| 18th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 20 |
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| 20110101576 | Tuyere for Manufacturing Molten Iron and Method for Injecting Gas Using the Same - A tuyere for manufacturing molten iron is provided. The tuyere includes i) an oxygen injection opening that is configured to inject oxygen therethrough, and ii) a sealing gas injection opening that is located to be spaced apart from the oxygen injection opening and is configured to inject a sealing gas surrounding the oxygen. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101577 | CONVEYOR SYSTEM, COMPOSITE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COUPLING METALLURGICAL METHODS - A conveying system comprising elements for conveying lumpy, particularly hot, conveying stock and a cover for shielding the conveying stock. Disclosed are measures for inerting the conveying stock. A combined system encompasses a reduction plant for reducing oxides in a continuous process and processing unit for producing liquid metal in a discontinuous process. The reduction product is deliverable from the reduction plant to the processing unit. A method for coupling a reduction method used for reducing oxides in a continuous process and a method used for producing liquid metal in a discontinuous process. A reduction product from the reduction method is fed to the liquid metal production method for processing. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101578 | AIR SUSPENSION - Disclosed is an improved air suspension that prevents damage and/or failure of a component of an air spring, such as an air sleeve. The air suspension includes a damper including a cylinder and a piston rod slidably disposed in the cylinder, an air spring hermetically connected to an outside of the cylinder, an upper mount which secures the damper and the air spring to a vehicle frame, and a rotational sealing part disposed between the air piston and the cylinder and allowing relative rotation of the air spring and the cylinder while maintaining air-tightness between the air piston and the cylinder. The air suspension may prevent damage and/or failure of components of an air spring, such as an air sleeve, by undesired force or moment such as torsional rotational force applied to the air spring in the course of driving the vehicle. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101579 | Multi-Stage Telescopic Shock Absorber - A multi-stage shock absorber with closed ends has a plurality of tubular shock bodies telescopically interconnected together, and includes a piston arrangement slidably mounted within certain of the shock bodies to define a number of chambers variously containing damping and/or spring elements for enabling damping of shock forces applied to the shock absorber. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101580 | BEARING FOR STRUCTURES - A bearing ( | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101581 | LIQUID SEALED VIBRATION ISOLATING DEVICE - A liquid sealed vibration isolating device has an elastically movable diaphragm capable of preventing elastic deformation of a relief valve to realize high damping while preventing a cavitation phenomenon. The relief valve is provided in the elastic movable diaphragm arranged in a partition member in order to open and close a leak passage so as to prevent occurrence of the cavitation phenomenon. The relief valve is integrally formed with a fixing portion of the elastic movable diaphragm. There is provided an upwardly open concavity that the relief valve faces. The relief valve is made thicker and provided with an opening and closing adjustment groove at a basal portion of its inclined wall. The opening and closing adjustment groove is formed with a locally thin bending portion functioning as a starting point of bending in an opening and closing operation of the relief valve. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101582 | FLUID-FILLED ACTIVE ENGINE MOUNT - In an active fluid-filled engine mount, a oscillation member is excited and displaced by an electromagnetic actuator, and thereby pressure in a pressure receiving chamber is actively controlled. A short circuit passage is provided connecting the pressure receiving chamber and an equilibrium chamber. A ratio of a passage cross-sectional area and a passage length of the short circuit passage (a/l) is provided greater than a ratio of a passage cross-sectional area and a passage length of the first orifice passage (A/L) (A/L | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101583 | Bifurcated Spring System With Strain Control Cams - A spring system comprising flat plate-springs with one end mounted rigidly to an un-spring first base and the opposite end mounted rigidly to a sprung second base. The spring system is fitted with cams as strain-control surfaces, mounted tangent to the plate springs and spaced progressively from the said plate-springs beginning at the tangency. The strain-control cams are movable to provide for adjustable spring rates, actively repositioned upon demand therein providing an adaptive active spring-rate system or suspension. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101584 | Suspension Thrust Bearing Device and Strut - The suspension thrust bearing device comprises a rolling bearing | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101585 | Shock absorber - There is provided a shock absorber comprising: a cylinder; a piston slidably inserted into the cylinder; a piston rod penetrating a rod guide mounted on an end portion of the cylinder so as to extend externally; a damping force generator producing damping force through flow of the working fluid in which to be caused by sliding movement of the piston in the cylinder; and a rebound spring provided in the cylinder so as to restrict an extended-side stroke of the piston rod, wherein the rebound spring is provided at a periphery of the piston rod where one end of the rebound spring is fixed to a side of the cylinder while the other end thereof is a free-end facing a rebound stopper fixed on a side of the piston rod, and the free-end of the rebound spring is provided with an elastic member that slidably abuts to the piston rod. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101586 | AUTOMOBILE ROTISSERIE - An automobile rotisserie may include a pair of support columns, a neck clamp clamped to each support column, a rotation assembly attached to each neck clamp, a swing arm clamp attached to each rotation assembly, a swing arm received in and clamped by each swing arm clamp, a balancing assembly effective for controlling the movement and positioning of said swing arm within said swing arm clamp, and a mounting arm extending from each swing arm. Each neck clamp and/or swing arm clamp may include an L-shaped outer clamp plate and a W-shaped inner clamp plate. Each rotation assembly may include an outer sleeve attached to a neck clamp, an inner insert sleeve attached to a swing arm clamp, a plurality of ball bearings between the outer sleeve and the inner sleeve to facilitate rotational movement of said inner sleeve within said outer sleeve, and a retainer bearing to retain said inner sleeve within said outer sleeve. The balancing assembly may include a threaded balancer block attached to a swing arm clamp, an unthreaded balancer block attached to a swing arm, a threaded rod extending through the threaded balancer block and through the unthreaded balancer block, a gripping head at one end of the threaded rod, a thrust bearing assembly sandwiching said unthreaded balancer block, and a locking collar fixed to said threaded rod adjacent said thrust bearing assembly and said unthreaded balancer block. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101587 | COMPACT SUPPORT CLAMP WITH ROTATING EQUIPMENT ATTACHMENT AND JAW OPERATOR - The device utilizes a thruster cylinder driven by a enlarged knob and terminating in a thruster plate to clamp to a support. Provision is made to attach a device to the clamp through a rotating index wheel which can lock the device by receiving a tang from a trigger lever at a selected increment of rotation. A second embodiment has two index wheels so that the attached device can be displaced in one of four directions to avoid conflict with other devices on the same support. The second axis is normally used to return a displaced device to an upright orientation. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101588 | SLIDING DRILL PRESS - The present invention is directed to an apparatus for receiving a cylindrical workpiece and centering that workpiece on a central axis of an elongated support frame. An overhanging machine slides along parallel rails spaced equidistantly from the central axis and enables a machine bit aligned with the central axis to contact the cylindrical workpiece at points located precisely along its apex. Because the machine is moveable relative to the stationary workpiece, the apparatus eliminates a need complex fixturing and increases throughput while enabling repeated accurate alignment of a moving machine bit with the apex of the cylindrical workpiece centered on and lying along the central axis. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101589 | Cut mat - There is disclosed a portable cutting mat for improving safety when using a power circular saw for cutting wood sheeting. Said mat has a top surface, bottom surface, top edge, bottom edge, left edge, and right edge. Said mat contains holes through said top and bottom surfaces in a predetermined grid pattern. Disposed and secured within said mat holes are replaceable support pegs of a predetermined height. Said mat when rolled out on a flat surface is marginally larger than a standard four foot by eight foot wood sheet. Said wood sheet is to be laid on top of replaceable support pegs so that said top, bottom, left, and right edges along with row markings are visible around the perimeter of said wood sheet. Said row markings are contrasting colors of alternate rows of said replaceable support pegs and/or alternate row markings directly printed on said mat to differentiate between rows of said replaceable support pegs. Cutting channels are the open areas between the rows of said replaceable support pegs, and said top surface of mat. Tie strings and/or straps are attached to said top or bottom edge to secure around the circumference of rolled up mat for transportation or storage. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101590 | RECONFIGURABLE FIXTURE DEVICE AND METHODS OF USE - A reconfigurable fixture device system, including: a base member; a reconfigurable pad disposed on the base member, wherein the reconfigurable pad comprises a shape memory material configured to selectively conform to a surface contour of a workpiece; an activation device in operative communication with the shape memory material; a controller in operable communication with at least one of the reconfigurable pad, the activation device, and the base member; a plurality of sensors for sensing a parameter associated with at least one of the reconfigurable pad, the base member, the fixture device, and the workpiece, wherein the plurality of sensors is in operable communication with the controller; and an actuator in operable communication with the controller and the at least one of the reconfigurable pad, the base member, the fixture device, and the workpiece. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101591 | Sheet folding apparatus and image formation system provided with the apparatus - A sheet transport path extending from a carry-in entrance to a carrying-out exit is made small and compact in an apparatus configuration provided with a path without performing the folding processing and another path to perform the folding processing in between the carry-in entrance and the carrying-out exit. The configuration is provided with a first transport path | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101592 | STACK OF SHEETS AND SHEET CONTAINER - A representative stack of sheets including sheet bodies each of which is formed by folding a sheet and has a plurality of pieces between both ends of the sheet body. The sheet bodies are stacked one on another in such a manner that one of the plurality of pieces of each of the sheet bodies on one side in a stacking direction and another piece on the other side are inserted between pieces of an adjacent sheet body on one side in the stacking direction with respect to the sheet body and between pieces of an adjacent sheet body on the other side in the stacking direction, respectively, wherein an auxiliary piece is formed by folding an end of the piece of the sheet body. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101593 | Sheet feeding apparatus, and sheet folding apparatus and image formation system provided with the sheet feeding apparatus - The invention enables skew of a sheet to be reliably corrected with a simplified structure in feeding the sheet to a processing position of sheet folding or the like using a roller pair. Provided are a transport roller pair ( | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101594 | MEDIA DISPENSER - A media dispenser comprises: a pick unit arranged to pick individual sheets under control of a pick unit motor; a transport section arranged to transport each picked sheet; a stacker wheel arranged to collate transported sheets under control of a stacker wheel motor; and a controller including a counter. The controller is arranged to (i) enable selectively the pick unit motor and the stacker wheel motor, (ii) provide a first step signal to both the pick unit motor and an input to the counter, and (iii) provide an output from the counter as a second step signal to the stacker wheel motor. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101595 | DOCUMENT PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING A DOCUMENT PROCESSING APPARATUS - A document processing apparatus comprises a document transport path which extends from an upstream end to a downstream end, a low speed drive disposed at the upstream end of the document transport path and for transporting a document along the document transport path from the upstream end towards the downstream end, a high speed drive disposed at the downstream end of the document transport path and for receiving a document being transported along the document transport path from the low speed drive, an actuatable document processing device disposed at the downstream end of the document transport path and for, when actuated, performing a downstream processing operation on a document being transported along the document transport path, a sensor for (i) sensing speed of movement of a document which is being transported along the document transport path from the upstream end to the downstream end, and (ii) providing a first electrical signal which is indicative of speed of movement of the document, and a controller for (i) monitoring the first electrical signal to thereby monitor speed of movement of the document along the document transport path, (ii) detecting when speed of movement of the document has increased from a first speed to a second speed which is greater than the first speed, (iii) providing a second electrical signal to actuate the document processing device to perform the downstream processing operation in response to detection of speed of movement of the document having increased from the first speed to the second speed. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101596 | Sheet Processing Apparatus And Sheet Processing Method - A sheet processing apparatus includes a sheet-table unit, a sheet-separating unit, a discharge unit, a sheet processing unit placed between the sheet-separating unit and the discharge unit, and a speed sensor arranged at the upstream end of the sheet-separating unit, and close to a convey path. The sheets are separated and conveyed downstream by the sheet-separating unit one by one. The speed sensor is capable of detecting the movement start time of each sheet on the convey path and the leaving time of each sheet therefrom, and sending corresponding signals to a system controller. The system controller delays predetermined times according to the received signals to control the sheet processing unit to start and stop processing the sheet which is passing through the sheet processing unit at an even speed. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101597 | MEDIUM STORING AND ADVANCING APPARATUS - To provide a medium storing and advancing apparatus which orderly piles up bills even when not flat. The medium storing and advancing apparatus includes a tongue piece roller having tongue pieces having the length thereof predetermined. While the tongue piece roller is rotated to slap the rear end of a bill with the tongue pieces to orient the latter downward, the front end of a following bill is superimposed on the downward-oriented rear end of the preceding bill. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101598 | METHOD OF OPERATING A DOCUMENT FEEDING MECHANISM TO REDUCE CHANCE OF A DOCUMENT JAM CONDITION AND AN APPARATUS THEREFOR - A method is provided of operating a document feeding mechanism having a document transport path which passes through an extended nip defined between an advance belt disposed on one side of a document transport path and a retard belt disposed on an opposite side of the document transport path. The method comprises controlling operation of the advance belt to pick sheets from a document stack and to feed picked sheets one-by-one through the extended nip from an upstream end of the document transport path to a downstream end of the document transport path, and controlling operation of the retard belt to hold back other sheets of the document stack from being fed through the extended nip as one sheet is being picked from the document stack and fed through the extended nip from the upstream end of the document transport path to the downstream end of the document transport path and thereby to reduce chance of a document jam condition. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101599 | SHEET TAKE OUT APPARATUS AND SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a sheet take out apparatus includes a supply table on which sheets are stacked; a detecting portion configured to detect a state of a top surface of the stacked sheets; a cylindrical take out rotor which is rotatably provided so as to face an end portion on a take out side of a top sheet and partially includes a suction hole to attract the sheet, the take out rotor taking out the sheets one by one by attracting the end portion on the take out side of the sheet with rotation; a suction portion which is provided inside the take out rotor and includes an air hole to attract the sheet through the suction hole, the suction portion provided so as to allow the air hole to rotationally move between a first opening position and a second opening position, the first opening position having a first distance away from the end portion on the take out side of the sheet, the second opening position having a second distance, which is longer than the first distance, away from the end portion on the take out side of the sheet; and a drive structure configured to rotationally move the suction portion to any of the first opening position and the second opening position based on state information detected by the detecting portion. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101600 | SHEET FEEDING DEVICE - Occurrence of improper sheet-feeding of sheets is reduced. A sheet stacking section is lifted by an amount that is larger when a sheet-feed retry is performed than when an ordinary lifting operation is performed. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101601 | STACKING MECHANISM AND RECORDING APPARATUS - Provided is a stacking mechanism that includes a paper feed tray including a paper inlet through which a recording medium to undergo a recording process is to be supplied; a paper output tray on which the recording medium that has undergone the recording process and been transported is to be stacked, the paper output tray being superposed on the paper feed tray; a pivotal shaft that allows the paper output tray to pivot with respect to the paper feed tray so as to expose the paper inlet of the paper feed tray; and a lock mechanism that locks the paper output tray displaced about the pivotal shaft, at a predetermined position. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101602 | PAPER EJECTOR UNIT - A paper ejector unit includes a paper path having a first path, a second path provided in a lower position than the first path, and a guide provided between the first and second paths and including an inclined face to restrict an upward deflection of the paper in transporting the paper forward to the exit slot; an opening formed downward at a forward back end of the second path; a reversible transportation roller assembly in the middle of the second path, configured to be rotated forward to transport the paper forward to the exit slot, to stop rotating to stop transporting the paper, and to be reversely rotated to retreat the paper having been transported to the exit slot; and a third path branching downward from the second path and provided near a forward upstream side of the reversible transportation roller assembly in order to recover the paper. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101603 | SHEET FEEDER HAVING LIFTING UNIT - A lifting unit and a process for lifting a stack of sheets having at least a first support ( | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101604 | Apparatus for varying the speed of printed products having an external eccentric assembly and method - An apparatus for varying the speed of printed products is provided. The apparatus includes a nip roll rotatable about a nip roll axis and an eccentric assembly external of the nip roll coupled to the nip roll coincident with the nip roll axis. The eccentric assembly is adapted to eccentrically move the nip roll. A method of varying the speed of a printed product in a printing press is also provided. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101605 | GAME MACHINE - A main CPU of a game machine for playing a game with playing balls allows a player to launch the playing balls until 30 seconds have lapsed after the player inserted a predetermined amount of metal money into the game machine. Whenever the playing ball enters any predetermined win hole mounted on a playfield of a game board, a ticket CPU of the game machine controls the game machine to pay a ticket as a payout medium different from the playing ball out, not playing balls, so that the sales figures of the game machine can be boosted since the acquired playing balls are not reused for a next game play, that is, the player has to borrow new playing balls with money paid for the next game play. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101606 | GAME MACHINE - A main CPU of a game machine outputs launching control data for enabling playing balls to be launched for 30 consecutive seconds to a launching drive circuit after the player inserted a predetermined amount of coins into the game machine. A launching strength generation circuit generates launching strength determined in accordance with the value of the launching volume. The generated strength is kept at equal to or more than a strength with which the playing balls reach a playfield on the game machine. When the launching control data is inputted, the launching drive circuit launches the playing balls toward the playfield with the launching strength generated by the launching strength generation circuit by a hammer. Thereby, the sales figures of game machine can be boosted since the playing time is limited to 30 consecutive seconds in principle, and waste time in the launching operation is saved. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101607 | GAMING DICE AND A GAME - A gaming dice ( | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101608 | PUZZLE PLANE GENERATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING PUZZLE PLANE - There is provided a puzzle plane generation system where a puzzle plane constituted by plural cells is generated easily and in a short time. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101609 | Mechanical puzzle with hinge elements, rope elements, and knot elements - In one embodiment of the present invention, cubes with beveled edges that are joined by hinge elements can be folded into a larger cube. In another embodiment, a puzzle object with a plurality of holes may have a rope element threaded through it so as to conceal knot elements. In yet another embodiment, a plurality of puzzle objects with holes that are joined by hinge elements may have a rope element threaded through tunnels formed by the holes so as to conceal the knot elements. Different aspects and further embodiments of this invention provide for puzzles and amusements of varying design. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101610 | Transportation Game for Simulating Movement About a City or Other Area - A transportation game that simulates movement about a city, town or other area using different modes of transportation and different station locations as stops for the modes of transportation. In a preferred embodiment, the game is configured as a board game with a map of the area on the surface of the game board. The map has a plurality of transportation paths comprised of individual path segments and station locations. Each path segment includes a mechanism for identifying the mode of transportation which can move along the path segment and a direction indicator indicating the direction of travel for the player's token. Each station location is associated with at least one mode of transportation. The players move their token along the game paths to accomplish a mission. In a preferred embodiment, the area is an actual city and the transportation paths and modes correspond to those in that city. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101611 | TRANSACTION PRODUCT WITH FOLDABLE SHEET - A transaction product includes a first cover panel, a second cover panel, and an intermediate sheet, and an account identifier. The intermediate sheet transitions between a collapsed and an extended position and defines fold lines dividing the intermediate sheet into sections. When the intermediate sheet is in the collapsed position, the sections form a stack. The first cover panel is coupled with one of the sections that forms a top of the stack, and the second cover panel is coupled with another of the sections that forms a bottom of the stack. The account identifier is coupled with at least one of the first and second cover panels and the intermediate sheet and links the transaction product to an account or record configured to track a value available for use toward a purchase of one or more of goods and services. Other products, combinations, and associated methods are also disclosed. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101613 | IMPROVED SEAL - A seal arrangement includes a plurality of seal elements arranged in series. At least one seal element has a predetermined rated pressure and includes a relief arrangement permitting relief of pressure across the seal element at a predetermined level lower than said rated pressure. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101614 | Seal Unit and Related Methods - The invention Mates to a seal unit ( | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101615 | SEALING APPARATUS - A sealing apparatus for sealing a well bore is described. The sealing apparatus comprises a sealing element adapted to be moved from a run-in configuration to a set configuration, a first back-up layer and at least one second back-up layer sandwiched between the sealing element and the first back-up layer. The at least one second back-up layer comprises a thinner material than the first back-up layer. The first back-up layer and the at least one second back-up layer are adapted to be moved from the run-in configuration to the set configuration under the action of the sealing element. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101616 | Mechanical Seal Sliding Member, and Mechanical Seal - The present invention provides a mechanical seal sliding member with high lubricating characteristics, in which the coefficient of friction and the temperature of sliding surfaces are lowered and stabilized without excessive leakage. In the mechanical seal sliding member of the present invention, on the sliding surface | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101617 | Double Mechanical Seal Device - The present invention provides a cartridge type double seal having a size small enough to be mounted on the outer surface of an apparatus without using a space in a stuffing box and without requiring any special design and modification. In a seal device ( | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101618 | Motor Grounding Seal - A shaft seal assembly is disclosed having a stator including a main body and axial and radial projections therefrom. The rotor is radially extended and encompasses the axial and radial projections from said stator. A passageway formed between the radial projection of stator and rotor results in an axial passageway having its opening facing rearwardly from the rotor and away from the source of impinging coolant and/or contaminant. A concentric circumferential receptor groove in the stator facing the housing allows insertion of conductive means for transmission of electrostatic charge away from the shaft through the shaft seal assembly to the housing and ground. The receptor groove is opposite the axial passageway and provides for both a substantially lower contaminant environment and improved engagement with conductive means. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101619 | A MCrAlY Alloy, Methods to Produce a MCrAlY Layer and a Honeycomb Seal - A MCrAlY alloy, methods to produce a MCrAlY layer and a honeycomb seal are provided. The MCrAlY alloy includes chromium, aluminum, yttrium and iron and optionally titanium, hafnium or silicon. The honeycomb seal includes a substrate, honeycomb cells and a protective coating on side walls of the honeycomb cells or a diffusion area inside side walls of the honeycomb cells, the protective coating or the diffusion area including the MCrAlY alloy. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101620 | PISTON RING - A piston ring with a DLC coating comprises an adhesive layer on a base material from inside to outside, an amorphous metallic hydrocarbon layer and an amorphous non-metallic hydrocarbon layer, wherein primarily sp | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101621 | WEAR-RESISTANT COMPONENT - The present invention pertains to wear-resistant components for internal combustion engines, particularly piston rings, especiallly piston rings that feature a wear protection layer with iron base alloy on their surface that is subjected to wear and are characterized in that they are manufactured of a coating powder by means of high-velocity flame spraying (HVOF), wherein the coating is single-phase and comprises the elements Fe, Cr, V and C, and wherein VC forms mixed crystals and also leads to a dispersion strengthening. The present invention furthermore pertains to a method for manufacturing wear-resistant components for internal combustion engines, particularly piston rings, according to the present invention. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101622 | BAFFLE SEAL FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINE THRUST REVERSER - A baffle seal for a thrust reverser of a gas turbine engine includes a seal body of a resilient material. The seal body has a relatively flat central portion with opposed front and back sides. A raised sealing rim extends at least partially around the central portion. An outer periphery of the sealing rim extends beyond an outer periphery of the central portion so as to define an exposed sealing surface. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101623 | FLAT SEAL - A flat seal, in particular a cylinder head gasket or an exhaust flange seal, includes at least one layer provided with at least one through opening. The through opening receives at least one elastically deformable profiled body configured as an annular profile wire. The profiled body, when seen in the radial direction, has different material thicknesses and is functionally connected to at least one support body. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101624 | Compression limiter with molded insert for gaskets - The present invention is directed to an insert for a cylinder head gasket for an internal combustion engine. The cylinder head gasket may be made from metal, a composite material, or a combination of the two, and is disposed between a cylinder head and a cylinder block. The insert has an outer plate having upper and lower surfaces, an outer perimeter and a closed inner perimeter. A removable molded insert is located within the closed inner perimeter of the outer plate. The removable molded insert has a bead portion and an inner land portion. A metallic carrier is substantially enclosed within the bead portion and planar portion of the removable molded insert. The removable molded insert may be attached to the outer plate by mechanical or chemical means. The insert may be attached to a cylinder head gasket by mechanical means. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101625 | Multi-layer steel insert for gaskets - The present invention relates to a multi-layer steel insert for a cylinder head gasket for an internal combustion engine comprising. The cylinder head gasket may be made from metal or a composite material, and is disposed between a cylinder head and a cylinder block. The MLS insert may be located around at least one fluid passage aperture. The MLS insert has a first outside layer and a second outside layer each comprising an upper surface and a lower surface, an outer perimeter, an inner closed perimeter defining a fluid aperture, and a bead. The beads may be half beads or whole beads. An intermediate layer is arranged between the outside layers and includes an upper surface and a lower surface, an outer perimeter and an inner closed perimeter defining a fluid aperture. The MLS insert may be attached to the cylinder head gasket by mechanical or chemical means. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101626 | FLAT SEAL - The invention relates to a flat seal, in particular a cylinder head gasket or an exhaust flange seal, comprising at least one layer provided with at least one through opening. The through opening receives at least one elastically deformable profiled body configured as an annular profile wire, having a defined material thickness. The total height of the non-deformed profiled body is greater than the thickness of the layer, and the layer is provided at least partially with material thickening in the region of the profiled body and/or outside of the profiled body. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101627 | GASKET | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101628 | SWELLABLE MATERIAL AND METHOD - A swellable material seal includes a quantity of swellable material disposed in a geometric configuration; and a plurality of openings in the material to enhance wettability thereof by a swelling fluid. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101629 | Automatic Tool-Bit Holder - A tool-bit holder has a hub, wherein the hub has a longitudinally extending axial bore for receiving a tool-bit therein, a detent ball radially projecting into the bore to selectively engage the tool-bit, and a circumferential ramp that is longitudinally moveable over the detent ball to cause radial movement thereof. A longitudinally moveable member extends through a slot in the hub and radially into the bore. The circumferential ramp is moveable as a function of longitudinal movement of the moveable member relative to the hub. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101630 | BEND SHAPE FOR ANTI-ROLL BAR - A method of reducing peak stress and distributing stress experienced in bends of anti-roll bars that involves configuring the shape of the bends so that they do not have uniform radii of curvature. Generally the shapes of the bends have greater radii of curvature at central portions than other portions of the bends. Also the shapes of the bends may be symmetrical or non-symmetrical. According to one embodiment the shapes of the bends include a combination of curved and straight portions. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101631 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COUPLING A DISCONNECTABLE STABILIZER BAR - A stabilizer bar system that includes a first stabilizer bar, a second stabilizer bar and a clutch having a clutch housing and a plurality of coupling members housed in the clutch housing. The first stabilizer bar is received in the clutch housing for rotation relative to the clutch housing about a rotational axis. The second stabilizer bar is fixedly coupled to the clutch housing. The coupling members are configured to selectively non-rotatably couple the first stabilizer bar to the clutch housing such that the clutch housing is employed to transmit torque between the first and second stabilizer bars. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101632 | VEHICLE HEIGHT ADJUSTING DEVICE - A displaceable spring seat ( | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101633 | TURNING MECHANISM FOR SKATEBOARDS - A turning mechanism for skateboards includes a plate fixed to the underside of the board and a wheel frame is pivotably connected to the pivot tube on the plate. A first part extends through a lug on the plate and a second part is threadedly connected to the first part. A U-shaped first restriction member extends through a spring and is connected to the second part, and two hook ends of the first restriction member are hooked to a first end of the spring. A U-shaped second restriction member extends through the spring and is connected to a rod on the wheel frame. Two hook ends of the second restriction member are hooked to a second end of the spring. The second part moves linearly to pull the spring when rotating the first part so as to restrict the required force that the wheel frame is pivoted relative to the pivot tube. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101634 | UNIVERSAL SKI CONVERSION DEVICE FOR A BICYCLE TRAILER - A ski conversion device for a bicycle trailer with first and second wheels, including: first and second wheel braces for attachment to first and second skis and for receiving the first and second wheels, respectively; first and second yoke braces for attachment to the first and second skis, respectively; a plurality of strap braces for attachment to the first and second skis; a first plurality of connecting elements for fixing the first and second wheels with respect to the first and second wheel braces, respectively; a plurality of stabilizing straps for connecting the trailer to the plurality of strap braces and for fixing an orientation of the trailer with respect to the first and second skis; and first and second yokes with respective first ends connected to the first and second yoke braces, respectively, the first and second yokes attachable to a source of energy for propelling the ski conversion device. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101635 | ONE-HAND OPERATION CONVERSION AND TORQUE CONTROLLER FOR WHEELBARROW HANDLES - The “ONE-HAND OPERATION CONVERSION AND TORQUE CONTROLLER FOR WHEELBARROW HANDLES” added to a wheelbarrow, on one hand, offers single hand operability and maneuverability, and on the other hand offers added benefits to dual-handed users. The wheelbarrow can easily be converted from dual to single-handed operation and then back again with this said unit. This is completed by adding a centrally mounted handle to cross support(s) which are attached to the two longitudinally extending handles of the said wheelbarrow. When the center handle is attached, one-hand operation is achieved by the load balancing capabilities of the said handle and its mounting orientation. The center handle is formed into or mounted to the cross support(s) that are mounted or formed into the existing longitudinal handles. The unit size dimensions and mounting method are arbitrary and will be made to fit the circumstances of mounting position and cross support material. The cross support(s) material and the handle material are of variable rigid form. The cross support mounts are variably rigid and can be adapted to fit the form of the said cross support(s) as well as conformed to the shape of the said wheelbarrows longitudinal handles. The cross support(s) offer the user an ergonomically padded contact area. This contact area can be used to apply a force by means of the upper thigh area when the wheelbarrow is in use under heavy load. While under heavy load a user is often subjected to high stresses by the wheelbarrow under tipping conditions and this creates a torque to reside between the users' hands/arms and the wheelbarrow handles. In order to help overcome this moment affect, the wheelbarrow cross member(s) handle conversion kit has been extended to offer increased torque and roll control. These said extensions are either in line, above, below or in some relative angle of placement to the center mounted cross support(s). | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101636 | DEVICE FOR ACTUATING BRAKE MEANS OF MOBILE APPLIANCES | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101637 | VEHICLE STEERING APPARATUS AND SETTING APPARATUS THEREOF - There are provided left and right arm mechanisms that connect an arm attachment portion as a part of a vehicle body to vehicle wheel attachment portions attached with front wheels via a front arm and a rear arm disposed in a front-rear direction of a vehicle and having plural links; and servo motors that independently drive the left and right arm mechanisms so that each link angle corresponding to a turning angle is determined. The setting position of the imaginary kingpin axis may be changed. Each link angle changes within a range of maintaining a correlation in which the turning angle increases in accordance with an increase in the steering operation amount when controlling the servo motors so as to obtain the turning angle corresponding to the steering operation amount of a steering wheel. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101638 | LOCKING PIN MECHANISM FOR A TRANSPORT SEMI-TRAILER - A locking pin mechanism for a transport semi-trailer, the locking pin mechanism is used for locking longitudinally extending members of a frame of a transport semi-trailer together with a trailer body movably arranged on the longitudinally extending members. The locking pin mechanism comprises at least two bolt assemblies and a linkage assembly for driving the at least two bolt assemblies. The bolt assembly comprises a bolt, an inner spring, a sliding sleeve, an outer spring and a bracket. The sliding sleeve at an end away from its sliding sleeve end-plate is connected with the linkage assembly; the linkage assembly can be pulled such that the sliding sleeve of the bolt assembly is compresses the inner and outer springs to force the bolt to be pulled out from a locating hole under an action of an elastic force of the inner spring; and after the linkage assembly is released, the bolt can be inserted into the locating hole under the action of the elastic force of the outer spring. The locking pin mechanism of the invention provides an improved operability, an excellent reliability and a convenience in operation. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101639 | SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR AXLE HOUSING OF A TOWING TRACTOR - A support structure for an axle housing of a towing tractor includes a leaf spring forming a part of a suspension, an axle housing which has a contact surface and is supported at opposite ends of the axle housing by the suspension and a spring seat which is separately provided from the leaf spring and the axle housing and disposed between the leaf spring and the axle housing, and the spring seat has a support surface. The axle housing is supported by the spring seat in plane surface contact between the contact surface and the support surface. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101640 | SUSPENSION DEVICE - A suspension device (S) of the present invention comprises: an actuator (A) including a motion conversion mechanism (T) for converting a linear motion to a rotational motion, and a motor (M) connected to a rotational member ( | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101641 | STRUCTURAL COMPONENT FOR REAR FRAME STRUCTURE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A structural component for a rear frame structure of a motor vehicle is provided with a mounting zone suitably designed for the mounting of a rear axle, more preferably of the twist-beam axle type, a first support zone suitably designed for supporting a suspension spring of the rear axle, a second support zone suitably designed for supporting a shock absorber of the rear axle, and at least one fastening zone suitably designed for fastening the structural component to the rear frame structure. In addition, it extends to an assembly consisting of a rear axle with structural components fastened thereto, a rear frame structure of a motor vehicle with such structural components, and a motor vehicle equipped accordingly. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101642 | ASSEMBLY AND POSITIONING MECHANISM FOR WHEELCHAIR AND AUXILIARY OPERATING LEVER - An assembly and positioning mechanism for wheelchair and auxiliary operating lever. The assembly and positioning mechanism has a swinging angular adjustment seat and a liftable pivoting seat of operating lever. The angular adjustment seat has an assembly side of locating rack and an assembly side of pivoting seat. The assembly side of locating rack is pivoted onto the locating rack via an adjuster, and the angular adjustment seat can swing rotarily. The pivoting seat of operating lever consists of a connecting side and a mating side of operating lever. The pivoting seat of operating lever can move vertically via a limiting portion. The mating side of operating lever is fitted with a limiting rabbet and a guide opening extended in an outward-dipping state. The mechanism can swing and also shift vertically, making it possible to control the guide opening of the mating side of operating lever for outward-dipping extension. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101643 | COVERING FOR MOTORCYCLE EXHAUST TUBE - A covering for a motorcycle exhaust tube is employed in a V-banked combustion engine having a drive output shaft, extending in a direction widthwise of a motorcycle body structure, and front and rear cylinder units arranged one after another in a direction longitudinally thereof, the front cylinder unit being displaced in one sidewise direction relative to a longitudinal mid-center line of the motorcycle body structure. The covering includes a covering body for covering a front exhaust tube, which is drawn from the front cylinder unit in a direction opposite to the one sidewise direction and extends rearwardly downwardly, and a covering extension provided in the covering body and positioned rearwardly of a radiator so as to extend towards the front cylinder unit. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101644 | CONVERTIBLE TRAILER - A convertible trailer that may be reconfigured for use with different towing hitch arrangements. The trailer includes a first deck, a second deck, and an adjustable neck configured to support the second deck substantially level with the first deck in a pintle configuration and to support the second deck above the first deck in a fifth wheel configuration. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101645 | Teleswivel Hitch Apparatus - A hitch apparatus includes a frame, spool assembly, and hitch assembly. The frame includes a base with a pair of arms extending away from one side of the base in side by side, spaced-apart relationship. A spool assembly is movably secured to elongated guides associated with the arms so as to be slidable along the arms. A hitch assembly is pivotably secured to the spool assembly and is movable relative to the frame between retracted and extended positions. The hitch assembly includes a pair of spaced apart plate members, each having a recess formed in an outer surface thereof. The spool assembly is pivotably secured within apertures in the plate members, and a guide pin located on each frame arm is operably engaged with a respective recess such that an extent to which the hitch assembly pivots relative to the frame progressively decreases as the hitch assembly is progressively retracted. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101646 | Vehicle equipped with coupler - The vehicle operated on highways and streets of the present invention includes a front coupler and a rear coupler, at least one on-board computer, a lateral location sensor, at least one lateral location sensor guidance means, a lateral position control means, a longitudinal sensor, a longitudinal position control means, a GPS coordinates receiver, a display unit, and at least one communication means. The coupler includes a pair of retractable snubber assemblies and a pair of coupling means. The coupling means is affixed to the outer end of the coupler by springs, and movable in the lateral, longitudinal and vertical directions. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101647 | Towing Apparatus for Vehicles - A towing apparatus that can be mounted to a vehicle chassis/frame or other structural member without requiring relocation of the spare tire or removal of the bumper includes a frame and a hitch apparatus secured to the frame. The frame includes an elongated base member having opposite end portions. A pair of arms extend away from the base member end portions in side by side, spaced-apart relationship. Each arm includes a mounting bracket configured to be attached to the underside of a vehicle. The hitch apparatus is secured to the base member and includes a housing and a tow bar movably disposed within the housing. The tow bar is movable relative to the housing between retracted and extended positions, and is pivotable relative to the housing when in an extended position. A locking member releasably engages the tow bar to maintain the tow bar when fully retracted. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101648 | Trailer coupling dock theft-proof lock - A trailer coupling dock theft-proof lock to prevent unauthorized coupling and hauling of a trailer during parking includes a locking dock, a coupling assembly and a lock assembly. The coupling assembly can be latched in a dome of a trailer coupling dock. By locking and unlocking of the lock assembly the coupling assembly can be retained or removed so that unauthorized towing of the trailer can be prevented. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101649 | CART FOR TRANSPORTING LAWN CLIPPINGS IN PAPER BAGS - A cart for transporting associated paper refuse bags may include a first frame foldably attached to a second frame with a hinge for folding the cart between a use condition and a storage condition, a first mesh fixedly attached to the first frame for supporting a first associated paper refuse bag, a second mesh fixedly attached to the second frame for supporting a second associated paper refuse bag, a first plurality of wheels operatively attached to the first frame, a second plurality of wheels operatively attached to the second frame, a handle operatively attached to the first frame for moving the cart, and a plurality of tarp attachment devices for attaching a tarp to cover the associated paper refuse bags. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101650 | Vehicle Steering Wheel - A vehicle steering wheel with a steering wheel body, a movable element held movably on the steering wheel body, which element can be pressed down against the force of a restoring element against the steering wheel body, and with a horn contact which is closed by pressing down of the element. An economical design for constructing the horn contact is created in that the horn contact has two cable cores ( | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101651 | GAS GENERATOR, METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF AND MODULE HAVING A GAS GENERATOR - An inflator as well as a method of manufacturing an inflator, a module including an inflator and an airbag module. In an inflator, especially for a protective device in a vehicle, comprising plural components a sealant is applied in the area of abutting components, especially a sealant which adheres to both abutting components. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101652 | AIRBAG AND AIRBAG APPARATUS - An airbag that can inflate without using a high-power inflator, and an airbag apparatus provided with such an airbag are disclosed. In one form, the airbag, when inflating, has a normally open vent hole disposed in a rear panel in a region extending toward the center of a steering wheel from the rim of the steering wheel and an openable vent hole disposed in a region extending toward the outside of the steering wheel from the rim. The openable vent hole is covered by a cover. The cover and a strap inside the airbag are connected to each other with a tether. From the commencement of inflation of the airbag, the cover is placed over the openable vent hole to close the openable vent hole. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101653 | PASSENGER PROTECTION DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE - A passenger protection device is provided for a vehicle, with an airbag module. The airbag module encompasses an airbag module cover, which has a weakened area. The weakened area is suitable and/or designed for providing an opening function of the airbag module given an activation of the airbag module. The airbag module has a covering, with one edge area of the covering being aligned to following the progression of the weakened area. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101654 | STEERING WHEEL SYSTEM WITH AUDIO INPUT - A steering wheel system for a vehicle. The steering wheel system includes a steering wheel and an airbag module located within the hub portion of the steering wheel. The airbag module includes an airbag and a cover for the airbag. The steering wheel system also includes a microphone configured to receive audio input from a vehicle driver, the at least one microphone being located on the cover of the airbag module. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101655 | Airbag apparatus - An airbag is composed a first airbag which is formed in a manner that a plurality of frame bodies of a substantially same triangle ring shape are horizontally aligned with respective central space portions of the frame bodies communicated with each other and connected with no gap, and a second airbag which is formed in a manner that the central space portions of the air bag body are blocked with blocking members. When the first airbag is deployed and inflated with gas generated by an inflator in a triangle ring shape upon a collision, air from the atmosphere is taken in to the central space portions of the first airbag from check valves and intake-exhaust holes, and the second air bag is deployed and inflated by using the airbag body as an outer frame and retaining the air inside thereof. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101656 | RAMP APPARATUS FOR CURTAIN AIRBAG FOR VEHICLE - A ramp apparatus for a curtain airbag for a vehicle, positioned between a headliner and a vehicular body panel such that the curtain airbag is deployed through a matching part formed between the headliner and a pillar trim, may include a support ramp fastened to the vehicular body panel and receiving a lower portion of the folded curtain airbag, and a deployment ramp extending from a first end of the support ramp to enclose a portion of the curtain airbag therein and deploying towards the interior of the vehicle to seal a gap between the vehicular body panel and the pillar trim by expansive pressure of the curtain airbag in the event of a vehicle collision. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101657 | AIRBAG MODULE - An airbag module for protecting an occupant of a vehicle comprising an inflatable curtain airbag configured to deploy between an occupant and an interior side of the vehicle; an inflator for providing inflation gas for the airbag; a housing configured to surround the airbag; and a strap configured to retain the airbag in the housing prior to inflation and deployment of the airbag; wherein at least one end of the strap is connected to the housing. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101658 | AIRBAG DEVICE - An airbag is quickly inflated and deployed along an inner side wall of a vehicle while suppressing variations of the deployment direction of the airbag inflated and deployed from an upper part of the vehicle. An upper edge side of an airbag ( | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101659 | CURTAIN AIRBAG DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A curtain airbag device for a vehicle having a lightweight, simplified, and inexpensive structure can prevent a curtain airbag from being caught by a pillar garnish when the airbag is deployed and inflated, and can restrict the deployment direction of the airbag. The curtain airbag may have sub-chambers formed therein that are folded together with the curtain airbag, and disposed adjacently thereto. The sub-chambers have a communication path formed therein that communicates with the curtain airbag. The curtain airbag is provided with tab cloth strips for supporting and fixing the curtain airbag. The tab cloth strips have an attachment section formed thereon and an annular binding section that binds together the curtain airbag and the sub-chambers. The binding section is provided with a tearing section to be torn when the curtain airbag is deployed and inflated and an anchoring section anchoring the airbag to the vehicle body side. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101660 | LOW-MOUNT INFLATABLE KNEE AIRBAGS HAVING SERIAL CHAMBERS - An inflatable knee airbag can have a plurality of inflatable chambers. The inflatable chambers can be formed as independent chambers, rather than a single chamber being divided by an internal tether. The inflatable chambers can be arranged in a serial configuration, wherein the chambers form an “L” shape so that when the airbag is deployed, it conforms to the shape of an instrument panel. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101661 | AIRBAG CONTROL SYSTEM - An airbag control system may include a sensor unit monitoring status of a vehicle being driven and an object located in front of the vehicle, an interior airbag deployed to an interior of the vehicle being driven, an exterior airbag deployed to an exterior of the vehicle being driven, and a control unit measuring a relative speed between the vehicle being driven and the object located in front of the vehicle from the sensor unit after deploying the exterior airbag, and deploying the interior airbag when it is determined that the measured relative speed exceeds an interior critical speed at which the interior airbag is deployed. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101662 | SOLID PROPELLANT/LIQUID TYPE HYBRID GAS GENERATOR - A gas generator comprising a housing having a mixing chamber and a pyrotechnic charge in the housing. A container having a liquid therein is disposed in the housing and has an open end and a closed end, with an end cap closing the open end and having a piston portion removably connected thereto and being movable within the liquid container to pressurize the liquid therein when the piston portion is separated from the end cap. The piston portion is positioned to be exposed to combustion gas from the pyrotechnic charge when it is ignited and is separable from the end cap when the combustion gas exceeds a predetermined pressure. In another embodiment, the liquid container may be a collapsible tube. The closed end of the liquid container has a weakened portion constructed to be opened when the pressure of the liquid in the container exceeds a predetermined pressure. The pyrotechnic charge and the weakened portion of the liquid container are in fluid communication with the mixing chamber so that combustion gases from the ignition of the pyrotechnic charge mix with and vaporize the liquid in the mixing chamber to generate a non-toxic, low temperature, low particulate inflation gas. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101663 | INFLATABLE AIRBAG ASSEMBLY WITH AN AIRBAG HOUSING VENT PANEL - Vents in inflatable airbags can be used to soften airbags during deployment by allowing inflation gas to exit from the interior of the airbag. Airbag vents can be used in conjunction with vents in an airbag housing and a vent panel that can align with the airbag vent with the housing vent and cover the aperture of the housing vent. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101664 | STREET PADDLE FOR SKATEBOARDS - A street paddle for use with long board skateboards. The paddle has a shaft, a handle and an eight sided body. Two sides of the hexagonal body are hexagonal sides and the remaining sides are rectangular. The street paddle is used by wheeled skaters to propel a skateboard on a solid surface. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101665 | HOCKEY SKATE - A skate assembly includes a shell structure and a removable tendon guard. The shell structure includes a heel portion, a lateral ankle portion, and a medial ankle portion. The heel portion is formed to cover a human heel. The lateral ankle portion is formed to extend beyond the heel portion. The medial ankle portion is formed to extend beyond the heel portion. The lateral ankle portion and the medial ankle portion are spaced apart to form a notch extending toward the heel portion. The removable tendon guard is removably attached between the lateral ankle portion and medial ankle portion to cover the notch. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101666 | BOOKLET - Provided is a booklet including: a plurality of leaves | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101667 | Giftcard Storybook Method and Apparatus - The teachings presented herein provide a “storybook” for presenting a thematically related set of gift cards, and further provide a method for ordering such storybooks, which may be offered under the trademark GIFTCARD STORYBOOKS. In at least one embodiment, a gift card storybook as contemplated herein comprises a professionally published, pre-written and illustrated book that tells a story and incorporates a series of insertion points for gift cards related to the unfolding storyline. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101668 | WIRE-BOUND PRODUCT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A wire-bound product using a double type laminated paper board and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The wire-bound product employs a structure in which inner paper sheets are turned over in the rightward and leftward directions on front plates of a frame, instead a structure in which a plurality of inner paper sheets is turned over toward the rear surface of a frame, thereby allowing a user to see both surfaces of the inner paper sheets. Further, rear plates of the frame are inserted into various positions of a spring to support the front plates, thereby allowing a standing angle of the front plates of the frame to be adjustable. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101669 | REFILLABLE AND REUSABLE PAD - An apparatus for supporting a pad of paper comprising a plurality of sheets joined together at a joined edge portion, the joined edge portion having at least one hole therethrough is disclosed. The apparatus includes a substantially rigid support member including a front surface and a back surface, the support member configured to support the pad of paper at an edge portion of the support member, wherein the edge portion includes a recess that is arranged to allow a portion of the plurality of sheets to be accessed from the back surface of the support member; and at least one fastener member provided at the edge portion of the support member and projecting forwardly therefrom, the at least one fastener member being configured to be received in the at least one hole in the joined edge portion of the pad of paper being engaged with the front surface of the support member so as to removably secure the pad of paper to the support member. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101670 | SECURITY ELEMENT WITH OPTICALLY VARIABLE ELEMENT - The invention relates to a security element of at least one thin layer element in form of a multi-layer composition, capable of interference. The multi-layer composition, capable of interference, consists of at least one reflecting layer, at least one partially transmitting layer and at least one dielectric layer arranged between these layers. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101671 | UNIVERSAL SLIP AND EXPAND FITTING AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for repairing water and sewer lines. The apparatus is a universal slip and expand fitting which will permanently or semi-permanently repair leaks in such lines. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101672 | DEVICE FOR GRIPPING AN EXHAUST PIPE - Device for internal gripping of an exhaust pipe having a gripping device which in turn has a first and a second protrusion, which are mutually connected to allow mutual displacement along a first axis (A), in which this displacement imposes a mutual change of position of the first and second protrusions along a second axis (B), perpendicular to the first axis. The device also has a manoeuvering device for achieving the mutual displacement of the two protrusions. The manoeuvering device comprises an advancement unit arranged to displace the first protrusion along the first axis (A) in relation to the manoeuvering device, and a connecting link, which connects the manoeuvering device to the second protrusion and which limits the displacement of said second protrusion along the first axis (A) relative to the manoeuvering device during the displacement of the first protrusion by the advancement unit. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101673 | PRESS-ON FITTING FOR A PIPE,IN PARTICULAR PLASTIC PIPE, OR PLASTIC-METAL COMPOSITE PIPE - The invention relates to a fitting for a pipe, particularly a plastic pipe or plastic-metal composite pipe, having a base body ( | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101674 | SYSTEM FOR THE LEAKTIGHT CONNECTION OF VALVE UNITS TO RESPECTIVE PIPES, IN PARTICULAR FOR USE WITH COMBUSTIBLE GASES - A system for the leaktight connection of a valve unit to a respective pipe, is provided. The valve unit includes a gas through-flow section, a threaded male attachment element being formed integrally with the valve unit and having an axial through cavity defining the gas through-flow section, for leaktight clamping by a pipe-fixing ring-nut connector which can be screwed onto the male threaded portion of the attachment element. The system includes a second leaktight connector which can be put into operation as an alternative to the ring-nut connector. The second connector including at least one axial retaining element which can be releasably restrained on the valve unit in the region of the threaded portion of the male attachment element, in a manner such that the pipe is restrained axially relative to the valve unit. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101675 | Hydraulic Coupling Member with Dual Electrical Bonding Contacts - A hydraulic coupling member is equipped with dual, electrically conductive contacts one of which is configured to contact a junction plate or junction plate holding the coupling member while the other is configured to contact an opposing coupling member when the coupling is fully made up thereby electrically bonding the coupling system. | 2011-05-05 |
| 20110101676 | PIPE STALK AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING A PIPELINE THEREFROM - A pipe stalk for a pipe-in-pipe pipeline, said pipe stalk including an outer pipe and at least one inner pipe located within the outer pipe, and having retaining assembly moveable between a first configuration for preventing axial movement of the inner pipe with respect to the outer pipe in a downwards direction and a second configuration for allowing axial movement of the outer pipe with respect to the inner pipe, whereby axial movement of the inner pipe with respect to the outer pipe can be prevented when the outer pipe is held during welding to an adjacent pipe stalk. | 2011-05-05 |
