| 18th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 12 |
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| 20160121199 | Cards and Card Games - A method and apparatus to play a blackjack game that includes giving a player of the blackjack game an opportunity to add a face-up card from the dealer's initial hand to the player's initial blackjack hand, dealing cards to the player until the player's hand is complete according to the rules of blackjack, and dealing cards to the dealer until the dealer's hand is complete according to the rules of blackjack. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121200 | PLAYING CARD SHUFFLER - An apparatus is for shuffling a plurality of playing cards used in gaming. The apparatus includes a card support adapted to support the unshuffled cards on-edge. An exciter is also included, and is adapted to impart vibrational action to the supported cards. Cards drop in a random fashion such as by controlling the relative position of the cards and passage through one or more card slots in a card rest. In at least some of the apparatuses, a medial card receiver is adapted to receive at least one card dropped from the card support and to retain the at least one received card to substantially block the card slot to prevent further cards from dropping. A positioner is preferably included to change a relative position of the unshuffled deck and card slots though which the cards drop. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121201 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FACILITATING TABLE GAMES - A gaming table provides for use of RFID technology to track chip movement on a table game and to infer an association between a wager and a player position based on a chip identifier of a chip placed on a particular position of the table. In some embodiments, previous position history of the chip is also taken into account in determining a player position associated with a wager. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121202 | ROLLOVER SWITCH FOR AN AMUSEMENT GAME DEVICE - A rollover switch has a housing carrying a depressible cover coupled to a switch whereby a depression of the cover in response to contact being made between the cover and an object movable across a first surface of a playfield of an amusement game functions to activate the switch. A mounting collar is sized to be positioned within an opening formed in the playfield wherein the opening extends between a second surface of the playfield and the first surface of the playfield. The mounting collar and the housing of the switch assembly have cooperating features that allow the switch assembly to be adjustably mounted within the mounting collar to thereby allow the cover to be positioned at a desired location relative to the first surface of the playfield. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121203 | ELECTROMAGNET FOR AN AMUSEMENT GAME DEVICE - An electromagnet assembly for use with an amusement game having a playfield and an object which moves across a surface of the playfield. The electromagnet assembly includes a magnet core constructed from a ferromagnetic material, a protector element constructed from a non-ferromagnetic material which is attached to a first end of the magnet core, and a magnet connector assembly disposable around the magnet core for activating the magnet core under control of a processing device of the amusement game. The protector element surrounds the magnet core and is arranged relative to the magnet core such that a surface of the protector element which is to be exposed on the first surface of the playfield is flush to a surface of the magnet core which is also to be exposed on the first surface of the playfield. The desired protector element is sized to define an area on the first surface of the playfield that is larger than an area on the first surface of the playfield in which the object may move when the magnet core is activated for the purpose of capturing the object upon the first surface of the playfield. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121204 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR DEMONSTRATING THREE-PLAYER PURSUIT-EVASION GAME - Methods and devices for demonstrating three-player pursuit-evasion (PE) game are provided using a hardware-in-loop test-bed. Robots including pursuer robots and an evader robot are arranged on a solid surface. A drone is positioned flying above to oversee the robots to capture a video or an image sequence of the robots. A robot thread process and a drone thread process are implemented by a computer. In the robot thread process, a tracking-by-detection process is perform to provide a state of the robot including a location and a heading direction of the robot; a delay compensation is conducted; and a PE game is called to calculate a robot command. In the drone thread process, a drone control is calculated to make the drone follow an evader robot, the drone control is sent to the drone, and user commands are also checked. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121205 | HIDDEN OBJECT LOTTERY GAME - Disclosed are systems, methods, devices, and non-transitory computer readable storage media for providing an electronic lottery scratchcard game. In particular, disclosed are electronic Hidden Object Puzzle games that combines the existing lottery mechanic of scratchcard games with the existing social genre of Hidden Object games. In a traditional scratchcard puzzle, a series of covered squares are scratched by the player to reveal symbols such as letters of the alphabet. In a Hidden Object game, a graphical user interface contains hidden objects that reveal symbols such as letters of the alphabet when selected by the user. Specific combinations of symbols such as words award monetary prizes. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121206 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR STORING AND PROCESSING GAME PLAY DATA FROM A GAME CONTROLLER - Methods and systems for a game controller are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes: receiving, by a processor, a signal corresponding to an activation of one or more components of a game controller; accumulating data associated with the activation of the one or more components; and storing the accumulated data in a data storage device for further processing. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121207 | Game Pieces for Use with Touch Screen Devices and Related Methods - There is provided a system and method for communicating with a first peripheral device, of a plurality of peripheral devices, using a touch-sensitive system that has a processor and a touch surface. According to an exemplary embodiment, a method includes detecting, using the processor, a plurality of touches on the touch surface of the touch-sensitive system that are made by the first peripheral device. The method further includes identifying, using the processor, the first peripheral device based on the plurality of touches on the touch surface of the touch-sensitive system that are made by the first peripheral device. The method additionally includes communicating data, using the processor, to a receptive circuit of the first peripheral device in response to the identifying of the first peripheral device. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121208 | METHODOLOGY FOR EQUALIZING SYSTEMIC LATENCIES IN TELEVISION RECEPTION IN CONNECTION WITH GAMES OF SKILL PLAYED IN CONNECTION WITH LIVE TELEVISION PROGRAMMING - A method of and system for handling latency issues encountered in producing real-time entertainment such as games of skill synchronized with live or taped televised events is described herein. There are multiple situations that are dealt with regarding latencies in receiving a television signal with respect to real-time entertainment based on the unfolding games played along with the telecasts. Systemic delays, arbitrarily imposed delays of a broadcast signal and variances in the precise broadcast times of taped television programs have to be equalized so as to provide fair entertainment. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121209 | GAME CONSOLE - A portable, handheld game console includes a main body incorporating a touch-sensitive display screen and a variety of input devices. The input devices can include shoulder buttons located on a peripheral side surface of the main body, as well as input devices located on the main body adjacent the touch-sensitive display screen. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121210 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING AN ACCESSORY DEVICE - The subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for determining a current performance of a gamer during a first gaming session of a gaming application, where the performance is determined from a first plurality of stimulus signals generated by a gaming accessory during the first gaming session according to a configuration setting assigned to the gaming accessory, identifying a prior performance of the gamer during a prior gaming session of the gaming application, where the prior performance is determined from a second plurality of stimulus signals generated by the gaming accessory according to the configuration setting, comparing the current performance to the prior performance to determine a change in performance of the gamer, and adjusting the configuration setting assigned to the gaming accessory according to the change in the performance of the gamer. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121211 | INTERACTIVE GAMING USING WEARABLE OPTICAL DEVICES - A communications device may be configured to support gameplay. A display may be configured to display a view of a physical environment proximate to the display, and to display at a first location a virtual in-game object associated with the gameplay, the first position being over the view of the physical environment. An emitter may be configured to provide an emitter interaction signal related to a first in-game interaction with the virtual in-game object. A gameplay server may be configured to determine whether a projection of the in-game interaction overlaps a projection of the virtual in-game object in a virtual space, and to change a state of the virtual in-game object if the projection of the in-game interaction overlaps the projection of the virtual in-game object in the virtual space. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121212 | CROSS-REALM ZONES FOR INTERACTIVE GAMEPLAY - Methods, computer-readable media, and specially configured machines are described for hosting an instance of a cross-realm zone that manages interaction among characters from different instances of a virtual world in a massively multiplayer online game. Different zones of the virtual world may support different numbers of realms or different combinations of realms, and some zones of the virtual world may remain as single-realm zones. When a character enters a zone, the character may be added to an instance of a cross-realm zone based on the virtual world for which the character is a member. A single cross-realm zone may handle all characters that enter the zone from a subset of realms, but not characters that enter the zone from other realms that are not in the subset of realms. Characters in a cross-realm zone might not have any affiliation or prior social connection or interaction with each other. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121213 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY BENDING METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a display configured to be bendable; and a processor configured to detect a speed value of an object of a content provided through the display, determine a curvature value at which the display is to be bent according to the detected speed value of the object, and change a curvature of the display based on the determined curvature value. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121214 | CHARACTER MODEL ANIMATION USING STORED RECORDINGS OF PLAYER MOVEMENT INTERFACE DATA - Technologies are generally described for providing full-motion animation-as-a-service. In some examples, short motion-capture segments may be captured from user motion user interface devices and stored in a database. When a full-motion animation is desired, a start pose and a target pose may be provided, and a multiple-path, multiple-iteration search through the database may be used to assemble the full-motion animation. Motion retargeting may be used to further refine the assembled hill-motion animation. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121215 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING GAME PROGRAM, CONTROL METHOD OF COMPUTER, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE OUTPUT APPARATUS, IMAGE OUTPUT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE OUTPUT PROGRAM - Provided is an image output device including image acquisition means for acquiring an image related to a subject captured by a user, position information acquisition means for acquiring position information indicating a position where the image is captured, generation means for generating a landscape image in which an image based on the image acquired by the image acquisition means is superimposed on an image obtained by capturing the landscape, when displaying the image obtained by capturing the landscape of position information acquired by the position information acquisition means, and image output means for outputting the landscape image. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121216 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO REPRESENT A RESOURCE OBJECT IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT - A system, computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for representing a resource object in a virtual environment are presented. To begin, a graphical user interface may be provided to a player. The graphical user interface may display a virtual environment that includes the resource object and a game object. A resource production event may be detected. The resource production event may be generated based on a resource production attribute that specifies that a quantity of resource units have been generated. Based on the detected resource production event, at least some portion of the quantity of generated resource units is allocated to the resource pool. Then, responsive to detecting a user initiated game action being applied to the game object, a determinable amount of resource units is removed from the resource pool. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121217 | GAME DEVICE, MUSIC PLAYBACK DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - According to the present invention, in response to the change of the menu hierarchy, it is possible to diversify the BGM easily. First, BGM | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121218 | TECHNIQUES FOR CREATING DYNAMIC GAME ACTIVITIES FOR GAMES - A technique for dynamically generating game activities for a game (e.g., a role-playing game) includes loading game information about the game into a data processing system (e.g., a question answering system). Context data (e.g., a question) is received from a client (e.g., a player of the game, a user of the game, another system, or a game engine). In response to receiving the context data, a game activity is dynamically generated based on the context data and the game information. The game activity is then initiated in the game and presented to the client. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121219 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TEMPORARILY INCENTIVIZING USER PARTICIPATION IN A GAME SPACE - A system and method for temporarily altering the determination of gameplay metric values in a game space, and distributing awards based on the relative change in gameplay metric values during the temporary time. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121220 | VIDEO GAMES INCLUDING REAL-LIFE ATTRIBUTES AND/OR FANTASY TEAM SETTINGS - A system and method for updating parameters of a video game is provided. As events occur in the real world that may influence a game attribute, a parameter is recorded on a server. A video game player may connect to the server and download the parameter. The parameter is stored by the video game and changes an attribute of the video game. Thus, for example, the new performance characteristics of the rising star may be recorded on the server as improved performance parameters. When these parameters are downloaded by the video game player, the video game incorporates the star-like qualities of the rising star. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121221 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing system is provided which determines whether a session in which an invited user has been invited to participate is still valid or not before participation in the session. The information processing system includes: storing status information indicating whether each of a plurality of sessions offering a service possibly participated in by the user is valid or not; and storing a plurality of items of invitation information about a plurality of invitations each being an invitation for the invited user to participate in one of the sessions. Each client device acquires one of the plurality of items of invitation information about the invitation for the user using the client device to become the invited user, and displays on a display screen the acquired item of invitation information in a manner reflecting the status information. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121222 | Adaptation of Gaming Applications to Participants - Methods, systems, and products adapt gaming applications to participants. Should one of the participants be a minor, for example, the gaming application may adapt to scenarios that are appropriate for minors. Similarly, the gaming application may adapt to customs associated with a country of a participant. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121223 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A storing section stores an invitation message giving an invitation to an application to be executed by another information processing apparatus. An information displaying section displays the invitation messages on a display device. At this point, the information displaying section displays a valid invitation message and an invalid invitation message in a manner different from each other. The information displaying section may further display an unread invitation message and a read invitation message in a manner different from each other. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121224 | Method and device for fantasy sports auction recommendations - A device and method groups sport players into tiers for a fantasy sports auction and generates bid recommendations. The method includes receiving at least one parameter value for each of a plurality of sport players. The method includes determining a score value for each of the sport players as a function of the at least one parameter value. The method includes determining a corresponding tier value of a plurality of tier values for each of the sport players, each of the tier values being indicative of a respective range of score values. The method includes providing first player data for one of the plurality of sport players including at least identity data and the corresponding tier value. The method includes accepting the nomination of a second player, and generating recommended bid data using the at least one parameter value, and optionally modifying the recommendation thereupon. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121225 | GAME HISTORY RECORDING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECORDING AND INTERACTING WITH GAME HISTORY - An apparatus for recording game history is disclosed. The apparatus is coupled between a game host and a game console, and includes an interface module, a video input port, and a processing module. The interface module establishes a first connection with the game host and a second connection with the game console respectively, and receives game operation information generated from operations of the game console. The video input port receives a video signal outputted by the game host. The processing module is coupled to the interface module and the video input port respectively and is used to obtain the game operation information from the interface module and generate operation information images corresponding to the game operation information. The processing module superimposes the operation information images on the video signal correspondingly to form game history video data. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121226 | SWING SEAT - A swing seat for increased capacity wherein swing extends along a longitudinal axis and the swing seat comprises a first seat portion and a second seat portion coupled to the first seat portion. The first seat portion is a safety seat having a base portion for seating a child and a support frame for supporting a child in an upright position, and the first seat portion is arranged to swing in a general swinging direction substantially coinciding with the longitudinal axis. The second seat portion is arranged in line with the first seat portion along the longitudinal axis so that the first and second seat portions are both aligned to swing together in the general swinging direction. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121227 | Water Amusement Device - A water amusement device includes a base pad that extends in a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction. A plurality of longitudinally-extending troughs is located on the base pad. Each longitudinally-extending trough has a respective channel opening that is connected to a laterally extending drain channel. A pad surface is located on the longitudinally-extending troughs and a water-distribution feature located on the pad surface. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121228 | Multi-Functional Children's Accessories - An improved children's accessory item may act as a children's comfort item (e.g. a doll or stuffed animal), a backpack, and/or a pillow. The accessory may include a body including stuffing or padding that allows the body to act as a pillow. The body may also include a pocket for holding items. The pocket may be surrounded by the stuffing or padding so as to not inhibit the accessory from being used as a pillow when items are placed in the pocket. A fastening mechanism may be provided to close the pocket to secure items therein. The limbs may be connectable to one another to form carry straps, such as those found on a typical backpack. The limbs may be padded for comfort. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121229 | METHOD AND DEVICE OF COMMUNITY INTERACTION WITH TOY AS THE CENTER - A method and a device of community interaction with a toy as the center are provided. The connection from the wireless network sensor within the toy to the wireless network AP can be set by a handheld device. Then, the handheld device connects to a community server and creates a user group. The toy can connect to the community server and be added to the user group. The other handheld devices or toys can also connect and be added to the user group. After the groups are created, the handheld device can send a voice message to the toy via the community server and the toy can play the voice message by a speaker. The toy can record a relative message and send back to the entire user group or a specific member. Toys and all group members can interact in this user group. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121230 | Reconfigurable Toy Vehicle Track, Accessory, and Track Set - A reconfigurable toy vehicle track, accessory, and track set may each be moved between multiple positions in order to provide multiple configurations. A first toy vehicle track section may include a first portion and a second portion that are pivotally or rotatably coupled together. A second toy vehicle track section may include an accessory that is rotatably coupled thereto and pivotable with respect to the second track portion between at least a first position which may elevate the second track portion and a second position in which the accessory extends above the second track portion. Including the first track section, the second track section, and supports in a track set provides a track set that may be reconfigured between a flat configuration and an elevated configuration without disconnecting any track portions. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121231 | CONNECTABLE AND EXTENDABLE DIVING STICK - A diving toy, or dive stick, that is connectable and extendable. The diving toy includes connectable and/or extendable portions that enables the length of the diving toy to be changed and enable it to be converted into a dive-ring, extended dive stick, larger dive-ring, dive-chain, or a multitude of other amusing shapes. In various games of play, one or more diving toys is thrown into a pool. A player retrieves the diving toy from the bottom of the pool or plays various games of play with the diving toy while submerged underwater. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121232 | BATTLE GAME RELAY SYSTEM USING FLYING ROBOTS - A battle game relay system using flying robots is disclosed. A flying battle relay system of wireless controlled flying robots comprises a wireless controlled flying robot | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121233 | FLOWER DOLL - A flower doll includes a body including a doll portion and a flower portion opposite the doll portion, the doll portion including two arms and a head, the flower portion including a plurality of petals, a reinforcing wire that is disposed within the body and that runs along a portion of a torso of the body and along a length of each of the arms, and a band or sleeve coupled to the body between the doll portion and the flower portion where the band or sleeve can be configured to substantially cover and surround the doll portion of the flower doll to conceal the doll portion substantially within an interior portion of the band or sleeve. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121234 | BUILDING BLOCK MONOMER - A building block monomer includes a connecting part, a head part, and a tail part. The head part and the tail part are respectively connected to the connecting part. The head part is assembled with a head part or a tail part of another building block monomer to form a head assembled structure or a head-tail assembled structure. The tail part is assembled with a head part or a tail part of another building block monomer to form the head-tail assembled structure or a tail assembled structure. The building block monomer forms a cyclic semi-structure or a columnar semi-structure with other building block monomers by the three assembling methods. The cyclic semi-structure and the columnar semi-structure are assembled with another corresponding cyclic semi-structure or columnar semi-structure to form an annular column or a column by assembling the head assembled structures, the head-tail assembled structures, and the tail assembled structures. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121235 | Snap-Fit Connector and Toy Assembly Having the Same - A snap-fit connector includes a female component and a male component. The female component has a retaining hole and two through bores communicating spatially with the retaining hole. The male component has two spaced-apart hooks inserted into the retaining hole. Each of the hooks has a resilient arm, and a protrusion retained in a respective one of the through bores. The protrusion of each of the hooks has an abutment surface abutting against the female component, and a positioning recess formed in a guide surface thereof and accessible via the respective one of the through bores. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121236 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REDUCING THE LEVEL OF ONE OR MORE IMPURITIES THAT ARE PRESENT IN A PRETREATED CELLULOSIC MATERIAL AND/OR DISTILLATE - The present invention relates to methods and systems for remediating one or more impurities (e.g., diacetyl) that are present in manufacturing an alcohol (e.g., ethanol) from cellulosic biomass. The methods and systems include reacting the one or more impurities with at least one treatment compound (e.g., an oxidizing agent, an alkali compound, or a mixture thereof) to form a reaction product that can be separated from the alcohol. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121237 | EVAPORATION-CONDENSATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THEIR MANUFACTURE AND USE - An evaporation-condensation system and methods of manufacturing and using the same are disclosed. The system may include a condensation surface having one or more wipers and a gas diffusion apparatus. The one or more wipers may be configured to move over the condensation surface to displace one or more of fouling material and condensed material that may be present on the condensation surface. The gas diffusion apparatus may include one or more anti-gas blades positioned substantially parallel to the condensation surface and one or more gas storage areas. The gas diffusion apparatus may be configured to guide an amount of vapor molecules towards the condensation surface and promote condensation of the vapor molecules by rotating the one or more anti-gas blades around a central axis and displacing an amount of non-condensable gas into the one or more gas storage areas. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121238 | Device and method for separation of fluid - In accordance with some embodiments, an apparatus may include a float member and retention member. The retention member is configured to retain the float member in fluid communication with at least one fluid in an interior of a container. The float member in a first position in relation to the retention member limits the at least one fluid from leaving the interior of the container, and the float member in a different, second position in relation to the retention member promotes the at least one fluid leaving the interior of the container. The retention member is in substantially the same relative position to the container in the first position and the second position. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121239 | PROCESS FOR DEFOAMING AQUEOUS COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING SURFACTANTS - Efficient defoamer and foam prevention formulations contain an organopolysiloxane defoamer and an efficiency promoting waxy β-ketocarbonyl-functional organosilicon compound. The compositions also preferably contain a filler and a silicone resin, and are highly efficient in surfactant-containing aqueous systems such as detergents and cleaners. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121240 | Wall Adaptor for Filter Underdrain - A filtration system having an underdrain block and an underdrain wall adaptor. The underdrain wall adaptor includes a vertical end and horizontal base. The vertical end extends from a top wall to a bottom wall of an underdrain block and mates with an end portion of an underdrain block to secure the underdrain wall adaptor to the underdrain block. The horizontal base extends from the vertical end. The invention also includes a method of installing an underdrain wall adaptor. The underdrain wall adaptor controls air and water passage between the flume and the underdrain. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121241 | LARGE-SIZED FILTER PLATE - A filter plate has two sides thereof peripherally provided with different ridges each formed as a closed loop, so that when two filter plates are pressed together, the ridges at contacting sides of the adjacent filter plates are offset to jointly define a vacant space having a width of 3-5 mm. The ridges at the two sides of the filter plate have a flat top surface and a pointy or curved top surface, respectively. When the two filter plates are pressed together, the vacant space formed between the flat top surface of the ridge of one of the filter plates and the pointy or curved top surface of the ridge of the other filter plate is closed, wherein the ridge having the flat top surface forms an inner-circle sealing and the ridge having the pointy or curved top surface forms an outer-circle sealing. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121242 | Filter Element and Method for Producing the Same - A filter element ( | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121243 | FILTER PROVIDING COARSE MEDIA WITH HIGH-EFFICIENCY INSERT - A filter providing dual paths through a coarse filter medium and a fine filter medium attaches the coarse filter medium to the fine filter medium directly eliminating an intervening supporting structure and simplifying manufacture. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121244 | A DISC FILTER APPARATUS - The disc filter apparatus comprises a drum that is rotatable around a shaft having a centre axis. The drum comprises filter discs positioned at an axial distance from each other. Each filter disc comprises a rim structure supported on the shaft and truncated, sector shaped filter plates mounted circumferentially in a radial plane to form an essentially continuous and planar disc surface. Each filter plate is attached with a fastening arrangement to the rim structure from a lower edge portion of the filter plate through at least three fastening points. The fastening arrangement between the filter plate and the rim structure comprises at each fastening point in the rim structure an adjustable sleeve construction. Prior art solutions require a radially planar fastening surface in the rim structure in order to have all the filter plates in one filter disc in the same radial plane. This is not necessary in the invention due to the use of an adjustable sleeve construction. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121245 | FILTER ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE FILTER ELEMENT - Magnetic elements are provided inside a ceramic filter plate for creating a magnetic field. In an embodiment of the invention, magnetic elements are located in cavities provided in partition walls which define filtrate channels between themselves. The filter plate can be used for increasing filtration capacity particularly in magnetite applications. The magnetic field causes an attractive force on the magnetic particles and thus increases the amount of material forming on the filter plate in a vacuum filter, such as a capillary action filter, conventional rotary vacuum filter or drum filter or capillary action drum filter. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121246 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REMINDING USER ABOUT SMART WATER PURIFIER - A method for reminding a user about a water purifier includes receiving total dissolved solids (TDS) data reported by the water purifier, updating accumulative TDS data corresponding to the water purifier according to the received TDS data, calculating a cleaning period of the water purifier according to the accumulative TDS data and a preset maximum cleaning period, and sending a reminder message to a terminal associated with the water purifier to remind the user to clean the water purifier if the cleaning period satisfies a preset condition. The received TDS data is detected after the water purifier performs water purification and the accumulative TDS data reflects an accumulation of total TDS data of the water purifier since a latest cleaning. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121247 | CLOSURE FOR LEAF FILTER IN ALUMINA PRODUCTION - An edge closure system is presented herein wherein a portion of the closure edge of the filter bags leading to the outlet pipe aperture are provided with mating snapping closures, allowing to sealingly close the length of the edge of the fabric leading to the outlet pipe aperture simply by engaging the male and female components of the snapping closures. Moreover, an outlet pipe closure system is also presented herein using a combination of a tongue mounted internally to one of the sides of the fabric forming the bag in a manner to be wrappable around at least a corresponding portion of the outlet pipe, and a fabric hood mounted externally and overlapping both sides of the bag at the outlet pipe aperture, which cooperates with the tongue to seal the interface between the outlet pipe and the bag when held in position. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121248 | SLUDGE CONCENTRATOR ASSEMBLY WITH VARYING FIRST STAGE SEPARATOR, COMBINED WITH A SECOND STAGE, CLEAN FLOW OUTLET INCORPORATING FIXED AND VARIABLE FLOW RESTRICTOR ORIFICES - A dual stage filter assembly for use in a fluid cleaning and sludge removal operation, including a first stage separator incorporated into a first vessel and receiving a dirty fluid flow, a first stage clean fluid outlet extending from the first stage separator. A second stage filter is incorporated into a second vessel in fluidic communication with a dirty fluid outlet of the first stage separator for subsequent filtering and outflow through a second stage clean outlet. A flow restrictor is incorporated into said second stage clean outlet for controlling a flow rate through said filter in order to prevent clogging of the same by aggregating debris. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121249 | BLOCK PRODUCTS INCORPORATING SMALL PARTICLE THERMOPLASTIC BINDERS AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME - A block product comprising a thermoplastic binder having an average particle size of less than 20 micrometers fused with active particles to form a generally coherent porous structure. In some cases, the average particle size of the binder is less than 12 micrometers. In some cases, the active particles are activated carbon particles. In some cases, the block product may include one or more of poly(vinylidene difluoride) binders, nylon-11, and nylon-12 or other odd-numbered polyamides having such small particle size. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121250 | Separation Element and Pressure Accumulator System - A separation element for a pressure accumulator system for separating liquid from a media stream is provided with a hollow cylindrical filter body. The filter body has a support body and a coalescing stage filter medium radially outwardly of the support body. The filter body is flowed through radially by the media stream and separates a dirty side from a clean side of the separation element. First and second end disks are disposed on opposite sides of the filter body. A receiving recess is arranged centrally on the first end disk and is open toward the filter body interior. The receiving recess supports the separation element on a central tube of the pressure accumulator system. The second end disk has an outlet opening. Liquid that has been separated by the filter body from the media stream drains via the outlet opening of the second end disk from the separation element. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121251 | CONTAMINATION SENSOR, AIR PURIFIER HAVING THE SAME AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An air purifier includes a main body comprising an inlet configured to receive air and a discharger configured to discharge the air. The air purifier also includes a filter disposed within the main body and configure to purify contaminates from the air. The air purifier also includes a contamination sensor disposed adjacent to the filter and integrally includes a light emitter configured to emit a light toward the filter and a light receiver configured to receive the light emitted from the light emitter. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121252 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING PARTICULATE RELEASE FROM LARGE EQUIPMENT - A containment system for reducing the release of harmful respirable particles through surface openings in equipment that carries sand includes a filter-receiving member configured to be coupled over an opening in a surface of the equipment and a filter member configured to be coupled to the filter-receiving member. The filter-receiving member can have a first side, a second side, and a passageway extending from the first side to the second side. The filter can have a porosity that permits air to flow through the filter member and restricts the flow of solid particulates. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121253 | High pressure compressed air/gas/steam filter - A high pressure compressed air/gas/steam filter, incorporating a heavy main housing body, flanges that are rigidly secured to the top and bottom of the housing body, the housing body having an inlet, an outlet port, and a central cavity into which the operating filter cartridge element locates. A manifold cage assembly, incorporating a variety of seals, secures with a manifold plate, that likewise connects through the use of tie-rod the filter element in place, for high pressure filtration. Once the top flange is removed, the integrated manifold cage, its manifold plate, and its secured filter, can simply be upwardly removed with bolts or fasteners from the main body housing, the filter element cleansed, or replaced and only these removed components can then be reinserted back into the heavy filter housing body, for retightening of its upper flange in place, readying the high pressure filter for further application. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121254 | AIR FILTRATION SYSTEM - An air filtration system may monitor and control air quality within a building with the use of multiple housings strategically placed throughout the building. Each housing includes a motor driving a fan and an air filter. Selective activation of a cleaning mode removes particulates from the filter within each housing, cleaning only the air filter within the housing that requires cleaning. Air filter cleaning time and power consumed for cleaning is thereby reduced. Also, filtration is improved by locating a filter and a motor at key locations. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121255 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING PURIFICATION OF AIR - A method for controlling purification of air, includes: acquiring a target quality of air to be purified; determining a current quality of the air to be purified, and determining a workload for an air purifier according to the target quality and the current quality; calculating a purification duration for the air purifier to complete the workload according to a purification efficiency of the air purifier; and starting the air purifier, and displaying in real time a remaining time to complete the workload according to the purification duration. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121256 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TREATING HARMFUL GASES AND PREVENTING GENERATION OF AND REMOVING HARMFUL SUBSTANCES - An apparatus for treating harmful gases and preventing the generation of and removing harmful substances comprises a primary prevention processing part, which is connected to a flue through which harmful gases generated due to high-temperature flame flow, for quenching the harmful gases. The primary prevention processing part comprises: a primary processing chamber in which cooling water is accommodated; a primary suction pipe provided inside the primary processing chamber and connected to the flue; a primary rotating blade part, which is connected to the lower part of the primary suction pipe, and which rotates submerged under the cooling water so as to emit the harmful gases in the form of microbubbles into the cooling water and thereby allow the harmful gases to come into contact with the cooling water and be quenched; and a primary blade rotating part for rotating the primary rotating blade part. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121257 | CAPTURE AND RECOVERY SYSTEM FOR GASES AND PARTICLES - A system for capturing and recovering polluting gases and particles by means of self-priming pumping caused by induced flow pumps which are part of a close circuit of steam under pressure, thereby allowing a high efficiency in the decontamination and cleaning of the gas being extracted from environments having a high concentration of gases and particles, thus achieving low energy requirements and reintegrating the clean air to the atmosphere, also recovering and recycling the condensed steam resource which has been used in the process. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121258 | METHODS OF SEPARATING MOLECULES - Disclosed herein are new methods, machines, processes, and systems for separating molecules by determining better materials and process optimization conditions. As a result of these advances, this disclosure provides improved carbon dioxide capture, better flue gas treatments, and more efficient methods of purifying gases have been developed. Optimal sorbents can be obtained by using a computational screening method that selects microporous structures (e.g. zeolites and metal-organic frameworks) from a database of materials with the greatest potential for cost-effective separations. The disclosed methods are the first to consider both the size and shape of the adsorbent material. This is also the first disclosure to consider the process application and cost when selecting which material to use. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121259 | ABSORBENT- CONTAINING CONTAINER - A container houses an absorbent for absorbing a gas such as oxygen, and can house an absorbent which reacts with a gas to expand as well as can house an absorbent which has a small diameter or whose diameter decreases without leakage, while securing air permeation between the inside and outside of the container. An absorbent-containing container has a lid body and a bottomed-cylindrical container main body having an opening in an upper surface which is covered by the lid body and which has a paper layer as an inner layer. The lid body is fitted in the opening with an outer peripheral portion being bent upward and held in contact with an inner layer of the container main body. An upper end portion of the container main body is bent from above the lid body toward the lid body to grip the outer peripheral portion of the lid body. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121260 | CO2 RECOVERY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CLEANING FILTRATION MEMBRANE DEVICE OF CO2 RECOVERY DEVICE - A filtration membrane device which uses a filter to collect solid contents remaining in a branched lean solution cleans the filter by using a low-concentration CO | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121261 | CARBON DIOXIDE SEPARATION DEVICE HAVING IMPROVED SENSIBLE HEAT RECOVERY EFFICIENCY USING PRESSURE REDUCTION AND PHASE SEPARATION - A carbon dioxide separation device has an absorption tower for receiving exhaust gas and configured to cause carbon dioxide, included in the exhaust gas, and an absorbent to react with each other. The separation device has a pressure reduction and phase separation unit to depressurize the CO2-rich-solution, and cause heat exchange between a lean solution and the CO2-rich-solution and separate a phase of the CO2-rich-solution into gas and liquid. In the separation device lean solution flows into the pressure reduction and phase separation unit, and the CO2-rich-solution undergoes a phase separation into gas and liquid due to heat of the lean solution, and then, flows into the stripping tower. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121262 | CLAUS HYDROCARBON DESTRUCTION VIA STAGED SOLVENT REGENERATION - A solvent for absorbing H | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121263 | SEPARATION METHOD AND SEPARATION DEVICE - A separation method including: preparing a separation device including an absorption processor absorbing into an absorption liquid a target component in a fluid to be processed, by an absorption microduct and a cooling medium microduct positioned for heat exchange; causing the fluid to be processed and the absorption liquid to pass through the absorption microduct in mutual contact, thus causing the target component to be absorbed into the absorption liquid from the fluid to be processed; cooling the fluid to be processed and the absorption liquid by flowing a cooling medium through the cooling medium microduct, and causing heat exchange between the fluid to be processed and absorption liquid flowing through the absorption microduct and the cooling medium; and separating, into the fluid to be processed and the absorption liquid, the mixed fluid of the fluid to be processed after the target component has been absorbed by the absorption liquid. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121264 | Injection of Sorbents in Ductwork Feeding Wet Scrubbers for Mercury Emission Control - Methods and systems are described for more effectively sequestering or removing mercury from flue gases. This is accomplished by feeding an adsorbent into the flow of flue gas in ductwork leading into a scrubber housing containing a wet scrubber composition and providing a residence time sufficient to enable the mercury to be sequestered by the adsorbent. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121265 | GAS DECOMPOSITION FILTER UNIT AND AIR PURIFIER - A gas decomposition filter unit ( | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121266 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION SYSTEM AND EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION METHOD - Provided is a system where a composite catalyst into which an LNT catalyst and an oxidation catalyst are combined, a catalyzed particulate filter, an injector configured to inject a urea water solution into an exhaust gas passage, and an SCR catalyst are arranged in this order in an upstream-to-downstream direction of the flow of the exhaust gas. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121267 | THREE-WAY CATALYTIC CONVERTER - The present invention relates to a three-way catalytic converter for reducing harmful exhaust components of gasoline-powered internal combustion engines, and to a corresponding method for exhaust gas purification. The catalytic converter is characterized by a particularly inhomogeneous distribution of the oxygen-storing material present. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121268 | SEPARATION AND CONCENTRATION OF ISOTOPOLOGUES - Disclosed herein are methods and systems for removing tritium oxide from a mixture comprising water. The method captures the tritium oxide in a much smaller volume suitable for economical disposal. The decontaminated water may be then be discharged. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121269 | FILTRATION SYSTEM AND FILTRATION METHOD - Disclosed are system and method for filtration capable of minimizing the damage of a filtration membrane module, reducing the energy consumption, and improving the filtration efficiency. The filtration method of the invention comprises performing a preliminary filtration of a feed water with first and second submerged-type filtration membrane modules; pressurizing an initial filtrate produced through the preliminary filtration with a pressure higher than an osmotic pressure of the feed water; filtering the pressurized initial filtrate with a reverse osmosis membrane module; interrupting the first submerged-type filtration membrane module performing the preliminary filtration; and backwashing the first submerged-type filtration membrane module caused to stop performing the preliminary filtration, wherein the preliminary filtration with the second submerged-type filtration membrane module is continuously performed while the first submerged-type filtration membrane module is backwashed. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121270 | FILTRATION APPARATUS AND IMMERSION-TYPE FILTRATION METHOD USING THE APPARATUS - The invention offers a filtration apparatus having excellent capability to clean the surface of hollow-fiber membranes and being able to maintain high filtration capability and an immersion-type filtration method using the filtration apparatus. The invention is a filtration apparatus that is an immersion type and that is provided with both a filtration module having multiple hollow-fiber membranes held in a state in which they are arranged by being pulled unidirectionally and a gas supplier that supplies gas bubbles from under the filtration module. In the filtration apparatus, each of the gas bubbles supplied by the gas supplier is divided into a plurality of gas bubbles after colliding against the filtration module. It is desirable that the gas bubbles supplied by the gas supplier have an average horizontal diameter larger than the maximum spacing of holding portions in the multiple hollow-fiber membranes in the filtration module. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121271 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FILTERING MEMBRANES BY ADDITIVE TECHNIQUE AND RESULTING MEMBRANES - The present invention relates to a membrane and a method for manufacturing a membrane for filtering a fluid, said membrane comprising: a substrate having a three-dimensional structure and consisting of an one-piece ceramic porous body; and at least one separating filtering layer having a porosity that is lower than that of the substrate, in which the three-dimensional structure of the substrate is produced by forming elemental layers that are stacked and connected in series with one another, by repeating steps: a) depositing a continuous bed of powder at least partially consisting of a powder intended for forming the ceramic porous body; b) locally consolidating, part of the deposited material such as to create the elemental layer, and simultaneously linking the elemental layer thus formed with the preceding layer such as to gradually grow the desired three-dimensional shape. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121272 | INORGANIC MEMBRANE FILTER AND METHODS THEREOF - A membrane filter article including:
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| 20160121273 | HYDROPHILISED VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE-BASED POROUS HOLLOW FIBRE MEMBRANE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - Provided is a vinylidene fluoride porous hollow fiber membrane excellent in fouling resistance due to reduced organic substance absorbance, preferably having preferable pore structures to enable to have high permeability, high fractionation performance, and good process controllability. The membrane includes a vinylidene fluoride resin and 0.5 to 10% by weight of a hydrophilic resin, having a ratio Pi/Po of 2.5 to 50 where Pi and Po denote an average pore size on inner surface and an average pore size on outer surface, respectively, and having a pure water permeation rate satisfying the following formula: | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121274 | METHOD AND DEVICE TO FOAM FOAMING LIQUIDS - A method of foaming liquids containing foaming agents by means of a device having a feed line with an inlet and an outlet; a vibration pump located along the feed line; and a gas feed system for feeding gas into the feed line; the gas feed system being located upstream from the vibration pump; and the method including: feeding a liquid along the feed line; feeding gas into the feed line, upstream from the vibration pump, to form an emulsion of liquid and gas; feeding the emulsion to the vibration pump; and mixing the emulsion by means of the vibration pump to obtain a foam product. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121275 | FLOW DEVICE FOR AN EXHAUST SYSTEM - A flow device for an exhaust system includes a body that defines an interior cavity. An exhaust inlet passage is disposed in the interior cavity. An exhaust outlet passage is disposed in the interior cavity so that at least a portion of the exhaust inlet passage circumferentially surrounds at least a portion of the exhaust outlet passage. A doser is adapted to inject reductants into the interior cavity of the body such that the reductants are injected in the same general direction as the direction of flow of the exhaust gases. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121276 | DYNAMIC MIXING ASSEMBLY WITH IMPROVED BAFFLE DESIGN - A continuous dynamic mixing assembly includes a mixing chamber having an interior wall which is generally symmetrical about a central longitudinal axis. Flowable material is mixed in the mixing chamber. At least one inlet introduces the flowable material into the mixing chamber. At least one outlet discharges mixed flowable material from the mixing chamber. Axial baffles are connected to and extend along the interior wall for disrupting substantially circumferential material flow in the mixing chamber. Transverse baffles are connected to and extend from the interior wall transverse to the axis along a major dimension of the transverse baffles. A rotatable agitator includes agitator baffles extending transverse to the axis in alignment with respective transverse baffles, which forms gaps between the agitator baffles and the respective transverse baffles. The transverse baffles and the agitator baffles disrupt substantially axial fluid flow inside the mixing chamber while forcing the material through the gaps. Also featured is a method in which the mixing assembly is used. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121277 | AGITATOR SHAFT OF A FERMENTER AND METHOD FOR FASTENING AGITATING ARMS - In the case of an agitator shaft of a fermenter of a biogas plant, including agitator brackets, which are arranged on a shaft wall and on which at least one agitating arm, including an agitating arm fastening portion and a blade carrier can be connected to the agitator brackets by fastening two agitating arm fastening plates of the agitating arm, it is intended to provide a method that achieves easier and quicker assembly of an agitator shaft and integration in a fermenter in situ, whereby a considerable cost saving in the setting up of a fermenter is achieved. This is achieved by cutting out fastening holes in the agitator brackets and cutting out through-holes in the agitating arm fastening plates in such a way that a plurality of retaining ring bolts can be arranged so as to pass completely through the fastening holes and the through-holes and can be riveted therein. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121278 | Reciprocating tube-shaking mechanisms for processing a material - Agitation mechanisms for homogenization devices for processing sample materials in tubes that are secured by tube holders to the agitation mechanisms. Each agitation mechanism includes a first rotary member having a first fixed rotational axis, a second rotary member having a second fixed rotational axis, and a connecting member that extends between them, is rotationally mounted to them at third and fourth non-fixed rotational axes, and to which the tube holder is mounted, with the first and third rotational axes defining a first offset, and with the second and fourth rotational axes defining a second offset. When the first rotary member is driven through rotation, the sample in the tube in the tube holder on the connecting member is driven through a nonlinearly reciprocating motion profile to produce a grinding shear action to better homogenize the samples. Other disclosed embodiments produce linearly reciprocating motion profiles. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121279 | DEVICE FOR PRODUCING POLYMER DISPERSION SOLUTION OF CORE-SHELL STRUCTURED SILICON NANOPARTICLES - Disclosed herein is a device for producing a polymer dispersion solution of core-shell structured silicon nanoparticles. The device includes: a canister for storing silicon nanoparticles; a quantitative feeder for receiving the silicon nanoparticles released from the canister and for quantitatively feeding the same; a mixing tank for mixing block copolymer constituting a shell, and a dispersion solvent, and the silicon nanoparticles fed through the quantitative feeder to form core-shell structured silicon nanoparticles; an ultrasonic disperser for receiving the core-shell structured silicon nanoparticles released from the mixing tank and a dispersion solvent and for dispersing the particles with ultrasonic waves; and a dispersion solvent tank for feeding a dispersion solvent into the mixing tank and the ultrasonic disperser. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121280 | DROPLET COLLISION SUBSTANCE MIXING APPARATUS AND DROPLET COLLISION SUBSTANCE MIXING METHOD - To provide a substance mixing apparatus that is capable of uniformly mixing a certain amount of trace substances and also mixing minute particles. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121281 | MAGNETIC COUPLING AND MIXING DEVICE - A device for mixing liquids in a container having an inner chamber with an enclosing wall and a bottom, an external encasement, an interspace and a transfer opening on top of the inner chamber. A mixing body located in the inner chamber comprises magnetizable material or a permanent magnet spaced from the wall. A coupling body movable in the interspace along a longitudinal axis and wall has magnetic working connection with the mixing body. The wall and the external encasement are transparent to magnetic fields. An acting permanent magnet or magnetizable material outside the external encasement, is in magnetic working connection with the coupling body. Moving the acting magnet or magnetizable material parallel to the longitudinal axis induces movement of the coupling body inside the interspace and moving the mixing body in the inner chamber, mixes liquids present in the inner chamber. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121282 | MEANS AND METHOD FOR STIRRING LIQUIDS IN LONG THIN CONTAINERS - Provided is a thermostat with reduced temperature difference within the tank when a solution is being heat-treated. Stirring guides ( | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121283 | MATERIAL HANDLING SYSTEM AND APPARATUS - The invention relates generally to a material handling device to perform the tasks of mixing and dispensing a mixture of materials, either simultaneously or sequentially. The material handling device may comprise an enclosure, a mixing component, a dispensing orifice, a dispensing component, and a material storage region, wherein the mixing component is positioned within the material storage region and configured to mix, stir, agitate, loosen, grind, shred, or otherwise reposition a mixture of materials within the material storage region. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121284 | SEED GATE ASSEMBLY FOR AN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - One embodiment describes a seed gate assembly disposed between a seed storage tank and a seed meter. The seed gate assembly includes a gate barrier that controls seed flow from the seed storage tank into the seed meter by moving to an open position that enables seed flow from the storage tank into the seed meter and by moving to a closed position that blocks seed flow from the storage tank into the seed meter; and a first seed agitator extending substantially perpendicularly from a surface of the gate barrier, in which the first seed agitator extends into the seed storage tank as the gate barrier moves toward the closed position to dislodge clumped seeds in the seed storage tank. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121285 | Apparatus for Mixing Solid Particles and Fluids - An apparatus that includes a casing having an outer layer and an inner layer, a hopper, a rotary drive, a slinger, an impeller, an inlet, and an outlet. The hopper is operable for delivering bulk solids into the casing. The inlet is operable for delivering fluid into the casing. The outlet is operable for discharging a mixture of the bulk solids and the fluid from the casing. The rotary drive is disposed external to the casing, and the slinger is suspended for rotation within the casing via a drive extension extending from the rotary drive into the casing. The impeller is coupled with the slinger within the casing. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121286 | APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR FORMING PARTICLES - An apparatus and process for forming particles. The apparatus and process employs an intermediate mixer. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121287 | SLURRY MIXER DISCHARGE GATE ADAPTER WITH TRANSITIONING CROSS-SECTIONAL GEOMETRY - A discharge gate for a gypsum slurry mixer is provided, and includes a gate adapter having an inlet opening configured for receiving the slurry, and an outlet opening configured for delivering the slurry to a dispensing device. The gate adapter has two different transitioning cross-sectional geometries at opposite ends. Specifically, the gate adapter includes an inlet section having a quadrilateral inlet opening; an outlet section having a substantially circular outlet opening; and a transition section sandwiched between the inlet and outlet sections. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121288 | Process for Loading Ceramic Spheres into a Vertical Reactor - The present invention provides a process for loading ceramic spheres into a vertical reactor. The process comprises introducing into the reactor along a substantial height thereof a feeding pipe that is opened at its bottom part. According to the invention, no physical device or air-supplying conduit is present inside the inner section of the feeding pipe. The process allows for rapid, safe and efficient loading, without breakage of the particles. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121289 | REACTOR - A reactor includes: a shell with first and second ends, an fluid inlet at the first end for receiving a process fluid, and an outlet at the second end for discharging a reacted process fluid, and a plurality of elongate containment units within the shell for containing a particulate catalyst or sorbent, each containment unit including two perforate members defining a space in which the particulate catalyst or sorbent may be placed, the perforate members mounted between two fluid-impermeable end members, wherein one end member extends across the containment unit to provide a closed end and the other end member closes the space thereby providing an open end through which a process fluid may enter or exit the containment unit, and a header assembly connected to the open ends of the containment units and either the fluid inlet or fluid outlet. A process using the reactor is also described. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121290 | SMALL-SCALE REACTOR HAVING IMPROVED MIXING - a reactor for conducting laboratory reactions comprises includes reaction vessel, a catalyst holder in the reaction vessel, and a drive system configured to drive reciprocating linear movement of the catalyst basket. The catalyst holder can be configured to hold a plurality of catalyst particles so the catalyst particles remain spaced apart from one another. A reactor for conducting laboratory reactions can also include a reaction vessel, an impeller in the reaction vessel, and a drive system configured to drive reciprocating linear movement of the impeller. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121291 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING PARALLEL REACTORS - A system for operating parallel reactors includes a plurality of reactor assemblies, each reactor assembly including: a flow-through reactor, a reactor feed line, a reactor effluent line, a primary fluid source, and a flow splitter which is arranged downstream of the primary fluid source and upstream of the reactor assemblies. All passive flow restrictors have an substantially equal resistance to fluid flow. A feed line pressure measurement device and a pressure control arrangement controls backpressure regulators such that the measured feed line pressure becomes substantially the same as a feed line pressure setpoint in the reactor assemblies. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121292 | POROUS SURFACE FOR BIOMEDICAL DEVICES - Embodiments described herein generally relate to biomedical devices including a porous layer forming a support structure for a biological probe and methods of making the same. The porous layer can be a porous silicon containing layer. The pore size can be adjusted such that various size biological probes can be incorporated into the pores. Further, the porous silicon containing layer can be used to support a biofunctionalizing layer. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121293 | LABELLING AGENT, AND COMPOSITION FOR LABELLING A PROTEIN, METHOD FOR LABELLING A PROTEIN, AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A PROTEIN - Provided are a labelling agent including a compound of the following Formula 1, a labelling composition, a method of labelling a protein with the labelling agent, and a method of detecting the protein using the labelling agent: | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121294 | MICROWAVE SYNTHESIS OF COBALT TUNGSTATE FOR USE AS STABLE OXYGEN EVOLUTION CATALYST - A process of forming an oxygen evolution catalyst includes the steps of: providing Co(NO | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121295 | PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTION SYSTEM - A photocatalytic reaction system by collecting sunlight, the system including: a light collector, a light conduction device, and a photoreactor. A transparent protective cover is disposed on the top of a housing of the light collector. A light-collecting convex lens group is disposed beneath the protective cover in the transmission direction of the sunlight. The housing of the light collector is provided with a solar radiation measuring device. An azimuthal main shaft and the pitch main shaft are separately provided with the servo motors and are rotatable in relation to each other by tracking the sunlight under the drive of the separate servo motors. The sunlight collected by the light-collecting convex lens group is converged into a convergent light when passing through the light conduction device and the convergent light is directed to the photoreactor. The photoreactor functions to transmit full-spectrum rays of sunlight. | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121296 | HYBRID REFORMING SYSTEM USING CARBON DIOXIDE PLASMA AND CATALYST - The present invention provides a hybrid reforming system for producing syngas through a reforming reaction between carbon dioxide plasma and a hydrocarbon material, the system comprising: a carbon dioxide feeder ( | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121297 | Packing Layer for Structured Packing - The invention relates to a packing layer ( | 2016-05-05 |
| 20160121298 | CONTINUOUS CARBON SEQUESTRATION MATERIAL PRODUCTION METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRACTICING THE SAME - Methods of producing solid CO | 2016-05-05 |
