50th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 7 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090301411 | COMPOSITE HEAT EXCHANGER AND COMPOSITE HEAT EXCHANGER SYSTEM - A composite heat exchanger system includes an air cooled condenser | 2009-12-10 |
20090301412 | VARIABLE COOLANT PUMP FOR THE COOLING CIRCUIT OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A variable coolant pump for a cooling circuit of an internal combustion engine. The variable coolant pump includes a pump head having an inlet, an annular channel and an outlet; a pump housing rotatably supporting a pump shaft having an axial end; a pump blade wheel mounted on the axial end of the pump shaft and disposed in the pump head; and a plurality of adjustable guide blades arranged concentrically about the pump blade wheel between the annular channel and the pump blade wheel. Each adjustable guide blade has two longitudinal sides and outer edge and includes a first pivot, a second pivot and a third pivot. The first and second pivots extend at right angles to a respective one of the two longitudinal sides in a vicinity of the outer edge. The first and second pivots define an axis of rotation and rotatably support the respective guideblade in the pump head about the axis of rotation. The third pivot is disposed in parallel with the first and second pivots in an area in the adjustable guide blade remote from the axis of rotation and protrude into an oblong recess in an adjustment ring rotatably arranged in the pump head. The oblong recess has a radial and a tangential component. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301413 | LUBRICATING SYSTEM FOR AIR-COOLED GENERAL-PURPOSE ENGINE - An air-cooled general-purpose engine includes: a cooling fan fixed to one end portion, protruding outward from one end wall of an engine main body, of a crankshaft; and a shroud which is mounted to the engine main body, and which defines a cooling-air path between the shroud and the one end wall, the cooling-air path guiding a cooling air blown under pressure from the cooling fan. The air-cooled general-purpose engine includes: an oil pump which pumps up an oil from an oil reservoir; and an oil-supply path which is formed in the one end wall, facing the cooling-air path, of the engine main body, and configured to guide the oil discharged from the oil pump to a valve operating chamber in a head portion of the engine main body, and a jet for jetting the oil is provided in an opening of the oil-supply path, the opening being open to the valve operating chamber. Accordingly, it is possible to be excellent in cooling oil and to preferably lubricate a valve operating system in addition to the surrounding of a crankshaft. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301414 | OIL HEAT EXCHANGE APPARATUS IN A CYLINDER HEAD - An oil heat exchange apparatus is provided for an internal combustion engine having cylinders aligned in a cylinder row direction. The oil heat exchange apparatus includes a cylinder head having a cylinder head coolant path through which a coolant flows, a cylinder block having a cylinder block coolant path through which the coolant flows parallel to the coolant flow through the cylinder head coolant path, and an oil passage through which oil flows. The oil passage is configured and arranged to exchange heat with the coolant flowing through both the cylinder block coolant path and the cylinder head coolant path. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301415 | V-TYPE ENGINE - In a V-type engine in which first and second banks arranged in a V-shape are provided continuously to a crankcase, and in which a carburetor is placed at a valley between the first and second banks, the carburetor is placed spaced from the first and second banks. Further, the carburetor is connected to intake ports of the first and second banks via first and second intake pipes, respectively, and first and second heat shield plates each made of synthetic resin are attached to side faces of the respective first and second banks, the side faces facing the carburetor, each of the first and second heat shield plates covering a corresponding one of the side faces and defining a cooling air passage between the heat shield plate and the side face. Accordingly, it is possible to surely prevent heat from the banks from affecting the carburetor in order to prevent percolation in the carburetor even in the case where the engine stops its operation in a high-temperature state. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301416 | VARIABLE VALVE TIMING CONTROL APPARATUS OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A variable valve timing control apparatus of an internal combustion engine has a drive rotary member, a driven rotary member, and an electric motor which rotates with the drive rotary member and changes a rotational phase of the driven rotary member relative to the drive rotary member through a current application to a coil. The electric motor is covered with a cover member with a clearance interposed therebetween, and a bearing member is installed between an outer periphery of the electric motor and an inner periphery of the cover member for rotatably supporting the electric motor. The bearing member defines a space portion between an end surface, in a rotation shaft direction, of the electric motor and an opposing inner end surface of the cover member, and the space portion is supplied with lubricating oil by a lubricating oil supplying mechanism. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301417 | Valve Control For A Gas Exchange Valve In An Internal Combustion Engine - A valve control for a gas exchange valve of an internal combustion engine includes at least one spring element for preloading the valve in an end position and a fixing device for the releasable fixing of the valve. The spring element in a moveable insert, which by means of an actuation device is adjustable in actuation direction of the valve between an end position close to the valve disc and an end position far from the valve disc for adjusting a preload applied on the valve by the spring element. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301418 | VARIABLE VALVE SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A variable valve system for an internal combustion engine includes a drive shaft, a drive cam provided on the drive shaft, a link arm fitted on the outer periphery of the drive cam such as to rotate relative to the drive cam, a crank-shaped control shaft including a main shaft and an eccentric cam, an oscillating arm rotatably attached to the eccentric cam and oscillated by the link arm, and an oscillating cam connected to the oscillating arm via a link rod so as to actuate a valve. Lubricant is communicated from a main lubricant flow path in the drive shaft through three lubricant paths to sliding contact areas between the drive cam and the link arm, between the pin of the oscillating arm and the link arm, and between the eccentric cam and the oscillating arm. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301419 | Decompression Mechanism - A decompression mechanism provided in a valve operating system configured to drive a valve for opening and closing a port, includes an accommodating member provided in the valve operating system; a decompression member which is accommodated in the accommodating member such that the decompression member is extendable and retractable, the decompression member being configured to extend from the valve operating system to press the valve to open the port in a compression stroke of the engine; and an insertion member which is inserted into the valve operating system, the insertion member being configured to be inserted through the accommodating member in a direction crossing a direction in which the decompression member is extendable and retractable. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301420 | Method for Controlling an Automatic Shut-off Process of an Internal Combustion Engine - A method is provided for controlling an automatic shut-off process of an internal combustion engine in a motor vehicle. An automatic shut-off process of the internal combustion engine is inhibited as a function of predetermined operating conditions. The automatic shut-off process of the internal combustion engine is inhibited, if the internal combustion engine was started by a tow start process within a current operating cycle or within a predetermined number of previous operating cycles. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301421 | Engine air intake system for engine-powered walk-behind working machine - An engine air intake system for an engine-powered working machine includes a lever cover which covers at least a base portion of an operation control lever mounted on an operation handle for operation by a human operator to control operation of at least one of the working machine and an engine of the working machine, a lower cover disposed inside the lever cover so as to define jointly with the lever cover a hollow space, an air intake portion having an air inlet opening and disposed in the lever cover such that at least the air inlet opening is disposed within the hollow space, and a fresh air guide hose interconnecting the air intake portion and the interior of an air-cleaner case. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301422 | Device for supplying air to a multiple-cylinder engine head - A device including two air distribution chambers configured to be fixed on a cylinder head and an air distributor and/or an air transfer pipe, the air transfer pipe and the air distribution chambers including, in the immediate surroundings of their nozzles, for being relatively positioned and assembled together: between the air distributor and one of the air distribution chambers, a positioning and supporting mechanism for support and precise relative centering, substantially without clearance, except for possible pivoting about the axis of engagement, once the centering has been provided along the axis, and, between the air distributor and the other air distribution chamber: an additional support mechanism and locating mechanism. A fixing mechanism locks, at the required swivel angle and in relative support, each air distribution chamber and the air distributor. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301423 | Intake manifold - An intake manifold ( | 2009-12-10 |
20090301424 | STARTER PULL CORDS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES - An improved starter pull cord for an internal combustion engine having significantly increased stiffness, resistance to wear, and strength, the starter pull cord being comprised of rope having high modulus fibers selected from the group consisting of liquid crystal polymer (LCP), aramid, and high-modulus polyethylene (HMPE). The higher stiffness of the high modulus starter pull cords of the present invention translates to greater impetus during the act of pull starting the engine, which is apt to start more quickly than with starter pull cords of the prior art. The increased strength of the high modulus starter pull cords translates to fewer breakages over the lifetime of an engine and therefore increased reliability. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301425 | POWER-STORAGE-TYPE ENGINE STARTING SYSTEM - A power-storage-type engine starting system includes a coil spring for storing power to be used in starting the engine. An end of a crankshaft is configured to pass through a cylindrical shaft part and is passed through a one-way clutch attached to inside of an assist boss so that an assist boss and the one-way clutch can be provided at radially outside of the shaft end, whereby the crankshaft is made shorter. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301426 | Piston of Engine - A piston cooling apparatus of an engine may include a combustion chamber formed between a piston disposed in a cylinder block and a cylinder head disposed on the cylinder block, wherein a surface area-enlarging portion is formed inside the piston on bottom surface of a crown of the piston. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301427 | CYLINDER HEAD COVER - A cylinder head cover is formed by a synthetic resin outer shell, which is molded by inserting a metal valve case, which holds a oil control valve, in a mold. The valve case has a bolt fastening portion for fastening the valve case, together with the outer shell, to the cam cap. The valve fastening portion has a bolt insertion hole. The bolt fastening portion also has a flange that extends radially outward. The flange has through holes. The flange is embedded in the outer shell, and synthetic resin forming the outer shell fills the through holes. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301428 | CRANKSHAFT SET OF TWO-CYLINDER ENGINE EQUIPPED WITH FLYWHEEL - A crankshaft set of a two-cylinder engine that is equipped with a flywheel may include a crankshaft that is mounted on an engine block, a first crank pin that is formed at one end of the crankshaft and is connected to a first piston through a connecting rod, a second crank pin that is formed at the other end of the crankshaft and is connected to a second crank pin through a connecting rod, and a flywheel that is disposed between the first and second crank pins and is integrally formed with the crankshaft. Accordingly, the twist and vibration characteristics are improved because the flywheel is disposed between the adjacent crank pins. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301429 | Engine and Power Transmission Device - An engine according to an aspect of the present invention includes a crankshaft which is disposed in a substantially horizontal direction, first power transmission means, an input shaft, a first output shaft, second power transmission means, and a power transmission case. The input shaft is disposed below the crankshaft in parallel with the crankshaft, and the input shaft receives a power from the crankshaft through the first power transmission means. The first output shaft supplies the power from the input shaft, and the first output shaft is disposed perpendicular to the crankshaft. The second power transmission means transmits the power of the input shaft to the first output shaft. The power transmission case accommodates the input shaft, the first output shaft, and the second power transmission means therein. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301430 | Method for metering fuel into combustion chambers of an internal combustion engine - A method and control unit for metering fuel into at least one combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine comprising at least one pilot injection and one main injection per combustion cycle, combustion features being detected and an effect of a fuel quantity injected prior to the main injection being ascertained from the combustion features. An actual value of a combined effect of at least two pilot injections per combustion cycle is ascertained and the actual value is regulated to a setpoint value via an intervention on at least one of the pilot injections. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301431 | Method of Controlling Common Rail Fuel Injection Device - A method for controlling a common-rail fuel injection system, which avoids the adverse effect of the pilot injection on the main injection while driving an engine and maximizes the cleaning up of the exhaust gas by the pilot injection or the like, is provided. In the common-rail fuel injection system performing a multistage injection, a pilot injection timing θp at a crankshaft angle and a main injection timing θm at the crankshaft angle base are controlled by a ECU. The ECU calculates a pilot injection interval Tpin at a time base and adjusts the main injection timing θm when the pilot injection interval Tpin is less than the predefined threshold (1 (ms) in the present embodiment). | 2009-12-10 |
20090301432 | INTAKE CHANNELS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES - Various embodiments of the invention relate to an intake channel of an internal combustion engine in which an adjustable position guide vane is configured to modify the velocity distribution inside the intake channel in order to vary the mean swirl number generated by the channel. The intake channel may comprise a combination of two or more ports, which can be helical or tangential, depending on their shape. By varying the velocity distribution inside the intake channel it is possible to vary the mean swirl number in an internal combustion engine. Contrary to existing systems to vary the swirl in internal combustion engines, the invention proposed does not require the separation of both ports inside the intake channel by a wall in order to achieve a variation in the swirl. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301433 | Fast idle air amount control system in side stand-equipped two-wheeled motor vehicle - A fast idle air amount control system in a side stand-equipped two-wheeled motor vehicle is provided in which a bypass control valve ( | 2009-12-10 |
20090301434 | Method for operating an internal combustion engine - In a method for operating an internal combustion engine, particularly an Otto engine having direct gasoline injection in controlled self-ignition, the internal combustion engine including a combustion chamber, at least one intake valve and at least one exhaust valve, whose opening times are variable, and a fuel-air-exhaust gas mixture is introduced into a combustion chamber and is compressed in a compression stroke; the fuel-air mixture self-igniting towards the end of the compression stroke, a controlled self-ignition is made possible in wide load ranges by varying the opening times of the intake valve and the exhaust valve as a function of the load. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301435 | Method and device for ascertaining one or more starts of combustion in a cylinder of an internal combustion engine from a provided cylinder-pressure curve - A method for determining a point in time of a start of combustion in a cylinder of an internal combustion engine includes: providing a base compression pressure model which gives a curve of a compression pressure in the cylinder as a function of the operating point; adjusting the base compression pressure model using measured cylinder pressures of at least one operating state of the internal combustion engine at points in time at which no combustion is taking place in the cylinder, in order to obtain an adjusted compression pressure model; and determining a point in time of a start of combustion with the aid of a pressure curve determined by the adjusted compression pressure model. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301436 | ENGINES - The present invention provides an engine incorporating a rotary hub ( | 2009-12-10 |
20090301437 | AIR-FUEL RATIO CONTROL DEVICE OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The combustion air-fuel ratio is made leaner than the stoichiometric air-fuel ratio at the time of engine startup and the combustion air-fuel ratio is made richer than the stoichiometric air-fuel ratio and the exhaust downstream part of the three-way catalyst apparatus is raised in temperature when it is judged that just the exhaust upstream part of the three-way catalyst apparatus arranged in the engine exhaust system has been raised to the catalyst activation temperature. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301438 | Fuel rail of a combustion engine - A fuel rail ( | 2009-12-10 |
20090301439 | FUEL SUPPLY APPARATUS - A fuel supply apparatus includes a movable unit, a coil, a drive circuit portion, and a drive control portion. The drive circuit portion energizes the coil with a drive electric current of a first value such that the movable unit is displaced from an opening-side position to a closing-side position. The drive circuit portion energizes the coil with the drive electric current of a second value that is smaller than the first value such that the movable unit is held at the closing-side position. The drive control portion controls the drive circuit portion to change the drive electric current from the first value to the second value while the movable unit is being displaced toward the closing-side position based on energization of the coil with the drive electric current of the first value. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301440 | Piezoelectric Actuator - A piezoelectric actuator arrangement ( | 2009-12-10 |
20090301441 | FUEL SUPPLY APPARATUS - A movable portion is movable from a closed position, in which the movable portion is in contact with a valve element, to an opened position so as to supply fuel from a fuel portion to a compression chamber through a fuel passage. A drive control unit supplies of a small driving current, which is sufficient to maintain the movable portion at the closed position, to a coil portion so as to move the movable portion from the opened position to the closed position. The drive control unit switches the supply of the small driving current to supply of the large driving current in the course of the movement of the movable portion to the closed position by supplying the small driving current. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301442 | FUEL INJECTOR - A fuel injector, in particular for fuel injection systems of internal combustion engines. Such an injector is characterized by a magnetic circuit containing a core, a solenoid, an armature, and a movable valve needle having a valve closing body that cooperates with a fixed valve seat), the valve seat being formed on a valve seat body), and a valve seat carrier into which the valve seat body is introduced. The outer circumference of the valve seat body has a sawtooth-like structure for establishing a fixed connection to the valve seat carrier. The fuel injector is suitable in particular for use in fuel injection systems of mixture-compressing, externally ignited internal combustion engines. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301443 | FUEL FEEDING DEVICE FOR GAS ENGINE - An engine fuel feeding device that is small-sized and easy to start. A cutoff valve is disposed upstream from a primary regulator provided to a fuel passage from a fuel feeding source to an engine. The cutoff valve is provided integrally with the primary regulator. When the gas engine is stopped, the fuel feeding passage is blocked in front of the primary regulator, gas fuel does not flow in the downstream direction that includes the primary regulator, and the ability of the gas engine to start is enhanced. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301444 | FUEL STABILIZER FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION PETROL ENGINE - The present invention discloses a device called as Fuel Stabilizer ( | 2009-12-10 |
20090301445 | FUEL COMBUSTION METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method and system for treating a combustible fluid and operating a combustion system, where the combustible fluid is introduced into an electrolysis cell, electrochemically activated in the electrolysis cell, and combusted in a combustion-based engine. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301446 | BLOW-BY GAS REFLUX APPARATUS FOR ENGINES WITH SUPERCHARGERS - The present invention includes an air introduction device capable of introducing air into a crankcase of the engine during a supercharging operation of a supercharger, so that blow-by gas within the crankcase can be scavenged into the intake air passage. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301447 | Exhaust Gas Recirculation Valve - A system and method for controlling a multiple cylinder internal combustion engine include a mechanically operated exhaust gas recirculation valve having a spring-biased pintle with a surface area sized to generate a spring-opposing force to open a valve chamber entrance when an exhaust pressure differential exceeds a first threshold to allow exhaust gas to flow toward an intake and to close a valve chamber exit spaced from the chamber entrance to block exhaust gas flowing to the intake when the pressure differential exceeds a second threshold. The valve operates to limit or block external EGR flow at low load such as during starting and idle as well as at wide-open throttle while metering EGR flow for mid-to-high loads. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301448 | BLOW-BY GAS RECIRCULATION STRUCTURE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A blow-by gas recirculation structure includes a cylinder head including an intake manifold mounting surface and a cylinder block mounting surface with a first intake passage extending between a first intake opening formed in the intake manifold mounting surface and a first intake port formed in the cylinder block mounting surface, and a second intake passage extending between a second intake opening formed in the intake manifold mounting surface and a second intake port formed in the cylinder block mounting surface. The cylinder head further includes at least one blow-by gas passage for recirculating blow-by gas to the first intake passage. The intake manifold mounting surface has at least one enlarged recess fluidly connected between the blow-by gas passage and the first intake passage, the enlarged recess being disposed between the first and second intake openings and at least partially aligned with centers of the first and second intake openings. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301449 | BREATHER DEVICE FOR ENGINE - In a breather device for engine, in which an inlet of a breather chamber communicates with a crank chamber through a reed valve, the reed valve being formed of: a fixed stopper plate arranged so as to be opposed to a valve seat formed on an end face of the inlet facing the breather chamber; and an elastic valve plate fixed at one end thereof to the stopper plate and capable of bending elastically to change its position from a closed position in which the elastic valve plate closes the inlet by seating on the valve seat to an opening limit position in which the elastic valve plate opens the inlet and abuts against the stopper plate, the stopper plate is provided at a center part thereof with an oil discharge hole through which oil present between the elastic valve plate and the stopper plate is pushed out when the elastic valve plate is pushed toward the opening limit position in which the elastic valve plate abuts against the stopper plate by pressure in the crank chamber. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the elastic valve plate from sticking to the stopper plate even if oil mist adheres to the elastic valve plate or the stopper plate of the reed valve. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301450 | IGNITION COIL, IN PARTICULAR, FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - An ignition coil, in particular for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, having a secondary winding situated on a coil body for the production of a high voltage at a spark plug, having a contact sleeve that electrically contacts the secondary winding and that is capable of being pushed over an end area of the coil body and that has at least one contact element for the secondary winding, and having a holding-down element that can be pushed over the contact sleeve and that acts on the at least one contact element of the contact sleeve. In its end position, the holding-down element protrudes beyond the at least one contact element of the contact sleeve, seen in the axial direction of the coil body, and covers the at least one contact element. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301451 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE HAVING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION, AND CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control apparatus is provided for a vehicle including an internal combustion engine and a continuously variable transmission capable of controlling an output speed of the engine. A controller of the control apparatus determines a first operating point at which a total fuel consumption amount is minimized as an optimal operating point, such that the total fuel consumption amount is obtained by adding an amount of a fuel consumed by an exhaust purifying device disposed in an exhaust system to an amount of a fuel consumed by the engine for generating a required output. The controller then controls an engine load and also controls a speed ratio of the transmission so that the engine operates at the optimal operating point. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301452 | Projectile Expelling Apparatus - The present invention provides for the first time a projectile expelling apparatus having at least one fixed channel for allowing projectiles to enter at a constant entry point and a rotational expelling housing rotationally connected to at least one fixed channel for projecting projectiles at various trajectories. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301453 | Projectile expelling apparatus - The present invention provides for the first time a projectile expelling apparatus having at least one fixed channel for allowing projectiles to enter at a constant entry point and a rotational expelling housing rotationally connected to at least one fixed channel for projecting projectiles at various trajectories. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301454 | HIGH VELOCITY MASS ACCELERATOR AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - An apparatus for moving a mass, the apparatus having an arcuate track, a clamping member attached to a section of the arcuate track, an arm assembly pivotably connected to the clamping member, and a counterweight connected to the arm assembly. A projectile for use in a mass accelerator having an arcuate track, the projectile having a core and at least one of a low-friction layer, a propellant layer, and a polycarbonate layer. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301455 | Hand-held baseball pitching apparatus for generating controlled curving trajectories - A slingshot-based training apparatus for propelling standard plastic apertured baseball or softball size projectiles along a desired curved trajectory. The present invention comprises a simplified portable, lightweight, hand-held pitching apparatus capable of safely hurling ubiquitous lightweight plastic baseball and softball size practice balls to a batter in training. The preferred embodiment comprises a rotatable grip to which a pair of offset yoke members are connected. These yoke members are also connected to opposed edges of a sling member through elongated elastic bands. Rotation of the grip offsets the yoke members so that one of the two yoke members is closer to the user than the other yoke member. Because grip rotation can be effected in either clockwise or counterclockwise directions, either yoke member can be offset to be closer to the user than the other yoke member. It will be seen hereinafter that when the yoke members are offset, the tension on the elastic bands is unequal when the sling is pulled back in preparation for propelling a training ball. Upon release of the sling, the unequal tension imparts a spin torque on the ball causing it to curve either left to right or right to left depending upon the direction of rotation of the grip. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301456 | Loading Pellets in Pellet Guns - Loading pellets into a pellet gun, whether it is of breech or break barrel design, is often a frustrating and difficult procedure, especially when done with the fingers. The pellets are small and hard to handle. Various embodiments of a dispenser for dispensing pellets to a breech design or a break barrel design pellet gun without touching them are described. The frustration and other difficulties usually encountered by pellet gun users are avoided by the dispensers delivering the pellets directly to pellet guns. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301457 | Lightweight deployment system and method - The disclosed system, device and method for deploying a sub-module from a carrier vehicle generally includes: a sub-module projectile ( | 2009-12-10 |
20090301458 | PAINTBALL GUN WITH A WINDOW DESIGN TO MONITOR THE INTERIOR OF THE PAINTBALL GUN - A paintball gun with a window design to monitor the interior of the paintball gun includes a gun barrel, a sleeve, a firing bolt and an end cap. The sleeve and the firing bolt are disposed in the gun barrel. The end cap is located at a rear end of the gun barrel. The gun barrel is formed with at least one window thereon. The sleeve is cylindrical and transparent. When malfunction happens in the gun barrel, the window and the transparent sleeve enables the user to find out the problems. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301459 | Valve for paint ball guns - A valve for paint ball guns includes a case for receiving a first piston rod therein in which a first end of a second piston rod is movably received. The case includes several chambers defined therein so as to introduce pressurized air into the barrel of the paint ball gun. The first piston rod includes two piston rings and one of which is larger than the other. The first piston rod is biased by a first spring. The first end of the second piston rod in the first piston rod is biased by a second spring which is easily overcome by pushing the second piston rod by a driving member. The movement of the second piston rod introduces pressurized air to apply to the piston ring of larger area to generate a force to overcome the force from the first spring and the piston ring of the smaller area. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301460 | Oven muffle - An oven muffle that has at least two wall elements adjoining each other, which delimit at least some regions of an interior space that is used as a cooking chamber. The wall elements are of a glass or a glass ceramic and the adjacent wall elements are oriented at an angle with respect to one another. In an oven muffle of this invention, along with ease of cleaning, a simple structural design is achieved if the wall elements are integrally joined to one another and constitute one formed part. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301461 | Oven muffle - An oven muffle having a receiving space, at least some regions of which are delimited by wall elements, in which at least one of the wall elements is permeable to IR radiation or has a region that is permeable to IR radiation. In the oven muffle, the cooking performance is successfully improved while also providing an easily cleanable interior because a reflecting element that reflects IR radiation is positioned in the region of the outer surface of the wall element on a side oriented away from the receiving space. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301462 | Cover for stovetop mounted in counter - A cover for a stovetop, which is mounted in a counter, having a flat member and a peripheral side member depending therefrom with first and second handles formed in the depending peripheral side member. The cover is made of metal, plastic or ceramic material for decorative purposes, entertaining and/or additional counter space. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301463 | PORTABLE COOKING SYSTEM - A portable cooking system comprising a base tray, a grill plate, a lid, and a reflector is provided. The base tray comprises a heating through hole and a basin provided at a bottom of the base tray. The grill plate comprises a central opening, a substantially annular surface, and a plurality of drain holes in the annular surface. The reflector of an upturned bowl shape comprises a reflecting bump, radial furrows, and radial ridges alternatively disposed between the radial furrows, and the reflector is attached to a ceiling of the lid. Some of the radial furrows and the radial ridges are disposed on an inner surface of the upturned bowl shape, such that the heating airflow that rise upward through the heating through hole and hit a center portion of the reflector are guided outwardly to reach evenly over to the grill plate. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301464 | Cooking Appliance Mounted at an Elevated Level - A cooking appliance which is mounted at an elevated level and comprises at least one muffle that defines a cooking compartment and is provided with a muffle opening, and a bottom door for closing the muffle opening. The inventive cooking appliance is provided with a boundary decoration on the top face of the bottom door. Said boundary decoration indicates a border of the cooking compartment on the bottom door in a substantial manner, i.e. without distortions modifying the characteristics, according to the support of the muffle. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301465 | Method and System for Delivering Electrical Power from Upper Earth Atmosphere to Ground-based Distribution Systems - A solar energy collector/converter in space must somehow transmit energy to the ground-based distribution system. This invention provides a way to send the energy with low transit energy loss by suspending receivers and conduits in the air using vessels which are buoyant in the atmosphere. The conduits contain conductive transmission lines for conveying electrical power, and tubes and remotely controlled valves for sustaining the load-bearing arrangement and buoyancy of the vessels. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301466 | SOLAR TRACKER WITH MOVEMENT IN TWO AXES AND ACTUATION IN ONLY ONE OF THEM - According to FIG. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301467 | Control Method and Device for Quasi-Uniaxial Sun Chase of Solar Panels - The present invention relates to a control method and device for quasi-uniaxial sun chase of solar panels. The present method uses uniaxial driving to perform real-time tracking of the zodiacal longitude position of solar “daily periodic change”, then abiding by seasonal “annual periodic change” to perform tracking fine tuning of less 0.25 degrees per day on celestial sphere declination. The present device includes a supporting unit with two corresponding holders on the end face, a frame body for solar panel installation configured between the said two holders, and a control mechanism including a setting unit as well as an enable unit connected to the frame body. Thereby, in addition to real-time correction to the corresponding position of the solar panel to Sun by setting the control mechanism to allow the solar panel to acquire higher incident solar energy. The present invention provides a simple device structure with lower operation power consumption. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301468 | Thermal Storage Tank for a Hot Water System and Controlling Method Thereof - A controlling method for a hot water system and a thermal storage tank for a hot water system are provided in the present invention. The method includes the steps of: (a) turning on the pump to circulate the first fluid and to provide the heat collector with the first fluid; (b) turning off the pump after the pump is on for a first predetermined time to hold the first fluid in the heat collector; (c) turning on the pump after the pump is off for a second predetermined time to circulate the first fluid again; and (d) returning to the step (b). The thermal storage tank holding a first fluid and comprising: a first inlet inputting the first fluid; a first outlet outputting the first fluid; a first inner tank holding a second fluid, exchanging a heat between the first fluid and the second fluid and having a second inlet and a second outlet; and a second inner tank having a first heater heating the first fluid, a third inlet connected to the first outlet and a third outlet outputting the heated first fluid. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301469 | SOLAR COLLECTORS - The invention concerns a solar collector ( | 2009-12-10 |
20090301470 | FOLDABLE FUEL BURNER - A foldable burner ( | 2009-12-10 |
20090301471 | EVAPORATION ELEMENT FOR LIQUIDS - An evaporation element for liquids, in particular aqueous solutions, has a first reservoir for storing the liquid that is to be evaporated, a second reservoir, which is separated from the first reservoir by a sheet and contains a reagent that in contact with the liquid that is to be evaporated carries out an exothermic chemical reaction, and an opening element which, on actuation, perforates the sheet and in this way brings the reagent into contact with the liquid that is to be evaporated. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301472 | AEROSOL DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Methods, systems and/or devices for generating and aerosol from one or more composition are provided herein. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301473 | Inhalation Therapy Device with Multiple Nozzles - To increase the efficacy of atomizer nozzles operating with compressed gas, an atomizer device for inhalation therapy appliances includes means for delivering a compressed gas, in particular compressed air; means for supplying a fluid that is to be atomized, in particular a therapeutic liquid; several compressed gas outlet openings from which a delivered compressed gas emerges; and several fluid outlet openings from which the fluid to be atomized emerges on account of the emerging compressed gas. The atomizer device includes at least three compressed gas outlet openings arranged in a row, and one of the compressed gas outlet openings is in each case assigned at least two fluid outlet openings which, together with the associated compressed gas outlet opening, form an atomizer nozzle. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301474 | HEAT AND MOISTURE EXCHANGE UNIT WITH RESISTANCE INDICATOR - A heat and moisture exchange (HME) unit including a housing, a heat and moisture retaining media (HM media), and a resistance indicator. The housing forms a first port, a second port, and an intermediate section. The intermediate section extends between the first and second ports, and defines a flow path fluidly connecting the first and second ports. The HM media is maintained within the intermediate section along the flow path. The resistance indicator is carried by the housing and is fluidly connected to the first port. In this regard, a visual appearance of the resistance indicator changes as a function of pressure within the housing to visually alert a caregiver as to possible existence of an excessive pressure differential condition within the HME unit. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301475 | HEAT AND MOISTURE EXCHANGE UNIT - A heat and moisture exchange unit for use with a patient breathing circuit. The unit includes a housing, an MDI port assembly and a heat and moisturizing medium. The housing forms a patient-side port, a ventilator-side port, and a containment region between the patient-side port and the ventilator-side port. The MDI port assembly includes a frame projecting into the containment region and configured to receive a portion of a metered dose dispenser. The frame terminates at an outlet end, forming a flow passage. The heat and moisturizing medium is maintained within the containment region so as to define a medium face most proximate the outlet end of the MDI port assembly. The unit is characterized by the absence of a body between the outlet end and the medium face. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301476 | HEAT AND MOISTURE EXCHANGE UNIT - A heat and moisture exchange (HME) unit including a housing, a heat and moisture retaining media (HM media), and a valve mechanism. The housing forms an intermediate section extending between two ports, and defining first and second flow paths. The HM media is maintained along the first flow path. The valve mechanism includes an obstruction member movably retained within the housing and transitionable between opposing, first and second maximum points of travel. At the first maximum point of travel, the obstruction member closes the second flow path to permit airflow through only the first flow path. At the second maximum point of travel, the obstruction member permits airflow through both of the first and second flow paths. The HME unit is simple to use, yet provides an effective bypass state in which airflow freely progresses around the HM media. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301477 | HEAT AND MOISTURE EXCHANGE UNIT WITH CHECK VALVE - An HME unit including a housing, an HM media, and a check valve assembly. The housing forms a first port, a second port, and an intermediate section defining first and second flow paths fluidly connecting the first and second ports. The HM media is maintained within the intermediate section along the second flow path. The check valve assembly includes an obstruction member movably positioned within the intermediate section to selectively provide opened and closed positions. In the opened position, the first flow path is open relative to the obstruction member. In the closed position, the obstruction member closes the first flow path. In one mode, the obstruction member transitions to the opened position in response to gas flow in a flow direction from the second port toward the first port, and transitions to the closed position in response to gas flow in an opposite flow direction. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301478 | HEAT AND MOISTURE EXCHANGER, HEAT AND MOISTURE EXCHANGING DEVICE, AND MASK - A heat and moisture exchanger configured to be located between a respiratory system of a patient and an anesthesia circuit connected to an anesthesia apparatus, or a respiratory circuit connected to a respirator for maintaining a temperature and humidity of an aspired gas required to a patient under anesthesia or artificial respiration comprises a heat storage carrier material, and a moisture absorption and release material added to the heat storage carrier material. In the heat and moisture exchanger, at least one of density of the heat storage carrier material, number of cells of the heat storage carrier material, and an added amount of the moisture absorption and release material in the heat storage carrier material is set to decrease from the patient side to the side of the anesthesia apparatus or the respirator, along a flow direction of a respiratory gas in the heat storage carrier material. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301479 | FILTER AND/OR HME DEVICE FOR RESPIRATORY CIRCUITS COMPRISING A CONDENSATION TRAP - A filter and/or HME device including an upper shell suitable to be connected to ventilation means, a lower shell suitable to be connected to a tracheal or tracheostomy tube of a patient, a filter and/or HME element disposed between the upper shell and the lower shell and a condensation screen disposed in front of the filter and/or HME element and facing the lower shell wherein the condensation screen has a conical wall extending from the opposite part of the filter and/or HME element to produce, together with a portion of the lower shell a collection chamber for the condensation that forms. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301480 | DIAGNOSTIC SAMPLE COLLECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE - A bronchoalveolar lavage instillation/aspiration system which includes (i) a needleless bronchoalveolar lavage instillation/aspiration device with a barrel member including a barrel lumen having a distal aperture and a self-sealing member configured for maintaining a fluid-disruptable, resealable barrier to the distal aperture; and (ii) a catheter assembly configured to provide a patent path of fluid communication between the instillation/aspiration device and a patient bronchial passage, where the catheter includes a wedging structure configured to engage a patient bronchial passage. In another aspect, embodiments of the present invention may include one or more methods of making and using a system or component described herein. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301481 | Medicant dispenser, and a device and method for monitoring dispensing of a medicant from a dispenser - A medicant dispenser comprises a valve with an actuator movable between a valve closed and a valve open position and through which medicant is selectively released and a device for detecting that medicant has been released. The device comprises a light generator for emitting a beam of light, a sensor for sensing light emitted from the light generator and a counter coupled to the sensor for receiving a signal therefrom and for counting dispensation of the medicant. The sensor is arranged to switch the counter to an operating condition on receipt of light emitted from the light generator. The light generator and the sensor are positioned such that medicant being dispensed interrupts the light beam emitted from the light generator thereby provoking a further signal from the sensor. The counter is arranged to detect variations in the further signal from the sensor indicative of dispensation of the medicant. There is also disclosed a method of monitoring dispensation of a medicant from a medicant dispenser and a device for detecting that medicant has been released from a medicant dispenser. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301482 | APPARATUS FOR DELIVERY OF PRESSURISED GAS - The present invention provides a gas delivery device and system and methods for delivering humidified pressurised gas through a conduit to a subject. The configuration of the elements of the gas delivery device enable the device to be conveniently oriented from a horizontal to vertical position to suit the needs of a user. The gas delivery device may incorporate a Helmholtz resonator for dampening sound of the motor. The conduit may incorporate concentric tubes to allow it to conveniently engage the humidifier at a single aperture. The invention includes a method of operating a blower motor for a gas delivery device using a single Hall sensor. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301483 | Determining Patient-Specific Vapor Treatment and Delivery Parameters - Methods and systems for determining patient specific treatment parameters for delivering vapor to the lung to treat lung tissue. In some embodiments vapor is delivered to the lung to cause coagulative necrosis, inducing fibrosis and thereby reducing the volume of at least one segment of the lung. The delivery parameters can be adjusted depending on the desired degree of injury to be induced in the lung tissue. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301484 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DELIVERING A FLUID TO A PATIENT - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for delivering medicated fluid or anaesthetic to a patient. An issue, particularly with small patients, is the issue of dead space in an anaesthetic circuit which can lead to hypoxia and difficulty with achieving anaesthesia. An apparatus in accordance with the present invention minimises or eliminates dead space by introducing fresh gas (e.g. containing anaesthetic) proximal to a respiratory opening of the subject's respiratory tract, and inducing a fluid flow to reduce re-breathing of fluid exhausted from the respiratory tract. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301485 | SINGLE OR MULTIPLE STAGE BLOWER AND NESTED VOLUTE(S) AND OR IMPELLER(S) THEREOF - An impeller includes a top shroud, a bottom shroud, and a plurality of vanes extending from the top shroud to the bottom shroud. The top and bottom shrouds are generally planar, and a lower edge of each vane tapers from an outer edge of the bottom shroud to a transverse tip edge thereof. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301486 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRIGGERING AND CYCLING A VENTILATOR BASED ON RECONSTRUCTED PATIENT EFFORT SIGNAL - Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems, methods and devices for respiratory support. As one example, a method for respiratory support is described that includes providing a measured pressure, and calculating a net flow based on at least one measured inlet flow and measured outlet flow. A relationship between a first value related to the measured pressure, a second value related to the measured net flow and a third value related to patient effort is used to provide a prediction of patient effort. An interim value is updated based at least in part on the prediction of the patient effort, and used to help compute a patient effort. A ventilation cycle is initiated using the computed patient effort. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301487 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING AND DISPLAYING RESPIRATORY INFORMATION - Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems, methods and devices for respiratory support. As one example, a ventilation system is disclosed that includes a graphical display, a processor and a computer readable medium. The computer readable medium is communicably coupled to the processor and includes instructions executable by the processor to receive a measured pressure value, and receive a net flow value. The instructions are further executable to calculate a patient effort value based on a relationship between patient effort, the measured pressure value and the net flow value; and to plot the patient effort value to the graphical display. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301488 | Method And Apparatus For Providing Positive Airway Pressure To A Patient - Methods and apparatus for treatment of medical disorders such as obstructive sleep apnea and congestive heart failure are disclosed. A method involves delivering pressurized air, oxygen or other breathing gas to a patient during a respiratory cycle, where pressure of the air is decreased according to an expiratory unloading factor during expiration. The timing and magnitude of the pressure change may be fully automated and responsive to feedback from a motor load sensor, optionally in combination with a pressure sensor. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301489 | RESPIRATORY GAS SUPPLY CIRCUIT TO FEED CREW MEMBERS AND PASSENGERS OF AN AIRCRAFT WITH OXYGEN - The invention relates to a respiratory gas supply circuit ( | 2009-12-10 |
20090301490 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING PATIENT EFFORT AND/OR RESPIRATORY PARAMETERS IN A VENTILATION SYSTEM - Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems, methods and devices for respiratory support. As one example, a method for respiratory support is described that includes measuring a pressure, providing a measured pressure, measuring an inlet flow and an outlet flow, and providing a measured net flow. A relationship between a first value related to the measured pressure, a second value related to the measured net flow and a third value related to patient effort is used to provide a prediction of patient effort. An interim value is updated based at least in part on the prediction of the patient effort. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301491 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VENTILATION IN PROPORTION TO PATIENT EFFORT - Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems, methods and devices for respiratory support. As one example, a ventilation system is disclosed that includes a computer readable medium including instructions executable by a processor to receive a measured pressure value and a net flow value. A patient effort value is calculated based on a relationship between patient effort, the measured pressure value and the net flow value. The instructions are further executable to calculate a gas delivery metric that varies as a function of the patient effort value. Gas is then caused to be delivered consistent with the gas delivery metric. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301492 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE PEEP DURING THE RESPIRATION OF A PATIENT - The invention relates to a device for the automated determination of the PEEP of a patient. Said device comprises sensors and a suitable electronic system for determining a pressure-volume characteristic curve during a P/V manoeuvre. The electronic system is designed in such a way as to generate, specifically in terms of breathing pressure, the difference between “lung volume during exhalation (Vdef)” and “lung volume during inhalation (Vinf)”, and to determine the maximum value of said difference. The breathing pressure is then determined, for which the volume difference has a value defined in relation to the maximum value of the volume difference. The device calculates a PEEP value on the basis of said determined breathing pressure value. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301493 | ADSORBENTS AND INHALATION DEVICES - An adsorbent is described. The adsorbent may include a membrane and an adsorbent material encapsulated within the membrane. An inhalation device is also described. The inhalation device may include a housing and a membrane within the housing. The membrane may encapsulate an adsorbent material. The membrane may be positioned such that airflow through the housing passes across but not through the membrane. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301494 | Pressurized Container Valve, in Particular Compressed Air Bottle Valve for a Compressed Air Respirator - The invention relates to a pressurised container valve which has a simple structure, is easy to use and is functionally reliable and which is used, in particular, in a compressed air respirator which is used as rescue breathing apparatus. Said valve comprises a supply connection ( | 2009-12-10 |
20090301495 | NASAL CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE DEVICE AND SYSTEM - An nCPAP device including a generator body defining first and second fluid flow circuits each including a tube and first and second nozzles. The tube defines a passageway forming an axial centerline. The first and second nozzles are associated with the tube and each defines an inlet and an outlet. The inlets are open to a fluid supply, whereas the outlets are open to the passageway. Each nozzle is adapted to emit a fluid jetstream from the outlet along a flow direction axis. The nozzles are arranged such that the flow direction axes are non-parallel relative to each other and relative to the axial centerline. This configuration readily induces vortex shedding during an expiratory phase, thus facilitating jet fluid flow disruption and reducing a patient's work of breathing. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301497 | Mobilizing Musculoskeletal Structures - An injured musculoskeletal structure is mobilized relative to a juxtaposing support structure surface to isolate the injured musculoskeletal structure from forces transferred from adjoining musculoskeletal structures in order to alleviate pain, discomfort, inflammation, and further injury associated with such transferred forces. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301498 | ARRANGEMENT FOR SECURING A TEETH SUPPORT - The present invention comprises an arrangement for securing a teeth support, in the form of a bite plate, in a predetermined position in relation to a person's arranged set of teeth and with said bite plate being adapted to carry a number of clamp devices, intended to fixedly but easily detachably be co-operable with one or more teeth, included in said set of teeth. Each one of said clamp devices has a retention bracket carried by the bite plate. A screw co-operates with a thread in the retention bracket and extends freely through the bite plate. One end portion of the screw is formed as a screw head and the other end potion thereof is adapted to present a tooth-adapted abutment surface. Said abutment surface is, by turning the screw in a first direction, pressable against a tooth surface for securing the bite plate and in relation to said tooth and, by turning the screw in a second opposite direction, loosenable from the tooth surface for a loosening of the bite plate. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301499 | Device for alleviating snoring - A device for alleviating snoring | 2009-12-10 |
20090301500 | Mouth guard including nasal dilator for improved breathing - A mouth guard seated at least partially on an upper jaw of a user to reduce resistance of air flow in a nasal channel of the user comprises a flange positionable between the upper jaw and an associated upper lip such that the flange extends above a gum line of the upper jaw. A chamber within the flange includes a valve for adjusting the volume of the chamber so that pressure applied by the flange to the upper lip is adjustable to affect dilation of the nasal channel resulting from such pressure, thereby allowing the user to selectably reduce resistance of air flow in the nasal channel. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301501 | CIGARETTE ROLLING AND FORMING DEVICES - Cigarette rolling and forming devices include parallel cylinders extending between a pair of support plates, and a looped belt trained therearound. One cylinder is moveable relative to the other for alternately receiving and compressing loose tobacco into a tobacco rod with the belt. In some devices, a pair of slots allows movement of the cylinder, and guard plates are disposed to prevent tobacco from the belt from entering the slots. Some devices include two pairs of slots and two moveable cylinders. Some devices include a support trough disposed to prevent sections of the belt from contacting each other. Some devices include a folding device configured to engage and fold the edge of a piece of paper received between the cylinders and rolled around the tobacco rod. Some devices include a nozzle to retain a pre-formed tube and a pushing device adapted to push a formed tobacco rod into the tube. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301502 | MULTIPLE PORT, PRESSURE-RESPONSIVE ADJUSTABLE HOOKAH - A smoking apparatus includes a stem having a base at a lower end thereof coupled to a bottle containing a fluid and a neck extending upwardly from the base. A central passage extends through the stem from a burner cup disposed atop the neck to the interior of the cup. Smoking hoses are connected to the stem to permit users to draw smoke from the burner cup, through the central passage, through the water, and out of the hose. The hoses are connected to the stem by one-way fittings which permit air to be drawn out of the bottle and into the hose, but prevent air from being drawn through the hose and into the bottle. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301503 | Method - A method of preparing a rod for use in the preparation of a smoking article is described. The rod has a first end and a second end. The rod has located therein a solid support. The solid support extends in a linear fashion from the first end of said rod to the second end of said rod. At least a portion of said solid support is coated and/or impregnated with an additive. The rod is prepared using rod forming means, wherein said rod forming means comprises a channel ending in an open exit, wherein material may pass through at least part of the channel and leave via the open exit in the form of a rod. The rod is prepared by: (i) providing starting material for forming said rod; (ii) providing the solid support for location within said formed rod; (iii) providing an additive for coating and/or impregnating at least a portion of said solid support; (iv) allowing said starting material to travel through at least part of said channel of said rod forming means; (v) coating and/or impregnating at least a portion of said solid support with said additive within said channel; (vi) allowing said solid support coated and/or impregnated with said additive to travel through at least part of channel of said rod forming means. The method comprises: (a) contacting a section of said starting material with a section of said solid support; wherein the initial contact of said section of starting material with said section of said solid support occurs in said rod forming means; (b) allowing the contacted sections of starting material and solid support to travel through at least part of said channel of said rod forming means in the direction of said open exit; (c) allowing the remainder of the starting material and the remainder of the solid support to contact in the rod forming means; (d) allowing the contacted remainder of the starting material and the solid support to travel through at least part of said channel of said rod forming means; (e) forming said rod by said rod forming means, such that on forming said rod said solid support extends within said rod from the first end of said rod to the second end of said rod; and (f) allowing said formed rod to exit from said open exit. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301504 | Method for producing flavored particulate solid dispersions - A method for producing flavoring materials consisting of a flavor and a simple matrix material that are GRAS or approved for use in food, and that will be stable under extremely adverse conditions, greater than 50% moisture, high pH, high temperature stability (60° C.), yet be released in the oral cavity; without the use of organic solvents, and with the use of inexpensive materials and unsophisticated equipment. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301505 | PRE-PORTIONED MOIST PRODUCT AND METHOD OF MAKING - A pre-portioned moist product comprising a portion of plant material and a coating is disclosed. Preferably, the plant material comprises tobacco. The coating includes a soluble, non-cross-linkable component and an cross-linkable component which becomes substantially water-insoluble upon crosslinking. The soluble component of the coating dissolves upon placement in the mouth, while the insoluble component disintegrates and/or loses structural integrity once the soluble component has dissolved to release and disperse the plant material in the user's mouth. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301506 | LOW IGNITION PROPENSITY CIGARETTE, WRAPPING PAPER THEREFOR, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING WRAPPING PAPER - A low ignition propensity cigarette has wrapping paper ( | 2009-12-10 |
20090301507 | Instrument for Pedicure - A hand-held electronic pedicure instrument includes a housing having an outside portion and an inside portion. The inside portion includes a battery electrically coupled to a motor which can be activated by a switch on the outside portion of the housing. The outside portion of the housing also has a handle. The motor provides rotational output to a shaft extending from the inside portion of the housing, through an opening in the housing and beyond the outside portion of the housing, the shaft having a distal end. The instrument further has a wheel having proximal and distal surfaces. The distal end of the shaft secures to the proximal surface of the wheel. An attachment has a proximal portion that is removably secured to the distal surface of the wheel. The attachment has a distal portion having an abrasive material. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301508 | Cosmetic Composition and Preparation Method and Use Thereof - A skin-whitening, freckle-removing cosmetic composition, comprising an effective amount of extract from | 2009-12-10 |
20090301509 | DUAL MODE FLAT IRON - A styling iron | 2009-12-10 |
20090301510 | Hair barrette having helical structure - A hair barrette includes an elongated coil member having two ends, and a tubular connecting member for securing the ends of the elongated coil member together and for forming a closed loop structure and for allowing the hair barrette to be easily and quickly attached or engaged onto the head of the user. The tubular connecting member includes a bore for receiving the ends of the elongated coil member and for securing the ends together with an adhesive material. The elongated coil member includes two or more coil segments connected together with elongated wire members for forming the closed loop structure, and may be easily and quickly manufactured and assembled. | 2009-12-10 |
20090301511 | THERMALLY INSULATED COSMETICS CARRYING CASE - A thermally insulated cosmetics carrying case includes a chamber wall having oppositely disposed parallel first and second walls each formed with a refrigerant pack and temperature controlling characteristics. The first and second walls extend between opposed upper and lower ends and opposed first and second sides together bounding a storage compartment, and a closure is formed in the upper end to open and close the upper end with respect to the storage compartment. The refrigerant packs form elongate holding areas in the storage compartment to receive and hold heat-sensitive cosmetics, and which are arranged in parallel rows extending horizontally with respect to the storage compartment from proximate to the first side of the chamber wall to proximate to the second side of the chamber wall. | 2009-12-10 |