46th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 20 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150321819 | FLEXIBLE PACKAGE - A flexible package including a package body including a first side-surface film and a second side-surface film sealed in a peripheral portion such that a storage portion is formed in the package body. The package body has sealed portions formed in side edge portions such that a non-sealed portion is formed in at least one of the sealed portions. The non-sealed portion has a gas injection portion containing a gas which has a specific heat at constant volume of 0.67 kJ/kg·deg or higher at 0° C. and 1 atm. The gas injection portion has a diameter in a range of from 3 mm to 50 mm and is formed such that a repelling force is in a range of from 4 N to 30 N at 23° C. and 1 atm when an entire gas injection portion is nipped from both sides of the first and second side-surface films and squeezed until a nipped gas injection portion has a width equal to a half of the diameter of the gas injection portion. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321820 | FOLDED LINER FOR USE WITH AN OVERPACK AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method for folding a liner for packaging and/or insertion into an overpack. The method may include providing a liner comprising a substantially tubular body portion and a closed top and bottom, and a fitment formed in or affixed to the top of the liner, forming a gusset in the bottom panel of the liner, forming a gusset in the body portion of the liner, and fan-folding the liner. In some embodiments, the top of the liner may be a substantially circular top panel and the bottom of the liner may be a substantially circular bottom panel, with the top panel being attached to one end of the tubular body portion and the bottom panel being attached to an opposite end of the tubular body portion. In other embodiments, the liner may be a flexible, blow molded liner, thereby having no weld seams. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321821 | INFLATABLE STRUCTURE FOR PACKAGING AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS AND METHODS - An inflatable structure may be formed from a single piece of flexible film. The inflatable structure may include quilting seals which divide the inflatable chamber. The inflatable structure may include a one-way valve including an internal valve opening, a channel, and an external valve opening. A locator aperture positioned in the channel may be surrounded by a valve position-retention seal. A corresponding inflation device fills the inflatable structure with air and may do so without requiring heat sealing or insertion into the one-way valve. The inflation device may include a mechanical registration device configured to engage the locator aperture and position the one-way valve at a desired position with respect to an outlet of a source of pressurized air. The inflation device may detect when the inflatable structure is filled with a desired amount of air and automatically shut off the source of pressurized air. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321822 | BLUSH AND CHEMICAL RESISTANT POLYESTER FILM - A composite includes a multilayer polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film having a base layer and an adjacent skin layer. The PET of the skin layer has inherent viscosity of about 0.70-0.90 and carboxyl endgroup concentration of less than 25 eq/T. The base layer can be affixed to a thin metal sheet. Optionally, the base layer of a second multilayer PET film with a skin layer inherent viscosity of about 0.70-0.90 and carboxyl endgroup concentration of less than 25 eq/T can be affixed to the opposite side of the metal sheet. The composite is suited for making food and chemical containers such as food storage cans that resist blush discoloration from steam contact during container formation and age degradation during extended storage of harsh chemical products. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321823 | MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE PACKAGE FOR BANANAS - There is provided an enclosure comprising: a polymeric film; wherein said polymeric film comprises one or more copolymers of ethylene with a polar monomer; and wherein the oxygen transmission rate of said enclosure is 8,000 to 16,000 cm3/hour. Also provided is a method of handling bananas comprising: (a) harvesting green bananas; (b) then placing said green bananas into such an enclosure; (c) then storing said enclosure at 20° C. or lower for 1 week or longer; (d) then ripening said bananas or allowing said bananas to ripen. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321824 | Teacup Heat Diffuser - A heat diffuser for a teacup is provided. The diffuser is specific to traditional teacups that do not have handles and are made from cast-iron, bone, china, clay, ceramic, or similar materials. The diffuser includes multiple insulated fabric fingers that cradle the teacup to diffuse heat away from the individual holding the cup. The fingers are created by layering one or more fabric pieces and one or more insulating components. The diffuser lays flat on a surface, such as a saucer or table, until the individual engages the diffuser by lifting the diffuser and the cup causing the diffuser to cradle around the cup between the user's hand and the teacup. The diffuser is made to absorb some, but not all of the heat, so that it still allows the individual to feel some warmth. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321825 | DISCHARGE DEVICE FOR A HOLDING BIN | 2015-11-12 |
20150321826 | SELF COLLAPSABLE BLOW MOULDED PLASTIC THIN-WALLED CONTAINERS, THEIR MANUFACTURING PROCESS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN WATER DISPENSING UNITS - The invention pertains to self collapsable blow moulded plastic thin-walled PET bottle ( | 2015-11-12 |
20150321827 | Secure Merchandising Display With Blocker Mechanisms - A system for controlling advancement of and access to product housed within a device. Systems and devices include a pushing assembly having a track, a pusher, and a stop for restricting forward movement of the pusher when the stop is engaged. The device also includes a door assembly that has an open position and a closed position, an engaging mechanism that engages the stop when the door assembly is in the open position, and a blocker mechanism that restricts consumer access to product located behind the door assembly. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321828 | DISPENSING HEAD AND DISPENSING DEVICE - A dispensing device as well as a dispensing head and use thereof are proposed. Through depression of the dispensing head, an associated dispensing valve is opened and the product to be delivered can escape or be dispensed through an outlet space and via a downstream outlet valve. In order to prevent or at least minimize subsequent dripping or foaming, the volume of the outlet space is initially reduced upon actuation of the dispensing head and enlarged again upon completion of actuation, particularly after closing of the dispensing valve, whereby the product is suctioned away from the outlet or outlet valve back into the outlet space. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321829 | TUBE HEAD FOR PROTECTING AN INSERT FORMING A BARRIER - The present invention relates to a plastic tube head for a product having a liquid to pasty consistency, comprising: a neck, a shoulder, an insert forming a barrier which is arranged on the inner surface of the shoulder, said insert comprising at least one metal layer and having an outer edge, the outer edge of the insert and a portion of the face of the insert which is oriented towards the internal volume of the tube and is adjacent to said outer edge being covered by an outer support, characterized in that said outer support has a thickness H and covers a length L of the face of the insert face which is oriented towards the internal volume of the tube, said thickness H and said length L being such that H≧L. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321830 | TRANSPORT PACKAGING FOR AN ANNULAR BEARING PART, PACKAGING UNIT HAVING THE SAME AND METHOD FOR PACKAGING AN ANNULAR BEARING PART - Transport packaging for receiving at least one annular bearing part, the transport packaging including a base, at least one wall and a plurality of bars for supporting the annular bearing part on the base and a plurality of plastically deformable blocks associated with the plurality of bars and configured to deform under the influence of the annular bearing part and form an interference fit with the annular bearing part to fix the annular bearing part against sliding movement parallel to the base. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321831 | CIGARETTE PACKET - A packet of cigarettes which includes a group of cigarettes, an outer container with a lid which is movable between an open position and a closed position and vice versa, an inner wrapper wrapped around the group of cigarettes and housed inside the outer container, and a label movable between a position for opening and a position for closing the inner wrapper; the packet comprises a layer of adhesive material between the label and the lid and a removable tongue located at least partly on top of the layer of adhesive material; the lid is connectable to the label by means of the layer of adhesive material after the tongue has been removed from the selfsame layer of adhesive material. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321832 | PRODUCE BOX - A produce box for storing produce, including a base, including a series of side wall sections coupled together to form a parallelogram; a bottom end section coupled to the wall sections; pairs of face vents located in spaced apart lateral sections of respective ones of said side wall sections; and pairs of major score vents located centrally on respective top and bottom scores of each side wall section of a first opposed pair of said side wall sections. The produce box also includes a lid, including a series of side wall sections coupled together to form a parallelogram; a top end section coupled to the wall sections; pairs of face vents located in spaced apart lateral sections of respective ones of said side wall sections; and pairs of major score vents located centrally on respective top and bottom scores of each side wall section of a first opposed pair of said side wall sections. The pairs of face vents of the base at least partially overlap with corresponding pairs of face vents of the lid so that air can flow therethrough. Further, pairs of major score vents of the base at least partially overlap with major score vents of the lid so that air can flow therethrough. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321833 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR USE IN FORMING AN ARTICLE FROM A MULTI-LAYER SHEET STRUCTURE - A mold includes a forming insert that includes an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper portion includes a sidewall segment and a heel segment extending from a bottom of the sidewall segment. The sidewall segment has a sidewall radius, and the heel segment has a heel radius that is less than the sidewall radius. The lower portion extends axially downward from the upper portion to define a base cavity. A forming base is positionable within the base cavity. The rim has a rim radius that is less than the heel radius and the step has a step radius that is less than the rim radius. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321834 | Vertical Fluid Storage Tank - A vertical fluid storage tank including a body extending from a first end to a second end and including a substantially oval-shaped cross-section, a top wall connected to the first end of the body, a bottom wall connected to the second end of the body, at least one access opening positioned on the top wall configured for access to an interior cavity of the body, and at least one discharge valve connected to the body. The storage tank is configured to be arranged in at least two positions. The at least two positions include a first position in which the storage tank is arranged parallel to a surface, and a second position in which the storage tank is arranged perpendicular to the surface. A walkway may be positioned in the interior cavity of the body. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321835 | Molded plastic water storage tank - The cover of a plastic tank suitable for containing water is attached to the tank base by means of alternative joints, including elastically engageable features and lock features to prevent unwanted release. The base of a plastic water tank is comprised of a substrate and a liner and is formed by means which include injection molding into a mold where the core part of the mold is surrounded in part or full by the film which forms the liner. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321836 | RECEIVER FOR REDUCTANT TANK - A receiver is disclosed. The receiver includes a housing. The housing defines a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. The fluid inlet and the fluid outlet are positioned at opposing ends of the housing. The receiver also includes a piston. The piston includes a head portion positioned at the fluid inlet. The piston also includes a rod portion. The rod portion extends from the head portion towards the fluid outlet. The receiver further includes a plate positioned within the housing and surrounding the rod portion. The plate includes through holes provided therein. The receiver includes a spring mounted on the rod portion. The spring is configured to bias a movement of the piston with respect to the housing. Further, the plate and the head portion of the piston define an adjustable volume therebetween. The volume is adjusted based on the movement of the piston with respect to the housing. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321837 | CONTAINER HAVING DISPENSING OUTLET PREVENTING COLLECTION OF RESIDUAL MATERIAL - A container, that is usable for dispensing flowable materials, includes angled bottom walls which direct the flowable material to a dispensing opening. A flow cutoff device is supported, for movement between open and closed positions, in a frame assembly which defines the dispensing opening. A shield plate prevents any of the flowable material from being trapped in residual flowable material receiving areas that are adjacent the frame assembly at the outlet opening of the container. Openings are provided in an end rail of the frame assembly and also at the juncture of the end rail with spaced side rails of the frame assembly. These openings provide egress areas for any of the flowable material that might be supported by the side rails and the end rail as the cutoff device is slid along the frame assembly to the flow cutoff position. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321838 | Steel Plate and Concrete Tank Unit, Tank Group and Offshore Platforms - A steel plate and concrete composite tank unit, tank groups and offshore platforms with new type of tank units are disclosed. The tank unit comprises an outer concrete tank that comprises an outer tank shell, two heads and ring shell connections at both ends, an inner steel tank that comprises an inner tank shell, epitaxial structures at both ends of the inner steel tank. Inner tank shell is connected to the outer tank shell by epitaxial structures, and an isolation layer that is formed from the gap between the outer concrete tank and the inner steel tank where it is filled with isolation medium. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321839 | CONTAINMENT SYSTEM - A containment system comprising a flexible bladder having at least one opening through which a liquid or other fluid or material can be pumped or transferred into or out of the bladder. The bladder has a contracted and an expanded or semi-expanded state. A support structure surrounds the side surfaces of the bladder and provides lateral support to the bladder when the bladder is in an expanded or semi-expanded state. The support structure comprises a plurality of panels that are seperably connected to one another to form an enclosed walled support structure. The at least one opening in the bladder is operatively connected to a point exterior to the support structure to permit the bladder to be filled or evacuated from a position exterior to the support structure. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321840 | Attachment Device - An attachment device includes an expandable element, the expandable element having a first end, a retaining element engaged to the first end, an elongate portion, a tubular element in surrounding engagement to at least a portion of the elongate portion, a looped end, and a grasping element engaged to the looped end. The tubular element may be disposed between the retaining element and the grasping element. The attachment device is constructed and arranged to releasably secure a liner within a receptacle. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321841 | TRASH RECEPTACLE WITH A BAG DISPENSING STORAGE COMPARTMENT - A trash receptacle to store and dispense bags for use with the receptacle includes a container comprising a cavity and a door pivotably mounted to a front face of the container, a compartment housed within the bottom portion of the container and having a dispensing port on a top face of the compartment, a shelf slidably mounted to the compartment and able to adjust to a first position outside of the container when the door is in an open position and a second position within the compartment when the door is in a closed position, and a storage unit disposed within the shelf and having an aperture on a top face of the storage unit. The storage unit stores bags to enable a user to remove one of the bags through the storage unit aperture and compartment dispensing port for placement within the container cavity. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321842 | AUTOMATICALLY UNLOCKING CONTAINER - A container includes an enclosure housing an interior compartment for containing waste and further defining slots on sides of the enclosure for receiving lifting forks, a lockable rear lid pivotally connected to the enclosure, and an automatic unlocking mechanism actuated by lifting forks inserted into the slots for unlocking the rear lid to enable waste to be dumped from the container. The container may also be automatically re-locked when the forks are withdrawn from the slots. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321843 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPERATION OF A PNEUMATIC CONVEYING SYSTEM - In a method of controlling operation of a pneumatic conveying system ( | 2015-11-12 |
20150321844 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING MATERIAL IN A PNEUMATIC MATERIALS HANDLING SYSTEM - Method for handling material in a pneumatic pipe transport system, in which material, such as waste material, is input from an input aperture of an input point ( | 2015-11-12 |
20150321845 | TRANSFER DEVICE - A transfer device includes an arm, a conveyor, and a controller. The arm includes a first hook capable of entering and exiting a first abutment position that allows the first hook to abut the article, and a second hook being capable of entering and exiting a second abutment position that allows the second hook to abut the article. The controller moves the conveyor forward at a speed lower than a stretching speed of the arm when the article placed on the placement area is unloaded onto the shelf, and moves the conveyor rearward at a speed lower than a retracting speed of the arm when the article placed on the shelf is loaded onto the placement area. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321846 | HYDROGEN CAVERN PAD GAS MANAGEMENT - A method of pad gas management in an underground storage volume including storing a first compressible fluid, determining a transient minimum operating pressure (P | 2015-11-12 |
20150321847 | Method And Apparatus For Providing Over-Pressure Protection For An Underground Storage Cavern - A method and apparatus is provided which will provide over-pressure protection for an underground storage cavern by reducing the pressure of a pressurized gas stream originating from the an underground storage cavern to form a lower pressure gas stream, monitoring the pressure of a lower pressure gas stream and stopping the flow of the lower pressure gas stream to the pipeline should the pressure of the lower pressure gas stream exceed a threshold value. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321848 | HYDROGEN CAVERN PAD GAS MANAGEMENT - A method of pad gas management in an underground storage volume including storing a first compressible fluid, determining a transient minimum operating pressure (P | 2015-11-12 |
20150321849 | GAS STORAGE REFILL AND DEWATERING - A method of maintaining pressure in an underground storage volume during transient operation is presented. Including storing a first compressible fluid, determining a safe minimum operating pressure (P | 2015-11-12 |
20150321850 | GAS STORAGE REFILL AND DEWATERING - A method of maintaining pressure in an underground storage volume during transient operation is presented. Including storing a first compressible fluid, determining a safe minimum operating pressure (P | 2015-11-12 |
20150321851 | CLAMP FOR AN ITEM OF LAUNDRY - Clamps are employed for feeding items of laundry to a laundry treatment machine, for example. There are well-known arrangements where the items of laundry are fed from a laundry hamper, dryer or the like to a mangle feeder using clamps in a largely or entirely mechanized and automated manner. However, it has been shown that the handling of the clamps in such an arrangement is relatively complicated and thus time-consuming. The invention is therefore based on the object of providing a clamp that can be easily actuated and which can enhance performance and reliability when items of laundry are fed, for example, to a mangle or the like. This is achieved by configuring at least one clamping element of the clamp as a clamping lever having an insertion aid with guidance means for the sliding insertion of a section of the item of laundry into a clamp mouth. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321852 | ARTICLE DIVERTING CONVEYOR BELT - An article-diverting modular conveyor belt employs a gear-driven article mover on a conveyor belt module for selectively moving a conveyed article towards a side of the module. The article mover may be a transversely-extending flexible band or helical blade for carrying articles across the belt towards a side of the module. A toothed wheel connected to the article mover is selectively driven by a gear to induce movement of the article mover. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321853 | Conveyor and Method of Producing a Conveyor - The invention relates to a conveyor part, having a conveyor track, wherein the conveyor track comprises at least one rotary moulded conveyor track structure. The invention further relates to a method of manufacturing a conveyor part comprising the following steps, to be performed in any suitable order: providing a rotary mould having a cavity shaped as the outside of a conveyor portions, adding a thermoplastic or resinous material inside the mould, rotating the mould under gradually heating the mould, allowing the thermoplastic material to melt and to cover the inner walls of the mould or allowing the resinous material to cure on the inner walls of the mould, allowing the mould to cool, opening the mould to remove the conveyor part. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321854 | TOUCHLESS GUIDE DEVICE FOR A CONVEYOR - A conveyor and method for moving articles comprising a conductive material across a conveying surface using a touchless guide device disposed adjacent to a product path. The guide device generates a repelling force on a conveyed product to propel the conveyed product along the product path. Embodiments of the guide device include a linear induction motor and an array of alternating permanent magnets. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321855 | BELT CONVEYOR FOR AN AUTOMATIC PLACEMENT MACHINE AND AUTOMATIC PLACEMENT MACHINE - A belt conveyor ( | 2015-11-12 |
20150321856 | CONVEYOR TAKE-UP APPARATUS - A take-up apparatus for adjusting the tension of a conveyor belt is disclosed. The apparatus includes a slider assembly comprising a bearing pedestal for engaging a pulley drive shaft. The slider assembly is configured for sliding movement on an elongated frame positionable alongside a cylinder supporting travel of the conveyor belt. The apparatus includes a push assembly comprising a cylinder support housing for mounting a hydraulic cylinder for applying a force to the slider assembly. The push assembly is movable relative to the frame and can be releasably fixed to the frame at a selected location relative to the slider assembly. This enables use of a relatively short-stroke hydraulic cylinder deployed between the inner and outer ends of the frame irrespective of the travel length required for conveyor belt adjustment. In one embodiment the push assembly may be ratchedly connected to the frame. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321857 | A UNIT FOR SEQUENCING AND GUIDING ITEMS - A unit for sequencing and guiding items, in which the items are grouped into batches of one or more items; the unit comprises a first conveyor for advancing the items from an input station to an output station, and a sequencing apparatus cooperable with the items to form the batches and to drive them to the output station; the sequencing apparatus comprises a second conveyor comprising a track and plural movable elements independently moved along the track; the track has a work portion parallel to the first conveyor, and the movable elements include respective interacting portions, adapted to protrude over the first conveyor when the movable elements are advanced along the work portion of the track, and cooperating with the items to drive them to the desired positions along the first conveyor to define the batches and to locate the batches at the desired distances from one another. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321858 | PIVOT LOCK FOR A BOTTLE GRIPPER - In one aspect, the invention features an apparatus for use in a container-treatment plant. Such an apparatus includes a gripping-and-holding device having a support body, spring-loaded and pivotable gripper arms on the support body, a locking element, and a horizontal pivot axis about which the locking element pivots between locked and release positions. Pivoting into the release position releases the gripper arms. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321859 | Method And Apparatus For Providing Over-Pressure Protection For An Underground Storage Cavern - A method and apparatus is provided which will provide over-pressure protection for an underground storage cavern by reducing the pressure of a pressurized gas stream originating from the an underground storage cavern to form a lower pressure gas stream, monitoring the pressure of a lower pressure gas stream and stopping the flow of the lower pressure gas stream to the pipeline should the pressure of the lower pressure gas stream exceed a threshold value. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321860 | VACUUM POWERED RESIN LOADING SYSTEM WITHOUT CENTRAL CONTROL - Method and apparatus for pneumatically conveying granular material from a supply thereof through a conduit to a plurality of receivers for temporary storage of the material prior to molding or extrusion thereof by drawing vacuum in the conduit using a vacuum pump and varying the vacuum pump speed in response to sensed vacuum level in the conduit proximate the pump. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321861 | RAMP DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM UTILIZING A RATCHET STRAP MECHANISM - A ramp deployment system for securing a mobile ramp arrangement including a first ramp and a second ramp to the entrance of a trailer using a ratchet strap mechanism is disclosed. The ratchet strap mechanism includes a first ratchet strap that is secured between the first ramp and the trailer and a second ratchet strap that is secured between the second ramp and the trailer when the ratchet strap mechanism is actuated such that the mobile ramp arrangement is sufficiently secured to the trailer to support the weight of a utility vehicle that is accessing the trailer. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321862 | SHEET PICKUP APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A sheet pickup apparatus and image forming apparatus are provided. The sheet pickup apparatus includes a roller support member rotatably disposed in a sheet feeding unit and comprising roller support portions connected by a hinge, a driving shaft rotatably disposed in an end of the roller support member to transmit rotational force to the roller support member, a pickup roller rotatably disposed in another end of the roller support member, a damper member disposed to absorb impact force by limiting rotation of the roller support member, and a power transmitting member disposed in the roller support member to transmit the rotational force to the pickup roller. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321863 | SHEET FEEDER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - A sheet feeder, which is included in an image forming apparatus, includes a sheet bypass member openably closable to one side surface of a body of the image forming apparatus, a pickup roller to feed and convey a sheet loaded on the sheet bypass member, and an arm to hold the pickup roller and to open and close with the pickup roller. The arm includes a contact portion extending in a shape of projection toward an upstream side from the pickup roller in a sheet conveying direction of the sheet bypass member. As the sheet bypass member is rotated upward to be closed and stored to the side surface of the body, the contact portion of the arm contacts the sheet bypass member to rotate the arm upward to cause the sheet bypass member to approach to the side surface of the body. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321864 | AN APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING SHEETS TO A PRINTING MACHINE - An apparatus for supplying sheets to a printing machine having a sliding work plane moving in outward and return runs, so as to subject one or more sheets thereon to printing, a station, in which the work plane pauses, being provided with a gripper for transferring the sheets from the apparatus to the work plane, with the work plane paused in the station. The apparatus includes a gantry bearing a loading plane positioned by a side of the pause station and made vertically mobile from a first variable-height operating position, and a second fixed operating position flanking the pause station. A receiving station of a stack of sheets is positioned by a side of the gantry opposite the work plane, the height of the head sheet of the stack defining a first operating position. A gripper, borne by the work plane, with the work plane in the operating position grips the head sheet of the stack and transfer it onto the work plane. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321865 | Sheet Feeders - A sheet feeder comprises a feed deck for supporting a stack of sheets ( | 2015-11-12 |
20150321866 | DRIVE DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A drive device includes: a cam; a clutch installed on a same shaft with the cam, and for connecting/disconnecting rotational force from a power source to the cam through the shaft according to rotation of a clutch collar; an actuator including a claw part; and a control mechanism for controlling a position of the claw part of the actuator, wherein a projection part includes a first projection part and a second projection part provided at asymmetric positions on a periphery of the clutch collar, and an angle A and an angle B satisfy the angle A2015-11-12 | |
20150321867 | TAPE DISPENSER - A tape dispenser includes a first arm, a second arm, a holder, a roller, a retaining device, a blade, spring(s) and one or more guides. The tape dispenser is positioned on a tape roll by positioning the holder on the inside of the tape roll and positioning the roller and retaining device on the outside of the tape roll. Tape is able to be pulled through the tape dispenser and then cut using the blade. After the tape is cut, the tape on the roll remains on the retaining device for easy access. The tape dispenser is also removable for use with many tape rolls. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321868 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A NUMBER OF COILED FOIL ROLLS - A method for the production of a number of coiled foil rolls, wherein the foils are reinforced in their edge region by folding. For coiling foil sections with arbitrary width in a very flexible and efficient manner the invention proposes the steps: a) Supplying of a foil which extends along a total width in a conveying direction to a number of coiling devices; b) cutting of the foil in conveying direction by means of at least one knife so that at least two foil sections are created which extend in conveying direction; c) folding of the edge regions of the foil sections by means of at least one folding device and laying about each other of the folded sections and of the remaining part of the foil section; d) coiling of each foil section on one or more coiling devices, wherein the at least one knife and the at least one folding device are moved simultaneous oscillating back and forth relatively to the coiling devices in a direction transversal to the conveying direction during the coiling of the foil sections on the coiling devices. Furthermore, the invention relates to a device for the production of a number of coiled foil rolls. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321869 | TRANSFER TOOL - A transfer tool is provided with a grip member which can be gripped so that its axis is perpendicular to a transfer target surface or is inclined toward a direction of movement during transfer, a rotor which is held in the grip member and is able to rotate around the axis, and a transfer head which is held on the rotor with a transfer end deviated from the axis in a direction opposite to the direction of movement during transfer. The transfer tool is configured so that the transfer head can flexibly track the transfer target surface. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321870 | SHEET POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is a sheet post-processing apparatus capable of reliably protecting an edge-binding stapling unit and a sheet material, and of performing a sheet-binding process without increasing the size of the apparatus. The sheet post-processing apparatus includes: a binding unit movable to a binding position in which the binding unit performs a binding process using a binding member on a sheet, and an access position in which a user is accessable to the binding unit; and a control unit configured to cause, when the binding unit performs a setting operation for the binding member, the binding unit to perform the setting operation after causing the binding unit to move to a position different from the access position. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321871 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A sheet processing apparatus includes a conveyance roller pair that rotates in a certain direction to convey a sheet, a first normal-reverse rotation roller pair that is capable of rotating in a normal direction and a reverse direction and rotates to convey the sheet, a first driver that drives the first normal-reverse rotation roller pair to rotate, and a first driving force transmitter that transmits a driving force of the first driver for rotating the first normal-reverse rotation roller pair in a first specific direction to the conveyance roller pair so as to rotate the conveyance roller pair in the certain direction, and blocks a driving force of the first driver for rotating the first normal-reverse rotation roller pair in the direction opposite to the first specific direction from being transmitted to the conveyance roller pair. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321872 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A sheet processing apparatus is configured to press a fold line that is formed on a sheet. The sheet processing apparatus includes: a sheet supporting unit configured to support the sheet in a pressing direction for pressing the fold line; a pressing unit configured to press the fold line that is formed on the sheet that is supported by the sheet supporting unit; and a pressing-force generating unit configured to generate a pressing force for pressing the sheet supporting unit against the pressing unit at a central part in a direction along which the fold line is formed. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321873 | FIBRE PRE-FORM MANUFACTURING METHOD - A method of forming a metal matrix composite (MMC). The method comprises providing a fibre ( | 2015-11-12 |
20150321874 | TRAVERSE DEVICE AND TRAVERSE METHOD - The invention makes it possible to perform regular winding of a wire easily, inexpensively, and reliably. During traversing a winding position in the reel axis direction, while a guide roller 2 is held at a position where the distance (D) from the wound surface on the outer circumference of a reel body 1 | 2015-11-12 |
20150321875 | YARN FEED ASSEMBLY TO RELIEVE YARN HANG UPS HAVING A VARIABLE YARN PULL-OFF ANGLE AND METHOD OF USING SAME - A yarn feed assembly for directing yarn from a wound yarn source to a yarn feed tube having a frame member positioned adjacent to the wound yarn source and defining at least one elongate interior chamber. The yarn feed assembly has a weighted member slideably received in the elongate interior chamber such that, upon pulling one yarn off of the wound yarn source, through a bore of the weighted member and into the yarn feed tube, the weighted member is axially movable along a longitudinal axis of the frame member such that the bore of the weighted member is axially movable about and between a bottom end and a top end of the elongate slot in response to tension applied to the yarn as a result of yarn hang ups on the wound yarn source. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321876 | Rotatable Cable Reel - A cable reel of the present disclosure can include two flanges and a central drum being independently rotatable from one another. The drum, which can be configured to receive a cable, can be mounted on an axle. The two flanges can be rotationally mounted on the axle at opposing distal ends of the axle. Bearings in the flanges can allow for a full rotation of the flanges about the axle. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321877 | Hose Storage Apparatus - The hose caddy for expandable hoses comprises a housing formed from a bottom surface and sidewalls to define an open interior. A top is hingedly coupled to the housing to control access to the interior of the housing. A flexible elongated body is coupled to the housing using a guidance rail assembly. The flexible elongated body can be extended or retracted along the guidance rail assembly, and includes a hook for attaching the hose caddy to a water faucet. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321878 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - When one or more reused sheets each having a printed side and an unprinted side on which duplex printing has been performed are ejected onto an exit tray and then loaded onto a manual feed tray, an operation control section controls a sheet feed section to feed sheets alternately from a sheet feed cassette and the manual feed tray. At times at which the sheets in the sheet feed cassette are fed, the operation control section controls an image forming section to form, on the sheets fed from the sheet feed cassette, images that have been formed over the printed sides of the reused sheets in the duplex printing. At times at which the sheets loaded onto the manual feed tray are fed, the operation control section controls the image forming section to not form an image and causes the sheets to be ejected onto the exit tray. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321879 | INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT ASSISTED ELEVATOR POSITION CALIBRATION - Embodiments are directed to reducing at least one dynamically generated error in terms of an actual position of an elevator car, comprising: triggering an inertial measurement unit (IMU) to compute a position of an elevator car of an elevator system, obtaining a position of a correcting vane in a hoist-way of the elevator system, obtaining a position of the elevator car as determined by an encoder of the elevator system, and estimating the position of the elevator car based on the computation of the position by the IMU, the position of the correcting vane, and the position of the elevator car as determined by the encoder. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321880 | ACTIVELY DAMPING VERTICAL OSCILLATIONS OF AN ELEVATOR CAR - A system is provided for damping vertical oscillations of an elevator car stopped at an elevator landing. The system includes an elevator traction sheave that receives a torque, a sensor that provides a sensor signal indicative of the torque, a controller that provides a control signal based on the sensor signal, and a motor that applies the torque to the sheave. Oscillations in the torque correspond to the vertical oscillations of the car stopped at the landing during a first (e.g., position control) mode of operation. The motor drives the sensor signal towards a baseline value in response to receiving the control signal during a second (e.g., constant torque control) mode of operation in order to reduce the vertical oscillations of the car. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321881 | APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR ELEVATOR ALLOCATION USING A MAGNETIC FIELD MAP IN AN ELEVATOR SYSTEM - The invention relates to a method and apparatus. In the method a target area is divided to a plurality of cells. A plurality of movement paths of mobile nodes are determined, each movement path comprising an origin cell and a target cell, the origin cell and the target cell being determined using a magnetic map of the target area. The durations of the plurality of movement paths are determined for an elevator user. A route topology data structure is formed using the plurality of movement paths and the durations of the plurality of movement paths, the data structure comprising for a plurality of cells an estimated time to reach an elevator location. An elevator call in a request cell is determined by a requesting mobile node. The time to reach the elevator location is determined using the data structure and information on the request cell, and an elevator car is selected to serve the elevator call based on the time to reach the elevator location, current positions of at least two elevator cars, and current directions of at the least two elevator cars. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321882 | ELEVATOR AND MEANS FOR FORMING A SAFETY SPACE - An elevator includes at least an elevator car arranged to move reciprocally in an elevator hoistway and fitted on guide rails, a plurality of landing doors having landing door locks openable e.g. with a service key, and a safety arrangement arranged to form a safe space, preferably a working space, in the elevator hoistway below the elevator car, access to which safe space is enabled via at least one landing door in the proximity of the base of the elevator hoistway, and/or a safe space, preferably a working space, above the elevator car, to which access is enabled via at least one landing door leading to the roof of the elevator car, and in which elevator the aforementioned safe space has a minimum height. The formation of each safe space is arranged to be implemented as a consequence of the opening occurring, e.g. with a service key, from a floor level of a landing door enabling access into the elevator hoistway. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321883 | SAFETY BRAKE FOR AN ELEVATOR INSTALLATION - In an elevator installation an elevator car is movable along at least two guide rails and the car is equipped with a pair of safety brakes and an actuator for actuating the safety brakes. Each safety brake includes at least one brake eccentric with a cylindrical bearing bore and a brake housing with a bearing axle for mounting the brake eccentric. The bearing axle is arranged in the brake housing together with the brake eccentric to be pivotable or displaceable so that the brake eccentric, which is arranged on the bearing axle, in a first position can be kept at a spacing from a brake web of the guide rail and in a second position can be brought into contact with the brake web. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321884 | ELEVATOR WITH ADJUSTABLE BUFFER LENGTH - An elevator includes at least one elevator car driving along an elevator shaft as well as an elevator control measuring the car position. The elevator further includes a buffer in the shaft pit, whose length is adjustable in response to the car position and car speed. Via this measure, the shaft pit can be reduced in high speed elevator requiring large buffer lengths. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321885 | Elevator Roller Guide - An elevator roller guide configured to ride along a rail having a base member and a rail member. The rail member has a front face, a first side and a second side. The rail member further extends substantially perpendicular to the base member. The elevator roller guide preferably includes a car movement compensation member configured to maintain the face roller in contact with the front face of the rail member when the elevator car moves a first distance in a direction transverse to the rail member wherein the first distance is a distance that would cause the face roller to slide off or lose meaningful and/or substantial contact with the front face of the rail member without the car movement compensation member. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321886 | Automatic Leveler - An automatic leveling device includes a motor mounted onto a frame, a linear actuator coupled to the motor, and a slideable bail assembly coupled to the linear actuator. The bail assembly is attached to the frame. The frame is configured to attach to a lifting beam, which is attached to a load surface. A controller assembly has a sensor configured to determine an orientation of the load surface when the load is suspended. The controller assembly is configured to automatically control the motor in order to position the slideable bail assembly such that the load is suspended in a predetermined orientation. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321887 | TROLLEY - Provided is a trolley which is easily driven or braked. The trolley includes a body unit which moves along a rail and a power transfer unit which transfers power for driving or braking of the body unit, in which the power transfer unit includes an input shaft, an output shaft which receives power of the input shaft and transfers the power to the body unit, and a locking unit which transfers the power from the input shaft to the output shaft but does not transfer power from the output shaft to the input shaft. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321888 | METHOD FOR RETRIEVING STORAGE RACKS FROM A TANK FREEZER USING A RETRIEVAL CRANE, AND RELATED COMBINATIONS - A method for retrieving storage racks in a tank freezer includes positioning a retrieval crane adjacent to the tank freezer such that a base of the retrieval crane is positionable underneath a bottom wall of a tank body. The retrieval crane includes a boom extending upwardly and laterally outwardly over the base so that a retention hook at a free end of a cable associated with the boom may be extended or retracted relative to the tank freezer. More specifically, the cable may be moved to extend the hook through the opening of the tank freezer into a storage space, and then retract the hook to lift and then hold a selected storage rack in a hoisted position. The method avoids the use of manual hoisting of storage racks, and the retrieval crane may be used with any of a plurality of similar tank freezers located in a larger facility. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321889 | GEAR REDUCTION ASSEMBLY AND WINCH INCLUDING GEAR REDUCTION ASSEMBLY - A gear reduction assembly may include a main input shaft, a carrier coupled to the main input shaft, and at least one carrier shaft coupled to the carrier and spaced from the main input shaft. The gear reduction assembly may also include at least one spur gear pair including a first spur gear coupled to the carrier shaft, and a second spur gear, wherein the first and second spur gears are coupled to one another such that they rotate together. The gear reduction assembly also includes a first internal gear engaged with the first spur gear, a second internal gear engaged with the second spur gear, and a hub associated with the first internal gear. The first internal gear has a first number of teeth, the second internal gear has a second number of teeth, and the first and second numbers of teeth differ by from one to five teeth. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321890 | A CHAIN AND CABLE HANDLING WINCH SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR CHANGING A CHAIN WHEEL - The invention relates to a chain and cable handling winch system ( | 2015-11-12 |
20150321891 | SCISSORS LIFTING TABLE AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING A SCISSORS LIFTING TABLE - A scissors lift comprises an upper frame module ( | 2015-11-12 |
20150321892 | FUNNEL FOR A WATER TANK - A funnel for a water tank is for adapting to a water injection portion. The water injection portion is communicated with the water tank. The funnel includes a container body and a valve assembly. The container body has an inner wall, an abutting portion, an internal space, and an injection opening and an output opening which are communicated with the internal space. The valve assembly is abuttable against the abutting portion. The valve assembly includes an actuating member communicated with the output opening and a valve body which is coupled with the actuating member. When the actuating member is located in a first position, the container body is uncommunicated with the interior of the water tank. When the actuating member is away from the first position, the container body is communicated with the water tank to allow liquid flow into the water tank. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321893 | Method and Apparatus for Preserving and Dispensing a Food Product, In Particular a Yogurt - The apparatus ( | 2015-11-12 |
20150321894 | METHOD FOR ADSORBING PROPELLANT GAS FOR A BEER DISPENSING SYSTEM - A method of filling a canister containing activated carbon having a first temperature with a propellant gas, wherein the method includes (a) providing a volume of liquefied propellant gas at a second temperature and a first elevated pressure that prevents it from evaporating; (b) evacuating the canister to create a vacuum within the canister, thereby cooling the activated carbon to a third temperature lower than the second temperature; (c) injecting the volume of liquefied propellant gas into the canister at a second elevated pressure that prevents it from evaporating; and (d) allowing the liquefied propellant gas to evaporate, consuming energy as evaporation heat, the energy being generated due to the propellant gas being adsorbed by the activated carbon, thereby reducing the heating of the activated carbon. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321895 | METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR PRESSURISING AND DISPENSING FLUID PRODUCTS STORED IN A BOTTLE, CAN, CONTAINER OR SIMILAR DEVICE - A self regulating and constant pressure maintaining product dispenser assembly comprises a dispensing device and a product container defining an inner space comprising a product space being filled with a fluid product constituting a carbonated beverage, and a pressure space being filled with a propellant gas having an initial pressure of preferably 0.5-1.8 bar above the atmospheric pressure when subjected to a specific temperature range of preferably 3° C.-50° C. The pressure space further comprises an amount of an adsorption material having adsorbed an amount of the propellant gas, which is sufficient for allowing the pressure space to increase in volume and to substitute the product space. The particular amount of adsorption material is inherently capable of substantially maintaining the initial pressure in the pressure space by releasing the propellant gas into the pressure space and adsorbing the propellant gas from the pressure space. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321896 | BEER SERVER - A compact, inexpensive, and low-power-consumption beer server that controls beer temperature at nearly 0° C. and prevents the beer from freezing. The beer server includes a beer tank | 2015-11-12 |
20150321897 | FLUID PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods for delivering fluid-containing feed materials to process equipment are disclosed. A liner-based pressure dispensing vessel is subjected to filling by application of vacuum between the liner and overpack. Multiple feed material flow controllers of different calibrated flow ranges may be selectively operated in parallel for a single feed material. Feed material blending and testing for scale-up may be performed with feed materials supplied by multiple liner-based pressure dispensing containers. A gravimetric system may be used to determine concentration of at least one component of a multi-component solution or mixture. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321898 | Nozzle construction to facilitate its opening and enhance the flow of fuel through the nozzle - A fuel dispensing nozzle, incorporating a uniquely shaped gasket for the poppet valve, generally of truncated shape, enhances the flow of fuel through the nozzle when actuated. A handle lever for the nozzle, which is designed having an elongated and enlarged end, includes elongated slots, that are pivotally pinned through both the latch plate, and the handle link, in order to reduce the space between the interconnection between the front of the latch plate to the bottom of the automatic shutoff stem, such that by lessening the distance between these components, thereby reducing the fulcrum point for the calculation of the force necessary to open the nozzle by raising its handle lever, and reduces the force necessary to achieve nozzle opening and actuation, to less than 5 lbs pressure during usage and application. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321899 | EQUESTRIAN TACK WITH REPLACEABLE DECORATIVE COVERS - A decorative cover for being removably applied to an outer surface of an equestrian tack component, and including a substrate having a size and shape corresponding to the surface of the tack to be covered and decorative elements applied to an outer-facing surface of the substrate. An inner-facing surface of the substrate is adapted for being removably carried by the tack. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321900 | LOW STIFFNESS FLEXURE - A flexure includes a support first end connected to a first frame; a support second end connected to a second frame; and a buckled section connecting the first support end to the second support end. The length of the flexure is substantially greater than its width, and the width of the flexure is substantially greater than its thickness. During operation, the flexure is maintained in a buckled state where the flexure's stiffness is significantly less than in the unbuckled state. In one implementation, a stage includes a flexure array joining a first frame and a second frame, where: the first frame and the second frame are substantially on a plane; the flexure array is substantially on the plane prior to buckling by the flexures of the flexure array; and the flexure array is bent substantially out of the plane after buckling by the flexures. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321901 | Semiconductor Devices and Methods of Forming Thereof - In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming a sacrificial layer over a first surface of a workpiece having the first surface and an opposite second surface. A membrane is formed over the sacrificial layer. A through hole is etched through the workpiece from the second surface to expose a surface of the sacrificial layer. At least a portion of the sacrificial layer is removed from the second surface to form a cavity under the membrane. The cavity is aligned with the membrane. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321902 | Support Structure for TSV in MEMS Structure - An embodiment is a method for forming a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device. The method comprises forming a MEMS structure over a first substrate, wherein the MEMS structures comprises a movable element; forming a bonding structure over the first substrate; and forming a support structure over the first substrate, wherein the support structure protrudes from the bonding structure. The method further comprises bonding the MEMS structure to a second substrate; and forming a through substrate via (TSV) on a backside of the second substrate, wherein the overlying TSV is aligned with the bonding structure and the support structure. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321903 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HIERARCHICAL SENSOR PROCESSING - The present invention is directed toward a device and system having a sensor hub capable of receiving measurement outputs from a plurality of sensors and processing the measurements for output to other devices, such as by using a single chip arrangement. The sensor hub provides for facilitating efficient communication among the sensors for improved high-level features, such as interpreting gestures or actions according to the context. Two or more hierarchical processing levels may be provided so that sensor data processed at a lower level is output to an upper level for further processing or other operation involving the processed data from the lower level. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321904 | MULTI-DIE MEMS PACKAGE - This document refers to multi-die micromechanical system (MEMS) packages. In an example, a multi-die MEMS package can include a controller integrated circuit (IC) configured to couple to a circuit board, a MEMS IC mounted to a first side of the controller IC, a through silicon via extending through the controller IC between the first side and a second side of the controller IC, the second side opposite the first side, and wherein the MEMS IC is coupled to the through silicon via. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321905 | WAFER LEVEL PACKAGED INFRARED (IR) FOCAL PLANE ARRAY (FPA) WITH EVANESCENT WAVE COUPLING - A structure for detecting electromagnetic radiation having a predetermined wavelength. The structure includes a device wafer having a sensing element disposed on a predetermined region of a surface of the device wafer responsive to the electromagnetic radiation. A cover wafer is provided having a region thereof transparent to the electromagnetic radiation for passing the electromagnetic radiation through the transparent region onto a surface of the sensing element. A bond gap spacer structure is provided for supporting the surface of the sensing element from an opposing surface of the transparent region of the cover wafer a distance less than a fraction of the predetermined wavelength when. the cover wafer is bonded to the device wafer. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321906 | INTEGRATED PACKAGE CONTAINING MEMS ACOUSTIC SENSOR AND ENVIRONMENTAL SENSOR AND METHODOLOGY FOR FABRICATING SAME - An integrated package of at least one environmental sensor and at least one MEMS acoustic sensor is disclosed. The package contains a shared port that exposes both sensors to the environment, wherein the environmental sensor measures characteristics of the environment and the acoustic sensor measures sound waves. The port exposes the environmental sensor to an air flow and the acoustic sensor to sound waves. An example of the acoustic sensor is a microphone and an example of the environmental sensor is a humidity sensor. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321907 | SEQUENTIAL WAFER BONDING - Embodiments of a sensor device include a sensor substrate and a first cap substrate attached to the sensor substrate with a first bond material. The first bond material is arranged to define a first device cavity. A second cap substrate is attached to the sensor substrate with a second bond material. The second bond material is arranged to define a second device cavity. The second bond material has a lower bonding temperature than the first bond material. The second cap substrate is further secured to the sensor substrate by an adhesive material disposed between the sensor substrate and the second cap substrate. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321908 | DIELECTRIC POLYURETHANE FILM - The present invention relates to a process for producing a dielectric polyurethane film, in which at least the following steps are performed continuously: I) a mixture comprising: a) a compound containing isocyanate groups and having a content of isocyanate groups of >10% by weight and ≦50% by weight, b) a compound containing isocyanate-reactive groups and having an OH number of ≧20 and ≦150, at least one solvent having a vapour pressure at 20° C. of >0.1 mbar and <200 mbar, at least one wetting additive, is produced, where the sum of the number-average functionalities of isocyanate groups and of isocyanate-reactive groups in the compounds a) and b) is ≧2.6 and ≦6, II) immediately after production thereof, the mixture is applied to a carrier in the form of a wet film, III) the wet film is cured to form the polyurethane film and IV) the polyurethane film is separated from the carrier. The invention further provides a dielectric polyurethane film obtainable by the process according to the invention, a process for producing an electromechanical transducer, and an electromechanical transducer obtainable by this process. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321909 | PYROTECHNIC PROCESS FOR PROVIDING VERY HIGH PURETY HYDROGEN AND ASSOCIATED DEVICE - A pyrotechnic process for providing very high purity hydrogen, includes the combustion of at least one solid pyrotechnic charge capable of generating hydrogen-containing gas for the production of a pressurized hot hydrogen-containing gas that contains at least 70% by volume of hydrogen; and the purification of at least one portion of the pressurized hydrogen-containing gas, by passing through a metallic hydrogen separation membrane maintained at a temperature above 250° C., in order to obtain, at the outlet of the membrane, a hydrogen-containing gas that contains at least 99.99% by volume of hydrogen. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321910 | CONVERSION OF C-O-H COMPOUNDS INTO HYDROGEN FOR POWER OR HEAT GENERATION - Methods are disclosed for generating electrical power from a compound comprising carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen. Water is combined with the compound to produce a wet form of the compound. The wet form of the compound is transferred into a reaction processing chamber. The wet form of the compound is heated within the reaction chamber such that elements of the compound dissociate and react, with one reaction product comprising hydrogen gas. The hydrogen gas is processed to generate electrical power. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321911 | SILICON POWDER COMPOSITION, METHOD, REACTOR AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING HYDROGEN - A silicon powder composition, method, reactor and device for producing hydrogen. Silicon powder composition includes silicon powder, precipitation agent and alkaline substance; wherein alkaline substance is a weak acid salt of alkali metal; mass ratio of alkaline substance to silicon powder is greater than or equal to 0.06:1 and less than or equal to 4:1; silicon powder is a silicon powder with average particle diameter of less than or equal to 1 mm; molar stoichiometric ratio of precipitation agent to silicon in the silicon powder is greater than or equal to 0.12:1 and less than or equal to 4:1. Also presented is a method and reactor for producing hydrogen, and reaction device for producing hydrogen. Silicon powder composition of invention is an optimized formulation which needs no pre-treatment, contains no highly corrosive alkalis, and does not easily burn or explode. Reactor structure and device of invention have relatively high practicability. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321912 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING ENDOTHERMIC PROCESSES - The invention relates to a method of carrying out heat-consuming processes, wherein the total energy required averaged over a year for the heat-consuming process originates from at least two different energy sources, where one of the energy sources is an electric energy source whose power varies in the range from 0 to 100% of the total power required, and three different energy modes can individually provide the total power required for the heat-consuming process: (i) exclusively electric energy, (ii) a mixture of electric energy and at least one further nonelectric energy source or (iii) exclusively nonelectric energy, where the changeover time in which the change from one energy mode to another energy mode is completed is not more than 30 minutes. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321913 | PROCESS FOR REFORMING HYDROCARBONS - The invention relates to the production of synthesis gas by means of particularly a series arrangement of heat exchange reforming and autothermal reforming stages, in which the heat required for the reforming reactions in the heat exchange reforming stage, is provided by hot effluent synthesis gas from the autothermal reforming stage. More particularly, the invention relates to optimisation of the operation and control of an arrangement of heat exchange reforming and autothermal reforming stages and introduction of an additional waste heat boiler. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321914 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING HYDROGEN BY REFORMING HYDROCARBONS USING STEAM, COMBINED WITH CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURE AND STEAM PRODUCTION - A method for producing hydrogen by reforming hydrocarbons using steam, combined with carbon dioxide capture and steam production, which involves mixing the hydrocarbons to be reformed with steam in order to produce a feedstock for reforming, generating a syngas; the syngas produced is cooled, enriched with H2 and CO2, and then cooled; the condensates of the method are separated from the syngas in order to be used in the method, the saturated syngas being treated by adsorption with pressure modulation so as to produce hydrogen and a gaseous effluent containing CO | 2015-11-12 |
20150321915 | PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCTION OF DICHLORINE - The present disclosure provides a process and a system for producing dichlorine (Cl | 2015-11-12 |
20150321916 | ATOMICALLY THIN CRYSTALS AND FILMS AND PROCESS FOR MAKING SAME - The invention provides a process for exfoliating a 3-dimensional layered material to produce a 2-dimensional material, said process comprising the steps of mixing the layered material in a solvent to provide a mixture; applying energy, for example ultrasound, to said mixture, and removing the energy applied to the mixture, such that sedimentation of the 2-dimensional material out of solution as a weakly re-aggregated, exfoliated 2-dimensional material is produced. The invention provides a fast, simple and high yielding process for separating 3-dimensional layered materials into individual 2-dimensional layers or flakes, which do not strongly re-aggregate, without utilising hazardous solvents. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321917 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CARBON NANOTUBES - This method improves a carbon nanotube growth environment. In this method of manufacturing carbon nanotubes, the supply amount of catalyst activating material supplied in a carbon nanotube growing step is adjusted to the supply amount of catalyst activating material supplied at the time of maximum concentration of a gas component among multiple measurements made in the growing step, the gas component being at least one selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, methane, and ethane. | 2015-11-12 |
20150321918 | METHODS FOR PRODUCING SOLID CARBON BY REDUCING CARBON DIOXIDE - A two-stage reaction process includes reacting gaseous carbon dioxide with a reducing agent to form carbon monoxide and water. At least a portion of the water is condensed to form a dry tail gas. The dry tail gas, with the possible addition of a reducing agent, reacts to convert at least a portion of the carbon monoxide to solid carbon and water. Other methods include reacting a feed gas mixture to form a reaction mixture, condensing water from the reaction mixture to form a dried reaction mixture, mixing the dried reaction mixture with a recirculating gas to form a catalytic converter feed gas mixture, flowing the catalytic converter feed gas mixture through a catalytic converter to form solid carbon and a tail gas mixture containing water, and flowing the tail gas mixture through a heat exchanger. | 2015-11-12 |