Patents Issued in September 1, 2011
  • Publication number: 20110209409
    Abstract: A vehicle door comprising a first outer layer (70) and second outer layer (80), a foam portion (90) disposed between the first outer layer and the second outer layer, a compartment comprising a first outer member (10) and a second outer member (20) in parallel spaced relation, the first outer member and the second outer member joined by at least one intermediate member (30) having a flexible crease (32), a receiving cavity (A) disposed outwardly of the compartment for engaging the foam portion, the first outer member and the second outer member each disposed substantially flush with a foam portion outer surface (91,92), and the foam portion and the compartment disposed between the first outer layer and the second outer layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventor: Leo Monte Holmes
  • Publication number: 20110209410
    Abstract: A barrier isolator port assembly for connecting to a conventional docking port of an isolated enclosure is provided. The port assembly includes an annular body, a door assembly and a lock. The annular body is configured to engage a docking port of the isolated enclosure. The port assembly also includes a door assembly mountable within the annular body and a lock operatively connected to the annular body. The lock includes a lever and a pin. The lever is pivotably connected to the annular body about a pivoting member and configured to pivot about the pivoting member to removably insert the pin into the recess of the door assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Paul H. Norton, Edward Vander Bush, W. Edward Hill, Robert Nase
  • Publication number: 20110209411
    Abstract: An overhead door safety system includes a loading dock having a loading dock wall defining an opening. A truck and trailer door safety device is mounted to the loading dock wall. The truck and trailer door safety device includes a mounting bracket adapted for mounting to the loading dock wall and a swing arm. The swing arm includes an arm extension portion and a pivot portion. The pivot portion is pivotally mounted to the mounting bracket so that the swing arm pivots about a pivot axis between a retaining position and a storage position. In the retaining position, the arm extension portion is disposed beneath an overhead door of a truck positioned adjacent to the opening of the loading dock wall to prevent the overhead door from closing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2010
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventors: Timothy B. Thompson, Jeffrey C. Bassett, Nicholas R. Tonozzi, Richard T. Rundle, Mike E. Daly, Dale H. Peleski, Tom G. Peterson, Harvey E. Boyles, Bennie L. Dickerson, Claudie D. Morgan, William H. Hough, Danny R. Dale
  • Publication number: 20110209412
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for providing a chemical mechanical polishing pad. The pad includes a polishing layer having a top surface and a bottom surface. The pad includes an aperture having a first opening in the top surface and a second opening in the bottom surface. The top surface is a polishing surface. The pad includes a window that includes a first portion made of soft plastic and a crystalline or glass like second portion. The window is transparent to white light. The window is situated in the aperture so that the first portion plugs the aperture and the second portion is on a bottom side of the first portion, wherein the first portion acts a slurry-tight barrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventors: Dominic J. Benvegnu, Jeffrey Drue David, Bogdan Swedek
  • Publication number: 20110209413
    Abstract: Provided is a non-spherical silica sol containing non-spherical silica fine particles dispersed in a dispersion medium, the non-spherical silica fine particles having an average particle diameter in a range of 3 to 150 nm as measured by dynamic light scattering, a minor-diameter/major-diameter ratio in a range of 0.01 to 0.8, and a specific surface area in a range of 10 to 800 m2/g, and also having a plurality of wart-like projections on the surfaces thereof, and a process for producing the non-spherical silica sol. The non-spherical silica fine particles contained in the non-spherical silica sol have a unique structure different from the structure of ordinary non-spherical silica fine particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: JGC CATALYSTS AND CHEMICALS LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Nishida, Kazuhiro Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20110209414
    Abstract: A sintered cubic boron nitride (cBN) compact for use in a tool is obtained by sintering a mixture of (i) cubic boron nitride, (ii) aluminum oxide, (iii) one or more refractory metal compounds, and (iv) aluminum and/or one or more non-oxide aluminum compounds. The sintered bodies may have sufficient strength and toughness to be used as a tool material in solid, i.e. not carbide supported, form, and may be useful in heavy machining of cast irons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: DIAMOND INNOVATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Rajeev Tirumala Pakalapati, James Michael McHale, JR.
  • Publication number: 20110209415
    Abstract: A security screening facility for a location in which passengers travel from a check-in location within an in-secure area of a terminal to a secure part of the terminal for eventually boarding a transport vehicle. The facility includes a prefabricated building located alongside the terminal which houses body scanning apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventors: Peter Lowes, Beverley Bowles
  • Publication number: 20110209416
    Abstract: A joint element for a pneumatic structural element. The joint element includes a sleeve, a compression member, two tension members and two spherical caps. In each case one joint element is fitted for the spherical caps. The joint elements serve for introducing tensile and compressive forces, in a manner free of bending moments, into the pneumatic structural element. The joint element has holes for fastening the compression member with a screw, on the one hand, and holes for accommodating the tension members, on the other hand. The symmetrical arrangement of the holes ensures that the vectors of bearing forces and of the tensile and compressive forces in the joint element added together give zero and, furthermore, the bending moments occur symmetrically in relation to the compression members. Configuring the joint element as a plate ensures that torques are neither introduced from the outside nor diverted to the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventor: Mauro Pedretti
  • Publication number: 20110209417
    Abstract: A health booth includes a telescopic and pivotal board including two telescopic units having one ends pivotably attached to a board; a seat assembly including two parallel columns mounted on the other side wall, a horizontal bar slidably put on the columns, a telescopic support post mounted between the horizontal bar and a bottom, and a collapsible seat secured to the horizontal bar, and a pivot assembly including a channel mounted onto one side wall, two torsion springs in the channel, two outer cylindrical members each together with one inner cylindrical member to dispose the other ends of the telescopic units therein, and two groups of a plurality of fasteners wherein each group of the fasteners are driven through the outer cylindrical member into the inner cylindrical member to fasten the other ends of the telescopic units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventors: Yen-Chung Ma, Yen-Ping Ma
  • Publication number: 20110209418
    Abstract: A light weight modular enclosure that may be easily assembled by a user and mounted on a utility trailer or pickup truck includes a plurality of modular foam-encapsulated side panel assemblies and two foam-encapsulated corner panel assemblies arranged in adjacent positions in U-shaped anchor channels secured along three edges of a rectangular floorboard to form a front wall and two side walls of the modular enclosure. The side panel and corner panel assemblies each include a plurality of molded key pins and key sockets that are positioned for mating engagement to secure the panel assemblies in strict alignment when adjacently positioned in the anchor channels. A door frame assembly fits into the open rear end of the modular enclosure. A pop-up canopy assembly is installed over the top of the modular enclosure to provide additional head room during use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventor: Lawrence V. Drake
  • Publication number: 20110209419
    Abstract: An improved bird repellent device which is simple and inexpensive to produce and install, yet which is 100% effective in preventing birds from landing or nesting on the protected structure by presenting a surface which projects outwardly from the protected structure at an angle in excess of 25° is impossible for birds to land or nest on and which can be installed quickly and easily on substantially any structure to be protected and is 100% effective in preventing landing or nesting of birds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: ULTIMATE BIRD CONTROL, LLC
    Inventor: Randall C. Lippie
  • Publication number: 20110209420
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the photovoltaic generation of electrical energy. The present invention relates more particularly to photovoltaic products for use in photovoltaically generating electrical energy. One aspect of the invention is a photovoltaic element comprising: a top face and a plurality of lateral sides; one or more photovoltaic cells defining a photovoltaic region on the top face, the photovoltaic region extending substantially to one or more of the lateral sides; and one or more selvage edges disposed along one or more of the lateral sides to which the photovoltaic region does not extend.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventors: Walter Roach, Robert Jenkins
  • Publication number: 20110209421
    Abstract: A pan tile for use in a roofing system and assembly, wherein a plurality of such pan tiles are disposed in confronting, supported relation on an underlying roof support and in underlying, at least partially supporting relation to plurality of overlapping, exteriorly exposed roof tiles, wherein the pan tiles may be structured individually or integrally in longitudinal arrays. The pan tile includes a planar base and two oppositely disposed planar side segments extending outwardly from opposite peripheries of said base at a common, preferred obtuse angle. Leading and trailing ends of pan tiles have a greater and lesser transverse dimension respectively, wherein the side segments or oriented in a converging configuration extending from the leading end to the trailing end of the pan tile. Solar energy systems may also be incorporated in the individual pan tiles and/or the longitudinal arrays thereof. The roofing assembly may further include a heat dissipating assembly and/or a stabilizing assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventor: Daniel Efrain Arguelles
  • Publication number: 20110209422
    Abstract: A photovoltaic module for mounting to a roof overlying rafters, wherein the rafters have a given spacing, and wherein the photovoltaic module is to be mounted to the roof with a desired spacing between horizontally-adjacent photovoltaic modules, the photovoltaic module having a width which is a multiple of the given spacing between rafters, after taking into account the desired spacing between horizontally-adjacent photovoltaic modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventors: Zachary A. King, Andres Murillo
  • Publication number: 20110209423
    Abstract: A brace for securing roof decking adjacent a roof ridge vent takes the than of an elongated channel, preferably a metal J-shaped channel, with the brace being wrapped around the upper edge portion of the roof decking at the roof ridge. The brace stiffens and carries the weight of the roof decking between the roof trusses or rafters, allowing an unobstructed flow of ventilation air under the decking and preventing bowing of the roof decking. The brace is at least partially covered by a line of shingles and then mounting flange portions of a ridge vent extend over each of the brace, decking edge and shingles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventor: Sherman Leon McGlothlin
  • Publication number: 20110209424
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a self adhesive, flexible tape for flashing exterior wall openings. The tape is a composite comprising a barrier layer having an exterior surface and an interior surface and an adhesive layer overlying the interior surface. The barrier layer exterior surface is patterned to provide a gravity drainage path in both the tape machine direction (MD) and tape cross machine direction (CD).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: Henkel Corporation
    Inventor: William Longo
  • Publication number: 20110209425
    Abstract: An improved layout for a manufacturing facility is disclosed. The layout includes a production area which includes a hub which is at least partially surrounded by a manufacturing area. The manufacturing area comprises production stages used in the manufacturing process. The hub, having direct line-of-sight to the production stages, can easily monitor the manufacturing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventor: Wei Chak Joseph LAM
  • Publication number: 20110209426
    Abstract: Insulation spacer devices, methods and related construction techniques are provided. An exemplary device may include a body having a plurality of openings defining an openwork, to allow the passage of air therethrough when placed in contact with insulation material. The device may further include a plurality of spacer struts and/or spacing depressions fixedly attached to the body. The struts may be configured to maintain a predetermined distance between a first side of the insulation material and a building surface. The body and struts act together to define and maintain a space between the first side of the insulation material and the building surface, for example, for ventilation. The building surface can be the bottom face of a roof, an insulated attic floor, wall sheathing or a soundproofed demising wall, for example. The spacer device can be capable of being transported and stored together with, or as a separate item from, the insulation material, and can also be stored in nested layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventor: Robert W. Pollack
  • Publication number: 20110209427
    Abstract: A floor tile comprising: a first section having a finished surface and an opposing unfinished sectional surface; a second section having a finished surface and an opposing unfinished sectional surface; the first sectional surface being attached to the second sectional surface and offset from the second sectional surface, the offset defining a connecting edge along the first and second sectional surfaces, wherein the first finished surface and the second finished surface are opposing and outward facing, and wherein the floor tile is connectable to an adjacent floor tile via the connecting edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventor: Blair Lawrence
  • Publication number: 20110209428
    Abstract: A laminated shingle simulates a slate roof when placed with other similar shingles on a roof deck. The laminated shingle includes an overlay member and an underlay member fixedly attached to each other such that the lower edges of the overlay and underlay members are generally co-linear with each other. The overlay member includes an upper or headlap portion and a lower or exposed butt portion with one or more generally rectangular-shaped tabs separated by relatively narrow cutouts. In one embodiment, the width of each tab is randomly selected. Preferably, the entire front surface of the underlay member is coated with a layer of relatively dark granules to enhance the slate simulating aspect of the shingle. In. another embodiment, the overlay member also includes a layer of relatively dark granules randomly applied to the upper and lower edges of the tabs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: OWENS CORNING INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL, LLC.
    Inventor: Bert W. Elliott
  • Publication number: 20110209429
    Abstract: There is described a method for fabricating a modular panel, the method comprising a continuous production cycle comprising: providing a space between two parallel exterior faces continuously supplied, the space also enclosed between two opposite outer edges; positioning a fastener within the space, along at least one of the two opposite outer edges, the positioning performed at a given rate to form a customized and predetermined pattern, and while the space is being provided; at least partially filling the space with an insulation layer, the insulation layer being also used for holding said fastener in place; and cutting at least the insulation layer to form the modular panel, the cutting according to the customized and predetermined pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: Systems Norbec inc.
    Inventor: Jean-Pierre Gingras
  • Publication number: 20110209430
    Abstract: A locking system for mechanical joining of floorboards (1, 1?) which have a body (30), a lower balancing layer (34) and an upper surface layer (32). A strip (6) is integrally formed with the body (30) of the floorboard (1) and extends under an adjoining floorboard (1?). The strip (6) has a locking element (8), which engages a looking groove (14) in the underside of the adjoining floorboard (1?) and forms a horizontal joint. A tongue (38) and a tongue groove (36) form a vertical joint between upper and lower plane-parallel contact surfaces (43, 45) and are designed in such manner that the lower contact surfaces (45) are on a level between the upper side of the locking element (8) and a plane containing the underside (3) of the floorboard. Also, a floorboard having such a locking system, a floor made of such floorboards, as well as a method for making such a locking system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: VALINGE INNOVATION AB
    Inventor: Darko PERVAN
  • Publication number: 20110209431
    Abstract: An easy-to-be-assembled double face bezel structure includes at least one first frame elements having a top joint portion and a lateral joint portion with built-on rivet units; at least one second frame element having a top joint portion and a lateral joint portion with rivet holes penetrating therethrough. The method for assembling the easy-to-be-assembled double-face bezel structure involves placing the built-on rivet units into the corresponding rivet holes whereby the top joint portions and the lateral joint portions of the first frame element and the second frame element are aligned, and punching each rivet unit so that it tightly joins with the corresponding rivet hole. No further welding or adhesion is necessary for joining the first frame element and the second frame element. The double-face bezel structure not only provides double-face protection, but also provides a stronger structural connection of the first frame element and the second frame element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: JOCHU THCHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wen-Chin TSAI
  • Publication number: 20110209432
    Abstract: A “slip-clip” assembly that may be used to attach studs to top tracks in metal frames to offset the effects of the upward or downward displacement and that provide an expedient in the whole building process wherein the studs are held in place by clip assemblies. The clip is rigidly attached to a side leg of the top track. The clip has formed therein a recess adapted to loosely engage a portion of a rim on an adjacent flange so that the stud is loosely held in place with a slippage tolerance to absorb vertical pressures on said frame stud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventor: Mike A. Downey
  • Publication number: 20110209433
    Abstract: A sealing component is disclosed that is installed across an uneven surface without having dedicated segments for engaging raised and recessed portions of the uneven surface. The sealing component may include an elongated strip of compressible nonwoven material. The elongated strip may include an adhesive on one or two sides. In a pre-installation configuration, the strip may be wound into a coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: Marco Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark D. Polumbus
  • Publication number: 20110209434
    Abstract: On a roof having a raised seam, a method of securing a cable comprises extending a first run of cable in a direction generally parallel to the raised seam. In accordance with the method a cover is accessed having a channel dimensioned to receive the cable therein. The cover is installed on the roof at the raised seam. The cable is secured in the channel of the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2010
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: HOT EDGE, INC.
    Inventors: Malcolm Brent Nark, Bronson Rumsey, Edwin Peterson
  • Publication number: 20110209435
    Abstract: A premixed composition is formed from modified polyacrylate polymer, silicone emulsion, one or more amine compounds, and silane, that cures rapidly to form a composition that can be used as a grout or coating. The premixed composition includes a latex resin including an acrylic-based polymer, a silicone emulsion, one or more amine compounds, and a silane, and optionally various fillers, pigments, and adjuvants. These components in the proper proportions form a stable viscous suspension that can be floated into tile joints, and cleaned from an adjacent tile surface. The composition rapidly cures to form a hard mass that is resistant to abrasion, in both dry and wet conditions, is color consistent, and is resistant to staining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: CUSTOM BUILDING PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Steven L. Taylor, Zosimo D. Pamaran
  • Publication number: 20110209436
    Abstract: A base structure for the production of prefabricated units includes, in one embodiment, a frame having at least two posts opposed to each other. One or a plurality of panels are framed within the posts to realize the base structure. The structure further includes, at predetermined heights h in the posts, couples of holes coaxial to each other to allow the insertion of tie bars configured to apply a reciprocal approaching action to the posts such to block the panels enclosed between them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2008
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventor: Elena Fabbri
  • Publication number: 20110209437
    Abstract: A composite panel for the construction of floors, walls, beams and pillars, comprising a prismatic or parallelepiped-shaped laminated structure body consisting of a plurality of corrugated sheets that are arranged in parallel planes. The corrugations of each sheet are extended in directions parallel to each other and crossed relative to those of the adjacent corrugated sheets. The valleys of the corrugations of a sheet are linked to the peaks of the corrugations of the adjacent sheet. The panel comprises perforated reinforcing tubular members that are fixed on outer surfaces of the laminated structure body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventor: Sebastiano BERTERO
  • Publication number: 20110209438
    Abstract: A method of producing an engineered composite structural panel by selecting a structural panel having at least two structural shells, an insulating material extending therebetween, and a plurality of truss members extending therebetween. A determination is made if the two or more structural shells act as a unitary composite structural panel. If the structural panel is not a unitary composite structural panel, then parameters of the panel are adjusted and it is further determined whether the panel is a unitary composite structural panel. Combined truss systems for strengthening the structural panels may be formed by combining ladder truss members with warren truss members, by superimposing the ladder truss members and warren truss members, and by superimposing ladder truss members with a warren truss member and another warren truss member that is inverted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventors: Petros Keshishian, Armen Martirossyan
  • Publication number: 20110209439
    Abstract: A bale cutter assembly and associated method for automatically cutting a bale of fibrous material to allow for the taking of a sample at a single point from one or two sides of the bale after the bale has been conveyed from the bale press with the bale retention straps in place. An elevator mechanism lifts the bale from a lower level to an upper level, while the plurality of cutter assemblies cut a section of the bale for obtaining the sample when the bale is being lifted between the lower level and the upper level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventor: BRADLEY P. ACTIS
  • Publication number: 20110209440
    Abstract: Bag packaging machine comprising an intermittent carousel having vertical spindles (M) fastened to the horizontal carousel (G) and facing upwards allowing the realization of bags (S) with the opening facing downwards and the bottom facing upwards and collecting means adapted to collect the bags (S) from the spindles (M) and to reverse them so as to place them with the opening facing upwards and the bottom facing downwards so as to be able to fill them. For example, the collecting means may comprise a belt (N) in continuous transit, to which holding means (V), such as for instance suction cups, are connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventor: Gino RAPPARINI
  • Publication number: 20110209441
    Abstract: A standalone packaging manipulation apparatus performing predetermined packaging manipulation operations on bags being transported along an arcuate transportation path of a rotary-type bag transportation apparatus, the standalone packaging manipulation apparatus including a main arm that pivots and also extends and retracts in a horizontal plane, a sub-arm provided at a distal end portion of the main arm so as to ascend and descend and to rotate in the horizontal plane, and filling nozzle provided on the sub-arm with a predetermined spacing therebetween and simultaneously filling a plurality of bags with liquid. The operation of these elements is performed by mutually independent servomotors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: Toyo Jidoki Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shoichi KOGA
  • Publication number: 20110209442
    Abstract: Methods of sterilizing medical devices, including implantable medical devices like stents, chemically and with radiation are disclosed. Methods of preparing a sterile, packaged medical device, including a sterile, packaged implantable medical device or stent are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Abigail Freeman, Bin Huang
  • Publication number: 20110209443
    Abstract: System for sterilization, comprising a packaging (2) comprising a recipient (3) closed with a closing element (4) and a device (1) with a heating element (8) for sterilizing the content of the recipient (3) by heating, characterized in that the device (1) comprises a pressure device (7) to create an over- and/or an underpressure in the recipient (3) by injecting in and/or removing out of the recipient a fluidum through a connecting chamber (5) present in the packaging (2) and closing means (9) to close the recipient airtight after sterilization by means of the closing element (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventors: Jan Jozef Ryckewaert, Johan Daniel Wallays
  • Publication number: 20110209444
    Abstract: A deflator apparatus for use in a farm, fill and seal bagging machine to deflate excess air from and form a filled or partially filled package of bulk goods includes a first deflator having a plurality of first flexible bands that extends between a pair of first arms. The apparatus further includes a second deflator having at least one second flexible band that extends between a pair of second arms. The first and second deflators are spaced from one another and movable relative to one another to sandwich the package of bulk goods between the plurality of first flexible bands and the at least one second flexible band to remove excess air from the package and form the package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventors: David C. Ours, Sharon B. Juntunen
  • Publication number: 20110209445
    Abstract: A method for storage and transport of a commodity is described. The method may include the steps of placing the commodity in a long-term storage container, hermetically sealing said long-term storage container, and placing the long-term storage container in an outer container. The long-term storage container may include an outer layer, an inner layer, and a middle layer. The middle layer may be made of an ultra-low permeability material. The placing may include providing a capability of storing for at least four months.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: GrainPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Philippe Villers, Tom de Bruin, Shlomo Navarro
  • Publication number: 20110209446
    Abstract: A wet gas separator providing superior separation of entrained droplets of liquids in a gas stream when compared with prior art wet gas separators. The wet gas separator of the present invention has a combination of: a gas inlet system with vanes that divide and direct the gas stream very evenly across the cross-sectional area of the inlet portion of the apparatus, a first stage Z-shaped de-entraining device at the upstream side of a wire mesh mist eliminator, and a gas outlet system having cyclones for removal of traces of re-entrained droplets. The apparatus of the present invention has capability of improving processing throughput by 50% when compared with prior art apparatus, with greater de-entrainment efficiency (achieving 99.7% removal of droplets larger than 10 microns in size).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventors: Zainab Kayat, Adam T. Lee, Farzad G. Tahmassi, Zakariah bin Kasah, Hasni B. Haron
  • Publication number: 20110209447
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cyclonic separating apparatus and a vortex finder plate for use in a cyclonic separating apparatus, the vortex finder plate including a support structure and a plurality of vortex finder support flaps extending from the support structure, each vortex finder support flap comprising a vortex finder. At least one of the vortex finder support flaps is connected to the support structure by a hinge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: David Colin Worker, Oliver Henry Sherston Chambers
  • Publication number: 20110209448
    Abstract: Disclosed is an oil separator built-in scroll-type compressor which is compact and lightweight but still maintains the required strength, and which exhibits an excellent oil separating performance. The oil separator built-in scroll-type compressor includes a separation chamber which is disposed adjacent to a discharge chamber, and which separates an oil-containing gas introduced thereinto into gas and oil by centrifugal separation, and from which the separated oil is dropped downward and the gas is extracted upward; and a communication hole between the discharge chamber and the separation chamber through which the oil-containing gas is introduced from the discharge chamber into the separation chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventors: Toshimi Watanabe, Tatsuki Nomura, Jiro Iisuka
  • Publication number: 20110209449
    Abstract: The device according to the invention for separating a solid material and a gas substantially comprises an ascending conduit for conducting a gas-solid material suspension having a solid material supply port for feeding in a solid material and a gas supply port for feeding in a gas, a descending helical and/or spiral conduit, in which the gas-solid material suspension is separated into a solid material flow and a gas flow by centrifugal forces, a diverter head that connects the ascending conduit with the helical and/or spiral conduit, wherein in the region of the diverter head at least one bend is provided in the conduit configuration, connected to the end of the helical and/or spiral conduit a solid material conduit for discharging the flow of solid material and also connected to the end of the helical and/or spiral conduit a gas conduit for discharging the flow of gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: POLYSIUS AG
    Inventors: Verena Georg, Detlev Kupper, Luis Lagar Garcia, Andreas Hoppe, Heinz-Werner Thiemeyer, Daniel Klegraf, Thomas Deck, Stefanie Richter
  • Publication number: 20110209450
    Abstract: A sealing arrangement is provided in which a seal flange includes a seal flange body having an integrated electrically conductive seal integrated onto an outer circumferential edge of the seal flange body. The seal flange with integrated seal is installable to seal between two confronting mounting flange faces. The seal is operative to conduct electric charge between said seal flange body and said mounting flanges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: MANN+HUMMEL GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Stephan, Melanie Hirsch, Karlheinz Münkel, Daniela Döhring
  • Publication number: 20110209451
    Abstract: A nonwoven fabric for exhaust-gas treatment includes a multiplicity of metallic filaments having at least two types of different contours of the metallic filaments. An exhaust-gas purification device includes a channel structure through which exhaust gas can at least partially flow. The channel structure is made at least partially with such a nonwoven fabric. A method for producing a nonwoven fabric for exhaust-gas treatment is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: EMITEC GESELLSCHAFT FUR EMISSIONSTECHNOLOGIE MBH
    Inventors: HUBERTUS KOTTHOFF, STEFAN SEELIGER, DIETMAR CHAUCHET, LUDWIG WIERES
  • Publication number: 20110209452
    Abstract: A low cost cotton harvester (10) utilizing a tractor chassis (12) operated in the reverse direction includes a row unit is located forwardly of the drive wheels (20), and a single operator station (36) is situated above the drive wheels (20). A basket (60) is mounted above the engine (22) and the steerable wheels (18). The transmission (26) on the chassis (12) includes a mechanical front wheel drive (MFWD) output (30) located between the drive wheels (20) and the steerable rear wheels (18) which is connected to the row unit drive (50) to synchronize row unit drive speed with tractor drive wheel speed. The harvester fan (62) is connected to the existing power take off (PTO) shaft (32) on the tractor chassis (12) for operation independently of the row unit drive (50). Drop wheel axle structure (90) for the wheels may be used to provide crop clearance and to facilitate use of the chassis as a sprayer when the row unit (46) is removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventors: Kevin Jacob Goering, Craig Alan Puetz, Charles Ostermeier, Daniel John Johannsen
  • Publication number: 20110209453
    Abstract: A rotary mower has a center deck and wing decks extend laterally outward from the center deck and are oriented horizontally when in the field position. An actuator moves each wing deck from the field position to the raised transport position where the wing decks extend upward. A transport wheel and a field wheel are mounted on each side so that in the field position, the transport wheel is above the ground and the field wheel is supports the wing deck and in the raised transport position the field wheel is above the ground and the transport wheel supports the wing deck. A wing wheel supports each wing deck when in the field position. As the center deck is towed forward in the raised transport position, the wing decks pivot rearward with respect to the center deck from the raised transport position to the trailing transport position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: HIGHLINE MANUFACTURING INC.
    Inventors: Blake Neudorf, Cam Wilson, Monty Summach
  • Publication number: 20110209454
    Abstract: A low-cost, highly maneuverable cotton harvester (10) with a row unit (26) that effectively follows the ground contour includes frame structure (30) pivotally connected to the two lower links (22) of a tractor three-point hitch (14). A picking unit (26) is connected by a linkage structure (52) to the frame (30) and is closely coupled behind a rear drive wheel (16) of the tractor (12). A lift arm (98) extends forwardly and downwardly from an end (99) pivotally connected to the linkage structure (52a). The lower forward end of the lift arm includes a non-steerable gauge wheel (44) generally aligned with the tractor axle (44a), and a hydraulic cylinder (100) pivots the lift arm (98) relative to the linkage structure to adjust row unit operating height and to raise and lower the row unit to and from the field operating position. The gauge wheel axis (44a) is aligned with the axis (16a) of the drive wheel (16). A variable speed pulley assembly (90) synchronizes picker drum speed to ground speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventor: Daniel John Johannsen
  • Publication number: 20110209455
    Abstract: A crop header has generally horizontal flail disks mounted for driven rotation about generally upright axes. A pair of conditioner rolls is mounted in a discharge opening and a transfer roller is mounted behind the disks and in front of the nip. At each end, two disks are mounted outwardly of the discharge opening each rotating so that its blade moves inwardly and each carries an impeller to carry the crop inwardly. A third disk is arranged so that a line forward of the end of the discharge opening intersects the third disk inward of the axis of the third disk. The third disk rotates so that its blade moves outwardly so that the crop tends to pass between the second and third disks. A pair of impellers are mounted behind the second disk and move inwardly to carry the cut crop to the discharge opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventor: Neil Gordon Barnett
  • Publication number: 20110209456
    Abstract: A rake having a handle, and a rake head. The rake head includes a frame having a neck dimensioned to receive one end of the handle; a plurality of tines, the plurality of tines comprising: a movable inner tine section, the movable inner tine section having a first movable inner tine section, a second movable inner tine section and at least one fixed inner tine between the first movable inner tine section and the second inner tine section; and a fixed outer tine section on each side of the inner section; a support member extending across the plurality of tines, the support member comprising a plurality of supports positioned between the tines; and at screening material, which separates a wanted material from an unwanted material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventor: Joseph BERTO
  • Publication number: 20110209457
    Abstract: This invention relates to a device for correcting the alignment of the machining of a chainset housing (1b), the housing comprising a pair of half-casings (2a, 2b) inserted in one of the openings of the housing (1b) to position the parts (3a, 3b) of a pedalling effort or chain tension sensor which pivots inside the casing (2) and positions the shaft of the chainset (4) so as to rotate eccentrically compared to the pivot axis (Y-Y?) of the sensor (3) inside the casing (2), said device being characterized in that the sensor enables pivoting of the half-casings via a rolling-contact bearing (5) which, in a cross section passing through the axes of the half-casings, allows a ball-joint-like turning of the pivot axis of the effort sensor (3) with respect to the axes of the half-casings in order to allow the pivot axis of the sensor to be positioned independently of the axes of the two half-casings so that errors of alignment between the axes of the two half-casings can be eliminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventor: Dominique Crasset
  • Publication number: 20110209458
    Abstract: The invention refers to an aircraft gas turbine engine including a core engine 1 comprising at least a high pressure turbine 6 and a downstream low pressure turbine 7, a bypass duct 18 surrounding the core engine 1, as well as a mixer 19 arranged in an inlet portion of the low pressure turbine 7, into which a bypass flow 20 from the bypass duct 18 and a core flow 22 from the core engine 1 are supplied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KG
    Inventor: Dimitrie NEGULESCU