06th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 12 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150034530 | Solvent Extraction of Bitumen Using Heat From Combustion of Product Cleaning Streams - Described herein is a process that employs heat, derived from the combustion of product cleaning streams, such as waste streams, in a solvent-based extraction process. Solvent extraction of bitumen generally involves combining solvent with a bituminous feed to produce a cleaned bitumen product. Solvent is recovered, for example by utilizing heat to cause evaporation, and recovered solvent may be re-used. In an exemplary embodiment, hot flue gas from waste stream combustion may provide the heat to evaporate the solvent. Product cleaning waste streams may be ones produced from the trim cleaning of solvent extracted bitumen or from treatment of bitumen froth produced in a water-based extraction process. The heat generated can contribute to the energy requirements of the overall solvent extraction of bitumen. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034531 | Separating Radioactive Contaminated Materials from Cleared Materials Resulting from Decommissioning a Power Plant - A cobalt coincidence radioactivity detector is used to separate radioactive concrete dust from uncontaminated dust resulting from dismantling a nuclear power plant. A suction air stream carries the dust through a vacuum line to a cyclone segregator. The dust falls into a smaller first container from the segregator, and the detector detects radioactivity in the filled first container. The dust is transferred from the first container to a second container if the detected radioactivity exceeds a predetermined threshold. The dust is transferred from the first container to a third container if the detected radioactivity does not exceed the predetermined threshold. A filter collects the dust carried past the segregator by the suction air stream. If the radioactivity detected in the dust that collects on the filter exceeds the predetermined threshold, the dust in the first container is transferred to the second container before the first container is allowed to fill. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034532 | ZIG-ZAG CLASSIFIER AND METHOD FOR CLASSIFYING FOR SEPARATING MATERIAL TO BE SEPARATED - A zig-zag classifier for separating material to be separated, for example, plastic flakes, including two zig-zag-shaped plates which are arranged oppositely vertical to each other such that a channel is formed between them, where a central vertically disposed zig-zag-shaped separation plate between the two zig-zag-shaped plates is arranged such that the channel is divided into two parallel classifier channels having substantially the same width. Also, a method for separating material to be separated, for example, plastic flakes, using the zig-zag classifier disclosed herein. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034533 | Material Separator - A system and method for separating mixed materials employing an angled screen that is moved through a vertically oriented circular path by a single drive element. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034534 | RESTRICTED ACCESS WASTE SORTING SYSTEM - A system for disposing of medical waste is generally configured to sort waste items into a plurality of containers according to applicable rules and regulations governing the handling and/or disposal of such items. In some embodiments, a system comprises sorting stations each of which houses a number of disposable containers. Each station can identify an item of waste, determine the most appropriate container for the item, and facilitate disposal of the item in the appropriate container. In some embodiments, a detection system for determining a presence and/or a quantity of waste items within a container is also provided. In some embodiments, access to discarded waste items is restricted once the waste items have been placed in a container. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034535 | PORTABLE DISPOSABLE WASTE WATER RECYCLING - Portable disposable wastewater recycling techniques and systems are provided. Waste water returning to the surface during the process of hydraulic fracking or mining is routed through a portable water filtration system to remove impurities on site and to eject clean portable environmental safe water. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034536 | MEDICAL APPARATUS FOR EXTRACORPOREAL TREATMENT OF FLUID AND A PROCESS OF CALCULATING SET FLOW RATES IN A MEDICAL APPARATUS FOR DELIVERY OR COLLECTION OF FLUIDS - An apparatus for extracorporeal treatment of fluid and a process of setting up a medical apparatus for the delivery or collection of fluids are disclosed. According to the apparatus and the process, a control unit ( | 2015-02-05 |
20150034537 | Automatic Drinking Water Enhancement Apparatus - This invention is for an automatic drinking water enhancement apparatus consisting of a storage reservoir for water enhancement liquid connected to a positive displacement pump that will pump said water enhancement liquid proportional to the drinking water supply flow rate, and a merging and mixing means to combine the two streams, and an output leading to the dispenser to the user. The positive displacement pump may be powered by the drinking water stream flow and pressure, or by an electric motor with suitable electronic or computerized controls and sensors to drive the motor and infusion pump speed proportional to the filtered water flow rate, or as otherwise controlled. Fixed and variable control of the water enhancement liquid concentration in the output drinking water stream are included. Because it operates automatically, in the simplest embodiment the use requirements for this apparatus are the same as using a filtered water delivery faucet, plus keeping the water enhancement reservoir filled on occasion as necessary. If a user controlled water enhancement concentration approach embodiment is used, the user will have the additional use requirement to adjust the control input device to specify the desired water enhancement liquid concentration. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034538 | TREATMENT SOLUTION DELIVERY IN AN EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD TREATMENT APPARATUS - Blood treatment apparatus and methods of using the same are described herein that include two or more intermediate containers located between a treatment solution source and a port through which the treatment solution is to be delivered with the blood treatment apparatus. The weight of the intermediate containers is measured and used to control the refilling and emptying of treatment solution in the intermediate containers. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034539 | ALGAE SCRUBBER MACROALGAL ATTACHMENT MATERIALS - APPENDAGES - An apparatus for macroalgal attachment in an algae scrubber or seaweed cultivator comprising a set of discrete non-connected appendages extending from a support member such that the appendages receive water flow and illumination so as to cause macroalgae to attach to and grow on said appendages, whereby said macroalgal growth can be comb harvested to provide useful biomass or to remove nutrients from the water. Attachment textures and growth compartments are also claimed. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034540 | OIL COLLECTING APPARATUS - An oil collecting apparatus is provided to recover polluted nature environment and to keep nature environment clean in such a way that oil leaked over river or ocean is effectively collected on the spot, and only the oil is removed by separating water and oil, wherein the volume of the water tank configured to separate water and oil can be reduced in half, so the present invention may be applied to a small size ship, and only the oil leaked over river and ocean may be separated and collected on the spot. A water surface cleaner with an excellent oil connecting capacity may be built using the present invention. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034541 | FLUID FILTER FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A fluid filter cartridge is disclosed for filtering lubricating oil. The fluid filter cartridge includes a first filter medium having a tubular shape defining a central conduit and a second filter medium occluding the central conduit. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034542 | DEVICE FOR METERING A REAGENT BY DISSOLUTION IN A LIQUID FLOW - The invention relates to a metering device (D) for metering a reagent by dissolution in a liquid flow, characterised in that it comprises a plurality of parts:—a fixed base ( | 2015-02-05 |
20150034543 | ASSEMBLY WITH MULTIPLE HYDROCYCLONES, METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING MULTIPLE HYDROCYCLONES AND SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR MULTIPLE HYDROCYCLONES - An assembly with hydrocyclones comprising: multiple hydrocyclones having a net chamber with two side openings positioned on opposite sides of the net chamber and a overflow chamber having two side openings positioned on opposite sides of the overflow chamber. The hydrocyclones are arranged at a support structure, comprising a support bar for support of the hydrocyclones. The hydrocyclones being arranged side by side with their side openings adjacent each other thus forming an inlet pipe by means of the inlet chambers and an overflow pipe by means of the overflow chambers. The inlet chambers and the overflow chambers are adapted to be pressed against each other respectively. The hydrocyclones being arranged in pairs with one of the two hydrocyclones arranged on one side of the support bar and the other on the opposite sides thereof. A method assembling multiple hydrocyclones, wherein hydrocyclones are hung on a support bar at a base end or a head portion and are pressed together, is provided, and a support structure for an assembly of hydrocyclones, comprising a support bar, an end bar and one or two underflow pipes. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034544 | FILTER STRAW - A filter straw and kit including a backwashing unit for the filter straw. The filter straw generally includes an elongated housing extending between opposite input and output openings. One or more filtering regions and/or other fluid treating regions may be located within and along a portion of the elongated passageway. The filtering and treating regions include filtering screens, activated carbon filters, silver metal treating regions, and ultraviolet light treating regions. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034545 | Water Purifiers Having Ultraviolet Light Emitting Diodes - A water purifier that includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet opposing each other, a filter disposed in the housing and connected to the inlet to reduce the flow rate of water introduced into the filter from the inlet, a separator disposed in the housing to store water discharged from the filter, a supply conduit disposed in the housing and connected to a central portion of the separator to provide a path through which the water in the separator is drained, and an ultraviolet light emitting diode (UV LED) module disposed in the housing to irradiate UV rays toward the water stored in the separator. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034546 | CARTRIDGE TYPE HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE MODULE - A cartridge type hollow fiber membrane module includes: a cartridge type hollow fiber membrane element including a hollow fiber membrane bundle, a distribution cylinder, and an adhesive resin portion; a module case including a module case main body portion which has at least one port corresponding to a supply outlet of filtrate or an undiluted solution on a side surface, and a header which has a port corresponding to a supply outlet of filtrate or an undiluted solution, and accommodating the cartridge type hollow fiber membrane element; a first sealing member disposed to come into contact with the distribution cylinder and the header on an external side of a boundary surface between the supporting portion and the adhesive resin portion; and a second sealing member disposed to come into contact with an outer circumference portion of the distribution cylinder and the module case main body portion. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034547 | DIESEL RECOVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD - The apparatus and method provide for the removal of well fluids from well cuttings and a method of disposal thereof. A vibratory separator mechanically shakes the well fluids from the cuttings into a first compartment and the well cuttings fall into a second compartment. Once the well cuttings are dried, cement kiln dust (CKD) is added to neutralize any remaining well fluids on the well cuttings. The neutralized well cuttings are applied to the roadbed of a gravel or dirt road. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034548 | SYSTEM FOR TREATING WATER AND/OR WASTEWATER HAVING A PLURALITY OF LATERALS THAT CAN BE READILY CLEANED WITHOUT DAMAGING OR SACRIFICING THE LATERALS - A plurality of laterals operably associated with a treatment unit for treating water and/or wastewater. The plurality of laterals can form many systems including a sludge removal system and a fluid scour system. The treatment unit can take many forms including but not limited to a filter and a sludge collection basin. Preferably, each of the plurality of laterals has a hollow passageway for permitting at least one of a fluid and a material to flow through each of the plurality of laterals. Each of the plurality of laterals includes means for permitting cleaning of a corresponding lateral to remove one or more obstructions obstructing the flow of one of a fluid and a material through at least a portion of the hollow passageway without damaging or altering the corresponding lateral. Preferably, the means for cleaning is configured to seal an opening in the corresponding lateral. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034549 | FEATHER OIL ABSORBENT BOOM STRUCTURE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR - A feather oil absorbent boom structure comprising an inner core and an outer ring winding outside the inner core; the inner core is a cloth bag, and the cloth bag is filled with feather oil absorbent material; the cloth bag is made of spunbonded-melt blown-spunbonded polyporpylene non-woven cloth; the outer ring is a plate-shaped oil absorbent felt formed through thermal fusion of feathers and bicomponent fibers of polypropylene/polyethylene having a low melting point; the weight ratio of the feathers to the bicomponent fibers is 70-85:15-30. The feather oil absorbent boom is capable of providing reliable buoyancy, and slowing down the reduction of the strength of the inner core. Further disclosed is a preparation method for the feather oil absorbent boom structure. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034550 | Filter Element for Liquid Filtration - A filter element for liquid filtration has a first layer and a second layer. The first and second layers are arranged one behind the other in the direction of flow. The first layer is a filter layer of cellulose, and the second downstream layer is a nonwoven of plastic fibers, wherein the second layer has a smaller thickness than the first layer. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034551 | Process for treating effluents from the production of an aromatic compound derived from a dihydroxylated benzene - A process for treating an aqueous solution (A) derived from a method of producing a compound of formula (I), wherein R1 and R2 are identical or different and are chosen from among hydrogen and C1-C5 alkyl, wherein R1 and R2 together form a methylene group, and wherein R3, R4, R5 and R6, which are independently identical or different, are chosen from among: a hydrogen atom, a hydroxy group (—OH), an alkoxy group (—OR), an alcohol group (—ROH), an aldehyde group (—CHO), a ketone group (—C(═O)R), an acid group (—COOH), a nitrile group (—CN), a C1-C6 alkyl chain, linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated, potentially comprising one or a plurality of substitutes in a terminal or lateral position or one or more functions in said alkyl chain, R being a C1-C5 alkyl, wherein the aqueous solution (A) comprises at least one sulfate salt SO | 2015-02-05 |
20150034552 | Water Treatment System and Method for Removal of Contaminants Using Biological Systems - A novel biologically active water treatment system for removing contaminant from industrial effluent and method thereof is provided. A novel upflow bioreactor system having an expanded bed configuration and method for creating an expanded bed for release of gas without release of substantial precipitate is also provided. A novel downflow bioreactor system having an automated degas and backwash system is also provided. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034553 | WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT ONLINE MONITORING AND CONTROL - A method of operating a waste water treatment plant (WWTP) having at least one of an aerobic digester (AD) and a membrane bioreactor (MBR) is described. The method of operating AD is comprised of monitoring and controlling AD in real-time using an online extended Kalman filter (EKF) having a online dynamic model of AD. The EKF uses real-time AD measured data, and online dynamic model of AD to update adapted model parameters and estimate model based inferred variables for AD, which are used for AD control by AD control system having supervisory and low-level control layers. The method of operating MBR is similar to that of AD. The supervisory control ensures the WWTP satisfying the effluent quality requirement while minimize the operation cost. A WWTP having at least one of AD or MBR is disclosed. The method of operating a WWTP can be implemented using a computer. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034554 | SURFACE-TREATED CALCIUM CARBONATE FOR BINDING AND BIOREMEDIATING HYDROCARBON-CONTAINING COMPOSITIONS - The invention relates to a surface-treated calcium carbonate for binding and bioremediating hydrocarbon-containing compositions, to a method for binding and bioremediating hydrocarbon-containing compositions as well as to the use of surface-treated calcium carbonate for binding and bioremediating hydrocarbon-containing compositions and to a composite material comprising the surface-treated calcium carbonate and a hydrocarbon-containing composition. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034555 | Treatment of De-Oiled Oilfield Produced Water or De-Oiled Process Affected Water From Hydrocarbon Production - Generally, the present disclosure provides a process for treating de-oiled oilfield produced water or de-oiled process affected water from hydrocarbon production. In particular, such water is treated with a regenerable polymeric ion exchange resin to remove water soluble ionic surfactants. The treating can involve ion-exchanging ionic polymeric membrane foulants with non-fouling soluble ionic species that can be removed by polymeric membrane. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034556 | Method and Apparatus for Treating Accompanied Water from A Well - A method and apparatus for removing soluble silica efficiently from accompanied water, produced from wells containing calcium ion, soluble silica, and sulfate ion, and not clogging a reverse osmosis membrane in the reverse osmosis membrane treatment process after that, includes adding a magnesium salt to mix with the accompanied water under alkaline conditions to produce insoluble silica and calcium sulfate. A microfiltration (MF) membrane treatment process includes treating a first reaction solution obtained in said magnesium salt adding process, with a microfiltration membrane to separate insolubilized silica and calcium sulfate by filtration. An acid adding process includes adding an acid to and mixing with filtrate obtained in the MF membrane treatment process to render a pH value of the filtrate on the range from 5 to 9 and a negative Langeliar saturation index. A reverse osmosis membrane treatment process includes treating a second reaction solution, obtained in the acid adding process, with a reverse osmosis membrane to obtain fresh water and membrane concentrates. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034557 | APPARATUS FOR EXTRACORPOREAL TREATMENT OF BLOOD AND PROCESS OF CALCULATING SET FLOW RATES IN A MEDICAL APPARATUS FOR DELIVERY OR COLLECTION OF FLUIDS - An apparatus for extracorporeal treatment of fluid and a process of setting up a medical apparatus for the delivery or collection of fluids are disclosed. According to the apparatus and the process, a control unit ( | 2015-02-05 |
20150034558 | Three phase elctrocoagulation effluent treatment apparatus and methods - Electrocoagulation effluent treatment apparatus and methods are disclosed, the apparatus including a primary electrocoagulation reactor chamber having treatment electrodes maintained therein and an effluent inlet and treated effluent outlet. An integrated flotation chamber is located above the reaction chamber, a vacuum device connectable with a vacuum source being received in the flotation chamber and including a foam intake and an output. A sludge chamber is defined below and integrated with the primary reaction chamber and has a settled sludge output. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034559 | COLLOIDAL AGENTS FOR AQUIFER REMEDIATION - Compositions and methods for treating contaminated soil and/or ground water in situ. The compositions and methods comprise stabilized forms of colloidal activated carbon that are used to quickly sorb contaminants. Unlike traditional activated carbon in granular or powder form, the compounds and methods of the present invention are operative to transport particulate activated carbon through a matrix of soil and groundwater upon application by injection, gravity feed, or percolation into soil and groundwater, which in turn decontaminate groundwater in place without the cost or disruption associated with digging the contaminated soil and groundwater out of the ground for on-site purification or disposal at a hazardous waste landfill. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034560 | METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY BINDING AND SEPARATING PHOSPHATE ANIONS - Disclosed is a method for selectively binding and separating phosphate anions from a liquid medium by providing a cross-linked molecularly imprinted polymer including cross-linked chitosan having selective binding affinity for phosphate ions, phosphate containing molecules, or a combination of both. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034561 | PERFORMANCE TRAPPING MASS AND USE THEREOF IN HEAVY METAL TRAPPING - The present invention concerns the elimination of heavy metals, in particular mercury and possibly arsenic and lead, present in a gaseous or liquid effluent by means of a capture mass comprising a support essentially based on alumina obtained by the gel method and at least one element selected from the group constituted by copper, molybdenum, tungsten, iron, nickel and cobalt. The invention is advantageously applicable to the treatment of gas of industrial origin, synthesis gas, natural gas, gas phase condensates and liquid hydrocarbon feeds. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034562 | METHOD FOR DEWATERING SUSPENSIONS OF SOLID PARTICLES IN WATER - A method for dewatering dispersions of suspended solids by flocculation, using a polymeric flocculant, includes the steps of sequentially adding to the dispersions: at least one water soluble, anionic linear polymer having a molecular weight of at least 1×10 | 2015-02-05 |
20150034563 | ENHANCEMENT OF WASTEWATER SLUDGE DEWATERING USING SOY FLOUR OR SOY PROTEIN - Dewatering agents and methods of dewatering wastewater slurries are provided. Also disclosed are methods for improving the separation of solids from water. The water may be produced water, raw water, or wastewater, for example. The dewatering agents can be in solutions and the dewatering agent solutions may include flocculants, soy based components, and surfactants. The soy based components can include, for example, soy flour and soy protein. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034564 | FLUID TREATMENT SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPLICATIONS - A fluid (i.e., generally water or wastewater) treatment system and associated methods provide for effectively treating the fluid (i.e., generally water or wastewater containing at least a plurality of salts) to provide a separated pure fluid (i.e., generally water) and a separated impurity (i.e., generally a salt). Also provided are a method for detecting or determining the need for a controlled process intervention to prevent the plugging of system components in a fluid (i.e., generally water) treatment system, and a process for preventing the plugging of the system components in the fluid (i.e., generally water) treatment system. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034565 | SUSTAINABLE FILTERING DEVICE FOR COLLECTING FLOATING DEBRIS - An assembly for being dragged by a vessel, wherein the assembly includes a filtering system and a fluidum guiding system, wherein the filtering system is suitable for filtering large volumes of fluidum, and wherein the fluidum guiding system defines a channel configured such that at least in a channel portion the current velocity of the fluidum guided through that channel portion is reduced downstream, and wherein the fluidum guiding system and the filtering system are mutually arranged such that current velocity of fluidum filtered in the filtering system is reduced for decreasing drag | 2015-02-05 |
20150034566 | Water Treatment - The present invention relates to a process for reduction of the presence of microorganisms and/or decomposition of organic micropollutants in water using an energy source and an additive characterised in that the energy source is UV radiation and the additive comprises performic acid. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034567 | Process for Removing Salts From a Processing Liquid - A process for removing acid decomposable contaminants from a processing liquid wherein an acid is admixed with a processing liquid and the mixture of acid and processing liquid are introduced into a degassing vessel such that the gas formed by the reaction of the acids and the decomposable gases is released and a processing liquid freed of acid decomposable contaminants is removed from the degassing vessel. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034568 | SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES ECONOMICAL PURIFICATION OF WASTEWATER AND RECIRCULATION OF POTABLE WATER AND GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY - Water purification and recycling system that generates electricity and has a large reservoir and a small reservoir that provides potable water to a water user structure. After use by the water user structure, wastewater is applied from said water user structure via at least one wastewater path to wastewater treatment apparatus. The wastewater treatment apparatus receives and processes the wastewater using a power plant that operates continuously to produce steam. The wastewater treatment apparatus is also powered by a co-adjuvant gas turbine generator is adapted to generate supplemental steam for the power plant. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034569 | INTEGRATED UNIT FOR INTAKE AND PRETREATMENT WITH LOCAL BACKWASHING - Locally backwashing portions of filter media allows a simple and effective design of intake and pretreatment units, as well as their integration. An enclosure is used to limit portions of filter media and backwash them locally by suction, utilizing filtered water from adjacent filter media as the back wash water. Wastewater is produced at small amounts that allows efficient sludge treatment. This design enables water pretreatment at the intake unit, simplifying overall plant design and preventing damage to organisms living outside the intake unit. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034570 | SEPARATOR APPARATUS FOR GAS-WATER-OIL MIXTURES, AND SEPARATION PROCESS - The present invention refers to a triphasic separator for the separation of oil-water-gas mixtures used in the field of oil extraction from land or sea wells, suitable in particular, but not exclusively, for installation on the seabed in subsea wells. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034571 | Rack for drying articles. - A flexible material rack which can retract and extend away from roller and be attached to extended arms. The arms and the retractable rack provide a means for the device to take up less space when not in use. When in use, the rack can support clothing articles for drying. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034572 | MAGNETIC POSITIONING FRAME FOR SOCKET BITS - A magnetic positioning frame for socket bits has a track disc, a supporting device and a magnetic device. The track disc has a baseboard, multiple positioning racks, multiple positioning blocks, at least one mounting rack and multiple holding racks. The supporting device is connected to the track disc and has multiple fixing boards and two supporting mounts. The magnetic device is connected to the track disc and has at least two attracting modules, each attracting module has a locating board, an outer casing, a magnet block and a fastener. The locating board is movably mounted in the at least one mounting rack. The outer casing abuts the at least one mounting rack and has a through hole and a mounting recess. The magnet block is mounted in the mounting recess and has a holding hole. The fastener extends through the through hole and is connected to the connecting hole. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034573 | WALL-MOUNTED BICYCLE RACK - A wall-mounted bicycle rack comprising a rod-like element with a wall fixing plate, inserted in a bicycle supporting arm, in the direction of the length of the latter, the bicycle supporting arm being orientable by rotation about the main axis of the rod-like element, means being further provided for the reversible locking of the angular configuration of the bicycle supporting arm with respect to the rod-like element. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034574 | REINFORCED SHELVES FOR METAL SHELVING UNITS, FOR SUPPORTING ON THEIR FRONT ELECTRONIC LABELS AND/OR OTHER PERIPHERALS AND RELATED MANUFACTURING PROCESS - Reinforced shelf for metal shelving unit, particularly for the shelving units whose shelves (B | 2015-02-05 |
20150034575 | Solar Panel Mounting Structure - A mounting structure for a solar panel assembly, having a plurality of solar panels, includes a plurality of vertical support legs and a grid assembly. The grid assembly includes a plurality of north-south members and the east-west members. The plurality of north-south members include a plurality of elongated slots to allow attachment to the vertical support legs despite any manufacturing tolerances that may exist in the components. The plurality of east-west members include a plurality of elongated slots to allow attachment to the north-south members despite any manufacturing tolerances that may exist in the components. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034576 | Shelf Facing Systems - An improved shelf facing system allows for easy, quick, safe, and secure storage and alignment of products on a shelf or support surface, and facing of the products on shelving or display system. The facing system provides an apparatus and methods for alignment and storage of various sized products, and safely and efficiently facing products toward the front of a shelf or display unit. The shelf facing system is adjustable to accommodate different types or sizes of products, as well as different shelves or display units. The facing system may include adjustable members that enable varying the width and/or length of the system. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034577 | SPACE-EFFICIENT, MOVABLE, BOTTLE RACKS - A rack for storing bottles includes a frame member and a plurality of support arms sized and positioned to support a plurality of bottles extending on each side of the frame member. The rack further includes at least one movable member operably engaged to the frame member to permit the frame member and each of the bottles supported by the support arms extending from each side of the frame member to move from a stowed position into a deployed position. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034578 | PORTABLE WATER SPORT BOARD RACK - A portable water sport board rack includes a pair of generally parallel forks each including a plurality of elongated prongs that define channels for receiving and storing water-sport boards. The forks are transversely connected via a support cross member, and an extension member connects the cross member to a rotational unit. An elongated rod is secured to the bottom of the rotational unit at an angle, and the device is secured to a boat through insertion of the angled rod into a rod holder. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034579 | Folding Shelf Carriage - An apparatus for carrying and/or storing shelves which is capable of folding into a compact condition to minimize the footprint of the device when not in use for carrying or storing shelves. The apparatus includes a releasable transverse cross member extending between the side frames to form a base for supporting shelves. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034580 | Modular Storage in Passenger Compartments - A modular storage system includes at least two vertical rails having a first rail and a second rail, one or more first adapter configured to attach at least the first rail to one or more mounting point on a rear wall of a vehicle in a vertical orientation, wherein the one or more mounting point is a pre-existing structure for attachment to the frame or body of the vehicle, at least one storage organizer, and at least one interface piece attaching the storage organizer to at least one of the at least two vertical rails. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034581 | Curved shower rod assembly having flexible mounting base - An adjustable curved shower curtain rod assembly, attached to the walls to form different sizes of shower area, comprises a telescopic curtain rod and a pair of flexible mounting bases, including a pair of flexible mounting adapters. Each adapter comprises a supporting cover coaxially secured to the mounting bracket through a lock mechanism; a flexible joint, consisting of a female joint cover and male joint insert, the male joint insert is substantially spherically shaped and the joint cover, having a spherical central opening, encapsulates the joint insert partially; and an insertion post, projecting from the joint insert, having an outer thread on an outer surface thereof capable of being inserted into one end of the curved curtain rod, wherein the joint insert can move to allow the moveable insertion post change positions pivotally, from a position parallel to the surface to a position having an increasing angle to the surface, or from a position perpendicular to the surface to a position having a decreasing angle to the surface, while the joint insert smoothly fits in the joint cover. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034582 | ELASTIC COUPLING BETWEEN RAIL VEHICLE WAGONS - The present invention relates to an elastic coupling ( | 2015-02-05 |
20150034583 | Medicine Bottle - A medicine bottle is provided. The medicine bottle can have a bottle body, which has an inner space to receive a medicine, and a bottle top attached to the bottle body. The bottle top can have a riser tube, which projects into the inner space in order to facilitate a pumping of the medicine out of the inner space through the riser tube and out of the medicine bottle. The inner space can be delimited by a bottom side, of which the height varies over a base area of the bottle body between a maximum height and a minimum height, to allow the medicine to accumulate in the region of the minimum height in the case of a low fill level of the medicine. Additionally, a length of the riser tube can be chosen such that the riser tube projects further into the inner space than to the maximum height of the bottom side. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034584 | THERMOPLASTIC BOTTLE WITH VALVE CUP RETAINING PROTRUSIONS AND METHOD OF CRIMPING A VALVE CUP ON A THERMOPLASTIC BOTTLE - A thermoplastic bottle has a crimped valve cup and a method of manufacturing a thermoplastic bottle includes crimping a valve cup to such a bottle. The thermoplastic bottle and valve cup may be used in a system to dispense aerosol products. At least one protrusion extends from a flange of the bottle to which the valve cup is crimped. Prior to being crimped to the bottle, the valve cup is set to the bottle with an interference fit between a crimping portion of the valve cup and the protrusion. The interference fit prevents shifting of the valve cup from its set position on the bottle prior before the valve cup is crimped. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034585 | FLIP TOP CAP WITH CONTAMINATION PROTECTION - A cap is provided for a laboratory vessel. The cap includes a lid that can be rotated relative to the laboratory vessel from a closed position to an open position. The lid includes at least one tab dimensioned and disposed for receiving manual digital pressure for opening and/or closing the lid. The tab is in an offset position to prevent a thumb or forefinger from passing over and in contact with the opening to the vessel. Additionally, the lid includes a shield inwardly from the tab for further preventing contact between a finger and the open top of the vessel. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034586 | REDUCED GAUGE BOTTLE CAP - A reduced gauged crown for a container opening includes a corrugated panel portion such that the corrugation strengthens the crown material and allows less material to be used for the crown than would be used for an uncorrugated bottle cap. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034587 | COLLAPSIBLE BOTTLE AND RELATED SYSTEMS, COMPONENTS AND METHODS - A collapsible plastic bottle is provided which is movable from an expanded configuration for storing liquid for consumer use to a collapsed configuration for forming a tile for use in tiled building structures and the like. Related systems, components and methods are also provided. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034588 | Containers for Holding Materials - The invention provides for a container that may include a liquid-holding vessel and a skeleton shell supporting the liquid holding vessel. The liquid-holding vessel may comprise a flexible polymer or plastic material for preventing contact between a liquid stored in or dispensed from the container and the skeleton. The liquid-holding vessel and the closure may be formed from a minimal amount of polymer or plastic. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034589 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORMING PATTERNED COPPER LINES THROUGH ELECTROLESS COPPER PLATING - A method for forming copper on a substrate including inputting a copper source solution into a mixer, inputting a reducing solution into the mixer, mixing copper source solution and the reducing solution to form a plating solution having a pH of greater than about 6.5 and applying the plating solution to a substrate, the substrate including a catalytic layer wherein applying the plating solution to the substrate includes forming a catalytic layer, maintaining the catalytic layer in a controlled environment and forming copper on the catalytic layer. A system for forming copper structures is also disclosed. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034590 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING PRINTED-WIRING BOARD - The present invention provides a method for producing a printed-wiring board in a semi-additive process, comprising the steps of: providing a chemical copper plating | 2015-02-05 |
20150034591 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A DIFFRACTION GRATING - A manufacturing method for a grating is disclosed for the angular dispersion of light impinging the grating. The grating comprises tapered structures and cavities. A cavity width and/or corrugation amplitude is varied for achieving a desired grating efficiency according to calculation. A method is disclosed for conveniently creating gratings with variable cavity width and/or corrugation amplitude. The method comprises the step of anisotropically etching a groove pattern into a grating master. Optionally a replica is produced that is complementary to the grating master. By variation of an etching resist pattern, the cavity width of the grating may be varied allowing the optimization towards different efficiency goals. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034592 | METHOD FOR ETCHING DEEP, HIGH-ASPECT RATIO FEATURES INTO GLASS, FUSED SILICA, AND QUARTZ MATERIALS - A method or process is disclosed for etching deep, high-aspect ratio features into silicon dioxide material layers and substrates, including glass, fused silica, quartz, or similar materials, using a plasma etch technology. The method has application in the fabrication and manufacturing of MEMS, microelectronic, micro-mechanical, photonic and nanotechnology devices in which silicon dioxide material layers or substrates are used and must be patterned and etched. Devices that benefit from the method described in this invention include the fabrication of MEMS gyroscopes, resonators, oscillators, microbalances, accelerometers, for example. The etch method or process allows etch depths ranging from below 10 microns to over 1 millimeter and aspect ratios from less than 1 to 1 to over 10 to 1 with etched feature sidewalls having vertical or near vertical angles. Additionally, the disclosed method provides requirements of the etched substrates to reduce or eliminate undesired effects of an etch. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034593 | METHOD OF PRODUCING STRUCTURE CONTAINING PHASE-SEPARATED STRUCTURE, METHOD OF FORMING PATTERN AND METHOD OF FORMING FINE PATTERN - A method of producing a structure containing a phase-separated structure, including: forming a layer including a neutralization film on a substrate; forming a layer containing a block copolymer on the layer including the neutralization film, the P | 2015-02-05 |
20150034594 | METHODS OF PROVIDING PATTERNED TEMPLATES FOR SELF-ASSEMBLABLE BLOCK COPOLYMERS FOR USE IN DEVICE LITHOGRAPHY - A method is disclosed to form a patterned template on a substrate, to direct orientation of a self-assemblable block copolymer. The method involves providing a resist layer of a positive tone resist on the substrate and overexposing the resist with actinic (e.g. UV) radiation by photolithography to expose a continuous region of the resist layer with a sub-resolution unexposed resist portion at the interface between the resist and the substrate. The resist portion remaining at the interface, after removal of the exposed region, provides a basis for a chemical epitaxy template. The method may allow for simple, direct photolithography to form a patterned chemical epitaxy template and optionally include an accurately co-aligned graphoepitaxy feature and/or a substrate alignment feature. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034595 | METHOD OF PRODUCING STRUCTURE CONTAINING PHASE-SEPARATION STRUCTURE, METHOD OF FORMING PATTERN, AND METHOD OF FORMING FINE PATTERN - A method of forming a structure containing a phase-separated structure, the method including: a step of forming a layer containing a block copolymer having a plurality of blocks bonded and a purity of 98% or more, and a step of phase-separating the layer containing the block copolymer. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034596 | GAS-ASSISTED LASER MACHINING - A system of gas-assisted laser machining is provided. The system includes a nozzle that delivers a gas jet at the surface of the work piece and a laser source that can focus a laser beam on the surface of the work piece. A mixture of a reactive gas and a carrier gas is provided via the gas jet. The reactive gas reacts with the material and helps to enhance the evaporation rate of the material and at the same time helps reduce the temperature at which the enhanced evaporation rate can be achieved. Use of reactive gases also helps to reduce the residual stress on the material, minimize material flow during evaporation, reduce re-deposited material, and eliminate rims on the pit structures formed as a result of the material removal. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034597 | PROSTHESIS - A prosthesis comprising: an inner layer formed from a polyaryletherketone; a first outer layer adjacent to said inner layer formed from a porous polyaryletherketone, at least some of said pores having located therein material to promote osteointegration; and a second outer layer adjacent to said first outer layer formed from a porous polyaryletherketone, a portion of said pores being free of material to promote osteointegration. The invention also relates to a method of manufacture of the prosthesis. In an alternative arrangement, the prosthesis comprises: an inner layer formed from a polyaryletherketone; a first outer layer adjacent to said inner layer formed from a porous polyaryletherketone, at least some of said pores having located therein material to promote osteointegration having a crystallinity of from about 60% to about 90%; and a second outer layer adjacent to said first outer layer formed from a porous polyaryletherketone, at least a portion of said pores having located therein material to promote osteointegration having a crystallinity of less than about 50%. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034598 | STRUCTURE FOR PREVENTING ECCENTRICITY OF MOVABLE CONTACT IN VACCUM CIRCUIT BREAKER - The present invention relates to a vacuum circuit breaker, and more particularly, to a structure for preventing the eccentricity of a movable contact in a vacuum circuit breaker, wherein the concentricity of a fixed contact and the movable contact is maintained by preventing the eccentricity of and maintaining the straightness of the movable contact when the vacuum circuit breaker opens/closes so as to improve sealing performance and to prevent the increase in temperature. The present invention provides the structure for preventing eccentricity of a movable contact in a vacuum circuit breaker, including a housing which comprises an upper terminal installed at an upper portion thereof, a lower terminal installed at a lower portion thereof, and a vacuum interrupter installed therein; a terminal part which comprises a fixed contact and the movable contact disposed in the vacuum interrupter to be contacted with and separated from each other; a rod part including a connecting rod which is connected to the movable contact to move the movable contact in the vacuum interrupter, and passed through the lower terminal to be connected with the movable contact; and a stretchable terminal which is contacted and electrically connected with the lower terminal and the connecting rod, and contacted with the connecting rod to enclose a side surface of the connecting rod. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034599 | HIGH VOLTAGE INTERRUPTER UNIT WITH IMPROVED MECHANICAL ENDURANCE - A high voltage interrupter unit includes a switching chamber within which at least two electric contact elements of a contact system are arranged to be moved relative to one another. The contact system includes at least one mechanical element which is at least in part not in fixed mechanical connection with either of the two contact elements. In order to increase the mechanical endurance of the contact system, the at least one mechanical element is sheathed at least in part in a layer of a synthetic, abrasion resistant material. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034600 | CONTACT DEVICE, AND ELECTROMAGNETIC SWITCH IN WHICH THE CONTACT DEVICE IS USED - A contact device includes a pair of fixed contacts fixedly disposed inside an arc extinguishing chamber and maintaining a predetermined interval from each other; a movable contact disposed inside the arc extinguishing chamber, and contacting to and separating from the pair of fixed contacts; a first arc root movement promotion portion formed on the pair of fixed contacts, and promoting a movement of a root of an arc in a direction away from the movable contact, the arc being generated when contacts are opened in which the movable contact moves away from the pair of fixed contacts; and a second arc root movement promotion portion formed on the movable contact, and promoting a movement of the root of the arc in a direction away from the relevant fixed contact. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034601 | SWITCHGEAR ARRANGEMENT - A switchgear has an interrupter unit that includes an arc gap. A first and a second switching contact piece are movable relative to one another. A switching-gas duct originates in the arc gap and connects the arc gap to the surroundings of the interrupter unit. A hollow vessel arrangement delimits at least some sections of the switching-gas duct and is connected to one of the contact pieces. The hollow vessel arrangement includes an external outlet opening for the switching-gas duct. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034602 | System and Method for Controlling and Coordinating Welding-Type Processes and Gouging-Type Processes - A multi-operational welding-type system including a user interface supported by a support structure and including a first user interface device moveable between a welding position, a gouging position, and an off position, and a second user interface device configured to alter operation parameters of the multi-operational welding-type system. A controller is supported by the support structure and monitors the position of the first user interface device and utilizes the operational parameters supplied via the second user interface device. The multi-operational welding-type system may perform only one of a gouging-type process and a welding-type process at a given time depending on the position of the first user interface device. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034603 | METHOD FOR COMPONENT MACHINING BY ABLATION AND CONTROLLED RECAST LAYER REMOVAL BY FLUORIDE ION CLEANING - Components, such as turbine blades or vanes, are formed to a desired shape and dimensions by ablation machining a work piece surface. Recast layer material created on the work piece surface during the ablation machining is subsequently removed by fluoride ion cleaning (FIC). Exemplary ablation machining methods include laser machining and electric discharge machining (EDM). The work piece material may include superalloys commonly used for fabrication of turbine blades or vanes, which are susceptible to recast layer formation during EDM or laser machining. Post ablation FIC recast layer removal is easier than known methods, such as mechanical grinding, secondary EDM machining of the layer at lower speeds and/or current intensity, or chemical etching processes. Ablation machining processes can be optimized for speed and efficiency without regard for recast layer avoidance, with knowledge that the recast layer will be subsequently removed by the complimentary FIC process. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034604 | LASER ADDITIVE MANUFACTURE OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL COMPONENTS CONTAINING MULTIPLE MATERIALS FORMED AS INTEGRATED SYSTEMS - Methods for laser additive manufacture are disclosed in which a plurality of powder layers ( | 2015-02-05 |
20150034605 | HIGH FRACTURE TOUGHNESS WELDS IN THICK WORKPIECES - Embodiments of flux cored welding electrodes and methods of use thereof are disclosed. The flux cored welding electrodes limit brittleness of flux cored arc welds, particularly in thick weld deposits. Limiting brittleness in thick (e.g., from about 1″ to about 6″) flux cored arc welds is achieved by utilizing flux cored welding electrodes having chemical compositions that reduce (as compared to presently marketed electrodes) or altogether eliminate niobium and vanadium from their chemical compositions. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034606 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A COMPONENT - An additive layer manufacture machine generates a first electron beam for scanning a powder layer to be melted in a selective melting process. Backscatter electrons from the interaction between the first electron beam and the powder layer is detected by a backscatter detector. Any defects in the powder layer can then be identified, or inferred, from the detected backscatter electrons. If necessary, any defects can be removed from the powder layer before selective melting. Once the powder layer has been inspected and if necessary improved, selective melting of the layer is performed in order to produce a layer of the component. The process may be repeated to generate a finished component with good mechanical properties. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034607 | GRINDING SYSTEM AND SPOT WELDING SYSTEM - A grinding system includes a welding gun movable relative to a workpiece. A pair of clamp devices move relatively toward each other to clamp a workpiece. A welding tip is disposed on one of the pair of clamp devices. A detector detects a relative movement amount of the welding tip with respect to the other clamp device. A dresser grinds the welding tip. While the dresser is grinding the welding tip, a determinator determines whether to make the dresser end grinding the welding tip based on the movement amount detected by the detector. When the determinator determines to make the dresser end grinding the welding tip, an instructor instructs the dresser to end grinding the welding tip. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034608 | GRINDING SYSTEM AND SPOT WELDING SYSTEM - A grinding system includes a period determiner that determines, on the basis of a torque of a grinder of a dresser that grinds a welding tip, whether the current period is a grinding period in which the grinder is grinding the welding tip or a non-grinding period in which the grinder is not grinding the welding tip; and an anomaly detector that detects anomalies that are associated beforehand with each of the grinding period and the non-grinding period. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034609 | RESISTANCE WELDING WITH MINIMIZED WELD EXPULSION - A system for forming a weld nugget in a metal work piece includes a power supply, actuator, electrodes, and controller. The actuator delivers a variable electrode force to the work piece in response to a force command. The controller executes a method by transmitting a welding current command to the power supply to cause the power supply to output a welding current to the electrodes. The controller transmits the force command to the actuator to apply the variable electrode force, via the electrodes, to the work piece at a first force level. The variable electrode force increases from a second force level immediately upon conclusion of a first duration to minimize weld expulsion. The second force level commences at a point in time in the dynamic resistance profile at which a dynamic resistance value of the work piece decreases at a threshold rate during formation of the weld nugget. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034610 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ALIGNING AND SECURING COMPONENTS OF A LIQUID COOLED PLASMA ARC TORCH - An arc torch assembly or sub assembly having improved replacement and centering characteristics, where certain components of the torch head have particular characteristics which improve the operation, use and replaceability of the various components. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034611 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ALIGNING AND SECURING COMPONENTS OF A LIQUID COOLED PLASMA ARC TORCH USING A MULTI-THREAD CONNECTION - An arc torch assembly or sub assembly having improved replacement and centering characteristics, where certain components of the torch head have particular characteristics which improve the operation, use and replaceability of the various components. Other embodiments utilize a thread connection which employs multiple separate and distinct thread paths to secure the threaded connections. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034612 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NON-ABALTIVE, PHOTOACCOUSTIC COMPRESSION MACHINING IN TRANSPARENT MATERIALS USING FILAMENTATION BY BURST ULTRAFAST LASER PULSES - An apparatus, system and method for the processing of orifices in materials by laser filamentation that utilizes an optical configuration that focuses the incident laser light beam in a distributed manner along the longitudinal beam axis. This distributed focusing method enables the formation of filaments over distances, and the laser and focusing parameters are adjusted to determine the filament propagation and termination points so as to develop a single/double end stopped orifice, or a through orifice. Selected transparent substrates from a stacked or nested configuration may have orifices formed therein/therethrough without affecting the adjacent substrate. These distributed focusing methods support the formation filaments with lengths well beyond ten millimeters in borosilicate glass and similar brittle materials and semiconductors. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034613 | SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING LASER FILAMENTATION WITHIN TRANSPARENT MATERIALS - Systems and methods are described for forming continuous laser filaments in transparent materials. A burst of ultrafast laser pulses is focused such that a beam waist is formed external to the material being processed without forming an external plasma channel, while a sufficient energy density is formed within an extended region within the material to support the formation of a continuous filament, without causing optical breakdown within the material. Filaments formed according to this method may exhibit lengths exceeding up to 10 mm. In some embodiments, an aberrated optical focusing element is employed to produce an external beam waist while producing distributed focusing of the incident beam within the material. Various systems are described that facilitate the formation of filament arrays within transparent substrates for cleaving/singulation and/or marking. Optical monitoring of the filaments may be employed to provide feedback to facilitate active control of the process. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034614 | METHOD OF MONITORING A LASER BEAM AND LASER IRRADIATION APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A laser irradiation apparatus is provided. The laser irradiation apparatus includes a laser beam generator configured to generate laser beams; a slit unit configured to selectively transmit the laser beams; a mirror unit configured to change a path of the selectively transmitted laser beams, so as to irradiate the selectively transmitted laser beams onto a processing target; a first optical system, wherein a first portion of the selectively transmitted laser beams penetrates through the mirror unit and is projected to the first optical system; and a second optical system, wherein a second portion of the selectively transmitted laser beams penetrates through the mirror unit and is projected to the second optical system. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034615 | Laser decoating of coated metal sheets - Methods, devices and systems for laser decoating of coated metal sheets, in particular for removing a metal protective layer from a metal sheet by a laser beam. The laser beam is directed onto a surface of a metal sheet coated with a metal protective layer, such that the laser beam strikes the surface of the metal sheet at a laser spot and melts material of the metal protective layer. A gas is directed by a plurality of nozzles at a pressure of at least 3 bar and at an acute angle with respect to the laser beam onto the laser spot. The nozzles are arranged around the laser beam such that the gas directed from the nozzles blows away the melted material of the metal protective layer from the metal sheet. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034616 | LASER SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A laser system includes a laser configured to emit pulse bursts and a motion device in optical communication with the laser. The motion device moves a laser beam along a process path on a substrate and is configured to have a natural frequency that is greater than an operating frequency of the laser system. The laser system enables high and constant speed processing along tight radii in the process path, which is useful to form laser induced channels along the process path with equal spacing. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034617 | LASER PROCESSING APPARATUS - A laser processing apparatus includes a beam splitting unit disposed between a pulsed laser beam oscillating unit and a condenser. The beam splitting unit includes a half-wave plate that rotates the plane of polarization of a pulsed laser beam, a birefringent lens that splits the pulsed laser beam that has passed through the half-wave plate into ordinary light and extraordinary light, the birefringent lens being formed by joining two kinds of crystalline bodies to each other across a curved plane of a concave surface and a convex surface, and a splitting angle adjusting unit that moves the birefringent lens in a direction orthogonal to the pulsed laser beam that has passed through the half-wave plate to change the angle of incidence with respect to the curved plane and adjust a beam splitting angle. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034618 | WELDING APPARATUS COMPRISING A WELDING ASSISTANCE - A welding apparatus comprises a welding unit for welding a workpiece. The welding unit comprises a welding assistance system for generating control commands by evaluating a voice dialogue performed with a welder, and a weld control unit for setting weld control parameters in dependence upon the control commands. A welding system includes a plurality of such welding apparatuses, wherein the welding assistance system is connected to the weld control units of the welding apparatuses via a data network. A method for welding a workpiece by means of a welding unit comprises providing a welding assistance system, evaluating a voice dialogue performed with a welder operating the welding unit, producing control commands for a weld control unit, and setting weld control parameters in dependence upon the produced control commands. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034619 | Remote Sense Lead Magnitude and Polarity Controller - In a welding power supply, a feedback circuit senses electrical signals from the power output studs and from remote welding sense leads. The feedback control circuit scales the electrical signals and converts the signals to binary numbers having magnitude bits and a polarity bit respectively. The binary numbers, representing the signals, are simultaneously shifted into a logic processor for calculation of a feedback signal based on the digitized input. The feedback signal is calculated based on the polarity of connectivity of the remote welding sense leads as represented by the binary numbers. The feedback signal is then fed into the power supply output controller for automatically adjusting the power output of the arc welder. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034620 | WAFER BONDING METHOD FOR USE IN MAKING A MEMS GYROSCOPE - A method of making a MEMS gyroscope is disclosed herein, wherein the MEMS gyroscope comprised a magnetic sensing mechanism on a magnetic sensor wafer and a magnetic source on a MEMS wafer that further comprises a proof-mass. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034621 | PANE ARRANGEMENT HAVING AN ELECTRICALLY HEATABLE BAFFLE PLATE - A pane arrangement having an electrically heatable baffle plate is described. The pane arrangement has a pane having an enclosure on the inner side of the pane, a radiation receiver and/or a radiation source facing the pane within the enclosure such that a beam path of electromagnetic radiation passes through a predefined region of the pane, a baffle plate arranged within the enclosure and below the beam path, and an electrically heatable area in the baffle plate heating the region. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034622 | STEERING WHEEL - The present invention is directed to a steering wheel. Turning portions are alternately formed in a longitudinal direction by way of heater wires of heating portions that are fixed to a skin body main body formed in a belt shape. Of the turning potions, on an outer circumferential side of an arc of a rim portion main body, central turning portions in a plurality of arrays are formed so as to be displaced from each other in a longitudinal direction of the rim portion main body. Among the turning portions, on an inner circumferential side of the arc of the rim portion main body, lateral turning portions are formed in such a manner that a dimension in the longitudinal direction of the rim portion main body is smaller in length than that of a respective one of turning pattern portions of the central turning portions. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034623 | HEATER UNIT - In a heater unit for heating a sheet stored in a cassette, respective heating wires of a plurality of heater wires are arranged along an outer periphery of a heat transfer plate so as not to overlap each other, respective power supply wires of the plurality of heater wires are arranged inside a path formed by the heating wires, and both ends of each of the plurality of heater wires are connected to a connector. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034624 | ELECTRIC GLORY HOLE DOOR ASSEMBLY - An electric glass hot shop system is described herein that has at least one electrically powered heating unit (e.g., electric furnace, electric glory hole, electric pipe warmer, electric color box, electric annealer, electric crucible kiln) used in the processing of glass. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034625 | COOKING APPLIANCE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A control method is provided for controlling a burner of a cooking appliance. According to one implementation the method includes the selection of a desired first power level of the burner within a first discrete set of possible power levels and the selection of a second power level within a second discrete set of power levels, the power released by the burner being the power corresponding to a combination of the selected first and second power levels, the values of the second discrete set of power levels being such that the released power by the burner is between the selected first power level and the next consecutive greater power level of the first set of power levels. A cooking appliance capable of implementing the control method is also provided. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034626 | HEATING MEDIUM HEATING APPARATUS AND VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONER PROVIDED WITH SAME - The disclosure provides a heating medium heating apparatus by which it is possible to directly detect a temperature of a semiconductor switching element such as an IGBT, and to perform high-reliability overheating protection control, while suppressing the number of installations of the temperature sensor, and provides a vehicle air conditioner provided with the heating medium heating apparatus. In the heating medium heating apparatus, at least two PTC heaters are provided, the energization of the PTC heaters is respectively ON/OFF-controlled by a plurality of circuits, each containing a semiconductor switching element ( | 2015-02-05 |
20150034627 | CIRCUIT BOARD TEST APPARATUS WITH ELECTRIC HEATING MEMBER - An electric heating member includes a position plate, a connecting plate extending out from a first side of the position plate, a first cable, a second cable, and a number of electric heat tabs. The first cable includes a first conductive portion arranged on the first side of the position plate, and a first extension portion extending to the connecting plate for being electrically coupled to a power supply. The second cable includes a second conductive portion arranged on a second side of the position plate opposite to the first conductive portion, and a second extension portion extending to the connecting plate for being electrically coupled to the power supply. The electric heat tabs are set on the position plate and arrayed along a lengthwise direction of the position plate. The electric heat tabs are connected to the first conductive portion and the second conductive portion in parallel. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034628 | INDUCTION HARDENING CONTROL SYSTEM - The present invention includes: a hardening control unit ( | 2015-02-05 |
20150034629 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR HEATING AN INSIDE WALL OF A PIPE OR A VESSEL - Systems, devices, and methods for heating an inside wall of a pipe or a vessel. In one example, a system is for heating an inside wall of a pipe, a vessel, or some combination thereof. The system includes a movable mechanical device configured to be positioned at least partially within the pipe, the vessel, or some combination thereof. The movable mechanical device is configured to be moved using control circuitry. The system also includes a heating device coupled to the movable mechanical device and configured to be positioned at least partially within the pipe, the vessel, or some combination thereof. The heating device is also configured to heat the inside wall of the pipe, the vessel, or some combination thereof. | 2015-02-05 |