals from the first contact and the second contact, a duration from when the first contact is closed until the second contact is closed is counted as a first count value and then a duration after this counting has ended is counted as a second count value. An attainment duration value and the second count value are compared, and when a predetermined condition is satisfied, a control signal is outputted. When this control signal is received, sound emission information instructing an emission of a sound by a sound emission controller is sent. The sound emission information includes touch information based on the first count value. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239787 | MULTI-TOUCH PAD CONTROLLER - A highly configurable controller is described that includes a number of different types of control mechanisms that emulate a wide variety of conventional control mechanisms using pressure and location sensitive sensors that generate high-density control information which may be mapped to the controls of a wide variety of devices and software. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239788 | Single Coil Parallel Tapped Magnetic Pickup - A parallel tapped magnetic pickup for an electrical stringed musical instrument is provided. The parallel tapped magnetic pickup comprises a coil formed with at least two parallel connected wound wires. A guitar in combination with the parallel tapped pickup is additionally provided. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239789 | SOUND-GENERATION CONTROLLING APPARATUS, A METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SOUND-GENERATION CONTROLLING APPARATUS, AND A PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM - An electronic drum set is provided, which allows a user to give a performance, feeling as if the user is playing acoustic drums. The electronic drum set DS is provided with a foot board, a potentiometer, and CPU. The foot board is pressed down by the user. When the user presses the foot board down, the potentiometer mounted on the foot board obtains an angular rate and angular acceleration of the foot board. CPU determines based on the obtained angular acceleration, a timing, at which an instruction of generating a musical tone is given. Further, CPU controls based on the obtained angular rate, a generating state of a musical tone, the generation of which is instructed. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239790 | BRAIDING MECHANISM AND METHODS OF USE - Devices and methods for forming a tubular braid comprising a plurality of filaments. The method for braiding includes the step of loading a plurality of filaments on a mandrel and extending the filaments radially from the mandrel, the plurality of filaments have a first subset and a second subset. Tension is applied to the plurality of filaments using a weight attached to each filament. The first subset of the plurality of filaments is engaged, moved circumferentially relative to the second subset, and then released. The second subset of filaments is then engaged and moved circumferentially relative to the first subset of filaments, such that a tubular braid of filaments is formed. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239791 | APPARATUS HAVING FRICTION PREVENTING FUNCTION AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A friction preventing apparatus and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The apparatus includes: a first object; a second object spaced apart from the first object and facing the first object; and a plurality of charged nanoparticles provided on a surface of one of the first and second objects, such that the nanoparticles are disposed between the first object and the second object. A potential difference is formed between the first and second objects. The nanoparticles may be positively charged and may adhere to the first object, and the first object has a potential lower than a potential of the second object. The nanoparticles may be negatively charged and may adhere to the second object, and the second object has a potential higher than a potential of the first object. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239792 | Method For The Production Of Highly Oriented Polyolefin Ribbons, Textiles And Technical Flexible Sheet Materials Produced Therefrom, And The Use Thereof In Protective Bodies For The Protection From Ballistic Projectiles And The Like - The invention relates to a method for the production of high-strength ribbons having a high modulus of elasticity made of a highly molecular polyolefin, wherein the polyolefins, particularly polypropylene and polyethylene, are extruded through a slotted nozzle, are then subjected to a temperature of 85° to 135° C. for a duration of at least one second, the films are then cut into individual ribbons, if necessary, and stretched at temperatures between 90° and 165° C. in one or more steps, are rolled up or further processed directly into textiles or technical flexible sheet materials. The ribbons can be laminated into multi-layer flexible sheet materials by using adhesives or adhesion promoters, the flexible sheet materials being particularly suitable as protection from ballistic projectiles. In this case particularly in the form of plate-shaped or flexible compound bodies. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239793 | ARMOR PLATED DEVICE - An armor plated assembly ( | 2013-09-19 |
20130239794 | MINE PROTECTION ACCESSORY FOR WHEELED VEHICLES - The present invention relates to a mine protection accessory for fitting to military or civil wheeled vehicles ( | 2013-09-19 |
20130239795 | BUSHING ASSISTED CAM PIN - A cam pin system, includes a cam pin comprising a first cylindrical portion having a first length and a first diameter and a second cylindrical portion concentric with the first cylindrical portion and having a second diameter larger than the first diameter, the second cylindrical portion comprising a through-hole to accommodate the passage of a firing pin. The system includes an end plate detachably connected to the first cylindrical portion of the cam pin, a cylindrical bushing encircling the first cylindrical portion and having an outside diameter approximately equal to the second diameter and a bushing length approximately equal to the first length, and lubricant between the cylindrical bushing and the first cylindrical portion. The cam pin system is configured so that the cylindrical bushing can rotate freely about the first cylindrical portion. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239796 | HYDROSTATIC AXIAL PISTON MACHINE - An adjustable hydrostatic axial piston machine of swash plate design includes an actuating apparatus with a cylinder/piston unit and an actuating spring. The actuating apparatus is configured to adjust a pivot cradle of the axial piston machine. The actuating spring engages around at least one axial section of the cylinder/piston unit. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239797 | HYDRAULIC CYLINDER SYSTEM - A hydraulic cylinder system | 2013-09-19 |
20130239798 | Non-Pressure Plate Stone Shield with Energy Absorbing Lugs, and Pushrod Shield for Welded Clevis - A fluid pressure operable actuator includes a housing, with an end wall, and a pushrod projecting through an opening in the end wall for reciprocation upon service pressure application or release. A shield, configured as an annulus, is disposed on the pushrod to restrict contamination of an interior chamber of the actuator housing through a gap existing between an edge of the opening and a pushrod outer surface. To facilitate connecting the shield and the pushrod together, the annulus has a slit with an enlarged void at a radially outer end of the slit. This enlarged void engages an outer pushrod surface as the shield and the pushrod are joined. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239799 | Spring Brake Actuator with a Caging Bolt Bearing Joining a Pressure Plate and Actuator Tube - A pneumatic brake actuator has a housing and a divider that divides the housing into a spring chamber containing a spring and a pressure chamber. The divider has an opening that receives an end of an actuator tube. A bearing that is positioned within the opening in the divider is joined to both the divider and the actuator tube. A caging bolt has a first end positioned within the actuator tube and extends from the first end through openings in the hearing and housing to a second end positioned outside of the housing. The connection between the bearing, divider and actuator tube contains the spring within the housing in the event that the housing and/or divider fails. The divider can be a piston or a diaphragm and pressure plate. The bearing can be joined to either of the divider and actuator tube with threads and/or by welding. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239800 | OPERATING METHOD FOR A PARTICLE FILTER - The systems and methods herein relate the operation of a particle filter which is arranged in an exhaust-gas path of an internal combustion engine, to a device for exhaust-gas aftertreatment which can be operated in accordance with the method that comprises determining a mass flow rate of an exhaust-gas flow flowing in the exhaust-gas path; and supplying ambient air into the exhaust-gas path as a function of the determined mass flow rate. By this method, the spontaneous regeneration of a particle filter within the exhaust system may be abated. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239801 | Sorption Dryer - The invention relates to a sorption dryer, comprising: at least one passage through which a gas, particularly air, is fed during use; wherein the or each passage is provided with a sorption material; heating means for heating the sorption material at least locally in order to regenerate the sorption material; a temperature gauge for measuring a temperature representative of the moisture content of the sorption material; and control means for controlling the heating means subject to the measured temperature, wherein the control means are adapted to at least temporarily deactivate the heating means when the measured temperature is higher than a predetermined temperature. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239802 | SELF-CLEANING AIR FILTER - A system and method to control cleaning of an associated air filter apparatus is disclosed. Air flow across the associated air filter is estimated using a pressure sensor disposed at an inlet port of the associated air filter and a pressure sensor disposed at an outlet port of the associated air filter. Further, an optimal air flow across the associated air filter is calculated. The optimal air flow results in optimal filtering efficiency. The associated air filter is then periodically cleaned at a rate determined from the difference between the estimated air flow and the calculated optimal air flow to move air flow towards the optimal air flow. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239803 | System and Method For Air Replacement and Positive Air Pressure Isolation - A method for reducing airborne contamination within a home includes installing an air-pressure control system within a window of the home, and drawing air from outside the home through the system inlet and an airflow path through the system. As it passes through the airflow path, a germicidal radiation chamber with a UV light source sterilizes the air. Additionally, filter(s) may clean the drawn air by removing particulates from the air as it passes through the filter. The method may then introduce the sterilized/cleaned air into the home through the system outlet. The sterilized/cleaned air may displace an equal volume of contaminated air within the home. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239804 | Membrane-Based Gas Separation Process Using Ejector-Driven Gas Recycle - Disclosed herein is a gas separation process that utilizes ejector recycle with a membrane separation step in combination with a second separation step. The second separation step may be a second membrane separation step, or may involve a different type of separation process. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239805 | METHODS OF PREPARING A CROSSLIKED FIBER MEMBRANE - Disclosed herein is a method for preparing a crosslinked hollow fiber membrane. The method involves spinning a one phase solution comprising a monoesterified polyimide polymer, acetone as a volatile solvent, a spinning solvent, a spinning non-solvent, and optionally an organic and/or inorganic additive, wherein the volatile solvent is present in an amount of greater than 25 wt. % to about 50 wt. %, based on the total weight of the solution. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239806 | Reduction of Particulates in Gas Streams - This invention provides methods for reducing a spark rate and/or increasing the voltage in a cold-side electrostatic precipitator through which a particulate-containing gas stream is directed, wherein said electrostatic precipitator has a spark rate and a voltage. The methods comprise injecting an amount of a halogenated carbonaceous substrate formed from a carbonaceous substrate and an elemental halogen and/or a hydrohalic acid into the particulate-containing gas stream upstream of the electrostatic precipitator, such that the spark rate decreases by about 40% or more and/or such that the voltage can be increased by about 20% or more than when said halogenated carbonaceous substrate is not injected. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239807 | Pressure Swing Adsorption Process - A process for separating a primary gas component from a feed gas mixture comprising the primary gas component and secondary gas components in four or more adsorption beds. The process comprises subjecting each of the four or more adsorption beds to a repetitive cycle. The repetitive cycle comprises, in sequence, a feed step, a pressure decreasing equalization step, a provide purge step, a blowdown step, a purge step, a pressure increasing equalization step, and a repressurization step. During the pressure decreasing equalization step, rinse gas is co-currently introduced simultaneous with the withdrawal of pressure equalization gas. Rinse gas is formed by compressing blowdown gas and/or purge gas effluent from the adsorption bed undergoing the purge step. The process is particularly suited for separating H | 2013-09-19 |
20130239808 | COLLECTING DEVICE FOR GASES AND AEROSOL, METHODS OF MAKING, AND METHODS OF USE - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for collection devices, methods of making collection devices, methods of collecting gases and aerosol particles, and the like. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239809 | SORBENT DEVICES AND METHODS OF USING THEM - Certain aspects and examples are directed to sorbent devices and methods of using them. In certain embodiments, a sorbent device comprising a body comprising a sampling inlet, a sampling outlet and a cavity between the inlet and the outlet, the cavity comprising a serial arrangement of at least four different sorbent materials is described. In some embodiments, the sorbent materials are arranged from a material with a weakest sorbent strength to a material with a strongest sorbent strength with the weakest sorbent strength material adjacent to the sampling inlet. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239810 | Process and Apparatus for Optimized Combination of Purification and Separation of MTO Reaction Gas Containing Catalyst Fine Powder - The invention relates to a process and an apparatus for optimized combination of purification and separation of MTO reaction gas containing catalyst fine powder. In particular, the invention provides a process for optimized combination of purification and separation of MTO reaction gas containing catalyst fine powder, comprising (a) scrubbing, purifying and cooling the MTO reaction gas containing catalyst fine powder, and separating and recovering the mist entrained in the scrubbed reaction gas and the catalyst fine powder that is not scrubbed off; (b) subjecting the scrubbing liquid containing catalyst fine powder to solid-liquid separation, and the purified scrubbing liquid after separation to repeated use after subsequent heat exchange and stripping treatment; and (c) subjecting the scrubbing liquid containing catalyst fine powder to solid-liquid separation, and further concentrating the scrubbing liquid containing catalyst fine powder after separation before the catalyst fine powder is finally recovered in solid form by centrifugal dewatering or drying. The invention also provides an apparatus for optimized combination of purification and separation of MTO reaction gas containing catalyst fine powder. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239811 | METHOD FOR SEPARATING GAS AND LIQUID AND CYCLONE SEPARATORS THEREFORE - Disclosed is a cyclone separator for separating a fluid into a gas phase and a liquid phase, which comprises: a vertically oriented vessel with cylindrical symmetry and which has a gas phase outlet at the upper end of the vessel and a liquid phase outlet at the lower end of the vessel, at least one tangentially oriented fluid inlet at the upper end below the gas phase outlet of the vessel, able to form a helical liquid flow down along the internal wall of the vessel, a liquid extractor extracting liquid through the liquid phase outlet at a rate which forms a bulk liquid phase at the lower end of the vessel with a relatively constant height level of the bulk liquid-gas interphase, a gas extractor extracting gas through the gas phase outlet, wherein the cyclone separator comprises at least one flow velocity deflector located at a level in proximity of the bulk liquid-gas interphase which changes the vertical velocity component of a liquid film travelling down the internal wall of the vessel to a horizontally oriented velocity component. A method of fluid separation is also disclosed. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239812 | HYDROGEN PURIFIER - Techniques are generally described herein for the design and manufacture of hydrogen generation apparatuses and systems. Other embodiments may also be disclosed and claimed. Some methods described herein pressing together a first end plate, one or more intermediate plates, and a second end plate using a press to form a hydrogen purifier module, and placing a plurality of clips around the hydrogen purifier module to hold the first end plate, the one or more intermediate plates, and the second end plate together. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239813 | PORTABLE MONITOR FOR END OF SERVICE LIFE INDICATION - Devices for monitoring the end of service life of a filter cartridge include a demand substance, a sensing element with a detection point located within or adjacent to the demand substance, a reader for the sensing element, and a fluid delivery device. The detection point of the sensing element is correlated to the service life of a filter cartridge. The correlation is effected by correlation of the residence time of the monitoring device to the residence time of a filter cartridge. The residence time of the monitoring device is correlated to the residence time of the filter cartridge by control of the fluid delivery parameters of the fluid delivery device. The fluid delivery parameters include the flow rate, the demand substance mass, the receptacle cross sectional area, the receptacle volume, the receptacle length, and the demand substance packing density of the monitoring device. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239814 | DEHUMIDIFYING SYSTEM - An air passage that connects an inlet port that sucks air from a dehumidification target space and an outlet port that supplies air to the dehumidification target space; a heating device that heats the air; a first moisture adsorption/desorption device releasing moisture into air that has a relatively low humidity and absorbing moisture from air that has a relatively high humidity; a second moisture adsorption/desorption device disposed so as to be spaced apart from the first moisture adsorption/desorption device, a cooling device cooling air that has been humidified; and switching devices switching between an air path passing air through the first moisture adsorption/desorption device, the cooling device, and the second moisture adsorption/desorption device in this order, and an air path in which the air passes through the second moisture adsorption/desorption device, the cooling device, and the first moisture adsorption/desorption device in this order. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239815 | Air Dryer, in Particular in a Compressed Air System in a Commercial Vehicle - An air dryer comprises an annular filter element ( | 2013-09-19 |
20130239816 | MODIFIED COMPACT OIL-WATER SEPARATION DEVICE AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE THEREOF - Disclosed is a compact liquid-liquid separation device useful for the separation of oil and water in hydrocarbon production operations, as well as systems and methods for use thereof. The device includes a separator body of generally vertical pipe having an upper portion and a lower portion, and an inlet to the separator body of generally horizontal pipe in fluid communication with the separator body and attached to the separator body between the upper section and the lower section. The inlet has a round cross-section portion and a reducing area nozzle portion in which the horizontal width of the inlet decreases symmetrically with proximity to the separator body. The vertical interface between the inlet and the separator body has a generally rectangular cross-section. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239817 | Kitchen Appliance for Preparing a Beverage and Method of Operating Same - A kitchen appliance includes a first reservoir for receiving a liquid to be used for preparing a beverage and a hot water generator (‘HWG’) which has an inlet end, an outlet end and a passageway therebetween. The inlet end of the HWG is connected to the first reservoir. Liquid from the first reservoir flows into the HWG through the inlet end. A second reservoir is connected to the outlet end of the HWG. The second reservoir includes a discharge port. A fluid path connects the first and second reservoirs and bypasses the HWG. The kitchen appliance is operable for both pressurized brew/heat cycles and un-pressurized brew/heat cycles. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239818 | INTEGRATED SYSTEM FOR DISPENSING AND BLENDING/MIXING BEVERAGE INGREDIENTS - An integrated beverage blending system comprising: a controller for menu selection; an ice portion control module; an ingredient module; a dispensing apparatus in communication with the ice portion control module and the ingredient module, wherein the ice and the ingredient are dispensed into a beverage container via the dispensing apparatus; and at least one blender module which blends and/or mixes the ice and the ingredient in the beverage container, thereby producing the beverage; wherein, upon removal of the beverage container from the blender module, the blender module initiates a cleaning mode. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239819 | APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR THE PREPARATION OF BEVERAGES, IN PARTICULAR MILK-BASED BEVERAGES, SUCH AS CAPPUCCINO, CHOCOLATE AND THE LIKE - An apparatus including a container ( | 2013-09-19 |
20130239820 | BREWING UNIT WITH HORIZONTAL MOTION - The brewing unit comprises: a brewing chamber ( | 2013-09-19 |
20130239821 | Container with Removable Bottom Tea Infuser - A cylindrical travel mug or container with or without a handle and drinking top/lid, lower tea compartment housing with one or more mesh screens, and removable bottom. The removable bottom is comprised of a threaded base bap, rubber seal, conical tea compartment for retaining a tea bag and an on/off control knob. The tea compartment is connected to the base with a press release that allows it to swing open against an opposing hinge from the release so a tea bag can be inserted or removed. The conical tea compartment is further comprised of one or more mesh openings through which liquid and tea may be transferred. An on/off control switch is used to rotate the tea compartment and its mesh screens with respect to the tea compartment housing and its mesh screens to enable control of the starting and stopping of tea infusion or steeping. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239822 | MATCHBOX OVEN - A matchbox oven is disclosed. The matchbox oven includes a housing, a slider, a mover, a heat source and a blower. The housing includes a cavity having two openings. The mover moves the slider in and out of the cavity through the two openings. The heat source provides heat to the cavity for heating up any food item placed within the cavity. The slider includes multiple stoppers to serve as oven covers for preventing heat within the cavity from escaping through the two openings. The slider can also be utilized as a heat sink for lowering the cavity's temperature during oven operation. When a new cook temperature is substantially lower than the temperature of the cavity, the blower forces heated air within the cavity to exit through the two openings before the starting of and/or during the initial portion of a new cook cycle. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239823 | SMOKING DEVICE FOR SMOKING FOODSTUFFS - A smoking device ( | 2013-09-19 |
20130239824 | TORTILLA CONVEYING SYSTEM FOR SEQUENTIALLY CONVEYING A PLURALITY OF TORTILLAS TO BE WARMED - An improved tortilla conveying system, for sequentially conveying a plurality of tortillas to be warmed, is disclosed. The conveying system provides a stack of tortillas and automatically conveys tortillas sequentially through a tortilla warmer. The tortillas are stored in a container. A dragger at least frictionally engages the top side of the top tortilla, dragging the tortilla off of the top of the container for subsequent heating by a heating element of the tortilla warmer. In some embodiments, the tortilla container can automatically elevate the stack of tortillas, so a top tortilla always remains exposed at the top of the container. In other embodiments, an extractor delivers the tortilla outside of the heating system once the tortilla is sufficiently warmed. The tortillas are warmed in sequence by a heating element, via conduction, convection, and/or radiation. In some embodiments, various components of the conveyer are synchronized, via a gearbox for example. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239825 | ROTARY HAY WEDGE FOR ROUND BALERS - A baler with a pickup and a baling chamber with an inlet, the bale forming chamber having a first and second side panel, a plurality rollers rotatably disposed respectively about parallel axes. A bale edge engaging member is rotatably attached to the frame about an axis of rotation substantially parallel to said axes of the rollers, the bale edge engaging member being disposed adjacent an inside portion of one of the side panels in overlapping arrangement with a bale being formed in the baling chamber at least at times when a bale is being formed. The bale edge engaging member is spaced from the inlet to the bale forming chamber so as to not impede material entering the bale forming chamber from a pickup. Alternate embodiments have the rotatable bale edge engaging member/disc on a fixed axis adjacent the baling chamber when the bale is almost completed. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239826 | BALING DEVICE TO FORM BALES OF CROP MATERIAL - The invention relates to a baling device to form bales of crop material, including a frame, an intake device, a bale forming device for forming a bale of the crop material, the bale forming device including at least one endless belt to delimit a baling chamber, and a number of guiding elements to guide the endless belt, wherein the outlet of the intake device is located at a fixed position with respect to the frame, and that at least three guiding elements are movably mounted with respect to the outlet of the intake device to position for subsequent bales different pairs of two guiding elements of the at least three movable guiding elements at the opposite sides of the outlet. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239827 | SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR MOUNTING HYDRAULIC CYLINDER TO PACKER PANEL OF REFUSE TRUCK - A refuse truck has a container for receiving refuse, and a packer panel for compacting refuse. The forces for compacting refuse are provided by hydraulic cylinders. The hydraulic cylinders extend through and are coupled to the packer panel. The hydraulic cylinders are telescopic or rod cylinders that have an open length several times their closed length. The hydraulic cylinders provide bi-directional forces so that the packer panel can be pushed away from or pulled towards the front wall of the container. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239828 | ANTI-COUNTERFEIT PRINTING MATERIAL WITH A HOT STAMPING TEXTURE, SPECIAL HOT STAMPING FOIL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME - The present invention provides an anti-counterfeit printing material with a hot stamping texture, a special hot stamping foil and a manufacturing method for the same. The method comprises the steps of: randomly throwing fibers onto a foil printed with an adhesive to form a hot stamping foil; scanning and collecting characteristic information about the random distribution of fibers; and storing the characteristic information in a database of a computer anti-counterfeit inquiry system connected to a telephone network and/or Internet, for public inspection and verification of authenticity. With existing hot stamping processes and equipment, a printing material manufacturer can produce an anti-counterfeit printing material with a local texture in the background by means of hot stamping with hot stamping foils. The present invention saves huge investment in special equipment, simplify production process, increase production efficiency, reduce production costs. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239829 | SCREEN PRINTER - A pressing mechanism that presses a dam member | 2013-09-19 |
20130239830 | SCREEN PRINTING DEVICE AND SCREEN PRINTING METHOD - At the two ends of a pair of clamping members ( | 2013-09-19 |
20130239831 | PRINTING DEVICE AND PRINTING METHOD - Provided are a reverse offset printing apparatus and a reverse offset printing method, including: a printed film supplying unit and a printed film collecting unit for continuously supplying a printed film; a printed film supporting unit provided between the printed film supplying unit and the printed film collecting unit; a printing roll for transferring a printed matter pattern to the printed film on the printed film supporting unit, in which the printed roll is provided so that a progress direction of the printed film is parallel to a rotation direction of the printing roll at a place where the printed matter pattern is transferred; a coating unit coating a printed matter on the printing roll; and a cliché provided on a stage for mounting the cliché in order to form the printed matter pattern on the printing roll. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239832 | POSITIVE-WORKING LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE PRECURSORS - Infrared radiation-sensitive, positive-working lithographic printing plate precursors have improved scratch resistance in their outermost imageable layer because that layer comprises a unique combination of first and second alkali solution-soluble or -dispersible resins. The first alkali solution-soluble or -dispersible resin is an acid-functionalized novolak or acid-functionalized resole resin. The second alkali solution-soluble or -dispersible resin is a polyurethane or polyurethane urea comprising a polysiloxane unit segment in the polyurethane or polyurethane urea backbone or a side chain. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239833 | LEATHER PRINTING - An apparatus for printing leather including an ink acceptor applicator that applies ink directly onto a surface of the leather; an ink applicator that applies ink to the ink acceptor and/or the leather surface; an additive applicator that applies additive onto the ink acceptor, the ink and/or the leather surface; a barrier having a surface configured to contact the acceptor, ink and additive on the leather surface; and a heater that heats the surface of the barrier to a predetermined temperature or a temperature within a selected temperature range such that the barrier, which is substantially impervious to the ink and has a melting point higher than the select temperature range, contacts at least the acceptor ink and additive on the surface directly to liquify the acceptor ink and additive into the leather and the acceptor, ink and additive fuses and penetrates into the leather. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239834 | IGNITER BASE FOR PYROTECHNIC DEVICES - Igniter base for a pyrotechnic initiator has a glass base together with fused-in contact pins that function as a pole carrier and thus fixes the contact pins in secure correlation to one another. The end side of the glass base and the contact pins form a level plane, so that an ignition bridge resting flush on the glass base can be attached to the poles. The contact pins project beyond the glass base on the opposite side and a part of the glass base and a part of the contact pins projecting beyond the glass base are equipped with a plastic jacketing. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239835 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ELECTRONICALLY SHAPING DETONATED CHARGES - According to an embodiment, a method for controlling the shape and direction of an explosion may include sensing the direction of an incoming threat, calculating an intercept vector for the threat, and triggering an explosive device in a manner that may generate an intercepting force directed along the intercept vector. According to one embodiment, a system may include a sensor configured to detect the direction of an incoming threat, an explosive device including an explosive and a plurality of embedded detonators, and a firing sequence calculator connected to receive information from the sensor regarding the direction of the threat and to trigger the detonators sequentially to produce an explosion having a selected shape, direction and intensity to create a counteracting force in response to the incoming threat. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239836 | Cartridged Projectile - The present invention describes an improved cartridged projectile ( | 2013-09-19 |
20130239837 | SELECTABLE YIELD WARHEAD AND METHOD | 2013-09-19 |
20130239838 | GRENADE HAVING SAFETY LEVER WITH INTEGRATED FIRING PIN RETAINING CLIP - A grenade includes a body having at least one interior chamber; a fuze assembly attached to the body, that fuze assembly being capable of detonating the grenade and a safety lever movable between a first position to a second position which engages the fuze assembly. A firing pin is engageable with the safety lever to prevent the lever from being moved to the second position. A retaining clip retains the firing pin and prevents premature release of the pin from the grenade wherein the retaining clip is integrated within the safety lever. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239839 | GAS GENERATOR - A gas generator includes,
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20130239840 | Manually Operated Arrangement - The present invention embraces a manually operated arrangement (“A”) and a method, adaptable for a transfer along a longitudinal extension of a rail ( | 2013-09-19 |
20130239841 | Trolley Transport System - A trolley transport system comprising at least two supports aligned in proximity to the cable, a pulley rotatably mounted to each support, a drive motor in mechanical communication with one of the pulleys, a continuous loop line suspended from the pulleys, an attachment device secured to the line, a connecting line secured to the attachment device; and a transport block slidably mounted on the cable and removably attached to the connecting line. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239842 | Trolley Braking System - A trolley braking system for smoothly reducing the speed of a rider supported by a harness on a cable or rope approaching a landing platform comprises a cylinder having a closed end and a piston slidably mounted in the interior. A braking cable is secured to the piston and routed through an opening in the closed end of the cylinder to a braking block, which is slidably mounted on the cable between the trolley and the landing platform. The system may also may also include a relief valve to release compressed air from the cylinder, so that the braking force may be controlled. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239843 | Trolley Braking System - A trolley braking system for smoothly reducing the speed of a rider supported by a harness on a cable or rope approaching a landing platform comprises a vessel containing a fluid of selected viscosity and having a turbine rotatably mounted on a shaft in the interior. A braking cable is secured to a reel on the turbine shaft outside the cylinder and routed through a pulley to a braking block, which is slidably mounted on the cable between the trolley and the landing platform. The system may also may also include turbine blades of adjustable dimensions, so that the braking force may be controlled. The system may also include a counterweight suspended by a retraction cable which is coupled to the turbine shaft to rewind the braking cable on the reel for repeated use. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239844 | Vehicle Component Having a Recess with air flowing over it - A vehicle component includes first and second surfaces, in a first travel direction of the vehicle. The first surface is exposed to an air flow having a local main flow direction. In a region of a recess on the vehicle, the first surface forms a flow separation edge where the air flow is deflected from the first surface. The recess is delimited by a leading first wall facing the local main flow direction and a trailing second wall. The flow separation edge extends transversely to the local main flow direction over a majority of a transverse dimension of the recess. In the local main flow direction, the second surface borders on the flow separation edge and forms a part of the first wall. The second surface is disposed so that it is inclined like a chamfer about an acute angle of inclination relative to the local main flow direction. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239845 | AUXILIARY POWER UNIT ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF USE - An auxiliary power unit and a method of providing auxiliary power to a locomotive are disclosed. The auxiliary power unit assembly for a locomotive includes an auxiliary power unit removably coupleable to a rail car chassis. The auxiliary power unit includes a housing, and an auxiliary engine-generator set positioned within the housing. The auxiliary engine-generator set is configured to provide an auxiliary power to the locomotive. The auxiliary power unit also includes an auxiliary controller electrically coupled to the auxiliary engine-generator set. The auxiliary controller is programmed to receive a command and control at least one aspect of the auxiliary power unit in response to the command. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239846 | Apparatus for Moving Railcars via Self-Propulsion - An apparatus that can be affixed to a standard railcar thereby converting a standard railcar into a self-propelled railcar, such self-propelled railcar having the capacity to move independently and serve as a locomotive for moving other railcars. The apparatus includes a railcar drive assembly that can be retrofitted to a railcar in such a manner that the hydraulic motor, hoses, and connectors of the drive assembly motor mechanism are positioned below the bed of the railway car and between the drive assembly housing and the railway car's wheel-and-truck assembly. This drive assembly design ensures that the drive assembly motor mechanism's hydraulic motor, hoses, and connectors are protected from general railway track debris as well as obstructions in the railroad right of way, and helps prevent unnecessary damage or the need for untimely maintenance. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239847 | OBSTACLE DEFLECTOR OF RAILCAR - An obstacle deflector provided at a front portion of an underframe of a carbody of a railcar includes an obstacle deflecting plate configured to protect the carbody from an obstacle on a railway track when the railcar is traveling. The obstacle deflecting plate includes a main plate portion provided to receive the obstacle by a surface thereof and having a curved shape that is convex toward a front side in a traveling direction in plan view and a sub plate portion projecting toward a rear side from the main plate portion and is continuously provided along the main plate portion so as to extend from a convex, curved front end portion of the main plate portion toward a pair of left and right side portions of the main plate portion, the left and right side portions being located at the rear side in the traveling direction. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239848 | Calcium Sulphate-Based Products and Methods for the Manufacture Thereof - The invention provides a calcium sulphate-based product comprising a phosphate as additive for increased fire resistance. Particularly preferred phosphate additives may be those containing aluminium or ammonium ions. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239849 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING BIOPOLYMER NANOPARTICLE BIOLATEX COMPOSITIONS HAVING ENHANCED PERFORMANCE & COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON - The present invention provides novel biolatex conjugate compositions and methods of production and use thereof. The novel biolatex conjugate compositions comprise a biopolymer-additive complex (prepared by co-extruding a biopolymer feedstock, at least one performance-enhancing additive, and at least one plasticizer under shear forces) reacted with a crosslinking agent under shear forces. The biolatex conjugate compositions exhibit enhanced performance properties for coated paper, paperboard, and other applications using extremely low levels of performance-enhancing additives. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239850 | Asphalt modifiers for "warm mix" applications including adhesion promoter - The present invention generally relates to an additive package for warm-mix asphalt formulations for the pavement of road surfaces, said additive package comprising a) surfactant component, and b) an asphalt rheology modifying component, wherein said asphalt rheology modifying component comprises at least one of a i) a wax component and ii) a resin component. The invention also relates to a warm mix asphalt having improved compaction at lower temperatures, and to a pavement made from said warm mix asphalt. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239851 | NON--VOC NEUTRALIZING AGENTS FOR COATINGS - Paint formulations are neutralized with a non-VOC neutralizing agent. The neutralizing agent is a neutralized amino acid or intermediate, an amino phosphate, an amino phosphonate, amino sulfate, or amino sulfonate wherein the neutralizing agent has a pKa | 2013-09-19 |
20130239852 | Biobased Plasticizer and Surface Covering Employing Same - A biobased plasticizer and a surface covering are disclosed. The biobased plasticizer includes an ester formed as a reaction product of a furan derivative selected from the group consisting of furoic acid, furfural and furfuryl alcohol reacted with a carboxylic acid or an alcohol, or includes an ester formed as a reaction product of a biobased aromatic compound and a biobased aliphatic compound. The surface covering is plasticized with a composition comprising an ester formed as a reaction product of a functionalized aromatic heterocyclic compound reacted with a carboxylic acid or an alcohol. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239853 | HOT SPRING BACTERIAL STRAIN BKH1 AND PROTEIN ISOLATED THEREFROM, CONCRETE COMPOSITIONS, AND USES THEREOF - Disclosed is a | 2013-09-19 |
20130239854 | SCREW AND NUT ASSEMBLY WITH SCREW ROD SUPPORT MEANS - A screw and nut assembly includes a movable platform, a first screw and nut set with the first screw rod affixed between two locating members and the first screw nut pivotally mounted in the movable platform, a second screw and nut set with the second screw nut pivotally mounted in the movable platform, a driving mechanism for driving first screw nut and said second screw nut simultaneously for causing the first screw nut to create a first speed and the second screw nut to create a second speed slower than and reversed to the first speed, and a first support and a second support respectively affixed to the second screw rod to support and to move with the second screw rod. Thus, the gap between the movable platform and each support is changed subject to movement of the screw nuts. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239855 | RAIL AND DESK WITH SLIDING TOP AND POWER ACCESS (C:SCAPE) - A worksurface assembly includes a support structure and a top portion that is movable relative to the support structure. The worksurface assembly may include a mounting rail configured to support various accessory units. A utility supply system is provided, and the top portion of the worksurface assembly may be moved to provide access to the utility supply system. A mechanism provides for controlled movement of the top portion of the worksurface assembly relative to the support structure. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239856 | EXTENSIBLE PARTITION AND TABLE USING THE SAME - An extensible partition includes a partition including a display area for displaying an image and configured to be rolled, and a roller for rolling the partition, the roller being coupled with a first end of the partition. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239857 | SWIRL FLOW TYPE PRE-MIXED LOW-POLLUTION COMBUSTION APPARATUS - The disclosure relates to a waste gas purification apparatus, and more particularly, to a waste gas combustion apparatus to burn and process waste gases. The disclosure provides the waste gas combustion apparatus to process the waste gases generated in an industrial process, such as a chemical process, a semiconductor manufacturing process, or an LCD manufacturing process. The waste gas combustion apparatus includes a combustion gas supply unit provided with a first combustion region in which the waste gases are primarily burned by supply of fuel gases which are pre-mixed with diluted fuel gases, and a second combustion region which is supplied with support gases so as to completely burn fuel gases which are not reacted in the first combustion region. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239858 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, SEWING MACHINE AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An information processing device includes a processor and a memory. The memory is configured to store computer-readable instructions. The instructions instruct the information processing device to execute steps including randomly arranging a plurality of embroidery patterns within a coordinate area set in an embroidery frame that is moved in two directions. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239859 | MAGNUS ROTOR COMPRISING A GUIDE ROLLER COVER - The present invention concerns a Magnus rotor comprising a guide roller which is arranged at the lower outer periphery of the Magnus rotor and which bears against the Magnus rotor in play-free relationship, a walkway surface arranged beneath the guide roller, and a cover which covers the guide roller and the walkway surface. In an opened condition the cover exposes the guide roller and the walkway surface so that a person on the walkway surface can perform working operations at the guide roller. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239860 | Sailing Vessel - There is disclosed a sailing vessel comprising a buoyancy body at which a rotatable keel is held which can be adjusted by setting a rudder. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239861 | TURBINE-INTEGRATED HYDROFOIL - A turbine integrated within a hydrofoil extracts energy from a free-flowing motive fluid. In the preferred embodiment, the turbine is of the crossflow variety with runner blades coaxial to the width of the hydrofoil. The foremost edge of the hydrofoil comprises a slot covered by a continuously adjustable gate for controlling the overall drag imposed by the turbine. The hydrofoil mounts to a sailing vessel by means of a gimbal on a structure affixed to the hull, enabling the turbine to optimally respond to changes in direction of the free-flowing motive fluid and facilitating guidance and stability of the vessel. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239862 | BODY BOARD HAVING A HEAT ENGINE AND CAPABLE OF MOVING IN WAVES - A body board ( | 2013-09-19 |
20130239863 | TETHERED TOW BODY, COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - The problem of providing a submerged vehicle with above-the-surface communications to a nearby vessel, shore platform, or satellite while traveling at operating speed is solved by an efficiently deployable tethered tow body having a hydrodynamic and buoyant hull body and incorporating a lift-generating wing that provides hydrodynamic lift to efficiently lift the tow body containing antennas and other communications devices to the surface. The tow body allows for stable operation during underwater tow, surface tow, and transitions between underwater tow and surface tow. Disclosed embodiments include communications apparatuses encompassing the principles of the tethered tow body, as well as various underwater systems that incorporate a tethered tow body or communications apparatus for establishing communications with a nearby vessel, shore platform, or satellite. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239864 | DEFLECTOR FOR MARINE DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM - Deflectors configured to be attached to cables towed behind a vessel for performing a marine survey are provided. A deflector has a wing body including a first part joined to a second part to form a swept-back-wing shape, the first part and the second part being substantially coplanar. A first straight line stretching along at least a portion of a front edge of the first part makes a first angle with a second straight line stretching along at least a portion of a front edge of the second part. A third straight line stretching along at least a portion of a trailing edge of the first part makes a second angle with a fourth straight line stretching along at least a portion of a trailing edge of the second part, the first angle and the second angle being non-zero angles. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239865 | Removable Glide Assembly for a Watercraft Float - The present disclosure pertains to a glide assembly for a watercraft float having a base with a bottom surface substantially mated to a watercraft receiving area of the float and a cavity, a glide member, an axle, and a securing mechanism allowing for the glide assembly to be positioned at different locations on the float, where the glide assembly reduces the amount of force required to receive and launch the watercraft. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239866 | Conductor Bend Restrictor - An offshore system for drilling or production includes a buoyant hull. In addition, the offshore system includes a topside mounted to the hull and positioned above the surface of the water. Further, the offshore system includes a conductor having a lower end disposed in the sea bed below the sea floor and an upper end coupled to the topside. Still further, the offshore system includes a bend restrictor disposed about the conductor. The bend restrictor has a lower end positioned in the sea bed below the sea floor and an upper end positioned above the sea floor. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239867 | Helical Bend Restrictor - An offshore system for drilling or production comprises a buoyant hull. In addition, the system comprises a topside mounted to the hull and positioned above the surface of the water. Further, the system comprises a conductor having a lower end disposed in the sea bed below the sea floor and an upper end coupled to the topside. Still further, the system comprises a bend restrictor disposed about the conductor. The bend restrictor comprises a first sleeve having a lower end positioned in the sea bed below the sea floor, an upper end positioned above the sea floor, an inner surface extending between the upper end and the lower end, an outer surface extending between the upper end and the lower end, and a slit extending helically about the first sleeve. The slit extends radially from the inner surface to the outer surface of the first sleeve. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239868 | DRY TREE JACKET SEMI-SUBMERSIBLE PLATFORM - Column-stabilized floating offshore platform structure for dry tree application is provided. The offshore floating platform can include a deck, a jacket frame attached to the bottom of the deck for supporting the deck, a hull structurally coupled with the jacket frame for providing buoyancy and a restoring force to stabilize the platform, and a mooring system coupled with the hull for maintaining the position of the platform. A method for providing the offshore floating platform is also provided. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239869 | UNDERWATER VEHICLE FOR UNCOVERING SUBMERGED OBJECTS AND UNDERWATER SYSTEM WITH AN UNDERWATER VEHICLE OF THIS TYPE - An underwater vehicle configured to be remote-controllable and maneuverable includes a device which is configured to uncover a submerged object. The device comprises a working nozzle configured to conduct a water flow and a counter pressure nozzle configured to counteract the working nozzle. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239870 | Underwater Vehicle Bouyancy System - A multiple stage buoyancy changing system, or variable buoyancy device, for an underwater vehicle. The multiple stage buoyancy changing system comprises: a pressure hull containing a flexibly-sized internal fluid reservoir; a flexibly-sized external fluid reservoir attached to the pressure hull and connected to the internal reservoir; a system of devices and channels configured to move fluid between the internal fluid reservoir and the external fluid reservoir to change a displaced volume of the vehicle. Each stage of the variable buoyancy device can be optimized for maximum energy efficiency while changing the vehicle's displaced volume within an ambient pressure range. A control system for the variable buoyancy device engages different stages depending on ambient external pressure such that maximum energy efficiency is achieved over a large range of pressures/depths. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239871 | WATER CRAFT HAVING OPEN UPPER DECK, AFT SWIM DECK AND COLLAPSIBLE BULWARKS - Disclosed is water craft providing inventive features to achieve a double-decked vessel having: a.) substantially continuous, flat and open upper deck; b.) a substantially continuous and fiat lower deck with an enclosed fore section and an exposed aft section forming a swim deck; and c.) a system of collapsible bulwarks in the upper and swim decks that permit: the vessel to transition from a traditional configuration (better suited for travel) to an open configuration (better suit for entertainment activities while stationary). | 2013-09-19 |
20130239872 | Stowable Bimini Top - Disclosed is a slide piece for a stowable bimini frame associable with a tower structure of a watercraft, the slide piece including a slide piece body portion, at least one frame association structure extending from the body portion, the at least one frame association structure being configured to slidingly associate the bimini frame with the slide piece body portion, and an affixing surface of the slide piece body portion, the affixing surface being positioned and configured for associating the slide piece body portion with the tower structure of the watercraft. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239873 | Adjustable Kayak Chair - A watercraft having a chair with seat securely carried on the watercraft, the chair having a tubular frame comprising a seat frame, a back frame, and arms above and at each side of the seat frame. The seat and back frames are joined via a hinged connection. The front support legs extend downwardly from the front of each of the arms and terminate in a foot-like projection. A U-shaped rear chair support having downwardly extending portions at the rear of each of the arms, which are joined at their lower extremity by a horizontal portion. The surface of the watercraft has adhered thereto two spaced apart shoes for receiving the feet. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239874 | ROBUST, ULTRAVIOLET-PROTECTED AMBIENT CONDITION HISTORY INDICATOR AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - An optically readable ambient condition history indicator can have a substrate, an indicator agent on the substrate surface, and a transparent layer overlying the indicator agent. The indicator agent can be capable of changing appearance in response to exposure to an ambient condition and the transparent layer can be subject to exposure to environmental ultraviolet radiation. The indicator can also include a radiation-filtering adhesive layer overlying the indicator agent to secure the transparent layer to the indicator agent, which adhesive layer can include an adhesive and an ultraviolet radiation filter and can contact both the transparent layer and the indicator agent-bearing substrate. The radiation-filtering adhesive layer can protect the indicator agent from ultraviolet radiation transmitted through the transparent layer and provide a simple, robust construction that is easy to manufacture and resists delamination. The adhesive itself is also protected from ultraviolet radiation. A simplified manufacturing method is also disclosed. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239875 | LEAK DETECTION IN VACUUM BAGS - Air leaks in a seal beneath a vacuum bag are detected using a leak detection film inside the vacuum bag. The film includes a gas permeable binder and a gas sensitive material held in the binder. The gas sensitive material has at least one visual characteristic that changes in the presence of gas entering the vacuum bag through a leak in the seal | 2013-09-19 |
20130239876 | DEVICE FOR DRIVING AWAY BIRDS BY MEANS OF ACOUSTIC OSCILLATION - The invention relates to a device for subjecting a spatial area to acoustic oscillation in the ultrasound range or the ultrasound near range, provided with a housing ( | 2013-09-19 |
20130239877 | METHOD AND STRUCTURE FOR NONLINEAR OPTICS - A nonlinear optical crystal having a chemical formula of Y | 2013-09-19 |
20130239878 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF ALUMINUM NITRIDE SINGLE CRYSTAL - The invention is an apparatus for production of an aluminum nitride single crystal that produces the aluminum nitride single crystal by heating an aluminum nitride raw material to sublimate the raw material, thereby to recrystallize the aluminum nitride onto a seed crystal, which includes a growth vessel that accommodates the aluminum nitride raw material, and is composed of a material that has corrosion resistance with respect to the aluminum gas generated upon sublimation of the aluminum nitride raw material, and a heating element that is arranged on the outside of the growth vessel, and heats the aluminum nitride raw material through the growth vessel, wherein the growth vessel includes a main body which has an accommodation section that accommodates the aluminum nitride and a lid which seals the accommodation section of the main body hermetically, and wherein the heating element is composed of a metal material containing tungsten. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239879 | LOAD LOCK HAVING SECONDARY ISOLATION CHAMBER - A load lock includes a chamber including an upper portion, a lower portion, and a partition between the upper portion and the lower portion, the partition including an opening therethrough. The load lock further includes a first port in communication with the upper portion of the chamber and a second port in communication with the lower portion of the chamber. The load lock includes a rack disposed within the chamber and a workpiece holder mounted on a first surface of the rack, wherein the rack and the workpiece holder are movable by an indexer that is capable of selectively moving wafer slots of the rack into communication with the second port. The indexer can also move the rack into an uppermost position, at which the first surface of the boat and the partition sealingly separate the upper portion and the lower portion to define an upper chamber and a lower chamber. Auxiliary processing, such as wafer pre-cleaning, or metrology can be conducted in the upper portion. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239880 | BASE MATERIAL FOR GROWING SINGLE CRYSTAL DIAMOND AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SINGLE CRYSTAL DIAMOND SUBSTRATE - A base material for growing a single crystal diamond that includes at least a single crystal SiC substrate, and an iridium film or a rhodium film heteroepitaxially grown on a side of the single crystal SiC substrate where the single crystal diamond is to be grown. As a result, there is provided a base material for growing a single crystal diamond and a method for producing a single crystal diamond substrate which can grow the single crystal diamond having a large area and good crystallinity and produce a high quality single crystal diamond substrate at low cost. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239881 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING SILICON CARBIDE SINGLE-CRYSTAL - A method for manufacturing a silicon carbide single-crystal having a diameter of more than 100 mm and a maximum height of 20 mm or more using a sublimation method includes the following steps. That is, there are prepared a seed substrate made of silicon carbide and a silicon carbide source material. By sublimating the silicon carbide source material, the silicon carbide single-crystal is grown on a growth surface of the seed substrate. In the step of growing the silicon carbide single-crystal, a first carbon member provided at a position facing a side wall of the seed substrate is etched at a rate of 0.1 mm/hour or less. By suppressing a change in growth condition for the silicon carbide single-crystal in the crucible, there can be provided a method for manufacturing a silicon carbide single-crystal so as to stably grow the silicon carbide single-crystal. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239882 | COATED CRUCIBLE AND METHOD OF MAKING A COATED CRUCIBLE - A crucible for forming a boule in a portion of an interior volume of the crucible. The crucible has a crucible base material forming the interior volume. The crucible base material is separated from the boule by a barrier coat disposed between the boule and the crucible base material. The barrier coat has a pin free conformal thickness conforming to a surface of the crucible base material regardless of a shape of a surface feature on the surface, the barrier coat having a melting point higher than that of the boule. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239883 | ARRANGEMENT FOR THE PRODUCTION OF STRUCTURED SUBSTRATES - An arrangement for producing structured substrates is provided, which includes a device for applying layer systems including a device for applying liquid materials to rotating substrates, a housing, a rotating holder for the substrate to be coated, a feeder for liquid materials to be applied, and a collection device having multiple removal contraptions for liquid materials that do not remain on the substrate. The housing of the device is filled with an inert gas, in particular dried, molecular nitrogen, noble gas, or a mixture thereof. The additional receptacles and conduits of the arrangement for producing structured substrates are gas-tight and are designed such that an inert molecular nitrogen or noble gas atmosphere is created above the liquid contents thereof. The collection device has various collection zones in which different liquid materials can be selectively collected and selectively removed via the associated removal contraption. | 2013-09-19 |
20130239884 | GAS WIPING DEVICE - A gas wiping device for preventing splash on a steel band including a box-shaped body enclosing the steel band and gas wiping nozzles is provided with a plating bath for storing molten metal, and a box-shaped body placed above the plating bath. The box-shaped body is provided, in the interior, with gas wiping nozzles disposed facing one another on the respective tubular members so as to sandwich a band-shaped body. Gas wiping nozzle is provided with a first spraying unit capable of spraying gas to the steel band, and a second spraying unit and a third spraying unit capable of spraying gas towards the direction of gas wiping nozzle. Gas wiping nozzle is provided with a fourth spraying unit capable of spraying gas to the steel band, and a fifth spraying unit and a sixth spraying unit capable of spraying gas towards the direction of gas wiping nozzle. | 2013-09-19 |