| 15th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 8 |
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| 20100089496 | ROUTER AND ROUTER ACCESSORY - A router accessory for attachment to the router base allows a plunging router to cut a mortice in a workpiece. The baseplate accessory has a central aperture for the bit and width dividing fingers projecting from the base capable of straddling the workpiece and upon rotation to abut the sides of the workpiece and aim the bit half way between the workpiece sides. A router modified with a built-in baseplate with this capability is described. A dedicated router with the same feature which allows deep plunging such as for mortice locks is described. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089497 | Router Dust Collection Assembly - A dust collector is provided for use with a router that is mounted to the underside of a router table. The device serves as a means for collecting dust from both upper and lower surfaces of a cutting tool. The dust collector includes a flexible cup attachable to the underside of the router table, a vacuum hose opening on the cup connectable to a workshop vacuum hose and reducer fitting in combination are attachable to a router table fence and to one of two small openings of a “T” connector fitting on the other end, a vacuum hose attachable to the vacuum hose opening of the cup on one end and attachable to the other of two small openings of the “T” connector on the other end, a larger opening on the “T” connector connectable to a vacuum hose of a workshop vacuum, which in combination. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089498 | Lead-Free Jointing Material and Method of Producing the Same - The present invention provides a high-temperature lead-free solder alloy which has no variation in strength of the soldered portion and has an excellent balance between strength and soldering properties, and a method for producing the alloy. The present invention relates to a lead-free jointing material made of an alloy of two elements A and B selected from elements other than Pb, wherein the element A has a melting point higher than a melting point of the element B, wherein the alloy is an alloy which has a room-temperature stable phase composed of the element B and a room-temperature stable phase A | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089499 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING METAL COATED WITH CERAMIC - A metal coated with ceramic and a method manufacturing the same. The metal contains chromium. A buffer layer is disposed on the metal, and a silicon carbide (SiC) coating layer is disposed on the buffer layer. The buffer layer has a thermal expansion coefficient between those of the metal and the SiC coating layer. The method includes annealing a metal containing chromium to form a chromium oxide layer on the metal, dissolving polycarbosilane (PCS) in a solvent to form a PCS coating solution, coating the chromium oxide layer with the PCS solution, and annealing the to form an SiC coating. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089500 | METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF PRECISION CASTINGS BY CENTRIFUGAL CASTING - The invention concerns a production of precision castings by centrifugal casting, comprising the following steps: a) providing in a crucible ( | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089501 | Martensitic Creep Resistant Steel Strengthened by Z-Phase - The present invention relates to steel alloys having a martensitic or martensitic-ferritic structure and comprising Z-phase (CrXN) particles, where X is one or more of the elements V, Nb, Ta, and where the Z-phase particles have an average size of less than 400 nm. The alloy comprises by wt % the following components: 9 to 15% Cr, 0.01-0.20% N, C in an amount less than 0.1%, one or more of: 0.01-0.5% V, 0.01-1% Nb, 0.01-2% Ta, and a balance being substantially iron and inevitable impurities. The invention further relates to a method of manufacturing such a steel alloy, a component comprising such a steel alloy, and to the use of such a steel alloy for high temperature components. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089502 | Al-Cu ALLOY PRODUCT SUITABLE FOR AEROSPACE APPLICATION - The invention relates to an age-hardenable aluminium alloy product for structural members having a chemical composition including, in wt. %: Cu about 3.6 to 6.0%, Mg about 0.15 to 1.2%, Ge about 0.15 to 1.1%, Si about 0.1 to 0.8%, Fe<0.25%, balance aluminium and normal and/or inevitable elements and impurities. Zn, Ag and/or Ni may or may not be present. A typical range for Zn is <0.3 or, in a further embodiment about 0.3 to 1.3%. A typical range for Ag is <0.1 or, in a further embodiment about 0.1 to 1.0%. Products made from this aluminium alloy product are very suitable for aerospace applications. The alloy can be processed to various product forms, e.g. sheet, thin plate, thick plate, extruded or forged products. Products made from this alloy can be used also as a cast product, ideally as die-cast product. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089503 | ALUMINUM ALLOY FORGINGS AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - There are provided an aluminum alloy forging having high strength, toughness, and resistance to corrosion in response to the thinning of automotive underbody parts, and a process for production thereof. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089504 | PRECIPITATION-HARDENED, MARTENSITIC, CAST STAINLESS STEEL HAVING EXCELLENT MACHINABILITY AND ITS PRODUCTION METHOD - Precipitation-hardened, martensitic, cast stainless steel having a composition comprising, by mass, 0.08-0.18% of C, 1.5% or less of Si, 2.0% or less of Mn, 0.005-0.4% of S, 13.5-16.5% of Cr, 3.0-5.5% of Ni, 0.5-2.8% of Cu, 1.0-2.0% of Nb, and 0.12% or less of N, the amounts of C, N and Nb meeting the condition of −0.2≦9(C %+0.86N %)−Nb %≦1.0, the rest being Fe and inevitable impurities, and having a structure in which Cu precipitates having an average particle size of 0.1-0.4 μm are dispersed in a tempered-martensite-based matrix. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089505 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HOT-ROLLED SHEET HAVING FINE-GRAINED FERRITE, AND HOT-ROLLED SHEET - The present invention provides a method for manufacturing the hot-rolled sheet, which includes: a step A including a first rolling in which a steel sheet containing 0.04-0.20% C, 0.01-2.0% Si, 0.5-3.0% Mn by mass, and the reminder being Fe and inevitable impurities, is rolled by successive multi-pass rolling at a total rolling reduction of 80% or more while keeping the steel sheet at temperatures not lower than the para-equilibrium transformation temperature Ae3; a step B including a second rolling in which a single-pass rolling is carried out at a rolling reduction of 30-55% when an entry side temperature is not lower than the para-equilibrium transformation temperature Ae3; a step C including a third rolling in which a single-pass rolling is carried out at a rolling reduction of 35-70% when an entry side temperature is set within a predetermined range; and a step D in which within 0.2 seconds after the third rolling, the rolled sheet is cooled at a cooling rate of 600 degree C./sec or higher to a temperature not higher than {(the para-equilibrium transformation temperature Ae3)−130 degree C.}, in the step C, the third rolling being carried out: within 0.6 seconds after the second rolling when the predetermined temperature range is {(the para-equilibrium transformation temperature Ae3)−60 degree C.} or more and below {(the para-equilibrium transformation temperature Ae3)−30 degree C.}; within 0.5 seconds after the second rolling when the predetermined temperature range is {(the para-equilibrium transformation temperature Ae3)−30 degree C.} or more and below {(the para-equilibrium transformation temperature Ae3)−5 degree C.}; and within 0.3 seconds after the second rolling when the predetermined temperature range is {(the para-equilibrium transformation temperature Ae3)−5 degree C.} or more and below {(the para-equilibrium transformation temperature Ae3)+20 degree C.}. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089506 | Aluminum Alloy of the AlZnMg Type and Method of Producing It - An aluminum alloy of the AlZnMg type, which is suitable for producing low-stress, high-strength aluminum input materials, and to a method for producing such aluminum input materials. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089507 | THERMITE TORCH FORMULATION INCLUDING MOLYBDENUM TRIOXIDE - A thermite torch formulation that includes a metal fuel in the form of a magnalium alloy and an oxidizer in the form of MoO | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089508 | ARMORED TIRE AND WHEEL ASSEMBLY - An armored tire and wheel assembly includes a wheel; a tire mounted on the wheel; a first annular support rail disposed on one side of the tire, the first annular support rail comprising a plurality of rail elements each pivotally connected to the adjacent rail elements; and a second annular support rail disposed on the other side of the tire, the second annular support rail comprising a plurality of rail elements each pivotally connected to the adjacent rail elements. There are a plurality of pads or shoes, each pad extending across the surface of the tire and secured adjacent one end to a rail element of the first annular support rail and adjacent the other end to a rail element of the second annular support rail. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089509 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - The present invention provides a pneumatic tire which suppresses pattern noise and uneven wear, with improving both drainage properties and driving stability at the same time. The pneumatic tire, having in each half-section obtained by dividing a tread portion | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089510 | Barrel formed bolt for repairing flat tire - The flat tire repair kit at present on the market contains band rubbers, a tube of super glue and a needle. It is very troublesome to repair a flat tire because the flat tire has to be removed from wheel before it can be repaired by the repair kit on market. Besides it is very hard to insert the band rubbers into nail hole with needle. The present invented barrel formed screw or barrel formed nail can repair flat tire while it is still on wheel. After applying super glue to the present invented barrel formed screw or barrel formed nail user can screw or hammer it into nail hole on flat tire while it is still on wheel. The form of barrel formed screw or barrel formed nail prevents it from coming loose. The submitted picture demonstrates only one of the possible drive design, which is a cross-shape. Barrel formed screw or barrel formed nail can be used temporarily to repair a flat tire before the nail hole can be repaired by a machinist at auto body shop. The barrel shaped screw or barrel shaped nail can stay permanently on tire if air leakage of tire does not reoccur. The present invented barrel formed screw or barrel formed nail comes in a kit which contains a barrel formed screw or a barrel formed nail, a tube of super glue and a screw driver. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089511 | PNEUMATIC TIRE FOR MOTORCYCLE - The present invention provides a pneumatic tire for a motorcycle, in which stability in running straight at a relatively high speed and gripping properties in cornering are improved in a compatible manner. The pneumatic tire for a motorcycle includes slant belt layers | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089512 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING AND STORING A SEMI-FINISHED PRODUCT MADE OF ELASTOMERIC MATERIAL - A process for producing tyres for vehicle wheels includes the following steps: manufacturing a green tyre including at least one element made of crosslinkable elastomeric material, the element being obtained by unwinding a semi-finished product in strip form from a storage reel and then coiling the product onto a building drum; moulding the green tyre in a moulding cavity defined in a vulcanizing mould; crosslinking the elastomeric material by heating the tyre to a given temperature for a given time; wherein the element made of crosslinkable elastomeric material includes at least one copolymer of at least one ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof with at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer containing at least one polyoxyalkylene side chain. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089513 | PNEUMATIC RADIAL TIRE FOR HEAVY LOADS - There is provide a pneumatic radial tire for heavy loads capable of more effectively preventing a breakdown due to separation of a rubber chafer in an area corresponding to a bead heal portion than before. A pneumatic radial tire | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089514 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - To provide a pneumatic tire in which attainment of durability of a reinforcing layer and improvement of stability of a vehicle are both achieved while restraining degradation of ride comfort and, more specifically, to provide a heavy loading pneumatic tire suitably used in a construction vehicle or the like. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089515 | SELF-WRAPPING TEXTILE SLEEVE WITH PROTECTIVE COATING AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION THEREOF - A self-wrapping, textile sleeve for routing and protecting elongate members from exposure to abrasion, thermal and other environmental conditions and method on construction thereof. The sleeve has an elongate wall constructed from interlaced yarns having interstices between adjacent yarns. At least one of the yarns is heat formed at one temperature to form the wall as a self-wrapping wall curling about a longitudinal axis of the sleeve. The wall has an inner surface providing a generally tubular cavity in which the elongate members are received. The wall also has an outer surface with a cured layer thereon. The cured layer is cured at the one temperature at which the yarns are heat formed into their self-wrapping configuration, wherein the cured layer fills the interstices between adjunct yarns to form an impervious layer on the wall. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089516 | METHOD OF PRESERVATION OF THIN SECTION SPECIMEN - The present invention intends to mount and preserve a thin section prepared from a freeze-embedded sample using an adhesive plastic film as a support for the thin section, in a state of being attached to the adhesive plastic film, as a permanent specimen that can be observed on an optical microscope, after staining the thin section in a state of being attached to the adhesive plastic film. For this purpose, using an adhesive plastic film having a strong adhesion even at a lower temperature (e.g., −25° C.), a thin section that is kept in its shape is prepared. Subsequently, the thin section is stained while being attached to the adhesive plastic film. After that, the thin section is permeated with a water-soluble resin that can be polymerized upon irradiation with light or heating. The thin section is closely attached to a glass plate having the same resin coated thereon, and is then irradiated with light or heated, thereby causing polymerization of the water-soluble resin. Thus, the thin section can be mounted and preserved between the adhesive plastic film and the glass plate as a permanent specimen. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089517 | EQUIPMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING STEEL-PLASTIC COMPOSITE PIPE - The present invention refers to a process and an apparatus for combination of steel tubes or pipes with plastic linings, in which steam is used as heat carrier to heat the steel tubes or pipes lined with linings. The apparatus comprises a multifunctional combining chamber, a multifunctional carriage for conveying tubes or pipes, an arrangement for steam circulating, which continuously supplies re-usable steam, a cooling and shaping arrangement and a controlling device. The steam circulating system comprises a furnace for re-heating the steam and means for supplying supplementing steam. The percentage of passing the qualification control is increased up to 99.9% by embodiment of the method and/or apparatus according to the present invention, while it is only 97% by a conventional apparatus, and the production capacity is increased by 15%. Thanks to the recovery and re-use of the steam in a circulating system, it will use only three tons of steam if the daily production is forty tons in a production line, and 405 RMB will be saved in a day. Thanks to the recovery and re-use of water in a circulating system, the water consumption for producing a ton steel and plastic combined tubes or pipes will be reduced by 8%. That means a remarkable economic and environmental value. The present invention will decrease the labor intensity of the workers and the cost that refers to the work time by 5%. The total cost for a ton tubes or pipes will be reduced by 10 RMB. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089518 | Method for Producing a Ceramic Filter Body - The invention concerns a method for producing a ceramic filter body ( | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089519 | ASSEMBLY FOR AND METHOD OF MAKING A TYRE COMPONENT | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089520 | BLADDER, AN APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR SHAPING AND CURING A TIRE - A method, a bladder and an apparatus for shaping and curing a tire, wherein the bladder has two weakened regions corresponding to the shoulder regions of the tire when the bladder is expanded in the cavity of the tire. Upon inflation of the bladder and its expansion in the tire, the bladder contacts first the inner surface of the cavity at the bead regions and progressively the sidewalls, the shoulders and then the center of the tire. The weakened regions are designed to stretch more under a given tension than the remaining regions in order to allow a progressive contact movement of the lateral regions of the bladder with the sidewalls with very little tension and relative movement between the lateral regions of the bladder and the sidewalls of the tire. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089521 | METHOD OF MAKING REINFORCED FLEXIBLE HOSE WITH LEAKAGE INDICATOR - A reinforced flexible hose that has at least one layer of stainless steel threads braided about the outer surface of the inner core and a transparent flexible polymeric covering located over the braided stainless steel threads, thereby protecting them from abrasion and corrosion. The covering is not in intimate contact with the circumference of each thread thereby trapping pockets of air between the covering and the threads. A moisture sensitive compound is dispersed through the stainless steel threads under the transparent covering. When the compound becomes wet, it changes from a first color to a second color indicating that the hose has failed. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089522 | PUNCTURE AND ABRASION RESISTANT, AIR AND WATER IMPERVIOUS LAMINATED FABRIC - A puncture and abrasion resistant, air and water impervious laminated fabric is provided. The laminated fabric includes a woven fabric base layer having warp and weft yarns, with at least 50 percent of the fibers in the warp yarns being formed of high performance material. A first thermoplastic film is bonded by heat and pressure to at least one of the sides of the fabric base layer. The first thermoplastic film is formed of ethylene vinyl acetate. A second thermoplastic film is bonded by heat and pressure to the first thermoplastic film on at least one of sides of the fabric. The second thermoplastic film is formed from either high density polyethylene or low density polyethylene. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089523 | OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM AND MANUFACTRUING METHOD THEREOF - A method of manufacturing a multilayered recording medium. A transmissive stamper with a depression protrusion contour contacts a protection layer on a supporting base. The transmissive stamper is then irradiated with ultraviolet rays to cure the protection layer and the transmissive stamper is subsequently removed. A recording layer is deposited on the cured protection layer. Further, another recording layer is deposited on the transmissive stamper. Next, an intermediate layer is formed on the recording layer deposited on the transmissive stamper and thereafter, the intermediate layer is attached to the recording layer on the cured protection layer. Then, the transmissive stamper is irradiated with ultraviolet rays to cure the intermediate layer. Thereafter, the supporting base is removed from the protection layer. These steps produce a multilayered optical recording medium. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089524 | ACTUATOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PLANAR ELECTRODE SUPPORT FOR ACTUATOR - An actuator as a drive source of robots and the like is usable for housekeeping assistance, job assistance, and nursing help. The drive source itself is small, light, flexible, and safe. A manufacturing method for a planar electrode support therefor is also described. The actuator has an electrolyte layer in contact with a conductive polymer layer disposed in between a first electrode having the conductive polymer layer attached thereto and opposite second electrode, for deforming the conductive polymer layer by application of electric fields to the electrodes. The first electrode has low rigidity in a longitudinal direction of the conductive polymer layer to facilitate expansion and contraction thereof. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089525 | Heat Transfer Methods and Sheets For Applying an Image To A Colored Substrate - A method of forming an opaque image on a substrate is generally provided. The method generally includes the use of three papers: a toner printable sheet, a coating transfer sheet, and an opaque transfer sheet. Toner printing can be utilized to print an image on the toner printable sheet, and then the toner ink can be utilized to remove a portion of a melt coating layer from the coating transfer sheet to form an intermediate imaged coated transfer sheet. This intermediate intermediate imaged coated transfer sheet and the opaque transfer sheet can then be utilized to form an image, defined by the opaque areas, on a substrate. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089526 | IMAGE DISPLAYING MEDIUM WITH METALLIC IMAGE AND THERMAL TRANSFER SHEET - The present invention provides an image displaying medium with a metallic image, which comprises a metallic image formed on a transfer receiving material with a color image formed thereon, wherein the metallic image is formed by using a thermal transfer sheet in which at least a resinous peelable layer and a metal thin layer are provided on one surface of a substrate film in this order, the resinous peelable layer comprising a pigment and a thermoplastic resin having a glass transition temperature of 60° C. or higher and the metal thin layer comprising a composition containing an aluminum pigment prepared by forming an aluminum film by deposition on a carrier sheet with a releasing layer provided thereon, and peeling the aluminum film from the carrier sheet to finely divide it, and a binder of a thermoplastic resin having a glass transition temperature of 50 to 150° C., and the 60°, 45°, 20° specular reflection of the image surface on which the metallic image is formed is 100% or greater, and a brightness (L*value) is 20 or greater. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089527 | METHOD OF PREPARING A SYNTHETIC RESINOUS ARTICLE ON WHICH NATURAL WOOD-BASED PANELS ARE FORMED - Disclosed is a method of preparing a synthetic resinous article on which natural wood-based panels are formed, comprising: preparing a thin panel from a natural timber and attaching a detachable double-sided adhesive tape to outer sides thereof, thereby preventing and stabilizing the natural wood-based panel from being divided or fractured along wood grains; making a micro-hole or embossed groove on the surface of the thin panel to form a bonding surface; and then bonding a thermoplastic synthetic resin to the wood-based panel to be united each other, such that the natural wood-based panels can be attached to the surface of the article to be intended to obtain. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089528 | Urology Catheter - A urology catheter is provided that includes an elongated body extending from a proximal end to a distal end. The body defines at least one lumen. A tip has a proximal end that is disposed in abutting relation with the distal end of the body such that the body is fixed with the tip. The tip defines a lateral opening that is defined by a wall including an external radius disposed in transition with an outer surface of the tip and an internal radius disposed in transition with an inner surface of the tip. The external radius has a non-perpendicular profile with the outer surface of the tip. An expandable member has a proximal portion disposed about the body and a distal portion disposed about the tip. A method of manufacturing the urology catheter is provided. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089529 | MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES AND PRODUCTION METHODS THEREFOR - A method of producing a microfluidic device having at least one flow path may include providing a base substrate with a first surface and a top substrate with a second surface, hydrophilically treating at least one of the first and the second surfaces to provide a surface layer with a higher surface tension than the surface tension prior to the hydrophilic treatment, partly or totally removing the surface layer with a higher surface tension in a selected pattern of the hydrophilically treated first and/or second surfaces, to thereby provide the selected pattern with a lower surface tension than prior to the partly or totally removal of the surface layer with a higher surface tension in said selected pattern of the hydrophilic treated first and/or second surfaces, and joining said base substrate and top substrate to each other to provide a flow path between said first and second surfaces. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089530 | METHODS OF FORMING FLUID BARRIERS OVER POWDER METAL PARTS AND INCREASING WEAR RESISTANCE THEREOF - A method of forming a fluid barrier over a powder metal part. The method includes providing a molded powder metal part and applying a fluid impenetrable material to a designated portion of the molded powder metal part to form a molded powder metal complex. Thereafter, the method includes sintering the molded powder metal complex to where the fluid impenetrable material and the designated portion of the molded powder metal part at least partially integrate. Further, the method includes cooling the molded powder metal complex such that the fluid impenetrable material forms a fluid barrier over the designated portion of the molded powder metal part. The method may further include anodizing the fluid impenetrable material at least partially integrated with the designated portion of the molded powder metal part and forming the fluid barrier over the designated portion so as to increase wear resistance thereof. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089531 | VACUUM PROCESSING APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a vacuum processing apparatus for performing a desired process for a substrate after establishing a vacuum atmosphere therein. More particularly, the vacuum processing apparatus includes a vacuum chamber, which is divided into a chamber body and an upper cover. The upper cover is configured to be easily opened away from and closed to the chamber body. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089532 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING ACCURATE END POINT DETECTION - A plasma processing apparatus for generating a plasma of a processing gas by applying a high frequency power to an electrode provided in a processing chamber and processing a substrate using the plasma is provided. The plasma processing apparatus includes an optical data detection unit, a data storage unit and a control unit. The optical data detection unit detects optical data when plasma processing the substrate. The data storage unit stores correlation data representing a correlation between type data corresponding to a plurality of types classified based on a type of a mask or a film to be processed disposed on the substrate and optical data to be detected by the optical data detection unit, and end point detection setting data sets, each of the setting data sets serving to detect a plasma processing end point and corresponding to one of the types. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089533 | ASHING APPARATUS - Disclosed is an ashing apparatus wherein decrease in processing efficiency is suppressed. Specifically, a shower plate is arranged to face a substrate stage on which a substrate is placed, and diffuses oxygen radicals supplied into a chamber. A metal blocking plate is arranged between the shower plate and the substrate stage and has a through hole through which oxygen radicals pass. In addition, the metal blocking plate has a first layer, which is made of a metal same as the one exposed in the substrate, on the surface facing the substrate. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089534 | Planar Controlled Zone Microwave Plasma System - An apparatus and method for initiating a process gas plasma. A conductive plate having a plurality of conductive fingers is positioned in a microwave applicator. An arc forms between the conductive fingers to initiate the formation of a plasma. A transport mechanism may convey process materials through the plasma. A spray port may be provided to expel processed materials. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089535 | LABEL PEELING UNIT AND LABEL PRINTER - A label peeling unit having an installation body: a movable body movable while engaging with the installation body and stopping in a closed state or an open state in which the movable body is closed or open relative to the installation body; a label peeling body installed on the movable body and allowing backing paper of a continuous label body, which is conveyed by the paper sheet conveyance device, to be in contact with the label peeling body to bend the backing paper for peeling a part of a label off the backing paper; and a backing paper conveyance roller rotatably installed on the movable body and rotating while being in contact with a platen roller of the paper sheet conveyance device with the backing paper in between to thereby convey the backing paper and discharge it to the outside. The label peeling unit facilitates loading of paper sheets. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089536 | Labeling Device - A labeling device includes a conveyor belt for taking up a row of labels, and two label dispensers, each for dispensing labels from a dispensing sheet over a dispensing edge onto the conveyor belt. The label dispensers are disposed one behind the other, the dispensing edge of a rear one of the dispensers being shifted, so that the dispensing edges of the two label dispensers are one above the other. The conveyor belt is guided over a belt deflector for changing the course of the belt between two positions as to the dispensing edges, the belt deflector including a tilting lever, over which the conveyor belt is deflected and which can be swiveled between two positions. The conveyor belt is in a first position for taking up labels at the first dispensing edge and in a second position, for taking up labels at the second dispensing edge. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089537 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REMOVING A PEELABLE SEAL - A container or array of containers that is are sealed with a peelable seal is transported via a conveyor along a processing path toward a desealing station at which an adhesive surface having a width substantially the same as or greater than the width of the seal is pressed against the upper surface of the peelable seal. A collection rod applies a downward pressure on the adhesive surface, pressing it against the seal and keeping the container or container array in position on the conveyor as the plate moves with the conveyor. As the leading edge of the seal passes the collection rod, the adhesive surface is rolled upward, away from the plane of the seal, pulling up on the leading edge of the seal to separate it from the container or container array while the container or container array is held down by the roller. The removed seal is then discarded. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089538 | Operating head for removing and fitting wheel tires for vehicles - An operating head for removing and fitting wheel tires for vehicles includes a support arrangement associable with an arm of a tire-changing machine, a removal tool having a substantially hook-shaped free extremity, associated with the support arrangement and moving between a fastening-on position of a section of the bead of a tire of a wheel fixed on the tire-changing machine and a position of extraction of the bead section from the rim of the wheel, and at least an actuator device supported by the support arrangement and associated with the tool, in which the actuator device is suitable for moving the tool between the fastening-on position and the extraction position. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089539 | Cord lock - A cord lock for a Venetian blind or a shade disclosed has a housing having two parallel sidewalls, an end wall, a downwardly facing surface of the ramp members is formed with a plurality of transverse ribs; an opening is formed by the sidewalls, the end wall and the downwardly facing surface of the ramp members; a separator extends between the end wall and the ramp members; a pulley roller is rotatably mounted on a shaft supported in the sidewalls; a cylindrical floating roller formed on its peripheral surface with a plurality of ribs extending in a direction parallel to own axis; a top of the opening through which lift cords may pass freely to the pulley roller and then through the opening and then through different sides of the separator and then be completed as free hanging ends of pull cords; pushing means placed on the housing and having a mechanical contact with the pull cords on spots facing to the end wall and pushing the pull cords towards the cylindrical floating roller permanently. The pushing means will secure the immediate locking of the cords if the pull cords were accidentally released or dropped. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089540 | Tissue products containing softness - A composition for cellulostic fibers containing amino silicone to impart improved hand feel. The composition may be included in a lotion applied to tissue paper and may include a hydrophilic softener. A carrier for trace substances, fragrances, vitamin E, aloes and colouring agents may also be used. Such carrier may comprise microcapsules. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089541 | MANUFACTURE OF FILLED PAPER - A process of making filled paper comprising the steps of providing a thick stock cellulosic suspension that contains mechanical pulp and filler, diluting the thick stock suspension to form a thin stock suspension, in which the filler is present in the thin stock suspension in an amount of at least 10% by weight based on dry weight of thin stock suspension, flocculating the thick stock suspension and/or the thin stock using a polymeric retention/drainage system, draining the thin stock suspension on a screen to form a sheet and then drying the sheet, in which the polymeric retention/drainage system comprises, i) a water-soluble branched anionic polymer and ii) a water-soluble cationic or amphoteric polymer. The process is particularly suitable for making filled mechanical grade paper, such as SC grade paper. The process enables the separation of retention and drainage parameters, especially useful for fast draining paper machines, such as Gapformers. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089542 | ALDEHYDE-FUNCTIONALIZED POLYMERS - A composition for enhancing the dewatering of a paper sheet on a paper machine and a method for using the composition is disclosed. The composition comprising one or more aldehyde-functionalized polymers comprising amino or amido groups wherein at least about 15 mole percent of the amino or amido groups are functionalized by reacting with one or more aldehydes and wherein the aldehyde functionalized polymers have a molecular weight of at least about 100,000. The method comprising adding the composition to the paper machine at a dosage of about 0.05 lb/ton to about 15 lb/ton, based on dry fiber. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089543 | PAPERMAKING BELT - A papermaking belt | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089544 | MOLD FOR FORMING CAST RODS, CASTING APPARATUS, AND PRODUCTION METHOD OF CAST RODS - Disclosed is a mold | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089545 | Method for making flaskless upper and lower molds, an apparatus therefor, and a method for placing a core - The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method to efficiently make flaskless upper and lower molds, to efficiently spray a release agent in a closed space, and to promptly place a core. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089546 | VEHICLE HEAT EXCHANGERS HAVING SHIELDING CHANNELS - A shielded heat exchanger and method of use in a vehicle is disclosed. The shielded heat exchanger may comprise a pair of spaced apart headers configured to contain a fluid flowing through the shielded heat exchanger, and a shielded tube. The shielded tube extends between the pair of headers and has a front edge. The shielded tube includes a flowing channel that operatively engages the headers for fluid flow through the flowing channel between the headers and a shielding channel extending parallel to the flowing channel between the headers along the front edge of the shielding tube, with the shielding channel configured to prevent flow of the fluid from the headers into the shielding channel. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089547 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TEMPERATURE CONTROL OF MULTI-BATTERY SYSTEMS - An system includes a first battery having a first desired operating temperature range between a first lower threshold temperature and a first upper threshold temperature and a second battery having a second desired operating temperature range between a second lower threshold temperature and a second upper threshold temperature. The system further includes a temperature control system coupled to the first and second batteries and configured to convey heat energy from the first battery to the second battery when the temperature of the second battery is less than the second lower threshold temperature to increase the temperature of the second battery toward the second desired operating temperature range and to convey heat energy away from the second battery when the temperature of the second battery is greater than the second upper threshold temperature to decrease the temperature of the second battery toward the second desired operating temperature range. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089548 | HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger, particularly a charge air heat exchanger or exhaust gas heat exchanger, is provided for the heat exchange between a first fluid, particularly a charge air, or an exhaust gas, and a second fluid, particularly a coolant, comprising the following: heat exchanging guides for the first and second fluids, the guides being separated from each other in the core, the core having a plurality of flow channels through which the first fluid flows, and a housing that receives the flow channels and through which the second fluid flows at least one compartment lid, which is flow-connected to the flow channels, and a base that is attached to the compartment lid and that is equipped with one or more passage openings for flow channels. In order to achieve an advantageous connection of the compartment lid to the base, particularly in case the compartment lid and the base are made of different materials, the invention provides that the compartment lid is attached to the base via one or more connections as a bolted connection and/or a slotted crimping. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089549 | EXHAUST DEVICE - An exhaust device applied to an electronic device is described. Memory deformable elements of the exhaust device are heated to shrink, and meanwhile, guide vanes located on an air outlet are driven to rotate and swing back and forth between a left outlet position and a right outlet position, such that the exhaust device reciprocatively changes an outlet position without requiring any external power. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089550 | Process And Apparatus For Transferring Heat From A First Medium To A Second Medium - A process of transferring heat from a first relatively cold medium to a second relatively hot medium features rotating a contained amount of a compressible fluid about an axis of rotation, thus generating a radial temperature gradient in the fluid, and heating the second medium by the fluid in a section of the fluid relatively far from the axis of rotation. An apparatus for carrying out the process includes a gastight drum rotatably mounted in a frame, and a first heat exchanger mounted inside the drum relatively far from the axis of rotation of the drum. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089551 | AMINOPLASTIC-BASED, LIQUID-IMPREGNATED FOAMED PLASTIC PART AND USES THEREOF - A liquid-impregnated shaped foam article consisting of | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089552 | HEAT ENERGY RECOVERY SYSTEM - A heat energy recovery system recovers heat energy from a fluid having a first temperature flowing through a conduit. The conduit includes a manifold chamber through which the fluid flows. A manifold conduit is located within the manifold chamber and contains a fluid heat storage material at a second temperature lower than the first temperature. A storage assembly has a chamber enclosed therein and fluidly coupled with the manifold conduit for storing the fluid heat storage material. The heat energy can be transferred from the fluid having the first temperature to the fluid heat storage material having the second temperature. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089553 | Heat absorbing or dissipating device with multi-pipe reversely transported temperature difference fluids - The present invention discloses that the thermal conductive fluids in temperature difference are reversely transported by the first fluid piping and second fluid piping in parallel or quasi-parallel arrangement on the same end side to produce heat absorbing or dissipating function onto the passively heat dissipation or absorption receiving article or space thereby forming a more uniform temperature distribution status on the heat absorbing or dissipating body ( | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089554 | Drum-based vapor chamber with an insertable wick system - A vapor chamber with an insertable wick system comprises two Coverskins and a Frame, where the insertable wick system provides at least a portion of a condensate flow path from the condensing surface to an evaporation region. The Coverskins are joined to the frame to form a “drum” enclosure whereby, similar to membranes on a drum, the two Coverskins resist deformation mainly through tensile forces along the plane of the skins, and thus much thinner materials could be used. The frame operates similar to the cylindrical body of a drum in providing the necessary bending resistance so as to keep the Coverskins in a state of relative tension when it is subject to external loading. The net result of this arrangement is that each component would largely be responsible for only one type of force (i.e., tension or bending), and thus a state of maximum efficiency could be achieved. Consequently, the strength of the Coverskins (to resist collapse) is less dependent on its thickness, and a state of minimum thickness is achieved. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089555 | LIQUID-COOLING TYPE THERMAL MODULE - A liquid-cooling type thermal module includes a liquid cooling unit and at least one heat pipe. The heat pipe has a heat-absorbing end and a heat-dissipating end. The heat-absorbing end is connected to at least one heat-producing element. The heat-producing element is located inside a system while the liquid cooling unit is located outside the system. The heat pipe connects the heat-producing element to the liquid cooling unit. Heat produced by the heat-producing element is absorbed by the heat-absorbing end and transferred to the remote liquid cooling unit via the heat-dissipating end to be dissipated. With the heat pipe being used as a medium for conducting heat, the problem of fluid leak can be eliminated, and the heat produced by the heat-producing element can be effectively carried away from the system without stagnating around the heat-producing element, enabling the thermal module to provide excellent heat dissipating effect. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089556 | Heat absorbing or dissipating device with multi-pipe reversely transported temperature difference fluids - The present invention relates to the thermal conductive fluids in temperature difference reversely transported by the first fluid piping and second fluid piping in parallel or quasi-parallel arrangement on the same end side to produce heat absorbing or dissipating function onto the passively heat dissipation or absorption receiving article or space thereby forming a more uniform temperature distribution status on the heat absorbing or dissipating body ( | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089557 | FINNED TUBE HEAT EXCHANGER - A finned tube heat exchanger includes a plurality heat-transfer fins and a plurality of heat-transfer tubes. The heat-transfer fins are disposed along an airflow direction. The plurality of heat-transfer tubes are inserted into the heat-transfer fins and arranged in a direction substantially orthogonal to the airflow direction. Each of the heat transfer fins includes a plurality of sets of cut-and-raised parts with each set being straightly aligned from the upstream side toward the downstream side. At least one set of cut-and-raised parts is connected by a straight line sloped relative to the airflow direction. Each of the heat transfer fins includes a plurality of concavities with each concavity formed on a periphery of one of the heat-transfer tubes at least partially below a horizontal plane that passes through a center axis of the heat-transfer tubes and lies on an upper surface of the heat transfer fin having the concavity formed therein. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089558 | Total Heat Exchanging Element and Total Heat Exchanger - A total heat exchanging element | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089559 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING DISTRIBUTION OF FLUID IN A HEAT EXCHANGER - A mini-channel heat exchanger or a micro-channel heat exchanger includes an insert ( | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089560 | HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger assembled from multiple heat exchanging tubes. Each of the multiple heat exchanging tubes is formed as a flattened tube of 0.5 mm in thickness by press work or bending work of a stainless steel plate member having a thickness of 0.1 mm. Each of the multiple heat exchanging tubes is structured to have multiple lines of sequential wave crests and multiple lines of sequential wave troughs formed on each of flattened faces of the heat exchanging tube. The multiple lines of the sequential wave crests and the multiple lines of the sequential wave troughs are arranged to have a preset angle γ relative to a main stream of an air flow. The lines of the sequential wave crests and the lines of the sequential wave troughs are symmetrically folded back about folding lines arranged at a preset interval W along the main stream of the air flow. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089561 | PIPE JOINT BLOCK FOR FLUID TRANSFER - A connection block employs a support block with two parallel through holes that pass through parallel first and second flat block surfaces. First and second insert pipes have elongate portions and flanges. The elongate portions press-fit into the connection block and the flanges, not at pipe ends, abut against the first flat surface of the connection block when the pipes are installed. Upon installation, the ends the elongate portions of the pipes are formed into a flange by flattening the end against the second connection block surface. The junctures of the elongate portions and the first flanges form a flange radius that contacts a radius of the support block when the pipes are installed into the block. The elongate portions residing within the first and second through holes make a full contact fit against the inside diameters of the through holes. The flanges are perpendicular to the elongate portions. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089562 | HEAT EXCHANGER - The heat exchanger includes heat transfer tubes | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089563 | VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONING IMPROVEMENT - The present device is a temperature regulation system for a vehicle turned on or off. The temperature regulation system includes a rechargeable battery for supplying power to an air moving system and a heat exchanger in accordance with demand signals from the thermostat, independent of the on/off state of the ignition system. In one embodiment, a DC motor is electrically connected to the rechargeable battery and rotationally coupled to a variable-speed compressor replacing the existing compressor of the vehicle, improving efficiency and extending the use of the rechargeable battery. The temperature regulation system may be used to heat or to cool the vehicle when the temperature of the air in the vehicle exceeds a certain threshold. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089564 | AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC CAR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM - An air-conditioning system of an electric car has an air-conditioning unit which is configured to perform air-conditioning in a passenger compartment by heater/cooler operation, a setting panel configured to set a target temperature of the passenger compartment, and a control unit which is connected to the air-conditioning unit and setting panel, and has different control of heater operation of the air-conditioning unit, wherein the control unit is configured to select controls of heater operation based on a vehicle speed v. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089565 | Shape Memory Polyurethane Foam for Downhole Sand Control Filtration Devices - Filtration devices may include a shape-memory material having a compressed run-in position or shape and an original expanded position or shape. The shape-memory material may include an open cell porous rigid polyurethane foam material held in the compressed run-in position at the temperature below glass transition temperature (T | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089566 | Consumable downhole tools - A downhole tool having a body or structural component comprises a material that is at least partially consumed when exposed to heat and a source of oxygen. The material may comprise a metal, such as magnesium, which is converted to magnesium oxide when exposed to heat and a source of oxygen. The downhole tool may further comprise a torch with a fuel load that produces the heat and source of oxygen when burned. The fuel load may comprise a flammable, non-explosive solid, such as thermite. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089567 | Measurement Device in a Horizontal Well - The invention relates to a logging probe ( | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089568 | DEWATERING APPARATUS - A submersible water pump and a dewatering system comprising the submersible pump. The submersible water pump includes a housing and an outer tube. The housing includes a housing dividing wall and a cylinder head having a bore therethrough through which the outer tube fits. The housing is in slidable engagement with the outer tube and the housing dividing wall. The dewatering system with the submersible pump is used to pump water from vertical coal bed methane wells. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089569 | SEPARATOR FOR DOWNHOLE MEASURING AND METHOD THEREFOR - A separator for downhole measuring during sampling in a subterranean formation. The separator allows for mixed fluid phases to be separated while flowing formation fluid therethrough. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089570 | METHOD FOR SIGNALLING A DOWNHOLE DEVICE IN A WELL - A method and apparatus for controlling the operation of a well which is not flowing or in which fluid is pumped or injected into the well utilising a downhole located pressure monitoring device which is operative to monitor a characteristic pressure profile of the well, and to respond and generate a triggering output when a significant deviation to the pressure profile is introduced into the well as a control signal to the monitoring device by comparing two separate pressure profiles within a certain time span, the device only generating a triggering output when the same pressure profile is monitored twice within the time span; and an actuator which is initiated into operation to control any required operation of the well when the monitoring device responds to the control signal and generates the triggering output. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089571 | Coiled Tubing Gamma Ray Detector - A downhole tool for use in coiled tubing well operations. The tool includes a gamma ray detector for determining well location information for an associated coiled tubing application. The well location information may relate to well depth and/or the locating and identifying of a particular side branch or lateral leg of the well. Additionally, the gamma ray detector may be utilized to monitor dynamic well conditions in real-time such as the flow of injected fluids or the effectiveness of clean out applications via the coiled tubing. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089572 | CASED BOREHOLE TOOL ORIENTATION MEASUREMENT - Methods and related systems are described for use for determining orientation of a measurement tool in a cased borehole. The measurement tool is deployed in a cased section of a borehole. The tool includes a volume containing a reference fluid having a first density, and a marker within the fluid having a different density. The position of the marker within volume containing the reference fluid is senses, and orientation information of the measurement tool is determined based at least in part on combining information relating to the position of the marker with prior recorded data representing orientation measurements made while the section of the borehole was not yet cased. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089573 | METHOD FOR RECOVERING HEAVY/VISCOUS OILS FROM A SUBTERRANEAN FORMATION - Disclosed are methods for improving the production of heavy/viscous crude oil from subterranean formations comprising secondary production through use of a displacement fluid (typically a waterflood) wherein the subterranean formation is subjected to cyclic periods of overinjection of the displacement fluid followed by underinjection of the displacement fluid, but keeping the overall cumulative voidage replacement ratio (VRR) within a defined range, typically targeted to be about 1. In some aspects, the initial production of such heavy/viscous crude oil is limited, if possible, followed this cyclic secondary production methodology. By keeping the initial production, VRR, and cumulative VRR in defined ranges, the expected ultimate recovery (EUR) can be optimized, and overall production increased for example by as much as 100% or more relative to conventional production methods. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089574 | Methods and Apparatus for Wellbore Enhancement - Methods for enhancing existing wells, such as increasing the diameter of an existing well by hydrothermal spallation are provided. Such methods may include providing a housing comprising a reaction chamber and a catalyst element held within the reaction chamber, providing at least one jet nozzle, contacting one or more unreacted fluids or solids with the catalyst element, wherein the unreacted fluid or solid is adapted to react with the catalyst element, thus generating a reacted fluid, and emitting the reacted fluid through the at least one nozzle, wherein the at least one nozzle may be directed to a production zone of an internal wall of the existing well. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089575 | In Situ Co-Development of Oil Shale With Mineral Recovery - A method of producing hydrocarbon fluids from a subsurface organic-rich rock formation, for example an oil shale formation, in which the oil shale formation contains water-soluble minerals, for example nahcolite, is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes the step of heating the organic-rich rock formation in situ. Optionally, this heating step may be performed prior to any substantial removal of water-soluble minerals from the organic-rich rock formation. In accordance with the method, the heating of the organic-rich rock formation both pyrolyzes at least a portion of the formation hydrocarbons, for example kerogen, to create hydrocarbon fluids, and converts at least a portion of the water-soluble minerals, for example, converts nahcolite to soda ash. Thereafter, the hydrocarbon fluids are produced from the formation. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089576 | Methods and Apparatus for Thermal Drilling - Methods and apparatus for spalling a geological formation, for example to thermally drill a wellhole, are provided. Such methods may include providing a housing comprising a reaction chamber and a catalyst element held within the reaction chamber, providing at least one jet nozzle, contacting one or more unreacted fluids or solids with the catalyst element, wherein the unreacted fluid or solid is adapted to react over the catalyst element, thus generating a reacted fluid, and emitting the reacted fluid through the at least one nozzle, wherein the at least one nozzle is directed to an excavation site within or on the geological rock formation, thereby creating spalls and/or a reacted rock region. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089577 | Methods and Apparatus for Thermal Drilling - Methods and apparatus for spalling a material, for example to thermally drill a wellhole, are provided. Such methods may include directing a fluid having a temperature greater than about 500° C. above the ambient temperature of the material and less than about the temperature of the brittle-ductile transition temperature of the material to a target location on the surface of the material, wherein the fluid produces a heat flux of about 0.1 to about 50 MW/m | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089578 | Prevention of Water Intrusion Into Particulates - Treatments and compounds useful in subterranean formations are discussed, with particular attention to those where particulates may be subject to water intrusion. Certain methods pertain to providing diffusion barriers for particulates. Of these, certain diffusion barriers may provide hydrophobic coatings to the particulates, certain diffusion barriers may provide fillers that may act to prevent water intrusion into surface features of particulates, and certain diffusion barriers may be initiated with diagenesis source material. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089579 | Additives to Suppress Silica Scale Build-Up - Treatments and compounds useful in subterranean formations are discussed, with particular attention to those where particulates and/or surfaces may be subject to silica scale build-up. Certain embodiments pertain to utilizing silica scale control additives with particulate packs. Of these, certain methods may treat particulate packs in a subterranean formation with silica scale control additives, certain methods may combine silica scale control additives with particulates prior to formation of a particulate pack, and certain compounds may provide the features of both silica scale control additives and particulates. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089580 | METHOD OF ENHANCING FRACTURE CONDUCTIVITY - The method disclosed herein includes the introduction of proppant-free stage and a proppant laden stage into the wellbore and/or subterranean formation. The method increases the effective fracture width and enhances fracture conductivity within the formation. Either the proppant-free stage or the proppant laden stage contains a breaker. The other stage contains a viscosifying polymer or viscoelastic surfactant to which the breaker has affinity. The proppant-free stage may be introduced prior to introduction of the proppant laden stage into the wellbore and/or formation. Alternatively, the proppant laden stage may be introduced into the wellbore and/or formation prior to introduction of the proppant-free stage. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089581 | Methods for treating a subterranean formation by introducing a treatment fluid containing a proppant and a swellable particulate and subsequently degrading the swellable particulate - A method is provided for treating at least a portion of a subterranean formation. The method includes the steps of: (a) introducing a treatment fluid into the subterranean formation, wherein the treatment fluid comprises a proppant and a swellable particulate; (b) swelling the swellable particulate, wherein the step of swelling is performed prior to, during, or after the step of introducing the treatment fluid; and (c) degrading the swellable particulate in the subterranean formation, wherein the step of degrading is performed after the steps of introducing and swelling. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089582 | Sorel cement compositions, amine phosphono retarders, and associated methods - A variety of methods and compositions are disclosed, including, in one embodiment, a method of cementing comprising introducing a cement composition into a subterranean formation, wherein the cement composition comprises a Sorel cement and an amine phosphono retarder; and allowing the cement composition to set. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089583 | EXTENDABLE CUTTING TOOLS FOR USE IN A WELLBORE - Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to extendable cutting tools for use in a wellbore. In one embodiment, a tool for use in a wellbore includes a tubular body having a bore therethrough, an opening through a wall thereof, and a connector at each longitudinal end thereof; and an arm. The arm is pivotally connected to a first piston and rotationally coupled to the body, is disposed in the opening in a retracted position, and is movable to an extended position where an outer surface of the arm extends outward past an outer surface of the body. The tool further includes the first piston. The first piston is disposed in the body bore, has a bore therethrough, and is operable to move the arm from the retracted position to the extended position in response to fluid pressure in the piston bore exceeding fluid pressure in the opening. The tool further includes a lock operable to retain the first piston in the retracted position; and a second piston operably coupled to the lock. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089584 | DOUBLE INSULATED HEATERS FOR TREATING SUBSURFACE FORMATIONS - A heater includes a conduit and three insulated electrical conductors located in the conduit. At least one of the three insulated conductors includes an electrical conductor at least partially surrounded by an insulation layer and an electrically conductive sheath at least partially surrounding the insulation layer. One or more layers of electrical insulation at least partially surround the three insulated electrical conductors in the conduit. The one or more layers of electrical insulation electrically isolate the insulated electrical conductors from the conduit. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089585 | Method of Developing Subsurface Freeze Zone - A method of lowering the temperature of a subsurface formation, e.g., comprising oil shale, includes injecting a cooling fluid under pressure into a wellbore. The wellbore is completed at or below a depth of the subsurface formation, and the wellbore includes a bore formed through the subsurface formation defining a diameter. The cooling fluid comprises a slurry having particles of frozen material. The cooling fluid is circulated across the formation in order to lower the temperature of at least a portion of the formation to a point that is at or below the freezing point of water. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089586 | MOVABLE HEATERS FOR TREATING SUBSURFACE HYDROCARBON CONTAINING FORMATIONS - A method for treating a hydrocarbon containing formation includes providing heat to a first portion of the formation using a heater. The heating section of the heater is at least partially located in a substantially horizontal or inclined portion of a wellbore and is located in or proximate to a hydrocarbon containing layer of the formation. The heating section has a length that is at most 1/2 the length of the horizontal or inclined portion of the wellbore. At least a portion of the heating section in the wellbore is moved such that heat is provided to a second portion of the formation. The second portion is horizontally displaced from the first portion of the formation. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089587 | Fluid logic tool for a subterranean well - An operating tool uses programmed fluid logic provided by use of flow paths including pre-determined spaced ports and varying orifice sizes to provide discreet pressures and fluid flow rates upon pressure differential sensitive devices, such as a membrane or piston, in operative communication with an operative sleeve to manipulate one or more secondary tools, and/or to perform a service, such as, for example, acidzing or stimulation or injecting proppants within the well. The tool remains “immune” to internal well hydraulic or hydrostatic pressures, if desired, until the fluid logic is achieved. The fluid logic is adjustable for activation of tools sequentially by making changes in the port spacing and fluid relief profiles so that all tools can be actuated by a single geometry of fluid flow paths, or each tool can have its own unique fluid flow geometry so it becomes hydraulically coded. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089588 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONCENTRIC TUBING DEPLOYED, ARTIFICIAL LIFT ALLOWING GAS VENTING FROM BELOW PACKERS - An artificial lift deployed on concentric tubing allows gas to be vented from below packers in a well. A central flow path is used for the fluid production from the artificial lift system, while an outer concentric tubing allows for the venting and production of gas from below a packer. The gas enters the outer concentric flow path through a perforated sub set that is located below the packer. Sealing of the inner concentric string flow from the outer concentric flow path is achieved with a polished bore receptacle and stinger assembly. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089589 | MODULAR WELL SERVICING UNIT - A method of modifying a modular well servicing combination unit comprising the steps of keeping a well servicing module in inventory and removably mounting said well servicing module onto said modular well servicing combination unit. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089590 | Tubing Hanger - A tubing hanger for use in a wellhead. The wellhead includes a throughbore, a landing seat positioned in the throughbore, a landing groove positioned above the landing seat in the throughbore, and a locking groove in the throughbore. The tubing hanger comprises an expandable landing ring positioned on the tubing hanger for engaging the landing groove and a landing mechanism for expanding the landing ring radially outward from the tubing hanger. A locking ring for engaging the locking groove can be positioned on the tubing hanger. The tubing hanger can further include a locking mechanism for expanding the locking ring radially outward from the tubing hanger body and locking it into the locking groove. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089591 | EXPANDABLE LINER HANGER AND METHOD OF USE - The present invention generally relates to an expandable liner hanger capable of being expanded into a surrounding casing. In one aspect, an expandable tubular system is provided. The system includes an expandable tubular. The system further includes an expansion swage for expanding the expandable tubular, wherein the expansion swage is deformable from a compliant configuration to a smaller substantially non-compliant configuration. Additionally, the system includes a restriction member disposed on an exterior surface of the expandable tubular, wherein expansion of the expandable tubular in the location of the restriction member deforms the expansion swage from the compliant configuration to the smaller substantially non-compliant configuration. In another aspect, a method of expanding a liner hanger using a cone is provided. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089592 | COMPLIANT EXPANSION SWAGE - The present invention generally relates to a swage assembly that is movable from a compliant configuration having a first shape to a substantially non-compliant configuration having a second shape. In one aspect, an expansion swage for expanding a wellbore tubular is provided. The expansion swage includes a body and a solid cone disposed on the body. The expansion swage further includes a deformable cone disposed on the body, wherein the solid cone is made from a first material and the deformable cone is made from a second material and wherein the deformable cone is movable relative to the body when the expansion swage is in a compliant configuration. In another aspect, a method of expanding a wellbore tubular is provided. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089593 | RADIALLY EXPANDING A TUBULAR ELEMENT - The invention relates to a method of radially expanding a tubular element. The method comprises inducing the wall of the tubular element to bend radially outward and in axially reverse direction so as to form an expanded tubular section extending around an unexpanded section of the tubular element, said wall having a resistance to radially outward bending and a resistance to stretching in circumferential direction. Said wall is provided with at least one of primary means for increasing the resistance to radially outward bending of the wall, and secondary means for reducing the resistance to stretching in circumferential direction of the wall. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089594 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DROPPING A PUMP DOWN PLUG OR BALL - An improved method and apparatus for dropping a ball, plug or dart during oil and gas well operations (e.g., cementing operations) employs a specially configured valving member with curved and flat portions that alternatively direct fluid flow through a bore or opening in the valving member via an inner channel or around the periphery of the valving member in an outer channel. In one embodiment, the ball(s), dart(s) or plug(s) are contained in a sliding sleeve that shifts position responsive to valve rotation. An optional indicator indicates to a user or operator that a ball or plug has passed a selected one of the valving members. | 2010-04-15 |
| 20100089595 | Staging tool seal arrangement for gas wells - A staging tool arrangement for gas well production assistance, comprising an elongated staging tool having an elongated upper portion and an elongated lower portion. The upper portion has a sliding relationship with the lower portion thereof. A displaceable annular seal is arranged about the lower portion. A displaceable enclosure is arranged on the elongated lower portion so as to slidably expose and to slidably enclose the annular seal. | 2010-04-15 |
