Abstract: A device for the on-line measurement of viscosity and/or level of molten glass, converting the values of these variables into proportional electrical signals. The device comprises one sensor head connected to an electronic control unit and to a data processing unit. The sensor head comprises a fixed metallic core with external fins for air cooling, laid across by two vertical parallel shafts designed for torsional vibration to which are fixed, at the lower extremities, refractory rods partially coated with platinum and, at the upper extremities, the rotors of the two electrical motors which can produce torsional vibration of the vertical shafts. To each shaft are fixed two discs, connected mechanically to the fixed core by three fine rods disposed at 120° angles around the shaft. In operation, the sensor head is installed on a rigid structure fixed over the channel where the molten glass flows, with both rods partially immersed into the melt in order to be protected by the platinum coatings.
Abstract: A method and a device for the control of the treatment of the interior of bottles or similar containers, where the introduction of the fluid into the interior occurs by means of a nozzle presenting an exit opening, and a control is performed to determine the presence of a fluid jet in the area after the exit opening and/or the fluid inlet leading to the exit opening.
Abstract: The invention relates to a roof construction, assembled from aluminium alloy extrusions and sections which may be cut on site to the appropriate dimensions. There is a ring beam, made from a channel and a ridge member in the form of a central extruded aluminium alloy central box member, the channel and member being essentially of the same section. Thus a relatively small number of different extrusions are required.
Abstract: Methods for fabricating a friction bearing, in particular for ceramic shafts, made of metallic hardenable sintered material having an open pore volume of at least 15%, wherein the sintered material is brought into a predetermined shape and is subsequently sintered. For improving the known friction bearings in that a local wear and tear of shaft and bearing is avoided or at least considerably reduced in the region of mixed friction with high lateral forces, it is provided to harden the friction bearing after the sintering.
Abstract: A dietary supplement for nutritionally promoting healthy joint function in human subjects is disclosed. The supplement includes as a major ingredient a protein derived from the enzymatic hydrolysis of collagen in combination with lesser proportions of glucosamine sulfate, ginkgo biloba, borage oil powder, turmeric, boswellia serrata, ashwagandha, piper nigrum extract, and a herbal blend.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 11, 1998
Date of Patent:
May 1, 2001
Assignee:
Reliv International, Inc.
Inventors:
Carl W. Hastings, David J. Barnes, Christine A. Daley
Abstract: A closure member for an open end of a container includes a main body segment secured to edge portions of the container and a flap segment pivotally mounted to the main body segment. The main body segment defines a discharge port through which fluid discharges from the container; and the flap segment moves between a first position in which is covers the discharge port and a second position away from the discharge port.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 20, 1997
Date of Patent:
April 24, 2001
Assignee:
American National Can Company
Inventors:
Robert J. McHenry, Thomas T. Tung, Colleen M. Schwingel
Abstract: An ostomy appliance is disclosed in which the adhesive faceplate for holding the appliance in place is of inverted triangular shape with rounded corners. The faceplate includes an adhesive layer composed of a hydrocolloid-containing pressure-sensitive adhesive, a protective release sheet removably covering the bodyside surface of the adhesive layer, and a flexible backing layer covering the opposite (pouchside) surface of the adhesive layer and permanently securing the faceplate to an ostomy pouch about the perimeter of a stoma-receiving opening. Because of its orientation, the triangular faceplate has one of its side edges extending across the upper end of the pouch (i.e., facing upwardly when the pouch is worn), resulting in a construction in which the area of the faceplate's adhesive layer is wider above the faceplate's opening than below it.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 16, 1999
Date of Patent:
March 27, 2001
Assignee:
Hollister Incorporated
Inventors:
Seamus T. Kavanagh, Robert T. Dixon, Garrett B. McGuinness
Abstract: A removing device for liquid in a flexible packing by means of which an unintentional escape of liquid and the ingress of air, dirt and microorganisms in the product accommodated in said packing can be prevented reliably and permanently. In order to achieve this, the removing device according to the present invention is provided with a tubular straw element including the inlet of the removing device and with a closure element associated with the outlet. The flexible packing according to the present invention, which is used for accommodating a liquid, is provided with an insertion area for inserting a removing device, said insertion area being defined by an opening formed in the envelope of said flexible packing and closed by a foil in the initial state, said foil being of such a nature that it will sealingly wrap itself around the introduced removing device thus forming a tentlike shape.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 24, 1999
Date of Patent:
March 20, 2001
Assignee:
Deutsche Sisi-Werke GmbH & Co. Betriebs KG
Abstract: A versatile user-adjustable clamp for clamping accessories to the panels of ready-to-assemble furniture articles, and other surfaces such as countertops, has a main body member, a jaw member, and a knob. The main body member has a substantially spool-shaped section with accessory interface means at opposing ends thereof, and a rectangular section that projects tangentially from the spool-shaped section. The spool-shaped section of the main body member telescopingly receives the jaw member, and has a knob-receiving aperture. The knob is rotatably secured within the knob aperture and provides a means for actuating the telescopic movement of the jaw member relative to the main clamp body. The jaw member includes a flat surface interface that is oriented parallel to the rectangular section of the main clamp body, and has a separate accessory interface means therein.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 7, 1999
Date of Patent:
March 20, 2001
Assignee:
Kenlin Group, Inc.
Inventors:
David J. Van den Branden, Paul C. Evans, Michael D. McCoy, Dale E. Fahnstrom, Burt F. Mendelson, Lawrence J. Pomerleau, Charles Dresner, Kelly Whittier, Christopher V. Conley, Scott A. Ternovits, Maureen A. O'Connor
Abstract: The invention relates to a machine for removing circular labels or shrinkwrap from bottles or similar items. In order to achieve a simple and compact embodiment of such a machine, the cutting agents are set up in the intake section of the machine.
Abstract: A III-V semiconductor structure and it producing method is provided. The method for forming a III-V semiconductor structure having a Schottky barrier layer includes the steps of (a) providing a III-V substrate, (b) treating the first barrier layer with a sulfuric acid solution, (c) forming a Schottky barrier layer on the III-V substrate, and (d) forming a metal layer on the second barrier layer. The Ill-V semiconductor structure includes a III-V substrate, a Schottky barrier layer, and a metal layer. The Schottky barrier layer is made of Al2(SO4)3 and In2(SO4)3.
Abstract: A low-profile faceplate assembly for a two-piece ostomy appliance, and a method for manufacturing it, are disclosed. The faceplate includes a wafer of an adhesive skin barrier material and a flexible plastic coupling ring (for detachably coupling the faceplate to an ostomy pouch having a mating ring), and is distinguished by the mounting flange of the coupling ring being embedded within the faceplate.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 22, 1999
Date of Patent:
March 6, 2001
Assignee:
Hollister Incorporated
Inventors:
Walter F. Leise, Jr., Ronald S. Botten, John W. McDonald, Jr., Demetrios Rigas, James J. Passalaqua
Abstract: A process for the foaming of the headspace of containers filled with carbonated beverages, wherein, after the filling of the beverages into the containers, the containers are transferred to a foaming area, in which an electromagnetic beam, preferably a laser beam, is irradiated in a controlled way into the headspace of the container which is not filled with the beverage, whereby, due to the resultant foaming, the gas volume in the headspace is displaced from it, and the containers are subsequently sealed, as well as to a device for carrying out the process.
Abstract: A method is provided for suppressing atherogenesis in which a cholesterol 20-hydroperoxide is administered, which is preferably one or both of the novel compounds: 20(R)-hydroperoxy-25-hydrocholesterol and 29(S)-hydroperoxy-25-hydrocholesterol 20(R)-hydroperoxy-25 hydrocholesterol and 20(S)-hydroperoxy-25-hydrocholesterol are administered. The compositions 20(R)-hydroperoxy-25-hydrocholesterol and 20(S)-hydroperoxy-25-hydrocholesterol are also provided.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 3, 1992
Date of Patent:
February 18, 2003
Assignee:
Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.