| 36th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 2 |
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| 20080209707 | Method for Attaining a Predetermined Clamping Force in Threaded Joints - METHOD FOR ATTAINING A PREDETERMINED CLAMPING FORCE IN THREADED JOINTS through the employment of a plurality of equations and graphs converted into digital data and applied to a system of intelligent monitoring, being part of a computer program or specific software dedicated to operate manual or automatic spindle machines, the needed parameters being measured at the axle of the equipment connected to the wrench that acts over a threaded fastener, such as a bolt, nuts or equivalent element during the fastening operation, the acquisition of the data for calculation and utilization the variable “torsion angle” θ, θ | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209708 | Method and Device for Removing Chip of Connecting Rod - A method and a device for removing the chips of a connecting rod. The large end part of the connecting rod is placed on the step part of a pedestal, and the small end part thereof is placed on a pedestal formed of a vibration damping material. An air vibrator is energized to continuously supply compressed air to vibrate the large end part together with the pedestal until the vibrated large end part is brought into contact with a contact plate member. When chips fall from the rod body and the cap part of the connecting rod, the chips are collected to a transparent collection bag through a suction hose by a dust collector. The operations above are performed in a sound isolation box closed by a cover member. Then, the chips are separated from the broken-out sections of the rod body and the cap part by using, for example, a brush. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209709 | Container uncapping mechanism and method - Apparatus and method for handling a container having a removable cover, e.g., a vial for holding a biological fluid specimen. The container may have therein an internal element that is releasably coupled to the cover, such as an assembly for processing the specimen in the container. The method involves applying an external force to the covered container sufficient to release the internal element from the cover, and then dislodging the cover from the container. The external force may be an acceleration force applied to the container, such as an impact force to the bottom of the container, or direct contact with the cover with sufficient force to deflect the cover inwardly. A vertically mounted pressing member and a movably mounted gripper can be used. The pressing member may act to eject the cover from the gripper after the container is clear of the gripper. The apparatus may be part of an automated system for processing multiple liquid-based specimens. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209710 | Well Screen Fabrication - Well screen fabrication. A method of fabricating a well screen includes the steps of: providing a filter portion having an inner dimension, and then increasing the inner dimension, the providing and increasing steps being performed prior to installing the well screen in a wellbore. Another method of fabricating a well screen includes the steps of: providing a base pipe having an outer dimension, providing a filter portion having an inner dimension less than or equal to the outer dimension, then increasing the inner dimension to greater than or equal to the outer dimension, and then decreasing the inner dimension. Another method of fabricating a well screen includes the steps of: providing a base pipe having an outer dimension, providing a filter portion having an inner dimension, and then providing an interference fit between the inner and outer dimensions. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209711 | Method for assembling at least two elements by means of a crimping rivet - The method for assembling according to the invention is designed for assembling at least two elements by means of a crimping rivet comprising a head and a stem, and an associated fitting tool comprising a traction rod. The method comprises the following successive steps:
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| 20080209712 | Device and method for working work pieces, such as aircraft's fuselage parts - The drilling device, according to the invention, comprises:
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| 20080209713 | WINDING METHOD FOR STATOR OF MOTOR - According to a nozzle winding method of causing a nozzle ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209714 | AP1 layer for TMR device - A TMR read head with improved voltage breakdown is formed by laying down the AP1 layer as two or more layers. Each AP1 sub-layer is exposed to a low energy plasma for a short time before the next layer is deposited. This results in a smooth surface, onto which to deposit the tunneling barrier layer, with no disruption of the surface crystal structure of the completed AP1 layer. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209715 | Manufacturing Equipment of Electric Resistance Welding Pipes Having Excellent Characterization of Welded Seam - Manufacturing equipment of electric resistance welding pipes is provided in which lateral edges of a strip for an electric resistance welding pipe is shaped with appropriate tapering immediately before electric resistance welding so that welding quality is kept excellent. Cutting or shaving means is provided after a leveler. At least one finpass forming stand is provided which includes a fin having tapering having at least 2 stages. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209716 | CRIMPING APPARATUS - A crimping apparatus includes an anvil for supporting a metal terminal including a base plate portion for mounting an electric wire thereon and a pair of crimping piece portions extending upwardly respectively from opposite side edges of the base plate portion, and a crimper which has a press-fastening portion for press-fastening the crimping piece portions. The anvil and the press-fastening portion of the crimper cooperate to press-fasten the crimping piece portions for crimping the crimping piece portions to the electric wire mounted on the metal terminal. The press-fastening portion is subjected to a mirror finish. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209717 | Thermal bonding structure and manufacture process of flexible printed circuit board - A thermal bonding structure and manufacture process of a flexible printed circuit (FPC) board are disclosed, and the thermal bonding structure includes a laminated structure having a first insulating layer with a solder pad area and showing parts of a first conductive layer, the first conductive layer, a second insulating layer, a second conductive layer, and a third insulating layer with a bonding area such that a part of the second conductive layer is exposed, and at least a through hole passing through the first conductive layer to the second conductive layer for propagating heat energy to fuse a solder. Accordingly, the reduction of heat energy lost in the third insulating layer improves the bonding quality, shortens the bonding period, and maintains the material stability under high temperature resulted from high heat energy. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209718 | Method of manufacturing multi-layered printed circuit board - The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a multi-layered printed circuit board which can decrease the cost and time required to produce the printed circuit board and can improve heat radiation characteristics and bending strength. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209719 | METHOD FOR MAKING A PROBE CARD - A method for making a probe card includes: mounting a plurality of probe needles on a probe-mounting seat; forming a conductive protective coating on tips of the probe needles; and bonding the probe needles to a printed circuit board through welding techniques after formation of the conductive protective coating on the tips of the probe needles. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209720 | Method and Apparatus for Manufacturing a Probe Card - In a method of manufacturing a probe card, a plurality of probe modules, including a sacrificial substrate and probes on the sacrificial substrate, is prepared. The probe modules are mutually aligned to form a probe module assembly having the aligned probe modules and a desired size. The probe module assembly is then attached to a probe substrate. Thus, the probe card having a large size may be manufactured. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209721 | MULTIPOINT NANOPROBE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATION - A nanoprobe includes a substrate having a layer, which forms a projected portion. A plurality of conductive lines is adhered to the projected portion and the lines extend beyond an end of the projected portion by a distance to form contact points, wherein the lines are connected to material of the projected portion to provide stiffness and the contact points provide flexibility during use. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209722 | Method for forming via hole having fine hole land - A method for forming a via hole having a fine hole land with which the density of circuit patterns can be increased. The method includes forming a via hole in a copper clad laminate, coating an etching resist over the copper clad laminate, and forming a circuit pattern on the copper foil of the copper clad laminate; forming a seed layer, coating a photoresist, and exposing an inner wall of the via hole; and forming a plated layer on the inner wall of the via hole and removing the photoresist and the seed layer. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209723 | FEEDTHROUGH FOR ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209724 | Support tube for a cold-shrink sleeve for joining electric cables - A process for manufacturing an electrical cable joint by means of a shrink sleeve supported by a tube including supporting the shrink sleeve, in an expanded state, with the tube, where the tube is an open tube fitted on its two longitudinal edges with mutual engagement means. The mutual engagement means are engaged with one another while the tube is supporting the shrink sleeve. The mutual engagement means are then disengaged and the tube is removing from the shrink sleeve, allowing the shrink sleeve to shrink onto the joint. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209725 | Method For Producing a Piston For an Internal Combustion Engine - The invention relates to a method for producing a piston for a combustion engine comprising a combustion recess, during which an annular fiber preform for reinforcing the edge of the combustion recess is firstly fastened inside the casting mold. Afterwards, a low-silicon aluminum/copper melt is introduced into the casting mold by which the fiber preform is infiltrated and molded into the recess edge within the scope of the casting process. The piston blank produced in this manner is then subsequently compacted by a high-temperature isostatic pressing before the piston is completed by means of a machining completion process. The flanks and the base areas of the second and third annular groove are coated by means of anodic oxidation, and the hub boreholes are smoothed and hardened by roller-burnishing. This results in a very high-quality and heavy-duty piston. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209726 | BRAZE REPAIR OF SHROUD BLOCK SEAL TEETH IN A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - An undersize repair region of a gas turbine engine stationary shroud is repaired with a sufficient mass of a repair material. The repair region includes a protruding portion that is undersized, and the repair includes machining of the protruding portion, grooving the resulting rub surface, inserting a replacement element, applying a brazing repair material, and brazing the article to form a repaired article. The repair material preferably includes a first fraction of a first powder of a first alloy component, and a second fraction of a second powder of a second alloy component. The first alloy component and the second alloy component have different solidus temperatures. The repair material is placed in the repair region. The repair material and the repair region are heated to melt the repair material but not the repair region, and thereafter the repair material and the repair region are cooled to solidify the repair material. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209727 | FILLET MACHINING WITHOUT ADAPTIVE PROBING AND PARTS FINISHED THEREBY - A method for finishing a part having excess material includes generating one or more surfaces on a model of the part to be machined, creating a machining tool path drive geometry, using the machine tool path drive geometry and one or more surfaces on the model to be machined to generate machining tool paths on the surfaces; and running tool paths on the part in a fixture. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209728 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ATTACHING SWIRLERS TO TURBINE ENGINE COMBUSTORS - A method facilitates assembling a combustor for a gas turbine engine, wherein the combustor includes a swirler assembly. The method comprises machining material to form a domeplate, positioning a sealplate including an overhanging portion against the domeplate, securing the sealplate in position relative to the domeplate with a welding process, and welding the swirler assembly to the domeplate. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209729 | Automotive exhaust component and process of manufacture - A catalytic converter for an internal combustion engine exhaust system comprises a single-piece, seamless metal housing having tubulated gas inlet and outlet ports and a tubulated intermediate section with at least one catalytic element therein. The converter is manufactured by a multi-step swaging process carried out in a transfer press. The press has a plurality of swaging stations that include swaging die sets that provide a graduated series of swaging steps. The process is operated continuously, with one of the swaging steps being carried out in each station during each press stroke. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209730 | Surface-Densified Toothed Section From A Sintered Material And Having Special Tolerances - The invention relates to a method for producing a toothed section from a densified sintered material, whereas a predensified tooth preform is densified by at least 0.05 mm from its surface at least in one area by means of iteratively determined data to yield its final form, and a final form quality in a range of at least f | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209731 | METHOD OF SHOT PEENING COIL SPRINGS - Both the inner and outer circumferential surfaces of a coil spring are peened by passing sequential segments of the spring around offset pulleys mounted within a peening cabinet. As the spring is pulled around one of the pulleys, the coils fan out from the pulley to permit the peening media to impact portions of the inner and outer circumferential surfaces of the spring, and as the spring is pulled around the other pulley, the portions of the surfaces not peened as the segment traveled around the first pulley will be peened. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209732 | METHOD FOR USE IN THE MANUFACTURING OF A FLUID DYNAMIC PRESSURE BEARING - Oil which will serve as a lubricating fluid of a fluid dynamic pressure bearing is degassed in a first environment under a first pressure which is lower than atmospheric pressure. First and second members of the bearing are place in a second environment under a pressure lower than atmospheric pressure and higher than the pressure in the first environment. The degassed oil is supplied to the gap between bearing surfaces of the first and second members while the first and second members are in the second environment under pressure lower than atmospheric pressure and higher than the pressure in the first environment. Subsequently the pressure in the second environment is increased to force the oil into the gap between the bearing surfaces of the first and second members of the hydrodynamic fluid. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209733 | Shaving system - A shaving system including a handle, a first head and a second head. The handle includes a power source and a head attachment member. The first head includes a rotating member. The first head is attachable to the handle by the head attachment member. The power source supplies power to the first head to rotate the rotating member. The second head includes a plurality of razor blades. The second head is attachable to the handle by the head attachment member. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209734 | Razor Having A Wing Shaped Contouring Shaving Aid - Shaving razors and cartridges intended for mounting on such shaving razors wherein the cartridges include one or mounted solid shaving aid portions that are wing shaped and that exhibit an improved conformation to a shaving consumer's skin surface. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209735 | Hair Removing Device - A hair removal apparatus with a housing and an actuator head movable in the housing. The actuator head accommodates an actuator system that removes the hairs and is adapted to be driven by an electric drive mechanism arranged in the hair removal apparatus. The actuator system is movable into at least one active position for hair treatment. The actuator head has only one of its ends rotatably mounted on the housing. The actuator head is readily accessible from the one side, thus enabling hairs in problem areas of the skin surface to be removed. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209736 | Reciprocating electric shaver - A reciprocating shaver including an inner cutter upwardly pushing spring for pressing the inner cutter against the inner surface of the outer cutter; slide members held on the outer cutter frame so as to be able to slide; outer cutter elastically supporting members which are for elastically supporting the outer cutter and mounted in the outer cutter frame with one end of each one of them engaging one of the slide members, and another end thereof engaging the outer cutter; and float setting members which are provided in the shaver main body and respectively engage the slide members, in linkage with the mounting motion of the outer cutter frame relative to the shaver main body, so as to determine the position of the slide members. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209737 | Safe cutter - The Safe Cutter, hereafter, “Cutter” is a device that cuts hot dogs into horizontal and vertical slices. The Cutter is designed to cut the hot dog into specified increments reducing the shape, size and diameter of the hot dog. This methodology of cutting a hot dog will prevent individuals, especially children, from choking on a hot dog based on its size and shape. The Cutter is composed of one horizontal blade and several vertical blades that are attached. In addition, the Cutter has a sleeve that holds the hot dog to be cut. Finally, the Cutter has a handle and a sleeve to cover the blades when not in use. Once the hot dog is cooked, one hot dog is placed in the Cutter's sleeve then with a downward motion the Cutter cuts the hot dog into a horizontal slice and vertical slices. There is no device on the market today that is specifically designed to cut a hot dog into horizontal and vertical slices. This is not just another invention, this is a device that will save lives by reducing, if not eliminating individuals and especially children from choking on a hot dog based on its shape and size. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209738 | SPATULA WITH STEAM SCRAPING MECHANISM - Improved cooking utensils. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209739 | POWER TOOL WITH CHIPS EJECTING MECHANISM - To provide a portable dust collecting circular saw capable of making an exhaustion of chips smooth, improving a dust collecting efficiency of a dust bag and a dust collector, and improving workability. Engaging portions of a dust nozzle | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209740 | Jack-Knife - A jack-knife including a blade and a handle, inside which there is a housing for the blade and with respect to which the blade is pivoted with one pivoting end. A safety device is disposed inside the handle, cooperates with the pivoting end of the blade and is able both to prevent an unwanted escape of the blade from the housing, and to clamp the blade when it is in a functioning position, that is, at least partly outside the handle. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209741 | Blade structure of an electric hair trimmer - A blade structure of an electric hair trimmer is a blade set, comprising a fixed blade, a movable blade and a vibration seat which is driven by a motor. A front end of both fixed and movable blades is provided with a plurality of teeth to cut the hair by an alternate movement. The lower sections of edge parts at two sides of a tooth of the movable blade are extended outward from top to bottom to form with externally expanded surfaces with sharp transection angles. Accordingly, when hair is cut, a contact area of the edge parts between the hair is decreased, to largely reduce resistance to cutting, such that the hair can be cut off well with improved speed and efficiency and can be prevented from being damaged. Besides, lifetime of usage of blade structure in the electric hair trimmer can be extended. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209742 | Reciprocatory saw and more especially a jigsaw - A reciprocatory saw and in particular a jigsaw comprises a pitman with a chuck means arranged for the releasable clamping of a saw blade. The chuck means comprises a movably mounted chuck jaw arrangement able to be clamped laterally against the saw blade shank, a wedge element arrangement adjacent to and for cooperation with the chuck means, a first spring means whose spring force acts downwardly on the inserted saw blade and a second spring means whose spring force acts on the wedge element arrangement downward. The wedge element arrangement is connected with the chuck jaw arrangement in a manner for the transmission of rotary movement and from the outside and is able to be shifted between a bottom clamping position clamping the chuck jaw arrangement against the saw blade shank and a top release position freeing the chuck jaw arrangement. The wedge element arrangement assumes an angular position turned in relation to the clamping position and is seated on a stationary holding face. Furthermore there is a stationary abutment face associated with an abutment arrangement on the saw blade shank so that in the clamping position the abutment arrangement is held by the first spring means against the abutment face and in the turned release position of the wedge element arrangement and the chuck jaw arrangement the shank may be moved beyond the abutment face. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209743 | RAZOR HANDLE - A handle for a safety razor is provided that includes an elongated hand gripping structure with a cartridge support structure at an end of the hand gripping structure. The hand gripping structure includes a frame and a first and second gripping pad. Each gripping pad can have a thermoplastic elastomeric gripping layer and a nonelastomeric thermoplastic support layer. The first gripping pad has an extension that cooperates with an opening of the frame to provide a snap fit joint between the frame and the first gripping pad. The second gripping pad has an extension that cooperates with the extension of the first gripping pad to prevent disengagement of the snap fit from the opening of the frame. The extension of the first gripping pad can be bifurcated and the extension of the second gripping pad can be received in the bifurcation. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209744 | Vehicle Wheel Optical Target Mounting Assembly - A machine vision vehicle wheel alignment system optical target assembly which incorporates an adaptor for attachment of an optical target to a vehicle wheel assembly. The adaptor includes a circular sinusoidal edge for seating in a non-determined position against surfaces of a vehicle wheel assembly, and a pair of pivoting arm assemblies capable of independent movement which are configured to position tire hooks for gripping the tread surfaces of a tire mounted to the wheel rim. Forces exerted between the pivoting arms are transferred to the tire hooks to hold the optical target assembly in contact with the wheel assembly surface. The optical target is integrated into the adaptor, and maintained in a stationary relationship to the wheel assembly thereby during a vehicle wheel alignment procedure. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209745 | LASER MARKER - To obtain a laser marker capable of effectively reducing an impact force applied to essential components of the laser marker including a gimbal mechanism, a light source unit holder, and a light source unit when the laser marker falls, and in particular, capable of reducing damage to the gimbal mechanism, a main body case including a gimbal mechanism, a light source unit holder suspended swingably by the gimbal mechanism, light source units attached to the light source unit holder and outputting a projection line beam, a base supporting the main body case, and a plurality of legs provided at the bottom of the base and supporting the base are provided, and the base and each leg are coupled via an elastic body that bends when an impact in the vertical direction is applied. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209746 | Micro-Cavity Measuring Equipment and Method Based on Double Optical Fiber Coupling - A micro-cavity measuring equipment based on double optical fiber coupling includes a sight and transmitter, a controller, and a length measuring device. The equipment detects small changes in the position of an object with respect to a probe from a moment when the sight and transmitter starts working to another moment when the sight and transmitter stops working. The controller has a program to automatically control the whole measuring process. The measuring equipment is characterized in that the sight and transmitter consists of a laser unit, a data collecting and processing unit, and a double optical fiber coupling unit with its ends of incident and effluent optical fibers fixed on a coupler. A micro-cavity measuring method based on double optical fiber coupling consists of the following steps: inserting the probe into the micro-cavity and moving it in the measuring direction; sending signals to the length measuring device by the sight and transmitter to cause the length measuring device to record the corresponding position of the probe when the probe is contact with the sides of the micro-cavity; and then calculating the dimensions of the micro-cavity. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209747 | Method and Device for Measuring Propeller Surface - A device for measuring a vane surface contour of a propeller includes a shaft extending through a hub of the propeller and rotatable about a vertical axis. A measuring rod is movable in a direction parallel to the vertical axis to abut a measuring end thereof against a surface of one of a plurality of vanes on the hub. The measuring end moves in the direction parallel to the vertical axis in response to a surface contour of the surface when the shaft rotates. The measuring rod is movable in a radial direction perpendicular to the vertical axis such that the measuring end of the measuring rod is movable between an innermost radial position and an outermost radial position of the surface. The measuring end is pivotable relative to the vertical axis about a movable portion thereof to adjust an angle between the measuring rod and the vertical axis. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209748 | Insert molding dial structure - A vehicle instrument cluster gauge may have a dial plate with an inner dial, an outer dial, indicia and graduations. The graduations may originate on a dial plate rear surface near or at the center of the gauge and traverse radially outward toward the outer or peripheral edge of the dial plate and wrap from the rear surface, around the peripheral edge and onto the front surface of the dial plate thereby creating a three-dimensional gauge structure with the dial plate. When on the dial surface, the front graduation part protrudes above and away from the outer dial face of the dial plate. The graduation may also create an overhang or cantilever by protruding over a front surface of the outer dial, and have edges formed by 90 degree surfaces and have a projected centerline directed radially through a geometric center of the dial plate, where a pointer may mount. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209749 | In-situ shear wall nailing template - A non-structural shear wall nailing template bears a pattern of shear wall nailing pattern markings. The template is made of an inexpensive sheeting material that will not interfere with the further construction of the building if the template remains in-situ after construction of the shear wall. In one example, the template is a strip. The strip bears lettering that indicates the type of nailing pattern to which the nailing pattern markings conform. After fixing the template to one or more sheathing panels such that the template is aligned in a predefined way with respect to framing members behind the panel(s), nails are driven at the locations of the markings on the template. By driving a nail at the location of each template marking, the shear wall is constructed with proper nail spacing. A set of templates is provided to facilitate nailing in different shear wall nailing patterns. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209750 | Diameter Measuring Instrument - A calliper-like instrument for measuring tree diameters, includes a straightedge on which there is placed a first leg and a second leg. The instrument further includes a recording unit adjacent the first leg for recording and storing tree diameter measurements. The first leg is fixedly placed along the straightedge, and the second leg projects out from a slide displaceable along the straightedge, with the legs and the straightedge located in mutually the same plane. The first leg can be lowered in the plane and is pivotally fastened to an attachment on the straightedge, and the second leg can be lowered in the plane and is pivotally attached to the slide. The first leg has a first fastener intended to be hooked into the attachment and the second leg has a second fastener intended to be hooked into the slide. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209751 | Dryer exhaust duct alarm - A dryer exhaust duct alarm detects the presence of lint or other obstructions in an exhaust duct or vent. A thin lever is suspended within the duct and is slightly cupped in shape to more effectively capture air flow. In the presence of uninhibited air flow, the lever is substantially displaced from its initial substantially-vertical position toward a substantially horizontal position. But when airflow is inhibited, the lever is not sufficiently displaced. A detector detects operation of the dryer. If the dryer operates for a determined period of time but the lever is not sufficiently displaced, the user is alerted of the problem. Other data may also be presented to the user, including real-time data over a communication medium. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209752 | Design And Construction Of Air Ventilation Tiles - The invention concerns the optimization of the design, manufacture and insertion of air ventilation pipes equipping air ventilation tiles and their associated plugs. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209753 | MANURE REMOVAL AND DRYING SYSTEM - A manure removal and drying system is used in an agricultural setting. The system includes a static pressure control system for regulating an amount of static pressure in a high pressure area of the agricultural setting, a variable speed loading system for varying a speed of operation of the system based on an amount of manure being removed and dried in the agricultural setting, a moisture sensing control system for detecting moisture from the manure in order to activate or deactivate the system, a selective capacity control system for selectively scaling a distance the manure in the agricultural setting is moved, and a friction reduction system for reducing the buildup of friction within the system caused by the movement of belts. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209754 | Drying Rack in Dryer - The present invention relates to a laundry dryer, and more particularly, to a drying rack in a drum of a dryer for drying objects other than clothes, such as shoes. To achieve the object of the present invention, a drying rack in a dryer includes a rack detachably mounted to an inside of a drying drum for placing a drying object thereon, and at least one drying stick for supporting the drying object spaced a predetermined distance from the rack. Accordingly, since the drying object placed on the drying stick is not shaded by the ribs of the seat from the hot air, the drying rack in a dryer of the present invention can dry the drying object, uniformly. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209755 | Counter flow cooling drier with integrated heat recovery with fluid recirculation system - A drier apparatus for removing water from various materials includes a heating portion, a drying chamber, a first fluid recirculation system, a regenerator and a makeup heater. Also, a method for use of the apparatus. The material to be dried is heated with the first fluid and transferred to the drying chamber. The material is passed counterflow through the drying chamber relative to a second fluid. The second fluid upon exiting the drying chamber is used to preheat the first fluid. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209756 | Fabric Treatment Composition - A heat activated fabric treatment composition comprises from 1 to 75 wt % of (a) a quaternary ammonium fabric softening system which comprises (i) a quaternary ammonium fabric softening material derived from a parent fatty acid or acyl compound having an average iodine value of from 0 to 19, and (ii) a quaternary ammonium fabric softening material derived from a parent fatty acid or acyl compound having an average iodine value of from 20 to 140, (b) from 5 to 60 wt % of a nonionic surfactant; and (c) from 5 to 70 wt % of water. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209757 | Laundry Machine and a Method for Operating the Same - The present invention relates to a laundry machine and a method for operating the same for removing wrinkles or the like from laundry by using high temperature and high humidity air instead of steam. The method for operating a laundry machine includes the steps of a course selecting step for selecting an operating course, and a high temperature and high humidity air supply step for supplying high temperature high humidity air to a drum from an air supply unit. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209758 | Pocket ventilator - A paper web drying apparatus is described as comprising a device for controlling an injection of air in a drying pocket of the drying apparatus. The web drying apparatus generally comprises at least three substantially axially parallel rotatable drying cylinders, first and third cylinders being vertically offset from a second cylinder and the web being consecutively trained thereover defining the pocket therebetween. The apparatus may define a traditional pocket, an offset pocket, or other such pocket configurations known in the art. The device comprises an elongated structure longitudinally mounted adjacent and substantially parallel to the first cylinder and between the first and the third cylinders. A first lateral edge of the structure may be positioned proximal to a peripheral surface of the first cylinder thereby defining a gap therewith such that the web trained thereon may travel toward the second cylinder unobstructed by the structure while the structure reduces an inflow of air dragged into the pocket by a motion of the web from the first to the second cylinder. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209759 | Counter flow air cooling drier with fluid heating and integrated heat recovery - A drier apparatus for removing water from various materials includes a drying chamber, a regenerator system, a drying fluid system, and a heating fluid recirculation system and a method for use of the apparatus. The material to be dried flows concurrently through the drier with a heating fluid that is segregated from the material but in heat transfer relationship with the material. A drying fluid flows countercurrent through the chamber so as to become heated and at least partially saturated from moisture released by the material. The drying fluid is then used to preheat recycled heating fluid which is further heated by a makeup heater. In some embodiments, the drying fluid is also recycled to the chamber after passing through a chiller. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209760 | Drying Apparatus - A drying apparatus has a casing, a cavity formed in the casing for receiving an object, a fan located in the casing and creating an airflow, a motor provided in the casing for driving the fan and ducting for carrying the airflow from the fan to at least one opening arranged to emit the airflow into the cavity, wherein the ducting includes at least one air duct in which at least one vane is located, the vane extending in the direction of airflow and dividing the air duct into a plurality of airflow portions. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209761 | Ballet pointe shoes - Disclosed herein is an improved design and construction for Ballet Pointe Shoes using a box and shank that interlock in an over-under fashion, where the shank is designed with a cavity that allows varying rigidities along its length. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209762 | Spring cushioned shoe - A spring cushioned shoe is disclosed. The shoe includes a sole assembly that has a first encapsulating spring enclosure with spring disposed within a vacuity of the heel region and a second encapsulating spring enclosure with spring disposed within a vacuity of the toe region. The springs are, e.g., wave springs that extend to the upper and lower boundaries of the encapsulating spring enclosure. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209763 | Inflatable Support System for an Article of Footwear - An impact absorbing flexible support system, comprising a plurality of fluid filled chambers disposed in a plurality of longitudinal rows and a plurality of lateral rows, forming a matrix of said fluid filled chambers and an article of footwear containing such a flexible support system. Each chamber is fluidly connected to at least two other fluid filled chambers and has a vertically tapered shape to provide flexibility of movement. The support system is made from air tight thermoplastic film and is inflatable. The support system may have one or more larger fluid filled chamber is disposed amongst said matrix of chambers. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209764 | Stimulation Shoe For the Proper Development of the Plantar Arches - A children's shoe ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209765 | Shoe, In Particular Sports Shoe - The shoe, has a shoe upper part and a sole. The sole has a supporting part, which is designed for receiving the heel region of the wearer's foot and is connected to the shoe upper part, and a sole element, which is connected to the supporting part. In order to improve the damping behavior of the shoe, the supporting part and the sole element are spaced apart from each other, in the longitudinal direction of the shoe. The connection between the supporting part and the sole element is preformed at two spaced-apart points in such a way as to form, under the heel region of the wearer's foot, a gap. The gap extends at least in portions over the entire width of the sole. The sole element, in the rear end region of the shoe, is connected to the supporting part. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209766 | Outsole With Tangential Deformation - An outsole, especially for sports shoes, that can be formed with a large amount of elastic deformability even in the tangential direction towards the front and the back, enabling a good cushioning effect even when the tread of the foot is inclined and somewhat slipping. Beyond at least one critical deformation in the deformed region, the sole remains essentially rigid in relation to tangential deformation. In this way, the runner has a secure footing on the respective tread point. The runner can push off from the tread point without losing ground and a swimming effect on the sole is prevented. The elastic deformability of the sole also in the tangential direction is caused by at least one first element, and the rigidity of the sole in relation to tangential deformation beyond the at least one critical deformation, in addition to the degree of the at least one critical deformation in the deformed region is due to at least one second element. So that the first and second elements can be independently designed, dimensioned and produced, there are extensive structuring, formation and variation possibilities. Certain areas in the heel and/or the ball region of the sole can be varied by the at least one first element, and certain areas by the at least one second element, in the longitudinal direction. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209767 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SHOE CONSTRUCTION - A shoe according to embodiments of the present invention includes an upper, a footbed including a wing that extends around at least a portion of a periphery of the footbed, with the upper attached to the wing, and an outsole configured to receive the upper and the footbed. The wing may be bendable away from the footbed to permit easy and sturdy stitching of the upper to the footbed. The wing may extend beyond a bottom surface of the footbed, and an intermediate piece may be placed under the footbed before the footbed and upper are attached to an outsole, such that the intermediate piece substantially fills the space between the footbed and the outsole. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209768 | Sports shoe, in particular an alpine ski shoe - The invention relates to a sports shoe ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209769 | WATERPROOF AND BREATHABLE SOLE FOR SHOES, AND SHOE MANUFACTURED WITH SUCH SOLE - A waterproof and breathable sole for shoes, having a structure including a supporting layer which, at least in a preset macroportion, is made of net, felt or other diffusely perforated material. A membrane made of a material that is impermeable to water and permeable to water vapor is associated above the supporting layer at least in the at least one preset macroportion made of net, felt or other diffusely perforated material, which it covers. A tread made of plastic material, with at least one through macroperforation at the at least one preset macroportion made of net, felt or other diffusely perforated material, is joined hermetically to the membrane and to the supporting layer at least at the perimeter of the at least one macroportion made of net, felt or other diffusely perforated material. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209770 | SHOE FOR PROFESSIONAL TRUCKERS | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209771 | Chute rotation system and method of operating same - A chute rotation system. The chute rotation system includes a chute, a handle assembly, and a drive assembly. The handle assembly includes a handle rotatable about a first axis and a second axis, and a bracket configured to inhibit movement of the handle about the first axis. The drive assembly is coupled to the handle assembly and includes a chute drive, a transverse gear, and a friction brake. The brake is configured to prevent movement of the chute, as a result of friction, when the friction brake is engaged with the chute drive. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209772 | Connector pin assembly - The connector pin assembly releasably retains telescoped excavating support and wear members in their telescoped relationship. The connector pin assembly is removably received in aligned connector openings in the members. A body portion of the assembly blocks removal of the wear member from the support member, and a lock member portion of the assembly is rotatable relative to the body, toward and away from a locking orientation, to releasably lock the body within the connector openings. A resilient sleeve having non-circular interior and exterior surfaces with rounded corners is non-slippably disposed over a rotatable shaft of the lock member in order to slidingly and deformably engage a non-circular shaped interior cavity of the body that rotatably receives shaft and sleeve of the lock member. The sleeve yieldingly resists rotational movement of the lock member away from a locking orientation. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209773 | Clothes Iron With Means For Inducing Orbital Oscillatory Motion Into the Sole Plate - A clothes iron comprises a body ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209774 | Ironing Appliance Comprising a Steam Generator Connected to an Iron and to a Travel Steamer - The invention concerns an ironing apparatus comprising a steam generator connected to an iron ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209775 | Collapsible Ironing Board - A collapsible ironing board comprising a board arranged on two legs ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209776 | Adaptable stand alone furniture and gear - A system optionally attaches non-reversible, interchangeable fabric, leather, vinyl or other natural or synthetic covering material logo (or advertisement, signage or art) panels to one or more items, such as articles of furniture or personal gear including clothing, sports equipment, and memorabilia frames. The items may include upholstered or non-upholstered sports stadium chairs or other soft-covered items such as leather jackets or golf bags without detracting from their appearance, even if the panel is removed. The panels can also be applied to vehicle seats, public furniture, office furniture, water coolers, or other domestic furniture. The attachment is inconspicuous and hidden from view. Such a logo panel can also cover an area emblazoned with a permanent different logo. These panels can be embroidered sports memorabilia with spaces for actual team member signatures or performer autographs, or they can be corporate logos or promotional advertising panels. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209777 | System and method for interchangeable furniture and gear - A system optionally attaches non-reversible, interchangeable fabric, leather, vinyl or other natural or synthetic covering material logo (or advertisement, signage or art) panels to one or more items, such as articles of furniture or personal gear including clothing, sports equipment, and memorabilia frames. The items may include upholstered or non-upholstered sports stadium chairs or other soft-covered items such as leather jackets or golf bags without detracting from their appearance, even if the panel is removed. The panels can also be applied to vehicle seats, public furniture, office furniture, water coolers, or other domestic furniture. The attachment is inconspicuous and hidden from view. Such a logo panel can also cover an area emblazoned with a permanent different logo. These panels can be embroidered sports memorabilia with spaces for actual team member signatures or performer autographs, or they can be corporate logos or promotional advertising panels. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209778 | DISPLAY ASSEMBLY FOR PRINTED MATERIALS - A display for printed materials includes a pocket mounting panel having a plurality of indexing holes, which may be arranged in columns and rows, and a plurality of pockets adapted to receive printed materials. The pockets include at least one rearwardly extending pocket engaging clip having a resiliently deformable member that is adapted to be received by an indexing hole. Pockets may be installed in a vertically cascading arrangement and individual pockets may be removed from the pocket mounting panel without removing adjacent installed pockets by manually engaging and deforming the resiliently deformable member(s) of the target pocket through access windows provided in the rear panels of the pockets. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209779 | Greeting Label - A greeting label for placement over the original label of a bottle, such as a bottle of wine or champagne. The label typically has an adhesive on the back face and indicia such as a greeting and a decorative design on the front face. A removable panel typically is adhered to the back face prior to use and then removed so that the adhesive is exposed prior to applying the label to the bottle. The greeting label may be pre-packaged as a kit, and can include a plurality of decorative labels for placing on the bottle. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209780 | Orientation Device of or for a Rotatable Display Box - A rotatable display box comprising, a signage body and mount to engage this to a fixed structure in a manner to allow the signage body to be rotatable about an axis of rotation and relative to said fixed structure. The signage body includes at least two display sides. A cam and the other is a cam follower are included. The cam has a surface including a number of cam surface depressions corresponding to the number of regions at or from which signage is or can be presented, said cam surface depressions located at intervals about said axis or rotation corresponding to the number of display sides of the signage box to which said rotation is to be biased to. The biasing to such locations is encouraged by the biasing of said cam follower towards the cam surface of said cam. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209781 | Device for displaying a disabled parking permit - A device for displaying a disabled parking permit includes a partially rounded housing with a flat fascia with a hook for hanging the device from a rear view mirror of an automobile. The disabled parking permit is required on opposite faces of a flexible sheet that is wound onto a spring loaded roll in order to contain it within the housing while driving. And this housing must not hang any lower than one and a quarter inch below the mirror. The placard can be pulled down from a slot opening on the bottom of the housing to a fully extended positioning order to display the disabled parking permit in a manner that allows visibility from both the front and the rear of the handicap persons automobile when the vehicle is parked. The placard must be retracted and rolled up within the housing, onto the spring-loaded roll, to avoid obstruction of view while driving. The width, length, colors, and indicia all being factors that must meet stringent municipal requirements. As well as the placard being registered with a displayed I.D. number to the driver of the automobile. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209782 | Illuminated sign and light source for use with said sign - An illuminable sign ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209783 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEDIA DISPLAY - A media display system and method is provided. The media display system comprising a two wheeled base configured for a operator to stand on; a steering column operatively connected to said base; a display means for a user standing on said base to hold and steer, said display mean allowing messages to be displayed; a handle operatively connected to said display means; and at least one wheel operatively connected to said media display such that said media display system can move 365 degrees. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209784 | Knock Down Signpost - There is provided a knock down signpost comprising a post member ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209785 | Self-standing collapsible portable structure and method - A collapsible portable structure employs elongate side panels of a generally triangular shape, each formed by a flexible frame member within a retaining sleeve and fabric within an interior of the frame member. The elongate side panels thus form a pyramidal structure when in a non-collapsed position, the structure having an overall height that is greater than the width of any of the side panels at their widest point. Weights preferably at corner panels between bottom corners of adjacent side panels improve stability for outdoor use. The structure collapses into a substantially cylindrical shape. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209786 | Note holder and method of making same - A holder for clamping flexible sheet material includes an extruded plastic, elongated channel member having a base wall having two ends. The base wall is connected at one of the ends to a relatively short, upstanding forward leg having an inner face forming a bearing surface. The forward leg has a free upper end, and the base wall is connected at the other of the ends thereof to a relatively long, upstanding rearward leg having an upper end, and a top wall is joined to the upper end of the rearward leg. The top wall extends down behind the forward leg and has a free end which resiliently engages the bearing surface of the forward leg and it also has a crease or bend line spaced apart from the upper edge of the forward leg so as to define a wedge-shaped opening therebetween. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209787 | Adjustable frame system - The present invention relates to an adjustable frame system, and more particularly to an adjustable photo frame system. The decorating, painting and/or the like may be incorporated in this adjustable frame system | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209788 | Bridged extractor spring for firearms - New and unique improvements of prior known M4/M16 firearms are disclosed that comprise (A) a bolt which, in addition to all of the normal M4/M16 features is configured or reconfigured to accept a bridged extractor spring which straddles the firing pin and presses against the bottom of the extractor with the bridging wire, and (B) a bridged extractor spring which is a single part, wound with dual spaced helical coils connected with a bridge wire that maintains the spacing at the top of the spring. The bridge wire preferably crosses diagonally between and is tangent to both coils. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209789 | Pivotable accessory mount - An accessory mount for a firearm includes a base and an accessory receiver adapted for rotation about an adjustment axis with respect to the base. According to one embodiment, the base is received onto a mounting rail secured to the firearm and includes first and second portions removably attached to each other by a fastener to facilitate attachment of the base to the mounting rail. According to one embodiment, a pin is received by the base and by spaced support members of the accessory receiver to provide a rotatable connection. A locking mechanism locks the accessory receiver against relative rotation with respect to the base in one of a plurality of angular positions. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209790 | Apparatus For Sighting-In A Gun - To sight-In a gun—especially a rifle ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209791 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FITTING AND AIMING A FIREARM - An apparatus and method are disclosed for determining a proper firearm fit for a user. In an embodiment, a firearm alignment device is disclosed. The firearm alignment device comprises a reflective surface and an opening. In addition, the firearm alignment device includes a band. The band may be horizontally disposed on the reflective surface. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209792 | Waddle Motion #3 - A device to provide waddle and feeding movement for a decoy may include a stake member to support the device and an arm member connected to the stake member to limit the movement of the decoy. The decoy may rotate in response to wind, and an interior of the decoy may cooperate with the arm member to limit the movement of the decoy. The device may include a top sleeve member to cover a portion of the stake member and the top sleeve member may be decorated to mimic the decoy. The device may include a stabilizing member to limit the vertical movement of the decoy but not prevent realistic vertical feeding motion. The stabilizing member may rotate to provide waddle movement for the decoy. The stabilizing member may be a disk, and the arm member may include an arm stabilizing sleeve member. The arm stabilizing sleeve member may be formed from flexible material, or the arm stabilizing sleeve member may be formed from a cushioning material. The stake member may be positioned forward of the pivot point of the decoy or the stake member may be positioned approximately at the pivot point of the decoy. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209793 | Artificial bait - An artificial bait for fishing with a flexible appendage ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209794 | Fish hook made of an in situ composite of bulk-solidifying amorphous alloy - A fish hook formed at least in part of a composite material comprising: an amorphous metal alloy forming a substantially continuous matrix; and a second ductile metal phase embedded in the matrix and formed in situ in the matrix by crystallization from a molten alloy. A method of making a fish hook. A method of fishing. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209795 | FISHING FLOAT OR STRIKE INDICATOR AND ATTACHMENT METHODS - A float may be used as a strike indicator for fly fishing and may be attached without hooks, clamps, grommets, rubbery gripping members, or tying of the line/leader. Instead, the float is attached by friction/interference fit onto a line or leader, preferably by sliding the float up the leader to a thicker-diameter portion of the leader to cause a sufficiently tight fit between the leader and an axial bore in the float. The bore may be tapered in diameter, may have a constant diameter, may have a significantly reduced or tapered diameter or another restriction in a portion(s) of the bore, and/or may have an enlarged end opening, for example. A slot may be provided from the outer surface of the float to the bore. The slot may be a straight slot, a Z-shaped slot, or other circuitous slot including curved, non-planar slots. This way, in addition to the friction/interference between the leader and the surface of the axial bore through the float, there is resistance to the leader sliding out through the slot. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209796 | Method of converting animal waste inot a multi-phase fuel - A method of converting agricultural waste to a fuel comprising adding about 5% to about 90% agricultural waste to about 10% to about 95% reaction solution of water and alcohol. The reaction solution ranges from about 100% alcohol to about 100% water. The reactants are subjected to a heat of about 230° C. to about 370° C. under a pressure of about atmospheric to about 3000 psig for three minutes or more. Another embodiment of the method of converting agricultural waste to a fuel further adds about 0.5% to about 15% of an oxidizing agent to the reactants. A further embodiment of the method of converting agricultural waste to a fuel adds about 10% to about 50% by weight of diesel fuel to the reactants. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209797 | Liquid fuel feedstock production process - A process for converting feedstock into liquid hydrocarbon fuel condensate includes the steps of providing an unconventional feedstock for producing liquid hydrocarbon fuel, providing a heated heat transfer medium flowing through at least one thermal reaction zone under substantially carbon rejection process conditions and placing the feedstock onto the heated heat transfer medium flow so that the feedstock substantially rides on the flow surface of the heated heat transfer medium without substantially any mixing of the feedstock with the heat transfer medium, vaporizing at least a portion of the feedstock to form vapours while the feedstock is in the thermal reaction zones by heat transfer to the feedstock from the heat transfer medium and condensing the vapours into a liquid hydrocarbon fuel condensate. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209798 | Method of Reducing Fuel Corrosiveness - Fuels containing biodiesel, petroleum distillates, or blends of these may be treated by the addition of small amounts of one or more alkanolamines according to formula (I) | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209799 | BIODIESEL PRODUCTION METHOD AND APPARATUS - Methods and apparatus for the production of biodiesel are provided. The methods involve converting a fatty acid rich material to biodiesel using a homogeneous catalyst, followed by electrodialysis of the resulting product to remove the catalyst. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209800 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THE RECEIVING/DELIVERING OF CROP HOLDERS - Apparatus and method for the receiving/delivering of pot plants. For the receiving of pot plants from a floor, it is proposed to utilize a fork-like construction wherein each fork is provided with conveying elements. These conveying elements consist of one or two worms which protrude slightly beyond the free end of carriers carrying the conveying elements and are configured so as to taper, for example conically, toward the end. This allows rows of pot plants to be received in a secure manner. Attaching preferably two worms, one above the other, positions the pot plants in a particularly stable manner, as a result of which crops having a high centre of gravity can easily be received without the risk of falling over. The apparatus allows the crops to be positioned next to one another or moved closer together during delivery. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209801 | Decorative sleeve cover for a floral grouping having a matte or textured finish on a surface thereof - A flexible sleeve disposable about at least a portion of a flower pot or floral grouping is formed of a flexible polymeric material having at least a portion of one surface thereof modified to provide a textured or matte finish to the flexible sleeve. The flexible sleeve may also be provided with perforations at preselected areas for removing an upper portion of the flexible sleeve from a lower portion thereof. Methods for wrapping a floral grouping or packaging a plant using the flexible sleeve are also described. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209802 | Gardening Stake Kit for Plant Support, Nourishment and Training - A gardening stake kit for plant training includes a plurality of shaft segments that are connectable end to end to form a shaft of variable lengths. A plurality of grooves or protrusions are formed in or on an outer periphery of each shaft segment. A pointed base is connectable to one end of a shaft segment, and a plurality of arms that are connectable to the grooves or protrusions formed in each shaft segment. Preferably, the grooves or protrusions are formed at more than one angle relative to the top and bottom of each shaft segment and, preferably, include horizontal grooves or protrusions as well as angular grooves. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209803 | Corporate body of vessel for a plant medicine for promoting nutrition - Disclosed is an aggregated body of vessels for plant food, in which a plurality of plant food vessels ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209804 | Substrate For Plants Comprising Quantification Means - The invention relates to a substrate for a soil-free cultivating or growing of plants. The substrate comprises slab ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209805 | Wall Planted with Vegetation and Constituent Elements - The inventive vegetated wall includes supports arranged on a wall to be covered or at a small distance therefrom, an integrated irrigation system and a plurality of open mesh baskets which are provided with a vegetable culture substrate arranged therein and which are removably associated with the supports in such a way that the baskets are enabled to be displaceable. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080209806 | Plant Support and Method for Cultivating a Plant - Plant support consisting of a base and a spiral, fitted rotatably thereon and extending vertically. This spiral is made for accommodating therein the main stem of a plant, such as pepper, cucumber, aubergine or tomato. Branches of the plant extend outwards to beyond the spiral. In the spiral is a stationary post. If the plant has reached the top of the spiral, the spiral is rotated with respect to the base such that the plant shifts downwards without rotating. The plant can subsequently continue to grow upwards again. A number of plant supports of this type can be combined with a common drive. | 2008-09-04 |
