21st week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 6 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150135889 | Safety Guard Device - A safety guard device includes at least one base body and at least one safety-guard anti-rotation lock that has at least one braking element. The at least one braking element is configured to at least secure the base body against rotation relative to the hand-held power tool by a frictional connection in at least one operating mode of the hand-held power tool. The safety-guard anti-rotation lock includes at least one bearing unit that is configured to movably mount the braking element relative to the base body at least in one braking state. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135890 | LEVER REMOTE LOCKING FOR FIFTH WHEEL MANEUVER - The present invention is described as a remote lock for fifth wheel handle lever which, in accordance with its characteristics, provides the formation of a remote lock ( | 2015-05-21 |
20150135891 | Handlebars for a vehicle - The present invention relates to handlebars for a vehicle comprising: a central part intended to be secured to a steering member of the vehicle and taking the form of a hollow cylinder having a first outside diameter, at each end of the central part, an intermediate part taking the form of a hollow cylinder having a second outside diameter smaller than said first diameter, and connected to said end by means of a first adaptation part, for each intermediate part, an end part in line with said intermediate part, taking the form of a hollow cylinder having a third outside diameter smaller than said second diameter, and connected to said intermediate part by means of a second adaptation part, said third outside diameter being less than or equal to 21 mm, and for one of the end parts, a gas grip fitting on said end part and a flexible grip fitting on said gas grip, and for the other end part, a flexible grip fixed to said other end part. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135892 | ADJUSTABLE PEDAL ASSEMBLY - The present invention provides for an adjustable pedal assembly using a main plate and upper link along with a motor to adjust the position of the pedal arm as a motor or other driver moves the upper link. As the motor moves the upper link, the link pivots about the main hub and moves the arm from a first position to a second position. The plate of the assembly remains stationary and is operable to hold the motor of the assembly. After the pedal arm is adjusted, the entire pedal arm rotates about the main hub, including the plate. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135893 | SWITCHING ROLLER FINGER FOLLOWER WITH END STOPS IN SECONDARY ARMS - A switching roller finger follower including: a housing including first and second walls; a first secondary arm pivotably connected to the housing and including a first groove; a second secondary arm pivotably connected to the housing and including a second groove; and a roller disposed between the first and second walls and including an axle passing through the walls and having a first end disposed in the first groove and a second end disposed in the second groove. A method of fabricating a switching roller finger follower, including: disposing a roller between first and second walls for a housing; passing an axle through the roller and the walls; pivotably connecting first and second secondary arms to the housing; disposing a first end of the axle in a first groove in the first arm; and disposing a second end of the axle in a second groove in the second arm. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135894 | POWER TRANSMISSION UNIT FOR VEHICLE - A power transmission unit including a first clutch device that selectively enables and disables a torque transmitting route from an input shaft to an output shaft via a first gear train to transmit torque therethrough, a dog clutch that switches the torque transmitting route from the input shaft to the output shaft between a continuously variable speed change route in which torque is transmitted through a continuously variable transmission and a reverse route in which torque is transmitted through a second gear train, and a second clutch device that selectively enables and disables both of the continuously variable speed change route and the reverse route to transmit torque to the input shaft or the output shaft. The first clutch device and the second clutch device are separately disposed on any of the input shaft and the output shaft in a manner to be situated at different axial positions. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135895 | FAST INDEXING MECHANISMS FOR CVT'S - A fast indexing mechanism that can be used to quickly and accurately change the axial position of a cone of a CVT. Said indexing mechanism comprises of a Rotation Providing Mechanism that is powered by springs that are tensioned by a pneumatic/hydraulic actuator (see FIGS. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135896 | METHOD OF REDUCTION PROCESSING OF STEEL-MAKING SLAG - The method of reduction processing of steel-making slag, includes: a hot steel-making slag inflow process of continuously or intermittently charging, from a slag supplying container, hot steel-making slag to a molten slag layer on a molten iron contained in an electric furnace while adjusting an amount of inflow with the slag supplying container; a reducing agent supplying process of supplying a reducing agent to the molten slag layer; an electrifying and heating process of heating the molten iron and the molten slag layer through application of electric power; and a reduction process of continuing reduction processing of the hot steel-making slag in a non-oxidizing atmosphere while intermittently discharging either one or both of the molten iron or molten slag of the molten slag layer. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135897 | MANUFACTURE OF METAL ARTICLES - The disclosure relates to the manufacture of metal articles, more specifically the manufacture of metal articles by additive manufacturing techniques, and in particular to the manufacture of metal articles by an additive manufacturing technique that may involve the selective melting or sintering of a metal powder. Examples of such techniques may include selective laser melting (SLM), selective laser sintering (SLS) and techniques that use an electron beam rather than a laser. Exemplary embodiments include a method of manufacture of an article including selective melting and/or sintering of a powder including an alloy containing aluminium, wherein the alloy contains bismuth. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135898 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING NANOPOWDERS USING ELECTRICAL WIRE EXPLOSION - A method for producing nanopowders using electrical wire explosion is provided, which includes forming a wire in a helical spring structure, supplying the formed wire to a supplier, electrically exploring the wire through applying high voltage to the wire after supplying the wire that is supplied to the supplier into a chamber, and collecting nanopowders generated through explosion of the wire, wherein the wire formed in a helical spring structure has a pitch of 0.4 to 0.8 mm, a number of coils of 10 to 13, and a diameter of 1 to 2 mm. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135899 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INTRODUCING FINE PARTICLE-SHAPED MATERIAL INTO THE FLUIDISED BED OF A FLUIDISED BED REDUCTION UNIT - A method for introducing fine particulate material ( | 2015-05-21 |
20150135900 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING A BLAST FURNACE WITH TOP-GAS RECYCLE AND A FIRED TUBULAR HEATER - A blast furnace system is used wherein the coke rate is decreased by recycling upgraded top gas from the furnace back into its shaft section (which upgraded top gas is heated in a tubular heater prior to being recycled). The top gas, comprising CO, CO | 2015-05-21 |
20150135901 | Ultrasonic Probes With Gas Outlets for Degassing of Molten Metals - Ultrasonic probes containing a plurality of gas delivery channels are disclosed, as well as ultrasonic probes containing recessed areas near the tip of the probe. Ultrasonic devices containing these probes, and methods for molten metal degassing using these ultrasonic devices, also are disclosed. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135902 | METHODS FOR INDUSTRIAL-SCALE PRODUCTION OF METAL MATRIX NANOCOMPOSITES - Apparatus and methods for industrial-scale production of metal matrix nanocomposites (MMNCs) are provided. The apparatus and methods can be used for the batch production of an MMNC in a volume of molten metal housed within the cavity of a production chamber. Within the volume of molten metal, a flow is created which continuously carries agglomerates of nanoparticles, which have been introduced into the molten metal, through a cavitation zone formed in a cavitation cell housed within the production chamber. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135903 | PROCESSES FOR RECOVERING METALS FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS - Provided herein are processes for recovering metal present at low concentration from an acidic aqueous solution, including contacting the acidic aqueous solution with an organic phase solution including one or more 5-(C | 2015-05-21 |
20150135904 | DUAL PURPOSE KNIFE SLEEVE - A knife sheath and sharpener includes a body having opposing first and second sidewalls, a closed bottom, a closed tip portion, an open end portion and an open top portion interconnected to define a knife receiving cavity. A pair of opposing first and second sharpening elements are disposed within the knife receiving cavity. The first sharpening element is pivotally attached to the first sidewall and the second sharpening element is pivotally attached to the second sidewall at a location longitudinally offset from the first sharpening element. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135905 | Rotary cutting tool with helically running cutting edges and method of manufacturing such a tool - The invention relates to a rotary cutting tool ( | 2015-05-21 |
20150135906 | STOPPER REMOVER - An opener for removing a stopper from a bottle includes a handle, first and second prongs extending from the handle, and at least one barb formed on at least one of the prongs for engaging the bottom of the stopper. In one form, the barb is flexible and flexes to and fro relative to the prong between a first position lying substantially coplanar with the prong and a second position extending therefrom to assist in pulling the stopper from the bottle. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135907 | POWER TOOL - A power tool of one aspect for tightening a screw to a tightening-target-object is provided with a motor as a drive force. A motor controlling device controls the motor so as to make rotational frequency of the motor in accordance with an input operation received by an input-operation receiving unit. A first setting unit sets a maximum rotational frequency to a given first maximum rotational frequency when the motor is initiated. If the power tool clears a given condition for increasing rotational frequency after the motor is initiated, a second setting unit sets the maximum rotational frequency to a given second maximum rotational frequency that is larger than the first maximum rotational frequency. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135908 | BIASED PAWL RATCHETING WRENCH - A ratchet wrench comprises a handle defining a cavity including a plurality of teeth on an inner periphery thereof, a wheel, a biasing spring ring, and at least one tooth pawl mounted in recesses formed on the outer periphery of the wheel. The wheel is rotatably mounted inside the cavity and the pawls are biased by the spring ring to engage the plurality of teeth on the inner periphery of the cavity when rotated in a first direction, and to slide over the teeth engage the plurality of teeth on the inner periphery of the cavity when rotated in a direction opposite the first direction. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135909 | REVERSIBLE RATCHET WRENCH - A novel reversible ratchet wrench may include a wrench body, a control member, a ratchet member and a rotating member, wherein the control member has a restricting slot and two stopper planes, and a deep hole for placing the spring. The control member is placed into the round hole of the wrench body by the half cylindrical body and connects with the ratchet member which is placed into the arc-shaped ratchet slot, thereby resulting in a secure relative positioning between the control member and the ratchet member. The novel reversible ratchet wrench allows convenient switch between directions of the rotational movement of the wrench body and the structural design effectively prevents the spring from ejecting from the deep hole of the control member or getting stuck by restricting the movement space of the spring. Furthermore, this structural design improves the smoothness of switching operation of the ratchet wrench. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135910 | SOCKET DRIVE IMPROVEMENT - Sockets, for example, hexagon sockets, dodecagonal sockets, and splined sockets, that have inner surface geometries adapted to engage a flank of a fastener at a point away from a corner of the fastener. In general, the sockets engage the flank of the fastener at a distance of about 30 to 60 percent of half a length of the flank away from the corner of the fastener. This increases the strength and life of the socket, reduces a risk of the fastener becoming locked or stuck in the socket, and reduces the risk of the fastener being stripped or the socket slipping on the fastener. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135911 | Adjustable Wrench with Reinforcing Device - An adjustable wrench includes a handle, a head, a slidable jaw, an adjusting assembly, and a reinforcing device. The head formed at one end of the handle and includes a fixed jaw, a sliding rail, a receiving slot, two lateral walls, and two connecting portions. The sliding rail is formed between the two lateral walls. The receiving slot communicates with the sliding rail. Each connecting portion is formed one end of each lateral wall opposite to the fixed jaw. The slidable jaw is slidably disposed in the sliding rail. The adjusting assembly is positioned in the receiving slot and engaged with the slidable jaw. The reinforcing device connects the two lateral walls and is engaged into the two connecting portions. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135912 | Portable Skateboard Installation and Removal Device - A portable skateboard installation and removal device is disclosed. The device includes: a two-head sleeve, a single-head sleeve, and an L-shaped spanner with a long arm and a short arm. The two-head sleeve is hollow, and with the single-head sleeve inserted therein. A first through hole extends transversely through one end of the two-head sleeve. A second through hole extends transversely through one end of the single-head sleeve. The short arm of the L-shaped spanner is adapted to be inserted into the first through hole and the second through hole such that the two-head sleeve, the single-head sleeve and the L-shaped spanner are assembled together. It is nice in appearance, easy for use, and convenient for carrying with. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135913 | FASTENER, INSTALLATION TOOL AND RELATED METHOD OF USE - A fastener installation tool and related method are provided for installing fasteners in boards, where the boards are installed immediately adjacent one another, without a gap established therebetween. The tool can include an alignment projection that projects a preselected distance downwardly from a lower surface of the tool. The alignment projection can be disposed between opposing corners of first and second boards to install a fastener without establishing a gap between the boards. This construction can be suitable for installing boards constructed from materials that shrink over time, such as wet, treated lumber or other materials, and even non-shrinkable boards where tighter spacing is desired. A related method of installation is provided. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135914 | CUTTING TOOL WITH A VARIABLE PIVOT SYSTEM - A hand operated cutting tool includes a first cutting member; a first handle including a second cutting member, wherein the second cutting member is coupled to the first cutting member and includes a first set of projections; and a second handle including a lever, wherein the lever is coupled to the first cutting member and includes a second set of projections. The first and second handles are movable between a full open position and a full closed position, wherein during a first region of travel proximate the full open position the first and second set of projections are disengaged, and during a second region of travel proximate the full closed position the first and second set of projections are at least partly engaged. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135915 | Saw Blade For An Oscillatingly Driven Saw - A saw blade for a machine tool driven oscillatingly about a longitudinal axis has at least one cutting edge, on which, at least in part, abrasive particles are provided. The saw blade is suitable, in particular, for sawing fiber composites. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135916 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR HANDLING NARROW ROLLS - The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for handling narrow rolls in a warehouse. The warehouse comprises at least one rack row, at least one isle and at least one carriage arranged to move the narrow rolls into a rack and from a rack and carry them along the isle. A distance is arranged between the narrow rolls and the distance is maintained between the narrow rolls when the narrow rolls are in the racks in the warehouse. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135917 | SECTIONING VOLUME SAMPLES - A microtome includes a blade located at an end of a trough that defines a cavity for holding a liquid; a sample block in which the at least one sample is suspended, the sample block is moveable relative to the blade such that when the sample block is passed across the blade a section is cut from the sample block; a plate that includes a support frame that defines an opening, and a transparent film extending across the opening, the transparent film being transparent to electrons, a grasper being configured to receive and retain the plate, wherein the grasper is moveable relative to the blade; and a pusher section that lacks the sample pusher section. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135918 | SAW DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SAWING A WORKPIECE - In order to improve a saw device with a feed axis for a workpiece to be sawed, with a first saw unit to saw the workpiece in a first sawing plane extending transversely to the feed axis and with a second saw unit to saw the workpiece in a second sawing plane extending transversely to the feed axis, with a central device region arranged between the sawing planes, with a front device region arranged in front of the first sawing plane, viewed in a feed direction, and with a rear device region arranged behind the second sawing plane, viewed in the feed direction, in such a way that as high a cutting efficiency as possible can be achieved, it is proposed that the saw device comprises at least two transport mechanisms arranged in different device regions to transport different workpiece portions along the feed axis. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135919 | METHOD OF SEVERING H-BEAMS BY HORIZONTAL BAND SAW MACHINE, CONTROL UNIT, AND HORIZONTAL BAND SAW MACHINE - The present invention is directed to a horizontal band saw machine capable of efficiently severing H-beams without a trouble of saw blade's pinching in the kerf. In the horizontal band saw machine, a saw blade ( | 2015-05-21 |
20150135920 | DEVICES, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS FOR COLLECTION OF INSECT SALIVARY GLANDS - The present disclosure relates to devices, methods and systems that may be used to collect insect salivary glands. In some embodiments, the devices, methods, and systems may be used to collect salivary glands from a mosquito. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135921 | Continuous Tortilla Chip Cutter - A continuous tortilla chip cutting system where tortilla carried on a conveyor are continuously divided by a cutting mechanism into pre-cuts for frying into chips. A programmable controller drives a servo motor that moves an upper surface of the conveyor at a known velocity V, and a detector located above the conveyor at a known distance D from the cutting mechanism alerts the controller to the imminent arrival of the tortilla. The controller also controls a servo motor that actuates the cutting mechanism in a stop/start fashion. Based on the detection of the tortilla, the controller drives the servo motor associated with the cutting mechanism at just the right time and at just the right speed so that the cutter mechanism cuts each arriving tortilla into predictable sub-units called “pre-cuts” based on the velocity V of the conveyor belt, the detection of the flat bread unit carried by the conveyor, and the known distance between the moving flat bread unit and the cutter assembly. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135922 | CUTTING GUIDE - A cutting guide for cutting a substrate with a cutting device includes a frame configured for holding a substrate and a guide carriage slidably disposed on a central support of the frame. A guide rail is pivotally connected to the guide carriage so that the guide rail may pivot relative to the guide carriage around an axis extending along the central support to thereby permit the guide rail to be angularly positioned with respect to the frame. The guide rail defines a first end and a second end, and a carriage is slidably disposable along the guide rail so as to be movable between the first end and the second end of the guide rail. The carriage is adapted to receive a cutting device. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135923 | Detachable Protective Device for a Table Saw - A detachable protective device for a table saw includes a cutter board having first and second recesses. The second recess includes a receiving portion having a first width and a neck having a second width smaller than the first width. A base is mounted to the cutter board and includes first and second holes. A pivot is mounted in the first hole and is releasably engaged with the first recess. A locking member includes a pivotal portion pivotably received in the second hole. The pivotal portion has a maximal width larger than the second width and not larger than the first width and has a minimal width not larger than the second width. The pivotal portion is retained in the second recess when the locking member is in the locking position. The pivotal portion can disengage from the second recess when the locking member is in the release position. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135924 | CUTTING TOOL - A cutting tool for cutting building materials, such as vinyl and PVC flooring, in a straight and predicable manner using an arc cutting motion. The cutting tool utilize a cam to force a pivot connected blade holder with a blade downward through a piece of building material placed under the blade. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135925 | ROTARY ANVIL - A rotary die and anvil system includes a rotary die having at least one blade for cutting a material and a bearer surface positioned on opposite sides of the blade. A rotary anvil is provided with a central shaft and a cylindrical body formed around the central shaft. The rotary anvil comprises of an aluminum filled epoxy resin. The rotary die drives the cylindrical body in a counter-rotational direction by frictional force exerted by the bearer surface positioned on opposite sides of the blade. The blade of the rotary die penetrates into the cylindrical body to sharpen the blade of the rotary die without deforming the blade. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135926 | CUTTING BLADE - The disclosure relates to a cutting blade that is rotatably drivable and provided for machines for slicing food products, in particular high-speed slicers. With the aid of a mounting area surrounding a rotary shaft, the cutting blade is fixed to a drive shaft of the machine. A distance area is provided outside the mounting area but inside the cutting edge area. The disclosure aims at improving the cutting blade with respect to its stability and configuring it such that it has the lowest possible weight. For this purpose, alternately recessed and raised formations are provided in the distance area. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135927 | Reciprocating Saw Blade Assembly - A saw blade assembly for a power saw includes a housing blade assembly having a plurality of saw teeth depending therefrom and a blade disposed within the housing blade assembly, the blade and the housing blade assembly being drivable in opposite directions by a reciprocating driver mechanism. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135928 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORMING BARBS ON A SUTURE - A station for cutting a barb suture is provided. The barb cutting station includes a suture transport assembly for supporting a first suture, a first knife assembly for forming barbs on the first suture, and a first clamp and position assembly for approximating the at least first suture towards the at least first knife assembly. The barb cutting station may further include at least a first suture cutting mechanism configured for severing the at least first suture when a defect is detected. The station may also include at least a first visual inspection assembly configured for detecting defective barbs. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135929 | ANCHORING SYSTEM FOR A STRING IN A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - A system for anchoring a guitar string comprising a guitar top, a bridge fixed to the guitar top, and at least one aperture extending through the bridge and top for receiving an end of a string with a ball attached thereto. A bridge pin has a body that is insertable into the aperture. The body has two spaced-apart legs forming a space therebetween wide enough to accommodate the string but not the ball. A rear side of the legs has matching anchoring surfaces that are constructed and arranged to receive and retain the ball when the string is in tension. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135930 | METHOD FOR MAKING LIGHT AND STIFF PANELS AND STRUCTURES USING NATURAL FIBER COMPOSITES - Method for making light and stiff panels and structures using natural fiber composites. An improved composite material utilized in musical instruments. Bio-based industrial fiber such as flax, cellulose, hemp, bamboo, and jute combined with a core material such as foam, aramid honeycomb, carbon fiber or balsa wood, and a resin, serves as a replacement to traditional tone wood. In another embodiment, the bio-based composite has no core material but simply layers of fabric with resin. Another embodiment finds layers of the woven bio-composite as the core between outside layers of carbon fiber or aramid. In the case of a string instrument, bio-composites can be used to make a substantially hollow unitary body, neck and head as well as soundboard. Another usage is for the bracing material of the soundboard. In fact in its various forms, bio-composite can effectively replace all the old growth wood currently used. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135931 | RESONATOR ELEMENT, RESONATOR, OSCILLATOR, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND MOBILE OBJECT - A resonator element includes a resonator blank having a base portion, a vibrating arm, a linking portion, and a connecting portion connects the base portion and the linking portion to each other, in which, when a thickness of the resonator blank is set to T, a width of the base portion is set to W1, and a width of the connecting portion is set to W2, a relationship of 50 μm≦T≦210 μm is satisfied, and a relationship of 0.067≦W2/W1≦0.335 is satisfied, and in which, when a width of the arm section of the vibrating arm is set to W3, and a width of the hammer head is set to W4, a relationship of W4≧2.8×W3 is satisfied. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135932 | PARABOLOIDAL PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT - A percussion instrument, in the simplest case in the form of a djembe, having one or more interconnected resonators in the form of elliptical paraboloids, which meet at their focal points. At or near this common focal point, sound-receiving or sound-emitting devices may be additionally placed. An expedient embodiment provides that the resonators are of a form in which they can be dismantled. A possible method for producing a suitable form is provided by making rings out of plate material. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135933 | Rebound Multi-Rod Drumstick - A stick type drum stick is disclosed which includes a plurality of elongated reasonably straight wooden rods formed around a central dowel. The central dowel is comprised of a larger diameter sized wooden rod, the central dowel has two perpendicular slots cut into the horizontal plain starting at the end nearest to the playing or striking end. The plurality of rods having the same length as the central dowel are placed around the central dowel's outside diameter. A retaining sleeve is securely fitted over the gripping end creating a handle area. At the opposite end an additional retaining sleeve shorter in length is secured slightly back from the playing or striking end allowing some flexibility for the outer rods. The primary purpose of the slotted central dowel is to increase the rebound of the drum stick design. The result of combining these materials in this format produces the Rebound Multi-Rod Drumstick. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135934 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE DELABORATION OF AMMUNITION - The invention relates to a method and apparatus for the delaboration of ammunition, in particular shells having a housing with a tubular housing portion made of steel and open at one end, a cone made of ductile metal and fitted into the tubular housing portion, the cone having a base with a tubular rim, and an explosive charge contained between the housing and the cone. The method comprises a) inserting an extraction tool through the open end into the tubular housing portion for extracting the cone, b) axially compressing the tubular rim of the cone between the extraction tool and the explosive charge, c) deforming a portion of the tubular rim into a form fit with the extraction tool, d) withdrawing the extraction tool from the housing portion, and e) at least partially withdrawing the cone from the housing portion together with the extraction tool. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135935 | Rifle Noise Suppressor - My invention is a rifle noise suppressor comprised of a cylindrical chamber which contains a nested set of baffles concentrically and longitudinally arrayed through the chamber. One end of the chamber is threaded and threads are cut into the barrel of a rifle to permit the noise suppressor to be screwed into place. The chief advantage of the concentrically arrayed baffles is a shorter chamber, approximately one-half the length of a typical noise and smoke suppression device, yet able to achieve equal noise and smoke suppression by causing the escaping gases following the explosion of the bullet being fired to travel farther within the suppressor chamber. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135936 | VEHICLE AND STRUCTURE FILM/HARD POINT SHIELD - A shield includes a film with members intersecting at spaced nodes, a hard point fixed at least at select nodes, and a frame at least partially about the film for spacing the film from a vehicle or structure to be protected. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135937 | METHOD TO PRODUCE BALLISTIC AND STAB RESISTANT STRUCTURES FOR GARMENTS AND STRUCTURES PRODUCED BY THE METHOD - The invention pertains to a composite wherein the composite comprises at least one fabric and a thermoplastic polymeric resin wherein the resin is impregnated into the fabric to an extent that between 80 to 95% of the maximum volumic mass (void volume) of the fabric is filled with resin. The fabric and thermoplastic resin are combined with one or two release layers to form an assembly. A plurality of these assemblies is combined to form a stack which is subjected to thermopressing wherein the thermopressing is carried out in at least two cycles with a pressure release between each cycle. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135938 | Barrier - A barrier formed from a plurality of identical modular units that have an essentially planar front panel and triangular shaped top and bottom plates extending rearward from the front panel. Adjacent units are interconnected to one another at their terminal vertices by a square tubular member. A square shaped opening is formed approximately centrally through each of the triangular shaped plates. In addition, elongated linkages may be provided at about the midpoint of each side edge for purposes of interconnecting units that are positioned adjacent to another unit so as to assist in the formation of the overall barrier. The linkages provide pivotal movement between adjacent barriers through a range of angles from about 90 degrees (to provide a corner arrangement) to 180 degrees (to provide a straight wall arrangement). | 2015-05-21 |
20150135939 | Electric Vehicle Undercarriage Crumple Zone - A battery pack protection system is provided for use with an electric vehicle in which the battery pack is mounted under the car. The system utilizes a plurality of deformable cooling conduits located between the lower surface of the batteries within the battery pack and the lower battery pack enclosure panel. The cooling conduits are configured to deform and absorb impact energy when an object, such as road debris, strikes the lower surface of the lower battery pack enclosure panel. Further protection may be achieved by positioning a ballistic shield, alone or with a layer of compressible material, under the bottom surface of the battery pack. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135940 | Electric Vehicle Battery Pack Protection System - A battery pack protection system is provided for use with an electric vehicle in which the battery pack is mounted under the car. The system utilizes a plurality of deformable cooling conduits located between the lower surface of each of the batteries and the lower battery pack enclosure panel, with a thermal insulator interposed between the conduits and the lower enclosure panel. A layer of thermally conductive material may be included which is interposed between the cooling conduits and the thermal insulator and in contact with a lower surface of each of the cooling conduits. The cooling conduits are configured to deform and absorb impact energy when an object, such as road debris, strikes the lower surface of the lower battery pack enclosure panel. Further protection may be achieved by positioning a ballistic shield, alone or with a layer of compressible material, under the bottom surface of the battery pack. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135941 | MECHANISMS FOR FIRING PROJECTILES AND METHODS OF THEIR USE - A method of firing projectiles without the use of cartridge cases by electronically controlling the dynamics of internal ballistics created by combustion of Nitrous Oxide and a fuel injected under high pressure at oxygen rich or stoichiometric ratios. The shape of injector nozzles and the combustion chamber as well as a timed sequence of Nitrous Oxide injection, fuel injection and their ignition are used to create correct ballistics. The Timing of the injection and ignition sequence is automatically altered dynamically by an electronic control unit that obtains information from sensors and from an operator to tune the combustion for each firing so that the internal ballistic pressure versus time curve is favorable. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135942 | BOLT CARRIER AND BOLT FOR GAS OPERATED FIREARMS - An improved bolt and bolt carrier with integral gas key having an extension nozzle threadedly secured and pinned to the gas key for use with a direct gas operated firearm is provided. The extension nozzle is designed to receive a portion of the host firearm's gas operating system. The firing pin retaining pin is oriented so as to expose its widest profile to the firing pin's annular flange, increasing its service life. The bolt has a plurality of lugs extending from its forward end. The extractor recess is constructed so that the face of the bolt is round and the adjacent lugs fully supported. The extractor engages approximately 17% more of a seated ammunition cartridge's rim as compared to the prior art AR15/M16 extractor. The result is an improved bolt and bolt carrier which provides for increased operational reliability. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135943 | Cylinder Block For A Compressor, In Particular Swash Plate Compressor, And Swash Plate Compressor - A cylinder block ( | 2015-05-21 |
20150135944 | PISTON/CYLINDER UNIT - A piston-cylinder unit including a piston ( | 2015-05-21 |
20150135945 | BRAKE BOOSTER INPUT ROD - An embodiment discloses a brake booster input rod, including: a front end portion to which an input piston of a brake booster is connected; a rear end portion to which a yoke connected with to a brake pedal is attached; and an annular boot installing groove to be engaged with, when a boot covers a front portion of the input rod, a rear end bead portion of the boot with a fastening margin. Through rolling, two annular groove portions and an annular ridge portion are formed to each have a triangular section. The ridge portion functions as a rear side wall of the boot installing groove. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135946 | FACETED FASTENER DRIVER BUMPER WITH COOLING SLOTS - A bumper sized to fit a cylinder of a fastener driving tool includes a side profile of the bumper defined by a plurality of flat regions and a plurality of convex regions around an outer periphery of the bumper. Included in the bumper are an inner peripheral surface and an outer peripheral surface. The flat and convex regions are disposed on the outer peripheral surface of the bumper in an alternating pattern. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135947 | Systems and Methods for Managing Turbine Intake Filters - Certain embodiments herein relate to systems and methods for managing turbine intake filters. In one embodiment, a system can include at least one memory configured to store computer-executable instructions and at least one control device configured to access the at least one memory and execute the computer-executable instructions. The instructions may be configured to receive information associated with a filter and identify the filter based at least in part on the information received. The instructions may be further configured to pulse the filter based at least in part on the information received. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135948 | Systems and Methods for Managing Turbine Intake Filters - Certain embodiments herein relate to systems and methods for managing turbine intake filters. In one embodiment, a system can include at least one memory configured to store computer-executable instructions and at least one controller configured to access the at least one memory and execute the computer-executable instructions. The instructions may be configured to monitor an indication associated with air flow through at least one filter of a turbine intake system. The instructions may be further configured to facilitate in the execution of at least management task of the turbine intake system, based at least in part on the indication of air flow through the filter. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135949 | WET ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR AND FLUE GAS TREATMENT METHOD - A wet electrostatic precipitator includes an electric field forming unit including a first electrode and a second electrode which form an alternating electric field. The first electrode is a flat plate, and has a plurality of discharge electrodes on a surface that opposes the second electrode. The second electrode includes a discharge frame, a first flat plate portion and a second flat plate portion. The first flat plate portion opposes the discharge electrode of the first electrode. A plurality of discharge electrodes are formed on a surface of the second flat plate portion that opposes the first electrode. The discharge electrodes alternately generate corona discharges having opposite polarities in a direction perpendicular to a flow direction of gas, and alternately apply charges having opposite polarities to mist and dust. The first electrode and the first flat plate portion trap the charged mist and the dust. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135950 | CARBON SAFE VAPOR RECOVERY SYSTEM - An apparatus for recovering volatile liquid vapor from an air-volatile liquid vapor mixture includes a vapor blower unit having a first inlet and a first outlet. In addition the apparatus includes a vapor adsorption unit including a second inlet and a second outlet and a solid adsorbent adsorption unit including a third inlet and a third outlet. Further the apparatus includes a vapor regeneration unit including an intake port and a discharge port as well as a conduit system. The conduit system connects the first outlet to the second inlet, the second outlet to the third inlet, the third outlet to the intake port and the discharge port to the first inlet. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135951 | METHOD OF USING A STRUCTURED ADSORBENT BED FOR CAPTURE OF CO2 FROM LOW PRESSURE AND LOW PRESSURE CONCENTRATION SOURCES - A structured adsorbent sheet, is provided including a nano-adsorbent powder, and a binder material, wherein the nano-adsorbent powder is combined with the binder material to form an adsorbent material, and a porous electrical heating substrate, wherein the adsorbent material is applied to the porous electrical heating substrate thereby forming a structured adsorbent sheet. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135952 | RTSA METHOD USING ADSORBENT STRUCTURE FOR CO2 CAPTURE FROM LOW PRESSURE AND LOW CONCENTRATION SOURCES - A Temperature Swing Adsorption method for separating a first component, comprising a more adsorbable component, from a feed stream comprising more than 50 mol % of a second component, comprising a less adsorbable component, is provided. The method includes providing an adsorbent structure suitable for adsorbing the first component, the structure being of the parallel passage contactor type, and cyclically implementing the following steps. Passing the feed stream through the adsorbent structure thus adsorbing the first component and producing a stream depleted in the first component and enriched in the second component. Heating the adsorbent structure to desorb the adsorbed first component by means of circulating a heating stream enriched in the first component at a temperature suitable for regeneration. And cooling the structure by means of passing through it more than 50% of the stream enriched in the second component produced in the step a). | 2015-05-21 |
20150135953 | PARTICULATE MATTER AND METHODS OF OBTAINING SAME FROM A KRAFT WASTE RECLAMATION - The present invention relates in general to a method of producing activated carbon. Dregs are removed from a pulp mill green liquor clarifier and washed with an acid to produce an activated carbon. The activated carbon slurry can be used to remove mercury from a waste gas stream. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135954 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CIRCULATING A GLYCOL STREAM, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING A NATURAL GAS PRODUCT STREAM - The methods apparatuses described herein involve recovering of glycol from an aqueous phase to form a stream of recovered glycol and a glycol recovery system. The aqueous phase is fed to the top of a lower theoretical stage in a distillation column. An overhead vapour stream is drawn from the distillation column overhead of an upper theoretical stage, and a bottom stream comprising a stream of regenerated glycol is drawn from the distillation column via a bottom outlet configured below the lower theoretical stage. The stream of recovered glycol comprises the regenerated glycol. In addition, a first middle theoretical stage is situated within the distillation column gravitationally above the lower theoretical stage and below the upper theoretical stage. A side stream of liquid water is drawn from the bottom of the upper theoretical stage in the distillation column. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135955 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXTRACTING PROCESS AIR LOADED WITH OVERSPRAY AND PLANT FOR COATING OBJECTS - A method for extracting process air loaded with overspray from a coating plant, which includes leading overspray picked up by an air stream as process air along a flow path to a conditioning device. The process air is led on the flow path through at least one replaceable flow module having an inlet opening and an outlet opening, on the inner surfaces of which overspray can be deposited and, after a limiting loading with overspray has been reached, can be replaced by an unloaded flow module. An apparatus for extracting process air loaded with overspray having at least one replaceable flow module having an inlet and an outlet opening arranged in the flow path of the process air. On the inner surfaces of the flow module, overspray can be deposited. The flow module can be replaced with an unloaded flow module after a limiting loading with overspray is reached. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135956 | Tank Venting Filter having a Constriction in the Air Inlet Area - A tank venting filter is provided with a housing defining a longitudinal filter axis that is vertically oriented in operation. The housing has a top end and a bottom end and is provided with an air inlet at the bottom end and with an air outlet at the top end. The air outlet is connectable to a tank. The housing is provided with a constriction above the air inlet. A filter element is disposed in the housing and fluidically arranged between the air inlet and the air outlet. The filter element is provided with a first filter. The constriction has an opening cross-section surface area that is less than 40% of an opening cross-section surface area of the air inlet. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135957 | Organosiloxane Films for Gas Separations - A semipermeable gas separation membrane is plasma deposited from liquid organosiloxane monomer having at least three silicon atoms and an alpha hydrogen atom. The semipermeable membrane may be employed as a gas-selective membrane in combination with a porous substrate. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135958 | REGENERATING-TYPE COMPRESSED AIR DRIER AND DEHUMIDIFICATING-AND-REGENERATING UNIT - A regenerating-type compressed air drier for regenerating compressed air by an electrical heating mechanism and a dehumidifying-and-regenerating unit are provided. The drier includes a dehumidifying-and-regenerating unit and an air distribution unit. Compressed high-humidity air and regenerating air are guided to the air distribution unit by a compressed high-humidity air piping and a regenerating air piping. The compressed high-humidity air and the regenerating air are guided to dehumidifying-and-regenerating components of the dehumidifying-and-regenerating unit by a shunt rotor of the air distribution unit to complete the dehumidification of the compressed air and the regeneration of the dehumidifying-and-regenerating components. The drier has a simple structure, and can reduce an undue loss of heat energy by an electrical heating mechanism to the regeneration of the dehumidifying-and-regenerating components. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135959 | DEOXIDATION APPARATUS - [Problem] To provide a deoxidation apparatus ( | 2015-05-21 |
20150135960 | CO2 RECOVERY SYSTEM - Provided is a CO | 2015-05-21 |
20150135961 | OIL SEPARATOR - An oil separator includes a casing that has an inlet for air and an outlet for air, and an impingement member that is provided inside the casing. Air that contains oil is introduced through the inlet into the casing and caused to strike the impingement member so that the oil is separated from the introduced air and is recovered. The outlet opens in the horizontal direction of the casing. The oil separator further includes an L-shaped elbow member that is attached to the outlet. The elbow member protrudes in the horizontal direction from the outlet and is bent upward. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135962 | User-Programmable Capsule, Device for Programming Capsules and Beverage Preparation Machine - The invention pertains to the field of the beverage preparation machines, and more particularly to a capsule adapted for delivering a beverage in a beverage producing device comprising:
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20150135963 | DEVICE FOR HEATING AND/OR FROTHING A BEVERAGE - A device for heating and/or frothing a beverage includes a first duct connectable to an upstream steam source and to downstream mixing means arranged to introduce and mix at least steam into said beverage, said first duct having a first valve configured to be opened and closed and to enable or prevent steam flow into the duct, and a second duct connectable to the upstream steam source and to said downstream mixing means, said second duct having a second valve configured to be opened and closed and to enable or prevent steam flow into the duct, wherein a first one of said two ducts comprises a Venturi assembly configured to operate by Venturi effect in order to mix air with said steam in said first one of said two ducts when a second one of said two ducts is closed. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135964 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREPARING A BEVERAGE SUITABLE FOR CONSUMPTION - A system for preparing a predetermined amount of beverage suitable for consumption includes an exchangeable holder and an apparatus provided with a fluid dispensing device which is detachably connected to the holder for dispensing at least one amount of at least a first fluid such as water under pressure to the exchangeable holder, while the exchangeable holder is provided with at least one storage space which is filled with a second fluid such as a concentrate. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135965 | Capsule-Based System for Preparing and Dispensing a Beverage - A beverage dispensing system that can dispense both cold and hot drinks from either cold drink capsules or hot drink capsules. The cold or hot drink capsule is inserted into the system, and the lid is manually closed. If a cold drink capsule has been inserted, a mechanism cracks the capsule along a predetermined seam, injects cold mixing fluid into the capsule, and then rotates the capsule to pour the mixed contents into a cup. As the contents are poured, additional cold fluid can be added to the cup. If a hot drink capsule has been inserted, closing the lid pushed it down on a bottom needle that punctures it. An injection needle rotates and punctures the top. Hot fluid is injected under pressure forcing a brewed or mixed drink out the bottom into a cup. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135966 | APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR BREWING A BEVERAGE - Apparatuses, systems, and methods for brewing a desired portion of a beverage, such as a single-cup portion of coffee, are provided. The system can include one or more hopper assemblies configured to provide a controlled dose of beverage material to a brew chamber. The system can also include a water input system configured to wet the ground beverage material as the grinds enter the brew chamber and substantially prevent steam from reaching grinder components of the system. Further, the system can include an automatic cleaning mechanism such that a user does not need to manually clean components of a brewing machine between brew cycles. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135967 | Single-Serve Cartridge with Pressure Relief Valve - An improved single-serve cartridge with a one-way gas pressure relief valve for beverage brewing, preferably in an automatic single-serve beverage brewer device such as the Keurig® Single Cup Brewing System, and cartridge components are described. In embodiments, the improved cartridge contains ground coffee or other particulate beverage medium. A one-way gas pressure relief valve permits gas produced by the ground coffee to escape from the cartridge before use of the cartridge in a brewer, thereby avoiding certain disadvantages associated with excessive pressure within the cartridge. The one-way gas pressure relief valve is also essentially liquid-tight to liquid injected into the cartridge by the brewer avoiding problems associated with liquid leakage and allowing the cartridge to function in the brewer in the same manner as an unmodified cartridge. The improved cartridge enables ground coffee, in particular, to be packaged immediately following roasting and grinding when at its optimal freshness to provide for improved beverage flavor and quality while maintaining package quality and integrity. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135968 | COFFEE MACHINE - A filter holder for an espresso coffee machine comprising a handle ( | 2015-05-21 |
20150135969 | Method for Obtaining a Cooking Container Comprising an Electrochemically Colored Anodized Outer Face - Provided is a method for obtaining a cooking container comprising the following steps: producing a vessel having an aluminium outer face and an inner face, performing anodisation on at least the outer face of the vessel to obtain an anodic coating having pores. At least one colouring step is carried out on the anodised outer face after anodisation, the colouring step or steps implements at least one metal salt deposited at the bottom of the pores of the anodic coating by electrochemical technique. Also provided is a culinary article or an electric cooking appliance comprising a cooking container obtained according to the abovementioned method. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135970 | Hand-Held Rotisserie Device - A hand held rotisserie device is disclosed having a handle with a rod extending outward from a distal end of the handle, wherein a longitudinal axis of the handle and a longitudinal axis of a proximal end of the rod are substantially parallel. A distal end of the rod has an offset member oriented substantially parallel to a proximal end of the rod and disposed laterally away from the proximal end of the rod. A rotatable assembly is disposed on a distal end of the rod, wherein the rotatable assembly is oriented to rotate in a direction substantially parallel with a longitudinal axis of the offset member. A food attachment device is coupled to the rotatable assembly and a drive mechanism is coupled to the handle and the rotatable assembly. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135971 | AUTOMATIC DONER KEBAB SLICING MACHINE - A doner kebab rotisserie enables the meat of chicken or doner kebab to be formed, cooked and sliced, and where the formed meats are positioned, a circular knife located in the cutting unit and enabling the doner kebab to be sliced by rotating, and a doner kebab burner including a burner wing used while cooking the kebab and providing heat for the desired area of doner kebab. Specifically, an automatic doner kebab slicing machine disclosed includes a doner kebab follow-up apparatus, the position of the upper section of which does not change when it performs rotating motion in accordance with the circular knife and which enables slicing of the doner kebab at fixed thickness and enables the angular change to be construed by an electronic system by transferring angular change to the bearing during the doner kebab surface follow-up via doner kebab follow-up apparatus bearing where it is positioned. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135972 | INSTALLATION FOR PRODUCING SANDWICH COOKIES AND THE LIKE - The invention relates to a system for the production of sandwich cookies, having a suction belt conveyor ( | 2015-05-21 |
20150135973 | FILLED DOUGH PRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Filled dough producing method and apparatus is disclosed for making a food product, such as baozi, a traditional Chinese food, by folding and constricting close a circular dough wrapper around a filling in an apparatus including a pocket assembly made of pliable fabric layer with an upper surface and lower surface, a flexible frusto-conical annular member connected to the lower surface of the pliable fabric layer, and draw strings for making a pouch, wherein the frusto-conical annular member is configured to be alternately inverted from a first rigid position to a second rigid position. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135974 | RECIRCULATING WATER DEFROSTER - Systems and methods are disclosed for a recirculating water defroster that dispenses, collects, and recirculates water to defrost food. The recirculating water defroster may include a water dispenser unit, a water pump, and a food placement unit. The water dispenser unit connects to the water pump to dispense water over food placed on or in the food placement unit. The water runs over the food to defrost the food and may be collected in a tub. The water pump recirculates the water collected in the tub to the water dispenser. The volume of water being recirculated may be controlled through the water pump. The water pump may also have a water filtration unit. The recirculating water defroster may be portable or may be integrated with the tub, where the water pump may be located inside or outside the tub. The water pump may be integrated with the food placement unit. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135975 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEHYDRATING VENEER - Method and apparatus for dehydration of veneer sheet having therein a knot are disclosed. Veneer dehydration apparatus includes a first stationary single dehydrating roller and a plurality of second movable sectional dehydrating rollers, which rollers are disposed one above the other so that a nip through which a veneer sheet for dehydration is moved is formed between the first and second rollers. A stop device determines the initial position of each second roller relative to the first roller where a predetermined spaced distance is formed between the first and the second rollers. An urging device yieldably urges each second roller to the initial position. The second roller is movable away from the initial position against the urging force of the urging device independently of the other second rollers by a knot present in the veneer sheet and just moving through the nip between the second roller and the first roller. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135976 | Sani Smasher - The Sani-Smasher allows for the smashing and compacting of your household garbage without your hands ever touching soiled garbage. The Sani-Smasher is new because it will save consumers money by not having to press their garbage down using paper towels or risk tearing the existing bag by using the top of bag to smash garbage down in the bin. The Sani-Smasher is always readily available to use because it “sits” in its' own unique, air-holed compartment, within the container. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135977 | INTAGLIO PRINTING PRESS - There is described an intaglio printing press ( | 2015-05-21 |
20150135978 | GLASS FIBER-REINFORCED SLEEVE FOR THE PRINTING INDUSTRY - A method for producing electrically conducting, glass fiber-reinforced sleeves for the printing industry by means of UV curing, and also printing sleeves produced by means of this method, where the glass fibers used are coated with electrically conductive nanoparticles. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135979 | LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE SUPPORT, LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE SUPPORT MANUFACTURING METHOD AND LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE PRECURSOR - A lithographic printing plate support of the invention includes an aluminum plate and an anodized aluminum film which has micropores extending from a surface of the anodized film opposite from the aluminum plate in a depth direction of the anodized film; the micropores each have a large-diameter portion extending from the anodized film surface to an average depth (depth A) of 75 to 120 nm and a small-diameter portion which communicates with the bottom of the large-diameter portion; the average diameter of the large-diameter portion at the anodized film surface is at least 10 nm but less than 30 nm; a ratio of the depth A to the average diameter (depth A/average diameter) of the large-diameter portion is more than 4.0 but up to 12.0; and an average diameter of the small-diameter portion at the communication level is more than 0 but less than 10 nm. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135980 | PHOTOGRAVURE PROCESS FOR IDENTIFICATION CODE - A photogravure process for an identification code includes providing a seamless steel tube as a press plate substrate; engraving an information of the identification code onto the press plate substrate; printing the information of the identification code on a plastic film made of PET to form an ink display layer; the plastic film made of PET being applied with a relative large pressing force to impress the ink in the shape of the information of the identification code, thereby forming an ink information layer; providing a layer of cellulose acetate arranged on the ink information layer for acting as a release layer; and providing a layer of hot-melt adhesive laminated beneath a ink display layer for acting as an adhesive layer. Therefore, the identification code printed has the benefits of solid and rich colors, clear graphics and letters, appropriate contrast, and realistic images. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135981 | CHILDREN'S RIDE-ON VEHICLES AND PLAY SYSTEMS INCORPORATING WHEEL AND TRACK ASSEMBLIES - Play systems of the present disclosure comprise a children's ride-on vehicle and a companion track. The companion vehicle and track each include a guide surface that is complementary to the companion apparatus and configured to guide the vehicle along a path of travel defined by the track. The children's ride-on vehicle may be powered, steerable, and configured to operate on and off the track. When the children's ride-on vehicle is guided and/or steered along the path of travel, the complementary guide surfaces do not substantially impede progress of the vehicle. When the children's ride-on vehicle is guided and/or steered away from the path of travel, the complementary guide surfaces contact and/or frictionally engage to direct the vehicle along the path of travel and/or to slow progress of the vehicle. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135982 | TRACK ASSEMBLIES AND TRACK ASSEMBLY KITS FOR CHILDREN'S RIDE-ON VEHICLES - Track assemblies and track assembly kits for children's ride-on vehicles, as well as children's ride-on vehicle systems, according to the present disclosure are configured for assembly and disassembly of a track assembly. Track assemblies may include elongate rail members, couplers that are configured to couple together two elongate rail members, and optionally tie members that include one or more couplers. Generally, track assemblies comprise a left rail (including longitudinally aligned elongate rail members) and a right rail (including longitudinally aligned elongate rail members) in a spaced-apart and parallel relationship. Elongate rail members, couplers, and/or tie members are configured to releasably and repeatedly couple together. In the disassembled state, the component parts may be stored and/or shipped compactly. In the assembled state, the track assembly may define a track path, and the track assembly may be configured to guide the children's ride-on vehicle along the track path. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135983 | ZIPLINE BRAKING SYSTEM - A zipline braking system comprising a zipline cable and a destination supporting member; a rider carrier coupled to the zipline cable for movement towards the destination supporting member, such movement generating kinetic energy; a damper having a posterior end and an anterior end and connected to the destination supporting member at the posterior end; a tension line; a connection member coupled to the zipline cable and configured to engage the rider carrier; a stopping member coupled to the zipline cable and the tension line; and the tension line for transferring the kinetic energy to the damper upon the connection member engaging the stopping member in movement to the destination supporting member. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135984 | CHILDREN'S RIDE-ON VEHICLES AND PLAY SYSTEMS INCORPORATING WHEEL AND TRACK ASSEMBLIES - Play systems of the present disclosure comprise a children's ride-on vehicle and a companion track. The companion vehicle and track each include a guide surface that is complementary to the companion apparatus and configured to guide the vehicle along a path of travel defined by the track. The children's ride-on vehicle may be powered, steerable, and configured to operate on and off the track. When the children's ride-on vehicle is guided and/or steered along the path of travel, the complementary guide surfaces do not substantially impede progress of the vehicle. When the children's ride-on vehicle is guided and/or steered away from the path of travel, the complementary guide surfaces contact and/or frictionally engage to direct the vehicle along the path of travel and/or to slow progress of the vehicle. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135985 | Rail vehicle with roll stabilizer - A rail vehicle includes at least one running gear and at least one anti-roll stabilizer which is connected to two different vehicle parts of the rail vehicle. The anti-roll stabilizer includes a torsion shaft disposed on a vehicle part transversally to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, levers anti-rotationally disposed on the torsion shaft at both sides of the longitudinal axis of the vehicle and a respective draw/push rod for each lever. Each lever is articulatingly connected to one end of the draw/push rod and the draw/push rod is articulatingly connected at its other end to the other vehicle part. In order to reduce the dynamic forces on the draw/push rods in the oblique configuration thereof, imaginary extensions of the draw/push rods intersect at a point which lies approximately on the axis of rotation of the outward rotational movement of the running gear. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135986 | Protective Structure for Top of Tank Car - A railway tank car including a protective structure for the top of the tank and surrounding a manway or valve mounting nozzle to protect it against damage resulting from the car being overturned even while moving longitudinally. The protective structure may include longitudinally extending generally parallel side plates and a skid structure including longitudinally extending sloping, end portions and providing access to a manway or valve mounting assembly on the top of a nozzle. Openings may be provided in a side wall of the protective structure to give access to valve operating mechanisms extending laterally from valves. A lid for an access opening to a set of valves may include an extension that prevents a valve handle from being moved to open the valve while the lid is closed. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135987 | RAILCAR AND DOOR POCKET POST - A railcar includes a side sliding door and entrance peripheral-member surrounding the side entrance. The entrance peripheral-member includes a door pocket post in which outer and inner portions are inwardly of the outer portion in car-width direction coupled to each other. The side sliding door peripheral portion is pressed against an edge portion, extending along the side entrance of the entrance peripheral-member via a rubber seal at the side entrance closed state. In the side entrance open state, the side sliding door is pulled into a door pocket space facing the door pocket post inner portion. A portion projecting inwardly in car-width direction beyond the inner portion and including a tip end contacting the rubber seal provided at at least part of region constituted by portions of upper and lower edges of the side entrance peripheral-member and lateral edge at the edge portion door pocket post side of the entrance peripheral-member. | 2015-05-21 |
20150135988 | TRIVALENT CHROMIUM-CONVERSION PROCESSING SOLUTION CONTAINING ALUMINUM-MODIFIED COLLOIDAL SILICA - The present invention provides a trivalent chromium-conversion processing solution characterized by containing aluminum-modified colloidal silica. | 2015-05-21 |