| 14th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 10 |
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| 20140091043 | Systems and Methods for Separating Solids from Liquids - A separator system for separating feed material into a liquid component and a solids component. The separator system has a roller system supported adjacent to a feed chamber. The roller system comprises a base roller and a press roller. Base perforations are formed in the base roller. The base roller is supported such that a first portion of the base roller is in contact with the feed material within the feed chamber such that a liquids portion of the feed material may flow through the perforations in the base roller. The base roller is rotated such that the base roller removes a solids portion of the feed material from the feed chamber in a solids mat on the surface of the base roller. The press roller engages the solids mat on the base roller to force liquids in the solids mat through the base perforations in the base roller. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091044 | INDIVIDUALIZED INTELLIGENT CONTROL OF LAMPS IN AN ULTRAVIOLET FLUID DISINFECTION SYSTEM - A method of controlling the operation of a plurality of ultraviolet lamp fixtures in an ultraviolet fluid disinfection system is presented here. The method begins by detecting an operating state, condition, or characteristic of the system. In response to the detecting, the method determines an appropriate lamp regulation scheme to be applied to the plurality of ultraviolet lamp fixtures in the system. The system can then apply the determined lamp regulation scheme to individually regulate operation of the plurality of ultraviolet lamp fixtures. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091045 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCTION OF PATHOGENS IN A BIOLOGICAL FLUID USING VARIABLE FLUID FLOW AND ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT IRRADIATION - A system and method for reducing pathogens in a biological fluid such as whole blood or blood-derived products includes a pump configured to propagate the fluid through a serpentine-shaped flow path while exposing the fluid to UV irradiation. Extensive mixing of flow is accomplished by causing the pump to vary the flow of fluid. In embodiments, the pump may be operated to periodically switch the flow back and forth between a high flow rate and a slow flow rate. Alternatively, the pump may be periodically stopped or even cause the flow to reverse direction for short periods of time. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091046 | Water Treatment Method by Catalyzing Ozone with a Persulfate - A water treatment method by catalyzing ozone with a persulfate comprises the following steps: introducing the ozone into an ozone contact reactor filled with water to be treated; at the same time putting the persulfate into the reactor, wherein a stirring state is kept in the water treatment process. The method solves the problems of difficulty in the ionization of hydrogen peroxide, low capability in inducing the decomposition of the ozone, high hydrogen peroxide residues and inconvenience of hydrogen peroxide transportation and storage existing in the conventional water treatment method for catalyzing the ozone by using the hydrogen peroxide. Hydroxyl radicals and sulfate free radicals with strong oxidizing properties, which are generated by catalyzing ozone with the persulfate, are oxidized to remove pollution, so that the method has the advantages of high catalytic capability, high oxidative degradation efficiency, wide pH application range, a small amount of catalyst residues, convenience of operation and the like, and can be applied in mass production. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091047 | RED BLOOD CELL PRODUCTS AND THE STORAGE OF RED BLOOD CELLS IN CONTAINERS FREE OF PHTHALATE PLASTICIZER - Red blood cell products and compositions are disclosed. The product includes a container made from PVC or a non-PVC material that is substantially free of a phthalate plasticizer but otherwise includes one or more non-phthalate plasticizers or extractable agents. The product includes a RBC concentrate which has been combined with an additive solution for storing the RBCs. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091048 | Buoy Fractionation System - A separator system operable to use centrifugation to fractionate a multiple component material, such as a suspension including blood, comprises a buoy. The buoy can be carried in a separation container and has a tuned density that is configured to reach an equilibrium position in the multiple component material. A guide surface is carried on a buoy upper surface and is inclined to an accumulation position near a buoy perimeter. The buoy suspension fractionation system can be used in a method of isolating a fraction from a suspension, and in a method for re-suspending particulates for withdrawal. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091049 | CLARIFIER WITH FEEDWELL AND METHODS OF CLARIFYING LIQUIDS - Certain examples relate to a new feedwell design for use in a clarifier that may better dissipate the entrance energy of the slurry-liquid combination exiting the feedwell and entering the clarifier. Plates of various shapes may be provided proximate to the bottom of the feedwell. The plates may cause a change in the flow direction of the feed, from mostly horizontal to mostly vertical, to slow the slurry. The provision of plates at the bottom of a feedwell in a clarifier may advantageously reduce the velocity of the materials entering the clarifier, or may increase the uniformity of the flow rate of the materials; while reducing or maintaining the amount of shear force, turbulence, or other forces that may have a detrimental effect on clarification. This may, in turn, permit solids to better “settle out” of the slurry-liquid combination, and thus improve the clarity of the removed liquid. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091050 | LOCKING APPARATUS - A locking apparatus is used for mounting a photovoltaic module to a rack. The rack includes a base plate, two sidewalls extending from opposite sides of the base plate, and two limiting plates extending in from tops of the sidewalls respectively. An opening is defined between the limiting plates. The locking apparatus includes a pressing member, a mounting member, and a bolt. The mounting member includes a base, a neck portion, a head portion formed on a top of the neck portion, and two arms extending out from opposite sides of the head portion. The base is received in the rack and abuts bottoms of the arms. The arms are blocked by the limiting plates respectively. The bolt extends through the pressing member and the opening to screw into the mounting member, to fix the photovoltaic module between the pressing member and the rack. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091051 | DISPLAY FIXTURE FOR HIGHLIGHTING PRODUCTS - A highlighter assembly for attracting and centering consumer's attention on a group of products displayed in a retail setting. The highlighter assembly has a frame and an interface assembly for coupling the frame to the display structure. The frame includes a plurality of extendable straight modules, each of the extendable straight modules having a smaller profile piece telescoping within a wider piece. Both pieces having a front side and a back side, wherein the back side defines an elongated slot. The frame also includes at least one corner module with a front side and a back side. The back side of the corner module defines an elongated slot. The straight and corner modules connect to form a viewing space about a group of products on a display structure. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091052 | IODINE-BASED ETCHING SOLUTION AND ETCHING METHOD - Technical Problem | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091053 | ELECTRICAL DEVICE WITH TEETH JOINING LAYERS AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - A multilayer electrical device, such as a printed circuit board, having a tooth structure including a metal layer set in a dielectric. The device includes a base; a conductive layer adjacent to the base; a dielectric material adjacent to conductive layer; a tooth structure including a metal layer set in the dielectric material to join the dielectric material to the metal layer; and wherein the metal layer forms a portion of circuitry. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091054 | METHOD OF FABRICATING AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE THAT INCLUDES ONE OR MORE THIN FILM POLYMER SUPPORT LAYERS - An implantable medical device formed from one or more layers of thin film polymer is assembled by providing by adhesively securely one or more polymer coupons on individual rigid backings. After each coupon is shaped or components mounted to the coupon, the coupons are bonded together. The adhesive is dissolved to remove the device from the backing or backings to which it is attached. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091055 | Method of Making a PMR Writer with Graded Side Shield - A perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) head is fabricated with a pole tip shielded laterally by a graded side shield that is conformal to the shape of the pole tip at an upper portion of the shield but not conformal to the pole tip at a lower portion. The shield includes a trailing shield, that is conformal to the trailing edge of the pole tip and may include a leading edge shield that magnetically connects two bottom ends of the graded side shield. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091056 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF PHASE RETARDATION FILM AND MANUFACTURING SYSTEM CONFIGURED TO PRODUCE PHASE RETARDATION FILM - A manufacturing method of a phase retardation film is provided. A flexible light-transmissive substrate is provided. The flexible light-transmissive substrate is aligned to form an alignment substrate. A birefringent material film is formed on the alignment substrate. A reaction-causing light is used to expose and induce a reaction on a first patterned region of the birefringent material film. A second patterned region of the birefringent material film is not exposed by the reaction-causing light. The second patterned region of the birefringent material film is removed. A manufacturing system configured to produce a phase retardation film is also provided. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091057 | Method of Forming Hollow Tubular Drug Eluting Medical Devices - A method of a forming a hollow, drug-eluting medical device includes utilizing a hollow wire having an outer member and a lumen of the outer member, and filling the lumen with a fluid to form a supported hollow wire. The supported hollow wire is shaped into a stent pattern. Openings are formed through the outer member. The supported hollow wire is processed to remove the fluid from the lumen of the outer member without adversely affecting the outer member, leaving the hollow wire shaped into a stent pattern. The lumen is filled with a biologically or pharmacologically active substance. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091058 | COPPER OXIDE ETCHANT AND ETCHING METHOD USING THE SAME - In order to provide a copper oxide etchant and an etching method using the same capable of selectively etching exposure/non-exposure portions when laser light exposure is performed by using copper oxide as a thermal-reactive resist material, the copper oxide etchant for selectively etching copper oxides having different oxidation numbers in a copper oxide-containing layer containing the copper oxide as a main component contains at least a chelating agent or salts thereof. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091059 | ARC SUPPRESSOR, SYSTEM, AND METHOD - Device, circuit, system, and method for arc suppression. A contact separation detector is configured to output an indication of a separation state of a pair of electrical contacts. A contact bypass circuit, coupled to the contact separation detector, is configured to provide an electrical bypass between the pair of contacts based on the indication. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091060 | ARC SUPPRESSION CONTROL AND METHODS THEREFOR - A device, circuit, system, and method for arc suppression is described. A processor, including an input terminal and an output terminal, is configured to output pulses on the output terminal based on an indication at the input terminal of a separation of a pair of electrical contacts. A contact bypass circuit, coupled to the output terminal and in parallel with the pair of electrical contacts, is configured to provide an electrical bypass between the pair of electrical contacts based on the plurality of pulses as generated by the processor. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091061 | ARC SUPPRESSION SYSTEM AND METHOD - System and method for arc suppression. An electrical contact includes a pair of contacts configured to couple a power source to a load. An arc suppressor, coupled to the electrical contact, includes a contact separation detector configured to output an indication of a separation state of the pair of electrical contacts and a contact bypass circuit, coupled to the contact separation detector, configured to provide an electrical bypass between the pair of contacts based on the indication as provided by the contact separation detector. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091062 | SWITCH - A roll for rotating a movable contact of a rotary switch, and a method of mounting a switch are provided. The roll includes a first slot going along the diameter of the roll and open from the top of the roll for receiving the movable contact for contacting with a stationary contact of the rotary switch, and a second slot arranged perpendicular to the first slot for receiving teeth of an upper roll to be mounted together with the roll. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091063 | SYSTEM FOR HARDENING A CYLINDRICAL METAL COMPONENT - A system for hardening a cylindrical metal component is disclosed. The system may include a current generating device configured to pass current through the cylindrical metal component, and an actuator configured to axially move the current generating device through the cylindrical metal component. The system may also include a controller in communication with the current generating device and the actuator, the controller being configured to cause the current generating device to pass current through a first end section of the cylindrical metal component to heat the first end section of the cylindrical metal component. The controller may also be configured to inhibit the current generating device from passing current through a middle section of the cylindrical metal component, and cause the current generating device to pass current through a second end section of the cylindrical metal component to heat the second end section of the cylindrical metal component. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091064 | METHOD OF WELDING BY MEANS OF A LASER - Method of welding edges which are placed against each other of at least one workpiece of metal by means of a laser is indicated, in which the areas of the workplace located at the edges are subjected to a pretreatment for increasing the absorption capacity of the light of the laser. For this purpose, initially color is sprayed or splashed onto the areas of the workpiece located at the edges, while avoiding any mechanical contact of the workpiece, by means of a device ( | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091065 | PRODUCTION METHOD FOR RIFLE RECEIVERS - Production method for a monobloc rifle receiver of aluminium or aluminium alloy, characterised in that this method consists of the realisation of individual parts of the receiver, which, in an assembled state can form a receiver; followed by any mechanical adjustments; followed by the assembly of these parts ( | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091066 | WELDER HAVING FEEDBACK CONTROL - A method and apparatus for improving the flow control of a shielding gas in a welding unit is described which uses feedback from at least one of a mass flow controller, a pressure sensor and a valve position sensor to regulate shielding gas flow through a controller. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091067 | SOOT PREVENTING DEVICE OF STUD WELDER - A device that prevents soot in a stud welding machine. In particular, the device includes a cap holder that is fitted on a stud chuck of a stud gun for a stud welding machine and has extenders at the sides thereof. In addition, fixing rods attach the cap holder to the stud gun by connecting the extenders of the cap holder with the sides of the stud gun and a cap that is inserted in the cap holder from below is movably combined with the cap holder by a cap nut, and has an end that comes in contact with an edge of a welding portion of a base material during stud welding. Further, a shock-absorbing member is disposed between the cap and the cap holder, inside the cap holder, and provides an elastic force to the cap. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091068 | WELDING TORCH - In a multi-electrode welding torch, electrodes ( | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091069 | ULTRASHORT LASER PULSE WAFER SCRIBING - Systems and methods are provided for scribing wafers with short laser pulses so as to reduce the ablation threshold of target material. In a stack of material layers, a minimum laser ablation threshold based on laser pulse width is determined for each of the layers. The highest of the minimum laser ablation thresholds is selected and a beam of one or more laser pulses is generated having a fluence in a range between the selected laser ablation threshold and approximately ten times the selected laser ablation threshold. In one embodiment, a laser pulse width in a range of approximately 0.1 picosecond to approximately 1000 picoseconds is used. In addition, or in other embodiments, a high pulse repetition frequency is selected to increase the scribing speed. In one embodiment, the pulse repetition frequency is in a range between approximately 100 kHz and approximately 100 MHz. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091070 | ASSEMBLY FOR ASSISTING THE REMOVAL FROM STORAGE AND TRANSFER OF WIRE - An assembly for moving wire from one point to a second point distant from the first point. The assembly comprises a first unit comprising a wire straightener and a second unit that moves the wire through the assembly. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091071 | CONTACT TIP ASSEMBLY FOR A WELDING TORCH - A securement member for securing a contact tip to a welding torch assembly is provided. A channel extends axially therethrough and has an internal shoulder that extends into this channel. This internal shoulder abuts against a shoulder on the contact tip, capturing the contact tip between the shoulder and a seating surface on the diffuser and securing the contact tip in the torch assembly. The contact tip is securely seated without threading engagement, facilitating quick release and installation. The exemplary securement member couples to the diffuser such that the egress of fluid from the diffuser is blocked when used for gasless welding. This blocking allows a user to leave the diffuser secured to the welding torch when a gasless electrode is in use. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091072 | CIRCUIT BOARD SUPPORT FOR LASER CUTTING - A support comprises a ceramic supporting surface, on which a circuit board may be placed for cutting to be performed by means of optical radiation generated by a laser. The ceramic supporting surface remains unchanged as said laser radiation hits it. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091073 | FILM-TYPE HEATING ELEMENT - The invention relates to a heating element comprising a substrate ( | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091074 | ELECTRICALLY HEATABLE CARRIER AND PANEL RADIATOR, AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - A carrier, in particular a plastic film, comprising an electrical heating layer is described. The heating layer is applied to at least a portion of a carrier surface. The heating layer is electrically divided by one or more first separating zones, each of which is designed such that a current path changes the direction of flow thereof at the free zone ends, and one or more second separating zones, which are designed such that the current path changing the direction of flow thereof at the free zone ends is divided in at least some sections into a plurality of electrically parallel current sub-paths. One or more second separating zones are associated with at least one free zone end of a first separating zone, with the second separating zones arranged in an aligned extension to the first separating zone. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091075 | SOLDERING DEVICE FOR PLASTICS ADHERING - A soldering device for plastics adhering includes a handle having two protruded rings and a button assembly, a body having a pivoting portion and a head portion, the body pivotally rotated relative to the handle in a certain angle between the body and the handle, two conducting rods electrically connected to the button assembly, one end of each conducting rod inserted into the body, another end of each conducting rod exposed out from the body, an electrical storage element assembled into the handle and electrically connected to the button assembly and the two conducting rods. Therefore, when a user presses the button assembly, a unit of electricity is delivered to the conducting rod, so that an amount of heat is generated to adhere or repair an article. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091076 | HEATING DEVICE FOR MOTORCYCLE SUITS - A heating device for motorcycle suits includes a heating pad located in the suit, and a temperature controller and a switch are separated from each other. The switch is located at the position where the user can easily access. When a user wants to operate the heating device, and/or adjust the temperature of the heating pad, the temperature controller and the switch are easily accessed and operated. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091077 | SUPPORTING UNIT, SUBSTRATE TREATING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SUPPORTING UNIT - Provided is a supporting unit. The supporting unit includes: a supporting plate including a substrate on a top surface thereof; and a heater having a predetermined pattern at a bottom surface of the supporting plate and heating the supporting plate, wherein the heater includes: a first metal plating layer applied on the bottom surface of the supporting plate along the predetermined pattern; an anti-oxidation layer of a conductive material applied on the first metal plating layer along the predetermined pattern; and a second metal plating layer of a conductive material applied on the anti-oxidation layer in a portion of the pattern. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091078 | Receptacle type electric conducting device - A receptacle type electric conducting device wherein many inconveniences and the danger of electric shock can be eliminated by installation of a pressure switch, protected under a narrow slot on the base seat of the electric heater pot. The pressure switch changes the constantly charged condition of pot base seat to one that only allows electric current when the electric heater pot is securely on the base seat, whereby avoiding electric shock from touching a charged empty base seat. The present invention devises the pressure switch under the protection of a narrow slit which only allows the pot base pressure ring to pass through when the electric heater pot is precisely sitting on top. The narrow slot not only safeguards the pressure switch's constantly off condition it also protect the pressure switch from water splashes or insertion of foreign objects. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091079 | FILAMENT LAMP FOR HEATING - Disclosed herein are a filament lamp for heating a disk-shaped workpiece in such a way that the filament lamp rotates relative to the workpiece and radiates light thereonto. Further, the present invention provides a structure that enables the filament lamps to uniformly heat the workpiece even with respect to the radial direction of the workpiece. For this, the filament lamp includes an arc-shaped emitting part which extends in a circumferential direction of the relative rotation, and an auxiliary emitting part which is disposed inside a circle extending along the arc-shaped emitting part and extends from the arc-shaped emitting part in a direction crossing the circle. In addition, the present invention is configured such that areas of the workpiece that correspond to spaces between the arc-shaped emitting parts of the adjacent filament lamps pass just below the corresponding auxiliary emitting parts. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091080 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A RESISTANCE HEATING ELEMENT, AND RESISTANCE HEATING ELEMENT - The invention relates to a method for producing a resistance heating element and also to a resistance heating element ( | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091081 | HEATER WIRE - A heater wire is obtained by twisting together a plurality of heating element wires in which a rectangular wire is spirally wound around a core wire, and forming an insulating sheath on an outer peripheral surface of the twisted heating element wires, The current carrying capacity can be increased by increasing the number of the heating element wires and there is no need of increasing the cross-sectional area of each of the rectangular wires, Therefore, a reduction in the bending capacity due to an increase in the cross-sectional area of the rectangular wires can be avoided, and the bending capacity can be improved significantly. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091082 | HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE APPARATUS - A cooktop apparatus, in particular an induction cooktop apparatus, includes at least one glass unit and at least one coating configured as a multilayer structure, which is disposed on at least one subregion of at least a main face of the glass unit and has at least two layers. In order to achieve optimum compatibility with the sensors of the user interface without requiring a process after deposition, at least one of the layers is formed by at least one semiconducting material, to fulfill the function of an absorbing layer. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091083 | INDUCTION HEATING DEVICE FOR HEATING A LIQUID - An induction heating device for heating a liquid, said device comprising a half ellipsoidal shaped induction coil and matching susceptor. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091084 | STATOR COIL HEATING APPARATUS AND STATOR COIL HEATING METHOD - A stator coil heating apparatus and a stator coil heating method that are capable of effectively preventing a core from thermal deformation particularly caused due to a magnetic flux generated by a coil head, without the problem of heating temperature variation, and also shortening a time for the process of heating a stator coil, are provided. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091085 | ONBOARD DEVICE - An overlapping region is located between an upper casing flange and a lower casing flange such that an outer end of lower casing flange is identical in alignment to an imaginary line passing through an outer end portion of the upper casing flange and being parallel to a side wall of an upper casing, or such that alignment of the outer end of the lower casing flange is at a side of the side wall of the upper casing. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091086 | Stackable Container System - The present invention is directed to a stackable container system. The stackable container system can comprise a beverage container, a beverage container lid, a plurality of smaller containers, and a plurality of smaller container lids. The smaller containers and smaller container lids are configured to allow any of the smaller container lids to be used on any of the smaller containers. The bottom of the beverage container and the bottom of each smaller container is also configured to allow the beverage container or smaller container to be interlocked with the top of any of the smaller container lids. In addition to storing beverage ingredients, the stackable container system can also be used to store other edible and inedible ingredients. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091087 | PORTABLE CUPCAKE DISPLAY AND PACKAGE - A portable display tower and packaging for carrying and displaying cupcakes comprising a first level platform with a plurality of circular cavities for holding the cupcakes in place; a second level platform with a plurality of circular cavities for holding the cupcakes in place, wherein said second level platform is a different size than said first level platform; a means for connecting said base, said first level platform and said second level platform together in a perpendicular direction, spaced at a distance apart so that a user can easily view and remove the desired cupcake. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091088 | PLASTIC DUMPSTER - A unitary plastic container, which is optionally used for waste collection comprises a base, a front wall, a back wall and two opposing side walls, each wall extending upwardly from the base to define an open container top and an interior container volume. Each side wall has an outwardly extending sidewall portion which is outwardly offset relative to the rest of the container side wall. In each outwardly extending sidewall portion, an elongated cutout, indentation or channel is present. The elongated channel has a forward opening, a rearward opening and an elongated side opening extending from the forward opening to the rearward opening. The elongated channel lies within the interior container volume and divides the outwardly extending sidewall portion into two areas: an upper outwardly extending sidewall portion and a lower outwardly extending portion. The outwardly open elongate channel may be fitted with a reinforcing sleeve. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091089 | MEDICAL DOCUMENT ATTACHMENT DEVICE - The invention relates to a medical document attachment device for a medical sterilization container. The document attachment device comprises a sterilization container lid having an upper side, and at least one document holder having a first attachment portion and spaced therefrom a second attachment portion and a clamping portion arranged between the first attachment portion and the second attachment portion, the first attachment portion and the second attachment portion being fixed to the sterilization container lid when the document holder is connected to the sterilization container lid, and there being arranged between the clamping portion and the upper side of the sterilization container lid a document receptacle in which a document is fixable in a clamped manner by means of the clamping portion on the upper side. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091090 | VESSEL COVER - The invention relates to a vessel cover for vessels in the form of cooking vessels or household vessels, comprising a cover ( | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091091 | RIM SPACE SEAL SYSTEM FOR USE WITH INTERNAL FLOATING ROOF - A rim seal system between the outer periphery of an internal floating roof and the bulk liquid tank wall including a laterally deployed first resilient or flexible seal member and a second laterally deployed rigid seal member interposed between the distal end of the first seal member and the tank wall where the rigid seal member provides protection from abrasion of the resilient or flexible seal member by frictional contact with the tank wall. An outwardly expanding hanger assembly mounted above the seal system maintains the rigid seal member in contact with the tank wall. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091092 | Tamper Evident Plastic Dispensing Container - Tamper-resistance is provided in spice container closures and containers through use of tamper-evident and/or tamper-resistant elements. A tamper evident closure includes a base, a cover, and a tamper strip, with the tamper strip being joined to the base and cover by a first hinge connecting the tamper strip to the base and a second hinge connecting the tamper strip to the cover. At least one dispensing port in the base is selectively coverable by a flap of the cover. The tamper strip is adapted to be manually torn away and fully released from the cover and base. The flap is hinged to the cover by a third hinge. In addition, or alternatively, a snap lock connection is formed between a container closure and the container. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091093 | CONTAINER WITH MOUTH AND CLOSURE WITH DISC SEAL - A container has a container wall, a mouth for filling with and removing a product, in particular a free-flowing or pourable product, in the interior of the container and a closure for the mouth of the container as well as a disc seal in the closure. The disc seal is provided with pigments, which can be detected by means of a sensor. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091094 | SET OF MULTICOMPONENT CARTRIDGES - A set of multicomponent cartridges is proposed having at least two multicomponent cartridges ( | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091095 | FUEL TANK OPENING AND CLOSING DEVICE - A fuel tank opening and closing device is equipped with a tank opening forming member equipped with an injection port forming member having an insertion path and a tank side path arranged outside and inside an injection port, an injection port opening and closing mechanism for opening and closing the injection port, an insertion path forming member, and a drainage mechanism having a drainage path that connects the insertion path and the outside, and exhausts to the outside fuel that has accumulated inside the insertion path, and barrier members arranged on the drainage path. The barrier members are arranged with a labyrinth as the drainage path so that the insertion path cannot be seen from outside. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091096 | VENTILATED TRAY WITH RISER - A serving tray configured to hold fresh baked pizza and hot-served food items in a prolonged hot and crispy state. The tray comprises a circular ventilated platform made of a perforated inner region surrounded by a solid rim. Stand-off dividers form a plurality of segregated breathing chambers below the ventilated platform. The stand-off dividers guide moisture vapor from the hot baked food item through the ventilated platform and toward a cool remote surface where the water vapors condense. External air drafts are obstructed by the stand-off dividers. The stand-off dividers include one annular riser divider and two internal cross-brace dividers that together form four sector-shaped breathing chambers. A flat handle extends between the two cross-brace dividers inside the annular riser divider. As slices of pizza are removed, the remaining portions of pizza on the tray stay hot and crispy as radiated heat is reflected within the still breathing chambers. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091097 | INSULATED FOOD JAR WITH CAMPFIRE OR STOVE HEATABLE INNER CONTAINER - An insulated food jar assembly includes an outer insulated container or sleeve having an open mouth and an interior space. The outer insulated container is a double-walled vacuum insulated container. An inner container nests into the interior space of the outer insulated container. The inner container has a collar that extends over the open mouth of the outer container when nested. The collar includes handles and an inner surface that bears against a friction ring about the mouth of the outer container. A lid fastens onto a neck of the inner container. A stopper in the lid fits into the neck and has a gasket to seal against an inward projection of the neck. A gasket at an outer edge of the lid seals against a shoulder of the inner container. The inner container is of a material that may be heated over an open flame heat source. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091098 | ISOTHERMAL PACKAGING DEVICE FOR HEAT-SENSITIVE PRODUCTS - The invention relates to an isothermal packaging device, comprising a plurality of thermal insulation panels arranged to form a box ( | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091099 | BEVERAGE CONTAINER HOLDER - A beverage container holder may include an insulating sleeve including a first end opposite a second end. The first end may be defined by an opening sized to receive a beverage container. The beverage container holder may include a lining affixed to an internal surface of the sleeve along a length of the internal surface, forming an enclosed pocket between the sleeve and the lining. A beverage container holder may include an insert positioned within the pocket and including at least one sealed compartment containing refreezable material. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091100 | Wind-Resistant Magnetic Trash Can - The present invention, The Wind-Resistant Magnetic Trash Can, can ensure the trash cans to overcome the shortcomings of the traditional trash cans which are easily been turned over by wind/animal through its build in magnetic plates. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091101 | TILTED GROOVED BEVERAGE DRINKING CONTAINER - A beverage container having a tilted groove at or near the bottom of the bowl or reservoir of the container. The groove, of substantially uniform depth and shape, encircles the entire circumference of the reservoir, and is inclined at a preselected acute angle with respect to the bottom thereof for enhancing the drinker's grip. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091102 | LOCKING ARRANGEMENT FOR SLEEVE-AND-ENDCAP PACKAGE - A locking arrangement is provided for a sleeve-and-endcap package. A packaging sleeve is provided with one or more locking tabs extending inwardly from one or more sleeve panels, at or near a sleeve opening. A rigid endcap fitting into the sleeve opening is provided with one or more locking bumps extending outwardly from the outer circumferential surface of the endcap body. The sleeve, locking tab, endcap, and locking bump are configured such that when the endcap is in its final, installed position within a sleeve end, outward movement of the endcap along the longitudinal pathway prevented by the engagement of the locking tab contact edge and the locking bump contact surface. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091103 | Lid - Embodiments of a lid are provided. In one embodiment, the lid may be coupled to a container to provide selective access to the contents of the container. In one embodiment, the lid is configured to be stacked. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091104 | SYRINGE PRESS - A syringe press includes a housing, a compressible member, and a compression mechanism. The housing includes a longitudinal axis, a first end and a second end. The housing is configured to support a syringe, which includes a cylinder configured to contain a fluid, and a piston having a seal configured to move within the cylinder, between the first and second ends. The compressible member is supported by the housing between the first end and the piston. The compression mechanism is supported by the housing and is configured to apply a compressive force to the piston, the cylinder and the compressible member, between the first and second ends and along the longitudinal axis. The piston is driven into the cylinder, and fluid is driven through an output of the cylinder responsive to the compressive force. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091105 | BEVERAGE DISPENSING SYSTEM - Various systems, processes, and technique may be used to achieve beverage dispensing. In particular implementations, a beverage dispensing system may include a flow controller, a venturi-type mixer, and a dispensing faucet. The flow controller may be adapted to regulate water flow rate therethrough. The venturi-type mixer may be coupled to the flow controller and to a beverage concentrate syrup supply conduit. The mixer may be adapted to draw beverage concentrate syrup in response to water flowing through the mixer and begin mixing the beverage concentrate syrup with the water, the mixture of beverage concentrate syrup and water forming a beverage. The beverage dispensing faucet may be coupled to the mixer and adapted to receive the mixture and dispense the beverage. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091106 | ADAPTIVE PRELOAD PUMP - A piston pump dispenser having a reciprocating piston pump arrangement in which in a dispensing stroke in which fluid is pressurized in a chamber to dispense fluid, a piston slide member is urged into a sealing disc of a piston sleeve member to increase the extent to which the sealing disc provides a seal with a wall of the chamber against fluid leaking out past the seal disc. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091107 | LIQUID-DISPENSING SYSTEMS WITH INTEGRATED AERATION - Liquid-dispensing systems that include integrated aeration systems to aerate a liquid while the liquid is being dispensed are described. Integrated aeration systems enable seamless aeration of a liquid during dispensing. In one aspect, a liquid-dispensing system includes a liquid-conditioning dispenser with an integrated aeration system composed of one or more channels that convey a fluid to mix with a liquid as the liquid is dispensed. The aeration system also includes an aeration switch used to open and close the channels and regulate the amount of the fluid that mixes with the liquid. The liquid-dispensing system also includes a pump and control system to apply pressure on a reservoir that contains the liquid. The pressure forces the liquid from the reservoir to the dispenser via a liquid supply line. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091108 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TREATING A DRAIN - The invention is a system and method of unclogging and maintaining a drain or conduits that deliver fluids such as water. The system includes delivering a predetermined amount of drain cleaner to an obstruction wherein the predetermined amount may be delivered by a single-use packet or by a receptacle that is capable of premeasuring a single application. The system and or packet may also be used to disperse a composition over a period of time as maintenance of a drain or conduit. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091109 | DISPENSING DEVICE - A dispensing device for a preferably cosmetic liquid as well as a method for the manufacture thereof are proposed. A lasting and tight joining of two materials is achieved while allowing for simple manufacture by pretreating the surface of the first material by means of plasma treatment or irradiation in a desired joining area in order to form radicals there or to break up the polymer chains of the first material, and by then injecting the second material directly against the first material. Another aspect consists in covering the first material with a second material for joining with another material or component. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091110 | DISPENSING DEVICE - A dispensing device is disclosed having a cylinder, a piston disposed in the cylinder and moveable in priming and dispensing directions, including a spring device biasing the piston to move in the priming direction at a predetermined rate, and an operating plunger connectable to the piston and moveable along a path to move the piston in the dispensing direction. The operating plunger has an engagement device and is moveable between an engaged position in which the engagement device is connected to the piston and movement of the plunger along the path is transmitted to the piston, and a disengaged position in which the engagement device is disconnected from the piston and movement of the plunger along the path is independent of the piston. The engagement device is arranged such that movement of the plunger between the engaged and disengaged positions is of a different kind to movement along the path. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091111 | BOTTLE WITH INTEGRAL DIP TUBE - Described is a fluid dispensing container having a bottle and fluid withdrawing assembly for liquids, such as liquid cleaners and the like. The bottle has an integral dip tube formed therein connecting at a landing below the top of the bottle neck, fluidly connecting the inside of the bottle with the top opening of the bottle. A fluid dispensing mechanism, such as a pump or trigger-sprayer, is attached to the top of the bottle to take fluid up through the integral dip tube and dispense the fluid accordingly. The fluid dispensing mechanism may be aligned to allow a direct connection between integral dip tube and the fluid dispensing mechanism at a landing below the bottle opening. The fluid dispensing mechanism may be attached to the bottle with a snap-fit connection. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091112 | DETERGENT SUPPLY APPARATUS AND WASHING MACHINE HAVING THE SAME - A detergent supply apparatus includes a detergent box; and at least one liquid detergent containing unit provided in the detergent box to move a liquid detergent using a siphon phenomenon. The liquid detergent containing unit includes a siphon pipe to induce a siphon action, a siphon cap coupled to the siphon pipe, and at least one residual water hole formed through a bottom of the liquid detergent containing unit. The siphon cap includes at least one cap protrusion configured to be fitted into the residual water hole, and at least one gap is defined between the residual water hole and the cap protrusion such that residual water is discharged from the liquid detergent containing unit through the gap. The liquid detergent containing unit includes at least one integral liquid detergent containing unit integrally provided in the detergent box. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091113 | Ice Slurry Delivery System and Components Thereof - The current invention relates to an ice slurry delivery system including a bottle, a valve including a conduit defining an inlet port and an outlet port, wherein the inlet port and outlet port are each adapted to provide one or more openings, at least one opening at each port having a cross sectional area of at least substantially 80 mm | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091114 | GARMENT FRAME APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - A frame for facilitating storage, transport, stacking and organizing garments includes four panels linearly aligned and connected by folds or creases. The rear panel has two flaps extending transversely. The frame is integrated with a shirt when folding such that the front panel positions the front of the shirt on the front of the folded frame. The flaps extend across the front of the shirt and detachably engage to secure the shirt in a semi-rigid state having a cuboid shape. The cuboid shape is maintained by the frame and facilitates stacking, organizing, transport and storage. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091115 | Sling Fittings and Sling System for a Firearm - The present invention is a sling system utilizing a rear sling fitting for a long firearm, such as a rifle. Such fittings typically are positioned between the stock and receiver. It presents a fitting body with an aperture to slide over a rifle receiver tube and a connection bar extending from a reverse of the fitting body. A point-type sling attachment may then be attached to the connection bar and be able to slide left and right across the back of the weapon, allowing for quickly adaptable left or right positioning of the weapon. Registration geometry may be added and positioned to further allow interface with weapon geometry and prevent rotation of the fitting during use. The connection bar may be positioned on another component of the weapon, such as the receiver or the stock, should the weapon not have a receiver extension tube. A convertible sling and forward sling mount are also disclosed for cooperative use with the fitting, completing the system. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091116 | HAND-BASED SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO CARRY MOBILE DEVICE(S) - Systems and methods are disclosed to conveniently carry a mobile device, among others, on a hand brace. The systems include a case to enclose the mobile device and a system to wear the apparatus on a hand. The systems comprise of a case; a case tether coupled to the case; a hand brace shaft coupled to a hand brace and a case lock to secure the case in a closed position. Also presented, a method to carry and use the device while tethered to a hand. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091117 | UNIVERSAL MOBILE DEVICE HOLSTER WITH FORWARD-URGING CURVED SPRING - A universal mobile device holster is disclosed, the holster including a shell having a front side and a back side, which together define a cavity with an opening adapted to receive a mobile device. The holster also includes at least one forward-urging spring attached within the cavity, and adapted for applying forward force for aligning and for applying forward gripping pressure on a mobile device held within the cavity for ensuring that the mobile device is removably secure within the holster. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091118 | STRUCTURE OF TOOL HOLDING SHEATH - The present invention is related to a structure of a tool holding sheath which comprises: a first accommodation body defined by a plurality of first accommodation spaces; and a second accommodation body pivoted with the first accommodation body; wherein the second accommodation body is defined by a plurality of second accommodation spaces set with the first accommodation spaces interlacedly. Through the above-mentioned structure, a user may receive the wrench tools in order and fit into the first accommodation spaces and the second accommodation spaces to have better positioning and holding functions. And, the interlaced design of the present invention can hold the wrench tools having versatile specifications and sizes and can facilitate a user to take and use the wrench tools, such that the present invention has the practical objectives of convenient using and holding for the wrench tools. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091119 | STRAP-TYPE CARRIER AND SHOULDER STRAP PAD WITH INTEGRATED COVER FOR CARRIER - A carrier having two adjustable straps which encircle an object to be carried by the carrier and a cover for said carrier is provided herein. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091120 | MOTORCYCLE STABILITY SYSTEM - A motorcycle stability system and a motorbike having the stability system. The system includes at least one pair of pannier pivot mounts each configured for attachment to an opposite side of the motorcycle. Each pannier pivot mount can have a pannier pivotally mounted thereon. A pair of pivot levers are each pivotally attached at an attachment point disposed on said pivot lever to an opposite side of the motorcycle. The pivot levers have a first end section having an abutment thereon and a connection point. The attachment point is separated from the abutment and the connection point. The abutment on the first end section of the pivot levers contacts the panniers at a position below the pannier pivot mounts. A force transfer mechanism is connected to the second end sections of the pivot levers so that movement of one of the pivot levers causes the force transfer mechanism to exert a force to the other pivot lever. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091121 | Container and Support Assembly - A combination container and support assembly allows a cyclist to maintain an advantageous aerodynamic position using aerobars while also permitting access to liquid within the container. The support assembly has a body from which pivoting legs extend. Clips at the ends of the legs attach the assembly to the aerobars. A bracket is attached to the body, the bracket holding the container. The container has a streamlined form and has a drinking tube extending therefrom toward the cyclist. A collar is positioned on the container and allows additional accessories to be mounted on the combination. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091122 | COMBINATION BIKE RACK AND STEP ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE - An assembly for mounting to a vehicle having a mounting member connected to a receiver of a vehicle. A frame member is pivotally connected to the mounting member and legs are pivotally mounted to the frame member. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091123 | DOUBLE BALL SLIDE ON MOUNT WITH SCREW OVER SENSOR - A double ball rearview device mounting assembly includes a bracket having a windshield engagement surface, an internal sensor receiving aperture, and an external clip engagement wall. A sensor is adapted for reception in the internal sensor receiving aperture. A clip is operably coupled to the bracket to secure the sensor. A bracket cover is configured to slide into secure engagement with the bracket and includes a first mounting ball. A barrel is pivotally coupled to the first mounting ball at one end, and is pivotally coupled to a second mounting ball at the other end. A rearview device is operably mounted to the second mounting ball. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091124 | Carrier System Having a Front and Back Part and Means for Fastening to a Human Torso - The invention relates to a carrier system having a front part and a back part and means for fastening to a human torso. The carrier system also has a hip belt which can be connected to the back part via at least one support. It is provided that at least a part of the means for fastening to a human torso has first fastening means and the back part has second fastening means, the first and the second fastening means together forming a fastening device with fastening loops and receptacles. The receptacles are provided with slots. The fastening loops can be inserted into or passed through the receptacles. Furthermore, an elongated fixing element is provided which can be passed through those ends of the fastening loops which have been inserted into the receptacles. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091125 | ROD-SHORTENING TOOL - A tool for shortening an implant rod has a base housing part and a movable housing part shiftable toward and away from each other in a predetermined direction. At least one guide roller is provided on the movable housing part, and a cutter is provided on the base housing part. The rod is fittable between the cutter and the guide roller in a spread position of the housing parts. A biasing unit urges the parts together and thereby presses the cutter into the rod with a predetermined force. Thus the cutter is pressed against the workpiece with a force that does not change and that is not under the control of the user, ensuring that the force applied lies within an acceptable safe range. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091126 | DEVICE FOR SEPARATING EJECTION WORKPIECES - A device is used for separating an ejection workpiece from a stub bar, and includes a fixing element, a clamp, and a mechanism arm. The fixing element fixes the stub bar. The clamp clamps the ejection workpiece. The mechanism arm connects the clamp and actuates the clamp to clamp the ejection workpiece and then rotates the clamp relative to the stub bar, such that the ejection workpiece is separated from the stub bar. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091127 | SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE - A sheet conveying device that more appropriately corrects a positional deviation for a sheet and reduces the time required for a correction of the positional deviation. The sheet conveying device includes a guide unit, for guiding the edges of the sheet that is conveyed and for correcting a positional deviation, and a buffer unit located upstream of the guide unit to form a slack for the sheet, so that one part of the slack formed by the buffer unit is guided by the guide unit. The buffer unit includes an upstream roller pair and a downstream roller pair, and a slack for the sheet is formed between the upstream roller pair and the downstream roller pair. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091128 | INTERNAL PIPE LINE-UP CLAMPING MODULE - A clamping module for a pipe line-up system uses bell crank linkages to transmit pipe alignment and clamping forces between radially moving clamping feet and a central axially moving driving head. The clamping feet are arranged in axially spaced sets to internally engage two pipe sections to be welded independently on either side of a weld zone between the pipe sections, with welding shoes in between the clamping feet and spanning the weld zone. The bell crank linkages provide a force multiplier between the driving heads and the clamping feet. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091129 | SELF-LEVELING WELDING TRACTOR - A welding tractor is described as well as a process for using the tractor in which a predefined angle of inclination or declination is maintained during a circumferential welding process. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091130 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COUPLING A LASER DIODE TO A MAGNETIC WRITER - A write head includes a cavity configured to couple a laser diode to the write head. A bottom of the cavity includes a heat conductive element configured to contact the laser diode, a plurality of thermal studs disposed below the heat conductive element, and a substrate disposed below the thermal studs. The heat conductive element, thermal studs, and substrate are thermally coupled to draw heat from the laser diode. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091131 | ASSEMBLY JIG FOR A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND ASSEMBLY METHOD FOR A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - In aspects of the assembly jig and method of the invention, when a packaging substrate is curved concaving upward at temperatures of melting solder, the gap between the assembly jig and the packaging substrate can be made smaller than the dimension of the sum of the thickness of the semiconductor chip and the thickness of the melted solder by allowing a part of the bottom surface of the chip positioning piece to become always, or substantially always, in contact with the upper surface of the packaging substrate owing to the weight of the chip positioning jig itself. As a consequence, the semiconductor chip does not slip aside out of the opening of the chip positioning piece. Therefore, the semiconductor chip can be positioned accurately on the packaging substrate. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091132 | REUSABLE TRANSPORT PACKAGING - Transportation packaging may be used to ship or transport a product, such as an electronic device. The transportation packaging may be reused subsequent to the transport of the product by removing a shape defined by a pattern included on the transportation packaging, assembling or altering a portion of the removed pattern, and engaging the assembled pattern with the product. In a particular embodiment, the assembled pattern may provide a usability surface for at least one peripheral device to be used with the electronic device. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091133 | SHIPPING AND DISPENSING CARTON - A combination shipping and dispensing carton for containing a plurality of articles. The carton has a plurality of panels that extend at least partially around an interior of the carton. The carton may have various dispensing features to allow articles to be dispensed from the carton. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091134 | REALIZING DESKTOP METAPHORS ON A COMPUTER - A desktop metaphor system. There is included a physical, non-virtual icon card corresponding to a certain computer application and a computer separate from the icon card. The computer includes a computer readable storage medium for storing computer applications, one of which is the certain computer application, and a computer processor. The computer processor includes an icon detection module to detect the approaching of the icon card to the computer and recognize the certain computer application corresponding to the icon card; an application context memory module for storing application context for an application running on the computer processor and for storing application context for the certain application corresponding to the icon card and stored in storage; and an event processing logic module for switching between the application, if any, currently running on the computer processor and the certain application corresponding to the icon card. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091135 | NON-CONNECTED PRODUCT DATA EXCHANGE VIA SYMBOLOGY - An electronic device, such as a print device, generates barcodes that contain encoded data corresponding to a functional destination and a variety of electronic device operational parameters. When a user selects a functional category, the electronic device determines the category's destination and relevant parameters, and generates the barcode with destination data and the parameters. A user may then use a barcode scanner to scan the barcode and automatically transmit the parameters to the destination. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091136 | TRACKING SYSTEM FOR FOOD PRODUCTS - A system and method for providing food product information to customers. The system may include a database storing food product information, an information tag, such as a 2 dimensional QR code, with a link associated with the location of the food product information on the database, and a reader configured to retrieve at least some of the food product information when activated by a customer. The system may also include an information gatherer for acquiring food product information and an interface for transmitting the link to a device for generating the information tag. The method may include producing the information tag with the link to the food product information. The method may also include accessing the database using a reader and retrieving food product information over a communications medium. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091137 | ELECTRIC PRODUCT AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An electric product includes a recognition device to obtain an image of a recognition object, a control unit to recognize item information from the image obtained by the recognition device and compare the recognized item information with information stored in a memory unit, and a display unit to display a result of the comparison, wherein the control unit displays, on the display unit, category information corresponding to the recognized item information when the recognized item information matches the information stored in the memory unit. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091138 | RFID System - The present invention provides an automated system for asset tracking and management and utilizes near field Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) technology. RFID tags are attached to the assets via a flexible mounting system, and RFID antennas (and corresponding readers) are strategically located in close proximity to read the tags. As applied to a rack or cabinet, near-field antennas are mounted along one of the mounting posts at each rack unit location such that when a piece of equipment (rack mounted or rail mounted) is installed at a particular rack unit space, the tag will be read and registered in an RFID management system. A magnetic field shaping arrangement ensures that crosstalk between adjacent rack positions is prevented. Ferrite elements are used to control the magnetic field. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091139 | SEMANTIC NOTE TAKING SYSTEM - A semantic note taking system and method for collecting information, enriching the information, and/or binding the information to services is provided. User-created notes are enriched with labels, context traits, and relevant data to minimize friction in the note-taking process. In other words, the present invention is directed to collecting unscripted data, adding more meaning and use out of the data, and binding the data to services. Mutable and late-binding to services is also provided to allow private thoughts to be published to a myriad of different applications and services in a manner compatible with how thoughts are processed in the brain. User interfaces and semantic skins are also provided to derive meaning out of notes without requiring a great deal of user input. Linking physical objects to notes are also provided, such as through QR codes. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091140 | SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING IDENTIFICATION MARKS, IDENTIFICATION MARKS AND USE THEREOF - The identifier and position and/or location of at least one identification mark is identified by a first optical recording device that is designed so that spatial position and/or location of an identification mark can be detected by the first optical recording device. A second optical recording device is designed so that it can scan a plan projection of at least a part of the measurement volume of the first optical recording device in a spatially resolved manner. Transformation information allows the definition of a region of interest (ROI) in the spatially resolved information about the scanned projection. The ROI is searched for the presence and type of identifier information to determine the identifier of the detected identification mark. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091141 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING ITEMS - Systems, software, and methods for improved monitoring and identification systems for items and units to be serviced and reported, such as seal tags and other information from items or units to be serviced. | 2014-04-03 |
| 20140091142 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROL OF BAILMENT INVENTORY - A method and system for control of bailment inventory is disclosed. The method includes receiving a customer identifier from a customer, receiving from the customer at least one customer item for bailment, associating the customer identifier with the at least one customer item, storing the at least one customer item, and returning the at least one customer item to the customer. | 2014-04-03 |
