41st week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 10 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100258553 | INDUCTION HARDENING MONITORING APPARATUS - An induction hardening monitoring apparatus ( | 2010-10-14 |
20100258554 | System and Method for Induction Heating of a Soldering Iron - A soldering iron system includes a power assembly that provides power to an induction heater at a variable voltage and a variable frequency. A control assembly adjusts the temperature of the heater in accordance with signals from a current detector coupled to the induction heater and a selection made by the user on an operating level selector. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258555 | DIRECT CURRENT ELECTROMAGNETIC HEATING ELEMENT - A direct current electromagnetic heating element using the principle of electro-heat energy transferring via the DC electromagnetic field is disclosed. When the direct current is passing through a coil and fully charges a closed magnetic field, the magnetic field would form an extra 2D heating space from the DC line circuit. The magnetic medium in this 2D heating space would expel enormous heat energy. Comparing to the common AC heating devices, the heating device with the circuit via the DC electromagnetic field would save more than 40% electric power consumption. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258556 | ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION HEATING DEVICE - Provided is a low cost and highly safe electromagnetic induction heating device capable of uniformly heating an object to be heated. A work coil ( | 2010-10-14 |
20100258557 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A heating fuser includes: a rotating member configured to heat a toner transferred onto a sheet; a first coil body configured to generate a first magnetic field for inducing eddy-current in a first area including the center in a rotation axis direction of the rotating member; second coil bodies configured to generate second magnetic fields for inducing eddy-current in second areas of the rotating member adjacent to the first area in the rotation axis direction; third coil bodies located to extend over the first and second coil bodies when viewed in a direction orthogonal to the rotation axis direction; and a driving circuit configured to drive the third coil bodies between a first state in which the third coil bodies generate magnetic fields for weakening the first magnetic field and a second state in which the third coil bodies generate magnetic fields for strengthening the second magnetic fields. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258558 | Streamline Container For A Van - A streamline container for a van, comprises a base frame, two side panels and a front end panel mounted on the base frame via floor bearers, and a roof sheet mounted on the two side panels and the front end panel via roof bows. At the outside of the roof bow, there is provided a streamline angle-wrapping component protruding outwards for shunting the airflow. The angle-wrapping component is smoothly and transitionally connected with the roof bow. In the present invention, due to the streamline angle-wrapping component, it is possible to effectively shunt the airflow, significantly decrease the wind resistance during the running of the van and help to reduce the energy consumption of the van. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258559 | Removable Endwall Plate For Electrical Panels or Enclosures - The present invention relates generally to electrical panels or enclosures. More particularly, the invention encompasses a removable endwall plate for electrical panels or enclosures. The present invention is also directed to a novel electrical panel or enclosure where an endwall is removably attached to a frame. The endwall can be removed and can be cut at desired locations to create holes or openings for electrical components. The removable endwall can also have one or more knockouts which can be removed from the endwall as needed. One could also have at least one knockout within the knockout. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258560 | Anti Siphon Ball - An anti siphon device constructed of polyethylene balls and placed within a fuel filling neck, above the fuel tank. The anti-siphon device is comprised of an outer perforated ball with an inner axis mounted ball on the interior. The device will allow the free flow of fuel while blocking siphon mechanisms to pass through and reaching the fuel stored below. The device is inexpensive to manufacture and install and does not negatively affect the vehicle operation or fuel refilling capacities. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258561 | Storage tank with floating roof emergency draining system and spherical rotor fume sealing valve - A combination liquid petroleum storage tank and emergency drainage system for draining rain water accumulated on the roof of the storage tank, including:
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20100258562 | CONTAINER FOR A SUBSTANCE, IN PARTICULAR A DRINK, WITH A TEAR-OPEN CLOSING ELEMENT - A container for substances, for example drinks, comprises an upper wall, which functions as a lid, and a central zone on which a closed line of weakening is defined that defines a stopper, in the shape of a tongue, which normally closes a relative aperture for the substance to pass through, a lever, associated with the tongue, which can be driven so as to remove the stopper, at least partly, from the upper wall, detaching it along the line of weakening and thus freeing the aperture, and a connection element of the flexible type which is connected both to the stopper and also to the upper wall. The lever has a first end pivoted in correspondence with the peripheral rib, a second end, which functions as a gripper element, disposed in substantial correspondence with the central zone, and an intermediate zone between the two ends, by means of which the lever is connected to the stopper. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258563 | CLOSING MEANS - A closing arrangement includes a neck having an end closed by a wall and an associated cap. The end of the neck is provided with a weakening line that surrounds the neck. The cap is provided with an opening promoting device arranged for engaging with a further opening promoting device of the wall to separate at least a part of the wall of the neck along the weakening line. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258564 | CONTAINER APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME - A container apparatus and a method for using the container apparatus is disclosed. The disclosed apparatus can be implemented in a wide variety of ways, including but not limited to that of a food or beverage container. The container apparatus can include a lid and a body that are integral to each other. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258565 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DISPOSING OF MEDICATIONS - The present invention provides a safe means for disposing of many kinds of medications and other substances so as to mitigate the many hazards associated with flushing them down the toilet, pouring them down the sink or placing them in the trash. For example, the inventive device comprises a closeable container into which pills, capsules or liquids may be placed. Once filled or as otherwise desired, this container may be reliably sealed prior to transporting it to a reclamation place suitable for processing and/or neutralizing the chemicals, or prior to placing the entire container in the trash. A reliably sealed container in the landfill would inhibit drugs from contaminating the water supply. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258566 | Garbage lid securing device - This invention provides a means to secure the garbage receptacle lid to the container and have the ability to secure the lid over the garbage receptacle even in the event that the refuse is higher than the upper edge of the opening of the container. It allows for quick detachment when the garbage containers are emptied manually or by automated refuse trucks. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258567 | FLUID RECEIVER WITH ONE-WAY CHECK VALVE AT INLET PORT - A fluid receiver being a tank or container ( | 2010-10-14 |
20100258568 | Assembly for Wetting a Medical Device - An assembly for wetting a medical device is provided. The assembly comprises a compartment for a fluid medium and a package for the medical device. The compartment and the package are separate elements, which are joined together. An outlet from the compartment is movable so as to be able to connect to an entrance to the package and hereby establish communication for the fluid. This way the medical device may be wetted. The fluid medium may contain an anti-microbial agent such as hydrogen peroxide. The medical device may be a urinary catheter. A method for manufacturing such an assembly and a method of using it is also provided. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258569 | PACKAGE HAVING A RECLOSE MECHANISM - A food package for sliced food products to be maintained with a fluffed appearance, the package including a rigid base member forming a compartment for receiving the food product and a rigid lid sealed to the compartment. Advantageously, the base member includes a bottom wall and side wall portions that are configured to engage the food product to hold the slices in a fluffed arrangement thereof. Preferably, one or more tapered side wall portions hold the food product upwardly toward the lid and inwardly toward a center of the package. In preferred embodiments, the base member and lid provide a rigid-rigid construction of the food package. In preferred embodiments, the food package is also configured to stand-up in a vertical display orientation and does not require the food product be contained within a sealed pouch within the compartment. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258570 | RESERVOIR TANK FOR AN AUTOMOBILE - The present invention relates to a reservoir tank for an automobile, which is provided with a height-adjustable sub filler neck so as to be retracted when not in use and extracted when filling coolant, whereby the reservoir tank can be disposed low in the automobile. The reservoir tank forming a cooling module together with a condenser, a radiator and a fan and shroud assembly is disposed at a carrier, and includes a filler neck for filling coolant and a cap for closing the filler neck, and is communicated with a radiator so as to control an amount of the coolant in the radiator, wherein the reservoir tank is integrally formed with a shroud of the fan and the shroud assembly, and the filler neck is formed with a sub filler neck which is retracted into and extracted from the filler neck. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258571 | Storage Tank Containment System - A storage tank containment system including a cubic-shaped tank having an outer shell having cylindrical walls for the efficient storage and transportation of large quantities of fluid, for example, liquid and compressed natural gas. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258572 | MULTI-CELL TANK FOR PRESSURISED GAS - The present invention relates to a tank for pressurised gas composed of multiple cells joined by means of connection plates (P), in which each cell (C) is composed of a tubular body sealed at the two ends by means of two caps ( | 2010-10-14 |
20100258573 | Pressurised Container - The invention relates to a pressurised container comprising two plastic casings ( | 2010-10-14 |
20100258574 | CELLULOSE BASED RECYCLABLE CONTAINER - Disclosed is a portable cooler device comprised of recyclable materials. Some embodiments of the device comprise components constructed entirely of, or substantially of, cellulose. Other embodiments may be comprised of recyclable materials not classified as cellulose such as, but not limited to, cotton, bamboo, hemp, or other natural fibers. The specific percentages of recycled and/or recyclable content are not limiting factors for the invention; however, most embodiments have consistent materials of construction such that the entire device may be recycled in a single recycling process without the need for deconstruction. Further, if not recycled, embodiments are operable to biodegrade within a reasonable amount of time when exposed to the elements in a landfill. Typical embodiments are comprised of an inner shell, an outer shell having an integrally hinged lid, and pressed cellulose insulating boards sandwiched between the shells. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258575 | SENSING THE AMOUNT OF LIQUID IN A VESSEL - A vessel comprising a fluid-confining surface, a basal surface disposed below the fluid-confining surface, and a light guide. The light guide includes a first window partly defining the basal surface and a second window partly defining the fluid-confining surface, where the second window is disposed above a lowest region of the fluid-confining surface. In other embodiments, an isolating structure is provided that substantially surrounds the light guide between the first and second windows. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258576 | Dual-use lunch box - A dual-use lunch box comprises of an outer rectangular housing unit with one opening supported by five side walls in bond with each other. Herein container railing affixed to two parallel sidewalls serves to support removable food and beverage storage containers. An outer fabric cover with a zippered front flap encloses the rectangular box and is encased with insulation to maintain constant temperature. The outside of said fabric cover includes side pockets or pouches. Two sets of connectors are flanked 90 degrees apart on the outer sidewalls of said fabric cover to fasten a carrying strap in two different positions. The dual-use lunch box is distinctive in that it has a dual function. It allows food and beverage items to be stored in an organized manner in removable storage containers. The other function allows the storage containers to be removed to accommodate larger food items. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258577 | BLOW MOLDED UNIVERSAL LID - A lid for industrial or commercial large size solid waste containers has a ribbed single layer central portion and a peripheral edge having a hollow double wall boxed configuration. The lids have substantial symmetry so that the lids may be stacked and nested with alternate lids oriented in opposite front-to-back directions. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258578 | AUTOMATED PIPETTE TIP LOADING DEVICES AND METHODS - Discussed herein are methods and devices for storing, handling, loading or dispensing of pipette tips. Some embodiments allow repetitive loading of an array of multiple pipette tips that are stored in a nested configuration. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258579 | CONTINUOUS FEED MATERIAL DISPENSER WITH ADJUSTABLE BRAKE - A braking assembly used in a dispenser that dispenses a continuous supply of material such as paper. The braking assembly includes a support structure. A first fixed gear is rotatably connected to the support structure. A movable chassis is also connected to the support structure. A second movable gear is held by the chassis and moves with the chassis. Teeth of the first gear and teeth of the second gear intermesh with each other and allow the paper to pass therethrough. The chassis maintains the teeth of the first and second gears in contact with each other while enabling a distance between gears to be adjustable. The assembly further includes a braking mechanism that varies an amount of force required to rotate the gears. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258580 | DISPENSER WITH SLOT APERTURE - A dispenser includes a housing having a dispensing wall, a bottom wall disposed opposite the dispensing wall, two side walls connecting the dispensing wall to the bottom wall, and two end walls connecting the dispensing wall, the bottom wall and the two side walls. A first slot aperture is disposed in the dispensing wall centered between the two end walls, the first slot aperture having a major axis oriented perpendicular to each of the two side walls. A second slot aperture is disposed in a first of the two side walls, the second slot aperture having a major axis oriented relative to the major axis of the first slot aperture such that the first slot aperture and the second slot aperture define a contiguous aperture between the dispensing wall and the first of the two side walls, the second slot aperture having a width less than a width of the first slot aperture. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258581 | AUTOMATIC MACHINE FOR WEIGHING AND DISPENSING LOOSE PRODUCTS - The invention relates to a vending machine including a display cabinet of containers ( | 2010-10-14 |
20100258582 | DISPENSER OR SIMILAR DISCHARGING CONTAINER - The invention relates to a dispenser or similar discharging container, particularly for lump form food ( | 2010-10-14 |
20100258583 | DISPENSER OR SIMILAR DISCHARGING CONTAINER - The invention relates to a dispenser or similar discharging container, particularly for tablets or similar bulk material ( | 2010-10-14 |
20100258584 | System for transient storage and dispensing of solid particulate materials and its method of use - A dispensing system and method of use for the transient storage and dispensing of solid particulate materials is described. The dispensing system includes: a container comprising front and back walls and two side walls, a bottom, a pour spout affixed to the front wall, a container support tube joined to the side walls of the container; a container support stand comprising a base affixed to two upright members adjacent to the side walls of the container; a support rod which passes through the bag support tube and rotatably connects the container to the upright members of the container support stand; and a locking member which when engaged prevents rotation of the container; wherein the container can rotate at least about 180 degrees from the vertical when the locking member is not engaged. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258585 | WARMING DEVICE FOR HEATING A CARTRIDGE CONTAINING A VISCOUS FLUID - A warming device that employs a sheet and a pocket that is coupled to the sheet and configured to hold an exothermic heat pack. The sheet is formed of an insulating material that reflects radiant heat. The pocket is formed of a thermally conductive air permeable material. The warming device is configured to transmit heat into a cartridge containing a viscous liquid to heat the viscous liquid to a desired temperature and/or maintain the viscous liquid at the desired temperature even while working in an environment with a relatively low ambient temperature. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258586 | ROTARY FEEDING SYSTEM - Methods and apparatus for accurately and repeatably depositing edible particulates on edible products. A dual-drum rotary feed system accurately meters an amount of edible particle for each edible product with a first rotary drum while a second rotary drum deposits the edible particulates onto or within the edible product. The dual-drum rotary feeder can comprise replaceable drums wherein drums can be quickly removed and replaced for cleaning, sanitization and to adjust processing conditions such as, for example, changes in production rates and/or product size. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258587 | Windshield Washer Fluid Dispenser - A windshield washer fluid dispenser providing a delayed start function, whereby the user can open the hood of their vehicle and cap to their fluid reservoir. A windshield washer fluid dispenser utilizing a cellular credit card processing system for payment means, whereby the processing system is configurable for a given application. Embodiments with proximity device, RFID and wireless telephone verification are included. A windshield washer fluid dispenser having a ready light, a warning light, a start button, a flow meter and a programmable logic circuit. A windshield washer fluid dispenser system providing for a replaceable fluid drum. Methods pertaining to the disclosed apparatus are also provided. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258588 | MOVABLE POCKET FOR A DISPENSER AS DRINKS DISPENSING SYSTEM - The invention relates to a drink bag which has a pocket and makes improved cooling of the bottled drink possible via the pocket. The bag is filled with a drink and closed in a fluid-tight manner. It has a sealed dispensing section and a pocket which is attached to the flexible bag, protrudes freely into the interior of the drink-filled bag and is made from a material which is impermeable for the drink. In an inwardly lying position, the pocket has an opening to the outside for inserting a flat paddle element which has two sections. It is set in motion via the first section which lies outside the bag, with the result that this movement is transmitted to the drink filling by way of the second section which lies on the inside; this takes place together with the driving movement of the inner pocket which protrudes into the interior of the drink-filled bag. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258589 | SPOUT FOR ENSURING EVACUATION OF A FLEXIBLE CONTAINER - The present invention is directed to a spout having an evacuation structure for a flexible container. The evacuation structure ensures that the walls of the flexible container do not block the spout of the container during evacuation of fluid from inside the container. The evacuation structure additionally pivots away from the spout during the filling of the container so that the evacuation structure does not impede the fluid entering the container during filling. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258590 | FOOD DISPENSER WITH PUMP FOR EASY LOADING OF CONTAINERS THEREIN - The present invention relates generally to dispensing system configured for dispensing a food product. The invention also relates to a peristaltic pump that has a pumping member configured to move along a path through a pumping position and a loading position. The pump also includes a motor in drivable association with the pumping member to move the pumping member along the path and a backing member having a surface configured to cooperate with the pumping member to pinch a conduit therebetween when the pumping member engages the conduit to establish peristaltic association in the pumping position to peristaltically pump a fluid therethrough. When the pumping member is in the loading position, the pumping member is disposed to allow the conduit to be received in and removed from a pumping space. The present invention also relates to a method for dispensing a food product using a peristaltic pump. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258591 | PASTE APPLICATION DEVICE - There is provided a paste application device which can solve problems of an increased exclusively occupied space attributed to an arrangement of a syringe and of deterioration of a tube. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258592 | MAGNETIC DRIVE FOR DISPENSING APPARATUS - A dispenser for dispensing a volume of viscous material on a substrate includes a frame, a gantry system coupled to the frame, and a dispenser unit coupled to the gantry system. The dispenser unit includes a housing having a chamber, and a piston disposed in the chamber. The piston has an elongate body and is configured to move between a pre-dispense position and a dispense position within the chamber. The dispenser unit further includes a motor to drive the movement of the piston within the chamber. The motor includes a rotating shaft, a wheel coupled to the rotating shaft, the wheel having at least one drive magnet, and a driven magnet disposed between wheel and the piston. The dispenser further includes a nozzle coupled to the housing. The nozzle has an orifice to dispense viscous material. Other embodiments of the dispenser and methods of dispensing are further disclosed. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258593 | Closed loop dispensing system with mechanical venting means - A closed loop dispensing system including a mechanical venting assembly which ensures that sufficient air may enter the interior of the container as liquid is being drawn from the container. The mechanical venting assembly of this invention ensures that the vent openings associated therewith will not become plugged with debris. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258594 | DISPENSING HEAD FOR DISPENSERS OF FLUID PRODUCTS - A dispensing head for dispensers of fluid products includes: a connecting body ( | 2010-10-14 |
20100258595 | Multi-Phase Oral Composition Dispenser With Adjustable Flow - A flow control device for dispensing a multi-phase oral composition. The device includes a housing, a restrictor and an insert that fits within and cooperates with the housing and restrictor to dispense the oral composition. A flowpath is formed in and around the insert, as well as in the housing such that the composition passes through one or more channels defined by the cooperative arrangement of the insert and housing. Changes in relative position between the insert and the housing facilitate selective alignment of the various channels with a discharge orifice formed in the housing such that a user can vary the way the proportions of discreet fluids making up the oral composition are dispensed through said orifice. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258596 | Clamp-Type Garment Hanger - A clamp-type garment hanger comprises a main body, a hook, and two clamps. The hook is connected to an upper side of the main body while the clamps are provided at two ends of the main body for clamping and holding an article. Each clamp includes a first jaw and a second jaw that are connected with each other. The first jaw and the second jaw are provided with opposite inner griping surfaces. The first jaw is provided with an arm protruded from the inner griping surface thereof and the arm is disposed with a step part on one side thereof. The second jaw is provided with a hole and an engaging protrusion is disposed at one peripheral side of the hole on the inner griping surface of the second jaw. When the clamp is closed, a tight engagement between the first and second jaws can be formed by inserting the arm into the hole to have the engaging protrusion and the step part engaged with each other for holding an article. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258597 | STACKABLE CLOTHES HANGER - A stackable clothes hanger includes a hanging hook and a shoulder supporting part formed extendedly with inclination to right and left respectively f for upholding the shoulder part of an upper garment, and the central part of said shoulder supporting part is formed with a hollow penetrating part as vertical penetration having a dimension that is equal to or larger than the size to have inserted a hanging hook of the same kind of clothes hanger and the shoulder supporting includes a receiving space capable of accepting at least a portion of the shoulder supporting part of the same kind of clothes hanger. Structure for enabling the clothes hangers to be stacked one over another is simplified so that productivity might be enhanced and volume reducing effect might be maximum when such clothes hangers are stacked. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258598 | Garment hanger - A garment hanger having two clamps respectively provided on two ends thereof, each clamp includes a first jaw and a second jaw adapted to closing to each other for clamping and holding an article; wherein the second jaw of the clamp has an engagement hole located on the inner surface with a locking protrusion lying alongside on the outer surface of the second jaw, and the first jaw has a barb-like member located on the inner surface, wherein the barb-like member projects toward the inner griping surface of the second jaw from the inner griping surface of the first jaw, and the barb-like member has a projection at the upper end thereof for sliding into the engagement hole and engaging with the locking protrusion to form a tight engagement between the first and second jaw when the clamp is closed. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258599 | CLIP AND HANGER WITH THE SAME - A clip for clamping an object ( | 2010-10-14 |
20100258600 | Apparatus for assisting a person to dress - An Apparatus for Assisting Oneself in Dressing comprises a Cord, a First Engaging Apparatus and a Second Engaging Apparatus. The First Engaging Apparatus and the Second Engaging Apparatus are used to temporarily grasp, affix, hold, or otherwise engage with the article of clothing of which one person desires to get dressed. In some preferred embodiments, the First Engaging Apparatus and the Second Engaging Apparatus may further include an Upper Interfacing Member and a Lower Interfacing Member. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258601 | Self-attaching storage device - A self-attaching storage device comprises a storage case having a first edge and a second edge and a third edge and a forth edge, with at least one edge comprising a fold, the storage case including at least one inner storage space. Sealing means may be included for sealing at least one of the first edge and second edge and third edge and for the edge that is not the at least one edge comprising a fold. A bi-stable ribbon spring is positioned on or in the storage case, the bi-stable ribbon spring adapted to include a stable linear configuration and a coiled configuration. Securing means may be included for securing the storage device in a coiled configuration about a user's limb. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258602 | In-flight Case for Portable Audio Visual Device - A case for a portable audio visual device is shown and described. The case has straps which allow the case to be removably secured to an airplane seat back tray table for hands free viewing. The straps may include further modifications which enable them to be removable secured to a car seat headrest or other object. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258603 | Mouth call carrying apparatus - A Mouth Call Carrying Apparatus comprises of a lanyard having spring loaded clamps attached thereon; wherein the spring loaded clamps readily accept and secure any type of mouth call; thus, enabling the user to easily access a mouth call; furthermore, enabling the user to keep a number of mouth calls readily available without having to search through pockets, pouches, and other carrying devices. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258604 | FRACTURE SEPARATION MODULE FOR A MACHINE TOOL, MACHINE TOOL WITH A FRACTURE SEPARATION MODULE, AND FRACTURE SEPARATION METHOD - Fracture separation module for insertion into a machine tool, comprising: A drive spindle ( | 2010-10-14 |
20100258605 | APPARATUS FOR CUTTING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - An apparatus for cutting liquid crystal display panels is disclosed in the present invention. The apparatus includes at least one table receiving bonded mother substrates having a plurality of unit liquid crystal display panels, at least one cutting wheel forming a scribing line on a surface of the bonded mother substrates, and a suction unit coupled to the at least one cutting wheel and sucking in glass debris on the surface of the bonded mother substrates. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258606 | ADHESIVE TAPE CUTTING DEVICE - An adhesive tape cutting device includes a sleeve body having a top wall that has a tape slot defined by a slot-defining wall having a rear edge, front and rear end portions, and a protruded portion disposed between the rear edge and the front end portion. The tape slot separates the rear end portion and the protruded portion. The protruded portion extends outwardly and radially, through a tangent line passing through the rear edge, from one side of the tangent line to the other side of the tangent line. The protruded portion has a planar abutting surface, inclined away from the adhesive tape roll in a forward direction, and having opposite front and rear ends. The rear end is disposed on one side of a first reference line connecting the rear edge and the front end. The front end is disposed on one side of a second reference line connecting the rear edge and a tip of said cutting member. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258607 | FASTENER DRIVING DEVICE WITH CONTACT TRIP HAVING AN ELECTRICAL ACTUATOR - A fastener driving device includes a housing, and a nose assembly carried by the housing. The nose assembly has a fastener drive track. The fastener driving device also includes an engine carried by the housing and configured to drive a fastener out of the drive track and into a workpiece during a drive stroke, a contact trip that includes an electrical actuator constructed and arranged to move a portion of contact trip to sense whether the workpiece is in front of the nose assembly, and a trigger configured to activate the electrical actuator to move the portion of the contact trip. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258608 | FASTENER FEEDER DELAY FOR FASTENER DRIVING TOOL - A fastener driving tool includes a power source including a cylinder, a piston with a driver blade reciprocating in the cylinder, a tool nose associated with the power source for receiving the driver blade for driving fasteners fed into the nose, and a magazine housing a supply of the fasteners. A magazine feeder mechanism is associated with the magazine for sequentially feeding fasteners into the nose, and the feeder mechanism includes a reciprocating feed piston. A conduit is connected between a port in the cylinder and the feed mechanism for diverting combusted gas for activating the feed piston. The port is disposed in the cylinder a specified distance below a piston prefiring position, and the distance is reflective of a delay of feeding the gas to the feed piston at least until engagement between an end of the driver blade and a head of a fastener in the tool nose. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258609 | POWDER-ACTUATED FASTENER-DRIVING DEVICE CAPABLE OF POWER ADJUSTMENT - A powder-actuated fastener-driving device includes a barrel mounted in a housing. The barrel has a barrel wall formed with a through hole communicating with a radial vent hole. The through hole and the vent hole constitute an exhaust passage. A driving piston is mounted movably within the barrel, and has a rear end portion cooperating with an inner annular surface of the barrel wall to define an annular gap therebetween. A power adjusting unit includes an adjusting member disposed movably in the housing, and operable to move a control end portion thereof within the through hole so as to control an effective open area of the exhaust passage such that combustion gases discharge from a firing chamber defined between the driving piston and a rear end portion of the barrel through the gap and the effective open area, thereby controlling venting of combustion gases from the firing chamber. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258610 | STAPLER MODULE AND MULTI-FUNCTION PERIPHERAL HAVING THE SAME - A multi-function peripheral includes a main body and a stapler module for stapling papers. The stapler module includes a fixed structure disposed in the main body, a motor fixed to the fixed structure, a driving set, two staplers, and two anvils fixed to the fixed structure. The driving set includes a transmitting structure coupled to the motor and two connecting parts coupled to two ends of the transmitting structure, respectively. The staplers connect the connecting parts, respectively. The motor drives the connecting parts to move toward or away from the anvils through the transmitting structure and, therefore, a first distance or a second distance is between the staplers and the anvils. When the first distance is between the staplers and the anvils, the staplers staple the papers. When the second distance is between the staplers and the anvils, a paper feeding path is defined between the staplers and the anvils. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258611 | Electrical Surgical Stapling Instrument with Tissue Compressive Force Control - A surgical stapling instrument includes a handle having a stapler-closing device. A surgical stapling end effector is connected to the handle and has a pair of opposing stapling surfaces. At least one of the stapling surfaces is operable to move with respect to the other of the stapling surfaces upon actuation of the stapler-closing device to apply a compressive force to tissue therebetween. At least one variable member is operable to receive the compressive force applied to the tissue and to exhibit at least one of mechanical and electrical change associated with the received compressive force. The change influences a surgical procedure on the compressed tissue. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258612 | FRICTION STIR WELDING TOOL - The invention relates to a friction stir welding tool ( | 2010-10-14 |
20100258613 | MEDICAL MANAGER - A system for alerting medical emergency personnel to a medical history of a patient. The system has a primary identifier suitable for attachment near an entrance to a building. The primary identifier has an indicia noting that a tri-fold portfolio is present. A secondary identifier is provided suitable for placement in the building wherein the secondary identifier has the indicia and a location of the tri-fold portfolio. The tri-fold portfolio has an outer portion with a top front cover and a bottom front cover with a back hingedly attached there between. Cascading file folders are attached to an interior of the back wherein when the top front cover and the bottom front cover are folded the cascading file folders are covered. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258614 | Collapsible Support Apparatus - A collapsible container having an integral scoop is disclosed. The collapsible container is arranged to form a partially enclosed rectilinear structure for maintaining a bag in an open state predominately within the rectilinear structure. The elongated panel includes a pair of longitudinal score lines which define first and second subpanels. A first lateral score line defines a top panel which is pivoted downward to form the integral scoop. A second lateral score line defines a base panel extending obliquely from a bottom edge of main panel. The base panel is dimensioned to span intermediate bottom edges of the first and second subpanels to form a closed base which limits abrasion to the bottom of the bag. The collapsible container is collapsible at least along the longitudinal and lateral score lines into a generally planar structure. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258615 | Closure for Clamshell Package - A clamshell style paper board container including a tab-and-slot closure to openably secured the top and bottom halves of the clamshell in a closed position. Unlike conventional designs where the tabs in the bottom half extend from the side walls toward the front of the container, the tabs in the bottom half extend from the front wall toward the sides of the container. Also, a punch in device that can be used to provide a steam hole and/or an indicator of package contents where the punch in device include four generally parallel fold lines extending between two generally parallel perforations. When the punch-in device is punched in by a user, one of the fold lines is moved from: (i) a folded state at a location at a corner between two walls of the container to; (ii) an unfolded state at a location displaced from the corned toward the interior of the container. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258616 | TAMPER-EVIDENT DISPENSING SPOUT - A tamper-evident dispensing spout is configured for use on single-serve cartons, such as paper-based gable-topped cartons. The spout structure includes a spout body having a generally cylindrical wall portion, and a mounting flange extending outwardly from one end of the wall portion. The spout body defines a dispensing opening generally opposite the flange portion, with an opening member hingedly mounted on the spout body for movement from a first, sealed position, to a second, opened position for consumption of the container's contents. The opening member preferably includes a locking element so that the opening member is conveniently retained in its opened position during use. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258617 | CONTAINER FOR ACCOMMODATING COINS AND/OR VALUABLE DOCUMENTS - Described is a container for receiving coins and/or documents of value comprising a container housing with at least one feed opening for the feed of coins or documents of value into the container housing, a sealing element which is movable back and forth between a sealing position in which it blocks the feed opening and an open position in which the feed opening is released and a feed of coins or documents of value is possible, a biasing element which biases the sealing element at least in the area of the open position in the direction of the sealing position, an actuating opening through which a predetermined actuating element can reach into the container and, upon movement in the direction into the container housing, can move the sealing element out of the sealing position into the open position, a catch device which comprises a catch element movable back and forth between a ready position and a catch position and in the catch position holding the sealing element in the sealing position, said device being displaceable back and forth between a ready state, in which the catch element is pushed away out of the catch position into the ready position, and a catch state, in which the catch element is pushed towards the catch position, and a closing device by means of which the catch device is displaceable out of the catch state into the ready state, wherein the catch device and the sealing element are coupled such that by a movement of the sealing element out of the sealing position into the open position the catch device is displaced out of the ready state into the catch state. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258618 | System and Method for Product Identification, for Tracking Individual Items on Display or in a Warehouse to Enable Inventory Control and Product Replenishment - A unique bar code-encoded identification is designed to be read in large number by a bar code scanner simultaneously or in continuous motion. The unique identification, known as Gentag ID, allows a specific product item to be tracked. In one implementation, that product identification is encoded using code 128 bar code, or another bar code language. In one implementation, the product identification is formed by a combination of multiple characters under the encoding scheme. In one application, a product item with the product identification is placed on a display rack among other product items having like product identification. The product identification may be provided on a surface of the product item at a preferred position, such that all of the product identifications of the products on the display rack may be read by an electronic scanner at the same time or in a continuous motion. In one application, the invention is applied to eyewear, and the product identification is affixed to a lens on each pair of glasses. Any of a large number of optical techniques may be used to provide an image of the product identification that can be read by an electronic scanning device. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258619 | IMAGE-BASED CHECK DEPOSITING AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE (ATM) AND METHOD OF OPERATING AN IMAGE-BASED CHECK DEPOSITING ATM - A method of operating a publicly-accessible image-based self-service check depositing terminal comprises receiving from a self-service depositor customer a check to be deposited, capturing non-binary image data which is representative of a non-binary image of the check, binarizing the non-binary image data to provide binarized data which is representative of a binary image of the check, determining a check image quality value associated with the binary image of the check, comparing the check image quality value with a first threshold value, transmitting the binarized data to a back office facility of an institution when the check image quality value is outside of the first threshold value, comparing the check image quality value with a second threshold value which is different from the first threshold value, returning the check to the self-service depositor customer when the check image quality value is outside of the second threshold value, and transmitting the non-binary image data to a back office facility of an institution when the check image quality value is between the first and second threshold values. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258620 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR LINKING MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS - A method for processing a financial transaction using an interchange network computer coupled to a database is described. The transaction is initiated with a transaction card associated with a linked account. The method includes receiving, at the interchange network computer, a linked account data file for the first transaction card. The data file includes data associating the first card with a first secondary account and data linking the first secondary account to a first primary account. The method also includes storing the data file within the database and receiving a first authorization request message for the first transaction. The method also includes determining, based on data included within the first authorization request message, that the first card is associated with the first secondary account and processing the first authorization request message by applying at least one processing code associated with the first primary account to the first transaction. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258621 | Cash dispensing automated banking machine system and method - An automated banking machine includes a cash dispenser. Servicing the automated banking machine by on-site servicer is facilitated through use of a portable diagnostic article which can instruct the machine computer to gather machine diagnostic data and then record the gathered machine diagnostic data onto the portable diagnostic article. The gathered diagnostic data recorded on the portable diagnostic article can then be analyzed by an analysis computer. The machine computer can verify that a portable diagnostic article is authorized to instruct the machine based on obtaining a secret code from the portable diagnostic article. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258622 | Check Processing Method, Check Processing Program Medium, and Check Processing Apparatus - Check processing involves scanning a back of a check having no authorization data printed thereon and also scanning a front of the check having preprinted magnetic ink characters, electronically generating authorization data indicating that processing payment of the check has been completed and the check is valid based on a reading of the magnetic characters and a response from an external analysis source, generating an electronic merged image by electronically combining back image data captured during the scanning of the back of the check with generated authorization data, and storing the electronic merged image with the front image data captured during the scanning of the front of the check. Moreover, these operations are performed in a single pass of the check in one direction through a transportation path of a check processing apparatus. No printing of any data is required. The check processing can be embodied in a method, apparatus, or instructions embodied on a machine-readable medium. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258623 | FLAT CARD PRODUCTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods for producing a presentation instrument involve receiving an image file having an account number stamp, and producing the image file onto a piece of stock material, such that a visible account number corresponding to the account number stamp is created on the stock material. The visible account number is scanned with a reader. An account number record is encoded onto a presentation instrument, and compared with the scanned visible account number. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258624 | PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER INPUT APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME, AND CARD PROCESSING SYSTEM - Card data read by a card reader and a personal identification number inputted via an input unit are transmitted to an information processing apparatus. A timer is made to start measuring a predetermined waiting time in accordance with a notification of completion of processing using the card data and the personal identification number from the information processing apparatus. A warning is given if a card loaded in the card reader is detected by a detection unit when the measurement of the waiting time by the timer is finished. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258625 | Dynamic Card Verification Values and Credit Transactions - A system and method for providing card verification values for card-not-present transactions is described. In one example, a user's computing device stores single-use CVVs to be provided from a secure wallet. The secure wallet may be software running on the user's computing device. Alternatively, it may be an external device connectable to the user's computing device, which accesses the external device to obtain the single-use CVV. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258626 | Mobile Terminal Device - A mobile terminal device having a structure suitable for insertion and removal of a card from the device with a battery held in a battery holding part. A mobile phone | 2010-10-14 |
20100258627 | CONFIGURATION INFORMATION COMPLEMENTING TRACEABILITY SYSTEM - In traceability system applications, it is required to check relationships between individual articles under management and containers therefor such as container cases or pallets. Since relevant data in each stage of physical distribution is not always registered, the absence of some necessary data may occur to cause inaccurate commodity tracing. To solve this disadvantage, the present invention provides a traceability system capable of complementing information regardless of time-series factors. Even in a situation where a plurality of sets of information (relational data) regarding packing-unpacking relationships between articles and containers, e.g., relationships between commodity products and packing cases, or relationships between packing cases and pallets, are not registered in time-series order, the relational data are complemented in registration to enable complementary estimation from registered information available at the time of reference. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258628 | ELECTRONIC ARCHERY SIGHTING SYSTEM AND BORE SIGHTING ARROW - An archery sighting system and method for placing a reticule on a display. The system includes a housing mounted in fixed relation to a bow. The housing includes a rangefinder to generate a target distance signal indicative of a target distance between the bow and a target. A display is configured to depict a reticule. A chronograph generates a bow speed indicating a bow speed at which an arrow leaves the bow. A processor receives a bow speed signal from the chronograph, a range signal from the rangefinder. In response to the signals, the processor generates a reticule pattern on the display, the reticule is positioned to indicate an attitude of the bow necessary for an arrow released from the bow at the bow speed to strike a target at the target distance. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258629 | Infrared and Visible Imaging of Documents - A payment item having a magnetic ink character recognition (MICR)-line on its front is handled by generating, using visible light, a front image of the front of the payment item, generating, using infrared light, an infrared image of the front of the payment item or of a portion of the front of the payment item containing its MICR-line, and performing optical character recognition on the infrared image to identify data encoded in the MICR-line. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258630 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UPDATING RESOLVED CONTENT OF A MOBILE CODE - Various embodiments include systems, methods, data structures, and software to allow a mobile electronic device to update content resolved from a mobile code. For example, a mobile code-reading application executing on a mobile electronic device may receive a mobile code image and decode the mobile code into a data format, the data format including resolved content. The mobile code reading application may detect a content update address field in the data format, the content update address field identifying a content source. A request may be sent to the content source to verify if the resolved content is current and the resolved content or updated content may be presented by a user interface device of the mobile electronic device. In some embodiments, metadata of the resolved content is stored on the mobile electronic device and sent with the request to aid in the verifying. Other embodiments are also described. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258631 | Trigger Mechanism for Hand Held Devices - A trigger mechanism with soft stops and associated method for activating a switch in a device or apparatus. The trigger mechanism includes a trigger receptacle, a trigger disposed in the trigger receptacle and movable between an un-actuated and an actuated position by a user depressing the trigger, and a soft stop comprised of at least one projection positioned to engage a resilient elastomeric insert. Moving the trigger from the un-actuated to actuated position compresses the elastomeric insert with the projection and activates the switch to provide a tactile sensation of the switch activation to the user. The switch may be an electric switch disposed in a hand held device, such as a barcode scanner in some embodiments. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258632 | Laser Scanner Output Window - A laser scanner for reading symbology, such as barcodes. The laser scanner includes a housing, a laser source or generator disposed in the housing and operative to generate a laser beam, and an output window supported by housing and being positioned to receive the laser beam incident thereon. The window is operative to transmit the laser beam therethrough at a symbology target. In one embodiment, the window includes a vertical wedge angle between front and rear surfaces of the window that is oriented substantially in alignment with a vertical axis defined by the window. The vertical wedge angle is preferably oriented perpendicular to a horizontally-extending scanning line of the laser beam on the window. In one embodiment, the vertical wedge angle is substantially the same along the entire length or width of the window. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258633 | IMAGE SENSOR PIXEL ARRAY HAVING OUTPUT RESPONSE CURVE INCLUDING LOGARITHMIC PATTERN FOR IMAGE SENSOR BASED TERMINAL - There is described in one embodiment an indicia reading terminal having an image sensor pixel array incorporated therein, wherein the terminal is operative for decoding of decodable indicia and for providing color frames of image data for storage or transmission. An image sensor based terminal in one embodiment can include an image sensor having a hybrid monochrome and color image sensor pixel array wherein the image sensor pixel array includes a first subset of monochrome pixels and a second subset of color pixels. In one embodiment, an output response curve for the image sensor pixel array can include a logarithmic pattern. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258634 | FIXING DEVICE FOR HAND SCANNER AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes a hand scanner including a head section having a reading section configured to read a mark affixed to a commodity and a handle having width formed smaller than that of the head section, a fixing device including a holding section having, from a part of the periphery to the center thereof, an opening formed wider than the width of the handle and movable sections provided to be opposed to each other in the opening, arranged to have width therebetween smaller than the width of the handle, and configured to move until the width therebetween increases to width same as or larger than the width of the handle when the handle is inserted through the opening, and control unit configured to enable the reading section to read the commodity according to movement of the movable sections. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258635 | Identification Document With Three Dimensional Image of Bearer - An identification document includes a lens system and a specially prepared photo of a document bearer. The lens system and the specially prepared photo cooperate to create a three dimensional photo effect. The document includes two or more document layers. There is a lens structure in one of the document layers, and it includes lens elements. A photo is printed on one or more of the document layers. The photo depicts the document bearer, and includes two or more separate images of the bearer from different perspectives. Parts of the separate images are interleaved together into sets, and the sets are positioned relative to corresponding lens elements of the lens structure. These sets include parts of the separate images such that when viewed through the lens structure, the parts are viewed simultaneously making the subject appear three-dimensional to a viewer. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258636 | Laser Etched Security Features for Identification Documents and Methods of Making Same - Identification documents employing laser-etched or -engraved features are detailed, together with methods for their manufacture. Tactile effects produced by the laser-processed features may be felt by touch, helping confirm the authenticity of such documents. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258637 | BANK CARD WITH A USER ACTUATABLE SWITCH - The electronic card ( | 2010-10-14 |
20100258638 | BANK CARD WITH A USER ACTUATABLE SWITCH - The invention concerns an electronic card including means for transmitting a signal to a user of said electronic card, an electronic unit, an electric energy source, a switch that can be actuated by a user of the electronic card and an application introduced into said electronic unit. The card further includes means for detecting actuation of said switch, arranged so as to determine whether said actuation ends within a first time interval from the start of actuation (t | 2010-10-14 |
20100258639 | REMOVABLE CARD FOR A CONTACTLESS COMMUNICATION, ITS UTILIZATION AND THE METHOD OF PRODUCTION. - Removable card for a contactless communication contains an antenna ( | 2010-10-14 |
20100258640 | RFID TAG AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An RFID tag includes an inlet on which an antenna pattern serving as an antenna for communication and an IC chip electrically connected to the antenna pattern are mounted. The RFID tag also includes an exterior body that encloses the inlet from outside and a hollow space that is formed by the inlet and the exterior body and that is filled with gas or a gel material. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258641 | 3-in-1 barcode for identifying commodity - A 3-in-1 barcode for identifying a commodity, involving a commercial cipher technology, is implemented through the following steps: acquiring a first and second group of data in the form of 13-digit decimal number that are input into a computer for being processed; determining whether the first group of data satisfies an EAN-13 encoding principle or not, and whether the second group of data satisfies an commodity flow number encoding principle or not, if yes, proceeding to the next step, otherwise, generating an error prompt; performing an encryption operation on the first group of data satisfying the EAN-13 encoding principle and the second group of data satisfying the commodity flow number encoding principle through a commercial cipher algorithm, and generating a 13-digit decimal verification code data; dividing the first group of data, the second group of data, and the verification code data into three rows by the computer; and storing and printing the 3-in-1 barcode divided into three rows by the computer, for machine identification. The advantage of the present invention lies in that the 3-in-1 barcode has a plain part and a cipher part, which is easily identified by both the users and consumers, and cannot be easily counterfeited and forged. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258642 | ENVIROMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF CONFIGURING ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEMS - An environmental control system of a building utilizes lower vents which open into lower portions of rooms of a building, and upper vents which open into upper portions of rooms of the building. When the system is operating in a heating mode, heated air is delivered into the upper portions of the rooms through the upper vents and air is removed from the rooms through the lower vents. When the system is operating in a cooling mode, cool air is delivered into the rooms through the lower vents, and air is removed from the rooms through the upper vents. Operating the heating and cooling modes in this fashion provides the most efficient operation of the heating and cooling system. A switching unit is used to selectively couple the inlet and outlet of an environmental control system to the upper and lower vents. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258643 | SYSTEM FOR THE REAL TIME INVENTORY AND LOCALIZATION OF REFRIGERATING CONTAINERS AND RELATED METHOD | 2010-10-14 |
20100258644 | HUMIDITY CONTROL APPARATUS - Purifying substances generated in a water purification unit are imparted to water in a water tank. The water containing the purifying substances is supplied to an adsorbing member of a humidification rotor. In the adsorbing member, harmful substances etc. contained in the water are purified by the purifying substances. Consequently, the clean humidification water is imparted from the humidification rotor to air. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258645 | VEHICLE HEATING SYSTEM - A vehicle seating system is provided in which infrared rays radiated from a surface of a thermal radiation member at the time of heating are emitted to a bodily portion of an occupant which extends from his or her head to shoulders for implementation of effective heading. In a case of a planar heating element | 2010-10-14 |
20100258646 | Playset system for toy vehicles - A playset system for toy vehicles, preferably wheeled toy vehicles, the playset system having multiple levels including a base level, having one or more and preferably two or more base segments that are interconnectable; and a roadway level having one or more and preferably two or more segments that are interconnectable, wherein the roadway level is located on an upper surface of the base level. In a preferred embodiment, the playset system is specifically designed and scaled to accommodate die cast vehicles, preferably 1:64 scale die cast vehicles that are known in the art. The playset in preferred embodiments utilizes magnetic fields to operatively connect the components of the base level to components of the roadway level. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258647 | Tunable Vibration Absorbing Device - A Tuned Mass Damper (TMD) for reducing vibration and noise radiation from rails incorporates a series of oscillation mass ( | 2010-10-14 |
20100258648 | ULTRASONIC ATOMIZING NOZZLE WITH CONE-SPRAY FEATURE - A nozzle assembly that produces a cone-shaped spray pattern of entrained liquid droplets is disclosed. The nozzle includes an ultrasonic atomizer for atomizing a liquid on an atomizing surface located at the end of an atomizing stem. The nozzle assembly is supplied pressurized air that is directed to the atomizing surface by intercommunicating ports, chambers and/or channels. To provide the cone-shaped spray pattern, the ports, chambers and/or channels cause or direct the pressurized gas to rotate about the atomizing stem. When the rotating pressurized gas exits the nozzle assembly via proximate the atomizing surface, atomized liquid droplets become entrained in the gas. The rotating pressurized gas propels the droplets forward and moves at least some droplets circumferentially outward in the cone-shaped spray pattern. In various embodiments, the pressure of the gas can be adjusted to control the size and shape of the cone-shaped pattern and the distribution of droplets. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258649 | Spray Electrode - An electrostatic spraying device comprises a capillary spray electrode having a spraying end, a reference electrode, and a reservoir in fluid communication with the spray electrode. In use, the electrodes are connected across a generator in order to establish an electric field between the electrodes and cause fluid in the reservoir to be sprayed from the spray electrode. The spray electrode has a focus that defines a point at which the electric field is focused on the spraying end. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258650 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AEROSOL - The invention relates to a device for producing mist or aerosol. The device comprises at least two atomisers for atomizing a liquid into drop jets. In accordance with the invention, at least two atomizers are arranged oriented substantially directly towards one another in a manner making the drop jets produced thereby collide directly into each other. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258651 | ELECTRICAL PLUG CONNECTOR AS FUEL INJECTOR CONTACT FOR SHAKEPROOF APPLICATIONS - In an electrical plug connector in the form of a socket contact, having an inner contact part for the electrical contacting of a pin and having an external retention spring surrounding the inner contact part, the inner contact part is formed of nickel brass. | 2010-10-14 |
20100258652 | DEVICE FOR FORMING AEROSOL, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COATING GLASS - The invention relates to a device for forming aerosol, the device comprising at least one gas-dispersing atomizer for atomizing a liquid into aerosol by means of gas at an atomizing head of the atomizer and an atomizing chamber, which is in flow connection with the atomizing head and in which flow restraints are arranged for changing the hydrodynamic properties of the aerosol flow discharging from the atomizing head. According to the present invention the flow restraints are arranged in the inner walls of the atomizing chamber in such a manner that they protrude from the inner walls to the inside of the atomizing chamber. | 2010-10-14 |