| 13th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 12 |
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| 20090078807 | Adjustable grinder - A tapered inner grinding element is spaced apart from an outer grinding element with a space therebetween which defines the size of the ground product. A shaft is connected at its bottom end to the inner element for operating the grinder. Screw threads formed on the shaft and an adjuster knob are engaged such that rotation of the adjuster knob directly moves the inner grinding element axially for adjusting the size of the ground condiment. A sleeve fixed to the inner grinding element slides axially on the shaft but is fixed to rotate with the shaft. Mating snap-acting connectors on the sleeve and the adjuster knob are joined by elastic deformation. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078808 | Device for Aligning the Refining Disc of a Refining Apparatus - Apparatus for aligning a refining disc is a refiner is disclosed, the apparatus including a first wedge slidable along a support for the axle package of the refining disc, a second wedge disposed between the first wedge and a bearing housing in which the rotatable axle of the axle package is journalled, the second wedge being slidable transversely to the slidable movement of the first wedge, a controller for controlling displacement of the first wedge including an actuator at one end of the support and a control axle extending from the actuator to the first wedge, the control axle being rotatable and rotatably secured to the first wedge whereby operation of the actuator causes rotation of the control axle, which in turn causes displacement of the first wedge which causes transverse displacement of the second wedge. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078809 | Reel and method of designing same - Disclosed are a reel structured such that a recording tape can be wound on a hub without interference with a pair of flanges provided in opposing relationship to each other, and a method of designing such a reel. The hub is formed in a tapered shape, and a taper angle of the hub is determined from an expression θ| 2009-03-26 | |
| 20090078810 | MAGNETIC TAPE CARTRIDGE - A magnetic tape cartridge includes a reel around which a magnetic tape is wound, a cartridge casing accommodating the reel rotatably, a reel locking member, a biasing member, a spider, and a lubricant. The reel locking member includes a convex sliding portion and engages with the reel to block a rotation thereof. The biasing member biases the reel locking member so that the reel locking member engages with the reel. The spider includes a supporting surface that comes into contact with the sliding portion and has a concave portion concaved at substantially the center thereof, and a wall portion that surrounds the supporting surface, the spider pushing and moving the reel locking member against a bias force of the biasing member to release the engagement between the reel locking member and the reel. The lubricant is applied between the sliding portion and the supporting surface. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078811 | ANTI-TWIST DEVICE - The embodiments described and claimed herein relate to opening in a housing for a retractor. The opening includes structures which reduce the risk of twisting webbing passing through the opening and, thereby, interfering with the proper functionality of the retractor. The openings can include one or more guide surfaces which incorporate some combination of features which smooth out the webbing as it enters the retractor and/or urge the webbing into alignment with the retractor opening. In addition, or in the alternative, the height of the opening can be modified to closely conform to the maximum thickness of the webbing. The guide surfaces can be integrally formed with the retractor housing or can be provided by an insert piece which attaches to the housing. In one embodiment, the guide surface is disposed along an upper wall of the opening and is curvilinear and outwardly diverging. More specifically, the guide surface has slopes that vary along its length whereby the guide surface is approximately vertical near a leading edge of the guide surface and is approximately horizontal near a trailing edge of the guide surface. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078812 | Power cord cooling apparatus for a vacuum cleaner - A power cord cooling apparatus disposed in a cord reel chamber formed inside a main body of the vacuum cleaner to cool a power cord wound around a cord reel, wherein the power cord cooling apparatus allows outside air to enter the cord reel chamber, to contact the power cord wound around the cord reel, and to be discharged outside the cord reel chamber via a center space in the cord reel. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078813 | Thread brake - According to the invention, the brake force on a thread brake with a vertically arranged cylindrical housing, comprising a base inlet opening and an upper outlet opening for a thread may be adjusted in a modular manner, whereby each ball is provided with an individual housing piece and the housing pieces are arranged one over the other. The housing pieces have a modular embodiment which may be stacked one over the other in an indexed manner, whereby the inlet opening of the upper housing piece forms the outlet opening of the housing piece below. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078814 | Web Inspection and Repair Machine with Rotary Razor Slitting - A web processing machine permits slitting of a wide range of highly extensible materials with low Young's modulus of elasticity characteristics. The slitting function may be carried out under low elongating tensions while yielding highly accurate and repeatable width dimensions in the finished product. The machine incorporates a resiliently coated cylinder with extremely sharp and narrow rotating blades which are commonly adjusted into close contact with the coated cylinder. The blades are driven so that their peripheries slightly over-speed the web as it enters the first contact point of the coated cylinder and the blades as they rotate. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078815 | MAGNETIC PAPER TOWEL HOLDER - A magnetic paper towel holder includes a pair of plates, an inner plate and an outer plate. The outer plate includes a carrier for holding a roll of paper towels, such as an L-shaped rod or a pair of fenestrated blocks and a holding stick. Both the inner and outer plates can be magnetic plates to attract each other, or alternatively one plate is steel and the other magnetic to let the inner plate hold the outer plate repositionably or reversibly in place under a kitchen cabinet or on the side wall of a kitchen cabinet by magnetism without nails or screws or glue. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078816 | Magnetic paper towel holder - A magnetic paper towel holder comprises a pair of plates, inner plate and outer plate. The outer plate has an apparatus to hold a roll of paper towel, such as a L-shaped rod. Both plates can be magnetic plates to attract each other or one plate can be a steel one and the other a magnetic one to allow the inner plate to hold the outer plate reversibly in place under a kitchen cabinet or on the side wall of a kitchen cabinet by magnetism without nails or screws or glue. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078817 | ABSOLUTE TIME ENCODED SEMI-ACTIVE LASER DESIGNATION - SAL designation uses absolute time coding of the pulse-stream to disambiguate the designator in a manner that reduces the number of pulses in a pulse-stream and reduces the total pulse energy on the target. This requires timing synchronization between the designator and receiver. For improved rejection of unintended returns, more precise time gating (narrower absolute time window) is required. This can be achieved by removing the path length and or firing time uncertainty errors. Absolute time coding reduces the number of pulses and total energy on target in two ways. First, the designator may only have to transmit the pulse-code once. The “spot” appears for the brief time associated with a pulse-stream and disappears; continuous lasing of the target is not required. Second, the designator can be disambiguated using a combination of pulse-code (relative spacing of pulses) and pulse-position (absolute timing of pulses) modulation. This allows the pulse-stream to be shortened considerably, perhaps to a single pulse. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078818 | AERIAL TRANSPORTER - This invention relates to an aerial transporter comprising rigid cell structures which are covered with light materials as a skin, composed of modules. The invention aerial transporter represents some type of airship without a tail unit as well as an approximate balloon construction comprising a rigid structure and an independent drive unit. Said aerial transporter can transport loads in the range of about 20 t and more over short to medium distances using lighter-than-air technology while meeting air traffic regulations. Furthermore, the disclosed aerial transporter can be used as an air crane in the tied state. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078819 | Turbojet for aircraft, aircraft equipped with such a turbojet, and method for mounting such a turbojet on an aircraft - The disclosed embodiments relates to a jet engine for an aircraft, characterized in that it bears at least one stabilizer, the stabilizer being fastened on the rigid structure of said jet engine so as to form a one-piece assembly. The jet engine can also bear one or more auxiliary devices required for the operation of the jet engine. The disclosed embodiments also relates to an aircraft provided with such a jet engine, and to a method of mounting such a jet engine on an aircraft. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078820 | WING-TO-BODY FAIRING - In one embodiment, a wing-to-body fairing for reducing noise due to wing-to-body fairing vibrations in at least one of an aircraft and a spacecraft comprises a honeycomb center comprising a cavity which is substantially filled with foam material. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078821 | LANDING GEAR - An aircraft noise-reduction apparatus ( | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078822 | LANDING GEAR SYSTEM AND LOAD DISTRIBUTION - In one embodiment, an aircraft comprises a plurality of hoop frame support members and a landing gear enclosure comprising a curved surface. The plurality of hoop frame support members abut against and extend over the curved surface to provide support to the landing gear enclosure. In another embodiment, loads are transferred from a landing gear strut through a strut fitting, through at least one inner surface of the landing gear enclosure, through at least one outer surface of the landing gear enclosure, and into the plurality of hoop frame support members. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078823 | Aircraft nose landing gear enclosure - In one embodiment, an aircraft comprises a plurality of hoop frame support members and a landing gear enclosure comprising a curved surface. The plurality of support frame support members abut against and extend over the curved surface to provide support to the landing gear enclosure. In another embodiment, loads are transferred from a landing gear strut through a strut fitting, through at least one inner surface of the landing gear enclosure, through at least one outer surface of the landing gear enclosure, and into the plurality of hoop frame support members. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078824 | Paneled Partition - A paneled partition assembly is designed to close an opening and collapses to uncover the opening by a movement of at least one panel that initiates the rotation and translation of at least one other panel. When the paneled partition assembly is in a closed or extended position, the plurality of panels covers the opening regardless of the opening's shape, size, or irregularity. When the paneled partition assembly is in an open or retracted position, the plurality of panels collapse to a smaller configuration. In moving between the extended and retracted positions, the panels rotate and translate fluidly with minimum user interaction. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078825 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AND ATTACHMENT OF WING FAIRINGS - A method and apparatus for manufacturing and installing a fairing on an aircraft. In one advantageous embodiment, a composite fairing is installed on the aircraft. A composite sheet having a form of the composite fairing is formed. A plurality of cured composite tiles is created from the composite sheet, wherein spaces are present between the plurality of composite tiles. The plurality of composite tiles is cured to form the composite fairing. The composite fairing is attached to a surface of the aircraft. The spaces between the plurality of composite tiles are filled with a flexible filler. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078826 | AIRCRAFT PRESSURIZED CABIN DOOR MADE OF FIBER COMPOSITE - An aircraft pressurized cabin door includes an integral door structure unit made of fiber composite, the unit including an outer skin and a door framework arranged on an inner side of the outer skin. The framework includes a plurality of edge supports and a plurality of longitudinal supports extending in a width direction between the edge supports so as to form door framework interstices delimited by the inner side of the outer skin, by the edge supports and by the longitudinal supports. The door framework interstices are configured in a manner open toward the inner side of the door. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078827 | FOLDABLE STEP FOR A VEHICLE, AND A VEHICLE PROVIDED WITH SUCH A STEP UNIT - The present invention relates to a foldable step unit ( | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078828 | ANTI-ICE VALVE COMPONENTS AND METHODS OF COUPLING A VALVE ASSEMBLY TO A SERVO CONTROLLER OF ANTI-ICE VALVE COMPONENTS - Anti-ice valve components are provided that include a servo housing, a valve body, and a transfer tube. The servo housing includes a surface having a cavity formed therein. The valve body is spaced apart from the servo housing and includes a surface having a cavity formed therein. The transfer tube has a first end, a second end, and a length, where the first end is disposed in the servo housing cavity, the second end is disposed in the valve body cavity, and the length extends between the first end and the second end and has a portion forming a bend of at least 180 degrees. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078829 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR SIMULTANEOUS MOMENTUM DUMPING AND ORBIT CONTROL - The present system and methods enable simultaneous momentum dumping and orbit control of a spacecraft, such as a geostationary satellite. Control equations according to the present system and methods generate accurate station-keeping commands quickly and efficiently, reducing the number of maneuvers needed to maintain station and allowing station-keeping maneuvers to be performed with a single burn. Additional benefits include increased efficiency in propellant usage, and extension of the satellite's lifespan. The present system and methods also enable tighter orbit control, reduction in transients and number of station-keeping thrusters aboard the satellite. The present methods also eliminate the need for the thrusters to point through the center of mass of the satellite, which in turn reduces the need for dedicated station-keeping thrusters. The present methods also facilitate completely autonomous orbit control and angular momentum control using. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078830 | AIRCRAFT COMPRISING A CENTRAL FAIRING THAT ADJUSTS THE PRESSURE ON THE WING STRUCTURES BY MEANS OF LOCAL GEOMETRIC DEFORMATIONS - An aircraft including: a fuselage and two wings to which engine nacelles are attached and that are each connected laterally to the fuselage, one on each side thereof, by a central fairing. The central fairing includes, facing each wing, two opposed surfaces connected one to a suction face side and the other to a pressure face side of the wing and that extend longitudinally along the fuselage. At least one of the two surfaces includes at least one local geometric deformation configured to generate lateral aerodynamic disturbances on the central fairing toward the wing to control the flow of air over the wing. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078831 | Holder for a pipeline - The invention relates to a holder ( | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078832 | Duct Supporting Apparatus - Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for supporting a flexible duct. The apparatus comprises a concave duct support structure with a convoluted anterior end and one or more straps. The concave duct support structure is placed in contact with outer surface of the flexible duct. The convoluted anterior end supports curved surfaces of the flexible duct. The concave duct support structure comprises multiple slits. The straps pass through the slits of the concave duct support structure. Distal ends of the straps may be affixed to a structural member for suspending the flexible duct supported on the concave duct support structure. The concave duct support structure prevents the flexible duct from sagging and crimping, thereby allowing free flow of air, liquids, etc. through the flexible duct. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078833 | Rigidly Attached Cable Support for Ductwork Having At Least Three Flat Side Surfaces - A cable clamp-bracket combination for rigidly connecting to an item to be suspended, especially a HVAC duct suspended from the ceiling of a structure. The combination utilizing, e.g., a commercially available cable clamp rigidly but removably connected to the clamp in a position where openings in the bracket surfaces mate with the cable channels through the clamp and a slot through the bracket mates with a clamp release projection on the clamp. The cable clamp includes a clamp clutch adjacent each cable channel for holding a support cable. The combination resulting in a rigid connection between the clamp and the item (e.g., duct) and a non-slip connection between the supporting cables and the item. The bracket can be formed from a flat plate having preformed openings and connecting elements by bending the plate into the desired form for holding the clamp and being securable to the, e.g., duct. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078834 | SUPPORT SLIDE ASSEMBLY FOR CABLE MANAGEMENT ARM - A support slide assembly for a cable management arm is coupled with two slide assemblies. Two ends of the cable management arm are connected to one of the two slide assemblies. The support slide assembly includes a sliding member provided between the two ends of the cable management arm and sustained by the support slide assembly to travel in relation to the support slide assembly. Two ends of the support slide assembly respectively connected to the two slide assemblies. The support slide assembly includes a first rod and a second rod sliding into each other to become one retractable piece, allowing change of its total length. The two rods of the support slide assembly each is pivoted to a sliding block. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078835 | STATIC AND DYNAMIC CABLE MANAGEMENT BRACKET - A bracket is provided having a spacer connected to a first and second arms. The spacer has a proximate end and a distal end disposed apart from each other at a suitable distance. The first arm has a base end and a free end, the base end being connected to a first side of the proximate end of the spacer and the free end extending from the proximate end. The second arm has a base end and a free end, the base end connected to the proximate end, and the free arm extending from the proximate end. The first arm, the second arm, and the proximate end substantially form a ring having a gap between the free ends of the first and second arms. Another bracket is provided having a hook and a ring connected to a top of the hook, wherein the ring includes a gap formed therein. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078836 | Kink protector for a line - A kink protector for a line which is led outwardly through a wall opening in a connecting sleeve of a hose or a pipe. The kink protector has a mounting cap which encloses the line, and a support helix which is integral with the cap and surrounds the line and which is resilient in bending. An outlet stub is provided at the connecting sleeve and is connected with the wall opening and into which the mounting cap can be pushed with at least axial fixing of the line in mechanically positive and detenting manner for the line. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078837 | Brush Holder - A brush holder which has a holder housing and at least one fastening lug projecting laterally from the holder housing. The fastening lug is provided with an upwardly directed bent portion and a return part extending as far as the outside of the holder housing. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078838 | Annular fan-shaped retractable honeycomb furniture assembly - An annular fan-shaped retractable honeycomb furniture assembly includes a honeycomb core and two panels. A binder is attached to a lateral side of the honeycomb core to serve as a center point when the honeycomb core is developed into an annular shape, and has the effect of fixing and shaping. A slant or an arced surface is formed on an upper side of the honeycomb core adjacent to the binder. The panels are respectively adhered to two opposite external surfaces of the honeycomb core to sandwich the honeycomb core. Each of the panels has one side portion, which projects over an edge of the honeycomb core and is formed with a slot. A fastener tape may be provided to fix the panels together after the honeycomb core is developed or retracted. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078839 | Gate building kit - A hardware kit for constructing a gate frame from standard board lumber includes a triple-junction bracket for joining three board members including a first horizontal board member and first and second equal length non-horizontal board members, and two mirror-image double-junction brackets each joining one of the non-horizontal members to a lower horizontal member of the frame. The triple-junction bracket has two attachment surfaces offset by 90 degrees, one of the surfaces having two attachment lengths diverging at an acute angle. Each double-junction bracket has a first attachment surface orthogonal to second and third attachment surfaces, the second attachment surface extending at an obtuse angle with respect to the third attachment surface, the obtuse angle exceeding 90 degrees by a number of degrees equal to half of the acute angle. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078840 | CLAMP - A clamp comprises opposed members having clamping surfaces defining a distance therebetween for receiving and clamping an object. An adjustment mechanism is associated with at least one of the members for varying the distance over a continuous range. A spacer assembly being removably associated with at least one of the members for varying the distance by at least one discrete increment. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078841 | Tilter apparatus for electronic device having bias assembly - A tilter assembly is provided for positioning an electronic device such as a flat panel display. The tilter assembly includes a tilter shaft holder having an opening aligned along an axis and a shaft received within the opening. The shaft is rotatable about the axis, and may be coupled to a support. The tilter shaft holder is coupled to the electronic device. The tilter assembly also includes a torsion spring device in operative association with the shaft to provide a bias or counterbalance to the electronic device, thereby preventing undesired rotation about the axis. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078842 | Hanging Basket - A hanging basket has a basket, multiple suspension lines and multiple basket connectors. The basket has a sidewall, an edge, a connecting ring formed around the edge and multiple mounting holes formed around and through the sidewall of the basket. The basket connectors are connected respectively to the suspension lines. Each basket connector has a lip hook and a post, The lip hook and post are formed opposite to each other. The lip hooks of the basket connectors and the connecting ring of the basket selectively hook to each other. The posts of the basket connectors are selectively mounted respectively in the mounting holes. The basket will not detach from the suspension assembly even though the hanging basket hangs in high places and sways or bumps other hanging baskets or objects. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078843 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REPAIRING WALLS - Systems and methods for repairing walls are provided used to repair foundational and veneer walls that have bowed or shifted. A system can include a wall support member disposed proximate a wall; an anchor disposed below the wall support member (the anchor can be affixed to a bottom portion or component of the wall (e.g., a foundational pier)); a tension member (e.g., a chain) affixed to the anchor and the wall support member; a brace affixed to the wall support member at a first end; and a stake in operable communication with a second end of the brace operable to prevent movement of the second end of the brace. Increasing tension on the tension member between the anchor and the wall support member (with a jack, for example) causes the wall to be shifted (e.g., horizontally and vertically) for repositioning the settled wall. The wall can then be re-anchored and re-attached to the structure to aid in preventing future movement of the wall. Other embodiments are also claimed and described. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078844 | BOOK PAGE HOLDER - A page holder includes elongated members coupled via a coupling member. The page holder can be securely mounted to a page of a book. One of the members contacts the opposing page, maintaining the book open. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078845 | Vehicle cover restrainer - A restrainer device for securing vehicle covers. The device comprises a flexible stop-end and a lock-end, and a flexibly stiffened middle segment in between the elongate ends. The lock-end and the middle segment are placed thru one of the grommet openings of the vehicle cover and pulled thru until the stop-end is pressed against the grommet. The device is placed underneath the vehicle so as to span the width of the vehicle. The flexibly stiffened, semi-rigid segment retains a linear configuration, which allows for non-visual guidance of the lock-end from one side of the vehicle to the other. The lock-end is readily picked up and passed thru the grommet on the other side of the vehicle cover, and pulled thru creating a taut slack free connection and then padlocked. The device, including the flexibly-stiffened portion, can be rolled into a coiled state to allow for compact storage. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078846 | Force sensing clevis insert - A sensor includes a clevis insert for reception within a first bore of a clevis. The clevis insert is configured to accommodate a latch pin. A strain sensing element is operatively associated with the clevis insert for detecting mechanical strain imparted to the clevis insert when a force acts on the clevis insert through the pin. The invention also provides a method of retrofitting a cowl latch assembly. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078847 | DISTRIBUTED NETWORK VIBRATION ISOLATION SYSTEM AND VIBRATION ISOLATORS USEFUL THEREIN - A distributed network vibration isolation system includes several vibration isolation nodes distributed throughout a structure. The nodes wirelessly intercommunicate and include a passive structural isolation device and an active structural isolation device. The nodes work together via wireless communication to isolate a payload from a disturbance source. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078848 | Pump bracket 90° mounting - A new and unique L-shaped bracket for mounting a pump is provided, featuring a rear bracket member having a rear cavity portion for receiving and supporting one end of the pump; and a bracket support perpendicularly extending from the rear bracket member, having one or more retaining clips for frictionally engaging and coupling to the other end of the pump. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078849 | Igloo Building Block Mold - An igloo building block mold comprises a shell defining a pair of generally cuboid mold portions. The mold portions are offset from one another in both an upright direction extending between the top and bottom ends of the mold portions and a lateral direction extending between the end walls of each mold portion. A building block formed by the mold, when stacked on a previous row of blocks, permits inter-engagement between the blocks due to a shoulder being formed on each block which engages the corresponding shoulder of a previous block supported therebelow. The offset in the lateral direction permits side edges of each block to be inter-engaged with adjacent blocks as the blocks are placed in the desired position in the igloo structure during construction. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078850 | System for Dispersion-Force-Based Actuation - A system and method for dispersion-force-based actuation are disclosed. In some embodiments, a light beam is used to change the dispersion force between two spaced apart surfaces. The change in the dispersion force causes a change in the gap between the surfaces. The actuation system can be used in conjunction with a deformable mirror to provide an improved adaptive optics system. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078851 | Far Ultraviolet With High Luminance Emitting High-Purity Hexagonal Boron Nitride Monocrystalline Powder And Method Of Manufacturing The Same - While high-purity hexagonal boron nitride monocrystal (hBN) obtained by way of a high temperature/high-pressure treatment in the presence of a high-purity solvent has excellent properties in terms of far-UV luminescence characteristics, it has drawbacks including that it can be easily adversely affected by mechanical vibrations and impetus, that monocrystal shows a poor morphological retentiveness and that the luminescence characteristics fluctuate to shift the selected and set wavelength. The present invention can overcome the drawbacks of being easily affected by vibrations and showing a poor morphological retentiveness by grinding down the monocrystal obtained by a solvent/refining process into powder and applying the powder to a light emitting surface. Thus, the present invention provides crystal powder to be used for a far-UV luminescence device showing excellent luminescence characteristics that are stable and do not fluctuate. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078852 | CHROMINANCE COMPENSATION METHOD AND PANEL LIGHTENING METHOD IN A DISPLAY APPARATUS - An area-control based LED backlight system for a panel is divided into a plurality of independently controllable light emitting regions. A single color sensor or light sensor detects light emitting status of the regions. Reference values corresponding to the regions are set based on a white balance parameter. The reference values are compared to the light emitting status of the regions for performing color components ratio calibration, so as to compensate luminance and chrominance of light emitted from the regions and lightening the panel. Further, a single light sensor is used for detecting light emitted from LED sets of a whole-panel based LED backlight system for a panel. A reference value is compared to a detection result of the light sensor for generating a color component calibration parameter, so as to compensate luminance and chrominance of light emitted from the LED sets and lightening the panel. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078853 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A light emitting device includes at least one light emitting unit, a switching unit, a comparator unit, a charge storage unit and a sensing unit. The switching unit is electrically connected to the light emitting unit. The comparator unit is electrically connected to the switching unit. The charge storage unit is electrically connected to the comparator unit and stores an amount of electric charges. The sensing unit has a light sensing circuit and is electrically connected to the charge storage unit. The light sensing circuit senses a light intensity of the light emitting unit. The sensing unit adjusts the amount of the electric charges and a voltage corresponding to the amount of the electric charges according to the light intensity. The comparator unit compares the voltage with a threshold voltage. The switching unit controls the light emitting unit in accordance with the result of the comparison. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078854 | Optical Writing Device and Method of Manufacturing the Same - A plurality of photo emitters are arrayed on a transparent substrate in a first direction to form at least one photo emitter array. An electrode is provided on the substrate and electrically connected to the photo emitters in common. A dimension of the electrode in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction is smaller than a dimension of the substrate in the second direction. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078855 | Imaging sensor having microlenses of different radii of curvature - The present invention provides an image sensor which comprises improved microlenses to cope with different optical requirements for oblique incident light or different components of light. In one embodiment, the image sensor comprises at least two microlenses having different radii of curvature. In another embodiment, the image sensor comprises at least one asymmetrical microlens. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078856 | Solid-state image capturing device and electronic information device - A solid-state image capturing device includes a multilayer wiring layer to open regions above a plurality of respective light receiving sections for performing photoelectric conversion on incident light to generate a signal charge; a color filter of each color provided above the multilayer wiring layer in a corresponding manner to each light receiving section; and a microlens provided on the color filter of each color, for focusing the incident light at each light receiving section, wherein a wiring layer within one layer among the multilayer wiring layer limits an area of a light receiving region for incident light that enters the light receiving section, equally among the light receiving sections. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078857 | Optical Pickup Device and Optical Disk Device - A laser emitting device ( | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078858 | ORIENTATION DETERMINATION UTILIZING A CORDLESS DEVICE - A system for generating orientation information includes a reflector, an image collection system, and a processor. The image collection system is configured to collect at least two sets of image data, where one set of image data includes a stronger indication of the reflector than the other set of image data. The two sets of image data are collected using at least one reflector with some orientation-specific characteristic or a reflector integrated into a device that includes some orientation-specific structural feature. Once collected, the two sets of image data are used to generate orientation information related to the reflector. In particular, orientation information related to the reflector is generated by taking the difference between the two sets of image data. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078859 | Photodetector with Embedded Infrared Filter - A photodetector and method for making the same are disclosed. The photodetector includes a photodetector die mounted on a substrate, an infrared filter, and an encapsulating layer. The infrared filter is positioned over the photodetector, the infrared filter blocking light in an infrared region of the optical spectrum while allowing light in a visible region of the optical spectrum to reach the photodetector die. The encapsulating layer surrounds the photodetector and the substrate, the infrared filter being embedded in the encapsulating layer, which is transparent to light in the visible region. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078860 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DOWNHOLE OPTICAL ANAYSIS - A method is disclosed for measuring optical properties of a fluid downhole, the method comprising measuring intensity of light interacting with the fluid downhole for each of one or more wavelengths; integrating each intensity of light for each wavelength for an integration time; and estimating the optical property from a difference between a starting value and an ending value for the integral of the intensity of light over time divided by the integration time for the wavelength. An apparatus is disclosed for measuring an optical property of a fluid downhole, the apparatus comprising one or more photodiodes that measure an intensity of light interacting with the fluid downhole for each of one or more wavelengths; and one or more integration circuits that each integrates an intensity of light for one wavelength for an integration time. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078861 | Ion Mobility Spectrometry Method and Apparatus - The invention includes an ion mobility spectrometer having a liquid filled drift chamber. The chamber has an ionization region partitioned from and an ion separation region by a reversible ion-migration block. An electrical field within the chamber allows ions to migrate toward the electrode collector. Passage of ions from the ionization region is triggered by reversing the block allowing ions to migrate into the ion separation region. The invention includes a method of ion mobility analysis in liquid phase. Ions are mobilized to migrate through a drift liquid and are detected at an end of a drift chamber. The invention also includes a method of generating ions in a sample. A sample containing molecules in a first solvent is introduced into a second solvent through a charged capillary where the electrically charged sample is electro-disperses to ionize the molecules. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078862 | ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETRY ANALYZER FOR DETECTING PEROXIDES - The present invention provides IMS analyzers and methods for detecting, identifying, and characterizing (e.g., measuring the concentration of) peroxides in samples. Methods and systems of the present invention utilize sample inlet conditions and dopant strategies providing an enhancement in selectivity and sensitivity for the detection of peroxide compounds relative to conventional IMS analyzers. Dopants of the present invention include, but are not limited to, substituted aryl compounds or substituted cyclic dienes; wherein the substituted aryl compound or the substituted cyclic diene has at least one substituent selected from the group consisting of a hydroxyl group, a carbonyl group, an aldehyde group, an ester group, a carboxylic acid group and a carbonate ester group. The present IMS analyzers and methods are versatile and enable selective detection of a broad class of peroxides and derivatives thereof, including hydrogen peroxide, hydroperoxides, organic peroxides and derivatives thereof. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078863 | Determination Of Chemical Empirical Formulas Of Unknown Compounds Using Accurate Ion Mass Measurement Of All Isotopes - A method of determining an empirical formula of an analyte ion from a measured mass spectrum including a main peak and one or more isotope peaks. The method comprises comparing a relative isotopic intensity of the measured isotope peak to a calculated relative isotopic intensity of an isotopic ion of a proposed empirical formula and comparing a relative mass defect of the measured isotope peak to a calculated relative mass defect of the isotopic ion of the proposed empirical formula. The proposed empirical formula is identified as a potential candidate for the analyte ion based on these comparisons. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078864 | Molecular sieves - A molecular sieve ( | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078865 | APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING SAMPLES FOR ANALYSIS VIA ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETRY - The invention provides an interface assembly for delivering an ionized analyte from an ionization apparatus into an ion mobility spectrometer. This allows analysis of biological and non-biological samples, even non-volatile solids, via differential mobility spectrometry, without fragmentation of molecules. The invention also provides portable sample analysis systems that operate at ambient pressure. Systems of the invention may be used for high molecular weight species detection, for example, drinking water contaminants, pathogenic biological agents, bio-organic substances, non-biological material, peptides, proteins, oligonucleotides, polymers, bacteria, and hydrocarbons. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078866 | MASS SPECTROMETER AND ELECTRIC FIELD SOURCE FOR MASS SPECTROMETER - An electric field source for a mass spectrometer and a mass spectrometer are described. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078867 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING AND REVIEWING A THIN SAMPLE - A system and method for generating a thin sample, the method includes: milling an intermediate section of a thin sample such as to enable an upper portion of the thin sample to tilt in relation to a lower portion of the thin sample; wherein the lower portion is connected to a wafer from which the thin sample was formed. A system and method for inspecting a thin sample, the method includes: A method for inspecting a thin sample, the method comprising: illuminating, by a charged particle beam, a tilted upper portion of a thin sample that is connected, via a milled intermediate section, to a lower portion of the thin sample; wherein the lower portion is connected to a wafer from which the thin sample was formed; and collecting particles and photons resulting from the illumination. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078868 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A HIGH-RESOLUTION THREE DIMENSIONAL CONFOCAL SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE - A confocal scanning transmission electron microscope which includes an electron illumination device providing an incident electron beam propagating in a direction defining a propagation axis, and a precision specimen scanning stage positioned along the propagation axis and movable in at least one direction transverse to the propagation axis. The precision specimen scanning stage is configured for positioning a specimen relative to the incident electron beam. A projector lens receives a transmitted electron beam transmitted through at least part of the specimen and focuses this transmitted beam onto an image plane, where the transmitted beam results from the specimen being illuminated by the incident electron beam. A detection system is placed approximately in the image plane. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078869 | MAGNETIC ELECTRON MICROSCOPE - Below 50-nm-diameter extremely narrow electrically-conductive fiber is used instead of the electron beam biprism used in the conventional interference electron microscope method. A phenomenon is utilized where a focus-shifted shadow of this fiber is shifted from a straight line by a distance which is proportional to a differentiation of phase change amount of an electron beam due to a sample with respect to a direction perpendicular to the fiber. The phase change amount is quantified by calibrating this shift amount through its comparison with a shift amount caused by another sample in terms of which the corresponding phase change amount has been quantitatively evaluated in advance. The differentiation amount of the quantified phase change in the electron beam due to the sample is visualized, or eventually, is integrated thereby being transformed into absolute phase change amount to be visualized. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078870 | Infrared imaging system - The present invention relates to a long-life, low-power consumption infrared imaging system having a structure for realizing with a high reliability both the taking of an image of its surrounding environments and the detection of objects. The infrared imaging system comprises a light source section, an image pickup section, a processing section, and a monitor. For emitting SC light including a wavelength component in a near-infrared wavelength band as irradiation light, the light source section includes a seed light source emitting laser light, an optical fiber generating the SC light in response to the input of the laser light, and wavelength selecting means. The wavelength selecting means selectively limits the wavelength region of the irradiation light in accordance with imaging modes. In the mode for taking an image of a surrounding environment, the wavelength selecting means limits the irradiation light wavelength to a wavelength band excluding an absorption wavelength band of moisture and the like in the air. In the mode for detecting an object such as a frozen part on the road surface, on the other hand, the wavelength selecting means limits the irradiation light wavelength to an absorption wavelength band of water or ice. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078871 | OUTGASSING RATE DETECTION - A workpiece processing system includes a platen configured to support a workpiece, a source configured to provide an electromagnetic wave proximate a front surface of the workpiece, and a detector. The detector is configured to receive at least a portion of the electromagnetic wave and provide a detection signal representative of an outgassing rate from the workpiece of outgassing byproducts. A method of detecting an outgassing rate is also provided. The method includes providing an electromagnetic wave proximate a front surface of a workpiece, receiving at least a portion of the electromagnetic wave, and providing a detection signal representative of an outgassing rate from the workpiece of outgassing byproducts. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078872 | Doped Carbon Nanostructure Field Emitter Arrays for Infrared Imaging - An infrared imaging device and method for making infrared detector(s) having at least one anode, at least one cathode with a substrate electrically connected to a plurality of doped carbon nanostructures; and bias circuitry for applying an electric field between the anode and the cathode such that when infrared photons are absorbed by the nanostructures the emitted field current is modulated. The detectors can be doped with cesium to lower the work function. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078873 | Image acquisition apparatus, conversion apparatus and image acquisition method - An image acquisition apparatus acquires an image indicating an intensity distribution of infrared light. The image acquisition apparatus includes a conductive thin film, a dielectric layer placed on the thin film, a base to support the thin film and the dielectric layer in this order on a principal surface, a light source to emit light to an interface between the thin film and the base, and an image pickup device to receive light reflected on the interface between the thin film and the base. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078874 | Computed radiography system for mammography - A computed radiography system including a stimulating light source such as a laser, a photostimulable glass imaging plate (PGIP) substantially transparent to the stimulating light positioned such that the stimulating light impinges the PGIP perpendicularly thereto producing photostimulated luminescence light (PLL), a light collector having a light reflecting inner surface proximate the PGIP for collecting PLL emitted from the PGIP and having a hole or slot therein for admitting stimulating light into the light collector and onto the PGIP. An optical filter in communication with the light collector for blocking stimulating light waves and passing PLL therethrough. A light detector receives PLL from the optical filter and the light collector, mechanism providing relative movement between the PGIP and the stimulating light source, and mechanism including an analog to digital converter for converting the collected and detected PLL to a diagnostic readout. The system is particularly useful in mammography. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078875 | Radioimaging - Radioimaging methods, devices and radiopharmaceuticals therefor. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078876 | Method and system for using tissue-scattered coincidence photons for imaging - Methods and systems for determining a location of a photon event for an imaging system including a plurality of 3-D detectors. For one of the photons in the photon pair, an interaction in a first 3-D detector is detected. For the other of the photons in the photon pair, at least two interactions in a second 3-D detector are detected. A cone-surface projector function is produced based on the at least two interaction locations in the second 3-D detector. A projector function is produced based on the produced cone-surface projector function, the detected interaction in the first 3-D detector, and the at least two detected interactions in the second 3-D detector. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078877 | RADIATION IMAGING ELEMENT - A radiation imaging element that includes a plurality of pixel portions each having a phosphor layer that absorbs radiation transmitted through a subject to emit light, a photoelectric conversion portion that includes an upper electrode, a lower electrode, and a photoelectric conversion layer disposed between the upper electrode and the lower electrode, and a TFT which outputs a signal corresponding to an electric charge generated in the photoelectric conversion layer, wherein the TFT includes at least a gate electrode, a gate insulating layer, an active layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode, and an electric insulating layer is further provided so as to be electrically connected between the active layer and at least one of the source electrode or the drain electrode. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078878 | Radiation imaging cassette - A radiation imaging cassette is provided with two types of communicating means within a housing. One is a wireless communicating means for communicating wirelessly with an imaging control means, and the other is a wired communicating means for communicating with the imaging control means. A metal detecting sensor for detecting metal in the periphery of the housing is also provided. A control section ceases the operation of the wireless communicating means and causes the radiation imaging cassette to communicate with imaging control means using the wired communication means, in response to detection of metal by the metal detecting sensor. Thereby, imaging operations are enabled to be performed safely even in cases that patients with pacemakers are in the vicinity of the radiation imaging cassette. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078879 | IMAGE DETECTING DEVICE AND IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM - A radiation solid-state detecting device includes a timing control signal detector, which detects the output of a timing control signal from a timing control circuit, and which outputs the detected output to a temperature controller as an image information output detection signal. When the temperature controller is supplied with the image information output detection signal, the temperature controller halts supply of direct current from a DC power supply to Peltier devices, while also stopping a fan from being energized, to thereby temporarily stop a temperature regulation control process from being carried out on a sensor substrate. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078880 | Ultraviolet sensor - An ultraviolet sensor has an ultraviolet detection diode having a depletion region | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078881 | TIME-RESOLVED, OPTICAL-READOUT DETECTOR FOR NEUTRON AND GAMMA-RAY IMAGING - An efficient, large-area-detector and readout-system for combined sub-mm spatial imaging and time-of-flight spectrometry of fast and slow neutrons, as well as gamma-rays, capable of loss-free operation in mixed neutron-gamma fields of very high intensity. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078882 | DEVICE AND ARRANGEMENT FOR SENSING AND DISPLAYING RADIATION - An arrangement for detecting and initiating indication of doses of radiation includes radiation dose receiving elements and function handling elements for storing and displaying received radiations/radiation doses. The arrangement is operable by one or several power sources, and includes one or several portable meters exhibiting miniature external dimensions and having internal power sources. The respective meter is provided with radiation receiving elements and function handling elements. Each meter includes one or several preferably continuously connected first components, requiring low power, and temporarily connectable second components, requiring increased or increasing power in relation to the low power. One or several third components, handling the temporary connection and disconnection of the second component or components, is/are included. The first components are activated at low radiation intensities and the second components are connected when high radiation intensities are occurring. The third components connect and disconnect the second components at the different intensities. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078883 | TECHNIQUES FOR OPTICAL ION BEAM METROLOGY - Techniques for providing optical ion beam metrology are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as an apparatus for controlling beam density profile, the apparatus may include one or more camera systems to capture at least one image of an ion beam and a control system coupled to the one or more camera systems to control a beam density profile of the ion beam. The control system may further include a dose profiler to provide information to one or more ion implantation components in at least one of a feedback loop and a feedforward loop to improve dose and angle uniformity. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078884 | Automatic radioactivity analyzer of mixed liquid beta emitter - The present invention relates to an automatic radioactivity analyzer of mixed liquid beta emitter which comprises: a sample preparation part ( | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078885 | SAMPLE MANIPULATION DEVICE - The invention relates to a sample manipulation device comprising an observation unit, which is used to observe a sample and to select a target position at which a portion to be removed from the sample is located, and a specimen stage which receives the sample. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078886 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHECKING DOCUMENTS OF VALUE - The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for recognizing forged documents of value, wherein the documents of value are illuminated with clocked excitation light of a light source. Within the bright phase of the excitation light a first luminescence intensity is detected, within the dark phase a second luminescence intensity. Because of the afterglow of the light pulses there is a residual fluorescence, which distorts the luminescence intensity in the dark phase. By linking the second luminescence intensity with the first luminescence intensity, e.g. by subtracting a scaled first luminescence intensity, a corrected second luminescence intensity is determined, which substantially corresponds to the phosphorescence signal of the document of value. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078887 | RADIATION IMAGE CONVERSION PANEL AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF - There is provided a radiation image conversion panel having strong resistance to physical impact, and in which enhanced sharpness and adhesion are balanced, especially, enhanced adhesion of a photostimulable phosphor layer onto a support is achieved, and a preparation method of the radiation image conversion panel. The radiation image conversion panel comprising on a support a sublayer and at least one photostimulable phosphor layer in this order from the support, featured in that the photostimulable phosphor layer is formed by a gas phase method and has a thickness of not less than 50 μm, and the sublayer comprises a thermoplastic resin and the thickness of the central portion in an image area of the sublayer is greater than that of the peripheral portion of the image area. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078888 | Method and Apparatus For Detecting and Adjusting Substrate Height - A method and apparatus | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078889 | Water-Based Fluorescent Ink, Recorded Image Using The Same, and Judging Method - The present invention relates to a water-based fluorescent ink for the purpose of measurement or judgment of the fluorescence emission in a visible light region by an excitation wavelength in a predetermined ultraviolet range, containing water, a coloring material dissolved or dispersed in water, and an organic solvent, having a plurality of fluorescent groups in the coloring material structure of the coloring material, and using a water-soluble coloring material having a sulfonic acid group as the water-soluble group in the state of a free acid, capable of improving the water resistance and the light resistance, dramatically increasing the content of the fluorescent coloring material in the ink, which has conventionally been included only by a small amount in the ink due to the concentration quenching problem, obtaining preferable fluorescence emission and water resistance of the recorded image, and providing preferable adhesion resistance to the recording medium of the coloring material and reliability. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078890 | ION SOURCE, ION IMPLANTATION APPARATUS, AND ION IMPLANTATION METHOD - This ion source generates a ribbon-like ion beam whose dimension in the Y direction is larger than the dimension in the X direction. This ion source includes a plasma generating vessel having an ion extraction port extending in the Y direction, a plurality of cathodes arranged in a plurality of stages along the Y direction on one side in the X direction in the plasma generating vessel, a reflecting electrode arranged on the other side in the X direction in the plasma generating vessel opposite to the cathodes, and electromagnets for generating magnetic fields along the X direction in regions including the plurality of cathodes in the plasma generating vessel. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078891 | RADIATION SHIELDING SHEET - A radiation shielding sheet formed by filling a shielding material into an organic polymer material. The shielding material is an oxide powder containing at least one element selected from the group consisting of lanthanum (La), cerium (Ce), praseodymium (Pr), neodymium (Nd), samarium (Sm), europium (Eu) and gadolinium (Gd). The oxide powder has an average grain size of 1 to 20 μm, and a volumetric ratio of the shielding material filled in the radiation shielding sheet is 40 to 80 vol. %. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078892 | COMPUTED RADIOGRAPHY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A computed radiography system is provided. The computed radiography system includes an imaging plate configured to store a radiation energy pattern of an object or emit multiple prompt emission photons of the radiation energy pattern upon irradiation or a combination thereof. The computed radiography system also includes at least one light source configured to illuminate at least a sub-area of the imaging plate for a time period of less than about a second. The at least one light source is configured to stimulate at least one of an emission of multiple photons of the radiation energy pattern stored in the imaging plate. The computed radiography system further includes a two dimensional imager configured to capture at least one two dimensional image from the at least a sub-area of the imaging plate using one of an image emitted from the radiation energy pattern stored or an image emitted from prompt emission or a combination thereof. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078893 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes an optical unit for reading the image information by scanning and irradiating the photostimulable phosphor plate with the excitation light from a light source and converging photo-stimulated luminescence light emitted from the photostimulable phosphor plate to conduct photoelectric conversion, a base table, a linear motor for moving the optical unit with respect to the base table, a wire fixed on the base table at both ends of the wire, a pulley rotatably fixed on the optical unit for being rotated by relative movement between the pulley and the wire caused by the movement of the optical unit, a rotary encoder for detecting a rotational speed of the pulley; and a control section for controlling the linear motor based on a detection result of the rotary encoder, wherein the wire is wound not less than one turn around the pulley and inclined at a predetermined angle against a line crossing a rotational axis of the pulley at right angle. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078894 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MANUAL OVERRIDE OPERATION OF A LINEAR ACTUATOR - Apparatus and methods for manual override operation of a linear actuator are described. An example apparatus includes a base to be mounted to an actuator. A drive member is operatively coupled to the base and selectively engagable to a stem of the actuator to enable manual operation of the actuator in a first direction and a second direction. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078895 | Flow Control Valve - A flow control valve comprising a housing, in turn comprising a substance inlet opening and a substance outlet opening and a substance channel extending between the substance inlet and outlet openings. The valve further comprises: a piston carried by the housing and movable relative thereto; a first biasing member biasing the piston towards a first piston postion in which the piston seals the substance channel; a guide channel carried by the housing; and a valve actuator movable along and whithin the guide channel between first and second actuator positions. Furthermore, the control valve comprises a second biasing member capable of biasing the piston against the bias of the first biasing member towards a second piston position in which the piston clears the substance channel, whereby the bias of the second biasing member overtakes the bias of the first biasing member on the piston when the valve actuator is in the second actuator position, without however overtaking the bias of the first biasing member when the valve actuator is in the first actuator position. When the elongated guide channel is sufficiently tilted, the valve actuator will move from the first actuator position towards the second actuator position resulting in the bias of the second biasing member overtaking the bias of the first biasing member on the piston and the piston thus being moved towards the second piston position. The movement of the piston is delayed according to the time it takes for the valve actuator to move from the first actuator position to the second actuator position. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078896 | Magnetic valve with manual override - Proposed is a magnetic valve with manual override, through the actuating element of which a magnetic core that serves as a valve element or that is connected to a valve element can be shifted from an off position into an operating position without excitation of a magnetic coil system assigned to it. To detect the position of the magnetic core that is held in the operating position by the manual override there is provided a coil current monitoring device that monitors the rise of the coil current after the magnetic coil system has been switched on, which device has a detection device for detection of the absence of a drop in current as formed by movement of the magnetic core after being switched on and a signaling device for electrical signaling of a position of the magnetic core that is held in the operating position by the manual override if said drop in current is absent. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078897 | Method for regulating an actual variable to a setpoint variable - A method for regulating an actual variable (X) to a setpoint variable (W), a manipulated variable (Y) being ascertained from the setpoint variable (W) and the actual variable (X), and the manipulated variable being supplied to an input of a controlled system, and a change in the actual variable (X) occurring only upon the manipulated variable being changed by a minimum amount, an intermediary manipulated variable (Y′), to which a correcting quantity (K) is applied in the steady-state condition of the regulation for forming the manipulated variable (Y), being first ascertained from the setpoint variable (W) and the actual variable (X), only values which change the manipulated variable (Y) by less than a minimum amount being allowed for the correcting quantity (K). | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078898 | VALVE OPENING AND CLOSING CONTROL APPARATUS - When a control unit variably controls an electric power supplied to an electric motor to repeat a valve opening and closing movement of a valve between a first intermediate position and a second intermediate position through a neutral position, the control unit initially sets the neutral position as a control target value until a valve position, which is sensed with a valve opening degree sensor, is located immediately before the neutral position. The control unit thereafter changes the control target value to the first intermediate position or the second intermediate position when the control unit determines that the valve position, which is sensed with the valve opening degree sensor, reaches the neutral position. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078899 | Solenoid Operated Vacuum Control Valve for Document Feeding - A control valve and an operating method thereof are described. The control valve includes a housing containing a valve body. A first solenoid operably connects to a first lateral end of the valve body and a second solenoid operably connects to a second lateral end of the valve body. A first fluid inlet in the housing receives a first fluid at a first predetermined pressure. A second pressure inlet in the housing receives a second fluid at a second predetermined pressure. The valve body moves between a first position, where the valve body is disposed adjacent to a first lateral side of the housing, and a second position, where the valve body is disposed adjacent to a second lateral side of the housing. In the first position, the second fluid is connected to an outlet, and, in the second position, the first fluid is connected to the outlet. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078900 | Miniaturized Double Latching Solenoid Valve - A valve includes a generally elongate pintle; a spacer having a rounded surface that bears against the pintle; a bulbous tip fixed to the spacer; and a hollow, generally cylindrical collar fixed to the pintle, the collar enclosing the spacer and the tip and including an opening through which a portion of the tip extends, the opening in the collar and interior of the collar being of a size such that the tip floats therein. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078901 | ELECTROMAGNETIC SAFETY VALVE - An electromagnetic safety valve that includes a reel, a support that has a first segment that is inserted in the interior of the reel and which acts as a fixed core, a movable core that moves in the interior of the reel, a sealing member connected to one end of the movable core that opens a passage of gas overcoming the opposition of a spring when the valve is energised, and a casing that encloses the reel. The support has a second segment that includes a base upon which the reel is supported, the base including axial through holes for the respective passage of a phase wire and a mass wire. The second segment also includes a coaxial housing wherein a male terminal is inserted. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078902 | Aerosol valve - An aerosol valve for dispensing polyurethane foam including a plastic liner shield to prevent environmental moisture permeating through the sealing grommet into the aerosol can to harden product and disable the valve. The liner has an annular upper portion in the mounting cup channel for sealing to the can bead, an intermediate portion surrounding the grommet in the can, and a lower annular flange extending between the valve stem base and lower grommet surface. A method to assemble the valve components includes inversion of the liner, grommet, valve stem, and mounting cup. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078903 | Solid material valve - Solid material valve for pressurized cans, especially for the discharge of mounting foams, provided with a valve body ( | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078904 | Side valve - A side valve includes an outer sleeve into which a connector piece is introduced, on the side, as well as an inner sleeve that is introduced into the outer sleeve and that has a connector piece for a connection to the water supply, whereby a groove for accommodating a sealing ring is disposed adjacent to the attachment section, on its side facing away from the connector piece. In another embodiment, a side valve includes an outer sleeve into which a connector piece is affixed on the side, whereby a support surface for a sealing ring is disposed at the base of the opening disposed in the outer sleeve, on the side, for accommodating the connector piece. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078905 | Versatile valve - A valve comprising a bonnet, an actuator for controlling the movement of a diaphragm situated between the bonnet and a valve body having an inlet port, an outlet port, a passageway connecting the inlet port and the outlet port for fluid flow, the valve body having an access receiving port for accommodating a device. The access receiving port is designed to accommodate any type of instrumentation testing a parameter of a process fluid or product on a process system. The proposed valve body can replace an existing valve body thereby avoiding the need to replace the entire valve. The access receiving port can have the same design or different designs. It is located either above or into the passageway of the valve body for a weir type valve or into the passageway of the valve body for a radial style valve. | 2009-03-26 |
| 20090078906 | Valve with Thin-Film Coating - A fuel system component is provided. The fuel system component may comprise a valve body having a substantially conical surface region including a first coating. The component may further include a valve seat having a first surface region with a substantially conical surface including a second coating. The coating of the valve seat is configured to engage at least a portion of the coating of the substantially conical surface region of the valve body. | 2009-03-26 |
