40th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 13 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140291127 | Chain Link Comprising an Articulation Section and a Fork Section Separated by a Slide Section - A chain link for a curved conveyor chain, the chain link comprising a base body and a bolt, the base body having an articulation section and a fork section and a carrier means for carrying material that is to be conveyed, the bolt being elongated and designed in a circular cylindrical manner in at least one central section. In the articulation section, a bolt opening is provided through which the bolt can pass and can rotate relative to at least two axes. The fork section has an articulation recess for receiving the articulation section of an adjoining identical chain link, the fork section having two opposite bolt recesses which can receive the opposite ends of the bolt of the adjoining chain link. The articulation and fork sections of two adjoining, identical chain links are maintained at a distance by two slide sections. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291128 | LOW-G MEMS ACCELERATION SWITCH - A motion-sensitive low-G MEMS acceleration switch, which is a MEMS switch that closes at low-g acceleration (e.g., sensitive to no more than 10 Gs), is proposed. Specifically, the low-G MEMS acceleration switch has a base, a sensor wafer with one or more proofmasses, an open circuit that includes two fixed electrodes, and a contact plate. During acceleration, one or more of the proofmasses move towards the base and connects the two fixed electrodes together, resulting in a closing of the circuit that detects the acceleration. Sensitivity to low-G acceleration is achieved by proper dimensioning of the proofmasses and one or more springs used to support the proofmasses in the switch. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291129 | ELECTRIC SWITCH WITH RUBBING CONTACT - The present invention relates to an electric switch with rubbing contact ( | 2014-10-02 |
20140291130 | EXTERNAL ON-LOAD TAP CHANGER - Disclosed is a suspensible external combined on-load tap changer, including: a switch box, a switch body and a motor mechanism, a top box wall of the switch box being opened with a top opening, a top box cover being mounted on the top opening, wherein the switch body is detachably mounted in the switch box and is entirely lifted in and lifted out by the top opening; and the motor mechanism is connected with the switch body in a driving manner. The switch body in the present invention uses a hoisting structure, and the top box wall of the switch box is opened with a top opening with a size large enough, so that the switch body is directly lifted in and lifted out of the switch box from the top opening, and installation and maintenance are easier. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291131 | WATERPROOF STRUCTURE AND SWITCH DEVICE INCLUDING WATERPROOF STRUCTURE - An engine start switch includes a substrate on which electronic components are mounted, a case which is formed in a cylindrical shape by a peripheral wall portion surrounding the substrate and of which at least one end portion is opened, and a support member that supports the substrate in the case and extends toward the open end of the case from one end portion thereof supporting the substrate. The support member includes an outer surface that faces an inner surface of the peripheral wall portion with a gap interposed therebetween, and a gap at the one end portion of the support member is wider than a gap at other portions excluding at least the one end of the support member. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291132 | Protective Switch Cover System - The instant invention teaches a protective cover for an electrical switch forming part of an electrical circuit having three key components: a fastening flange adapted to be secured to a cover plate for the switch, a shield portion connected to the fastening flange which serves to help block accidental contact, activation and/or access to the electrical switch, but does not totally prevent intentional movement of the switch by a user (especially via a hand-held tool), and a snap off tab or tabs forming part of the shield portion, with the snap off tab or tabs being adapted to be snapped off and removed to allow freer access to and movement of the electrical switch by a user while still providing significant protection against accidental contact and activation. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291133 | KEYCAP STRUCTURE OF A BUTTON AND METHOD OF MAKING THEREOF - A keycap structure of a button includes a cap body, a plurality of clamping members and a covering member. The cap body is made of metal and has a first surface and a second surface. The covering member is disposed on the first surface. Each clamping member is connected to the second surface. A plurality of breaches is opened on the cap body, so that the breaches are disposed between the first surface and the second surface. Each breach is connected with each corresponding clamping member. Under this arrangement, since the cap body is made of metal, the thickness of the cap body is reduced while retaining mechanical strength; additionally, the total weight of the keycap structure of a button is reduced due to the breaches. Consequently, upon assembling the keycap structure of a button, a lighter and thinner keyboard or laptop is provided. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291134 | Input Device Securing Techniques - Input device adhesive techniques are described. A pressure sensitive key includes a sensor substrate having one or more conductors, a spacer layer, and a flexible contact layer. The spacer layer is disposed proximal to the sensor substrate and has at least one opening. The flexible contact layer is spaced apart from the sensor substrate by the spacer layer and configured to flex through the opening in response to an applied pressure to initiate an input. The flexible contact layer is secured to the spacer layer such that at first edge, the flexible contact layer is secured to the spacer layer at an approximate midpoint of the first edge and is not secured to the spacer along another portion of the first edge and at a second edge, the flexible contact layer is not secured to the spacer layer along an approximate midpoint of the second edge. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291135 | Slide Switch - A slide switch includes a case forming an accommodation space, a first contact disposed in the accommodation space, a second contact disposed in the accommodation space, a third contact disposed in the accommodation space, and a slider fixed to the third contact. The slider is movable between a first position in which the first contact and the second contact are electrically insulated from each other and a second position in which the first contact and the second contact are electrically connected to each other via the third contact. The case includes a projection supporting the third contact in a normal direction of a plane which includes a moving path of the slider in the accommodation space. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291136 | MEMS DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - According to one embodiment, a MEMS device includes a first electrode formed on a support substrate, a second electrode arranged to face the first electrode and formed to be movable in a facing direction with respect to the first electrode, a beam portion formed on the support substrate and formed to support the second electrode, a cap layer formed to cover the second electrode and beam portion, a plurality of through-holes formed in the cap layer, the through-holes being formed in a portion other than a proximity portion in which a facing distance between the cap layer and a member in the cap layer is not longer than a preset distance, and a sealing layer formed to cover the cap layer and fill the through-holes. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291137 | CONTOURED HUMIDIFICATION-DEHUMIDIFICATION DESALINATION SYSTEM - A humidification-dehumidification water desalination system uses a contoured interior chamber, essentially onion shaped, in order to balance the thermodynamics of the evaporation/condensation process completely by facilitating the needed fluid bypass with air and the contoured shape of the interior chamber so that the desalination can occur energy efficiently in a single stage humidification-dehumidification system. The contour of the internal wall of the interior chamber is loosely proportional to the differential of the percentage of water vapor that can be carried by air as a function of temperature, with the interior chamber being essentially symmetrical about a horizontal midplane through the interior chamber. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291138 | ADVANCED NANO TECHNOLOGY FOR GROWING METALLIC NANO-CLUSTERS - An apparatus for growing nano-clusters includes a pair of electrodes separated by an electrode pair spacing and a field generation module that generates a corona discharge across the electrodes. The corona discharge generates an electromagnetic field near the electrodes. A voltage potential across the electrodes is a medium voltage. The field generation module includes a medium voltage module that generates a medium voltage waveform, which is transmitted to the electrodes to generate the corona discharge. The field generation module includes a broad frequency generation module that generates a broad spectrum of frequencies within the medium voltage waveform. A raw material feeder module feeds particles of a raw material through the electromagnetic field. The electromagnetic field with the broad spectrum of frequencies is operative to separate at least a portion of the raw material fed through the electromagnetic field into free atoms. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291139 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING EXHAUST GAS IN A PROCESSING SYSTEM - Methods and apparatus for treating an exhaust gas in a foreline of a substrate processing system are provided herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus for treating an exhaust gas in a foreline of a substrate processing system includes a plasma source coupled to a foreline of a process chamber, a reagent source coupled to the foreline upstream of the plasma source, and a foreline gas injection kit coupled to the foreline to controllably deliver a gas to the foreline, wherein the foreline injection kit includes a pressure regulator to set a foreline gas delivery pressure setpoint, and a first pressure gauge coupled to monitor a delivery pressure of the gas upstream of the foreline. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291140 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PLASMA GENERATION - In a simple method and device for producing plasma flows of a metal and/or a gas electric discharges are periodically produced between the anode and a metal magnetron sputtering cathode in crossed electric and magnetic fields in a chamber having a low pressure of a gas. The discharges are produced so that each discharge comprises a first period with a low electrical current passing between the anode and cathode for producing a metal vapor by magnetron sputtering, and a second period with a high electrical current passing between the anode and cathode for producing an ionization of gas and the produced metal vapor. Instead of the first period a constant current discharge can be used. Intensive gas or metal plasma flows can be produced without forming contracted arc discharges. The selfsputtering phenomenon can be used. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291141 | Nanostructure Lithium Ion Battery - The embodiments of the embodiments of the Nanostructure Lithium Ion Battery are comprised of a multi-layer coaxial assembly formed over a cylindrical core. The multilayers are each comprised of sublayers in order as follows: a copper sublayer with nano “chicken wire” embedded in the copper sublayer for current collection, a nanostructured aluminum substrate sublayer, a nanostructured cathode sublayer, an electrolyte sublayer, a nanostructured anode sublayer, and a copper interlayer sublayer. The nanobatteries are arranged in layered stacks of nanocells. The nanocells stacks are comprised of a plurality of individual octagonal shaped multilayer nanocells. Each nanocell stack is electrically connected to an array of other nanocells stacks via electrode contacts. A lower copper bus serves as the anode current collector and an upper copper bus serves as the cathode current collector. Pass-throughs connect to the appropriate cathode layers in the multilayer nanocell stacks. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291142 | PHOTOELECTRODE FOR PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELL, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELL INCLUDING THE SAME - A photoelectrode for a photoelectrochemical cell, a method of manufacturing the same, and a photoelectrochemical cell including the same, the photoelectrode including TiO | 2014-10-02 |
20140291143 | CARRIER MATERIAL FOR ELECTRICALLY POLARIZABLE BIOMATERIALS, POLYELECTROLYTE MATERIALS, ATOMS, IONS AND MOLECULES; ITS MANUFACTURE AND USE - Carriers for biomaterials, for polyelectrolyte materials, for electrically polarizable atoms, ions, molecules are provided wherein the material of the carriers is compatible with materials that are used in microelectronics. The arrangement of the biomaterials or biomolecules and optionally of biomolecules, biomaterials, biological functional units or cells adsorbed thereon can be affected with the carrier in a specific manner. Complex molecular machines can be built and tested by the carriers. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291144 | PLASMA DEPOSITION ON A PARTIALLY FABRICATED BATTERY CELL THROUGH A MESH SCREEN - A plasma chamber for depositing a battery component material on a partially fabricated battery cell comprising a battery component layer containing charge-carrying metal species and having an exposed surface. The chamber comprises a support carrier to hold a battery support comprising the partially fabricated battery cell. A mesh screen is positioned at a preset distance from the support carrier, the mesh screen having a plurality of mesh openings. An exhaust maintains a pressure of the process gas in the plasma chamber. A plasma power source is capable of applying an electrical power to the process gas to generate a plasma from the process gas for plasma deposition, during which the mesh screen is capable of reducing migration of the charge-carrying metal species across the battery component layer. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291145 | VACUUM PROCESSING APPARATUS - A vacuum processing apparatus includes a substrate holder which can tilt relative to a target and includes a refrigerating machine which cools a substrate, hoses which transport a refrigerant between a compressor provided outside a vacuum vessel and a cooling device inside the substrate holder, and a housing unit which is provided outside the vacuum vessel and houses the hoses in a coiled state with a curvature radius that does not exceed a predetermined curvature radius. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291146 | SPUTTERING APPARATUS - A sputtering apparatus capable of effectively reducing damage of a target in a sputtering process includes a first magnet assembly extending in a first direction and having a first side surface and a second side surface extending in the first direction, which correspond to each other, and has a first bottom surface extending in the first direction, which connects the first and second side surfaces; a first shield on the first side surface of the first magnet assembly; and a first supporter for supporting a first end and a second end of a first cylindrical tubular target, the first cylindrical tubular target having a first longitudinal axis parallel to the first direction, the first cylindrical tubular target accommodating the first magnet assembly and the first shield. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291147 | TARGET MATERIALS FOR FABRICATING SOLAR CELLS - A sputtering target device is provided for manufacturing solar cells. The target device includes a metal selected from a group consisting of copper, indium, and molybdenum and further includes antimony or antimony-containing compound mixed in a matrix of the metal. The target device comprises antimony of 0.1 to 20 wt % and the metal of at least 80 wt %. The target device is installed in a deposition system for forming a back electrode doped with antimony or for forming at least one precursor layer doped with antimony among a stack of multiple precursor layers for forming a semiconductor photovoltaic absorber material. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291148 | SPUTTERING APPARATUS - A sputtering apparatus includes a power application device configured to apply power to set a cathode body and a cathode magnet to an equipotential. The power to be applied to the cathode magnet is supplied via a spline arranged between the cathode body and a magnet rotating shaft attached to the cathode magnet. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291149 | ANODE ASSEMBLY OF A VACUUM-ARC CATHODE PLASMA SOURCE - An anode unit is connected with an arc power supply having a positive terminal. The unit includes—an anode with an inlet,—a focusing coil encircling the anode, generating a focusing magnetic field,—a deflection coil being a conductive cooled pipe within an electro-conductive shell mounted in the anode, generating a deflection field opposite to the focusing one, having a distal butt end distal to the inlet and a proximal butt end proximal thereto, and a beginning turn,—a deflection permanent magnet inside the deflection coil facing the proximal end, generating a permanent deflection field, and—an additional permanent magnet inside the deflection coil facing the distal end, generating an additional magnetic field opposite to the permanent deflection one. The positive terminal is connected to the anode through the focusing coil and to the shell through the deflection coil. The beginning turn has a thermal contact with the shell. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291150 | GAS SENSOR ELEMENT, AND GAS SENSOR - A gas sensor element ( | 2014-10-02 |
20140291151 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS HAVING A CATHODE-ELECTROLYTE-ANODE UNIT BORNE BY A METAL SUBSTRATE, AND USE OF SAID SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS - The invention relates to a method of producing solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) having a cathode-electrolyte-anode unit supported by a metal substrate. It is the object of the invention in this respect to provide solid oxide fuel cells which achieve an increased strength, improved temperature change resistance, a secure bonding of films forming the cathode-electrolyte-anode unit and can be produced free of distortion and reproducibly. In the method in accordance with the invention, a film forming the anode is first wet chemically applied to a surface of a porous metallic substrate as a carrier of the cathode-electrolyte-anode unit. An element which has already been sintered gas tight in advance and which forms the electrolyte is then placed on or applied a really to this film forming the anode and at a first thermal treatment up to a maximum temperature of 1250° C. the organic components contained in the film forming the anode are expelled, this film is sintered and in so doing a connection with material continuity is established between the substrate and the electrolyte. Subsequent to this, a further film forming the cathode is wet chemically applied to the electrolyte and is sintered in a further thermal treatment at temperatures beneath 1000° C. and the cathode is connected with material continuity to the electrolyte. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291152 | MICROREACTOR AND METHOD FOR LOADING A LIQUID - A microreactor includes: a substrate ( | 2014-10-02 |
20140291153 | NANOPORE FUNCTIONALITY CONTROL - A method is provided of controlling the functionality of a substrate containing at least one nanopore. The method includes the steps of: introducing to the substrate a solution containing a molecular construct having a body formation which defines an aperture and a tail formation extending from the body formation; applying a potential difference across the substrate to thread the tail formation through the nanopore thereby docking the molecular construct to the substrate with the aperture aligned with the nanopore such that the sleeve formation lines the nanopore; and expelling the molecular construct from the substrate by varying the potential difference. A DNA construct for docking to a substrate having a nanopore is also provided, the construct having a body formation which defines an aperture, and a tail formation extending from the body formation for threading through the nanopore to dock the construct to the substrate with the aperture and nanopore in alignment. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291154 | DIELECTROPHORETIC PARTICLE CONCENTRATOR AND CONCENTRATION WITH DETECTION METHOD - A concentration method of dielectrophoretic particles includes: providing a fluid pipe structure, wherein the fluid pipe structure has a protrudent structure lateral protruding inwardly so as to form a line-like gate; making a fluid containing particles to be measured flow through the fluid pipe structure; and applying an electrical field through the line-like gate so as to produce a dielectrophoresis force to concentrate the particles to be measured. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291155 | Microfluidic Sample Injectors Absent Electrokinetic Injection - Microfluidic sample injection, which is based on a mechanical valve rather than electrokinetic injection into an integrated separation channel or a discrete separation column, can provide improved sample injections, enhanced capabilities, and can eliminate the need for changing the electric field in the separation channel to induce sample injection. An interface allowing the use of a discrete separation column easily allows for flexibility to utilize the microfluidic injector with existing analytical techniques. Multiple sample channels and/or sample sources can be utilized with the microfluidic sample injector. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291156 | HIGH STRENGTH, HIGH HEAT RESISTANCE ELECTRODEPOSITED COPPER FOIL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SAME - Task: To provide an electrodeposited copper alloy foil with large mechanical strength under normal conditions, and that does not easily degrade due to heat when heated to about 300° C. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291157 | TRANSFER MOLD MANUFACTURING METHOD, TRANSFER MOLD MANUFACTURED THEREBY, AND COMPONENT PRODUCED BY THE TRANSFER MOLD - A transfer mold, which has superior durability and high aspect ratio, for production of a component by electroplating and a component produced thereby are provided. A method therefor includes the steps of forming a resist pattern having a shape of a component with a desired aspect ratio on a metal substrate, a sidewall of the resist pattern forming a desired angle, creating a transfer mold by filing up the resist pattern having the shape of the component by electroplating to a predetermined thickness and providing a master mold by separating the transfer mold from the metal substrate. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291158 | COATING FACILITY AND METHOD FOR COATING WORKPIECES - In order to provide a coating facility for coating workpieces, which includes a dip tank, into which the workpieces are introducible in order to coat them, a current conversion system for providing a coating current, which is feedable through the dip tank to coat the workpieces, and an electrode, which is configured to be arranged in the dip tank and which is electrically connected to the current conversion system, which coating facility is configured to be flexibly and reliably operated, it is proposed that the current conversion system comprises a current conversion unit, which includes a power switch and an isolating transformer, the power switch being connectable on the input side to a supply current source and being connected on the output side to the isolating transformer and the isolating transformer being connected on the input side to the power switch and on the output side to an electrode. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291159 | PARTIAL PLATING DEVICE AND PARTIAL PLATING METHOD - A partial plating device includes a drum jig which has a plurality of positioning pins provided on the outer peripheral surface thereof, and which feeds a metal member around the outer periphery thereof by engaging the metal member with the positioning pins; a rotating shaft which rotatably supports the drum jig, a jet unit that supplies plating liquid to the metal member, and a brake unit that reduces the circumferential speed of the drum jig, and which is fitted to the rotating shaft. A plating device and a partial plating method in which plating is not carried out on the first region of a metal member on the carrying-in side of the drum jig, but in which plating is carried out on the second region of a metal member on the carrying-out side. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291160 | Sensor and method for manufacturing a sensor - The present invention refers to a sensor ( | 2014-10-02 |
20140291161 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING METAL BY MOLTEN SALT ELECTROLYSIS AND APPARATUS USED FOR THE PRODUCTION METHOD - Provided is a method for obtaining a particular metal at high purity, with safety, and at low cost, from a treatment object containing two or more metal elements. The present invention provides a method for producing a metal by molten salt electrolysis, the method including a step of dissolving, in a molten salt, a metal element contained in a treatment object containing two or more metal elements; and a step of depositing or alloying a particular metal present in the molten salt, on one of a pair of electrode members disposed in the molten salt containing the dissolved metal element, by controlling a potential of the electrode members to a predetermined value. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291162 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TREATING CARBON GASES BY ELECTROCHEMICAL HYDROGENATION IN ORDER TO OBTAIN A CxHyOz COMPOUND - The present invention relates to a method for treating CO | 2014-10-02 |
20140291163 | CATALYSTS FOR LOW TEMPERATURE ELECTROLYTIC CO2 REDUCTION - A method for electrochemically reducing CO | 2014-10-02 |
20140291164 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DISINFECTANT PRODUCTION - The present invention relates to a technology for producing the production of disinfectants by diaphragm electrolysis of the aqueous solution of sodium chloride. Disinfectants are used in agriculture, public health care and medical institutions, public water supply systems and elsewhere. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291165 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A HIGH-TEMPERATURE ELECTROLYZER COMPRISING A STEP OF REDUCING THE MATERIAL OF THE CATHODES - A method for operating an installation for producing hydrogen including at least one high temperature electrolyzer for producing hydrogen, the electrolyzer including a plurality of elementary cells, each including a cathode and an anode separated by an electrolyte, the elementary cells being separated by an interconnection plate, each interconnection plate defining with an adjacent cathode a cathode compartment and with an adjacent anode an anode compartment, the cathodes being made from a cermet containing nickel, the method including: a) raising a temperature of the cells up to an operating temperature of the electrolyzer comprised between 650° C. and 950° C.; b) applying a potential difference on terminals of the elementary cells at least equal to 0.62 V. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291166 | METHOD AND KIT FOR ELECTROCHEMICALLY DETECTING ANALYTE - A method for electrochemically detecting an analyte contained in a sample using a working electrode and a counter electrode, comprising: allowing an electrolyte solution which contains a solution prepared by dissolving an imidazolium iodide compound in a protic solvent to be into contact with the working electrode and the counter electrode; and electrochemically detecting the analyte contained in the sample in the presence of the electrolyte solution is disclosed. A kit to be used for the method for electrochemically detecting an analyte is also disclosed. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291167 | Accurate Analyte Measurements for Electrochemical Test Strip Based on Multiple Discrete Measurements Defined by Sensed Physical Characteristic(s) of the Sample Containing the Analyte - Various embodiments that allow for a more accurate analyte concentration by determining at least one physical characteristic, particularly hematocrit, of the blood sample containing the analyte, particularly glucose, and deriving a specific sampling time based on a relationship between the physical characteristic and sampling time so that the analyte concentration can be determined with greater accuracy with the specific sampling time point. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291168 | MULTIPLE POTENTIAL BASED CHRONOAMPEROMETRIC FREE CHLORINE SENSORS - A chronoamperometric method and device to determine concentration of an electrochemically active species in a fluid and pH of the fluid. A plurality of sets of calibration relationships may be determined for a sensor in an aqueous solution, the sensor having one or more working electrodes and one or more reference electrodes. A first plurality of potentials may be applied across the working and reference electrodes of the sensor in solution, and a first plurality of currents and current differences obtained as a function of the applied first plurality of potentials. Concentration of an electrochemically active species may then be determined as a function of the obtained first plurality of currents and current differences using the plural sets of calibration relationships, and pH of the solution may be determined as a function of the obtained first plurality of currents and current differences using the plural sets of calibration relationships. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291169 | Measurement and Uses of Oxidative Status - The present invention provides a method of determining the overall oxidative status of a body fluid or a tissue of a patient by measuring the oxidation-reduction potential (ORP) of the body fluid or tissue. The method has been found to be useful in the diagnosis, evaluation and monitoring of patients who have suffered a trauma (such as a head injury), patients suspected of being critically-ill or who are critically ill, patients who have an infection, and patients suspected of having a myocardial infarction (MI) or who have had an MI. The method has also been found useful in monitoring and evaluating exercise performance in patients. In addition, the method has been found useful in monitoring and evaluating stored blood products and patients who will receive such a product. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291170 | ETHYLENE GAS DETECTION DEVICE AND METHODS OF USE - Provided herein are methods, apparatuses, and systems for enhancing the detection of reactive gases, such as ethylene gas, that are present at low concentrations in air samples. The methods and systems enhance the selectivity, sensitivity, and accuracy of electrochemical cells by removing interfering gases from the air samples. Some systems include an ethylene sensor that includes an electrochemical cell and a polar solvent gas trap pre-filter, wherein the gas trap is positioned upstream of the electrochemical cell. Some methods are methods of measuring an ethylene level in an air sample, and include passing the air sample by through a polar solvent gas trap, and measuring the ethylene level in the air sample with an electrochemical cell. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291171 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING PH VALUE OF A SOLUTION - The present invention provides a PH value detection device and a method of detecting a PH value of a solution. The PH value detection device may comprise: a first electrode and a second electrode, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are to be inserted into the solution; a power source for applying a bipolar rectangular potential pulse signal to the first electrode and the second electrode; a current detection means connected between the first electrode and the second electrode for detecting a current I flowing through the first electrode and the second electrode; and a calculating unit for calculating the PH value of the solution, based on the detected current I. By means of the above design of the present invention, the use of the fragile glass electrode and the reference electrode, e.g., an Ag/AgCl, saturated calomel electrode, can be avoided, which has a favorable effect on the daily maintenance of the PH value detection device and on the protection of the environment, and it also has a favorable effect on the miniaturization and facilitation of the PH value detection device. In addition, only measuring the current flowing through the electrode pair to calculate the PH value of the solution facilitates real time monitoring of the change of the PH value of the solution. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291172 | Notched Cover for a Portable, Hand-Held Electronic Device, such as an E-Book Reader - The invention described is for a book like or portfolio style cover or case for a portable, hand held electronic device. This cover includes a notch that allows the user to more easily hold the electronic device while attached to the cover. A notch is located on at least one side provides space for the user's hand so that the electronic device rests between the user's thumb and fingers in a natural position with the fingers behind the cover so that the device can be cradled in the hand. More particularly, the cover can have front and back panels joined by a hinge into which the notch extends. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291173 | COVER MEMBER - A cover member to be attached to an electronic device formed into a rectangular parallelepiped-like shape, and including a display section in at least one surface of the rectangular parallelepiped comprises a flat plate-like main cover configured to cover the surface of the electronic device, the surface including the display section formed therein, holding parts provided on both side surfaces of the main cover, and configured to hold the electronic device between the holding parts and the main cover; and an upper cover, and a lower cover provided on both end faces of the main cover. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291174 | TABLET COMPUTER COVER AND STAND - A tablet computer cover and stand includes a front cover and a rear cover interconnected by a cover hinge and configured to enclose a tablet computer therebetween in a closed condition. The front and rear covers have respective inner and outer surfaces and the inner surface of the front cover has at least one stop. A shell is connected to the rear cover by a shell hinge and is configured to hold the tablet computer. The shell has an extension configured to engage the stop upon opening the front and rear covers about the cover hinge and rotating the shell about the shell hinge from the closed condition to a lower stand position. The shell can be adjusted into infinitely variable positions for carrying out applications on the tablet computer. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291175 | Tablet Computer Cover and Stand - A tablet computer cover and stand includes a front cover and a rear cover interconnected by a cover hinge and configured to enclose a tablet computer therebetween in a closed condition. The front and rear covers have respective inner and outer surfaces and the inner surface of the front cover has an anti-slip surface. A shell is rotatable on the rear cover about a shell hinge and configured to hold the tablet computer. The shell has a free end configured to engage anywhere on the anti-slip surface upon opening the front and rear covers about the cover hinge and rotating the shell about the shell hinge from the closed condition to a standing position. The shell can be adjusted into infinitely variable positions for carrying out applications on the tablet computer and can be rotated between landscape and portrait orientations. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291176 | Tablet Computer Cover and Stand - A tablet computer cover and stand includes a front cover and a rear cover interconnected by an intermediate hinge and configured to enclose a tablet computer therebetween in a closed condition. The front and rear covers have respective inner and outer surfaces and the inner surface of the front cover has an anti-slip surface. A shell is rotatable on the rear cover about a rear cover hinge disposed within the rear cover and the shell is configured to hold the tablet computer. The shell has a free end configured to engage anywhere on the anti-slip surface upon opening the front and rear covers about the intermediate hinge and rotating the shell about the rear cover hinge from the closed condition to a standing position. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291177 | FOLDABLE PROTECTION COVER FOR SUPPORTING DEVICE - A foldable protection cover for supporting a device is provided. The foldable protection cover supports a device having a window at a front surface, and includes a panel cover fastened to one surface of the device and formed with a plurality of panels that cover the window and in which the plurality of panels are bent based on a folding line formed between adjacent panels, and a fixing member provided at one surface of the panel cover and that fixes one surface of the panel cover at one surface of the device so as to support the device by the bent panel cover. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291178 | OXYGEN ABSORBING RESIN COMPOSITION, OXYGEN ABSORBING MULTILAYER BODY, AND OXYGEN ABSORBING HOLLOW CONTAINER - There are provided an oxygen absorbing resin composition, an oxygen absorbing multilayered body, and an oxygen absorbing hollow container that can absorb oxygen in an atmosphere even under a low-humidity atmosphere. The oxygen absorbing resin composition includes: (I) an oxygen absorbing agent consisting of a metal (a metal of (I)) obtained by subjecting an alloy comprising (A) at least one transition metal selected from the group consisting of manganese, iron, platinum, and copper group metals and (B) at least one metal selected from the group consisting of aluminum, zinc, tin, lead, magnesium, and silicon, to treatment with an acidic or alkaline aqueous solution to elute and remove at least a part of the component (B); and (II) a thermoplastic resin. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291179 | ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE CASE WITH STERILIZATION FUNCTION - An electronic cigarette case with sterilization function is provided in the present invention, said electronic cigarette case comprises a microcontroller and a power supply module that are both built in the electronic cigarette case; wherein, the electronic cigarette case further comprises a sterilization module connected with the microcontroller; wherein, said sterilization module is configured to sterilize under the control of said microcontroller, and said sterilization module includes an ozone generator or a negative ion generator; said microcontroller is configured to control said sterilization module to start working or stop working When implementing the electronic cigarette case with sterilization function, the following advantageous effects can be achieved: the electronic cigarette case, and electronic cigarettes and cigarette holders stored in the electronic cigarette case can be sterilized, which ensures the safety of users of the electronic cigarette case. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291180 | INNER FRAME WITH AT LEAST ONE CREASING LINE, CONTAINER CONTAINING SAME, USE OF SUCH AN INNER FRAME BLANK AND METHOD FOR INCREASING STABILITY OF A CONTAINER - An inner frame for containers, preferably hinge lid containers, for consumer goods comprises a center panel ( | 2014-10-02 |
20140291181 | STORAGE BOX - A storage box includes a plurality of first accommodation spaces and at least one separator. The accommodation spaces are used for accommodating at least one bra. The at least one bra includes a connecting member, two back straps and two shoulder straps all connected together. The connecting member includes two breast carrying portions and two elastic support members. The elastic support members are disposed on the lower edges of the two breast carrying portions respectively. The thickness of the at least one bra is the vertical distance from the top of the two breast carrying portions to the plane on which the two elastic support members are located. A shoulder strap height between the bottom of the at least one bra to the two shoulder straps is defined. A support height between the bottom of the connecting member to the top of the elastic support member is defined. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291182 | Item Holder Apparatus and Methods of Using the Same - The present invention relates to an item holder apparatus and methods of using the same. Specifically, the present invention comprises a rollable sheet of gripping material that is capable of rolling or otherwise wrapping around an item to be carried by a user. Specifically, the item holder apparatus comprises a first wing and a second wing of flat, flexible gripping material having fasteners disposed thereon, wherein said first and second wings are capable of rolling or wrapping around an item to be carrier. Further, the item holder apparatus comprises a flat portion extending away from the first and second wings and having an aperture therein for holding a ring, clip, carabiner, or other connector. The item holder apparatus resiliently holds an item within the same and allows the same to be usefully accessible for a user thereof. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291183 | Mercury Capture for Packaged Fluorescent Lamps - Disclosed is an Hg capture system adapted for advantageous placement within a container housing a fluorescent lamp. Such Hg capture system includes a substrate impregnated with between about 0.08 and 0.23 g/cm | 2014-10-02 |
20140291184 | CONTAINER FOR PLANTS - The container for plants comprises a lateral wall comprising at least one sheet ( | 2014-10-02 |
20140291185 | Beverage Crate with Constant-Diameter Pockets - A nestable crate or container for holding bottles. The crate has a floor portion substantially in a first plane having a plurality of bottle seating areas, with each bottle seating area being adapted to receive a lower portion of a bottle. The crate also includes a peripheral wall surrounding the floor portion and extending upward from the floor portion, a plurality of central columns extending upward from the floor portion and oriented proximate to a longitudinal centerline of the crate, and a plurality of pylons extending upward from the floor portion along the periphery of the crate. Each central column includes at least one first bottle-contacting surface and each pylon includes at least one second bottle-contacting surface. Both the first and second bottle contacting surfaces are substantially orthogonal to the first plane. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291186 | STACK OF INTERFOLDED FIRST AND SECOND SHEETS - A stack of hygiene sheet products including first and second webs that are interfolded with each other. The stack includes a top panel of the first web and a top panel of the second web, wherein the top panel of the first web overlays the top panel of the second web but has been cut away so that the top panel of the second web is revealed by the top panel of the first web. An adherence layer is placed on the top panel of the first web and the top panel of the second web and is exposed at the top of the stack so that it can adhere to an adjacent stack so that when the last sheets of the adjacent stack are pulled through a dispenser opening of a dispenser, the first and second sheets are pulled securely through with it as a result of the direct adherence. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291187 | ELEMENT FOR THE STORAGE, HANDLING AND TRANSPORT OF ESSENTIALLY SHEET-FORM OBJECTS - An element for the handling objects includes vertically oriented, sheet-form ribs connecting by sidelong slats, with a protrusion that protrudes outwardly beyond an exterior face of a corresponding slat, the protrusion having either a bottom edge at a third height (H | 2014-10-02 |
20140291188 | PRODUCT CONTAINER ASSEMBLY HAVING A SECURITY DEVICE - A product package assembly formed from a blank has walls for containing contents and a printed circuit. The printed circuit is connected to more than one of the interior surfaces of the walls. When assembled, one wall of the product package can be moved between an open position allowing access to contents in the product package via an opening and a closed position. The printed circuit extends across the opening such that in the closed position the printed circuit is connected, and in the open position the printed circuit connection is broken. If a wall is severed or torn, the printed circuit can also be broken. A security device can be removably connected to the package and provided in electrical communication with the printed circuit. The security device has an alarm adapted to provide an alert when conductivity of the printed circuit is broken. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291189 | PACKAGE ASSEMBLY FOR MONETARY PAYMENT CARDS AND RELATED METHOD - A payment card package assembly includes a payment card, a panel, and a security label. The payment card has a card number thereon. The panel has a front side, and has warning indicia on the front side at a location outward of the perimeter of the payment card. The security label has a first portion that covers at least a portion of the card number, and has a second portion that covers the warning indicia in a front view of the assembly. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291190 | BLISTER PACK - [Problems to be Solved] | 2014-10-02 |
20140291191 | WET WIPES DISPENSER WITH LID POSITIONING FEATURE - A moist wipes dispenser has a top attached to a bottom along a hinge. The top is adapted to pivot about the hinge's axis of rotation. The top is adapted to assume a closed position and a dispensing position. In one embodiment, the top can assume a warning position adapted to warn a user that the top is not shut. The top is urged to the warning position if the top is angularly disposed in a red zone that extends between the closed position and the warning position. The warning position is angularly displaced from the closed position by at least five degrees. In another embodiment, the hinge includes a pin integrally molded with the top or bottom, and an open knuckle integrally molded with the other of the top and bottom. The hinge is adapted to urge the top into closed and dispensing positions in selected angular ranges. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291192 | COMPONENT CARRYING TRAY - A component carrying tray includes a bottom plate on which a component is stacked, and a projection. The projection has a main body and a regulator. The main body is hollow and has a tapering shape. The regulator is formed in the main body and extends in a direction perpendicular to the carrying surface and contacts a side surface of the component to regulate the component carried on the carrying surface. The bottom plate has a through hole so that when the component carrying tray is stacked on an additional component carrying tray, a projection of the additional component carrying tray comes into the hollow part of the main body. An opening is formed in the projection and configured to avoid, when the component carrying tray is stacked on an additional component carrying tray, interference between the projection and a regulator of the additional component carrying tray. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291193 | SYSTEM FOR VERTICALLY STACKING TRAYS - A system for vertically stacking trays of at least two standard types is disclosed. The system comprises a plurality of adapting elongate members which are vertically mountable between the trays. Each elongate member has a longitudinal axis; each elongate member has a first terminal and a second terminal. The first terminal has a taper head provided with at least two off-axis pins are oppositely disposed relative to the axis. The second terminal has at least one recess within a wall of the second terminal. Each tray of each type has a first side and a second side. Each tray is provided with matching sites such that the matching sites located on the first side are configured for receiving the heads of the first terminals and the matching sites located on the second side are configured for receiving the recess of the second terminals. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291194 | PACKING BUFFER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a packing buffer having enhanced manufacture efficiency, high strength, and eco-friendly properties and a manufacturing method thereof. The packing buffer includes reinforcement sheet provided at the exterior of the packing buffer for increase in strength of the packing buffer. Injection molding of the packing buffer is implemented in a state in which the reinforcement sheet is inserted in a mold. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291195 | PACKAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A packaging system and method for securing a product within a shipping container includes providing a shipping container appropriately sized for the product, attaching at least a first shock absorption member to the shipping container for serving as a locator for the product and for positioning the product on the shipping container. Attaching at least a second shock absorption member to the shipping container for, together with the at least a first shock absorption member, securing the product on the shipping container. The shipping container is closed about the product, which is itself suspended by the at least a first shock absorption member and the at least a second shock absorption member. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291196 | LOGISTICS CRATE MODULE AND METHOD OF TRANSPORTING GOODS - A crate module which includes a quadrilateral tray portion with a load carrying side and an opposing side. The tray portion is delimited by four successively connected peripheral edges and has form fitting elements. The crate module also includes four side panels each of which have a proximal end, from which the side panel is pivotably connected to a respective peripheral edge, and a distal end having a counterpart form fitting element which is configured to cooperate with a corresponding form fitting element of the tray portion of a similar logistics crate in a superposed configuration. At least one of the side panels is pivotably connected to the respective peripheral edge on said opposing side of the tray portion. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291197 | Drug Suspension Agent and Method of Manufacture Thereof - A drug suspension agent and method of making same is used for curing or preventing diseases, or adjusting the physiological function of a human or animal body by drug information without contacting the skin. The basic configuration of the drug suspension agent consists of a drug holder ( | 2014-10-02 |
20140291198 | RETICLE POD HAVING GAS GUIDING APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a reticle pod having gas guiding apparatus. The gas guiding apparatus communicates with at least an inlet of the reticle pod and comprises a first outlet corresponding to a first gas flowing space of the reticle pod and a second outlet corresponding to a second gas flowing space. When the inlet supplies a high-purity gas to the gas guiding apparatus, the high-purity gas will flows through the gas guiding apparatus, and flow to the first and second gas flowing spaces via the first and second outlets, respectively to distribute uniformly in the first and second gas flowing spaces. In addition, the cleaning efficiency on the reticle is improved; the contact between the reticle and air can be avoided for protecting the reticle. Thereby, the usage of the high-purity gas is reduced, and the filling efficiency of the high-purity gas is enhanced. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291199 | METHODS FOR UPGRADING OF CONTAMINATED HYDROCARBON STREAMS - A method of upgrading a heteroatom-containing hydrocarbon feed by removing heteroatom contaminants is disclosed. The method includes contacting the heteroatom-containing hydrocarbon feed with an oxidant to oxidize the heteroatoms, contacting the oxidized-heteroatom-containing hydrocarbon feed with caustic and a selectivity promoter, and removing the heteroatom contaminants from the heteroatom-containing hydrocarbon feed. The oxidant may be used in the presence of a catalyst. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291200 | PROCESS FOR CONVERSION OF FEEDSTOCKS OBTAINED FROM RENEWABLE SOURCES BASED ON MARINE FUELS - The invention relates to a process for the production of diesel fuel bases comprising a sulfur content that is less than 100 ppm, starting from a feedstock that is obtained from a renewable source, comprising the following stages:
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20140291201 | HYDROPROCESSING AND APPARATUS RELATING THERETO - One exemplary embodiment can be a process for hydroprocessing. The process can include providing a hydroprocessing zone having at least two beds, and quenching downstream of a first bed of the at least two beds with a first vacuum gas oil that may be lighter than another vacuum gas oil fed to the first bed. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291202 | PRODUCTION OF LOW CLOUD POINT DISTILLATE FUELS - Methods are provided for dewaxing a distillate fuel boiling range feed to improve one or more cold flow properties of the distillate fuel feed, such as cloud point, with reduced consumption of hydrogen during the dewaxing process. The reduced hydrogen consumption is achieved by using a dewaxing catalyst with a reduced content of hydrogenation metals, such as a content of Pt or Pd of from about 0.03 wt % to about 0.35 wt %. A distillate fuel feed can be dewaxed to achieve a desired cloud point differential using a reduced metals content dewaxing catalyst under the same or similar conditions to those required for a dewaxing catalyst with higher metals content. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291203 | CATALYTIC SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR THE TOTAL HYDROCONVERSION OF HEAVY OILS - A catalytic system characterized in that it comprises: a first catalyst, having a hydrogenating function, consisting of solid particles of which at least 95% by volume having an equivalent diameter smaller than 20 μm, containing one or more sulfides of metals of group VI and/or VIII B, possibly prepared starting from an oil-soluble precursor of the same; and a second catalyst, having a cracking function, consisting of solid particles of which at least 90% by volume having an equivalent diameter larger than 5 μm and smaller than 5 mm, containing an amorphous silico-aluminate and/or a crystalline silico-aluminate and/or an alumina, the equivalent average diameter of the solid particles of the second catalyst being greater than the equivalent average diameter of the solid particles of the first catalyst. Said catalytic system can be used in a process for the hydroconversion of heavy oils which comprises sending the heavy oil to a hydroprocessing step carried out in one or more slurry reactors, in the presence of hydrogen or a mixture of hydrogen and H | 2014-10-02 |
20140291204 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS EMPLOYING MICROCHANNEL PROCESS TECHNOLGOY - This invention relates to a process for conducting a hydrocracking or a hydrotreating process in a microchannel reactor. This invention also relates to a process and apparatus for flowing a vapor and liquid into a plurality of microchannels in a microchannel processing unit. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291205 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR HEATING HYDROCARBON STREAMS FOR PROCESSING - Methods and apparatuses for processing hydrocarbon streams are provided. In an embodiment, a method for processing a hydrocarbon stream includes heating a feed stream in a convective bank. In the method, the feed stream is reacted in a first reaction zone to form a first effluent. The first effluent is heated in a first radiant cell that combusts fuel gas to heat the first effluent and forms a first exhaust gas. The method includes contacting the first exhaust gas with the convective bank to heat the feed stream. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291206 | CATALYTIC PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS FOR BASE OIL PRODUCTION USING ZEOLITE SSZ-32X - Processes and catalyst systems are provided for dewaxing a hydrocarbon feedstock to form a lubricant base oil. A layered catalyst system of the present invention may comprise a first hydroisomerization dewaxing catalyst disposed upstream from a second hydroisomerization dewaxing catalyst. Each of the first and second hydroisomerization dewaxing catalysts may be selective for the isomerization of n-paraffins. The first hydroisomerization catalyst may have a higher level of selectivity for the isomerization of n-paraffins than the second hydroisomerization dewaxing catalyst. At least one of the first and second hydroisomerization dewaxing catalysts comprises small crystallite zeolite SSZ-32x. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291207 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A DIESEL FUEL - A method relating to oil refining, which can be used to produce low-sulfur diesel fuel, comprising oil demineralization and distillation, and extraction and mixing of diesel fractions, followed by hydrogen refining of the mixture. In an atmospheric tower, two diesel fractions that boil at 171-341° C. and 199-360° C. are extracted. The 199-360° C. fraction is sent for liquid extraction to purify it from benzalkylthiophens. Amide, a product of organic amine interaction with organic acid, is used as the extractant. Fractions are then mixed, maintaining the balance ratio (based on the output) of 171-341° C. and 199-360 ° C. after refining. When refined using the ASTM D-86 method, the mixture of these fractions has an end boiling point no higher than 360° C. The technical result is production of diesel fuel with a 171-360° C. fractional composition and sulfur content of no higher than 10 ppm. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291208 | PROCESS FOR REGENERATING IONIC LIQUIDS BY ADDING LIGHT HYDROCARBON STREAM - A process for removing at least one impurity from a hydrocarbon feed such as vacuum gas oil in which the process includes the steps of contacting the feed with a hydrocarbon-immiscible phosphonium ionic liquid to produce a hydrocarbon and hydrocarbon-immiscible phosphonium ionic liquid mixture, and separating the mixture to produce a hydrocarbon effluent having a reduced impurity content relative to the hydrocarbon feed. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291209 | Heat Recovery for Bitumen Froth Treatment Plant Integration with Sealed Closed-Loop Cooling Circuit - A system and process for recovering heat from a bitumen froth treatment plant use a sealed closed-loop heat transfer circuit. The system has a heat removal exchanger associated with the plant and receiving hot froth treatment process stream; heat recovery exchanger; the circuit; and an oil sands process fluid line. The circuit includes piping circulating heat exchange media having uncontaminated and low fouling properties. The piping includes a supply line to the heat removal exchanger and a return line for providing heated media to the recovery exchanger. The circuit has a pump for pressurizing the heat exchange media; a pressure regulator for regulating pressure of the media. The pump and the pressure maintain the media under pressure in liquid phase. The oil sands process fluid is heated producing a cooled media for reuse in the heat removal exchanger. High and low temperature heat removal exchangers can be used. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291210 | RECYCLING ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS AND BATTERIES - Processes for separating and recycling battery and electrochemical cell materials are disclosed. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291211 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SORTING CARBON NANOTUBES - A process of sorting metallic single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) from semiconducting types by disposing the SWNTs in a dilute fluid, exposing the SWNTs to a dipole-inducing magnetic field which induces magnetic dipoles in the SWNTs so that a strength of a dipole depends on a conductivity of the SWNT containing the dipole, orienting the metallic SWNTs, and exposing the SWNTs to a magnetic field with a spatial gradient so that the oriented metallic SWNTs drift in the magnetic field gradient and thereby becomes spatially separated from the semiconducting SWNTs. An apparatus for the process of sorting SWNTs is disclosed. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291212 | MICROWAVE APPLICATOR - A microwave radiation applicator for exposing mined material to microwave radiation is disclosed. The applicator includes side walls | 2014-10-02 |
20140291213 | PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR DRY COAL SEPARATION BY COAL GANGUE REMOVAL - The process for coal separation includes two steps of size grading and oversize raw coal separating. A size range is obtained through size grading, then the obtained raw coal is separated by a sensor system, and coal briquettes with high impurity contents are blown into an impurity chamber through high-speed compressed air, thus improving the separating accuracy and efficiency. The system for coal separation includes a dry screening machine, an oversize raw coal conveying chute, a sensor system, a control system, nozzles and a flow division chamber. The tail end of the dry screening machine is connected with the charge end of the chute; the sensor system and the discharge end of the chute are correspondingly arranged; the flow division chamber is arranged below the chute; and the nozzles operated and controlled by the control system are arranged between the discharge end of the chute and the flow division chamber. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291214 | VIBRATORY SCREENER CLEANING SYSTEM - A vibratory screener including a screen with an upper surface, a lower surface, and a plurality of apertures, an attachment post extending above the upper surface of the screen, and a cleaning system positioned above the upper surface of the screen. The cleaning system includes a support plate, a plurality of arms extending radially from the support plate, and at least one brush extending downwardly from each of the arms. Each brush is positioned so that the distal end of at least one of its multiple bristles contacts the upper surface of the screen. The screener further includes a collection area positioned below the lower surface of the screen and a vibration generator that vibrates the screen and the cleaning system and causes the arms to rotate relative to the upper surface of the screen. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291215 | ORE SCREENING PANEL - A modular screening panel in which the apertures in the screening surface extend through the surface and the shape of the aperture parallel the plane of the panel surface varies with the depth of the aperture so that as the surface wears the visible shape of the aperture changes. The apertures can be any convenient shape at the surface but at the depth which means the worn panel needs replacing the shape is distinctly different to the shape of the apertures in a new or partly worn panel. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291216 | Screen comprising a plurality of stacked decks and means for vertically separating the decks from one another - A screen including a plurality of decks vertically stacked above one another, at least one of the decks bearing at least one sieve, the screen including means for vertically separating the decks from one another, suitable for selectively adjusting a vertical distance between each deck of the plurality of decks and at least one other deck of the plurality of decks. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291217 | SORTING SYSTEM AND SORTING METHOD WITH TWO STORAGE AREAS - Objects are sorted according to a predetermined sorting feature. A first storage area and a second storage area each have a plurality of storage devices. A storage device of the first storage area has a storage device output and an emptying transport path, which leads to a storage device of the second storage area. The value that the sorting feature takes on for each object to be sorted is measured for that object. A storage device is selected on the basis of the sorting feature value. In an emptying-optimized mode, only storage devices of the first storage area are selected, and in a sorting destination-optimized mode, storage devices of the second storage area are also selected. A storage device with a store output is emptied in an emptying-optimized mode by transporting objects in this storage device to a storage device of the second storage area via the emptying transport path. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291218 | SENSING SYSTEM FOR DETECTING A SUBSTANCE IN A DIALYSATE - A sensing system for detecting a substance in a dialysate. The system includes a hydrophobic barrier capable of allowing the substance in the dialysate to equilibrate to a gas; a detector capable of detecting the gas; an interface disposed between the hydrophobic barrier and the detector and configured to allow fluid communication of the gas; and one or more delivery mechanisms capable of transporting the gas from the hydrophobic barrier to the detector. A method of detecting ammonium gas in a dialysate is also provided. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291219 | VESSEL BASED MARINE WATER EVAPORATION SYSTEM - An evaporator system for evaporating wastewater comprises an evaporation chamber; a heat exchanger disposed within a hollow interior of the evaporation chamber; a spray pump and at least one spray nozzle for spraying the wastewater onto the exterior surface of the heat exchanger; a control apparatus configured to control the operation of the heat exchanger, the spray pump and the evaporation chamber; a housing; and a power source. The heat exchanger may comprise at least one hollow body that has a wall with an exterior surface and an interior surface, a first opening at a first end of the at least one hollow body, a second opening at a second end of the at least one hollow body. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291220 | APPARATUS FOR CLEANING AN IMMERSED SURFACE PROVIDED WITH AN ACCELEROMETER DEVICE WHICH DETECTS GRAVITATIONAL ACCELERATION - The invention relates to an apparatus for cleaning an immersed surface, comprising a hollow body, guiding and driving members, a filtration chamber which is provided in the hollow body and which has at least one liquid inlet, at least one liquid outlet and a hydraulic circuit for circulation of liquid through a filtering device. An accelerometer device is fixedly joined to the hollow body and which is adapted to provide instantaneous measurements of at least one acceleration component of the terrestrial gravity in at least one fixed direction which is fixed relative to the hollow body, and a processing unit for processing the acceleration measurements supplied by the accelerometer device. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291221 | DRAINAGE TRENCH UNIT AND TRANSPORT UNIT FORMED FROM SUCH DRAINAGE TRENCH UNITS - The invention relates to a drainage trench unit ( | 2014-10-02 |
20140291222 | Magnetic Filter Medium and Method for its Production - A filter medium for removing metallic particles, in particular for liquid filtration, is provided. The filter medium is comprised of a substrate, an adhesive layer containing magnetic particles applied onto the substrate, and at least one nanofiber layer arranged on the adhesive layer. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291223 | METHOD FOR PREVENTING FILTERING PLUG-IN CARD FROM DRIPPING LIQUID AND PLUG-IN-CARD TYPE LIQUID PURIFYING AND FILTERING DEVICE - The present invention relates to the method for preventing the liquid in the filtering plug-in card form dripping and a plug-in-card type liquid purifying and filtering device. The said liquid purifying and filtering device comprises the water pump, filtering cylinder and filtering plug-in card. In particular, at the top of the said filtering cylinder is equipped with the disassembled filtering plug-in card retainer. When the filtering plug-in card is taken out, such disassembled filtering plug-in card retainer is utilized to place the said filtering plug-in card, thus enabling such filtering plug-in card to leave the liquid level inside the filtering cylinder. In addition, it can set the disassembled top cap retainer for the said filtering cylinder. When the said top cap is disassembled, the disassembled top cap retainer is used to place the said top cap. In the course of replacing the said filtering plug-in card in the present invention, the liquid attached to the filtering plug-in card and liquid attached to the underside of the top cap are refluxed into the filter cylinder or water body, thus effectively preventing the liquid from dripping during the replacement of the filtering plug-in card and enabling the process of replacing the filtering plug-in card to be clean, simple and convenient. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291224 | INDEFINITE FORM FILTER MEDIUM LAYER AND FILTER DEVICE PROVIDED WITH SAME - An indefinite form filter medium layer includes filter media configured to capture suspended solids contained in a liquid to be treated and filtering aids configured to allow the suspended solids contained in the liquid to be treated to pass through the filtering aids. The filter media and the filtering aids are mixed together and the liquid to be treated is filtered by being passed through the filter media and the filtering aids as mixed together. A filter device includes the indefinite form filter medium layer and a filter tank configured to accommodate the indefinite form filter medium layer. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291225 | OIL SPILL RESPONSE SYSTEM - In an oil spill response system, oil on the water surface is collected into an oil combating vessel having at its side an inlet at the water level and a water flow conduit extending from the inlet, the flow conduit having an oil separating unit separating the oil present on the surface, and the flow conduit leading to a return conduit provided with an outlet. The oil separating unit includes a first separator installed in the flow conduit in the flow direction of water and formed by a brush cassette constituting a separating surface obliquely rising from the water in the flow direction of water, and following the brush cassette a framework module disposed in the flow conduit, to which framework module the brush cassette is supported. The framework module has a second separator with a rotating drum brush, and water outlets directing the cleaned water to the return conduit. | 2014-10-02 |
20140291226 | Liquid filter, in particular oil filter - A liquid filter has a hollow-cylindrical filter element to be flowed through in radial direction from an exterior to an interior of the filter element by a fluid to be filtered. The fluid after having passed through the filter element drains in axial direction from the interior of the filter element. The filter element has axial end faces. The filter element has an end disk on at least one of the axial end faces. A drain plug is disposed at an axial end of the interior of the filter element. The drain plug forms a valve member and can be axially adjusted between a closed position and an open position. A drain passage for draining fluid is open in the open position of the drain plug. The drain plug is detachably connected to the filter element or to a component fixedly connected to the filter element. | 2014-10-02 |