| 06th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 6 |
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| 20140033890 | MICROSCOPIC GEOMETRY CUTTING DEVICE AND MICROSCOPIC GEOMETRY CUTTING METHOD - A microscopic geometry cutting device includes: a controller that outputs a timer count start command in starting a driving program which controls a drive of an X-axis or a Y-axis moving mechanism; an arrival time calculator that calculates an arrival time from when the timer count start command is output till when the cutter arrives at a machining start position in accordance with relative moving speed information of the moving mechanisms and machining start position information of a workpiece W; an elapsed time determiner that determines whether an elapsed time from when the timer count start command is output is coincident with the arrival time and outputs a trigger signal when the elapsed time is coincident with the arrival time; and a reciprocating stage driver that drives the reciprocating stage in a manner that the cutter advances and retracts in a predetermined cutting depth in response to the trigger signal. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033891 | STRING INSTRUMENT - A stringed musical instrument is disclosed for preferentially adjusting sound harmonics. The stringed musical instrument includes a body having a soundboard with a soundhole formed through the soundboard, a bridge, including a string support saddle mounted thereon, for supporting a plurality of instrument strings, a vertical member disposed within the body attached to the bridge through apertures in the soundboard, wherein the vertical member is further attached to an flexible member configured to affect rotation of the bridge, and a safety stop component disposed with in the body and configured to restrict movement of the vertical member. The soundboard is attached to the body via a side binding and unattached to internal support members within the body. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033892 | Bracing System for Stringed Instrument - A bracing structure for a soundboard for a musical instrument is disclosed, the bracing structure being a unitary sheet structure having a plurality of elongate semi-tubular elements. Each of the elongate semi-tubular elements has a length, a thickness, a width, a height and an interior resonance space. The sheet structure may be formed of two or more layers. The elongate semi-tubular elements function as traditional braces, however, the shape of the elongate semi-tubular elements may be modified to provide a desired tonal quality. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033893 | AUTOMATIC GUITAR TUNER - An automatic tuning device including a plurality of universal attachment clamp and tuning motor assemblies, a head-mounted electronics enclosure, and a power pedal. A stringed instrument analog signal is processed by electronics in the power pedal, which calculates and then wirelessly sends information about what string is being played and whether it is in tune. The information is received by a head-mounted electronics enclosure, which then actuates a motor to turn a corresponding tuning peg as needed. The tuning motors are disposed on a universal attachment clamp, which is designed to remain on the instrument headstock securely and unobtrusively. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033894 | DUAL PLECTRUM SYSTEMS FOR STRINGED INSTRUMENTS - Embodiments of the present invention related to plectrum composite couplers comprising a spacer material, the spacer material comprising an upper surface and a lower surface, and a pivot core that is embedded at least partially in the spacer material. Different embodiment of the invention comprise methods for manufacturing composite couplers, methods of assembling a dual plectrum system comprising a dual plectrum composite coupler, and methods for striking the strings of a stringed instrument using an assembled dual plectrum device comprising said dual plectrum composite coupler. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033895 | Acoustic Decoupling Device - A drum supporting component is provided for maintaining the legs of a drum or cymbal elevated from an underlying support surface. The elevation positioning decouples the legs from the underlying surface and increases the amount of sound generated from the drum or cymbal. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033896 | TILTER FOR A STAND, IN PARTICULAR A CYMBAL STAND - A tilter for a stand, in particular a cymbal stand, comprises two elements being movable relative to each other, a connecting means connecting the moveable elements to each other, a locking means for reversibly fixing the position of the movable elements with respect to each other, as well as at least one friction means arranged between the movable elements. In a fixed position of the locking means, the friction means is in frictional contact with a peripheral surface of at least one of the movable elements. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033897 | MUSICAL KEYBOARD IN THE FORM OF A TWO-DIMENSIONAL MATRIX - The invention relates to music keyboard design. The music keyboard consists of keys which are organized in the form of a two-dimensional matrix and are ranged along one axis of the matrix as an arithmetic progression of the frequency of the sound produced and along the other axis of the matrix as an arithmetic progression of the period of the sound produced. The technical result is an improvement in the quality of the sound of the musical instrument through the elimination of acoustic interference, and greater ease of use of the major and minor scales. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033898 | Multi-Layered Brass & Woodwind Instrument Cover - A multi-layered instrument cover protects an instrument against damage. The cover can encapsulate the instrument fully assembled, so that a user only has to remove the cover to utilize the instrument. The cover includes multiple layers that provide various functions. An inner layer is fabricated from a soft material suitable for contacting the instrument. An intermediate layer overlays the inner layer, and has sufficient rigidity to provide protection and a shape to the cover. The shape of the cover can conform to the instrument. An exterior layer provides an exterior surface that can be decorative and also help to identify the instrument. The exterior layer and the intermediate layer can be sewn onto the inner layer. Pouches on the exterior layer contain instrument components such as mouth pieces, tuners, and sheet music. A handle on the exterior layer orients and positions the cover on and/or off the instrument. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033899 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPUTER-MEDIATED TIMED SIGHT READING WITH ASSESSMENT - A music sight-reading apparatus comprises a library of music to be displayed; a display unit for displaying music selected from the library to a user; a timer for displaying the sheet music for a predetermined time period before the user begins sight-reading the displayed music, an input for receiving signals representative of sound produced by the user doing a sight-reading performance of the displayed music; and apparatus for assessing correctness of the user's sight-reading and for preserving a record of the user's sight-reading performance. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033900 | System and Method for Connecting and Controlling Musical Related Instruments Over Communication Network - A communication system provides connection, configuration, and control of a musical instrument. A musical instrument includes a first communication link disposed on the musical instrument. Various music related accessories, such as a speaker, effects pedal, computer, mobile communication device, and synthesizer, includes a second communication link. A communication link transmits and receives the audio signal and control data between the musical instrument and accessories through the first and second communication links. A controller receives the audio signal and control data for configuring and controlling the device. The communication link is further connected to a computer, mobile communication device, and server through a communication network. A web server interface is coupled to the communication link for user selection and viewing of the control data in human perceive form. A user control interface with one or more webpages is connected to the communication link for configuring the musical instrument and accessories. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033901 | System for and Method of Operating a Web-Enabled Karaoke Device - A web-enabled karaoke device includes software and hardware component which allow the web-enabled karaoke device to communicatively connect with a remote server. The user of the web-enabled karaoke device can access an online media library, a software application marketplace, and a cloud storage database of the remote server through a particular user account. Once control software authenticates the particular user account, the user can stream, download, create, and upload different media files through the particular user account by accessing the online media library, the software application marketplace, and the cloud storage database. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033902 | TECHNIQUE FOR ANALYZING RHYTHM STRUCTURE OF MUSIC AUDIO DATA - When a music audio to be analyzed is to be divided into a plurality of possible pattern segments based on estimated beat positions, it is divided in a plurality of different ways according to individual division models obtained by sequentially shifting the leading or first beat position of the possible pattern segments. Such division can provide plural sets of possible pattern segments with each of the sets corresponding to one of the division models. For each of the sets, comparison is made between individual possible pattern segments and individual reference performance patterns. For each of the possible pattern segments of the set, at least one reference performance pattern that matches the possible pattern segment is determined. Then, at least one combination of reference performance patterns is identified for each of the sets of possible pattern segments. One optimal combination is selected from among the identified combinations. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033903 | MUSIC SUPPORT APPARATUS AND MUSIC SUPPORT SYSTEM - A music support apparatus includes: a display unit; a bar width calculating unit configured to set display widths of the plurality of bars at a constant width; a bar width correcting unit configured to correct the display width of the bar to which the musical symbol for changing a performance tempo is designated; and a display information generating unit configured to generate display information to be displayed on the display unit from the plurality of bars of which display widths are calculated by the bar width calculating unit and the bar width correcting unit. The display unit is configured to display the display information and a performance position display portion for displaying a current performance position, and scroll either one of the display information and the performance position display portion at a constant tempo. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033904 | MICROPHONE ARRAY TRANSDUCER FOR ACOUSTICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - A dipole microphone array is provided for an acoustical stringed instrument of the type having a body and a plurality of strings spaced from the body. The array includes a plurality of microphone assemblies each having a first and a second microphone. The second microphone is out of phase with the first microphone so as to provide a dipole microphone assembly. Each of the microphone assemblies is mounted on the body of the instrument in close proximity to one of the strings. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033905 | ELECTRIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - According to some embodiments, a stringed musical instrument is provided. The stringed musical instrument comprises a neck portion, a body portion coupled to the neck portion, and a strap anchor system attached to the body portion comprising a strap arm and strap arm wheel. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033906 | BRAIDED ROPE, SUITABLE TO BE USED AS A TOWING WARP, COMPRISING CHANGING PROPERTIES IN THE LENGTH DIRECTION THEREOF - Disclosed is a tow warp construction and a process for forming such tow warp construction where such tow warp construction has a longer life span, that is retains its useful dimensions and characteristics longer than known tow warp constructions and consequently has a longer useful life span than known tow warp constructions. Most broadly the construction of the tow warp construction of the present disclosure and process for forming such includes gradually and progressively introducing fibers from a second group of fibers (or “second group of linear elements”) into an otherwise conventional stranding process where fibers from a first group of fibers (or “first group of linear elements”) are being stranded to form strands (or “third group of linear elements”), so as to either or both increase the diameter of the strands and/or substitute the first group of fibers by fibers from the second group of fibers, so as to: a) in the first instance, increase the diameter of the formed strands and subsequently of a strength member formed of the strands, especially for increasing the diameter and strength of the tow warp's strength member in and about the splice braid zone where it connects to a towed object such as a paravane; and b) in the second instance, substitute in a predetermined region on the long dimension of the strands and subsequently in a predetermined region on a long dimension of a strength member formed of the strands fibers of higher creep and/or lower melting points by fibers of lower creep and/or higher melting points, especially for increasing the resistance of the tow warps strength member to bending fatigue. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033907 | Non-lethal Waterborne Threat Deterrent and Immobilization Device - An interdiction device that includes a net for trapping and containing a target swimmer, diver or water-borne vessel. The net is deployed from the interdiction device that is either initially submerged in a body of water or floating on the surface of the body of water. The net is deployed either below the surface of the water in one embodiment or on the surface of the water depending on the desired function. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033908 | Encapsulated Preformed Shapes - Anti-ballistic component including encapsulated preformed ceramic shapes are disclosed. Preformed ceramic shapes having a preformed geometry are encapsulated in a metal alloy to stiffen and lighten an anti-ballistic component. The preformed ceramic shapes may be arranged in layers of uniform arrays of preformed ceramic shapes and contained in a porous container to receive the metal alloy during a casting process. A truss structure may be integrated in the preformed ceramic shapes to compartmentalize the preformed ceramic shapes into multiple isolated sub regions to stiffen the anti-ballistic component. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033909 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CONTROL MOVEMENT OF A COMPONENT - Methods and apparatus to control movement of a component are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes a housing defining a bore and a piston disposed inside the bore. The piston is to be coupled to a movable component disposed outside of the bore. The example apparatus further includes a fluid flowline in fluid communication with a first chamber of the bore and a second chamber of the bore. The first chamber is on a first side of the piston, and the second chamber on a second side of the piston. The example apparatus also includes a valve to control fluid flow through the fluid flowline. The valve is to be in a first state to enable the piston to dampen movement of the component, and the valve is to be in a second state to enable the piston to hold the component substantially stationary. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033910 | METHOD TO PREVENT DEBRIS BUILD-UP ON RECIPROCATING AIR MOTOR PILOT VALVES - An end cap assembly for a reciprocating air motor comprises a pilot valve and an end cap body. The pilot has a valve stem. The end cap body comprises a central bore for receiving an air motor rod, a valve bore in which the pilot valve is disposed such that the valve stem extends through the end cap body, and an air port extending through the end cap body. The air port has a contour to direct air toward the valve stem. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033911 | HYDROSTATIC AXIAL PISTON MACHINE - A hydrostatic axial piston machine of swash plate design includes a pivot cradle configured to be pivoted by a regulating valve. The movement of the pivot cradle is fed back to the regulating valve via a return spring. The return spring is attached to the pivot cradle in the region between its end section on the regulating-valve side and an end section which is remote from the regulating valve. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033912 | CRANKCASE OF A PISTON COMPRESSOR AND PISTON COMPRESSOR PROVIDED WITH SUCH CRANKCASE - A crankcase of a piston compressor including two body parts each comprising a rectangular piece of sheet metal that is angle bent along a limited number of folds and each having two opposite end edges and two longitudinal edges, the body parts including cylinder receiving recesses for receiving cylinders; two substantially flat end walls from a flat sheet; and a cylinder support part comprising a substantially rectangular piece of sheet metal that is angle bent along a limited number, preferably one or two folds, so as to be saddle-shaped and including cylinder receiving recesses; wherein the end walls and the two body parts are connected to each other by welds so as to form the crankcase. Also disclosed is a piston compressor provided with such a crankcase. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033913 | CASTING MOLD SET - The mold set is constructed with a cope, a drag, cheeks, and a core. In a case where the mold set is closed before molten metal is fed, a first clearance between a first mold (cope) that is located above a casting shape forming part of the core and the casting shape forming part is smaller than a second clearance between an upper surface of a core print of the core and a second mold (cheek) that is opposed to the upper surface. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033914 | PISTON PUMP COMPRISING FLAT GUIDING - A pumping device includes a working chamber and a piston provided to slide in the working chamber so as to vary the useful volume of the chamber during pumping, and anti-rotation elements for the piston. Advantageously, the anti-rotation elements include an index ( | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033915 | WICK WETTING FOR WATER CONDENSATION SYSTEMS - A system and method for particle enlargement with continuously wetted wicks includes a container into which a flow of particle-laden air is introduced in a laminar manner through an inlet and to an outlet. The container has a first section, a second section and a third section though which the particle-laden air flows between the inlet and the outlet. The temperature of the second section is warmer than that of the first section at the inlet and the third section at the outlet. In one embodiment, a continuous wick spanning an interior wall of the first second, second section and third section, said wick being capable of internally transporting liquid water along its length is provided. Alternatively, a wick characterized by a bubble point pressure has one side in contact with air and an opposing side mounted adjacent to the interior wall of a housing with a gap formed between the wick and the housing, wherein the wick is used with a water reservoir such that the pressure difference between the air flow and the water filled gap is less than the bubble point pressure of the wick material. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033916 | RF REGENERATION OF HYDRO-ABSORPTIVE MATERIAL - Disclosed herein is a dehumidifier comprising a regenerable sorption matrix disposed within a drum or wheel in which microwave radiation directed by a waveguide antenna is used to regenerate the sorption matrix within a desorption segment using a programmable controller to coordinate the advancement of the rotation of the sorbent through desorption segment. A method of dehumidifying a process fluid is also disclosed. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033917 | METHODS FOR HANDLING COAL PROCESSING EMISSIONS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND DEVICES - The present technology describes various embodiments of systems and methods for handling emissions. More specifically, some embodiments are directed to systems and methods for collecting heated particulate from a coal processing system. In one embodiment, a method of handling emissions from a coal processing system includes inletting the emissions into a duct. The emissions include heated particulate. The method further includes slowing a speed of the emissions traveling through the duct and disengaging the heated particulate from the emissions without the use of a physical barrier. In some embodiments, the heated particulate is slowed, cooled, and diverted from an emissions pathway into a collection bin. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033918 | Polymers, Polymer Membranes And Methods Of Producing The Same - The invention describes a polymeric material comprising repeating units of Formulae I-III and methods of preparation. Novel polymeric materials, gas separation membranes and fluid component separation methods are also described. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033919 | Methods of Removing Contaminants from Hydrocarbon Stream by Swing Adsorption and Related Apparatus and Systems - A pressure swing adsorption process for removal of C02 from natural gas streams through a combination of a selective adsorbent material containing an effective amount of a non-adsorbent filler, adsorbent contactor design, and adsorption cycle design. The removal of contaminants from gas streams, preferably natural gas streams, using rapid-cycle swing adsorption processes, such as rapid-cycle pressure swing adsorption (RC-PSA). Separations at high pressure with high product recovery and/or high product purity are provided through a combination of judicious choices of adsorbent material, gas-solid contactor, system configuration, and cycle designs. For example, cycle designs that include steps of purge and staged blow-down as well as the inclusion of a mesopore filler in the adsorbent material significantly improves product (e.g., methane) recovery. An RC-PSA product with less than 10 ppm H2S can be produced from a natural gas feed stream that contains less than 1 mole percent H2S. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033920 | ENHANCED PARTIALLY-AMINATED METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS - Described is an enhanced partially-aminated metal-organic framework comprising, or prepared from, metal cations and a synergistically effective ratio of a multi-carboxylic acid and an amino-substituted derivative of the multi-carboxylic acid, or the acceptable salts thereof, or any combination thereof; a manufactured article comprising the enhanced partially-aminated metal-organic framework; a method of preparing the enhanced partially-aminated metal-organic framework, and a method of using the enhanced partially-aminated metal-organic framework for separating carbon dioxide gas or other acid gas from an ad rem gas mixture. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033921 | Methods and Apparatuses for Separating Liquid Particles from a Gas-Liquid Stream - A gas-liquid separator comprises a housing having an inlet for receiving a gas-liquid stream and an outlet for discharging a gas stream. An impactor nozzle structure is supported by the housing and situated downstream of the inlet. The impactor nozzle structure receives the gas-liquid stream and accelerates the gas-liquid stream through an orifice that extends through the impactor nozzle structure. An impaction surface is supported by the housing and situated downstream of the orifice. The impaction surface receives the accelerated gas-liquid stream and causes separation of liquid particles from the gas-liquid stream so as to produce the gas stream, and a baffle situated downstream of the impaction surface modifies a flow of the gas stream so as to reduce carryover of liquid particles in the gas stream. A shroud for an inertial impactor gas-liquid separator is disclosed. A method for separating liquid particles from a gas-liquid stream is disclosed. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033922 | Methods and Assemblies for Separating Liquid from a Gas-Liquid Stream - A two stage gas-liquid separator assembly includes a housing having an inlet for receiving a gas-liquid stream and an outlet for discharging a gas stream. A first plenum chamber includes a pre-separator that causes liquid to separate from the gas-liquid stream and to drain to a lower portion of the first plenum chamber. A second plenum chamber includes a main separator downstream of the pre-separator that further causes liquid to separate from the gas-liquid stream and to drain to a lower portion of the second plenum chamber. A first drain port drains liquid from the lower portion of the first plenum chamber and a second drain port drains liquid from the lower portion of the second plenum chamber. Liquid drains from the first and second plenum chambers regardless of a pressure difference between a pressure in the first plenum chamber and a pressure in the second plenum chamber. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033923 | METHOD FOR MANUALLY REGENERATING PARTICULATE FILTER - Related is a method for regeneration of a particulate filter | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033924 | HEAT AND/OR MOISTURE EXCHANGE ELEMENT - The invention relates to a heat and/or moisture exchange element, such as a heat and/or moisture exchange plate for plate heat and/or moisture exchangers, a storage mass layer for rotation heat and/or moisture exchangers and the like, wherein a greater and more precisely adjustable efficiency in transferring thermal energy and/or moisture is enabled without noticeable increase to the technical design complexity for production. According to the invention, the heat and/or moisture exchange element is designed from a structure penetrated by a plurality of hollow points and designed to be selectively permeable to water and water vapor and/or capable of storage. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033925 | MIXTURE OF AN ADSORBENT AND A PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL WITH AN ADAPTED DENSITY - Agglomerate comprising a first phase change material (PCM) and a constituent having a density greater than 800 kg/m | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033926 | Filtration System - A filtration system is arranged to safely vent a storage room into which a fog mixture is introduced. Venting the storage room reduces and/or prevents a substantial increase in the internal pressure of the storage room. To control the pressure differential between the storage room and the ambient air pressure, a venting manifold with an in-line duct fan is used, for example, to exhaust storage room air into the atmosphere. The exhausted storage room air is filtered to reduce the exfiltration of chemicals and/or other contaminants from the environmentally sealed storage room. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033927 | HEAD ASSEMBLY FOR BREWING APPARATUS - According to embodiments described in the specification, a head assembly for a brewing apparatus is described. The head assembly includes a lid portion coupled to a fixed base portion and movable between open and closed positions; a lock coupled to the lid portion and slideable between locked and unlocked positions; a lever with a first end connected to the lock, an axis point connected to the lid portion, and a second end; and a cover movably coupled to the lid portion and abutting the second end of the lever, such that pressure on the cover rotates the lid portion to the closed position, and rotates the lever so as to slide the lock into the locked position. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033928 | Cooking Temperature and Power Control - A system and method for controlling the power delivered to cookware by a power control system that comprises a heating control user interface that is set by the user to a particular heating control user interface set point within an operating range. A controller derives from the heating control user interface set point a desired cookware temperature set point, and, over at least a first portion of the operating range that encompasses the boiling range, also derives from the heating control user interface set point a maximum limit of power that can be delivered to the cookware to maintain the cookware at the desired cookware temperature set point. The maximum power limit varies monotonically over the first portion of the operating range. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033929 | DIGITAL ROLLER GRILL CONTROL APPARATUS - A programmable control system for controlling the ratio of heating time “on” compared to time “off”. The digital control can be set to an “on”/“off” time duty cycle, and power level that determines the temperature of the cooking surface. The cooking surface can be divided into separately controllable zones. The need to actually sense the temperature at the roller tube is eliminated. The time based control can be set to cook at higher temperatures by increasing the “on time” relative to the “off time” or inversely, reducing the “on time” to the “off time”. A “pre-heat” cycle is provided to raise the grill to a predetermined set point for holding the elements full “on” for a selectable time period. Then, after the selectable time period has been reached, the control automatically sets the programmed “cook” time and temperature. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033930 | Two-Surface Grill With Adjustable Gap and Multi-Stage Method For Cooking Food - The present invention relates to a device for cooking food on a grill having opposed upper and lower platens wherein a gap spacing between the platens is automatically adjusted in an initial stage and in subsequent stages of the cooking time for the food. The food is caused to be located between two opposed platens, the opposed platens each having opposed cooking surfaces and the opposed cooking surfaces defining a gap spacing that is adjustable. A controller and drive mechanism adjust the gap spacing between the platens so that during an initial stage of the cooking the gap spacing is equal to or less than the nominal initial uncooked thickness of the food, and during one or more subsequent stages of the cooking, after the initial stage, the gap spacing between the platens is varied. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033931 | FRYING AND ROASTING DEVICE WITH MINUTE-PRESSURE - A grill with minute-pressure has an upper and lower comal group, and a minute-pressure mechanism. The minute-pressure mechanism comprises: a rotary carrying rod having two back carrying rods and a front carrying rod. The two back carrying rods are fixed to the upper comal group, the front carrying rod arms are rotatably connected to the two back carrying rods and rotate along the two sides of the upper comal group, two pressure springs and two pressing buckles that are arranged inside the front carrying rod ends and can drive the pressure springs in the front carrying rod arms, and two locating pins are arranged at the front carrying rod arms; two curved guide rails, arranged at the lower comal group sides and used for clamping the pressing buckles; and two groups of locating slots, are arranged at the lower comal group sides and used for fixing the locating pins. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033932 | OVEN HAVING A ROTATING DOOR - An oven comprising a housing, a cavity located within the housing, and a rotator having a first food loading section and a second food loading section is disclosed. The cavity includes a single opening for loading a food item into the cavity. If one of the first food loading section and the second food loading section is located outside of said cavity, then the other of the first food loading section and the second food loading section is located within said cavity. A first cook setting of the oven when the first food loading section is within the cavity and a second cook setting of the oven when the second food loading section is within the cavity are independently controllable. The first food loading section and the second food loading section may be separated by a divider, which prevents heat from escaping from the cavity through the opening. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033933 | Apparatus for texturing roti - A Roti texturizing apparatus | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033934 | PRE-TRITURATING DEVICE OF FOOD PROCESSING MACHINE AND JUICER WITH PRE-TRITURATING DEVICE - The present invention provides a pre-triturating device, for solving a problem that the food should be pre-processed in the prior art to make the user inconvenient. According to the problem described above, after the pre-triturating device of the present invention is installed in the food processing machine, by connection between the driving shaft or the shaft hole and the shaft hole or the connecting shaft of the center of the bottom surface of the pre-triturating device, in the pre-triturating procedure, the user can relieve the food pre-processing procedure when processing the food, and the processing food is easier and quicker. Because the food is pre-triturated, the loader of the mixed device is reduced, the life of the machine is prolonged, and the mixing or squeezing juice efficiency is increased. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033935 | BINDING DEVICE - A binding device includes a thermal head, a transport portion, a heater, a bonding portion, and a control portion. The thermal head heats an ink of an ink ribbon and transfers the ink to a tape. The transport portion transports the tape to which the ink has been transferred. The heater heats an adhesive that coats the tape. The bonding portion bonds the tape to an edge portion of a sheet stack including a plurality of sheets by bringing the adhesive with which the tape is coated, and which has been heated by the heater, into contact with the edge portion of the sheet stack. The control portion controls the heating temperatures of the thermal head and the heater such that the heating temperature that is applied to the ink by the thermal head is higher than the heating temperature that is applied to the adhesive by the heater. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033936 | PRINTING HEAD AND CHAMFER PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing head is configured for printing a chamfer of a substrate, and includes a bottom surface. The printing head defines a recess on the bottom surface. The recess includes an inclined inner surface corresponding to the chamfer. The inner surface is configured for contacting with the chamfer. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033937 | Screening Method And Apparatus For Use In Intaglio Printing - The present application provides a screen method for intaglio printing, comprising: dividing multiple classes of regions according to a brightness range; and generating screen dots with various screen patterns for the grouped classes of regions. The present application also provides a screen device for intaglio printing, comprising: a dividing module configured to group multiple classes of regions according to the brightness range; and a generating module configured to generate screen dots with various screen patterns for the grouped classes of regions. Since multiple kinds of screen patterns are applied in the technical solutions in present application, the problem, i.e., water ripple will occur in the prior art, may be addressed, so as to improve the quality of printing. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033938 | Colour Proofing Apparatus and Method - A colour proofing apparatus, including an engraved roller ( | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033939 | IGNITER WITH A MULTIFUNCTIONAL PLUG - The invention relates to an igniter for seismic prospection or for mining applications or for use in the crude oil and natural gas industries, comprising a detonator in which an explosive material, an igniting element and internal wires for initiating the igniting element are arranged, wherein the internal wires lead into a plug which is arranged at one end of the detonator. In order for the user of the igniter to be able to introduce external wires into the plug without having to strip said wires of insulation beforehand, and, in the plug, for the internal wires to be electrically connected to the external wires, without the external wires requiring any plug and socket connector or mating part of a plug and socket connector, according to the invention, the plug is designed as a multifunctional plug. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033940 | CART MOVEMENT TRACK - A cart is movably engaged with a flow control track by a pair of different height cam followers. An end track segment between parallel side leg track segments of the track contains inner and outer end channels. An intermediate wall in the end track segment forms the outer and inner end channels and cooperates with the height of the cam followers to direct one cam follower on each cart into one of the inner and outer end tracks and the other cam follower on the cart into the other of the inner and outer end channels to smoothly control the movement of the cart around the end segment between the ends of the first and second side leg track segments. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033941 | ENERGY RECOVERY SYSTEM FOR A MOBILE MACHINE - The disclosure is directed to an energy recovery system for a mobile machine. The mobile machine may include a locomotive and a tender car. The recovery system may include a tank located on the tender car. The tank may be configured to store a liquid fuel for combustion within a main engine located on the locomotive. The recovery system may also include a fuel delivery circuit connecting the tank to the main engine, and an auxiliary engine located on the locomotive. The auxiliary engine may be selectively connectable to receive gaseous fuel formed in the tank. The energy recovery system may also include a boil-off circuit connecting the tank to the auxiliary engine. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033942 | CONSIST HAVING SELF-PROPELLED TENDER CAR - The disclosure is directed to a tender car for a consist. The tender car may have a frame, a truck configured to support the frame, and a fuel tank mounted to the frame. The tender car may also have a wheel rotatably connected to the truck, and a motor operatively connected to the wheel and configured to drive the wheel. The tender car may further have a power supply configured to power the motor when the tender car is decoupled from the consist. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033943 | FUEL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM FOR MULTI-LOCOMOTIVE CONSIST - The disclosure is directed to a fuel distribution system for a consist. The fuel distribution system may have a first locomotive, a second locomotive, and a tender car. The fuel distribution system may also have at least one pump located onboard the tender car, and at least one fluid conduit attached to the at least one pump. The at least one fluid conduit may be configured to deliver gaseous fuel from the tender car to the first and second locomotives. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033944 | ENERGY RECOVERY SYSTEM FOR A MOBILE MACHINE - The disclosure is directed to an energy recovery system for a mobile machine. The system may have a tank configured to store a liquid fuel for combustion within a main engine located on the locomotive, and a fuel delivery circuit connecting the tank to the main engine. The system may also have an auxiliary engine, and a boil-off circuit connecting the tank to the auxiliary engine. The system may also have an accumulator fluidly connected to the boil-off circuit between the tank and the auxiliary engine and configured to store gaseous fuel formed in the tank, and a carbon adsorbent disposed within the accumulator and configured to adsorb the gaseous fuel. The auxiliary engine may be configured to selectively generate a suction force to withdraw gaseous fuel adsorbed onto the carbon adsorbent. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033945 | CONSIST POWER SYSTEM HAVING AUXILIARY LOAD MANAGEMENT - The disclosure is directed to a power system for a consist. The power system may have a main engine located onboard a locomotive of the consist, a main generator driven by the main engine to generate a main supply of electric power, and a traction motor configured to receive the main supply of electric power and propel the locomotive. The power system may also have an auxiliary engine located on a tender car towed by the locomotive, and an auxiliary generator driven by the auxiliary engine to generate an auxiliary supply of power directed to the locomotive. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033946 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR POWERING A RAIL VEHICLE - Various methods and systems are provided for supplying gaseous natural gas and electrical energy to a rail vehicle. In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving natural gas at an engine on board a rail vehicle during engine operation, stopping the engine in response to an engine shutdown request, and receiving electrical energy from off board the rail vehicle to power the rail vehicle for at least a period while the engine is stopped. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033947 | TORQUE SUPPORT AND A BOGIE FOR A RAIL VEHICLE - A torque support for the articulated mutual support of two elements is provided, for example, a frame or a bogie on the one hand and a housing such as a final drive housing of a rail vehicle on the other hand. The torque support includes a rod, at the two ends of which one respective receiver head is arranged. The receiver head includes a bearing for accommodating a bolt which is used for support on the respective element. The rod is arranged as a sleeve at least in the region of its two ends and the bearing includes a socket which is arranged in the radial direction of the bolt between the bolt and the receiver head and is supported on the receiver head via at least one further bearing element. The socket includes a bulbous section in the manner of a universal ball joint on its outer circumference. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033948 | CONSIST HAVING SELF-POWERED TENDER CAR - The disclosure is directed to a tender car for a consist. The tender car may have a frame, a truck configured to support the frame, and a wheel rotatably connected to the truck. The tender car may also have a motor operatively connected to the wheel and configured to generate electric power when the wheel is rotated. The tender car may further have a tank mounted to the frame and configured to hold a liquefied gaseous fuel, and a fuel pump mounted to the frame and configured to pump the liquefied gaseous fuel from the tank. The fuel pump may be driven by electric power generated by the motor. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033949 | Lightweight Compound Cab Structure for a Rail Vehicle - An integrated self-supporting and deformation-resistant modular driver's cabin structure for mounting to the front end of a rail vehicle body and for providing a driver space and a windshield opening, is composed of a composite sandwich structure with a single, common, continuous outer skin layer, a single, common, continuous inner skin layer and an internal structure wholly covered with and bonded to the inner and outer skin layers, the internal structure comprising a plurality of core elements. The driver's cabin structure comprises at least: side pillars each having a lower end and an upper end, and an undercarriage structure at the lower end of each of the side pillars. The fibre-reinforced sandwich located in the side pillars is provided with several layers of fibres oriented to provide a high bending stiffness. The fibre-reinforced sandwich of the undercarriage structure is such to transfer static and crash loads without flexural buckling. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033950 | BIO-BASED BINDER AND FIBERGLASS INSULATION - A curable aqueous binder has two primary components. The first component is a bio-based material or mixture of bio-based materials such as starch or polyvinyl alcohol. The second component is one or more compounds selected from the group of urea, polyurea and substituted urea. The first and second components make up most (i.e. 50% or more) of all solids in the binder. The dry weight of the second component is preferably 25% or more of the dry weight of the first component. The solids content of the binder is preferably between 6 wt % and 20 wt %. A method of making a mineral fiber product includes a step of curing a binder as described above in situ on a mass of mineral fibers at a temperature of 175 degrees C. or more. A preferred binder is a mixture of urea and starch in a ratio by weight between 50-50 and 80-20 in water at a solids content of 10-20 wt %, substantially without other components, and may be used as a replacement for formaldehyde or petrochemical based resins. The starch is preferably cooked, thermoplastic or nanoparticle starch. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033951 | ASPHALT MIXTURE WITHOUT VIRGIN BITUMEN BASED ON RECYCLED MATERIALS - An asphalt mixture includes bitumen partially or in totality proceeding from construction materials, the bitumen having been regenerated using a fatty acid ester which is obtained from esterified vegetable oil. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033952 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING BLACK DYE PIGMENT - A method for recording a volume transmission hologram having angularly multiplexed diffraction fringe patterns that can cooperate to display polychromatic images and can be recorded with a single wavelength exposure source. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033953 | METHOD OF FORMING SYNTACTIC FOAMS - A method of forming a syntactic foam, including the steps of providing a predetermined amount of constituent materials, said constituent materials including hollow microspheres or buoyant particles, a solvent and a first binder; mixing the constituent materials; allowing the constituent materials to separate into at least a phase substantially including said hollow microspheres or buoyant particles and a binder phase; transferring the hollow microsphere/buoyant particle phase into a mould; and forming a syntactic foam in said mould. Also an apparatus for forming the syntactic foam and syntactic foam. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033954 | ACTIVATOR COMPOSITION FOR LATENT HYDRAULIC AND/OR POZZOLANIC BINDER MATERIALS - An activator composition, in particular suitable for activating latent hydraulic and/or pozzolanic materials in binder compositions, includes: a first component A, including an alkali metal salt and/or an earth alkali metal salt; a second component B, including a metal sulfate; optionally, a third component C, suitable for accelerating the hardening of a hydraulic binder material; and optionally, a filler material; with at least the components A, B and C, if present, being chemically different. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033955 | PRECISION TILTING PLATFORM DEVICE USED FOR STATIC CALIBRATION OF SEISMOMETERS - A precision tilting platform used for static calibration of seismometers is composed of a base, a worktable, a rotary part, a driving part, a measuring part and supporting frames. The rotary part is composed of a shaft, a driving arm, a rotary table and a clump weight. The shaft is fixed on the left and right supporting frames. The driving part and clump weight are assembled beside the two sides of the driving arm. The driving part is composed of a linear motor, a sliding table, a pair of linear guides and sliders and a grating scale. The readhead of the grating scale is fixed with the base and sends out the signal of zero position when the worktable is horizontal. The sliding table is closely contacted to the driving arm. When the linear motor is moving forward, the rotary part is pushed by the sliding table and rotates toward the positive direction. When the linear motor is moving backward, the sliding table is pulled backward and the rotary part rotates toward the negative direction because of the gravity of the clump weight. The measuring part is composed of a laser interferometer and a reflector that reflects the laser beam back to the laser interferometer to obtain the tilting angle of the worktable, on which the reflector is mounted. The present invention has the advantage of high positioning accuracy, high transmission efficiency and wide application. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033956 | DOLLY PALLET ASSEMBLY - A dolly pallet assembly including a pallet having a pallet body defining a bottom surface and at least two channels therein. Each channel includes side walls and a channel bottom surface spaced a first height relative to the pallet body bottom surface. An entry into each channel is defined in the body and includes a ramped surface which slopes from a second height relative to the pallet body bottom surface at the entry to a third height relative to the pallet body bottom surface adjacent the channel bottom surface, wherein the second height is less than the first and third heights. The dolly includes a support platform with a plurality of wheel assemblies and at least one locking member, wherein the dolly is positionable relative to the pallet with the wheels received in respective channels and the locking member selectively engageable to lock the dolly relative to the pallet. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033957 | Self Scan Checkout Module - A self scan checkout module as a bagging module ( | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033958 | Forged Toothed Wheel For A Row Crop Planter - A forged agricultural wheel with a radial grain pattern includes a plurality of teeth projecting radially outwardly from a hub, with each tooth having a tooth root adjacent to the internal periphery of the hub. Each tooth further has a leading soil-contacting surface extending from the tooth root in a curved counterclockwise manner and having a variable width with a maximum tooth width. A trailing surface opposite the leading soil-contacting surface extends from the tooth root in a curved counterclockwise manner. A tooth end is angled counterclockwise away from a radius passing from a central axis through a central point of the tooth root. The tooth end connects the two surfaces and converges to a point on a maximum outside diameter of the wheel. An adjoining root valley connects each pair of adjacent teeth and has a thickness that is substantially thinner than the maximum tooth width. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033959 | STITCHING SYSTEM WITH REAL-TIME STEERING CONTROL - A stitching system is configured to stitch through decorative skins with a molded seam recess representing a seam and includes a sewing machine, an image acquisition mechanism, a controller, and a rotation mechanism. The sewing machine is rotatable with respect to a support table, and includes a sewing head to receive a sewing needle and a sewing foot to selectively engage the skin. The image acquisition mechanism produces an image of the seam recess with respect to the sewing head/needle(s). The controller determines the difference between the actual recess location and a predetermined desired recess location. Based on this difference, the controller determines a sewing machine rotation angle and orientation to reduce the difference to zero, and then produces a corresponding adjustment signal that drives the rotation mechanism. A robot can move either the sewing machine or the workpiece, and still use the herein-described real time steering control. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033960 | STITCHING SYSTEM WITH REAL-TIME STEERING CONTROL - A stitching system is configured to stitch through decorative skins with a molded seam recess representing a seam and includes a sewing machine, an image acquisition mechanism, a controller, and a rotation mechanism. The sewing machine is rotatable with respect to a support table, and includes a sewing head to receive a sewing needle and a sewing foot to selectively engage the skin. The image acquisition mechanism produces an image of the seam recess with respect to the sewing head/needle(s). The controller determines the difference between the actual recess location and a predetermined desired recess location. Based on this difference, the controller determines a sewing machine rotation angle and orientation to reduce the difference to zero, and then produces a corresponding adjustment signal that drives the rotation mechanism. A robot can move either the sewing machine or the workpiece, and still use the herein-described real time steering control. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033961 | MOBILE BALLAST DEVICE - The present invention discloses an inside mobile ballast arrangement for sailboats, said arrangement using a dense material and being preferably in a watertight/gas-tight compartment, the whole system on low friction bearings and being close to the bottom of the hull, this arrangement being able to move longitudinally from front to rear and vice versa, along the X axis, independently or simultaneously with a perpendicular displacement, i.e. from port to starboard and vice versa, along the Y axis. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033962 | STREAMER COATING DEVICE AND METHOD - Method and device for cleaning a marine seismic equipment. The device includes a body, a propulsion system for moving along the streamer, a cleaning device for cleaning the equipment, and a control device for controlling a movement of the device. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033963 | Method and System for a Towed Vessel Suitable for Transporting Liquids - A towed vessel suitable for containing and transporting various liquids is disclosed. The vessel further comprises various features useful in the transportation, navigation, and storage of the towable vessel, both when in use for transporting fluids and when transported in an emptied state. Such features include navigational and positioning devices and methods, power supply devices and methods, and means for filling, inflating, emptying, and deflating a non-rigid, towed vessel. Aspects of embodiments of the present invention further include features useful for purifying or preserving the purity of the fluid to be transported. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033964 | SHOCK SENSOR WITH BISTABLE MECHANISM AND METHOD OF SHOCK DETECTION - A shock sensor includes: a supporting body; a bistable mechanism, configured to switch from a first stable mechanical configuration to a second stable mechanical configuration in response to an impact force applied along a detection axis and such as to supply to the bistable mechanism an amount of energy higher than a transition energy; and a detection device, coupled to the bistable mechanism and having a first state, when the bistable mechanism is in an initial stable mechanical configuration and a second state, after the bistable mechanism has made a transition from the initial stable mechanical configuration to a final stable mechanical configuration. The bistable mechanism includes at least one elastic element, constrained to the supporting body in at least two opposite peripheral regions and defining a first concavity in the first stable mechanical configuration and a second concavity, opposite to the first concavity, in the second stable mechanical configuration. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033965 | POINTING DEVICE AND METER APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - A pointing device includes a pointer having light guiding properties, a cap that is attached to the pointer and has light blocking properties, a pointing shaft that is vertically formed on a proximal end portion of the pointer, and a light blocking member. The light blocking member includes a cylindrical main body having both end portions for inserting the pointing shaft and a rotary shaft of a motor having light guiding properties respectively thereinto to prevent illuminating light propagating through the rotary shaft from a light source and entering the pointing shaft from leaking from an outer peripheral surface of the pointing shaft. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033966 | METHOD FOR SELECTING POLYCRYSTALLINE SILICON ROD, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE SILICON - Plate-like samples each having as a principal plane thereof a cross section perpendicular to the long axis direction of a polycrystalline silicon rod grown by the deposition using a chemical vapor deposition method are sampled; an X-ray diffraction measurement is performed omnidirectionally in the plane of each of the plate-like samples thus sampled; and when none of the plate-like samples has any X-ray diffraction peak with a diffraction intensity deviating from the average value ±2×standard deviation (μ±2σ) found for any one of the Miller indices <111>, <220>, <311> and <400>, the polycrystalline silicon rod is selected as the raw material for use in the production of single-crystalline silicon. The use of such a polycrystalline silicon raw material suppresses the local occurrence of the portions remaining unmelted, and can contribute to the stable production of single-crystalline silicon. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033967 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SINGLE CRYSTAL - In consideration of influence of segregation, an evaporation area of a volatile dopant and influence of pulling-up speed at the time of manufacturing a monocrystal using a monocrystal pulling-up device, an evaporation speed formula for calculating evaporation speed of the dopant is derived. At predetermined timing during pulling-up, gas flow volume and inner pressure in a chamber are controlled such that a cumulative evaporation amount of the dopant, calculated based on the evaporation speed formula, becomes a predetermined amount. A difference between a resistivity profile of the monocrystal predicted based on the evaporation speed formula and an actual resistivity profile is made small. Since no volatile dopant is subsequently added, increase in workload on an operator, increase of manufacturing time, an increase in amorphous adhering to the inside of the chamber, and an increase in workload at the time of cleaning the inside of the chamber can be prevented. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033968 | Controlled Doping Device For Single Crystal Semiconductor Material and Related Methods - A doping device for a furnace containing a melt includes an upper chamber configured to hold solid dopant particles, a lower chamber, and a feeding tube coupled between the upper chamber and the lower chamber. The feeding tube is configured to supply dopant gas from the upper chamber to the lower chamber, and the lower chamber is configured to diffuse dopant gas over a top surface of the melt. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033969 | REDUCED-FAT CHOCOLATE COATING FORMED BY SPRAYING - A device for forming a frozen confectionary product having a reduced-fat chocolate coating. The chocolate coating contains less than about 40% fat by weight of the coating, and has a thickness less than a coating formed by dipping. These features are obtained by the use of the spray coating device in a process for applying the coating. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033970 | Method and Device for Coating of a Medical Implant - The invention relates to a method for coating of a medical implant that can be used to apply a calcium salt to the surface of a medical implant easily and without expensive coating equipment and little expenditure of time. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033971 | HIGH PRODUCTIVITY SPRAY PROCESSING FOR SEMICONDUCTOR METALLIZATION AND INTERCONNECTS - Processing equipment for the metallization of a plurality of workpieces are provided. The equipment comprising a controlled atmospheric region isolated from external oxidizing ambient with at least one deposition zone for the application of a metal layer on a workpiece. A transport system moves the workpiece positioned in a batch carrier plate through the controlled atmospheric region. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033972 | Seed Flow Rate and Dispersion Pattern Regulator - A variable regulator for controlling the flow rate and the dispersion pattern of the seed flow through a seed treatment applicator system. The regulator uses two or more shutters to define a plurality of vertical through-passages. The number, size, shape, and pattern of these vertical through-passages determine the flow rate and dispersion pattern. The regulator disclosed produces a flow of seed that is evenly distributed about the central vertical axis under high and low flow rates and exposes a greater amount of seed surface area to the airborne treatment fluid. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033973 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALIGNING A SUPPORT WITH RESPECT TO A HONEYCOMB BODY - Method is provided for applying a cement mixture to a honeycomb body including the step of aligning a first end of the honeycomb body with respect to a first longitudinal axis of a first support member. The method further includes the step of aligning a second support member with respect to the second end of the honeycomb body. The second support member is allowed to move relative to the first support member such that a second longitudinal axis of second support member is not coincident with the first longitudinal axis. The method further includes the step of fixing the position of the honeycomb body with respect to the first support member and the second support member. The method still further includes the step of applying a cement mixture to the honeycomb body. An apparatus is provided that is configured to apply a cement mixture to a honeycomb body | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033974 | MASK FOR DEPOSITION AND METHOD FOR ALIGNING THE SAME - A mask for deposition for forming a pattern on a transparent substrate according to the present invention includes a mask member having a mask alignment mark penetratedly formed so as to be aligned with a substrate alignment mark formed on the transparent substrate; and an unevenness region formed on one surface of the mask member so as to be adjacent to the mask alignment mark and having protrusions and depressions on a surface thereof. In accordance with embodiments of the present invention, it is possible to prevent the alignment error of the mask from occurring by increasing the recognition rate of the align marks formed on the substrate and the mask. As a result, it is possible to reduce the manufacturing costs by reducing the defective rate of the organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033975 | FRAME AND MASK ASSEMBLY HAVING THE SAME - A frame and a mask assembly having the same. The frame supports both ends of each unit mask, each unit mask applying a tensile force in a first direction. The frame includes a frame main body part forming an opening exposing the unit mask, and a first through hole formed by passing through the frame main body part. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033976 | HEATING SYSTEM FOR A ROLL-TO-ROLL DEPOSITION SYSTEM - Disclosed is a heating system for a roll-to-roll tape deposition system. The heating system includes a sacrificial tape that is transported through a deposition zone between a susceptor plate and a process tape. The sacrificial tape receives an accumulation of deposition material that otherwise may accumulate on the susceptor plate and reduce its efficiency and temperature uniformity. In some embodiments, the sacrificial tape is heated by passage of an electrical current, thereby allowing the sacrificial tape to replace the susceptor plate and separate heating elements used to heat the process tape. The sacrificial tape may be provided on a payout roll that passes through the deposition system to a takeup roll or in the form of a continuous loop of tape. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033977 | MICROPATTERN GENERATION WITH PULSED LASER DIFFRACTION - Methods and devices for preparing microscale polymer relief structures from a thin polymer layer on an absorbing substrate are described. The described methods are ultrafast (about 8 nanoseconds) and allow formation of patterned microstructures having complex morphologies and narrow line widths that are an order of magnitude smaller than the masks used in the methods. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033978 | Method of Parallel Shift Operation of Multiple Reactors - A method of parallel shift operation of multiple reactors includes: (i) continuously supplying n gases numbered | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033979 | MONITOR SYSTEM FOR COATING APPARATUS - A spray monitoring device analyzes images obtained from a beam passing through a spray pattern applying a spray to a substrate, and identifies discontinuities in the image as indicative of a discontinuity in a spray pattern. The spray pattern is produced by a plurality of nozzles spaced apart across the substrate for applying a suitable coating thereto. The beam is produced by a laser, that preferably has a collimator for distributing the beam intensity. The beam is imaged by a camera that provides a constant image to a computers where the scattering of beam light by the spray pattern is processed by image processing software and optionally provided to a user interface for analysis. Discontinuities detected by the user or software indicate faulty spray nozzles and may trigger remedial action. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033980 | DEPOSITION APPARATUS - A deposition apparatus includes a deposition source unit that has a crucible heating a deposition material filled therein to vaporize the deposition material and a plurality of nozzles spraying the vaporized deposition material, a substrate disposed to face the nozzles, a blind plate disposed between the deposition source unit and the substrate and including a plurality of first openings to guide a traveling direction of the deposition material sprayed from the nozzles, a mask disposed between the substrate and the blind plate and including a plurality of second openings to provide a path through which the deposition material passing through the first openings of the blind plate is deposited on the substrate, and a heater unit that heats the blind plate at a predetermined temperature to vaporize the deposition material stacked up on the blind plate. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033981 | MOCVD for Growing III-V Compound Semiconductors on Silicon Substrates - A device includes providing a silicon substrate; annealing the silicon substrate at a first temperature higher than about 900° C.; and lowering a temperature of the silicon substrate from the first temperature to a second temperature. A temperature lowering rate during the step of lowering the temperature is greater than about 1° C./second. A III-V compound semiconductor region is epitaxially grown on a surface of the silicon substrate using metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD). | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033982 | GRIPPING DEVICE FOR A MILKING UNIT - A gripping device ( | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033983 | Fecal Waste Collection Apparatus and Method - Embodiments described herein include an apparatus and method to use a bottomless, animal fecal waste collection device comprising of a low profile, vertical wall that creates a visually identifiable finite space when placed on the ground. The apparatus and method described enables the collection and retention of animal fecal waste without the use of commercially produced litter media because of the placement and use of the device on the ground. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033984 | Water tank structure with wireless power transmission devices - A water tank structure with wireless power transmission devices is disclosed. The water tank structure includes a water tank, a passive device, and a transmitter. The passive device is disposed in the water tank and includes a receiver. The transmitter transmits electric energy to the receiver through resonance between the transmitter and the receiver. The transmitter transforms electricity first into electric signals and then into resonance energy, before transmitting the resonance energy. The receiver and the transmitter have corresponding characteristics in electrical resonance so that the receiver can receive the resonance signals output from the transmitter and then transform the resonance signals into electricity to be consumed by the electrical load of the passive device. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033985 | FILING PAD DESIGNED TO ALLOW DOGS TO FILE THEIR OWN CLAWS - This invention is a nail file for pets! It is made of similar materials used to construct commercial grade emery boards for human use, but with a grit and sturdiness that is designed for a pets thicker and harder claw. The pad is a safe alternative to trim claws over cutting them with dangerous clips that can potentially cut into blood vessels and/or nerves beneath the claw, or the noisy motorized trimmers that are found to cause trauma to animals by frightening them. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033986 | Play Device for Pets Enabling Dental Hygiene - A play device for cleaning the teeth of pets during play, which may simulate a hand puppet. The play device may include a glove like body having at least two finger sleeves. The tips of the finger sleeves may bear removable brushing or scrubbing apparatus, such as bristles and flossing filaments. The glove like body may include the head of a mammal, disposed between the finger sleeves. The finger sleeves and brushing or scrubbing apparatus may include hook and loop fastener or other manually separable fasteners. The glove like body may be fabricated from a bite resistant material such as long chain synthetic aramid fiber. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033987 | MODULAR ANIMAL EXERCISE STRUCTURE - A modular play structure for animals has base and platform pieces with connector mechanisms, such countersunk bores, spaced apart by a standard distance. Thus platforms and bases can be oriented in multiple directions and are interchangeable. Columns space the bases and platforms vertically. Columns may be of varying height, preferably with different heights described by a common factor. Stacked columns are connected end-to-end with a spacer of the same thickness as a platform interposed therebetween. Columns are oriented in the same direction with female and male ends connecting with platform, base, and adjacent columns. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033988 | ULTRASONIC NOISE DEVICE - An ultrasonic noise device that can be used as an animal entertainment device and/or animal training device. The ultrasonic noise device includes a compressible bladder defining an air retaining cavity and a nozzle operably connected to the bladder and fluidly connected to the air retaining cavity. The nozzle including a nozzle flow pathway extending from a first end of the nozzle to a second end of the nozzle. The ultrasonic noise device also includes a resonator operably connected to the nozzle and defining a resonator flow pathway in fluid communication with the nozzle flow pathway and a pin positioned at least partially within the nozzle flow pathway and aligned with the nozzle flow pathway and a first end of the pin extends towards but does not reach a tip of the nozzle. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140033989 | Housebreaking Reward System - A housebreaking reward system. The housebreaking reward system includes a moisture sensitive pad, a moisture detector, a reward dispenser, and an optional handheld transmitter. The moisture sensitive pad is constructed to contain and hold fluids (e.g., urine) deposited by an animal and is laid down at location where it is acceptable for an animal to eliminate. The moisture detector is selectively connectable to sensing elements on the moisture sensitive pad to detect when fluid is deposited. If fluid is detected, the moisture sensitive detector signals the reward dispenser to reward the animal for appropriate elimination. At least a portion the moisture sensitive pad is disposable to facilitate easy cleanup of the appropriate elimination area. After one or more fluid deposits, the moisture detector is disconnected from the sensing elements, and the used moisture sensitive pad is discarded. | 2014-02-06 |
