| 24th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 8 |
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| 20100147380 | Hybrid Photovoltaic Cell Using Amorphous Silicon Germanium Absorbers and Wide Bandgap Dopant Layers - A photovoltaic apparatus includes a p-layer having a bandgap greater than about 2 eV, an n-layer having a bandgap greater than about 2 eV, and an absorber layer between the p-layer and the n-layer, wherein the absorber layer includes SiGe. The ratio of Si to Ge in the absorber layer can be selected to obtain an absorber bandgap between about 1.1 and about 1.4 eV. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147381 | Ultra and very high efficiency solar cells - The present invention is an apparatus and method for the realization of a photovoltaic solar cell that is able to achieve greater than 50% efficiency and can be manufactured at low cost on a large scale. The apparatus of the present invention is an integrated optical and solar cell design that allows a much broader choice of materials, enabling high efficiency, the removal of many existing cost drivers, and the inclusion of multiple other innovations. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147382 | PORTABLE SOLAR POWER GENERATOR WITH INTERNAL LIGHT GUIDE ELEMENT - An exemplary portable solar power generator includes a hollow light pervious housing, a light guide element, a condensing lens, a solar cell unit, and a connector assembly. The housing has a first refractive index, and sunlight enters the housing by passing through an outer surface thereof. The light guide element is positioned in and attached to the housing, which has a second refractive index larger than the first refractive index. The condensing lens is positioned in the housing, which is configured for converging the light incident thereon. The solar cell unit is positioned in the light pervious housing and located at a side of the condensing lens opposite to the light guide element. The solar cell unit is configured for receiving the light converged by the condensing lens and converting the received sunlight into electrical energy. The connector assembly is electrically coupled to the solar cell unit. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147383 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LASER-PROCESSING A SEMICONDUCTOR PHOTOVOLTAIC APPARATUS - The present disclosure is directed to a method for automated manufacturing thin film solar cells including a laser processed layer. The method includes depositing a plurality of substantially planar layers in proximity with one another, including at least a first semiconductor layer, feeding the plurality of layers through a plurality of processing steps, irradiating at least a portion of a layer of the plurality of layers with a source of laser radiation, and using a control computer to control at least one of the acts of feeding and irradiating in the automated manufacture of the thin film solar cells. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147384 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR PATTERNING AN OBJECT - A method of manufacturing a photovoltaic device, which method comprises the steps of providing a first layer structure on an second layer structure so that the first layer structure has an external surface, and an interface with the second layer structure, the first layer structure comprising a thin-film photovoltaic absorber layer; patterning through the first layer structure from the external surface to or into the second layer structure by first mechanically removing material from the first layer structure in a predetermined patterning area, and subsequently removing, by means of laser cleaning, residual material from the mechanical removal in the patterning area; and a system for patterning an object having a first layer structure on an second layer structure, the system comprising a mechanical patterning device and a laser cleaning device, and means for relative movement between the object, and the mechanical patterning device and the laser cleaning device. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147385 | ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE - In an organic power generating device that generates electricity by receiving light, a positive electrode and a negative electrode, at least one of which has transparency, a power generating layer which is formed of a mixture of an electron donor material and a hole donor material and generates electricity upon reception of light and disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and an inorganic layer which has a work function larger than that of the positive electrode and is disposed between the power generating layer and the positive electrode, are provided. Accordingly, an efficiency to take off electric charges from the power generating layer can be increased, so that the organic power generating device with high efficiency and long life can be obtained. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147386 | Doped interfacial modification layers for stability enhancement for bulk heterojunction organic solar cells - Organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices comprising an organic semiconductor doped with a metal or organic dopant to form an interfacial modification layer, where the layer is disposed on an active layer including a conjugated polymer and a fullerene are described. In the layer, the organic semiconductor can be BPhen or TPBI, and the dopant can be a metal or an organic material. In the active layer, the conjugated polymer can be P3HT and the fullerene can be PCBM or indenyl-substituted fullerene. Improved OPV efficiency and lifetime can be achieved. Good testing results are obtained despite high humidity and high temperature, and modules can be made. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147387 | Central Tire Inflation Wheel Assembly and Valve - The present invention is a valve for use in a central tire inflation system including a casing securable to the rim of a vehicle in communication with the tire that houses a main body connectable to a pressurized fluid supply of the central tire inflation system, and a valve member moveable within the main body to control the flow of air through the valve. The valve can be mounted flush on the exterior surface of the rim or in a recessed position within the rim, and can be connected to a manifold that is able to control the flow of pressurized fluid from the central tire inflation system to each valve and tire connected to the valve. The operation of the manifold and pressurized fluid supply can be controlled utilizing a controller operably connected to the manifold and fluid supply. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147388 | DIRECTIONAL GATE VALVE - A directional gate valve is disclosed. The gate valve comprises a valve body. A first flow path, a second flow path and a third flow path are positioned in the valve body. The second and third flow paths are capable of fluidly communicating with the first flow path through a connecting flow configuration. A gate is positioned within the gate valve at a location separate from the connecting flow configuration. The gate is configured to move back and forth between a first position and a second position in the valve body. When the gate is in the first position the gate provides fluid communication through the second flow path and simultaneously blocks fluid communication through the third flow path. When the gate is in the second position the gate provides fluid communication through the third flow path and simultaneously blocks fluid communication through the second flow path. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147389 | IRRIGATION CONTROL APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD - Described herein are various embodiments of an apparatus, system, and method for controlling the irrigation of an area. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes at least one sensor module that is configured to detect the soil moisture content of soil in an irrigation area. The sensor module is further configured to determine a rate of change of the soil moisture content based on the detected soil moisture content. A rate at which the sensor module detects the soil moisture content of the soil is based on the determined rate of change of the soil moisture content. The apparatus also includes a central control module that is configured to execute an irrigation event for an irrigation area if the detected soil moisture content reaches a moisture content lower threshold. The central control module also is configured to terminate the irrigation event for the irrigation area if the detected soil moisture content reaches a moisture content upper threshold. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147390 | SOLENOID NEEDLE VALVE ASSEMBLY - The disclosed embodiments include an apparatus and a method for controlling fluid flow. In accordance with certain of the disclosed embodiments, a valve is disclosed that comprises a yoke that encases a coil. The yoke has a gap adjacent to a central aperture of the yoke. A core tube is placed in the central aperture. The core tube has a core slidingly disposed within an interior chamber for controlling a fluid flow rate from a flow inlet to a flow outlet. A current is provided to the coil. Magnetic flux, generated by the coil in response to the current, is directed through the gap to cause the core to move proportionally based on the amount of current provided to the coil for changing the fluid flow rate from the flow inlet to the flow outlet. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147391 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A FLUID FLOWING THROUGH A PIPELINE - An apparatus and method for controlling the passage of a multiple-phase fluid through a pipeline are provided. The apparatus can generally include a first tubular passage that defines an inlet and an outlet, and a valve that is fluidly positioned between the inlet and the outlet and configured to control the flow of fluid through the first tubular passage. A second tubular passage extends from a first position upstream of the valve to a second position downstream of the valve so that the second tubular passage is configured to receive fluid from the first tubular passage upstream of the valve and deliver the fluid to the first tubular passage downstream of the valve. The valve can be selectively controlled to an open configuration to allow gas in the fluid to flow through the first tubular passage while liquid accumulates in the second tubular passage and a closed configuration to direct gas in the fluid to flow through the second tubular passage and thereby deliver liquid accumulated in the accumulation volume as a slug through the outlet of the first tubular passage. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147392 | Process and apparatus for thawing jelled diesel fuel - Jelled diesel fuel from a truck or the like is pumped into a heating tank where is it heated by hot propylene glycol that has been heated by a burner and that is circulated through heat exchangers in the heating tank. The fuel is heated to a preselected temperature and then returned to the truck's fuel tanks. The fuel filter is removed and a similar shaped shell installed in place of the fuel filter and is pressurized with compressed air to blow jelled fuel out of the fuel lines and a new fuel filter is installed, preferably before the hot fuel is returned to the truck's tanks. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147393 | BLOWOFF TANK - A blowoff tank (B) for receiving blow-down, blowoff, and drain water from an HRSG (C) or other type of boiler, so as to lower the temperature of that water enough to enable it to be discharged into a sewer system, includes a generally cylindrical vessel ( | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147394 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DECENTRALIZED BALANCING OF HYDRONIC NETWORKS - A method includes associating a plurality of valve balancing units with a plurality of valves in a hydronic network. The method also includes adjusting a setting of at least one of the valves using at least one of the valve balancing units to balance the hydronic network. Adjusting the setting could include identifying a differential pressure across a valve and a flow rate of material through that valve. Adjusting the setting could also include comparing the identified differential pressure to a target differential pressure and/or the identified flow rate to a target flow rate. Adjusting the setting could further include instructing an actuator to adjust the setting until the identified differential pressure is within a first threshold of the target differential pressure and/or the identified flow rate is within a second threshold of the target flow rate. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147395 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE PATH AND PRESSURE WEAR CONDITION OF A VALVE MECHANISM AND VALVE ARRANGEMENT USING SUCH A VALVE - A method for sensor operating-state determination of a valve arrangement to control a process medium flow through a pipeline having a valve element, arranged such that it can move axially within a valve housing via a pneumatic actuating drive by application of control pressure, with the control pressure being measured and evaluated in order to determine the sliding friction during the movement. The valve element can be moved at a constant speed over at least a subarea of the travel movement, the value of which speed is measured via a position sensor system for signal processing, with the currently applied control pressure being measured at approximately the same time for signal processing via a pressure sensor system. The current sliding friction of the valve element can be determined as a measure of wear state from both measured values, by an electronic evaluation unit, based on a proportional drive force expressed by the control pressure which occurs when the valve element is traveling at a constant speed. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147396 | Multiple-Substrate Transfer Apparatus and Multiple-Substrate Processing Apparatus - A multiple-substrate processing apparatus includes: a reaction chamber comprised of two discrete reaction stations aligned one behind the other for simultaneously processing two substrates; a transfer chamber disposed underneath the reaction chamber, for loading and unloading substrates to and from the reaction stations simultaneously; and a load lock chamber disposed next to the transfer chamber. The transfer arm includes one or more end-effectors for simultaneously supporting two substrates one behind the other as viewed in the substrate-loading/unloading direction. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147397 | Flow-Volume Regulator - A flow-volume regulator has an elastic throttle body which delimits, between itself and a housing wall, a control gap that changes under the pressure of a fluid flow, and at least one associated bypass and/or cleaning channel that has at least one channel inlet arranged upstream of the control gap and at least one channel outlet arranged downstream of the control gap. The bypass and/or cleaning channel contains a valve which can move against a restoring force under the pressure of the oncoming fluid, from an open position into a closed position, and seals the bypass and/or cleaning channel in its closed position. The flow-volume regulator allows an additional volume of the fluid through the bypass channel when the oncoming fluid is at low pressure, so that its flow curve is significantly increased in the low pressure range. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147398 | DEVICE FOR TRANSFERRING A FLUID TO A SHIP, SHIP, TRANSFER SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - The present disclosure comprises a platform and a manifold, the latter being intended to be connected to a fluid tank. The manifold comprises a length of rigid tube defining a pipe of approximately horizontal axis and a length of connecting tube for connection to a transfer line connected to the length of rigid tube. The length of connecting tube is permanently attached to the length of rigid tube and is hinged to the length of rigid tube to allow movement relative to the length of rigid tube between: —a retracted rest position in which the length of connecting tube extends entirely inside the inner edge; and —a first or filling position, in which the free end of the length of connecting tube projects out from the outer edge of the support platform. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147399 | Wiring Arrangement For Protecting A Bleed Air Supply System Of An Aircraft Against Overheating And Bleed Air Supply System Incorporating Such A Wiring Arrangement - The present invention relates to a wiring arrangement ( | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147400 | INTERNAL RELIEF VALVE APPARATUS FOR USE WITH LOADING REGULATORS - An example loading regulator having an internal relief valve apparatus includes a body having a loading diaphragm disposed between a first casing and a second casing. The first casing and a first side of the loading diaphragm define a first chamber and the second casing and a second side of the loading diaphragm define a second chamber. A relief valve assembly is coupled to the loading diaphragm. The relief valve assembly includes a relief valve seat having an aperture that forms a passageway to fluidly couple the first chamber and the second chamber and a relief valve plug movably coupled to the relief valve seat. The relief valve plug is to move away from the relief valve seat to a bleed position to allow the flow of fluid between the first chamber and the second chamber in response to an outlet pressure substantially greater than a pressure at which the loading regulator enters a lock-up condition. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147401 | Sprinkler With Pressure Regulation - A sprinkler pressure regulator module has a compact arrangement with a shiftable member having an upper cavity for receiving water flow debris, and a portion of a bypass valve may reciprocate therein. The module includes a stator plate directing water into a drive mechanism, such as a turbine drive mechanism. The shiftable member receives fluid flow from a radially outboard direction and is sealed with a cup portion receiving the shiftable member to define a cup cavity. A module exterior surface is separated from a sprinkler housing to define a vent cavity. A pressure release vent communicates with the cup cavity, a vent channel between the cup portion and the exterior surface, the vent cavity, and the exterior environment. The vent cavity and cup portion provide receptacles for debris deposit. Ribs around an opening of the vent channel with the vent cavity generally prevent debris from entering the vent channel. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147402 | Connector Device - The present invention relates to a connector device to connect a first and a second fluid container, directly or indirectly. The connector device exhibit a first and a second connection means, a pierceable barrier member, a piercing member, a fluid transfer channel and a pressure normalization channel. The pressure normalization channel is arranged to normalize an increasing pressure inside second fluid container. A valve arrangement permitting fluid to flow in a first and a second direction is arranged in the pressure normalization channel. The valve arrangement exhibit a cracking pressure in at least the first direction. The present invention provides for a connector device which reduces the risk of clogging the barrier filter. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147403 | PRESSURE FEEDBACK SHUTTLE VALVE - A shuttle valve | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147404 | System for filling a tank - System for filling a tank comprising a pipe head and a fill pipe extending between the pipe head and the tank. The pipe head comprises a chamber with an inlet opening that connects to the atmosphere and an outlet opening that connects to the fill pipe and a stopper being movable between open and closed positions to open or close the access to the fill pipe, the head inlet and outlet openings being sized and arranged to allow introduction of a filling nozzle into the fill pipe through the pipe head when the stopper is in its open position. The fill pipe comprises or is preceded by a local restriction designed so that the cross section of the passage for the nozzle is substantially reduced to the outer diameter of the nozzle. A degassing connection links the fill pipe and the pipe head outside of its outlet opening. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147405 | Diverter Valve - A diverter valve is disclosed for use in a shower mixer valve or the like. It is constructed to reduce the force needed to be applied by the bather to actuate the diversion. There is a diverter stem that is moveable between a non-diverted and diverted position. The diverter stem includes an upstream portion and a reduced cross sectional waist portion downstream of the upstream portion. The reduced portion interacts with the diverted fluid to reduce the force required to move the diverter stem from the non-diverted to the diverted position. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147406 | Service Work Brake Arrangement - A vehicle air brake system is presented with an improved service work brake arrangement. The arrangement may provide a service work brake function or both a service work brake function and a parking brake function for the vehicle. The arrangement may provide an improved service work brake arrangement disposed within a housing for reducing the number of components and plumbing required to achieve this functionality versus prior known systems. The arrangement may utilize a pneumatic latching valve to deliver pressurized air for applying a vehicle's service brakes. The pneumatic latching valve opens upon receiving a pneumatic control signal from an electronically controlled valve and closes upon receiving a pneumatic control signal from another source. In addition, a controller and control logic may be provided for controlling the arrangement. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147407 | VALVE STEM HOLDING DEVICE - The present invention relates to a device for holding a faucet handle to a valve stem. The device tightens onto the valve stem when drawn upwardly into the faucet handle. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147408 | SEWER PIPE FLOW THROUGH BYPASS DEVICE - The present invention relates to a bypass device for bypassing a sewer where it exits a building. The device comprises a pass through pipe having one or more compression rings which expand under compression to seal the hollow pipe in place in a pipe exiting to a sewer. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147409 | TECHNIQUE FOR REPAIRING, STRENGTHENING AND CRACK ARREST OF PIPE - A method for repairing/strengthening and crack arrest of pipe, especially metal pipe, in which, first, to cover an insulated material on the position needing repairing/strengthening and crack arrest, then to lay a high strength fiber composite material. The modulus of elasticity of the material used in the invention is close to the metal pipe's, it can be integrated with the pipe and bear the internal pressure with the pipe, thus the final composite pipe reaches required bear capacity, such as, the original most operation pressure of pipe can be recovered; and it can take effect for crack arrest of pipes when pipes happen burst accident. Otherwise, because of the insulated material is used on the bottom layer, it prevent thoroughly from galvanic corrosion between pipe and strengthening material. The method can be implemented simply and without fire, it is advantageous to tight joint between strengthening material and pipe, and between strengthening layers, and it can be used to repair and enhance the pipeline in use. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147410 | Multi-Layer Papermaker's Forming Fabric with Long Machine Side MD Floats - A papermaker's fabric includes: a set of top MD yarns; a set of bottom MD yarns; a set of top CMD yarns interwoven with the top MD yarns to form a top fabric layer; a set of bottom CMD yarns interwoven with the bottom MD yarns to form a bottom fabric layer; and a set of stitching yarns that interweave with the top and bottom fabric layers. The top MD yarns and the top CMD yarns are interwoven in a series of repeat units and the bottom MD yarns and the bottom CMD yarns are interwoven in a series of corresponding repeat units. Each of the bottom MD yarns forms a bottom MD float by passing under three or more consecutive bottom CMD yarns. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147411 | REINFORCING BAR BINDING MACHINE - A reinforcing bar binding machine is provided with a cutting die having a wire through hole which penetrates through the die along a direction in which a wire is fed out, a blade portion adapted to move along an open plane of an opening at one end of the wire through hole to cut a terminating end portion of the wire which has passed through the wire through hole and an engagement portion adapted to be brought into engagement with a portion of the wire which lies in the vicinity of the terminating end portion thereof when the blade portion is rotated so as to bend to hold the portion lying in the vicinity of the terminating end portion. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147412 | BATHTUB-TYPE SPENT CATALYST DISTRIBUTOR FOR EFFECTIVE COUNTER-CURRENT REGENERATION IN FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING UNITS - An improved spent catalyst regenerator which contains sub-troughs branching off from the main trough, distribution troughs which extend outward from the sides of the main trough and the sub-troughs, and downflow tubes extending downward from the bottom of the main trough and sub-troughs. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147413 | USE OF PURE CARBON DIOXIDE AS AN INERTING AND FLOW MEDIUM IN POWDER INJECTION SYSTEMS FOR USE IN PULVERIZED COAL GASIFICATION UNDER PRESSURE - A particulate feed arrangement used in pulverized coal gasification under pressure is provided. The arrangement includes a reservoir for stocking the pulverized coal, a plurality of powder injection tubes, and a metering unit. Pure carbon dioxide is fed to the components that are at operating pressure, namely the power injection tube and the metering unit, as the inerting and flow medium or fluidizing medium. The carbon dioxide-carrying components are heated in such a manner that the temperature is above the threshold of the diphase range. A method is also provided. The method allows elimination of any nitrogen in the product gas, which nitrogen is caused by the powder injection system, especially when used in pulverized coal gasification under pressure to produce a synthesis gas for the production of different hydrocarbons. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147414 | BEVERAGE DISPENSER - An apparatus for introducing a selected beverage into a flexible pouch | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147415 | CENTRIPETAL CONTAINER PROCESSING APPARATUS - A container processing apparatus comprises a rotor, and a rotor support that is mechanically coupled to the rotor. The rotor comprises at least one container processing station. The rotor support is configured to facilitate rotation of the rotor around the rotor support. The container processing station is configured to releasably capture a container, to exert, via the rotation, centripetal force on the container, and to move material (liquid, granular, shredded, particulate or paste-like material) within the container via the centripetal force. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147416 | Device for sealing and inflating inflatable object - A sealing and inflating assembly includes a piston slidably engaged in a cylinder housing and coupled to a motor with a piston rod for forming an air compressor, an outlet tube extended from the cylinder housing and having an outlet port, and a tire repairing container for receiving a sealing preparation and having an upper coupler for detachably attaching to the outlet port of the outlet tube and having a lower opening coupled to a nozzle for easily and quickly coupling the outlet tube of the air compressor to an inflatable object and for quickly repairing the inflatable object, and for quickly inflating the inflatable object by disengaging the tire repairing container from the outlet tube of the air compressor. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147417 | BEVERAGE DISPENSING SYSTEM - A beverage dispensing system has a container with an upper lip, a bottom and a cylindrical sidewall. A read/write radio frequency identification tag is on a container. A beverage dispenser has a plurality of dispensing valves associated with a plurality of different beverages. Each valve has an actuator. A reader is operatively coupled with respect to the tag for communicating with the tag and for communicating with the actuator. An electronic system is operatively coupled to the tag and the actuators and the reader. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147418 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MARKING PLASTIC CONTAINERS - An apparatus for marking plastic containers, comprising a marking device which applies a marking to the containers and a checking device which checks for the presence of the marking on the container. According to the invention, the checking device comprises a temperature-sensitive sensor. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147419 | Depositor Apparatus Including Flow Meter - A depositor apparatus includes a product source, a product source, a supply manifold for receiving product from the product source and a pump that pumps product from the product source to the supply manifold. Multiple deposit valves are connected to receive product from the manifold along respective flow paths. Each flow path includes a respective flow meter that measures product flowing through the flow meter. Each flow meter may include a processor that controls opening and closing of its respective deposit valve to effect deposit of a set amount of product. The flow meters may be of a mass flow meter type. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147420 | Motors and processing units for processing trees - A motor for a tree processing machine is provided. The motor includes a mechanism configured to drive a wheel. The wheel is configured to engage a portion of a tree. The motor also includes a housing containing the mechanism. The motor further includes an encoder. The encoder is configured to be operably coupled to the mechanism. The encoder is also configured to generate a signal indicative of a length of a portion of a tree engaged by the wheel. The encoder is contained in the housing. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147421 | Mortise/tenon machine - A mortise/tenon machine has a base which includes two side plates, a guiding plate installed between the side plates transversely and horizontally, numbers of openings formed on a side of the guiding plate, and a rail member installed between the side plates and in the same horizontal position of the guiding plate. A workpiece is slideably disposed on the openings. A sliding base is slideably mounted on the rail member. A working platform includes a bit installed at a first end thereof, with the bit extending from a desired opening, and with another end of the working platform longitudinally disposed on the sliding base. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147422 | AMORPHOUS ALLOY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to an amorphous alloy and a method for manufacturing thereof. The amorphous alloy according to the present invention includes has a chemical formula of Feioo-a-b-c-d-e-f-gCraMobCcBaYeMflg. Here, the M is at least one selected from a group consisting of Al, Co, N1 and Ni, and the I is at least one selected from a group consisting of Mn, P, S, and O as impurities. The a, b, c, d, e, f, and g are satisfied with the compositions of 16.0 wt %≦a<22.0 wt %, 15.0 wt %| 2010-06-17 | |
| 20100147423 | STEEL ALLOY FOR MACHINE COMPONENTS - A machine component or part for alternating mechanical stresses up to a temperature of at most 160° C. The component or part comprises a thermally quenched and tempered steel alloy which comprises carbon, silicon, manganese, chromium, molybdenum and vanadium in certain concentrations, the remainder being iron (Fe) and accompanying elements and contaminants due to smelting. This abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147424 | ABRASION-RESISTANT STEEL EXCELLENT IN FORMABILITY AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - An abrasion resistant steel excellent in bending formability and suitable for members, e.g., power shovels, which come into contact with earth and sand, and a production method thereof are provided. Specifically, the steel contains, on a percent by mass basis, 0.05% to 0.35% of C, 0.05% to 1.0% of Si, 0.1% to 2.0% of Mn, 0.1% to 1.2% of Ti, 0.1% or less of Al, at least one element of 0.1% to 1.0% of Cu, 0.1% to 2.0% of Ni, 0.1% to 1.0% of Cr, 0.05% to 1.0% of Mo, 0.05% to 1.0% of W, and 0.0003% to 0.0030% of B, if necessary at least one element of 0.005% to 1.0% of Nb and 0.005% to 1.0% of V, and the remainder including Fe and incidental impurities, where DI* represented by the following formula is less than 60: | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147425 | WATER-RESISTANT ASSET PROTECTION BAG - The disclosure relates to an asset protection bag for large items, such as, but not limited to, automobiles and boats, and also for small items, such as, but not limited to, firearms and documents. The asset protection bag includes a first half and a second half which can be laid out flat. A first zipper profile of a water-resistant zipper is formed around the periphery of the first half and a second zipper profile of the water-resistant zipper is formed around the periphery of the second half. The first half is folded over the second half, with the asset therebetween, and the zipper profiles are interlocked. Vacuum ports are provided to allow for the evacuation of air trapped therewithin. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147426 | TIRE - A tire is configured having first and second shoulder rows of shoulder tread elements opposite respective first and second interior rows of interior tread elements, separated respectively by circumferentially extending, zig-zag shaped first and second grooves within a tire tread region. Each groove is defined by opposed shoulder tread elements and interior tread elements and includes a circumferentially continuous see-through central groove portion extending parallel to a circumferential centerplane of the tread. The see-through circumferential grooves communicate with angular intermediate and shoulder lateral grooves having a relatively wide mouth dimension adjacent to a respective circumferential grooves. Staggered in and out shoulder regions within the shoulder tread elements facilitate gripping edges and prevent mud clogging of the shoulder grooves. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147427 | PNEUMATIC TIRE FOR FRONT WHEEL OF MOTORCYCLE, AND PNEUMATIC TIRE FOR REAR WHEEL OF MOTORCYCLE - In a pneumatic tire for a front wheel, turning performance on a wet road surface is improved compared with a conventional tire. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147428 | WHEEL HAVING INNER BEAD-LOCK - The present invention provides a vehicle wheel system having an inner wheel half, an outer wheel half, a centering element, and a sleeve which are concentrically aligned with each other, where the centering element has a first bead lock for securing a first bead of a tire and where the sleeve has a second bead lock for securing a second bead of the tire, to enable a vehicle to continue to operate with a flat or deflated tire. For a heavier, military vehicle wheel system, a varied centering element is used in conjunction with segmented inner tire system. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147429 | TIRE INFLATION SYSTEM WITH INTEGRATED WHEEL SEAL - An axle assembly includes a non-rotating component and a wheel hub supported for rotation relative to the non-rotating component about an axis. The wheel hub includes a hub air passage that has a hub inlet and a hub outlet to be fluidly connected to at least one tire. An air chamber is formed at least in part between the non-rotating component and the wheel hub. The air chamber receives air flow from an air source and directs air flow into the hub inlet. A seal assembly engages the wheel hub to seal the air chamber. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147430 | Omni-Directional Contiguous Moving Surface - An apparatus that is capable of omni-directional movement has been developed. The device includes a belt layer made of a plurality of interlocking flexible rings and a surface layer made of a laterally inelastic and longitudinally flexible material that surrounds the exterior of the belt layer. The device has a bladder located in the interior of the belt layer that provides structural support for the belt layer and surface layer and a hub that is in contact with the surface layer and is connected to an axle. Longitudinal motion occurs as the bladder, the belt layer, the surface layer, and the hub rotate together. Lateral motion occurs as the belt layer and the surface layer rotate around the bladder. Longitudinal motion is induced by a plurality of electromagnetic curvilinear motor drive rings that are located around the hub and are in contact with the surface layer. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147431 | POORLY AIR-PERMEABLE RUBBER LAMINATE COMPOSED OF POORLY AIR-PERMEABLE RESIN AND RUBBER COMPOSITION, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - A method for producing a laminate (E) of a low air permeable resin/rubber composition comprising:
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| 20100147432 | LOW-PERMEABLE RUBBER LAMINATE AND PNEUMATIC TIRE USING SAME - A low permeability rubber laminate capable of preventing blisters formed when fabricating a pneumatic tire having a low permeability resin composition (A) layer having a air permeation coefficient, determined according to JIS K7126, of 0.5×10 | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147433 | SELF-SUPPORTING PNEUMATIC TIRE - The present invention is directed to a self-supporting tire. More specifically, the tire has a carcass, a tread, and a belt reinforcing structure located radially outward of the carcass and radially inward of the tread. The carcass is comprised of a reinforcing ply extending between a pair of bead portions, a pair of sidewalls, each sidewall located radially outward of one of the pair of bead portions, and a pair of inserts located in each sidewall. The first insert is positioned between an innerliner and the first reinforcing ply, and the second insert is positioned axially outward of the first reinforcing ply. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147434 | AIRCRAFT RADIAL TIRE - A pneumatic radial aircraft tire is described having a B/A ranging between 60-70%, wherein B is the width of the tire between the wheel flange, and A is the inflated tire width under rated pressure. The tire may further optionally include a tire bead portion having a Ra/Fr | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147435 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - An object of the present invention is to improve durability of a bead portion of a tire by optimizing a sectional shape and arrangement of a bead wire(s). The pneumatic tire comprises: a pair of bead portions having bead cores embedded therein, each bead core being constituted of plural bead wires extending in the tire circumferential direction; a pair of side wall portions extending from the bead portions on the outer side in the tire radial direction; a tread portion extending over the respective sidewall portions; and a carcass extending in a toroidal shape across the aforementioned portions and having respective end portions being turned up around the bead cores, wherein the bead wires each have complementary shape portions in a section in the tire widthwise direction, by which shape portions adjacent bead wires are complementarily engageable with each other. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147436 | TIRE WITH CHAFER - The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire having a pair of spaced apart bead components, a connecting carcass between said bead components, and a rubber chafer positioned around at least a portion of each of said bead components and intended for contacting a rigid rim of a wheel, wherein said chafer comprises an outer skin layer intended for contacting the rigid rim and an inner core layer disposed radially inward of the skin layer. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147437 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - A pneumatic tire includes: a pair of bead portions including a bead core and a bead filler; a carcass layer having a single-layered structure and extending between the bead portions; and a plurality of belt layers disposed at outer circumference of the carcass layer, wherein the carcass layer is folded around the bead core to enfold the bead filler and to have a folded portion that extends to a position beneath a side edge portion of one of the belt layers, and wherein the pneumatic tire further includes a rubber reinforcing layer made of rubber having JIS hardness in a range from 70 to 100 and having average thickness in a range from 0.5 mm to 3.0 mm, the rubber reinforcing layer being disposed on the folded portion at a side wall portion to extend across a maximum width position Pm of the carcass layer. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147438 | Tire for Heavy-Goods Vehicle - A tire comprising at least two working layers and at least one layer of reinforcing elements. The layer of circumferential reinforcing elements comprises at least a central part and two axially exterior parts, the extent to which the circumferential reinforcing elements of the central part are penetrated by the rubber compound with which they are coated being less than the extent to which the circumferential reinforcing elements of the axially exterior parts are penetrated by the rubber compound with which they are coated. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147439 | SELF-SUPPORTING PNEUMATIC TIRE WITH OPTIMIZED PLY LINE - The present invention is directed to a self-supporting tire. More specifically, the tire has a carcass, a tread, and a belt reinforcing structure located radially outward of the carcass and radially inward of the tread. The carcass is comprised of a reinforcing ply structure extending between a pair of bead portions, a pair of sidewalls, each sidewall located radially outward of one of the pair of bead portions, and a pair of inserts located in each sidewall. A first insert and second insert are located between the innerliner and the ply. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147440 | PNEUMATIC TIRE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - Provided is a pneumatic tire and a manufacturing method therefor which allow a reduction in a cavity resonance sound without complicated manufacturing steps. A pneumatic tire of the present invention includes: a pair of bead portions; a carcass layer bridged between the pair of bead portions; and an inner liner layer disposed at a tire inner surface side of the carcass layer, the inner liner layer being made of a thermoplastic resin or a thermoplastic elastomer composition obtained by blending a thermoplastic resin with an elastomer. The inner liner layer has a laminated structure including multiple film layers having different melting points of the thermoplastic resin from each other. The film layer having the lowest melting point of the thermoplastic resin is foamed to form multiple convex portions in the tire inner surface. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147441 | METHOD OF MOUNTING ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT CONSTITUTING MEMBER AND RELEVANT MOUNTING APPARATUS - A mounting method comprising the steps of (A) disposing first liquid ( | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147442 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING PROTECTIVE TAPE FROM SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER - A method of this invention involves capturing an image of an outer periphery of a semiconductor wafer, by use of a CCD camera, performing image analysis on data about the captured image, detecting defects such as chips and cracks on the outer periphery of the semiconductor wafer, storing positions of the respective defects, calculating a clearance between the adjacent defects from information about the stored positions, comparing the calculated clearances with a preset width of a separation tape, and obtaining the clearance larger than the width of the separation tape, by arithmetic processing. If some of the clearances are larger than the width of the separation tape, this method also involves setting an appropriate one of the clearance as a position where the separation tape is joined, performing alignment on the semiconductor wafer, joining the separation tape to a protective tape joined to a surface of the semiconductor wafer, and separating the protective tape together with the separation tape from the surface of the semiconductor wafer. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147443 | ADHESIVE TAPE, PARTICULARLY FOR BONDING PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES - The present invention relates to the use of an adhesive tape for adhesively bonding photovoltaic modules, more particularly for adhesively bonding a PV laminate in the frame of a PV module, where the adhesive tape has at least one adhesive layer and where there is at least one polymer layer comprising a foaming agent. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147444 | Process for recycling scrap of shoe stiffener - A process for recycling scrap of shoe stiffener comprising the steps of:
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| 20100147445 | METHOD OF FABRICATING PRINTHEAD ASSEMBLY - A printhead assembly includes a molded ink manifold, a plurality of printhead integrated circuits, and an adhesive film sandwiched between the ink manifold and the printhead integrated circuits. A manifold bonding surface of the molded ink manifold includes a polymer coating. The polymer coating plugs fissures resulting from a molding process used to mold the ink manifold. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147446 | Ducting for a fluid transfer pipeline for an aircraft or spacecraft, method for producing same and aeronautical structure incorporating same - The present invention relates to a ducting for a fluid transfer pipeline for an aircraft or spacecraft, an aeronautical structure incorporating it and a method for producing this ducting. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147447 | Paper Food Container with Injection Molded Top Rim Structure and Method of Making Same - A food container in the form of a paper cup having a top edge and a plastic rim structure which is injection molded to the edge so as to seal the edge and be firmly be adhered thereto. The rim structure exhibits a flat annular upper surface to which a heat sealable closure made of metal foil with heat sealable plastic underlayer can be attached after filling the container with a suitable food product. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147448 | METHODS OF TRANSFERRING A LAMINA TO A RECEIVER ELEMENT - Methods for bonding a donor wafer to a receiver element and transferring a lamina from the donor wafer to the receiver element are disclosed herein. The donor wafer may be, for example, a monocrystalline silicon wafer with a thickness of from about 300 microns to about 1000 microns, and the lamina may be may be less than 100 microns thick. The receiver element may be composed of, for example, metal or glass, and the receiver element may have dissimilar thermal expansion properties from the lamina. Although the lamina and the receiver element may have dissimilar thermal expansion properties, the methods disclosed herein maintain the integrity of the bond between the lamina and the receiver element. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147449 | INORGANIC MATRIX-FABRIC SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method of reinforcing a structural support, includes applying a reinforcement system comprising an AR-glass fibrous layer embedded in an inorganic matrix to the structural support. The AR-glass fibrous layer has a sizing applied thereon, and a resinous coating applied is applied over the sizing. The inorganic matrix is adherent to the resinous coating and the resinous coating is adherent to the sizing. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147450 | METHOD OF FORMING BILAYER MEMBRANE BY CONTACT BETWEEN AMPHIPATHIC MONOLAYERS AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - The present invention provides a simple and an accurate method of forming a bilayer membrane by the contact of amphipathic monolayers and an apparatus therefor. The method is characterized in that the organic solvent ( | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147451 | USE OF SILANES AS ADHESION PROMOTERS BETWEEN TWO ORGANIC SURFACES - The use of silanes as adhesion promoters between two uncured or partially cured organic surfaces, especially such surfaces that do not adhere well to each other, and particular applications of such silanes, such as in the formation of boat hull laminates. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147452 | PHOTO PORTRAIT MEDIA FOR DIGITAL PRINTERS - A photo quality multi-layered sheet suitable for digital printing includes a first sheet patterned in pre-determined dimensions for rendering a photographic image thereupon and a second sheet married to said first sheet by an adhesive, wherein said adhesive only remains upon said second sheet when said second sheet is removed from said first sheet. The adhesive also allows for the first sheet to be repositioned on the second sheet. The first sheet lays flat once removed from the second sheet, and the pre-determined dimensions are of a conventional size, which are created by die-cutting or die-perforating in order to maintain clean edges when the pre-determined dimensioned areas are separated from one another. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147453 | PEEL PLY MASKING DEVICE FOR AN ADHESIVE BONDED ATTACHMENT - A peel ply conformable masking device for protectively overlying a pre-cleaned bonding surface of an adhesive attachment adapted for bonded affixation to a selected substrate, such as an adhesive attachment of the type disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,013,391 and 6,773,780 having a bonding surface circumscribing a temporary attachment member for holding the attachment against the substrate for the duration of a bonding agent cure time. The bonding surface of the adhesive attachment is pre-cleaned as by sand blasting and/or etching, and the masking device comprising a peel-off film carrying a thin layer of a peel-off adhesive is placed thereover to prevent contamination thereof. The masking device includes at least one aperture surrounding the temporary attachment member, and further includes at least one outwardly protruding and easily grasped pull tab for facilitated peel-off separation from bonding surface immediately prior to bonded affixation to the selected substrate. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147454 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR APPLYING LABELS SUPPLIED FROM A ROLL TO CONTAINERS - An apparatus and a method for applying labels ( | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147455 | DEVICE FOR APPLYING A PROTRUDING TAB TO DOUBLE-SIDED ADHESIVE TAPE, AND METHOD OF USING - Herein is disclosed a device and method for attaching a tab to an elongate length of double-sided adhesive tape, the tab protruding beyond a terminal end of the elongate length of tape and being attached to both surfaces of the adhesive tape. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147456 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HOLOGRAPHIC OPTICAL TRAP BONDING - A system and method for bonding and unbonding of small objects using small adhesive particles. The system and method includes the use of a plurality of optical tweezers to manipulate objects to be bonded and adhesive particles suspended in a fluid. The objects to be bonded (or unbonded) and the adhesive particles are positioned by lower power optical tweezers and then an intense bonding optical tweezer is activated to cause the adhesive to join the objects together (or used to unbond objects). | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147457 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ANTI-ADHESIVE SILICON COATING - A process for the preparation of a silicone release coating on a support is provided. The process involves the use of short-wave ultraviolet (UV-C) radiation with a wavelength of between 200 and 280 nm and irradiation with quasimonochromatic light. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147458 | Weight Applicator for a Wheel and Method for Utilizing the Same - A weight applicator for a wheel of a tire-wheel assembly is disclosed. The weight applicator includes an arm portion and an applicator portion connected to the arm portion. The applicator includes a radially-extending flange portion. The radially-extending flange portion is connected to the arm portion. A first plunger portion is movably-connected to the radially-extending flange portion by one or more first radial arms. A method is also disclosed. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147459 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MELTING A THERMOPLASTIC, PARTICULARLY FOR WELDING PLASTIC PARTS - The invention relates to a method for melting a thermoplastic plastic material, particularly for welding plastic parts, wherein the plastic is heated by means of heat radiation via a radiation body ( | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147460 | PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING A COMPLEX PIECE MADE OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL WITH LONG FIBERS AND THERMOSETTING MATRIX - To manufacture a piece made of composite material with thermosetting matrix, at least one element of the piece is manufactured separately based on strips of fibers preimpregnated with thermosetting resin, which element is subject to a partial thermal curing, having the effect of partially polymerizing the resin of the first element, on the one hand, up to a stage in which the first element has acquired both a sufficient chemical stability to guarantee its storage at ambient temperature and a sufficient dimensional stability to ensure its handling and to guarantee its integrity during later manufacturing operations of the piece and, on the other hand, limited to a stage in which the material forming first element has thermoplastic properties making possible a plastic forming of the first element by raising its temperature at least locally. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147461 | HEATING SYSTEM FOR HOT COUPLING OR LAMINATING FILMS OR THIN SHEETS - A heating system ( | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147462 | METHOD FOR BONDING FLEXIBLE PRINTED CONDUCTOR TRACKS WITH AN ADHESIVE STRIP THAT CAN BE ACTIVATED BY HEAT AND IS BASED ON CARBOXYLATED NITRILE RUBBER - Heat-activable adhesive tape for producing and further processing flexible conductor tracks, with an adhesive composed at least of
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| 20100147463 | CATALYST-AIDED CHEMICAL PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A catalyst-aided chemical processing method can process hard-to-process materials, especially SiC, GaN, etc. whose importance as electronic device materials is increasing these days, with high processing efficiency and high precision even for a space wavelength range of not less than several tens of μm. The catalyst-aided chemical processing method comprises: putting a workpiece in a processing liquid in which halogen-containing molecules are dissolved; and moving the workpiece and a catalyst composed of molybdenum or a molybdenum compound relative to each other while keeping the catalyst in contact with or close proximity to a surface to be processed of the workpiece, thereby processing the surface of the workpiece. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147464 | PLASMA TREATMENT APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a plasma treatment apparatus for treating an object to be treated by activating a plasma production gas by an electric discharge, and by blowing this activated plasma production gas onto the object to be treated. A covered electrode is formed by embedding a conductive layer in an insulating substrate made of a ceramic sintered body. The covered electrodes are arranged opposed to each other to form an electric discharge space in a space between the covered electrodes. A power supply is included for causing an electric discharge in the electric discharge space by applying a voltage to the conductive layers. Since no ceramic material is sprayed, it is possible to reduce the costs of the material for the covered electrodes, and to simplify the process for manufacturing the covered electrodes. The ceramic sintered body has a smaller percentage of voids and is thus denser than a coating film formed by spraying a ceramic material, which is less likely to cause dielectric breakdown during an electric discharge. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147465 | EXTRUDER WELDING DEVICE - The invention relates to a hand welding extruder ( | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147466 | ULTRASONIC HEAD AND TRANSDUCER FOR ULTRASONIC SOLDERING OF PLASTICS - An ultrasonic transducer to which there is coupled a sonotrode or an end part with a portion functioning as a sonotrode, provided to vibrate according to a direction which can be oriented in relation to a working surface where there are plastics to be welded arranged under a free end of the sonotrode, the sonotrode internally defining a first conduit for the circulation of a cooling fluid and which exits to the exterior through the free end, and the head having a fluid supply connection. It includes a second conduit communicating the first conduit with the connection, with an inlet arranged above the sonotrode or the portion functioning as a sonotrode of the end part. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147467 | HEATING ARRANGEMENT FOR A LAMINATOR - A laminating arrangement includes a laminating roller and a radiating element to radiate energy therefrom. A reflector has a main body and is configured so that energy radiated from the radiating element is reflected and concentrated to exit the reflector in a direction towards the laminating roller. A thermal connector has first and second ends, the first end being in thermal contact with the main body of the reflector. When the radiating element is switched on, and the temperature of the second end of the thermal connector and the temperature of the surface of the laminating roller are approximately equal and below an optimal laminating temperature, the temperature of the second end of the thermal connector rises at substantially the same rate as the surface of the laminating roller. A thermometer is positioned to measure the temperature of the thermal connector at or near the second end. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147468 | ROMAN SHADE ASSEMBLY - A Roman shade assembly includes a frame and a shade which is removably connected to the frame. The shard is composed of an inner portion and an outer portion. The inner portion has one end connected to the frame and a first connection member is connected to an outside of the end of the inner portion. Multiple first male members are connected to the inner portion. The outer portion has a second connection member connected to an inside of an end thereof and the second connection member is connected to the first connection member of the inner portion. Multiple first female members are connected the inside of the outer portion and connected to the first male member. The inner and outer portions can be easily separated from each other by disengaging the first male and female members. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147469 | Window covering with shade panels having free lower edges - A window covering including a plurality of panels vertically suspended from a vertical securement member is provided. The plurality of panels is secured with the securement member about an upper longitudinal portion of the panels at spaced intervals along the securement member. The panels are freely suspended or dangled from the securement member such that a lower longitudinal portion of the panels is not connected with the securement member or the opening member. A weighted edge member may be included about the lower longitudinal portion of the panels. The window covering is opened by adjusting the opening member to rearwardly and vertically stack the plurality of panels. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147470 | BLIND CORD WINDER FIXING STRUCTURE - A blind cord winder fixing structure including a fixing body, a shaft gear, a cord winder, a movable cover and a locating cover board having a central stem. The fixing body is composed of a first case body and a second case body mated with each other. Inner faces of the first and second case bodies are formed with complementary arced recesses, which together form a passage. A shaft rod is rotatably received in the passage. The shaft rod has a worm section engaged with the shaft gear. Lower sides of the first and second case bodies are respectively formed with projecting shafts fitted in a sleeve of the movable cover, which supports the cord winder. The stem of the locating cover board is received in a circular hole of the fixing body. The locating cover board is horizontally rotatable, whereby two arced bracket sections of two ends of the locating cover board can be moved into a blind rail rack and engaged therewith to fixedly locate the fixing body in the blind rail rack. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147471 | Insect Screen Structures - A screen structure consists of a flexible screen mesh material retained in a plurality of edge engagement members forming a perimeter frame for the screen structure. Each of the engagement members is formed by a first part joined to a second part by a hinge structure. The first part has a wall formation extending longitudinally along and laterally therefrom. The wall formation is engagable in a complementary shaped groove to retain an edge region of the screen mesh material in the groove. Both of the wall formation and the groove are inclined in an outward direction when the wall formation is engaged in the groove. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147472 | EXTRACTION OF HEMP FIBERS - A method of extracting hemp fibers from decorticated hemp bast skin involves pre-treating the decorticated hemp bast skin with an aqueous solution containing di-sodium citrate, tri-sodium citrate or a mixture thereof having a pH of from about 6-13 at temperature of about 90° C. or less; and subsequently treating recovered fiber with a enzyme. Determining the extent of completion of a plant fiber degumming process involves treating degummed fiber with a recombinant pectinase expressed in an organism that produces neither cellulose nor xylanase, to release reducing sugar from any residua pectin on the degummed fiber, and, quantifying the released reducing sugar. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147473 | ENHANCED MULTI-PLY TISSUE PRODUCTS - Tissues are provided as multi-ply tissue products having greater tactile sensation and resiliency in hand. Improved tissues may have a thickened and reduced density middle layer. The tissues may serve as applicators for chemical agents to be released during use of the tissue. A tissue having an improved tactile impression to the consumer, with enhanced resilience and high external bulk is disclosed. In one embodiment, a multi-ply structure having at least three plies is desirable. A middle or intermediate ply is comprised an increased thickness and a greater bulk is employed. In general, the exterior plies of the tissue are smooth and desirable to the consumer. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147474 | PRODUCTION OF NON-WOVEN ELEMENTS MADE OF NATURAL FIBRES - A method of producing non-woven elements made from a raw material comprising grass plants. A first intermediate product is made of per-prepared, damp natural fibers having a dry substance concentration of between 30%-50%, more preferably approximately 40%. The invention also relates to the production of a second intermediate product from the first intermediate product according to the following steps. The natural fibers are predried, thermoactive binding fibers are added thereto, additives are sprayed thereon and the order of the step can vary and/or individual steps may be carried out simultaneously with one another. Preferably, the raw material is silated grass and, in order to produce the first intermediate product, the raw material is defibered and the digestible components of the raw material are separated therefrom. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147475 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING PAPER WITH A HIGH SUBSTANCE WEIGHT - A process for producing paper of high basis weight by draining a paper pulp on a wire in the presence of a combination of at least two polymers as a retention and drainage aid system, forming sheets, and drying the sheets, which comprises forming the sheets in the absence of finely divided inorganic flocculants and using as retention and drainage aids | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147476 | Hydrophobically Modified Poly(aminoamides) - Disclosed herein are hydrophobically-modified poly(aminoamides) useful as fixative detackifiers for stickies and pitch control in papermaking processes. These polymers are prepared via modification of amine-containing water-soluble poly(aminoamides) with reactive functional group-containing hydrophobic compounds. In particular, poly(aminoamides) may be modified, under appropriate reaction conditions, with long chain alkyl glycidyl ether, AKD (alkyl ketene dimer), ASA (alkyl succinyl anhydride), or Quab (3-chloro-2-hydroxypropyl-N,N,N-dimethylalkyl ammonium chloride). These novel polymers are effective in inhibiting deposition of organic contaminants in pulp and papermaking systems. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147477 | ROOFING MAT USING MODIFIED UREA-FORMALDEHYDE BINDER - Provided is thermosetting urea-formaldehyde (UF) resin binder formulation modified with a thickener. The formulation preferably has a viscosity in the range of from 3 to 10 cP and a surface tension of from 35 to 50 mN/m, and is preferably prepared from a binder composition exhibiting a viscosity of from 175 to 250 cP. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147478 | COATING COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING ALKYL KETENE DIMERS AND ALKYL SUCCINIC ANHYDRIDES FOR USE IN PAPER MAKING - Additives for paper making are disclosed herein. Specifically, the additives are wax-free alternatives to conventional coatings, including ASA, AKD and optionally an acrylic containing composition. Other additives may be included in the coating, such as cationic particles or compositions. The coatings may be used at a variety of points during the paper making process, including on the calender stack and in the wet end. | 2010-06-17 |
| 20100147479 | Methods for producing recycled pulp, methods for modifying pulp fiber surfaces and dirts, as well as pulp processing equipments - Pulp processing equipment used to produce high-quality recycled pulp with little damage to fibers, high brightness and low residual ink by means of a force selectively acting on fiber surfaces during the process of recycling waste paper is disclosed. Moreover, fiber surfaces are modified by means of a force acting on only the fiber surfaces to obtain high-quality pulp and to render harmless dirts deteriorating pulp quality. A jet system is provided having one or more nozzles for jetting an aqueous slurry containing a material comprising cellulose into a vessel. | 2010-06-17 |
