| 02nd week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 10 |
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| 20090008208 | Centrifugal clutch - A centrifugal clutch ( | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008209 | Production Method for Coned Disk Spring and Clutch Unit - A production method for coned disk springs includes: preparing a plate member; punching plural annular blanks from the plate member by pressing; and forming the blanks into coned disk springs. In the pressing, plural slits are formed at one of a peripheral portion and an inner peripheral portion of at least one of the blanks, and a smaller outer diameter blank among the blanks is punched from an inner region of a larger outer diameter blank among the blanks. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008210 | Dry-running friction lining - The invention relates to a sintered, dry-running friction lining containing no binding agent with a friction lining body comprising a metallic matrix, at least one abrasive material and at least one filler. The friction lining body has a porosity which is greater than 10%. The proportion of the at least one abrasive material in the friction lining body is at most 5% by weight. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008211 | Clutch Member and Process for Manufacturing the Same - A clutch member and a process for manufacturing the same. In the clutch member, a steel sheet has an initial composition of 0.32 to 0.38% of C, 0.15% or less of Si, 0.3 to 0.5% of Mn, and 0.16 to 0.60% of Cr, by mass; and has an initial uniformly dispersed structure of carbide with an average particle diameter of 0.1 to 1.2 μm; and is subjected to punch and subsequent heat treatment for the main body to have a tensile strength of 1307 to 1633 MPa, hardness of 400 to 500 HV, impact value of 70 J/cm | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008212 | Double Wet Clutch for Hybrid Traction Chain and Cooling Method - The invention concerns an element comprising an electrical machine ( | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008213 | Boom Pole - The present invention relates to a locking means ( | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008214 | Bill Handling Device - A bill handling machine according to one embodiment of the invention is provided with a casing having a bill insertion slot provided on a front face of the casing to enable a bill to be inserted therein; a bill feeding device having a feeding belt wound at opposite ends around at least tension rollers provided on the upstream and downstream sides respectively along the bill insertion direction, and pinch rollers in contact with the tension rollers on the upstream and downstream sides, to feed the bill inserted from the bill insertion slot along the bill insertion direction. The distance between the pinch rollers in contact with the respective tension rollers on the upstream and downstream sides is set to be shorter than the distance between the tension rollers on the upstream and downstream sides. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008215 | "MONEY ITEM DISPENSING APPARATUS" - The application relates to money item dispensing apparatus ( | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008216 | Passenger Conveyor - Provided is a passenger conveyor including a plurality of steps ( | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008217 | POSITIVE LINEAR HANDRAIL DRIVE WITH TOOTHED BELT - A passenger conveyor handrail ( | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008218 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR ACCELERATING CONVEYED ARTICLES - A belt conveyor and a method for accelerating articles conveyed atop a moving conveyor belt. The conveyor belt includes rollers that are arranged to rotate on axes transverse to the direction of belt travel. The rollers have a large-diameter portion on which conveyed articles ride and one or more smaller-diameter portions that can be engaged by a bearing surface to rotate the rollers as the conveyor belt advances in the direction of belt travel. Articles atop the large-diameter portion are propelled in the conveying direction at a speed greater than twice the forward speed of the belt. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008219 | Linear vibratory conveyor - Linear vibratory conveyor including a utility weight and a counterweight that are each vibratingly connected to a bottom plate via at least one spring element, wherein at least one piezo-electric actuator is arranged on at least one spring element for producing the opposing vibrations. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008220 | Use of an Apparatus for Adding at Least One Additive to a Reactor Interior - The invention relates to the use of an apparatus for adding at least one solid or viscous liquid additive, or an additive dispersed in solvent, to a reactor interior of a reactor for preparing crosslinked, finely divided polymers by copolymerizing
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| 20090008221 | Linear vibratory conveyor - Vibratory linear conveyor that includes a utility weight and a counterweight that can be vibratingly moved in opposing directions via a drive unit, the drive unit being coupled to the utility weight and to the counterweight and being arranged in a receiving chamber beneath the utility weight, whereby a first drive unit including an electromagnet and a second drive unit including a piezo-electric actuator can be exchangeably installed for drive units, identical types of fastening arrangements being provided and positioned identically on each drive unit for connecting to the fastening arrangement arranged on the utility weight and on the counterweight. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008222 | VIBRATORY CONVEYING APPRATUS - A vibratory conveying apparatus has a simple structure and can align and sort parts to a desired posture. The vibratory conveying apparatus comprising a conveying chute having a first conveying surface that is connected to a driving source by a leaf spring that is reciprocatingly vibrated by the driving source. The vibratory conveying apparatus also comprises a linear return chute having a second conveying surface to return sorted parts dropped from the conveying chute during alignment or another sorting process performed on the conveying chute. A deflectable motion transmitter transmits vibration from the first conveying surface of the conveying chute to the second conveying surface of the return chute. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008223 | Feed conveying apparatus - There is provided a feed conveying apparatus in which the occurrence of a trouble due to a looseness of a disk cable is certainly prevented and feed is efficiently and stably conveyed into a feed conveying path by the disk cable without being left in the path. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008224 | LOW FRICTION, DIRECT DRIVE CONVEYOR WITH A RAKED TOOTH DRIVE - A conveyor includes an endless belt having teeth with drive faces raked away from the direction of travel. The conveyor also includes a drive pulley having sheaves with drive faces raked toward the direction of travel. The drive faces on the sheaves engage the drive faces on the teeth to move the belt and the raked angle tends to pull the belt inwardly. A stationary foot assists removing a driven tooth from its corresponding sheave. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008225 | Conveyor Apparatus and System - Typical roller conveyors suffer from excess noise and frequent maintenance due to worn rollers and roller bearings. Continuous loop belt conveyors solve some of these problems, but still suffer from an inability to change the width of the conveyor belt without significant rework or adjustment. Although a narrower belt can be used without major adjustment, prior continuous loop conveyor systems still suffer from belt drift. To alleviate these problems, a belt conveyor system that easily adjusts to accommodate continuous loop belts of varying widths is provided. The system comprises a rigid conveyor frame having at least one pair of generally parallel side walls traversed by one or more support brackets. The support brackets are secured to the conveyor frame. Additionally, one or more belt guides, having at least one surface for guiding a conveyor belt, are secured to the support brackets. The system further comprises one or more belt supports each having a substantially horizontal surface for guiding the conveyor belt, wherein the belt supports are secured to the support brackets. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008226 | Motion switch - There is provided a mechanical motion switch whose structure is simple, which is a microminiature, which can be used for a long time even in a such a severe environment as a high temperature state, and whose reliability is high. A ceramic-made pedestal of an approximately rectangular shape is fixed to a board and, in the pedestal, there is formed a reverse L-letter shape groove continuous with a base end face and an upside face. A high elasticity wire having an electrical conductivity is fitted and fixed to the groove while being bent, and has a lead penetrating through the board and an arm part extended in a direction horizontal to the board, and a tip part of the arm part is made an action end. In the action end, there is formed, in a position separated from the board, a metal-made deadweight movable by a swing by an elasticity of the arm part. On the board just below the deadweight, there is provided a contact having the electrical conductivity, which is support-fixed to the board by a lead. And, the pedestal, the arm part, the deadweight and the contact are covered by a case. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008227 | Motion switch - An ultracompact, highly reliable mechanical type motion switch is provided which can be used for long periods of time even in severe environments such as in a high-temperature state. A motion switch has a bottomed cylindrical metallic case and a lower cover which is pressed fitted and secured in the metallic case. Two leads are penetratingly provided in the lower cover, each lead being supported and fixed in the lower cover and electrically insulated from the lower cover by a hermetic seal. Each lead extends from the lower cover toward a side of an innermost wall up to a predetermined position spaced apart from the innermost wall. A metallic ball is disposed between the innermost wall and each detecting end at a distal end of each lead so as to be movable therebetween. A coil spring having a proximal end secured to the lower cover is disposed inside the metallic case so as to surround the two leads. A distal end portion of the coil spring resiliently presses the metallic ball toward the inner wall side by its resilient force. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008228 | POWER SAVING DEVICE FOR POWER SOURCE - The present invention teaches a power saving device comprising a power saving circuit, said power saving circuit comprises a microprocessor (U | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008229 | CONTACT SYSTEM FOR A SHORT-CIRCUITING DEVICE IN A MEDIUM-VOLTAGE OR HIGH-VOLTAGE SWITCHBOARD PLANT - A contact system for a short-circuiting device for a switchboard, the contact system including at least one fixed contact piece connected to a main voltage source. The contact system also includes at least one moving contact piece and an insulating screen penetrable using the at least one moving contact piece so as to make contact between the at least one moving contact piece and the at least one fixed contact piece. The screen is disposed between the at least one fixed contact piece and the at least one moving contact piece. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008230 | SWITCH - A switch includes a base, a support terminal assembled in the base, a movable contact piece made of a belt-like electroconductive material bent into a substantial J-shape in section, a plunger vertically movably accommodated in an internal space, and a coil spring turnably supported by the plunger. The movable contact piece includes a movable contact provided in one end portion thereof An intermediate portion of the movable contact piece is turnably supported by a turning support portion of the support terminal. The internal space is formed by fitting a housing in the base. The plunger is slid while vertically moved press-contact one end portion of the coil spring against the other end edge portion of the movable contact piece such that the movable contact piece is reversed to bring the movable contact into contact with a fixed contact or to separate the movable contact from the fixed contact. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008231 | Switch actuation device, interlock mechanism, and image forming apparatus - A switch actuation device includes a first actuation portion driven by a first moving member and a second actuation portion driven by a second moving member. The switch actuation device further includes a first lever, a second lever, and an actuator. The first actuation portion contacts the second lever to swing the second lever toward the actuator connected to a switch when driven by the first moving member. The second actuation portion swings the first lever to cause the first lever to move the second lever closer to the actuator when driven by the second moving member. The actuator is driven by a combination of the swing of the second lever caused by the first moving member and the movement of the second lever caused by the second moving member so as to turn on the switch. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008232 | Modular safety switching system and method - A modular safety switching system ( | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008233 | COMPOUND OPERATION INPUT DEVICE - A compound operation input device includes a case; an operating member for pushing operation, tilting operation and rotating operation, having a push button for pushing operation and a rotary knob for rotating operation; an operation support portion for supporting the operating member in a pushingly, tiltingly and rotatingly operable manner; and at least one of a tilting operation detecting push switch and a pushing operation detecting push switch, disposed to be contactable with a base end side of at least one of the operation support portion and the operating member. The push switch includes a snap plate, and a key top with one end portion contactable with a top portion of the snap plate, the key top being elastically extendable and contractable in an axial direction. An elastic force of the key top is set to be greater than that of the snap plate. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008234 | INPUT DEVICE AND AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING AN INPUT DEVICE - An input device including a support structure, such as a Printed Circuit Board (PCB), and a switch device, e.g. a switch dome, mounted on the support structure. The switch device may be configured to provide tactile feedback to a user upon depression of the switch device by a finger of the user. The input device also comprises a capacitive touch sensing device, e.g. a capacitive touch screen, which is positioned in relation to the switch device such that the capacitive touch sensing device is configured to sense the capacitance of the finger upon depression of the switch device by the finger. The invention also concerns an electronic device, e.g. a mobile phone, comprising one or several input devices. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008235 | MEMBRANE-BASED HYBRID PROCESS FOR SEPARATION OF MIXTURES OF ORGANICS, SOLIDS, AND WATER - A system and process that are a hybrid of distillation and membrane separations offers a highly efficient means of separating a fluid feed mixture into organic, solid, and aqueous components. The distillation section is followed by two membrane separation sections operated in parallel, with the distillation section separating the feed mixture into an organics-rich fraction and an organics-depleted and solids-rich fraction. One membrane section operates on the organics-rich fraction and separates it into a more organics-rich sub-fraction and a water-rich, organics-depleted sub-fraction, while the other membrane section operates on the organics-depleted, solids-rich fraction from the distillation section and separates it into a solids-rich sub-fraction and a solids-depleted, water-rich sub-fraction. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008236 | Process for Recovering Brominated Butadiene Polymers from Solution - Brominated polybutadiene polymers are recovered from a bromination reaction solution by forming the solution into droplets, thermally stripping the solvent from the droplets, and then washing the resulting particles. The washed particles are then recovered from the washing liquid. The droplets can be dispersed into a gaseous medium such as air and then transferred into a nonsolvent liquid for washing, or can be formed directly into the nonsolvent liquid. The process forms a particulate polymer material that is easily filterable and has low levels of volatile impurities and inorganic salts. Brominated polybutadiene polymers recovered in this manner are often very thermally stable. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008237 | Device for producing active material for lithium secondary battery and method for producing active material for lithium secondary battery, method for manufacturing electrode for lithium secondary battery, and method for manufacturing lithium secondary battery - Provided is a method for producing an active material for a lithium secondary battery to enable efficient removal of iron impurities, which would become a problem in production of an active material for a lithium secondary battery, and attain a high quality. The method includes removing iron impurities in an active material for a lithium secondary battery by means of magnetic force. With this method, use of a magnetic force-generating device within a recess portion, which composes at least one part of the recess portion, enables efficient removal of only iron impurities. Thus, it is expected that a voltage drop caused by dissolution of iron compounds, i.e. impurities in a positive electrode, and their migration to a negative electrode in a battery, and decreases in charge and discharge efficiencies and a voltage drop owing to precipitation of lithium can be suppressed. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008238 | TRANSPORTABLE GAS STERILIZATION UNIT, DISPOSABLE GAS GENERATOR, LIGHT ACTIVATED ANTI-INFECTIVE COATING AND METHOD OF DISINFECTION AND STERILIZATION USING CHLORINE DIOXIDE - A transportable gas sterilization unit having a chamber, a disposable gas generator utilizing chlorine dioxide as a sterilant, chemical quencher and a detector and a method of using the unit and to generate chlorine dioxide for medical instrument sterilization or disinfection. A two photon, photo-activated chlorine dioxide system and coatings utilizing chlorine dioxide as at least one sterilant material, and methods for coating medical instruments with the photo activated chlorine dioxide system. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008239 | REMOTE INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA SOURCE FOR CVD CHAMBER CLEANING - The present invention generally includes a remote plasma source and a method of generating a plasma in a remote plasma source. Cleaning gas may be ignited into a plasma in a remote location and then provided to the processing chamber. By flowing the cleaning gas outside of a cooled RF coil, a plasma may be ignited at either high or low pressure while providing a high RF bias to the coil. Cooling the RF coil may reduce sputtering of the coil and thus reduce undesirable contaminants from being fed to the processing chamber with the cleaning gas plasma. Reduced sputtering from the coil may extend the useful life of the remote plasma source. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008240 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A VAPOR DEPOSITION PROCESS - A method and system for conditioning a vapor deposition target is described. In one illustrative embodiment, a vapor deposition system is operated in which a vapor deposition target is used, the occurrence of electrical arcs in the vapor deposition system is detected, and the vapor deposition target is conditioned by adjusting an output current of a power supply that powers the vapor deposition system and adjusting an interval during which energy is delivered to each arc to deliver substantially the same energy to each arc. In some embodiments, the energy delivered to each arc is approximately equal to the maximum energy that the vapor deposition target can withstand without being damaged. The described method and system significantly reduces the time required to remove impurities from a target and does not require the venting of the vacuum chamber or the removal of the target from the chamber. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008241 | METHOD FOR FORMING METALLIC NITRIDE FILM - A method for forming a metallic nitride film includes the steps of a) providing a target made of titanium or zirconium and a substrate in a vacuum chamber, and b) forming a metallic film, which is a TiN film or a ZrN film, on a surface of the substrate by sputtering deposition under the conditions of maintaining a working pressure of the vacuum chamber in a range of 5×10 | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008242 | Method and Apparatus for Decontamination of Fluid - The invention relates to methods and devices for the decontamination of fluid, particularly the removal of heavy metals and/or arsenic and/or their compounds from water, by means of electrolysis, wherein the water to be purified subjected to electrodes of different polarities. The invention can include means for control of the pH of the fluid. The invention can also include control systems that allow self-cleaning of electrodes, self-cleaning of filters, and automatic monitoring of maintenance conditions. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008243 | CHLORINE GENERATOR - A chlorine generator includes a main water channel for connecting to a pool and a subsidiary water channel connected between two points on the main water channel. A feed valve, a brine tank, a pump and an electrolytic tank are located on the subsidiary water channel. Salt is added into the brine tank and dissolved in water drawn in from the main water channel, and the high concentration saline solution is pumped from the brine tank into the electrolytic tank where chlorine is generated from the saline. The chlorinated solution from the electrolytic tank is then mixed with the water in the main water channel. A stirring device is provided at the bottom of the brine tank to stir the water therein to facilitate the generation of high concentration saline solution. Salt is electrolyzed without being dissolved into the swimming pool directly, thereby reducing harmful effects to swimmers. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008244 | COMPOSITE PARTICLES FOR AN ELECTRODE, PRODUCTION PROCESS THEREOF AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE - Composite particles for an electrode comprising LiVOPO | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008245 | Method for Connecting Magnetic Substance Target to Backing Plate, and Magnetic Substance Target - A method for connecting a magnetic substance target to a backing plate with less variation in plate thickness, characterized in having the steps of connecting the magnetic substance target to an aluminum plate beforehand while maintaining the flatness, connecting the magnetic substance target connected to the aluminum plate to the backing plate while maintaining the flatness, and grinding out the aluminum plate, whereby the flatness of the magnetic substance target can be maintained until the magnetic substance target is connected to the backing plate by a relatively simple operation. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008246 | Cartridge for Containing and Dispensing Test Sensors - A cartridge comprises a plurality of test sensors, a housing and a window. The plurality of test sensors is adapted to be used in determining the concentration of an analyte of a fluid sample. The plurality of test sensors is in a stacked position. The housing includes an interior, at one least wall and a sensor-discharge opening. The housing is adapted to contain the plurality of test sensors within the interior of the housing. The window is disposed within the at least one wall of the housing. The window permits a user of the cartridge to visually determine the number of test sensors remaining within the interior of the housing. The cartridge is adapted to dispense the plurality of test sensors one at a time from the sensor-dispensing opening. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008247 | Composite Modified Electrode Strip - The present invention provides a surface-modified electrode strip for measuring an electrochemical signal that is synergistically amplified by means of a nano-scaled gold particle layer and a lipid-soluble electron mediator layer. A biosensor comprising the electrode strip is also provided. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008248 | Enzyme Electrode and Enzyme Sensor - Disclosed is an enzyme electrode comprising: an electrode; a carbon nanotube layer including a plurality of carbon nanotubes extending directly from the electrode and/or a metallic catalyst immobilized on the electrode; and an enzyme immobilized in the carbon nanotube layer by being sandwiched between the carbon nanotubes. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008249 | SYSTEMS OF MEASURING A CONCENTRATION OF ALKALOID IN A SOLUTION - An alkaloid sensor, systems comprising the same, and measurement using the systems. The alkaloid sensor has an extended gate field effect transistor (EGFET) structure and comprises a metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) on a semiconductor substrate, a sensing unit comprising a substrate, a tin oxide film on the substrate, and an alkaloid acylase film immobilized on the tin oxide film, and a conductive wire connecting the MOSFET and the sensing unit. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008250 | Sensor element - A sensor element for a sensor or measuring device for measuring fluids, with a housing, the interior of which is sealed toward the outside and through which the fluid to measured can flow, and with at least one electrode arrangement in the housing interior, the electrode arrangement having at least one electrode and forming at least one measuring path. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008251 | Liquid Electrolyte Gas Sensor Comprising Rigid Porous Electrode Support - An electrochemical gas sensor has a working electrode having a gas porous membrane and a catalyst layer formed on one side of the membrane; a counter electrode electrolyte in contact with the catalyst both of the working electrode and of the counter electrode; and a support that is in contact with, and presses against the side of the working electrode remote from the electrolyte and that compresses the electrodes and the electrolyte together. The support includes open areas enabling gas to contact the membrane. The support provides a faster response and provides greater efficiency of catalyst usage. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008252 | Ozone generating device - Devices for generating and storing ozone. A device for generating ozone includes: at least one elongated electrode unit including an outer tubular dielectric member and an inner conducting member having a longitudinal axis; and one or more elongated electrode tubes disposed circumferentially about the longitudinal axis. Each of the electrode tubes is arranged in parallel to the electrode unit. When an electrical potential is applied across the conducting member and electrode tubes during operation, plasma is established between the dielectric member and electrode tubes. The plasma converts oxygen gas into ozone gas. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008253 | Device and Process for Continuous On-Chip Flow Injection Analysis - A micro-fluidic method for continuous pressure-driven flow injection analysis and a planar microfluidic device intended for pressure driven flow injection analysis are provided. A network of microchannels allows a continuous flow of sample stream on the devices, as well as facile and reproducible analyte plug injection to a reagent or buffer stream on microchip-based devices. The method allows for sequent separation analysis without additional purging cycles. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008254 | Microfluidic System and Corresponding Control Method - The invention relates to a microfluidic system containing a carrier current channel ( | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008255 | Arrangement for Generating Liquid Flows and/or Particle Flows, Method for Producing and Operating Said Arrangement and Use of the Latter - A device for producing at least one of fluid flows and particles flows includes a substrate having a substrate surface. The substrate surface includes a matrix including a plurality of regions having at least one of a different magnitude of a surface charge, a different sign of the surface charge, and a different height above the substrate. A fluid including at least partially electrically charged particles is disposed at the substrate surface. A first control element is configured to supply a plurality of electrical voltages to a plurality of electrode pairs. The electric field exerts a first force on a component of the fluid within an electrical double layer. The component is disposed adjacent to the substrate surface. The electric field exerts a second force within the double layer and outside the double layer, the second force is exerted on the at least partially electrically charged particles. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008256 | System for Concentrating and Analyzing Particles Suspended in a Fluid - Disclosed is a device for separating and concentrating particles suspended in a fluid stream by using dielectrophoresis (DEP) to trap and/or deflect those particles as they migrate through a fluid channel. The method uses fluid channels designed to constrain a liquid flowing through it to uniform electrokinetic flow velocities. This behavior is achieved by connecting deep and shallow sections of channels, with the channel depth varying abruptly along an interface. By careful design of abrupt changes in specific permeability at the interface, an abrupt and spatially uniform change in electrokinetic force can be selected. Because these abrupt interfaces also cause a sharp gradient in applied electric fields, a DEP force also can be established along the interface. Depending on the complex conductivity of the suspended particles and the immersion liquid, the DEP force can controllably complement or oppose the local electrokinetic force transporting the fluid through the channel allowing for manipulation of particles suspended in the transporting liquid. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008257 | METHOD OF PRODUCING STAMPER FOR OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM, METHOD OF PRODUCING SUBSTRATE, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM - A method of producing a stamper for roughening a substrate of an optical recording medium contains the steps of placing a conductive ring having a hole at the center thereof on a major surface of an original metal plate, electroforming a metal layer over a portion of the metal plate exposed in the hole of the conductive ring, an inner end-face of the conductive ring, and a portion of a major surface of the conductive ring, and entirely or partly roughening a major surface of the metal layer by a blasting treatment to obtain an original stamper. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008258 | Porous catalyst structure and its manufacturing method - A porous catalyst structure with a high specific surface area comprising a porous substrate with a catalyst layer thereon is provided. The porous catalyst structure can be prepared by a process comprising depositing a metallic layer onto the surface of a porous, metallic substrate by electroplating, and optionally oxidizing the metallic layer into the metal oxide layer. Any conductive porous metallic substrate can be used as the substrate of the subject invention, and the metallic layer may comprise any suitable metal(s) and/or metal oxide(s) with desired catalytic function(s). | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008259 | Chromium Plating - A method of chromium coating a substrate is described, which method comprises: a) depositing, preferably electrodepositing, a metallic layer onto the substrate comprising chromium from a plating bath that includes trivalent chromium and no, or substantially no, hexavalent chromium; b) physical vapor depositing a layer comprising chromium cn the layer deposited from step a). In one embodiment, in step a), the layer is chromium and is electrodeposited from a plating bath that includes trivalent chromium and no, or substantially no, hexavalent chromium. The metallic layer deposited in step a) is preferably a metal or an alloy of two or more metals and may be selected from the group consisting of chromium, copper, nickel, cobalt, zinc, lead iron, palladium and tin and alloys thereof, e.g. copper tin, copper zinc, tin lead, tin nickel, tin cobalt, tin zinc, iron nickel, cobalt nickel, zinc nickel, zinc iron, zinc iron nickel, zinc iron cobalt or palladium nickel. Copper and nickel are especially preferred. The coating formed by the method has a blue sheen that is usually associated with chromium electrodeposited from hexavalent chromium baths without having to use a hexavalent chromium bath, which is highly toxic. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008260 | Method For Manufacturing Embossed Conductive Clothes - The present invention provides a method for manufacturing embossed conductive cloth, which comprises the steps of (a) providing cloth made of natural fibers or artificial fibers; (b) embossing the cloth to form embossed patterns on it; (c) subjecting the cloth with embossed patterns to a surface roughening treatment while maintaining the embossed patterns on the cloth; and (d) subjecting the surface-roughened cloth to a surface metalizing treatment. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008261 | Oxygen Generation Apparatus and Method - An oxygen generator for an oxygen-generation apparatus has a proton-conducting membrane ( | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008262 | New method for the preparation of reactive compositions containing superoxide ion - The subject invention provides a potentially economically viable method for the preparation of reactive superoxide ion in deep eutectic solvents (DES). The superoxide ion can be used for many applications, e.g. the degradation of hazardous chemicals at ambient conditions or in the synthesis of some special chemicals, e.g. carboxylic acids, aldehydes, and ketones from the corresponding alcohols. The superoxide ion can be formed by either the electrochemical reduction of oxygen in DES or by dissolving Group 1 (alkali metals) or Group 2 (alkaline earth metals) superoxides, e.g. potassium superoxide, in DES, with/without chemicals used for the enhancement of the solubility of the metal superoxide in the DES, e.g. crown ethers. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008263 | Method and apparatus for production of electrolyzed water - An electrolyzed water production apparatus including an electrolytic cell the interior of which is subdivided into an anode chamber and a cathode chamber by means of a partition member in the form of a water permeable membrane, wherein flow quantity control means is disposed in a discharge conduit to cause the flow of electrolyzed alkaline water from the cathode chamber into the anode chamber through the partition membrane. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008264 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ELECTROCHEMICAL MACHINING OF A DEVICE - A system and method for electrochemically machining a work-piece contains a fixture capable of receiving a work-piece and securing the work-piece to the fixture. An electrolyte source is also provided. In addition, the system contains a rotary drive subassembly capable of receiving a portion of the work-piece therein, motion of the rotary drive assembly being determined by a received control signal, wherein frequency and amplitude of the control signal increases and decreases motion of the rotary drive subassembly, and wherein the control signal is a trapezoidal waveform. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008265 | Method for producing aerodynamic structures during the production of integrally bladed gas turbine rotors - The invention relates to a method for the production of aero-dynamic structures during the production of integrally bladed gas turbine rotors. Aerodynamic structures of an integrally bladed gas turbine rotor are produced on a rotor disk base body, whereon the end contours are precise, by removing material according to an electrochemical removal process, i.e. by means of an electrochemical machining (ECM)-process. The method comprises the following steps: a) preparing a rotor disk base body which is made of a material which is difficult to machine; b) removing the material which is between the blade wings until a specific dimension is obtained, according to a removal process; c) preparing at least one working electrode in order to finish at least one aerodynamic structure of an integrally bladed gas turbine rotor. The contours of the or each of the working electrodes are adapted to the contours of the aerodynamic structure, which are produced by means of the respective working electrode, such that a gap between the rotor disk base body and a working electrode are produced in an approximately identical manner during the removal process of the material; d) electrochemically machining the or each aerodynamic structure in an electrochemical sinking by placing the rotor disk base body and the or each working electrode in an electrolyte and by applying voltage and/or current, whereby the applied current and/or voltage is temporally pulsed; e) pressure-rinsing the gap which is filled with electrolytes between the aero-dynamic structure and the or each working electrode by a pulsed movement of the or each working electrode. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008266 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LIQUID PURIFICATION - A method for purifying a liquid comprising the steps of:
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| 20090008267 | PROCESS AND METHOD FOR THE REMOVAL OF ARSENIC FROM WATER - This invention describes a one step process for the removal of heavy metals, particularly arsenic, from water. The process consists in promoting the circulation of the water to be treated in an electrolytic cell equipped with iron, or iron alloy anodes and cathodes made of iron or iron alloy or other metals, while the contemporary insufflation into the cell of a gas, partially or totally composed of oxygen. In this way the iron of the anode electrodes dissolves as iron hydroxide. The ferrous hydroxide thus generated, under the action of the oxygen contained in the insufflated gas is converted to ferric hydroxide, which, through a complex mechanism, adsorbs and forms insoluble complexes with the arsenic ions. At the same time As(III) is subject to oxidation both at the anode and at the cathode. By this process both forms of arsenic, As(III) and As(V), are equally removed. The treated water is further processed by conventional clarifying and filtering. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008268 | Process for Production of a Disinfectant Through the Electrochemical Activation (Eca) of Water, a Disinfectant Produced in this Way and the Use Thereof - A description is given of a process for the production of a disinfectant by electrochemical activation (ECA) of water, in that to the water to be disinfected is added an electrolytic solution, particularly a sodium or potassium chloride solution and the water to which the electrolytic solution has been added in the form of a dilute water/electrolytic solution is supplied with an electrical current in an electrolytic reactor with a cathode compartment having a cathode and with an anode compartment having an anode separated spatially from the cathode compartment by applying a d.c. voltage to the electrodes, in order to bring the water/electrolytic solution into a metastable state suitable for disinfection. To bring about a reliable disinfecting action of the electrochemically activated water and with high reproducibility, the invention proposes that the pH-value of the dilute water/electrolytic solution in the reactor anode compartment is controlled to a value between 2.5 and 3.5, particularly approximately 3, so that the potential of the anodic oxidation is controlled (potential-controlled anodic oxidation or PAO). The invention also relates to a disinfectant produced in this way and the use thereof. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008269 | ELECTROCOAGULATION REACTOR AND WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - An electrocoagulation reactor, and water purification systems and methods using the reactor, are provided. The electrocoagulation reactor has a spirally wound assembly in which electrocoagulation treatment takes place. The spirally wound assembly includes electrode sheets spirally wound in spaced relation with an area for fluid flow in the space between the electrode sheets. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008270 | Personal care products storage caddy and usage apparatus - The present invention is a portable personal product caddy and usage apparatus which is constructed to accommodate a personal product container and its associated tool. The apparatus body is sized to the personal product container to be used with a holder that accommodates the associated tool for storage when not in use. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008271 | Oral care package and arrangements thereof - An array of oral care packages is disclosed. The array includes a first group of display packages and a second group of display packages. Each display package of the first group is for a distinct oral care product, and each of the display packages of the first group have a first package characteristic and a logo. Each of the display packages of the second group include the logo and a second package characteristic distinct from the first package characteristic, and the display packages of the second group do not include the first package characteristic. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008272 | Protective Carrier and Handle for Cans - Polymer-based circular carrier means ( | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008273 | BASKET-TYPE CONTAINERS FOR ARTICLES IN PARTICULAR BOTTLES - A carrier device with article receiving compartments on either side of a central wall ( | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008274 | Portable food and condiment kit - A food and condiment kit comprising a container having a top, a bottom, and an interior. The interior of the container is adjacent to a chamber for storing a packet of salad dressing, sauce, or similar condiment. The chamber includes a plurality of apertures disposed on a wall between the chamber and the interior of the container. The packet containing the condiment also includes a plurality of apertures disposed on its surface and temporarily covered by a protective foil. When the packet is introduced into the chamber, the cover is removed to expose the apertures. A variety of mechanisms can be engaged by the lid or user to control the alignment of the chamber and packet apertures to dispense the condiment between the packet and the interior of the container. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008275 | Package and merchandising system - A package and product merchandising system comprising the package. The package includes a package wall which in turn includes a display element visible from the exterior of the package. The package includes a power receiving element operably connected to the display element. The system includes a sensor, a power distribution element, and a controller, operably connected to each of the sensor and to the power distribution element. The controller receives an output of the sensor as an input and provides a first output profile to the power distribution element, the power distribution element receives the output profile from the controller and provides a power profile to the power receiving element. The power receiving element provides a characteristic change profile to the display element. The display element changes at least one characteristic in response to the characteristic change profile. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008276 | AUTOMATED BAG ON A ROLL - An automated bag is provided that is made from a plastic film, with a filling opening, a front wall, a back wall and a back wall extended in the area of the filling opening to form a bag flap, wherein the front wall and the back wall are welded together on their longitudinal sides to form side walls and on a transverse side opposite the filling opening to form a bottom seam, wherein the bag has an extension projecting beyond the bottom seam and at least the bag flap is connected removably with a bag flap of an additional bag and the extension is connected continuously with the bags. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008277 | Smoking Article Packet With Slide Aperture - The invention relates to a smoking article packet ( | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008278 | Puzzle Storage and Transportation System - A puzzle storage and transport system including a puzzle including one or more puzzle pieces and a puzzle board and a container to store and transport one or more puzzle pieces. The container includes a pouch defining a cavity to contain the one or more puzzle pieces and including a closure to provide access to the cavity and one or more straps coupled to the pouch to bind the container to the puzzle board. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008279 | Container For Medical Devices - The present invention relates to a package comprising a container defining a compartment for containing a liquid and at least partly a medical device. The compartment extends in a longitudinal direction from a bottom of the container towards an opening of the container, wherein a first section of the compartment has a cross-sectional area which is smaller than a cross-sectional area of a second section of the compartment, and where the first section is arranged between the opening and the second section. As the cross-sectional area of the first section is smaller than the cross-sectional area of the second section the first section will function as a stop for the liquid in case the container is placed in a horizontal orientation. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008280 | Tool organizer insert - A tool organizer insert apparatus for a bucket holds tools, equipment, and similar objects within a plurality of round tubes joined in side-by-side alignment. The insert has an outer circumference which frictionally engages the inner wall surface of the bucket, leaving a center area of the bucket unobstructed and available for storage of larger objects not stored within the tubes. In certain embodiments the tubes are molded using a rigid, transparent, thermoplastic material, with each one of the tubes having a selected height and diameter. In another embodiment, the tubes are made of a relatively elastic material, allowing the insert some degree of flexibility in order to conform to containers of various shapes and sizes. In yet another embodiment, the insert and bucket are molded as a single unit. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008281 | TOOL TOTE - A tool tote that is collapsible to reduce storage space is disclosed. The tool tote may be generally rectangular and include an upper opening facilitating access into the main compartment of the tote. The tote may include a removable rigidity enhancement device enabling the tote to be a self supporting tote when fully erected and enabling the tote to be collapsible when the rigidity enhancement device is pivoted out of position. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008282 | In-tool wrench storage system - The present invention is a method and device for a hand power tool which includes a housing, a storage compartment within the housing, a wrench for manipulating a collet bit attachment structure, a portion of the wrench sized to fit within the storage compartment, a first spring extending into the storage cavity and positioned to bias the portion of the wrench against an inner wall of the storage compartment and a protuberance positioned on the housing, such that when the portion of the wrench is partially within the cavity, the protuberance causes a first misalignment between the longitudinal axis of the storage compartment and the longitudinal axis of the wrench and when the portion of the wrench is fully within the cavity, the protuberance does not cause a misalignment between the longitudinal axis of the storage compartment and the longitudinal axis of the wrench as large as the first misalignment. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008283 | Telescoping Ornament Storage Systems and Devices - An ornament storage system and device is described that provides for secure, compartmentalized, and compact storage of ornaments and other similar objects (“ornaments”). The ornament storage system and device provides easy access to the ornaments through removal of the top and one or more sides of the system and device. Access is further improved by separating the stored ornaments onto individual storage trays or shelves. The individual storage trays or shelves are easily accessible by substantially vertically telescoping the storage trays or shelves in such a way as to provide increased vertical separation between each successive shelf. Additionally, each individual storage tray or shelf may be removable from the ornament storage system and device. In such a way, each ornament in the ornament storage system and device may be simultaneously viewed while in storage and may be easily stored in or accessed from the ornament storage system. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008284 | Container/Lid Combination For Storing Food and other Articles - A system for aiding the visual matching of containers having diverse openings with matching lids includes affixing, such as by molding or embossing, geometric planar patterns on the bottom walls of a plurality of rectangular containers having different sized openings and affixing the same geometric patterns to the top wall of the matching lids. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008285 | CHILD-RESISTANT BLISTER PACKAGE - An improved child-resistant blister package is provided in which the lidding component includes a tear-resistant nonwoven layer and a barrier layer. The nonwoven layer can be a melt-spun continuous filament nonwoven web or a flash spun plexifilamentary sheet. The lidding component used in peel off-push through blister packages of the invention contains fewer layers and has improved puncture resistance compared to lidding components used in child-resistant packages known in the art. In addition, in peel off-push through and peel-open package designs of the present invention, the lidding peels more cleanly from the blister component compared to packages known in the art which have a tendency to tear during peeling. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008286 | Dispenser with a Spout - A dispenser with a spout holds a plurality of objects, such as pharmaceutical dosage forms. The dispenser has a housing defining an interior space that holds the pharmaceutical products and an opening leading to the interior space. A movable spout is disposed in the opening and is able to pivot between a closed position wherein the opening is occluded, or sufficiently occluded, by the spout thereby preventing objects disposed within the interior space from exiting the housing through the opening and an open position wherein the opening is not occluded, or sufficiently unoccluded, by the spout thereby permitting objects disposed within the interior space to exit the housing through the opening. The dispenser also has an opener with a push button for moving the spout from the closed position to the open position about the pivot axis when pressure is applied to the opener wherein the opener engages one end of the spout below the pivot axis to push another end of the spout outward from the housing. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008287 | Packaged Infant Care Products - A container of sterilized fluoridated water, powdered infant formula, and a ready-to-use sterile feeding nipple are hermetically sealed within an enveloping structure. Once the structure is opened, the water and formula are removed, the formula is dissolved in the water in the bottle, and the nipple is then applied to the bottle. The used components may be placed back in the container for reuse or disposal by reapplying an outer lid. In a preferred embodiment, the enveloping structure is a cylindrical can and the water container is a bottle which is centered within the can by indentations in the wall of the can. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008288 | Personalizeable Wearable and Displayable Items - Wearable or displayable products which can be individualized and accessorized according to the wearer's or user's mood or desires. A wearable product, such as a pair of glasses, has a plurality of holes or openings in which decorative pin members can be positioned as desired. Non-wearable products also can be accessorized in a similar manner. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008289 | Package For Candy Bars and Holder Therefor - A system comprising—at least one package ( | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008290 | Systems and Methods for Producing a Crude Product - Systems and methods for hydroprocessing a heavy oil feedstock, the system employs a plurality of contacting zones and separation zones and an interstage solvent deasphalting unit. The contacting zones operate under hydrocracking conditions, employing a slurry catalyst for upgrading the heavy oil feedstock, forming upgraded products of lower boiling hydrocarbons. In the separation zones which operates at a temperature within 20° F. and a pressure within 10 psi of the pressure in the contacting zones, upgraded products are removed overhead and optionally, further treated in an in-line hydrotreater. At least a portion of the non-volatile fractions recovered from at least one of the separation zones is sent to the interstage solvent deasphalting unit, for separating unconverted heavy oil feedstock into deasphalted oil and asphaltenes. The deasphalted oil stream is sent to one of the contacting zones for further upgrade. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008291 | Systems and Methods for Producing a Crude Product - Systems and methods for hydroprocessing a heavy oil feedstock with reduced heavy oil deposits, the system employs a plurality of contacting zones and separation zones zone under hydrocracking conditions to convert at least a portion of the heavy oil feedstock to lower boiling hydrocarbons, forming upgraded products. The contacting zones operate under hydrocracking conditions, employing a slurry catalyst for upgrading the heavy oil feedstock, forming upgraded products of lower boiling hydrocarbons. In the separation zones, upgraded products are removed overhead and optionally, further treated in an in-line hydrotreater. At least a portion of the non-volatile fractions recovered from at least one of the separation zones is recycled back to the first contacting zone in the system, in an amount ranging between 3 to 50 wt. % of the heavy oil feedstock. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008292 | Pyrolysis reactor conversion of hydrocarbon feedstocks into higher value hydrocarbons - In one aspect, the inventive process comprises a process for pyrolyzing a hydrocarbon feedstock containing nonvolatiles in a regenerative pyrolysis reactor system. The inventive process comprises: (a) heating the nonvolatile-containing hydrocarbon feedstock upstream of a regenerative pyrolysis reactor system to a temperature sufficient to form a vapor phase that is essentially free of nonvolatiles and a liquid phase containing the nonvolatiles; (b) separating said vapor phase from said liquid phase; (c) feeding the separated vapor phase to the pyrolysis reactor system; and (d) converting the separated vapor phase in said pyrolysis reactor system to form a pyrolysis product. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008293 | Ultrasonic Transducer and Horn Used in Oxidative Desulfurization of Fossil Fuels - Devices and improved methods are provided for operation of ultrasonic transducers and horns. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008294 | Hydroprocessing Of Naphtha Streams At Moderate Conditions - The invention is drawn to a catalyst having a substantially bimodal support phase and an active metal phase that is suitable and stable for desulfurization of high-olefin content naphtha streams with minimal octane-loss running at low hydrogen pressure. The active metal phase preferably includes cobalt, molybdenum and at least one additional metal selected from the alkali-metals group. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008295 | DESULFURIZATION PROCESS AND SYSTEMS UTILIZING HYDRODYNAMIC CAVITATION - Processes and systems associated with hydrodynamic cavitation-catalyzed oxidation of sulfur-containing substances in a fluid are described. In one example method, carbonaceous fluid is combined with at least one oxidant to form a mixture and then the mixture is flowed through at least one local constriction in a flow-through chamber at a sufficient pressure and flow rate to create hydrodynamic cavitation in the flowing mixture having a power density of between about 3,600 kWatts/cm | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008296 | METHOD FOR STABILIZING HEATING OIL OR DIESEL OIL, PARTICULARLY HEATING OIL OR DIESEL OIL FROM THE DEPOLYMERIZATION OF HYDROCARBON-CONTAINING RESIDUES, OR PYROLYSIS OIL - In order to keep diesel or heating oil obtained by fractional distillation, in particular after depolymerization of residues, or pyrolysis oil that was obtained by pyrolysis of rubber or organic substances, permanently clear and light, first, the process of discoloration (darkening) is allowed and then a second distillation is carried out, through which a permanently clear and light heating, diesel or heavy oil is obtained. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008297 | COMPACT SLURRY PREPARATION SYSTEM FOR OIL SAND - Staged crushing combined with water addition and mixing is practiced at the mine site to prepare an oil sand slurry ready for hydrotransport. More particularly, as-mined oil sand is crushed to conveyable size (e.g. −24″) using a mobile crusher. The pre-crushed ore product is conveyed to a dry ore surge bin. Ore is withdrawn from the bin and elevated to the upper end of a slurry preparation tower having downwardly aligned process components to enable gravity feed. The ore is further crushed in stages to pumpable size (e.g. −4″) by a stack of crushers and water is added during comminution. The ore and water are mixed in a mixing box and delivered to a pump box. The surge bin and tower are relocatable. Screening and oversize reject treatment have been eliminated to achieve compactness and enable relocatability. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008298 | Systems and Methods for Processing Municipal Solid Waste - A pre-sorter forwards items from solid waste to designated processing paths in response to their size. Large items are manually processed to remove non-recyclables, to fuel a generator, to be returned to the pre-sorter after removal from a container, or forwarded to processing streams. The smallest items are forwarded to a first chain of machines that remove metal and glass from the items. Intermediate sized items are forwarded to an assembly that separates small, relatively dense, items from larger lightweight items. The former items are mixed and processed by a first chain of machines. The latter items are forwarded to a second chain of machines that separate and remove paper and other containers from recyclable metal and plastic. Multiple paper types are identified and removed by a third chain of machines. A remediator receives residual items from each of the first, second and third chains of machines. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008299 | Screen identification device for screening machines - A method of locating a defective separation screen in a multi-screen system includes providing a plurality of subsets of identifier objects, such as mesh cleaning balls. Each subset has a different identifying characteristic, such as color, from the other subsets and is maintained in at least intermittent contact with each of the screens. When a screen becomes defective, at least one of the subset of the identifier objects associated with the screen is recovered at a location remote from the screen. The location of the defective screen can then be determined based on the identifying characteristic of the recovered identifier object. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008300 | Bean sprouts-like articles refining method and refining device - Provided are a bean sprouts-like articles refining method and device in which bean sprouts-like articles can be sufficiently applied with refining actions by a simple structure. The bean sprouts-like articles refining device comprises a bean sprouts-like articles refining water tank ( | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008301 | Methods of Increasing Flotation Rate - Methods of increasing the rate of separating hydrophobic and hydrophilic particles by flotation have been developed. They are based on using appropriate reagents to enhance the hydrophobicity of the particles to be floated, so that they can be more readily collected by the air bubbles used in flotation. The hydrophobicity-enhancing reagents include low HLB surfactants, naturally occurring lipids, modified lipids, and hydrophobic polymers. These methods can greatly increase the rate of flotation for the particles that are usually difficult to float, such as ultrafine particles, coarse particles, middlings, and the particles that do not readily float in the water containing large amounts of ions derived from the particles. In addition, new collectos for the flotation of phosphate minerals are disclosed. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008302 | Method for Removal of Unburned Carbon Contained in Fly Ash - Disclosed is a method for removal of an unburned carbon contained in a fly ash material. The method comprises the steps of adding water to the fly ash to prepare a fly ash slurry; shearing the fly ash slurry using an agitating blade that can rotate at a high speed to generate an active energy on the surface of an unburned carbon by the shearing force, thereby imparting lipophilicity to the unburned carbon; and adding a collecting agent and a foaming agent to the slurry containing the lipophylized unburned carbon to cause the attachment of the collecting agent to the lipophylized unburned carbon, and at the same time, causing the attachment of the unburned carbon having the collecting agent attached thereto an air bubble to separate the unburned carbon by flotation. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008303 | Method and Apparatus for Separating Excavated Material - A method and apparatus for separating material, particularly excavated material is presented. The method and apparatus utilize a releasable and interchangeable screen assembly which is positioned on top of a frame having a slanted grate. The screen assembly includes bar members which traverse the top of the screen and inverted hook members attached to a top surface of the bar members to enable an equipment bucket to engage the inverted hook members in order to lift and move the screen assembly. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008304 | MAILPIECE REJECT PROCESSING WITH WINDOW INSERTS - Improvements are disclosed for further processing of a mail piece initially rejected from an automatic sorting machine. In the case of a window envelope, the envelope is rotated or inverted, shaken, and rotated to reposition the insert. Address recognition is repeated, and additional techniques are applied if an address is not quickly resolved. Additional processing may be carried out on a reject processing machine. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008305 | Secondary Filtration Device Applicable To A Three-Phase Process - The present invention describes a device allowing secondary filtration of catalyst particles contained in an effluent from a process comprising a reactor operated in three-phase mode. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008306 | EXTRACORPOREAL DIALYSIS READY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS MACHINE - A dialysis system includes: (i) a dialysate pump; (ii) a patient line having a connector configured to be attached to a peritoneal patient part; (iii) an extracorporeal circuit; (iv) a blood pump in fluid communication with the extracorporeal circuit; (v) a blood filter in fluid communication with the extracorporeal circuit; and (vi) a control unit configured and arranged to selectively perform a therapy which (a) the blood pump is deactivated and the dialysate pump is caused to pump dialysate through the patient line or (b) the blood pump is activated to pump blood to the blood filter and the dialysate pump is caused to pump dialysate to the filter/extracorporeal circuit and/or remove fluid from the filter. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090008307 | Blood centrifuge having clamshell blood reservoir holder with index line - A rotatable rotor for separating components contained in a fluid, comprising an annular base having a first annular channel and an annular cover having a second annular channel for holding a flexible doughnut-shaped centrifuge bag therebetween. The cover has one or more radially spaced apart concentric indicator lines for monitoring the separation of the components. When the base and cover are superimposed, the first and second channels define an annular interior chamber having an off-centered figure eight configuration. The base and cover each comprise a grooved column axially centered and extending from the base top surface and the cover bottom surface, respectively. The flexible bag comprises inner and outer tubes extending from the core of the bag and which are seated in the column grooves to ensure that the bag is fixably rotatable with the rotor. | 2009-01-08 |
