03rd week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 5 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090013840 | METHOD OF CUTTING OFF WORKPIECE USING BAND SAW MACHINE AS WELL AS BAND SAW MACHINE - In a cutting-off method, when a workpiece is to be cut off by use of an endless band saw blade suspended between a driving wheel and a driven wheel, the workpiece is cut off by imparting to the driving wheel a forced oscillation so that a phase of an oscillation of the driving wheel along its rotational direction is substantially inverted with respect to a phase of an oscillation of the driven wheel along its rotational direction. In addition, pulses can be applied to a driving motor for rotationally driving the driving wheel in order to cause the driving wheel to oscillate along its rotational direction. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013841 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SEPARATING CONTINUOUSLY CONVEYED MATERIAL WEBS - Material webs ( | 2009-01-15 |
20090013842 | Power Tool - A power tool has a drive motor that drives a tool and an optical guiding device secured on the power tool in alignment relative to the work tool. The guiding device is arranged in a low-vibration arrangement on the power tool and is in particular secured on the power tool in a low-vibration area of the power tool. At least one section of the power tool vibrates in the form of a standing wave in at least one direction, wherein the low-vibration area where the guiding device is arranged is the area of a node of the standing wave. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013843 | Counter-Rotating Spindle Transmission - There is provided a counter-rotating spindle transmission. More specifically, in one embodiment, there is provided a punching machine comprising a tool bearing configured to mate with a punching tool, a rotary/lifting drive coupled to the tool bearing to move the tool bearing axially along a tool bearing lifting axis and to rotate the tool bearing about the lifting axis, the rotary/lifting drive comprising a first motor coupled to drive a first spindle transmission coupled to the tool bearing, a second motor coupled to drive a second spindle transmission coupled to the tool bearing, and a drive controller configured to independently and simultaneously drive both the first and second motors selectively in a common rotary sense and in a contra-rotary sense, to jointly move the tool bearing both axially and rotationally. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013844 | SHEET TRIMMER - A trimmer that is operable to cut at least one sheet includes a base having a support surface configured to support the at least one sheet and a rail extending across at least a portion of the base. A plane extends substantially perpendicularly from the support surface and through the rail. The trimmer also includes a cutting assembly slidably coupled to the rail and having a blade. The blade is tilted relative to the plane. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013845 | FOOD PRODUCT SLICER KNIFE AND ASSOCIATED SLICER AND KNIFE REMOVAL TOOL - A food product slicer knife includes a circular knife body with a peripheral cutting edge. A central opening passes through the knife body and includes a pair of diametrically opposed outwardly extending slots. The knife body also includes at least one set of diametrically opposed drive pin receiving openings spaced outwardly of the central opening and circumferentially offset from the diametrically opposed outwardly extending slots. A tool assembly is adapted to facilitate knife installation and removal and holds the knife when removed from a slicer. A food product slicer includes a knife mount hub adapted to cooperate with the knife to hold the knife on the slicer during operation. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013846 | Sheet Material Cutter and Printer - A fixed blade and a movable blade in which a cutting portion end face of the movable blade is orthogonal to a side surface of the movable blade, and the movable blade is brought into sliding contact with the fixed blade to cut a recording sheet. A cutout groove for forming a cutting residual portion in the recording sheet is formed in the cutting portion of the movable blade. A slant surface or a curved surface is formed at an intersection of the side surface of the movable blade, a cutting portion end face of the movable blade and the inner peripheral surface of the cutout groove. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013847 | Toothed saw blade with a variable pitch - Saw blade ( | 2009-01-15 |
20090013848 | MOLDED STRINGED INSTRUMENT BODY WITH WOODEN CORE - A stringed musical instrument body is formed using injection molded high density polystyrene foam with a foaming agent. It is injection molded by itself or around a wooden core to make the body or to form two panels adhered together to sandwich a wooden core therebetween. The core provides good wood tone and the polystyrene with a foaming agent produces good sustain and a resonance of about twenty-eight seconds. A metal reinforced injection molded neck resists warping. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013849 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, IN PARTICULAR A CAJON - In the case of a musical instrument, in particular a cajón, with a basic element, the side faces of which are configured as striking faces, provision is made for a striking face to be convexly and ergonomically curved. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013850 | Drum - A drum is formed using a drum shell having openings at both ends thereof, across which drumheads are stretched under tension. At least one air hole is formed at a prescribed position of the exterior surface of the drum shell, allowing air flow to occur between the inside and the outside of the drum shell. At least one tone color change member, which is composed of cloth and rubber sheets, is attached to the interior wall of the drum shell in connection with the air hole; hence, the air hole is closed by the tone color change member. Thus, it is possible to appropriately change the tone color of drum sound without substantially changing the size of the drum, which can be designed similar to any types of conventionally known drums. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013851 | G-Pan Musical Instrument - An ensemble of acoustic steelpan musical instruments, being an innovation which significantly improves upon traditional acoustic steelpan prior art. Said improvements include an extension of note range across the assemblage of G-Pans, a substantial reduction in the number of steelpans required to effectively cover the steelpan musical range, the use of a compound design whereby individual component parts of the instrument, specifically the playing surface, chime, rear attachment, or skirt and the playing stick or mallet, are optimized for their specific function, the application of a variety of techniques for eliminating or reducing, non-musical sympathetic vibrations and the inclusion of a variety of mechanical and acoustic resonator designs, to enhance optimally, the sound projection of the aforementioned instrument. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013852 | Musical Instrument Bell Cap - A cap for a musical wind instrument bell includes a flexible substantially circular disk shaped portion sized to span the mouth of the instrument bell and a flexible continuous side wall portion extends from the outer edge of the disk shaped portion. The disk shaped portion and the side wall portion together define a receptacle sized to receive and fit over the instrument bell. The disk shaped portion rests parallel to the mouth of the instrument bell. A fastener system is disposed on the side wall portion and is configured to decrease the opening of the receptacle over the tapering conical region of the instrument bell to releasably secure the cap to the instrument bell. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013853 | Tuning key cover for a stringed musical instrument - The invention relates to a protective tuner cover for the tuning section of a stringed musical instrument, such as a guitar. The tuner cover is sized to enclose the instrument headstock, or a substantial portion thereof, and includes a section that encloses and protects the tuning keys and knobs of the musical instrument. When constructed as a unitary structure, the tuner cover can be slid onto the instrument headstock. When constructed from separable components, the tuning cover can be opened and closed over the headstock in a bivalve manner if hinged, or by appropriately spaced latching mechanisms if completely separable. The tuner cover can be constructed to enclose and protect one or two rows of tuning keys and knobs, depending on the type of musical instrument. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013854 | System and Method for Indicating Selective Regions of A Musical Instrument - A system is provided for indicating at least one selective region of a musical instrument. The musical instrument includes a main body portion, and an elongated neck portion extending from the main body portion. The elongated neck portion includes a plurality of spaced-apart boundaries configured to define a plurality of regions along the elongated neck portion. The system includes at least one physical indicator positioned along a back side of the elongated neck portion opposite to a front side, and further along the back side adjacent to at least one of the plurality of regions. The at least one physical indicator is configured to provide non-visual sensory confirmation of the position of the plurality of regions along the elongated neck portion. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013855 | Music piece creation apparatus and method - Music piece data composed of audio waveform data are stored in a memory. Analysis section analyzes the music piece data stored in the memory to determine sudden change points of sound condition in the music piece data. Display device displays individual phoneme component data, obtained by dividing the music piece data at the sudden change points, in a menu format having the phoneme component data arranged therein in order of their complexity. Through user's operation via an operation section, desired phoneme component data is selected from the menu displayed on the display device, and a time-axial position where the selected phoneme component data is to be positioned is designated. New music piece data set is created by each user-selected phoneme component data being positioned at a user-designated time-axial position. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013856 | ELECTRONIC ASSISTANT SYSTEM FOR LESSON IN MUSIC AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENT EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - While a player is fingering a music tune on a piano, an electronic assistant system monitors the keys to see whether or not the player starts to produce tones through a particular playing technique such as repetition; when the electronic assistant system finds particular key movements unique to the particular playing technique in an early stage, the electronic assistant system decides that the player intends to produce the tone through the particular playing technique, and forces the key to travel on a reference key trajectory in the later stage, whereby the player learns the particular playing technique. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013857 | System and Method For Providing Haptic Feedback To A Musical Instrument - A system and method for generating a haptic feedback signal correlated to a music signal and providing the haptic feedback signal to a musical instrument. The music signal can created by the musical instrument or from a file, e.g., a MIDI file. A processor can generate the haptic feedback signal using a look-up table in which the music signal is mapped to a corresponding haptic feedback signal or can compute the corresponding haptic feedback signal based on the parameters of the music signal. The processor provides the haptic feedback signal to an actuator for causing a haptic effect at the musical instrument in response to receiving the haptic feedback signal. The haptic feedback signal can be applied to an input member, such as a key on a keyboard or a string on a guitar, or to the housing of the musical instrument, such as the neck of a guitar. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013858 | SOUND GENERATOR FOR PRODUCING A SOUND FROM A NEW NOTE - A sound generator including a plurality of synthesis generators each configured to generate a sound from a note, and a dynamic voice allocation circuit configured to select a new note to be supplied to the plurality of synthesis generators depending on a priority that is associated with the new note and the generated sounds and the volumes of the generated sounds. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013859 | EQUIPMENT FOR RECHARGE OF CARTRIDGES, RECHARGE METHOD AND RECHARGED CARTRIDGES - The present invention refers to equipment, for the recharging firearm cartridges, having four modules that can operate jointly or separately. The equipment includes a calibrating press, that calibrates and removes a deflagrated fuse of the case through the movement of the piston tool ports and a washing turbine having a rotating nucleus that moves angularly between 90 and −90 degrees to facilitate loading, washing and discharging of the cases. The equipment also includes a fuse press for fuse assembly in the case, with automatic rejection of the defective cases through pneumatic auxiliary cylinders of high sensitivity. The press includes a case feeder system; a rotating disk; and a reservoir feeder of fuses. The press also includes a dosage press for the assembly and packing of the cartridges, with movements synchronized vertically, circular and lineal, with main cylinder and commanded by panel provided with commands for control of the gunpowder dosage. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013860 | PNEUMATIC MULTI-WEIGHT BALANCING DEVICE - A load balancing pneumatic manipulator comprising an inflatable reservoir for establishing via an amplifier a pressure within a lift cylinder that is sufficient to balance the weight of an object being lifted. The reservoir is inflated and deflated by inflation and deflation valves, respectively, that may be operated from an operator control center proximal an end effector of the manipulator. The valves may be actuated via pushbuttons or actuated in a mutually exclusively fashion via a neutrally biased reciprocating actuator. The manipulator advantageously allows loads of different weights to be lifted in a semi-automatic fashion with operator involvement to select the load balancing pressure. The manipulator further comprises an air release system that closes a blocking valve in the event of release of the object being lifted and optionally in the event of a loss of air supply pressure. The pressure within the lift cylinder is thereby preserved and can be vented at different rates, depending upon the condition causing closure of the blocking valve. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013861 | COMBINED PUMP HOUSING FOR SEVERAL RATED QUANTITIES - In a swash-plate type hydrostatic piston engine, a drive unit ( | 2009-01-15 |
20090013862 | Dual linear actuator - An actuator having two or more interconnected movement components, wherein the movement components are designed as linear actuators with substantially coaxial longitudinal axes or longitudinal axes that are parallel to each other and that are interconnected in longitudinal direction such that their linear movements are superimposed on one another, and such that at least one of the linear actuators can be stopped at one or several predetermined positions. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013863 | Bent Axis Pump - A bent axis pump wherein the coupling between a cylinder body and a connecting pin of a back body takes place by the interposition of a bush suitable for guiding the rotation of the cylinder body limiting the friction between the cylinder body and the pin. The pin life is considerably extended. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013864 | Connecting Plate of a Hydrostatic Machine and Method for Producing the Connecting Plate - The invention relates to a connecting plate and to a method for producing connecting plates of hydrostatic machines. The connecting plate is cut to length from a previously produced extruded profile to give connecting plate blanks and is then finished. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013865 | Piston for a Reciprocating-Piston Internal Combustion Engine Provided with Hardened Piston Ring Grooves - A piston made of a nitride-forming base alloy for a reciprocating internal combustion engine is disclosed. The piston includes a piston upper part having a plurality of peripheral piston ring grooves, each piston ring groove having two groove flanks, one of the piston ring grooves being closest to a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine than the remaining piston ring grooves, the groove flanks of at least the one of the piston ring grooves being hardened using a boundary layer, the piston upper part including an external surface which includes the hardened groove flanks, and a wear and correction protection layer coating at least the external surface, the wear and correction protection layer includes a nitration layer. The nitration layer is generated by converting the nitride-forming base alloy by one of plasma nitration and plasma nitro-carburization in at least one of a nitrogen atmosphere and a nitrogen-carbon atmosphere. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013866 | THREE-PIECE OIL RING AND COMBINATION OF THE THREE-PIECE OIL RING AND PISTON - A three-piece oil ring and a combination of the three-piece oil ring and a piston, those capable of realizing improved sealing property and reduction in lubrication oil consumption with avoiding generation of sticking even at low tension and thin width of the ring. The three-piece oil ring includes a spacer expander | 2009-01-15 |
20090013867 | Radial counterflow carbon capture and flue gas scrubbing - Carbon capture is effected by mechanical means, producing out of flue gas a concentrated, cleaned, and cooled stream of carbon dioxide. This is a new method of carbon capture which avoids the limitations of known cryogenic, membrane, or chemical capture methods. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013868 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR THE SEPARATION OF A GASEOUS MIXTURE - A process for separating carbon dioxide from a compressed, dried and cooled carbon dioxide containing fluid comprises separating the fluid into at least a carbon dioxide enriched stream, and a carbon dioxide depleted stream, expanding at least part of the carbon dioxide lean stream in an expander, compressing a process stream wherein the power for the compression step is at least in part provided by the power generated by the expander. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013869 | PROCESS AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING A PRESSURIZED GASEOUS PRODUCT BY LOW-TEMPERATURE SEPARATION OF AIR - The process and the device are used to produce a pressurized gaseous product by low-temperature separation of air in a distillation system, which has at least one high-pressure column ( | 2009-01-15 |
20090013870 | Landfill Gas Purification Method and System - The present disclosure provides a method for separating and purifying a landfill gas stream. In one embodiment, the method includes a step of collecting a crude landfill gas stream which includes at least methane, carbon dioxide, oxygen, and nitrogen gases. The method also includes a step of separating the crude landfill gas stream into at least an intermediate landfill gas stream and a first waste gas stream using a membrane separation unit, wherein the intermediate landfill gas stream is enriched in methane and depleted in carbon dioxide relative to the crude landfill gas stream. The method further includes a step of separating the intermediate landfill gas stream into at least a final landfill gas stream and a second waste gas stream using a pressure swing adsorption separation unit, wherein the final landfill gas stream is enriched in methane and depleted in carbon dioxide, oxygen, and nitrogen relative to the intermediate landfill gas stream. In some embodiments. VOCs in the waste gas streams are destroyed using a thermal oxidizer. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013871 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR THE SEPARATION OF A GASEOUS MIXTURE - A process for separating carbon dioxide from a fluid containing carbon dioxide, NO | 2009-01-15 |
20090013872 | METHOD OF REMOVING ACID GASES CONTAINED IN GASEOUS EFFLUENTS - The present invention relates to a method of removing acid gases, notably carbonyl sulfide, contained in gaseous effluents, comprising:
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20090013873 | Gas/Liquid Separator Including a Liquid Trap Filter - A liquid separator for a respiratory gas sample analyzer includes a closed container having a liquid trap filter chamber integral with the container. The liquid trap filter chamber includes an inlet compartment and an outlet compartment. The inlet compartment is interposed between a sample inlet port and a sample outlet port and includes a gas permeable, liquid impermeable filter element for separating liquid from a gas sample, the liquid separated from the gas sample passing to a collection chamber. The outlet compartment includes a further gas permeable, liquid impermeable trap filter element which is interposed between the collection chamber and a low pressure port, for preventing the flow of liquid through the output compartment to the low pressure port. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013874 | Beverage Making Device - A beverage making device comprising a brewing chamber for enclosing a pad ( | 2009-01-15 |
20090013875 | AUTOMATED DOSE CONTROL FOR ESPRESSO MAKER - A coffee machine has a flow sensor located upstream of the boiler or thermal block for the purpose of sensing changes in flow rate in a system for automating dose control. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013876 | Equipment for the preparation of a hot beverage - Equipment for the preparation of a hot beverage comprising a boiler capable of containing a liquid component of the beverage, for example water, a collection container and means defining a delivery path for the liquid component from the boiler to the collection container. The equipment also comprises valve means located along the delivery path for the liquid component comprising a plug which can move between a position in which the delivery path is closed and one in which it is open and means to immobilise the plug in the open position. These means are arranged in such a way that they can be activated and deactivated by a force exerted in the direction of movement of the plug. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013877 | Low oil volume fryer with small cold zone - A fryer pot for a deep fryer having a pair of opposed sidewalls, a pair of opposed end walls and a bottom wall. Each of the pair of opposed sidewalls has three successive vertical portions. Wherein each of the three successive vertical portions of each of the pair of opposed sidewalls is inboard of a preceding vertical portion to thereby taper the fryer pot towards the bottom wall. A fryer pot for a deep fryer having a pair of opposed endwalls and a pair of opposed sidewalls and a bottom wall. Each of the pair of opposed endwalls has a first vertical portion and a second vertical portion that are each connected by an angled offset portion to decrease a volume of the fryer pot. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013878 | Frying vessel for deep fryer apparatus - Frying vessel for a deep fryer apparatus, the frying vessel is closed with a bottom part from the bottom and with side wall from the side, a substantially horizontally formed electric heating element which is immersed in the frying oil and is in direct contact with the same is placed within the vessel, and at the bottom part of the vessel an outlet is provided. The bottom part of the vessel comprises a downwardly narrowing funneled portion, and the outlet is formed in the funneled portion. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013879 | COOKING ACCESSORY FOR A STEAM COOKING DEVICE - Cooking accessory ( | 2009-01-15 |
20090013880 | FOOD PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A food processing system includes a food processing chamber for processing a food product, such as meat products such as hot dogs, sausages, poultry, fish, and other food items. A high speed serial to parallel loading station delivery system is provided. The food product is loaded onto a conveyor in the processing chamber having a plurality of two-piece food product cradles having openings receiving the food product at the loading station and discharging the food product at the unloading station and having gaps between food product carriers distally oppositely spaced from the openings and defining food product cavities therebetween, the width of the openings varying during traversal of the conveyor through the chamber from the loading to the unloading stations. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013881 | Bale banding machine with overhead press - A bale banding machine having an overhead press head that translates in the vertical direction relative to the band guide track and the bale being banded. The band is directed through a stationary band feeding guide assembly into a band receiving guide assembly mounted on the translating press head assembly. The stationary band feeding guide assembly defines an enclosed channel, at the end of which is provided a feed guide pivoting member that is biased in a closed position until the press heads lowers, upon which event a follower cam in the feed guide pivoting member reacts to a cam wedge on the descending press head, causing the feed guide pivoting member to pivot away from the band extending between the stationary band feeding guide assembly and the translating band receiving guide assembly. Simultaneously, the head guide pivoting member is caused to pivot upward from the band. In this manner the band is no longer retained within the small guide path previously defined by the feeding guide assembly and the receiving guide assembly, such that the translating head can be lowered several inches without shearing the band. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013882 | Solar-powered waste compactor, method of powering a waste compactor, and hydraulic unit therefor - A hydraulic power device usable to power a compactor ram of a waste compactor is provided. The hydraulic power device includes a pump assembly having first and second pumps for providing pressurized hydraulic fluid to at least one hydraulic cylinder and piston assembly associated with the compactor ram. A battery is provided for storing energy and for providing energy to the pump assembly. A solar panel converts solar energy and charges the battery. A pump control unit simultaneously operates the pumps when an operating pressure of the pump assembly is less than a predetermined threshold and operates only the first pump when the operating pressure of the pump assembly is greater than the predetermined threshold. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013883 | WRINGING DEVICE - A wringing device for expelling materials from a flexible container. In at least one embodiment, the wringing device may be used to expel fluids from a flexible container contained within an intermediate bulk container (IBC). The wringing device may be formed from a support frame and a carriage movably coupled to the support frame for supporting components of the wringing device, The wringing device may include a nip shaft coupled to the carriage and a movable nip shaft movably coupled to the carriage proximate to the nip shaft. The movable nip shaft may be biased toward the nip shaft with a biasing device. The wringing device may include one or more drive devices for driving a take-up shaft, a wringing device transport system, or the carriage, or any combination thereof. The wringing device may also include a transport vehicle for transporting the wringing device between different intermediate bulk containers. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013884 | SHEET PUNCHING AND EMBOSSING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR ORIENTING THE SHEETS - A method of orienting a sheet in a sheet punching and embossing machine and a sheet punching and embossing machine includes at least one processing station, a machine control system and a sheet transport system including circulating gripper carts with gripper bridges on which grippers are secured. The sheet is gripped and moved through the machine by the grippers. The sheet transport system includes circulating chains. The gripper carts include travel carts which are connected to the sheet transport system, and the gripper carts stop at a respective processing station to process the sheet. The gripper bridge of a gripper cart is connected by spring elements to the travel carts, and the gripper bridge includes a contact surface which can be brought into contact with at least one driven adjustment element of a respective processing station to orient the sheet in the processing station and to lower the gripper bridge into the processing stations. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013885 | DISK LABEL PRINTER - Disclosed is a disk label printer that includes a slot-in type optical disk driving mechanism and a printing mechanism integrated with each other, has a small size, and prints a high-quality image on the label surface of an optical disk. The disclosed disk label printer includes: a case that has a slot through which an optical disk is inserted or ejected formed therein; an optical disk driving mechanism that is provided in the case and writes and/or reads signals to and/or from the optical disk mounted to a disk mounting portion; and a printing mechanism that is provided in the case and includes a thermal head printing a desired image on a label surface of the optical disk. The printing mechanism is provided on a transfer path of the optical disk toward the optical disk driving mechanism between the slot an optical disk driving mechanism. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013886 | Method and Machine for Aligning Flexographic Printing Plates on Printing Cylinders - The invention relates to a method and a machine for aligning at least two flexographic printing plates on at least one printing cylinder. The method comprises the steps of capturing an image relating to a first plate, capturing the image relating to a portion of a second plate, reprocessing the image captured from the first plate so as to obtain a portion thereof corresponding to the image relating to the portion of the second plate, concurrently displaying said reprocessed image and the image captured from the second plate and aligning said two images. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013887 | BLANKET HOLDING RAIL - In the case of a blanket holding rail for the releasable attachment of a blanket ( | 2009-01-15 |
20090013888 | Methods and Means Relating to Photopolymer Printing Plates - A method for feeding a photopolymerised elastomeric printing plate, subsequent to exposure and washing out thereof, along a path through a rinsing station, comprises: optionally providing a plate assembly comprising the plate and, supporting the plate, a carrier having a pair of opposed peripheral regions each extending laterally beyond respective opposed lateral edge regions of the plate, providing, transversely of the path, at least one pair of driven rollers ( | 2009-01-15 |
20090013889 | Method for Improved Plate Change and Sheet-fed Offset Printing Press Having a Plate Change Apparatus - An apparatus and a method for changing printing plates in sheet-fed rotary printing presses include a plurality of printing units and plate cylinders being coupled to one another mechanically in the printing units during a printing operation. At the beginning of a plate change, the plate cylinders are coupled to one another mechanically and are driven jointly by a main drive motor. After an old printing plate has been conveyed out, each plate cylinder is decoupled from the common mechanical connection and is driven by a separate drive motor. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013890 | HANDLING DEVICE OF A PRINTING PRESS - A handling device of a printing press, in particular for handling printing plates during an automated printing plate change on a printing unit of a printing press, is disclosed. The handling device has a manipulator arm, where one end of the manipulator arm is assigned a manipulator head, which features a handling element, in particular a holding element for printing plates, and the manipulator arm is embodied in a multi-part manner of several segments. A swivel axis is embodied on each end of each segment, around which at least the respective segment can be swiveled, and each swivel axis is assigned a separate drive for providing the respective swivel movement. The other end of the manipulator arm is mounted so it is translatorily and rotationally movable on a traverse or on a frame or on a wall of the printing press. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013891 | Electrically Initiated Inertial Igniters for Thermal Batteries and the Like - A method for electrically initiating an inertial igniter for a munition is provided. The method including: generating electrical power upon a firing acceleration of the munition: powering circuitry on board the munition with the generated electrical power; and electrically determining, at the circuitry, whether an acceleration profile experienced by the munition is an all-fire condition. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013892 | CASING FOR SOFT PROJECTILE AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME - A casing for a relatively soft projectile, such as a projectile for a paintball gun, has a concave portion for receiving a substantially round soft projectile, a driving band located behind the concave portion, and an aerodynamic portion located behind the driving band. The driving band preferably has lands and grooves for engaging rifling in the bore of the gun. The aerodynamic portion may have the approximate shape of a prolate spheroid or a paraboloid of revolution, or another shape that reduces eddy currents and drag behind the projectile. The concave portion of the casing preferably has an adhesive to prevent separation of the casing and projectile in flight. The casing may be solid or hollow; in the later case, it may be filled with a substance such as urethane foam. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013893 | NON-LETHAL PROJECTILE SYSTEMS - A non-lethal projectile system for non-lethally inhibiting a living target, multi-functional launching devices for delivering the non-lethal projectile systems to a target, methods of assembling the non-lethal projectiles, and tactical methods of the use of the non-lethal projectile, the non-lethal projectile consists of a projectile body to be impacted with a living target and an inhibiting substance within the projectile body, wherein upon impact with the target, the inhibiting substance is dispersed on and about the target. In a variation, the projectile body ruptures upon impact releasing the substance. In another variation, the inhibiting substance is a powdered substance comprising a powdered pepper derived substance, for example, oleoresin capsicum or capsaicin. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013894 | Transport installation by aerial rope comprising a vehicle transfer circuit equipped with a torque motor - A transport installation comprising an aerial rope with continuous running on which vehicles are suspended by detachable grips, comprises a transfer circuit equipped with means for moving the vehicles. The means for moving comprise at least one set of wheels with pneumatic tires one of which wheels is connected to a power take-off derived from running of the rope and equipped with drive means whereby each wheel is made to rotate by one of the adjacent wheels. One of the wheels of said set of wheels is connected by transmission means to the output shaft of an electric torque motor generating a constant turning torque independent from the speed of rotation of said output shaft. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013895 | RIDE - A ride in particular for amusement parks, comprising: a drive track, comprising a guide device ( | 2009-01-15 |
20090013896 | Fairground Attraction Having People Carriers Driftingly Movable Along a Track - A fairground attraction is disclosed, including a track, a number of people carriers and device connected to the people carriers for advancing thereof along the track. Each people carrier is connected to the advancing device for pivoting about its top axis and is suspended in cantilevered manner above the track or rests thereon via support devices displaceable at an angle to the direction of forward movement. The people carriers can thus be moved as it were in “drifting” manner over the track. The advancing device can be arranged between the track and the people carriers, and can include for each people carrier a connecting member which protrudes from the track and on which the people carrier is mounted on its centre line and around which the people carrier can swivel. The fairground attraction can further be provided with devices for forcing the people carriers back to a neutral position oriented along the track and/or means for placing the people carriers at an angle relative to the direction of forward movement. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013897 | System and method of improving throughput and vehicle utilization of monorail factory transport systems - Means and methods for optimizing the utilization of monorail-based vehicles carrying a work-in-progress in a clean manufacturing environment. The method includes increasing the number of pick up and drop off points on a primary or secondary monorail transportation network, to amplify the number and frequency of pick up and drop off events per vehicle per circumnavigation of the network or loop. By increasing the number of pick up and drop off events, the empty run or idle time of the corresponding vehicle will decrease, improving utilization and throughput. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013898 | SWITCH ASSEMBLY FOR MAGNETIC LEVITATION RAILWAYS - Disclosed is a switch arrangement for magnetically levitated railways, comprising a support ( | 2009-01-15 |
20090013899 | Transport System - A transport system, including a rail system and carriages movably disposed thereon, the rails being encompassed by a primary conductor system to which at least one secondary coil, included by the carriage, is inductively coupled for the contactless transfer of electrical energy and/or information. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013900 | CAB ISOLATION SYSTEM FOR A LOCOMOTIVE - Provided is a cab isolation system for a locomotive is provided including a cab having a front and a rear. The cab isolation system further includes a pivot located generally near the rear of the cab and at least one spring generally located near the front of the cab. In another embodiment, dampers may further be provided and generally located near the front of the cab. In another embodiment, lateral links may further be provided and generally located near the front of the cab. This system may include any of the above elements, alone or in combination, to provide for a cab isolation system for isolating a locomotive cab from engine generated structure borne noise and vibration, while lower frequency track induced motions are not magnified. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013901 | ACTIVE ENERGY BEAM-CURABLE INK - Provided is an active energy beam-curable ink capable of preventing ink flow by enhancing the separation resistance of the ink components at high temperatures without impairing the stability against viscosity changes due to high temperatures. The active energy beam-curable ink contains hydrophilic silica with a primary particle diameter of 100 nm or less. It is preferable that a specific surface of the hydrophilic silica be 280 m | 2009-01-15 |
20090013902 | Shark repellant surfboard wax and method of making same - An improved delivery system and the method of making same for delivering a shark repelling substance to the surface of an article such as a surfboard, boogie board and the like. The delivery system is provided in the form of a board wax applicator that contains a chemical shark repelling substance such as a mixture of anhydrous sodium sulfate and sodium laurel sulfate. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013903 | Barrier Based Fuel Resistant Binder - A fuel resistant binder is characterized by the addition of a carrier curing agent to a modified, unmodified or emulsified asphalt material formed of a mixture of hot, cold or emulsified asphalt and carrier and activator materials. The carrier curing agent preferably is a polyurethane moisture curing solution. A cross-linking material and aggregate are also mixed with the binder to form a material suitable for patching cracks and holes in pavement and the like. The activator assists the polymer material in linking with the asphalt while the carrier prevents the formation of gel or lumps within the asphalt. The carrier curing agent resists the penetration of fuel into the binder. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013904 | Method for manufacturing a solid plating material and the solid plating material manufactured by the method - This invention provides a method for manufacturing a solid plating material which has excellent electrical conductivity and durability, and the solid plating materials manufactured by this method, wherein | 2009-01-15 |
20090013905 | Nepheline syenite powder with controlled particle size and novel method of making same - An ultra-fine nepheline syenite powder produced from a pre-processed nepheline syenite powder feedstock. The powder having a “controlled” maximum grain size D95 or D99 of less than about 20 microns and a “controlled” minimum grain size D5 in the range of 2-8 microns with a particle size spread D5-D95 of less than about 12 microns. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013906 | DARK METAL EFFECT PIGMENTS PRODUCED BY MEANS OF A PHYSICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION (PVD) METHOD - The invention relates to a metallic effect pigment, which metallic effect pigment has a substantially homogeneous chemical composition comprising at least one metal M and having an average content of oxygen of from 25 to 58 atomic percent, based on the total content of M and oxygen. The invention further relates to a method for the production of said metallic effect pigment. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013907 | Treatment of Fly Ash For Use in Concrete - A process for treating fly ash to render it highly usable as a concrete additive. A quantity of fly ash is obtained that contains carbon and which is considered unusable fly ash for concrete based upon foam index testing. The fly ash is mixed with an activator solution sufficient to initiate a geopolymerization reaction and for a geopolymerized fly ash. The geopolymerized fly ash is granulated. The geopolymerized fly ash is considered usable fly ash for concrete according to foam index testing. The geopolymerized fly ash may have a foam index less than 35% of the foam index of the untreated fly ash, and in some cases less than 10% of the foam index of the untreated fly ash. The activator solution may contain an alkali metal hydroxide, carbonate, silicate, aluminate, or mixtures thereof. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013908 | Break down desk assembly - A break down desk is disclosed to facilitate an efficient storage disassembly and transport in compact shipping containers. The break down desk may be quickly and easily assembled and disassembled without the use of traditional tools and fasteners and with a minimal of assistance. A removable desktop is detachably connected to and across a pair of opposing side panels. The removable desktop includes a primary writing surface at the front, a file/paper stacking surface located behind the primary writing surface, and a pair of detachable side wings. A wire management channel, through which to receive an electrical wire from an electrical apparatus, runs around the desktop between the primary writing surface, the file/stacking surface, and the side wings. A cable routing trough, to guide the cable from an AC power strip received therewithin towards a source of power, is detachably connected between the pair of opposing side panels below the desktop. A cable access door is pivotally attached to the file/stacking surface of the desktop to be rotatable from a closed position, at which to prevent access to the cable routing trough through the desktop, to an open position, at which to permit access to the cable routing trough through the desktop. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013909 | Method and Apparatus For An Agricultural Implement Seed Meter - A seed meter includes an input port configured to receive a supply of seeds and an output port configured to deliver the supply of seeds for dispensing to a planting area and a seed disk configured to receive the supply of seeds from the input port and deliver the supply of seeds to the output port at a substantially uniform rate. The seed disk has a seed side where seeds flow from the input port, and a vacuum side opposite the seed side. The seed meter further includes a first housing portion surrounding a first portion of the seed disk in a fixed relationship to direct the supply of seeds against the seed disk and a second housing portion. The second housing portion is configured to move between a first position extending to a second portion of the seed disk to operate in concert with the first housing portion to direct the supply of seeds against the seed disk and a second position providing access to at least a portion of the second portion of the seed disk including the lowest most portion of the seed disk. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013910 | Seed and fertilizer placement apparatus having double shoot seed boot - A double shoot seed and fertilizer placement unit has a leading shank that cuts a fertilizer trench in the soil, a seed shovel immediately behind but above the lower extremity of the shank to cut one or more seed shelves in the soil above and outboard of the fertilizer trench, a boot behind the shovel that places seeds on the shelf and then drops fertilizer into the fertilizer trench between and below the seeds, and a fertilizer guide member that rides in the fertilizer trench below the fertilizer outlet to maintain the integrity of the trench in preparation for the fertilizer and helps guide the fertilizer down to the bottom of the trench as it emanates from the boot. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013911 | THREAD FEEDING APPARATUS FOR AN AUTOMATIC EMBROIDERING MACHINE - A thread feeding apparatus for an automatic embroidering machine comprises a thread supplying unit to supply one upper thread selected among a plurality of upper threads different in color; a pair of thread guides formed with a thread guiding channel to guide the upper thread supplied from the thread supplying unit, and continuously formed along a thread transferring path of the thread guiding channel, leaving a space portion; a thread take-up unit provided with a thread retainer to retain the upper thread, oscillating between a top dead point and a bottom dead point, and strengthening and releasing the tension of the upper thread; and a thread take-out unit comprising a thread take-out lever to hold and take out the upper thread passing through the space portion, and a thread take-out driver to reciprocate the thread take-out lever to put the upper thread held by the thread take-out lever into the thread retainer. Thus, the present invention provides a thread feeding apparatus for an automatic embroidering machine, which prevents an upper thread from being cut when the upper thread is replaced, and reduces time taken to replace the upper thread, thereby enhancing work efficiency. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013912 | THREADING DEVICE OF SEWING MACHINE - A threading device of a sewing machine having a plurality of needles is provided. The threading device is configured to insert a thread through an eye of any one of the needles. The threading device includes a threading hook which moves forward to enter the eye of one of the needles and moves backward to catch and insert the thread through the eye, a threading mechanism which moves the threading hook to insert the thread, a selecting portion operable to select, among the plurality of needles, a needle through which the thread is to be inserted, a positioning mechanism which moves the threading hook to a position corresponding to the needle selected by operating the selecting portion, and a selected needle indicating device which distinguishably indicates the needle with respect to which the threading hook has been positioned by operating the selecting portion. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013913 | Embroidery unit cover, side table for sewing machine, and sewing machine - An embroidery unit cover that covers an embroidery unit that is to be attached to a sewing machine for sewing embroidery that includes a planar portion that forms a substantially horizontal surface combined with a bed portion of the sewing machine and a free arm portion provided to the bed portion, a peripheral wall portion that runs continuously along a peripheral border of the planar portion and that extends vertically downward from the planar portion, and a first engagement portion that is disposed on the peripheral wall portion and that is structured to be attached to and detached from a second engagement portion disposed on at least one of the bed portion and the free arm portion. When the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion are engaged with each other, the embroidery unit cover forms a side table with the free arm portion. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013914 | FAST-MOVING CUMULATIVE TORPEDO-MINE "PRESENT" - An embodiment of torpedo, providing increased explosive energy, comprises: a casing encapsulating a rubber container, having frontal cumulative cavities with peripheral magnetic rings, said container containing an elongated type explosive charge, an axle, a bushing slidely mounted on the axle, spokes associated with the bushing and container's front, cumulative cups with press-detonators; a formatter, joined with the container's rear portion, slidely disposed on the axle, capable to displace the charge from the rear to the middle of container thereby converting it into a cumulative type charge; a magnetic cup slidely disposed on the axle; an engine unit including a cylindrical shell, fixed to the casing, the shell containing aluminum thin double-wall pipes furnished with ignition detonators. The pipes are innerly stuffed with compressed pyroxylin gunpowder; the internal space between the pipes' double-walls is filled with water, gasified during the torpedo's launch and outlet from the rear, increasing the torpedo's speed. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013915 | DEVICE FOR ACTUATING SHEETS OF SAILING BOATS | 2009-01-15 |
20090013916 | Method of Intercepting and Yawing a Sailing Vessel With External Propulsion Means - A method for intercepting and yawing an errant sailing vessel is disclosed, wherein the vessel might have been hijacked or malfunctioned and in danger of colliding with an object. The method comprises dispatching a watercraft to approach the sailing vessel and secures itself to one side of the sailing vessel's hull. Preferably, a second watercraft is secured to the other side of the vessel's hull. At least one of the watercrafts is then operated to direct propulsion thrust to yaw the vessel in a desired direction. Preferably still, the first and second watercrafts are each secured respectively to the right and left sides of the vessel's hull proximate to the stem or bow end. The first (right side) watercraft then operates a fluid propulsion which thrust is directed away from the vessel's right side while the second (left side) watercraft's propulsion is on standby. As a result, the vessel is turned rightward or clockwise. Conversely, the first watercraft may be put on standby while the second watercraft's propulsion is operated such that the thrust is directed away from the vessel's left side, thereby causing the vessel to turn leftward or anti-clockwise. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013917 | RETRACTABLE HYDROFOIL FOR MARINE VEHICLES - A marine vehicle with at least one hydrofoil at the lower hull of such marine vehicle, and at least one drive element for retracting a pair of hydrofoils mounted side-by-side on both sides of the symmetry axis of the hull of the marine vehicle. When hydrofoils are in the retracted position, the marine vehicle is converted to a conventional marine vehicle. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013918 | Mooring Pull-In System - System for anchoring of a vessel, preferably at deep waters, comprising a number of anchoring lines, each anchoring line extending from a fastening means on the vessel to an anchor at the seabed, and the anchoring lines are preferably arranged tightly, obliquely down into the sea around the vessel in the form of spread anchoring, such that the vessel is maintained in a fixed, intended position. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013919 | SUBMERGIBLE CONTAINER WITH STREAMLINE SHAPE - A submergible container that includes a plurality of fluid passages formed through a container body to allow a chamber of the container to fill when submerged in water to form a live well is described. In embodiments described, the container is formed of an oval or egg shaped body to provide a streamline contour for towing through the water. In an illustrated embodiment, the container includes a wheel assembly and pull handle to transport the container over the ground. The illustrated container includes a closure that is operable between an open position and a closed position to insert items into the container. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013920 | Flag holder for warning signs - A display system for use with a sign panel includes a bracket with a securement for attachment to a sign panel structure such as a support rib, to receive support therefrom. The bracket includes pairs of diagonally spaced apart support surfaces with each pair of support surfaces defining a channel for receiving a respective flag staff, to support opposite sides of a flag staff at spaced apart locations. A pivot connection pivotally attaches the flag staffs to the bracket, bringing the flag staffs into alignment with the support surfaces as the flags are rotated between an open or display position and a closed or storage position. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013921 | Decorative outdoor home flag kit - A decorative home flag kit having a flag sheet which has a front side displaying a decorative graphic wherein the decorative graphic is being printed on the front side and is displayed in a reverse manner without any noticeable lost of image sharpness and color density on a rear side of the flat sheet which communicatively couples with the front side, and a flag sleeve disposed at an edge of the flag sheet. The decorative home flag kit further has a flag support frame for suspending the flag sheet which has a suspending arm having an engaging hook which is adapted to engage with the flag sleeve of the flag sheet such that the suspending arm can be inserted into and enclosed by the flag sleeve, an extending member coupling with the suspending arm and a mounting base coupling with the extending member for mounting. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013922 | AUTOMOBILE PROJECTED LIGHT FOR LIFE SAFETY - The invention relates to an automobile projected light for life safety, comprising a casing, a projected light source and a lens body, which are installed on either inside or outside of an automobile. The lens body has a lens provided therein and the projected light source is installed on the rear area of the lens, thereby enabling the projected light to become a kind of warning light, character or sign picture after the light passes through the lens. Accordingly, the invention enables different warning characters, signals of calling for help or even ads. to be projected. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013923 | A-frame barricade - A pair of A-frame members of molded plastic support an elongated beam extending through openings in apex portions thereof. Pockets are provided in the outsides of two legs of each A-frame member into which elongated weight cartridges are placed to be securely held to the legs. The legs and pockets are so formed that with a low volume and weight, a high strength and rigidity of the legs is achieved, a substantial contribution being made by the weight cartridges. The weights of the cartridges are used to resist tilting movement of the barricade and to achieve stability with a high degree of efficiency. The weight cartridges are preferably blow-molded plastic tubes filed with slag or sand and most preferably are interchangeable with cartridges currently in use in other applications. For additional stability, the legs of each A-frame member may be secured to an elongated member, to a plastic tube mounted there-between and/or to a blow-molded panel that is adapted to be filled with a weighty material and face in a longitudinal direction. Also, for additional strength and stability, elongated beams may be hung on lower portions of legs of the pair of A-frame members. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013924 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING NITRIDE SINGLE CRYSTAL - A nitride single crystal is produced using a growth solution | 2009-01-15 |
20090013925 | Device for producing a block of crystalline material with modulation of the thermal conductivity - The device for producing a block of crystalline material from a bath of molten material comprises a crucible having a bottom and heat extraction means arranged under the crucible. It also comprises means for modulating the thermal conductivity fitted between the bottom of the crucible and the heat extraction means. The means for modulating the thermal conductivity comprise a plurality of plates made from thermally conducting material of low emissivity, parallel to the bottom of the crucible, and means for moving said plates closer to and away from one another. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013926 | PRESSURE VESSEL FOR GROWING SINGLE CRYSTALS - An object of the present invention is to manufacture single crystals of high quality on an industrial production scale by preventing impurities from being mixed in single crystals when the single crystals are produced by the solvothermal method. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013927 | STAGE APPARATUS AND COATING TREATMENT DEVICE - A stage apparatus includes a stage over which a substrate is to be transferred, and a levitation mechanism which levitates the substrate over the stage. The stage includes a plurality of gas spray ports ( | 2009-01-15 |
20090013928 | MARKING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A marking tool and a method for marking a presence or an absence of at least one underground facility is presented. The method includes dispensing a marker when a trigger of a marking tool is actuated. The method further includes identifying at least one characteristic associated with the marker or the dispensing of the marker. The method further includes storing the at least one characteristic associated with dispensing the marker when the actuation of the trigger is signaled. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013929 | PLATING APPARATUS - A plating apparatus for plating a FPCB base board having a first conveyance region and a second conveyance region includes a shielding apparatus. The shielding apparatus includes a first shielding plate and a second shielding plate. The first shielding plate corresponds to the first conveyance region. A distance between the first shielding plate and the first conveyance region is from 5 millimeters to 20 millimeters. A width of the first shielding is equal to or larger than a width of the first conveyance region. The second shielding plate corresponds to the second conveyance region. A distance between the second shielding plate and the second conveyance region is from 5 millimeters to 20 millimeters. A width of the second shielding is equal to or larger than a width of the second conveyance region. The first and second shielding plates are made of an insulation material. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013930 | GAS DISTRIBUTOR WITH PRE-CHAMBERS DISPOSED IN PLANES - A gas distributor for a CVD or OVPD reactor comprises two or more gas volumes ( | 2009-01-15 |
20090013931 | Continuous Growth Of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes Using Chemical Vapor Deposition - The invention relates to a chemical vapor deposition process for the continuous growth of a carbon single-wall nanotube where a carbon-containing gas composition is contacted with a porous membrane and decomposed in the presence of a catalyst to grow single-wall carbon nanotube material. A pressure differential exists across the porous membrane such that the pressure on one side of the membrane is less than that on the other side of the membrane. The single-wall carbon nanotube growth may occur predominately on the low-pressure side of the membrane or, in a different embodiment of the invention, may occur predominately in between the catalyst and the membrane. The invention also relates to an apparatus used with the carbon vapor deposition process. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013932 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A substrate processing apparatus of the present invention includes a holding means for rotatably holding a substrate; a coating solution supply nozzle for supplying a coating solution onto a front surface of the substrate to be processed held by the holding means; a treatment chamber housing the holding means and the coating solution supply nozzle; a cooling means for cooling the substrate before the coating solution is supplied to the substrate, to a predetermined temperature; a heating means for heating the substrate coated with the coating solution to a predetermined temperature; and a transfer means for transferring the substrate between the treatment chamber, the cooling means and the heating means, wherein the treatment chamber, the cooling means and the heating means are partitioned from an ambient air, and wherein at least the treatment chamber is connected to a gas supply mechanism having a supply source of a gas having a kinematic viscosity coefficient higher than that of air and kept at a predetermined concentration of the gas. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013933 | SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING DEVICE - The present invention relates to a semiconductor manufacturing device that a maintenance or a repairing is easy so that an efficiency of manufacturing can be enhanced because a high temperature of a susceptor can be rapidly down. The present invention relates to a semiconductor manufacturing device that an efficiency of manufacturing can be enhanced because a heater for heating the semiconductor is heated by an external heating device. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013934 | AUTOMATIC SEPARATION OF ANIMAL MILK - The invention relates to, inter alia, a method for determining a modified waiting period for a milk-producing animal treated with a veterinary medicament. According to said method, at least one quantity of milk is determined during at least one time interval following the administration of the veterinary medicament, said interval being shorter than a pre-determined waiting period. A milk yield for the waiting period is predicted from the quantity of milk. A modified waiting period is determined on the basis of the predicted milk yield and a milk yield for the waiting period pre-determined by the veterinary medicament. The inventive method enables MRL values to be surely and reliably maintained, such that milk is separated according to the modified waiting period. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013935 | EZ-clean litter saver - Apparatus for receiving and disposing of animal wastes and particularly the bodily wastes of cats, include an upper chamber adapted to sift and separate. An internal sifting screen is mounted to sift there from the accumulated refuse. In another form, the screen is configured to be tilted to pass the litter through the centrally placed screen assembly for the separating of the preferably nonabsorbent litter bed for further use. The apparatus has an external container in which kitty litter will be separated and collected separate from the solid waste, and a removable internal container for the collection of solid waste. Once the solid material is separated from the kitty litter, and drops into the storage container, the cat owner can dispose of the cat waste when desired. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013936 | MATERIAL FOR TREATING EXCRETION OF PET - A pet excreta treating material made mainly of a ground material of plant origin and having a higher water absorbency in the third measurement than in the first measurement, a water absorbency of 3% to 30% by weight in the third measurement, and a specific gravity of 0.8 to 1.2 measured before the first water absorbency measurement. The water absorbency is measured by immersing a dried excreta treating material in 25° C. water for 3 seconds and calculating the weight increase by the equation below, which is taken as water absorbency (%). In the second and following measurements, the excreta treating material immediately after the preceding measurement is dried and immersed in 25° C. water for 3 seconds to obtain a water absorbency in the same manner. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013937 | Cat4play in door out door light weight fat cat scratch playhouse - A modular cost effective cat play-home unit comprised of a grid form, suitable, reusable frame material covered with a non-carpet cat scratching alternative material made from EVA flexible foam that cats prefer to scratch and comes in a variety of colors to accent any interior or exterior design decor and is resistant to bacteria, water, urine, feces, hair, stain, odor, fire and is veterinarian approved as healthy and non-toxic to felines and canines, collapsible and lightweight for easy transport, storage or shipment and can be easily sanitized with disinfectant spay and quickly wiped dry or sun dried for energy efficiency creating a generation of cats taught not to scratch carpet whereas each inventive mat can be used by veterinarian offices as surgical stretchers allowing for easy transport to cages whereas the pet is protected with a soft, thermal healthy flexible matting that can be tilted for visible waste release. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013938 | PET REPELLENT CORD COVER - A pet repellent plastic cover is placed over cords to prevent pets from chewing the cords. This cover prevents injury to the pet and damage to the cord. | 2009-01-15 |
20090013939 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RESTRICTING MOVEMENT OF AN ANIMAL INTO OR OUT OF A DEFINED AREA - An apparatus and method for restricting the movement of an animal into or out of a defined area for training and preventing the animal from crossing into or out of the defined area, e.g., a room within a house or an enclosed or defined space outside of a house, such as a gateway or a doorway, while not affecting surrounding areas. The apparatus and method for restricting the movement of the animal utilizes a receiving device shaped to decrease the peripheral reception an ultrasonic frequency emitted from a transmitter, and thereby decreasing the likelihood of corrective stimulation outside the defined area. The apparatus and method for restricting the movement of an animal also includes a variable duty cycle to achieve substantial power savings and prolonged battery life once the animal does not need continuous corrective stimulation. | 2009-01-15 |