| 36th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 6 |
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| 20080210108 | Plunger-Cylinder Assembly - Disclosed is a plunger-cylinder assembly for a press, comprising a plunger ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210109 | APPARATUS FOR APPLYING A CONTROLLED FORCE TO AN ARTICLE - Apparatus, such a embossing apparatus, for applying a controlled amount of force to an article comprises a head ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210110 | Printing Press with Adjustable Bearer Rings and Method of Controlling a Printing Press - A printing press and a method for controlling a printing press include rotatably mounted cylinders. At least two adjacent cylinders roll on one another through bearer rings. At least one of the adjacent cylinders can be rotated actively relative to at least one of the bearer rings by a setting device. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210111 | Web-Fed Rotary Press and Method for Minimizing Fluting in a Web-Fed Rotary Press - A web-fed rotary press ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210112 | SATELLITE PRINTING UNIT OF A WEB-FED PRINTING PRESS - A satellite printing unit of a web-fed printing press with printing couples is disclosed. Each printing couple includes a plate cylinder and a transfer cylinder where the transfer cylinders of all the printing couples roll off a common impression cylinder. Each plate cylinder features a high lockup slot and a low lockup slot and each transfer cylinder has a lockup slot. The transfer cylinders of the printing couples are aligned relative to the plate cylinders of the printing couples such that, on a first group of printing couples, which includes at least one printing couple, the lockup slot of the respective transfer cylinder rolls over the high lockup slot of the respective plate cylinder and on a second group of printing couples, which includes at least one printing couple, the lockup slot of the respective transfer cylinder rolls over the low lockup slot of the respective plate cylinder. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210113 | MODIFIED PRINTING PRESS - An inking system for an offset printing press having a stationary portion and a movable portion that is movable toward and away from a roller. A plurality of hinge pins form a pivot axis between the stationary and movable portions. Each of the hinge pins having at least one hollow end portion communicating axially with one of the stationary and movable portions permitting ink flow. Each of the hinge pins also having a radial passage for ink, whereby the ink may pass from the stationary portion to the movable portion, and whereby the ink may be supplied to the movable portion during change of the relative positions of the stationary and movable portions. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210114 | Methods and Apparatus to Deliver Ink to Printing Systems - Methods and apparatus to deliver ink to printing systems are disclosed. In one example, a disclosed apparatus includes control valves which are coupled to a logic device. Together, the control valves and logic device control the flow of constituent components of press ready ink before the constituent components are mixed into press ready ink and sent to a gravure impression cylinder. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210115 | Fuze for a Projectile | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210116 | Safety and Arming Unit for the Fuze of a Projectile - A safety and arming unit with a safe separation distance device ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210117 | Safety and Arming Unit for a Spinning Projectile Fuze - A safety and arming unit ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210118 | CONNECTOR BLOCK WITH SHOCK TUBE RETENTION MEANS AND FLEXIBLE AND RESILIENT CLOSURE MEMBER - A connector block for retaining at least one shock tube in signal transfer relationship with a detonator. The connector block comprises a housing ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210119 | Device For Secondary Suspension of a Car Body in a Rail Vehicle - A device for the secondary suspension of a body of a rail vehicle, the device comprising a spring element which is between the body and a bogie and to ensure at least one raised transport level for the body during the journey of the rail vehicle. The spring element can be compressed by a traction cylinder when the rail vehicle is stationary, in order to adjust a sunken platform level for the body, which is arranged below the raised driving level. The traction cylinder is provided with means for mechanically decoupling the advancing movement of the body from a pressure reduction in the pressure chamber of the traction cylinder. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210120 | HEAT RELEASABLE COMPOSITE COATINGS AND RELATED METHODS - Disclosed are heat releasable multi-component composite coatings. These coatings include an under coating and an over coating deposited over at least a portion of the under coating. The under coating is deposited from a coating composition that includes a film-forming resin and thermally expandable capsules having an average diameter of 5 to 25 μm. The over coating layer has a 60 degree gloss of no more than 60 gloss units. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210121 | Micronized wood preservative formulations - The present invention provides wood preservative compositions comprising micronized particles. In one embodiment, the composition comprises dispersions of micronized metal or metal compounds. In another embodiment, the wood preservative composition comprises an inorganic biocide comprising a metal or metal compound and organic biocide. When the composition comprises an inorganic biocide and an organic biocide, the inorganic biocide or the organic biocide or both are present as micronized particles. When compositions of the present invention are used for preservation of wood, there is minimal leaching of the metal and biocide from the wood. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210122 | Ink for Ceramic Surfaces - The present invention concerns ink for printing on ceramic surfaces such as glass, which contains glass frits for silica nanoparticles and optionally a pigment, and is suitable for ink jet printing. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210123 | Semi-Transparent Interference Pigments Containing Tin - The present invention relates to semitransparent interference pigments having a neutral mass tone comprising a substrate and a coating comprising metallic tin and additionally at least one metal oxide, to a process for the preparation of these pigments, and to the use thereof. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210124 | CORE-SHELL POLYMER PARTICLES - Disclosed herein are nano-sized particles having a core portion comprising a crystalline polymer and a shell portion comprising a polymer derived from at least one monomer not miscible with the crystalline polymer of the shell portion. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210125 | Stable cement composition for orthopaedic and dental use - The present invention relates to ceramic precursor compositions and chemically bonded ceramic (CBC) materials, especially Ca-based, and composite biomaterials suitable for orthopaedic and dental applications with improved setting and curing properties resulting in stable close contact between biomaterial and bone tissue. The present invention also relates to a method of manufacturing said cured material, a bioelement and carrier material for drug delivery made by said cured material, a kit comprising the ceramic precursor powder and hydration liquid, as well as the use of said ceramic precursor powder and hydration liquid, or said cured material, for orthopaedic and dental applications. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210126 | Antioxidant treatment of asphalt binders - A combination of antioxidants and method of incorporating the antioxidants into an asphalt binder to make a modified asphalt binder are described. The antioxidants comprise a thioester and an aldehyde. The aldehyde and thioester, in a ratio between about 1:100 and about 100:1, are added to an asphalt binder. An acidic catalyst is also added in a concentration between about 0.1 wt % and about 18 wt % of the asphalt binder. The antioxidants, asphalt binder, and catalyst are mixed at a temperature between about 85° C. and about 135° C. for a time between about 30 minutes and about 6 hours. The antioxidants are capable of improving the performance grade of the asphalt binder. The modified asphalt binder possesses superior resistance to oxidative age hardening compared to other modified asphalt binder compositions that incorporate various antioxidants. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210127 | PREFABRICATED MEMBRANE BASED ON MODIFIED POLYURETHANE BITUMINOUS BINDER AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION - The present invention has for its object a prefabricated sealing membrane formed by a support, coated on at least one surface, and preferably impregnated throughout, with a modified bitumen base composition, characterized in that the thermoplastic bituminous composition for coating and/or impregnation is a bituminous binder modified by a thermoplastic polyurethane having the following weight proportion:
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| 20080210128 | Optical Layer including mu-oxo-bridged boron-subphthalocyanine dimer - An optical layer comprises μ-oxo-bridged boron subphthalocyanine dimer. The μ-oxo-bridged boron subphthalocyanine dimer is represented by the following chemical formula (1). | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210129 | Composition Containing Organopolysiloxanes, Method for the Production thereof and Use of the Same - Aqueous compositions comprising peroxides and polyorganopolysiloxanes useful for cleaning and disinfecting substrate surfaces. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210130 | Storage-Stable Coating Composition for Abrasion-Resistantly and Weathering-Stably Providing Smooth Inorganic Surfaces with Easy-To-Clean Properties - The present invention relates to a special coating composition based on components a) at least one hydrolysable fluoroalkylsilane of the formula (I) CF | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210131 | Aqueous Composition for Outdoor Paints, Indoor Paints, Facade Paints and Roof Paints - The present invention relates to an aqueous composition for outdoor, indoor, facade and roof paints having a biocidal action. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210132 | ISOCYANATE GROUP-TERMINATED URETHANE PREPOLYMER, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND ADHESIVE COMPRISING THE URETHANE PREPOLYMER - It is an object of the present invention to provide an isocyanate group-terminated urethane prepolymer which has a low viscosity at melting and a process for producing the same, and an adhesive which comprises the urethane prepolymer and has such good workability that the adhesive in a molten state can be easily applied to substrates. The invention relates to a process for producing an isocyanate group-terminated urethane prepolymer which comprises reacting a polyol with a polyisocyanate compound, wherein the polyols comprise 10 to 60% by mass of a polyester polyol and 90 to 40% by mass of a polycarbonate polyol and a sebacic acid-derived polyester polyol which is a polycondensate of sebacic acid with a diol compound accounts for 50 to 100% by mass of the polyester polyol and wherein the polyisocyanate compound and the polyols are reacted in such amounts that the ratio (by mol) of the isocyanate group/hydroxyl group is 1.2 to 3.2. The invention further relates to an adhesive which comprises the isocyanate group-terminated urethane prepolymer as a main component. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210133 | System of Interference Pigments - The present invention provides a system of N≧3 interference pigments, which is distinguished in that it exhibits a maximum colour gamut through specification of the optimum pigment hue angle h | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210134 | Precipitated Calcium Carbonate (PCC) from Sugar Processing Byproducts for use in Cementitious Applications and Methods Thereof - A process to make, in part, a refined material for use as crystallization accelerant in cementitious products. Evidence shows that calcium carbonate Fines (Ca | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210135 | Construction Material Based Upon a Sludge or Sludged Waste Material - The invention relates to a fluid construction mixture comprising a sludge or tailing material (such as a dredged material), a binder, a binder retarding agent, optionally one or more other ingredients. The invention further relates to a method for preparing a solid construction material and to the use of construction material in infrastructural projects. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210136 | Jointing and Surface Compound for Construction Elements, Its Preparation Process and Building Process of a Structure - The object of the invention is a drying compound comprising from 50 to 85% of FGD gypsum and/or natural or processed gypsum, in mass percentages based on the total mass of the compound, presenting the following particle size characteristics: (i) a d | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210137 | Surfboard Stringer Reinforcing system - A reinforcing system for a floatation device, such as a surfboard, and a method of its manufacture is disclosed. Such a floatation device has an elongated stringer that has at least a top edge and a bottom edge. The reinforcing system of the present invention includes an elongated top bracket and an bottom bracket. The top and bottom sides of each bracket are wider than the top and bottom edges of the stringer. The cross-sectional shape of the top bracket is preferably rectangular, forming an I-beam cross-section when each bracket is fixed to the stringer with a fastening means, such as a strong adhesive or screws. The floatation device is preferably of the type having two buoyant blanks, each adhered to one side of the stringer. During fabrication of the floatation device, each blank is fixed at one substantially flat side thereof to one side of the stringer with adhesive. A pair of notches may then be cut into each blank and the stringer to accommodate each bracket, which is then fastened with the fastening means to each blank and to the stringer, resulting in each blank being adhered to the stringer and each bracket. Alternately, or additionally, each bracket may be fastened to the stringer with a plurality of the screws. The assembled floatation device may then be sanded and then coated with a resin coating, applied over each blank, the stringer and each bracket. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210138 | Paperboard Three-Dimensionally Molded Pallet - A paperboard three-dimensionally molded pallet having sufficient rigidity in its load carrying surface and load bearing strength in its leg portions. The pallet is so designed that when it is finally treated as a waste, it can be recycled as new paperboard three-dimensionally molded pallets or a material for the other paper products requiring rigidity. The pallet comprises a paper-made plate-like top plate member ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210139 | PACKAGING STRUCTURE FOR BUILDING BOARDS AND BUILDING BOARDS LOADING STRUCTURE - This invention provide packaging structure for building boards and building boards loading structure. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210140 | TRANSPORT PALLET - A pallet for the movement of goods includes several individual parts connected to one another, including an upper section and a frame section. The upper section includes a plurality of openings, which are located in recesses formed in the underside of the upper section, which help the escape of heat through the pallet. The pallet may be formed from a fire retardant material and may be certified to comply with the Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. Standard 2335 “Fire Tests of Storage Pallets.” The pallet may include a transponder for locating the pallet. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210141 | Skid Base for Portable Building - A molded plastic skid base for a resin building is formed with all of its openings facing downward and with runners integral with a deck that forms a floor of the base. Replaceable wear plates cover the bottoms of the runners and have truck loading notches molded at their ends and a longitudinal channel in which fastener heads are positioned. Stake down slots are provided in the ends of the runners and wear plates in a diagonal orientation so as to be aligned toward the center of the building, below the base. The floor of the base is a grid formed of diagonally oriented ribs, at least some of which may be shorter in their center than at their ends, is crowned in the center and has openings which taper upwardly. A solid sheet may be placed over the grid to close it. Bosses for receiving the wear plate mounting fasteners are positioned at the same locations along the sides of the base as the fastener mounting locations for attaching the building side walls to the base, to provide a greater thickness of material at those locations for the building sidewall fasteners to penetrate. Edges of a septic tank opening formed in the base are slanted downwardly and rear corners of the opening are triangular in shape. Downwardly opening openings are also formed in the base into which weights and weight covers may be fixed. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210142 | Table top connector unit - A new table top connector unit designed to efficiently stack table tops, prevent damage and increase safety of table. The table top connector unit has a generally flat top, bottom and sides with radius corners between the bottom and sides, with a central opening to accept a support leg and having radially spaced holes to accept fasteners to mount the table top connector unit to the underside of a table top. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210143 | Folding Table Assembly - A folding table assembly having an open configuration and a closed configuration. Spring loaded hinges provide the folding table assembly with an automated approach to unfolding the table assembly. Casters provide the table assembly with structure making the assembly portable. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210144 | Table - The invention relates to improvements in the table tops for tables and the tables themselves. The improvements to the table tops is in the form of at least angularly offsetting edges of the table top to allow the same to be more efficiently used, particular in conjunction with other similarly formed table tops of tables to form a group of table which allows efficient use of the same and the space in the room. The invention also provides for an efficient adjustment means which allows the adjustment of the height of the table top with respect to the floor to be performed by the user. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210145 | SEED CARRIER WITH PIVOTING CONVEYOR - A seed carrier includes a main hopper coupled with a frame via leg members. The main hopper has a discharge. A base plate is coupled with the frame. A support arm is rotatably coupled with the base plate at a first end. A belt driven conveyor having a conveyor hopper at a first end and a discharge at a second end is rotatably coupled with a second end of said support arm at an approximate center of gravity thereof. A latch mechanism is provided for detachably coupling the first end of the conveyor with the first end of the support arm such that the conveyor hopper is position below the main hopper discharge. When the conveyor is uncoupled from the first end of the support arm, the conveyor can rotate to a loading position wherein the discharge thereof can be positioned over the main hopper. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210146 | Method and Apparatus for Forming Variable Loop Pile Over Level Cut Loop Pile Tufts - A tufting machine that includes spaced rows of needles of inserting yarns into a backing material. The needles are engaged by opposed loopers and level cut loop pile hooks that pass between one another so as to engage the opposite row of needles for forming cut pile and loop pile tufts of yarns in the backing material. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210147 | Sewing machine and computer-readable recording medium storing sewing machine control program - A sewing machine that sews a work cloth being moved by a user includes a detection device that detects the work cloth, a movement calculation device that calculates movement data of the work cloth, a movement data storage device that stores the movement data, a movement data creation device that causes the detection device and the movement calculation device to respectively detect the work cloth and calculate the movement data for each stitch, and that stores the movement data into the movement data storage device, a line segment specification device that specifies a line segment based on the movement data, a determination device that determines whether a stitch to be formed next will overlap with an already formed stitch corresponding to the specified line segment, and an error control device that performs an error correction operation based on a determination result. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210148 | WATERCRAFT STEERING SYSTEM - A boat has a propulsion unit and a steering system. The steering system includes a steering device actuated by an electric actuator. A steering wheel operated by an operator is electrically connected to the actuator. Detectors collect data regarding one or more of operation status of the steering wheel, running status of the boat, status of the propulsion unit(s), status of the electric actuator, and the like. Based upon such collected data, a current for powering the electric actuator may be selectively increased to provide increased torque to ensure excellent steering response even in changing. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210149 | Ship Hull Comprising at Least One Float - A ship hull includes at least one float ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210150 | VENTILATED AFT SWEPT FLOW INTERRUPTER HULL - A boat hull has an aft swept ventilated area in at least a part of its bottom planing surface. An aft swept water flow interrupter is positioned to project downwardly from the hull forward of the ventilated area. The aft swept flow interrupter has two generally angularly related legs or sections defining a 30° to 70° included angle, increase lift on the hull, reduces wetted surface area and improves the turning characteristics of the hull. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210151 | Aquatic Friction Reducer And Antifouling Paint Enhancer - The present invention pertains to a novel hydrophilic or “water-loving” bottom finish for boats and watercraft composed and based on a non-ablative long-chain polymer, which is semi-permeable, but non-soluble in water. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210152 | Open Life Indicator Label for Food Produce and Suchlike - A time indicator label comprises a backing layer, an active layer and a barrier layer. Removal of said barrier layer activates said time indicator label. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210153 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STARTLING ANIMALS - A device is disclosed which is configured to startle certain pests which may cause a variety of problems in certain areas of a home or workplace. By limiting the action of the pests, or removing the pests from the area, the invention may prevent the destruction of property, minimize animal droppings, and minimize the spread of disease. The invention includes an external shell in the shape of any desired animal, wherein the external shell also covers internal mechanical, electronic and electrical components. The components are configured to move parts of the animal shell and move other items attached to the shell. The movement may be a result of a motion detector detecting an undesirable pest, programmable timer, a remote control device operated within the safety of a home or by other sensors. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210154 | Electrically Illuminating Indicator Needle and Light Guiding Member - An electrically illuminating indicator needle and a light guiding member therefor that allow such a control as length of the needle can be varied while undergoing less unevenness in luminance and can be manufactured at a lower cost are provided. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210155 | SILICON SINGLE CRYSTAL AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING IT - A silicon single crystal which has been produced using the Czochralski method has a <113> orientation. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210156 | Casting method for polycrystalline silicon - In a casting method for polycrystalline silicon in which a bottomless cooling crucible with a part of a certain length in an axial direction being circumferentially and plurally sectioned is provided inside an induction coil, producing a silicon melt within the cooling crucible by means of electromagnetically induced heating by the induction coil, and withdrawing the silicon melt in a downward direction while being solidified, an alternating current with a frequency of 25-35 kHz is applied on the induction coil. According to the casting method for polycrystalline silicon of the present invention, in addition to preventing rapid cooling of the ingot surface at the time of solidifying the molten silicon and producing the ingot, the stirring of the molten silicon inside the crucible is suppressed to thereby promote the growth of large diameter crystals, with the result that the conversion efficiency of the cast polycrystalline silicon used as solar cells is increased. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210157 | Systems and methods for forming strontium-and/or barium-containing layers - A method of forming (and system for forming) layers, such as calcium, barium, strontium, and/or magnesium, tantalates and/or niobates, and optionally titanates, on a substrate by employing a vapor deposition method, particularly a multi-cycle atomic layer deposition process. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210158 | Device for Applying a Liquid Dopant Solution on a Wafer | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210159 | Device for Applying Depilation Wax | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210160 | Applicator and method for transferring dispersion liquid - The present invention provides applicators reducing generating bubble. Dispersion liquid is supplied while the pressure of a circulation tank on the delivery side is lower than the atmospheric pressure but higher than the pressure of the space in buffer tanks. The dispersion liquid in the discharge chambers is recovered while the pressure in a circulation tank serving as recovery destination is lower than the atmospheric pressure. Gas dissolution can be reduced because the dispersion liquid does not come into contact with gases at pressures higher than the atmospheric pressure and engulffing gas or deformation of solid microparticles can be avoided because no pump is used. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210161 | GUARD WAFER FOR SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE FABRICATION - An apparatus which allows tightly coupling of the device wafer to the electrostatic chuck of the process chamber after the process chamber is conditioned. The apparatus includes (a) a process chamber; (b) a chuck in the process chamber; (c) a guard wafer placed on and in direct physical contact with the chuck; and (d) a particle restraining layer on essentially all surfaces that are exposed to the ambient inside the process chamber. The particle restraining layer has a thickness in a first direction of at least 500 nm. The first direction is essentially perpendicular to an interfacing surface between the particle restraining layer and the chuck. The guard wafer comprises a material selected from the group consisting of a metal and a semiconductor oxide. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210162 | Substrate Processing Apparatus and Substrate Processing System - In a substrate processing apparatus in which substrates are processed by an operator who prepares recipes on an operating screen displayed on a display means, and a processing means that performs the prepared recipes, a configuration is adopted so that a plurality of operating items relating to an adjustment operation involving the aforementioned substrate processing apparatus is displayed in order, and the recipes used in the aforementioned respective operating items during the aforementioned adjustment operations are displayed on the aforementioned operating screen. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210163 | Independent Radiant Gas Preheating for Precursor Disassociation Control and Gas Reaction Kinetics in Low Temperature CVD Systems - A method and apparatus for delivering precursor materials to a processing chamber is described. The apparatus includes a gas distribution assembly having multiple gas delivery zones. Each zone may include a plenum having an inlet for receiving a precursor gas and at least one source of non-thermal energy, such as an infrared light source. The at least one source of non-thermal energy is may be varied to control the intensity of wavelengths from the infrared light source. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210164 | Heat treatment apparatus and heat treatment method - An object is to provide a method of activating impurity elements added to a semiconductor film, and a method of gettering, in a process of manufacturing a semiconductor device using a substrate having a low resistance to heat, such as glass, without changing the shape of the substrate, by using a short time heat treatment process. Another object is to provide a heat treatment apparatus that makes this type of heat treatment process possible. A unit for supplying a gas from the upstream side of a reaction chamber, a unit for heating the gas in the upstream side of the reaction chamber, a unit for holding a substrate to be processed in the downstream side of the reaction chamber, and a unit for circulating the gas from the downstream side of the reaction chamber to the upstream side are prepared. The amount of electric power used in heating the gas can be economized by circulating the gas used to heat the substrate to be processed. A portion of the circulating gas may be expelled, and can be utilized as a heat source in order to preheat a newly introduced gas. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210165 | CLUSTER TYPE SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING APPARATUS - A cluster type semiconductor processing apparatus includes a wafer handling chamber having a polygonal base including multiple sides for wafer processing chambers and two adjacent sides for wafer loading/unloading chambers as viewed in a direction of an axis of the wafer handling chamber. An angle A between two adjacent sides of the multiple sides for wafer processing chambers is greater than an angle B which is calculated by dividing 360° by the number of the total sides consisting of the multiple sides for wafer processing chambers and the two adjacent sides for wafer loading/unloading chambers. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210166 | Plasma enhanced chemical vapor desposition device having multiple sub-electrodes - An exemplary PECVD device includes a first electrode ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210167 | IMPURITY INTRODUCING APPARATUS AND IMPURITY INTRODUCING METHOD - It is an object to prevent functions expected originally from being unexhibited when impurities to be introduced into a solid sample are mixed with each other, and to implement plasma doping with high precision. In order to distinguish impurities which may be mixed from impurities which should not be mixed, first of all, an impurity introducing mechanism of a core is first distinguished. In order to avoid a mixture of the impurities in very small amounts, a mechanism for delivering a semiconductor substrate to be treated and a mechanism for removing a resin material to be formed on the semiconductor substrate are used exclusively. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210168 | SINGLE CHAMBER, MULTIPLE TUBE HIGH EFFICIENCY VERTICAL FURNACE SYSTEM - A processing system is provided that has a single chamber in communication with multiple vertical processing tubes. The multiple tubes and boats are serviced by a single robotic substrate loading mechanism. A fluid supply feeds a fluid such as a gas or a vapor to at least one selectively isolatable portion of the system of the chamber, the boat loading area or one of the multiple vertical furnace processing tubes. With selective control of the atmosphere in the vertical processing tubes within the processing chamber, the wafers are processed so as to deposit or remove material therefrom. A single control panel and single gas panel servicing the system further adds to overall efficiency. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210169 | System for Supporting and Rotating a Susceptor Inside a Treatment Chamber of a Wafer Treating Apparatus - The present invention relates to a system for supporting and rotating a susceptor within the treatment chamber of a wafer treatment apparatus comprising a support member ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210170 | SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - A semiconductor manufacturing equipment includes a first chamber that has a first connection hole, a second chamber that has a second connection hole connected to the first connection hole of the first chamber, an O-ring that is provided between the first chamber and the second chamber so as to surround the first connection hole and the second connection hole, and a cover portion that covers a space between the first chamber and the second chamber. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210171 | Milking parlor - A milking parlor, milking module, and a closing unit comprising at least two closing members to optionally release or close a corresponding number of openings in a milking parlor floor which serves as a standing area. The closing members are disposed to be rotatable about a rotational axis at least between a closed position and an open position, wherein the open position allows at least one animal-related treatment means to be guided through said opening. Said rotational axis is disposed in a central region between the closing members. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210172 | Squirrell-proof bird feeder - An anti-squirrel bird feeder comprising a feed cylinder and an anti-squirrel carousel. The carousel is spring biased in an open position wherein feed opening in the feed cylinder may be accessed by birds resting on perches disposed on the carousel. Upon receiving a weight above a predetermined amount, the spring bias is overcome resulting in the carousel sliding down the cylinder until a shut-off flanges blocks access to the feed openings. The spring force at which the feeder will close may be made adjustable and the feed openings may empty into a trough having weep holes for removing water from the feed. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210173 | ANIMAL LITTER - An animal litter with increased moisture retention and accelerated absorbency, a method of manufacture and method of use for indoor urine and feces disposal. An animal litter with a greater surface area and higher moisture retention intended for animals as small as mice, gerbils and hamsters, as well as larger domestic animals. The animal litter is a paper and wood composition treated with a surfactant, which increases moisture retention four to five times its weight. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210174 | Increasing the Protein Concentration of Animal Organisms - The aim of the invention is to identify and provide a substance that influences the protein concentration of animal organisms as well as to provide preparations based on said substance for use in food for animals and humans. Said aim is achieved by using tartronic acid or the derivatives thereof. The invention thus relates to the use of tartronic acid or the derivatives thereof for producing preparations that are suitable for increasing the protein concentration of animal organisms. Also disclosed is the use of preparations containing tartronic acid or the derivatives thereof in animal fodder or food for humans. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210175 | Employing millimeter-wave electromagnetic energy in collision avoidance - One example of a solution provided here comprises: identifying a location of one or more animals that are on a path to collide with a vehicle or device; directing millimeter-wave electromagnetic energy toward the location; and administering an effective amount of the electromagnetic energy to repel the animals. Another example comprises: identifying a location of one or more animals that are in a vehicle's path; directing millimeter-wave electromagnetic energy toward the location; and administering an effective amount of the electromagnetic energy to repel the animal, thereby avoiding a collision between the animal and the vehicle. The vehicle could be an aircraft, for example, or another kind of vehicle. Examples in the aviation context involve moving birds or mammals away from runways and taxiways, or otherwise repelling birds that are in the path of an aircraft. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210176 | Animal collar - An electronic animal collar designed to reduce the load applied to the animal's neck by one or more stimulating electrodes or sensors that extend from or through an inside surface of the collar housing into the skin of the animal during use, and to permit the collar to be securely fastened to the neck of the animal without risk of causing discomfort or damage to the skin of the animal due to pressure from the stimulating electrodes. The inside surface of the collar housing has one or more high point surfaces that are raised to extend the inside surface above the base of the stimulating electrodes or sensors toward the animal during use so as to increase contact between the inside surface and the animal's skin and to thereby relieve and distribute the load caused by collar tension around the animal's neck over a larger contact friction area. A connecting strap for connecting the electronic collar to the animal includes a stretchable insert to ensure good electrode/skin contact and provide comfort for the animal. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210177 | DUAL FUEL AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT-BASED WATER HEATER - A fuel-fired water heater is coupled to an electrically powered air conditioning refrigerant circuit in a manner permitting water to be heated with either combustible fuel or electricity. In one embodiment a condenser piping section is externally coiled around the water heater tank, in direct thermally conductive contact therewith, and in another embodiment the condenser piping section is disposed in the interior of the tank and is coiled around the water heater flue in a laterally outwardly spaced relationship therewith. In various depicted arrangements thereof the other refrigerant circuit components are compactly supported on the water heater. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210178 | SELECTIVE CLEANING OF HEAT EXCHANGING DEVICES IN THE BOILER OF A COMBUSTION PLANT - A boiler of a combustion plant has at least one heat exchanging device which can be traversed by a medium from an inlet to an outlet and is held in the interior of the boiler by means of at least one suspension device, wherein means for determining the temperature of the medium are provided at least at the inlet or at the outlet, and the at least one suspension device has means for determining the weight of the at least one heat exchanging device. Also proposed are a cleaning control device, a cleaning method and a method for operating a combustion plant which permit a considerable reduction in the cleaning expenditure, so that maintenance costs can be kept low. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210179 | Steam Generator and Laundry Machine Comprising the Same - The present invention relates to laundry machines, and more particularly, to a steam generator for a laundry machine and a laundry machine with the same. The present invention provides a steam generator including a case having a space for turning water into steam, a heater for heating the water for generating the steam, and at least two overheating preventive means for preventing overheating of the heater, and a laundry machine with the same. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210180 | AIR-COOLED ENGINE HEAT EXTRACTOR - A heat extractor for attachment to an air-cooled engine. A cooling fan extends from the engine and is rotated by action of the engine. The heat extractor comprises a first thermally conductive surface for attachment to the engine, a plurality of flaps extending from the first surface, wherein when the heat extractor is attached to the engine the flaps extend away from the engine, a flared end region formed in the first surface, the flared end region nearest the cooling fan when the heat extractor is attached to the engine and wherein rotation of the cooling fan causes air to be drawn across the first surface, the plurality of flaps and the flared end region. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210181 | Variable valve mechanism of internal combustion engine - When an actuation mechanism fails to operate and thus fails to control a turning of a control shaft of a valve lift varying mechanism, a moving member is enforcedly moved to an intermediate stable position by a biasing force that is produced by combining a first type force that biases the control shaft in a direction to increase a valve lift degree of an engine valve and a second type force that biases the control shaft in a direction to reduce the valve lift degree of the engine valve. The intermediate stable position of the moving member assures an easy engine starting even in a cold engine condition. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210182 | Electric Camshaft Adjuster - The invention relates to an electric camshaft adjuster for adjusting and securing the phase angle of a camshaft of an internal combustion engine with respect to its crankshaft, having a three shaft gearing which is embodied as a harmonic drive ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210183 | Adjusting device for an internal combustion engine, in particular camshaft adjusting device - In an adjusting device for an internal combustion engine, in particular a camshaft adjusting device, an adjusting unit is provided which comprises at least one currentless sensor unit for carrying out in at least one mode an adjustment as a function of a momentary phase angle between cooperating relatively rotatable members. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210184 | Fuel Additive Concentrate Dosing System - A safe, reliable system for automatically dosing diesel truck fuel tanks with a fuel additive is provided. The additive, such as a concentrated solution containing fuel borne catalyst (FBC), is fed by gravity and dosing is controlled with a signal from a switch located on the ignition switch and/or the fuel tank cap and filler spout. When the ignition switch is in the on position and/or the cap is removed, a solenoid opens a valve and permits a timed or otherwise measured amount of additive to flow into the tank while the cap is off. Replacing the cap and/or turning off the ignition switch preferably stops the flow of additive, the flow rate being set to supply a predetermined amount of additive during an average refueling interval. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210185 | HYDROGEN STATION, METHOD OF CHARGING HYDROGEN, AND VEHICLE - A hydrogen station includes gas storage equipment for storing hydrogen, a dispenser for charging hydrogen gas supplied from the gas storage equipment into a hydrogen tank of a vehicle, and a blower. When charging hydrogen, the blower blows air towards a radiator of the vehicle parked at a predetermined vehicle parking area of the hydrogen station. The current flow of the blower is adjusted in accordance with the heat load on the radiator. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210186 | Method for Controlling Glow Plugs in Diesel Engines - The invention describes a method for controlling glow plugs in diesel engines by varying the effective electric voltage applied to the glow plugs between an initial value and a target value, which is obtained at the end of a cold start phase determined by an engine control unit and which is smaller than the initial value, wherein the increase in voltage, i.e. the voltage difference by which the effective voltage applied to the glow plugs in the cold start phase is higher than its target value, is reduced by steps from a maximum value to zero. The invention provides that the effective electric voltage is increased in the cold start phase of the engine over a predetermined period or time, which is determined by the time elapsed until a preselected number of revolutions of the engine is reached. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210187 | ENGINE START CONTROLLER - An engine start controller having a starter motor that is driven by battery to start engine, an activation switch that sends to the starter motor a START command for starting the engine, an activation circuit that connects the starter motor to the battery to supply a drive current, and an engine start control unit that issues an OPERATE command for operating the activation circuit when receiving the START command from the activation switch, and supplies the drive current to the starter motor. The controller is provided with a bypass circuit that directly sends to the activation circuit the START command that has been sent from the activation switch. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210188 | Air Induction Housing Having a Perforated Sound Attenuation Wall - An air induction housing having a perforated wall which simultaneously provides ample air entry into the air induction housing and excellent intake noise attenuation. The size, number and arrangement of the perforations is selected such that ample airflow is provided and audibility of intake noise is minimized, based upon simultaneous optimization of: providing a plurality of perforations which collectively have an opening size that accommodates all anticipated airflow requirements; sizing each of the perforations such that the airflow demand involves an airflow speed through each perforation that is below a predetermined threshold at which perforation airflow noise is generated; and arranging the perforation distribution in cooperation with configuring of the air induction housing to provide a highest level of intake noise attenuation. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210189 | Intake Manifold Having Runners With Variable Cross Sectional Area - The present invention provides a tunable engine manifold which employs sliders to form one wall of the inlet runners. The sliders can be moved to alter the cross sectional area of the runners as desired. Seals on the sliders provide an efficient means to seal the runners to prevent undesired leaks within runners and, while not required by the present invention, the overmolding of the seals onto the sliders provides a cost effective and mechanically effective manner of providing the desired seals between the inlet runners and the sliders. The tunable engine manifold can be an inlet or an exhaust manifold and can provide a crossover between the banks of inlet runners, or between individual runners, to control resonance in the manifold. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210190 | Rotary valve for use in an internal combustion engine - In one aspect, the present disclosure is directed to a rotary valve including a valve body having a curved portion and two side portions, wherein a line extending through the respective centers of the side portions defines an axis of rotation of the rotary valve. The valve body may include a first fluid connection arranged in the body to fluidly connect at least one of the side portions and the curved portion, via a first opening in at least one of the side portions and a second opening in the curved portion. The valve body may also include a second fluid connection arranged in the body to fluidly connect at least one of the side portions and the curved portion, via a third opening in at least one of the side portions and a fourth opening in the curved portion, respectively. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210191 | Cylinder head arrangement including a rotary valve - A cylinder head arrangement is provided. The arrangement may include a cylinder head having at least one valve chamber defined therein. The arrangement may also include at least one rotary valve, accommodated in the valve chamber, the rotary valve having a curved portion, two side portions and at least one flow passage intersecting the curved portion and at least one of the side portions, and thereby defining flow openings in the curved portion and two side portions. In addition, the arrangement may also include at least one deflector arranged adjacent at least one side portion of the rotary valve in which a flow opening is defined. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210192 | Cylinder head for an internal combustion engine - A cylinder head for an internal combustion engine is provided. The cylinder head includes a valve chamber shaped to accommodate at least two rotary valves therein. The cylinder head also includes at least two first passages extending between the valve chamber and an underside of the cylinder head. The cylinder head further includes a flow passage for providing fluid communication between the valve chamber and the exterior of the cylinder head. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210193 | Crankcase - A crankcase for an internal combustion engine with two side walls, an upper surface and a first end face, where the side walls, the upper surface, and the first end face are joined with one another as a single piece. The crankcase is open at the second end face, and an adapter flange detachably seals the second end face of the crankcase from the outside environment. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210194 | Orbiting Piston Machines - The casing ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210195 | APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING INTAKE OPERATION OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - Opening timing of the intake valve of an internal combustion engine is controlled to take a value within a range from 30° to 140° after the top dead center of intake stroke during a period of time before completion of engine warming-up from starting of an engine, and also, effective opening area of the intake valve is made smaller than the effective opening area thereof that occurs after completion of engine warming-up in order to increase the flow velocity of intake air entering through the intake valve, and at the same time, fuel is injected into a combustion chamber during at least one of a first period of time in which the flow velocity of intake air is high immediately after the intake valve is opened and a second period of time previous to the first period of time in which the flow velocity of intake air is high, and during a third period of time starting immediately before ignition timing. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210196 | Direct-Injection Internal Combustion Engine and Method of Controlling the Same - In a direct-injection internal combustion engine, a variable intake valve, of which valve timing can be varied, is used as an air intake valve through which an air intake path and a combustion chamber communicate with each other. The direct-injection internal combustion engine includes: a variable-intake-valve control section that controls the valve timing of the variable intake valve; and an intake-air temperature acquisition section that acquires a temperature of the intake air introduced into the combustion chamber. When the fuel is injected into the combustion chamber via a fuel injection valve during a compression stroke or an expansion stroke, if the acquired intake-air temperature is low, the closing timing of the variable intake valve is advanced, so that the actual compression ratio is increased. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210197 | Method for exhaust gas temperature control via engine braking in an internal combustion engine - Systems for, and methods of, controlling exhaust gas temperature in a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine during positive power operation of the engine are disclosed. Control of exhaust gas temperature may be desired to improve emissions performance in the engine, which is often dependent upon exhaust gas temperature. One or more temperature probes may be used to first determine the actual exhaust gas temperature of the engine while it is operated in a positive power mode. Next, an ECM or similar device may be used to determine a temperature difference between the actual exhaust gas temperature and a desired exhaust gas temperature for emissions performance. Based on the determined temperature difference, one or more cylinders of the engine may continue to be operated in positive power mode while one or more cylinders of the engine are switched to operating in a selected engine braking mode. The operation of some cylinders in positive power mode while operating other cylinders in engine braking mode may cause the actual exhaust gas temperature to change and more closely match the desired exhaust gas temperature. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210198 | Internal combustion engine and fuel injection method in internal combustion engine - An air-fuel ratio of an air-fuel mixture produced by fuel injected from a first injector into an intake port (or into a combustion chamber) is set in a range of 28 to 38. Therefore, when the temperature and pressure rise with a first combustion started by spark-ignition around a spark plug to the fuel injected from a second injector into the combustion chamber, the timing of starting a second compressive hypergolic ignition is optimized to provide a stable combustion state free of knocking and misfire. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210199 | FUEL INJECTOR - A fuel injector has a spray nozzle with a plurality of spray discharge orifices, each of which has an elongated cross-section having a major axis orientable to a center electrode of a spark plug in the combustion chamber. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210200 | Method For Controlling a Fuel Delivery Device on an Internal Combustion Engine - An internal combustion engine has a fuel delivering device with a high-pressure pump which conveys fuel into a fuel reservoir, and a volume flow control valve that is assigned to the high-pressure pump. A control difference (FUP_DIF) is determined from a difference between a predefined fuel pressure (FUP_SP) and a detected fuel pressure (FUP_AV). The control difference (FUP_DIF) is fed to a controller that encompasses at least one integral portion (I_CTRL). A corrective value (COR) for an error value of a fuel flow rate is determined in accordance with the integral portion (I_CTRL) of the controller if a sum of the integral portion (I_CTRL) exceeds a given threshold value during a predefined mode of operation of the internal combustion engine. In addition, an actuating signal (PWM) for the volume flow control valve is generated according to a controller value (FUEL_MASS_FB_CTRL) and the corrective value (COR). | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210201 | Fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine and engine incorporating same - A fuel injection system includes a fuel piping for supplying fuel to plural injectors of a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine, and a connection member for attaching the fuel piping to a vehicle. The fuel piping is divided into plural resin supply pipe members across the longitudinal direction thereof. The fuel piping also includes an introduction pipe member, made of resin, for supplying fuel to the supply pipe members. The connection member includes a plurality of injector engaging portions connected to the injectors, and a plurality clamping parts connected to the fuel piping. The connection member is fixed to a component of the vehicle together with the fuel piping. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210202 | Fuel injection pump - The invention provides a fuel injection pump comprising a pump housing and a pumping arrangement associated therewith, wherein the pumping arrangement includes a pumping plunger and a plunger drive arrangement, the pumping plunger having a first end reciprocably received within a plunger bore provided in the pump housing and a second end coupled to the plunger drive arrangement. A biasing spring is provided having first and second spring ends, the first spring end coupled to a spring plate member associated with the pump housing and the second spring end coupled the plunger drive arrangement. The pump housing includes first and second portions aligned on a common axis, the upper portion including a further bore in which at least an upper portion of a locking pin is receivable and wherein the spring plate member defines support means for supporting a lower end portion of the locking pin. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210203 | FUEL PUMP LAYOUT STRUCTURE IN MOTORCYCLE - A fuel pump layout structure in a motorcycle, including an engine, a fuel pump for the supplying fuel to the engine, a frame for supporting the engine and the fuel pump, and a rear suspension damper disposed behind the frame with a swing arm being swingably suspended from the rear suspension damper, wherein said fuel pump is disposed on one side of said rear suspension damper. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210204 | Internal combustion engine - A piston of an internal combustion engine includes a cavity for gases passing a piston ring and a first flow path leading from the cavity to a piston ring region and a second flow path extending from the cavity to an outlet opening for removing gases to an inlet opening in a cylinder wall in at least one piston position. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210205 | Hydraulic Control Type Supercharger for Automotive Engine - Disclosed herein is a hydraulic control type supercharger for an automotive engine. The supercharger includes a supercharger unit and a solenoid pump. The supercharger unit includes a hollow housing inserted into an intake pipe and having a longitudinal hollow portion, a rotating shaft mounted to the hollow housing to pass through the hollow portion thereof, an impeller rotating along with the rotating shaft, and an intake fan rotating along with the rotating shaft which is rotated by injecting oil into the impeller. The solenoid pump is coupled to an oil inlet passage of the supercharger unit, and is operated in response to an electric signal. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210206 | Breather apparatus in combustion engine - The present invention provides a breather apparatus in a combustion engine having a sufficient gas-liquid separation function without involving an additional parts such as a breather tank and an arrangement space thereof. A breather chamber is formed in an air cleaner case, and the breather chamber is communicated with a crank case through a breather pipe. Preferably another breather chamber is formed in the crank case in addition to the breather chamber in the air cleaner case, and the breather pipe is connected to a breather outlet of the breather chamber in the crank case. The breather chamber in the air cleaner case is provided in a clean side space on an intake-air downstream side of a filter element. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080210207 | Engine System for Multi-Fluid Operation - A system for an engine, comprising of an injector coupled to the engine and configured to inject fuel to a cylinder of the engine, a first reservoir holding a first fluid containing at least a fraction of gasoline, a second reservoir holding a second fluid containing at least a fraction of ethanol; and a mixing device having an inlet portion coupled to both said first and second reservoir, said mixing device further having an outlet portion coupled to said injector; and wherein said mixing device is coupled to said injector through at least one check valve. | 2008-09-04 |
