38th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 6 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20080223265 | SECONDARY AIR FLOW BIASING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED BOILER SYSTEMS - A secondary air flow biasing apparatus for a CFB combustion system includes a sorbent feed path configured to convey processed sorbent particles to a CFB furnace by utilizing a portion of secondary combustion air supplied to the furnace; a first air injection port disposed within a wall of a lower portion of the furnace, at a first elevation above a primary air distribution grate of the furnace; a second air injection port disposed within the wall of the lower portion of the furnace, at a second elevation above the first elevation; and an air/sorbent separation device in fluid communication with the sorbent feed path, the separation device configured to separate a substantial portion of the secondary combustion air from the processed sorbent particles such that a relatively lean sorbent-to-air mixture is introduced through the second air injection port and a relatively rich sorbent-to-air mixture is introduced through the first air injection port. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223266 | Wood fired boiler - A bio-mass fueled boiler operating at delivered efficiencies in excess of 90%. Pre-heated, pressurized primary combustion air is supplied to a primary burn chamber via horizontal and vertical orifice containing conduits. Exhaust gases are directed past a reflective secondary burner supplying pre-heated, pressurized secondary combustion air into a secondary burn/ash collection chamber. Exhaust gases are directed from the secondary burn chamber via exhaust conduits having axial and cross-sectional shapes and wall geometries that promote internal turbulence and heat transfer. One or more gas/oil fired burners are fitted to or between the primary and secondary combustion chambers. Several operating modes are provided via associated blowers, air baffles, liquid and gas fuel conduits, pumps and sundry stove sensors and servos coupled to microprocessor control circuitry. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223267 | DIRECT SORBENT PREPARATION/FEED APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED BOILER SYSTEMS - A sorbent conditioning and feed apparatus for a circulating fluidized bed combustion system includes a dryer apparatus configured to dry unprocessed sorbent material transported thereto from a raw storage container; a sorbent crushing device configured to reduce the particle size of dried sorbent material discharged from the dryer apparatus; and a circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boiler configured to receive processed sorbent material conveyed from the sorbent crushing device; wherein the dryer apparatus utilizes an untempered hot air source diverted directly from a primary air stream input to the circulating fluidized bed boiler. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223268 | Freefall pyrolytic oven - A pyrolysis oven configured for vertical conveyance of material for incineration. The oven makes use of gravity and multiple plates to control the movement of material through the oven chamber. The plates and oven interior are heated in a low oxygen, pressurized environment to effect the decomposition of material as it freefalls down the chamber and makes contact with heated plates. The configuration and angle of declination of plates determines the freefall rate and retention time within the incinerating environment. The decomposition produces char and gas resultants, each of which are carried off through separate exits configured in the oven. The oven may be used as part of a waste management system in connection with a thermal oxidation chamber for the treatment of volatile organic compound gases that are a by-product of the pyrolytic process. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223269 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BIOMASS TORREFACTION USING CONDUCTION HEATING - A method for torrefaction of wood which includes providing a first endless conveyor belt; heating the first endless belt; and positioning a planar wood product on the first belt to heat the wood product by conduction to achieve torrefaction. Other forms provide a second endless belt that disposed in sandwich relation to wood to be torrefied. Some embodiments of the method provide a metal chamber having opposed planar sides dimensioned and configured for receiving a wood sheet with the respective opposed sides of the wood sheet in intimate thermal contact with respective opposed sides of the metal chamber. Other embodiments include the apparatus for torrefaction of an associated wood sheet. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223270 | METHOD OF USING NANOALLOY ADDITIVES TO REDUCE PLUME OPACITY, SLAGGING, FOULING, CORROSION AND EMISSIONS - A process for improving the operation of combustors includes the steps of burning a carbonaceous fuel in a combustor system and determining combustion conditions within the combustor system that can benefit from a targeted treatment additive, wherein the determinations are made by calculation including computational fluid dynamics and observation The process further includes locating introduction points in the combustor system where introduction of the targeted treatment additive could be accomplished. Based on the previous steps, a treatment regimen for introducing the targeted treatment additive to locations within the combustor system results in one or more benefits selected from the group consisting of reducing the opacity of plume, improving combustion, reducing slag, reducing LOI and/or unburned carbon, reducing corrosion, and improving electrostatic precipitator performance. The targeted treatment additive comprises an alloy represented by the following generic formula (A | 2008-09-18 |
20080223271 | TAPE EDGE WORK STATION - A tape edge applicator workstation including a conveyor for moving a mattress or foundation along a sewing path through a tape edge applicator. The tape edge applicator applies a tape edge material about the peripheral side edges of the mattress, with the mattress generally being rotated as the tape edge material is applied about the corners thereof. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223272 | Multi-needle type embroidery sewing machine - The present invention provides a multi-needle type embroidery sewing machine which includes; a machine head having an arm unit, a needle bar support supported on the front face of the arm unit so as to be movable in a transverse direction, a plurality of needle bars supported by the needle bar support so as to be movable in a vertical direction, and needles individually attached to the needle bars, and is constituted such that the one needle bar is indexed to a sewing position by a movement of the needle bar support; and a laser marker for irradiating a needle drop point of the needle attached to the needle bar indexed to the sewing position, with a laser beam. The laser marker is attached to the arm unit so as to be arranged just behind of the needle bar indexed to the sewing position, and the angle of inclination of the laser beam with respect to the axis of the needle bar indexed to the sewing position is 5 degrees to 25 degrees. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223273 | SEWING MACHINE - A sewing machine includes an embroidery frame which holds a cloth marked with a reference line and a reference point, a display portion which displays a virtual reference line, a virtual reference point, and an embroidery pattern having a size larger than the embroidery frame, means for displaying a sewing region corresponding to the embroidery frame on the display portion such that a section of the embroidery pattern, the virtual reference line and the virtual reference point are displayed inside the sewing region, means for acquiring position information of the reference point and another point on the reference line, sewing data correcting means for correcting sewing data on the embroidery pattern by interrelating the position information with the virtual reference line and the virtual reference point, and means for sewing the section of the embroidery pattern in accordance with the sewing data corrected by the sewing data correcting means. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223274 | Sewing machine and computer-readable recording medium storing thread amount processing program - A sewing machine capable of sewing an embroidery pattern based on embroidery data including at least thread color data and needle drop point data. The sewing machine includes a reader that reads out thread information stored in an RFID tag embedded in each of a plurality of thread spools, a selection device that selects the embroidery pattern, a thread color-and-amount acquisition device that acquires a necessary thread color and a necessary thread amount from the embroidery data of a selected pattern. The sewing machine also includes a comparison device that compares a read out thread amount with the necessary thread amount, a determination device that determines whether sewing the selected pattern is possible based on a comparison result by the comparison device, and an indication device that indicates a determination result by the determination device. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223275 | Embroidery sewing system - An embroidery sewing system includes an embroidery data processing apparatus and a sewing apparatus. The embroidery data processing apparatus generates and processes embroidery data used to sew an embroidery pattern on a work cloth. The embroidery data processing apparatus includes an embroidery data generation device that generates embroidery data including pattern data for specifying a color and a shape of the embroidery pattern, and a data writing device that writes the embroidery data into an RFID tag attached to the work cloth. The sewing apparatus includes a sewing device that sews the embroidery pattern based on the embroidery data, a data reading device that reads out the embroidery data written into the RFID tag by the data writing device, and a control device that controls the sewing device based on the embroidery data read out from the RFID tag. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223276 | Circular stitcher for sewing machine and sewing machine - A circular stitcher for a sewing machine having a bed and a needle plate, and a feed dog includes a base attachable to an upper surface of the bed or the needle plate; a pin support seized movably in a predetermined direction by the base and having an engagement subject; a pin having an engagement engagable with the engagement subject of the pin support and a needle that pierces a workpiece cloth from an underside of the workpiece cloth at a laterally spaced position from a needle drop point, the needle assuming a center of rotational cloth feed executed by the feed dog during circular stitching; and a lock mechanism provided in the pin support and releasably locking the engagement and the engagement subject together. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223277 | Boat decontamination systems, and methods of use - Decontamination systems, and methods of their use, for decontaminating boats of noxious marine life when the boat is pulled out of the water. The system is generally located at a boat launch site. Decontaminating water sprayed on the boat falls onto the ground, and runs along the surface back into the body of water. The system includes a water pump, a water intake line which extends, from the pump inlet port into the body of water. An outlet line extends from the pump outlet port to a spray nozzle. The spray nozzle sprays pressurized water onto the outside of the boat. The impact of the water removes unwanted marine life from the boat. After decontamination, the boat can be taken to a different body of water with little, if any, risk of infecting the different body of water with marine life from the first body of water. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223278 | AUTONOMOUS, MULTIPURPOSE FLOATING PLATFORM FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCEANOGRAPHIC MONITORING - Highly stable floating platform for measuring surface and subsurface environmental variables. It consists of a main toroidal body, inside of which equipments are installed, mainly on its base, to maintain low and nearby the centers of gravity and of buoyancy, allowing the in situ inspection, maintenance and installation of equipments. One winch in its interior allows the translation of equipment and/or to take water samples, from surface to a user-defined depth, using a cable deployed through the center of the platform, for providing power and communication with the surface to said equipment. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223279 | Pontoon Crawler Track Assembly - A pontoon crawler track assembly intended to be used as a crawler-track-driven undercarriage in a working machine. The assembly includes a mounting frame and pontoon members. The mounting frame includes a coupler to couple the pontoon crawler track assembly with the working machine and a fastener for attachment of box-structured, hollow pontoon members at the sides of the mounting frame. Each pontoon member includes a crawler track arrangement, which is arranged moveable by way of an internal power transmission arrangement. The breadth of the pontoon crawler track assembly is adjustable. Actuators adjust a breadth of the assembly in a way that a working machine equipped with the pontoon crawler track assembly may be brought, by changing the distance between its pontoon members with the actuators, operating by auxiliary power, first into a narrowed position particularly and on the other hand into a broadened position. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223280 | Bimini top assembly - A bimini top assembly for providing a partial cover for the operators of a vehicle. The bimini top assembly generally includes a tower connectable to the vehicle. The assembly further provides at least one support member, a plurality of adjustment assemblies having a connector assembly attached to the tower and an eye-end connected to the at least one support member, and a bimini top attached to the at least one support member. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223281 | POP-UP CABLE ELECTRONIC MARKER - A marker fixture for attachment to a utility conduit such as a telecommunications cable. The fixture has an extension member with an electronic marker at one end, and is secured at the other end to the cable. The extension member is movable between a retracted position wherein the marker is adjacent an access point and an extended position wherein the marker is distant from the access point. The extension member is preferably biased toward the extended position and releasably secured at the marker end proximate the utility structure. The marker fixtures may be pre-installed on a utility infrastructure. The extension member is loosely secured so that the fixture may be moved around the cable after it has been installed in a trench to lie atop the access point. The low profile and conforming shape of the fixture make it particularly advantageous for pre-installation on flexible cables wound on large reels. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223282 | Stand alone bookmark - A reusable bookmark adapted for marking a page or standing alone includes: (a) a body portion in the shape of a character; (b) a clip portion including a clip base and a bendable, elongated clip prop, a rear surface of the clip base being substantially attached to a rear surface of the body portion, the clip prop including a first prop end extending from the clip base, the clip prop further including a flared end section at an opposite, second end of the clip prop, and (c) at least one detachable page marker that is detachably attachable to the body portion, the page marker including a marker attachment mechanism at a first marker end of the page marker, the page marker further including an opposite, second, free marker end; wherein the clip prop further includes at least a closed position and an open position; and wherein in the open position, the flared end section of the clip prop extends away from the clip base. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223283 | Gauge - The present invention is intended to provide a gauge presenting the pointer a precise position on the gauge face indicia, and having a lightly loaded motor. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223284 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR GOLF CLUB PROTECTOR - The invention teaches a press-button type display indicator for golf club protector, comprising an enclosure having a marker display window and a connective device to engage with the golf club protector; a rotation wheel that can be rotated intermittently and a first half shaft and a second half shaft serving to supply the rotation of the rotation wheel set inside of the enclosure, wherein the first half shaft and the second half shaft are hollow tube shafts, and are located at the two sides of the rotation wheel, respectively; a pressing apparatus connected to the rotation wheel is disposed at one side of the rotation wheel; and a plurality of different markers is distributed along the circumferential direction of the rotation wheel, and is displayed orderly through the marker display window on the enclosure when rotating the rotation wheel intermittently. Since the display indicator of the invention for golf club protector is marked with a plurality of different numbers and symbols, the display marker can be changed easily according to demand, the function of displaying various numbers of commonly used golf clubs with one display indicator is realized, and the inconvenience of carrying a plurality of marker tags simultaneously is avoided. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223285 | METHODS FOR TRANSFERRING A LAYER ONTO A SUBSTRATE - Systems and methods for transferring a thin film from a substrate onto another substrate, a layer of the same area as the substrate, of a thickness from sub-micron to tens of micron, and of the thickness and flatness required by VLSI and MEMS applications, and with sufficiently low defect density in the transferred layer are disclosed. The method enables separating a solid layer from a supply substrate and optionally transferring the solid layer onto a target substrate. The method generally includes providing the solid layer on a hydrogen recombination region containing hydrogen-recombination-dopant at a concentration higher than that of the solid layer. The supply substrate includes the solid layer, a mother substrate, and the hydrogen recombination region. The hydrogen recombination region may form a part of the mother substrate or may be separate therefrom. Hydrogen atoms are promoted into the supply substrate to convert the hydrogen recombination region to a hydrogen-embitterment region which is then volatilized to form a void region, thereby separating the solid layer from the remainder of the supply substrate. The supply substrate may be bonded to the target substrate prior to the volatilizing so as to transfer the solid layer to the target substrate. The solid layer may be formed by epitaxial growth or by ion implantation. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223286 | Method for producing a semiconductor crystal - Objects of the invention are to further enhance crystallinity and crystallinity uniformity of a semiconductor crystal produced through the flux method, and to effectively enhance the production yield of the semiconductor crystal. The c-axis of a seed crystal including a GaN single-crystal layer is aligned in a horizontal direction (y-axis direction), one a-axis of the seed crystal is aligned in the vertical direction, and one m-axis is aligned in the x-axis direction. Thus, three contact points at which a supporting tool contacts the seed crystal are present on m-plane. The supporting tool has two supporting members, which extend in the vertical direction. One supporting member has an end part, which is inclined at 30° with respect to the horizontal plane α. The reasons for supporting a seed crystal at m-plane thereof are that m-plane exhibits a crystal growth rate, which is lower than that of a-plane, and that desired crystal growth on c-plane is not inhibited. Actually, a plurality of seed crystals and supporting tools are periodically placed along the y-axis direction. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223287 | Plasma enhanced ALD process for copper alloy seed layers - A method of forming a copper alloy seed layer comprises providing a substrate in a reactor, performing a first ALD process to fabricate an alloy metal layer on the substrate, wherein the first ALD process uses an alloy metal precursor selected from a group of specific alloy metal precursors, performing a second ALD process to fabricate a copper metal layer on the alloy metal layer, wherein the second ALD process uses a copper metal precursor selected from a group of specific copper metal precursors, and annealing the alloy metal layer and the copper metal layer to form a graded Cu-alloy layer. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223288 | Crystal growing apparatus - An object of the invention is to carry out the flux method with improved work efficiency while maintaining the purity of flux at high level and saving flux material cost. The sodium-purifying apparatus includes a sodium-holding-and-management apparatus for maintaining purified sodium (Na) in a liquid state. Liquid sodium is supplied into a sodium-holding-and-management apparatus through a liquid-sodium supply piping maintained at 100° C. to 200° C. The sodium-holding-and-management apparatus further has an argon-gas-purifying apparatus for controlling the condition of argon (Ar) gas that fills the internal space thereof. Thus, by opening and closing a faucet at desired timing, purified liquid sodium (Na) supplied from the sodium-purifying apparatus can be introduced into a crucible as appropriate via the liquid-sodium supply piping, the sodium-holding-and-management apparatus, and the piping. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223289 | PAPIER-MACHE APPARATUS AND METHODOLOGY FOR USING SAME - One possible embodiment of the invention may be an apparatus and process for making papier-mâché. One possible version of the apparatus may comprise an open top container forming a hollow interior capable of holding an amount of papier-mâché solution; a papier-mâché media dispenser, a portion of which can reversibly sit within the hollow interior of the open top container, the dispenser further comprising a pair of dispenser walls spaced apart in parallel opposing configuration by a plurality of pins that are located between the dispenser walls; a papier-mâché media holder, the holder reversibly located between the dispenser walls, wherein a strip could be pulled from media held by the holder and could be generally interwoven through the pins to generally present a portion of the strip to the solution present in interior of the container. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223290 | LIQUID APPLYING APPARATUS AND INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS - It is an object of the present invention to provide a liquid applying apparatus which can prevent an applying liquid from evaporating while an applying operation is at a stop and which can reliably prevent the liquid from leaking even when for example, the posture of the apparatus is tilted. Thus, according to the present invention, an abutting member of a holding member is abutted, under an urging force of a spring, against an applying surface of an applying roller. Thus, a liquid holding space is formed between the applying roller and a holding member to hold the applying liquid. The abutting member is annularly formed of a single member. The applying roller rotates to cause the applying liquid held in the holding space to adhere to an outer peripheral surface of the applying roller. The applying liquid is then applied to the applying medium. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223291 | VACUUM COATER DEVICE AND MECHANISM FOR SUPPORTING AND MANIPULATING WORKPIECES IN SAME - An apparatus for providing a vacuum coating to a workpiece, including: a coating chamber containing a coating material, with the coating chamber being operable at an elevated temperature and a sub-atmospheric pressure; an electron beam gun projecting an electron beam into the coating chamber and onto the coating material, where the electron beam gun is operable to melt the coating material and to evaporate molten coating material; and, a mechanism for supporting manipulating the workpiece in the coating chamber. The supporting mechanism further includes: a coupling device for retaining the workpiece; a joint connected to the coupling device enabling movement of the workpiece in all directions; an intermediate member connecting the coupling device and the joint; and, a device connected to the intermediate member for moving the workpiece in a designated vertical plane. The supporting mechanism may also include a device connected to the intermediate member for moving the workpiece in a designated horizontal plane. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223292 | PAINTING APPARATUSES AND METHODS - This document discusses, among other things, an apparatus for painting a work surface including a handle housing. A disposable painting module is configured to be removably engaged with the handle housing. The painting module includes a paint applicator configured to be removably engaged with the handle housing. The paint applicator is configured to apply paint to the work surface. A paint reservoir is fluidly coupled with the paint applicator and is configured to be removably engaged with the handle housing. An urging mechanism is coupled to the handle housing and configured to interact with the paint reservoir to substantially uniformly discharge the paint from the paint reservoir and supply the paint to the paint applicator. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223293 | CLUSTER TOOL ARCHITECTURE FOR PROCESSING A SUBSTRATE - A cluster tool for processing a substrate includes a cassette and a processing module including a first process chamber that is configured to perform a chill process on a substrate, a second processing chamber that is configured to perform a bake process on the substrate, and an input chamber. The first processing chamber, the second processing chamber, and the input chamber are substantially adjacent to each other. The processing modules also includes a robot that is configured to receive the substrate in the input chamber and transfer and position the substrate in the first processing chamber and second processing chamber. The robot includes a robot blade, an actuator, and a heat exchanging device. The heat exchanging device includes a chilled transfer assembly. The cluster tool also includes a 6-axis articulated robot configured to transfer the substrate between the cassette and the input chamber. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223294 | Flooding Chamber For Coating Installations - The invention relates to a flooding chamber for coating installations, with which shorter flooding times, and therewith shorter clock cycles, can be attained. Two flooding means are therein utilized, between which a substrate is disposed symmetrically. The flooding means direct a gas jet directly onto the substrate. Hereby the substrate is fixed between the flooding means. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223295 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A TOOL WHICH CAN BE USED TO CREATE OPTICALLY ACTIVE SURFACE STRUCTRES IN THE SUB-nuM RANGE AND A CORRESPONDING TOOL - The invention is a method for producing a tool which can be used to create optically active surface structures in the sub-μm range, having a support surface onto which relief surface structures are applied over the support surface by means of material deposition. The invention is distinguished by the support surface being directly contacted with a mask in which openings with diameters in the sub-μm range are provided or can be provided, by the support surface including the mask being subjected to a coating process in which the coating material deposits through the openings of the mask onto the support surface, and the mask is removed from the support surface when a partial amount of an average end structure height of the surface structures is reached and the coating procedure is then continued without the mask using the same coating material or different coating materials. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223296 | Paint Booth For Plants For Painting Products - A paint booth for plants for painting products comprising: a supporting structure ( | 2008-09-18 |
20080223297 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF FORMING ALIGNMENT FILM - In a method of manufacturing an LCD device, an atomic beam is irradiated onto a thin film including a carbon-carbon double bond to form a polarized functional group by transforming the carbon-carbon double bond into a carbon-carbon single bond and a radical state. Then, a polarity preserving material is combined with the polarized functional group so as to preserve a polarity of the polarized functional group. According to the present invention, the alignment film is formed on the thin film transistor unit cell and on the color filter unit cell by a non-contact method. Therefore, time of forming the alignment film is reduced and alignment of the liquid crystal molecules is improved. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223298 | RECOVERY PROCESSING METHOD TO BE ADOPTED IN SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - The present invention provides a recovery processing method to restore the substrate processing apparatus to an operating state after correcting an abnormality having occurred in the substrate processing apparatus in operation and having resulted in a stop in the operation, comprising a substrate retrieval step in which substrate salvage processing is first executed for a wafer W left in a chamber in the substrate processing apparatus in correspondence to the extent to which the wafer has been processed at the time of the operation stop and the substrate having undergone the substrate salvage processing is then retrieved into the cassette storage container and an apparatus internal state restoration step in which the states inside the individual chambers of the substrate processing apparatus are restored. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223299 | SYSTEM FOR DETECTING PLASMA REACTION AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME - A system for detecting a plasma reaction and a method for using the same are provided. When the plasma reaction changes its reaction power, a lightness variation accompanies the power change. The system comprises a sensing device with a resistance that the resistance of the sensing device will be changed in response to the lightness variation; thereby the system can detect the status of the plasma reaction. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223300 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPUTER-CONTROLLED PET WATER DISPENSER - A computer-aided training and management system that uses a computer or other processor in wireless communication with an instrumented dog collar and/or optionally, one or more dog interaction devices, such as, for example, video monitors, loudspeakers, video cameras, training toys (e.g., ball, bone, moving toy, etc.), an animatronics “trainer,” a treat dispenser, a food dispensing and monitoring device, a water dispensing and monitoring device, tracking devices, a dog door, dog-monitoring doghouse, a dog-monitoring dog toilet, is described. In one embodiment, the instrumented dog collar is in two-way communication with a central computer system. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223301 | CANINE HOUSEBREAKING DEVICE - The present invention is a device comprising a disposable substrate that can be folded to form at least two sections including an upstanding section and a bottom section wherein the bottom section contains adhesive means for securing the device to excrement collection means. The substrate of the device is optionally treated with an elimination attractant. The present invention also includes a method of making the above-described device. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223302 | Animal Litter, Process for Preparing Animal Litter, and Method of Removal of Animal Waste - Disclosed are an animal litter, a process for preparing the animal litter, and a method for removal of animal waste. The method for removal of animal waste comprises providing a copra residue, such as copra cake or copra oil cake, allowing an animal to excrete waste into the litter, and removing at least a portion of the soiled litter. An animal litter in accordance with the disclosed teachings includes a copra residue in combination with one or more absorbent materials, such as clay, whole ground grain, spent grain germ, or any other absorbent material. The process for preparing the animal litter comprises blending copra residue with one or more absorbent materials. The animal litters disclosed herein may include other ingredients, such as additional absorbent materials, preservatives, and so forth. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223303 | Growing System for Aquatic Animals - The invention provides for an apparatus ( | 2008-09-18 |
20080223304 | Device For Raising, Transportation and Releasing Crustacea Juveniles and Use of the Device - The present invention relates to a device for raising, transporting and releasing on a sea bed ( | 2008-09-18 |
20080223305 | MULTIMEDIA HABITAT ASSEMBLY - Disclosed are embodiments of habitat assemblies. In one embodiment, the habitat assembly includes confined habitat structure configured to receive and display elements of nature. An image-revealing window is connected with the confined habitat structure, and includes an image display system to allow for visual media to be displayed as a backdrop to the elements of nature being displayed. A viewing window is positioned opposite from the image-revealing window such that the visual media can be seen through the viewing window. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223306 | Tabby's massaging catrod - The “Tabby's Massaging Catrod” is a cat toy that uses a Massaging Pin attachment to offer a cat a surface to massage itself on. The Master holds the rod, and with it can cast a toy ball for the cat to chase. This ball is attached to a spool, and string that is housed inside the rod. This making it different, and newly distinguishable from other cat toys that look like a simple fishing rod. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223307 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION OF BIRDS BY THEIR VOCALIZATIONS - An apparatus for detecting and identifying birds based upon electronic analysis of their bird calls and songs and method for doing so by utilizing a step-by-step hierarchical method of breaking down bird vocalizations according to order, family, and species of the specific bird. Several embodiments of the apparatus are disclosed particularly a hand held computational device, microphone, audio capture card, user application software and a collection of prerecorded audio data. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223308 | Portable retractable batteryless pet leash apparatus with illuminatable light and operable in combination with stationary holder therefor - A specially configured pet leash housing and stationary holder therefor, wherein the pet leash extends/retracts (i.e., plays out) from the leash housing, when hand carried, or from the stationary holder, when operably mounted therein. The leash housing includes a batteryless energy source for powering a light in the pet leash upon movement of the pet leash relative to the housing. The stationary holder is adapted to be impaled into the ground and has clam-shell mating halves which form an accessible chamber for mounting the leash housing therewithin. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223309 | SOW CHUTE AND HOIST - An immobilizing sow chute to allow hoisting and holding horizontally a sow for foot treatment. The device immobilizes the animal, allows it to be conveniently lifted and allows close work on the animal's feet to provide needed inspection and treatment/therapy without risk of either harm to the animal or the operator by being kicked by the sow. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223310 | ANIMAL COAT WITH INTEGRATED HARNESS - An application for an animal coat with integrated harness includes a cloth coat section with two leg openings in its bottom surface for accepting the animal's front legs. A longitudinal spine member is affixed to an inside upper location of the cloth coat section and a neck encircling strap is affixed to the longitudinal spine member at a location near its front portion. A chest encircling strap is affixed to the longitudinal spine member rearward of the two leg openings. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223311 | PET HARNESS - Compared with the collar only, the conventional pet harness can disperse the force applied from the lead to the pet and reduce the burden on the pet. However, since it uses narrow belts as straps, it has a problem that when a large force is applied, the straps thrust into the skin of the pet, to give a pain. Further, a wide piece consisting of a collar portion, a body loop portion and an underside portion is proposed, but it has a problem that it is troublesome to install and remove the harness on and from the pet. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223312 | Animal restraining apparatus and protective device - An animal restraining shield comprising a planar sheet having a vertical edge and a horizontal edge and an aperture in the planar sheet sized to permit a head of an animal to pass through the aperture, wherein the animal restraining shield is adapted to limit motion of one or more limbs of the animal and wherein the vertical edge extends a downward distance from the aperture comprising at least a full length of a forelimb of the animal as measured from the head of the animal to a foot of the animal. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223313 | HIGH EFFICIENCY WATER HEATER - An application for a method of heating water includes burning fuel to produce hot gases and heating a first mass of water with a first heat exchanger coupled to the hot gases. Heat remaining after the hot gases pass through the first heat exchanger is used by a second heat exchanger to heat a second mass of water. The first mass of water is partially isolated from the second mass of water and the first mass of water is contained substantially within the second mass of water. The second mass of water is colder than the first mass of water and, thereby, condenses more water vapor out of the hot gases. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223314 | Condensation heat exchanger including 2 primary bundles and a secondary bundle - This exchanger comprises a pair of primary tubular bundles ( | 2008-09-18 |
20080223315 | System and Method for Zero Emissions, Hydrogen Fueled Steam Generator - As we move towards a hydrogen economy or use hydrogen as an energy carrier, the need to get heat energy and steam out of the hydrogen is arising more frequently. This invention addresses that need without the atmospheric pollutants which would result from burning carbon based fuels or hydrogen freely in the air. Presented is an invention which has very high overall efficiency and generates no oxides of carbon and nearly zero nitrogen oxide compounds. The generated steam can be used for comfort heating, process heating, electric generation and other common applications requiring steam. The invention can also be used for generation of hot water. The process of steam generation is accomplished by precisely metering the mixing and oxidation of hydrogen and oxygen under controlled conditions. The result of this oxidation reaction is simply only water and heat, which are used to generate steam. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223316 | ENGINE THERMOSTAT HAVING BYPASS PRESSURE-DAMPENING FLUID PASSAGE - A thermostat assembly ( | 2008-09-18 |
20080223317 | Cooling apparatus for internal combustion engine - A cooling apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes: a coolant pump; coolant piping provided so that a first coolant circuit and a second coolant circuit are arranged in a parallel manner; a heat radiation mechanism of the coolant; a load mechanism operated using heat carried by the coolant; an exhaust heat recovery device, disposed in an exhaust pipe of the internal combustion engine, that perform heat exchange between the coolant flowing through the second coolant circuit and exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine; and a flow control unit that controls a flow rate of the coolant in accordance with a temperature of the coolant in a disposition portion at which the flow control unit is disposed, the flow control unit being disposed downstream of the exhaust heat recovery device on the second coolant circuit. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223318 | COOLING SPRAYER WITH VALVE - The internal combustion engine piston cooling sprayer comprises a sprayer body ( | 2008-09-18 |
20080223319 | Cooling Structure of Construction Machine - Problem: To improve a soundproof performance on an air intake side of a cooling structure of a construction machine without enlarging an air intake chamber. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223320 | VARIABLE COMPRESSION RATIO MECHANISM FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An internal combustion engine has a mechanism to control crankshaft axis position and control combustion chamber compression ratio. The mechanism includes control ring, rotatably supporting crankshaft, and rotatably installed in the engine housing. The control shaft is installed in the engine housing and parallel to the crankshaft. The control shaft pinion elements meshing with control ring toothed elements, and rotating control ring, resulting in changing of crankshaft relative position to the cylinder head; this will change engine compression ratio. The crankshaft toothed part constantly meshing with toothed part of the engine output shaft, transferring rotary moving force from crankshaft to engine output shaft. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223321 | VARIABLE VALVE ACTUATION SYSTEM FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A valve system is disclosed for an internal combustion engine which allows a secondary valve event, serving for example to provide internal EGR, to be selectively disabled. The system comprises two valve | 2008-09-18 |
20080223322 | Camshaft adjuster - In a camshaft adjusting device comprising a locking unit provided for locking an adjustment function component in at least one position relative to a camshaft drive component wherein at least two locking structures are provided which each have at least one locking surface for mutual engagement, each locking structure surface is formed by an at least substantially planar area which is inclined with respect to the direction of movement, the locking unit providing for a play-free engagement between the camshaft drive component and the adjustment function component. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223323 | Valve timing control device for internal combustion engine - A valve timing control device includes a drive pulley driven by a crankshaft of an engine, and a driven camshaft. The camshaft has a cam that serves to open and close an intake port. An engine valve is spring-loaded by a valve spring, whereas the cam opens or closes the engine valve against the bias of the spring. Torque is transmittable between the drive pulley and the camshaft, and a rotation angle adjusting mechanism is provided therebetween. The rotation angle adjusting mechanism has a movable operating member being movable in a substantially radial direction. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223324 | Two-Step Rocker Arm Assembly - A two-step rocker arm assembly is provided having an arm member and a first roller assembly rotatably mounted with respect to the arm member and defining a generally C-shaped opening. A shaft member rotatably supports a second and a third roller assembly. The shaft member extends through the generally C-shaped opening and is selectively translatable therein to guide the second and third roller assemblies with respect to the arm member. A coupling lever is mounted with respect to the shaft member and is operable to selectively retain the shaft member with respect to the arm member for unitary movement therewith. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223325 | Engine brake having an articulated rocker arm and a rocker shaft mounted housing - A system for actuating an engine valve is disclosed. The system may include a lost motion housing having two spaced collars surrounding a rocker shaft. The lost motion housing may include an internal hydraulic circuit connecting a master piston bore with a slave piston bore. The lost motion housing may include a means for securing the lost motion housing in a fixed position relative to the rocker shaft. A master piston may be disposed in the master piston bore and a slave piston may be disposed in the slave piston bore. A rocker arm may be disposed on the rocker shaft between the spaced collars and may have a first portion adapted to contact a cam and a second portion adapted to contact the master piston. In a preferred embodiment, the system may be used to provide compression release engine braking or bleeder engine braking. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223326 | Switchable support element for a valve train of an internal combustion engine - A switchable support element ( | 2008-09-18 |
20080223327 | DUAL-SIDED AIR INTAKE ASSEMBLY WITH CROSSOVER - The present invention provides an air intake assembly including a first portion defining a first chamber through which airflow passes. The first portion is coupled to a first throttle member to allow communication from the first chamber to the first throttle member. The air intake assembly also includes a first filter element coupled to the first portion and positioned upstream of the first chamber, and a second portion defining a second chamber through which airflow passes. The second portion is coupled to a second throttle member to allow communication from the second chamber to the second throttle member. The air intake assembly further includes a second filter element coupled to the second portion and positioned upstream of the second chamber, and a conduit coupling the first and second portions. The conduit allows communication between the first and second chambers at a location downstream of the first and second filter elements. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223328 | ENGINE STARTER - An electric engine starter in which downsizing and weight saving are improved to an extreme based on the rational design and by eliminating an unnecessary unit, wherein a battery is arranged outside the starter, a power accumulating unit has a rotation supporting unit for supporting one end of a spring, a first gear is formed on the rotation supporting unit, a second gear is fixed to an output shaft of a high-speed reduction gear mechanism, the first and the second gears are engaged with each other, the power accumulating unit and the power transmission unit are arranged on the same first axis line, the compact electric motor and the high-speed reduction gear mechanism are arranged on the same second axis line parallel to the first axis line, and the first axis line and the second axis line are arranged on the same plane surface. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223329 | COMPOUND BRACKET SYSTEM - A compound bracket system ( | 2008-09-18 |
20080223330 | ADDITIVES AND LUBRICANT FORMULATIONS FOR IMPROVED ANTIWEAR PROPERTIES - A lubricated surface, a method for reducing wear between moving parts, and lubricants, and lubricant additive concentrates containing a wear reducing agent. The lubricated surface contains a base oil of lubricating viscosity, a hydrocarbon soluble titanium compound, a metal-free friction modifier and an amount of at least one hydrocarbon soluble magnesium compound effective to provide a reduction in surface wear greater than a reduction surface wear for a lubricant composition devoid of the titanium compound, metal-free friction modifier, and magnesium compound. The lubricant composition contains no more than about 800 ppm phosphorus and is devoid of calcium detergents and organic molybdenum compound. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223331 | PITOT ENGINE CRANKSHAFT OIL PUMP - The oil pump comprises an open ended conduit extending from a connecting rod journal to below the surface of oil in a crankcase. The conduit is bent and oriented such that the open end is tangential to the radius of crankshaft rotation and faces in the direction of rotation. Channels in the crankshaft and connecting rod journal provide flow paths between the upper end of the conduit and at least one bearing surface. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223332 | Advanced internal combustion engine - An internal combustion engine power cycle wherein a combustion chamber is fitted with an inlet valve, an outlet valve, and movable piston coupled to perform work, includes an generator to form a stream of greater than about 95% molecular oxygen from atmospheric air and a nitrogen waste gas stream; a source of fuel; and a source of liquid water. The power cycle includes admission of the molecular oxygen into the chamber, injection of the fuel into the chamber with combustion, and injection of atomized water into the chamber for generation of steam. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223333 | Control Method For the Intake and Exhaust Valves of and Engine and Internal Combustion Engine Comprising Such Valves - This method is for controlling the intake and exhaust valves of the cylinders of an internal combustion engine which is capable of operating either in four-stroke positive mode or in two-stroke braking mode. The control means pilot the valves so that at least a first exhaust valve of each cylinder ( | 2008-09-18 |
20080223334 | TORQUE BASED FUEL CUT-OFF - An engine control system is provided. The system includes: an engine torque module that estimates torque output based on charge energy; and a cylinder mode module that controls fuel cut-off and adjusts spark timing to the engine based on the torque output. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223335 | THROTTLE BODY RESTRICTION INDICATOR - A control system for a vehicle comprises a throttle control module and a diagnostic module. The throttle control module controls a position of a throttle of the vehicle and compensates for changes in effective opening area of the throttle due to coking. The diagnostic module reports a coking value to a user based upon an amount of compensation performed by the throttle control module. A method comprises controlling a position of a throttle of a vehicle; compensating for changes in effective opening area of the throttle due to coking; and reporting a coking value to a user based upon an amount of compensation performed. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223336 | ENGINE CONTROL SYSTEM - An engine control device includes a governor lever, a centrifugal governor, a control lever operated to oscillate between a low-speed position and a high-speed position, and a governor spring expandedly provided between the control lever and the governor lever. An automatic choke device is connected to a choke valve of a carburetor. A play is provided between the governor lever and the governor spring. The play holds the governor spring in a free state during rotation of the control lever from the low-speed position to the high-speed position by a predetermined angle. A subsidiary spring is provided between a fixed structure and the governor lever so as to constantly urge the governor lever in a direction to open the throttle valve. A spring constant of the subsidiary spring is smaller than that of the governor spring. Thus, there is provided the engine control system with the automatic choke device, which can meticulously control an air/fuel ratio from start of an engine to under-load operation of the engine in accordance with increase and decrease in temperature of the engine. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223337 | Throttle apparatus embedding electronic control unit therein - A throttle apparatus embedding an electronic control unit in which a circuit board of the electronic control unit is embedded within a throttle body and a connector for connecting to an external portion connected to a terminal provided in the circuit board protrudes from an outer wall of the throttle body in a direction approximately along a terminal side of the circuit board surface from one side line of the circuit board, wherein the circuit board is storable within the throttle body by selecting an optional mounting direction from at least two or more directions having different angles on the same plane around a center portion of the circuit board, and an insertion portion capable of protruding the connector to an external portion through an outer wall of the throttle body is provided at each of corresponding positions of the outer wall. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223338 | System and Method for Exhaust Heat Generation Using Electrically Actuated Cylinder Valves and Variable Stroke Combustion Cycles - A method for operating an engine having at least a first and second cylinder, comprising operating the first cylinder with a spark timing more retarded than a spark timing of a second cylinder; and operating one of said first cylinder and second cylinders with a first number of strokes per cycle different from other cylinders of the engine for at least one combustion cycle, wherein said first cylinder operates with valve timing different from said second cylinder. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223339 | START SAFETY IGNITION SYSTEM - A method for controlling an ignition system of an internal combustion engine having a primary firing pulse generator for charging a capacitor. An electronic switch is included for discharging the capacitor via an ignition coil to generate an ignition voltage. A microcomputer operates the switch to control the ignition timing of the generator. The microcomputer is in communication with a speed sensor that detects the rotational speed of the engine and a speed limitation control that limits the engine speed to a limitation speed below the clutch-in speed of an included centrifugal clutch. The speed limitation control is active or activated when one of either starting the engine or an operating problem of the power tool is detected. The speed limitation control is deactivated when a low speed state of the engine is detected. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223340 | REGENERATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PARTICULATE TRAPS - An internal combustion engine system has an internal combustion engine with an intake for air and an exhaust for products of combustion. The engine has a turbocharger for pressurizing intake air in response to passage of the products of combustion. An exhaust aftertreatment device receives the exhaust from the engine to filter diesel particulates. A device for regenerating the exhaust aftertreatment device has a feed line and nozzle for injecting duel upstream of the exhaust aftertreatment device on a periodic basis. A system and method for purging the fuel line and the nozzle utilizes pressurized air from the engine turbocharger via an air tank when the regenerating device is not injecting fuel. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223341 | ENGINE LOAD ESTIMATING APPARATUS AND ENGINE LOAD ESTIMATING METHOD - An engine load estimating apparatus, including an actuator that changes a position of a top dead center of a piston of the engine, and a controller in communication with the actuator. The controller detects a drive output of the actuator when the actuator changes the position of the top dead center of the piston, and estimates the load of the engine based on the detected drive output of the actuator. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223342 | Two-Stroke Engine with Variable Compression - The invention consists of a two-stroke opposing cylinder engine that includes a length flushing system and two crankshafts ( | 2008-09-18 |
20080223343 | Fuel vapor control apparatus - A filter box having an integrated vent solenoid to connect to the atmospheric port of an automotive emission storage canister in relation to the fuel tank of the vehicle, used to recapture fuel vapor before it is released into the atmosphere. The filter box with integrated vent solenoid is sealed to the atmospheric port of the canister, and consists of a filter housing with an internal feature to house and retain a vent solenoid, an optional foam filter to protect the vent solenoid and the canister against dust, and a filter cap to retain the filter foam. A closed cell foam or rubber O-ring provides a sealing between the filter cap and the filter housing. A labyrinth-type filter means is integrated within the cap of the filter box assembly and provides for separation of the air and dust traveling through the filter box, and a further sealing means provides a leak tight seal between the filter box and the canister. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223344 | Internal Combustion Engine Using Hydrogen - In an internal combustion engine using hydrocarbon fuel and hydrogen gas as fuels and including a fuel injection device that injects liquid fuel, a hydrogen-blended fuel in which hydrogen gas is contained in the form of minute bubbles in a liquid hydrocarbon fuel, that is supplied to the fuel injection device. The hydrogen-blended fuel is stored in a fuel tank. Hydrogen gas that has escaped from the hydrogen-blended fuel in the fuel tank is fed to a minute-bubble producing device, which forms the fuel gas into minute bubbles and mixes the minute bubbles back into the hydrogen-blended fuel. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223345 | Arrangement of a Charge Air Cooler in an Intake System of an Internal Combustion Engine - The arrangement of a charge air cooler in an intake system of an internal combustion engine has a charge air cooler that on the one hand is supplied with combustion air and on the other hand with a liquid coolant. A coolant/air cooler is provided in which the liquid coolant is cooled by an air stream. The charge air cooler is slantedly arranged in a pipe conduit for the charge air with regard to the end face of a heat exchanger block exposed to the charge air. The end face of the charge air cooler is arranged relative to the cross-section of the pipe conduit at an angle of >45°. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223346 | Automotive modular inductive heated injector and system - A fuel injection system ( | 2008-09-18 |
20080223347 | ENGINE PCV SYSTEM WITH HYDROPHOBIC, OLEOPHOBIC MEMBRANE FOR AIR/OIL SEPARATION - An engine crankcase emission control system for an internal combustion engine includes a cylinder air intake system connected to associated engine cylinders. The system also includes an engine crankcase. A crankcase air outlet connects the crankcase to the cylinder air intake system at a location subject to variable intake vacuum pressures to allow crankcase vapors to be drawn into inlet air passing to the cylinders. A hydrophobic, oleophobic membrane covers the crankcase air outlet. The membrane inhibits the passage of oil and water out of the crankcase through the crankcase air outlet. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223348 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND VEHICLE HAVING THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An engine (internal combustion engine), in accordance with an embodiment, includes: a cylinder head disposed above a crankcase; a cylinder head cover attached to cover an upper side of the cylinder head; and an ignition plug provided with a plug part inserted into the cylinder head and a plug cap disposed outside the cylinder head cover. The cylinder head cover includes a gas passage formed in such a U-shape as to surround the plug cap of the ignition plug as viewed from an insertion side of the ignition plug, the gas passage allowing fuel gas (blow-by gas) containing oil to flow in from the crankcase. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223349 | Stratified scavenging two-stoke cycle engine - A stratified scavenging two-stroke cycle engine with the check valve for introducing scavenging air simplified in construction is provided. The gasket between the flange part forming an air supply chamber and a mixture passage at a side of the cylinder and the passage connecting member having an air flow passage and a mixture flow passage is composed to have an integral leaf valve for allowing air in the air flow passage in the passage connecting member to flow only toward the air supply chamber which is connected to the scavenging passages of the engine so that the gasket has a function as a seal member and that as a check valve. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223350 | DEVICE FOR OPTICALLY EXCITING AND DELIVERING LUMINESCENT PROJECTILES - A theatrical device for optically exciting and delivering objects coated with luminescent material has an enclosure with an inner reflective surface with a hollow transparent excitation passageway extending therethrough. A light source illuminates the objects in the passageway for exciting the luminescent material so that the objects glow brightly. A blower moves the objects through the passageway to an outlet where the glowing objects are projected into an audience for dramatic effect. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223351 | Method of Producing Silicon Blocks and Silicon Wafers - In a method of producing silicon blocks by cutting a silicon ingot by the use of a silicon ingot cutting slurry containing abrasive grains and an alkaline substance so as to provide the silicon blocks that can be produced into silicon wafers each having a thin thickness with reduced substrate damage at the time of producing a solar battery, the content of said alkaline substance is at least 3.5 mass % with respect to the mass of the entire liquid components of said slurry, and said slurry contains an organic amine of from 0.5 to 5.0 by a mass ratio with respect to water in the liquid components of said slurry. Said slurry is used at a pH of 12 or more and at a temperature of from 65 to 95 degrees C. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223352 | Steam Cooking Apparatus - In a ceiling part of a heating chamber, a sub-cavity is provided in which a steam-heating heater is housed. Steam generated by a steam generating device is heated by the steam-heating heater inside the sub-cavity to be brought into an overheated state, and is then jetted out through upper jet holes provided in the ceiling part of the heating chamber and through side jet holes provided in lower parts of the side walls of the heating chamber at both sides thereof. Food is supported on a rack to be in a state floating above the floor surface of the heating chamber, and, through the side jet holes, steam is jetted toward under the food. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223353 | Oven for Cooking Foods - An oven for cooking foods, comprising: a cooking compartment, internally of which a controlled heating cycle can be actuated; one or a plurality of heating elements, predisposed to generate and transmit a determined heat power internally of the cooking compartment; one or a plurality of atomizers, predisposed to controlledly send atomized water onto or in proximity of at least one of the one or the plurality of heating elements; means for control, predisposed to actuate the determined heat cycle internally of the cooking compartment by controlling the one or the plurality of heating elements in a partialisation cycle of the heat power generated and/or transmitted to the cooking compartment by the one or the plurality of heating elements, in which partialisation cycle a temperature of at least one of the heating elements is maintained at a level which is sufficient to cause evaporation of the atomized water. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223354 | Method and apparatus for a steam system - A steam system includes a cooking chamber, a housing comprising a volume of water and an inlet to receive steam, condensate, drain water, and/or weak steam from the cooking chamber, a sensor that detects a temperature of the water, a dispenser that sprays cooling water into the water to reduce the temperature of the water if the temperature exceeds a predetermined level, and an outlet to drain a portion of the water from the housing. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223355 | Baffle system for burn chamber of stove and method of installing and using same - There is provided a solid fuel stove having a burn chamber including at least one side wall and a firebox. The firebox is located a distance from the side wall. The firebox generates ash while burning solid fuel. At least one baffle contacts the firebox and the side wall. An amount of ash which escapes from the firebox is directed back to the firebox and the heat generated by the firebox will be readily concentrated because of the baffle. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223356 | Safety device for an oven - A safety device for an oven that prevents the oven from tipping over when weight is applied to an oven door. The safety device includes a base member that is connected to a pivoting member by a pivot connection. The pivoting member includes a threaded adjustable member and a tubular receiving member, wherein the adjustable member is telescopically coupled to the receiving member. A locking washer is coupled to the adjustable member for holding the adjustable member in place relative to the receiving member. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223357 | SELF-CLEANING COOKING APPLIANCE - A method and apparatus for cleaning a cooking apparatus. A self-cleaning cooking apparatus can include a cooking chamber having a plurality of surfaces a food preparation assembly configured to prepare food product within the cooking chamber, a water nozzle positioned to direct water into cooking chamber, a holder configured to hold a detergent packet in a position configured to allow the water to dissolve the detergent from the detergent packet. The holder can be positioned in a drain tank or within the cooking chamber. The liquid within the drain tank can be re-circulated from the drain tank to the nozzle. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223358 | Apparatus with a Receptacle for Dough Pieces, for Example for Leavening the Latter - Device for holding dough items, mainly for proofing, shaped as a basket with a base and a side wall made of plastic, with interlinked side ribs and at least in parts with ventilation slits, openings or other through holes. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223359 | Energy Efficient Cookware - Energy efficient cookware is provided includes a base and a wall, a linear pattern of flame guide channels connected to the base bottom. The guide channels accept a flame and guides it to the perimeter from the central region resulting efficient heat exchange; The linear channel profiles provides maximum the surface enhancement from a given plain area on the bottom to improve heat transfer while provides even heating, and mechanical strength to the cookware; The impedance to entrance of flame flow into the channels is minimized to allow easy entrance of the flame into the channels; A square base further extends the linear channel length to gain extra efficiency. A method of making the efficient cookware is provided involving welding an extruded channel base to a wall. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223360 | Production of Modified Lignocellulosic Materials - The invention relates to a method for producing modified lignocellulosic materials. Said method consists of the following steps a) the lignocellulosic material is impregnated with an aqueous composition which contains i) at least one cross-linkable nitrogen compound and ii) at least one substance which catalyses the cross-linking, b) the impregnated lignocellulosic materials are treated at higher temperatures in order to remove the water and to cross-link the cross-linkable nitrogen compound. In step b) the impregnated lignocellulosic material is treated with overheated steam. The invention also relates to lignocellulosic materials which are obtained according to said method. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223361 | Respiratory medicine delivery system - The respiratory medicine delivery system is a handheld breathing device for a user having respiratory problems. The device comprises a hollow tubular manifold. A front tubular section extends from a front opening of the hollow tubular manifold. A mouthpiece extends from a rear opening of the hollow tubular manifold. The front tubular section has an MDI port. A seal cap that can seal off the MDI port is provided. A PEEP valve is mounted in the front tubular section to create a sealed backpressure in the user's airways by creating resistance to exhalation. The hollow tubular manifold has a manifold inlet. A threaded nebulizer port having a recessed one-way valve can be formed at the inlet of the manifold. The nebulizer port is provided for attachment to a nebulizer to facilitate buildup of positive pressure and delivery of medication to a user's lungs. A nebulizer seal cap is also provided. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223362 | INHALER AND EJECTION HEAD UNIT ATTACHABLE TO THE INHALER - An ejection head unit being attachable to an inhaler for ejecting a medicine to cause a user to inhale the medicine has a plurality of ejection heads having an element generating energy for ejecting the medicine, and a plurality of ejection nozzles through which the medicine is ejected by the element. An inhaler for ejecting a medicine to allow inhalation thereof by a user has an air flow path guiding a medicine that is inhaled accompanying inspiration by the user to a suction port, an ejection head unit having a plurality of ejection heads including an element generating energy for ejecting the medicine and a plurality of ejection nozzles through which the medicine is ejected by the element, and a positioning unit for positioning a single ejection head among the plurality of ejection heads at an opening provided in one portion of the air flow path. | 2008-09-18 |
20080223363 | Nasal Delivery Devices - An exhalation breath-actuated nasal delivery device for and a method of delivering a substance to a nasal cavity of a subject, the delivery device comprising: a nosepiece ( | 2008-09-18 |
20080223364 | Dry powder aerosol generator - Dry powder aerosol generators and related methods are provided. The dry powder aerosol generator includes a dispersion chamber having an internal cavity therein capable of receiving a dry powdered drug. The dispersion chamber includes a dosing port defined therein that is in fluid communication with the internal cavity. A dosing chamber for receiving a test subject is attachable to the dosing port, such that, when an airflow is created within the internal cavity, any dry powdered drug contained therein may fluidize and travel into the dosing chamber to provide opportunity for inhalation of the dry powdered drug by a test subject contained within the dosing chamber. | 2008-09-18 |