11th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 13 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100065606 | Methods of Using Shape Memory Alloys for Buttress Attachment - A surgical stapling device includes a tissue contacting surface and a buttress attachment feature. The buttress attachment feature permits selectively securing a surgical buttress to the tissue contacting surface, which may be disposed on a cartridge assembly or an anvil plate of the surgical stapling device. The buttress attachment feature may include a shape memory alloy, such as a nickel titanium alloy, that is responsive to a temperature change to allow the buttress attachment feature to move between a first position where a free end of the buttress attachment feature is substantially spaced from the tissue contacting surface, and second position where the surgical attachment feature is approximated with respect to the tissue contacting surface. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065607 | ANNULAR SUPPORT STRUCTURES - Reinforcing lumen rings are configured and adapted for use in conjunction with a circular endoscopic stapling instrument having a staple cartridge assembly and an anvil assembly. The reinforcing lumen rings maintain anastomotic lumen, e.g. as formed by the circular endoscopic stapling apparatus, in an open condition. The reinforcing lumen rings can include an annular ring having an outer terminal edge and an inner terminal edge, the outer terminal edge having a diameter which is substantially equal to an outer diameter of the staple cartridge assembly and the inner terminal edge having a diameter which is substantially equal to an inner diameter of the staple cartridge assembly. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065608 | STAPLE DRIVE ASSEMBLY - A staple drive assembly includes an actuation sled and at least one staple pusher. The staple drive assembly is adapted to fit within a staple cartridge having a plurality of staples and a corresponding number of retention slots. The at least one staple pusher includes at least one pusher plate for releasably engaging a backspan of a staple. The staple pusher may include a plurality of pusher plates that may be laterally and longitudinally spaced apart. An actuation member has at least one angled camming surface for engaging a complimentary angled surface of the at least one staple pusher. Camming engagement between the actuation member and the at least one staple pusher causes vertical movement of the at least one staple pusher. Lateral and longitudinal offset of the actuation member camming surfaces and the corresponding staple pusher following surfaces improves stability and control of the staple pusher during firing. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065609 | SURGICAL STAPLING INSTRUMENT WITH DEVICE FOR INDICATING WHEN THE INSTRUMENT HAS CUT THROUGH TISSUE - Circular stapling instruments for cutting and applying one or more surgical staples to tissue are disclosed. The instruments include various forms of feedback systems designed to provide at least one mode of feedback to the surgeon when the knife has cut through tissue clamped between a staple cartridge and an anvil portion. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065610 | Wide wave apparatus for soldering an electronic assembly - Especially for but not limited to lead-free solder, the apparatus disclosed herein will provide better quality of wave soldered joints at a lower cost, without the addition of more equipment. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065611 | STRUCTURE FOR JOINING MEMBERS - A structure for joining members which is suited for joining of thin members together and suited for joining of members made of different materials. The structure includes a nut, a first member superposed on the nut such that a preliminarily formed hole on the first member is contiguous with the threaded hole of the nut, and a second member superposed on the first member so as to cover the hole. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065612 | Filler Material, In Particular For Improving The Quality Of A Joint Seam Formed During Thermal Joining Of Two Metallic Structural Components - A filler material improves the quality of a joint seam formed during thermal joining of two metallic structural components and includes a core and a coating that surrounds the core at least in sections Because the filler material comprises a coating on the core, the alloying material for the coating may be selected largely independently of any possibly limiting metallurgical requirements in relation to the base material for the core so that with the use of the heterogeneous filler material optimal joint seam characteristics of the joined structural components always result, largely irrespective of the materials composition of the core If an essentially H-shaped cross-sectional geometry of the filler material used, moreover, preliminary fixing or alignment of the structural components that are to be joined in a thermal joining process becomes possible. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065613 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MOUNTING APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MOUNTING METHOD - In a direction parallel to a direction | 2010-03-18 |
20100065614 | PIPE-JOINING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING UNDERWATER PIPELINES, AND UNDERWATER-PIPELINE-LAYING VESSEL COMPRISING SUCH AN APPARATUS - A method of joining pipes ( | 2010-03-18 |
20100065615 | METHOD OF PRODUCING CONDUCTIVE CIRCUIT BOARD - A method of producing a conductive circuit board including imparting tackiness through the use of a tackiness-imparting compound to the surface of the conductive circuit on a printed wiring board, attaching a solder powder to the tacky area and then heating the printed wiring board to melt the solder to form a solder circuit. The characteristic feature of this method is that the tackiness-imparted printed wiring board is kept in a liquid, etc at not more than 10° C. before attaching the solder powder. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065616 | LEAD SOLDER-FREE ELECTRONICS - A composition may have metal nanoparticles having a diameter of 20 nanometers or less and have a fusion temperature of less than about 220° C. A method of fabricating the metal nanoparticles may include preparing a solvent, adding a precursor with a metal to the solvent, adding a first surfactant, mixing in a reducing agent, and adding in a second surfactant to stop nanoparticle formation. Copper and/or aluminum nanoparticle compositions formed may be used for lead-free soldering of electronic components to circuit boards. A composition may include nanoparticles, which may have a copper nanocore, an amorphous aluminum shell and an organic surfactant coating. A composition may have copper or aluminum nanoparticles. About 30-50% of the copper or aluminum nanoparticles may have a diameter of 20 nanometers or less, and the remaining 70-50% of the copper or aluminum nanoparticles may have a diameter greater than 20 nanometers. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065617 | GIFT WRAPPING ENVELOPE - A gift-wrapping envelope including: a face panel; a back panel integrally coupled with the face panel; an expandable side panel coupled to both the face and back panels; an enclosure panel integrally coupled to the face, back, or side panels and releasably couplable to one of the panels to which it is not integrally coupled; a nametag area; and a releasably couplable accessory area. The gift-wrapping envelope may include an audio label. The nametag panel may be erasably writable. The releasably couplable accessory area may include a release liner and/or a no-rip material. The expandable side panel may include accordion-type folds. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065618 | BOTTLE PACKAGING BOX AND CORRESPONDING CUTOUTS - The invention relates to a packaging box ( | 2010-03-18 |
20100065619 | CONTAINER FOR HOLDING A FOOD PRODUCT OR THE LIKE - The present invention relates generally to a container for holding a food product or the like. More specifically, the present invention relates to a folded paperboard or corrugated container or the like having automatically interlocking bottom flaps that provide the container with improved structural integrity and weight carrying ability when assembled. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065620 | CONTAINER HAVING AN AUTOMATICALLY LOCKING BOTTOM AND BLANKS FOR MAKING THE SAME - A blank of sheet material for forming a container including automatically locking bottom panels is provided. The blank includes a pair of end panels, a pair of side panels and at least one corner panel that are interconnected. The corner panel extends between an adjacent end panel and side panel. The blank includes bottom end panels extending from the end panels and bottom side panels extending from the side panels. A first coupling tab is integral with a bottom end panel, and a second coupling tab is integral with a bottom side panel. The first coupling tab attaches to a bottom side panel, and the second coupling tab attaches to a bottom end panel. The coupling tabs upwardly direct the bottom panels when the container is moved to a flat position and downwardly direct the bottom panels when the container is moved from the flat position to an erected position. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065621 | Container With Triangulated Corners - A multi-sided container comprises a bottom wall, opposite side walls, opposite end walls, a longitudinal axis, and a transverse axis. The multi-sided container also comprises diagonal corners connecting adjacent ends of the side walls and the end walls. The diagonal corners each comprising an inner diagonal corner panel and an outer diagonal corner panel. One of the inner and outer diagonal corner panels extends at an angle of less than 45° with respect to an adjacent end wall, and the other of said inner and outer diagonal corner panels extends at an angle of less than 45° with respect to an adjacent side wall. One of the inner and outer diagonal corner panels has a major thrust vector in a direction parallel to the transverse axis of the container and said other of said inner and outer diagonal corner panels has a major thrust vector in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the container. The inner and outer diagonal corner panels provide resistance to both lateral and longitudinal deflection of the container. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065622 | Structural improvement for cup container - A structural improvement for a cup container includes the following structures. An internal layer paper cup having an internal paper cup bottom is bonded to a bottom of the cup container. A foam layer is bonded to an exterior of the internal layer paper cup. An external layer paper cup then is bonded to an exterior of the foam layer. A foam bottom and an external paper cup bottom are bonded to an external bottom of the internal paper cup bottom in order. The internal surface of the internal layer paper cup and an upper of the internal paper cup bottom are coated with waterproof layers. The foam material of the foam layer can be a biodegradable material, or non-biodegradable materials. The foregoing waterproof layers can be a biodegradable material, or can be a non-biodegradable material. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065623 | DEVICE FOR HANDLING BANKNOTES - The invention relates to an apparatus for processing bank notes, in particular a compensation unit for adapting the bank-note stock of a recycling apparatus. In recycling apparatus standing in the cash offices of retailers a lack of bank notes of small denominations occurs quickly. In order to render the filling and emptying of the bank-note stock of recycling apparatus easy and safe, and to extend the time intervals for refilling and emptying recycling apparatus and thereby operate them in an economically sensible fashion, a compensation unit is connected to the recycling apparatus, in which bank notes of certain types are stored. It is possible to both transfer bank notes from the recycling apparatus to the compensation unit and to feed bank notes from the compensation unit to the recycling apparatus. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065624 | OPERATION SUPPORT SYSTEM - An operation support system includes a progress information providing unit, an entry device, and an updating unit. The progress information providing unit stores progress information indicating to which operation stage an operation procedure has progressed and provides the progress information in response to a request made from an external device. The entry device includes an entry tool and a reading device. The entry tool makes an entry into a paper form associated with the operation procedure. When an entry is made into an entry field of the paper form using the entry tool, the reading device reads identification information presented in the entry field. The updating unit updates the progress information, which is stored in the progress information providing unit, based on an operation stage associated with the identification information, which is read from the entry field by the reading device. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065625 | OPTICAL DEVICE HAVING A DATA CARRIER - An optical device having an anterior surface and a posterior surface, said optical device with uniquely identifiable data carrier means for carrying data related to said optical device, said data carrier means operable in at least one of an electrical mode and a magnetic mode; said data carrier being deposited on said posterior surface and/or said anterior surface; said data carrier means caused to emit a data signal in response to said activating signal by an external means; said emitted data signal used to determine characteristics of said optical device. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065626 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL PORTABLE CONSUMER PAYMENT DEVICE - A card can be used to make a payment or to gain access to a secure facility. The card embeds a chip, a passive circuit, and an antennae that receives frequencies upon which the chip executes corresponding payment and access applications. The passive circuit powers the chip upon being energized by an external circuit that emits the frequencies. The card docks into a card dock having a user interface. The user interface has buttons which, when particularly engaged, permits reception of one of the frequencies that energizes the passive circuit to power the chip for the execution of the corresponding application. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065627 | Recharge electrical apparatus and method for electric vehicles - An apparatus and method for providing a public or private electric charging station or device. In the case of a public station, a user can approach an outlet station in an electric car, plug the car into the station similar to using a gasoline pump, present a credit card to the system, and be provided with either standard line voltage of sufficient wattage to charge the battery of an electric or hybrid vehicle. After the vehicle is charged, the credit card debited for the correct amount for the power dispensed, or other arrangements to pay can be accommodated such as debiting a prepaid account. Optionally, the user can also inject reverse-flow power back into the grid for credit and receive credit for the power injected. The present invention can take advantage of dynamic power rates and cause an optional delay in charging until a favorable power rate. Several users can share the same private or semi-private station, and can identify themselves to the station by key access, card swipe, biometrically, or by a card containing an RFID chip that contains their identity. Service provided could then be billed to a prepaid or subscriber account. A central computer can manage several remote power dispensing stations over a network. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065628 | Multi Application Smartcard with Currency Exchange, Location, Tracking and Personal Identification Capabilities - A smart card capable of performing more than one function, said smart card comprising a first memory means comprising a first set of data to access a bank account, a second set of data to access a credit card account, a third set of data representing the identification of a holder of the smart card, and a fourth set of data to access telephone communication services. The smart card further comprises a microprocessor, said microprocessor being in electrical communication with a second memory means, and a location tracking means for determining a location of the smart card. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065629 | TRANSACTION SECURED IN AN UNTRUSTED ENVIRONMENT - To secure communications in an untrusted environment for a commercial transaction on an account between the account's holder and a merchant, an identifier and a signature can be derived from a token. The identifier is associated by use of a directory with an application context that identifies the account's issuer. The merchant will provide the signature to the account's issuer, or agent thereof, to be verified. In practice, a merchant to the identified issuer of an account an authorization request message for a transaction that includes a signature and an identifier for the account upon which the transaction is to be conducted. The account's issuer responds with an authorization response message that includes an indicator that the signature has been verified. After notice of the signature's verification, the transaction on the account is deemed authorized and the merchant can proceed. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065630 | COVERS HAVING RFID FUNCTIONALITY FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A cover for electronic hand-held devices providing RFID-operability and/or other functional keypad overlay to extend or expand the operation of the device to permit the user to perform additional actions or transactions facilitated by the RFID-operable cover. Method of using the cover for conducting business transactions are also included. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065631 | MERCHANDISE CHECKOUT TERMINAL - A merchandise checkout terminal is equipped with an article scanning device. The article scanning device comprises a bar code reader and a quality sensor interrogator for interrogating a quality sensor integrated into a packaged perishable article and retrieving quality information concerning the packaged perishable article. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065632 | Product, asset, and device tracking, identification, and pricing system - The invention utilizes a system that links two-way communication components with inventory, fixtures, and people. Once linked, the system permits a centralized computer network to collect information about the spatial and temporal relationship between inventory, fixtures, and people using a low frequency communication protocol. When the invention is applied to a retail situation, the retailer can track inventory throughout the supply chain and can do so without substantial human involvement. Furthermore, the two-way communication components also permit the retailer to communicate directly with products on the shelves in a way that allows for re-pricing of goods or broadcasting of messages to customers, also without the need for direct human involvement. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065633 | Electronic tag system - An electronic tag system includes a medical device having a base portion, a removable portion, and an electronic tag operatively connected to the removable portion. The electronic tag includes data related to at least a medicinal infusion process. The system further includes a control element operatively connected to the base portion. The control element includes a reading capability for reading the data from the electronic tag and a writing capability for writing new data to the electronic tag. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065634 | ELECTRONIC SHELF LABEL SYSTEM AND DISPLAY METHOD - It is an object of the present invention to perform an operation in a store on products which are not registered in a product master. In order to attain the object, an ESL server ( | 2010-03-18 |
20100065635 | INDIVIDUAL IDENTIFICATION AND TRANSPORT SYSTEM FOR USE IN THE HANDLING OF DEAD FURRED ANIMALS AND PELTS FROM FURRED ANIMALS - Individual identification and transport system for handling of dead furred animals and fur pelts, e.g., on mink farms, pelt processing plants, collection and sorting centers, auction houses, tanneries, and other processing of pelts from furred animals, has an electronically readable data media for individual identification data (ID-data) for an actual furred animal, and where the electronically readable data media is integrated in a transport and handling arrangement which is inserted through the nostrils of a relevant furred animal immediately after the furred animal has been killed. The transport and handling arrangement constitutes part of a transport and handling system for transport and handling of furred animals and pelts, and which remains together with the pelt from the time at which it is inserted into the pelt until it is processed into fur. The system enables the amount of manual work for the fur farmer and auction houses to be reduced. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065636 | Ontology-Based EPC Automatic Conversion Method and System - Disclosed herein is an ontology-based Electronic Product Code (EPC) automatic conversion method and system. The ontology-based EPC automatic conversion method includes the steps of arranging existing Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) EPC ontology information and newly added EPC ontology information, converting tag data collected from an RFID reader into binary data so as to perform header information extraction and Uniform Resource Name (URN) conversion, extracting the header information of an EPC from the binary data output as a result of the conversion, initializing the ontology properties so as to utilize the EPC ontology, extracting a corresponding code system of the ontology by performing comparison with the header information of the tag data converted into the binary data, extracting the ontology properties from the corresponding code system of the ontology, and performing automatic conversion into URN-type data on the basis of information about the extracted ontology properties. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065637 | TESTING PROTOCOLS FOR EXTENDED FUNCTIONALITY CARDS - Testing is performed upon a transaction payment card having a substrate with opposing surfaces, battery powered circuit, and having memory in contact with the substrate to store data that includes an identifier for an account upon which a transaction can be conducted. An electronic component, in contact with the substrate, is powered by the battery powered circuit. In the testing, an electrical measurement is made of the battery powered circuit at each of different times when the card is exposed to an environmental condition. An output of the electrical measurements is made. The environmental condition can be temperature, current pulse applied at different states of charge of the one or more batteries, an acceleration, deceleration, or vibration for a period of time applied to card, a vacuum condition applied to the card, etc. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065638 | BARCODE READER MODULE FOR RECOGNIZING RFID TO BE LOADED AN RUGGED PDA - Provided is a barcode reader module having a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) function, which is loaded on a mobile terminal. The barcode reader module includes: a camera unit reading a barcode symbol containing information; an antenna integrated with the camera unit; an RFID signal transmitting/receiving unit transmitting/receiving an RFID signal through the antenna; and a signal processor processing an analog signal received from the RFID signal transmitting/receiving unit or from the camera unit, and outputting the result of the processing to the outside. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065639 | SECURITY ELEMENT FOR PROTECTING DOCUMENTS OF VALUE - The invention relates to a security element for protecting documents of value, which has magnetic material. A portion of a magnetic coding is arranged on the security element, which coding consists of several magnetic areas and several gap areas. The portion of the magnetic coding is arranged in a predetermined direction along the security element, for example perpendicularly to a transport direction of the security element or document of value through a magnet sensor. Concerning the length of the magnetic areas and of the gap areas of the magnetic coding, certain length conditions are predetermined, which are chosen in dependence on the magnet sensor employed. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065640 | INFORMATION RECOGNITION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION RECOGNITION PROCESSING METHOD - An information recognition processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention includes a storage unit configured to store statistical information indicating results of identification information recognition processing in which an image of a first object to be read is read to acquire a plurality of first read images of different image brightness levels, and recognition of identification information included in the first read image of each brightness level is tried, an image reading unit configured to read an image of a second object to be read to acquire a plurality of second read images of different image brightness levels, and a recognition unit configured to preferentially execute a recognition process of identification information included in the second read image of a predetermined brightness level of the plurality of second read images of the different image brightness levels, based on the statistical information. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065641 | SYSTEM FOR INCREASING IMAGING QUALITY - A method and apparatus for improving the image quality obtained by an imaging-based scanner comprising a housing supporting one or more protective windows. The apparatus further comprises at least one scanning arrangement, the scanning arrangement comprising illumination and imaging optics. The illumination and imaging optics form a respective field of view for imaging a target object. A light baffle is attached to the scanning arrangement. The light baffle has an aperture corresponding to each of the illumination and imaging optics such that stray light reflected from the protective windows is absorbed by the light baffle, improving the image quality of the imaging-based scanner. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065642 | BAR CODE READER - A bar code reader includes a casing having an inner space for accommodating a plurality of internal components, and a bar code reader module disposed within the inner space of the casing for reading a bar code of a target object through a projection window provided to one side of the casing. A speaker module is disposed adjacently to the bar code reader module for generating the reading by the bar code reader module as a signal sound to send it to a speaker hole formed in the casing, and a module bracket integrally supports the bar code reader module and the speaker module for integrally assembling the bar code reader module and the speaker module to corresponding places within the casing. The bar code reader module and the speaker module are integrally supported using a single item to decrease the number of components and overall cost. Also, assembling can be simplified to reduce a loss conventionally caused by the increase of the components. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065643 | READING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CODE MARKINGS ON RECEPTACLES - Code reading device for receptacles with at least one code marking at a transparent or translucent circumferential wall section, said device comprising an illumination for applying light on said wall section and an image capturer for capturing image information of said code markings. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065644 | Device for Receiving a Card - The invention relates to a device for receiving a card with a housing. Said housing has a horizontal, slot-shaped receiving opening for introducing a card into a receiving slot in the interior of the card receiving device. Additionally, a closure is provided for closing the receiving opening, the closure having a closure element with a seal, which extends in the longitudinal direction of the receiving opening and which is movable against an elastic force, at right angles to the plane of the receiving slot, from a closed position blocking off the receiving opening into a release position releasing the receiving opening. The closure element can be lifted in a guide of the housing at right angles to the plane of the receiving slot from the closed position into the release position, and is fitted with a sealing lip, extending over the length of the receiving opening, made from an elastic plastic, which in the closed position is in contact with the lower slot wall of the receiving slot. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065645 | HOLDING DEVICE - A holding device for holding an object, which is disposed on an electronic device in a detachable manner, is disclosed. The holding device comprises a first holding portion, a second holding portion and a connecting portion. The first holding portion comprises a first holding member and a second holding member. The first holding member and the second holding member are foldable toward a first direction and a second direction, respectively to form an accommodating space for accommodating the electronic device. The second holding portion holds the object. The connecting portion connects the first holding portion with the second holding portion in a foldable manner. Additionally, the connecting portion, the first holding portion and the second holding portion are integrally formed as a single piece. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065646 | METHOD FOR POST-MANUFACTURING DATA TRANSFER TO AND FROM A SEALED DEVICE - The present invention is directed towards authentication tokens that are completely embedded in a non-conductive enclosure. The invention is based on the insight that it would be advantageous to separate the electronic data personalization of such tokens from the visual device personalization. The present application concerns an authentication token that allows communication with an external unit after the production of the nonconductive enclosure, in order to transmit or receive device identification data. As this communication need only take place during the manufacturing process, a low-power close-range transmission technique such as inductive coupling, capacitive coupling, or RFID communication suffices for this purpose. Accordingly, the present application discloses a method for manufacturing authentication tokens, and a token manufactured according to said method. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065647 | RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION TAG - The present invention relates to a radio frequency identification tag which is adapted to work at a frequency between 850 MHz and 950 MHz. The tag may comprise a planar inverted F antenna, a loop antenna, or a dual patch antenna. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065648 | Printed Sheet Products With Integral, Removable, Radio Frequency Identification Elements - Each printed sheet product includes a core of flexible, microvoided polymer sheet material and a planar RFID assembly encoded with a unique electro/magnetic code permanently and integrally joined together with the core. The microvoided sheet material collapses around the core so the sheet product remains planar. Scoring defines one or more individual identification elements removable from a remainder of the sheet product that include at least a first element with RFID assembly but only part of the core. A separate magnetic strip storing its own unique data magnetically can be provided on the first removable element even at least partially overlying the RFID assembly for independent identification operation. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065649 | Inhaler Device Counter - Inhaler counter ( | 2010-03-18 |
20100065650 | AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM - The present invention provides an air conditioning system that is capable of treating a conditioned space by treating outdoor air from outside the conditioned space and return air from inside the conditioned space, and mixing the outdoor air with the return air to form supply air for the conditioned space, the air conditioning system including an outdoor air latent cooling treatment stage configured to provide parallel airflow with a return air sensible cooling treatment stage, and a means for mixing outdoor air with return air to form conditioned space supply air, wherein the outdoor air latent cooling treatment stage includes at least a dehumidification heat exchanger, combination pre-cooling and heat reclaim heat exchangers, and a heat transfer pump, and the return air sensible cooling treatment stage includes at least a sensible cooling heat exchanger. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065651 | SOLID TRACK COMPRISING A CONCRETE STRIP - The invention relates to a solid track comprising a concrete strip on a supporting structure that consists of individual, successively arranged segments ( | 2010-03-18 |
20100065652 | FUEL INJECTOR - A fuel injector ( | 2010-03-18 |
20100065653 | WICKS FOR DISPENSERS OF VAPORIZABLE MATERIALS - The present invention provides wicks for use in vapor dispensing devices which can facilitate manufacture or assembly of the vapor dispensing devices. In one embodiment, a wick of the present invention comprises a porous body, a first end and a second end, the first end having a cross-sectional area less than the cross-sectional area of the body, and the second end having a cross-sectional area less than the cross-sectional area of the body. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065654 | AIR FRESHENER CLIP WITH DOMED HEAD - An air freshener has at least one vent rod configured to engage an air vent. A scent material is associated with the at least one vent rod. A head is coupled to the at least one vent rod. The head has a domed face opposite the vent rod. Indicia is associated with the head. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065655 | Lotion Application Compartment - A lotion application compartment ( | 2010-03-18 |
20100065656 | Water Deflection Subassembly - A sprinkler device comprising a rod having a distribution plate secured thereto, the rod located relative to a nozzle adopted to emit a liquid onto the water distribution plate to thereby create a force on the rod in one direction; a support component including at least two retaining rings through which the rod passes; and a pair of magnets, one of which is fixed to the rod and the other of which is located in proximity to the one magnet, wherein poles of the magnets are arranged to create a repulsion force tending to move the rod in a second direction opposite the first direction. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065657 | Sprayer Structure - A sprayer structure includes a hollow seat body, wherein several blow holes are provided at the top surface of the hollow seat body, a water wheel is provided within the hollow seat body, a corresponding through-hole is provided on the upper and lower surfaces of the hollow seat body, an inlet pipe shaft is inserted through the through-hole, one end of the inlet pipe shaft is closed, while its another end is connected with a water pipe, and wherein an outlet port is provided on the inlet pipe shaft, a hollow water-guiding part is inserted into the inlet pipe shaft, whereby the outlet port of the inlet pipe shaft is positioned within the hollow water-guiding part; by assembling the above-described components, the sprayer structure of the invention can be fabricated. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065658 | SELF REGULATING FLUID BEARING HIGH PRESSURE ROTARY NOZZLE WITH BALANCED THRUST FORCE - A high pressure rotary nozzle having a rotating shaft operating within a fixed housing wherein the of axial force which acts upon the shaft due to the liquid pressure at the shaft inlet is balanced by allowing passage of a small amount of the pressurized liquid to be bled to an area or chamber between the outside of the opposite end of the shaft and the inside of the housing where the liquid pressure can act axially in an opposing direction upon the shaft to balance the axial inlet force. The balance of axial forces is self-regulating by controlling escape of the liquid through a tapered or frusto-conical region between the shaft and housing. This further provides a liquid bearing between the two surfaces and allows use of interchangeable rotating jet heads having jet orifices which can be oriented in virtually any desirable configuration including axially forward of the nozzle. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065659 | Air pop dancing light air freshener - An air pop dancing light-air freshener comprising: A housing base, an internal or an external electric air pump. Above the housing base are two crystal clear panels walls that create a very thin gap about 0.015 to 0.035 of an inch apart. Between the panels walls, one would pour the scented liquid. The air pump forces air between the two panels wall and through the scented liquid, create the “dancing” motion of the air pop and scented liquid, This action also disperses the scent throughout the room. The air pop dancing light can be easily refilled with various scented liquid. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065660 | SPRAY APPLICATOR - A spray assembly for dispensing a mixture is provided. The spray assembly includes a connector configured for operable engagement with a first and a second source of component and a source of pressurized fluid, and a tip operably connected to the connector. The tip includes an opening and defines a mixing chamber between the connector and the opening of the tip, and an insert member configured to be received in the mixing chamber. The insert member includes a plurality of radially extending slots on at least one end of the insert. The plurality of radially extending slots is configured to mix the first and second components prior to the mixture exiting the opening in the tip. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065661 | JET DIFFUSOR - A jet aerator ( | 2010-03-18 |
20100065662 | THERMAL SPRAYING APPARATUS - A thermal spraying apparatus that is capable of effectively preventing the adhesion of spray fumes to unsprayed regions of a bore surface during arc spraying is provided. To this end, a thermal spraying apparatus | 2010-03-18 |
20100065663 | Fuel-Injector Nozzle - A nozzle for a fuel injector, in particular for a gas-turbine engine, is provided comprising a planar conductive electrode with a sharp edge forming an aperture, an upper insulation layer above the electrode and a lower insulation layer below the electrode, both insulation layers having apertures, and a swirler arrangement for creating a swirling action in liquid fuel introduced into the nozzle. The axis of swirl is generally perpendicular to the plane of the electrode. In use, the swirling fuel passes through the aperture of the lower insulation layer, the aperture of the conductive electrode and the aperture of the upper insulation layer. As the fuel passes through the aperture of the electrode, the electrode charges the swirling fuel, so that the nozzle supplies charged droplets of atomised fuel from an outlet orifice. The swirler arrangement may be a radial or axial swirler arrangement. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065664 | DOSING DEVICE - The invention relates to a dosing device for liquid fuels, in particular for the supply into a chemical reformer to obtain hydrogen, or into a postcombustion device to produce heat. The dosing device has at least one metering device to meter fuel into a metering line, and a conditioning unit, which abuts the metering line and delivers the fuel into a metering chamber. The conditioning unit is designed as a purely mechanical valve, which opens and closes at a frequency of approximately 1500 Hz. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065665 | SHOWER ASSEMBLY WITH RADIAL MODE CHANGER - A shower assembly having a plurality of spray modes for expelling water includes a housing having a water inflow and a water outflow. The shower assembly provides a manifold defining a cavity having a sidewall. One or more mode apertures formed in the sidewall of the cavity are in fluid communication with the water outflow. A radial mode changer provided in the shower assembly defines a hollow passageway in fluid communication with the water inflow, and further defines a plurality of recessed ports in fluid communication with the hollow passageway. The radial mode changer is rotatably received in the cavity of the manifold and may be rotated relative to the manifold to align at least one of the recessed ports with at least one of the mode apertures for providing flow from the water inflow into the water outflow via the radial mode changer. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065666 | WATER ECONOMISER WITH MANUAL IMPULSE CONTROL TO BE MOUNTED ON A TAP SPOUT - A water economizer ( | 2010-03-18 |
20100065667 | ARM OF SPRAYING DEVICE - The arm of spraying device including the first part, which on its one end is provided with means for adjustable mounting on a frame of the spraying device, and which is provided with distribution piping of the spray and system of spraying nozzles, whereas the first part is formed by a three-dimensional composite body. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065668 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF VERY FINE PARTICLES BY MEANS OF A JET MILL - The invention relates to a method for producing very fine particles by means of a jet mill ( | 2010-03-18 |
20100065669 | MILLING AND DRYING APPARATUS INCORPORATING A CYCLONE - A cyclone comprising: an upper cylindrical portion which opens into the wider end of a lower frustro-conical portion, with the longitudinal axes of said upper and lower portions aligned and substantially vertical; a primary air inlet into the cyclone arranged such that the inlet air is substantially tangential to the circumference of the cyclone; an exhaust outlet at or adjacent the top of the cylindrical portion; a control valve associated with said exhaust outlet and capable of partially or completely shutting off said exhaust outlet; a secondary air inlet associated with the narrow end of the frustro-conical portion and provided with an airflow stabilising device which is adapted to admit a stream of air substantially along or spirally around the longitudinal axis of the cyclone; means for removing processed product from the cyclone; means for moving said airflow stabilising device into and out of the narrow end of the frustro-conical portion during product processing and/or between product processing. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065670 | Extraction bedplate with laser or water jet cut apertures - The present invention relates to extraction bedplates | 2010-03-18 |
20100065671 | RECORDING TAPE CARTRIDGE - A recording tape cartridge is equipped with a reel around which is wound recording tape and an upper case and a lower case that house the reel. Ribs whose rib height gradually becomes lower from a center side of the reel toward an outer peripheral side of the reel are formed on an inner surface of the upper case. Edge portions that slant linearly from the center side of the reel toward the outer peripheral side of the reel are formed on the reel side of the ribs. The distance of the space inside the case in the thickness direction of the recording tape cartridge is wider on the outer peripheral side of the reel in comparison to the center side of the reel, so it is difficult for the recording tape inside the case to sustain damage even if the recording tape cartridge receives an impact. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065672 | RECORDING TAPE CARTRIDGE - A recording tape cartridge includes a case, a shielding member, a first dustproofing wall portion and a second dustproofing wall portion. The case rotatably accommodates a single reel on which a recording tape is wound. An aperture is formed in a side wall of the case for drawing out of a leader member attached to an end portion of the recording tape. The shielding member slides along the side wall to open and close the aperture. The first dustproofing wall portion is provided protruding from a portion of the side wall, and the second dustproofing wall portion is provided protruding from the shielding member. When the aperture is closed, the first dustproofing wall portion opposes the shielding member and the second dustproofing wall portion contacts or is proximate to the first dustproofing wall portion. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065673 | Device for Protecting a Display Facility - The invention relates to a device for protecting a display facility, comprising a protective element for covering an image surface of the display facility. As the protective element is designed to be transparent and the retaining means are provided for the exchangeable arrangement of the protective element in front of the image surface, a protective device is provided, which allows the image surface to be examined and is easy to operate. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065674 | Apparatus for the robotic plugging/unplugging of rolls - This machine generally is an apparatus for preparing rolls of previously wound material for an unwinding machine. More particularly industrial robots are used to improve the apparatus onto which rolls of sheet form material and the like can be loaded in preparation for unwinding and then, when a previously loaded roll has been unwound, disposing of the remaining core. The robots are programmable robots including a means for engaging the transfer plug and placing the plug into the tubular core of a large roll. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065675 | EXPANDABLE BELT MANDREL - This is a mandrel used to fabricate seamless belts including those used in electrophotographic marking systems. The mandrel has a center core unit with two circular caps on each side. In between the caps is sandwiched a deformable O-ring which is outwardly deformed upon tightening of the two caps together. Once a tubular sheet is placed over the mandrel, the elastomeric O-ring will hold the sheet in place for further processing. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065676 | Balloon kite - To fly kite requires wind and skill. Balloon kite can fly high with no wind. To fly balloon kite requires no skill. You do not have to be an expert to fly balloon kite. In a year only windy season is suitable for flying kite. With balloon kite every day is a flying kite day and every child can fly it. Children can enjoy flying balloon kite all year round. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065677 | HYBRID HELICOPTER THAT IS FAST AND HAS LONG RANGE - A hybrid helicopter ( | 2010-03-18 |
20100065678 | SELF-PROPELLED WHEEL APPARATUS OF AIRCRAFT - In a self-propelled wheel apparatus of an aircraft, a drive mechanism composed of a wave gear drive and a motor is coaxially linked to an axle of a wheel via a one-way clutch, and rotational force in the reverse direction of the aircraft is transmitted to the wheel axle via the one-way clutch. When the aircraft moves forward, the link between the wheel axle and an output shaft of the wave gear drive is cut off by the one-way clutch, and motor rotational force is transmitted to the wheel axle, causing the wheel to rotate, only when the aircraft moves backward. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065679 | STRAIN ENERGY SHUTTLE APPARATUS AND METHOD - A method for providing torque to assist in moving a component of a mobile platform. Biasing forces may be applied to opposing portions of a torque transferring member that enable the torque transferring member to be maintained in a position of equilibrium. A torque may be applied to one of the component and the torque transferring member such that the biasing forces cooperatively exert a torque on the torque transferring member to assist in moving the torque transferring member out from the position of equilibrium. Motion of the torque transferring member out from the position of equilibrium may be used to assist in moving the component. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065680 | DEVICE WITH PLANE JETS FOR REDUCING THE NOISE GENERATED BY A JET AIRCRAFT - The invention relates to an aircraft engine having a longitudinal axis (XX′), comprising a wall ( | 2010-03-18 |
20100065681 | Floor Structure in an Aircraft With Continuous Panels - A floor structure in an aircraft includes a plurality of seat rails that extend parallel in relation to each other, and at least one floor panel. The floor panel extends over the seat rails and rests on the individual seat rails. In order to be able to fasten interior equipment components to the seat rails situated underneath the floor panels, the at least one floor panel includes a plurality of through-holes through which the interior equipment components of the aircraft can be locked into place on the seat rails. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065682 | OVERHEAD REST MODULE - A crew rest unit for an aircraft fuselage may be formed as a monocoque shell ( | 2010-03-18 |
20100065683 | Aircraft Passenger Seat - An aircraft passenger seating arrangement comprises a seat having a seat pan and a seat back, the seat being able to adopt a first, substantially upright sitting position and a second, sleeping position in which the seat back and seat pan are substantially horizontal, the arrangement further including a side surface arranged to form part of a substantially flat, horizontal sleeping surface alongside the seat. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065684 | Seating arrangements particularly for passenger aircraft - Seating arrangements for passenger aircraft or other vehicles are detailed. Some arrangements position seats at offsets from a longitudinal axis of a vehicle cabin in either “V” shapes or herringbone patterns. Other arrangements include seats that are staggered within the cabin. Further arrangements include pairs of seat that are both parallel and offset from the longitudinal axis, but are placed so that feet of the port and starboard passengers point away from the fuselage. All embodiments contemplate providing seats that are convertible to beds, although this conversion is not required. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065685 | PRESSURE BULKHEAD FOR AN AEROSPACE FUSELAGE - A pressure bulkhead for an aerospace fuselage includes a bulkhead main portion having an approximately flat shape in unloaded state; and a frame supporting and connecting said bulkhead main portion to the fuselage; wherein said bulkhead main portion includes an airtight structure having a reticular component. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065686 | AIRCRAFT HEATED FLOOR PANEL - An aircraft heated floor panel ( | 2010-03-18 |
20100065687 | Aircraft structure - An aircraft structure comprising: a spar; a primary cover attached to the spar and extending on a first side of the spar; and a secondary cover positioned on a second side of the spar and partially overlapping an internal surface of the primary cover. A bracket is attached to the spar, and a spacer is provided between the secondary cover and the bracket. The spacer is sized so that the primary and secondary covers together form a substantially continuous external aerodynamic surface. The structure provides an alternative to conventional butt-strap arrangements. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065688 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REINFORCING COMPOSITE STRUCTURES - A computer implemented method and apparatus for creating a structural joint for an aircraft. A first composite component and a second composite component are co-joined to form the structural joint for the aircraft. A hole through the first composite component and the second composite component is created. A composite shear pin is placed through the hole. A composite collar is bonded to the composite shear pin with an adhesive. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065689 | LOAD INTRODUCING ELEMENT - A load introducing element for a control surface of an aircraft or a spacecraft comprises at least one first component, one second component and one first flange. At least one surface area of the first component is adapted to conform to the inner contour of the control surface. The second component has at least one eye for receiving bearing means for mounting the control surface. A cross sectional profile of the first component has two or more essentially straight legs, which are connected together on their upper side by an upper edge which is adapted to an upper contour of the control surface. The load introducing element is formed by a fiber reinforced composite material having an integral type of construction in which all of the components are jointly infiltrated and cured. The invention also provides a method for producing such a load introducing element, a drive armature and an aircraft that includes such a load bearing element. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065690 | Emergency evacuation unit - Having described and examined the nature of my invention and the manner in which it is to perform, I claim:
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20100065691 | MODULAR EXTERNALLY ACCESSIBLE BATTERIES FOR AN AIRCRAFT - An aircraft comprises an airframe, an electric propulsion system, a number of battery pods, and an engagement system. The number of battery pods has a physical connector system. The engagement system is attached to the airframe and is capable of engaging the physical connector system to connect the number of battery pods to the airframe. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065692 | DEVICE FOR DETECTING A RISK OF DERAILMENT AND THE RELEASE OF DEBRIS OR OBJECTS ONTO A VEHICLE RAIL GUIDEWAY - A sliding body ( | 2010-03-18 |
20100065693 | Golf Bag Supplementary Arrangement - A golf bag supplementary arrangement includes a base frame affixed to the periphery of a golf bag and having two horizontal lugs arranged in parallel, and a retaining bar pivotally connected between the two horizontal lugs of the base frame and adapted for attaching to a part of the body of the person carrying the golf bag to prohibit vibration of the golf bag when the person carrying the golf bag is walking. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065694 | HINGE ASSEMBLY - A hinge assembly includes a pivot shaft, a first supporting member, a second supporting member, and a positioning member. The first supporting member is rotatably sleeved on the pivot shaft. A positioning protrusion is formed on the first supporting member. The second supporting member is non-rotatably sleeved on the pivot shaft. The positioning member has an elastic portion and is non-rotatably sleeved on the pivot shaft. A positioning groove receiving the positioning protrusion is defined in a periphery of the positioning member and adjacent to the elastic portion. An LCD device is further provided in the present disclose. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065695 | SUPPORT STAND - A support stand includes a stand neck and a stand base. The stand neck includes a base part that is formed at a lower end portion of the stand neck and a plurality of hook tabs that is formed on a side face of the base part and extends downward relative to a top face of the base part. Each of the hook tabs has an engagement prong. The stand base includes a receiving portion that receives the base part of the stand neck within the receiving portion and a plurality of engagement tabs that is formed on a side face of the receiving portion and extends downward relative to a top face of the stand base. Each of the engagement prongs of the hook tabs of the stand neck is engaged from below with respective one of the engagement tabs of the stand base. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065696 | WAFER HOLDER FOR SUPPORTING A SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER DURING A THERMAL TREATMENT PROCESS - A wafer holder for holding a semiconductor wafer during a thermal wafer treatment process. The wafer holder includes at least three wafer supports. Each wafer support includes an upright shaft and a plurality of flexible fibers supported by the shaft in positions such that at least some of the fibers engage the semiconductor wafer when the wafer rests on the wafer supports. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065697 | SIGN SUPPORT - The sign support ( | 2010-03-18 |
20100065698 | HOLDING DEVICE FOR A SPRINKLER NOZZLE - A holding device ( | 2010-03-18 |
20100065699 | MOUNTING DEVICE FOR A SANITARY BODY - The mounting device has a mounting frame ( | 2010-03-18 |
20100065700 | LOCK FOR FIXATION DEVICE - The invention relates to a device ( | 2010-03-18 |
20100065701 | Archery bow holder with ground stand and work table mounting bar - The archery bow holder provides a mechanical means of supporting the bow when the bow is not being held by the archer during hunting, target shooting, or performing maintenance/tuning adjustments to the bow. The bow holder is made to be used in conjunction with; a commercially available hunter's tree stand, or as identified in this application a ground stand, or the work table mounting bar. The archery bow holder components may be made from a various mix of the following materials or from a single group of material; metal, alloy, or a group of synthetic or natural organic materials. During use the bow holder remains in the open position, ready to receive a bow until a bow limb is inserted into the bow holder and by the weight of the bow closes the arms. The mounting shaft and arm assembly can be rotated to hold and support the bow at various angles. The bow will remain in the bow holder until the archer lefts the bow and the arms open automatically allowing for an easy and quite removal of the bow in one single movement. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065702 | Flat panel display support - A flat panel display (FPD) support has a supporting bracket, a connecting assembly pivotally connected to the supporting bracket and a pulling assembly mounted between the supporting bracket and the connecting assembly. The connecting assembly is attached to an FPD to allow the supporting bracket to hold the FPD on a plane. The pulling assembly pulls the supporting bracket toward the panel bracket and a weight of the FPD allows the FPD and the supporting bracket leaning to each other to stay in a specific angle. Therefore, a visual angle of the FPD relative to a plane is easily adjusted by the supporting assembly. The FPD with the FPD support is light, simple and portable and is conveniently packaged for sale or transportation and does not occupy a large area when in use. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065703 | Support Bracket for Use With Wall - The invention is a system for mounting an object to a wall, the system including a bracket. The bracket is configured to mount to a wall stud and includes an elongated flat member mounted to an elongated arm member. The elongated flat member has a length, a width, a thickness, opposite first and second ends, opposite first and second sides and opposite and parallel first and second edges extending along the length of the elongated flat member. The width of the first member is selected to span one of the wall studs such that the opposite first and second edges of the elongated flat member are substantially flush with the wall stud when the first side of the elongated flat member is positioned flat against the wall stud. The elongated arm member has a length, opposite first and second ends, a rectangular cross section and opposite first and second sides, the length of the elongated arm member being substantially longer than the width of the elongated flat member. The elongated arm member and elongated flat member are both made of a steel alloy. The elongated arm member is welded to one side of the elongated flat member between the first and second ends of the elongated flat member by a pair of parallel elongated welds such that the elongated arm extends perpendicularly from the elongated flat member, the first end of the elongated arm being aligned with the first edge of the elongated flat member, the first side of the elongated arm member lying flat against the second side of the elongated flat member. The elongated welds extending parallel from the first end of the elongated arm member to the second edge of the elongated flat member. A plurality of apertures are formed on the elongated flat member extending through the thickness of the elongated flat member. The flat member is secured to the wall stud by a plurality of bolts. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065704 | Roller type adjustable screen fixing apparatus - A roller type adjustable screen fixing apparatus includes: a fixing base, having at least one operating slot; at least one distal plate device disposed at an external side of the distal plate, having at least two distal plates embedded in the operating slot, and slidably moving in the operating slot, and a frame plate disposed at an external side of the distal plate; at least one linking device, having at least one roller installed in the operating slot and linked with the distal plate; and a containing space, defined by the upper frame plates of the corresponding distal plates for installing a screen. The distal plate is contractible in the operating slot for adjusting the containing space, such that the invention can fit screens of different sizes, and provide a convenient replacement and a dynamic adjustment. | 2010-03-18 |
20100065705 | BIASED HINGE FOR EQUIPOISING SUPPORT EQUIPMENT - A support arm having a proximate support arm segment, a distal support arm segment, and a hinge system having a proximate end pivotally connected to the proximate support arm segment at a proximate pivot, and a distal end pivotally connected to the distal support arm segment at a distal pivot. A tensile member having a first end and a second end, has the first end extending into and secured at a termination point on or beyond either the proximate support arm segment or the distal support arm segment, and the second end extending into and secured at a termination point on or beyond either the proximate support arm segment or the distal support arm segment. The tensile member thereby biases one or both of the proximate support arm segment and the distal support arm segment with respect to the hinge system. | 2010-03-18 |