50th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 12 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150352417 | Golf Club Overgrip - An overgrip for a golf club is provided that includes a shell defining an interior and an open end, with a soft material disposed within the interior of the shell and capable of conforming to the shape of a club inserted into the interior through the at least one open end to engage the club. The shell can be formed with a pair of halves joined by a hinge to assist in the positioning of the club within the overgrip and can additionally include a locking mechanism to selectively hold the shell in engagement with the club positioned therein. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352418 | REMOTE CONTROLLED GOLF BALL EJECTION DEVICE - A remote controlled golf ball ejection device includes a generally cylindrical cup liner having an open top end, and a curved bottom end with an elongated hollow channel extending downward therefrom. A golf ball ejector is positioned at the bottom end of the channel and is in communication with a controller and a power source. A remote control unit is in wireless communication with the controller and operates the golf ball ejector. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352419 | Device for improving performance in kicking sports - A device constructed in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure may include one or more ball impact sensors operationally coupled to one or more tactile feedback components. The sensors may be positionable upon one or more surfaces of a shoe. The device may generate a tactile sensation when one or more sensors detect a ball impact. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352420 | Sports Training System - Sports training systems are provided. A sports training system includes a plurality of support structures. Each of the plurality of support structures includes a base and a support member extending generally along a longitudinal axis from the base. The plurality of support structures includes a first support structure and a second support structure. The sports training system further includes a main training assembly removably connectable to the first support structure and the second support structure. The main training assembly includes a cross-member and an indicator assembly extending from the cross-member. The sports training system further includes at least one auxiliary training assembly removably connectable to one of the plurality of support structures. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352421 | COLLAPSIBLE BACKSTOP - Methods and kits for practicing pitching and evaluating pitching proficiency using a backstop are provided herein. In various embodiments, the backstop may include a target-defining assembly to define a plurality of target regions. In various embodiments, a pitcher may selectively throw balls through the plurality of target regions, e.g., based on pitching contexts provided by the balls. In various embodiments, a plurality of baskets may be mounted adjacent the plurality of target regions, to allow a pitcher to track pitches and evaluate pitching proficiency. In some embodiments the pitching contexts provided by the balls are pitching instructions provided directly on the balls. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352422 | BASKETBALL SHOT ACCURACY TRAINING SYSTEM - A basketball training aid kit, including a support base having a flat bottom portion and a central annulus for receiving a pole portion—the pole including an inner pole, an outer pole surrounding the inner pole, and a gas spring disposed inside and connectable to the inner pole and the outer pole—and a goal portion including a generally hollow cylindrical member defining an endless sidewall and an open end for receiving the inner pole, a plurality of support members extending from the endless sidewall, a plurality of goal portion apertures formed through the endless sidewall, and a netted hoop operationally connectable to the plurality of support members. A plurality of fasteners attach the pole portion to the bottom portion and the goal portion. The gas spring urges the goal portion upwards. Other implementations include height adjusters, fastening pole segments, couplers, padded skirts, and/or ball returns. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352423 | REACTIVE-MOBILITY TRAINING APPLIANCE COMPRISING A PUNCHING BAG - A training appliance for practicing combat sports, contact sports or grappling sports, includes a punching bag ( | 2015-12-10 |
20150352424 | PUNCHING BAG AND SUSPENSION SYSTEM - A punching bag and suspension system is a boxing training device that is orientated horizontally, which permits the punching bag to move vertically, horizontally, diagonally, as well as a 360 degree range of motion. The punching bag has a plastic or metal cylindrical tube running through its core. The tube contains an opening on both sides extending to the outer circumference of the punching bag. These openings allow the tube, and therefore the punching bag, to slide along suspension member. At the center of the suspension member there is a weight that through gravitational pull, creates an orientation and return point for the punching bag. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352425 | BALL THROWING MACHINE AND METHOD - A ball throwing machine can include a hopper for receiving one or more balls and a ball delivery device. The ball delivery device can be used to throw or pitch a ball from the hopper to a user of the machine. The ball delivery device can include wheels to impart speed to the ball and a direction system to control the projection angle of the ball. The direction system can control at least one of the up and down angle and the side to side angle of the ball as it is thrown, among possibly other throwing parameters. A controller may be provided for controlling operation of the ball throwing machine. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352426 | Batting Cage Device - A batting cage device collects a batted ball and returns the ball to the batter in a position to be batted again. The device includes an enclosed area. A back section of the enclosed area is elevated relative to a front section of the enclosed area. A drain coupled to the rear section of the enclosed area receives and directs a ball through the drain. A chute is positioned adjacent to the enclosed area to receive the ball passing through the drain. The chute is sloped downwardly from an upper end to a lower end. A lofting mechanism is positioned at the lower end of the chute for lofting the ball when the ball exits the lower end of the chute. While lofted in the air the ball may be struck back into the rear section of the enclosed area. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352427 | Team Defensive Scoring by Design - A method for comparing one team to another team in team sport competition where, in addition to the traditionally held design on point primarily being awarded to offensive players that the defensive squad on a team also has an opportunity to gain point for their team. This can increase the volatility of the score and can also tend to reward high performance by defensive squads. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352428 | BALL GLOVE - A ball glove has an index finger pad construction which reduces the impact force on the hand and allows exact fit and a perfect position of fingers of wearer. The ball glove includes a palm side skin forming a front wall of the glove, a back side skin forming a back wall of the glove coupled to the palm side skin to define a hand cavity, a webbing coupled to an index finger section and a thumb section, a back lining secured to the back side skin, and a palm lining comprising an index finger section and a palm section. The palm section is substantially secured to the palm side skin and the index finger section of the palm lining is extended from a finger opening formed in the back side skin and secured on a back wall side of the back side skin. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352429 | BASEBALL OR SOFTBALL GLOVE - A glove includes a leather member formed with a first hole, and located on a catching surface side, a core material disposed inside the leather member, and formed with a second hole, and a leather string fixing the leather member and the core material. The leather string passes through the first and second holes, and goes around an end of the core material in a sectional direction, so that the leather member and the core material are fixed to each other. Hardness of the end of the core material is higher than hardness of a center of the core material. A deformation amount of at least one part of the core material located around the second hole is less than or equal to 90% of a deformation amount of the softest part located at the center of the core material. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352430 | WEARABLE PERSONAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM - Motorized skating systems and methods for controlling the systems are disclosed. One exemplary system may include a primary skate and a secondary skate. The primary skate may include a sensor configured to detect a tilting signal. The primary skate may also include a first processor. The processor may be configured to determine a first control signal for moving the primary skate based on the tilting signal and determine a motion signal for moving the secondary skate based on the first control signal. The primary skate may further include a first communication interface configured to send the motion signal to the secondary skate. The secondary skate may include a second communication interface configured to receive the motion signal from the first communication interface. The secondary skate may also include a second processor configured to determine a second control signal for moving the secondary skate based on the received motion signal. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352431 | LIGHTING APPARATUS FOR SKATE WHEEL - A skate wheel cap and light apparatus for generating a light source can comprise an outer skate wheel cap structure. The outer skate wheel cap structure can comprise a first attachment point that is configured to attach to a portion of a skate wheel. Additionally, a power source can be integrated within the outer skate wheel cap structure. Further, the outer skate wheel cap structure can comprise a light source, which is electronically coupled to the power source. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352432 | Episodic Board Game - The present disclosure relates to an episodic board game. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to an episodic board game, comprising a first game kit including a first set of rules and a first set of game components, and a plurality of subsequent game kits released incrementally at predetermined time intervals for integration with at least the first game kit or a previously integrated subsequent game kit, each of the plurality of subsequent game kits including at least subsequent set of rules or subsequent set of game components. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352433 | Quaternity Chess - A method for playing of the game of chess for two and more players played on a playing area (chess board) which has 144 playing squares arranged in a 12 by 12 matrix with four complete sets of traditional chess pieces, each set of a different colour played with modified rules including said four players sequentially taking turns in a clockwise or in a counterclockwise direction moving their said chess pieces; the advanced central pawns may, for their first move, take a direction either left or right, and thereafter are committed' to move in the initially adopted direction; before the advanced pawns are committed, they may defend or capture in any of the three directions forward, left or right; and the game proceeds until only one player remains with a king that has not been checkmated. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352434 | GAMING METHODS AND MULTI SOLUTION DICE AND TILE THEREFOR - A multi-solution dice and tile has an at least partially transparent, hollow, three-dimensional shape. The dice includes M, free-to-move, inner display members located inside the dice. Each time the dice is tossed and reaches a static display position, one or more display members are arranged on an elevated plane E, spaced apart from a lower plane L, on which other display members are arranged. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352435 | PUZZLE CREATION AND SHARING OVER A NETWORK - A system and method are provided for generating a puzzle from media content. The method includes receiving input indicative of a selection of a media content to be converted into puzzle content, receiving input indicative of at least one edit to be applied to the puzzle content, receiving input indicative of at least one puzzle property to be applied to the puzzle content, generating the puzzle content based on the at least one edit and the at least one puzzle property, and sending the puzzle content to a recipient. The system includes a computing device having a processor and a memory configured to implement the method. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352436 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ROTATING DROP RATES IN A MYSTERY BOX - A system and method configured to enhance gameplay between users in an online game and to provide enhanced interest in virtual goods associated with collections of virtual goods through the ability to rotate drop rates associated with these virtual goods from time to time. The system and method includes the provision of functionality which allows providers of online games to periodically rotate drop rates associated with mystery boxes in order to maintain and/or generate additional interest in specific mystery boxes. As a result, it is possible for game operators to enhance revenue opportunities associated with these boxes even in the case where such boxes have been available for a relatively lengthy period of time and/or where players would have otherwise lost interest in specific boxes. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352437 | DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD FOR HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY (HMD) AND IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE - The position and the posture of an HMD, and the position of a game controller in the real space are detected, and tracked. An image of a virtual space is displayed on the HMD. A controller object is disposed and displayed at a position within the virtual space that corresponds to the position of the game controller in the real space viewed from the HMD. Therefore, the player can easily find and hold the game controller even when the player wears the HMD. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352438 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing system includes an information processing unit configured to move a virtual camera in a virtual space within a predetermined movable range in response to a movement and/or a posture of a controller. The information processing unit changes a correspondence relation between the movement and/or the posture of the controller and a capturing direction and/or a viewing point position of the virtual camera after the movement of the virtual camera reaches a limit of the movable range due to the movement of the controller in a predetermined direction. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352439 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM ENCODED WITH COMPUTER READABLE INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing system includes an information processing device, at least one wireless controller which can wirelessly be connected to the information processing device, and at least one portable terminal which can execute any application and display a result of execution thereof and has a wireless communication function. The wireless controller establishes wireless connection to the information processing device in accordance with a first procedure and transmits first operation information representing an input operation onto the wireless controller to the information processing device. The portable terminal establishes wireless connection to the information processing device in accordance with a second procedure different from the first procedure and transmits second operation information representing an input operation onto the portable terminal to the information processing device. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352440 | Method and System for Improving the Efficiency of State Information Transfer Over a Wireless Communications Network - The present invention is directed to a system and method for managing state information related to an interactive application to accommodate one or more users participating in an interactive application session, wherein the state information comprises local state information specific to each of the one or more user's unique view of the interactive application and global state information. The system of the present invention may comprise a telecommunications network; an application server in communication with the telecommunications network for managing the global state information relative to all of the users participating in the interactive application session; and at least one mobile client device in communication with the application server over the telecommunications network for managing the local state information for each of the one or more users. The method of the present invention may comprise the steps of structuring the state information for optimized delivery over the telecommunications network; and transferring the state information over the telecommunications network. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352441 | VIRTUAL REALITY AVATAR TRAVELING CONTROL SYSTEM AND VIRTUAL REALITY AVATAR TRAVELING CONTROL METHOD - A virtual reality avatar traveling control system comprising: at least one body location sensing apparatus, for providing body location information according to body locations of a user; a body location determining apparatus, for computing a location for a first limb of the user according to the body location information; and a moving deciding apparatus, for deciding a moving speed level and a moving direction of an avatar according to the location for the first limb, to thereby generate at least one moving parameter. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352442 | Game having a Plurality of Engines - A game having a plurality of engines is described. In one or more implementations, a computing device displays an output of a first engine of a game by a computing device. An input is received by the computing device to switch from the output of the first engine of the game to an output of a second engine of the game, the first and second engines being executed concurrently by the computing device. Responsive to the receipt of the input, the computing device switches from displaying of the output of the first engine of the game to displaying the output of the second engine of the game. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352443 | GAME SYSTEM, GAME APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM STORING GAME PROGRAM AND GAME DATA EXCHANGE METHOD - A game system including a plurality of mobile game apparatuses, and a mobile game apparatus that can communicate with another game apparatus that exists within a communicable range by use of a radio communications unit. When a communicated state is established, exchanging conditions for exchanging game data are received and transmitted, and in a case the exchange conditions are coincident with each other, the game data are exchanged. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352444 | DISPLAY OF SYSTEM-LEVEL ACHIEVEMENTS WITH REAL-TIME UPDATING - Examples of the disclosure provide real-time display of achievements to a user during gameplay. A computing device receives a request from a user to display a portion of achievement data describing performance of the user in a gaming application. Responsive to the received request, the achievement data is filtered based on contextual criteria. The filtered achievement data is provided to a user interface for display during gameplay. The displayed achievement data is updated by the computing device updates during gameplay. The achievement data may be system-level achievement data. Further, the achievement data may be displayed on another computing device. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352445 | LOCATION-BASED ONLINE GAMES FOR MOBILE DEVICES AND IN-GAME ADVERTISING - Providing a location-based online game for a plurality of mobile devices, including: assigning a force field around a player corresponding to each mobile device of the plurality of mobile devices, wherein a radius of the force field is proportional to a score or experience point of the player in the online game; determining a location of said each mobile device; calculating colliding forces among the plurality of mobile devices and virtual environment created in the online game; providing a forum to enable a battle among the plurality of mobile devices and the virtual environment which are calculated as being in the colliding forces and sampling metadata including water, highway, road, grass, forest, business area and residential area to generate the online game. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352446 | Interactively Combining End to End Video and Game Data - A solution to enhance user experience in video communication and online game playing is presented in a digital data sharing environment for mobile communications devices. A first communication terminal receives video data and game data from a second communication terminal. The video data is from the video communication between the two terminals and the game data is from a game played on the two terminals while the video communication is in session. The first terminal combines the video data associated with the first terminal with the received video data to generate combined video data and combines game data associated with the first terminal with the received game data to generate combined game data. The first terminal determines a presentation strategy to display the combined video data and the combined game data on a display of the first communication terminal and display the combined video and game data accordingly. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352447 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - A game system that can offer motivation promoting participation to players is provided. An information processing device accepts an investment instruction to specify any of plural game players as an investment-target player from an investor player and records a play result of a game by the investment-target player. Furthermore, the information processing device decides investment performance of the investor player according to the play result of the game recorded about the investment-target player specified by the investor player. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352448 | SOCIAL NETWORK SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USE WITH AND INTEGRATION INTO A VIDEO GAME - A centralized social network tool is configured to interface with and integrates into one or more videogames and/or videogame series. The social network tool may be integral to the theme of the games and be pervasive within game play. The social network may drive progression of the story and interaction between characters. According to another aspect of the invention, the members of the social network may include actual members (corresponding to real people) and virtual members (e.g., artificial intelligence controlled bot members). The virtual members may be part of the social network and may interact with real members within and outside of the game as part of the theme of the game. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352449 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SECONDARY GAMING - A system and method for providing secondary gaming for fantasy sports to provide more interactive, robust and comprehensive fantasy sports gaming. A secondary game involves one or more fantasy sports players, one or more statistics to measure fantasy performance of the players, one or more time period in which to evaluate the fantasy player, and a game value amount, which is the consideration contested in the fantasy game. Accordingly, Users may place wagers on the expected performance of fantasy players or teams in a fantasy league regardless of whether the party is a participant in the league. The system may be functionally connected to the league software manager to provide real-time registration, submission, monitoring, and submission of second games. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352450 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING FANTASY LEAGUE INFORMATION - Methods and systems for displaying fantasy league information are disclosed. In some embodiments, fantasy league information may be displayed as an overlay on broadcast content. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352451 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ARRANGING AND PRESENTING INTERACTIVE MULTIPLAYER GAME SESSIONS TO AN AUDIENCE - A computer implemented method of presenting pre-show content to movie theater audiences includes receiving requests from an exhibitor, each request identifying a feature presentation, a feature presentation start time, and the length of a pre-show session preceding the feature presentation. At least one multiplayer game for each pre-show session is selected automatically based on at least one of an audience maturity rating of the feature presentation, a genre of the feature presentation, and the availability of other players attending at least one other feature presentation hosted by the same exhibitor at the same or a different location, and/or a different exhibitor at a different location. Optionally, the list of selected games is presented to one or more audiences for voting. Where a game to be played by members of different audiences is scheduled for the same time slot, a single instantiation of the game is presented to the multiple audiences. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352452 | MOVING SHOW DOOR - A ride attraction system utilizes a robotic actuation system to move a curved door of a curved enclosure wall between a first position and a second position via a compound trajectory. In the first position, the door is mated with the wall, and in the second position, the door leaves an opening in the wall. The door and the wall may both include display surfaces that enable images to be displayed to occupants of a ride moving toward the wall and through the opening. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352453 | BASE WITH INTERCHANGEABLE TICKET HOLDER DOLLS - A system and device for holding and displaying parking tickets including a base that is placed on or securely mounted onto a vehicle's dashboard or glass, and at least one toy or doll, which is preferably a bobblehead doll having a clip or other securing means, secured in the base. When the vehicle operator pays for parking and obtains a parking ticket, the operator secures the ticket in the clip or other securing means of the bobblehead doll, so that the parking ticket does not become lost or dislodged and the time remaining is visible from outside by the traffic officers checking parking tickets. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352454 | SPRING ARMING/DISARMING MECHANISM AND JUMPING TOY INCLUDING THE LATTER - The mechanism comprises a part ( | 2015-12-10 |
20150352455 | ROTARY ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A FLEXIBLE WIRE - The invention relates to a rotary assembly ( | 2015-12-10 |
20150352456 | Devices and Methods for Creating Prints on a Surface - An apparatus and kit for creating prints on a surface is provided. The kit includes at least one stamp and a material for depositing the stamp on a surface. The stamp has one or more pieces of sponge adhered to a front surface of a rigid backing material, the pieces of sponge forming a shape desired for printing. A back surface of the backing material has a handle for holding the stamp. The material is a powder that may be partially water-soluble, forming a paint-like mixture or that may form a suspension when mixed. Prints are made by dipping the front surface of the backing material in the paint-like mixture causing the one or more pieces of sponge to absorb the paint-like mixture and pressing the sponge pieces against the surface. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352457 | COMBINABLE TRANSFORMABLE TOY - A combinable transformable toy is provided with a doll body and a mounting body which can be externally mounted on the doll body. The mounting body is provided with a base portion in which an insertion port is opened, a movement portion which is provided to be movable relatively to the base portion, and transformation portions which are coupled to the movement portion. When a head portion of the doll body is inserted from the insertion port, the movement portion is pushed by the doll body to move together with the doll body so that the transformation portions can be transformed in conjunction with the movement of the movement portion. Thus when a mounting body is attached to a doll body, the doll body can change in appearance and the mounting body can be transformed in conjunction with the attachment operation. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352458 | BUILDING BLOCK INCLUDING A DUAL GENDER CONNECTOR - Disclosed are implementations of a hollow three-dimensional structure with a plurality of external faces. At least one of the faces includes a connector. The connector may be configured to engage with an other connector of an other building block. The hollow three-dimensional structure may include a connector with a fastener base. The connector may include a male connector portion and a female connector portion both attached to the fastener base. The male portion and the female portion, together as the connector, makeup a dual gender connector that connects to another dual gender connector upon an application of force. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352459 | BUBBLE GENERATING DEVICE - A bubble-generating device composed of an internal housing and an external cover. The internal housing includes a reservoir that receives a bubble-producing solution. The reservoir is fluidly connected via a channel to a bubble producing ring. The bubble producing solution provides a film over the bubble producing ring. When an aperture that extends through the external cover is aligned with an opening in the ring, air is permitted to pass through the aperture and the opening and impinging on the film over the ring causing bubbles to be generated. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352460 | CONFETTI DEVICES AND METHODS OF THEIR USE - A confetti device comprising: an elongated tube having a proximal end, distal end and hollow internal portion, a length of the tube is 14 inches; the tube comprises a design wrapper disposed longitudinally over an exterior portion of the tube; one or more bundles of a pre-defined size strategically located such that the bundles extends diametrically across an internal portion of the tube, each of the bundles includes pieces of confetti stacked in a pre-defined arrangement; at least one wrapper covering the pieces of confetti to form the bundles, at least one of the bundles remains in frictional contact with an inner surface of the tube; a divider located at one or more pre-defined location in the hollow internal portion of the tube; a cover on one of the ends of the tube; and pompom streamer(s) placed at at least one of the ends. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352461 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEPARATING AND PURIFYING BUTADIENE - The present disclosure generally relates to systems for isolating and/or purifying byproducts of anaerobic fermentation processes, and methods of using same. In one embodiment, gas compositions comprising conjugated diolefins (e.g., 1,3-biobutadiene and/or isoprene) and various amounts of impurities (e.g., water vapor from fermentation media, carbon dioxide from microbe respiration, and organic bio-byproducts such as propanol) are produced in a fermentation process. microorganisms that comprise one or more polynucleotides coding for enzymes in one or more pathways that catalyze a conversion of a fermentable carbon source to butadiene. In some embodiments, the system includes one or more compressors and/or one or more distillers suitable for low-temperature separation of the conjugated olefin(s) from a substantial amount of the impurities in the gas composition | 2015-12-10 |
20150352462 | Hybrid Contact Tray for a Mass Transfer Column - A hybrid contact tray for a mass transfer column is provided. The contact tray includes a tray deck for passage of liquid along a liquid flow path thereon. The tray deck has a plurality of orifices for passage of ascending vapor through the tray deck, a cross-current vapor-liquid mixing section having a first portion of the plurality of orifices, and a co-current vapor-liquid mixing section comprising at least one co-current mixing device associated with a second portion of the plurality of orifices. The tray deck also has means for altering liquid head levels with respect to the plurality of orifices such that the liquid head level within the co-current vapor-liquid mixing section is greater than the liquid head level within the cross-current vapor-liquid mixing section. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352463 | Contacting A Gas Stream With A Liquid Stream - A co-current contacting system is described herein. The co-current contacting system includes a co-current contactor located in-line within a pipe. The co-current contactor includes an annular support ring configured to maintain the co-current contactor within the pipe and a number of radial blades configured to allow a liquid stream to flow into the co-current contactor. The co-current contacts also includes a central gas entry cone configured to allow a gas stream to flow through a hollow section within the co-current contactor, wherein the co-current contactor provides for efficient incorporation of liquid droplets formed from the liquid stream into the gas stream. The co-current contacting system also includes a separation system configured to remove the liquid droplets from the gas stream. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352464 | Hybrid Contact Tray for a Mass Transfer Column - A hybrid contact tray for a mass transfer column is provided. The tray has a deck for passage of liquid along a liquid flow path thereon. The deck also has a plurality of orifices for passage of ascending vapor through the tray deck. The contact tray includes a cross-current vapor-liquid mixing section having a first portion of the plurality of orifices and a co-current vapor-liquid mixing section comprising at least one co-current mixing device associated with a second portion of the plurality of orifices. The co-current mixing device includes a conduit having: a vapor inlet in fluid communication with one or more of the second portion of orifices; a froth inlet in fluid communication with the liquid flow path; a fluid outlet; and a packing material within a co-current flow path of vapor and liquid within the conduit disposed after the vapor and froth inlets and before the fluid outlet. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352465 | Chromatography Media For Purifying Vaccines And Viruses - Adsorptive media for chromatography, particularly ionexchange chromatography, derived from a shaped fiber, useful for purifying viruses. In certain embodiments, the functionalized shaped fiber presents a fibrillated or ridged structure which greatly increases the surface area of the fibers when compared to ordinary fibers. Surface pendant functional groups can be added that provides ion-exchange functionality to the high surface area fibers. This pendant functionality is useful for the ion-exchange chromatographic purification of viruses, such as influenza. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352466 | Surface Wasting System - The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for removing waste materials from the surface of liquid in a liquid treatment system. In one example a surface wasting system comprises a chamber including a sump, an outer conduit coupled by a first seal to an upper wall of the chamber, an inner conduit axially disposed within the outer conduit, the inner conduit in contact with a surface of a liquid in a treatment vessel of the liquid treatment system, an expandable waterproof bellows having a lower end coupled to the outer conduit above the first seal and an upper end coupled to the inner conduit, the waterproof bellows forming a second seal between the outer conduit and the inner conduit, and a float coupled to the inner conduit and configured to vertically displace the inner conduit responsive to a change in a level of liquid in the sump. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352467 | REMOTE SUBMERGED CHAIN CONVEYOR - A remote submerged chain conveyor system separates particles from a coal ash/water slurry from remotely located boiler units. A tank forms an ash holding section, a dewatering section, and an ash settling section. The ash holding section receives the slurry with first and second opposite ends. The dewatering section dewaters the slurry. The settling zone is an elongated trough connected with the ash holding section at one end with a discharge drain trough at near an opposite end. The tank sections are in a generally linear arrangement. A drag chain moves along the ash settling conveying the particles settling from the slurry to the dewatering section opposite to a net flow of water. A flocculant supply line upstream of the ash settling section configured for adding a flocculant promoting an agglomeration of particles into flocs. The flocculant supply line is located in a mixing section with an agitator. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352468 | Modular Stacked Disc Filter Apparatus - A filter assembly and cage and/or capsule apparatus including upstream and downstream and optional intermediary supports having modified features to maximize fluid flow through the filter assembly. The cage apparatus has a plurality of posts with stacked ridges that function as cap engaging teeth. A cage end cap is formed with a plurality of slots corresponding in configuration and position to the plurality of posts. The combination of slots and ridges interact to create a locking mechanism to adjustably secure the end cap to the cage and to generate the necessary compression to seal the enclosed filter discs and supports. The upstream supports are formed with channels in an outer ring and optional channels in radially extending ribs to improve fluid ingress and transfer to the filter discs. The downstream supports are formed with channels or tunnels in an inner ring to facilitate filtrate egress into a filter assembly outlet. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352469 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING COMPOSITE FILTER TUBE AND FILTER ELEMENT MADE OF MULTILAYER METAL MESH AND METAL POWDERS - A method for producing a composite filter tube and filter element made of a multilayer metal mesh and metal powders, including: knitting to obtain metal meshes of different mesh numbers, obtaining a layered structure by means of a lamination method, then putting the layered structure in a vacuum furnace for sintering processing, sintering a metal composite layer to obtain a composite filter sheet and tube made of a multilayer metal mesh and metal powders with a multilayer metal mesh as a structure support layer and a metal powder sinter structure as a filter layer, then rolling the composite filter sheet and tube into a tubular filter element by using a shaping machine, and welding to obtain a composite filter tube and filter element product made of a multilayer metal mesh and metal powders. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352470 | Processing Waste Washout Liquid - The present invention relates to a filter unit for filtering waste washout liquid (e.g. containing photopolymer debris) from a plate processor system (e.g. used for photopolymer printing plate manufacture). The unit comprises a filtration chamber for receiving waste washout liquid, and a perforated conveyor for supporting a filter material at the base of the filtration chamber and for conveying filter material to and away from the base of the filtration chamber. The filter unit further comprises an activation unit for activating the conveyor when waste washout liquid reaches a predetermined height within the filtration chamber. A storage tank for storing filtered washout liquid after it has passed through the filter material and perforated base is also provided. Methods of using the filter unit are also disclosed. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352471 | FUEL SYSTEM ICE AND DEBRIS SEPARATOR (IDS) WITH PARTIAL FILTER SCREEN AND TORTUROUS PATH - A filter includes an outlet from a container, the outlet transverse to said inlet and a filter screen within the container that partially surrounds the outlet. In a further embodiment of the foregoing embodiment, the filter screen prevents passage of particles greater in size than 40 to 6000 microns. In a further embodiment of any of the foregoing embodiments, the filter screen provides a pressure drop of less than 0.5 psi. In a further embodiment of any of the foregoing embodiments, the filter screen defines a tortuous path with a bypass there around. In a further embodiment of any of the foregoing embodiments, the filter screen is cylindrical and extends parallel to a length of said container. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352472 | DISHWASHER FILTRATION SYSTEM - A liquid filtration system includes a sump screen, a filter, and a cap. The sump screen mounts to a tub bottom wall and includes a plate and a filter aperture edge mounted through the plate. The plate includes a sump mesh having a sump mesh size of less than approximately 0.1 inches. The filter mounts to the filter aperture edge and includes a sidewall and a plurality of posts mounted to extend up from the sidewall. The sidewall includes a filter mesh having a filter mesh size of less than approximately 0.1 inches. At least a portion of each post extends above the filter aperture edge when the filter is mounted to the filter aperture edge. The cap mounts above the plurality of posts. The plurality of posts and the cap form a conduit sized to allow material that cannot pass through the sump mesh to flow through the conduit. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352473 | MOBILE DEVICE FOR FILTERING LIQUID UNDER PRESSURE - A device for filtering liquid, including a first reservoir for collecting filtered liquid, a second reservoir for liquid to be filtered, the second reservoir contained at least partially in the first reservoir, the walls of said second reservoir having at least a filtering opening allowing transfer of liquid between the first and second reservoirs, an injection opening having a filter blocking the filtering opening, and a flexible pressurization device to inject air into the second reservoir via the injection opening. The pressurization device is located completely outside the second reservoir, and has a volume that is variable between two positions: a deployed position, in which the volume of the pressurization device is maximal, and a folded position, in which the volume of the pressurization device is minimal. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352474 | QUICK CONNECT FILTERS AND FILTER ASSEMBLIES - Quick connect mechanisms between a fluid filter and a head that permits quick connection/disconnection between the two. The mechanisms clamp the filter shell in place with a plurality of radially displaceable locking elements. When the filter is inserted into the head, an element that controls the radial displacement of the locking element is rotated to radially displace the locking elements and lock the shell in place. External sealing is achieved by the means of suitable sealing elements, for example a compression face seal and/or a radial O-ring seal. The clamping force comes from the rotation of the control element to a lock position which displaces the locking elements in a radial direction to a lock position. When the control element is rotated to an unlock position, the locking elements are free to move or are actuated to an unlock position, allowing the filter to be removed. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352475 | OPERATION METHOD FOR DEZINCIFICATION PLANT - The present invention makes it possible that, at the time of start-up of a dezincification plant used in a dezincification step in a hydrometallurgical method for nickel, a decrease in the throughput in the dezincification plant is controlled to prevent a decrease in production volume, and moreover, an excellent cake layer is formed on a filter cloth provided to a filter device inside the dezincification plant, whereby efficient filtration is performed. When, upon start-up of the dezincification plant, a slurry containing a formed zinc sulfide is supplied to a filter for filtration and separation, an adjustment is performed in such a manner that the flow rate of the slurry is increased in stages to reach a target flow rate in a time T | 2015-12-10 |
20150352476 | FILTERING LEAD FROM PHOTORESIST STRIPPING SOLUTION - A photoresist stripping tool includes a reservoir configured to contain photoresist stripping solution and a Pb filter comprising a filter element with Tin (Sn) exterior surfaces. A semiconductor wafer fabrication system includes a semiconductor wafer attached to the photoresist stripping tool that strips photoresist from the semiconductor wafer. A photoresist stripping processes includes stripping photoresist from a leaded semiconductor wafer with photoresist stripping solution within the photoresist stripping tool, filtering Lead Pb from the photoresist stripping solution with the Pb filter, and stripping photoresist from a lead-free semiconductor wafer with the filtered photoresist stripping solution. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352477 | MIST SEPARATOR - A mist separator for separating liquid mist from a gas containing the liquid mist includes a rotor fixed to a hollow rotary shaft and includes main rotating vanes; and a stator axially juxtaposed to the rotor. The stator includes main fixed vanes located downstream of the main rotating vanes on a flow path for the gas; and a cover that covers outer peripheries of the main fixed vanes and the main rotating vanes. The main fixed vanes are formed so as to cause the gas to flow radially inward from the outer peripheries thereof while a flow rate of the gas is decreased, and the cover is provided with a cover discharge port to discharge a recovery liquid which is a collection of the liquid mist to the outside of the cover. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352478 | COALESCER FILTER - A coalescing filter assembly including a coalescing filter element is provided. The coalescing filter assembly includes a base housing and a cover housing that together form a coalescing chamber. Disposed within the coalescing chamber is the coalescing filter element. The coalescing filter element includes a frame with a partition that separates an unfiltered side from a filtered side of the coalescing filter assembly. A port connects the unfiltered side to the filtered side through the partition. A coalescing tube including coalescing filter media is connected to the port. Unfiltered fluid that enters the coalescing filter assembly is passed through the coalescing filter media such that the contaminants are removed to create a filtered fluid. The filtered fluid exits the coalescing filter assembly at an outlet of the coalescing filter assembly. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352479 | AIR CLEANER - An air cleaner, which allows air to flow smoothly, has increased strength, and reduces noise generated when a blower fan rotates. The air cleaner includes a main body including an inlet and an outlet, a blower fan provided inside of the main body, and configured to induce air from outside of the main body to be suctioned into the inlet and to be discharged to the outlet, a motor configured to drive the blower fan, and a fan guard to which the motor is fixed, and configured to guide air suctioned into the inlet to the blower fan, where the fan guard is provided to include a plurality of bent cross sections arranged in a radial direction at different distances from the motor. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352480 | AIR FILTER BAG - An improved air filter bag comprising a height from about 35 cm to about 50 cm; a nominal diameter from about 10 to about 40 cm; and a first taper angle from about 65° to about 83° is provided. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352481 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HYDROGEN RECOVERY IN AN ANDRUSSOW PROCESS - A method and a system for recovering hydrogen from a process for making hydrogen cyanide are described herein. In the method, hydrogen is recovered from a gaseous waste stream of an Andrussow process. The method comprises the following steps: (a) adjusting a reaction mixture comprising methane, ammonia and oxygen to provide the reaction mixture with sufficient oxygen to generate a gaseous waste stream that has at least 40% hydrogen after removal of ammonia and recovery of hydrogen cyanide; and (b) removing components from the gaseous waste stream to generate recovered hydrogen. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352482 | Method for treating sulphur-containing exhaust gases and device thereof - A method for treating sulfur-containing exhaust gases is provided, comprising the following steps: step i): mixing the sulfur-containing exhaust gases, air, and a hydrocarbon fuel, and controlling a reaction between the air and the hydrocarbon fuel therein, to obtain a procedure gas stream comprising the sulfur-containing exhaust gases, hydrogen, and carbon oxides; step ii): controlling a hydrogenation reaction between the hydrogen contained in the procedure gas stream and a sulfur-containing substance in the sulfur-containing exhaust gases, to obtain hydrogenated tail gases containing hydrogen sulfide; and step iii): absorbing the hydrogen sulfide contained in the hydrogenated tail gases with an absorbing agent to obtain purified tail gases. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352483 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING FUEL FOR A GAS TURBINE - The invention relates to a method for fractionating a feed gas ( | 2015-12-10 |
20150352484 | NOVEL AMINE SOLVENT BLENDS - A process of mixing methyldiethanolamine to water to produce a first mixture. 2-amino-2-methyl-1-propanol is added to the first mixture to form a second mixture. The second mixture is then heated while mixing to form a third mixture. Piperazine is then added to the third mixture to form a solvent. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352485 | Liquid Distributor in a Separation Column - A distributor for distribution of a liquid in a mass transfer column and method for distribution, including a first riser, a first plurality of liquid distribution apertures positioned adjacent to and at a first distance from a first edge of the first riser; a second plurality of liquid distribution apertures positioned adjacent to and at a second distance from a second edge of the first riser; a second riser; a third plurality of liquid distribution apertures positioned adjacent to and at a third distance from a first edge of the second riser; and a fourth plurality of liquid distribution apertures positioned adjacent to and at a fourth distance from a second edge of the second one riser; wherein the second plurality of liquid distribution apertures are adjacent to and at a fifth distance from third plurality of liquid distribution apertures. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352486 | FLUE GAS-TREATING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING ACIDIC TAIL GAS BY USING AMMONIA PROCESS - A flue gas-treating method for treating acid tail gas by using an ammonia process, comprising the following steps of: 1) controlling the concentration of sulfur dioxide in an acid tail gas entering an absorber to be ≦30,000 mg/Nm | 2015-12-10 |
20150352487 | Method and Device for Removal of Hydrogen Sulfide from a Gas - A process is provided for removing hydrogen sulfide (H | 2015-12-10 |
20150352488 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NENOXING WASTE GASES FROM NITRATION - The invention relates to a method for reducing the concentration of nitrogen oxides in waste gases released dating the production of organic amino compounds, wherein an organic compound is first reacted with NO | 2015-12-10 |
20150352489 | EFFECTIVE REMOVAL OF ACIDIC SULFIDE GAS USING AMMONIA-BASED DESULFURIZATION - A method for effectively removing acidic sulfide gas using ammonia-based desulfurization includes the following steps of: 1) pre-treatment, wherein sulfide in acid gas undergoes through pre-treatment methods of sulfur recovery, acid making or/and incineration to convert remaining sulfur in the acid gas into sulfur oxides, and the acid tail gas with sulfur oxides is obtained; and the acid gas is derived from petrochemical industry, natural gas chemical industry, coal chemical industry, etc.; 2) ammonia absorption of sulfur oxides, wherein the acid tail gas with sulfur oxides is allowed to flow into an ammonia absorption apparatus, and a cyclic absorption solution is used to absorb sulfur oxides; and 3) post-treatment of ammonium sulfate, wherein a saturated or nearly saturated absorption solution undergoes concentration, crystallization, solid-liquid separation, and drying to obtain a solid product of ammonium sulfate. Sulfur oxides (including sulfur dioxide, sulfur trioxide and hydrates thereof) in the acid tail gas are removed and sulfuric acid, sulfur and ammonium sulfate are byproduced, and the cleaned gas is discharged upon meeting the emission standard. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352490 | AIR POLLUTION CONTROL SYSTEM AND AIR POLLUTION CONTROL METHOD - Provided is an air pollution control system including: a boiler, a denitration apparatus; an air heater; a precipitator; a desulfurization apparatus; a dehydrator; a concentration apparatus that is configured to remove some of water of dehydrated filtrate from the dehydrator; a spray drying apparatus provided with a spray unit that is configured to spray concentrated/dehydrated filtrate concentrated by the concentration apparatus; and a flue gas introduction line through which branch gas branched from the flue gas is introduced to the spray drying apparatus. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352491 | Cyclonic Injector And Method For Reagent Gasification And Decomposition In A Hot Gas Stream - A system for vaporizing and optionally decomposing a reagent, such as aqueous ammonia or urea, which is useful for NOx reduction, includes a cyclonic decomposition duct, wherein the duct at its inlet end is connected to an air inlet port and a reagent injection lance. The air inlet port is in a tangential orientation to the central axis of the duct. The system further includes a metering valve for controlling the reagent injection rate. A method for vaporizing and optionally decomposing a reagent includes providing a cyclonic decomposition duct which is connected to an air inlet port and an injection lance, introducing hot gas through the air inlet port in a tangential orientation to the central axis of the duct, injecting the reagent axially through the injection lance into the duct; and adjusting the reagent injection rate through a metering valve. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352492 | NON-PGM AMMONIA SLIP CATALYST - An ammonia slip catalyst having an SCR catalyst and an oxidation catalyst comprising at least two metals, each of which is selected from a specific group, and a substrate upon which at least oxidation catalyst is located is described. The ammonia slip catalyst can have dual layers, with one of the layers containing an SCR catalyst, a second layer containing the oxidation catalyst with comprises at least two metals, each of which is selected from a specific group, and the ammonia slip catalyst does not contain a platinum group metal. Methods of making and using the ammonia slip catalyst to reduce ammonia slip are described. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352493 | Catalytic Articles Containing Platinum Group Metals And Non-Platinum Group Metals And Methods Of Making And Using Same - Aspects of the invention pertain to catalytic articles and methods of making catalytic articles comprising a first catalytic coating comprising a platinum group metal, wherein the first catalytic coating is substantially free of Cu, Ni, Fe, Mn, V, Co, Ga, Mo, Mg, Cr and Zn; a second catalytic coating comprising a non-PGM metal, wherein the second catalytic coating is substantially free of any platinum group metal; and one or more substrates, wherein the first catalytic coating is separated from the second catalytic coating, optionally with a barrier layer. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352494 | Three-way Catalyst Systems Including Nb-Zr-Al-Mixed Oxide Supports, Ba-Pd, and Rh-Fe Material Compositions - The present disclosure describes zoned three way catalyst (TWC) systems including Rhodium-iron overcoat layers and Nb—Zr—Al Oxide overcoat layers. Disclosed herein are TWC sample systems that are configured to include a substrate and one or more of a washcoat layer, an impregnation layer, and/or an overcoat layer. In catalyst systems disclosed herein, closed-coupled catalysts include a first catalyst zone with an overcoat layer formed using a slurry that includes an oxide mixture and an Oxygen Storage Material (OSM). In catalyst systems disclosed herein, oxide mixtures include niobium oxide (Nb | 2015-12-10 |
20150352495 | CATALYST AND METHOD FOR THE REDUCTION OF NITROGEN OXIDES - The present invention relates to a nitrogen oxide storage catalyst composed of at least two catalytically active washcoat layers on a support body, wherein a lower washcoat layer A contains cerium oxide, an alkaline earth metal compound and/or an alkali metal compound, and also platinum, and an upper washcoat layer B disposed atop the washcoat layer A, containing cerium oxide, and also platinum and palladium, and no alkaline earth metal compound, and a method for converting NO | 2015-12-10 |
20150352496 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFIER - Incorporated in an exhaust pipe are an HC-SCR NO | 2015-12-10 |
20150352497 | SALT WATER DESALINATION EQUIPMENT - A salt water desalination equipment that can reduce a load on a salt water supply pump and a power consumption thereof is provided. A salt water desalination equipment includes a salt water supply unit that supplies salt water to a reverse osmosis membrane component, a forward osmosis membrane component to which concentrated salt water discharged from the reverse osmosis membrane component is supplied; and an assisting device to which a mixed water discharged from the forward osmosis membrane component is supplied and which is also connected to the salt water supply unit. The assisting device increases at least one of an electric power supplied to the salt water supply unit, a pressure given to the salt water supply unit, and rotation capacity to the salt water supply unit. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352498 | PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING SODIUM CHLORIDE BRINE - The invention provides a process and system for producing sodium chloride brine suitable for use in a sodium hydroxide production plant having a chlor-alkali membrane cell, said process comprising (a) nanofiltering feed water containing dissolved sodium chloride to produce a permeate and a retentate, wherein the retentate comprises at least 85% of any divalent ions from the feed water; and (b) purifying the permeate to produce the sodium chloride brine suitable for use in a sodium hydroxide production plant having a chlor-alkali membrane cell, wherein step (b) comprises electrodialyzing the permeate to produce a concentrate having a greater concentration of total dissolved salts and a smaller proportion of divalent ions than the permeate and a diluent comprising water and divalent ions separated from the permeate. The invention also provides a process and system for producing sodium hydroxide, and a process for the commercial production of soda ash. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352499 | Pressurized Hollow Fiber Membrane Module and Backwashing Method Using Same - The present invention relates to a pressure hollow fiber membrane module, including: a housing in which a raw water inlet, a concentrate water outlet, and a treated water outlet are formed; an inner flow path that is formed in the central portion of the housing; a plurality of hollow fiber membranes that are arranged around the inner flow path; a treated water collection unit that communicates with the inner flow path and the hollow fiber membrane; a first opening/closing unit that opens and closes an open end of the inner flow path; and a second opening/closing unit that opens and closes an open end of the hollow fiber membrane. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352500 | In Situ Repairing Technique for Compromised Polymeric Membranes - The invention provides compositions and methods for in situ repair of compromised polymeric membranes. The invention is useful for repairing compromised polymeric membranes without requiring the knowledge of damage location or the disassembly of a system. The invention relates to preferential blocking of damaged sites using agglomerates and subsequent cross-linking to form sturdy plugs. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352501 | POLYAMIDE WATER-TREATMENT SEPARATION MEMBRANE HAVING PROPERTIES OF HIGH SALT REJECTION AND HIGH FLUX AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure provides a method of manufacturing a water-treatment separation membrane having improved salt rejection rate and permeable flux properties, the method including: forming an aqueous solution layer containing an amine compound on a porous support; forming a polyamide active layer by bringing an organic solution containing an acyl halide compound and a first organic solvent into contact with the aqueous solution layer; and coating a second organic solvent having a degree of volatility lower than that of the first organic solvent on the polyamide active layer, and a water-treatment separation membrane manufactured by the manufacturing method. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352502 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SULFONE POLYMER MEMBRANE - The invention pertains to a method for manufacturing a sulfone polymer membrane comprising the steps of: (i) preparing a sulfone polymer solution [solution (SP)] comprising: —at least one sulfone polymer [polymer (P)]; a solvent mixture [mixture (M)] comprising: at least one solvent selected from the group consisting of diesters of formula (I | 2015-12-10 |
20150352503 | MICRO-BUBBLE GENERATING DEVICE - A micro-bubble generating device is provided in the present invention and a shell covers the adapter coupling head, the accelerating tube, the venture tube and the conical net to be the micro-bubble generating device. When the water flows from the adapter coupling head to the accelerating pipe, the water will double the speed by the first water flow rotation and the second water flow rotation and guide the external ambient air via the first air flow channel and the second air flow channel into the inner tube of the accelerating tube. And then, the water will flow through the venture tube to generate a high rotation speed and high dynamic pressure water to make the air burst. Therefore, water will produce a plurality of small bubbles. After the water flows through the cutting holes, the small bubbles are further cut to form a plurality of micron bubbles. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352504 | STIRRED TANK REACTOR - The invention relates to a stirred tank reactor for gas-liquid mass transfer in a slurry. The reactor includes a reactor tank ( | 2015-12-10 |
20150352505 | GAS-LIQUID DISSOLVING TANK AND MICROSCOPIC BUBBLE GENERATOR - This invention provides a microscopic bubble generator that can stably/efficiently generate a large amount of microscopic bubbles in liquid in a short time and can be easily cleaned in an assembled state and in a disassembled state, and a gas-liquid dissolving tank that can be suitably used for the apparatus. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352506 | SWEPT MEMBRANE EMULSIFICATION - A method for making an emulsion using a rotating membrane device ( | 2015-12-10 |
20150352507 | IMPROVED WATER-SOLUBLE POLYMER DISPERSION APPLIANCE - Device for dispersing a water-soluble polymer including a rotor equipped with knives, a fixed stator, over all or part of the periphery of the chamber, a ring fed by a secondary water circuit, characterised in that the rotor knives and the stator are made out of austeno-ferritic stainless steel and in that the stator comes in the form of a cylinder in the wall of which are cut vertical slits produced on part of the height of said wall, the slits having a width of between 150 and 700 micrometers. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352508 | Aerosol Can Mixing Device - An apparatus is provided that is configured for attachment to an aerosol can to permit mixing of contents therein. The apparatus includes a generally flat base portion coupled to a drive shaft orthogonally oriented relative to the base portion, and a securing strap attached to the base portion. The securing strap is configured to engage or grip a cylindrical end portion of an aerosol can to secure the aerosol can to the apparatus, whereby the drive shaft is configured to be mounted within a drill chuck to permit the mixing apparatus to rotate an aerosol can attached thereto for mixing contents within the aerosol can. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352509 | AQUEOUS DISPERSION OF FATTY AMIDE - A composition is provided comprising dispersed particles in an aqueous medium, wherein said dispersed particles comprise fatty amide and one or more fatty acid, wherein 50 mole % or more of said fatty acid in is the carboxylate form, and wherein the weight ratio of said fatty amide to said fatty acid is from 0.12:1 to 2.3:1. Also provided is method of making that composition, comprising the step of applying shear to a mixture that comprises said fatty amide, said fatty acid, and water, wherein said applying shear is performed at a temperature above 59° C., and wherein the amount of water in said mixture is 70% or less by weight based on the weight of said mixture. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352510 | ADIABATIC MULTI-BED CATALYTIC CONVERTER WITH INTER-BED COOLING - A multi-bed catalytic converter ( | 2015-12-10 |
20150352511 | SUBSTRATE FOR BIOCHIPS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A substrate for biochips, in which carboxyl groups are immobilized on a substrate whose surface at least is composed of carbon; and a method for producing the substrate are disclosed. The substrate for biochips comprises a substrate whose surface at least is composed of carbon; and an acrylic polymer having free carboxyl groups in the molecular structure thereof, which acrylic polymer is immobilized on the surface of the substrate. The method for producing the substrate comprises irradiating the substrate whose surface at least is composed of carbon with ultraviolet light during the acrylic polymer having free carboxyl groups in the molecular structure thereof contacts the substrate. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352512 | BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENT - A method for processing a biological material sample includes dispensing a sample into wells of an array tape from a sample plate, dispensing a reagent into the wells of the array tape from a reagent plate, and sealing the sample and the reagent in the array tape. The method further includes cooling the array tape and detecting biological material in the wells of the array tape. | 2015-12-10 |
20150352513 | Microfluidic Droplet Queuing Network - A multi-port liquid bridge ( | 2015-12-10 |
20150352514 | A SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR A BODY OF POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND MATERIAL DURING LEACHING - A support structure ( | 2015-12-10 |
20150352515 | A SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR A PLURALITY OF POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND MATERIAL BODIES DURING LEACHING - A support structure ( | 2015-12-10 |
20150352516 | TREATMENT LIQUID PRODUCTION DEVICE AND TREATMENT LIQUID PRODUCTION METHOD - A treatment liquid production device includes a first tank; a first plasma generating device that includes a first pair of electrodes and a first power supply, the first power supply applying a voltage between the first pair of electrodes, the first plasma generating device generating plasma in a liquid in the first tank; a second tank; a second plasma generating device that includes a second pair of electrodes and a second power supply, the second power supply applying a voltage between the second pair of electrodes, the second plasma generating device generating plasma in a liquid in the second tank; and a controller operative to produce a first treatment liquid having a high initial oxidizing power during a first period and a second treatment liquid having a high remaining oxidizing power during a second period which is longer than the first period. | 2015-12-10 |