31st week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 5 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110185864 | SCREW TIGHTENING DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE AND ELECTRIC DRIVER - The present invention provides a screw tightening diagnostic device which can easily and reliably detect a state of incomplete screw tightening and can allow reliable screw tightening work to be performed. The screw tightening diagnostic device comprises rotational torque detection means for detecting that rotational torque occurring in a rotating shaft of an electric driver has reached a preset rotational torque within a predetermined time range past a minimum required screw-tightening time that has been set in advance according to the length of the screw being tightened, pressure force detection means for detecting that pressure force created by the electric driver pressing the screw when the screw is being tightened has reached a preset pressure force, and screw tightening diagnostic means for diagnosing that screw tightening has been performed in a normal manner when the rotational torque detection means detects that the preset rotational torque has been reached within the predetermined time range past the minimum required time and the pressure force detection means has detected the preset pressure force. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185865 | Apparatus for slicing food products - An apparatus for slicing food products includes a product feed which is configured to convey at least one product along a direction of advance through a cutting plane in which at least one cutting blade moves, in particular in a rotational and/or orbital manner, to cut slices from the product, wherein a spacing can be established between the cutting blade and the product for a blank cut phase in which the cutting blade continues to move, but does not cut any slices from the product in so doing. The product feed is configured to continue to convey the product along the direction of advance during the blank cutting phase. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185866 | CEILING GRID BEAM CUTTING APPARATUS - A ceiling grid beam cutting apparatus is provided. The ceiling grid beam cutting apparatus includes a base plate and a cutting instrument combined with two clamps and a guide plate. The clamps and guide plate secure the ceiling grid beam to the base plate. The clamps are positioned at opposite 45 degree angles from the cutting instrument. The guide plate is positioned to hold the ceiling grid beam securely on its side to allow for precise off-center cuts of the ceiling grid beam to form a connection tab. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185867 | TOP-DOWN HYDRO-DEMOLITION SYSTEM WITH RIGID SUPPORT FRAME - The subject matter of the invention disclosed herein is a hydro-demolition device and a top-down method for deconstructing structural surfaces. The device includes a rigid support frame mounted above a work-face on the structural surface being deconstructed. The rigid frame supports a cutting nozzles that move up and down along the structural surface. The nozzles may be mounted on a carriage that is movably connected to the rigid frame. The carriage may swing about a swing axis so that the nozzles move axially toward and away from the carriage. The nozzles may be movable toward and away from the work-face. The various movements of the nozzles are effectuated by rotators and drivers. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185868 | Exact Weight Cutting System for Food Products - A system for cutting blocks of food product into bars of substantially equal weight. The system includes a cutter conveyor configured to receive incoming blocks of food product and move the blocks along an in-line processing path in a plane for cutting; a programmable logic controller coupled to the cutter conveyor; and, multiple stations associated with the cutter conveyor. One such station is a camera vision system configured to create an image of the slab portion, and further including a camera controller coupled to the vision system and the PLC, and configured to determine an optimized cut solution of the slab portion from the image and data related to the food product, and is configured to provide the cut solution to the PLC. The PLC is configured to control the cutting of the food product, based on the optimized cut solution, into bars of substantially equal weight. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185869 | DUST COLLECTION ATTACHMENT SYSTEM FOR HANDHELD POWER TOOLS - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a dust collection attachment system for use with a power tool having an elongated housing with a nose portion with a rotary output shaft, the nose portion being configured to have an accessory device mounted thereon, the system comprising a flexible dust hose attachable to the accessory device for removing dust and particles from the immediate area of the accessory device, the accessory device having a dust exhaust port for connection with the hose and a hose support removably attached to a rear end portion of the power tool opposite the nose portion thereof for supporting the dust hose, the support having a releasable mounting clasp on one end for attachment to the rear end of the power tool and a hose retaining clip attached to the mounting clasp | 2011-08-04 |
20110185870 | WASTE ROLL WEB PRODUCT PROCESSING SYSTEM - A waste roll web product processing system includes a first roller conveyor, a push bar conveyor, a second roller conveyor, a guide device and a cutter. The push bar conveyor pushes waste roll web products from the first roller conveyor to the second roller conveyor for enabling the second roller conveyor to deliver the waste roll web products to the guide device so that the waste roll web products fall downwards along the guide device one after another and the cutter cuts off each falling waste roll web product for enabling the web material and shaft of each waste roll web product to be separately recycled. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185871 | APPARATUS FOR CUTTING FOIL - An apparatus for cutting foil strip from a spool includes a holding device, a pulling unit, a cutting unit, a brake unit, a detection unit, and a controller. The supporting is configured for receiving the spool. The pulling unit, the cutting unit, the brake unit are fixed on the holding device. The pulling unit is configured for pulling the foil apart from the spool to the cutting unit. The cutting unit is configured for cutting the foil into pieces. The brake unit is mechanically coupled to the reel and configured for applying a resistance to the spool. The detection unit is mechanically connected with to the reel and configured for sensing the rotation number of the spool. The controller is electronically connected to the sensor and the brake unit and configured for controlling the resistance the brake unit applying to the spool according signal of the detection unit. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185872 | REPETITIVE STROKE WORK SYSTEM - Disclosed is a repetitive stroke work system having an upper holder assembly configured to hold one or more work performing elements deployed on the upper holder assembly. The work performing elements are configured for lockable displacement on the upper holder assembly, with the displacement being along both X and Y axis relative to the upper holder assembly. The repetitive stroke work system also includes a workpiece repetitive positioning device configured with at least one initial work stop for use while performing an initial work operation and at least one subsequent work stop for use while performing subsequent work operations. The upper holder assembly is displaceable along a Z axis so as to bring the work performing elements in to operational contact with a workpiece deployed on the workpiece repetitive positioning device. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185873 | Fine Adjustment Mechanism for Precision Miter Cuts - A miter saw has a base assembly, a table assembly rotatably disposed on the base assembly, a support housing connected to the table assembly, and a saw assembly pivotably attached to the support housing. The saw assembly is pivotable downwardly for cutting a workpiece disposed on the table assembly. The saw has a miter lock assembly including a shoe assembly connected to the table housing and movable between a first position not contacting the base assembly and a second position contacting the base assembly. The shoe assembly has a movable shoe for adjusting the angular position of the table assembly relative to the base assembly. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185874 | Punch Press - An improved and efficient punch press comprising a unique assembly of adjustable and interchangeable components to offer a device that is versatile in its applications. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185875 | SELF LOCKING ADJUSTABLE BLADE GUIDE FOR BAND SAW - An adjustable blade guide for a band saw such as a band saw on a sawmill utilized for sawing lumber. The blade guide is easily adjusted to account for variations in the diameter of the lumber to be cut, and is self locking. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185876 | KEYBOARD MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - A keyboard musical instrument provides plural keys of a keyboard to be driven by an automatic playing system; although the automatic playing system selectively drives the keys in accordance with a performance rule expressing a music tune, a motion controller of the automatic playing system changes the performance rule if the human player drives the keys different from those defined in the performance rule so that the automatic playing system changes a part of the music tune in real time fashion during the automatic performance. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185877 | STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - The present subject matter relates to novel soundboard apparatus for stringed musical instruments. Specifically, the present subject matter teaches an apparatus capable of enhanced phonetic quality, improving the phonetic consistency of a stringed musical instrument, and enhancing resonance in a stringed musical instrument, while further providing a means for assembly and disassembly for the purpose of transport, repair, and replacement. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185878 | Reed guard - A reed guard assembly is provided that may include a mouthpiece and a bracket configured for engaging the mouthpiece. A reed may be held by the bracket against the mouthpiece. A reed guard may also be provided and can be configured for being placed into a guarded position to protect a at least a portion of the reed from damage. The reed guard may be capable of being pivoted with respect to the mouthpiece from the guarded position. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185879 | Manually Operated Educational Device and Method for Conveying Relative Music Theory Concepts for Multiple Instruments - An educational device permitting the conveyance of multiple relative topical concepts and method for applying music theory to multiple instruments. The described embodiments have a front layer and back layer, with a plurality of windows permitting visibility of two rotationally mounted inner discs having central pivotal attachments that secure all physical elements. The first and second embodiments illustrate music theory concepts pertaining to chords on the front layer, and music theory concepts pertaining to scales on the back layer. Information imprinted on each side of the inner discs is organized in the musical cycle of fifths to align with the windows on the outside layers and is relative imprinted information of the outside layers. The inner discs are synchronized for the consistent display of selective information, permitting a user to determine the physical application of chords and scales in any key and harmonic relationships. Other embodiments are described and shown. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185880 | Music Teaching Tool for Steel Pan and Drum Players and Associated Methods - A steel drum teaching tool includes a circular base divided into twelve radial sectors and three concentric rings, defining 36 note elements. An adjacent note name in a first radial direction is separated by an interval of a fifth, and an adjacent note name in a second radial direction, by a fourth. A translucent mask is rotatably affixed to the base and has a central portion divided into twelve radial sectors and three concentric rings corresponding to the base. A pair of ring sections extend about seven of the radial sectors and are divided into inner and outer sector elements corresponding to the central portion. The inner ring sector elements have indicia designating notes in a respective key to which the mask is aligned; the outer ring sector elements, indicia designating notes in a respective relative minor key. Additional aspects include an electronic tool and a method of use. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185881 | AUTOMATIC ACCOMPANYING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE STORING MEDIUM | 2011-08-04 |
20110185882 | ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT AND RECORDING MEDIUM - In response to depressing operation of a key in a melody key range | 2011-08-04 |
20110185883 | Modified support structure for barrel of gatling gun - A gatling gun includes an improved barrel support structure assembly comprising a plurality of circumferentially mounted barrel support arms which reduce the weight of the barrel support structure and improved air flow through the barrel support structure. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185884 | BULLET-RESISTANT TRANSPARENT LAMINATE COMPOSITE AND PROTECTION ARRANGEMENT HAVING A BULLET-RESISTANT TRANSPARENT LAMINATE COMPOSITE - A bullet-resistant transparent laminate composite ( | 2011-08-04 |
20110185885 | Self-loading Firearm - An automatic firearm that includes a unitary portion including a human interface and a barrel defining a longitudinal dimension. A slidable portion is attached to the unitary portion so as to permit the slidable portion to slide in the longitudinal dimension. The slidable portion includes at least a portion of a firing chamber. In addition, a lock is adapted to selectably fix the slidable portion relative to the unitary portion. Also, a chamber attached to the unitary portion and an inertial member permitted to move inside the chamber and urged into a first position, the inertial member adapted to translate into a second position, displaced from said first position by at least 0.1 cm, upon firing of the firearm, in which second position the inertial member begins to change the position of the lock, thereby permitting the moveable portion to move relative to the unitary portion. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185886 | Bolt carrier impingement device for a firearm - A bolt carrier impingement device for a firearm has a body including a rearward facing surface. The rearward facing surface of the bolt carrier impingement device abuts the forward facing surface of the bolt carrier, thereby transferring all rearward force imparted to the front of the bolt carrier impingement device through only the forward facing surface of the bolt carrier. The rearward facing surface of the body may be a notch and the forward facing surface of the bolt carrier may be a buttress. The bolt carrier may include a cam aperture formed through a top surface rearward of the forward facing surface. A forward most portion of the impingement device may terminate in front of the cam aperture. A bottom surface of the body may form a slot that forms an arch over the cam aperture. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185887 | Self-Retaining End Cap for Braking Booster - A brake booster includes a housing configured for mounting to the master cylinder of a braking system. The housing defines a bore for receiving a power piston and an end cap, with a return spring disposed between the head of the piston and end cap. The housing and end cap define a recess and a rib sized to be received within the rib but configured for an interference fit between the end cap and housing outside the recess. The interference fit is calibrated to require a force to push the end cap into the bore that exceeds the force generated by the return spring when it is compressed between the end cap and the piston head. The recess and rib at least temporarily retains the spring within the bore until the brake booster is mounted to the master cylinder. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185888 | ARRANGEMENT FOR HYDRAULIC ECCENTRIC ADJUSTMENT TO SET A PREDEFINED DISPLACEMENT FOR A HYDROSTATIC MOTOR - An arrangement for a hydraulic eccentric adjustment for setting a predetermined displacement volume in a hydrostatic motor and, in particular a radial piston motor ( | 2011-08-04 |
20110185889 | PISTON WITH CENTRAL COOLING GALLERY COOLING FEATURE - A piston includes an upper crown portion and a lower crown portion with a pair of pin bosses spaced for receipt of a connecting rod. The pin bosses have pin bores aligned with one another along a pin bore axis. The upper crown portion and the lower crown portion form an outer oil gallery and a central oil gallery. The central oil gallery is formed in part by a floor extending radially inwardly from the outer oil gallery to a plateau. To facilitate cooling the central gallery, the plateau has a through opening and the floor has at least one trough depending axially therein. At least one oil flow passage extends in fluid communication between the outer oil gallery and the central oil gallery, wherein at least one oil flow passage is axially aligned with the at least one trough to provide a direct flow of oil to the trough. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185890 | SEALING MEMBER FOR MASTER CYLINDER AND MASTER CYLINDER HAVING THE SAME - Disclosed is a sealing member for a master cylinder and the master cylinder having the same, capable of shortening the delay in the release operation of the hill start assist control system. The sealing member includes an outer blade making contact with the cylinder body and an inner blade making contact with the outer surface of the piston. The inner blade includes a circumferential fluid path extending in a circumferential direction of the inner blade and a plurality of axial fluid paths connected to the circumferential fluid path. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185891 | SWEEP GAS FOR MEMBRANE-BASED DEHYDRATION MODULES - An air dehydration membrane module is provided with a sweep gas which is taken from the waste gas of a pressure swing adsorption (PSA) unit. No additional compressor is required, other than the compressor forming part of the PSA unit. In another embodiment, the sweep gas includes the combination of dried product gas, taken from the dehydration membrane module, and a supplemental gas, which may be ambient air, or permeate gas from an air separation membrane, or waste gas from a PSA unit. An air ejector combines the streams, without the use of an additional compression step, and the combined gas is used as a sweep stream for the dehydration module. The invention also includes the method of selecting an optimum point at which the sweep gas is injected into the module. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185892 | Apparatus, Systems and Methods for Sampling and Conditioning A Flluid - A system of sampling a fluid comprises a fluid separator having a central axis. The fluid separator includes an insulating sleeve. In addition the fluid separator includes a separator assembly coaxially disposed within the sleeve. Further, the fluid separator includes an annulus radially disposed between the sleeve and the separator assembly. The separator assembly includes a conduit, a support rod coaxially disposed within the conduit, and a plurality of separator members coupled to the support rod within the conduit. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185893 | Evacuation Valve Arrangements; Pulse Jet Air Cleaner Systems Using Same; and, Methods - Methods, techniques, and constructions are provided for use to apply an evacuation valve arrangement on an air cleaner assembly that is configured for pulse jet operation. An example evacuation valve arrangement is provided which comprises a valve member in the form of a sleeve that extends completely around a sidewall portion of an air cleaner housing of a pulse jet air cleaner. Examples are depicted in which the sidewall portion can comprise: a portion of a housing sidewall section that surrounds an installed filter cartridge, in use; a portion of an access cover; or, a drop tube secured to a portion of the housing, for example either on an access cover or on another portion of a housing. Specific features and alternatives are described. Also, methods of assembly and operation are described. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185894 | CYCLONE WITH IMPROVED SEPARATION OF GAS FROM GAS LADEN LIQUID STREAMS ALSO AT REDUCED FLOW VOLUMES - The cyclone is for separating gas from a gas laden liquid stream by pressure reduction of the liquid stream. The cyclone has a cylindrical casing, having a tangentially directed inlet arrangement for the gas laden liquid stream, a lower outlet line for liquid and an upper outlet line for vapor and gas. The inlet arrangement is connected to a common supply source (BL | 2011-08-04 |
20110185895 | FILTER APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MONITORING FILTER APPARATUS - Methods, systems, and products for monitoring an air filter. Methods involve determining a difference between a baseline pressure differential and a current pressure differential, the differential pressure between pressure at an upstream side of the filter and pressure at a downstream side of the filter. The baseline pressure differential may be set automatically or by a user. Reaching or exceeding a predetermined threshold triggers an indication of a clogged condition. The method also includes monitoring the air filter condition intermittently. The filter monitor may operate for extended periods in a sleep state and intermittently power up to a wake state to measure the current pressure differential and compare the current pressure differential with a baseline pressure differential. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185896 | GAS PURIFICATION PROCESSES - A method for removing contaminants from a natural gas stream such as a biogas/landfill gas stream. The natural gas stream is fed to a first adsorption unit for removal of certain contaminants and then to a second adsorption unit for the removal of additional contaminants. Alternatively, a membrane stage may be employed between the adsorption units. The method utilizes the external purge to enhance pressure swing adsorption working capacity so that the vacuum level required for regeneration is not as high. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185897 | REMOVAL OF CARBON DIOXIDE FROM AIR - The present invention is directed to methods for removing CO | 2011-08-04 |
20110185898 | HYDROGEN UTILIZATION WITHIN A REFINERY NETWORK - Hydrogen can be recovered in a refinery network using a combination of a cycling adsorber unit and a membrane separation unit. A membrane separation unit can be used to generate at least a portion of the purge hydrogen stream for the cycling adsorber unit. This can reduce the portion of the hydrogen product stream from the cycling adsorber unit required for regeneration of the adsorbent. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185899 | Methods for Abatement of Arsenic and Phosphorous Contaminants From Fuel Gases Prior to Gasification - Methods for abatement of antimony-containing, arsenic-containing and/or phosphorous-containing impurities in fuel gas that is derived from a carbonaceous source can include contacting the fuel gas with an absorbent comprising a capture compound. The capture compound has one or more alkali metals, one or more alkaline earth metals, or a combination of one or more alkali and alkaline earth metals. The fuel gas impurities are reacted with the capture compound, which can be used alone or dispersed on the adsorbent, at a temperature greater than or equal to approximately 300° C. to form solid capture products comprising antimony, arsenic, or phosphorous and the alkali or alkaline earth metal. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185900 | METHOD FOR BUILDING REMEDIATION CAUSED BY DEFECTIVE DRYWALL - A method of remediating at least a portion of a building that contains defective drywall is presented. The method comprises removal of the defective drywall and cross-contaminated drywall, actively desorbing volatile compounds from the building materials exposed after removal of the drywall and passively desorbing remaining contaminants by depositing a film of an absorbent on the accessible surfaces of the exposed building materials. Active desorbing of volatiles can be carried out with forced thermal desorption, where the interior surfaces of the building are heated while the air is removed and replaced with air free of the volatile compounds. The absorbent for passive desorption can be a nanoparticulate metal oxide. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185901 | ABSORBENT SOLUTION BASED ON N, N, N', N' - TETRAMETHYLHEXANE - 1,6-DIAMINE AND ON A PARTICULAR AMINE COMPRISING PRIMARY OR SECONDARY AMINE FUNCTIONS AND MEHTOD FOR REMOVING ACID COMPOUNDS FROM A GASEOUS EFFLUENT - The invention relates to the removal of acid compounds from a gaseous effluent in an absorption method using an aqueous solution of N,N,N′,N′-tetramethylhexane-1,6-diamine formulated with a particular primary or secondary amine, allowing to obtain a single-phase absorbent solution under the absorption conditions of acid gases such as CO | 2011-08-04 |
20110185902 | COLUMN FOR BRINGING TWO FLUIDS INTO CONTACT - A column for bringing two fluids into contact, which column possesses an essentially cylindrical shell which, between a top end and a bottom end of the column, surrounds an interior space in which packings are axially spaced apart along a longitudinal axis extending from the top to the bottom end of the column. The packings, at the periphery thereof, are bounded by side walls which are inclined to the longitudinal axis of the column in the direction of the bottom end of the column. The column is suitable for absorption and dewatering plants which are installed on floating platforms and ships. A liquid stream leading away from the column wall is avoided even in the event of an inclined position of the column. The formation of “dry” packing zones is thereby prevented. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185903 | PLEATED FILTER WITH MONOLAYER MONOCOMPONENT MELTSPUN MEDIA - A pleated filter is made from a monocomponent monolayer nonwoven web of continuous monocomponent meltspun partially crystalline and partially amorphous oriented fibers of the same polymeric composition that are bonded to form a coherent and handleable web having a Gurley Stiffness of at least 100 mg and which further may be softened while retaining orientation and fiber structure. Rows of pleats are formed in the nonwoven web, and the web is cut to a desired size and shape to provide a pleated filter element containing a self-supporting porous monocomponent monolayer matrix of fibers bonded to one another at least some points of fiber intersection and having an average initial submicron efficiency of at least 15% at a 1.52 meters/sec face velocity. The filter element is deformation resistant without requiring stiffening layers, bicomponent fibers, adhesive or other reinforcement in the filter media layer. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185904 | REEL-TO-REEL BIOFORENSIC AEROSOL COLLECTION AND STORAGE SYSTEM - A reel-to-reel aerosol collection and storage system for capturing and storing a plurality of separate samples of aerosol particles using electrostatic precipitation technology for collecting such particles onto a tape mechanism for analysis at a future time. The particles are collected onto a region of the collection tape for a defined period of time and then that portion of the collection tape is advanced out of the collection zone and manipulated so as to form sealed pouches or pockets which can be either severed from the collection tape for individual storage in a temperature controlled storage container, or which can be stored on a take-up reel in a temperature controlled environment. The collected aerosol particles are stored with a buffer fluid to preserve and maintain the viability of the collected particles for future extraction and analysis. Several embodiments for forming sealed pouches or pockets and methods of storing the collected particles are disclosed. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185905 | Electric precipitator and electrode plate thereof - An electric precipitator to collect contaminants, such as dust, using electrical attraction. The electric precipitator includes high-voltage electrode plates and low-voltage electrode plates alternately stacked to form an electrification region and a collection region in an air flow direction, wherein each of the high-voltage electrode plates includes a discharge electrode to generate discharge between the discharge electrode and an opposite electrode so that contaminants are electrified in the electrification region and a collection electrode disposed over the electrification region and the collection region to collect the electrified contaminants in the collection region. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185906 | Height Adjustable Beverage Brewer - A beverage brewer assembly has a base configured to rest on a surface, an upward facing vessel support, and a tower coupled to and extending up from the base. The tower has a stationary lower section and an upper section vertically height adjustable relative to the lower section. A head is coupled to the upper section of the tower and has a cantilevered section extending forward from the tower and spaced above the vessel support. A height adjust mechanism includes a vertically oriented male threaded shaft interconnecting the upper and lower sections of the tower. Relative rotation between the male threaded shaft and a female threaded element carried on a part of the tower selectively raises and lowers the vertical position of the upper section and head relative to the lower section and base. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185907 | Apparatus for producing a coffee beverage and method of filling the receptacle of said apparatus - The apparatus for producing a coffee beverage comprises an automatic coffee machine and a receptacle that can be docked with the beverage spigot of the machine in filling position, the receptacle having a mechanism that is detectable by a sensor mechanism in the machine when the receptacle attains the filling position, the sensor mechanism being in communication with the control unit of the coffee machine in such a way that, when it detects the detectable mechanism, it automatically sends the control unit a signal to switch the coffee machine to an operating mode that consecutively executes one or more operating cycles for filling of the receptacle. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185908 | DEVICE FOR SEPARATING DIFFERENT ENCLOSED SPACES AND FOR DOSING A FOOD PRODUCT AND MACHINE INCORPORATING SAID DEVICE - The device ( | 2011-08-04 |
20110185909 | BREWING DEVICE FOR A COFFEE MACHINE - A brewing device ( | 2011-08-04 |
20110185910 | CAPSULE WITH RELIEF-SHAPED SEALING MEMBER - The present invention proposes a capsule for containing beverage ingredients, the capsule being designed for insertion in a beverage production device, the capsule comprising a cup-like body portion, a flange-like rim portion, a delivery wall and a sealing member having—in a radial cross sectional view—at least one protrusion and/or recession. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185911 | Filtering permeable thermoformed container for beverage-making products with a flat rim - An improved filtering permeable thermoformed container is provided which can be formed from a flat film into a shape of a cup for containing water-soluble or brewing products for making beverages wherein an advantageously shaped reinforcement ring supports a rim of the film body and a membrane lid in a rigid manner to facilitate the lid being pierced. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185912 | BEVERAGE BREWING DEVICE AND METHOD - This invention is a manually operated beverage brewer that is powered by a user articulating or turning a lever a multiple of times. The lever forces a small piston into a cylinder, which in turn pressurizing a hot liquid poured into the machine. The pressurized liquid flows through a pack of coffee grounds and out of the machine after the user has generated a minimum pressure to overcome an under-pressure valve. The user continues to articulate or turn the lever until the desired amount of coffee exits the machine. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185913 | Brew basket with integrated separate cavity for water bypass or additives - A brew basket with an integrated separate cavity providing for a water bypass or additive conduit all of which may be added to the brewed beverage, as it exists its brew basket discharge spout during a brewing cycle. An integrated separate cavity is provided partially around the perimeter of the brew basket, as along its upper flange, for some angular distance, and which cavity tapers into a downward conduit, which conduit extends under the bottom of the brew basket, and empties into the same discharged port through which the brewed beverage is discharged from the brew basket and into a lower decanter, during performance of a brewing cycle. Additives such as flavoring, sweeteners, and even cold water may pass through the separate cavity, for intermixing with the brewed beverage, in order to add to its flavoring, sweetening, or even cooling, depending upon whether coffee, hot tea, or ice tea, has been selected for the brewing cycle. The brew basket is capable of pivoting, in its support under the cantilevered top of the brewing apparatus, to allow for the beverage to be dispensed into one or more decanters, during a brewing cycle, or during performance of sequential brewing cycles. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185914 | Popcorn Popping Machine With Overhead Oil Pump - A popcorn popping machine is provided including a cabinet, a popcorn popping kettle mounted within the cabinet, and a pump mounted at a height above a height of the kettle that is configured to pump oil from a container of oil and deliver the oil to the kettle. Control circuitry is provided for operating the pump to deliver oil to the kettle. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185915 | SOUS-VIDE COOKER - A sous-vide cooker is disclosed. The sous-vide cooker comprises a cooking chamber, a heating system, and a housing that houses the cooking chamber and the heating system. The cooking chamber comprises a chamber body, a multi-function lid, a passive water circulator and, optionally, a rack for holding food items during the cooking process. The heating system comprises a heating unit, one or more temperature sensors, a proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller, and a control panel. The PID controller is calibrated. The sous-vide cooker maintains a constant water temperature within tolerances. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185916 | Straining Skillet - An improved cooking device to assist in preparation of meals. A self-contained straining skillet allows the food to be cooked in a concave skillet insert containing a plurality of apertures, which may then be lifted to drain the grease and fat into the lower receiving skillet. Both the lining skillet and the receiving skillet may contain pour spouts to allow for effective transfer of grease. The receiving skillet, alone or with the lining skillet insert, may be used with standard size stove burners. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185917 | COOKING APPLIANCE WITH STIRRING MEANS AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - The invention relates to an appliance ( | 2011-08-04 |
20110185918 | BREAD-TOASTER - A bread toaster includes an outer cover, a toaster base, a toaster frame mounted on the toaster base, a first sliding member slidably provided on a predetermined side of the toaster frame, a second sliding member also provided on the same predetermined side of the toaster frame, a front supporting frame and a rear supporting frame provided at a front side and a rear side of the toaster frame respectively, a lid arrangement, and a control circuitry, wherein the lid arrangement is arranged to be operated between a closed position and an opened position for closing and opening the toasting slots of the bread toaster. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185919 | Modular pizza cart - A modular pizza cart is disclosed. The modular pizza cart includes a housing, at least one oven disposed on a housing work area, and at least one refrigeration unit disposed within the housing, the at least one refrigeration unit sized and configured to receive thereinside a removable rack, the removable rack adapted to hold a plurality of trays upon which are disposed a plurality of partially baked and sliced pizzas. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185920 | SYSTEM FOR STORING THE DRIVE SHAFT OF A FOOD PROCESSOR - A system for the alternate support of a first drive shaft or a second drive shaft to rotationally drive a processing tool of a food processor for preparing foods. The food processor has a preparation container, and the system includes a passage through which the first drive shaft or the second drive shaft protrudes from the outside into the preparation container in order to drive the processing tool in a rotatable manner. The passage has a first bearing to support the first drive shaft, and the system further includes an adapter which is inserted into the passage and which has a second bearing to support the second drive shaft. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185921 | GRINDING TYPE JUICE EXTRACTOR - A grinding type juice extractor includes upper and lower grinding rings for providing both grinding and rolling effects during a process of extracting juice, and food materials are inputted for extracting juices, and the upper and lower grinding rings correspond to each other to define a clamping status, such that the inputted food material can be grinded, and a mechanism or method of applying two kinds of physical forces to the food material can be used for extracting the juice of the food material and maximizing the juice yield. In addition, a filter surface of a filter ring is provided for filtering the juice, and a juice outlet tube installed to a middle seat is provided for outputting the juice. Such juice extractor can improve the juice yield and reduce waste of resources. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185922 | PROTECTOR MEMBER FOR LIQUID IN A CONTAINER - The specification discloses a protector member ( | 2011-08-04 |
20110185923 | Roller press for paper arts - A roller press includes two rollers each having a first end extending through a first sidewall of a roller unit frame so as to be connected with a gear unit which is cooperated with an operation handle, and two respective second ends of the two rollers extend through a second sidewall of the roller unit frame so as to form an open-type entry. A close-type entry is defined between the two rollers located between the first and second sidewalls of the roller unit frame. The two entries are able to press the paper products of different widths. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185924 | ENGINEERED TOP INFEED HOPPER SYSTEM - A baler for making compacted bales of a cellulosic and preferably woody biomass material, the baler comprising: a housing defining a compaction chamber therein, wherein the housing comprises a top wall, an infeed opening defined in the top wall for introducing the material into the compaction chamber, and a hopper system comprising: first and second doors pivotably attached to the housing in opposing array over the infeed opening, wherein each door comprises a pivot having a plurality of fingers extending in planar array therefrom and defining a plurality of recesses disposed therebetween, and wherein the fingers of the first and second doors are staggered such that the fingers of each door are positioned opposite to and receivable by the recesses of the other door, and actuator means for pivoting the doors upwardly to form a chute for directing the material toward the infeed opening, and downwardly to intermesh and preferably interlock the fingers and substantially cover the infeed opening. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185925 | Digital Gravure Printing with a Pixilated Photoconductor - A printing sub-system including same including a pixilated photoconductive member (such as a photobelt) is disclosed. Electrically isolated cells hold surface application material above the photoconductor. The surface application material is first charged. Charge on the surface application material in an individual cell may then be discharged by exposure of a region of the photoconductor proximate that cell to light from an optical addressing system. The surface application material is brought into proximity of an image receiving member such as paper, which is either charged or proximate a charge source. Charged surface application material in a cell may then be electrostatically transferred from the cell onto the image receiving member, while discharged surface application material remains in the cell. The subsystem may form a part of a complete printing system using many existing components. Among other advantages, viscous liquid surface application material may thereby be printed. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185926 | VIBRATOR ASSEMBLY FOR AN INKING UNIT OR A DAMPENING UNIT OF A PRINTING PRESS - An offset printing press is provided including a plate cylinder and a fluid dispersing unit dispersing fluid to the plate cylinder. The fluid dispersing unit includes a vibrator roll, a shaft supporting the vibrator roll and a motor including a coil and a magnet. The coil is disposed about the magnet and the magnet or the coil is mounted on the shaft. The motor oscillates the vibrator roll axially. A vibrating assembly for a fluid dispersing unit of a printing press is also provided. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185927 | PRINTING/COATING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A printing/coating method includes the steps of transferring highly reactive ink/varnish which cures with a low light energy onto a transfer object, and irradiating the transfer object, onto which the highly reactive ink/varnish is transferred, with light in the wavelength range, in which no ozone is generated, to cure the highly reactive ink/varnish on the transfer object. A printing/coating apparatus is also disclosed. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185928 | METHOD FOR PRINTING A SUBSTRATE USING AN ANILOX ROLL, AN ANILOX ROLL FOR A PRINTING METHOD AND A PRINTING APPARATUS - The invention relates to an anilox roll for a printing apparatus. The anilox roll comprises a cylinder having a surface. The surface comprises a fluid distribution structure for receiving, distributing and transferring a fluid such as an ink. The fluid distribution structure comprises a channel formed in the surface having channel walls. This channel is arranged for distributing the fluid over the fluid distribution structure. The channel comprises channel parts, wherein the courses of connected channel parts are at an angle with respect to each other for preventing a linear distribution of the fluids to be received in a course direction of the channel, allowing a meandering distribution of the fluid to be received in the channel. Side walls of the channel are arranged for allowing a meandering flow of the fluid throughout the fluid distribution surface. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185929 | INK METERING DEVICE OF A PRINTING PRESS - An ink metering device for a printing press, providing improved handling of an ink fountain foil and reduced set-up times, includes an ink fountain for ink, an ink fountain roller rotating about an axis and dipping into the ink fountain, a plurality of zonal metering elements having blade edges at an adjustable distance from a circumferential surface of the roller, and at least one foil between the blade edges and the circumferential surface. The foil is fixed to the ink fountain and angled on one end along a straight line parallel to the axis. The ink fountain is to be thrown on and thrown off the roller between an operating position and a foil exchange position. The foil has a bend or curve so that when the ink fountain is thrown on, a foil end facing the roller is located substantially tangential with the circumferential surface before reaching an operating position. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185930 | TRANSPORT TABLE AND METHOD FOR THE USE THEREOF - A transport table, comprising a transport web; an unwinding roller for unwinding the transport web therefrom; a first return element; a second return element; a winding roller for winding thereon the unwound transport web; a first frame with which the first and the second return element are connected; and a second frame with which the unwinding roller and the winding roller are rotatably connected, wherein the unwinding roller, the winding roller and the return elements together are designed for stretching the transport web such that between the first and the second return element a surface of the transport web is available as transport surface, and wherein the second frame is movable along a path substantially parallel to said transport surface with respect to the first frame. The invention also discloses a method for the use of the transport table. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185931 | APPARATUS FOR FRONT/TOP LAY VERTICAL ADJUSTMENT AND SHEET-FED ROTARY PRINTING PRESS HAVING THE APPARATUS - An apparatus for the vertical adjustment of combined front/top lays in a sheet processing machine includes a front/top lay carrier shaft carrying the front/top lays jointly in such a way that it can be pivoted with respect to a front/top lay drive shaft, or thrust joints disposed in carriers or coupling links for the front/top lays in such a way that they effect a lengthening of the carriers or coupling links in order to adjust the front/top lays. A sheet-fed rotary printing press having the apparatus, is also provided. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185932 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - The present invention provides a printing apparatus and a printing method capable of washing a printing plate with a high degree of cleanliness. The present invention is a printing apparatus and a printing method, wherein: the printing apparatus comprises a print roll, a coater that is placed below the print roll and forms ink on the print roll, a first base placed above the print roll, a first stage placed on the bottom face of the first base, a first printing plate placed on the bottom face of the first stage, a print object to which the ink formed on the print roll is transcribed, a first stage placed on the top or bottom face of the print object, and a washer for washing the first printing plate; the washer has a washing device; and a spray nozzle of the washing device is directed to the side where the first base exists. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185933 | IMAGE ALIGNMENT ADJUSTING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an image alignment adjusting apparatus includes: an endless traveling belt; a pattern sensor configured to detect an adjustment pattern including plural colors imaged on the traveling belt; and a correcting unit configured to use, in initial adjustment, for image alignment adjustment, an initial adjustment value obtained by detecting a plurality of sets of the adjustment patterns imaged over the entire circumference of the traveling belt and use, in intermediate adjustment, for the image alignment adjustment an intermediate adjustment value obtained by correcting the initial adjustment value using an intermediate detection value obtained by detecting one set of the adjustment pattern imaged on the traveling belt. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185934 | METHOD FOR FORMING CONDUCTIVE PATTERNS USING MICROWAVE - The present invention relates to a method for forming conductive patterns. In the method, a substrate is provided, and a pattern is formed on the substrate using a conductive pattern-forming composition and a printing method. The substrate with the pattern formed is positioned between two microwave-permeable panels and the pattern is fired using microwave. According to the method for forming conductive patterns, the substrate is fixed by the microwave-permeable material during the firing of conductive patterns, and accordingly the deformation of substrate can be prevented and the firing process can be facilitated. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185935 | OPTICAL PROXIMITY FUZE - Described herein is an optical fuze for a guided missile that comprises an array of a large number of optical apertures distributed about the outer surface of the missile. An optical waveguide network selectively couples the array of apertures to a laser source and to a photodetector such that light from the laser source is emitted by selected ones of said apertures, and light returned from a target is received by selected ones of said apertures and directed by said optical waveguide network to said photodetector. These apertures might be arranged to form a composite target images in a particular direction, and/or may be arranged to perform a sensing operation along selected directions. The optical proximity fuze described herein provides inherent flexibility in the way the fuze can be configured in the missile for optimisation for different applications. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185936 | SHOTSHELL WITH COMBINATION LOAD FOR PERSONAL DEFENSE - A shotshell comprising an elongate casing defining an internal chamber, a propellant located within said casing, and a shot load within the casing, the shot load comprising a plurality of disc-shaped projectiles, arranged in the casing so that the plane of each of the disc-shaped projectiles is generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the casing, and a plurality of generally spherical projectiles disposed in the casing behind the generally disc-shaped projectiles. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185937 | SKI-LIFT SEAT RETURN DEVICE - A ski-lift seat return device having a supporting structure; a reel mounted to rotate about an axis with respect to the supporting structure; a cable wound about the reel; a spring mechanism for opposing unwinding of the cable, and for rewinding the cable unwound off the reel; and a contactless magnetic brake connected to the reel and the supporting structure to adjust the brake torque as a function of the rotation speed of the reel; and wherein the magnetic brake has a first wall integral with and preferably defining part of the supporting structure; and a second wall connected movably to the reel and moved towards the first wall by the rotation speed of the reel; the first and second wall being coupled magnetically to each other. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185938 | DEVICES FOR MOVING THE BUFFERS OF ARTICULATED CARS OF RAILWAY VEHICLES TRAVELLING ON A CURVE - The invention relates to devices for moving the buffers of articulated cars of railway vehicles travelling on a curve. The devices are disposed between two adjoining cars ( | 2011-08-04 |
20110185939 | RAIL ROAD CAR TRUCK - A rail road freight car truck has a truck bolster and a pair of side frames, the truck bolster being mounted transversely relative to the side frames. The mounting interface between the ends of the axles and the sideframe pedestals allows lateral rocking motion of the sideframes in the manner of a swing motion truck. The lateral swinging motion is combined with a longitudinal self steering capability. The self steering capability may be obtained by use of a longitudinally oriented rocker that may tend to permit resistance to self steering that is proportional to the weight carried across the interface. The trucks may have auxiliary centering elements mounted in the pedestal seats, and those auxiliary centering elements may be made of resilient elastomeric material. The truck may also have friction dampers that have a disinclination to stick-slip behavior. The friction dampers may be provided with brake linings, or similar features, on the face engaging the sideframe columns, on the slope face, or both. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185940 | Automated Railcar Gate Operating System - An automated trackside railed car discharge gate operating system is disclosed which can automatically unload a string of cars “on the fly” and without the need for a separate indexing system. The system includes a pair of carriage-mounted tool systems for opening/closing capstan-operated railcar gates disposed to travel along a carriage track and including visual devices that acquire and track capstans and coordinate tool orientation and operation. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185941 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR TRAIN DOORS AND ACTUATION METHOD BASED ON SAID SYSTEM - The invention relates to a control system for controlling the movement of passenger access doors in railway vehicles and method for operating them based on said system, the object of which is to reduce the number of incidents occurring in said doors and it basically comprises power control means of the motor ( | 2011-08-04 |
20110185942 | WELL CAR WITH CROSS MEMBER - A well car for carrying shipping containers has a pair of end structures supported by rail car trucks, a pair of first and second spaced apart side beams extending between the end structures and a well defined therebetween. A container support cross member is mounted between the side sills in a position to support an end of a shipping container load carried within the well. The container support cross member may be a monolithic beam member with a attachment fitting formed at an end thereof. The attachment fitting is connectable to a side sill at a moment connection. The remaining end of the cross member is similarly configured and connected to the second side sill. Each end of the cross member has load bearing surface portions which may be used for supporting a corner of a shipping container. The moment connections permit a bending moment to be carried by the cross member between the first and second side sills. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185943 | Deicing Composition - A deicing composition is provided. The composition includes a potassium or sodium salt of a carboxylic acid and a lithium salt of a carboxylic acid or lithium nitrate, wherein the molar ratio of lithium to potassium or lithium to sodium is from | 2011-08-04 |
20110185944 | ANTIFOULING FURAN-2-ONE DERIVATIVES - A novel chemical genus of furan-2-one antifouling compound as non-toxic, environment friendly antifouling agent, a coating material for objects submerged under the water based on the furan-2-one compounds. The substituted furan-2-one antifouling compounds have a furan-2-one ring and an alkyl side chain thereto and are of the formula: | 2011-08-04 |
20110185945 | Process for the Production of Titanium-IV-Phosphate - A process for the production of titanium-IV-phosphate includes introducing a titanium-oxygen compound into aqueous phosphoric acid and treating the resulting suspension in a temperature range of more than 50° C. to 150° C. until complete dissolution of the titanium-oxygen compound. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185946 | Porous composite comprising silicon-substituted hydroxyapatite and - tricalcium phosphate, and process for preparing the same - There are disclosed a porous composite comprising silicon-substituted hydroxyapatite and β-tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP), and a method for preparing the same. The porous composite is prepared by subjecting natural coral to hydrothermal and solvothermal reactions to prepare silicon-substituted hydroxyapatite (Si—HA) and subjecting the Si—HA to a heat treatment process. Thereafter, Si—HA and β-TCP may be mixed in the porous composite. As a result, the porous composite is excellent in biocompatibility and biodegradability. Also, the porous composite functions to maintain the microstructure of coral and is similar to natural bone in terms of composition and shape. Accordingly, the porous composite may be effectively used as a bone tissue repairing material and a bone graft material that can substitute for human hard tissue. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185947 | POLYHYDROXYFUNCTIONAL POLYSILOXANE AS ANTI-ADHESIVE AND DIRT-REPELLANT ADDITIVES IN COATINGS POLYMERIC MOULDED MASSES AND THERMOPLASTICS, METHOD FOR PRODUCTION AND USE THEREOF - The invention relates to a method for production of polyhydroxyfunctional polysiloxanes with branched polyglycidol polyether groups, in which firstly at least one allylic or methallylic starting material is reacted with at least one glycidol, such that an allyl polyether or methallyl polyether is formed, and then the allyl polyether or methallyl polyether thus produced is added to a Si—H functional alkyl polysiloxane in the presence of an acid buffering agent. The invention further relates to polysiloxanes, which may be obtained by said method and the use of the polysiloxanes in coating agents, polymeric coating masses and thermoplastics. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185948 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SILICON OXIDE THIN FILM OR SILICON OXYNITRIDE COMPOUND THIN FILM AND THIN FILM OBTAINED BY THE PROCESS - Disclosed is a process for producing a silicon oxide or silicon oxynitride thin film having a high level of water vapor and oxygen barrier property and a high strength with a higher efficiency by a solution process which is advantageous in productivity. Also disclosed is a thin film that is obtained by the process and is useful, for example, as a protective film for electric elements such as organic EL elements. A solution containing a smectite group silicate layered compound and a silazane compound is coated onto a surface of a substrate by a liquid phase process to form a film. The thin film thus obtained is exposed to ultraviolet light under an oxygen atmosphere to produce a silicon oxide thin film or a silicon oxynitride compound thin film containing the smectite group silicate layered compound. The smectite group silicate compound is a material represented by the following general formula. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185949 | COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH IMPROVEMENT OF CEMENT AND GYPSUM PRODUCTS - The invention relates generally to a cement or gypsum composition having improved properties, which is prepared by incorporating an enzyme into a cement material such as a cement, mortar, or concrete, or into a gypsum product. The invention also relates to methods of manufacturing improved cement compositions and gypsum products, methods of improving the compressive strength of cement compositions and gypsum products, and methods of reducing the cost of such compositions by enabling the use of less expensive aggregates in the manufacturing process. More specifically, the invention relates to a cement composition or a gypsum composition, optionally including at least one aggregate and optionally including at least one pozzolan, comprising a cement material or gypsum optionally including aggregate(s) and pozzolan(s) having blended therein an enzyme. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185950 | METHOD OF TREATING MARINE SEDIMENTS AND USE OF THE RESULTING SOLID PRODUCT IN MORTARS OR CONCRETES - A method of treating marine or river dredging sediments, especially harbour zone sediments, whose free water content is between 40% and 80% by weight, for the purpose of obtaining a solid material which is easy to handle, includes the following successive steps: mixing the sediments with a treatment composition including a sulphoaluminate binder and at least one other component selected from a sulphate source and a catalyst of the hydration reactions of the sulphoaluminate binder; a step of setting of the mixture, leading to a compact mixture having a free water content of less than 20% by weight; then fractionating the compact mixture. The sediment thus treated may be incorporated into concrete or mortar formulas, which then have leachable fractions of less than 1% by weight. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185951 | PORTABLE LAP TRAY - A portable and environmentally-friendly lap tray to support items for a seated individual includes a storage surface surrounded by retaining walls. The lap tray includes hinged support wings on the bottom surface to extend between a user's legs. The wings are set apart from one another in an ergonomically preferable position to allow any person to comfortably use the lap tray when seated. Alternatively, the lap tray may be used as a stand. The lap tray may be personalized or customized for particular events with various indicia and add-ons. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185952 | BURNER STRUCTURE - To provide a burner structure in which a burner is capable of highly precisely controlling the flow rate of the air for combustion within itself. An air flow passage ( | 2011-08-04 |
20110185953 | EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM IN CEMENT BURNING FACILITY - An object of the present invention is to provide an exhaust gas treatment method and system of a cement burning facility which can be configured by general-purpose apparatuses, and which is capable of improving the handling property of collected fine powder dust and thereby realizing a stable operation without the need of maintenance. To this end, according to the present invention, the chlorine concentration of the collected fine powder dust is set in a range of 5 to 20% in such a manner that when a part of exhaust gas is extracted as extracted gas from a lowermost part of a preheater | 2011-08-04 |
20110185954 | OXYCOMBUSTION CHAMBER - The present invention relates to a combustion chamber comprising an enclosure ( | 2011-08-04 |
20110185955 | Single Arm Row Cleaner - A single arm row cleaner unit mountable to a grain drill opener arm includes a row cleaner arm and a mounting saddle. The mounting saddle is generally configured for attachment to a main arm of a furrow forming assembly. A row cleaner arm may be pivotally attached to the mounting saddle about a mandrel, and a row cleaner wheel may be pivotally mounted to the row cleaner arm. A biasing member may be positioned adjacent the mandrel to engage the row cleaner arm and a biasing member retainer, which may be affixed to the mounting saddle. A deflector may be positioned adjacent the row cleaner wheel and biased there against. A connector and lever arm may be used to communicate forces from a closing wheel arm to the row cleaner wheel for adequate clearance of the row cleaner wheel during transport of the grain drill. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185956 | Endless belt seed transport member for a differential pressure seed meter - A seed meter is provided having an endless belt as a seed transport member together with a pressure differential to hold the seed onto the belt. The use of an endless belt as the seed transport member enables the spatial orientation of the seed transport member to vary from location to location along the path of the belt where different seed meter functions are performed. The belt allows greater freedom in determining the location of the seed pick-up region and the seed release or removal region beyond the constraints of a fixed diameter seed disk. The belt further allows for a narrow envelope seed meter which can cross-feed seed into a substantially vertically oriented delivery device. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185957 | MULTI-NEEDLE SEWING MACHINE - A multi-needle sewing machine is disclosed that includes a needle-bar case that supports needle bars; a needle-bar case transfer mechanism that transfers the needle-bar case to place a predetermined needle bar to a needle drop position; a thread guide member that is movable up and down, the thread guide member being provided with thread guide sections spaced by a predetermined distance and that guide a plurality of threads; a plurality of thread inlets that are provided at the needle-bar case, each thread inlet being uniquely associated with one of the thread guide sections and that introduces the threads guided by the thread guide sections toward the needle bars; and a lifting/lowering mechanism that moves the thread guide member up and down during transfer of the needle-bar ease and the thread inlets such that the thread guide sections and the associated thread inlets maintain a constant distance therebetween. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185958 | SEWING MACHINE WITH AN ADJUSTMENT DEVICE - A sewing machine ( | 2011-08-04 |
20110185959 | Watercraft with Asymmetrical and Symmetrical Boat Hull - A watercraft that uses a hybrid hull that has two asymmetrical front hull sections that gradually transition rearward and form two symmetrical rear hull sections separated by a tunnel. The two front hull sections are longitudinally aligned on opposite sides of the hull's center axis and form a front pickle. Each front hull section includes a flat, vertically aligned inboard surface that intersects with a conical shaped span deck that extends along the bottom of the hull and terminates at a transversely aligned front landing door or front transom. The lower edge of each front hull section gradually curves rearward and downward forming a shape keel. The two rear hull sections are v-shaped longitudinally aligned with the two front hull sections with a narrow tunnel formed between them that communicates with the span deck. Formed on each rear hull section is a delta surface with a skeg attached thereto. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185960 | Flag Pole Assembly - A knock down flag pole assembly is provided including a base, a ferrule, and an elongate post. The base may include a coupling with a pocket having a coupling member or portion configured to removably couple to the ferrule. The coupling secures the ferrule to the base, but also permits the flag pole to be knocked out from the base. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185961 | UNIVERSAL RADIUS TACTILE WARNING SURFACE PRODUCT - An apparatus and method for using a single radial TWS product for a variety of applications is disclosed. Radial TWS products are used for intersections and the like. Often, different applications require radial TWS products of varying dimensions. The present invention includes a radial TWS product, having domes on its upper surface, which are ADAAG compliant. Markings are placed on the bottom surface, which indicate the appropriate places where the TWS product can be cut to achieve a variety of effective radii. These markings are positioned such that, after being cut, the resulting radial TWS product continues to meet the ADAAG required center-to-center spacing between domes of adjacent cut TWS products. In some embodiments, anchor members are used in conjunction with the TWS product to allow simple replacement. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185962 | HUMANOID TRAFFIC CONTROL ROBOT - A humanoid traffic control robot is provided, which is installed on all or some of the lanes of a road where maintenance work, subway construction, or an unexpected situation such as a traffic accident takes place and allows arm parts of a robot body thereof to freely implement desired arm operations and thus to more easily perform a variety of traffic control signal services. | 2011-08-04 |
20110185963 | Method For Producing A Single Crystal Composed Of Silicon Using Molten Granules - Silicon single crystals are prepared from molten granules, by | 2011-08-04 |