42nd week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 27 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150292042 | FLAVIVIRUS ASSOCIATED WITH THEILER'S DISEASE - This disclosure relates to Theiler's disease-associated virus (“TDAV”), reagents relating thereto, and methods for detecting, using, and/or treating diseases associated with TDAV. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292043 | NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES THAT CAN BE USED AS PRIMERS AND PROBES IN THE AMPLIFICATION AND DETECTION OF ALL SUBTYPES OF HIV-1 - The present invention is related to nucleic acid sequences that can be used in the field of virus diagnostics, more specifically the diagnosis of infections with the AIDS causing Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV). With the present invention nucleotide sequences are provided that can be used as primers and probes in the amplification and detection of HIV-1 nucleic acid. The oligonucleotide sequences provided with the present invention are located in the LTR part of the HIV viral genome. It has been found that, by using the sequences of the present invention in methods for the amplification and detection of nucleic acid a sensitive and specific detection of HIV-1 can be obtained. The benefit of the sequences of the present invention primarily resides in the fact that, with the aid of primers and probes comprising the sequences according to the invention the nucleic acid of all presently known subtypes of HIV-1 can be detected with high accuracy and sensitivity. So far no primer pairs or hybridization probes have been developed that would allow the detection of such a broad range of HIV-1 variants. The oligonucleotide sequences according to the present invention are especially useful in methods for the amplification of nucleic acid. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292044 | OPTIMIZED PROBES AND PRIMERS AND METHODS OF USING SAME FOR THE BINDING, DETECTION, DIFFERENTIATION, ISOLATION AND SEQUENCING OF HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS - Described herein are primers and probes useful for the binding, detecting, differentiating, isolating, and sequencing of HSV-1 and/or HSV-2 viruses. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292045 | ALTERNATIVE USES FOR HBV ASSEMBLY EFFECTORS - Described herein are methods for identifying compounds useful for the treatment of infection by hepatitis B virus (HBV). | 2015-10-15 |
20150292046 | DETECTION OF NUCLEIC ACIDS FROM MULTIPLE TYPES OF HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS - Nucleic acid oligonucleotide sequences are disclosed which include amplification oligomers and probe oligomers which are useful for detecting multiple types of human papillomaviruses (HPV) associated with cervical cancer. Methods for detecting multiple HPV types in biological specimens by amplifying HPV nucleic acid sequences in vitro and detecting the amplified products are disclosed. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292047 | DETECTION OF NUCLEIC ACIDS FROM MULTIPLE TYPES OF HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS - Nucleic acid oligonucleotide sequences are disclosed which include amplification oligomers and probe oligomers which are useful for detecting multiple types of human papillomaviruses (HPV) associated with cervical cancer. Methods for detecting multiple HPV types in biological specimens by amplifying HPV nucleic acid sequences in vitro and detecting the amplified products are disclosed. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292048 | MICROORGANISMS FROM SOURDOUGH - The invention relates to novel | 2015-10-15 |
20150292049 | FLASH COOLING FOR QUENCHING A HYDROLYSIS REACTION OF A BIOMASS FEEDSTOCK - The present invention describes a process for quenching a hydrothermal, dilute acid hydrolysis reaction of a biomass feedstock, wherein degradation of an aqueous monomer and/or oligomer sugar mixture is slowed down or stopped by flash cooling of the aqueous monomer and/or oligomer sugar mixture, and wherein the flash cooling ensures that a fraction of dissolved and volatile degradation byproducts are removed by a forming vapor stream, and wherein a lignin component, if present, is solidified into a structure with good de-watering characteristics, allowing for subsequent removal of the lignin component by separation, said process resulting in a hydrolyzed solution of sugar monomers and/or oligomers. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292050 | BLOWING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING STEEL USING JETS OF HOT AIR - A blowing method for producing steel from molten raw iron in converters. At least one jet of hot air is sprayed from at least one nozzle of at least one spraying device into the converter chamber onto the molten raw iron. The hot air exiting in the form of a jet has a pressure difference ranging from 0.05-0.1 Mpa between the inlet into the nozzle and the outlet out of the nozzle. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292051 | METHOD FOR REUSING IRON-CONTAINING BY-PRODUCT AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - Provided are a method for reusing an iron-containing by-product and an apparatus configured to use the method. The method include: forming briquettes by mixing an iron-containing by-product with 5 parts by weight to 20 parts by weight of carbon, based on 100 parts by weight of the iron-containing by-product; preliminarily reducing the briquettes within a temperature range of 800° C. to 1300° C.; and supplying the preliminarily reduced briquettes to an electric furnace. The apparatus includes: a reducing furnace in which briquettes formed by mixing an iron-containing by-product with 5 parts by weight to 50 parts by weight of carbon, based on 100 parts by weight of the iron-containing by-product is reduced within a temperature range of 800° C. to 1300° C.; and an electric furnace to which the preliminarily reduced briquettes are supplied. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292052 | HIGH-STRENGTH SPRING STEEL WIRE WITH EXCELLENT HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT RESISTANCE, MANUFACTURING PROCESS THEREFOR, AND HIGH-STRENGTH SPRING - A high-strength spring steel wire is provided which secures excellent hydrogen embrittlement resistance even when the adding amount of alloy elements is suppressed, and has 80 area % or more of tempered martensite and 1,900 MPa or more of the tensile strength, in which a predetermined chemical composition is satisfied, with C and Si satisfying the relation of the expression (1) below, with prior austenite grain size number being No. 10 or more, and with the hydrogen absorption amount being 14.0 ppm or more. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292053 | METHOD FOR TREATING A CAST IRON WORKPIECE AND WORKPIECE FORMED THEREBY - A method for treating a cast iron workpiece to increase a useful life thereof includes machining the workpiece to provide a finish surface thereon and deforming the finish surface of the workpiece by rubbing the finish surface against a blunt tool ( | 2015-10-15 |
20150292054 | HOT ROLLED STEEL SHEET FOR SQUARE COLUMN FOR BUILDING STRUCTURAL MEMBERS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A hot rolled steel sheet for a square column for building structural members, the hot rolled steel sheet having a composition of, in terms of % by mass,
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20150292055 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING REDUCED IRON - Provided is a process for manufacturing reduced iron by heating agglomerates, said process being capable of enhancing the yield of reduced iron and thus improving the productivity thereof. A process for manufacturing reduced iron which includes a step for agglomerating a mixture that comprises an iron oxide source, a carbonaceous reducing agent and a melting point regulator and a step for heating the obtained agglomerates to reduce the iron oxide contained in the agglomerates, wherein the agglomerates contain at least 1 mass % of a silicate mineral having a solidus temperature of 1300° C. or lower. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292056 | APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR TREATMENT OF MINED MATERIAL WITH ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION - The present disclosure provides an apparatus for treatment of mined material. The apparatus comprises a source for generating electromagnetic radiation and a microwave inlet region for exposing fragments of the mined material to the electromagnetic radiation. Further, the apparatus comprises a reflective structure adjacent the microwave inlet region and providing, or surrounding, a passage for guiding the fragments of the mined material to the microwave inlet region. The reflective structure is arranged to attenuate penetration of the electromagnetic radiation from the microwave inlet region into the passage during throughput of the fragments of the mined material. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292057 | Improved Method for Metal Production - The invention provides a method for the production of a metal, the method comprising the steps of mixing an oxide of the metal with a reducing agent comprising a Group II metal or a hydride thereof in the presence of water and/or an organic solvent, heating the mixture of oxide and reducing agent, leaching the resulting material with water; and washing the leached material with a dilute aqueous acid. Typically, the metal is a transition or rare earth metal, the oxide of the metal is an oxide of a transition or rare earth metal, and the reducing agent is selected from calcium or magnesium or the hydrides of calcium and magnesium. The metal is generally obtained at a purity of around 98.5-99.1%, and the method is much quicker than the methods of the prior art and has a much lower carbon footprint, thereby providing an option which is more sustainable, environmentally friendly, and accommodative for industries. Particularly good results are observed in the production of transition metals such as titanium, tantalum and niobium. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292058 | METHOD FOR RECOVERING INDIUM FROM INDIUM CONTAINING SOLUTION OR MIXTURE - The present invention relates to a method for recovering indium in a high selectivity and a high efficiency from an indium-containing solution, dispersion or mixture such as seawater, industrial water, waste water, cooling water, a solution extracted from wastes of electronic products such as display panel, or the like. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292059 | Method and System for Separating Rare Earth Elements - An objective of the invention is to provide a method and system for separating a particular rare earth element from a rare earth magnet at a high separation ratio and by a simple process. There is provided a rare earth separation method for separating a first and a second groups of rare earth elements contained in a magnet, the method including: a starting powder preparation step from the magnet; a magnet component oxidation heat treatment step; a rare earth oxide separation step from the magnet components oxide powder; a powder size optimization step; a chlorinating agent mixing step; a chlorination/oxychlorination heat treatment step of forming a “first group rare earth chlorides”/“second group rare earth oxychlorides” mixture; a selective dissolution step of selectively dissolving the first group rare earth chlorides in the solvent and leaving the second group rare earth oxychlorides undissolved in solid phase form; and a solid-liquid separation step. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292060 | METHOD FOR ISOLATING RARE EARTHS AND/OR ADJACENT METAL ELEMENT(S) CONTAINED IN THE MAGNETIC PHASE OF PERMANENT MAGNETS - A isolating method including: (i) arranging material forming a magnetic phase as a demagnetised powder, having an average particle size no larger than 700 μm without particles not making up the magnetic phase; (ii) dissolving the powder of step (i) in an acid medium with at least one oxidising agent in the presence of hydroxide ions, at a pH strictly lower than 7; (iii) precipitating the adjacent metal element(s) in the hydroxide state by adding to the solution obtained at the end of step (ii) an effective amount of hydroxylated base; (iv) isolating the metal hydroxide precipitate formed at the end of step (iii) and, when necessary, recovering same; (v) precipitating the rare earth elements in the oxalate state in the solution without adjacent metal element(s) and obtained at the end of step (iv); and (vi) recovering the rare earths in the precipitated state of rare earth oxalate. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292061 | SEPARATION OF PROTACTINUM, ACTINIUM, AND OTHER RADIONUCLIDES FROM PROTON IRRADIATED THORIUM TARGET - Protactinium, actinium, radium, radiolanthanides and other radionuclide fission products were separated and recovered from a proton-irradiated thorium target. The target was dissolved in concentrated HCl, which formed anionic complexes of protactinium but not with thorium, actinium, radium, or radiolanthanides. Protactinium was separated from soluble thorium by loading a concentrated HCl solution of the target onto a column of strongly basic anion exchanger resin and eluting with concentrated HCl. Actinium, radium and radiolanthanides elute with thorium. The protactinium that is retained on the column, along with other radionuclides, is eluted may subsequently treated to remove radionuclide impurities to afford a fraction of substantially pure protactinium. The eluate with the soluble thorium, actinium, radium and radiolanthanides may be subjected to treatment with citric acid to form anionic thorium, loaded onto a cationic exchanger resin, and eluted. Actinium, radium and radiolanthanides that are retained can be subjected to extraction chromatography to separate the actinium from the radium and from the radio lanthanides. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292062 | NICKEL-ALUMINIUM-ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS - The present subject matter describes Ni—Al—Zr alloys, which include Ni as the major component, with the additions of 9-20% Al and 4-14% Zr by atomic percentage. In one embodiment, the present subject matter describes a group of alloy compositions in a Nickel-Aluminium-Zirconium (Ni—Al—Zr) system corresponding to a concentration range of about 9-20% Al and about 4-14% Zr by atomic percentages, and the balance being Ni. In other embodiment, the present subject matter includes at least one cutectic constituent including at least two of the intermetallic compounds or phases Ni | 2015-10-15 |
20150292063 | Ni-BASED SINGLE CRYSTAL SUPERALLOY AND TURBINE BLADE INCORPORATING THE SAME - A Ni-based single crystal superalloy which has the following composition: Co: 4.0 to 9.5 wt %, Cr: 5.1 to 8.0 wt %, Mo: 2.1 to 3.5 wt %, W: 0.0 to 2.9 wt %, Ta: 4.0 to 10.0 wt %, Al: 4.5 to 6.5 wt %, Ti: 0.0 to 1.0 wt %, Hf: 0.08 to 0.5 wt %, Nb: 0.0 to 3.0 wt %, Re: 4.5 to 8.0 wt % and Ru: 0.5 to 6.5 wt % with the remainder including Ni and unavoidable impurities, wherein P1≦700 is satisfied in which P1 represents a parameter 1, which is obtained by a formula: P1=137×[W(wt %)]+24×[Cr(wt %)]+46×[Mo(wt %)]−18×[Re(wt %)]. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292064 | HIGH ELASTICITY HYPER EUTECTIC ALUMINUM ALLOY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a high-elasticity hypereutectic aluminum alloy, including: titanium (Ti) and boron (B), wherein a composition ratio of Ti:B is 3.5 to 5:1, boron (B) is included in an amount of 0.5 to 2 wt %, and both Al | 2015-10-15 |
20150292065 | MAGNESIUM MATERIAL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There is provided a Mg—N-A based magnesium material (A is a metal or non-metal element configuring a nitride, N: nitrogen originating from the nitride). The magnesium material includes a spherical Mg—N-A eutectic phase and nitrogen atoms are dispersed in a magnesium matrix, whereby mechanical and ignition properties of the magnesium material are improved, as compared to a magnesium material or pure magnesium material in which the nitrogen atoms are not included and only the metal or non-metal element is included. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292066 | METALLIC MATERIAL - A metallic material includes at least iron, carbon, chromium, molybdenum and vanadium, which metallic material has a bainitic basic structure and carbidic phases. The carbidic phases are at least partially formed by molybdenum carbide, vanadium carbide and/or chromium carbide. The carbidic phases at least partially have a diameter no greater than 200 nm. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292067 | HOT-FORMING STEEL ALLOY - A hot-forming steel alloy comprising, in addition to iron and impurity elements, carbon, silicon, manganese, chromium, molybdenum, vanadium and nitrogen within the concentration ranges set forth in the claims. This abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292068 | FERRITIC STAINLESS STEEL HAVING EXCELLENT HEAT RESISTANCE - The present invention provides a Sn-containing ferritic stainless steel sheet having excellent heat resistance. The ferritic stainless steel contains, in terms of mass %, 0.015% or less of C, 1.5% or less of Si, 1.5% or less of Mn, 0.035% or less of P, 0.015% or less of S, 13-21% of Cr, 0.01-0.50% of Sn, 0.05-0.60% of Nb and 0.020% or less of N, with the remainder consisting of Fe and unavoidable impurities. The ferritic stainless steel satisfies formula 1 and formula 2, and has a grain boundary Sn concentration of 2 atom % or less when subjected to a heat treatment at 600-750° C. in which the value of L, as shown in formula 3, is 1.91×10 | 2015-10-15 |
20150292069 | STAINLESS STEEL-CLAD STEEL PLATE HAVING EXCEPTIONAL CORROSION RESISTANCE TO SEAWATER - A stainless cladding steel plate with excellent sea water corrosion resistance includes a cladding metal including, in mass %, C: not more than 0.030%, Si: 0.02 to 1.50%, Mn: 0.02 to 2.0%, P: not more than 0.040%, S: not more than 0.030%, Ni: 22.0 to 25.0%, Cr: 22.0 to 26.0%, Mo: 3.5 to 5.0% and N: 0.10 to 0.25%, the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, the cladding metal satisfying relation (1) and being such that amounts of chromium and molybdenum present as precipitates are not more than 0.3 mass % and not more than 0.2 mass %, respectively, | 2015-10-15 |
20150292070 | NANOCARBON-REINFORCED ALUMINIUM COMPOSITE MATERIALS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A nanocarbon-reinforced aluminum composite material and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The method of manufacturing a nanocarbon-reinforced aluminum composite material is characterized in that composite powder, in which ceramic-coated nanocarbon is surrounded by metal powder, is added to molten aluminum and then casting the molten aluminum with the added composite powder. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292071 | ZIRCONIUM ALLOY COMPOSITION HAVING LOW HYDROGEN PICK-UP RATE AND HIGH HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT RESISTANCE AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are zirconium alloy compositions having a low hydrogen pick-up rate and high hydrogen embrittlement resistance. This zirconium alloy composition can be usefully used as a nuclear fuel components in a nuclear power plant because it has a very low hydrogen pick-up rate and high hydrogen embrittlement resistance under operation environments of nuclear power plant. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292072 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A METAL SHEET WITH A ZNAL COATING AND WITH OPTIMISED DRYING, CORRESPONDING METAL SHEET, PART AND VEHICLE - The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a metal sheet. In this method, at least one of the following equations is satisfied: | 2015-10-15 |
20150292073 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING HOT-DIP Zn ALLOY-PLATED STEEL SHEET - A hot-dip Zn alloy plating layer is formed on a surface of a base steel sheet by immersing the base steel sheet in a hot-dip Zn alloy plating bath containing Al and Mg. An aqueous solution containing a polyatomic ion including Si | 2015-10-15 |
20150292074 | A POROUS COATING APPLIED ONTO AN AERIAL ARTICLE - An aerial article including a composite skin, a leading edge facing an airflow during use of the aerial article, an erosion resistant coating including a metallic material, and an aerodynamic surface. The coating at least partly covers the composite skin of the aerial article. The coating has a porosity sufficiently high to provide an open area, diffusion passage way, so as to permit moisture transportation from the composite skin to the aerodynamic surface of the coating. A method of applying an erosion resistant coating including a metallic material to a composite skin of an aerial article. An erosion resistant coating material is provided onto the composite skin over a selected area of the article. The coating is porous. The outer surface of the coating is polished to achieve a smooth aerodynamic surface. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292075 | AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS FORMED OF SHEET METAL COATED WITH A NON-METALLIC COATING - An automotive component ( | 2015-10-15 |
20150292076 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING SILVER-CONTAINING LAYER, SILVER-CONTAINING LAYER, AND SLIDING CONTACT MATERIAL USING SILVER-CONTAINING LAYER - In a cladding composite material obtained by coating the surface of a base material with an Ag-containing layer, it is difficult to make the size of fine Ag-containing particles which form the structure of the Ag-containing layer uniform in the thickness direction. A vaporization source ( | 2015-10-15 |
20150292077 | Methods For Directed Irradiation Synthesis With Ion and Thermal Beams - A method for fabricating structures on substrate having a substrate surface includes providing a set of control parameters to an ion beam source and thermal source corresponding to a desired nanostructure topology. The method also includes forming a plurality of nanostructures in a first surface area of the substrate by exposing the substrate surface to an ion beam from the ion beam source and thermal energy from the thermal source. The ion beam has a first area of effect on the substrate surface, and the thermal energy has an second area of effect on the substrate surface Each of the first area and the second area includes the first surface area. In other words, the coincident beams under the set of control parameters produces a plurality of nano structures. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292078 | SURFACE-COATED CUTTING TOOL - A surface-coated cutting tool includes a hard coating layer vapor-deposited on a surface of a tool body, in which a composition of the hard coating layer is expressed by a composition formula of (Al | 2015-10-15 |
20150292079 | VAPORIZATION SOURCE ASSEMBLY OF OLED VAPOR DEPOSITION MACHINE - The present invention provides a vaporization source assembly of an OLED vapor deposition machine, which includes: a carrying platform ( | 2015-10-15 |
20150292080 | APPARATUS FOR THE GENERATION OF NANOCLUSTER FILMS AND METHODS FOR DOING THE SAME - A filtered cathodic vacuum arc apparatus and method for the generation of a nanocluster film or compound film with improved characteristics onto a substrate and thin film materials, carbon-encapsulated metal nanoclusters and carbon nanotubes formed through the use of said apparatus and method. The apparatus includes a deposition chamber, a substrate holder for holding a substrate within the deposition chamber, means for simultaneously generating a first beam of plasma and a second beam of plasma from a first and a second plasma source, respectively, a Y-bend magnetic filter to direct the plasma towards a substrate on the substrate holder and an anti-Helmholtz coil set-up within the deposition chamber, wherein the Y-bend magnetic filter and anti-Helmholtz coil set up cause first and second beams of plasma to mix. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292081 | HIGH PURITY REFRACTORY METAL POWDERS AND THEIR USE IN SPUTTERING TARGETS WHICH MAY HAVE RANDOM TEXTURE - A method for making a sputtering target including steps of encapsulating and hot isostatically pressing at least one mass of metal powder (e.g., tantalum), having a particle size ranging from about 10 to about 1000 μm, with at least about 10 percent by weight of particles having a particle size greater than about 150 μm (for example, about 29 to about 56 percent (e.g., about 35 to about 47 percent) by weight of the particles in the at least one mass of metal powder having a particle size that is larger than 150 microns, but below about 250 μm), for defining at least a portion of a sputtering target body, having an essentially theoretical random and substantially uniform crystallographic texture. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292082 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM THEREOF AND SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING METHOD BY EMPLOYING THEREOF - Embodiments of the invention relate to a substrate processing apparatus. In one embodiment, a substrate processing apparatus includes a plurality of process units. The process unit includes a process chamber for processing a substrate, an exhaust conduit connected to the process chamber and an exhaust pump arranged in the path of the exhaust conduit. The substrate processing apparatus further includes a connecting conduit connected to the exhaust conduits of the process units in the upstream of the exhaust pump and a switching unit which switches an exhaust path of the process chamber to the other exhaust pump in the other process unit via the connecting conduit. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292083 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT ON CVD REACTOR - The invention relates to a device into which process gases different from one another can be fed during process steps different from one another and having an exhaust gas line ( | 2015-10-15 |
20150292084 | INTEGRATED MULTI-HEADED ATOMIZER AND VAPORIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - The disclosed embodiments include an integrated multi-headed atomizer and vaporization system and method. The disclosed embodiments provide an innovative approach for generating vapors. As an example, the disclosed embodiments include an apparatus operable to receive one or more liquids in combination with one or more gases simultaneously to generating a vapor of a desired ratio between the liquids and the gases. Additionally, the disclosed embodiments include a system that includes a single set of electronics operable to control all aspects of a vaporization system. Other embodiments, advantages, and novel features are set forth in the detailed description. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292085 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A LAYER ON A SURFACE AREA OF AN ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - The invention relates to a method for producing at least one layer ( | 2015-10-15 |
20150292086 | LAMINATE, GAS BARRIER FILM, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - A laminate ( | 2015-10-15 |
20150292087 | Substrate Processing Apparatus and Substrate Processing Method - A substrate processing apparatus includes: a mounting stand provided with a substrate mounting region in which a workpiece substrate is mounted; a process vessel for defining a process chamber including a first region and a second region through which the substrate mounting region passes in order; a precursor gas supply unit for supplying a precursor gas to the first region; a process gas supply unit for supplying a first gas or a second gas differing from the first gas to the second region; at least one plasma generating unit for generating plasma of the first gas or the second gas in the second region; and a control unit for executing a repetition control of repeating a first operation for supplying the first gas to the second region for a first time and a second operation for supplying the second gas to the second region for a second time. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292088 | DEPOSITION SYSTEMS HAVING INTERCHANGEABLE GAS INJECTORS AND RELATED METHODS - A deposition system includes two or more gas injectors that may be interchangeably used in a chamber of the deposition system. Each of the gas injectors may be configured to generate a sheet of flowing gas over a substrate support structure. The sheets may have differing widths, such that the gas injectors may be used with substrates having different diameters, which may enable use of the system with different substrates while maintaining efficient use of precursor gas. A method of forming such a deposition system includes forming and configuring such gas injectors to be interchangeably used at a common location within the deposition chamber. A method of using such a deposition system includes using two or more such gas injectors to deposit material on substrates having different sizes. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292089 | RESIN CONTAINER COATING DEVICE - A resin container coating device of the present invention includes a plurality of chambers storing a plurality of resin containers respectively in independent states, a plurality of internal electrodes in which gas conductive parts for conducting a source gas are formed to inner peripheral parts thereof and which are respectively inserted inside the plurality of resin containers stored in the chambers, a gas supply unit for supplying the source gas to the plurality of chambers, a high frequency power source for supplying a high frequency electric power to the plurality of chambers, and an electric power switching part capable of switching a supply designation of the high frequency electric power, which is supplied from the high frequency power source, from first and second chambers forming a first unit to third and fourth chambers forming a second unit. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292090 | METHOD OF MAKING A SUPPORTED GAS SEPARATION MEMBRANE - Presented is a method for preparing a gas separation membrane system. This method involves depositing a membrane layer of gas-selective metal upon a tubular porous support followed by annealing the resulting layer of gas-selective metal. The resulting annealed membrane layer of gas-selective material is polished under a controlled polishing condition with an abrading medium that includes a structured abrasive article comprising a backing having bonded thereto an abrasive layer comprising a plurality of shaped abrasive composites that comprise abrasive grains dispersed in a polymeric binder. Another layer of gas-selective metal is then deposited upon the tubular porous support. The cycle of annealing, polishing and depositing is repeated through one or more cycles until a leak-tight membrane system is provided. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292091 | Apparatus for Supplying High-Concentration Hydrogen Gas for Living Organism - An apparatus includes: an electrolytic cell ( | 2015-10-15 |
20150292092 | Gas Generation Device - Disclosed is a gas generation device | 2015-10-15 |
20150292093 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FUEL PRODUCTION IN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS AND REACTORS - Methods and systems for fuel, chemical, and/or electricity production from electrochemical cells are disclosed. A voltage is applied between an anode and a cathode of an electrochemical cell. The anode includes a metal or metal oxide electrocatalyst. Oxygen is supplied to the cathode, producing oxygen ions. The anode electrocatalyst is at least partially oxidized by the oxygen ions transported through an electrolyte from the cathode to the anode. A feed gas stream is supplied to the anode electrocatalyst, which is converted to a liquid fuel. The anode electrocatalyst is re-oxidized to higher valency oxides, or a mixture of oxide phases, by supplying the oxygen ions to the anode. The re-oxidation by the ions is controlled or regulated by the amount of voltage applied. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292094 | GAS PERMEABLE ELECTRODES AND ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS - An electrode for a water splitting device, the electrode comprising a gas permeable material, a second material, for example a further gas permeable material, a spacer layer positioned between the gas permeable material and the second material, the spacer layer providing a gas collection layer and a conducting layer. The conducting layer can be provided adjacent to or at least partially within the gas permeable material. The gas collection layer is able to transport gas internally in the electrode. The gas permeable materials can be gas permeable membranes. Also disclosed are electrochemical cells using such an electrode as the cathode and/or anode, and methods for bringing about gas-to-liquid or liquid-to-gas transformations, for example for producing hydrogen. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292095 | OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION CATALYSIS - An Oxygen Evolution Reaction (OER) catalyst includes a metal oxide that includes oxygen, cerium, and one or more second metals. In some instances, the cerium is 10 to 80 molar % of the metals in the metal oxide and/or the catalyst includes two or more second metals. The OER catalyst can be included in or on an electrode. The electrode can be arranged in an oxygen evolution system such that the Oxygen Evolution Reaction occurs at the electrode. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292096 | SYSTEM AND METHODS USEFUL IN CONTROLLING OPERATIONS OF METAL ELECTROLYSIS CELLS - An analysis system for determining one or more operating conditions of a metal electrolysis cell and for facilitating a response is provided. The analysis system comprises a bath probe electrically interconnected to a portable computing device. The bath probe generates signals associated with temperature measurements produced from thermal communication with an electrolysis cell bath. The portable computing device may receive these signals and generate data based thereon. The data may be transformed into operating condition information relating to the electrolysis cell. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292097 | EQUIPMENT FOR SEPARATING ORGANICS FROM AN ELECTROLYTIC STREAM IN ELECTROWINNING PROCESS OF SX/EW PLANTS AND PROCESS THERETO - A compact, light, and continuous-process apparatus for filtering impurities and separating organics contained in an electrolyte stream feeding an electrowinning cell, the apparatus includes an outer body having an octagonal tubular piece, a rear cover and rims or flanges, and an inner body having support housing, a common cover, at least one perforated or slotted tube and at least one high-contract surface filler. The apparatus also includes a rich electrolyte input, a rich electrolyte output, a contaminated electrolyte output, a lower flow input chamber, a mid-chamber for filtered electrolyte output, an upper chamber, and a lower distribution chamber. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292098 | Ionic Liquid Electrolyte and Method to Electrodeposit Metals - An electrolyte and a method to electroplate a metal on a substrate using the electrolyte are described. The electrolyte includes an imidazolium compound, a metal salt, and water. The imidazolium compound has formula (I) | 2015-10-15 |
20150292099 | INTERPOSER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An interposer includes a substrate, an electrically-conductive structure, at least one dielectric layer, a redistribution structure and electrode pads. The substrate is made of a ceramic material and has first and second surfaces and via holes. The electrically-conductive structure includes conductive pads, substrate vias disposed in the via holes, and layered electrically-conductive parts. The dielectric layer is disposed on the second surface to cover the layered electrically-conductive parts. The redistribution structure penetrates the dielectric layer and is connected to the layered electrically-conductive parts. The electrode pads are disposed on a surface of the dielectric layer. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292100 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DEPOSITING A METAL LAYER ON A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Method and apparatus for the electrodeposition of a contact metal layer on contact areas of semiconductor components in a wafer assemblage. The method comprises: a) providing a wafer having components having at least one pn junction; b) arranging a non-conductive homogenizing device with respect to the first surfaces of the components, and an electrical contact device at a second surface of the wafer; c) introducing the wafer into an electroplating bath having an electrode, wherein the surface thereof consists at least partly of a first contact metal, and wherein the first surface of the components is in contact with the electroplating bath; d) applying a voltage to the electrode and to the contact device, as a result of which current flows between the electrode and the contact device, through the electroplating bath and the component and contact metal is thus deposited at the first contact areas of the components. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292101 | METHOD FOR COATING A SLIDING SURFACE OF A TROCHOID HOUSING IN A ROTARY ENGINE AND TROCHOID HOUSING COMPRISING A COATED SLIDING SURFACE - The invention relates to a method for coating a running surface ( | 2015-10-15 |
20150292102 | METAL COMPOSITE AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME - A method of preparing a metal composite, comprising the steps of: forming an anodic oxidation layer on a surface of a metal substrate; forming a dye layer comprising a dye and a water soluble ink on the anodic oxidation layer, wherein the dye layer has a graduated thickness; and removing the water soluble ink. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292103 | METHOD FOR FORMING MULTI-LAYERED COATING FILM - An object of the present invention is to provide a method for forming a multilayer coating film, the method capable of achieving excellent finished appearance and excellent corrosion resistance without affecting electrodeposition coatability even when a part or all of the water-washing step is omitted after chemical conversion treatment, and to provide a coated article. The invention provides a method for forming a multilayer coating film, comprising forming a chemical conversion coating film and an electrodeposition coating film on a metal substrate by Step 1 of immersing a metal substrate in a chemical conversion treatment solution to form a chemical conversion coating film, and Step 2 of omitting a part or all of the water-washing step, and performing electrodeposition coating on the metal substrate using a cationic electrodeposition coating composition to form an electrodeposition coating film, wherein the chemical conversion treatment solution contains less than 500 ppm of sodium ions on a mass basis. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292104 | METHOD FOR PREPARING OF COMPOSITION FOR METAL SURFACE-TREATMENT, STEEL SHEET SURFACE TREATED WITH THE COMPOSITION, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE STEEL SHEET - The present invention relates to a method for preparing a composition for the surface treatment of metal, a surface-treated steel sheet which is surface-treated with the composition and to a method for manufacturing the surface-treated steel sheet. To accomplish the objective, the method of the present invention may involve the preparing of a composition for the surface treatment of metal using graphene having superior characteristics such as corrosion resistance, electrical conductivity and thermal conductivity. The composition may be effectively coated onto the metal surface by means of electrophoresis, and thus a highly functional surface-treated steel sheet can be obtained. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292105 | COMPOSITES OF CARBON BLACK AND METAL - Nano-sized particles of carbon black and various metal ions are mixed to form substantially homogenous solutions or dispersions. The nano-sized particles of carbon black and metal ions are electroplated on various types of substrates as composites of one or more metals and substantially uniformly dispersed nano-sized particles of carbon black within the metals. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292106 | ELECTRODE FOR OXYGEN EVOLUTION IN INDUSTRIAL ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESSES - The invention relates to an electrode for electrolytic processes, in particular to an anode suitable for oxygen evolution comprising a valve metal substrate, a catalytic layer, a protection layer consisting of oxides of valve metals interposed between the substrate and the catalytic layer and an outer coating of oxides of valve metals. The electrode of the invention is particularly suitable for processes of cathodic electrodeposition of chromium from an aqueous solution containing Cr (III). | 2015-10-15 |
20150292107 | HEXAGONAL DIAMOND SINGLE PHASE BULK SINTERED BODY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method capable of obtaining pure single phase hexagonal diamond in an industrially usable size (bulk) is provided. Highly oriented and highly crystallized graphite having a mosaic spread of 5° or less is used as a starting material, and is subjected to a temperature ranging from 1000 to 1500° C. at a pressure ranging from 20 to 25 GPa. The size of the bulk sintered body of pure single-phase hexagonal diamond obtained by this method depends on the size of the starting graphite. However, as long as the pressure and temperature can be entirely provided (i.e., as long as the adequate high pressure and temperature are applied to the sample chamber of high pressure apparatus), any desired size can be obtained. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292108 | AN APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GROWING A BULK SINGLE CRYSTAL NITRIDE MATERIAL - An apparatus and method for growing nitride bulk single crystal, including an autoclave having a pre-growth zone and a growth zone. With control of the concentration of a saturated solution in a pre-growth chamber, the oversaturation reaction conditions for the overall process of growth of the nitride bulk single crystal can be regulated. By regulating the liquid level difference of the melt on an upper surface of a seed crystal, nucleation growth of N/Ga is preferentially performed on the surface of the seed crystal, which suppresses polycrystal formation at a gas-liquid interface and improves the growth rate of crystal and the utilization rate of raw materials. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292109 | APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A SINGLE CRYSTAL OF SILICON - An apparatus for producing a single crystal of silicon comprises a plate with a top side, an outer edge, and an inner edge, a central opening adjoining the inner edge, and a tube extending from the central opening to beneath the bottom side of the plate; | 2015-10-15 |
20150292110 | METHOD FOR PREPARING GRAPHENE - The invention belongs to the technical field of inorganic compounds, and particularly, relates to a method for directly preparing graphene by taking CBr | 2015-10-15 |
20150292111 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING III-N SINGLE CRYSTALS, AND III-N SINGLE CRYSTAL - The present invention relates to the production of III-N templates and also the production of III-N single crystals, III signifying at least one element of the third main group of the periodic table, selected from the group of Al, Ga and In. By adjusting specific parameters during crystal growth, III-N templates can be obtained that bestow properties on the crystal layer that has grown on the foreign substrate which enable flawless III-N single crystals to be obtained in the form of templates or even with large III-N layer thickness. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292112 | METHODS OF FORMING GRAPHENE SINGLE CRYSTAL DOMAINS - A method of forming graphene single crystal domains on a carbon substrate is described. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292113 | METAL SINGLE CRYSTAL IN WHICH METAL ELEMENT IS SUBSTITUTED - The present invention relates to a metal single crystal in which a metal element is substituted, wherein a metal element A is doped with a metal element B different from the metal element A to form A | 2015-10-15 |
20150292114 | METHOD OF SPINNING FIBRES OR EXTRUSION, AND THE PRODUCTS OBTAINED - The invention relates to a continuous, scalable and parallelizable method for preparing strong and stiff fibres (filaments) or films. The fibre or film is prepared by utilizing hydrodynamically induced alignment of the constituents of a dispersion in combination with surface-charge controlled gel transition to produce fibres with a high degree of alignment of the constituents (polymer(s), fibrils etc). The invention also relates to the fibres or films so formed. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292115 | PREPARATION METHOD FOR MULTIFUNCTIONAL POLYESTER FIBRE AND MULTIFUNCTIONAL POLYESTER FIBRE PREPARED THEREBY - The present invention relates to a method for producing a multifunctional polyester fiber, including: mixing a polyester master batch chip, containing cesium tungsten oxide-based particles, with a general polyester chip; spinning the mixture to form a spun fiber; and cooling the spun fiber using a cooling device having a rotational outflow quenching unit and a nozzle-warming heater, and to a fiber produced by the method. The multifunctional polyester fiber according to the present invention exhibits excellent far-infrared emission properties, thermal storage/insulation properties, spinning processability, and dyeability. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292116 | PROCESS FOR SPINNING UHMWPE, UHMWPE MULTIFILAMENT YARNS PRODUCED THEREOF AND THEIR USE - Gel-spinning processes for producing a high tensile strength ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) multifilament yarn comprising ultra-low dtex filaments, include applying a draw ratio DR | 2015-10-15 |
20150292117 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING WATER-ABSORBING POLYMER FIBERS - The invention relates to a process for producing water-absorbing crosslinked polymer fibers, especially micro- or nanofibers, by spinning process, especially electrospinning process and to fibers obtainable by this process. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292118 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A CARBON FIBRE, PRECURSOR MATERIAL USED BY THE METHOD AND CARBON FIBRE OBTAINED - A method for manufacturing a continuous carbon fiber from a precursor material. According to this method, a precursor material including a continuous natural fiber and carbon nanofillers is used, said natural fiber being obtained from at least one plant constituent such as a cellulose. A process for manufacturing a continuous carbon fiber from a precursor material, including a step of carbonization of said precursor material, in which the precursor material includes a continuous natural fiber and carbon nanofillers, said natural fiber being obtained from at least one plant constituent, wherein it also includes a step of sizing the precursor material before the carbonization step. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292119 | METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF CARBON FIBER FROM POLYOLEFIN FIBER PRECURSOR, AND CARBON FIBERS MADE THEREBY - Methods for the preparation of carbon fiber from polyolefin fiber precursor, wherein the polyolefin fiber precursor is partially sulfonated and then carbonized to produce carbon fiber. Methods for producing hollow carbon fibers, wherein the hollow core is circular- or complex-shaped, are also described. Methods for producing carbon fibers possessing a circular- or complex-shaped outer surface, which may be solid or hollow, are also described. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292120 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING FIBERS FROM PROTEINS - Methods and apparatuses for preparing protein fibers (biofilaments) from recombinant biofilament proteins are disclosed. The methods are particularly useful for spinning fibers of spider silk or silkworm silk proteins from recombinant sources and may be used to spin such fibers for use in the manufacture of industrial and commercial products. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292121 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING FIBRE YARN - A method and apparatus for producing fibre yarn is provided. The novel apparatus includes a first transportation and pressing element ( | 2015-10-15 |
20150292122 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING FIBRE YARN - A method and apparatus for producing fibre yarn is provided. The novel apparatus includes a first transportation and pressing element ( | 2015-10-15 |
20150292123 | Double-Folding Drafting Unit - The invention relates to a double-folding drafting unit, comprising five pairs of rollers (WI/W | 2015-10-15 |
20150292124 | HYBRID FIBER CORD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed are a hybrid fiber cord comprising a nylon filament and an aramid filament, the cord having more uniform physical properties and better strength and fatigue properties and being able to be made more easily than the conventional hybrid fiber cords such that it can be used to make an ultra high performance tire, and a method for manufacturing the same. The hybrid fiber cord comprises a nylon primarily-twisted yarn having a first twist number, and an aramid primarily-twisted yarn having a second twist number. The first twist number is identical with the second twist number. The nylon and aramid primarily-twisted yarns are secondarily-twisted together to have identical structures with each other. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292125 | POLYAMIDE CRIMPED YARN FOR CLOTHING AND WOVEN OR KNITTED FABRIC FOR CLOTHING COMPRISING SAME - A polyamide crimped yarn for clothing includes a multifilament satisfying conditions (1) to (3): (1) monofilament fineness is at least 1.5 dtex and up to 25 dtex, (2) total fineness is least 400 dtex and up to 1500 dtex, and (3) the monofilament has a multilobal cross section with three or more lobes and a degree of irregularity of at least 1.5 and up to 5.5. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292126 | Device and Method for Removal and Prevention of Pathogens on Touch Screens - A pathogen removal and deterrent device and system is provided for touch screens used for user input on computing devices. Using a flexible applicator placed in a biased contact with the touch screen, metallic nanoparticles infused to the applicator eradicate pathogens and deter their return. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292127 | DRAWING DEVICE AND DRAWING METHOD - A drawing device for drawing a drawable material, the drawing device comprising at least a pair of tapered rollers each having a taper ratio in a range of 0.035 to 0.50, wherein the taper ratio is represented by (β−α)/2L, where β denotes a maximum diameter of the roller, α denotes a minimum diameter of the roller, and L denotes a length of a tapered portion of the roller. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292128 | Heddle Preferably For Handling Strip-Shaped Material And Method For The Production Thereof | 2015-10-15 |
20150292129 | STRETCHABLE WARP KNIT FABRIC FOR CLOTHES, BOTTOM GARMENT, AND TUBULAR CLOTHES - Between one course and the other course adjacent to each other, an amount of elastic yarns for the other course is set smaller than that for the one course so that the elastic yarn knitted into the other course is stretched by a resilience of the elastic yarn knitted into the one course contracting from a stretched state when being knitted. When making a power-enhanced knit fabric, elastic yarns are knitted under tension, so as to generate a difference in amounts of stretch of the elastic yarns during knitting, thereby producing a difference between repulsive forces of the elastic yarns for each pair of adjacent courses. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292130 | UNDER-THREAD SUPPLY DEVICE FOR SEWING MACHINE - The present invention relates to an under-thread supply device for a sewing machine, and more particularly, to an enhanced under-thread supply device for a sewing machine, in which the device of the present invention and a unit for mounting said device are just partially changed so as to increase the winding amount of the under-thread of conventional sewing machines in order to achieve improved efficiency of sewing and efficiently reduce the puckering of a work piece without causing changes in the basic structure of conventional sewing machines. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292131 | BACKING MATERIAL SHIFTER FOR TUFTING MACHINE - A backing material shift system for controlling movement of a backing material through a tufting machine includes spaced, first and second backing feed roll assemblies each carrying a series of reduced length backing feed rolls. The backing feed rolls are connected in series, with their opposite ends being supported by a series of roll stabilizing blocks. The backing feed roll assemblies are slidably supported along the frame of the tufting machine and are movable or shiftable across the tufting zone of the tufting machine in a direction transverse to the path of travel or feeding of the backing material through the tufting machine by operation of a backing material shifter. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292132 | HAND-HELD LAUNDRY TREATING APPARATUS - A hand-held laundry treating apparatus includes a portable body for storing wash water and contaminated water, supplying wash water according to positive pressure air supplied into the portable body, collecting contaminated water generated during washing of a laundry item using negative pressure air created during generation of the positive pressure air, and washing a localized portion of the laundry item while being in contact with the laundry item placed on a vertical plane or a horizontal plane, and a water tank separately mounted at the portable body for storing wash water to be supplied when washing the localized portion of the laundry item placed on the vertical plane or the horizontal plane and contaminated water generated after washing of the laundry item. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292133 | CLEANING APPARATUS - A cleaning apparatus adapted to clean at least one object is provided. The cleaning apparatus includes a chamber, a fixed assembly, a movable assembly and a driving unit. The chamber is adapted to receive a cleaning liquid. The fixed assembly is disposed within the chamber. The movable assembly is movably disposed on the fixed assembly. The object is adapted to be hanged on the fixed assembly or the movable assembly. The driving unit is connected to the movable assembly and adapted to drive the movable assembly to perform a reciprocating motion along a first direction, so that the object is clapped by the fixed assembly and the movable assembly. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292134 | OVERNIGHT CYCLE FOR HORIZONTAL AXIS CLOTHES WASHER - A method and modified clothes washer provides for an overnight dry cycle. A standard washer is modified to draw air from external to the housing, direct the air into the tumbling drum, and remove the air with a blower to exhaust from the housing during an extended drying period overnight. By selecting this option, the consumer need not move the clothes from the washer to the dryer. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292135 | WASHING MACHINE - Disclosed is a washing machine having an improved structure of enabling laundry to be put into the washing machine without restraint, the washing machine including a cabinet forming an external appearance of the washing machine, and provided at a front side thereof with an inlet port, a tub provided in the cabinet and accommodating wash water, a drum rotatably provided in the tub, and a door installed at the cabinet to open and close the inlet port, wherein the door is provided with a subsidiary door that is freely open and closed independent of the door during a washing cycle. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292136 | WASHING MACHINE APPLIANCES AND METHODS FOR OPERATING THE SAME - Washing machine appliance and methods for operating washing machine appliances are provided. A method includes determining a load mass in a basket of the washing machine appliance, and flowing water into a tub until a predetermined tub water indicator level is met, wherein the basket is disposed in the tub. The method further includes estimating a first volume of water in the tub after the predetermined tub water indicator level is met, and determining a load type based on the load mass and the first volume of water. The method further includes flowing water into the tub until a secondary indicator level for the determined load mass is met if the determined load type is a low pressure indicator. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292137 | METHODS FOR DETERMINING LOAD MASS AND OPERATING WASHING MACHINE APPLIANCES - Methods for determining load mass and operating washing machine appliances are provided. A method for determining load mass includes initially activating a motor to spin a basket of the washing machine appliance, measuring at least one of current or voltage of the motor before or during the initially activating step, and calculating a motor ramp up time based on the at least one of current or voltage. The method further includes deactivating the motor after the motor ramp up time has expired, measuring a first motor coast down time, and calculating a motor velocity based on the first motor coast down time. The method further includes finally activating the motor to spin the basket, deactivating the motor after the motor velocity has been reached, measuring a second motor coast down time, and calculating a load mass in the basket based on the second motor coast down time. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292138 | WASHING MACHINE APPLIANCES AND METHODS FOR OPERATING THE SAME - Washing machine appliances and methods for operating washing machine appliances are provided. A method includes calculating a hot water fill time and a cold water fill time based on an assumed hot water temperature, an assumed cold water temperature, an assumed hot water flow rate, an assumed cold water flow rate, and a desired wash water temperature. The method further includes actuating a hot water valve to flow hot water for the hot water fill time, and actuating a cold water valve to flow cold water for the cold water fill time. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292139 | HAND-HELD LAUNDRY TREATING APPARATUS - A hand-held laundry treating apparatus includes a portable body formed in the shape of a bar having a predetermined length for washing a localized portion of a laundry item placed on a vertical plane or a horizontal plane while being in contact with the laundry item, and a water tank mounted at a middle part of the portable body at an angle to the portable body for supplying wash water to the portable body and, at the same time, for collecting and storing contaminated water generated from the localized portion of the laundry item according to a use state of the portable body when washing the localized portion of the laundry item placed on the vertical plane or the horizontal plane. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292140 | MACHINE ADAPTED TO CARRY OUT AT LEAST ONE LAUNDRY DRYING CYCLE - A machine adapted to carry out at least one laundry drying cycle. Such machine comprises a frame wherein a tub is mounted; a drum wherein laundry is placed, said drum being rotatably mounted within the tub and having at least one load opening; a door movable between a closed position and an open position; a drying system comprising: an intake channel for removing humid air from the tub; a delivery channel for supplying dry air into the drum; a drying apparatus interposed between the intake channel and the delivery channel for separating at least partially the air from the water contained therein obtaining dry air. The delivery channel is at least partially provided on the door. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292141 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GARMENT DE-WRINKLING - The present invention provides a system and method for garment de-wrinkling that includes enclosing the garment in a special-purpose garment de-wrinkling garment bag, spraying a garment with a de-wrinkling solution; hanging the garment in the garment bag and hanging the garment in the garment bag from a support; connecting the air-output end of a hair-dryer machine to the second end of the garment bag; blowing warmed air from the hair-dryer machine into the garment bag to de-wrinkle the garment; and removing the de-wrinkled garment from the garment bag | 2015-10-15 |