| 18th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 12 |
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| 20140116847 | Positioning Jig and Method of Adjusting Position - A positioning jig has a circular part with a diameter that is identical with a diameter of a semiconductor wafer and knock-pins for connecting a periphery of base plate around an opening in a base plate of a conveying tool for a semiconductor wafer. These knock-pins are respectively provided in four blades protruded from predetermined positions of the circular portion at least three directions. When adjusting the projection positions of supporting plates, the knock-pins are fitted into the opening of the base plate of the conveying tool for the semiconductor wafer. The supporting plates moves so that the knock-pins come into contact with an outer edge of the circular part of the prepared positioning jig. The adjusted supporting plates are then fixed on the base plate. The semiconductor wafer is mounted on the adjusted and fixed supporting plates so that the semiconductor wafer is positioned. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116848 | CONVEYANCE DEVICE FOR GRANULAR MATERIALS - A belt conveyor, a collecting hopper and a screw conveyor are sequentially disposed below a chute for feeding hydrogenated petroleum resin pellets from a pelletizing portion. Even when the hydrogenated petroleum resin pellets fed onto the belt conveyor are dropped off or scattered, the hydrogenated petroleum resin pellets can be collected by the collecting hopper that is located below and can be securely transferred to an outside by the screw conveyor. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116849 | STRIP MATERIAL DISPENSING DEVICE - An apparatus for dispensing strip materials onto one or more moving substrates includes a frame extending transversally of the substrate path that supports guide arms. Each guide arm includes pulleys for dispensing strip materials and is able to be moved along the frame by a friction drive system, which includes crank shafts, pulleys, and cables. Each guide arm can be held in position by a friction braking system, which includes members that are pressed against components of the drive system to frictionally prevent motion. A position feedback system measures and displays the location of the guide arms. A substrate tracking and adjustment system tracks the position of the substrate as it moves side to side from a normal path and automatically adjusts the position of the frame along a guide track to maintain the guide arms in a desired position in relation to the substrate. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116850 | CONVEYOR SYSTEM WEAR INDICATION DEVICES AND METHODS - A wear-indicating conveyor track including an upper surface configured to interface with a moveable conveyor and one or more indicators disposed on or in at least the upper surface of the track. The one or more indicators can be configured to be substantially obscured by a conveyor placed on the track upon initial use, and the one or more indicators can be configured to be substantially unobscured by the conveyor when the conveyor is moving relative to the track and the track is in need of repair or replacement. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116851 | CONVEYOR APPARATUS - A conveyor apparatus including a control module, an unwinding module, at least one tension sensing module, and a rewinding module is provided. The tension sensing module includes a load cell disposed between a set of rollers. An objet is conveyed along a conveying direction perpendicular to an axis of the roller. A wrap angle is formed by the object and the roller with a fulcrum of the loadi cell served as a center, and the wrap angle is less than 180°. The rewinding and unwinding modules have different actuating units electrically connected to the control module respectively, such that the object is wound or unwound by the rewinding and the unwinding modules. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116852 | RETAINING DEVICE FOR A VIBRATION TRAY - A vibratory apparatus for feeding discrete articles. The vibratory apparatus has a tray for receiving the discrete articles and a vibratory drive for imparting a vibration movement to the tray. A retaining device releasably retains the tray to the vibratory drive. The retaining device includes a tray locking assembly selectively moveable between a locked position to lock the tray to the vibratory drive and an unlocked position to unlock the tray from the vibratory drive. In the unlocked position the tray can be removed from the vibratory drive. In the locked position the tray is locked to the vibratory drive in a vibration transmission relationship. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116853 | ACTIVE CONTROL ROLLER TOP MODULAR CONVEYING ASSEMBLY - A modular conveying assembly includes active roller control for reducing backline pressure without product to product contact when accumulating products. The conveying assembly includes a first roller belt module having a top surface and at least one first roller axle support extending above the top surface. The first axle support supports at least one roller above the top surface. The at least one roller is rotatably coupled to a rotatably driven drive axle, such that rotation of the drive axle causes rotation of the roller. A clutch including a driven surface fixed to the drive axle engages a driving member to rotatably drive the drive axle and, thus the roller. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116854 | CURRENCY TRANSMISSION APPARATUS - A currency transmission apparatus includes a driving roller, a supporting member, an acting member, a pressing roller, and a torsional spring. The driving roller transmits currency. The acting member is rotatably coupled to the supporting member. The pressing roller is mounted to the acting member. The torsional spring produces a torsional force to drive the acting member to rotate about the supporting member until the pressing roller contacts the driving roller. The pressing roller exerts a frictional force to the currency transmitted by the driving roller. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116855 | CONVEYOR BELT SYSTEM AND CONVEYOR BELT - A conveyor belt system includes a conveyor belt extending in a longitudinal direction and a plurality of support roller stations disposed at a distance from each other in the longitudinal direction and on which the conveyor belt is supported by support rollers. The conveyor belt is formed from a flexible base material and a plurality of unconnected traction devices which determine the tensile strength or rigidity of the conveyor belt and which extend in the longitudinal direction. As seen in the cross-section of the conveyor belt and with respect to a desired position on a central belt section supported on a support roller of the support roller station, the tensile strength or rigidity relative to the belt width is less than on laterally adjoining belt sections which are not supported in the desired position by a support roller. A conveyor belt is also provided. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116856 | POSITIVELY-DRIVEN, LOW TENSION TRANSFER CONVEYOR - Components of a conveyor system designed to facilitate tight transfer of products onto and off a positively-driven, low tension conveyor belt. The conveyor system includes a tension amplifier in a returnway of a conveyor belt circuit for selectively increasing tension in the conveyor belt prior to infeed without increasing the low tension in the returnway prior to the tension amplifier. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116857 | QUICK-RELEASE CONVEYOR BELT CONTAINMENT DEVICE - A belt conveyor apparatus includes a conveyor frame with a belt support, a belt, a belt drive, and containment side members releasably attached to the conveyor frame. Specifically, a linear first slot and arcuate second slot on the conveyor frame engage permanently-attached first and second studs on the containment side members to allow rotational assembly of the containment side member to the conveyor frame. The path of engagement prevents the studs from being removed simultaneously from respective slots. As a result, the first and second studs will wedgingly bind and thus cannot be simultaneously pulled out of the first and second slots when the containment side member is biased toward a release direction. Related methods are also disclosed. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116858 | CONVEYOR BELT ARRANGEMENT INCLUDING A CONVEYOR BELT HAVING A HYBRID CONDUCTOR LOOP - A conveyor belt has a carrying side cover plate and a running side cover plate each of a polymer material having elastic properties. The conveyor belt defines a conveyor belt longitudinal direction (X) and has an embedded reinforcement and at least one of the cover plates is provided with a hybrid conductor loop. The hybrid conductor loop communicates in a contactless manner with an interrogation station in the form of a transmitter/receiver pair. The hybrid conductor loop has a flattened conductor cross section and runs in the conveyor belt obliquely at an angle (α) relative to the conveyor belt transverse direction (Y) to form a diagonal direction (Z). The transverse direction (Y) is at right angles to the longitudinal direction (X). The arrangement of the transmitter/receiver pair is adapted to the diagonal direction (Z) to so increase the mutual spacing of the transmitter and the receiver. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116859 | 3-WAY SWITCH FOR A GAS-INSULATED APPARATUS - Provided is a 3-way switch for a gas-insulated apparatus, including a pressure container having a space part therein, the pressure container including a first connecting part in an upper portion of the space part and a second connecting part in a side portion of the space part such that the second connecting part is perpendicular to the first connecting part, a support conductor provided in the space part, the support conductor having a first guide hole defined in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the first connecting part and a second guide hole defined in a direction parallel to the direction of the second connecting part, a disconnecting switch (DS) operating part slidably coupled to the first guide hole, the DS operating part being connected to or separated from the first connecting part by means of an insertion or extrusion thereof, an earthing switch (ES) operating part slidably coupled to the second guide hole such that the ES operating part is perpendicular to the disconnecting switch operating part, the ES operating part being connected to or separated from the second connecting part through an insertion or protrusion thereof, and a main lever, one end of which is rotatably coupled to the support conductor and the other end of which is eccentrically rotated and rotatably connected to the DS operating part and the ES operating part so as to linearly slide the DS operating part and the ES operating part into neutral positions. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116860 | APPARATUS FOR SECTIONING AN ELECTRIC ENERGY FLOW IN ONE OR MORE CONDUCTORS, AND AN ELECTRIC ENERGY GENERATING PLANT COMPRISING SAID APPARATUS - The present application describes an apparatus ( | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116861 | MOVABLE CONTACT ARM FOR MOLDED CASE CIRCUIT BREAKER AND MOVABLE CONTACT ARM ASSEMBLY - The present disclosure is to provide a movable contact arm capable of securing a revolution radius to a closed position of the movable contact arm such that adhesive materials on the shaft due to arc scattering materials can be removed with no installation of additional elements, and a movable contact arm according to the present disclosure may comprise an adhesive material removal portion formed on a lateral surface at which a contact of the movable contact arm is located, and configured to minimize a contact area with adhesive materials so as to remove the adhesive materials due to an arc. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116862 | CONTACT SLIDE UNIT FOR A SWITCHING UNIT - A contact slide unit is disclosed for a switching unit, in particular for a circuit breaker, having a contact slide, in which a switching piece can be guided, and a contact slide guide apparatus, in which the contact slide is guided. In at least one embodiment, a linear contact is provided between the contact slide and the contact slide guide apparatus. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116863 | TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are a touch panel including: a transparent substrate; an interface layer formed on one surface of the transparent substrate; and a metal mesh type electrode pattern formed on the interface layer, and a method of manufacturing the same. In the case in which the interface layer is formed on the transparent substrate, a mirror surface property of the interface is decreased, thereby making it possible to provide a black oxidation property in which reflectivity of a bonded interface and a color feeling unique to a metal are decreased. Therefore, visibility of the electrode pattern is decreased to suppress a phenomenon that the electrode pattern is viewed by user's eyes, such that visibility of the touch panel is improved, thereby making it possible to improve quality of the touch panel. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116864 | BUTTON STRUCTURE - A button structure is provided and includes a support bracket and a button. The support bracket has two opposite edges, a first concave portion, a second concave portion, and a position limiting protruding point. The first and second concave portions are respectively located at the two opposite edges, and the position limiting protruding point protrudes from the second concave portion. The button is located on the support bracket and includes a body portion, two neck portions and two stop portions. The two neck portions are located on two opposite ends of the body portion, and are respectively coupled to the first and second concave portions. The neck portion coupled to the second concave portion is positioned by the position limiting protruding point. The two stop portions are respectively connected to a side of the two neck portions facing away from the body portion. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116865 | LOW-TRAVEL KEY MECHANISMS USING BUTTERFLY HINGES - A key mechanism can include one or more butterfly hinges. Each butterfly hinge includes a double wing design operative to move between a depressed position and non-depressed position. Hinged coupling mechanisms couple respective arms of the wings together. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116866 | MOLDED CASE CIRCUIT BREAKER WITH LARGE CAPACITY - A molded case circuit breaker comprises: a plurality of stationary contact arms; a plurality of movable contact arms each having a plurality of contact arm pieces; a switching mechanism providing a driving force to move the movable contact arms to a closing position or an opening position; a driving shaft configured to provide a driving force for simultaneously rotating the movable contact arms; a link configured to transmit a driving force; a holder configured to rotate the movable contact arms; an upper arc barrier configured to prevent arcs from moving to a rear side from an upper side of the movable contact arms; and a torsion spring having one end portion contacting upper surface of the movable contact arms on the opening position, so as to provide an elastic force to the movable contact arms such that the movable contact arms are rotated to the closing position. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116867 | LOW TRAVEL DOME AND SYSTEMS FOR USING THE SAME - A low travel dome and systems for using the same are disclosed. A low travel switch may include a key cap and an elastomeric dome that may be configured to provide a predefined tactile feedback over a predefined travel amount of the key. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116868 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing, a switch, a button member and a supporting portion. The housing has an opening. The button member includes an operating portion, a rocker shaft and an acting portion. The operating portion is exposed through the opening. The shaft is coupled to the operating portion and pivotable. The acting portion is coupled to the shaft, configured to face the switch and to pivot about the shaft, thereby pressing the switch. The supporting portion is configured to support the button member, the supporting portion being configured to be elastically deformed by part of the button member and to return the button member. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116869 | PROXIMITY SWITCH ASSEMBLY HAVING GROUND LAYER - A vehicle proximity switch assembly includes a ground layer, a first proximity switch provided on a first major side of the ground layer and a second proximity switch provided on an opposite second major side of the ground layer. The first proximity switch includes a first proximity sensor and a first dielectric layer for controlling movement of a window panel in a first direction. The second proximity switch includes a second proximity sensor and a second dielectric layer for controlling movement of the window panel in a second direction. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116870 | Apparatus, System and Method for Resource Distribution - A system for the distribution of resources. The system includes a housing, at least one power generation source connected to the housing, a power control and distribution system and at least one water distillation device, wherein power from at least one power generation source powers that at least a water distillation device. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116871 | MULTIPLE DRUM COKING SYSTEM - A multi-drum coking system wherein at least one drum, and preferably all drums, are fluidly coupled to at least two other drums. The system allows a vapor of one drum to be directed to multiple drums to prevent unnecessary non-productivity of coke drums. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116872 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING 1, 4-BUTANEDIOL - An object of the present invention is to provide an industrially advantageous production method of 1,4BG, ensuring that generation of THF in the crude 1,4BG can be also suppressed and at the same time, the concentration of 2-(4-hydroxybutoxy)-tetrahydrofuran can be reduced. The present invention relates to a method for producing 1,4-butanediol, comprising heating crude 1,4-butanediol containing from 0.01 to 0.5 wt % of 2-(4-hydroxybutoxy)-tetrahydrofuran and from 1 to 25 wt % of water at 80° C. or more in the presence of an amine to obtain purified 1,4-butanediol. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116873 | METHOD FOR CREATING S/TEM SAMPLE AND SAMPLE STRUCTURE - An improved method and apparatus for S/TEM sample preparation and analysis. Preferred embodiments of the present invention provide improved methods for TEM sample creation, especially for small geometry (<100 nm thick) TEM lamellae. A novel sample structure and a novel use of a milling pattern allow the creation of S/TEM samples as thin as 50 nm without significant bowing or warping. Preferred embodiments of the present invention provide methods to partially or fully automate TEM sample creation, to make the process of creating and analyzing TEM samples less labor intensive, and to increase throughput and reproducibility of TEM analysis. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116874 | EASILY PRODUCED INTERCONNECTING MODULE FOR A HIGH-TEMPERATURE WATER ELECTROLYSIS DEVICE - A fluid interconnecting module for an HTE electrolyser with a stack of elementary electrolysis cells. The interconnecting module includes plates welded to each other, some of which are partly stamped, some of the plates being perforated to enable high temperature steam H | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116875 | Heat Exchange Elements for Use in Pyrometallurgical Process Vessels - A pyrometallurgical vessel for the production of metal by the electrolytic reduction of a metal bearing material dissolved in a molten salt bath, the cell including a shell | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116876 | CATHODE PLATE EDGE PROTECTOR AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE - A method of manufacturing an edge protector for a cathode plate includes inserting a first retention plate into a slit in a first edge strip, proximate an end of the first edge strip. The first retention plate is also inserted into a slit in a second edge strip, proximate a first end of the second edge strip. Additionally, the first retention plate is inserted into a gap of a first plug, such that the first plug abuts both the end of the first edge strip and the first end of the second edge strip. A corner cap is then overmolded on the end of the first edge strip, the first plug, and the first end of the second edge strip. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116877 | MEMBRANE/ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY FOR AN ELECTROLYSIS DEVICE - A membrane-electrode assembly for an electrolysis device includes a proton-exchange membrane, an anode and a cathode disposed on either side of the proton-exchange membrane, a first conductive catalyst disposed within the proton-exchange membrane, and a first conductive junction linking the first conductive catalyst and the cathode. The first conductive junction has an electrical resistance greater than a proton resistance of the membrane between the first conductive catalyst and the cathode. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116878 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SPUTTERING A TARGET USING A MAGNET UNIT - A sputtering apparatus and method are disclosed which can reduce deviations in the deposition thickness on the target object. The sputtering apparatus may include a chamber body and a targeting module. The targeting module may be positioned inside the chamber body and may include a source and at least one magnet unit, where the magnet unit may be configured to generate a magnetic field. Here, the magnet unit can be made to swing during a sputtering process. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116879 | METHOD FOR MEASURING HEMATOCRIT VALUE OF BLOOD SAMPLE, METHOD FOR MEASURING CONCENTRATION OF ANALYTE IN BLOOD SAMPLE, SENSOR CHIP AND SENSOR UNIT - Provided is a sensor chip for electrochemically measuring a concentration of an analyte in a blood sample. In one embodiment of the sensor, the sensor chip includes a substrate, and a preliminary measurement analyzer and a hematocrit value analyzer disposed on the substrate. The preliminary measurement analyzer includes a preliminary working electrode and a preliminary counter electrode. The hematocrit value analyzer includes a working electrode and a counter electrode. An oxidant of a redox substance is disposed on the preliminary measurement analyzer and the counter electrode. A reductant of a redox substance is disposed on the working electrode. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116880 | Cathodic Materials for Use in Electrochemical Sensors and Associated Devices and Methods of Manufacturing the Same - A cathodic material for use in an electrochemical sensor comprising: a carbonaceous material and an oxygen reduction catalyst associated with the carbonaceous material; and wherein the cathodic material does not materially exhibit catalytic activity for the oxidation of carbon monoxide. Associated electrochemical sensors may include an anode and cathode that are disposed upon the same or opposite sides of an ion exchange membrane and/or exposed to the same or different gaseous environments. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116881 | Pens For Biological Micro-Objects - Individual biological micro-objects can be deterministically selected and moved into holding pens in a micro-fluidic device. A flow of a first liquid medium can be provided to the pens. Physical pens can be structured to impede a direct flow of the first medium into a second medium in the pens while allowing diffusive mixing of the first medium and the second medium. Virtual pens can allow a common flow of medium to multiple ones of the pens. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116882 | Microfluidic dielectrophoresis system - A microfluidic dielectrophoresis system includes: one supply device for a liquid medium having particles contained therein, N≧2 microfluidic, dielectrophoretically active channels, which are equipped with electrodes, lines for the fluidic connection of the supply device to the channels, for the connection of the channels to one another, and for the drainage of the medium and/or the particles from the channels, and valves for setting the flow direction of the medium in the lines, the dielectrophoretically active channels being situated and being connected by lines in such a way that they may be operated connected in parallel and in series by switching the valves in relation to the flow direction of the medium and the electrodes of the various channels are activatable independently of one another. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116883 | SURFACE TREATMENT PROCESS FOR ALUMINUM ALLOY AND ALUMINUM ALLOY ARTICLE THEREOF - A surface treatment process for aluminum alloy includes the steps of: providing an aluminum alloy substrate containing silicon element; evenly distributing the silicon element in the substrate by solution treating the substrate; removing the silicon element at/near the surface of the substrate by acid treating the substrate; forming a porous aluminum oxide film on the substrate by anodizing the substrate; and staining the aluminum oxide film. An aluminum alloy article treated by the process is also described. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116884 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTROPLATING - Disclosed herein is a system and method for controlling electroplating, the method including: measuring current applied to an object to be plated at the time of electroplating, by a current sensor; receiving current data corresponding to the current applied to the object to be plated at the time of electroplating to execute necessary processing, and transmitting the processed current data to the HMI, by the measurement system; receiving the current data from the measurement system to execute necessary processing, and transmitting the processed data to the PLC, by the HMI; receiving the data from the HMI and storing the data in a memory, and then comparing and computing the stored current measurement value and a set current value, to control an output of the rectifier, by the PLC; and controlling the current supplied to the electroplating bath according to the control of the PLC, by the rectifier. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116885 | NON-DELETERIOUS TECHNIQUE FOR CREATING CONTINUOUS CONDUCTIVE CIRCUITS UPON THE SURFACES OF A NON-CONDUCTIVE SUBSTRATE - A non-deleterious method for producing a continuous conductive circuit upon a non-conductive substrate can begin with the application of a metallic base layer upon a surface of a non-conductive substrate. A circuit pattern can be created within the metallic base layer based upon a circuit design. The metallic base layer comprising the circuit pattern can be physically separated from the remainder of the metallic base layer on the non-conductive substrate. The region of the non-conductive substrate surface that encloses the circuit pattern can be called the plating region. The remainder of the non-conductive substrate surface can be called the non-plating region. A first metal layer can be added upon the metallic base layer. A second metal layer can be added upon the first metal layer of the plating region. The second metal layer can be electrically conductive and restricted from forming on the first metal layer of the non-plating region. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116886 | METHOD FOR EXTRACTING NOBLE AND NON-FERROUS METALS FROM REFRACTORY RAW MATERIALS - A method for extracting noble and non-ferrous metals from refractory raw materials includes a first stage electric treatment of ground pulp in a chloride solution and a subsequent second stage of extracting commercial metals, carried out in one reactor using electrolysers with graphite anodes and steel cathodes. The reactor is fed with pulp having an S:L ratio of 1:(1-20) in a solution with a chlorine concentration of 60-180 g/L, being acidified to pH=0.2-1.0, it's agitated, the volume current density is set to 1000-10000 A/m | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116887 | ELECTROCHEMISTRY AND ELECTROGENERATED CHEMILUMINESCENCE WITH A SINGLE FARADAIC ELECTRODE - Described herein is an apparatus comprising an electrochemical cell that employs a capacitive counter electrode and a faradaic working electrode. The capacitive counter electrode reduces the amount of redox products generated at the counter electrode while enabling the working electrode to generate redox products. The electrochemical cell is useful for controlling the redox products generated and/or the timing of the redox product generation. The electrochemical cell is useful in assay methods, including those using electrochemiluminescence. The electrochemical cell can be combined with additional hardware to form instrumentation for assay methods. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116888 | METHOD OF PRODUCING TITANIUM METAL WITH TITANIUM-CONTAINING MATERIAL - A method of producing titanium metal with titanium-containing material which includes mixing, pressing and drying the titanium-containing material with a carbonaceous reducing agent to obtain a resultant as a first anode. Using a metal or an alloy as a first cathode, and using an alkali metal chloride molten salt and/or an alkaline earth metal chloride molten salt as a first electrolyte to constitute a first electrolysis system, to perform pre-electrolysis in an inert atmosphere to obtain a residual anode. After the residual anode is washed, molded and dried, using the residual anode as a second anode, using a metal or an alloy as a second cathode, using an alkali metal chloride molten salt and/or an alkaline earth metal chloride molten salt as a second electrolyte to constitute a second electrolysis system, to perform electrolysis in an inert atmosphere to obtain titanium metal powder. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116889 | FINE BUBBLE ELECTROLYZED WATER GENERATING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING FINE BUBBLE ELECTROLYZED WATER - Electrolyzed water containing chlorine gas and hydrogen gas is provided, wherein the electrolyzed water has improved storage stability and provides satisfactory cleaning efficiency. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116890 | HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTION CATALYST - Systems and methods for a hydrogen evolution reaction catalyst are provided. Electrode material includes a plurality of clusters. The electrode exhibits bifunctionality with respect to the hydrogen evolution reaction. The electrode with clusters exhibits improved performance with respect to the intrinsic material of the electrode absent the clusters. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116891 | Non-Cyanide Base Electro Chemical Polishing - A system used in polishing the metal includes a base assembly and an electrolytic cell assembly. The base assembly has a support stand which is mounted on to a connecting element. The base assembly further includes a holding cylinder that is provided with a hook or similar kind of means that is adapted to hold an anode fixture. A process of polishing the metal using system includes providing stripping solution which is free of cyanide is taken in a glass beaker of the electrolytic cell assembly and is heated. Further, the products that are to be polished are mounted on to the anode fixture using the plurality of hooks. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116892 | Apparatus and Method for Evaluating Characteristics of Target Molecules - Arrangements are described for evaluating characteristics of target molecules. A biochip is received which includes a substrate to which charged probe molecules are attached. The probe molecules have a marker to allow generating signals indicative of the distance of a portion of the probe molecule from the substrate. The signals are detected and means for an external electric field is generated to which the probe molecules are exposed. A control means acts to: (A) apply an external electric field causing the portion of the probe molecule to approach the substrate, and (B) apply an external electric field causing the portion of the probe molecule to move away from the substrate. The signal is recorded as a function of time during step (A) and/or step (B). Steps (A) and (B) are repeated for a predetermined number of times and the recorded signals are combined. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116893 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCTION OF PERCEIVED INACCURACY OF ANALYTE MEASUREMENTS - Described are methods and systems to reduce or obviate complaints about “inaccuracy” of blood glucose meter which utilize an exemplary technique to distinguish between subjective and objective inaccuracies of the analyte measurements. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116894 | Method and apparatus for monitoring alteration of flow characteristics in a liquid sample - A device for measuring blood coagulation time is formed from a first substrate; a second substrate; a spacer layer disposed between the first and second substrates, said spacer layer having an opening formed therein defining a sample receiving chamber, a vented sink chamber, and an elongated reservoir forming a conduit for liquid movement between the sample receiving chamber and the sink chamber; a first electrode disposed on the first substrate, said first electrode being exposed in the reservoir portion through a first opening in the spacer layer; and a second electrode disposed on the second substrate, said second electrode being exposed in the reservoir portion through a second opening in the spacer layer. The device of the invention is used in combination with an apparatus that is connected to the first and second electrodes for measuring current flow between the first and second electrodes. Changes in observed current are indicative of flow through the device, and a cessation of flow indicates coagulation. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116895 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE CASE - A protective storage device includes a front protective component that is configured to receive an electronic device. A back protective component is employed to interface with the front protective component and to form an enclosure that encloses the electronic device when the back protective component interfaces with a front of the front protective component. The case may also include a multi-directional hinge that couples the front protective component to the back protective component at a single location such that the front protective component is movable in multiple directions relative to the back protective component. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116896 | MAGNETICALLY CONNECTED CASE FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A protective or decorative case for an electronic device includes at least a first shell portion and a second shell portion. The first and second shell portions each comprise at least one magnetic coupling element to provide for removably coupling the shells together in an assembled configuration to house an electronic device therein. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116897 | SNAP-COUPLING ELECTRONICS CASE - A two-piece case for a smart phone or other electronic device includes a base and a frame. Interengaging snap coupling elements on the base and the frame releasably attach the components together to hold a phone within the case. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116898 | PROTECTIVE COVER FOR PORTABLE ELETRONIC DEVICE - A protective cover for a portable electronic device includes a housing and a cover detachably mounted to the housing. The housing includes a first bottom wall, a first compartment, and a second compartment. The first compartment and the second compartment defined at two opposite sides of the housing. The first compartment is configured to receive the portable electronic device; the second compartment is configured to receive a card. The cover is configured to cover the second compartment. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116899 | Organizing Device for Gaming Tickets - The present invention is an organizing device for gaming tickets and a method of organizing gaming tickets using the organizing device. The organizing device includes a pouch configured to hold and store gaming tickets. The pouch further includes at least one divider within the pouch, which creates at least two pockets. The dividers may be customized to accommodate gaming tickets of varying dimensions and the dividers may be removable from the pouch. Each pocket may be labeled temporarily or permanently as a certain category of gaming ticket, sub-categories of single game's tickets, or custom labels defined by the user. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116900 | Treatment of modified atmosphere packaging - The invention relates to a device for preserving, sanitizing, ripening, and preventing or suppressing the growth of microbials within a package used for the transport and storage of various items, such as fresh fruits, vegetables, and other perishables and parcels. The device includes an enclosed container and at least one sack operably disposed adjacent the container, wherein the sack encloses an agent and the agent releases gases in the container upon the presence of humidity within the container. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116901 | Sanitary Toilet Plunger Containment System - The present invention relates to a toilet plunger containment system including a decorative shell, a selectively removable tray having a disposable disinfectant and a specialized plunger which is housed within the decorative shell during periods of non-use. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116902 | SANITARY TOILET PLUNGER CONTAINMENT SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a toilet plunger containment system including a decorative shell, a selectively removable tray having a disposable disinfectant and a specialized plunger which is housed within the decorative shell during periods of non-use. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116903 | Integrated Tabbed Note and Fastener - Methods and apparatus for securely but removably tabbing one or more sheets of paper are disclosed. According to another aspect of the present invention, a kit includes a container and a first tabbed note assembly. The container includes at least a first compartment, and the first tabbed note assembly includes a first tabbed note and a first fastener. The first tabbed note has a first opening defined therein, and the first fastener is at least partially disposed in the first opening. The first tabbed note is positioned, or otherwise contained, at least partially in the first compartment. In one embodiment, the kit includes a divider that is inserted at least partially in the container such that the first compartment and a second compartment are defined at least partially by the divider. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116904 | MAILABLE PACKAGING OF COMPRESSED GARMENTS AND OTHER ITEMS - A retail-ready garment package ( | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116905 | Stand-Up Packaging Apparatus for a Shirt - A stand-up packaging apparatus for a shirt includes a shirt shaped front panel, a shirt shaped back panel, a top seal, an attachment mechanism, a gusset base, an interior chamber, and a top opening. The shirt shaped front panel and the back panel are perimetrically connected to each other except around a shoulder edge of the shirt shaped front panel and the back panel. The gusset base is connected in between a base edge of the shirt shaped front panel and the back panel so that the stand-up packaging apparatus for a shirt is able to stand-up on a flat surface. The interior chamber is positioned with the shirt shaped front panel and the back panel and accessed through the top opening, which is opened through the top seal and the attachment mechanism. The attachment mechanism also shuts the top opening when necessary. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116906 | Sachet Containing a Liquid Medication - A resilient single-dose sachet for storage and administration of a liquid medication. The sachet includes a top portion, a bottom portion, and a perimeter, the top portion having a narrowed region; a front layer and a back layer. The front layer and back layer are permanently joined around the perimeter to form around the perimeter to form a seal and the seal forms a compartment. The compartment is adapted to contain the liquid medication. The sachet can be adapted such that the user can consume the liquid directly from the sachet. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116907 | EASY ACCESS BANDAGES, PACKAGING, AND SYSTEMS FOR APPLICATION - Provided are a bandage wrappers and bandage application systems comprising: a first wrapper element and a second wrapper element; whereby the first wrapper element and the second wrapper element at least partially enclose an individual bandage and are separably in contact to completely enclose the bandage such that when the first and second wrapper elements are pulled in opposite directions the first and second elements separate to partially expose the bandage in a ready-to-apply state. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116908 | Card Product Package Assembly Having Enhanced Security - A package for display and sale of a card product comprising a first portion including a first panel connected to a second panel via a first fold line and a third panel connected to the second panel via a second fold line, the first panel including a first opening, the third panel including a second opening, which, in a folded state where the first panel has been folded to overlap the second panel via the first fold line and the second panel has been folded to overlap the third panel via a second fold line and the fourth panel has been folded to overlap the third panel via the third fold line, the first opening at least partially overlaps the second opening, a second portion foldably connected to the first portion, wherein the second portion displays information about the card product, a first fastener, and a second fastener releasably attached to the first fastener when the first portion and the second portion are in a closed position, wherein the first fastener and the second fastener re-attachably separate from one another when the first portion and the second portion are in an open position. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116909 | ENCAPSULATING SHEET CONTAINER - A encapsulating sheet container for storing a encapsulating sheet including a substrate and a encapsulating layer stacked on the substrate includes a tray provided with a receiving region receiving the substrate and a cover superposed on the tray not to be in contact with the encapsulating layer and to be at an interval from the receiving region. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116910 | Keepsake Arrangement and Method of Making a Keepsake - A keepsake arrangement comprising a cavity defined by at least one cavity wall and having an opening, an impressible material disposed in the cavity, a seal, sealingly coupled to a lip about the cavity, for sealing the impressible material in the cavity and for maintaining moisture in the impressible material while the seal is sealingly coupled to the lip about the cavity, a frame releasably coupleable to at least a portion of the lip that extends about the cavity, the frame comprising a shoulder section that extends over the opening when the frame is coupled to the at least one cavity wall, wherein the shoulder section is dimensioned to assist in retaining the impressible material in the cavity when the seal is removed from the lip about the cavity and the moisture is removed from the impressible material. A method of making a keepsake utilizing a keepsake arrangement as disclosed herein is also provided. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116911 | PARTICLE-CODED CONTAINER - A method of coding containers including applying particles to the containers so that the particles bonds with the containers to form unique optically readable patterns. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116912 | CONTAINER FOR PACKAGING A FOLDED FABRIC PRODUCT - A container for packaging a folded fabric product comprising:
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| 20140116913 | PACKAGE OF FOLDED SHEET PRODUCTS AND METHOD FOR FILLING A DISPENSER - A package of folded sheet products includes a stack of the sheet products, and a package wrapper, which surrounds the stack and holds the stack together. The stack includes a start sheet product at a start end of the stack, and an end sheet product at an opposite end of the stack. The package wrapper ( | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116914 | BOX FOR PACKAGING AN OBJECT - According to the invention, the box for packaging an object, comprising at least two upper edges, comprising:
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| 20140116915 | POLYCARBONATE COATINGS FOR METAL PACKAGING - A liquid polycarbonate coating composition including an aliphatic polycarbonate resin and a cross linking compound, said aliphatic polycarbonate resin being derived from, in the presence of a catalyst, an aliphatic polyol which comprises (a) from 50 to 100% by weight of the aliphatic polyol, one or more cycloaliphatic polyols that consist essentially of primary hydroxyl groups and (b) from 0 to 50% by weight of the aliphatic polyol, one or more linear aliphatic polyols, is provided. A method of coating a substrate with the liquid polycarbonate coating composition and the resulting articles are also provided. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116916 | Therapy for Constipation - A method is disclosed of treating acute, sub-acute or chronic constipation in a patient having a condition requiring such treatment. The method includes administering a lipase inhibitor. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116917 | CATIONIC MICELLES WITH ANIONIC POLYMERIC COUNTERIONS SYSTEMS THEREOF - The invention relates to polymer-micelle complex. The polymer-micelle complexes include a positively charged micelle selected from the group consisting of a monomeric quaternary ammonium compound, a monomeric biguanide compound, and mixtures thereof. The positively charged micelle is electrostatically bound to a water-soluble polymer bearing a negative charge. The polymer does not comprise block copolymer, latex particles, polymer nanoparticles, cross-linked polymers, silicone copolymer, fluorosurfactant, or amphoteric copolymer. The compositions do not form a coacervate, and do not form a film when applied to a surface. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116918 | ANIONIC MICELLES WITH CATIONIC POLYMERIC COUNTERIONS SYSTEMS THEREOF - The invention relates to a polymer-micelle complex. The polymer-micelle complexes include a negatively charged micelle that is electrostatically bound to a water-soluble polymer bearing a positive charge. The polymer does not comprise block copolymer, latex particles, polymer nanoparticles, cross-linked polymers, silicone copolymer, fluorosurfactant, or amphoteric copolymer. The compositions do not form a coacervate, and do not form a film when applied to a surface. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116919 | PACKAGING BOX WITH TEST STRIPS AND GRIPPER ASSEMBLY THEREOF - A packaging box with test strips is provided for a gripper to grip the test strips, and the gripper has a gripping section and a conductive terminal in the gripping section, and the packaging box includes a main body and a test strip. The main body has an embedded groove including a port with a shape corresponding to the shape of the gripping section, and the port is provided for inserting the gripping section. The test strip has a conductive area defined on a surface of the test strip, and the test strip is contained in the embedded groove, wherein the gripping section is coupled to the port, and the conductive terminal is electrically coupled to the conductive area. With the packaging box, the test strips can be taken out conveniently and quickly. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116920 | Reticle Pod - A reticle pod includes an outer pod shell and an outer pod door disposed under the outer pod shell. The outer pod door has at least one gas control hole. A seal ring is disposed between the outer pod shell and the outer pod door. A valve is disposed in each gas control hole. The outer pod shell and the outer pod door are configured to form an enclosure space in order to store a reticle. The seal ring seals the gap between the outer pod shell and the outer pod door. The at least one valve is configured to control gas flow in and out of the enclosure space. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116921 | COVER FILM - Disclosed is a cover film and an electronic component package that uses the cover film as a lid material for a thermoplastic resin carrier tape, the cover film having at least a substrate layer, an intermediate layer, and a heat sealing layer having a thermoplastic resin which can be heat-sealed to a carrier tape, the intermediate layer including a metallocene straight-chain low density polyethylene, the metallocene straight-chain low density polyethylene having a TMA softening temperature of 90 to 109° C. according to JIS K7196, and the cover film in some instances having a release layer between the intermediate layer and the heat sealing layer. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116922 | CONFIGURATIONS OF APERTURES IN A MINIATURE ELECTRONIC COMPONENT CARRIER MASK - A miniature component carrier includes a thin, resilient mask through which are formed multiple spaced-apart apertures each of which is sized and shaped to compliantly receive and hold a miniature component in a controlled orientation during termination processing such that the side margins of the aperture primarily contact and grip the corner regions of the miniature component. At least some of the apertures have side margins that form rhomboidal or elliptical apertures. The shape and size of the multiple spaced-apart apertures confine within an operational tolerance contact between the side margins of the aperture and the side or end wall surfaces of the electronic component. This reduces mechanical damage to the side and end wall surfaces that results from their contact with the side margins during receipt and gripping of the miniature component in the aperture. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116923 | PROCESS AND COMPOSITION OF CATALYST/ADDITIVE FOR REDUCING FUEL GAS YIELD IN FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING (FCC) PROCESS - The present invention relates to a catalyst for Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) which contains a combination of a FCC catalyst component and an additive component with certain physical properties attributed therein. The present invention is also directed to provide methods for the preparation of the catalyst for FCC. The admixture of the FCC catalyst component and additive component is used in cracking of hydrocarbon feedstock containing hydrocarbons of higher molecular weight and higher boiling point and/or olefin gasoline naphtha feedstock for producing lower yield of fuel gas with out affecting the conversion and yield of general cracking products such as gasoline, propylene and C | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116924 | SELF-ACTIVATING HYDROPROCESSING CATALYST AND PROCESS FOR TREATING HEAVY HYDROCARBON FEEDSTOCKS - A self activating catalyst for treating heavy hydrocarbon feedstocks that comprises a calcined particle comprising a co-mulled mixture made by co-mulling inorganic oxide powder, molybdenum trioxide powder, and a nickel compound and then forming the co-mulled mixture into a particle that is calcined to thereby provide the calcined particle. The calcined particle comprises from 1 to 10 weight percent molybdenum and nickel that is present in an amount such that the weight ratio of said nickel-to-molybdenum is less than 0.4. The calcined particle has a pore size distribution that contributes to the unique properties of the catalyst. The calcined particle and catalyst also exhibits a unique Raman spectrum. The self activating catalyst is activated when contacted under suitable process conditions with a heavy residue feedstock having high nickel, vanadium and sulfur concentrations. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116925 | MIXING SYSTEMS FOR MIXING OIL SANDS TAILINGS AND POLYMER - A process for flocculating and dewatering oil sands fine tailings in a pipeline is provided, comprising: pumping a tailings feed having a solids content in the range of about 10 wt % to about 45 wt % through a pipeline; injecting an effective amount of a polymeric flocculant into the tailings feed to provide an initial quick dispersion of the polymeric flocculant into the tailings feed; and providing a subsequent conditioning environment to form flocs and release water without overshearing. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116926 | METHOD FOR HANDLING HARD METAL - A method for sorting hard metal including the steps of subjecting one or more bodies of hard metal to a heat treatment at a temperature of 500° C. or higher in an atmosphere including at least one reactive gas component prone to form a reaction product with an element that may or may not be present in the one or more bodies. A sorting operation of the one or more bodies is performed based on a presence or absence of the reaction product in a surface portion of the heat treated one or more bodies. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116927 | APPARATUS FOR RECOVERING GOLD AND TRANSPORTING GRAVEL - An apparatus is configured to recover gold and transport gravel. The apparatus includes a bucket attached to a higher pressure water feed and a lower pressure water line. A make-up water supply is connected to the higher pressure water feed. A classifier assembly is attached to the bucket and configured to filter larger material from smaller material. The smaller material includes gold particles and gravel. A gold concentrator plate is connected to the bucket and configured to segregate the gold particles from the gravel. Water enters the higher pressure water feed and travels through the make-up water supply running across the gold concentrator plate and causing gold particles to be caught in the gold concentrator plate. Water additionally travels through the lower pressure water line with the gravel transporting the gravel away from the bucket. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116928 | WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM - A water treatment system having an inlet for receiving water to be treated and a manifold that defines a pair of fluid streams communicating with the inlet. A valve module carried by the manifold controls the communication of water at the inlet with treatment cartridges and with a common outlet. The valve module includes a valve member that is movable between two positions such that, in one position, the valve member communicates each fluid stream with an associated cartridge and, in a second position, communicates the inlet with the common outlet and bypasses the cartridges. A remotely mounted cartridge depletion indicator is provided that includes a linkage that is magnetically coupled to a stem assembly located within a flow metering mechanism. Movement in the internal stem assembly is transferred via the magnetically coupled external linkage to a cartridge depletion indicator visible to the operator. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116929 | Grey Water Filtering System - A water filtering system having its components contained within a single housing. The filter system uses a first filter pair of filters which can be first manually isolated from the water flow; and a second pair of filters which can also be manually isolated from the water flow. The two pairs of filters operate in parallel, thereby allowing one pair to be isolated for cleaning/repair without having to curtail operation since the other pair of filters remain operational. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116930 | COOLANT SYSTEM - In a coolant system, the interior of a reservoir frame storing the coolant discharged from a machine tool is partitioned by a partition member into an outer peripheral coolant tub and a central coolant tub. The partition member is formed with a silt that extends in the depth direction to make the outer peripheral coolant tub communicate with the central coolant tub. A suction port of a pump that feeds the coolant in the central coolant tub to a filtering device is arranged in the central coolant tub. The coolant discharged from the machine tool is supplied to the central coolant tub without passing through the outer peripheral coolant tub. At least a part of the coolant filtered by the filtering device is supplied to the outer peripheral coolant tub without passing through the central coolant tub. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116931 | Suction-Type oil filter unit for transmissions or internal combustion engines - The invention relates to a suction-type oil filter unit ( | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116932 | Novel Liquid Chromatographic Media and Methods of Synthesizing the Same - The present invention provides a bisamide-containing novel liquid chromatographic media and method of synthesizing the same. A novel polar bisamide functional group, which can form hydrogen bonds or ion pairs with residual silanols on the surface of silica gel, is used as the bonded phase on the surface of silica gel to better shield the activity of silanols and to eliminate the influence of residual silanol groups. Compared with conventional C18 columns, these novel bonded phases have different selectivity; they can work not only in 0 to 100% water but also in 0 to 100% organic mobile phase. In particular, they exhibit good peak shapes and resolutions for polar and basic compounds and have good stability within a very wide pH range. These properties make the new stationary phases a useful complement to conventional C18 columns for a variety of HPLC applications. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116933 | FLUID FILTER WITH MAGNETIC PARTICLE ATTRACTION - A filtration apparatus for removing solids and particulates from a liquid stream flowing through a filter media. A magnet is located adjacent to the filter media and the liquid steam to attract metal particles in the liquid stream to the filter media. The magnet may be a rare birth magnet. A variable speed drive motor is coupled to a carrier supporting the filter media to advance the filter media through the liquid stream. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116934 | REGENERATED CELLULOSE POROUS MEMBRANE FOR POROUS DIFFUSION AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - A pore diffusion type flat membrane separation apparatus X including a plurality of flat membranes | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116935 | HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE MODULE REPAIR METHOD AND HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE MODULE - This repair method for a hollow fiber membrane module is a method for repairing a leaking section occurring in the hollow fiber membrane module, the repair method having a repair step for using a repair adhesive that hardens due to a composite curing function that comprises a moisture-curing function and a photo-curing function, to repair the leaking section. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116936 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF NANO POROUS MATERIAL AND NANO POROUS MATERIAL BY THE SAME - The manufacturing method of nano porous material according to an example of the present invention comprises: a preparing step to prepare a substrate; and a manufacturing step to prepare nano porous material with a network structure in which nanoclusters are connected to each other using plasma deposition through over 300 mTorr of working pressure. Using the manufacturing method, it is possible to form a nano porous material having desired surface energy without formation of additional coating layer as well as pores distributed both within and on the surface of the nano porous material with only one deposition process. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116937 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEWAGE SLUDGE TREATMENT AND ADVANCED SEWAGE TREATMENT - A sludge treatment apparatus includes an aeration tank serving to degrade microorganisms other than | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116938 | Chemical Treatment Method and Apparatus to Increase Wastewater Bioreactor Processing Capacity While Producing Class A Biosolids - A chemical/mechanical sludge dewatering treatment method and apparatus injecting SO | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116939 | METHOD FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT BY URINE SEPARATION, SEAWATER ADDITION, AND NITRIFICATION AND IN-SEWER DENITRIFICATION - A method for wastewater treatment which comprises (a) separating and/or collecting urine from the wastewater for pretreatment, (b) removing phosphorus from urine using seawater, (c) optionally oxidizing nitrogen from urine, and (d) discharging the phosphorus-removed and/or nitrogen-oxidized urine to a sewer. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116940 | REMOVAL OF ELEMENTS FROM AQUEOUS FLUIDS - Methods of removing ions from an aqueous fluid can comprise increasing the pH of the aqueous fluid and contacting the aqueous fluid with anion exchange materials. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116941 | METHOD FOR REMOVING BIOPOLYMER AGGREGATES AND VIRUSES FROM A FLUID - The present invention relates to a method for removing biopolymer aggregates and viruses from a fluid. In a first step, the biopolymer aggregates are selectively removed by filtration through a porous, polyamide-comprising shaped body having a native surface. In a second step, the biopolymer aggregate-free fluid is filtered through at least one suitable virus-retentive membrane. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116942 | AIR FLOTATION AND ELECTROCOAGULATION SYSTEM - The invention relates to apparatuses, systems, and methods for the treatment of contaminated fluids, in particular water. The system is generally a continuous flow system including a multi-stage cavitation device, an electrocoagulation device, and an air flotation unit. The electrocoagulation device includes a plurality of interweaved cathode and anode plates. The anode plates are coated with an oxygen generating mixed-metal oxide coating. The air flotation unit includes a cavitation aerator and electrode blocks to introduce air bubbles into the fluid. Contaminants attach to the air bubbles and float to the fluid surface where they are removed as sludge. Treated fluid is passed through a final filtration system. The methods involve the processes imparted by the various apparatuses on the fluid. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116943 | Water Purification System and Method - A water purification system has a closed water channel to circulate circulating water not containing substances causing fouling at the downstream side separated from the water to be treated with a semipermeable membrane. By performing reverse osmosis membrane treatment on the circulating water of a low concentration of organic substances after reclaiming water from the water to be treated containing organic substances to the circulating water through a forward osmosis membrane in which fouling is hard to occur, the substances causing fouling can be prevented from contacting onto the reverse osmosis membrane and thus fouling can be suppressed. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116944 | SUPER-SURFACE SELECTIVE NANOMEMBRANES PROVIDING SIMULTANEOUS HIGH PERMEATION FLUX AND HIGH SELECTIVITY - Superhydrophobic membrane structures having a beneficial combination of throughput and a selectivity. Methods of making and using the membrane structures. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116945 | NANOFIBER CONTAINING COMPOSITE STRUCTURES - A nanofiber liquid filtration medium featuring an electrospun polymeric nanofiber layer produced on a smooth non-woven substrate. | 2014-05-01 |
| 20140116946 | USE OF MULTIVALENT INORGANIC ADDITIVES - A process of dewatering tailings such as fluid fine tailings from oil sand extraction is provided comprising mixing the tailings with a sufficient amount of an additive comprising at least one multivalent cation, each multivalent cation being in an amount ranging from about 0.125% to about 0.25% and higher, up to or greater than the solubility limit of the at least one multivalent cation, and depositing the resulting mixture into a containment area to yield a non-segregating, rapidly cracking and dewatering deposit for reclamation and recycle water which can optionally be used in an oil sand bitumen extraction process. | 2014-05-01 |
