| 34th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 8 |
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| 20130213465 | Oxide Thin Film Substrate, Method Of Manufacturing The Same, And Photovoltaic Cell And Organic Light-Emitting Device Including The Same - An oxide thin film substrate which has a high haze value, a method of manufacturing the same, and a photovoltaic cell and organic light-emitting device including the same. The oxide thin film substrate includes a base substrate having a first texture on the surface thereof and a transparent oxide thin film formed on the base substrate. The transparent oxide thin film has a second texture on the surface thereof. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213466 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SOLAR CELL, AND SOLAR CELL - A method of manufacturing a solar cell includes forming an emitter layer on a light-receiving surface side of a substrate for a solar cell, forming an antireflection film, patterned so as to expose a part of the light-receiving surface of the substrate, on the substrate, forming a contact region by implanting an impurity to the exposed part by using the antireflection film as a mask, and forming a light-receiving surface electrode on the contact region. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213467 | PRODUCTION OF MICROHOLES - A method and apparatus for producing a multiplicity of holes in thin sheet-like workpieces of dielectric material or semiconductors is provided. The perforation points are marked by HF coupling points and caused to soften using HF energy in order to obtain dielectric breakdowns. The breakdowns are then widened into holes. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213468 | COATING COMPOSITION FOR PROTECTION COVER OF SOLAR CELL - There is provided a protection cover of solar cell having processability at room temperature, solvent resistance, weather resistance and durability without impairing its transparency, and also a curable fluorine-containing coating composition being capable of forming the protection cover. The curable fluorine-containing coating composition for a protection cover of solar cell comprises (A) a curable fluorine-containing resin, (B) a curing agent and (C) a solvent and is used for forming a top coat layer (III) of a cured article comprising the fluorine-containing resin, in which the top coat layer is provided, directly or via a primer layer (IV), on a transparent resin layer (II) provided on the sunlight irradiation side of a solar cell module (I). | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213469 | HIGH EFFICIENCY SOLAR CELL STRUCTURES AND MANUFACTURING METHODS - Fabrication methods and structures relating to multi-level metallization for solar cells as well as fabrication methods and structures for forming back contact solar cells are provided. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213470 | SOLAR CELL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - The invention provides a solar cell and a method for manufacturing same. The solar cell contains a carbon structure layer; a microstructure formed on the carbon structure layer; and a charge separation layer which includes a charge separation junction part and which is formed on the surface of the microstructure. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213471 | ENCAPSULATING MATERIAL FOR SOLAR CELL AND SOLAR CELL MODULE - An encapsulating material for solar cell excellent in a balance among properties including transparency, flexibility, adhesiveness, heat resistance, appearance, crosslinking properties, electrical properties and calender moldability. The encapsulating material includes an ethylene/α-olefin copolymer satisfying the following requirements: (a1) the content ratio of structural units derived from ethylene is from 80 to 90 mol % and the content ratio of structural units derived from α-olefin having 3 to 20 carbon atoms is from 10 to 20 mol %; (a2) MFR is equal to or more than 2 g/10 minutes and less than 10 g/10 minutes as measured under the conditions of a temperature of 190 degrees centigrade and a load of 2.16 kg in accordance with ASTM D1238; (a3) the density is from 0.865 to 0.884 g/cm | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213472 | LUMINESCENT SOLAR CONCENTRATOR APPARATUS, METHOD AND APPLICATIONS - A luminescent solar concentrator apparatus includes an optically transparent substrate and a photovoltaic material layer at least partially embedded within an optically transparent encapsulant material layer that contacts the optically transparent substrate. A luminescent material layer also contacts the optically transparent encapsulant material layer. Generally, the luminescent solar concentrator apparatus provides that the luminescent material layer is not located within an incoming optical pathway through at least the optically transparent substrate to the photovoltaic material layer. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213473 | COMPOSITE SUBSTRATE WITH HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY - The present invention relates to a composite substrate with high thermal conductivity and applicable to concentrating solar power generating plates. The thermal conducting substrate and the circuit substrate are manufactured, respectively, for separating the light concentrating area and the circuit area so that the material with high thermal conductivity can be used completely to the thermal conducting substrate for guiding heat. Then, the material having common thermal conductivity can be chosen as the material for the circuit substrate, which needs no extra thermal conduction. Thereby, regarding to the selection of substrate material, the present can balance well between thermal conducting efficiency and cost control. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213474 | Method and device for increasing solar cell output - To optimize photovoltaic energy in situ and without expensive heliostat systems, the power from full, diffracted, as well as low-angle sunlight can be significantly increased by utilizing flat or curved reflectors and/or lenses in any configuration around and/or above a solar cell, attached or independent, no matter the size or how situated, alone or multiply, with supports, heat sinks, or cooling vanes enclosed partly or entirely in a protective transparent envelope; enhanced photonic capture by this integrally reflective and modular CSP technology could with increased cell receptivity be further employed for nocturnal usage from stellar, lunar, and urban illumination as well as office, store, and household lighting both night and day. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213475 | DYE-SENSITIZED PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE AND FABRICATION METHOD FOR THE SAME - There is provided a dye-sensitized photovoltaic device, which can achieve low-resistivity of an optical transparent electrode film composing first and second electrodes and can improve photovoltaic power generation characteristics, includes: a first substrate; a first electrode disposed on the first substrate; a catalyst layer formed on the first electrode and having a catalytic activity for a redox electrolyte; an electrolysis solution contacted with the catalyst layer and dissolving a redox electrolyte in a solvent; a porous semiconductor layer contacted with the electrolysis solution and including semiconductor fine particles and dye molecules; a second electrode disposed on the porous semiconductor layer; a second substrate disposed on the second electrode; and a sealant disposed between the first and second substrates, and sealing the electrolysis solution. The first and second electrodes are composed of an annealed layer of an ITO fine particles contained film coated on the first and second substrates. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213476 | SOLAR CELL SEALING MATERIAL AND SOLAR CELL MODULE PRODUCED BY USING SAME - Provided are a solar cell encapsulant material which facilitates production of solar cell modules and which is excellent in all of adhesiveness, long-term stability of adhesion power, transparency and heat resistance, and a solar cell module produced by using the encapsulant material. The solar cell encapsulant material has at least an adhesive layer (layer (I)) and a layer (layer (II)) of a resin composition (C) that contains an ethylene-α-olefin random copolymer (A) satisfying the following requirement (a) and an ethylene-α-olefin block copolymer (B) satisfying the following requirement (b): (a) The heat of crystal fusion of the copolymer, as measured at a heating rate of 10° C./min in differential scanning calorimetry, is from 0 to 70 J/g; (b) As measured at a heating rate of 10° C./min in differential scanning calorimetry, the crystal melting peak temperature of the copolymer is 100° C. or higher, and the heat of crystal fusion thereof is from 5 to 70 J/g. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213477 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT - A photoelectric conversion element is structured such that metallic particles, an isolation layer and a photoelectric conversion layer are held between a first electrode and a second electrode. The isolation layer is a hole transport layer. The photoelectric conversion layer is a bulk heterojunction layer. The metallic nanoparticles are two-dimensionally arranged between the first electrode and the isolation layer and are separated from the photoelectric conversion layer by the isolation layer by 2 nm to 15 nm. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213478 | Enhancing the Photovoltaic Response of CZTS Thin-Films - In one embodiment, a method includes depositing a precursor material outwardly from a substrate, introducing a source-material into proximity with the precursor material, depositing a dopant, and annealing the precursor layer in proximity with of the source-material layer. The precursor material may include Cu, Zn, and Sn, and one or more of S or Se. The source material may include Sn and one or more of S or Se. The dopant may be deposited in sufficient proximity to the precursor material such that the average grain size of the precursor material is increased by the presence of the dopant and is greater than 200 nm. The annealing of the precursor material may be performed in a constrained volume. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213479 | HYDROGEN SUPPLY METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method and system for supplying additional hydrogen from a reservoir of stored hydrogen in a salt cavern to a hydrogen pipeline to assist in meeting customer demand for hydrogen is provided. Contaminants introduced while the stored hydrogen stream is in the salt cavern may cause the crude hydrogen stream to not have the required product purity specification. The stored hydrogen is removed from the salt cavern as a crude hydrogen stream and thereafter diluted with higher purity hydrogen formed from the pipeline to form a hydrogen product stream at or below the product purity specification. The hydrogen product can be formed without removal of any of the contaminants in the crude stream, thereby creating a more cost effective and simplified supply process compared to conventional processes employing a salt cavern for hydrogen supply. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213480 | TESTABLE OVERFILL PREVENTION VALVE - An overfill prevention valve system including an overfill prevention valve having a blocking component. The blocking component is movable between a closed position, wherein the blocking component generally blocks fluid from flowing through the valve, and an open position, wherein the blocking component generally allows fluid to flow through the valve. The valve further including a float operatively coupled to the blocking component. The system additionally has an actuator that is operable to directly or indirectly move the blocking component to at least one of its open or closed positions to thereby enable testing of the overfill prevention valve. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213481 | SELF-STARTING SUPERSONIC INLET - A dual-compression stage inlet for supersonic applications is developed by defining a first inlet model, defining a second inlet model and blending, with a processor, the first inlet model and the second inlet model to derive a third inlet model, which models the desired dual-compression stage inlet. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213482 | METHOD FOR ACOUSTICALLY LOCALIZING LEAKS IN PIPING SYSTEMS - Method for acoustically locating leaks in underground or aboveground piping systems, in which at least two noise data loggers receiving the leak noise and being arranged in mutual distance from one another are brought in physical contact with the piping system to be examined and measure simultaneously the noise level (dB) and the frequency of a leak, whereas both measured values of frequency and noise level are combined in a single value (ESA), whereas the ESA value is calculated from the decimal logarithm of the frequency of the leak noise multiplied with the logarithmic level value of the leak noise multiplied with a constant factor. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213483 | REAL-TIME CONTROL OF EXHAUST FLOW - A flow control system for controlling exhaust flow can measure effluent escaping from the exhaust hood at a given flow rate. An interferometric detector can measure fluctuations in fluid properties external to and/or in the vicinity of the exhaust hood. The flow control system may vary a flow rate of the exhaust hood and/or control exhaust hood structures responsive to the measurements to contain the effluent while minimizing the exhaust of air from the occupied space. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213484 | Method of simultaneous processing and volume preparation of emulsion cosmetics - The invention relates to the field of cosmetology and for technology for obtaining cosmetic products for skin care. The method of simultaneous processing and obtaining cosmetic emulsion volumes, each of which has a different composition of the ingredients included in the oil and water phases, different emulsifiers and biologically active substances by placing the volume within the continuous-flow mechanical oscillation system channel system where the resonant acoustic cavitation behavior is implemented, characterized in that the volumes of ingredients having a rectangular profile are immersed in the fluid channel so that the acoustic wave from the wall of the channel falls perpendicular to the major edge of volume, and the material they are made of has a specific acoustic impedance being equal or close to the impedance of the liquid filling the channel system and to the impedance of the treated mixture of cosmetics, the amplitude of the ultrasonic resonance oscillations exceeds the threshold of acoustic cavitation for the mixture of ingredients that are currently being processed with the transmission loss through the walls of the volume and the optimum temperature of the mixture, and the processing time is determined experimentally for the required stability of cosmetic emulsions .The method simultaneously obtains several different cosmetic emulsions as the finest monodisperse cream emulsions with submicron size of the dispersed phase. It is effective at getting small volumes of the product, which allows the organization of mass production of cosmetic products for personal use. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213485 | TOOLS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING MICROELECTRONIC WORKPIECES USING PROCESS CHAMBER DESIGNS THAT EASILY TRANSITION BETWEEN OPEN AND CLOSED MODES OF OPERATION - Strategies for tool designs and their uses wherein the tools can operate in either closed or open modes of operation. The tools easily transition between open and closed modes on demand. According to one general strategy, environmentally controlled pathway(s) couple the ambient to one or more process chambers. Air amplification capabilities upstream from the process chamber(s) allow substantial flows of air to be introduced into the process chamber(s) on demand. Alternatively, the fluid pathways are easily closed, such as by simple valve actuation, to block egress to the ambient through these pathways. Alternative flows of nonambient fluids can then be introduced into the process chamber(s) via pathways that are at least partially in common with the pathways used for ambient air introduction. In other strategies, gap(s) between moveable components are sealed at least with flowing gas curtains rather than by relying only upon direct physical contact for sealing. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213486 | COLUMN PRESSURE REGULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system for regulating a pressure of a piston on a bed in a flow through column system, where the flow through column system includes a piston pressure chamber in communication with the piston and an inlet line and an outlet line in communication with the bed. A pump has an inlet in communication with a supply of hydraulic fluid. A forward pressure reference communicates with the inlet line. A forward pressure regulator has a reference inlet in communication with the forward pressure reference and an inlet in communication with the pump. A switching valve communicates with the piston pressure chamber, and also has a inlet in communication with the outlet of the forward pressure regulator. A back pressure reference communicates with the outlet line. A back pressure regulator has an inlet in communication with the outlet of the switching valve, a reference inlet in communication with the back pressure reference and an outlet in communication with the supply of hydraulic fluid. The switching valve may be manipulated so that a pressure in the piston pressure chamber is controlled by either the forward pressure regulator or the back pressure regulator. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213487 | PIPELINE HEATING TECHNOLOGY - An apparatus including a transfer conduit having a length and an opening therethrough; at least one thermally conductive compartment coupled to an exterior surface of the transfer conduit, the at least one thermally conductive compartment having a length dimension that extends over a portion of the length of the transfer conduit; a heating element disposed in a portion of the at least one thermally conductive compartment; and a thermally conducting material disposed in the thermally conductive compartment. A method including transferring a fluid through a transfer conduit including at least one thermally conductive compartment coupled to an exterior surface thereof, the at least one thermally conductive compartment including a heating element and a thermally conducting material disposed therein; and providing a power source to the heating element sufficient to increase the temperature of the thermally conductive compartment. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213488 | ACOUSTIC WAVES IN MICROFLUIDICS - Various aspects of the present invention relate to the control and manipulation of fluidic species, for example, in microfluidic systems. In one set of embodiments, droplets may be sorted using surface acoustic waves. The droplets may contain cells or other species. In some cases, the surface acoustic waves may be created using a surface acoustic wave generator such as an interdigitated transducer, and/or a material such as a piezoelectric substrate. The piezoelectric substrate may be isolated from the microfluidic substrate except at or proximate the location where the droplets are sorted, e.g., into first or second microfluidic channels. At such locations, the microfluidic substrate may be coupled to the piezoelectric substrate (or other material) by one or more coupling regions. In some cases, relatively high sorting rates may be achieved, e.g., at rates of at least about 1,000 Hz, at least about 10,000 Hz, or at least about 100,000 Hz, and in some embodiments, with high cell viability after sorting. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213489 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING PROCESS VAPOR AND BOILER FEED STEAM IN A HEATABLE REFORMING REACTOR FOR PRODUCING SYNTHESIS GAS - A method for producing process vapor and boiler feed steam in a heatable reforming reactor for producing synthesis gas. The sensible heat of a synthesis gas produced from hydrocarbons and steam can be used so that two types of vapor are produced during the heating and evaporation of boiler feed water and process condensate. The method also includes a conversion of the carbon monoxide contained in the synthesis gas. The method includes an optional heating of the boiler feed water using the flue gas from the heating of the reforming reactor. The sensible heat of the synthesis gas and of the flue gas originating from the heating can be used more efficiently. The disadvantages from the flue gas heating, which are caused by the fluctuating heat supply in the flue gas duct, are avoided. A system for practicing the method is also disclosed. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213490 | HYDRATE DEPOSIT INHIBITION WITH SURFACE-CHEMICAL COMBINATION - A system for producing and transporting crude oil, comprising a well for producing the crude oil; a processing facility for processing the crude oil; and a pipeline traversing at least a portion of the distance between the well and the processing facility, wherein at least a portion of the pipeline travels through an atmosphere having a temperature less than 20° C., wherein the pipeline comprises a coating on an inner surface of the pipeline, and wherein the crude oil comprises a surfactant additive. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213491 | HYDROGEN INFRASTRUCTURE - A method for transporting and distributing gaseous hydrogen is described. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213492 | VALVE ASSEMBLY FOR COMPRESSED AIR CARTRIDGE - A valve assembly in accordance with the present invention includes a head portion and a body portion. A throughbore extends through both the head portion and the body portion. A normal fluid flow path is formed within the valve assembly to provide for the controlled exit of a fluid. The valve assembly also includes an automatic pressure-relieving mechanism. The pressure-relieving mechanism includes a disc designed to burst or rupture at a predetermined pressure and an over-pressure fluid flow path for controlling the egress of over-pressure fluid. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213493 | TAPPING DEVICE FOR AT LEAST ONE BAG-IN-BOX PACKAGING - A tapping device for at least one bag-in-box packaging equipped with a tap valve, comprising at least one accommodating area for the bag-in-box packaging, wherein the accommodating area has at least one loading opening, at least one device door that closes the loading opening of the accommodating area, wherein the device door has at least one trigger of an operating apparatus that corresponds to the tap valve, and at least one beverage outlet associated with the tap valve, the operating apparatus has at least one operating element that acts from above on certain parts of the tap valve in order to operate the tap valve and at least one valve accommodating bearing is provided in the area of the loading opening, the at least one valve accommodating bearing having bearing surfaces for wings of the tap valve protruding at least on both sides of the valve housing. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213494 | POT HEAT EXCHANGER - A raw gas collection system for collecting raw gas from a plurality of aluminium smelting pots is equipped with a plurality of branch ducts ( | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213495 | LIQUID LEVEL SENSOR - A quartz glass liquid level sensor includes a support frame, a light masking plate, a quartz glass tube, and a sensor module. The light masking plate is movably mounted on the support frame. The quartz glass tube is movably mounted to the support frame. One end of the quartz glass tube is securely fixed to the light masking plate. The sensor module is mounted on the support frame, for sensing a position of the light masking plate relative to the support frame. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213496 | PRESSURE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR RELIEF AND SHUTDOWN OF FLOW - This disclosure is related to a non-electronic pressure control system for a pressurized system that receives fluid from a fluid supply. The pressure control system includes a control module, an actuator and a flow control device. The control module monitors the pressure of fluid either upstream or downstream of the flow control device. The control module can send a pneumatic signal to the actuator to open or close the flow control device responsive to the pressure monitored by the control module and the pressure required for the pressurized system. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213497 | CONTROL VALVE - The invention relates to a control valve having a valve seat and a valve disk ( | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213498 | VEHICLE BRAKE FLUID PRESSURE CONTROL APPARATUS - One embodiment provides a vehicle brake fluid pressure control apparatus, including: a base body having a reservoir storing hole; a reservoir piston stored within the reservoir storing hole, the reservoir piston and the reservoir storing hole defining a reservoir chamber therebetween; a reservoir spring which urges the reservoir piston at one end thereof in a direction to reduce a capacity of the reservoir chamber; a first guide member disposed to contact with the one end of the reservoir spring; and a second guide member disposed to contact with the other end of the reservoir spring. The first guide member and the second guide member are disposed across the reservoir spring. The first guide member includes a first engaging portion. The second guide member includes a second engaging portion, the second engaging portion being engageable with the first engaging portion from inside or outside. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213499 | NON-RETURN VALVE FOR A FLUID PUMP - A non-return valve for a fluid pump, in particular of a safety brake system of a motor vehicle, includes a through-flow opening configured to be closed by a valve element. The valve element is configured to be displaced against the spring force of a valve spring made of coiled round wire to expose the through-flow opening. The round wire is coiled in one plane and is arranged with respect to the valve element such that the plane extends at least substantially perpendicularly to the displacement direction of the valve element. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213500 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING NATURAL GAS FOR UTILIZATION AS A FUEL - Natural gas is produced when LNG that is contained in an insulated LNG cargo tank(s) of a non-self-propelled LNG carrier (i.e., a barge) evaporates as a result of heat leakage through the walls of the insulated cargo tank(s). The natural gas is transferred from the barge to a tugboat or a towboat that is equipped with natural gas burning engines through a flexible gas transfer assembly so that the tugboat is powered by the natural gas fuel. The pressure in the cargo tank(s) on the barge is, therefore, effectively managed to prevent or substantially reduce the buildup of pressure within the LNG cargo tank(s). The LNG can then be contained within the LNG cargo tank(s) for an appropriate period of time and can be delivered at an appropriate and acceptable equilibrium pressure and temperature. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213501 | MODULATION CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A HYBRID TRANSMISSION - A hydraulic system includes a main modulation control scheme which relies in part on the use of a VBS solenoid and the multiplexing of that solenoid. The hydraulic system is associated with a hybrid module and by controlling the main pressure at a reduced level, the fuel economy and reliability of that hybrid module are improved. The system pressure is controlled by the multiplexed VBS solenoid in order to maintain adequate clutch pressure based on torque requirements. The overall system cost is reduced by the multiplexing of valves and solenoids. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213502 | Fluid Delivery Device - Provided is a pumping system which may include a tank, a pump and a valve configured to have a first configuration and a second configuration. In the first configuration, the valve may be configured to allow fluid to flow from the pump to the tank and, in the second configuration, the valve may be configured to allow fluid to flow from the pump to an outside structure. Provided also is a fluid delivery device may include a tank and a pumping system configured to provide fluid to the tank and extract the fluid from the tank. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213503 | HYDRAULIC CONTROL ARRANGEMENT - A hydraulic control arrangement includes a common variable displacement pump configured to supply pressure medium to two consumer groups. The pressure level of a control block assigned to one of the consumer groups is set to a different pressure level than that of a further control block assigned to the other consumer group. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213504 | FLUID CONTROL APPARATUS AND FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM - A fluid control apparatus compact in size and high in performance, and a fuel supply system provided with the fluid control apparatus. The first valve opening direction in which a valve body of a relief valve is separated from a valve seat and the second valve opening direction in which a valve body of a discharge valve is separated from a valve seat are opposite to each other. The first valve opening drive pressure to have the valve body of the relief valve separated from the valve seat and the second valve opening drive pressure to have the valve body of the discharge valve separated from the valve seat are different from each other. The valve seat is provided integrally with the valve body. The fluid control apparatus is provided with a displacement limiting mechanism that limits the displacement of the valve body. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213505 | MULTI-FLUID PRECISION CALIBRATION PRESSURE SOURCE - A pressure calibration device can include certain features that allow it to be used with a variety of hydraulic and pneumatic systems. A pressure calibration device can be configured to provide pressure or vacuum, and can have a mode selector for selecting to provide pressure or vacuum. A pressure calibration device can have a volume adjuster configured to modify pressures for hydraulic or pneumatic systems. A pressure calibration device can have a pressure release valve and a bleed valve for adjusting pressure values. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213506 | FLUID TRANSPORTATION DEVICE - A fluid transportation device includes a valve supporting module, a first fluid transportation module and a second fluid transportation module. Through the valve supporting module, the first fluid transportation module and the second fluid transportation module may be combined together in a side-by-side arrangement or a vertically-stacked arrangement. The combination of the first fluid transportation module and the second fluid transportation module can increase the flow rate and the pumping head of transporting the fluid. Moreover, the combination of two fluid transportation modules of the present fluid transportation device can be synchronously or asynchronously actuated to increase the flow rate and the pumping head of transporting the fluid. Since the additional coupling mechanism is omitted, the fabricating cost of the present fluid transportation device is largely reduced, and the overall volume of the present fluid transportation device is reduced to comply with the miniaturization requirement. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213507 | ADJUSTABLE ATTACHMENT FOR DISPENSING APPARATUS - A selectively attachable attachment device for a steam appliance is capable of delivering a mixture of steam and a cleaning additive for cleaning surfaces. The attachment device includes a member that can be coupled to a steam source, and a housing configured to receive the member. The member and the housing include complementary tabs and detent(s) such that an adjustable spacing may be maintained between the steam nozzle and the additive nozzle. The adjustable spacing permits control of the rate at which cleaning additive is added to the steam. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213508 | FILL MATERIAL DISPENSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - The invention seeks to provide a method and apparatus for introducing fill material such as walnut shells at a desired volumetric flow rate into a fluid to be injected into a borehole. A valve is provided to enable adjustment of the volumetric flow rate as desired during introduction of the fill material. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213509 | TWO HANDLE CENTERSET FAUCET - A centerset faucet includes an upper support receiving a waterway including first and second valve interfaces. A lower base is coupled to the upper support, wherein a reentrant edge of the lower base is formed over a bottom lip of the upper support to secure the base thereto. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213510 | HIGH MASS FLOW CHECK VALVE ASPIRATOR - The embodiments disclosed herein provide a check valve aspirator including a venturi pipe having a converging section with a converging inlet and a converging outlet, and a diverging section with a diverging inlet and a diverging outlet. The converging outlet is in fluid communication with the diverging inlet. An outlet channel is in fluid communication with the venturi pipe and has an outlet port. A ratio of a diameter of the converging section outlet to a diameter of the outlet port is less than 0.4. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213511 | AMMONIA INJECTION DEVICE - Provided is an ammonia injection device ( | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213512 | Closing of Underwater Oil Spills With The Help of Magnetic Powders - A segment of a structure mitigates flow of fluid therethrough. In one embodiment the segment includes an opening for the fluid flow and the modified structure may include a ferromagnetic wall defining the opening and a plurality of permanently magnetized particles. Some of the permanently magnetized particles are attached to the wall by magnetic forces. A system is also provided for injecting magnetic particles into a cavity to impede movement of fluid through the cavity. A method is also described for mitigating a flow of fluid through an opening in a wall. In one embodiment, the method includes positioning a plurality of first magnetic particles along the wall and about the opening and attaching a plurality of second magnetic particles to the first magnetic particles wherein some of the second magnetic particles collectively extend across the opening to cover the opening. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213513 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REPAIRING PIPE - A liner tube is provided for repairing either a single pipe line or a main pipe line having a lateral pipe line connected thereto. The liner tube assembly includes a liner tube impregnated with a liquid material capable of curing and hardening. The liner tube includes a gasket or band positioned about the juncture of the pipe lines. The gasket or bands form a tight seal between the liner tube and the pipe line. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213514 | COMMERCIAL HOSE - A flexible hose having an inner tube member made from a thermoplastic elastomer material and an outer tube member made from a non-elastic polyester material. The inner tube member is secured to the outer tube member only at an inlet coupler and an outlet coupler. The inlet coupler is constructed to secure to a water supply provided from a conventional household water spigot. The outlet coupler incorporates a flow restrictor allowing the inner tube member to equalize in pressure with pressurized water received from the water supply. Pressurized water expands the elongated inner tube member longitudinally along a length of the inner tube member and laterally across a width of the inner tube member thereby substantially increasing the length of the hose to an expanded condition wherein the hose contracts to a substantially decreased length when there is a decrease in pressurized water. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213515 | INSULATION MEMBERS EMPLOYING STANDOFF SURFACES FOR INSULATING PIPES, AND RELATED COMPONENTS AND METHODS - Insulation members employing standoff surfaces for insulating pipes are disclosed. Related components and methods are also disclosed. Pipes may be used to transport a substance in a fluid and/or gas form that is temperature sensitive. Unwanted heat transfer through an exterior surface of the pipe may be reduced by mounting insulation members on the pipe. In this regard, in embodiments disclosed herein, an anti-corrosive substance may be applied to the exterior surface of the pipe to prevent corrosion. An inner surface of the insulation members may include one or more standoff surfaces configured to mount the insulation members to the pipe to provide insulation, while minimally disturbing the anti-corrosive substance applied to the exterior surface of the pipe, as a non-limiting example. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213516 | Universal Pipe Thread Protector - A protector for protecting a helical thread of a pipe comprises a body. The body has a central axis, an upper end comprising a base, a lower end opposite the upper end, and an annular connecting member extending axially from the base to the lower end. The connecting member comprising a radially inner surface and a radially outer surface. The connecting member comprises a helical thread extending radially inward from the radially inner surface or radially outward from the radially outer surface. The helical thread comprises a convex profile that is different than a thread profile of the thread of the pipe. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213517 | POLYMER FILM FOR THE CONDITIONING OF OIL EXTRACTION PIPES - The invention relates to an assembly comprising: an oil extraction pipe ( | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213518 | METHOD AND STEREO VISION SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING THE UNLOADING OF AGRICULTURAL MATERIAL FROM A VEHICLE - A spout is operably connected to a transferring material for transferring the agricultural material to the receiving vehicle. An imaging device faces towards the storage portion of the receiving vehicle and collects image data. A container module is adapted to determine a container position of the storage portion, or its container perimeter. A spout module is adapted to identify a spout of the transferring vehicle in the collected image data, or to determine a spout position. An alignment module is adapted to determine the relative position of the spout and the container position based on the collected image data and to generate command data or user interface data to facilitate placement of the spout and storage container in relative cooperative alignment for transferring of material from the transferring vehicle to the receiving vehicle. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213519 | AEROSOL DISPENSER APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USING SAME - The present invention relates to aerosol dispensers that have multiple removable cartridge-refills, wherein at least one of the cartridge-refills can be selectively positioned to have its contents discharged while the contents of the remaining cartridge-refills stay contained. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213520 | METHOD FOR COLD LOADING AN ARTICLE - A method of loading an article, such as a self-expanding stent, into a structure, such as a delivery catheter, including the steps of chilling the article to a predetermined temperature, reducing article size a predetermined amount, inserting fluid into the article, whereby the fluid forms a substantially solid plug with respect to the article, and moving the frozen article. Also provided is an apparatus for loading an article into a structure including: an article size reduction element, a chiller connected to the size reduction element, a cold source communicatively connected to the chiller, and a fluid supply communicatively connected to the size reduction element. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213521 | MOBILE FILLING STATION - The present invention relates generally to a compact, mobile filling station for filling cylinders. The compact modular filling station is capable of filling cylinders with fluids at high pressures and at high gas flow rates to achieve a rapid fill rates as measured in volume of fluid per time per filling system area using a controlled temperature filling process. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213522 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REFILLING INK CONTAINERS - An inkjet printer cartridge refilling system is described. The system may include a plurality of fixtures or adapters that are configured to hold inkjet printer cartridges. The adapters allow a variety of different configurations of inkjet printer cartridges to be refilled and cleaned by mating the cartridges to universal stations on the refilling system. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213523 | Evacuation and Refilling Device for Vehicle Cooling Systems - A device for evacuating and filling a vehicle cooling system includes a housing having an interior chamber. A service port extends into the housing and connectable with the vehicle cooling system, a supply port extends into the housing and connectable with a source of coolant fluid, and an evacuation port extends into the housing. A valve is disposed at least partially within the housing chamber and is adjustable between a first configuration in which the service port is fluidly coupled with the evacuation port and a second configuration in which the service port is fluidly coupled with the supply port. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213524 | TRANSPORTABLE APPARATUS FOR RE-CONDITIONING WINE BARRELS USING A TURNSTILE - An apparatus for reconditioning barrels, said apparatus including a means to lockingly engage a barrel in a first position, a moving means to move the locked barrel into a second position, a scanner to scan the internal surface of the locked barrel when in the second position and collect scanned data, the moving means then moving the locked barrel to a third position and a means to cut a selected depth of the internal surface of the locked barrel when in the third position according to the collected data. The moving means is a turnstile with three section enabling three barrels to be in the apparatus at any one time, so that whilst one barrel is being scanned, one is being cut and a third is being unloaded/loaded into the apparatus. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213525 | GRAIN ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A grain oriented electrical steel sheet has a total length of cracks in a film on a steel sheet surface, of 20 μm or less per 10000 μm | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213526 | BRAIDING MACHINE - A braiding machine is provided comprising a support member, a series of drivers carried by the support member arranged in a circle around a braiding point, a mechanism to rotate adjacent of the drivers in opposite directions, a series of strand supply carrier spindles, and a plurality of cars for mounting of an associated spindle to be driven by the drivers for travel in serpentine intersecting paths in opposite directions around the braiding point. Each of the plurality of cars comprises a unitary central post, a mounting base, and a foot. The post extends from a bottom plane surface of the foot through the foot and the mounting base. The foot and the mounting base are spaced from one another and both provide support to the post. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213527 | HIGH-STRENGTH TRANSMISSION GEAR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a high-strength transmission gear, manufactured by gas-nitriding a nitriding steel having a composition including iron (Fe) as a main component, 0.25˜0.40 wt % of carbon (C), 0.50˜1.0 wt % of manganese (Mn), 2.0˜3.0 wt % of chromium (Cr), 0.3˜1.0 wt % of molybdenum (Mo), 0.2˜0.7 wt % of copper (Cu), 0.03˜0.1 wt % of niobium (Nb), 0.03˜0.1 wt % of aluminum (Al), 0.05˜0.15 wt % of vanadium (V), 0.001˜0.005 wt % of boron (B) and other inevitable impurities. More specifically, while gas-nitriding of the nitriding steel, the temperature is increased in steps, and the ratio of nitrogen gas in the nitriding steel is decreased in steps. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213528 | Magnesium-Alloy Member, Compressor for Use in Air Conditioner, and Method for Manufacturing Magnesium-Alloy Member - A magnesium alloy member capable of achieving a mechanical strength and a high-temperature fatigue strength sufficient for a compressor for in automotive air conditioners The magnesium alloy member is formed by subjecting a cast material of a magnesium alloy containing, on the basis of mass %, from 0.3% to 10% calcium (Ca), from 0.2% to 15% aluminum (Al), and from 0.05% to 1.5% manganese (Mn), and containing calcium (Ca) and aluminum (Al) at a calcium/aluminum mass ratio of from 0.6 to 1.7, with the balance being magnesium (Mg) and inevitable impurities to plastic working (extrusion processing) at from 250° C. to 500° C. This makes it possible to obtain a magnesium alloy member having a room-temperature 0.2% proof stress of 300 MPa or more and a 150° C. fatigue strength of 100 MPa or greater. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213529 | HIGH-STRENGTH COLD ROLLED STEEL SHEET HAVING EXCELLENT DEEP DRAWABILITY AND BAKE HARDENABILITY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A high-strength cold rolled steel sheet having excellent deep drawability and bake hardenability, with a tensile strength ≧440 MPa, an average r-value ≧1.20 and a bake hardening value ≧40 MPa, is obtained by subjecting a steel raw material having a chemical composition including C: 0.010-0.06 mass %, Si: more than 0C:\Users\ejensen\Desktop\!TEMP\.5 mass % but not more than 1.5 mass %, Mn: 1.0-3.0 mass %, Nb: 0.010-0.090 mass %, Ti: 0.015-0.15 mass % and satisfying | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213530 | Process for Conditioning the Surface of Hardened Sheet-Steel Components Which Are Protected Against Corrosion - The invention relates to a process for conditioning the surface of hardened, corrosion-protected sheet-steel components; the steel plate is a steel plate that is covered with a metallic coating and is heated for hardening and is then quench hardened and after the hardening, oxides that are present on the corrosion protection coating due to the heating are removed; the component undergoes a slide grinding in order to condition the surface of the metallic covering or corrosion protection layer. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213531 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ALLOY - To provide an alloy which can suppress minute temporal deformation of a Super Invar alloy as much as possible, and a method for producing the alloy. The alloy of the present invention includes iron, nickel, and cobalt, which are the basic components of a Super Invar alloy, and is characterized in that an amount of a fraction which has not carbidized in carbon contained in the alloy is 0.010 wt % or less. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213532 | HYDROGEN STORAGE ALLOY, ELECTRODE, NICKEL-METAL HYDRIDE RECHARGEABLE BATTERY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING HYDROGEN STORAGE ALLOY - A hydrogen storage alloy with at least two phases containing La, Ni, and Y or a heavy rare earth element, including a first phase having a composition represented by the general formula R1 | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213533 | ALUMINUM ALLOY EXTRUDED MATERIAL FOR ELECTRO-MAGNETIC FORMING - A 7000-series aluminum alloy hollow extruded material formed by porthole extrusion contains Zn: 3.0 to 8.0 mass %, Mg: 0.4 to 2.0 mass %, Cu: 0.05 to 2.0 mass %, Si: 0.3 mass % or less, Fe: 0.35 mass % or less, and one or more of Mn, Cr, and Zr: 0.10 mass % or less in total, with the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities. The aluminum alloy hollow extruded material has a recrystallized structure throughout the cross-section. In the case of pipe expansion by electro-magnetic forming, excellent pipe expansion formability is obtained. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213534 | HEAT-TREATED STEEL MATERIAL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND BASE STEEL MATERIAL FOR SAME - A steel material which is suitable for hot press working or hot three-dimensional bending and direct quench and which can be used to manufacture a high-strength formed article with sufficient quench hardening even by short time heating at a low temperature has a chemical composition comprising, in mass percent, C: 0.05-0.35%, Si: at most 0.5%, Mn: 0.5-2.5%, P: at most 0.03%, S: at most 0.01%, sol. Al: at most 0.1%, N: at most 0.01%, and optionally at least one element selected from the group consisting of B: 0.0001-0.005%, Ti: 0.01-0.1%, Cr: 0.18-0.5%, Nb: 0.03-0.1%, Ni: 0.18-1.0%, and Mo: 0.03-0.5% and has a steel structure in which the spheroidization ratio of carbides is 0.60-0.90. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213535 | SPINAL FIXATION ROD MADE OF TITANIUM ALLOY - A spinal fixation titanium alloy rod fixes a plurality of spinal-fixing screws embedded and fixed in vertebrae of a human body. The rod is cylindrically shaped, has a sufficient length for coupling with the spinal-fixing screws, and has a diameter adjusted to 4 to 7 mm. In the titanium alloy constituting the rod, Nb content is 25 to 35 percent by weight, Ta content is such that the Nb content +0.8×Ta content ranges from 36 to 45 percent by weight, Zr content is 3 to 6 percent by weight, and the remainder is Ti and unavoidable impurities, excluding vanadium. The titanium alloy is manufactured by swaging processing at a cross-sectional reduction rate of at least 90%, and aging the swaged titanium alloy by heating at a temperature of 600 to 800K, preferably 700 to 800K, for 43.2 ks to 604.8 ks. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213536 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING METAL MATERIAL AND METAL MATERIAL - The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a metal material. The method comprises a temperature increasing step of increasing the temperature of a silver material having undergone final plastic working to 700° C. or more and less than a melting point of the silver material in a vacuum or a helium gas atmosphere, a heating step of maintaining the silver material at 700° C. or more and less than the melting point, and a cooling step of cooling the silver material to room temperature in a vacuum or a helium gas atmosphere. For a part of the period of the heating step, the silver material is heated in a mixed atmosphere in which hydrogen gas is mixed with helium gas. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213537 | Sneaker Purse and Methods for Making a Sneaker Purse - A sneaker purse and methods for forming a sneaker purse are presented. The sneaker purse is formed from portions of a first sneaker and a second sneaker. The sole of the first sneaker acts as the bottom of the shoe purse, while the sides and heels of the first and second sneaker upper portions form the sides of the purse. The joined upper portions form an upper section of the purse. An interior cavity of the purse is lined defining a primary interior portion. An opening portion is attached to the purse upper portion. The opening portion may be alternatively opened and fastened closed. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213538 | Golf Club Head Cover - A golf club head cover. Implementations may include a body portion defining an internal cavity for receiving a golf club head, a first flap disposed on the body portion and including a first magnetic fastener, and a second flap disposed on the body portion and including a second magnetic fastener. The first magnetic fastener and second magnetic fastener may substantially align with each other and may be aligned substantially parallel with the internal cavity of the body portion. Particular implementations may include a notch adjacent to the internal cavity and/or reentrant openings on both a side of the first flap and on a side of the second flap. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213539 | TIRE TREAD WITH APERTURES AND A METHOD FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF A TIRE TREAD WITH APERTURES - A tire tread with certain features and a method for manufacturing such a tire tread are provided. More particularly, a tire tread is provided that has layers of apertures where some layers remain covered until after a certain amount of tread wear has occurred. Such apertures can comprise, for example, sipes, grooves, or other apertured features in the tread. A method of making such tire tread is also provided. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213540 | HIGH PERFORMANCE RAIN TYRE - A high performance rain tyre includes a tread band, having an inner portion and an outer portion as well as a central zone. There are formed in the tread band: two circumferential grooves in the inner portion, a central circumferential groove and a plurality of inner transverse grooves and a plurality of outer transverse grooves, wherein the inner transverse grooves include a central inner section which defines an angle with respect to the equatorial plane of between approximately −95° and approximately −135° and the outer transverse grooves include a central outer section which defines an angle, relative to the equatorial plane, of between approximately +125° and approximately +165°. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213541 | Agricultural Bar Nose to Prevent Stubble Damage - A pneumatic agricultural tire includes first and second rows of angled lugs. Each lug is provided with a leading wall rising up from a tread floor to a leading edge of the lug surface. The leading wall has a wedge shaped leading nose rising up from the tread floor and sloped in the trailing direction so that ground stubble is engaged by and pushed aside by the wedge shaped leading nose thereby reducing stubble damage at a root of the leading wall. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213542 | TIRE TREAD HAVING A PLURALITY OF WEAR LAYERS - Particular embodiments of the present invention include a multi-stage tire tread having two or more wear layers comprising an outer wear layer and one or more inner wear layers arranged within the thickness of the tread below the outer wear layer. One or more outer grooves are arranged within the outer wear layer, while one or more inner grooves arranged within at least one of the one or more inner wear layers. The tread further includes a volumetric void ratio equal to approximately 0.25 to 0.40 in the unworn condition and approximately 0.25 to 0.40 in a worn condition where the outer, ground-engaging side is arranged along one of the inner wear layers in the worn condition, the tread further having a contact surface ratio equal to approximately 0.66-0.72 in the unworn condition and approximately 0.56-0.66 in the worn condition. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213543 | TIRE TREAD WITH SIPES AND A METHOD FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF A TIRE TREAD WITH SIPES - A tire with certain tread features and a method for manufacturing the tread for such a tire are provided. More particularly, a tire and method for manufacturing a tire having a tread portion with sipes that can be of minimal thickness and varying geometries, densities, and profiles may be provided. The sipes can also be hidden until after a period of tread wear has occurred. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213544 | TIRE INNER TUBE - A tire inner tube primarily includes an inner tube body being a hose having two closed ends and a charging air inlet being positioned at an inner side of the inner tube body, wherein the closed ends of the inner tube body are configured to be removably combined and form the inner tube body into a closed loop that fits a tire rim of a bicycle, so that the tire inner tube is allowed to be mounted around or demounted from the tire rim without removing the tire rim from the bicycle. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213545 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - A pneumatic tire having a tread portion, a pair of sidewall portions, a pair of bead portions each with a bead core therein, wherein in a tire meridian section including a tire axis under a standard state that the tire is mounted on a standard rim and inflated to a standard pressure but loaded with no tire load, the tread portion has a tread width TW (mm) being from 80 to 90% of a nominal tire width YW, a profile from a shoulder region of the tread portion to the sidewall portion includes a shoulder profile for defining the shoulder portion, a sidewall profile for defining at least a part of the sidewall portion, and a buttress profile smoothly connecting between the shoulder profile and the sidewall profile. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213546 | METHOD FOR CLAMPING A CONDUIT TO A RIGID BARRIER - A method of clamping a conduit comprising a cylindrical conduit (tube or pipe) to an aperture in a rigid barrier by steps of providing a clamp with a wide plate with a peripheral flange on an obverse end and a narrower boss on an opposite end and with a central hole extending through the plate and the boss, and with a radial slot extending outwardly from the central hole to peripheral edges of both the plate and the boss. The steps include inserting a wedge into the radial slot; moving the clamp into contact with a rigid barrier; affixing the clamp to the rigid barrier with adhesive or fasteners; and removing the wedge from the radial slot. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213547 | Apparatuses and Methods for Bonding Substrates - A method of joining web portions includes advancing web portions onto a rotating drum such that the web portions overlap at an overlap area as the web portions wrap around the drum. The web portions each have a melting temperature. A fluid is heated to a temperature sufficient to at least partially melt the web portions. A fluid nozzle retracts from an aperture in the drum and a jet of the heated fluid is directed from a fluid nozzle onto the web portions at the overlap area. The heated fluid penetrates and at least partially melts the web portions. The web portions are at least partially melted using the heated fluid. A press member shifts through the aperture in the drum to compress the web portions between the pressure member and an anvil roll to join the web portions together at the overlap area. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213548 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMER COMPOSITION, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING COMPOSITE ARTICLE - A method for producing a thermoplastic elastomer composition includes: (1) a step of dynamically vulcanizing 50 to 90% by weight of (A) an oil-extended ethylene-α-olefin-based copolymerized rubber and 10 to 50% by weight of (B) a propylene-based resin, where the total amount of the oil-extended ethylene-α-olefin-based copolymerized rubber (A) and the propylene-based resin (B) is taken as 100% by weight, in the presence of a crosslinking agent, thereby obtaining a thermoplastic elastomer, wherein the oil-extended ethylene-α-olefin-based copolymerized rubber (A) contains 100 parts by weight of an ethylene-α-olefin-based copolymer rubber having a Mooney viscosity (ML | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213549 | ADHESIVE AND METHOD FOR BINDING ARTIFICIAL PLASTIC TEETH - The present invention is directed toward an adhesive for and a method for bonding artificial plastic teeth to a denture base. The adhesive employs a number of adhesion promoter monomers, dimers or oligomers and a cure package, as well as methyl acetate as a solvent. The method according to the invention includes exposing a plastic tooth to the adhesive and allowing the plastic to soften (not dissolve). The adhesion promoter chains infiltrate the plastic tooth matrix, such that upon curing a secure bond is formed. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213550 | BINDER COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING LIGNIN DERIVATIVES - The present disclosure provides an adhesive composition comprising derivatives of native lignin and an isocyanate-based binder such as methylene diphenyl diisocyanate. The present compositions may further comprise formaldehyde-based resins such as PF, UF, and MF. While not wishing to be bound by theory, it is believed that incorporating derivatives of native lignin in isocyanate compositions will reduce incidence of pre-curing. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213551 | METHOD AND MEANS OF LINING A MANHOLE - An apparatus and method is provided for lining the wall of a manhole. The apparatus may include a liner assembly, which includes an expansion device, an auxiliary bladder, a primary bladder, and a liner. The auxiliary bladder is first inflated near the top of the manhole. Next the primary bladder may be expanded to press the liner against the wall of the manhole. The liner, being impregnated with a resinous material, is pressed against the wall until the resinous material cures and hardens. The expansion device, auxiliary bladder, and primary bladder are then removed from the manhole. The result is a repaired manhole wall. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213552 | VIBRATORY WELDER HAVING LOW THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY TOOL - In accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure, a vibratory welder for welding parts together has a vibratory tool made from a material having a low thermal conductivity of no greater than 5 watt/meter degree Kelvin and also having a sufficient strength and toughness for vibratory welding. In an aspect, the vibratory tool is made of a material having a compressive strength of at least 80 MPa (megapascals) tensile and a fracture toughness (K | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213553 | IMPLANT MATERIAL, IMPLANT COMPONENT, IMPLANT COMPONENT MANUFACTURING METHOD, LASER MACHINING METHOD, AND LASER MACHINING APPARATUS - In a hydroxyapatite to be joined to another hydroxyapatite or a bone by laser machining (machining of the bone and the hydroxyapatite includes irradiation of laser light on the bone and irradiation of laser light on the hydroxyapatite), to prevent occurrence of a fracture in a junction and in a peripheral portion of the junction during laser machining, the present invention provides an optimum weight ratio of a cordierite or quartz glass component mixed in the hydroxyapatite. As a mixing ratio of the cordierite or quartz glass component, the cordierite or quartz glass component is mixed at least at a weight ratio equal to or higher than 25.7%. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213554 | FITNESS AUXILIARY ROLLER FABRICATION METHOD - A fitness auxiliary roller fabrication method includes the steps of: a) providing a sleeve defining therein a through hole, b) providing a first tube member of a flexible material defining therein a tube hole and an outer diameter approximately equal to the inner diameter of the through hole of the sleeve, c) press-fitting the first tube member into the sleeve, d) providing a second tube member of a hard material, e) inserting the second tube member into the tube hole of the first tube member to expand the first tube member against the sleeve, and f) injecting a bonding adhesive in between the second tube member and the first tube member. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213555 | Automotive Emblem Assembly and Method - A method of reusing an existing emblem from a vehicle. The method includes the steps of providing the identification of the existing emblem. From there, the dimensional characteristics of the existing emblem can be determined. The determined dimensional characteristics are then turned into a plurality of perforations through an adhesive sheet so that they correspond to the dimensional characteristics of the existing emblem. The existing emblem can then be applied to the adhesive sheet, and in turn, can be attached to a vehicle by way of the adhesive sheet. An entire library of templates corresponding to the dimensional characteristics of a plurality of existing emblems can be created. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213556 | FLEXIBLE GUIDE FOR TIRE REPAIR - A method for preparing a portion of a tire for repair includes the steps of providing a template having a pair of guide edges, securing the template to an interior surface of the tire, providing a tool for forming a discontinuity in the interior surface of the tire, forming a discontinuity in the interior surface of the tire, with the tool, along the guide edges of the template, and removing the template from the tire. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213557 | DEPTH MARKING TOOL FOR TIRE REPAIR - The invention includes methods and apparatus for preparing a tire surface for receiving a tire patch. Such methods include selecting a desired depth marking template for use in forming one or more depth marking apertures within a tire surface and within a desired tire patch application area, each of the one or more depth marking apertures having a desired depth corresponding to a desired depth of the patch receiving area, the template having one or more openings extending through a thickness of the template corresponding to the one or more marking apertures to be formed. The methods further include forming one or more depth marking apertures within the tread by inserting a material removal member of a power tool into each of the one or more openings in the template, the power tool removing tire material to the desired depth for each aperture. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213558 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE MANAGEMENT OF ANNULAR ANCHORING STRUCTURES IN A PROCESS AND A PLANT FOR BUILDING TYRES FOR VEHICLE WHEELS - A method of controlling the management of annular anchoring structures in a process and a plant for building tyres for vehicle wheels, includes: a) feeding pairs of first annular anchoring structures from a first storage region to a bead-forming machine; b) loading a plurality of second annular anchoring structures into a second storage region; c) carrying the second annular anchoring structures from the second storage region to the first storage region; and d) feeding pairs of second annular anchoring structures from the first storage region to the bead-forming machine. The method includes the sequential cyclic repetition of the above actions. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213559 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DECENTRALIZED MANUFACTURE OF NEW TIRES ENABLING IMPROVED PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS - Systems and methods for decentralized tire manufacturing permit the pre-selection of properties of a new casing by individually selecting properties of the casing. The components and raw materials are pre-selected to provide improved and individualized performance characteristics when combined with separately-manufactured new cured tire treads. The new cured treads are manufactured separately in such a manner that pre-selected processing and raw materials may be used to selectively improve performance characteristics. The pre-selected materials and processing used in the separate manufacture of the cured treads from the casing are chosen so as to provide an improved final result that is coordinated through the pre-selections. In this manner, a final tread-casing combination can be made in such a way as to improve one or more performance properties of a final tire. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213560 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING PARTS MADE FROM COMPOSITE MATERIALS WITH A BRAIDED COVERING - The invention relates to a method of making a composite material part, the method comprising the steps of:
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| 20130213561 | DEVICE AND DEVICE MANUFACTURE METHOD - A device is provided with: a first substrate mainly containing silicon dioxide; a second substrate mainly containing silicon, compound semiconductor, silicon dioxide or fluoride; and a bonding functional intermediate layer arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate is bonded to the second substrate thorough room temperature bonding in which a sputtered first surface of the first substrate is contacted with a sputtered second surface of the second substrate via the bonding functional intermediate layer. Here, the material of the bonding functional intermediate layer is selected from among optically transparent materials which are oxide, fluoride, or nitride, the materials being different from the main component of the first substrate and different from the main component of the second substrate. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213562 | CONTINUOUS ONSITE-MANUFACTURED PIPE - Method and article of manufacture are disclosed for onsite-manufacturing of any length, any shape, size, and any thickness pipe. Sheets of fabrics saturated with resin may be wrapped around desired shape mandrels, cured, and removed to form such pipes onsite. Cured laminated sheets of resin-saturated fabrics may be wrapped around to also form onsite manufactured pipes. Disclosed pipes eliminate almost all weaknesses of plastic, metal and concrete pipes and noticeably reduce costs of transportation as well as manufacturing. One of the advantages of the disclosed pipes is that they have few joints, limiting the leakage and other problems associated with joints in ordinary pipes. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213563 | Process of Preparing Composite Structures - The present invention relates to a process of making composite structures comprising applying an adhesive composition comprising a protein component, an azetidinium functionalized polymer component and a viscosity modifying component to one or more substrates. | 2013-08-22 |
| 20130213564 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COMPOSITE STRUCTURE USING FILAMENTARY WINDING WITH THERMOPLASTIC RESINS - The present invention describes the method of coating glass fibers with thermoplastic resins and the subsequent winding on tubular matrices in order to form tubular profiles of any geometry (round, square, rectangular, triangular) with thermoplastic resins, avoiding the use of thermosetting resins. | 2013-08-22 |
