21st week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 6 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090126557 | ARMOR AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - An armor includes a face sheet, a spall liner, and a core disposed between the face sheet and the spall liner. The core includes a polymeric matrix and a plurality of ceramic rods disposed in the polymeric matrix. The armor further includes a first shock dissipation layer disposed between the face sheet and the core. The armor optionally includes a second shock dissipation layer disposed between the spall liner and the core. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126558 | Hydropneumatic Braking and Return System for Barrel-Recoil Guns - The invention relates to a hydropneumatic braking and return system for barrel-recoil guns having at least one working cylinder ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090126559 | Plug For Gun Recoil Mechanism - In a recoil mechanism for a gun having a frame with a barrel, a slide that is movable rearwardly of the frame and barrel when the gun is fired, and a main recoil spring, the improvement is a plug having an inner cylindrical surface with a helical groove for receiving and thereby deactivating the bias of a plurality of turns of the main recoil spring, the recoil spring having a plurality of turns threaded into the helical groove for deactivating the bias of the plurality of turns during a firing of the gun. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126560 | BRAKE BOOST SENSOR FEELER - The invention relates to a sensor feeler device for a brake booster. In this device, the sensor feeler device ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090126561 | SWASH PLATE PIVOT BEARING - A swash plate pivot bearing is provided having roller bearing segments ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090126562 | COMBINED PISTON-EXPANDER COMPRESSOR - The invention concerns a combined piston-expander compressor comprising a plurality of pistons ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090126563 | ADVANCED METHANE AND AMMONIA RECOVERY SYSTEM - An advanced methane and ammonia recovery system captures gaseous waste produced by domestic livestock to reduce the release of greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere and to generate energy. The system includes a gas capture system residing at a peak of a barn. At large commercial operations, the captured gasses pass through a separator to separate methane from ammonia gas. The ammonia is processed to obtain a fertilizer. The methane is stored in a tank, and drawn from the tank to provide fuel for an electrical generator. At smaller operations, the captured gasses may be stored in a tank for periodic collection by a tanker truck or other transportation, or where economically feasible, piped to a central processing location. The system is designed to substantially reduce the amount of methane gas released into the environment while providing additional income to the domestic livestock operations. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126564 | DIAPHRAGM ACTUATED BLOW-BACK VALVE AND RESERVOIR - An accumulator having an internal valve opened by applying air pressure to a diaphragm with a small solenoid to apply air to the diaphragm where the air is supplied from a pilot air supply. When the internal valve operated by the diaphragm opens, it snaps to a fully open position thereby opening the valve and uncovering a passageway leading to a filter for cleaning. The passageway is sufficiently wide that the resulting flow of air through the passageway is so explosive that air pressure on the filter is distributed over the surface area of the filter for a brief moment, blowing the dust on the filter free. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126565 | Method of Distancing a Bubble and Bubble Displacement Apparatus - In the field of immersion lithography, it is known to provide a liquid between an optical exposure system and a wafer carrying layers of photosensitive material to be irradiated with a pattern by the optical exposure system. However, bubbles are known to form or exist in the liquid, sometimes close to a surface of the wafer resulting in scattering of light emitted from the optical exposure system. The scattering causes the pattern recorded in the layers of photosensitive material to be corrupted, resulting in defective wafers. Therefore, the present invention provides a bubble displacement apparatus comprising a drive signal generator for driving a force generator arranged to generate a force in response to a drive signal generated by the drive signal generator. The force generated urges the bubble away from the surface. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126566 | Polymer Functionalized Molecular Sieve/Polymer Mixed Matrix Membranes - The invention discloses the use of polymer functionalized molecular sieve/polymer mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) with either no macrovoids or voids of less than several Angstroms at the interface of the polymer matrix and the molecular sieves by incorporating polyethersulfone (PES) or cellulose triacetate (CTA) functionalized molecular sieves into a continuous polyimide or cellulose acetate (CA) polymer matrix. The MMMs, particularly PES functionalized AlPO-14/polyimide MMMs and CTA functionalized AlPO-14/CA MMMs, in the form of symmetric dense film, asymmetric flat sheet membrane, or asymmetric hollow fiber have good flexibility and high mechanical strength, and exhibit significantly enhanced selectivity and/or permeability over the polymer membranes made from the corresponding continuous polymer matrices for carbon dioxide/methane (CO | 2009-05-21 |
20090126567 | Mixed Matrix Membranes Containing Molecular Sieves With Thin Plate Morphology - The present invention discloses mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) comprising a polymer matrix and molecular sieve particles and methods for making and using these membranes. The molecular sieve particles contain micropores or mesopores and exhibit a thin plate morphology with high aspect ratio and the plate thickness no more than 300 nm. This invention also pertains to controlling the alignment of the thin plate molecular sieve particles in the continuous polymer matrix of the thin dense selective layer of the asymmetric mixed matrix membranes. These MMMs exhibited much higher selectivity improvement than those comprising molecular sieve particles with other kinds of morphology for gas separations such as CO | 2009-05-21 |
20090126568 | METHOD FOR REMOVING INTRA-MICROCHANNEL BUBBLES AND INTRA-MICROCHANNEL DISSOLVING AND DISPERSING METHOD - A method for removing intra-microchannel bubbles, which removes bubbles occurring in a microchannel, is provided; the method including: allowing a liquid that contains bubbles and is introduced into a microchannel to flow in a first direction at a first flow speed at which the bubbles float upward and can remain adhered on an inner wall of the microchannel or less; and then allowing the liquid to flow in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction to move a gas-liquid interface of the liquid, which is a rear end of the liquid in the second direction, in the second direction at a second flow speed at which the bubbles adhered on the inner wall of the microchannel can maintain an adhesion position so as to collect the bubbles on the gas-liquid interface and make the bubbles disappear by exposing the bubbles to a gas. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126569 | PROTECTIVE SCREEN FOR AIR-HANDLING EQUIPMENT - A protective screen is provided for use with air-handling devices, including air conditioners and evaporative coolers. In one aspect the protective screen is comprised of a generally flexible mesh material. The screen is secured around the exterior of the air-handling device, closely adjacent any inlet openings. One or more drawstrings are provided to fit the screen to the air-handling device and prevent unintentional removal therefrom. The protective screen may be periodically removed and cleaned prior to reuse. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126570 | Polymer Functionalized Molecular Sieve/Polymer Mixed Matrix Membranes - The present invention discloses polymer functionalized molecular sieve/polymer mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) with either no macrovoids or voids of less than several Angstroms at the interface of the polymer matrix and the molecular sieves by incorporating polyethersulfone (PES) or cellulose triacetate (CTA) functionalized molecular sieves into a continuous polyimide or cellulose acetate (CA) polymer matrix. The MMMs, in the form of symmetric dense film, asymmetric flat sheet membrane, or asymmetric hollow fiber have good flexibility and high mechanical strength, and exhibit significantly enhanced selectivity and/or permeability over the polymer membranes made from the corresponding continuous polymer matrices for carbon dioxide/methane (CO | 2009-05-21 |
20090126571 | PARTICULATE MATERIAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PARTICULATE MATERIAL PROCESSING SYSTEM - A particulate material processing apparatus has a vessel and a processing tank. The vessel has a charging port for charging a particulate material into the vessel. The processing tank receives the particulate material charged from the charging port. The processing tank is shaped so as to narrow towards the bottom. At least the lower part of the processing tank is made of a gas-permeable material that allows the process gas for processing the particulate material to pass through. The upper part of the processing tank has lower gas permeability than the lower part of the processing tank. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126572 | ELECTRODE WIRE FOR AN ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR - An electrode wire for use in an electrostatic precipitator is provided according to an embodiment of the invention. The electrode wire includes a wire portion of a predetermined length L, a first end, and a second end. The electrode wire further includes retaining bodies formed on the first end and the second end of the wire portion. A retaining body of the retaining bodies is substantially solid. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126573 | DEOXIDIZER AND PROCESS OF PRODUCING DEOXIDIZER - A deoxidizer for absorbing and removing oxygen from the surrounding atmosphere, comprising oxygen-deficient cerium oxide having a powder form with a specific surface area of 0.6 m | 2009-05-21 |
20090126574 | MOISTURE SEPARATION HEATER - A hygroscopic moisture separating and heating apparatus ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090126575 | APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING OIL FROM BLOW-BY GAS OF ENGINE - The present invention relates to a variable apparatus for separating oil from blow-by gas in an engine. More particularly, the variable apparatus of the present invention is installed in a baffle compartment of a cylinder head cover of the engine, and includes a partition wall ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090126576 | APPARATUS FOR PREPARING A COFFEE BEVERAGE - Apparatus comprising a containing element for heating an extracting fluid, a transferring arrangement for causing the passage of the fluid through a dose of coffee and a collecting arrangement for collecting a beverage produced with the extracting fluid during the passage: there being provided a separating arrangement arranged for separating a fraction of the beverage obtained with a prevalently liquid phase of the fluid from a further fraction of the beverage obtained with a prevalently steam phase of the fluid, the separating arrangement leading into distinct zones of the collecting arrangement. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126577 | SYSTEM COMPRISING A COFFEE MACHINE AND A PORTION CAPSULE - The invention relates to a coffee machine for brewing a hot drink, in particular, a coffee drink, by means of a portion capsule with a capsule lid and a capsule base, comprising a pressurised water device, a portion capsule holder and a controller. The portion capsule holder is provided with two relatively-displaceable puncture means, which pierce the capsule lid and the capsule base on or after insertion of the portion capsule in the portion capsule holder, such that hot water can enter the portion capsule through the capsule lid and the drink escapes through the capsule base from the portion capsule. The controller is provided for the provision of three differing pressures for the pressurised water, for example, for brewing espresso, white coffee and filter coffee. The capsule base of the portion capsule can comprise a pre-weakened spot. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126578 | Device and Disposable Capsule For Producing Liquid Products, in Particular Beverages - The invention relates to a device for producing liquid products, in particular drinks. According to the invention, an infusion module ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090126579 | POPCORN MACHINES AND OTHER MACHINES HAVING MULTIPLE HEAT ZONE COOKING SURFACES FOR PRODUCING POPCORN AND OTHER TYPES OF EXPANDED FOODS - Machines having multiple heat zone cooking surfaces for producing popcorn and other types of expanded foods are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a kettle assembly for popping corn includes a popping surface having a first heat zone adjacent to a second heat zone. In this embodiment, the first heat zone is configured to receive a plurality of unpopped corn kernels, and heat the unpopped corn kernels to a first level. The second heat zone is configured to receive the unpopped corn kernels from the first heat zone, and heat the unpopped corn kernels to a second level, higher than the first level. In one aspect of this embodiment, the kettle assembly can include a first heating element positioned at least proximate to the first heat zone, and a second heating element positioned at least proximate to the second heat zone. The first heating element operates at a first temperature, and the second heating element operates at a second temperature, higher than the first temperature. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126580 | Removable Divider For Food Warming Apparatus - A food warming apparatus includes a cabinet with one or more heating compartments for holding one or more trays. Each tray has a rim extending outwardly from a tray opening and may contain previously cooked food portions. One or more dividers are removably mounted inside a heating compartment, dividing the heating compartment into a first sub-compartment and second sub-compartment. The one or more dividers include a first support flange that extends into the first sub-compartment and a second support flange that extends into the second sub-compartment. The first support flange supports a rim of a first tray in the first sub-compartment such that the first tray is suspended above a lower compartment surface of the heating compartment. The second support flange supports a rim of a second tray in the second sub-compartment such that the second tray is suspended above the lower compartment surface of the heating compartment. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126581 | Dispenser system using gas injection - Dispenser system for dispensing a liquid product, in which a container containing a bag ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090126582 | Meat Cutter - A meat cutter, a blade head and an associated cutter blade ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090126583 | Method and device for pressing - A method and a device for pressing a liquid extract from a material to be pressed include a screw press which conveys the material to be pressed along a pressing route and applies pressure to it. In addition, at least one extracting agent is added to the material to be pressed and is removed, together with the extract, from the pressed material. The extracting agent is supplied to the material to be pressed in an amount that is no more than twice the weight of the extract contained in the material to be pressed. At least a portion of the extracting agent dissolves in the extract. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126584 | RECORDING MEDIUM AND PRODUCING METHOD THEREOF, AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD - The present invention provides a recording medium which can form a high quality image in which curling, image blur, and mixing of colors occurring with image recording are prevented and separation of ink does not easily occur; a method of producing the recording medium; and an ink jet recording method allowing formation of a high quality image at low cost and high speed, including: a stencil ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090126585 | STENCIL PRINTING APPARATUS - A stencil printing apparatus for wrapping a master around an outer circumferential surface of a plate cylinder to perform printing, the stencil printing apparatus being capable of preventing the occurrence of abnormal images or afterimage phenomenon which causes confidential information leakage, without increasing cost or causing any problems. This stencil printing apparatus has time measuring means for measuring a leaving time during which the apparatus is left stand, and when a plate discharge command is output before the leaving time exceeds a first predetermined time while the master is wrapped around the outer circumferential surface, the stencil printing apparatus is shifted to a standby state after the master is discharged from the outer circumferential surface. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126586 | Method and Device for Gravure Printing Using an Erasable and Re-Usable Printing Form - The invention relates to a method and a device for gravure painting using an enable and re-usable printing form. The starting point of said method is a gravure printing form comprising a basic grid that is designed for the maximum quality of ink that is transferred, said grid being uniformly filled in a filling process, a pattern being created by thermal ablation and the gravure printing form being erased after the printing process. The aim of the invention is to provide a method and device with which the complete removal of the filler material can be performed in a justifiable time in a reliable manner, even outside the printing press. To achieve this, the filler material and the residual ink is removed by a separate laser beam from that of the image-point transfer device. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126587 | Method and Device for Creating a Pattern on an Erasable and Re-Usable Gravure Printing Form - The aim of the invention is to further improve the ablation precision in terms of structuring the depressions of the basic grid of a gravure printing form and the printing behaviour of the depressions of a basic grid of an erasable and re-usable gravure printing form, by increasing the uniformity of the base of said depressions. To achieve this, the filler material that fills the erasable, re-usable printing gravure form is removed using laser beams, whose intensity profile over the cross-section of the laser beam corresponds to a pillbox profile. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126588 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing relief material for seamless printing - A workpiece | 2009-05-21 |
20090126589 | PATTERNING PROCESS - A patterning process, including applying pressure to and removing pressure from one or more regions of a substance to transform a phase of one or more regions of the substance, the transformed one or more regions having respective predetermined shapes representing a predetermined pattern. The patterning process can be used to form nanoscale patterns in substances without requiring the use of photoresist or conventional optical or electron-beam lithography, thus avoiding the limitations of those techniques. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126590 | Method and Device for Producing a Permanent as Well as Erasable Image on a Printing Plate - A method and device for producing a permanent as well as erasable image on a printing plate, in particular within a printing press, is disclosed. A printing plate with a rewritable and erasable surface is made available. The surface of the printing plate made available is erased and a permanent and erasable image is created on the erased surface. Following the erasing of the surface, the surface is imaged, gummed and fixed, namely in such a way that, on the one hand, the imaging and the gumming and the fixing occur relative to the erasing in a chronologically sequential and spatially sequential manner, and that, on the other hand, the imaging and the gumming and the fixing each occur relative to one another in a chronologically parallel but spatially sequential manner. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126591 | METHOD OF AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTING THE PRINTING PRESSURE IN FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING MACHINES - A method of automatically adjusting the printing pressure in flexographic printing machines is disclosed. The method is applied to flexographic machines with a rotating support drum around which a series of printing units with a series of printing rollers associated to respective ink rollers are arranged, and includes carrying out for each printing unit: detecting the start and the end of one mark (M | 2009-05-21 |
20090126592 | SEMICONDUCTOR BRIDGE, IGNITER, AND GAS GENERATOR - The invention provides a semiconductor bridge, an igniter, and a gas generator each of which satisfies a high-speed responsiveness required of, for example, an automotive side inflator. The semiconductor bridge includes a bridge part heated by being supplied with a current. The bridge part is disposed on a substrate. The bridge part includes a first layer and an ignition bridge layer. The first layer is formed on the substrate and has insulating properties. The ignition bridge layer serves as a second layer disposed on the first layer. The width of the bridge part at the first layer and the width of the bridge part at the second layer are substantially equal to each other. A space is provided around the bridge part. With this structure, the diffusion of current and heat into the substrate can be restricted to the minimum level, and the ignition time can be quickened as an ignition characteristic. Each of the igniter and the gas generator includes the semiconductor bridge. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126593 | Safety and Arming Unit for a Fuse - A safety and arming unit for a fuse includes a firing chain having first and second firing devices defining an intermediate space therebetween and a barrier blocking the intermediate space in a safe position. The firing chain is brought into an armed position by a releasing movement vacating the intermediate space. First and second mutually independent securing devices lock the barrier in the safe position and execute an unlocking action based on two mutually independent physical arming parameters. A compact and very reliable safety and arming unit can be achieved in this way. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126594 | AMMUNITION ARRANGEMENT - An ammunition device having two or more projectiles ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090126595 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BANDED PROJECTILES INTENDED FOR FIRING FROM RIFLED BARRELS AND PROJECTILES MADE ACCORDING TO THE METHOD, AND METHOD FOR UTILIZING THEIR SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS IMPARTED BY THE METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE WHEN FIRING THESE PROJECTILES - In its simplest form the present invention comprises a new method for manufacturing projectiles ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090126596 | AMUSEMENT RIDE - An amusement ride, such as a roller coaster or vertical tower track ride, includes an attachment assembly movably connected to a track system. A vehicle assembly is connected to the attachment assembly and includes a seat assembly having at least one rider seat. The vehicle assembly is coupled to the attachment assembly and configured such that the seat assembly is capable of fully rotating about first and second, and preferably even third axes independent of the track system. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126597 | Propulsion mechanism - There is provided a differential propulsion mechanism including two or more concentric and mutually counter-rotating first wheels ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090126598 | Suspended type robot system - A plurality of cables is unified into a parallel in a vertical direction state to constitute a flat cable, and the flat cable is pressed against an internal surface of a perimeter of the Cableveyor. Further, both ends of the flat cable are fixed such that the flat cable touches neither upper or lower inner surface of the Cableveyor by slanting up both ends of the accommodated portion of the flat cable. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126599 | RAIL ROAD CAR TRUCK - A rail road freight car truck has a truck bolster and a pair of side frames, the truck bolster being mounted transversely relative to the side frames. The mounting interface between the ends of the axles and the sideframe pedestals allows lateral rocking motion of the sideframes in the manner of a swing motion truck. The lateral swinging motion is combined with a longitudinal self steering capability. The self steering capability may be obtained by use of a longitudinally oriented rocker that may tend to permit resistance to self steering that is proportional to the weight carried across the interface. The trucks may have auxiliary centering elements mounted in the pedestal seats, and those auxiliary centering elements may be made of resilient elastomeric material. The truck may also have friction dampers that have a disinclination to stick-slip behavior. The friction dampers may be provided with brake linings, or similar features, on the face engaging the sideframe columns, on the slope face, or both. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126600 | Insulated cargo container and methods for manufacturing same using vacuum insulated panels and foam insulated liners - An insulated cargo container is composed of an underframe, a floor, a first side wall, a second side wall, a roof, and at least one door being connected together to form an enclosure. At least one insulating liner is mounted to the interior surfaces and exterior surfaces of the enclosure in an amount sufficient to achieve a UA rating of less than about 300 for the cargo container. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126601 | Polymer film and producing method for producing polymer film - A co-casting of plural dopes is made to form a casting film ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090126602 | COLORANT COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING METATHESIZED UNSATURATED POLYOL ESTERS - Disclosed are improved colorant compositions that are suitable for encapsulation in an impact-rupturable casing that is adapted for intact projectile motion and rupture upon contact with a target surface. In many embodiments, the colorant compositions comprise (a) a carrier comprising: (i) a metathesized unsaturated polyol ester; and (ii) a polyol ester; and (b) a colorant. The colorant compositions are useful in paint balls for use in conjunction with projectile devices, such as paint ball markers. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126603 | Wax and polymer formulations comprising metallocene-catalyzed polyolefins with and without filler which are particularly suitable for cutting model production processes and also their use for precision casting processes, hollow core production, especially in the dental, jewelry and precision engineering sectors - Metallocene-catalyzed polyolefins comprising wax and polymer formulations with and without filler are particularly suitable for use in precision casting processes and hollow core production. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126604 | GAS PHASE PRODUCTION OF COATED TITANIA - A flame spray pyrolysis process for the preparation of ultrafine titania particles coated with a smooth, homogeneous coating of one or more metal oxides is provided. The metal oxide coating is achieved by contacting the titania particles with a metal oxide precursor downstream of the titania formation zone, after the titania particles have formed. The process provides titania particles with a high rutile content and a smooth and homogeneous coating of a metal oxide. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126605 | Concealable Table - A table assembly which permits a table top to have a first use position and a second stored position is disclosed. In the first position the table top may serve as a conference table, desk, dining table or the like and in the second position be positioned essentially parallel with an upright wall of a room in which it is installed. The storage unit may also be a furniture piece comprising a variety of optional features. In one embodiment, a storage unit furniture piece comprises a deeper cabinet structure that may be fitted with, for example shelves for books and the like or a bar for hanging clothing. Generally, the table assembly is secured to a wall of a room or installed between the studs which frame the wall of a room. The table assembly may have its own upright wall. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126606 | Secure enclosure - A secure enclosure for resisting attacks using explosives. The secure enclosure has a body defining an opening and a door leaf hingeably coupled to the body for securely closing the opening. The body and door leaf define a cavity in which valuable items may be stored. The secure enclosure also defines a plurality of frangible portions. Each frangible portion comprises a weakened perimeter so that the frangible portions are ejected by the rapid build-up of pressure when an explosion occurs within the secure enclosure, thereby reducing the pressure within the secure enclosure and preserving the integrity of the body and door. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126607 | Combustion Apparatus For Recovering Heat - A combustion apparatus for recovering heat according to the present invention comprising a combustion tank for burning fuel contained in the interior by combustion air supplied from the exterior, characterized in that: a combustion chamber surrounded by an inner wall for burning fuel is defined in said combustion tank; a swirl flow supply chamber for supplying a combustion air into said combustion chamber is defined around the outer circumference of the inner wall of said combustion tank; a combustion air supply passage for supplying combustion air from said swirl flow supply chamber into said combustion chamber is defined on the inner wall of said combustion tank; said combustion air supply passage is slanted at a predetermined angle to the vertical direction of the inner face of the inner wall in said combustion tank; and the combustion air generates a swirl flow in the combustion chamber. Furthermore, the combustion apparatus for recovering heat according to the invention characterized in that; an air cooling chamber for supplying combustion air supplied from the exterior into said swirl flow supply chamber is defined around the outer circumference of said swirl flow supply chamber in said combustion tank, and the combustion air supplied from the exterior is supplied through said cooling chamber into the swirl flow supply chamber to decrease a heat loss and to improve a thermal efficiency. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126608 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMBUSTION OF METALS AND OTHER FUELS - A system, apparatus and method for the combustion of metals and other fuels are provided. The system can include: a fuel combustion apparatus including a combustor having a combustion chamber for burning ground particles from a fuel charge, and a fuel supply apparatus for supplying the ground particles of fuel from the fuel charge to the combustor. The fuel supply system can include a fuel charge holder assembly to house and store the fuel charge, a grinder assembly including a grinder housed within the charge holder assembly and configured to pulverize the fuel charge to produce a combustible fuel to be consumed in the combustion chamber, and a fuel charge linear feed assembly including a piston in contact with the fuel charge within the charge holder assembly to selectively bias the fuel charge into the grinder to thereby a control consumption rate of the fuel charge. Exhaust from the combustion chamber can be used in the incineration of radioactive, chemical and mixed hazardous materials, and in the propulsion of a vehicle in both an air or water environment. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126609 | Template for use in circular sewing - A template for circular sewing is used for repeatedly sewing a single pattern into a circular arrangement with use of a sewing machine equipped with a circular sewing device. The template includes a transparent sheet member having a center point, a plurality of arc-shaped base lines arranged in a concentric pattern about the center point of the sheet member, and a plurality of linear pattern pitch measurement lines which are provided for measuring a pitch of the patterns and which are arranged on the sheet member so as to pass through the center point of the sheet member and across the arc-shaped base lines. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126610 | MULTI-HEAD SEWING MACHINE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPERATION OF MULTI-HEAD SEWING MACHINE - A balancer is fixedly attached to a rotary input shaft of a crank mechanism that converts rotary drive of a needle bar drive source to up-and-down motion of a needle bar. The balancer is caused to rotate at substantially an opposite phase with respect to up-and-down motion of the needle bar with the rotary drive of the needle bar drive source. When the balancer is driven at substantially the opposite phase with respect to the up-and-down motion of the needle bar, inertia force in an up-and-down direction of the needle bar, generated due to the up-and-down motion of the needle bar is negated, whereby it is possible to reduce vibration generated in the up-and-down direction. Sewing heads paired with each other by being arbitrarily combined are controlled so as to be rotationally driven to cause rotational directions of the needle bar drive sources to become opposite directions to each other. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126611 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THREAD HANDLING AND/OR CUTTING - One embodiment of the present invention relates to a system for thread handling (e.g., separating) and/or cutting. Another embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for thread handling (e.g., separating) and/or cutting. In one example, the present invention may be used in connection with sewing machines, embroidery machines, quilting machines and the like. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126612 | Waterwheel - An undershot waterwheel is described. The waterwheel has a rotational axis and paddles rotatable about the rotational axis. At least one paddle comprises a blade that is curved when viewed parallel to the rotational axis. Optionally, the waterwheel may be mounted on a watercraft. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126613 | Rudder for ships - A rudder for ships comprising a rudder blade which has a leading edge and a trailing edge. The rudder blade has two superimposed rudder blade sections, the leading edge sections and/or the trailing edge sections of which are offset such that the one leading edge section and/or the one trailing edge section is offset port or starboard and the other leading edge section and/or the other trailing edge section is offset starboard or port and that the one leading edge and/or trailing edge section has a port-sided offset surface which projects over the other leading edge section and/or the other trailing edge section and the other leading edge section and/or trailing edge section has a starboard-sided offset surface which projects over the one leading edge section and/or trailing edge section, a flow body configured in such a manner that its dimensions are adapted to the dimensions of the offset surfaces, which covers the offset surfaces and which is configured in the area of each offset surface. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126614 | High performance rudder for ships - A high performance full spade rudder for ships includes a rudder blade, a rudder trunk and a rudder post. The rudder blade widens from the leading edge to a central area which constitutes the widest point of the rudder profile. The rudder blade profile tapers from the central area to a narrow rear area and widens again from the rear area to the trailing edge. A bearing is placed in an inner longitudinal bore of the rudder trunk for bearing the rudder post, wherein the bearing penetrates with its free end into a recess, taper or the like in the rudder blade. No bearing is provided between the rudder blade and the rudder trunk. The bearing for the rudder post is placed in the rudder trunk in the area of the free end of the rudder trunk. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126615 | Moring cleat - An automatically and remotely operable retractable mooring cleat. The retractable cleat is mountable in a surface, such as the deck ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090126616 | Offshore floating production, storage, and off-loading vessel for use in ice-covered and clear water applications - An offshore floating production, storage, and off-loading vessel has a monolithic non ship-shaped hull of polygonal configuration surrounding a central double tapered conical moon pool and contains water ballast and oil storage compartments. The exterior side walls of the hull have flat surfaces and sharp corners to cut ice sheets, resist and break ice, and move ice pressure ridges away from the structure. An adjustable water ballast system induces heave, roll, pitch and surge motions of the vessel to dynamically position and maneuver the vessel to accomplish ice cutting, breaking and moving operations. The moon pool shape and other devices on the vessel provide added virtual mass capable of increasing the natural period of the roll and heave modes, reducing dynamic amplification and resonance due to waves and vessel motion, and facilitate maneuvering the vessel. The vessel may be moored by a disconnectable turret buoy received in a support frame at the bottom of the moon pool and to which flexible well risers and mooring lines are connected. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126617 | Docking and Drilling Stations for Running Self-Standing Risers and Conducting Drilling, Production and Storage Operations - A sea vessel exploration and production system is provided, wherein the system includes a drilling station formed from at least one section of a first sea vessel hull; and a docking station, which is also formed from at least one section of a second sea vessel hull. A mooring system suitable for connecting the drilling station to the docking station is also provided. Means for anchoring the vessels to the seafloor, and for attaching them to turret buoys, are also considered. Various exploration and production packages, as well as equipment required to deploy and control a self-standing riser system in either deep or shallow waters, are also described. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126618 | AIR CAVITY VESSEL | 2009-05-21 |
20090126619 | Assembly for Deploying a Payload from a Submarine - A submarine ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090126620 | Device for lifting, supporting, transporting and unloading a kayak or canoe - A device for lifting, supporting, transporting and unloading a kayak, comprising, engagement means for releasably and securely engaging the coaming of the kayak support means for stably supporting the engagement means and engaged kayak on an individual's shoulders and rotation means in engagement with the support means and the engagement means adapted to rotate the engagement means relative to the support means. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126621 | Water resistant protable object including a sound generator - The invention concerns a water resistant portable object such as a diving watch including a sound generator device ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090126622 | Device and method for counter-diffusion crystal growth - The invention relates to a device which enables crystallisation (e.g. of biological macromolecules) by means of counter-diffusion. The inventive device consists of a one-dimensional space, for example a capillary tube, comprising three differently-shaped parts. The invention also relates to a block which comprises several of the aforementioned devices and which can be used to perform crystallisation experiments simultaneously under different conditions. The invention further related to a method of growing crystals by means of counter-diffusion in one-dimensional devices either under terrestrial gravity conditions or under reduced gravity conditions, preferably with the use of the block comprising several of said devices in the latter case. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126623 | Apparatus for producing group III element nitride semiconductor and method for producing the semiconductor - The present invention provides an apparatus for producing a Group III nitride semiconductor, which enables production of a uniform Si-doped GaN crystal. In one embodiment of the invention, an apparatus for producing a Group III nitride semiconductor includes a supply tube for supplying nitrogen and silane, a Ga-supplying apparatus for supplying Ga melt to a crucible, and an Na-supplying apparatus for supplying Na melt to the crucible. Nitrogen and a dopant is mixed together, and the gas mixture is supplied through one single supply tube without provision of a conventionally employed supply tube for only supplying a dopant. Thus, dead space in a reaction vessel is reduced, and vaporization of Na is suppressed, whereby a high-quality, Si-doped GaN crystal can be produced. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126624 | Method of Producing silicon carbide epitaxial layer - A method of producing an epitaxial layer on a substrate of silicon carbide is provided. Utilizing the system, silicon carbide can be grown with a thickness uniformity that is better than 5% at a growth rate which is at least 100 μm/hour. The method comprises providing a cavity with a source material and a substrate of monolithic silicon carbide, evacuating the cavity and raising the temperature to 1400° C. Then the temperature is increased at a rate of about 20° C./min until a predetermined growth temperature is reached. Thereafter, the temperature is kept such that a predetermined growth rate between 10 μm/min and 300 μm/min is obtained. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126625 | Non-intrusive portable safety seal used to obtain people's dna and genetic patterns through fingerprinting - A non-intrusive portable safety seal to collect human organic remnants in order to obtain DNA and genetic patterns of fingerprints is provided. The proposed seal comprises four related basic components: a sheet of paper or base forming a triptych, which serves to support the entire set, an adhesive-covered central sheet bearing a safety seal on the front surface, a two-surfaced sheet with adhesive on both surfaces and a graphite or granulated sheet adheres to it. In addition, the seal has two adhesive-covered safety flaps that protect the entire set. An alternative seal comprises a base sheet that is able to receive four fingerprints of four fingers, containing a fifth separation sheet between the graphite or granulated sheet and the two-surfaced adhesive layer. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126626 | ANNULAR NOZZLE STRUCTURE FOR HIGH DENSITY INKJET PRINTHEADS - A method for fabricating an orifice plate with high density arrays of nozzles entails disposing a photoresist layer on a glass with a metalized layer forming a photomask blank and patterning the photomask blank with one or more openings. Second openings are formed by etching through the initial openings into the photoresist layer. The photoresist layer is removed and a second photoresist layer is added to the formed patterned structure forming a mandrel. One or more rings are patterned onto the mandrel. Each ring has an outer diameter larger than the diameter of the second openings and an inner diameter smaller than the diameter of the second openings. The mandrel with formed rings is plated with a metal forming an orifice plate. The orifice plate is separated from the patterned mandrel, forming an orifice plate with a high density array of nozzles | 2009-05-21 |
20090126627 | Laser assisted nano deposition - An apparatus and method is disclosed for forming a nano structure on a substrate with nano particles. The nano particles are deposited through a nano size pore onto the substrate. A laser beam is directed through a concentrator to focus a nano size laser beam onto the deposited nano particles on the substrate. The apparatus and method is suitable for fabricating patterned conductors, semiconductors and insulators on semiconductor wafers of a nano scale line width by direct nanoscale deposition of materials. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126628 | RADIATION APPLIANCE, POWDER APPLYING STATION, ARRANGEMENT FOR COATING TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE MATERIALS, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - The invention relates to a radiation appliance ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090126629 | Film-forming system and film-forming method - A film-forming system comprising a vacuum chamber and an electroconductive partition plate dividing said vacuum chamber into a plasma generating space provided with a high-frequency electrode and a film-forming treatment space provided with a substrate-retaining mechanism for holding a substrate mounted thereon. A gas for generating desired active species by discharge plasma is introduced into the plasma generating space. Said desired active species are supplied to the film-forming treatment space through a plurality of penetration holes formed in the electroconductive partition plate for communicating the plasma generating space with the film-forming treatment space. Said electroconductive partition plate has a first internal space separated from the plasma generating space and communicating with the film-forming treatment space via a plurality of material gas diffusion holes. A material gas is introduced from the outside into said first internal space and supplied into the film-forming treatment space through a plurality of said material gas diffusion holes. Said electroconductive partition plate further has a second internal space separated from said first internal space and communicating with said film-forming treatment space via a plurality of gas diffusion holes. A gas other than said material gas is introduced from the outside into said second internal space. A film is deposited on the substrate by a reaction between said active species and said material gas supplied to said film-forming treatment space. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126630 | Spindle Spray Coating System - A spindle spray coating system including a spindle conveyor system for horizontally transporting parts supported on spindles within the system. A spindle rotation station assembly is also provided for rotating individual spindles supporting parts during spraying. A spray containment closed spray booth for containment of parts supported on spindles during the spray operation by an adjustable spray system to minimize environmental and operator exposure to the coating materials being sprayed. A second spray containment closed spray booth may also be provided for containment of parts supported on spindles during a secondary spray operation by an adjustable secondary spray system. Following the spray operation(s), a vision inspection system is used to inspect the parts that have been coated. An automated defective part rejection assembly is also provided which includes a vertical lifting mechanism, and a gripper mechanism for gripping defective parts, and lifting and rotating the parts through a 180 degree motion using a balanced counterweight, followed by release of the parts from the gripper mechanism for disposal. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126631 | CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION REACTOR HAVING MULTIPLE INLETS - A chemical vapor deposition reactor has a wafer carrier which cooperates with a chamber of the reactor to facilitate laminar flow of reaction gas within the chamber and a plurality of injectors configured in flow controllable zones so as to mitigate depletion. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126632 | Quick-change precursor manifold for large-area CVD and PECVD - A tube-array showerhead for CVD or PECVD on large substrates delivers precursors to a process chamber via an array of tubes drilled with precision holes. The tubes rapidly become contaminated with use and must be changed frequently to maintain process quality. An improved manifold for a tube-array showerhead, intended for processes with a low pressure differential between the tubes and process chamber, includes holding-stubs to hold each tube by its ends outside the manifold block. At least one holding-stub for each tube is spring-loaded along the direction of the tube's operating axis. Contaminated tubes can be removed, and clean tubes installed, without disassembling the manifolds or disturbing any high-pressure-differential seals to the ambient atmosphere or precursor supplies. This invention reduces production costs by decreasing chamber down-time and reducing the risk of creating leaks when tubes are changed. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126633 | ELECTRODE/PROBE ASSEMBLIES AND PLASMA PROCESSING CHAMBERS INCORPORATING THE SAME - The present invention relates generally to plasma processing chambers and electrode assemblies used therein. According to one embodiment, an electrode assembly comprises a thermal control plate, a silicon-based showerhead electrode, and a probe assembly comprising an electrically conductive probe body and a silicon-based cap. The electrode assembly is configured such that the handedness of a threaded engagement of the silicon-based cap and a head section of the probe body and the handedness of the threaded engagement of the thermal control plate and a mid-section of the probe body have a common direction of rotation. Thereby, an application of torque to the silicon-based cap in a tightening direction of rotation tightens both threaded engagements. Further, the electrode assembly is configured such that the threaded engagement of the silicon-based cap and a head section of the probe body permits repetitive non-destructive engagement and disengagement of the silicon-based cap and the probe body. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126634 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS - A plasma processing apparatus includes a processing chamber; a first electrode for mounting thereon a target substrate in the processing chamber; a second electrode which faces the first electrode obliquely or in parallel thereto to form a high frequency discharging capacitor; a processing gas supply unit for supplying a processing gas to a processing space in the processing chamber; a first high frequency power supply for applying a first high frequency power to at least one of the first and the second electrode to generate a plasma by injecting the processing gas into the processing space; and an electrode position varying mechanism for varying a position of the second electrode in a predetermined direction to vary a capacitance of the capacitor. The apparatus further includes a dielectric partition wall for separating the processing space from an electrode moving space surrounding the second electrode and the electrode position varying mechanism. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126635 | Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition Reactor - Affords MOCVD reactors with which, while deposited films are uniformized in thickness, film deposition efficiency can be improved. An MOCVD reactor ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090126636 | Combined punch and needle for automated egg injection machines - An improved needle design is cut diagonally from two sides to form a sharpened cutting edge, rather than a point. The needle has an external diameter and wall thickness sufficient to provide the rigidity necessary to punch the egg shell while the sharpened edge provides a sharp cutting edge able to sever the underlying membrane cleanly and penetrate an embryo if necessary. The needle's penetrating edge design prevents needle tip fold-over and the resulting formation of a hook which can lead to cross-contamination of eggs and shortened needle life. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126637 | DEVICE INCLUDING A MILK-CONVEYING TUBULAR MEMBER - The invention refers to a device including a milk-conveying tubular member ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090126638 | Pet Impact Protector - A pet impact protector is disclosed. This device is directed to a cleanable, removable device for a vehicle car seat comprising a contiguous pliable material having a pet seating area and a pet capture area. The pet impact protector is designed such that the force of the pet impact protector plus the pet, upon impact with the vehicle during a stop or slowing of the vehicle, causes the pet impact protector to partially collapse and form a protective impact area around the pet. This device is directed to the reduction of injury to a pet riding in a vehicle during an accident, stop or slowdown of the vehicle. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126639 | APPARATUS FOR UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTING MATERIALS - An apparatus for uniformly distributing materials is disclosed, it consists of a container for storing materials, the container has an exit formed at its bottom, under the container, a feeding device is installed opposite to the exit of the container, the feeding device pushes material flows out of the exit of container to a distributing disk. The distributing disk has surface slopes downward from a top conical center portion with a circular furrow formed surrounding the disk. A controller is electrically connected to the driving motor to set up activation time of the apparatus, so that at pre-determined time, the material flows from the exit of container into the feeding device, and then pushed out of the feeding device and evenly lands along the distributing disk and then on its furrow. By this, the object for even distribution of feed at set amount and time to supply feed to birds and the animals is achieved. Furthermore, inside the container, there is an elastic stirring element which can be moved to and fro according to the operation of feeding device, such that the blockage of materials at the exit of container is presented. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126640 | APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING THE INTAKE OF FOOD BY ANIMALS - An animal feeder comprising a hopper for storing pieces of food is provided. The hopper includes an opening and a gate movable with respect to the hopper between an open position rendering the opening at least partially accessible to an animal and a closed position at least partially preventing access to the opening by an animal. A switch is coupled for activation by movement of the gate. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126641 | BOWL WITH OBSTRUCTIONS - A feeding apparatus includes an outer wall and an inner wall joined at an upper end. The inner wall includes a side wall and a bottom wall. An inner space is defined by the side wall, the bottom wall, and the upper end. One or more obstructions are provided in the inner space, each obstruction extending upright from the bottom wall and away from the sidewall. A food placement area is formed between adjacent obstructions. The rate of food consumption of an animal is reduced by the obstructions. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126642 | LITTER BOX ENCLOSURE - The litter box enclosure minimizes transfer of litter, dust, waste, and odor from the litter pan into nearby areas. The litter box enclosure preferably includes a cardboard construction with a removable cover and floor. The floor is preferably wax-coated to provide moisture resistance. The enclosure and the entry are preferably sized to provide the cat with a healthy environment while preventing small children and medium to large dogs from accessing the litter pan. The enclosure preferably includes a doormat near the entry to provide a comfortable, safe area for cats to rest and clean their paws of any stray litter, waste, or dust before leaving the enclosure. The enclosure also preferably has at least one odor absorption unit to minimize odor in the enclosure. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126643 | Litter box with removable shield - A litter box assembly is provided that includes a tray for containing litter and a shield that can be removably mounted to the tray for reducing or preventing the scattering of litter material outside the tray. The shield effectively extends the height of the tray along three sides and can be removed for cleaning between litter changes. A self supporting shield for a litter box tray is further provided as well as a method for reducing the scattering of litter material by a cat or other animal. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126644 | FRAGRANCE COMPOSITION - A solid, free-flowing composition adapted to deliver fragrance or malodor counteractant in a consumer product that is subjected to actual or potential malodorous influences, comprising:
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20090126645 | Dirt collecting device for aquarium - A dirt collecting device for an aquarium includes a housing disposed on an apertured floor plate, a barrel disposed on the housing, a casing disposed on the barrel and having one or more openings for allowing the water form the barrel to flow into the aquarium, the casing includes a tubular member for forming an annular chamber between the tubular member and the casing, and an exit communicating with the annular chamber of the casing, and an air supplying device may supply air bubbles into the housing to carry the dirt and to move the dirt upwardly over the tubular member and collected in the annular chamber of the casing for allowing the dirt to be easily removed. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126646 | Nest box system and egg collection apparatus - A nest box system ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090126647 | Method and Apparatus for Euthanizing Animals - A system for safely and humanely anesthetizing and/or euthanizing animals is provided. The system provides both manual and automated operation and may be scaled up to accommodate a large number of animals during a single procedure. The system includes a chamber | 2009-05-21 |
20090126648 | Toothed Pet Grooming Tool with Fur Ejecting Mechanism - A pet grooming tool is provided with a fur ejector portion that is at least partially movable relative to the teeth of the pet grooming tool and can be manually moved into engagement with fur that is wedged or lodged between the teeth. The engagement of the fur ejector portion with the fur forces the fur from the gaps between the teeth. Preferably, the fur ejector portion can be manually moved by the same hand a person uses to support and hold the grooming tool. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126649 | Pet Grooming Tool with Vacuum or Blower Attachment and Method of Using the Same - A pet grooming tool comprises a toothed portion, an air passage portion, and a handle portion. The toothed portion comprises a plurality of teeth arranged in a row. The air passage portion comprises a first opening, a second opening, and a fluid passageway. The first opening is positioned adjacent the toothed portion. The second opening is adapted and configured to couple to an air hose. The fluid passageway extends from and operatively connects the first opening to the second opening. The handle portion is connected to the toothed portion and comprises a grip portion. The grip portion is configured and adapted to be grasped by a hand of a person. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126650 | Pet grooming restraint apparatus and method - Pet grooming restraint apparatus ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090126651 | Electric Deterrent Device - A deterrent device for delivering an electric shock to an animal, pest or bird to be deterred, having the typical components of a non-conductive base to which the electrically conductive elements are attached. Instead of the typically-used copper wire, however, the braided elements comprise smaller strands of a conductive material, such as copper, aluminum or stainless steel wire, is used and is mechanically attached to the non-conductive base. The braided elements can be mechanically attached using a simple sewing operation in which the braid is sewn to the base. Because of the mechanical attachment and the ability of the braided elements to flex in both contraction and extension, the device of this invention can be used in tight corners and other contorted locations without having the wires of the typical prior art device pull free of the base. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126652 | WATER HEATER AND METHOD OF CUSTOMIZING THE WATER HEATER - A water heater including a vessel, a heating fixture (e.g., an electric-resistance heating element, a gas burner) having a rated maximum heating output, and a controller. The controller includes an interface and a temperature sensor. The controller can control the heating output of the heating element based on a sensed temperature of the temperature sensors. The heating output is a defined maximum heating output for the heating fixture. Also disclosed are methods of defining the capabilities of a water hater heater and methods of operating a water heater. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126653 | FIREBOX BOILER WITH REDUCED TEMPERATURE VARIATION - A boiler firebox comprises arcuate front and rear end water walls connected respectively to front and rear ends of right and left side water walls. The end walls curve outward from respective ends of one side water wall and then inward to the respective ends of the other side water wall. The end and side water walls enclose a combustion chamber, and are connected at ends thereof such that water can circulate through the end and side water walls. Water input ports can be provided in water walls on opposite sides or ends of the firebox such that the flow of circulating water can be divided with about half entering the water wall on one side or end of the boiler and the other half entering on an opposite side or end, thereby reducing temperature variations in water near the input ports compared to boilers with a single input port. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126654 | Device for Generating the Superheated Steam - The present invention relates to a device for generating superheated steam, comprising: a housing ( | 2009-05-21 |
20090126655 | Catalytic Fuel Oil Economizer in Oil Lines of Motor Vehicle - The present invention discloses Aa vehicle oil-way catalytic fuel economizer which includes a catalyzing device, a heating box enveloping the catalyzing device, electric heating temperature controlling parts, return oil amount regulating parts and a return pipeline for economizing fuel oil. The catalyzing device includes a metal box, catalyzing stack sealed in the metal box, inlet and outlet joint communicating with the gaps of the catalyzing stack. The oil inlet is connected with the outlet of the pumping oil pipe, and the oil outlet is connected with main flown pipeline of the engine. The return pipeline for economizing fuel oil is connected between the inlet of the catalyzing device and original return pipeline of the vehicle engine. The present invention heats a catalytic stack using by the electricity of a vehicle storage battery. The fuel can converse a gas with a plurality of small molecules by the effect of accelerant and heat energy as the fuel through the gap of the catalytic stack, and then entrances into an engine cylinder and burns. The catalytic fuel economizer not only can burn the fuel completely and improve the heat efficiency of the engine, but also can decline the oil wear of electrical-spray vehicle in 100 kilometers of 40%-42% and decline the oil wear of carburetor vehicle in 100 kilometers of 48%-52%, and also takes off the contaminant in exhaust gas of the vehicle. | 2009-05-21 |
20090126656 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REGULATING THE TEMPERATURE OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A method and device for regulating engine temperature. The device includes a valve control system arranged on a pipe of a cooling circuit of an internal combustion engine connecting the engine to a radiator. The pipe includes a temperature sensor arranged at the engine output and upstream of the valve control system that is automatically opened under effect of a cooling liquid being heated to a set temperature in accordance with a predetermined setpoint profile, ranging between a minimum stored temperature setpoint and a maximum stored temperature setpoint, so that the temperature of the engine gradually reaches the minimum or maximum setpoint by maintaining the control valve system more or less wide open. A controller controls the initial opening of the control valve system enabling the opening of the control valve system to be controlled when the control valve system has already been initially opened. | 2009-05-21 |