Hollow Work, Internal Surface Treatment Patents (Class 134/22.1)
  • Patent number: 11660803
    Abstract: Apparatus for treating plastic preforms, having a heating device for heating the plastic preforms, having forming devices for forming the plastic preforms into plastic containers, and having a sterilization device for sterilizing the plastic preforms, wherein the sterilization device has at least one first sterilization unit which has a rotatable transport carrier and a plurality of holding devices arranged on this transport carrier for holding the plastic preforms, as well as a plurality of first application devices for acting upon the plastic preforms, and the sterilization device has a second sterilization unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Inventors: Waldemar Suppes, Florian Geltinger
  • Patent number: 11555415
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine system includes a compressor, gas turbine, and combustor including a plurality of late lean fuel injectors supplied with secondary fuel to its interior. The gas turbine engine system includes a wash system in communication with the late lean fuel injectors. The wash system includes a water source; water pump; anti-corrosion agent fluid source with an anti-corrosion agent including a polyamine corrosion inhibitor; anti-corrosion agent supply piping in fluid communication with the anti-corrosion agent fluid source; mixing chamber receiving water and anti-corrosion agent to produce an anti-corrosion mixture in fluid communication with the mixing chamber and the plurality of late lean fuel injectors. Fluid from the mixing chamber including the water, the anti-corrosion agent fluid source, or a mixture thereof is injected, while the gas turbine engine is off-line, into the combustor at at least one of the plurality of late lean fuel injectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Alston Ilford Scipio, Colin Noel Stevens, Sanji Ekanayake
  • Patent number: 11541600
    Abstract: A method of making an object by additive manufacturing includes: (a) providing an additive manufacturing apparatus including a light source; (b) providing a carrier platform having a substantially planar object adhesion surface, the adhesion surface having a plurality of elongate wash channels formed therein; (c) producing the object on the carrier platform adhesion surface with the additive manufacturing apparatus from a light polymerizable resin, the object having at least one internal cavity formed therein; then (d) washing the object on the carrier platform with a wash liquid under conditions in which the wash liquid reaches the at least one internal cavity through the wash channels; then (e) optionally, at least partially drying the object on the carrier platform by separating the same from the wash liquid, and then agitating the object on the carrier platform to drain excess wash liquid from the object; (f) optionally, further curing the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Carbon, Inc.
    Inventors: R. Griffin Price, W. Ryan Powell, Yongqiang Li
  • Patent number: 11332266
    Abstract: A method for disinfecting a water system of an aircraft includes the introduction of damp hot air at an inlet of the water system by a ground service unit; flushing of the damp hot air from the inlet through water pipes of the water system to an outlet of the water system; and extraction of the damp hot air at the outlet; wherein the damp hot air is flushed into the inlet and out of the outlet over a predefined disinfection period, and wherein the damp hot air has a temperature between 60° C. and 80° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Inventors: Sebastian Flashaar, Michael Rempe, Axel Schreiner
  • Patent number: 11325168
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes arrangements, systems, and methods for removing mineral deposits. Disclosed is an aqueous solution within a container, with the container containing mineral deposits. The aqueous solution submerges the mineral deposits and may include at least one acid, or a combination of an organic acid and an inorganic acid in percentages that allow the replacement of toxic dangerous chemical ingredients. Disclosed also is a cathode and an anode within the container that are at least partially submerged within the aqueous solution. A direct current power source is configured to direct a voltage across the cathode and the anode to generate an electrical charge gradient within the aqueous solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: TRI-BROS. CHEMICAL CORP.
    Inventor: Robert S. Boiko
  • Patent number: 11313246
    Abstract: A wash system for a gas turbine engine includes a core turning assembly having a motor configured to be mechanically coupled to the gas turbine engine. The rotor of the core turning assembly is further configured to rotate one or more components of a compressor section or a turbine section of the gas turbine engine at a rotational speed greater than two (2) revolutions per minute and less than five hundred (500) revolutions per minute during washing operations of the gas turbine engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Michael Edward Eriksen, Ethan Patrick O'Connor
  • Patent number: 11302524
    Abstract: Embodiments of apparatus and method for testing metal contamination are disclosed. In an example, an apparatus for testing metal contamination includes a chamber in which a test object is placed, a gas supply configured to supply nitrogen gas into the chamber, a pressure controller configured to apply a pressure of at least about 1 torr in the chamber, and a measurement unit configured to measure a concentration of a metal from the test object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: YANGTZE MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bingguo Wang, Hongxia Ma, Hongbin Zhu
  • Patent number: 11244844
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a side storage pod apparatus of an equipment front end module (EFEM) includes a side storage enclosure having a surface configured to couple to a side wall of a body of the equipment front end module, and an opening configured to receive substrates from the equipment front end module. The EFEM further includes a side storage chamber within the side storage enclosure having a plurality of support members configured to support substrates thereon. The EFEM further includes a plenum chamber provided proximate the side storage chamber, the plenum chamber being a separate chamber from the side storage chamber and an exhaust port coupled to the plenum chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul B. Reuter, Murali Narasimhan, Amulya L. Athayde, Patrick Pannese, Dean C. Hruzek, Nir Merry
  • Patent number: 11186975
    Abstract: A flush water tank apparatus supplying flush water to a flush toilet by using electrical power generated in the flush water tank apparatus, and a flush toilet apparatus including the flush water tank apparatus are provided. The flush water tank apparatus includes a discharge valve hydraulic drive portion, a discharge control device, an electromagnetic valve, a branching portion causing supplied tap water to flow into the discharge control device and into the water supply valve respectively, and a generator generating electrical power to operate the electromagnetic valve. The generator is provided on a water conduit in a downstream side of the branching portion, and on the water conduit in an upstream side of the water supply valve or in a downstream side of the water supply valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Kitaura, Nobuhiro Hayashi, Akihiro Shimuta, Masahiro Kuroishi
  • Patent number: 11189511
    Abstract: Electronic device processing systems including an equipment front end module with at least one side storage pod are described. The side storage pod has a side storage container and a container plenum. A fan draws purge gas from the equipment front end module chamber into the container plenum where the purge gas is directed into the side storage container to pass over substrates stored therein and is then exhausted back into the equipment front end module chamber. Methods and systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul B. Reuter, Dean C. Hruzek, Nir Merry, John C. Menk, Douglas B. Baumgarten
  • Patent number: 11154818
    Abstract: A permeable membrane tube to separate mixed fluids is provided, including a cyclone generator configured to cause fluid entering the permeable tube to flow in a spiral direction. The cyclonic generator may be a plug positioned at the fluid entrance of the membrane tube. The fluid passes through the permeable membrane tube, which has a center axis along a length of the tube, and flows in the spiral direction thereby separating the fluid into first and second portions, wherein the first portion comprises fluid having a greater density than the second portion and the first portion is directed to an inner surface of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: SWIRLTEX HOLDINGS CORP.
    Inventor: Peter James Christou
  • Patent number: 11020756
    Abstract: A spool and wobbler assembly for a sprinkler includes a spool section with facing spool flanges on opposite sides of a spool core, where at least one of the spool flanges includes a circumferential rolling ledge. A wobbler cage including a wobbler ring is supported on the spool section, and a water deflector plate is coupled with the wobbler cage. An underside of the wobbler ring is provided with a circumferential rolling surface that engages the circumferential rolling ledge of the at least one spool flange. The rolling surface and rolling ledge provide for smoother orbital motion of the deflector plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: NELSON IRRIGATION CORPORATION
    Inventors: George L. Sesser, Craig B. Nelson, Andrew B. Hellie, Steven E. Crawford
  • Patent number: 11001923
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes (a) under a first process condition, supplying a purge gas containing hydrogen and oxygen to a process chamber from which an oxide film adhering to an internal member is removed by a cleaning gas containing a halogen element and exhausting the purge gas from the process chamber; and (b) under a second process condition differing from the first process condition, supplying the purge gas to the process chamber and exhausting the purge gas from the process chamber after performing (a), wherein the first process condition is a process condition under which reactivity of the halogen element, which remains within the process chamber when the cleaning gas is supplied to the process chamber, with the purge gas is higher than reactivity of the halogen element with the purge gas under the second process condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noriyuki Isobe, Kenji Kameda, Koichi Oikawa
  • Patent number: 10975470
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are disclosed for monitoring and/or detecting concentrations of a chemical precursor in a reaction chamber. The apparatus and method have an advantage of operating in a high temperature environment. An optical emissions spectrometer (OES) is coupled to a gas source, such as a solid source vessel, in order to monitor or detect an output of the chemical precursor to the reaction chamber. Alternatively, a small sample of precursor can be periodically monitored flowing into the OES and into a vacuum pump, thus bypassing the reaction chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: ASM IP Holding B.V.
    Inventors: John Shugrue, Carl White
  • Patent number: 10940431
    Abstract: A reclaiming method is disclosed including conducting evaporation by introducing a part of the absorbent to recover CO2 or H2S in a gas in a closed system recovery unit and separating a degraded substance contained in the absorbent from the absorbent to be introduced into an evaporator and obtain recovery steam containing an absorbent and CO2 or H2S by a heating section that is provided on a circulation line that circulates in the evaporator; and removing ionic degraded substance by cooling the concentrate obtained in the evaporation and removing an ionic degraded substance in the concentrate after the cooling, wherein a purified concentrate from which the ionic degraded substance has been removed is reused as a purified absorbent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.
    Inventors: Akiyori Hagimoto, Tsuyoshi Oishi, Tsutomu Hamada, Atsuhiro Yukumoto
  • Patent number: 10876083
    Abstract: An acidic cleaning composition and related methods of use for rapidly cleaning and sanitizing hard contact surfaces in the food and beverage industry. The acidic cleaning composition includes a concentrated acidic solution, a strong oxidizer, a surfactant, a suitable solvent and/or sufficient quantities of water. The acidic cleaning composition rapidly removes soils from food and beverage contact surfaces such as, for example, brewing vats and kegs, without requiring CO2 be removed from the brewery vessel. The acidic cleaning composition can be in a concentrated form for dilution with additional dilution water at ambient or faucet temperature as opposed to requiring the use of “hot” water. The acidic cleaning composition is free-rinsing leaving essentially no residue on the contact surface. The surfactant provides low-foam properties so as to avoid cavitation and damage within a pump assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: ZEE COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: James Diamantis, Keith Seyfried, Jonathan R. Bullard, James A. Faller, Robert C. Bullard
  • Patent number: 10738456
    Abstract: The application relates to a robust self-propelled device, having an oblong shape and a self-supporting housing (1) of the exoskeleton type, having attached a winch (10) and that is supported by a rail track (8), comprising active parts and supporting parts: a levelling blade (2) connected by means of swiveling rods (9) to the housing exoskeleton and in the top part thereof to a laser receiver (6) by a removable graduated rod (5), also in the rear part it is provided with an active device for placing ducts (3). The said device is operated by an actuating and control panel (7), mounted by means of a removable supporting rod (4). The said device serving to eliminate the need for the human presence in the sewerage channel, preventing the risk of accidents, increasing the construction rate, increasing the accuracy in laying the sand base and also placing the sewerage duct on the sand base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Inventor: Sorin Dinu
  • Patent number: 10731183
    Abstract: A process for the use of peracid compositions to eliminate and/or control the growth of undesirable bacteria, including contaminating bacteria, in the fermentation production of alcohol is disclosed. Beneficially, the peracid compositions and methods of use of the same do not interfere or inhibit the growth or replication of yeast and have low or no adverse environmental impact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Peter J. Fernholz, Jay Kummet
  • Patent number: 10708988
    Abstract: A modular heating system includes many composite heating modules, each with a microwave resonant cavity for accommodating an object. Each is separable into two parts. One part is a microwave heating semi-cavity which includes a microwave guiding device fixed on the machine frame, and the other part is a conductive heating semi-cavity which is transferrable as a carrier of heating object. The heat-receiving object is placed into a sealed container and positioned in the microwave resonant cavity. The microwaves propagated by the microwave guiding device can heat up the object. The sealed container is configured to sustain the outward expansion pressure due to the temperature rise in the object. The microwave resonant cavities act individually and do not affect each other. They are modular so as to provide the modular heating system with the flexibility to increase or decrease the module numbers for each production line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: BOTTLE TOP MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hong-I Chang, Kuang-Tse Chin, Ya-Chun Yu, Jung-Kuei Hsieh, Chien-Hung Lin
  • Patent number: 10695803
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus configured and adapted to provide less carryover in an automated clinical analyzer are disclosed. The methods include immersing a pipette into a neutralizing liquid vessel and aspirating a neutralizing liquid (e.g., a hypochlorite solution) into an interior of a pipette. The aspirated portion of the neutralizing liquid used to cleanse the pipette interior is then dispensed back into the neutralizing liquid vessel, rather than disposing of the used neutralizing liquid to a waste station. Apparatus and systems configured to carry out the methods are provided, as are other aspects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.
    Inventors: Carl Gebauer, Moses Peter
  • Patent number: 10651491
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for reducing fouling in a microbial fuel cell. The method comprises feeding of an influent comprising organic substance(s) into the microbial fuel cell (MFC), which comprises an anode and a cathode connected through an external electrical circuit with each other. Organic substance(s) are converted into electrical energy in the microbial fuel cell by using microorganisms, such as exoelectrogenic bacteria, and a treated flow is removed from the microbial fuel cell. A cleaning agent composition is fed simultaneously with the influent to the microbial fuel cell. The invention relates also to the cleaning agent composition and its use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Kemira Oyj
    Inventors: Mehrdad Hesampour, Hannele Havansi, Pirjo Vainio, Kirsi Kilponen
  • Patent number: 10538723
    Abstract: Provided is a non-aqueous maintenance liquid for an active energy ray-curable inkjet ink which can be used as a cleaning liquid for removing the inkjet ink and as a preserving liquid to fill the head when the printer is not in operation. The non-aqueous maintenance liquid for an active energy ray-curable inkjet ink of the present invention comprises a main liquid component, a pigment dispersant resin, and a surface control agent, wherein the main liquid component is an organic solvent and/or an active energy ray-curable compound, and the amount of the surface control agent is 0.01 to 10% by weight in 100% by weight of the maintenance liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignees: TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD, TOYO INK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Kameyama, Yohei Konda, Kazuhiro Jonai
  • Patent number: 10493497
    Abstract: A cleaning apparatus is provided that includes a first nozzle configured to direct a cleaning jet towards a contaminated surface at a pressure sufficient to remove contaminants from the surface. At least one second nozzle is configured to direct a rinsing jet towards the contaminated surface to remove cleaning fluid therefrom, wherein the rinsing jet is directed at a pressure sufficient to isolate the cleaning jet from an ambient environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Sergey G. Ponomarev
  • Patent number: 10481127
    Abstract: Methods of maintaining accuracy in the measurement of one or more parameters of industrial water in industrial water systems are provided. The methods include the use of physical and/or chemical procedures to prevent and/or remove deposition from one or more surfaces utilized in measurement of the one or more parameters. The deposition may be caused by, for example, corrosion, fouling, or microbiological growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Kun Xiong, Brandon M. Davis, William A. Von Drasek
  • Patent number: 10357809
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for removing noxious gases and cleaning hydrocarbon contaminants from equipment at a refinery, plant, or other facility during a turnaround period. The process includes injecting an aromatic solvent into the contaminated equipment with a gas stream, such as steam, and an additive. The combination of the steam and the chemical blend of solvent and additive dissolves harmful hydrocarbon material and removes noxious vapors from the equipment in a manner that is faster, more efficient, and can be performed at a significantly lower cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Kixmon Solutions, LLC
    Inventor: Blake Montgomery
  • Patent number: 10323539
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for in-situ (e.g. on-wing) cleaning of gas turbine engine components. The method includes injecting a dry cleaning medium into the gas turbine engine at one or more locations. The dry cleaning medium includes a plurality of abrasive microparticles. Thus, the method also includes circulating the dry cleaning medium through at least a portion of the gas turbine engine such that the abrasive microparticles abrade a surface of the one or more components so as to clean the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Bernard Patrick Bewlay, Brian Alan Kalb, Nicole Jessica Tibbetts, Ambarish Jayant Kulkarni, Byron Andrew Pritchard, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10132728
    Abstract: A biological sample processing apparatus having an enclosure. A plurality of sample processing modules are held by the enclosure. Each sample processing module is configured to hold a removable sample cartridge and to only perform sample processing on a sample within the corresponding removable sample cartridge. Each sample processing module is configured to perform at least one of a plurality of testing processes on the sample within the removable sample cartridge. At least one module in the apparatus is configured to perform nucleic acid amplification and detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Cepheid
    Inventor: John L. Bishop
  • Patent number: 10053776
    Abstract: A method of detoxifying an exhaust pipe in a film forming apparatus configured to supply a raw material gas contending a harmful component and a reaction gas capable of generating a harmless reaction product by reaction with the raw material gas into a process chamber to perform a film forming process on a substrate while independently exhausting the raw material gas and the reaction gas from a raw material exhaust pipe and a reaction gas exhaust pipe connected to the process chamber, respectively, is provided. The method includes supplying the reaction gas into the raw material exhaust pipe to detoxify an interior of the raw material exhaust pipe during a predetermined period in which the film forming apparatus is operated and the film forming process is not performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Yu Wamura, Fumiaki Hayase, Masahiko Kaminishi, Kosuke Takahashi, Yu Sasaki, Hiroko Sasaki
  • Patent number: 10031081
    Abstract: Peracid stable fluorescent active compounds in highly acidic, equilibrium peroxycarboxylic acid sanitizing compositions are disclosed as having improved fluorescent stability allowing for monitoring of peroxycarboxylic acid concentration by conductivity and/or optical sensors. Beneficially, the compositions are also low odor and low/no VOC dual functioning acid wash and sanitizing compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Junzhong Li, David D. McSherry, Allison Brewster, Richard Staub
  • Patent number: 9976686
    Abstract: A pigging system has an apparatus for launching one or more pigs into a process flow. The apparatus has a housing with a chamber, an inlet, and an outlet. The inlet receives the one or more pigs into the chamber and is sealable. The outlet is in sealed communication with the process flow and passes the one or more pigs out of the chamber to the process flow. A portion of the chamber is in communication with the process flow. A guide disposed in the chamber guides the one or more pigs in the chamber, and an actuator mechanically feeds the one or more pigs guided by the guide to the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: WeldFit Corporation
    Inventors: Russ C. Sander, David D. Wint, Todd K. Sale, Roxy R. Riggs, Douglas A. Sahm, Greg J. Drzewiecki
  • Patent number: 9908159
    Abstract: A washing method of a water treatment apparatus is provided. The washing method includes a wash water inflow operation in which wash water flows into circulation members, and a circulation washing operation in which a circulation modulation circulates the wash water through passages of the water treatment apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Woongjin Coway Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jung-Hwan Lee, Jin-Seong Ka, Ho-Dong Nam, Jong-Min Kim
  • Patent number: 9884988
    Abstract: Methods and compositions comprising an emulsion or a microemulsion for use in various aspects of the life cycle of an oil and/or gas well are provided. In some embodiments, the emulsion or the microemulsion comprises water, a solvent, and a surfactant, and optionally, one or more additives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Flotek Chemistry, LLC
    Inventors: Keith Ingram Dismuke, Randal M. Hill, Andrei Zelenev, James Silas, David Germack, Lakia M. Champagne, Charles Earl Hammond, John T. Pursley, Glenn S. Penny, Michael A. Bryan, Maria Elizabeth Green, Monica Smith-Gonzalez, Melinda Soeung, Hasnain Saboowala, Angus Fursdon-Welsh, Nathan L. Lett, Nicole Mast, Joby Hughes
  • Patent number: 9812315
    Abstract: The invention provides an aqueous solution capable of selectively protecting a nitrogen-containing silicon compound from corrosion by a treating solution for etching, cleaning or the like, etching oxygen-containing, carbon-containing silicon in particular, and making a large etch rate difference between a nitrogen-containing silicon compound and an oxygen-containing silicon compound, and a process for producing electronic parts as well. The invention is embodied by a treating solution for electronic parts that is an aqueous solution containing one or two or more of anionic surface active agents represented by the following formulae (1), (2) and (3), and a process for producing an electronic part. wherein R1, R2, and R3 stands for hydrogen or an alkyl or alkylene group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and X1 stands for a functional group capable of becoming an anionic ion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: FINE POLYMERS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshitada Kato, Naoya Sato, Shigeru Kamon, Koichiro Ogata
  • Patent number: 9786540
    Abstract: A system and method for a semiconductor wafer carrier is disclosed. An embodiment comprises a semiconductor wafer carrier wherein conductive dopants are implanted into the carrier in order to amplify the coulombic forces between an electrostatic chuck and the carrier to compensate for reduced forces that result from thinner semiconductor wafers. Another embodiment forms conductive layers and vias within the carrier instead of implanting conductive dopants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yung-Jean Lu, Ming-Fa Chen, Chen-Shien Chen, Jao Sheng Huang
  • Patent number: 9738918
    Abstract: A rapid one-pass liquid filtration system efficiently concentrates biological particles that are suspended in liquid from a dilute feed suspension. A sample concentrate or retentate suspension is retained while eliminating the separated fluid in a separate flow stream. Suspended biological particles include such materials as proteins/toxins, viruses, DNA, and/or bacteria in the size range of approximately 0.001 micron to 20 microns diameter. Concentration of these particles is advantageous for detection of target particles in a dilute suspension, because concentrating them into a small volume makes them easier to detect. Additional concentration stages may be added in “cascade” fashion, in order to concentrate particles below the size cut of each preceding stage remaining in the separated fluid in a concentrated sample suspension. This process can also be used to create a “band-pass” concentration for concentration of a particular target size particle within a narrow range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: InnovaPrep, LLC
    Inventors: David S. Alburty, Andrew E. Page, Zachary A. Packingham, Daniel B. Marske
  • Patent number: 9707520
    Abstract: A composition for treating a water system or membrane fluid system, such as a reverse osmosis system, to remove scale, microorganisms and biofilm, and corrosion by-products. The composition comprises chelating agents and a surfactant. The composition may be a solid dissolved by water or solvent in the system being treated or may be a pre-mixed foam or aerosol. A method for using such a treatment composition comprises contacting the treatment composition with substantially all parts of the water system and draining the treatment composition from the system before resuming normal operations. For certain systems, the method also comprises draining some existing water in the water system to remove prior treatment compositions and filling or rinsing the system with fresh water prior to adding the treatment composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: NCH Corporation
    Inventors: Adrian Denvir, James Gregory Edford, Angela L Delegard, Scott M Boyette
  • Patent number: 9670796
    Abstract: The present application thus provides a compressor wash system for use about a bellmouth of a compressor of a gas turbine engine. The compressor wash system may include a bellmouth wash nozzle positioned about the bellmouth of the compressor and a wash door assembly positioned about a lower half of the bellmouth such that the wash door assembly may be closed when the bellmouth wash nozzle is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Alston Ilford Scipio, Sanji Ekanayake
  • Patent number: 9605198
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the disclosure, mixtures of different carbon length alcohols are used as the primary feedstock for Guerbet alcohols. Specifically, embodiments relate to a method of synthesizing mixed molecular weight additives from a mixture of primary alcohols comprising, receiving a mixture of primary alcohols comprising at least two different chain length primary alcohols and reacting the mixture of primary alcohols to produce a mixture of Guerbet alcohols. The mixture of Guerbet alcohols is then used to produce an additive composition comprising additives of different molecular weights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
    Inventors: Robert Shong, Varadarajan Dwarakanath, Sophany Thach, Gregory Winslow
  • Patent number: 9586240
    Abstract: The present invention is generally directed toward methods of cleaning and descaling surfaces contaminated with food soils, especially clean-in-place systems. More particularly, the methods according to the present invention also provide for sanitizing of surfaces contaminated with food soils. Thus, there is provided a single cleaning cycle that may clean, sanitize, and descale food-soiled surfaces, and in certain embodiments, without the need for a pre-rinse step, using a non-chlorine detergent composition. The methods comprise a cleaning step and a post-rinsing step. In certain embodiments, a pre-rinse step is utilized, in which the volume of pre-rinse fluid used is less than 50% of the volume of cleaning solution used in the cleaning step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: DeLaval Holding AB
    Inventors: Fahim U. Ahmed, Bruno Van Den Bossche
  • Patent number: 9527058
    Abstract: To provide a processing device which is small but which can exhibits a sufficient processing amount and a uniform contact processing property. In the processing vessel 10, a liquid flow is set to a spiral flow, and in a contact processing field, the injection liquid A, B are injected at a center-side position with respect to an inner surface of the processing vessel so as to perform contact processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: TSUKISHIMA KIKAI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yo Doya, Hidenori Goto
  • Patent number: 9464814
    Abstract: Cleaning apparatus for kitchen equipment, in particular combination streaming, baking and cooking equipment has a cooking space that is to be cleaned which is delimited by at least one wall and includes at least one outlet opening for a liquid. The apparatus comprises a ventilation fan associated with the cooking space having a drive motor; a collecting tank which at least temporarily collects the liquid that exits the cooking space via the outlet opening; a supply line that can be used to supply fresh water and/or a cleaning fluid that can be controlled through a valve in the line; a circulating pump provided at the collecting tank for the liquid sitting in the collecting tank; a circulation line by which the liquid sitting in the collecting tank and conveyed by the circulating pump can be supplied to the cooking space and a drain line for discharging the liquid that exits the cooking space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: HANNING ELEKTRO-WERKE GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Werner Hangmann, Thomas Pflug, Christian Evert
  • Patent number: 9422469
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the disclosure, mixtures of different carbon length alcohols are used as the primary feedstock for Guerbet alcohols. Specifically, embodiments relate to a method of synthesizing mixed molecular weight surfactants from a mixture of primary alcohols comprising, receiving a mixture of primary alcohols comprising at least two different chain length primary alcohols and reacting the mixture of primary alcohols to produce a mixture of Guerbet alcohols. The mixture of Guerbet alcohols is then used to produce a surfactant composition comprising surfactants of different molecular weights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Varadarjan Dwarakanath, Robert Shong
  • Patent number: 9421557
    Abstract: A nozzle for discharging first and second fluids in a spray pattern into a vessel, such as oil and steam in a catalytic cracking unit, includes various configurations for preventing erosion of the outlet portion of the nozzle that otherwise might be due, for example, to contact with a catalyst or other predetermined substance. In one such nozzle, the exterior surface of the outlet portion substantially conforms to the internal contour of the vessel. In another such nozzle, the outlet portion defines a plurality of substantially concentric, substantially elliptical-shaped outlet apertures. In another nozzle, the outlet portion is formed of ceramic and is connected to the inlet portion by a metal connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Bete Fog Nozzle, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas J. Dziadzio, Daniel T. deLesdernier, Matthew P. Betsold, Ronald H. Emerson
  • Patent number: 9221274
    Abstract: Method for direct printing on containers via a direct printing machine, with a print layer printed onto the container, in a first predefined area, in a first device, and a cover layer applied to the container in a second device, the cover layer applied to a second predefined area. A surface area of the second predefined area is larger than that of the first predefined area. The cover layer coalesces with the printing ink in the first predefined area, creating a first connection, and coalesces with the container in parts of the second predefined area differing from the first predefined area, creating a second connection. The first and second connections are insoluble in aqueous solutions having a pH value between 3 and 10 and easily soluble in aqueous solutions having a pH value in a range of less than 3 and/or higher than 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: KRONES AG
    Inventor: Andreas Kraus
  • Patent number: 9206703
    Abstract: A system and method for washing a jet engine of an aircraft are disclosed. The method comprises creating a collecting bowl under the jet engine by coupling a suit to the jet engine of the aircraft and coupling an apron of the suit to the jet engine. After the suit is coupled to the jet engine, a cleaning cycle is performed, which includes injecting cleaning fluid into the jet engine, turning over the jet engine, and collecting resultant effluent in the bowl. Further, the effluent remains in the bowl until actively removed by a user. The suit may be coupled to the aircraft by wrapping a strap around a pylon that couples the jet engine to the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: AERO JET WASH LLC
    Inventor: Shahin Tadayon
  • Patent number: 9193175
    Abstract: Method for direct printing on containers via a direct printing machine, with a print layer printed onto the container, in a first predefined area, in a first device, and a cover layer applied to the container in a second device, the cover layer applied to a second predefined area. A surface area of the second predefined area is larger than that of the first predefined area. The cover layer coalesces with the printing ink in the first predefined area, creating a first connection, and coalesces with the container in parts of the second predefined area differing from the first predefined area, creating a second connection. The first and second connections are insoluble in aqueous solutions having a pH value between 3 and 10 and easily soluble in aqueous solutions having a pH value in a range of less than 3 and/or higher than 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: KRONES AG
    Inventor: Andreas Kraus
  • Patent number: 9174251
    Abstract: A cleaning process is provided for a test apparatus that has a switch, external connections and internal volumes that can come into contact with a fluid from a filter to be tested or a container to be tested. The cleaning process includes selecting one or more internal volumes to be cleaned, cleaning the selected internal volumes with a cleaning fluid by a corresponding switching of the switch, at least partially draining the cleaning fluid left in the selected internal volumes after cleaning, and flushing the selected internal volumes with a flushing fluid different from the cleaning fluid. Also provided are a computer program product for performing the cleaning process, a cleaning apparatus, and a test apparatus for testing filters and containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Sartorius Stedim Biotech GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Dahlberg, Hartmut Langer, Jens Meyer, Sven-Oliver Otto
  • Patent number: 9039841
    Abstract: A method of cleaning an internal component (14) of a process vessel (10) includes opening a guide (42) extending at least from a vessel access port or entry nozzle (38) to the internal component (14), guiding a cleaning agent/device by means of the guide (42) to the internal component (14), cleaning the internal component (14) with the cleaning agent/device, and closing the guide (42). The process vessel (10) is then operated with the guide (42) remaining in the process vessel (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Sasol Technology (Proprietary) Limited
    Inventors: Thomas Andries Scheepers Van Staden, Johan Frederick Kirsten
  • Patent number: 9039967
    Abstract: This disclosure describes example antiseptic applicators that may be used in combination with one or more cleansing, antimicrobial and/or antiseptic agents to reduce or eliminate contaminates on a surface. According to some embodiments, the disclosure describes that the applicators may contain an impermeable layer and a permeable layer, where the impermeable layer prevents contaminates for transferring from a user's hand to the permeable layer and the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Hyprotek, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick O. Tennican, L. Myles Phipps
  • Patent number: 9034110
    Abstract: A method for grit blasting tubes and for blowing swabs through tubes, automatically sensing that the swab has passed through the tube, and logging the event. Also, various methods are used for inserting the swabs into the tubes efficiently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Extundo Incorporated
    Inventors: Clifford L. Johns, August M Dattilo, III, Munaf Najmuddin Chasmawala, Manfred Schmidt