12th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 12 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140076741 | Digital Controller For An Oxygen Sensor - An apparatus and method are provided for digitally controlling an oxygen sensor. The apparatus comprises a computer and digital circuitry coupled to the oxygen sensor to convey information between the oxygen sensor and the computer. The oxygen sensor includes a pump cell and at least one Nernst cell configured to indicate the difference in oxygen content in a test medium relative to a reference medium. A pump control circuit operates the pump cell according to signals received from the computer based on output signals from the Nernst cell. A reference voltage circuit enables the computer to determine impedances of the oxygen sensor as a function of sensor temperature and pressure. A Nernst read circuit transmits output signals from the oxygen sensor digitally to the computer. Digital signals received by the computer are compared with stored reference information so as to determine the oxygen content of the test medium. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076742 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BIOCHEMICAL SENSOR ARRAY WITH INTEGRATED CHARGE BASED READOUT CIRCUITRY - A MEMS biochemical sensor configured to sense a target molecule, such as a DNA molecule, a protein molecule, and a viruses molecule. The biochemical sensor may include a cell and a readout module. The cell is configured to be coupled to a probe molecule, to retain a pre-sensing charge before the probe molecule is exposed to the target molecule, and to retain a sensing charge after the probe molecule is exposed to the target molecule. The readout module is coupled to the cell and configured to generate a measurement signal based on the pre-sensing charge and the sensing charge. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076743 | METAL HYDRIDES WITH EMBEDDED METAL STRUCTURES FOR HYDROGEN STORAGE - One illustrative embodiment includes materials and devices including an integrated hydrogen storage structure including a plurality of continuously connected thermally conductive elongated members, the elongated members including continuously connected openings between the elongated members; and, a metal hydride material contacting the elongated members and disposed within the connected openings and surrounding the elongated members. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076744 | BRUSH - A brush, particularly a vibrating paint brush, has a tapered connection with a detachable brush head. A damper sufficiently flexible to reduce the amplitude of vibration of the grip portion and sufficiently rigid to enable use as an ordinary paint brush may be provided between a grip and an active portion of the handle. The vibration measured at the root of the bristles may have an amplitude in the range 1.5 to 3.5 mm and a frequency in the range 60 to 100 Hz. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076745 | SECURING AND SUPPORTING APPARATUS FOR MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICES - An apparatus for securing and supporting a mobile electronic device, comprising a protective shell for mounting the mobile electronic device, the protective shell comprising a female connector, wherein the female connector having a first magnet; and a support for fixing to a supporting surface, the support comprising a male connector, wherein the male connector having a second magnet; wherein the protective shell and the support constitute a detachable connecting structure; and wherein exposed ends of the first magnet and the second magnet having opposite magnetic poles. When joining the protective shell and the support, the male and female connectors need only be placed in approximate of each other for the connectors to be drawn towards each other and guided into proper alignment by magnetic force exerted by the two magnets. This way, the user's sight on the joining process is not necessary. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076746 | PROTECTIVE CUSHION COVER FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Disclosed is a protective cover for an electronic device that is made from an elastomeric material that simultaneously provides cushioning that would otherwise be provided by a softer, thicker material, while utilizing a single, denser material that provides a slim profile and has sufficient density to conform well to the electronic device and prevent the transmission of impacts with hard surfaces directly to the electronic device. Although a denser material is used for the protective cover, recesses are formed in thicker portions at impact points that create compressible ribs. The ribs provide softer, cushioned portions of the cover in the impact areas, which are capable of absorbing the shock and energy of impacts. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076747 | CASE FOR ENCLOSING A PERSONAL ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND A CARD - Cases for enclosing a personal electronic device may also enclose one or more cards, such as credit cards, payment cards, coupons, receipts, identification cards, merchandise credit cards, gift cards, or business cards through the use of a retaining system. Exemplary cases may include a personal device portion and a card portion that may be co-molded into a one-piece device for holding the personal electronic device and the inserted cards. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076748 | DEVICE FOR STORING TABLET COMPUTER AND SUPPORT THE SAME IN AT LEAST TWO ERECTED/STANDING POSITIONS - A case for a tablet computer is disclosed. The case is configurable to several positions. At each position, the tablet computer may be supported in a variety of angles. In a low stand position, the case provides support and optimal viewing angles for activities such as typing on the tablet computer. In a high loft position, the tablet computer is raised to eye level for ergonomic comfort and ease of use for activities such as viewing videos on the tablet. Mechanisms contained in the case allow the case to be configurable and also provide stability. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076749 | VARIABLE DENSITY DESICCATOR HOUSING AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING - A desiccator housing is formed using a laser and selective laser sintering (SLS) process. The desiccator housing includes a first housing portion having a first wall thickness and a first permeability, and a second housing portion having a second wall thickness and a second permeability. A power of the laser is selected such that the first wall thickness provides the first permeability and the second wall thickness provides the second permeability. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076750 | Cases and Covers for Handheld Electronic Devices - Holders and cases for supporting portable handheld electronic devices, such as but not limited to iPhones®, IPODS®, IPADS™, cellular phones, smart phones and the like. The holders and cases protect a portable handheld electronics device holder with a built on bottle opener fixed to a rear face of the holders and cases. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076751 | HANGING DIAPER PAIL - A hanging pail comprising a hanger pocket comprising an aperture for a hook portion of a clothes hanger, a mouth portion comprising an arcuate edge, a top half and a bottom half, wherein the top half overlaps the bottom half at a center of the mouth portion, a front body portion comprising a semi-rigid frame that extends around the arcuate edge of the mouth portion, a bottom portion comprising a top edge, a zipper that extends around a portion of the top edge of the bottom portion and connects the bottom portion to the front body portion and the rear body portion, and a connecting portion that connects the bottom portion to the rear body panel when the zipper is fully unzipped. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076752 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING GOLF CLUB CHATTER - Disclosed herein are systems and methods for securing golf clubs stored in a golf bag so that their tendency to bounce and collide with one another, and thereby produce an undesirable chattering noise, is greatly reduced or eliminated while the golf bag is being carried. The system includes one or more lines or other extended items that make a serpentine path over the top of the golf bag, winding through the golf club shafts. One end of each of the one or more lines is attached to the carrying strap of the golf bag. When the golf bag carrying strap is raised to lift the golf bag off the ground for carrying, tension is placed on the lines and they are caused to retract, securing the clubs against the dividers so that they do not move around and collide with one another as the golf bag is being carried. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076753 | Case for wireless devices - A device for protecting wireless communication devices having a two piece cover, a front cover and a rear cover. The front cover has a shaped body with a front cover lip; the rear cover has a shaped rear body with a rear cover lip. Each front and rear cover have sides that have a curved shape. Each front and rear cover have tops and bottoms that have a curved shape. The device further has at least one tab located on an edge of the front cover lip and at least one complementary tab detent located in the edge of the rear cover lip. The device further has at least one tab located on an edge of the rear cover lip and at least one complementary tab detent located in the edge of the front cover lip. The device further includes bumpers attached to at least one corner of the device. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076754 | Container Having Metal Outer Frame For Supporting L-Shaped Tracks - A container for holding product therein during shipment and being returned for reuse has a metal frame, tracks having horizontal and vertical portions attached to opposite sides of the frame, and a plurality of support member assemblies extending between the tracks. Each support member assembly comprises end members located at the ends of a tubular support, the end members being movable in the tracks. The support member assemblies support dunnage for supporting products for storage or shipment. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076755 | Container Having Metal Outer Frame For Supporting L-Shaped Tracks - A container for holding product therein during shipment and being returned for reuse has a metal frame, tracks having horizontal and vertical portions attached to opposite sides of the frame, and a plurality of support member assemblies extending between the tracks. Each support member assembly comprises end members located at the ends of a tubular support, the end members being movable in the tracks. The support member assemblies support dunnage for supporting products for storage or shipment. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076756 | SCOOP HOLDER FOR HOLDING A SCOOP DEVICE ADAPTED TO SCOOP CAT LITTER FROM A CAT LITTER BOX AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SCOOP HOLDER - A scoop holder for holding a scoop device for scooping waste-contaminated cat litter from a cat litter box, and a method of manufacturing the scoop holder, is disclosed. The scoop holder includes a receptacle adapted to be coupled to a support structure, such as a side panel of the litter box, a wall, or other vertical structure. The receptacle defines a cavity therein for holding the scoop device. A liner is adapted to line the cavity so as to prevent waste-contaminated litter particles that fall from the scoop device from collecting in the receptacle. In one embodiment, the liner is removable from the receptacle, and is separately cleanable. In another embodiment, the liner is affixed to a liner housing, and is outwardly extendable therefrom for cleaning the liner. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076757 | STORAGE CONTAINER FOR BATHROOM CLEANING UTENSILS - A storage container that contains bathroom cleaning utensils such as a plunger and toilet brush. The storage container may include an internal compartment, with a notch on the bottom surface of the bottom end. The notch may be shaped to fit around the edge of a toilet bowl. A channel may lead into the internal compartment. Therefore, a user may secure the storage container to the edge of the toilet bowl and either plunge or clean the toilet. Then the user may place the plunger or toilet brush into the compartment over the channel. Therefore, any dripping water may be caught by the channel. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076758 | Needle Assembly Storage Device - Described is a needle assembly storage device comprising a case adapted to contain an array of needle assembly storage compartments and a band rotatably disposed on the case, the band including an opening. Rotation of the band aligns the opening with an opening of a given one of the needle assembly storage compartments. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076759 | SYSTEM MODULE OF A STORAGE SYSTEM - A system module of a storage system includes at least one frame unit, at least one first function unit, at least one second function unit, and at least one positioning unit. The at least one frame unit has at least one coupling unit configured to be coupled, so as to be disconnectable by an operator, to at least one part of at least one further system module. The function units are configured to be disposed, at least in one operating state, at least substantially inside a space spanned by the frame unit. The at least one positioning unit is configured to position the function units, independently of each other, relative to the frame unit, in at least two at least substantially differing positions. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076760 | SHIPPING CONTAINER LOAD SECURER - A shipping container load securer including a pallet and a box connected to the pallet and filled with a filler, wherein the pallet and the box are substantially the same size and shape as a standardized crate used to package goods for transport in shipping containers. The load securer fills voids in partially filled shipping containers, enabling the shipping container to be tightly packed and preventing the movement of goods-filled crates during transport to minimize damage to the goods in the crates in the shipping container, while not substantially increasing the weight of the container. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076761 | RELATING TO STILLAGES - An apparatus for supporting a stillage wherein the apparatus includes a pallet rack ( | 2014-03-20 |
20140076762 | STACKABLE DISPLAY CONTAINER WITH BOX PORTION AND REINFORCING LAYER - A display container is provided herein which includes a box portion having a base portion, spaced-apart upstanding first and second end panels, and spaced-apart upstanding first and second edge panels extending from the base portion. The first and second edge panels are located between the first and second end panels, and the first edge panel extends a lesser distance from the base portion than the first end panel and the second end panel. The display container also includes a reinforcing layer which may be formed of a material stronger in shear than the material of the box portion. Advantageously, with the subject invention, a display container may be formed which has greater strength both for product containment and stacking as compared to the prior art. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076763 | Peelable Pouch for Transdermal Patch and Method for Packaging - A peelable pouch comprises a substantially flat enclosure formed by first and second opposing flexible plies. A seat extends along at least a portion of a perimeter of the opposing plies. A flat, flexible transdermal patch is disposed in the enclosure and includes a bioactive agent dissolved in a layer of adhesive. A release liner is removably attached over the layer of adhesive, with the patch and the release liner together being sufficiently resilient so as to generate a spring force when displaced out of the flat configuration. The first and the second plies each being separable along the seal and displaceable out of the flat configuration. The spring force generated by the patch and the release liner being sufficient to overcome an adhesive force created by the adhesive between the patch and one of the plies. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076764 | GLASS SUBSTRATE TRANSPORTING BOX - A glass substrate transporting box includes a frame. Dustproof boards are arranged on at least one side surface in side surfaces of the frame. The dustproof boards arranged on the frame are installable to or removable from the frame. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076765 | PACKAGE CUSHIONING STRUCTURE FOR MODULE - The present invention provides a package cushioning structure for module, which includes a cushioning bottom board and a cushioning band extending through and interlaced with the cushioning bottom board. The cushioning bottom board forms a plurality of spaced hollow sections. A bar is arranged between every two of the hollow sections. The cushioning band includes a plurality of cushioning air columns mounted thereto at interval. The cushioning air columns are arranged alternately on the bars. To package, modules are each positioned on and born by each of the bars between two of the cushioning air columns. An alternate package cushioning structure includes a cushioning bottom board having a surface forming slots and a cushioning band arranged in the cushioning bottom board through a mounting channel extending through the bottom board from a side surface thereof. Air columns of the cushioning band are located in the slots to support modules. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076766 | ROTATING SHRINK LABEL WITH INCLUDED DOSING DEVICE - The present application is directed to rotating shrink label systems for a container for a medication. A base label may be adhered to the container. The base label may have a front surface, with a plurality of sets of measurement information in numerical form and graphical form printed on the front surface. A rotating top label constructed from a material that shrinks when exposed to an energy source may cover at least a portion of base label. The top label may have first and second transparent windows displaying at least one of the sets of measurement information. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076767 | Energy Absorbent Protective Structure - An improved protective structure has a significant energy absorbing or dissipating capability. The protective structure is a composite article that is deformable to a certain extent for the protection of the human body and other objects wherein the protective structure of the invention absorbs significant energies associated with impacts and sudden movements. The protective structure includes a primary or outer container or vessel which is deformable and has an inner compartment which preferably includes a defined volume of an incompressible fluid. The volume of fluid also includes compressible or deformable hollow capsules distributed within the interior compartment, wherein the liquid serves as the interstitial medium which surrounds the capsules, wherein the hollow capsules are filled with a compressible gas. During impacts or sudden movements, forces are distributed from the outer container wall to the interstitial liquid which distributes the forces to the capsules. The capsules themselves can deform when subjected to the energies and forces such that the entire composite structure serves to absorb and dissipate the energies and forces. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076768 | Methods and Materials for the Functionalization of Polymers and Coatings Including Functionalized Polymer - The disclosure provides a functionalized polymer for use in coating compositions and a method for making the functionalized polymer. In some embodiments, the functionalized polymer is a water-dispersible polymer, more preferably a water-dispersible polyester polymer, having one or more side groups including one or more salt groups. Packaging containers (e.g., food or beverage cans) comprising the functionalized polymer and methods of making such containers are also provided. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076769 | MULTI-LAYERED SUSPENSION PACKAGE ASSEMBLY - A packaging device can include a resilient member formed of two layers of different material, connected together such as by heat sealing. The layers can be made from different materials or the same materials having different thicknesses, modules of elasticity, melting index, or other different characteristics. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076770 | PACKAGING DEVICE FOR MODULE - The present invention provides a module packaging device, which includes a cushioning device and a plurality of retention boards mounted to the cushioning device. The cushioning device includes a plurality of interconnected cushioning air columns of which every two adjacent ones of the cushioning air columns form a receiving channel. The retention boards are respectively mounted in the receiving channels. Modules are each positioned on each of the cushioning air columns between two of the retention boards. The module packaging device uses a cushioning device that is composed of cushioning air columns and the cushioning device, which is of a U-shaped, is positioned in a package box to provide an effect of cushioning and protection to opposite ends and bottom of the liquid crystal modules or the backlight modules received therein to protect the liquid crystal modules or the backlight modules from damages caused by external forces. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076771 | LCD GLASS SUBSTRATE STORAGE TRAY - A liquid crystal display (LCD) glass substrate storage tray includes a frame. Each surface of the frame is configured with a plate, the frame and the plates enclose to form a closed box, and the plate on surface of the frame where an opening for the LCD glass substrate to be selected and placed is located forms a box door that is installable or removable from the frame. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076772 | CASING AND ASSEMBLING METHOD OF CASING - An outer circumferential groove filled with a seal material and an opposing surface portion are provided to a fit portion of a case. A tray portion opposing the opposing surface portion and an outer circumferential protruding portion entering the outer circumferential groove are provided to the fit portion of a cover. Master dimensions are set so that an outer clearance A0 between the outer circumferential groove and the outer circumferential protruding portion is always larger than an inner clearance C0 between the former and the latter when center positions of the cover and the case coincide with each other. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076773 | FRONT OPENING UNIFIED POD HAVING INLET AND OUTLET - The present invention relates to a front opening unified pod (FOUP) having three inlets and one outlet. Thereby, the mixing region for the moisture, oxygen, and the filled gas can be increased and the removing efficiency of the moisture and oxygen in the FOUP is enhanced, improving the purging efficiency of the FOUP and shortening the time required for filling gas. In addition, the humidity in the FOUP can be reduced effectively so that the internal environment of the FOUP can reach rapidly the condition suitable for semiconductor fabrication. Hence, the subsequent semiconductor processes can be performed and the preparation time for the processes can be shortened. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076774 | Automated Wafer Container with Equipment Interface - An improved wafer container is provided for use with automated equipment. The container includes a top lid that engages with a bottom base to form a housing having an inner cavity for storing semiconductor wafers. The lid includes a handling member that interfaces with automated equipment for engaging the lid with the base and removing the lid from the base. The container includes latches that can be actuated between a locked position and an unlocked position by automated equipment. The container can hold multiple stacked wafer separator rings, each of which has automation tabs extending outwardly from the ring outer rim. The automation tabs allow for automated equipment to transfer the wafer separators rings between the container and a staging area. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076775 | PACKAGE BOX OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY MODULE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display module package box, which includes a box body, a retention frame arranged in the box body, and a cushioning device arranged in the box body. The retention frame forms therein a plurality of receiving channels corresponding to liquid crystal display modules. The cushioning device includes a first cushioning unit arranged between the retention frame and the box body and a plurality of second cushioning units arranged between the liquid crystal display modules and between the liquid crystal display modules and the box body. The first cushioning unit is formed by connecting a plurality of first air columns. The second cushioning unit is formed by connecting a plurality of second air columns. The liquid crystal display module package box provides a fully covered protection to the liquid crystal display modules received in the box body. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076776 | CHARACTERIZATION OF PRE-REFINED CRUDE DISTILLATE FRACTIONS - Methods are provided for qualifying jet fuel fractions that are derived at least in part from pre-refined crude oil sources. The methods allow for determination of the stability of a jet fuel product over time by using an accelerated aging test. The methods are beneficial for verifying the stability of a jet fuel fraction that includes a portion derived from a pre-refined crude oil. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076777 | UPGRADING PROPERTIES OF ASPHALTS WITH WAX - Methods are provided for upgrading the quality of an asphalt containing wax. This can include base asphalts that naturally contain elevated levels of wax, such as base asphalts with a wax content of at least 3.0 wt %. Additionally or alternately, this can include a base asphalt containing subsequently added wax. Wax generated at a refinery can be added to an asphalt along with a pour point depressant to form an asphalt product. The additional wax can reduce the viscosity of the asphalt product at higher temperatures so that the asphalt product can be mixed and stored at a tower temperature. Additionally, the pour point depressant can unexpectedly improve the low temperature properties of the wax-containing asphalt product. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076778 | MULTI-STAGE REFORMING PROCESS TO PRODUCE HIGH OCTANE GASOLINE - The present invention relates to a multistage reforming process to produce a high octane product. A naphtha boiling range feedstock is processed in a multi-stage reforming process, in which the process involves at least 1) a penultimate stage for reforming the naphtha feedstock to produce a penultimate effluent 2) a final stage for further reforming at least a portion of the penultimate effluent 3) a regeneration step for the final stage catalyst. The severity of the penultimate stage can be increased during final stage catalyst regeneration in order to maintain the target RON of the reformate product and avoid reactor downtime. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076779 | Method Of Forming A Paraffinic Product By Thermal Cracking - The present invention relates to a method of forming a paraffinic product that involves providing a paraffinic feed having an initial average carbon chain length of greater than 20. The paraffinic feed is a product of a gas-to-liquids process, such as a Fischer-Tropsch process. The paraffinic feed is subjected to thermal cracking at elevated temperature and elevated pressure, which results in the formation of a paraffinic product. The paraffinic product has a final average carbon chain length of less than or equal to 20. The paraffinic product is typically liquid at ambient temperature, such as at 25° C. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076780 | CATALYST FOR USE IN HYDROTREATMENT, COMPRISING METALS FROM GROUPS VIII AND VIB, AND PREPARATION WITH CITRIC ACID AND C1-C4 DIALKYL SUCCINATE - A catalyst which comprises an amorphous support based on alumina, a C1-C4 dialkyl succinate, citric acid and optionally acetic acid, phosphorus and a hydrodehydrogenating function comprising at least one element from group VIII and at least one element from group VIB; the most intense bands comprised in the Raman spectrum of the catalyst are characteristic of Keggin heteropolyanions (974 and/or 990 cm | 2014-03-20 |
20140076781 | REGENERATION OR REMANUFACTURING CATALYST FOR HYDROGENATION PROCESSING HEAVY OIL, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - Provided are a regenerated or remanufactured catalyst for hydrogenating heavy oil or residual oil obtained by effectively removing a sulfur component, a carbonaceous component and a vanadium component, which are present in a spent catalyst for hydrogenating the heavy oil or residual oil and thus degrade an activity thereof, a method of manufacturing the same, and a method of hydrogenating heavy oil or residual oil using the same. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076782 | REGENERATED HYDROGENATION REFINING CATALYST AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A HYDROCARBON OIL - The regenerated hydrotreating catalyst of the present invention is a regenerated hydrotreating catalyst prepared by regenerating a used hydrotreating catalyst comprising a catalyst support including an amorphous composite metal oxide having solid acidity, and at least one active metal supported by the catalyst support and selected from noble metals of Group 8 to Group 10 in the periodic table, wherein the regenerated hydrotreating catalyst contains 0.05 to 1% by mass of a carbonaceous substance in terms of a carbon atom based on the entire mass of the catalyst. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076783 | HIGH ACTIVITY HYDRODESULFURIZATION CATALYST, A METHOD OF MAKING A HIGH ACTIVITY HYDRODESULFURIZATION CATALYST, AND A PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING AN ULTRA-LOW SULFUR DISTILLATE PRODUCT - A method of making a high activity catalyst composition suitable for use in the hydrodesulfurization of a middle distillate feed, such as diesel fuel, having a high concentration of sulfur, to thereby provide a low sulfur middle distillate product. The method comprises heat treating aluminum hydroxide under controlled temperature conditions thereby converting the aluminum hydroxide to gamma-alumina to give a converted aluminum hydroxide, and controlling the fraction of converted aluminum hydroxide that is gamma-alumina. A catalytic component is incorporated into the converted aluminum hydroxide to provide an intermediate, which is heat treated to provide the high activity catalyst composition. The high activity catalyst composition can suitably be used in the hydrodesulfurization of a middle distillate feed containing a high sulfur concentration. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076784 | METHOD OF PROCESSING A BITUMINOUS FEED WITH FEEDBACK CONTROL - Described herein is a method of processing a bituminous feed. The bituminous feed is contacted with an extraction liquor to form a slurry. A bridging liquid is added to the slurry, and, solids are agitated within the slurry to form an agglomerated slurry comprising agglomerates and a low solids bitumen extract. In order to control agglomeration, the slurry is analyzed and the processing method is adjusted accordingly. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076785 | HEAT AND WATER INTEGRATION PROCESS FOR AN OIL SAND OPERATION WITH DIRECT STEAM INJECTION OF WARM THICKENER OVERLFOW - A heat and water integration process for an oil sands operation includes subjecting warm oil sands tailings to thickening to produce thickened tailings and warm water overflow; subjecting the warm water overflow to direct steam injection (DSI) to produce steam heated thickener water; providing the steam heated thickener water to a unit of the oil sand operation; and producing the warm oil sands tailings from the oil sands operation. The oil sand operation unit may be an oil sand ore preparation unit and/or a primary separation unit, for example. The heated thickener water can replace water taken from pond inventories. The DSI may use excess, low quality, wet, low pressure and/or blow-down steam. The process enables improved heat and water usage in oil sands processing. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076786 | Device for Removing Dirt and Short Fibers from a Fibrous Material - The invention relates to a method and a device for separating dirt and short fibers from a fiber material ( | 2014-03-20 |
20140076787 | Suspended Marine Platform - A method and apparatus in accordance with the present invention comprising a decomposable compound such as hydrogen peroxide as a primary additive to generate bubbles within a fluid medium such as an aqueous slurry of tar sands. The size range of bubbles, density (number per unit volume) of bubbles, and rate of in situ generation of bubbles are controlled by controlling process variables including but not limited to temperature, concentration of decomposable compound, residence time, pressure, viscous shear, ratio of water to solids, pH of the slurry, shape of the separation vessel, and addition of one or more secondary process additives. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076788 | SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM - A sewage treatment system, includes a solid-liquid separating apparatus having a first filtering medium packed layer packed with a predetermined filtering medium, configured to separate sewage to be treated into solid components and filtered water by passing the sewage through the first filtering medium packed layer upward, and configured to reversely wash the first filtering medium packed layer by passing the filtered water through the first filtering medium packed layer downward at a predetermining timing; and a trickling filter installed on a latter stage of the solid-liquid separating apparatus, having a second filtering medium packed layer packed with a filtering medium attached with microorganisms, and configured to allow the filtered water to fall into the second filtering medium packed layer by trickling the filtered water onto an upper part of the second filtering medium packed layer to flow out treated water acquired by biotreating the filtered water by the microorganisms. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076789 | POOL CLEANING APPARATUS - A pool cleaning apparatus that may include a filter; a entrapment cell; a first impeller; a first pump motor arranged to rotate the first impeller; a driving unit arranged to move the pool cleaning robot; a structural element; and an external housing that comprises a first inlet and a first outlet; wherein the filter and the structural element define a first space that has a spiral portion; wherein the first impeller is arranged to rotate along a first rotational direction; wherein rotation of the first impeller along a first rotational direction causes fluid be drawn through the first inlet and to follow a spiral path within the first space during which a first portion of the fluid is filtered by the filter to provide filtered fluid that exits through the first outlet of the housing; and a second portion of the fluid follows the spiral path until entering the entrapment cell. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076790 | CENTRAL CORE ELEMENT FOR A SEPARATOR ASSEMBLY - The present invention provides a central core element a reverse osmosis separator assembly useful in the purification of fluids. The central core element comprises an outer exhaust conduit defining an inner volume and a gap starting at a first end thereof the outer exhaust conduit and extending towards a second end of the outer exhaust conduit, and an inner porous exhaust conduit comprising a first section disposed within the inner volume defined by outer exhaust conduit and a second section configured to abut and seal the first end of the outer exhaust conduit. The outer exhaust conduit is configured to accommodate a first portion of a membrane stack assembly within the inner volume and a second portion of the membrane stack assembly disposed as a multilayer membrane assembly on an outer surface of the outer exhaust conduit. The gap is configured to accommodate a transition section of the membrane stack assembly linking the first portion of the membrane stack assembly with the second portion of the membrane stack assembly. The first inner porous exhaust conduit section is configured to be disposed within the first portion of the membrane stack assembly. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076791 | APPARATUS FOR CLEANING A SUBMERGED SURFACE WITH A DISCONNECTABLE DIRTY CIRCUIT - The invention relates to a device for cleaning an immersed surface comprising a hollow body and members for driving the body over the immersed surface; a filtration chamber which is provided in the hollow body and which has: a liquid inlet; a liquid outlet; a hydraulic circuit for the flow of liquid between the inlet and the outlet through a filtering device ( | 2014-03-20 |
20140076792 | FLUID TREATMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USING SAME - A portable or personal water filtration apparatus comprising upstream and downstream removable reservoirs and a back-washable filter interposed therebetween. The back-washable filter comprises an upstream housing and a downstream housing, inside of which are fitted a membrane cartridge and a slidable plunger. The downstream housing is rotatable relative to the upstream housing between two or more positions, including, for example, an open flow position, a closed flow position, and a back-wash position. In the back-wash position, the downstream housing and plunger are axially extendable relative to the upstream housing and membrane cartridge in order to obtain a charge of clean water in the plunger that may then be forced backward through the filter by returning the plunger to its starting position. This dislodges accumulated debris from the membrane and reverses the slowing of flow observed through repeated use of the filter. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076793 | PRESSURIZED HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE MODULE - Disclosed is a pressurized hollow fiber membrane module that exhibits improved durability without deterioration in packing density and permeation flux. The pressurized hollow fiber membrane module includes a composite hollow fiber membrane comprising a tubular braid woven by yarns and a polymer film on the outer surface of the tubular braid. At least one of the yarns comprises a small-fineness filament and a medium-fineness filament. The small-fineness filament comprises first monofilaments having a fineness of 0.01 to 0.4 denier, the medium-fineness filament comprises second monofilaments having a fineness higher than 0.4 and lower than 3, and a ratio of thickness of the tubular braid to outer diameter thereof is 15 to 35%. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076794 | FILTERING DEVICE - The invention relates to a filtering device comprising multiple filtering embodiments ( | 2014-03-20 |
20140076795 | SUCTION FILTER MEDIA OVERMOLDED INTEGRALLY WITH TRAY - A filter assembly includes a housing including a first cover and a second cover, a grid located in the housing including interconnected ribs and strips, and filter media integral with the grid, including a peripheral width located between the covers. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076796 | VARIABLE GEOMETRY CENTRIFUGAL BASKET - A screen assembly including at least upper and lower portions each with screen elements having different orientations. The upper portion includes a first plurality of screen elements and the lower portion includes a second plurality of screen elements. The upper and lower portions are coupled together to form a truncated conical arrangement. At least one screen element of the first plurality of screen elements has a different angular orientation relative to a plane that is perpendicular to the central longitudinal axis than at least one screen element of the second plurality of screen elements has relative to the plane. In some such embodiments, the screen elements of the second plurality of screen elements are each oriented to be in a respective plane that is substantially perpendicular to the central longitudinal axis. The screen assembly may be configured to separate a liquid component and a solid component from a slurry. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076797 | FIBER-BASED FILTER WITH NANONET LAYER AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF - A fiber-based filter includes a filter-based porous body having a most frequent pore size from 0.1 μm to 2 μm in a pore size distribution, in which a ultra-fine fiber is continuously and randomly disposed, and a filtration layer having a nanonet layer having a most frequent pore size from 1 nm to 100 nm in the pore size distribution, in which an anisotropic nanomaterial is disposed. The fiber-based filter may have excellent filtration efficiency capable of removing even super-fine particles such as virus and heavy metal, and may show high permeation flow rate due to low loss of pressure during the filtration, and may be usefully used as an air and water-treatment filter. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076798 | Tribologically Loadable Mixed Noble Metal/Metal Layers - The invention relates to a method for producing a noble metal/metal layer, which has particularly advantageous tribological properties, comprising the following steps: providing a bath for the currentless deposition of a metal layer, which additionally contains at least one type of noble metal ions; introducing a substrate into the bath; and applying a voltage. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076799 | Methods and Systems for Treating Wastewater - A method and system of treating wastewater is disclosed. The treatment system has a nitrification-denitrification system comprising a sorption system, a biofilm system, and an anaerobic digester that digests or converts at least a portion of the solids or sludge from the sorption system and biofilm system. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076800 | High Efficiency Wastewater Treatment System - A High Efficiency Treatment System (system) wastewater treatment system including a tank with a multi-chamber tank system that is designed to remove pollutants from domestic wastewater. Embodiments of the system consist of a pretreatment chamber, which is in fluid communication with an anoxic chamber, which is in fluid communication with an aeration chamber, which is in fluid communication with a clarification chamber, and which is in fluid communication with a polishing chamber. The system can be applied to remove suspended solids, BOD, ammonia, nitrate and TKN from wastewater. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076801 | METHOD FOR THE SEPARATION OF LITTER FROM LIQUID MANURE - A method of separating litter from liquid manure includes feeding liquid manure to a separator and squeezing particulate material from the liquid manure with the separator at a separating rate. The method also includes feeding the material to a litter reclamation plant, heating the particulate material within the litter reclamation plant from an entry temperature to a target temperature, and maintaining the particulate material above the target temperature for a duration of time. The method further includes measuring the entry temperature for a predetermined measuring interval and adjusting the separating rate if the entry temperature increases or decreases within the measuring interval. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076802 | OPERATING METHOD FOR AIR DIFFUSION APPARATUS - An operating method for an air diffusion apparatus is provided. The apparatus has an air diffusion unit disposed within an activated sludge aeration tank and a gas supply unit. The air diffusion unit is configured to equip one or more air diffusion pipes disposed substantially horizontally. The air diffusion pipe has a plurality of air diffusion holes on a vertical upper portion and one or more sludge passage holes on a lower portion. Gas is supplied from the gas supply unit to the air diffusion unit so that a pressure head ΔH of each air diffusion pipe has a value of 0.2 to 0.9 times an inner diameter d | 2014-03-20 |
20140076803 | "IN-SITU" BALLAST WATER TREATMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method and system for ballast water treatment is provided for a vessel with a ballast water tank system that pumps water from a local environment through a conduit into at least one tank on the vessel. The water contains aerobic micro-organisms from the local environment. Oxygen-containing gas is introduced into the water as it is pumped through the conduit. Living organisms are added into the water with the oxygen-containing gas introduced therein. As a result, the tank receives a mixture of the water with the oxygen-containing gas introduced therein and the living organisms added thereto. The living organisms are selected to consume (i) the aerobic micro-organisms, (ii) oxygen dissolved in the water, and (iii) food sources for the aerobic micro-organisms contained in the water. A vacuum is applied to the tank's ullage space at a point in time after the mixture is received in the tank. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076804 | Struvite Precipitation Using Magnesium Sacrificial Anode - A method precipitating struvite in wastewater uses a magnesium sacrificial anode as the only source of magnesium. A high-purity magnesium alloy cast anode was found to be very effective in recovery of high-quality struvite from water solutions and from supernatant of fermented waste activated sludge (WAS) from a high-purity oxygen wastewater treatment plant. Struvite purity was strongly dependent on the pH and the electric current density. Optimum pH of the solution was in the broad range between 7.5 and 9.3, with struvite purities exceeding 90%. The precipitated struvite accumulated in bulk liquid with significant portions attached to the anode surface from which regular detachment occurred. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076805 | Use of a Fiber Conduit Contactor for Metal and/or Metalloid Extraction - Processes are provided which utilize fiber conduit reactors/contactors to effect extraction of metal element/s, metal compound/s, metalloid element/s, and/or metalloid compound/s from a fluid stream. In particular, methods are provided which include introducing a first stream comprising an extractant and a second stream comprising a metal element, a metal compound, a metalloid element, and/or a metalloid compound into a conduit reactor proximate a plurality of fibers. The second stream is substantially immiscible with the first stream. The streams are introduced into the conduit reactor such that they are in contact and the extractant of the first stream interacts with the second stream to extract the metal element, a metal compound, a metalloid element, and/or a metalloid compound from the second stream into the first stream. The method further includes receiving the first and second streams in collection vessel/s and withdrawing separately the first and second streams from collection vessel/s. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076806 | AERATOR DEVICE, FILTER SYSTEM INCLUDING AN AERATOR DEVICE, AND METHOD OF AERATING A FILTER USING AN AERATOR DEVICE - An aerator device, a filter system including an aerator device, and a method of aerating a filter using an aerator device. An aerator device includes a housing having an interior cavity; a first plate in the interior cavity and defining a first cavity portion and a second cavity portion thereof, the first plate being spaced apart from a top wall of the housing to define a first opening through which the first cavity portion and the second cavity portion are in communication; and a second plate defining a first chamber and a second chamber of the second cavity portion, the first chamber and the second chamber being in communication with each other below a lower end of the second plate, the housing having an inlet opening in communication with the first cavity portion, and an outlet opening through the top wall and in communication with the second chamber. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076807 | LOW ENERGY REVERSE OSMOSIS PROCESS - We provide a system and method for reverse osmosis treatment of water, including seawater and brackish water. Methods and systems of embodiments of the invention may include, for example, ultrafiltration followed by biofoulant removal, both of which precede reverse osmosis. In preferred embodiments the system is run at a low flux. For example, a flux of 6-8 GFD may be used with seawater. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076808 | SANITARY COLD WATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A system and method for purifying and recycling cold wastewater is provided. Contaminated wastewater is supplied at a temperature no greater than 45° F. through an ultrafilter. The wastewater is fed through a reverse osmosis filter unit. Clean water is reused whereas reject is sent to disposal. Cold temperatures are preferably maintained throughout the treatment process. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076809 | APPARATUS FOR RECOVERY OF MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FORWARD OSMOSIS MEMBRANE FILTRATION USING THE SAME - The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for recovery of magnetic nanoparticles, which recovers and reuses magnetic nanoparticles in a forward osmosis membrane filtration process using magnetic nanoparticles as a draw solute so as to maintain a consistent concentration of the draw solution and separate and discharge high-purity fresh water, and apparatus and method for forward osmosis membrane filtration using the same. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076810 | Systems and Methods for Use of Water with Switchable Ionic Strength - Methods and systems for use of switchable water, which is capable of reversibly switching between an initial ionic strength and an increased ionic strength, is described. The disclosed methods and systems can be used, for example, in distillation-free removal of water from solvents, solutes, or solutions, desalination, clay settling, viscosity switching, etc. Switching from lower to higher ionic strength is readily achieved using low energy methods such as bubbling with C0 | 2014-03-20 |
20140076811 | DIALYSIS DEVICE - A dialysis device, and a method of dialyzing a sample, are provided. The dialysis device includes a body having a first and a second major side, a first and a second retaining ring disposed on the first and second major sides, and a first and second dialysis membrane disposed, and held between the first and second major sides and the first and second retaining rings. The dialysis device is configured to receive a sample to enable dialysis of the sample across the membranes. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076812 | WATER PURIFICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems, components, and methods for water purification are described. In an example, a system may comprise an array of light-focusing elements, a heat exchanger device, a turbine generator, or other components and can be configured to use a source of light (e.g., sunlight) to filter water from a water source and to generate electricity. The electricity may be looped back into the system to further produce filtered water. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076813 | TWIN TANK WATER TREATMENT METHOD - Embodiments of the invention provide a twin tank water treatment system and method. The water treatment system includes first tank with a first set of sensors and a first resin bed, a second tank with a second set of sensors and a second resin bed, and a valve assembly with a flow meter and a controller in communication with the first set of sensors, the second set of sensors, and the flow meter. The method includes determining when the resin beds are exhausted based on input from the flow meter, the sensors, and a water hardness setting. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076814 | CYANURIC ACID REMOVAL - A filter media component containing activated carbon, which undesirably filters chlorine from water in an aquatic reservoir in which a minimum level of chlorine is desired to be maintained, is inserted into a fluid pumping path for water from the reservoir to reduce levels of cyanuric acid without purging the reservoir. Once levels of cyanuric acid drop below a target reduced concentration, chlorine and other required chemicals may be added to the water to restore proper water balance and increase the chlorine concentration to at least the minimum level of chlorine desired to be maintained. The process, which can be completed in a short period of time with sufficient quantities of activated carbon, need only be performed seasonally of periodically and avoids waste and potential damage associated with purging and replacing the water within the aquatic reservoir to reduce cyanuric acid levels. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076815 | SEPARATION OF OIL DROPLETS FROM WATER - A treatment process for an aqueous phase which contains oil droplets, possibly of 10-50 nm diameter, in aqueous flow from a hydrocyclone separator, comprises bringing the water into contact with a surface subdivided into areas of differing surface energy and affinity for oil and such that when the surface is submerged in an aqueous phase, oil droplets adhere to it with an apparent contact angle in a range from 90 to 150 degrees. Areas of the surface may reduce their affinity for oil in response to an external stimulus causing controlled release of droplets adhering to the surface. The process may be used to remove oil droplets from water produced by an oil or gas well, after downhole oil water separation or after production at a at a well head, or used to coalesce droplets in such water to a larger size to enable conventional separation. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076816 | APPARATUS AND CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED SYSTEM - A novel apparatus for an ion exchange system is provided. The apparatus comprises a first column for housing a first fluidized bed through which particles are flowed countercurrently to an ion-containing fluid to yield ion-loaded particles, a second column through which the ion-loaded particles are flowed countercurrently to an eluent fluid to yield regenerated particles, and a transport section which transfers the regenerated particles for re-introduction into the first column to repeat the ion exchange cycle in a continuous manner. A continuous method of ion exchange is also provided. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076817 | Method and System for Treating Produced Water - Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for purifying produced water, comprising a closed loop cation exchange unit, a closed loop anion exchange unit, and an intermediate degasifier. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076818 | Method and apparatus for magnetic activation of water based solutions and materials - A device for crystalline-enhanced magnetic activation of water and aqueous materials includes a target material container, a crystalline material, an optional conductive metal layer, and a magnet, whereby a target material can be activated by the magnetic field, which radiates through the crystalline material and the conductive metal layer. A method for magnetic activation includes exposing a target material to a magnetic field, while heating the target material, then subsequently cooling the target material to an ambient temperature, and finally actively cooling the target material. Also disclosed is a method to replicate a natural water source, comprising analyzing a natural water source, adding minerals to pure water, heating the re-mineralized pure water, cooling the target material water, while the target material water is exposed to a crystalline-enhanced magnetic field. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076819 | Magnetically Separable Synthetic Nanoparticles for Water Treatment - New multifunctional synthetic nanoparticles are adapted for water treatment, with environmentally-functional layers, optional capping layers, and synthetic antiferromagnetic cores. With high surface-to-volume ratio, these nanoparticles are very efficient in water treatment, including but not restricted to water disinfection, photo-catalytic degradation, contaminant adsorption, etc., in the context of drinking water or waste water treatment. Meanwhile, their magnetic cores are highly magnetically responsive and can be separated by 99% within 10 min using simply a permanent magnet. Moreover, once some non-degradable chemicals (like perfluorinated compounds) are absorbed to the particle surface, these chemicals can be further degraded by introducing hyperthermia or eddy current heating. These particles can be redispersed after the external magnetic field is removed, and can therefore be used in a regenerative treatment process, substantially reducing the cost while eliminating contaminated byproducts. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076820 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AERATION - An aeration device includes a foam suppression system. The aeration device raises the level of oxygen and air in a body of substantially liquid fluid, such as an aerating-oxidizing pond, lagoon, basin, or reservoir. The aeration system is buoyant and floats on top of the body of fluid. The foam suppression system includes a submersible grinder pump coupled to a sprinkler head by a fluid conduction system. The submersible grinder pump draws in a fluid from beneath a surface of a body of fluid and pumps it through the fluid conduction system and out of the sprinkler head. The sprinkler head sprays the fluid drawn from beneath the fluid surface far outward onto an area surrounding the aeration device with surface foam. The falling water or fluid sprayed from the sprinkler head quashes the surface foam. The sprinkler head is disposed in a location on the aeration device suitable to suppress the surface foam. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076821 | Process for Recovering Organics From Wastewater - Disclosed is a method for treating wastewater by removing organics, such as water-soluble organics, by catalysis in the presence of an acid. Removal of such organics is in the form of a tar which includes phenol-derived compounds. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076822 | Process for Filtration Enhancement of Aqueous Dispersions - A method for enhancing filtration performance in separating solids from liquids in an aqueous dispersion comprising a solids phase and a liquid phase in a two step process having a physical separation step and a filtration step comprising adding at least one filtration aid promoter and at least one synthetic polymer to the aqueous dispersion during and/or before the physical separation step resulting in concentrate and filtering the concentrate. The method may be applied in mining operations for dewatering mining slurry. Also, a composition applied in such method comprising at least one filtration aid promoter and at least one synthetic polymer. The filtration aid promoter comprises natural polymers, semi-natural polymers, coagulants and combinations thereof. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076823 | PAINT COAGULATION USING FATTY ACIDS - The present invention relates to the use of fatty acids, finely dispersed in water, as detackifying agents in the industrial elimination of dispersed solids, in particular of paint particles dispersed in recirculating water in the context of wet scrubbing of paint overspray in paint booths, from an aqueous carrier medium that represents, in particular, recirculating water of a paint booth with wet scrubbing. The fatty-acid-based detackifying agent can be used in a manner entirely free of corrosive anions, so that energy recovery from the paint coagulate that is removed from the recirculating water can be operated cost-effectively. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076824 | ARRANGEMENT FOR GENERATION AND TREATMENT OF WATER, METHOD FOR GENERATION AND TREATMENT OF WATER AND AIRCRAFT WITH SUCH AN ARRANGEMENT - An arrangement for generating and treating water is provided. The arrangement includes a fuel cell with a water-generating system, a salination unit for the salination of water, a state measuring device for acquiring an operating state of the salination unit, a water-receiving reservoir for receiving water, a water-quality measuring device for measuring the water quality of the water whose salt content has been increased, and a control unit. The salination unit is designed to add a basic salt to water so that apart from the salt content, an excessively acidic pH-value of the dispensed water is increased and stabilized. To this effect the control unit is connected to the water-quality measuring device and to the state measuring device and is designed, for setting a predetermined water quality, to control the salination unit depending on the operating state of the salination unit and on the measured water quality. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076825 | Systems and Methods for Distributed Utilities - A monitoring system for distributed utilities. A generation device is provided for converting an available resource to a desired utility; the resource may be water, in which case the generator is a purifier for providing potable water, or, alternatively, the generator may convert a fuel to electrical power. In either case, an input sensor is provided for measuring input to the generation device, while an output sensor is provided for measuring consumption of output from the generation device. The monitoring system has a controller for concatenating measured input and consumption of output on the basis of the input and output sensors. Measured parameters are telemetered to a remote site where utility generation and use are monitored and may also be controlled. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076826 | THERMOELECTRIC DEVICE WITH MAKE-BEFORE-BREAK HIGH FREQUENCY CONVERTER - An improved circular multi-element semiconductor thermoelectric hybrid utilizes a make-before-break high frequency switching output component to provide nominal alternating current voltage outputs. Overall efficiency of heat conversion is improved by coupling a chiller to the thermoelectric generator where exhaust heat produces chilled liquid or air that is conveyed to the cold side of the thermoelectric device. The thermoelectric generator is used in a variety of transportation vehicles including manufactured vehicles, retrofitted vehicles and vehicle power combinations. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076827 | Cartridge Transfer Device - A cartridge transfer device including a rack, a bearing platform, moving mechanisms, and fixing mechanisms is disclosed. The moving mechanisms and the fixing mechanisms are arranged in a bottom of the rack. The bearing platform is arranged on a top of the rack. The cartridge transfer device is fixed on the ground when the fixing mechanisms contact the ground, and the cartridge transfer device is movable by the moving mechanisms when the fixing mechanisms are suspendable. In this way, the cost and the process of building the cartridge device in each of the storage slots are reduced. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076828 | MOUNTING DEVICE FOR FAN - A mounting device for mounting a fan includes a board, a receiving frame for receiving the fan, and a locking member. The board defines a vent and a positioning hole adjacent to the vent. The receiving frame includes two opposite sidewalls. A fixing leg extends down from a bottom of the receiving frame to be extended through the positioning hole and blocked by a bottom of the board. A tab extends out from the receiving frame. A fastener extends through the tab and is engaged in the board. The locking member includes a bar to block the fan and two fixing arms connected to opposite ends of the bar and being fixed to the sidewalls, respectively. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076829 | RACK FOR ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A rack includes a rack body, at least one latch member secured to the rack body, and a supporting assembly. The supporting assembly includes at least one sliding lever and a supporting member secured to the at least one sliding lever. The at least one sliding lever is slidably engaged in the at least one latch member and the supporting assembly is extendable and retractable relative to the rack body, to provide a wider base for the rack when required where it rests on the floor, increasing stability and decreasing the likelihood that the rack might topple. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076830 | Center Pivot Swing-Out Wall Rack - Embodiments of the invention provide a swing-out wall rack for mounting electrical equipment. The swing-out wall rack can include a frame configured to couple to a wall and a rack. The frame can include a vertical member and a horizontal arm. The rack can extend a width and a height. The rack can include a first side and a second side, the second side being opposite from the first side. The rack can further include a mid-point, the mid-point being approximately equidistant from the first side and the second side. The rack can be rotatably coupled to the horizontal arm of the frame substantially about the mid-point of the rack. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076831 | Adaptable Telecommunications Equipment Mounting Frame - A prism-like frame for mounting telecom equipment made of a prism-like skeleton, which in turn is made of at least three vertical members coupled with at least six horizontal members, and at least one open panel connected to at least one lateral side of the skeleton, wherein the panel includes at least two horizontal members arranged apart from each other and away from the bottom and the top of the skeleton. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076832 | T-Slot Rail Quilt, Textile and Media Hanger - A T-slot rail quilt, textile and media hanger has a generally flat mounting rail that attaches to a wall via one or more T-slotted grooves on its rear surface. The apparatus incorporates a second T-slotted groove on its front surface to which a plurality of suspension units can be attached. The suspension units utilize a screw, knob, arm and jaw to securely hold the quilt, textile, or other media to the rail without damaging the item and can be quickly loosened to reposition or remove the hanging item. Permanent contact point stresses on the item are minimized. Additionally, a third T-slotted groove can be added to the top surface of the rail to provide attachment points for a shelf or other items. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076833 | TOOL HANGER - A tool hanger has a rail and multiple hanging blocks. The rail is an elongated bar and has at least one hole. The hanging blocks are mounted slidably on the rail and are adjustable in distances between the hanging blocks on the rail. Each hanging block has a hanging body, an arm, a hook and an escaping recess. The hanging body has a sliding slot being slidably mounted on the rail. The arm protrudes from the hanging body and has a cylinder. The hook is attached to the arm. The hook is attached to the arm. The escaping recess is formed in the bottom surface at the free end of the hook to form an escaping segment on the free end of the hook and having a depth smaller than that of a segment of the hook opposite to the free end. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076834 | THERMAL GROWTH COMPENSATORS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - A thermal compensation apparatus is disclosed including an elongated element extending from a proximal end to a distal end. A length of the elongated element from the proximal end to the distal end decreases in response to an increase in the temperature of the elongated element from a baseline temperature. The length of the elongated element increases in response to a decrease in the temperature of the elongated element from the baseline temperature. In various embodiments, the apparatus may be incorporated in solar module mounting systems. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076835 | Rotating Tower Crane - The present invention relates to a tower crane with a tower of at least one tower element, in particular lattice piece, and a structural guying with at least one guy rod for the horizontal anchorage of the tower at a structure, wherein the at least one guy rod of the structural guying is attached or attachable to an attachment point of the tower element. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076836 | Crane with Automatic Counterweight Balancing Device and Method of Arranging Counterweight Thereof - The present invention provides a crane with an automatic counterweight balancing device and a method of arranging counterweight thereof. The crane includes a main body and a counterweight device mounted to the main body. The counterweight device includes first and second magnetic field generators and first and second permanent magnetic counterweight blocks. The crane uses a combined arrangement of the magnetic field generators, the permanent magnetic counterweight blocks, an electrical control device, and a transducer device to detect, in a real time manner, output torques of servo motors, whereby when the output torques are not equal to rating torques, magnetic field intensities are varied to change downward magnetic forces acting on the permanent magnetic counterweight blocks thereby regulating loading of the servo motors and thus regulating the output torques of the servo motors to effect automatic balancing of counterweight and improve stability of the crane during a conveyance process. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076837 | SYNTHETIC RESIN BOTTLE HAVING A GRADATION PATTERN, AND PROCESS FOR INJECTION MOLDING THE PREFORM FOR USE IN SUCH A BOTTLE - The technical problem to be solved is to change the thickness of the colored resin layer of the preform gradually in the upward or downward direction, by utilizing a tendency of gradual decrease in the thickness of the colored resin layer caused by the flow of the main resin inside the preform mold when the main resin and the colored resin are injected into the mold. This involves adjusting the injection pattern including the time of starting and ending the supply of the main resin and the colored resin, and pressure or velocity profiles, reducing the thickness of the colored resin layer gradually upstream or downstream, injection-molding the preform in which a color-gradated portion associated with the thickness of the colored resin layer has been formed, and biaxially drawing and blow molding this preform into a bottle having a color-gradated portion. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076838 | PLASTIC CONTAINER WITH A CUT NECK PRODUCED IN A STRETCH BLOW-MOLDING METHOD - A plastic container with a cut neck is disclosed, which is produced by stretch blow-molding from a preform manufactured by plastic injection or plastic flow molding, and which immediately following production, or separated in space and/or time, is inserted into a mold cavity of a blow-mold tool of a stretch blow-molding device and with the aid of a blow-molding medium inflated and stretched according to the mold cavity. The preform is then shaped to form the desired plastic container by cutting off an excess section that includes an injection-molded neck part of the preform. | 2014-03-20 |
20140076839 | CLOSURE CAP FOR RECEPTACLES FOR RECEIVING MEDICAL LIQUIDS AND RECEPTACLE FOR RECEIVING MEDICAL LIQUIDS - The invention relates to a closure cap ( | 2014-03-20 |
20140076840 | PACKAGING ASSEMBLY, INCLUDING A BOTTLE AND A GASKET-LESS CLOSURE FOR CLOSING THE NECK OF THE BOTTLE - A packaging assembly includes a bottle, which may be used upside-down such that a neck is turned towards the ground, and a closure without any added seal gasket for closing the neck. This closure includes a cap for obturating the neck, and a skirt for attachment to the neck. The cap includes an inner sealing lip, delimiting on its outer face, a convex tight bearing surface for bearing tightly against the inner face of the neck, and a substantially flat ramp surface, which connects the tight bearing surface to a lower axial end of the lip, and which, while the lip is deformed with the remainder of the closure when an inner clip of the skirt interferes with an outer bead of the neck during placement of the closure on the neck, may interfere with a free end of the neck to guide engagement of the lip inside the neck. | 2014-03-20 |