Patents Issued in April 25, 2002
  • Publication number: 20020046626
    Abstract: For the evaporation of given components from initial multiple-substance mixtures and systems at subatmospheric pressure, individual portions (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5) of the multiple-substance mixture and systems are placed in ring crucibles (17) stacked at several levels. Vapors of the lower-boiling component are drawn off through a vapor exhaust opening in each crucible, while the top ring crucible (17) is closed except for its vapor exhaust opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Manfred Raschke, Wilfried Goy, Franz Hugo, Erwin Wanetzky, Albrecht Melber
  • Publication number: 20020046627
    Abstract: A solder powder comprises solder particles having a distribution such that the number of particles having a particle diameter of 20 &mgr;m or less is 30% or less, wherein the oxygen content is 500 ppm or less. A flux for solder paste comprises an organic acid component consisting of an organic acid ester and an ester decomposer catalyst, an organic halogen compound, a reducing agent and a resin component. A solder paste mainly comprises a flux and a solder powder, wherein the water content of the solder paste is 0.5% by weight or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Hitoshi Amita, Takashi Shoji, Shunsuke Nagasaki, Yoshinori Shibuya, Isamu Taguchi, Noriko Murase
  • Publication number: 20020046628
    Abstract: Pellets incorporated with a carbonaceous material of the present invention contain a carbonaceous material and iron ore mainly composed of iron oxide. The maximum fluidity of the carbonaceous material in softening and melting, and the ratio of iron oxide particles of 10 &mgr;m or smaller in the iron ore are within the range above a line which connects in turn points A, B and C shown in FIG. 1, including the line. This permits the production of pellets incorporated with a carbonaceous material having excellent thermal conductivity and high strength. Reduction of the pellets incorporated with a carbonaceous material produces reduced iron having high strength after reduction and a low fines ratio with improved productivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Yoshimichi Takenaka, Shoji Shirouchi, Masakata Shimizu, Kazuya Miyagawa
  • Publication number: 20020046629
    Abstract: A method of making a drill comprising a tip (16), a shank (10) and a flute area having chip spaces (12, 14) formed therein, the drill being substantially completely coated with a hard material, and is characterized by applying an abrasive material to merely the tip (16) before coating the drill with the hard material. The drill may more particularly be a solid carbide drill.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Bernhard Walter Borschert, Dieter Hermann Muhlfriedel, Karl-Heinz Wendt
  • Publication number: 20020046630
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a manually operated stopper extractor device arranged to engage a bottle of carbonated liquid to remove the stopper. The extractor device includes a frame arranged to be centered about the neck of the bottle and a side support housing which encloses an actuation lever coupled to an extraction yoke. The yoke is operable between a disengaged and engaged position with the stopper. When the lever is in a compressed actuated position, the yoke engages the stopper and moves the stopper upwardly to remove the stopper from the bottle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Cesar Hugo Olivera, Roberto Jose Cardon
  • Publication number: 20020046631
    Abstract: A slide hammer includes three major components, namely, a guide sleeve, a plunger and an impact head. The plunger is inserted within the guide sleeve. The impact head is secured within the distal end of the guide sleeve, and has a portion which protrudes from the guide sleeve distal end. The impact head is able to freely slide within a segmented portion of the guide sleeve distal end. The plunger is slid within the guide sleeve at a selected velocity in order to contact the portion of the impact head slidably secured within the guide sleeve. The force of the plunger striking the impact head is transmitted through the impact head to a targeted object in contact with the protruding portion of the impact head. The impact head may be fitted with various types of tips. Each of the tips has particular advantages in applying force to a targeted object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventor: John K. Lowther
  • Publication number: 20020046632
    Abstract: An apparatus and design method for an insert and cutting tool body together, permitting re-profiling and reusing profile insert blades on a rotating cutting tool without losing the radial, the axial or the profile dimensions. The cutting tool body has one or more insert pockets for receiving profiled inserts. Each profiled insert has a top edge, a cutting profile, a reference edge, a ramp edge, and two parallel faces, and is held in place by a clamping mechanism. The back edge of the profiled insert is aligned against a ramp edge of the cutting tool body, and the bottom edge is aligned with a bottom face of the cutting tool body. As the profiled insert becomes dull, the blade is reprofiled along the profile cutting edge, and a proportional amount of material is removed from the bottom edge of the insert blade to establish a new profile workpiece and a new reference edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Applicant: E.W. Tooling, Inc.
    Inventors: Ernest R. Wallin, Jerome E. Deyle
  • Publication number: 20020046633
    Abstract: An apparatus (10) makes easier, simpler and quicker the obtention of a sample of materials for physical and/or chemical testing. The apparatus (10) comprises a housing (24) containing a ram (18), the housing (24) having an anvil end (22) and a cutting end (12). In a method of using the apparatus (10), the cutting end (12) is driven into a substrate (14) and a plug (16) of sample material is obtained. Plug (16) is removed form housing (24) by forcing ram (18) in the direction of plug (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Applicant: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Marc Borowczak, Charles Frederick Crano, Dale Roy Norton
  • Publication number: 20020046634
    Abstract: Device and method for dividing media in assembly machines, comprising a pneumatic linear guide unit with fitted stroke limiting units, the media being movable on a support in a first direction. A carriage has a linear movement in a direction which runs transversely with respect to the first direction. A holder is attached to the carriage and a knife is attached to the holder by way of a rotatable shaft. Constructional elements convert linear movement of the carriage into a rotational movement of the knife, wherein the knife cuts transversely through the media while the tape is firmly held on the support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Applicant: EMTEC MAGNETICS GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Schlatter, Manfred Kraus, Richard Scheidecker
  • Publication number: 20020046635
    Abstract: The card punching machine has a hollow cylindrical punching tool (12) which is driven into a flat sheet (10) to be punched. The sheet (10) is punched on a plastic back-pressure plate (8) and is essentially made of polycarbonate or a laminate that includes at least one layer made of polycarbonate. The card punching machine can be used to manufacture high-quality cards from polycarbonate or from the above mentioned laminate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Paul Christen, Dino Arzensek
  • Publication number: 20020046636
    Abstract: Provision of venturi flange coupled with soundhole in resonant chamber of stringed musical instruments, to expand frequency and volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventor: Eric Thomas Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20020046637
    Abstract: With a view to improving a protector device for the tension lock of a conga or the like so as to obtain cost-effective production and easy attachment and the possibility of operation of the tension nut in the attached condition, the protector device comprises a main body, which is U-shaped in its horizontal cross section and radially open on the inside toward the conga, accepting the tension lug of the conga; a cover; a bottom; a slot in the cover; a slot in the bottom; a cutout in the cover, into which the slot opens and which, in the attached position, encompasses the region of the outer thread of the tension hook; and a cutout in the bottom, into which the slot opens and which, in the attached position, encompasses the top of the tension nut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventor: Reinhold Meinl
  • Publication number: 20020046638
    Abstract: An interactive system for accessing, performing and transmitting music which includes a display, computer processor and a local or remote data structure containing data corresponding to music score, tutorial information, a sample performance of the music, accompaniment, video and other data. With a controller the user accesses that data structure and displays selected data for the files stored in the data structure. The user may also manipulate the tempo, key, fingering or other aspects of the music. The data may be stored at one or more remote servers and accessed by the user through the Internet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Glenda Wright, Stephen Turner
  • Publication number: 20020046639
    Abstract: A waveform reproduction apparatus providing an intuitive way to operate controllers corresponding to musical time quantities such as beats and bars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventor: Tadao Kikumoto
  • Publication number: 20020046640
    Abstract: In an electronic musical apparatus having a generator for generating a tone, a play member is provided for playing a music such that a key-on touch operation and a key-off touch operation are performed on the play member to input a note of the music. A detector detects the key-on touch operation and the key-off touch operation to generate key-on information and key-off information. A controller operates based on the key-on information and the key-off information for controlling the generator to generate a tone corresponding to the note. The detector detects a transitional state of the key-off touch operation for generating a sequence of first key-off information and second key-off information indicative of the transitional state of the key-off touch operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventor: Masao Kondo
  • Publication number: 20020046641
    Abstract: A braiding machine has a support defining an upright axis, a lower rotor rotatable on the support about the axis and defining an annular guide centered on the axis, and an upper rotor having slides bearing at an interface on the guide and rotatable on the lower rotor about the axis. A drive connected to the rotors rotates same in opposite directions about the axis with the slides sliding on the guide. Dosers feeding a lubricant to the interface and a sensor detects a temperature of the guide at the interface. A computer-type controller connected to the doser and to the sensor feeds the lubricant to the interface at a rate only sufficient to prevent the detected temperature from exceeding a predetermined limit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Applicant: Spirka Maschinenbau GmbH
    Inventor: Wolfgang Emmerich
  • Publication number: 20020046642
    Abstract: A firing lever assembly is disclosed for use in a firearm having a housing extending in a longitudinal direction and a bolt assembly adapted for longitudinal movement within the housing. The firing lever assembly includes a carrier defining a through hole and a firing lever having a first end adapted for insertion into the carrier. A spring guide rod is sized for insertion into the carrier through hole and adapted for longitudinal movement between an extended position and a retracted position, and a recoil spring disposed about the spring guide rod. The spring guide rod in the extended position engages the firing lever to secure the first end of the firing lever in the carrier, while the spring guide rod in the retracted position is disengaged from the firing lever to allow removal of the firing lever from the carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventor: Johannes Murello
  • Publication number: 20020046643
    Abstract: A gun having a wedge-type breech block and a barrel that is seated in a cradle for firing electrically-ignitable cartridges that contain electronic components, and in which an ignition contact (4) is disposed on the cartridge base or bottom (3) for producing a connection to an external current source, and a signal contact (5) is disposed on the cartridge base for connecting the electronic components to an external electronic control and evaluation device. To ensure the simple and reliable ignition of the cartridge, as well as the transmission of data from the cartridge to an external unit, an axially displaceable ignition and signal-transmission unit (8) is provided in the breech block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Heinz Gunter Breuer, Hans Hulsewis
  • Publication number: 20020046644
    Abstract: A spring closing assembly is disclosed which is adapted to be selectively installed and removed from a firearm. The illustrated spring closing assembly includes a rod having a free forward end which defines a slot dividing the free forward end into fork prongs. The assembly also includes a spring mounted on the rod, and a projecting part located on a first one of the fork prongs. At least the first fork prong is resiliently displaceable in an inward direction. The assembly also includes a washer dimensioned to be forced onto the free end of the rod by inwardly displacing the first fork prong. At least one of the projecting part and the washer is chamfered to promote the inward displacement of the first fork prong. The washer is captured between the projecting part and the spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventor: Helmut Weldle
  • Publication number: 20020046645
    Abstract: A swing member is supported by a swing support member like a universal joint of a Hook's type such that it can swing in a state where it is prevented from rotating around a center line. In this manner, even if a shaft rotates at high speed, the swing member is surely prevented from rotating around the shaft. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a piston from excessively vibrating, hence to prevent large noises from being made, and to improve reliability and durability of a compressor when the compressor is operated at high speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Mikio Matsuda, Mitsuo Inagaki, Shigeru Hisanaga, Naruhide Kimura
  • Publication number: 20020046646
    Abstract: Compressor may preferably include a swash plate coupled to a drive shaft, so that the swash plate will rotates in response to rotation of the drive shaft. A piston is preferably disposed within a cylinder bore. A shoe preferably couples the piston to the swash plate, so the piston will reciprocate within the cylinder bore in order to compress a refrigerant in response to rotation of the swash plate. The shoe preferably comprises a main body, a metallic hard layer at least partially disposed on the main body and an anti-friction layer at least partially disposed on the metallic hard layer. The main body preferably comprises a spherical surface portion and a substantially flat surface portion and comprises aluminum. The metallic hard layer preferably has a hardness of at least HV 300 based upon the Vickers hardness scale and is disposed on at least one of the spherical surface portion and the substantially flat surface portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Manabu Sugiura, Shino Okubo, Tomohiro Murakami, Takahiro Sugioka, Akira Onoda
  • Publication number: 20020046647
    Abstract: Compressors may preferably include a swash plate coupled to a drive shaft, so that the swash plate will rotate in response to rotation of the drive shaft. A piston is preferably disposed within a cylinder bore. A shoe preferably couples the piston to the swash plate, so the piston will reciprocate within the cylinder bore in order to compress a refrigerant in response to rotation of the swash plate. The shoe preferably comprises a main body, a metallic hard layer at least partially disposed on the main body and an anti-friction layer at least partially disposed on the metallic hard layer. The main body preferably comprises a spherical surface portion and a substantially flat surface portion and comprises aluminum. The metallic hard layer preferably has a hardness of at least HV 300 based upon the Vickers hardness scale and is disposed on at least one of the spherical surface portion and the substantially flat surface portion. The anti-friction layer preferably comprises a metal and a solid lubricating agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Manabu Sugiura, Shino Okubo, Tomohiro Murakami, Takahiro Sugioka, Akira Onoda
  • Publication number: 20020046648
    Abstract: A piston for a combustion engine having an oil ring groove on the exterior of the piston which communicates via oil holes with an oil trap extending around the interior of the piston. The oil trap captures lubricant on the downward stroke and pumps lubricant to the piston and cylinder walls on the upward stroke. An oil ring assembly having a wiper, expander and oil ring sections may be provided in the oil ring groove. A bridge may also be provided to support the cylinder head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventor: Christopher Gamble
  • Publication number: 20020046649
    Abstract: Guide for the piston rod of a piston-cylinder assembly, especially for a vibration damper, a shock-absorbing strut, or a level-control element, where the guide body holds the cylinder tube and the outside tube and simultaneously centers the piston rod in a central bore. The guide body has two axially spaced sealing elements which rest on the outside surface of the piston rod and seal off the interior space of the piston-cylinder assembly from the atmosphere. A flow connection, starting from the area of the intermediate space between the seals, extends to the interior space and is provided with a nonreturn valve, through which a flow can proceed only in the direction of the interior space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Applicant: Mannesmann Sachs AG
    Inventors: Heinz Knecht, Werner Kuchheuser
  • Publication number: 20020046650
    Abstract: A hydraulic cylinder (10), especially as a pit prop or moving cylinder unit in underground mining, with a locking ring (16) arranged on an outer cylinder tube (11) sealing it at its end with a lead through for an axially movable rod element (12; 13) accommodated in it. The locking ring (16) is provided In the lead through surrounding the rod element (12; 13) with a sealing arrangement (22) resting on the outer side (34) of the rod element (12; 13). The sealing arrangement (22) has a guide ring (29) provided with grease grooves (33) open to the outer side (34) of the rod element (12, 13) which can be supplied with lubricant for the grease grooves (33) via a lubricant line (35) accessible on the outside on the hydraulic cylinder (10) and which is arranged in an accepting groove (40) formed interlocking ring (16) between an axially inner and an axially outer collar (38; 39).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Werner Reinelt, Friedrich-Wilhelm Dannehl
  • Publication number: 20020046651
    Abstract: The invention relates to a piston for a piston-cylinder arrangement, especially a shock absorber piston, comprising a piston body (6) that is fitted with at least one peripheral web (10) on its peripheral surface, wherein a collar-shaped sealing element (9) made of thermoformable plastic material is also formed on the peripheral surface of the piston body (6) in such a way that the web (10) is only formed in part of the height of the material of the collar-shaped sealing element (9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Antonio Casellas, Ewald May
  • Publication number: 20020046652
    Abstract: An apparatus for efficiently removing VOC from a plurality of remotely located sources of VOC contaminated gas streams includes a plurality of liquid absorbers, each located near and communicating with a source of a VOC contaminated gas stream, the liquid absorbers associating the VOC with a scrubbing liquid. A gas conduit is associated with each liquid absorber to allow for the recycling of properly conditioned gas to the VOC source. A conduit is connected to each liquid absorber for conveying VOC laden scrubbing liquid from the liquid absorber to a separating apparatus in fluid communication with each of the conduits. A conduit recycles the scrubbing liquid from the separating apparatus to at least one of the plurality of liquid absorbers. A heat exchanger associated with the scrubbing liquid after separation transfers heat to the scrubbing liquid prior to separation, or to an HVAC system, or to the scrubbing liquid prior to the liquid absorber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Applicant: CH2M Hill, Inc.
    Inventors: Mitchell H. Lindsay, Moha Shah
  • Publication number: 20020046653
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for avoiding gas bubbles when transporting a liquid. The apparatus comprises a conditioning container in which the liquid is degassed due to a low pressure. In a supply container, which is arranged downstream of the conditioning container, the degassed liquid is preferably pumped out preferably by means of a plunger pump which is submerged below the surface of the liquid. The plunger pump has a stationary piston and a movable cylinder, wherein the cylinder pumps liquid through an opening of the piston into an outlet conduit. Since the piston and the cylinder are arranged in the liquid, gas bubbles are prevented from entering the liquid to be transported.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Eggo Sichmann, Patrick Binkowska, Johannes Richter, Reiner Rohrmann, Stefan Kempf
  • Publication number: 20020046654
    Abstract: An air filter assembly which filters and purifies air prior to entering an external combustion engine includes a conical radially pleated filter element disposed over a filter carrier. When assembled, the pleats of the filter element are trapped between a plurality of internal teeth on an internal comb section of the filter carrier and a plurality of external teeth on an external comb section of an opening of the air cleaner box. The filter carrier further includes a plurality of struts which further shapes the filter element. A locking mechanism secures the air filter assembly to the air cleaner box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventor: Stephen F. Bloomer
  • Publication number: 20020046655
    Abstract: A method for recovering VOC and HAP emissions in the production of a lignocellulosic product is provided. The method comprises forming a mat of lignocellulosic material by bonding together and mat in a product formation press with an adhesive material to produce the lignocellulosic product. VOC and HAP emissions are produced during the formation of the lignocellulosic product in a product formation press. The VOC and HAP emissions produced are withdrawn during the formation of and lignocellulosic product prior to removal of the lignocellulosic product from the product formation press. Then, the VOC and HAP emissions which are withdrawn from the formation press are recovered without releasing same to the atmosphere. The product formation press is substantially closed to the surrounding atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Wu-Hsiung Ernest Hsu, James A. Evensen
  • Publication number: 20020046656
    Abstract: The use of fine fiber or fiber having a fiber diameter of about 0.0001 to 0.5 microns has become an important design tool for filter media. Common filter media have been prepared with a layer of fine fiber on typically formed the upstream or intake side of the media structure. The fine fiber increases the efficiency of filtration by trapping small particles which increases the overall particulate filtration efficiency of the structure. Improved fine fiber structures have been developed in which a controlled amount of fine fiber is placed on both sides of the media to result in an improvement in filter efficiency but a substantial improvement in lifetime.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: James D. Benson, Douglas G. Crofoot, Mark A. Gogins, Thomas M. Weik
  • Publication number: 20020046657
    Abstract: The invention provides a fryer wherein the tasks of supplying and disposing oil are both simple and safe. An oil supply pipe 41 branches off from an oil pipe 34 between an oil tank 31 and an oil pump 33 of a fryer 1, and an oil supply valve 42 is provided at that connection portion for switching the intake route of the oil pump 33 between the oil tank 31 and the oil supply pipe 41. An oil disposal pipe 44 branches off from the oil pipe 34between the oil pump 33 and an oil vat 11, and an oil disposal valve 45 is provided at that connection portion for switching the outflow route of the oil pump 33 between the oil vat 11 and the oil disposal pipe 44. Then, the valves are operated with an oil supply valve lever 43 and an oil disposal valve lever 46, and driving the oil pump 33, the tasks of supplying and discarding oil are carried out automatically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Applicant: PALOMA INDUSTRIES, LIMITED
    Inventor: Akito Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20020046658
    Abstract: A kitchen hand press for crushing and extruding pulp, juices and oils from food items includes (i) a stationary handle having a tub located at one end with sides, a distal end and a bottom with openings communicating through it, (ii) a pressing element forming a proximal end of the tub journaling and rotating about a shaft extending through the stationary handle; (iii) a large radius, ratchet-toothed, disc segment secured to and rotating with the pressing element; (iv) a pivoting handle pivotally secured to the stationary handle radially outward from the shaft having a ratchet, driving pin for engaging and rotating the ratchet-toothed disc segment rotating it and the pressing element into the tub upon pivotal rotation of the of the pivoting handle inward toward the stationary handle and ratcheting over the ratchet-toothed disc segment upon pivotal rotation of the pivoting handle outward away from the stationary handle; and (v) a releasable ratchet, latching mechanism integral with the stationary handle for en
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Michael A. Kokkinos, Hugo Bolders
  • Publication number: 20020046659
    Abstract: The invention relates to an improved cookware vessel and a method of manufacturing the same. The cookware vessel comprises an inner core body of a foamable metal, and an outer shell surface of a non-porous metal. The shell surface may employ a finishing material suitable for use with food products. This construction provides a cookware vessel having a decreased weight and increased conductivity compared to other cookware vessels currently on the market.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2000
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventor: Laura Lisa Smith
  • Publication number: 20020046660
    Abstract: A kitchen appliance (1) having a container (10) and having a first cover configuration (21) for closing the container (12) advantageously also includes a second cover configuration (25) which can be placed onto the first cover configuration (21), as a result of which a hollow space (29) is formed with the aid of the two cover configurations (21, 25), which hollow space serves to and is adapted to accommodate accessories (31, 32) of the kitchen appliance (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventor: Heimo Obersteiner
  • Publication number: 20020046661
    Abstract: An hydraulic press includes a head member removably connected at each opposite end to a leg and formed of a unitary sheet of steel rolled into a generally U-shaped transverse cross-section. The head member includes a reinforcing tube at its mid portion. The press includes a bed supported by the legs and disposed beneath the head member. The bed is reinforced at its mid portion by a pair of diagonally disposed spacer plates in the interior of the bed and at the exterior of the bed by a breast plate permanently attached to the front panel and a back plate permanently attached to the rear panel of the bed. At least one additional hole is provided and bored transversely through each end of the bed and positioned so as to correspond to and align with the holes in each leg that receive the pins that support the bed. The pressing force can be provided by an hydraulic jack that can be attached to the head member or to a carriage that is slidably disposed between the head member and the bed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventor: Bobby L. Hawkins
  • Publication number: 20020046662
    Abstract: This invention relates to a relatively thin cladded graphic arts impression graphic arts impression die plate (20) having a steel layer (22) which is integral throughout the extent thereof with a layer of copper (24) or bronze. A relieved design-defining surface may be formed in the copper or bronze layer by a chemical etching process or by chemical milling. In the case of chemical etching of the graphic arts impression die plate (20), a design-defining layer of photo-resist is applied to the outer surface of the copper layer (24) or the bronze layer and the relieved design is formed in the copper or bronze layer using a conventional ferric chloride etching solution. The etched graphic arts impression die plate may be mounted on an etchant-resistant backing or magnetic support member (28) to present an assembly which increases the thickness of the die assembly sufficiently to permit use thereof on standard stamping and embossing equipment without modification of the die-supporting chase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Glenn E. Hutchison, Todd E. Scholtz
  • Publication number: 20020046663
    Abstract: An image input section inputs an image of a letter P and stores the same into an image memory. A stamp detecting section detects a stamp by a luminance projection value based on the image of the letter stored in the image memory, determining that an area is not an external area of the stamp and determining the area as an internal area of the stamp if the length of the area is smaller than a stamp internal gap permissible threshold value used for determining a stamp internal gap even in a case where the area which is partly determined as an external area of the stamp is present in an area which is determined as the internal area of the stamp affixed to the letter P based on the thus derived projection value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventor: Kentaro Yokoi
  • Publication number: 20020046664
    Abstract: The present invention includes a dampening solution recirculator and a method for circulating dampening solution in a reservoir of a dampener. The dampening solution recirculator includes a tank for storing dampening solution, a pump for pumping dampening solution from the tank, a venturi positioned proximate the pump and the tank and including an inlet port in fluid communication with the pump, a suction port, and a discharge port in fluid communication with the tank. A feed conduit has a first end in fluid communication with the pump and a second end positioned above the reservoir. A suction conduit has a first end positioned at a predetermined level within the reservoir extending in a direction upwardly and away from the reservoir and a second end in fluid communication with the suction port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventor: Sandor Szarka
  • Publication number: 20020046665
    Abstract: A device for electrostatically charging a multilayer material web includes electrostatic charge elements assigned to outer sides of the multilayer material web, the charge elements being disposed upline of an inlet of the multilayer material web into a cylinder group of a folder, as viewed in a travel direction of the multilayer material web, the cylinder group including cylinders formed with respective outer cylindrical surfaces, the cylinders including a cutting cylinder pair having a cutting nip into which a leading end of the multilayer material web extends, the cutting cylinder pair being provided with an electrically insulated cutting tool; and a folder including the charging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Alain Maresse, Thierra Melon
  • Publication number: 20020046666
    Abstract: A device for folding printing copies in a web-fed rotary printing machine includes a folding knife, controls for reciprocatingly moving the folding knife at least approximately in one plane, the controls including a first and a second toggle lever, which, at one of the ends thereof, respectively, are movably attached to frame-fixed parts of the printing machine and at the other ends thereof, respectively, are movably attached to the folding knife, and a rotary element simultaneously actable upon both the first and the second toggle levers for operating the controls; a folder including the folding device; and an assembly including the folder with the folding device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventor: Herbert Bialek
  • Publication number: 20020046667
    Abstract: A sheet transport cylinder in a machine that processes sheets of printing material includes air nozzles for sheet formats of the printing-material sheets. The printing-material sheets are dimensioned from a minimum format up to a maximum format. The sheet transport cylinder is distinguished by the fact that the air nozzles are throttled air nozzles disposed to be matched to the minimum format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Eckart Frankenberger, Michael Gieser, Peter Hachmann, Karl-Heinz Helmstadter, Christian Hieb, Ruben Schmitt, Gunter Stephan
  • Publication number: 20020046668
    Abstract: A printing sleeve for use in flexographic or gravure printing applications is provided. In particular, the printing sleeve contains a bridge layer that is formed from a generally rigid and relatively expandable material, which is disposed adjacent to a core layer. For example, in one embodiment, the bridge layer is made from a polyurethane material having a Shore D hardness of about 20 to about 85. As a result of the present invention, printing sleeves can be formed to be more durable and maintain better TIR tolerances than conventional printing sleeves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Applicant: Rossini North America, Inc. and Erminio Rossini S.p.A.
    Inventors: Michael Bell, Felice Rossini
  • Publication number: 20020046669
    Abstract: A hand-held stamping device and the method of making same that includes a substantially transparent acrylic mounting block to which a substantially transparent printing element is removably affixed without the use of adhesives. When the device of the invention is used, the indicia formed on the printing element can be clearly viewed through the mounting block, and the printing surface can be clearly viewed through the printing element. This enables precise positioning of the indicia on the surface to be printed. The device includes both a convex surface and a planar surface to which the printing element can be removably affixed. When the printing element is affixed to the planar surface, the indicia on the printing element, when viewed through the convex surface, is magnified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Dale Lookholder, Christopher B. Caston, Joaquin G. Serrano, Theodore Lookholder
  • Publication number: 20020046670
    Abstract: The apparatus of the present invention increases the operating envelope for large format thermal ink jet printing via a directed fluid flow from specially-designed orifices which promote fluid flow on a printed surface adjacent a printing zone in a large format ink jet printer where in addition to the optimized fluid flow one or more heating elements are inserted directly into the fluid flow to thereby promote drying of said printed surface. In one embodiment, a single dual-duct plennum spans the width of a roll-fed large format ink jet print engine and a first duct distributes heated air downward (in the direction of media web movement) and a second duct evacuates a printing space so that any potentially harmful ink vapors or other air-borne contaminant is appropriately fluidly coupled to either a remote exhaust vent or vapor capture vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Kevin R. Crystal, Richard Joseph Bigaouette
  • Publication number: 20020046671
    Abstract: A receiving guide is attached to an upper portion of a discharge mechanism section via a bracket. When a photopolymer plate is discharged from a photopolymer plate conveying section, a leading end portion of the photopolymer plate, which is in a state of hanging down slightly, abuts a flat plate portion of the receiving guide. Thereafter, the receiving guide moves in accordance with movement of the leading end portion of the photopolymer plate. Further, the receiving guide moves forward in a conveying direction of the photopolymer plate immediately before conveying of the photopolymer plate is completed, and the photopolymer plate lands on the surface plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Applicant: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Kawamura, Mamoru Murata
  • Publication number: 20020046672
    Abstract: An image forming process for forming a protective layer of thermoplastic resin particles on a recording medium comprising the steps of conducting recording on a recording medium with an image-receiving layer, providing a thermoplastic resin particles onto the image-receiving layer and heating and pressurizing the thermoplastic resin particles on the image-receiving layer, and an image forming apparatus comprising an ink-jet head for conducting recording on a recording medium, a providing means for providing thermoplastic particles to a recorded recording medium, and heating and pressurizing means for heating and pressurizing the thermoplastic particles to flatten.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 1999
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: KENJI SUZUKI, TORU NAGATA, YOSHINARI YASUI, HIROSHI OCHIAI, HIROSHI MIYAMURA
  • Publication number: 20020046673
    Abstract: A pyrotechnic initiation delay device intended in particular to cooperate with a device for firing a pyrotechnic charge of the fuze type, particularly for a hand grenade, having a delay composition located inside a delay column, the latter having a lower end and an upper end, a percussion primer being able to cooperate with the upper part of the delay column, and a striker piston held firmly under the lower end of the delay column and able to move axially in the direction of the element to be struck under the action of an explosive charge cooperating with the lower end of the delay column. The delay column communicates with the explosive charge through a cavity containing plugging means allowing or preventing movement of the striker piston under the effect of the explosive charge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Applicant: BUREAU DE LA PROPRIETE INTELLECTUELLE DE LA DELEGATION GENERALE POUR L'ARMEMENT
    Inventors: Jean-Louis Boyer, Andre Gilson, Raymond Rion
  • Publication number: 20020046674
    Abstract: An automatic crossbar on a ski chair-lift for containing seated passengers and facilitating dismounting passengers. A vertically elongated bar (20) with a crossbar (20a) attached at its base is pivotably suspended from a passenger chair, positioning the crossbar in front of passengers. An elastic closure attachment (9), and/or an automatic locking mechanism (60), is attached between the elongated bar and the chair to retain the crossbar in a closed position and contain passengers. A blocking structure (200) is suspended proximal to the aerial cable above the landing platform. The elongated bar has an upper portion (20v) above its pivotal mount (21b) which impacts the blocking structure as the aerial cable moves the chair forward. The impact causes the upper portion to rotate back as the lower portion and crossbar are levered forward and upward. As the crossbar swings forward from the chair, passengers grasp the crossbar to balance with while standing onto the landing platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventor: Joseph F. Kernan
  • Publication number: 20020046675
    Abstract: A model vehicle control system in which a manually turnable speed controller, such as a potentiometer, is used. A motor is connected to the speed controller for turning it in response to a speed control signal. A control circuit provides a signal to the track to control a vehicle on the track. The motor is controlled by a remote control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventor: Neil Young