20th week of 2020 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20200148509 | DRIP-PROOF DEVICE FOR PASSENGER CONVEYOR - Provided is a drip-proof device for a passenger conveyer, which is capable of improving working efficiency of maintenance work performed in a machine room. The drip-proof device for a passenger conveyor includes gutters, which are provided to a floor plate for opening and closing an opening portion of a machine room, and are each configured to receive water passing through a gap between wall surfaces of the opening portion and the floor plate, and a gutter displacement device configured to displace the gutters. Each of the gutters is displaced between a water-receiving position for receiving the water passing through the gap and a receiving position for allowing removal of the floor plate through the opening portion. The gutter displacement device includes a rotary member configured to rotate through an operation of the rotary member and rods configured to displace the gutters through the rotation of the rotary member. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148510 | CRANE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SUCH A CRANE - The invention relates to a crane, in particular a rotary tower crane, comprising a lifting cable configured to run out from a crane boom and comprises a load receiving component, drive devices configured to move multiple crane elements and displace the load receiving component, a controller configured to control the drive devices such that the load receiving apparatus is displaced along a movement path, and a pendulum damping device configured to dampen pendulum movements of the load receiving apparatus and/or of the lifting cable. The pendulum damping device comprises a pendulum sensor system configured to detect pendulum movements of at least one of the lifting cable and the load receiving component and a regulator module comprising a closed control loop configured to influence the actuation of the drive devices depending on a pendulum sensor system signal returned to the control loop. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148511 | BOOM FOR MATERIAL TRANSPORT - A foldable boom for conveying an item, said foldable boom being foldable about at least one folding axis, said foldable boom being locatable in a folded stowed position, and moveable to unfolded extended positions; said foldable boom having a near end arranged for pivotal movement about a first horizontal axis located on a turret, said turret being rotatable about a vertical axis; said foldable boom having first conveying apparatus to convey an item therealong, internally within said foldable boom, to a remote end of the foldable boom; wherein said foldable boom is foldable about a folding axis, and a pivoting shuttle equipped with a clamp to releasably hold an item is provided at said folding axis to transfer said item between said first conveying apparatus in boom elements connected about said folding axis. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148512 | CAR MOVER SYSTEMS AND METHOD - A wheel mover assembly for a vehicle. The wheel mover assembly may include at least two wheels, an attachment means, a winch, and a motor. The wheel attachment may be bolted to 2-3 of the lugs on the tire. The at least two wheels may be located one on each side and may be used to counteract a torque of the motor turning the vehicle wheel. An outer wheel may contact the ground as it rotates. Further, a remote may be provided. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148513 | MINIATURE HANDHELD ELECTRIC TRACTION DEVICE - A miniature handheld electric traction device including a shell, a power supply part, a power motor, a reduction gear set, a braking part and a winding drum, wherein the power motor, the reduction gear set and the winding drum are arranged in the shell; the power motor is linked with the winding drum through the reduction gear set; a surface of the winding drum is wound with a traction rope; the reduction gear set includes a planetary gear; the sun gear of the planetary gear is coaxial with the winding drum; the power motor or the motor shaft of the power motor is inserted into the inner ring of the winding drum; the motor shaft is linked with the planetary gear. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148514 | Selectively Positionable Winch Assemblies With Releasable Clamps - A winch assembly including a winch housing body, an attachment structure, and one or more releasable clamps. The winch housing body may comprise a front wall, a rear wall, and at least one connecting wall that extends between the front wall and the rear wall. The front wall, rear wall, and connecting wall define a winch-receiving volume sized to house a winch device therein. The winch device may include a motor, a drum that is operatively connected to the motor, and a cable that is operatively connected to the drum. The attachment structure may be attached to the distal end of the cable. The one or more releasable clamps may be mounted to the rear wall. The one or more releasable clamps may be configured to clamp onto support rails of differing widths. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148515 | DEVICE TETHERING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A device tethering system is provided for securing a device to a source location as may be assisted by a tether. The device tethering system may include a retraction component, tether, pouch, belt, device mounting component, device aspect of the device mounting component, and/or tether aspect of the device mounting component. A method for securing a device to a source location using the device tethering system is also provided. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148516 | TELESCOPIC LIFTING UNIT - A telescopic lifting unit with a first segment, a second segment, and a third segment. The first and second segments may be displaced relative to one another, and the second and third segments may be displaced relative to one another. The first and second segments may be moved relative to one another by a motor unit, and the second and third segments may be moved relative to one another by a cable hoist. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148517 | VEHICLE LIFTING PLATFORM - In order to improve the safety of a lifting platform with respect to risk of a vehicle falling, provision is made, in a lifting platform having carrying arms, which can be vertically adjusted by a lifting mechanism, for raising the vehicle and having carrying plates, which are arranged at a free end of the carrying arms, for carrying the vehicle to be lifted, for a sensor arrangement having a plurality of pressure sensors which are arranged distributed over a bearing surface of the carrying plates to be installed on each of the carrying plates and for a display which displays a pressure distribution over the bearing surface of the respective carrying plate to be associated with each carrying plate. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148518 | TELEHANDLER WITH CONTROL SYSTEM - The self-propelled operating machine ( | 2020-05-14 |
20200148519 | INDUSTRIAL VEHICLE - A forklift includes a fuel cell system. The fuel cell system includes a battery stack and a capacitor and is electrically connected to a vehicle system. The vehicle system includes a control valve that switches supply of hydraulic oil to a power steering cylinder and a cargo-handling cylinder, a cargo-handling pump that supplies hydraulic oil stored in a hydraulic oil tank to the control valve, a cargo-handling motor that drives the cargo-handling pump, and an on-load valve that returns the hydraulic oil from the control valve to the hydraulic oil tank. The fuel cell system operates the fuel cell system to execute a warm-up control. A vehicle ECU continues supplying power from the fuel cell stack to the cargo-handling motor during the execution of the warm-up control. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148520 | LIFTING MECHANISM AND LIFTING DEVICE WITH THE LIFTING MECHANISM - The present invention discloses a lifting mechanism mounted on a lifting device, wherein the lifting device includes a carrying unit. The lifting mechanism is disposed under the carrying unit, and comprises a driving assembly and a lifting assembly. The driving assembly includes an axle fixing part, a drive wheel and a power source, and the lifting assembly includes a screw nut and a screw rod. An upper end of the screw rod is fixedly connected to the carrying unit. When the lifting mechanism is traveling, each drive wheel is in contact with a base surface and moves the lifting device on the base surface; and when lifting, each drive wheel rotates on the base surface to drive the screw nut to rotate about a vertical axis relative to the carrying unit, to drive the screw rod to lift the carrying unit along the vertical direction. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148521 | JACK PAD HOLDING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR JACKING AN AIRCRAFT - A jack pad holding devices for supporting a jack pad to an aircraft, and a method for jacking an aircraft are provided. In one non-limiting example, the jack pad holding device includes a coupler housing configured for holding the jack pad. Coupling elements are coupled to the coupler housing and are configured to couple to the aircraft. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148522 | STERILIZATION PROCESS TRANSITION METHOD, PRODUCT FILLING APPARATUS, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS OF CLEANING AND STERILIZING THE PRODUCT FILLING APPARATUS - A sterilization process transition method of switching from an SIP process to a product sterilization process in an apparatus including piping that feeds a product into a filling machine through a heating sterilization part. The process sterilizes the piping before a filling operation, and the product sterilization process sterilizes the product to be filled. An F value is calculated from temperature and flowrate data on a fluid flowing in the heating sterilization part that are obtained from temperature sensors and flowmeters disposed in the product filling apparatus at predetermined time intervals. The temperature and flowrate at two or more predetermined positions in the product filling apparatus are adjusted from a set temperature and a set flowrate for the SIP process to a set temperature and a set flowrate for the product sterilization process while preventing the F value from becoming lower than a predetermined value. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148523 | BOTTLE NECK GRIPPER - A bottle neck gripper includes first and second jaw components, each pivotally mounted for rotation about a respective pivot axis, the first jaw component including a first permanent magnet mounted thereon, the second jaw component including a second permanent magnet mounted thereon. The first permanent magnet and second permanent magnet are positioned to be attracted to each other. An attractive force of the magnets urges grip ends of the first and second jaw components toward each other. The pivot axis of the first jaw component is located between the first permanent magnet and the grip end, and the pivot axis of the second jaw component is located between the second permanent magnet and the grip end. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148524 | MAGNETORHEOLOGICAL ACTUATOR FOR A FILLING UNIT OF A BEVERAGE FILLING SYSTEM - An actuator for controlling a fluid path includes an actuator having a seat part, either a fluid-valve membrane or a movable part, and a magnetorheological elastomer that changes form when a magnetic field changes. This causes the path to open or close. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148525 | CONTAINER TREATMENT MACHINE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A CONTAINER TREATMENT MACHINE - A container-treatment machine comprises first and second motors, a bearing device, a ring gear, and a gyroscope that rotates about a rotation axis and receives containers. The motors are arranged in corresponding first and second columns and couple to corresponding first and second pinions. They are fixed relative to the bearing device. The ring gear is mounted on the bearing device and includes a circular tooth arrangement that meshes with the pinions. The pinions are arranged at a distance from one another along a circumferential direction of the tooth arrangement | 2020-05-14 |
20200148526 | EFFERVESCENT LIQUID DISPENSER - An effervescent liquid dispenser for a carbonated beverage is disclosed that includes a container containing liquid to be dispensed receiving pressurized gas from a pressurized gas source, becoming a pressurized liquid, the pressurized liquid becoming an effervescent liquid upon being dispensed from the container; and a dispense valve that is positionable in a first position for permitting pressurized gas to be received in a vessel to become the pressurized gas source, the dispense valve selectably movable between the first position and a second position, the dispense valve being secured to the container in the second position in response to the vessel receiving pressurized gas, the vessel becoming the pressurized gas source for the dispenser; wherein the container complies with 27 C.F.R. 5.46 (1999) and conforms with 49 C.F.R. 173.306 (1976) | 2020-05-14 |
20200148527 | Liquid Food Dispenser System and Method - A system and method for dispensing fluids is introduced. A preferred embodiment comprises a sealed tank, a bag containing fluid inside the sealed tank, an outlet for dispensing the liquid in the bag, and a pressure generating device to create pressure in the sealed tank. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148528 | CONNECTOR FOR WATER TANK HAVING A WIRELESS FILLING LEVEL OR CONSUMPTION TRANSMITTER FOR WATER DISPENSER - The invention relates to a water dispenser intermediate part, wherein the water dispenser intermediate part has first connecting means for connecting a water tank to the water dispenser intermediate part, and the water dispenser intermediate part has second connecting means for connecting the water dispenser intermediate part to a water dispenser device. The water dispenser intermediate part has a water pipe piece which connects the first connecting means to the second connecting means. The water dispenser intermediate part has a water consumption meter and/or a water level sensor for determining water consumption via the water pipe and/or a water level in the water container, The water dispenser intermediate part has at least one transmitter part for wireless transmission of water consumption values and/or water level reports from the water tank. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148529 | ANTI-FRACTURE EXPANSION DEVICE - Methods are devices are provided for preventing fracture of a fluid-filled chamber or tank. In general an anti-fracture expansion device can be disposed internally within a fluid-filled chamber such that during a freeze event displaced fluid can compress or flow into the anti-fracture expansion device, thereby reducing the likelihood that the chamber will rupture. The internal disposition of the expansion device prevents it from interfering with other components that may be connected to or adjacent to the fluid chamber, thereby conserving space. In certain embodiments, the expansion device can have a dual function wherein it can act as a flow control valve in addition to functioning as an anti-fracture expansion device. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148530 | PRESSURE SENSOR ENCAPSULATED IN ELASTOMERIC MATERIAL, AND SYSTEM INCLUDING THE PRESSURE SENSOR - A packaged pressure sensor, comprising: a MEMS pressure-sensor chip; and an encapsulating layer of elastomeric material, in particular PDMS, which extends over the MEMS pressure-sensor chip and forms a means for transferring a force, applied on a surface thereof, towards the MEMS pressure-sensor chip. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148531 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A MEMS TRANSDUCER - An embodiment as described herein includes a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) with a first MEMS transducer element, a second MEMS transducer element, and a semiconductor substrate. The first and second MEMS transducer elements are disposed at a top surface of the semiconductor substrate and the semiconductor substrate includes a shared cavity acoustically coupled to the first and second MEMS transducer elements. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148532 | PIEZOELECTRIC MEMS MICROPHONE - A microphone including a casing having a front wall, a back wall, and a side wall joining the front wall to the back wall, a transducer mounted to the front wall, the transducer including a substrate and a transducing element, the transducing element having a transducer acoustic compliance dependent on the transducing element dimensions, a back cavity cooperatively defined between the back wall, the side wall, and the transducer, the back cavity having a back cavity acoustic compliance. The transducing element is dimensioned such that the transducing element length matches a predetermined resonant frequency and the transducing element width, thickness, and elasticity produces a transducer acoustic compliance within a given range of the back cavity acoustic compliance. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148533 | MANUFACTURING PROCESS FOR AT LEAST ONE DIAPHRAGM UNIT OF A MEMS TRANSDUCER - A process for manufacturing a diaphragm unit of a MEMS transducer that includes multiple piezoelectric transducer units, each of the multiple piezoelectric transducer units including at least one electrode layer and at least one piezoelectric layer formed on a carrier includes the step of removing the transducer units from the carrier. At least one of the transducer units that has been removed from the carrier is arranged on a diaphragm and connected to the diaphragm. Moreover, a diaphragm unit made according to the process includes a diaphragm and multiple piezoelectric transducer units arranged on and connected to the diaphragm. Each of the multiple piezoelectric transducer units includes at least one electrode layer and at least one piezoelectric layer formed on a carrier. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148534 | METHOD FOR ACHIEVING STICTION-FREE HIGH-ASPECT-RATIO MICROSTRUCTURES AFTER WET CHEMICAL PROCESSING - A method for wet chemical processing of high-aspect-ratio microstructures and exiting the wet chemical processing while avoiding stiction between the high-aspect-ratio microstructures is provided. The method includes providing a substrate containing etched microstructures, removing etch residue from the substrate using wet chemical processing, rinsing the substrate with an aqueous hydrogen fluoride solution after the wet chemical processing, and drying the substrate using an inert gas. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148535 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING THERMAL EFFICIENCY OF STEAM PRODUCTION - A method for improving thermal efficiency of steam production in a steam reforming based syngas plant is provided. In one embodiment, the method can include the steps of: preheating a hydrocarbon feed stream in a first heat exchanger from a first temperature to a second temperature; preheating the hydrocarbon feed stream in a second heat exchanger to a third temperature, wherein the third temperature is greater than the second temperature; introducing the hydrocarbon feed stream in the presence of steam to a steam methane reformer under conditions effective for producing a product stream comprising hydrogen, carbon oxides, and water vapor; and exchanging heat between the product stream and a boiler feed water stream in a third heat exchanger, wherein prior to exchanging heat with the product stream, the boiler feed water stream is used to provide the preheating to the hydrocarbon feed stream in the first heat exchanger. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148536 | OZONE GENERATOR - An ozone generator includes a container, a first metal electrode, a dielectric electrode, a heat pipe, a heat sink, and a power supply unit. The first metal electrode is a cylindrical electrode the axial direction of which is a first direction, and disposed in the container. A cooling medium is supplied to an outer peripheral surface thereof. The dielectric electrode is a cylindrical electrode that is disposed to be opposed to an inner peripheral surface of the first metal electrode, and is coaxial with the first metal electrode. The heat pipe is disposed to be opposed to an inner peripheral surface of the dielectric electrode, and has electrical conductivity. The heat sink is disposed on the outside as an outer space of a space between the first metal electrode and the heat pipe, and connected to the heat pipe. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148537 | HEXAGONAL BORON NITRIDE POWDER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, RESIN COMPOSITION AND RESIN SHEET - A hexagonal boron nitride powder having an average longer diameter (L) of primary particles in the hexagonal boron nitride powder of more than 10.0 μm and 30.0 μm or less, an average thickness (D) of the primary particles in the hexagonal boron nitride powder of 1.0 μm or more, a ratio of the average longer diameter (L) to the average thickness (D), [L/D], of 3.0 or more and 5.0 or less, and a content of primary particles having a ratio of a longer diameter (1) to a thickness (d), [l/d], of 3.0 or more and 5.0 or less of 25% or more, a method for producing the hexagonal boron nitride powder, and a resin composition and a resin sheet each containing the hexagonal boron nitride powder. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148538 | SURFACE-MODIFIED INORGANIC NITRIDE, COMPOSITION, THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL, AND DEVICE WITH THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE LAYER - A first object of the present invention is to provide a surface-modified inorganic nitride having excellent dispersibility. Furthermore, a second object of the present invention is to provide a composition, a thermally conductive material, and a device with a thermally conductive layer which contain the surface-modified inorganic nitride. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148539 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CARBON NANOTUBES ATTACHED TO A SUBSTRATE - A method for preparing carbon nanotubes, nanofibres or nanofilaments by decomposition of at least one carbon precursor in the presence of a catalyst, in which method continuously:—a first gas stream comprising a precursor of a catalyst is brought into contact with a porous substrate ( | 2020-05-14 |
20200148540 | METHOD FOR CARBON NANOTUBE PURIFICATION - A method for carbon nanotube purification, preferably including: providing carbon nanotubes; depositing a mask; and/or selectively removing a portion of the mask; and optionally including removing a subset of the carbon nanotubes and/or removing the remaining mask. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148541 | AN APPROACH TO A BOTTOM-UP SYNTHESIS OF NANOCARBONS - Provided is a method for the synthesis of a π-conjugated system from oligofurans, under conditions involving cycloaddition. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148542 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING CARBON DIOXIDE - A method is provided for producing carbon dioxide by combusting a carbonaceous fuel with a oxygen or with a gas mixture containing more than 25 mol % of oxygen obtaining a flue gas mixture, wherein the flue gas mixture is processed obtaining a secondary gas mixture containing carbon dioxide and oxygen, and wherein a part of the oxygen contained in the secondary gas mixture is catalytically reacted with a first auxiliary fuel in a reactor system comprising a series of multiple reactors, obtaining further carbon dioxide and water. A further part of the oxygen contained in the secondary gas mixture is catalytically reacted with a second auxiliary fuel in the reactor system. A corresponding apparatus is also described herein. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148543 | AEROGEL COMPOSITE, AND SUPPORTING MEMBER AND HEAT INSULATION MATERIAL PROVIDED WITH AEROGEL COMPOSITE - A method for producing an aerogel composite includes drying a wet gel generated from a sol comprising a silica particles, and at least one selected from the group consisting of a silicon compound having a hydrolyzable functional group in a molecule, and a hydrolysis product of the silicon compound. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148544 | SPHERICAL CRYSTALLINE SILICA PARTICLES AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - Provided are: spherical crystalline silica particles which ensure higher productivity and lower production costs than conventional ones, contain plenty of quartz having high thermal conductivity, have high fluidity, high dispersibility, high filling property, and low abrasion property, and are also applicable to semiconductor field; and a method for producing the spherical crystalline silica particles. The crystalline silica particles are characterized in that with respect to the total mass of the particles, the content of a crystal phase is at least 90 mass % and the content of a quartz crystal is at least 70 mass %. In addition, at least one kind of alkali metals may be contained in an amount of 0.4-5 mass % in terms of oxides, with respect to the total mass of the particles. Furthermore, at least one kind of alkaline earth metals may be contained in an amount of 1-5 mass % in terms of oxides, with respect to the total mass of the particles. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148545 | CARBON-COATED SILICON OXIDE/GRAPHITE COMPOSITE PARTICLES, METHODS OF MAKING, AND APPLICATIONS OF THE SAME - The present disclosure relates to novel particulate composite materials comprising a graphitic core particle associated with SiO | 2020-05-14 |
20200148546 | ELECTRONICALLY ABRUPT BOROPHENE/ORGANIC LATERAL HETEROSTRUCTURES AND PREPARATION THEREOF - A method of preparing a boron allotrope-organic lateral heterostructural article includes providing an article comprising a substrate comprising a portion thereof coupled to a boron allotrope comprising an elemental boron layer; generating an organic compound vapor from a solid organic compound source, said organic compound vapor having a higher enthalpy of adsorption on said substrate compared to enthalpy of adsorption on said boron allotrope; and contacting said organic compound vapor with said article to selectively deposit said organic compound on a substrate portion not coupled to said boron allotrope to provide a heterostructural article comprising said organic compound and said boron allotrope laterally adjacent one to the other and providing a lateral interface one with the other. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148547 | Renewable Energy Produced Ammonia, Apparatus, Method and Materials - The production of NH | 2020-05-14 |
20200148548 | METHOD FOR PREPAREING COPPER-NICKEL COBALTATE NANOWIRE AND APPLICATION THEREOF - A method for preparing copper-nickel cobaltate nanowires includes steps of: (1) dissolving a soluble nickel salt, cobalt salt and copper salt in ultrapure water, and preparing same into a mixed salt solution A; (2) adding 1-4 mmol of sodium dodecyl sulfate to solution A, and dissolving same with stirring; (3) dissolving 12-30 mmol of hexamethylenetetramine in 20 mL of ultrapure water to form solution B; (4) slowly dropwise adding solution B to solution A via a separatory funnel to form solution C, and stirring same for 0.5-1 h; and (5) further transferring same into a 100 mL reaction vessel, reacting same at 100-160° C. for 8-20 h, suction filtration and washing, and drying same at 40-60° C. in a vacuum oven, and further reacting same at 350-800° C. for 1-4 h in a muffle furnace. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148549 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING LITHIATED TRANSITION METAL OXIDES - Provided are processes for the formation of electrochemically active materials such as lithiated transition metal oxides that solve prior issues with throughput and calcination. The processes include forming the materials in the presence of a processing additive that includes potassium prior to calcination that produces active materials with increased primary particle grain sizes. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148550 | RECYCLING METHOD OF AMPHIPHILIC SURFACE-ACTIVE POLLUTANTS IN WATER - The present disclosure provides a recycling method of amphiphilic surface-active pollutants in water, comprising: performing a polymerization reaction by illumination treatment on the amphiphilic surface-active pollutants in water to form a polymerization product; performing self-assembly on the polymerization product for aggregation to form a fluorescent material, and performing separation to obtain a recycled product. Through treatment of the amphiphilic surface-active pollutants by illumination, the present disclosure can realize the recycled utilization of the amphiphilic pollutants in the wastewater by one step of reaction, so that the amphiphilic surface-active pollutants can be converted into usable fluorescent materials, and the biological toxicity is greatly reduced. The obtained fluorescent material can be further used in the fields such as biological imaging as a recycled product, realizes detoxification of the pollutants and efficient conversion of organic carbon resources at the same time, provides a novel strategy for wastewater treatment and resource conversion, and achieves a win-win situation for economic benefits and environmental friendliness in the field of amphipathic organic pollution treatment and has a good application prospect. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148551 | Water Treatment Tank Method And Apparatus - Embodiments of the present invention provide a water purification and storage system, comprising (a) a tank configured to accept and hold water, and (b) a filter mounted with the tank in a configuration such that the filter is contacted by water in the tank when the tank is in its normal storage orientation and the water in the tank is 25% or more of the tank's holding capacity. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148552 | A SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR COMPREHENSIVE MONITORING, ANALYSIS AND MAINTENANCE OF WATER AND EQUIPMENT IN SWIMMING POOLS - The present invention provides a method for comprehensive monitoring, analysis and maintenance of water and equipment in swimming pools, said method implemented by one or more processors operatively coupled to a non-transitory computer readable storage device, on which are stored modules of instruction code that when executed cause the one or more processors to perform: —accumulating and monitoring data from elements including at least one of: sensors, actuators, and breakers in and around the vicinity of the swimming pools; —accumulating non-sensory data from a plurality of sources at a local processing unit; —propagating said data to an online remote server, —applying machine learning or rule based algorithms at the online remote server configured to incorporate all the acquired data and obtain an optimal policy for pool maintenance by providing recommendations, control parameters, and —providing an online interface to access said recommendation/control parameters for at least one of: pool owners, pool servicemen, pool maintenance companies, pool vendors and pool retail dealers. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148553 | Liquid Preparation Device - A liquid preparation device intended for simultaneous heating and cooling of a liquid, said device including a raw liquid container, a thermoelectric converter, a control unit, a flow separation unit and a liquid preparation container being divided into a liquid heating section and a liquid cooling section, each section having a respective impermeable barrier adjacent to said thermoelectric converter. A liquid level control device is provided on the outer side of upper walls of the liquid heating section and of the liquid cooling section and in the form of a tray having a liquid level sensor on the bottom. An air exhaust is formed by two openings disposed symmetrically above the heating and cooling sections. A control unit contains a controller and, connected to it, said liquid level control device, disposed in the liquid preparation container. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148554 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WATER PURIFICATION - An apparatus for use in water purification including a cylindrical vessel comprising, within the cylindrical vessel, a first set of hydrocyclones, at least one intermediate set of hydrocyclones, and a final set of hydrocyclones, the sets of hydrocyclones arranged in series. In one embodiment, the hydrocyclones within each set of hydrocyclones are arranged in a parallel configuration, wherein each set of hydrocyclones is defined by a divider which causes the hydrocyclones in each set to operate in parallel. In one embodiment each hydrocyclone has a tangential inlet disposed within an inlet chamber of the cylindrical vessel and in fluid communication with an inlet connected to the inlet chamber, an overflow disposed within an overflow chamber of the cylindrical vessel, and an underflow disposed within an underflow chamber of the cylindrical vessel. In one embodiment, the cylindrical vessel comprises a first set of hydrocyclones and a second, final set of hydrocyclones. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148555 | METHOD FOR WATER PURIFICATION - A method for water purification utilizing a cylindrical vessel containing a hydrocyclone nest. The heated contaminated water is fed into the nest, which includes a first set of hydrocyclones, at least one intermediate set of hydrocyclones, and a final set of hydrocyclones, the hydrocyclones in each set arranged in parallel, and each set arranged in series. The heated contaminated water is pumped into the cylindrical vessel such that the heated contaminated water enters a tangential inlet of each of the hydrocyclones, the hydrocyclones separate the heated contaminated water into steam and solids/concentrate, the steam exits through an overflow of the hydrocyclones and a first outlet of the cylindrical vessel, the solids/concentrate exit through an underflow of the hydrocyclones and into the subsequent ser of hydrocyclones until the final set of hydrocyclones, and then out through a second outlet of the cylindrical vessel. The steam is condensed into purified water. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148556 | Extracting Metals From Fresh Water With Amidoxime-Carboxylate Adsorbents - A metals-adsorbent PAN fiber comprising a carbon chain backbone and amidoxime, carboxylate, and nitrile pendant groups. No ester groups are present. The inventive fiber is used for removing metals, including toxic metals, from fresh water, including rivers, streams, lakes, ponds, drinking water from wells and other sources, and industrial discharge waste waters, in a pH range of 3-10, and preferably at slightly acidic conditions in the range of pH 5-6. Metals that can be removed include heavy and toxic metals, such as Sc, V, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Sr, Yb, Cd, Cs, Pb, La, Ce, Nd, Eu, Zn, Tb and U. The adsorbed metals can be removed from the fiber by acidic elution and recovered. The fiber can be rinsed and reused. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148557 | method to control micro algae growth and mitigation of microcystins - The invention discloses a method to control micro algae growth and mitigation of microcystins, including the installation of algae control unit, algae control unit including metal drainage pipe and several charging chambers along the metal drainage pipe, one or more pairs of transmitters and receivers are installed in these charging chambers, electromagnetic waves are transmitted through water, the high energy point in these charging chambers are grounded through metal, generating high energy gradient electromagnetic wave in charging chambers, the invention uses repeatable high energy gradient intermittent shock treatment, which can provide more effective treatment for phytoplankton and other organisms, especially in freshwater environment, which can improve the killing effect of phytoplankton, and uses high gradient near-field ionic current to destroy the molecular structure of microcystins, especially benzene ring and O—H and N—H hydrogen bonds, compared with the existing treatment method, the invention can effectively solve microcystins problem. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148558 | METHOD FOR HYBRIDIZED DESALINATION SYSTEM USING MEMBRANE DISTILLATION AND ADSORPTION DESALINATION CYCLES - The present disclosure describes a desalination system, comprising a membrane distillation unit; a preheater having a liquid inlet and a liquid outlet, the outlet being in communication with the inlet; an evaporator in communication with the liquid outlet of the MD, and having a fluid inlet configured to provide heat to aqueous liquid in the evaporator, the evaporator having a vapor outlet; at least one adsorption-desorption unit, having a vapor inlet in communication with the vapor outlet of the evaporator, the AD including a fluid inlet configured to receive either a heating or a cooling fluid and a fluid outlet, the AD having a vapor outlet and further including a fluid inlet in communication with the fluid inlet of the AD, a fluid outlet in communication with the heating fluid inlet of the preheater; and a condenser in communication with the permeate vapor outlet of the MD or the AD or both and having a condensation outlet. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148559 | METHOD OF OPERATING A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM - A method for operating a wastewater treatment system is disclosed wherein the wastewater treatment system comprises at least one electrochemical cell comprising dimensionally stable electrodes having the same catalyst composition, the electrodes being immersed in wastewater and being connected to a power supply and wherein the voltage at the power supply is monitored and the polarity of the electrochemical cell(s) is reversed when the recorded voltage increases by a predetermined voltage difference. The wastewater treatment system can comprise at least one electrochemical cell which is kept inactive while the active electrochemical cells are operating. The inactive cell(s) can be activated when all the electrodes of the active cells are consumed as indicated by another increase in voltage at the power supply after the polarity of the active cells has been once reversed. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148560 | Intercalation-Based Materials and Processes for Softening Water - A device for removing ions from a flow of water includes a first electrode and a counter-electrode opposite the first electrode in the flow of water. The first electrode contains at least one material which is capable of intercalating one or both of Mg | 2020-05-14 |
20200148561 | WATER TREATMENT DEVICE AND HUMIDIFYING DEVICE - In a water passage, a first inflow-side insulator, a second inflow-side insulator, and an electric-discharge water tank are each formed like a sealed container. A tap water pipe is connected to the electric-discharge water tank via inflow-side insulators, and the electric-discharge water tank is connected to water supply headers. The water passage has a hermetic structure that is open to the atmosphere only at a supply opening of each of the water supply headers. Therefore, when pressurized tap water is supplied to the water passage, water flows through the water passage. As a result, restrictions on the positional relationship between a supply target of treated water and a water treatment device are reduced, and the usability of the water treatment device is improved. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148562 | WATER TREATMENT - A method treats an aqueous system to inhibit growth of one or more micro-organisms therein and/or to reduce the number of live micro-organisms therein. The method includes adding treatment agents to an aqueous system wherein said treatment agents include (a) a phosphonium compound; and (b) a compound having formula: M(XO | 2020-05-14 |
20200148563 | ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT ACTIVATED OXIDATION PROCESS FOR THE REDUCTION OF ORGANIC CARBON IN SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESS WATER - In a system for decomposing organic compounds in water for use in semiconductor manufacturing, a chemical reactor vessel having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, a persulfate anion addition system upstream of the reactor vessel, and a light emitting device contained within the reactor vessel. The light emitting device provides light capable of decomposing persulfate anions. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148564 | PORTABLE WATER PURIFIER - A hand portable water purification system including: a cold plasma ozone generator having two spaced apart parallel electrodes for generating ozone; a Venturi injector providing partially ozonated contaminated water; a first and a second reactor tank, each tank in fluid communication with the Venturi injector and the cold plasma generator, wherein the first reactor tank fills with partially ozonated contaminated water provided by the injector, and while being filled, is further ozonated until purified water is obtained and concurrently previously purified water is emptied from the second reactor tank; a low wattage power source for providing power to the system; and a microprocessor/controller for controlling in real time the amount of ozone produced by the generator and for controlling a series of valves. The valves are opened and closed according to a predefined sequence. A method for use of the portable water purification system is also provided herein. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148565 | SOIL AND WATER REMEDIATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATMENT OF RECALCITRANT HALOGENATED SUBSTANCES - Disclosed are methods, apparatuses and systems for the remediation of contaminated soils, groundwater, water, and/or waste using a combination of reagents. The disclosed methods may be used to treat various recalcitrant halogenated substances, such as perfluoroalkyls and polyfluoroalkyls. Particular combinations of reagents that may be used in the disclosed methods include but are not limited to: (1) persulfate, oxygen and ozone; (2) persulfate, salt, oxygen and ozone; (3) persulfate, phosphate, and/or oxygen; (4) persulfate, phosphate, oxygen and ozone; (5) persulfate, phosphate, salt and oxygen (6) persulfate, phosphate, salt, oxygen and ozone; (7) oxygen and salt; and (8) air and salt. The disclosed methods may include the transfer of contaminants from an aqueous phase to a foam prior to the destruction of the contaminants. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148566 | AEROBIC BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT METHOD - Provided is an aerobic biological treatment method for treating water to be treated with aerobic organisms by dissolving oxygen in the water to be treated within a reaction tank using an oxygen dissolution membrane module disposed in the reaction tank, wherein a bioadhesive carrier within the reaction tank is suspended or fluidized to prevent adhesion of organisms to the oxygen dissolution membrane module. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148567 | INDUCED SLUDGE BED ANAEROBIC REACTOR SYSTEM - An induced sludge bed anaerobic reactor system that includes at least two stages of bioreactor processing, a first-stage feeding system, a second-stage feeding system, a pH balancing system, an effluent recirculation system, a gas management system, and a controller. In addition, any given stage of reactor processing may be comprised of a plurality of reactors that are configured to operate in parallel with each other. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148568 | Integrated Unicellular/Filamentous Algal Production, Harvesting and Remediation System - A method of removing nitrogen-bound nitrate from at least one of groundwater, surface water, or waste water is disclosed. The method includes providing contaminant-containing water from groundwater, surface water, and/or waste water sources. The method further includes adding the contaminant-containing water to an algal photobioreactor system. The method further includes adding an alga culture to the alga photobioreactor system. The method further includes adjusting temperature, CO | 2020-05-14 |
20200148569 | BIOREMEDIATION OF RED MUDS - A process for the bio-neutralisation of red mud, the process including: feeding an alkaline red mud into a bio-digester; feeding biomass including insoluble organic matter into the bio-digester, the biomass supporting a microbial consortium; mediating the digestion of the biomass in the bio-digester or through a train of bio-digesters with microbes in the microbial consortium, to thereby produce organic acid(s) which neutralise alkalinity of the red mud and reduce pH of the red mud; producing a bio-neutralised red mud product having a pH of 10 or less. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148570 | SLUDGE DRYING APPARATUS - A sludge drying apparatus includes a drying unit for drying sludge as it is transferred by a transfer belt. The drying unit includes a box that covers an upper surface of the transfer belt and extends in a direction of extension of the transfer belt, an air inlet formed at one end of the box, an air outlet formed at the other end of the box, a fan provided outside the box for sucking air in the box from the air outlet and thereby intaking outside air from the air inlet into the box, a dividing portion for dividing the air discharged from the fan into two parts, and a return inlet formed between the air inlet and the air outlet for returning one of the two parts of the air divided by the dividing portion into the box. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148571 | METHOD OF MELTING RAW MATERIALS SUCH AS GLASS BY A CROSS-FIRED MELTING FURNACE - A cross-fired melting furnace and a method of melting raw materials by a cross-fired melting furnace are provided, where the furnace includes a melting tank, a melting chamber, N first ports associated N first burners, N second ports, an auxiliary fuel injector for introducing a fraction of fuel required for melting as auxiliary fuel in a direction of a flow of re-circulating combustion products without additional oxidiser, into the re-circulating combustion products in the direction of the flow of the re-circulating combustion products, and with a chosen velocity such that the fraction of fuel mixes with the re-circulating combustion products before being combusted by oxidiser entering the furnace. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148572 | COMBUSTION METHOD APPLIED TO MELTING MATERIALS SUCH AS GLASS IN AN END-FIRED FURNACE - An end-fired melting furnace and a method of melting raw materials by an end-fired melting furnace are provided, where the furnace includes a melting tank, a melting chamber, first and second ports, at least one burner, and at least one auxiliary fuel injector arranged in the end-fired melting furnace in a roof or in first and second side walls so that the at least one auxiliary fuel injector introduces a fraction X2 of auxiliary fuel, in a direction of re-circulating combustion products, without additional oxidiser, into the re-circulating combustion products in a direction of a flow of the re-circulating combustion products, and with a chosen velocity such that the fraction X2 of auxiliary fuel mixes with the re-circulating combustion products before being combusted by oxidiser entering the furnace. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148573 | SUBMERGED COMBUSTION MELTER - The invention relates to a submerged combustion burner ( | 2020-05-14 |
20200148574 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRESS BENDING GLASS PANES - A device for bending glass panes, includes a lower press-bending mould with a frame-shaped contact surface, an upper press-bending mould arranged opposite the contact surface, wherein the lower press-bending mould and the upper press-bending mould are suitable for reshaping a glass pane situated therebetween by pressing, wherein the side edge of the glass pane rests on the contact surface along a contact line, wherein during pressing, the contact line migrates from a first contact line all the way to a pressing line, and wherein the contact surface between the first contact line and the pressing line is convexly curved. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148575 | CHALCOGENIDE GLASS MATERIAL - Provided is a small-diameter chalcogenide glass material having excellent weather resistance and mechanical strength and being suitable as an optical element for an infrared sensor. The chalcogenide glass material has an unpolished side surface, a pillar shape with a diameter of 15 mm or less, and a composition of, in terms of % by mole, 40 to 90% S+Se+Te and an inside of the glass material is free of stria with a length of 500 μm or more. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148576 | HOT-FORMING TOOL FOR PRODUCING GLASS CONTAINERS - A hot-forming tool for producing glass containers is provided. The tool includes a forming roller, a holder, and a heat sink. The forming roller has a forming surface. The holder receives the forming roller with the forming roller rotatably mounted on the holder. The heat sink is directly or indirectly connected to the holder. The forming roller is in thermal contact with the heat sink and the heat sink has an internal cooler so that process heat can be transferred from the forming roller to the heat sink. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148577 | ARTICLES CAPABLE OF INDIVIDUAL SINGULATION - A method of forming a glass article includes steps of: providing a glass substrate sheet, forming a first array of first damage regions, forming a second array of second damage regions which define a plurality of portions, wherein the second array of second damage regions define one or more interrupted zones. The interrupted zones may have a largest dimension of about 10 microns or greater. The method further includes steps of etching the glass substrate and singulating the plurality of portions from the glass substrate sheet. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148578 | METHOD FOR BREAKING OUT A SHEET OF GLASS - The method includes tracing a score line on the surface of the glass, using a scoring tool, and breaking out using a local pressure system applied on the opposite face and opposite the score line, the local pressure system being moved and pressed along the score line on the opposite face. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148579 | BURNER DESIGN FOR PARTICLE GENERATION - A method of producing bi-modal particles includes the steps of igniting a first precursor gas using a primary burner thereby producing a first plurality of particles of a first size, fluidly transporting the first plurality of particles down a particle tube, igniting a second precursor gas using a secondary burner thereby producing a second plurality of particles of a second size, flowing the second plurality of particles into the first plurality of particles, and capturing the first and second plurality of particles. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148580 | GLASS COMPOSITION - A glass article, having SiO | 2020-05-14 |
20200148581 | REINFORCED GLASS - A strengthened glass has a mirror constant A of 1.97 MPa·m | 2020-05-14 |
20200148582 | OPTICAL GLASS, OPTICAL ELEMENT, AND PREFORM - There are provided an optical glass that can compensate for chromatic aberration of glass lenses with high precision because of its high anomalous dispersion, that is lighter than that in the related art, and that is easily handled in a polishing process because of its low degree of abrasion, an optical element, and a preform. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148583 | ENAMEL COMPOSITION, METHOD OF PREPARING SAME, AND COOKING APPLIANCE - An enamel composition may be applied to an inner surface of cooking appliance to facilitate cleaning. The enamel composition may include: SiO | 2020-05-14 |
20200148584 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A LITHIUM ALUMINOSILICATE GLASS PRODUCT FOR A GLASS-CERAMIC PRODUCT - A method of manufacturing a lithium aluminosilicate glass product suitable for making a glass-ceramic product, includes melting a vitrifiable mixture of raw materials, which are free from arsenic oxides and antimony oxides, apart from unavoidable traces, refining the molten material, cooling the molten material so as to form a glass, forming of the glass, wherein the vitrifiable mixture of raw materials includes petalite having a fraction by weight of total iron, expressed as Fe | 2020-05-14 |
20200148585 | METHOD FOR RECYCLING SOLAR CELL MODULE GLASS - To provide a method for recycling a solar cell module glass, which enables development of other novel applications of a waste glass of a solar cell module while controlling an elution amount of Sb from the waste glass into water. Disclosed is a method for recycling a solar cell module glass, the method comprising: grinding a solar cell module glass into a glass powder; adding at least one foaming agent selected from SiC, CaCO | 2020-05-14 |
20200148586 | COMPOSITION FOR GLASS FIBER, GLASS FIBER, GLASS-FIBER-CONTAINING COMPOSITE MATERIAL CONTAINING GLASS FIBER, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING GLASS FIBER - Provided is a composition for a glass fiber which has a high elastic modulus and satisfactory productivity, and can facilitate the production of a fine-count glass fiber. The composition for a glass fiber of the present invention includes, as a glass composition expressed as a mass percent in terms of oxide, 50% to 70% of SiO | 2020-05-14 |
20200148587 | ALLOY OXIDE OVERCOAT INDIUM TIN OXIDE COATINGS, COATED GLAZINGS, AND PRODUCTION METHODS - The invention provides transparent conductive coatings based on indium tin oxide. The coating has an oxide overcoat, such as an alloy oxide overcoat. In some embodiments, the coating further includes one or more overcoat films comprising silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, silicon dioxide, or titanium dioxide. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148588 | Interior Coatings for Glass Structures in Electronic Devices - An electronic device may include electrical components and other components mounted within a housing. The device may have a display on a front face of the device and may have a glass layer that forms part of the housing on a rear face of the device. The glass layer and other glass structures in the electronic device may be provided with coatings. An interior coating on a glass layer may include multiple layers of material such as an adhesion promotion layer, thin-film layers of materials such as silicon, niobium oxide and other metal oxides, and metals to help adjust the appearance of the coating. A metal layer may be formed on top of the coating to serve as an environmental protection layer and opacity enhancement layer. In some configurations, the coating may include four layers. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148589 | ENHANCED NICKEL PLATING PROCESS - A method for plating nickel onto a glass surface of a substrate by sequentially contacting the surface with a solution having an oxidizing agent, a solution containing a silane compound, a Pd/Sn solution, and a nickel ion-containing solution, thereby accomplishing an electroless nickel plating process. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148590 | GLASS SUBSTRATES WITH IMPROVED COMPOSITIONS - Methods of making glass substrates comprise: obtaining a base glass from a bulk process; exposing the base glass to a first ion exchange treatment including ions of a first metal to form a protected base glass; exposing the protected base glass to a second ion exchange treatment including the ions of the first metal and ions of a second metal to form a modified base glass; and annealing the modified base glass to remove substantially all stress and to obtain a distributed concentration profile of the alkali metal oxide, an oxide of the first metal, and an oxide of the second metal, thereby forming the glass substrate. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148591 | CHEMICALLY STRENGTHENED LITHIUM DISILICATE-PETALITE GLASS-CERAMICS - Ion-exchanged glass ceramic articles described herein have a stress that decreases with increasing distance according to a substantially linear function from a depth of about 0.07 t to a depth of about 0.26 t from the outer surface of the ion-exchanged glass ceramic article from a compressive stress to a tensile stress. The stress transitions from the compressive stress to the tensile stress at a depth of from about 0.18 t to about 0.25 t from the outer surface of the ion-exchanged glass ceramic article. An absolute value of a maximum compressive stress at the outer surface of the ion-exchanged glass article is from 1.8 to 2.2 times an absolute value of a maximum central tension (CT) of the ion-exchanged glass article, and the glass ceramic article has a fracture toughness of 1 MPa√m or more as measured according to the double cantilever beam method. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148592 | QUANTUM DOT GLASS AGING DEVICE AND AGING METHOD THEREOF - A quantum dot (“QD”) glass aging device including a bottom part including a flat surface defined by a first direction and a second direction intersecting the first direction; a side wall part including a side surface defined by the first direction and a third direction intersecting the bottom part, and a seating part disposed between the bottom part and the side wall part. The seating part includes a plurality of protrusion parts extending in the first direction and arranged in the second direction. A plurality of QD glasses is arranged on the plurality of protrusion parts. A plurality of light sources is disposed in the plurality of grooves defined between the protrusion parts and between the side wall part and a first protrusion part adjacent to the side wall part. Heights of upper surfaces of the protrusion parts gradually decrease from the side wall part to the bottom part. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148593 | 3D INTERPOSER WITH THROUGH GLASS VIAS - METHOD OF INCREASING ADHESION BETWEEN COPPER AND GLASS SURFACES AND ARTICLES THEREFROM - In some embodiments, a method comprises: depositing an adhesion layer comprising manganese oxide (MnO | 2020-05-14 |
20200148594 | METHOD FOR THE APPLICATION OF MINERAL BINDER COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING FIBRES - A method for the application of hydrous mineral binder compositions which contain fibres. An aqueous accelerator is mixed with the aqueous binder composition in a mixer shortly before the application. The method is very robust and makes it possible to quickly produce even large moulded bodies having a uniform surface and very good strength development properties. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148595 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL COMPOSITE BUILDING MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTION THEREOF - Multifunctional composite building materials, which are obtained by mixing nano silicon dioxide, nano titanium dioxide, nano aluminum oxide and nano zinc oxide with nano nickel-cobalt ferrite or nano nickel-zinc ferrite; surface active agent; air entrained agent such as diethanolamine lauryl sulphonate, protein extracts, pulp waste liquid, diatomite; “kumgang” medical stone; viscosifier such as hydroxyl ethyl cellulose and foam elimination agent such as tributylphosphoric acid ester or butanol in a certain ratio. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148596 | CORROSION-RESISTANT MEMBER - A corrosion-resistant member may include alumina ceramics containing α-alumina and anorthite. The alumina ceramics may contain 0.4% by mass or more of Ca and Si in total in terms of CaO and SiO | 2020-05-14 |
20200148597 | REFRACTORY ARTICLES AND METHODS FOR FORMING SAME - A refractory article includes a body having a first portion defining at least a portion of a first exterior surface of the body, the first portion including a carbide, and further including a second portion defining at least a portion of a second exterior surface of the body opposite the first exterior surface, the second portion including an oxide, and a thermal conductivity difference (ΔTC) of at least 10 W/mK between the first exterior surface and the second exterior surface, and an average Shell Temperature of not greater than 400° C. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148598 | ALUMINUM NITRIDE SINTERED COMPACT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - An aluminum nitride sintered compact containing aluminum nitride crystal grains and composite oxide crystal grains containing a rare earth element and an aluminum element, wherein a median diameter of the aluminum nitride crystal grains is 2 μm or less; 10 to 200 intergrain voids having a longest diameter of 0.2 to 1 μm are dispersed in a region of a cross section of 100 μm in square; and the carbon atom content is less than 0.10% by mass. Also disclosed is a method of producing the aluminum nitride sintered compact. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148599 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PARTICULATE CARRIER MATERIAL, WHICH IS SHEATHED IN A GRAPHENE-CONTAINING MATERIAL, AND A CERAMIC COMPONENT, AND CERAMIC COMPONENT - The invention relates to a sliding member having a first sliding surface, wherein the first sliding surface ( | 2020-05-14 |
20200148600 | ACCELERATED CVI DENSIFICATION OF CMC THROUGH INFILTRATION - A process for densification of a ceramic matrix composite comprises forming a reinforcing ceramic continuous fiber stack having a central zone bounded by an outer zone adjacent; locating first particles within the central zone; coating the first particles and the ceramic fibers with silicon carbide through chemical vapor infiltration; locating second particles within the outer zone; coating the second particles and the ceramic fibers with silicon carbide through chemical vapor infiltration; forming the stack into a predetermined three dimensional shape; and densifying the stack. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148601 | System and Method for the Production of Gypsum Board Using Starch Pellets - The present invention relates to a system and method for the production of gypsum board using starch pellets. In accordance with the present disclosure, the starch necessary for board formation is provided in the form of starch pellets. These pellets are mixed with a gypsum slurry in a mixer. The pellets are initially insoluble and do not dissolve. However, during subsequent drying stages, the pellets become soluble and dissolve into the gypsum phase. This both provides the desired starch component and also results in the formation of voids within the set gypsum. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148602 | CERAMIC AND PLASTIC COMPOSITE - A ceramic and plastic composite includes a ceramic matrix and a plastic layer. Plastics are injected onto the surface of the baked ceramic matrix to form a plastic layer. The plastic layer more deeply fills nanoholes distributed on the surface of the ceramic matrix to have higher adhesion. Thus, the higher combined strength and air tightness exist between the ceramic matrix and the plastic layer to improve the reliability and the using performance of the ceramic and plastic composite. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148603 | Consortium of (Carbamate) Thiodicarb-Resistant and (Pyrethroid) Biphenthrin-Resistant Bacteria and Use Thereof In Liquid Fertilizers - The consortium comprises the | 2020-05-14 |
20200148604 | FOOD WASTE RECYCLING APPLIANCE - A food recycler can include a housing defining an interior and an access opening to the interior. A mixing bin can be located within the interior and can have an inlet and an outlet. The food recycler can further include an output bin, the output bin having an inlet. The outlet of the mixing bin can couple or connect to the inlet of the output bin. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148605 | Delivery of Bioactive Molecules in Coatings or Surface Layers of Organically Enhanced Inorganic Fertilizers - The invention is directed to coated fertilizer granules and methods for manufacturing granules and using organically enhanced inorganic fertilizer granules, which incorporate a coating of one or more concentric layers over a core such that the coating contains a bioactive agent such as a herbicide, pesticide, plant growth regulator, microorganism, or beneficial element. Application of the coating to the fertilizer granule preferably involves binding of the bioactive agent to the surface of granule or to the organic components within the granule. The release of the bioactive agent from the coating and or the surface of the granule preferably results in a two-phased release, a first fast release and a second extended or slow-release of the bioactive agent into the soil metering the bioavailability of the bioactive agent for crop growth or protection, and/or for controlling unwanted vegetation or pests. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148606 | STABILIZED DCD AND/OR ALKYL THIOPHOSPHORIC TRIAMIDE SOLVENT SYSTEMS AND USE IN AGRICULTURAL APPLICATIONS - An inhibitor composition contains alkyl thiophosphoric triamide (or a mixture of alkyl thiophosphoric triamide and dicyandiamide), dissolved in a liquid medium comprising at least one organic solvent, at least one amine stabilizer and, optionally, at least one dye and/or at least one odor masking agent, is useful in making fertilizer compositions and in a method of fertilizing target plants. | 2020-05-14 |
20200148607 | CALCIUM SULFATE UREA GRANULES AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING AND USING THE SAME - A calcium sulfate urea (UCS) fertilizer granule and methods for making and using the same are disclosed. The granule can include urea, calcium sulfate, and a calcium sulfate urea adduct, wherein a portion of the surface of the calcium sulfate urea adduct includes a layer comprising urea, calcium sulfate, or calcium sulfate urea adduct, or any combination or all thereof. t,? | 2020-05-14 |
20200148608 | Biochar Suspended Solution - A method is provided for producing a biochar solution. The method comprises the steps of collecting biochar particles, dispersing the biochar particles in a liquid solution and adding a stabilizing agent to keep the biochar in flowable suspension. The stabilizing agent may be added to the liquid solution or to the biochar prior to placing the biochar in solution. | 2020-05-14 |