47th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 26 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150329934 | Dahl Process - The Dahl mining system is an environmentally safe, chemical free system that mines microscopic precious metals from head ore adding water and urea agitating this mixture until the precious metals are released from the head ore. Polymers are then added to the mixture and agitated until the polymers reach full hydration. The polymers are then screened from the mixture for the dehydration process. The extraction portion of this process begins by separating the metals from the polymers or bar in a controlled environment or room. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329935 | METHOD FOR RECOVERING TUNGSTEN COMPOUND - [Object] To efficiently recover tungsten from an object containing tungsten by a simple treatment process using a microorganism with reduced environmental load. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329936 | Method for Recovery of Metals from Sulfide Ores - A process for bio-oxidation of sulfides in mineral ore having a metal such as gold occluded or dispersed within the ore as a sulfide is disclosed. The first step comminutes the ore into particles with a size distribution having a P80 of less than 0.25 inch with minus 106 micron particles in the range of 15% to 40% by weight. Agglomerates are formed by adding to the comminuted ore particles an acidic inoculate solution including water, with the solution further including microorganisms capable of bio-oxidizing the sulfides. The agglomerates are then placed in at least one bio-reactor containment vessel to form an ore bed. The process continues by bio-oxidizing the sulfides in the ore bed; then re-circulating the solution through the ore bed, and continuing the bio-oxidation until a desired bio-oxidation level is achieved. Thereafter, the metal is recovered from the ore. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329937 | PROCESS FOR RECOVERY OF COPPER FROM ARSENIC-BEARING AND/OR ANTIMONY-BEARING COPPER SULPHIDE CONCENTRATES - A process for the extraction of copper from a feed material comprising at least one of arsenic and antimony-bearing copper sulphide minerals is provided. The process includes fine-grinding the feed material and after fine-grinding, subjecting the feed material to pressure oxidation in the presence of surfactant and a halogen to produce a product slurry. The process also includes subjecting the product slurry to liquid/solid separation to obtain a pressure oxidation filtrate and solids comprising at least one of a compound of arsenic and a compound of antimony, and recovering copper from the pressure oxidation filtrate. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329938 | HYDROMETALLURGICAL METHOD FOR THE REMOVAL OF RADIONUCLIDES FROM RADIOACTIVE COPPER CONCENTRATES - A hydro-metallurgical method | 2015-11-19 |
20150329939 | METHODS FOR REDUCING IMPURITIES IN MAGNESIUM, PURIFIED MAGNESIUM, AND ZIRCONIUM METAL PRODUCTION METHODS - A method for reducing impurities in magnesium comprises: combining a zirconium-containing material with a molten low-impurity magnesium including no more than 1.0 weight percent of total impurities in a vessel to provide a mixture; holding the mixture in a molten state for a period of time sufficient to allow at least a portion of the zirconium-containing material to react with at least a portion of the impurities and form intermetallic compounds; and separating at least a portion of the molten magnesium in the mixture from at least a portion of the intermetallic compounds to provide a purified magnesium, wherein the purified magnesium includes an increased level of zirconium compared to the low-impurity magnesium, wherein the purified magnesium includes greater than 1000 ppm zirconium, and wherein the purified magnesium includes a reduced level of impurities other than zirconium compared to the low-impurity magnesium. A purified magnesium including at least 1000 ppm zirconium and methods for producing zirconium metal using magnesium reductant also are disclosed. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329940 | SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR SELECTIVE RARE EARTH EXTRACTION WITH SULPHUR RECOVERY - The application relates to a process for rare earth extraction and thorium removal from monazite or bastnasite bearing ores or ore beneficiation and industrial waste containing a variable amount of rare earth elements as oxides, phosphates, carbonates or sulfates, comprising (i) controlled mixture between sulfuric acid and the material containing rare earth and (ii) water leaching under controlled conditions. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329941 | ALLOY COMPOSITION - An alloy composition consisting essentially of, by atomic percent, between 6.5 and 8% of elements selected from the group consisting of aluminium, titanium, tantalum and niobium, between 37 and 47% of elements selected from the group consisting of chromium, cobalt, iron, molybdenum and tungsten, and between 1.8 and 3.8% of elements selected from the group consisting of tungsten, molybdenum, niobium and tantalum, and, optionally, by weight percent, up to 0.04% carbon, up to 0.07% boron, and up to 0.1% zirconium, the balance being nickel and incidental impurities. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329942 | Intermediate Strength Alloys for High Temperature Service in Liquid-Salt Cooled Energy Systems - An alloy is composed essentially of, in terms of weight percent: 6 to 8.5 Cr, 5.5 to 13.5 Mo, 0.4 to 7.5 W, 1 to 2 Ti, 0.7 to 0.85 Mn, 0.05 to 0.3 Al, 0.08 to 0.5 C, 0 to 1 Nb, with the balance Ni, the alloy being characterized by, at 850° C., a yield strength of at least 25 Ksi, a tensile strength of at least 30 Ksi, a creep rupture life at 12 Ksi of at least 45 hours, and a corrosion rate, expressed in weight loss [g/(cm | 2015-11-19 |
20150329943 | METHODS FOR REDUCING IMPURITIES IN MAGNESIUM, PURIFIED MAGNESIUM, AND ZIRCONIUM METAL PRODUCTION METHODS - A method for reducing impurities in magnesium comprises: combining a zirconium-containing material with a molten low-impurity magnesium including no more than 1.0 weight percent of total impurities in a vessel to provide a mixture; holding the mixture in a molten state for a period of time sufficient to allow at least a portion of the zirconium-containing material to react with at least a portion of the impurities and form intermetallic compounds; and separating at least a portion of the molten magnesium in the mixture from at least a portion of the intermetallic compounds to provide a purified magnesium, wherein the purified magnesium includes an increased level of zirconium compared to the low-impurity magnesium, wherein the purified magnesium includes greater than 1000 ppm zirconium, and wherein the purified magnesium includes a reduced level of impurities other than zirconium compared to the low-impurity magnesium. A purified magnesium including at least 1000 ppm zirconium and methods for producing zirconium metal using magnesium reductant also are disclosed. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329944 | HYPEREUTECTIC WHITE IRON ALLOYS COMPRISING CHROMIUM AND NITROGEN AND ARTICLES MADE THEREFROM - Disclosed are a hypereutectic white iron alloy and articles such as pump components made therefrom. Besides iron and unavoidable impurities the alloy comprises, in weight percent based on the total weight of the alloy, from 2.5 to 6.5 C, from 0.04 to 1.2 N and from 18 to 58 Cr and, optionally, one or more of Mn, Ni, Co, Cu, Mo, W, V, Mg, Ca, Si, rare earth elements, Nb, Ta, Ti, Zr, Hf, Al, B. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329945 | HIGH-HARDNESS, HIGH-TOUGHNESS, WEAR-RESISTANT STEEL PLATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The invention provides a wear-resistant steel plate, which has the following chemical composition (wt. %): C: 0.36-0.45%, Si: 0.10-0.30%, Mn: 0.40-1.00%, P≦0.015%, S≦0.010%, Nb: 0.010-0.040%, Al: 0.010-0.080%, B: 0.0010-0.0020%, Ti: 0.005-0.050%, Ca: 0.0010-0.0080%, V≦0.080%, Cr≦1.00%, RE≦0.10%, N≦0.0080%, O≦0.0060%, H≦0.0004%, wherein the total amount of Nb and Ti is between 0.025% and 0.080%, the total amount of Al and Ti is between 0.030% and 0.12%, and the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities. The invention also provides a method of manufacturing the wear-resistant steel plate, comprising smelting, casting, rolling, post-rolling direct cooling and other steps. The wear-resistant steel plate obtained from the above composition and process has high hardness and excellent wear resistance, and is suitable for quick-wear devices in engineering machinery, such as crusher baffle, etc. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329946 | GALVANNEALED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A galvannealed steel sheet includes: a steel sheet; a coating layer on a surface of the steel sheet; and a mixed layer formed between the steel sheet and the coating layer, in which the mixed layer includes a base iron portion having fine grains having a size of greater than 0 μm and equal to or smaller than 2 μm, a Zn—Fe alloy phase, and oxides containing one or more types of Mn, Si, Al, and Cr, and in the mixed layer, the oxides and the Zn—Fe alloy phase are present in grain boundaries that form the fine grains and the Zn—Fe alloy phase is tangled with the base iron portion. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329947 | AUSTENITIC TWIP STAINLESS STEEL, ITS PRODUCTION AND USE - The object of the invention is an austenitic stainless steel with high plasticity induced by twinning with innovative chemical composition, and the use thereof in the automobile industry and in all applications wherein both a high resistance to corrosion and a high formability is requested, together with mechanical features of high-resistant steels. The invention also concerns a process for the production of this austenitic stainless steel with high twinning-induced plasticity. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329948 | Abnormal Grain Growth Suppression in AL Alloys - The present invention provides a process for suppressing abnormal grain growth in friction stir welded aluminum alloys by inserting an intermediate annealing treatment (“IAT”) after the welding step on the article. The IAT may be followed by a solution heat treatment (SHT) on the article under effectively high solution heat treatment conditions. In at least some embodiments, a deformation step is conducted on the article under effective spin-forming deformation conditions or under effective superplastic deformation conditions. The invention further provides a welded article having suppressed abnormal grain growth, prepared by the process above. Preferably the article is characterized with greater than about 90% reduction in area fraction abnormal grain growth in any friction-stir-welded nugget. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329949 | HIGH PROOF STRESS AL-ZN ALUMINUM ALLOY EXTRUSION MATERIAL SUPERIOR IN BENDABILITY - A high proof stress aluminum alloy extrusion material having superior bendability and crack resistance. The high proof stress aluminum alloy extrusion material is an aluminum alloy comprising: 5.0 to 7.0 wt % of zinc; 0.5 to 1.5 wt % of magnesium; 0.05 to 0.3 wt % of copper; no greater than 0.15 wt % of zirconium; 0.1 to 0.4 wt % of iron; 0.05 to 0.4 wt % of silicon; with the balance being Al and impurities, in which at least 90% of a metallographic structure is a recrystallized structure. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329950 | HIGH-STRENGTH HOT-ROLLED STEEL SHEET HAVING EXCELLENT BAKING HARDENABILITY AND LOW TEMPERATURE TOUGHNESS WITH MAXIMUM TENSILE STRENGTH OF 980 MPA OR MORE - Provided is a high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet consisting of, in mass %, C: 0.01% to 0.2%, Si: 0% to 2.5%, Mn: 0% to 4.0%, Al: 0% to 2.0%, N: 0% to 0.01%, Cu: 0% to 2.0%, Ni: 0% to 2.0%, Mo: 0% to 1.0%, V: 0% to 0.3%, Cr: 0% to 2.0%, Mg: 0% to 0.01%, Ca: 0% to 0.01%, REM: 0% to 0.1%, B: 0% to 0.01%, P: less than or equal to 0.10%, S: less than or equal to 0.03%, O: less than or equal to 0.01%, one or both of Ti and Nb: 0.01% to 0.30% in total, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities. The steel sheet has a structure in which a total volume fraction of tempered martensite or lower bainite is 90% or more, a dislocation density thereof is greater than or equal to 5×10 | 2015-11-19 |
20150329951 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HIGH MANGANESE HOT-DIP GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET WITH EXCELLENT COATABILITY AND ULTRA-HIGH STRENGTH, AND HIGH MANGANESE HOT-DIP GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET MANUFACTURED BY SAID METHOD - There are provided a method for manufacturing a high manganese hot-dip galvanized steel sheet having superior coatability and ultra-high strength, and a high manganese hot-dip galvanized steel sheet manufactured by the method. The method includes: cold rolling a hot-rolled steel sheet to form a cold-rolled steel sheet, the hot-rolled steel sheet including, by wt %, C: 0.3% to 1%, Mn: 8% to 25%, Si: 0.1% to 3%, Al: 0.01% to 8%, Cr: 0.1% to 2%, Ti: 0.01% to 0.2%, B: 0.0005% to 0.01%, Ni: 0.01% to 2%, Sn: 0.06% to 0.2%, and a balance of Fe and inevitable impurities; heating the cold-rolled steel sheet; cooling the heated steel sheet to, or maintaining the heated steel sheet; and performing a hot-dip galvanizing process on the cooled or temperature-maintained steel sheet by dipping the cooled or temperature-maintained steel sheet into a hot-dip galvanizing bath. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329952 | METHODS FOR PRODUCING A PRE-LACQUERED METAL SHEET HAVING ZN-AL-MG COATINGS AND CORRESPONDING METAL SHEET - A method is provided. The method includes providing a steel substrate having two faces coated by dipping the substrate in a bath, altering layers of magnesium oxide or magnesium hydroxide formed on the outer surfaces of the metal coatings by applying an acid solution, optionally a conversion solution with a pH between 1 and 2, and/or mechanical forces, and painting the outer surfaces of the metal coatings. Additional methods and a metal sheet are also provided. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329953 | LONG-LIFE NOZZLE FOR A THERMAL SPRAY GUN AND METHOD MAKING AND USING THE SAME - Thermal spray gun ( | 2015-11-19 |
20150329954 | PROCESS FOR COATING A SUBSTRATE WITH AN ABRADABLE CERAMIC MATERIAL, AND COATING THUS OBTAINED - The invention relates to the field of the coating of substrates with an abradable material. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329955 | PLASMA SPRAY COATING DESIGN USING PHASE AND STRESS CONTROL - To manufacture a coating for an article for a semiconductor processing chamber, the article including a body of at least one of Al, Al | 2015-11-19 |
20150329956 | METHOD FOR CONTINUOUSLY FORMING NOBLE METAL FILM AND METHOD FOR CONTINUOUSLY MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - The purpose of the present invention is to prevent a drop in secondary electron emission characteristics due to the inside wall of a chamber being covered by a noble metal film continuously formed by plasma sputtering, and so generate and maintain the plasma. After a noble metal film is formed on a given substrate and before a film is formed on a subsequent substrate, a secondary electron emission film comprising a material having a secondary electron emission coefficient higher than that of the noble metal is formed on the inner wall of the chamber. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329957 | DEPOSITION AND PATTERNING USING EMITTED ELECTRONS - A method of creating a localized deposition on a sample in a vacuum chamber having an ion source generating a positively-charged beam of ions and a separate source of primary radiation generating a beam of radiation. An ion beam from the ion source is directed toward the sample, and the primary radiation beam is applied to the sample to generate emitted electrons from the sample. The ion beam and the primary radiation beam are positioned so that the paths of at least some of the ions in the ion beam and the paths of at least some of the emitted electrons from the sample substantially overlap in space near the sample surface. The energy of the ions in the ion beam and the electric potential of the sample are adjusted to substantially prevent deposition of ions on the sample. The energy of the ions in the ion beam and the electric potential of the sample are adjusted so that a portion of the ions in the ion beam are neutralized by the emitted electrons from the sample, and such neutralized ions continue in their respective paths to deposit on the sample. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329958 | PRINTING OF MULTIPLE INKS TO ACHIEVE PRECISION REGISTRATION DURING SUBSEQUENT PROCESSING - A method of achieving precision registration in a roll to roll process by simultaneously depositing multiple inks onto a printing roll. One of these inks prints a pattern of fiducial marks onto a substrate while another ink prints a predetermined pattern on the same substrate such that the predetermined pattern bears a predictable spatial relationship to the pattern of fiducial marks. Consequently, even if the ink forming the predetermined pattern is invisible, or has such low contrast with the substrate that it is effectively invisible, or even has been dissolved away in a subsequent processing step, it is still possible to know where the predetermined pattern is by referring to the pattern of fiducial marks. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329959 | TANTALUM SPUTTERING TARGET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A tantalum sputtering target, wherein, on a sputtering surface of the tantalum sputtering target, an average crystal grain size is 50 μm or more and 150 μm or less, and a variation in a crystal grain size is 30 μm or less. A tantalum sputtering target, wherein, on a sputtering surface of the tantalum sputtering target, an orientation rate of a (200) plane exceeds 70%, an orientation rate of a (222) plane is 30% or less, an average crystal grain size is 50 μm or more and 150 μm or less, and a variation in a crystal grain size is 30 μm or less. By controlling the crystal grain size of the target, or the crystal grain size and the crystal orientation of the target, effects are yielded in that the discharge voltage of the tantalum sputtering target can be reduced so that plasma can be more easily generated, and the voltage drift during deposition can be suppressed. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329960 | CORROSION RESISTANT OBJECT WITH ALLOYING ZONE - This invention relates to objects having a corrosion resistant surface improving the overall corrosion resistance of the object relative to the core material, preferably being titanium or titanium based. The surface layer preferably contains at least 80% by mass of a refractory metal such as tantalum, or an alloy based on one or more refractory metals, To ensure a good adhering of the surface to the base material an alloy layer is created between a core element and the surface layer having a thickness at least twice that of the surface layer, where the alloy layer itself has corrosion resistant properties. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329961 | CARBON NANOTUBE FOAMS WITH CONTROLLABLE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES - Syntheses of carbon nanotubes (CNT) are disclosed. The syntheses can take place on a thermally oxidized silicon surface placed inside a furnace prior to a reaction. The setup can have many variables that could affect the resulting CNT arrays, including flow rate and composition of carrier gas, flow rate and composition of precursor solution, and temperature. By varying such variables the density of the resulting CNT arrays can be controlled. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329962 | EVAPORATION SOURCE FOR TRANSPORTING CHEMICAL PRECURSORS AND METHOD OF EVAPORATION FOR TRANSPORTING THE SAME WHICH USES SAID SOURCE - The invention presents an evaporation source for transporting chemical precursors to a substrate on which the latter are deposited by means of condensation, formed by a principal tube ( | 2015-11-19 |
20150329963 | Ultra-thin Metal Oxide and Carbon-Metal Oxide Films Prepared by Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) - Ultra-thin porous films are deposited on a substrate in a process that includes laying down an organic polymer, inorganic material or inorganic-organic material via an atomic layer deposition or molecular layer deposition technique, and then treating the resulting film to introduce pores. The films are characterized in having extremely small thicknesses of pores that are typically well less than 50 nm in size. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329964 | Film Forming Apparatus - There is provided a film forming apparatus including a raw material gas nozzle provided with gas discharge holes for discharging a mixed gas of a raw material gas and a carrier gas; a flow regulating plate portion extended along the longitudinal direction of the raw material gas nozzle; a central region configured to supply a separating gas from a center side within a vacuum container toward a substrate loading surface of a rotary table; a protuberance portion protruded from the flow regulating plate portion toward the rotary table at a position shifted toward a center side of the rotary table from the gas discharge holes; and a protuberance portion configured to restrain the separating gas from flowing between the flow regulating plate portion and the rotary table; and an exhaust port configured to vacuum exhaust the interior of the vacuum container. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329965 | METHODS OF LOW TEMPERATURE DEPOSITION OF CERAMIC THIN FILMS - A method is provided for low temperature deposition of ceramic thin films of carbides, nitrides and mixed phases such as carbo-nitrides by atomic layer deposition (ALD), nano-layer deposition (NLD), and chemical vapor deposition (CVD). The deposition chemistries employ combinations of precursors to affect thin film processes at substantially lower temperatures than current deposition processes of thin films of boron (B) carbides, nitrogen (N), nitrides, carbonitrides of silicon (Si), carbon (C), germanium (Ge), phosphorus (P), arsenic (As), oxygen (O), sulfur (S), and selenium (S) on substrates. The inventive ALD and corresponding NLD and CVD process methods provide lower temperature deposition of various thin films comprising elements from the group B, C, Si, Ge, N, P, As and O, S and Se. The reactive precursor combinations are selected on the basis of reactivity towards one another as determined by the variation of Gibb's free energy (ΔG) with respect to deposition temperature. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329966 | SHOWERHEAD DESIGN - Embodiments described herein relate to a showerhead having a reflector plate with a gas injection insert for radially distributing gas. In one embodiment, a showerhead assembly includes a reflector plate and a gas injection insert. The reflector plate includes at least one gas injection port. The gas injection insert is disposed in the reflector plate, and includes a plurality of apertures. The gas injection insert also includes a baffle plate disposed in the gas injection insert, wherein the baffle plate also includes a plurality of apertures. A first plenum is formed between a first portion of the baffle plate and the reflector plate, and a second plenum is formed between a second portion of the baffle plate and the reflector plate. The plurality of apertures of the gas injection insert and the plurality of apertures of the baffle plate are not axially aligned. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329967 | FILM-FORMING MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD - It is an object of the present invention to provide a film-forming apparatus and a film-forming method that can prolong the lifetime of heaters used under high temperature conditions in an epitaxial growth technique. An inert gas discharge portion supplies an inert gas into the space containing the heater, gas is then discharged through the gas discharge portion without influence on the semiconductor substrate during film formation. It is therefore possible to prevent the reaction gas entering into the space containing the high-temperature heaters. This makes it possible to prevent a reaction between hydrogen gas contained in the reaction gas and SiC constituting the heaters. Therefore, it is possible to prevent carbon used as a base material of the heaters from being exposed due to the decomposition of SiC and then reacting with hydrogen gas. This makes it possible to prolong the lifetime of the heaters. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329968 | IN-LINE PLASMA CVD APPARATUS - Provided is an in-line plasma CVD apparatus ( | 2015-11-19 |
20150329969 | UNIFORMITY AND SELECTIVITY OF LOW GAS FLOW VELOCITY PROCESSES IN A CROSS FLOW EPITAXY CHAMBER WITH THE USE OF ALTERNATIVE HIGHLY REACTIVE PRECURSORS THOUGH AN ALTERNATIVE PATH - Methods for increasing layer uniformity in cross flow layer deposition are described herein. A method of depositing a layer can include delivering a deposition gas to a processing surface of a substrate using the deposition gas delivered through a first port in a first direction, depositing a layer on the processing surface of the substrate, the layer having one or more non-uniformities, and delivering a reactant gas to the layer through a second port in a second direction, the second direction being different from the first direction, the second direction and the first direction forming an azimuthal angle between them with respect to a central axis of the substrate support being up to about 145 degrees, the reactant gas reacting with the layer to diminish at least one of the one or more non-uniformities. The reactant gas can be delivered concurrent with or subsequent to the deposition gas. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329970 | BATCH CURING CHAMBER WITH GAS DISTRIBUTION AND INDIVIDUAL PUMPING - Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to a batch processing chamber that is adapted to simultaneously cure multiple substrates at one time. The batch processing chamber includes multiple processing sub-regions that are each independently temperature controlled. The batch processing chamber may include a first and a second sub-processing region that are each serviced by a substrate transport device external to the batch processing chamber. In addition, a slotted cover mounted on the loading opening of the batch curing chamber reduces the effect of ambient air entering the chamber during loading and unloading. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329971 | METHOD OF IMPROVING ADHESION BETWEEN POLYMER FILM AND METAL LAYER - Provided is a method of improving adhesion between a polymer substrate and a metal layer formed on the substrate. The method according to present invention includes (a) performing a surface modification treatment on a polymer film, (b) forming a metal layer on the surface modification treated polymer film, and (c) performing at least one selected from an aging treatment or a current application treatment on the metal layer. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329972 | PHOSPHATE SOLUTION FOR ZINC OR ZINC-BASED ALLOY PLATED STEEL SHEET, AND ZINC OR ZINC-BASED ALLOY PLATED STEEL SHEET USING THE SAME - A phosphate solution for a zinc or zinc-based alloy plated steel sheet, and a zinc or zinc-based alloy plated steel sheet using the same are provided. The phosphate solution for a zinc or zinc-based alloy plated steel sheet contains a molybdenum (Mo) ion, a calcium (Ca) ion and a phosphate ion. A zinc or zinc-based alloy plated steel sheet includes a base steel sheet, a zinc-based or zinc alloy-based plating layer formed on the base steel sheet, and a phosphate film formed on the zinc-based or zinc alloy-based plating layer. The phosphate film contains a molybdenum compound, Ca and a phosphate. A pitting phenomenon occurring at the time of treating a steel sheet with a phosphate is prevented, and excellent corrosion resistance is exhibited on a phosphate film. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329973 | Methods and Compositions for Acid Treatment of a Metal Surface - The invention relates to compositions and methods that are useful in etching a metal surface. In particular, the invention relates to novel acid compositions and methods of using such compositions in etching a metal surface, preferably an aluminum surface prior to anodizing to dissolve impurities, imperfections, scale, and oxide. The compositions are effective in maintaining their etching capacity and in removing smut produced by the etching of a surface as well as in general cleaning. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329974 | System, Apparatus, and Method for Utilization of Bracelet Galvanic Anodes to Protect Subterranean Well Casing Sections Shielded by Cement at a Cellar Area - A cathodic protection system is provided for a subterranean well casing having an enclosed upper section of the well casing being substantially shielded by a cellar from an impressed-current cathodic protection circuit passing through earth media. The impressed-current cathodic protection circuit is provided to protect an unenclosed lower section of the well casing. To protect the enclosed upper section of the well casing, a supplemental cathodic protection circuit is provided. The supplemental cathodic protection circuit is a galvanic anode cathodic protection circuit comprising the enclosed upper section of the well casing and one or more bracelet galvanic anodes being circumferentially mounted to the enclosed upper section. The enclosed upper section of the well casing and the one or more bracelet galvanic anodes are substantially surrounded by a cellar backfill, and the galvanic anode cathodic protection circuit is equally effective throughout a broad range of non-homogeneity within the cellar backfill. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329975 | BREAK-RESISTANT ANODE ASSEMBLIES FOR CATHODIC PROTECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF INSTALLING THE SAME - Various break-resistant anode assemblies and method of installing the same in the ground are disclosed. Each anode assembly ( | 2015-11-19 |
20150329976 | METHOD FOR GENERATING HYDROGEN AND HYDROGEN GENERATION DEVICE USED THEREFOR - Provided is a method for generating hydrogen. The method comprising (a) preparing a hydrogen generation device comprising a container, a photo-semiconductor electrode comprising a substrate, a light-blocking first conductive layer, and a first semiconductor photocatalyst layer, a counter electrode, a conductive wire for electrically connecting the first conductive layer to the counter electrode, and a liquid stored in the container, and (b) irradiating the first semiconductor photocatalyst layer with light to generate hydrogen on the counter electrode. The first conductive layer is interposed between the substrate and the first semiconductor photocatalyst layer. At least a part of the first semiconductor photocatalyst layer is in contact with the liquid. At least a part of the counter electrode is in contact with the liquid. The liquid is selected from the group consisting of an electrolyte aqueous solution and water. The substrate is formed of a resin. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329977 | PEM-TYPE ELECTROLYZER STACK FOR OPERATION AT HIGH PRESSURE - Electrolyzer module comprising a front plate, end plate enclosing an anode cavity, and a cathode cavity. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329978 | Method of Producing Hydrogen Gas from Water - A method for producing hydrogen gas from distilled water or sea water. The method includes providing a housing with a volume of distilled water, adding sulfuric acid or copper sulfate to the distilled water, running a current between a cathode and an anode via an electrical connection disposed within the electrolyte chamber, and collecting the hydrogen gas that rises to the top of the housing. The present invention provides a reproducible cheap alternative fuel source for all industries where currently solid, liquid, gas and nuclear material are used as fuel. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329979 | METHOD FOR HIGH-TEMPERATURE ELECTROLYSIS OF STEAM AND ANOTHER GAS, RELATED INTERCONNECTOR, ELECTROLYSIS REACTOR AND OPERATING METHODS - A method for high-temperature electrolysis of steam and another gas to be electrolysed, chosen from carbon dioxide and nitrogen dioxide, implemented in an electrolysis reactor includes a stack of elementary electrolysis cells each made of a cathode, an anode and an electrolyte inserted between the cathode and the anode, and a plurality of electric and fluid interconnectors each arranged between two adjacent elementary cells with one of the surfaces thereof in electric contact with the anode of one of the two elementary cells and the other one of the surfaces thereof in electric contact with the cathode of the other one of the two elementary cells. The steam is supplied and distributed to the cathode of one of the two adjacent elementary cells and either carbon dioxide or nitrogen dioxide is supplied and distributed to the cathode of the other one of the two elementary cells. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329980 | PROCESS FOR MONITORING, PROTECTION AND SAFETY SHUT-DOWN OF AN ELECTROLYSER SYSTEM - The invention concerns a process for monitoring failure situations related to feed and/or purge flow in electrolyser cells, stacks or systems, said monitoring process being combined with appropriate actions to be taken in case of such failure situations, wherein (a) the current and/or the voltage are monitored and controlled over a single cell, over all the cells or over one or more selected cells in a stack or a system of stacks, (b) in case the current, the voltage or the ratio between voltage and current crosses its pre-defined threshold value, a failure mode is detected and communicated to the control system, and c) the voltage levels of the system are adjusted to be within safe limits (safe-mode limits). | 2015-11-19 |
20150329981 | CHROMIUM-CHROMIUM OXIDE COATINGS APPLIED TO STEEL SUBSTRATES FOR PACKAGING APPLICATIONS AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAID COATINGS - A coated steel substrate for packaging applications, the substrate containing (1) a recrystallisation annealed single or double reduced packaging steel blackplate, or (2) a cold-rolled and recovery annealed blackplate, wherein one or both sides of the substrate is coated with a chromium metal-chromium oxide coating layer produced in a single process step by using a trivalent chromium electroplating process. A process for obtaining the coated steel substrate. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329982 | ELECTROPLATING CELL, AND METHOD OF FORMING METAL COATING - An electroplating cell includes: an anode chamber in which an anode chamber solution is stored; and a separator that separates the anode chamber and a cathode. The electroplating cell undergoes a modification treatment of introducing a carboxylic acid group or a derivative thereof into a base material of the separator. The separator selectively allows permeation of metal ions contained in the anode chamber solution. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329983 | PROCESS FOR THE ELECTROCHEMICAL DEPOSITION OF A SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL - A process for the electrochemical deposition of a semiconductor material, which process comprises: (i) providing a non-aqueous solvent; (ii) providing at least one precursor salt which forms a source of the constituent elements within the semiconductor material to be deposited; and (iii) electrodepositing the semiconductor material onto an electrode substrate using the precursor salt in the non-aqueous solvent, characterised in that: (iv) the semiconductor material is a p-block or a post-transition metal semiconductor material containing at least one p-block element or post-transition metal; and (v) the non-aqueous solvent is a halocarbon non-aqueous solvent. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329984 | THIN FILM DEPOSITION APPARATUS AND THIN FILM DEPOSITION METHOD USING ELECTRIC FIELD - A thin film deposition apparatus and a thin film deposition method using an electric field are provided. The thin film deposition apparatus includes: a first substrate; a plurality of electrodes in a 2D arrangement on the first substrate; and a solution provided on the plurality of electrodes and in which charged nanoparticles are distributed, wherein the charged nanoparticles are selectively deposited on at least a part of the plurality of electrodes by independently applying a voltage to each of the plurality of electrodes. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329985 | DEVICE FOR VERTICAL GALVANIC METAL, PREFERABLY COPPER, DEPOSITION ON A SUBSTRATE AND A CONTAINER SUITABLE FOR RECEIVING SUCH A DEVICE - The present invention is related to a device for vertical galvanic metal, preferably copper, deposition on a substrate, a container suitable for receiving such a device and a substrate holder, which is suitable for receiving a substrate to be treated, and the use of such a device inside of such a container for galvanic metal, in particular copper, deposition on a substrate. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329986 | PROCESS FOR ELECTROCHEMICALLY MAKING AT LEAST ONE POROUS AREA OF A MICRO AND/OR NANOELECTRONIC STRUCTURE - A process for making at least one porous area (ZP) of a microelectronic structure in at least one part of an conducting active layer ( | 2015-11-19 |
20150329987 | Electrochemical Machining Method for Rotors or Stators for Moineau Pumps - An ECM method involves the use of a thin hollow electrode assembly that carries the electrolyte within and that is advanced relatively to the workpiece. The small profile of the electrode results in a minimal removal of metal in forming the desired rotor or stator shape. The electrode profile allows significant power consumption reduction or increased machining speed for a given rate of power input. The electrode can be a unitary ring shape or can be made of segments that are placed adjacent each other so that a continuous shape is cut. Not all the lobes of the stator or rotor have to be cut in the same pass. Electrode segments can be used to sequentially provide the desired lobe count in separate passes. The lobe shapes in the electrode can be slanted to get the desired rotor or stator pitch or they can be aligned with the workpiece axis. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329988 | USE OF FREESTANDING NITRIDE VENEERS IN SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES - Thin freestanding nitride veneers can be used for the fabrication of semiconductor devices. These veneers are typically less than 100 microns thick. The use of thin veneers also eliminates the need for subsequent wafer thinning for improved thermal performance and 3D packaging. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329989 | MULTI-CRYSTAL DIAMOND BODY - A synthetic diamond body and method of making the synthetic diamond body are provided. The synthetic diamond body having a low stress and free of cracks may comprise a first single crystal partial volume having the first crystallographic orientation and a one or more of other single crystal partial volumes, wherein the first partial volume occupies less than about 100% of the total volume of synthetic diamond wafer, and each other single crystal partial volume has its own crystallographic orientation; and each other single crystal partial volume comprises a plurality of single crystal volumes all having about the same crystallographic orientation, wherein the crystallographic orientation of each partial volume is fixed against the first crystallographic orientation by a geometrical operation. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329990 | WOOLSCOURING METHOD AND COMPOSITION - The present invention relates to a method of washing animal fibers comprising contacting the animal fibers with a surfactant composition comprising a mixture of alcohol ethoxylate surfactants and optionally at least one propoxylated surfactant. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329991 | COMPOSITE SPINNERET, MULTICOMPONENT FIBER, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING MULTICOMPONENT FIBER - A multicomponent fiber includes a sea component and an island component, wherein in cross-section observation of the multicomponent fiber, the multicomponent fiber includes a sea-island region with the plurality of island components arranged in the sea component; and one or more sea component regions formed only of the sea component between the sea-island region, and a width (H) of the sea component region is larger than a maximum value of a distance (W) between island components existing in the sea-island region and neighboring each other. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329992 | High-Tenacity Drawn Fibers of a Polypropylene Composition with Improved Elongational Properties and Nonwovens - High-tenacity fibers with improved elongational properties particularly suitable for nonwovens such as geotextiles include a polypropylene composition. The polypropylene composition includes from 0.2 wt % to 7 wt % of a rubber in a dispersed phase. The fibers have a tensile strength of at least 45 cN/tex measured in accordance to ISO 2062-B. The fibers may be made by a process including melt-spinning and drawing. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329993 | Sandwich Core Material - A sandwich core material for a sandwich laminate is disclosed. The sandwich core material includes a number of flexible core material elements having a longitudinal structure. A flexible core material for a sandwich core material, a sandwich laminate and a wind turbine blade including such a sandwich core material are provided. In addition, the present a method of manufacturing such a sandwich core material is provided. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329994 | Spinning Unit of an Air Jet Spinning Machine and its Operation - The invention refers to a spinning unit of an air jet spinning machine with a spinning nozzle ( | 2015-11-19 |
20150329995 | METAL CORD COMPRISING LAYERS HAVING HIGH PENETRABILITY - A metal cord has cylindrical layers formed of an internal layer, an intermediate layer, and an external layer. The in internal layer includes M threads. The intermediate layer includes N threads wound in a helix around the internal layer. The external layer includes P threads wound in a helix around the intermediate layer. An inter-thread distance, D | 2015-11-19 |
20150329996 | SECURITY YARN CONTAINING MULTI-COMPONENT SPINNING FIBER AND SECURITY PRODUCT USING THE SAME - The present invention discloses a security yarn containing a multi-composite spinning fiber and security products using the same. The multi-composite spinning fiber, according to the present invention, contains, in at least one or more kinds of polymer materials, a first component selected from an IR reactive pigment or an IR absorption pigment, a second component selected from a visible pigment or an invisible UV-reactive fluorescent pigment, and a third component selected from X-ray absorption materials, so that the security yarn containing the multi-component spinning fiber can be identified by infrared and ultraviolet wavelength and easily identified when irradiated with X-rays, thus providing a multi-identification capability and being useful for preventing counterfeiting. Therefore, the security yarn containing a multi-composite spinning fiber can be useful for preventing the counterfeiting of paper money, gift certificates, marketable securities, and passports or the like, preventing imitations of expensive brand-name products, or identifying a friend or a foe for military purposes. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329997 | ANTIMICROBIAL FIRE-RETARDANT YARN AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - A composite yarn includes an aramid fiber and a second fiber incorporating therein at least one of an antimicrobial and a fire retardant. The second fiber is at least one of wrapped around the aramid fiber and entangled with the aramid fiber. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329998 | FABRIC FOR AIR BAG - The purpose of the present invention is to provide a fabric for an air bag that, during high-pressure deployment at high speed, maintains low air permeability as an air bag and is capable of maintaining the low air permeability even after exposure to heat. This fabric for an air bag comprises a synthetic fiber and is characterized by the contact angle of a circumscribed circle at intersecting sections in which the warp thread and the weft thread come in contact in the cross section of the fabric is at least 80° in both the warp thread direction and the weft thread direction. | 2015-11-19 |
20150329999 | LOOP CUTTING APPARATUS FOR CIRCULAR KNITTING MACHINES - A loop cutting apparatus for a circular knitting machine which has a circular cylinder including a plurality of knitting needles movable independently includes an upper needle dial located on the circular cylinder and a plurality of yarn cutting needle sets radially centered about the axis of the circular cylinder. Each yarn cutting needle set includes a first cutter needle and a second cutter needle movable against the first cutter needle in a first yarn cutting displacement thereof. The first cutter needle has a yarn holding section leaned by a yarn and collaborated with the two abutting knitting needles at two sides to pick up and draw the yarn to form a pile loop and a first cutter section connected to the yarn holding section. The second cutter needle has a second cutter section staggered against the first cutter section in the first yarn cutting displacement to cut the pile loop. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330000 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING RIBBON FLOWERS - A ribbon is provided having a pull string portion extending along a first edge of the ribbon, along the length of the ribbon, the pull string portion having a series of holes therein extending longitudinally along the first edge. A petal portion extends along a second edge of the ribbon having a predefined shape. A string is positioned within the holes in the pull string portion, the string being disposed within the holes in alternating fashion between a first surface of the ribbon and an opposing surface of the ribbon. The ribbon, including the pull sting portion and the petal portion is configured to be folded in half such that opposing ends of the ribbon may be slid along the string into a bunch, forming a flower. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330001 | SHORT FIBER NONWOVEN MOLDED ARTICLES - A method of forming a nonwoven article comprising receiving fibrous material comprising thermoplastic fibers; processing the fibrous material to produce short fibers, wherein the processing step comprises granulation using at least one granulator with a screen; distributing the short fibers approximately evenly across an area to form a short fiber web, wherein the distributing step comprises a use of a recyclate spreader; heating the short fiber web to fuse the short fibers to form a nonwoven material; and forming a sheet of the nonwoven material. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330002 | CONJUGATE FIBER FOR AIR-LAID NONWOVEN FABRIC MANUFACTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A HIGH-DENSITY AIR-LAID NONWOVEN FABRIC - Provided is a conjugate fiber for air-laid nonwoven fabric manufacture having a planar zig-zag crimp shape before a thermal treatment, such that a uniform web is obtained by air laying with high processability and productivity, and the conjugate fiber develops a spiral crimp when the web is subjected to a thermal treatment to thereby enable the web to shrink significantly, as a result of which a nonwoven fabric can be obtained in which fibers are amassed to a high density. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330003 | PATTERNED NONWOVEN AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME USING A THROUGH-AIR DRYING PROCESS - A nonwoven web including a first layer that includes continuous fibers having a first polymer component and a second layer that includes continuous fibers having a second polymer component. The melting point of the second polymer component is less than the melting point of the first polymer component, and the first layer is hydroentangled with the second layer. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330004 | AN EMBOSSED COMPOSITE NONWOVEN WEB MATERIAL - An embossed composite nonwoven web material includes a mixture of thermally unbonded continuous spunlaid filaments and short fibers including natural and/or synthetic fibers or staple fibers. The continuous filaments and short fibers being substantially mechanically bonded to each other by hydroentangling and the composite nonwoven web material being embossed without thermobonds to have a strength index equal to or more than 1 time the strength index of the unembossed composite nonwoven web material. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330005 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INFLUENCING THE POSITION OF KNOTS BETWEEN THE UPPER THREAD AND THE LOWER THREAD WHEN SEWING WITH A SEWING MACHINE - A device and the method for influencing the position of the knot ( | 2015-11-19 |
20150330006 | THREADER FOR OVERLOCK MACHINE - Provided is a threader for an overlock machine that allows the whole machine to be made compact and allows an operator to carry out threading reliably with one hand. The threader comprises: a threading shaft that moves vertically and is supported rotatably, with a shaft core being taken as a central axis; a threading hook that is fixed to the lower end of the threading shaft and that includes a hook part that can be inserted into the needle eye of a sewing needle and a first guide part that guides the hook part to the needle eye; and a thread guide member that guides a needle thread to the hook part in the vicinity of the descent limit point of the threading shaft. The threading hook is rotated by a predetermined angle so that the hook part is inserted into the needle eye of the sewing needle in the vicinity of the descent limit point of the threading shaft. The threading hook and the thread guide member are rotated in opposite directions to each other and thereby the thread guide member is rotated by the predetermined angle so that the thread hooking part intersects the sewing needle beyond the position of the sewing needle in the vicinity of the descent limit point of the threading shaft. The threading shaft moves according to the relative positional relationship between the needle eyes of a plurality of sewing needles. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330007 | Process for Preparing Sorptive Substrates, and Integrated Processing System - A process for treating a substrate comprised of sorptive material is provided herein. The sorptive material may be an absorbent synthetic material such as polyester. The material is designed to be used for cleaning surfaces in an ultraclean environment. The process first comprises unwinding a roll of sorptive material as a substrate into a cleaning system. The cleaning system utilizes several sections. These include a pre-washing section, an acoustic energy washing section, and a drying section. Preferably, the process of moving the substrate through the cleaning system is continuous. The acoustic energy washing section employs one or more acoustic energy generators. In one aspect, the process also includes cutting the substrate into sections to form wipers after moving the substrate through the drying section. Thereafter, the wipers are placed into a bag and the bag is sealed. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330008 | WASHING MACHINE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A washing machine is disclosed. The washing machine includes a sensing unit to sense various kinds of inputs, an output unit to display an operation state of the washing machine, a door display unit disposed at a door to display a light pattern, a memory to store a plurality of input information corresponding to a plurality of commands, and a controller to determine whether the sensed input matches with any one of the input information when the sensing unit senses an external input, and control at least one of the output unit and the door display unit to be driven in response to the matched input information. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330009 | APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING THE EXTRACTION DURATION IN A LAUNDRY TREATING APPLIANCE - An apparatus for monitoring a characteristic of the motor for use in determining the duration of the extraction phase of the cycle of operation in a laundry treating appliance. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330010 | DRIVE MOTOR FOR DRUM WASHING MACHINE, AND DRUM WASHING MACHINE HAVING SAME - A drive motor for a drum washing machine including: a stator includes a stator core, a bobbin of in an insulating material and that is wrapped on an outer surface of the stator core, and a coil that is wound around the outer surface of the bobbin; a rotor that is arranged with a predetermined air gap from the stator, and whose one end is connected to a rotating shaft fixed on a rear surface of a drum; and a cover member to which the other end of the rotating shaft is rotatably supported, and that is fixed to a rear surface of the tub, in which the stator core is mounted. The drive motor can shorten a manufacturing process by removing a step of assembling the stator in the tub, and the bobbin is integrally formed with a buffer portion disposed between the stator core and the cover member. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330011 | DRIVE MOTOR FOR DRUM WASHING MACHINE, DRUM WASHING MACHINE HAVING SAME, AND DRIVE METHOD THEREOF - A drive motor includes: a double stator including a stator core, a first coil wound on one side of the stator core, and a second coil wound around the other side of the stator core; and a double rotor including a rotor support connected to a drum via a rotating shaft, an outer rotor fixed to the rotor support and arranged with a gap on the outer surface of the stator, and an inner rotor fixed to the rotor support and arranged with a gap on the inner surface of the stator. The drive motor drives to rotate two rotors of the double rotor by applying a drive power to the first and second coils at wash and rinsing strokes, and drives to rotate only one rotor of the double rotor by applying the drive power to only one of the first and second coils at a dehydration stroke. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330012 | WASHING MACHINE AND WASHING METHOD THEREFOR - A washing machine and washing method therefor are provided. The washing method may include applying a first directional torque to a drum so that laundry in the drum is rotated in a first direction and lifted to a maximum height greater than half a height of the drum, braking the drum so that the laundry is dropped, applying a second directional torque to the drum so that the dropped laundry is rotated in a second direction and lifted to a maximum height greater than half a height of the drum, and braking the drum so that the laundry is dropped. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330013 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING GRAVITY TO PRECISELY DOSE DETERGENT IN A WASHING MACHINE - An appliance for washing clothes includes a detergent storage tank and a drum. Between the detergent storage tank and the drum is a diverter valve which has a detergent inlet connected to the detergent storage tank, an air vent connected to ambient air, and a detergent outlet. The diverter valve has an energized state wherein the detergent inlet is open and the air vent is closed, and a de-energized state wherein the detergent inlet is closed and the air vent is open. The appliance also has a flow meter connected to the diverter valve and the drum. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330014 | A GARMENT STEAMING DEVICE - A garment steaming device The present application relates to a garment steaming device. The garment steaming device comprises a steam generator ( | 2015-11-19 |
20150330015 | A DEVICE FOR GUIDING A FLEX EXTENDING FROM AN APPLIANCE - A device for guiding a Flex Extending from an Appliance The present application relates to a device | 2015-11-19 |
20150330016 | Apparatus for use with fabric. - A pad for use when ironing, steaming, or quilting fabric material. An apparatus that makes ironing and steaming less cumbersome and improves handling of materials such as clothing during ironing or steaming and adds personalization to these daily chores, protects surfaces from irons when an ironing board is not available, and eliminates the difficult setup of ironing boards, simplifies storing boards, provides a flexible surface for ironing, and makes it easier for those that are disabled or on physical therapy to iron. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330017 | TEMPLATE FOR IRONING - A template for ironing includes a heat-resistant sheet member having first through fourth peripheral edges. The first edge is straight, having a first end and a second end. The second edge, extending from the first end of the first edge, is straight and longer than the first edge. The third edge is straight, extending from the second end of the first edge. The fourth edge is curved and connected to the third edge via a step portion protruding outward. At least one of the first and second surfaces of the sheet member is provided with a plurality of first scale marks and second scale marks. The first scale marks are parallel to the second peripheral edge, and the second scale marks are curved and spaced apart from the fourth edge by predetermined distances. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330018 | FACILITATING THE ASSEMBLY OF GOODS BY TEMPORARILY ALTERING ATTRIBUTES OF FLEXIBLE COMPONENT MATERIALS - The invention aims to improve the manufacture of flexible goods, such as garments, through the temporary modification of the physical properties of the components to be assembled, facilitating their handling and manipulation later on in the manufacturing process. Attributes that can be affected by this process are the stiffness of the material, the presence of mechanical or physical markings, the density of the material, the air or fluid permeability of the material, the responsiveness of the material to magnetic fields, or the adhesive nature of the material. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330019 | Biocatalytic hydrophilization of polyolefines - A new process for enhancing the hydrophilicity of the surface of a polyolefin or polyolefin copolymer article is characterized in that the surface is treated with an enzyme selected from oxidoreductases, especially of the cytochrome P450 family or enzymes classified as EC 1.13 or EC 1.14. The process is especially useful for the treatment of polypropylene films, fibres, or fabrics, inter alia for use in sanitary articles, threads, yarns, fabrics, textiles, garments, technical or household articles, printed or dyed cover films or packaging films. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330020 | Laundry Additive for Providing Antimicrobial Effects to Fabrics and Washing Machine Surfaces - A laundry additive composition is provided that includes at least one zeta potential modifier, a fluoropolymer, a hydrophobic agent with a melting point or glass transition temperature below 100° C., and an antimicrobial active for imparting fabric protection benefits to a fabric, such as improved stain and soil resistance, oil repellency, water repellency, softness, wrinkle and damage resistance, and better hand feel, as well as imparting microbiocidal or microbiostatic properties to the fabric and/or washing machine surfaces. Laundry additive compositions can be used as a pretreatment prior to washing, through soaking a fabric or garment. Alternately, they can be added to a washing treatment liquor that comprises either the wash or rinse cycle of an automatic washing machine, to first provide and then maintain and refresh fabric protection benefits imparted to the fabric. Following use of a first treatment composition, protective benefits are maintained and refreshed by means of a second treatment operation employing a second treatment composition. The second treatment composition may have lower active levels of the protective agents to provide for economical and periodic maintenance of the imparted fabric protection benefits and/or refresh the microbiocidal or microbiostatic properties imparted to fabrics and/or washing machine surfaces. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330021 | Compact Former Section - A former section including a headbox, a felt, a wire, a forming roll having a suction zone and a forming section, and a gap section defined by the section between the headbox and a position where the felt and the wire are brought together at the forming roll. The headbox distributes a pulp slurry into the gap section to be sandwiched by the felt and the wire to form a paper sheet. A bottom side of the paper sheet contacts the felt and a top side of the paper sheet contacts the wire, and the sandwiched felt, paper sheet and wire wrap around the forming roll. A press roll forms a nip with the forming roll through which the paper sheet is carried by the felt and the wire, and the suction zone of the forming roll is arranged in a section around the nip. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330022 | Controller And Method For Controlling A Property Of An Object - An apparatus in a manufacturing process of a sheet including: a measurement arrangement, a controller and an actuator arrangement regulating at least one property of the sheet; the measurement arrangement being configured to provide the controller with controlled variable data about at least one property of the sheet; the controller having available a predetermined model based on temporally or spatially dependent disturbance; and the controller being configured to form a manipulated variable for the actuator arrangement on the basis of the model in response to the disturbance. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330023 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING FIBRIL CELLULOSE AND FIBRIL CELLULOSE MATERIAL - The invention relates to a method for processing chemically modified fibril cellulose. The method includes introducing chemically modified fibril cellulose material to a thermal drying device including a belt in such a way that the fibril cellulose material forms at least one bar onto the belt, and dewatering the chemically modified fibril cellulose material on the belt using heated air flow having a temperature of at least 40° C. in order to concentrate and/or dry the chemically modified fibril cellulose material in such a way that the dry solids content of the fibril cellulose material after the thermal drying device is at least 10%. In addition, this invention relates to a thermal drying device, a system for processing chemically modified fibril cellulose, a method and a system for redispersing the fibril cellulose, and a fibril cellulose material. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330024 | PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF STRUCTURED MATERIALS USING NANO-FIBRILLAR CELLULOSE GELS - A process for manufacturing structured material by providing cellulose fibres and at least one filler and/or pigment, combining the cellulose fibres and the at least one filler and/or pigment, fibrillating the cellulose fibres in the presence of the at least one filler and/or pigment until a gel is formed, subsequently providing additional non-fibrillated fibres, and combining the gel with the additional non-fibrillated fibres. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330025 | HYDROPHOBIC PAPER OR CARDBOARD WITH SELF-ASSEMBLED NANOPARTICLES AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - A hydrophobic paper or cardboard wherein comprising auto-assembled silicon oxide nanoparticles with silane functional groups and fluorocarbon compounds bound directly to cellulose fibers on at least one of its surfaces, with a Cobb value of 8 to 25 g/m2 and contact angles of water of 100° to 140°, useful as packing for food. The hydrophobic paper or cardboard can be printed, is recyclable and has improved adhesion to areas requiring gluing of paper or cardboard. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330026 | Method for Making Fibrous Structure with Visually and Elementally Balanced Designs - A method of manufacturing a strip of a fibrous structure includes imparting an interlocking motif onto a strip, the interlocking motif includes a first pattern and a second pattern interlocked with the first pattern. The first pattern has a first major design element and a first minor design element and the first major design element is at least partially imparted in a central region and the first minor design element is at least partially imparted in one of the group consisting of a first edge region and a second edge region. The second pattern includes a second major design element and a second minor design element, and the second major design element is at least partially imparted in the central region and the second minor design element is at least partially imparted in one of the group consisting of the first edge region and the second edge region. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330027 | Fibrous Structures with Visually and Elementally Balanced Designs - A strip of a fibrous structure has a first pattern that includes a first major design element and a first minor design element, wherein the first major design element is at least partially disposed in a central region and the first minor design element is at least partially disposed in the one of the group consisting of a first edge region and a second edge region. The strip further has a second pattern includes a second major design element and a second minor design element, wherein the second major design element is at least partially disposed in the central region and the second minor design element is at least partially disposed in the one of the group consisting of the first edge region and the second edge region. The first pattern and the second pattern interlock to form an interlocking motif. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330028 | DECOR PAPER HAVING IMPROVED OPTICAL PERFORMANCE COMPRISING TREATED INORGANIC PARTICLES - The disclosure provides a décor paper prepared from a dispersion having improved optical performance without negatively impacting mechanical strength, wherein the dispersion comprises a TiO | 2015-11-19 |
20150330029 | FLUSHABLE WIPE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME - A multi-ply flushable wipe includes a ply having first and second exterior layers and a middle layer disposed therebetween. Each of the exterior layers includes at least 50% by weight natural fibers. When foam-formed, the middle layer includes at least 25% by weight natural fibers. In embodiments, the middle layer may include at least 75% by weight natural fibers. The middle layer also includes synthetic fibers that have a length within the range of 1 mm and 20 mm. The wipe may have a length weight weighted average fiber length of less than 4 mm and a wet CD strength of greater than 20 N/m. Each ply of the wipe may be formed by wetlaying the first and second exterior layers and a foam formed middle layer to form a web, imprinting the web with a structured fabric, and drying the web. The plies are then attached using a binder. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330030 | HIGH BULK TISSUE PRODUCT - Products having improved caliper, sheet bulk and absorbency and methods for making those products are described. The method comprises producing a multi-ply product having different emboss patterns on each ply where the emboss patterns are made up of emboss elements having an aspect ratio of from about 1 to about 2. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330031 | A Railway Sleeper - A railway sleeper comprising a body having a top face on which railway rails are located and a bottom face for placement on a ground surface. The body is formed from a plurality of fibre composite sandwich panels plus a polymer concrete comprising an amount of polymer resin and an amount of filler. Each sandwich panel has a pair of fibre composite skins with a structural core material located therebetween. The fibre composite sandwich panels extend longitudinally within said body. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330032 | ADJUSTABLE WIDTH AND FOLDING CAMERA DOLLY TRACK - Camera dolly track has adjustable width and is foldable for transport or storage. A track section has first and second rails connected via first and second cross braces. The cross brace includes a first bar pivotally attached to the first rail, and a second bar pivotally attached to the second rail. The first bar is securable onto the second bar at multiple positions along the second bar, to change the length of the cross brace to allow a track width of the dolly track to be changed. The length of the cross brace may be changed via a straight slot in the first bar and at least one projection in the second bar extending into the slot, to allow the bars to slide in and out over each other. | 2015-11-19 |
20150330033 | TRACK MAINTENANCE APPARATUS AND METHOD - In an aspect, a track maintenance vehicle includes a body, a work head, and a controller. The work head performs track maintenance and is coupled to the body. The controller is configured to operate the vehicle in an autonomous mode. In another aspect, an anchor adjustor includes first and second jaws and an actuator. The jaws pivot about a single axis. The actuator causes the jaws to rotate about the axis. In another aspect, an anchor adjustor assembly includes a first pair of jaws, a second pair of jaws and an actuator. The first and second pairs of jaws open and close about a rail in a track. The actuator causes the closed first pair of jaws to translate towards the closed second pair of jaws along a longitudinal direction of the rail. | 2015-11-19 |