17th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 12 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090101659 | MULTI-LAYER COASTER AND BEVERAGE CONTAINER SLEEVE - A multi-layer absorptive coaster includes a bottom layer comprising a waterproof, resilient, slip-resistant material, such as neoprene. Intermediate and top layers comprise fabric with a blend of polyester and cotton. A multi-layer insulative beverage container includes a base having a bottom layer comprising a waterproof material, such as neoprene, and a jacket having a middle layer comprising a waterproof material such as neoprene. The jacket inner and outer layers comprise a fabric with a blend of cotton and polyester. Printing can be applied to the top layer of the base, and the inner and outer layer of the jacket. The material layers are bonded together. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101660 | Plastic beverage container - A beverage container including a finger insertion indentation is provided. The beverage container includes a barrel portion having a substantially square cross-sectional shape defined by a plurality of walls including at least a front wall, a rear wall, a left side wall, and a right side wall. The container also includes a pair of indentations formed in at least one of the front and rear walls for insertion of, and engagement with, a finger, and a column portion separating the pair of indentations into left and right portions. Each of the pair of indentations has a bottom wall, a first side wall extending from the bottom wall to the column portion, and a second side wall extending from the bottom wall and facing the first side wall, the second side wall having a peak portion extending along a corner portion of the substantially square cross-sectional shape. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101661 | CAN CONTAINER - To ensure sealing ability of a resealable can container formed of a welded can body between a curled portion of container mouth and a resin sealing liner, without degrading productivity and easiness to open the closure. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101662 | MULTIPACK FOR CUPS AND POTS - This invention relates to a multipack that includes multiple containers positioned within two adjacent rows of apertures formed in a sheet having an integral handle, resulting in a package of two or more containers and a flexible handle extending therefrom. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101663 | Ice cream cone holding device - An ice cream cone holder includes a surface plate and fixes to the upper edge of a cup. The surface plate has a center section that holds an ice cream cone, an outer perimeter to secure the holder to the cup and openings within the surface plate to allow melted ice cream to flow to the bottom of the cup. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101664 | Storage Container - An improved flexible storage container [ | 2009-04-23 |
20090101665 | HYGENIC SOAP AND TOWEL DISPENSING PRODUCT - The invention is a soap and towel dispensing product that enables quick and easy restocking of towels and soap and also reduces contact with contaminated surfaces on the product during restocking. The product can hold a soap container beneath a towel enclosure to minimize contamination of the towels by the soap. The product is configured so that the soap container can be removed from the product without requiring a service worker to touch the soap container. The product is configured to that the soap container can be replaced by simply pressing the soap container against the product without rotating the soap container. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101666 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONCEALED INFORMATION USING DISPENSED PAPER - Disclosed is a system and method for providing concealed information to users. The system may include a dispensing terminal, which dispenses specially-printed documents having removable window or lens devices disposed on them. The user may remove the window or lens device to reveal the concealed information, which may include promotional information. The concealed information may be included on the specially-printed documents or on a surface of the window or lens device. When the concealed information is on the surface of the window or lens device, a display may be used to reveal the information. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101667 | Connector Structure - A connector structure that can minimize the amount of liquid remaining in a container is provided. In a connector structure that is attached to an opening | 2009-04-23 |
20090101668 | VISCOUS POLYORGANOSILOXANE FLUID DISPENSER AND METHOD - A viscous fluid dispenser, comprises a compressible body having a substantially tubular profile and comprising an interior fluid holding cavity and a head comprising a cap structure operatively connected to an operative end of the compressible body and a nozzle communicatively connected through the cap structure to form a continuous off-center passage through the head from the interior fluid holding cavity to an exterior fluid expressing side. A fluid dispenser package comprises a compressible body having a substantially tubular profile with a cleft within the profile extending longitudinally to the body profile from a top end of the profile to a location intermediate along the profile to form a tapering cleft within the body profile; and a head comprising a cap structure and a nozzle communicatively connected through the cap to form a continuous passage through the head from an interior fitting side to an exterior fluid expressing side, wherein the head is removably stored at the body top end in a connection reversed to an operating connection with the nozzle cradled in the cleft within the tubular profile of the flexible body. A method of applying a viscous fluid to a target area comprises positioning a compressible viscous fluid dispenser comprising an angled dispensing nozzle at an angle from a perpendicular of the dispenser to the target area and compressing the dispenser to express viscous fluid directly onto the target. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101669 | DISPENSING APPARATUS WITH HEAT EXCHANGER AND METHOD OF USING SAME - An apparatus for dispensing a viscous material includes a dispenser body having an inlet and a discharge orifice. A valve element is mounted for movement in the dispenser body between an open position allowing flow from the discharge orifice, and a closed position preventing flow therefrom. An actuator is coupled to the valve element for actuation between the open and closed positions. A heat exchanger having a serpentine passage and a heater is coupled thereto, wherein the heater is in thermal communication with the dispenser body. The passage is configured to deliver the viscous material to the inlet at a uniform temperature. A method of dispensing a viscous material includes positioning a heat exchanger, having a fluid passage and a heater, in thermal communication with the dispenser body, and heating the material flowing through the fluid passage to a uniform temperature prior to delivering it to the inlet. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101670 | MIXING APPLICATOR - An applicator mixes an additive with a fluid stream and dispenses the resultant mixture. The applicator includes a housing having a fluid inlet, a downstream auger chamber, a downstream mixing chamber, and a flow path fluidly connecting the fluid inlet to the mixing chamber. A turbine auger assembly including an auger and a rotor is rotatably connected to the housing to move the additive towards the mixing chamber, help mix the additive with the fluid stream, and then disperse the mixture to the auger chamber, which includes a hopper port and a downstream auger chamber exit exposed to the mixing chamber. The turbine auger assembly is rotatably connected to the housing. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101671 | PUMPING DISPENSER - A device for dispensing a flowable material is disclosed. The device includes a container holding the flowable material therein and a pumping assembly attached to the container. The pumping assembly includes a pump and a placard portion configured for displaying viewable information thereon associated with the flowable material. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101672 | SEMIFINISHED PRODUCT FOR PRODUCING A PLASTIC TUBE AND TUBE OF PLASTIC PRODUCED FROM IT - A description is given of a semifinished product ( | 2009-04-23 |
20090101673 | MOTORIZED EXTRUSION TOOL - A fluid extruding device is provided. In one embodiment, the fluid extruding device has a cartridge receiving aperture configured to receive a fluid cartridge with first and second cylindrical chambers. The fluid extruding device further includes an activation mechanism, a motor having a shaft, wherein the motor is configured to selectively rotate the shaft either a clockwise or counterclockwise direction, and an elongated screw connected to the shaft of the motor. In one embodiment, a movable body engages the elongated screw, and is connected to a first piston and a second piston. The first piston has a first pushing plate configured to engage a back of the first cylindrical chamber of the fluid cartridge and the second piston has a second pushing plate configured to engage a back of the second cylindrical chamber of the fluid cartridge. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101674 | Tamper Evident Plastic Dispensing Container - Tamper-resistance of spice container closures and containers is provided through use of tamper-evident and tamper-resistant elements. A spice container package includes a container, a closure and a tear strip, with the tear strip being joined to the closure by a first hinge, and joined to the container by a second hinge. The container includes a side wall. The closure includes a base and a cover, with the base including at least one dispensing port and the cover including at least one flap removably covering the at least one dispensing port. The first hinge connects the tear strip to the cover of the closure. The closure and the container may be integrally molded together as a single plastic component piece. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101675 | Bottle Intended To Contain A Product - A bottle includes a body in which a compartment for packaging a product is formed, the compartment having a sealed bottom and a top opening for dispensing the product. The body also includes a lower skirt that extends from the bottom in order to form under it a housing in line with the compartment. The bottle also includes an attached mechanism for connecting the bottle with another element, the mechanism being associated on the skirt. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101676 | Pump Dispenser With Indented Actuator Skirt - A vertical pump-up dispenser has a concave actuator skirt which allows the consumer to identify the actuator platform and minimize interference with the container. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101677 | Pump For Dispensing A Liquid Contained In A Bottle - A pump intended to be mounted on a bottle, so as to allow the dispensing of a liquid contained in the bottle, includes a needle for closing an ejection orifice that is separate from a dosing sleeve. The needle is mounted on the sleeve by means of a device for the reversible movement of the needle between a closure position and an ejection position, the device being actuated by interference between the sleeve and a piston when a push button is moved on a hoop. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101678 | Ejection device - An ejection device ( | 2009-04-23 |
20090101679 | DISPENSER WITH DRAW-BACK MECHANISM - This patent discloses tools, methods and systems for dispensing soap. The tools, methods and systems include a draw-back chamber constructed around and in line with the fluid path between a spout assembly for delivering soap to a user and a pump mechanism for supplying the soap. The draw-back chamber contains port openings into the fluid path. When the pump mechanism is actuated to dispense soap, the draw back chamber is collapsed and soap within it is dispensed with the main dose of soap supplied by the pump mechanism. When the pump mechanism is allowed to return to its extended rest state, the draw-back chamber expands, drawing soap into it through the port opening to prevent soap from hanging and dripping at the end of the dispensing tube. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101680 | SPRAY DISPENSER WITH COMPRESSED GAS CONTAINER - A dispenser ( | 2009-04-23 |
20090101681 | Liquid Dispensing Tip With Reservoir - The present invention includes devices for containing and dispensing liquid solutions. The devices of the invention increase ease of sample volume control and, hence, application thereof while minimizing any sample spillage or fluid migration up the side of the dispensing tip. Furthermore, the devices provide ensure adequate sample volume. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101682 | Pour Spout - A container has a body with a body opening. A spout fitment is mounted within the body opening. A cap has a removed condition disengaged from the body and spout fitment. The cap has an installed condition threadingly mounted to at least one of the body and spout fitment. The spout fitment and body have first interfitting features positioned to resist an extraction of the spout fitment from the body. The spout fitment and body have second interfitting features positioned to angularly orient the spout fitment about an axis of the body opening. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101683 | BABY AND TODDLER CARRIER - The present invention relates to a baby and toddler carrier and in particular to a novel and improved baby and toddler carrier to be used by a parent or other caretakers for carrying a baby in a secure and comfortable way, both for the adult and for the baby, in various carrying positions, the carrier includes an elastic back and neck support, harness straps, and buckles, all of which enable carrying the baby in at least five different carrying positions. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101684 | Flashlight Deployment System - A holder for a flashlight with a sheath that is variably positionable during use. A variably positionable sheath formed with a cavity and having an axial post. At least one u-shaped flexible removable grasping member is formed in the cavity. The u-shaped member has bent arms that apply pressure to the flashlight bell when it is inserted into the cavity. A disk with a plurality of pegs is rotatably mounted on the sheath, with o-rings that wrap both around pegs on the disk and around the pegs on the sheath or disk base, allowing the sheath to be rotated by the user and causing it to return automatically to its original position. A clip is engaged for securing the sheath to the user. A method for manufacturing a holder for a flashlight with a sheath that is variably positionable during use. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101685 | Apparatus for transporting refuse cans - The present invention provides for the safe and easy transport of refuse cans such as standard residential refuse cans. The present invention includes a removably mountable refuse can transport device that is mounted to a vehicle by a hitch engagement such as an insert to a conventional trailer hitch, a vertical support mounted with a base that supports a refuse can and a locking plate that moves vertically to retain a refuse can on the base to allow convenient transport of the refuse can. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101686 | WEB PROCESSING APPARATUS - A web tensioning assembly is configured to exert a tension on a web in a process direction and to balance the tension across a width of the web extending substantially in a direction perpendicular to the process direction. A web processing apparatus includes such a web tensioning assembly. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101687 | Suction roller system - A suction roller system includes a suction roller and a control head having a ventilation zone situated at a face side of the suction roller. The suction roller system allows rapid ventilation of the suction bores situated on the face side opposite the control head via a cost-advantageous and space-saving expansion. For this purpose, the suction roller is equipped, on the second face side, with a closure plate having an opening that corresponds to the ventilation zone. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101688 | PROTECTION DEVICE OF NAIL DRIVER FOR PREVENTING FROM TRIGGERING IN INEFFECTIVE ACTUATION - A protection device of a nail driver for preventing from triggering in a state of ineffective actuation comprises a trigger device including a trigger, a trigger sheet, and an ejecting rod; the trigger being installed at an inner side of the body of the nail driver; a lower end of the trigger sheet being elastically pivoted to an inner side of the trigger; thus, the trigger sheet elastically resisting against the ejecting rod; therefore, when the trigger is pressed, the trigger sheet will drive the ejecting rod to pivotally rotate; a safety device including a sliding unit, and a driving rod; the sliding unit being slideably installed at a lower side of the body; one end of the sliding unit extending to a shooting head of the nail driver; the driving rod being elastically pivoted at another end of the sliding unit; the driving rod is a unidirectional confinement structure. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101689 | PLACING UNIT FOR PLACING LOCKING RING BOLTS - Placing unit and method for placing locking ring bolts. The placing unit includes a gripping jaw housing in which at least two gripping jaws are arranged, a housing that surrounds the gripping jaw housing, a tip with an opening is arranged on a front face of the housing, and an opening element that limits an axial movement of the gripping jaws in one direction, while allowing the gripping jaw housing to move further in the one direction. The instant abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101690 | Driving Tool - A contact arm | 2009-04-23 |
20090101691 | Electric Stapler - A slide frame is mounted on a driver unit that can be vertically reversed on a base frame. A guide pin disposed in the slide frame engages with a concave portion of a cam plate portion formed in the base frame. When a fixation releasing handle of the driver unit is operated, a lever pushes the slide frame to slide the slide frame and the guide pin is deviated from the concave portion to rotate the driver unit. In a state where the driver unit is fixed in a regular posture, since the guide pin is pushing a switch lever, the detection switch is kept turned ON and thus an electric stapler is in an operable state. When the driver unit is rotated, the switch lever is released from the press of the guide pin and the detection switch is turned OFF, thereby cutting off the power. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101692 | Surgical Device - A surgical device is provided, the surgical device including a first driver for performing a first movement function; a second driver for performing a second movement function; a first rotatable drive shaft configured, upon actuation, to cause selective engagement of one of the first and second drivers with a second rotatable drive shaft, wherein the second rotatable drive shaft is configured to drive the selectively engaged one of the first and second drivers. Third and fourth drivers may also be included. The drivers may function to rotate a shaft portion of the surgical device relative to, and about the longitudinal axis of, a handle; move a jaw portion relative to the shaft portion; move a first jaw relative to a second jaw; and/or move a surgical member within the second jaw. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101693 | Two Piece Anvil For Surgical Stapler - A surgical stapling apparatus includes a stapling assembly including a staple cartridge for retaining and selectively releasing a plurality of staples, a forming member engageable by a staple during formation thereof, and first and second anvil sections for forming the staples. The first and second anvil sections are configured for independent actuation. A method of stapling first and second sections of tissue is also disclosed. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101694 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH ARTICULATING TOOL ASSEMBLY - A surgical stapling instrument including a handle portion, a body portion, an articulating tool assembly and an articulation mechanism is disclosed. The body portion extends distally from the handle portion. The articulation mechanism includes an articulation link for articulating the tool assembly, an articulation knob operatively coupled to the articulation link, wherein rotational motion of the articulation knob is translated into axial motion of the articulation link thereby articulating the articulating tool assembly. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101695 | GOLD ALLOY WIRE FOR BONDING WIRE HAVING HIGH INITIAL BONDABILITY, HIGH BONDING RELIABILITY, HIGH ROUNDNESS OF COMPRESSION BALL, HIGH STRAIGHTNESS, AND HIGH RESIN FLOWABILITY RESISTANCE - There is provided a gold alloy wire for a bonding wire having high initial bonding ability, high bonding reliability, high roundness of a compression ball, high straightness, and high resin flowability resistance. The gold alloy wire for a bonding wire comprises one kind or two kinds of Pt and Pd of 1000 to less than 5000 ppm in total, Ir: 1 to 200 ppm, Ca: 20 to 100 ppm, Eu: 10 to 100 ppm, Be: 0.1 to 20 ppm, if necessary, and La: 10 to 100 ppm, if necessary. The total amount of at least two kinds of Ca, Eu, Be, and La is in a range of 50 to 250 ppm. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101696 | Attachable rigid bottom with hinge for file folder - A file folder with a rigid bottom piece attached to the inside of the file folder with a hinge is contemplated. The file folder may be a hanging file folder. The file folder may also have open side ends or closed side ends that are closed in with side walls. The rigid bottom piece is uniquely affixed with a hinge attachment and is useful in creating a stable file folder that maintains its shape when filled with documents, items, or other materials. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101697 | Single-ply pressure seal mailer with removable pull tab - A business form or intermediate is provided including a single ply having a front or first face and a back or second face for receiving information thereon and having a top edge, a bottom edge, a first side edge and a second side edge. The single ply has a body portion defining one or more panels, and an insert portion disposed along one edge of the body portion and defining one or more panels. The insert portion has a width less than a width of one of the one or more panels of the body portion. A first application of cohesive is disposed vertically on said one or more panels of the body portion adjacent to the first side edge along the back or second face, while a second application of cohesive is disposed vertically on the one or more panels of the body portion adjacent to the second side edge along the back or second face. A first pull tab is defined by adjacent lines of weakness extending transversely along at least a portion of said width of one panel of the body portion. One of the lines of weakness is disposed between one panel of the body portion and one panel of the insert portion. The body and insert portions, when folded, construct the business form or intermediate and enclose the first pull tab within the interior of the business form or intermediate. The first pull tab is exposed when said business form or intermediate is opened or unfolded and removal of the first pull tab releases at least one of the panels of the insert portion. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101698 | PACKING BOX FOR HEADPHONES - A packing box for headphones has a body. The body has an inner chamber, at least one opening, at least one lid and a window. The opening is defined through the body and communicates with the inner chamber. The lid covers the at least one opening. The window is defined through the body, communicates with the inner chamber and has at least one curved edge. The curved edge displays operational characteristics of the headphones. Potential buyers can quickly discern the operational characteristics of the headphones from the curved edge of the window. Therefore, the correct headphones for buyers' particular needs can be selected quickly and accurately. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101699 | BAG-IN-BOX CONTAINER AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING THE SAME - A bag-in-box container for storing and dispensing liquids is provided. The container includes an outer box including two opposing end walls, two opposing side walls, a bottom wall, a top wall, a fill opening, and a dispensing opening. The container further includes an inner, liquid-impermeable bag stored within the outer box. The bag includes a first opening, a filling fixture coupled to the first opening, a second opening, and a dispensing fixture coupled to the second opening. The filling fixture extends through the fill opening and defines a first fluid passageway extending from outside of the box to an internal cavity of the bag. The dispensing fixture extends through the dispensing opening and defines a second fluid passageway extending from the bag internal cavity to outside of the box. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101700 | FOLDING COLLAPSIBLE STORAGE BOX - Disclosed is a folding collapsible storage box, which includes folding collapsible box body having a folding bottom plate detachably attached to its bottom wall, and L-shaped, | 2009-04-23 |
20090101701 | INTEGRATED CARTON LID DESIGNS - A plurality of cartons, preferably fabricated from paper, paperboard and/or corrugated paperboard, and particularly of tray or wrapper-style construction, are provided, having integral lid constructions, and outer overlap panels, operably associated with the at least one top panel, to enable articulation of the carton into a substantially completed structure, without interfering with the subsequent articulation of the at least one top panel to enable loading of the carton subsequent to articulation and affixation of the outer overlap panels. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101702 | Plastic box - A plastic box formed of plastic that closes an opening by bending inner flaps, arranged on one pair of opposite two sides at a periphery of the opening, towards the inside, and folding an outer flap arranged on one side of the other pair of opposite two sides, while inserting and latching an insertion flap piece into the inside of the opening. The plastic box includes a lock mechanism that functions by engaging respective base end parts of the inner flap with notches formed on respective end parts of a bend line bent from the outer flap of the insertion flap piece. In addition, the plastic box includes a finger-receiving brim piece protruding from the bend line towards the outside at a position shifted from the center of the bend line towards the side edge. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101703 | Director Voting Method - The invention relates to a method for a board of directors to vote on a board document that includes the following steps in order:
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20090101704 | POSITIONING MECHANISM AND KEYPAD USING THE SAME - A positioning mechanism ( | 2009-04-23 |
20090101705 | Automated banking machine operated responsive to data bearing records with improved resistance to fraud - An automated banking machine is controlled responsive to data read from data bearing records. The automated banking machine includes a card reader, a keypad, a cash dispenser, a cash outlet, a deposit accepting opening and other transaction locations that may be susceptible to the installation of fraud devices. An anti-fraud sensing system is operative in the machine to sense the probable installation of unauthorized devices on the machine. Such unauthorized devices may include for example, fraudulent card reading devices, fraudulent keypad input intercepting devices, cash outlet trap devices, deposit input diversion devices or other fraud devices. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101706 | Electronic Advertising Device and Method of Using the Same - Electronic advertising devices and methods of using the same for providing targeted advertisements to one or more individuals based on the individual(s) consumer profile(s). The device or systems include a sensor or receiver ( | 2009-04-23 |
20090101707 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, REMOTE SERVER, TERMINAL DEVICE, FINANCIAL CARD ISSUE SYSTEM, FINANCIAL CARD AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM - A communication device, a remote server, a terminal device, a financial card issue system, a financial card authentication system, and a computer-readable storage medium for authenticating card information. In one embodiment, a communication device incorporates an IC chip. The communication device may be connected to a financial institution server and a remote server through a network. The communication device may include a card issue request portion for requesting the financial institution server to issue a first card; a card information write request portion for receiving first card information corresponding to the first card from the financial institution server and requesting the remote server to write the first card information; and a storage portion including a first individual area, a second individual area, and a common area. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101708 | SITE-SPECIFIC ACCESS MANAGEMENT - A system for ensuring access management of a given site by providing integrated and comprehensive assessment of persons, livestock or objects that are given access to the site. The system includes a database of information about the site and potential accessors, a mobile wireless communication and scanning device to collect, retrieve and facilitate communication between a device user at the site as well as an administrator console. This system is flexible enough to maintain current information about the persons, livestock or objects requesting access to the site and communicating those results to the device user in real time. The system is further enabled through the Internet and the World Wide Web. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101709 | ENTRANCE CONTROL SYSTEM AND ENTRANCE CONTROL DEVICE - An access control system and device is provided which is capable of preventing, if the system operates, and then, a door, etc., is opened, the entry of a third party due to abuse of an opportunity of the opening. An access control system ( | 2009-04-23 |
20090101710 | Method and System for Unified Presentation of Event Booking Systems - In one embodiment, a system, that may be executed as a method, is provided for managing the booking of event tickets inside a single system, regardless of the source of the tickets and how the system of each ticket provider actually works. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101711 | Secure Delivery of Goods - A secure container ( | 2009-04-23 |
20090101712 | RFID PROMOTIONAL COMPLIANCE - A method using radio frequency identification (RFID) tags for managing a promotional merchandise display at locational spots in a store includes providing a locational spot in the store with a locational RFID tag uniquely identifying the locational spot, providing the locational spot with the promotional merchandise display associated with merchandise RFID tags, wherein each of the merchandise RFID tags uniquely identifies one or more products in the promotional merchandise display, scanning for radio frequency signals from the locational RFID tag and the merchandise RFID tags at or near the locational spot, transmitting information obtained from the scanning to a server, analyzing the information at the server for a determination of whether the promotional merchandise display is in compliance with a promotional display plan; and if not, generating a notice to the store, the notice including information relating to the locational spot and the promotional merchandise display. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101713 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS OF RFID POINT OF SALE - An RFID Point-of-Sale system for completing a sale transaction to a customer of a plurality of items associated with a plurality of unique RFID tags at a store includes an arrangement of a plurality of RFID tag scanners for detecting the plurality of unique RFID tags associated with the plurality of items, and a checkout platform including a transaction panel, wherein a list of the plurality of items is displayed on the transaction panel based on a matching of the detected plurality of unique RFID tags with information stored in an inventory database. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101714 | Inventory management method for lottery tickets - The method is conducted concerning scratch-off tickets having a plurality of regions coated with a substance that may be scratched off to reveal whether the ticket holder is a winner. Such a ticket has its own unique identifier such as a bar code. The method includes software that operates off of the bar code located on each ticket. When a book of tickets has been received by a retailer, the method is employed to create a record for each book of tickets received. Once tickets have been activated, the method includes the step of recording the fact that the book has been activated and is now ready for sale. The method permits full inventory control of all aspects of ticket receipt, storage, activation, sale, accounting and even voiding, where necessary. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101715 | Electronic-card reader structure - An electronic-card reader structure includes a first plate, and a second plate. A printed circuit board is disposed between the first and the second plates. Two ends of the covering are respectively connected with the first plate and the second plate. The position of the covering is correspondingly to the printed circuit board. The first plate, the second plate and the covering are constructed as a rectangle casing with a dimension of a floppy disk. The built-in electronic-card reader structure has better mechanical and structural strength and the material for manufacturing the electronic-card reader structure is further reduced. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101716 | NFC READER HAVING A PASSIVE OPERATING MODE WITH LOW ELECTRICAL CONSUMPTION - An inductive coupling reader includes a passive interface circuit for modulating the impedance of an antenna circuit and extracting from the antenna circuit a data signal and a RF clock signal, and circuitry for coupling the reader to a removable security module. The reader includes an emulation circuit for opening a RF transmission channel with another reader, a non-removable electrical link linking the emulation circuit to the passive interface circuit, by which the data signal and the RF clock signal are supplied to the emulation circuit, and a data bus clocked by a bus clock signal having a frequency inferior to the frequency of the RF clock signal, for linking the emulation circuit to the removable security module. The reader has low electrical consumption. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101717 | BARCODE SCANNER WITH MIRROR ANTENNA - An barcode scanner with a pattern mirror that doubles as a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag reader antenna to provide better overlap between barcode label and RFID tag reader reading zones. The barcode scanner includes at least one of pattern mirror with a conductive coating, and a radio frequency identification tag reader coupled to the conductive coating of the one pattern mirror. The conductive coating of the one pattern mirror functions as an antenna for the radio frequency identification tag reader. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101718 | Digital image capturing and processing system employing automatic object detection and spectral-mixing based illumination techniques - A digital image capturing and processing system for illuminating objects using automatic object detection and spectral-mixing illumination technique. The system comprises an area-type illumination and imaging module for projecting a coextensive area-type illumination and imaging field (i.e. zone) into a 3D imaging volume during object illumination and imaging operations. The area-type illumination and imaging module includes a spectral-mixing based illumination subsystem for producing a first field of visible illumination from an array of visible LEDs, and producing a second field of invisible illumination from an array of infrared (IR) LEDs, wherein the first and second fields of illumination spatially overlap and intermix with each other and produce a composite illumination field that is at least substantially coextensive with the FOV of the image sensing array. An automatic object detection subsystem automatically detects an object moving through the 3D imaging volume, while an illumination control subsystem controls the relative power ratio (VIS/IR) of visible illumination and invisible illumination during system operations so as to achieve sufficient image contrast in captured digital images to ensure satisfactory image processing. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101719 | Digital image capturing and processing system for automatically recognizing graphical intelligence graphically represented in digital images of objects - A digital image capturing and processing system including a system housing having an imaging window; illumination and imaging stations for generating and projecting illumination and imaging planes or zones through the imaging window, and into a 3D imaging volume definable relative to the imaging window, for digital imaging an object passing through the 3D imaging volume, and generating digital linear images of the object as the object intersects the illumination and imaging planes or zones during system operation. A digital image processor processes the digital images and automatically recognizes graphical intelligence (e.g. bar code symbols, alphanumeric characters etc) graphically represented in the digital images. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101720 | MANUFACTURING SYSTEM TO PRODUCE CONTACTLESS DEVICES WITH SWITCHES - A contactless device comprises circuitry storing information, a switch having a first position and a second position, and a fusible link. When the fusible link is intact, wireless reading and writing of the information is enabled regardless of the position of the switch. When the fusible link has been parted, wireless reading of the information is enabled when the switch is in the first position, and wireless reading of the information is disabled when the switch is in the second position. The contactless device may be placed in a non-responsive state, and transformed to a responsive state by parting a second fusible link, or by transmitting an authenticating code to the device. The contactless device may be a card, or some other kind of device. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101721 | Emergency contact information and identification card - A card utilized as an established method for contacting a decision-making individual or individuals ( | 2009-04-23 |
20090101722 | CONTACTLESS IDENTIFICATION DEVICE - A contactless identification device includes a flat conducting structure as an electromagnetic sensor or transducer. An electromagnetic sensor architecture is suitable for all applications where contactless or hybrid cards are of advantage: high volume paying and toll applications (public transportation, public sport events, person and good identification, access to controlled areas, control of shipment of goods, handling of luggage, product control in chain production environments), etc. The contact-less identification device has had its performance enhanced by the use of space-filling techniques in the design of its electromagnetic sensor and by the use of a planar capacitor in conjunction with said flat conducting structure. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101723 | Bill/coin processing system - A bill and coin processing system including a bill and coin processing apparatus having: an interface unit capable of exchanging information via a communication unit with the point-of-sales terminal machine; a money receiving unit receiving money by way of a price of a commercial product; a discriminating unit discriminating between at least denominations of the bills and coins received from the money receiving unit; a storing/discharging unit stored with the received bills and coins on the basis of a result of the discrimination made by the discriminating unit and capable of discharging the bills and coins by giving a discharge instruction to the bill and coin processing apparatus from the point-of-sales terminal machine; a money discharging unit discharging the bills and coins outside a machine, which have been discharged from the storing/discharging unit; and a control unit controlling the money discharging unit to discharge the bills and coins from the storing/discharging unit on the basis of a discharge instruction accepted by the interface unit and given to the bill and coin processing apparatus from the point-of-sales terminal machine. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101724 | APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING AND STORING BANKNOTES - A cash drawer unit is disclosed having a cash drawer moveable between an open position and a closed position, a plunger, and a storage box for storing banknotes and having a slot for receiving the banknotes. The plunger and the storage box are mounted for relative movement therebetween when the cash drawer unit is moved between the open and closed positions. The plunger and the storage box are arranged so as to be spaced apart when the cash drawer unit is in its open position thus allowing a banknote to be placed between the plunger and the slot, the relative movement of the plunger and the storage box causing the plunger to push the banknote through the slot into the storage box. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101725 | Climate Control System with Automatic Wiring Detection - A climate control system ( | 2009-04-23 |
20090101726 | AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM, CONTROL UNIT AND OTHER COMPONENTS USED THEREWITH - An air-conditioning system operable at different states employs a control unit including a receiver and a transmitter. The receiver is connected electrically to a switching device for a compressor of the air-conditioning system. The compressor is installed at a remote location exterior to a building. The receiver is responsive to an encoded radio signal to provide an electronic control signal for actuating the switching device. The transmitter is installed within the building and is electrically connected to a thermostat within the building that responds to temperature changes to provide a temperature control signal. The transmitter upon receipt of the temperature control signal transmits to the remote location the encoded radio signal for operating the air-conditioning system at one of the different states. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101727 | DEHUMIDIFYING SYSTEM - A system providing for basement or crawlspace ventilation is described. The system allows for a reduction in the relative humidity levels of a basement or crawlspace and an increased basement or crawlspace ventilation. The basement or crawlspace ventilator includes: an inlet, duct and outlet for receiving air from the upper levels of a building and exhausting it into the basement or crawlspace of said building; a basement inlet, duct and outlet for receiving air from the basement or crawlspace and exhausting it to the outside atmosphere; an inlet, duct and outlet for transferring outside air to, and then expelling from a heat exchange core; an inlet, duct and outlet for transferring basement or crawlspace air to and from the heat exchange core; a heat exchange core used to transfer heat from the outside atmosphere to the basement or crawlspace air; and a plurality of fans for forcing ventilation from the upper levels of the building to the basement or crawlspace and from the basement or crawlspace to the outside atmosphere, from the outside atmosphere to the heat exchange core, and from the basement or crawlspace to the heat exchange core. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101728 | System and method for monitoring environmental conditions - A system and method are disclosed for monitoring environmental conditions of a perishable product. The system includes an environmental sensor configured to sense one or more environmental conditions of the perishable product and an analog integrator in communication with the environmental sensor, the analog integrator being formed on a polymer substrate and including one or more tunable components. The system also includes a comparator in communication with the analog integrator and configured to change state when an output of the analog integrator reaches a selected threshold level, and a control module in communication with the comparator and the analog integrator. The control module is configured to control the operation of the analog integrator based on an output of the comparator. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101729 | MULTI-LAYER FRAGRANCE DELIVERY SYSTEM - A fragrance is held in one or more layers of a three-layer liquid mixture. The three layers are mutually immiscible to form an aesthetically pleasing effect while the specific gravities of the layers are adjusted so as to provide for their transfer to the atmosphere via a simple wick. Such adjustment is determined as a function of the wicking material that is used. The formulation of the mixture involves the combination of two mutually immiscible non-aqueous components that are temporarily rendered miscible during the formulation process. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101730 | Vented Dispensing Bottle/Cap Assembly - A refill is disclosed for an electronically activated dispenser of liquid volatiles, such as insecticides and fragrances. There is a bottle having a wick, a wick holder, a vent hole, an outlet, and a removable cap. When the cap is in place it covers both the wick and a vent hole. The cap seals the vent hole via an interference fit with a well adjacent the vent hole and also either a direct abutment against the vent hole or a surrounding of the vent hole. Also disclosed is a refill where the porous wick and vent hole are within defined size ranges so as to facilitate the use of a pyrethrum insecticide. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101731 | Rotating Nozzle And Rotating Nozzle Device For Dispensing Pressurized Fluids - Rotating nozzle for dispensing pressurised fluids contained in a spray can ( | 2009-04-23 |
20090101732 | Airbrush - An airbrush includes a can, a cover, a spraying device and a blending device. The can includes an open upper end and an open lower end. The cover is connected to the open upper end of the can. The spraying device is mounted on the cover so that the spraying device is in communication of fluid with the can through the cover. The blending device is connected to the open lower end of the can and operable to blend paint contained in the can without having to open the can. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101733 | Controlled dispensing hand shower - A controlled dispensing hand-held shower to dissolve water-soluble or water dispersible substance into the water of shower which has rotatable mixing chamber in the nozzle. Concentration in the water of soluble or dispersible substances, that are placed in the mixing chamber may be changed by means of changing relative position of the holes located in the fixed dividing part and holes located in the bottom of the mixing chamber The fixed dividing element may be incorporated with body of handle of the shower. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101734 | Multi-purpose showerhead - A multi-purpose showerhead includes a flexible conduit having a head end coupled to an water outlet of a faucet, a first water supply channel and a first water return channel being fitted within the flexible conduit, wherein the first water supply channel is connected to the water outlet of the faucet while the first water return channel is provided with a back flow opening extending outward near the head end; a showerhead main body having a shank member and a head member at the top of the shank member, the inside thereof being brought in a connected state. Meanwhile, a second, third, and fourth water supply channels as well as a second, third, and fourth water return channels are available. Moreover, return flow chambers and a blade wheel are disposed within the head member. In addition, a brush body and water-spraying perforations are fitted on the surface thereof. The adjustment knob permits the control of the switching of the water flow channels. In this way, the pressure of the water flowing into the showerhead may be employed to bring a brush body into autorotation for cleaning and massaging the body of the user without application of power to the showerhead. Meanwhile, the function of taking a shower or brushing the body or both functions can be chosen. Moreover, the water may flow back into the bathtub when the function of brushing the body is selected. Therefore, the water won't be wasted. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101735 | Manually Connected Nozzle Assembly - A manually constructed nozzle assembly includes a first component in a fixed engagement with a spray pipe. The first component is a base component and has a device for manual engagement with a second component, which is a cap component, so that a shower disc is able to be compressively held between the first and second components. Each of the first and second components has a central aperture, so that a shower nipple is able to extend into the spray pipe, when assembled. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101736 | Anti-Oxidation Spray Methods and Spray Equipment for Steel Billets - The examples described herein provide methods and equipment for an anti-oxidation spraying on a steel billet. In some examples, when the billet at the temperature of 400° C.-1000° C. enters the predetermined spraying region, a plurality of anti-oxidation spraying devices are used to perform an anti-oxidation spray on the billet in two or more directions, thereby forming directly an anti-oxidation coating on the steel billet at 400° C.-1000° C. By using the example method and equipment described herein, on-line spraying of anti-oxidation coating on the steel billet can be performed under high-temperature condition, thereby reducing an oxidation burning loss rate of the steel billet. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101737 | Producing Method of Power Particles by Using Grinding Medium - The present invention provides a producing method of powder particles having an average particle diameter on the order of submicrons. Specifically, the producing method is a producing method of powder particles obtained by grinding a product to be ground by using plural grinding media, wherein the grinding media including at least one kind (grinding medium A) having an average particle diameter of 0.01 to 5 times and at least one kind (grinding medium B) having an average particle diameter of 10 to 450 times, with respect to the average particle diameter of the product to be ground before being ground, are used. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101738 | System and method for producing weighed portions of powder from at least one biological material at cryotemperatures - A system and a method for producing a quantified defined portions of powder from at least one biological material at cryotemperature is shown, comprising means for grinding the biological material deposited in at least one first vessel to the powder; means for loosening the powder resulting from grinding the biological material in the first vessel; means for positioning at least one first opening in the first vessel, and means for transferring the quantified defined portions of powder in a plurality of second vessels by using the first opening as a transfer way. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101739 | Apparatus and method for separation of waste material - A machine for providing organic particles preferably substrate for use in manufacturing biogas, the machine comprising; an intake for input of moist and dry organic waste to the machine's interior chamber, where the organic waste may contain foreign bodies such as soft packaging, preferably plastics, netting and binding twine, as well as metal and glass, etc.; a rotating shaft located in the chamber and provided with at least one tool which is positioned at the circumference of the shaft, the tool/tools having a blunt shape; a stationary part mounted in the chamber, where the stationary part acts as the tool's counter-tool; an outlet for milled particles; an ejector for foreign bodies, the distance between the tool and the stationary part being of such a size that a milling effect is achieved on the waste's solid parts for grinding up into smaller pieces, while the extent of the distance prevents a grinding effect from being exerted on the waste's softer parts such as plastics. The application further comprises a method for providing organic particles, preferably substrate for use in manufacturing biogas. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101740 | CONTROL METHOD FOR SUPERFINE POWDER GRINDING INDUSTRIAL WASTE SLAG IN AN ENERGY-SAVING AND ENVIRONMENTAL-FRIENDLY TYPE OF CLOSED CYCLE WITH HIGH YIELD AND THE APPARATUS FOR THE SAME - The present invention provides a control method for superfine powder grinding industrial waste slag in an energy-saving and environmental-friendly type of closed cycle with high yield and the apparatus for the same. The method combines a drying process and a powder grinding process, adopts an in-line monitoring process, automatically adjusts and controls the operating parameters. Therefore, the invention changes the conventional open cycle into a closed cycle, shortens the cycle, achieves the automatic control and adjustment of the operating parameters, and obtains the superfine product with high yield. So the invention enhances the application value of industrial waste slag, extends the applicable field of industrial waste slag, and increases the extra value of final product. The apparatus primarily adds a wind sweeping drying grinder, an in-line laser particle detector, and an automatic control device, furthermore selects a screener and a deduster with high efficiency and product quality and therefore needs less space, investment and energy consumption, improves the work efficiency, the quality of the product and overall efficiency. The apparatus can automatically adjust and control the operating parameters, improve the physical and chemical characteristics of industrial waste slag, and change the industrial waste slag to industrial additive or admixture with good performance; therefore it has good economic and social benefit. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101741 | Drying Mill and Method of Drying Ground Material - A drying mill for powdered or fine-grained material, in particular also suitable for calcining gypsum, employs a housing, in which a feed device for fuel gas, opening into a lower region, a comminuting device and a material inlet, charging the material onto the comminuting device from above, are provided one above the other, a material outlet leading to the outside from an upper region of a working chamber and a return leading downwards to the comminuting device, the comminuting device being a centrifugal disc which rotates in a horizontal plane and interacts with an impact casing arranged on the inside of the housing. A nozzle ring surrounding the centrifugal disc from below is provided for feeding fuel gas into the working chamber. As a result, the calcining process in particular is assisted in an efficient way by utilizing the thermal energy of the hot gas fed into the working chamber by means of the nozzle ring and the dwell time in the working chamber. A corresponding comminuting method is provided. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101742 | CREEL MAGAZINE SUPPLY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A creel magazine for delivering packaged stranded material to a creel. The magazine includes magazine frame having guides for directing stranded materials to a creel or manufacturing process. Movable magazine cartridges rotatably support packages of stranded materials and are positioned on either side of the magazine frame. The apparatus and method provide for sequential delivery of stranded materials by alternating delivery sources between cartridges, intermediate replenishment of spent packages by rotation of a full package to a delivery position, and replenishment of spent cartridges. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101743 | STRUCTURE OF A SINGLE-PULL REEL - A single-pull reel which includes a bottom cover having a center axle, a top cover engageable with the bottom cover; a cord-rotating disc having a top portion provided with a circular flange which is divided into a plurality of sections by a plurality of slots, a clamping member being provided behind one of the sections to form a passage therebetween and having a plurality of serrated teeth at an inner side against the one of the sections, the bottom portion being provided with a multi-operation urging track, a spiral spring having an inner end engaged with a notch of the axle and an outer end bent into a hook to engage with one of the sections of the cord-rotating disc, a cord, and a peg positioning structure comprising a peg and a pulling spring. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101744 | Belt spool - A belt spool comprising a spool body and a torsion rod having a first end and a second end, the torsion rod being provided with a torque transmission profile at the first end, in order to be coupled with the spool body, a transmission element being connected with the torque transmission profile of the torsion rod, and a stop element cooperating with the transmission element and being coupled with the spool body. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101745 | Web tensioning device with improved excursion control - A web tensioning device utilizes a dancer device, either angular or linear, which can be positioned by a controlled servo motor. In a preferred embodiment, the controller for the servo motor receives an input signal based on the acceleration (positive or negative) of the dancer device caused by a web excursion and implements a compensation necessary to oppose the web excursion. The controller may also receive additional input signals indicative of the acceleration of the web itself, resulting from the web excursion. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101746 | Winder for a meterial web of flexible material - The machine control | 2009-04-23 |
20090101747 | METHOD FOR CALCULATING THE DIAMETER OF A CONTINUOUS-MATERIAL REEL ON A ROLLER, AND A REEL-CONTROL SYSTEM - In a method for calculating the diameter of a continuous-material reel on a roller, with which the roller is mounted on a swivel arm that is swivelable about a swiveling axis; the roller rotates at a changeable winding speed, and the continuous material is unwound from the roller and directed to a continuous-material machine, or it is removed from a continuous-material machine and wound onto the roller, the winding speed is set as a function of the web-conveyance speed, and the diameter of the continuous-material reel is calculated in a reel-control system; the winding speed is changed when the swivel arm on which the roller is mounted is swiveled about its swiveling axis during the winding motion; a correction value for correcting the change in winding speed is incorporated in the calculation of the diameter of the continuous-material reel, the correction value being determined within the reel-control system, and a related reel-control system is provided. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101748 | Coreless Roll of Web Material, Machine and Method for its Production - A method is described for obtaining a coreless roll (R) of web material with a first portion of web material forming an inner nucleus (R | 2009-04-23 |
20090101749 | Creel Magazine Supply System and Method - A creel magazine for continuously delivering packaged stranded material to a manufacturing process. A plurality of magazines linearly disposed in substantially parallel alignment are alternately supplied stranded materials fed to the manufacturing process from movable magazine cartridges supporting packages of stranded materials form either side of the magazine frame. The apparatus and method provide for sequential delivery of stranded materials from packages supported by cartridges at the sides of the magazines, intermediate replenishment of the depleted cartridges with cartridges loaded with replenished packages. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101750 | Adjustable diameter spindle uncoiler apparatus for uncoiling wound sheet metal webs - An uncoiler apparatus for uncoiling coils of wound sheet metal web material is provided with a spindle having an adjustable diameter. An inflatable member is wound about the spindle, and covered with a thin expansible coil. Upon positioning of a coil of wound sheet metal web material over the spindle, the inflatable member is inflated, and the expansible coil expands to engage the inner surface of the inner diameter of the coil of wound sheet metal web material. In an embodiment of the invention, the uncoiler apparatus is capable of being moved, in the direction of the axis of the spindle, and structures are provided for resisting static and dynamic pivoting moments imposed on the uncoiler by the weight and rotational mass inertia (acceleration/deceleration) of the coil. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101751 | DISPENSER AND DISPENSING METHOD HAVING COMMUNICATION ABILITIES - Dispensers and dispensing systems and methods having communication abilities are provided. Various embodiments include the ability to communicate reminders and other messages to users and maintenance personnel. An embodiment of the present invention has two sensors, one for detecting when to dispense a product and the other for detecting when to communicate pre-recorded messages. Another embodiment also includes the ability to record multiple messages into the dispenser for later playback upon triggering events. Still yet other embodiments provide messages upon dispensing of product. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101752 | LOCKING ASSEMBLY FOR ROTARY SHAFTS - A locking assembly has a base and a rotary shaft which is capable of rotating relative to the base. The rotary shaft has a shaft body and a set of capture portions supported by the shaft body. The locking assembly further includes a set of detention mechanisms supported by the base. The set of detention mechanisms is arranged to (i) initially apply retention force to the set of capture portions to provide resistance against rotation of the rotary shaft from an initial angular position, and (ii) remove application of the retention force from the set of capture portions in response to an amount of rotational torque on the rotary shaft. The amount of rotational torque on the rotary shaft exceeds a predetermined threshold and is sufficient to substantially rotate the rotary shaft from the initial angular position. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101753 | Device for compensation of the Tail rotor in a helicopter - According to the present invention, In case of tail rotor failure in a helicopter, pilot will activate Cockpit control unit which is installed in cockpit, wherein said unit contains activation switch and electronic circuits that automatically performs steps of: determining and releasing a predetermined pressurized gas from a capsule, wherein said capsule is located within the helicopter, and wherein said predetermined pressurized gas is based on a level of pressure in said capsule, and feedback received form yaw movement; and thereby compensating tail rotors torque and stabilizing said helicopter. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101754 | Aircraft nose gear control apparatus - The invention relates to an assembly for controlling the rotational degree of freedom for an aircraft landing gear wheel, which can advantageously be used to prevent damage to the aircraft during taxing. In a general embodiment, an upper connection arm is supported by the descending shaft of the landing gear and a pivoting control arm is affixed to a lower region of the landing gear, and a control lock can be used to connect the connection arm to the control arm in order to restrict the rotation of the wheel to a desired range. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101755 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR LEADING EDGE STRUCTURES AND DIRECT MANUFACTURING THEREOF - Leading edge structures for high performance aircraft and the direct manufacture thereof are disclosed. Direct manufacturing technology is used to deposit leading edge structures directly from a digital model to form near-net shape products. This technique permits a wider range of materials to be utilized, such as casting alloys capable of the highest temperature usage that are not available in billet or sheet form. Refractory metals or high temperature ceramics also may be used to form the entire lead edge structure, or just a replaceable tip of the leading edge structure. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101756 | MONOLITHIC SELF-STIFFENED PANELS - A composite panel having a first skin forming the outer wall of the panel, known as the lower face ( | 2009-04-23 |
20090101757 | Architecture and method of constructing a Geosynchronous Earth Orbit platform using solar electric propulsion - A space construction method and system transports construction materials, a propellant depot, solar electric propulsion (SEP) vehicles, and robotic equipment from Earth into a lower-Earth orbit. The SEP vehicles are used to transport payload between the lower-Earth orbit and a construction area in higher-Earth orbit, such as GEO. The robotic equipment transfers materials between various vehicles and assembles the transported construction materials in the higher-Earth orbit. A tug SEP vehicle transports heavier construction materials from the propellant depot in lower-Earth orbit to the construction area in higher-Earth orbit. A propulsion stage SEP vehicles transport lighter construction materials from the propellant depot to the construction area. The tug is also transports the fuel-depleted propulsion stages from higher-Earth orbit back to the propellant depot in lower-Earth orbit, where both the tug and the propellant stages are refueled and reloaded for another trip to the construction area in higher-Earth orbit. As additional supplies they are transported from Earth to the propellant depot in lower-Earth orbit. | 2009-04-23 |
20090101758 | FORMATION FLIGHT DEVICE INTENDED FOR A SOLAR CORONAGRAPHY MISSION - The present invention relates to a device making it possible to study the solar corona on a space mission requiring the formation flight of two satellites: an occulting satellite (OCC), the role of which is to create an artificial eclipse of the sun from the point of view of a coronagraph ( | 2009-04-23 |