Patents Issued in May 27, 2010
  • Publication number: 20100126023
    Abstract: A multi-purpose tool (10) is used as an air blower capable of delivering a high-velocity stream of air when in a blower mode of operation and as a rotating string trimmer capable of trimming vegetation when in a trimmer mode of operation. The tool has a blower housing (18) including an enclosed chamber (30), a plurality of vents (35) leading to the chamber, and a blower nozzle (32) for directing air from the chamber, wherein the impeller (20) is rotatably mounted in the chamber such that the housing defines an air pathway between the vents and the impeller. The multi-purpose tool also includes means (82) for blocking the flow of air between vents and the impeller when in the trimmer mode of operation and means (99, 124) for disengaging the trimmer head (22) from the internal drive shaft (26) when in the blower mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2005
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: MTD Products Inc.
    Inventors: Neil G Griffin, Raul Vidal, Barney Sing, Kerry Roosmalen
  • Publication number: 20100126024
    Abstract: A utility knife includes a handle, a first blade holder assembly, a second blade holder assembly, and an interlock assembly. The handle includes an opening at a front end. The first blade holder assembly is constructed and arranged to hold a first blade at a position of use wherein the first blade projects through the opening at the front end of the handle, and to retract the first blade into the handle. The second blade holder assembly is constructed and arranged to hold a second blade at a position of use wherein the second blade projects through the opening at the front end of the handle, and to retract the second blade into the handle. The interlock assembly constructed and arranged to allow only one of the first blade and the second blade to project through the opening at the front end of the handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: THE STANLEY WORKS
    Inventor: Martin PRICE
  • Publication number: 20100126025
    Abstract: A lopper of use by those who, for one reason or the other, find it difficult to bend over sufficiently to cut unwanted plant material at or near ground level. The lopper has a jaw which is parallel to the ground with the user standing and the user is able to anchor one of the blades of the lopper while manipulating the other blade toward and away from the anchored blade to cut plant material between them at or near ground level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Randy Crockett, Deanne Crockett
  • Publication number: 20100126026
    Abstract: An dry wall hand tool for a dry wall includes a pusher handle and a penetrating pin including an elongated pin body having a tail end portion protruding from the pusher handle and a sharp penetrating tip for initially penetrating into the dry wall to form a hole thereat in a tool-less manner when a rotational pushing hand force is applied at the pusher handle. The dry wall hand tool further includes locking arrangement including a retention pin slidably extended from the pusher handle at a position that the retention pin is spaced apart from the penetrating pin, wherein the retention pin is arranged for penetrating into the dry wall after the penetrating pin penetrated into the dry wall, such that the pusher handle is securely locked up by the retention pin to prevent the pusher handle being rotated to remove the penetrating pin from the dry wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventor: Chin-Hsiung Lien
  • Publication number: 20100126027
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for a reciprocating saw that comprises a housing, a drive mechanism in the housing, a motor in the housing for driving the drive mechanism, an elongated plunger located in the housing for reciprocating motion and having a front end portion for attaching a saw blade for cutting material, the saw having an energy absorbing compliant configuration at least partially isolating a portion of the plunger and the drive mechanism from high energy impulses that can be produced by the saw blade being bound in the material being sawed during operation of the saw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicants: CREDO TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventor: Stephen C. Oberheim
  • Publication number: 20100126028
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed of a drive apparatus for a reciprocating tool, that comprises a housing, a rotatable drive shaft assembly located in the housing, an elongated plunger located in the housing for reciprocating motion, the plunger having a front end portion for attaching a cutting blade thereto, a rotary joint elongated rocker having a lower end portion with a lower pivot connection to the housing and an upper end with an upper pivot connection to a mid portion of the plunger, a wobble plate interface operatively connected to the drive shaft assembly, a lower portion having an effective lower pivot connection, the interface also having an upper pivot connection to a rear portion of the plunger and configured to reciprocate the plunger generally in its lengthwise direction during alternating cutting and return strokes, the distances between the upper and lower pivot connections of both the rocker and wobble plate interface together with the distance between the upper pivot connections thereof to the plu
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2010
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicants: CREDO TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventor: Stephen C. Oberheim
  • Publication number: 20100126029
    Abstract: A portable powered tool has a frame, a working component on the frame for performing an operation, a drive on the frame for operating the working component, a shaft having a first output portion that is driven by the drive around a first axis to thereby cause operation of the working component, and a transmission assembly operatively connected to the first output portion of the shaft to transmit a drive force from the first output portion to the working component to thereby cause operation of the working component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventor: Brent Peterson
  • Publication number: 20100126030
    Abstract: An interior rearview mirror system includes an interior rearview mirror assembly and a compass sensor. A physical mount mounts the compass sensor at the reflective element whereby the compass sensor adjusts in tandem with adjustment of the reflective element. A control receives at least one signal indicative of at least one magnetic field sensed by the compass sensor. The control determines a directional heading of the vehicle based on the signal or signals and generates a signal indicative of the directional heading of the vehicle. The control may automatically compensate for adjustment of the compass sensor in tandem with adjustment of the reflective element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: DONNELLY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Andrew D. Weller, Rodney K. Blank, Kenneth L. Schierbeek, Kenneth Schofield, Niall R. Lynam, Troy O. Cooprider
  • Publication number: 20100126031
    Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments of a flexible locating apparatus capable of locating a perimeter of a body with respect to an outer surface of a sheet of material, the body being one of a multitude of body shapes. One embodiment of the apparatus comprises a target member having a main portion and an adjustable component, the adjustable component having a length and at least one securing member. The adjustable component is configured to adjust the length to the body to secure the target member internal with respect to the body with the at least one securing member. A defining member is positionable on an outer surface of the sheet and comprises opposing magnets from the magnets of the first member and a perimeter defining member comprised of more than one template, each template configured to define the perimeter of a different one of the multitude of body shapes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventor: David J. Crorey
  • Publication number: 20100126032
    Abstract: A ductless dryer is disclosed. The ductless dryer according to the present invention includes a hot air supply unit providing hot air into a drum and controlling heat for heating the air according to air volume, and a heat exchange unit dehumidifying humid air exhausted from the drum and controlling the amount of water used for dehumidifying according to a dew point temperature of the humid air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Yang-Ho Kim, Seung-Phyo Ahn, Sang-Ik Lee, Byeong-Jo Ryoo, Sung-Ho Song, Han-Yong Jung, Jae-Hyuk Wee, Yoon-Seob Eom
  • Publication number: 20100126033
    Abstract: A dryer uses conduits to carry a heating medium, such as steam, to heat the outer surface of the dryer. The volume of steam is successfully reduced to non-explosive levels and the shell need not be designed to prevent an explosion. Conduits may be formed through the shell itself or grooves may be formed on the inner surface of the shell, with the conduits retained within the grooves. Also, the conduits can be placed against the inside surface of the dryer and a material, such as zinc, can be filled in about the conduits. The material serves to both retain the conduits in place and thermally couple the conduits to the dryer to assure efficient heat transfer between the conduits and dryer. These modifications relieve the dryer from the Unfired Pressure Vessel classification to the classification of a piping assembly under ASA code regulations. This results in savings in operation safety, installation cost and operating costs due to the absence of costly inspections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Osvaldo Ricardo Haurie, Richard Kenneth Haurie
  • Publication number: 20100126034
    Abstract: The invention relates to an appliance (1) for the removal of fluids and/or solids from a mixture of particulate materials with a container (2) that constitutes a ring-shaped processing space (20) with a cylindrical outer contour with devices for the charging and discharging of the particulate material into and out of the processing space (20) and with a fan device (5) for supplying a fluidization agent from underneath into the processing space (20) as well as devices (6) for the processing of the fluidization agent in the flow direction in front of the fan device, whereby in the processing space (20) cells (15, 16, 17) are formed extending in the vertical direction, where one cell constitutes a discharge cell (17) through which there is no fluidization agent flow from underneath, where at the lower end of the discharge cell the discharge device is arranged, and where another cell (15) is provided with a charge device, and where the cells (15, 16, 17) are open at their upper ends in order to enable the transpo
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Gerald Caspers, Lothar Krell
  • Publication number: 20100126035
    Abstract: A former unit (20) as a drying apparatus includes four irradiation zones (31-34) in a main casing (21). Each of the irradiation zones (31-34) contains one tray unit (10). Each of the tray units (10) contains four transfer trays (14) aligned in the vertical direction. Each of the transfer trays (14) carries wet PTFE powder. In the former unit (20), the tray units (10) sequentially move from the first irradiation zone (31) to the fourth irradiation zone (34). A microwave is applied to the transfer trays (14) in the tray unit (10) from the left in the first irradiation zone (31), from behind in the second irradiation zone (32), from the front in the third irradiation zone (33), and from the right in the fourth irradiation zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Shinichirou Kobayashi, Tomonori Kikuno, Teruo Kido, Yasuhiro Utsumi, Takayuki Tanaka, Satoshi Tokuno
  • Publication number: 20100126036
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device (01) for dewatering and drying a mixture made of plastic granulate and water, having at least one mixture intake (02), through which the mixture is supplied to the device (01), having at least one water outlet (08), through which the precipitated water is removed from the device (01), having at least one granulate outlet (13), through which the dried granulate is removed from the device (01), the device (01) having a dewatering line (06), along which the mixture is dewatered, and the device (01) having a drying line (12), along which the dewatered granulate is dried.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: AUTOMATIK PLASTICS MAHCINERY GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Doll, Reinhardt-Karsten Müerb
  • Publication number: 20100126037
    Abstract: An energy-efficient method and apparatus for drying pelletized, moist organic material is described. The method consists of a rapid, high temperature static drying process in a shallow bed, followed by traditional vertical static drying in a deep bed. Hot exhaust gas from the shallow-bed, hot-temperature static dryer is then recirculated to provide thermal energy to the deep-bed, warn-temperature static dryer. This invention can be used to convert wet, organic waste materials such as animal and poultry waste, municipal wastewater sludge, urban post-consumer food waste, or manufactured food byproducts and residuals into solid fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: William H. Moss, Richard J. Romanek, JR.
  • Publication number: 20100126038
    Abstract: A method of controlling a tumble laundry drier (1), the method including the steps of: starting a drying/ironing cycle and feeding drying air into the drum (5) from a drum input to a drum output; continuously measuring the electrical resistance/conductivity between two electrodes (25) located on the inside of the door; estimating the weight of the laundry inside the drum (5); measuring a temperature of the drying air at the drum output; stopping the drying/ironing cycle, if the weight of the laundry is above a weight threshold, when the electrical resistance/conductivity between the two electrodes (25) is above/below a resistance/conductivity threshold; and stopping the drying/ironing cycle, if the weight of the laundry is below a weight threshold, when the electrical resistance/conductivity between the two electrodes (25) is above/below a resistance/conductivity threshold and also when the temperature of the drying air at the drum output is above a temperature threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATION N.V.
    Inventors: Giuseppe Dreossi, Maurizio Ugel
  • Publication number: 20100126039
    Abstract: A shoe construction wherein the upper is secured to the outsole by a stitch, and the upper folds inwardly in a first portion of the shoe and outwardly in a second portion of the shoe. The stitch allows an upper row of the stitching to be visible on the outside of the upper in one portion of the shoe but not visible on the outside of the upper in a different portion of the shoe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Thomas E. McClaskie, Anup Kishore Mukherjee
  • Publication number: 20100126040
    Abstract: A midsole element is adapted for positioning on a medial or lateral side of a shoe. The midsole element, having a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction, includes a top portion, a bottom portion, and a compression element, which has at least two first strut members and at least two second strut members disposed between the top and bottom portions and supporting the top portion a distance away from the bottom portion. The at least two first strut members being separated by a first longitudinal distance in the longitudinal direction. The at least two second strut members being separated by a second longitudinal distance in the longitudinal direction and each of said first and second transversely disposed two strut members are oriented and adapted to preferentially deflect in the same direction in response to a force imparted on the midsole element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul S. Grote, Patrick Y. Choe, Sean Murphy
  • Publication number: 20100126041
    Abstract: A foot-bed, also called an innersole or sock liner, having a two-piece molded innersole with an upper section, a lower section, and an optional mesh cover (or top liner). The lower surface of the upper section of the innersole has a specific contour that follows the bottom surface of the foot. The upper section of the innersole fits into a cavity in the lower section of the innersole. The lower section is cupped in the cross-section and provides support and stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: Altama Footwear
    Inventor: Stephen A. Francis
  • Publication number: 20100126042
    Abstract: The invention relates to a shoe, and in particular but not exclusively a dance or performing arts shoe, comprising a separate shank portion (2) which engages with a separate toe box portion (3) to form a unitary part. The invention also relates to methods of construction of said shoe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventor: Matthew Alexander Wyon
  • Publication number: 20100126043
    Abstract: An article of footwear promotes complimentary movement and proprioceptive feedback of a user's foot (e.g., to help an infant learn to walk or an adult balance on an uneven surface) while wearing the article of footwear. The article of footwear includes an outsole having a forefoot region, a heel region, and a mid region substantially in between the forefoot and heel regions. The three regions are configured to provide complimentary movement with respect to the user's foot. The forefoot region of the outsole includes a base portion interconnecting ground contact pads configured to move relative to one another, each ground contact pad moving substantially independently of the other relative to the base portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: SRL, Inc.
    Inventors: Marc R. Loverin, James Cheney, Matthew R. Clerc, Rose Anderson, David Thorpe
  • Publication number: 20100126044
    Abstract: A footwear sole includes a shank with a honeycomb reinforcement structure, heel aperture and rib receptacle in the bottom side of a front region of the shank. A fabric sheath surrounds the shank. Polymers are formed in the rib receptacle, in the heel aperture and on the top side of the shank. A foot bed insert is used with the shank. The foot bed insert includes a fabric upper layer, a foam forefoot component, a foam matrix connected to the foam forefoot component, a heel cradle and a heel strike region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventor: RUSSELL DAVIS
  • Publication number: 20100126045
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a molded shoe featuring a 3 dimensional figure (e.g., an animal or character). The shoe has a sole having a bottom surface that comprises a series of projections and recesses that form a print for an animal or character, to thereby obtain an imprinting surface; and an upper, attached to the sole, having an outer surface that comprises a series of projections and recesses that form a three dimensional figure (e.g., an animal figure or a character figure). The sole and upper are substantially formed from molded plastic; the projections and recesses of the animal imprinting surface allow one wearing the shoe to make imprints on a soft surface, and the three dimensional figure on the outer surface of the upper relates to the print of the imprinting surface. The methods of the present invention further include making imprints with the bottom surface of the shoe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventor: Joel Rusnak
  • Publication number: 20100126046
    Abstract: A snowshoe of molded plastic material has a tail section with greater flexibility than the main body section, thereby allowing the tail to give and deform as the snowshoe tail is engaged against the terrain during the gait of the user. At the same time, the tail is stiff enough to provide flotation needed when the full weight of the user is on one snowshoe fully engaged against terrain, such as soft snow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Rudy Lucas Samuels, Chris Barchet, Dodd Grande, Mark S. Williams, Scott Youmans, Rachel Lin
  • Publication number: 20100126047
    Abstract: An apparatus to gather and relocate benthic life and life supporting material for use in combination with a seabed or aquatic bed dredger, plough, mole or other seabed disturbing apparatus comprising a means of gathering the benthic life and life supporting material in, on or above the seabed in front of and in the path of the draghead or said seabed disturbing apparatus, thereby preventing entrainment or damage to the benthic life, and a means of releasing the benthic organisms and life supporting material via a directional exit duct, away from the work area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2007
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventor: Ray Drabble
  • Publication number: 20100126048
    Abstract: A hitch assembly includes a hitch assembly frame. A tow bar includes a shaft having a first end pivotably attached to the hitch assembly frame and a coupling member attached to a second end of the shaft. A push plate is pivotably attached to the hitch assembly frame and defines a vertically aligned slot. The tow bar is movable within the vertically aligned slot. Such a hitch assembly may be used to operate machines, such as tractor scrapers, in a push-pull configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventor: Robert Doyle Roley
  • Publication number: 20100126049
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an electric iron comprising: at least one base unit a main body provided with a water inlet, a water outlet and a water tank connected between said inlet and said outlet; said base unit and said main body may connected or disconnected by a connecting unit; said base unit provided with a water passage which can connected with said water outlet when in assembly with said main body, a steam outlet, a chamber connected between said water passage and said steam outlet and a heating plate used for heating said chamber. Since the base unit can disconnected to the main body, user can choice different heating plates based on different clothing ironing conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: Tsann Kuen (Zhangzhou) Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Hwa LEE, Chien-Chih PAN
  • Publication number: 20100126050
    Abstract: An ironing board cover assembly has a cover sized and shaped to fit an ironing board. The cover folds into a compact arrangement for storage and unfolds into a expanded arrangement to secure to the ironing board. A pouch attached to the cover, receives the cover when the cover in the compact arrangement. When installed on the ironing board, the pouch receives ironing accessories.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventor: James L. Glenn
  • Publication number: 20100126051
    Abstract: A mounting apparatus can be used to install a sign to a mounting surface. The mounting apparatus permits the sign, in response to an impact, to displace to dissipate or dampen force of the impact and thus prevent or reduce damage to the sign. The mounting apparatus can permit the sign to displace in at least two different directions. The sign can be biased to a neutral position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Albert Stephen Kerton, Richard William Thomson, Peter Geoffrey Cassey
  • Publication number: 20100126052
    Abstract: Disclosed is a medication tracker unit. The medication tracker unit includes a freestanding body, a pocket folder and a timer. Further, the medication tracker unit includes a picture frame disposed on a front side of the freestanding body. The picture frame is configured to hold and display a sheet. The pocket folder is disposed on a rear portion of the freestanding body and is configured to store a plurality of objects including a plurality of sheets and a plurality of marking objects. Furthermore, the medication tracker unit includes a timer coupled to the freestanding body. The timer is capable of reminding a user to take medication. The displayed sheet in the picture frame is adapted to be marked by the user through a marking object of the plurality of marking objects for tracking the medication. A method for tracking medications is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventor: Margaret Rice
  • Publication number: 20100126053
    Abstract: The present invention is a high capacity, non-drum magazine. The high capacity magazine comprises a broad general storage area capable of holding four staggered stacks of ammunition, a unified follower on a spring system biasing the follower and associated ammunition, a central partition a barrier separating two dual staggered round stacks and around which the follower will pass, and a transition area between the feed end of the magazine and the storage area. The spring may be a composite spring system, made of two springs joined in series, or a single, variable constant, spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: MAGPUL INDUSTRIES CORP.
    Inventors: Richard M. Fitzpatrick, Michael T. Mayberry, Michael Morgan, Eric C. Burt, Eric S. Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20100126054
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention can include a hand guard assembly for securely attaching to a firearm. According to one embodiment, a hand guard assembly can be provided for a firearm having an upper receiver and a barrel. The hand guard assembly can include a barrel nut operable to mount the barrel to the upper receiver of the firearm. The hand guard assembly can also include a hand guard having a receiving channel about an interior portion of the hand guard. The receiving channel can be sized and shaped to receive the barrel nut such that the hand guard can be secured to the barrel nut by a securing mechanism when the hand guard is positioned about the barrel of the firearm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: Daniel Defense, Inc.
    Inventors: Marvin C. Daniel, Eric M. Rice
  • Publication number: 20100126055
    Abstract: Firearm support and rest assemblies having nested stacking geometries are disclosed herein. One embodiment of the disclosure, for example, is directed to a firearm rest assembly for supporting a firearm having a first section spaced apart from a second section. The firearm rest assembly includes a base having a lower surface spaced apart from an upper surface, and an intermediate surface positioned between and generally parallel to the lower and upper surfaces. The firearm rest assembly further includes first and second supports coupled to the base in a configuration selected from a stored arrangement and a support arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: Battenfeld Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Russell A. Potterfield
  • Publication number: 20100126056
    Abstract: An apparatus and method that will enable a hunter to safely and easily field dress a dead animal. The apparatus includes a stake and two straps (one longer than the other) that are connected to each other, to the stake and to the dead animal's legs. The single stake can be inserted into the ground and each set of straps is adapted to be attached to stake and to one or more of the dead animal's legs. The hunter has the ability to use one, two, three or four sets of straps to restrain/control/stabilize as many of the dead animal's legs as that hunter desires to restrain/control/stabilize. The hunter also has the opportunity to use no stake and still safely, easily and successfully field dress their dead animal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Scott R. Nice, Charles B. Weed
  • Publication number: 20100126057
    Abstract: An improved trawl door (10) is adapted for being towed through water both at shallower and at larger angles of attack. The trawl door (10) includes at least one main deflector (24, 25) having a profile (46) formed by an inner surface (48) and an outer surface (47). The profile (46) spans a chord length “C” that extends along a Chord Direction Line (83) between leading and trailing edges (12, 14) of the main deflector (24, 25). The trawl door also includes at least one leading edge slat (20, 22) at least a portion of which is located in front of the outer surface (47) of the main deflector. The trawl door (10) in one aspect is characterized by an acute angle of inclination (91, 92) between a chord line (81, 82) of the leading edge slat (20, 22) and the Chord Direction Line (83) that is at least thirty-five degrees) (35°). The trawl door (10) in another aspect is characterized by having an aspect ratio of at least two to one (2.0:1.0).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventor: Sherif Adham Safwat
  • Publication number: 20100126058
    Abstract: A fishing lure includes a lure body, a weight and fins. The lure body is shaped like a fish, and includes a top side and a bottom side. The lure body is weighted such that it is biased towards a top side down orientation if the lure is suspended in water without being pulled through water. The at least one angled surface on the body tend to propel the lure body towards a top side up orientation if the lure is pulled through water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: Bass Pro Intellectual Property, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Timothy Richard HUGHES
  • Publication number: 20100126059
    Abstract: A water emulsion production apparatus including a water emulsion container, a pump for applying a pressure to an oil-water mixture, an injection nozzle injecting the oil-water mixture supplied through the pump into the water emulsion container, and a collision plate which is arranged opposed to the injection nozzle in the water emulsion container and with which the oil-water mixture injected through the injection nozzle is caused to collide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2010
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Keijiro Shiode, Tadashi Taguchi, Masao Miyamoto, Hironori Kijima
  • Publication number: 20100126060
    Abstract: Waste water emissions from a biodiesel production facility are substantially reduced by recovering water from a spent water stream used in a water washing step in the refining of crude biodiesel which water washing removes glycerin. The water is recovered from the spent water stream is concentrated to provide an aqueous fraction which can be recycled for the water washing. The concentration also provides a glycerin-containing fraction containing that can be blended with crude glycerin by-product generated by transesterification of glycerides to make the biodiesel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: BEST ENERGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas A. Maliszewski, Donald L. Bunning, David J. Schreck, Louis A. Kapicak, Norman L. Balmer
  • Publication number: 20100126061
    Abstract: Provided are methods for binding particulate solids in a polymer fiber matrix utilizing composite waste products. A mixture of composite waste products and particulate solids is formed into solid products to create degradation resistant solid units which capture the particulate solids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: KELA ENERGY, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas K. Flanery, Lorence M. Moot, Lawrence W. Umstadter
  • Publication number: 20100126062
    Abstract: A greenhouse is disclosed that generally comprises an enclosed growing section with an enclosed end gable adjacent to the growing section. The end gable is arranged to flow air into the growing section. Air distribution tubes are included within the growing section with the tubes arranged to provide for substantially uniform air flow into the growing section. The air tubes can also be arranged to compensate for heat differential between the air in the tubes and in the growing section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Casey Houweling, Geurt Reinders
  • Publication number: 20100126063
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a plant growth system wherein light sources are located close to plants so as to efficiently ensure a sufficient amount of light for the plants to grow and simultaneously ensure air flow, thereby providing a favorable growth environment for the plants. In a plant growth chamber (1), there are provided multiple shelf parts (32) for irradiating the plants with light for the growth, a cover (332) surrounding the light sources (331) wherein multiple ventilation bores (332x) are formed on a plant-facing face (3321) of a transparent light-permeable wall, an air inlet (31a) that opens in the space within the cover (332) for sucking the air in the space, and a circulation channel (L1) that cools down the air sucked through the air inlet (31a) and blows out the sucked air into the plant growth chamber (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: FAIRY ANGEL INC.
    Inventor: Kenji Emoto
  • Publication number: 20100126064
    Abstract: A fastener and method of securing a plant to a wire is described. The fastener may be used, for example, to secure a grapevine to a foliage wire. In one embodiment, a flexible fastener is provided that can secure the plant. The fastener includes two convex portions for attaching to the wire, and can deform to restrain the plant against the wire. In one embodiment, the fastener is deformable to allow the two convex portions to overlap and accept the wire, thus restraining a plant. In another embodiment, a biodegradable fastener is provided that can easily secure a plant to a wire, and which can be left in the field to decompose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventor: Nils Cunningham
  • Publication number: 20100126065
    Abstract: A method of improving germination of plant seeds, comprising a low temperature contact process of allowing plant seeds to contact plant growth regulating agents and water at a temperature lower than 10° C. wherein the treatment time in the low temperature contact process is shorter than 24 hours, and a method of improving germination of plant seeds, comprising (1) a low temperature contact process of allowing plant seeds to contact plant growth regulating agents and water at a temperature lower than 10° C., and (2) a low temperature preservation process of preserving, after the first process, the plant seeds at a temperature lower than 10° C., wherein the sum of the treatment time in the low temperature contact process and the treatment time in the low temperature preservation process is shorter than 24 hours; and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: Sumika Agrotech Company, Limited
    Inventors: Ryo Nishimura, Yasutaka Soeda
  • Publication number: 20100126066
    Abstract: A modular green roof system includes: a bottom layer including a porous structure such that water may pass through the bottom layer; a silt management layer adjacent to the bottom layer; an insulation layer adjacent to the silt management layer; a water retention layer adjacent to the insulation layer, a growth media layer adjacent to the water retention layer; a biodegradable layer including plant seed adjacent to the growth media layer; a top layer including a porous structure such that water and sunlight may pass through the top layer, wherein the top layer and the bottom layer form a perimeter within which the silt management layer, the water retention layer, the growth media layer and the biodegradable layer are contained; and a plurality of thickness controllers spaced intermittently such that the distance between the bottom layer and the top layer is limited by the thickness controllers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventor: David DeVos
  • Publication number: 20100126067
    Abstract: In a burner for highly caking coal in which a solid fuel channel and a gasifying agent channel are provided in a double pipe structure, the temperature increase of the particles of a highly caking solid fuel and the resulting fusion and expansion of the particles are prevented or suppressed, thereby enabling a stable operation of the gasifier. In a burner for highly caking coal in which a solid fuel channel that is attached for gasifying a highly caking solid fuel that has been pulverized into particles and that supplies the solid fuel into the gasifier, and a gasifying agent channel that supplies a gasifying agent into the gasifier are provided in a double pipe structure, the burner has a triple pipe structure including a cooling water channel that circulates cooling water between the solid fuel channel and the gasifying agent channel, and the cooling water is recovered after use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Koyama, Takeshi Aruga, Hiromi Ishii, Kazuyuki Myoyo
  • Publication number: 20100126068
    Abstract: A powder injection system for use in pulverized coal gasification under pressure is provided. The powder injection system includes a reservoir for stocking the pulverized coal, a plurality of power injection tubes and a metering unit. A mixture of nitrogen and carbon dioxide is fed to the components that are at operating pressure, namely the powder injection tube and the metering unit, as the inerting and flow medium or fluidizing medium. The nitrogen and carbon dioxide mixture-carrying components are heated in such a manner that the temperature is above the threshold of the diphase range. A method is also provided. The method allows reduction of the nitrogen content in the product gas, which nitrogen is caused by the powder injection system, especially when used in pulverized coal gasification under pressure to produce a synthesis gas for the production of different hydrocarbons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Manfred Schingnitz, Günter Tietze
  • Publication number: 20100126069
    Abstract: The present invention has been designed to provide a solution to problems with conventional gasifiers which operate by having fuel introduced at one end of a gasification retort and gas and residues removed from the other end. This frequently results in powdered char residues being ejected with the gas, causing increased gas clean-up requirements. The present invention provides a solution to this problem by removing the gas from the retort at the fuel inlet end via the fuel feed apparatus which is preferably a combined ram and scroll feed providing a supply of fuel under anaerobic conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventor: Peter Stein
  • Publication number: 20100126070
    Abstract: A fuel reformer, includes: a reformer burner, which generates a flame in a reforming pipe disposed to surround at least the flame of the reformer burner, the reforming pipe being filled with a reforming catalyst and having corrugated portions on a surface facing the reformer burner and a bottom surface of the reforming pipe disposed adjacent to the flame in which a flame blocking member is disposed between the flame of the reformer burner and the reforming pipe to isolate the flame of the reformer burner from the reforming pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Samsung SDI Co., of Ltd.
    Inventors: Doo-hwan LEE, Hyun-chul Lee, Kang-hao Lee
  • Publication number: 20100126071
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to the field of pet doors, particularly selective entry pet doors based on detection of RFID tags. We describe a pet door comprising: an RFID reader to read an RFID tag on a pet; and a lock coupled to said RFID reader to control access through said pet door in response to an RFID signal from said tag; wherein said RFID reader has two modes, a first operational mode and a second, reduced power mode, and wherein said pet door further comprises: a pet proximity detector coupled to said RFID reader to identify when a pet is proximate said pet door and to control said RFID reader responsive to said identification such that when said pet is proximate said RFID is in said operational mode and such that said RFID reader is otherwise in said reduced power mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventor: Nicholas Patrick Roland Hill
  • Publication number: 20100126072
    Abstract: A door operating device of an air conditioner for an automobile may include a cam plate which is rotatably connected to a stationary member to rotate according to a conversion of an air conditioning mode, and a plurality of rotation lever, one end of which is coupled to respective mode door and the other one end of which is connected to a guide member formed to the cam plate to guide movement of the other end of the rotation lever in response to rotation of the cam plate, the mode doors being pivotally coupled to the stationary member, wherein opening amounts of respective mode door are regulated according to a rotation angle of the cam plate which rotates by a control member to convert the air conditioning mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Eung Young Kim, Kwang Ok Han