23rd week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 54 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100142838 | GRADIENT ASSISTED IMAGE RESAMPLING IN MICRO-LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING - The present disclosure relates to the re-sampling of pixel data, with one application being micro-lithography. In particular, it relates to the extraction of modulator pixels from a rasterized image, as a function of how the modulator moves across the rasterized image. | 2010-06-10 |
20100142839 | DVC AS GENERIC FILE FORMAT FOR PLENOPTIC CAMERA - A computer implemented method of storing pixel data corresponding to a pixel is disclosed. A first and a second set of pixel data is determined for the pixel. Parity bits for the first set of pixel data are generated, using error correction. An encoded version of the first set of pixel data including the parity bits is stored. An encoded version of the second set of pixel data is stored, using lossless data compression, for use in decoding the first set of pixel data. | 2010-06-10 |
20100142843 | METHOD FOR ADAPTIVELY SELECTING FILTERS TO INTERPOLATE VIDEO DATA - A method for adaptively selecting filters to interpolate video data is provided. In the present method, when receiving video data encoded by a 4:2:2 sampling format, a plurality of filters having different weights are adaptively selected to convert the color components in the video data to a 4:4:4 sampling format based on the differences of luminance and color components among a target pixel and neighboring pixels thereof. Accordingly, the blurs occurred in an area with large color variation can be removed or reduced, such that the interpolated color components can be accepted by human eyes more easily. | 2010-06-10 |
20100142845 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RESTORING A MOTION-BLURRED IMAGE - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and system for restoring a motion-blurred image. The method comprises determining parameters for a one-dimensional Optical Transfer Function (OTF) for the motion-blurred image in Fourier space; determining a signal-to-noise ratio for the motion-blurred image in the Fourier space; and correcting for motion blur based on the parameters of the OTF. Determining the parameters comprises calculating a function Φ(p,q) which is based on the square of the modulus of the Fourier transform |G(p,q)| | 2010-06-10 |
20100142846 | Solver for image segregation - In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of providing an image, identifying a constraint defined by spatio-spectral aspects of the image, providing an optimization function augmented by an L | 2010-06-10 |
20100142861 | Container bag with multiple sealable locks - The container bag includes a bag body and a resealable lock. The bag body includes a first layer and a second layer overlapped therewith, and defines a plurality of sealing pockets discretely provided between the first and second layers and a plurality of elongated sealing openings communicating with said sealing pockets respectively. The resealable lock includes a plurality of zip lockers provided at the sealing openings respectively to seal and enclose the sealing pockets, wherein each of the zip lockers is individually actuated to unsealed and open the sealing pocket so as to permit each of the sealing pockets being reclosably sealed in a reusable manner. | 2010-06-10 |
20100142862 | Container bag with multiple sealable locks - The container bag includes a bag body, a resealable lock, and a detachable fastening arrangement. The bag body includes a first layer and a second layer overlapped therewith, and defines a plurality of sealing pockets discretely provided between the first and second layers and a plurality of elongated sealing openings communicating with said sealing pockets respectively. The resealable lock includes a plurality of zip lockers provided at the sealing openings respectively to seal and enclose the sealing pockets, wherein each of the zip lockers is individually actuated to unsealed and open the sealing pocket so as to permit each of the sealing pockets being reclosably sealed in a reusable manner. The detachable fastening arrangement is provided along at least one edge of each of the sealing pockets to detachably couple the sealing pockets edge-to-edge, so as to selectively rearrange a combination-configuration of the bag body. | 2010-06-10 |
20100142863 | Easy-To-Open Packaging Comprising A Laminate And Production Method Of Said Laminate - The present invention is related to easy-to-open packaging ( | 2010-06-10 |
20100142865 | SPLIT GUIDE BUSHING FOR VERTICAL PULVERIZERS - A guide bushing for a tensioning rod in a vertical pulverizer includes a bushing body having a substantially cylindrical interior bushing surface configured and adapted to moveably engage a tensioning rod of a vertical pulverizer. The bushing body is divided circumferentially about the bushing surface into a plurality of sections joined together. The sections are configured and adapted to separate from one another for installation and removal of the bushing body about a tensioning rod of a vertical pulverizer. | 2010-06-10 |
20100142867 | Auxiliary mounting device for linear rails - An auxiliary mounting device for linear rails includes a connecting rail and a ball-filling rail. Both sides of the connecting rail each have a first auxiliary groove. The ball-filling rail is formed on one end of the connecting rail and has two swinging arms and a flap. The two swinging arms are extending from one end of the connecting rail. The two swinging arms each have a second auxiliary groove and a pivoting portion. The two second auxiliary grooves correspond to the two first auxiliary grooves respectively. The two pivoting portions are formed between the two swinging arms and the connecting rail. The flap is provided between the two swinging arms. The flap has two lateral edges and an inward-folding crease. The two lateral edges connect both sides of the flap to the two swinging arms. The inward-folding crease is formed in the middle of the flap. | 2010-06-10 |
20100142869 | Fluid Pumping Capillary Seal For A Fluid Dynamic Bearing - An apparatus and method are provided for a robust and shock resistant fluid dynamic bearing. A fluid sealing system with fluid pumping and capillary features provides increased reliability and performance for small form factor disc drive memory systems. Concerns of motor jog are addressed, jog being the rapid and repeated opening and closing of spaces between relatively rotatable components that can dispel oil from, or draw air into, these spaces. The fluid pumping capillary sealing system includes a fluid pumping groove with a rib portion and a slot portion for pumping fluid. The fluid pumping capillary sealing system also includes a capillary seal. In an aspect, a sweeping rib sweeps fluid toward the bearing. A truncated rib is situated adjacent to the sweeping rib, the truncated rib extending a shorter radial distance as compared to the sweeping rib and forming a plenum region. | 2010-06-10 |
20100142891 | COMPACT OPTICS FOR CONCENTRATION, AGGREGATION AND ILLUMINATION OF LIGHT ENERGY - A solar concentrator having a concentrator element for collecting input light, a redirecting component with a plurality of incremental steps for receiving the light and also for redirecting the light, and a waveguide including a plurality of incremental portions enabling collection and concentration of the light onto a receiver. Other systems replace the receiver by a light source so system optics can provide illumination. | 2010-06-10 |
20100142893 | PHOTONIC CRYSTAL WAVEGUIDE INLET STRUCTURE - Disclosed herein is a photonic crystal waveguide inlet structure for improving coupling efficiency of a strip waveguide and a photonic crystal waveguide. The photonic crystal waveguide inlet structure includes an inlet region of the photonic crystal waveguide. The photonic crystal waveguide includes photonic crystals in which air holes are arranged in a triangle lattice shape in a dielectric, and a hybrid waveguide in which at least one of the air holes is removed, the hybrid waveguide spacing the inlet region apart from the strip waveguide. | 2010-06-10 |
20100142894 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPTICALLY COUPLING OPTICAL FIBRES - An optical coupler, the optical coupler being usable with a first optical fibre and a second optical fibre. The second optical fibre defines a second fibre coupling section and a second fibre transmitting section extending from the second fibre coupling section. The second fibre coupling section defines a radially outwardmost peripheral surface, the radially outwardmost peripheral surface defining a peripheral surface coupling portion. The optical coupler includes a coupler first end section and a substantially opposed coupler second end section, the coupler first end section defining a first coupling surface. The optical coupler defines a second coupling surface extending along the coupler first and second end sections. The first coupling surface is optically couplable with the first optical fibre and the second coupling surface is positionable so as to extend substantially parallel to the peripheral surface coupling portion and to be optically coupled with the peripheral surface coupling portion. The optical coupler has optical and geometrical properties such that substantially all the light guided to the first coupling surface by the first optical fibre is directed towards the second coupling surface and into the second optical fibre through the peripheral surface coupling portion so as to be guided into the second fibre coupling section for transmission into the second fibre transmitting portion. | 2010-06-10 |
20100142895 | SOCKET CONNECTOR HAVING POSITIONING MEMBERS SEVERING AS POISONING MEMBERS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A socket connector for receiving an electronic device includes an insulative housing having a base and a pair of sidewalls located at opposite sides of the base, a plurality of contacts retained in the base, and at least one positioning member attached to the sidewall. The base and the sidewalls jointly define a receiving space for the electronic device. The positioning member includes a soldering section capable of being soldered onto a printed circuit board on which the insulative housing is mounted, and a positioning section protruding into the receiving space and capable of positioning the electronic device. | 2010-06-10 |
20100142896 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A printed circuit board element ( | 2010-06-10 |
20100142911 | Cable Trough System and Method - A telecommunications cable management system includes trough elements including a planar top surface and sides for cable routing and management. The trough elements are made from separate parts assembled together with a mating arrangement. The mating arrangement allows assembly of the system on site, such as by snapping the parts together. The trough elements are then assembled together to form the cable management system. | 2010-06-10 |
20100142913 | VIDEO-AUDIO RECORDING APPARATUS, AND VIDEO-AUDIO RECORDING METHOD - Provided is a video-audio recording apparatus capable of executing a transition effect processing simply simultaneously with an image pickup. In this apparatus, a setting unit ( | 2010-06-10 |
20100142914 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DESCRIBING AND CAPTURING VIDEO OBJECT - A method and a device for describing and capturing video objects are provided in the embodiments of the present application, including: capturing video images to generate video sequences, generating a video object tracking sequence (OTS) according to the video sequences, and generating video object descriptors (ODs) according to the video OTS and video sequences. Therefore, in a generated video object tracking sequence (OTS), the video object region tracking number (TID) is used to capture and track video objects. This makes it unnecessary to create a video object descriptor (OD) for each video object on a frame-by-frame basis. Therefore, the quantity of video ODs is reduced, thereby suiting the application requirement for the intelligent video interaction and accelerating the search of the video materials. | 2010-06-10 |
20100142917 | VIDEO DATA REPRODUCTION SYSTEM - A transmission server reads out encoded data files from storage medium such as memory in itself and removable medium, and transmits the read-out file to the reproduction apparatus upon the request from the reproduction apparatus. A plurality of encoded video files are corresponding to an AV content. These encoded data files correspond to different reproduction modes respectively. The transmission server transmits an encoded file to the reproduction apparatus which corresponds to the requested AV content and the requested reproduction mode. Further, the transmission server switches files to be transmitted based upon a mode switching request from the reproduction apparatus. In other words, the file to be transmitted is switched from an encoded file corresponding to a pre-request reproduction mode to another corresponding to a post-request reproduction mode. | 2010-06-10 |
20100142918 | RESERVED RECORDING METHOD AND APPARATUS OF BROADCAST PROGRAM - A reserved recording method and apparatus of broadcast programs are disclosed. In setting reserved recording for broadcast programs, a start complementary time (SCT) and/or an end complementary time (ECT) are additionally set before a start time and after an end time of the broadcast programs, and if the SCT or a start time of a second broadcast program is ahead of the ECT of a first broadcast program, a switching time from the recording of the first broadcast program to the recording of the second broadcast program can be changed. Thus, a failure to record a portion of a broadcast program previously reserved for recording due to a delay in a broadcast time or the like can be prevented. | 2010-06-10 |
20100142920 | Multimedia Signal Processing System - A multimedia signal processing system utilizes an easily manipulated, low-cost storage and display system that allows the user to view a television program and instantly review previous scenes within the program. The invention also allows the user to store selected programs while simultaneously watching or reviewing another. A versatile system architecture enables providing the invention in multiple configurations, each adapted to receive input signals from a different source. At the highest level, the system includes an input section and an output section. Across all configurations, the output section remains substantially the same, while the input section varies according to the signal type and the source. Thus, several configurations are provided, each one requiring only minor system board modifications. The system architecture thus simplifies the design and manufacturing challenge presented by producing units to serve different markets, such as digital satellite, digital cable and analog cable. | 2010-06-10 |
20100142921 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING DIGITAL BROADCASTING - This research discloses a digital broadcasting contents transmitting/receiving apparatus that can quickly and easily purchase broadcasting contents, and a method thereof. The apparatus for receiving a digital broadcasting includes: a broadcasting contents receiver configured to receive a broadcasting content and first program protection information (PPI) including distribution scope information of the broadcasting content; a content storage configured to store the received broadcasting content; a purchase requester configured to transmit purchase request information according to a purchase request of a user for the stored broadcasting content; and a PPI controller configured to replace the first PPI with second PPI transmitted to the broadcasting contents receiver in response to the purchase request and including information on a changed distribution scope of the broadcasting content for which the purchase request is made. | 2010-06-10 |
20100142926 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOTE VOICE-OVER OR MUSIC PRODUCTION AND MANAGEMENT - A desktop application and supporting web site for recording voice-over or music sessions is introduced, wherein the production staff and talent may be in separate remote locations. The application includes providing a high quality data format for transferring audiovisual data, recordings and the like, and a lower-quality data format for intercommunicating verbal instructions that relate to, but are not part of, the recording session. The desktop application also provides mechanisms for playing back sound and video for talent's reference during a recording, timing the recording session or individual takes thereof, and calculating payments due based on such timing. | 2010-06-10 |
20100142927 | AUDIO AND VIDEO SYNCHRONIZATION APPARATUS AND METHOD IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - An audio and video synchronization apparatus and method in a wireless communication network are provided. The audio and video synchronization apparatus includes a receiver that receives audio frames and video frames, a playback buffer that sequentially buffers the audio frames, a detector that determines whether the audio frames are synchronized with the video frames and adjusts a playback time of the video frames based on a playback time of the audio frames if it is determined the audio frames are not synchronized with the video frames. | 2010-06-10 |
20100142929 | RECORDING DEVICE AND REPRODUCTION DEVICE - There is provided an operation mechanism for rapidly performing content list display and title menu display in a recording device itself or in other devices such as a player and a recorder while eliminating the necessity of creation or recording of the title menu data by a recording device. A data processing device includes a memory and a recording unit. The memory contains a computer-readable program which can be read out by a computer. The computer program causes the computer to search for a data stream of the content recorded in the recording medium, display the content information concerning the data stream found by the search in a menu, and execute processing enabling selection of a data stream by using the content information. The recording unit records at least one data stream in a given recording medium and records the program stored in the memory on its recording medium. | 2010-06-10 |
20100142931 | System and Method for Processing Video - A system and method for allocating video processing tasks over multiple video processors include an apparatus. The apparatus includes a plurality of video processors. Each video processor includes a first processor that processes video data and manages buffers used in conversion and displaying video data. The video processor includes a second processor that performs video data signal processing and manages buffers used in processing video data. The apparatus also includes a switch coupled to each video processor, as well as video inputs and video outputs. A third processor coupled to the switch, and a memory coupled to each video processor and to the third processor, are also part of the apparatus. The switch selectively couples a video processor to a video input or a video output, the third processor configures the switch based on processing requirements of each video stream, and the memory buffers and stores video data. | 2010-06-10 |
20100142932 | DIRECT CURRENT MOTOR CONTROLLING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A direct current motor controlling apparatus may include a direct current motor driving unit to apply a driving voltage to a direct current motor and detect a predetermined signal from the direct current motor, and a servo-micom to control the status of the direct current motor using the signal detected by the direct current motor driving unit. Accordingly, the rotational status of the direct current motor is checked to control the direct current motor. | 2010-06-10 |
20100142934 | Advanced Capillary Force Vaporizers - The present invention relates to the vaporization of liquids and the pressurization of vapors in capillary force vaporizers. More particularly, the invention provides new developments in the assembly and configuration of capillary force vaporizers, as well as systems and methods that incorporate these features, thus providing capillary force vaporizers that exhibit enhanced operability and reliability during operation. | 2010-06-10 |
20100142936 | METHOD OF AND/OR APPARATUS FOR COUPLING A LENS PORT TO A HOUSING FOR AN UNDERWATER CAMERA - The invention comprises a method of and apparatus for coupling a lens port to a housing for an underwater camera. The method comprises the steps of providing an inwardly castellated ring and a co-operating outwardly castellated ring, the rings comprising part of or being positioned one on the housing and the other on the lens port. At least one of the rings is rotatable and the outwardly castellated ring can be passed through the inwardly castellated ring. Rotating at least one ring holds the outward castellations against the inward castellations to thereby hold the lens port to the housing. | 2010-06-10 |
20100142939 | LENS BARREL SUPPORTING FRAME, LENS RETAINING STRUCTURE, LENS BARREL AND CAMERA - Lens barrel | 2010-06-10 |
20100142940 | OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, OPTICAL RECEIVING TERMINAL, AND OPTICAL SIGNAL FAULT DETECTION METHOD - An optical communication system includes an optical transmission terminal including a first transmitter for transmitting an optical signal, and a second transmitter for transmitting information that indicates the first transmitter transmitting the optical signal; and an optical receiving terminal including an optical receiver for receiving the optical signal and the information transmitted from the first and second transmitter, respectively, a storage device for storing a power value of the optical signal monitored in response to receipt of the information transmitted from the second transmitter, and a fault detector for detecting fault of the optical signal by continuously monitoring a power value of the optical signal received by the optical receiver in comparison with the power value stored in the storage device. | 2010-06-10 |
20100142954 | STANDBY BROADBAND LIGHT SOURCE FOR PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORKS - Techniques are disclosed for a broadband service provider to maintain continuity of service in the event that a broadband light source fails in a passive optical network which uses injection-locked transmitters. Generally, a first broadband light source is connected to a passive optical network. Should the first broadband light source fails, it is disconnected from the network, and a second broadband light source is connected to the network. | 2010-06-10 |
20100142955 | Optical line terminal, passive optical network and radio frequency signal transmission method - An optical line terminal, a passive optical network and a radio frequency signal transmission method in the communication technical field are provided. The passive optical network comprises: an OLT, an ODN and at least one ONU. The OLT comprises: at least one transmitting unit, which provides one dedicated downstream optical carrier and two dedicated upstream optical carriers for ONU; the two dedicated optical carriers for ONU are configured to carry ONU upstream radio frequency signals; a multiplexing/demultiplexing unit; and at least one receiving unit which obtains the upstream signal from the demultiplexed upstream optical signal. The bandwidth of wireless access network is enhanced, and the design of ONU is simple. | 2010-06-10 |
20100142957 | COMMUNICATION NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, WAVELENGTH-DIVISION MULTIPLEX APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION NETWORK MANAGEMENT METHOD AND COMMUNICATION NETWORK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - A communication network management system including a node apparatus | 2010-06-10 |
20100142959 | Optical waveform shaping method and optical waveform shaping apparatus - In an optical waveform shaping apparatus, a WDM signal light is amplified by a first optical amplifier, and thereafter, is input to a first nonlinear medium; a spectrum of the signal light of each wavelength is expanded due to SPM in the first nonlinear medium to thereby separate a signal component and a noise component; and for each spectrum, only a signal component on a short wavelength side is collectively extracted by an optical filter. Then, an output light of the optical filter is amplified by a second optical amplifier, and thereafter, is input to a second nonlinear medium, and the wavelength of each signal light is collectively shifted to a longer wavelength side due to self-frequency shifting in the second nonlinear medium, to thereby return the wavelength of each signal light to that for when each signal light contained in the WDM signal light has been input. As a result, the signal light of each wavelength contained in the WDM signal light can be collectively waveform shaped, and also, the wavelength of each signal light after waveform shaped can be precisely the same as that before waveform shaped. | 2010-06-10 |
20100142961 | Methods for dynamic wavelength add/drop in a ROADM optical network - A system and method for dynamically adding/dropping wavelengths in a reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer (ROADM) transport network is disclosed. The system includes at least one optical transponder, a plurality of optical fan-out devices, each arranged to receive an input signal from a network degree and coupled to at least one of a plurality of optical fan-in devices, each optical fan-in device arranged to output a signal to a network degree, the optical fan-out devices comprising at least one wavelength selective switch and the optical fan-in devices comprising at least one wavelength selective switch, the optical fan-out devices and optical fan-in devices being connected so as to enable signals input from each of the plurality of network degrees to be switched to another network degree of the plurality of network degrees; a plurality of demultiplexers for locally dropping selected wavelengths; a plurality of multiplexers for locally adding selected wavelengths; and at least one fiber switch interposed between the at least one optical transponder and the plurality of demultiplexers and multiplexers. The fiber switch is coupled to wavelengths and degrees that are allocated for a bandwidth-on-demand application. Other configurations include additional fan-in and fan-out devices interposed between a mux/demux assembly and the optical transponders to support wavelength redistribution applications. | 2010-06-10 |
20100142962 | MULTIWAVELENGTH TRANSMITTER - A multiwavelength transmitter comprises several laser sources ( | 2010-06-10 |
20100142964 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS WITH STABLE OPTICAL SIGNAL OUTPUT - An optical transmission apparatus for high-speed optical signal transmission is provided. The optical transmission apparatus includes an optical modulator which includes first and second modulators of a Mach-Zehnder (MZ) interferometer type which are connected in parallel, and an output stabilizer which controls biases for the first modulator, the second modulator and the optical modulator and stabilizes a final output optical signal of the optical modulator. The optical transmission apparatus can perform a stable optical signal output. | 2010-06-10 |
20100142968 | PRODUCT, METHOD AND EQUIPMENT FOR REMOTE COMMUNICATION USING CHROMOGENIC MATERIALS - The invention relates to products, methods and devices for remote communication or control using chromogenic materials. Several samples including at least one kind of chromogenic materials are simultaneously irradiated or radiated together by an appropriate entangled radiation, e.g. gamma, X, ultraviolet or visible radiation, provided by a cascade from an atomic source, or by the target of a linear particle accelerator or by a non-linear crystal. When the samples are separated, one of them, qualified as the master, is stimulated by a traditional method that uses infrared or white radiation or by heating, and a signal is measured that represents the partially correlated excess variation of opacity or coloration of the other sample(s), qualified as slave(s). There is no known method of interference between the master and the slaves. The slave(s) are the only ones capable of instantaneously receiving the signal from the master through all media and from any distance. The method and the equipment are particularly intended for communication or control applications. | 2010-06-10 |
20100142969 | Multimode Optical System - Disclosed is an optical system including a polychromatic optical source emitting multiple transverse modes, an optical link having at least one portion of multimode optical fiber, and an optical device positioned between the optical source and the input of the multimode optical fiber. The optical device can modify the distribution of the energy coupling of the transverse modes emitted by the source in the propagation modes of the multimode optical fiber. | 2010-06-10 |
20100142970 | Direct Detection Differential Polarization-Phase-Shift Keying for High Spectral Efficiency Optical Communication - Efficient apparatus, methods, systems and devices to generate, transmit and detect optical differential polarization-phase-shift keying signals are disclosed for high spectral efficiency optical communication systems. It includes an electrical encoder and an optical encoder for generation of differentially encoded polarization-phase modulated optical signals and optical demodulators and balanced detectors for detection of the optical signals. The optical signals are transmitted through optical fiber links or free space. The electrical encoder maps independent data channels into differentially-encoded data sequences. In the optical encoder, the encoded data sequences from the electrical encoder drive optical modulators to generate differentially-encoded polarization-phase modulated optical signals at a symbol rate equal to the bit rate of each input data channel. After transmission through a transmission medium, the optical signals are demodulated optically and the original data are recovered by multilevel detection, without recovering the polarization state of received signals. | 2010-06-10 |
20100142971 | APPARATUS FOR SYNCHRONIZING DIGITAL SIGNALS OF COHERENT OPTICAL RECEIVER - Provided is a digital signal synchronization device of a coherent optical receiver. The digital signal synchronization device includes a digital signal processing unit to perform synchronization on a digital signal of an output optical signal generated by interfering an optical signal received through an optical fiber with an optical signal of laser output from a local oscillator and to perform decoding using the synchronized digital signal, and a digital signal managing unit to monitor the digital signal processing unit to output data of the optical signal normally, which has been received through the optical fiber, according to the synchronized digital signal. | 2010-06-10 |
20100142974 | Supervisory controlling method and supervisory controlling system of optical repeater - The present invention aims at providing a technique capable of supervising and controlling optical repeaters, without affecting transmission characteristics and wavelength bands of signal lights, by utilizing the Raman effect. To this end, the present invention provides a supervisory controlling system of an optical repeater, in an optical amplifying-and-repeating transmission system for amplifying and repeatingly transmitting signal light propagated through an optical transmission path by the optical repeater, wherein the supervisory control signal light is amplified due to the Raman effect by the signal light acting as excitation light in an optical transmission path (Raman amplifying medium), to thereby supervise and control the optical repeater in accordance with the thus Raman amplified supervisory control signal light. | 2010-06-10 |
20100142978 | FIXING DEVICE - A fixing device and an image forming apparatus having the same, and a method of operating the fixing device, the fixing device being provided with a power interruption unit to prevent overheating of the fixing device by physically separating a fuse element from a power line and/or approximating a thermostat to a fixing member of the fixing device. | 2010-06-10 |
20100142979 | MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus which forms an image on a sheet by using an image bearing member, the image forming apparatus includes a motor configured to rotate the image bearing member, a speed detection unit configured to detect a rotation speed of the motor or the image bearing member, a feedback control unit configured to supply the motor with a PWM signal which is acquired by performing a pulse width modulation on a feedback control value which is based on a target rotation speed, the rotation speed detected by the speed detection unit, and a feedback gain, and a gain updating unit configured to sample the PWM signal output from the feedback control unit during the image bearing member is in a steady rotation for an image forming operation and update the feedback gain based on the sampled PWM signal. | 2010-06-10 |
20100142980 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF CORRECTING COLOR REGISTRATION ERROR - Disclosed is an image forming apparatus capable of, and a method of, correcting a color registration error. The image forming apparatus corrects a color registration error by adjusting a scan start time of, and/or the distance in a sub-scanning direction between, multiple light beams that are scanned by a light scanning unit onto several photosensitive media. | 2010-06-10 |
20100143001 | TONER CARTRIDGE - A toner cartridge includes a housing, a wheel and a grating tube. The housing has a chamber for accommodation of toner, and an outlet in communication between the chamber and the outside. The wheel is rotatably connected the housing. The grating tube is coaxially connected to the wheel and defines several transparent areas and several opaque areas. The grating tube is made of transparent material and covered with several opaque layers defining the opaque areas such that the toner cartridge has the advantages of flexible application, being compatible with different types of image-forming apparatuses, and reducing manufacturing cost. | 2010-06-10 |
20100143005 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - Provided is an image forming apparatus including: a latent image carrier; a charging unit; a latent image forming unit; a developing unit; a transferring unit; and a cleaning unit, wherein a voltage of the non-image portion of the latent image carrier is Vo, a voltage of the developing bias at the time when a force generated to bias the toner charged with the regular charging polarity in a direction from the latent image carrier to the toner carrier is maximum is Vmax, and a voltage of the developing bias at the time when a force generated to bias the toner charged with the regular charging polarity in a direction from the toner carrier to the latent image carrier is maximum is Vmin, in the developing position, an equation |Vmax−Vo|>|Vmin−Vo| is satisfied. | 2010-06-10 |
20100143006 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - Provided is an image forming apparatus including: a latent image carrier; a charging unit; a latent image forming unit; a developing unit that has a toner carrier; a transferring unit that transfers the toner image on the transfer medium; and a cleaning unit that removes a toner that remains to be adhered to the latent image carrier, wherein the toner carrier carries a toner layer including a contact toner that is directly in contact with the surface of the toner carrier and a non-contact toner that is not directly in contact with the surface of the toner carrier on the surface thereof, and wherein a voltage of the transferring bias is a DC voltage that does not generate discharge between the image portion of the latent image carrier and the transfer medium but generate discharge between the non-image portion of the latent image carrier and the transfer medium. | 2010-06-10 |
20100143007 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING DEVELOPER CONTACT MEDIA HAVING NANO-SCALE ROUGHNESS - Provided is an image forming apparatus which includes a developer to develop an image and a developer contact medium of which a surface contacts the developer, wherein asperities with a density of about 4×10 | 2010-06-10 |
20100143009 | Heat Roller for Electrophotographic Image Forming Device - A heat roller for an electrophotographic device comprised of an internal tube inside an insulating layer wherein a heating element having a resistance member is fixed to the outer surface of the insulating layer by depositing the resistance member onto a polyimide film applied to the insulating layer, depositing the resistance member directly to insulating layer, or embedding the resistance member in the insulating layer. Alternatively, the heating element having a resistance member is fixed to the outer surface of the internal tube by depositing the resistance member onto a polyimide film applied to the internal tube, thereby eliminating the insulating layer. An elastomer layer of predetermined thickness is overmoulded to the outer surface of the insulating layer or the internal tube and an outside surface is applied to the outer surface of the elastomer layer wherein a toner image is fused on paper from the outside surface by heat transferred from the heating element. | 2010-06-10 |
20100143033 | Vehicle barrier - In order to stop a moving vehicle without injury to occupants, a vehicle barrier is provided having a pair of platforms disposed on opposite sides of a roadway, and a capture net extending across the roadway between the platforms. Each platform has a rotatably mounted spool attached to a different end of the net, and a dual acting extension-compression shock absorber pivotally mounted to the spool, such that when the force or energy of an impacting vehicle on the net is applied to the shock absorbers, via rotation of the spools. Rotation of spools operate the shock absorbers in compression, and if needed, in extension. In railroad crossing application, two of the vehicle barriers are provided on either side of the railroad tracks to prevent vehicles from crossing the railroad tracks. | 2010-06-10 |
20100143035 | Method of sealing joints in road surfaces and subsurfaces - A method of sealing and strengthening the joints in an asphalt road surface and subsurface to prolong the useful life of the road utilizes a polymer modified cationic maltene emulsion containing polymer modified maltene oils and resins, and surfactants/and wetting agents. The emulsion is applied to the longitudinal joints and other joints in the asphalt pavement surface. The emulsion reduces voids in the asphalt pavement and chemically improves the asphalt binder properties, thereby altering the modulus of elasticity of the asphalt binders so that the resistance of the pavement to tension is increased, and the water absorption of the pavement is reduced. | 2010-06-10 |
20100143037 | Water/fluids surgie/backflow protection systems and management - This design addresses the problems of high tide/surges entering the discharge outlets of piping from pumping stations that discharge into a reservoir/body i.e., lake, river or waterway that is affected during storms, hurricanes or heavy rains driven by high tides and wind, that render pumping inefficient at least and inoperable at worst. This is a bypass system of piping into a manifold header that includes an inlet from the pump's discharge pipe, a discharge outlet and a second optional discharge—by pass outlet. It also includes optional automatic shut off valves in the piping scheme and variable speed drives on the pump motors. The by pass discharge outlet piping also includes an ancillary piping arrangement that allows portions of the discharge flow to be directed back into underground aquifers to replenish the diminishing water table level that contributes to subsidence. This system is subject to many possible modifications. | 2010-06-10 |
20100143038 | Ocean Oil Spill and Contaminated Sea Ice Containment, Separation and Removal System - A method for containing and cleaning up oil or other contaminants from an area of water containing mixture of ice and water is disclosed. A net having at least one folded extension is deployed into an area of water and ice to encircle at least a portion of the contaminant spill. The ends of the net are attached to each other in contaminant resistant way to contain the contaminant in the net. The folded extension is deployed to an unfolded configuration. The net is the then pursed up using the extension to control the contaminant in the net. The contaminant is pumped out of the net as needed to allow the net to continue to be pursed up to a smaller and smaller area. | 2010-06-10 |
20100143040 | Hazardous Material Storage and Leak Mitigation System - A self-contained storage system for hazardous materials includes a containment envelope enclosing a storage tank containing hazardous materials and forming a containment space between the storage tank and containment envelope. Leaked material is detected by one or more sensors in the containment space and, depending on the concentration or time rate of change in concentration of the leaked material, alarms and corresponding mitigation measures are reversibly activated to remove leaked material from the containment space. | 2010-06-10 |
20100143061 | CHIP CATCHER FOR WELD TIP DRESSER - An apparatus for collecting weld tip chips created by a weld tip dresser is provided that “catches” the chips at the cutting tool and collects them in a container, preventing their disbursement on the factory floor. The apparatus includes a body adapted for connection to the weld tip dresser and with an opening therethrough configured to permit the weld tip dresser therethrough. The body defines an air inlet passage extending from an outer surface of the body to the opening. The body defines an air outlet passage from the opening to the outer surface. A pressurized air supply is connected to the body at the air inlet passage and is configured to blow air through the air inlet passage to blow chips from the opening through the air outlet passage. A container is operatively connected to the body at the air outlet passage for collecting chips blown from the opening. | 2010-06-10 |
20100143062 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSPORTING AND ALIGNING WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADE - An apparatus and method to facilitate transporting and aligning a multiple piece wind turbine rotor blade including a root piece and a tip piece. The apparatus includes a first portion configured to support a first end portion of the root piece and a second portion pivotally coupled to the first portion. The second portion is configured to support a first end portion of the tip piece. | 2010-06-10 |
20100143069 | FRICTION MECHANISM - A fastening mechanism including: a head a shaft fixed to one end of the head wherein at least part of the shaft is effectively threaded, and at least part of the shaft has no anchoring base for the thread, wherein at least part of the shaft and at least part of the thread are together formed from at least one unbroken wound spiral. | 2010-06-10 |
20100143070 | HEAD OF A COUNTERSUNK SCREW - The invention relates to the head of a countersunk screw with a lower side which has at least one supporting surface, which forms part of a rotational surface about the screw axis and can nestle against a correspondingly contoured countersunk surface of an add-on part, and has at least one depression which is delimited by a cutting edge at its end which runs downwards, as seen in the screwing-in direction of the countersunk screw. The invention is distinguished in that in front of the supporting surface, as seen in the screwing-in direction, there is an approach surface which butts against said supporting surface, is inclined radially inwards and, at its upwardly running, free end, has the cutting edge which, over its length, maintains a radial distance from the rotational surface to the inside. | 2010-06-10 |
20100143091 | VACUUM GENERATOR SEAL - A vacuum generator seal can comprise an upstream annular cavity adjacent to the upstream side of the bearing, a downstream annular cavity adjacent to the downstream side of the bearing, and at least one drain slot positioned on the upstream side of the bearing housing. The vacuum generator seal can include a retainer that at least partially defines the upstream annular cavity. The retainer may be in contact with the bearing housing and may have a tight clearance with the impeller hub. The retainer along with a supply of grease packed within the annular cavities can seal the bearing; and the drain slot can direct water and waste away from the bearing and towards the scroll. | 2010-06-10 |
20100143092 | Power-Generating Turbine in a Rotor-Stator Arrangement - A rotor blade for a horizontal axis wind turbine is provided. The rotor blade includes a fixing section for fixing the rotor blade to a rotary shaft of a rotor of the horizontal axis wind turbine. Furthermore, the rotor blade includes a geometrically adjusted section with a root end. The rotor blade extends from the fixing section to the root end. A section of the root end of the geometrically adjusted section and a section of a guide panel of a stator of the horizontal axis wind turbine closest to the root end are substantially coplanar. | 2010-06-10 |
20100143093 | ARRANGEMENT TO DETECT A HIGH ROTATIONAL-SPEED OF A BLADE - An arrangement for determining a rotational-speed of a blade rotating around an axis is provided. A transmit-unit is located at the rotating blade, while a receive-unit is located at the rotating hub of the blade. The transmit-unit and the receive-unit are connected by a transmission-system, which is used to transmit a signal from the transmit-unit to the receive-unit. A detection-unit is located at the blade, which is used to detect a force acting on the blade due to the rotation of the blade. The detection-unit is built to interrupt the transmission of the signal when the detected force exceeds a predetermined value. The receive-unit comprises a control-unit, which detects a high rotational-speed of the blade by evaluating the interrupted transmission of the signal. The transmission-system is built as an optical-transmission system, which transmits an optical-signal from the transmit-unit to the receive-unit for evaluation. | 2010-06-10 |
20100143097 | AEROFOILS FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINES - An aerofoil | 2010-06-10 |
20100143101 | COMPLIANT FOIL SEAL FOR ROTARY MACHINES - A compliant foil seal comprises a bottom foil configured to be located circumferentially around at least a portion of a rotor, and one or more upper foils configured to cooperate with a stator to position the bottom foil to compliantly face the rotor and be located between the stator and the rotor. A compliant foil seal assembly and a rotary machine are also presented. | 2010-06-10 |
20100143102 | COMPLIANT PLATE SEAL WITH SELF-CORRECTING BEHAVIOR - A self-correcting seal assembly comprises a plurality of compliant plates coupled circumferentially to a stationary component, at least one slot in the compliant plates extending from the stationary component towards a rotor; and a resistance member coupled to a stationary component. The resistance member comprising at least one annular ring extending from the stationary component towards a rotor and through the slot. The seal assembly is configured to create passive feedback on hydrostatic forces in response to a tip-clearance between the rotor and tips of the compliant plates. | 2010-06-10 |
20100143103 | Seal and a method of manufacturing a seal | 2010-06-10 |
20100143105 | COMPRESSOR STATOR BLADE AND COMPRESSOR ROTOR BLADE - A compressor stator blade | 2010-06-10 |
20100143106 | Fluid Pump - A fluid pump comprising a pump body, a low pressure impeller, a high pressure impeller, impeller seal means separating the inlet side of the low pressure impeller from its pressure side, a pump priming system, and a pump priming conduit provided through the low pressure impeller radially inboard of the impeller seal means. The high pressure impeller is preferably provided within a cavity, defined by an impeller recess and a cover plate. A wear ring is preferably provided between the low pressure impeller and the inboard end of the cover plate. The pump priming conduit preferably comprises: first and second axial bores through the pump body; a radial bore and two axial holes through the cover plate; an axial hole through the rear wear ring; a cavity between the wear ring and the low pressure impeller; and axial holes through the low pressure impeller, connecting the cavity to the suction side of the low pressure impeller. | 2010-06-10 |
20100143107 | ASSEMBLY WITH TWO INDEXED PARTS - In one exemplary implementation, an assembly may include two indexed parts. A first part may have a void formed therein and an axis, with the void defining at least one rotational stop and at least one radial stop. A second part may have a projection that is received at least partially in the void when the first and second parts are assembled together. The projection may have at least one rotational abutment surface adapted to engage said at least one rotational stop to limit relative rotation between the first and second parts, and the projection having at least one radial abutment surface adapted to engage said at least one radial stop to limit relative radial movement between the first and second parts in a direction away from the axis. | 2010-06-10 |
20100143109 | Water pump for pumping coolant in a low temperature and in a high temperature circuit - In a water pump for pumping coolant in a low temperature and a high temperature circuit with low temperature and high temperature housings each including a spiral flow guide structure, and a single rotor disposed in the joined housings and having a low temperature rotor part for pumping coolant through the low temperature circuit and a high temperature rotor part for pumping coolant through the high temperature circuit, the housings are joined with a heat isolating structure disposed between the flow guide structures of the high temperature and the low temperature housings to limit heat transfer from the high temperature coolant pumped through the high temperature housing to the low temperature coolant pumped through the low temperature housing. | 2010-06-10 |
20100143141 | BI-AXIAL COMPLIANT BEARING - Embodiments of a bi-axial compliant bearing assembly and methods of assembling the bi-axial compliant bearing assembly are disclosed. A bi-axial compliant bearing assembly employs a transition bearing race. The transition bearing race comprises a cylindrical surface. The cylindrical surface is configured to rotatably engage a rotational bearing element and to slidably engage the rotational bearing element along an axis. The transition bearing race also includes a spherically-compliant surface. The spherically-compliant surface is configured to engage a spherically-compliant element and to enable the spherically-compliant element to rotate transversely to the axis. | 2010-06-10 |
20100143144 | BOUNDARY LAYER FINS FOR WIND TURBINE BLADE - A wind turbine blade includes a plurality of boundary layer fins, aligned substantially parallel to a direction of flow over the blade, for reducing boundary layer separation from the blade. | 2010-06-10 |
20100143148 | TURBINE BLADE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A turbine blade includes at least two blade segments. Each blade segment includes first and second shells joined together, a base region, at least one joint region including a mating face. Each of the first and second shells includes an outer skin, a base spar cap attached to an inner surface of the outer skin in the base region, a joint spar cap attached to the inner surface of the outer skin in the joint region and adjacent to at least a portion of the base spar cap. The joint spar cap includes holes in the mating face of the joint region. The turbine blade further includes fasteners within the holes for securing the at least two blade segments together. | 2010-06-10 |
20100143149 | TURBINE WITH AT LEAST ONE ROTOR WHICH COMPRISES ROTOR DISKS AND A TIE-BOLT - A gas turbine is provided. The gas turbine includes at least one rotor, having rotor blades arranged on the periphery of rotor disks in a plurality of radial planes, and a tie-bolt extending along slots in the rotor disks and holding the rotor disks together as a unit. At least one annular spacer for fixing the position of the tie-bolt in relation to the center line of the rotor disks is also provided. The spacer includes through-openings that are arranged radially in relation to the tie-bolt or to its center line and that extend coaxially. | 2010-06-10 |
20100143150 | FAN MOUNTING ASSEMBLY - A fan mounting assembly includes a fan, a supporting device, two fixing devices, and two magnetic units. The fan includes a frame having two spaced walls, and at least two spaced fixing holes are defined in each of the walls. The fixing devices are oppositely mounted to the supporting device and sandwich the fan therebetween. Each of the fixing devices includes a fixing plate and two fixing arms perpendicular to the fixing plate. The fixing arms of the fixing devices are made of ferromagnetic material and align with the fixing holes of the fan respectively. Each of the magnetic units includes two magnets. Each magnet of the magnetic units engages in a corresponding one of the at least two fixing holes of a corresponding wall of the fan and attracts a corresponding fixing arm, to make the fixing arms clamp the fan. | 2010-06-10 |
20100143162 | SUCTION SHUTOFF VALVE - A suction shutoff valve of a compressor which includes a modulating valve. The modulating valve includes a valve disk for covering a valve aperture, a bellows in sealed engagement with the egress end of a valve body, and a valve stem connecting the valve disk and the bellows. A bellows spring is disposed in the bellows for biasing the valve disk to open the valve aperture. When the pressure in the suction chamber decreases below a predetermined pressure, the bellows spring moves the bellows and the valve disk to open the valve aperture and increase fluid flow from the compression chamber to the bellows chamber to subsequently allow the valve piston to uncover the holes of the valve body and increase fluid flow through the suction shutoff valve to the suction chamber. | 2010-06-10 |
20100143163 | Packing Nut Lock and Access Bore Cover Locking Assembly - A retaining system for securing a closure at an installed position within a bore. The bore being in a portion of a housing and having screw threads along at least a portion thereof. The closure having an internally threaded hold extending therein. The closure in the installed position closes the bore. The retaining system comprising a retaining cover for obstructing removal of the closure from the bore. The retaining cover being receivable in the bore in a position generally adjacent the closure. The retaining cover having external threads interengageable with the screw threads of the bore such that the cover is rotatable relative to the housing in a tightening direction for movement of the cover into the bore toward the closure and rotatable in an opposite, loosening direction for movement of the cover out from the bore away from the closure. The cover having a central axis of rotation. | 2010-06-10 |
20100143167 | ELECTRIC COMPRESSOR WITH INTEGRAL INVERTER - An electric compressor provided with an integral inverter, incorporated with a motor and provided in a receiving space surrounded by a compressor housing with a motor drive circuit that includes the inverter. At least some of electric parts including the motor drive circuit are coated at an assembly-completed state with a resin that is charged into the receiving space. The shape of the charged resin is defined in the receiving space by a jig used at the time of resin charging and defining a space to be charged with the resin. In the structure of a resin coating section for such a motor drive circuit, the amount of resin charged is significantly reduced, and the entire compressor is reduced in weight and cost. | 2010-06-10 |
20100143191 | SYSTEM FOR ENRICHING A BODILY FLUID WITH A GAS HAVING A DUAL-FUNCTION POWER SWITCH MECHANISM - This invention discloses a modular system having a base module, a mid-section control module, and a display module for preparing and administering a gas-enriched bodily fluid. An apparatus adapted for connecting with a gas tank is included in the system for gas tank hook-up. Gas-enrichment is achieved by a gas-enriching device which can be in the form of a disposable cartridge. During operation, the gas-enrichment device is placed in an enclosure within the control module. An electronic controller manages the various aspects of the system such as the production of gas-enriched fluid, flow rates, bubble detection, and automatic operation and shut down. The system has a power supply for providing electrical power to the system, and a switching mechanism coupled to the power supply and gas tank for synchronized switching of the power supply and the gas tank between an ON state and an OFF state. | 2010-06-10 |
20100143193 | Magnetic valves for performing multi-dimensional assays using one microfluidic chip - An apparatus for performing multi-dimensional assays using a microfluidic chip is presented. The apparatus comprises of two crossing series of micro-channels on the microfluidic chip. The apparatus further comprises of a plurality of magnetic valves placed at the crossings and a guiding magnet. When an operator places the guiding magnet in a vicinity of the chip, the guiding magnet produces a proximal magnetic field gradient at a location of each of the plurality of magnetic valves. At the first micro-channel crossing, a magnetic valve controls fluid flow in the first micro-channel, and another magnetic valve controls fluid flow in the second micro-channel at the first micro-channel crossing. Each magnetic valve comprises a magnetic bead and a cavity on the chip next to a corresponding micro-channel section. | 2010-06-10 |
20100143195 | REACTION WELL FOR AN AUTOMATIC ANALYSIS APPLIANCE - A reaction well, intended for use in an automatic analysis appliance and including an opening at its top end and one or two flaps for partially closing said opening, the flaps being separated by a slot enabling a liquid injection or sampling needle to pass through, and preventing stirrer means contained within the well from escaping. | 2010-06-10 |
20100143197 | Container Holder - A container holder for a multiplicity of tubular sample containers with a frame made of a rigid plastic material, comprising a panel with a multiplicity of holes, and a coating of the frame which is made of an elastic plastic material or of rubber, and which partially closes off the cross section of the holes. | 2010-06-10 |
20100143198 | SAMPLE SUPPORT STRUCTURE AND METHODS - A sample support structure comprising a sample support manufactured from a semiconductor material and having one or more openings therein. Methods of making and using the sample support structure. | 2010-06-10 |
20100143199 | PIPETTE TIP PACKAGE - The invention relates to a pipette by package, which has a plurality pipette tips in separate enclosures. The enclosures are securely closed by a joint lid. | 2010-06-10 |
20100143202 | TARGET SUPPLY UNIT OF EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In a target supply unit of an extreme ultraviolet light source apparatus for generating extreme ultraviolet light by applying a laser beam to a target material to turn the target material into plasma, clogging of a target nozzle for supplying the target material to a laser beam application point is suppressed. The target supply unit includes: a target container for accommodating the target material; a target nozzle for injecting the target material supplied from the target container; and a reducing gas supply unit for supplying a reducing gas into the target container. Instead of using the reducing gas, a carbon-based material having a reduction action may be provided within the target container for causing reduction reaction. | 2010-06-10 |
20100143204 | PORTABLE DECONTAMINATION AND DEODORIZATION SYSTEMS - Portable decontamination and deodorization systems configured to decontaminate a target environment for specified periods of time. A housing contains pressurized media. A spherical media diffuser can be connected to and controlled by a sphere retainer module and a funnel-like orifice can be located under a lower hemisphere of the spherical media diffuser to move the spherical media diffuser and over the funnel-like orifice creating a gap there-between to evenly distribute chemical in a fog or spray throughout a room. a valve controller can be coupled by tubing between media contained in said housing and the gap formed between the spherical media diffuser and funnel-like orifice. | 2010-06-10 |
20100143205 | HIGH INTENSITY AIR PURIFIER - This document describes a high intensity air purifier (HAIP), a super oxidation purifier, and a controller for controlling operation of any of various purification systems. In some implementations, a HAIP includes an air purifier system coupled within a housing having an air inlet and an air outlet. The air purifier system includes a pre-filter coupled to the air inlet, an axial fan for receiving and forwarding air from the air inlet. The air purifier system further includes a UV reaction chamber having a UV-light source for providing UV light to the forwarded air from the air inlet and a reflective lining to reflect the provided UV light, to provide UV purified air from the UV reaction chamber. The air purifier system further includes a chemical catalyst cartridge for receiving the UV purified air from the UV reaction chamber, for further purifying the UV purified air, and a post filter coupled to the air outlet. | 2010-06-10 |
20100143206 | THERMAL CRACKING TUBE - A thermal cracking tube is provided which is adapted to suppress pressure losses to the greatest possible extent while maintaining a heat transfer promoting effect on the fluid inside the tube. The tube passes a fluid therethrough from one end thereof toward the other end and has a plurality of rows of projections extending circumferentially along an inner surface of the tube orthogonal to or as inclined with respect to the axis of tube, each of the projection rows including a plurality of projections provided on the tube inner surface. The tube is defined by S/10πD=0.2-0.7, h/D=0.02-0.05 and L/πD=0.04-0.5 wherein D is the inside diameter of the tube, h is the height of an optional projection A included in a projection row α, L is the length of circular arc of the projection A in a direction orthogonal to the tube axis, and S is the area of a region R surrounded by the projection A, phantom lines L | 2010-06-10 |
20100143207 | SEMI-CONDUCTIVE COATINGS FOR A POLYOLEFIN REACTION SYSTEM - A method for selecting a semi-conductive coating to be applied to at least a portion of an inner surface of a polyolefin reaction system wherein the coating has certain electrical properties and a fluidized bed reactor vessel wherein at least a portion of a reactor internal surface is coated with a semi-conductive coating is provided. | 2010-06-10 |
20100143209 | MICROWAVE INDUCED DESTRUCTION OF IMPURITIES FROM BIOGAS AND NITROGEN OXIDES FROM ENGINE EXHAUST - Granulated Activated Carbon (GAC) is used to remove hydrogen sulfide (H | 2010-06-10 |
20100143212 | HOLDING MATERIAL FOR CATALYTIC CONVERTER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND CATALYTIC CONVERTER - The present invention relates to a holding material for a catalytic converter including a catalyst carrier having an elliptical cross section, a metal casing for receiving the catalyst carrier, and the holding material mounted on the catalyst carrier and interposed in a gap between the catalyst carrier and the metal casing, in which the holding material has a first portion and a second portion, and the first portion in contact with a region of the catalyst carrier, corresponding to 40 to 95% of a major axis centering on an intersection of an ellipse and a minor axis in the elliptical cross section of the catalyst carrier, is larger than the second portion in contact with any other region of the catalyst carrier in basis weight. | 2010-06-10 |
20100143216 | REACTOR FOR PREPARING SYNGAS - A reactor vessel for preparing a syngas comprising a tubular syngas collection chamber, a quench chamber and a dipleg connecting the syngas collection chamber with the quench chamber,
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20100143218 | DEVICE FOR BATCH TREATMENT - The invention relates to the batch treatment of goods with gas, steam or vapor, for example sterilization and drying. The distribution of the medium surrounding the load ( | 2010-06-10 |
20100143220 | Cost-Effective Process for the Preparation of Solar Salt Having High Purity and Whiteness - The process of the invention deals with significant improvements in salt purity and whiteness brought about through treatment of brine with alum prior to charging into crystallizers for solar salt production. The improvements realized are partly on account of elimination of suspended impurities like gypsum and clayey matter in the brine, which may otherwise be carried along with the brine in the crystallizer and finally end up in the salt, and partly due to the improved crystal size and morphology that minimizes embedded impurities in the salt. Rain washing of the heaped salt has resulted in a salt with greatly reduced calcium and sulphate impurity levels hitherto not achieved in solar salt production. Alum treatment by the process of the invention requires no additional time or infrastructure and the cost of the treatment works out to <3 U.S. cents per ton of salt. The process can be implemented in any solar salt works. | 2010-06-10 |
20100143221 | COMBUSTIVE DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS SUBSTANCES - Apparatus for the combustive destruction of noxious substances comprises an annular combustion zone (C | 2010-06-10 |
20100143222 | EXHAUST CONDENSATE REMOVAL APPARATUS FOR ABATEMENT SYSTEM - Exhaust condensate removal apparatuses for abatement systems and methods of removing exhaust condensate from abatement systems are described. An exhaust condensate removal apparatus includes a cabinet exhaust and a process gas exhaust, the process exhaust openly cross-exchanged with the cabinet exhaust. Another exhaust condensate removal apparatus includes a cabinet exhaust and a process gas exhaust, the process exhaust closedly cross-exchanged with the cabinet exhaust. | 2010-06-10 |
20100143223 | Denitrification Catalyst, Honeycomb Structure Type Denitrification Catalyst, and Method of Denitrification with the Same - A denitrification catalyst and a honeycomb structure type denitrification catalyst which are used for efficiently removing nitrogen oxides through reduction from exhaust gases discharged from, e.g., boilers and internal combustion engines such as a gasoline engine and diesel engine; and a method of denitrification using either of these catalysts. The denitrification catalyst is for use in reducing nitrogen oxides contained in an exhaust gas with an ammonia source and comprises zeolite as the main ingredient, and is characterized in that not only iron element and cerium element but tin element and/or gallium element has been deposited on the zeolite. The honeycomb structure type denitrification catalyst comprises the denitrification catalyst and a honeycomb structure support whose surface has been covered therewith. The denitrification method is characterized by adding ammonia or urea as a reducing agent to an exhaust gas containing nitrogen oxides and bringing the mixture into contact with the denitrification catalyst or honeycomb structure type denitrification catalyst at a temperature in the range of 170-550° C. | 2010-06-10 |
20100143225 | Integrated Warm Gas Desulfurization and Gas Shift for Cleanup of Gaseous Streams - The present invention involves a catalytic process for purifying a gas stream comprising purifying the gas stream at a temperature from about 250° to 550° C. by removing sulfur compounds and including a gas shift reaction to convert carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide to produce a partially purified gas stream. The warm gas stream purification involves COS hydrolysis and hydrogenation to H | 2010-06-10 |