| 27th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 18 |
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| 20090166886 | MOUNTABLE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGE SYSTEM WITH INTRA-STACK ENCAPSULATION - A mountable integrated circuit package system comprising: mounting a first integrated circuit device over a package carrier; mounting an interposer including a central aperture over the package carrier, an intra-stack interconnect connected between the interposer and the package carrier, and the first integrated circuit device within the central aperture; and forming an intra-stack encapsulation over the package carrier and surrounding the interposer. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166887 | SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE INCLUDING FLIP CHIP CONTROLLER AT BOTTOM OF DIE STACK - A semiconductor package including a plurality of stacked semiconductor die, and methods of forming the semiconductor package, are disclosed. In order to ease wirebonding requirements on the controller die, the controller die may be mounted directly to the substrate in a flip chip arrangement requiring no wire bonds or footprint outside of the controller die. Thereafter, a spacer layer may be affixed to the substrate around the controller die to provide a level surface on which to mount one or more flash memory die. The spacer layer may be provided in a variety of different configurations. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166888 | 3-D SEMICONDUCTOR DIE STRUCTURE WITH CONTAINING FEATURE AND METHOD - A die-on-die assembly has a first die ( | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166889 | PACKAGED INTEGRATED CIRCUITS HAVING SURFACE MOUNT DEVICES AND METHODS TO FORM PACKAGED INTEGRATED CIRCUITS - Packaged integrated circuits having surface mount devices and methods to form the same are disclosed. A disclosed method comprises attaching an integrated circuit to a first side of a substrate, forming one or more first conductive elements on the substrate, attaching a surface mount device to a second side of the substrate via the first conductive elements, forming one or more second conductive elements on the second side of the substrate. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166890 | Flip-chip package - A flip-chip package is described. The package has an integrated circuit (IC) die positioned within an epoxy layer on the top surface of a package substrate. Cooling of the IC die is facilitated by a heat spreader having two contact surfaces separated by a pedestal, the first contact surface for attachment to the epoxy layer the second contact surface for thermal attachment to the exposed backside surface of the IC die, the pedestal thickness is selected so as to create a gap between the first contact surface and the epoxy layer. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166891 | Cutting and molding in small windows to fabricate semiconductor packages - A method for cutting and molding in small windows of a window-type semiconductor package and the semiconductor package fabricated from the same are revealed. According to the method, a substrate strip has a plurality of small windows disposed at the sides or at the corners of the substrate strip. The external surface of the substrate strip includes a plurality of window molding areas surrounding the small windows and extending to the scribe lines. A plurality of chips are disposed on the substrate strip. Then, an encapsulant is formed in the small windows to encapsulate the electrical connecting components and formed on the window molding areas so that the encapsulant extends to the scribe lines. Therefore, the mold flashes at the small windows can be effectively reduced. Additionally, the encapsulnat on the window molding areas is cut when singulating the substrate units so that the adhesion area of the encapsulant to the substrate strip is increased to prevent the delamination of traces and solder mask of the substrate units. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166892 | CIRCUIT BOARD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE HAVING A REDUCED THICKNESS, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE HAVING THE SAME - A circuit board includes an insulation body having a first surface and a second surface facing away from the first surface. The circuit board comprises a hardened insulation material. Circuit patterns having first conductive surfaces, second conductive surfaces facing away from the first conductive surfaces, and side surfaces connecting the first and second conductive surfaces embedded in the insulation body. That is, the second conductive surfaces and the side surfaces are embedded in the insulation body through the first surface of the insulation body, and the first conductive surfaces are exposed out of the insulation body. Recognition patterns are formed on the second surface of the insulation body. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166893 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device according to the present invention includes: an insulating substrate; a metal bonding member being disposed on the insulating substrate and having a porous region and a metal region, the porous region being provided with multiple pores therein and being adjacent to the metal region in a plane direction of the insulating substrate; a solder material impregnated into the pores; a semiconductor element disposed on the surface of the porous region in the metal bonding member; a bonding wire connected to the surface of the metal region in the metal bonding member. This makes it possible to provide a semiconductor device having improved electrical conductivity and thermal conductivity, and enabling the weight reduction. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166894 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - The present invention reduces the congestion of signal wires around an ESD protection circuit resulting from the presence of a connecting wire above the ESD protection circuit. The connecting wire connected to the ESD protection circuit extends in the same direction as a wire preferential direction of a corresponding wiring layer. Therefore, a signal wire extending in the lateral direction may be formed in the wiring layer in which the connecting wire extends in the lateral direction and a signal wire extending in the longitudinal direction may be formed in the wiring layer in which the connecting wire extends in the longitudinal direction. This makes it possible to arrange the signal wire to extend in both of the lateral and longitudinal directions above the ESD protection circuit irrespective of the presence of the connecting wire. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166895 | CIRCUIT SUBSTRATE, CIRCUIT DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS THEREOF - A semiconductor device that includes a metal substrate including a top surface, a bottom surface and four side surfaces, a conductive pattern insulated from the metal substrate, and a semiconductor element mounted on and electrically connected to the conductive pattern. The top surface is insulated. Each of the side surfaces of the metal substrate includes a first inclining side surface and a second inclining side surface so as to form a convex shape protruding outwardly between the top surface and the bottom surface of the metal substrate, and the first inclining side surfaces of a pair of two opposing side surfaces are smaller than corresponding first inclining side surfaces of another pair of two opposing side surfaces. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166896 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Objects are to reduce damage to a semiconductor integrated circuit by external stress and to increase the manufacturing yield of a thinned semiconductor integrated circuit. A single crystal semiconductor layer separated from a single crystal semiconductor substrate is used for a semiconductor element included in the semiconductor integrated circuit. Moreover, a substrate which is formed into a thin shape and provided with the semiconductor integrated circuit is covered with a resin layer. In a separation step, a groove for separating a semiconductor element layer is formed in the supporting substrate, and a resin layer is provided over the supporting substrate in which the groove is formed. After that, the resin layer and the supporting substrate are cut in the groove so as to be divided into a plurality of semiconductor integrated circuits. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166897 | ENCAPSULATING RESIN COMPOSITION FOR PREAPPLICATION, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MADE WITH THE SAME, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An encapsulation resin composition for preapplication, comprising (a) an epoxy resin, and (b) a curing agent having flux activity, wherein the tack after B-staging is at least 0 gf/5 mmφ and at most 5 gf/5 mmφ, and the melt viscosity at 130° C. is at least 0.01 Pa·s and at most 1.0 Pa·s; a preapplied encapsulated component and semiconductor device using the composition, and a process of fabrication thereof. The resin composition is less susceptible to air entrapment during provisional placement of semiconductor chips, and excels in workability and reliability. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166898 | Method of increasing reliability of packaged semiconductor integrated circuit dice - A method increases a reliability of packaged semiconductor integrated circuit dice by identifying one or more dice on a wafer having failed an electrical test. One or more failed dice are added to a character map. A first tier of buffer dice is added to the initial character map adjacent to each die on the character map. Both the failed dice and the first tier of buffer dice are indicated or marked, such as by inking, thereby indicating dice not requiring packaging. A wafer may include multiple die, with die corresponding to the die in the character map being marked. The marked die thus include die that have failed an electrical test plus die that may be likely to fail in the future due to their proximity to the failed die. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166899 | Method of Creating an Alignment Mark on a Substrate and Substrate - In an embodiment, a method of creating an alignment mark on a substrate includes forming a plurality of lines segmented into electrically conducting line segments and space segments, thereby forming spaces between the lines to form a macroscopic structure in a first layer of the substrate, creating a plurality of electrically conducting trenches in a second layer of the substrate, and arranging the plurality of trenches to be in electrical contact with the line segments and overlapping the space segments at least partially. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166900 | HIGH EFFICIENCY SELF-IMPACTING DUST REMOVER FOR GAS - The invention relates to a high efficiency self-impacting dust remover for gas comprising a dust tower and a matched cyclone settlement tower, wherein the dust tower includes a gas inlet pipe, a gas outlet pipe, an upper airflow guide plate and a lower airflow guide plate, the lower guide plate takes a curve shape, a front part of the lower guide plate submerged into cleaning liquid in the dust tower, wherein the cyclone settlement tower includes a tangential gas inlet connecting the gas outlet pipe of the dust tower, its inside space is divided into a lower cyclone area and an upper settlement area by a ring-shaped baffle board. Endowed with such advantages as low investment, high cleaning efficiency, relatively long service life, low water consumption and low operation cost, this dust remover is mainly used in gas cleaning and purifying in industry. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166901 | DISK DIFFUSER WITH IMPROVED SEAL - A flexible membrane disk diffuser having an improved arrangement for sealing the membrane to the diffuser body. An enlarged sealing bead on the circumference of the membrane fits in an annular channel on the diffuser body. A retainer ring threads onto the diffuser body to compress the sealing bead against a base surface of the channel. A discontinuity on the base surface provides an effective seal with the bead without requiring undue tightening force of the retainer ring. The discontinuity may take the form of a ridge or a rut on the base surface of the channel. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166902 | COUNTER FLOW TYPE OF COOLING TOWER GENERATING LOW GRADE OF NOISE - This invention relates to a counter flow type of cooling tower generating low grade of noise, which includes: a body wherein an external air inhalation hole is formed in the lower portion and a discharge hole is formed in the upper portion; a fan that is provided in the body and absorbs external air into the body through an inhalation hole and discharges the external air to the discharge hole; an spraying nozzle that sprays coolant; an eliminator that is provided above the spraying nozzle and prevents air and water from scattering; a filler that is provided below the spraying nozzle; and a collection tank collecting the coolant that passes the filler and drops, wherein a space portion is formed between the filler and the collection tank, and the space portion formed between the filler and the collection tank further includes a noise generation restraining portion consisting of at least one noise generation restraining unit. According to the invention, the noise that occurs when the coolant directly drops into the collection tank is reduced, the scattering of the coolant by incoming air may be prevented, the loss of pressure by the noise generation restraining portion is minimized, the amount of lost coolant and air may be reduced, and the cooling efficiency increases because the noise generation restraining portion maximizes the cooling effect. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166903 | MOLDED WAVEGUIDES - Chemically or biochemically active agents or other species are patterned on a substrate surface by providing a micromold having a contoured surface and forming, on a substrate surface, a chemically or biochemically active agent or fluid precursor of a structure. A chemically or biochemically active agent or fluid precursor also can be transferred from indentations in an applicator to a substrate surface. The substrate surface can be planar or non-planar. Fluid precursors of polymeric structures, inorganic ceramics and salts, and the like can be used to form patterned polymeric articles, inorganic salts and ceramics, reactive ion etch masks, etc. at the surface. The articles can be formed in a pattern including a portion having a lateral dimension of less than about 1 millimeter or smaller. The indentation pattern of the applicator can be used to transfer separate, distinct chemically or biochemically active agents or fluid precursors to separate, isolated regions of a substrate surface. Waveguide arrays, combinatorial chemical or biochemical libraris, etc. can be made. Differences in refractive index of waveguide and cladding can be created by subjecting the waveguide and cladding, made of indentical prepolymeric material, to different polymerization or cross-linking conditions. Interferometers are defined by coupling arrays of waveguides, where coupling can be controlled by altering the difference in refractive index between cladding and waveguide at any desired location of the array. Alteration and refractive index can be created photochemically, chemically, or the like. Sensors also are disclosed, including biochemical sensors. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166904 | Method of Forming a Biomedical Device including an Ophthalmic Device - A method is provided of forming a biomedical device in a casting mold which has an anterior mold section and a posterior mold section, wherein one of the mold sections includes a plurality of radially extending ribs and the remaining mold section includes an annular shoulder for engaging an outer end of the ribs to define a mold cavity. The method includes engaging the mold sections along a peripheral seal of the mold cavity and a plurality of circumferentially spaced contact points on a shoulder of one of the mold sections. Cured excess material bonds to the ribs of the one mold section and provides repeatable retention and location of the excess material after formation of the biomedical device. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166905 | Contact lens fabrication method and tool - A contact lens fabrication method of fabrication a contact lens by means of: pressing a male molding block of a supplementary tool into a cavity of a mold to squeeze a contact lens material into shape and to simultaneously cut off an excessive part of the contact lens material from a contact lens by means of a cut angle of sharp edge of the mold, and then curing the contact lens, and then separating the supplementary tool from the mold to have the contact lens be adhered to the surface of the male molding block, and then filling a buffer solution into the supplementary tool to have the contact lens be dipped in the buffer solution after quality examination of the contact lens, and then sealing a sealing film to the supplementary tool to form a finished contact lens product for sale. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166906 | Device and process for compression particles - The present invention concerns a device ( | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166907 | Innovation process for anode treatment of solid oxide fuel cell - membrane electrode assembly to upgrade power density in performance test - This invention describes the process for fabrication of a high conductivity and low resistance solid oxide fuel cell. An anode substrate is mainly prepared via tape casting technique and modified by abrasion and polish process. Electrolyte is fabricated onto the polished side by thin film technologies and can attach well in the cross section. Grinding surface of anode side about 10-30 μm after finish of MEA combination can get a high conductivity and low resistance unit cell and enhance cell performance effectively. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166908 | Innovation control process for specific porosity/gas permeability of electrode layers of SOFC-MEA through combination of sintering and pore former scheme and technology - An innovation scheme and technology used for controlling porosity/gas permeability of electrode layers of SOFC-MEA through combination of pore former and sintering manipulations. The porosity of electrode layer is 0-35 vol. %, and the gas permeability of electrode layer is 1×10 | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166909 | Temperature control system for molding facility - A temperature control system includes a mold device having a mold cavity formed between two or more mold pieces for receiving a filling material, a number of detecting devices attached to the mold pieces for detecting the temperature of the mold pieces, a heating device for heating the mold pieces to a desired temperature, and a control module coupled to the mold pieces for closing and opening the mold cavity of the mold device, and for receiving the detected temperature signals from the detecting devices, and for controlling the heating device, such as for moving the heating device relative to the mold pieces of the mold device and for suitably pre-heating the mold pieces of the mold device. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166910 | System and Method for Twin Screw Extrusion of a Fibrous Porous Substrate - This invention provides a system and method for forming a fibrous porous ceramic substrate that employs a screw extruder, and illustratively, a twin screw extruder to form a substrate by directing a homogeneous, wetted and mixed group of substrate components through a screw extruder die under pressure. The components of the mixture can be initially mixed in a substantially dry state by an appropriate mixer to form a homogeneous powder with a high dispersal of materials therein. The powder can be continuously mixed and conveyed to a feeder of the extruder. Along the path of the extruder, fluid can be introduced at a metered rate, along with other additives, such as colloidal silica (glass binder). The extruder's twin, co-rotating shafts include a combination of screw elements for feeding the mixture and shear-inducing mixing elements (kneading blocks) for thoroughly mixing fluid into the dry components. The wetted components pass through alternating sets of transport screws and kneading blocks until the kneaded, wetted mixture finally enter a vacuum section of the extruder where a vacuum is applied to remove excess air pockets and/or bubbles from the mixture. The mixture is thereafter driven through the die head where it exits as a continuous, extruded shape. Such a shape can comprise a honeycomb useful in filtration applications. The extruder can include a cooling system. The fifer in the mixture can be mullite. Alternatively the mixture can form a silicon carbide or other type of porous substrate matrix. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166911 | Process for Producing Molded Article by T-Die Molding - [Object] Disclosed is to provide a process for producing a molded article of polyethylene excellent in mechanical properties while the productivity at the time of T-die molding is improved, and a process for producing a secondary molded article by vacuum molding of the molded article with high formability.
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| 20090166912 | Method for manufacturing construction materials by using palm - The construction materials are composed of biodegradable materials (palm fiber, powder of bamboo, etc) and mineral content (bioceramics, coal ash, etc), thus it can perform anti-fire function as well as antimicrobial, anti-mold and deodorization functions. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166913 | Catheter Shaft and Method of its Manufacture - A method of manufacturing a catheter shaft includes the steps of forming an inner layer of a first polymeric material, forming a plait matrix layer including a second polymeric material about the inner layer, and forming an outer layer of a third polymeric material about the plait matrix layer. The plait matrix layer includes a braided wire mesh partially or fully embedded within the second polymeric material, which is different from at least one of the first polymeric material forming the inner layer and the third polymeric material forming the outer layer. The second polymeric material has a higher yield strain and/or a lower hardness than at least the first polymeric material, and preferably both the first and the third polymeric materials. The first polymeric material and the third polymeric material may be different or the same. The catheter shaft may be formed by stepwise extrusion, co-extrusion, and/or reflow processes. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166914 | IMPRINT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FINE STRUCTURE LITHOGRAPHY - An imprint apparatus for forming fine structure lithography comprises: a belt-like mold having a fine structure for imprint lithography formed on a surface of the belt-like mold; a cylindrical pressurizing mechanism including a pair of opposed rolls for pressurizing the belt-like mold against the surface of the imprinting object; and a supporting member for supporting the imprinting object at a position between the rolls of the cylindrical pressurizing mechanism. The belt-like mold, the imprinting object and the supporting member are configured to move to the cylindrical pressurizing mechanism in a mutually non-contact state, and then at the position between the rolls, be pressurized by the cylindrical pressurizing mechanism in a state where the imprinting object is positioned between the belt-like mold and the supporting member. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166915 | Method and Device For Extruding Strip-Shaped Member - The present invention easily increases an extrusion speed of strip-shaped member B from a gear pump extruder | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166916 | Processing method of the natural cellulose fiber with feature for enhancing the capability of antifungi, antibacteria and deodorization - The present invention provides a processing method of the natural cellulose fiber with feature for enhancing the capability of antifungi, antibacteria and deodorization. The procedure is that firstly modify and reduce the properties of the natural chitosan of high polymer material to nanometer scale; secondly dunk the chitosan into the syrup-like mixture of wood pulp and NMMO solvent to yield quasi-dope; thirdly dehydrate the quasi-dope of paste mixture to form the mud-like dope; fourthly spin the dope by dryjet wet spinning method; fifthly regenerate the filament in coagulation bath, water rinse and dry; finally water rinse, dry, apply the lubricant to finish. The water soluble chitosan, which has been treated by property modification and reduced to nanometer scale, can effectively and completely solve in the cellulose of low DP to offer wider extent of selection in the DP and better flexibility of adding percentage in content of modified chitosan. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166917 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING EXTRUDED RESIN SHEET - An objective of the present invention is to provide a method for producing an extruded resin sheet in which the extruded resin sheet unlikely to be broken. The present invention provides a method for producing an extruded resin sheet comprising: heat-melting a thermoplastic resin and then extruding it into a sheet-form through a die; and pressure-forming the extruded molten thermoplastic resin sheet while nipping it with a first roll and a second roll; wherein at the both side edge portions of the outer circumferential surface of the second roll, the level difference portions which have a diameter smaller than a diameter of the roll central portion are provided, and the both side edge portions of the extruded molten thermoplastic resin sheet are nipped with the first roll and the level difference portions of the second roll. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166918 | Carbon fiber composite material and process for producing the same - The present invention provides a carbon fiber composite material comprising an elastomer and a carbon nanofiber dispersed in the elastomer, wherein the elastomer has an unsaturated bond or a group, having affinity to the carbon nanofiber. Also disclosed is a process for producing the carbon fiber composite material. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166919 | Method of Manufacturing Cellulose/Gelatin Composite Viscose Rayon Filament - A method of manufacturing a cellulose/gelatin composite viscose rayon filament that is characterized by including a process in which a spinning process is carried out while a viscose spinning solution is mixed with a gelatin crosslinking solution, which makes it possible to produce a cellulose/gelatin composite viscose rayon having uniform strength and elongation without yarn disconnection. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166920 | Molding apparatus, method of manufacturing molding apparatus, and molding method - A molding apparatus includes: a heat insulting member; a heat conducting member disposed in a partial surface area of the heat insulating member, the heat conducting member being made of material having a thermal conductivity higher than that of the heat insulating member and including a design surface formed with a molding pattern on a surface on an opposite side to the heat insulating member; a heater for heating a surface layer of the heat conducting member on the design surface side, from the inside of the heat conducting member; and a flow pass disposed between the heat insulating member and design plate and flowing a thermal medium for thermal exchange with the heat conducting member. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166921 | Method for Manufacturing a Composite Fiber Component for Aerospace - Method for manufacturing a composite fibre component ( | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166922 | Mold Rotator - A mold rotator with a first section and a second section that are engaged approximately perpendicularly to each other to produce a base and an L-shaped platform for receiving the article. The base of the article rotator may have a curved section at the intersection of the first section and the second section and the article rotator may rotate on its curved section between a first position wherein the article rotator is supported on its first section and a second position wherein the article rotator is supported on its second section. Further, the article rotator allows an article to be safely rotated simply by lowering the article onto the article rotator so that the article rotator automatically rotates approximately 90° from a first position and a second, rotated position. The article rotator may include a stabilizing system wherein the article rotator can be stabilized at both a first position and second position which is approximately 90 degrees from the first position. The stabilizing system may include one or more conduits for transferring a material between the first and second sections of the article rotator so that material will stabilize the article rotator at the section in which the material is positioned to prevent the article rotator from inadvertently rotating. The material of the stabilizing system may be transferred by gravity and the material of the stabilizing system may be a fluid. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166923 | Methods and Apparatus to Evenly Clamp Semiconductor Substrates - Methods and apparatus to evenly clamp semiconductor substrates in a transfer mold process are disclosed. A disclosed split mold base includes a first plate having a first surface, a second plate having a second surface opposite the first surface, and a plurality of springs that are disposed between the first and second plates to distribute a clamping pressure applied by a mold press. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166924 | Golf-ball-cover casting molds with self-centering mold-cavity inserts - Molds are disclosed for forming golf-ball covers by casting. An exemplary mold includes first and second support members that are placeable in face-to-face opposition to each other. At least one respective mold-cavity insert, defining a respective hemispherical cavity, is mounted to each support member. The mold-cavity insert is floatable in at least three (e.g., x, y, z) degrees of freedom relative to the respective support member. Each mold-cavity insert on the first support member is in face-to-face opposition to a respective mold-cavity insert on the second support member whenever the support members are in face-to-face opposition to each other, such that the respective hemispherical cavities of each opposing pair of inserts form respective spherical ball-cover cavities. A respective z-direction bias is associated with each mold-cavity insert. Also, a respective self-centering device is associated with each opposing pair of inserts. The self-centering device urges movement of at least one mold-cavity insert of the opposing pair in any of at least three degrees of freedom as required to center the mold-cavity inserts of the opposing pair with each other. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166925 | CROSS-LINKED POLYOLEFIN MATERIAL BLEND MOLDED ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION INSULATING PRODUCTS - A new cross linked polyolefin material combination that is designed to replace current high-density polyethylene (“HDPE”) materials for use with molded or over-molded electrical transmission products. Such molded or over-molded electrical transmission products include, for example, vise-top pin insulators, line post insulators, F-neck, C-neck, and J-neck pin insulators of classes ANSI 55-3, 55-4, and 55-5, Spacer cable spacers, Brackets, hangers, Line post sensors, cable restraint insulators, and transmission style insulators. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166926 | METHOD FOR MOLDING THERMOPLASTIC RESIN - In press molding or embossing a thermoplastic resin for producing a molded product excellent in transferability of microscopic surface asperities and having high quality with high productivity, a preform of a thermoplastic resin is heated to about the hardening temperature of the thermoplastic resin constituting the preform. The preform is embedded between an upper half and a lower half of a mold which are maintained at a temperature of about the hardening temperature of the thermoplastic resin, and then the mold is closed at a low pressure. Carbon dioxide is dissolved in a surface of the preform by charging carbon dioxide between a surface of the mold and the surface of the preform in order to reduce the viscosity of the preform surface. The surface of the mold is brought into contact with the preform having the reduced surface viscosity by increasing a pressing pressure. Then, carbon dioxide is discharged, and a molded product is extracted. Thus, the molded product excellent in transferability of microscopic surface asperities and having high quality can be produced with high productivity. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166927 | MOLDING APPARATUS - A molding apparatus is configured with article molding regions that receive a direct flow of a molding material feed such that external flow channels are not needed. The article molding regions are formed into front sides of opposed “A” and “B” surface mold tools that, when moved into a mating relationship with one another, form closed molding cavities within which molded articles are generated from molding material feed. The article molding regions each generally have a body bounded by a perimeter that establishes an outer edge for an article molded in the one of the closed molding cavities. With at least the “A” surface mold tool, a port is coupled with the body of each article molding region to establish a direct pathway is through which the molding material feed flows to enter the article molding regions, and thus the closed molding cavity, without having to flow along the tool front sides outside of the article molding regions. A distribution channel extends to each port to deliver the molding material feed and a moveable blocking pin is provided for each port to alternately prevent the molding material feed from flowing through the respective port to reach the closed molding cavity and allow the molding material to flow through the respective port to reach the closed molding cavity. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166928 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOLDING ROOFING PRODUCTS WITH BACK GATING - A molding apparatus is configured with a distribution channel configured to deliver a blended feed composition directly into an article molding region such that a molded article is formed with gating on the bottom surface of the article. The article molding regions are formed into front sides of opposed “A” and “B” surface mold tools that, when moved into a mating relationship with one another, form closed molding cavities within which molded articles are generated from molding material feed. The article molding regions each generally have a body bounded by a perimeter that establishes an outer edge for an article molded in the one of the closed molding cavities. Additionally, the body of each article molding region of the “A” surface mold tool is adapted for molding a bottom surface for the composite article, and the body of the article molding region of the “B” surface mold tool is adapted for molding a top surface for the composite article. The distribution channel is formed in at least the second surface mold tool, and has a main portion and a downstream terminus for each article molding region of the “A” surface mold tool. The main portion of the distribution channel is formed outside of each article molding region. The downstream terminus, to which the main portion extends, is in communication with the body of the respective article molding region of the “A” surface mold tool. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166929 | Process for Production of Polytetrafluoroethylene Sheet, and Process for Production of Polytetrafluoroethylene Seal Tape - Disclosed is a process for production of a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) sheet, which is superior in productivity compared to conventional processes and can reduce the cost of production. Also disclosed is a process for production of a PTFE seal tape. The processes comprise the following steps (i) to (iii): (i) applying a force to a PTFE particle suspension comprising PTFE particles, a surfactant and water (a dispersion medium) so that the particles can come close to each other or contact with each other, thereby forming a PTFE-containing solid material having the water and the surfactant included therein; (ii) shaping the solid material into a sheet-like form; and (iii) reducing the water content in the sheet-like solid material. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166930 | PEELING APPARATUS, PEELING METHOD, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - A peeling apparatus including a first holding section that holds a first object which is in the form of a flat plate, and a second holding section that holds a second object which is in the form of a flat plate and is affixed to the first object to be integral, the peeling apparatus being configured to be capable of peeling one of the first object and the second object off the other in a state in which the first holding section holds the first object and the second holding section holds the second object. The first holding section holds the first object by being brought into contact with a surface of the first object along a direction of a thickness thereof via at least two points. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166931 | PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING KEYPAD MODULES OF NON-BACKLIGHTED PANELS - A manufacturing process for a keypad module includes the steps of: providing an opaque layer, one side of the opaque layer having symbol regions; providing a mold formed thereon with a planar recession and a plurality of pits for forming keys; injecting a gel-like ultraviolet curable resin into the planar recession and pits of the mold; adhering the surface of the opaque layer having the symbol regions on the planar recession of the mold so as to contact the ultraviolet curable resin; irradiating the mold with an ultraviolet light so as to cure the ultraviolet curable resin; and taking out the opaque layer and the cured ultraviolet curable resin to obtain a keypad module. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166932 | Method for Manufacturing Seamless Silicon Roll Having Pattern and Seamless Silicon Roll Produced by the Same - There is provided a seamless silicon roll having a pattern and a method of manufacturing the same. The method includes: preparing a pattern roll having the same size and pattern as a silicon roll to be manufactured; manufacturing a cast by pouring cast materials around the pattern roll and curing the cast materials; removing the cast from the pattern roll; forming a silicon roll by disposing the central axis of a roll in the cast, pouring liquid silicon and curing the liquid silicon; and removing the silicon roll from the cast. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166933 | Template Pattern Density Doubling - A sub-master template is patterned to provide at least double the density of features of a master template. The sub-master template and master template may employ the use of alignment marks during the patterning process. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166934 | Method for manufacturing a plastic fuel tank that includes a connector provided with a screw thread - Method for manufacturing a plastic fuel tank by moulding a parison in a mould, in which method the parison is locally deformed during moulding of the parison in order to obtain an impermeable hollow built-in connector provided with a screw thread, and to do so by means of a concave counter-form and a convex form that can penetrate the counter-form, these two pieces being secured, one to the mould and the other to a core located inside the mould, or vice versa, and at least one of these pieces being provided with a screw thread, the moulding of the connector taking place by the convex form penetrating the concave counter-form. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166935 | Method for Producing a Fiber Composite Component for Aerospace - The invention relates to a method and a moulding core for producing a fibre composite component ( | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166936 | Sol-Gel Process for the Manufacture of Moulds for Photocatalytic Processes - A sol-gel process for the manufacture of moulds for use in photocatalysis. The process also relates to industrial pultrusion, extrusion and moulding processes in which use of moulds manufactured using the sol-gel process. The process provides for the provision of a sol which is gelled, drying of the gel with solvent extraction and then densification/sintering of the gel by heating with the formation of a transparent mould having a glassy consistency which is capable of permitting the passage of UV rays. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166937 | DIRECT SMELTING PLANT - A direct smelting plant for producing molten metal from a metalliferous feed material using a molten bath based direct smelting process is disclosed. The plant includes an offgas duct assembly to facilitate flow of offgas from the vessel, the offgas duct assembly including two offgas ducts of matching diameter extending outwardly from the vessel. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166938 | Spring Protection Device And Spring Drive Unit Including Spring Protection Device - The invention relates to spring protection device for a spring drive unit and adapted to surround a spring of the spring drive unit, the protection device comprising a frame plate, against which a first end of the spring rests, and the frame plate being provided with an opening passage for a pullrod connected to the spring. The spring protection device comprises bars with first end parts that are connected to the frame plate, externally of the first end of the spring, and which bars are arranged to extend externally of and along the sides of the spring and externally of a second end of the spring, thereby forming an open cage surrounding the spring. The invention also relates to a spring drive unit comprising a spring protection device. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166939 | Very high damping body mount, subframe mount or engine mount with bolt-through construction - A hydraulic mount has an upper support member and a lower support member. An upper elastomeric spring and a lower elastomeric spring are disposed between the upper support member and the lower support member to define an upper fluid chamber and a lower fluid chamber. A channel extends between the upper and lower chambers. During compression and extension of the hydraulic mount, fluid transfers between the upper and lower chamber to provide a damping force for the hydraulic mount. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166940 | Spring plate for a vibration damper - A spring plate for supporting a coil spring of a vibration damper includes a metal base body and a plurality of discrete insulating segments positioned on the base body. Each insulating segment has a contact surface which contacts an end of the coil spring, and an edge part which prevents the spring from migrating radially. Each insulating segment can be replaced independently of the other insulating segments. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166941 | CLAMP WITH DRIVING UNIT - An exemplary clamp includes a holder, a moving unit, a fixing arm, and a driving unit. The moving unit includes a push block, a connecting member, and a guiding member. The guiding member is fixed on the holder. The connecting member connects the push block and the guiding member. The push block includes a slanted side surface. The push block is guided to move by the guiding member. The slanted side surface of the push block interacts with the connecting member. The fixing arm is fixed to the connecting member. The driving unit is connected to the push block. The driving unit is capable of moving the push block of the moving unit. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166942 | Workpiece Support System - A workpiece support system has a driven, circulating traction device, a stationary base frame, and at least one workpiece support that has a load carrier and a traction carriage. The traction carriage has a clamping device with upper and lower clamping elements between which the traction means is arranged and with which the traction carriage is clamped by a clamping action onto the traction device. The traction carriage has a spring element that exerts a spring force on at least one of the upper and lower clamping elements for effecting the clamping action. The workpiece support has an actuating element arranged in a leading area in a travel direction of the workpiece support. The actuating element reduces a camping force of the clamping action when the workpiece support bumps into a leading workpiece support in the travel direction. The traction device is guided about two pulleys. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166943 | Cutting board - The invention relates to a multipart cutting board, comprising at least one whetting device for cutting tools, especially kitchen knives, with at least a first part of the cutting board being connected through the whetting device with at least a second part of the cutting board. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166944 | Duplex Architecture For An Imaging Apparatus - An imaging apparatus including an image transfer device, a first motor, a redrive section and a duplexing section. The first motor is drivingly connected to the image transfer device. The reversible redrive section is downstream from the image transfer device, and the reversible redrive section includes a second motor. The duplexing section includes a third motor. The duplexing section is positioned to receive media from the redrive section. The first motor, the second motor and the third motor are each independently controlled. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166945 | SHEET FINISHER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND SHEET FINISHING METHOD - According to the invention, a sheet finisher has a folding mechanism, a discharging mechanism, a stacking mechanism, and a slip amount calculator. The folding mechanism forms a folding line by folding a sheet which an image forming unit discharges. The discharging mechanism discharges the sheet including the folding line which the folding mechanism forms. The stacking mechanism stacks the sheet which the discharging mechanism discharges. The slip amount calculator outputs a fullness state of the stacking mechanism to the image forming unit, if a slip amount of the discharging mechanism exceeds a threshold. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166946 | SHEET FINISHING APPARATUS - According to an aspect of the invention, a shifter shifts sheets before stapling in a continuous stapling mode. A bundle of sheets is immediately discharged from the shifter after the stapling. In a sorting mode, the bundle of sheets is discharged from the shifter while the bundle of sheets is shifted in a direction perpendicular to a discharge direction of the bundle of sheets. A friction force applied to a bundle of sheet T in the discharging is distributed in the discharge direction and a direction perpendicular to the discharge direction. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166947 | PAPER SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS - A paper sheet processing apparatus has a take-in device which takes in notes set in a setting unit, a judgment device which judges the quality and condition of a note taken in by the take-in device, a stacking box which stacks the note judged the quality and condition by the judgment device, a backup which is provided movably up and down in the stacking box and stacks notes, and a control device which variably controls the position of the backup based on the result of judgment by the judgment device. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166948 | PAPER SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS - A paper sheet processing apparatus has a take-in device which takes in notes set in a setting unit, a judgment device which judges the quality and condition of a note taken in by the take-in device, a stacking box which stacks the note judged the quality and condition by the judgment device, a backup which is provided movably up and down in the stacking box and stacks notes, and a control device which variably controls the position of the backup based on the result of judgment by the judgment device. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166949 | PRINTING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINTING APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing apparatus performs printing with the use of sheets of paper set in any of a plurality of paper-feeding units. The print apparatus is controlled by a method including: determining whether the amount of sheets of paper remaining in a first paper-feeding unit has reached a predetermined amount; and if so switching from the first paper-feeding unit to a second paper-feeding unit. If it is determined that the amount of sheets of paper that remain in the first paper-feeding unit has reached the predetermined amount, control is performed so that the paper-feeding unit that is used for printing should be changed after the ejection of the last one of a plurality of sheets of paper that are included in one set thereof set in the first paper-feeding unit. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166950 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING STACK-ADVANCING IN A REPRODUCTION APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a method for providing paper stack level calibration in a reproduction apparatus. According to various aspects of the invention, methods are provided for continuous feeding with a transition from one supply to another, and leaving a controlled number of sheets in the prior supply. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166951 | Apparatus for the Stacked Depositing of Sheets - An apparatus is shown for the stacked depositing of sheets, having a rolling apparatus which comprises a displaceable unit ( | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166952 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS, SHEET TAKE-OUT APPARATUS, AND SHEET TAKE-OUT METHOD THEREOF - To provide a sheet processing apparatus and a sheet take-out apparatus, when a take-out portion is stopped, for conveying a sheet hanging down in the take-out portion, thereby preventing the hanging-down sheet from falling. If a take-out emergency process state occurs during take-out of sheets, the sheet take-out apparatus stops upward movement of a backup plate, moves down feed stoppers, presses a sheet bundle from above, and prevents the sheet on the uppermost surface from being taken out. At this time, the sheet take-out apparatus keeps a rotor air valve on and takes out the sheet caught in a sheet take-in port. When residual sheets on the backup plate are detected by a subsequent take-out interruption process, the sheet take-out apparatus moves down the position of the backup plate as a slightly low speed, simultaneously turns off air valves for a rotor, a fixed absorbing unit, and handling, holds the status for 500 ms, loads a hanging-down sheet on the backup plate, thereby prevents the concerned sheet from scattering in correspondence with falling. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166953 | SHEET-CONVEY DEVICE AND IMAGE READING DEVICE - A sheet-convey device, including: a holder on which a first sheet having a first width and a second sheet having a second width larger than the first width are placeable at a predetermined setting position; a convey member which conveys a sheet placed on the holder in a predetermined direction perpendicular to a widthwise direction of the sheet; a recognizer which recognizes a width of the sheet; wherein the recognizer includes first and second sensors for sensing whether a part of the sheet is present at respective first and second positions of the holder; wherein the first position is located inside of the first width in the widthwise direction with the first sheet placed on the holder, while the second position is located outside of the first width with the first sheet placed on the sheet holder and inside of the second width with the second sheet placed on the holder; and wherein the second position is located upstream of the first position in the predetermined direction. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166954 | SHEET FEED DEVICES AND IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS COMPRISING SUCH SHEET FEED DEVICES - The invention describes a sheet feed device having a sheet tray having a bottom plate defining a first portion of a storing portion that receives sheets therein, a feed roller, a separation plate, and a recessed portion formed in the separation surface. The feed roller moves to contact a sheet of the sheets, and to feed the sheet. The separation plate is disposed at a downstream end of the sheet tray and extends in a width direction. The separation plate has a separation surface which is inclined with respect to the bottom plate of the sheet tray, and defines at least a second portion of the storing portion. The recessed portion is formed in the separation surface and extends toward a downstream end of the separation surface. The separation plate is configured to separate the sheet from the sheets as the feed roller feeds the sheet. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166955 | APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT FEEDING - A document input device having a gravity feed paper tray is adapted such that the separator pad is mounted on the base, as opposed to the cover, so that when the cover is opened to access the paper path (as during clearing of a paper jam), paper in the paper tray is held in place by the force of the separator pad against the pick roller, even though the cover is open. The separator pad may be attached to a rod that is attached to the base so as to permit the rod and separator pad to remain in place when the cover is in the open position. A leaf spring may be placed between the rod and the separator pad for biasing the separator pad against the pick roller. Also, the cover may include a spring for biasing the separator pad against the pick roller when the cover is in the closed position. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166956 | Sheet feed device and image forming appraratus including same - A sheet feed device includes a sheet tray and a guide unit. The sheet tray is configured to store a recording medium including a recording sheet. The guide unit is configured to support detachably the sheet tray. The guide unit includes a rotary member that is configured to contact an outer bottom surface of the sheet tray while contacting an outer side surface of the sheet tray, and rotate with mounting and detachment of the sheet tray. An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member for bearing a latent image on a surface thereof, an exposure unit for exposing the image bearing member to form the latent image, a developing unit for developing the latent image with toner to form a visible image, a transfer unit for transferring the visible image onto the recording medium, and the sheet feed device. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166957 | Cash Transaction Machine - Provided is a cash transaction machine including a temporary stack portion. The cash transaction machine includes: a carriage receiving a paper medium stacked in the temporary stack portion; a driving belt transferring the carriage to a medium outlet; a pressing belt pressing the paper medium being transferred by the carriage in interoperation with the driving belt; a plurality of guide rollers being provided along a travel path of the carriage to define a travel path of the driving belt and a travel path of the pressing belt; and a one-way clutch adjusting an interoperating state between the driving belt and the pressing belt to prevent a friction from occurring between the pressing belt and the paper medium while the paper medium is being loaded to the carriage. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166958 | Sheet-Discharging Apparatus for Sheet-Fed Printing Press - To provide a sheet-discharging apparatus for a sheet-fed printing press in which a fan device is downsized, the visibility of an operator is improved, cleaning operation of the fan device is carried out easily, and a blast fan may be shifted easily and quickly to a desired position according to the size or the material of a sheet to be printed. There is provided a sheet-discharging apparatus for a sheet-fed printing press including: a fan device having a plurality of blast fans and a frame for mounting the blast fans, in which at least some of the plurality of blast fans are arranged in contact with the lower surface of a frame body corresponding to elongated openings formed on the thin-plate shaped frame body which constitutes the frame, and are slidable in the feeding direction and/or in the widthwise direction with respect to the frame body. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166959 | SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS - A sheet conveying apparatus for OCR/VSC integrated systems, which selectively delivers postal items to upper- and lower-side stackers, includes at least one pair of conveyor belts bifurcating from a bifurcation gate to the down-side stackers, and at least one pair of conveyor belts bifurcating from the bifurcation gate to the upper-side stackers. The conveyor belts include a first twisted section, an S-shaped ascending portion, and a second twisted portion. Each postal item is tilted by the first twisted portion, then raised by the S-shaped ascending portion with its tilted attitude maintained, and returned to upright by the second twisted portion. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166960 | SHEET CONVEYANCE APPARATUS - A sheet conveyance apparatus capable of detecting a sheet end portion in a short time period even if sheets are conveyed at a narrow interval and at high speed, thus making it possible to expedite the start timing of a subsequent sheet alignment operation. In accordance with results of detection by lateral registration detection sensors performed when a sheet reaches a lateral registration detection sensor unit, the sensor unit is moved in a width direction for sheet end detection. Based on a moving distance of the sensor unit from a standby position to a position where the sheet end is detected, a shift amount to be shifted the sheet in the width direction, i.e., a lateral registration error, is computed. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166961 | IMAGE SCANNING APPARATUS AND IMAGE SCANNING METHOD - An image scanning apparatus includes a paper thickness detection unit arranged to detect a paper thickness of an original document based on a reception signal, and a multiple-feeding detection unit arranged to detect, based on the reception signal, whether or not the original document that is being transported has been multiply fed. Based on a detection result obtained by the paper thickness detection unit and the multiple-feeding detection unit, the transportation speed is adjusted. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166962 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICES AND SHEET FEEDING DEVICES - An image processing device comprises a first feeding unit and a second feeding unit, wherein the first feeding unit is coupled to the second feeding unit via a sheet feeding path, and is configured to feed a sheet toward the second feeding unit in a sheet feeding direction via the sheet feeding path. The image processing device further comprises an image processing portion, wherein the first feeding unit is disposed in the sheet feeding path upstream of the image processing portion in the sheet feeding direction, and the first feeding unit comprises a first shaft configured to rotate in the sheet feeding direction. The second feeding unit is disposed in the sheet feeding path downstream of the image processing portion in the sheet feeding direction, and the first feeding unit and the second feeding unit are configured to feed and hold the sheet simultaneously. The second feeding unit comprises a second shaft configured to rotate in the feeding direction. The image processing device further comprises a first supporting member which rotatably supports each of a first end of the first shaft and a second end of the first shaft, a second supporting member which rotatably supports each of a first end of the second shaft and a second end of the second shaft, and a third supporting member which rotatably supports at least one of the first shaft and the second shaft at least one predetermined portion which is different than each end of the at least one of the first shaft and the second shaft. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166963 | METHOD OF FEEDING MEDIUM IN RECORDING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus including feeding unit that feeds a medium, conveying unit that conveys the fed medium, recording unit that performs recording on the medium, and controlling unit that controls the feeding unit and the conveying unit, a measuring unit that measures a distance between the previous medium and the next medium after completing the preparatory feeding; and determining unit that determines whether or not the measured distance is a predetermined distance or greater, wherein, if the distance is the predetermined distance or greater, the controlling unit completely feeds the next medium. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166964 | METHOD OF FEEDING MEDIUM IN RECORDING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING APPARATUS - The method includes determining whether or not the trailing end of the previous medium has reached a preliminary feed start position, if it is determined that the trailing end of the previous medium has reached the preliminary feed start position, determining whether or not the leading end of the subsequent medium has already reached a target position of the preliminary feeding operation, if the subsequent medium does not reach the target position, causing driving for the preliminary feeding operation so as to be performed, and when the preliminary feeding operation is performed, calculating a gap between the previous medium and the subsequent medium on the basis of a first value, and when the preliminary feeding operation is not performed, calculating the gap on the basis of a second value. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166965 | METHOD OF FEEDING MEDIUM IN RECORDING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus including feeding unit that feeds a medium, conveying unit that conveys the fed medium, recording unit that performs recording on the medium, and controlling unit that controls the feeding unit and the conveying unit, a measuring unit that measures a distance between the previous medium and the next medium after completing the preparatory feeding; and determining unit that determines whether or not the measured distance is a predetermined distance or greater, wherein, if the distance is the predetermined distance or greater, the controlling unit completely feeds the next medium. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166966 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS - A sheet processing apparatus includes an opening/closing member which is turnably supported by an apparatus body and through which a user accesses the apparatus, and a conveying guide which is movably supported by a user access door and which includes a sheet conveying surface. When the opening/closing member is opened in a state where a sheet remains on the sheet conveying surface, the conveying guide is separated from the opening/closing member by the remaining sheet. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166967 | SHEET MATERIAL CONVEYER SYSTEM WITH TENSION SUPPORT MEANS - A sheet material conveyer system includes a sheet-transfer conveyer having an endless sheet-transfer belt for conveying sheet materials, a heater provided below the elevation of the endless sheet-transfer belt for heating the sheet materials being carried on the endless sheet-transfer belt to a dry state, an impression belt assembly having an endless impression belt disposed above the endless sheet-transfer belt for guiding movement of the sheet materials with the endless sheet-transfer belt, and tension supports insertable into a conveying space between the endless sheet-transfer belt and the endless impression belt from two opposite lateral sides to support the endless impression belt in shape and to control the tension of the endless impression belt. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166968 | Energy Cured Coating - An energy cured coating is described that may be used in numerous applications. In one embodiment, for instance, the coating can be used as a seal coat layer in a gaming card. In particular, the coating can be used to protect a hidden printed layer that is covered by a scratch-off material. In accordance with the present disclosure, the cured coating contains at least one monomer or oligomer in combination with a reactive plasticizer. The plasticizer may comprise one or more benzoates. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166969 | INTERACTIVE BOTTLE GAME - An entertaining and romantic game comprises actions and adventures of different categories that are placed in a bottle and spun. Some actions or adventures are pre-printed whereas others are created by the players, thereby personalizing the game. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166970 | Card Shuffler and dealer - THE CARD SHUFFLER AND DEALER is a mechanical devise which shuffles and deals playing cards to two to four players. By rotating the handle of the CARD SHUFFLER AND DEALER counter clockwise, the internal mechanism is able to shuffle and deal out the proper number of cards to each player. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166971 | PUZZLE GAME - A puzzle game includes a Playing Grid and a plurality of Playing Pieces. The Playing Grid contains an array of Nodes, and a subset of said Nodes are designated as Anchors. Also included in the Playing Grid are a network of Branches interconnecting said nodes. A Playing Piece is a single geometric arrangement that corresponds to a contiguous pattern of Nodes. The object of the game is to place the Playing Pieces upon the Playing Grid without intersecting each other, the Anchors, or the edge of the Playing Grid, in such a way as to create a connected path from one Anchor to any other. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166972 | Scramble 500 - A board game comprised of arranging numerical tiles on a playing surface for the entertainment of a plurality of players. The game consists of a playing surface consisting of 260 square rectangles and a plurality of tile game pieces marked with a numerical and/or alphabetic inscription. The tiles are arranged on the playing surface in a line of tiles, not fewer than three and not more than eight. The tiles are arranged in a line of numerically matching numbers or numerically sequential numbers. The tiles inscribed with an alphabetical inscription are used as “wild” tiles. Each subsequent play must cross or add to an existing line of tiles already on the playing surface. Play is scored by adding the number of tiles played, then multiplied by “multipliers” inscribed on the tile. The play ends when the predetermined score is achieved, all tiles have been played or no player is able to make a play. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166974 | METHOD OF DEALING HANDS OF CARDS IN GAMES HAVING A DEALER AND MULTIPLE PLAYERS - The conventional manner of play of Twenty-One is modified by having the two initial dealer cards comprising the dealer's initial hand dealt to the dealer position before any cards are dealt to any of the player positions. After the two initial dealer cards are dealt, a fifty card depleted deck is established comprising the original fifty-two card standard deck less the two cards dealt to the dealer position. The cards for each player position are then dealt from the fifty card depleted deck. After the player has received his final Twenty-One hand, the dealer's final hand is completed, also using the depleted fifty card deck. Winning and losing hands are determined according to the conventional manner of play of Twenty-One. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166975 | SEALING ASSEMBLY FOR USE WITH A PRESSURIZED VESSEL AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLING THE SAME - A method for assembling a seal assembly is provided. The method includes coupling a first ring within a vessel, coupling a second ring within the vessel, and coupling a first seal layer between the first ring and the second ring such that the first seal layer contacts at least the first ring. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166976 | INFLATABLE SEAL, SET OF FLANGE PARTS AND CONTAINER COMPRISING SUCH SEAL, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SUCH SEAL - An inflatable seal for sealing an annular space between two flange parts is formed by a hollow ring composed of elastic material. The hollow ring has a tubular cross-section with a peripheral wall and is provided with a connection for an inflation medium. The peripheral wall comprises, in at least one area of the tubular cross-section, a blocking element having a substantially larger cross-sectional dimension than the remaining part of the peripheral wall. Furthermore, a set of flange parts and a container comprising such a seal, and a method of manufacturing such a seal are disclosed. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166977 | Seal - A seal, comprising a sealing element and an L-shaped support body that has an annular element and a disc-shaped flange, wherein the flange has an end face on the side facing away from the element, and wherein the sealing element is located on the end face. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166978 | Cylinder/piston unit with at least three sealing elements - A cylinder/piston unit is disclosed for pre-fill, storage and release when desired of an active substance, such as a medicament. The cylinder/piston unit is provided with a cylinder and with a piston which is guided therein and which is sealed off in a sterile manner by a rubber seal, the cylinder and the piston enclosing a chamber that can be filled at least temporarily with active substance, and the cylinder having at least one discharge element at its front end. For this purpose, the piston resting in a rear position is sealed off relative to the cylinder in a sterile manner by a static front sealing element and by a static rear sealing element. Arranged spatially behind each static sealing element, there is a parking area for receiving the respective sealing element. When the piston is actuated, the individual static sealing elements are transferred from their respective sealing position into a parked position located in the parking area, and each sealing element in the parked position touches only the cylinder wall or only the piston wall. With the present invention, a cylinder/piston unit is developed which can be pre-filled and in which, despite a sterile sealing of the piston, only a slight force has to be applied in order to accelerate and/or move the piston. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166979 | Sealing Ring for Reciprocating Motion - A sealing ring ( | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166980 | PACKING ASSEMBLY FOR A PUMP - A header ring for use in a stuffing box comprising an annular body portion of an elastomeric material, an annular radially inward projecting sealing lip portion formed on said body portion and an annular, axially facing pedestal portion formed on said body portion, said pedestal portion defining an annularly extending radially inwardly facing pedestal surface, the sealing lip portion defining an annularly extending, radially inward facing sealing surface, the sealing surface and the pedestal surface forming a juncture, at least a portion of the pedestal portion adjacent the juncture and forming the pedestal surface and at least a portion of the sealing lip portion adjacent the juncture and forming a portion of the sealing surface being comprised of a layer of reinforced elastomeric material bonded to the body portion. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166981 | Plunger seal for pump - There is provided a plunger seal ( | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166982 | Plunger seal for pump - There is provided a plunger seal ( | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166983 | SEAL DEVICE - [PROBLEMS] A seal device where a seal lip reliably maintains shaft sealing relative to high-pressure fluid that is to be scaled and where the equivalent Mises stress occurring in the seal lip is reduced to extend the durable term of the seal lip longer. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166984 | Rod Sealing System - In a rod sealing system, which comprises a buffer ring, a rod seal, and a dust seal, provided successively in this order from a fluid hydraulic side toward the outside in an annular clearance between two members in reciprocating motion, the buffer ring is made up of a thermoplastic polyurethane molding product obtained by subjecting a thermoplastic polyurethane molding product prepared by reaction of (A) a high molecular weight polycarbonatediol having a number average molecular weight Mn of 500-6,000, (B) an aromatic diisocyanate, and (C) a low molecular weight diol as a chain elongation agent in an NCO/OH ratio of 0.95-1.20, to heat treatment under conditions that a glass transition point (Tg) of hard phases becomes 170° C. or higher, preferably 170-230° C., and an endothermic peak area (ΔH) at Tg becomes 5 J/g or more, by differential scanning calorimetry. The buffer ring made up of the thermoplastic polyurethane molding product has a distinguished heat resistance capable of withstanding the service environmental temperature, particularly maximum 120° C., compression set characteristics, follow-up to eccentricity, etc. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166985 | FLAT GASKET AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - The invention relates to a flat gasket, having at least one metallic layer in which at least one port is formed, the metallic layer or at least one of the metallic layers being formed at least in regions in the form of an undulating and/or serrated profiling around the port(s). | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090166986 | Metal Lamninate cylinder head gasket - A metal laminate cylinder head gasket is formed by a plurality of metal plates laminated together, and a misalignment preventing portion for preventing misalignment of the laminated metal plates, formed in the metal plates. The misalignment preventing portion includes a pair of notches facing each other and penetrating each of the metal plates, and a bridging portion provided between the notches in each of the metal plates and bulging in one direction to project from a surface of each of the metal plates. The metal plates are laminated together such that the notches and the bridging portions overlap and closely contact to engage together to thereby prevent displacement of the metal plates. | 2009-07-02 |
