05th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 6 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120024135 | MORTAR - A mortar includes at least one barrel mounted movably over a ball journal in a bottom supporting device, and an aiming device serving to aim the barrel vertically and horizontally. In order to be able to aim the barrel of the mortar automatically in a simple and cost advantageous manner, the aiming device preferably comprises a carriage that can be moved along guideways essentially horizontally towards or away from the barrel. At the carriage, the first end region of a pivoted arm is mounted so that it can be rotated about a pivot axis, and the second end region of the pivoted arm is connected with a spherical plain bearing, guiding the barrel. The spherical plain bearing embraces a housing part, which is open at its end faces and in which an inner part is mounted spherically (rotatably), which contains a cylindrical barrel guide, for movably accommodating the barrel. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024136 | METHOD FOR LAUNCHING A MISSILE - An air-based vertical launch system is described by means of which ballistic missile defense can be achieved effectively from a large aircraft. A method for ensuring safe missile egress is proposed. A method for ensuring that the missile strikes the ballistic missile payload section is also proposed. Together, the air basing method employing vertical (or near-vertical) launch and semi-active laser guidance yield an affordable and operationally effective missile defense against both tactical and long-range ballistic missiles. The affordability of missile defense is enhanced by the ability of an aircraft equipped with a vertical launcher to simultaneously carry out several defensive and offensive missions and to provide other capabilities such as satellite launch at other times. Methods for employing an aircraft equipped with a vertical (or near-vertical launcher) and one or more of the proposed egress assurance mechanisms in offensive ground attack missions, mine laying, and satellite launch missions are also proposed. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024137 | COMPOSITES AND BALLISTIC RESISTANT ARMOR ARTICLES CONTAINING THE COMPOSITES - A composite useful in a ballistic resistant armor article comprises a first nonwoven layer comprising a first plurality of yarns the yarns comprising a first plurality of para-aramid filaments, the first plurality of yarns arranged parallel with each other and a second nonwoven layer comprising a second plurality of yarns comprising a second plurality of para-aramid filaments, the second plurality of yarns arranged parallel with each other. The first plurality of yarns of the first layer have an orientation in a direction that is different from the orientation of the second plurality of yarns in the second layer. The yarns have an elongation at break of 3.6 to 5.0 percent. The composite further comprises a thermoset or thermoplastic binding resin in the region of the interface between the two layers and a viscoelastic resin coating at least portions of external surfaces of the first and second pluralities of yarns. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024138 | ARMOR PANELS HAVING STRIP-SHAPED PROTECTION ELEMENTS - An armor panel having an impact face is provided. The armor panel includes at least one rigid absorbing layer and a high-tensile confining layer surrounding the at least one rigid absorbing layer. The at least one rigid absorbing layer can have a plurality of strip-shaped protection elements that are adhered to one another along a plane substantially orthogonal to the impact face. The at least one rigid absorbing layer can be formed of a glass-ceramic material having a coefficient of thermal expansion substantially equal to zero and that, upon impact by a projectile, converts to a dilatant power at least in an area of impact. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024139 | Ballistic -resistant laminate assemblies and panels - A sheet of ballistic-resistant fiber strands includes a bi-directional array of bonding fibers interwoven with the ballistic-resistant fibers to form a fiber panel. In one embodiment, a sheet of laminated ballistic-resistant fibers is joined to the first sheet of laminated ballistic-resistant fibers with the ballistic-resistant fibers running in a second direction as compared to the first fibers. In yet another embodiment, individual laminated sheets of ballistic-resistant fibers are stitched together to form packets of sheets that may be used singularly or bundled together. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024140 | Ballistic-resistant laminate assemblies and panels - A sheet of ballistic-resistant fiber strands includes a bi-directional array of bonding fibers interwoven with the ballistic-resistant fibers to form a fiber panel. In one embodiment, a sheet of laminated ballistic-resistant fibers is joined to the first sheet of laminated ballistic-resistant fibers with the ballistic-resistant fibers running in a second direction as compared to the first fibers. In yet another embodiment, individual laminated sheets of ballistic-resistant fibers are stitched together to form packets of sheets that may be used singularly or bundled together. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024141 | WEAPON SYSTEM WITH A CARRIER VEHICLE AND A PREFERABLY VEHICLE DEPENDENT MORTAR - A weapon system includes a carrier vehicle and a vehicle dependent mortar, wherein the carrier vehicle has a crew space and a weaponry space to house the mortar, and the mortar is charged in an index position with mortar grenades, with several sheddable propellant modules on the tail shaft thereof. The weapon system avoids manual loading of the mortar with mortar grenades because an automatic loader is arranged in a weapon space separated from the crew space by a separating wall. The loader transports the mortar grenade from a magazine in the weapon space into the index position of the barrel of the mortar and axially inserts it into the mouth of the barrel, and an automatic shedding device is arranged in the weapon space to automatically remove unnecessary propellant modules from the mortar grenade after fixing target parameters and before insertion of the mortar grenade into the barrel. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024142 | ROBOTIZED ARM FOR A VEHICLE - A robotized arm ( | 2012-02-02 |
20120024143 | Weapon Station and Associated Method - In certain embodiments, a weapon station comprises a weapon mounting apparatus and a sight mounting apparatus. The weapon mounting apparatus is adapted to rotate, using a first rotational drive mechanism, about an azimuth axis. The weapon mounting apparatus is adapted to receive one or more weapons for attachment at a position offset from the azimuth axis. The sight mounting apparatus is coupled to the weapon mounting apparatus and is adapted to receive for attachment a sighting device. The sighting device comprises one or more sensors and is adapted to rotate, using a second rotational drive mechanism, the one or more sensors about the azimuth axis independently of rotational movement of the weapon mounting apparatus about the azimuth axis. The azimuth axis about which the weapon mounting apparatus and the one or more sensors rotate is a common azimuth axis. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024144 | STORAGE SYSTEM FOR ARTILLERY AMMUNITION AND ASSOCIATED COMPUTER PROGRAM - A storage system ( | 2012-02-02 |
20120024145 | HYDRAULIC MOTOR DRIVING DEVICE - A motor capacity change-over actuator | 2012-02-02 |
20120024146 | CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL APPARATUS FOR WORK VEHICLE - The present invention provides a control method and a control apparatus for a vehicle that make it possible to moderate or completely eliminate the impacts generated when the bucket is operated in a tilt direction, from a state in which the bucket in a dump position is forcibly actuated in the tilt direction and the bucket hydraulic cylinder is pressurized by the lifting operation of the boom and also to perform the boom lifting operation with good operability and workability. Control is performed to supply a pressure oil to the bucket hydraulic cylinder so as to actuate the bucket hydraulic cylinder in the tilt direction when a work equipment is being actuated in an actuation region close to an actuation region in which the bucket is forcibly actuated in the tilt direction by lifting the boom in a state in which the bucket is operated to a neutral position or dump operated, or when the bucket is being actuated in the tilt direction in the actuation region in which the bucket is forcibly actuated in the tilt direction. Further, a pressure oil supplied to the bucket hydraulic cylinder is controlled so as to restrict an actuation speed of the bucket hydraulic cylinder in a dump direction when [the work equipment] being actuated in an actuation region close to an actuation region in which the bucket is forcibly actuated in the tilt direction by operating the boom to a neutral position or lowering the boom in a state in which the bucket is dump operated. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024147 | CO-AXIAL CRANKLESS ENGINE - A co-axial crankless engine ( | 2012-02-02 |
20120024148 | LINEAR COMPRESSOR - There is provided a linear compressor, which can reduce parts production costs and simplify a part installation process by decreasing the number of main springs. The linear compressor comprises: a cylinder providing a space for compressing a refrigerant; a piston linearly reciprocating inside the cylinder to compress the refrigerant; an inner stator; an outer stator; a permanent magnet connected to the piston and linearly reciprocating between the inner stator and the outer stator; a supporter piston connected to the piston, at least part thereof being extended in a radial direction of the piston; a plurality of front main springs positioned on the same axis as the piston, one ends of which being supported by the supporter piston; and one rear main spring positioned on the opposite side of the piston, one end of which being supported by the supporter piston. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024149 | DIE CASTING PISTON AND RING ASSEMBLY - The invention relates to a die casting ring ( | 2012-02-02 |
20120024150 | Biogas Conditioning System and Method - The present invention provides a system and process for the automatic conditioning of biogas to remove a wide range of contaminants including, for example, moisture, hydrogen sulfide, mercaptans, and NMOCs all in a single step. The biogas is passed through one or more vessels containing at least three different types of physical adsorbents. Contaminants in the biogas are removed from the biogas via physical adsorption onto the surfaces of the various media. Multiple media types are used in each vessel as different contaminants adsorb more or less onto various adsorbent media. The final proportions and types of media used are based on each particular biogas range of contaminants. Multiple vessels are used such that one or more vessels are always on-line and conditioning biogas, while one or more vessels is always off-line and either being reactivated or in standby service mode. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024151 | GAS-LIQUID-SOLID SEPARATOR - The invention is a separator designed to separate an incoming stream of liquid, gas, and some particulate matter into a separate gas stream, and a separate liquid stream containing the particulate matter. This is achieved through cyclonic action and the use of a float to operate internal valves within the cyclone. The float is mounted on a shaft which is rotated by the motion of the incoming fluid stream and this motion is used to agitate the solids in the liquid so as to prevent the outlet port from becoming jammed. The outlet port also has an auger contained therein that removes particulate matter. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024152 | PRESSURE SWING ADSORPTION-TYPE GAS SEPARATION METHOD AND SEPARATION APPARATUS - A method which separates a component which is easily adsorbed by an adsorbent and a component which is not easily adsorbed by the adsorbent, from a feed gas which includes at least two kinds of components, with adsorption columns, wherein the adsorbent is filled in the adsorption columns and has strong adsorbability with respect to at least one kind of component included in the feed gas, and also has weak adsorbability with respect to at least one kind of other components included in the feed gas, and a temperature of the adsorbents which is filled in the column is maintained to be higher than the highest temperature of an ambient temperature around the adsorption columns which is variable throughout the year. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024153 | ALIPHATIC AMINE BASED NANOCARBONS FOR THE ABSORPTION OF CARBON DIOXIDE - A composition of matter, and method to make same, for a nano-based material including a nanocarbon support to which is attached an aliphatic amine. In particular, the composition of matter is an aliphatic amine-nanocarbon material that includes a nanocarbon (NC) support, such as C | 2012-02-02 |
20120024154 | PERSONAL AIR FILTRATION DEVICE - A personal air filtration device and methods of using the same for providing a zone of filtered air proximate a breathing zone of a user are described. A blower provides an air flow to a head support which delivers the air flow to a zone proximate the users head. The air flow passes through a filter. The filter can be a point of delivery filter disposed about an air permeable surface of the head support. The delivered air flow can provide a laminar air flow defining a zone of filtered air about the user's breathing zone. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024155 | BATTERY FIRE PREVENTION DEVICE - A battery fire prevention device includes a lithium battery, a container, and a porous material. The container houses the lithium battery and has an outwardly interfacing wall with an aperture which extends therethrough to vent outgassed battery constituents generally away therefrom. The porous material is disposed within the container between the aperture and the battery. The porous material is capable of trapping lithium particulates outgassed from the lithium battery within the container. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024156 | BLOOD STORAGE BAG SYSTEM AND DEPLETION DEVICES WITH OXYGEN AND CARBON DIOXIDE DEPLETION CAPABILITIES - A blood storage system. The system has a collection bag for red blood cells; an oxygen/carbon dioxide depletion device; a storage bag for red blood cells; and tubing connecting the collection bag to the depletion device and the depletion device to the storage bag. The depletion device includes a receptacle of a solid material having an inlet and an outlet adapted to receiving and expelling a flushing gas; a plurality of hollow fibers or gas-permeable films extending within the receptacle from an entrance to an exit thereof. The hollow fibers or gas-permeable films are adapted to receiving and conveying red blood cells. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024157 | Method to clean impurities from bio-gas using adsorption - The present invention provides for a method to make a multiple layered adsorber bed to adsorb and remove water, siloxanes, hydrogen sulfide, mercaptans, and carbon-dioxide from Biogas sources such as landfill gas. This bed can be operated by a pressure swing or vacuum swing adsorption process. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024158 | FUEL VAPOR TREATING APPARATUSES HAVING A HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVE HONEYCOMB CORE - An adsorbent canister has a housing defining an adsorption chamber therein, an adsorbent filled in the adsorption chamber, and a honeycomb core. The honeycomb core is made from a material having a higher thermal conductivity than the adsorbent, defines therein a plurality of cells passing through the honeycomb core and is disposed in the adsorption chamber. The adsorbent canister can further have a heater for heating the honeycomb core or the honeycomb core can be made from a material, which produce heat when current is applied. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024159 | Coffee Preparation Device Including at Least One Preparation Material Container with a Level Indicator - In a coffee preparation device having at least one preparation material container, at least one container wall, particularly on a container front side, includes at least one filling level dependent activable luminous section as filling level indication. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024160 | COFFEE BEAN PACKAGING CARTRIDGE AND COFFEE BEVERAGE SYSTEM INCLUDING SAME - A coffee bean packaging cartridge for holding and supplying multiple servings of coffee beans can be connected to a coffee beverage system. The cartridge includes a container having an outer wall defining an interior volume and an opening at one end thereof. A permanent, preferably non-removable closure member is fitted to the one end of the container and substantially covers the opening. An exit passage in the closure member, defines a coffee bean outlet, for transferring coffee beans from the interior volume. The closure member further has relatively movable closing means for selectively closing the exit passage to reduce exposure of the coffee bean contents to surrounding air. The cartridge further includes connecting means for connecting the cartridge to a coffee beverage system. There is also provided a coffee beverage system that includes the coffee bean packaging cartridge as defined above and at least a dosing device and a grinding mechanism. The dosing device may includes a metering chamber for receiving a portion of coffee beans corresponding to an amount necessary for preparing a single serving of coffee beverage. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024161 | TEA POT WITH INTERNAL VALVE - A tea pot includes a lower container assembly comprising an internally threaded open top, a releasable bottom, and a diaphragm for dividing space of the lower container assembly into a lower beverage chamber and an upper passage chamber, the diaphragm having holes for communicating the beverage chamber with the passage chamber and an annular flange projecting into the passage chamber; and an upper container assembly comprising an externally threaded lower portion secured to the top of the lower container assembly, a releasable top, a bottom dividing the upper container assembly into upper ingredient chamber and lower passageway chamber, a cylindrical channel integrally formed with the bottom of the upper container assembly and projecting into the passageway chamber, and an annular gasket put on the channel and blocking the holes when the upper and lower container assemblies are threadedly secured together; and a strainer in the ingredient chamber. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024162 | Tea pot with check valve - A tea pot includes an upper container assembly comprising a releasable top, an open bottom, a beverage chamber, and a funnel in the beverage chamber; a check valve comprising a cylindrical seat comprising a bossed hole having a conical top surface, an opening spaced from the hole and being sealingly aligned with a stem of the funnel, and guide slots on an annular surface of the seat; a conical valve unit comprising a stepped-diameter tunnel, the valve unit being seated upon the seat; and a sliding assembly comprising a body, periphery tabs slidably received in the guide slots, and a top shaft including grooves, and a cylindrical top projection fasten in the tunnel wherein the shaft is slidably inserted into the hole in an assembled state; and a lower container assembly comprising releasable top and bottom, a lower ingredient chamber, and an intermediate strainer. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024163 | RING-SHAPED ADAPTER HAVING A NET FOR BREWING TEA IN DISPOSABLE CUPS - A ring-shaped adapter that is capable of connecting a standardized disposable cup with a standardized disposable lid, being separable from said cup and said lid, includes a net that can be placed inside the disposable cup and is suitable for accommodating tea leaves. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024164 | COOKING APPLIANCE - Provided is a cooking appliance. Steam generated in a steam generation part is selectively supplied into a cooktop part or a steam cooking part. The steam supplied into the cooktop part is used for cleaning a top plate. Also, the steam supplied into the steam cooking part is used for cooking a food. Thus, the steam may be used in a lot of uses, e.g., for cooking the food and cleaning the top plate. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024165 | SIDE DOOR SWITCHING MECHANISM FOR A TOASTER - The patent of invention is provides with a side door switching mechanism for a toaster, which includes two side doors, a side door open lock catch, a side door closing lifting device and a timing electromagnetic controller. The side door can be closed automatically when the lifting board presses the side door shaft. The side door is opened by press the open push rod with the lock catch lifts up by the gear effect of the gear lever. The patent of invention presents the user hurt by directly contacting the side door. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024166 | SMOKE-FREE ROASTER - A smoke-free roaster includes a roaster body having a bottom to which a grease collection tray is mounted, a roasting grating mounted on a top of the roaster body, and a heating structure mounted inside the roaster body. The roasting grating includes grating bars, between which solid sloping plates are formed and gently inclined downward from front and rear side edges in a direction along the grating bars toward a central portion of the roaster body and the heating structure comprises reflector assemblies, which includes heating modules respectively mounted below the sloping plates and respectively receive therein carbon fiber heating tubes that irradiate and thus heat the roasting grating and comprise electrical terminals forming power supply connection modules. The sloping plates increase the surface area on the two opposite sides of the roaster body for heat transfer and heat accumulation thereby raising roasting temperature on the two side portions. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024167 | COOKING APPLIANCE - Provided is a cooking appliance. The cooking appliance includes a cooktop part on which a grill module for grill cooking is detachably disposed, a collection device for sucking an exhaust gas generated in the grill module, an exhaust device forcibly sucking the exhaust gas collected into the collection device to exhaust the exhaust gas to the outside, and a guide device for guiding the exhaust gas collected into the collection device to the exhaust device. The cooking appliance enables different types of food to be simultaneously cooked according to different cooking methods, and thus cooking time for food may be reduced and various demands of users may be met. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024168 | MOULDING UNIT FOR FORMING AND COOKING MEAT - A moulding unit for forming and cooking meat, comprising a single recipient-shaped bottom die a concavity of which faces upwards and is destined to contain meat, and a single cover aligned with a mouth of the concavity of the bottom die, which cover is joined to the bottom die and positioned below the bottom die, such as to be destined to close a further mouth of a further concavity of a bottom die of a moulding unit which is identical and positioned below the moulding unit. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024169 | Barbecue rack - The present invention is to provide a barbecue rack including first and second supporting frames and two fixing elements, wherein the supporting frames are formed by soldering a plurality of spaced metal rods in a crisscross manner respectively, the second supporting frame has an outer surface provided with two parallel positioning rods, and the fixing elements are fastened or soldered to two opposite ends of the first supporting frame respectively and allow a shaft to pass through holes thereof and connect with a motor of a barbecue device. The two ends of each positioning rod can be respectively and securely positioned in corresponding positioning grooves of the fixing elements, so as to connect the supporting frames together to form a receiving space therebetween for receiving food. Thus, when the motor rotates the shaft and barbecue rack, the food in the barbecue rack is conveniently turned for roasting or broiling. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024170 | Automated Pizza Assembly System - An apparatus is provided for assembling a pizza, including a pizza sauce spreading station, a cheese spreading station and a pepperoni applying station. A robot including a stationary base and an articulating arm having a gripper attached to the end is operable to grip a pizza pan having pizza dough therein to allow said robot to move the pan throughout the pizza sauce spreading station, and to a rotary dial system including the cheese spreading station and the pepperoni applying station. The robot arm manipulates the pizza pan in the sauce spreading station and the rotary dial system manipulates the pizza pan in the cheese station and the pepperoni applying station to properly distribute the cheese and pepperoni on the pizza. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024171 | KETTLE GRILL ACCESSORY - An accessory ( | 2012-02-02 |
20120024172 | Fruit press - A fruit press is described, comprising a housing ( | 2012-02-02 |
20120024173 | TRANSPORTING A WEB THROUGH A PRESS - A method, system and apparatus for transporting a web through a press are disclosed. The web has a first print zone on a first side and a second print zone on a second side opposite the first print zone. The first print zone is fed past a first print station and then in an inward spiraling direction around and toward a second print station. The second print zone is fed past the second print station and then in an outward spiraling direction. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024174 | PRINTING PRESS AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING CYLINDERS THEREIN - The present invention provides a printing press. The printing press includes a frame, a plate cylinder, a plate cylinder support supporting the plate cylinder, a blanket cylinder for receiving an image from the plate cylinder, a blanket cylinder support supporting the blanket cylinder, an impression cylinder for supporting a printing substrate between the blanket cylinder and the impression cylinder, an actuator connected to and controlling a position of the plate cylinder support or the blanket cylinder support and a controller providing the actuator with a position setpoint, the actuator receiving position feedback signals to maintain the position setpoint during a printing operation. The present invention also provides a method for operating a printing press. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024175 | DEVICE FOR POWDERING PRINTED SHEETS IN A PRINTING PRESS, AND PRINTING PRESS WITH A POWDERING DEVICE - A device for powdering a printed sheet in a printing press is formed with nozzle groups that are arranged in a row and that each are formed with several spray nozzles, each of which emits a powder/air mixture. A respective feed line is connected upstream of the nozzles of each nozzle group. The feed line of the spray nozzles of the respective nozzle group is preceded by a common collective line. Along a defined segment of a given length of the course of the respective collective line, a product of the radius of curvature of the segment and the fourth power of an inner diameter of the respective collective line equals 3.125×10 | 2012-02-02 |
20120024176 | PRINTER PALLET FOR FLAT PRINTING OF MULTIPLE TARGET IMAGE AREAS ON 3-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT - Pallets for flat-printing multiple areas of a 3-dimensional object, especially in a single print job as received by the printing system, and methods for printing the same. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024177 | Method of Printing Fabric-Inspired Designs On Absorbent Articles - Method of printing graphics on absorbent articles. A graphic is selected, the graphic's color(s) are determined, the substrate on which to print the graphic is selected, the size and layout of the graphic are manipulated to make it fit the area of the absorbent article it is to be printed on, and the graphic is printed on a substrate. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024178 | LEAD-FREE PRIMERS FOR HOT WIRE APPLICATIONS - Described are hot-wire igniter devices comprising a bridgewire, an acceptor proximate a portion of the bridgewire, and an output configured to be ignited by the acceptor, wherein the acceptor comprises copper(I) 5-nitrotetrazole. The bridgewire may be configured to receive power from a power source. The bridgewire composition may comprise Tophet A, Tophet C, stainless steel, nichrome bridgewire materials, or stablohm bridgewire materials. The output may be an explosive, pyrotechnic, or propellant. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024180 | REACTIVE SHAPED CHARGE, REACTIVE LINER, AND METHOD FOR TARGET PENETRATION USING A REACTIVE SHAPED CHARGE - Embodiments of a reactive shaped charge, a reactive liner, and a method for penetrating a target are generally described herein. The reactive shaped charge comprises a reactive liner having a matrix of reactive metal particles in a hydrocarbon fuel, a high explosive, and an inner barrier separating the reactive liner from the high explosive. The hydrocarbon fuel fills the interstitial spacing between the reactive metal particles, and the matrix is tightly packed or compresses to exhibit a solid like property. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024181 | Loading of Explosives | 2012-02-02 |
20120024182 | EXPLOSIVE DEVICE - The present invention provides an explosive device for use with a warhead comprising a rupturable core having an interior chamber which is filled with a volume of a gas. A frequency generator resonates the gas at a high frequency to fully resonate the gas to produce a new and more powerful type of explosion. Means for securing the frequency generator to the core are also provided, as well as a detonator having a high-temperature metal as a conductive material and means for inserting the conductive material into the core. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024183 | Cartridge Base and Plastic Cartridge Case Assembly for Ammunition Cartridge - A cartridge for ammunition has a base with an axial end section. An annular wall extends from the enlarged outer peripheral lip section to an opposite end. The axial end section has a primer cavity therein and a radially outwardly extending peripheral extraction lip. An annular ledge is axially positioned at an inner end of said primer cavity and radially extends inwardly from said annular wall. A passage has a reduced diameter compared to the primer cavity and extends through the annular ledge. A main charge cavity is at an opposite side of the ledge from the primer cavity. A knurl section is on an outer surface of said cylindrical wall. A cartridge case is attached to the base about said knurl section. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024184 | FRANGIBLE, CERAMIC-METAL COMPOSITE OBJECTS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - In making frangible objects, including lead-free bullets and other projectiles, powdered metal primary and powdered ceramic secondary phases are mixed and densified at an elevated temperature such that the ceramic phase forms a brittle network. Any combination of metal and ceramic phases may be used to achieve desired chemical and physical properties. Any appropriate mixing, forming, and/or thermal processing methods and equipment may be used. Degrees of frangibility, strength, and toughness can be adjusted to suit a given application by precursor selection, degree of mixing, relative amounts of metal and ceramic phases, forming method, and thermal and mechanical processing parameters. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024185 | PROJECTILE THAT INCLUDES A GIMBAL STOP - Some embodiments pertain to a projectile that includes a frame and a first gimbal that is rotatably supported by the frame. The projectile further includes a second gimbal that is rotatably supported by the first gimbal. A sensor is supported by the second gimbal such that an adjustment mechanism is able to maneuver the first and second gimbals to adjust the position of the sensor. The projectile further includes a stop that is attached to the frame. The stop may be a cup that surrounds a bottom portion of the sensor. The cup provides a barrier to prevent the adjustment mechanism from maneuvering the sensor outside a designated area. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024186 | GAS GENERATOR - The present invention provides a gas generator including:
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20120024187 | CABLE RAILWAY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A cableway system has a conveying cable and chairs, which can be coupled to the conveying cable and are coupled to the conveying cable along the path of the cableway system, are uncoupled from the conveying cable at the entrance into the stations, are guided through the stations, along guide rails, by way of control tires, and are coupled to the conveying cable again at the exit from the stations, furthermore the chairs are designed with at least one safety bar and a device for adjusting the safety bar, and for locking the same, and a device for checking the locking are arranged at the exit from the stations. A first device for adjusting and locking the safety bar and an associated device for checking the locking and a second device for adjusting and locking the safety bar and an associated device for checking the locking are provided at the exit from the stations. In the case where locking has not taken place, the first checking device that is associated with the first device for adjusting and locking the safety bar, causes the second device for adjusting and locking the safety bar to be moved into its active position. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024188 | CONVERTIBLE STRUCTURE FOR RAIL CAR - Disclosed is a rail car body having a roof, side walls, and a floor for supporting a series of vehicles in end to end relation longitudinally within the body so that they can be transported in a train. The rail car body includes an adjustable deck mounted within the body to support a second series of vehicles also in end to end relation. The adjustable deck has adjustable supports for vertically adjustment between at least two vertical positions in the body. The rail car body also includes a removable intermediate deck for supporting a third series of vehicles in end to end relation within the body. The removable intermediate deck is removably mounted on wheels (of a cart) and can be rolled longitudinally into and out of the rail car body. Thus, the rail car can be used in a two tier configuration or a three tier configuration. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024189 | High Rail Excavator - A high rail excavator is provided. The high rail excavator includes at least one high rail mechanism to elevate the high rail excavator relative to the rails of a railroad track. The high rail mechanism is disposed within an envelope of the tracks, thereby increasing the maneuverability and safety of the high rail excavator. The high rail mechanism includes a power control arrangement that integrates with a power supply of the excavator so that an additional power supply dedicated to the high rail mechanism is not required. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024190 | HATCH COVER LATCHING SYSTEM METHOD AND APPARATUS - A railcar hatch cover latching system including a sliding mechanism attached to a movable portion of the hatch cover and a latching apparatus associated with the hatch cover. The latching apparatus has a biased assembly, a bar and at least one profiled stop. The bar extends through the biased assembly. The biased assembly is configured to allow the bar to pass through the biased assembly with a first force requirement. The at least one profiled stop is positioned on the bar to encounter the biased assembly and having a second force requirement to move the bar past the at least one profiled stop, the second force being greater than the first force. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024191 | ANTIFUNGAL PAINTS AND COATINGS - Antifungal and antibacterial peptides, polypeptides and proteins as antifungal additives for paint and other coatings are disclosed, along with antifungal compostions, and coated surfaces with antifungal properties. Methods of using the coatings for treating and/or inhibiting growth of mold, mildew and other fungi and bacteria on objects such as building materials that are susceptible to such infestation are also disclosed. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024192 | Sputtering Target of Sintered Ti-Nb Based Oxide, Thin Film of Ti-Nb Based Oxide, and Method of Producing the Thin Film - Provided is a sputtering target of sintered Ti—Nb based oxide, wherein the sputtering target consists of titanium (Ti), niobium (Nb), and remainder being oxygen and unavoidable impurities, and the atomic ratio of Ti and Nb is 0.39≦(Nb/(Ti+Nb))≦0.79. The sputtering target of sintered Ti—Nb based oxide has a high refractive index and a low extinction coefficient. Also provided is a thin film of Ti—Nb based oxide obtained by using the foregoing target, which enables high-rate deposition. The thin film has superior transmittance, is subject to minimal reduction and variation of reflectivity, and is useful as an interference film or a protective film of an optical information recording medium, or as a part of a constituent layer of an optical recording medium. The thin film can also be applied to a glass substrate; that is, it can be used as a heat reflecting film, an antireflection film, or an interference filter. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024193 | NEUTRALIZING AND CO-DISPERSION AGENT WITH STRONG CAPACITY FOR DEVELOPING COLORING POWER, AND PAINTS AND PIGMENT CONCENTRATES CONTAINING SAME - The invention relates to the use, as neutralizing and/or co-dispersion agent in a paint and/or as agent for developing the coloring power of pigment(s) in a white paint base that we wish to color, of at least one hydroxylated secondary or tertiary amine. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024194 | Method of Reducing Toxicity of Coal Combustion Residues - Methods, processes, and systems for reducing the solubility of toxic constituents found in coal combustion residues are provided. In one embodiment, methods for adding chemical reagents to the coal combustion process that changes the chemical composition of the coal combustion residues and convert the form of a toxic constituents to one with lower aqueous solubility is provided. In some embodiments compounds containing toxic constituents are converted to compounds that are less soluble in aqueous solvents. In various embodiments, the chemical reactions are aided by the ambient heat at various zones within the coal combustion system. In some embodiments, precursor reagents are added to the coal combustion system and converted to reagents to aid in interacting with toxic constituents or compounds. In various embodiments, the reagent or reagent precursor is added before, during, or after the coal combustion zone. These methods can aid in rendering coal combustion products less hazardous when the products are recycled, stored, or disposed. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024195 | CALCIUM PHOSPHATE CEMENT COMPOSITION AND ITS KIT FOR BONE PROSTHESIS - A calcium phosphate cement composition kit comprising (A) a powdery agent comprising (a) 100 parts by mass of calcium phosphate powder, and (b) 10-50 parts by mass of a powdery foaming agent comprising carbonate or hydrogen carbonate and a solid organic acid or its salt, and (B) an aqueous blending liquid containing a thickener in a concentration of 2.5-12.5% by mass, a paste-like mixture obtained by blending the powdery agent with the aqueous blending liquid being filled in a predetermined prosthetic site in a human body to form a porous calcium phosphate body having porosity of 60% or more. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024196 | TAILORED GEOPOLYMER COMPOSITE BINDERS FOR CEMENT AND CONCRETE APPLICATIONS - A geopolymer composite binder is provided herein, the composite binder including (i) at least one fly ash material having less than or equal to 15 wt % of calcium oxide; (ii) at least one gelation enhancer; and (iii) at least one hardening enhancer having a different composition from a composition of the at least one fly ash material. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024197 | HYDROGEN-TRAPPING MATERIAL, METHOD OF PREPARATION AND USES - A material capable for trapping a flammable gas such as hydrogen comprising at least one metal oxide in a cementitious matrix is disclosed. According to some aspects, the preparation of such a material and its different uses are also disclosed. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024198 | CONCRETE WITH A LOW CLINKER CONTENT - A dry binder premix includes, in mass proportions: Portland clinker having a Blaine specific surface area comprised from 4500 to 9500 cm | 2012-02-02 |
20120024199 | POLYSACCHARIDE DERIVATIVES HAVING AN ADJUSTED PARTICLE MORPHOLOGY FOR HYDROLYTICALLY SETTING COMPOSITIONS - The present invention relates to polysaccharide derivatives having an adjusted particle morphology for use in the preparation of a hydrolytically setting composition having an adjusted lump rating. The invention further relates to a method of adjusting the lump rating of a hydrolytically setting composition comprising adjusting the particle morphology of a particulate polysaccharide derivative. Furthermore, the invention is directed to a hydrolytically setting composition comprising a particulate polysaccharide derivative having an adjusted particle morphology. The invention is also directed to various uses of the particulate polysaccharide derivative having an adjusted particle morphology. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024200 | Multifunction Computer Table and Carrier - A Multifunction Computer Table and Carrier (‘MCTC’) has two two-table configurations that increase horizontal work space while maintaining a small footprint making it ideal for commuters to get more work done in their ‘office on the go’ while a third configuration increases the safety of the computer or other work tools during storage and transportation. Slots in the tables and sides allow for securing straps to be used to secure a computer, printer, keyboard, other work tools and other items during use, storage and transport. A carrier with internal straps and pads compactly secures the MCTC, computer and other items in an efficient package to keep the items from internal sources of damage (bouncing around and against each other) while the MCTC and carrier also acts as a protective barrier for the items from outside sources of damage during storage and transport. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024201 | EDGE AND CORNER FOR A STRUCTURE CONSTRUCTED FROM BLOW-MOLDED PLASTIC - A structure constructed from plastic may include one or more reinforcing portions that are sized and configured to prevent damage to the structure. For example, the structure may be a table top constructed from blow-molded plastic and the table top may include a body with one or more corners. The corners may include an interior portion and an exterior portion, and reinforcement portions may be sized and configured to help prevent damage to the corners of the table top. In addition, one or more depressions may be at least partially disposed within the reinforcement portions, if desired. The reinforcement portions, for example, may include one or more inwardly and/or outwardly extending portions. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024202 | MONITOR HOLDER DEVICE - A standing desk designed monitor holder device having a frame and a monitor receptacle arrangement in the upper region of the frame is provided. The monitor receptacle arrangement has a sensor monitor bearing surface having a heat release opening for receiving the rear side of a sensor monitor designed as a flat screen. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024203 | FOLDING TABLE - A foldable table may include a table top and legs that are movable between an extended position and a collapsed position. The table top may include a first section and a second section that are movable between folded and unfolded positions. A first portion of a side rail may be connected to the first section of the table top and a second portion of the side rail connected to the second section of the table top. A hinge assembly may connect the first and second portions of the side rail in an offset configuration. When the table is in the folded position, an inner surface of the first portion of the side rail may be disposed at least proximate an outer surface of the second portion of the side rail. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024204 | System and Method for Obtaining Clean Coal Tars from Pyrolized Coal and Biomass - A system and method for collecting hot coal tar gases emanating from a coal containing pyrolytic kiln are described. The hot coal tar gases, comprising a variety of different hydrocarbons as well as inorganic gases arising from the kiln thermal processing are transferred by diffusion and forced convection to a thermal duct in which the temperature is controlled to be maintained at a temperature below that of the kiln. The gaseous hydrocarbon with the highest condensation temperature is the first to liquefy. Additional useful hydrocarbons liquefy as the temperature of the gas continues to cool from the kiln temperature of ˜5000 C to one approaching the minimum duct temperature, ˜175° C. After a number of desirable hydrocarbons present in the coal tar gas have liquefied, the liquid contents are collected, either separately or as a combination of liquid hydrocarbons. The several remaining inorganic and some hydrocarbons gases with condensation temperatures below the minimum duct temperature are separately collected in gaseous form for further processing and/or safe disposal. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024205 | Regenerative Melting Furnace With Easily Detachable Media Box - A burner assembly comprising a burner with a body and a burner throat extending downwardly from the burner body, a carriage located below the burner and provided with a cradle, a media box configured to pivotally mate with the cradle along a horizontal axis of the media box such that the media box is supported on the carriage at the axis and can rotate on the carriage about the axis, the media box having a port that connects with the burner throat but that separates from the burner throat when the media box is tilted about its axis, and media in the media box to serve as a heat sink, where the axis is horizontally offset from the media box's center of gravity, and the media box may be rotated about the horizontal axis to allow for ready engagement and disengagement between the media box and the burner. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024206 | METHOD FOR REDUCING NITROGEN OXIDE EMISSIONS IN OXYFUEL COMBUSTION - A method for reducing nitrogen oxide emissions in oxyfuel combustion, which method comprises supplying in a furnace ( | 2012-02-02 |
20120024207 | SEED RETRIEVAL APPARATUS AND METHOD - A seed retrieval apparatus for use with a seed planting device having row planters is provided. The seed retrieval apparatus may be used in instances of mechanical failures of the seed planting device and/or planting errors. The seed retrieval apparatus may include a discard hopper located on the seed planting device which is configured to receive discard seed from the row planters. Further, seed discard tubes of the seed retrieval apparatus each define a first end in fluid communication with a respective row planter and a second end in fluid communication with the seed discard hopper. Additionally, seed containers respectively couple to the second ends of the seed discard tubes, wherein each seed container is configured to receive and isolate discard seed from a respective row planter. Accordingly, the discard seed may be repackaged and planted. A method of retrieving discard seed from a seed planting device is also provided. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024208 | GRIPPER WITH DUAL-INSERT BODY - In order to reduce or to prevent wear on the tufting gripper ( | 2012-02-02 |
20120024209 | TUFTING GRIPPER WITH SPRING-BIASED SUPPORT OF AN INSERT - A tufting gripper ( | 2012-02-02 |
20120024210 | TUFTED CARPET - A tufted carpet has a high density portion and a low density portion. The high density portion has pile yarns implanted into a base fabric with high density. The low density portion has pile yarns implanted into the base fabric with low density. The fiber density of the high density portion is in the range of 280 to 700 g/m | 2012-02-02 |
20120024211 | ARTICULATED MARINE VEHICLE - Stabilizers ( | 2012-02-02 |
20120024212 | GUIDE FOR A SAIL SLEEVE, SAIL COLLAPSING ARRANGEMENT AND METHODS THEREFOR - The present invention provides for an inflatable sail guide arrangement for use in a sail collapsing arrangement. The sail collapsing arrangement is used for collapsing (also called “dousing” or “snuffing”) a sail such as a spinnaker. The sail guide arrangement can be deflated for convenient storage and handling. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024213 | REMOTE CONTROLLER FOR A BOAT - A remote controller for a boat, such as a yacht having at least one electronic, electromechanical or mechanical control and at least one manual control connected to the electronic, electromechanical or mechanical control for its actuation, the controller includes a handheld mobile transmitter and a receiver located on the boat, the transmitter being capable of generating signals that can be detected by the receiver without a wired connection between the transmitter and the receiver. The receiver has at least one output connected functionally to the at least one electronic, electromechanical or mechanical control of the boat in parallel with an output of the manual control. The transmitter does not replace the existing controls of the boat. The transmitter is capable of generating signals on at least two different frequency bands, which can be detected by the receiver without a wired connection between the transmitter and the receiver. The receiver is provided with at least two different receiver stages: one receiver stage for each one of the frequency bands emitted by the transmitter. Each receiver stage is autonomous and receives the same information, allowing to maintain control even in the presence of interference or malfunctions on one of the two transmitted bands. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024214 | MOTION COMPENSATION DEVICE FOR COMPENSATING A CARRIER FRAME ON A VESSEL FOR WATER MOTION - A carrier frame on a vessel for local water motion includes a carrier frame ( | 2012-02-02 |
20120024215 | FLOATING TECHNICAL HOLLOW BODY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - A floating technical hollow body ( | 2012-02-02 |
20120024216 | Submarine with a Propulsion Drive with an Electric Motor Ring - In one aspect, a submarine with a boat hull and a propulsion drive for the submarine the propulsion drive is arranged outside the boat hull and comprises a housing and a first electric motor, with the housing embodying a channel for a flow of water through the channel in a main direction of flow from an inlet to an outlet of the channel, and with the first electric motor featuring a rotor which is arranged in the channel and is supported rotatably around an axis of rotation in the housing, with the rotor being embodied in the shape of a ring with a ring inner side and a ring outer side, and with blades for propelling the submarine being arranged on the ring inner side of the rotor. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024217 | Party Lounger and Floating Hammock - This invention embodies a floating hammock that attached to the front or side of a boat in a manner that allows for ease of deployment and storage. This invention has stiffeners on the front and sides that prevent the device from collapsing upon itself while users may lie in the middle in a partially submerged fashion for maximum enjoyment of the water while on a boat in a static position. The device then easily stores by rolling up and locking down on the front or side of the boat for use at a later time. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024218 | HYBRID INFLATABLE KAYAK - A hybrid inflatable kayak is configured to rival the handling and speed of skin-on-frame or hard-shell kayaks, while simplifying the assembly and disassembly process. The hybrid inflatable kayak includes an internal frame assembly that cooperates with inflatable bladders and inflatable thwarts giving the kayak an improved watershed capacity and also an improved combination of weight, stability, speed, structural strength, and portability. The internal frame assembly includes a bow rib, a stern rib, and a number of frame members that attach together and extend lengthwise from bow to stern. Front and rear thwarts are inflatable and urge against the frame members and side bladders to put the frame members in tension, make the outer cover sufficiently taut, and provide a faster and more structurally robust design. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024219 | KAYAK - In one example, a watercraft is provided that includes a body. The body has a hull and a ramp that slopes downwardly toward a back of the hull. Additionally, a reverse chine geometry is incorporated in a portion of the bottom of the hull. Finally, one or more projections extend downward from the bottom of the hull. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024220 | Ship and Associated Methods of Formation with Vessels Having Connectable Hulls - A method for transporting. Multiple vessels are provided, each having a hull defining an air cavity over a water surface. Different ones of the vessels are loaded with material destined for different end locations. The vessels are connected to one another with rigid couplings to effect tandem movement of the multiple vessels over water as one ship while permitting each vessel to undergo changes in pitch. The vessels are transported to a first destination. One or more of the vessels is disconnected from the ship. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024221 | SIGNAL AND MARKER TOOL - A marking and signaling tool may include one or more lights and a sound generating device within a housing. A protective sheath may be positioned about the housing and permit light and/or sound to exit from the housing. An actuator may be provided to permit a user to select one of a plurality of illumination modes. One or more of the illumination modes may include the creation of sound. The housing may include a plurality of magnets for adhering the tool to a magnetic surface. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024222 | SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE ACCURACY AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL FLEXIBILITY IN A MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY SYSTEM - A control system and method for controlling temperatures while performing a MBE deposition process, wherein the control system comprises a MBE growth structure; a heater adapted to provide heat for the MBE deposition process on the MBE growth structure; and a control computer adapted to receive a plurality of dynamic feedback control signals derived from the MBE growth structure; switch among a plurality of control modes corresponding with the plurality of dynamic feedback control signals; and send an output power signal to the heater to control the heating for the MBE deposition process based on a combination of the plurality of control modes. In one embodiment, the plurality of dynamic feedback control signals comprises thermocouple signals and pyrometer signals. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024223 | Thin films and methods of making them using cyclohexasilane - Cyclohexasilane is used in chemical vapor deposition methods to deposit epitaxial silicon-containing films over substrates. Such methods are useful in semiconductor manufacturing to provide a variety of advantages, including uniform deposition over heterogeneous surfaces, high deposition rates, and higher manufacturing productivity. Furthermore, the crystalline Si may be in situ doped to contain relatively high levels of substitutional carbon by carrying out the deposition at a relatively high flow rate using cyclohexasilane as a silicon source and a carbon-containing gas such as dodecalmethylcyclohexasilane or tetramethyldisilane under modified CVD conditions. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024224 | RESIN COMPOSITION FOR LASER ENGRAVING, RELIEF PRINTING PLATE PRECURSOR FOR LASER ENGRAVING AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND RELIEF PRINTING PLATE AND PROCESS FOR MAKING THE SAME - A resin composition for laser engraving, comprising (Component A) a compound having two or more ring structures selected from the group consisting of an epoxy ring, an oxetane ring and a five-membered carbonate ring, (Component B) a curing agent capable of reacting with Component A to thus form a crosslinked structure, and (Component C) a compound having at least one of a hydrolyzable silyl group and a silanol group. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024225 | GLUE COATING DEVICE - A glue coating device is for coating glue on a work piece. The glue coating device includes a main body defining a number of vents, a mounting space, a dipping space and a channel communicating the mounting space with the dipping space, the dipping space is for dipping the work piece to coat the work piece; a container defining a receptacle in a first end thereof and a glue injecting hole in the second end, the first end of the container releasably mounted in the mounting space. The vents allow air to circulate between the mounting space and the atmosphere. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024226 | LIP DRIVE PART FOR T-DIE - A lip drive part for a T-die that adjusts a gap between first and second lips includes an actuator acts on a flexible lip part forming at least one of the first and second lips of a T-die body, includes a lever that acts on the flexible lip part, a first bellows that narrow the gap by acting on the lever when being expanded, and a second bellows that widen the gap by acting on the lever when being expanded. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024227 | VAPOR-PHASE PROCESS APPARATUS, VAPOR-PHASE PROCESS METHOD, AND SUBSTRATE - A vapor-phase process apparatus and a vapor-phase process method capable of satisfactorily maintaining quality of processes even when different types of processes are performed are obtained. A vapor-phase process apparatus includes a process chamber, gas supply ports serving as a plurality of gas introduction portions, and a gas supply portion (a gas supply member, a pipe, a flow rate control device, a pipe, and a buffer chamber). The process chamber allows flow of a reaction gas therein. The plurality of gas supply ports are formed in a wall surface (upper wall) of the process chamber along a direction of flow of the reaction gas. The gas supply portion can supply a gas into the process chamber at a different flow rate from each of one gas supply port and another gas supply port different from that one gas supply port among the plurality of gas supply ports. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024228 | APPARATUS FOR FORMING THIN FILM - A thin film forming apparatus according to the embodiment includes a plurality of vapor deposition sources respectively separated from each other, a plurality of nozzle bodies connected to upper portions of the respective vapor deposition sources, and a plurality of nozzles connected to upper portions of the respective nozzle bodies. A nozzle hole of each of the nozzles is formed on a same vapor deposition line. Thus, according to the embodiment, the first organic material and the second organic material respectively sprayed through a first nozzle hole and a second nozzle hole can be uniformly mixed by disposing the first nozzle hole and the second nozzle on the same vapor deposition line. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024229 | CONTROL OF PLASMA PROFILE USING MAGNETIC NULL ARRANGEMENT BY AUXILIARY MAGNETS - Magnetrons for use in physical vapor deposition (PVD) chambers and methods of use thereof are provided herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus may include a support member having an axis of rotation; a plurality of first magnets coupled to the support member on a first side of the axis of rotation and having a first polarity oriented in a first direction perpendicular to the support member; and a second magnet coupled to the support member on a second side of the axis of rotation opposite the first side and having a second polarity oriented in a second direction opposite the first direction. In some embodiments, the apparatus is capable of forming a magnetic field including one or more magnetic nulls that modulate local plasma uniformity in a physical vapor deposition (PVD) chamber. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024230 | APPARATUSES AND SYSTEMS FOR FABRICATING THREE DIMENSIONAL INTEGRATED CIRCUITS - The present invention pertains to methods, apparatuses, and systems for fabricating three-dimensional integrated circuits. One or more embodiments of systems, apparatuses, and/or methods according to the present invention are presented. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024231 | SEMICONDUCTOR GROWING APPARATUS - A semiconductor growing apparatus including: susceptor having a main face and a side face, the main face receiving a substrate for growing a semiconductor layer, and the side face having a groove; a heating element for heating the susceptor. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024232 | EVAPORATION SOURCE FOR ORGANIC MATERIAL AND VAPOR DEPOSITING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - The present invention described technology relates generally to an organic material evaporation source that can deposit an organic material on a large-sized substrate, and a vapor deposition apparatus including the same. An organic material evaporation source according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a crucible including a body and nozzle connected to an opening formed at one side of the body; a heater disposed adjacent to the crucible; and a housing receiving the crucible and the heater, and the crucible is formed of a metal coated with steel use stainless (SUS). | 2012-02-02 |
20120024233 | Conveyor Assembly with Releasable Drive Coupling - A module for a deposition system includes a drive unit mounted on an exterior wall of the module. The drive unit has a drive shaft that extends into the module and engages a conveyor operably disposed within the module for driving the conveyor in a conveying path. A releasable drive coupling is configured between the drive unit and a drive member of the conveyor. The drive coupling has a first end that releasably engages with the drive shaft and a second end that releasably engages the conveyor drive member. The drive coupling includes a torque member, and may also include at least one thermal shield spaced concentrically around the torque member and extending axially between the first and second ends. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024234 | Animal Cabinet System with Adjustable Feeding Station - In an exemplary embodiment, the feeding station includes a vertically-adjustable shelf or feeding tray having the feeding and water bowls. The shelf or feeding tray is configured to slide in and out from the cabinet to provide easy access to the bowls of the feeding station. The feeding station shelf or tray is configured to be elevated or lowered vertically to adjust to the stature (e.g. height) of the animal. The elevation of the feeding station is configured to be adjusted to one of a plurality of levels (vertically aligned) based on an animal's height. An advantage of the adjustable height is to accommodate different heights as an animal grows from a young animal to an older animal or to accommodate different heights when the animal has a need to change heights (e.g., surgical procedure, etc.). According to further embodiments (not illustrated), the feeding station may include multiple side by side feeding trays that are at different heights to accommodate a plurality of animals, each animal having a different height that is compatible with one of the feeding stations. | 2012-02-02 |
20120024235 | ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY ANIMAL LITTER - An animal litter composition that includes geopolymerized ash particulates having a network of repeating aluminum-silicon units is described herein. Generally, the animal litter is made from a quantity of a pozzolanic ash mixed with an alkaline activator to initiate a geopolymerization reaction that forms geopolymerized ash. This geopolymerization reaction may occur within a pelletizer. After the geopolymerized ash is formed, it may be dried and sieved to a desired size. These geopolymerized ash particulates may be used to make a non-clumping or clumping animal litter or other absorbing material. Aluminum sulfate, clinoptilolite, silica gel, sodium alginate and mineral oil may be added as additional ingredients. | 2012-02-02 |