34th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 5 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130213165 | TRANSMISSION FOR A MOTOR-VEHICLE - A dual clutch transmission for a motor vehicle which comprises at least two transmission parts and each transmission part comprise at least one input shaft. Drive is outputted from the transmission parts via a common output shaft. The at least one input shaft is arranged on a main axis and the output shaft is arranged on the main axis or a parallel secondary axis. An intermediate transmission has at least one countershaft that is arranged on the secondary axis. At least one of the input shafts can be connected to the output shaft via at least two gear planes and/or at least one shifting element. At least three shifting mechanisms are provided and at least one shifting mechanism is arranged on each of the main and the secondary axes such that one of the at least two gear planes is arranged between two of the at least three shifting mechanisms. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213166 | DRIVE UNIT - A drive unit includes an electric motor, a worm shaft coupled to the motor, a worm gear engaging with the worm shaft, and an output shaft connected to the worm gear. The motor has a motor shaft on which the worm shaft is fixed. The worm shaft is made of plastic. The drive unit further includes a metallic sleeve press fitted to the motor shaft. An outer profile of the sleeve is non-circular. A correspondingly shaped receiving hole is formed in the worm shaft to receive the sleeve. The sleeve rotates with the motor shaft and drives the worm shaft. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213167 | HOLLOW GEAR RING AND METHOD FOR ITS MANUFACTURING - A welded hollow gear ring ( | 2013-08-22 |
20130213168 | TOOTHED WHEEL ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A BAYONET FASTENING - The invention relates to a toothed wheel arrangement ( | 2013-08-22 |
20130213169 | MASS DAMPER FOR SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER HANDLING END EFFECTOR - A calibrated mass damper for use with end effectors for semiconductor wafer handling robots is described. The calibrated mass damper reduces vibrational response in an end effector carrying a semiconductor wafer without requiring modification of the end effector structure. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213170 | LINK UNIT AND ARM MODULE HAVING THE SAME - An arm module having a structure capable of precisely moving each link unit while flexibly moving with sufficient stiffness includes a plurality of link units each having a ring shape, a plurality of joint units each disposed in a middle portion of a corresponding one of the plurality of link units to connect the plurality of link units, wherein the plurality of link units includes a first link unit, a second link unit disposed while being rotated with respect to the first link unit, the second link unit linked at an upper side of the first link unit while passing through a middle portion of the first link unit, and a third link unit disposed while being rotated with respect to the second link unit, the third link unit linked at an upper side of the second link unit while passing through a middle portion of the second link unit. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213171 | SUBSTRATE TRANSFER APPARATUS - A substrate transfer apparatus has a plurality of arms which rotate on different shafts. A first driver rotates the first arm, a second driver rotates a second arm coupled to the first arm, a third driver rotates a third arm coupled to the second arm, and a fourth arm rotates with rotation of the third arm and is coupled to the third arm. The drivers control rotation of the arms to perform different operations in transferring the substrate between different processing locations. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213172 | MANIPULATOR SYSTEM - From a desired wrist joint position and a desired elbow rotation angle, a temporary elbow joint position is calculated on the assumption that a distance between a shoulder joint and an elbow joint is fixed. The shoulder joint has a first axis, a second axis, and a third axis, and the elbow joint has a fourth axis. From the calculated temporary elbow joint position, temporary angles of the first and second axes or temporary angles of the first to fourth axes are determined. The temporary angles are corrected in accordance with at least one evaluation function calculated from the temporary angles. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213173 | STEERING APPARATUS - Construction is achieved wherein performing design for sufficiently maintaining the collapse stroke is simple regardless of whether or not there is a key lock cylinder, and support rigidity of the steering column | 2013-08-22 |
20130213174 | STEERING APPARATUS - The present invention provides a steering apparatus having simple construction, and good left and right balance of the clamping force, such that the clamping force does not fluctuate depending on the forward-backward position of the steering wheel | 2013-08-22 |
20130213175 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR A BICYCLE DERAILLEUR - The integrated control device ( | 2013-08-22 |
20130213176 | CABLE GLAND AND GASKET RING ASSEMBLY - A cable gland and gasket ring assembly includes a gasket ring and a cable gland formed of a shell, a collar, a packing ring and a connection ring for securing a cable to a junction box. The gasket ring is an annular member, having a first end face, a second end face opposing the first end face, a plurality of annular ribs concentrically arranged on the first end face and an annular convex portion located on the second end face, which is mounted on the first connection ring segment for enabling the annular ribs to be stopped against the stop face and a tapered inner surface located on the inside of the stop flange segment for stopping against a tapered outside surface of the packing ring. The packing ring further has at least one outer annular groove extending around the periphery of the second packing ring segment thereof. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213177 | ASSEMBLY FOR SELECTIVELY LOCKING THE ANGULAR POSITION OF A BIASED THROTTLE GRIP - An assembly for selectively locking the angular position of a biased throttle grip mounted on an end of a handlebar to control engine speed is provided. The assembly includes a first member having a first face and adapted to be mounted on the end of the handlebar and a second member having a second face in close-spaced opposition to the first face and a third face spaced from the second face and in close-spaced opposition to an end face of the throttle grip when the first member is mounted on the end of the handlebar. The second member is mounted for rotation about an axis and for controlled shifting movement along the axis relative to the first member between a first position which corresponds to the unlocked mode of the assembly and a second position which corresponds to a locked mode of the assembly. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213178 | Control Lever System - A work vehicle includes a frame structure between an operator-side space adjacent to the operator and a device-side space adjacent controlled devices. The control lever system for the work vehicle comprises a pivotal shaft mounted in the vicinity of a lever opening formed in the frame structure; a boss portion supported to the pivotal shaft to be rotatable about the pivotal shaft; a control lever portion radially extending from the boss portion to the operator-side space; a controlled lever portion radially extending from the boss portion to the device-side space; and a seal member for closing a gap between the boss portion and an area of the frame structure where the lever opening is formed. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213179 | VEHICULAR INPUT APPARATUS - An input apparatus disposed on a core unit of a steering wheel has an operable body. The operable body has multiple straining bodies that have a transfer surface part. The transfer surface part has a displacement transfer surface formed thereon, and the displacement transfer surface has a detector for detecting a displacement of the displacement transfer surface according to an operation force applied to an operation surface. The straining bodies and the operable body are arranged such that a portion of the operable body extends towards a rim of the steering wheel from, or across, a line connecting two straining bodies that are positioned closer to the rim than other straining bodies. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213180 | GEAR SHIFT LEVER KNOB - A gear shift lever knob includes a knob body forming a main portion of the gear shift lever knob. The knob body is made of a first material that allows light to pass through. The gear shift lever knob further includes a frame at least partly enclosing the knob body such that the knob body is externally visible. The frame is made of a second material different from the first material. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213181 | ROLLER TAPPET - A roller tappet intended for use a) in a high pressure fuel pump; b) in a valve train of an internal combustion engine; c) in an engine such as an axial piston engine or a radial piston engine; or d) generally for a pump/compressor of an axial piston type or of a radial piston type. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213182 | ARRANGEMENT FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An arrangement connectable to an internal combustion engine having a crankshaft, the arrangement including a flywheel, which is connectable to the crankshaft and coupled by a coupling device to output elements. An intermediate piece is arranged in a torque-transmitting manner between the flywheel and the coupling device. A starter generator is arranged within a flywheel housing and operatively connected to the crankshaft. The intermediate piece has in the center thereof an opening in which a shaft body is mounted in an axially movable manner, and the shaft body is connected to the coupling device by means of a flexible transmission element. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213183 | ARRANGEMENT FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An arrangement for an internal combustion engine, including a flywheel connectable the crankshaft of the internal combustion engine, a starter generator arranged in a housing of the flywheel, and a friction clutch, which connects the flywheel to a transmission. An intermediate piece is fastened to the output side of the flywheel, such that a torque-transmitting fastening of the intermediate piece to the flywheel is arranged radially to the inside of a torque-transmitting fastening of the intermediate piece to the friction clutch, with respect to the radial spacing from the axis of rotation of the flywheel, and that the intermediate piece forms the abutment for a friction lining of the friction clutch at an abutment surface. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213184 | Process For Making Low and Specified Hardenability Structural Steel - The invention refers to metallurgy, in particular to making low (LH) and specified (SH) hardenability steels in electric arc, induction furnaces or oxygen converters.
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20130213185 | ADJUSTABLE GRIPPING TOOL - A self-energizing and de-energizing adjustable gripping tool for engaging a work piece to impart work thereto includes a first element and second element connected for relative movement. The second element includes an actuation portion having a plurality of slots. The first element includes gripping elements which are each associated with a force transfer element which engages one of the slots such that movement of the second element relative to the first element actuates the gripping elements to engage the work piece. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213186 | APPARATUS FOR REMOVING AND INSTALLING ELEVATED LIGHT BULBS - An apparatus including an extendable (e.g., telescoping) pole with a handle at a first end and a light-bulb gripping unit at a second end. The gripping unit may include an adhesive member including a series of removal, disposable adhesive sheets having a “tacky” surface for controlling a light bulb during removal and installation. Different gripping units are configured for different light bulb types. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213187 | APPARATUS FOR REMOVING AND INSTALLING ELEVATED LIGHT BULBS - An apparatus including an extendable (e.g., telescoping) pole with a handle at a first end and a light-bulb gripping unit at a second end. The gripping unit may include an adhesive member including a series of removal, disposable adhesive sheets having a “tacky” surface for controlling a light bulb during removal and installation. Different gripping units are configured for different light bulb types. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213188 | DOUBLE-SHAFT VARIABLE PROPELLER PITCH ELECTRIC BOLT-TIGHTENING MACHINE - A double-shaft variable propeller pitch electric bolt-tightening machine, comprising: a base body front end ( | 2013-08-22 |
20130213189 | BENDING MECHANISM OF HAND TOOL AND HAND TOOL INCLUDING THE SAME - The bending mechanism of hand tool includes a body and a bending portion. A working portion is formed at one end of the body, and a holding portion is formed at the other end of the body. The bending portion is disposed between the working portion and the holding portion and includes a pivot trough and a pivot end which is arranged in the pivot trough. The pivot trough has a trough opening and a limiting structure. The pivot end is able to move between a first position and a second position. The pivot end is unable to bend pivotally at the first position, but is able bend pivotally at the second position. The hand tool of the present invention includes the bending mechanism and a ratchet wheel head connected with the working portion. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213190 | RATCHET WRENCH WITH A BUSHING - A ratchet wrench includes a wrench head, a ratchet assembly and a bushing. The wrench head is made of metal and defines a cavity therein. The ratchet assembly is disposed in the cavity of the wrench head and has an outer configuration corresponding in shape to a periphery of the cavity of wrench head and being slightly smaller than the cavity of the wrench head. The bushing is made of a metal with a hardness greater than that of the wrench head and is fitted in a clearance defined between the ratchet assembly and an inner wall of the cavity of the wrench head. Moreover, the bushing has a substantially consistent thickness so that the bushing has an outer periphery and an inner periphery both corresponding in shape to the periphery of the cavity. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213191 | FASTENER DRIVER HAND TOOL - A hand tool is configured to rotate a fastener about a rod. The hand tool includes a drive member configured to receive the fastener. The drive member includes a retainer configured to hold the fastener within the drive member against the force of gravity in any orientation of the hand tool. The hand tool also includes an opening extending through the drive member, a first handle extending radially outward from the drive member, and a second handle extending radially outward from the drive member. The first handle and the second handle are balanced to facilitate rotation of the hand tool. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213192 | ADJUSTABLE WRENCH - An adjustable wrench includes two plates, a handle unit, a rotary unit and a control unit. Each plate has a first toothed portion. The handle unit is located between the two plates and includes a handle and a toothed ring. The handle has a second toothed portion. The toothed ring has multiple third teeth and multiple fourth teeth. The third teeth are engaged with the second teeth. The fourth teeth are located between the first toothed portions of the two plates. The rotary unit is located between the two plates and has a first jaw and a second jaw. The control unit includes having a controlling member and a resilient member. The controlling member is connected to the plate and has fifth teeth defined in one end thereof. The resilient member contacts the controlling member to engage the fifth teeth with the first and fourth teeth. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213193 | TAPERED LOBULAR DRIVER AND FASTENER - A torque transmission driver has a first end portion adapted to receive and transmit torque from a torque generation source, and a second end portion including a shaped tapered bit having drive surfaces with an alternating series of five or six lobes and troughs about a rotational axis, having a taper angle between 15 and 45° from the rotational axis operable to engage corresponding drive surfaces in a plurality of at least two size fasteners, the tapered drive surfaces of the bit comprising a first tapered portion operable to engage drive surfaces of a first sized fastener and a second tapered portion operable to engage drive surfaces of a second sized fastener, the drive surfaces of the second sized fastener being larger than the drive surfaces of the first sized fastener. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213194 | SLIP-PROOF CLAMPING SYSTEM - The slip-proof system consists of screw connection elements in the form of union nuts having recesses ( | 2013-08-22 |
20130213195 | TOOL - The invention relates to a tool, tool, in particular a screwing tool ( | 2013-08-22 |
20130213196 | CUTTING INSERT, CUTTING TOOL, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MACHINED PRODUCT USING THE SAME - A cutting insert includes an insert body including an upper surface, a lower surface, a side surface connected to each of the upper surface and the lower surface, and a cutting edge located at an intersection of the upper and side surfaces. The insert body is divided into cutting and fixing sections. A region of the upper surface located at the cutting section includes a rake surface which is located further inward than the cutting edge and is inclined as going inward at an inclination angle α | 2013-08-22 |
20130213197 | PCBN MATERIAL, TOOL ELEMENTS COMPRISING SAME AND METHOD FOR USING SAME - PCBN material consisting essentially of cubic boron nitride (cBN) grains and binder material, the content of the cBN grains being at least 80 weight percent of the PCBN material; the binder material comprising greater than 50 weight percent Al and a combined content of at least 5 weight percent of an iron group element and a refractory element, the iron group element selected from the group consisting of Co, Fe, Ni and Mn, and the refractory element selected from the group consisting of W, Cr, V, Mo, Ta, Ti, Hf and Zr. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213198 | Device for processing workpieces using ultrasound and method for operating that device - A device for processing workpieces using ultrasound has an ultrasound oscillating structure and an anvil with a counter tool, wherein the ultrasound oscillating structure has an ultrasound sonotrode which can be moved by a carriage in the axial direction thereof and in the direction of the counter tool. A force storage is provided for the counter tool to urge the counter tool with a force towards the ultrasound sonotrode. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213199 | METHOD OF CUTTING STEEL FOR MACHINE STRUCTURAL USE - In the method of cutting steel for machine structural use, steel for machine structural use, in which chemical components contain, by mass %, 0.01% to 1.2% of C, 0.005% to 3.0% of Si, 0.05% to 3.0% of Mn, 0.001% to 0.2% of P, 0.001% to 0.35% of S, 0.002% to 0.035% of N and 0.05% to 1.0% of Al, in a case in which [Al%] and [N%] represent the mass % of Al and N in the steel respectively, [Al%]−(27/14)×[N%]≧0.05% is satisfied, is the other elements are included as necessary, and a balance consisting of Fe and inevitable impurities, is used, and a cutting process is carried out on the steel for machine structural use using water-insoluble cutting oil in which the amount of dissolved oxygen is 4 volume % to 16 volume %. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213200 | METHOD FOR CUTTING FIBERGLASS INSULATION - Fibrous mineral products, like fiberglass insulation blankets, are cut into lanes or segments using at least one oil-jet cutter that uses high velocity oil to cut a kerf in the blanket. The used or spent oil that is dispersed by the fibers is collected in a separate oil reclamation system that keeps the oil distinct from washwater. The collected oil is filtered, recycled and re-pressurized for additional cutting. Oil is advantageous over water for preserving recovery properties, producing comfortable hand, and reducing the use of de-dusting agents in the process. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213201 | Food Product Conveyor and Handling Systems - A conveyor system for assembling and stacking sliced food products is provided. The conveyor system includes an assembly area, wherein groups of a predetermined quantity of sliced food products travel from a slicer on a conveyor and are deposited on discrete carrier sheets on a downstream conveyor. The assembly area is configured to delay advancement of the carrier sheets on the downstream conveyor until a group of the predetermined quantity is formed. The slicer is configured to calculate the number of slices in each group and determine whether a group is complete. A stacking area of the conveyor system includes a nose conveyor that extends and retracts to deposit each carrier sheet onto a pair of initial supports. The initial supports reciprocate away from each other in opposing directions to drop the carrier sheet onto a subsequent level, with the initial supports reciprocating each time a carrier sheet is deposited thereon. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213202 | CUTTER - A cutter for cutting a member has a first jaw and a second jaw mounted relative to each other to articulate along a range of motion between an open condition and a closed condition. The jaws are configured to provide a shearing action cutting between the first jaw and the second jaw on a first side of the member and an opposite shearing action cutting on an opposite second side of the member. In a single stroke cutting method the edges come together. They may be at an angle off-parallel to each other or oppositely stepped and intersecting in superposition. With centrally recessed edges, there may be opposite bypass cutting on opposite sides of the member. In a central region between the first side and the second side, there may be no bypass (e.g., approach being more conventional non-bypass cleaving). | 2013-08-22 |
20130213203 | PRODUCT ROLL CUTTING AND HANDLING MECHANISM AND METHOD - A hands-free paper product dispenser has three separate IR emitter and sensor circuits, two controlling the length and/or number of sheets of paper cut and dispensed, and the third used both to safety interlock the cutter mechanism and to control retention of each cut sheet by the dispenser until removed from the dispenser by a user. Novel mechanical means are employed to both hold the paper during cutting and assure a straight and unfrayed cut. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213204 | FIBER CUTTING DEVICE - The invention proceeds from a converter cutting device for a converter which is provided for converting at least one endless fibre into cut fibres, having at least one cutting unit which can be driven rotationally about a rotational axis and comprises at least one cutting means with at least one blade. It is proposed that the cutting means encloses a cutting angle which does not equal 0 degrees with a plane which is oriented perpendicularly with respect to the rotational axis. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213205 | DEVICE FOR MAKING LACERATIONS IN A SURFACE AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a device for making lacerations in a surface of a product without removing the surface. The device includes a power-driven hand tool; a disc member connectable to the power-driven hand tool, wherein when connected to the power-driven hand tool, the disc member can be rotated by the power-driven hand tool in a circular motion; and a plurality of pointed lacerating elements secured to and extending perpendicular from a face of the disc member, where the plurality of lacerating elements form a pattern on the face, and where when the disc member is rotated in a circular motion by the power-driven hand tool, the lacerating elements lacerate the surface of the product without removing the surface. The present invention also relates to a method for lacerating a surface of a product without removing the surface. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213206 | Universal Musical String Adjusting Apparatus For Use With A Tuning Device - There is provided a string adjusting apparatus configured to be used with a string tuning device and with a variety of tuning pegs associated with a variety of stringed musical instruments, the string adjusting apparatus comprising a plurality of peg connectors configured to be detachably coupled to the variety of tuning pegs, and a motor configured to be connected to the automatic tuning device and to be detachably coupled to the plurality of peg connectors. The apparatus further comprising a user interface and a processing unit for enabling a user to select a stringed musical instrument to tune among a displayed list of musical instruments and a processing unit connected to the user interface for receiving the user selection and for automatically determining, as a function thereof, an appropriate tuning frequency, an appropriate peg connector among the plurality of peg connectors and an appropriate torque to be applied by the motor. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213207 | STRINGED INSTRUMENT HAND REST - A hand rest for a guitar or other such stringed instrument configured to be positioned over strings of the stringed instrument such that a user of the stringed instrument may rest a hand on at least a portion of the hand rest while using the stringed instrument. Furthermore, the hand rest is configured to not interfere with a user striking one or more strings and the vibration of one or more strings. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213208 | Ballistic-Resistant Composite Assembly - A composite assembly useful for resisting the penetration of projectiles. The composite assembly comprises a plurality of ballistic fabric layers and a plurality of distinct films. The plurality of distinct films is adjacent the plurality of ballistic fabric layers. Each distinct film of the plurality of distinct films comprises thermoplastic polymer. Each distinct film of the plurality of distinct films has an elongational strength index of at least 800 psi. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213209 | WEAPON HAND SHIELD - A hand shield assembly for a weapon includes: a flexible first hand shield made of penetration-resistant material, the first hand shield having opposed front and rear faces, and spaced-apart side edges connecting spaced-apart top and bottom edges, wherein a mounting point is defined near the top edge; and a mount attached to the mounting point and configured to attach the hand shield assembly to a weapon such that the first hand shield may hang vertically from the mount. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213210 | REACTIVE PROTECTION ARRANGEMENT - A reactive protection arrangement for protecting stationary or mobile objects against threats posed by hollow charges, projectile-forming charges or kinetic energy penetrators is secured to the side of the object to be protected that faces the threat in a fixed or movable manner, and includes at least one protective area arranged at an inclination angle to the threat direction. This protective area comprises a front cover that faces the threat, and a rear cover that faces away from the threat and is spaced apart from the front cover and, is configured as a bulging arrangement. At least one fixed or movable reactive middle layer or reactive zone is present between both covers which includes at least two reactive partial areas each having at least one explosive field, wherein the reactive partial areas are plugged on all sides by means of the delimiting covers as well as lateral separating layers. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213211 | FERRO ELECTRO MAGNETIC ARMOR - A gas producing device comprising a ferroelectric (FEG) or ferromagnetic (FMG) generator material wrapped by a conductor, wherein the conductor is in contact with a dielectric material. A ferroelectric or ferromagnetic generator material is polarized or magnetized. When a shock wave impacts the FEG or FMG, the polarization or magnetization of the material is rapidly destroyed. The rapid destruction of the magnet by breaking it into small pieces causes the magnetic field to go to zero very quickly. When the field changes quickly it induces a high current through the wrapped conductor or coil. When the current passes through the conductor in contact with the dielectric material it generates heat and vaporizes the dielectric material creating a high pressure gas. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213212 | FLUID WORKING MACHINE VALVE ACTUATION - A fluid working machine has at least one working chamber of cyclically varying volume and low and high pressure valves to regulate the flow of working fluid into and out of the working chamber, from low and high pressure manifolds. The low and high pressure valves are actuated by electronically controlled valve actuation means which, when actuated, applies forces to the low and high pressure valve members to open and/or close the respective valves. The low and high pressure valve members are independently moveable and, although the low pressure valve member typically begins to move quickly in response to a shared valve control signal, the high pressure valve member typically moves only after a change in the pressure within the working chamber. The electronically controlled valve actuation means may be a shared electronically controlled valve actuator, such as a solenoid within a magnetic circuit which directs magnetic flux through both low pressure and high pressure valve armatures which are connected to the respective valve members. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213213 | LIQUID PISTON ARRANGEMENT WITH PLATE EXCHANGER FOR THE QUASI-ISOTHERMAL COMPRESSION AND EXPANSION OF GASES - The invention relates to a liquid piston arrangement for compressing and expanding gases. The liquid piston arrangement includes a liquid piston which is embodied by a liquid level formed by a liquid in a high-pressure space and a stack of sheets with mutually spaced apart sheet metal plates which is supported in the high-pressure space dipping in the liquid and is sequentially flowed around by the liquid. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213214 | SWASHPLATE PIVOT BEARING - The invention relates to a swashplate pivot bearing ( | 2013-08-22 |
20130213215 | CYLINDER - A cylinder includes a cylinder body assembly, a cylinder rod assembly, and a piston assembly. The cylinder body assembly includes a cylinder body. The cylinder body defines a receiving chamber. The cylinder rod assembly includes a rod fixed with the cylinder body. The rod includes an inclined resisting surface. The piston assembly includes a piston, a piston rod, and one or more resisting member. The piston is slidably received in the receiving chamber and sleeved on the rod. The piston rod protrudes from the piston and extending out from the receiving chamber. The piston rod is sleeved on the rod, and defines a through hole. The resisting member is movably mounted in the through hole. The piston and the piston rod slide relative to the rod, which enable the resisting surface to resist the resisting member to be partially exposed from the through hole. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213216 | System For Controlling a Stabilizing Foot, Stabilization Device, and Vehicle Including a Stabilization Device - The system according to the invention for controlling a stabilizing foot ( | 2013-08-22 |
20130213217 | PISTON RING FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A piston ring assembly for sealing a cylinder wall to a piston body is provided. The piston ring assembly includes a plurality of rings stacked in an axial direction one in abutment with another. Each ring has an inner face and an outer face. The piston ring assembly also includes a spring which substantially circumferentially surrounds the stacked rings and abuts the outer faces of the rings. The spring biases the stacked rings in a radially inward direction for sealing the inner faces of the rings against the piston body. The spring may be of a strip of material bent into a serpentine pattern when in an at rest condition to apply the biasing force against the piston body. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213218 | COOLING DUCT PISTON AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A cooling duct piston ( | 2013-08-22 |
20130213219 | PISTON RING FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A power cylinder assembly for an internal combustion engine is provided. The power cylinder assembly includes a cylinder wall having a channel formed therein and a piston body with a skirt. A piston ring is seated within the channel of the cylinder wall and is sealed against the skirt of the piston body. Specifically, the piston ring has a ring body with an inner face that presents two radially inwardly extending ridges spaced axially from one another by a valley region, and the outer face presents a groove which receives a spring to bias the ridges into sliding engagement with the outer surface of the skirt of the piston body. The ring body also has at least one oil drainage port which extends radially between the valley region of the inner surface and the groove of the outer face for conveying oil from between the ridges into the groove. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213220 | PISTON RING FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A piston ring for sealing a cylinder wall to a piston body is provided. The piston ring includes a ring body that extends about an axis and has inner and outer faces. The inner face presents a pair of ridges that extend in a radially inward direction, and the outer face presents a groove. A spring of an elastomeric material substantially circumferentially surrounds the ring body and is seated in the groove on the inner face. The spring biases the ring body in the radially inward direction to seal the ridges against the piston body. The ring body also has at least one oil drainage port which extends at an angle relative to the radially inward direction from the inner face to a location on the outer face on one axial side of the spring for conveying oil out of a space between the ridges. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213221 | PISTON RING FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A piston assembly including a piston body and a piston ring is provided. The piston body has a skirt, a portion of which extends circumferentially continuously and has a skirt diameter. The piston ring has a ring body which extends through at least one revolution in a generally helical shape when in a relaxed condition. The ring body also has an inner face, and when in the relaxed condition, the inner face presents a ring diameter which is less than the skirt diameter. The ring body circumferentially surrounds the skirt of the piston body, thereby causing the inner face to be biased into engagement with the outer surface of the circumferentially continuous portion of the skirt of the piston body to establish a dynamic seal between the ring body and the piston body. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213222 | PISTON RING FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A piston ring for sealing a cylinder wall to a piston body is provided. The piston ring includes a ring body of an elastically deformable material which extends substantially circumferentially around an axis and has an inner face that faces the axis. The inner face includes a plurality of axially spaced and radially inwardly extending contact features. The ring body configured to bias the contact features into engagement with the piston body to establish a seal therebetween. At least one of the contact features extends substantially continuously around a circumference for establishing a substantially continuous seal around the piston body, and at least one of the contact features is non-continuous and has at least one recessed area for allowing the passage of oil and gas therethrough. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213223 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEPARATING AND DESTROYING SOUR AND ACID GAS - A system adapted to separate a natural gas feed stream into a sweetened gas stream, at least one liquid waste stream and at least one gaseous waste stream, and to discharge, recover or destroy the at least one liquid waste stream and the at least one gaseous waste stream. The system includes a compression subsystem adapted to treat the natural gas feed stream to remove a first portion of the at least one liquid waste stream and to increase the natural gas teed stream to a process pressure greater than an initial entering pressure to form a pressurized natural gas stream, a gas pretreatment subsystem adapted to treat the pressurized natural gas stream to remove a second portion of the at least one liquid waste stream and to cool and filter the pressurized natural gas stream to form a filtered natural gas stream, an acid gas separation subsystem adapted to separate the filtered natural gas stream into the sweetened gas stream and a first portion of the at least one gaseous waste stream, and an destruction subsystem adapted to incinerate the first portion of the at least one gaseous waste stream to form a flue gas. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213224 | LOW PRESSURE STRIPPING IN A GAS PURIFICATION PROCESS AND SYSTEMS THEREOF - Processes for operating an ammonia stripper at a low pressure in a gas purification system include providing a first side-draw stream from the ammonia stripper; heating the first side-draw stream with a second side-draw stream from a regenerator; providing a stripper offgas stream from the ammonia stripper to a stripper overhead condenser; and utilizing the stripper offgas stream as a heat source for a regenerating system fluidly coupled to the stripper overhead condenser. Also disclosed are systems for implementing the processes. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213225 | HIGH PRESSURE DEGAS ASSEMBLY FOR CHROMATOGRAPHY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A degas assembly including a low pressure fluid channel for carrying a wash fluid at a first pressure, a pressurized channel for carrying eluent including a gas at a second pressure higher than the first pressure, and a degas separator defining a fluid barrier between the low pressure fluid channel and pressurized fluid channel, the separator configured to retain liquid in the pressurized fluid channel and allow gas to flow through the separator to the low pressure fluid channel. The pressurized fluid channel may extend along an outer periphery of the low pressure fluid channel. The eluent may be received from an eluent generator at a pressure of at least about 3300 psi, and in various embodiments up to about 5000 psi. A liquid chromatography system and method are also disclosed. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213226 | UNSTEADY-STATE GAS PERMEATION PROCESS - There is provided a process for effecting permeation of at least an operative material component of an operative mixture from a higher pressure space, through a membrane, and into a lower pressure space, wherein the higher pressure space is disposed in mass transfer communication with the lower pressure space through the membrane. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213227 | ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR SEPARATING OXYGEN - The present invention relates to an arrangement for separating oxygen from an oxygen containing gas. It comprises a membrane unit ( | 2013-08-22 |
20130213228 | HYDROGEN SEPARATION MEMBRANE MODULE AND HYDROGEN SEPARATION METHOD USING SAME - The hydrogen separation membrane module according to the present invention is used for separating hydrogen from a gas to be treated containing hydrogen, and is provided with a tubular hydrogen separation membrane being selectively permeable to hydrogen, a casing for the hydrogen separation membrane, an insertion member being arranged on the inside of the hydrogen separation membrane and having an outer surface that defines a flow path of the gas to be treated together with an inner surface of the hydrogen separation membrane, a gas supply port for supplying the gas to be treated to the inside of the hydrogen separation membrane, a gas discharge port for discharging a non-permeating gas that does not permeate the hydrogen separation membrane, from a downstream side of the flow path, and a hydrogen discharge port provided in the casing, for discharging hydrogen having permeated the hydrogen separation membrane. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213229 | SORBENTS FOR THE RECOVERY AND STRIPPING OF ACID GASES - An acid-gas sorbent comprising an amine-composite. The present composite may comprise a first component comprising an amine compound at a concentration of from about 1 wt % to about 75 wt %; a second component comprising a hydrophilic polymer and/or a pre-polymer compound at a concentration of from about 1 wt % to about 30 wt %; and a third component comprising a cross-linking agent, and/or a coupling agent at a concentration of from about 0.01 wt % to about 30 wt %. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213230 | FLARE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING DUST THEREFROM - Provided is a ground flare system that can enhance the removal rate of dust and other such impurities contained in exhaust gas to be processed. The ground flare system that performs an incineration process on processing target gas and emits the processed gas to the atmosphere includes: a ground flare that combusts the processing target gas; a knock-out drum that is placed upstream of the ground flare and reduces a flow velocity of the processing target gas introduced thereto; a seal drum for backfire prevention placed upstream of the ground flare; a gas introducing pipe that introduces the processing target gas into the knock-out drum and/or the seal drum; and a water film forming unit that is provided inside of the gas introducing pipe and forms a water film of spray water in a direction that intersects with a flow direction of the processing target gas. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213231 | FLUE GAS SCRUBBING APPARATUS AND METHODS THEREOF - An improved flue gas scrubbing apparatus and method are disclosed. The flue gas scrubber comprises a double-pipe or a two-pipe system whereby flue gas enters the system. Scrubbing is accomplished by interaction between the flue gas and base in a pre-injection zone, followed by further reaction in a primary injection zone and passage through a cyclone unit. In preferred embodiments of the invention, it comprises a bypass system by which flue gas is automatically exhausted directly to the atmosphere in case of a system failure. The gas exhausted from the apparatus following scrubbing meets or exceeds international emissions standards. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213232 | FLUID DEGASSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DEGASSING FLUIDS - The invention concerns a fluid degassing device for degassing fluids, in particular resins. The device has a fluid supply element for supply of the fluid and a fluid discharge element for discharge of the fluid. Between the supply element and the discharge element there is at least one structural element for breaking down bubbles in the fluid as it flows through the structural element. In addition or alternatively there may be provided at least one profile element, over which the fluid must flow. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213233 | Filter Cartridge with Gas-Permeable Element - A filter cartridge includes a filtering medium having a tubular cavity and an upper flange having an orifice communicating with the tubular cavity. A gas-permeable element closes off the orifice and has a greater permeability than the filtering medium, and less resistance to gas flow than the filtering medium. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213234 | OXYGEN CONCENTRATOR SYSTEM - An oxygen concentrator system includes a portable unit and a base unit. The portable unit includes an air separation device. The base unit includes a vacuum pump. The portable unit is moveable with respect to the base unit between a connected position, in which the vacuum pump of the base unit is connected to the air separation device of the portable unit for applying vacuum pressure at the air separation device of the portable unit, and a disconnected position, in which the vacuum pump is not connected to the air separation device of the portable unit. The air separation device operates using a vacuum pressure swing adsorption (VPSA) cycle when the portable unit is in the connected position. The air separation device operates using a pressure swing adsorption (PSA) cycle when the portable unit is in the disconnected position. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213235 | PARTICLE SEPARATOR WITH DEFLECTOR AND LATERAL OPENING AND AIR FILTER SYSTEM - A particle separator and air filter system are provided and may include a housing having an inlet and an outlet. The housing may remove debris from air entering the housing at the inlet prior to expelling cleansed air at the outlet. A baffle may be disposed within the housing and may define a first path for directing cleansed air to the outlet and may cooperate with an inner surface of the housing to define a second path that causes the air to circulate within the second housing. The baffle may include an opening permitting communication between the first path and the second path. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213236 | FAILURE DETECTING APPARATUS FOR PARTICULATE FILTER - An object of the present invention is to detect any breakdown or failure of a particulate filter more appropriately. A failure detecting apparatus for detecting failure of a particulate filter according to the present invention comprises an acquiring section which acquires an amount of PM contained in an exhaust gas allowed to outflow from the particulate filter; a regeneration process executing section which executes a filter regeneration process for oxidizing and removing PM deposited in the particulate filter; and a failure judging section which judges that the particulate filter is in the failure state if a decreased amount of the amount of PM contained in the exhaust gas acquired by the acquiring section, during a predetermined period of time as started from a point in time at which the execution of the filter regeneration process performed by the regeneration process executing section is completed, is not equal to or larger than a predetermined reference amount. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213237 | ELECTRIC TEA MAKER WITH WOODEN USER INTERFACE PANEL - A tea maker ( | 2013-08-22 |
20130213238 | BEVERAGE MACHINE FOR DIFFERENT SPATIAL ENVIRONMENTS - A beverage preparation machine ( | 2013-08-22 |
20130213239 | BUILT-IN COFFEE MAKER - The present invention relates to a machine able to dispense hot beverages such as short coffee, long coffee, tea and/or hot water. The machine comprises a substantially aluminium supporting structure, side panels, base and top, which are substantially made of aluminium, a pod-holding unit and a heat exchanger for heating the water. The heat exchanger for heating the water comprises an elongated body provided with a casing housing internally a heating element provided with helical grooves for passage of the water and, centrally, with a longitudinal cavity which houses a resistance. The parts are configured and formed so that the machine may be used in particularly small spaces such as those on-board vessels of the yacht and boat type and aircraft and/or in very small size kitchens with little available space. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213240 | PORTABLE BREWING DEVICE - A beverage brewing system comprised of a brewing chamber and removable adaptors that enable a plurality of brewing styles using beverage filter cartridges and loose beverage mediums. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213241 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR WASHING RICE - The invention proposes a method and a device for washing rice according to the target taste of rice after the rice has been cooked. The device ( | 2013-08-22 |
20130213242 | INFRARED CHARCOAL GRILL - A cooking apparatus comprising a housing defining an inner burn chamber, a charcoal tray in the burn chamber for holding charcoal; a cooking surface above the charcoal tray; and an infrared energy emitter positioned between the charcoal tray and the cooking surface. The cooking surface generally is a cooking grid or grill. The infrared energy emitter can be removable and comprise a ceramic, radiant glass or metal element positioned just below the cooking grid, wherein the energy emitter absorbs heat energy in the form of convection and infrared radiant heat generated by burning charcoal in the charcoal tray. The energy emitter generally reaches temperatures of about 200° to about 1000° F. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213243 | SMOKER BOX WITH INTEGRATED HUMIDIFIER - A smoker box and humidifier for a barbecue grill has a container body having a top and at least one and preferably a plurality of top opening at its top. Isolated compartments are provided in the container body. At least one of the isolated compartments is capable of holding wood chips or the like for producing a flavoring smoke, and at least one of compartments is capable of holding a liquid separate from but in close proximity to the wood chips or the like. The compartments in the container body are positioned such that, when the smoker box is heated, both the flavoring smoke and moistening vapors produced in the compartments of the container body circulate up through the top openings in the top of said container body. The container body can include a drawer with isolated compartments, which can be pulled out to replenish spent wood chips and fluids. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213244 | LAUNDRY PRESS APPARATUS AND METHOD - A method and apparatus for pressing fluid from laundry articles employs a receiving vessel that holds a batch of articles that are wetted with fluid. Fabric articles are compressed with a press to discharge fluid from the articles. The press includes a diaphragm that can be pressured with fluid. The diaphragm flexibly conforms to an upper surface portion of the batch of fabric articles. After the fabric articles are pressed of fluid, the diaphragm elevates with the press and is rotated. A specially configured linkage rotates the diaphragm and the press as the diaphragm moves from a lower position to an upper position. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213245 | METHOD OF PRESSURIZING A SUBSTANCE - A pressure inducing device | 2013-08-22 |
20130213246 | PRINTING PRESS FOR NUMBERING AND VARNISHING OF SECURITY DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING BANKNOTES - There is described a sheet-fed or web-fed printing press for numbering and varnishing of security documents, including banknotes, comprising:—a numbering group ( | 2013-08-22 |
20130213247 | STENCIL APPARATUS FOR PRINTING SOLDER PASTE - A solder paste printing stencil apparatus for printing a solder paste on a printed circuit board includes a plate-shaped stencil mask made of fine stainless steel grains to suppress a phenomenon in which the solder paste adheres to the stencil mask. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213248 | Screen Print Reflection Transfer and Process for the Manufacture Thereof - The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a screen print reflection transfer product and to reflection transfer systems produced by this method. According to said method, the reflecting color is provided with a multitude of reflecting particles, said reflecting particles protruding from the surface of the top color coat. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213249 | FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE PRECURSOR FOR LASER ENGRAVING AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE AND PROCESS FOR MAKING SAME - A flexographic printing plate precursor for laser engraving that comprises a relief-forming layer formed from a resin composition for laser engraving, wherein the flexographic printing plate precursor for laser engraving has matting agent particles at the surface of the relief-forming layer, and the matting agent particles comprise a water-soluble resin and have a number average particle size of 2 μm to 40 μm. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213250 | PRINTING BLANKET UNIT - A printing blanket unit for a printing blanket cylinder of a rotary printing press includes a printing blanket defining a transverse direction and having two mutually parallel side edges extending in the transverse direction. One of the side edges defines a leading side edge and the other one of the side edges defines a trailing side edge referred to the rotation of the printing blanket cylinder. The printing blanket has a top side and defines a longitudinal direction running perpendicular to the transverse direction. The top side of the printing blanket has a groove therein running in the longitudinal direction of the printing blanket. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213251 | PRINTER PALLET FOR FLAT PRINTING OF MULTIPLE TARGET IMAGE AREAS ON 3-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT - Pallets for flat-printing multiple areas of a 3-dimensional object, especially in a single print job as received by the printing system, and methods for printing the same. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213252 | Inertial Delay Fuse - An inertial delay mechanism for use in an explosive projectile is provided. The delay mechanism consists of an inertial delay fuse that is precise, doesn't require sensitive primary explosives and doesn't utilize electronic circuitry. The inertial delay fuse includes a free sliding charge element that strikes an anvil located opposite to the sliding charge element. A delay gap is provided between the sliding charge element and the anvil. Upon impact, the sliding charge element slides forward and impacts the anvil, thereby inducing a shock wave in an initiator charge that subsequently results in detonation of main charges. The design is mechanically simple and robust enough to withstand severe g-loading forces that occur during firing and penetration of a projectile. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213253 | RAILWAY TRACK CONSTRUCTION METHOD - A method for constructing a railway track (VI) on a bed ( | 2013-08-22 |
20130213254 | SUSTAINABLE CIRCULATING RAILWAY LINE AND NETWORK - A sustainable circulating railway line and/or network, including circular-turnouts, covered by multi-way stations, as cores and/or key nodes of circulating-line and/or network including poly-rails feeder-line/net derived. The circulating railway line and/or network employs a circulating route-system to minimize red-lights, enhance and balance traffic flow, facilitates vehicles' interchange and reorganizing, and passengers' on-board and/or easy transfer, improves service layover, safety and efficiency in general, and effectively reduces the building and operating cost of the railway network. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213255 | APPARATUS FOR OVERHEAD CABLE TOWED SPORTS - An apparatus for propelling a towed sports participant back and forth one or more times over a surface of land and/or water via a tow line, includes a pair of mutually spaced support structures. An end of the tow line is coupled to a movable carrier mounted to an elevated, reversibly drivable, closed elongated loop having vertically separated upper and lower legs which extend between a pair of mutually-spaced, pulleys which are supported by way of the support structures and mounted for rotation in substantially vertical planes. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213256 | MOBILE TRANSPORT PLATFORMS FOR PRODUCING HYDROGEN AND STRUCTURAL MATERIALS, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Mobile transport platforms for producing hydrogen and structural materials, and associated systems and methods are disclosed. A system in accordance with a particular embodiment includes a mobile transport platform and a chemical reactor carried by the mobile transport platform. The chemical reactor is configured to dissociate a donor into first and second constituents in a non-combustion reaction. The reactor has a donor entrance port, a first constituent exit port, and a second constituent exit port. A donor supply is carried by the mobile transport platform and is coupled to the donor entrance port to deliver the donor to the reactor. A first collector is coupled to the first constituent exit port to receive the first constituent from the reactor. A second collector is coupled to the second constituent exit port to receive the second constituent. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213257 | Transport Vehicle and Transport System - A transport vehicle that reduces shaking of a transport article includes a travelling unit, a transport unit, a fall prevention member, and a shaking reduction member. The travelling unit travels along a rail provided on a ceiling. The transport unit transports a transport article. The fall prevention member is rotatably supported such that it can rotate between a fall prevention position and a retracted position. The fall prevention member is, at the fall prevention position, below the transport article. A pushing portion of the shaking reduction member pushes against a side surface of the transport article with a pushing surface thereof in conjunction with the rotating of the fall prevention member from the retracted position to the fall prevention position. A lever portion of the shaking reduction member has one end supporting the pushing portion and the other end rotatably supported in a manner coaxial with the fall prevention member). | 2013-08-22 |
20130213258 | FULL BUTT JOINT STRUCTURE OF CONNECTION JOINT BETWEEN SIDE FRAME AND CROSS BEAM OF BOGIE FRAME AND ASSEMBLY WELDING PROCESS - A full butt joint structure of a connection joint between a side frame and a cross beam of a bogie frame, characterized in: the side frame is connected to the cross beam by a connecting seat to realize the full butt joint, a side frame connecting end of the connecting seat, a transport column and a side frame inside vertical plate form a plate-plate butt joint structure, and a cross beam connecting end of the connecting seat and the cross beam form a tube-tube butt joint structure. An assembly welding process comprises: the connecting seat is assembled and welded to the cross beam; a cross beam unit is assembled and welded; the connecting seat is assembled and welded to the transport column and the side frame inside vertical plate; a side frame strengthen partition plate is assembled and welded to an upper plate; and the bogie frame is welded. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213259 | FLOOR STRUCTURE OF RAILCAR - Provided is a floor structure of a railcar in which thickness of a heat insulating material can be reduced while having predetermined heat resistance. The floor structure of the railcar includes a underframe having a pair of side sills extending in a railcar longitudinal direction and a cross beam arranged between the side sills and extending in a railcar width direction, a structural floor provided on an upper surface of the underframe, and a first heat insulating material arranged on a lower side of the structural floor via an air layer for the structural floor. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213260 | EFFECT PIGMENTS WITH AN OUTER PROTECTIVE COATING COMPRISING ZINC OXIDE - The present invention relates to effect pigments based on substrates having an outer coating comprising metal oxide, hydroxide and/or oxide hydrate and at least one organic coupling agent. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213261 | SILVER POWDER FOR SILVER CLAY AND SILVER CLAY INCLUDING SAME SILVER POWDER - A silver powder for silver clay, wherein a main component is Ag, and an amount of P is controlled to be 100 ppm or less. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213262 | STAINLESS PLUMBER'S PUTTY - A stainless putty composition is provided that includes a liquid portion including vegetable oil, and a solids portion. The solids portion includes one or more of a filler and polymeric plasticizer. The stainless putty composition is essentially free of hydrocarbons. | 2013-08-22 |
20130213263 | Band Gap Tuning in Transition Metal Oxides by Site-Specific Substitution - A transition metal oxide insulator composition having a tuned band gap includes a transition metal oxide having a perovskite or a perovskite-like crystalline structure. The transition metal oxide includes at least one first element selected from the group of Bi, Ca, Ba, Sr, Li, Na, Mg, K, Pb, and Pr; and at least one second element selected from the group of Ti, Al, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zr, Nb, Mo, Ru, Rh, Pd, Hf, Ta, W, Re, Os, Ir, and Pt. At least one correlated insulator is integrated into the crystalline structure, including REMO | 2013-08-22 |
20130213264 | METHOD OF PRODUCING HYDRATED LIME - A method of producing a hydrated lime. The process hydrates quicklime in conjunction with standard means of hydrating lime. The resulting hydrated lime has highly reduced contents of calcium oxide and magnesium oxide. The hydrated lime has little to no remaining reactivity when placed in contact with water after the process. The hydrated lime can is with stoichiometric volumes of water as required to fully hydrate the quicklime and water mixture as well as with volumes beyond the calculated stoichiometry with some potential for remaining water left after the process without the potential for lime putty or a wet hydrate as the result. | 2013-08-22 |