47th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 20 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150329333 | TOWER SLEWING CRANE - The present invention relates to a crane, having a jib rotatable about an upright axis, at which jib a trolley is movably arranged, from which trolley a hoist rope connected to a load hook runs off, as well as a load hook position determining device for determining the position of the load hook. The load hook position may be determined optically by means of one camera only, which camera is mounted on the trolley of the crane and views from the trolley in a predetermined and thus known viewing direction downwards onto the load hook. In doing so, the position of the load hook in the camera image is determined by an image evaluator. To simplify detection of the load hook in the camera image, the image evaluator may include rope run determining means for determining the rope run of the hoist rope running off from the trolley. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329334 | OVERHEAD HOIST TRANSFER SYSTEM AND FACTORY SYSTEM EMPLOYING THE SAME - Provided are an overhead hoist transfer system and a factory system employing the same. The factory system includes a rail attached to a ceiling of a factory. An overhead hoist transfer system, in which a first carrier configured to receive a first material and a second carrier configured to receive a second material may be suspended and moved along the rail, is provided. A processing device system including a first carrier port in which the first carrier may be seated, a first device gate through which the first material may pass, a second carrier port in which the second carrier may be seated, and a second device gate through which the second material may pass, is provided. The processing device system may be adjacent to the rail. The overhead hoist transfer system includes a grip unit configured to grip the first carrier or the second carrier, and a rotating unit configured to rotate the grip unit. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329335 | MOBILE WINCH SYSTEM - A mobile winching system is provided, whereby a preferred embodiment describes a motorized winch and power source mounted on a small frame that includes wheels, a handle, and a means for securing the winch system during operation. This mobile winch system provides a way to transport and operate a winch in areas that are otherwise inaccessible by traditional vehicle mounted winches. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329336 | LOAD INDICATOR FOR VEHICLE LIFT - An apparatus comprises a frame, a vehicle engagement assembly, a lift actuation assembly, a locking assembly, and an indicator system. The vehicle engagement assembly is designed to vertically lift a vehicle. The frame comprises at least one slot to provide a predetermined path for the vehicle engagement assembly. The lift assembly provides the force required to lift the vehicle while the locking assembly stabilizes the vehicles without further force required by the lift assembly. The indicator system determines whether the locking assembly or the lift assembly is predominantly keeping the vehicle lifted. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329337 | Tank Handling Apparatus for use Lifting, Supporting and Manipulating Cylindrical Tanks - A tank handling apparatus for facilitating movement of cylindrical tanks such as oxygen tanks as needed which includes a carriage assembly with a main upright member and a parallel swing arm assembly extending outwardly therefrom with multiple lifting arms with a tank retaining housing movably secured thereto which defines a zone therein for receiving of the cylindrical tank. The apparatus provides movement capability vertically upwardly and outwardly, as well as rotational movement of the tank retaining housing to facilitate changing orientation of the position of a different tank between a horizontally extending position and a vertically extending position. An automatic locking mechanism is included which is gravitationally powered for facilitating deployment of a foot support member beneath the tank receiving zone in all positions other than when the held tank is horizontally positioned. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329338 | STOPPER REMOVER - An opener for removing a stopper from a bottle includes a handle, a prong extending from the handle, and at least one barb formed on the prong for engaging the bottom of the stopper. In one form, the barb is flexible and flexes to and fro relative to the prong between a first position lying substantially coplanar with the prong and a second position extending therefrom to assist in pulling the stopper from the bottle. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329339 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPENING AN AMPOULE | 2015-11-19 |
20150329340 | Mobile unit for bottling wine - A mobile wine bottling unit includes, among its main parts, a partially closed roll-off case with a compartment, inside which there is bottling equipment: a feeding system for the product to be bottled, a hydraulic connection to a water system, an electric connection to the company's electricity network, a collecting system for bottles to be filled in succession and for conveying them, a station for washing the inside of a bottle, a filling station, a corking/capping station, a capsuling station, a bottle drying station, and a labeling machine. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329341 | Pressurized Gas Container - A pressurized gas container associates with and supplies gas to a pressurized gas port of an appliance, such as for supplying carbon dioxide for the preparation of a carbonated drink. The container has a plug at its opening that has a barrier element that seals the container and is configured to be non-reversibly ruptured by a shaft of a gas-channeling member. The plug also has one or more sealing elements that are distinct from the barrier element and are configured for forming a gas-tight association with the shaft of the gas-channeling member. A plurality of such pressurized containers may be carried by a holder rack in a multipack. An appliance adapted for preparing or dispensing carbonated drink includes an adapter for associating with such a pressurized carbon dioxide-containing canister and for receiving the pressurized carbon dioxide therefrom. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329342 | BEVERAGE DISPENSING SYSTEM HAVING ELECTRIC PUMPS AND A REMOVABLE TRAY FOR HOLDING CONCENTRATE BAGS - Various systems, processes, and techniques may be used to achieve beverage dispensing. In particular implementations, a beverage dispensing system may include a housing, a water inlet, a dispensing faucet, and a tray. The housing may include a base and at least one vertically extending wall that defines an inner cavity at least at the top of the housing. The water inlet and the dispensing faucet may be coupled to the housing. The tray may be adapted to couple to the housing and be suspended in the inner cavity. The tray may have walls and a lower surface that define a cavity adapted to hold a beverage concentrate container, the lower surface being slanted relative to the base of the housing when the tray is coupled to the housing. The lower surface may have an connector fitting adapted to receive a beverage concentrate conduit. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329343 | CHILLED N2 INFUSED BEVERAGE DISPENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PREPARE AND DISPENSE A CHILLED N2 INFUSED BEVERAGE - A system and method to prepare and dispense a N | 2015-11-19 |
20150329344 | WINE DISPENSER - A wine dispensing device including a housing holding a gas cylinder. A stem from the gas cylinder extends to the front of the housing and provides gas to a dispense head mounted on a wine bottle. An arm attached to a routing mechanism at the top of the housing allow manipulation of a router on the dispense head. Manipulation by the routing mechanism in a first action purges the gas within the bottle and replaces it with an inert gas. Manipulation by the routing mechanism in a second action dispenses liquid from the bottle. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329345 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PACKAGING AND SELLING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - Selling a retail alcoholic beverage includes filling a wooden barrel with an alcoholic beverage, the barrel being sized to be transported within a retail location, without the aid of assisting equipment, by a person of average strength. This method also includes sealing one opening of the wooden barrel with a liquid-proof closure wherein the liquid-proof closure is removable by an eventual consumer of the alcoholic beverage in the wooden barrel; and sealing another opening of the wooden barrel with a dispensing valve wherein the dispensing valve is operable between an open position and a closed position. Ultimately, the method includes offering the wooden barrel, filled with the alcoholic beverage and sealed with the liquid-proof closure dispensing valve, for sale to a retail establishment from whom the eventual consumer of the alcoholic beverage can purchase the wooden barrel. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329346 | SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING AND DISPLAYING INFORMATION FOR BEVERAGE DISPENSING SYSTEMS - A system has a tap handle that includes a housing, a display disposed in the housing, a processor in communication with the display, and a remote device input in communication with the processor. The processor receives a signal from at least one remote sensor. The processor also receives a signal from either or both of a scale and a position sensor. The scale has a scale output in communication with the remote device input. The position sensor is in communication with the processor and detects a position of the tap handle. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329347 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECEPTACLE AUTO FILL USING INDUCTIVE SENSING - Systems and methods for receptacle auto fill using inductive sensing are provided. One example system includes a dispensing system capable of dispensing liquid. The system includes a sensor. The sensor includes a coil positioned adjacent to a dispensing area of the dispensing system. The system includes a receptacle capable of holding a volume of liquid. The system includes a floating object positioned within the receptacle and permitted to move upwards and downwards based on a liquid fill level of the receptacle. The floating object includes a conductive strip providing a first impedance at a first vertical position of the strip and a second impedance at a second vertical position of the strip. The first impedance is different than the second impedance. The system includes a controller configured to control the dispensing system based at least in part on an amount of inductance exhibited between the coil and the conductive strip. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329348 | LOCK-OUT DEVICE AND METHOD - A method and device to insure that a particular dispensing package ( | 2015-11-19 |
20150329349 | FUEL DISPENSER SYSTEM WITH SEALED PARTITION PART - A fuel dispenser system is provided including a partition part to separate a fuel dispensing unit from at least one electrically powered component. The partition part can be configured and arranged to seal the at least one electrically powered component from exposure to gas vapors emitted from the fuel dispensing unit. The fuel dispenser unit can include a fuel dispensing nozzle and a hydraulic component. The system can include additional fuel dispensing units. The fuel dispensing nozzle can be configured to dispense CNG, and the additional fuel dispensing nozzle can be configured to dispense CNG or another type of fuel. The at least one electrically powered component may include a transaction terminal. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329350 | A STIRRUP IRON - This invention relates to a stirrup iron ( | 2015-11-19 |
20150329351 | Vacuum Sealed MEMS and CMOS Package - A vacuum sealed MEMS and CMOS package and a process for making the same may include a capping wafer having a surface with a plurality of first cavities, a first device having a first surface with a second plurality of second cavities, a hermetic seal between the first surface of the first device and the surface of the capping wafer, and a second device having a first surface bonded to a second surface of the first device. The second device is a CMOS device with conductive through vias connecting the first device to a second surface of the second device, and conductive bumps on the second surface of the second device. Conductive bumps connect to the conductive through vias and wherein a plurality of conductive bumps connect to the second device. The hermetic seal forms a plurality of micro chambers between the capping wafer and the first device. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329352 | MICROELECTRONIC PACKAGES HAVING STACKED ACCELEROMETER AND MAGNETOMETER DIE AND METHODS FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - Methods for fabricating multi-sensor microelectronic packages and multi-sensor microelectronic packages are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes positioning a magnetometer wafer comprised of an array of non-singulated magnetometer die over an accelerometer wafer comprised of an array of non-singulated accelerometer die. The magnetometer wafer is bonded to the accelerometer wafer to produce a bonded wafer stack. The bonded wafer stack is then singulated to yield a plurality of multi-sensor microelectronic packages each including a singulated magnetometer die bonded to a singulated accelerometer die. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329353 | SENSOR INTEGRATION WITH AN OUTGASSING BARRIER AND A STABLE ELECTRICAL SIGNAL PATH - The present disclosure relates to a structure and method of forming a MEMS-CMOS integrated circuit with an outgassing barrier and a stable electrical signal path. An additional poly or metal layer is embedded within the MEMS die to prevent outgassing from the CMOS die. Patterned conductors formed by a damascene process and a direct bonding between the two dies provide a stable electrical signal path. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329354 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING MICROCHANNEL, AND MICROCHANNEL - Provided is a method for producing a microchannel including an approximately circular cross section with neither a joined surface nor an inlet in a smaller number of steps than has been conventional. The method for producing a microchannel includes the steps of forming a layer of an uncured curable resin ( | 2015-11-19 |
20150329355 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING PRODUCT WAFERS USING CARRIER SUBSTRATES - A method for processing product wafers using carrier substrates is disclosed. The method includes a step of bonding a first carrier wafer to a first product wafer using a first temporary adhesion layer between a first carrier wafer surface and a first product wafer first surface. Another step includes bonding a second carrier wafer to a second product wafer using a second temporary adhesion layer between a second carrier wafer surface and a second product wafer surface. Another step includes bonding the first product wafer to the second product wafer using a permanent bond between a first product wafer second surface and a second product wafer first surface. In exemplary embodiments, at least one processing step is performed on the first product wafer after the first temporary carrier wafer is bonded to the first product wafer before the second product wafer is permanently bonded to the first product wafer. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329356 | MEMS STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There are provided a micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS) structure and a method of manufacturing the same. The MEMS structure includes: a middle structure including an insulating layer, a circuit layer formed on the insulating layer, a mass formed beneath the insulating layer, and supports formed so as to be spaced apart from sides of the mass, and having corner portions of sides formed in a concave shape; an upper structure formed so as to enclose an upper portion of the middle structure; and a lower structure formed so as to enclose a lower portion of the middle structure. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329357 | HYDROGEN GENERATION SYSTEMS UTILIZING SODIUM SILICIDE AND SODIUM SILICA GEL MATERIALS - Systems, devices, and methods combine reactant materials and aqueous solutions to generate hydrogen. The reactant materials can sodium silicide or sodium silica gel. The hydrogen generation devices are used in fuels cells and other industrial applications. One system combines cooling, pumping, water storage, and other devices to sense and control reactions between reactant materials and aqueous solutions to generate hydrogen. Multiple inlets of varied placement geometries deliver aqueous solution to the reaction. The reactant materials and aqueous solution are churned to control the state of the reaction. The aqueous solution can be recycled and returned to the reaction. One system operates over a range of temperatures and pressures and includes a hydrogen separator, a heat removal mechanism, and state of reaction control devices. The systems, devices, and methods of generating hydrogen provide thermally stable solids, near-instant reaction with the aqueous solutions, and a non-toxic liquid by-product. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329358 | GASIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method includes providing a gasifier with a fuel source comprising a heavy oil, a light oil, and recovered soot. The gasifier may gasify the fuel source to generate a syngas and soot. The method also includes recovering the soot in a first separation unit that may receive a portion of the heavy oil and separate the soot from an extraction oil used to recover the soot. The first separation unit generates soot bottoms that include the portion of the heavy oil and the recovered soot. The method also includes flowing a first separation co-fractionate to a second separation unit. The first separation co-fractionate includes the extraction oil and the light oil. The second separation unit may separate the extraction oil and the light oil, and direct the light oil towards the first separation unit. The method further includes mixing the soot bottoms from the first separation unit with the light oil from the second separation unit to generate the fuel source and directing the fuel source to the gasifier for gasification. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329359 | SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF LEAD SELENIDE CAPPED WITH A BENZOATE LIGAND - Semiconductor materials offer several potential benefits as active elements in the development of harvesting-energy conversion technologies. In particular, lead selenide (PbSe) semiconductors have been used and proposed to design solar energy harvesting devices, IR sensors, FET devices, amongst others. The present disclosure provides a simple, low cost synthesis of lead selenide using benzoic acid as the capping ligand in an opened environment. The use of an aromatic ligand, and mores specifically benzoic acid, provides robustness and more durability to the lead selenide, and therefore prevents the lead selenide from breaking or cracking easily. Also the aromatic ligand prevents the degradation and oxidation of the lead selenide, without affecting any of the lead selenide electronic and chemical characteristics. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329360 | GROWTH OF SILICON AND BORON NITRIDE NANOMATERIALS ON CARBON FIBERS BY CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION - Methods of growing boron nitride nanotubes and silicon nanowires on carbon substrates formed from carbon fibers. The methods include applying a catalyst solution to the carbon substrate and heating the catalyst coated carbon substrate in a furnace in the presence of chemical vapor deposition reactive species to form the boron nitride nanotubes and silicon nanowires. A mixture of a first vapor deposition precursor formed from boric acid and urea and a second vapor deposition precursor formed from iron nitrate, magnesium nitrate, and D-sorbitol are provided to the furnace to form boron nitride nanotubes. A silicon source including SiH | 2015-11-19 |
20150329361 | GROUP III NITRIDE WAFERS AND FABRICATION METHOD AND TESTING METHOD - The invention provides, in one instance, a group III nitride wafer sliced from a group III nitride ingot, polished to remove the surface damage layer and tested with x-ray diffraction. The x-ray incident beam is irradiated at an angle less than 15 degree and diffraction peak intensity is evaluated. The group III nitride wafer passing this test has sufficient surface quality for device fabrication. The invention also provides, in one instance, a method of producing group III nitride wafer by slicing a group III nitride ingot, polishing at least one surface of the wafer, and testing the surface quality with x-ray diffraction having an incident beam angle less than 15 degree to the surface. The invention also provides, in an instance, a test method for testing the surface quality of group III nitride wafers using x-ray diffraction having an incident beam angle less than 15 degree to the surface. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329362 | SIMPLE METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUPERHYDROPHOBIC CARBON NANOTUBE ARRAY - Efficient methods for producing a superhydrophobic carbon nanotube (CNT) array are set forth. The methods comprise providing a vertically aligned CNT array and performing vacuum pyrolysis on the CNT array to produce a superhydrophobic CNT array. These methods have several advantages over the prior art, such as operational simplicity and efficiency. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329363 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING NANOTUBE STRUCTURES - A tube manufacturing system is provided that is capable of manufacturing tube structures that are on the nanoscale and larger. The system provides for control as to the structure and atomic makeup of the feed sheet material used and provides motive force to the sheet material being used to continuously advance the sheet material through the various system components. After the tube structures are formed, they may be used in providing a source material for manufacturing macroscopic objects thus increasing the level of performance and capabilities of such objects due to the engineered properties of the tube structures formed within this system and method of manufacturing. Processes for manufacturing of nanotubes are also disclosed, as are nanotubes manufactured by the processes and system of the invention. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329364 | ACTIVATED CARBON PRODUCTS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING SAME - Activated carbon products and methods for making same. In one example, activated carbon products can have a specific surface area of at least 3,050 m | 2015-11-19 |
20150329365 | Method of Manufacturing Carbon-Rich Product and Co-Products - A method in which a parent hydrocarbon-rich material is processed so as to produce both a carbon-rich solid material that has a higher carbon to hydrogen ratio than that of the parent material and a carbon-deficient combustible gas that has a lower carbon to hydrogen ratio than the parent material. In the process, the material is activated by exposing it to a hot gas stream having elevated levels of one or both of carbon dioxide and water vapor. The combustible gas is combusted to produce heat. At least about 80% of the heat is used in one ore more endothermic steps that include drying coal or biomass. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329366 | IMPROVING OPERATION OF FLUIDIZED BED REACTORS BY OPTIMIZING TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS VIA PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION CONTROL - A method of improving the operation of polysilicon fluidized bed reactors is disclosed. The present disclosure is directed to the optimization of axial temperature gradients in gas-solid fluidized bed systems. Varying the width of the particle size distribution in the reactor alters the temperature gradient within the reactor, thereby providing a means of a better control of internal temperature profiles and hence better reactor performance. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329367 | METHOD FOR PREPARING TRICHLOROSILANE - The present invention relates to a method for preparing trichlorosilane. According to the method for preparing trichlorosilane of the present invention, trichlorosilane may be obtained with improved yield using silicon where copper silicide is formed. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329368 | POST-TREATMENT OF DEBORONATED MWW ZEOLITE - A process for the post-treatment of a zeolitic material having an MWW framework structure, the process comprising (i) providing a zeolitic material having an MWW framework structure, wherein the framework structure of the zeolitic material comprises X | 2015-11-19 |
20150329369 | RECOVERING A CAUSTIC SOLUTION VIA CALCIUM CARBONATE CRYSTAL AGGREGATES - Techniques for growing crystalline calcium carbonate solids such that the crystalline calcium carbonate solids include a volume of 0.0005 mm | 2015-11-19 |
20150329370 | RECOVERY OF BROMIDE FROM SULFATE COMPRISING AQUEOUS STREAMS - A solvent extraction process for recovering bromide from a sulfate-containing aqueous stream, the process comprises an extraction step wherein said aqueous stream is mixed with an extraction medium comprising a tertiary amine extractant dissolved in one or more water-immiscible organic solvents, wherein said mixing is carried out in a strongly acidic environment, thereby forming bromide-containing extract and a raffinate with a reduced bromide level, wherein the bromide-containing extract is optionally treated to further minimize the presence of sulfate and is subsequently combined with an aqueous calcium source to form calcium bromide. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329371 | OXIDE, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The oxide includes indium, an element M, and zinc. The oxide includes a first region and a second region. A peak of diffraction intensity derived from a crystal structure is not observed in the first region using X-ray. An electron diffraction pattern including a third region with high luminance in a ring pattern and a spot in the third region is observed by transmission of an electron beam having a probe diameter of 0.3 nm or more and 3 nm or less through the second region. The oxide includes a crystal part when being observed with a transmission electron microscope. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329372 | TITANIUM DIOXIDE PRODUCTION, AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING PARTICLE SIZE THEREOF - Disclosed is a method/system for the production of titanium dioxide particles. The titanium dioxide particles are produced by oxidizing titanium tetrachloride in the presence of an agent which includes ultrafine titanium dioxide particles, and optionally, the presence of a Group | 2015-11-19 |
20150329373 | Metal Oxide Nanoparticle Material - A zirconia nanoparticle material includes a zirconia nanoparticle and a carbonate coordinated on a surface of the zirconia nanoparticle. The carbonate is 1 to 10 parts by weight of the zirconia nanoparticle. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329374 | LITHIUM-MANGANESE COMPOSITE OXIDE IN WHICH SIZE OF VERTICAL ANGLE OF PRIMARY PARTICLE IS ADJUSTED, AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME - The present invention relates to a lithium-manganese composite oxide in which the size of the face angle (vertical angle) of a primary particle is adjusted, and a method for preparing the same. The lithium-manganese composite oxide in which the size of the vertical angle of the primary particle is adjusted, and the method for preparing the same according to the present invention may gently adjust the size of the vertical angle of the polygon that constitutes a primary particle having a shape of a convex polyhedron in the lithium-manganese composite oxide, thus preventing the formation of convex-concave portions at the surface of an electrode plate in the process of forming the electrode plate by means of rolling during the manufacturing of a battery, thereby having an effect of improving characteristics of the battery. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329375 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING HIGH-PURITY NICKEL SULFATE AND METHOD FOR REMOVING IMPURITY ELEMENT FROM SOLUTION CONTAINING NICKEL - Provided are an impurity-element removing method for selectively removing magnesium from a nickel-containing solution, and a method for producing high-purity nickel sulfate using the impurity-element removing method. The production method includes a production process in the production method of producing high-purity nickel sulfate from a nickel-containing solution, and the nickel-containing solution in the production process is subjected to an impurity-element removal treatment that includes: a hydroxylation step of adding an alkali hydroxide to the nickel-containing solution in the production process to form a hydroxylated slurry; a carbonation step of adding an alkali carbonate to the hydroxylated slurry to form a carbonated slurry, and recovering nickel component from the solution; a solid-liquid separation step for the slurry thus obtained; and a neutralization step of subjecting a solution after reaction obtained by solid-liquid separation to a neutralization, and recovering an impurity element included in the nickel-containing solution in the production process. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329376 | Method and Apparatus of Flush Pump Feature for Portable Liquid Purifying Filter - A flush pump feature on a liquid purifying filter includes a segment of flexible tubing containing a small bulb pump is described. Two check valves are positioned upstream and downstream of the bulb pump which then terminates with a simple manually operated open/closed valve. The addition of this flush pump feature enables the filter unit to be easily purged of air at first use and also will make the filter easier to clean and maintain without the need to remove it from a hydration carrier. In addition, the flush bulb feature can also be used to perform a simple visual integrity test of filter while out in a remote location and also can be used to effectively remove bulk water from the filter for lighter storage when not in use which also minimizes freeze related damage when used in a cold environment. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329377 | SYSTEMS INCLUDING A CONDENSING APPARATUS SUCH AS A BUBBLE COLUMN CONDENSER - Condensing apparatuses and their use in various heat and mass exchange systems are generally described. The condensing apparatuses, such as bubble column condensers, may employ a heat exchanger positioned external to the condensing vessel to remove heat from a bubble column condenser outlet stream to produce a heat exchanger outlet stream. In certain cases, the condensing apparatus may also include a cooling device positioned external to the vessel configured and positioned to remove heat from the heat exchanger outlet stream to produce a cooling device outlet stream. The condensing apparatus may be configured to include various internal features, such as a vapor distribution region and/or a plurality of liquid flow control weirs and/or chambers within the apparatus having an aspect ratio of at least 1.5. A condensing apparatus may be coupled with a humidifier to form part of a desalination system, in certain cases. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329378 | MULTI-EFFECT SOLAR DISTILLATION SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A solar distillation system includes solar panels, and receivers adjacent the solar panels to receive process water to be processed to purified process water. The process water flows from a first receiver to a last receiver and is heated by reflected sunlight. Vapor tubes are coupled to the receivers, with each respective vapor tube coupled between adjacent receivers. Water vapor is generated as the process water is heated within each receiver. The water vapor flows via the respective vapor tubes between the adjacent receivers towards the last receiver. A return vapor tube is coupled to the last receiver. A distillation tube is coupled to the return vapor tube to receive the water vapor. The distillation tube extends through the receivers from the last receiver to the first receiver. As the water vapor travels through the distillation tube it changes to a liquid, with the liquid being the purified process water. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329379 | PROCESSING DEVICE AND PROCESSING METHOD FOR HYDROGEN-SULPHIDE-CONTAINING BARREN SOLUTION - Provided are a treatment method for a barren solution, and a treatment device for a barren solution, with which hydrogen sulfide can be efficiently removed from the barren solution. In an aeration tank provided with a vertical-type cylindrical reaction vessel, stirring blades arranged in the reaction vessel, and an annular aeration tube having a large number of air outlets, which is arranged to a bottom part of the reaction vessel, aeration is performed by blowing gas for aeration into the reaction vessel from a large number of air outlets of the aeration tube while stirring a liquid by rotation of the stirring blades. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329380 | CLEANING APPARATUS - There is disclosed a cleaning apparatus for a radiation source assembly in a fluid treatment system. The cleaning system comprises: a cleaning carriage comprising at least one cleaning element for contact with at least a portion of the exterior of the radiation source assembly; a rodless cylinder comprising an elongate housing having a longitudinal axis; a slidable element disposed on an exterior surface of the elongate housing, the slidable element being: (i) coupled to the cleaning carriage, and (ii) magnetically coupled to a driving element disposed within the elongate housing, the driving element comprising a friction modifying element in contact with an interior surface of the elongate housing to define a first frictional resistance in a rotational direction about the longitudinal axis and a second frictional resistance in an axial direction along the longitudinal axis, the friction modifying element configured such that the first frictional resistance is greater than the second friction resistance; and an elongate motive element coupled to the driving element. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329381 | ELEMENT UNIT, SEPARATION MEMBRANE MODULE, ATTACHING AND DETACHING METHOD FOR SEPARATION MEMBRANE ELEMENT (AS AMENDED) - A separation membrane module has an element unit. The element unit includes: a shaft; a plurality of separation membrane elements each including a separation membrane pair having two separation membranes disposed so that permeate-side surfaces of the separation membranes face each other and a water collecting flow path provided between the separation membranes, and a sealed portion that seals the separation membranes at peripheral edge portions of the separation membranes; a suspension portion that suspends the separation membrane elements on the shaft; and a water collection nozzle provides communication between the water collection flow path and an outside of the separation membrane elements. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329382 | Electrocoagulation Removal of Zinc in Produced Water - Electrocoagulation may be used to reduce the concentration of zinc ions in produced water. For example, a method may induce producing a wellbore fluid from a subterranean formation, the wellbore fluid comprising hydrocarbons and water, the water having zinc ions dispersed therein at a concentration greater than about 1 ppm; separating the hydrocarbons from the water; and separating at least some of the zinc ions from the water via electrocoagulation to yield an effluent water and precipitated zinc salts. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329383 | GRAVITY FLOW RUNOFF WATER PURIFICATION SYSTEM - A gravity flow runoff water purification system is provided. The gravity flow runoff water purification system of the present invention includes a debris filter, a grit chamber, and a linear electrolytic reactor. The linear electrolytic reactor includes a plurality of cell chambers separated by at least one fixed electrode plate operable to receive a current. A bi-polar anode blend is disposed at the bottom of each chamber and is charged by the at least one electrode plate using a VLF AC current in order to prevent plating over of fixed electrodes. The blend includes a conductive and consumable metal fraction, a conductive and non-consumable fraction, and a non-conductive pours spacer. Water runs through the debris filter, through the grit chamber and into the linear electrolytic reactor via gravity. The water flows through each of the cell chambers, thereby clarifying and purifying the water. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329384 | RECHARGEABLE ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS - Provided are electrochemical devices that are rechargeable, where an electrolyte stream whose electrolyte is electro-chemically inert is supplied to an ion concentrate compartment between a bipolar membrane and an electrode, thereby eliminating a potential for scale build-up. When strong or weak cation resins are used in a product compartment of an electrochemical device, acid water produced can be used to soak and clean an ion concentrate compartment next to an electrode, such as the cathode. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329385 | AN ELECTROLYZED WATER GENERATING METHOD AND A GENERATOR - Subject: An electrolyzed water generating method and a generator to produce both acidic electrolyzed water free from alkaline-metal chloride ( | 2015-11-19 |
20150329386 | Coated Ion Exchange Membranes - Ion exchange membranes may include a polymeric microporous substrate, a cross-linked ion transferring polymeric layer on the substrate, and a hydrophobic coating on the cross-linked ion transferring polymer. The hydrophobic coating may comprise at least one of a weak base copolymer and an organosilicate compound. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329387 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING HALOAMINES AND APPLICATION THEREOF IN OIL AND GAS OPERATIONS - The present invention relates to systems and methods for the on-site generation (for example at oil well drilling operations, oil well hydraulic fracturing operations, makeup water pipeline transportation systems, and oil and gas refining operations) of haloamine chemistry such as chloramines and/or bromamines. The invention also relates to the application of the generated haloamines to control microorganisms such as bacteria as well their harmful byproducts such as hydrogen sulfide and other undesired substances found in oil and gas industries. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329388 | DECHLORINATION METHOD AND SOLUTION - An improved sulfurous acid dechlorination method of chlorinated waters to increase sulfites, prevent SO | 2015-11-19 |
20150329389 | METHOD FOR REDUCING ORGANIC IMPURITIES IN WASTE WATER - Use of off gas from the oxidation of cumene to cumene hydroperoxide to strip at least one organic compound from a waste water stream containing said at least one organic compound, in particular to strip at least one organic compound from a waste water stream formed during phenol production. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329390 | PRODUCT AND METHOD FOR TREATMENT OF SOIL AND GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATED WITH POLLUTANTS THAT CAN BE ANAEROBICALLY BIOREMEDIATED - Exemplary products and methods are described for in situ treatment of groundwater or aquifer material that is or may become contaminated with pollutants that can be anaerobically bioremediated. Easily biodegradable organic material and humic material may be injected into the soil in a manner such that portions thereof are carried below the water table to create anaerobic conditions. Thereafter water is injected in an amount sufficient that, with natural groundwater flow, the organic and humic materials are distributed throughout a zone to be treated. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329391 | HOT SANITARY WATER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISINFECTION OF HOT WATER - A sanitary warm water system comprises an annular water duct, a pump, a heater, withdrawing ducts connected to the annular duct and a supply duct, a monochloramine generator which synthesises and adds monochloramine to the warm water in the annular duct at a disinfection point, an ammonium ion abatement device which adds chlorine or hypochlorites to the warm water in the annular duct, an ammonium detector which detects the concentration of ammonium ions in the warm water and a control system which activates the monochloramine generator and activates the ammonium ion abatement device and controls the addition of chlorine or hypochlorite as a function of the ammonium concentration signals, independently of the activation of the monochloramine generator. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329392 | Bioreactor System for Aquarium and Septic Tank - An aeration and microbial reactor system for use in decontaminating water including a housing adapted to float and/or submerged within the medium such that a top portion thereof remains adjacent a top surface of the contaminated water while the bioreactor containing inoculated carrier media is attached below. Beneficial microbial populations thrive and spread throughout the liquid medium, and consume or fix the contaminant such that the contaminant is removed from the water. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329393 | THERMO-OXIDATION OF MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT SLUDGE FOR PRODUCTION OF CLASS A BIOSOLIDS - A process for treatment of municipal wastewater plant sludge to the criteria of Class A biosolids. The process uses hydrogen peroxide and thermo-oxidation to reduce volatile suspended solids to meet the criteria. On a batch basis, waste activated sludge is introduced into a reactor; the concentration of the waste activated sludge is adjusted to about 1.5% total suspended solids with secondary effluent, if necessary; the reactor is mixed; the reactor is pre-heated to an operating temperature in a range of about 65° C. to about 90° C.; subsequently, a 50% solution of laboratory grade hydrogen peroxide is introduced into the bottom of the reactor; and the contents are heated for at least 4 hours. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329394 | USE OF ACTIVATED CARBON IN A MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR - A membrane bioreactor (MBR) has membranes comprising a supporting structure. A supply unit doses a sorbent such as powdered activated carbon (PAC) into the MBR. The PAC is maintained at a concentration in the mixed liquor of 200 mg/L or more. Mixed liquor with the sorbent particles recirculates within the MBR at a flow rate of at least twice the feed flow rate. Air bubbles are provided to scour the membranes including during at least part of a permeation step. The sorbent particles are present in the mixed liquor and contact the membranes. Bioaugmentation products may be immobilized on PAC or other carriers and then added to an MBR or other bioreactors. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329395 | PHOTOBIOREACTOR - The present invention relates to a photobioreactor for treatment of the waste water. The photobioreactor comprises a treatment chamber for receiving a culture of algae, a water inlet for supplying waste water to said chamber, at least one light source provided within said chamber for providing light to said culture and at least one water outlet for removal of treated water. The at least one water outlet is further arranged in use to selectively remove a proportion of the biomass produced within said chamber when said biomass reaches a predetermined maximum level so as to maintain a continuous or substantially continuous culture of algae within said chamber. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329396 | Modular Liquid Waste Treatment System and Method - A modular liquid waste treatment system is disclosed. In accordance with some embodiments, the system includes a central distribution unit and one or more treatment fins in flow communication therewith. The distribution unit may be configured to receive liquid waste from a given source and distribute that waste, at least in part, to one or more treatment fins. In turn, bacteria present in a given treatment fin treat the liquid waste, and the resultant treated liquid may drain from the fin to the surrounding environment. In some embodiments, a given treatment fin may include porous media providing a large surface area on which bacteria may grow to facilitate treatment. The system may be installed in and/or above the ground, and in some cases may be surrounded, at least in part, with treatment sand and/or other treatment media. The system may be used in aerobic and/or anaerobic processing of liquid waste. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329397 | Process of Treating Buchu Mercaptan Production Wastewater Using Microalgae and Chitin as a Nitrogen Source - A process of growing a culture of cyanobacteria or algae using chitin or chitosan as a source of nitrogen for photosynthetic growth is described. This process can be used to remove pollutants from nitrogen-deficient natural waters or wastewaters including buchu mercaptan production wastewater. Biomass that results from photosynthetic growth on chitin can be used, either as whole cells or the isolated components of the cells, for a large variety of commercial purposes. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329398 | METHOD FOR TREATING ORGANIC LADEN PRODUCED WATER - An oil recovery process which utilizes chemical precipitation and complexation reactions to remove dissolved organics and silica from waste water streams. The process produces brine suitable for deep well injection and solids suitable for Class II landfill. The treatment process can be used in combination with a concentrator and in addition to producing brine suitable for deep well injection and solids suitable for Class II landfill, the concentrator also produces a clean water stream for reuse. By including a crystallizer for the brine processing the system has zero liquid discharge. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329399 | NUTRIENT RECOVERY PROCESS - An apparatus for recovering nutrients or water from digestate comprises one or more solid-liquid separation units, an ammonia stripping device, and a gas scrubbing unit. In a process, digestate is separated into a solids portion and a liquid portion. Ammonia is stripped from the liquid portion and converted into an ammonium salt solution which may be sold or used as, or blended with, a fertilizer product. Optionally, at least part of the remaining liquid portion may be concentrated to produce brine. The brine is mixed with the solids portion. The mixture may be dried and used as, or blended with, a fertilizer product. Optionally, a least part of the remaining liquid portion may be re-used as dilution water in a digester. A solids portion of the digestate, and one or both of an ammonium salt solution and a brine, may be used as fertilizer without thermal drying. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329400 | BURNER APPARATUS, SUBMERGED COMBUSTION MELTERS INCLUDING THE BURNER, AND METHODS OF USE - Apparatus includes a first and second conduits configured to form an annulus between them. An adjustable structure includes a body having an upper surface, a lower surface, and a circumferential surface abutting a portion of the internal surface of the second conduit. The structure is adjustable axially in relation to and removably attached to the first conduit via a hub. The hub defines a central passage for fuel or oxidant. The body has one or more non-central through passages configured such that flow of an oxidant or fuel therethrough causes the fuel or oxidant to intersect flow of fuel or oxidant exiting from the central passage in a region above the upper surface of the body. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329401 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR REDUCING HEAT LOSS FROM EDGE DIRECTORS - An apparatus and methods for making a glass ribbon includes a forming wedge with a pair of inclined forming surface portions converging along a downstream direction to form a root. The apparatus further includes an edge director intersecting with at least one of the pair of downwardly inclined forming surface portions, and a replaceable heating cartridge configured to direct heat to the edge director and thermally shield the edge director from heat loss. A replaceable heating cartridge is also provided for directing heat to the edge director and thermally shielding the edge director from heat loss. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329402 | MOLD ASSEMBLIES FOR FORMING SHAPED GLASS ARTICLES - Mold assemblies for forming shaped glass articles are disclosed herein. According to one embodiment, a mold assembly may include a mold body including a mold cavity, a support base, and a plenum body extending between the mold body and the support base. When the mold assembly is heated to an average temperature of greater than or equal to about 650° C. by an overhead heating source, the temperature at the center of the mold cavity may be less than at the perimeter of the mold cavity. The difference between the temperature at the center of the mold cavity and the temperature at the perimeter of the mold cavity may be at least about 12° C. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329403 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PREFORMS FOR OPTICAL FIBRES HAVING LOW WATER PEAK - A method of manufacturing at least one optical fibre preform comprising: providing a plurality of partially porous intermediate preforms, each partially porous intermediate preform having a longitudinal axis and comprising a respective soot intermediate clad layer formed around a respective glass core rod comprising a central core region of radius a and an inner clad region of radius b to define a first core-to-clad ratio a/b; consolidating the formed soot intermediate clad layers to form a respective plurality of intermediate glass preforms, each of the plurality of intermediate glass preforms comprising an intermediate clad region having an external radius c to define a second core-to-clad ratio a/c of from 0.20 to 0.30, and overcladding at least one intermediate glass preform by forming an overclad region surrounding the intermediate clad region to form an optical fibre glass preform, wherein consolidating comprises exposing the plurality of intermediate preforms to a consolidation hot zone of a single furnace body while rotating each of the intermediate preforms about its respective longitudinal axis. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329404 | METHOD OF PRODUCING GLASS PREFORM AND OPTICAL FIBER - A method of producing a glass preform including: forming a porous glass soot configured by an inner deposition soot deposited on a start material and an outer deposition soot deposited outside the inner deposition soot; and sintering, after the forming, the porous glass soot while doping with fluorine to form a glass body including an inner glass portion and an outer glass layer. An amount of the fluorine, with which the inner deposition soot is doped at the sintering, is equal to or more than 0 g/cm | 2015-11-19 |
20150329405 | OPTICAL FIBER MANUFACTURING METHOD AND OPTICAL FIBER - There is provided a method for producing a low-loss alkali metal-doped silica core optical fiber having excellent hydrogen resistance. The method for producing the optical fiber according to the present invention includes a drawing step of drawing an optical fiber preform in a drawing furnace to produce a silica glass-based optical fiber including a core region containing an alkali metal with an average concentration of 0.5 atomic ppm or more and a cladding region that surrounds the core region and a heating step of heating the optical fiber in a heating furnace through which the optical fiber drawn from the drawing furnace passes. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329406 | STRENGTHENED GLASS, STRENGTHENED GLASS PLATE, STRENGTHENED GLASS CONTAINER, AND GLASS FOR STRENGTHENING - To devise a tempered glass and a glass to be tempered each of which is lowered in density and viscosity at high temperature, hardly deteriorates a KNO | 2015-11-19 |
20150329407 | TINTED FLOAT GLASS - A tinted float glass includes a base glass portion comprising: | 2015-11-19 |
20150329408 | Surface Nitrided Alkali-Free Glasses - Alkali-free glasses are disclosed having (in weight %) 50≦SiO | 2015-11-19 |
20150329409 | WHITE GLASS - A white glass includes, in terms of mole percentage on the basis of oxides, from 50% to 74% of SiO | 2015-11-19 |
20150329410 | ALKALI SELENOGERMANATE GLASSES - Selenogermanate, selenogallo- or selenoindo-germanate glasses that are modified by alkali metals, for example, Na or Li and, as such, are characterized by high alkali ion mobility or conductivity. Ionic conducting chalcogenide glasses have potential application as an electrolyte medium for solid state batteries. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329411 | NEAR-INFRARED LIGHT ABSORBING GLASS, ELEMENT AND FILTER - Provided is a near-infrared light absorbing glass with a near-infrared light absorbing element and a near-infrared light absorbing filter. When the length of the near-infrared light absorbing glass is 1 mm, transmissivity is more than 80% at the wavelength of 400 nm, and more than 85% at the wavelength of 500 nm. The near-infrared light absorbing glass contains P | 2015-11-19 |
20150329412 | DISPLAY PANEL, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND FRIT COMPOSITION USED IN THE DISPLAY PANEL - Provided are display panel, method of manufacturing the same, and frit composition used in the display panel. A display panel comprising: a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate and a frit bonding the first substrate and the second substrate together, wherein the frit has an optical density of more than about 0.0683 μm for laser light of any one wavelength in a wavelength range of about 760 to about 860 nm. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329413 | TRANSPARENT GLASS-CERAMIC ARTICLES, GLASS-CERAMIC PRECURSOR GLASSES AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAME - Embodiments of glass ceramic articles and precursor glasses are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the glass-ceramic articles are transparent and include a nepheline phase and a phosphate phase. The glass-ceramic articles are colorless and exhibit a transmittance of about 70% or greater across the visible spectrum. The glass-ceramic articles may optionally include a lithium aluminosilicate phase. The crystals of the glass-ceramic articles may have a major cross-section of about 100 nm or less. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329414 | GLASS-CERAMIC - A subject matter of the invention is a glass-ceramic sheet provided, on at least a portion of at least one of its faces, with a coating of thin layers comprising at least one thin functional layer composed of a metal based on niobium metal Nb, or of an oxide based on a niobium oxide NbO | 2015-11-19 |
20150329415 | GLASS AND METHODS OF MAKING GLASS ARTICLES - Surface modification layers ( | 2015-11-19 |
20150329416 | GLASS ARTICLES WITH LOW-FRICTION COATINGS - Coated pharmaceutical packages are disclosed. In embodiments, a coated pharmaceutical package includes a glass body comprising a first surface. A low-friction coating may be positioned on at least a portion of the first surface of the glass body. The low-friction coating may include a polymer chemical composition. A light transmission through the coated pharmaceutical package may be greater than or equal to about 55% of a light transmission through an uncoated pharmaceutical package for wavelengths from about 400 nm to about 700 nm. The low-friction coating may have a mass loss of less than about 5% of its mass when heated from a temperature of 150° C. to 350° C. at a ramp rate of about 10° C./minute. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329417 | TIN OXIDE OVERCOAT INDIUM TIN OXIDE COATINGS, COATED GLAZINGS, AND PRODUCTION METHODS - The invention provides transparent conductive coatings based on indium tin oxide. The coating has a tin oxide overcoat. In some embodiments, the coating further includes one or more overcoat films comprising silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, or silica. The coating and its films have compositions, thicknesses, and properties that simultaneously produce low sheet resistance and high visible transmission, preferably together with neutral color properties and good durability. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329418 | REINFORCED GLASS SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - The present invention provides a tempered glass substrate capable of achieving both higher strength and a smaller thickness. The tempered glass substrate of the present invention has a compressive stress layer, the tempered glass substrate having a thickness of 1.5 mm or less, and a depth of layer in an end surface larger than a depth of layer in a main surface. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329419 | STRENGTHENED GLASS - Chemically strengthened glass and a method for making utilizing differential chemistry are provided. The method includes providing a substrate having a glass chemical structure. Host alkali ions are situated in the chemical structure. The substrate has a treatment-rich volume and a treatment-poor volume located as opposed to each other in the substrate. The method also includes providing an exchange medium characterized by including a composition associated with an ion exchange rate of invading alkali ions having an average ionic radius that is larger than an average ionic radius of the host alkali ions. The method also includes providing a modified exchange medium including a modified composition associated with a modified ion exchange rate of the invading alkali ions. The method also includes applying the exchange mediums and conducting ion exchange to produce the strengthened substrate. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329420 | METHOD FOR FORMING VIA HOLE IN GLASS SUBSTRATE BY LASER IRRADIATION - A method for forming a through-hole in a glass substrate includes the steps of (a) radiating a laser beam to a glass substrate, so that a through-hole penetrating the glass substrate from a first surface to a second surface is formed in a radiation area of the glass substrate, and a constricted part is formed in the through-hole, and (b) causing a discharge via the through-hole by applying a direct-current voltage between the first and second surfaces of the glass substrate, so that a diameter of a cross section of the constricted part that is substantially orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of the through-hole is increased. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329421 | PROCESS FOR LIME SLURRY PRODUCTION - One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for a process of reducing the usage of lime in a lime slurry, comprising the steps of: 1) forming a mixture comprising at least one polymeric dispersant comprising a straight chain polyacrylate homopolymer and a quantity of water; 2) introducing the mixture to a vessel prior to slaking for preparation of the lime slurry; and 3) slaking a quantity of lime and the mixture in the vessel to form the lime slurry, wherein the usage of lime in the lime slurry is reduced by about 25% to about 37%. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329422 | CURABLE HYDRAULIC BINDER-BASED CEMENT MATERIAL INTENDED TO BE USED AT LOW TEMPERATURES - Cement material, curable in the presence of water and including a hydraulic binder composition, which contains a mixture of hydraulic binders and a mixture of sulphate sources, wherein the hydraulic binder mixture includes: at least one hydraulic binder containing an alite-type mineralogical phase and at least one hydraulic binder containing an aluminate-type mineralogical phase, mainly consisting of yeelimite (C4A3$) or a mixture of yeelimite and calcium monoaluminate (CA), the mixture of sulphate sources containing at least one sulphate source with a solubility of <4 g·L-1, and at least one sulphate source with a solubility >4 g·L-1, the cement material optionally including mineral additions, fine granulates, large granulates and additives. The curable cement material is useful as a material capable of setting in cold weather, in particular a concrete, a mortar, a grout, a coating or a cement paste to be used at a temperature of −10° C. to +5° C. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329423 | CALCIUM SULPHATE-BASED PRODUCTS - This invention relates to improved high temperature resistant calcium sulphate-based products e.g. gypsum wallboard products and, in particular, to products having reduced shrinkage at high temperatures. The invention provides calcium sulphate-based product comprising gypsum and a shrinkage resistance additive. The shrinkage resistance additive is melamine polyphosphate or melamine pyrophosphate. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329424 | MICRO-REBAR CONCRETE REINFORCEMENT SYSTEM - A method for designing and manufacturing micro reinforced concrete that produces a composite material that shares physical properties with both the reinforcing material and the concrete. Micro reinforced concrete is a two-part system that made of micro reinforcements, which are twisted steel fibers, and a concrete matrix. The micro reinforcements are added at a specified dose to an ordinary concrete matrix to create the micro reinforced concrete. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329425 | SUPERPLASTICIZERS FOR CONCRETE AND CEMENT MATERIALS AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Superplasticizer for concrete and other cement mixtures, which is intrinsically low-foaming, promotes the early mechanical strength development and retains the workability of fresh concrete for longer time, obtainable by reacting acid, not neutralized, polycarboxylic polymers with monofunctional polyethers and difunctional polyethers in the absence of strong acidic catalysts. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329426 | CRYSTALLIZED SILICATE POWDER BY SYNTHESIZED AND HIGH STRENGTHENED PORCELAIN BODY HAVING THE SAME - The present invention discloses crystallized silicate-synthetic powder comprising a mullite (3Al | 2015-11-19 |
20150329427 | CRYSTALLIZED SILICATE POWDER BY SYNTHESIZED AND HIGH TEMPERATURE RESISTANT PORCELAIN BODY HAVING THE SAME - The present invention discloses crystallized silicate-synthetic powder comprising a cordierite (2MgO.2Al | 2015-11-19 |
20150329428 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING CERAMICS, CERAMICS THUS OBTAINED AND USES THEREOF, ESPECIALLY AS A SPUTTERING TARGET - A method for preparing a ceramic from an inorganic base material in the form of a powder with a high boiling point, including a step in which the powder of the inorganic base material is mixed with a second inorganic component which is also in powder form and which serves as a dopant for the inorganic base material. The dopant comprises a single inorganic material or a mixture of at least two inorganic materials that have a dopant effect on the inorganic base material. The method also includes a sintering step performed at a high temperature. Owing to the high density thereof, the resulting ceramics are suitable for use as a target element. The films and electrodes obtained from said ceramics have particularly beneficial properties. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329429 | CERAMIC SINTERED BODY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CERAMIC SINTERED BODY - A ceramic sintered body according to the present invention comprises: silicon carbide and aluminum nitride, wherein a weight ratio of the aluminum nitride relative to a total weight ratio of the silicon carbide and the aluminum nitride is greater than 10% and 97% or smaller, and a bulk density is greater than 3.18 g/cm | 2015-11-19 |
20150329430 | ADVANCED LAYERED BULK CERAMICS VIA FIELD ASSISTED SINTERING TECHNOLOGY - Disclosed herein are methods for fabricating layered ceramic materials via field assisted sintering technology. A method includes forming a ceramic green body on a surface of a substrate, and sintering the ceramic green body using a field-assisted sintering process to form a ceramic layer joined to the substrate. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329431 | PRODUCT COMPRISING AN ORIENTED FUNCTION AND PROCESS FOR OBTAINING SAME - Preparation of a slip including more than 4% and less than 50% of ceramic particles and including more than 1% of orientable ceramic particles made of a material including an oriented function, as volume percentage on the basis of the set of ceramic particles, wherein the fraction of non-orientable ceramic particles has a median length less than ten times the median length of the orientable ceramic particles if the set of ceramic particles includes less than 80%, as volume percentage, of orientable ceramic particles, oriented freezing of the slip by movement of a solidification front at a speed less than the speed of encapsulation of the ceramic particles; elimination of the crystals of solidified liquid phase of said block, optionally, sintering. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329432 | Method for Preparing Polycrystalline Metal Oxide Pattern - Disclosed is a method for preparing a polycrystalline metal oxide pattern, characterized by comprising: annealing a predetermined region of an amorphous metal oxide film by laser, so as to convert the amorphous metal oxide in the predetermined region into a polycrystalline metal oxide; and etching the amorphous metal oxide outside of the predetermined region so as to remove it. By the method according to the present invention, firstly, the predetermined region of an amorphous metal oxide film is annealed by laser so as to convert the amorphous metal oxide into a polycrystalline metal oxide, and then, the amorphous metal oxide outside of the predetermined region is etched away, thereby a polycrystalline metal oxide pattern is formed. The method for preparing a polycrystalline metal oxide pattern according to the present invention is simple, and can effectively shorten the production period and save production costs. | 2015-11-19 |