10th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 15 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090057389 | COMPARTMENTED BANK WITH NOTCHED PLUG - A compartmented bank for holding money to be used for saving, spending or other budgetary purposes. The bank has a hollow body having openings in its upper surface and notched, removable plugs that fit in the openings to help define elongated slots through which coins or paper money can be inserted into the bank. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057390 | System and Method for Matching Colored Lids to Cartons - A system and method for matching lids to cartons includes a carton feed conveyor having a plurality of cartons carried at individual flight positions defined along the conveyor, with each of the cartons having a mark applied thereto indicating a type of lid to be applied to the respective carton. A reader is operatively disposed relative to the carton feed conveyor to read the marks. A lid feed conveyor has a plurality of individual flight positions defined thereon, with each flight position on the carton feed conveyor having an assigned flight position on the lid feed conveyor. A lid placer station is supplied with different types of lids from respective separate lid magazines and is disposed along the lid feed conveyor. The lid placer station is in communication with the reader and is configured to select and place lids dictated by the marks from the magazines onto the flight positions on the lid feed conveyor that are assigned to the flight positions on the carton feed conveyor containing the carton and associated mark read by the reader. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057391 | Deposit Container Verification and/or Identification System - A system for identification and confirmation of legitimate deposit refund containers on which a monetary deposit has been collected. The containers include a marking indicating eligibility for collection of the monetary deposit upon return of the containers. The system includes at least one emitter operative to emit radiation positioned to direct the radiation toward a container, at least one sensor operative to sense the radiation reflected back from the container and a control system operative to drive the at least one emitter, receive information from the at least one sensor, and process the information to determine eligibility for the container for the refund of the monetary deposit. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057392 | METHOD OF ENABLING ONLINE PURCHASING USING ENCODED FORM - A method of enabling online purchasing via a printed form is provided in which the printed form is provided containing information relating to a purchasing transaction and a plurality of coded tags, where each tag encodes data on an identity of the form and the position of the tag on the form, and indicating data is received at a computer system which is generated by a pen sensing the data encoded by a tag on the form, where the indicating data is indicative of the identity of the form and a position of the pen relative to the form. This enables the computer system to identify at least one parameter relating to the purchasing transaction using the indicating data, and initiate the online purchasing using the at least one parameter identified. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057393 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPLETING A SECURE FINANCIAL TRANSACTION USING A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - A system and method for completing a financial transaction using a wireless communication device is provided. A transaction authorization request is sent from the device to an issuer using SMS. An authentication message is sent from the issuer to the device, and a response is sent by a user of the device to confirm the identity of the user. Once the identity of the user is verified, a surrogate account number, in a bar code format, is sent to the mobile communication device to be read by a POS device to complete the financial transaction. A computer program product enabling the systems and methods described is also provided. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057394 | Automated retail kiosk with changeable presentation formats - An automated retail kiosk or vending machine that can vend working cellular handsets and that uses changeable presentation formats. The kiosk is generally an automated retail kiosk that can deliver primarily prepaid wireless products and services such as prepaid cellular handsets, prepaid cellular and long distance calling plans and E-pins, accessories like ear buds, phone holsters, SIM backup devices, cables and the like. In addition the kiosk or vending device can optionally provide a complete array of banking services including check cashing, prepaid debit cards, transfer of funds from debit card to debit card and many other services. An advertisement screen can play continuous or targeted advertising. The kiosk or vending device can change how it looks by accepting changeable front plates or housings, and it can communicate wirelessly over a network and be managed from a central location. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057395 | Self-service terminal - A method of detecting attempted fraud at a self-service terminal. The method involves providing a classifier having a plurality of input zones, each input zone being adapted to receive data of a different modality. The classifier may be a statistical model. The method also involves mapping inputs from a plurality of sensors in the self-service terminal to respective input zones of the classifier. For each input zone, the classifier independently operates on inputs within that zone to create a weighted set; combines the weighted sets using a dedicated weighting function for each weighted set to produce a composite set; and derives a plurality of class values from the composite set to create a classification result. The classification result can be used to predict the probability of abnormal operation, which may be indicative of fraud. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057396 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MULTIPLE ACCOUNT, TOKEN-BASED SINGLE TRANSACTIONS - Systems and methods configured to enable a consumer to use a token (such as a magnetic stripe card, a smart chip, a bio-metric tool, etc.) linked to a plurality of financial accounts belonging to the consumer to complete a purchase or a financial transaction are described. The information stored in the token may be used to retrieve information from a central server about the various financial accounts (such as credit accounts, savings/checking accounts, money market accounts, home equity accounts, etc.) belonging to the consumer. The consumer may be presented with the option of making the purchase using either one of his financial accounts or more of the available financial accounts. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057397 | Automated banking machine system and method - A card actuated automated banking machine ( | 2009-03-05 |
20090057398 | Banking system controlled responsive to data bearing records - An automated banking machine operates using data read from user cards. The machine is operative to transfer funds in account. The machine includes a fascia adapted to be held by a lock adjacent an opening of a housing supported atop a chest. The fascia is in operatively supported connection with the housing and operatively supported by the housing through two horizontally-disposed members. The machine includes at least one serviceable component supported within the housing or by the fascia. The fascia is moved away from the housing while operatively supported by the housing through the two horizontally-disposed members and a servicer may stand between the two horizontally-disposed members while servicing at least one component of the machine. The housing may alternatively or additionally include a rear panel similarly mounted with two horizontally-disposed members for servicing of machine components. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057399 | ELECTRONIC SECURITY SYSTEM FOR MONITORING AND RECORDING ACTIVITY AND DATA RELATING TO INSTITUTIONS AND CLIENTS THEREOF - A tracking system for use in identifying individuals of a group, each of the individuals having an associated data set indicative of the identity of those individuals, includes an electromagnetic identification apparatus configured with each of the individuals for providing an electromagnetic identification signal indicative of the content data set of that apparatus; a writer for use in encoding the electromagnetic identification signals with signals indicative of the individual onto the electromagnetic identification apparatus; a controller for receiving the encoded signals and for storing the encoded signals in a master database storage apparatus; and a reader remotely positioned from the controller and configured for communicating with the electromagnetic identification apparatus and receiving the encoded signals therefrom corresponding to the content data signal set, the reader also for providing the controller with signals indicative of the same. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057400 | SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING COUNTERFEIT SECURITY DOCUMENT - A system is provided having a sensing device and a processor for determining a counterfeit security document. The security document has disposed thereon or therein coded data including a number of coded data portions. Each coded data portion is indicative of an identity of the security document and a part of a digital signature of at least a part of the identity which has a plurality of signature parts. The sensing device is configured to sense one of the coded data portions and generate, using the sensed coded data portion, indicating data indicative of the identity, the part of the signature and a signature part identifier. The processor is configured to determine a determined signature using the identity, a determined signature part using the determined signature and the signature part identifier, and whether the security document is counterfeit by comparing the determined signature part and the part of the signature. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057401 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING PREPAID CAR WASH OR LUBE SERVICES - Systems and methods are disclosed for operating an automated vehicle wash or lubrication system and providing user selected car wash or lubrication services according to a prepaid customer account, in which the customer's credit card is automatically charged at a regular interval or based on a certain number of services having been provided for the prepaid wash or lubrication services. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057402 | Information processing apparatus and information processing system - An information processing system is supplied capable of holding a security; and transferring an output authority which is had by a transfer source portability terminal to a transfer destination portability terminal. In the information processing system, a transfer source sending section for sending authority information to the transfer destination portability terminal for transferring output authority is furnished in a transfer source portability terminal; a transfer destination receiving section for receiving the authority information from the transfer source portability terminal, a transfer destination storing section for storing the received authority information, and a transfer destination sending section for sending authority information to the information processing apparatus are furnished in a transfer destination portability terminal; and an apparatus receiving section for receiving the authority information from the transfer destination portability terminal, a releasing section for releasing an output limitation according to the received authority information and an outputting section for performing an output based on the data are furnished in an information processing apparatus. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057403 | Inbound receiving system - Systems and methods of the present invention for receiving inbound shipments are provided. Bar code information may be decoded, and various types of information can be identified from the decoded bar code information. Such information may include, for example, recipient name, recipient address, a sender account number with the shipping vendor, etc. A database is searched based on such identified information. The database may further include other information associated with the identified information. A report including such information may be generated concerning the shipment. Such report may be stored and retrieved for reference when a future shipment with similar information is received. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057404 | PROTECTION OF OPTICALLY ENCODED CONTENT USING ONE OR MORE RFID TAGS EMBEDDED WITHIN ONE OR MORE OPTICAL MEDIAS - The present invention discloses a solution for protection of optically encoded content using one or more Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags embedded within one or more optical medias. The solution can include an RFID tag embedded within an optical media that can manage the use of the optically encoded content on the optical media. Protection can include access control of optically encoded media by an optical media drive, progressive content based protection, selective content access and the like. In one embodiment the embedded RFID tag can act independently or in concert with hardware/software security mechanisms associated with an optical media drive to provide security. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057405 | Light collection assembly with self-retaining lens in electro-optical reader - An assembly for collecting light from indicia includes a chassis having a port through which the light from the indicia passes, and walls bounding an interior compartment. A self-retaining frame constituted of an optical material is non-adhesively mounted within the compartment in an assembled position. The frame has an integral lens optically aligned with the port in the assembled position for optically modifying the light passing through the port, and a plurality of legs in gripping frictional interference engagement with the walls in the assembled position. A sensor is optically aligned with the lens, for sensing the light optically modified by the lens. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057406 | REFLECTION TYPE ENCODER - A reflection type encoder includes a reflection scale | 2009-03-05 |
20090057407 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A photoelectric conversion apparatus comprises a common signal reading line through which signals are read out from the plurality of photoreceiving elements of the plurality of sensor chips. After sequentially reading out signals from a first photoreceiving elements included in the plurality of unit blocks to the common signal reading line, and before sequentially reading out signals from the photoreceiving elements other than the first photoreceiving elements included in the same sensor chip to the common signal reading line, signals are readout to the common signal reading line from the photoreceiving elements included in the unit blocks in the other sensor chips. Thus, a multi-chip type image sensor having a shrunk chip size with desired performance secured is provided. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057408 | OPTICAL ENCODING - An article includes at least one surface with a visual feature included thereon and a plurality of elements with at least a portion of the elements being of selected optical states in accordance with a predetermined code, so that the visual feature is encoded with information. The article further includes a security feature which incorporates a security code with the security feature being formed so that the security code is random, and with the information encoded into the visual feature of the article, including a code derived from the security feature and correspondence to the security code. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057409 | Automatic raster height and speed adjustment in programmable electeo-optical readers for reading two-dimensional symbols of different heights - A reader for electro-optically reading two-dimensional symbols of different heights, includes a scanner for scanning the symbols with light in a raster scan pattern of an adjustable height, and for detecting light scattered from the symbols to generate electrical signals indicative of the detected light. A controller not only decodes the electrical signals to read the symbols, but also controls the scanner to adjust the height of the raster scan pattern, and optionally the rate of height adjustment, upon a determination that a symbol being scanned is a two-dimensional symbol, and that the two-dimensional symbol has not been read after a predetermined time period has elapsed. The controller can also be programmed to read symbols only of a certain height. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057410 | Digital image capture and processing system having a single printed circuit (PC) board with a light transmission aperture, wherein a first linear array of visible light emitting diodes (LEDS) are mounted on the rear side of the PC board for producing a linear targeting illumination beam, and wherein a second linear array of visible LEDS are mounted on the front side of said PC board for producing a field of visible illumination within the field of view (FOV) of the system - A digital image capture and processing system having single printed circuit (PC) board with light transmission aperture, wherein a first linear array of visible light emitting diodes (LEDs) are mounted on the rear side of the PC board for producing a linear targeting illumination beam, and wherein a second linear array of visible light emitting diodes (LEDs) are mounted on the front side of the PC board for producing a field of visible illumination within the field of view (FOV) of the system. The linear targeting illumination beam is centrally disposed within the field of visible illumination. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057411 | Imaging system for reading target with multiple symbols - An imaging system for acquiring images of multiple indicia, such as symbols and non-symbols, on a target, such as a label, comprises a solid-state imager having an array of image sensors for capturing light from the indicia on the target over a field of view, and a controller having a stored template that identifies details of the indicia on the target, for controlling the imager to capture the light from the indicia based on the details identified by the template. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057412 | Diagnosing malfunction of electro-optical reader - The operating parameters of data capture systems, such as electro-optical moving beam readers and imagers, are reported to a host in the event of a system malfunction by having a system operator scan a unique utility datum with the reader, or depress an actuator on the reader. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057413 | Selectable Aiming Pattern for an Imaging-Based Bar Code Reader - An aiming pattern assembly ( | 2009-03-05 |
20090057414 | Method of Producing a Contactless Microelectronic Device, Such as for an Electronic Passport - A method of manufacturing a microelectronic device with contactless operation, mainly for electronic passports. An antenna is made on a thin, flexible substrate. A perforated sheet that is thin and calibrated, and that has at least one cavity in its thickness, is placed on the substrate. A microelectronic chip is placed in each cavity of the perforated sheet and the output contacts of the microelectronic chip are connected to corresponding terminals of the antenna. The microelectronic chip is protected by sealing off the cavity that contains the chip. The method is particularly adapted for manufacturing electronic radiofrequency identification devices, in particular for electronic passports. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057415 | Method for Making Objects which can be Read Electromagnetically - The invention relates to a marking electromagnetically readable from a substrate, a method for producing such a marking, and a memory medium. The marking comprises first areas on a substrate at a distance to each, which comprise at least one electrically conductive material and the electrical conductivity of which is greater than a defined threshold value, and second areas arranged between the first areas, the electrical conductivity of which second areas is less than or equal to the said threshold value. According to the invention, at least two first areas differ substantially from each other in electrical conductivity. With the aid of the invention it is possible to create a marking, the amount of information contained in which is many times that contained in previous electrical markings. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057416 | Semiconductor device - An object of the present invention is to achieve a wireless chip with high reliability, a small chip area, and low power consumption, where voltage that is generated inside is prevented from excessively increasing also in a strong magnetic field such as in the case of approaching an antenna. A resonant circuit including a MOS capacitor element that has a predetermined threshold voltage is used to achieve a wireless chip. This allows a parameter of the resonant circuit to be prevented from changing in the case where the voltage amplitude exceeds a predetermined value in a strong magnetic field so that the wireless chip can be kept far away from the resonant condition. Accordingly, generation of excessive voltage is allowed to be prevented without the use of a limiter circuit or a constant voltage generation circuit. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057417 | IC CARD - The present invention realizes a card on which a secure IC chip (a first semiconductor chip) that operates on both of a high power source voltage and a low power source voltage, and a nonvolatile semiconductor storage chip that operates on the lower power source voltage are mounted. Means for operating the card without exerting an adverse influence of the nonvolatile semiconductor storage chip when the high power source voltage is supplied is realized. A card has a voltage supply interrupting unit which is coupled to a power source terminal to which a first power source voltage and a second power source voltage higher than the first power source voltage are supplied, and a grounding terminal to which a grounding voltage is supplied. The voltage supply interrupting unit, when the first power source voltage is supplied, supplies voltage to a nonvolatile semiconductor storage chip and, when the second power source voltage is supplied, stops supplying the voltage to the nonvolatile semiconductor storage chip. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057418 | Semiconductor device - A semiconductor device is provided, which includes an antenna, a first circuit (a boosting circuit), a second circuit (a reference voltage supply circuit), and a third circuit (a voltage comparison circuit). The first circuit is electrically connected to the antenna, and includes at least a first charge pump, a second charge pump, and a first switch disposed between the first charge pump and the second charge pump. The second circuit is configured to generate a reference voltage in accordance with a first output voltage supplied from the first charge pump. The third circuit is configured to compare the reference voltage, the first output voltage, and a second output voltage supplied from the second charge pump. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057419 | DATA ENCODING PATTERN | 2009-03-05 |
20090057420 | Clear Two-Dimensional Code, Article Having Clear Two-Dimensional Code Attached Thereto, Method for Printing Two-Dimensional Code and Method For Displaying Two-Dimensional Code - The present invention relates to a clear two-dimensional code which can be merged with an image without giving a user a feeling of disorder when the clear two-dimensional code is attached to the image and in which a readable situation and the like can be arbitrarily set; an article having the clear two-dimensional code attached thereto; a method for printing the two-dimensional code; and a method for displaying the two-dimensional code. Base cells and data cells are arranged in a matrix, and either the base cells or the data cells are clear. The clear two-dimensional code can be read only when a color shown on the clear cells consisting of either the base cells or the data cells and a color shown or non-clear cells consisting of either the base cells or the data cells have a contrast which can be read by a code recognition apparatus. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057421 | DATA MANAGEMENT - A package is provided for use with a track-and-trace data management system. The package comprises a base defining a plurality of compartments, each compartment containing an item, and a cover enclosing the compartments to retain each item inside a respective compartment. Each item carries a unique item code, and the package includes at least one unique security code. The relationship between the unique item code and the at least one unique security code is maintained by the data management system. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057422 | Contactless Memory Information Storage for Sample Analysis and Hand-Holdable Analyzer for Use Therewith - An analytical instrument stores and/or reads information related to a sample in a contactless memory, such as a passive or active radio-frequency identification (RF-ID) tag. The information may include information about: composition of the sample, one or more analytical instruments that were used to analyze the sample, operator(s) who used the instrument(s) to analyze the sample, user-entered data about the sample (such as an origin of the sample) or a combination thereof or the like. The memory may be attached to the sample or to a container, in which the sample is stored or transported. One or more copies of such a memory may be loosely stored with the sample, such as with soil in a plastic bag or a rail car. When the memory is attached to, or stored with, the sample, the sample becomes essentially self-documenting. Information about the sample, such as its composition or origin, may be read by a contactless memory reader, such as an RF-ID reader. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057423 | CASH PROCESSING MACHINE - This invention provides a coin depositing and dispensing machine capable of clearly specifying whether each coin dispensed into the same coin dispensing port is a coin to be paid or rejected coin, and preventing the coins from being mistakenly mishandled. Light emitting unit capable of emitting light of different colors is disposed in the vicinity of the coin dispensing port. The light emitting unit emits a green light if the coin dispensed into the coin dispensing port is a coin to be paid, and emits a red light if the dispensed coin is a rejected coin. The light emitting unit irradiates light to the whole coin dispensing port and the coins themselves in the coin dispensing port. When the coins are taken out from the coin dispensing port, it can be recognized whether the coin is a coin to be paid or rejected coin. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057424 | REMOTE HVAC CONTROL WITH USER PRIVILEGE SETUP - An HVAC control system that accommodates and/or facilitates control from a remote location. The HVAC control system may include a web-enabled building control appliance with a controller, a first port and a second port. The controller may implement a web server that is coupled to the first port for serving up one or more web pages on a first network and for receiving a number of responses. The controller may be coupled to the second port so as to communicate with one or more communicating thermostats via a second network. The web server may provide one or more web-pages via the first port that solicit and receive user rights privileges. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057425 | REMOTE HVAC CONTROL WITH BUILDING FLOOR PLAN TOOL - An HVAC control system that accommodates and/or facilitates control from a remote location. The HVAC control system may include a web-enabled building control appliance having a controller, a first port and a second port. The controller may implement a web server that is coupled to the first port for serving up one or more web pages on a first network and for receiving a number of responses. The controller may be coupled to the second port so as to communicate with one or more communicating thermostats via a second network. The web server may provide one or more web-pages via the first port that display a graphical floor plan of the building, and permit a user to drag and drop individual building control device images that correspond to the one or more building control devices onto the floor plan. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057426 | REMOTE HVAC CONTROL WTIH UNIVERSAL ENGINEERING TOOL - An HVAC control system that accommodates and/or facilitates control from a remote location. The HVAC control system may include a web-enabled building control appliance that has a controller, a first port and a second port. The controller may implement a web server that is coupled to the first port for serving up one or more web pages on a first network and for receiving a number of responses. The controller may also be coupled to the second port so as to communicate with one or more communicating thermostats via a second network. The web server may be adapted to provide one or more web-pages via the first port that solicit information including schedule and/or non-schedule thermostat configuration information, and for receiving the information via one or more of the responses. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057427 | REMOTE HVAC CONTROL WITH A CUSTOMIZABLE OVERVIEW DISPLAY - An HVAC control system that accommodates and/or facilitates control from a remote location. The HVAC control system may include a web-enabled building control appliance having a controller, a first port and a second port. The controller may implement a web server that is coupled to the first port for serving up one or more web pages on a first network and for receiving a number of responses. The controller may also be coupled to the second port so as to communicate with one or more communicating thermostats via a second network. The web server may be adapted to provide an overview or summary web-page via the first port that displays information regarding the one or more thermostats, where the information that is displayed may be customized for a particular user. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057428 | REMOTE HVAC CONTROL WITH ALARM SETUP - An HVAC control system that accommodates and/or facilitates control from a remote location. The HVAC control system may include a web-enabled building control appliance with a controller, a first port and a second port. The controller may implement a web server that is coupled to the first port for serving up one or more web pages on a first network and for receiving a number of responses. The controller may also be coupled to the second port so as to communicate with one or more communicating thermostats via a second network. The web server may be adapted to provide one or more web-pages via the first port that solicit and accept an alarm condition for the one or more communicating thermostats. The controller may provide and/or monitor the alarm condition of the one or more communicating thermostats over the second network. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057429 | Hybrid Air-Conditioning System and Method for Controlling the Same - An unified controller for controlling a plurality of air-conditioning systems which are capable of air-conditioning individual air-conditioning rooms of a building using different schemes. The unified controller is located under a Building Management System (BMS) controller which simultaneously manages a plurality of systems corresponding to arrangements of the building, and simultaneously controls a multiple air-conditioning system acting as one of the air-conditioning systems and a central air-conditioning system acting as the other one of the air-conditioning systems using a single control command. The unified controller performs error correction, addition of a new function, and update of pre-loaded functions upon receiving a request from the remote controller. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057430 | HUMIDITY SENSOR AND FAN CONTROL DEVICE - A sensor in a bathroom continuously senses the humidity level therein at periodic intervals and provides the sensed humidity values to a processor, which stores the sensed values and continuously calculates an average humidity value over a time period. The processor continuously checks if the current sensed value exceeds an upper threshold value related to the calculated average humidity value and, if so, turns on an exhaust fan. Once the upper threshold value has been exceeded, the processor continuously checks if the current sensed value has dropped below a lower threshold value related to the calculated average humidity value and, if so, turns off the exhaust fan and, if not, leaves the exhaust fan on for a period of time. If the processor is not controlling the exhaust fan in the on position, a user can manually activate a switch to turn on the exhaust fan for a certain period of time. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057431 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MULTI-ZONE HEATING OR COOLING SYSTEM - A control system is provided for automatically setting up and controlling a climate control system for a building having one or more zones and one or more thermostats in communication with the associated heating or cooling components of the climate control system. In some embodiments, the climate control system comprises one or more heating or cooling systems which may be controlled by one or more thermostats. In other embodiments, the climate control system comprises a thermostat, a heating and cooling system, one or more remote temperature sensors corresponding to at least some of the one or more zones within the building, and one or more dampers corresponding to at least some of the one or more zones within the building. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057432 | Air conditioner - The invention provides an air conditioner including a radiant sensor device assembly inside a front panel of an indoor unit, in which a radiant sensor holder for holding a radiant sensor and a radiant sensor holder drive mechanism are assembled into the radiant sensor device assembly, the radiant sensor holder drive mechanism includes four projections provided on a part of the outer periphery of the radiant sensor holder in the radial directions, a drive motor attached to the radiant sensor device assembly so that the direction of a motor shaft extends in the same direction as the axis of rotation of the radiant sensor holder, and a sector-shaped connecting member being attached to the motor shaft and having three pins to be fitted between the four projections on the radiant sensor holder respectively for driving the projections. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057433 | ENGINE ELECTRICAL GENERATOR COOLING DEVICE AND METHOD - A rotor for an electrical generator is disclosed, including a rotor body having a circular portion and a cylindrical portion coaxial with the circular portion. A generally cylindrical recess is defined by the cylindrical portion and the first side of the circular portion for receiving a stator. At least one first wall is at least partially spaced apart from the first side of the circular portion, defining at least one chamber therebetween. The chamber has an inlet. An aperture in the at least one first wall defines an outlet of the at least one chamber. At least one second wall extends outwardly from the first side of the circular portion. The at least one second wall has an end portion adjacent to the inlet of the at least one chamber. An internal combustion engine with an electrical generator and a method of cooling an electrical generator are also disclosed. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057434 | FLUID HEATER - Disclosed is a fluid heater that can be used as a heater in a residence or an industrial facility or that can be used to heat water in fishery, agricultural, and transportation industries. In particular, a fluid heater heats a fluid using a multi-channel structure of the flow of fluid passing through a branching system, instead of using additional fossil fuels. The generation of vibration and noise while heating the fluid is suppressed. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057435 | P-CLIP CLIP FOR RETAINING RAILS - The invention provides a rail clip for a retaining device comprising a shoulder member for bearing on a lateral side of a rail flange, and providing a downwardly facing abutment surface. The clip is driven into the hole on the plate and reacts against the top of the base of the rail while the heel (āUā section) of the clip reacts against the plate. The attributes of the clip are as follows. The clip can be installed with the toe on the rail from right to left or from left to right making the clip completely reversible. The clip can also be installed with the heel on the rail. The clip has higher toe load than clips of comparable weight. The clip has a low profile for tight spots where overhead clearance is limited such as at rail joint where joint/splice bars are used. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057436 | Portable Water-Based Paint Spray Apparatus and Method of Use - Disclosed is a portable water-based paint spray apparatus and method of using the same. Argon gas is preferably used both to charge the spray container with pressure and is also used to atomize the water-based paint at the spray receptor. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057437 | Device for Dispensing Volatile Substances into the Ambient Environment - A device adapted to release a volatile liquid into the ambient environment. The device comprises a reservoir containing a volatile liquid in the form of two layers and a first and a second capillary element, the first capillary element being porous with respect to the liquid forming the upper layer only and the second capillary element being porous with respect to the liquid of both layers. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057438 | Ultrasonically activated fuel injector needle - A fuel injector intended for use on an internal combustion engine contains an injector needle that is longitudinally driven by an ultrasonic actuator during the time the injector valve is open to provide an atomized fuel spray output of sub-micron droplet sizes. A piezoelectric disk stack is mounted within the injector housing to surround a portion of the injector needle component and is used to provide the mechanical ultrasonic stimulation to the injector valve at the end of the injector needle and set up a corresponding wave-front at the injector valve to atomize the fuel as it leaves the injector nozzle. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057439 | Moistening Nozzle of a Paper Web - A moistening nozzle of a paper web comprises a frame into which air and water are fed. Inside the frame there is arranged a water nozzle wherewith water is conducted to an outlet of the moistening nozzle and an air nozzle wherewith air is correspondingly conducted to the outlet. The air nozzle and the water nozzle are arranged one within the other such that the air and the water form water mist that is sprayed out from the moistening nozzle. The air nozzle is provided with a thread that brings the air in swirling motion. The air nozzle comprises a sleeve part with an opening through which air is discharged and in said opening there is arranged a piece that is an integral part of the frame of the moistening nozzle, whereby a part of the moistening nozzle frame forms an inner edge of the air gap provided by said piece and the sleeve part. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057440 | ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF FOIL PARTS - An arrangement with a shaping device ( | 2009-03-05 |
20090057441 | SPRAY GUN HAVING A NOZZLE DEVICE - A spray gun having a nozzle device includes a nozzle base and a nozzle board. The nozzle base is disposed on a spray outlet of the spray gun. The nozzle base includes a pair of upper and lower ledges, a securing member, and a releasing member. An engaging section is formed at the bottom of the lower ledge of the nozzle base. The nozzle board comprises a number of nozzles with different bores in size. Each nozzle corresponds in size to the spray outlet. The securing member is adapted to secure the nozzle board to the nozzle base, and the releasing member is adapted to release the nozzle board from the nozzle base. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057442 | Fertilizer - Insecticide Sprayer - The invention mentions a fertilizer-insecticide sprayer comprising an air compressor ( | 2009-03-05 |
20090057443 | NOZZLE SYSTEM AND METHOD - Provided is a spray nozzle, that includes a stationary tube and a rigid rotor. The stationary tube has a proximal, a distal end opposite the proximal end, and a tube passage that extends from substantially at or near the proximal end of the stationary tube to substantially at or near the distal end of the stationary tube. The stationary tube is configured to communicate substantially at or near the proximal end with a pressurized air source The rigid rotor has a distal end rotatably coupled substantially at or near the distal end of the stationary tube, a proximal end comprising an outlet port substantially at or near the proximal end and a rotor passage in fluid communication with the stationary tube. The rotor passage extends from substantially at or near the distal end of the rotor to substantially at or near the proximal end of the rotor. Further, the rotor passage is configured to remain in fluid communication with the tube passage during rotation of the rotor relative to the stationary tube about a rotor axis of rotation. The outlet port is offset a radial distance in a radial direction from the rotor axis substantially at or near at a distal end of the rotary member, and ejection of the pressurized air from the outlet port is configured to produce directional components of the pressurized air in the direction of rotation about the rotor axis of rotation. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057444 | Fuel injector - The fuel injector configured according to the invention is characterized by an orifice plate being situated downstream from a valve-seat body having a fixed valve seat, the orifice plate having at least one outlet opening. Directly upstream from the outlet openings is an inflow opening having an annular inflow cavity. The valve-seat body covers the inflow cavity in such a way that the downstream outlet openings of the orifice plate are covered. The flow-exposed flow-through area above each outlet opening, which is calculated as the product of the circumference of the outlet opening in the region of its entry plane and the free height in the inflow cavity, is smaller than the area of the inflow plane of the outlet opening. The fuel injector is particularly suitable for use in fuel injection systems of the mixture-compressing internal combustion engines having externally supplied ignition. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057445 | LOW PRESSURE FUEL INJECTOR NOZZLE - A nozzle for a low pressure fuel injection that improves the control and size of the spray angle, as well as enhances the atomization of the fuel delivered to the cylinder for an engine. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057446 | LOW PRESSURE FUEL INJECTOR NOZZLE - A nozzle for a low pressure fuel injection that improves the control and size of the spray angle, as well as enhances the atomization of the fuel delivered to the cylinder for an engine. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057447 | Aerosols - The design of the spray nozzle in an aerosol dispenser controls the characteristics of the spray that is produced. In a nozzle that comprises the elements of a multiplicity of inlet channels leading to a swirl chamber and an outlet orifice, the perception of wetness of a spray, such as an aqueous alcoholic deodorant spray, can be reduced by dimensioning the respective elements so that the sum of the widths of the inlet channels is less than the diameter of the swirl chamber and at least 1.5 times the diameter of the outlet orifice and the outlet orifice has a diameter of at least 0.3 mm together with the inlet channels being short, such as less than 0.5 mm. The new nozzle is especially suitable for spraying compositions having a low volatile organic carbon content and compositions comprising a significant proportion of water. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057448 | Portable construction waste disposal system and method thereof - The present invention provides a portable system and method for disposing construction waste from interior confines of a construction site into a waste hauling container located external to and at a predetermined distance from such interior confines. The system includes a portable waste destruction apparatus which is positioned within such interior confines of such construction site and in a close proximity to a location of work for receiving such construction waste and for reducing size thereof, a flexible hose which has one end thereof engageable with the waste hauling container and a suction generating device operably connected to an opposed end of the hose and to a discharge member of the portable waste destruction apparatus for at least transporting the reduced size construction waste to such waste hauling container. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057449 | PREPARING VEHICULAR MATERIAL FOR RECYCLING - A system for preparing recyclable vehicular material may consist of a transportable enclosure including a storage space, at least one opening, and at least a portion of an intake loader, a tire shredder, a fragment conveyor, and a storage floor. The intake loader may receive at least one tire and transport the tire from a loading point to a shredder intake. The tire shredder may receive the tire at the shredder intake and convert the tire into several tire fragments. The fragment conveyor may receive the tire fragments and transport the tire fragments to the storage space. The storage floor may be oriented substantially planar within the storage space and include several moveable sections configured to convey the tire fragments from a first end of the storage space to a second end of the storage space, where the second end of the storage space is located proximate to the opening. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057450 | Roller mill for grinding solid material - The invention relates to a roller mill for grinding solid material such as cement raw materials and similar materials, said roller mill comprising a substantially horizontal grinding table and at least two rollers which are configured for interactive operation with said grinding table. wherein at least one of said rollers rotates about a stationary shaft connected to a rocker arm pivotally connected to a mill stand which substantially is situated outside said grinding table and therefore does not utilize a mill stand and the remaining rollers do not utilize a mill stand. According to the invention the number of rollers, and thereby the capacity of the mill is increased without introducing more mill stands. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057451 | DUAL CONDIMENT GRINDER - A grinder having two condiment-receiving compartments each with a respective rotary grinding mechanism dispenses from one or other of the compartments depending upon whether a rotary input is turned clockwise or anticlockwise. First and second gear trains transmit torque between the rotary input and each grinding mechanism, with a one-way clutch provided in each gear train and an auxiliary gear allows both grinding mechanisms to rotate in the same sense. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057452 | Electric Condiment Grinder with Epicyclic Geartrain - A grinder for condiments such as pepper has a grinding rotor mounted to rotate relative to a grinding stator for grinding the condiment therebetween. An speed-reducing epicyclic geartrain is connected for transmitting torque between a motor and the rotor. The geartrain includes a plurality of spur gear epicyclic gearsets, each gearset comprising planet gears meshed with a sun gear, the planet gears of each gearset supported upon a planet carrier, the gearsets stacked within a common ring gear with the sun gears coaxial, adjacent sun gears and planet carriers of adjacent gearsets being rotationally fast for transmitting torque between the adjacent gearsets. The adjacent sun gears and planet carriers of adjacent gearsets are integrally formed a melt processable polymer. The gearsets are held between an end wall and a closure at axially opposing ends of the ring gear to form a gearbox, the end wall being formed integrally with the ring gear and the closure being fixed to the ring gear. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057453 | Self Sharpening Grinder Tooth - A tooth is provided for use in a wood grinding device comprising a base and a tip formed on the base. The tip is formed from an alloy including steel and tungsten carbide. The tip could have a cross shape, a helical cross shape, or a triangular profile. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057454 | Disc Housing - A disc housing intended for refiners with refining discs rotating in opposed directions relative to each other is disclosed for mechanically disintegrating and working fibrous material. The disc housing surrounds the refining discs in an air-tight manner, and is provided with an outlet for the worked fibrous material. The inside of the disc housing alond its periphery is formed with a channel, which, as seen in the circumferential direction, has a continously increasing radius, which increases all the way to the outlet, which is located tangentially as a direct continuation of the channel. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057455 | Shredder Adapted to Encourage the Settling of Shredded Material Therein and a Method of Shredding - A shredder adapted to encourage the settling of shredded material therein and method of shredding material. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057456 | Rolled Tissue Product Having a Flexible Core - A rolled tissue product having a nonwoven tissue web wrapped or wound about a flexible core is generally provided. The flexible core is constructed of a polymeric sheet of synthetic polymers. The tissue sheet has a tensile strength in the machine direction that is weaker than the strength of the flexible core. For example, the flexible core can be at least twice as strong as the tensile strength in the machine direction of the nonwoven tissue web. The flexible core can include a nonwoven web of synthetic polymeric fibers, a polymeric film of synthetic polymers, or combinations thereof. In one embodiment, the flexible core can include a hydrophilic synthetic polymer such that the flexible core disintegrates when submerged in water. In another embodiment, the flexible core can include an elastomeric polymer that provides an elastic component to the flexible core. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057457 | Method of winding sheets with preapplied seam tape - Provided is a method of rolling a single-ply membrane sheet having seam tape applied along one edge. The method permits rolling the sheet quickly and easily, and allows the rolled sheet to be readily shipped. The method comprises folding the sheet with a single fold so that the edge with the seam tape opposes the opposite edge, and then rolling the folded sheet. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057458 | Method of winding sheets with preapplied seam tape - Provided is a method of rolling two single-ply membrane sheets having seam tape applied along one edge. The method comprises placing a first sheet on top of a second sheet, with the seam tape edge of each sheet at opposite ends and with the non-seam tape edge of each sheet overlying the seam tape of the other sheet. The two sheets can then be quickly rolled for easy transport to a job site. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057459 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TAPERED CORE DRUM PACKAGE PAYOFF - Arrangements and methods for welding wire payoff sources. A tapered core and base plate, optionally along with a wire guide insert, are configured with a payout drum package and a cover containing a welding wire stack such that the welding wire may be payed off smoothly from the wire stack during an arc welding operation, without the welding wire flipping or tangling. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057460 | WIRE GUIDE INSERT AND METHOD FOR DRUM PACKAGE PAYOFF - Arrangements and methods for welding wire payoff sources. A tapered core and base plate, optionally along with a wire guide insert, are configured with a payout drum package and a cover containing a welding wire stack such that the welding wire may be payed off smoothly from the wire stack during an arc welding operation, without the welding wire flipping or tangling. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057461 | ROLLER CLUTCH - A roller clutch arranged to transmit rotation in only one direction includes an outer ring, an inner ring, a plurality of rollers, a retainer, a cam surface, and a plurality of spring members. The inner ring is disposed on the inner peripheral surface of the outer ring. The rollers are disposed between the inner ring and the outer ring in a circumferential direction and are allowed to frictionally engage the outer and inner rings. The retainer includes a plurality of holding portions disposed among the rollers, and shaft portions that protrude from the holding portions toward the rollers. The cam surface is an oblique surface on the inner peripheral surface of the outer ring and arranged to contact the outer peripheral surface of the rollers. The spring members are disposed on the outer peripheral side of the shaft portions and urge the rollers to frictionally engage the cam surface. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057462 | MOLD ASSEMBLY FOR MOLDING TAPERED FLANGE, TAPE REEL ASSEMBLY HAVING TAPERED FLANGE AND CARTRIDGE INCLUDING TAPE REEL ASSEMBLY HAVING TAPERED FLANGE - A tape reel assembly comprises a reel hub and flanges coaxially secured to, and extending radially outwardly from, opposite axial ends of the reel hub, respectively, each flange being molded by resin injection molding and having a tapered inside surface sloping down at a fixed taper angle from an inside periphery to an outside periphery thereof. The flange is molded by the use of an injection mold having a mold surface which borders at least a part of a mold cavity for configuration of the tapered inside surface of the flange and is convexly curved to the mold cavity. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057463 | Reel - The invention of the present application provides a reel, which comprises a cylindrical resin hub with a base and an outer peripheral surface around which a recording tape is wound, a reel gear formed at an outer surface of a base portion of the hub which engages with a drive gear of a drive device, a metal reel plate provided at the outer surface of the base portion of the hub on a radially inner side of the reel gear by insert molding, a gate trace formed on the base portion of the hub, and a plurality of groove portions formed at regular intervals in a circumferential direction between the reel gear and the reel plate. The groove portions are formed at least at a predetermined area on a virtual straight line connecting a center portion of the hub and a gate trace. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057464 | Method for controlling the tension of the yarn unwinding from a negative yarn-feeder for textile machines, and apparatus for carrying out such method - The tension is modulated by a weft-braking device controlled by a tension control block programmed for comparing the measured tension with a reference tension, and for transmitting a braking level signal to the weft-braking device, which braking level signal is adapted to minimize the difference between the measured tension and the reference tension. The yarn consumption speed is calculated, then the yarn consumption speed is compared with a predetermined threshold speed, and if the calculated consumption speed overcomes the predetermined threshold value, the tension control block is enabled, while, if the calculated consumption speed is lower than the threshold value, the tension control block is disabled and the last signal generated by the latter is maintained as braking signal, until the yarn consumption speed overcomes again the threshold value. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057465 | POSITIONING STRUCTURE FOR A REEL - An improved positioning structure for a reel is disclosed. The structure includes two corresponding external caps, a reeling disc, a leading cord, a spiral spring and a positioning ball, characterized in that the leading cord is respectively surrounding onto the external edge face of the upper frame position and the lower frame position, the cord in respective frame position are in opposite loosening and tightening state, and the upper frame is the pulling cord and the lower frame is the ready-to-rotate cord, and the cord is restricted by the positioning structure; the external cap has an inner edge face mounted with a multifunctional rail allowing the steel ball to position the cord in corresponding to counterclockwise rotation and clockwise rotation, urging the positioning ball to loosen and tighten the cord alternately, and the positioning ball is arranged at the sliding slot within the inner slot of the edge face of the reeling disc. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057466 | Seat belt retractor - Provided is a seat belt retractor capable of having its assembly readily performed to increase assembly efficiency, simplifying shapes of components to readily manufacture the retractor and reduce manufacturing cost, and preventing a webbing from being hooked when the webbing is rewound. The seat belt retractor includes a housing constituting a main body of the seat belt retractor, a guide drum rotatably installed in the housing, a connector inserted into one side of the guide drum, a base member surrounding the connector, a gear member inserted into the base member, a cylinder for operating the gear member, a torsion bar inserted into the guide drum, a locking member fixedly inserted between the torsion bar and the guide drum, a locking clutch installed at one surface of the locking member, a mechanism cover installed at one surface of the locking clutch, and a friction spring installed in the mechanism cover to stop operation of a lock arm fixed to the locking clutch. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057467 | Cover structure of seat belt retractor - Provided is a cover structure of a seat belt retractor including a mechanism cover having a latch formed at a cylindrical inner periphery thereof and a vehicle sensor installed at a lower part thereof, in order to reduce assembly time of the vehicle sensor, characterized in that the mechanism cover has an accommodating part having an opened lower surface for disposing the vehicle sensor therein, the accommodating part has a fixing hole formed at one side surface thereof, and the vehicle sensor has a fixing projection projecting from a position corresponding to the fixing hole. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057468 | Torsion bar support structure of seat belt retractor - Provided is a torsion bar support structure of a seat belt retractor capable of smoothly rotating a rotary torsion bar and preventing deformation of the torsion bar due to moment applied to the torsion bar by coupling support members to both ends of the torsion bar. The torsion bar support structure of a seat belt retractor includes a housing constituting a main body of the seat belt retractor, a guide drum rotatably coupled to the housing, a torsion bar inserted into the guide drum, a base member fixed to one side of the housing, a locking member fixed to the other side of the housing, and a cylinder accommodating a piston therein to rotate a gear member fixed to the base member, the structure including: a bearing member coupled to the gear member, and a cap surrounding a cover fixing shaft projecting from the locking member, wherein the bearing member and the cap rotatably support the torsion bar when rotation moment is applied in a circumferential direction and an axial direction of the torsion bar. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057469 | Locking member mounting structure of seat belt retractor - Provided is a locking member mounting structure of a seat belt retractor including: a locking base coupled to one side of a guide drum; a locking clutch rotatably coupled to one side surface of the locking base; a lock arm coupled to one side surface of the locking clutch so as to rotate at a predetermined angle; and a mechanism cover covering the locking clutch and the lock arm, wherein a leaf spring is fixed to extend to one side from a boss formed in the center of the locking clutch, and a fixing piece projects from one surface of the lock arm so as to be fixed to the leaf spring. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057470 | Seat belt retractor - A seat belt retractor including a spool for winding up the seat belt, and a locking mechanism that prevents rotation of the spool. A belt withdrawal sensor actuates when the seat belt is withdrawn at a speed higher than a normal speed. The locking mechanism is actuated based on the actuation of the belt withdrawal sensor. A lock gear rotates with the spool when the locking mechanism is not in operation and rotates relative to the spool when the lock actuation mechanism is in operation. The lock gear actuates the locking mechanism by relative rotation between the lock gear and the spool. The belt withdrawal sensor is disposed on the lock gear allowing the belt withdrawal sensor to oscillate between an inoperative position and an operative position. An oscillation preventive member prevents the oscillation of the belt withdrawal sensor. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057471 | Seat belt retractor - A seat belt retractor includes a seat belt, a spool, and an emergency locking mechanism for preventing the spool from rotating in a belt withdrawal direction. The emergency locking mechanism allows rotation of the spool not in operation and prevents the rotation of the spool in the belt withdrawal direction when in operation. A lock gear includes ratchet teeth on an outer periphery of the emergency locking mechanism arranged in an annular shape. The lock gear rotates with the spool when the emergency locking mechanism is not in operation and actuates the locking mechanism when the emergency locking mechanism is in operation. A vehicle sensor includes an engaging claw and detects a vehicle deceleration larger than a predetermined deceleration. The engaging claw engages with one of the ratchet teeth to prevent rotation of the lock gear in the belt withdrawal direction. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057472 | REEL APPARATUS WITH DECORATIVE HOUSING - A reel includes a substantially spherical housing configured to enclose a rotatable reel drum and an aperture sized to closely surround a linear material extending through the aperture. The linear material is spoolable and unspoolable from the reel drum while the housing encloses the reel drum. The housing includes decoration depicting a ball indicative of a game or type of recreation, a globe, a robot, a gazing ball, at least one flag, camouflage, foliage, diamond plate, or a race car. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057473 | Winding device - A winding device ( | 2009-03-05 |
20090057474 | Method of winding sheets with preapplied seam tape - Provided is a method of rolling two single-ply membrane sheets having seam tape applied along one edge, for easy transport. The method comprises placing a first sheet on top of a second sheet, with the seam tape edge of each of said sheets being at the same end. The sheets are placed so that the seam tape of the first sheet does not overlay the seam tape of the other sheet. The two sheets can then be easily and quickly rolled for transport to a job site. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057475 | AUTOMATED SLEEVE FILLING FOR WINDING SHAFTS ON ROLL SLITTING AND WINDING MACHINES - A method for automatic sleeve filling of a winding shaft on roll cutting and winding machines is provided in which, in an exemplified embodiment, in a first step at least two empty winding sleeves are slid onto a free end of a winding shaft so that the winding sleeves are adjacent to one another, in a second step the last winding sleeve slid on by a freely positionable fork piece of a freely programmable draw-off plate along the winding shaft is slid over the winding shaft until the last winding sleeve has reached a predetermined position, in a third step the next-to-last winding sleeve slid on is grasped by tongs freely positionable along the winding shaft and is slid over the winding shaft to the point where in a fourth step the fork piece can dip into the gap produced by the tongs so that the next-to-last winding sleeve is positionable along the winding shaft by the fork piece. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057476 | Method and device for positioning strips and rolls in order to connect same to an unwinding machine - A method and device for positioning strips and rolls in order to connect same to an unwinding machine. The method is characterised in that it consists in physically representing the position at which the side of the roll ( | 2009-03-05 |
20090057477 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE LENGTH OF A DISCRETE SEGMENT OF A CONTINUOUS WEB OF ELASTIC MATERIAL - In a system and method for controlling the length of a discrete segment of an elastic web, a wound off tension of the web is determined during unwinding from a wound roll. The unwound web is delivered to a processing station while being maintained in tension. A discrete segment of the web is transported away from the processing station for at least a time t wherein the discrete segment decreases in length to a recovered length. The recovered length is predicted based at least in part on the wound off tension and in response to the predicted recovered length, at least one of the following is controlled: 1) the speed at which the web is delivered to the processing station, 2) the tension in the continuous web as it is delivered to the processing station, and 3) the length of the discrete segment at the processing station. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057478 | Electric Dispenser for Dispensing Sheets from a Roll of Perforated Web Material - An electronic dispenser for dispensing measured perforated sheets from a roll of perforated web material includes a housing, and a roll carrier disposed in the housing to rotationally support the roll of perforated web material. An electrically driven feed mechanism is disposed in the housing to dispense the sheets of web material therefrom. The feed mechanism includes rollers defining a drafting zone through which the web material is conveyed. The web material is drawn in the drafting zone to an extent necessary to at least partially separate the web material along a perforation line prior to the perforation line passing through the drafting zone. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057479 | Bobbin Fixing Device and Bobbin Removing Device - The present invention provides a bobbin fixing device capable of fixing a bobbin easily with a simple structure and also provides a bobbin removing device capable of removing a bobbin readily with a simple structure. Stoppers | 2009-03-05 |
20090057480 | Helicopter Tail Assembly - A helicopter tail assembly includes a tail boom that extends along a tail axis, a tail fin mounted on one end of the tail boom, and a rudder mounted on the tail fin and pivotable relative to the tail fin about a pivot axis that is inclined with respect to the tail axis at an angle greater than 0 degrees and less than 90 degrees. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057481 | Dual-Power Transmission Device for a Twin-Rotor Helicopter - A dual-power transmission device includes: a first output shaft secured rotatably in a housing and having a first rotor coupling portion extending outwardly of the housing; a second output shaft disposed to surround the first rotor coupling portion, secured rotatably in the housing, and having a second rotor coupling portion extending outwardly of the housing; first and second bevel gears mounted respectively on the first and second output shafts; first, second and third thrust bearings for positioning the first and second bevel gears in the housing; and first and second input units respectively coupled to first and second power sources and each meshing with the first and second bevel gears. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057482 | Transmission Device for a Twin-Rotor Helicopter - A transmission device includes: a transmission shaft having first and second shaft sections and a gear mounting portion; a first tube sleeved rotatably on the first shaft section, and including a tube body and an annular portion; a second tube sleeved on the second shaft section; a plurality of first planetary bevel gears mounted rotatably on the gear mounting portion; a plurality of second planetary bevel gears mounted rotatably on the annular portion; a transmission gear disposed rotatably on the tube body and meshing with the first and second planetary bevel gears; a first output bevel gear disposed rotatably on the second tube and meshing with the first planetary bevel gears; and a second output bevel gear disposed rotatably on the tube body of the first tube and meshing with the second planetary bevel gears. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057483 | ELASTIC PRE-DEFORMED FAIRINGS FOR AIRCRAFTS - A fairing for streamlining the junction between the horizontal stabilizer and the fuselage or the fin of an aircraft, comprising an upper fairing shell, a lower fairing shell, a leading edge extension, and several fittings to join the upper and lower fairing shells to the horizontal stabilizer. The upper and lower fairing shells are solid laminates of composite material that are designed with a shape, composition, and thickness such that they can be elastically deformed when they are fitted to the horizontal stabilizer, providing a contact force permitting them to lay permanently in contact with the fuselage or fin. A process for manufacturing the fairing shells. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057484 | AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY - An aircraft landing gear assembly comprises a four bar linkage arranged to be pivotably attached to an aircraft fuselage and movable between a deployed position and a retracted position, wherein when in the retracted position at least a first portion of the landing gear assembly is housed within a wing at the aircraft. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057485 | BRACE-LOCKING DEVICE FOR AN AIRCRAFT UNDERCARRIAGE - The invention relates to a wind-brace device for an aircraft undercarriage, the device comprising a hinged brace movable between a folded position and a stabilization position for stabilizing the undercarriage in the deployed position, a stabilizer member for stabilizing the brace comprising two hinged-together arms, one of the arms having one end hinged to the brace about a hinge axis, and a spring member for urging the arm of the stabilizer member towards the locked position. The spring member is connected to a lever hinged to the brace, the lever presenting a slot in which there is engaged a finger secured to the arm that is hinged to the brace. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057486 | Modular helicopter deck for offshore oil drilling/production platforms - A heliport is formed by the assembly of a planar member including longitudinally-extending deck materials, each of which has a longitudinally-extending T-slot formed in the upper side thereof and is connected to a plurality of deck slats. Each deck slat is of generally I-beam configuration, with the lower flange thereof having a plurality of longitudinally-extending striations. A plurality of fixture blocks is provided, with each fixture block having a hole therein and including a plurality of striations for cooperatively engaging the striations in the lower flange of a deck slat. The head of a carriage bolt is disposed in the T-slot of the longitudinal deck materials, and extends through the fixture block, and is connected at its opposite end to a deck slat by a washer and nut, thereby providing a rigid interconnection between the deck slats and the planar member. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057487 | COMPOSITE FABRIC WITH RIGID MEMBER STRUCTURE - A composite structure is provided including a first fabric and a second fabric. A substantially elongate and substantially rigid first member is spaced apart from and coupled with the first fabric via the second fabric. A resin substantially is infused into the first fabric and the second fabric, and substantially encapsulates the first member to form a unitary structure. | 2009-03-05 |
20090057488 | Component with a damping filler - A method of manufacturing an aerofoil for a gas turbine engine ( | 2009-03-05 |