52nd week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 9 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100326568 | SHARPENER WITH AUTOSTOP FEATURE - An electric pencil sharpener comprising a motor; a cutter assembly operatively connected to the motor, wherein the cutter assembly further includes: a conical housing defining a conical cavity therein for receiving a pencil; and at least one rotary blade mounted in close proximity to the conical cavity, wherein the at least one rotary blade further includes spiral cutting edges for sharpening the pencil; a switch assembly positioned at the narrow end of the conical housing, wherein the switch assembly further includes: a shutoff switch operative to deactivate the motor; mechanical means for actuating the shutoff switch when a desired degree of sharpening has been achieved by the cutter assembly; and an electronic control unit in electrical communication with the switch assembly and the motor, wherein the electronic control unit is operative to provide a delay of a predetermined period of time between when the shutoff switch is activated and when the motor is deactivated. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326569 | SHARPENER WITH NOISE REDUCING FEATURES - An electric pencil sharpener is provided. This pencil sharpener includes a motor, a cutter assembly, mechanical means for operatively connecting the motor to the cutter assembly, and a housing. The cutter assembly includes a rotating carrier with at least two helical cutters mounted on the carrier. The mechanical means for operatively connecting the motor to the cutter assembly further includes a first gear assembly mechanically coupled to the motor; a second gear assembly mechanically coupled to the first gear assembly and to the cutter assembly; a gearbox for supporting the first and second gear assemblies; and a cover for enclosing the first gear assembly. The housing further includes a canopy and a base positioned underneath the canopy. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326570 | HIGH-STRENGTH QUENCHED FORMED BODY WITH GOOD CORROSION RESISTANCE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A high-strength quenched formed body containing a layer on the surface of an after-quenching formed-body steel material in which layer Zn is a major component and which layer contains 30% by mass or less of Fe, and which layer is present in an amount of 30 g/m | 2010-12-30 |
20100326571 | TITANIUM-CONTAINING ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR MAKING - An article made of an alloy, and a method for making the article, are presented. The alloy is substantially free of martensite, and comprises the following composition: at least about 75 weight percent titanium; up to about 10 weight percent of a beta stabilizing component; from about 3 weight percent to about 15 weight percent of an alpha stabilizing component; and from about 0.05 weight percent to about 5 weight percent germanium. Another embodiment is a method for fabricating an article. The method comprises providing a billet made of an alloy as described above, and stabilizing the billet microstructure to form a stabilized billet; the method may further comprise superplastically processing the stabilized billet to form a processed item. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326572 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING LOW YIELD STRENGTH COLD ROLLED STEEL SHEET EXCELLENT IN UNIFORMITY - A method produces a high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet includes hot-rolling and cold-rolling steel having a composition which contains, by % by mass, over 0.01% to less than 0.08% of C, 0.2% or less of Si, 0.8% to less than 1.7% of Mn, 0.03% or less of P, 0.02% or less of S, 0.3% or less of sol. Al, 0.01% or less of N, and over 0.4% to 2% of Cr, and which satisfies 1.9<[Mneq]<3 and 0.34≦[% Cr]/[% Mn], the balance being composed of iron and inevitable impurities; heating at an average heating rate of less than 3° C./sec in a temperature range of 680° C. to 740° C.; annealing at an annealing temperature of over 740° C. to less than 820° C.; cooling at an average cooling rate of 2 to 30° C./sec in a temperature range of the annealing temperature to 650° C.; cooling at an average cooling rate of 10° C./sec or more in the temperature range of 650° C. to Tc° C. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326573 | COPPER ALLOY MATERIAL FOR ELECTRIC/ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An copper alloy material for electric/electronic components
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20100326574 | BASIC METAL NITRATE, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME AND GAS GENERATING AGENT COMPOSITION - Provided is a basic metal nitrate suitable as an oxidizing agent for a gas generating agent, which is a basic metal nitrate having a good thermal stability and meeting at least one requirement of the following (a) to (d):
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20100326575 | Synthesis of 2-nitroimino-5-nitrohexahydro-1,3,5-triazine - A method of forming 2-nitroimino-5-nitrohexahydro-1,3,5-triazine is presented. The method contains the steps of mixing nitroguanidine, formaldehyde, tert-butyl amine, and water to form an aqueous-based mixture containing an intermediate reaction product; separating the intermediate reaction product from the aqueous-based mixture by filtering out the suspended intermediate reaction product; and mixing the intermediate reaction product within a multi-acid solution containing sulfuric acid and nitric acid. Ammonium chloride is then added, thereby forming 2-nitroimino-5-nitrohexahydro-1,3,5-triazine. A gas generating system 200 containing a gas generant formed in accordance with the present invention is also contemplated. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326576 | WATER-BASE ADHESIVE MIX FOR PRODUCING TYRES - A water-base adhesive mix for producing tyres, having, by weight, 5 to 80% water, 10 to 60% of a cross-linkable unsaturated-chain polymer base, 0.2 to 1% sulphur, 0.1 to 3% zinc oxide, 0.1 to 1% of accelerating agents, 0.1 to 15% of emulsifiers, and 0.01 to 30% of a carbon black having —ArA | 2010-12-30 |
20100326577 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - Steering stability and drainage property are improved in good balance. A center land portion | 2010-12-30 |
20100326578 | DEVICE FOR ADJUSTMENT OF PRESSURE IN TIRES - A device for adjustment of pressure in tires includes a chamber with shape memory and a valve. The valve is a three-way valve with inputs interconnected with the external environment and the tire internal space, where one input is fitted with a valve, the next input is connected to one end of the chamber with shape memory, and the last input is interconnected with the closure element. The device for adjustment of pressure in tires includes the chamber with shape memory interconnected with the external environment through an input and with the tire chamber through an output and fitted with at least one valve. The length of the chamber in the direction of tire rotation equals 0.001 to 0.5 of the tire perimeter, where the volume of the chamber before deformation to volume of the chamber during deformation ratio is the same or higher then the desired tire pressure to pressure of the external environment ratio. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326579 | STUDLESS TIRE - The present invention is intended to provide a studless tire capable of enhancing straight-running stability with a low tread rigidity. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326580 | Method for manufacturing an absorbent body of a body fluid absorbing article - A method for manufacturing an absorbent body of a body fluid absorbing article. The absorbent body includes an air laid absorbent fiber having a dispersed and thin layer of a mixed absorbent fiber and super absorbent polymer. The method involves using multiple stages having multiple dispersing chutes and pressing rolls spaced out in a transfer direction to accumulate and form the absorbent fiber and the super absorbent polymer while disentangling and mixing the absorbent fiber and the super absorbent polymer in accordance with an air laying method in which the absorbent fiber and the super absorbent polymer are conveyed in an air flow and injected by the dispersing chutes to provide the dispersed layer of the mixed absorbent fiber and super absorbent polymer, and thin the air laid absorbent fiber, by pressurization, by using the pressing rolls to thin the dispersed layer. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326581 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR APPLYING LABELS TO A SUBSTRATE - A method for applying labels to a substrate comprises providing a release liner having a repeating sequence of pluralities of pressure-sensitive labels disposed thereon, each of the pluralities comprising at least two labels and applying at least one plurality of labels to a substrate using a label applicator. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326582 | Burn Protective Materials - A method is described for reducing the afterflame of a flammable, meltable material. A textile composite is described comprising an outer textile comprising a flammable, meltable material, and a heat reactive material comprising a polymer resin-expandable graphite mixture. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326583 | Adhesive compositions containing bond-strength enhancing agent and methods for producing woody board using adhesive compositions - Improved adhesives with significantly-enhanced bond strength is provided in accordance with the present invention, in particular by adding a bond-strength enhancing agent comprising particles to a binder. Such adhesives can be used in a process of producing a woody board, which results in a substantial reduction in amount of the adhesive used, thus leading to a reduction in overall woody board production costs. Methods for producing a woody board are also provided. The method includes the steps of: coating or spraying an adhesive composition on a wood raw material that is an aggregate composed of wood chips; forming the wood raw material coated or sprayed with the adhesive composition into a specified shape; and heat-pressing the wood raw material formed into the specified shape and again forming the heat-pressed wood raw material into the specified shape. The adhesive composition is obtained by adding a bond-strength enhancing agent composed of particles to an adhesive. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326584 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING LEAK IN A VARTM PROCESS - A method for producing a composite structure comprising fibre reinforced material by means of vacuum assisted resin transfer moulding is described. The fibre material is impregnated with liquid resin, and the method comprising the steps of: a) providing a forming structure comprising a rigid mould part and a second mould part, b) placing the fibre material in the rigid mould part, c) sealing the second mould part against the rigid mould part to form a mould cavity, d) connecting a source of uncured fluid resin to at least one resin inlet communicating with the mould cavity, e) connecting at least one vacuum outlet communicating with the mould cavity, f) evacuating the interior of the forming structure through the at least one vacuum outlet, g) supplying uncured resin from the source of uncured resin to the mould cavity through the at least one resin inlet so as to fill the mould cavity with resin, and h) curing the resin in order to form the composite structure. During the evacuation process of step f), an airflow level through the at least one vacuum outlet is measured. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326585 | Trim Molding Structure - A trim molding structure that uses at least one magnet to attach to a metal frame such as a metal door frame and a metal window frame is presented. At least one magnetic element is affixed to a trim member of a trim molding structure. The magnetic element can be affixed to the trim member using various means such as an adhesive material that loses adhesiveness when its temperature exceeds approximately its temperature limit. When the temperature of the adhesive material exceeds approximately its temperature limit, the adhesive material loses adhesiveness and releases the trim molding structure from the metal frame. An intumescnet material that expands when its temperature exceeds approximately its activation temperature can be attached between a trim member and a metal frame. In case of fire, the intumescent material expands and pushes the trim molding structure away from the metal frame when the temperature of the intumescent material exceeds approximately its activation temperature. In an alternative embodiment, the intumescent material can be replaced by a spring. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326586 | Device, Use of the Device and Method for Torsional Ultrasonic Welding - A device for torsional ultrasonic welding for joining two parts ( | 2010-12-30 |
20100326587 | UPON A CARTRIDGE FOR CONTAINING A SPECIMEN SAMPLE FOR OPTICAL ANALYSIS - An improved cartridge for holding a fluid sample with a small volume is disclosed herein. The cartridge has a test chamber and a vestibule through which the test fluids are inserted into the test chamber. Improved grips are flared-out to aid manipulation. The handle portion is reinforced to prevent flexing, and a prefabricated trough along the edge of the land surface prevents introduction of the adhesive into the region for analysis. The cartridge has a stopper having a dual sealing mechanism, which seals the test chamber inlet between the vestibule and the test chamber, and the mouth of the vestibule so that when the stopper is in place, the test chamber is closed to the admission of air or other contaminants. The vestibule is similarly closed against escape of the overflow from the test chamber. The stopper is composed of a single elastomer. An improved locking mechanism has two flexible walls on either side of the handhold that locks into their respective keepers on the cartridge to provide a secure lock. Additionally, an improved method for loading the cartridge allows for an even distribution of magnetically responsive particles contained within a fluid sample to be viewed in an array through the optically clear land surface portion of the cartridge. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326588 | Method of Manufacturing a Tire Comprising an Electrically Conductive Insert by Winding of Strips - Method of manufacturing a tire ( | 2010-12-30 |
20100326589 | MANUFACTURING SYSTEM FOR AN OPTICAL DISPLAY DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR AN OPTICAL DISPLAY DEVICE, EXCLUDING DEVICE AND EXCLUDING METHOD - An optical display device manufacturing system for bonding a first optical member to an optical display unit, comprising an excluding device for excluding a second optical member as an object to be excluded from a long release film that carries the first and second optical members, wherein the excluding device includes a tape member; a tape member rolling means on which the tape member is rolled; a roller for exclusion around which the tape member unrolled from the tape member rolling means is wound; a drive mechanism for shifting the roller for exclusion; and a take-up means for taking up the tape member wound around the roller for exclusion, wherein the excluding device being configured so that when the roller for exclusion is shifted, the second optical member is attached to the tape member and taken up. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326590 | LABEL FILM FOR DEEP-DRAW PROCESSES - The invention relates to the use of a multilayered, opaque, biaxially oriented polyolefin film of a vacuole-containing base layer and at least one inner cover layer comprising at least 30-95% by weight of a copolymer and/or terpolymer I having a seal initiation temperature I of 70-105° C. and 5 to 70% by weight of an incompatible polyethylene, each of the specifications in percent by weight being based on the weight of the inner cover layer and the inner cover layer having a seal initiation temperature II of 80 to 110° C. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326591 | METHOD OF CUSTOMIZING AN ARTICLE AND APPARATUS INCLUDING AN INFLATABLE MEMBER - A graphic transfer assembly is disclosed. The graphic transfer assembly includes an inflatable member that is capable of expanding to fill the interior of an article of footwear. The graphic transfer assembly can include a fluid pump for filling the inflatable member. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326592 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - It is an object to provide a method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal layer which exhibits a stable blue phase. The following steps are performed: a first step of forming a thermosetting first sealant so as to form a frame over a first substrate; a second step of forming a photocurable and thermosetting second sealant on an outer side than the first sealant over the first substrate; a third step of dropping a liquid crystal material which exhibits a blue phase at a given temperature on an inner side than the first sealant; a fourth step of attaching a second substrate to the first substrate in a reduced-pressure atmosphere; a fifth step of performing polymer stabilization treatment on the liquid crystal material; and a sixth step of curing the first sealant through heat treatment. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326593 | COMPOSITION CAPABLE OF RADIATION ACTIVATED CATALYSIS AND RADIATION CURABLE URETHANE CONTAINING THE COMPOSITION - A composition capable of radiation activated catalysis is provided. The composition comprises a metal compound, a mercapto compound and an olefinic compound. Radiation curable urethane compositions comprising the disclosed composition are also provided. The radiation curable urethane compositions comprise the disclosed composition, a hydroxyl compound and an isocyanate compound. Activation of the composition by radiation in a urethane formulation provides for an efficient method of curing the urethane composition. Coating and adhesive compositions comprising the radiation curable urethane compositions are also provided. In addition, methods for coating and bonding substrates are disclosed. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326594 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APPLYING ADVERTISEMENT LOGOS AND COLOR SCHEMES TO HOSES - A manufacture and method for applying advertising logos and color schemes to hoses, such as garden hoses and utility hoses. Sports teams, universities, corporations and other entities may be promoted by advertising their logos upon such hoses. The logos may be stamped or printed upon the hose. The logos may be applied via printing and clear-coating, a shrink-wrap sleeve for the hose, or a stretchable fabric sleeve. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326595 | HEATING SYSTEM FOR HOT COUPLING OR LAMINATING FILMS OR THIN SHEETS - A heating system ( | 2010-12-30 |
20100326596 | ADHESIVE, METHOD OF CONNECTING WIRING TERMINALS AND WIRING STRUCTURE - This invention provides a wiring-terminal-connecting adhesive comprising a curing agent capable of generating a free radical upon heating, a radically polymerizable substance and silicone particles, and a wiring-terminal-connecting method and a wiring structure which make use of such an adhesive. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326597 | HARDENER COMPOSITION, ADHESIVE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF GLUING - The invention relates to a hardener composition for use in an amino resin based adhesive system, comprising an aliphatic alpha hydroxy-mono-, or di-, carboxylic acid, and polyvinyl alcohol. It also relates to an adhesive system and a method of gluing wooden materials. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326598 | LOW VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND ADHESIVE FOR ATTACHING THERMOPLASTIC POLYOLEFIN ROOFING MEMBRANES - Adhesive compositions formulated with blends of styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymers and hydrocarbon resins are provided. Also provided are methods for bonding substrates, including roofing membranes, using the adhesive compositions. The adhesive compositions are characterized by high solids contents, low viscosities and improved bonding characteristics, including high peel strengths when adhered to roofing membranes, such as thermoplastic polyolefin (“TPO”) membranes. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326599 | INTEGRATED APPARATUS FOR VACUUM PRODUCING - Disclosed is an integrated vacuum producing apparatus, which vacuumizes a process chamber of an apparatus for manufacturing semiconductors, flat panel displays, etc. or exhausts gaseous material and by-products generated within the process chamber to an outside so as to purify it. Gaseous material, e.g. gas, generated within a chamber for manufacturing a semiconductor, a flat panel display, etc. is exhausted through each separate exhaust line so as to be purified. Therefore, excessive operation of a purifying system can be prevented through distribution of exhaust gas so that life span can be extended according to the operation of the apparatus. Also, exhausting can be smoothly achieved through each exhaust line so that it is possible to prevent delay of a semi-conductor manufacturing process due to inability of exhausting, and to easily remove non-reacted gas and by-products in an exhausting process. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326600 | PLASMA DRY ETCHING APPARATUS HAVING COUPLING RING WITH COOLING AND HEATING UNITS - A plasma dry etching apparatus includes a pedestal in a process chamber, the pedestal being configured to support a wafer, a cathode electrode and a plate electrode in the process chamber, the cathode and plate electrodes being configured to apply radio-frequency (RF) power, an edge ring on an edge of the pedestal, a coupling ring having a first side on the pedestal and a second side on the edge ring, an edge cooling unit in the coupling ring, the edge cooling unit being configured to cool the edge ring to drop a temperature of an extreme edge of the wafer, and an edge heating unit in the coupling ring, the edge heating unit being configured to heat the edge ring to raise the temperature of an extreme edge of the wafer. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326601 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS - In the plasma processing apparatus of the present invention, a first electrode ( | 2010-12-30 |
20100326602 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK - An isolator for heat transfer gas conduits of an electrostatic chuck is described. The isolator includes a sleeve and a body positioned in the sleeve to form an annulus between the body and sleeve that allows for flow of the heat transfer gas. The body is positioned against the puck of the chuck, and may be supported in this position by a spring. A silicon seal may be provided between the sleeve and the puck to prevent plasma from forming in the conduits. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326603 | CORRECTION FOR ASYMMETRICAL BUFFING - Methods, apparatus and computer programs for correcting a buff of tread from a crown of a tire, the steps of the method including measuring the distance between the tire crown surface and the belt at each of the plurality of locations; calculating a projected distance between the crown surface and the belt at each of the plurality of transverse locations across the crown using proposed buff radii, choosing a new position of the buffing radius origin from the one or more proposed origin positions; and buffing the tread from the tire crown along the arc described by the buff radius having the buffing radius origin at the new position. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326604 | ACCELERATED EVAPORATION PROCESS AND APPARATUS UTILIZING RE-CIRCULATING LOOPS - A covered sample plate with wells holding samples to be dried. The cover has through holes that communicate with only a portion of each well. The covered plate is inserted into a cradle of an assembly of cradles that is rotated. The cradle assembly fits into a tub and when rotated the cradles present a solid wall that functions as a centrifugal fan that drives air out through an opening in the tub. The air is dried of solvent and re-circulated back through the through holes in the cover to the sample wells. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326605 | END CAP FOR BLIND WITH ENTRY GUIDE - The present invention refers to an end cap with entry guide of the type used as lateral cover for a blind housing. The end caps consist of a base which has an outlet point corresponding to the lateral vertical profiles which serve as a guide for the slats of the blind as it ascends and descends. The entry guides consist of elements situated in the end caps and adjacent to their outlet point, the function of which is to ensure that the slats attack the outlet point of the end cap at an angle which facilitates operation of the blind. The end cap is characterised in that the entry guide is provided with means for adjusting its position so that it varies the distance between it and the mouth of the outlet point. In this way it is possible to use the same end cap for different types and sizes of slats and blinds. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326606 | Composite sound absorbing blind systems - The present invention provides a sound absorbing blind system. It includes a support means for a plurality of window blinds, a plurality of window blinds and operational means connected to the support means and to the plurality of window blinds for opening and closing the plurality of window blinds. Each of the plurality of window blinds is adapted for sound absorption and each of the plurality of window blinds is an acoustically and insulatively absorptive, unistructural member having a noise reduction coefficient of at least 0.60 when said plurality of blinds are closed. The plurality of window blinds is constructed of at least one layer of material, with blinds composed of multiple materials remaining a unistructural member. The blinds are described without the need for rigid extruded plastic or metal blinds or blind substrates used in conventional blinds of the prior art, simplifying manufacturing while improving sound absorption properties of the present invention blinds system. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326607 | Roller shade apparatus for vehicle - A roller shade apparatus for a vehicle includes a shade sheet placed selectively in wound-up and extended states, the wound-up state being established to uncover a light transmitting member mounted to the vehicle when the shade sheet is moved in an opening direction, the extended state being established to shield the light transmitting member when the shade sheet is moved in a closing direction, a pair of guide rails extending in the opening and closing directions, and guide belts slidably supported by respective guide portions of the guide rails along the opening and closing directions and connected to respective side end portions of the shade sheet, wherein each guide belt curved in the width direction includes a convex surface, a central portion of the convex surface is connected to each side end portion, and each guide portion includes a pair of lock portions locking side portions of the guide belt. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326608 | SECURE LOCK FOR A LIFT CORD OF A WINDOW BLIND OR SHADE - The invention relates to a secure lock for a lift cord of a window blind or shade, which includes a head rail, a bottom rail and a shading unit combined between the head rail and the bottom rail. The shading unit has plural connecting members respectively engaging with an annular secure lock, except the connecting member positioned closest to the bottom rail engaging with a cap-shaped secure lock instead. A lift cord is strung in the annular secure locks, with the end fastened with the cap-shaped secure lock. An opening is formed in a ring of the annular secure locks and a groove formed in a curved portion of the cap-shaped secure lock. Thus, the lift cord can be released if an object is accidentally trapped between the lift cord and the shading unit, achieving a secure effect. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326609 | Rainstopper - The Sunroof Shield - The problem with sunroofs on vehicles, is that they sometimes leak, as mine does. I tried various forms of quick fixes, besides having it fixed correctly and more expensively. One day, after the tin foil I used blew off (it actually sticks when the roof is wet) I began thinking what could possibly exist that was durable and would ‘stick’ to the roof. This is when I thought up my idea of the The Rainstopper-Sunroof Shield. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326610 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTINUOUSLY TREATING BIOMASS - A continuous biomass pretreatment system and method is provided. The system comprises a pipe reactor having an input end, an output end, an interior and an exterior. The pipe reactor does not have a mixing component that passes from the interior to the exterior and rotates with respect to the pipe. The system further comprises a pump in communication with the input end of the pipe reactor, a valve in communication with the output end of the pipe reactor, and a flash vessel having an input opening in communication with the output of the valve. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326611 | VAPOUR PHASE DIGESTER AND A METHOD FOR CONTINUOUS COOKING - The system and method reduce the liquid/wood ratio at the top of a vapor phase digester in a continuous digester plant. Chips that are to be cooked in the vapor phase digester are fed as a mixture of chips and liquid at a liquid/wood ratio that exceeds 8:1 in a transfer line to an inverted top separator arranged at the top of the vapor phase digester. The top separator feeds the chips upwardly. More than 50% of the liquid content of the mixture of chips and liquid is withdrawn in the top separator and the remaining liquid is fed out from the top separator to the top of the vapor phase digester. A pile of chips and a liquid volume are established at the top, wherein the pile of chips is disposed above the liquid surface of the liquid volume. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326612 | CLOTHLIKE NON-WOVEN FIBROUS STRUCTURES AND PROCESSES FOR MAKING SAME - Fibrous structures, more particularly non-woven fibrous structures that exhibit properties that consumers associate with cloths, sanitary tissue products incorporating such fibrous structures and processes for making such fibrous structures are provided. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326613 | EMBOSSED SHEET COMPRISING A PLY OF WATER-SOLUBLE MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH A SHEET - The invention proposes an embossed sheet ( | 2010-12-30 |
20100326614 | CATIONIC COPOLYMERS DERIVED FROM ACRYLAMIDES AND USE THEREOF - A cationic copolymers of acrylamide obtained by the Hofmann rearrangement, using an alkali and/or alkaline earth hydroxide and an alkali and/or alkaline earth hypohalide, are provided. The copolymers can be used as strengthening agents for paper and/or coagulants. The copolymers have a desalination coefficient (Cd) higher than 0.6, higher than 0.65, or higher than 0.7. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326615 | Papermaking And Products Made Thereby With High Solids Glyoxalated-Polyacrylamide And Silicon-Containing Microparticle - Enhancement of papermaking drainage and retention properties of aqueous cellulosic suspensions used for production of paper or paper board with a retention/drainage additive system including high solids glyoxalated polyacrylamide polymers in combination with silicon-containing microparticles is described. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326616 | Papermaking Machine Employing An Impermeable Transfer Belt, and Associated Methods - A papermaking machine for making paper includes a forming section, a press section, and a drying section. The paper web is pressed between two press members while enclosed between a press felt and a transfer belt having non-uniformly distributed microscopic depressions in its surface, the web following the transfer belt from the press to a transfer point at which the web is transferred via a suction transfer device onto a structuring fabric, the web then being dried on a drying cylinder. The transfer point is spaced a distance D from the press nip selected based on machine speed, a basis weight of the web, and the surface characteristics of the transfer belt, such that within the distance D a thin water film between the web and the transfer belt at least partially dissipates to allow the web to be separated from the transfer belt. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326617 | INTERMEDIATE STALK, METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME, AND LOW-PRESSURE DIE-CASTING APPARATUS - An intermediate stalk ( | 2010-12-30 |
20100326618 | Method of and apparatus for measuring separation of casting surfaces - Exemplary embodiments of the invention provide a method of measuring the separation of moving confronting casting surfaces within a casting cavity of a casting apparatus. The method involves attaching at least one separation sensing device to a first one of a pair of confronting casting surfaces outside the casting cavity and then moving the casting surfaces to advance the sensing device(s) through the casting cavity while operating the device(s) to generate signals. The signals are monitored continuously or at regular intervals and converted to distance measurements representing separation of the surfaces at a plurality of positions through the casting cavity. Other exemplary embodiments provide apparatus for carrying out the method, and methods of measuring irregularities of casting belts or the like. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326619 | ALUMINUM ALLOY FOR VEHICLE CYLINDER LINER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING VEHICLE CYLINDER LINER USING THE SAME - The present invention is directed to an aluminum alloy including aluminum as a basic component, silicon, copper, magnesium, iron, manganese, zinc, nickel and the like in a predetermined composition ratio, and a method of manufacturing of a vehicle cylinder liner having excellent wear resistance and heat resistance using the aluminum alloy. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326620 | MOULD MATERIAL MIXTURE HAVING IMPROVED FLOWABILITY - The invention relates to a mould material mixture for producing casting moulds for metal processing, a process for producing casting moulds, casting moulds which can be obtained by the process and their use. The production of the casting moulds is carried out using a refractory base moulding material and a binder based on water glass. A proportion of a particulate metal oxide selected from the group consisting of silicon dioxide, aluminium oxide, titanium oxide and zinc oxide is added to the binder, with particular preference being given to using synthetic amorphous silicon dioxide. The mould material mixture contains a surface-active material as further significant constituent. The addition of the surface-active material enables the flowability of the mould material mixture to be improved, which makes it possible to produce casting moulds having a very complicated geometry. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326621 | CHECKER BRICK - A checker brick ( | 2010-12-30 |
20100326622 | METHODS AND EQUIPMENT FOR GEOTHERMALLY EXCHANGING ENERGY - As discussed herein, a first aspect of the present invention provides a round energy transfer component. The ground energy transfer component can include an outer tube having an upper end and a lower end. The outer tube can be constructed out of generally thermally conductive material. The ground energy transfer component can include an inner tube. The inner tube can be constructed out of generally thermally insulative material. The inner tube can be coupled to the outer tube and positioned generally coaxially with the outer tube to define a generally thermally insulated interior of the inner tube and a channel between the inner tube and the outer tube. The inner tube can have an upper end and a lower end, with the inner tube's lower end defining one or more openings to permit fluid communication between the channel and the interior of the inner tube. The ground energy transfer component can include a base connected to the lower end of the outer tube to substantially seal the lower end of the outer tube. The ground energy transfer component can include first and second connectors coupled to the inner and outer tubes. The first and second connectors can be configured to connect the ground energy transfer component to HVAC pipes of an HVAC system so that HVAC fluid from the HVAC system can flow through the ground energy transfer component. The channel can be configured to create more turbulence in the flowing HVAC fluid than is the interior of the inner tube. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326623 | CONVECTION ENHANCED CLOSED LOOP GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMP WELL - An energy transfer system for transferring energy between the earth and a facility comprising a well bore at least partially filled with groundwater, a center pipe having a top end and a bottom end disposed in the well bore and having a plurality of apertures for allowing the ingress and egress of groundwater, a pump disposed within the center pipe for facilitating a flow of groundwater through the apertures, and a closed source loop disposed in the well bore, the source loop including at least one source loop pipe extending adjacent the center pipe in said well bore and containing a working fluid for absorbing or transmitting thermal energy. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326624 | Blow Through Air Handler - An air handling unit has an enclosure, a heat exchanger disposed within the enclosure, and a heating element substantially co-located with the heat exchanger within the enclosure. An air handling unit has a cabinet with a first air opening and a second air opening. A blower is disposed within the cabinet adjacent to the first air opening and a heat exchanger is disposed within the cabinet adjacent to an air outlet of the blower unit and also adjacent to the second air opening. At least one heating element is located adjacent the heat exchanger. A method of constructing an air handling unit includes forming an air handling enclosure, mounting a blower in the air handling enclosure, mounting a heat exchanger in the air handling enclosure downstream of the blower, and mounting at least one heating element in the air handing enclosure downstream of the blower. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326625 | Method and Apparatus for Determining the Balance of Cooling Air in a Conditioned Space with ICT Equipment - A method for determining the balance between an amount of supplied cooled air and an amount of discharged heated air in a temperature- and air humidity-conditioned space in which ICT equipment is disposed which gives off heat to passing cooled air so that this air is heated up, wherein the free movement of a reference stream of air in the space is monitored by measuring a signal which is imparted to the air of the reference stream with the aid of a signal source. The invention further relates to an apparatus for determining the balance between an amount of supplied cooled air and an amount of discharged heated air in a temperature- and air humidity-conditioned space in which ICT equipment is disposed which gives off heat to passing cooled air so that this air is heated up, comprising a measuring tube for monitoring the movement of a reference stream of air. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326626 | Heat Sink Assembly - A heat sink assembly including a first member having a heat transfer surface adapted to directly contact a device to be cooled; a second member including coolant channels and a separate fluid channel; and a connection which at least partially mechanically connects the first member to the second member. The connection includes three bellows forming three conduits between the channels in the second member and the first member. A second one of the bellows and a third one of the bellows are located inside a first one of the bellows. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326627 | Microelectronics cooling system - In one general aspect, a microelectronics cooling device can include a microchannel heat exchanger within an enclosure that houses the device at a heat absorbing end and another heat exchanger which is optionally also a microchannel heat exchanger at a heat sink end outside the enclosure. One or more pipes flowably connect the two ends for transporting liquid working fluid to the heat absorber and vaporized working fluid to the heat sink. The heat pipes may also be used to transfer heat outside a room that contains the electronic devices. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326628 | CONDENSER FIN STRUCTURES FACILITATING VAPOR CONDENSATION COOLING OF COOLANT - Vapor condensers and cooling apparatuses are provided herein which facilitate vapor condensation cooling of a coolant employed in cooling an electronic device or electronic subsystem. The vapor condenser includes a thermally conductive base structure having an operational orientation when the condenser is facilitating vapor condensate formation, and a plurality of thermally conductive condenser fins extending from the thermally conductive base structure. The plurality of thermally conductive condenser fins have a varying cross-sectional perimeter along at least a portion of their length. The cross-sectional perimeters of the plurality of thermally conductive condenser fins are configured to increase in a direction of condensate travel when the thermally conductive base structure is in the operational orientation and the vapor condenser is facilitating vapor condensate formation. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326629 | VAPOR CHAMBER WITH SEPARATOR - A vapor chamber with separator includes shell, capillary tissue, separator, supporting structure and working fluid. The shell includes inter-sealed lower and upper shell plates. Partial section of the lower shell plate projects downwardly and forms accommodating room therein. The capillary tissue is arranged by distributing over inner wall of the lower shell plate. The separator overlapped the capillary tissue is arranged penetrating trough corresponding to the accommodating room. Liquid passage is formed between the lower shell plate and the separator. The supporting structure is accommodated in the shell with upper and lower sides respectively inter-abutted against the upper shell plate and the separator. Vapor passage formed between the upper shell plate and the separator is communicated to the liquid passage. The working fluid is filled into the shell. Since the vapor and liquid working fluids are separated by the separator to avoid interference, the cooling performance is thus boosted. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326630 | HEAT SPREADER WITH VAPOR CHAMBER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method for manufacturing a heat spreader includes steps of: providing an elongated and flat sectional material with a through hole defined therein; cutting the sectional material into a plurality of parts each in a predetermined length to form a plurality of casings, wherein each of the casings defines a vapor chamber therein and has at least an opening in a side thereof; forming a wick structure on an inner face of the casing; providing a plurality of supporting members; placing and fixing the supporting members into the vapor chamber of the casing; and injecting working liquid into the vapor chamber and sealing the casing. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326631 | PLATE-TYPE HEAT PIPE - An exemplary plate-type heat pipe includes a top plate, a bowl-shaped base plate, a wick structure arranged on inner surfaces of the top and base plates and a working liquid filled therein. The base plate engages and cooperates with the base plate to defining a sealed chamber between the base plate and top plate. The working liquid is contained in the sealed chamber. The base plate defines a heat absorbing portion at a central part thereof for contacting a heat generating component. Pits are defined in the inner surface of the heat absorbing portion. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326632 | PHASE-CHANGE-TYPE HEAT SPREADER, FLOW-PATH STRUCTURE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS,AND METHOD OF PRODUCING A PHASE-CHANGE-TYPE HEAT SPREADER - [Object] To provide a phase-change-type heat spreader, a flow-path structure, an electronic apparatus including the phase-change-type heat spreader, a flow-path structure used therein, and the like that are capable of improving a thermal efficiency by a phase change and lowering a thermal resistance. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326633 | Cooling Device for Lamp with Power Light Emitting Diode - The present invention refers to a cooling device for lamp with power light emitting diode comprising of a number of cooling water containers containing a circulating pump and a temperature sensor installed to a particular body with lighting installed. Cooling water incoming pipe and extruding pipe connected to the cooling water container above are connected to a cooling water circulation passage of power light emitting diode, so that cooling water flows in circulation within the circulation passage. When the temperature of the circulating cooling water rises to a certain point, the circulation of the particular cooling water container stops operating, and another cooling water container is operated to keep the thermal power light emitting diode at room temperature, so that the durability of the power light emitting diode is lengthened, and maximizes the cooling effectiveness and power-saving. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326634 | COOLING SYSTEM FOR A COMPUTER SYSTEM - The invention relates to a cooling system for a computer system, said computer system comprising at least one unit such as a central processing unit (CPU) generating thermal energy and said cooling system intended for cooling the at least one processing unit and comprising a reservoir having an amount of cooling liquid, said cooling liquid intended for accumulating and transferring of thermal energy dissipated from the processing unit to the cooling liquid. The cooling system has a heat exchanging interface for providing thermal contact between the processing unit and the cooling liquid for dissipating heat from the processing unit to the cooling liquid. Different embodiments of the heat exchanging system as well as means for establishing and controlling a flow of cooling liquid and a cooling strategy constitutes the invention of the cooling system. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326635 | HEAT EXCHANGING DEVICE, AND DEVICE ADAPTED FOR HOUSING HEAT GENERATING ELEMENT AND USING THE HEAT EXCHANGING DEVICE - A heat-exchanging device employed in a heat generator casing with a small installation area. The heat-exchanging device includes a heat exchanger, a first air blower, and a second air blower in a first case. The first case includes a first inlet, a first outlet, a second inlet, and a second outlet. The first outlet is disposed in a direction different from a direction facing the first inlet. The second outlet is disposed in a direction different from a direction facing the second inlet. A first path where a first fluid flows and a second path where a second fluid flows cross in the heat exchanger. Heat is exchanged between the first fluid and the second fluid. The first air blower establishes a first passage where the first fluid flows from the first inlet to the first outlet via the first path. The second air blower establishes a second passage where the second fluid flows from the second inlet to the second outlet via the second path. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326636 | COOLING SYSTEM FOR A COMPUTER SYSTEM - The invention relates to a cooling system for a computer system, said computer system comprising at least one unit such as a central processing unit (CPU) generating thermal energy and said cooling system intended for cooling the at least one processing unit and comprising a reservoir having an amount of cooling liquid, said cooling liquid intended for accumulating and transferring of thermal energy dissipated from the processing unit to the cooling liquid. The cooling system has a heat exchanging interface for providing thermal contact between the processing unit and the cooling liquid for dissipating heat from the processing unit to the cooling liquid. Different embodiments of the heat exchanging system as well as means for establishing and controlling a flow of cooling liquid and a cooling strategy constitutes the invention of the cooling system. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326637 | LOAD-LOCK APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE COOLING METHOD - A load-lock apparatus includes a vessel arranged to change a pressure between a pressure corresponding to the vacuum chamber and the atmospheric pressure, a pressure adjusting mechanism which adjusts a pressure in the vessel to a pressure corresponding to the vacuum chamber and the atmospheric pressure, a cooling member having a cooling mechanism and arranged in the vessel to cool a substrate by having the substrate placed on or in proximity to the cooling member, a substrate deformation detection unit for detecting deformation of the substrate in the vessel, and a controller which reduces a cooling rate of the substrate when the substrate deformation is detected during a substrate cooling period until the vessel is adjusted to have the atmospheric pressure after the vessel is adjusted to have a pressure corresponding to the vacuum chamber and a high temperature substrate is loaded into the vessel from the vacuum chamber. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326638 | Waste heat recycling and gain system - A waste heat recycling and gain system includes a waste heat exchanging device disposed beneath a hot water supplier to collect the heat of the hot water, a primary heat exchanging device coupled between the supplier and the waste heat exchanging device to heat the hot water before supplying to the supplier, and an auxiliary heat exchanging device coupled to the waste heat exchanging device to decrease a temperature of the water before flowing into the waste heat exchanging device and to preheat a heat medium that flows through the auxiliary heat exchanging device, in order to effectively recycle or reuse the heat of the waste hot water and to save our energy. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326639 | SPACER, FIXING STRUCTURE AND HEAT EXCHANGER - A spacer includes a plane portion and at least one positioning portion. The plane portion is interposed between two pipe arrays stacked one another. Each of the two pipe arrays is formed by arranging at least one pipe along a plane which crosses a stacking direction of the two pipe arrays. The at least one positioning portion positions the at least one pipe in at least one of the two pipe arrays on the plane portion. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326640 | Double-wall-tube heat exchanger - A double-wall-tube heat exchanger has outer and inner tubes. A clearance between the outer and inner tubes and the interior of the inner tube serve as refrigerant flow paths. Opposite end portions of the inner tube project from opposite ends of the outer tube. The outer tube includes expanded portions formed near the opposite ends. Contracted portions are formed on the outer tube to be located on the outer sides of the expanded portions, and are brazed to the inner tube. Longitudinally extending ridges project radially inward from the inner circumferential surface of the outer tube at predetermined circumferential intervals. The ridges on the inner circumferential surfaces of the expanded portions and the contracted portions are crushed. The clearances between the inner tube and portions of the contracted portions of the outer tube where the ridges are not formed are filled with a brazing filler metal. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326641 | HEAT EXCHANGE MODULE FOR COGENERATION SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHOD OF USE - The invention is directed to a heat exchange module to help employ usable heat to pre-warm a water supply prior to entry into a tankless water heater. The module comprises an insulated housing having an inner shell having a top end, bottom end and cylindrical middle portion. A first intake attaches to the insulated housing which introduces cooling water from the cogeneration system, while a second intake feeds the water supply coils (positioned within the insulated housing) to effectuate heat exchange with the cooling water. After heat exchange, a first outlet removes cooling water for return to the cogeneration system, while a second outlet removes the water supply from the cooling coils. Upon removal, this water supply may be fed into a tankless water heater. A controller connected to both outlets and inlets optimizes efficient exchange of energy through timing introduction and removal of the water supply from the module. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326642 | DIAMOND MODIFIED HEAT EXCHANGERS, STEAM GENERATORS, CONDENSERS, RADIATORS AND FEEDWATER HEATERS - Diamond has superior strength and heat transfer capability. The efficiency of heat exchangers, steam generators, condensers, radiators and feedwater heaters is increased by using diamond tubes ( | 2010-12-30 |
20100326643 | Plate Fin With Hybrid Hole Pattern - A fin having a leading edge, a trailing edge opposing the leading edge, and a plurality of leading holes substantially centered along a leading axis. The fin further having a plurality of secondary holes substantially centered along a secondary axis, the secondary axis being substantially parallel to the leading axis and located between the leading axis and the trailing edge, the plurality of secondary holes being located so that the plurality of leading holes and the plurality of secondary holes form a substantially rectangular matrix. The fin further having a plurality of trailing holes substantially centered along a trailing axis, the trailing axis being substantially parallel to at least one of the leading axis and the secondary axis and located between the secondary axis and the trailing edge, each of the plurality of trailing holes being substantially equidistant from the respective two nearest secondary holes. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326644 | Plane-type heat-dissipating structure with high heat-dissipating effect and method formanufacturing the same - A plane-type heat-dissipating structure with high heat-dissipating effect includes a first heat-dissipating unit and a second heat-dissipating unit. The first heat-dissipating unit has an evacuated hollow heat-dissipating body, a plurality of supports integratedly formed in the hollow heat-dissipating body in order to divide an inner space of the hollow heat-dissipating body into a plurality of receiving spaces, and a plurality of microstructures integratedly formed on an inner surface of the hollow heat-dissipating body. Work liquid is filled into the receiving spaces. The second heat-dissipating unit is integratedly formed on an outer surface of the first heat-dissipating unit. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326645 | THERMAL PYROLYTIC GRAPHITE LAMINATES WITH VIAS - A thermally conductive laminate comprising a first substrate, a second substrate, and a performance layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The performance layer comprising thermal pyrolytic graphite (TPG) and vias. The TPG board surface and the vias may be at least partially filled with a material comprising at least one of thermally conductive epoxy, soldering metal/alloy or brazing metal/alloy. In addition, the thermally conductive laminate may not contain a framing structure surrounding the performance layer. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326646 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A HOT WATER TEMPERATURE USING LOW FLUX IN HOT WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM - Provided is a method of controlling the temperature of hot water in a hot water supply system. The flow rate of water flowing into the hot water supply system is measured. Water is preheated/circulated through an internal circulation path connecting a first diverging point, a second diverging point, and a heat exchanger, after a controller stops the combustion of a heating device when the measured flow rate is an operation flow rate of the water supply system or less. The temperature of the water circulating is measured. Predetermined temperature is settled above user set-temperature as preheating circulation-off temperature and predetermined temperature is settled below the set temperature as preheating circulation-on temperature, and operation of the heating device is started when the temperature is the preheating circulation-on temperature or less, and the operation of the heating device is stopped when the measured temperature is the preheating circulation-off temperature or more. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326647 | Well Tubular Running Tool - A casing running tool comprising an integral elevation module and make-up/torque module. In accordance with one aspect or the invention, the tool is adapted to automatically engage a collared end of a tubular structure such as a casing string segment. The integral make-up/torque module is actuated by hydraulic control lines to exert compression force upon the outer diameter of a tubular, such as a casing string segment. This compression force is sufficient to enable torque to be applied to the tubular without slippage. In one embodiment, the make-up/torque module comprises an outer body carrying a plurality of hydraulically-actuable pistons, such that the tool is actuable from the rig floor to grasp the tubular with sufficient force that rotational force (torque) supplied via a drive motor in a top-drive rig. In accordance with another embodiment, the multifunction tool further includes an internal ball valve assembly for selectively allowing or restricting fluid flow through the tool. The elastic strength of biasing means on either end of the ball valve assembly takes into account possible over- or under hydraulic pressures which may exist within the tubulars already deployed | 2010-12-30 |
20100326648 | EROSION RESISTANT FRAC HEAD - An erosion resistant frac head with a convergence chamber, an expansion chamber and a mixing chamber provides improved resistance to erosion caused by abrasive frac fluids pumped through the frac head. A bottom leg of the erosion resistant frac head may be replaced in the field by field hands. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326649 | Swellable Oilfield Apparatus and Methods of Forming - A method of forming a swellable oilfield apparatus and an oilfield apparatus so-formed are described. In the method, a body of swellable elastomeric material which increases in volume on exposure to at least one triggering fluid is provided, and the surface energy of the swellable elastomeric material is modified to increase the water-wettability of the swellable elastomeric material. In one embodiment, the swellable elastomeric material comprises a base elastomer and at least one additive selected to modify the surface energy. In another, the swellable elastomeric material comprises a base elastomer treated by an electrical treatment process to modify the surface energy of the swellable elastomeric material. The invention provides improved swelling performance in aqueous fluids. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326650 | DRILLABLE BRIDGE PLUG - A downhole tool for isolating zones in a well, the tool including a mandrel, a sealing element disposed around the mandrel, an upper cone disposed around the mandrel proximate an upper end of the sealing element, an upper slip assembly disposed around the mandrel adjacent a sloped surface of the upper cone, a lower cone disposed around the mandrel proximate a lower end of the sealing element, a lower slip assembly disposed around the mandrel adjacent a sloped surface of the lower cone, two element end rings, a first element end ring disposed adjacent the upper end of the sealing element and a second element end ring disposed adjacent the lower end of the sealing element, and two element barrier assemblies, each assembly disposed adjacent one of the two element end rings is disclosed. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326651 | ISOTOPIC IDENTIFICATION OF PRODUCTION BY INDIVIDUAL FORMATIONS IN COMMINGLED GAS WELLS - A computer system and computerized method for allocating production among multiple formations produced by a hydrocarbon well, using isotopic concentration analysis. According to an aspect of the system and method, multiple single-formation isotopic concentration measurements of multiple hydrocarbon gases are taken from each formation. Within each formation, groups of similar isotopic concentration values are defined, and are mapped to geographic regions of the formations. Mixing equations are developed between regions of the different formations, for use in allocating production for a well intersecting those regions. According to another aspect of the system and method, allocation among three or more formations is performed using Monte Carlo analysis of an underspecified mixing equation, and at a measured isotopic concentration value for the commingled flow from the well. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326652 | Work String Controller - Well bore servicing equipment is provided. The well bore servicing equipment comprises a first manipulator to grip a well bore work string, to raise the work string, and to lower the work string. The well bore servicing equipment further comprises a controller to receive a work string trajectory input and to automatically control the first manipulator to raise and lower the work string substantially in conformance with the work string trajectory input. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326653 | Work String Controller - Well bore servicing equipment is provided. The well bore servicing equipment comprises a first manipulator to grip a well bore work string, to raise the work string, and to lower the work string. The well bore servicing equipment further comprises a controller to receive a work string trajectory input and to automatically control the first manipulator to raise and lower the work string substantially in conformance with the work string trajectory input. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326654 | MONITORING DOWNHOLE PRODUCTION FLOW IN AN OIL OR GAS WELL - An apparatus monitors a production flow from a gravel pack into a tubular sand screen disposed concentrically around downhole production tubing in an oil or gas well. A tubular sample layer is disposed concentrically around the sand screen to be exposed to the radial production flow in use. The sample layer is electrically insulated from the production tubing in use. An erosion sensor provides a signal which varies in dependence upon an electrical resistance of the sample layer, which is related to the erosion of the sample layer. An apparatus also monitors a substantially longitudinal production flow through downhole production tubing in an oil or gas well. A method and apparatus are used to monitor the condition of a gravel pack within an oil or gas well. Other methods monitor temperature or pressure conditions within an oil or gas well. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326655 | Method and Facility for Treating Waste Drilling Mud - A method is provided of recycling and decontaminating oil-based waste drilling mud and cuttings contaminated with oil-based waste drilling mud. A facility for performing the method is also provided. The method includes vaporizing all residual oil and water from mud solids, and recondensing the oil. The mud may be the subject of additional treatment steps before or after the vaporization step (or both before and after the vaporization step). The method produces a solid “soil” product that is free from oil contamination (or is sufficiently decontaminated to allow reuse), an oil product that is fit for reuse, and clean air emissions. A thermal desorber or a soil dryer can be used to efficiently vaporize the oil at low temperature. Optionally the water fraction of the mud can be vaporized, solutes and salts can be captured as evaporite and then be mixed with the soil product. The method has the unique advantage of producing no persistent hazardous waste. The method has the further advantage of requiring no external input of energy if the reclaimed oil is used to provide energy for the process. The method has the further advantage of recycling portions of the drilling mud that would otherwise be subject to disposal. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326656 | PATTERN STEAMFLOODING WITH HORIZONTAL WELLS - Processes and systems comprising a five-spot pattern of multiple horizontal wells for increasing the efficiency of heated vapor-assisted hydrocarbon recovery from subterranean viscous hydrocarbon formations. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326657 | Treatment of particles for improved performance as proppants - The disclosed invention relates to a process of using molten salt ion exchange to treat particles such as spherically shaped soda-lime-silica glass particles. The treated particles may be used as proppants in hydrofractured oil and natural gas wells. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326658 | Method and composition to increase viscosity of crosslinked polymer fluids - The invention discloses a well treatment composition for use in a subterranean formation comprising: a carrier fluid; and a viscoelastic surfactant being present in a concentration of less than about 1.5% by weight. Optionally, the fluid comprises a crosslinked polymer in a thickening amount in the carrier fluid. The invention also discloses a method to increase the viscosity of a fluid, the method comprising: providing a fluid comprising a thickening amount of a crosslinked polymer; adding a viscoelastic surfactant at a given concentration to the fluid; taking the fluid to a given temperature; defining a viscosity profile of the fluid depending of the concentration and the temperature; comparing said viscosity profile to a viscosity profile of the crosslinked polymer fluid alone; and defining an optimum concentration of the viscoelastic surfactant for each temperature. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326659 | WELLBORE LASER OPERATIONS - Methods, systems, and devices related to downhole wellbore operations such as drilling and completing wells in an earth formation include a laser device. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326660 | USE OF DIRECT EPOXY EMULSIONS FOR WELLBORE STABILIZATION - A direct emulsion wellbore fluid, including: a continuous non-oleaginous phase; a discontinuous oleaginous phase; a stabilizing agent; an oil-miscible epoxy-based resin; and a hardening agent; wherein the wellbore fluid is a stable emulsion having a viscosity greater than 200 cps. In some embodiments, the hardening agent is an oil-miscible hardening agent; in other embodiments, the hardening agent is an oil-immiscible hardening agent. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326661 | WELL JET DEVICE AND THE OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - Well jet enables forming, via jet pump, range of different depressions in well tail area at specified differential pressure value. Logging instrument enables recording well and pumped out medium physical parameters. Well operating modes are adjusted by spring-loaded stepped piston positioned in seal unit body so as to open and close holes. Return valves in pumped out and active media supply channels, combined with stepped through channel, of diameter equal to or greater than diameter of the axial through hole of a packer and which is made in the pump body below a mounting seat, enable supplying chemical reagents along a pipe string to a production formation without additional units and prevent media pumped to the production formation, from annular above-packer space penetration. Said invention enables increasing reliability and performance by preventing active medium backflow and by maintaining the depression produced on the formation when the jet pump is stopped. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326662 | Viscous Oil Recovery Using Emulsions - The present invention is directed to a method of generating a basic water-in-oil emulsion for use in recovering hydrocarbons from a subterranean formation. The emulsion may be used to displace hydrocarbons from the formation. The emulsions used are ‘basic’ in the sense that they do not have added surfactants and are not solid-stabilized. The emulsions are made using a hydrocarbon having at least one of the following properties: (i) greater than five weight percent (wt %) asphaltene content, (ii) greater than two wt % sulfur content, and (iii) less than 22 dyne/cm interfacial tension between the hydrocarbon liquid and the aqueous liquid. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326663 | Split stream oilfield pumping system utilitzing recycled, high reid vapor pressure fluid - The present invention relates to a split stream oilfield pumping system which utilizes recycled high Reid vapor pressure production fluids. The oilfield system is made up of two separate fluid streams: a first recycled fluid stream and a second new fluid stream. The recycled fluid stream is enclosed to reduce or eliminate vaporization of the recycled fluid, which typically will have a Reid vapor pressure >14 kPa. Wellbore treatment additives are added to the new fluid stream, and the resultant treatment fluid is mixed with the recycled fluid in a common manifold to provide a final wellbore treatment fluid to be delivered to the wellhead. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326664 | Running Tool That Prevents Seal Test - A running tool sets a casing hanger packoff and ensures that the packoff is not pressure tested unless the proper setting stroke was made by the running tool. The running tool has a stem, an inner body, and a piston. The inner body is connected to the stem so that rotation of the stem relative to the inner body will cause the stem to move longitudinally. The piston is connected to the stem so that the stem and piston rotate and move longitudinally in unison. A test slot is located in the outer surface of the inner body. A limit pin is connected to the piston and is adapted to engage the test slot when the piston moves longitudinally relative to the inner body. The stem has a raised profile on a portion of its exterior surface. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326665 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SUBSEA WELL INTERVENTION AND SUBSEA WELLHEAD RETRIEVAL - The present invention generally relates to methods and apparatus for subsea well intervention operations, including retrieval of a wellhead from a subsea well. In one aspect, a method of performing an operation in a subsea well is provided. The method comprising the step of positioning a tool proximate a subsea wellhead. The tool has at least one grip member and the tool is attached to a downhole assembly. The method also comprising the step of clamping the tool to the subsea wellhead by moving the at least one grip member into engagement with a profile on the subsea wellhead. The method further comprising the step of applying an upward force to the tool thereby enhancing the grip between the grip member and the profile on the subsea wellhead. Additionally, the method comprising the step of performing the operation in the subsea well by utilizing the downhole assembly. In another aspect, an apparatus for use in a subsea well is provided. In a further aspect, a method of cutting a casing string in a subsea well is provided. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326666 | SPLIT ASSEMBLY ATTACHMENT DEVICE - A spider assembly is a round platform with a central bore used to support sections of casing as the sections of casing are joined to one another and lowered below a drilling platform. The spider assembly comprises two c-shaped section joined together at two seams, one seam at the end of each leg of the c-shape. A clamping plate is used to join each seam and apply a preload force on the joint. The preload force minimizes axial deflection at the joint. | 2010-12-30 |
20100326667 | PRODUCTION OF HYDROCARBONS - The present invention relates to a floating production platform for oil and/or gas production in a marine environment, the floating production platform comprising:
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