Patents Examined by Michele Jacobson
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Patent number: 9182169Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1, 10) for the production of cooled coffee, comprising a brewing unit (4) for the production of coffee, a cooling assembly (11) and a coffee cooler (14) formed as a heat exchanger, wherein the coffee cooler (14) has at least one first and one second flow path that are connected thermally but not in a fluid-conducting manner, wherein a coolant can flow through the first flow path and the second flow path is connected in a fluid-conducting manner with a coffee outlet (5) of the brewing unit (4).Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2010Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: FRANKE KAFFEEMASCHINEN AGInventors: Stefan Stahl, Mariano Turi, Heinz Vetterli
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Patent number: 9131717Abstract: A shelf-stable, non-refrigerated reduced-calorie beverage that contains about 8 to about 12% fruit juice by volume is provided. The beverage contains at least one nutritive sweetener and at least one non-nutritive sweetener. Preferably, the equivalent sucrose sweetness ratio of the at least one non-nutritive sweetener to all of the total sweeteners is from about 0.35 to about 0.45. Preferably, the at least one non-nutritive sweetener comprises aspartame and acesulfame potassium.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2005Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: PEPSICO, INC.Inventors: Helen Akinruli, Cynthia Clark, Rama Gadiraju
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Patent number: 8911837Abstract: The retardation film of the present invention contains a thermoplastic polymer having at least a side chain component (A) oriented in a direction substantially orthogonal to a slow axis, and the absorption edge wavelength (?cut-off) of the side chain component (A) is 330 nm or more, and an in-plane retardation value (Re[450]) at a wavelength of 450 nm is smaller than that (Re[650]) at a wavelength of 650 nm. In the above-mentioned retardation film, the difference (?Re650-450=Re[650]?Re[450]) between the in-plane retardation value (Re[650]) at a wavelength of 650 nm and the in-plane retardation value (Re[450]) at a wavelength of 450 nm is preferably 10 nm or more. The retardation film of the present invention exhibits optical characteristics in which the in-plane birefringence is large and the difference between a retardation value on the short wavelength side and a retardation value on the long wavelength side is large.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2007Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: Nitto Denko CorporationInventors: Yutaka Ohmori, Takahisa Konishi, Hisae Sugihara, Miyuki Kurogi, Toshiyuki Iida
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Patent number: 8025943Abstract: A dilatation balloon and catheter for insertion into a bodily conduit. The catheter (10) includes shaft (12) and a dilatation balloon (24) at the distal end of the shaft. The balloon is inflated via a central lumen (14) in the shaft for delivery of a fluid inflation media. The balloon is fabricated from a combination of a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE), preferably an engineering thermoplastic elastomer (ETE), with a non-compliant structural polymeric material. The combination may be a blend of the non-compliant structural polymer and the TPE. Alternatively, the combination may be a layered balloon having, for example, a non-compliant structural polymer inner layer and a soft, abrasion resistant, elastomeric outer layer. Methods for fabricating the balloon from the combination of a TPE and a non-compliant structural polymer are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2010Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Bruce Hamilton, Ronald A. Sahatjian
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Patent number: 8003181Abstract: An anticorrosion sleeve including a resin sleeve and a metal sleeve tightly received in the resin sleeve. The metal sleeve has a gradually expanding outer diameter thereof toward one circular edge thereof in a tapered shape in cross section so that the metal sleeve expands the resin sleeve in diameter when the metal sleeve is inserted into the resin sleeve. The resin sleeve includes a large-diameter portion and a small-diameter portion. The metal sleeve includes an engagement end portion, an intermediate portion, and a tapered end portion in that order. The outer circumference of the engagement end portion of the metal sleeve is engaged beforehand with a step between the inner circumferences of the large-diameter portion and the small-diameter portion of the resin sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2005Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Assignee: Tabuchi Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuo Ishikawa, Yuji Tsuda
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Patent number: 7951439Abstract: A chlorinated rubber composition including a chlorinated rubber, a metal deactivator, an acid acceptor, and an antioxidant respectively at a particular amount is provided. The chlorinated rubber composition is capable of providing a chlorinated rubber composition which can be used in producing a hose exhibiting excellent resistance to degradation by zinc together with the sufficient physical properties such as resistance to thermal aging, oil resistance, and adhesion, as well as a hose produced by using such chlorinated rubber composition for the rubber layer.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2008Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.Inventors: Peng Gong, Satoshi Kaji
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Patent number: 7942996Abstract: An end face of an intermediate layer of a multilayer structure is stably covered by surface resin layers at a time of cutting the multilayer structure. A cutting method of the multilayer structure includes the steps of: compressing and deforming the multilayer structure, while extending respective layers of the multilayer structure to provide a thin thickness portion, so that an upper layer bites into a lower layer by pushing a push cutter, by a predetermined amount, into the multilayer structure supported by a cutter receiving portion, in a fused state of at least one of the resin layers forming the multilayer structure; and push-cutting the compressed thin thickness portion S till the push cutter abuts against the cutter receiving portion so as to converge an intermediate layer and surface resin layers of the multilayer structure to the abutting portion A of the push cutter and the cutter receiving portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2009Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Assignees: Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd., Asano Laboratories Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kikuo Matsuoka, Shinji Tanaka, Yasuyo Sano, Toshihiro Takai, Kenichi Mizoguchi, Hideki Usami, Tomoaki Haruta
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Patent number: 7901751Abstract: The interchangeable sleeve comprises: a substantially cylindrical outer surface (105A); a layer of hardened resin (R); a substantially conical inner surface for connection to a conical central core of the roller. The inner surface is formed at least partially of at least one inner component (102) having greater rigidity than said hardened resin. The inner component is constrained to the sleeve by means of said hardened resin.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2005Date of Patent: March 8, 2011Assignee: Fabio Perini S.p.A.Inventors: Valter Di Nardo, Fabrizio Lorenzi, Mauro Gelli
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Patent number: 7871684Abstract: The present invention relates to an oil pipe having a lining imparting substantially reduced adhesion of asphaltenes, paraffin wax, and inorganic scale, so as to reduce plugging of said oil pipe, and impermeability to salt water so as to protect the oil pipe from corrosion.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2009Date of Patent: January 18, 2011Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventor: Laurence Waino McKeen
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Patent number: 7867587Abstract: The present invention is directed toward a process for making solid biodegradable articles from wheat gluten. Hydrated wheat gluten is provided in the form of a cohesive, elastic dough. The cohesive, elastic dough comprises at least 8% by weight wheat gluten and wherein the wheat gluten comprises a protein having a primary structure. The cohesive, elastic dough is formed into a shaped article and placed in an environment sufficient to remove excess water from the shaped article without modifying the primary structure of the wheat gluten protein, such that a solid biodegradable article results. The solid biodegradable articles of the present invention comprise at least 8% by weight wheat gluten.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2005Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: R&D Green Materials, LLCInventor: Dara L Woerdeman
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Patent number: 7862871Abstract: A plastic container for domestic washing machines comprising a bearing shell (1) that accommodates a plastic member (3) in an injection moulding process, said plastic member being more solid and of better quality than the plastic forming the container (5). The metal bearing shell (1) and the plastic member (3) that is injection-moulded thereinto form a structural unit onto which the corresponding plastic container (5) is injection-moulded.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2003Date of Patent: January 4, 2011Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Miguel Angel Gomez Caudevilla, Ismael Gracia Bobed, Alberto Mañas Molina
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Patent number: 7833379Abstract: An end face of an intermediate layer of a multilayer structure is stably covered by surface resin layers at a time of cutting the multilayer structure. A cutting method of the multilayer structure 10 includes the steps of: compressing and deforming the multilayer structure, while extending respective layers 11, 12, 13 of the multilayer structure to provide a thin thickness portion, so that an upper layer bites into a lower layer by pushing a push cutter 15, by a predetermined amount, into the multilayer structure supported by a cutter receiving portion 14, in a fused state of at least one of the resin layers forming the multilayer structure; and push-cutting the compressed thin thickness portion S till the push cutter abuts against the cutter receiving portion so as to converge an intermediate layer 11 and surface resin layers 12, 13 of the multilayer structure to the abutting portion A of the push cutter 15 and the cutter receiving portion 14.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2003Date of Patent: November 16, 2010Assignees: Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd., Asano Laboratories Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kikuo Matsuoka, Shinji Tanaka, Yasuyo Sano, Toshihiro Takai, Kenichi Mizoguchi, Hideki Usami, Tomoaki Haruta
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Patent number: 7833588Abstract: The transparent conductive laminate of the invention is a laminate comprising a film made of a polymer with a photoelastic constant of no greater than 70×10?12 Pa?1, a light-scattering layer with a haze value in the range of 0.2-1.4% formed on one side thereof, and a transparent conductive layer formed on the other side thereof, wherein the laminate exhibits an overall retardation of ?/4. By using the laminate it is possible to provide touch panels with reduced light reflection, no coloration, excellent visibility and high reliability for outdoor use, as well as touch panel-equipped liquid crystal displays employing them.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2003Date of Patent: November 16, 2010Assignee: Teijin LimitedInventors: Hitoshi Mikoshiba, Haruhiko Ito, Isao Shiroishi
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Patent number: 7803439Abstract: Described are blood therapy containers comprising polyester compositions comprising polyesters which comprise (a) a dicarboxylic acid component having terephthalic acid residues; optionally, aromatic dicarboxylic acid residues or aliphatic dicarboxylic acid residues or ester residues thereof; 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol residues; and 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol residues.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2006Date of Patent: September 28, 2010Assignee: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: Emmett Dudley Crawford, David Scott Porter, Gary Wayne Connell
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Patent number: 7803441Abstract: Described are intravenous components comprising polyester compositions comprising polyesters which comprise (a) a dicarboxylic acid component having terephthalic acid residues; optionally, aromatic dicarboxylic acid residues or aliphatic dicarboxylic acid residues or ester residues thereof; 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol residues; and 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol residues.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2006Date of Patent: September 28, 2010Assignee: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: Emmett Dudley Crawford, David Scott Porter, Gary Wayne Connell
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Patent number: 7803440Abstract: Described are bottles comprising polyester compositions comprising polyesters which comprise (a) a dicarboxylic acid component having terephthalic acid residues; optionally, aromatic dicarboxylic acid residues or aliphatic dicarboxylic acid residues or ester residues thereof; 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol residues; and 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol residues.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2006Date of Patent: September 28, 2010Assignee: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: Emmett Dudley Crawford, Thomas Joseph Pecorini, David Scott Porter, Gary Wayne Connell, Michael James Keegan
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Patent number: 7790249Abstract: A stretched cellulose ester film produced by stretching after film forming employing a cellulose ester including a polyester polyol obtained from (a) a glycol having an average carbon atom number of 2 to 3.5 and (b) a dibasic or an anhydrous dibasic acid having an average carbon number of 4 to 5.5, wherein the stretched cellulose ester film exhibits retardation value Ro in the range of 30 to 200 nm, and a retardation value Rt in the range of 70 to 400 nm, Ro and Rt are each defined by specific Formulas (1) and (2).Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2005Date of Patent: September 7, 2010Assignee: Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.Inventors: Isamu Michihata, Kunio Shimizu
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Patent number: 7781038Abstract: A dilatation balloon and catheter for insertion into a bodily conduit. The catheter (10) includes shaft (12) and a dilatation balloon (24) at the distal end of the shaft. The balloon is inflated via a central lumen (14) in the shaft for delivery of a fluid inflation media. The balloon is fabricated from a combination of a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE), preferably an engineering thermoplastic elastomer (ETE), with a non-compliant structural polymeric material. The combination may be a blend of the non-compliant structural polymer and the TPE. Alternatively, the combination may be a layered balloon having, for example, a non-compliant structural polymer inner layer and a soft, abrasion resistant, elastomeric outer layer. Methods for fabricating the balloon from the combination of a TPE and a non-compliant structural polymer are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2004Date of Patent: August 24, 2010Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Bruce Hamilton, Ronald A. Sahatjian
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Patent number: 7776415Abstract: To provide a stretch-formed multilayer container with excellent oxygen-gas barrier properties even in a high humidity atmosphere, which is obtained by stretching a multilayer sheet or a multilayer preform, which contains at least one layer made of a mixture of a polycarboxylic acid-based polymer (B) and a plasticizer (C) and at least one layer made of a mixture of a multivalent metal compound (D) and a resin (E), from 1.1 to 100 times its area draw ratio.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2004Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: Kureha CorporationInventors: Yusaku Inaba, Noboru Ohmori, Hideaki Tanaka
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Patent number: 7758937Abstract: Disclosed is a rubber composition excellent in oil resistance and weather resistance, while having excellent adhesion to a brass. Also disclosed is a vulcanized rubber product using such a rubber composition. Specifically disclosed is a rubber composition containing a rubber component (A), an inorganic filler (B), a plasticizer (C) and a process oil (D). The rubber component (A) contains 30-60% by mass of an acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber, 20-40% by mass of an ethylene-propylene-nonconjugated diene rubber, and 20-50% by mass of a styrene-butadiene rubber. The inorganic filler (B) is contained in the composition in an amount of 5-100 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component (A), and the mass ratio between the plasticizer (C) and the process oil (D) is from 15/85 to 75/25. Also specifically disclosed is a vulcanized rubber product obtained by vulcanizing such a rubber composition.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2008Date of Patent: July 20, 2010Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.Inventors: Peng Gong, Hideyuki Oishi, Akira Sato, Naoto Torii