Abstract: The invention concerns a method for producing a gas rich in hydrogen by thermal pyrolysis of hydrocarbons which consists in carrying out, in a reactor (R) a catalyst-free thermal cracking to pyrolyze a fuel selected so as to produce either a gas rich in hydrogen and free of carbon monoxide, or a gas rich in hydrogen and containing carbon monoxide and in using said gas effluents during pyrolysis and inert with respect to the cell as fuel at the burner (B) to heat the reactor so as to bring it to a reaction temperature, and which consists, subsequently, in burning the powder carbon produced in the reactor (R) during the pyrolysis reaction either to produce carbon monoxide or to produce carbon dioxide. The invention is useful in particular for supplying hydrogen to fuel cells and for producing synthesis gas.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 9, 2002
Date of Patent:
May 26, 2009
Assignee:
Compagnie Europeenne des Technologies de l'Hydrogene
Inventors:
Claude Etievant, Dominique De Lapparent, Fanny Gaillard, Karine Pointet
Abstract: A rear frame for a bicycle is disclosed to include two tubes and a connecting portion. The tubes are respectively made of fiber reinforced material and have at least one rib therein. The connecting portion is connected between the tubes. By means of the aforesaid arrangement, the rear frame has a high mechanical strength and light weight.
Abstract: An electric socket includes a base provided with two electrodes and conduction members beside the electrodes. Each of the conduction members is connected to a power source and keeps a predetermined distance away from the electrodes. An upper casing has two apertures corresponding to the electrodes respectively. A power control unit includes a control block beside the conduction members and a control shaft having an end connected to the control block and an opposite end extended out of the upper casing. Two shutter members are pivoted on the base to shut the aperture. When a plug is inserted into the electric socket of the present invention, prongs of the slug will move away the shutter first, and then press the control shaft to make the control block bending the conduction members toward the electrodes that makes the conduction members contacting the electrodes respectively.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 25, 2008
Date of Patent:
May 26, 2009
Inventors:
Fu-Hsiang Huang, Chang-Chin Yang, Chih-Pin Yang, De-Lin Jan
Abstract: A process for producing rice flour, which comprises the steps of soaking material rice grains in water, crushing the resulting rice grains, penetrating ?,?-trehalose or maltitol into the rice grains, partially drying the resulting rice grains, and milling the partially dried rice grains; rice flours obtainable by the process; and uses thereof for producing bakery products and noodles.
Abstract: A roller arm unit of the present invention has three or more pulleys by odd pieces. A door-opening cable and a door-closing cable extending from a power unit have tip ends fixed to a first and second end portions of a guide rail by way of the pulleys. The door-opening cable and the door-closing cable are intersected with each other between two neighboring pulleys. A path length of a take-up side cable becomes short and a path length of a pay-out side cable becomes long when the roller arm unit is caused to be swung due to influence of the curved portion.
Abstract: A linear motion guide unit is disclosed in which the lubrication points of lubricant around a rolling element are made in a turnaround passage to ensure proper and steady lubrication by the lubrication system simple in construction, with accompanying sustainable maintenance-free condition for lubrication. A hole open to the turnaround passage is bored through an outward end surface of an end cap. A lubricant reservoir of porous compact product fits into a recess made in the outward end surface of the end cap. The lubricant reservoir has noses protruding to fit into the hole in the outward end surface of the end cap to expose itself to the turnaround passage in such a way forming a part of the curved wall of the associated turnaround passage. The noses come into rolling-touch with the rollers as they roll through the turnaround passage, applying the rollers with lubricant delivered from the noses.
Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manipulating a gas heavier than air in a tank. Said tank comprises a successive closure and opening arranged on the top thereof, an input for said heavy gas into the tank when it is closed and an off for said input when the tank is opened, and a depression unit arranged on the periphery of the top of the tank provided with a unit for sucking out the heavy gas effluent from the top of the tank to a closed chamber.
Abstract: The object of the present invention is to achieve simple recruitment of fibroblasts into wounded tissues and engraftment of the fibroblasts in the wounded tissues, thereby healing the wounds without requiring fibroblast transplantation. Upon G-CSF administration, fibroblasts migrate into myocardial infarct lesions and prevent a reduction in cardiac function, thus alleviating cardiac remodeling.
Abstract: A door lockset mounting tool includes a base body, which has a first plate member and a second plate member fixedly arranged at right angles, a first positioning hole defined in the first plate member, and a second positioning hole defined in the second plate member, a positioning mechanism, which is movably mounted in the first positioning hole of the base body for defining a first drilling center, and a positioning device, which is mounted in the second positioning hole for defining a second drilling center.
Abstract: Under a method to control a sliding speed in accordance with this invention, the motor is initially accelerated for a predetermined reference speed, and then during the initial acceleration period, if a rotational speed of the wire drum is of and above a given value, a difference between a rotational speed of the wire drum and a rotational speed of the motor is of and above a given value, and a rate of acceleration of the wire drum is of and above a given value, the rotational speed of the motor is reduced temporarily judging the slide door is in a state of abnormal acceleration, and then the motor is accelerated again at a lower rate than the initial acceleration toward the reference speed.
Abstract: A load carrier (10) for transporting logging residues comprises a horizontal frame (14) and a load-accommodating rack (15) mounted on the frame. The rack (15) includes a rack bottom (20) and a pair of upstanding rack side members (21, 22) mounted on the rack bottom along respective opposite sides of the rack bottom. An upstanding rack support (23) is provided on the frame (14) along a longitudinal side thereof. An upper end of one of the rack side members (21) is pivotally connected to the top end of the rack support (23). The rack (15) is pivotable relative to the rack support (23) and the frame (15) through an angle greater than 90° about a horizontal axis between a lower load-accommodating position with the rack bottom (20) resting on the frame (14) and a position for gravity dumping of a load of logging residues held in the rack (15) onto the ground by the side of the load carrier.
Abstract: A lens arrangement is presented. The lens arrangement comprises a first element having a concave reflective surface and defining an optical axis of the lens arrangement, and a second substantially flat and at least partially reflective element spaced-apart from the first element along the optical axis. The second element is configured to allow light passage therethrough and is oriented with respect to the optical axis and the first element such that at a predetermined angle of incidence of an input light beam onto the second element, the input light beam is reflected onto the reflective surface of the first element and reflected therefrom to pass through the second element.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 2, 2007
Date of Patent:
May 12, 2009
Assignee:
Nova Measuring Instruments, Ltd.
Inventors:
David Scheiner, Michael Winik, Yakov Lyubchik
Abstract: The present invention provides probes functionalized with nanoparticles, methods for binding nanoparticles to the probes and the use of such probes in nanometer scale imaging techniques. More specifically, the present invention provides a tip device having at least a portion thereof with an outer surface bound to at least one sub-layer of a material comprising nanoparticles, the nanoparticles acting as donors, acceptors, modifiers, quenchers and/or enhancers with respect to electromagnetic radiation.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 8, 2004
Date of Patent:
May 5, 2009
Assignee:
Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Inventors:
Uri Banin, Taleb Mokari, Yuval Ebenstein