41st week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 4 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120255395 | TORQUE ROD - Provided is a torque rod capable of reducing the yield rate while enhancing the strength of an outer cylinder of a bush. The torque rod includes a large-diameter bush | 2012-10-11 |
20120255396 | POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE - A power transmission device includes a transmission mechanism configured to transmit power generated by an electric motor to an output shaft, to which power generated by an internal combustion engine is transmitted, via engaging sections of a plurality of rotating members, and the transmission mechanism has a play to the engaging sections along a rotating direction, the play being larger than a relative displacement amount between the rotating member on the internal combustion engine side and the rotating member on the electric motor side when a rotation variation phase difference between the internal combustion engine and the electric motor is maximum. Therefore, there can be provided the power transmission device capable of suppressing an occurrence of noise. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255397 | ROTARY INDEXING TABLE - The present invention relates to a rotary indexing table comprising a plate and at least two motors for driving the plate to carry out a rotational movement. The motors are drivingly connected to the plate by means of at least one cam barrel. The cam barrel comprises a drive groove with which drivers engage that are associated with the plate, wherein the drive groove has a constant pitch. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255398 | Vanadium-Containing Powder Metallurgical Powders And Methods of Their Use - Iron-based metallurgical powders comprising vanadium are described, as well as compacted articles made thereof These articles have improved mechanical properties. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255399 | Angular oil filter cartridge wrench - An angular, one-piece, box-end wrench specifically designed to access and grip onto the oil filter Dorman filler cap of the newly designed General Motor (GM) combustion engines, more specifically the GM 2.2L and 2.4L ECOTEC 1-4 engines, comprising of a handle grip, a handle shaft and a box-end wrench. The inventive device includes a handle grip with a 90 degree perpendicular bend forming an elongated handle shaft with a second 100 degree bend distally spaced and opposite to the handle grip accommodating a hex box-end body sized to fit and access the above stated GM oil filter cartridges for maintenance and replacement. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255400 | Wing Ding - A tool to mechanically rotate a wing nut may include an H shaped body having a first side member, a second side member being in a spaced relationship to the first side member and a bridge member to connect the first side member with the second side member and a cylinder housing to connect to the H shaped body to provide a socket to connect to a power tool to mechanically rotate the wing nut. The power tool may be a power drill, and the first side member may be a rectangle. The second side member may be a rectangle, and the bridge member may be a rectangle. The bridge member may include a center aperture, and the first side member may include a first slot to define and engaging projection. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255401 | PAIR OF PLIERS AND A MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - A pair of pliers has a body and two jaws. The body has two connecting sections and two handles. The jaws are detachably mounted on the connecting sections of the body, and each jaw has a working nose and a mounting section. The mounting section has a mounting hole formed in a bottom surface of the mounting section and corresponding to the connecting section of the body in the shape and having a circular hole with a depth D and a diameter R, an enlarged hole with a depth smaller than the depth D and an inner diameter larger than the diameter R at the circular hole and cutting chips deposited and accumulated in the circular hole and shaped as a hill with a convex top. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255402 | THREAD PROTECTOR MANIPULATION TOOL - A system is provided to facilitate the substitution of power tools for manual manipulation of thread protectors on threaded tubulars. Male-thread protectors are manipulated using a driven cup with a flexible inner liner to engage the protector, the cup having expansion and gripper features. Female-thread protectors are manipulated using a driven elastic body fittably engaged with the inner surface of the protector. The manipulators are fitted with tool adapters to fit power tools such as an impact wrench. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255403 | TORQUE LIMITING ENGINE ROTATION TOOL - A torque limiting engine rotation tool for rotating a crankshaft of an engine, where the engine rotation tool is configured to be operated with a socket wrench or non-impacting tool and is configured to engage an accessory drive pulley bolt or any other bolt that causes the crankshaft to rotate, includes a socket body. The socket body has a driving portion coupled to a bolt-torquing portion with a shear pin. A receiving recess is defined by the driving portion and is configured to receive the socket wrench or non-impacting tool. A female socket recess is defined by the bolt-torquing portion and is configured to engage the bolt. The amount of torque applied by the socket wrench or non-impacting tool to the bolt is limited by the shear strength of the shear pin. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255404 | ELECTRONIC TORQUE WRENCH WITH A ROTATABLE DISPLAY UNIT - An electronic torque wrench includes a wrench head unit adapted to engage and turn a fastener, a tubular wrench body which includes a front tubular end fittingly engaged and secured with the wrench head unit, and an intermediate tubular segment having an access opening, a grip handle which is configured to securely grip a rear tubular end of the tubular wrench body, a mounting shell which is sleeved on the intermediate tubular segment, and which has an access hole communicated with the access opening, a housing sleeve sleeved on, and rotatable relative to the mounting shell about a lengthwise axis, and a display unit disposed on the housing sleeve to provide a display representing a torque measured by a strain gauge on the wrench head unit. By rotating the housing sleeve, the display unit can be adjusted to a desired angular position for being viewed easily by the user. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255405 | ELECTRONIC TORQUE WRENCH WITH A ROTATABLE DISPLAY UNIT - An electronic torque wrench a wrench head unit adapted to engage and turn a fastener, a tubular first wrench body securely engaged with the wrench head unit, a tubular second wrench body coupled and aligned with the first wrench body by a fitting member to permit rotation of the second wrench body relative to the first wrench body, a mounting shell sleeved on the second wrench body for mounting a display unit to provide a display representing a measured torque. By rotation of the second wrench body, the display unit can be adjusted to a desired angular position for being viewed easily by the user. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255406 | Method and Apparatus for Pipe-End Shaving - A pipe-shaving apparatus has a cylindrical section, a base section and a drive shaft connected to the base section for rotation. The cylindrical section has a cylindrical wall dimensioned to fit the outer diameter of a pipe. The cylindrical wall has a plurality of windows and a plurality of angle-cutting edges. Each angle-cutting edge is located at the trailing side of the window. When the cylindrical wall is caused to rotate and the pipe is inserted into the inner space of the cylindrical wall, the angle-cutting edges shave off the outer diameter of the pipe-end section. The base section has one or more openings and one or more front-cutting edges located on the trailing side of the openings. When the pipe-end section is further inserted into the inner space of the cylindrical section, the front-cutting edges shave off the front part of the pipe-end section. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255407 | Steady rest - A steady rest for centering a rotationally symmetrical workpiece in a space comprises: two housing halves arranged at a distance from one another and connected together, a plate-shaped middle piece arranged between the two housing halves, the middle piece mounted in the housing halves by means of an actuator piston so it can be moved in an axial movement direction to the workpiece, two linear guide grooves disposed in both opposite end faces of the middle piece, with the linear guide grooves running in a cross-shaped arrangement and at an angle to the movement direction of the middle piece, two outer steady rest arms, each of which has its free ends mounted in each of the linear guide grooves of the middle piece in a movable arrangement, and a middle steady rest arm attached to the middle piece between the outer steady rest arms. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255408 | DISC CUTTING MACHINE HAVING A CANTILEVERED DRIVE HOUSING AND ACCESSORY UNIT - The invention relates to an electrically operated disc cutting machine for cutting discs from strand-shaped cutting goods, having a cutting unit, which comprises a circular blade mounted in a rotatable manner in a drive housing, an electric motor surrounded by the drive housing, and a base plate on which the drive housing is installed in a cantilevered manner via at least one support column extending in the vertical direction. The invention is characterized in that the support column in the horizontal direction remains open, in which at least one accessory unit for the further processing of cut cutting goods is arranged, wherein a connection of the accessory unit is accommodated in the drive housing. In this way, a conventional disc cutting machine can be improved in a cost effective manner and using simple technical means to the effect that the machine has a particularly compact design and can be easily converted to different operating modes, wherein accessory units necessary therefor can be stored in the same housing as the drive. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255409 | Apparatus for Stripping Metal Sheets from Cathode Blank - An apparatus for stripping metal sheets from a cathode blank comprises: a frame; a stripping assembly disposed on the frame; and a receiving mechanism comprising at least one receiving platform which is disposed on the frame for receiving the deposited metal sheets. The stripping assembly comprises: at least one clipping mechanism for clipping a conductive member on an upper end of the cathode blank; first and second stripping mechanisms for stripping the deposited metal sheets from two surfaces of the cathode blank; a bottom positioning mechanism for positioning a lower end of the cathode blank; and first and second loosening mechanisms each comprising a push rod which is movably disposed on the frame in the transversal direction for pushing the cathode blank. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255410 | CUTTING APPARATUS - A cutting apparatus that cuts a plate-like body in a feeding direction thereof includes: a first die disposed on one side of the plate-like body with a plurality of cutting blades, which include fixing portions, mounted thereon. A second die disposed on another side of the plate-like body with a plurality of cutting blades, which correspond to the cutting blades mounted on the first die, Fixing portions, mounted thereon by attaching the fixing portions and a driving apparatus for driving at least one of the first die and the second die toward the other die, wherein the lower mold and the upper mold have a plurality of attachment holes which, to enable the fixing portions to be inserted and mounted, are each formed with inner wall surfaces that contact the entire periphery of a fixing portion and an inner bottom surface that contacts a bottom surface of the fixing portion. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255411 | Rotary Cutting Apparatus with Vibration Attenuation Means - Rotary cutting apparatus has a frame, a first rotary device and a second rotary device. Each of the first and second rotary devices has a shaft concentrically arranged about a rotational axis and a drum and are arranged in the frame in such a way that said first and second axes are substantially horizontal and substantially in the same vertical plane. A pair of bearing housings is arranged on either side of each of the drums. A first pair of bearing housings is movable relative to the frame in a transverse direction to the first rotational axis by means of a force means. Means is provided for passive vibration attenuation of at least the first shaft, the means being able to reduce vibrations due to impacts of the first drum in relation to the second drum. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255412 | Rotary Cutting Apparatus with Vibration Attenuation Means - Rotary cutting apparatus has a frame, a first rotary device and a second rotary device. Each of the first and second rotary devices has a shaft concentrically arranged about a rotational axis and a drum and are arranged in the frame in such a way that said first and second axes are substantially horizontal and substantially in the same vertical plane. A pair of bearing housings is arranged on either side of each of the drums. A first pair of bearing housings is movable relative to the frame in a transverse direction to the first rotational axis by means of a force means. Means is provided for passive vibration attenuation of at least the first shaft that includes a mass damper having a housing and a damping body movably arranged inside the housing, wherein the mass damper is associated with the first pair of bearing housings. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255413 | TRANSFER MECHANISM FOR SHEET MATERIAL DISPENSER - A dispenser for sequentially dispensing rolls of sheet material is described. The dispenser has an automatic transfer mechanism for transferring a reserve roll into a dispensing position once a primary roll has been depleted. The automatic transfer mechanism includes a diameter sensing member and a blocker rotatably coupled to the dispenser housing and biased to rotate in a opposite directions. The diameter sensing member and block cooperate with one another in order to block the reserve roll from contacting a drive roller until the primary roll has been depleted. The reserve roll held in the dispenser by two pivoting arms that are biased to rotate towards the drive roller. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255414 | Modular Laser Alignment Device for Power Tool - A table saw including a table top having an opening configured to receive a blade. A cutting tool is configured to rotate the blade within the opening of the table top. A light alignment apparatus is configured to be selectively mounted in an upright manner at a plurality of locations on the table saw and direct a beam of light on to the table top from each of the plurality of locations on the table saw. The plurality of locations on the table saw include a first location on the table top and a second location on the cutting tool. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255415 | Optical Alignment Device For A Table Saw - A table saw includes a workpiece support surface and a laser apparatus. The workpiece support surface defines a blade opening through which a cutting blade is configured to extend. The laser apparatus is configured to emit a laser light away from the workpiece support surface. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255416 | Circular saw guide - A circular saw guide is disclosed which comprises a first guide member having a guide edge for positioning against a circular saw for cutting a workpiece and a second guide member having a guide edge for positioning against a workpiece to be cut, the second guide member being connected to the first guide member and being movable relative to the first guide member. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255417 | TOOL HAVING PREDETERMINED BREAK LOCATION - Disclosed is a tool for sawing, grinding, cutting or rasping, for a hand-held power tool appliance driven in an oscillating manner, in particular for an electric power tool driven in an oscillating manner, wherein the tool comprises at least one predetermined break line, which allows a part of the tool to be broken off. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255418 | Combined metal and composite violin construction - A new method for construction of a violin or instrument of the violin family comprising a combination of light weight metal and composite materials. Components are joined using fasteners whenever possible to simplify assembly and disassembly. The results of this method are enhanced environmental stability, durability, and serviceability over existing violin designs. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255419 | Transposable Capo System and Method - A transposable capo system for a stringed musical instrument includes at least one magnetic capo stud having a string slot adapted to receive a string on the instrument. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255420 | Plectrum And Method of Fabricating - A plectrum having a body made from an organic material having a desired shape, weight, and thickness, the body having a plurality of surfaces wherein opposing sides, a first and a second side, form an edge about the perimeter of said sides, wherein the perimeter forms a silhouette that is substantially scalene. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255421 | Acoustic drum head tuning system and method of use - The present invention enhances acoustic drum tone quality with consistently clear high-definition sound while introducing a 3-dimensional, real-time pitch change capability to any size or style or number of drums. The present invention also enables the production of an endless array of fully acoustic percussive musical effects, such as clear polyphonic tuning pitch bends, clear chord progressions and clear harmonies, all while performing in real-time. The present invention easily installs and operates on any size or style or number of drums while adding a clearly tuned and accurately pitched, fully acoustic dynamic to percussion performance. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255422 | INSTRUMENT CARRIER WITH ARTICULATING BACK BRACE - A shoulder supported carrier structure supports percussion instruments on shoulder shoulders of a user is disclosed. A connecting member that spans between the shoulder supporting member behind the user or performer. The connecting member is joined to an arm that is connected to at a back member that allows the back member to pivot and translate relative to the two shoulder supporting members to allow the back member to align with a back of a user. The connecting member may be joined to the one arm with a frictional connection. The arm may be connected to the back member with a frictional connection. The back member at least partially contours to the shape of the back and may further include an inflatable cushioning bladder and is positioned between and under shoulder blades of the user to increase arm mobility. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255423 | HI-HAT SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR DRUM SET FOR USE WITH A BASS DRUM FOOT PEDAL - Drum kits and drum kit components disclosed herein enable a hi-hat to be disposed over a bass drum foot pedal, such that no cross body motion is required to strike the hi-hat with a right hand drum stick, providing a more ergonomically correct playing experience. In one embodiment, a hi-hat support structure is large enough to accommodate a bass drum pedal being partially inserted into the hi-hat support structure. In another embodiment, a bracket enables a hi-hat support to be mechanically coupled to the bass drum pedal support structure. In yet another embodiment, the bass drum pedal support structure itself provides support for the bass drum pedal and striker, and the hi-hat support column. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255424 | MUSICAL SOUND GENERATION INSTRUMENT AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - There is provided a musical sound generation instrument. The instrument includes: a storage unit configured to store song data and audio data therein, wherein (a) the song data includes pitches and time information indicating sound generation timing of musical sounds of a song, and (b) the audio data is accompaniment data for the song of the song data; a musical sound data generator configured to generate musical sound data of prescribed musical sounds, based on manipulations of a plurality of playing elements; and an audio data player configured to read and play the audio data according to elapsed time information obtained by the time information included in the song data. The audio data player includes: a manipulation judging unit configured to determine whether manipulation timing of one of the playing elements synchronizes with the sound generation timing of the song data; and a player controller. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255425 | Keyboard Musical Instrument, Program, Performance Data Conversion Program and Device - A keyboard musical instrument, including: keys; a pedal; an input portion configured to input performance data including tone generation control data that specifies generation and halt of a musical tone and pedal control data that specifies a depression depth of the pedal; a drive portion configured to drive the pedal; and a controller configured to control the drive portion on the basis of the pedal control data in the performance data inputted by the input portion, wherein the controller is configured to control the drive portion such that, where the depression depth of the pedal exceeds a first depth by controlling the drive portion, the pedal is located at a third depth that is shallower than a second depth after the pedal has reached the second depth that is deeper than the first depth. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255426 | PROGRAMMING DEVICE FOR THE FUSE OF A PROJECTILE - A programming device for the fuse of a projectile using programming coils transmitting a programming signal by induction to receiver means integral with said fuse, wherein said programming coils are integral with a substantially cylindrical wall of a corridor in which said projectile translates axially, said programming coils being made in the form of several elementary coils each encircling a ferrite core parallel to the axis of said corridor, said coils being distributed along several lines parallel to said corridor axis, said coils of one line being longitudinally staggered with respect to said coils of the neighboring line or lines. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255427 | LAUNCHER ADAPTER - A launcher adapter provides a versatile arrangement for using available launchers, e.g., standalone grenade launchers, to accommodate a variety of rounds, and can reduce the need for multiple launchers. The launcher adapter can include a durable, reusable adapter body configured to be loaded into a launcher. The adapter body can include a front portion with a charge end and charge end opening, a rear portion with a base end that includes a base end opening configured to receive a shell of a preselected type and an annular peripheral rim configured to engage the rear end of the launcher breech to prevent the adapter body from sliding out of the front end of the launcher when the adapter is loaded into the launcher, and a central bore extending through the adapter body along the longitudinal axis thereof, the central bore connecting the charge end opening and the base end opening. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255428 | V-shaped blast shield for protection against IEDs - An armor blast shield for use on the bottom of a vehicle to protect occupants of the vehicle from improvised explosive devices. A preferred embodiment is configured in a V-shaped configuration formed by at least two planar blast resistant panels and an I-beam having channels with inclined walls which receive the panels at an obtuse angle. The panels are adhesively adhered to the I-beam channel walls and at least one bolt is secured through the I-beam and a panel to provide superior blast resistant performance as compared to welded panels. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255429 | Electrically conductive apron and accessory to protect against electric stun device misuse - An electrically conductive apron and a removable ground strap worn as an electric stun device misuse countermeasure made from metal coated fabrics, that effectively short circuits the electric stun device to itself and/or to an electrically ground floor when the stun voltage is applied to the electrically conductive apron. The electrically conductive apron is lightweight, does not decrease mobility, readily concealable, can be worn under or over street clothes, has an option of padding elements and is easily manufactured. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255430 | BALLISTIC-RESISTANT ARTICLES - A ballistic-resistant article includes a stack of sheets containing reinforcing linear tension members, the direction of the linear tension members within the stack being no unidirectionally, wherein some of the linear tension members are linear tension members comprising high molecular weight polyethylene and some of the linear tension members comprise aramid. A sheet and a consolidated sheet package contain the ballistic-resistant article, and a method of manufacturing produces the ballistic-resistant article. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255431 | BALLISTIC PROTECTION GRID HAVING AN ACCESS HATCH - The subject-matter of the invention is a ballistic protection grid for a vehicle comprising an access hatch received in an opening of the grid, wherein the grid and the hatch comprise bars separated from each other by an inter-bar distance, the protection grid being characterized in that the access hatch partially conceals the opening of the grid, each edge of the opening of the grid being separated from the sides of the hatch by a distance substantially equal to the inter-bar distance. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255432 | MULTI-STAGE HYDRAULIC CYLINDER ASSEMBLY - A cushion arrangement for smoothing stage changes in an hydraulic cylinder and including at least one compression chamber of variable volume with a movable and/or deformable chamber wall element displaceable by at least one of the pistons when approaching the transition zone between first and second stages of displacement. The compression chamber is operatively connected to a gas volume to be compressed upon displacement of the chamber wall element. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255433 | PUMP ASSEMBLY - A pump assembly includes a pump housing provided with a bore within which a pumping plunger is reciprocal along a plunger axis; a pump chamber defined at one end of the bore within which fuel is pressurised to a relatively high level; and an inlet valve housed within the pump housing and in communication with the pump chamber to control the flow of fuel into the pump chamber. A clamp member applies a clamping load to the pump housing, which has at least a component that is aligned with the plunger axis, through a surface of the pump housing located approximately axially above the bore. The clamp member may be secured to the pump housing by a securing member, which may be positioned radially outwards from the bore and extend through or below a plane through the pump chamber and perpendicular to the plunger axis through the pump chamber. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255434 | Piston - A piston for an engine generator, comprising alternating laminated core elements and non-magnetising spacer elements arranged along a piston shaft and secured such that contact is maintained between neighbouring elements, wherein the length of the piston is at least at least five times its maximum diameter. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255435 | METHOD OF MODELING FLY ASH COLLECTION EFFICIENCY IN WIRE-DUCT ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS - The method of modeling fly ash collection efficiency in wire-duct electrostatic precipitators provides for the optimization of fly ash collection through the generation of numerical solutions to the electrostatic and electrodynamic equations associated with the particular geometry of the wire-duct electrostatic precipitator. Particularly, the solutions are developed through use of the finite element method and a modified method of characteristics. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255436 | CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method and apparatus for controlling the electrical power applied to an electrically driven oxygen separation device having one or more composite membrane elements to separate oxygen from an oxygen containing feed. The composite membrane elements have a resistance increasing during the operation thereof that would act to reduce oxygen output if applied voltage were held constant. In order to increase the time interval for renewing the composite membrane elements, the electrical potential difference is controlled such that the electric current drawn by the elements remains at a substantially constant level by increasing the electrical potential difference as the resistance increases until a predetermined voltage level is reached. Once this level is obtained, the electrical potential difference is maintained at a constant level and the electric current being drawn and the oxygen output is allowed to decay to a predetermined low level after which the element or elements are replaced. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255437 | Air Dryer Assembly - An air dryer cartridge assembly, used in a compressed air system, includes a rigid porous layer, a fibrous material layer, a diffusing layer and a desiccant for filtering and drying compressed air passing in a first direction during a charging cycle. The compressed air passes through diffusing layer, the fibrous material layer and the rigid porous layer in a second direction during a purging cycle. The desiccant, which is downstream of the rigid porous layer, the fibrous material layer and the diffusing layer during the charging cycle, reduces moisture in the compressed air during the charging cycle. The use of diffusing layer downstream of the fibrous material layer during a charging cycle disperses the compressed air so that moisture removal is improved in the desiccant. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255438 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISCHARGING AN ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR - A method for cleansing an electrostatic precipitator having a collecting electrode and an emission electrode includes applying a voltage between the collecting electrode and the emission electrode and reducing the applied voltage from a first voltage to a second voltage upon an occurrence of a spark between the collecting electrode and the emission electrode. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255439 | Flying Air Purifier - A flying air purifier includes a flying unit configured to fly within a space at a first elevation. The flying unit is also configured to fly within the space at a second elevation. The flying air purifier also includes an air purifier mounted to the flying unit and configured to remove particles from air within the space at the first elevation and at the second elevation. The air purifier includes an air inlet having a first charge and an air outlet having a second charge, wherein the second charge is opposite of the first charge. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255440 | UNIT AND METHOD FOR DEAERATION OF DRAINAGE WATER - The invention relates to a unit ( | 2012-10-11 |
20120255441 | AIR POLLUTION CONTROL APPARATUS AND AIR POLLUTION CONTROL METHOD - An air pollution control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a stack that discharges flue gas discharged from a boiler outside; a blower that is provided downstream of the stack and draws in the flue gas; and a CO | 2012-10-11 |
20120255442 | AIR POLLUTION CONTROL APPARATUS AND AIR POLLUTION CONTROL METHOD - An air pollution control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a stack that discharges flue gas discharged from a boiler outside; a blower that is provided downstream of the stack and draws in the flue gas; and a CO | 2012-10-11 |
20120255443 | OXYGEN SEPARATION MODULE AND APPARATUS - A module and an apparatus incorporating such module utilizing a plurality of tubular membrane elements, each configured to separate oxygen from an oxygen containing feed stream when an electric potential difference is applied to induce oxygen ion transport in an electrolyte thereof. The tubular membrane elements can be arranged in a bundle that is held in place by end insulating members. The insulating members can be positioned within opposed openings of end walls of a heated enclosure and can incorporate bores to allow an oxygen containing feed stream to flow past exposed ends of the tubular membrane elements for cooling the end seals of such elements. Further, first and second manifolds can be provided in a module in accordance with the present invention to collect separated oxygen from two separate portions of the tubular membrane elements. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255444 | ACTIVATED CARBON FOR SIMULTANEOUS REMOVAL OF DUST AND GASEOUS AIR POLLUTANTS AND METHOD OF PREPARING ACTIVATED CARBON ELECTRODE PLATE USING THE SAME - The present invention provides an activated carbon which is used in an activated carbon electrode plate and a method of preparing an activated carbon electrode plate prepared using the same, in which the activated carbon electrode plate functions to remove gas and gaseous air pollutants at the same time. The method comprises the steps of: providing a raw pure activated carbon or an impurity-containing raw activated carbon; processing the raw activated carbon into a powdered activated carbon; treating the pores of the powdered activated carbon to maintain the pores; filtering the powdered activated carbon whose pores were treated, and mixing the filtered activated carbon with a binder to form a binder/activated carbon mixture; forming the binder/activated carbon mixture into a flowable activated carbon slurry; applying the activated carbon slurry to the surface of a conductive material; and drying the conductive material having the activated carbon slurry applied thereto. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255445 | DOUBLE VACUUM PUMP APPARATUS, GAS PURIFICATION SYSTEM PROVIDED WITH DOUBLE VACUUM PUMP APPARATUS, AND EXHAUST GAS VIBRATION SUPPRESSING DEVICE IN DOUBLE VACUUM PUMP APPARATUS - A double vacuum pump apparatus (Y | 2012-10-11 |
20120255446 | OXYGEN GENERATOR - An oxygen generator ( | 2012-10-11 |
20120255447 | PROTECTIVE FILTER - The protecting filter comprises: a casing having an inner space; an exhaust gas intake pipe guiding exhaust gas with microparticles; a rotating body supported rotatably on the center axis of the exhaust gas intake pipe and at an opening of the exhaust gas intake pipe inside the casing; and an endless belt provided rotatably inside the casing and facing the opening of the exhaust gas intake pipe across the rotating body and including microparticle collection liquid at least on its surface, wherein the surface of the endless belt contacts the rotating body, the rotating body is rotated by rotation of the endless belt, the microparticle collection liquid on the surface of the endless belt is applied to a surface of the rotating body. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255448 | IDENTIFICATION OF BEVERAGE INGREDIENT CONTAINING CAPSULES - The invention concerns a beverage production system comprising beverage ingredient containing capsules ( | 2012-10-11 |
20120255449 | Vertical Grill - A vertical grill ( | 2012-10-11 |
20120255450 | PLANT FOR PRINTING CONTAINERS - Described herein is a plant for printing containers, such as bottles, with at least one print image on at least one printing press with at least one printing head, wherein at least two printing presses connected one after the other are designed as carousels for the successive reception of the containers to be printed and the containers are directly transferred from a carousel to a following carousel or received by the latter. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255451 | MIXTURE OF NON-AROMATIC SOLVENTS, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF AND USE OF SAME FOR PRINTING INKS AND VARNISHES - The present disclosure relates to mixtures of non-aromatic solvents which can be used for the manufacture of varnishes and printing inks in particular for planographic printing (or offset printing). These mixtures of solvents include from 80 to 99.5% by mass of a slightly aromatic hydrocarbon oil and from 0.5 to 20% by mass of a composition composed predominantly of saturated and/or unsaturated C16 to C22 monocarboxylic fatty acids, optionally in a mixture with resin acids (unsaturated polycyclic—in particular tricyclic—monocarboxylic acids). | 2012-10-11 |
20120255452 | STRUCTURAL INKS - A composition comprising a plurality of discrete carrier-swellable polymer particles (preferably polyNIPAM particles) and a corresponding carrier (e.g. water), which particles have a low polydispersity index and are present in an amount of at least 0.1% by weight of the composition may be used to impart structural-image properties (such as structural colour) to a substrate by coating or printing methods. Additional benefits of adherence to low-energy surface substrates and enhanced rheological properties for printing compositions may also be provided. The compositions and methods used in the invention allow visual effects or security applications to be incorporated into substrates in a low-cost and convenient manner. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255453 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COMPONENT THAT CAN BE ACTIVATED TO EMIT LIGHT - A process to manufacture a component that can be activated to emit light whereby the light emission is done by electroluminescence (EL) includes the following process steps:
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20120255454 | METHOD FOR PRINTING A PATTERN ON A SUBSTRATE - The invention provides a method for printing a pattern of ink on a substrate, such as corrugated paperboard, with a relief printing form made from a photosensitive element. The method includes forming an in-situ mask for the photosensitive element, exposing the element to actinic radiation through the in-situ mask in an environment having an inert gas and a concentration of oxygen between 190,000 and 100 ppm, and treating the exposed element to form the relief printing form having a pattern of printing areas. Printing is accomplished by securing the relief printing form to a print press, applying the ink to the printing areas on the printing form, and contacting the ink from the printing areas to the substrate to transfer the pattern of ink onto the substrate. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255455 | Fireworks Igniter System and Method - A fireworks igniter system and method for safely igniting fuse-type fireworks including a handheld igniter module and a remote control module. An igniter head at the proximal end of the igniter module includes a heater element and fuse clamp slide which receives and biasingly molds the fuse against the heater element. A microprocessor in the igniter module includes an infrared receiver and an igniter module actuator. The remote control module includes an infrared emitter and a remote control module actuator, the infrared emitter emitting a coded IR signal in response to activation of the actuator. The IR signal is sensed by the infrared receiver to activate the igniter module actuator and deliver electric current to the heater element sufficient to ignite the fuse. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255456 | INSENSITIVE MUNITIONS SWAGED VENT PLUG - A venting system for ordnance or rocket motors comprising a casing having at least one hole and a plug, the plug being formed from a plug slug swaged into the at least one hole. A method to fill a vent hole in a casing comprising transforming a plug slug positioned within the vent hole into a plug. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255457 | STRUCTURAL METALLIC BINDERS FOR REACTIVE FRAGMENTATION WEAPONS - A munition is described including a reactive fragment having an energetic material dispersed in a metallic binder material. A method is also described including forming a energetic material; combining the energetic material with a metallic binder material to form a mixture; and shaping the mixture to form a reactive fragment. The munition may be in the form of a warhead, and the reactive fragment may be contained within a casing of the warhead. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255458 | PROJECTILE WITH A MULTI-SPECTRAL MARKING PLUME - A training ammunition projectile has a projectile body comprising a head with a frangible ogive designed to burst when the projectile strikes a target. One or more marking agents, disposed in the head for marking the position of the target upon its release when the ogive has burst, include 1) chemi-luminescent components, disposed in separate frangible compartments, which mix and react chemically with each other when the compartments break up on setback, causing the mixed components to luminesce, and/or (2) a low density, fine, dry powder material disposed in the head and designed to create a plume, both for marking the target when the projectile strikes the target. A dry thermal material, disposed in a separate compartment in the head and designed to be exposed to oxygen or air upon setback, due to the initial acceleration and the centrifugal forces, produce an exothermic reaction and emit heat during flight of the projectile, thereby to increase the temperature of the marking agents during flight and provide an Infrared marking signature when the projectile strikes the target. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255459 | Running Gear for a Rail Vehicle - A running gear for a rail vehicle includes a wheel unit and a cooperating unit. The running gear defines a longitudinal direction, a transverse direction and a height direction, while the wheel unit defines a wheel unit axis. The cooperating unit is connected to the wheel unit and cooperates with the wheel unit during operation the running gear to drive and/or brake the wheel unit. Furthermore, during operation of the running gear, an airflow passes the wheel unit and the cooperating unit, in the height direction, at a first height level below the wheel unit axis. At least one air guide device is provided, the air guide device being arranged and adapted to guide an airflow portion of the airflow towards a section of the cooperating unit located at a second height level, the second height level being located above the first height level above the wheel unit axis. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255460 | OIL-BASED INK - An oil-based ink contains at least a dye and an organic solvent, wherein the dye is contained by an amount ranging from 0.1 to 20 mass % relative to the total amount of the ink, and the organic solvent contains a five-membered heterocyclic compound having a C═O bond or a phosphoric acid ester by an amount ranging from 50 to 99 mass % relative to the total amount of the ink. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255461 | METHOD FOR PURIFYING ETHYL-2-CYANOACRYLATE ADHESIVE COMPOSITION AND ETHYL-2-CYANOACRYLOATE ADHESIVE COMPOSITION - The present invention provides an ethyl-2-cyanoacrylate adhesive composition obtained as a result of significant improvement on conventional problems, that is, irritating odor and whitening of conventional ethyl-2-cyanoacrylate adhesive compositions. According to a method of the present invention for purifying an ethyl-2-cyanoacrylate adhesive composition, a sum total of an acrylonitrile content and an ethanol content is arranged to be in a range of 1 ppm to 150 ppm, by carrying out deaeration at the same time as injection of an inactive gas at a reduced pressure in a range of 100 Pa to 10000 Pa at a temperature in a range of 5° C. to 50° C. Thereby, the method of the present invention allows improving irritating odor and whitening. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255462 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING GEOPOLYMERS - The present invention relates to the production of geopolymers from oil shale and/or mineral residues, which originate from the production of oil by means of oil shale. To use the residues left in the combustion of oil shale for the production of geopolymers, the oil shale and/or also mineral residues, which originate from the production of oil by means of shale are burnt and subsequently ground, before they are mixed with an alkaline activator and water and cured. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255463 | Method of fabrication of construction materials from industrial solid waste - A low-pressure method for producing construction materials, such as blocks, bricks or slabs, utilizing high percentages of waste cement dust in admixture with additive material capable of effectively neutralizing the high lime content and agglomerating the extremely fine particles of the cement dust upon blending of the admixture with water. The resulting blend may simply be cast in molds of various shapes and sizes and cured under normal atmospheric pressure conditions into a hardened construction material exhibiting high strength, light weight and high thermal insulation. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255464 | POLYELECTROLYTIC FLOW AGENT - The invention provides compositions containing a salt formed from an acid and from a base, wherein the acid is defined as a polycondensation product containing (I) at least one structural unit including an aromatic or heteroaromatic and a polyether side chain, and (II) at least one phosphated structural unit including an aromatic or heteroaromatic, and polyethyleneimine as base, wherein the molar mass of the polyethyleneimine is greater than 500 daltons. Likewise provided is a process for producing these compositions and building product mixtures comprising the invention compositions. The invention also provides for the use of the compositions as admixture agents, preferably as flow agents, for aqueous suspensions of binders based on calcium sulphate or for aqueous suspensions of (latently) hydraulic binders. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255465 | Table-Board-Partition - A transforming project table, white erase board, and office partition all-in-one powered by a drive system is disclosed herein. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255466 | Computer Table for a Furniture - The invention relates to a fixing means for table top comprising a profile ( | 2012-10-11 |
20120255467 | DEVICE FOR MANAGING VALUABLES INCLUDING MONEY - The invention refers to a device for management, collection, and/or dispensing of valuables, in particular money, with a locked vault area and an operator and service area, wherein all of the valuables as well as the vault area's controlling units are essentially arranged completely within the vault area, preferably in a certified vault, and essentially all control electronics is arranged in the operator and service area, whereby the vault area and the operator and service area exhibit separate locking systems. According the invention, a second vault area is provided in which the control electronics for controlling the controlling units in the first vault area is arranged wherein said second vault area is separated both from the first vault area for collecting the valuables and from the remaining operator and service area, and exhibits a locking system separate from that of the first vault area and of the operator and service area. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255468 | CASH MACHINE FOR THE MANAGEMENT, INSERTION OR WITHDRAWAL OF VALUABLES - A cash machine having a device housing with a first door for accessing valuables and a printer housing affixed within the device housing. The printer housing isolates the printer from the device housing. The printer housing has a second door. A printer and a paper roll mount on the second door either directly or with a holding fixture. The second door moves from a closed configuration where the door is closed to an open configuration where the door is open to enable access to the printer and the paper roll. When the second door is in the open configuration at least a portion of the printer and the printer roll extend out from the device housing to facilitate maintenance. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255469 | Bedroom basement disaster and threat adaptable safe room - A Mattress support frame as a disaster and threat adaptable safe room. A safe room that offers a variety of adaptable optional accessories giving the consumer a wide choice of protection levels. In today's global, and or nationally competitive job market a consumer must be able to pick up and relocate their belongings to completely different geographical locations on a moments notice possibly facing substantially different risk factors. A safe room with the ability to “adapt” and protect you no matter your location would actually be “safe” and very advantageous to the worlds consumers. A disaster and threat adaptable safe room that is designed to need no extra space if you already have enough space for a mattress and frame, with no required property modifications making it ideal to renters with lease restrictions, or who move frequently. A disaster and threat adaptable safe room that is specifically designed to be retail cardboard box package with retail outlet availability. A disaster and threat adaptable safe room that has protected ventilation openings, is literally bulletproof, strong enough withstand automobile sized falling debris impact, and still is specifically designed that one single person of average strength and ability can transport it in a normal sized automobile, and install this level of indoor personal protective security with no help and household tools, given the epidemic number of single parent renters without protection these innovations are demanded by the need. This current invention of an disaster and threat adaptable safe room is designed to be as durable and element resistant as current technology will allow and is intended, under the options and circumstances that arise in disaster situation to provide people with at least the options of temporary shelter and protection from; terroristic threats, accidental industrial toxic fume release, domestic violence, home invasion robberies, tornadoes, flash flooding, hurricane winds, hurricane tidal surges, earthquakes, tsunamis, catastrophic building collapse large or small flying or falling debris, residential structure fires, deadly heat and smoke, and small arms bullets. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255470 | BIOMASS BOILER SCR NOX & CO REDUCTION SYSTEM - A selective catalytic reduction system and method for reducing nitrogen oxide (NO | 2012-10-11 |
20120255471 | Solar Boiler System - It is an object of the present invention to provide a solar boiler system that can suppress the installation cost for a solar heat collector and significantly improve gross thermal efficiency while minimizing a rise in air temperature resulting from the collected solar heat. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255472 | BURNER ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR REDUCING NOX EMISSIONS - A burner assembly for combusting fuel in a combustion zone to reduce NOx emissions includes a water spray subassembly including a water outlet configured to direct water at an angle with respect to an axis of the burner assembly, the water outlet further configured to direct the water in a direction for mixing with the air upstream of the combustion zone. A method is also provided for combusting fuel in a combustion zone to reduce NO | 2012-10-11 |
20120255473 | ROOT ROPE FOR PLANTING PLANT ROOT MATERIAL, AND METHOD OF USE - A root rope for planting root material includes root material, a carrier line onto which the root material is disposed, and wrapping material wrapped around the root material and the carrier line to secure the root material to the carrier line, forming an elongate rope. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255474 | Planter Bracket Assembly for Supporting Appurtenances in Substantial Alignment with the Seed Tube - A bracket assembly for supporting seed planting appurtenances in substantial alignment with respect to a seed tube of an agricultural planter. The bracket assembly includes a shaft mount and a shank mount. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255475 | ROW UNIT FOR A SEEDING MACHINE HAVING ACTIVE DOWNFORCE CONTROL FOR THE CLOSING WHEELS - A planter row unit is disclosed having an active downforce control system for the closing wheels. This separate control of the downforce pressure for the closing wheels is provided from the row unit downforce control. A single operator input is used to set a desired downforce for all row units. The control system then operates to produce the desired downforce. Alternatively, the control system may display a downforce load to the operator who then manually makes adjustments as desired. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255476 | Decorative covers - “Decorative Covers” provide consumers with an easy and efficient method for changing the look of vertical Venetian blinds (5) five different ways in a distinct design. The invention is comprised of two separate swatches of cloth material, each of which bears a different color and/or design. These swatches are elongated strip format and in same proportionate sizes to match the Venetian blind slat to which they are to encase. These swatches are attached by stitch on each elongated vertical side and on one horizontal border remains an open proximal end is an open horizontal slit, and on each wall, and through which the attachment pieces of the encased Venetian blind slat fit. The interior border of this proximal end may be lined with a hook-and-loop, buttonhole, snaps and/or straps upon encased Venetian Blind slat. The sleeve may be removed and machine washed. The sleeves are available in a wide variety of colors and designs. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255477 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR PERSONAL WATER CRAFT - Jet-powered water craft have become popular recreational pleasure craft for people worldwide as well as providing rapid response in a water environment for life savers, police, customs, etc. However, once the throttle has been cut there is no braking or steering mechanism for such craft. Equally such braking or steering is limited at low speeds. Accordingly it would be beneficial to provide means for braking and/or steering such jet-powered water craft under low speed operation and/or when the throttle is cut. According to embodiments of the invention such mechanisms are provided whilst providing for ease of use during operation as well as beaching/launching/storage. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255478 | Ship and Method for Conveying and Setting Up Offshore Structures - A ship according to the invention for conveying and setting up offshore structures having:
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20120255479 | HYDROFOIL ARRANGEMENT - The invention relates to a hydrofoil arrangement for a hydrofoil craft with at least one fully submerged lifting wing. The hydrofoil arrangement includes at least two struts pivotally arranged on the hydrofoil craft with each strut being connected to a lifting wing. The struts are arranged with their centers of effort of hydrodynamic forces behind the pivot axes of the struts during forward travel of the hydrofoil craft. They are arranged to pivot relative to the hydrofoil craft when the hydrofoil craft experiences a disturbance in roll-angle. This results in a transversal movement of the hydrofoil craft relative to the water surface during forward travel. The hydrofoil arrangement also increases the roll-stability for a hydrofoil craft. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255480 | AMPHIPHILIC FOULING RELEASE COATINGS - The present invention provides an amphiphilic polymeric material well-suited as a coating for marine applications, such as use as a fouling-release coating on the external surfaces of ships, particularly ship hulls. Also provided are methods of making the polymeric material and methods for using the polymeric material, as well as articles and surfaces that are coated with the polymeric material. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255481 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPORTING TANKS IN A CARGO SHIP - There are disclosed systems and methods for supporting cargo tanks within the hold of a liquefied gas carrier by establishing a series of spaced-apart pedestals along the longitudinal axis of a tank, said pedestals positioned in conjunction with the ship's structural components. These pedestals are of wood or other suitable thermal insulating and load bearing material fixed to the tank below its circumferential diameter along both the starboard and port tank sides. The pedestals rest on structural longitudinal stringers laying port and starboard in the horizontal plane and fixed and supported by the ship's hull structure. Longitudinal and transverse pedestal movement is controlled by stops attached to the stringers at one or more of the pedestals. The stops contact the pedestals via bearing pads which constrain the pedestal in one direction but permit its movement in another. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255482 | Baseball - Softball Score Keeping Device - A baseball-softball score keeping device comprising of a housing component consisting of a front face and a rear face. The housing component fits comfortably in a person's hand. The display area has six windows having corresponding function labels. The function labels relate to the game of baseball and softball. Six wheels that extend out from the sides of the housing unit correspond to the six windows. The wheels comprise of a front face, rear face and a side wall. The side wall is knurled. The front face of the wheels have a series of escalating numbers related to the corresponding label windows, each wheel can be rotated within the six openings by the surrounding side wall of the housing. Each number can be individually viewed through the windows. The six indicator wheels are manually rotated. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255483 | INSTRUMENT DRIVING DEVICE - Provided is an instrument driving device which can have improved marketability and designability by providing a new expression for a prompting operation. The instrument driving device is provided with an instrument ( | 2012-10-11 |
20120255484 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR GROWING HIGH-RESISTANCE SINGLE CRYSTALS - A method for growing high-resistivity single crystals includes placing a raw material in a vacuum-sealable ampoule, heating the raw material in the vacuum-sealable ampoule to vaporize the moisture in the raw material, exhausting the vaporized moisture from the vacuum-sealable ampoule, vacuum-sealing the vacuum-sealable ampoule, heating the raw material in the vacuum-sealable ampoule to vaporize the oxide compounds in the raw material, cooling a bulb in a cap on the vacuum-sealable ampoule to produce condensed oxide compounds on an inner surface of the bulb, removing the bulb and the condensed oxide compounds from the vacuum-sealable ampoule, wherein the raw material in the vacuum-sealable ampoule comprises carbon as an impurity, and placing the vacuum-sealable ampoule comprising the raw material in a crystal growth apparatus to grow a high-resistivity crystal from the raw material. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255485 | METHOD FOR PURIFYING SILICON - The present invention provides for methods of purifying silicon, methods for obtaining purified silicon, as well as methods for obtaining purified silicon crystals, purified granulized silicon and/or purified silicon ingots. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255486 | CLEANING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND FILM GROWTH REACTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - Disclosed herein is an apparatus for cleaning an inner surface of a film growth reaction chamber, including a supporting unit, a cleaning unit, an electric motor and a power supply apparatus. The cleaning unit includes a surface facing the inner surface of the reaction chamber, and the surface is provided with a plurality of scraping structures. The electric motor is provided on the supporting unit and includes a driving shaft. One end of the driving shaft is connected to the cleaning unit so as to drive the cleaning unit to move. The power supply apparatus is connected to the electric motor. The cleaning apparatus of the present application provides a method for cleaning the inner surface of the reaction chamber, which is highly automatic, effective and timesaving, and may ensure the quality and consistency of cleaning process. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255487 | VITREOUS SILICA CRUCIBLE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided is a method of manufacturing a vitreous silica crucible for pulling a silicon single crystal which can suppress melt surface vibration of silicon melt filled therein and has a long lifetime. The crucible includes a peripheral wall portion, a curved portion and a bottom portion, and has a plurality of micro recesses on the specific region of the inner surface of the peripheral wall portion. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255488 | Methods and apparatuses for roll-on coating - Methods and apparatuses for a deposition system are provided to deposit a thin coating layer on flat substrates, such as semiconductors or panels. In an embodiment, liquid supplied rollers accepting liquid media provide liquid chemicals to the substrates for coating the substrates. The liquid delivery system can control the flow and the pressure of the liquid to achieve optimum process condition with minimum excess waste. In another embodiment, rollers with non-uniform distribution of liquid media provide a non-uniform thickness profile on the substrates, which can be used to compensate for the non-uniformity of subsequent processes. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255489 | QUARTZ TUBE LEVELING APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR SIMULTANEOUS LEVELING AND PINNING OF RADIATION CURABLE INKS - Systems for leveling UV-curable gel ink include a leveling member having a conformable surface. The leveling member is a quartz tube rotatable about a longitudinal axis, and connected to a mandrel, with conformable VITON O-rings interposing the mandrel and the quartz tube. A UV source is disposed within the quartz tube, and configured to emit light through the quartz tube and the conformable surface onto a surface of a substrate passing through a leveling or pressure nip defined by the quartz tube and a backing member or pressure belt. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255490 | ION SOURCE AND REPELLER STRUCTURE - A repeller structure comprises a target member configured to be sputtered by a plasma to emit given ions, and provided with a through-hole penetrating between a sputterable surface and a reverse surface thereof, and a repeller body which supports the target member while being inserted in the through-hole of the target member, and has a repeller surface exposed on the side of the sputterable surface through the through-hole. The target member is made of a material selected from the group consisting of gallium oxide, gallium nitride, gallium phosphide, gallium arsenide and gallium fluoride. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255491 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLASMA MONITORING USING MICROWAVES - A plasma detector system may include a high frequency generator arranged to send incident electromagnetic radiation through a plasma chamber of a plasma system; and a high frequency detection system arranged to detect signal intensity of high frequency radiation sent from the high frequency generator and transmitted through the plasma chamber. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255492 | Large Area Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition Apparatus - An apparatus provides large area atmospheric pressure plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition without contaminations in its electrode assembly and deposited films. The apparatus consists of a large area vertical planar nitrogen plasma activation electrode assembly and its high voltage power supply, a large area vertical planar nitrogen plasma deposition electrode assembly and its high voltage power supply, a long-line uniform precursor jet apparatus, a roll-to-roll apparatus for substrate movement, and a sub-atmospheric pressure deposition chamber and its pumping apparatus. Not only can the deposited film contaminations in the electrode assembly interior and the debris of the deposited films from exterior of the electrode assembly and the air aerosols in the deposition chamber be completely prevented, but a large area roll-to-roll uniform deposition can also be achieved to meet a roll-to-roll continuous production, so as to achieve improved film quality, increased production throughput and reduced manufacturing cost. | 2012-10-11 |
20120255493 | GAS EVAPORATOR FOR COATING PLANTS - The present invention relates to gas evaporator devices ( | 2012-10-11 |
20120255494 | LOW TEMPERATURE CNT GROWTH USING GAS-PREHEAT METHOD - A method for synthesizing carbon nanotubes (CNT) comprises the steps of providing a growth chamber, the growth chamber being heated to a first temperature sufficiently high to facilitate a growth of carbon nanotubes; and passing a substrate through the growth chamber; and introducing a feed gas into the growth chamber pre-heated to a second temperature sufficient to dissociate at least some of the feed gas into at least free carbon radicals to thereby initiate formation of carbon nanotubes onto the substrate. | 2012-10-11 |