| 15th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 6 |
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| 20090090413 | Cadmium Telluride-Based Photovoltaic Device And Method Of Preparing The Same - A cadmium telluride (CdTe)-based photovoltaic device includes a CdTe layer including cadmium and telluride. The CdTe-based photovoltaic device further includes a substrate including a silicone layer formed from a silicone composition. The substrate, because it includes the composition, is both flexible and sufficiently able to withstand annealing temperatures in excess of 350° C., and frequently in excess of 500° C., to obtain maximum efficiency of the device. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090414 | VALVE - A valve includes a generally cylindrical housing including first and second end portions that are offset from each other along a longitudinal axis of the generally cylindrical housing. First and second inlet ports are arranged on one of said first or second end portions, and at least one outlet port is arranged on one of said first or second end portions. A disk is disposed in the generally cylindrical housing and is configured to independently control both mixing and flow rate of fluid flowing into at least one of the first and second inlet ports. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090415 | CHEMICAL DELIVERY SYSTEM - An expandable chemical delivery system sharing a common bulk fluid inlet and bulk fluid flow path to direct a bulk fluid through one or more selected chemical eductors. Each chemical eductor is slidably insertable into an eductor port on the manifold body such that rotation of the chemical eductor is not required for installation. After installation, the orientation of the chemical eductor can be rotatably adjusted so as to avoid interference with adjacent chemical eductors. Delivery of a bulk fluid to each chemical eductor is controlled via a corresponding valve assembly that selectively allows or blocks flow of the bulk fluid form the bulk fluid flow path to the corresponding chemical eductor. The manifold body can include a plurality of individual manifold bodies approximated with a coupling system to define the bulk fluid flow path. Alternatively, the manifold body can comprise a single fabricated body for high pressure operation. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090416 | FLUID LEVEL REGULATOR - A biological specimen collection and transfer system, including a biological sample container configured for storing a biological fluid sample, a vacuum source, a specimen filter having an interior chamber and an opening in communication with the chamber, and a fluid level regulator configured to determine a fluid level in the biological sample container and to dispense a fluid into the container if the determined fluid level is less than a desired fluid level. The fluid level regulator includes a fluid level monitor, a fluid dispenser, and a controller in communication with the fluid level monitor and the fluid dispenser, wherein the fluid level monitor includes a sound source configured to emit sound towards a surface of the fluid sample, and a sound detector configured to measure sound reflected from the surface of the fluid sample, wherein the controller determines the fluid level based at least in part on a measurement of reflected sound emitted from the sound source. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090417 | Sanitary replaceable fluid disbursement device for use in bioreactors - Methods and systems for easily replacing fluid disbursement devices used in a sanitary bioreactor are presented. The system includes a fluid disbursement device, a tube adapter, a wand adapter. The fluid disbursement device is fixed to the tube adapter. The tube adapter and wand adapter are essentially complementary and are releasably connected. The combined fluid disbursement device and tube adapter unit is easily replaceable during the cleaning and sterilization of the bioreactor. An O-ring, located in an O-ring grove, provides an impermeable boundary between the wand adapter and the tube adapter. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090418 | CHECK VALVE WITH FLUID HAMMER RELIEF AND MONITORING FEATURES - The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for improved check valve technology used in flow meters, particularly compound/combo meters. The improved check valve technology may comprise a single piece module that (1) can easily be removed from the check valve chamber without disturbing the metering module, (2) comprises a seal as part of the check valve assembly simplifying seal inspection, seal removal and seal replacement; (3) is secured in its housing only external fasteners; and (4) comprises fluid hammer suppression and monitoring features. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090419 | SUCTION VALVE - A suction valve be placed in a pipe line and intended for flow material, by means of which the flow can be closed, regulated and back flow prevented, whereby the suction valve comprises a movable a locking means ( | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090420 | SYSTEM FOR DISPENSING AND RECOVERING LIQUIDS AND DEVICE COMPRISING SAME - The invention concerns a system for dispensing and recovering liquids designed to be arranged in a rigid container, comprising a liquid dispensing tank ( | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090421 | High throughput double valve with reduced outlet pressure during a faulted state - A double valve having inlet, outlet, and exhaust ports maintains an outlet pressure below one percent of inlet pressure during a faulted state while maintaining a relatively small exhaust for reduced overall valve size. Crossover passages receive inlet pressure through main crossover poppets when the respective valve units are not in a deactuated position. When the valve units are in a deactuated position, then the crossover passages receive inlet pressure through respective bypass passages whose flow rate can be controlled independently from the size of the crossover poppets. The use of bypass passages provides particular benefits for double valves for non-press applications which have a ratio of exhaust flow coefficient to inlet flow coefficient that is less than about 2.5. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090422 | Method for Treating Drops in a Microfluid Circuit - The invention relates to a method for treating drops in a microfluid circuit, comprising at least one microchannel ( | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090423 | Method of forming a current that generates Tornado Like Jets (TLJ) embedded into the flow, and the surface for its implementation - The invention relates to hydroaeromechanics, heat and mass exchange and power engineering, medical instrument engineering, and other branches of economy, in which the motion of a continuous medium (gases, liquids, and mixtures thereof) defines the functional and technical-and-economical efficiency. It relates to the method of forming the currents of a new type whose flow has the embedded tornado-like jets connected with the boundary layer on the streamlined surfaces, sucking this layer out and transferring the sucked mass into the main stream. In accordance with the suggested current forming method, the streamlined surfaces are made in the form of alternating originally smooth and curvilinear portions, the latter having the curvature of different signs and interfacing at the point where they have a common tangent; the ratio of the curvature radii of these portions: R | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090424 | PIPING HAVING FLUID-MIXING REGION - An object is to prevent thermal fatigue, resulting from variations in temperature interfaces, of piping having a fluid-mixing region where fluids of different temperatures are mixed. Piping | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090425 | Flat woven full width on-machine-seamable fabric - A laminated on-machine-seamable industrial fabric made from a flat woven full width base fabric layer wherein the base fabric layer is folded inwardly and flattened to produce a fabric with seaming loops disposed at the two widthwise edges. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090426 | Method and apparatus for forming a selvedge on a gripper weaving machine - The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for forming an insertion-side fabric selvedge ( | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090427 | Welding Wire Weaving Apparatus for Submerged Arc Welding Carriage - A welding wire weaving apparatus for a submerged arc welding carriage includes a truck running in a welding direction, a control panel controlling parameters required for welding and weaving operations, a welding wire reel mounting a welding wire thereon, a welding wire supplier supplying the welding wire to an upper part of a member to be welded, a weaver unit weaving the welding wire transversely, a supplier supporting shaft supporting the welding wire supplier at an upper part of the truck, and a weaver unit connection bar connecting the weaver unit to the supplier supporting shaft. The welding wire supplier includes a supply guiding roller, a compressive supplying roller, a welding wire guide bundle, a needle bearing, a welding wire guide bundle and an insulator formed between the needle bearing and the welding wire guide bundle. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090428 | REINFORCING BAR BINDING MACHINE - A reinforcing bar binding machine is provided with a device for detecting a power supply voltage during a binding wire twisting step subjected to the heaviest load and comparing the power supply voltage with a predetermined CPU operation voltage, and a control device for driving a motor in a reverse direction when the voltage has dropped below the predetermined CPU operation voltage. The power supply voltage during operation is monitored, and twisting operation is suspended before the voltage drops below the CPU operation voltage, whereby the binding wire twisting mechanism is returned to the initial position. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the binding wire twisting mechanism from being stopped while grasping the binding wire, when the CPU stops. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090429 | CATALYST LOADING APPARATUS - A method for loading a particulate catalyst into a vertical catalyst tube includes (i) introducing catalyst loading apparatus into a vertical catalyst tube, (ii) loading catalyst particles into the top of the tube whereinafter they contact the apparatus as they pass down the tube, forming a uniform bed of catalyst beneath the apparatus and (iii) simultaneously removing the apparatus from the catalyst tube in timed relationship to the catalyst loading, wherein the apparatus includes one or more deflector units, each deflector unit including a plurality of inclined deflector plates arranged on a rigid elongate member such that all the catalyst particles are deflected by one or more of the plates as they pass through the or each unit. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090430 | Apparatus and method for controlling the filling and emptying of a fluid container - An apparatus and method for emptying and filling a fluid container. A flow-actuated valve inside a fill tube regulates the flow through the fill tube. A cap containing the valve and a vent tube can be installed on a modified bottle used to supply water dispensers, thus enabling a user to continuously replenish the bottle from a remote supply. Alternatively, a cap containing the valve, a vent tube, and two fluid level sensors can be installed on a conventional bottle. A user is thus relieved of the burden of repetitive bottle changing, and is able to treat the water to his own specifications. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090431 | SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR DISPENSING CONCENTRATED MATERIALS - A dispensing source container suitable for containing and dispensing fluid concentrate has an opening suitable for receiving a closure. The source container includes a fluid-tight vessel configured to hold fluid concentrate, and a pump connectable to the opening of the source container, the pump having a temporary reservoir, the pump being operable to withdraw a portion of the fluid concentrate from the source container and to store the portion of fluid concentrate in the temporary reservoir. The pump is also operable to dispense a metered amount of the fluid concentrate from the temporary reservoir to dispense the fluid concentrate from the source container into receiving containers. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090432 | DEPOSITOR SYSTEM - A dispensing device for supplying measured quantities of batter to baking containers, and a method of operating such device use a peristaltic pump driven by a servo-motor drive. The peristaltic pump has a flexible conduit with a first end connected to a supply container for receiving batter and a second end from which the batter is dispensed. A movable pump element precisely moves batter through the flexible conduit from the first end toward the second end. A shut-off valve adjacent the second end of the flexible conduit closes the conduit when the measured quantity of batter has been dispensed. A conveyor is positioned beneath the second end of the flexible conduit for moving baking containers into position therebeneath for deposit of batter. The movable pump element has a peristaltic driver including a plurality of rollers, a drive shaft to rotate the peristaltic driver such that the rollers apply pressure to the flexible conduit, pressing the flexible conduit against a curved pressure surface of a shoe. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090433 | Apparatus And Method For Storing And Dispensing Material, Especially In Micro Quantities And In Combination With Limited Starting Amounts - The invention is directed to a dispensing unit suitable to precise! dispense material in powder and/or granular form. The dispensing device comprises a gate valve opening sealingly closed by a blend. A control unit, which is interconnected to a scaling device, controls the opening of the gate valve opening by the position of the blend. The precise amount of the material is adjusted in relation to the signal of the scaling device. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090434 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF A STUMP CUTTER - A stump cutter controller and operator presence system includes one or more capacitive sensors in each of the three control levers that control movement of the cutter wheel. A sensor circuit measures changes in the capacitance of the sensors. The controller automatically disengages a drive clutch and applies a brake to the cutter wheel when the controller senses that an operator has left the operating station—which is assumed when the operator has not touched any one of the three control levers of the operator station for a predetermined time. The controller logic is set to allow the clutch to remain engaged during a delay period, of predetermined duration, to permit the operator to move a hand off of one control lever to another control lever. Also, a grace period, of varying duration based on the speed of the cutter wheel, may be provided during which the clutch is reengaged if an operator returns to the controls. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090435 | Process for Producing Magnetic Powder and Process for Producing Dust Core - A process for producing a magnetic powder which is sufficiently reduced in core losses such as iron loss and hysteresis loss and has sufficient strength; and a process for producing a dust core. The process for magnetic powder production comprises using a magnetic-material powder produced by water atomization as a raw powder and subjecting the powder to spheroidizing in which a mechanical impact is applied to the powder to spheroidize the powder particles. After the spheroidizing, the powder is subjected to a grain enlarging treatment in which the powder is annealed at a temperature not lower than the austenite transformation point. The process for dust core production comprises compacting the magnetic powder thus produced. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090436 | METHOD FOR BRAKE ROTOR ASSEMBLY AND MANUFACTURE - A method of assembly and manufacture of a brake rotor, comprising providing a brake rotor mold. The method also includes pouring brake rotor material into the brake rotor mold. Then the method includes rotating the brake rotor mold during hardening of the brake rotor material thereby forming a brake rotor. The method further includes removing an interior portion of the hardened brake rotor material of the brake rotor with a water jet cutting device. The water jet device shapes the brake rotor to a desired shape. The brake rotor is then heat and cryogenically treated. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090437 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A WROUGHT METAL PLATE PRODUCT HAVING A GRADIENT IN ENGINEERING PROPERTIES - Manufacturing heat-treatable wrought metal plate having length, width and thickness directions and an engineering properties gradient along at least one plate dimension. Rolled, extruded or forged wrought metal plate is solution heat treated and rapidly cooled. The cooled plate is aged by heat treatment for time to arrive at different tempers across at least one plate dimension (length or width). Controlled heat-input into the plate along its length direction raises plate temperature above ambient temperature to temperature T | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090438 | Method and apparatus for making high strength metals with a face-centered-cubic structure - A process for increasing the strength of pure copper and other fcc matrix alloys. The method is particularly applicable to face-centered-cubic materials that undergo dynamic recovery when strain-hardened at room temperature. A cryogenic strain hardening process is used to create a high strength pure copper or copper+Al | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090439 | COLD WORKING LUBRICANT AND COLD WORKING METHOD FOR STEEL PIPE - The present invention provides a lubricant comprising an alkali soap and a cold working method, in which the lubricant layer can be easily formed on the surface of a steel pipe prior to cold working the reduces the work load during cold working of the steel pipe, and whose layer can be easily removed by washing the surface of the steel pipe after cold working. After that, an alkali soap aqueous solution or aqueous pasty alkali soap is applied to the working surface of the steel pipe, cold working of the steel pipe is performed, and thereafter the alkali soap layer is removed by washing with water. The alkali soap aqueous solution or aqueous pasty alkali soap is preferably prepared within a vessel having an inner surface consisting of a non-metal material. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090440 | EXOTHERMIC ALLOYING BIMETALLIC PARTICLES - The compositions of different energetic metallic particles and corresponding coatings are chosen to take advantage of the resulting exothermic alloying reactions when the metals are combined or alloyed through heat activation. Bimetallic particles composed of a core/shell structure of differing metals are chosen such that, upon achieving the melt point for at least one of the metals, a relatively substantial amount of exothermic heat of alloying is liberated. In an embodiment, the core metal is aluminum and the shell metal is nickel. The nickel may be applied to the outer surface of the aluminum particles using an electroless process from a metal salt solution with a reducing agent in an aqueous solution or a solvent media. The aluminum particles may be pretreated with zinc to remove any aluminum oxide. The resulting bimetallic particles may be utilized as an enhanced blast additive by being dispersed within an explosive material. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090441 | Preparation of Ammonium Dinitroamide (ADN) Crystals, ADN Crystals and Energetic Composites Containing Them - The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of novel ammonium dinitroamide (ADN) crystals and to said novel ADN crystals. Said novel crystals have an original morphology factor, namely a low shape factor. They are obtained in the presence of at least one crystal habit modifier. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090442 | Handbags With Multi-Function Strap System - Handbags with multi-function strap systems and methods of utilizing handbags with multi-function strap systems are provided herein. According to one embodiment, a handbag with multi-function strap system includes a bag portion having an inside and an outside, a ring coupled to one side of the bag, and first and second fasteners coupled to the bag portion. The first and second fasteners are accessible at the inside of the bag, the first fastener is relatively distant to the ring, and the second fastener is relatively near the ring. A strap has first and second ends, and a hook is coupled to the strap adjacent the first end. A third fastener complementary to at least one of the first and second fasteners is coupled to the strap adjacent the strap second end. A fourth fastener complementary to at least one of the first and second fasteners is also coupled to the strap. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090443 | Purse slide out tray with slide stop - A slide out tray is housed in a rigid sleeve attached to an inside of a purse. Items placed in the purse through the top of the purse are supported by the sleeve. The sleeve allow the tray to slide in and out of the purse through an opening in a wall of the purse. A hinged cover over the opening pivots to admit the tray therethrough. A tensioned tray holding mechanism associated with the hinged cover secures the tray in any of a variety of locations extending out of the purse to access items in the tray. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090444 | TRUCK TIRE - A pneumatic tire for use on trucks, the tire comprising: a tread, the tread having a non-skid depth (NSK), the tread including a first and second shoulder rib and two or more inner ribs, and circumferential grooves interposed between the ribs. The tread pattern is asymmetric, wherein the first shoulder rib has a rib width ratio in the range of about 1.2 to about 1.8, and the second shoulder rib has a rib width ratio in the range of about 1.0-1.6. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090445 | Heavy Duty Tire - A heavy duty tire ( | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090446 | TIRE NOISE REDUCTION DEVICE AND PNEUMATIC TIRE - Disclosed is a tire noise reduction device to be mounted on the inner surface of the tread portion of a pneumatic tire facing its cavity. The tire noise reduction device includes an annular fixing elastic band and sound absorbing members disposed on the inner surface of the tread portion opposite to each other at two locations around its circumference by the fixing elastic band. The fixing elastic band has an outer peripheral length L defined in a certain range in relationship with the mass Wa of the sound absorbing members, the total mass We of the tire noise reduction device, and the inner peripheral length Li of the tire. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090447 | TIRE CORD REINFORCEMENT - A composite cable is disclosed suitable for use as a reinforcement in an aircraft tire. The cable is formed of an aramid yarn and a nylon yarn cabled together, wherein the aramid yarn has a linear density in the range of about 220 to about 3300 dtex, and the nylon yarn has a linear density in the range of about 220 to about 2100 dtex. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090448 | RADIAL TIRE FOR MOTORCYCLE - A radial tire for a motorcycle capable of having high road grip performance both when running at a high speed on a dry road surface and when cornering at a high s]peed, together with the high speed durability, especially a radial tire for a motorcycle with a large displacement to be used for road races, capable of maintaining these performances until the end of the races, is provided. The tilting angles of the cords | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090449 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - A pneumatic radial tire, the tire comprising at least one carcass reinforcing ply and a pair of opposing bead portions. Each bead portion has a bead core and a bead apex, and the at least one carcass reinforcing ply has a down portion located axially inward of the bead and a turnup end located axially outward of the bead core. The turnup end of the ply is about parallel to the down portion. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090450 | Red White Blue Black Camouflage System - A camouflage system that allows distinctly unnatural colors to be worn without comprising the ability of the user to blend into natural surroundings. Shading is used not only as borders between cells of color, but moreover, shading is used in various degrees to force commonality of color between colors that are normally strikingly contrasting. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090451 | PROTECTIVE TAPE SEPARATION METHOD AND APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A surface height of a protective tape joined to a wafer mounted and held on a separation table is detected, a lowering operation distance of a needle is calculated based on such detected information, and a lowering operation amount for approaching a joining member to the protective tape until the separation tape winded around the joining member contacts the protective tape is calculated. A separating site is formed in the protective tape and the protective tape is separated while controlling a height of each member based on the calculated lowering operation amount. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090452 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING NONFLAT CERAMIC SUBSTRATE - In the production of a ceramic substrate ( | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090453 | Speaker diaphragms, manufacturing methods of the same, and dynamic speakers - On one surface of a piece of wooden sheet, a cloth or paper is adhered to make an adhered sheet. An approximately V-shaped notch is provided on the adhered sheet, the adhered sheet is wetted to be softened, and a lubricant which acts to keep water is impregnated thereinto. Edge portions of the notch are overlapped, and the adhered sheet is tentatively molded in an approximately horn shape by a first hot press molding. The adhered sheet is then dried, impregnated with thermosetting resin, and half-dried. The adhered sheet is subject to a second hot press molding. A moisture-proof agent is applied on the adhered sheet, a center hole for a voice coil and periphery are removed to make a speaker diaphragm having a predetermined dimension and shape. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090454 | METHOD FOR JOINING PIPING SYSTEMS AND PIPING TO EQUIPMENT, FIXTURES, DEVICES, STRUCTURES, AND APPLIANCES - A method to join pipe is disclosed using a curable one or two part adhesive composition comprising an effective amount of a boron containing initiator compound such as an organoborate, a stabilized organoborane complex, or combinations thereof; one or more monomers, oligomers, polymers or mixtures thereof having olefinic unsaturation which is capable of polymerization by free radical polymerization; and optionally a decomplexing agent. An especially preferred organoborane is one where a tertiary or quaternary nitrogen atom is bonded to the organoborane to prepare an amido-borate. In those embodiments where the nitrogen is quaternary, the quaternary nitrogen portion of the amido-borate is the cationic counter ion for the borate anion portion of the compound to which the quaternary nitrogen atom is bonded. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090455 | SPRING LOADED TOOLING HEAD AND METHOD FOR TIRE CORD APPLICATION - A tooling head for bidirectional tire cord application to an annular surface reciprocates in a forward and a reverse direction across the annular surface. The tooling head includes a housing; a nose block assembly coupled to the housing and reciprocating in an axial direction relative to the tooling head housing; a pair of cord engaging rollers mounted to a remote end of the nose block assembly and moving therewith in a forward and a reverse direction across the annular surface, the rollers positioning at least one cord against the annular surface in the forward and reverse directions; and a biasing element engaging against the nose block assembly for alternatively biasing the rollers against the annular surface. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090456 | SYNCHRONOUS DRIVE AND METHOD FOR TIRE CORD APPLICATION - A synchronous drive system and method for tire cord application to an annular core surface includes an arm that moves laterally about a first axis in a forward and a reverse direction across the annular surface. A cord application head is coupled to the arm and positions one or more cords on an on the annular surface in the forward and reverse directions. First and second ring motors are coupled to synchronously move the arm and rotate the core. The cord application head may further reciprocate about a second axis of rotation. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090457 | TIRE CORD APPLICATION STATION AND METHOD - A ply application station for applying a tire carcass cord ply to an annular surface includes a plurality of applicator heads disposed at respective spaced apart circumferential locations about the annular surface, each applicator head proximally positioned to a respective assigned region of the annular surface. The system coordinates the application of at least one ply cord by each head to the annular surface region assigned respectively to each head. The plurality of applicator heads operate independently within their respective assigned regions while the core annular surface is rotatably indexed in order to achieve a desired cord ply pattern. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090458 | Method and apparatus for joining two webs of material - Method and device for bonding the outgoing end section ( | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090459 | Method for producing liquid crystal display element without substrates - The present invention relates to a method for liquid crystal display element without substrates, which comprises applying a release agent to assisting substrates in the process of producing the liquid crystal display so that the assembled liquid crystal display element can be separated from the assisting substrates and the liquid crystal display element is obtained, wherein said release agent comprises (a) 2-20 wt % of compounds selected from the group consisting of silicone, fluorine compounds and mixtures thereof; (b) 0.01-0.6 wt % of release modifier; and (c) a solvent as a complement to 100 wt %. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090460 | Tie-Layer Materials, Articles and Methods for Making and Using Same - A composite article is provided that includes a polyolefin layer, a tie-layer, and a non-polyolefin. The tie-layer may comprise a silicon modified polyolefin. Methods are also provided for adhering a polyolefin to a non-polyolefin. Such articles may used, for example, in composite tubing. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090461 | METHOD OF MINIMIZING RESIDUE ADHESION FOR THERMO-REVERSIBLE DRY ADHESIVES - One embodiment of the invention includes a method of joining two substrates with multilayer thermo-reversible dry adhesives and separating the two bonded substrates by completely thermally reversing the adhesion via heating. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090462 | Electromagnetic Wave Shielding Laminate and Production Method Therefor - A production method for an electromagnetic wave shielding laminate comprising the step of forming a geometric-form electromagnetic wave shielding material on a releasable support, and the steps of separating the electromagnetic wave shielding material from the releasable support and transferring it onto a transfer support formed of at least one function layer provided on one or both surfaces thereof with at least one function of conductivity, anti-reflection function, reflection-reducing function, hard-coat property, anti-glare function, anti-staining function, near infrared ray absorbing function, ultraviolet ray absorbing function, color correcting function, radiating function, Ne cutting function, anti-scattering function, and shock relieving function. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090463 | PATTERN FORMING METHOD AND METHOD FOR FORMING MULTILAYER WIRING STRUCTURE - One embodiment of the present invention is a pattern forming method including: (I) a graft polymer forming step of preparing a substrate whose surface is modified with a graft polymer directly chemically bonded to a base material; (II) a particle-dispersed liquid placing step of placing droplets including a dispersion liquid including a liquid (dispersion medium) and particles dispersed therein on the graft polymer-formed surface in a predetermined pattern by a droplet discharging method; and (III) a particle pattern forming step of evaporating the liquid (dispersion medium) from the droplets placed, to form a layer including particles on the substrate in a predetermined pattern. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090464 | Process for manufacturing a fuel tank - Process for manufacturing a plastic fuel tank provided with at least one accessory ( | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090465 | PRINTED WIRING BOARD WITH CONDUCTIVE CONSTRAINING CORE INCLUDING RESIN FILLED CHANNELS - Printed wiring boards and methods of manufacturing printed wiring boards are disclosed. In one aspect of the invention, the printed wiring boards include electrically conductive constraining cores having at least one resin filled channel. The resin filled channels perform a variety of functions that can be associated with electrical isolation and increased manufacturing yields. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090466 | Process for the Attachment of a Volatizable Active Agent To a Solid Support Material and for the Controlled Release of the Agent To the Environment - The invention relates to a method for attaching a volatizable active substance ( | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090467 | Spin head - Provided is a spin head for supporting and rotating a substrate. The spin head includes a body, chuck pins disposed at the body and movable between supporting positions and rest positions, and a chuck pin moving unit configured to move the chuck pins straight. The chuck pins supports a substrate at the supporting positions and provides a substrate loading/unloading space at the rest position. The chuck pin moving unit includes movable rods fixed to the chuck pins, a rotatable cam including protrusions on an outer surface thereof so as to move the chuck pins from the supporting positions to the rest positions, and chuck pin return units respectively applying forces to the movable rods so as to move the chuck pins individually from the rest positions to the supporting positions. The chuck pin moving unit further includes contact maintaining members. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090468 | FLIP-CHIP MOUNTING APPARATUS - A flip-chip mounting apparatus includes a variable-shape mirror | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090469 | Continuous motion label trasferring apparatus - Continuous motion label transferring apparatus includes a non-stick surface between a peel point and a pinch point. A label unwinder continuously passes a first web along a path towards the pinch point. The first web includes a series of spaced labels having pressure sensitive self-adhesive on a surface to which a liner of release material is releasably attached. As the release liner travels around the peel point, the labels continue to move toward the pinch point, passing over the nonstick surface as they approach the pinch point. A target mover passes a succession of spaced targets through the pinch point adjacent the self-adhesive surface of the labels, so that the labels are individually adhered to the targets. A control system for the label unwinder monitors the target mover, and synchronizes the labels and targets in a desired manner. The distance between the peel point and the pinch point is set so that the labels can be fed continuously into the pinch point in registration with the targets. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090470 | COATING FILM TRANSFER TOOL AND ITS TAPE TRANSFER HEAD - A coating film transfer tool formed of a housing and a tape transfer head is disclosed. The tape transfer head has a narrow elongated neck design, which keeps the coating film transfer tape is kept in a curved vertical status so that the user can see the area to be covered with the coating film. In an alternate form of the invention, the transparent tape base material is kept in the extended horizontal status when moving over the neck after separated of the coating film, so that the user can see the area to be covered with the coating film. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090471 | CORNER BEAD ROLLER TOOL - A wallboard finishing roller having an elongated bracket with two ends is provided. Two roller assemblies are attached to the bracket such that the first roller assembly includes a center axis that is perpendicular to a center axis of the second roller assembly. Each roller assembly includes a wheel, a bushing and a shaft such that the wheel is rotatable around the axis of the shaft. The roller assembly is affixed to the bracket by a bracket nut, which is held in place by a bumper. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090472 | LIQUID EVAPORATOR - A liquid evaporator with a liquid reserve ( | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090473 | WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A vessel-based system and method for disposing of wastewater including bilge water from a bilge of the vessel. The system comprising a treatment unit for receiving and treating the wastewater to produce a substantially oil-free treated water and, an evaporator for receiving the treated water from the treatment unit. The evaporator comprising an evaporation element for transferring heat to the treated water to evaporate the treated water. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090474 | DEVICE FOR FINE ADJUSTMENT OF ROLLER BLINDS - Two neigbouring roller blinds on the same drive shaft may be adjusted with respect to each other by letting one end plug comprise an un-coupling device. This un-coupling device may advantageously be made by means of an unwrap spring that is actuated by means of a ring that surrounds one end plug. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090475 | CONFIGURABLE AND INTERLOCKING PARTITIONING DEVICE, METHOD, AND SYSTEM OF USE THEREOF - The invention relates generally to partitioning devices and methods for partitioning space. A device is presented comprising: at least one partition body; at least one motility assembly operably adapted to at least one partition body; and at least one interconnect, where the at least one interconnect is used to interchangeably link the at least one partition body in multiple configurations with another partition body. A method for partitioning space is presented comprising: providing a first partitioning device, where the partitioning device includes at least one interconnect, where the interconnect is used to interchangeably link the partitioning device body with a second partitioning device body; providing at least a first removably attachable portion on the first partitioning device; removing the removably attachable portion; and replacing the removably attachable portion with a second removably attachable portion, where the removably attachable portion is different than the first removably attachable portion. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090476 | Closing Screen Device - The invention relates to a closing screen device for closing an opening ( | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090477 | FEEDER - A fluid transfer apparatus for bulk material is disclosed. The transfer apparatus includes a rotor mounted on a rotatable shaft and including axially extending flow channels extending through the rotor parallel to the shaft, flow connectors for connecting a low-pressure flow of fluid and a high-pressure flow of fluid into and out of the axially extending flow channels, a casing enclosing the rotor, a pair of axially sealing plates disposed between the ends of the rotor and the casing, a pressurizing fluid fed into the chamber defined by the casing to pressurize the rotor, the flow connectors, and the axially movable sealing plates. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090478 | Selectivity improvement in oxygen delignification and bleaching of lignocellulose pulp using singlet oxygen - A process to enhance delignification or bleaching in chemical or mechanical pulps comprising generation of singlet oxygen as a separate step and subsequent transport of singlet oxygen to pulp to effect bleaching or brightening of the pulp. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090479 | Combination of casting process and alloy composition - A process for casting a magnesium alloy consisting of 10.00-13.00% by weight of aluminium, 0.00-10.00% by weight of zinc, and 5.00-13.00% by weight of aluminium, 10.00-22.00% by weight of zinc, also containing 0.10-0.5% by weight of manganese, and the balance being magnesium and unavoidable impurities, the total impurity level being below 0.0% by weight, wherein the alloy is cast in a die in which the temperature is controlled in the range of 150-340° C., the die is filled in a time which expressed in milliseconds is equal to the product of a number between 2 and 300 multiplied by the average part thickness expressed in millimetre, the static metal pressures being maintained during casting between 20-70 MPa and may subsequently be intensified up to 180 MPa. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090480 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CASTING THIN CAST STRIP - Twin roll casters for casting thin steel strip comprise cooled casting rolls mounted on carriers. One roll is fixed and the other is moveable laterally and biased toward the other roll by carrier drive units acting on the moveable roll carriers. A casting pool of molten steel is supported on the rolls which are rotated to produce a solidified steel strip delivered downwardly from the nip therebetween. A gap is regulated between the rolls such that unsolidified molten metal passes through the nip between the solidified shells of the forming strip and solidifies below the nip. The carrier drive units are effective to apply to the biased roll substantially intermediate biasing forces such that the roll separation force at the casting rolls is regulated to a value between 2 and 4.5 Newtons per millimeter. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090481 | CONTINUOUS CASTING NOZZLE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR - Disclosed is a continuous casting nozzle, which comprises a layer formed to have high functions, such as high corrosion resistance and high anti-deposition capability, and disposed on the side of an inner bore thereof to serve as an inner bore-side layer, so as to enhance durability, wherein the continuous casting nozzle is capable of preventing expansion cracking of an outer periphery-side layer serving as a nozzle body thereof, due to a difference in thermal expansion between respective compositions of the inner bore-side layer and the outer periphery-side layer, while preventing peel-off of the inner bore-side layer during casting. The continuous casting nozzle has a structure in which respective opposed boundary surfaces between the inner bore-side layer | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090482 | NON-INVASIVE REAL-TIME LEVEL SENSING AND FEEDBACK SYSTEM FOR THE PRECISION SAND CASTING PROCESS - A level sensing system and method for determining the level of a conductive material in a casting mold are disclosed, wherein the level sensing system a drive circuit and an inductive component disposed adjacent to the casting mold, and a position of the conductive material in the casting mold may be determined by a change in an electrical characteristic of the drive circuit. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090483 | Control of casting machine - Control is provided over the pouring of iron in the casting of iron pipe in a centrifugal casting machine. The initial flow of molten iron from the pouring ladle into the trough actuates an electric eye. A second electric eye is actuated when the molten iron has filled the pouring ladle. The centrifugal casting machine is rolled up to surround the trough, the bell end of the pipe to be formed being at the end of the trough. The molten iron is poured into the casting machine trough and flows into the bell section of the pipe being cast. The casting machine is then moved away from the trough end to form the rest of the pipe. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090484 | Method of operating a twin-roll casting machine for casting molten metal into cast strip - A method for operating a two-roll casting machine for casting molten metal into cast strip, which machine has two casting rolls which are each rotatively driven in opposite directions about an axis of rotation and between them delimit a casting gap on its longitudinal sides, with side plates that can be placed on the casting rolls, which side plates seal the casting gap on its narrow sides in the casting operation, bridging the casting gap with a refractory material, wherein the side plates are moved during the casting operation in a direction which is aligned parallel to the direction of conveying in which the cast strip leaves the casting gap. With such a method the formation of grooves distorting the casting result and the casting operation can be suppressed with increased certainty and the service life of the side plates can be increased, compared to the prior art. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090485 | MATERIAL USED TO COMBAT THERMAL EXPANSION RELATED DEFECTS IN THE METAL CASTING PROCESS - Thermal expansion defects, i.e. veining, are reduced in iron, steel, and nonferrous castings by adding a lithia-containing material in a sufficient amount to the silica sand mold. Adjusting current formulations to maximize the use of lesser expensive raw materials and minimize the use of more expensive raw materials to lower the overall percentages of lithia/metallic oxide containing additives while still reducing or eliminating thermal expansion related defects in the metal casting process reduces the overall cost to manufacture the product. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090486 | HEAT EXCHANGER FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to a heat exchanger for a motor vehicle, comprising a first flow path ( | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090487 | Heat pipe - A heat pipe includes a pipe body having two enclosed ends and defining a heat absorbing section and a condensing section, a wick structure formed on the inside wall of the pipe body and having a thickness relatively thicker at the heat absorbing section and relatively thinner at the condensing section, and a working fluid filled in the pipe body. By means of the design that the diameter of the space surrounded by the wick structure in the condensing section is greater than that in the heat absorbing section, the heat pipe eliminates fluid accumulation and maintains excellent temperature uniformity. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090488 | NIGHT SKY COOLING SYSTEM - A cooling system that can be used to cool water and to cool an air supply to a building. The system employs a stand alone cooling tower and a night sky cooler. As a result, the water can be cooled below the ambient wet bulb temperature. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090489 | Water-cooling heat-dissipating module of electronic apparatus - A water-cooling heat-dissipating module of an electronic apparatus includes a heat-conducting unit, a driving unit and a dissipating unit. The heat-conducting unit has a function of conducting a heat source. The dissipating unit has a function of dissipating the heat of a fluid. The driving unit has a function of driving the fluid. Via the driving unit, the fluid can be rapidly introduced into or drained out of each unit for circulation, thereby achieving the heat-dissipating effect. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090490 | COOLER - A cooler includes a substrate for disposing a semiconductor device thereon, a plate member fixed to a back surface of the substrate, a primary pipe, and a secondary pipe. A space sandwiched between the substrate and the primary pipe defines a first flow path for a coolant. The primary pipe and the secondary pipe configure a second flow path for a coolant. The secondary pipe is positioned to jet a coolant toward a region opposite to that having the semiconductor device disposed therein. The second flow path is separated from the first flow path. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090491 | Method for production of a substrate coated with a zeolite layer - The invention relates to a method for production of a zeolite layer on a substrate containing metal, comprising the following method steps: production of an aqueous suspension, comprising several components, one component comprises at least one cross-linking element from the third, fourth or fifth main group of the periodic table, the substrate containing metal comprises at least one of the cross-linking elements, introduction of the substrate containing metal to the aqueous suspension, heating the aqueous suspension and the substrate containing the metal present therein for the in-situ crystallisation of a zeolite layer on the substrate containing metal, whereby the cross-linking elements in the substrate containing metal are extracted and included in the zeolite layer, a cross-linking element present in the suspension for formation of the zeolite layer is present at a concentration so low that a crystallisation in the suspension is largely or completely avoided and said element is principally provided by the substrate. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090492 | VALVE DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A RECYCLED, GASEOUS FLUID, HEAT EXCHANGER, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A VALVE DEVICE AND/OR FOR CONTROLLING A HEAT EXCHANGER - A valve device for controlling a recycled, gaseous fluid and/or for heat exchanger/bypass control for a heat exchanger of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, with at least one valve body, and with at least one valve housing for receiving at least part of the valve body. The valve housing has at least one inlet opening for the inflow of a gaseous fluid, at least one first outlet opening for supplying a heat exchanger with gaseous fluid, and at least one second outlet opening for causing the gaseous fluid to bypass the heat exchanger. The valve body has at least one first valve-body partial element which is in the manner of a hollow body and is intended for controlling the flow rate through at least one outlet opening, and at least one second valve-body partial element which is at least partially of conical design and is intended for controlling the flow rate through the inlet opening. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090493 | TWIST VANE COUNTER-PARALLEL FLOW HEAT EXCHANGER APPARATUS AND METHOD - A heat exchanger and method that includes the use of at least one manifold having a plurality of vanes for circulating a fluid requiring cooling. The vanes define a pair of adjacent flow channels that each has a changing cross sectional shape that varies the aspect ratio of the adjacent flow channels defined by each vane. Each vane also has a twisting or spiral shape that serves to change the orientation of each of its adjacent flow channels to even more effectively enable transfer of heat from a first fluid flowing within one of the flow channels to a second fluid flowing in the other adjacent flow channel. In various embodiments both counter-direction flow and same-direction flows are employed in the manifold. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090494 | HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger serves to cool a cooling medium, which in turn is intended to cool an electronic component ( | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090495 | Heat Exchanger for a Motor Vehicle - The invention relates to a heat exchanger for a motor vehicle, comprising a first flow path ( | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090496 | Plate Heat Exchanger - The invention relates to a plate heat exchanger with a plate package ( | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090497 | FIN FOR A HEAT EXCHANGER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - The invention relates to a fin for a heat exchanger, comprising a fin element which extends in the flow direction of a first fluid and has a wall face around which the first fluid flows on both sides, wherein at least one flap is provided in the wall face, which flap forms a cutout, through which the first fluid can flow, in the wall face,
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| 20090090498 | TEMPERATURE REGULATING APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A temperature regulating apparatus includes a correcting operation unit configured a) to calculates a heat exchange amount of a heat exchanger, a logarithmic mean temperature difference or an average temperature in the heat exchanger, and a flow rate of a second medium, b) to calculate an overall heat transfer coefficient of the heat exchanger based on the heat exchange amount, the logarithmic mean temperature difference or the average temperature, and the flow rate of the second medium, and c) to correct a gain of a regulating operation unit based on a change in the heat exchange amount with a change in the flow rate of the second medium supplied to the heat exchanger. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090499 | WELL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE PRODUCTION OF FLUIDS - Embodiments of the present invention allow the placement of a stand alone device (valve) along a flow path, without a physical connection to the surface or reliance on the borehole for signaling, to provide a means to control the flow between reservoirs. This is achieved using a valve located in the flow path that can be actuated without sending signals down the borehole or well path and thereby eliminating the need for complicated signal lines and or fluid columns to actuate the valve. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090500 | Arrangement and a Method for Heat Transport and Use in Connection With Subsea Equipment - An arrangement for heat transport used for thermally insulating, or cooling, one or several elements. A casing is arranged to enclose a medium having heat-storing or cooling capacity. The casing has an internal space for receiving the element or elements and the medium with the medium surrounding the element or elements. The arrangement includes guides arranged in the internal space of the casing so as to guide the medium in the internal space such that a circulation and mixing of the fluid will be generated essentially throughout the internal space under the action of occurring temperature differences in the medium, whereby the natural tendency for temperature stratification of the medium is counteracted or eliminated. A corresponding method, the use of an arrangement for protecting a subsea installation or a part thereof from cooling, and use of an arrangement for efficient cooling an electrical appliance. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090501 | REMOTELY CONTROLLABLE WELLBORE VALVE SYSTEM - A remotely operable wellbore valve system includes a valve configured to be coupled to a wellbore conduit and to selectively close the conduit. The valve is disposed in a valve body configured to open an existing wellbore valve by longitudinal motion therethrough and to sealingly engage an interior of the existing wellbore valve. The system includes a valve actuator and a signal receiver in communication with the valve actuator. The signal receiver is configured to detect command signals transmitted from the Earth's surface and to cause the actuator to operate the valve in response to the detected command signals. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090502 | ANNULUS SEALING ASSEMBLY - An assembly arranged in a well bore and run in conjunction with a perforated or a non perforated liner has an inflatable packer section prepared for being expanded by fluid and a valve device for opening and closing of fluid communication into the inflatable packer section. The assembly also has a fluid section connected to the inflatable packer section. The fluid section holds a fluid that is delivered into and used to inflate the inflatable packer section. An energy section in the assembly contains an energy source for delivering the fluid from the fluid section into the inflatable packer section. A triggering section includes a control for the energy source and/or the valve device. The triggering section can control the delivery of the fluid into the inflatable packer section. The triggering section also includes a communicator that signals a triggering device for initiating the expanding of the inflatable packer section. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090503 | HYDRAULIC ACTUATED PUMP SYSTEM - The invention is directed to a hydraulic actuated pump system which lifts production fluids and re-circulating hydraulic fluid from a petroleum well. Additives may be added to the hydraulic fluid to apply direct chemical treatment to the production formation. A sonic stimulator may be included to stimulate and produce the same liquids from the horizontal section of the well. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090504 | Determining Fluid Rheological Properties - Controlling a well injection operation, such as a well fracturing operation, includes identifying a flow characteristic of a fracturing fluid, identifying a flow characteristic of a base fluid used for forming the fracturing fluid, determining an amount of friction reduction change of the fracturing fluid, and adjusting the amount of friction reduction of the fracturing fluid to coincide with a selected friction reduction amount. Identifying a flow characteristic may be performed by a rheology measuring device including a measurement tube, a first pressure sensor disposed at a first position on the measurement tube, a second pressure sensor disposed at a second position on the measurement tube, a flow meter disposed at a third position along the measurement tube, a temperature sensor disposed at a fourth location along the measurement tube, and a control unit interconnected to the first and second pressure sensors, the flow meter, and the temperature sensor. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090505 | METHOD AND TOOL FOR DETERMINATION OF FRACTURE GEOMETRY IN SUBTERRANEAN FORMATIONS BASED ON IN-SITU NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS - A method for determining fracture geometry of a subterranean formation from radiation emitted from a fracture in the formation, including measuring gamma-radiation emitted from the fracture; subtracting background radiation from the measured gamma-radiation to obtain a peak-energy measurement; comparing the peak-energy measurement with a gamma-ray transport/spectrometer response model; and determining formation fracture geometry of the fracture in accordance with values associated with the response model. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090506 | Downhole Release of Friction Reducers in Gravel Packing Operations - A method of introducing friction reducing agents within a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation during a gravel packing operation is accomplished by providing a length of tubing located downhole within the wellbore for conducting fluids within the wellbore through the tubing during circulating of gravel packing fluids introduced from the surface within the wellbore. At least a portion of the tubing is surrounded by a screen for screening out particulate matter during the gravel packing operation. An annular space is defined between an interior of the screen and the exterior of the tubing. A friction reducing agent is dispensed from a dispensing apparatus that locates downhole with the tubing. The dispensing apparatus includes a housing and a chamber disposed within the housing that has one or more outlets that open into the annular space defined by the screen and tubing for dispensing the friction reducing agent. The dispensing apparatus further includes a piston and a trigger mechanism for actuating the piston. When the trigger mechanism is activated to actuate the piston, the friction reducing agent is dispensed through the one or more outlets at a position downhole remote from the surface during the circulating. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090507 | WELLBORE AND RESERVOIR TREATMENT DEVICE - A modular wellbore treatment system having a reservoir for holding wellbore/reservoir treatment material, a pump for pressurizing and delivering the wellbore/reservoir treatment fluid, and a sealing section for creating a localized pressurized zone proximate to a region of a formation to be treated. The wellbore treatment fluid includes permeability modifiers, gel, acids, stimulation fluids, epoxy type substances, void fillers, gravel pack fixing compounds, brine, reactive fluids to water, oil, and gas, and alcohol. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090508 | Liner Drilling Method and Liner Hanger - An installation system for installing a liner in a well includes drilling while simultaneously running the liner. A string of drill pipe with a bottom hole assembly including a drill bit on a lower end is lowered into the liner while the liner is suspended at the rig floor. The bottom hole assembly engages a lower sub of the liner for torque transmission. A running tool secured to the drill pipe engages the upper sub such that the running tool supports the weight of the liner and transmits torque. The drill pipe and liner are rotated to drill deeper into the welbore. The liner hanger can be set to engage the casing, then released and reset at a different point. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090509 | IN SITU RECOVERY FROM RESIDUALLY HEATED SECTIONS IN A HYDROCARBON CONTAINING FORMATION - Methods of treating a tar sands formation is described herein. The methods may include providing heat to a first section of a hydrocarbon layer in the formation from a plurality of heaters located in the first section of the formation. Heat is transferred from the heaters so that at least a first section of the formation reaches a selected temperature. At least a portion of residual heat from the first section transfers from the first section to a second section of the formation. At least a portion of hydrocarbons in the second section are mobilized by providing a solvation fluid and/or a pressurizing fluid to the second section of the formation. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090510 | Well bore fluid redistribution system - Generally, devices and methods of redistribution of fluids produced in well bore environments. Specifically, well bore fluid redistribution apparatuses which can isolate and redistribute fluids produced in well bores between geologic sections to reduce surface discharge of fluids. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090511 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SOLIDS IN A DOWN-HOLE FLUID PUMPING SYSTEM - A system for controlling solids within a wellbore of a well includes a pump positioned within a substantially horizontal portion of the wellbore. A first tubing string is operatively connected between the pump and a surface of the well for removing liquid from the wellbore that is pumped by the pump. A second tubing string may also be operatively connected to the pump and extends downhole of the pump. Either or both of the first and second tubing string includes a longitudinal axis that is offset from an axis of rotation about which the second tubing string is capable of being rotated. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090090512 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING A CABLE DOWNHOLE IN A WELL - A system for delivering a cable through a tubing string to a downhole location in a well, includes a plug and a receiver. The plug includes a first connector configured to be operably connected to the cable and further includes a plug housing adapted to fit within the tubing string. A check valve operably associated with a passage in the plug housing restricts fluid flow through the passage in a downhole direction and allows fluid flow through the passage in an uphole direction. The receiver is configured to be positioned at the downhole location and includes a receiver housing and a second connector configured to be operably connected to a downhole device. The second connector is adapted to communicate with the first connector when the receiver and plug housings are engaged. | 2009-04-09 |
