Patents Issued in October 17, 2002
  • Publication number: 20020148578
    Abstract: A device for applying an embossing to a web of tissue paper (12) comprises a full width anvil roller (14) and a plurality of small widths embossing rollers (16) which are rotationally movable around rotational axes which run parallel to the rotational axis of the anvil roller. The embossing rollers (16) have a width which is substantially smaller than the width of the anvil roller (14) and can be individually positioned against the anvil roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventors: Ian Reilly, Keith Littlewood
  • Publication number: 20020148579
    Abstract: The invention concerns a cotton-wool-like cellulose having a basis weight of about 20 to about 80 g/m2 comprising, an embossed ply of 10 to 40 g/m2, including raised designs consisting at least partly of discrete protuberances oriented towards the inside of the structure, and a non-embossed ply. The invention is characterised in that the embossed ply has over at least a surface portion at least 30 protuberances per cm2 whereof the surface is less than 1 mm2, preferably less than 0.7 mm2, and the basis weight of the embossed ply is less than that of the non-embossed ply. Preferably, it is less by 5 to 30%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventors: Gilles Roussel, Michel Basler
  • Publication number: 20020148580
    Abstract: A coating layer, which has the property of releasing a coated liquid, is formed on the outer peripheral surface of a cylindrical rod. The rod is engaged with a first roll, and rotates in a predetermined direction. A coating liquid is supplied to a nip surface portion between the first roll and the rod in the predetermined direction, and a film of coating liquid is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the first roll. After the thickness of the coating-liquid film is adjusted at the nip surface portion, the thickness-adjusted film is transferred from the first roll onto a surface of the base paper directly, or indirectly through the second roll.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventors: Masahiro Sugihara, Hiroshi Miura, Kenji Yamada, Seiji Machida
  • Publication number: 20020148581
    Abstract: Processes for manufacturing a paper product from cellulose pulp, part of which comes from a broke and part of which comes from a fresh pulp are provided. The processes involve first redissolving in a broke pulper, with stirring and in an alkaline medium, cellulose fibers contained in said broke to form a broke pulp. Next, the broke pulp is brought to a concentration and a pH close to that characteristic of the fresh pulp by (1) diluting said broke pulp with a white water and (2) acidifying said broke pulp by injecting carbon dioxide into said broke pulp after the broke pulp has left the broke pulper and before admixing said broke pulp with said fresh pulp. Then the broke pulp is admixed with the fresh pulp to form a pulp mixture and the pulp mixture is dewatered to form a paper product and a white water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventors: Jean-Mathieu De Rigaud, Alain Sauvage
  • Publication number: 20020148582
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an acid-stabilized calcium carbonate slurry having a pH of less than 7, preferably between about 6 and about 7, containing water, calcium carbonate, preferably precipitated calcium carbonate, and an acid-stabilizer of a water soluble calcium salt, a weak acid, a chelating agent, a weak acid capable of chelating calcium ion, or a mixture thereof. The acid-stabilizer is present in an amount sufficient to provide an aqueous calcium carbonate slurry having an increased calcium ion concentration and an acidic pH. In a typical acid-stabilized calcium carbonate slurry of the invention, the acid-stabilizer is present in an amount sufficient to provide a calcium ion concentration of about 1 millimolar to about 5 molar, preferably from about 1 to about 120 millimolar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2001
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Applicant: Minerals Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Donald Kendall Drummond
  • Publication number: 20020148583
    Abstract: A tissue paper penetrated with a lotion composition being a liquid, viscous W/O emulsion includes
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventors: Guido Baumoller, Rolf Kawa, Stephan Eichhorn
  • Publication number: 20020148584
    Abstract: An improved process for making sheet from a fibrous furnish includes: depositing the furnish on a foraminous support; compactively dewatering the furnish to form a nascent web; drying the web on a heated cylinder; creping the web therefrom and throughdrying the web to a finished product. The microstructure of the web is controlled so as to facilitate throughdrying. The product exhibits a characteristic throughdrying coefficient of from 4 to 10 when the airflow through the sheet is characterized by a Reynolds Number of less than about 1. The novel products of the invention are characterized by wet springback ratio, hydraulic diameter and an internal bond strength parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventors: Steven L. Edwards, Greg A. Wendt, Robert J. Marinack, Michael J. Vander Wielen, Stephen J. McCullough, Jeffrey C. McDowell, Guy H. Super, Gary L. Worry
  • Publication number: 20020148585
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to enhance paper and board forming qualities with insert tubes and/or a diffuser block in the paper forming machine headbox component which generates vorticity in the machine direction (MD) which is superimposed on the streamwise flow to generate a swirling or helical flow through the tubes of the diffuser block. Tubes of the diffuser block are designed such that the direction of the swirl or fluid rotation of the paper fiber stock may be controlled and the direction thereof is controlled in such a way to provide effective mixing, coalescence and merging of the jets of fluid emanating from the tubes into the converging section, i.e., nozzle chamber of the headbox. Also disclosed is the effective mixing of the jets generating cross-machine direction (CD) shear between the rows of jets that form at the outlet of the tubes inside the nozzle chamber of the headbox to align paper fibers in the cross-machine direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Applicant: Institute of Paper Science and Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Cyrus K. Aidun
  • Publication number: 20020148586
    Abstract: A headbox for use in a water felting process includes a housing and two rotating horizontal distribution rolls. The housing has curved sections shaped to conform to the outer cylindrical surface of the distribution rolls, wherein the curved section is closely spaced to a portion of the outer cylindrical surface of both distribution rolls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Applicant: United States Gypsum Company
    Inventor: David Paul Miller
  • Publication number: 20020148587
    Abstract: Apparatus and process for controlling the basis weight cross-profile, the formation, the fiber direction and other quality parameters of a pulp sheet after the headbox in a dewatering plant. The apparatus including at least one suspension feed, at least one distribution device and at least one drainage device for excess suspension from the distribution device, where the distribution device has a distribution chamber and a turbulence-generating chamber made up of a number of pipes adjacent to one another. It is mainly characterized by the two peripheral zones of the headbox, comprising distribution chamber and turbulence-generating chamber, each having a discharge device in the sheet running direction for a partial suspension stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventors: Gerald Schadler, Wilhelm Mausser
  • Publication number: 20020148588
    Abstract: A device for attaching a strip cover on a dewatering box in a paper machine; including at least one connecting element extending transverse to the machine direction, to attach the strip cover to the dewatering box across the entire machine width. Fasteners secure the connecting element on the dewatering box in such a manner that it is adjustable, generally transverse to the machine direction, between a clamping position in which it presses the strip cover tightly against the dewatering box, and a release position in which the strip cover is released. At least one adjusting element is utilized for the adjustment of the connecting element, which is accessible from the operator or drive side of the paper machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventor: Herbert Haunlieb
  • Publication number: 20020148589
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for providing a plurality of locator elements on a ceramic core involves placing a ceramic core in a die cavity of die, positioning a plurality of pins in the die cavity with each pin having a locator-forming cavity on an inner end facing a surface of the core, and introducing melted wax into each locator-forming cavity to form a plurality of locator elements on the surface of the core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2001
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventor: Michael Wayne Mertins
  • Publication number: 20020148590
    Abstract: The present invention provides improved heated manifolds, heaters and nozzles for injection molding, having a high strength metal skeleton infiltrated with a second phase metal having higher thermal conductivity. Also disclosed is method of forming a manifold, heater or nozzle preform and infiltrating the preform with a highly thermally conductive material The invention also provides a method of simultaneously infiltrating and brazing injection molding components of similar or dissimilar materials together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventors: Jobst U. Gellert, Hakim Belhadjamida
  • Publication number: 20020148591
    Abstract: A method of die-casting a die-cast article having at least one of an inner circumferential surface and an outer circumferential surface, whose cross sectional shape is a circle, the die-casting article being formed with a die-casting apparatus having a mold cavity therein and a molding portion for forming one of the inner and outer circumferential surfaces of the die-cast article, the method comprising the steps of introducing a molten metal into the mold cavity; and separating the die-cast article and the molding portion from each other while the die-cast article and the molding portion are rotated relative to each other, after the molten metal has solidified into the die-cast article. A die-casting apparatus for practicing the method is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventors: Osamu Hiramatsu, Masahiro Kawaguchi, Masaki Ota, Masafumi Ito, Yoshiharu Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20020148592
    Abstract: An apparatus for casting a scroll member of a compressor has a first die and a second die. The first die includes a molding surface for molding a base plate of the scroll member. The second die includes a molding surface for molding a scroll wall of the scroll member. The first and second dies define a cavity for casting the scroll member. The first die also includes a first die-member and a second die-member. The second die-member forms a portion of the scroll member, which extends in a direction substantially perpendicular to a direction in which the first and second dies separate from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventors: Tatsushi Mori, Masao Iguchi, Yoshio Fujita, Yoshiharu Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20020148593
    Abstract: An embodiment includes a casting mold. The casting mold may include a mold body having a direction surface and a coolant box coupled to the mold body. The casting mold further may include a coolant ring having a regulation surface where the coolant ring may be coupled to the coolant box so as to bring the regulation surface and the direction surface together to form a nozzle. The casting mold further may include a mold starting head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventor: Ravindra V. Tilak
  • Publication number: 20020148594
    Abstract: This invention provides heat transfer systems and methods of cooling surfaces and heating liquids which employ surfaces including a minimum density of discrete, nucleation sites having a conical cross-section tapering to a minimum predetermined depth. These surfaces are placed in contact with a refrigerant having a preselected boiling point so that the nucleation sites become largely flooded with the refrigerant. The nucleation sites permit nucleate boiling of a refrigerant without a temperature overshoot on the initial ascent. In more preferred variations of this invention, specific site spacing and geometries are employed to contain tiny bubble embryos, which minimize hysteresis and reversal of trend effects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Applicant: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventor: Benjamin Gebhart
  • Publication number: 20020148595
    Abstract: A heatsink of the present invention has a column having a heat conducting plate with a heat receiving face contacting a heat producing element. On the side faces of the column are a plurality of first slits and a plurality of second slits disposed transversely to the plurality of first slits. These slits form a plurality of pillar-type protrusions functioning as fins for cooling. The depths of the first and second slits in the column are different, and this difference in levels are used to cause the fluid for cooling to form a turbulent flow. A cross section of the column tapers off gradually or in stages as the vertical distance increases from the heat receiving face. A cooling apparatus for the present invention includes a cooling means mounted on the heatsink of the present invention. The cooling apparatus for the present invention enjoys a high cooling ability and reduced size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kaoru Sato, Yasuhiro Fujiwara, Seiji Manabe, Shinobu Kamizuru
  • Publication number: 20020148596
    Abstract: A cooling device for an electronic component is specified, which is built up from a stack (1) of profiled plates (2a; 2b) lying on one another and connected to one another and, at the end of the stack, termination plates (3) are provided in the stacking direction (x), at least one of the termination plates (3) being designed to make extensive contact with the electric component. Furthermore, at least one of the profiled plates (2a) has a flexible extension (4), the extension (4) projecting beyond the cross section of the stack (1). In addition, a cooling system with at least two such cooling devices is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventor: Johannes Werninger
  • Publication number: 20020148597
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for obtaining combustion gases of high calorific value, wherein carbonaceous materials are allothermically gasified in a fluidized layer containing solid particles, using a gaseous gasifying agent and by supply of heat, and the gases thus produced are separated from the solid particles and withdrawn. Said method is characterized in that the solid particles are indirectly heated in a first descending bed and supplied to a second ascending fluidized bed in which the fluidized layer is formed and gasification takes place for the greatest part. The method further relates to an apparatus for performing said method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventor: Thomas Steer
  • Publication number: 20020148598
    Abstract: A control installation for solid cleaning bodies adapted to be circulated in a heat exchanger to clean it, said installation including interceptor means in the outlet pipe of the heat exchanger adapted to retain the circulating solid cleaning bodies, a return pipe which recycles to the inlet pipe of the heat exchanger a return flow containing solid cleaning bodies retained by the interceptor means, and a system in said return pipe for processing said solid cleaning bodies and including a sorter (30): the sorter (30) includes a body (31), in which there are two compartments (37, 38) separated by a calibrated grid (40), and turbulence generator means (48, 54) adapted to create turbulence in one compartment (38) to attract into it cleaning bodies which can pass through the grid (40) because of their diameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Applicant: BEAUDREY C S
    Inventor: Renaud Houel
  • Publication number: 20020148599
    Abstract: The invention relates to a component, in particular a heat exchanger, in particular for motor vehicles, having a finned tube block. Preferably, at least one inlet chamber and at least one outlet chamber are provided having walls made of a synthetic resin material possessing a heat- and/or chemical-resistant coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Applicant: BEHR GMBH & CO.
    Inventors: Georg Kaemmler, Matthias Schuele, Hans-Dieter Hinderberger
  • Publication number: 20020148600
    Abstract: A heat exchanger (12, 12B, 12C, 12D) usable as an oil cooler is provided for exchanging heat between first and second fluids. The heat exchanger has an outer periphery (112, 156, 58′, 366) spaced from a central axis (56). The heat exchange includes an inlet (42, 378) and an outlet (44, 380) for flow of the first fluid, a pair of juxtaposed tube segments (52, 54) coiled about the central axis (56) to form a plurality of alternating concentric coils (58), an inlet (46) for flow of the second fluid into heat exchanger (12A, 12B, 12C, 12D), an outlet (48) for flow of the second fluid from the heat exchanger (12A, 12B, 12C, 12D), and structure (50) for encapsulating the pair of tube segments (52, 54) to retain the second fluid within the heat exchanger (12A, 12B, 12C, 12D) as it flows from the inlet (46) to the outlet (48). The tube segment (52) has an end (64) connected to the inlet (42) to receive flow of the first fluid therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2001
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventors: Daniel J. Bosch, James T. Haasch
  • Publication number: 20020148601
    Abstract: A condensation apparatus for condensing a gas on a surface, where the surface for condensing the gas has elevations of average height of from 50 nm to 1 mm, and with an average separation of from 50 nm to 1 mm, allows increased condensation efficiency. The apparatus is used for condensing organic or inorganic gases and may be incorporated into distillation systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2001
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventors: Martin Roos, Edwin Nun, Markus Oles, Bernhard Schleich
  • Publication number: 20020148602
    Abstract: Disclosed is a heat exchanger core comprising a multiplicity of flat plate parts (3) formed by alternately folding back a single belt-like metal plate in zigzag at a first fold-back edge (1) and at a second fold-back edge (2); a plurality of element parts formed by joining peripheral edges (4) of a pair of adjoining flat plate parts (3) which are integrally coupled to each other at the first fold-back edge (1), adjoining element parts (5) being integrally coupled at a certain interval to each other at the second fold-back edge (2); and a pair of ports (6) and (7) for a first fluid formed at positions apart from each other at the peripheral edge of each element part (5), wherein a second fluid flows along the outer surface side of each element part (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Applicant: Toyo Radiator Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Youichi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20020148603
    Abstract: A heat dissipating device includes a plurality of plates each having a three-sided base plate portion and a pair of fin plate portions. The base plate portion has a contact side adapted to contact a heat generating object, and two opposite sides forming an angle therebetween and extending to two opposite ends of the contact side. The base plate portions of the plates are disposed in parallel and next to each other to form a stack. The fin plate portions respectively extend outward from the opposite sides of the base plate portions and are bent from the base plate portions to diverge outward and to form air passages therebetween. The heat dissipating device provides a high ratio of the area of the base plate portions to the area of the fin plate portions so that the stack is compact while the fin plate portions maintain a sufficient heat transfer surface area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2001
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventor: Ching-Sung Kuo
  • Publication number: 20020148604
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method of removing heat from an MR imaging device while maintaining internal and external temperatures below maximum operating limits, thereby enabling higher power applications for faster imaging with improved image quality as well as, allowing longer scan times for interventional procedures. The system includes a vacuum chamber housing the gradient coils and a vacuum pump connected thereto to regulate the pressure and humidity within the chamber. A heat exchanger, coolant pump, and controller are provided to regulate the temperature of coolant designed to dissipate heat from the gradient coils in response to at least one temperature sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2001
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventors: Pierre R. Emeric, Carl R. Hedlund
  • Publication number: 20020148605
    Abstract: Improved method and system for accessing subterranean deposits from the surface that substantially eliminates or reduces the disadvantages and problems associated with previous systems and methods. In particular, the present invention provides an articulated well with a drainage pattern that intersects a horizontal cavity well. The drainage patterns provide access to a large subterranean area from the surface while the vertical cavity well allows entrained water, hydrocarbons, and other deposits to be efficiently removed and/or produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Applicant: CDX Gas, LLC
    Inventor: Joseph A. Zupanick
  • Publication number: 20020148606
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of vibrating a tubing string in a wellbore comprises a rigid carrier or conveyance structure coupled to an acoustic resonance apparatus. The acoustic resonance apparatus comprises a housing section containing a fluid. A pulser or other device is activated to generate acoustic waves in the fluid. A portion of the acoustic wave energy is reflected by a reflector in the acoustic resonance apparatus. The operating frequency of the pulser or other device is adjusted to achieve acoustic resonance in the fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventors: Shunfeng Zheng, Benjamin J. Jeffryes
  • Publication number: 20020148607
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for gravel packing, isolating and testing a sand screen completion of a wellbore in a single trip are disclosed. One method comprises inserting into the wellbore a sand screen assembly, an isolation pipe, and a test assembly on a workstring. A gravel pack operation is performed, and the isolation pipe is shifted to a position in sealing contact with the sand screen assembly, thereby isolating the sand screen assembly. The test assembly is then shifted to a configuration that provides hydraulic communication between the interior of the isolation pipe and the workstring-wellbore annulus above the test assembly. Imposing pressure on the workstring-wellbore annulus then hydraulically tests the integrity of the seal between the isolation pipe and the sand screen assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2001
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventor: James E. Pabst
  • Publication number: 20020148608
    Abstract: A process of enhancing hydrocarbon production from wells previously hydraulically fractured with a polymer based fluid(s). An in-situ combustion process is initiated in the reservoir for a short duration wherein thermal and chemical processes act to reduce the viscosity of unbroken gels and other fluids retained in the propped hydraulic fracture and immediate reservoir matrix vicinity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventor: Donald R. Shaw
  • Publication number: 20020148609
    Abstract: A new composition for a spotting fluid and a method of using such spotting fluid for freeing differential stuck pipe in a subterranean well drilling operation is disclosed. The composition comprises an invert water-in-oil emulsion comprising iso-butyl oleate as its external phase and glycerin as the internal phase. In an alternative embodiment, calcium chloride and water may be substituted for glycerin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventors: James D. Kercheville, Kenneth W. Pober
  • Publication number: 20020148610
    Abstract: A sand control assembly having individual single zone flow control for a multizone hydrocarbon well having remote control capability. Flow control in individual zones and superior packing are achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventors: Terry Bussear, Thomas G. Corbett
  • Publication number: 20020148611
    Abstract: A method and assembly for accurately positioning and safely deploying a packer and at least one tool, such as a perforating gun(s), in a subterranean well during a one-trip completion operation. The assembly comprises an expandable packer, a location device(s), such as a gamma ray probe and/or a collar locator, and at least one tool, such as a perforating gun and/or formation logging tool. The assembly is lowered into a subterranean well on electric line and the packer is accurately positioned in the well by means of the location device(s), and thereafter, is expanded. The remaining assembly is automatically released from the expanded packer and accurately repositioned to a new location within the tubular by means of the electric line and location device(s). The tool is then activated to perform the desired operation, and thereafter, the assembly is removed from the well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2001
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventors: Gabor P. Williger, Mark R. Moseley
  • Publication number: 20020148612
    Abstract: One or more subterranean zones are isolated from one or more other subterranean zones using a combination of solid tubulars and perforated tubulars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2001
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Applicant: Shell Oil Co.
    Inventors: Robert Lance Cook, Kevin Waddell, Lev Ring, David Paul Brisco
  • Publication number: 20020148613
    Abstract: Improved method and system for accessing subterranean deposits from the surface that substantially eliminates or reduces the disadvantages and problems associated with previous systems and methods. In particular, the present invention provides an articulated well with a drainage pattern that intersects a horizontal cavity well. The drainage patterns provide access to a large subterranean area from the surface while the vertical cavity well allows entrained water, hydrocarbons, and other deposits to be efficiently removed and/or produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Applicant: CDX Gas, LLC
    Inventor: Joseph A. Zupanick
  • Publication number: 20020148614
    Abstract: A differential float and cementing valve assembly used to position and cement casing in a well bore. A poppet valve mounted in the flapper gate of a check valve provides a regulated back-flow of drilling fluid through the check valve. A leaf spring biases the poppet valve to its closed position. Drilling fluid pressure in the well bore overcomes the spring force to open the poppet valve and permit drilling fluid to back-flow into the casing. The regulated admission of drilling fluid into the casing permits the casing to sink into the well at a controlled rate while automatically maintaining a desired level of drilling fluid in the casing. With the casing at the bottom of the well, a cement slurry is pumped through the casing. A setting ball moving in advance of the cement slurry deactivates the poppet valve and its flapper gate and activates a second check valve in the assembly to prevent cement back-flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2001
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventors: David D. Szarka, Henry E. Rogers
  • Publication number: 20020148615
    Abstract: A differential float and cementing valve assembly used to position and cement casing in a wellbore. A poppet valve mounted in the flapper gate of a check valve provides a regulated back-flow of drilling fluid through the check valve. A leaf spring biases the poppet valve to its closed position. Drilling fluid pressure in the wellbore overcomes the spring force to open the poppet valve and permit drilling fluid to back-flow into the casing. The regulated admission of drilling fluid into the casing permits the casing to sink into the well at a controlled rate while automatically maintaining a desired level of drilling fluid in the casing. With the casing at the bottom of the well, a cement slurry is pumped through the casing. A setting ball moving in advance of the cement slurry deactivates the poppet valve and its flapper gate and activates a second check valve in the assembly to prevent cement back-flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventors: David D. Szarka, Hank E. Rogers
  • Publication number: 20020148616
    Abstract: A drill bit guide is mounted in a wellhead in place of a wear bushing. The bit guide is capable of guiding strings and tools through the wellhead without damage to the wellhead or string while drilling. In one version of the bit guide, a pair of linear actuators radially extend and retract separate halves of the bit guide to conform to the size of the object located between them. In another version of the bit guide, a set of interlocking arms and wear bars are articulated to form a circular opening having a variable inner diameter. A drill string may be lowered through a fully open bit guide or landed on top of a fully closed bit guide. The bit guide also can be moved to more closely receive the drill string passing through it to prevent damage to the drill string and the wellhead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Applicant: ABB Vetco Gray Inc.
    Inventors: Richard P. Whitelaw, Norman Brammer
  • Publication number: 20020148617
    Abstract: The well reference apparatus and method of the present invention includes a reference member preferably permanently installed within the borehole at a preferred depth and orientation in one trip into the well. The reference member provides a permanent reference for the location of all operations, particularly in a multi-lateral well. The assembly of the present invention includes disposing the reference member on the end of a pipe string. An orienting tool such as an MWD collar is disposed in the pipe string above the reference member. This assembly is lowered into the borehole on the pipe string. Once the preferred depth is attained, the MWD is activated to determine the orientation of the reference member. If the reference member is not oriented in the preferred direction, the pipe string is rotated to align the reference member in the preferred direction. This process is repeated for further corrective action and to verify the proper orientation of the reference member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Applicant: Smith International, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles H. Dewey, John E. Campbell, Wei Xu
  • Publication number: 20020148618
    Abstract: A pair of ram blocks are provided such that when they are actuated hydraulically to move together, they present an opening which has a series of gripping members downwardly biased. Removal of tubulars or tools from the well bore works against the bias to retract the grippers so that removal can be accomplished. However, if there is an accidental release, the bias pushes the grippers toward the tubular or tool to grip it to prevent loss into the well bore. The ram blocks can be retracted for run-in to the well bore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventor: Garry R. Kaiser
  • Publication number: 20020148619
    Abstract: A device for elevating a horse hoof to encourage the horse to lift the opposite hoof for shoeing. The device includes primarily a sock configured to be releasably mounted on a horse hoof and at least one riser secured to the sock for elevating the horse hoof. The sock is fabricated of a pliable material and is configured to conform to the hoof of the horse when attached. An opening is provided in the rear of the sock to enable mounting and dismounting of the sock on the hoof. A fastening device is carried by the sock to secure the sock to the hoof to prevent unselected removal. The sock is carried by a primary riser. The primary riser is comprised of a plurality of riser pads stacked one on top of another. The riser pads are secured to each other in a conventional manner. A horseshoe is mounted on the bottom surface of the primary riser in order to enhance the durability of the bottom riser pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2001
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventor: Steven R. Edwards
  • Publication number: 20020148620
    Abstract: The sprinkler arrangements described in the specification include a sprinkler body with an axial passage and an axially movable assembly movable between a sealing position and an open position and including a Belleville washer engageable with a shoulder in the sprinkler body to seal the axial passage in the sealing position and a deflector to distribute water emerging from the passage when the movable assembly is in the open position. A locking assembly which is separable from the sprinkler body normally retains the axially movable assembly in the sealing position and is releasable by a temperature sensitive device at an elevated temperature to permit the movable assembly to move to the open position. In one embodiment the axially movable member has a central post which is slidably guided by a tripod at the outer end of the axial passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2001
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Applicant: The Reliable Automatic Sprinkler Co., Inc.
    Inventor: George S. Polan
  • Publication number: 20020148621
    Abstract: The method of extinguishing a fire characterized by production of flames openly rising above an upwardly presented liquid fat or grease zone, in a fryer, the fat or grease being combustible to produce the fire, the steps that include locating a mist forming nozzle to direct mist toward the flames, delivering essentially pure water under pressure to the nozzle so that the nozzle forms a jet stream of water mist delivered from the nozzle as a rapid and expanding flow of concentrated mist and directing said mist stream into the flames to substantially encompass the flames, and to flow toward the fat or grease zone, and for a sufficient time to extinguish the flames and to lower the temperature of the surface of the fat or grease zone to a level below combustion temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2001
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventors: Ping-Li Yen, Zhigang Liu, Donald W. Carpenter, Andrew K. Kim
  • Publication number: 20020148622
    Abstract: A fine grading attachment, adapted to be affixed to a bulldozer and comprising an elongate body having fasteners, adapted to affix the attachment to a bulldozer in a predetermined orientation. In this orientation the length of the elongate body extends along and in front of the bottom of the bulldozer and the front face of the attachment is disposed to be vertical or to slope forwardly as it extends from bottom to top when the bulldozer is positioned so that the attachment contacts the soil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2001
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventors: John A. Tapio, Nels D. Tapio, Kyle J. Tapio
  • Publication number: 20020148623
    Abstract: An AC, DC interchangeable multipurpose combination power tool, characterizes in that a main body of AC power tool and a main body of DC power tool are combined with a variety of tool heads in interchangeable way. The combination is accomplished via an outer spline arranged on the main body and an inner spline arranged on the tool head. The main body is provided with locking mechanism to tightly lock up the tool head. The combination power tool can be widely applied at working sites whether power supply network is available or not, and can satisfy different working requirements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Applicant: Shanghai Xing Te Hao Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yaping Pan
  • Publication number: 20020148624
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for assisting in the measurement of the earth resistance comprising a ground rod with a wire coiled up on a reel or the like, and electrical connecting means for connecting the wire to the ground rod. To provide such a device which is practical to handle, simple, small, and capable of being produced at low costs, it is provided for the reel or the like to be rotatably mounted on the ground rod. A further improvement results in that the ground rod comprises an offset portion in whose region the reel or the like is rotatably mounted. Preferably, the electrical connecting means between ground rod and wire comprise sliding rings on the rotation axis, the reel or the like. For an rapid exchangeability of the reel, the latter may be mounted on the ground rod by a snap connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Applicant: Lem Norma GmbH
    Inventor: Jurgen Gobelhaider
  • Publication number: 20020148625
    Abstract: The invention relates to a shielding device to be fixedly arranged on a hand-held mobil radio transmission means (1), such as a mobile phone, and which protects a user against electromagnetic radiation from said radio transmission means (1) when said radio transmission means is used. The shielding device (10) comprises at least on substantially plane shielding member (12) of metal, where the metal is a nickel alloy, especially mu-metal. The shielding member (12) defines at least partially an acoustic resonance chamber (18) communicating with the air surrounding the shielding device through at least one sound channel (19).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventors: Keld Emlington Darling, Flemming Wedel, Henrik Madsen
  • Publication number: 20020148626
    Abstract: An electromagnetic wave absorbing sheet S is disclosed. The absorbing sheet S comprises a laminated-structural layer of a nonwoven fabric sheet 10 and a metallic layer 22 such as iron, aluminums, copper or their alloy which is disposed on a bottom surface of the metallic layer 22. The nonwoven fabric sheet 10 includes non-metallic fibers 16 having no binding faculty, non-metallic binding fibers 14 having binding faculty which are melted by heat to bind neighboring fibers, and metallic fibers 12 having an irregular cross-section and being produced by shaving a metallic wire or rod, that are dispersed uniformly in the nonwoven fiber layer or layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventors: Kazuhito Matsumura, Kenichi Yoshida, Tohru Iwai, Hidekazu Nakata, Masato Yoshizawa
  • Publication number: 20020148627
    Abstract: A system of architectural moldings that, when installed, form a passage for electrical wiring, coaxial cables, fiber optic cables, and associated devices used in the transmission of low-voltage power, communication, and control signals. The architectural moldings may also be used to cover and improve the aesthetic appeal of pre-existing wiring raceways and conduits. The system as a whole may be installed during construction of new a home or building or when retrofitting an existing structure. The moldings can be removably mounted on the interior surfaces of residential and commercial structures in a manner that allows for easy removal and replacement of some or all of the molding without disturbing the enclosed wiring and cables or harming finished surfaces. The moldings may be made of wood, polyurethane, fiberboard, or any material that is suitable to manufacture pieces that resemble baseboards, cornice moldings, chair rails, casings, or other interior millwork for homes or commercial structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2001
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventor: James D. Seamans