22nd week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 4 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120132016 | TESTING APPARATUS FOR EXTENSION DEVICE - A testing apparatus includes a support mechanism, a pushing device, and a clamping device secured to the driving member. The clamping device secures a product. The pushing device includes a guiding pipe, a driving member moveably attached to the guiding pipe, and an elastic member received in the guiding pipe. The elastic member is connected to a first end of the driving member. The first end of the driving member is received in the guiding pipe. The clamping device is secured to the driving member. Wherein the guiding pipe is adapted to receive air, the driving member is adapted to be driven by air to move along a first direction, and the elastic member is adapted to rebound to pull the driving member to move along a second direction opposite to the first direction. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132017 | MOTOR VEHICLE TRANSMISSION - A motor vehicle transmission having an input shaft, which can be coupled to a drive aggregate, an output shaft, which can be coupled to an output, and several shift elements. At least two shift elements, designed as clutches, are each coupled via an outer clutch plate carrier with the input shaft in such a way that an outer clutch plate carrier of a first radially outer clutch encloses an outer clutch plate carrier of a second radially inner clutch at least sectionally and radially outside. A drive gear is coupled to the input shaft through which a power take-off can be coupled to withdraw power from the input shaft or through which an auxiliary drive aggregate can supply power to the input shaft. The drive gear is linked through the outer clutch plate carrier of the radially inner clutch to the input shaft. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132018 | REMOTE CENTRE OF MOTION POSITIONER - Apparatus comprising a member ( | 2012-05-31 |
20120132019 | CHASSIS ACTUATOR - A chassis actuator adjusting a movably mounted component of a chassis, which has a first actuator component connected to the movably mounted component and a second actuator component connected to a fixed chassis component. The actuator components are adjustable axially by a ball screw that has a threaded spindle and a nut which runs on spindle. The nut is driveable by a drive motor that has a rotor coupled to the nut and a fixed stator arranged axially symmetrically with respect to the nut. The rotor is coupled to the nut by a wrap spring which radially surrounds the nut and via which the nut is rotated during rotation of the rotor and which forms a brake device. The brake device can be actuated by an external chassis force which acts on and rotates the nut and builds up a friction moment that counteracts the rotation of the nut. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132020 | STEERING DEVICE - A steering device for a wheeled vehicle having wheels includes a steering element for steering actuation with a predetermined movement path and a predetermined degree of actuation, a conversion device for converting the steering actuation to an output signal for transmission to a steering drive for steering the wheels, a connection device operatively connecting the steering element with the conversion device for transmitting the steering actuation to the conversion device, and limiting means configured to either selectively release the degree of actuation to a first maximum degree of actuation or limit the degree of actuation to a second maximum degree of actuation which is reduced compared to the first maximum degree of actuation. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132021 | MANUAL TRANSMISSION FOR VEHICLES - A manual transmission for vehicles includes an input shaft on which a first synchronizer mechanism including first and second input gears, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth input gears are disposed, an output shaft on which a first output gear, first and second speed gears engaged respectively to the first and second input gears, a second synchronizer mechanism including third and fourth speed gears engaged respectively to the third and fourth input gears, and a third synchronizer mechanism including fifth and sixth speed gears engaged respectively to the fifth and sixth input gears, a reverse speed output shaft on which a second output gear and a fourth synchronizer mechanism including a reverse speed gear engaged to the third speed gear, and a driven gear engaged to the first and second output gears so as to receive torque, and delivering the torque to a differential. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132022 | Drive Unit for a Motor Vehicle - A drive unit comprises a clutch arrangement and a transmission which is connected to the clutch arrangement by way of a shaft arrangement. A fluid supply device is arranged radially inside the clutch arrangement and around the shaft arrangement, in order to supply the clutch arrangement with fluid. The shaft arrangement extends into the transmission. The transmission comprises a plurality of transmission components along the shaft arrangement. The components are supplied with fluid for at least one of lubrication and cooling purposes. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132023 | GEAR WHEEL - The invention relates to a gear wheel ( | 2012-05-31 |
20120132024 | GEAR WHEEL - The invention relates to a spur gear wheel with a gear body ( | 2012-05-31 |
20120132025 | Ball Screw - A ball screw prevents loosening of a bolt for fixing a deflector to reduce noise, and endures high-speed working conditions. A female hole is formed in a deflector arranged, with the both ends thereof joined together, at a position on both ends of the ball returning member on an inner peripheral surface of the nut. The deflector is fixed to the nut with two bolts inserted into a bolt insertion hole formed on the nut. A cross-section perpendicular to a scooping-up direction of the scooping-up surface of the deflector has a concave curved surface having a radius of curvature slightly larger than a radius of the ball. The concave curved surface is of a shape to scoop up the ball ejected from the ball rolling path in a tangential direction of a screw line. The deflector may be made of resin material. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132026 | VEHICLE SEAT - An actuating mechanism (release mechanism) includes an operating pin (operating mechanism) that is operated by an operating lever, a first link that is operated by the operating pin to release a lock of a longitudinal slide mechanism, and a second link that is operated to release a lock of a lateral slide mechanism. A transmitting portion that receives operating force of the lever transmitted from the operating pin and transmits the operating force to a lock portion of each slide mechanism, and an escape portion that allows the operating force transmitted from the operating pin to escape are formed side by side on each of the links, and power transmitted from the lever to each of the links via the operating pin is allowed to escape during operation. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132027 | EXTERNAL GEARSHIFT FOR A MANUAL-SHIFT TRANSMISSION - An external gearshift for a manual-shift transmission has a housing in which a shift selector lever is moveably mounted in two degrees of freedom, to which jackets of two control cables are fastened and in which cores of the two control cables are coupled to the shift selector lever. The housing comprises at least two housing parts fastened to one another, wherein a first of the two housing parts serves for mounting the shift selector lever and the jackets of the control cables are fastened to the second housing part. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132028 | ADJUSTABLE PENDANT AND ORGAN TYPE ACCELERATOR PEDAL DEVICE IN VEHICLE - An adjustable pendant and organ type accelerator pedal device can vary the position of a pedal assembly including a pedal pad forwards and backwards according to driver's will to thereby allow a driver to operate pedal pad in a convenient state, such that convenience is remarkably improved and merchantability is significantly improved by greatly decreasing a sense of fatigue due to operating pedal pad. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132029 | Bicycle pedal - A bicycle pedal has a connecting device and two arcuate bodies. Each body has an opening, a central section, a first end section and a second end section. The central sections are securely mounted on the connecting device. Each first end section is mounted through and protrudes out from the opening of the other body. Because the bodies are arcuate, the structural strength of the bicycle pedal is excellent and the bent bodies can provide a cushion effect to distribute evenly the pedaling force. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132030 | BICYCLE PEDAL - A bicycle pedal is provided with a pedal spindle, a pedal body, a first cleat engagement member, a second cleat engagement member and a pivot structure. The pedal body is rotatably mounted on the pedal spindle. The first cleat engagement member is disposed on the pedal body at a first location. The second cleat engagement member is disposed on the pedal body at a second location that is spaced from the first location. At least one of the first and second cleat engagement members is movably mounted relative to the pedal body between a release position and an engagement position. The pivot structure is disposed on the pedal body at a third location that is disposed between the first and second locations of the first and second cleat engagement members. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132031 | Gear Change Device for a Motor Vehicle - A gear change device includes a first and a second primary shaft, selectively connectable to the driving shaft of a motor vehicle, and first second secondary shafts, whose axes are parallel and spaced from the common axis of the primary shafts, and having output gear wheels intended to mesh with the gear wheel of a differential. The device includes pairs of gear wheels, corresponding forward gear ratios and to at least one reverse gear ratio. The reverse gear ratio is defined by a first reverse gear wheel mounted freely rotatable on the first secondary shaft and connectable in rotation with the latter by one of the selector devices. A parking gear wheel is rigidly mounted on said first secondary shaft cooperating with a lock device for locking the gear change device in the parking condition. The parking gear wheel is mounted adjacent to a roller bearing which rotatably supports said first secondary shaft within the casing and which is axially interposed between the parking gear wheel and the first reverse gear wheel. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132032 | MAGNETIC RECOVERY OF VALUABLES FROM SLAG MATERIAL - The present invention relates to a process for the separation of at least one metal from a slag, comprising that at least one metal and further components, comprising at least step (A) grinding the slag, (B) if appropriate, contacting the ground slag of step (A) with at least one surface-active substance and/or at least one magnetic particle, if appropriate in the presence of at least one dispersant, resulting in formation of agglomerates of the at least one metal and the at least one magnetic particle, (C) if appropriate, addition of at least one dispersant to the mixture obtained in step (B) to give a dispersion having a suitable concentration, and (D) separation of the agglomerates from the mixture of step (B) or (C) by application of a magnetic field, and to the use of at least one magnetic particle for the separation of slag. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132033 | METAL POWDER - The invention relates to novel pre-alloyed metal powders a method for production and use thereof. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132034 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING REFINED METAL OR METALLOID - Process for producing a refined metal or metalloid, comprising: an electrolysis step of, in an electrolytic bath set in a container for an electrolysis in which a material comprising a metal element or metalloid element and impurities acts as an anode, and an alloy comprising the same metal element or metalloid element as the metal element or metalloid element and a medium metal that does not substantially form a solid solution with the metal element or metalloid element and having a complete solidification temperature lower than the melting point of the metal element or metalloid element acts as a cathode, performing electrolysis at a temperature at which the alloy can be a liquid phase; withdrawing a part or the whole of the alloy of the cathode to an outside of the container; cooling the withdrawn alloy at a temperature higher than the complete solidification temperature and lower than the electrolysis temperature; and a recovery step. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132035 | LITHIUM-BASED ALLOY AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A lithium (Li)-based alloy and a preparation method thereof are disclosed, in which the lithium metal is wrapped by a metal foil with a higher melting point, followed by subjecting to multi-stage thermal treatment to cast alloy, thereby obtaining the Li-based alloy with high purity-Li. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132036 | Razor Blade and Method of Manufacture - A method for making a razor blade having a bent portion is disclosed. The method includes: providing an elongated strip of stainless steel that can be 0.076 mm thick; hardening the strip; providing a cutting edge along an edge of the strip and providing coating(s) on the cutting edge. The stainless steel has a carbon content preferably between 0.45% and 0.55% by weight. The strip is separated lengthwise into discrete razor blades. The bent portion of the razor blade is then formed using a swivel bending process. When the razor blade is bent to define an included angle of 90 degrees between planar regions adjacent the bent portion and an inner surface having a radius about 0.3-0.35 mm, the outer surface of the bent portion is free from macro-cracks. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132037 | ONE-WAY RATCHET WHEEL ELEMENT - A one-way ratchet wheel element has engaged and linked driving wheel and driven wheel in a body. The side of the body that connects with the driving wheel has a shifting space. A tooth section is provided on a wedge opposite to the shifting space. When the driven wheel rolls and engages with the tooth section, there is a resistance to the rotation of the driving wheel, forming an engagement state. When the driven wheel is away from the tooth section on the wedge, it is in the idle state. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132038 | Flexible Driver - A flexible driver for use within a lumen or other winding cavity. This driver is flexible, versatile, and user customizable. It may consist of a plurality of links and tips depending on the user's needs and the cavity in which it is to be used. It is designed to reduce the amount of unintended and uncontrolled movement between individual link thus eliminating accidental disengagement during use and unintentional rotational movement within the system. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132039 | MAGNETIC DEVICE ADAPTED FOR BEING ASSEMBLED WITH A SOCKET - a magnetic device is assembled with a square hole of a socket includes a base received in a connecting portion of the square hole, a magnetic element mounted to an end of the base. The magnetic element magnetically attracts a bolt received in a driving hole of the socket, and at least one expansive portion formed at an end of the base disposed opposite to the magnetic element. The expansive portion selectively hinders a connecting portion of the square hole of the socket. The magnetic device is received in the square hole of the socket without departing from the driving hole of the socket in an operating process. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132040 | PIVOTING-LEVER HAND TOOL WITH RESILIENT CLOSED-LOOP HANDLE - A hand tool includes a rigid levers having a handle portions and jaw portions. The levers are pivotably interconnected to allow the jaws to move between an open position and a closed position. The hand tool further includes a resilient handle member having a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The first end of the resilient handle member is joined to the handle portion of the first lever, the second end of the resilient handle member is joined to the handle portion of the second lever. The resilient handle member extends in a substantially U-shaped configuration from the handle portions of the first and second levers. Pivoting of the first and second levers moving the jaws to the closed position causes temporary deformation of said handle member, and resiling of the handle member moves the jaws toward the open position. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132041 | PLUMBING INSERT REMOVAL TOOL - An internal plumbing wrench is arranged for internally gripping a plumbing insert, such as those used in sinks and the like. The internal wrench includes a split gripping section which is adjustable by the cam action of a hexagonal core. A central shaft has a foot extending 90° away from the longitudinal axis of the shaft and is arranged to extend into pipes connected to the insert to hold a broken pieces and permit separation of the insert from any pipe pieces attached thereto. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132042 | MECHANICAL TORQUE WRENCH WITH AN ELECTRONIC SENSOR AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A mechanical torque wrench for engaging a workpiece, the torque wrench including a wrench body, a wrench head pivotably secured to the wrench body at a pivot joint and including a workpiece engaging portion and a bar extending therefrom, a hand grip, a set spring, a block disposed between a rear face of the bar and the set spring, an adjustment assembly for selecting a preset torque value, a resistive element producing a first output signal, a sensor producing a second output signal, and a processor for converting the first output signal into the preset torque value and converting the second output signal into an applied torque value. The application of a peak applied torque value to the workpiece causes the wrench head to pivot relative to the wrench body. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132043 | RATCHETING MECHANICAL TORQUE WRENCH WITH AN ELECTRONIC SENSOR AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A mechanical torque wrench for engaging a workpiece, including a wrench body, a wrench head with a workpiece engaging portion and a bar, the wrench head being pivotably secured to the wrench body, a set spring, a pawl disposed between the bar and the set spring, and a dial screw, wherein rotation of the dial screw in a first direction compresses the set spring. A resistive element is coupled to the dial screw and produces an output signal. A first sensor produces a first output signal that is proportional to an amount of rotation of the mechanical torque wrench. A processor converts the resistive element output signal into an equivalent torque value indicating a preset torque to be applied by and converts the first output signal into a first angle value. A user interface includes a display for displaying the equivalent torque value. The application of a torque greater than the preset torque causes the wrench head to pivot relative to the wrench body. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132044 | REFACING TOOLS AND METHODS - A high-torque connection refacing tool, including a shaft, a mandrel, a primary face plate, and a torque-stop face plate. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132045 | SUSPENSION OF ABRASIVE GRAINS - The invention relates to a suspension including a set of abrasive grains and a binder, said suspension being characterized in that: the particle size fraction D | 2012-05-31 |
20120132046 | Cutting Arrangement Having a Tip-to-Tip Blade Arrangement - A cutting arrangement for longitudinally cutting material includes two blades disposed across from one another and which cooperate during cutting. Each blade is embodied as a circular blade having a sharp cutting edge and supported by an adjusting or placement mechanism. During the cutting process, the circular blades are positioned by the adjusting or placement mechanisms so that the cutting edges overlap one another to form an overlap zone, the center of which coincides with the middle of the material that is to be cut. An adaptive control assembly includes individual drive motors for driving each blade and enables constant side load force control for each blade, such that side load pressures are adjustable in response to changes in web sped, web tension, and blade condition in real time. Automatic blade diameter sensors calculate the zero point of the cut, determine the appropriate blade speed and automatically set the overlap. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132047 | DEVICE FOR INSTALLING A BLADE SWIVEL IN ROTARY DIE CUTTER - The objects is to rapidly position and fix a blade swivel to a knife cylinder in a rotary die cutter and to abate abrasion of the inner end of an extrusion member that is brought into contact with an extruding unit. A wooden pattern | 2012-05-31 |
20120132048 | ELECTRIC SAW DEVICE HAVING TWO SAW BLADES - An electric saw device having two saw blades being arranged for allowing the two saw blades to be driven to rotate in opposite directions. The two saw blades are respectively formed with circular grooves on their inner surfaces at positions corresponding to each other while enabling the centers of the two circular grooves to aligned with the rotation axes of corresponding saw blades. The electric saw device has a plurality of steel balls, each being sandwiched between the two saw blades while insetting into the circular grooves simultaneously, by that the saw blades are separated from each other by a specific interval. Accordingly, when the two saw blades are rotating in opposite direction, each of the steel balls is acting as a roller bearing for maintaining the two saw blades to be properly separated from each other, and thus preventing the two saw blades from overheating and softened by friction. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132049 | CUTTING GUIDE - A cutting guide includes a central support, a plurality of legs supporting the central support, and a guide rail disposed on the central support. The guide rail defines a first end and a second end. A carriage is slidably disposable in the guide rail. The carriage is adapted to receive a cutting device thereon and is disposed within the guide rail to be movable from the first end to the second end. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132050 | CUTTING MACHINE - The present invention provides a cutting machine, comprising: a worktable including an opening and an upper surface for supporting a workpiece; a supporting unit for supporting the worktable; a cutting mechanism mounted on a lower surface of the worktable and contained within the supporting unit comprising: a motor for outputting a rotation motion; a reciprocating rod driving a saw blade moving reciprocately through the opening; a motion conversion mechanism converting the rotation motion of the motor into a reciprocating motion of the reciprocating rod; and a saw blade clamp for clamping and releasing the saw blade; the saw blade clamp comprises an operating element which is disposed on the external surface of the worktable or the supporting unit. The present invention fixes the operating element on the worktable or the supporting unit, which brings operation of the saw blade clamp to a convenience position for operator, and the process of replacing the saw blade is very easy. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132051 | Saw Chain For Aggregate Materials - A saw chain for cutting aggregate materials comprises a plurality of identically shaped interconnected links. Each link has first and second ends configured such that a first end of one link is connected to a second end of an adjacent link of the saw chain. The first end of each link includes spaced apart tabs, and the second end of each link includes a tab. The second end tab of each link is dimensioned to be pivotally received between the first end tabs of an adjacent link. A plurality of fasteners interconnects the links, the fasteners being configured to at least partially protect the saw chain protecting the links against impacts. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132052 | CIRCULAR SAW BLADE WITH CHANGEABLE BLADE STRIPS - A circular saw blade with changeable blade strips, comprising: a frame, configured with a plurality of recesses and a groove formed on the circumferential surface of the frame; at least two arc-shaped blade strips, each having a plurality of sawteeth formed on the outer rim thereof while providing the inner rim thereof to be formed with at least one bump and a protruding piece in a manner that each bump is configured for mating with its corresponding recess on the frame and the protruding piece is formed extending along the circumference of the inner rim for insetting into the groove of the frame; and a plurality of bolts; wherein, the at least two blade strips are fixed to the circumference of the frame by screwing the plural bolts through the corresponding via holes on the protruding piece and then into their corresponding screw holes on the frame. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132053 | GLASS SURFACE PROTECTION USING LONG-CHAIN ORGANIC MATERIAL - A method for protecting a sheet surface by forming a discontinuous layer of a long-chain organic material having a main carbon chain comprising at least 12 carbon atoms and a hydrophilic group at one end of the main chain on the sheet surface. The protective layer is easy to remove using standard cleaning method, while providing satisfactory surface protection against particle contamination and scratches, at a very low coating thickness. The invention is particularly useful for protecting glass sheet surfaces during glass sheet finishing such as edge grinding and polishing. The invention is especially useful for the finishing and packaging of LCD glass substrates. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132054 | Method of Forming Barbs on a Suture - A method is provided for forming a barbed medical device which includes the steps of providing a blank workpiece and forming at least one barb on the blank workpiece by applying vibrational energy to a tool and bringing the tool and the blank workpiece into contact with each other at an angle such that the tool cuts into the surface of the blank workpiece. A barbed medical device formed by this method is also provided. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132055 | TREMOLO DEVICE - A tremolo assembly for a stringed instrument, having a base plate detachably mounted to the stringed instrument. A string block is operatively attached to the base plate for movement about an axis, and secures strings of the instrument. A biasing mechanism attaches between the string block and the base plate for biasing the string block about the axis. A tremolo bar moveably attaches to the string block for movement of the tremolo assembly between a neutral position and a tremolo effect position. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132056 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MELODY RECOGNITION - The present disclosure provides a method for recognition. The method includes inputting a melody and obtaining pitch tracking information of the melody; obtaining beat information of the melody; determining a clarity value according to the pitch tracking information; implementing a first comparison process first to filter a first set of candidate songs from a database and then implementing a second comparison process to filter a second set of candidate songs from the first set of candidate songs if the clarity value is larger than a predetermined threshold; and determining at least one final candidate song from the second set of candidate songs. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132057 | Generative Audio Matching Game System - An audio matching method, use of the method in a game system, an audio matching system and a data carrier are provided, where the audio matching method is for comparing an input audio fragment with reference audio fragment variants, the method being an incremental search method, including repeating the steps of: obtaining a number of reference audio fragments variants on the basis of one or more stored audio fragments from a reference storage; and comparing the input audio fragment against the number of reference audio fragment variants to determine a comparison result; whereby repetition of the steps is carried out a predetermined number of times or as long as the comparison result improves. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132058 | Percussion Instrument - A percussion instrument ( | 2012-05-31 |
20120132059 | WEAPON WITH RECOIL AND BRAKING DEVICE, DAMPING THIS RECOIL - The invention relates to a weapon ( | 2012-05-31 |
20120132060 | DEVICE FOR SEPARATING THE TWO PORTIONS OF A LAUNCHER REFUELING MODULE - The invention relates to a separator device for separating the on-board and ground portions of a launcher fueling module, the device comprising: a locking system having a locking finger ( | 2012-05-31 |
20120132061 | BREECH DRIVE FOR A WEAPON WITH A LINEAR BREECH OR AMMUNITION FEED - A mechanism or drive ( | 2012-05-31 |
20120132062 | BREECH DRIVE FOR A WEAPON - A drive for a weapon is provided, wherein rotational motion of a motor is converted to a forward or reverse motion of the breech in a simple manner using the Scotch yoke principle. In order to allow rest periods of the breech in the end positions, the crank radius is defined by a control cam, which changes when the crank is rotated. The hinge pin of the crank may be externally driven via a pinion shaft. A yoke pin is arranged in a groove of the crank so as to be radially displaceable and carries the breech carrier or the breech in a groove extending transversely to the direction of fire via a sliding block. Two rollers are arranged on the crank pin and run in control cams in the weapon or crank housing. The control cam is subdivided into different sectors/sections, thereby achieving the desired motion of the breech. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132063 | MULTI-RANGE CAMOUFLAGE DESIGN AND METHOD - Designs and methods are provided for a multi-range camouflage. In one exemplary embodiment, the camouflage comprises an array of tiles creating a micro camouflage pattern discernable at a first distance. The camouflage design further comprises a macro camouflage pattern discernable at a second distance that is substantially greater than the first distance. The macro camouflage pattern is inherent in the arrangement of tiles forming the micro camouflage pattern, and based on a predefined source image. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132064 | Armor Having Prismatic, Tesselated Core - An armor includes a core that, in turn, includes a first layer of prismatic elements arranged in a tessellated fashion and a second layer of prismatic elements arranged in a tessellated fashion. The first layer of prismatic elements is nested into the second layer of prismatic elements. An armor includes a strike face sheet, a rear face sheet, and a core disposed between the strike face sheet and the rear face sheet. The core includes a first layer of prismatic elements arranged in a tessellated fashion, a second layer of prismatic elements arranged in a tessellated fashion, and a strain isolation layer. The first layer of prismatic elements is nested into the second layer of prismatic elements with the strain isolation layer disposed between the first layer of prismatic elements and the second layer of prismatic elements. The armor is at least one of curved in at least one direction, configured to include a corner, and configured to include a prismatic element of the first layer of prismatic elements or the second layer of prismatic element having a metallic layer disposed thereon. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132065 | Body armor ballistic plate carrier - The present plate carrier includes front and rear panel sections with internal pockets for supporting ballistic plates and inserts, but positions the rear panel section to provide improved thoracic protection. The front and rear panel sections are suspended by shoulder straps, which connect to the rear panel section at a mid point below the top edge of the rear panel section. The mid point connection of the shoulder straps causes the rear panel section to ride higher than the front panel section and higher on the wearer's back thereby positioning the ballistic plate inside high on the wearer's back and providing better ballistic coverage of the wearer's upper thoracic area. One of the internal pockets of each panel section has facing strips of hook and loop material sewn around its inner periphery that adhere together around a ballistic plate to center and hold the plate in place within the pocket. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132066 | Body armor ballistic plate carrier - The present plate carrier includes front and rear panel sections with internal pockets for supporting ballistic plates and inserts, but positions the rear panel section to provide improved thoracic protection. The front and rear panel sections are suspended by shoulder straps, which connect to the rear panel section at a mid point below the top edge of the rear panel section. The mid point connection of the shoulder straps causes the rear panel section to ride higher than the front panel section and higher on the wearer's back thereby positioning the ballistic plate inside high on the wearer's back and providing better ballistic coverage of the wearer's upper thoracic area. One of the internal pockets of each panel section has facing strips of hook and loop material sewn around its inner periphery that adhere together around a ballistic plate to center and hold the plate in place within the pocket. The plate carrier has removable side plate pockets mounted to a detachable cummerbund by hook and loop fasteners allowing the ballistic plates to be properly positioned on the cummerbund. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132067 | 1911-100 linkless barrel system - 1911-100 linkless barrel system is modified drop in barrel and spring guide assembly for colt 1911 style pistol platform. It uses angled teeth machined in to the lower barrel lug and in the groove of recoil spring guide assy to lock and unlock the barrel from slide in pistol cycling process. This improves consistency, longetivity, strength, accuracy and simplicity in colt 1911 style pistols. As drop in barrel system 1911-100 can be installed in a brand new or any already produced colt 1911 pistol, which gives it very big marketability potential. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132068 | FIREARM HAVING A REMOVABLE HAND GUARD - A semi-automatic or automatic rifle. The rifle has a receiver having a receiver frame, a barrel removably connected to the receiver frame and a cover coupled to the barrel. A removable hand guard section extends over and generally surrounds the barrel, the removable hand guard section removably connected to the receiver. The removable hand guard section has a locating feature adapted to engage with the cover and locate the hand guard relative to the cover. The barrel has a locking collar adapted to removably position and lock the removable hand guard section relative to the receiver frame and the barrel. The removable hand guard floats in position relative to the barrel. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132069 | CYLINDER BORE FORMED WITH OIL POCKETS - A cylinder bore for minimizing the friction loss may include a plurality of oil pockets formed on stroke sections that contact a piston on an interior circumference of the cylinder bore. The oil pockets may be formed by a laser honing method, and may have different shapes over the stroke sections or different shapes over the stroke sections according to stroke speeds. Moreover, the oil pockets may have a structure such that more oils can be supplied to an upper stroke section or to a lower stroke section than to a center stroke section of the cylinder bore. Furthermore, the oil pockets may be formed symmetrically with respect to a center stroke section of the cylinder bore. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132070 | DESICCANT AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A dew point temperature sensor detects and sends the dew point temperature of the supply air to a dry area, as a supply air dew point temperature, to a controller. The controller has a speed of rotation of the regenerating side fan (the regenerating air flow rate) to control, and determines a control value (the regenerating air flow rate) that causes the supply air dew point temperature to go to a target dew point temperature, and determines a supply air processing pre-cooling coil exit temperature setting value in accordance with this control value (where if the control value is in the direction of reducing the regenerating air flow rate, the supply air processing pre-cooling coil exit temperature setting value is increased). Note that what is controlled is the speed of rotation of the desiccant rotors, or the exit temperatures of the air heated by the hot water coils. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132071 | AIR PURIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD USING AN ULTRASONIC WAVE - An air purification system comprises a chamber having an air inlet and an air outlet, a plurality of flexible wires hanging from a ceiling of the chamber, a spray mechanism configured to spray droplets in the chamber, and a sound wave generator configured to generate a standing sound wave in the chamber. During operation of the air purification system, the plurality of flexible wires are elastically deformed by the standing sound wave generated by the sound wave generator such that portions of the plurality of flexible wires converge at nodes of the sound wave, and also the droplets move to the nodes of the standing sound wave, while trapping particles in the air during the movement to the nodes. The droplets collide against and are adsorbed to the plurality of flexible wires at the nodes of the sound wave. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132072 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SEPARATING CONDENSABLE VAPORS FROM GASES - Condensable vapors such as carbon dioxide are separated from light gases in a process stream. The systems and methods employ a particle bed cooled by an in-bed heat exchanger to desublimate the condensable vapors from the process stream. The condensable vapors are condensed on the bed particles while the light gases from the process stream, which are not condensed, form a separated light-gas stream. The separated light-gas stream can be used in a recuperative heat exchanger to cool the process stream. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132073 | Method of Making an Activated Carbon Substrate Having Metal Sulfide - A method of making a sorbent of an activated carbon substrate having a metal sulfide, which may be useful, for example, for removing a contaminant from a fluid stream. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132074 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MASS TRANSFER OF GASES INTO LIQUIDS - An apparatus for mass transfer of a gas into a liquid, including a tank that defines a chamber for receiving the gas, and at least one surface provided within the chamber. Each surface has an inner region, an outer region and an edge adjacent the outer region. Each surface is configured to receive the liquid at the inner region and rotate such that the liquid flows on the surface from the inner region to the outer region, and, upon reaching the edge of the surface, separates to form liquid particles that move outwardly through the gas in the chamber. The liquid particles are sized so that the gas is absorbed by the liquid particles to produce a mixed liquid saturated with the gas during a brief flight time of the liquid particles through the chamber. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132075 | MIST ELIMINATOR, MOISTURE REMOVAL SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF REMOVING WATER PARTICLES FROM INLET AIR - A mist eliminator including a substrate and a plurality of frusto-conical shaped protrusions disposed on the substrate is provided. The plurality of frusto-conical shaped protrusions have a geometry and are positioned at intervals that provide coalescence and retention of water particles from moisture containing air contacting the substrate and frusto-conical shaped protrusions. A moisture removal system and a method for removing water particles from inlet air with the mist eliminator are also disclosed. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132076 | FILTER ELEMENT, PARTICLE FILTER, METHOD FOR MARKING A FILTER ELEMENT, METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PARTICLE FILTER AND USE OF A FILTER ELEMENT - A filter element, a particle filter, a method for marking a filter element, a method for producing a particle filter and the use of a filter element are described. With such methods and filter elements, individual filter elements can be securely adhered in a simple manner to form a filter. An identification means is applied to the end surfaces of each filter element for producing a particle filter, thus enabling the defined orientation of the filter elements for the adhesive process and preventing erroneous adhesion. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132077 | AIR CLEANER SCAVENGE KIT - The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for removing debris from an air cleaner of an internal combustion engine. The method includes receiving a flow of air from a source of air flow associated with an internal combustion engine at a first end portion of a conduit and passing the flow of air towards a second end portion of the conduit. The method also includes passing the flow of air into a scavenging conduit of the air cleaner towards an exhaust end of the scavenging conduit and creating a suction pressure at an end of the scavenging conduit connected to the air cleaner. The suction pressure results in a drawing in of the debris from the air cleaner. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132078 | Dry Carbon Dioxide Capture Apparatus - Disclosed is a dry carbon dioxide capture apparatus with improved carbon dioxide capture efficiency through preventing gas backflows into vertical transport lines. The dry CO2 capture apparatus includes a capture reactor having a capture buffer chamber on the bottom side, a capture diffusion plate on top of the capture buffer chamber, and adsorbent particles in a space above the capture diffusion plate; a first separator connected to the capture reactor through a vertical transport line; a regenerator having a regeneration buffer chamber on the bottom side, a regenerating diffusion plate on top of the regeneration buffer chamber, and adsorbent particles in a space above the regenerating diffusion plate; a second separator connected to the regenerator through a gas separation line; and a second particle transfer line connected to the regenerator at one end and connected to the capture reactor at the other end. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132079 | SEPARATOR TANK FOR SEPARATING OIL AND GAS FROM WATER - A separator tank ( | 2012-05-31 |
20120132080 | APPARATUS FOR REGENERATING A CARBON DIOXIDE ABSORPTION SOLUTION - Provided is an apparatus for regenerating a carbon dioxide absorption solution that regenerates an absorption solution for absorbing carbon dioxide contained in a combustion exhaust gas emitted during a combustion process of a vehicle, thereby reducing energy costs while simplifying its configuration. The apparatus includes a first storage tank for storing an absorption solution that contains absorbed CO | 2012-05-31 |
20120132081 | PORTABLE INFUSED BEVERAGE STORAGE CONTAINER - An infused beverage storage container to enable a person to create a fruit infused alcoholic beverage within the same container used for storage and dispensing. The infused beverage storage container includes a holding box with a plurality of sides, where the plurality of sides compose a peripheral edge of the holding box, a set of handle acceptors attached to a set of opposing sides, a top attached to an upper portion of the holding box, and a set of handlebars engaged within the set of handle acceptors to lift the infused beverage storage container. The infused beverage storage container further includes an infusion jar resting within the holding box, a lid fastened to the infusion jar and extending from an opening within the top, and a combination of ingredients to create an infused beverage wherein the infused beverage is housed within the infusion jar and dispensed after removing the lid. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132082 | Device for cooking with a combination of steam and smoke - A device for cooking with a combination of steam and smoke. This device employs a burner for heating a material to create smoke, a container to hold such material; a water pan to catch drippings and also having an aperture to direct the flow of the smoke; a tapered pipe having its inlet attached to the water pan with the taper of the pipe accelerating the speed of the flowing smoke; optionally, a substantially flat plate at the exit of the tapered pipe to cause the smoke to spread farther from the center of its flow through optional apertures in the tapered pipe; optionally, fins attached to the exit in order to cause the smoke to rotate as it rises; and a means for injected steam into the intended path of the smoke. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132083 | BIDIRECTIONAL HEATING COOKER - Provided is an improved bidirectional heating cooker having a cooking pan including a first pan portion whose one portion is cut out open in order to form an incision portion and a second pan portion that is placed at the incision portion of the first pan portion, in a manner that the cooking pan is not formed into a fitting method being fitted with a central supporting pillar through a center hole formed at the center of the cooking pan but formed into a seating method being seated on the upper portion of a lower heating unit, to thereby enable the cooking pan to be easily attached on or detached from the lower heating unit to thus be easily washed, and to thereby allow various types of cooking pans to be easily combined to thus enhance conveniences of use and to be easily replaced with new ones and to be easily combined with other types of cooking pans to thus enable the various types of cooking pans to be used in combination and to accordingly cook different kinds of foods simultaneously. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132084 | PROCESSING CHAMBER, DEVICE FOR HOUSEHOLD AND INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION AND SORPTION CARTRIDGE - The invention is in particular directed to a processing chamber ( | 2012-05-31 |
20120132085 | GRILLING GRID FEATURING SMOKE-FREE GRILLING - Disclosed is a cooking grid that is positionable on a top opening of a grill. The grid includes a frame, a plurality of bars, and a shield section. The bars and the shield section are arranged inside the frame, and the bars form therebetween a plurality of openings. The shield section is arranged to correspond in position to a burner unit set up inside the grill, whereby when the cooking grid receives foodstuffs positioned thereon for grilling, the shield section provides a shielding function that prevents liquid substances of grease and juice of the grilled foodstuffs and sauce applied to the foods from dropping on the burner unit to cause flaming and smoke, and thermal energy emitting from the burner unit is directly applied to the cooking grid to thereby provide functions of health, environmental protection, and energy conservation. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132086 | CHOCOLATE HEATING AND CONVEYING APPARATUS - A chocolate heating and conveying apparatus is disclosed. The chocolate heating and conveying apparatus has a heater jacket that is attachable to and detachable from an inner surface of a container and is formed of a lightweight and flexible heat insulating mat having at least one planar portion, the planar portion having a temperature-controllable heater embedded therein. The chocolate heating and conveying apparatus also has an electric heating board that is provided at a bottom inside surface of the container and has a heater that is embedded therein. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132087 | Husk Removing Device - A husk removing device includes a screen body having an inner surface and an outer surface, and formed with a plurality of protrusions, and a plurality of elongated holes extending through the inner and outer surfaces. Each of the protrusions includes a flat portion distal from the inner surface and having a peripheral edge, and a surrounding portion that extends and tapers from the inner surface to the peripheral edge of the flat portion. A height of the flat potion from the inner surface is not greater than 1 mm. Each of the elongated holes passes through the flat portion and the surrounding portion of at least one of the protrusions so as to form a pair of opposing first shaving edges at the flat portion and pairs of second shaving edges at the surrounding portion. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132088 | MACHINE FOR BINDING REINFORCEMENT BARS - An apparatus for tying a wire around one or more objects such as concrete reinforcing bars is disclosed. It comprises means for passing the wire in a loop around the bars and a rotatable head for twisting the ends of the loop together. The head has at least one clamping member for clamping the wire. The clamping member provides a higher clamping force when tension in the wire is increases. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132089 | Round Baler - A round baler has a bale chamber that is partly covered by a gate, which is journaled in a frame via a gate bearing which is coaxial to a roll bearing of a roll. The gate bearing has a radial slot to release the roll and/or the roll bearing. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132090 | Round Baler - A round baler is provided having a bale chamber that is partly covered by stationary side walls assuming the size and shape of the bale chamber and by a gate having a skirt which can be brought into an overlapping relationship with the side walls when the gate is closed. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132091 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FORMING BUNDLES COMPOSED OF PRINTED PRODUCTS - An apparatus for forming bundles of printed products includes a lift element that moves vertically inside a holding area. The printed products are deposited on the lift element when the lift element is in an upper position. The lift moves the deposited printed products downward into the holding area so that the printed products are in position to subsequently be compressed into a bundle by pressing the printed products with an upward movement against a pressing element. The lift transports the compressed bundle to a lower position in the holding area where the lift element moves out of the holding area to a position in which the bundle is released to drop onto a support element. The lift element thereafter is moveable from the lower position to the upper position for the depositing of additional printed products. An ejection element conveys the compressed bundle out of the holding area. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132092 | IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO PRINTING - A printing form precursor comprises a printing surface which comprises an inorganic metal compound, the printing surface being hydrophobic and capable of being made hydrophilic by energy but capable of becoming hydrophobic again, for reuse, if desired. An associated method of printing includes steps of subjecting the printing surface imagewise to energy so as to locally increase its hydrophilicity sufficient to make the surface differentiated in its acceptance of an oxophilic a printing ink; applying the ink to the printing surface and printing from the printing surface; causing or allowing the printing surface to undergo a reduction in hydrophilicity sufficient again to make the printing surface uniform in its acceptance of a printing ink; and,if wished, repeating these steps on multiple occasions. Thus the invention achieves the goal of providing a printing form precursor which does not need a chemical developer, and which can be used multiple times, to print different images. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132093 | IMAGE TRANSFER BLANKET - An image transfer blanket usable with an image forming apparatus includes a main blanket body, a plurality of release layers configured to receive and transfer an image, each release layer disposed across from opposites sides of the main blanket body, and a plurality of soft layers configured to conform to a substrate onto which the image is transferred, each soft layer disposed between a respective release layer and the main blanket body. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132094 | PRINTING PLATE SLEEVE LOADING AND UNLOADING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A device and method are described for the easy and rapid loading and unloading of flexographic sleeves from flexographic processing machines. The device includes internal chucks that hold on to the end of a sleeve or sleeve adapter. The chucks are rotatably mounted within a flexographic processing machine to permit sleeve processing. In addition, the chucks may move to accommodate a large range of sleeve or adapter diameters and lengths. The method permits the loading and unloading of sleeves with a minimum amount of sleeve handling and without additional end pieces or adapters. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132095 | DOCTOR BLADE ASSEMBLY - Doctor blade assembly for rotogravure printing units, having a support structure for a doctor blade, a holding device of the support structure and a moving device for moving the holding device. The holding device includes a mounting suitable to fix either a chambered doctor blade or a non-chambered doctor blade to the moving device. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132096 | SILICIDED MOS CAPACITOR EXPLOSIVE DEVICE INITIATOR - An explosive device using a semiconductor explosion initiator device provides an MOS capacitor formed on a semiconductor substrate and including a silicide layer formed over a doped silicon layer formed over an oxide layer. The oxide layer is formed on an N-well formed in a semiconductor substrate. A voltage source applies a voltage which may be a pulsed voltage, across the MOS capacitor sufficient to cause the avalanche breakdown of the oxide layer and the diffusion of metal from the silicide layer into the doped silicon of the N-well formed in the substrate. The chemical reaction between the metal and the doped silicon causes the generation of a plasma which ignites a pyrotechnic material or ignites or detonates other explosive material in contact with the semiconductor explosion initiator device. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132097 | Compact Mechanical Inertia Igniters For Thermal Batteries and the Like - An inertial igniter for igniting a thermal battery upon a predetermined acceleration event is provided. The inertial igniter including: a base having a first projection; a striker mass rotatably connected to the base through a rotatable connection, the base having a second projection aligned with the first projection such that when the striker mass is rotated towards the base, the first projection impacts the second projection; and a rotation prevention mechanism for preventing impact of the first and second projections unless the predetermined acceleration event is experienced. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132098 | SLEEVE FOR ACCOMMODATING PROPELLANT CHARGE POWDER - The invention relates to a combustible sleeve for accomodating propellant charge powder, to munitions designed using such a sleeve, and to a production method for such sleeves. The sleeve ( | 2012-05-31 |
20120132099 | NONTOXIC, NONCORROSIVE PHOSPHORUS-BASED PRIMER COMPOSITIONS AND AN ORDNANCE ELEMENT INCLUDING THE SAME - A primer composition that includes red phosphorus having an acid scavenger and a polymer thereon. The primer composition includes at least one other component that is substantially free of lead. The other component is at least one oxidizer, or at least one oxidizer and at least one of at least one secondary explosive composition and at least one energetic binder. The primer composition optionally includes at least one element having an ionic charge to ionic radius ratio of 4 or of 8, such as magnesium, zirconium, aluminum, silicon, titanium, tungsten, alloys thereof, and combinations thereof. The red phosphorus and the at least one oxidizer are present in the primer composition at approximately stoichiometric amounts. An ordnance element including the primer composition is also disclosed. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132100 | VARIABLE CAPACITY IRRITATION BODY - An irritation body ( | 2012-05-31 |
20120132101 | REACTION COMPONENT FOR LINEAR INDUCTION MOTOR - A reaction component or plate for a linear induction motor incorporates a flexibility increasing feature and a wear resistant feature. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132102 | METHOD OF PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, AND METHOD OF PROVIDING VISUAL IMAGES FOR SUCH SYSTEMS - A method of providing a weather-proof high-speed transportation system including an underground tunnel tube within which a high-speed vehicle moves. Presenting visual images to a person on the vehicle in coordination with the instantaneous location of the person. Providing visual images with or without accompanying audio to a person on the vehicle including correlating the visual images to a predetermined location of the person. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132103 | FLUORINE-CONTAINING COMPOUND, FLUORINE-CONTAINING SURFACTANT AND COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING SAME - A fluorine-containing compound exhibiting excellent surface tension-reducing ability despite the absence of perfluoroalkyl group having a chain length of 8 or more which had been the cause of the PFOS and PFOA problems and use of a fluorine material with low environmental load is provided. Also provided are a fluorine-containing surfactant and a composition thereof, an aqueous resin emulsion and a floor polish composition containing such surfactant. The fluorine-containing compound is represented by the following formula (1): | 2012-05-31 |
20120132104 | DENTAL MATERIALS CONTAINING ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS, PARTICULARLY FOR THE PREVENTION OF PLAQUE DEPOSITS - Dental material is provided with at least one antimicrobial active substance that is applied onto inorganic particles or organic polymer beads and is bound non-covalently to the particles or polymer beads. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132105 | SEALANTS, MANUFACTURING THEREOF, AND APPLICATION THEREOF - Method comprising: applying uncured pre-gel (UP) to surface; contacting UP with cross-linking agents; allowing applied UP to cure, increasingly adhere to first surface, source of agents: solid support comprising agent, or insoluble agent salt in UP, wherein trigger compound is added to UP, or spraying/coating agent, with solid support added. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132106 | METHOD FOR COATING A SUBSTRATE AND SUBSTRATE WITH A COATING - A method for the coating of a substrate in which a starting material (P) is sprayed onto the substrate in the form of a process jet by means of plasma spraying, with the starting material (P) being injected into a plasma which defocuses the process jet and being melted partly or completely into a liquid phase there at a low process pressure which is at most 20,000 Pa, wherein a gas flow for the process jet is set such that the substrate is coated by deposition from the liquid phase in at least one region which is located in the geometric shadow with respect to the process jet. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132107 | MODIFIER OF LITHIUM ION BATTERY - A modifier of a lithium ion battery includes a clear solution fabricated from a phosphorous source having a phosphate radical, a trivalent aluminum source, and a metallic oxide provided in a liquid phase solvent. A molar ratio of the trivalent aluminum source, the metallic oxide, and the phosphorous source is set by (Mol | 2012-05-31 |
20120132108 | Dispersion Liquid of Core-Shell Type Composite Oxide Fine Particles, Process for Producing the Dispersion Liquid, and Coating Composition Containing the Fine Particles - Core-shell type composite oxide fine particles are described in which the core particles are oxide fine particles or composite oxide fine particles that do not contain silicon and/or aluminum as main components, and the surface of the core particles is covered with a shell including a composite oxide that contains silicon and aluminum as main components, the shell containing silicon and aluminum in a weight ratio in terms of oxides, SiO | 2012-05-31 |
20120132109 | PAINTABLE DIFFUSING AGENT COMPOSITION - A diffusing agent composition of an aspect of the invention contains: a condensation product (A) made from a starting material that is an alkoxysilane represented by the following general formula (1): | 2012-05-31 |
20120132110 | CONCENTRATE COMPOSITION FOR POLYMERS - The invention is directed to a concentrate composition suitable for melt blending of nano particle size additives into polymers or polymer blends, said composition comprising a waxy matrix carrier material having an melting point of at least 40° C., in an amount of 10 to 99.9 wt. %, based on the weight of the composition and metal or metaloxide primary nanoparticles having a particle size substantially between 1 and 500 nm, wherein the metal oxide nano particles are zinc oxide or silver oxide. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132111 | Method for Production of Hydraulic Binder - A method for the production of an alkali activated hydraulic binder, with the binder comprising slag, natural aluminum silicates, and an alkali activator, and the binder being free of CaSO | 2012-05-31 |
20120132112 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CEMENT CLINKER IN A PLANT, AND PLANT FOR PRODUCING CEMENT CLINKER AS SUCH - A method for producing cement clinker in a plant that includes: a first cyclone preheater and a second cyclone preheater for preheating first and second portions of a raw material, respectively; a precalcinator using a combustion gas for burning a fuel, the fumes released by the precalcinator being directed to the second cyclone preheater; a rotary furnace provided with a fuel burner, the fumes released by the rotary furnace being directed to the first cyclone preheater; and a clinker cooler that blows cooling air across the clinker at the outlet of the rotary furnace. According to the method, the precalcinator combustion gas contains between 90 and 100 vol % of oxygen. The precalcinator may consist of a fluidized bed, the fluidization gas being the combustion gas. The invention also relates to a plant as such. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132113 | Portable Table - A portable table includes a pedestal arranged to be penetrated into the ground and a tray member arranged to be selectively supported on a top end of the pedestal so as to remain readily separable for transport or storage. A beverage holder arranged to be slidably supported on an upper portion of the pedestal. The pedestal has an offset portion arranged to prevent downwardly sliding of the beverage holder below the upper portion of the pedestal. The tray member includes an upper supporting surface and stiffening ribs therebelow having a matching profile for nested stacking of a plurality of tray members separated from their respective pedestals. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132114 | Modular Pallet - A board for a modular pallet, and a modular pallet. | 2012-05-31 |
20120132115 | SECTIONAL METER SHUT-OFF AND AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT HAVING SECTIONAL METER SHUT-OFF - An assembly for selectively supplying particulate material to an air seeder, an agricultural implement able to selectively supply and dispense particulate material into the ground and a method of selectively dispensing particulate material into the ground are provided. The assembly has at least one supply receptacle for receiving particulate material from a source and a metering roller for supplying the material to an air seeder. The assembly is operative to selectively supply the material to the air seeder and prevent the material from being supplied to the air seeder. The implement can use the assembly to selectively supply particulate material to ground engaging openers where the particulate material will be dispensed into the ground. Particulate material can be selectively supplied to the implement when it is desired to have the particulate material dispensed into the ground and then prevented from being supplied to the implement when it is not desirable. | 2012-05-31 |