23rd week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 6 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120137900 | ADJUSTABLE ROTATING BLADE ASSEMBLY FOOD PREPARATION DEVICE - A rotating blade food preparation device ( | 2012-06-07 |
20120137901 | Method for Controlling a Twine Brake Device of a Square Baler - A twine brake device is so controlled that during an initial period in which the bale chamber is not filled with harvested material, the average tension in the twine, wire or cord is higher than during a second period in which the bale chamber is completely filled with harvested material. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137902 | SPACE-SAVING IN-FLIGHT TRASH COMPACTOR - A space-saving in-flight trash compactor, comprising a trash chute, a compactor mechanism, and a storage chamber that includes an interface for the trash chute. Trash deposited in the trash chute is channeled into the storage chamber. Either or both of the compactor mechanism and the storage chamber are rotatably attached to one or two axles. During maintenance or trash removal, the compactor mechanism or storage chamber may swivel around an axle to permit ease of access. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137903 | ENERGY SAVING IN HYDRAULIC BENDING PRESSES - Bending presses containing pistons providing up and down motion of the upper clamp, at least one engine for motion of the said pistons, and filling valves providing pre-filling during quick down and up motion of the pistons. The bending presses contain at least one pump of variable rotation and fixed displacement transmitting the motion received from the said engine to the pistons. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137904 | PERFORATING AND COMPRESSING MACHINE FOR PLASTIC BOTTLES, METAL CANS AND THE LIKE - A machine is provided that simultaneously perforates and crushes an incoming flow of waste containers to output perforated compressed containers. The machine includes a pair of counter rotating drums supported within a frame and separated by a compression gap into which the containers are fed. A guard mechanism on the cover of the frame produces a downward angle of entry that is substantially parallel to the rotating axis of the drums. The outer surface of each drum includes a pattern of grooved rings that form a plurality of channels. Positioned within alternate channels are a plurality of perforating tools arranged in an opposing helical pattern to create a staggered path that engages and traps the containers to produce a positive feeding flow of the containers into and through the gap where the containers are punctured and crushed. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137905 | APPARATUS FOR FORMING EMBOSSED AND PRINTED IMAGES - A printing and embossing folder includes a first panel member having a plurality of holes and a second panel member hingedly coupled to the first panel member having a plurality of holes in corresponding relationship to the holes of the first panel member. A set of design tiles include positive relief designs disposed thereon. A corresponding set of design tiles have either negative relief designs for embossing or no relief for printing. The tiles can be positioned at any desired location on the folder so long as the positive design tiles are positioned opposite a corresponding tile for either embossing or printing. Inserting a sheet of paper within the folder and pressing the folder will cause the design to be embossed or printed into the paper. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137906 | COLOR PRINT MODULE FOR A FRANKING MACHINE - A color printing method for a franking system making it possible to print a franking mark on a mailpiece using at least three primary inks, namely cyan, magenta, and yellow, wherein at least one of said primary inks, namely cyan or magenta, is constituted by a similar postal ink, namely postal blue for cyan and/or postal red for magenta. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137907 | INTAGLIO PRINTING PLATE INCLUDING SUPPLEMENTARY PATTERN AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - Disclosed is an intaglio printing plate including: a pattern portion where a to-be-printed pattern is located; a non-pattern portion corresponding to a remaining area other than the pattern portion; and a supplementary pattern portion having a repetitive pattern with a predetermined form, wherein at least a part of the pattern portion is divided by a pattern structure that is formed by the supplementary pattern portion. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137908 | Device and method for removing overcoat of on-press developable lithographic plate - A device as well as method for removing the overcoat without developing an imagewise exposed lithographic printing plate is disclosed. The device comprises a structure for providing water or an aqueous solution and a transfer means for transporting said plate through said structure. The plate comprises a substrate, an ink and/or fountain solution developable photosensitive layer, and an overcoat. The exposed plate is transported through the structure to remove the overcoat by contacting with said water or aqueous solution, preferably under a brushing or rubbing action. The overcoat removal device is preferably connected to a laser imager so that the plate can be imaged on the laser imager and then directly transferred to the overcoat removal device to remove the overcoat. The overcoat-removed plate is further mounted on press to develop with ink and/or fountain solution to remove the non-hardened areas of the photosensitive layer. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137909 | PRINTING PLATE REGISTRATION - An apparatus for determining a position of a mechanical edge of a reference edge of a sheet of recording media on an imaging drum, the system includes an imaging drum comprising a cylindrical surface and a drum slot in the cylindrical surface, the drum slot extending in an axial direction and comprising a reflective layer; an illumination source for illuminating the drum slot; a digital camera for imaging the drum slot in a vicinity of the reference edge; and a clamp for mounting the sheet of recording media on the imaging drum in an orientation wherein the reference edge extends along the cylindrical surface of the imaging drum in substantially the axial direction. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137910 | Printed Security Features - The invention relates to improvements in security features which comprise at least one printed image and, in particular, to such security features which provide an improvement in the resolution of printed images forming security features using inks, pigments or printing processes which do not lend themselves to the production of sharply defined or high resolution images. The security feature comprises an opaque first image and a second image at least partially overlying the first image, the second image being a printed image which has a lower visual resolution than the first image. The formation of the second image is such that, when the security feature is viewed in transmitted and/or reflected light, only the shape of the first image is readily discernable. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137911 | FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING WITH CURING DURING TRANSFER TO SUBSTRATE - Methods and systems for flexographic printing are described and include curing of material to be printed while the material is in contact with both a feature of a flexographic printing plate and a recipient substrate. The systems and method are useful in preventing slippage between the feature and the recipient substrate, and are particularly useful when printing at high resolution. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137912 | CONTROLLABLE DIGITAL SOLID STATE CLUSTER THRUSTERS FOR ROCKET PROPULSION AND GAS GENERATION - A thruster stack assembly and method for manufacturing the same is provided. The thruster stack assembly includes a plurality of grain elements having a common core region (e.g., a channel or passageway), where each grain element comprises a volume of electrically ignitable propellant. The thruster stack assembly further includes electrodes associated with the plurality of grain elements, the electrodes adapted for selectively igniting the plurality of grain elements. In one example, one or more of the grain elements may be ignited and combusted without igniting or damaging adjacent grain elements of the stack. The core region serves to channel combustion gases and exhaust from the thruster stack. Multiple stacks may be assembled together to form three-dimensional thruster arrays. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137913 | ACTIVATION UNIT FOR EXPLOSIVE MASSES OR EXPLOSIVE BODIES - An activation unit for explosive masses or explosive bodies includes an ejector tube and high-performance heating elements mounted around the ejector tube, each made of at least one heating wire supplied with electrical power by a control unit. Each heating wire is enclosed in a casing and embedded in a material minimizing heat loss. When the explosive body is passed through the activation unit, the jacket surface of the explosive body contacts the individual elements of the activation unit in a direct or non-contact manner. Thermal energy is transferred to the explosive body by means of the heating wires, and the body ignites at the contact points. A further activation unit includes heating elements in the ejector tube, at least partially fed longitudinally through the ejector tube, made of heating wire clad with CrNi steel and contact plates soldered thereto. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137914 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DEFINING ADDRESSES FOR PYROTECHNIC DEVICES NETWORKED IN AN ELECTRONIC ORDNANCE SYSTEM - In networked electronic ordnance systems as disclosed herein, a plurality of pyrotechnic devices communicate with a controller along a common bus. In accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure, at least some of the pyrotechnic devices in the ordnance system are configured such that the address for those devices can be defined during or subsequent to installation of the pyrotechnic devices in an end system. In some instances, a logic device in the pyrotechnic device includes a diagnostics block that initiates a suite of diagnostic tests within the pyrotechnic device in response to a diagnostics command received by the pyrotechnic device. Additionally, in some instances, an additional safety mechanism is added to an energy-reserve capacitor in the pyrotechnic device in compliance with a safe-by-wire standard. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137915 | Precision pyrotechnic display system and method having increased safety and timing accuracy - A system and method are disclosed for controlling the launch and burst of pyrotechnic projectiles in a pyrotechnic, or “fireworks”, display. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137916 | Device for Hardening a Mechanical Propulsion System Connection for a Mortar Round and Round Comprising Such a Connection - A self-propelled munition having a munition rear body of circular cylindrical shape of diameter D | 2012-06-07 |
20120137917 | LOW SHOCK ROCKET BODY SEPARATION - The present disclosure generally relates a high strength, low weight, and low shock rocket body separating joint for the purpose of joining rocket bodies, and method of assembly thereof The solution combines a radax joint, joined by fasteners, with a flattened bladder and inflation system coupled thereto. Upon activation of the inflation system, the bladder is pressurized and exerts a separating force between the members of the radax joint, overcoming the load carrying capability of the fasteners and breaking apart the radax joint. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137918 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A LARGE-CALIBER EXPLOSIVE PROJECTILE, AND AN EXPLOSIVE PROJECTILE PRODUCED USING THIS METHOD - A method is provided for producing a large-calibre explosive projectile having a projectile casing with an ogival front part, which surrounds an internal area filled with a plastic-bonded explosive charge and, at a nose end, has a mouth closed by a nose fuze, wherein an elastic liner is arranged between the explosive charge and the inner wall of the projectile casing. The projectile casing is produced in two parts, such that, in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the projectile casing, a tail-end projectile casing section and an annular front projectile casing section, which contains the mouth, can be connected to one another in the area of the ogival front part, via a screw connection. The liner is introduced into the tail-end projectile casing section and the explosive charge is introduced into the liner before the two projectile casing sections are connected to one another. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137920 | Amusement Park Ride Using Motion-Driven Positioning for 360-Degree Vehicle Orientation - An amusement park ride adapted for fully rotating a passenger compartment in response to vehicle motion along a guide track. The ride includes a vehicle chassis that engages the guide track and travels along the ride path during operation of the ride. The ride further includes a cam-based positioning assembly that is supported by the vehicle chassis to move with it along the guide track. The positioning assembly operates in response to being moved along the guide track to rotate the passenger compartment. The positioning assembly rotates the passenger compartment in counterclockwise and clockwise directions to provide 360-degree rotation. The positioning assembly includes a cam shaft with three cam follower pairs offset along the shaft and extending outward from the shaft at angular offsets, and three cam rails are used to selectively position the followers to rotate the cam shaft and set the position of the passenger compartment. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137921 | Elevated rail system and reaction assembly - The invention is an elevated rail system and reaction assembly. Features of the elevated rail system include pivot points between the track and vertical supports elevating the rail system, eccentric bolt and washer assemblies that allow precise vertical and horizontal adjustment of the vertical supports and threaded bolts that allow precise micro-adjustment of height of the track above the concrete foundations. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137922 | Air ground vehicle and air transit-way system - The invention is an electric vehicle that gets electricity by two means. The vehicle powers its electric motor to travel roads by onboard batteries. For longer range the vehicle powers its electric motor while charging onboard batteries by tethering to a special rail system. The vehicle is equipped with two drive wheels to apply rotary torque against different surfaces. The vehicles' first drive wheel applies rotary torque against a road surface. The second drive wheel is above vehicles' roof line that mounts from a swing-arm, wheel applies rotary torque against special rail surface when vehicle is tethered. The rail is a system of tracks and transitions designed to suspend and guide vehicles above ground while providing electricity and a surface to accept vehicles' rotary torque for propulsion. The track has multiple conductor strips fed from multiple electrical branch circuits that balance and accepts loads from several vehicles. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137923 | CARRIAGE TRACTION VEHICLE - The invention is a carriage traction vehicle for use with a monorail. The vehicle is self-propelled along the monorail by one or more motors engaging a fixed rack attached to the monorail. The carriage traction vehicle may include one or more of the following features: a cabin, a counterwheel assembly, a platform assembly, a leveling control system, a motor system, a tilt mechanism, and a safety assembly. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137924 | Trolley Braking System - A trolley for transporting the rider supported by a harness on a cable or rope, the trolley having a mounting plate configured with a connection point to receive the rider's harness, a pulley rotatably mounted to the mounting plate to support the plate on the cable or rope, and a friction shoe mounted on the plate forward of the pulley to contact the upper portion of the cable or rope, wherein the connection point is located beneath the cable or rope between the centers of the pulley and the friction shoe. The apparatus may also provide a manually operated brake handle to allow the rider to selectively apply braking force to reduce the speed of the trolley on the cable as desired. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137925 | RAILROAD WELL CAR WITH OPEN TRUSS SIDES - A railroad well car includes a spaced trucks grouped in pairs, and a railcar body supported on a pair of the trucks, the body comprising a pair of spaced end structures, each end structure supported on one truck, and a well structure extending between the end structures. The well structure comprises a pair of top chord members extending between the end structures; a pair of side sills extending between the end structures; a pair of end chords extending between the side sills; four corner container support members, each secured to one end chord and one side sill; a plurality of floor beams extending between the side sills forming at least a portion of a floor for the well structure; and a plurality of side truss members extending between one side sill and one top chord on each side forming an open truss side for the well structure. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137926 | Vehicle Having Rolling Compensation - A rail vehicle having a car body, which is supported on a running gear by a spring device, and a rolling compensation device, which is coupled to the running gear and the car body. The rolling compensation device may be arranged kinematically in parallel to the spring device. The rolling compensation device counteracts rolling motions of the car body toward the outside of the curve about a rolling axis during travel in curves. The rolling compensation device, in order to increase the tilting comfort, is designed to impose, in a first frequency range and under a first transverse deflection of the car body, upon the car body, a first rolling angle about the rolling axis, which corresponds to a current curvature of a current section of track being traveled. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137927 | PHTHALOCYANINES AND NAPHTHALOCYANINES WITH NEAR-IR ABSORPTIONS FOR INKJET INKS - A water-soluble phthalocyanine dye or naphthalocyanine dye with near-infrared absorption comprises at least one complexed unit. Each unit comprises a phthalocyanine or a naphthalocyanine moiety and, optionally, a metal atom complexed thereto and, if present, having a valency of from 1 to 5, with two valencies complexed to the phthalocynanine ring or the naphthalocyanine ring. Each unit has two linker moieties on opposite sides or adjacent sides of the unit, wherein water-soluble groups are present on at least one of the linkers, on the metal atom, and optionally on the phthalocyanine or naphthalocyanine moiety. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137928 | PHTHALOCYANINES AND NAPHTHALOCYANINES WITH NEAR-IR ABSORPTIONS FOR INKJET INKS - A water-soluble phthalocyanine dye or naphthalocyanine dye with near-infrared absorption comprises at least one complexed unit. Each unit comprises a phthalocyanine or a naphthalocyanine moiety and a metal atom complexed thereto and having a valency of at least three, with two valencies complexed to the phthalocynanine ring or the naphthalocyanine ring, each unit joined to another through a fused ring, at least one valency attached to water-soluble axial ligands. The dyes to may be employed in inkjet inks in conjunction with colorants. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137929 | GALLOTANNIC COMPOUNDS FOR LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE COATING COMPOSITIONS - There is provided a gallotannic compound, a method of producing a gallotannic compound, a lithographic printing plate coating composition, a lithographic printing plate, a method of producing a lithographic printing plate and a method of printing. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137930 | Coating Compositions And Process For The Preparation Thereof - A composition and processes for the reduction of the tendency to baking, moisture absorption and/or dust formation of a granulate being susceptible therefore, such as fertilizers, minerals, ores, as well as to obtain stable coloring dispersions, density control of cokes and the reduction of foam in industrial processes, wherein synthetic polymers of fatty alkyl compounds, especially fatty acid esters and fatty-alcohols, fatty amines, fatty amides and fatty ethers, or distillation residues of the original monomers themselves, can be used, are disclosed. The distillation residues are preferably derived from the bottom fraction, obtained by distillation of the fraction being suitable as biodiesel during the biodiesel production process. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137931 | MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF GREEN CONCRETE - Concrete mixtures containing a biological catalyst with silica leaching activity are generally described. In an example, in the presence of the biological catalyst a high strength, environmentally friendly, sustainable concrete mixture is produced. Further, described herein are methods for producing the concrete mixtures. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137932 | Robust Air-Detraining For Cement Milling - The present invention discloses compositions and methods wherein air entrained in cementitious materials at least one air-entraining cement additive is detrained using an ethoxylated, propoxylated fatty alcohol or alkylphenol having robustness for withstanding the harsh temperature and mechanical shearing effects of cement grinding mills. Exemplary air-entraining cement additives include a tertiary alkanolamine, a lignosulfonic acid or salt thereof, naphthalene sulfonate formaldehyde condensate, melamine sulfonate formaldehyde condensate, a glycol, a glycerin, or mixtures thereof. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137933 | HEAVY WEIGHT CONCRETE COMPOSITION USING SLAG BYPRODUCTS - Disclosed is a heavyweight concrete composition using slag byproducts, including: ground granulated blast furnace slag; slow-cooled electric-arc-furnace oxidizing slag or atomized steel slag used as a fine aggregate; a coarse aggregate; water; and a chemical admixture based on 100 parts by weight high-early-strength cement. Thus, the heavyweight concrete composition contains a large quantity of steel slag and blast-furnace slag that are byproducts in iron-making and steel-making processes, thereby remarkably reducing an amount of emission of carbon dioxide and maximizing the recycling of waste resources for preserving the natural environment. As a result, an eco-friendly heavyweight concrete product can be made. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137934 | REDUCING AGENT FOR THE SOLUBLE CHROMATE CONTENT OF CEMENT AND METHODS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - The invention relates to a reducing agent for the soluble chromate content of cement and to methods for the production thereof, which comprise concentrating an used sulfuric acid, containing iron (II) sulfate, and separating the sulfuric acid from the obtained precipitate which contains iron (II) sulfate. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137935 | Adjustable Bi-Level Surgical Accessory Table - A sterilizable surgical accessory table includes a pair of independently movable tabletops supported by a base. The front tabletop is supported by a carriage which allows the position of the front tabletop to be adjusted fore and aft, while maintaining it in a horizontal plane. The rear tabletop cannot move fore and aft, but it can be tilted about a transverse horizontal axis. The rear tabletop is at all times well above the horizontal plane of the front tabletop. Both tabletops are normally locked in position, but the setting of each can be adjusted by depressing one of two pedals at the bottom of the base. The tabletops can be removed easily for cleaning and sterilization. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137936 | TABLE AND TABLE SYSTEM - A table is used in combination with another table having a circular top plate in a top view. The table comprises a top plate on a top surface of which an article can be placed and a support portion that supports the top plate from a lower surface side of the top plate. At least a part of a peripheral edge of the top plate is provided with a contact portion which is formed into a shape so as to contact a peripheral edge of the circular top plate of another table along a circumferential direction of the circular top plate. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137937 | TIMBER SUBSTITUTE - An extrudable fused solid comprising a matrix which comprises starch and a plasticizer, and which has continuous fibre under tension disposed within the matrix. Further a process for producing the fused solid, and a pallet which is at least partially composed of the fused solid. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137938 | PULVERIZED COAL BOILER - A pulverized coal boiler of the present invention is structured so as to form, among upper and lower after-air nozzles, an opening serving as an outlet of the lower after-air nozzle positioned on the upstream side is formed in a rectangular shape, a cylindrical section for defining a minimum flow path area of combustion air flowing through a flow path of the after-air nozzle is installed inside of the lower after-air nozzles along the flow path of the lower after-air nozzle, and a swirl blade for giving a swirl force to the combustion air flowing through the flow path of the after-air nozzles is installed inside of the cylindrical section, and the flow path of the lower after-air nozzles is formed so that a flow path area of the flow path of the after-air nozzles through which the combustion air flows from a position where the cylindrical section is installed toward the opening of each of the lower after-air nozzles is expanded. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137939 | PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS FOR PRODUCING HEAT FOR RAPID THERMAL PROCESSING OF CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL - Embodiments of processes and systems for producing heat for rapid thermal processing of carbonaceous material are provided. The process comprises the steps of contacting bubbles of an oxygen containing gas advancing through a fluidized bubbling bed with a grating to form smaller bubbles. The fluidized bubbling bed is contained in a reheater and comprises inorganic heat carrier particles and char. The reheater is operating at combustion conditions effective to burn the char into ash and heat the inorganic heat carrier particles to form heated inorganic particles. The heated inorganic particles are advanced to a reactor. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137940 | METHODS OF PRODUCING RENEWABLE ENERGY BY WASTES - A method of producing renewable energy from wastes is revealed. It comprises the steps of feeding and smoldering wastes in a combustion furnace, aspirating the smoke of the smoldered wastes by a suction device from the lower of a heat source (the smoldered wastes) to burn away its oxygen so that no oxygen contents existed in the smoke, spraying water over the smoke in order to remove macromolecular impurities, filtering out micromolecular impurities by a filtering unit to produce gaseous energy sources, and at last the gaseous energy sources is introduced into a gasholder for storage and purification to become purified gaseous energy sources. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137941 | METHOD FOR ENHANCING HARVEST SECURITY OF CROPS REQUIRING VERNALIZATION - The present invention relates to a method for enhancing harvest security of crops needing vernalization comprising the steps: a) advanced seeding of a crop variety before seeding of such crop variety is generally carried out in the respective area, and b) applying a mixture comprising at least two active compounds (A) selected from the group consisting of mepiquat chloride, chlormequat chloride, N,N-dimethylmorpholinium chloride, metconazole, tebuconazole, paclobutrazol, trinexapac and prohexadion or an agriculturally useful salt thereof to the crop variety seeded according to step a). In addition, the invention relates to the use of a mixture comprising at least two active compounds (A) selected from mepiquat chloride, chlormequat chloride, N,N-dimethylmorpholinium chloride, metconazole, tebuconazole, paclobutrazol, trinexapac and prohexadion or an agriculturally useful salt thereof for enhancing harvest security of crops needing vernalization. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137942 | ROW CROP FERTILIZER APPLYING APPARATUS - Embodiments are directed to an apparatus for use in applying fertilizer in the ground adjacent to a row line of seeds being planted by a planter the apparatus comprising a frame mounted to the planter, and having at least one mount structure extending from a forward end of the frame, a disk structure mounted to each of the mount structures and configured to be horizontally pivotable about a selected one of multiple forwardly located pivot points on the mount structure, the disk structure being horizontally pivotably attached to the mount structure at one of the pivot points, the disks forming a V shaped opening in the ground during forward movement, a fertilizer applying structure mounted to the apparatus for delivering a fertilizer into the V shaped opening, wherein each of the multiple pivot points delivers fertilizer into the V shaped opening at predetermined lateral distances from the row line of seeds being planted by the planter. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137943 | BOBBIN AND SEWING MACHINE - A bobbin detachably installed into an inner hook of a sewing machine is disclosed. The bobbin includes a bobbin shaft; and a pair of flanges that are provided at both axial ends of the bobbin shaft. The bobbin shaft is cylindrical and includes a first opening and a second opening defined on axial ends thereof, the bobbin shaft being provided with a restriction member in a proximity of either of the first and the second opening to allow attachment of the bobbin to the inner hook through the first opening. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137944 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR CONTROLLING A TUFTING MACHINE FOR FORMING TUFTED CARPET - The invention relates to a control system for a tufting machine configured for forming tufted carpet. The tufting machine can have a system controller in communication with the tufting machine and with a plurality of yarn feed controllers for controlling operation of yarn feed motors that are configured to supply yarn from a source of yarn to the tufting machine. The system controller is programmable to enable input of a plurality of predetermined yarn feed profiles for selected stitches of a programmed pattern to be tufted such that, although at least two of the predetermined yarn feed profiles can be different, substantially the same feed length of yarn is used from each of the plurality of yarns. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137945 | TRIMARAN VEHICLE DECK ARRANGEMENT - A multi-hulled vessel ( | 2012-06-07 |
20120137946 | APPARATUS FOR REDUCING PITCHING AND ROLLING MOTION OF VESSEL - Provided is an apparatus for reducing the pitching and rolling motion of a vessel, the apparatus including a plurality of buoyancy members spaced apart from each other and vertically slidably mounted on a vessel, a plurality of hydraulic cylinders that are connected to the upper end portions of the respective buoyancy members and receive the locomotive power of the buoyancy members that rise from waves, and a hydraulic connection line provided in such a manner that the hydraulic pressures of the hydraulic cylinders are interconnected, so that the hydraulic pressures, which are generated from the rise of the hydraulic cylinders due to the rise of the buoyancy members located at the peaks of the waves, can be supplied to the hydraulic cylinders located at the troughs of the waves to cause the buoyancy members to fall, thereby increasing the buoyancy of the vessel and restraining the pitching and rolling thereof. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137947 | POWER STEERING APPARATUS FOR SMALL VESSEL - In a power steering apparatus for a small vessel, an electrically driven assist device ( | 2012-06-07 |
20120137948 | Scupper Plug with One-Way Valve - A scupper plug with a one-way valve is provided. The scupper plug permits one-way flow of water through a scupper drain so that water will drain through the scupper drain but not flow back up through the drain and into the passenger area of a water vessel. The scupper plug has a frame that carries a valve structure. A valve member is mounted to the valve structure. The valve member sealingly engages the frame to form a seal therewith. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137949 | UNMANNED SUBMERSIBLE VEHICLES AND METHODS FOR OPERATING THE SAME IN A BODY OF LIQUID - An unmanned submersible vehicle for use in a body of liquid having a top surface and in air overlying the top surface includes a hull, an integral antenna, and an antenna positioning system. The hull has first and second opposed ends. The hull includes a first hull portion adjacent the first end and a second hull portion adjacent the second end. The antenna is disposed within the first hull portion and/or is mounted on the first hull portion. The antenna positioning system is configured to reorient the hull from a transit position to a signal position. When the hull is in the signal position: the first hull portion and the antenna are disposed above the second hull portion a greater vertical distance than when the hull is in the transit position; the first hull portion and the antenna are disposed above the top surface and in the air while at least the second hull portion remains submerged in the body of liquid; and the antenna is operative to emit signals through the air above the top surface and/or to receive signals through the air above the top surface. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137950 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRESSURE HARVESTING FOR UNDERWATER UNMANNED VEHICLES - An underwater vehicle includes systems for harvesting ambient hydrostatic pressure and storing the same as a gas pressure in a compressed gas system and as a water pressure in a pressurized electrolysis system. The gas pressure is used to perform mechanical work or to generate electrical power via a prime mover. The water pressure is used to release pressurized hydrogen and oxygen gases via electrolysis. The pressurized hydrogen and oxygen gases are used in a combustion chamber to generate propulsion power for the underwater vehicle. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137951 | STREAMLINE SUBMERSIBLE VEHICLE WITH INTERNAL PROPULSION AND A MULTIDIRECTIONAL THRUST VECTORING MECHANISM FOR STEERING - A streamline submersible vehicle having an internal propulsion system and a multidirectional thrust vectoring mechanism for steering. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137952 | Amphibious Boats, Canoes and Kayaks - An amphibious small boat, including rowing/fishing/motor/sailing boats, canoes and kayaks has a removable, retractable wheeled undercarriage enabling the craft to be trailered or managed singlehandedly on the ground; or the undercarriage retracted inboard. The canoe and kayak undercarriage is easily removed. Working loads are distributed to the fabric of the craft. The boat undercarriage can be manually lever-controlled and the lever anchors the undercarriage. A motorized actuator is also given. An elevated towing hitch is used with all embodiments, and includes a safety, breakaway link for highway needs. Signal/running lights are included with the small boat embodiments. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137953 | ANCHOR COVER - A cover for an anchor, particularly a fluke-type boat anchor is constructed of a cover material of a resilient rubber that includes an elongated section and side wings. An elongated opening and closing member, such as a zipper, enables the cover to be opened and closed for receipt of the anchor therein. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137954 | WAKEBOARD TOWER WITH SUN COVER AND SKI TOW POINT - A sun cover for use with a boat tower having an elevated tow point. The cover includes a frame having a forward portion and a rear portion located adjacent to the forward portion, with at least a portion of the rear portion being spaced above or below the forward portion, defining a gap defined above or below a trailing portion of the forward portion and a leading portion of the rear portion. The frame is mounted to the tower and oriented relative to the tower so that the tow point is accessible via the gap such that a tow rope connected to the tow point extends rearwardly from the tow point via the gap and the cover does not interfere with a tow rope attached to the tow point during use of the boat to pull a person being towed by the boat using the tow rope. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137955 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTAINERIZED TRANSPORT OF LIQUIDS BY MARINE VESSEL - A marine vessel, and a system and method of using the marine vessel, to facilitate the introduction of bulk liquid commodities, such as LNG, into the established and extensive worldwide intermodal transportation system, which is based on containerized shipments. The marine vessel is a specialized vessel, of either ship or barge form, that is capable of holding a large number of ISO-sized intermodal LNG tanks and is configured so as to have at one and the same time characteristics of both a tanker vessel (e.g., a gas carrier) and a container vessel. The intermodal LNG tanks connect to a piping system of the marine vessel and are thereby interconnected in such a manner that allows the interconnected intermodal LNG tanks to behave as if they constitute a typical LNG vessel bulk liquid tank to facilitate efficient loading at a typical marine LNG terminal The containerized intermodal LNG tanks are capable of discharging liquids to a marine terminal as if in a bulk mode, or of being disconnected from the common interconnection system to allow lift-off discharge of the intermodal LNG tanks at a typical cargo container port so that the intermodal LNG tanks can enter the existing intermodal transportation system for further distribution to the end user by other marine vessels, over-the-road truck, or by rail. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137956 | WHISTLE - The present invention relates to a whistle, comprises a hollow main body, one end of the main body is installed with a mouth part allowing air to be introduced, an accommodation room is concavely installed in any location of the main body but not the location where the mouth part is installed, and a mobile cover is installed and served to engage and seal the accommodation room, and a resonance chamber is formed in the main body, the main body has an opening for allowing a tuning member to be installed, and a fastening cover board is installed and served to seal the opening of the main body; through installing the accommodation room in the main body of the whistle, emergency items such as an emergency contact list, medicines or other emergency information can be stored, so the operation effect of safety function of the whistle is enhanced. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137957 | NOISE-MAKING DEVICE - Noise-making devices are presented including: a compressible noise-making assembly, the compressible noise-making assembly configured for emitting a noise upon compressive deformation; a compression assembly for compressing and retaining the compressible noise-making assembly, the compression assembly including, at least two opposing surfaces defining a cavity for receiving the compressible noise-making assembly, the opposing surfaces each in mechanical communication with the compressible noise-making assembly, and at least two pulls each attached to one of the opposing surfaces such that when the two pulls are divergently pulled a compressive force is exerted upon the compressible noise-making device by the opposing surfaces. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137958 | DOSE RESPONSIVE UV INDICATOR - A UV radiation (UVR) response indicator comprises a first UVB and/or UVA radiation sensitive material which has been modified so as to display an altered characteristic in a delayed manner in response to UVB and/or UVA radiation exposure. The UV indicator is capable of displaying exposure to increased UV radiation over a period of time. The present invention also relates to a method of displaying a relative amount of exposure to UVR by a UV indicator over a period of time. The invention is particularly useful in detecting the level of exposure to sunlight or sunbed radiation. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137959 | WET-LABEL FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Disclosed is a wet label that includes a submergence check layer capable of being discolored according to an environmental change (e.g., water, moisture, dampness, etc.). The disclosed wet label includes an adhesive layer; a coating layer provided under the adhesive layer; and a submergence check layer provided under the coating layer, which is discolored according to an internal environmental change, wherein the coating layer blocks environment changes from contacting the submergence check layer. Furthermore, a discolored part of the submergence check layer may be visually checked. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137960 | Process for Preparing Various Morphology NTE Compound ZrW0.5Mo1.5O8 - A process for preparing various morphology NTE compound ZrW | 2012-06-07 |
20120137961 | METHOD FOR GROWING SINGLE CRYSTAL OF GROUP III METAL NITRIDE AND REACTION VESSEL FOR USE IN SAME - Materials of a nitride single crystal of a metal belonging to III group and a flux are contained in a crucible, which is contained in a reaction container, the reaction container is contained in an outer container, the outer container is contained in a pressure container, and nitrogen-containing atmosphere is supplied into the outer container and melt is generated in the crucible to grow a nitride single crystal of a metal belonging to III group. The reaction container includes a main body containing the crucible and a lid. The main body includes a side wall having a fitting face and a groove opening at the fitting face and a bottom wall. The lid has an upper plate part including a contact face for the fitting face of the main body and a flange part extending from the upper plate part and surrounding an outer side of said side wall. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137962 | Gas supply device for use in crystal-growing furnace - The present invention relates to a gas supply device for use in a crystal-growing furnace. The gas supply device has an insulation layer enclosing a crucible, a gas inlet mounted in the insulation layer, and a gas exit formed in the insulation layer. A gas flow guide shield with an adjustable angle is disposed at the opening of the gas inlet, so that the free surface of the melt is blown by the guided gas flow in such a manner that the gas flow takes the impurity away from the free surface efficiently. As a result, the crystal ingot obtained by solidifying the melt will exhibit a reduced concentration of impurities and an improved crystal quality. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137963 | VITREOUS SILICA CRUCIBLE - Provided is a vitreous silica crucible, which is resistant to deformation and corrosion even when heated at high temperature for a long time. There is provided a vitreous silica crucible of the present invention including a substantially cylindrical straight body portion, a curved bottom portion, and a corner portion smoothly connecting the straight body portion and the bottom portion, wherein a wall of the vitreous silica crucible includes, from an inner surface side, a transparent layer and a bubble-containing layer, and a ratio of a thickness of the bubble-containing layer with respect to a thickness of the transparent layer at an intermediate position between an upper end and a lower end of the straight body portion is 0.7 to 1.4. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137964 | VITREOUS SILICA CRUCIBLE - The present invention provides a vitreous silica crucible which can suppress buckling and sidewall lowering of the crucible and the generation of cracks. According to the present invention, a vitreous silica crucible is provided for pulling a silicon single crystal having a wall, the wall including a non-doped inner surface layer made of natural vitreous silica or synthetic vitreous silica, a mineralizing element-maldistributed vitreous silica layer containing dispersed island regions each containing a mineralizing element, and wherein the vitreous silica of the island regions and the vitreous silica of a surrounding region of the island regions is a combination of mineralizing element-doped natural vitreous silica and non-doped synthetic vitreous silica, or a combination of mineralizing element-doped synthetic vitreous silica and non-doped natural vitreous silica, and the inner surface layer is made of vitreous silica of a different kind from that of the island region. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137965 | VITREOUS SILICA CRUCIBLE FOR PULLING SILICON SINGLE CRYSTAL - There is provided a vitreous silica crucible whose strength at high temperature is high, and which allows easy taking-out from a susceptor after completion of pulling. The vitreous silica crucible | 2012-06-07 |
20120137966 | High Pressure Apparatus with Stackable Rings - A high pressure apparatus and related methods for processing supercritical fluids is described. The apparatus includes a capsule, a heater, at least one ceramic ring with one or more scribe marks and/or cracks present. The apparatus optionally has a metal sleeve containing each ceramic ring. The apparatus also has a high-strength enclosure, end flanges with associated insulation, and a power control system. The apparatus is capable of accessing pressures and temperatures of 0.2-2 GPa and 400-1200° C., respectively. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137967 | APPARATUS FOR THE TRANSFER OF A FLUID TO A MOVING WEB MATERIAL - The present disclosure provides for an apparatus for transferring fluid. The apparatus has a fluid transfer component, a fluid receiving component, a fluid supply, and a fluid motivating component. The fluid transfer component has a first surface, a second surface, a non-random pattern of distinct pores each defining a pathway between the first and second surfaces, a single entry point at the first surface, and a single exit point at the second surface. The pores are disposed at preselected locations to provide a desired pattern of permeability. The fluid receiving component comprises a fluid receiving surface. The fluid supply is adapted to provide a fluid in contact with and at a constant fluid pressure with the first surface of the fluid transfer component. The fluid motivating component is adapted to facilitate transport of the fluid from the first surface through the pores to the second surface. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137968 | INK JET FOR A BELL PLATE OF A ROTARY ATOMIZER - An ink jet is disclosed that may be placed in a bell plate of a rotary atomizer and, when thus placed, forms an annular gap between the ink jet and a distribution disc recess of the bell plate. An exemplary illustration has a common rinsing agent channel running in the ink jet for conducting a rinsing agent for rinsing the bell plate, a first rinsing agent outlet that is supplied with rinsing agent by the common rinsing agent channel and directed forward in a substantially axial direction toward a distribution disc of the bell plate, and a second rinsing agent outlet that is supplied with rinsing agent by the common rinsing agent channel. In the installed state, an exemplary second rinsing agent outlet may empty into the annular gap between the distribution disc recess and the ink jet in order to clean the annular gap with the rising agent. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137969 | SPRAY GUN AND COATING SYSTEM WITH FILTER IN SPRAY GUN NOZZLE - A nozzle for a powder spray gun optionally includes an internal filter that allows air to be added to the powder flow within the nozzle shell. The nozzle may optionally include an off-axis outlet slot relative to a main flow axis of the powder into the nozzle shell so that powder encounters an obstruction before exiting through the outlet slot. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137970 | SURFACE TREATMENT DEVICE FOR CYLINDER BARREL - Provided is a device for treating the inner surface of a cylinder barrel. A cover member ( | 2012-06-07 |
20120137971 | HYDROPHOBIC PROPERTY ALTERATION USING ION IMPLANTATION - A template used for printing is implanted to change the properties of the materials it is composed of. This template may have multiple surfaces that define indentations. The ion species that is implanted may be C, N, H, F, He, Ar, B, As, P, Ge, Ga, Si, Zn, and Al and is configured to render the implanted regions hydrophobic in one instance. This will reduce adhesion of a polymer to the template during a printing process. The implant may be at a plurality of angles so all surfaces of the template are implanted. In other instances, a film on the surface of the template is knocked in or hardened using the ion species. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137972 | FILM FORMING APPARATUS - A film forming apparatus which forms a film on a long substrate includes a film forming unit, a transport unit which transports the long substrate, a supply portion which supplies an inspection substrate onto the long substrate, and a substrate recovery portion which recovers the inspection substrate that was placed on the long substrate and that has a film formed thereon by the film forming unit. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137973 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND FILM FORMING SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, there is provided a substrate processing apparatus which performs a preprocess of a substrate to which a film forming process is performed by a CVD device. The substrate processing apparatus comprises a substrate process chamber, a heating unit, an oxidation process unit, and a coating process unit. In the substrate process chamber, a substrate stage is disposed. The substrate stage holds the substrate. The heating unit heats the substrate in the substrate process chamber via the substrate stage. The oxidation process unit oxidizes a surface of the substrate heated by the heating unit in the substrate process chamber. The coating process unit coats the surface of the substrate oxidized by the oxidation process unit with an organic solvent in the substrate process chamber. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137974 | Method and Apparatus For Application of Metallic Alloy Coatings - A directed vapor deposition (DVD) method and system for applying at least one bond coating on at least one substrate for thermal barrier coating systems. To overcome the limitations incurred by conventional methods, the DVD system uses an electron beam directed vapor deposition (DVD) technique to evaporate and deposit compositionally and morphologically controlled bond coats at high rate. The present DVD system uses the combination of an electron beam and a combined inert gas/reactive gas carrier jet of controlled composition to create engineering films. In this system, the vaporized material can be entrained in the carrier gas jet and deposited onto the substrate at a high rate and with high materials utilization efficiency. The velocity and flux of the gas atoms entering the chamber, the nozzle parameters, and the operating chamber pressure can all be significantly varied, facilitating wide processing condition variation and allowing for improved control over the properties of the deposited layer. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137975 | GAS FLOW GUIDING DEVICE FOR USE IN CRYSTAL-GROWING FURNACE - The present invention relates to a gas flow guiding device for use in a crystal-growing furnace. The gas flow guiding device has an insulation layer enclosing a crucible, a gas inlet mounted in the upper insulation layer, and a gas exit formed in the lateral insulation layer. A plurality of guide plates are radially arranged around the opening of the gas inlet, so that the free surface of the melt is blown by the guided gas flow in such a manner that the gas flow takes the impurity away from the free surface efficiently. As a result, the crystal ingot obtained by solidifying the melt will exhibit a reduced concentration of impurities and an improved crystal quality. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137976 | HOT ZONE DEVICE - The present invention relates to a hot zone device for use in a crystal-growing furnace. The hot zone device has a gas inlet. The gas inlet is mounted in an insulation layer at a position above the crucible in a manner protruding into an interior of the crucible. The insulation layer is formed with a gas exit. The gas inlet is positioned such that the opening thereof is spaced apart from the free surface of the melt contained in the crucible by a distance substantially equal to or shorter than 10 cm, so as to allow the free surface of the melt to be blown by the guided gas flow in such a manner that the gas flow takes the impurity away from the free surface efficiently. As a result, the crystal ingot obtained by solidifying the melt will exhibit a reduced concentration of impurities and an improved crystal quality. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137977 | Food Production System From Biomass With Heat And Nutrient Recovery - A food production system having improved heat and nutrient recovery is disclosed. The system employs waste biomass and comprises a composter that partially composts the waste biomass, an invertebrate (e.g. worms) culture unit, a delivery subsystem to deliver partially composted waste biomass from the composter to the invertebrate culture unit in a temperature range suitable for the invertebrate culture, a food (e.g. fish or crustaceans) culture unit for producing the food operating in a temperature range suitable for the food culture, a delivery subsystem to deliver invertebrates from the invertebrate culture unit to the food culture unit, and a heat exchange subsystem providing for exchange of heat from the composter to the food culture unit. The subsystem comprises a controller for controlling the exchange of heat such that the food culture unit is maintained in the temperature range selected for the food culture. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137978 | LEASH HANDLE - A pet leash handle includes a hollow housing formed with a grip opening, and having a spring loaded wind up reel rotatably mounted within the housing on which a leash is wound which may be unwound against the resistance of a wind up spring, said leash extending out of said housing via a guide opening therein. An elongated water bowl is detachably mounted along a lower side of the housing in which a water bottle is nested. A bag storage cavity is provided within the housing above the lower side of the housings and a release button operates a mechanism which locks or releases the wind up reel. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137979 | Pet Fountain With Basin-Straddling Cover - A pet fountain assembly that includes a cover with a drinking bowl formed therein that straddles a sidewall of a basin that can be user-provided enclosing a pump within a pumping chamber defined therebetween. The cover has a downwardly extending sidewall divided by openings that can be generally U-shaped or V-shaped into a plurality of supports on which the cover. In a preferred embodiment, one of the supports is disposed outboard the basin sidewall resting on the ground and another one of the supports is disposed inboard the basin sidewall resting on a bottom of the basin providing a water passage enabling water from the basin to reach the pump. The inboard support can provide an overflow spillway as well as define a shroud disposed between the pump and water in a lower drinking bowl of the basin. The basin can include an outwardly offset seat that locates the pump. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137980 | AIR CIRCULATING LITTER BOX - One embodiment may take the form of a litter box having a base portion having a floor and a plurality of walls extending in an upward direction from the floor. The litter box may also have a cover portion having a ceiling and a plurality of walls extending in a downward direction from the ceiling. The base portion and the cover portion may combine to define an inner cavity. The litter box may also include a circulating filter in communication with the inner cavity of the litter box and the circulating filter may be configured to filter air from within the inner cavity of the litter box. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137981 | Easiest and simplest animal lavatory - My invention is an animal one piece lavatory with only curved angles that can be any size or color. The lavatory includes a single structure having a bottom with a slight curved edge angling up that may exist around its entire perimeter for holding a removable absorbent material for animal waste. The lavatory shall also include a backside that rises from the curved edge, then straight up to a desired height. The lavatory may also include one to two additional sides, either right or left, or both, that would rise like the backside from the curved edge. The lavatory single structure or an area of the structure will be made of an elastic material so the side or sides can be bent toward the bottom. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137982 | ANIMAL LITTER COMPRISING AN ORGANIC SUBSTRATE AND A WICKING AGENT FOR IMPROVED ABSORBANCY - Granulized litter compositions comprising a natural organic litter substrate for absorbing urine or other liquid. In order to improve the wicking ability of such “green” litter granules, which are initially slow to absorb liquid, the litter composition further includes a wicking agent to more quickly wick urine or other liquid into the natural organic litter substrate, where it is absorbed. In one embodiment, the wicking agent is provided as granules separate from the natural organic litter granules. In another embodiment, the wicking agent comprises a coating applied over at least some of the natural organic litter granules. The presence of the wicking agent advantageously improves the ability of urine or other liquid to be quickly absorbed so as to minimize and/or prevent any pooling that would otherwise occur. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137983 | AQUARIUM LIGHT FIXTURE WITH HINGE - Various embodiments of the present invention provide a lighting apparatus that may be utilized with aquariums having features and functionality enabling a person to easily access the opening of an aquarium for various purposes, such as cleaning and maintenance. According to one embodiment of the invention, the lighting apparatus comprises an arm member fixedly attached to the panel, a clamp member for attachment of the device to a wall of the aquarium, a hinge member for hingedly attaching the arm member to the clamp member, and at least one light element disposed on the at least one panel such that at least one lighting element illuminates a side common to all panels. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137984 | GROOM TUNNEL - A cat grooming device and method for using it. The device includes a cylinder having a shell, the shell having open ends, an exterior surface and interior surface. The interior surface is provided with a lining capable of grooming a cat passing within the cylinder. Ideally, the lining is composed of unwoven polyester fibers or directional microfibers. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137985 | Pet toy with motion reactive bellows noisemaker - The invention relates to a novel pet toy that is reactive to a shaking motion produced by an animal playing with the toy as opposed to the animal having to bite or compress the toy. An accordion bellows and reed mechanism located inside the toy's casing compresses in response to the shaking motion and intakes air which flows through the reed and produces sound. The bellows then returns to a resting state when not activated by motion. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137986 | FOOD DISPENSING INTERLOCKING ANIMAL TOY SYSTEM - An animal toy features the ability to connect two or more separate toys of varying shape, size, color, and/or texture, together to create larger and more complex toy systems. The animal toy allows an almost endless variety of toy systems to capture the interest as well as challenge and develop the animal's problem solving skills The animal toy is either solid or include internal chambers for holding and ultimately dispensing food. When two or more toys with the internal chambers are combined the food may flow from the chamber of one toy into another toy several times before exiting the toy system. The increased problem of extracting the food challenges and develops the animal's skills Moreover, by combining solid and food dispensing toys in random combinations further increases the problem solving skills required to completely extract the food from the toy system. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137987 | DEVICE FOR MAKING AN AREA OFF-LIMITS TO A PET, AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING SUCH A DEVICE | 2012-06-07 |
20120137988 | CONTROL LEASH AND METHOD OF USE - Leashes are presented including: an elongated lead having, a proximal end portion, a distal end portion and a length defined there between; a fixed handle disposed at the proximal end portion, where the fixed handle is constructed and arranged to receive a handler's first hand; a collar attachment mechanism disposed at the distal end portion; and a sliding handle slidingly attached along the length of the elongated lead thereof by a sliding mechanism such that the sliding handle is configured to freely move along the length of the elongated lead, where the sliding handle is configured to maintain an open loop, the open loop arranged to receive a handler's second hand. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137989 | STEAM GENERATOR - A steam generator including a steam chamber defining an enclosed fluid chamber with a plurality of tubes passing through the steam chamber, a combustion chamber defining a closed fluid chamber and an air channel coupled to a burner, and a heat transfer section defining a closed fluid chamber and an air passage in fluid communication with a vacuum source, in which the burner generates a heated air mixture, the vacuum source draws the heated air mixture from the combustion chamber air channel, through the steam chamber plurality of tubes and through the heat transfer section air passage so as to heat fluid passing through the heat transfer section, the steam chamber and the combustion chamber fluid chamber. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137990 | Systems and Methods for Liquid Vaporizers and Operations Thereof - A vaporizer including injection lances disposed within a vessel for injecting a substance such as liquid or heating media, into the vessel. The lances are configured for removal from the vessel through at least one of multiple orifices in the wall of the vessel. The orifices are configured to have lances extending through them into the vessel. The configuration of the vaporizer facilitates performing maintenance or making changes to the lances without the need to take the vaporizer out of service. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137991 | ELECTRIC WATER PUMP CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - An electric water pump control apparatus actively controls an electric water pump in a high speed range or a high load condition as a vehicle accelerates or overtakes. An electric water pump control method may include determining whether an engine is in a high speed/high load condition or in a normal condition by detecting an engine speed, fuel consumption amount, and coolant temperature, determining whether the coolant temperature is less than a predetermined second temperature, if the engine is in a high speed/high load condition, calculating a speed of the electric water pump by applying fuel consumption amount and engine speed, if the coolant temperature is less than a second temperature and determining a final speed of the electric water pump by applying a compensation coefficient according to the coolant temperature, and operating the electric water pump with the final speed to circulate the coolant. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137992 | COOLING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - When the temperature of coolant in an engine is greater than or equal to a half-warm-up determination value, which is set to a value smaller than a determination value for warm-up completion of the engine, an engine cooling control section opens a valve to mix the coolant in two coolant circuits. Accordingly, even if the temperature of the coolant in the engine fluctuates due to mixing coolants at different temperatures, such fluctuation occurs in a temperature range lower than the determination value for the warm-up completion of the engine. This prevents a control procedure for the time before the warm-up completion and a control procedure for the time after such completion from being performed in a repeating, alternating manner. As a result, when the coolant circulating in the first coolant circuit and the coolant circulating in the second coolant circuit are mixed together, control that should be performed based on the coolant temperature in the engine is carried out without hindrance. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137993 | APPARATUS OF COOLING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE AND CONTROLLING METHOD USING THE SAME - A cooling system of a vehicle may include a high and low temperature radiators that cool a high and low temperature coolants respectively circulating an engine and passing a water cooled intercooler and a low exhaust gas recirculation cooler of a turbo charger, a cooling fan that blows air to the high temperature radiator and the low temperature radiator, a high temperature coolant pump that pumps the high temperature coolant, a low temperature coolant pump that pumps the low temperature coolant, and a control portion that controls the high temperature coolant pump, the low temperature coolant pump, and the cooling fan according to driving conditions of the vehicle and environmental conditions. A controlling method may include detecting driving conditions of the vehicle and environmental conditions, setting an operating target for the cooling system and/or a lubrication system, and determining operating conditions for the cooling system and/or the lubrication system. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137994 | ROLLERIZED CAMSHAFT SUPPORT FOR TYPE 1 DIRECT ACTING VALVETRAIN AND INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE EMBODYING SAME - Featured is a rollerized camshaft support to rotatably support a camshaft of a Type I valvetrain, the camshaft having at least one rotating surface. Such a rollerized camshaft support includes at least one rollerized bearing and at least one bearing support for each of the rollerized bearings, where each bearing support includes a bearing upper support element and bearing lower support element. Each rollerized bearing includes an inner raceway; an outer raceway and a plurality of rolling elements disposed between the inner and outer raceways and extending widthwise across the raceways. The bearing upper support element and bearing lower support element are configured so as to receive there between a rollerized bearing. Also, the bearing lower support element is configured and arranged so to complement a portion of a configuration of the Type I valve train. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137995 | DIRECT ACTING VARIABLE VALVE LIFT APPARATUS - The present invention provides a variable valve lift apparatus including an outer body in which a hole is formed horizontally, and that moves upward/downward while slidingly contacting a high cam, an inner body that is inserted in the outer body, a hole is formed in steps such that the hole of the inner body is connected with the hole of the outer body, and moves upward/downward while slidingly contacting a low cam, a latching device that is inserted in the holes of the outer body and the inner body, and causes the movement of the outer body to be selectively dependent on the movement of the inner body, a plate that is located at a side of the latching device such that oil discharge from the outer body can be prevented, an upper seat that partially covers the inner body, and in which an oil passage is formed, and a lost motion spring that is located in the upper seat and provides the outer body with elastic force. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137996 | VARIABLE VALVE TIMING APPARATUS - A variable valve timing apparatus according to the present invention may include a camshaft holder connected to a camshaft, a cam sprocket rotating the camshaft, a rotation shaft disposed to the camshaft holder having a moving screw thread formed thereon, a first and second driven bevel gears disposed to distal ends of the rotation shaft, a screw nut engaged with the moving screw thread and moving along length direction of the rotation shaft by rotation of the first driven bevel gear or the second driven bevel gear so as to change relative phase between the camshaft and the cam sprocket and a gear control portion which selectively rotates the first driven bevel gear or the second driven bevel gear. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137997 | ENGINE ASSEMBLY INCLUDING VARIABLE VALVE LIFT ARRANGEMENT - An engine assembly may include an engine structure defining a first combustion chamber, a first port in communication with the first combustion chamber and a second port in communication with the first combustion chamber. A first valve may be located in the first port and a second valve may be located in the second port. A first multi-step valve lift mechanism may be supported on the engine structure and engaged with the first valve. A second multi-step valve lift mechanism may be supported on the engine structure and engaged with the second valve. The first and second multi-step valve lift mechanisms may be switched between low and high lift modes independent from one another. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137998 | VARIABLE VALVE DEVICE - A variable valve device includes an outer body that a valve contacts at a side thereof, wherein an end of the other side is supported by a hydraulic lash adjuster, a bearing contacting a cam is formed in the center, and a stepped latching device insertion hole is formed in the center of the other side, an inner body that is located in the outer body, including a side portion that can rotate together with an end portion of the outer body around a valve stem shaft in the same axis, and the other portion is connected to a bearing shaft, a latching device that is inserted in the latching device insertion hole, and that selectively causes movement of the outer body depending on the movement of the inner body, and a lost motion spring that is formed outside of the outer body, and that provides an elastic force to enable the inner body to perform a lost motion. | 2012-06-07 |
20120137999 | VARIABLE VALVE DRIVING APPARATUS - A variable valve driving apparatus includes a driving shaft including a first camshaft and a second camshaft coaxially disposed to the first camshaft, a driving cam including an opening cam disposed to the first camshaft and a closing cam disposed to the second camshaft, a phase control portion controlling relative phases between the first camshaft and the second camshaft and a valve opening portion opened by the opening cam and the closing cam. | 2012-06-07 |
20120138000 | VALVE DRIVE ARRANGEMENT - In a valve drive arrangement of an internal combustion engine, having a first camshaft unit which comprises an outer shaft and primary cams connected to the outer shaft, a second camshaft unit which comprises an inner shaft disposed in the outer shaft, secondary cams connected to the inner shaft and disposed on the outer shaft and an adjusting unit for adjusting the two camshaft units relative to each other an adjusting unit provides for an at least two stage sequential valve stroke wherein, in a switching process, two shaft elements of a camshaft unit are displaced sequentially one after the other. | 2012-06-07 |