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20110120663 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THIN CHIP DIGESTER COOKING - A method to cook thin chips in a continuous digester vessel including: introducing thin chips having a thickness of no more than 6 mm, into a chip bin; adding white (cooking) liquor to the chip bin or to a chip transport passage extending from the chip bin to an upper inlet of the continuous digester vessel; injecting medium pressure steam or another heated fluid to an upper region of the digester vessel to elevate a cooking temperature of the chips in the vessel to at least 130 degrees Celsius; cooking the chips in the vessel as the chips flow downward through the vessel without substantial extraction or introduction of liquor in the cooking section of the vessel; injecting wash liquid to a lower region of the vessel; extracting at least wash liquid through a wash liquid extraction screen in the lower region of the vessel and above the injection of the wash liquid, and discharging the cooked thin chips from the lower region of the vessel. | 05-26-2011 |
20120211183 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO PRODUCE PULP USING PRE-HYDROLYSIS AND KRAFT COOKING - A pulp cooking system including: a cellulosic material feed system, a pre-hydrolysis reactor vessel and a Kraft cooking reactor vessel. The feed material system includes a steaming chip bin and a high pressure transfer device. The pre-hydrolysis reactor vessel maintains the feed material in a mildly acidic condition and allows hydrolysate to be extracted through screens below a hydrolysis zone in the vessel. A wash zone is below the screens and allows wash liquid to flow through the feed material in a cross-current direction. The wash liquid and hydrolysate removed from the feed material is extracted through the screens. The feed material is maintained in a mildly acidic condition through the pre-hydrolysis reactor vessel until the material enters the Kraft cooking vessel where the feed material is treated with alkaline cooking liquors. | 08-23-2012 |
20140144600 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THIN CHIP DIGESTER COOKING - An apparatus to pulp thin wood chips including: a chip screen receiving chips of comminuted cellulosic material, the screen assembly including a screening assembly which outputs thin chips; a chip bin and conveyor assembly receiving the thin chips output from the chip screen, the lower portion of the chip bin is flooded with white liquor; a continuous digester vessel having an chip inlet at an upper region of the vessel coupled to the chip bin and conveyor assembly, a cooking zone extending vertically from the upper region of the vessel to a wash zone which extends from the cooking zone to a bottom region of the vessel, and a pulp discharge outlet in the bottom region; a steam inlet at the upper region of the inlet, an upper region of the digester vessel at an elevated cooking temperature, and a screen assembly near the wash liquid inlet for the wash zone. | 05-29-2014 |
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20100155600 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PLASMA DOSE MEASUREMENT - An non-Faraday ion dose measurement device is positioned within a plasma process chamber and includes a sensor located above a workpiece within the chamber. The sensor is configured to detect the number of secondary electrons emitted from a surface of the workpiece exposed to a plasma implantation process. The sensor outputs a current signal proportional to the detected secondary electrons. A current circuit subtracts the detected secondary current generated from the sensor and subtracts it from a bias current supplied to the workpiece within the chamber. The difference between the currents provides a measurement of the ion dose current calculated in situ and during the implantation process. | 06-24-2010 |
20120000421 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR PLASMA IMMERSION ION IMPLANTATION OF A DIELECTRIC SUBSTRATE - A control apparatus for plasma immersion ion implantation of a dielectric substrate which includes an electrode disposed above a generated plasma in a plasma chamber. The electrode is biased with negative voltage pulses at a potential that is higher than a potential of a substrate or cathode configured to receive ion implantation. The electrode is more negative to give the electrons generated as secondary electrons from the electrode sufficient energy to overcome the negative voltage of the high voltage sheath around the substrate thereby reaching the substrate. These electrons are accelerated toward the substrate to neutralize charge build-up on the substrate. | 01-05-2012 |
20120175518 | TECHNIQUE AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING ION MASS, ENERGY, AND ANGLE IN PROCESSING SYSTEMS - A time-of-flight (TOF) ion sensor system for monitoring an angular distribution of ion species having an ion energy and incident on a substrate includes a drift tube wherein the ion sensor system is configured to vary an angle of the drift tube with respect to a plane of the substrate. The drift tube may have a first end configured to receive a pulse of ions from the ion species wherein heavier ions and lighter ions of the pulse of ions arrive in packets at a second end of the drift tube. An ion detector may be disposed at the second end of the ion sensor, wherein the ion detector is configured to detect the packets of ions derived from the pulse of ions and corresponding to respective different ion masses. | 07-12-2012 |
20120228515 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MASKLESS PATTERNED IMPLANTION - A method of implanting a workpiece in an ion implantation system. The method may include providing an extraction plate adjacent to a plasma chamber containing a plasma, such that the extraction plate extracts ions from the plasma through at least one aperture that provides an ion beam having ions distributed over a range of an angles of incidence on the workpiece. The method may include scanning the workpiece with respect to the extraction plate and varying a power level of the plasma during the scanning from a first power level to a second power level, wherein at a surface of the workpiece, a first beam width at a first power level is greater than a second beam width at a second power level. | 09-13-2012 |
20120280140 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING CRITICAL DIMENSION AND ROUGHNESS IN RESIST FEATURES - A method of treating a photoresist relief feature having an initial line roughness and an initial critical dimension. The method may include directing ions toward the photoresist in a first exposure at a first angular range and first dose rate and a that is configured to reduce the initial line roughness to a second line roughness. The method may also include directing ions toward the photoresist relief feature in a second exposure at a second ion dose rate greater than the first dose rate, wherein the second ion dose rate is configured to swell the photoresist relief feature. | 11-08-2012 |
20130135598 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING CRITICAL DIMENSION AND ROUGHNESS IN RESIST FEATURES - A computer readable storage medium containing program instructions for treating a photoresist relief feature on a substrate having an initial line roughness and an initial critical dimension, that, when executed cause a system to: direct ions toward the photoresist relief feature in a first exposure at a first angular range and at a first ion dose rate configured to reduce the initial line roughness to a second line roughness; and direct ions toward the photoresist relief feature in a second exposure at a second ion dose rate greater than the first ion dose rate, the second ion dose rate being configured to swell the photoresist relief feature. | 05-30-2013 |
20130146790 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CHARGE NEUTRALIZATION DURING PROCESSING OF A WORKPIECE - A processing system may include a plasma source for providing a plasma and a workpiece holder arranged to receive ions from the plasma. The processing system may further include a pulsed bias circuit electrically coupled to the plasma source and operable to switch a bias voltage supplied to the plasma source between a high voltage state in which the plasma source is biased positively with respect to ground and a low voltage state in which the plasma source is biased negatively with respect to the ground. | 06-13-2013 |
20150024580 | Method For Implant Productivity Enhancement - A method of processing a workpiece is disclosed, where the ion chamber is first coated with the desired dopant species and another species. Following this conditioning process, a feedgas, which comprises fluorine and the desired dopant, is introduced to the chamber and ionized. Ions are then extracted from the chamber and accelerated toward the workpiece, where they are implanted without being first mass analyzed. The other species used during the conditioning process may be a Group 3, 4 or 5 element. The desired dopant species may be boron. | 01-22-2015 |
20150101634 | Method Of Cleaning An Extraction Electrode Assembly Using Pulsed Biasing - A system and method of improving the performance and extending the lifetime of an ion source is disclosed. The ion source includes an ion source chamber, a suppression electrode and a ground electrode. In the processing mode, the ion source chamber may be biased to a first positive voltage, while the suppression electrode is biased to a negative voltage to attract positive ions from within the chamber through an aperture and toward the workpiece. In the cleaning mode, the ion beam is defocused so that it strikes the suppression electrode and the ground electrode. The voltages applied to the ion source chamber and the electrodes are pulsed to minimize the possibility of glitches during this cleaning mode. | 04-16-2015 |
20150354056 | Method Of Improving Ion Beam Quality In A Non-Mass-Analyzed Ion Implantation System - A method of processing a workpiece is disclosed, where the plasma chamber is first coated using a conditioning gas and optionally, a co-gas. The conditioning gas, which is disposed within a conditioning gas container may comprise a hydride of the desired dopant species and a filler gas, where the filler gas is a hydride of a Group 4 or Group 5 element. The remainder of the conditioning gas container may comprise hydrogen gas. Following this conditioning process, a feedgas, which comprises fluorine and the desired dopant species, is introduced to the plasma chamber and ionized. Ions are then extracted from the plasma chamber and accelerated toward the workpiece, where they are implanted without being first mass analyzed. In some embodiments, the desired dopant species may be boron. | 12-10-2015 |
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20100032367 | FLEXIBLE RETICULATED FOAM FLUID TREATMENT MEDIA AND METHOD OF PREPARATION - Flexible reticulated foam fluid treatment media and a method of making same. The flexible fluid treatment media includes a flexible reticulated foam substrate, a binder coating the flexible reticulated foam substrate and a plurality of particles compressed into the binder to form a durable interconnected layer of particles that are bound together and collectively fixed to the substrate. The flexible reticulated foam fluid treatment media is flexible and easily cut and shaped without damaging the particle layer to form a wide variety of shapes and sizes that lend themselves to use within an equally wide variety of pipes, conduits, ducts, skimmers, filter housings and fluid treatment devices. The method used to create the fluid treatment reticulated foam media includes the steps of coating a soft reticulated foam substrate with a binder, subjecting the coated substrate to compression forces, allowing the coated substrate surface to become tacky, coating the binder with a plurality of metal particles or metal oxides or activated carbon particles or intimate mixtures of these particles combined together, subjecting the coated substrate to compression forces using a roller or by passing the coated substrate between a pair of adjacent rollers, removing any excess metal particles, and curing the binder by air drying using ambient air or heated air, and removing any excess particles. | 02-11-2010 |
20100206799 | Liquid Filter - The fluid treatment system of the present invention includes a liquid filtering method and apparatus. Generally, the liquid filtering apparatus has a housing with at least one inlet, at least one outlet, and an internal chamber extending therebetween such that the at least one inlet and the at least one outlet are in fluid communication with the internal chamber of the housing. The liquid filtering apparatus also has a first filter disposed in the internal chamber of the housing in proximity to the at least one inlet, the first filter capable of removing particulate matter from a liquid entering the internal chamber of the housing via the inlet thereof; and a second filter disposed in the internal chamber of the housing in proximity to the at least one outlet, the second filter capable of removing dissolved impurities from the liquid entering the internal chamber of the housing via the Inlet thereof. Generally, the liquid filtering method includes the steps of providing the filtering apparatus described above, connecting the filtering apparatus to a liquid dispensing source and passing a liquid through the filtering apparatus such that the liquid passes through the at least one inlet into the internal chamber of the housing, through the first filter, through the second filter and out the at least one outlet. | 08-19-2010 |
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20120138848 | Cooling Agent For Cold Packs And Food And Beverage Containers - Safe, stable, non-toxic and recyclable cooling compositions comprising solid particulate compounds that undergo an endothermic process when mixed with water such that the resulting mixture is useful for cooling surfaces, liquids and solids. The compositions always include one or more compounds from a group consisting of endothermic compounds that contain potassium; one or more compounds from a group of endothermic compounds that contain nitrogen; and at least one compound from a group consisting of ammonium phosphate, diammonium phosphate, ammonium polyphosphate, ammonium pyrophosphate and ammonium metaphosphate such that the compound or mixture of compounds in this group is at least 1% by weight of the final composition. | 06-07-2012 |
20120144845 | Self Chilling Beverage Container With Cooling Agent Insert - A self-cooling container having an independent cooling chamber in which are utilized water-activated endothermic cooling agents, a water-activated mixer within the chamber, a simple actuation means for initiating the cooling process, a feature that facilitates the recycling of the spent cooling agents and a method for using the same. | 06-14-2012 |
20120204578 | Container Cap Containing Cooling Agent Insert - A container cap or lid or insert for use in cooling food and beverage containers having a cooling chamber in which are utilized water-activated endothermic cooling agents, a water-activated mixer within the chamber, a simple actuation means for initiating the cooling process, a feature that facilitates the recycling of the spent cooling agents and a method for using the same. | 08-16-2012 |
20130008428 | Container Cap Containing Heating Agent Insert - A container cap or lid or insert for use in heating food and beverage containers having an independent heating chamber in which are utilized a trigger capable of initiating crystallization of a super-cooled salt solution comprising: a thin metallic strip which is bendable with snap displacement having a centrally located crystallization strike zone consisting of an orifice with a saw-toothed patterned inner diameter; a simple actuation means for initiating the heating process upon contact with the strike zone; and a structure for holding the trigger in position. The independent heating chamber can be made to be a permanent fixture of the cap or lid or may be a removable insert. | 01-10-2013 |
20130025296 | Container Cap With Enhanced Shelf-Life Heating Or Cooling Agent Insert - A container cap or lid used to make a self-heating or self-cooling container having an improved shelf-life and an independent heat-transfer compartment or insert in which are utilized liquid-activated endothermic or exothermic agents, a liquid-activated mixer within the compartment, a simple actuation means for initiating the cooling or heating processes and a method for using the same. | 01-31-2013 |
20150253057 | COOLING AGENT FOR COLD PACKS AND FOOD AND BEVERAGE CONTAINERS - Safe, stable, non-toxic and recyclable cooling compositions comprising solid particulate compounds undergo an endothermic process when mixed with water such that the resulting mixture is useful for cooling surfaces, liquids and solids. The compositions always include one or more compounds from a group consisting of endothermic compounds that contain potassium; one or more compounds from a group of endothermic compounds that contain nitrogen; and at least one compound from a group consisting of ammonium phosphate, diammonium phosphate, ammonium polyphosphate, ammonium pyrophosphate and ammonium metaphosphate such that the compound or mixture of compounds in this group is at least 1% by weight of the final composition. | 09-10-2015 |
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20100229911 | High temperature, high efficiency thermoelectric module - A long life, low cost, high-temperature, high efficiency thermoelectric module. Preferred embodiments include a two-part (a high temperature part and a cold temperature part) egg-crate and segmented N legs and P legs, with the thermoelectric materials in the three segments chosen for their chemical compatibility or their figure of merit in the various temperature ranges between the hot side and the cold side of the module. The legs include metal meshes partially embedded in thermoelectric segments to help maintain electrical contacts notwithstanding substantial temperature variations. In preferred embodiments a two-part molded egg-crate holds in place and provides insulation and electrical connections for the thermoelectric N legs and P legs. The high temperature part of the egg-crate is comprised of a ceramic material capable of operation at temperatures in excess of 500° C. and the cold temperature part is comprised of a thermoplastic material having very low thermal conductivity. | 09-16-2010 |
20110062420 | Quantum well thermoelectric module - Quantum well thermoelectric modules and a low-cost method of mass producing the modules. The devices are comprised of n-legs and p-legs, each leg being comprised of layers of quantum well material in the form of very thin alternating layers. In the n-legs the alternating layers are layers of n-type semiconductor material and electrical insulating material. In the p-legs the alternating layers are layers of p-type semiconductor material and electrical insulating material. Both n-legs and p-legs are comprised of materials providing similar thermal expansion. In preferred embodiments the layers, referred to as super-lattice layers are about 4 nm to 20 nm thick. The layers of quantum well material is separated by much larger layers of thermal and electrical insulating material such that the volume of insulating material in each leg is at least 20 times larger than the volume of quantum well material. | 03-17-2011 |
20110100408 | Quantum well module with low K crystalline covered substrates - A thermoelectric module comprised of a quantum well thermoelectric material with low thermal conductivity and low electrical resitivity (high conductivity) for producing n-legs and p-legs for thermoelectric modules. These qualities are achieved by fabricating crystalline quantum well super-lattice layers on a substrate material having very low thermal conductivity. Prior to depositing the super-lattice thermoelectric layers the low thermal conductivity substrate is coated with a thin layer of crystalline semi-conductor material, preferably silicon. This greatly improves the thermoelectric quality of the super-lattice quantum well layers. In preferred embodiments the super-lattice layers are about 4 nm to 20 nm thick. In preferred embodiments about 100 to 1000 of these super-lattice layers are deposited on each substrate layer, to provide films of super-lattice layers with thicknesses of in the range of about 0.4 microns to about 20 microns on much thicker substrates. The substrates may be a few microns to a few millimeters thick. The thermoelectric films are then stacked and fabricated into thermoelectric p-legs and n-legs which in turn are fabricated into thermoelectric modules. These layers of quantum well material may in preferred embodiments be separated by much thicker layers of thermal and electrical insulating material such that the volume of insulating material in each leg is at least 20 times larger than the volume of quantum well material. | 05-05-2011 |
20120103381 | Segmented thermoelectric module with bonded legs - A segmented lead telluride egg-crate thermoelectric module. In preferred embodiments N legs and P legs are segmented into at least two segments. The segments are chosen for their figure of merit in the various temperature ranges between the hot side and the cold side of the module. In preferred embodiments a low-temperature egg-crate, molded from a liquid crystal polymer material, having very low thermal conductivity holds in place and provides insulation and electrical connections for the thermoelectric N legs and P legs at the cold side of the module. A castable ceramic capable of operation at temperatures in excess of 500° C. is used to provide electrical insulation between the legs at the hot side of the module. | 05-03-2012 |
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20150197516 | NOVEL BENZIMIDAZOLE TETRAHYDROPYRAN DERIVATIVES - Novel compounds described herein are activators of AMP-protein kinase and may be useful in the treatment, prevention and suppression of diseases mediated by the AMPKactivated protein kinase. The compounds of the present invention may be useful in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes, hyperglycemia, metabolic syndrome, obesity, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertension. | 07-16-2015 |
20150203487 | NOVEL AZABENZIMIDAZOLE TETRAHYDROFURAN DERIVATIVES - Novel compounds of the structural formula (I) are activators of AMP-protein kinase and may be useful in the treatment, prevention and suppression of diseases mediated by the AMPK-activated protein kinase. The compounds of the present invention may be useful in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes, hyperglycemia, metabolic syndrome, obesity, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertension. | 07-23-2015 |
20150210685 | NOVEL AZABENZIMIDAZOLE TETRAHYDROPYRAN DERIVATIVES - Novel compounds of the structural formula (I) are activators of AMP-protein kinase and may be useful in the treatment, prevention and suppression of diseases mediated by the AMPKactivated protein kinase. The compounds of the present invention may be useful in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes, hyperglycemia, metabolic syndrome, obesity, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertension. | 07-30-2015 |
20150218149 | NOVEL BENZIMIDAZOLE TETRAHYDROFURAN DERIVATIVES - Novel compounds of the structural formula (I) are activators of AMP-protein kinase and may be useful in the treatment, prevention and suppression of diseases mediated by the AMPK-activated protein kinase. The compounds of the present invention may be useful in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes, hyperglycemia, metabolic syndrome, obesity, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertension. | 08-06-2015 |
20150218183 | NOVEL BENZIMIDAZOLE HEXAHYDROFURO[3,2-B]FURAN DERIVATIVES - The novel benzimidazole hexahydrofuro[3,2-B]furan derivatives of the present invention are activators of AMP-protein kinase and may be useful in the treatment, prevention and suppression of diseases mediated by the AMPK-activated protein kinase. The compounds of the present invention may be useful in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes, hyperglycemia, metabolic syndrome, obesity, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertension. | 08-06-2015 |
20150284411 | NOVEL AZABENZIMIDAZOLE HEXAHYDROFURO[E,2-B]FURAN DERIVATIVES - Novel compounds of the structural formula (I) are activators of AMP-protein kinase and may be useful in the treatment, prevention and suppression of diseases mediated by the AMPK activated protein kinase. The compounds of the present invention may be useful in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes, hyperglycemia, metabolic syndrome, obesity, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertension. | 10-08-2015 |
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20100318538 | PREDICTIVE SEARCHING AND ASSOCIATED CACHE MANAGEMENT - A computer system including instructions stored on a computer-readable medium, may include a query manager configured to manage a query corpus including at least one predictive query, and a document manager configured to receive a plurality of documents from at least one document source, and configured to manage a document corpus including at least one document obtained from the at least one document source. The computer system also may include a predictive result manager configured to associate the at least one document with the at least one predictive query to obtain a predictive search result, and configured to update a predictive cache using the predictive search result, and may include a search engine configured to access the predictive cache to associate a received query with the predictive search result, and configured to provide the predictive search result as a search result of the received query, the search result including the at least one document. | 12-16-2010 |
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20140109823 | Tank Pressure Indicator - A pressure indicator system is provided for use a gas storage container. The gas storage container has an interior that stores gas, and a housing having a cavity that opens to atmosphere and which communicates with the interior of the container. A piston or diaphragm communicates with a stem that extends through the cavity and into atmosphere, with the stem having a pressure indicator provided around an upper portion of the stem. A resilient element is retained in the cavity and normally biases the piston or diaphragm towards the interior of the container. The existence of pressure in the container opposes the normal bias of the resilient element to cause the stem and its pressure indicator to extend outside the cavity. | 04-24-2014 |
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20160025266 | COMPOSITE PRESSURE TANK BOSS MOUNTING WITH PRESSURE RELIEF - Disclosed is a device and method of a system and an improved boss, the boss having a longitudinally extending body with a top surface having flange forming a planar bottom surface with a fluid connection through the boss further including a liner mounting connection (LMC) on the flange bottom surface; the LMC having a groove adapted to be threadably engaged with a liner neck; and, a migration passage fluidly connecting LMC to the fluid connection of the boss. | 01-28-2016 |
20160053945 | BREATHER LAYER FOR EXHAUSTING PERMEATE FROM PRESSURE VESSELS - Devices and methods for addressing permeation of a gas through a liner of a pressure vessel involve a porous layer between the liner and a composite shell of the pressure vessel around the liner. The porous layer provides fluid communication with atmosphere for gases that permeate through the liner. Such porous layers may be provided in a continuous wound set of fibers about the liner. Further, an inner composite structure may be provided between the liner and the porous layer to reduce the rate of permeation to the porous layer. | 02-25-2016 |
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20130095092 | RECOMBINANT HUMAN NAGLU PROTEIN AND USES THEREOF - The present invention provides compositions comprising an isolated mixture of recombinant human NaGlu proteins in which a substantial amount of the NaGlu proteins in the mixture has increased levels of phosphorylated mannose that confer the proteins to be efficiently internalized into human cells. The present invention also provides methods of producing such mixture of NaGlu proteins, vectors used in transgenesis and expression, host cells harboring such vectors, and methods of isolating and purifying the mixture of NaGlu proteins. The invention further provides methods of treating NaGlu associated diseases. | 04-18-2013 |
20140255383 | RECOMBINANT HUMAN NAGLU PROTEIN AND USES THEREOF - The present invention provides compositions comprising an isolated mixture of recombinant human NaGlu proteins in which a substantial amount of the NaGlu proteins in the mixture has increased levels of phosphorylated mannose that confer the proteins to be efficiently internalized into human cells. The present invention also provides methods of producing such mixture of NaGlu proteins, vectors used in transgenesis and expression, host cells harboring such vectors, and methods of isolating and purifying the mixture of NaGlu proteins. The invention further provides methods of treating NaGlu associated diseases. | 09-11-2014 |
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20090035405 | Extrusion head for use in extrusion-based layered deposition modeling - An extrusion head comprising at least one mounting structure, a first liquefier pump secured to the at least one mounting structure, a second liquefier pump disposed adjacent to the first liquefier pump, a toggle mechanism supported by the at least one mounting structure and configured to move the second liquefier pump relative to the first liquefier pump along a first axis, and a slot engagement assembly connected in part to the second liquefier pump for defining a range of motion for the second liquefier pump along the first axis. | 02-05-2009 |
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20140048981 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM WITH EXTENDED PRINTING VOLUME, AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - An additive manufacturing system for printing three-dimensional parts, the system comprising a heatable region, a receiving surface, a print head configured to print a three-dimensional part onto the receiving surface in a layer-by-layer manner along a printing axis, and a drive mechanism configured to index the receiving surface along the printing axis such that the receiving surface and at least a portion of the three-dimensional part out of the heated region. | 02-20-2014 |
20140159273 | FILAMENT DRIVE MECHANISM FOR USE IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM - A filament drive mechanism for use with an additive manufacturing system, the filament drive mechanism comprising first and second drive shafts engaged with each other and configured to rotate in opposing rotational directions around substantially parallel and fixed axes, where the first and second drive shafts include engagement surfaces substantially aligned with each other for engaging a filament therebetween. | 06-12-2014 |
20140159284 | LIQUEFIER ASSEMBLY FOR USE IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM - A liquefier assembly for use in an additive manufacturing system, where the liquefier assembly includes a liquefier tube, a nozzle secured to an outlet end of the liquefier tube, a heating element extending at least partially around the liquefier tube to generate a hot zone in the liquefier tube, a hollow spacer disposed in the channel; and a hollow liner disposed in the channel abutting against an upstream shoulder of the hollow spacer. | 06-12-2014 |
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20140176534 | MANAGING OBJECTIVES ASSOCIATED WITH A VIRTUAL SPACE BASED ON CHARACTERS MADE ACCESSIBLE RESPONSIVE TO CORRESPONDING TOKENS BEING DETECTED - Objectives, an environment, and/or a theme associated with a virtual space may be managed based on characters made accessible responsive to corresponding tokens being detected. Tokens, including a first token associated with a first character or a second token associated with a second character, may be detected based on signals received from one or more token readers. The first character may be made accessible in the virtual space responsive to the first token being detected and the second character may be made accessible in the virtual space responsive to the second token being detected. Responsive to one or both of the first token being detected or the second token being detected, a given objective associated with the virtual space may be effectuated in the virtual space, an environment of the virtual space may be modified, and/or a theme of the virtual space being modified. | 06-26-2014 |
20140179418 | UNLOCKING VIRTUAL ITEMS IN A VIRTUAL SPACE RESPONSIVE TO PHYSICAL TOKEN DETECTION - Virtual items may be unlocked in a virtual space responsive to physical token detection. A common virtual item repository may be provided in the virtual space. Once unlocked, a given virtual item may be accessible to multiple characters in the virtual space via the virtual item repository. Customization of a virtual space may be facilitated. The customization may be based on the virtual items accessible via the virtual item repository. | 06-26-2014 |
20140181062 | PROVIDING A COMMON VIRTUAL ITEM REPOSITORY IN A VIRTUAL SPACE - Virtual items may be unlocked in a virtual space responsive to physical token detection. A common virtual item repository may be provided in the virtual space. Once unlocked, a given virtual item may be accessible to multiple characters in the virtual space via the virtual item repository. Customization of a virtual space may be facilitated. The customization may be based on the virtual items accessible via the virtual item repository. | 06-26-2014 |
20140181507 | LINKING TOKEN DETECTION AT A SINGLE COMPUTING PLATFORM WITH A USER IDENTIFICATION TO EFFECTUATE MODIFICATIONS IN VIRTUAL SPACE INSTANCES PRESENTED VIA MULTIPLE COMPUTING PLATFORMS - Token detection at a single computing platform may be linked with a user identification to unlock content and/or effectuate modifications in virtual space instances presented via multiple computing platforms, in accordance with one or more implementations. Exemplary implementations may enhance consistency in a user's experiences of a virtual space across multiple computing platforms. | 06-26-2014 |
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