13th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 5 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090078106 | Bass Drum System and Method - A bass drum system and method is provided. The bass drum system is comprised of a bass drum including at least one connector and an anchoring harness. The anchoring harness includes at least one first securing point, an anchoring body, and at least one second securing point. The at least one first securing point is connected to the anchoring body at a predefined distance from the at least one second securing point, also connected to the anchoring body. The at least one first securing point attaches to the at least one connector of the bass drum and the anchoring body contacts a seat structure used by a musician. The at least one second securing point attaches to the at least one connector. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078107 | Keyboard Apparatus of Electronic Musical Instrument | 2009-03-26 |
20090078108 | Musical composition system and method - The invention is a method and system for accessing a plurality of musical tracks and mixing two or more of those musical tracks into a new work. A plurality of individual tracks or works is located at a location accessible to a large number of users, such as a main server. A user may select and access the works, including by transferring the works to their location for mixing or combining those works into new works. The user may create a command or conductor file which causes the server to perform the works in accordance with commands defined by the user. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078109 | Ceramic armour element for use in armour - The invention concerns an armour panel to provide protection from projectiles. The present invention relates to an armour panel comprising a layer of hexagonal ceramic armour elements ( | 2009-03-26 |
20090078110 | Pneumatic drive system - It is a question of a pneumatic drive system comprising at least one pneumatic drive ( | 2009-03-26 |
20090078111 | DOUBLE CHECK VALVE HAVING FLOATING FUNCTION - A double check valve having a floating function is disclosed, which can prevent construction equipment from overturning through intercepting of a floating function even if a signal pressure is fed to the double check valve to perform the floating function in a state that an excavator is supported by a working device (e.g. a dozer blade), i.e. in a jack-up state, on a sloping site and so on. The double check valve includes a hydraulic pump; a hydraulic cylinder connected to the hydraulic pump to operate a working device; a control valve installed in flow paths between the hydraulic pump and the hydraulic cylinder, and shifted to control a start, a stop, and a direction change of the hydraulic cylinder; and a double check valve installed in flow paths between the control valve and the hydraulic cylinder, and including a pair of plungers having first diaphragms formed thereon to receive an operating pressure being applied to the hydraulic cylinder and second diaphragms formed thereon to receive a signal pressure being applied to the signal pressure flow path, and a pair of check valves being pressed to remove their check function through shifting of the plungers. Sectional areas of the first diaphragms and the second diaphragms are different from each other. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078112 | Pilot valve for a hydraulic motor - The invention relates to a pilot valve ( | 2009-03-26 |
20090078113 | Reciprocating Piston Machine, in Particular a Compressor for a Vehicle Air-Conditioning Unit - A reciprocating piston machine ( | 2009-03-26 |
20090078114 | System and method for recovering ice-clad machinery and equipment - Ice-clad machinery and equipment in very cold environments are made more easily recoverable by enclosing the machinery and equipment in an environmentally contained area and introducing desiccant dehumidified air into the contained area to lower the vapor pressure in fostering a “sublimation” process conversion from the solid state of the ice to a gaseous state which can be exhausted without first going through any intermediate liquid state. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078115 | GAS SEPARATOR AND GAS SEPARATING METHOD - There is provided a gas separating device which is capable of being made compact and light. A part of an airtight container ( | 2009-03-26 |
20090078116 | Adaptable dual-directional, differential pressure assembly - An adaptable dual direction, differential pressure assembly is disclosed. Solenoid valves release controlled bursts of air into a top of a container. A rate of the controlled bursts of air is partially responsive to a pressure differential between atmospheric pressure and that of compressed air in the reservoir. A pleated filter is fitted inside of the container. The pleated filter has an inner wall and an outer wall and has pleatings separated using hot melt glue beads there between. The controlled bursts of air are programmed to be substantially automatically responsive to one or more pressure differentials between an inner wall and an outer wall. In one embodiment, air is drawn from the blower through the pleated filter from the inner wall to the outer wall until a desired pressure differential is achieved. In yet another embodiment, air is drawn through the pleated filter from the outer wall into the inner wall and to draw upwardly out of the top of the container through the blower until a first pressure differential is achieved. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078117 | Filter Element and Arrangement - The invention pertains to a filter element that includes a first flat layer and a second flat layer, wherein the layers are connected to one another such that a volume and an opening are formed, wherein the layers are spaced apart from one another via spacing devices arranged between the layers ( | 2009-03-26 |
20090078118 | Fluid Inlet Device, Use, and Method of Retrofitting - A fluid inlet device suitable for introducing a mixture of liquid and gas into a vessel, which fluid inlet device comprises an inlet flow channel having an inlet end for receiving the mixture of liquid and gas; and a plurality of curved guiding vanes placed one behind the other along the inlet flow channel, wherein each vane comprises an intercepting part extending towards the inlet end of the inlet flow channel, and an outwardly directed deflecting part defining a generally convex side and a generally concave side of the curved vane, wherein the deflecting parts of two consecutive vanes form an outlet channel of the inlet device and define a main direction of gas flow in the outlet channel, and wherein at least one of the vanes is provided with a liquid catcher channel extending from an upstream position with respect to the vane to a downstream position, and wherein a virtual line along the vane between the upstream position and the downstream position deviates from the main direction of gas flow; the use of the fluid inlet device for introducing a mixture of liquid and gas into a gas-liquid contacting vessel; and liquid catcher channels as well as their use in a method of retrofitting an a fluid inlet device. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078119 | Air Filter and System - A filter system including a frame with a central filtration portion is provided for delivery of volatile materials to the atmosphere to be filtered. Upon contact of a fluid to be filtered, a volatile or aromatic material is transferred to the incoming fluid so as to scent or condition the filtered fluid. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078120 | MULTI-USE PERSONAL VENTILATION/FILTRATION SYSTEM - A personal ventilation system uses a cross-flow fan and one or more filters, where the filter preferably has a cylindrical or elongated elliptical shape that at least partially surrounds the rotor of the cross-flow fan. The filters preferably remove particles, undesired gases, and micro-organisms. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078121 | Air supply vent filter for air conditioning systems - A filter for placement above a supply vent grill in an air conditioning supply vent includes a peripheral frame that is sized and configured to match the interior dimensions of the air vent. The filter has at least one layer of a woven stainless steel hygienic mesh cloth that is held taut within the frame. The hygienic stainless steel mesh membrane traps dirt, dust, dust mites, germs, bacteria, mold, fungus and other particles and microbes that are carried in the airflow of the air conditioning duct system. Accordingly, the cool air exiting the supply vents and into the indoor living environment is free of these unhealthy and potentially harmful microbes and airborne particles. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078122 | AIR FILTERING SYSTEM - An exemplary air filtering system is for filtering air passing through a ventilating opening of an electronic device casing. The air filtering system includes an air filtering unit, an actuating unit, and a monitoring and controlling unit. The air filtering unit includes a flexible air filtering mesh, a driving shaft and a following shaft. The driving and following shaft are rotatably positioned at opposite sides of the ventilating opening. The air filtering mesh is wrapped around the driving and following shafts with opposite ends thereof positioned to the driving and following shaft respectively. A portion of the air filtering mesh between the driving and following shafts covers the ventilating opening. The actuating unit is connected to the driving shaft of the filtering unit. The monitoring and controlling unit is configured to monitor a temperature in the electronic device casing and control the actuating unit according to the temperature. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078123 | Trap device - A trap device ( | 2009-03-26 |
20090078124 | EQUIPMENT FOR THE REHYDRATION OF YEASTS, IN PARTICULAR FOR OENOLOGY - Equipment for yeast rehydration, in particular in dry, moist or in liquid dispersion form, which comprises a containment tank ( | 2009-03-26 |
20090078125 | Cooking method and apparatus - An ovenable cooking apparatus for facilitating the cooking of food components while maintaining the separateness thereof may include a first container for holding a first food component, and a second container for holding a second food component. The separation of the first food component from the second food component maintains the surface area for the first and second food components to facilitate heating of the first and second food components. The first food component may have a liquid based content for producing steam when heated, and one or both of the first container and the second container may define a passage for providing airflow and steam flow for contacting the second container and/or the second foodstuff and heating or steaming the second food component. Additionally, the second container may be steam impermeable for cooking bread and the like. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078126 | Process and equipment - Problems with incipiently gelling alginate or low-methoxy pectate sols in a bath of an aqueous solution containing calcium ions are reduced by having in the bath a perforated support surface which can be oscillated. The surface is preferably oscillated horizontally and vertically and preferably these oscillations are synchronised. Transport means to remove the product from the bath can be provided at one end of the bath. It is advantageous to ensure that at the beginning of the vertical oscillation the horizontal oscillation is in the direction of such transport means. Portions of the sol can be formed by extrusion either below or above the surface of the bath. The process is particularly useful for sols which have a sugar content greater than 10%. The invention also provides equipment comprising such a perforated support surface. Although the equipment is particularly useful for preparing alginate and low-methoxy pectate products it can also be used advantageously for other products which are formed in a bath and are susceptible to damage before they solidify adequately. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078127 | Cooking device - A smoker having a smoke generating material loader which preferably is insertable and retractable through a housing aperture and is adjustable between a no dump state and a dump state once inserted, preferably relative to a receiver tray that is closer to a heat source, as in an electric heat resistance bar, to cause smoke generation of smoke generating material received from the loader when placed in a dump state. The loader preferably has one or more seal off end caps or sections relative to the receiving housing aperture to provide a heat retention function. A preferred embodiment features a nested arrangement between the inserted loader and receiver tray and preferably the receiver tray is in a sliding supported relationship with the loader as in a semi-cylindrical loader main body in contact with one or more concave supporting surfaces of the receiver tray. The receiver tray also preferably has opposing shielding walls extending up from opposite sides of an apertured base receiving tray. The opposing shields also preferably having an upper constricted opening in close proximity to a rotating loader main body and at a common height with the constricting opening brought about by the nesting arrangement. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078128 | Extruder of Vegetal Oil - Extruder of vegetal oil formed by a system for the Oil and Flour Production from primary products, that works in a different way from the existing squeezers and known in the actual market. This extraction system, with this system of the present patent simplifies and improves the processes that use the actual equipments, and also saves the energy consumption by incrementing the yield of the obtained production when compared with the existing equipments. The former result is due to this system that works simultaneously the different processes in only one machine, what nowadays is made in a series of machines in each one of the different processes. In the actual systems several different processes are used, one for the oil extraction and others more for the transformation of sub-products until reach the final product; using different equipments in each case after the oil extraction. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078129 | Method, device and accessories for manufacturing laminate floor panels by using a press - A method for manufacturing floor panels, wherein one starts from board-shaped elements that are subjected to a press treatment, wherein during pressing at the decorative side of the board-shaped elements to be pressed, a press element is used having a plurality of separately formed press parts. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078130 | UNLOADER WITH LOOSE COTTON RETAINING APPARATUS FOR A COTTON COMPACTOR - An unloader for a cotton compacting structure such as a module builder, including loose cotton retaining apparatus configured and operable for retaining loose cotton carried from, and returning the loose cotton to, the compacting structure. Apparatus of the invention can include an array or arrays of individual upstanding filaments, or flaps, located on a cotton conveying surface of a door arrangement or ramp extending from the compacting structure and over which a mass of compacted cotton or module is unloaded. The apparatus is configured to allow passage of a mass or module of compacted cotton thereover, while preventing passage of at least a substantial portion of any loose cotton following the mass or module along the surface. The apparatus is also configured for returning the loose cotton to the compacting structure upon folding or closing of the door or ramp. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078131 | FOOD PROCESSING DEVICE - A food processing device has a handle holding a food receptacle, a cutter having perforations and extending across a bottom opening of the receptacle, and a presser extendable into the receptacle and movable towards the cutter for pressing food in the receptacle against the cutter, whereby the food is cut into smaller pieces. The presser has a press surface, which has a protruding pattern matching the perforations of the cutter for passing through the perforations to press food through the cutter. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078132 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TOOL BIT MARKING - A method and apparatus for imprinting text on items such as tools. The imprinting process involving employing a roll forging assembly including a large-sized roller plate and a multi-angle vise. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078133 | THIN-WALLED HOT FOIL STAMPING CYLINDER AND METHOD OF FABRICATION - A thin-walled hot foil stamping cylinder of predetermined diameter is formed from an extruded cylindrical tube having a wall of initially uniform cross-sectional thickness. Portions of the outer cylindrical surface of the wall are relieved to define raised, outwardly-projecting hot foil stamping indicia. End caps close opposed ends of the cylindrical tube. One of the end caps is provided with a passage therethrough for introduction of hot oil into the cylindrical interior space of the tube. A passage in at least one of the end caps that communicates with the interior of the tube permits selective draining of oil from the tube. The overall outer surface of the tube may be machined to reduce the tube to a predetermined diameter, prior to relieving the surface thereof to form the indicia. In this manner, a single extruded tube may be used to produce hot foil stamping cylinders of individual diameters corresponding to standard image repeats. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078134 | Flexographic Printing Press - A flexographic printing press is comprised of at least four printing cylinders which are each driven by a respective drive motor. These at least four printing cylinders cooperate directly with a common satellite cylinder during the printing of a web of material. Each of these printing cylinders supports at least one flexographic printing plate. Each end journal of such printing cylinder is mounted in at least one linear bearing that is located on a lateral frame, and which can be moved perpendicularly to the axis of rotation of the respective cylinder. A stator of each driving motor can be moved along with the associated linear bearing, or along with the printing cylinder. Each such drive motor is configured as a synchronous motor which is excited by a permanent magnet. An independent hydraulic actuator is assigned to each printing cylinder, to change the position of that printing cylinder. At least one linear bearing is arranged in a bearing unit which is placed on the interior wall of the respective lateral frame. The journals of each printing cylinder do not penetrate the lateral frames. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078135 | Printing Unit, Printing Press and Method of Producing Labels or Self-Adhesive Labels in a Printing Press - A compact printing unit includes a plate cylinder, an impression cylinder, and an ink applicator roller in a printing press, in particular a label printing press. In the printing unit, the plate cylinder is disengageable from cylinders contacting the plate cylinder for the purpose of format variation. The plate cylinder is pivotable about the impression cylinder about a pivot axis which is parallel to the axis of rotation of the impression cylinder and a distance between the axes of rotation of the plate cylinder and the impression cylinder is variable. A printing press and a method of producing labels or self-adhesive labels in a printing press are also provided. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078136 | Printing Press with Bearer Rings - A printing press includes a first rotary body with a first bearer ring and a second rotary body with an axle which eccentrically supports a second bearer ring. The second bearer ring is in rolling contact with the first bearer ring and is rotatably coupled to the second rotary body. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078137 | Method of Winding Up Transfer Film and Device for Performing Transfer Printing on Printed Sheets of Paper - There is provided a method of winding up a transfer film and a device for performing transfer printing on printed sheets of paper, capable of eliminating the need to frequently replace the transfer film, thereby allowing the transfer film to be used over a prolonged time. According to the method of winding up a transfer film, the transfer film fed from a feed roll through a feed path is pressed onto a fed printed sheet to transfer patterns of the transfer film, and then the transfer film is wound up onto a windup roll through a windup path. During the rewind of the transfer film from the windup roll to the feed roll, a lateral position of the transfer film running along the feed path is detected, and the feed roll is moved in its axial direction to follow a lateral positional change of the transfer film. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078138 | Printing Groups of a Printing Press - A printing group of a printing press is comprised, at leasdt, of a transfer cylinder, a forme cylinder and of a first roller ink form roller of an inking unit which cooperates with the forme cylinder as an ink application roller. the first ink form roller has substantially the same duameter as the forme cylinder. Axes of rotation of the forme cylinder and of the transfer cylinder define a plane when these cylinders are in their operating postion. A plane that is defined by axes of rotation of the first roller and the forme cylinder forms an angle of no greater then 45° with respect to the forme cylinder/transfer cylinder plane. At least one of the forme cylinder and the transfer cylinder is mounted sa as to be adjustable, by the use of at least on actuator, in the direction of the transfer cylinder, with the aid of at least a first actuator that is assigned exclusively to the forme cylinder or to the transfer cylinder and that is actuated by a pressure medium. The first roller is mounted for movement, in the direction of the transfer cylinder, by an actuator assigned only to that first roller. A second, which cooperates with the first roller, is postioned below the forme cylinder/transfer cyinder axis of rotation defining plane. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078139 | MAGNETIC PLATE RETENTION - A magnetic plate retention system especially suitable for use in retaining a lithographic plate material to a conventional plate cylinder utilizes one or more magnetic retention devices each having a curved surface complementary to the cylinder. When disposed on the plate, the retention devices magnetically adhere the plate to the underlying cylinder. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078140 | FOUNTAIN SOLUTION COMPOSITION FOR LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING AND HEAT-SET OFFSET ROTARY PRINTING PROCESS - A fountain solution composition for lithographic printing characterized by comprising at least one acyclic hydrocarbon diol compound, having 9 carbon atoms in total and two —OH groups, wherein the number of carbon atoms existing between said two —OH groups via minimal distance is from 2 to 6; said fountain solution composition can be used to improve blanket piling. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078141 | Method of Performing Transfer Printing on Sheets of Paper - There is provided a method of performing transfer printing on sheets of papers capable of stopping a film from running while the film is kept apart from a cylinder and patterns of the film are not transferred onto the sheets, and of joining the film to the cylinder with the film and the cylinder matched in speed and phase at the resumption of running. While the cylinder is rotated at a specific speed, the film is on a first travel path and stopped from running. Before the film is moved from the first travel path to a second travel path to be joined to the cylinder, four steps are performed so that the running speed of the film is matched to the rotation speed of the cylinder, and the phase of marks provided on the film at equal intervals is matched to the phase of a gripper of the cylinder. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078142 | Web offset printing press and method for operating a web offset printing press - A web offset printing press that prints and processes at least one material web and has printing units and/or printing unit assemblies, at least one folder, and transport elements operates by transporting the at least one material web by the transport elements through a web of the printing press into the at least one folder, electrically driving the at least one folder, the printing units and/or printing unit assemblies and the transport elements at least partially mechanically independently of each other, and synchronizing during printing operation via specified setpoints values of at least one master axis with an electronically generated synchronization clock, and starting from a initial state of the at least one folder in which the master axis and/or condition of motion of the folder are independent of each other, adapting by the at least one folder its initial state to or synchronizing by the at least one folder its initial state with setpoint value assignments of the master axis, by performing compensating motions. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078143 | Cartridge Of Metal Expansion Cell For Rock Destruction - The present invention relates to a cartridge of a metallic expansion cell for a rock destruction which includes a pressure tube that is installed at an inner wall of the casing in the section of the explosion wire and is formed of a certain material having a strong strength capable of enduring against a certain level pressure so that it is possible to prevent an earlier destruction of the casing of the portion near the explosion wire by a high temperature heat and impact wave energy when a large current is applied to the explosion wire, and a plasma channel formed by the explosion wire is guided in the direction of the casing. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078144 | LINER FOR SHAPED CHARGES - A liner for a shaped charge is disclosed which comprises a plurality of portions, where at least one portion is composed of powder materials. In one embodiment, the liner comprises two portions that are composed of different powder materials, while alternative embodiments of the liner comprise three portions or four portions. When the shaped charge is used in a perforating gun, reactive powder materials may be added to the plurality of portions of the liner to optimize the penetration or the enhancement of the perforating tunnel. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078145 | System and method for integrated stage separation - A multi-stage vehicle separation system and method that facilitates an active separation on the booster by igniting a small quantity of propellant in the dead volume between the second stage rocket motor nozzle and the booster dome. In the most general embodiment, the invention includes a nozzle; a first fuel propellant disposed within the nozzle; a thermal barrier separating the first and second fuel propellant, an environmental seal protecting the second fuel propellant and an arrangement for activating the first fuel propellant. The nozzle is disposed in an upper stage of a two-stage vehicle. An arrangement such as a V-Band clamp is included for retaining the lower stage of the two-stage vehicle. Electronic commands release the lower stage and activate the first propellant in a timely manner to effectively separate the lower stage from the upper stage. The embedded propellant is activated with an arm fire device. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078146 | WEAPON AND WEAPON SYSTEM EMPLOYING THE SAME - A weapon and weapon system, and methods of manufacturing and operating the same. In one embodiment, the weapon includes a warhead having an outer casing. The warhead includes a frangible container within the outer casing of the warhead and a destructive element within the frangible container. The destructive element is formed with a non-explosive material. The weapon may also include a guidance section configured to direct the weapon to a target. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078147 | METHOD OF INITIATING EXTERNAL EXPLOSIVE CHARGES AND EXPLOSIVE-CHARGED ACTION ELEMENTS FOR THESE. - The present invention relates to a method of initiating explosive charges by means of splinter bodies ( | 2009-03-26 |
20090078148 | SUSPENDED COASTER RAIL APPARATUS AND METHOD - An improved amusement ride provides minimal requirement on supporting structures by suspending a rail system from suspension cables. Individual riders sit in a harness suspended from a trolley traveling along the suspended rail. The rail may turn in substantially any direction and the trolley coasts along it. Parallel rails may be suspended for a race-like format. The suspension cables may be arranged along a hillside, relying on the grade of the hill for elevation change, or may be arranged as a lattice of supporting infrastructure with an arrangement of the coaster rail there below. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078149 | Pillow Block Bearing for Shaft Driven Conveyor System with Self Aligning Feature - A rotating shaft drive system is configured to propel a load along a conveying path of an overhead conveyor system. A stationary frame extends along the conveying path and supports the rotating shaft drive system. A movable carriage is suspended from the stationary frame and engages with a rotating shaft of the shaft drive system to propel the carriage and the load. The rotating shaft comprises a plurality of shaft segments supported pillow blocks at each end of the rotating shaft segments, and the pillow blocks create a gap between adjacent shaft segments. The movable carriage has at least one canted driven roller configured to engage with adjacent rotating shaft segments and to create a helical loci of tractional engagement that provides sufficient drive force to propel the carriage and the load along the conveying path. The drive system is further configured to provide continuous propulsion as the canted driven roller moves across the gap between adjacent shaft segments. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078150 | GROUND COIL DEVICE FOR MAGNETIC LEVITATION RAILWAY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE THEREOF - A ground coil device for a magnetic levitation railway that can be manufactured with a high productivity and exhibit less fluctuation in strength, reduced weight, and good recyclability, and a process for manufacturing the device. The ground coil device includes a coil conductor covered with a thermoplastic resin molding material containing 100 parts by mass of a thermoplastic resin, from 20 to 200 parts by mass of an inorganic filler, and from 0 to 25 parts by mass of an elastomer. A process for producing the ground coil device for magnetic levitation railway includes filling the thermoplastic resin molding material into a cavity of a metal mold into which the coil conductor is previously inserted, by an injection molding method, to obtain an integrally molded product. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078151 | Railcar door control apparatus - An apparatus for controlling discharge of commodity from a railcar having a hopper with at least two transversely spaced discharge openings and two laterally spaced and commonly joined pivotal doors arranged in registry with the two discharge openings. The control apparatus includes a transversely extending operating shaft and a linkage system operably connecting the operating shaft to the doors. A drive mechanism is operably connectable to the linkage system. The drive mechanism includes a powered driver for selectively operating the linkage mechanism to either simultaneously move the doors into their closed position or to simultaneously move the doors from their closed position. The powered driver of the drive mechanism is operably connected to a lever radially extending from the operating shaft. To releasably hold and maintain the doors in their closed position, a lock assembly is arranged in operable combination with the driver. The lock assembly can be operated in response to powered or manual movement of the doors. An indicator is also provided for providing a visual indication, from a side of the car, the operable condition of the lock assembly. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078152 | METHOD OF SHORTENING A WELL CAR - A method of shortening an end of a well car includes removing a plurality of parts that would inhibit the shortening process; cutting a shear plate and a set of side sill angles at a location on the well side of the end assembly; detaching the end assembly from a main body of the well car; on each side of the main body: cutting the top tube at a location above a monument plate that is just beyond a reinforcement plate attached to the monument plate; cutting through a weld between the monument and reinforcement plates and a side sheet; cutting through the side sheet generally at the attachment location of the monument and reinforcement plates; and cutting the shear plate of the main body with a contoured cut such that the remaining shear plate has a contoured pattern substantially matching the cut shear plate under the removed end assembly. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078153 | CORROSION INHIBITING PIGMENT COMPRISING NANORESERVOIRS OF CORROSION INHIBITOR - A corrosion inhibiting pigment includes nanoscale reservoirs (nanoreservoirs) of corrosion inhibitor for active corrosion protection of metallic products and structures, wherein the nanoreservoirs include a polymer or polyelectrolyte shell which is sensitive to a specific trigger and capable of releasing the inhibitor after action of the trigger. An anti-corrosive coating with self-healing properties includes the pigment, methods for preparing the pigment, in particular by layer-by-layer deposition, as well as methods of use of the pigment. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078154 | Coating Agent for Optical Instrument - To provide a coating agent capable of forming a coating film having high hardness, high rubbing resistance, and strong adhesibility, without necessitating a high-temperature treatment as in a conventional method, even when titanium oxide having a high refractive index is used and a process for producing the coating agent; a coating film formed by applying the above-mentioned coating agent and a process for producing the coating film; and an optical instrument comprising the above-mentioned coating film and a process for producing the optical instrument. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078155 | PARTICULATE METAL ALLOY COATING FOR PROVIDING CORROSION PROTECTION - Coatings containing particulate metal alloy are disclosed. The coatings provide corrosion protection to a substrate, such as a metal substrate. The coatings contain zinc-metal-containing alloy in flake form, most particularly an alloy flake of zinc and aluminum. The coating can be from compositions that are water-based or solvent-based. The compositions for providing the coating may also contain a substituent such as a water-reducible organofunctional silane, or a hexavalent-chromium-providing substance, or a titanate polymer, or a silica substance constituent. the coating may desirably be topcoated. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078156 | LOW TEMPERATURE, MOISTURE CURABLE COATING COMPOSITIONS AND RELATED METHODS - Disclosed are low temperature, moisture curable coating compositions, related coated substrates, and methods for coating a substrate. The coating compositions include an ungelled, secondary amine-containing Michael addition reaction product of reactants including a compound comprising more than one site of ethylenic unsaturation, and an aminofunctional silane. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078157 | Inorganic sheet materials - The invention is directed to a synthetic inorganic material, comprising inorganic compounds based on elementary particles with a sheet (phyllosilicate) structure, the elementary particles consisting of a central layer of octahedrally coordinated divalent metal ions between two layers of tetrahedrally surrounded silicon ions, which particles are substantially free of aluminum, free silica and salts and hydroxides of the divalent metal ions, the material not containing any metal ions that can be reduced to the corresponding metals at temperatures of 700° C. or less. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078158 | ENVIRONMENTALLY POLLUTION-FREE ANTI-CORROSION PIGMENT COMPOSITION - The present invention provides an environmentally pollution-free, anti-corrosive pigment composition which is free of any heavy metal such as lead and/or chromium, which is free of zinc and/or water-soluble ions and which is excellent in the anti-corrosive effect. The anti-corrosive pigment composition comprises condensed calcium phosphate prepared by firing a mixture which comprises a calcium-containing component and a phosphorus-containing component and in which the molar ratio (Ca/P=m) of calcium to phosphorus present in these components falls within the following range: 0.502009-03-26 | |
20090078159 | Pigment and Coating Composition Capable of Inhibiting Corrosion of Substrates - The present invention relates to a pigment and a coating composition comprising such a pigment, wherein it is contemplated that a coating composition containing such pigment is capable of inhibiting corrosion of a substrate to which it is applied. In one embodiment, the pigment comprises a filler having calcium borate, calcium molybdate, and calcium phosphate deposited on the surface of the filler. In an exemplary embodiment, the filler is calcium carbonate. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078160 | Method and Composition for Producing an Item - A composition for producing an item for street furniture comprises: finely subdivided inert materials, an alkali metal polysilicate, a structuring agent, a surface-active agent; a method for producing an item for street furniture comprises: dispersing finely subdivided inert materials in a solution of an alkali metal polysilicate, so as to obtain a mixture; adding a surface-active agent and a structuring agent to said mixture; pouring said mixture into mould means and enabling said mixture to solidify, so as to produce said item. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078161 | METHODS OF MINIMIZING CONCRETE CRACKING AND SHRINKAGE - A method of reducing plastic shrinkage cracking in concrete compositions that includes a) combining 3-40 volume percent cement, 5-50 volume percent fine aggregate, 5-50 volume percent coarse aggregate, and 10-22 volume percent water to form a concrete mixture; b) during or after (a), adding 1.5-40 volume percent of prepuff particles to the concrete mixture to form a concrete composition; c) placing the concrete composition in a form; and d) allowing the concrete to set and harden to form a hardened concrete article substantially free of plastic shrinkage cracking. The prepuff particles have an average particle diameter of from 0.2 mm to 8 mm, a bulk density of from 0.02 g/cc to 0.64 g/cc, an aspect ratio of from 1 to 3. The concrete composition has a density of from about 40 to about 135 lb./ft | 2009-03-26 |
20090078162 | Gypsum-based Composition - A light-weight gypsum-based composition is provided which is particularly suitable for use in the production of wall panels. The composition comprises: (i) gypsum; (ii) glass, ceramic or polymer microspheres; and (iii) a coupling agent preferably selected from a silane or metal coupling agent. The resultant panel has good strength properties and has good performance with respect to nailability and cutability. Further, the paper backing commonly used on traditional commercial drywall panels can be optionally eliminated. The composition can also be cast into thicker products. A lightweight wall panel material is provided. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078163 | Compression Strength Cement - The present invention relates to the use of raw glycerine as a cement additive in order to improve the compression strength thereof. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078164 | Use of epoxy derivatives as additives for cementitious building materials - The present invention relates to the use of epoxy derivatives which have been prepared by reacting a di-, tri- or tetraglycidyl compound (A) with an optionally unsaturated reactive component (B) consisting of a C | 2009-03-26 |
20090078165 | Multi-function worktable - A multi-function worktable comprises a bottom plate including two cylindrical members disposed at two sides thereof and having through grooves formed therein, and four leg assemblies affixed to the front and rear ends of the two cylindrical members individually for extension and extraction, an overturning mechanism fixed between the two cylindrical members for using the top plate in different modes, wherein the overturning mechanism includes two opposite guide slots formed in the two cylindrical members, and the top plate includes two rollers mounted on two sides thereof where correspond to one ends of the guide slots respectively, such that as moving the top plate upward, the two rollers may rollingly move frontward and backward along the two guide slots so as to change the top plate in different use modes. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078166 | Hinged Track Plate Apparatus for Removing Debris From Tires - An invention is provided for a hinged track plate apparatus for removing debris from tires. The apparatus includes a base plate a width and length substantially greater than a thickness of the base plate. In addition, a track plate assembly is hingably attached to the base plate at an edge and disposed above the base plate. The track plate assembly includes a plurality of track plates connected to a plurality of track supports, with each track plate having a length substantially greater than a height and thickness of the track plate. The track plate assembly can be moved away from the base plate about the hingably attached edge. Further, a lifting ram is hingably connected to the base plate and the track plate assembly. The lifting ram is capable of moving the track plate assembly away from the base plate when the lifting ram is extended. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078167 | Electrically Adjustable Piece of Furniture - An electrically adjustable piece of furniture, such as a table or armchair comprising at least one actuator and/or lifting column driven by an electric motor for adjustment of the piece of furniture. The adjustment is executed via a control with touch keys. It is characteristic that touch keys are located on the back of an element in the piece of furniture, and that indications for the touch keys are provided on a visible and accessible surface above the touch keys. The touch keys can, however, also be inlayed in an element of the piece of furniture providing possibility for operation from several sides of the element. This provides many variation possibilities for designing the control. Very simply, the indications can merely be painted directly onto the surface, while they, more sophisticatedly, can be inlayed symbols in wood, metal etc., alternatively be a plate mounted on or inlayed in the element. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078168 | HOLDER FOR LAPTOP COMPUTER - A holder system for supporting and accommodating a laptop computer or other device comprises —an extendable/retractable carrier system provided with frame portion means for attachment to a tabletop; —a holder and support member for holding and/or accommodating and/or supporting a laptop computer or other device, and —pivot means pivotally connecting said carrier system and said holder and support member, whereby the holder and support member can be brought from a substantially vertical orientation to a substantially horizontal orientation when the carrier system is in its extended or drawn out position. The holder system according to the invention is provided with a pull handle and associated rod system enabling locking of the holder and support member in the horizontal position by releasable engagement between a distal end portion of the rod system and corresponding engagement means provided on said frame portion means of the holder system. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078169 | Folding Table and Support Frame Assembly - A folding table and support frame assembly is disclosed. The table comprises two planar portions connected by a hinging member. One of the planar portions is coupled to a support frame such that the folded table can be moved into a stowed position within the support frame assembly. The planar portions comprise a proximal portion or inner member and a distal portion or outer member. The proximal portion and distal portion are connected to one another by the hinging member or middle member. The hinging member enables the rotation of the distal portion into a folded relationship upon the proximal portion. When the two planar portions are folded, they provide a smaller table surface in a half-open or partially extended position. When the two planar portions are opened along the hinging member, the planar portions and the hinging member provide a larger contiguous table in the fully extended position. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078170 | Mouse Pad Having Massage Function - A mouse pad includes a pad plate and a rotary massage device disposed on a side of the pad plate. The massage device includes a massage head and a wheel box fixed on the pad plate. A motor and a transmission mechanism driven by the motor are mounted in the wheel box. The massage head connects with the transmission mechanism so as to be rotated and extends above the wheel box for massaging the operator's wrist. In a preferable embodiment, the transmission mechanism includes a worm, a double-gear and a gear wheel. The worm is disposed on an output shaft of the motor and engages with the double-gear, the double-gear engages with the gear wheel, and the massage head connects with the gear wheel. Such mouse pad not only has the functions as the conventional mouse pad has, but also can massage the operator's wrist to ease the weariness of the wrist while operating a computer mouse thereon, thus to achieve a health care effect. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078171 | Article of furniture, in particular a sitting/standing table - The invention relates to an article of furniture, such as a sitting/standing table, wherein an adjustable element, such as a table top, may be adjusted by a drive unit ( | 2009-03-26 |
20090078172 | System and method for parking vehicles - Set forth are systems and methods for moving objects in a structure, and particularly to parking vehicles within a parking structure. A system may include a pallet configured to receive an object, e.g., a vehicle; a structure including a plurality of modules configured to receive the pallet with the object, wherein the modules include multi-directional pallet transfer systems, the pallet transfer systems configured to transfer the pallet with the object to adjacent modules in any one of four orthogonal directions. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078173 | TABLE - A table may include a table top and at least one leg assembly. The table top may include a first table top section and a second table top section. The table top sections may be movable between a first position in which the table top sections are generally aligned and a second position in which the table top sections are at an angle. The leg assembly may be movable between an extended position and a collapsed position relative to the table top. The leg assembly may include a first support structure and a second support structure. The support structures may be movable between a generally aligned position and an angled position when the leg assembly is in the extended position. Moving the support structures to the angled position may help retain the leg assembly in the extended position. Moving the table top sections to the second position may help retain the support structures in the angled position and thus further help retain the leg assembly in the extended position. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078174 | TABLE - A table may include a table top with first and second sections that are connected by a hinge to allow the section to move between a folded position and an unfolded position. The table may also include legs that are movable between a use position and a storage position relative to the table top. The hinge may facilitate folding of the table top when the legs are in the storage position. On the other hand, the hinge may resist folding of the table top when the legs are in the extended position. In addition, the table may include components that expand and/or contract in different fashions in response to changes in temperature. For example, the table top and the frame may be constructed from different materials with different coefficients of expansion in response to temperature changes. The table is preferably sized and configured to accommodate these differences in expansion and contraction. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078175 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING A FUEL FLEXIBLE FURNACE TO REDUCE POLLUTANTS IN EMISSIONS - A fuel flexible furnace, including a main combustion zone, a reburn zone downstream from the main combustion zone, and a delivery system operably coupled to supplies of biomass and coal and configured to deliver the biomass and the coal as ingredients of first and reburn fuels to the main combustion zone and the reburn zone, with each fuel including flexible quantities of the biomass and/or the coal. The flexible quantities are variable with the furnace in an operating condition. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078176 | Wood-Pellet Cogeneration Unit With Stirling Engine in Condensing Technology - In a wood-pellet cogeneration unit comprising a pellet feed, a combustion chamber, an ash removal device and a stirling engine, in order to achieve an optimum efficiency, provision is made for an exhaust gas recuperator ( | 2009-03-26 |
20090078177 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING FLUE GAS POLLUTION CONTROL AND/OR ENERGY RECOVERY - Methods and apparatus for pollution control which are well suited for use in a coal power plant are described. Ash is collected and injected into the flue gas stream at a location upstream of a cooling module. The ash acts as an absorbent and/or reactant material onto which condensate may condense. By re-introducing ash to keep the condensation forming wet areas within the system, lower cost materials which are less corrosion resistant than needed for wet operating conditions can be used. Mercury recovery and SO3 removal is facilitated by the cooling process and re-introduction of collected ash. Activated carbon and/or an alkali absorbent material may be added. Use of a dry ESP and/or fabric filter as opposed to a wet ESP for particulate collection leads to cost benefits. Energy recovered by the cooling of the flue gas may be re-used to heat turbine condensate leading to improved energy efficiency. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078178 | AIR SEEDER/FERTILIZER APPARATUS HAVING METERING MEANS AND DISTRIBUTION MANIFOLD WITH SELECTIVELY OPENABLE PORTS - An seeding apparatus having a distribution manifold with selectively openable outlet ports thereon, to permit or stop delivery of seed or fertilizer to selected soil engaging means on the apparatus. A metering means, responsive to both the number of selected open ports and the speed of the apparatus over the ground, is provided to regulate supply of seed/fertilizer to the distribution manifold. The distribution manifold has a plurality of outlet ports spaced about a periphery of such manifold, each outlet port having a valve means to allow opening and closing of individual outlet ports. Soil engaging means on such apparatus are individually raisable from an lowered operative position to a raised inoperative position, and when moved to such inoperative position, valve means associated with an outlet port for providing seed and/or fertilizer to such soil engaging member are closed to prevent supply to the associated soil engaging member. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078179 | AIR SEED METER WITH DEBRIS CLEARING DEVICE - An air seed meter having a rotating disc with seed openings arranged in a circumferential pattern includes a holder adapted to be mounted to the meter housing and carries two balls spring-biased to reciprocate and enter the seed openings as they pass and clear debris from the openings. The balls may also engage dimples on the seed disc located between seed openings or groups of seed openings (in the case of a hill drop planter) in the disc as it rotates to cause vibration in the disc to promote the release of seeds as they exit the vacuum chamber. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078180 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING VARIABLE LOOP PILE OVER LEVEL CUT LOOP PILE TUFTS - A tufting machine that includes spaced rows of needles of inserting yarns into a backing material. The needles are engaged by opposed loopers and level cut loop pile hooks that pass between one another so as to engage the opposite row of needles for forming cut pile and loop pile tufts of yarns in the backing material. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078181 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING EMBROIDERED WALLCOVERING - A method for manufacturing an embroidered wallcovering includes the following steps. Using a gravure press or cylinder screen press with water soluble inks, print patterns are printed on a base material. In the mean time of printing, the base material is heat dried. Thread patterns, which is corresponding to the print patterns, are embroidered onto the base material. The embroidery is done by a machine. Therefore, it is ideal for mass production. The embroidered wallcovering manufactured by this method has advantages of printed wallcovering and embroidery, and overcomes their disadvantages. The embroidered wallcovering manufactured by this method is environment friendly, and add dimension and quality to the wallcovering, thereby meeting the most demanding wall finish requirements. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078182 | Lithium pellets coated with fluorinated oil - Lithium fuel pellets are coated with a fluorinated oil, rather than a fluorinated polymer or telomer. The lithium pellets are coated by placing the pellets inside the lithium reaction vessel and then pouring a fluorinated oil into the reaction vessel. The reaction vessel is rotated in order to evenly coat the lithium pellets. The oil adheres to the lithium pellets and does not settle to the low point of the boiler cavity. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078183 | Fluid displacement body for emergency floatation of marine craft - A portable inflatable water displacing body for preventing complete submersion of watercraft in immanent danger of sinking due to a sudden influx of water is comprised generally of at least one bladder, normally mounted within the hull of the vessel in a collapsed and deflated condition, each bladder having: 1) internal volumetric expansion means including an inlet connected to an external gas source for charging the expansion means and a relief valve for controlling the amount of pressure in the expansion means, and 2) a check valve for allowing one-way passage of ambient air into the bladder. The expansion means is comprised of an extremely light-weight, highly flexible tubular framework which when charged with the gas expands into a pre-defined three-dimensional geometric shape causing the volume within the surrounding bladder to increase. The increase in volume reduces the pressure and creates a partial vacuum, which is filled by air pushed in through the check valve by the higher atmospheric pressure. The expanded water displacing body competes for and successfully occupies space within the vessel's hull, and preferably but not essentially below the waterline, which would otherwise be filled by incoming water. Because both the volume of the vessel and Rs average density are substantially maintained, so is the buoyancy needed to keep the vessel afloat. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078184 | MAST TRACK EXTENSION AND PRE-FEEDER FOR MAINSAIL FURLING - A flexible mast track extension for use on sail boat mast permitting the luff of a sail bent to the mast to deflect from the line of the mast and facilitate the extension or retraction of a sail from a furling apparatus. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078185 | Enhanced side-by-side mooring construction - The invention relates to a floating offshore structure anchored to the sea bed. The floating offshore structure comprises a hull having longitudinal sides and transverse sides, bow and stern anchoring points for mooring a tanker vessel alongside the offshore structure, a deck at a predetermined hight above sea level, hydrocarbon storage and/or processing devices being placed on the deck, a spacer member attached to the structure and projecting transversely from the sides for contacting a tanker vessel moored alongside the structure. The anchoring points of the structure comprise of quick release members, wherein the bow and/or stern anchoring points of the structure are situated on a deck which projects transversely from the hull of the structure substantially at the heights of anchoring points of the tanker vessel. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078186 | INFLATABLE KAYAK TYPE BOAT AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME - An inflatable boat comprising an inflation structure which in turn has a drop stitch structure which is made of upper and lower fabric layers and also a core section made up in an array of threads extending throughout the drop stitch structure. The outside contour comprises a watertight/air tight sidewall enclosing the drop stitch structure and there is a seating compartment within the drop stitch structure and an interior wall sealing off the inside of the flotation structure. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078187 | TRANSOM FOR BOAT - A tuned transom for a marine vessel comprising a boat hull having a bow and an aft section, a port side and starboard side with a centerline. The transom comprises an outer constraining layer positioned in the aft section enclosing the boat hull, an inner constraining layer which is a separate sheet from the outer constraining layer and positioned in the hull spaced-apart forwardly from the outer constraining layer to form a space between the inner constraining layer and the outer constraining layer, an a constrained damping layer adapted to bond the outer constraining layer to the inner constraining layer; wherein the constrained damping layer comprises an adhesive and means for securing the edges of the outer and the inner constraining layers to the hull. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078188 | Retractable boat ladder having intermediate locking position - A retractable boat ladder, having: a first support; a pair of second supports; a step frame connected to the first support and the pair of second supports such that the step frame rotates from a retracted position through an intermediate locking position to a fully extended position; and a locking mechanism on at least one of the second supports, the locking mechanism holding the second support is an intermediate locked position when the second support has been rotated from a retracted position to the intermediate locked position, and releasing the second support from the intermediate locked position when the second support has been rotated from the intermediate locked position to a fully extended position. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078189 | Marine Vessel - A marine vessel is defined by multiple modular floatation modules, each of which is defined by a float captured in a frame. Plural floatation modules may be interconnected in a variety of configurations to vary the size and shape of the vessel. A deck is supported on the floatation modules and superstructures may be supported on the deck. The vessel is operable in a first on water mode in which the beam of the vessel is a first width, and in a second on land mode in which the beam is a second width that is narrower than the first width and preferably within the width allowable for towing on roadways. Wheels may be incorporated on the vessel in either the first or second modes or the vessel may be loaded onto a trailer. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078190 | 3D INSTRUMENT CLUSTER - An instrument panel having at least one needle indicator comprising a dial of indicating characters supported by a first faceplate, an indicating needle and a motor for rotating the needle along the dial. The instrument panel includes a second faceplate for supporting other indicating characters, such that the indicating needle is configured to lie between the two faceplates. The faceplates are screen-printed flat before being shaped in relief. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078191 | Indicating Instrument - To provide an indicating instrument capable of reducing the number of parts and improving the positioning precision. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078192 | Hand operated traffic signal device - A hand-held ground-supported display device for warning passersby is disclosed. Included is a self-supporting sign panel and a plurality of at least three mast sections telescopically interfittable, one within the other. A coupler is attached to the sign panel, with a socket for releasably engaging the top mast section. The mast sections have progressively smaller internal diameters and progressively shorter lengths, with the outermost mast section having the largest internal diameter and the longest length. Middle mast upper and middle mast lower stop members are attached to upper and lower ends of the middle mast section, respectively. In one example, the middle mast upper stop member has an end wall with first and second sidewalls extending downwardly therefrom with lower free ends for interfering with stop members associated with the top and the bottom mast sections. A kit including the display device is also disclosed. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078193 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A NITRIDE SINGLE CRYSTAL AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - A growth apparatus is used having a plurality of crucibles | 2009-03-26 |
20090078194 | POWDERING DEVICE FOR POWDERING PRINTED SHEET - A powdering device includes: a powder placing member having a placing section on which a powder fed from a storage container is placed; a first scraping member for scraping the powder on the placing section of the powder placing member, so that a constant amount of the powder remains on the placing section; and a second scraping member for scraping off the resultant constant-amount powder remaining on the placing section, and the powdering device transfers the scraped powder with an air flow, and sprays the powder thus transferred onto a printed sheet. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078195 | Reagent activator for electroless plating - A method for electroless plating of a substrate is provided that comprises exposing an electroless plating reagent comprising a metal to be plated and at least one reducing agent to a solid phase Activation Material to form an activated electroless plating reagent prior to application of the electroless plating reagent to the substrate. The activated electroless plating reagent is applied to a substrate in the process chamber under conditions to cause the metal of the electroless plating reagent to deposit on the substrate. Systems and modules are also described. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078196 | TREATMENT DEVICE, TREATMENT DEVICE CONSUMABLE PARTS MANAGEMENT METHOD, TREATMENT SYSTEM, AND TREATMENT SYSTEM CONSUMABLE PARTS MANAGEMENT METHOD - A processing apparatus includes counters each used to measure the length of RF discharge time over which power is applied to a consumable component in correspondence to a specific type of processing executed in a processing chamber, a storage to store wear coefficient information indicating wear coefficients each corresponding to one of the plurality of types of processing, and a control unit that obtains information indicating RF discharge time lengths measured by the counters in correspondence to the individual types of processing, obtains the wear coefficients corresponding to the individual types of processing indicated in the wear coefficient information stored in the storage, calculates a wear index value for the consumable component based upon the RF discharge time lengths and the wear coefficients corresponding to the individual types of processing, and executes consumable component management processing based upon the calculated wear index value. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078197 | Substrate processing system, control method for substrate processing apparatus and program - The present invention provides a substrate processing system, a control method for a substrate processing apparatus, and a program for the system and/or method, each of which is intended to achieve effective control for a film-forming amount on processed substrates. The substrate processing system includes a substrate processing unit adapted for forming a film on each of the plurality of substrates; a pattern obtaining unit adapted for obtaining information about an arrangement pattern concerning arrangement of unprocessed substrates and processed substrates among the plurality of substrates; and a memory unit adapted for storing therein an arrangement/film-forming-amount model indicative of influence exerted on the film-forming amount on the substrates by the arrangement of the unprocessed substrates and processed substrates among the plurality of substrates. A calculation unit calculates an estimated film-forming amount on the substrates, in the case of the arrangement pattern, based on the arrangement/film-forming-amount model. Then, a determination unit determines whether or not the estimated film-forming amount calculated by the calculation unit is within a predetermined range. If the estimated film-forming amount calculated by the calculation unit is determined to be within the predetermined range, a control unit will control and drive the substrate processing unit to process the substrates. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078198 | CHAMBER COMPONENTS WITH INCREASED PYROMETRY VISIBILITY - The present invention generally provides method and apparatus for non-contact temperature measurement in a semiconductor processing chamber. Particularly, the present invention provides methods and apparatus for non-contact temperature measurement for temperature below 500° C. One embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus for processing semiconductor substrates. The apparatus comprises a target component comprises a material with higher emissivity than the one or more substrates. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078199 | Plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition apparatus - A plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition apparatus includes a receptacle having three chambers as an entering chamber, an intermediate chamber, and an exit chamber, four gates disposed before or behind or between the chambers for selectively closing the chambers and for allowing the chambers to be selectively vacuumed, one or more pumps coupled to each chamber for vacuuming each chamber, and for allowing the substrates to be treated with different processes or procedures in different chambers simultaneously and thus for allowing the time for treating the substrate to be greatly saved or economized, and thus for allowing the productivity to be greatly increased. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078200 | APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING FLAT-PANEL DISPLAY - Disclosed herein is a flat panel display (FPD) manufacturing apparatus for performing a desired process for a substrate positioned in a chamber after establishing a vacuum atmosphere in the chamber. The vacuum chamber is divided into a chamber body and an upper cover to ensure easy opening/closing operations of the upper cover. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078201 | VERTICAL PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESS - A vertical plasma processing apparatus for a semiconductor process includes an airtight auxiliary chamber defined by a casing having an insulative inner surface and integrated with a process container. The auxiliary chamber includes a plasma generation area extending over a length corresponding to a plurality of target substrates in a vertical direction. A partition plate having an insulative surface is located between a process field and the plasma generation. The partition plate includes a gas passage disposed over a length corresponding to the plurality of target substrates in a vertical direction. A process gas is exited while passing through the plasma generation area, and is then supplied through the gas passage to the process field. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078202 | SUBSTRATE HEATER FOR MATERIAL DEPOSITION - A radiative heater for substrates in a physical vapor deposition process for fabricating films of materials in a wide dynamic range of process temperatures and gas pressures includes a heat radiating member made from a high-temperature and oxidation resistant material tolerant to vacuum conditions which separates a heater volume containing heating filaments from a process volume which contains a deposition substrate heated by radiation of the walls of the heat radiating member. The heating elements extend through the body of the heat radiating member as well as in proximity to its surface to provide delivery of the heat to the substrate. The heat radiating member is shaped to form a cavity containing the substrate. The walls of the cavity envelope the substrate and radiate heat towards the substrate. Alternatively, the substrate is adhered to the flat surface of the heat radiating member. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078203 | HOT SOURCE - A hot source for vapour deposition apparatuses for supplying source substance into a reactor, the source comprising a source container having a source space for the source substance. The source further comprises a lid comprising first heating means for heating the lid, the lid being detachably installable in the source container in such a way that the heat generated by the first heating means is transmitted by conduction to the source container and further to the source space to heat the source substance. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078204 | DEPOSITION SYSTEM FOR THIN FILM FORMATION - An apparatus for maintaining the alignment or positional relationship between at least two coating modules in an ALD system, the apparatus comprising a plurality of coating modules in a coating section, at least a first bar and a second bar for supporting the coating modules, and at least a first bar mounting structure and a second bar mounting structure for supporting the bars, wherein each of the coating modules are supported by the first bar and the second bar, and wherein the combination of the at least two coating modules and the first bar and the second bar define a coating section profile for the output faces of the coating modules. Also disclosed is a process for making such apparatus. | 2009-03-26 |
20090078205 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING WHETHER EGGS HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM AN EGG CARRIER - Methods and apparatus are provided that automatically determine whether or not eggs designated for removal from an egg carrier have been removed by an egg removal apparatus. Light is emitted along a path above and across an egg carrier. An egg picker is moved from a first location overlying the carrier to a second location in contacting relationship with an egg in the carrier and back towards the first location, and is configured to engage the egg when in the second location and remove the egg from the carrier when moved from the second location towards the first location. The length of time that the light path is blocked when the egg picker is moved from the first location to the second location and back towards the first location is measured. A signal that indicates whether or not the egg has been removed from the carrier based on the length of time the light path is blocked is generated. | 2009-03-26 |