| 22nd week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 31 |
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| 20110129338 | WATER CIRCULATION SYSTEMS FOR PONDS, LAKES, MUNICIPAL TANKS, AND OTHER BODIES OF WATER - A circulation system for bodies of water. In one set of embodiments for larger bodies of water, modified horizontal plate designs are provided at the entrance of the draft hose. The plate designs have sections that pivot downwardly as the flotation platform and depending draft hose are rapidly raised in high wave conditions to let the water escape downwardly out of the hose. Adaptations to the floats for the elongated arms of the platform are also made to essentially eliminate the creation of any damaging torques on them from high waves. Another set of embodiments are particularly adapted for smaller systems in municipal water tanks for thorough mixing of the water and treatment to kill undesirable ammonia oxidizing bacteria and prevent or at least inhibit their return. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129339 | CLAMPING ASSEMBLY - A clamping assembly comprising a bearing support member ( | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129340 | Fluid Circulation System - A fluid circulation system wherein circulation is caused within a body by establishing a ring vortex within the fluid generated by an impeller designed in accordance with the Golden Section or Phi Geometry. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129341 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING VIBRATION IN A ROTARY SYSTEM OF AN AIRCRAFT, SUCH AS A ROTOR OF A HELICOPTER - A method for reducing vibration in a rotary system ( | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129342 | TURBINE ASSEMBLIES WITH IMPINGEMENT COOLING - A gas turbine engine assembly includes a housing including an annular duct wall that at least partially defines a mainstream hot gas flow path; a stator assembly with a stator vane extending into the mainstream gas flow; and a turbine rotor assembly upstream of the stator assembly and defining a turbine cavity with the stator assembly. The turbine rotor assembly includes a rotor disk having a forward side and an aft side, a rotor platform positioned on a periphery of the rotor disk, the rotor platform defining an aft flow discourager, a rotor blade mounted on the rotor platform extending into the mainstream gas flow, and an aft seal plate mounted on the aft side of the rotor disk. The aft seal plate has a radius such that the aft seal plate protects the rotor disk from hot gas ingestion. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129343 | Guide Vane for a Condensation Steam Turbine and Associated Condensation Steam Turbine - A guide vane of a condensation turbine steam turbine is provided, wherein the guide vane includes a heating resistor. The guide vane includes fiber composite material at least in some regions. The heating resistor may be embodied as a heating wire or as a heating film. A condensation steam turbine having a guide vane as described above is also provided. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129344 | SLURRY PUMP IMPELLER - A slurry pump impeller which includes a front shroud and a back shroud each having an inner main face with an outer peripheral edge and a central axis, a plurality of pumping vanes extending between the inner main faces of the shrouds, the pumping vanes being disposed in spaced apart relation. Each pumping vane includes a leading edge in the region of the central axis and a trailing edge in the region of the outer peripheral edges of the shrouds with a passageway between adjacent pumping vanes. Each passageway has associated therewith a discharge guide vane, each discharge guide vane being disposed within a respective passageway and located closer to one or the other of the pumping vanes and projecting from the inner main face of at least one of the or each shrouds. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129345 | PRELOADED PROPELLER BLADE ASSEMBLY - A propeller blade assembly ( | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129346 | Fan Stall Inhibitor - An impeller blade hub profile which inhibits stall is described. In an embodiment, the hub profile includes a frontal rising contour followed by a rear constant contour. In another embodiment, the hub profile includes a frontal rapidly rising contour followed by a substantially rear constant contour. It was discovered that this combination is much more effective than conventionally known profiles. Also, the present invention provides a unique way of turning the flow within the passages of the rotating impeller blades. In an embodiment, the blade does not turn much over either the front portion of the hub or the rear portion of the hub, but instead turns near the boundary between the front portion and the rear portion. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129347 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A JOIN TO SINGLE-CRYSTAL OR DIRECTIONALLY SOLIDIFIED MATERIAL - A process for producing a join between a first component and a second component is disclosed. The second component contains a single-crystal or directionally solidified material. A polycrystalline layer is produced on a joining surface of the second component for joining the second component to the first component. The joining surface of the second component is joined to the first component by friction welding. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129348 | CORE DRIVEN PLY SHAPE COMPOSITE FAN BLADE AND METHOD OF MAKING - A method of forming a composite airfoil having a suction side and pressure side includes the steps of designing a mold, designing a woven core, designing a plurality of plies and assembling the designed mold, core and plies to create the composite airfoil. The hollow mold has an inner surface which defines the surface profile of the composite airfoil. The plurality of plies is designed to fit between the inner surface of the mold and an outer surface of the woven core. The plurality of plies is designed after the step of designing the woven core. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129349 | Fibre-Reinforced Plastic Material - A fibre-reinforced plastic material with a matrix material and fibres embedded in the matrix material is provided. Fibre spacers are embedded in the matrix material between the fibres to avoid direct fibre-to-fibre contacts. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129350 | Fibre-Reinforced Plastic Material - A fibre-reinforced plastic material with a matrix material and fibres embedded in the matrix material is provided. A surface of the fibres has at least one groove extending a bonding surface of the fibres for an enhanced adhesion of the matrix material. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129351 | NEAR NET SHAPE COMPOSITE AIRFOIL LEADING EDGE PROTECTIVE STRIPS MADE USING COLD SPRAY DEPOSITION - Composite airfoil having a leading edge protective strip made by the method of utilizing a cold spray deposition system to deposit the protective strip onto a leading edge of the composite airfoil. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129352 | Rotor Blade with an Integrated Radar Absorber for a Wind Power Plant - A rotor blade comprising fiber-reinforced plastic for a wind power plant is provided with a radar absorber embedded into the fiber-reinforced plastic. The rotor blade includes a layer close to the surface with a defined electrical sheet resistivity of 100 to 800 ohm/square, which is located at a depth of 2 to 5 mm below the surface. The rotor blade also includes a layer far removed from the surface with a defined electrical sheet resistivity of at a maximum 50 ohm/square at a distance to the layer close to the surface of 5 to 16 mm. The integrated radar absorber covers one or several discrete surface sections of the rotor blade, without covering the entire surface of the rotor blade. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129353 | METHODS FOR JOINING A MONOCRYSTALLINE PART TO A POLYCRYSTALLINE PART BY MEANS OF AN ADAPTER PIECE MADE OF POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIAL - The present invention relates to methods for joining a rotationally asymmetrical part, preferably a turbine blade, which is made of a monocrystalline material, to a part, preferably a rotor core, which is made of polycrystalline material, having the method steps of:—joining the rotationally asymmetrical part to an adapter piece made of polycrystalline material by means of rotational friction welding, and—joining the adapter piece to the part made of polycrystalline material. The present invention also relates to a turbine blisk having a rotor core made of polycrystalline material and turbine blades made of monocrystalline material. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129354 | Vibration Protection In A Variable Speed Compressor - Vibration protection in a compressor system with a variable speed compressor may include operating a variable speed compressor of a compressor system at a first frequency, measuring a vibration of the compressor system at the first frequency, determining whether the vibration exceeds a maximum vibration value, and operating the variable speed compressor at an average frequency equivalent to the first frequency, when the vibration exceeds the maximum vibration value, by identifying an allowed upper frequency and an allowed lower frequency, calculating an upper operating time and a lower operating time, and operating the variable speed compressor at the allowed upper frequency for the upper operating time and the allowed lower frequency for the lower operating time. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129355 | Method for Controlling the Vacuum Generator(s) in a Vacuum Sewage System - Method for controlling one or more vacuum generators ( | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129356 | ELECTRIC-MOTOR-DRIVEN OIL PUMP CONTROL SYSTEM - In an electric-motor-driven oil pump unit with automatic engine-stop system interaction, in which an electric-motor-driven oil pump is driven by an electric motor for hydraulic pressure supply to a transmission of an automotive vehicle employing an automatic engine-stop system, at least in a stopped state of a mechanical oil pump driven by the engine, a motor current/speed detector is provided for detecting a motor current and/or a motor speed of the electric motor. Also provided is a controller configured to output an inhibiting signal to the automatic engine-stop system for inhibiting a mode shift to an automatic engine-stop mode, when a change in the motor current and/or the motor speed during a preliminary operation of the electric-motor-driven oil pump executed from a point of time when an automatic engine-stop condition of the vehicle becomes satisfied, is out of a specified characteristic. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129357 | Pumping Mud By Electrohydrodynamic Propulsion - A section of riser casing urges drilling mud upward from the sea floor to reduce head pressure associated with pumping drilling mud through riser casing in dual-gradient drilling operations. The section of riser casing may use an electromagnet, two or more electrodes, or a combination of electromagnets and electrodes to urge drilling mud having electrohydrodynamic properties through the riser casing. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129358 | PUMPING MUD BY ELECTROHYDRODYNAMIC PROPULSION - A section of riser casing urges drilling mud through the riser, either upward from the sea floor to reduce head pressure or downward toward the wellbore. The section of riser casing may use an electromagnet, two or more electrodes, or a combination of electromagnets and electrodes to urge drilling mud having electrohydrodynamic properties through the riser casing. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129359 | VARIABLE OUTPUT PUMP - An variable output pump is disclosed. The variable output pump having a rotatable first shaft, a first pumping element mounted to the rotatable first shaft, and a coupling mechanism configured to couple the first pumping element to the first shaft for rotation therewith in a first mode, and decouple the first pumping element from the rotatable first shaft in a second mode. A method for varying the output of a fluid pump is also disclosed. The method including rotating a first pumping element and a second pumping element; and preventing rotation of the first pumping element in response to an increase in fluid pressure, while continuing to rotate the second pumping element. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129360 | WHEEL-MOUNTED AIR COMPRESSOR AND METHODS OF USE - The disclosure is generally directed to a wheel-mounted, centrifugally activated, air compressor that will automatically inflate an inflatable vehicle tire back to the proper pressure level when small under-inflation situations occur (e.g., the occurrence of small-to-medium air leaks in a tire). Moreover, the device can be easily attach or fitted into the design of a steel or aluminum wheel, or fitted into a hubcap without modifying the standard design of the wheel-hub assembly. The wheel-mounted device includes a mounting base, cylinder assemblies, and spring-biased centrifugal arms, and is designed to convert changes in the centrifugal force felt by the centrifugal arms as wheel rotation accelerates or decelerates/stops into varying force exerted on positive-displacement pistons. This in turn actuates positive-displacement pumping action at the cylinder assemblies, each of which can provide a short burst of pressurized air into the charging line connected into the associated tire with each compressive stroke. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129361 | COMPRESSOR CAPACITY CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING THE CAPACITY OF A COMPRESSOR - A compressor capacity control method and a device is provided. The changeover from a loading state regarding the compressor to an unloading state regarding the compressor and vice versa is controlled, whereby, during a time span from a starting time point when the compressor operation state changes into an unloading state to a time point when a loading/unloading operation-cycle is finished and a predetermined time duration has passed after the starting time point, the time cycle control is performed so that the loading state is changed into the unloading state, at a time point when the predetermined time duration has passed. Further, the discharge pressure of the fluid discharged from the compressor is detected so that the loading state is changed into the unloading state in a case where the discharge pressure exceeds a prescribed upper limit pressure. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129362 | WATER-INJECTION TYPE SCROLL AIR COMPRESSOR - Disclosed is a water-injection type scroll air compressor whose pre-stopping operation time for drying can be reduced while enhancing compressor efficiency. The compressor body | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129363 | FUEL PUMP - In one embodiment, a small-diameter opening ( | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129364 | ELECTRIC PUMP AND ELECTRIC PUMP MOUNTING STRUCTURE - An electric pump includes: a second housing and a first housing separated from each other in an axial direction; a stator portion that accommodates an annular coil portion; an outer rotor portion that is rotated based on a magnetic field generated by the coil portion, at a position on the inner side of the housings; and an inner rotor that is rotatably supported by a support shaft portion having an axis that is offset from that of the outer rotor portion, and that has an outer peripheral surface that is engaged with an inner peripheral surface of the outer rotor portion. The second housing is fitted onto the support shaft portion, to which the first housing has been fixed, from one side of the support shaft portion in the axial direction. As a result, the outer rotor portion and the stator portion are clamped between the first housing and the second housing from both sides in the axial direction. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129365 | Electric fan - An electric fan has a bracket, a transmission assembly, a linking assembly, a swing object and a fan. The transmission assembly is mounted on the bracket. The linking assembly is connected to the transmission assembly. The swing object is connected pivotally to the linking assembly. The fan is connected to the swing object. The transmission assembly is actuated to drive the fan to swing up and down and provide gentle and sustained airflow so users can feel truly comfortable. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129366 | METHOD FOR WINDING COIL ON OBJECT AND WATER PUMP OF CLUTCH TYPE PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - A method for winding a coil on an object, wherein the coil includes a plurality of first coils and a plurality of second coils, may have winding the first coils on an exterior circumferences of the second coils, wherein an outer circumferences of the respective second coil is enclosed and in contact with outer circumference of at least three first coils, and wherein cross-sectional area of the second coil is smaller than that of the first coil, and wherein the outer circumference of the at least three first coils are in contact each other. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129367 | MOTORIZED VACUUM PUMP - A motorized vacuum pump apparatus, may include an electric motor operating in response to an electric signal, a pumping unit connected with a motor shaft of the electric motor, and a sound absorbing unit enclosing the pumping unit and having an inlet for sucking external air, a damping chamber and an outlet, wherein the sound absorbing unit is directly combined with the electric motor, and wherein the external air is compressed and supplied by the pumping unit to the damping chamber and discharged through the outlet such that noise is reduced by damping compressed air in the damping chamber. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129368 | VARIABLE SPEED DRIVE SYSTEM - This disclosure relates to a control system for driving a motor. The motor may include a cut-out circuit. The control system may include a buck-boost circuit to limit the rate of change of an output voltage before the output voltage is applied to operate the motor. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129369 | LIGHTWEIGHT INFLATION DEVICE - A lightweight inflation device for outputting a low-pressure airflow to inflate an air bladder includes a body defining an airflow chamber and a plurality of air manipulation elements disposed within the airflow chamber. At least one of the air manipulation elements is a rotor including a plurality of blades, and the inflation device includes a driving mechanism operable to rotate the blades about an axis. The inflation device further includes a nozzle operably coupled with the body and defining an air outlet to connect with a valve on the air bladder. The nozzle is shiftable into an operating position in which the air outlet extends beyond an outlet-side axial margin of the body. The nozzle is also shiftable into a storage position in which the air outlet is disposed within the airflow chamber of the body. A method of inflating an air bladder with a portable axial compressor assembly is also disclosed. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129370 | COMPRESSOR - A compressor comprises: a hermetically sealed container; a stator fixedly installed within the hermetically sealed container; a first rotary member rotating, within the stator, around a first rotary shaft longitudinally extending concentrically with the center of the stator by a rotating electromagnetic field from the stator, and provided with first and second covers fixed to upper and lower parts and rotating integrally with each other; a second rotary member space for compressing a refrigerant in a compression space formed between the first and second rotary members while rotating, within the first rotary member, around the second rotary shaft extending through the first and second covers upon receipt of a rotational force from the first rotary member; a vane for transmitting the rotational force to the second rotary member from the first rotary member, and partitioning the compression space into a suction region for sucking the refrigerant and a compression region for compressing/discharging the refrigerant; and first and second bearings fixed to the inside of the hermetically sealed container, and rotatably supporting the first and second rotary members in an axial direction. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129371 | CLOSED TYPE COMPRESSOR - A closed type compressor of a low overall height and small vibrations provided with a structure comprising a balancing weight ( | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129372 | PUMPING SYSTEM - A pumping system comprising a membrane pump ( | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129373 | BLOOD PUMP APPARATUS - A blood pump apparatus includes a housing having a blood inlet port and blood outlet port, a pump unit including an impeller that rotates within the housing, and an impeller rotational torque generation section. The housing includes a plurality of magnetic members embedded between the impeller and the impeller rotational torque generation section for transmitting a magnetically attractive force generated by the impeller rotational torque generation section to an impeller body. The pump device includes a non-contact bearing mechanism for rotating the impeller without contacting with the inner surface of the housing when the impeller is rotated by the impeller rotational torque generation section. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129374 | VACUUM PUMP IN PARTICULAR ROOTS TYPE PUMP - A vacuum pump, in particular a pump of the type with rolling bodies, includes rotary bodies ( | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129375 | WORK EXTRACTION FROM DOWNHOLE PROGRESSIVE CAVITY DEVICES - A progressive cavity device and method of use are provided, the progressive cavity device comprising a hollow stator having a rotor shaft positioned therein. The rotor shaft is provided with rotating motion drive connections at both ends thereof. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129376 | PULSE PRESSURE DECREASING TYPE VARIABLE OIL PUMP - A pulse pressure decreasing type variable oil pump may include an inner chamber rotatably receiving a vane therein, wherein an outer ring rotatably covers the inner chamber, a housing enclosing the outer ring, the inner chamber, and the vane therein and forming a narrow section between the housing and the outer ring to increase pressure of oil flowing therein, and a pressure chamber grooved in an inner side of the housing and fluid-communicating the inner chamber with the narrow section. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129377 | Scroll Compressor and Method for Manufacturing the Same - The present invention discloses a scroll compressor and a method for manufacturing the same. The scroll compressor comprises a housing assembly, a motor assembly, a major shaft supporting base, a rotating shaft, and a compressing assembly; the housing assembly comprises a bottom case and a top cover; the motor assembly comprises a fixed unit and a rotating unit; the compressing assembly comprises a fixed compressing member and a rotating compressing member; the method for manufacturing the scroll compressor comprises the steps of: mounting the fixed unit in the bottom case; combining the rotating unit with the rotating shaft; fitting the rotating unit on the center of the fixed unit; disposing the major shaft supporting base on the rotating shaft; disposing the rotating compressing member and the fixed compressing member in the bottom case; and combining the top cover with an upper opening of the bottom case and then finishing the manufacture of the scroll compressor. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129378 | HORIZONTAL SCROLL COMPRESSOR - The inside of a sealed container ( | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129379 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MASSIVE COMPONENTS MADE OF INTERMETALLIC MATERIALS - The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a massive component substantially wholly made of intermetallic material, comprising the steps of:
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| 20110129380 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING A WORKPIECE, PARTICULARLY A SHAPING TOOL OR A PART OF A SHAPING TOOL - A method for producing a workpiece, particularly a shaping tool or a part of a shaping tool, includes the following steps:
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| 20110129381 | HIGH-TENSILE STEEL WITH EXCELLENT WELDABILITY AND TOUGHNESS AND WITH TENSILE STRENGTH OF 550 MPA CLASS OR MORE AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION OF THE SAME - The present invention provides a high-tensile steel material having a tensile strength of the 550 MPa class or more which can simultaneously raise the strength and toughness of the heat affected zone of weld to equal those of the matrix and a method of production of the same, that is, a high-tensile steel material with excellent weldability and toughness and with tensile strength of the 550 MPa class or more containing, by mass %, C: 0.005 to 0.10%, W: 0.10 to 3.0%, Nb: 0.010 to 0.080%, and V: 0.010 to 0.50%, limiting the Ti to less than | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129382 | ALLOY STEEL FOR LOW TEMPERATURE VACUUM CARBURIZING - The present invention relates to an alloy steel for low temperature vacuum carburizing, and more particularly, to an alloy steel for low temperature vacuum carburizing, wherein, where the thermal processing of carburizing and quenching is performed at 810° C. or so of an available minimum carburizing temperature of a conventional vacuum carburizing furnace, it is able to securing an adequate ferrite phase (α) to improve the thermal distortion according to the thermal processing of an annulus gear, and to satisfying shape restrictions such as a roundness or a cylindricity of the annulus gear to be manufactured. An alloy steel for a low temperature vacuum carburizing according to the present invention, the alloy steel is composed of a chief element of Fe, wherein the alloy steel is formed so that dissolved oxygen (DO) is 10 ppm or less in an alloy system which comprises 0.17˜0.24 weight percent of C, 0.8˜1.2 weight percent of Cr, 0.4˜0.8 weight percent of Mn, 0.80˜1.20 weight percent of Si, 0.020 weight percent or less of P, 0.020 weight percent or less of S, 0.015˜0.045 weight percent of V, and the remaining weight percent of Fe. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129383 | Copper-zinc alloy - A copper-zinc alloy includes 56-65% by weight copper (Cu), 0.2-2.0%, by weight, of Tin (Sn) for improving tensile strength of Copper (Cu) and for strengthening the corrosion resistance of Zinc (Zn), 0.1-1.0%, by weight, of Aluminum (Al) for improving the yielding and tensile strength and corrosion resistance of the alloy, 0.01-0.6%, by weight, of Nickel (Ni) for strengthening the yielding and the tensile strength and the resistance and the heat conductivity of the alloy, lower than 0.5%, by weight, of Ferrite (Fe), with the balance being Zinc (Zn) and inevitable impurities. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129384 | Copper-zinc alloy - A copper-zinc alloy includes 56-65%, by weight, of copper (Cu), 0.2-1.5%, by weight, of Tin (Sn) for improving tensile strength of copper (Cu) and for strengthening the corrosion resistance of Zinc (Zn), 0.1-1.0%, by weight, of Aluminum (Al) for ameliorating the yielding and tensile strength and corrosion resistance of the alloy, 0.01-0.6%, by weight, of Nickel (Ni) for improving the yielding and the tensile strength and the resistance and the heat conductivity of the alloy, lower than 0.5%, by weight, of Ferrite (Fe), 0.05-2.0%, by weight, of Antimony (Sb) for strengthen cutting ability and improving corrosion resistance, with the balance being zinc (Zn) and inevitable impurities. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129385 | Copper-zinc alloy - A copper-zinc alloy includes 56-65%, by weight, of Copper (Cu), 0.2-2.0%, by weight, of Tin (Sn) for improving tensile strength of Copper (Cu) and for strengthening the corrosion resistance of Zinc (Zn), 0.1-1.0%, by weight, of Aluminum (Al) for ameliorating the yielding and tensile strength and corrosion resistance of the alloy, 0.01-0.6%, by weight, of Nickel (Ni) for improving the yielding and the tensile strength and the resistance and the heat conductivity of the alloy, lower than 0.5%, by weight, of Ferrite (Fe), with the balance being Zinc (Zn) and inevitable impurities, the alloy also includes a secondary material, which is Phosphorus (p), Arsenic (As) or both for strengthening the corrosion resistance of the alloy. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129386 | USE OF POWDER-METALLURGICAL PRE-MATERIAL FOR PRODUCING AN NB ALLOY THAT IS FREE OF INCLUSIONS - One aspect discloses a method for producing an alloy, whereby the alloy consists of a first metal, a second metal, a third metal, and a fourth metal, and the first metal, the second metal, the third metal, and the fourth metal are selected from the group consisting of the metals, niobium, zirconium, tantalum, and tungsten, and the method includes the steps of
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| 20110129387 | FOUNDRY BINDER COMPRISING ONE OR MORE CYCLOALKANES AS A SOLVENT - A foundry binder comprising (a) a polyol component selected from the group consisting of phenolic resins, polyether polyols, polyester polyols, aminopolyols, and mixtures thereof, and (b) a polyisocyanate component, wherein component (a) and/or (b) further comprise, as a solvent, one or more cycloalkanes. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129388 | Chlorine Dioxide Generation Systems and Methods - Chlorine dioxide generation systems and methods are disclosed. One or more reactants, such as sodium hypochlorite, may be electrolytically generated on-site for delivery to a reaction column. Low concentration reactants may be used to generate chlorine dioxide as part of a mixed oxy-chloro product stream containing free available chlorine. In at least one embodiment, an optical analyzer may be positioned along a reactant feed line to measure a concentration of reactant supplied to a reaction column. A controller may adjust a flow rate of the reactant in response to information provided by the optical analyzer. The controller may also perform pH control within the system. In some embodiments, the chlorine dioxide generator may be incorporated in an all-liquid water disinfection system. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129389 | EXTRA-CORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION CONTROL - A method may include obtaining information representing at least one of a concentration of carbon dioxide in a patient's blood, a concentration of oxygen in the patient's blood or a pH value of the patient's blood. The method may also include setting an initial carbon dioxide tension in a membrane oxygenator of an extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) system based on the obtained information. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129390 | APPARATUS FOR THE GENERATION OF GASES - The instant application provides apparatus and methods for the generation of gas, preferably chlorine dioxide. The methods and apparatus of the invention use a removable reaction chamber for the reaction of precursor chemicals, e.g., chlorite salt and an acid. The methods and compositions of the invention provide gas for a number of personal and commercial applications. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129391 | HONEYCOMB FILTER AND EXHAUST GAS PURIFYING APPARATUS - A honeycomb filter includes cell walls. The cell walls extend along a longitudinal direction of the honeycomb filter to define a plurality of cells each of which has one end and another end opposite to the one end along the longitudinal direction. A majority of the plurality of cells are sealed cells sealed at either the one end or the another end. A part of the plurality of cells are open cells open at both of the one end and the another end. A number of the open cells is from about 0.1% to about 4.9% of a number of the plurality of cells. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129392 | MICROPUMP DEVICE - To provide a micropump device having good controllability over the amount of gas generated from the gas generating material and thus the amount of liquid fed by the micropump. The micropump device includes a micropump | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129393 | Electrically-Heated Contact Fuel Vaporizer for a Hydrocarbon Reformer - An improved electrically-heated contact vaporizer (EHCV) for a catalytic hydrocarbon reformer. The EHCV has an electrically-heated vaporization surface and a helical-wound flow director. Preferably the EHCV includes a port and internal passages to permit controlled entry of an oxygen-containing gas, preferably air, into a flowing stream of vaporized fuel near the exit of the EHCV to mix with the vaporized fuel and spontaneously combust, forming hot gases for heating the reforming catalyst. A third wall may be provided to surround the outer wall of the air passage to provide further thermal insulation against heat loss. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129394 | INSPECTION AND TESTING INDICATOR - An indicator is disclosed that detects the presence of a chemical residue. The indicator includes a substrate having an upper surface and a lower surface and a first portion and a second portion joined at a fold line. The first portion is smaller in area than the second portion. An adhesive coats the upper surface of at least the second portion of the substrate. A first reactant is adhered to the upper surface of the first portion of the substrate. When the second portion is contacted with a surface containing the chemical residue, the residue adheres to the adhesive and when the first portion is subsequently folded along the fold line so that the upper surfaces of the substrate contact each other, a portion of the adhesive on the second portion remains exposed and the first reactant and chemical residue react to provide the color indicia indicating the presence of the chemical residue. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129395 | MICROFLUIDIC ASSEMBLY - Embodiments of a microfluidic assembly comprise at least two adjacent microstructures and a plurality of interconnecting fluid conduits which connect an outlet port of one microstructure to an inlet port of an adjacent microstructure. Each microstructure comprises an inlet flow path and an outlet flow path not aligned along a common axis. Moreover, the microfluidic assembly defines a microfluidic assembly axis along which respective inlet ports of adjacent microstructures are oriented or alternatively along which respective outlet ports of adjacent microstructures are oriented, and each microstructure is oriented relative to the microfluidic assembly axis at a nonorthogonal angle. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129396 | VOLUMETRIC SAMPLING PIPETTE - A volumetric micropipette for sampling and dispensing a precise quantity of liquid comprising an elongated hollow tubular body configured to draw liquid by capillary action: a reservoir connected proximate the upper end of the tubular body and a deformable hollow bulb connected to the reservoir and having an opening in a wall thereof to allow liquid to be drawn into the tubular body by capillary action. The reservoir is laterally offset with respect to the tubular body and has at least a portion thereof below the upper end of the tubular body. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129397 | METHOD FOR RECOVERING VALUABLE METAL FROM WASTE CATALYST - A method for recovering high purity nickel, cobalt, molybdenum and vanadium from a waste catalyst in high yield by convenient means is provided. The method includes a step of heating a waste catalyst containing valuable metals in a non-oxidizing atmosphere, thereby deoiling an adhered oil content by thermal decomposition, a step of co-milling the deoiled waste catalyst and a chloride to form a chloride of nickel and/or cobalt, a step of water-leaching the co-milled waste catalyst to dissolve nickel and/or cobalt in water, a step of oxidizing leaching residue containing molybdenum and/or vanadium after water leaching to form an oxide of molybdenum and/or vanadium; and a step of subjecting the leaching residue containing the oxide of molybdenum and/or vanadium to alkali leaching to dissolve the molybdenum and/or vanadium in an alkali solution. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129398 | COMPONENT FOR PRODUCING VACUUM INSULATION SYSTEMS - The present invention relates to a component for producing vacuum insulation systems, comprising at least one insulation layer which is surrounded by a casing, wherein the gas pressure in the insulation layer can be reduced by means provided in the component, wherein the means for reducing the gas pressure is embodified as activatable. The present invention further describes a vacuum insulation system comprising a component according to the invention. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129399 | HIGH PURITY AND FREE FLOWING METAL OXIDES POWDER - A metal oxide powder includes a powder feed material structured and arranged to form molten droplets when melted in a plasma stream. The molten droplets are structured and arranged to form frozen spherical droplets under free-fall conditions such that said molten droplets have ample time for complete in-flight solidification before reaching a collection chamber. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129400 | Aluminosilicate Polymer as Fire Retardant - The invention relates to a fire retardant product. The invention comprises using at least one aluminosilicated polymer of the imogolite type or allophane type as a fire retardant. The invention can particularly be used in the field of fire retardant products. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129401 | PRODUCTION OF PRECIPITATED SILICA EMPLOYING A FAST BLENDER - A unique method for preparing precipitated silica entails reacting a silicate with an acidifying agent to obtain a suspension of precipitated silica, and separating and drying the suspension, and further wherein the precipitation includes contacting a silicate with an acidifying agent in an acidic medium in a fast blender. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129402 | Method of producing trichlorosilane (TCS) rich product stably from hydrogenation of silicon tetra chloride (STC) in fluidized gas phase reactor (FBR) and the structure of the reactor - A fluidized bed reactor (FBR) for producing chlorosilane mixture containing trichlorosilane (TCS) concentration at least 50% from hydrogenation of special metallurgical silicon (MGSI), which has manganese concentration less than 35 ppmw, silicon tetra chloride (STC), and the method of producing high TCS content chlorosilane mixture is disclosed. The FBR according to current application has an expanded over head zone, whose inner diameter is at least twice bigger than that of the inner diameter of the lower straight zone. Temperature of the reaction bed is controlled between 300° C. to 600° C. within the mean temperature deviation of ±5 C. Reaction pressure is maintained between 3 to 10 bar. Retention time of the STC and hydrogen in the reaction bed is controlled to be shorter than 30 seconds. The FBR of the current application enables higher STY (space time yield; production rate/volume of the reactor) of TCS compared to any other current commercial STC cold converter, which hydrogenise STC to TCS. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129403 | Methods and Apparatuses for Manufacturing Cast Silicon From Seed Crystals - Methods and apparatuses are provided for casting silicon for photovoltaic cells and other applications. With these methods, an ingot can be grown that is low in carbon and whose crystal growth is controlled to increase the cross-sectional area of seeded material during casting. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129404 | SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF POLYCRYSTALLINE SILICON FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC USE - The invention relates to an apparatus and process for the production of polycrystalline silicon for photovoltaic applications. The apparatus is characterized in that it comprises of multiple chambers, preferably three, arranged longitudinally one after the other and equipped with: gas immission and extraction means; means for guiding and moving the crucible containing the silicon-based material; insulation and temperature control means; heating means; air-tightness means for each chamber. One of said chambers constitutes the furnace of the apparatus and comprises an area in which the smelting of the material contained in the crucible is carried out, said furnace being equipped with heating means and bearing a heat-stable pedestal, suitable for moving the crucible vertically and thus for introducing it into, or extracting it from the smelting area, respectively. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129405 | METHOD FOR PURIFYING SILICON - The present invention provides for methods of purifying silicon, methods for obtaining purified silicon, as well as methods for obtaining purified silicon crystals, purified granulized silicon and/or purified silicon ingots. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129406 | METAL FIBERS FOR CATALYST NON-WOVENS - A metal fiber based on one or several elements from the group of platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, and iridium with 0 to 30% by weight of one or several additional alloy elements from the group of nickel, cobalt, gold, rhenium, molybdenum, and tungsten, contains 1 to 500 ppm by weight of boron or phosphorus. A non-woven material or netting, in particular for the production of nitrogen oxide or for the production of hydrocyanic acid, is made of such fibers. For the production of fibers based on noble metals having up to 30% by weight of additional alloy metals by drawing the fibers from a melt, the melting point of the metal is reduced by at least 400 ° C., before drawing of the fibers, by additionally alloying with boron or phosphorus, and the boron or the phosphorus is removed again from the fibers. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129407 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CAPTURE AND SEQUESTRATION OF GASES AND COMPOSITIONS DERIVED THEREFROM - A method of sequestering a greenhouse gas is described, which comprises: (i) providing a solution carrying a first reagent that is capable of reacting with a greenhouse gas; (ii) contacting the solution with a greenhouse gas under conditions that promote a reaction between the at least first reagent and the greenhouse gas to produce at least a first reactant; (iii) providing a porous matrix having interstitial spaces and comprising at least a second reactant; (iv) allowing a solution carrying the at least first reactant to infiltrate at least a substantial portion of the interstitial spaces of the porous matrix under conditions that promote a reaction between the at least first reactant and the at least second reactant to provide at least a first product; and (v) allowing the at least first product to form and fill at least a portion of the interior spaces of the porous matrix, thereby sequestering a greenhouse gas. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129408 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CAPTURING CARBON DIOXIDE IN AN OXYFIRING PROCESS WHERE OXYGEN IS SUPPLIED BY REGENERABLE METAL OXIDE SORBENTS - An oxyfiring system and method for capturing carbon dioxide in a combustion process is disclosed. The oxyfiring system comprises (a) an oxidation reactor for oxidizing a reduced metal oxide; (b) a decomposition reactor wherein a decomposition fuel is combusted and oxidized metal oxide sorbents are reduced with oxygen being released and a flue gas with an oxygen enriched carbon dioxide stream is produced; (c) a fuel combustion reactor for combusting a primary fuel and the oxygen enriched carbon dioxide stream into a primary flue gas; and (d) separation apparatus for separating a portion of the primary flue gas so that a carbon dioxide enriched stream can be prepared. The method comprises providing a primary fuel and an oxygen enriched carbon dioxide stream to a fuel combustion reactor. The primary fuel and oxygen enriched carbon dioxide stream are combusted into a primary flue gas stream which is split into a first flue gas portion and a second flue gas portion. The first flue gas portion is processed to produce a high purity carbon dioxide stream suitable for sequestration. The second flue gas portion is sent to the decomposition reactor to provide heat and serve as a fluid stream. The primary flue gas may include oxygen or else synthesis gas depending on whether the oxygen enriched carbon dioxide stream contains a stoichiometric excess or deficit of oxygen needed for complete combustion. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129409 | SODIUM CHLORIDE PRODUCTION PROCESS - The present invention pertains to a process for producing sodium chloride comprising the steps of (i) preparing a brine comprising at least 150 g/l of sodium chloride by dissolving a sodium chloride source in water, (ii) subjecting the resulting brine to a eutectic freeze crystallization step by indirect cooling of said brine, resulting in the formation of ice, sodium chloride dihydrate, and a mother liquor, (iii) separating the sodium chloride dihydrate formed in step (ii) from the ice and optionally mother liquor at the eutectic temperature, such that a sodium chloride dihydrate-rich stream is formed, and (iv) feeding said sodium chloride dihydrate-rich stream to a recrystallizer to form sodium chloride and a mother liquor. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129410 | METHOD FOR RECYCLING USED LEAD ACID BATTERIES ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION - “METHOD FOR RECYCLING USED LEAD ACID BATTERIES ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION”, especially the automotive batteries, has the following stages: the sulfuric acid solution derived from the cutting of batteries goes through a drying bed (quick filters) which is composed of a layer of crushed rocks, “bidim” and sand or through a press filter for the retaining of the solid particles, after the solution goes through these filters, it goes through to a reactor where it suffers a forced decantation process for retaining the heavy metals and contaminants; the forced decantation process is carried out by adding 20 liters of aluminum dioxide, 20 kilos of lime (in the form of milk of lime), 2 liters of aluminum polychloride (flocculent) and 200 grams of acrylic acid acrylamide (polymer, used diluted in water) to every 10,000 liters of sulfuric acid under shaking, it is then left at rest for 40 minutes for decantation, soon after decantation the floating part goes through a bag filter with a polyethylene sheet filter and then through a 5-micre cartridge filter, then it is sent to a reservoir and it is stored; the decanted part is sent to the drying beds for retaining the flocculent materials and the percolated one goes to the reprocessing method as described above; when reaching the storage tanks, the solution has low levels of lead, between 3 ppm and 5 ppm. In order to assure a greater safety of the process during the loading of the containers that will carry the recycled product, the solution goes through polyester filters for being sent to the other companies as raw material. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129411 | Method and system for hydrogen evolution and storage - A method and system for storing and evolving hydrogen (H | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129412 | Antibodies Directed to CD20 and Uses Thereof - Antibodies directed to the antigen CD20 and uses of such antibodies are disclosed herein. In particular, fully human monoclonal antibodies directed to the antigen CD20. Nucleotide sequences encoding, and amino acid sequences comprising, heavy and light chain immunoglobulin molecules, particularly sequences corresponding to contiguous heavy and light chain sequences spanning the framework regions and/or complementarity determining regions (CDR's), specifically from FR1 through FR4 or CDR1 through CDR3 are disclosed. Hybridomas or other cell lines expressing such immunoglobulin molecules and monoclonal antibodies are also disclosed. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129413 | Bioconjugation of Calcium Phosphosilicate Nanoparticles For Selective Targeting of Cells In Vivo - Non-aggregating resorbable calcium phosphosilicate nanoparticles (CPNPs) are bioconjugated to targeting molecules that are specific for particular cells. The CPNPs are stable particles at normal physiological pH. Chemotherapy and imaging agents may be integrally formed with the CPNPs so that they are compartmentalized within the CPNPs. In this manner, the agents are protected from interaction with the environment at normal physiological pH. However, once the CPNPs have been taken up, at intracellular pH, the CPNPs dissolve releasing the agent. Thus, chemotherapeutic or imaging agents are delivered to specific cells and permit the treatment and/or imaging of those cells. Use of the bioconjugated CPNPs both limits the amount of systemic exposure to the agent and delivers a higher concentration of the agent to the cell. The methods and principals of bioconjugating CPNPs are taught by examples of bioconjugation of targeting molecules for breast cancer, pancreatic cancer, and leukemia. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129414 | Single Chain Fragment of Monoclonal Antibody 9B9 and Uses Thereof - Anti-ACE single chain fragment antibodies are disclosed. The present invention relates to using these antibodies, and polymers thereof, in methods for detecting, diagnosing, prognosing, preventing, or treating diseases associated with ACE expressing tissue. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129415 | NOVEL ANTIBODY AND USE IN DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY OF ARTHROPATHIES - The present invention provides a composition comprising an antibody or fragment thereof against oxidised Collagen II (CII) in which the antibody or fragment thereof is conjugated to a pharmaceutically active moiety. The invention also provides a composition comprising an antibody or fragment thereof against oxidised Collagen II (Gil) and a detectable label. The invention further provides the use of such compositions in medicine, in particular for the treatment of an arthropathy, and in methods of diagnosis. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129416 | RECOMBINANT MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES AND CORRESPONDING ANTIGENS FOR COLON AND PANCREATIC CANCERS - The present invention provides for recombinant monoclonal antibodies that bind to human colorectal and pancreatic carcinoma-associated antigens, along with nucleic acid sequences encoding the antibody chains, and the amino acid sequences corresponding to the nucleic acids, and uses for these antibodies, nucleic acids and amino acids. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129417 | ADMINISTRABLE COMPOSITIONS - The present invention relates to a composition suitable for administration to a subject, the composition comprising pharmacologically acceptable particulate material dispersed throughout a pharmacologically acceptable liquid carrier, the particulate material being maintained in the dispersed state by a steric stabiliser, wherein the steric stabiliser is a polymeric material comprising a steric stabilising polymeric segment and an anchoring polymeric segment, one or both of which are derived from one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers that have been polymerised by a living polymerisation technique, wherein the steric stabilising polymeric segment is different from the anchoring polymeric segment, and wherein the anchoring polymeric segment has an affinity toward the surface of the particulate material and secures the stabiliser to the particulate material. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129418 | Brain Tumor Targeting Peptides and Methods - A method of diagnosing and treating a human glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) brain tumor in a subject is disclosed. The method includes administering to the subject, an effective amount of composition having a peptide 12-20 amino acid residues in length and selected for its ability to bind preferentially to a subtype of human GBM cells identified as brain tumor initiating cells (BTICs) or highly invasive glioma cells (HIGCs). Also disclosed are a phage-display screening method for identifying such therapeutic peptides, and peptides that hind specifically to BTICs or HIGCs. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129419 | IN VIVO IMAGING AGENTS - The present invention relates to the field of medical imaging, and in particular to imaging of disease states associated with the upregulation of the chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5). Imaging agents, precursors and methods are provided which are useful in imaging such disease states. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129420 | MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR BIOLOGICAL IMAGING - Water soluble InAs(ZnCdS) semiconductor nanocrystals with bright and stable emission in the near infrared (NIR) wavelength range have been prepared. The NIR semiconductor nanocrystals can be functionalized to enable imaging of specific cellular proteins. In addition, the utility of the NIR region for in vivo biological imaging is clearly demonstrated by the superior ability of InAs(ZnCdS) semiconductor nanocrystals to image tumor vasculature. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129421 | MATRIX METALLOPROTEASE TARGETING NUCLEIC ACIDS - A reporter conjugate for non-invasive detection (e.g., imaging) of matrix metalloprotease (MMP) gene expression in vivo is disclosed. The conjugate includes a targeting nucleic acid linked to a contrast agent, such as a paramagnetic label that can be used with magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. The targeting nucleic acid can be an antisense strand that hybridizes to a portion of a messenger RNA encoded by the gene whose expression is to be imaged. In some embodiments, the contrast agent is a chelated metal such as gadolinium or dysprosium. The invention also features methods to detect MMP gene expression in various tissues, including the brain. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129422 | Viscous Terpolymers as Drug Delivery Platform - Disclosed are terpolymer compositions of lactide, glycolide, and caprolactone and methods of making such polymers with an initiator. Methods of using the terpolymers as a drug delivery platform are also disclosed. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129423 | ANTICANCER COMPOUNDS AND SCREENING METHOD - The invention provides a method to identify or characterize compounds for treating cancer wherein the compounds have a capacity to decrease systemic levels of one or more cholesterol metabolites in treated mammal(s). Such compounds include 17-(3-pyridyl)androst-5,16-diene-3β,7β-diol, 17-(2-morpholinyl)-7β-ethylandrost-5,16-diene-3β-ol, 17-(2-morpholinyl)-7β-ethylandrost-5,16-diene-3β-ol-16-acetate, 17-(4-oxazolyl)-7β-ethylandrost-5,16-diene-3β-ol-16-methyl ether and 17-(4-oxazolyl)-7β-ethylandrost-5,16-diene-3β-ol. Compositions and formulations comprising the compounds and one or more excipients are also provided. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129424 | FLUORINATED POLYMERS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - Compositions comprising a fluorinated polymer and related methods. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129425 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING A PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATION OF CONTRAST AGENTS - The invention relates to a process for preparing a liquid pharmaceutical formulation containing a complex of macrocyclic chelate with a lanthanide and a mol/mol amount of free macrocyclic chelate of between 0.002% and 0.4%, advantageously between 0.02% and 0.3% and very advantageously between 0.025% and 0.25%, the macrocyclic chelate advantageously being chosen from DOTA, NOTA, DOTAGA, DO3A, BT-DO3A, HP-DO3A and PCTA, and is preferably DOTA, the said process comprising the following successive steps: b) preparation of a liquid pharmaceutical composition containing, firstly, the complex of macrocyclic chelate with a lanthanide, and, secondly, free macrocyclic chelate and/or free lanthanide; c) measurement in the pharmaceutical formulation obtained in step b) of the concentration of free macrocyclic chelate C ch1 and/or of free lanthanide C lan1; d) adjustment of C ch1 and/or of C lan1 so as to obtain C ch1=C tch1 and C lan1=0, wherein C t ch1 is the target concentration of free macrocyclic chelate in the final liquid pharmaceutical formulation. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129426 | ORAL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING ENHANCED ANTIBACTERIAL COMBINATIONS OF ANTIOXIDANTS AND EXTRACTS OF MAGNOLIA - An oral composition contains an enhanced antibacterial effective amount of an antioxidant and an extract of Magnolia. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129427 | Compositions and Methods for Imparting a Sunless Tan - A composition and method for imparting a sunless tan to skin is described. The composition and method make use of a sunless tanning agent like dihydroxyacetone in combination with an adjuvant such as a phosphorylated peptide. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129428 | Safflower with Elevated Gamma-Linolenic Acid - The present invention relates to compositions and methods for preparing gamma-linoleic acid (GLA) in safflower plants, particularly from seeds of safflower. Nucleic acid sequences and constructs encoding one or more fatty acid desaturase sequences are used to generate transgenic safflower plants that contain and express one or more of these sequences and produce high levels of GLA in safflower seeds. Provided are transgenic safflower plants and seeds that produce high levels of GLA. Additionally provided are oils produced from seeds of this invention. The invention also relates to methods of treating a variety of diseases including nervous system disorders, inflammatory conditions, cancer and cardiovascular disorders using the oils of this invention. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129429 | Water-Containing Composition - When a poorly water-soluble ultraviolet ray absorber is used, it is difficult to solubilize a sufficient amount of the poorly water-soluble ultraviolet ray absorber by using a surfactant such as a polyoxyethylene alkyl ether or a polyoxyethylene hydrogenated castor oil. Thus, an object aims to provide a water-containing composition in which a poorly water-soluble ultraviolet ray absorber is solubilized or dispersed in water. Another object aims to dissolve a poorly water-soluble ultraviolet ray absorber in water and allow the poorly water-soluble ultraviolet ray absorber to co-exist with a water-soluble component such as a water-soluble medicinal agent and a water-soluble dye in the water to thereby stabilize the water-soluble component. The water-containing composition comprises the components (1) to (3) shown below and may additionally comprise a water-soluble medicinal agent and/or a water-soluble dye: (1) a polyoxyethylene adduct compound represented by formula (I) HO(CH | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129430 | HYDROXYBENZYL OR HYDROXYPYRANONEMETHYL ESTERS AS TYROSINASE INHIBITORS - Method for the preparation of ester compounds for use as skin brightening agents and compositions for brightening skin containing the ester compounds. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129431 | COMPOSITION CONTAINING A POLYORGANOSILOXANE POLYMER, A THICKENING AGENT AND AT LEAST ONE VOLATILE ALCOHOL - The invention relates to a physiologically acceptable composition, especially a cosmetic composition, comprising (a) at least one polyorganosiloxane containing polymer comprising at least one moiety which comprises at least one polyorganosiloxane group consisting of 1 to about 1000 organosiloxane units in the chain of the moiety or in the form of graft, and at least two groups capable of establishing hydrogen interactions; (b) at least one volatile alcohol; and (c) at least one thickening agent, as well as to methods of using such compositions and kits containing such compositions. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129432 | L-MENTHYL-N-(2-HYDROXYPHENYL)CARBAMATE - The present invention relates to the compound L-menthyl-N-(2-hydroxyphenyl)carbamate, which is effective against body perspiration odor bacteria, in particular against armpit perspiration odor bacteria, and simultaneously effective as an antioxidant, of the following formula, a method for the production thereof and its use. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129433 | Compositions and Methods for Treating or Preventing Gastrointestinal Disorders and GERD-Related Respiratory Disorders - Disclosed herein are novel compositions and methods for treating or preventing GI tract disorders and/or GERD-related respiratory disorders as well as protecting stratified squamous epithelium against injury by a noxious substance. The methods generally include administering to a patient in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising at least one bile acid sequestrant, alone or in combination with at least one proton pump inhibitor, and optionally one or more agent chosen from antacids, histamine H | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129434 | MOISTURIZING AGENT - Disclosed is a moisturizing agent comprising a copolymer represented by formula (1). [In formula (1), A represents a substituent containing an oligosaccharide composed of 2 to 6 monosaccharide molecules bound to each other; B represents a group represented by formula (2); m and n represent numbers which meet the following equation m:n=9:1 to 1:9; and Z represents a hydrogen group, a methyl group or an ethyl group.] [In formula (2), X represents a saturated or unsaturated monocyclic or dicyclic ring having 5 to 10 ring-constituting members, or a molecule containing a nitrogen or an oxygen, provided that the ring may contain 1 to 3 atoms independently selected from the group consisting of a nitrogen, a sulfur and an oxygen; n represents a number of 0 or 1; Y represents —NHCO—, —CONH—, —NHCONH—, —NH—, —CO, or an alkyl group having 0 or more carbon atoms; and R represents a linear or branched alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl having 1 to 20 carbon atoms which, if required, may be substituted by one or two hydroxy, mercapto, amino, cyano, heterocyclyl, heterocyclyloxy, phenyl, benzyl, heteroaryl, phenoxy, benzyloxy or heteroaryloxy groups.] | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129435 | HYDROGEN PEROXIDE-BASED SKIN DISINFECTANT - A skin disinfectant in ready-to-use concentrated liquid or dry powdered form. Ready-to-use liquid forms have a pH of from about 2 to about 6 and include:
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| 20110129436 | POLYGLYCEROL SEBECATE PERITONEAL ADHESION PREVENTION BARRIER - The present invention is directed to a method of preventing adhesions between two tissue surfaces. The method includes providing a film comprising a condensation polymer of glycerol and a diacid, wherein the film does not contain anti-inflammatory drugs and positioning the film between a first tissue surface and a second tissue surface under conditions effective to prevent adhesion between said first tissue surface and said second tissue surface. | 2011-06-02 |
| 20110129437 | PLATELET ADHESION-RESISTANT MATERIAL - A platelet adhesion-resistant material is provided, which includes polytriuret-urethane consisting essentially of repeating structural units of formulae (I) to (III) in a random order, in which when the total number of the three repeating structural units in the polytriuret-urethane is 100, the number of the repeating structural units (I) is about 5 to about 50: | 2011-06-02 |
