Patents Issued in October 9, 2003
  • Publication number: 20030188768
    Abstract: Washing agent dispenser for a household washing machine, namely a dishwasher, which dispenser has a body (2) delimiting at least a recess (3) for containing a certain amount of washing agent, comprising occlusion means (4, 5) for said recess (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: Giovanni Cerruti, Giovanni Perucca, Fabio Nebbia, Stefano Belfiore
  • Publication number: 20030188769
    Abstract: Appliance (100) having a housing (101) of compact dimensions wherein articles, particularly nursing bottles (123, 179) and accessories (119), are treated inside a chamber (1). Treatment is achieved with dosed amounts of fresh water retrieved from a fresh water tank (7), by successive cycles of washing, rinsing, and sterilizing. The treatment cycles use additives and high-speed jets of heated liquid and of steam, which are filtered for repeated use. At the end of the treatment, liquids are purged to a wastewater tank (33). Self-treatment of the appliance is provided by use of the same treatment cycles. The appliance is independent of external water supply, portable and automatic for use in situ, where electricity supply is available.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Applicant: Bay-B Research and Development Ltd.
    Inventors: Avi Eisenberg, Yechiel Weinstein
  • Publication number: 20030188770
    Abstract: A cleaning apparatus for a semiconductor wafer comprising: a double container including an inner container with an upper opening for accommodating a substrate to be cleaned and an outer container having an airtight space accommodating the inner container therein, the inner container being communicated to the outer container through the upper opening; a cleaning liquid supply conduit for supplying a cleaning liquid into the inner container; an inner container drain conduit for draining the cleaning liquid from the inner container; a solvent-containing gas supply conduit for supplying a solvent-containing gas into the inner container for drying the substrate; a solvent-resolving gas supply conduit for supplying a solvent-resolving gas into the inner container for resolving a solvent component attached on the substrate; an exhaust pipe for exhausting the gases from the double container, and an outer container drain conduit for draining the liquid spilled from the inner container to the outer container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventor: Minoru Doi
  • Publication number: 20030188771
    Abstract: A radiator cleaning device includes a fresh fluid tank for preserving fresh fluid to be filled into a radiator and a used fluid tank for collecting used fluid from the radiator. A discharge hose is releasably connected to an outlet of the radiator. The discharge hose is selectively connectable to the used fluid tank for discharging the used fluid into the used fluid tank. An intake hose is releasably connected to an inlet of the radiator. The intake hose is selectively connectable to the fresh fluid tank for receiving the fresh fluid therefrom. Pressure/vacuum generation units selectively generate a vacuum inside the used fluid tank to forcibly draw the used fluid from the radiator via the discharge hose and generates a pressure inside the fresh fluidt tank to forcibly drive the fresh fluid from the fresh fluid tank into the radiator via the intake hose. The discharge hose is also selectively connectable to the intake hose by a three-way valve for circulating the used fluid to the intake hose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2002
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventor: Po-Lin Liao
  • Publication number: 20030188772
    Abstract: The invention concerns a washing fluid pump (1) for windows and/or headlamp cleaning installations on motor vehicles including at least one motor, at least one pump housing (2) with at least one impeller (11) arranged therein, at least one intake (8) and at least two selectively actuable outlets (7). The washing fluid pump (1) is distinguished in that the pump housing (2) includes at least two pump chamber regions which are arranged in mutually superposed relationship, that at least two outlets (7) are associated with different pump chamber regions, and the impeller (11) is axially displaceably supported in the pump housing (2) in such a way that it can assume its operative position selectively in one pump chamber region or the other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: Martyn Jenkins, David J. Frost
  • Publication number: 20030188773
    Abstract: An enhanced frame of an auto-opening umbrella comprises hollow cylindrical intermediate joints with spreaders passed through and each including two spaced bottom lugs, a bar across the lugs, and a recess between the lugs. The bar is disposed less than half of a projected distance of the lug. A plurality of links has hooked ends pivotably coupled to a lower ring and the bar. Also, the recess is in communication with a hole of the joint. The outer hooked end of each link is sufficiently smaller than the recess so that ribs are spaced apart from the spreaders by a much smaller distance when the umbrella is folded. This can achieve a smooth folding operation and a more compact umbrella after folded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2002
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventor: Ching-Chuan You
  • Publication number: 20030188774
    Abstract: The present invention is a self-aligning walking aid that is suitable for use walking on level surfaces and for ascending and descending stairs. Disclosed is a walking aid that is equally stable on level surfaces and on stairs and that does not require any structural or positional changes when transitioning from a level surface to stairs. The preferred embodiment herein discussed is configured so as to limit appropriate graspable frame members so that when lifted by the appropriate pair of handles, the walking aid will swing into alignment with the surface, level surface or stairs, on which it is being used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2002
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventor: Piter Goligorski
  • Publication number: 20030188775
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a fitting that is used in a support structure wherein beams support a shade canopy over a playground for children. The fitting may be inserted at its lower end into vertical support columns rigidly supported in the ground. The fitting includes a connector plate that is welded to an upper end of the fitting but an angle which is determinative of the angle of the roof of the canopy. There is a counter plate attached to a saddle pipe. When the connector plate and the counter plate are attached to each other to thereby form the fitting, a correct pitch and rigidity of the support structure to support the canopy on the support structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventor: Kevin T. Connelly
  • Publication number: 20030188776
    Abstract: A flexible photovoltaic cell integrated onto an active card, such as a greeting card or “smart” card, may be fabricated separately and then integrated with additional electronics on the active card. Alternatively, the photovoltaic cell may be fabricated on the active card itself, constituting, if desired, part or all of its surface design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Applicant: Konarka Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Lian Li, Edmund Montello
  • Publication number: 20030188777
    Abstract: Co-sensitizers that co-adsorb with a sensitizing dye to the surface of an interconnected semiconductor oxide nanoparticle material increase the efficiency of photovoltaic cells by improving their charge transfer efficiency and reducing the back transfer of electrons from the interconnected semiconductor oxide nanoparticle material to the sensitizing dye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Applicant: Konarka Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Russell Gaudiana, Savvas Hadjikyriacou, Jin-An He, David Waller, Zhengguo Zhu
  • Publication number: 20030188778
    Abstract: A brake fluid pressure relief assembly (50) for a brake system (10) including a pedal assembly (12) employs first and second valves (52, 54) to provide controlled collapse of a brake pedal pad (14) when both a predetermined deceleration limit is exceeded and a predetermined pressure level is exceeded in a hydraulic brake fluid. The first valve (52) is actuated by an inertial mass (84) acting against a first spring (86). With the first valve in the open position, hydraulic fluid passes into a reservoir (68) whose volume is a dependent on the position of the second valve (54). The second valve (54) opens when the fluid pressure in the reservoir exceeds a predetermined pressure limit and compresses a piston (100) against a second spring (114). Accordingly, the forces that can be communicated through the pedal system 10 are reduced during a collision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2002
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventor: Craig Hammann Stephan
  • Publication number: 20030188779
    Abstract: The present invention provides an air gap mounting sink for a backflow prevention device. The air gap sink comprises a wall mounting plate, a wall mounting plate having an upper and lower end; a pair of mounting brackets attached to the upper end of the wall mounting plate; and a sink basin mounted to the lower end of the wall mounting plate having a drain aperture. A backflow prevention valve is mounted to the mounting brackets such that the discharge output pipe of the device is position to vent any discharged water into the sink basin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Applicant: DeGarmo Plumbing, Inc.
    Inventor: Craig DeGarmo
  • Publication number: 20030188780
    Abstract: A low pressure tank is disclosed having: an upper section with a sloping surface; a port on the surface; a gable housing covering the port and having a front face oriented generally vertically; an aperture in the front face; a door aligned with and covering the aperture in the front face, and a door hinge above and aligned with the door and horizontally offset from said front face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: Patrick J. Sullivan, Patrick J. Pepin, Joseph R. Phillips
  • Publication number: 20030188781
    Abstract: A cap assembly for closing an access opening in a plumbing fitting includes a cap for rotatable attachment to the plumbing fitting, with the cap having an interior surface which faces the plumbing fitting. There is an elastomeric friction ring positioned between the cap interior surface and the plumbing fitting, which friction ring has a plurality of circumferentially spaced projections facing and in contact with the plumbing fitting. The projections are formed and adapted to require less torque when the cap is rotatably attached to the plumbing fitting than when said cap is rotatably removed from the plumbing fitting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2002
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: John R. Wilson, Steven R. Oliver
  • Publication number: 20030188782
    Abstract: A diaphragm operated pressure regulating valve for connection between a source of gas under pressure and the point of use comprises an inlet port having an axis, a valve element coaxial with the inlet port and a coaxial ball and cam valve element actuating arrangement controlled by the diaphragm which is transverse to and coaxial with the inlet port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2002
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: Josef A. Bartos, Harsharan Grewal
  • Publication number: 20030188783
    Abstract: A suction valve including a valve seat and a piston movably joined to the valve seat. The piston has a head for engaging the top surface of the valve seat and a stem extending downwardly from the head through the valve seat. A valve guide is positioned adjacent the bottom surface of the valve seat and slidably receives the stem. A valve keeper is fitted upon the stem such that the valve guide is disposed between the valve seat and the valve keeper. A keeper pin is slidably positioned within a transverse aperture in the stem and abuts the bottom of the valve keeper. A compressed spring is positioned between, and exerts opposing forces upon, the valve guide and the valve keeper so as to normally retain the head of the piston in engagement with the top surface of the valve seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2002
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventor: Berton L. Vicars
  • Publication number: 20030188784
    Abstract: A repairable pressure relief valve having a valve body that forms an internal fluted surface provides improved field repairability. The internal, fluted surface is adapted to mate with a removal tool. A valve assembly is slidably mounted in the valve housing and slides under excess pressure to vent vapor from a vessel, such as a tank. The valve body has a first seating surface for mating with a second seating surface on the valve assembly when the valve plug is in the closed position. The relief valve has a seal for sealing an interface between the valve plug and the housing and a removable cap mounted proximate to the valve plug for mechanically supporting the seal. The cap can be removed and the seal can be replaced without extensive disassembly of the valve, thereby eliminating the requirement of re-calibration after a repair has been made.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2002
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: Kenneth Roger Schimnowski, Jeffrey Lynn Cole, Thomas Bethell Oliver
  • Publication number: 20030188785
    Abstract: A discharge valve including a valve seat and a piston having a head with a bottom surface that is convex across its entirety for engaging the valve seat. The piston has a stem extending upwardly from the head away from the valve seat. A valve guide has a socket for slidably receiving the stem of the piston and a number of apertures intersecting the socket for providing pressure relief thereto. A compressed spring is disposed between the valve guide and the head for normally retaining said the in engagement with the valve seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2002
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventor: Berton L. Vicars
  • Publication number: 20030188786
    Abstract: A reservoir unit to be installed within a fuel tank, in order to prevent bubbles generated by the fuel transfer jet pump of the fuel tank from feeding into the internal combustion engine, comprising a wall formed in a closed bag shape so that the delivered flow of fuel can fully turn round the discharge port of a jet pump, against which fuel containing bubbles delivered from the jet pump hits and, after turning around a partition wall a plurality of times, fills the reservoir unit, with the result that bubbles can be removed from the fuel more efficiently and the fuel in the reservoir can be prevented from containing a large quantity of bubbles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: Tomonari Toki, Nobuo Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20030188787
    Abstract: A fluid flow control device (10) has a stack of annular discs (15) defining a central passageway (14) and a plug (16) reciprocable in the passageway for controlling fluid flow. Adjacent discs (15) in the stack have at least one fluid passageway (21A) formed in a major face (22A) of one disc closed by the abutting major face of the adjacent disc. The fluid passageway (21A) extends in a clockwise direction and has a linear inlet portion (23A) and a curved outlet portion (24A). The inlet portion (23A) is of constant cross-sectional area and the outlet portion (24A) is of increasing cross-sectional are in the direction of fluid flow. Other configurations of discs and/or fluid passageways are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventor: Joseph H Steinke
  • Publication number: 20030188788
    Abstract: The technical field of the invention generally concerns electronically controlled hydraulic valves adapted for use in electro-hydraulically controlled automotive transmissions. The proportional pressure control valve 20 includes a hollow cage 42 pierced by cage tank ports 52, cage clutch ports 54, and by cage pump ports 56. The cage pump ports 56 receive fluid from a pump. The cage clutch ports 54 supply fluid to a hydraulic actuator, such as that for an automotive clutch. The cage clutch ports 54 supply the fluid at a pressure that is proportional to an electrical control signal applied to a solenoid coil 252 of the valve 20. The cage tank ports 52 return fluid from the valve 20 to a tank from which the fluid circulates back to the pump. Located in the cage 42 is a main spool 112 that is movable laterally relative to the cage 42 for controlling a flow of hydraulic fluid between the cage clutch ports 54 and either the cage pump ports 56 or the cage tank ports 52.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: Louis C. Harms, Zilek Liberfarb
  • Publication number: 20030188789
    Abstract: This invention pertains generally to valve lift spacers that determine the travel distance of a valve member, such as movement between upper and lower seats. In the case of pressure switching valves, such as those used in the fuel injection industry, valve travel distance is often relatively small. Because of realistic machining tolerances, it is often difficult to mass produce valves that consistently exhibit comparable travel distances, especially when those distances are on the order of microns. The present invention addresses this issue by providing valve lift spacers with a variety of thicknesses in order to compensate for the inevitable variation that would otherwise be produced due to the various valve components having realistic geometrical tolerances. The valve lift spacer and a valve using the same finds a principal use in fast response pressure switching valves, such as those utilized in electro-hydraulic actuator portion of a fuel injector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2002
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: Randy Schoepke, Richard Berg
  • Publication number: 20030188790
    Abstract: The invention concerns an underpressure valve with a multi-part housing and a disc-like closing body which has at least one opening, and with an opening-free section disposed in alignment with the flow channel of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Applicant: J. Schmalz GmbH
    Inventors: Kurt Schmalz, Gernot Schmierer, Thomas Eisele, Daniel Heine, Dieter Geissler, Leonhard Harter, Daniel Grozinger
  • Publication number: 20030188791
    Abstract: A valve for a branching and/or connecting location of a piggable line for coating material such as paint includes a valve housing for a first throughgoing line, to which at least one second line is selectively connectable, as well as a valve closure body that is spring loaded by a valve spring and that is movable against the force of the valve spring. The valve housing and the valve closure body respectively have flushly aligned bores that have the same contour and the same diameter as each other, and that are directly adjoining each other in the closed position. This diameter is equal to the clear inner diameter of the piggable line. For opening and closing the second line, the valve closure body is movable in the valve housing in the axial direction of the bore thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Applicant: LacTec GmbH
    Inventor: Winfried Ott
  • Publication number: 20030188792
    Abstract: A flexible duct construction and method of manufacture is provided in which the duct is formed from a continuously wound elongate member comprising a core of insulating material, a reinforcing wire element and a casing comprising a strip of substrate material extending around the core and the reinforcing element. In the preferred method of manufacture, adhesive is applied to one side of the strip of substrate, the casing has a tail part extending from a generally circular part which encapsulates the core and the reinforcing element, and the elongate encapsulated insulating member is wound helically so that the circular part of one winding overlies and adheres to the tail part of the previous winding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2002
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Applicant: Talana Investments Limited
    Inventor: William James Donnelly
  • Publication number: 20030188793
    Abstract: The present invention provides a heat resistant fuel hose comprising a rubber inner pipe with an inner layer and an outer layer in the inner pipe. The inner layer of the inner pipe comprises a hydrogenated acrylonitrile butadiene rubber (H-NBR) that is mixed with zinc oxide (ZnO) and magnesium oxide (MgO) as acid acceptors and is peroxide vulcanized. The outer layer of the inner pipe comprises an epoxy cross-linking type acrylic rubber (ACM) that has been vulcanized bonded to the inner layer of the inner pipe. The inner layer and outer layer of the inner pipe of the heat resistant fuel hose of the present invention are strongly bonded, and the rubber inner pipe has excellent heat resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Applicant: TOKAI RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinobu Kanbe, Takahiro Nishiyama
  • Publication number: 20030188794
    Abstract: The weaving machine comprises a needle bar (3) and an insertion element (4) with which warp threads (13, 14) are guided and which are two components of a shed forming apparatus for the manufacture of leno cloths (1). The two components are moved vertically in a reciprocal manner. A horizontal displacement movement (40b) transverse to the direction of the warp threads is executed with the insertion element in addition to the vertical movement (40a). The movements of the two components cause a leno binding to arise in interplay with the insertion of a weft thread (12, 12′). The shed forming apparatus can be modified such that, on the one hand, the horizontal displacement movement (40b) of the insertion element is switched off and, on the other hand, for both components a stroke (h) of the vertical movement (30, 40a) is in each case increased and controlled in such a manner that a cloth without leno binding, in particular a simple cloth (1′), can be manufactured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Applicant: Sultex AG
    Inventors: Klaus Berktold, Hans-Dieter Scorl
  • Publication number: 20030188795
    Abstract: The invention contents cord tying-up connecting device consisting of the first part (1) provided with a groove. One end of the first part is provided with an entering end the second part (2) is provided with a cam for connection with the second part (2) is provided with a cam for connection with the second part (2) formed by a hollow body provided with a bilaterally coincident cam. The thrid part (3) is provided with a through-hole and a shoulder towards the second part (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: Jan Lemfeld, Vaclav Kubicka
  • Publication number: 20030188796
    Abstract: A yarn tightening element for a weaving machine, comprising a passage (16) for a yarn (15) and a contact means (2) to transmit a tightening force to a yarn (15) moving along through this passage, the passage (16) being not bordered on at least one side of the plane of movement of the yarn (15) or comprises a boundary (14) that is interrupted across its width, so that a part of the yarn (15) running through from that side of the plane of movement, via the interruption (17), can be made to co-operate with the contact means (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2002
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventor: Erik Vermeulen
  • Publication number: 20030188797
    Abstract: All-woven inflatable fabrics having areas of two layers and attachment points or “seams” where single layers of fabric are formed. Such single fabric layers may be constructed solely through the utilization of basket weave patterns. These specific single fabric layers provide a relatively effective manner of reducing air permeability within the entire fabric article by decreasing the possibility of yarn shifting upon inflation of the inflatable fabric. Alternatively, the presence of at least a second single fabric layer area adjacent to the first and separated by and narrow double fabric layer area can further reduce the possibility of yarn shifting in the first single fabric layer area. Such a fabric may be utilized in numerous and various applications wherein fabric inflation is desired or necessary. In particular, the inventive fabric may be incorporated within an airbag cushion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventor: John A. Sollars
  • Publication number: 20030188798
    Abstract: An inexpensive fuel gas filler structure for a gas-fueled vehicle enables the connection between a ground line and a ground connection portion of the vehicle before the insertion of a fuel gas filler nozzle into a fuel gas filler receptacle. The fuel gas filler structure for a gas-fueled vehicle comprises a fuel gas filler receptacle to which a fuel gas filler nozzle of an external fuel gas filling station is to be connected, a fuel filler lid which is opened or closed, by a fuel filler lid opener, for selectively covering the fuel gas filler receptacle, a ground connection portion to which a ground line of the fuel gas filling station is to be connected, and a ground connection lid which is opened or closed for selectively covering the ground connection portion, wherein an operating section of the fuel filler lid opener is disposed in a region which is covered by the ground connection lid in a closed state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Applicant: HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Kawazu, Yoshihiro Shimizu, Tohru Ono, Seiji Ohgami
  • Publication number: 20030188799
    Abstract: A safety kit 10 is provided for use with a flexible hose 2 for interconnecting a portable tank 14 with a another tank 12 to transmit fluids between the tanks. The safety kit includes a control housing 5 adapted for securing to one end of the hose, and a cable support housing 36 for securing to the opposing end of the hose. A valve member 20 is moveable relative to a seating surface for opening and closing flow through the control housing. A cable 18 is provided for positioning within the flexible hose 2. The cable may be in compression in one embodiment and in tension in other embodiments. If in compression, the cable support housing includes a cable loading mechanism 210, 250. When the cable is in tension, the trigger moves in response to movement of the cable to close off flow to the flexible hose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2002
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: Kevin Cessac, Frank Gonzales, Spence M. Nimberger, Robert L. Ward
  • Publication number: 20030188800
    Abstract: A container for use in a closed application system includes a valve mounted to a discharge opening of the container and rotatable with the container for controlling the discharge of material from the container. The valve includes an element for engaging corresponding structure in a receptacle for receiving the contents of the container. The element engages and locks the valve in the receptacle when the valve is opened and the contents are being discharged from the container into the receptacle. The valve element and the corresponding structure on the receptacle cooperate so that the container can only be received in and removed from the receptacle when the valve is closed. In this manner, the contents in the container can be discharged only when the container is received within the receptacle and the container is rotated in a direction to open the valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventor: Keith F. Woodruff
  • Publication number: 20030188801
    Abstract: A hot beverage maker has a stand, fresh water chamber, a brewed beverage tank, and an actuator means for dispensing brewed beverages. The tank includes a filter basket, a reservoir portion, and an outlet port. The reservoir portion is adapted to hold a brewed liquid, and the outlet port is positioned in substantially the bottom of the reservoir portion. The dispenser actuator means is connected to the outlet port and is biased to a closed position, but may be moved to an open position by a vessel for holding a hot beverage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventor: Michael Howard Garman
  • Publication number: 20030188802
    Abstract: A stump cutting tool for use with a stump cutting apparatus having a rotatable cutting wheel or drum having at least one cutting tool mounted to the wheel or drum. The cutting tool includes a tool holder or pocket used to secure a separate cutting tooth. The pocket or tool holder includes the least one bore extending therethrough for use in securing the cutting tool to the cutting wheel or drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventor: Kevin J. Green
  • Publication number: 20030188803
    Abstract: A wood planing machine includes a support carriage movably mounted on a mounting frame for supporting a cutting shaft. A motor housing and a shaving collecting member are mounted on the carriage. The collecting member confines a shaving passageway in the vicinity of the cutting shaft and in fluid communication with an air conduit such that an air stream introduced from the motor housing can entrain wood shavings collected in the collecting member. A blower mechanism includes a drive shaft coupled to and driven by the cutting shaft for rotating an impeller for drawing wood shavings from the collecting member into the blowing mechanism and out of a discharge member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2002
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: Juei-Seng Liao, Pei-Lieh Chiang
  • Publication number: 20030188804
    Abstract: A multi-functional, rotational work bench device enabling a user to mount, store and utilize four power tools in a limited space, wherein a generally cube shaped machine carousel has a generally central rotational axis with four outer work surfaces, wherein the carousel can receive and secure at least one machine or power tool on each outer surface, wherein the rotational support members for the carousel are fully height adjustable, wherein a hand-crank and gear mechanism enables easy rotation of the carousel and wherein a locking mechanism secures selected rotational positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2002
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventor: Thomas F. Hill
  • Publication number: 20030188805
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing non-grain-oriented hot-rolled magnetic steel sheet in which from a raw material such as cast slabs, strip, roughed strip or thin slabs produced from a steel comprising (in weight %) C: 0.0001-0.05 %; Si: ≦1.5 %; Al: ≦0.5 %, wherein [% Si]+2[% Al]≦1.8; Mn: 0.1-1.2 %; if necessary up to a total of 1.5 % of alloying additions such as P, Sn, Sb, Zr, V, Ti, N, Ni, Co, Nb and/or B, with the remainder being iron and the usual impurities, in a finishing roll line at temperatures above the Ar1 temperature, a hot strip with a thickness ≦1.5 mm is rolled, wherein at least the last forming pass of hot rolling is carried out in the mixed region austenite/ferrite and wherein the total deformation &egr;H achieved during rolling in the mixed region austenite/ferrite is <35 %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: Karl Ernst Friedrich, Brigitte Hammer, Rudolf Kawalla, Olaf Fischer, J?uuml;rgen Schneider, Carl-Dieter Wuppermann
  • Publication number: 20030188806
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a grain-oriented silicon steel sheet not having inorganic mineral films by using an annealing separator capable of preventing the inorganic mineral films composed of forsterite (Mg2SiO4), and so on, from forming during final annealing, comprising the steps of decarburization annealing followed by coating of annealing separator and final annealing, wherein alumina powder calcined at a calcination temperature of 900 to 1,400° C., or further having a BET specific surface area of 1 to 100 m2/g, an oil absorption of 1 to 70 ml/100 g, and/or having a gamma ratio of 0.001 to 2.0, is used as the annealing separator. Magnesia having a BET specific surface area of 0.5 to 5 m2/g may be added to said alumina powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Fujii, Yoshiyuki Ushigami, Shuichi Nakamura, Kenichi Murakami, Norihiro Yamamoto, Kiyoshi Sawano, Shuichi Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20030188807
    Abstract: Metal surfaces are treated with acidic aqueous compositions to form conversion coatings. The acidic aqueous compositions contain fluorometallate anions, divalent and/or trivalent cations of certain elements such as zinc, phosphorus-containing inorganic oxyanions, phosphonate anions containing phosphorus atoms directly bonded to carbon atoms, and water-soluble and/or water-dispersible organic polymers and/or polymer-forming resins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventor: Kevin K. Meagher
  • Publication number: 20030188808
    Abstract: ABSTRACT OF DISCLOSURE Disclosed is a heat resistant cast steel having not only good heat resistance but also good thermal fatigue resistance, which is suitable as the material for engine parts, particularly, such as exhaust gas manifold and turbo-housing, which are repeatedly exposed to such a high temperature as 900° C. or higher. The heat resistant cast steel comprises, by weight percent, C: 0.2-1.0%, Ni: 8.0-45.0%, Cr: 15.0-30.0%, W: up to 10% and Nb: 0.5-3.0%, provided that [%C]-0.13[%Nb]: 0.05-0.95%, the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, and the cast structure contains dispersed therein, by atomic percent, MC-type carbides: 0.5-3.0% and M23C6-type carbides: 0.5-10.0%. The matrix of the steel is an austenitic phase mainly composed of Fe—Ni—Cr and the steel has the mean coefficient of thermal expansion in the range from room temperature to 1050° C. up to 20.0×10−4 and a tensile strength in the temperature range up to 1050° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: Shigeki Ueta, Shuji Hamano, Toshiharu Noda
  • Publication number: 20030188809
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a high-strength copper alloy used for electronic parts such as terminals and connectors, and more particularly, to a high-strength phosphor bronze strip. The present invention provides a phosphor bronze strip with excellent punching formability characterized in that a total content of S (20 to 100 ppm), Mn, Ca, Mg and Al is 50 ppm or less, a phosphor bronze strip with excellent punching formability characterized in that the sum total of lengths of etching imprints is 5 mm/mm2 or more when a cross-section parallel to the rolling direction is etched, a phosphor bronze strip with excellent punching formability characterized in that a copper sulfide phase exists in a range of 1 to 3% of the microstructure whose cross-section is parallel to the rolling direction and a phosphor bronze strip characterized in that the plastic deformation ratio when subjected to a shearing test with clearance of 4 to 10% is 50% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Fukamachi, Toshihiro Niimi
  • Publication number: 20030188810
    Abstract: A super-elastic titanium alloy for medical use consisting essentially of:
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: Toyonobu Tanaka, Hiroshi Horikawa, Shuichi Miyazaki, Hideki Hosoda
  • Publication number: 20030188811
    Abstract: The present invention presents a high tensile strength cold rolled steel sheet having excellent formability, impact resistance and strain age hardening characteristics, and the production thereof. As a specific means, a slab having a composition which contains, by mass %, 0.15% or less of C, 0.02% or less of Al, and 0.0050 to 0.0250% of N at N/Al of 0.3 or higher, and has N in a solid solution state at 0.0010% or more, is first hot rolled at the finish rolling delivery-side temperature of 800° C. or above, and is subsequently coiled at the coiling temperature of 750° C. or below to prepare a hot rolled plate. Then, after cold rolling, the hot rolled plate is continuously cooled at a temperature from the recrystallization temperature to 900° C. at a holding time of 10 to 120 seconds, and is cooled by primary cooling in which the hot rolled plate is cooled to 500° C. or below at a cooling rate of 10 to 300° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Applicant: Kawasaki Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Chikara Kami, Akio Tosaka, Kazunori Osawa, Shinjiro Kaneko, Takuya Yamazaki, Kaneharu Okuda, Takashi Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20030188812
    Abstract: A ferritic heat-resistant steel, which exhibits excellent creep characteristics even at a high temperature exceeding 600° C., comprises, on the basis of percent by weight, 1.0 to 13% of chromium, 0.1 to 8.0% of cobalt, 0.01 to 0.20% of nitrogen, 3.0% or less of nickel, 0.01 to 0.50% of one or more of elements selected from a group consisting of vanadium, niobium, tantalum, titanium, hafnium, and zirconium that are MX type precipitate forming elements, and 0.01% or less of carbon and a balance being substantially iron and inevitable impurities, wherein the MX type precipitates precipitate on grain boundaries and in entire grains and the grain boundary existing ratio of an M23C6 type precipitate precipitating on the grain boundaries is 50% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: Masaki Taneike, Fujio Abe
  • Publication number: 20030188813
    Abstract: A structural hot-rolled or cold-rolled stainless steel sheet having improved intergranular corrosion resistance and toughness at the welding heat affected zone and further having low strength and high elongation. The composition of the steel sheet contains less than about 0.008 mass percent of C; about 1.0 mass percent or less of Si; about 1.5 mass percent or less of Mn; about 11 to about 15 mass percent of Cr; more than about 1.0 mass percent and about 2.5 mass percent or less of Ni; less than about 0.10 mass percent of Al; about 0.009 mass percent or less of N; about 0.04 mass percent or less of P; about 0.01 mass percent or less of S; and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities. These contents satisfy the expressions: (Cr)+1.2×(Ni)≧15.0; (Ni)+0.5×(Mn)+30×(C)≦3.0; (C)+(N)≦0.015; and (Cr)−(Mn)−1.7×(Ni)−27×(C)−100×(N)≧9.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Applicant: KAWASAKI STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichiro Hirasawa, Takumi Ujiro, Osamu Furukimi
  • Publication number: 20030188814
    Abstract: The invention aims at providing high-strength copper alloy, especially phosphor bronze, with excellent bending workability. The excellently bendable high-strength copper alloy is obtained through grain size control whereby a finally cold rolled copper alloy with a tensile strength and 0.2% yield strength different by not more than 80 MPa is allowed to have characteristics such that its mean grain size (mGS) after annealing at 425° C. for 10,000 seconds is not more than 5 &mgr;m and the standard deviation of the mean grain size (&sgr;GS) is not more than ⅓XmGS. Improvements in characteristics presumably attributable to the synergistic effect of grain-boundary strengthening and dislocation strengthening are stably achieved by the adjustments of cold rolling and annealing conditions and by the study of the correlation between pertinent characteristic values after the final rolling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Fukamachi, Masato Shigyo
  • Publication number: 20030188815
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a transparent document pouch for carrying travel documents. The document pouch has a first pocket sized to receive an article of identification and a second pocket sized to receive larger travel documents such as an airline ticket or a boarding pass. In one embodiment, the document pouch is formed from a single sheet of transparent material folded substantially in half. The sheet of material is heat sealed along sides of the sheet and by a cross seal in a portion of the sheet to form the first and the second pocket. A slit is formed in the sheet of material to provide access to the second pocket. The document pouch is suspended from a lanyard wrapped around a neck of a traveler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventor: MaryRose Hart
  • Publication number: 20030188816
    Abstract: A description is given of an insertion device for snow chains, comprising a base (2) designed to be rested on the ground, and two lateral walls (3) which rise up from the base to form a channel for insertion of the internal ring (15) of a snow chain, in such a way that the internal ring (15) of the snow chain can be made to pass behind the wheel of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Applicant: KONIG SPA
    Inventor: Romolo Airoldi
  • Publication number: 20030188817
    Abstract: A tire noise reducing system comprises a pneumatic tire, a wheel rim and a noise damper disposed in a cavity formed between the rim and tire when mounted as being surrounded by the tire and rim, the noise damper is made of a porous material having a specific gravity of from 0.005 to 0.06 and secured on a surface facing the cavity, the volume S2 of the noise damper is in a range of from 0.4 to 20.0% of the volume S1 of the cavity. Preferably, the noise damper is provided with an uneven surface or an outer layer for less sound reflection, and the shape index E of the noise damper is more than 1, and the ratio T/W of the thickness T to the width W of the damper is not less than 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Yukawa, Masami Nishikawa, Tokuzo Nakajima, Chieko Aoki, Hideaki Sugihara