| 29th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 4 |
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| 20090178754 | Method of drumhead imaging - A method for forming a dye sublimation image in a vibrating membrane employed in a musical instrument comprising the steps of: providing an image, digitally prepared or otherwise, consisting of a simulated animal skin or another form of graphic; printing the image on a substrate employing a heat transfer ink dye; joining the substrate with the printed image with a sheet of a gas permeable membrane having a plurality of surface pores and vibrating and musical note producing capability; applying a combination of heat and pressure to the joined substrate with the printed image and the membrane to cause the individual surface pores to expand to enable the dye to gasify and permeate the surface pores to transfer the image; and, cooling the membrane to enable the surface pores to seal closed and encase the image within the surface of the membrane to protect against delamination and wear when the membrane vibrates which results from the intense and constant pounding of a drumstick, a mallet, a person's hand or some other rigid-like object. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178755 | Method of producing incontinence articles in the form of pants - The invention concerns a continuous method for producing incontinence articles ( | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178756 | Laminate Polarizing Plate, A Method Of Producing The Same And A Liquid Crystal Display - The object of the present invention is to provide a laminate polarizing plate of which application to liquid crystal displays is able to simplify constitutions and production procedures of the displays, and to reduce cost thereof; and to provide an industrially advantageous method of producing the compound polarizing plate, and a liquid crystal display using the same. The object is achieved by a laminate polarizing plate comprising a polarizing film, an adhesive layer and a phase retarder film which being laminated in this order, wherein said phase retarder film comprises at least one coating layer having refractive index anisotropy of which an in-plane retardation value (R | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178757 | Method for regulating the strain of a tire reinforcement - A fabrication method for a tire comprising a circumferential reinforcement, the said method comprising a stage during which a thread is wound around a form, the tension of the thread being managed during winding, in which method the thread tension is managed through the length of a compensation loop acted upon by a spring. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178758 | METHOD OF ARRANGING STACKED CHIP BY PHOTO-CURING ADHESIVE - A method of arranging stacked chips by photo-curing adhesive includes the steps of disposing a first chip on a top side of a substrate and electrically connecting the first chip to the substrate by wire bonding; forming a photo-curing adhesive layer on a top side of the first chip; hardening the photo-curing adhesive layer by irradiation to convert it from colloid to solid for 70-80% degree of solidification; softening the photo-curing adhesive layer by heating of 50-80° C. to convert it from solid to semisolid to enable the photo-curing adhesive layer to be adherent; disposing a second chip on a top side of the photo-curing adhesive layer, then converting the photo-curing adhesive layer from semisolid to complete solid by heating of 100-150° C., and finally electrically connecting the second chip to the substrate by wire bonding. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178759 | METHOD FOR JOINING ACRYLIC MATERIALS - The present invention provides a method for joining acrylic materials. In the first step of the method a first and second pieces of acrylic material are selected. In a second step, a welding piece of the same acrylic material is selected. In a third step, the first and second pieces of acrylic material are prepared for welding. In the fourth step, the first and second pieces of acrylic material are welded utilizing the welding piece of the same acrylic material. The present invention also provides for a kit for practicing the method of joining acrylic materials and a method for welding an ornamental design to a piece of acrylic material. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178760 | METHOD FOR BONDING GLASS MEMBER FOR OPTICAL COMMUNICATION - Provided is a method for bonding glass members for optical communication, which can achieve sufficient bonding strength and resistance to separation between the glass member and the adhesive layer. The method is characterized by vaporizing a silane-coupling agent by heating, treating glass members for optical communication with the silane-coupling agent vapor, and bonding the glass members to each other with an adhesive. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178761 | METHOD FOR MAKING ILLUSTRATED CARD - A method for making an illustrated card has providing a cardboard with at least one printed layer and ornamentation; positioning one ornamentation on one of the adhesive portions; pressing the ornamentation toward the adhesive portion; and repeating positioning one ornamentation on one of the adhesive portions and pressing the ornamentation toward the adhesive portion. The illustrated card allows users especially children to make the illustrated card by themselves and children can be trained to arrange the ornamentation with different colors for improving chromatological and fine-motor skills. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178762 | Substrate processing apparatus - A substrate processing apparatus includes a processing chamber, a substrate holding part that holds substrates of required numbers in the processing chamber, a gas supply/exhaust part that supplies or exhausts required gas into the processing chamber, a rotation part that rotates the substrate holding part, a first heating part provided in the substrate holding part so as to face at least an upper surface of each substrate held by the substrate holding part, and a power supply part that supplies power to the first heating part in a non-contact state by electromagnetic coupling. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178773 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AQUEOUS POLYMER DISPERSIONS CONTAINING AT LEAST ONE LIPOPHILIC ACTIVE SUBSTANCE AND THE USE THEREOF - A process for the preparation of aqueous polymer dispersions comprising at least one lipophilic active substance by emulsion polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated monomers in an aqueous medium in the presence of at least one lipophilic active substance, wherein
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| 20090178774 | Office equipment for paper recycling - An office paper recycling apparatus within a unitary body makes new office paper for use in office equipment from used office machine paper. The apparatus comprises a paper-shredding portion; a pulping portion; a paper-forming portion; a paper-press portion; a paper-drying portion; a paper-finishing portion having a means to trim the paper, a means to adjust the paper forming process by monitoring the stiffness properties and fiber orientation and a means to remove dust debris; and, a paper-collecting portion, where the new sheets are collected and stacked, ready to be used in office equipment. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178775 | METHODS FOR THE FORMATION OF REFRACTORY METAL INTERMETALLIC COMPOSITES, AND RELATED ARTICLES AND COMPOSITIONS - A method for forming an article is described. The method includes the step of applying a precursor material to at least one surface of a mold structure for casting the article, and curing the applied precursor material. The precursor material includes facecoat-forming constituents which can be curably converted into a facecoat; and a protective coating-former for the article being cast. Molten material is then introduced into the mold structure, so as to come in contact with the facecoat formed from the cured precursor material. The molten material is cooled, to form the article. The cured precursor material, which is in contact with a surface of the cast article, is then reacted with the article, to form the protective coating on the surface of the article. Related mold structures are also described. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178776 | DEVICE FOR MELTING, STORING, AND FEEDING METAL MATERIAL FROM BAR-SHAPED METAL MATERIAL INTENDED FOR INJECTION APPARATUS FOR MOLDING METAL PRODUCT - A device for melting, storing, and feeding a metal material is provided which can store a large amount of molten metal material corresponding to molding cycles with a compact configuration, using barrels to melt bar-shaped metal materials and a tank-and-barrel storage unit to store the molten metal material. The storage unit for the molten metal material is composed of an upper storage tank and a lower material temperature control barrel having a smaller diameter, the barrel being perpendicularly arranged under and in communication with the bottom center of the tank. The melting barrels for bar-shaped metal materials are made of barrel bodies having an inside diameter and a length appropriate to accommodate the bar-shaped metal materials. A more than one melting barrel is vertically arranged in parallel on a lid member of the storage tank, with their bottom openings facing the inside of the storage tank. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178777 | Casting machine for production of casting bars in the shape of billets or blocks - A casting machine for producing cast strands ( | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178778 | Method and Device for Producing a Metal Strip by Continuous Casting - The invention relates to a method for producing a metal strip ( | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178779 | HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger having an arrangement of heat transfer surfaces and a pair of vertical steam/water separators structurally interconnected to one another to provide an integral support structure for the heat exchanger. The structural interconnection includes upper and lower structural members extending between the pair of vertical steam/water separators. The upper and lower structural members include headers, and an arrangement of heating surface which extends between and is fluidically connected to the headers. A structural support framework surrounds the heat exchanger for bottom support thereof, the framework providing structural support and rigidity for the heat exchanger and a means by which the heat exchanger can be picked up and lifted for placement at a desired location. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178780 | FLAT PLATE HEAT EXCHANGER - An air-to-liquid heat exchanger having a plurality of spaced apart plate units, each unit including a pair of adhesively bonded spaced apart plates forming a liquid flow channel intermediate the adhesively bonded plates for transferring heat from the liquid in the channel to a gas flowing intermediate the spaced apart units. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178781 | Spring mounting feature for heat exchanger - A heat exchanger assembly includes a first heat exchanger having a pair of mounts attached to one of the tanks of the first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger having a pair of brackets attached to one of the tanks of the second heat exchanger. The brackets are freely insertable into the mounts when the two heat exchangers are at an acute angle with respect to each other. When the two heat exchangers are parallel with each other, an interference condition exists between the brackets and the mounts. The opposite side of the heat exchangers is secured using a retainer on one heat exchanger extending through a strap on the other heat exchanger. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178782 | Heat Exchanger and a Method of Manufacturing it - In order to manufacture a heat exchanger comprising a metal base ( | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178793 | Heat Transfer Plate For Plate Heat Exchanger With Even Load Distribution In Port Regions - The invention relates to a heat transfer plate ( | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178794 | Method for manufacturing heat sink having heat-dissipating fins and structure of the same - A method for manufacturing a heat sink having heat-dissipating fins and a structure of the same are provided. The method includes the steps of: providing a substrate comprising a center portion and a plurality of extending arms, a gap being provided between each two adjacent extending arms; providing a plurality of heat-dissipating fins, the heat-dissipating fins being inserted into the gaps between the extending arms, each heat-dissipating fin comprising a base piece and two heat-dissipating plates; and bending and pressing each extending arm of the substrate with one of the two opposite side walls of each extending arm abutting against one of the two opposite surface of each heat-dissipating plate. Via the above arrangement, the present invention has an effect of avoiding the heat transfer loss. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178795 | Manufacturing method for a radiator and a structure thereof - A manufacturing method for a radiator and a structure thereof are disclosed. The manufacturing method for a radiator includes the following steps. A substrate and a plurality of cooling sheets are provided. The side wall of the substrate has a plurality of concave troughs. The cooling sheets are respectively plugged into the concave troughs. The two side walls of each of the concave troughs tightly contact the two opposing surfaces of the cooling sheet. Thereby, each of the cooling sheets is located at the side wall of the substrate, and the top portion and the bottom portion of the cooling sheet extend to outside of the top surface and the bottom surface of the substrate. By using the riveting technology to directly fasten the cooling sheets via the two side walls of the concave troughs, the present invention prevents the heat-conduction loss from being occurred. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178796 | BASE PLATE FOR A DUAL BASE PLATE HEATSINK - A dual base plate heatsink for use in dissipating heat for electronic devices with thermal contact between fins and the base plates and manufactured without welding. Separately extruded fins are connected to both base plates by placing the fins side by side in channels in both base plates. In order to couple the base plates and finds, the base plates are maintained at a constant relative distance and a swaging tool is passed adjacent the fins and between the base plates in a direction parallel to the surface of the base plates. The swaging tool applies pressure to the base plates to thereby swage the base plates against the ends of the fins. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178797 | GROUNDWATER MONITORING TECHNOLOGIES APPLIED TO CARBON DIOXIDE SEQUESTRATION - A fluid monitoring system for a subsurface well in a subterranean formation includes a first zone isolator, a second zone isolator, a fluid inlet, a first pressure canister and a first gas-in line. The first and second zone isolators are positioned in the subsurface well. The fluid inlet receives fluid from the subterranean formation. The first pressure canister is positioned between the first zone isolator and the second zone isolator. The first pressure canister receives the fluid at an in-situ pressure. The first gas-in line selectively delivers a gas to the first pressure canister to pressurize the first pressure canister so that the first pressure canister is adapted to be removed from the subsurface well at a substantially similar pressure as the in-situ pressure. In one embodiment, the first pressure canister receives the fluid at an in-situ temperature. In this embodiment, the first pressure canister is adapted to be removed from the subsurface well at a substantially similar temperature as the in-situ temperature. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178798 | FRACTURING ISOLATION SLEEVE - An apparatus operatively coupled to a well having a production casing positioned therein, the apparatus including a first device having and internal bore, a second device having an internal bore, and a fracture isolation sleeve disposed at least partially within the internal bores of the first and second devices, wherein the fracture isolation sleeve has an internal diameter that is greater than or equal to an internal diameter of the production casing. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178799 | DOWNHOLE WELL CLEANING TOOL - A downhole well cleaning tool adapted for connection between upper and lower sections of an elongate string includes a pump barrel having at least one fluid outlet proximate its upper end. A swab assembly is connected to a pump mandrel for reciprocation within the pump barrel to pump fluids upward to the outlet to draw fluid and debris into the lower string section and trap the debris. A lower portion of the swab mandrel is hollow and open at a lower end thereof with at least one conduit extending through a side wall of the swab mandrel to direct fluid laterally outward from the hollow lower portion against the side wall of the pump barrel during lowering into fluid to reduce debris build-up within the pump barrel. A wear bushing is mounted between the pump mandrel and barrel and a knuckle or swivel joint connects the swab and pump mandrels. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178800 | Multi-Layer Water Swelling Packer - A packer for downhole use responds to water containing fluids by swelling from its core. The core is preferably covered with an outer layer that preferably has a lower rate of diffusion and swelling than the core that it surrounds. Because of this arrangement, the packer can be delivered to the desired location before it is set by swelling of the core. The outer layer can also be responsive to water containing fluids by dissolving slowly to allow time to properly position the packer before the core swells to a sealing relationship with the surrounding tubular or the wellbore wall. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178801 | Methods for injecting a consolidation fluid into a wellbore at a subterranian location - Disclosed are apparatuses and methods for stabilizing portions of a subterranean formation and controlling the production of water from those subterranean formations. In one aspect, a method of treating a plurality of discrete portions of a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore, the method comprising the steps of: (a) moving a treatment tool through the wellbore on work tubing to a desired subterranean location, wherein the treatment tool comprises: (i) a fluidic oscillator; and (ii) a lower packer positioned below the fluidic oscillator; (b) expanding the cross-section of the lower packer to engage the wellbore, thereby isolating a portion of the wellbore from another portion below the lower packer; (c) injecting a consolidation fluid through the tubing and through the fluidic oscillator into the isolated portion of the wellbore; (d) reducing the cross-section of the lower packer, thereby disengaging the tool from the wellbore. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178802 | PARASITICALLY POWERED SIGNAL SOURCE AND METHOD - A system for monitoring a wellbore including a parasitic power generation configuration, a signal source in operable connection with the parasitic power generation configuration, the source being permanently positioned within the wellbore and capable of providing a signal that is receivable by a separate device to query condition of the wellbore, and method for monitoring the wellbore. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178813 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR HAZARD CONTROL - A hazard control system according to various aspects of the present invention is configured to deliver a control material in response to detection of a hazard. In one embodiment, the hazard control system comprises a pressure tube having an internal pressure and configured to leak in response to exposure to heat. The leak changes the internal pressure and generates a pneumatic signal. A fire detector may also detect a fire condition associated with fire. A valve may be coupled to the fire detector and the pressure tube. The valve is configured to change the internal pressure and generate the pneumatic signal in response to a signal from the fire detector. The pneumatic signal triggers a delivery system to deliver the control material. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178814 | METHOD FOR EXTINGUISHING A SMOULDERING FIRE IN A SILO - The invention relates to a method for extinguishing a smouldering fire in a silo by introducing inert gas into the silo. The inert gas is introduced through a venturi-type nozzle above the stored content in the silo with a slow streaming velocity in such a way that mass ratio of the entrained surrounding gas to the incoming liquid inert gas is between 0.5 and 20. Thus a closed inert gas layer is formed above the smouldering fire. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178815 | FIRE SAFETY SYSTEMS FOR BUILDINGS WITH OVERHEAD FANS - A fire safety system includes a sensor arrangement and control scheme for quickly sensing a fire, accurately identifying its location, and controlling a set of ceiling fans and overhead sprinklers to efficiently extinguish the fire. The fire safety system is particularly suited for large buildings such as warehouses, factories, gymnasiums, retail stores, auditoriums, convention centers, theaters or other buildings with large open areas. In some examples, the overhead fans are disabled prior to activating the sprinklers. The placement of the fire sensors, in some cases, are selected upon first considering the location of the overhead fans. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178816 | LOADER ELEVATION CONTROL SYSTEM - A system for determining the elevation of a part of an implement, with the implement being attached to the ends of a pair of lift arms of a loader machine, includes a laser transmitter providing a reference beam of laser light. The beam may be a thin beam that is swept in a reference plane, or it may be a pair of fan shaped beams that are continuously rotated. A first beam detector is mounted on one of the pair of lift arms of the loader machine for detecting said reference beam and providing a first output. A second beam detector is mounted on the same lift arm and is spaced along the lift arm from the first beam detector for detecting the reference beam and providing a second output. A control circuit, responsive to the first beam detector and to the second beam detector, determines the elevation of the part of the implement based on the first and second outputs, and provides a projected implement elevation. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178817 | BLADE DEVICE FOR WORKING MACHINE AND WORKING MACHINE MOUNTING BLADE DEVICE - Concave front face surfaces of a blade device having ratios and configurations continuing from an upper end to a lower end of the blade device, and having a central face coupling front faces and end front faces on the right and left thereof. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178818 | Post Handling Assembly - According to one aspect of the present invention there is provided a manually operated post handling assembly including: a main body; a post drive means integral with or connected to the main body; and a post extraction means including a post grip assembly operatively connected to the main body, the post extraction means being adapted to move between a deployed position and a stowed position. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178819 | Adjustable exhaust assembly for pneumatic fastener - An adjustable exhaust assembly for a pneumatic fastening tool having body and a handle extending from the body, the handle defining an inlet channel for receiving input of pressurized gas and an outlet channel for outputting exhaust. The adjustable exhaust assembly includes a base non-rotatably attachable to an end of the handle opposite the body. The base has a plate and a boss extending from the plate. The boss is configured to receive an air hose and defining an inlet opening configured to direct compressed air to the inlet channel. The plate has an outlet opening in communication with the outlet channel. A substantially annular and cap is rotatably received about the boss. The cap defines a substantially annular channel in communication with the outlet opening of the base and an outlet port defined in a portion of a circumferential wall of the annular cap and in communication with the annular channel. Rotation of the cap about the boss moves the outlet opening among a plurality of radial positions relative to the boss. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178820 | Television signal splitter casing - A television signal splitter casing has a body and a cover. The body is hollow and has a front, an opening and a groove. The opening is defined in the front and has an annular edge. The groove is formed in the annular edge of the opening and has an inner surface and multiple saw-teeth. The saw-teeth are formed on the inner surface of the groove. The cover is mounted securely on the opening of the body and has a brim. The brim is mounted in the groove of the body. The saw-teeth of the groove tightly bite and securely hold the brim. Therefore, the cover is mounted on the body without any soldering process so that the fabricating cost of the television signal splitter casing is low. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178821 | Modular Rack for Mounting Avionics Equipment - A modular rack for mounting avionics equipment comprises an upper rectangular frame, a lower rectangular frame, and a plurality of struts interconnecting the upper rectangular frame and the lower rectangular frame. Each strut is at least partially formed of an electrically conductive carbon fiber composite material and includes at least one flange extending substantially orthogonal to the strut. The flange includes a plurality of mounting holes to allow avionics equipment to be mounted to the rack. A method of mounting avionics equipment in an aircraft is also provided. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178822 | Frame for a wall cut-out - For a wall cut-out ( | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178833 | SLICED ELECTROMAGNETIC CAGE FOR INDUCTORS - A system within a circuit is disclosed. The system comprises a first shield and a device above the first shield. The system also includes a plurality of conductive walls coupled to and extending from the first shield to block electromagnetic (EM) waves to other parts of the circuit. A system and method in accordance with the present invention adds metal walls on the edge of a sliced shield. The walls block the electromagnetic wave from coupling to other parts of the circuit from a sideways direction. The use of this structure allows for more compact layout placement with insignificant degradation. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178834 | ANISOTROPIC ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE FILM AND CONNECTION STRUCTURE - An anisotropic electrically conductive film formed by a thermosetting acrylic resin composition is disclosed. The composition contains at least a thermosetting agent (A), a thermo-settable ingredient (B), an acrylic rubber containing hydroxyl groups (C), organic fine particles (D) and electrically conductive particles (E). The thermo-settable ingredient (B) may include a phosphorus-containing acrylic ester (b1). The weight averaged molecular weight of the acrylic rubber containing the hydroxyl groups (C) is not less than 1000000. The organic fine particles (D) include polybutadiene-based fine particles (d1). | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178835 | Multileveled printed circuit board unit including substrate interposed between stacked bumps - Conductive or solder bumps are stacked between a mounted component such as a BGA device and a printed wiring substrate in a multileveled printed circuit board unit. An interposer or relay substrate is interposed between the adjacent stacked conductive bumps. The interposer substrate is made of a porous material. When any difference in the expansion is caused between the printed wiring substrate and the mounted component, one side of the interposer substrate receives a relatively smaller displacement force while the other side of the interposer substrate receives a relatively larger displacement force. A shearing stress is induced in the interposer substrate. Deformation of the porous material serves to absorb the shearing stress in the interposer substrate. The conductive bumps bonded on one side of the interposer substrate as well as the conductive bumps bonded on the other side of the interposer substrate may be relieved from a shearing stress. Accordingly, the durability of the conductive bumps can be improved. The conductive bumps are allowed to keep a stronger bonding in a longer duration. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178836 | WIRING BOARD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A wiring board for a semiconductor device has a substrate, a solder resist provided on the substrate, a land, and a wiring line. The solder resist is not in contact with the land, and an end portion of the wiring line is arranged such that, when a solder ball is not provided, the end portion of the wiring line and the land face each other with a distance therebetween. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178837 | CIRCUIT BOARD CONNECTING STRUCTURE - The present invention provides a circuit board connecting structure enabled to obtain the reliable connection between circuit patterns by restricting the elongation of a flexible base material even when connecting portions are arranged in a face-to-face configuration and are press-contacted with each other. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178838 | CIRCUIT BOARD HAVING AN ELECTRODEPOSITED COATING ON A CONDUCTIVE CORE WITHIN A VIA AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - A process for fabricating a circuit board includes: providing a substrate including a first electrically conductive core having a first insulating coating on a first side and a second insulating coating on a second side, forming an opening in the first and second insulating coatings and the first electrically conductive core, exposing an edge of the conductive core within the opening, and electrodepositing a third insulating material on the exposed edge of the first electrically conductive core. A circuit board fabricated using the process is also provided. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178839 | RECOGNITION MARK AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CIRCUIT BOARD - Through hole ( | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178840 | PCB AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A printed circuit board and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The method in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: providing a substrate on which a first insulation layer, a first circuit pattern, a second insulation layer and a resin layer are successively laminated; boring a through-hole penetrating the substrate; forming roughness on the resin layer by a desmear process; forming a via making an electrical connection between layers through the through-hole; and forming a second circuit pattern on the resin layer having roughness formed thereon. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178841 | Shielding device with a replaceable top - A shielding device with a replaceable top, comprising: a metallic frame | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178842 | Adhesive patch structure for absorbing and shielding electromagnetic waves - An adhesive patch structure for absorbing and shielding electromagnetic waves is disclosed, wherein a preformed transparent or translucent adhesive patch is provided therein or on at least one surface thereof with a mineral material-based layer of a mineral composition rich in negative electromagnetic energy. The mineral material-based layer generates an energy field capable of absorbing or shielding ambient hazardous electromagnetic waves. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178853 | Mobile soil sampling device with vacuum collector - A mobile soil sampling device is mounted on the side of a vehicle such as an ATV or UTV and includes an upstanding frame member which is vertically movable with respect to the vehicle by means of a parallel arm linkage and actuator. A vertically disposed and rotatable auger is mounted on the frame member and is moved upwardly and downwardly with respect thereto through the use of a motor and pinion gear with the pinion gear engaging a gear rack on the frame member. The auger is rotated so as to dig into the ground to the desired depth with the soil sample being conveyed upwardly into a vacuum collection chamber with the soil sample being conveyed to a vacuum chamber mounted on the vehicle. A sample collection device is mounted beneath the vacuum chamber for receiving the desired soil samples. An auger flute cleaning apparatus is mounted on the device to remove soil from the flutes of the auger as the auger is raised from a soil penetration position. The soil removed from the auger by the flute cleaning apparatus drops downwardly into the collection chamber. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178854 | Mobile soil sampling device with vacuum collector - A mobile soil sampling device is mounted on the side of a vehicle such as an ATV or UTV and includes an upstanding frame member which is vertically movable with respect to the vehicle by means of a parallel arm linkage and actuator. A vertically disposed and rotatable auger is mounted on the frame member and is moved upwardly and downwardly with respect thereto through the use of a motor and pinion gear with the pinion gear engaging a gear rack on the frame member. The auger is rotated so as to dig into the ground to the desired depth with the soil sample being conveyed upwardly into a vacuum collection chamber with the soil sample being conveyed to a vacuum chamber mounted on the vehicle. A sample collection device is mounted beneath the vacuum chamber for receiving the desired soil samples. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178855 | THERMALLY STABLE POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND CUTTING ELEMENTS AND BITS INCORPORATING THE SAME - Cutting elements are provided having substrates including end surfaces. TSP material layers extend over only a portion of the end surfaces or extend into the substrates below the end surfaces. Bits incorporating such cutting elements are also provided. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178856 | Drill Bit and Cutter Element Having a Fluted Geometry - A drill bit for cutting a borehole having a borehole sidewall, corner and bottom, the drill bit comprises a bit body including a bit axis. In addition, the drill bit comprises a rolling cone cutter mounted on the bit body and adapted for rotation about a cone axis. Further, the drill bit comprises at least one insert having a base portion secured in the rolling cone cutter and having a cutting portion extending therefrom. The cutting portion of the at least one insert has a cutting surface including at least one flute. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178857 | Medicine weighing device - A medicine weighing device that includes, not only a weighing function, but also an inspection function. The medicine weighing device has a compact structure capable of displaying a weighed value and an inspection result on the same screen, and which can execute inspection according to the input state of weighing conditions. Accordingly, the medicine weighing device is structured to include, in a device main body | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178858 | Weight Scale With Differential Display - Disclosed are various embodiments of a weight scale with differential display. A first weight is determined for a user from a weight sensor. The first weight is stored in a memory. A second weight is determined for the user from the weight sensor. A difference is determined between the first weight and the second weight. The difference is communicated to the user through an output device. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178859 | ANIMAL SCALE - A weigh scale and a sorter unit mounted at a front gate for guiding the animal after weighing when the animal emerges from the front gate is transported from pen to pen within a barn on ground wheels with the sorter unit being mounted so as to be movable from a deployed position to a retracted transport position by folding or sliding in which a total length of the weigh scale and sorter unit is reduced relative to a total length thereof in the deployed position for maneuvering the weigh scale with sorter unit attached during transportation. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178860 | Weighing system - Weighing system for weighing sequentially fed items to be weighed, in particular containers, with a weighing table, forming a preload, for receiving the weight of the item to be weighed, wherein the item to be weighed can be fed to the weighing table or removed from the weighing table along a path running across the weighing cell and wherein a clamping device, with which the item to be weighed, after it has been fed to the weighing table and impinges thereon with its weight, can be clamped detachably against a stop of the clamping device to enable being weighed in the clamped state, is provided above the weighing table as a preload. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178861 | WEIGHING DEVICE - A first gate opens obliquely downward, and maintains the posture, rendering the slope angle of the bottom surface thereof steeper than that of the bottom surface of the second gate. Thus, the bottom surface of the second gate forms a gentle slope sliding surface, and the bottom surface of the first gate forms a steep slope sliding surface. Then articles drop following the shape of a parabola toward the bottom surface of the first gate on the steep slope side, with momentum gained from sliding down the bottom surface of the second gate on the gentle slope side, and then change the sliding trajectory inward upon bumping into the bottom surface of the first gate. The articles then drop following the shape of a parabola toward the center area of a dispersal table, with momentum gained from sliding down the bottom surface of the first gate. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178862 | Driving and Steering of Motor Vehicles - An arrangement and a method are disclosed for driving and steering an engine driven vehicle of the type m which left and right hand wheels | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178883 | LIFTABLE SCAFFOLD - A system for lifting a platform includes a frame attached to the platform. The invention has at least one upright member having equally spaced holes longitudinally aligned, with each of the holes having an upper surface and a lower surface. A motor is attached to the frame, and a pinion is driven by the motor. The frame carries the motor and pinion. The pinion has a plurality of equally spaced teeth that radially extend from the pinion. Each tooth has a roller that is freely rotatable about its axis. The rollers roll over the lower surface of the holes when the motor rotates the pinion in a direction to raise or lower the frame and platform. A safety dog is attached to the frame to prevent the platform from falling if a motor were to fail. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178884 | Combination Treestand and Game Carrier - A combination treestand and game carrier enables ready conversion between the operating modes. A kit enables modification of pre-existing treestands to be configured into a game carrier. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178885 | LADDER AND WALKBOARD SUPPORT - A ladder and walkboard support is installed within an open side of a construction scaffold, providing additional support rungs within the open side. The support has upper hooks that hang from an upper scaffold rung and lower saddles that engage the vertical surfaces of a lower scaffold rung, preventing the lower end of the support from swinging when installed. Walkboards may span a pair of supports installed in opposing open sides. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178886 | Ladder stabilizer - A ladder stabilizer for reducing slippage by the bottom portion of a straight or extension ladder placed on a ladder surface has a left hook portion for engaging the left rail of the ladder, a right hook portion for engaging the right rail of the ladder, and a bent nose portion connecting the left hook portion and the right hook portion. The left hook portion and the right hook portion are spread for installation on the left and right ladder rails, respectively, with the bent nose portion extending downwardly between the ladder rails from the left hook portion and the right hook portion, then return to the spring-biased normal position following installation. With the ladder stabilizer positioned with the bent nose portion touching the ladder surface, a force applied against the bent nose portion downwardly and toward the ladder frictionally biases the left hook portion in place around the left ladder rail, frictionally biases the right hook portion in place around the right ladder rail, and frictionally biases the bent nose portion of the ladder stabilizer against the ladder surface, thereby resisting slippage of the ladder on the ladder surface. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178887 | Retractable lifeline safety device - A retractable lifeline safety device usable as heights above the ground. The safety device is attached to the structure on which the worker is performing the task, and a lifeline such as a cable is withdrawn from the housing thereof, the end of which is attached to a belt or harness worn by the worker. The cable may be easily drawn out of the housing in response to the worker moving about normally in the appropriate work space, and the cable is automatically drawn back into the housing of the safety device as the worker draws closer thereto. However, should the worker fall, a brake mechanism within the safety device is automatically engaged by a sprocket and pawl system, stopping the worker's descent. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178888 | Gondola With On-board Safety and Drive Mechanism - The present invention relates to a lifting device secured in height along a wall comprising a gondola, characterised in that the safety and drive means are on-board on the gondola and cause the gondola to slide along the two rails by means of a pair of secure jaws, the actions of which are coordinated so as to advance along each rail with an alternating clearance. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178889 | ELEVATOR SYSTEM - The invention relates to a safety arrangement of an elevator system and to a method for ensuring safety in an elevator system. The safety arrangement comprises at least one mechanical stopping appliance and the control of the safety arrangement comprises at least one limit value that sets the speed, deceleration or permitted vertical distance from the door zone of the elevator car. In the method for ensuring safety in an elevator system at least one mechanical stopping appliance is fitted to the safety arrangement of the elevator system and at least one limit value that sets the speed, deceleration or permitted vertical distance from the door zone of the elevator car is set for the control of the safety arrangement. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178890 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR ELEVATOR - A control system for elevators is provided with a landing call registration device provided at each of landing floors so as to be operable thereat, a landing call automatic registration portion for setting that one of the landing floors at which the landing call registration device is operated as a car call floor and registering a car call to stop one of cars at the car call floor, a response selection portion for selecting that one of elevator apparatuses which responds to a registered car call as a selected elevator, a passenger traveling time period calculation portion for setting that one of elevator doorways of the selected elevator which is provided at the car call floor as a selected doorway and calculating a passenger traveling time period corresponding to the selected doorway, and an opening/closing control portion for controlling the opening/closing operation of the selected doorway based on information from the selected elevator and information from the passenger traveling time period calculation portion. When the selected doorway is already in a door-open state at the time of registration of the car call, the opening/closing control portion continues to hold the selected doorway in the door-open state until the passenger traveling time period elapses after registration of the car call. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178891 | Buffering device for brake mechanism for adjusting pressure on wheels - A brake mechanism for brake system includes a pad connector and a pad support to which the brake pad is connected, two link units are pivotaby connected between the pad connector and the pad support. A buffering device is connected to two respective first ends of the pad connector and the pad support. When the brake pad touches the spinning wheel, the brake pad together with the pad support are movable relative to the pad connector such that the wheel is not sudden stopped completely and the pressure that the brake pad applies to the wheel can also be adjusted. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178892 | Method and Device for Damping Vibrations - The invention relates to a method for damping vibrations on chassis bearings of motor vehicles, and a device for implementing the process. A process and a device are to be presented with which outstanding vibration damping and vibration isolation and noise insulation can be achieved over a wide frequency range with consideration of the driving states and roadway conditions which occur in motor vehicles. For this purpose it is proposed that the driving state of the motor vehicle and/or the roadway conditions are detected by way of sensors and that the at least one chassis bearing is modified to different characteristics to change its stiffness and/or damping depending on the detected parameters. The device is formed with sensors for detecting the driving state of the motor vehicle and for roadway conditions, with an electronic control device for processing the acquired signals and for selection of various controllable characteristics and at least one chassis bearing, the stiffness and/or damping of which can be modified. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178903 | DEVICE FOR MOVING, IN PARTICULAR FOR ORIENTING LONG ITEMS | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178904 | SWITCH HAVING A COMPLEMENTARY DIODE UNIT - A diode unit ( | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178905 | Contact Element and a Contact Arrangement - A contact element for making an electric contact to a contact member for enabling an electric current to flow between the contact element and the contact member includes a body having at least one contact surface thereof coated with a contact layer to be applied against the contact member. The contact layer includes a nanocomposite film having a matrix of amorphous carbon and crystallites of nano-size, i.e. with dimensions in the range of 1-100 nm, of at least one metal carbide embedded therein. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178906 | KEYPAD PANEL ASSEMBLY HAVING ARRAYS OF MICROPORES - A keypad panel assembly having arrays of micropores includes a panel body, a shielding layer, a backlight module, and a telecommunication module. The panel body is formed into a plate. The shielding layer is provided on one surface of the panel body. A plurality of micropores are formed on the shielding layer. The micropores are arranged to form patterns for pressing. The backlight module is arranged on one surface of the shielding layer. The telecommunication module is arranged on one surface of the backlight module. When a set of light-emitting units is lighted up, the light enters one end of a light-guiding plate. The light is reflected by light-guiding microstructures onto the corresponding key, so that the user can see the position of each key clearly. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178907 | KEYPAD ASSEMBLY FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A keypad assembly includes a pressing surface layer, a pattern layer, an elastic layer, a light guiding layer, and a pressing bottom layer. The pattern layer is under the pressing surface layer. The elastic layer is located between and interlocks the pattern layer and the light guiding layer by adhesive. The pressing bottom layer adheres to the light guiding layer. The keypad assembly has an ideal appearance by lights collection of the light guiding layer. User can feel comfortable when pressing the keypad assembly because of the elastic layer's buffering effect. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178908 | SWITCH STRUCTURE OF AUTOMATIC EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR - A switch structure of an automatic external defibrillator including a housing member and a flap member for covering the housing member, open and closed states of the flap member and ON and OFF of a switch of the automatic external defibrillator which are associated with each other, the switch structure includes a movable unit for turning ON the switch when the flap member is in the open state and turning OFF the switch when the flap member is in the closed state and an operator performs further operation. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178909 | Key Structure - The invention discloses a key structure including a keycap, a base plate, and a support member. The keycap includes a slide part; the base plate includes an engagement part; the support member includes a first end and a second end for engaging the keycap and the base plate. The first end slides on the slide part, and the second end is engaged to the engagement part. Therein, the second end thereon defines a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The first and second directions are substantially parallel to the base plate. The engagement part restrains the second end from sliding along the first direction. The second end includes two block parts. The block parts are deposited on two sides of the engagement part for restraining the second end from sliding along the second direction. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178910 | Key Structure - The invention discloses a key structure comprising a keycap, a base plate, and a support member. The keycap comprises a slide part; the base plate comprises an engagement part; the support member comprises a slide end and an engagement end, and the support member is used for engaging the keycap and the base plate. The slide end slides along the slide part, and the engagement end is engaged to the engagement part. Therein, the slide end comprises a connection part, and the connection part comprises at least one concave part or at least one hole. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178911 | KEY DOME ASSEMBLY WITH IMPROVED TACTILE FEEDBACK - A dome assembly for use in a keyboard assembly of an electronic device is provided. The dome assembly includes a deflectable dome shaped element having a concave surface terminating at a periphery and a number of elevating members disposed on the element adjacent the periphery and protruding away from the concave surface. The elevating members serve to space the periphery from a mounting surface. The element is movable between an undeflected position and a deflected position. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178912 | MULTI-DIRECTIONAL KEY AND KEY ASSEMBLY - A multi-directional key for an electronic device includes a hollow frame a key substrate, a multi-directional key body, and a supporting frame. The hollow frame includes a pair of first opposite parallel bars and a pair of second opposite parallel bars. Perpendicular planes of the first opposite parallel bars and perpendicular planes of the second opposite parallel bars are substantially perpendicular to each other. Each of two opposite sides of the key substrate is correspondingly connected to each of the first opposite parallel bars of the hollow frame by a pair of first connection portions. The multi-directional key body is positioned on the key substrate. The supporting frame is connected to the second opposite parallel bars of the hollow frame by a pair of second connection portions. A key assembly employing the multi-directional key is also provided. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178923 | ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSOR FOR THE DETERMINATION OF AN ANALYTE CONCENTRATION - The invention relates to an electrochemical sensor for the determination of a concentration of at least one analyte in a medium, in particular a body tissue and/or a body fluid, to an apparatus that includes the electrochemical sensor, and to a use of the electrochemical sensor, and finally to a method for producing it. The electrochemical sensor has an isolation element and at least two electrodes. The at least two electrodes comprise at least one working electrode and at least one further electrode, in particular at least one counter electrode and/or at least one reference electrode. The at least two electrodes run parallel to one another and form an electrochemical measuring cell of the electrochemical sensor. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178924 | Conductor/Insulator/Porous Film-Device and Its Use With the Electrochemiluminescence-Based Analytical Methods - A conductor/insulator/porous film device is provided which is used in electrochemiluminescence methods and instrumentation based on the chemical excitation of label molecules with subsequent measurement of the luminescence in order to quantitate analyte concentrations especially in bioaffinity assays. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178925 | Chemical Sensor Based on Zinc Oxide Nanostructures for Detection of Hydrazine - The present invention relates to a chemical sensor for detection of hydrazine. The invention detects hydrazine with a modified electrode using ZnO nanostructures such as nanonails and hexagonal-shaped nanorods by electrochemical analysis. The ZnO nanostructures are grown by simple non-catalytic thermal evaporation process in the presence of oxygen and coated on the surface of electrode. The prepared ZnO nanostructures/electrode is used as electron mediator and enhances the electron transfer between the hydrazine and electrodes and produces a high sensitivity. The most important target of this invention is to present the use of novel, cost effective and easily grown ZnO nanostructures as efficient electron mediators to modify the electrodes and fabricate the chemical sensor for effective detection of hydrazine. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178926 | Sharply Resolving Labeled Protein Molecular Weight Standards - Pre-labeled protein standards useful in electrophoresis that have sharp, consistent separation characteristics that are substantially the same as those of their unlabeled counterparts are provided. The invention provides pre-labeled protein standard sets that include a plurality of labeled proteins that are labeled on a first amino acid, in which side reactions of the label with amino acids not targeted for labeling are reduced. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178927 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR ELECTROPHORETIC METALLIZATION DEPOSITION - Embodiments of the invention generally provide methods and compositions that are used during electrophoretic deposition (EPD) processes. In one embodiment, a method for forming a metallization material during an EPD process is provided which includes positioning a substrate containing apertures disposed thereon, exposing the substrate to a flux agent to form a flux coating within the apertures, exposing the flux coating to an EPD mixture to form a particulate layer therein, and exposing the substrate to a reflow process to form a metallization layer within the apertures. Optionally, the particulate layer may be exposed to the flux agent prior to the reflow process. The EPD mixture generally contains a dielectric hydrocarbon fluid, metallic particles, and a liquid crystal material (LCM), such as a cholesteryl compound. In some embodiments, an abietic acid compound may be used as the flux agent, or alternatively, as the LCM. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178928 | Process for Desalting Glycerol Solutions and Recovery of Chemicals - Processes for desalting glycerol-rich solutions or process streams using electrodialysis are provided. The glycerol-rich process streams are typically byproducts from the production of biodiesel. Following electrodialysis, the resulting aqueous salt solution is placed in a water splitting cell to recover the acid and base components of the salt. These acid and base components, in turn, can be reused in other processes, such as biodiesel production. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178929 | SEPARATION DEVICE FOR ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING - The invention relates to a device for use in separation, especially isoelectric focusing employing “pH sink regions”, whereby the direction of change in pH is reversed. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178930 | ELECTROPLATING DEVICE AND METHOD - The invention relates to a device for the electrolytic coating of at least one electrically conductive substrate or a structured or full-surface electrically conductive surface on a nonconductive substrate, which comprises at least one bath, one anode and one cathode, the bath containing an electrolyte solution containing at least one metal salt, from which metal ions are deposited on electrically conductive surfaces of the substrate to form a metal layer while the cathode is brought in contact with the substrate's surface to be coated and the substrate is transported through the bath, wherein the cathode comprises at least two disks ( | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178931 | Electrolysis Cell for Hydrogen Peroxide Production and Method of Use - An electrolytic cell for the production of hydrogen peroxide with faradic efficiency and a method for the production of highly pure hydrogen peroxide with high faradic efficiency are disclosed. The cell is provided with a separator of high hydraulic permeability and is equipped with an oxygen-fed gas-diffusion cathode and with an anode activated with a catalyst for oxygen evolution. The high faradic efficiency of hydrogen peroxide generation is allowed by the dilution of product hydrogen peroxide by the anolyte crossing the permeable separator, and by keeping the operating temperature at values below 50° C. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178932 | CONTROL OF BIOCATALYSIS REACTIONS - A process for increasing the rate of biocatalysis reactions, which comprises applying a direct current electric field to a reaction mixture, wherein the reaction mixture and the electrodes used to apply said electric field are separated such that the reaction mixture does not come into contact with said electrodes. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178943 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HARVESTING, STORING, AND IMPLANTING HAIR GRAFTS - A system and method for harvesting, storing, and implanting biological unit delivery tools, particularly useful to facilitate robotic hair transplant procedures. A storage device includes a lower module having a plurality of receptacles for containing delivery tools, for example small tubular follicular unit implant needles. The receptacles may contain liquid for maintaining hydration of the biological unit. The lower module may be manipulated by an automated system which includes a pick and placed collet that handles the delivery tools one at a time in an implant procedure. An upper module registers with the lower module and provides guide bores leading to the delivery tools in the receptacles. A biological unit removal tool, such as a follicular unit harvesting needle, can be carried by the collet and used to deposit biological units through the guide bores and into each delivery tool. Each receptacle may include means for retaining the delivery tool therein to help the collet cleanly insert and release the tool. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178944 | STACKABLE NUCLEAR FUEL STORAGE ELEMENT AND STORAGE MODULE FORMED BY A STACK OF SUCH ELEMENTS - A storage element for the storage of cases ( | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178945 | Laminated lidstock - A laminated lidstock includes a substrate film, a support web; a pressure sensitive adhesive disposed between the substrate and support webs, and covering the substrate film and support web except for a clear area disposed near one end of the laminated lidstock; a first die cut disposed in the substrate film; a second die cut disposed in the support web; a pull tab; and a tamper evidence device including an end portion of the support web, defined by a first end, a first side edge, and a second side edge of the package made from the laminated lidstock, and the second die cut, capable of indicating tampering of the package upon removal of the tamper evidence device from the support web; wherein at least one of the substrate film and the support web carries a registration device. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178946 | CONTAINER ASSEMBLY - A container assembly for the storage and transport of goods, the assembly including a first portion having an interior with a substantially flat interior bottom surface. The assembly further includes a second portion pivotally connected to the first portion. The first portion has an outer surface that includes a first stacking pattern and the second portion has an outer surface that includes a second stacking pattern which is different from the first stacking pattern and configured to engage the first stacking pattern enabling the container assembly to be bi-directionally stacked on another of the container assemblies. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178947 | Stackable storage device - The present invention broadly comprises a stackable storage tray that includes a bottom having an upper surface and a lower surface and an edge extending around the perimeter of the bottom. The tray also possesses a hollow stacking post functionally attached to the bottom in a position that is offset from the center of the bottom as well as a receiving hole defined by the lower surface and extending into the hollow stacking post. The tray may be stacked to form a stacked storage device in which individual trays are rotatable by inserting the hollow stacking post of a lower stacked tray into a receiving hole of an upper tray. In preferred embodiments, the stacking post and receiving hole are tapered. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178948 | Reusable Child-Resistant, Senior Friendly Unit Dose Container - A child-resistant and senior-friendly unit dose package has a hollow container body containing a separate tray carrying a plurality of tablets or like items for being dispensed from the container body. The container body has an end with an opening, and the tray can be slid to a retracted position in which the tray is located within the container body and a dispensing position in which a proximal end part of the tray extends through the opening of the container body. The package includes a separate cap removably securable to the container body to seal the opening and prevent access to the trays. The container body can be positioned in a tray re-loading position that permits a spent tray to be removed from the container body and replaced with a new tray. Thus, the container body is reusable. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178949 | Child-Resistant, Senior Friendly Carded Package and Method of Assembly - A child-resistant and senior-friendly carded package for storing and dispensing tablets and like items is provided. The carded package assembly has a integral pair of opposed flaps. One flap carries the tablets or like items, and the other provides a booklet-style cover foldable between a position covering the tablets or like items and a position exposing the tablets or like items. The carded package is made from a first card bonded to a separate second card with a blister card captured therebetween. The first card has a flap including at least three panels folded together with each of the at least three panels including cut out openings or perforations defining punch outs. The second card has a flap having cut out openings. The blister card is sandwiched between the at least three panel flap of the first card and the flap of the second card having openings. A method of assembling the package is also provided. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178950 | Golf Club Fitting Bags And Methods Of Manufacture - Embodiments of golf club fitting bags and methods of manufacture are generally described herein. An article for transporting and displaying a golf club to fitting kit comprises a body comprising at least one toting mechanism to allow a single individual to transport the article, at least one shaft compartment to contain a plurality of golf club shafts, and a plurality of shelves to contain a plurality of golf club heads separate from the golf club shafts. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178951 | FUEL COMPOSITION - A middle distillate fuel composition is provided comprising (a) a middle distillate base fuel, (b) a Fischer-Tropsch derived paraffinic wax component, and (c) one or more cold flow additives; a method for formulating a middle distillate fuel composition comprising a middle distillate base fuel, comprising (i) incorporating into the base fuel a Fischer-Tropsch derived wax component. The use of a Fischer-Tropsch derived wax component in a middle distillate fuel composition, for the purpose of increasing the effect of a CFPP improver additive in the composition is disclosed. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178952 | PROCESS TO UPGRADE HIGHLY WAXY CRUDE OIL BY HOT PRESSURIZED WATER - A continuous process for upgrading highly waxy crude oil by contacting the highly waxy crude oil with supercritical water fluid to produce low pour point, high value crude oil having low sulfur, low nitrogen, and low metallic impurities for use as hydrocarbon feedstock. | 2009-07-16 |
| 20090178963 | Two Part Resilient Combination Bottom Support and Relief Valve End Seal Assembly for Fluid Filters - A fluid filter is described, comprising a filter body defining a cavity for a filter element, a first end cap for fitting on one end of the filter body, having an integrated single piece anti drain back valve and seal, and a second end cap for fitting on an opposite end of the filter body, having an integrated two part relief valve and supports for the filter element, formed by a relief valve body and a relief valve disc. | 2009-07-16 |
