51st week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 6 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090308316 | Transfer apparatus and organic deposition device with the same - A transfer apparatus and an organic deposition device have the same capability of increasing stability under high-temperature and high-vacuum environments. The organic deposition device includes: a vacuum chamber; a stage installed in the vacuum chamber and having a substrate seated thereon; a deposition source for evaporating an organic toward the substrate; a process utility line coupled to the deposition source and drawn out to the exterior of the vacuum chamber; and a transfer apparatus for moving the deposition source in a direction parallel to a direction of the substrate, and having the process utility line installed therein. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308317 | CARRIER WITH DEPOSITION SHIELD - The peeling-off of a deposited film caused by a carrier is restrained, and the exchange period of the carrier is prolonged. In a carrier | 2009-12-17 |
20090308318 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HYBRID CHEMICAL PROCESSING - In one embodiment, an apparatus for performing an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process is provided which includes a chamber body containing a substrate support, a lid assembly attached to the chamber body, a remote plasma system (RPS) in fluid communication with the reaction zone, a centralized expanding conduit extending through the lid assembly and expanding radially outwards, a first gas delivery sub-assembly configured to deliver a first process gas, and a second gas delivery sub-assembly configured to deliver a second process gas into the centralized expanding conduit. The first gas delivery sub-assembly contains an annular channel encircling and in fluid communication with the centralized expanding conduit, wherein the annular channel is adapted to deliver the first process gas through a plurality of passageways and nozzles and into the centralized expanding conduit. The second gas delivery sub-assembly contains a gas inlet in fluid communication to the centralized expanding conduit. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308319 | WAFER CARRIER AND EPITAXY MACHINE USING THE SAME - A wafer carrier comprises a base and a shielding plate positioned on the top surface of the base in a disassembled manner. The top surface of the base is configured to retain a plurality of wafers, and the shielding plate has a plurality of openings exposing the wafers. In particular, the shielding plate shields one portion of the base other than the other portions occupied by the wafers to prevent the reaction gases from conducting the chemical reaction to generate the reactant directly on the surface of the base. Consequently, the base is isolated from the chemical reaction, and it is not necessary to replace the base before conducting the next fabrication process or to clean the reactants on the surface of the base by thermal baking or etching. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308320 | MILKING LINER - A milking liner for an automated milking machine includes a barrel that moves between an uncollapsed position and a collapsed condition when it is subjected to a vacuum milking condition. The barrel defines at least three parallel channels open to the inner surface of the barrel. The configuration of the sidewall of the barrel and the channels cause the barrel to uniformly collapse when the barrel is subjected to a vacuum milking condition. In one configuration, ribs protrude from the barrel sidewall and define channels with the same wall thickness as the sidewall segments disposed between the ribs. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308321 | Bird feeder capable of being hand held or mounted to a surface - A hummingbird feeder sized to be held in the hand of a user, the feeder being attached to a non-porous surface via a suction type cup and positioned such that hummingbirds have access to the nectar within the feeder. The cup has a wire member that functionally holds the feeder and allows it to be removed and held in the hand of a user when desired. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308323 | PARTICULATE CLUMPLING ANIMAL LITTER MATERIAL AND PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - The invention provides a particulate clumping animal litter material comprising bentonite dust, a filler material, and optionally a coagulant, wherein the material comprises 50-95 wt. % bentonite dust, wherein the particles of the particulate clumping animal litter material have a weight averaged particle size in the range of 0.25-8 mm and wherein the material has a bulk density equal to or less than 700 gram/l. The invention further provides a process for the production of the product. The product is light weight but still clumpable and scoopable. The product according to the invention eliminates odours quickly and naturally with no need for added chemicals or perfumes to mask odours. The filler material is a protein based foam. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308324 | DIABETES TESTS - A method for diagnosing susceptibility to diabetes in a dog, the method comprising: (a) (i) detecting in a sample from the dog the presence or absence of a genotype in any one of the following immune system genes: CTLA-4, IGF-2, IL-1α, IL-4, IL-6, IL-1O, IL-12β, IFNγ, PTPN3, PTPN15, PTPN22, TNF, or RANTES; and/or (ii) determining in a sample from the dog whether a genotype identified in Table 1 or 3A, or a genotype in linkage disequilibrium with said genotype identified in Table 1 or 3 A, is present in an insulin or IGF gene of the dog; and/or (iii) determining in a sample from the dog whether a genotype identified in Table 2 or 3B, or a genotype in linkage disequilibrium with said genotype identified in Table 2 or 3B, is absent in an insulin or IGF gene of the dog; and (b) thereby diagnosing whether the dog is susceptible to diabetes. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308325 | Temperature control device for aquarium - An aquarium includes a receptacle having a chamber for receiving a water, a temperature control device having a heater coupled to a processor device for heating the water contained in the receptacle, a temperature detector for detecting the water temperature, a displayer for showing the detected water temperature, and a remote control device having a receiver coupled to the processor device and a signal emitter for being operated by a user to emit a control signal to the receiver and to actuate the processor device to operate the heater and to determine the required water temperature and to prevent the user from contacting the temperature control device for the aquarium. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308326 | High-Pressure Device And Method For The Production And Operation Thereof - The invention relates to an aquarium with a water tank ( | 2009-12-17 |
20090308327 | APPARATUS FOR DISPLACING OBJECTS, AN ASSEMBLY OF SUCH AN APPARATUS AND A STABLE - An apparatus for displacing objects. The apparatus comprises a displaceable support and a holding device for holding objects that is fastened to the support ( | 2009-12-17 |
20090308328 | PET AMUSEMENT TOY - A system and method for enticing pet play includes a pet amusement device having an arch-shaped rocking platform and a member attached to the rocking platform that has a track formed therein. The track, which is not a closed loop, extends from a first end of the member to a second end of the member. Engaged with the member is a moveable object that may move along the track that is formed therein. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308329 | Animal leash - An animal leash includes an attachment strip and a safety handling grip. The attachment strip has an attaching end portion attaching to the animal, and a handling end portion extended from the attaching end portion to an animal owner. The safety handling grip includes a handle body rotatably coupled with the handling end portion of the attachment strip, and an elongated grip handle extended from the handle body for the animal owner to sufficiently and optimally grip on the elongated grip handle, in such a manner that when the animal causes the attachment strip to twist, the handle grip is adapted to rotate with respect to the attachment strip for substantially relieving a twisting force induced on the handling end portion of the attachment strip as a result of the animal movement, so as to avoid potential injury to a corresponding hand of the animal owner. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308330 | ANIMAL GARMENT ARTICLE AND METHOD - An animal garment article and method are provided herein. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308331 | OXYGEN CONTROL SYSTEM FOR OXYGEN ENHANCED COMBUSTION OF SOLID FUELS - A combustion system and method for operating a combustion system, such as a furnace or boiler. The method includes providing a burner system having one or more burner elements configured to combust solid fuel and one or more oxygen providing devices configured to introduce oxygen into the near burner zone of one or more burner flames. A sensor is provided and arranged and disposed to measure a flame parameter in the near burner zone of the burner flame associated with one or more the burner elements. The flame parameter is measured with the sensor and an oxygen flow is determined in response to the measured flame parameter. Oxygen flow is introduced to one or more locations in the combustion system with the one or more oxygen providing devices. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308332 | WATER HEATER WITH FORCED DRAFT AIR INLET - A water heater includes an air intake assembly that includes a blower for providing primary and secondary air to a combustion chamber at pressures above atmospheric pressure. The primary air is mixed with gaseous fuel and the mixture is combusted at a burner in a partially premixed but substantially diffusion flame having an envelope. Combustion of the mixture is completed within the envelope in the presence of secondary air at elevated pressure. A 24 V controller provides power to a user interface and a powered anode in the tank. The controller receives input from a pressure sensor in the air intake assembly, a flame sensor in the combustion chamber, and a flammable vapor sensor outside the water heater. The controller controls operation of the blower and a gas valve. A flue and baffle arrangement in the tank causes products of combustion from the burner to lose pressure and vent at near atmospheric pressure at the top of the flue. An air distributor plate creates a substantially uniform distribution of pressurized secondary air within the combustion chamber. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308333 | REMOVABLE HEAT EXCHANGER FOR A GAS FIRED WATER HEATER - A water heater. The water heater includes a water tank having a tank wall defining an interior space and adapted to contain water to be heated, a tank extension having an extension wall detachably mounted to the tank wall, the extension wall defining extension space communicating with the interior space, and defining an extension axis, an air inlet at least partially in the extension space extending through the extension wall at a radial angle to extension axis of tank extension, a combustor at least partially in the extension space and in fluid communication with the air inlet, and a plurality of heat exchange tubes configured to receive products of combustion from combustor and extending into interior space of the water tank. The extension space is configured to be flooded with water from the water tank. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308334 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING AN APPARATUS FOR GENERATING ELECTRIC POWER AND APPARATUS FOR USE IN SAID METHOD - A method of controlling an apparatus for generating electric power and apparatus for use in said method, the apparatus comprising a gasifier for biomass material, such as waste, wood chips, straw, etc., said gasifier being of the shaft and updraft fixed bed type, which from the top is charged with the raw material for gasification and into the bottom of which gasifying agent is introduced, and a gas engine driving an electrical generator for producing electrical power, said gas engine being driven by the fuel gas from the gasifier. By supplying the produced fuel gas directly from the gasifier to the gas engine and controlling the production of the fuel gas in the gasifier in order to maintain a constant electrical output power, the necessity of using a gas holder between the gasifier and the gas engine is avoided. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308335 | Vehicle Cooling System with Directed Flows - A cooling system for internal combustion engines provides directed flows of heated or cooled coolant to various engine components and/or accessories as needed. By providing directed flows, the overall coolant flow volume is reduced from that of conventional cooling systems, allowing for a smaller capacity water pump to be employed which results in a net energy savings for the engine. Further, by reducing the overall coolant flow volume, the hoses and/or galleries required for the directed flows are reduced from those of conventional cooling systems, providing a cost savings and a weight savings. Finally, by preferably employing an impellor type water pump, the expense of an electric water pump and its associated control circuitry can be avoided. The direct flows are established by a multifunction valve which, in a preferred implementation, comprises a two-plate valve wherein each plate is operated by a wax motor. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308337 | Adaptive Pressure Control Valve with Variable Switching Point - A valve for the control of a gas stream is provided with a valve housing enclosing a valve chamber. At least one pressure-sided inlet and at least one suction-sided outlet is provided with a valve opening between them to link them. An elastically movable control membrane is arranged at the valve housing which reduces or increases the flow cross section in the area of the at least one valve opening and/or opens or closes the at least one valve opening. A first device exerts a first further force on the control membrane in such a way that with an increasing pressure difference the further force exerted by the first device on the control membrane in opposite direction to the closure direction of the valve increases. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308338 | VALVE TRAIN FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A valve train of an internal combustion engine is provided with a plurality of camshaft supports arranged on a support member of the engine, and a camshaft is supported on the camshaft supports. The camshaft has valve operating cams thereon for opening and closing engine valves of engine. A torque reducing mechanism is provided to apply a counter torque to the camshaft to suppress torque fluctuation of the camshaft caused by reaction forces applied to the cams by the engine valves. The torque reducing mechanism has a rotating member that rotates together with the camshaft, and a counterforce applying member for applying a counterforce to the rotating member to apply a counter torque to the camshaft. The counterforce applying member is supported on a connecting member connecting adjacent ones of the camshaft supports. The torque reducing mechanism suppresses torque fluctuation of the camshaft, suppresses increase in the weight of the camshaft, and suppresses increase in the size of the engine, ensuring a necessary supporting rigidity for supporting a counterforce applying mechanism included in the torque reducing mechanism. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308339 | Switchable valve train device having a single locking pin - A switchable valve train device including a pin housing slidably disposed in a body and having a transverse bore. A stepped plug in the transverse bore extends beyond the pin housing to engage a slot in the body to prevent rotation of the pin housing. The upper end of the slot limits travel of the pin housing. The plug is a seat for a compression spring. A locking pin is disposed in the transverse bore against the spring to selectively engage a locking port in the body, the locking pin and the locking port have mating flats to distribute the load. Mechanical lash is set by use of a gage tool during assembly, allowing selection of a locking pin of appropriate thickness. The device may be, for example, a switchable hydraulic lash adjuster or a switchable valve lifter. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308340 | Cam-Driven Hydraulic Lost-Motion Mechanisms for Overhead Cam and Overhead Valve Valvetrains - A valve operating system includes a cam and a roller follower. An input piston is spring-biased to follow motion of the roller follower. A hydraulic chamber filled with fluid selectively transfers motion from the input piston to an output piston operatively engaged with a poppet valve. A variable-bleed valve is in fluid communication with the hydraulic chamber and an outlet channel and configured to selectively vary a bleed rate between the hydraulic chamber and outlet channel. Displacement of the input piston into the hydraulic chamber causes movement of the output piston, depending on the bleed rate. A pushrod may transfer motion from the roller follower to the input piston. A hydraulic damping shoulder may restrict the closing velocity of the output piston. The system may be further characterized by an absence of a rocker arm. An auxiliary piston may replace the variable-bleed orifice in the lost-motion hydraulic linkage. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308341 | Method for Detecting a Tow Start Operation of an Internal Combustion Engine - A method is provided for detecting a tow start operation of an internal combustion engine in a motor vehicle. In this case, a signal representing the activity and/or inactivity of a starter unit of the internal combustion engine is detected. A tow start operation of the internal combustion engine is determined when, following detection of a successful start-up process of the internal combustion engine, the signal representing the activity and/or inactivity of the starter unit has not displayed any activity of the starter unit since the beginning of the start-up process of the internal combustion engine. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308342 | ROTARY ENGINE WITH CYLINDERS OF DIFFERENT DESIGN AND VOLUME - A rotary internal combustion engine including a housing structure defining a toroidal volume and including first and second housing sections, a rotor structure mounted for rotation in the housing structure and including first and second rotor members respectively that coact with first and second housing sections to define first and second toroidal cylinders. The intake and compression strokes are performed in the first toroidal cylinder and the resultant compressed charge being thereafter transferred by a transfer mechanism through a transfer passage to the second toroidal cylinder where combustion occurs and expansion and exhaust strokes are performed. In the device at least one of the following is true: the transfer mechanism is operative to maintain the volume of the charge substantially constant during the transfer operation; the first and second cylinders have disparate configurations; the second toroidal cylinder has a larger volume that the first toroidal cylinder with the transfer mechanism maintaining the volume of the charge substantially constant during the transfer operation irrespective of the larger volume of the second toroidal cylinder as compared to the first toroidal cylinder. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308343 | Balancing Shaft - The invention relates to a balancing shaft for a multi-cylinder engine having at least one unbalanced weight portion ( | 2009-12-17 |
20090308344 | SHAFT | 2009-12-17 |
20090308345 | Energy Converter Having Pistons with Internal Gas Passages - The invention relates to an energy converter including a combustion cylinder having a valve that, as part of a valve/piston assembly, transfers the forces generated in the combustion chamber to an electrical linear actuator, and a sealingly engaged piston that by its motion relative to the valve opens and closes a port. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308346 | ENGINE COOLING FLOW DEBRIS CLEANER AND AIR-PRE-CLEANER ASPIRATOR - A work vehicle operating in a highly contaminated environment has a radiator with a rotary screen debris removal device upstream of the radiator. The debris thus removed passes through a fan for disposal away from the work machine. The engine is an air breathing fuel consuming engine and has a pre-cleaner for removing larger particles of air delivered to the engine for combustion. A conduit extends from the intake air pre-cleaner to a venturi device adjacent to and upstream of the fan for continuously and effectively removing particles from the engine air pre-cleaner. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308347 | PLANETARY ROTARY ENGINE - A planetary engine includes a charge compression system for compressing a charge of air and/or an air and fuel mixture that is precompressed by rotation of the rotors and supplied into a combustion chamber through a rotary valve that may be actively adjusted during operation of the engine to vary the intake valve opening size and/or timing. Exhaust valves may likewise be actively adjustable rotary valves for further engine control. A compression insert mounted between the end wall assemblies absorbs combustion forces and provides rigidity to the engine, as well as occupies all or nearly all of the volume between the rotors at the minimum volume of the combustion chamber to improve the compression ratio of the engine. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308348 | CONTINUOUS IGNITION SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE THROUGH PLASMA - Particularly comprising a voltage oscillator ( | 2009-12-17 |
20090308349 | Throttle body with throttle valve - A throttle valve device includes at least one throttle body ( | 2009-12-17 |
20090308350 | Method for determining the Ethanol content of the fuel in a motor vehicle - A method for determining the Ethanol content of the fuel in a motor vehicle uses the dependence of the lean-running limit of the internal combustion engine on the ethanol content of the fuel to determine the ethanol content, by the fact that the ethanol content is arrived at from the required reduction in the injected fuel quantity to reach the lean-running limit. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308351 | High Pressure Fuel Supply Control System for Internal Combustion Engine - A high pressure fuel supply control system for an internal combustion engine is provided which can reduce shot-to-shot varieties in the quantity of fuel discharged by a high pressure fuel pump and fuel pressure pulsation, thereby realizing stable fuel combustion and emission performance. The fuel supply control system for an internal combustion engine includes fuel injectors provided for a common rail and a high pressure fuel pump for pressure-feeding the fuel sent out from a low-pressure fuel pump to the common rail. The high pressure fuel pump includes a pressurized chamber, a plunger for pressurizing the fuel in the pressurized chamber, a fuel passage valve provided in the pressurized chamber, and an actuator for operating the fuel passage valve. The control system has a drive signal calculation unit which calculates a drive signal for driving the actuator so as to control the discharge quantity of the high pressure fuel pump and the pressure in the common rail. The drive signal calculation unit has a means of keeping the discharge quantity of the high pressure fuel pump equal to or larger than a prescribed value. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308352 | FUEL SUPPLYING APPARATUS FOR GAS ENGINE - A fuel supplying apparatus is configured to supply a gas engine with gas fuel in such a manner that tar separated from the gas fuel is guided to the engine. The apparatus includes a primary regulator and a secondary regulator formed integrally with the primary regulator. The primary regulator communicates with the secondary regulator through a gas passage. The secondary regulator is disposed below the primary regulator. The secondary regulator has a gas inlet for taking in the gas fuel and the tar that have passed from the primary regulator through the gas passage. The secondary regulator has an orifice disposed below the gas inlet for discharging the gas fuel and the tar. The tar separated from the gas fuel flows from the primary regulator through the gas passage and the gas inlet into the secondary regulator and discharged out of the orifice into the engine. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308353 | FUEL INJECTOR WITH AN IMPROVED CONTROL VALVE - The invention relates to a fuel injector ( | 2009-12-17 |
20090308354 | FUEL INJECTOR COMPRISING A PRESSURE-COMPENSATED CONTROL VALVE - The invention relates to an injector for injecting fuel into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine. According to the invention, an injection valve member, which opens or closes at least one injection opening, is controlled by a control valve. The control valve opens or closes a connection from a control chamber into a fuel return line by the positioning of a closing element in a seat or by the opening of the seat. A bore is embodied in the closing element, and a pin is received in the bore. The diameter of the bore essentially corresponds to the diameter of the seat. The pin is supported on one side against a pressure rod, against a spring seat, or against the injector housing. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308355 | Fuel injection control method and fuel injection control apparatus - An electronic control unit corresponding to a fuel injection control apparatus measures an interval time in ignition signals input by wirings, detects an erroneous connection of wiring by comparing a combination of the measured interval times with a combination of interval times in the case that the wiring is in a correct connection in the same engine stroke, which is previously stored, corrects a setting in such a manner as to output the fuel injection signal to the same cylinder at the same timing as the case that the wiring is in the correct connection, by detecting the erroneous connection and stores the setting, and thereafter outputs a fuel ignition signal on the basis of the corrected setting. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308356 | Feed Unit for Feeding Fuel - A feed unit for feeding fuel has a housing formed integrally with the casing of a swirl pot, the housing comprising a fine filter. The fine filter is configured open toward one side and is closed by a cover. The cover is formed integrally with a base plate sealing the casing of the swirl pot. As a result, the feed unit has a particularly low number of components to be assembled and can be produced in a particularly cost-effective way. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308357 | AUTOMATIC RESIDUAL FUEL VENT DEVICE FOR CARBURETOR - An automatic residual fuel vent device for a carburetor, the device including a fuel supply passage ( | 2009-12-17 |
20090308358 | FUEL VAPOR STORAGE AND RECOVERY SYSTEM - A fuel vapor storage and recovery system of an internal combustion engine includes a fuel tank and a filter device arranged in a tank venting line. A heat exchanger is disposed in the tank venting line. The heat exchanger cools the fuel vapors flowing from the fuel tank to the filter device and heats air that is aspirated for scavenging the filter device. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308359 | NOISE MINIMIZATION FOR EVAPORATIVE CANISTER VENTILATION VALVE CLEANING - A control system comprising a detection module that detects at least one of a vehicle speed and an engine speed and a canister vent valve control module that selectively modulates the canister vent valve based on at least one of the vehicle speed and the engine speed. A method comprising detecting at least one of a vehicle speed and an engine speed and selectively modulating a canister vent valve based on at least one of the vehicle speed and the engine speed. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308360 | Device for Magnetic Treatment and Purification of Fuel - A magnetic treatment and purification of fuel device contains a cylindrical body with an inlet pipe, and outlet pipe, and a magnetic system for treating fuel. The magnetic system comprises consecutive opposing pairs of C-shaped outer permanent magnets, installed in pairs along the body axis of the device and turned 90° with respect to a preceding pair of magnets and oriented with same poles facing each other, and additional spaced apart permanent cylindrical inner magnets residing coaxial and inside the C-shaped outer permanent magnets with same poles facing each other. The fuel flows through an annular path between the inner and out magnets and is thereby treated to improve combustion efficiency and reduce pollution. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308361 | FLUID HEATING APPARATUS - A fluid heating apparatus heats fluid in a passage to a target temperature. The fluid heating apparatus includes a fluid heating unit that heats the fluid, a fluid temperature measuring unit that measures a temperature of the fluid, and a pressure control unit that controls a pressure in the passage such that the pressure becomes equal to a target pressure. While the fluid in the passage is heated to the target temperature and when a temperature estimated from the thermal conductivity and specific heat is not increased, the pressure control unit increases the target pressure. According to a fluid heating method, when the fluid is heated by the fluid heating apparatus, the pressure control unit controls the pressure of the fluid such that the pressure becomes equal to or higher than a critical pressure. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308362 | FUEL HEATER - An apparatus for heating fuel, in particular alcohol, for the operation of combustion engines. The latter can be operated with alcohol or with an alcohol/gasoline mixture. The apparatus for heating fuel is integrated into the injection system of the combustion engine operable with alcohol or with an alcohol/gasoline mixture. The apparatus comprises a thin-walled heating tube that is received in a housing and surrounds a heating element. The heating element is produced from a material that exhibits a considerable rise in its electrical resistance with increasing temperature. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308363 | EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION DEVICE AND VEHICLE PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - An exhaust gas recirculation device for an internal combustion engine, a controllable exhaust gas recirculation valve for controlling an exhaust gas flow of the internal combustion engine, an exhaust gas cooler for cooling the exhaust gas flow, and a bypass device which has a bypass pipe arranged parallel with the exhaust gas cooler, by means of which pipe the exhaust gas flow can be fed at least partially past the exhaust gas cooler, and which has a controllable bypass switch which is arranged inside a valve housing of the exhaust gas recirculation valve. The invention also relates to a vehicle. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308364 | Blowby gas returning apparatus - A blowby gas returning apparatus is mounted in an engine provided with a turbocharger in an intake passage and provided with a blowby gas returning passage for flowing blowby gas generated in the engine to return to the engine. This apparatus comprises an intake bypass passage connecting an upstream side and a downstream side of the intake passage with respect to the turbocharger, and a jet pump for generating negative pressure in the intake bypass passage. An exit of the first blowby gas returning passage is connected to the intake bypass passage through the jet pump. The apparatus further includes a second blowby gas returning passage connecting the intake passage downstream of the throttle valve to a head cover. In the head cover, a PCV valve is placed at an entrance of the second blowby gas returning passage. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308365 | Breather Assembly with Standpipe for an Internal Combustion Engine - Disclosed herein is a breather assembly for use in an internal combustion engine and a method of operating an internal combustion engine. In at least one embodiment, the breather assembly includes an input chamber for receiving blow-by gas, the input chamber bounded at least partially by a crankcase exterior, and a standpipe situated inside the input chamber for directing blow-by gas into the input chamber. Additionally, the breather assembly can include an input drainback passage situated inside the input chamber and an output chamber situated adjacent the input chamber, the chamber having an inner wall with a one-way valve that allows blow-by gas to flow from the input chamber to the output chamber. The breather assembly can also include an output drainback aperture situated in the inner wall and an output chamber housing that substantially encloses the output chamber and includes an exhaust port for exhausting blow-by gas. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308366 | GASOLINE CONVERSION SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES THAT OPERATE WITH FUELS BASED ON METHANOL AND OIL - The invention relates to a conversion system for engines that use mixtures of fuels based on methanol and an oil mixture, which enables said two-stroke engines to be operated with gasoline. The conversion is performed by a system using an intelligent device which, in accordance with the engine operating parameters, adapts the situation such that the fuel (gasoline) in the engines is or is not ignited. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308367 | FUEL BASED CYLINDER KNOCK CONTROL - Various systems and methods are described for controlling engine operation of an engine having a plurality of cylinders, each cylinder including a first and second injector for delivering fuel to the cylinder. One example method comprises operating a first cylinder to combust fuel delivered from both the first and second fuel injector of the first cylinder, and operating a second cylinder to combust fuel delivered from only one of the first and second fuel injectors of the second cylinder. One example system comprises both a port injector and a direct injector coupled to both of a first and second cylinder of the engine with a first fuel reservoir coupled to the port injectors and a second fuel reservoir coupled to the direct injectors. The system further includes a controller configured to vary delivery of the fuels from the injectors to the cylinders during differing operating modes. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308368 | Tube Unit of Ignition Spark Plug for Engine - A tube unit of a spark plug for an engine that is used for mounting the spark plug in a cylinder head, may include a spark plug tube including a hollow tube body inserted in an interior mounting hole of the cylinder head, wherein a lower end of the hollow tube body that a gasket is coupled thereto is mounted at an upper end of a penetration hole formed at a lower deck, and a compression bolt engaged to the interior mounting hole of the cylinder head at an upper end of the hollow tube body so as to apply compression force to the hollow tube body and generate surface pressure to the gasket for sealing a gap disposed between the hollow tube body and the penetration hole while the compression bolt is engaged to the interior mounting hole of the cylinder head. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308369 | Laminated Counterweight for Timing Control - A stratified two-stroke engine having a laminated counterweight is disclosed. The laminated counterweight includes a traditional counterweight portion and a laminate portion. The laminate portion has an approximately circular peripheral shape and at least one notch. In operation, the notch may be used to time the opening and closing of a mixture port or a transfer port. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308370 | Striker for Paint Ball Gun - A paint ball gun includes a body, a valve unit and a striking unit. The valve unit is disposed in the body. The striking unit is disposed in the body, and includes a striker and a collar. The striker is made of metal and formed with a striking tip at an end for hitting the valve unit. The collar is made of plastics and provided on the striking tip. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308371 | PAINT BALL GUN DRIVEN BY LINEAR MOTOR - A paint ball gun includes a barrel connected with a handle and a drop hole and an aperture are defined through a wall of the barrel. Paint balls can be supplied into the barrel via the drop hole. A linear motor is located in the barrel and drives a retractable driving rod which is connected to a push unit located in the barrel. An inlet is defined through a wall of the push unit and the inlet is moved with the push unit between a first position and a second position, the inlet is moved to the first position where the aperture is sealed and the paint ball enters the barrel. When the inlet is moved to the second position, the inlet is in communication with the aperture so that the paint ball is pushed by pressurized air introduced into the barrel via the aperture and the inlet. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308372 | SELECTABLE EFFICIENCY VERSUS COMFORT FOR MODULATING FURNACE - A furnace controller for a modulating furnace that helps provide a balance between energy efficiency and occupant comfort across various burner firing rates and/or across various circulating blower speeds. In some cases, the furnace controller can be configured to permit a user to customize operation of the furnace in accordance with their particular needs and/or desires with respect to efficiency and comfort. A selection may be made between an energy efficiency setting and a user comfort setting. Then, a plenum parameter such as a discharge air temperature (DAT) or discharge air flow (DAF) may be regulated in accordance with the selected setting. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308373 | Portable Insulated Grill - A portable insulated grill has a housing and a lid, both of which have inner and outer shells of metal with a plenum therebetween filled with an insulating material such as fiberglass. A hinge couples the lid to the housing, and a tube is attached on the bottom of the housing. The grill can be carried on a carrier or on a vehicle. The carrier has a support surface, wheels, and a leg. A bar connected to the support surface extends toward an open side. This bar can removably position in the tube on the bottom of the housing so the support surface can support the grill. As an alternative, the grill's tube can mount on a drawbar attached to a hitch on a vehicle. Inside the grill, the housing has brackets that support a firebox on a first shelf and that support a main grate either on the first shelf or on a second shelf. The main grate has cutaways and can be locked in position by the brackets when positioned on the second shelf. An auxiliary grate has a stand that can connect to the main grate and that allows the auxiliary grate to rotate. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308374 | Cooking Grates and Grills Incorporating Such Grates - Cooking grates and grills incorporating such cooking grates are provided. A representative cooking grate includes: a plurality of elongate elements of heat resistant material, the elements being V-shaped in transverse cross-section, each of the elements having a first lower edge, a second lower edge and a vertex, the first lower edge and the second lower edge being spaced from each other with the vertex being located therebetween, the vertex being operative as a cooking surface to support food during cooking on the cooking grate; corresponding adjacent lower edges of adjacent ones of the elements being oriented to define gaps therebetween such that a first of the gaps, defined by a first lower edge of a first element and a second lower edge of a second element, exhibits a width of between approximately 5% and approximately 18% of a distance between the first lower edge and the second lower edge of the first element. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308375 | TRIGGERING PLATE OF A CHEMICAL HEATING PACK - A triggering plate of a chemical thermos bag has at least a groove with a slit, having two opposite tip parts hiding each other and the tip parts being different in thickness. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308376 | SMART DEVICE FOR ABSORBING SOLAR ENERGY AND CONTROLING SUNLIGHT ADMISSION - The present invention provides a process for absorbing solar energy and, simultaneously having a continuous control of the light admission making it possible to install the device in external openings of buildings and equipment, such as windows, shutters or skylights. The system comprises two frames which support plates of transparent material, between which it is possible to introduce a colourful solution coming from an external reservoir. Both frames are interconnected through a flexible membrane which allows the plates to be pushed against each other, making the window transparent, or pushed away interposing the colourful solution, which will make the window uniform and gradually translucent or opaque. The said liquid comes from a reservoir and the access to the gap between the plates through is obtained by means of a channel that separates the two frames, allowing the liquid to flow evenly into the whole surface, thus being a homogenous and adjustable darkening obtainable. The inflow or outflow of the liquid between the plates is ruled by the vacuum level inside the reservoir containing the colourful solution. When the window is opaque or partially transparent, the solar energy heats the liquid which is then forced to flow by a circulating pump, passing through a heat exchanger which allows the energy absorption. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308377 | OPTICAL SYSTEM WITH A TRANSPARENT SPHERE AND USE OF THE SAME - The invention relates to an optical system comprising a transparent ball, particularly filled with a transparent liquid. Direct sunlight that is incident on the ball area exposed to the sun is reflected on the opposite, internal face of the hollow ball by means of a rotary mirror in such a way that the focus of the radiation field is reproduced in the center of the hollow ball. Solar converters can thus be statically disposed in the center of the hollow ball and are preferably provided with only one twisting means in order to permanently keep the solar converters in an ideal alignment relative to the focused sunlight. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308378 | Solar Heat Powered System comprising at least one solar collector - A solar heat powered system has at least one solar collector and a feed line for solar fluid leading away from the solar collector. The feed line is divided into at least two partial lines in sections. There is at least one heat exchanger arranged in each partial line. By dividing the feed line for the solar fluid, the plurality of heat exchangers can each be embodied to be more compact. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308379 | HYPERBOLIC SOLAR TROUGH FIELD SYSTEM - The subject matter of the invention of hyperbolic solar trough field system (B, II) comprises hyperbolic reflectors ( | 2009-12-17 |
20090308380 | Telescoping Devices - Telescoping devices, as well as related components, systems, and methods, are disclosed. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308381 | WALL THIMBLE WITH OUTSIDE AIR INLET - A wall thimble for use with a heating appliance. Dual functionality is provided in a single wall thimble device by having a vent path for exhausting combustion by-products, and a separate air inlet path to draw in outside combustion air for use by the heating appliance. The wall thimble is formed as a two-part housing such that a first portion can be inserted into a second portion. When an exhaust pipe is routed through end plates on the housing portions, a closed region is formed between the exhaust pipe and the housing portions. A first air vent is formed in the first or outside portion to draw combustion air into the closed region from outside. A second air vent is formed in the second or inside portion to route the combustion air from the closed region to an opening in the housing where a combustion air inlet pipe is connected. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308382 | ECCENTRIC TELESCOPIC PORTABLE OUTDOOR HEATER - An eccentric telescopic portable outdoor heater includes a burner assembly, a base, and a connecting assembly provided between the burner assembly and the base. The connecting assembly is an arched telescopic curving-arm assembly adjusting the height of the burner assembly, which has a lower curving-arm, an upper curving-arm inserted into the lower curving arm, a lock device and a locating device. The base is a subassembly convenient for a gas bottle to be put in or taken out, which includes a supporting assembly, a gas bottle cover assembly, a door and sliding track assembly, a gas bottle cover assembly, a door and sliding track assembly. The base, the connecting assembly, and the burner assembly form the eccentric telescopic portable outdoor heater with smooth arched configuration. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308383 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HYDROLYSIS OF CELLULOSIC MATERIAL IN A MULTI-STEP PROCESS TO PRODUCE C5 AND C6 SUGARS USING A SINGLE VESSEL - A system and method for extracting C | 2009-12-17 |
20090308384 | Apparatus and methods for delivery of medicament to a respiratory system - Apparatus and methods are provided for delivery of a medicament to a respiratory system. A reservoir is provided for a liquid medicament with the reservoir having a liquid medicament inlet port and a medicament outlet. An aerosol generator is provided at the medicament outlet of the reservoir for aerosolizing the liquid medicament. A connector entrains the aerosolized medicament from the aerosol generator with a gas. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308385 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR METERED DOSE DISPENSING - This application discloses a dose counter device of the type for use on an aerosol dispensing assembly having an aerosol container and an actuator. The dose counter device is used for indicating the release of a dose of aerosol medication caused by the application of a force, in an axial direction, on the aerosol dispensing assembly. The dose counter device has a cap, a slider and a first counter ring. The cap is moved in a first direction along an axis of the container, which causes movement of the slider in a first linear direction laterally, relative to the axis of the container, as a function of the movement of the cap in the first direction. The first counter ring is rotated through a first arc in a first circumferential direction about the axis of the container, as a function of the movement of the slider in the first linear direction. The cap is then moved in a second opposite direction, which causes the slider to move in a second opposite linear direction, which in turn causes rotation of the first counter ring through a second arc in the first circumferential direction about the axis of the container A sum of the first and second arcs of movement of the first counter ring defines a circumferential extent of movement of the first counter ring relative to the cap that indicates a single dose of aerosol medication dispensed from the container. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308386 | Device for Delivering Medicament - The present invention relates to a device for the delivery of predetermined doses of liquid medicament to a patient, which medicament is intended to be inhaled by the patient or intended to be injected into the body of the patient. The device is adapted to be in a medicament delivery state and in a medicament non-delivery state. When the device is in a medicament delivery state, said device is adapted to drive a piston into a cartridge containing the liquid medicament to be delivered, with a predetermined force value. The device is designed and arranged to ensure that the predetermined dose of medicament expelled from the cartridge has a high degree of accuracy and to show the user in a simple manner how much medicament is remaining in the cartridge after a dose or several doses has/have been expelled and at the same time offering a shorter device, which is more convenient for the user when he/she has to carry it with him/her. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308387 | Acoustic Inhaler Flow Measurement - A dry powder or aerosol inhaler having attached thereto, in a detachable manner, a sound/vibration sensor adapted to sense sound/vibration in the interval of 100-3000 Hz and there from derive a parameter of a flow in a flow path of the inhaler. The sensor does not interfere with the flow path of the inhaler. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308388 | INHALER - A dry powder inhaler ( | 2009-12-17 |
20090308389 | FLUID-PRODUCT DISPENSING DEVICE - An inhaler comprising: at least one cover element ( | 2009-12-17 |
20090308390 | Dry Powder Inhaler and System for Drug Delivery - A breath-powered, dry powder inhaler, a cartridge, and a pulmonary drug delivery system are provided. The dry powder inhaler can be provided with or without a unit dose cartridge for using with the inhaler. The inhaler and/or cartridge can be provided with a drug delivery formulation comprising, for example, a diketopiperazine and an active ingredient, including, peptides and proteins such as insulin and glucagon-like peptide 1 for the treatment of diabetes and/or obesity. The dry powder inhaler is compact; can be provided in various shapes and sizes, colors, and comprises a housing, a mouthpiece, a cartridge placement area, and a mechanism for opening and closing the medicament cartridge. The device is easy to manufacture, provides a pre-metered single unit dose, it is relatively easy to use, and can be reusable or disposable. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308391 | Dry Powder Inhaler and System for Drug Delivery - A breath-powered, dry powder inhaler, a cartridge, and a pulmonary drug delivery system are provided. The dry powder inhaler can be provided with or without a unit dose cartridge for using with the inhaler. The inhaler and/or cartridge can be provided with a drug delivery formulation comprising, for example, a diketopiperazine and an active ingredient, including, peptides and proteins such as insulin and glucagon-like peptide 1 for the treatment of diabetes and/or obesity. The dry powder inhaler is compact; can be provided in various shapes and sizes, colors, and comprises a housing, a mouthpiece, a cartridge placement area, and a mechanism for opening and closing the medicament cartridge. The device is easy to manufacture, provides a pre-metered single unit dose, it is relatively easy to use, and can be reusable or disposable. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308392 | Dry Powder Inhaler and System for Drug Delivery - A breath-powered, dry powder inhaler, a cartridge, and a pulmonary drug delivery system are provided. The dry powder inhaler can be provided with or without a unit dose cartridge for using with the inhaler. The inhaler and/or cartridge can be provided with a drug delivery formulation comprising, for example, a diketopiperazine and an active ingredient, including, peptides and proteins such as insulin and glucagon-like peptide 1 for the treatment of diabetes and/or obesity. The dry powder inhaler is compact; can be provided in various shapes and sizes, colors, and comprises a housing, a mouthpiece, a cartridge placement area, and a mechanism for opening and closing the medicament cartridge. The device is easy to manufacture, provides a pre-metered single unit dose, it is relatively easy to use, and can be reusable or disposable. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308393 | Medical diagnostic cart and method of use - A medical diagnostic tool provides a fixture mounted on a cart, the fixture having an inspiratory conduit joined with an expiratory conduit, with both joined to a patient interface. An air inlet, and an inlet valve are interconnected in series by the inspiratory conduit; and a manometer is interconnected with the inspiratory conduit between the inlet valve and the patient interface. An air outlet, a spirometer, and an outlet valve are interconnected in series by the expiratory conduit, and a side-stream capnometer is interconnected with the expiratory conduit between the outlet valve and the patient interface. The inlet valve and the outlet valve each enable air flow in only one direction. The inlet valve further provides a shutoff, which when activated, prevents air flow through the inlet valve. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308394 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SMART DELIVERY OF BACKUP BREATHS - A method for delivering ventilatory support to a patient is presented. The method includes controlling delivery of a first backup breath by delaying onset of the first backup breath, wherein delaying the onset of the first backup breath is configured to allow selection of an appropriate backup rate. Systems and computer-readable medium that afford functionality of the type defined by this method is also contemplated in conjunction with the present technique. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308395 | Coordinated Use of Respiratory and Cardiac Therapies for Sleep Disordered Breathing - Methods and systems involve coordinating therapies used for treating disordered breathing. Disordered breathing therapies may include cardiac electrical stimulation therapy and external respiratory therapy as well as other therapies for treating disordered breathing in a patient. The therapies delivered to the patient may be coordinated to enhance effectiveness of the therapy, to reduce therapy interactions, to improve patient sleep, or to achieve other therapeutic goals. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308396 | Wearable Oxygen Concentrator System - A wearable oxygen concentrator system is provided. The wearable oxygen concentrator system includes a pumping system configured to receive air and to remove nitrogen gas from the air to obtain concentrated oxygen. The pumping system is further configured to deliver the concentrated oxygen via a cannula tube to a person. The wearable oxygen concentrator system further includes a clothing member configured to be worn by the person. The clothing member is configured to hold the pumping system therein. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308397 | Medico-Surgical Tube Assemblies - An adjustable flange for a tracheostomy tube has a locking assembly ( | 2009-12-17 |
20090308398 | ADJUSTABLE RESISTANCE NASAL DEVICES - Described herein are adjustable-resistance respiratory devices, and particularly nasal devices that have an adjustable expiratory resistance while providing a greater resistance to exhalation than to inhalation. The resistance to exhalation may be manually adjustable by a user or remotely adjustable by a third party. For example, described herein are nasal devices having a greater resistance to exhalation than inhalation that includes one or more resistance-modifying members for modifying the resistance of a nasal device. A resistance modifying member may include a cover, a shutter or an adjustable valve for opening/closing a leak pathway through the nasal device. An adjustable-resistance nasal respiratory device may include a control or controls for adjusting the resistance to exhalation. Methods of adjusting the resistance of a nasal device, and systems including nasal devices allowing the resistance to be optimized and/or adjusted are also described. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308400 | PATIENT POSITIONING SYSTEM - A system for positioning a patient on a treatment couchtop for SBRT is provided. The system includes a patient support panel and at least one positioning/fixation component for releasable mounting on the patient support panel at a desired position to immobilize a portion of the patient's body. The patient support panel includes a pair of longitudinally extending side rails having a series of longitudinally spaced indexing apertures for receipt of a locking bar for mounting a positioning/fixation component thereon at a discrete index position. The at least one positioning component includes a pair of clamping mechanisms for releasably securing that component to the side rails at any longitudinal position along the side rails. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308401 | Anti-snoring device - An anti-snoring device including first and second arcuate members. The first member defines a receptacle for receiving teeth located on either of the user's upper or lower jaw, and a first plurality of fasteners on an opposite side and extending outwardly therefrom. The second member defines a receptacle for receiving teeth located on the other of the user's upper or lower jaws, and a second plurality of fasteners on an opposite side and extending outwardly therefrom. The first and second plurality of fasteners are each formed by elongate, parallel extending projections that define voids therebetween. Selective engagement of the projections and voids allows the first and second members to be secured together in a plurality of different relative positions. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308402 | VALVED NASAL CANNULA - A valved nasal cannula ( | 2009-12-17 |
20090308403 | ORAL APPLIANCES WITH MAJOR CONNECTORS AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURE - Oral appliances adapted to for spacing the occlusal surfaces of the teeth of a user are disclosed. The oral appliances have a major connector interconnecting a first bite pad and a second bite pad. The first bite pad can include a first spacer and the second bite pad can include a second spacer that are configured to maintain the spacing of the occlusal surfaces of opposing teeth of a user during clenching or upon an impact to the jaw. Methods for the manufacture of composite oral appliances are also disclosed. The methods include forming a composite oral appliance over a model of a user's mouth. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308404 | FABRICS FOR PREVENTING AND REDUCING SKIN WOUNDS - A fabric for the prevention and treatment of skin wounds, and pressure wounds in particular, which includes a woven fabric having warp yarns and filling yarns woven to provide a smooth fabric surface. One of the warp or filling yarns is at least about 40% by weight of the fabric of continuous filament nylon, and the other of the warp or filling yarns is from about 0% to about 60% by weight of the fabric of continuous filament polyester or nylon having non-round filament cross sections. The fabric includes a conductive yarn at about 0% to about 2% by weight to control static dissipation, and an antimicrobial substance is topically applied or inherently available in the fabric. The fabric can be used in bedding, including underpads, and patient gowns. Methods of preventing and treating skin wounds, and pressure wounds in particular, are also disclosed. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308405 | Nipple Protector and Method - A nipple protector is provided, which is able to protect a nipple of a user reliably, by protecting the nipple area so as to maintain a non-contact state with the nipple area and thereby avoiding the causing of pain or unpleasant irritation to the nipple area, as well as avoiding the leaving of marks while reducing irritation when abutted against the breast. A nipple protector having a hard outer member or shell and an inner member made of a material which is more flexible and deformable than the outer member, with an internal space being formed inside the nipple protector, wherein the internal space is formed by a cylindrical portion which extends from the outer member and/or the inner member, and the inner member has an abutting section which surrounds with no gap the nipple area of a wearer completely, and the abutting section is a deformable abutting section which deforms elastically and is capable of making contact, with no gap, with the perimeter of the nipple area. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308406 | INTERMEDIATE WRAPPER AND METHOD OF MAKING - A tobacco product is formed by perforated cigar or shell, the shell comprising a sheet of material with an intermediate sheet, the sheet comprising tobacco leaves and/or homogenized tobacco paper. The cigar or shell is packaged for shipment to an end user or consumer. The cigar or shell remains in the rolled, shaped tube form inside the package. After the cigar or shell is removed from the package, a consumer can fill the cigar or shell with crushed tobacco leaves or other tobacco filler material of a favorite blend, thereby eliminating some steps in the making of a “roll-your-own” tobacco product. A liquid can be added to the cigar or shell to moisturize same. The liquid can include flavoring. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308407 | DEVICE ADAPTED TO RELEASE A HAIR SUBSTANCE - A hair conditioner module adapted to release, in working conditions, a hair substance, comprising a support material soaked with a hair substance and being selected from the group comprising a polyolefin bicomponent fibre and polytetrafluoroethylene. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308408 | COSMETIC PRODUCT COMPACT HAVING PIVOTING SECTIONS - A device such as a compact or product container includes a plurality of stacked sections or housings, which are pivotable with respect to each other. The sections are substantially aligned with each other when the device is in a closed position, and when pivoted with respect to each other, the device is opened to allow access to compartments or reservoirs of the different sections. According to an example, a lower housing or section can include a projection which is received in a groove formed in the adjacent section and a depth of the groove can change from a first end of the groove to a second end of the groove to thereby change and vary the resistance felt by the user. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308409 | Cosmetic powder container with rotating dispensing mechanism - The present invention relates generally to the field of cosmetic powder containers and dispensers and particularly to a cosmetic powder dispenser with rotatable dispensing mechanism. The present invention is particularly easy to use and cost effective by allowing the consumer to dispense only the desired amount of the cosmetic powder by providing a rotating dispensing mechanism, and at the same time allow the consumer to apply the cosmetic evenly to the brush head by providing an application surface to manipulate the cosmetic brush evenly onto the brush head. Furthermore, the rotating dispenser of the present invention, includes and open and closed position as to safeguard the loose powder in the container from spilling out by accident or during use or travel. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308410 | METHOD AND MATERIAL FOR CLEANING A SUBSTRATE - Methods for cleaning using a tri-state body are disclosed. A substrate having a particle deposited thereon is provided. A tri-state body that has a solid portion, liquid portion, and a gas portion is generated. A force is applied over the tri-state body to promulgate an interaction between the solid portion and the particle. The tri-state body is removed along with the particle from the surface of the substrate. The interaction between the solid portion and the particle causing the particle to be removed along with the tri-state body. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308411 | STRING AND INSTRUMENT CLEANING SYSTEM - An apparatus may include a first support, a first cleaning material coupled to a first side of the first support, a second support coupled to the first support at a first edge of the second support, a second cleaning material coupled to a first side of the second support, and a third cleaning material coupled to a second side of the second support. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308412 | STORAGE TANK CLEANING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A tank cleaning apparatus and method is provided that employs a series of associated canisters that house filters of various sizes. Fluid flow to each canister may be selectively ceased so that the filter contained therein may be replaced or cleaned while allowing tank cleaning to be continued. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308413 | APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR CLEANING A SUBSTRATE - An apparatus for cleaning a substrate is disclosed. The apparatus having a first head unit and a second head unit. The first head unit is positioned proximate to the surface of the substrate and has a first row of channels defined within configured to supply a foam to the surface of the substrate. The second head unit is positioned substantially adjacent to the first head unit and proximate to the surface of the substrate. A second and a third row of channels are defined within the second head unit. The second row of channels is configured to supply a fluid to the surface of the substrate. The third row of channels is configured to apply a vacuum to the surface of the substrate. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308414 | Dosage Element and Chamber - This invention relates to a dosage element of cleaning composition and an associated chamber for use in a ware washing machine, for example a dishwashing machine or a laundry washing machine. The dosage element and chamber are particularly useful in the context of forming part of a multi-dosing detergent delivery device and/or a refill for such a device. The element supports various different configurations of ingress and egress holes for an efficient dissolution of cleaning composition. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308415 | Surface Treatment Apparatus - Inside a single apparatus main body ( | 2009-12-17 |
20090308416 | ULTRASONIC CLEANER COMPONENTS - An ultrasonic cleaner apparatus with an opening mechanism including a plurality of lugs preferably formed on a top surface of the apparatus, a lid enclosing the apparatus and resting on the lugs when the lid is in a closed position, and a rim formed exterior to the lugs, wherein the lid is secured in an open position between two or more of the plurality of lugs and the rim. A drain assembly coupled to the ultrasonic cleaner provides an advantageous configuration for dispensing cleaning and/or sterilizing fluid and the like from the apparatus. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308417 | Rollover Car Wash for Large Vehicles - A vehicle washer of the rollover type especially suitable for washing large vehicles such as buses and trucks. The washer includes an overhead carriage moving along an overhead guide rail structure and including opposed L-shaped spray arms adapted to wash top and side surfaces of the vehicle as the carriage moves along the guide rail and move in butterfly fashion as the carriage reaches a respective end of the vehicle whereby to wash that end of the vehicle. A recirculating arrangement insures that the hot water arriving at the carriage from the equipment room is at a predetermined hot temperature; a flexible carrier folds and unfolds in a trough along the rail structure and threadably receives the various supply conduits to provide effective transport of the required wash elements to the carriage; a compound bearing structure on the carriage efficiently journals the pivotal ends of the very large and heavy spray arms required to process large vehicles; a unique splicing arrangement allows the provision of a long guide rail structure having an uninterrupted upper surface to allow smooth carriage movements; and a customized windshield washer assembly on the carriage allows effective washing of even the recessed windshields of large vehicles having long hoods. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308418 | Self-ventilating, decorative patio umbrella - The invention as disclosed herein provides a ventilating umbrella that protects against sun. In particular, the umbrella contains a trunk with a multi-layered canopy. The canopy contains a plurality of leaf garlands made of synthetic leaves; and a plurality of splines, each of the splines having a distal end, a middle end, and a hinged end. The hinged end is attached to the trunk, and the distal end, middle end or both are attached to the leaf garland. | 2009-12-17 |