Patents Issued in November 8, 2001
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Publication number: 20010037970Abstract: A showerhead having a water filter element held therein. The water filter element is easily changeable by unscrewing two halves of a body forming the showerhead. The body halves are easily gripped and turned, so as to be opened or closed, and the showerhead preferably includes a massage-type head at the lower end thereof, which may be rotated to vary the streams of water exiting the showerhead. The water filter element cooperates with internal components of the halves of the body to direct the flow of water through the filter element, and then out of the massage head. The showerhead may be easily and quickly adapted to be held on any shower arm, and to replace any existing showerhead without taking up as much room as currently existing filter elements used with available showerheads.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2001Publication date: November 8, 2001Inventor: David K. Farley
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Publication number: 20010037971Abstract: An adapter for use with a cover from a conventional fuel oil, diesel oil filter etc. in converting the same to accommodate a standard “spin-on” automotive filter, the cover being of the type which is inlet and discharge ports in an inner chamber defined within a depending annular wall which communicates with the discharge port which opens downwardly. An outer annular chamber around the inner chamber communicates with the inlet port and also opens downwardly. A small substantially vertical through opening for attachment of the cover to the housing is also provided. The adapter has a threaded opening at an upper end portion for engagement with an attachment bolt entered in the through opening in the cover and a sealing shoulder engages a lower end portion of the chamber defining wall in the cover to fix the adapter in position.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 1999Publication date: November 8, 2001Applicant: GARY P. BERGERONInventor: GARY P. BERGERON
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Publication number: 20010037972Abstract: An improved fluid separating device for filtering a second fluid from a first fluid. The improved fluid separating device comprises a first layer of filter media comprising a sintered matrix of first fibers. A second layer of filter membrane comprises a matrix of second fibers. A third layer of filter media comprises a sintered matrix of third fibers. The first, second and third layers are formed into a lamination with the second layer being interposed between the first and third layers. The second layer has a pore size substantially less than the pore size of the first and third layers for enabling the second fluid to pass through the second layer and for inhibiting the first fluid from passing through the second layer for separating the second fluid from the first fluid. The improved fluid separating device is suitable for separating a gas from a liquid as well as separating a gas from a dissimilar gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2001Publication date: November 8, 2001Inventors: Nathaniel R. Quick, Alexander Sobolevsky, Michael Liberman, Michael C. Murray, Richard D. Range
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Publication number: 20010037973Abstract: A panel filter assembly is provided having an frame integral with a layer of filter media. The frame comprises a peripheral member disposed proximate the perimeter of the sheet of the filter media. The peripheral member is formed of a hard or rigid plastic material and comprises an upstanding portion extending away from a first side of the sheet and a portion penetrating through pores in the sheet to an opposite side of the sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2001Publication date: November 8, 2001Inventors: Samuel Rivera, Simon D. Ladd
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Publication number: 20010037974Abstract: The multi-phase extractor comprises at least two chambers 1, 1a, 2, 2a which are connected at their upper and lower parts by connection ducts 4. Moreover, the chambers are equipped with dispersing devices 3, 4a, in order to produce a swarm of drops in a first and second dispersed phase. Furthermore, ports 8, 9, 10, 11, 8a, 9a, 10a, 11a are attached to the multi-phase extractor for the supply and removal of the first and second dispersed phases. The improvement resides substantially in the fact that the chambers 1, 2 comprise separation zones 6,7 located in the area of the inlet openings of the connecting ducts 4.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 1998Publication date: November 8, 2001Applicant: ARTAK ERANOSOVICH KOSTANIANInventor: ARTAK ERANOSOVICH KOSTANIAN
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Publication number: 20010037975Abstract: A bacterial fluid filter includes a filter element supported by a backing member. The filter element and backing member are sealed, e.g., with one or more o-ring seals, in a housing to provide a filter assembly capable of filtering fluid under relatively high pressure. In one embodiment, a filter element, backing member, and seal are disposed in a removable and disposable housing that is sized to fit within a filter housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 1999Publication date: November 8, 2001Applicant: Therox IncInventors: MARK S. BUHR, ADIB G. DAOUD, DEREK J. DAW, JOHN E. MERRITT
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Publication number: 20010037976Abstract: Apparatus, materials, and methods for removing ammonia from fluids using metal hydroxides (e.g. zinc hydroxide) and metal loaded media (e.g. zinc loaded ion exchange resins); the metal hydroxides and metal loaded media may be regenerated with a weak acid (pKa between 3 and 7). Alternatively, ammonia is removed from fluids by using H2SO4 and ZnSO4 and metal loaded media; the metal loaded media may be regenerated with H2SO4 and ZnSO4; the ammonia containing H2SO4 and ZnSO4 may be concentrated as necessary to form (NH4)2SO4.ZnSO4.6H2O (ammonium zinc sulfate hexahydrate) crystals. These crystals are removed from the mother liquor and heated to temperatures exceeding 200° C. releasing NH3 and H2O vapor upon the decomposition of the crystals.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2000Publication date: November 8, 2001Inventors: Scott J. Blonigen, Alexander G. Fassbender, Robert D. Litt, Bruce F. Monzyk, Richelle Neff
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Publication number: 20010037977Abstract: A method for separating an oxidation catalyst, an oxidation reaction product and a reaction solvent from a reaction mixture obtained by oxidizing a substrate in the presence of an oxidation catalyst containing an aromatic N-hydroxyimide compound and a transition metal, the method including (i) distilling the reaction solvent from the reaction mixture in the presence of an organic solvent which is immiscible with the reaction solvent to obtain the reaction mixture containing the reaction solvent in an amount of 5 parts by weight or less per one part by weight of the N-hydroxyimide compound, and the oxidation catalyst precipitated, and (ii) separating the reaction mixture obtained in the step (i) by a solid-liquid separation method into the oxidation product and the oxidation catalyst.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2001Publication date: November 8, 2001Inventors: Nobuhiro Tani, Shuzo Murata
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Publication number: 20010037978Abstract: A fluid filter assembly for filtering fluids such as blood. The assembly includes first and second filter housing elements formed by an injection molding process. Each element is flexible and includes a peripheral flange formed thereabout and a fluid communicating port formed therein. Filter media, such as a filter membrane, is sealed between the mating flanges of two elements. The fluid filter assembly is capable of collapsing and expanding during the filtration process depending upon the composition of the fluid passed there through. A method for making the filter assembly and systems for using the filter assembly are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 1999Publication date: November 8, 2001Applicant: DARYL R. CALHOUNInventors: DARYL R. CALHOUN, RANDY MURPHEY, ALLEN R. WONS, ROBERTO E. PEREZ
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Publication number: 20010037979Abstract: An electrospraydevice, a liquid chromatography device and an electrospray-liquid chromatography system are disclosed. The electrospray device comprises a substrate defining a channel between an entrance orifice on an injection surface and an exit orifice on an ejection surface, a nozzle defined by a portion recessed from the ejection surface surrounding the exit orifice, and an electrode for application of an electric potential to the substrate to optimize and generate an electrospray; and, optionally, additional electrode(s) to further modify the electrospray.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2000Publication date: November 8, 2001Inventors: James E. Moon, Timothy J. Davis, Gregory J. Galvin
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Publication number: 20010037980Abstract: An effluent treating method, comprising the steps of: vaporizing effluent containing chlorine-based organic matter and producing vaporized gas containing chlorine-based organic gas; reacting the vaporized gas with photocatalytic material, with irradiating ultraviolet light, and decomposing the vaporized gas; and absorbing, adsorbing, or neutralizing the reacting step.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2001Publication date: November 8, 2001Applicant: Yamaha CorporationInventors: Jun Yamamoto, Akira Osawa, Kunimasa Muroi, Yoichi Nagasaki
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Publication number: 20010037981Abstract: A wastewater treatment equipment is provided with a reaction tank and a separate reaction unit installed in the reaction tank. In the separate reaction unit, a reaction different from a reaction in the reaction tank is carried out with returned sludge and a acid or alkali. Reactants are generated from the returned sludge in the separate reaction unit and then introduced from a bottom portion of the separate reaction unit into the reaction tank so as to be used for wastewater treatment.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2001Publication date: November 8, 2001Inventors: Kazuyuki Yamasaki, Norio Sawai, Kazumi Chujou
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Publication number: 20010037982Abstract: A filter including alternating layers of filter medium and diffusion medium. The filter provides optimum distribution of fluid over the filtering medium, a reduced pressure drop and an increased filter life, without a reduction in filter rating. The diffusion medium has a first plane of spaced-apart, substantially parallel strands defining first longitudinal passages having a first height dimension and a first width dimension, and a second plane of spaced-apart, substantially parallel strands defining second longitudinal passages having a second height dimension and a second width dimension. The strands of the second plane of the diffusion medium are oriented in a non-parallel manner with respect to the strands of the first plane, such that the first and the second planes define lateral openings having side dimensions. The first and the second longitudinal passages include at least one dimension that is smaller than any of the side dimensions of the lateral openings.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 1999Publication date: November 8, 2001Inventors: JOHN L. PULEK, THOMAS J. HAMLIN, RICHARD SALE, C. THOMAS PAUL
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Publication number: 20010037983Abstract: An apparatus for recovering oil has a bucket for skimming and collecting water and oil floating on the surface of the water. The bucket has a base plate having apertures for draining water collected by the bucket. The apertures have a preselected diameter and length to allow separation of the oil and water utilizing differences in specific gravities and viscosities of the oil and water so that the oil can be discharged from the bucket into an oil recovery tank after the water drains out of the bucket through the apertures but before the oil begins to drain out of the apertures.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2001Publication date: November 8, 2001Inventors: Shinjiro Takahashi, Katsuyuki Maida, Hiroshi Saeki
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Publication number: 20010037984Abstract: This invention relates to a method and a device for the separation of impurities in incoming wastewater.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2001Publication date: November 8, 2001Inventor: Olle Tornegard
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Publication number: 20010037985Abstract: A rail mounting arrangement for supporting a computer component, such as a server, in a rack includes a pair of support rails and slide rail assemblies supported by the support rail. The support rails are identical and include a pair of mounting regions on either side of a longitudinal axis. The slide rail assemblies have a lower profile than the support rails and may be mounted on either of the mounting regions. The slide rail assemblies are secured to the server and present a low profile, permitting greater access to internal components within the server housing for servicing. The support rails are recessed in the rack to reduce the space occupied by the rail system in the region of the rack in which the server is supported.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 1998Publication date: November 8, 2001Inventors: PAILY VARGHESE, ROBERT J. HASTINGS, PAUL E. WESTPHALL
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Publication number: 20010037986Abstract: The present invention includes electronic device workpiece carriers, methods of processing electronic device workpieces, and methods of positioning electronic device workpieces within a workpiece carrier. One aspect of the present invention provides an electronic device workpiece carrier including a body; and a plurality of workpiece receivers defined by the body, individual workpiece receivers being configured to hold an electronic device workpiece and at least some of the workpiece receivers being spaced from immediately adjacent workpiece receivers at different distances.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 1999Publication date: November 8, 2001Applicant: James D. SauretteInventor: JEFF MENDIOLA
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Publication number: 20010037987Abstract: A system for construction whereby a virtually unlimited number of structural configurations relating to vastly different applications can be assembled using relatively few different structural members. Structural members are sized and slotted according to a standardized system. Because structural members are sized and slotted according to the standardized system, the vast majority of structural members are interchangeable and inter-connectable with other structural members to allow for scaling and expansion of structural assemblies while maintaining consistent spacing. This wide range of interchangeability and consistently spaced inter-connectibility overcomes conventional restraints which have, historically, limited design flexibility and the resulting utility of conventionally constructed items.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 1999Publication date: November 8, 2001Applicant: Wm. Brook LaffertyInventor: STEPHEN A. CULP
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Publication number: 20010037988Abstract: In a basic rack, particularly for equipment cabinets, which has transverse profiles, depth profiles and vertical profiles connected by means of corner connectors, the profiles engageable on the fixing extensions of the corner connectors are fixed from the inside of the basic rack with the aid of one clamping means and one connecting element in a clamping fastening. In an advantageous development the transverse, depth and vertical profiles, as well as the associated fixing extensions of the corner connectors have a triangular construction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2001Publication date: November 8, 2001Inventors: Josef Knab, Alexander Prinz, Siegfried Schneiderbauer, Klaus Neuwardt
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Publication number: 20010037989Abstract: A bottle cap (10) having a top panel (12) and a downwardly depending skirt (14). Skirt (14) includes an angled upper portion (20) and a generally cylindrical lower portion (22) with an exterior bead (24) thereon. Angled upper skirt portion (20) extends from a perimeter bead (23) down to a locking bead (34), which allows upper skirt (20) to transfer an application force from perimeter bead (23) radially to locking bead (34) in order to push the locking bead down around the upper crown (42) of a bottle neck (40).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2001Publication date: November 8, 2001Applicant: Portola Packaging, Inc.Inventor: Rudolph R. Verderber
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Publication number: 20010037990Abstract: Attachment device (1) to attach a distribution device (2) such as a pump or a valve onto a neck (30) of a recipient (3), said attachment device comprising a ring (10) forming a skirt (101) equipped with attachment means designed to co-operate with the neck of the recipient, reception means (103) designed to receive the distribution device and an annular plate (102) extending radially inwards from the skirt, said plate (102) comprising a lower surface (105) designed to be pressed against the upper end (31) of the neck (30), with an inserted seal (4) if required,Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2001Publication date: November 8, 2001Inventors: Olivier de Pous, Jean-Jacques Ligny
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Publication number: 20010037991Abstract: A method of preventing curved-side containers on a conveyor belt of a commercial filling line from slipping across and past the curved surface of the forward container by providing a small flat area on opposing sides of the containers and positioning the containers in the filling line to cause the flat areas on one container to register with the flat areas on adjacent containers in the line, and a product container having curved sides with wider shoulders tapering to a narrower base, with a small flat area on each side of the container at the widest point on the container shoulders.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2001Publication date: November 8, 2001Inventor: Mark R. Harris
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Publication number: 20010037992Abstract: The title of the invention is the structure of reinforcing ribs around bottle waist. The purpose of the invention is to achieve enhanced buckling strength in a bottle of a reinforcing rib structure comprising a horizontal concave rib in the waist portion of the bottle body and the reinforcing ribs disposed vertically at regular intervals along the circumference of this horizontal concave rib.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2001Publication date: November 8, 2001Applicant: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.Inventors: Shoji Tanabe, Shigeru Yoneyama
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Publication number: 20010037993Abstract: A wet etching apparatus for finely processing a metal thin film of aluminum or mainly composed of aluminum has an ion chromatograph for automatically measuring the concentration of etching substances contained in an etchant, a calculating device for calculating the addition amounts according to the results of measurement, and an adding device for supplying desired amounts of etching substances into the tank depending on the results of calculation. Accordingly, the composition of the etchant containing water and etching substances such as phosphoric acid, nitric acid and acetic acid can be controlled within a desired concentration range. During the etching process, by controlling the concentration of the etching substances contained in the etchant, the etching shape of the metal thin film and the etching speed can be controlled and stabilized.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2001Publication date: November 8, 2001Inventor: Katsuo Iwasaki
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Publication number: 20010037994Abstract: A method of manufacturing a compound layer, containing a nitrified metal as a major component thereof and having a predetermined microstructure pattern, includes: an ion implantation step for implanting hydrogen ions into a predetermined region of a compound layer formed on a substrate to form an implanted region; and an etching step for selectively etching the implanted region by using a gas containing at least oxygen, to remove the implanted region of the compound layer while maintaining the other region as a microstructure pattern. By introducing a halogen element like fluorine in addition to hydrogen, fabrication of the pattern can be executed more reliably and more easily. As a result, volatility of reaction products produced upon etching the compound layer is enhanced, and micro-loading effects are suppressed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2001Publication date: November 8, 2001Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventor: Mizunori Ezaki
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Publication number: 20010037995Abstract: A process and solution for selectively wet etching a titanium based perovskite material disposed on a silicon oxide or silicon nitride substrate is disclosed herein. The solution is composed of hydrogen peroxide, an acid and deionized water. The solution is heated to a temperature between 25 and 90 degrees Celsius. The titanium based perovskite material may be barium strontium titanate, barium titanate, strontium titanate or a lead titanate. The solution selectively etches the perovskite material while the substrate is only minimally etched, if at all. The process and solution allows for an etching rate up to thirty times greater than conventional etching rates for similar perovskite materials selective to various substrate, barrier and mask layers, including SiO2.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 1999Publication date: November 8, 2001Inventors: HIROYUKI AKATSU, DAVID E. KOTECKI, JINGYU JENNY LIAN, HUA SHEN
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Publication number: 20010037996Abstract: An plasma cutter, including a power supply, a cutting torch (with a nozzle), a source of air and a valve, is disclosed. The cutting torch is connected to the two power source outputs (cathode and anode). Air is supplied to the nozzle through the valve from the air supply. In one position the valve allows air to flow from the air source to the nozzle. In a second position the valve prevents air from flowing from the air supply to the nozzle and also vents the nozzle and torch. The torch has a movable electrode and the nozzle is in a fixed position. The nozzle and electrode are each electrically connected to a different one of the power outputs. The electrode is biased (preferably by a spring) to be in contact with the nozzle. However, air flowing into the torch and electrode overcomes the bias and moves the electrode away from the nozzle. If the arc is absent and the user desires current, then the valve is moved to prevent air from flowing into the torch and to vent the torch.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2001Publication date: November 8, 2001Applicant: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventor: Peter Naor
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Publication number: 20010037997Abstract: A method and apparatus for simultaneously cleaning and bonding a wire to a bonding surface is presented. In accordance with the invention, a gas is energized to form a plasma, which is then directed in a directional pressurized flow at the wire and bonding surface to form a dynamic plasma cleaning chamber bubble around the portion of the wire and bonding surface that are to be bonded together, and then the respective portions of the wire and bonding surface are bonded together within the plasma cleaning chamber bubble.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2001Publication date: November 8, 2001Inventor: Ronald J. Barnett
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Publication number: 20010037998Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed for forming lines of weakness in an automotive trim piece so as to enable formation of an airbag deployment opening in the trim piece. A cutting beam, such as a laser is directed at the trim piece surface to be scored and a sensor emits a sensing beam, and a beam combining device receives both the sensor beam and the laser beam and causes downstream beam segments to be collinear with each other as they impinge the trim piece surface. The scoring is thereby able to be carried out in a single pass, and is precise, repeatable and independent of cutting depth, angle of cutting, scoring patterns, material inconsistency, material color, and surface grain variability.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2001Publication date: November 8, 2001Inventors: Antonios Nicholas, Michael Towler
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Publication number: 20010037999Abstract: A system of forming an image using mathematical tools. The images formed using any of the set of mathematical tools, which can be modular level sets, fractals, or cellular automata, or any other modular level set tool. Whenever tool is used, but parameters associated with the values in that tool can be set. This allows producing a number of different functions. The output of the tool is an image, which each pixel of the image having a color and each color representing some change that is to be carried out to the material being processed. The material being processed can be a textile material or denim for example. The processing device can be a laser which produces an output whose value is dependent on the different colors, with each color representing a power output or energy density per unit time specific to that color.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2000Publication date: November 8, 2001Inventor: Clarence H. Martin
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Publication number: 20010038000Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a welding current is disclosed. The power source is capable of receiving any input voltage over a wide range of input voltages and includes an input rectifier that rectifies the ac input into a dc signal. A dc voltage stage converts the dc signal to a desired dc voltage and an inverter inverts the dc signal into a second ac signal. An output transformer receives the second ac signal and provides a third ac signal that has a current magnitude suitable for welding. The welding current may be rectified and smoothed by an output inductor and an output rectifier. A controller provides control signals to the inverter and an auxiliary power controller that can receive a range of input voltages and provide a control power signal to the controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2001Publication date: November 8, 2001Inventor: James M. Thommes
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Publication number: 20010038001Abstract: In the present invention, an iron based alloy which contains by mass %: 0.20% or less of C; 6.0 to 16.0% of Cr; 6.0 to 16.0% of Ni and whose martensitic transformation starting temperature (Ms point temperature) is in the range of 0-170° C., inclusive of 0° C. and exclusive of 170° C., is used as a welding material. With respect to a weld metal, the weld metal has a iron alloy composition which contains by mass %: 0.20% or less of C; 3.0 to 13.0% of Cr; 3.0 to 13.0% of Ni and whose martensitic transformation starting temperature (Ms point temperature) is in the range of 50-360° C., inclusive of both 50° C. and 360° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2000Publication date: November 8, 2001Inventors: Yasushi Morikage, Takahiro Kubo, Koich Yasuda, Keniti Amano, Akihiko Ohta, Kazuo Hiraoka, Chiaki Shiga
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Publication number: 20010038002Abstract: A multi-stage heating furnace for drying large-sized substrates arranged in a stack, including a furnace body, and shelf heaters arranged within the furnace body such that the shelf heaters are spaced from each other in a vertical direction at a predetermined spacing pitch and such that adjacent ones of the shelf heaters partially define drying chambers for accommodating the respective substrates, wherein each shelf heater consists of a far-infrared-radiation panel heater of double-side heating type including a heat radiating plate in which a heat-generating body is embedded, and the panel heater has opposite major surfaces covered with respective thin ceramic layers which emit a far infrared radiation when the heat radiating plate is heated by energization of the heat-generating body.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2001Publication date: November 8, 2001Applicant: NORITAKE CO., LIMITEDInventors: Takahiro Kano, Hisayasu Tachikawa, Tamotsu Sakai
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Publication number: 20010038003Abstract: A paraffin bath apparatus for melting paraffin used in therapeutic applications is disclosed. The paraffin bath apparatus comprises a housing having a base, a sidewall and upper opening. An inner tub is formed of a temperature resistant polymeric material is a generally cup shaped member having a bottom wall, an upstanding wall and an open top. The inner tub is received within the upper opening of the housing with the bottom wall of the inner tub overlying the base of the housing. The heating element is located between the inner tub and the housing for providing heat to the inner tub sufficient to melt the paraffin but below the temperature that would adversely affect the polymeric material forming inner tub. A thermostatic sensor is disposed between the inner tub and the housing and is electrically connected to the heating element to control the heat provided to the inner tub. A temperature indicating element may be provided in the inner tub and placed in contact with paraffin melted in the inner tub.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2001Publication date: November 8, 2001Applicant: HoMedics, Inc.Inventor: Dov Glucksman
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Publication number: 20010038004Abstract: Stove or grill having a cook top, hob or cooking surface for cooking food. The cook top or hob is made of a glass ceramic material. The top surface of the cook top or hob has at least one groove-shaped depression to define and separate various zone and cooking areas on the cook top or hob.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2001Publication date: November 8, 2001Inventors: Ioannis Kosmas, Dietmar Wennemann, Joachim Grutzke
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Publication number: 20010038005Abstract: An optical radiation measurement apparatus is provided. The apparatus has at least one radiation detector for measuring electromagnetic radiation emitted from at least two radiation sources. Separate radiation channels are provided in a channel member in order to provide a radiation path between the radiation sources and the radiation detector, which is common to all of the radiation sources.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 1998Publication date: November 8, 2001Applicant: Robert W. BeckerInventor: MARKUS HAUF
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Publication number: 20010038006Abstract: The present invention provides an induction heating method for a manifold in a hot runner mold where it is possible to uniformly heat material over the entire length of a runner and in which a coil may be easily attached to and detached from the manifold.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2001Publication date: November 8, 2001Inventors: Itsuo Shibata, Shinichi Edagawa, Ryoichi Sekiguchi, Hitoshi Toki, Tamotsu Munakata
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Publication number: 20010038007Abstract: A convection cooking appliance includes an oven cavity surrounded, at least in part, by an air channel assembly. The appliance includes at least first and second heating units arranged in the air channel assembly, as well as an additional heating unit in the oven cavity. A blower assembly is provided to generate a recirculating flow of air through the air channel assembly and the oven cavity. A microwave generator and a catalyst are also arranged in the air channel assembly. A controller, responsive to operator inputs and signals from a temperature sensor extending into the air channel assembly, regulates the activation/deactivation state of each of the components based on a preprogrammed algorithm. One of the heating units in the air channel assembly is constituted by an open coil heating element, defined by a plurality of rows spaced in the direction of air flow downstream of the blower assembly. The arrangement of the coils functions to straighten the air flow for delivery to the oven cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2001Publication date: November 8, 2001Applicant: Maytag CorporationInventor: John Scott Brown
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Publication number: 20010038008Abstract: A microwave control unit that includes an external memory storage for storing, for example, control parameters, cooking parameters, and feature data is described. In one embodiment, the control unit includes a pre-programmed microprocessor coupled to a key panel and a display. The controller also is coupled, for example, to a power supply, sensors, and power switches. The control microprocessor, as is known in the art, includes an on-board memory unit, e.g., a read only memory, for storing the control program as well as control parameters, cooking parameters, and feature data. Under the control of the control program, the microprocessor is configured to control, for example, energy output levels and cooking time based on the operator inputs. The control unit also includes an external model configuration read only memory (EMCR) coupled to the control microprocessor via an external bus. The EMCR also has control parameters, cooking parameters, and feature data stored therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 1998Publication date: November 8, 2001Inventor: JESSE S. HEAD
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Publication number: 20010038009Abstract: A transport and storage device including a cargo container, a system for positioning at least one removable storage module inside the container, and a system for releasably securing the positioned storage cabinet to the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2001Publication date: November 8, 2001Applicant: BOH EnvironmentalInventor: Edward Payne
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Publication number: 20010038010Abstract: A tool box includes two upper covers each having an upper flange provided an upper clasp and a lower flange provided with a lower clasp which are configured to engage firmly with an upper and lower recesses of the base so as to keep the upper covers firmly engaged with the base, the upper cover being formed with a first groove at the upper flange and a second groove at the lower flange, the upper covers being provided with two parallel tracks a base formed with an upper flange and a lower flange respectively having two first grooves and two second grooves, the base being formed with two parallel tracks, two connecting members for joining together the upper covers with the base, the two connecting members having two parallel tracks, and two detachable containers having an upper raised edge and a lower raised edge configured and dimensioned to be slidably engaged with the grooves of the upper covers and the grooves of the base, whereby the two detachable containers can slide on a top of the base thereby increasType: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2001Publication date: November 8, 2001Inventor: James Chien
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Publication number: 20010038011Abstract: A collapsible, foldable container with reduced deflection and increased strength and convenience is provided. A door can be provided in the lower portion in one or more of the sidewalls, opening upward and outward without unduly loading the door hinges. A latch is provided to hold the door in the open configuration engageable by slamming open and disengaging by jerking close. In one embodiment, the base of the container includes a plate having ribbing extending upwardly therefrom. When a smooth-bottomed surface is desired, a plate may be installed on top of the upwardly extending ribbing. Ribbing on the bottom surface and/or sidewall surfaces can include close-loop or circular ribs with integral ribbing extending radially therefrom. Preferably, containers are configured so that they can be stacked, one upon the other, either with or without a top or lid. Preferably, the lid, when provided, avoids pooling of liquids such as rainwater by having a domed-shape and by providing channels in a peripheral ridge.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2001Publication date: November 8, 2001Inventor: Mark Hillis
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Publication number: 20010038012Abstract: A web-shaped retainer for a vehicle interior has its holding bars foldable at tube segments connected by a hinge joint over which a sleeve is slidable to lock the segments in alignment against the force of a tension spring in one of the segments.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2001Publication date: November 8, 2001Applicant: Peter Butz GmbH & Co. Verwaltungs-KGInventor: Peter Vanhoutte
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Publication number: 20010038013Abstract: A liquid storage tank for holding chemicals and heating oil and water and liquids compatible with high-density polyethylene that is lap welded with a perforation in the lap weld and contains a polyethylene lining inside the tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2001Publication date: November 8, 2001Inventor: Charles A. Frey
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Publication number: 20010038014Abstract: Base cup for receiving a container body bottom and for reducing heat gain to fluid contents in the container body. A passive base cup is made of foam and has a reflective layer on a majority of the outer surface thereof, or made of plastic, with an outer reflective layer, and optionally a foam layer. An active base cup serves to actively cool the fluid in the container, by including a compartment therein with a fluid that can be frozen. Again, a reflective layer and an optional foam layer extend over a majority of the outer surface of the cup. The reflective layer materials have a density different than the cup materials to facilitate recycling.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2001Publication date: November 8, 2001Inventors: Michael E. Donelson, Lawrence A. Coppari, Stephen Weinhold, Marcus D. Shelby, Steven S. Duncan, Robert N. Estep
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Publication number: 20010038015Abstract: A paint can rim seal and groove protector that is simple and inexpensive in its manufacture and construction and easily allows the pouring of paint or other liquid from a can. A seal for a can rim includes a deformable rim seal having a width defined by an interior diameter smaller than the can rim and an exterior diameter larger than the can rim. A pressure sensitive releasable adhesive coating is provided on one surface of the deformable rim seal. In operation, the rim seal is aligned with the can rim with the adhesive coated side down. The rim seal is then removably placed on the rim. Interior and exterior edges of the rim seal are manually bent down to adhesively seal against the interior and exterior sidewalls of the can.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2001Publication date: November 8, 2001Inventor: Robert M. Pruckler
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Publication number: 20010038016Abstract: Wipers in roll form or separate sheets are stored in a plastic bag. A reclosable outlet is provided for the bag. In use with roll-form wipers, a restricted outlet is provided so as to provide resistance to the withdrawal of a strip of wipers from the bag, and allow them to be torn off along perforation lines delineating the wipers from one another. Preferably, the wiper material has a cleaning liquid absorbed in it. The bag material is a laminate comprising aluminum foil sandwiched between layers of polyester with an inner layer of polyethylene. This material is highly resistant to attack by aggressive solvents. In use with separate wipers, the bag has a slide-fastener closure which gives a wide outlet opening and adhesive-free closing.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 1998Publication date: November 8, 2001Inventor: PETER B. RUSSO
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Publication number: 20010038017Abstract: This apparatus and method for dispensing lids, such as plastic cup lids for drinking cups, one-by-one from a nesting stack of lids disposed slidable inside a vertically oriented elongated housing, such stack being initially supported from underneath the bottommost lid by a pair of lateral pivoting support plate members. Operating the dispenser by depressing a yoke-lever member urging a symmetrical outboard pair of resilient flat spring jaws laterally inward, engaging from opposing sides, flanged outer rim on such cup lid that immediately overlays the bottommost lid, causing the overlaying cup lid to be flexed, lifted, and ovally distorted. Such oval distortion wedges the overlaying lid between the resilient flat spring jaws and against the inner wall of the elongated housing vertically supporting the overlaying lid and all lids lying thereon. Further action of the yoke-lever will move the pair of support plates to an unsupporting position allowing bottommost lid to fall free, dispensed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2001Publication date: November 8, 2001Inventor: Larry E. Davis
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Publication number: 20010038018Abstract: The present invention relates to a portable device for metering and delivering a desired weight of a cohesive particulate solid material such as pigmentary titanium dioxide.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2001Publication date: November 8, 2001Inventors: Timothy Allan Bell, James Todd Delfunt, Darryl W. Geyen, Michael Thomas Hyzny, Barton J. Firman, Thomas Leroy Krieger
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Publication number: 20010038019Abstract: A system dispenses a desired portion of frozen product at a uniform rate from a product container containing the frozen product. The product container has a spout, and a dispensing valve connected to the spout to seal the product container. The dispensing valve is used to control dispensing of the frozen product from the product container. A label, attached to the product container identifying the formulation of the frozen product, is read to determine at least the formulation of the frozen product. Based upon at least the formulation, a controller controls the applied force from a drive and applied the force to a piston in the product container in order to dispense the frozen product at a uniform rate. The force is adjusted by the controller such that the frozen product is dispensed at a uniform rate until the desired portion is dispensed. The product container is sufficiently rigid so as not to deform when the force is applied to dispense the frozen product.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2001Publication date: November 8, 2001Inventors: Michael James Vincent, Hershel Edward Fancher, David Anthony Harpring, Patrick Joseph Ogburn