47th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 5 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20080282840 | Drive Shaft Moving Device | 2008-11-20 |
20080282841 | Method and Device for Charging Feedstock - A method and a device for charging feedstock, in particular coke or ore, and optionally separated fines of feedstock, for processing in a metallurgical vessel, to produce metal or primary metal products. The device includes a charging mechanism, which has a conveying device and at least one feeding device for supplying to the charging mechanism. The conveying device has an outlet opening which can be guided along an inwardly directed spiral during the charging into the vessel, to set a predefined coverage in the vessel. Charged materials can thereby be positioned precisely in the vessel, and it is possible for fines to be uniformly distributed in the circumferential region. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282842 | Process for Removal of the Catalytic Coating Material From Spent, Defective or Unused Metal Support Catalytic Converters - Process for recovering catalyst coating material from a supporting structure, such as, for example, a catalytic converter assembly having a metal mantle, including contacting the catalytic coating material with a sodium; potassium or ammonium hydroxide-containing compound at an elevated temperature; and rinsing with a liquid and filtering the solid catalyst coating material from the solution. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282843 | Process for Removal of the Catalytic Coating Material from Spent, Defective or Unused Metal Support Catalytic Converters - Process for recovering catalytic coating material from catalytic converters, catalytic material or catalytic assemblies where the catalytic coating material is bonded to a metal supporting structure, the process being carried out by contacting the catalytic coating material with nitric acid and/or a nitrate-containing chemical or material, applying heat, agitating the catalytic converters, catalytic material or catalytic assemblies being processed to dislodge the catalytic coating material, and rinsing the catalytic converters, catalytic material or catalytic assemblies with water to facilitate the removal of remaining catalytic coating material, and recovering ionic metal species dissolved by the nitric acid and/or nitrate-containing chemical or material. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282844 | METHODS FOR RECOVERING METALS FROM AUTOMOBILE SCRAP AND ELECTRONIC WASTE - A method of recovering the metal from automobile scrap and electronic waste. It includes separating the automobile scrap and the electronic waste to provide some metal pieces, washing and/or shredding and/or selecting said metal pieces to provide some groups of metal pieces having the same metal element, making a full-elemental analysis, comparing the weight of different metal pieces having the same metal element and attaining different combinations of value, weighted averaging the combination of value to calculate the full-elemental weighted average according to the different combinations of value, comparing said different full-elemental weighted averaging to different composite material, and finding a optimal set or some optimal sets, further disposing metal pieces according to the optimal set, and manufacturing alloy. Present invention has a lot of advantages, such as reducing pollution and cost, and processing more waste. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282845 | Indexable Pry Tool and Splined Coupling Arrangement Therefor - An indexable tool includes a handle having a first prong formed with a first splined orifice and a second prong formed with a second splined orifice. An indexable body has a third splined orifice aligned with the first and second splined orifices. A splined coupling arrangement rotatably joins and selectively locks and unlocks the handle and the indexable body together. The coupling arrangement includes a push button, first and second adjacently disposed inserts, a retainer, a cap and a spring. In a locked position, the spring is biased to hold external splines of the first and second serrated inserts in common engagement with the first, second and third splined orifices to prevent relative rotation between the indexable body and the handle. In an unlocked position, the push button is pushed against the bias of the spring to move external splines of the first serrated insert into exclusive engagement with the third splined orifice of the indexable body, and to move the external splines of the second serrated insert into engagement with the splined orifice of the second prong enabling rotary adjustment of the indexable body relative to the handle and about the cylinder. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282846 | Speed multiply screwdriver handle - A screwdriver is disclosed including a handle, a shaft, and a gearbox disposed between the handle and the shaft. The gearbox is structured and arranged to cause rotational motion of the shaft at a first rate due to rotational motion imparted on the handle at a second rate. In an embodiment, the first rate is greater than the second rate. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282847 | Method and Device for Positioning a Power Tong at a Pipe Joint - A method and device for positioning a power tong ( | 2008-11-20 |
20080282848 | Wrench and method for making the same - A method for making a wrench includes a step of making a mediate member, a movable jaw and an adjusting member, a step of applying heat treatment to the mediate member, the movable jaw and the adjusting member, a step of cleaning respective surfaces of the mediate member, the movable jaw and the adjusting member, and coating a anti-rusting layer on the mediate member, the movable jaw and the adjusting member, and a step of combination to put the mediate member in a mold and making a body by way of injection to integrally connect the mediate member to a head of the main body, the movable jaw and the adjusting member are installed to the body. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282849 | WRENCH MADE AT LOWER COST AND IN LESS TIME - A wrench comprises a main body including a handle and a head including a fixed jaw and a groove and a passage which is located parallel to and communicates with the groove, a through hole defined through the head and communicating with the groove and the passage. A mediate member made of metal and integrally connected with the head by using injection, and including a protrusion, a tubular portion and a frame with an opening, the protrusion connected to the fixed jaw, the tubular portion engaged with the groove and the frame engaged with the through hole. A movable jaw made of metal and including a sliding rod slidably received in the tubular portion, a plurality of teeth defined in an underside of the sliding rod. An adjusting member made of metal and engaged with the opening of the frame, the adjusting member engaged with the teeth of the sliding rod. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282850 | Hand-held power tool with an identification element - A hand-held power tool includes a housing ( | 2008-11-20 |
20080282851 | LOCKING PLIERS - The locking pliers comprises a first handle connected to a first jaw. A second handle and second jaw are pivotably connected to the first handle and first jaw such that movement of the first handle relative to the second handle causes the jaws to open and close. A mechanism is provided to lock the jaws relative to one another and apply a clamping or gripping force on a workpiece positioned between the jaws. A release mechanism is provided to unlock the pliers that is independent of the locking operation. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282852 | SCREW DRIVER GUN - The present invention relates to a screw driver gun, in particular a driver bit sleeve of the screw driver gun includes an adjoining hole connecting to a polygonal concavity, which is formed on the free end of the driver bit sleeve; a driver device is disposed in the sleeve and comprises a driver bit penetrating through the hole and a spring on the back thereof; the driver bit can rotate with the driver bit sleeve at the same time. While in use, the polygonal concavity can exactly fit with the polygonal screw head by the driver tip of the driver bit driving into the screw recess to synchronize the screw rotating with the driver bit sleeve, thereby reducing the problem of inaccurate driving, transmitting a force equally toward the screw head, and increasing the screwing efficiency. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282853 | Handle for Implement and Method - An implement for swinging in one's hands has an implement body. A handle extends from the implement body. The handle consists of two elongate handle members that generally abut against the other along substantially the length of the handle members. The handle members have inwardly sloped, converging sidewalls along at least one side of the handle where the handle members abut to form a longitudinal groove along substantially the length of the at least one side of the handle. The converging sidewalls are at least one of convex arcuate or planar surfaces. A method of swinging the implement may be performed by gripping the handle with both hands so that the hands are in a closely adjacent or touching adjacent position with at least the tip of one or more fingers lie generally in or along the longitudinal groove. The implement is then swung while holding the implement in both hands. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282854 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COMBINED LATHE APPARATUS, COMBINED LATHE APPARATUS, TURNING TOOL HOLDER, BLADE POSITION REGISTERING APPARATUS, AND BLADE POSITION DETECTING APPARATUS - A carriage is moved in a direction including a Y axis component in order to move a turning process tool that is attached to a tool spindle along a horizontal line that is perpendicular to a Z axis, and thus, a turning process is carried out on a workpiece which is attached to a workpiece spindle. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282855 | WATER JET CUTTING METHOD - A package base is held on a holding table, and an XYZ moving mechanism is next moved to adjust a jet position to a cutting start point of a primary subject line to be first cut. Thereafter, a cutting water supplying unit is operated to direct a water jet onto the package base at this cutting start point. Thereafter, the XYZ moving mechanism is operated to move the package base, thereby cutting the package base along the primary subject line until a cutting stop point. Similarly, this cutting operation is repeated for the other primary subject line to thereby obtain a plurality of primary cut areas having the same shape and size in the condition that each primary cut area is integrally supported at its opposite ends to the package base, thus finishing a primary cutting step. Thereafter, a dicing tape is attached to one side surface of the package base. Thereafter, the package base is cut along a plurality of secondary subject lines as in the primary cutting step, thus finishing a secondary cutting step. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282856 | Method for cutting wooden venetian blinds and relative cutting machine - A cutting method for cutting to size a wooden Venetian blind, already at least partly assembled, in a cutting machine, comprises a first step in which the wooden Venetian blind and a first cutting unit of the cutting machine, provided with first cutting means able to cut the metal container of the wooden Venetian blind, are brought into proximity by means of a first movement unit of the cutting machine, a second step in which the metal container is cut by means of the first cutting unit, and a third step in which the first cutting unit and the wooden Venetian blind are distanced from each other by means of the first movement unit, a fourth step in which the wooden Venetian blind and a second cutting unit of the cutting machine, provided with second cutting means able to cut the wooden slats of the wooden Venetian blind, are brought into proximity by means of a second movement unit of the cutting machine and a fifth step in which the wooden slats are cut by means of the second cutting unit. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282857 | Cutting machine for use in removing damaged oilfield rigs and equipment located in offshore waters, and method of using same - An apparatus for cutting off metal piles, casing, conductor pipe and other metal tubulars, uses a metal frame and a metal blade linearly moveable within the frame, the blade being hydraulically and/or pneumatically driven to puncture and then slice and split through the metal being cut off, the cutting surface of the blade having a removable, centralized puncture point located essentially at the projected intersection between two concave cutting surfaces. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282858 | Miter saw with improved safety system - A miter saw is disclosed having a base, a blade supported by the base, a detection system adapted to detect contact between a person and the blade, and a reaction system associated with the detection system to cause a predetermined action to take place upon detection of the dangerous condition. The blade is rotatable, and moves into a cutting zone to cut a workpiece. The predetermined action may be to stop the blade from rotating. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282859 | AUTOMATIC PATTERN MAKING DEVICE - An automatic paper cutting apparatus includes an X-Y cutter, a cutter controller, and a pattern booklet. The pattern booklet includes a plurality of pattern identifiers and a memory device with cutting instructions for each of the identified patterns. The booklet removably mounts to the cutter controller so that an operator can select a pattern from the pattern booklet and have the memory device provide the corresponding set of cutting instructions to the cutter controller. The cutter controller uses the instructions to control the X-Y cutter and cut the desired pattern. A cutting platform of the X-Y cutter has a tacky adhesive that releaseably secures a work piece to the cutting platform during cutting operations. The cutting platform includes surface features that engage a spur gear. The cutter controller selectively rotates the spur gear to drive the cutting platform in the Y direction. The apparatus may use a journaling, embossing, perforating instrument instead of the cutter to make a pattern on the work piece. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282860 | Apparatus for Scrap Removal From Rotary Cutting Tool - A rotary cutting tool for cutting a moving web of material into blanks and scrap material, comprises an upper cutting assembly having an upper cutting element which defines a cutout area on the upper cutting assembly, a lower cutting assembly having a lower cutting element, wherein the upper cutting element and the lower cutting element are adapted to cooperate to cut the moving web of material into blanks and scrap material, and a scrap ejection element on the upper cutting assembly at the cutout area which can urge the scrap material away from the blanks and towards the lower cutting elements, wherein the scrap ejection element is formed unitary with the upper cutting element. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282861 | TOOL HOLDER POSITIONING DEVICE - A tool holder positioning device includes: a plurality of protruded portions or a plurality of recessed portions formed to a seating surface of a tool rest; and a plurality of recessed portions or a plurality of protruded portions formed to a coupling surface of a tool holder so as to correspond, respectively, to a plurality of protruded portions or a plurality of recessed portions formed to the seating surface of the tool rest, when the seating surface and the coupling surface are contacted. At least one of the protruded portions and at least one of the recessed portions are disposed on an intersecting axis included in the seating surface, and the recessed portions and the protruded portions to be fitted to the plurality of protruded portions and the plurality of recessed portions are disposed on an intersecting axis included in the coupling surface. A plurality of slots parallel with the seating surface or coupling surface are alternatively formed in a direction of an axis on which the protruded portions are disposed so that the protruded portions are elastically deformable, and tapered surfaces of the recessed portions and the protruded portions are symmetrically formed thereof, respectively. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282862 | Repetitive fence for cross-cutting materials - A repetitive fence utilizes a plurality of telescoping arms driven by a metal tape of the tape measure type to position a stop member at a desired location from a saw blade. A user can position a work piece, such as board lumber against the stop member to repeatedly position the work piece at a desired cut dimension with respect to a saw blade. The repetitive fence preferably employs a plurality of telescoping arms to position the stop member at the desired location, and an electronic read-out provided to indicate to the user the position of the stop member with respect to the saw blade. The telescoping arms can be motivated by electronic devices, such as an electric motor, or by a manual crank. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282863 | MECHANISM AND METHOD FOR PREDETERMINED ANGULAR CUTTING OF A PLURALITY OF PLY STRIPS - Apparatus for cutting plural aligned ply strips includes plural knife blades disposed in a spaced manner such that each knife blade is aligned with and in closely spaced relation to an associated ply strip. The knife blades are pivotally mounted in a common housing and are coupled to a single rotational drive for allowing each knife blade to assume the same predetermined cutting angle relative to its associated ply strip, where the cutting angle may be varied between ±45°. The plural knife blades are coupled to a rotational drive by means of plural circular drive gears and are connected to a linear drive for displacing the knife blades into contact with the ply strips for cutting the strips at the predetermined angle. The severed edges of the aligned ply strips are formed in mutual linear alignment and do not include projecting triangular patterns, or crenelations. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282864 | Punch device with interchangeable punch and variable punch pattern - A selection plate ( | 2008-11-20 |
20080282865 | Apparatus for forming a baffle - A perforation apparatus includes a punch housing | 2008-11-20 |
20080282866 | SHEET PUNCH DEVICES FOR VARIOUS PATTERNS - A sheet punch device comprises a lower base providing a reference plane on which a sheet material is placed, the lower base having a jig formed with a pattern hole for punching a sheet material; a punching unit aligned onto the lower base, the punching unit including a punching block having a cutting blade sliding up and down to pass through the pattern hole of the jig to thereby punch the sheet material; and an intermediate plate separated from the punching unit and detachably attached onto the lower base with the sheet material interposed between the intermediate plate and the lower base. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282867 | PAD STRUCTURE FOR ELECTRONIC PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT - A pad structure for an electronic percussion instrument is disclosed. The pad structure comprises a first pad portion, a frame and at least one second pad portion. The first pad portion is internally held and surrounded, and the second pad portion is fastened to the first pad portion through fastening elements. The first pad portion and the second pad portion are formed by integrated molding, and the second pad portion has a sensor with a detection wire. The detection wire is connected by the fastening elements to the first pad portion to transmit a signal generated from the second pad portion to the first pad portion | 2008-11-20 |
20080282868 | Pedal device with shiftable stepping position for percussion instruments - A pedal device with a shiftable stepping position for a percussion instrument is disclosed. In view of the problems in the prior art that the player feels discomfort when the angle of the footboard is not correct and that the instrument may have a worse pose, the invention provides a back bottom board under the pedal device that can rotate and adjust its side-shifting angles. By shifting the position of the back bottom board, the footboard is moved and fixed at a position preferred by the player. Therefore, the position of the footboard is adjusted according to the stepping position of the player. Therefore, the invention can avoid the player's discomfort and be disposed as desired. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282869 | Device and Method for Automatically Tuning a Stringed Instrument, Particularly a Guitar - The invention relates to a device for automatically tuning a stringed instrument ( | 2008-11-20 |
20080282870 | Automated disc jockey - An automated disc jockey. It accesses a database that models multiple music tracks as linked data objects. Each music track model includes a music track data object identifying the music track and linked to a plurality of other data objects that parameterize metadata of the music track. Some of the other data objects are sharable data objects that may be linked from other music track data objects. Data objects and links defining a model of a first music track are extracted from the accessed database. Data objects and links that define a model of a second music track that is adjacent to and follows the first music track in a play-list are extracted from the accessed database. A sub-set of the extracted data objects and links, including interconnecting data objects and links that interconnect a first music track data object for the first music track and a second music track data object for the second music track via a shared data object that is shared between the model for the first music track and the model for the second music track, is selected. The interconnecting data objects and links are processed to manufacture disc jockey commentary that joins the first music track and the second music track. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282871 | Portable karaoke device - A type of portable karaoke device includes a microphone, a twist knob control, several control buttons and a composite A/V output. There is an audio processor and a MPEG decoder inside the microphone. That audio processor is used to receive audio signals from the microphone and voice signals created by the MPEG decoder, and then conduct audio processing for these signals. On the other hand, that MPEG decoder is used to receive karaoke signals and control signals, and then conduct decoding and audio and video processing for these signals. The twist knob control is on the surface of the microphone, and can be used to adjust the volume or move the cursor by turning left or right. Several control buttons are on the surface of the microphone. Control signals can be generated by pressing. Audio and video output ports are set outside the microphone, it can transmit the video and audio signals from the karaoke device to another visual display device (e.g. TV). | 2008-11-20 |
20080282872 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL DIGITAL MUSIC DISPLAY DEVICE - Herein described are at least a method and a system for assisting a musician in playing an instrument by way of using an intelligent multifunctional digital music display device (MDMDD). The multifunctional digital music display device (MDMDD) may be used to assist musicians or performers during practice sessions or performances. The various aspects of the invention provide a method of constructing an ADSR envelope for a note generated by an instrument, displaying one or more pages of music, generating a more accurate metronome beat consistent with the music being played, and alerting the musician when his instrument is out-of-tune. Further, the various aspects of the invention provide a method of statistically monitoring and reporting the performance of the musician. The system comprises a storage device capable of storing an instructional code, a processor for executing the instructional code, a microphone, and a display. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282873 | Method and System for Reproducing Sound and Producing Synthesizer Control Data from Data Collected by Sensors Coupled to a String Instrument - A method and system for producing synthesizer and MIDI control data and for reconstructing and reproducing a signal from data collected by sensors coupled to a string instrument comprising a plurality of sensors coupled to the string instrument and a control unit that is associated with the plurality of sensors. The sensors are adapted to collect temporal and spatial data referring to performer's actions and to the sound generation process of the string instrument, specifically as to string deflection along time, while the control unit is adapted to process the data and generate a signal corresponding to the sound characteristics of the performer's playing and actions on the string instrument. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282874 | BLAST ATTENUATING, BLAST DIRECTING AND EXTINGUISHING APPARATUS - An apparatus by which to attenuate, direct or extinguish the resultant effects of a blast or explosion. This includes the use of a spherical interior skinned apparatus ( | 2008-11-20 |
20080282875 | Missile Launcher - This missile launcher is characterized in that the cells ( | 2008-11-20 |
20080282876 | Pressure Impulse Mitigation - A pressure impulse mitigating barrier which includes a water gel sheet having an array of protrusions formed from the water gel; and/or a layer having a plurality of disruptor particles is provided. Such a structure may protect an entity from the effects of pressure impulse, e.g. from damage caused by projectiles or from explosive blast. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282877 | An Indirect Fire Weapon Aiming Device - An indirect fire weapon aiming device ( | 2008-11-20 |
20080282878 | Pneumatic rotary actuator - A pneumatic rotary actuator includes a housing formed of a front shell and a rear shell, a shaft tube inserted through the housing, a piston fixedly mounted on the shaft tube and dividing the inside space of the housing into a front air chamber and a rear air chamber, a rotary member provided around the shaft tube and defining an air gap around the shaft tube in communication with the rear air chamber, an inner race mounted around the rotary member, a locknut fastened to the rotary member to lock the inner race to the rotary member, and a locating frame supported on a bearing around the inner race and having a first air inlet for guiding compressed air to the front air chamber through a first air passageway to move the piston and the shaft tube backwards and to further force a chucking head to grip the workpiece and a second air inlet for guiding compressed air into the rear air chamber to move the piston and the shaft tube forwards and to further release the chucking head from the workpiece. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282879 | Housing with intersecting passages - A housing for use in high-pressure fluid applications, comprising a first passage defining a first axis (P | 2008-11-20 |
20080282880 | Portable Oxygen Concentrator - A portable oxygen concentrator includes a pair of sieve beds, a compressor for delivering air to the sieve beds, a reservoir receiving oxygen-enriched gas from the sieve beds, and an air manifold attached to the first ends of the sieve beds. A set of valves operate under the control of a controller for selectively opening and closing the valves to alternately charge and purge the sieve beds to deliver oxygen-enriched gas into the reservoir. In addition, an exhaust passage communicates with the plurality of sieve beds to deliver a flow of nitrogen evacuated from the sieve beds such that the flow of the nitrogen is directed at or across the controller to cool the controller. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282881 | Method for Removing Hydrocarbons From a Vapour-Gas Mixture and a Device for Carrying Out Said Method - A method for cleaning hydrocarbons from a gas-vapor medium ejected to the atmosphere, formed while storing oil or gasoline or filling a container therewith is provided. The medium is pumped out and compressed in a gas-liquid jet apparatus due to energy of oil or gasoline supplied by a pump. The formed mixture is separated in a separator, where a pressure of 0.7 to 2.5 MPa is maintained, and gas from the separator is compressed in a jet apparatus by oil or gasoline supplied by a pump. The gas medium cleaned from the hydrocarbons is outputted and the saturated absorbent is directed to a desorber where a pressure is generated to be lower than the pressure in the separator. The liquid medium is removed from the separators and to a container or to a storage tank from which oil or gasoline is simultaneously supplied to pump inlets or to the separators. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282882 | GAS SEPARATION MEMBRANE COMPRISING A SUBSTRATE WITH A LAYER OF COATED INORGANIC OXIDE PARTICLES AND AN OVERLAYER OF A GAS-SELECTIVE MATERIAL, AND ITS MANUFACTURE AND USE - A gas separation membrane and a method of manufacturing such gas separation membrane that comprises a porous substrate treated with a layer of metal-coated inorganic oxide particles and with the layer of such metal-coated inorganic oxide particles being coated with an overlayer of a gas-selective material. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282883 | Containerized Gas Separation System - Containerized gas separation system comprising (a) a container having an interior, an exterior, and an exterior volume defined by the exterior dimensions of the container and (b) a pressure swing adsorption system installed in the interior of the container and adapted to recover a product gas from a feed gas mixture, the pressure swing adsorption system being adapted to deliver the product gas at a product gas flow rate, wherein the ratio of the exterior volume of the container to the product gas flow rate is less than about 2000 ft | 2008-11-20 |
20080282884 | Removal of heavy hydrocarbons from gas mixtures containing heavy hydrocarbons and methane - A process for the separation of one or more heavy hydrocarbon gases from a gas mixture containing heavy hydrocarbon gas components and methane. The process is conducted in swing adsorption apparatus containing adsorbent contactor having a plurality of flow channels and wherein 20 volume percent or less of the open pore volume of the contactors, is in the mesopore and macropore range. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282885 | Removal of CO2, N2, or H2S from gas mixtures by swing adsorption with low mesoporosity adsorbent contactors - The present invention relates to the separation of one or more of CO | 2008-11-20 |
20080282886 | Process for removing a target gas from a mixture of gases by swing adsorption - The present invention relates the separation of a target gas from a mixture of gases through the use of engineered structured adsorbent contactors in pressure swing adsorption and thermal swing adsorption processes. Preferably, the contactors contain engineered and substantially parallel flow channels wherein 20 volume percent or less of the open pore volume of the contactor, excluding the flow channels, is in the mesopore and macropore range. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282887 | Removal of CO2, N2, and H2S from gas mixtures containing same - The removal of one or more of the gases CO | 2008-11-20 |
20080282888 | Temperature swing adsorption of CO2 from flue gas using a parallel channel contractor - The adsorption of CO | 2008-11-20 |
20080282889 | OIL SHALE BASED METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EMISSION REDUCTION IN GAS STREAMS - Pollution reduction processes may be incorporated with, or retrofit to fit with, existing combustion processes to assist with the reduction of pollutants produced in the combustion process. The thermal treatment of oil shale in the pollution reduction process produces kerogen, shale sorbent particles, or mixtures thereof, which may be reacted with a pollutant-containing gas or pollutant-containing gas having particulate matter entrained therein to reduce the pollutants in the gas. Apparatuses employing the processes are also disclosed. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282890 | Air filtration media pack, filter element, air filtration media, and methods - An air filtration media pack is provided having a plurality of layers of single facer media. The layer of single facer media includes a fluted sheet, a facing sheet, and a plurality of flutes extending between the fluted sheet and the facing sheet and having a flute length extending from a first face of the filtration media pack to a second face of the filtration media pack. A first portion of the plurality of flutes are closed to unfiltered air flowing into the first portion of the plurality of flutes, and a second portion of the plurality of flutes are closed to unfiltered air from flowing out of the second portion of the plurality of flutes so that air passing into one of the first face and the second face of the media pack and out the other of the first face and the second face of the media pack passes through media to provide filtration of the air. The fluted sheet includes repeating internal peaks facing toward the facing sheet and repeating external peaks facing away from the facing sheet. In addition, the fluted sheet can include at least one ridge extending along at least 50% of the flute length between an internal peak and an adjacent external peak. Additional characterizations of an air filtration media pack, air filtration media, and methods of making and using are provided. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282891 | PRESSURE SWING ADSORPTION PROCESS FOR LARGE CAPACITY OXYGEN PRODUCTION - The present invention generally relates to large capacity (e.g., greater than 350 tons/day O | 2008-11-20 |
20080282892 | Low mesopore adsorbent contactors for use in swing adsorption processes - The present invention relates to engineered structured adsorbent contactors for use in pressure swing adsorption and thermal swing adsorption processes. Preferably, the contactors contain engineered and substantially parallel flow channels wherein 20 volume percent or less of the open pore volume of the contactor, excluding the flow channels, is in the mesopore and macropore range. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282893 | CHEMICAL AND PARTICULATE FILTERS CONTAINING CHEMICALLY MODIFIED CARBON NANOTUBE STRUCTURES - A carbon nanotube filter. The filter including a filter housing; and chemically active carbon nanotubes within the filter housing, the chemically active carbon nanotubes comprising a chemically active layer formed on carbon nanotubes or comprising chemically reactive groups on sidewalls of the carbon nanotubes; and media containing the chemically active carbon nanotubes. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282894 | CYCLONIC UTILITY VACUUM - A vacuum cleaner including multiple cleaning stages comprises a first cyclonic stage and a second cyclonic stage, which is spaced from the first cyclonic stage. A housing defines a first particle collector that communicates with the first cyclonic stage. The first particle collector includes an opening. A removable lid covers the first particle collector opening. A second particle collector in communication with the second cyclonic stage is removable with the lid. A suction motor is supported by the vacuum cleaner. The suction motor establishes and maintains a flow of air through the vacuum cleaner. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282895 | GAS VENTING SYSTEM - Beverage making equipment, water heating equipment, and methods for using such equipment which use heated water and dispenses heated water from a heated water reservoir. The apparatus includes a water line extending from the heated water reservoir to a dispensing point, the line having a positive slope between the reservoir and dispensing point. A vent tube may also be used communicating with and coupled to the line with a return passage communicating with the vent and reservoir. The method of dispensing water from a heated water reservoir involves dispensing water from the reservoir at one level and delivering water to a dispensing point at a second level positioned at a positive dimension above the dispensing port of the heated water reservoir. the method may also include providing a vent tube coupled to and communicating with the line for removing gas which evolves from water passing through the line and returning the gas to the reservoir. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282896 | BEVERAGE BREWING APPARATUS WITH PUMP DISPENSING SYSTEM - A beverage machine for preparing and dispensing a hot beverage having a pump dispensing system. Hot water passes through a water distributor to infuse material in a filter basket. A coffee tank receives the brewed beverage and maintains it at an appropriate temperature. On demand, a pump dispensing system delivers the beverage through an outlet chamber and spout into a user's cup. The user manipulates a switch to vary the rate at which the pump dispensing system dispenses the beverage. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282897 | Programmable brewer - A programmable brewer capable of brewing approximately 250 different brewing profiles for beverages brewed by the brewer, including a housing, the housing integrated into a base, said base capable of supporting a decanter or canister into which the brewed beverage is deposited, said cover being cantilevered forwardly at the top of the housing, a water tank capable of producing heated water for use for brewing purposes, a spray head contained within the forward portion of the cover, and tubing provided for directing hot water towards the spray head for deposit into a brew basket holding grounds, so that during a brewing cycle, the water is heated within the heating tank and siphoned towards the spray head for deposit upon the grounds for brewing purposes. Said brewer cooperating with a hand held computer for producing limited programming functions available through the brewer during its usage, said computer provided for initiating the set up of the brewer for providing programmed operations during usage, said computer providing for a calibration programming mode, during which the brewer is calibrated for measuring a set amount of water to be delivered through the spray head during a brewing cycle, said computer providing for the establishment of the temperature parameters for the brewer during a brewing cycle for determining the temperature of the water delivered to the spray head during operations, and said computer provided for establishing the operation mode of a cold water dispensing tube and a hot water dispense tube for determining the amounts of water to be dispensed from said tubes during operations of a brew cycle. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282898 | Lime Tolerant Brewing System and Method - Disclosed is a system and method of dispensing a selected volume of liquid. The system includes an apparatus that has a reservoir having an inlet tube and outlet tube coupled thereto, and a controller for controlling at least a portion of the apparatus. Two level sensors are positioned along the reservoir and are in communication with and controlled by the controller. The method includes steps for measuring a time a liquid level in the reservoir falls from an upper level to a lower level to calculate a flow rate. The calculation flow rate may then be used to determine and compare a dispensed volume versus the selected volume. Dispensing may then continue until the selected volume has been dispensed. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282899 | Equipment for the Production of a Hot Beverage - An equipment for the production of a hot beverage comprises a boiler, a collection container being associated to the boiler and means for defining a connection path from the boiler to the collection container comprising means for limiting the pressure drop experienced by a liquid contained in the boiler that, when the boiler is heated, rises up along the path to the collection container. A housing chamber for a powdered or ground ingredient is defined by a container for the powdered or ground ingredient, being inserted in the open mouth of the boiler, and a bottom of the collection container. A bottom of the container moves along side walls of the container between a rest position, corresponding to a non-assembled configuration of the equipment, and a working position, corresponding to an assembled configuration of the equipment. The bottom of the collection container is provided with a plurality of openings for the liquid to pass therethrough and being configured such that the void/full ratio is greater than 5%. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282900 | Ingenious Lid Structure for Infusion Drinks Percolator - A lid structure includes a lower lid slightly flared at the upper fringe, and having an engagement flange formed around it with a claw provided on its upper edge. A cutting tube of an upper lid is extended down from the center of the upper lid and inserted into the lower lid. The bottom of the cutting tube is also tilted. A detent is formed on the inner surface at the lower end of the upper lid to engage with the claw of the engagement flange so as to couple tightly the two lids. Several gaskets are provided around the inner side wall of the upper lid. An infusion drink material is filled into the cutting tube of the upper lid, and a film is used to seal the bottom of the lower lid. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282901 | Laser Cooking Apparatus - An apparatus and method for cooking food directly with a CO | 2008-11-20 |
20080282902 | Automatic cooking appliance shutoff apparatus - The invention relates to an apparatus used for automatically shutting off cooking appliances, such as ovens, stoves, hot pots, toasters, grills, and others. More specifically, the apparatus is secured to a cooking appliance, e.g. to its control panel, and may prevent a cooking appliance from being turned on before a timer is set. The apparatus can also increase the ease with which a cooking appliance knob or other actuator may be used. To automatically shutoff the cooking appliance, the apparatus uses a timing mechanism with a spring. Pressure is exerted on a spring when the timer is set, storing enough force in the spring to enable it to turn the cooking appliance to the OFF position when time has expired. A mechanical stop is in place to keep the spring energy from releasing until the timer reaches the OFF position. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282903 | Tortilla warmer - A novel tortilla warmer is disclosed and comprises a housing with a feeder assembly, a feed system, a heating chamber and an output whereby unheated tortillas are individually fed into the tortilla warmer and are heated to a level selected by a user and outputted when ready. The tortilla warmer of the present invention can also employ a feeder assembly for the storage of unheated tortillas in a manner that is compatibly with automatic feeding of the tortillas into the tortilla warmer. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282904 | Automatic or Semi-Automatic Turning Method and Device - The present invention provides an automatic or semi-automatic method for turning over and/or stirring the cooking material of a cooking container in an automatic or semi-automatic cooking utensil. The method can comprise the following steps: ( | 2008-11-20 |
20080282905 | CONTINUOUSLY OPERATING FILTERING APPARATUS - A deep fat fryer with continuous oil filtering and purging of sediments therefrom during uninterrupted fryer operation is provided. The filter includes a cylindrical hollow housing with a first end and a second end and a hollow cylindrical screen with a longitudinal axis and first and second ends. The screen is disposed coaxially within the hollow housing to define an annulus therebetween. A piston mounted within the screen and reciprocatingly movable along the longitudinal axis between the first and second ends of the screen. A pump, seal, and associate motor are provided to provide continuous oil flow through the filter and the remainder of the fryer. A heat exchanger is provided downstream of the pump to transfer heat from the fryer to the oil flowing through the heat exchanger. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282906 | Frame For A Board | 2008-11-20 |
20080282907 | Rechargeable Food Chilling Device - A food chilling device has a generally cylindrical elongate body with an outer wall, a closed end, an open end, a reservoir within the outer wall between the open and closed ends, and a reference axis oriented lengthwise between the open and closed ends. A closure assembly is removably installed on the device to close off the open end of the body and to seal the reservoir. In one example, a first handle extends outward in a radial direction relative to the reference axis of the body and has a first grip spaced outward beyond the outer wall. A second handle extends in a lengthwise direction and has a second grip spaced from the open end of the body. In another example, the closure assembly has an annular collar surrounding the open end of the body and with an inward extending circumferential shoulder. A cap with a stopper section engages the collar to close off the open end of the body. A seal is compressed against the step such that the step and seal are sandwiched between the shoulder of the collar and a surface on the stopper section to seal the reservoir. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282908 | Method and apparatus for altering the composition of a beverage - A method and device are configured to remove or reduce the quantity of one or more contaminants from a beverage, such as an alcoholic beverage. A contaminant removing material may be formed into an object or be associated with an object for contact with a beverage. The invention has particular applicability to removing or reducing the sulfite content of an alcoholic beverage and may change other properties of the beverage, such as its color. The contaminant removing material may be associated with a pour spout. The spout may also include one or more air inlets, an aeration mesh or both to aerate a beverage as it is poured. In addition, the pour spout may include one or more magnets to remove contaminants and change other properties of the beverage, such as its taste. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282909 | Automated Method for Placing Sliced Food Stacks in Packages - A system and method are provided that allow meat logs to be manually loaded into a slicing station and thereafter be continuously automatically processed at the slicing station, a harping station, and an insertion station for automated packaging thereof without the need for handling of the meat stacks by workers. To this end, the slicing station is effective to form smaller sections or chubs from the meat logs and to do so such that the chubs are provided with substantially parallel flat end-faces to ensure that high quality meat slices are generated therefrom. The chubs are then transported to the harping station where each of the chubs undergoes a single cutting operation, thus simultaneously forming the meat slices therefrom and substantially maintaining the slices in the configuration of the chubs for generating well-formed stacks of the slices. Thereafter, the stacks are received at the insertion station where they are transferred to their packages, on an automated basis without the need for manual handling thereof. This is enabled due to the well-formed stacks generated by the harping station which allows the stacks to be dropped into the packages aligned therebelow. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282910 | Rechargeable hand-held rotary vegetable peeler - An electrically powered apparatus for peeling vegetables and fruits having a handle housing containing a rotary electric motor with a rotatable output shaft, the output shaft being accessible from a distal end of the housing and a battery power source contained within the handle housing. A manually operable switch is mounted on the housing to operate the motor. A rotatable flexible peeler assembly is detachably connected to the output shaft for rotation by the shaft, with the flexible peeler assembly comprising a plurality of flexible blade members mounted to a cylindrical support base member and a cutting tip mounted to distal end of the support base member. Each flexible blade member is formed with a base portion which is mounted in the support base member and defines a plurality of transverse slits which extend away from the base portion to the outer edge of the blade member to form a plurality of flexible abrasive strips. A shield member is removably mounted to the handle housing, the shield defining an open lower section exposing the abrasive flexible strip and an open distal end through which the cutting tip extends. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282911 | Waste Bin Having Compacting Means - A waste bin ( | 2008-11-20 |
20080282912 | Waste Compaction Unit - This invention relates to a unit for compacting waste prior to disposal. The invention provides a waste compaction unit for fitting into a housing comprising a lid and an interior for collecting waste, the compaction unit comprising a plunger comprising bellows housed in said lid; a pneumatic locking mechanism housed in said lid; and a pump connected to the plunger via said locking mechanism wherein the pump is arranged in operation to activate the locking mechanism prior to inflating the bellows to extend the plunger axially towards the bin interior such that any waste collected therein is compacted. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282913 | Mandrel Used For Digital Printing On Can Members - There is proposed a clamping mandrel for a rotationally symmetrical hollow body in the form of a beverage can integrally comprising a body portion and a bottom. Accurate coupling and precise control of the movement of the mandrel is to be transmitted to the hollow body. For that purpose there are provided a plurality of clamping segments forming an outwardly facing cylindrical clamping surface for engaging an inside surface of the hollow body. The clamping segments are radially movably guided. A force-transmission device arranged in the interior of the clamping mandrel is provided for synchronous control of the radial movement of the clamping segments. That provides for controlled precision movement of a hollow body clamped by the clamping device. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282914 | Fabric printing system, stencil kit, and method - A fabric-printing stencil system includes a first stencil plate with a continuous incision that defines a first stencil image dividing said first stencil plate into a positive image plate and a negative image plate. The negative and positive image plates are complementary to form the entire plate, except for the relatively narrow incision. The positive and negative image plates clamp a piece of fabric such that the positive image plate lies underneath and the fabric is stretched across the positive image plate, while the negative image plate lies above the fabric and covers the fabric, or vice versa. A second stencil plate has a second stencil image matched to the first stencil image and the first and second stencil images together define a completed image when printed on the fabric. The stencils are preferably cut by way of a laser from corresponding stencil plates and the images are printed by roller, brush, and spray application. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282915 | Method and system for predicting print colors - A profile generator determines differences between the standard spectral reflectances of a color chart printed under standard density conditions and the spectral reflectances of a color chart printed while the density of one of the colors C, M, Y, K is changed, and the densities of the other colors are secured to standard densities. When density variations are established, the profile generator generates a print predicting profile using spectral reflectances produced by adding the standard spectral reflectances and the difference with respect to the color whose density has changed. The colors of a print produced when the density of a desired color is changed are predicted with high accuracy using the print predicting profile. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282916 | Surface with a Surface Structure for Contacting Printing Material, Machine for Processing Material and Method for Producing Areas with a Surface Structure - A surface, especially a galvanically molded transport cylinder sleeve, has a surface structure for contacting printing material, in particular sheets of paper. The surface structure includes first structural elevations spaced apart from each other by a minimum distance A | 2008-11-20 |
20080282917 | Cylinder with reduced inertia variation and method - A plate cylinder includes a cylinder including a longitudinal axis and a centroid located at a geometric center of the cylinder. The cylinder also includes a slot for receiving both ends of a printing plate; the cylinder including a counter balance hole extending axially in the cylinder and being displaced from the longitudinal axis, the counter balance hole balancing the slot; and the cylinder including a mass balance hole extending axially in the cylinder and being displaced from the longitudinal axis, the mass balance hole balancing the plate cylinder. The cylinder further including at least one hole extending axially in the cylinder and being displaced from the longitudinal axis of the cylinder to reduce the variation in products of inertia as the plate cylinder rotates. A cylinder is also provided. A method is also provided. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282918 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CLAMPING PRINTING PLATES ON A PLATE CYLINDER - An apparatus and method for clamping printing plates on a plate cylinder is disclosed. A clamping element is integrated into a lockup slot of a plate cylinder with an actuating element. The clamping element is transferred by the actuating element between a first position, where the clamping element clamps the leading end and/or the trailing end of the printing plate, and a second position, where the clamping element releases the leading end and/or the trailing end of the printing plate. The clamping element can be adjusted exclusively in the radial direction of the plate cylinder and the actuating element exclusively in the axial direction of the plate cylinder such that, depending upon the relative axial position of the actuating element with respect to the clamping element, the clamping element is displaced either radially outwardly for clamping the printing plate or is displaced radially inwardly for releasing the printing plate. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282919 | Clamping Device - A printing cylinder, including: a cylinder body defining at least one tensing channel for tensing with at least one printing block; a tensing jaw arranged in the tensing channel; and a tensing counter jaw which is arranged next to the tensing jaw in the tensing channel and is tiltable about a rotational axis relative to the tensing jaw and the cylinder body, and comprises a tilting area on an outer circumferential area; wherein the tensing jaw and the tensing counter jaw define at least a portion of a gap, into which one end of the at least one printing block can be inserted; and wherein the tensing counter jaw is supported during a tilting movement via its tilting area on a supporting area formed in the tensing channel. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282920 | Device for Feeding Printing Plates to a Plate Cylinder and Printing Unit Having the Device - A device for feeding printing plates to a plate cylinder includes a pressure roller for pressing the printing plate against the circumferential surface of the plate cylinder when the printing plate is being mounted. In order to compensate for uneven pressing forces resulting from a bending of the pressure roller, cylindrical segments are provided that have different widths and/or different diameters and/or different distances between the segments. A printing unit of a rotary printing press having the device, is also provided. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282921 | ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND PROCESSES FOR FORMING THE SAME - An electronic device includes an array. In one embodiment, a process for forming an electronic device includes the array, which includes electronic components, can include printing one or more layers as a series of segments onto a workpiece. In one embodiment, a process includes printing a layer onto the workpiece and at least one exposed portion of the chuck. In still another embodiment, a printing head is greater than 0.5 mm from the workpiece. In a further embodiment, “hybrid” printing can be used to help form a thicker layer having a relatively thinner width. In a further embodiment, processes can be used to reduce the likelihood of a stitching defect, nonuniformity of a layer across an array, or a combination thereof. A printing apparatus can be modified to achieve more flexibility in liquid compositions, temperatures or other conditions used in printing a layer. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282922 | DETONATOR SYSTEM HAVING LINEAR ACTUATOR - Disclosed is a detonation initiator that can form part of a demolition assembly. The detonation initiator can include a linear actuator assembly having a core with a permanent magnet disposed with respect to a coil, and a firing pin coupled to the core and disposed along a longitudinal axis of the linear actuator assembly. A capacitor can be used to store electrical energy derived from an electrical pulse received by the detonation initiator. An electrical circuit can be used to monitor the charge on the capacitor and to discharge the capacitor through the coil of the linear actuator assembly to propel the core along the longitudinal axis of the linear actuator assembly when the charge on the capacitor reaches a charge threshold. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282923 | INITIATION FIXTURE AND AN INITIATOR ASSEMBLY INCLUDING THE SAME - An initiator assembly ( | 2008-11-20 |
20080282924 | Shaped Charge and a Perforating Gun - A shaped charge comprises a shell, an explosive charge disposed inside the shell, and a first liner for retaining the explosive charge within the shell. The shaped charge further comprises an acid material disposed inside the shell on the first liner and retained by a second liner into the shell. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282925 | ELECTRONIC BLASTING WITH HIGH ACCURACY - Electronic blasting systems typically permit blasting with detonator delay times having millisecond accuracy. Disclosed herein are blasting apparatuses and methods of blasting that are capable of even higher degrees of delay time accuracy, for example involving programmable delay times selectable to an accuracy of about 0.25 ms, 0.1 ms, or better. Such methods and apparatuses present unprecedented and unexpected advantages for both mining applications, civil engineering uses, and in seismic prospecting. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282926 | Method and Arrangement For Producing Propellant For Charges With High Charge Density and High Progressivity - The present invention relates to a method and an arrangement for the production of radially perforated, cylindrical propellant tubes ( | 2008-11-20 |
20080282927 | Gas generator - A gas generator has a propellant charge and an early ignition device held loosely in the propellant charge. The early ignition device consists of an early ignition charge and an enclosure surrounding the early ignition charge. The enclosure is at least one foil wrapped around the early ignition charge. The outer edges of the foil, lying one over another, are connected with each other to close the enclosure. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282928 | Heated ski lift - The present invention is an improved ski lift. The ski lift contains a solar power source which is attached to one or more heating elements. The heating elements heat a passenger's hands during transit up the mountain. As a result, the passenger is made more comfortable during transit, increasing his or her overall skiing experience. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282929 | RAILROAD WELL CAR WITH OPEN TRUSS SIDES - A railroad well car includes a pair of spaced trucks, and a railcar body supported on the trucks, the body comprising a pair of spaced end structures, each end structure supported on one truck, and a well structure extending between the end structures. The well structure comprises a pair of top chord members extending between the end structures; a pair of side sills extending between the end structures; a pair of end chords extending between the side sills; four corner container support members, each secured to one end chord and one side sill at four corners of the well structure; a plurality of floor beams extending between the side sills forming at least a portion of a floor for the well structure; and a plurality of side truss members extending between one side sill and one top chord on each side forming an open truss side for the well structure. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282930 | INK AND INK-JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink used in an ink-jet recording process in which ink droplets are ejected from a recording head by the action of thermal energy to record images on a recording medium; the ink containing at least (a) a pigment, (b) a dispersing agent, (c) a liquid medium and (d) an alkali metal salt of a malonic acid derivative, represented by the following Formula (1): | 2008-11-20 |
20080282931 | Pigment Compositions for Oil-Based Lithographic Printing Ink System - Pigment compositions for oil-based lithographic printing ink systems are provided which comprise as colourant besides an organic pigment an organic dyestuff soluble in an organic solvent (solvent dye). The printing inks prepared from these pigment compositions show outstanding improvements in colour strength combined with improvements in both gloss and transparency of the prints obtained. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282932 | Aqueous ink for inkjet recording - An aqueous ink for inkjet recording is provided, which includes water, pigment, a water-soluble organic solvent incorporated at a content of not less than 30% by weight, a surfactant, and 3-methoxy-3-methyl-1-butanol. The surfactant is formed of at least one selected from the group consisting of acetylene glycol-based surfactant and a fluorinated surfactant. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282933 | Running-In Coating for Gas Turbines and Method for Production Thereof - A running-in coating for gas turbines and a method for production of a running-in coating are provided. The running-in coating serves to seal a radial gap between a housing ( | 2008-11-20 |
20080282934 | Method For Preparation Of Environmental Protection Waterproof Emulsion Paint - The invention relates to a chemically modified high molecular mixture for surface-painting on a plastic substrate, which consists of polyurethane emulsion, ionic type silicone solution, and ion exchange water, and to a method for preparation of the mixture comprising the steps of: (1) providing from about 40% to about 60% by weight of polyurethane emulsion, from about 30% to about 40% by weight of ionic type silicone solution, and from about 10% to about 25% by weight of ion exchange water; (2) adding sequentially the materials of step (1) into a stainless steel container; (3) stirring the materials in the container at a high speed of 3500-4500 rpm/min for 30 to 60 minutes to form a mixture; and (4) sieving the mixture via a 250 mesh sieve. The chemically modified high molecular mixture has advantages including no re-sticking, easy drying and high resistance to water, rubbing, solvent, and yellowing. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282935 | METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR ADDING COLOR TO CONCRETE - A colorizing composition for adding color to a concrete structure comprises a color additive containing a pigment component, a vegetable oil based diluent, and a vegetable oil based sealer component. The combined sealer and color additive, when applied to a pervious concrete, will permit the flow of water through the pervious concrete. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282936 | CEMENT ADMIXTURE, CEMENT COMPOSITION, AND METHOD FOR SUPPRESSING CARBONATION USING THE SAME - A cement admixture and a cement composition having a carbonation suppressing effect and a heat-of-hydration suppressing effect are provided. A cement admixture containing one or more non-hydraulic compounds selected from the group consisting of γ-2CaO.SiO | 2008-11-20 |
20080282937 | Compositions of and methods for making of a concrete-like material containing cellulosic derivatives - This invention is a composition comprising an admixture of one or more cementitious component(s) and one or more cellulosic component. The cellulosic components comprise a defined size and a defined aspect ratio and an amount of water which is within a range effective to impart characteristic in a final hardened product. Importantly, the present invention allows the reduction/elimination of the aggregate and sand content of concrete and similar material without loss of associated properties. Unexpectedly, there are significant improvements of some of the properties. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282938 | CEMENT MAKING METHOD - A method of making cement clinker in a wet rotary kiln that includes providing raw material at the front of the kiln and adding a second group of materials for processing at an intermediate location along the kiln. This second group may include materials that improve the clinker and requires less energy to produce. A kiln system that employs this method and a cement clinker made by the method. | 2008-11-20 |
20080282939 | Hydraulic Binder and a Chromate Reducer and Use Thereof - The invention relates to a hydraulic binder whose main constituent is cement to which a mixture comprised of a chromate reducer and a carrier material is added for chromate reduction. The chromate reducer contains two iron(II) sulfate components, with the first component is made of filter salt from the titanium dioxide production, to which a mineral acid regulator, particularly ground limestone, is added. The second component is moist copperas. The hydraulic binder according to the invention is cost-effective and has chromate contents that are considerably lower than the legally permitted limit. The invention also relates to the use of a mixture of filter salt and copperas as a chromate reducer for reducing water-soluble chromate contents in cement. | 2008-11-20 |