| 20th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 11 |
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| 20110114521 | SHARPS CONTAINER FOR "NO-TOUCH," SEQUENTIAL SAFE STORAGE OF USED PEN NEEDLES - A sharps container for safe storage of used pen needles comprises a housing within which is rotatably mounted a used pen needle receiving and ejecting means. Used pen needles are inserted into the receiving means. The receiving and ejecting means is rotated; during the rotation, cam follower means connected to the ejecting means engages cam means within the housing to cause the ejection of the used pen needle into the housing. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114522 | Surgical Instrument Tray System - The teachings herein provide a surgical instrument tray system comprising at least a stringer tray having an advantageous cradle configured to hold ring-handle instruments in a spaced-apart array. In particular, the cradle includes an array of compartments, with each compartment cradling and supporting the lower ring of a respective one of the ring-handle instruments loaded in the tray. Further, a removable, elongated locking member locks the lower rings within the cradle. These features allow the stringer tray to be used for neatly organizing and holding a potentially large quantity of ring-handle instruments, for presentation and use within an operating room environment, for stowage as part of a tracked tray system within a sterilization container, as well as to position and hold the ring-handle instruments in a fully open position for disinfecting and washing. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114523 | CONTAINER FOR WELDING WIRE - A container for accommodating a welding wire coil has a metal frame which defines an accommodation space for the welding wire coil. The metal frame has a bottom portion on which the welding wire coil is to be placed, and a side structure intended to laterally support the welding wire coil. The bottom portion of the metal frame is formed from four metal bars arranged so as to form a grid, and the side structure of the metal frame is formed by eight metal tubes, each of which is connected to one of the ends of the metal bars. The container further has a cardboard wall structure covering the outside of the side structure of the metal frame and having an octagonal shape in cross-section, and a cardboard floor structure covering the outside of the bottom portion of the metal frame. Furthermore, supporting feet are provided which are bolted to the metal frame and which clamp the cardboard floor structure to the bottom portion of the metal frame. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114524 | STORAGE-STABLE, FUNCTIONALLY INTACT FIBRINOGEN - Method for the production of a fibrinogen solution from an aqueous solution that contains functionally intact fibrinogen and is contaminated with profibrin and/or fibrin monomers and/or fibrin monomer complexes and/or fibrin split products, characterized in that the contaminations are precipitated using a non-denaturing precipitating agent at a temperature ranging from −4° to +4° and calcium ion activity not exceeding that of a 1,000 μM CaCl | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114525 | NOVEL REUSABLE APPARATUS FOR AFFIXING GIFT MATERIAL TO A PRESENTATION DEVICE - A novel, reusable apparatus for affixing gift material to a presentation device. The apparatus comprises a dynamic fastener for clasping or holding a gift material, allowing for the transportation, packaging, and delivery of the combination of the apparatus and the gift material. The fastener uses one or more prongs to exert force upon the gift material towards the vertical axis of the fastener, thereby retaining said gift material. The fastener is connected to the presentation device in order to create an overall arrangement that is pleasing to the many senses of the user and recipient. Embodiments leverage known materials, themes and branding to enhance or achieve a commercial objective. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114526 | FOOD STORAGE BOX WITH COMPARTMENTALIZED TRAY FOR MEALS ON-THE-GO WITH BUILT IN NUTRITIONAL GUIDE AND PORTION CONTROL - The current invention is a food storage box for meals on-the-go and consists of a plastic clam shell box which houses a food tray. The food tray has a plurality of compartments or food wells to receive a variety of foods. The tray provides a visual nutritional guide using graphics and/or labels on the surface of the bottom of each food well to assist the user in packing a nutritionally balanced meal. Each food well is specifically sized to accommodate the appropriate portion sizes for specific age groups or special diets. The interior lid is fitted with a rubber over-mold which, when closed, fits snugly around each food well and around the perimeter of the tray to prevent food from mingling or leaking out of the box and therefore seals the contents of all food wells with a singular lid. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114527 | INTEGRATED CLOSURE FEATURE FOR PACKAGING SYSTEM - An integrated closure feature for a package including a tab ( | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114528 | PLASTIC STORAGE AND TRANSPORT CONTAINER - A transport/shipping box has a polygonal floor with a plurality of straight edges and respective flat walls extending upward from the edges and joined together at corners to form an upwardly directed opening. The walls have upper edges that are of upwardly open U-section. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114529 | FLEXIBLE, INFLATABLE PACKAGING MATERIALS WITH DECORATIVE BORDERS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME - The presently disclosed and claimed inventive concept(s) relates generally to packaging materials for packaging articles, and more particularly, but not by way of limitation, to a packaging material which includes, in one embodiment, a plurality of individual strips, strands, or units of material bondably connected to the exterior surface of a flexible, inflatable substrate to form a cohesive inflatable cushioning unit for use as a packaging material. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114530 | SILICA CONTAINER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention provides a method for producing a silica container, wherein the method comprises: a step of forming a preliminarily molded substrate, wherein a first powdered raw material (silica particles) is fed to an inner wall of an outer frame having aspiration holes while rotating the outer frame, a step of forming a preliminarily molded intermediate layer, wherein a second powdered raw material (silica particles) added with an aluminum compound or a crystal nucleating agent as an additive is fed to an inner wall of the preliminarily molded substrate, and a step of forming an inner layer, wherein the preliminarily molded substrate and the preliminarily molded intermediate layer are degassed by aspiration from a peripheral side with heating from an inside thereby forming a substrate and an intermediate layer, and while a third powdered raw material having a high silica purity is spread from inside the substrate having the formed intermediate layer with heating from the inside thereby forming an inner layer on an inner surface of the intermediate layer. Accordingly, a method for producing a silica container with a high dimensional precision, a high durability, and low gas release, and with a reduced energy consumption and a low production cost, by using a cheap and relatively low grade powdered silica as a main raw material, as well as the silica container thus produced are provided. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114531 | PORTABLE MEDICATION CONTAINER - An example embodiment is a medication container. The container includes a body and cap. The cap is configured to rotatably engage the body, with the cap and body defining a cavity for storing medication when engaged. A locking pin is configured to prevent the cap and body from disengaging without application of a twisting force about the cap and body. In a particular arrangement, a key carrier for retaining a key placed therein is coupled to the body. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114532 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CELLULAR FILMS DIRECTLY - A method of manufacturing a film ( | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114533 | Table Utensil Rest - One embodiment of the table utensil rest | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114534 | WAFER CONTAINER WITH TUBULAR ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL COMPONENTS - A wafer container utilizes a rigid polymer tubular tower with slots and a “getter” therein for absorbing and filtering moisture and vapors within the wafer container. The tower preferably utilizes a purge grommet at the base of the container and may have a check valve therein to control the flow direction of gas (including air) into and out of the container and with respect to the tower. The tower is sealingly connected with the grommet. The tower may have a getter media piece rolled in an elongate circular fashion forming or shaped as a tube and disposed within the tower and may have axially extending. The media can provide active and/or passive filtration as well as having capabilities to be recharged. Front opening wafer containers for 300 mm sized wafers generally have a pair of recesses on each of the left and right side in the inside rear of the container portions. These recesses are preferably utilized for elongate towers, such towers extending substantially from a bottom wafer position to a top wafer position. In alternative embodiment, a tubular shape of getter material is exposed within the front opening container without containment of the getter other than at the ends. The tubular getter form is preferably supported at discrete locations to maximize exposure to the internal container environment. A blocker member can selectively close the apertures. An elastomeric cap can facilitate securement of the tubular component in the container portion. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114535 | FOLDED BOXES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - The folded collapsed boxes containing substantially no open gaps are provided. A plurality of different size folded collapsed boxes can be bundled together to yield a display that has the maximum number of folded collapsed boxes displayed thus conserving space. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114536 | AVIATION GASOLINE FOR AIRCRAFT PISTON ENGINES, PREPARATION PROCESS THEREOF - The subject of the present disclosure is an aviation gasoline composition that is lead-free and free of oxygenated compounds meeting the specifications of the ASTM standard comprising isopentane, isooctane, and (alkyl)aromatics. The aviation gasoline composition according to the disclosure may be obtained simply and economically from a mixture of hydrocarbon bases usually available in a refinery. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114537 | LUBRICATING OIL - A lubricating oil composition having a wide variety of uses consists of a dearomatized hydrocarbon distillate (petroleum), a post lubricant petroleum hydrocarbon, and white mineral oil. In one embodiment, the dearomatized hydrocarbon distillate is present in an amount from 15 to 25%, the post lubricant petroleum hydrocarbon is present in an amount from 5 to 15%, and the balance is the white mineral oil. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114538 | PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HIGH-QUALITY KEROSENE AND DIESEL FUELS FOR THE COPRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN FROM SATURATED LIGHT CUTS - Process mainly for the production of high-quality kerosene and diesel fuels and for the coproduction of hydrogen from a so-called light naphtha cut to which any quantity of LPG cut can be added, employing the following successive stages: dehydrogenation of the paraffins, oligomerization of the olefins and hydrogenation of the oligomerized olefins, the process permitting the production of kerosene and diesel fuels meeting market specifications, or even improved relative to the latter. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114539 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OIL SANDS PROCESSING - The systems and methods described herein provide for extracting bitumen from oil sands at ambient or subambient temperature, for example at temperatures between 0 degrees Centigrade and about 20 degrees Centigrade. The process includes the steps of forming a slurry by mixing the oil sands with water, adding an extractant to the slurry, agitating the extractant with the slurry, and collecting bitumen that separates from the slurry. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114540 | METHOD AND EQUIPMENT FOR CONDITIONING SCRAP HIGH IN PLASTICS - In a method and to an arrangement for treating a light fraction produced during the treatment of plastic-rich waste that is low in metal, at least the following steps are carried out consecutively: the light fraction is stressed by percussion and/or bashing, the light fraction is classified into at least two light fraction classes, at least one light fraction class is separated into at least one dust fraction and at least one other fraction, the separation of the dust fraction taking place over a substantially controlled residence time of the light fraction class in at least one device involved in the separation. Due to the separation of at least one light fraction class into at least one dust fraction and at least one other fraction, the separation of the dust fraction takes place over a substantially controlled residence time of the light fraction class in at least one device involved in the separation, a very pure intermediate product (intermediate fraction) is produced, providing the processability of the intermediate product to be improved in subsequent method steps. Overall, clearly improved material recycling and also energy recovery is obtained. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114541 | DEVICE FOR SEPARATING A FINELY DIVIDED SOLID IN SUSPENSION IN A VISCOUS LIQUID - The device described in the present invention can separate fine solid particles in suspension in a viscous liquid, withdrawing a clear liquid from the top of the device, and a dense liquid charged with solid particles is withdrawn from the bottom. The invention also concerns the application of this device to the separation of catalyst particles in a liquid phase Fischer-Tropsch synthesis process. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114542 | VIBRATORY SEPARATOR MOTION - A vibratory separator ( | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114543 | PROCESSING SHINY MAIL PIECES - Methods, apparatus, software and systems are disclosed for improved processing of mailpieces in order to reduce expensive manual steps. Shiny mail, i.e., mailpieces having glossy surfaces that sometimes interfere with printing of barcodes and or ID Tags may lead to rejects. In some embodiments, shiny mailpieces are identified, and at least one new (non-shiny) label is over-labeled in the POSTNET clear zone ( | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114544 | APPARATUS FOR TRANSPORTING ARTICLES - An apparatus for transporting articles has at least one transporting line and a dividing-up configuration, which is connected to the transporting line and is intended for dividing up the articles onto at least two downstream subsidiary lines. Accordingly the dividing-up configuration has a first gripping configuration, which grips and rotates all articles having a predetermined minimum height. Located downstream of the first gripping configuration—as seen in the movement direction—is a second gripping configuration, which grips such articles as have passed through the first gripping configuration without being gripped. A distance between the first gripping configuration and the second gripping configuration is dimensioned such that the articles gripped by the first gripping configuration are rotated out of the gripping region of the second gripping configuration before they pass through the same. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114545 | DEVICE FOR THE PURIFICATION OF WASTE WATER - The invention relates to an apparatus for cleaning sewage, having a housing ( | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114546 | Water Container Having Germicidal Water Purification Unit - A water container having a germicidal water purification unit. Water stored in a reservoir passes through a conduit that extends through an array of light sources that operate in at least one of the visible light frequency range and the ultraviolet frequency range to purify the water. The light sources are activated, preferably on a selected as needed basis, by a power supply. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114547 | Systems and Methods for the Separation of Propylene and Propane - Embodiments of the present invention generally disclose membrane-based systems and methods for the separation of propylene and propane that overcome certain issues associated with prior art devices and take advantage of a temperature drop across the associated separation membrane. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114548 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING OFF-GASSED OZONE - Systems and methods for producing ozonated water on demand. In particular, these systems comprise a water source, an ozone source, and a nozzle that mixes ozone and water to form a highly concentrated, ozonated water solution. Instead of requiring the ozonated water to be re-circulated to achieve a desired ozone concentration, the nozzle is configured to form the ozonated water solution in a single pass through the nozzle. Additionally, instead of requiring the ozonated water to be discharged into a pressurized tank to increase ozone absorption, the nozzle allows the ozonated water to be openly discharge. In some cases, the nozzle comprises a venturi with multiple ozone inlets to increase mixing. Additionally, in some cases the nozzle comprises a single pass mixing mechanism that mixes the water and ozone to form the high concentrate, ozonated water solution in a single pass through the nozzle. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114549 | MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE COMPRISING SEPARATION COLUMNS - A microfluidic chip comprises a first substantially linear separation column having a first length, the first separation column comprising a first stationary phase particle density distribution along the first length; and a second substantially linear separation column having a second length connected in series with the first separation column, the second separation column comprising a second stationary phase particle density distribution along the second length. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114550 | SOLID-LIQUID SEPARATING SYSTEM - A solid-liquid separating system of a parallel plate conveying type can efficiently dehydrate sludge at an inlet and effectively dehydrate it at an outlet, and assures good solid-liquid separating performance. A filter is constituted by a first plate group and a second plate group which perform the parallel motion and displacement left and right, and up and down on the basis of the circular motion. The first plate group includes a plurality of plates A arranged with predetermined spaces. The second plate group includes a plurality of plates B which are as thick as the plates A, and plates C which are thicker than the plates B. The plates B and C are separated. A press unit (not shown) presses sludge at an outlet, where gaps between plates are narrowed. Even when the sludge is dehydrated by applying pressure, few solids will flow out. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114551 | SUBMERGED HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE MODULE - A submerged hollow fiber membrane module includes a cylindrical housing having openings at the upper and lower ends, in which at least a part of an upper half of an external exposed part of a peripheral wall is composed of a porous component and a lower half of the external exposed part of the peripheral wall is not opened, hollow fiber membrane bundles placed vertically in the cylindrical housing, a hollow fiber membrane bundle binding component fixes the hollow fiber membranes in a state where the hollow part of each hollow fiber membrane is opened and is adhesively fixed to the cylindrical housing, a water collecting cap connected to the hollow fiber membrane bundle binding component, a hollow fiber membrane sealing component seals the hollow part of each hollow fiber membrane, an air collecting cylinder, and a bonding part in the cylindrical housing is composed of a porous component. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114552 | Solid-liquid separator using roller system - A solid-liquid separator using a roller system includes a casing, rollers disposed within the casing and each provided with a screen that is formed in the outer periphery thereof with plural pores for separating via the plural pores a solid substance from a solid-liquid substance disposed outside the rollers and filtering a liquid substance toward inside the rollers, inside drums each disposed along the inner circumference of each of the rollers, and a passageway which is formed by means of the screen and the inner drum and which is provided with an outlet. The liquid substance separated by means of the screen is allowed to flow along the passageway, collected at the outlet and discharged from the outlet. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114553 | HOLLOW POROUS MEMBRANE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A hollow porous membrane with a reduced cost and excellent separation characteristic, water permeability, and mechanical strength and a process of producing the hollow porous membrane with an excellent adhesive property between a support and a porous membrane layer at a low cost are provided. The hollow porous membrane includes a porous membrane layer in which dense layers are disposed in the vicinities of an outer surface and an inner surface. In the process of producing the hollow porous membrane, membrane-forming dopes of a first membrane-forming dope and a second membrane-forming dope, which contain the material of the porous membrane layer and a solvent, are successively applied and stacked onto the outer circumferential surface of a hollow support and the applied membrane-forming dopes are simultaneously coagulated. In the process of producing the hollow porous membrane, a porous membrane layer is formed by applying a membrane-forming dope containing a material of the porous membrane layer and a solvent to the outer circumferential surface of the hollow support and coagulating the applied dope, and a hollow braid obtained by circularly knitting a yarn formed of multi-filaments is used as the support. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114554 | MULTI-COMPONENT FILTER MEDIA WITH NANOFIBER ATTACHMENT - A composite filter media is formed from electrospun fine fibers and a multi-component substrate filter media comprising at least two different materials, one of which is a low melt polymeric material, wherein the low melt polymeric material acts as a bonding agent. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114555 | FILTRATION MEDIA - A fibrous filtration media such as an electrostatic filtration media, whose fibre surfaces have been modified by exposure to a plasma deposition process so as to deposit a polymeric coating thereon. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114556 | Soft Fail Algae Growth System and Method - Methods and systems for preventing or minimizing the death of algae in algae growth systems in the event of a loss of power comprise automated selective alteration of operating parameters of the growth system to minimize the impact of the loss of power. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114557 | CLEANING IN MEMBRANE FILTRATION SYSTEMS - A method of cleaning permeable, hollow membranes ( | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114558 | Solvent Removal Process - A process for removing a solvent from a first solution, said process comprising positioning a selective membrane between the first solution and a second solution having a higher osmotic potential than the first solution, such that solvent from the first solution passes across the membrane to dilute the second solution, and extracting solvent from the second solution, wherein the membrane has an average pore size of at least 10 Angstroms, and wherein the second solution contains solute species that are too large to pass through the pores of the membrane. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114559 | HOLLOW FIBRE MEMBRANE - The present invention relates to a composite hollow fibre capillary membrane in particular for exploiting the value of dialysate and a method for the production thereof as well as its use in particular in haemo and peritoneal dialysis. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114560 | SPIRAL TYPE MEMBRANE ELEMENT AND SPIRAL TYPE MEMBRANE FILTERING DEVICE HAVING THE MEMBRANE ELEMENT, AND MEMBRANE FILTERING DEVICE MANAGING SYSTEM AND MEMBRANE FILTERING DEVICE MANAGING METHOD USING THE DEVICE - Provided are a spiral type membrane element that can ensure a larger amount of electric power without performing a cumbersome work and a spiral type membrane filtering device having the element, as well as a membrane filtering device managing system and a membrane filtering device managing method using the device. The spiral type membrane element comprises a sensor for detecting a property of liquid, a power generating section that generates electric power by using said liquid, and a wireless transmitting section that receives the electric power supplied from said power generating section and wirelessly transmits a detection signal from said sensor. By generating electric power in the power generating section with use of the liquid detected by the sensor, a larger amount of electric power can be ensured without performing a cumbersome work. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114561 | SPIRAL TYPE MEMBRANE FILTERING DEVICE AND MOUNTING MEMBER, AND MEMBRANE FILTERING DEVICE MANAGING SYSTEM AND MEMBRANE FILTERING DEVICE MANAGING METHOD USING THE SAME - Provided are a spiral type membrane filtering device by which an electric component can be re-used and a mounting member, as well as a membrane filtering device managing system and a membrane filtering device managing method using the same. An interconnector ( | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114562 | Fluid Filtration Medium - The present application relates to improved filtration of fluids. Particularly, a surfactant-treated zeolite material may be utilized for removing turbid particles from a volume of fluid, such as water. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114563 | ELEMENT REMOVAL PROCESS AND APPARATUS - A process and apparatus for removing elements is described herein. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114564 | Preventing Silica And Silicate Scale With Inhibitors In Industrial Water Systems - A method of inhibiting the deposition of silica and silicate compounds on surfaces in water systems by treating the water with an effective amount of an alkoxylated amines or imidized polymer from alkoxylated amines either alone or in combination with acrylic acid or maleic acid homo- or co-polymers and phosphonates. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114565 | Dissolved air flotation clarifier - A dissolved air flotation clarifier for removing impurities from a liquid to be clarified. The dissolved air flotation clarifier includes a housing having an inlet for receiving a liquid to be clarified. The housing further includes a reaction zone, a clarification zone and an effluent channel. The reaction zone has at least one saturated water distributor and at least one dissolved air flotation nozzle operably connected to the at least one saturated water distributor to receive saturated water from the at least one saturated water distributor. The dissolved air flotation nozzle is configured to release micro-bubbles from a saturated water so that the micro-bubbles can mix with the liquid to be clarified to remove impurities from the liquid to be clarified. The clarification zone includes a flow control member for controlling the flow of the mixture of micro-bubbles and liquid in the clarification zone to ensure that the area surrounding the inlet to the effluent channel has little or no micro-bubbles to prevent or significantly reduce micro-bubbles from becoming entrained in a clarified liquid passing through the effluent channel. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114566 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING HYDROCARBONS FROM PRODUCED WATER - A process for removing hydrocarbons such as oil from produced water entrains high concentrations of very small gas bubbles within produced water inside a vertically-oriented primary separation tank by means of aerators immersed in the water inside the tank. Oil droplets coat the gas bubbles which form a buoyant oil-rich froth phase overlying a gas-rich liquid phase. The froth phase flows out through a discharge port in a preferably conical upper section of the primary tank, for disposal or recovery of oil as appropriate. Solid contaminants not borne by the froth phase may be intermittently settled out of the liquid phase and removed for treatment or disposal through a discharge port in a preferably conical lower section of the primary tank. Clean processed water is drawn a medial region of the primary tank for re-use as appropriate. In a preferred embodiment, the froth phase passes into a secondary separation tank for further separation of contaminants by means of gravity and/or supplemental aeration. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114567 | PRECIPITATION DEVICE, METHOD AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEM - A precipitation device comprises a precipitation element disposed within a vessel and configured to define a precipitation zone and a solid-liquid separation zone between the precipitation element and the vessel, the precipitation zone configured to receive a first stream of saline liquid and to precipitate solids from the saline liquid, the solid-liquid separation zone configured to settle the solids by gravity, and an exit port located in an upper portion of the vessel and configured for exit of a second stream of liquid of lower salinity than the first stream, wherein a ratio of a diameter of the vessel to a diameter of the precipitation element ranges from about 1.5 to about 2.8. Associated system and method are also provided. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114568 | System and Method for Treating Wastewater - A wastewater treatment system includes a chemical treatment process tank for receiving and chemically treating wastewater. The wastewater treatment system also includes a blending system for receiving and activating a flocculating agent such as a polymer. The wastewater treatment system further includes a static mixer for introducing the flocculating agent into the wastewater and for promoting flocculation of the wastewater as the wastewater flows from the chemical treatment process tank to a clarification tank. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114569 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TREATING BALLAST WATER - An apparatus and method for precisely controlling production, injection, and removal of disinfectants using electrolysis according to the flow rate of ballast water are provided, where the ballast water flows into or is discharged from the ballast tank to manage the ballast water or ships so that destruction or disruption of marine ecosystems can be prevented. An apparatus for treating ballast water and treatment method using the same are provided, the apparatus including: an electrolysis module for producing concentration-controlled sodium hypochlorite; a gas-liquid separator for separating hydrogen gas; a micro bubble generator for mixing and supplying reducing agents while reducing residual chlorine; a vortex generator for generating vortex; and a control system. The control system controls a salinometer, a flow rate meter, a residual chlorine meter, a seawater supply pump, flow rate control valves, an electrolysis module, a residual chlorine meter, a micro bubble generator, and an injection pump. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114570 | APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR CONTINUOUS THERMAL HYDROLYSIS OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL - A method for performing continuous thermal hydrolysis of sludge by feeding the sludge into a tube reactor subsequently elevating the temperature and pressure in the reactor. The sludge is cooled by introducing water into the sludge instead of cooling the sludge with a heat exchanger or a similar unit. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114571 | Ozone Generator Systems, Methods and Apparatus - Corrosion Resistant Ozone Generators, including ozone generating chips, for various purposes including spas, pools and jetted tubs as well as methods for making and using such Corrosion Resistant Ozone Generators. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114572 | WATER TREATMENT APPARATUS AND METHODS - Fluid-treatment apparatus and methods are detailed. The apparatus may be plumbed in-line and have inlets and outlets near their tops rather than near their bases. They additionally may provide one or more channels through which fluid may flow so as to induce fluid flow through a central region. A platform for raising the (effective) bottom of a chamber of an apparatus above a base thereof further may be included. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114573 | Devices and Methods for Removing Contaminants and Other Elements, Compounds, and Species from Fluids - Embodiments of the present invention provide filtration media that includes graphene powder, compositions including the media, filtration devices for use with the media, and methods for using the filtration media and compositions to remove unwanted contaminants and/or other elements, compounds, and species from fluids. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114574 | DRINKING CONTAINER WITH FILTER FILLING RESERVOIR - A drinking container includes a main reservoir; a filling reservoir; a filter connecting the filling reservoir to the main reservoir; a plunger assembly having a plunger head sized complementary to the interior of the filling reservoir and a shaft extending therefrom to allow the plunger head to be urged into the filing reservoir, thereby urging liquid in the filling reservoir through the porous filter into the drinking reservoir. The shaft may define a passageway from an opening in the plunger head, to allow addition of liquid through the passageway into the filling reservoir. A valve allows closing of the opening to allow the plunger head to be urged into the filing reservoir, thereby urging liquid in the filling reservoir through the filter into the drinking reservoir. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114575 | RACK ENCLOSURE - An exemplary rack enclosure includes a frame, and two opposite first brackets and two opposite second brackets mounted on the frame in parallel for securing an electronic device thereon. Each of the first brackets includes a mounting plate secured on the frame and parallel and spaced abutting sheets extending from a side of the mounting plate for supporting an end of the electronic device. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114576 | RACK ENCLOSURE - A rack enclosure includes a cuboid frame, and two opposite first brackets and two opposite second brackets mounted on the frame for securing an electronic device thereon. Each of the first brackets includes a mounting plate secured on the frame and a guide portion distorting angularly from a side of the mounting plate along a direction away from an opposite side of the mounting plate for guiding an end of the electronic device. The guide portion includes a connecting plate connecting with the mounting plate and a guide plate distorting angularly from the connecting plate along the direction away the opposite side of the mounting plate. An angle defined between the guide plate and the connecting plate is not smaller than 90 degrees. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114577 | PORTABLE SELF-SUPPORTING FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT STATION - A portable fire fighter equipment station for use at a fire fighting scene is provided. The self-supporting frame comprising three support members pivotally connected to each other at one end, the self-supporting frame configurable into an in-use configuration with non-pivotally connected ends of the support members spaced apart to form a tripod and the self-supporting frame configurable into a transportation configuration with the three support members moved into close proximity. Each firefighter station is attached to one of the support members of the self-supporting frame and has a seating surface configurable into an in-use configuration to support a firefighter in a seated position, and a transportation configuration with the seating surface in close proximity to the self-supporting frame. A breathing apparatus holder is provided for securing an air bottle to the support member of the respective firefighter station. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114578 | UNIVERSAL PRODUCT DISPLAY - A universal cooler product display generally used for displaying any of various products, such as dairy products inside a store cooler, includes an adjustable frame supporting adjustable shelves having HDPE trays that allow products to slide forward under gravity and a drainage system to dispose of unwanted liquids. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114579 | MERCHANDISING AND DISPLAYING OF TOWING PRODUCTS - A merchandising display for heavy and cumbersome products includes a rail that is supported by a display wall and arms attached to the rail. The arms are spaced from other arms to create columns and rows of retail product stock. The merchandising display further includes structure for providing indicia that assists a viewer to quickly and easily locate desired retail products and other complementary products. Customer accessible back-up inventory is provided behind the first retail product. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114580 | Tool holder - A tool holder includes two pawls engaged into a chamber of a housing and each pivotally attached to the housing with a pivot axle and each having a sector gear, and the sector gears of the pawls are engaged with each other for controlling the pawls to pivot relative to the housing and to grasp or grip an object between the pawls, two soft or resilient sheaths are attached onto the pawls respectively for protecting the pawls and for softly or resiliently engaging with the object and for preventing the object from being scraped by the pawls, and one or more spring biasing devices are engaged with the pawls and the housing for biasing the pawls to stably grasp or grip the object. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114581 | COLLAPSIBLE CLOTHES RACK - The present invention relates to a folding collapsible clothes rack. The rack includes two fixed side frames and two retractable side frames pivotally connected separately to the two fixed side frames. A pair of reinforcing links are pivoted together and coupled between the fixed side frames. In addition, a cross hanger tube is secured between the two retractable side frames and is able to be removably attached from one of them. The rack may also include a plurality of pockets positioned about the retractable side frames. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114582 | Rotating Clothes Drying Rack - A rotating clothes drying rack that has a body with two opposed arms. The two opposed arms support a drying support. In the illustrated embodiment, the drying support is a plurality of rods that extend between the two opposed arms. A mounting frame is provided for securing body to desired surface. Body is pivotally mounted to the mounting frame for rotational movement around a horizontal axis between a storage position parallel to the mounting frame and a drying position at an angle relative to the mounting frame. Locking members are provided for locking the body in the stored position. Rotational stops are provided for maintaining the body in drying position. Height adjusting members are provided for selectively positioning between the at least one arm and the at least one rotational stop to adjust the angle of the body in the drying position. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114583 | Car Tray - A food tray for automobiles adapted to be attached to the cigarette lighter of an automobile, comprising a tubular, flexible arm and holding tray to safely hold food and drink in place at many angles and without distracting from or blocking the use of existing permanently mounted automobile accessories. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114584 | SADDLE HOLDER - A lightweight, portable saddle holder that takes up a minimal amount of space when not in use. The saddle holder includes a horizontally-oriented, U-shaped saddle horn retainer that defines a saddle horn pass-through. A fulcrum bracket extends down and forward from the bottom of the saddle horn retainer, below the saddle horn pass through. The saddle holder can be mounted to a support structure by hooking a pair of mounting arms that project from a rear of the saddle holder over a top edge of the support structure. The horn of a saddle is inserted upwardly, through the saddle horn pass-through, and the swell of the saddle is brought to rest on the fulcrum bracket. The saddle thereby acts as a lever atop the fulcrum bracket, with the horn of the saddle held by the saddle horn retainer, thus preventing the saddle from tipping forward off of the fulcrum bracket. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114585 | Modular Sanitation Tray Systems - A sanitation tray system for medical, laboratory, and industrial equipment. This system is modular, stackable, and user customizable. It may be assembled in any number of horizontal or vertical configurations depending on the user's needs and is capable of permitting instruments of varying heights, lengths and widths to be sanitized simultaneously. It is easily assemblable and disassemblable and includes a rack, corners, sides, and dowels. It is light-weight, easy to manufacture, easy to ship, and economical. It is designed to use the least amount of surface area to allow for maximum permeation of sterilants and minimizes the opportunity for pooling of sterilants or retention of particulate matter while decreasing drying time. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114586 | Collapsible rack device - A collapsible rack device is disclosed having an assembled structure designed to hang multiple articles, such as clothing and towels, on a beach or other ground surface, the structure being capable of manual disassembly and storage into a self-contained unit. The present device includes a hollow rectangular housing member having a removable cap member at the top end thereof and a similarly rectangular inner sleeve longitudinally contained within the housing member and fitted to slide therethrough. The inner sleeve is further formed to hold a plurality of arm members lengthwise within separate compartment chambers, the arm members being configured respectively to engage the top of the inner sleeve for providing hanging support of the articles and further to engage the bottom of the housing member for standing support of the device. Drawn outward from the housing member, the inner sleeve may be fixed in one of several elevated positions by means of set pins made to fit transversely through separate holes formed in the walls of the housing member and inner sleeve so that the height of the rack may be adjusted. When not in use, the device and all of its component parts may be stored and carried in a single packaged unit. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114587 | HOISTING CRANE - Hoisting crane ( | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114588 | BEVERAGE BOTTLE WITH RESEALABLE STORAGE COMPARTMENT - A beverage bottle particularly adapted for promotional use having a body portion, a seal portion and promotional product. The body portion having a sidewall portion extending vertically between a neck portion and a base portion, the sidewall portion having a flange portion which peripherally defines a cavity portion. The cavity portion extending a predetermined depth inwardly of the plane of the sidewall portion. The seal portion disposed over the flange portion and cavity portion of the body portion to sealably enclose the cavity portion and provided provided with a pressure sensitive adhesive for sealing the seal portion to the flange portion. The pressure sensitive adhesive enabling the seal portion to be peeled from and resealed to the flange portion of the body portion. The promotional product releasably sealed within a storage compartment defined by the cavity portion and the seal portion, the promotional product being frictionally retained within the cavity portion and spaced apart from the seal portion so as to prevent the deformation of the seal portion during the commercial handling of the beverage bottle. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114589 | SUPPLEMENTAL FEEDING BOTTLE DEVICE AND METHOD OF PREPARATION AND USE - The present invention is a supplemental feeding bottle device, used in combination with a feeding bottle for a baby. The supplemental feeding bottle device has a first piece with a top outside thread, a bottom outside thread, a rotatable o-ring, a flat round surface at the bottom and a gap for baby food to be held and dispersed into the feeding bottle. The gap is formed between the o-ring and the flat round surface and a second section with a top inside thread and bottom inside thread, an inside wall and lumps on the inside wall. The first section can be rotated counter-clockwise so the o-ring is locked in place between the lumps to prevent the separation of the first and bottom sections of the supplemental feeding bottle device. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114590 | Infant Feeding System - An infant feeding system. An infant feeding system comprising a bottle with a closed first end and an second end comprising an aperture that is configured to receive a liquid or semi-liquid substance into the bottle, a nipple comprising a vent system, a ring configured to enable the nipple to couple to the second end of the bottle, and a cap configured to couple to the second end of the ring and configured to couple to the first end of the bottle. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114591 | TAB RELEASE CHILD SAFETY FEATURE - A child-resistant container including a container body ( | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114592 | STORAGE ACCESSORY FOR PREVENTING OXIDATION OF CONTENTS STORED WITHIN A CONTAINER - A storage accessory that enables containers to be sealed at a desired level above the remaining contents. In an embodiment, the sealing device for a container comprises a device body having a chamber with an opening in the bottom end of the device body. The bottom end of the device body adapted to be inserted into a container, such as a wine bottle. A deployment member within the chamber, which may traverse the device body, is configured to be able to deploy arms that bias a flexible barrier outward to engage the container. In an embodiment, the arms are formed from resilient metal wires made of superelastic shape memory alloy, such as NiTi. When in a retracted position, the resilient wires may fit into the chamber of the device body. When in an expanded position, the resilient wires bias the flexible barrier causing the flexible barrier to seal a container. When the expanded arms bias the barrier against the walls of the container, sealing the container, its contents are substantially free from contact with environmental oxygen, and is only in contact with the air existing between the barrier and the contents of the container. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114593 | SYNTHETIC RESIN CONTAINER CLOSURE - [Problems to be Solved] In a synthetic resin container closure of a type which includes a body and a tamper evident bottom portion connected to the body via a plurality of breakable bridge portions arranged with spacing in a circumferential direction, and in which the body continues to be connected via unbroken connecting pieces to the tamper evident bottom portion continuously mounted on a mouth-and-neck portion of a container even after the bridge portions are broken to remove the body from the mouth-and-neck portion of the container, an improvement is made so that the container closure can be applied, without posing problems, even when the ascent distance of the body when removed is relatively long. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114594 | SCALLOP CAP CLOSURES - The present invention is directed to a closure for a container. In one of the embodiments provided herein, the closure is provided with a roof portion, a shoulder portion that merges with the roof portion, and a skirt portion depending from the shoulder portion. Provided on the shoulder portion are recessed regions and full-depth regions. The recessed regions and full-depth regions alternate around the shoulder portion and are provided for improving a number of manufacturing, costs, and structural factors. In another embodiment provided herein, the closure is provided with a cylindrical skirt depending substantially from a roof portion, the cylindrical skirt having an inner wall with a plurality of narrow, elongated, vertical stand-off ribs thereon, the ribs having an upper edge below a tension ring and a lower edge below the upper edge and an elongated length causing the lower edge to be positioned about 50% to 25% above a bottom edge defined by the cylindrical skirt and measured against the entire length of the cylindrical skirt. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114595 | Pour Cap For Fluid Containers Having Open Or Closed Position Communication Structure And Low Temperature Sealing Gasket - A pour cap for a fluid container includes a cap body, a gasket mounted to the cap body, and an open or closed position communication structure. The pour cap can be positioned on the fluid container in a closed position wherein the container is hydraulically sealed with a high pressure seal, or in an open position wherein fluid flow occurs through flow passages on the gasket and the cap body with first and second low pressure seals preventing unwanted leakage between joining parts on the pour cap. The open or closed position communication structure can include a rib and mating detent for producing a clicking sensation upon manipulation of the pour cap by the user, and/or visual features on the cap body viewable by the user, or a cap body having a asymmetrical shape configured for viewing or tactile interpretation by the user. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114596 | BOTTLE - Disclosed herein is a bottle having a neck portion and a body portion for containing liquid contents therein. The body portion includes a plurality of guides which are formed around at least a partial area or an entire area of the body portion in a spiral pattern. The guides protrude inwards from the inner surface of the body portion to have convex shapes, so that the liquid contents are guided towards an opening of the neck portion while spirally revolving inside the body portion, and the body portion is able to be compressed by compression force with respect to a longitudinal direction. A cross-section of each of the plurality of guides has an angled shape of “>” or “<”, and an outermost midpoint (c) of a horizontal medial line of the guide has a round shape, a pointed shape or a vertically angled shape. An upper bent point (a) is formed in an upper portion extending upwards from the outermost midpoint (c) of each of the guides, and a lower bent point (c) is formed in a lower portion extending downwards from the outermost midpoint (c), so that an upright strength of the body portion is maintained even when the liquid contents contained in the body portion move. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114597 | BARRIER INTEGRATION SCHEME FOR HIGH-RELIABILITY VIAS - Disclosed is a method of fabricating an integrated circuit comprising patterning a dielectric layer to form a hole having a sidewall and a bottom. The hole can expose an underlying material of an electrically conducting material. The method also includes exposing the sidewall and the exposed underlying material to a plasma etch, depositing a barrier layer on the bottom and the sidewall of the hole after the plasma etch clean, forming a counter-sunk cone in the underlying material by etching through the barrier layer at the bottom of the hole into the conducting metal underneath, flash depositing a thin layer of the barrier material into the hole, and finally depositing a metal seed layer in the hole covering the sidewalls and the bottom of the hole including the cone at the bottom. The hole is finally filled by depositing a metal layer in the hole. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114598 | OPTICAL ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL ELEMENT WITH EACH OF FIRST AND SECOND LAYERS HAVING A REPETITION STRUCTURE - An optical element having a three-dimensional structure which can function in a visible range and can improve adherence at a structural interface of the element, and a method of manufacturing the optical element. The optical element includes a substrate, and at least a first layer and a second layer on the substrate are manufactured such that each of the first layer and the second layer has a repetition structure of spaces and structural parts at a pitch equal to or less than a wavelength of visible light, and at an interface between the first layer and the second layer, overlapped structures are provided in which the repetition structure of the first layer and the repetition structure of the second layer overlap in a stack direction of the layers. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114599 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD - A plasma processing apparatus includes a plurality of radio-frequency power supplies for supplying radio-frequency powers having frequencies different from each other, a common feeding line for superposing radio-frequency powers supplied respectively from the plurality of radio-frequency power supplies and feeding the superposed radio-frequency power to a same radio-frequency electrode, a radio-frequency power extracting device for extracting radio-frequency powers having predetermined frequencies from radio-frequency powers fed via the feeding line, and a radio-frequency voltage detector for measuring voltages of the radio-frequency powers having the predetermined frequencies extracted by the radio-frequency power extracting device. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114600 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD - Provided is a coaxial waveguide distributor including a coaxial waveguide which extends non-perpendicularly at a branched portion. A plasma processing apparatus in which a gas is excited by microwaves to plasma process an object to be processed includes a processing container, a microwave source which outputs microwaves, a transmission line which transmits the microwaves output from the microwave source, a plurality of dielectric plates which are provided on an inner wall of the processing container and emit microwaves into the processing container, a plurality of first coaxial waveguides which are adjacent to the plurality of dielectric plates and transmit microwaves to the plurality of dielectric plates, and one stage or two or more stages of a coaxial waveguide distributor which distributes and transmits the microwaves transmitted through the transmission line to the plurality of first coaxial waveguides. The coaxial waveguide distributor include s a second coaxial waveguide having an input portion and three or more of third coaxial waveguides which are connected to the second coaxial waveguide. Each of the third coaxial waveguides extends non-perpendicularly with respect to the second cable. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114601 | PLASMA SOURCE DESIGN - Embodiments of the present invention generally provide a plasma source apparatus, and method of using the same, that is able to generate radicals and/or gas ions in a plasma generation region that is symmetrically positioned around a magnetic core element by use of an electromagnetic energy source. In general, the orientation and shape of the plasma generation region and magnetic core allows for the effective and uniform coupling of the delivered electromagnetic energy to a gas disposed in the plasma generation region. In general, the improved characteristics of the plasma formed in the plasma generation region is able to improve deposition, etching and/or cleaning processes performed on a substrate or a portion of a processing chamber that is disposed downstream of the plasma generation region. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114602 | CONTACTOR ASSEMBLY FOR SWITCHING HIGH POWER TO A CIRCUIT - A contactor assembly is adapted for switching power to a circuit having a power source. The contactor assembly includes a housing, carry contacts, and arc contacts. The housing defines an interior compartment and includes internal chamber walls that laterally extend within the compartment to define a protection chamber. The carry contacts are disposed in the protection chamber of the housing. The carry contacts include conductive bodies that protrude from the housing and are configured to close the circuit. The arc contacts are disposed in the housing outside of the protection chamber. The arc contacts include conductive bodies that protrude from the housing and are configured to close the circuit. The internal chamber walls of the housing prevent material that is expelled from one or more of the arc contacts when an electric arc emanates from one or more of the arc contacts from contaminating one or more of the carry contacts | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114603 | WIRE CUT ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE MACHINE - A wire cut electrical discharge machine is provided. The wire cut electrical discharge machine includes a base. At least two wire feeding and receiving components are disposed over the base. A working area is between the wire feeding and receiving components. At least two flaky wire electrodes are disposed in the working area, wherein ends of the flaky wire electrodes are respectively set on the wire feeding and receiving components. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114604 | ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING APPARATUS, ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING METHOD, AND SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An electric discharge machining apparatus includes: electrodes the total quantity of which is equal to N; an alternating-current power source; and capacitors the total quantity of which is equal to N. The alternating-current power source applies an alternating voltage commonly to the electrodes. One end of each of the capacitors is connected to a corresponding one of the electrodes, whereas the other ends of the capacitors are commonly connected to the alternating-current power source. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114605 | Advanced flushing for workpiece erosion - The hand-held electro-discharge device to remove boluses of material from a workpiece. In some implementations a conductive electrode and its supporting ground pin are immersed in a dielectric fluid contained in a hood or cavity near or at the electrode's distal tip an removably sealed to a conductive workpiece. A flushing inlet and outlet in fluid communication with said hood provide a flushing fluid, which may also be a dielectric fluid to remove FOD and cool. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114606 | HARDFACING MIG-ARC WELDING WIRE AND HARDFACING MIG-ARC WELDING PROCESS - A wire is adopted to hardfacing MIG-arc welding using a pure argon gas as a shielding gas. The wire is a flux-cored wire prepared through drawing a steel hoop or steel pipe as a sheath in which a flux is filled. The flux contains, based on the total mass of the wire, C: 0.12 to 5.00 percent by mass, Si: 0.50 to 3.00 percent by mass, Mn: 0.30 to 20.00 percent by mass, P: 0.050 percent by mass or less, S: 0.050 percent by mass or less, and at least one of TiO | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114607 | INCREMENTAL HYBRID WELDING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Embodiments of a welding power supply include an engine adapted to drive a generator to produce a first power and a energy storage device adapted to discharge energy to produce a second power. The welding power supply also includes control circuitry adapted to detect a commanded output. The control circuitry is adapted to meet the commanded output by controlling access to power from the energy storage device to produce the second power when the commanded output is below a first predetermined load level. The control circuitry is further adapted to meet the commanded output by controlling access to power from the engine and the energy storage device to produce the first power and the second power when the commanded output is above a second predetermined load level. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114608 | ENERGY STORAGE CADDY FOR A WELDING SYSTEM - Embodiments of energy storage caddies adapted to couple to a welding power supply are provided. The energy storage caddies may include an energy storage device, a charger, control circuitry, and power conversion circuitry. Certain control circuitry may be adapted to control the energy storage device to discharge to provide a direct current (DC) voltage output to the welding power supply when a weld load demand is detected, to monitor a charge level of the energy storage device, and to alert a user to an error when the charge level of the energy storage device falls below a predetermined limit. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114609 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FORMING THE WELDING WIRE END - The invention relates to a method for forming an end of a welding wire ( | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114610 | Controlling Slag Adhesion When Piercing a Workpiece With a Laser Beam - Piercing a workpiece with a laser beam, while directing multiple gas flows onto the workpiece at angles and locations that cause the gas flows to blow slag away from the piercing location and produce a gas cushion between the blown away slag and the workpiece, thereby reducing adhesion of slag. A laser processing head is accordingly configured with additional gas nozzles. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114611 | MODULAR PROCESS LIST FOR WELDING POWER SUPPLY - A welding power supply includes a controller that automatically monitors the presence or absence of one or more modules connected to or installed into the welding power supply. The controller automatically turns on or off the power supply functions related to which optional modules are present. The controller populates various end-user interface menus based on which optional modules are installed. The controller uses software and/or hardware to make the determination. The optional module(s) themselves include circuitry which allows the controller to recognize when the optional module has been installed and what functions the installed optional module is capable of performing. The circuitry of the optional module(s) allows the optional module(s) to communicate with the controller. In this way, the end-user will not have the options of selecting a process on the user interface menus that is not available because the required equipment has not been installed. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114612 | Method and Apparatus For Welding - A method and apparatus for welding include initiating a pulse welding process includes initiating a welding arc by providing CC type welding power, maintaining the arc by providing CV type power. Then, pulse type welding power is provided. The method and system can be used to start short circuit, or other welding processes by providing short circuit power, or welding power of a given mode, instead of providing pulse power. Also, in one alternative, a method and system of initiating a pulse, short circuit, or given welding process includes initiating a welding arc by providing CC type welding power at least until a pseudo-equilibrium for the arc is established. Then, providing welding power in a pulse, short circuit, or the given mode. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114613 | COMPACT WELDING WIRE FEEDER - Embodiments of a welding system include a compact wire feeder adapted to feed welding wire having a diameter up to approximately 5/64 inches disposed on a wire spool having an outer diameter of approximately 8 inches. The compact wire feeder may include a housing, a spool mounting hub disposed in the housing and adapted to receive the wire spool, and a wire drive assembly having a motor adapted to apply an output torque to a shaft of a gearbox to drive the welding wire from the welding spool to a welding torch. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114614 | COOLING DEVICE FOR WELDING DEVICE - A cooling device for liquid cooling of at least one member of a welding device and a welding device with such a cooling device is described. The cooling device comprises a coolant tank, an outlet pipe for coolant from the coolant tank to the member, which outlet pipe comprises an outlet for connection to the welding device, a return pipe for returning heated liquid from the member back to the coolant tank, which return pipe comprises an inlet for connection to the welding device, and a pump which is connected to the outlet pipe for pumping coolant from coolant tank to the member. The cooling device comprises means for preventing flow through at least one of the outlet pipe and the return pipe when the pump is shut off. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114615 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR MONITORING WELD QUALITY - An arc welder including an integrated monitor is disclosed. The monitor is capable of monitoring variables during a welding process and weighting the variables accordingly, quantifying overall quality of a weld, obtaining and using data indicative of a good weld, improving production and quality control for an automated welding process, teaching proper welding techniques, identifying cost savings for a welding process, and deriving optimal welding settings to be used as pre-sets for different welding processes or applications. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114616 | WELDING SYSTEM WITH LOCKOUT MECHANISM - Embodiments of a welding system including a controller adapted to implement a lockout mechanism are provided. The controller may be adapted to selectively activate a learn mode and a use mode of a component of the welding system. When the learn mode is activated, the controller receives an allowable data set and stores the allowable data set to memory. When the use mode is activated, the controller receives an operational data set, references the allowable data set to check if the operational data set is allowable, logs the operational data set and enables the component of the welding system to operate when the operational data set is allowable, and disables the component of the welding system when the operational data set is not allowable. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114617 | LINER, IN PARTICULAR FOR WELDING WIRE - A liner for guiding wire with low friction has a plurality of liner bodies carrying rolling elements. The liner body is connected with at least one adjacent liner body by means of a pivot connection. At least one of the liner bodies is connected to a first swivel joint body which in turn is connected to a second swivel joint body so as to form a swivel joint allowing rotation by more than 360° between the first and the second swivel joint bodies. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114618 | UNIVERSAL FOOD HOLDING CABINET WITH SNAP-IN ESCUTCHEONS - Bezels or escutcheons for a temperature-controlled food holding cabinet are removable and field replaceable by the use of interlocking tabs and detents that hold the escutcheon in place and align the escutcheon to electrical connectors. A tab formed on either the escutcheon or chassis of the cabinet, engages a corresponding detent formed on either the cabinet chassis or the escutcheon. Two tabs and detents are preferably used. One tab engages a corresponding detent with an interference fit. | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114619 | YARN FOR CAR SEAT HEATING WITH SUITABLE LUBRICANT | 2011-05-19 |
| 20110114620 | COOKING APPLIANCE - The invention relates to a cooking appliance ( | 2011-05-19 |
