Patents Assigned to INA
  • Patent number: 10704728
    Abstract: An eversion liner for lining a pipe includes an impermeable outer portion, inner and outer strength portions inside the impermeable outer portion, and a middle portion including at least one felt layer radially between the inner and outer strength portions. At least one of the inner and outer strength portions is formed from a unitary sheet of strength material that includes parallel chopped strands of fiber. The longitudinal edge margins of the sheet of strength material are positioned in overlapping engagement and joined together by joining structure. The parallel chopped fibers can be oriented transverse to the length of the liner. The joining structure can prevent reduction in a width of the overlapped edge margins as the liner expands during eversion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: INA Acquisition Corp.
    Inventors: Charles Free, Abu Abraham, Yevgeny Eugene Zaltsman
  • Publication number: 20200008274
    Abstract: A microwave oven including a frozen food defrost mode and a food drying function according to the present invention includes: a body formed with a space therein; a humidity sensor measuring a humidity value of the space; a magnetron emitting microwaves towards the space; a power transformer supplying power for operating a heater of the magnetron; a high voltage transformer providing power for operating a resonator of the magnetron; a power supply unit supplying power to the power transformer and the high voltage transformer; an output adjusting unit for selecting and adjusting so that the magnetron outputs any one of a plurality of set output levels; and a control unit controlling an output of the microwave according to the output level selected in the output adjusting unit, blocking the power supplied to the magnetron when the humidity value input from the humidity sensor remarkably increases in short time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: INA, Inc.
    Inventors: Hee Jong BAEK, Seung Kwan LIM, Kyung Jung KIM, Jin Ho KIM, Heung Dae KIM, Se Won CHOI
  • Publication number: 20190376635
    Abstract: A cured in place liner system and associated connections and methods are disclosed. The cured in place pipe system forms a completely rehabilitated, stand-alone, fluid-tight flow path between upstream and downstream portions of an existing pipe system. The rehabilitated flow path is stand-alone in that the liner system does not rely on structure of the portion of the pipe system through which the liner system is installed to define the fluid-tight flow path. The flow path between upstream and downstream portions of the liner system is defined by and made fluid-tight solely by components of the rehabilitation system such as cured in place liners and couplers. The portion of the pipe system through which the rehabilitation system is installed merely provides a path (e.g., through the ground) through which the cured in place liner system can be inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: INA Acquisition Corp.
    Inventors: Mark Hairston, Barry Paschall, Keith B. Oxner, Kyle Costa
  • Patent number: 10471662
    Abstract: A rehabilitated pipe system and a method for rehabilitating a pipe system. A lines a host pipe and a coupling member configured for being operatively coupled to a mechanical coupler is positioned adjacent the host pipe so that a connecting section of the liner extends into the coupling member. The connecting section of the liner is adhesively bonded to the coupling member, and the mechanical coupler is installed to fluidly couple the liner to another fluid conducting structure. The connecting section of the liner can be formed in a portion of the host pipe that is removed after lining. The coupling member can be flanged or include a lateral coupling tube. The mechanical coupler can, e.g., be a ductile iron coupler or a bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: INA Acquisition Corp.
    Inventors: Mark Hairston, Barry Paschall
  • Patent number: 10428992
    Abstract: A cured in place liner system and associated connections and methods are disclosed. The cured in place pipe system forms a completely rehabilitated, stand-alone, fluid-tight flow path between upstream and downstream portions of an existing pipe system. The rehabilitated flow path is stand-alone in that the liner system does not rely on structure of the portion of the pipe system through which the liner system is installed to define the fluid-tight flow path. The flow path between upstream and downstream portions of the liner system is defined by and made fluid-tight solely by components of the rehabilitation system such as cured in place liners and couplers. The portion of the pipe system through which the rehabilitation system is installed merely provides a path (e.g., through the ground) through which the cured in place liner system can be inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: INA Acquisition Corp.
    Inventors: Mark Hairston, Barry Paschall, Keith B. Oxner, Kyle Costa
  • Publication number: 20190293223
    Abstract: An eversion liner for lining a pipe includes an impermeable outer portion, inner and outer strength portions inside the impermeable outer portion, and a middle portion including at least one felt layer radially between the inner and outer strength portions. At least one of the inner and outer strength portions is formed from a unitary sheet of strength material that includes parallel chopped strands of fiber. The longitudinal edge margins of the sheet of strength material are positioned in overlapping engagement and joined together by joining structure. The parallel chopped fibers can be oriented transverse to the length of the liner. The joining structure can prevent reduction in a width of the overlapped edge margins as the liner expands during eversion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: INA ACQUISITION CORP.
    Inventors: Charles Free, Abu Abraham, Yevgeny Eugene Zaltsman
  • Publication number: 20190232532
    Abstract: A liner for being cured by electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength in a curing range. The liner includes an outer portion. The outer portion includes a tube of impermeable material that is opaque to electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength in the curing range. An inner portion includes a tube of felt internally coated with an impermeable coating that is transparent to electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength in the curing range. The inner portion is inside the outer portion. A middle portion includes a tube of impregnable material between the inner and outer portions. Curable polymer that is curable by electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength in the curing range impregnates the felt and the impregnable material. Methods of manufacturing and installing the liner are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: INA Acquisition Corp.
    Inventors: Charles Free, Abu Abraham, Yevgeny Zaltsman, James Rothe
  • Patent number: 10172374
    Abstract: A dried composition with various shapes that has heat resistance by which the dried composition is less likely to melt even being boiled and restorability (imbibition), and food product containing the dried composition. The dried composition including: agar and alginate at a weight ratio of 1:1 to 1:20, the alginate contains a salt of a monovalent cation and a salt of a divalent cation, the divalent cation is 0.04 to 0.30 mol per mol and further the monovalent cation is 0.10 to 0.70 mol per mol with respect to a monomeric unit of the alginate, a mol ratio of the divalent cation to the monovalent cation is 1.0:0.35 to 1.0:8.70, and the dried composition absorbs water and swells in distilled water at 20° C. and distilled water at 90° C., and in both the cases dried composition becomes a gel having a weight of 15 to 100 times of the dried composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: INA FOOD INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken Makita, Hiromitsu Hamano, Kazuhiro Nagasaka, Yuji Uzuhashi
  • Patent number: 10077855
    Abstract: A liner tube for lining a pipe and pipe lining method. Liner material that includes a strength layer and felt backing layer forms the liner tube. The strength layer includes chopped strands of fiber oriented generally parallel to one another and distributed along the strength layer. The felt backing layer can be needle punched to the strength layer. Joining structure can connect opposite longitudinal edge margins of the liner material to form a tube shape. The liner tube is impregnated with a curable polymer, positioned in the pipe, and cured to form the liner. The liner stretches radially when it is positioned in the pipe. As the liner stretches, the strength layer remains fixed to the felt backing and the width of the overlapping edge margins does not decrease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: INA Acquisition Corp.
    Inventors: Charles Free, Yevgeny Zaltsman, Abu Abraham
  • Patent number: 10062463
    Abstract: An amount of radiation exposure of a medical staff is significantly reduced, and a large working area is ensured during an operation. A size of each component of a radiation protection equipment is reduced so as to decrease a weight thereof. The radiation protection equipment is provided, which can be installed within a short time period before an operation and easily put away after the operation. The radiation protection equipment, includes: a first protection sheet arranged on a periphery of a radiation source device and configured to shield radiation; a second protection sheet formed separately from the first protection sheet, arranged on a side of an operation table, and configured to shield radiation; and a third protection sheet formed separately from the first and second protection sheets, arranged on a periphery of a surgical field so as to expose the surgical field, and configured to shield the radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: INA MEDICAL DEVELOPMENT LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirohiko Inanami, Katsutoshi Otomo
  • Patent number: 10020082
    Abstract: An amount of radiation exposure of a medical staff is significantly reduced, and a large working area is ensured during an operation. A size of each component of a radiation protection equipment is reduced so as to decrease a weight thereof. The radiation protection equipment is provided, which can be installed within a short time period before an operation and easily put away after the operation. The radiation protection equipment, includes: a first protection sheet arranged on a periphery of a radiation source device and configured to shield radiation; a second protection sheet formed separately from the first protection sheet, arranged on a side of an operation table, and configured to shield radiation; and a third protection sheet formed separately from the first and second protection sheets, arranged on a periphery of a surgical field so as to expose the surgical field, and configured to shield the radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: INA MEDICAL DEVELOPMENT LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirohiko Inanami, Katsutoshi Otomo
  • Patent number: 9874302
    Abstract: A cured in place liner system and associated connections and methods are disclosed. The cured in place pipe system forms a completely rehabilitated, stand-alone, fluid-tight flow path between upstream and downstream portions of an existing pipe system. The rehabilitated flow path is stand-alone in that the liner system does not rely on structure of the portion of the pipe system through which the liner system is installed to define the fluid-tight flow path. The flow path between upstream and downstream portions of the liner system is defined by and made fluid-tight solely by components of the rehabilitation system such as cured in place liners and couplers. The portion of the pipe system through which the rehabilitation system is installed merely provides a path (e.g., through the ground) through which the cured in place liner system can be inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: INA Acquisition Corp.
    Inventors: Mark Hairston, Barry Paschall, Keith B. Oxner, Kyle Costa
  • Publication number: 20170309356
    Abstract: An amount of radiation exposure of a medical staff is significantly reduced, and a large working area is ensured during an operation. A size of each component of a radiation protection equipment is reduced so as to decrease a weight thereof. The radiation protection equipment is provided, which can be installed within a short time period before an operation and easily put away after the operation. The radiation protection equipment, includes: a first protection sheet arranged on a periphery of a radiation source device and configured to shield radiation; a second protection sheet formed separately from the first protection sheet, arranged on a side of an operation table, and configured to shield radiation; and a third protection sheet formed separately from the first and second protection sheets, arranged on a periphery of a surgical field so as to expose the surgical field, and configured to shield the radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: INA MEDICAL DEVELOPMENT LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirohiko Inanami, Katsutoshi Otomo
  • Publication number: 20160348812
    Abstract: A rehabilitated pipe system and a method for rehabilitating a pipe system. A lines a host pipe and a coupling member configured for being operatively coupled to a mechanical coupler is positioned adjacent the host pipe so that a connecting section of the liner extends into the coupling member. The connecting section of the liner is adhesively bonded to the coupling member, and the mechanical coupler is installed to fluidly couple the liner to another fluid conducting structure. The connecting section of the liner can be formed in a portion of the host pipe that is removed after lining. The coupling member can be flanged or include a lateral coupling tube. The mechanical coupler can, e.g., be a ductile iron coupler or a bolt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: INA Acquisition Corp.
    Inventors: Mark Hairston, Barry Paschall
  • Patent number: 9453597
    Abstract: An air inversion and steam cure apparatus for installing a flexible resin impregnated cured in place liner in an existing conduit is provided. The apparatus has a low friction seal between a moving liner and the stationary apparatus gland. The gland is operated and adjusted by displaceable members that move substantially perpendicular to the liner being inverted to engage the moving liner as it passes through the gland. No part of the gland extends into the chamber so that once a pre-shaped gland is adjusted, the pressure on the moving liner is not increased. As the liner reaches the distal end, it enters a sample and porting pipe with an exhaust pipe gland and exhaust pipe and is pierced by a rigid porting tool. Steam is then introduced into the liner to cure the resin and is exhausted through an exhaust hose connected to the porting tool. After cure, steam is replaced with air to cool the liner and the ends are cut to restore service through the existing conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: INA Acquisition Corp.
    Inventors: Charles Delaney, Kurt Schlake, Joseph M Coyne, Richard C. Polivka, Franklin T Driver
  • Publication number: 20160258567
    Abstract: A cured in place liner system and associated connections and methods are disclosed. The cured in place pipe system forms a completely rehabilitated, stand-alone, fluid-tight flow path between upstream and downstream portions of an existing pipe system. The rehabilitated flow path is stand-alone in that the liner system does not rely on structure of the portion of the pipe system through which the liner system is installed to define the fluid-tight flow path. The flow path between upstream and downstream portions of the liner system is defined by and made fluid-tight solely by components of the rehabilitation system such as cured in place liners and couplers. The portion of the pipe system through which the rehabilitation system is installed merely provides a path (e.g., through the ground) through which the cured in place liner system can be inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicant: INA Acquisition Corp.
    Inventors: Mark Hairston, Barry Paschall, Keith B. Oxner, Kyle Costa
  • Patent number: 9371950
    Abstract: A cured in place liner system and associated connections and methods are disclosed. The cured in place pipe system forms a completely rehabilitated, stand-alone, fluid-tight flow path between upstream and downstream portions of an existing pipe system. The rehabilitated flow path is stand-alone in that the liner system does not rely on structure of the portion of the pipe system through which the liner system is installed to define the fluid-tight flow path. The flow path between upstream and downstream portions of the liner system is defined by and made fluid-tight solely by components of the rehabilitation system such as cured in place liners and couplers. The portion of the pipe system through which the rehabilitation system is installed merely provides a path (e.g., through the ground) through which the cured in place liner system can be inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: INA Acquisition Corp.
    Inventors: Mark Hairston, Barry Paschall, Keith B. Oxner, Kyle Costa
  • Publication number: 20160033073
    Abstract: A cured in place liner system and associated connections and methods are disclosed. The cured in place pipe system forms a completely rehabilitated, stand-alone, fluid-tight flow path between upstream and downstream portions of an existing pipe system. The rehabilitated flow path is stand-alone in that the liner system does not rely on structure of the portion of the pipe system through which the liner system is installed to define the fluid-tight flow path. The flow path between upstream and downstream portions of the liner system is defined by and made fluid-tight solely by components of the rehabilitation system such as cured in place liners and couplers. The portion of the pipe system through which the rehabilitation system is installed merely provides a path (e.g., through the ground) through which the cured in place liner system can be inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: INA ACQUISITON CORP.
    Inventors: Mark Hairston, Barry Paschall, Keith B. Oxner, Kyle Costa
  • Publication number: 20150330550
    Abstract: A cured in place liner system and associated connections and methods are disclosed. The cured in place pipe system forms a completely rehabilitated, stand-alone, fluid-tight flow path between upstream and downstream portions of an existing pipe system. The rehabilitated flow path is stand-alone in that the liner system does not rely on structure of the portion of the pipe system through which the liner system is installed to define the fluid-tight flow path. The flow path between upstream and downstream portions of the liner system is defined by and made fluid-tight solely by components of the rehabilitation system such as cured in place liners and couplers. The portion of the pipe system through which the rehabilitation system is installed merely provides a path (e.g., through the ground) through which the cured in place liner system can be inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: INA ACQUISITION CORP.
    Inventors: Mark Hairston, Barry Paschall, Keith B. Oxner, Kyle Costa
  • Patent number: 9188269
    Abstract: A cured in place liner system and associated connections and methods are disclosed. The cured in place pipe system forms a completely rehabilitated, stand-alone, fluid-tight flow path between upstream and downstream portions of an existing pipe system. The rehabilitated flow path is stand-alone in that the liner system does not rely on structure of the portion of the pipe system through which the liner system is installed to define the fluid-tight flow path. The flow path between upstream and downstream portions of the liner system is defined by and made fluid-tight solely by components of the rehabilitation system such as cured in place liners and couplers. The portion of the pipe system through which the rehabilitation system is installed merely provides a path (e.g., through the ground) through which the cured in place liner system can be inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: INA Acquisition Corp.
    Inventors: Mark Hairston, Barry Paschall, Keith B. Oxner, Kyle Costa