51st week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 2 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100319197 | COMBINATION METHOD FOR COMBINATION PLATES - A combination method for combination plates of the present invention, in which a plurality of C linking plates are installed on a building surface or frame surface, and the C linking plate is provided with a surface, and is at least provided with one C pocket and one J post. Moreover, a cavity is formed between the C pocket and the J post, and the C pocket and the J post are used to form a height difference between the C linking plate and the building surface or frame surface, thereby forming a sealed chamber between the cavity and the building surface or frame surface, and enabling providing the effectiveness to insulate against sound, temperature, dampness and moisture, as well as providing electric insulation. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319198 | BLADE CARTRIDGE GUARD COMPRISING AN ARRAY OF FLEXIBLE FINS HAVING VARYING STIFFNESS - A shaving blade cartridge containing a guard on its leading edge is provided. The guard employs an array of flexible fins. There is at least one change in stiffness among the different fins situated within the array. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319199 | Cutters for Accessing a Fiber within a Fiber Optic Cable to Splice Thereto and Tools and Methods Using the Same - Apparatus for accessing a length of a selected one or more of a plurality of optical fibers within an outer protective jacket of a cable including the plurality of optical fibers and at least one strength member extending along a longitudinal axis of the cable include a cutting member and a cutter blade positioned in the cutting member. The cutter blade has a cutting edge with a middle region of a first sharpness and outer side regions adjacent opposite sides of the middle region of a second sharpness that is sharper than the first sharpness. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319200 | Utility Cutter - A knife according to the present disclosure includes a housing and a blade. The blade includes a blade edge adapted to engage a material, and the blade is coupled to a blade shuttle. The blade and blade shuttle are substantially enclosed within the housing when the blade shuttle is in a retracted position, and the blade is extended from the housing when the blade shuttle is in an extended position. The blade shuttle is adapted to be conveyed to the retracted position based on the blade receiving a force directed substantially perpendicular to the blade edge. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319201 | HAND SAW - A hand saw that includes a saw blade and a handle assembly having a clamp member movable between a clamped position and a released position. In the clamped position the clamp member exerts a clamping force on a top edge of the saw blade within a slot of the handle assembly to couple the saw blade to the handle assembly and to retain a tang of the saw blade within the slot. In the released position the tang is removable from the slot. A first interior wall and a second interior wall of the handle assembly that define the slot are flat such that the tang of the saw blade can be removed from the slot without moving the saw blade in a direction normal to a longitudinal axis of the saw blade when the clamp member is in the released position. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319202 | BODY STRUCTURE OF HAIRDRESSING SCISSORS - A body structure of a hairdressing scissor includes two body portions pivotally connected with each other. Each of the body portions includes a handle and a knife edge. The handle has a first connection section extended from one end thereof and having a notch defined thereon. The knife edge has a convex second connection section extended from one end thereof and fitted to the notch. The handle can be firmly assembled with the knife edge when corresponding connection sections with fitted shapes are engaged together. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319203 | COUPLING APPARATUS FOR COUPLING BLADE PROTECTOR TO TOOL BODY OF GARDENING TOOL - A coupling member can releasably couple a blade protector to a tool body of a gardening tool. The coupling member is movably and non-removably coupled to one of the tool body and the protector. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319204 | METHOD OF FORMING A FUNCTIONAL RAZOR CARTRIDGE AND A FUNCTIONAL RAZOR CARTRIDGE - A method of forming a functional razor cartridge for repeated shaving comprises rapid prototyping a housing of a razor cartridge. The housing has a front wall, a rear wall and opposing side walls disposed transverse to and between said front and rear walls. The method further comprises loading a metal insert with one or more elongate blade assemblies and disposing the metal insert in the housing such that the one or more blade assemblies extend between the opposing side walls of the housing. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319205 | ROWING-BOAT GAUGES | 2010-12-23 |
20100319206 | SIGHTING SYSTEM AND RANGE FINDER FOR AN ARCHERY BOW - A sighting system for use on an archery bow includes a sighting pin defining a front focus point and a plurality of contact knocks coupled to the bow string. An archer adjusts the distance of a shot by positioning a reference feature relative to a contact knock while placing the sighting pin on a target. A range finder for determining a distance to the target includes a sighting pin having a focus point and first and second yardage bars on opposite sides of the sighting pin. The first and second yardage bars are configured to be located relative to known features of the target at certain distances from the target. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319207 | METHOD FOR CORRECTING THE MEASURED VALUES OF A COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINE, AND COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINE - A coordinate measuring machine has a probe head, a calibrating body and an apparatus for recording and correcting measured values obtained by the probe head. A mechanical flexibility at predetermined points on the surface of the calibrating body is determined. The mechanical flexibility is stored in the apparatus in the form of a data record. The calibrating body is scanned point by point by means of the probe head in order to obtain the measured values. Thereafter, the probe head is calibrated by correcting the measured values using the data record. A similar approach can also be used on workpieces having a known mechanical flexibility. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319208 | SQUARENESS TESTING INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS OF OPERATION THEREOF - A squareness testing instrument ( | 2010-12-23 |
20100319209 | ALIGNMENT APPARATUS AND ALIGNMENT METHOD - Provided is an alignment apparatus including holding and rotating means for holding an alignment object and rotating the alignment object, the alignment apparatus including supporting means for supporting that part of the alignment object being rotated which is different from that part of the alignment object which is held by the holding and rotating means. This makes it possible to align the alignment object highly accurately by preventing the alignment object from being deformed, e.g. bent, due to its own weight. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319210 | DISC DRYING DEVICE AND DISC DRYING METHOD - The present invention provides a disc drying device and a disc drying method that allow simultaneous and quick drying of plural discs by a batch process and realize miniaturization of the device. In the present invention, plural discs arranged along a single axis are simultaneously chucked at outer peripheries thereof so that central openings of the discs internally form a space; plural nozzles are disposed in the space so as to supply hot water from inner peripheral surfaces of two sides of each of the discs to heat the discs with the hot water; and the discs are simultaneously rotated to thereby move the hot water from inner peripheries to outer peripheries of the discs and discharge the hot water outwardly of the outer peripheries by centrifugal force. The discharged hot water flows through valley grooves provided in inner wall surfaces of a water receiving cover to the lower side of the discs to be discharged to the outside. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319211 | Device and Methods for Rapid Drying of Porous Materials - An apparatus and method for quickly drying porous materials. A sealable chamber is connected to a cold trap which is connected to a vacuum pump. A sample is placed inside the sealable chamber. The vacuum pump is turned on and air is evacuated through the cold trap to the vacuum pump. Because evaporation may lower the temperature inside the sealable chamber, an infrared lamp may be used to heat the chamber and sample therein directly or heated air may be allowed to enter the sealable chamber in response to the vacuum created by the vacuum pump. Air may be drawn directly from the sealable chamber to the vacuum pump bypassing the cold trap. A load cell may be placed in the bottom of the sealable chamber to monitor the weight of a sample to determine if the drying process is complete. Other parameters could be used, including the degree of vacuum achieved in the chamber. The cold trap extracts moisture from the system, which eliminates the possibility of damage to the vacuum and creates an added pressure gradient for removal of air from the sealable chamber. Heating the chamber either by introducing heated air or by direct use of infrared heat facilitates drying of the sample and shortens the drying process. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319212 | PRODUCTION PROCESS OF TONER - A production process of a toner, wherein wet colored resin particles are poured into a rotary vane type agitating device having a structure that an agitating vane fixed to a rotating drive shaft extending through a bottom wall of an agitation vessel is arranged at a bottom of the agitation vessel, and at least one gas inlet port and at least one gas outlet port are arranged at a lower portion of the agitation vessel and an upper portion of the agitation vessel, respectively, the wet colored resin particles are dried by a method, in which the wet colored resin particles are agitated by the rotary vane within the agitation vessel while supplying a heated gas, thereby forming a fluidized bed, and a mixed gas containing water is discharged from the gas outlet port to the outside, and at that time, drying conditions are controlled in such a manner that the temperature of the gas discharged falls within a range from 20 to 60° C. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319213 | HOT AIR GENERATING APPARATUS AND DRYER HAVING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a hot air generating apparatus and a dryer having the same. The hot air generating apparatus comprises a temperature sensing unit, and a gas supply unit controlling a flowing amount of gas to be supplied according to a temperature of hot air sensed by the temperature sensing unit, wherein when the temperature of the hot air sensed by the temperature sensing unit approaches a pre-set threshold value, the flowing amount of gas to be supplied is gradually reduced, thereby being capable of continuously supplying hot air without being frequently turned on/off. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319214 | Bladder With Improved Construction - The invention relates to a bladder and incorporation of a bladder in a shoe for cushioning a wearer's foot having an outsole, an upper, and a bladder adapted to receive the foot and being placed between the outsole and the upper. The bladder further has a first chamber and a second chamber, where the first chamber is in contact with the second chamber for providing continuous cushioning. The bladder is also removably placed between the upper and outsole. In other aspects of the invention, the bladder is integrally placed between the upper and outsole. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319215 | HUMAN LOCOMOTION ASSISTING SHOE - Embodiments of footwear, in particular, a shoe, sandal or boot, may reduce the effort and improve the performance of walking, running, hiking, marching, and various other gaits as well as jumping, hopping, and other motion involving the ankle and lower leg and Achilles tendon, through integration of force-carrying mechanisms within footwear that manage the forces and energy associated with such motion by productively harvesting and storing energy during dorsiflexion motion and releasing and returning energy during plantar flexion. One structural element of such footwear may comprise a top collar yoke having anterior and posterior gussets forming a channel and a shoe comprising a rotation zone supporting the channel and an elastomeric zone forming a tension spring via an elastomeric overlay or otherwise providing a spring-like member approximately parallel to and to assist the Achilles tendon during locomotion. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319216 | CYCLING SHOE WITH REAR ENTRY - A shoe comprising a sole and an upper secured to the sole. The upper includes a heel portion movable relative to a mid portion from an open position to a closed position. A securing mechanism (e.g., a lace and a dial for tightening the lace) is coupled between the heel portion and the mid portion. Preferably, the dial is secured near an edge of the mid portion near an instep opening, and the lace is positioned in a passageway in the mid portion. The heel portion can comprise a flexible fabric that acts as a living hinge to facilitate pivotal movement of the heel portion relative to the mid portion at a pivot point positioned above the sole and rearward of the mid portion. Preferably, the heel portion includes a wide portion and a narrow portion (e.g., defining the pivot point) below the wide portion. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319217 | Integral ankle support for a shoe - An integral ankle support for a shoe has a support element and a cushioning element. The support element has horizontally elongated, generally parallel, and panel-like edge upstanding wings having corresponding front and rear ends joined at their rear ends by an integral, curved, and edge upstanding bight panel portion. The support element is constructed of semi-rigid, but partially flexible, material that is lightweight and moldable. The support element has a bottom tab that is oriented substantially perpendicular to the wings and that extends inwardly under the insole of the shoe. The ankle cushioning element is located on the inner surfaces of the rear ends of the wings and the central portion of the lower margin of the bight panel portion. The ankle support is incorporated as part of the internal structure of the shoe so as to remain fixed in place and provide enhanced support to the wearer's foot. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319218 | Removable Heel Bucket - An article of footwear comprising: a sole assembly; an upper attached to the sole assembly; a heel counter on the upper, the heel counter having an upper edge and including a first connector portion that extends along the upper edge; and a heel insert removably attached to the heel counter along its upper edge, the heel insert having a corresponding second connector portion that mates with the first connector portion of the heel counter. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319219 | Shoe with interchangeable strap - Footwear of the type comprising an upper of the footwear and at least one strap possibly provided with decorative elements characterised in that said strap is provided with means for the removable attachment to said upper and that said upper is provided with means for the removable attachment of said strap. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319220 | SPORTS SHOE WITH AN OUTER SHELL OF INJECTION MOULDED PLASTIC - The invention relates to a sports shoe with an outer shell of injection moulded plastic, comprising a front foot shell for accommodating the front foot and an adjoining shoe cuff for stabilising the lower leg portion of a user, and with a relatively flexible inner shoe at least partially accommodated in the shell. Disposed in the outer shell is at least one elastically flexible portion which is provided as a means of reducing pressure points from the inner shoe on a user's foot when subjected to compression stress. The elastically flexible portion is provided in the form of at least one membrane element which is designed to vary the volume or width which the shell can accommodate as a function of compression stress due to its slackness or ability to deflect relative to the surrounding part-portions of the shell. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319221 | Outside Opanka Shoe Construction - A shoe construction and a method for making a shoe wherein an outsole is provided with a raised lip extending around a periphery of the outsole, and an upper is secured to the outsole by a stitch along the lip such that an inside surface of the upper is facing the outside surface of the lip. The shoe construction further includes an inner sole and a vamp lining secured together by a stitch and placed on the inside surface of the upper such as to protect a wearer's foot from the stitch securing the outsole with the upper. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319222 | CONSTRUCTION APPARATUS FOR FOUNDATION CONSTRUCTION - The invention relates to a construction apparatus for foundation construction comprising a chassis, a mast for guidance of at least one ground working apparatus and a support mechanism for the mast, by means of which the mast is arranged in an adjustable manner on the chassis, whereby the support mechanism has at least one support arm, which is pivotably hinged about a pivot axis on the chassis. In accordance with the invention a rotary encoder is provided for detecting the pivot angle of the support arm relative to the chassis as a degree of an adjustment position of the mast. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319223 | AUGER BRAKE CLUTCH AND DRIVE ASSEMBLY AND RELATED METHODS - An auger brake clutch and drive assembly and related methods for a power equipment device such as a snowblower are provided. In use with a snowblower, the auger brake clutch assembly and related methods can be used for driving both the auger and driven wheels of a snowblower. The auger brake clutch can include a transmission wheel rotatably movable for rotating at least one wheel with the transmission wheel having a contact surface. A drive pulley can be provided that has a drive surface. The drive pulley is rotatable and configured for causing the transmission wheel to rotate when the drive surface and the contact surface of the transmission wheel are in contact. An actuation plate is movable to move the drive pulley in and out of contact with the contact surface of the transmission wheel. A friction member can be provided to be selectively rotated by the drive pulley and configured to transfer the rotation to an output shaft, which can attach for example to at least one of an auger or blower blades. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319224 | Wear resistant support structures for utility equipment - The present invention relates to a wear shoe for use with utility equipment comprising a unitary housing having therein at least one cavity containing a wear resistant insert bound within the unitary housing and methods for making the same. Most preferably, the wear resistant insert is a ceramic material. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319225 | Digging/trenching attachment or assembly that is horizontally movable with detachable tree boom for pivoting front end loader type machines - The invention, a horizontally moveable digging/trenching bucket attachment with boom, for machines (tractor, skid steer . . . ) with pivoting front end loader allows for a machine with limited capabilities to be used for various operations through simple detaching of the standard large, wide bucket and attaching the invention. This invention is unique and desirable in that it eliminates the need for multiple machines and or multiple attachments to complete operations that can be accomplished by a single machine with the attached invention. The invention is comprised of a horizontally movable digging bucket with steel teeth having a fixed or adjustable trenching plow and an attachable/detachable boom. Due to the limitations of a front end loader's motion, the unique design of the invention will add the capability of horizontal motion for maximum efficiency. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319226 | Tethered Airborne Advertising system - A tethered airborne advertising system comprises a lifting element and a separate display structure. The lifting element includes, for example, one or more kites or lighter-than-air balloons. The display structure is lifted primarily by the lifting element, exhibits one or more advertising images and may have one or more attention-getting devices affixed to it. In certain embodiments, operation of these advertising images and attention-getting devices can be controlled remotely by way of a signal transmitter and signal receiver. Particular embodiments place the advertising images onto the display structure by way of a ground-based or onboard projector subsystem. The mounted attention-getting devises may include those capable of generating smoke, sound, music, dynamic images, or releasing environmentally friendly confetti or advertising fliers. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319227 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING ILLUMINATED IMAGES - Disclosed herein are systems and methods for displaying illuminated images. In some embodiments a light box is capable of receiving a wide variety of images, which may be changed as desired by a user. The light box may be framed independently for wall hanging or display on a stand, or incorporated within or attached to pieces of furniture, including but not limited to beds, dressers, changing tables, book shelves, chests of drawers, toy chests, and the like. In various embodiments, the light box may include a dimmer, a timed dimmer, a motion sensor, and/or equipment for playing music or generating white noise. In certain embodiments, a single light box may be used, while in other embodiments a plurality of light boxes and/or digital picture frames may be used. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319228 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SELLING A PROPERTY - A magnetic sign and accompanying method for advertising a property is described. A sign with property information, and/or an owner/seller's contact information is magnetically attached to an automobile, effectively creating a mobile advertisement for a personal property. The inventive method may be utilized by private sellers, selling personal property, or by a larger entity, such as a real estate company. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319229 | ORBITAL SIGN ASSEMBLY - A sign assembly for securing a sign to a cable. The sign assembly comprises a cylindrical saddle with an exterior surface, a hollow core and an elongated slot. The saddle comprises at least one pair of longitudinally-aligned ridges elongated longitudinally along the exterior surface. The sign assembly comprises a pivot arm rotationally secured between the at least one pair of longitudinally-aligned ridges on the cylindrical saddle exterior surface and a sign mount secured to the pivot arm. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319230 | LABEL CARRIER - A label carrier includes a pin-shaped part for pushing through an opening provided in a label. To ensure the correct position of the label with respect to the label carrier, it is proposed to provide a further part in the vicinity of the pin to which the label is attached which further part is inserted into a further opening of the label in such a manner that the label can no longer easily rotate about the pin. The support on which the pins are provided may be a stick inserted into a plant pot or a carrier therefor which can be attached to the plant pot. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319231 | HAND GUARD ATTACHMENT SYSTEM FOR FIREARMS - A hand guard attachment assembly for a firearm having a barrel and a receiver fastened to the barrel by a barrel nut. The hand guard attachment assembly includes a forearm having a monolithic mounting rail/hand guard that is removably connected to the receiver. The monolithic rail/hand guard interfaces with an integral multi-slot mounting portion of the receiver. A cinch block is mated to the slots of the receiver and held in place by the monolithic rail/hand guard. A tension block is mated at one end of the monolithic rail/hand guard and is attached to the cinch block by a fastener to securely hold the monolithic rail/hand guard in place. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319232 | Flexible fasteners for use in rifle construction - A rifle construction includes an action and barrel that seat within a stock. The action is fastened to the stock with flexible fasteners that allow the action to seat properly and maintain alignment in the presence of recoil forces or other forces acting on the fasteners. The fasteners can thus compensate for forces created by misalignment during assembly, temperature changes and/or recoil without adversely affecting the zero of the firearm. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319233 | FRAME SCRATCH PREVENTION TOOL - A method of assembling a pistol includes coupling a tool to the pistol such that a portion of the pistol is interposed within a retaining aperture formed within the tool, interposing a first portion of a slide stop within an aperture formed within the frame of the pistol, interposing a second portion of the slide stop within a notch formed within the frame, and urging the second portion of the slide stop to contact the tool to prevent a scratch on a portion of the pistol that is prone to being scratched by the second portion of the slide stop. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319234 | Sighting System - A sighting assembly is configured for use on a firearm in long-range sighting applications and broadly comprises proximal and distal sights. The sights present various sighting surfaces including at least a pair of complemental surfaces that, when viewed along a sighting direction, are opposed to one another. The distal sight presents a radially outer one of the opposed sighting surfaces and the proximal sight presents a radially inner one of the opposed sighting surfaces. The opposed surfaces cooperatively present at least one aiming window for accurately aligning the sights and viewing a target. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319235 | Remote fishing system - A platform (e.g. a floating vessel) on or adjacent to the surface of a body of water is equipped with one or more fishing devices (e.g. a fishing rod and reel) that feeds out and reels in fishing line, at least one video camera, a satellite transmission and receiving unit, a cellular telephone signal transmission and receiving unit and robotic controls for operating the fishing device. A user (i.e. an angler) at a remote personal computer communicates with the platform on the Internet via satellite and/or cellular wireless telephone signals and is able to operate the fishing device with the use of a keyboard, computer mouse and/or a fishing remote controller (i.e. a mock fishing rod and reel). The video camera allows the remotely located angler to view live video feeds of the fishing experience via the Internet, including the platform, fishing device and a fish caught on the line, on the angler's personal computer monitor. A real person (i.e. a mate) or a robot on the platform attaches artificial or real bait and hooks to the line, changes fishing line and terminal tackle when necessary, and releases any fish that are caught on the angler's line. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319236 | Apparatus For Grabbing Fish - There is disclosed a fish grabbing device that automatically grabs a fish when the fish explores, strikes or attempts to eat the bait. The grabber may include a coiled body having pointed ends that are held together by detents. When the fish explores the grabber and accompanying bait, the fish trips a trigger, which causes the movement of grabber ends such that they expand within the fish's mouth, thereby catching the fish. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319237 | AUDIBLE FISHING WEIGHT - An audible fishing weight has a striker is constrained for reciprocating linear motion relative to at least one anvil face between upper and lower limits of the motion. The striker and anvil face are adapted and arranged to produce fish-attractive sound when the striker contacts the anvil face at the lower limit of the striker linear motion with respect to the anvil face. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319238 | RODENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A rodent management station has a housing with an interior space and includes a base and a lid that define at least in part the interior space of the housing. The lid is positionable relative to the base between a closed configuration of the station in which the interior space is substantially enclosed, and an opened configuration of the station in which the interior space is accessible for servicing. The housing has an entry opening through which rodents enter the interior space of the housing. The lid includes a pair of spaced fins and the base includes a pair of spaced slots. Each of the slots are sized and configured for receiving one of the fins in the closed configuration of the station to thereby facilitate alignment of the lid with the base and to inhibit lateral movement of the lid with respect to the base. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319239 | PEST CONTROL BAIT STATION - A pest control bait station having separated bait reservoirs for holding different kinds of bait. The bait station has raised regions with pest access apertures. Each aperture is aligned with at least a portion of a pest conveyance structure extending from the base walls of the reservoirs, providing a space for the pest to enter and exit the bait station. The bait in each reservoir is prevented from contacting bait in any other reservoir. At least one reservoir may contain a liquid bait, and at least one reservoir may contain a dry bait. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319240 | SUCTION TRAP FOR COLLECTING RESTING MOSQUITOES - A method and apparatus are disclosed that can sample a wide variety of mosquitoes attempting to rest. Because all mosquitoes rest daily, biases of typical mosquito traps are avoided, such as targeted collections of host-seeking mosquitoes or gravid female mosquitoes. A particular advantage is the inclusion of blood-engorged mosquitoes in the resting collections. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes an open-sided pot designed to attract mosquitoes seeking a daytime resting location. The mosquitoes that enter a dark space of the pot are aspirated into a screened collection receptacle by means of a battery-powered fan. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319241 | FUEL PRODUCTION METHOD, FUEL PRODUCTION APPARATUS, AND FUEL OIL - A fuel production method and a fuel production apparatus, for producing fuel by which the fuel efficiency can be improved and the generation of hazardous substances can be easily suppressed and which is stable, and fuel oil produced by such a method and apparatus are provided. This improves the satisfaction of users, and contributes to the prevention of environmental destruction. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319242 | EBULLATING BED METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF BIOCOMPONENT FEEDSTOCKS - Processes are provided for producing a diesel fuel product having a sulfur content of 15 wppm or less (e.g., 10 wppm or less) from feed sources that include a biocomponent feedstock. The biocomponent feedstock can be initially co-processed with a mineral feed in a fluidized bed stage, such as an ebullating bed processing stage. Ebullating bed processing can mitigate the impact of the biocomponent feed on other hydrotreatment aspects of a diesel boiling range feed. Challenged biocomponent feeds can be handled by introducing the biocomponent feed into the ebullating bed reactor in a manner that reduces the fouling impact of the feed. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319243 | COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING COMBUSTION IMPROVERS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to a gasoline combustion improver comprising an organic nitro compound with C—NO | 2010-12-23 |
20100319244 | SPECIFIC POLYISOBUTENEAMINES AND THEIR USE AS DETERGENTS IN FUELS - Polyisobuteneamines of the general formula R | 2010-12-23 |
20100319245 | Fuel pellet and method of producing fuel pellet - An ignitable combustible fuel pellet and a method for manufacturing an ignitable combustible fuel pellet are disclosed. The ingredients of the fuel pellet are ground shelled corn, an igniting agent for facilitating continued combustion of the fuel pellet, a bonding agent for bonding the ingredients together, and an anti-caking agent for promoting flowability of the ingredients during the manufacture of the food pellet. The method of forming the food pellet comprises the steps of grinding shelled corn in a hammer mill, mixing the shelled corn with the other ingredients in a grinding mill, and pressing the combined ingredients in a pellet mill. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319246 | Horticultural Therapy Apparatus and Method - A horticultural therapy apparatus is accessible to a practitioner who occupies a wheelchair. The horticultural therapy apparatus presents a raised and stable working surface that can be easily accessed by a person in a wheelchair or by a person otherwise operating with impaired or limited mobility. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319247 | FLOWER ANCHORING DEVICE - A flower anchoring device for use in holding and supporting at least one predetermined floral arrangement is provided. Such device is securable to a predetermined ground surface to display such at least one predetermined floral arrangement. Such device includes a base member manufactured from a first predetermined material. Such base member includes a first substantially elongated end for insertion into a predetermined location in such predetermined ground surface for anchoring such device in such predetermined location, a second end having a predetermined shape, and a securing mechanism operably connected to such second end for releasably securing such at least one predetermined floral arrangement to such second end of such base member. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319248 | DEVICE TOTRASFER AND STORE FRESHWATER, COLLECT RAINFALL & GROW VEGETATION - A device, system, and method of transfer and store fresh water on the sea surface, to collect rain fall occurring on the sea, and to grow vegetation on the sea through discharged fresh water from rivers and above collected rain water are disclosed. In one embodiment, a device includes a floating channel to transfer fresh water is made of flexible plastic film separator surrounded by a leak detection chambers with sensing electrodes, a rain water collecting film held up by floats to collect rain water falling on the sea is coupled to the floating channel, a flexible film separator held by floats having storage of fresh water is used to grow vegetation to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, and a towing system to ensure a correct designated position of the floating channel giving dynamic stabilization controlled through a triangulation technique based on a radio transmitter's location on a coast. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319249 | FLUID RELEASE VALVE USING FLEXIBLE FLUID PERMEABLE MEMBRANE - A gas release device that includes a reservoir of pressurised gas and a passageway from said reservoir to an outlet. There is an elastic gas permeable membrane in the passageway that allows gas release only via the membrane. A gas impermeable member is provided in the passageway that includes an interface positioned to contact said gas permeable membrane. Displacement of the gas permeable membrane is responsive to the pressure of the gas in the reservoir such that there is a greater interfacial contact between the gas impermeable member and the gas permeable membrane at a higher gas pressure than at lower pressure to thereby vary the exposed cross sectional area of the permeable membrane available to the flow in an inverse relationship to pressure. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319250 | METHODS FOR INDIVIDUALIZING TRICHOMES - Methods for individualizing trichomes are provided. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319251 | FALLOW-FREE AEROBIC GARDEN - A fallow-free aerobic garden having sufficient water and oxygen supply can be applied to an artificial garden in the air and a conventional garden on the ground. A gravel layer is laid as a bottom layer of the garden. An air tube is arranged in the gravel layer. A net layer is arranged onto the gravel layer. A cultivation soil is laid onto the net layer. A water tube is arranged in the cultivation soil. Net covers are wrapped around each air vent and water outlet formed to the air tube and the water tube. Air is supplied by the air tube under a predetermined air pressure and a predetermined volume of water is supplied by the water tube under a predetermined water pressure so that an appropriate environment for growing fruits and vegetables is formed to the artificial garden. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319252 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ROBOTIC OCEAN FARMING FOR FOOD AND ENERGY - A robotic ocean farm includes a plant support means such as a grid, with a submersible towing system incorporating means for navigation of the support grid in the open ocean, and means for positioning of the support grid in a first surfaced position for sunlight exposure of the plants and a second submerged position for nutrient gathering by the plants. The submersible towing system incorporates one or more tow boats connected to a forward periphery of the grid, each of the tow boats incorporating a propulsion system for navigation of the grid and maintaining lateral tension in the forward periphery of the grid. Additionally, one or more reaction boats are connected to an aft periphery of the grid. Each of the reaction boats incorporates a propulsion system for maintaining lateral tension in the aft periphery of the grid and reacting in concert with the tow boats to maintain longitudinal tension in the grid. A system for harvesting multiple independently operating farms incorporates a harvesting station which is placed or positions itself to meet the farms at predetermined locations during their voyage to harvest and replenish the plants carried on the farm grid. Base stations, separately or as a part of the harvesting station, communicate with the farms provide mutual support and informational exchange for optimized operation of the farms. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319253 | PROCESS AND PLANT FOR REFINING RAW MATERIALS CONTAINING ORGANIC CONSTITUENTS - A process for refining raw materials containing oil and/or bitumen includes supplying water and the raw materials to an expulsion stage and/or an expulsion stage and a downstream gasification stage to obtain solids containing non-evaporated fractions of heavy hydrocarbons and to expel hydrocarbonaceous vapour. The expelled hydrocarbonaceous vapour is supplied to a processing stage and is further processed to expel hydrocarbonaceous vapour to obtain processing stage products which are separated and withdrawn. The solids from the expulsion stage and/or the expulsion stage and the downstream gasification stage are introduced into a combustion stage. The non-evaporated fractions of heavy hydrocarbons are burned in the combustion stage to obtain hot solids which are recirculated from the combustion stage into the expulsion stage and/or the downstream gasification stage. An oxidizing atmosphere of the combustion stage is separated from an atmosphere of the expulsion stage and/or the downstream gasification stage using a blocking device. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319254 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR SEPARATING CARBON DIOXIDE FROM SYNGAS - A system for use in separating carbon dioxide and acid gas from syngas includes a syngas purification circuit that includes at least one adsorption tower coupled in flow communication to a supply of lean solvent. The system further includes a carbon dioxide removal circuit coupled downstream from the syngas purification circuit. The carbon dioxide removal circuit includes at least one component that facilitates the removal of carbon dioxide from the solvent after the solvent has passed through the syngas purification circuit. The carbon dioxide removal circuit also includes at least one compressor, wherein the at least one component and the at least one compressor are operable at substantially similar pressures. In addition, the system includes an acid gas removal circuit that is coupled downstream from the carbon dioxide removal circuit. The acid gas removal circuit includes at least one adsorption tower. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319255 | PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCTION OF SYNTHESIS GAS - System(s) and process(es) are provided to produce synthesis gas from feedstock through, in part, multi-phased gasification and steam reformation. In the multi-phased gasification, an amount of feedstock is supplied to a pyrolysis chamber in which high-pressure pyrolysis at a first temperature reforms into gas at least a portion of the amount of feedstock; the gas includes synthesis gas (syngas). An amount of feedstock by-product that results from the high-pressure pyrolysis is conveyed to a solids reactor functionally coupled to the pyrolysis chamber. At least a portion of the amount of feedstock by-product is reformed into syngas at high-pressure and a second temperature within the solids reactor; an amount of disposable solids is ejected from the solids reactor. Gas produced in the pyrolysis chamber or syngas produced in the solids reactor is saturated via steam reformation and cleaned. Clean syngas is supplied for fuel production. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319256 | PRESENCE DETECTOR FOR A DOOR ASSEMBLY - A presence detector for a door assembly which includes a door closing a door entrance is described herein. The detector includes a transducer assembly mounted to the door assembly for emitting at least one ultrasound detecting beam adjacent the door entrance and for triggering a detecting signal indicative of a body located adjacent the door entrance when the body intersects the at least one ultrasound detecting beam and a controller for receiving information indicative of a position of the door and for controlling the emission of the at least one detecting beam accordingly with the position of the door. The detector assembly operates in crossing, ranging or dual modes. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319257 | HIGH TORQUE MOVABLE BARRIER ACTUATION AT LOW SPEEDS UTILIZING A HUB MOTOR - The present invention is a system for high torque operation of a movable barrier utilizing a compact hub motor device, which may be directly coupled to a movable barrier without the use of additional gearing systems. The flat geometry provides high dynamic acceleration with short electrical and mechanical time constants, and its planetary gearing system implemented within the device allows for compact, more efficient access systems. Eliminating a gear system in accordance with the present invention lowers maintenance requirements, increases efficiency, and streamlines operation of movable barriers. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319258 | TILT-UP DOOR - A tilt-up door for a building having a relatively wide door opening having a door frame including top and bottom horizontal members and vertical side members connected to the top and bottom horizontal members. The vertical side members can have a horizontally extending pivot shaft tube positioned between the top and bottom horizontal members, and outwardly extending cam followers adjacent to the top horizontal member. U-shaped channels can extend vertically along opposite sides of the door opening with the U-shaped channels facing each other and the door opening. The U-shaped channels can have generally horizontal track members extending from the top edge of the door opening and the horizontal tracks can have a curved cam surface. Carriages each including a horizontal pivot shaft journal can be positioned in the U-shaped channels for vertical movement in the U-shaped channels. Pivot shafts can rotatably connect a pivot shaft tube to a pivot shaft journal with the outwardly extending cam followers engaging one of the cam surfaces. An actuator can be connected to the carriages to move the carriages in the U-shaped channels. The tilt-up door is mounted for vertical movement and for tilting movement about the horizontal axis of the pivot shafts in the door opening when the actuator is operated to move the carriages vertically in the U-shaped channels and the first and second cam followers along the respective cam surfaces to tilt the door to a generally horizontal position as the door is moved vertically upward. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319259 | POWERLESS HELICAL LOCKING MECHANISM FOR DOOR - A powerless helical locking mechanism for door includes a screw ( | 2010-12-23 |
20100319260 | HINGE FOR AUTOMATICALLY-CLOSING DOOR WHICH OPENS IN BOTH DIRECTIONS AND STRUCTURE FOR DOOR WHICH OPENING IN BOTH DIRECTIONS - A hinge for automatically-closing a door which opens in both directions with a shock absorbing function, which allows installation on a door which opens in both directions and is opened inward and outward, including a cylinder | 2010-12-23 |
20100319261 | ELECTRIC SWING PLUG DOOR OPERATOR WITH AUXILIARY DOOR LOCKING MECHANISM - The invention is directed to an electric swing plug door operator with a remotely powered auxiliary lock mechanism, door striker, catch and manual release system for use on light to medium duty shuttle or utility vehicles. The swing plug door system includes a door operator and base plate assembly, a shaft and arm assembly, a guide rod assembly, a lower shaft pivot, a door panel with a leading edge catch and lock striker assembly, an auxiliary lock and a manual release cable. The auxiliary lock assembly includes a lock bar engaging the lock striker mounted to the trailing edge of the door panel when the door reaches the fully closed position. The door operator includes a manual release lever and gear motor subassembly to drive the door system linkage and to manually disengage the door linkage and lock assembly to gain manual egress from the vehicle. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319262 | POWERED GATE - A disclosed example powered gate assembly includes an actuator disposed within a post integral to the gate assembly. The post also includes a drive mechanism for moving the gate assembly between open and closed positions. The actuator and drive mechanism are completely disposed within the gate. The integral construction of the first post and therein the actuator provides a substantially complete automated gate assembly that is ready for installation. The actuator and drive mechanism are disposed within a post of the gate assembly and therefore are protected from the elements and undesired tampering. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319263 | HIGH TORQUE GEARLESS ACTUATION AT LOW SPEEDS FOR SWING GATE, ROLL-UP GATE, SLIDE GATE, AND VEHICULAR BARRIER OPERATORS - The invention is a system for gearless operation of a movable barrier utilizing Lorentz forces, and in particular, a movable barrier operator retrofitted with a gearless motor capable of high torque at very low speeds. Eliminating a gear system in accordance with the present invention lowers maintenance requirements, increases efficiency, and streamlines operation of any movable barrier. By utilizing a motor which produces high-torque at low a speeds a system in accordance with the present invention does away with the need for complicated gears and pulley systems in order to achieve control of movable barriers. The present invention allows manufacturers, distributors and consumers to implement movable barrier systems with much more versatility and efficiency. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319264 | SLIDING DOOR DEVICE - The invention relates to a sliding door device including: a slider mounted to the sliding door so as to be movable on the rail; a lever provided in the slider so that a middle part thereof would be rotatable; a first roller provided on one end side of the lever so as to be rotatable on the rail; a recess formed in the rail so that the first roller would fall thereinto before the sliding door reaches a completely closed position, the recess having a rising wall surface of the rail being in a direction intersecting with a rotating surface of the first roller, the rising wall surface capable of coming into contact with the first roller; and a cable mounted to the sliding door for driving the sliding door to a closing direction when the cable is pulled. The cable is connected to the other end side of the lever and causes the lever to rotate in a direction that the first roller pushes the rail when the cable is pulled. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319265 | Hinge - The invention relates to a device having a component ( | 2010-12-23 |
20100319266 | HINGES - A hinge set (and associated methodology and resultant hung doors or windows) where the leaf of each hinge sleeved component is, or is to be, leafwise received in, and is, or to be, screwed into, a different cavity, yet allowing aligned sleeve meshing for pin insertion. Its use allows the leaf to be largely concealed even when the doors or windows are open. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319267 | REPLACEMENT WINDOW AND DOOR SEALING FIN AND METHOD - The sealing fin is elongated, and includes a central fin portion intersecting a crosspiece portion perpendicular thereto, thus generally forming a “T” shape in a preferred embodiment and an “L” shape in another. The sealing fin may be folded into a flat position and easily rolled. In one aspect of the present invention, the sealing fin has an adhesive layer on one or more surfaces. In another aspect of the present invention, the sealing fin is rigid. In another aspect of the present invention, the sealing fin has a rectangular configuration with a hinged portion. The invention provides a method to install a sealing fin in a continuous fashion around a window or door opening. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319268 | METHOD FOR OBTAINING A CRITERION FOR DETECTING OBSTACLES TO THE CLOSURE OF AN OPENING - The invention relates to a method for obtaining a criterion for detecting obstacles in a closure movement of a motor-driven opening. The obtaining method includes the step of determining a speed of rotation of a motor shaft and the step of determining a quantity representative of a motor voltage. The detection criterion is then obtained by a step for calculating the criterion according to the speed of rotation of the motor shaft and the quantity representative of the motor voltage. This makes it possible to obtain a criterion, which is both robust and inexpensive, for detecting obstacles in a closure movement of a motor-driven opening. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319269 | SHAPED ABRASIVE PARTICLES WITH LOW ROUNDNESS FACTOR - Shaped abrasive particles comprising alpha alumina and having a cross-sectional shape along a longitudinal axis of the shaped abrasive particles, the cross-sectional shape comprising a non-circular cross-sectional plane, and the shaped abrasive particles comprise an Average Roundness Factor of between about 15% to 0%. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319270 | EXTENDABLE STRUCTURE - An extendable structure which may be used in space-based applications, for example forming the body of a telescope. The structure is movable between a stowed configuration and an extended configuration, and comprises a plurality of walls arranged to give a polygonal cross-section in the extended configuration. Each wall comprises a plurality of repeating units which are connected by a plurality of hinges. Each repeating unit itself comprises a plurality of sections connected by pluralities of first and second hinges, and in the extended configuration, each of the first hinges lies between two second hinges with the second hinges having axes which are inclined with respect to the first hinge axis. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319271 | Ductile Seismic Shear Key - A ductile seismic shear key construction including a concrete support, a concrete shear key supported on the concrete support, a generally vertical reinforcement bar in and extending between the concrete support and the concrete shear key and anchored in the concrete support, and an isolation key. The isolation key is in and at the base of the concrete support and adjacent the reinforcement bar. The bar can be one of the two legs of a downwardly-disposed U-shaped bar. The other leg, if present, is also in and extends between the concrete support and the shear key and is anchored in the concrete support; and a second isolation key is in the concrete support at the base thereof and adjacent the second leg. The bars can pass through through-holes in the isolation keys, particularly for an interior shear key construction. For an exterior shear key construction the bars can be disposed in notches of the isolation key. Horizontal reinforcement bars can be placed perpendicular to the vertical bars (legs) and directly above the isolation key(s) and secured to the vertical bars. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319272 | SCREW-IN GROUND ANCHOR - A foundation driller for anchoring of components in soil is provided that includes an apparatus in which the foundation driller comprises a base body with at least one cylindrical area and at least one cutting blade that provides forward advancement, in which the base body comprises at least two cylindrical areas with different diameters, wherein the area nearer to the soil has a smaller diameter and the at least one cutting blade providing forward advancement is attached at the area nearer to the soil and has an even incline. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319273 | Metal Fin Pipe Foundation Apparatus and Method - Disclosed are a metal fin pipe foundation apparatus and method for airport approach lighting and method of making, using, and installing a metal fin pipe foundation for airport approach lighting. The metal fin pipe foundation (MFPF) of the present invention requires a small 16 inch diameter hole to be drilled approximately 8 feet deep. The MFPF, in one aspect, consists of 16 inch diameter schedule 30 pipe 6 feet long with two (2) ⅜ inch thick flat plate fins which are 6 feet, in length, and which are welded to the 16 inch schedule 30 pipe. A top plate 5 feet in length, 1 foot 6 inches in width, and ¾ inch thick is attached by welding the top plate to the top of the 16 inch pipe and the top of the ⅜ inch fins. After the MFPF of the present invention is completely fabricated, it is dipped in hot galvanizing to protect the raw steel. This coating of galvanizing protects the MFPF for 75 years. The MFPF of the present invention can be fabricated off site and shipped to the airport ready for installation. The 16 inch diameter hole is drilled, which requires soil being extracted from the hole, and the soil is placed next to the drilled shaft hole to be placed back into the 16 inch diameter pipe after the MFPF is installed. The 16 inch diameter pipe is used as the unction box for housing the electrical transformer to provide power to the structure to be mounted to the top plate of the MFPF of the present invention. The MFPF then is installed by pushing it into the previous 16 inch drilled hole, which acts as a guide to keep it perfectly straight as it is being installed. The structure of the present invention can be immediately erected and ready for use within 6 hours. The present invention eliminates large excavation, removes soil by trucking, placing of reinforced rods, trucking of concrete, and placing of concrete during off hours and requires twenty-eight (28) days for curing before the foundation can be used. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319274 | SHOCK-ABSORBING TIE BRACE - A shock-absorbing tie brace has a central member and an outer frame. The central member has two ends and multiple neck portions. The neck portions are formed between the ends to form at least one enlarged portion between the neck portions. Each neck portion has a height (Hn) relative to the central line smaller than a height (He) of each one of the at least one enlarged portion, and a proportion of the height (Hc) of each neck to the height (He) of any one of the at least one enlarged portion is o.1 to 0.99. The outer frame is mounted around and encloses the central member. Accordingly, the shock-absorbing tie brace has an excellent capability for bearing buckling load and is not easily bent or buckled. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319275 | Vapor Barrier With Valve For A Building - A vapor barrier for sealing an interior of a building from an insulation cavity defined by framing members of the building includes a flexible and substantially impermeable sheet having apertures to allow air to exit the insulation cavity during filling of the insulation cavity with loose fill insulation. The vapor barrier also includes one-way valves mounted across the apertures. The valves are configured to allow air flow out of the insulation cavity and into the building interior through the apertures and to prevent air flow and moisture diffusion from the building interior into the insulation cavity. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319276 | TOWER ELEMENT - The invention concerns a tower element for a tower, preferably for a wind power plant, where several tower elements with an outer surface and an inner surface are mounted on top of each other, where the periphery of the tower element is made up of a number of segments provided with inwardly facing flanges at the longitudinal sides, the flanges being connected to corresponding flanges on laterally arranged segments. The individual segments are made with an overlap on the outer surface in the transverse joints and with a butt joint at the inwardly facing flanges. By the invention there is achieved flexibility in production and during transport and mounting. With an overlap on the outer surface between two segments, mechanical joining can be performed between two segments in transverse direction. This mechanical joint between two segments results in a more stable construction and a rigidity substantially corresponding to the rigidity that may be achieved in segments joined by welding. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319277 | MODULAR STRUCTURAL FRAMING SYSTEM - The present invention generally relates to a modular, structural framing system. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319278 | Prefabricated staircase and finishing arrangement and installation method therefor - A staircase of skeletal form is prefabricated and is provided with prefabricated decorative cladding finishing plates for the treads, the risers and the stringer boards, the plates being pre-drilled for ease of assembly, a plurality of finishing plates can be preassembled, or factory assembled, together before installation over a portion of the prefabricated staircase, and the installation method thereof. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319279 | Modular Building Block System and Method of Manufacture - A block for use in a building panel includes a plurality of layer components. Each of the layer components is separately formed from the others. Each of the layer components provides a load-bearing support function, an environmental protection function, and/or a utility function. The constructive material used to form each of the layer components and a configuration of each of the layer components are selected so as to allow the building panel to meet at least one predetermined criteria when the block is disposed in the building panel and coupled to other blocks. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319280 | Precast Temporary Facility Structure and a Construction Method for the Same - The present invention relates to a precast temporary facility structure composed of segment members which is manufactured in a predetermined shape in advance at a factory and disposed close to the inner side of a temporary facility wall by fixing means and filled with concrete, and connectors integrally connected to the ends of the segment structures by coupling means to connect the segment members. Accordingly, it is possible to achieve sufficient support force for a long span temporary facility wall having a large entire length and reduce time for curing concrete by the precast, such that it is possible to reduce the construction period. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319281 | Floor Through Assembly with Adjustable Drain - A trough assembly with adjustable drain is provided. The trough assembly is designed to address seepage problems associated with traditional drain and trough industry standard installation methods. The trough assembly includes a drain assembly. The drain assembly includes a seepage flange. The seepage flange includes a collar having open-ended slots. These slots are configured to cooperate with coupling protrusions to allow for adjustability of the drain assembly. This adjustability allows for accommodation of construction errors, including, but not limited to, variations in the elevation of the finished floor elevation. The seepage flange is also configured to collect seepage fluids into the central aperture of the drain assembly. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319282 | Floor Panel Containing A Polymer And Cork - A vinyl floor panel for a flooring system prepared from a blend of a polymer and cork granules. The floor panel includes top and bottom surfaces with a first layer between both surfaces. A printed pattern is located on the top surface. The first layer is prepared from a blend of a polymer polyvinyl chloride and cork granules, where the cork granules are evenly distributed with the polyvinyl chloride throughout the length, width, and thickness of the first layer. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319283 | Foam filling member - A foam filling member that can hold a foam sheet in a looped shape stably, without increasing the number of components, to provide improved vibration suppression and sound insulation. The strip-like foam sheet is formed in a looped shape by bending round it, so that both end portions of the foam sheet are overlapped with each other in a thickness direction thereof to form an overlapped portion therein. Then, insertion shafts of a clip are inserted through the overlapped portion, so that the overlapped portion is held in sandwich relation between a base portion and a head portion to form a foam filling member. Then, a supporting portion of the fixing portion of the clip is inserted in a fixing hole of an inner panel and fixed to the inner panel. After the inner panel and an outer panel are welded, the foam filling member is foamed, cross-linked, and cured by heating in a drying line process at the baking finish, to thereby produce the foam, whereby the interior space of the pillar is filled up with the foam, leaving no space therein. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319284 | Foam filling member - A foam filling member that can hold a foam sheet in a looped shape stably, without increasing the number of components, to provide improved vibration suppression and sound insulation. The strip-like foam sheet is formed in a looped shape by bending round it, so that both end portions of the foam sheet are overlapped with each other in a thickness direction thereof to form an overlapped portion therein. Then, insertion shafts of a clip are inserted through the overlapped portion, so that the overlapped portion is held in sandwich relation between a base portion and a head portion to form a foam filling member. Then, a supporting portion of the fixing portion of the clip is inserted in a fixing hole of an inner panel and fixed to the inner panel. After the inner panel and an outer panel are welded, the foam filling member is foamed, cross-linked, and cured by heating in a drying line process at the baking finish, to thereby produce the foam, whereby the interior space of the pillar is filled up with the foam, leaving no space therein. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319285 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A FOLDABLE STRUCTURE EMPLOYING MATERIAL-FILLED PANELS - In one embodiment, the present invention can include a foldable structure employing material-filled panels which can be used as an emergency shelter in disaster areas. A building can formed from one or more building blocks. The building blocks can be in a compact position, such as when being transported to a disaster area, or in an expanded position, such as when the building is ready to be built in the disaster area. In the expanded position, the building blocks can be filled with various materials such as expanding foam material. The expanding foam material can be formed from two mixing materials. In addition, the expanding foam material can have insulating properties. The building of the present invention can also be used, for example, as sheds, tree houses, and/or permanent housing. The building blocks can have marine applications and/or military application due to their light weight, yet, ballistic nature. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319286 | INSULATING PLATE/STUDDED PLATE WITH ADHESIVE ABSORBENT QUALITIES - A studded plate ( | 2010-12-23 |
20100319287 | FIRE-BARRIER SYSTEMS HAVING MALE AND FEMALE COUPLING ENDS PROVIDING FOR ONE-STEP DROP-IN INSTALLATION INTO STRAIGHT-LINE AND INTERSECTING EXPANSION-SPACES - Fire-barriers systems, including pre-assembled intersection and straight-line fire-barriers having either male-coupling ends, female-coupling ends or both types provide for the elimination of on-site cutting and construction for easy, rapid, and safe one-step, drop-in installation and coupling. Both the intersection and straight-line fire-barriers are constructed as single-piece continuous units for use in intersection spaces formed by intersection of expansion-joint-spaces and in straight-line architectural expansion-joint-spaces to prevent migration of gases, flame, and smoke throughout a building. Indirect attachment of the layers to each other and to their solid support brackets provides for no continuous opening throughout the barriers preventing passage of smoke, fire, and gases therethrough. Each style barrier is provided with an optional one-step, one-person, drop-in, reusable, width adjustable installation tool. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319288 | FOAM BACKED FIBER CEMENT - A method comprises: providing a fiber cement substrate, and joining a porous, closed cell foam to a substantial portion of a major surface of the fiber cement substrate. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319289 | REINFORCING SHAPE MEMBER FOR A WALL AND SYSTEM FOR CONSTRUCTION USING SAME - A reinforcing shape member for a concrete block wall, and system of construction using same, including a wall engagement portion having an integral top end engaging wall portion and an integral bottom end engaging wall portion where the top end engaging wall portion and the bottom end engage and embed into the concrete wall at various depths. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319290 | MECHANICAL LOCKING SYSTEM FOR FLOOR PANELS - Floor panels with a flexible tongue in an insertion groove, the flexible tongue is designed to cooperate, in a connected state with a tongue groove of another panel, the panels are adapted to be locked together by vertical folding, the flexible tongue has a projection portion which, in a connected state projects outside the insertion groove and cooperates with the tongue groove, said projecting portion has a bevelled and/or rounded sliding surface and the panels have a sliding surface adapted to cooperate therewith during vertical folding, the flexible tongue during the vertical folding is displaced twice in the horizontal direction, a first displacement is effected by the vertical folding of the fold panel whereby at least a part of the flexible tongue is bent, a second displacement of the flexible tongue towards its initial position is accomplished substantially by a spring effect caused by said bending of said flexible tongue. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319291 | MECHANICAL LOCKING OF FLOOR PANELS - Floor panels ( | 2010-12-23 |
20100319292 | FLOOR PANELS WITH EDGE CONNECTORS - Floor covering, including hard floor panels which, at least at the edges of two opposite sides, are provided with coupling parts, cooperating which each other, substantially in the form of a tongue and a groove, wherein the coupling parts are provided with integrated mechanical locking elements which prevent the drifting apart of two coupled floor panels in a direction (R) perpendicular to the related edges and parallel to the underside of the coupled floor panels, and provide a snap-action coupling. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319293 | FLOOR PANEL WITH THE TONGUE MORE ELASTIC THAN THE LOCKING ELEMENT - The invention relates to a panel, with a tongue on a longitudinal and a transverse edge, projecting beyond said longitudinal or transverse edge, with essentially parallel tongue surfaces and a groove on the opposing longitudinal or transverse edge, enclosed by lateral panel sections, corresponding to the tongue of an adjacent panel with essentially parallel groove edges. In order to lock two adjacent panels such as to run into each other, a projecting locking element is provided on at least one tongue surface at least in parts and in each region of (a) panel section(s) corresponding to said locking element(s) for connected panels a recess(es) is provided, whereby the region (B) of the tongue with the locking element and/or at least one of the regions of the tongue and the panel sections which are in contact on introducing the tongue into the groove, before the locking element clips into the recess, have an elastic embodiment such that said elasticity is greater than the elasticity of the locking element. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319294 | Tile Structure and Assembly for Covering Predetermined Surface - A tile structure and a tile assembly comprising a plurality of substantially equivalent, interconnected tile structures disposable in covering relation to a floor or other surface area. Each tile structure comprises outer and under layers fixedly secured in longitudinally and transversely offset relation to define a connecting groove and a connecting tongue extending along opposite longitudinal and transverse peripheral portions thereof. The connecting tongue on each of the plurality of tile structures is cooperatively dimensioned and configured to fit within the connecting groove on a next adjacently disposed tile structure. Secure interconnection between the tile structures is facilitated by a pressure sensitive or dry adhesive composition disposed on one surface at least partially within the connecting groove, while the remaining surfaces of the connecting tongue and groove are initially adhesive-free. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319295 | FOAM-CONCRETE REBAR TIE - A fastener is disclosed having a an extension portion configured to be inserted into a first construction material such as foam, and having a stirrup portion configured to retain portion of a second construction material, such as rebar at a distance from the first construction material. A third construction material such as concrete can then be inserted (poured) in contact with the first construction material and surrounding the second construction material such that the second construction material is not directly in contact with the first construction material. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319296 | TEMPORARY WATERPROOFING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems for removing water from an area where water is not desired are discussed and provided. The system can include a dam, a water collection system, and a water removal system. The dam can create a waterproof seal so that the dam is configured to define a reservoir, or retention area, capable of holding water. The water collection system can remove substantially all of the water that collects in the retention area and deposit the water in a reservoir when the water collection system is triggered by a first sensor. The water removal system can move the water collected in the reservoir to an area of safe disposal through a hose or drain when triggered by a second sensor. Other aspects, features, and embodiments of the present invention are claimed and described. | 2010-12-23 |