31st week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 10 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090188917 | Vertically-Oriented Clothes Organizer and Method of Use Thereof - A vertically-aligned organizer comprising a backpanel a plurality of bellowed sectionalized compartments; and a coupling mechanism adapted to removably couple the plurality of sectionalized compartments to the backpanel. The backpanel of one embodiment is comprised of (i) a front surface adapted to align in a generally vertical direction, (ii) a top edge, (iii) at least one bore, and (iv) a generally flexible material. A method of organizing articles using a vertically-aligned organizer of may comprise placing the backpanel front surface in a generally vertical position, coupling the backpanel to one of a wall, a door, and a frame, coupling the plurality of bellowed sectionalized compartments to the backpanel front surface, and placing articles within the plurality of bellowed sectionalized compartments. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188918 | ADJUSTABLE MEASURING DISPENSING CAP - An adjustable dispensing cap for a container has a housing having an outwardly extending flange, an insert mounted for rotation within the housing, and a separate collar including a ring having an outer edge, an inwardly projecting flange for contacting a projecting flange portion of the dispensing cap, and an interior surface including coupling elements for coupling the collar and dispensing cap to said container opening. The separate collar can include an overcap integrally formed with the ring and including a rim portion selectively engable with the ring out edge, the overcap having a side wall and an end face coupled to the overcap rim, the overcap being coupled to the ring so that the overcap can be repeatedly moved between a closed position covering the ring and an open position permitting access to the container mouth. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188919 | PLUG STRUCTURE - A plug structure is provided that can be installed on a container in which the thread of a container inlet for installing a cap is an outer thread, and furthermore, bubbles are not produced at the fluid surface inside the container even during fluid circulation. In a plug structure that is used in a container in which the thread of the container inlet for attaching the cap is an external thread, that is installed on the container inlet, that is capable of removing a fluid inside the container by using the siphon hose method, and that is capable of circulating the fluid that is inside the container, a fluid circulation path is provided that causes a fluid that is returning into the container during fluid circulation to fall along an external wall of a siphon hose during fluid removal. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188920 | Ceiling scraper debris collection container - A Ceiling Scraper Debris Collection Container is a hand-held and pole extended container used to help guide a ceiling scraper's knife blade angle and help reduce mess when scraping textured ceilings by providing a temporary storage receptacle with a forward facing molded collection lip that helps collect, funnel and contain falling debris. The collection lip appears to wrap around all sides of an inserted or permanently fixed scraping knife blade and is molded upward, outward and angled from a hole found in the top front portion of the container's body just in front of the container's molded handle. A molded tube with a threaded socket projects out from the end of the handle at the same angle as the blade and is used for pole extension connector. The storage body of the container narrows to a pour out spout that has a screw on/of cap. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188921 | Combined vented container and collection bag and associated method - A combined vented container and collection bag for use during debris collecting, transporting and removal procedures includes a portable container having a closed bottom end and an open top end. The container has an outer surface continuously spanning along a circumference of the container such that a cavity is formed intermediately of the bottom and top end. The top end has a top rim continuously extending about the entire perimeter. The outer and inner surfaces of the container have several vent openings to allow air to enter and exit the container. Also, a manually-operable mechanism is provided for regulating air flow into and out from the container. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188922 | Convertible Medicament Bottle Holder - A carrier, advantageous for carrying pill bottles and the like. The carrier comprises a web bearing a plurality of upwardly open, generally parallel pockets. A strap engages the web at two spaced apart locations. A fastener such as hook and loop material selectively holds the web in a coiled configuration. The pockets all face upwardly and optionally have windows and individual closures. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188923 | UREA SOLUTION TANK ASSEMBLY - A tank for storing urea solution and a tank assembly for storing disparate fluids, such as diesel fluid and urea solution, are disclosed. The tank may further include a filler assembly and/or a sensor assembly, either of which are adapted to be connected to the tank without the use of separate fasteners, The tank assembly may include a reservoir and a sensor for automatically diverting non-conforming urea solution to the reservoir. A recess may be defined in the tank body in order to accommodate a strap for securing the tank to the frame of vehicle. The tank may include parallel sidewalls that include a projection on one and a corresponding indentation on the other in order to allow the tanks to be easily stacked during assembly. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188924 | Overflow collection container for containing vehicle fluids - A device of the type capable of collecting and retaining multiple expelled vehicle fluids in the event that they are expelled from their engineered location in order to prohibit their release into the environment and for proper later disposal | 2009-07-30 |
20090188925 | Pot set and a lid-like arrangement connected thereto - A lid-like arrangement can be useable with a first unit such as a pot or frying pan set. The lid-like arrangement can consist of an upper portion and a rim terminally extending around the upper portion, wherein the rim is arranged to be easily connectable and easily separably cooperable with an open upper section of the first unit. The rim can be formed as two rim portions connectable with each other, in cross-section angle formed rim portions, formed as an inner first rim portion and an outer rim portion, such that the rim portions are connected and/or joined to one another. Oppositely-directed outward surface extensions, for the inner rim portion and outer rim portion, can be arranged to support the upper portion between them. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188926 | REFUSE CONTAINER AND METHOD FOR REFURBISHING REFUSE CONTAINERS - A refuse container having a metal container body, a polymeric cover having a bottom sized to extend across a lower end of the metal container body and a flange extending upwardly from the bottom and connected to the metal container body so as to close the lower end of the metal container body. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188927 | FLEXIBLE DRINKING CUP - A drinking cup usable by persons having limited physical faculties includes a vessel portion having one or more walls and being closed at a bottom end to define a bottom surface, the vessel portion being configured to retain a liquid; a drinking portion having one or more walls and an open top end from which the liquid located in the vessel portion can be removed, the open top end defining a rim; and a flexible member connecting the vessel portion and the drinking portion. The flexible member facilitates movement of the drinking portion relative to the vessel portion. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188928 | Storage container cover - Several molded, hard plastic cover pieces and attached fabric or hard side wall assemblies are disclosed for mounting over a storage container. One cover piece provides raised channel rails that support a layered sub frame assembly. The sub frame secures fabric or plastic side wall assemblies to the cover piece. Fabric or expansible hinge pieces mount between fabric or plastic panels to provide flexible transitions to facilitate the mounting and removal of the cover piece and/or sidewall assembly. Cross pieces fitted to channel rails define lifting supports to permit attachment or removal of the cover piece from a wooden storage container. Truss pieces formed between channel pieces strengthen and control water runoff. Alternative cover pieces provide lifting towers, panels with tine receiving apertures or interconnected tension members. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188929 | Drinking Cup Having Multiple Compartments and Straw Holder - A drinking cup having a vessel, a partition positioned within the vessel and a clip coupled with the vessel. The vessel has a side wall and bottom defining an interior configured to retain liquid. The partition divides the interior of the vessel into at least two compartments. The clip is configured to receive at least one drinking straw. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188930 | Drink it up cup for toddler - A drinking vessel that provides a reward to the child when the drinking vessel is emptied. A generally cylindrical drinking vessel being entirely clear or having a clear section and a picture at the bottom of the cylinder. An insert that floats on the liquid displaying a picture located on the outer surface of the insert corresponds to the picture on the vessel and lowers with the liquid as it is consumed causing the pictures to mesh into an end result. Such insert can contain a hole in the middle for a straw. Both vessel and insert can contain the means for guiding the insert to mesh with the picture. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188931 | Tool positioning pad - A tool positioning pad has a body, at least one positioning slot and two containing recesses. The body is a plastic foam block and corresponds to and is normally mounted in a tool box. The at least one positioning slot is formed in the body and each position slot has two ends and at least one non-straight section. Each non-straight section may be arced or curved and is integrally formed longitudinally in the positioning slot and has a convex inner sidewall. When a thin tool such as a spanner is placed into a positioning slot, the convex inner sidewall is deformed to press and securely hold the spanner inside the positioning slot. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188932 | Packaging container and lid therefor - A packaging container according to the present invention is molded of a thin synthetic resin sheet. The outer peripheral edge of an opening of the packaging container | 2009-07-30 |
20090188933 | Waste Bin - A waste bin, comprising a container ( | 2009-07-30 |
20090188934 | CONTAINER FOR INSTALLATION IN THE INTERIOR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A container for installation in a vehicle has a housing and a lid mounted pivotably on the housing and connected operatively via a gear to a spring device prestressing the lid in an opening direction and supported on the housing. A cardiod control moves and locks the lid. It is in this case important that the cardiod of the cardiod control is disposed continuously on an outer circumference of a shaft having the spring device and co-operates with a movable pin arranged on the housing side. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188935 | MEDICAMENT DISPENSING SYSTEM - A system for storing a plurality of solid objects and dispensing the solid objects into a plurality of containers. The system comprises non-automated dispensing cells, physically actuated to dispense solid objects one at a time into one of the containers, and automated dispensing cells, electrically actuated to dispense solid objects from a holding tank simultaneously in bulk into one of the containers. The automated dispensing cells may independently dispense objects into the holding tank one at a time while a manipulator arm of the system simultaneously brings a container to one of the non-automated or automated dispensing cells. Then, when the manipulator arm brings a container to one of the automated dispensing cells, the solid objects may be dispensed into the container in bulk by simply opening a gate mechanism. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188936 | Chip Dispensing Container - An improved chip dispensing container for distributing, storing and serving tube-stacked chip articles includes a rigid tubular case, a sling inside the case, a, handle outside the case and cables connecting the sling to the handle. The cables pass in contact with bearings near the rim of the container on their courses between sling and handle such that moving the handle downward from an initial position near the rim, pulls on the cables and thereby hoists the sling upward from an initial position near the bottom of the container. Conversely the sling is lowered by moving the handle upward. The stack of chips resting on the sling can thus be raised or lowered by manipulating the handle to controllably access all of the chips in a tube-stacked chip array. The container can be used to package, store and serve stackable, chip shaped products such as potato crisps, cookies, candy disks and wafers | 2009-07-30 |
20090188937 | TABLET DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS FOR AUXILIARY TRAYS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - The tablet distribution apparatus includes an apparatus body having a pass-through channel through which an auxiliary tray is inserted into the pass-through channel, a distribution board mounted at the top of the apparatus body such that the distribution board vertically communicates with the pass-through channel, the distribution board having distribution through-holes of the same size and number as tablet receiving grooves of the auxiliary tray, each distribution through-hole being provided at the inside thereof with a lamp mounted therein, a display window mounted at the top of the apparatus body, and a control unit mounted at the apparatus body for selectively lighting the lamps depending upon the number of medicine packs to be prepared by patients according to the information of preparation inputted to a server computer. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188938 | Apparatus for dispensing flavors in specified quantities - An apparatus for dispensing flavors to beverages or food products is provided. A programmable pump apparatus allows for dispensing a varying amount of a selected flavor in response to user input. A main tower is mountable on countertops or other work surfaces such as a home, office, or food preparation area, and allows users to select one or more flavors and control the amount of flavor dispensed. The apparatus may comprise buttons that can be programmed for pour and hold with a specified time-out and a guard time delay to prevent accidental dispensing of flavor. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188939 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPENSING FLUIDS FROM ORGANIC CONTAINERS - An invention is provided for a manually controllable produce stent. The manually controllable produce stent includes a fluid control mechanism capable of stopping a flow of fluid and also allowing a flow of fluid through the fluid control mechanism. In addition, the manually controllable produce stent includes a stent body in fluid communication with the fluid control mechanism. The stent body is capable of stenting an organic membrane of a hollowed organic container and includes a hollow interior capable of providing fluid to the fluid control mechanism. Optionally, a serrated cutting aperture can be disposed at an end of the stent body opposite the fluid control mechanism, which is capable of cutting an opening in the organic membrane of the hollowed organic container. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188940 | Toothpaste Tube and Dispenser - There is a toothpaste tube with flexible wall that deforms under atmospheric pressure. One end of the tube is closed and the other end has a head attached with an opening for dispensing. Inside the tube at the head there is a resilient dispensing member extending along a small fraction of the tube length. The dispensing member has a cavity to accommodate the paste. In the first embodiment, the dispensing member has two prongs extending from the head on the two flatter sides of the tube. The dispensing member can be squeezed together with the tube by hand or between fingers to reduce the size of its cavity and dispense the paste through the opening. Upon release of hand or finger pressure, the dispensing member returns to the original shape and brings its adjacent part of the tube into original shape. The expansion of the dispensing member and the tube adjacent to it creates a vacuum that pulls the paste from the farther parts of the tube and fills the cavity and the tube at the opening end. The tube deforms uniformly under atmospheric pressure and will be ready for next dispensing. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188941 | PIPING BAG FOR APPLYING FOODSTUFFS TO A SUBSTRATE - The invention relates to a piping bag ( | 2009-07-30 |
20090188942 | FLUID OR PASTY PRODUCT DISPENSING DEVICE - The invention concerns a device for dispensing a fluid or pasty product comprising a dispensing member ( | 2009-07-30 |
20090188943 | DISPENSER - A fluid dispenser formed of a bottle for housing the fluid, a discharge mechanism for discharging fluid from the bottle, and a protrusion that is connected to and extends from the bottom of the bottle. The protrusion has a diameter that is smaller than the diameter of the bottom wall of the bottle. The bottle is capable of standing upward on a horizontal surface without the use of a separate base or mount when the protrusion extends into an aperture in the horizontal surface such that the bottom wall of the bottle rests on the horizontal surface. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188944 | Foam pump with improved piston structure - A foam pump includes a piston housing and a piston assembly received in the piston housing thereby defining a collapsible liquid chamber and a collapsible air chamber. The piston assembly includes a premix chamber separated from both the collapsible liquid chamber and the collapsible air chamber by a premix chamber wall and fluidly communicating with both the collapsible liquid chamber and the collapsible air chamber through a mix aperture in the premix chamber wall. A biasing member urges the piston assembly to a non-actuated position. The foam pump is actuated by urging the piston assembly against the biasing member to an actuated position in which the collapsible air chamber and the collapsible liquid chamber are reduced in volume such that air and foamable liquid are expelled from their respective collapsible air chamber and collapsible liquid chamber through the mix aperture. The simultaneous movement of the air and foamable liquid through the mix aperture causes a turbulent mixing thereof. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188945 | SILICON GEL DISPENSING DEVICE - A silicon gel dispensing device has a barrel connected with a compressor and having a discharging tube, a container mounted inside the barrel and connected securely to the discharging tube and a driver mounted beside the barrel and having an extendable axle attached to a piston of the container. The axle selectively pushes the piston to keep the piston closely abutting the silicon gel inside the container. So that high-pressured air inside the barrel for pressuring the piston is hardly permeating through a slight gap formed between the container and piston. Thus bubbles mixed with the silicon gel are avoided and silicon gel residue and uneven application surface occurring due to bubbles are effectively prevented too. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188946 | Dispensing Pump to Dispense the Liquid Content Out of a Container - An improved structure for dispensing pump to dispense the liquid content out of a container is composed of a main body, a L shaped discharge tube and an clean safe cap. The main body has a recessed compartment formed at the front portion thereof, and is in communication with a flow path formed in the main body. The L shaped discharge tube has an angled nozzle at one end and a coupler head at the other end, and the former is in communication with the latter with a flow path. The coupler head of the L shaped discharge tube is inserted into the compartment such that the flow path of the main body can be communicated with that of the L shaped discharge tube. Then afterwards the clean safe cap is covered over the angled nozzle. The clean safe lid has a cap attached to its lower end and the lid is provided with a cock inside. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188947 | HINGED PUMP MECHANISMS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - A dispenser may include a hinged pump mechanism which allows a pump head to rotate about the hinge mechanism during actuation of a pump. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188948 | Aerosol Spray Texture Apparatus For A Particulate Containing Material - An aerosol device for dispensing texture material for matching existing acoustical ceiling texture. The device comprises a container, a valve assembly, a dispensing nozzle, a hardenable material, and pressurized inert gas as a propelling mechanism. The hardenable material and pressurized inert gas are placed into the container. When the valve assembly is opened, the inert gas forces the hardenable material out of the container through the dispensing nozzle. The dispensing nozzle diverts at least a portion of the hardenable material exiting the container to develop a spray suitable for the application of the hardenable material onto the ceiling surface being textured. The hardenable material preferably comprises at least water, filler, binder, and polystyrene particles. The inert gas is preferably nitrogen. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188949 | FLUID OR POWDERY PRODUCT DISPENSER - A powder or liquid dispenser comprising:
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20090188950 | Valve for decorative dispensing - A dispensing valve is provided for dispensing a fluid substance. The dispensing valve is pressure-responsive, and may be of a self-closing type, or define a central discharge aperture through which a substance being dispensed flows. A substance contact surface of the dispensing valve defines one or more projections and/or recesses which can cooperate with the substance being dispensed to impart a contoured or shaped cross-sectional configuration to the substance. A decorative effect can thus desirably be achieved, enhancing the aesthetic appeal of the dispensed substance, such as a whipped dessert topping, toothpaste, foamed construction material, etc. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188951 | HAT BRIM PROTECTOR AND SHAPER - A hat pallet for use in a printer which prints an image onto a hat of the type having a cap and a brim attached thereto includes a bottom plate and a top plate mountable in a closed position over the bottom plate. The bottom plate includes a printing plate and a brim support fixedly mounted thereon. The top plate has an opening exposing at least a portion of the printing plate when the top plate is in the closed position. The brim support is positioned relative to the printing plate such that when the hat is mounted in the pallet with the top plate in the closed position, a portion of the cap on which the image is to be printed is supported on the printing plate and exposed through the opening of the top plate and the underside of the brim of the hat is supported by the brim support. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188952 | Holding devices, pieces and systems - Scented holding device systems, attacher systems, including attachment piece systems and attachment piece part systems, and devices used in the systems, including hangers. Scented hangers with widened shoulder areas, top oval area and center bar, and side hooks. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188953 | Composite hanger - Disclosed is an apparatus for hanging articles and the method of manufacturing the apparatus includes a hanger body having first and second paperboard panels separated from one another by a fold line. The first paperboard panel includes a central tab extending from a periphery thereof opposite the fold line. A polymeric hook portion engages with the hanger body and includes a support portion and a hook base, the hook base having an alignment aperture formed therein through which the central tab of the first paperboard panel is inserted so as to provide means for securing the polymeric hook to the hanger body. In a preferred embodiment, apparatus for hanging articles and the hook portion are made from recycled or recyclable material. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188954 | Garment arrangement system - Embodiment of the invention provide a garment support system, which may include a garment hanger and a garment bar physically unconnected to the hanger that can attach to the bottom of a garment supported by the hanger. The garment bar may include one or more clips for attaching the supporting to a garment. The support also may be weighted to provide additional support to the garment and/or to maintain a garment in a desired configuration. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188955 | APPARATUS FOR CARRYING ONE OR MORE SUSPENDED ITEMS - An apparatus for carrying one or more suspended items includes a unitary disc-shaped object having first and second arcuate portions each with first and second ends, and an intermediate portion extending between and interconnecting the first and second arcuate portions. The apparatus further includes a strap attached to the disc-shaped object. The first and second arcuate portions together define a generally circular profile of the disc-shaped object. Respective first ends of the first and second arcuate portions are disposed adjacently in opposed relation to one another and respective second ends of the first and second arcuate portions are disposed adjacently in opposed relation to one another, whereby passages are defined between adjacent corresponding ends of the first and second arcuate portions through which a handle of a bag may be received. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188956 | Personal Receptacle for Data - An improved personal storage receptacle for holding data items such as plastic cards consisting of a case ( | 2009-07-30 |
20090188957 | OUTRIGGER FOR USE IN SURVEYING APPLICATIONS - An outrigger attached to the side of a truck for carrying surveying rods from location to location without disassembly. The outrigger utilizes a standard stake pocket on the bed of the truck and a bungee cord hooking to the underside of the truck chassis. The surveying rods are supported on the outrigger through a receiver plate with a hole where a section of the stake of the surveying rod may be inserted, and a quick release rubber clamp at its highest point. In the middle are plates partially enclosing the surveying rod, and complete enclosure is achieved by way of an insertable wire lock pin. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188958 | CARRYING RACK FOR CYCLES - A bicycle carrying frame for mounting on a bicycle front fork comprises a first frame member configured for attachment to a first front fork, the frame member comprising a lower attachment formation and an upper attachment formation by means of which the frame member is attachable respectively to a relatively lower mounting location of the fork and a relatively higher mounting location of the fork, one of said attachment formations being a mounting assembly comprising a rotatable element including one or more fixing points, whereby, when the frame member is disposed in a desired orientation with respect to the bicycle, the rotatable element can be rotated by a user to present at least one of the one or more fixing points to the adjacent mounting location. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188959 | Sash-style telemetry pouch - A telemetry pouch ( | 2009-07-30 |
20090188960 | Apparatuses for Breaking a Glass Panel Unified with a Process Table - Disclosed herein are apparatuses for breaking a glass panel unified with a process table which break the glass panel formed with scribing lines along the scribing lines by irradiating laser beams. The apparatuses for breaking a glass panel unified with a process table to conduct breaking operations of the glass panel after scribing work of the glass panel as one body with the process table are installed on both sides of the process table included in a transfer-type cutting head laser cutting device. Each apparatus for breaking the glass panel unified with the process table comprises: breaking bars for cutting the glass panel by applying pressure to cutting sections of the glass panel; rotating devices for rotating the breaking bars by combining with both ends of the breaking bars; and a support equipped with cylinders for vertically moving the rotating devices in both sections. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188961 | CONVEYING UNIT AND VACUUM DEPOSITION DEVICE - The conveying unit conveys a long sheet-like subject in its longitudinal direction. The conveying unit includes a stepped roller which has large-diameter portions spaced apart from each other in a direction perpendicular to a direction of conveyance of the sheet-like subject and having a larger diameter than a remainder of the stepped roller being a small-diameter portion of the stepped roller, the large-diameter portions supporting and conveying the sheet-like subject, a closed space forming subunit between the small-diameter portion of the stepped roller and the sheet-like subject and a gas supply subunit for supplying a gas to the closed space. The vacuum deposition device forms a film on a surface of a long substrate by vacuum deposition. The vacuum deposition device includes a vacuum chamber, a conveying device which includes the conveying unit and a film forming unit. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188962 | Combustion-operated setting tool - A combustion-operated setting tool ( | 2009-07-30 |
20090188963 | ADJUSTING DEVICE FOR A NAIL GUN - An adjusting device for a nail gun includes a magazine, a shaft, a disc feeder and a positioning assembly. The shaft is mounted in the magazine and has two sliding grooves longitudinally formed respectively in the shaft and multiple positioning recesses formed on the sliding grooves. The disc feeder includes a rotating disc and a sleeve mounted around the shaft and has two mounting holes each corresponding to a positioning recess. The positioning assembly includes a clamp and an E-clip having two stops. The clamp is mounted in the sleeve and has two clamping arms each having a boss. The stops are mounted respectively in the mounting holes, respectively abutting the clamping arms and held by the E-clip. Therefore the magazine can be adjusted in one direction at multiple stages by pulling up and in the other direction by pressing the clamp that releases the stops for easy adjustment. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188964 | MEMBRANE AUGMENTATION, SUCH AS OF FOR TREATMENT OF CARDIAC VALVES, AND FASTENING DEVICES FOR MEMBRANE AUGMENTATION - Disclosed are methods for augmenting tissue, for example membranes such as cardiac leaflets and tissue surrounding a cardiac valve, which in embodiments improve leaflet coaptation. Also disclosed are devices useful for augmenting tissue. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188965 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR APPLYING ROTARY TACKS - A tacker for applying a rotary tack, including a drive shaft coupled to a trigger, wherein operating the trigger causes rotation of the drive shaft, an articulated applicator arm pivotally connected to the drive shaft at a pivot, the articulated applicator arm including a rotatable output shaft connected to a magazine that holds a rotary tack, and a clutch mechanism which, at initial movement of the trigger, has a first orientation that causes the articulated applicator arm to pivot about the pivot until reaching a stop, and has a second orientation wherein upon continued movement of the trigger, the clutch mechanism permits the drive shaft to rotate the output shaft and cause application of the rotary tack from the magazine. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188966 | ULTRASONIC PRESS USING SERVO MOTOR WITH DELAYED MOTION - An ultrasonic welding method includes the acts of pressing an ultrasonic welding stack mounted for linear movement against a first workpiece using an electrical servo motor, applying a predetermined initial load to the first workpiece, and initiating a weld, the initiating of the weld comprising outputting energy from the ultrasonic welding stack to the first workpiece. The method further includes sensing, with at least one sensor, a control variable, outputting a signal corresponding to the sensed control variable to a controller, simultaneously outputting energy from the ultrasonic welding stack to the first workpiece and maintaining a weld distance at or near zero until the signal corresponding to the sensed control variable satisfies a predetermined condition, and applying a controlled force, speed, or a combination of force and speed to said first workpiece with an electrically powered linear actuator to urge said first workpiece against a second workpiece to which said first workpiece is to be joined following satisfaction of said predetermined condition. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188967 | Vapor-Operated Soldering System and Vapor Generation System for a Soldering System - A method is provided for a soldering process. The method can include receiving a liquid phase heat transfer medium at a preheating container. The heat transfer medium can be received from an external supply. The method can also include heating the heat transfer medium to or above a predefined temperature that maintains the liquid phase and directing the heated heat transfer medium from the preheating container to an evaporation container. In the evaporation container, the heat transfer medium can be vaporized to convert the heat transfer medium from the liquid phase to a gas phase. Further, the method can include directing the gas phase heat transfer medium from the evaporation container to a solder chamber. The soldering process occurs in the solder chamber. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188968 | Friction Stir Welding Process - The invention relates to a process for the friction stir welding of two panels ( | 2009-07-30 |
20090188969 | WELD METAL MATERIAL APPARATUS AND METHOD - A solid weld-metal-producing material is formed by agglomerating weld metal material powder. An igniter may be integrally formed in or on the agglomerated weld metal material. In addition to typical components of a weld metal material mixture, such as a reductant metal and a transition metal oxide, the agglomerated weld metal mixture may include a binder material, such as sodium silicate. In addition to functioning as a binder to help hold the agglomerated weld metal material together, the binder material may aid in the exothermic reaction that occurs when the weld metal material is ignited. The agglomerated weld metal material may be made by mixing together a reductant metal powder, a transition metal oxide powder, and possibly a binder solution. A slurry of the components may be pressed together, for example, using a die and a ram, and then may be dried. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188970 | METHOD OF READING AT LEAST ONE BAR CODE AND SYSTEM FOR READING A BAR CODE - A method of reading at least one bar code carried by a substrate, the method including: a) generating, especially in an automatic manner, when presenting the bar code to a system for reading the bar code, at least one authentication cue related to an intrinsic physical characteristic of the substrate and independent of the data contained in the bar code, and b) allowing the reading of the bar code, only in the event of a positive authentication of the substrate or reading the bar code regardless of the result of the authentication of the substrate and in the event of negative authentication of the substrate, preventing access to just one part of the data contained in the bar code and/or to any data that may be associated with the bar code, and which is stored on a separate data medium from the substrate. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188971 | METHOD FOR SECURING AN ARTICLE AND SYSTEM FOR USING SUCH A METHOD - A method for securing an article includes the following steps according to which a contactless electronic chip is customized using a management code, this management code possibly being read by means of an appropriate contactless reader of the chip, and said chip is positioned in said article, together with a system for using such a method. The method is characterized in that it also comprises the following steps according to which a secondary secret code associated with the management code is defined, said secondary code being known to the article purchaser, and the authenticity of the article is verified by reading the management code and verifying that the person carrying or wearing the article knows the secondary code. The method is particularly applicable to security of deluxe articles. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188972 | Receipt Printing Processing Method, Receipt Printing Processing System, and Printer - When a customer places a special order that changes the content of a product, a receipt printing processing system also produces a special order seal when the sales receipt is printed. The receipt printing processing system has a receipt printer and a label printer that is in communication with the receipt printer. When the receipt printer receives transaction processing data generated by a POS register used to take orders, the receipt printer prints a receipt, determines if special order information is contained in the transaction processing data, and generates seal printing data for printing a special order seal, if the special order information is contained in the transaction processing data. The receipt printer also sends the seal printing data to the label printer for printing a special order seal. Because the receipt printer generates the seal printing data, special order seals can be printed without modifying the application program run by the POS register. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188973 | Self-service terminal - A self-service terminal comprising a plurality of devices is described. The devices comprise: a racking handle for moving that device from an operational position to a maintenance position; a primary visual identifier (such as a bright color) associated with the racking handle, where the primary visual identifier is common for all of the racking handles and is not used for any part of the device except a racking handle; and a secondary visual identifier associated with any other parts of the device that may be safely touched, where the secondary visual identifier is visually distinct (for example, by using a different color) from the primary visual identifier. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188974 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION OF CIRCULATING BANK NOTES - A system and method for independently verifying a bank note processor's handling of circulating bank notes. Independent detectors are provided along the transport path of a bank note processing device. Also provided is at least one independent memory storage device for logging data from the independent detectors. As the note passes along the transport path, the independent detectors evaluate the note's fitness. The independent detector data is subsequently provided to the central bank or commercial organization for auditing of the bank note processor and for generating bank note statistics. Independent detectors may also be used on the transport path output bins to corroborate the other detectors and to verify the integrity of the sorting logic. Mirrored independent detectors allow for corroborating independent data. The invention is operable on any bank note processing device that performs at least a subset of a fitness determination on each note. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188975 | SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS IN A SELF-SERVICE LIBRARY TERMINAL - A library terminal permits a user to execute a loan transaction without assistance. The library terminal (i) provides a visible scan line from a bar code reader indicating the correct positioning of the bar code on a circulating item, (ii) leads a user through a loan transaction, (iii) provides an explicit feedback to a user when an article has an improper position on the article receiving area, (iv) both checks out and checks in circulating items, (v) stores fonts in bit maps of screen displays instead of in a separate font memory, (vi) integrates a security marker reader, a printer, and a controller in the same housing, (vii) processes financial transactions related to the borrowing of circulating items, and/or (viii) displays actions for helping the user to correct errors in use of the terminal. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188976 | SIGHT - A self-compensating weapon sight comprises
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20090188977 | OPTIMIZED SMART CARD DRIVER PERFORMANCE - By splitting a smart card driver into multiple components, with one component residing on the mobile communication device and another component residing on the smart card reader, the smart card reader driver component is enabled to do more than merely relay communication between the mobile communication device and the smart card. By transferring part of the communication handling of the smart card driver to the smart card reader, a reduction in communication over the connection between the smart card reader and mobile communication device advantageously results in a more efficient transaction. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188978 | BAR CODE READER OR IMAGER USING CONTROLLED DEFORMATION OF FLEXIBLE OPTICS - A flexible optic or optical system is deformed using a non-overlapping iris or any of several deformable ring or polygon shapes. In some examples, the deformation of the flexible optic is controlled by one or more actuators comprising a shape memory material. The flexible optic may be used in, e.g. a bar code reader or imager. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188979 | Laser Scanner with Synthesizable Higher Scan Rate - A method for receiving a first input signal including an analog bar pattern at a first scan rate and generating a first output signal including digital bar patterns at a second scan rate. A device having a digitizer receiving an analog bar pattern at a first scan rate and outputting, at the first scan rate, a plurality of digital bar patterns corresponding to the analog bar pattern and a processor receiving the plurality of digital bar patterns and generating a modified digital bar pattern at a second scan rate, the modified digital bar pattern including the plurality of digital bar patterns. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188980 | MULTIPLE PLANE SCANNING SYSTEM FOR DATA READING APPLICATIONS - An optical system and method for data reading. In one system, a scanner includes a laser diode and a beam splitter for generating first optical beam and a second optical beam, the first optical beam being directed toward one side of a scanning optical element such as a rotating polygon mirror and to a first mirror array, the second optical beam being simultaneously directed toward a second optical element such as another side of the rotating polygon mirror and then to a second and a third mirror array. The first mirror array is configured to generate a scan pattern through a vertical window and the second and third mirror arrays are configured to generate scan patterns passing through a horizontal window. In combination, the three mirror arrays generate three sets of scan lines so as to scan five sides of a six-sided item (e.g., the bottom and all lateral sides of an object) being passed through the scan volume. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188981 | DATACODE READING APPARATUS - Moving image data output from an image sensing device is input. An image display output unit processes the moving image data and displays it on the display screen of a display as a real-time moving image. A decode processing notification unit displays the moving image data output from the image sensing device on the display screen of the display as a still image for a predetermined time from decoding of the datacode by a decoding unit. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188982 | CHEAT PREVENTING OMR CARDCHEAT PREVENTING OMR CARD - A cheat preventing optical mark recognition (OMR) card capable of preventing cheating of examinees by configuring a marking part thereof such that marks formed on the marking part are not easily recognized from angles other than a right angle, that is, a front of the card. The cheat preventing OMR card includes the marking part and an answer checking section of the marking part includes a shaded background. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188983 | PREPAID PAYMENT DEVICE ADMISSION TICKETING - A prepaid payment device is used to by a consumer as a ticket to a future performance event as well as to conduct a transaction with a merchant. The consumer operates a user interface of a kiosk to select admission to the future performance event and a monetary amount to be added thereto. Payment is submitted to the kiosk for both the admission price and the monetary amount. The prepaid payment device is associated with an account that is credited with the payment. Stored on the prepaid payment device is information which includes the associated account and authorization for admission to the selected future performance event. The payment credited to the account can be for both the transaction with the merchant offering admission to the future performance event and also for an additional transaction with another merchant who may be at the venue of the future performance event. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188984 | APPARATUS FOR REMOVING WATER VAPOR FROM AN ENCLOSURE - An apparatus for removing humidity from an enclosure includes a first resistor, a second resistor, a diode, a transistor, a battery, a first electrode and a second electrode, a relay coil, a first electric generator, a second electric generator, a dehumidifier, a direct circuit for operating the dehumidifier manually. The first electrode and second electrode are arranged on a base. The base is an insulator (non-conductive) and hence the electrodes are not connected by the base. The arrangement of the electrodes is such that the first electrode is spaced apart from the second electrode at a distance, preferably, less that 3 mm. The distance of less than 3 mm enables the water droplets to be collected between the two electrodes thereby connecting the first electrode to the second electrode. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188985 | Combined chiller and boiler HVAC system in a single outdoor operating unit - A combined chiller-boiler HVAC system which integrates all operating components including the boiler, chiller, distribution pumps, condenser coils, condenser fans and controls onto one single enclosed platform built for installation exterior to the structure being served and designed to produce heated or cooling fluid sequentially or simultaneously in differing areas of a building on demand. This system utilizes both air and water cooling whereby waste heat absorbed during a water cooling cycle, can be captured and re-directed for other uses. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188986 | Volatile Substance Dispensing Apparatus - A method of providing in an atmosphere both a continual supply of volatile liquid and the possibility for a time of an enhanced supply, comprising providing the liquid ( | 2009-07-30 |
20090188987 | MULTI-CHAMBERED COATING CARTRIDGE - A multiple chambered coating cartridge is disclosed. The coating cartridge may have a container with a first chamber and a second chamber, a removable barrier between the first and second chambers, a first component in the first chamber and a second component in the second chamber wherein at least one of the first component and second component has a low viscosity. Also disclosed are a method of filling a coating cartridge and a method of spray painting utilizing a multiple chambered coating cartridge. In addition, an apparatus for spray painting comprising a spray gun and a cartridge with a removable barrier is disclosed. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188988 | SPRAY NOZZLE WITH INVERTED FLUID FLOW AND METHOD - A spray nozzle and method are provided in which fluid flow through the nozzle is inverted and in which a portion of a nozzle body may be rotatable adjusted to distribute water in a desired arc of coverage. Water first flows upwardly through the nozzle body, into an adjustable arcuate chamber defined by a helical interface in the nozzle body, is inverted, and is redirected downwardly through the nozzle body. Water may flow upwardly through a first set of flow passages and downwardly through a second set of flow passages. Water is directed downwardly against a distribution surface having an uneven surface profile for improved water distribution to terrain near to and distant from the nozzle. The water is directed downwardly against the distribution surface in the nozzle body and outwardly to surrounding terrain. The flow passages may be adapted to provide a matched precipitation rate for nozzles with different throw radiuses. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188989 | Method and device for de-icing of trains - Method and device for de-icing of trains is provided in which a glycol heated treatment medium is sprayed against the underside of units in the train such as locomotive and carriages in order to remove ice which has been built up in the base frames of the units. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188990 | FUEL INJECTOR AND INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The present invention provides a simplified fuel injector which uses fuel as hydraulic oil to intensify the injection pressure. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188991 | Irrigation nozzle assembly and method - A long throw Pop-Up Irrigation Nozzle assembly has no oscillating or rotating parts and includes a cylindrical body having a fluid inlet and a sidewall defining at least one fluidic circuit configured to generate a selected spray pattern when irrigation fluid flows through the body. In order to throw long distance, droplet velocity, droplet size and droplet initial aim angle determine the throw to provide a low precipitation rate (“PR”) for fluidic sprays. The nozzle assembly and method of the present invention achieve a PR of 1 in/hr or less and good spray distribution with a scheduling coefficient (“SC”) of about 1.5 without utilizing any moving components to provide a significantly more cost effective nozzle assembly, as compared to prior art rotator nozzles. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188992 | SPRINKLER WATERING SET WITH MULTI-STAGE WATERING FUNCTION - The present invention relates to a sprinkler watering set with multi-stage watering function, wherein the watering control cap is installed with first, second watering tanks, and third watering hole; and first watering tank is installed with two first watering holes. The first watering tank is installed with several second watering holes; said watering control cap is to match the cap board; said cap board is installed with first, second, and third inlet holes, wherein first inlet hole corresponds to first watering tank on watering control cap, second inlet hole corresponds to second watering tank on watering control cap, and third inlet hole corresponds to third watering tank on watering control cap. By rotating watering control cap, it is connected to the first, second, and third inlet holes on cap board of watering control cap and linked to watering section installed on main body for controlling watering amount. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188993 | CONFIGURABLE ROTARY SPRAY NOZZLE - A configurable rotary spray nozzle having lower manufacturing and maintenance costs through the use of an external shell providing strength and resistance to damage such that molded internal components can be utilized to provide the desired spray characteristics. The molded internal wet components can comprise molded polymeric structures that allow for the formation of complex flow geometries and structures that are either impossible or economically impractical to achieve with conventional tooling and machining operations. The use of an external shell provides for use of replacement kits to maintain or otherwise replace worn and/or damaged internal wet components while reusing the external housing. The use of the external shell also allows a user to customize and change spray performance of the configurable rotary spray nozzle by swapping internal wet components having selected flow geometries and characteristics so as to provide a desired spray performance. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188994 | Atomizing foam pump - An antomizing foam pump creates atomized droplets of a foamable liquid in air in a compression chamber. The compression chamber is then collapsed to force the droplets and air through a mesh screen to create a foam product. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188995 | FAUCET APPARATUS - A faucet apparatus includes: a rotatable rotor vane which is disposed in a water supply channel, and in which an axial direction is substantially parallel to the water supply channel; a magnet which is rotatable integrally with the rotor vane; a coil which is disposed to be opposed to one end face in an axial direction of the magnet; and a controller which is disposed on a side of the one end face of the magnet and above the water supply channel, and which is connected to the coil through wiring. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188996 | Electro-Magneto Fuel Injector - An injector used for an internal combustion engine includes a valve needle which closes a fuel passage by contacting a valve seat and opens the fuel passage by separating from the valve seat. A coil and a magnetic core are provided to drive the valve needle, and an anchor is held in a relatively displaceable state with respect to the valve needle. A first biasing device biases the valve needle in a direction opposite to a direction of a drive force, and a second biasing device biases the anchor in the direction of the drive force with a set load smaller than that of the first biasing device. A restricting feature restricts relative displacement of the anchor with respect to the valve needle in the direction of the drive force. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188997 | Reconfigurable airflow wand - A wand, such as for a surface cleaning apparatus, comprises at least an upstream rigid tube and a downstream rigid tube releasably pivotally connected to the upstream rigid tube. A flexible fluid flow conduit connects the downstream, tube in fluid flow communication with the upstream tube. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188998 | Method for Increasing Efficiency of Grinding of Ores, Minerals and Concentrates - A method for reducing particle size of a particulate comprising feeding a feed material to a grinding mill having a power of at least 500 kW, the mill having a specific power draw of at least 50 kW per cubic metre of grinding volume of the mill and the grinding mill including a grinding media comprising particulate material having a specific gravity of not less than 2.4 tonnes/m3 and a particle size falling in the range of from about 0.8 to 8 mm, grinding the feed material in the grinding mill and removing a product from the grinding mill, the product having a particle size range such that D80 of the product is at least about 20 microns. | 2009-07-30 |
20090188999 | DEVICES, METHODS AND APPLICATIONS FOR EXTRACTION OF MOLECULES FROM POLYMERIC GEL ELECTROPHORETIC MEDIA - A device and method to provide a simplified wash process and controlled disintegration of a soft substance, such as a gel, are disclosed. In use, a block of, e.g., gel matrix is placed in the device and washed with a series of appropriate solutions to remove interfering contaminants. The washing liquid is removed through a deformable narrow opening in the bottom of the device, and, subsequently, the gel block is extruded through the deformable narrow opening, by a physical force, such as centrifugal force, a vacuum or positive pressure from a gas or liquid, etc., resulting in fragmentation of the gel block into a series of particles of similar size. The fragmentation of the gel results from shear forces exerted onto the gel block traveling through the deformable narrow opening in the device. The rate of such fragmentation and resulting fragment size can be controlled by extruding the gel block using a predefined level of force as well as by controlling the dimensions and shape of the narrow opening (s) in the device. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189000 | Entangled cotton byproducts and biofiber hydraulic mulch- erosion control products, and the process for their manufacture - A method for making a hydraulically applied mulch using a natural biofiber material preferably comprising of 100% cotton byproduct or a mixture of cotton byproducts and other biomaterials selected such as, hay, grass, kenaf, straw, coconut, bamboo, hemp, bagasse and plant residue (cereal grains, rice, soybeans, grass seed, wood, sawdust, wood pulp, paper, or mixtures thereof). These fibers bear a natural waxy coating. The method includes the optional step of introducing the shredded biofiber composition into a first steaming chamber to stem the biofiber composition, followed by shredding the biofiber composition, and then introducing the shredded biofiber composition into a second steaming chamber to steam, break down and create porosity in the waxy coating of the fibers causing the fibers to become more hydrophilic. The biofibers are steamed followed by drying causing them to curl or physically deform. The shredded and steamed biofiber composition is then mixed to entangle the fibers, and the shredded, mixed and steamed biofiber composition is introduced into a drying chamber for drying, the resulting composition is then cooled and packaged, ready for mixing with water and spray application. The shredded, steamed and dried composition promotes entanglement of the fibers in a 3-dimensional matrix suitable for use as hydraulically applied mulch, and binding agents (tackifiers), dyes, rewetting agents, activators, and other additives may be added as desired. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189001 | SAFETY FOOD GRINDER - A safety food grinder is applied to grind food and has a base, a container assembly, multiple movable stops and a cover. The base has a driver. The container assembly is mounted detachably on the base and has a cutting tool and multiple sliding channels. The cutting tool is connected detachably to and is selectively driven by the driver. The movable stops are respectively mounted slidably in the sliding channels and selectively keep the cutting tool from being driven by the driver. The cover is detachably mounted around the container assembly and selectively moves the movable stops to allow the cutting tool to be driven by the driver. Consequently, the cutting tool is only driven when the cover is mounted on the container assembly and the base so prevents users from being cut accidentally even when the safety food grinder is turned on unexpectedly. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189002 | APPARATUS FOR TREATING ORGANIC WASTE MATERIAL - The apparatus for treating waste ( | 2009-07-30 |
20090189003 | MOBILE CRUSHER UNIT - A mobile crusher unit is provided having a supporting framework ( | 2009-07-30 |
20090189004 | COMMINUTING DEVICE WITH COUNTER-ROTATING ROTORS - A device for comminuting feedstock is provided that includes a cutting tool with a first rotor and at least one second rotor, each of which rotate around their longitudinal axis with an opposite rotation direction. Each rotor is provided with a number of cutting discs, which are arranged at an axial distance to one another. In this case, the cutting discs of the first rotor are located on gaps and with radial overlapping relative to the cutting discs of the second rotor. The cutting discs along their circumference have support surfaces for accepting cutting tools, whose cutting edges move past one another over the course of the rotation of rotors with the formation of a cutting clearance. For the positionally precise fixation of the cutting tool on the cutting discs, a positive fit is formed between the cutting tools and cutting discs, a positive fit groove running in the plane of the cutting disc is arranged in the common contact area, the groove in which at least one positive fit strip engages. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189005 | Elastic Rewinding Hose Reel with Automatic Stopping Device - A hose reel is described comprising a support casing ( | 2009-07-30 |
20090189006 | Locking Unit For Seat Belt Retractor - The present invention provides a locking unit for a seat belt retractor which is provided on one end of a spool, around which a seat belt is wound. The locking unit of the present invention locks the seat belt when the seat belt is rapidly unwound and prevents the seat belt from being locked when it is retracted. The locking unit includes a locking arm, a central gear, which is unrotatably provided on the center of the spool, an actuating gear, and a locking pin, which stops a locking protrusion of the locking arm when the belt is retracted. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189007 | Method of and a device for producing parts - For producing a part, a wire is wound so that portions of the wire extend along one another, and the portions of the wire are connected with one another, while during the winding the wire is supported so that the wire is not wound onto a support which fills it completely. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189008 | Reel-Up and Also a Method and Measuring Unit in Such a Reel-Up - A reel-up for reeling a fibre web where the fibre web to be reeled and a supporting body form a reel nip. The reel-up has at least one measuring body which is arranged in order to be influenced by a turning torque which is a function of the linear load in the reel nip. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189009 | ROLLED PRODUCT DISPENSER AND HOLDER FOR USE THEREWITH - A holder appliance suitable for axially supporting a rolled product is disclosed having a holder and a rigid or semi-rigid root section. The holder includes a body having first and second ends and an engagement surface disposed therebetween contactable with a planar end surface of the rolled product, and a protrusion extending from the engagement surface toward the rolled product, the protrusion being engageable within an opening in the planar end surface. The root section is disposed at the first end and a tab disposed at the second end of the body. The tab extends radially away from the axis of the rolled product and axially away from the engagement surface. The tab has a greatest radial portion displaced from a plane defined by the engagement surface in a direction opposite to a direction in which the protrusion is extended. The tab has a contour that mirrors a user's thumb. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189010 | Sheet Application Apparatus - Disclosed is a wrapping apparatus for a structure configured to deliver a rolled material in a safe and efficient manner. The apparatus includes a crossbar configured to roll along the top surface of a wall, a roll retention member depending in a generally downward direction from the crossbar to hold a roll of material, and a retention member depending in a generally downward direction to secure the apparatus to the wall. The apparatus is configured to roll along the top surface of a wall and to move around corners of the structure. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189011 | Thrust Vectoring Exhaust Nozzle System for Helicopters - A thrust vectoring exhaust nozzle system for helicopters includes a vertical thrust vectoring nozzle positioned on the rear of the tail of the helicopter and a horizontal thrust vectoring nozzle positioned generally adjacent the vertical thrust vectoring nozzle, the vertical and horizontal thrust vectoring nozzles each connected to the exhaust output of the gas-turbine engine of the helicopter such that by adjusting and controlling the vertical and horizontal thrust vectoring nozzles to direct gas outflow in a selected direction, the exhaust outflow from the engine can be used to assist or modify the movement of the helicopter. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189012 | Piezoelectric and pyroelectric power-generating laminate for an airship envelope - A power-generating laminate for an airship comprises a base fabric layer, a barrier layer disposed upon the fabric layer, an inner metal film layer disposed upon the barrier layer, a piezoelectric/pyroelectric layer disposed upon the inner metal layer, an outer metal layer disposed upon the piezoelectric/pyroelectric layer, and a cover layer disposed upon the outer metal layer. The power-generating laminate forms a gas-impervious envelope to maintain lifting gas and air therein, and is configured such that when the envelope is subjected to structural strain or experiences changes in temperature, power is generated, which is used to supply power to the various electrical systems aboard the airship. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189013 | NON-HANDED ENGINE COWL DOORS FOR FUSELAGE MOUNTED TURBINE ENGINES - An engine cowl door assembly is provided for fuselage mounted turbine engines to minimize manufacturing costs and part counts. In one embodiment, the engine cowl door assembly includes at least one non-handed engine cowl door, a pylon apron coupled to the fuselage of an aircraft and providing an attachment point for a first portion of the engine cowl door and a fairing coupled to the turbine engine and providing a latching point for a second portion of the engine cowl door to the turbine engine. The pylon apron, positioned on an inboard side of the turbine engine, and the fairing, positioned on an outboard side of the turbine engine, are identically shaped to provide interchangeability of the engine cowl door from a turbine engine mounted on a first side of an aircraft fuselage to a turbine engine mounted on a opposed second side of an aircraft fuselage. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189014 | ATTACHMENT OF A MULTIFLOW TURBOJET ENGINE TO AN AIRCRAFT - The invention relates to the suspension of a multi-flow turbojet engine provided with an intermediate casing and an exhaust casing from a pylon that can be attached to the structure of an aircraft, comprising forward means of attachment between the hub of the intermediate casing and said pylon and a rear means of attachment between the exhaust casing and the pylon. This suspension is one which also comprises a means of connection rigidly connecting the intermediate casing to the pylon, and is one wherein the rear means of attachment comprises a means such as an actuator for compensating for the variations in diameter of the exhaust casing so as to keep the axis of the exhaust casing coaxial with the axis of the intermediate casing through the various phases of flight of the aircraft. | 2009-07-30 |
20090189015 | Unmanned Aircraft for Telecommunicative or Scientific Purposes - The invention relates to an unmanned aircraft for telecommunicative or other scientific purposes, which is stationed in determined height, in particular in the stratosphere. The aircraft comprises a gas-filled balloon ( | 2009-07-30 |
20090189016 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECOVERING AND CONTROLLING POST-RECOVERY MOTION OF UNMANNED AIRCRAFT - Systems and methods for recovering unmanned aircraft and controlling post-recovery motion of the aircraft are disclosed herein. An aircraft recovery system for recovering an unmanned aircraft in flight in accordance with one embodiment of the disclosure, for example, can include an inflatable aircraft recovery system having an inflatable portion with a generally vertical orientation. The inflatable portion can also include a landing pocket extending at least partially therethrough. The landing pocket is sized to receive at least a portion of a fuselage of the aircraft. The aircraft recovery system can also include a guidance system at least proximate to the landing pocket and positioned to guide the aircraft toward the landing pocket. | 2009-07-30 |