44th week of 2021 patent applcation highlights part 16 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20210339217 | Articles of Manufacture with Polyurea Capsules Cross-linked with Chitosan - Novel articles of manufacture are described based on a combination of an adjunct material and microcapsules made by an improved process. The improved microcapsules are chitosan urea and encapsulate a benefit agent. The process comprises combining an adjunct material formed of microcapsules formed by a water phase comprising hydrolyzing chitosan in an acidic medium at a pH of 6.5 or less for an extended period and combining with a polyisocyanate. The reaction product of the hydrolyzed chitosan and polyisocyanate yields a microcapsule having improved release characteristics, with enhanced degradation characteristics in OECD test method 301B. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339218 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATMENT OF PLANTS FOR SYNTHESIS OF COMPOUNDS THEREFROM - Systems and methods for the treatment of plants, including decarboxylation, photo-oxidation, oxidation and/or combinations thereof, of | 2021-11-04 |
20210339219 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR NUCLEIC ACIDS SYNTHESIS - Methods and apparatus relate to the synthesis of polynucleotides having a predefined sequence on a support. Assembly methods include primer extension to generate overlapping construction oligonucleotides and assembly of the polynucleotides of interest onto an anchor support-bound oligonucleotides. Methods and apparatus for selection of polynucleotides having the predefined sequence and/or length are disclosed. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339220 | Photocatalytic Reactor System - The present disclosure relates generally to reactor systems that include (a) a housing having an interior surface that may be at least partially reflective, (b) at least one reactor cell disposed within an interior of the housing, the at least one reactor cell including an enclosure and a plasmonic photocatalyst on a catalyst support disposed within the at least one enclosure, where the enclosure is optically transparent and includes at least one inlet for a reactant to enter the at least one cell and at least one outlet for a reformate to exit the at least one cell and (c) at least one light source disposed within the interior of the housing and/or external to the housing. At least one light-management feature and/or at least one thermal-management feature is applied to the reactor cell, reactor system, or a reformer system comprising many reactor systems, in order to improve efficiency. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339221 | Method and Device for Treating Solid-Fluid Mixtures - A laminar stream reactor for the production of hydrochar of a solid-fluid mixture of water and a carbon-containing component, wherein the solid-fluid mixture is treated at a temperature of 100-300 degree ° C. and a pressure of 5-70 bar, consists of tubular reactor units of largely vertical holding sections ( | 2021-11-04 |
20210339222 | SELENIUM NANOMATERIALS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME - Articles including a solid porous material having a selenium nanomaterial bound to a surface of and within the solid porous material. The article may be a include no polymeric stabilizer or proteinaceous stabilizer. The solid porous material may be a sponge, a film, a fabric, a non-woven material, or a metal-organic framework (MOF), or a combination thereof. The article may be produced by treating a solid porous material with an aqueous selenous acid solution and heating the solid porous material to form the selenium nanomaterial on the surface of and within the solid porous material. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339223 | COMPOSITE HYDROGELS FOR ADSORPTION OF ORGANIC ACID ANIONS & METAL IONS FROM LEAN MDEA - Various hydrogels are described which are useful for the regeneration of methyldiethanolamine which is used to scrub H | 2021-11-04 |
20210339224 | SUPPORTED METAL CATALYST AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A support powder can improve cell performance under high humidity environment. A support and metal catalyst, including: a support powder; and metal fine particles supported on the support powder; wherein: the support powder is an aggregate of support fine particles; the support fine particles are fine particles of oxide compound and has a chained portion structured by a plurality of crystallites being fusion bonded to form a chain; the crystallites have a size of 10 to 30 nm; the support powder has a void; the void includes a secondary pore having a pore diameter of more than 25 nm and 80 nm or less determined by BJH method; and a volume of the secondary pore per unit volume of the support fine particles structuring the support powder is 0.313 cm | 2021-11-04 |
20210339225 | MIXED OXIDE COMPOSITE COMPRISING CALCIUM OXIDE AND TRICALCIUM ALUMINATE - The invention relates to a composite oxide comprising CaO stabilised by Ca | 2021-11-04 |
20210339226 | CATALYST, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING 1,3-BUTADIENE USING SAME - The present invention provides a catalyst comprising at least one first metal selected from the group consisting of Groups 3 to 6 of the periodic table, wherein an amount of Bronsted acid sites of the catalyst is 1.8 μmol/g or less. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339227 | VANADIUM OXIDE SUPPORTED CATALYST FOR ALKANE DEHYDROGENATION - A catalyst for non-oxidative dehydrogenation of alkanes and a method for making and using the same is disclosed. The catalyst can include vanadium oxide derived from vanadyl oxalate. More particularly the catalyst is prepared by a method comprising the steps of: (a) contacting a transition alumina support with an aqueous solution comprising a vanadium carboxylate material solubilized therein; (b) heating the contacted alumina support to remove the water and produce a catalyst precursor material in solid form; and (c) heating the solid catalyst precursor material in the presence of an oxidizing source at a temperature of 500 to 800° C. to produce an alumina supported catalytic material comprising vanadium oxide. The catalyst can be further modified with an alkali metal oxide like potassium oxide, the precursor thereof being introduced with the impregnation solution. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339228 | A THREE-WAY CONVERSION CATALYST IN GASOLINE-NATURAL GAS APPLICATIONS - The disclosure relates to a three-way conversion catalyst for the treatment of an exhaust gas comprising nitrogen monoxide, carbon monoxide, and hydrocarbon, wherein the catalyst comprises: (i) a substrate; (ii) a first coating comprising rhodium supported on a first oxidic component; (iii) a second coating comprising palladium supported on a non-zeolitic oxidic material, wherein the non-zeolitic oxidic material comprises manganese and a second oxidic component, wherein the second coating consists of 0 weight-% to 0.001 weight-% of platinum; wherein the first coating is disposed on the substrate over x % of the axial length, with x ranging from 80 to 100; wherein the second coating extends over y % of the axial length from the inlet end to the outlet end and is disposed on the first coating, with y ranging from 20 to x. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339229 | CATALYST SUPPORT - A packing member for use in a packed bed, preferably a support for use as a catalyst support in a packed bed reactor. The packing member includes ceramic material and has a geometric surface area per volume of ≥0.7 cm | 2021-11-04 |
20210339230 | CATALYSTS COMPRISING SILICON MODIFIED NICKEL - Nickel-based catalysts comprising silicon modified nickel (nickel silicate) are provided, as are methods for using the catalysts to i) convert methane to CO and H | 2021-11-04 |
20210339231 | CATALYST FOR CHEMICAL LOOPING COMBUSTION - A catalyst for use in chemical looping combustion is provided. The catalyst includes a mixture of metal oxides dispersed on a ceramic support. The mixture of metal oxides forms a nickel tungsten oxide (NiWO | 2021-11-04 |
20210339232 | TETRAMETALLIC BULK HYDROPROCESSING CATALYSTS - Bulk catalysts comprised of nickel, molybdenum, tungsten and titanium and methods for synthesizing bulk catalysts are provided. The catalysts are useful for hydroprocessing, particularly hydrodesulfurization and hydrodenitrogenation, of hydrocarbon feedstocks. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339233 | METHOD OF MAKING SSZ-13 ZEOLITES WITH HIGH ACIDITY AND LOW SILICA TO ALUMINA RATIO (SAR) - A method of forming an SSZ-13 zeolite in a hydrothermal synthesis yields an SSZ-13 zeolite that exhibits a silica to alumina (SiO | 2021-11-04 |
20210339234 | METHOD - The present disclosure relates to a method for forming a catalyst article comprising: (a) forming a plastic mixture having a solids content of greater than 50% by weight by mixing together a crystalline small pore or medium pore molecular sieve in an H | 2021-11-04 |
20210339235 | AN ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND FOR HYDROCARBON CRACKING - The instant disclosure provides an organometallic compound of Formula I: | 2021-11-04 |
20210339236 | SYSTEM FOR IONIC LIQUID CATALYST REGENERATION - Systems, reactors, and processes for regenerating ionic liquid using catalyst. A plurality of tubular reactors are provided having a first end and a second end and catalyst particles disposed in the tubular reactor between the first end and the second end. A line supplies separated ionic liquid catalyst to the first end of the tubular reactor. Hydrogen is also supplied. Regenerated ionic liquid catalyst is recovered from the second end of the tubular reactor. The inner surface of the tubular reactor is preferably non-corrosive or non-reactive. A fluoropolymer lining may be used. The tubular reactors are modular, and may be changed out with the catalyst inside when the catalyst are to be replaced. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339237 | METHOD FOR COATING POROUS CATALYST SUPPORT AND DEVICE THEREFOR - A method for coating a monolithic porous catalyst support having a plurality of channels formed in a longitudinal direction with a catalyst slurry, and a device therefor are proposed. A pressure dispersion coating device for a porous catalyst support includes: a slurry quantitative input means; a container being variable in volume, having an open upper part thereof into which a slurry is input by the slurry quantitative input means, and having a bottom thereof movable; a container moving means fastened to one side of the container; a moving means fastened to a lower part of the container and having a shaft connected to the bottom of the container; an overflow outlet being formed on a side part of the container and provided with a valve; and a pressurizing means disposed on the open upper part of the container. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339238 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CATALYSIS REACTANT HAVING HIGH EFFICIENCY CATALYSIS FOR THERMAL REACTION - A method for manufacturing a catalysis reactant having high efficiency catalysis for thermal reaction primarily includes: preparing a three-dimensional catalysis carrier; preparing at least one aqueous-phase nanometer metallic particle solution; soaking the catalysis carrier in a methanol solution containing a silane group compound and removing and subjecting the catalysis carrier to drying and freezing for surface modification; soaking the catalysis carrier in the aqueous-phase nanometer metallic particle solution and removing and subjecting the catalysis carrier to blow-drying to have the surface of the catalysis carrier combined with a first layer of nanometer metallic particles; soaking the catalysis carrier in a methanol solution containing 1,12-dodecaneamino to carry out surface modification and removing and subjecting the catalysis carrier to drying, followed by soaking in the aqueous-phase nanometer metallic particle solution and then blow-drying to have the surface of the catalysis carrier further combined with a second layer of nanometer metallic particles. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339239 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING OXIDE CATALYST AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING UNSATURATED NITRILE - The present invention relates to a method for producing an oxide catalyst containing Mo, V, Sb, and Nb, the method including a raw material preparation step of obtaining an aqueous mixed liquid containing Mo, V, Sb, and Nb, an aging step of subjecting the aqueous mixed liquid to aging at more than 30° C., a drying step of drying the aqueous mixed liquid, thereby obtaining a dried powder, and a calcination step of calcining the dried powder, thereby obtaining the oxide catalyst, and a method for producing an unsaturated nitrile or an unsaturated acid by using the catalyst. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339240 | ADD-ON DEVICE FOR ATTACHMENT ON A MICROPIPETTE - An add-on device for attachment to a micropipette for determining the rotational movement and longitudinal displacement of a micropipette plunger for digitization, communication and quantification of pipetting actions. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339241 | HOUSING FOR A TEST STRIPE - A test device ( | 2021-11-04 |
20210339242 | MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE WITH EMBEDDED CELL CULTURE CHAMBERS FOR HIGH THROUGHPUT BIOLOGICAL ASSAYS - Microfluidic gradient generators that can create robust platforms that can not only be used for creating co-cultures of cells with various ratios, but also can simultaneously generate gradients of mechanical and chemical stresses. A chip utilizes microchambers embedded within channels to provide space for 3D cell culture and exposes these cells to gradients of mechanical shear stress and a chemical treatment. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339243 | ASSAY MODULES HAVING ASSAY REAGENTS AND METHODS OF MAKING USING SAME - We describe assay modules (e.g., assay plates, cartridges, multi-well assay plates, reaction vessels, etc.), processes for their preparation, and method of their use for conducting assays. Reagents may be present in free form or supported on solid phases including the surfaces of compartments (e.g., chambers, channels, flow cells, wells, etc.) in the assay modules or the surface of colloids, beads, or other particulate supports. In particular, dry reagents can be incorporated into the compartments of these assay modules and reconstituted prior to their use in accordance with the assay methods. A desiccant material may be used to maintain and stabilize these reagents in a dry state. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339244 | MICROCHIP HIGH DENSITY HANGING DROP THREE-DIMENSION CULTURE PLATFORM - Provided are methods and related devices for preparing a cell and tissue culture, including a hanging drop culture. Microwells are specially loaded with cell mixtures using a removable reservoir and forcing cells into the underlying microwells. The removable reservoir is removed and the cells partitioned into the individual microwells and covered by an immiscible layer of fluid. The microwells and immiscible layer is inverted and the cells in the microwells cultured. The microwells may have shape-controlling elements to control the three-dimensional shape of the culture. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339245 | SAMPLE CONTAINER WITH INTEGRATED INTERNAL REFLECTION ELEMENT - A sample container ( | 2021-11-04 |
20210339246 | ULTRAFAST PARTICLE SORTING - Described are platforms, systems, media, and methods for maintaining a database of items associated with one or more skill requirements and a visit duration; maintaining a database of experts associated with one or more skill proficiencies, a location, and a schedule; receiving a request from a consumer for delivery by an expert of one or more items in the database to a consumer address; identifying experts in the database having skill proficiencies matching the skill requirements of the one or more items and available in a timeslot for the visit duration of the one or more items; presenting timeslots for which one or more experts are identified to the consumer and allowing the consumer to select a timeslot; and selecting an expert from among the identified experts in the selected timeslot based on shortest travel time; provided that utilization of the selected expert exceeds a predetermined utilization threshold. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339247 | METHODS, TOOLS, AND TOOL ASSEMBLIES FOR BIOMOLECULAR ANALYSIS USING MICROARRAYS - Disclosed herein are methods, tools, pillar plates, and tool assemblies for biomolecular analysis using microarrays that reduces the likelihood of air bubbles being trapped by the microarrays. Embodiments of the tools include two clamps that have a tool mount portion and a grasping portion. The tool mount portion is configured to engage a lifting mechanism of a plate handling robot for moving a pillar plate that include microarrays. The grasping portion is configured to freely suspend the pillar plate at an inclination of a non-zero tilt angle relative to a plane normal to the tool mount portion. Embodiments of pillar plates include two protruding edges on opposite sides of the pillar plate and a plurality of pillars with one or more affixed microarrays. Embodiments of the tool assembly include the tool and the pillar plate, wherein the protruding edges are configured to engage with the grasping portions. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339248 | INTEGRATED MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEM FOR DROPLET GENERATION, NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION, AND DETECTION - Disclosed herein are microfluidic devices and systems for amplifying and detecting a target polynucleotide, comprising: one or more wells for receiving one or more substrates; a droplet generation channel in fluid communication with the one or more wells, wherein the microfluidic channel is adapted to generate droplets; and a chamber in fluid communication with the droplet generation channel, and adapted to collect droplets generated by the droplet generation channel, and further adapted to perform nucleic acid amplification in droplets, and further adapted to detect light signal from droplets. Also disclosed are methods of using the same. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339249 | MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE WITH PROGRAMMABLE SWITCHING ELEMENTS - Microfluidic devices having a circuit substrate with a control unit, a switching mechanism associated with a dielectrophoresis (DEP) electrode, and a memory unit are described. Switching instructions may be received, stored, and retrieved by the control unit and used to control the DEP electrode via the switching mechanism. Systems comprising the described microfluidic devices and methods of controlling the described microfluidic devices are included herein. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339250 | CENTRIFUGAL MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEM - A centrifugal microfluidic system. The centrifugal microfluidic system includes a top layer, a bottom layer, and a middle layer. The middle layer may include an inlet chamber, a radial guide channel, a moveable magnet, a first connecting channel, a sealing beam, a target chamber, a second connecting channel, and a first stationary magnet. When the middle layer rotates around the center of the middle layer with a speed less than a threshold rotational speed, the fluid sample is prevented from flowing to the target chamber from the inlet chamber. When the middle layer rotates around the center of the middle layer with a speed greater than the threshold rotational speed, the fluid sample is allowed to flow to the target chamber from the inlet chamber through the first connecting channel and the second connecting channel. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339251 | MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE MICROFLUIDIC STRUCTURE AND ANALYSIS METHOD OF SAMPLE SUPPLIED THERETO - Disclosed are a microfluidic device and a sample analysis apparatus using the microfluidic device. According to an exemplary embodiment, there is provided microfluidic device including: a rotating body; and at least one microfluidic structure disposed at a predetermined interval in the rotating body, wherein the microfluidic structure includes a pretreatment unit which shares a solution injected through a solution injected through a solution inlet with another adjacent microfluidic structure through a sharing channel and performs a pretreating process for a sample injected through a sample inlet and the solution; a storage unit which is located outside the pretreatment unit in a radial direction in the rotating body and separately stores the sample and solution pretreated by the pretreatment unit based on a rotational direction of the rotating body; and a detection unit which distributes a target material in the pretreated sample from the storage unit and performs the detection on the distributed target material. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339252 | Microfluidic Delivery Method Utilizing An Electric Field - A method and device for transfecting a cell to introduce an exogenous material into the cell. The method includes exposing the cell to a region of unsteady flow in the presence of an electric field to encourage introduction of the exogenous material into a cell without lysing the cell. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339253 | Systems and Methods for Determining Probative Samples and Isolation and Quantitation of Cells - Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a magnetic bead platform for isolating sperm cells from biological samples. In some embodiments, such magnetic bead platforms integrate recognition reagents to its surface to bind target cells, such as sperm cells. Such embodiments provide the ability to at least one of rapidly isolate and quantitate sperm cells from biological samples as occur in sexual assault evidence, for example, thereby enhancing identification of suspects in these cases and contributing to the safety of society. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339254 | MICROFLUIDIC DETECTION CIRCUIT AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, AND MICROFLUIDIC APPARATUS - A microfluidic circuit includes a detection capacitor, having a first terminal and a second terminal that are spaced apart from one another to thereby form a space therebetween. The circuit is configured to detect a droplet present in the space by detecting a change of a capacitance value of the detection capacitor caused by a change of a dielectric constant between the first terminal and the second terminal, and to drive a formation of an electrical field formed using at least one of the first terminal and the second terminal of the detection capacitor to thereby drive the droplet to move in the electrical field. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339255 | MICROFLUIDIC SUBSTRATE, MICROFLUIDIC CHIP AND DETECTION METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure provides a microfluidic substrate, a microfluidic chip and a detection method. The microfluidic substrate according to the present disclosure includes a first substrate, and a plurality of droplet detecting elements on the first substrate and in an array. Each of the plurality of droplet detecting elements includes an ultrasonic conversion device and a voltage detecting element, the ultrasonic conversion device is configured to generate ultrasonic wave according to a first electric signal, receive a reflected ultrasonic wave, and convert the reflected ultrasonic wave into a second electric signal; and the voltage detecting element is configured to detect the second electric signal and determine whether a droplet exists at a position where the droplet detecting element is located based on the second electric signal. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339256 | BIOCHEMICAL CARTRIDGE AND BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS DEVICE - To enable taking in a biological sample at a position a predetermined distance away from an EWOD electrode, a biochemical cartridge, including a droplet passage on which a plurality of EWOD electrodes is arranged along a direction in which a sample droplet that is a droplet including a biological sample is transported, the plurality of EWOD electrodes configured to transport the sample droplet, and a sample take-in unit having a predetermined distance from an EWOD electrode at a tail end of the droplet passage, the sample take-in unit being provided at a position at which the biological sample in the sample droplet is taken in. When the biological sample is taken in, the sample take-in unit is located at a position lower than the droplet passage having the EWOD electrode at the tail end, and an area between the droplet passage and the sample take-in unit is smoothly connected. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339257 | UNIFORM FLUID FILM COOLING DEVICE - The present disclosure relates to devices and methods for rapidly and uniformly cooling thermal cycling systems comprising selectively heating or cooling a thermal boundary layer at the edge of a bulk fluid flow. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339258 | HOLDER FOR A MICROFLUIDIC CHIP - A microfluidic chip and holder assembly includes a base having a seat and at least a first fluid channel that extends through the base. The first fluid channel has an inlet that is spaced from the seat for connection to a fluid supply and an outlet that is in the seat. A microfluidic chip is received by the seat, and the microfluidic chip has a fluid pathway. A cover is mounted over the microfluidic chip to sandwich the microfluidic chip between the cover and the base. The cover bears against the microfluidic chip to force the microfluidic chip to bear against the base and form a sealed connection between the outlet of the fluid channel and the fluid pathway of the microfluidic chip. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339259 | PIPETTE TIP RACK ASSEMBLIES - Provided herein are pipette tip rack assemblies in which a plurality of pipette tip racks are contained within a transparent or translucent non-porous container. Also provided are methods for using and manufacturing pipette tip rack assemblies described herein. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339260 | SLAG CRUSHER, GASIFIER, INTEGRATED GASIFICATION COMBINED CYCLE, AND ASSEMBLY METHOD OF SLAG CRUSHER - Provided are a slag crusher, a gasifier, an integrated gasification combined cycle, and an assembly method of a slag crusher that can ensure the strength of a guide rod. The slag crusher includes: a porous member screen; a spreader that is reciprocated in a predetermined direction along a top surface of the screen and crushes the slag accumulated on the screen; and a guide rod having an axis line along the predetermined direction, is connected to the spreader, and restricts a moving direction of the spreader, the guide rod has a spreader-side member connected to the spreader and a shaft member connected to the spreader-side member, the spreader-side member and the shaft member are connected by butt welding in the axis line direction, and the spreader-side member and the shaft member have the same shape of cross sections orthogonal to the axis line direction at a butt welding position. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339261 | PULVERIZER SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PULVERIZING MATERIAL - A pulverizer for reducing a size of input material particles having a housing, a rotatable shaft with rotor arms and at least one airflow deflector cooperating with the rotor arms to deflect airflow within the pulverizer so as to form at least two overlapping vortices within the interior chamber such that input material particles in suspension in both overlapping vortices collide with each other to be thereby pulverized. The pulverizer also having a housing liner including a plurality of housing liner portions attached to and extending along a outer structural wall of the housing. The pulverizer also having a housing sidewall having an outer structural wall with a plurality of wall sections. The pulverizer also having canted rotor arms and rotor arms with removable wear pads. An anti-caking device for a vessel such as a pulverizer is also provided. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339262 | GRANULATOR MILL - Granulator mill ( | 2021-11-04 |
20210339263 | AN INTEGRATED SEPARATOR SYSTEM & PROCESS FOR PRECONCENTRATION AND PRETREATMENT OF A MATERIAL - The invention provides an integrated separator system for the preconcentration of a material comprising one or more grizzly bars and one or more electrodes which provide a high voltage pulse (HVP) discharge to the material. The invention also provides a process for preconcentration of a material preferably a mineral within a rock which comprises: providing the material into an integrated separator system comprising one or more grizzly bars and one or more electrodes which are capable of providing at least one high voltage pulse discharge(s) to the material; applying one or more high voltage pulse discharge(s) to the material as the material is travelling along the grizzly bar(s) to preferentially disintegrate the particles containing mineral grains of high conductivity/permittivity; separating the disintegrated particles by way of the grizzly bar(s) resulting in the separation of the feed material into low grade (oversize) and high grade (undersize) products; and wherein the disintegrated particles from step b) pass through a screening element for further treatment. The present invention also relates to a process for comminution of a material. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339264 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WET OR DRY PROCESSING OF PLANT MATERIAL - An apparatus, method and system for wet or dry processing of plant material is provided. The apparatus has an enclosure attached to a frame. The apparatus includes: (a) a cylindrical rotatable drum for receiving the plant material, the rotatable drum having a plurality of slots; (b) a cutting module for cutting portions of the plant material that pass through one or more said slots; and (c) a plurality of nozzles for ejecting a liquid within the enclosure. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339265 | SEPARATION OF FERROUS MATERIALS - A sorting apparatus is provided for sorting selected magnetically attractable articles from non-selected magnetically attractable articles in a stream of articles. A sensor generates sensor signals representative of a property associated with a selected class of magnetically attractable articles. A separator device includes an array of magnets. A controller receives sensor signals from the sensor, identifies a location within the stream of articles of a selected magnetically attractable article, and selectively activates one or more magnets of the array of magnets and thereby magnetically attracts the selected magnetically attractable article from a first trajectory into a second trajectory while allowing non-selected magnetically attractable articles to continue along the first trajectory. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339266 | Magnetic Systems And Methods For Oxygen Separation And Purification From Fluids - Magnetic systems and methods for oxygen separation and purification from fluids utilizing the paramagnetic properties of oxygen. A magnetic field gradient is established in a tube having a first end in flow communication with a source of a fluid containing oxygen. The fluid is flowed through the tube. The magnetic field gradient causes oxygen to be enriched in the fluid on a first interior side of the tube as compared to a second interior side of the tube. For a fluid like air having oxygen, a paramagnetic substance, and other, e.g., diamagnetic, components like nitrogen, argon, carbon dioxide and water vapor, the technology of the disclosure effectively separates oxygen molecules from the other components in magnetic field gradients of sufficient magnitude. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339267 | SEPARATION OF FERROUS MATERIALS - A sorting apparatus is provided for sorting selected magnetically attractable articles from a stream of articles including non-selected magnetically attractable articles. The apparatus may include a conveyor for conveying the stream of articles. The conveyor may include a conveyor belt formed in an endless loop including a discharge end configured to launch the stream of articles off the conveyor. A conveyor guide may be located inside of the endless loop adjacent the discharge end. The conveyor guide may be configured to support the conveyor belt such that the conveyor belt slides on the conveyor guide along a downwardly curved path. An array of magnets may be arranged inside of the endless loop for interacting with the stream of articles as the stream of articles passes off the discharge end. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339268 | TEMPERATURE-CONTROLLED TRAMP METAL SEPARATION ASSEMBLY - A temperature-controlled tramp metal separation assembly includes a core rod and a magnetic set. The core rod is made of non-magnetic materials and includes a chamber, a first end with an air inlet, and a second end with an air outlet. The magnetic set includes a plurality of magnetic members and a plurality of spacers respectively disposed between the two adjacent magnetic members. The magnetic set is nested in the chamber in a way that an air path is formed therein so that an external cooling air flow can be introduced from the air inlet, and then discharged from the air outlet via the air path. Thus, the operating temperature of the tramp metal separating process can be maintained at an acceptable level, preventing the magnetic force of the magnet set from being reduced. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339269 | PERSONAL PROTECTIVE APPARATUS WITH MESH SHIELD - A personal protective apparatus, having a wearable support member and a mesh shield securable thereto. The mesh shield may include first and second air-permeable conductive layers secured to the wearable support member and a first air-permeable non-conductive layer received between the first and second air-permeable conductive layers to separate them, and a portable power supply coupled to the mesh shield with a negative high voltage lead to the first air-permeable conductive layer and a positive high voltage lead to the second air-permeable conductive layer. The mesh shield may be a flexible mesh shield, and include at least one air-permeable layer secured at a first layer upper end to the wearable support member to hang from the wearable support member, the at least one air-permeable layer including at least one of an anti-virus material and an anti-microbial material. A fibrous filter layer may overlay an outer surface of the mesh shield. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339270 | APPARATUS FOR RECLAIMING HYDRAULIC AND DIELECTRIC FLUIDS - The invention relates to devices for purifying hydraulic and dielectric fluids (oils and fuels) of mechanical impurities and dissolved and dispersed water. It could be used in any fields where clean and contaminated fluids are used. The apparatus for reclaiming hydraulic and dielectric fluids comprises a vacuum tank with an atomizer, a vacuum pump, a dielectric fluid feed pump and dielectric fluid removal pump, all of said pumps being connected to the tank by pipes, and an electric filter, wherein the atomizer is disposed in the lower part of the vacuum tank, is arranged vertically with a spray member oriented upward and consists of a T fitting with a lower inlet for fluid and with a lateral inlet for air, a mixing chamber disposed above the T fitting, and a spray member with a nozzle, said spray member being disposed above the mixing chamber, and the electric filter comprises a housing with an inlet pipe and outlet pipe, a high-voltage power supply, a composite unit disposed inside the housing and consisting of current-carrying plates and dielectric spacers with apertures for current-carrying and heavy-duty fastening elements, a front plug and rear plug, and is current-carrying and heavy-duty fastening elements, wherein the surface of the current-carrying plates is provided with a porous ceramic dielectric coating. The technical result is increasing the efficiency of purifying and reclaiming dielectric fluids; increasing the useful volume of the vacuum tank without increasing the dimensions thereof; reducing the dispersivity of the fluid sprayed from the atomizer; simplifying the design; stabilizing the electromagnetic field of the electric filter; increasing the surface area of the electric filter by creating a developed surface of current-carrying filter elements without changing filter size and mass; improving reliability and ease of use; and reducing materials consumption. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339271 | NOZZLE DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR SORTING OBJECTS - A nozzle device for sorting objects by ejecting a gaseous media towards said object. The nozzle device nozzle device including: a nozzle unit including at least one nozzle; a nozzle bar including gas supply means for providing a gaseous media to said nozzle unit; and a nozzle fixation bracket adapted for holding said nozzle unit in place; said at least one nozzle including: an inlet for receiving the gaseous media; and having one outlet, having an outlet area, for ejecting the gaseous media towards an object to be sorted; a channel extending between said inlet and said outlet; an outlet portion surrounding at least said outlet, wherein said outlet portion includes a flexible material, which deflects upon ejection of the gaseous media, received from said nozzle bar, through said outlet whereby said outlet area increases. Also, a system for sorting objects. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339272 | PULSED SPRAYBAR INJECTOR - A spray bar injector including a spray bar defining a longitudinal axis and including a fluid inlet and a plurality of spray outlet orifices spaced apart longitudinally in a direction along the longitudinal axis. A check or spray valve is operatively connected to each spray outlet orifice. A master valve is in fluid communication with the fluid inlet, operatively connected to divert flow from the fluid inlet into a first passage and block flow into a second passage in a first position to open the check valves and issue a spray from the spray outlet orifices, and to divert flow from the fluid inlet into the second passage and block flow into the first passage in a second position to close the check valves and block issue of spray from the spray outlet orifices. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339273 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPRAYING HOT-MELT ADHESIVE ONTO GLUED SURFACES | 2021-11-04 |
20210339274 | TUBULAR HOLDER - The present disclosure is directed to a holder. The holder includes a package including a containment portion and a separable portion, wherein the containment portion is separated from the separable portion by perforations, and a sheet within the package, the sheet including a first surface and a second surface, the second surface opposed to the first surface, the first surface operably attached to the separable portion, the sheet configured to extend a distance along an interior of the containment portion, wherein at least a portion of the first surface of the sheet contacts the interior surface of the containment portion, and wherein a liquid composition contacts a second surface of the sheet. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339275 | DISPENSER - A spray dispenser is provided, the spray dispenser comprising a container for holding a liquid to be dispensed and a dispensing assembly for extracting liquid from said container, the dispensing assembly comprising a pressure-relief valve for release of excessive pressure in the container and a filter arranged to permit egress of gas through the filter, inhibit egress of liquid from the container and to inhibit ingress of contaminants into the container through the pressure relief valve. A dispensing assembly for use is a spray dispenser is also provided. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339276 | System and Method for Liquid Dispense and Coverage Control - Light can be used to monitor coating a liquid on a substrate. By directing the light to a spot on the substrate, when the liquid passes through the spot, some light will be reflected, while some light will be scattered. Monitoring this behavior can indicate whether a substrate has been successfully coated with the liquid, as well as identifying defects. Further, coating times can be monitored to make process adjustments. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339277 | FLUID SPRAYING FACILITY AND METHOD FOR MOVING AN ASSOCIATED FLUID - A fluid spraying facility including a fluid circulation pipe and a scraper that can circulate in the pipe in order to push back the fluid present in the pipe as it moves forward, the pipe and the scraper each having a circular section, the pipe having an inner diameter, the scraper having an outer diameter, the outer diameter having a first value. A difference between the inner diameter of the pipe and the first outer diameter value of the scraper is greater than or equal to 100 micrometers, preferably greater than or equal to 200 micrometers. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339278 | COMPOSITE ULTRASONIC MATERIAL APPLICATORS WITH INDIVIDUALLY ADDRESSABLE MICRO-APPLICATORS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - A material applicator for controlling application of at least one material on a substrate includes a housing and an array plate with an applicator array positioned within the housing. The applicator array has a plurality of micro-applicators and each of the plurality of micro-applicators has an ultrasonic transducer, a material inlet, a reservoir, and a micro-applicator plate with a plurality of apertures. The applicator plate is in mechanical communication with the ultrasonic transducer such that at least one material is ejected through the plurality of apertures as atomized droplets when the ultrasonic transducer vibrates the micro-applicator plate. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339279 | SLIP RESISTANT PROTECTIVE COATING FOR SINGLE-PLY MEMBRANES - A method of manufacturing a roofing membrane includes providing a waterproof membrane having a top major surface and applying a protective coating directly to the top major surface of the waterproof membrane without the use of an adhesive. The protective coating is configured to be removed from the top major surface. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339280 | SILACYCLIC COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR DEPOSITING SILICON-CONTAINING FILMS USING SAME - A method and composition for producing a porous low k dielectric film via chemical vapor deposition includes the steps of: providing a substrate within a reaction chamber; introducing into the reaction chamber gaseous reagents including at least one structure-forming precursor comprising an silacyclic compound, and with or without a porogen; applying energy to the gaseous reagents in the reaction chamber to induce reaction of the gaseous reagents to deposit a preliminary film on the substrate, wherein the preliminary film contains the porogen, and the preliminary film is deposited; and removing from the preliminary film at least a portion of the porogen contained therein and provide the film with pores and a dielectric constant of 3.0 or less. In certain embodiments, the structure-forming precursor further comprises a hardening additive. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339281 | TACTILE ACTUATOR AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - According to one embodiment, a tactile actuator can comprise: a housing having an accommodation space therein; a cap covering at least a portion of the accommodation space; a vibration unit disposed inside the accommodation space; an elastic member for connecting the housing and the vibration unit such that the vibration unit can vibrate with respect to the housing; a coil for forming a magnetic field to drive the vibration unit; and a control unit for determining any one driving mode on the basis of collected driving information from among a plurality of preset driving modes and determining, according to the driving mode, the characteristic of a current to be applied to the coil. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339282 | Gas Matrix Piezoelectric Ultrasound Array Transducer - A phased ultrasonic transducer and method for transmitting sound or ultrasound through a gaseous medium into a solid spectrum with ultrasound beam steering and focusing. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339283 | HIGH-EFFICIENCY WATER-SAVING SEPARATION SCREEN FOR STARCH SLURRY AND RESIDUE AND SEPARATION METHOD - The present disclosure relates to the technical field of food equipment design and processing, and provides a high-efficiency water-saving separation screen for starch slurry and residue which includes a horizontal screen drum, a screen mesh, a screw propelling extrusion rod, a rotation drive unit and a flushing spray pipe; one side of the horizontal screen drum is provided with a feeding inlet, and the other side of the horizontal screen drum is provided with a slurry outlet and a residue outlet; the screen mesh is in a cone shape, and the cross-sectional diameter of the screen mesh gradually decreases from the feeding inlet to the residue outlet; the screw propelling extrusion rod is arranged in the screen mesh and includes a screw propelling extrusion rod shaft and a screw blade; the rotation drive unit drives the screen mesh and the screw propelling extrusion rod to rotate in opposite directions; and the flushing spray pipe is used for flushing slurry and residue on the screen drum. The present disclosure further provides a separation method adopting the aforementioned separation screen. The synergistic effects of mechanical disturbance and hydraulic overflow washing and screening are simultaneously exerted by the screen, compared with traditional curved surface screens and high-speed centrifugal screens, the usage amount of clean water and the generation amount of wastewater can be reduced, and the concentration of obtained starch slurry is increased; and the moisture content of potato residue extruded and separated out by the screen is low, and thus subsequent utilization is facilitated. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339284 | APPARATUSES, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS FOR VIBRATORY SCREENING - Disclosed embodiments include a removable support structure for a vibratory screening machine. The removable support structure is a single structure including one or more of plastic, metal, and composite materials and may be configured to provide mechanical support to one or more screening assemblies of the vibratory screening machine. The removable support structure may further be configured to be removably fastened to the vibratory screening machine. The removable support structure may be a single thermoplastic injection molded piece or may be a single injection molded piece that includes nylon, carbon, and graphite. The removable support structure may have a concave shape that is configured to mechanically support a screening assembly held under compression or may have a convex shape that is configured to mechanically support a screening assembly held under tension. A disclosed wear protective covering, made of a flexible material, provides wear protection to the removable support structure. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339285 | SNAP IN SCREEN AND METHOD - A method of installing a vibratory shaker screen in a vibratory shaker, including placing a first end of the vibratory shaker screen in a retainer, wherein the retainer is one of attached and a component of the vibratory shaker; pivoting a second end of the vibratory shaker screen toward a screen installation position on the vibratory shaker, deflecting a tab on one of the vibratory shaker screen and the vibratory shaker through contact of the vibratory shaker screen to another retainer of the vibratory shaker, and connecting the vibratory shaker screen to the vibratory shaker, where the tab fixedly connects the vibratory shaker screen to the vibratory shaker. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339286 | Separation Apparatus and Method; Apparatus and Method for Bringing Articles in a Layer - A separation apparatus is disclosed, comprising: a layerizer arranged to bring a group of particles in a layer on a transport surface with a constant spatial relation of the particles relative to each other in the layer; an identifier arranged to identify particles in the group of particles that have a specific property; a separator arranged to separate the particles in the group based on a difference in affinity between the particles and the separator; an affinity modifier arranged to modify said affinity for identified particles relative to non-identified particles in the group. The layerizer comprises a recirculating transport surface on which the particles of the layer are carried. The transport surface is arranged to move along a transport trajectory as a rigid plane. Further, a method for separation of particles from a group of particles is disclosed. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339287 | HIERARCHICAL SEPARATING AND GRADING METHOD OF COAL GANGUE - The present disclosure provides a hierarchical separating and grading method of coal gangue, and belongs to the technical field of coal gangue treatment and resource utilization. According to differences in the composition and properties of coal gangue, especially differences in Hardgrove grindability index (HGI), the present disclosure performs hierarchical crushing and screening to separate coal gangue into coal, sand, stone and soil. The coal can be used as a fuel for a coal gangue power plant or as an ordinary fuel. The sand and stone can be used to prepare manufactured sand and stone. The soil can replace loess for filling or preparing a building material. Obviously, by separating coal gangue into different components through hierarchical separating and grading, the present disclosure can achieve all-components utilization and effective reduction of the coal gangue. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339288 | COMMINGLING PHYSICAL TRAY BOUNDARIES - A mail piece sortation system for maximizing a number of INTELLIGENT MAIL BARCODES (IMBs) encoded mail pieces that are postal-allowable within a mailing tray is described. The system utilizes the thickness of each mail piece, which is determined before placement of the mail piece into a mailing tray. A computer controller oversees the operation of the system and tracks the thickness of each mail piece for assembling each mailing tray with a maximum number of mail pieces based on the thickness determination to achieve a maximum allowable number of mail pieces within the mail tray. INTELLIGENT MAIL TRAY LABELS (IMTLs) are created by the system and attached by an operator to each mailing tray. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339289 | SMART RETURN RECEPTACLE - A return receptacle system which uses a detection system to guide the user to deposit items into the correct receptacle. The system detects the item to be deposited and provides guidance or instruction to properly deposit the item. In addition, or alternatively, the system allows access to only the appropriate receptacle opening. Additional detection systems and/or sensors may be provided to monitor or ensure only the appropriate items are deposited. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339290 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLEANING SOLAR PANELS - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a method for cleaning a wind turbine blade or a solar panel with a wind cinch device. The method includes applying a cleaning solution to a surface of a wind turbine blade or solar panel; affixing a wind cinch device around a high point of the wind turbine blade or solar panel; applying tension to one or more lines attached to the wind cinch device to control the pressure the wind cinch device applies to the surface of the wind turbine blade or solar panel; and applying tension to the one or more lines attached to the wind cinch device to pull the wind cinch device from the high point on the wind turbine blade or solar panel to a low point on the wind turbine blade or solar panel. Other embodiments of the present invention are directed to a Wind Cinch device. The Wind Cinch device includes a main body, the main body being an elongated member having a cleaning surface sufficient in length to form a loop around a wind turbine blade when wrapped around a wind turbine blade. The Wind Cinch device also includes a plurality of rigging points, each rigging point adapted to receive a line. Applying tension to one or more of the lines attached to the rigging points changes the circumference of the loop formed by wrapping the wind cinch device around the wind turbine blade. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339291 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR CLEANING EXERCISE MATS - Devices and methods for cleaning an exercise mat are disclosed herein. The device includes a housing and a first pair of rollers positioned within the housing. The first pair of rollers are configured to receive the exercise mat through an inlet slot of the housing and direct the exercise mat towards an outlet slot of the housing. The device also includes a first sprayer positioned downstream of the first pair of rollers. The first sprayer is configured to apply a first fluid to at least one of two opposed surfaces of the exercise mat. The device also includes a brush positioned downstream of the first sprayer. The brush impacts the exercise mat to remove contaminants from the exercise mat after the first sprayer has applied the first fluid. The device also includes an ultraviolet light source configured to direct ultraviolet light onto the two opposed surfaces to disinfect each. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339292 | PRESSURE-WASHING APPARATUS - The speed, effectiveness, and convenience with which pallets and other objects are cleaned can be increased by using a pressure power-washing apparatus described. The apparatus includes at least one pressure-washer that pumps liquid from a tank into rotary arms within a cleaning chamber, causing the rotation of the arms as the arms eject streams of the liquid pumped under a high pressure from angled nozzles. Conveyors carry an object in need of cleaning into the cleaning chamber, first exposing the object to the streams of the liquid, and then to a drying chamber. Guide rails positioned on the platform guide the object during cleaning, with the shape of one of the guide rails causing the object to fall off following the drying to remove excess liquid left on the object. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339293 | CAPTURE AND RECYCLING METHODS FOR NON-AQUEOUS CLEANING MATERIALS - Included are methods and systems for recycling a gas emitted from non-aqueous cleaning. An example method includes contacting a contaminated equipment with a non-aqueous cleaning material; wherein the spent non-aqueous cleaning material emits the gas. The method further comprises capturing the emitted gas, filtering the emitted gas, and recycling the emitted gas into the non-aqueous cleaning material. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339294 | Electrostatic Quadcopter Sanitation Device and Delivery System - An electrostatic cleaning device includes: a flying portion having a body, at least one power source, at least one extension extending from the body, defining a hollow interior, at least one propeller configured to generate lift for the electrostatic cleaning device located at an end of the at least one extension, and at least one electrical connection extending through the hollow interior, connecting the power source to the propeller. An associated spray system includes a tank mounted to the flying portion and configured to store a cleaning spray, at least one spray mechanism in fluid communication with the tank to discharge the cleaning spray, and at least one electrostatic generating unit configured to apply a voltage across a spray path of the cleaning spray, so that the spray is electrostatically charged. At least a portion of the at least one extension is coated or shielded by nanotube particles. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339295 | Parallel conveyor belts, direct wireless charging systems utilizing artificial intelligence and machine learning - This new application collects data from indoor and outdoor environments and with that data compiles databases, analyzes that data and finds relationships between pollutants, microbes, matter and diseases in humans, plants and animals. This new application is called the Artificial Intelligence Doctor. The application utilizes artificial intelligence, machine learning and parallel conveyor belts with imbedded microscope slides for the identification and analysis of microbes and matter. The application identifies microbes and matter using static electricity applied to microscope slides imbedded in conveyor belts using light microscopes, electron microscopes, polarized light microscopes, x ray machines, artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms. The easy transfer conveyor belt system utilizes migration of microbes and microbes from drones and robots for easier identification. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339296 | HOUSEHOLD ELECTRIC SANITIZING DEVICE AND METHOD - An electric sanitizing device and method for cleaning an item, the electric sanitizing device comprising: a lid having an ultraviolet lamp disposed above a transparent glass window, a spray nozzle, and a vent housing an activated carbon filter; a body attached below the lid, the body comprising a cleaning chamber having a contact tank, a dispersion stone and a water inlet, a retention plate, a filter plate sitting atop the retention plate, a basket sitting atop the filter plate, and a control panel; and an electronics compartment disposed below the body, the electronics compartment comprising an ozone generator having an air pump, a rotating motor adapted to rotate the basket, a water pump adapted to pump water to the spray nozzle, and a controller adapted to operate the ozone generator, the UV lamp, the rotating motor and the water pump according to a user's commands entered via the control panel. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339297 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT CLEANING BRUSH ASSEMBLY FOR USE WITH A BORESCOPE - A brush assembly for use with a borescope in cleaning a surgical instrument lumen. The brush assembly includes a shaft, a plurality of bristles or other cleaning materials, and at least one retention clip. The bristles or other cleaning materials extend from the shaft or other cleaning material. The retention clip is assembled to the shaft proximal the bristles. In some embodiments, the retention clip is permanently attached to the shaft. Regardless, the retention clip is configured for selective mounting to a borescope guide tube. Upon mounting to the borescope guide tube, the brush assembly can be deployed to clean a surgical instrument lumen, with the borescope providing a user with visual confirmation of cleaning effective by the bristles. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339298 | CLEAN HEAD, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USE IN CLEANING A FLUID CONDUIT - A communicator ( | 2021-11-04 |
20210339299 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USE WITHIN A TANK - In one example there is disclosed, an apparatus ( | 2021-11-04 |
20210339300 | ENCAPSULATED REACTANT AND PROCESS - An encapsulated reactant(s) having at least one encapsulant and at least one reactant, and methods of making and using the encapsulated reactant(s), are presently provided. An outermost encapsulant is substantially nonreacting, impermeable and nondissolving with water. The reactant(s) contribute to at least one reaction with contaminants in environmental media rendering the environmental media less harmful. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339301 | AUTOMOBILE DENT PULLER APPARATUS AND METHOD - A novel dent-puller assisting apparatus, system, and method are disclosed herein. The invention provides a stable anchor point for the attachment of a variety of mechanisms to be used in the process of straightening or repair of car body panels. The invention is designed to require a minimum number of parts and connections, be easy to install and operate, and have sufficient flexibility to accomplish the required ends. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339302 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A BENDING MACHINE - The invention relates to a method for producing a component by forming a workpiece ( | 2021-11-04 |
20210339303 | TOOL FOR PRESS BRAKE - A tool for a press brake includes a tool main body, an attachment portion formed on a base end side of the tool main body and configured to be detachably attached to a tool installation portion of the press brake by using a tool changer, and a bending portion formed on a distal end side of the tool main body and used to bend a plate-shaped workpiece. An engagement hole having a circular cross-sectional shape to be engaged with a bar-shaped finger of the tool changer extends through the tool main body in a thickness direction. An anti-rotation bottomed depressed portion configured to receive a distal end of an anti-rotation member of the tool changer is formed in a vicinity of the engagement hole. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339304 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PERIPHERAL GROOVE IN AN END PORTION OF A METAL TUBE - The invention relates to an apparatus ( | 2021-11-04 |
20210339305 | Method for machining a bearing ring and for producing a rolling bearing - A method for machining a bearing ring of a rolling bearing includes clamping a blank for the bearing ring in a machining machine, and applying a pulsating pressure using a machining body to structure and simultaneously harden an annularly closed sealing surface of the blank. The machining body may be a spherical machining body. The method may also include removing material from the blank to produce a bearing ring track using the same clamping. The blank may be rotated during the applying a pulsating pressure step and the removing material step. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339306 | PRECISION FORGING METHOD, PRECISION FORGING DEVICE, AND PRECISION FORGING PRODUCT - A precision forging method includes arranging a metal material in a die cavity so that a distal end surface of a wall portion of the metal material is opposed toward a stopper and a bottom portion of the metal material is opposed toward a punch. Further, the precision forging method includes moving the punch, which includes a cutting blade on an edge of a working end surface, in the die cavity to cut part of the wall portion thickness-wise with the cutting blade and cause shear deformation in the cut portion. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339307 | Ergonomic Riveting Tool System - The present disclosure relates to riveting apparatuses, riveting devices, and methods for their use. An example riveting apparatus includes a pneumatically operated riveting tool having a working end for squeezing a rivet. The riveting apparatus includes a support bracket connected to the riveting tool proximate the working end, the support bracket having arms projecting on each side of the riveting tool. The riveting apparatus also includes a pair of spaced-apart edge rollers coupled to the support arms. The edge rollers are configured to rollably engage an edge of a work-piece so as to support the weight of the riveting tool and enable movable adjustment of the working end relative to the work-piece. The riveting apparatus includes a handle rotatably mounted to the riveting tool to enable axial rotation of the handle, the handle having an actuatable switch configured to selectively operate the riveting tool. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339308 | METHOD OF PREPARING A PARTICULATE REFRACTORY COMPOSITION FOR USE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF FOUNDRY MOULDS AND CORES, CORRESPONDING USES, AND RECLAMATION MIXTURE FOR THERMAL TREATMENT - Described is a method of preparing a particulate refractory composition for use in the manufacture of foundry moulds and cores from spent foundry moulds or cores formed of refractory material and a binder containing water glass, the method comprising the following steps: providing broken material from spent foundry moulds or cores or preparing broken material from spent foundry moulds or cores, wherein the broken material comprises particles and/or aggregates of particles of refractory material having hardened water glass binder on their surface, mixing the broken material with particulate amorphous oxide comprising silicon dioxide in an amount of 85% by weight or more, based on the total amount of the particulate amorphous oxide, to give a mixture and subjecting the mixture to a heat treatment at a temperature of 400° C. or higher. Also described are a corresponding use, a reclamation mixture, and a method of making a foundry mould or core. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339309 | METHOD OF FORMING PARALLEL SPIRAL CHANNELS IN HOUSING TO BE FORMED BY CASTING OR MOLDING PROCESS - A method of producing a parallel spiral core for casting a housing includes designing a half cylinder body in a model based on a desired shape of the housing, adding parallel spiral features to the body in the model, and producing data of the model based on the desired shape of the housing with the parallel spiral features. The data is then loaded into a machining tool, which then machines a pattern of the parallel spiral core out of material. The method also includes casting the parallel spiral core from the pattern such that the parallel spiral core comprises a core body and a parallel spiral formed on the core body, the parallel spiral winding circumferentially about the core body from a first end to a second end of the core body. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339310 | SELF-ACTUATING DEVICE FOR CENTRALIZING AN OBJECT - The invention is directed to the interventionless activation of wellbore devices using dissolving and/or degrading and/or expanding structural materials. Engineered response materials, such as those that dissolve and/or degrade or expand upon exposure to specific environment, can be used to centralize a device in a wellbore. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339311 | Method for servicing a sliding closure at the spout of a metallurgical vessel, and a slide closure - In a method for automated maintenance by means of a robot the precise position of a metallurgical vessel and a sliding closure ( | 2021-11-04 |
20210339312 | CERTAIN-SHAPED JOINT MATERIAL FOR HOT INSTALLATION - It is intended to suppress flaming and smoking due to combustion of combustible substances in a certain-shaped joint material, while maintaining hot sealability of the certain-shaped joint material. A certain-shaped joint material for hot installation is obtained by: adding organic additives to a blend in a combined amount of 26 mass % to 50 mass %, with respect to and in addition to 100 mass % of the blend, wherein the blend comprises 50 mass % to 90 mass % of gibbsite type aluminum hydroxide raw material, 1 mass % to 9 mass % of clay, and 9 mass % to 23 mass % of graphite, with the remainder mainly composed of an additional refractory raw material; and subjecting the resulting mixture to kneading, forming and drying. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339313 | DEOXIDATION OF METAL POWDERS - Systems, methods, and compositions disclosed herein provide for low-oxygen metal powders. These metal powders, such as very-fine powders and spherical powders of titanium and titanium alloys, can be effectively deoxidized through use of vapor deoxidation without requiring the powder to undergo re-sizing or re-shaping subsequent to the deoxidation. Systems, methods, and compositions in accordance with the present disclosure can produce low-cost, low-oxygen, metal powders, such as very-fine powders and spherical powders of, for example, titanium and titanium alloys. Moreover, systems, methods, and compositions in accordance with the present disclosure can provide for reducing the number of processes or cost of processes required to produce these low-oxygen metal powders. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339314 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A MATERIAL COMPOSITE, MATERIAL COMPOSITE AND USE OF THE MATERIAL COMPOSITE AS A HEAT CONDUCTOR AND HEAT EXCHANGER - Processes produce a compound material structure by producing a composite material which extends along an axis of elongation from carbon nanostructures anchored in a matrix of a first metal extending along the axis of elongation of the composite material. The processes comprise dividing the composite material into segments of the composite material, arranging the segments in a plane of a die matrix, filling free spaces in the die matrix with a filler material and subsequently sintering in the die matrix to form a compound material structure or squeeze casting in the die matrix, and exposing the carbon nanostructures of the composite material on at least one surface of the compound material structure such that the carbon nanostructures protrude out of this surface. Compound material structures and uses thereof as a heat conductor and/or a heat exchanger are also provided. | 2021-11-04 |
20210339315 | Method for Producing Metal Particle Composition, and Metal Particle Composition - The problem of the invention is to provide a method for producing a metal particle composition that can obtain metal material particles having a narrow particle size distribution in a metal material having a lower hardness than silicon. The means for solving the problem is a method for producing a metal particle composition containing particles of a metal material, a component derived from a pulverizing container, and a component derived from beads, the method comprising a step of pulverizing with stirring the metal material containing a metal simple substance having a Mohs hardness of 2.5 to 6.3 in the pulverizing container in the presence of the beads that serve as pulverizing media using a media-stirring type pulverizer equipped with a rotating body, | 2021-11-04 |
20210339316 | METHODS FOR PRODUCTION OF SILVER NANOSTRUCTURES - Methods for producing silver nanostructures with improved dimensional control, yield, purity, monodispersed, and scale of synthesis. | 2021-11-04 |