50th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 4 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20080302145 | Insert cylinder cabinet cam lock - An insert type of cylinder cabinet cam lock permits use of Schlage-compatible deadbolt cylinders in a cabinet door and/or drawer cam lock. A bifurcated, housing is provided that journals a cam driver adapted for operational interconnection with the Schlage-compatible standard deadbolt. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302146 | Electrical panel lockout - An electrical panel lockout that locks the electrical panel door closed and prevents the panel cover from being removed. Two telescoping hollow tubes extend between two panel screws. Two slots in the ends of the hollow tubes slide under the screw heads of each of the loosened panel screws. The outer hollow tube and inner hollow tube extend across the panel door keeping it locked closed. The shackle of a padlock is inserted into one of the openings of the inner hollow tube to keep the device locked in the extended position onto the panel screws. The screw heads are encapsulated by the device rendering them inaccessible and preventing the electrical panel cover from being removed. Hollow tube extension fittings can be employed to increase the length of the device for use on electrical panels of larger widths. A guide screw attached to the inner hollow tube rides in a slot in the outer hollow tube to keep both tubes from separating. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302147 | NON-LINEAR STEERING LOCK ASSEMBLY - A steering lock assembly an assembly housing includes a non-linear passage that receives a cam shaft and/or cam pin. The non-linear passage provides a steering lock assembly that is shorter than steering lock assemblies having an assembly housing with a linear passage for receiving the cam shaft and cam pin. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302148 | Door Handle Device - A door handle device is provided with: a handle member | 2008-12-11 |
20080302149 | MODULAR ESCUTCHEON - A modular escutcheon for a door lock including a plurality of covers. Each higher cover may progressively project outward from the surface of a door more than the covers below. Top and bottom edges of adjacent covers abut to form a joint, which may be partly or completely concealed resulting from the outward projections of higher covers. An escutcheon system may be provided that includes interchangeable parts, for example, there may be several different intermediate covers for use with the same lower and upper covers, or different upper covers that may be used in the same position. A variety of lock operating devices may be provided with the different covers to achieve different systems. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302150 | LOCK CORE ASSEMBLY - A lock core assembly has a lock shell, a lock core, multiple pin assemblies and at least one anti-knock pin assembly. Each pin assembly is mounted in a mounting chamber formed radially in the lock shell and through the lock core. Each anti-knock pin assembly has an upper pin and a major spring abutting each other and is mounted in a corresponding characteristic chamber assembly with a core chamber and at least one limiting recess communicating with each other. When a burglar turns the lock core by using a lock pick to vibrate or knock the lock core, the major spring presses the upper pin to engage in the limiting recess to limit the lock core and provide a reliable and reusable burglarproof lock that need not be replaced after an attempted malicious opening. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302151 | Soluble Liquid Fertilizer for Organic Agriculture Derived From Soy Meal - The invention is a water-soluble, liquid or dry fertilizer for application to a plant or soil that is grown or farmed as “organic” as defined under the USDA National Organic Program Rule. The fertilizer is produced from soybean meal using protolytic enzyme (protease) hydrolysis to produce water-soluble, Nitrogen-containing compounds including protein, peptides, amino acids, amines and ammonia. The fertilizer also contains other essential plant nutrients including Calcium, Phosphorus, Sulfur and Potassium. The fertilizer has solids content between ten and fifty-five percent, and a total Nitrogen content between 1.0 percent and 10 percent. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302152 | Fertilizer - This invention relates to a process for producing an organic fertilizer, and an organic fertilizer containing organic carbon carriers. According to an embodiment of the invention, the organic fertilizer is produced by mixing organic matter with water adding an organic acid or acids such as EDTA, amino acids, fuivic acid or propionic acid, preferably propionic acid (25%); or a base such as KOH or NaOH1 preferably KOH to the mixture; and decomposing organic matter with the acid/s or base in order to extract organic carbon solution having a carbon content of 10 to 20. The invention also relates to an organic fertilizer containing macro or micro nutrientfe and an organic carrier bound to or complexed with an organic carbon carrier. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302153 | Plastic working method and plastic working system - A plurality of press devices | 2008-12-11 |
20080302154 | Stir Forming Apparatus - An apparatus for forming a workpiece to a desired, non-planar configuration are provided. At least one friction stir forming tool, having a shoulder and a pin, is used to urge the workpiece to the desired configuration and friction stir form the workpiece. The forming tool can urge the workpiece against a contour surface of a die or a shoulder that is opposite the structural member from the tool. Thus, the forming tool plasticizes a portion of the workpiece and urges the workpiece to the desired configuration. In addition, the material properties of the workpiece can be improved by the friction stir processing. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302155 | Coil spring manufacturing machine - Providing a coil spring manufacturing machine capable of adjusting the shape of a manufactured spring with fixing a wire feeding unit, followed by moving a shaping tool mounting member, attached to one or a plurality of movable members, in the front-rear, left-right, and/or up-down direction of the wire feeding direction. The shaping tool mounting member may be moved in all the three directions. Each movable member is provided with a drive source for driving the movable member. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302156 | Helical part manufacturing apparatus and control method thereof - This invention provides an apparatus for manufacturing a helical part by feeding a wire W toward a pointing tool | 2008-12-11 |
20080302157 | Method and Device For Producing Bent Spring Elements - The invention is based on a method of producing bent spring elements from a spring steel strip ( | 2008-12-11 |
20080302158 | Method and Rolling Mill For Improving the Running-Out of a Rolled Metal Strip Whose Trailing End is Moving at Rolling Speed - A method for improving the running-out of a metal rolled strip ( | 2008-12-11 |
20080302159 | Wheelhouse hemming apparatus and method - A robotic wheelhouse hemming apparatus includes a base. A multi-axis robot is mounted on the base. The robot includes an arm. A roller hemming head is mounted on an end of the arm for roller hemming. A slide mechanism is mounted for multi-directional movement on the base. A support is mounted on the slide mechanism. An anvil is supported on the support. A registration member is integral with the support and is engagable by the roller hemming head. The robot arm is operable to manipulate the roller hemming head into engagement with the registration member, and subsequent movement of the robot arm moves the support on the slide mechanism, thereby adjusting the position of the anvil relative to a workpiece to be hemmed. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302160 | Square Tube Forming Roll, Square Tube Forming Method, and Forming Device - Roll forming a round tube to a square tube without applying excessive load to the raw tube scheduled portions to become corner portions and shoulder portions. This invention structures the curvature of the rotation axis direction of the forming roll surface in a way that in relation to other raw tube locations (straightening precedes for the raw tube locations adjacent to the corner portion scheduled locations of the square tube. It disposes stands of four-direction roll structure at the forming roll stand furthest upstream and furthest downstream sides and disposes stands of upper-lower and left-right two-direction roll structure between the upstream and downstream roll stands, and by adopting forming roll with a structure having a curvature for constricting the raw tube locations to become the shoulder portions adjacent to the corner portions of the square tube at a smaller curvature than that constricting the raw tube portions to become the side portion centers of the square tube cross section. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302161 | System And Method For Hemming Components - A hemming system and method is taught. The system and method employs tool platen assemblies comprising an anvil and one or more beam assemblies which are configured on the tool platen assembly and which tool platen assembly can be removed and replaced in the hemming system without the need for reconfiguration of the tool platen components. This allows for relatively rapid change over for the hemming system to hem different components. Further, the lift table of the hemming system includes a lift plate which moves the anvil through a predefined constant vertical stroke, but the start and end positions of that constant stroke length can be changed by inserting and removing a set of spacers from the anvil lift path. When the spacers are in the lift path, the lowered position and the raised position of the anvil are both higher than the corresponding lowered position and raised position when the spacers are removed from the lift path. The beam assemblies on the tool platen assembly include mounting surfaces to which both the preliminary hemming beam and the final hemming beams are mounted, one above the other, and the beam assemblies operate to move the hemming beams between a retracted position and a hemming position. The lift table design, and the beam assemblies, combine to provide relatively fast cycle times for complete hemming operations. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302162 | COLD-HEADED STANDOFF - A process for cold forging a metal fastener such as a self-clinching standoff includes a punch and die set at the final head trimming station which produces the shear burr only on the underside of the fastener head where it is not visible after installation. A knock-out pin which is reciprocal within the bore of the punch forcibly ejects the fastener through a passage in the die to a point beyond an opposite side of the die. A stripper sleeve which is reciprocal about the outside surface of the punch then moves from a retracted position over the end of the punch pushing a residual scrap ring from around the outside of the punch. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302163 | Formation Tool for a Punching Machine - A formation tool is used for deforming sheet metal on punching machines. The formation tool has an upper or top die tool and a lower or bottom die tool. Toward the top die, there is an upper mold insert movable relative to a holding-down device, and toward the bottom die, a lower mold insert movable relative to a stripper plate. The deformation of the metal sheet is effected upward with respect to a punching stroke plane. The formation tool has a lifting device for aiding in lifting the lower mold insert from an initial position which is at or below the punch stroke plane before a deforming operation, to a level above the punching stroke plane. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302164 | Method and device for manufacturing pipe connectors - Devices and methods for manufacturing fittings ( | 2008-12-11 |
20080302165 | Hand crimping tool interchangeable and interactive jaws - A multi-functional crimping tool for connecting pipe joints with pipes is disclosed, the tool includes a pair of crimping head hinged together, form a circle cavity for penetrating the pipe, and at least a capped screw rotatably mounted onto a top side of the crimping head body and shifted from a fastening position and a releasing position; a pair of crimping jaws respectively and operatively clipped onto the crimping heads respectively, wherein in the fastening position, the capped screw is screwed down to secure the crimping jaws attach onto said crimping heads, and in the releasing position, the capped screw is loosened up allowing the crimping jaws transversely pulled off the crimping head for convenient replacement. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302166 | Device for the Selective and Progressive Locking of Metal Containers | 2008-12-11 |
20080302167 | Hydraulic tool with multiple handles - A hydraulic tool including a main section and a working head. The main section has a hydraulic drive system including a pump and a hydraulic fluid conduit system, and a first handle adapted to allow a user to grasp the main section with a first hand. The working head is connected to the main section and includes a frame, a ram movably connected to the frame, and a second handle extending from the frame. The ram is adapted to be moved on the frame by hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic drive system. The second handle is adapted to allow a user to grasp the working head with a second hand away from a compression area between the ram and an opposite anvil section of the frame. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302168 | Hydraulic Damper Valve - A breakstem rivet placing tool conventionally includes a flow restrictions for hydraulic fluid used to drive the tool in a stem pulling direction. This serves to prevent recoil of the tool due to rapid acceleration of an internal piston when the stem of the breakstem rivet breaks. Prior art flow restrictions create a jet of high velocity hydraulic fluid into the tool which may damage components by erosion. A revised fluid damper valve deflects and/or diffuses the fluid flow to avoid damage by erosion. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302169 | METHOD FOR DETECTING CORROSION, EROSION OR PRODUCT BUILDUP ON VIBRATING ELEMENT DENSITOMETERS AND CORIOLIS FLOWMETERS AND CALIBRATION VALIDATION - A method and apparatus for validating the flow calibration factor of a Coriolis flowmeter. In accordance with a first embodiment, an improved material density is obtained by measuring material density when the temperature of the material is equal to a predetermined reference temperature. In accordance with a second embodiment, a preprogrammed data base stores density/temperature relationships. Improved density information is obtained by measuring the density and temperature of the material, applying the measured density/temperature information from the data base, and obtaining density information compensated for a predetermined reference temperature. The improved density information obtained for both embodiments is unaffected by temperature changes and is used to validate the flow calibration factor. The flow calibration factor compensation for pressure changes and changes in material composition is obtained in a similar manner. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302170 | BREATH-BASED SENSORS FOR NON-INVASIVE MOLECULAR DETECTION - A method of diagnosing the health of an individual by collecting a breath sample from the individual and measuring the amount of each of a plurality of analytes in the sample. The amount of each analytes is measured by fitting a time response curve of a sample-evaluation fuel cell in which the fuel cell sample electrode is contacted with the sample with the analysis based on a function of standard time response curves for an equivalent fuel cell configuration obtained separately for each of the analytes on a fuel cell with equivalent construction as sample-evaluation fuel cell. Each of the plurality of analytes is generally indicative of an aspect of the individual's health. Suitable analytes include, for example, inorganic compounds as well as compositions that exhibit negative reduction reactions at least for a portion of the time response curve. In particular, acetone exhibits a negative potential/current peak when it is an analyte in a fuel cell in an sample electrode with a counter electrode exposed to oxygen, which may or may not be introduced in the form of air. Various forms of analysis to estimate acetone concentrations in the breath can be used. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302171 | SENSOR - To provide a sensor characterized in that corrosion of an outer tube member by adhesion of salt water or the like is restrained, thereby preventing deterioration in detection accuracy of the sensor, which could otherwise result from penetration of salt water or the like into the interior of the outer tube member. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302172 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UTILITY METERING AND LEAK DETECTION - The system and method for detecting water and/or gas leaks by monitoring usage patterns is described. In one embodiment, the existence of a leak is detected by looking for usage patterns wherein water or gas is always being used, at least at a low rate. A leak is indicated if usage does not drop to zero, at least for a period of time, during a given time interval (e.g., during a 24-hour period). The severity of the leak is indicated by the minimum amount of usage during the given time period. In one embodiment, the leak detection system is provided in connection with an Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) system. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302173 | INTAKE AIR MASS FLOW MEASUREMENT DEVICE - In an intake air mass flow measurement device, for preventing clogging in a pressure intake tube due to water or the like entering the pressure intake tube in a device measuring a pressure in the intake air tube, the intake air mass flow measurement device includes a mass air flow measurement device for measuring an intake air mass flow in an intake air tube; and a pressure sensing device for sensing pressure in the intake air tube, the pressure sensing device being integrated with the mass air flow measurement device, and an aperture plane opened to the inside of a main air flow passage for detection of the pressure takes in pressure by using a gap generated between a main air flow passage constituting member and an insertion part of the mass air flow measurement device when a measurement part of the mass air flow measurement device is inserted into the main air flow passage. With this construction, it is possible to provide a structure in which water or the like can hardly clog the pressure intake port. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302174 | Method and apparatus for testing a gear-driven fuel pump on a fuel injected IC engine - Methods and apparatus are provided for testing a fuel pump in a fuel supply system on a IC fuel injected engine, the pump having a pumping element for supplying fuel injectors via a fuel rail. The method includes providing a pump element pumping event; disabling overlapping injectors during a test-period that includes the pumping event; measuring pressure in the rail at at least two engine crank angles surrounding the pumping event during the test period; and determining a fuel delivery rate value for the pump based on the measured rail pressures. Methods and apparatus also are provided for determining quantitative leakage rate in the fuel supply system of a fuel injected IC engine, the fuel system including a fuel pump with one or more pumping elements supplying injectors via a fuel rail. The method includes establishing steady state engine operating conditions with fuel rail pressure at a predetermined value; disabling all overlapping injectors and all pumping events during a test period; measuring rail pressure at preselected first and second crank angles during the test period, the first crank angle being advanced relative to the second crank angle; and calculating the leakage rate based on a pressure drop determined from the measured rail pressure at the first crank angle and the measured rail pressure at the second crank angle. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302175 | Method and apparatus for determining correct installation for gear-driven fuel pump on a fuel injected IC engine - Methods and apparatus are disclosed for detecting whether a gear-driven fuel pump has been installed correctly in a fuel injected IC engine, the pump gear being driven by an engine gear to provide fuel to injectors via a fuel rail. The method may include providing a pump element pumping event. The method may also include disabling overlapping fuel injectors and overlapping pumping events during the test period surrounding the selected pumping event, and measuring the pressure in the rail during the pumping event with the overlapping injectors disabled, the at least two different engine crank angles surrounding the pumping event. The method also may further include determining from the measured rail pressures whether the pumping event occurred at a desired engine crank angle. Apparatus to carry out the methods may include a computer programmed for controlling the sequence of the providing, disabling, measuring, and determining functions, as well as software for carrying out the respective functions. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302176 | METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING THE LEAKAGE OF AN INJECTOR AND ASSOCIATED CONTROL DEVICE - In order to diagnose the leakage of an injector (IN | 2008-12-11 |
20080302177 | Flex Signature for Tire Condition - Disclosed is a methodology for deriving data related to various selected tire ( | 2008-12-11 |
20080302178 | Method and system for dispensing precise reagent volumes - A method and system for dispensing small volumes of liquid reagents is provided. The system includes a sequence of one, two, or three or more sensors, attached to a conduit, which send an electronic signal indicating the presence or lack of fluid in the conduit. The sensors can sense the leading edge of a fluid in a conduit, often called the leading meniscus. The sensors are connected to a microprocessor capable of recording the time the leading meniscus passes each sensor. The microprocessor can also calculate the time difference between the sensors, and at a constant flow rate, determine the speed of the fluid in the conduit and proportionally, depending on the diameter of the conduit, calculate the flow rate within the conduit. The microprocessor can also control the pump to cause the fluid to flow for a specific period of time so that a known discrete volume can be dispensed from the conduit. The microprocessor can also control a pump allowing the leading meniscus to be positioned accurately within the conduit. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302179 | Gravity Gradiometer - A gravity gradiometer is disclosed which has a sensor in the form of bars ( | 2008-12-11 |
20080302180 | Gravity Gradiometer - A gravity gradiometer is disclosed which has a sensor in the form of bars ( | 2008-12-11 |
20080302181 | Balance Ring and Method For Balancing a Rotating Component - A balance ring for a component ( | 2008-12-11 |
20080302182 | TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION CIRCUIT, TRIMMING CIRCUIT, AND ACCELERATION DETECTOR - A temperature compensation circuit having satisfactory linearity, a trimming circuit including a plurality of temperature gradients, and an acceleration detector having a wide applicable temperature range. A plurality of resistor elements R | 2008-12-11 |
20080302183 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GYROSCOPIC PROPULSION - Disclosed is a combination of six substantially identical interconnected rotating masses, with a pair each of the rotating masses being configured to rotate in one of each of the three planes (X, Y, and Z). Regardless of the orientation of the six masses, each pair of the six interconnected rotating masses may share substantially the same center of gravity and generate a separate yet interactive kinetic energy and angular momentum in each of the three planes, thereby providing resistance to rotational forces from external sources. This is known as “equal force presence. In one embodiment, the rotating masses are ring-like masses. In alternative embodiment, the rotating masses are solid masses, similar to flywheels. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302184 | ACCELERATION SENSOR AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - First and second semiconductor layers are attached to each other with an insulation layer sandwiched therebetween. An acceleration sensor device is formed in the first semiconductor layer. A control device for controlling the acceleration sensor device is formed on the second semiconductor layer. Through holes are formed in the second semiconductor layer, and an insulation layer is formed to cover the wall surfaces of the through holes. Through interconnections are formed within the through holes for electrically connecting the acceleration sensor device and the control device to each other. Accordingly, it is possible to obtain an acceleration sensor having excellent detection accuracy while having a reduced size, and a fabrication method thereof. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302185 | Microstructure Inspecting Apparatus and Microstructure Inspecting Method - Voltage is applied to a chip TP by a voltage drive unit | 2008-12-11 |
20080302186 | Method for Evaluating Pressure Containers of Composite Materials by Acoustic Emission Testing - The invention relates to a method for evaluating pressure containers made of a composite material by acoustic emission testing. The method comprises the steps:
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20080302187 | Vibroacoustic System for Vibration Testing - Forces are applied to a device under test and its mechanical response is measured by a laser vibrometer ( | 2008-12-11 |
20080302188 | Ultrasonic Testing Method and Ultrasonic Testing Device Using This - A ultrasonic testing method capable of carrying out a test of high degree of freedom where a degree of freedom of arranging a transmission element and a reception element is high and the scope of an object of testing is not likely to be limited, and a ultrasonic testing device using this. An ultrasonic wave is sent from a transmission element ( | 2008-12-11 |
20080302189 | PRESSURE SENSOR - A mounting structure for a pressure sensor serves to facilitate easy attachment of the pressure sensor as well as easy detachment thereof without requiring any large work space. A pair of elastic snap fit portions ( | 2008-12-11 |
20080302190 | Method and Device for Testing the Strength of a Connection Using Centrifugal Force - The invention relates to a method for examining the resistance of a connection between two bodies, whereby one of the bodies only has a small mass. A correspondingly directed force is exerted upon the connection until disconnection thereof. The force used is the centrifugal force which acts at a distance from a rotational axis in a concentric manner about said rotated connection. Said method is particularly advantageous if the body having a small mass is a coating which is applied to the other body. In order to obtain a sufficiently high centrifugal force, an examining stamp is applied to the body having the small mass and/or the coating on the side oriented away from the connection. The adhesion between the body and/or the coating and the examining stamp is greater than between both of the bodies and/or the coating and the other body. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302191 | Controlling Sample Loading of a Specimen - A sample loading device for loading and injecting a sample of a specimen is provided. The device comprises an injection channel having a sample injection spot, the injection channel adapted for feeding a fluid comprising a specimen. It further comprises an injector for injecting the specimen into the fluid along the injection channel and a separation device adapted for separating a sample from the specimen at the sample injection spot. Furthermore it comprises a control unit adapted for controlling the separation device in response to a detected physical parameter of the fluid. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302192 | Apparatus and Method For Detecting an Analyte - An apparatus for detecting an analyte in a sample of material is disclosed. The apparatus includes a frame and a plurality of chambers. The frame may be manipulated to form at least a first flow path and a second flow path through the chambers. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302193 | Apparatus and Method For Detecting an Analyte - An apparatus assembly for detecting an analyte in a sample of material includes a valve, a frame, and a plurality of housing segments. The valve may be actuated to adjust a flow path and flow rate through the housing segments. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302194 | Stabilising Means - A vehicle stabilising means comprising a cradle ( | 2008-12-11 |
20080302195 | Reverse shift jump out of gear fix for model T45, 5 speed manual automotive transmission - The invention described herein is the first known solution to modify the original model T45 manual transmission to prevent or fix the documented reverse shift problems inherit in the original production design as described in the Background of the Invention section included in this application. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302196 | Shift apparatus - A shift apparatus includes a shift lever operable to select a first mode of a transmission when the shift lever is disposed at a first position and to select a second mode of the transmission when the shift lever is disposed at a second position, and a base supporting the shift lever. The shift lever automatically returns to a home position after selecting the first mode or the second mode. When moving the shift lever from the home position to the first position to select the first mode, the shift lever is moved in a first direction and then in a second direction which is different from and not directly opposite to the first direction. When moving the shift lever from the first position to the second position to select the second mode, the shift lever is moved in a third direction which is different from the first and second directions and not directly opposite to the second direction. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302197 | Ball screw device having bearing spacer - A ball screw device includes a ball nut having an inner thread formed by a number of helical groove portions for forming an endless ball rolling passage in the ball nut and for receiving a number of bearing members, and an endless spacer moving passage formed in the ball nut and communicating with the endless ball rolling passage of the ball nut for receiving a number of bearing spacers which are engaged between the bearing members for spacing the bearing members away from each other and for preventing the bearing members from striking onto each other. The bearing spacers may be spherical bearing spacers, and made of synthetic materials. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302198 | Resin gear - In a resin gear formed such that a first teeth section formed into a spiral and a second teeth section formed into a spiral having an opposite twist direction from the first teeth section are joined at a tooth width direction center section, reductions in quietness and smoothness caused by a decrease in contact ratio can be suppressed. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302199 | TRANSMISSION - A transmission, includes: a plurality of shift members, adapted to be moved in a shifting direction and a selecting direction; a shift lug, having a pair of claw portions spaced apart from each other in the shifting direction; and a shift fork, connected to the shift lug via a shift rail. The shift members are moved by an actuator so that one of the shift members pushes one of the claw portions in the shifting direction to thereby selectively move the shift lug in the shifting direction so as to cause the shift fork to perform a gear shift operation via the shift rail. The shift members are disposed as to be offset from each other in the shifting direction. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302200 | MODULAR HYBRID SNAKE ARM - An intelligent modular hybrid robot arm system is usable with mobile robots, and is applicable to stationary industrial arms. The intelligent modular hybrid robot arm system provides a large work envelope and a controlled and directed rotational movement for a flexible snake robot arm. The intelligent modular hybrid robot arm system has the ability to change end effector tools and sensors. The platform computers have the ability to interact with other subsystems for coordinated as well as independent tasks. The flexibly snake robot arm can be covered with a flexible sensor network, or “skin”. The intelligent modular hybrid robot arm system can manage its energy use, stores the arm in a compact shape and uses a central support tube offering unobstructed arm access to all sectors of its working envelope. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302201 | COMPENSATOR FOR CABLES - A compensator for cables includes a housing and a spring wrapped around inside the housing to form a loop. An inner strand of a Bowden cable or the like extends through the coil spring, and thereby forms a loop. The looped configuration of the coil spring provides a higher effective spring constant, and thereby permits a smaller coil spring to be used. The dimensions of the compensator can also be reduced, thereby reducing the space required for the compensator. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302202 | Device for Protecting and Guiding a Cable from a Direct-Vision Window of an Aircraft Flight Deck - A device for protecting and guiding at least one cable ( | 2008-12-11 |
20080302203 | Gear Shift Lever Assembly for a Transmission of a Motor Vehicle - The invention relates to a shift lever arrangement for a transmission of a motor vehicle having a shift lever for setting a selected shift stage of the transmission, with the shift lever being mounted, by means of a positioning unit, so as to be movable between a non-use position of the shift lever and a use position thereof for setting the shift stages and/or vice versa, wherein an anti-trap unit is assigned to the shift lever, in such a way that, after the activation of the positioning unit for adjusting the shift lever between the non-use position and the use position thereof and/or vice versa, the positioning force generated by the positioning unit and acting on the shift lever can be at least reduced. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302204 | LOCKING LEVER FOR PIPE CONNECTOR - A locking lever having a metal core plate and a plastic cover layer is disclosed. The metal core plate has a plate-like base, an expanded blunt head curving outwardly downwards, and a main through hole and a plurality of small bonding through holes cut through two opposite sides thereof. The plastic cover layer is molded on the core plate, filling up the small bonding through holes, and covers the whole surface area of the core plate to expose the peripheral edge of the expanded blunt head to the outside The plastic cover layer further has a T-shaped cross section at one end, a through hole corresponding to the main through hole of the core plate, a groove at a top side thereof, and a front end and a rear end respectively curved outwardly downwards. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302205 | MOTOR VEHICLE STEERING WHEEL COMPRISING A FIXED MODULE - Motor-vehicle steering wheel with a module ( | 2008-12-11 |
20080302206 | Handle control knob with automatic return for hydraulic power unit - A rotatable control knob with automatic return, controls a valve of a hydraulic cylinder on a jack-stand power unit or a floor jack. The power unit includes a frame having the hydraulic cylinder secured at the rearward end. The control valve is rotatable in one direction for closing the valve to extend the cylinder, and is rotatable in a counter-direction for opening the valve to retract the cylinder. A tubular handle with a T-bar hand grip extends rearward and upwardly from the frame, with the control knob extending from the T-bar hand grip, and connected to a control shaft extending through the tubular handle to the control valve of the cylinder. The control knob automatic return, includes a torsion spring having one end fixed to the control knob and the other end fixed to the tubular handle. The control knob can be rotated in the counter-direction to open the valve; and when the knob is released, the torsion spring automatically forces the knob and shaft to rotate back to the original position to close the valve. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302207 | CRANKSHAFT - A crankshaft, in particular to be developed as part of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, with at least one main bearing for connecting the crankshaft with an engine block, wherein the main bearing is developed at least partly, so that the axial border areas of the main bearing are convexly opposite the mid-section of the main bearing configured between the axial border areas, and/or with at least one large end bearing to connect the crankshaft with a connecting rod, wherein the large end bearing is at least partially developed so that the axial border areas of the large end bearings are convexly opposite the mid-section of the large end bearing, configured between the axial border areas. Through that it is possible to increase the stiffness of the crankshaft, without the need to alter the fittings on the main bearing and/or on the large end bearing. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302208 | COOLING DEVICE FOR TABLE PLATE OF ROTARY INDEXING APPARATUS - A table plate has a coolant channel including at least a pipe that is in contact with at least one of a back surface and an outer peripheral surface of the table plate or a path disposed in the table plate. At least a portion of the coolant channel is in areas outside a reference hole, which is formed in the table plate coaxially with the rotating shaft, the areas corresponding to two or more of four quadrants, which are defined by two perpendicular lines intersecting at an axial center of the rotating shaft in a plan view. The coolant channel has inlet and outlet ends that open in the outer peripheral surface of the table plate or an outer peripheral surface of the rotating shaft. The inlet and outlet ends are respectively connected to a coolant-supplying path and a coolant-collecting path through a rotary joint. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302209 | Metallurgical Powder Composition - A metallurgical composition is provided for making compacted parts, comprising: (a) at least about 80 percent by weight of an iron or iron-based powder; (b) up to about 20 percent by weight of at least one alloying powder; (c) from about 0.05 to about 2 percent by weight of a binding agent comprising a C | 2008-12-11 |
20080302210 | STEEL DESULPHURATING AGENT AND USE THEREOF IN THE DESULPHURATION OF STEEL - The invention relates to a steel desulphurating agent characterised in that it comprises compared with the total weight of the agent:
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20080302211 | LINEAR HEARTH FURNACE SYSTEM AND METHODS REGARDING SAME - Systems and methods for use in processing raw material (e.g., iron bearing material) include a linear furnace apparatus extending along a longitudinal axis between a charging end and a discharging end (e.g., the linear furnace apparatus includes at least a furnace zone positioned along the longitudinal axis). Raw material is provided into one or more separate or separable containers (e.g., trays) at the charging end of the linear furnace apparatus. The separate or separable containers are moved through at least the furnace zone and to the discharging end where the processed material is discharged resulting in one or more empty containers. One or more of the empty containers are returned to the charging end of the linear furnace apparatus to receive further raw material. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302212 | Method for Manufacturing Molten Irons and Apparatus for Manufacturing Molten Irons - A method for manufacturing molten iron that improves charging and discharge of the fine iron ore, and an apparatus for manufacturing molten iron using the same. The apparatus for manufacturing molten iron includes i) at least one fluidized-bed reduction reactor that reduces fine iron ore and converts the fine iron ore into reduced iron, ii) a fine iron ore charging bin that supplies the fine iron ore to the fluidized-bed reduction reactor, iii) a fine iron ore charging line that directly connects the fine iron ore charging bin to each of the fluidized-bed reduction reactors, and directly charges the fine iron ore into each of the fluidized-bed reduction reactor, iv) a melter-gasifier into which lumped carbonaceous materials and the reduced iron are charged and oxygen is injected, the melter-gasifier manufacturing molten iron, and v) a reducing gas supply line that supplies a reducing gas discharged from the melter-gasifier to the fluidized-bed reduction reactor. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302213 | Forehearth - A direct smelting vessel ( | 2008-12-11 |
20080302214 | HAMMER HAVING SHOCK ABSORBING HANDLE - A striking tool is disclosed that comprises a generally U-shaped or V-shaped handle constructed of a substantially resilient material and having a head fixed at one end thereof. A second end of the handle has a hand grip or gripping region adapted to be grasped by a human hand. The second end of the U-shaped or V-shaped handle includes a flange, or stop member, to inhibit the handle from slipping out of the grasping hand. The hand grip may include a lip at a lower end thereof, such that a pinky finger of the hand may be comfortably placed on either side of the lip while the hand grasps the hand grip. The resilient material construction of the handle permits a first end of the handle to flex slightly towards and away from the second end of the handle. Accordingly, during use, the striking tool provides a damped recoil and improved striking action, imparting less shock to the hand, wrist, elbow, shoulder, and other parts of the body, as compared to a conventional striking tool. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302215 | Customizable light bulb changer - A light bulb changing tool comprises a holding structure configured to engage a light bulb. In some embodiments, the holding structure includes a suction cup configuration and in some embodiments, the holding structure includes a creased gripping configuration. An interconnect is configured to couple the holding structure with an arm member. The interconnect includes a receiving member for receiving a protruding member of the holding structure. In some embodiments, a securing member is included for securing the protruding member with the receiving member. The arm member is configured for positioning the holding structure in a desired configuration to engage the light bulb. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302216 | Wrench Socket with Easily Recognizable Size Indicia - A wrench socket includes first and second ends spaced along a longitudinal axis. The first end includes a recessed indicia area formed in an outer peripheral wall face of a peripheral wall thereof. Size indicia extends outward from a bottom wall of the recessed indicia area and is integrally formed from a single homogenous material with the peripheral wall as a single continuous monolithic piece. The size indicia has a top face extending not beyond the outer peripheral wall face. The radii of the bottom wall and the top face are larger than a radius from the longitudinal axis to the outer peripheral wall face. Centers of curvatures of the bottom wall and the top face are located outside the longitudinal axis. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302217 | Chain Tension Tool - A tool for creating tension of a chain on a cycle according to one embodiment comprises a wheel engaging portion; a frame engaging portion positioned opposite the wheel engaging portion; and at least one handle operatively coupled to the wheel engaging portion and the frame engaging portion such that application of force on the at least one handle is operative to bias the wheel engaging portion and frame engaging portion away from each other. A tool for creating tension of a chain on a cycle according to another embodiment includes a wheel engaging portion; a frame engaging portion positioned opposite the wheel engaging portion, the frame engaging portion includes an arcuate section for engaging a frame of a cycle; a pivoting member coupled to the frame engaging portion for engaging the frame of the cycle; one handle operatively coupled to the wheel engaging portion; another handle operative coupled to the frame engaging portion such that application of force on the handles is operative to bias the wheel engaging portion and frame engaging portion away from each other; and a locking mechanism for maintaining relative positions of the wheel engaging portion and the frame engaging portion during use of the tool. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302218 | FOUR WHEEL DRIVE HUB LOCK REMOVAL TOOL - A hub lock removal tool comprises a pliers with special jaws designed to grip and hold, yet not damage, the generally cylindrical outer surface of a hub lock of a motor vehicle. The tool includes stop flanges which limit the pivotal movement of the pliers handles. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302219 | STRUCTURE OF A WRENCH - The present invention relates to a structure of wrench, which is mainly that a handle extends out from one side of a driving head integrally, a plurality of forefront surfaces and grooves are disposed around the internal periphery of the opening of the driving head in an interlaced order, and the forefront surfaces each has a concavity disposed on the middle portion of the protruded curved surface thereof. The concavities have different shapes from grooves and both are to be used to accommodate a workpiece. Besides, projected stop parts are provided on inside of the opening, with which the objectives of being suitable for various workpieces in multiple specifications and preventing the workpieces from passing through the driving head randomly would be achieved. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302220 | PRETENSIONING TOOL FOR AN ECCENTRIC TENSIONING DEVICE - A pretensioning tool is provided for an eccentric tensioning device, which is used for tensioning a power-transmission means constructed, for example, as a flat or toothed belt in a power-transmission means drive. Advantages are provided for installation of special power-transmission means tensioning devices that can be secured in a mounting state achieved under pretensioning of the torsion spring. The tensioning tool is for an eccentric tensioning device of a power-transmission means drive, which includes a working eccentric loaded by a torsion spring, a bearing journal supporting the working eccentric, and a running disk device encompassing the working eccentric, has an engagement structure that can be coupled locked in rotation with the working eccentric from a front region facing away from the flange side of the eccentric tensioning device and a decoupling structure for implementing an axial displacement of the working eccentric relative to the bearing journal. In this way, for an eccentric tensioning device of the type named above, it is possible in an advantageous way to turn back the working eccentric by hand and with moderate hand forces against the tensioning moment applied by the torsion spring of the tensioning device into a mounting position and to secure the working eccentric in this mounting position through axial decoupling of this eccentric relative to a base plate device. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302221 | Aldyl a tee scraper - A utility service tee scraping tool having three basic components—a scraper or cutting element, a scraper holder, and an alignment body. The scraper includes a rigid, vertically oriented body to which one or more cutting blades are attached. The scraper holder includes a service pipe tee clamp having two gripping elements with surfaces adapted to fit snugly around the service pipe tee and maintain the tee scraping tool in a fixed position during operation. The tool may be manipulated from above ground. Although particularly suitable for use in keyhole excavations where remote operation of the tool is required, the tool may also be used in traditional excavations. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302222 | METHOD FOR DRILLING HOLES ON INSULATORS, FABRICATING OPTICAL WINDOWS AND ADJUSTING ANGLE OF OPTICAL WINDOW CIRCUMFERENTIAL SURFACE AND APPARATUS FOR DRILLING HOLES ON INSULATORS AND IMAGE DETECTION DEVICE MODULE - A method and apparatus to fabricate micro-holes on insulators without forming coarse edges on the circumference of the holes includes a protection layer to cover the surface of a targeted object made from an insulator. The protection layer has an opening for hole drilling to receive a solution capable of dissolving the insulator and ejected through a nozzle. The solution hits the surface of the targeted object at a pressure between 5×10 | 2008-12-11 |
20080302223 | Fiber chopper and method of chopping - A method and apparatus for separating long, unwound items like fiber, fiber strands, yarn, etc. into short lengths. The apparatus has a backup roll, a blade roll, an idler roll, and a new-strand starting mechanism. The improvements include a guide roll for the items spaced from and located upstream of the apparatus and a movable, two-part idler roll on the apparatus for increasing the width of a separating portion of the backup roll. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302224 | Miter saw with support devices - A miter saw includes a base, a rotatable table, a saw arm, a driver, a saw blade, and two supporters. The rotatable table is pivotally mounted to the base and is rotatable relative to the base. The rotatable table includes a support surface configured to receive a workpiece thereon. The saw arm is coupled to the rotatable table and is pivotable downwards towards the support surface. The driver is mounted on the saw arm. The saw blade is mounted on the saw arm and is driven by the driver to cut the workpiece. The two supporters are respectively pivotally mounted to the rotatable table and are configured to support the workpiece thereon while in a supporting position, and to be pivoted to an unobtrusive stowed position when not in use. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302225 | ROLLED MEDIA CUTTING DEVICE - A cutting device comprises a support to hold a roll of rolled media, a surface upon which the media is unrolled, and first and second cutting guides, each oriented substantially perpendicular to the media's unrolling path and supporting first and second cutters. The first cutter is movably supported by the first cutting guide and is capable of cutting the rolled media substantially parallel to the unrolling path. The second cutter is movably supported by the second cutting guide and is capable of cutting the rolled media substantially perpendicular to the unrolling path. The cutting device further comprises means for releasably securing the first cutter at a desired width position along the first cutting guide. The cutting device further includes a computing system to calculate the amount of rolled media to be dispensed and how best to cut the rolled media. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302226 | Power tool having imaging device and display device - A hand held power tool assembly is disclosed. The assembly includes a hand held power saw having (i) a housing, (ii) a saw blade, (iii) a base having an opening through which the saw blade extends, and (iv) a motor positioned within the housing and configured to rotate the saw blade in a path of movement. The assembly further includes an imaging device attached to the base of the power saw, the imaging device being configured to generate data signals representative of a detected image. In addition, the assembly includes a display device attached to the housing of the power saw, the display device being configured to receive the data signals generated by the imaging device and generate a visible representation of the detected image. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302227 | Method For Straining and Steering of a Blade in a Saw Device and Steering and Straining Devices - A method to strain a sawing device blade ( | 2008-12-11 |
20080302228 | STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENT NECK ASSEMBLIES - Described herein are fingerboards and neck assemblies for use with stringed musical instruments. The neck assembly can include a light-system disposed therein. The light system has a light matrix of light elements. The fingerboard is adapted to conceal the presence of the light elements when the light elements are not illuminated and to allow the passage of at least some illumination from the light elements when the light elements are illuminated. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302229 | Conical piccolo - The subject invention is an improved conical piccolo comprising various new fingering mechanisms and configurations, as well as an additional tone hole opening. The improved conical piccolo allows a user to easily play all six standard trills produced by the cylindrical flute fitted with the c sharp trill key, including the third octave G to A trill. Moreover, the improved conical piccolo simplifies the fingering required by a user to play the third octave G to A trill. Moreover, the subject invention allows the user of piccolo to play two additional trills, namely the first and second octave C to D trills, with improved intonation and response. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302230 | Puller for guitar bridge pins or the like - A compact tool for removing guitar bridge pins is disclosed, which includes a housing and an active swing arm having a metal capture notch at the free end for receiving the head of the pin requiring removal. The tool is preferably made of machined steel, and the capture notch has a three-sided configuration with a lip which is configured and dimensioned to be easily positioned beneath the head of the pin, while the head of the pin sites within a recessed cavity adjacent the lip. The user conveniently grips the housing to apply the requisite force to remove the pin from the bridge of the guitar. While the three-sided lip is preferably made of a strong metal such as steel, hardened aluminum, zinc or the like, other materials are contemplated, provided they are strong and durable. Alternatively, the tool can be constructed in a T-Shaped configuration, incapable of folding. Still alternatively, the tool can be fabricated as a single straight one-piece device incorporating the unique three sided capture notch of the invention. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302231 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TEACHING PIANO - A method for teaching reading of musical notes and playing the piano by introducing notes/keys in alphabetically sequential groups starting at the beginning of the musical alphabet with “A” in the middle set of seven alphabetical notes on the Grand Staff and middle set of keys on the keyboard and proceeding to a higher set of seven alphabetical notes/keys and then a lower set of seven alphabetical notes/keys. A separate page is devoted to each note along with an explanation of where the note appears on a musical clef. Notes are learned alphabetically in groups of seven alphabetically-sequential notes/keys rather than simply by finger position/patterns. Students are taught to play either clef (bass and treble) with either hand using musical pieces specifically designed to teach each note individually and in combination as it is added to the student's repertoire. The method initially teaches rhythm by reciting instructive phrases rhythmically in combination with tapping out rhythms. Eventually, rhythmic reading is expanded to include the use of visual/proportional representations of durational concepts relying on geometric shapes. Finally rhythm teaching includes time divisions along a continuum such as a measuring line and includes a discussion and explanation of counting symbols. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302232 | PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK DEVICE, AND PLAYBACK CONTROL METHOD - Disclosed is a technology that enables a user to quickly obtain associated information of a music piece to his/her taste while passively hearing music pieces. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302233 | Digital music systems - Digital music systems, apparatus and techniques based on digitized music data and information to allow for a wide range of applications including digital music practice companion systems. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302234 | ARMAMENT CARRIAGE SYSTEM - A carriage and release system for stores (armaments such as rockets and bombs) on an aircraft includes a bracket adapted for attachment to the aircraft. A pylon is mounted on the bracket for movement in a pitch direction relative to the aircraft. A mechanism is provided to power the pitch movement and position it at a predetermined angle relative to the aircraft. A variety of stores carriers may be employed with the pylon. Subcarriages may also be mounted to the pylon for attaching additional stores carriers. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302235 | Adjustable/lockable safety-selector switch for AR15/M16 style firearms - A device is provided to securely solve the safety problem when tolerance stack up is present so that the AR15/M16 style firearm will not fire or allow unsafe movement of the trigger components when the safety-selector switch is in the “safe” position. The device is mounted to the safety-selector switch, uses a plurality of adjustment set screws and locking screws, with the number varying upon the safety-selector switch being for an AR15, an M16, or a left, right, or ambidextrous model AR15/M16 style firearm, and being a semi-auto or selective-fire version of the AR15/M16 firearm. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302236 | Variable Displacement Compressor - A linkage mechanism ( | 2008-12-11 |
20080302237 | Method And Apparatus For Concentrating Vapors For Analysis - A pre-concentration device and a method are disclosed for concentrating gaseous vapors for analysis. Vapors sorbed and concentrated within the bed of the pre-concentration device are thermally desorbed, achieving at least partial separation of the vapor mixtures. The pre-concentration device is suitable, e.g., for pre-concentration and sample injection, and provides greater resolution of peaks for vapors within vapor mixtures, yielding detection levels that are 10-10,000 times better than direct sampling and analysis systems. Features are particularly useful for continuous unattended monitoring applications. The invention finds application in conjunction with, e.g., analytical instruments where low detection limits for gaseous vapors are desirable. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302238 | Method of Adjusting an Installation for the Adsorption Treatment of a Gas - The invention relates to a method of adjusting a unit that is used to control an installation for the adsorption treatment of a gas, comprising: at least a first member and a second member ( | 2008-12-11 |
20080302239 | System for Separating a Waste Liquid and a Hydrocarbon Gas from a Produced Gas - Produced natural gas containing carbon dioxide is dehydrated and chilled to liquefy the carbon dioxide and then fractionated to produce a waste stream of liquid carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide. Natural gas liquids may be first separated and removed before fractionation. After fractionation, the waste stream is pressurized and transmitted to a remote injection well for injection either for disposal of the waste stream and preferably to urge hydrocarbons toward the producing well. A hydrocarbon stream proceeds from fractionation to a methanol absorber system which removes carbon dioxide gas. The hydrocarbon stream is thereafter separated into at least hydrocarbon gas, nitrogen and helium. Some of the nitrogen is reintroduced into a fractionation tower to enhance the recovery of hydrocarbons. A methanol recovery system is provided to recover and reuse the methanol. The hydrocarbons are sold as natural gas and the helium is recovered and sold. Excess nitrogen is vented. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302240 | System for Dehydrating and Cooling a Produced Gas to Remove Natural Gas Liquids and Waste Liquids - Produced natural gas containing carbon dioxide is dehydrated and chilled to liquefy the carbon dioxide and then fractionated to produce a waste stream of liquid carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide. Natural gas liquids may be first separated and removed before fractionation. After fractionation, the waste stream is pressurized and transmitted to a remote injection well for injection either for disposal of the waste stream and preferably to urge hydrocarbons toward the producing well. A hydrocarbon stream proceeds from fractionation to a methanol absorber system which removes carbon dioxide gas. The hydrocarbon stream is thereafter separated into at least hydrocarbon gas, nitrogen and helium. Some of the nitrogen is reintroduced into a fractionation tower to enhance the recovery of hydrocarbons. A methanol recovery system is provided to recover and reuse the methanol. The hydrocarbons are sold as natural gas and the helium is recovered and sold. Excess nitrogen is vented. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302241 | Structural Principle of an Exhaust Gas Purification Installation, and Associated Method For Purifying an Exhaust Gas - In an exhaust gas cleaning system, a built-in cleaning section is embodied as an upright U, in which a first leg includes an ionizing zone to ionize particles or aerosols carried in the gas. The gas flows from above into the first leg and downward in a direction of gravity through the ionizing zone. A second leg includes a collector to separate the particles or aerosols from the gas flow, which flows into and through the collector in a direction from below and upward, counter to the direction of gravity. A spraying device is mounted above the collector to rinse the collector. A transition from the first to the second leg includes a connecting zone including a container to collect the particles or aerosols separated of the gas, which container includes a discharge pipe disposed at a lowest point of the container to discharge the liquid enriched with the particles. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302242 | Process for forming a laminate of a nanoweb and a substrate and filters using the laminate - A process for forming a laminate of a low basis weight nanoweb and a substrate includes forming a nanoweb on the surface of a collection scrim, and subsequently bringing the nanoweb into contact with a substrate coated with adhesive. The laminate is suitable for use as a gas filtration medium. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302243 | Filter Membrane - A filter membrane includes a substrate, a polymer layer provided on the substrate and a plurality of filter openings each having a width of from about 2 nanometers to about 5 nanometers provided in the polymer layer. A method of controlling pore size of a filter membrane and a method of decontaminating a filter membrane are also disclosed. | 2008-12-11 |
20080302244 | Carbon dioxide absorption device - Carbon dioxide contained within exhaust gas is combined with bivalent metal ions such as calcium ions or the like in concentrated salt water to form precipitated calcium carbonate and then can be expelled out. Such an environmental friendly design is realized by a bottle upside down device with a bottle neck exit on a bottom, a piston inside the device can be elevated to a top portion to produce a near vacuum air pressure inside the device. All the brine, exhaust gas, and oxygen, ozone draw together into the device can be accelerated to form, at least, precipitated calcium carbonate to reduce carbon dioxide contained within the exhaust gas. Chemical reaction accelerated by a high voltage discharger below the piston, by flashing a portion of water to atomize the brine. Or a heater can heat up the near vacuum device to accelerate chemical reaction. | 2008-12-11 |