Patents Issued in January 18, 2007
  • Publication number: 20070012544
    Abstract: The invention concerns an apparatus for transporting articles forming a mass flow from an input device to an output device, including an endless conveying element with a transport run and a return run, the conveying element being guided about at least two rollers designed as a driving and/or deflecting element, which is distinguished in that the transport run can be moved out of a throughflow position in which the transport run exhibits its maximum length, into a discharge position in which the transport run is shortened from the maximum length, and vice versa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Applicant: Hauni Maschinenbau AG
    Inventors: Jurgen Krossmann, Alexander Maurer
  • Publication number: 20070012545
    Abstract: A system and method designed to separate product. The system comprises a dividing mechanism having a first set of directional rollers and a second set of directional rollers, remaining in a single plane. A first conveyor is positioned on a first side of the dividing mechanism and receives products from the first directional mechanism. A second conveyor is positioned on a second side of the dividing mechanism and receives the products from the second directional mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2005
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Applicant: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Barton Varney
  • Publication number: 20070012546
    Abstract: A system for aligning items, such as bottles, includes a rotating plate and a diverter arm that extends outward over a top surface of the plate towards the plate edge. A rotating channel may surround the plate. In operation, bottles are dropped onto the plate and rotated by the plate against the arm. The distance between the top surface of the arm and the plate surface is such that the arm generally diverts the bottles outward and guides them into free gaps within the channel. The distance is also configured such that as bottles back-up, waiting for free channel gaps, the arm allows any buckling bottles to pass over and back onto the plate, rather than into the channel. The distance may also be configured such that the arm acts like a scoop. As bottles back-up behind the arm, the arm presses under the bottles along the arm and passes them over, relieving the pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2005
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventor: Kenneth Herzog
  • Publication number: 20070012547
    Abstract: A conveyor system in which a modular belt or chain is driven by a drive element rotated at a predetermined variable angular speed to compensate for speed fluctuations due to chordal action. A speed signal generator generates a speed signal generally inverse to the uncompensated linear speed of a belt driven by drive elements rotated at a constant angular speed. The speed signal generator detects an encoded pattern rotating in known relationship to the drive element. The encoded pattern represents a predetermined speed profile that is used to compensate for belt speed fluctuations or to provide custom belt speed performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2005
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Applicant: LAITRAM, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Joseph DePaso
  • Publication number: 20070012548
    Abstract: An extendable conveyor includes a support structure, and at least one extendable unit that is supported in a cantilevered manner and that is movable between an extended position and a retracted position nested within the support structure. The extendable unit has at least one support roller for rollingly engaging at least one of another extendable unit and the support structure as the extendable unit is extended or retracted. The conveyor includes a braking device operable to limit rotation of at least one support roller via selective engagement of a braking element with the support roller. The braking device is activatable to disengage the braking element from the support roller in response to actuation of a user input. The braking element is biased to engage the braking element with the support roller when the braking device is deactivated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2006
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventors: Shenghong Yang, James Medley
  • Publication number: 20070012549
    Abstract: A roller for a conveyor comprising a cylindrical core defining a support surface; a helical groove disposed in said support surface and lagging bonded to said support surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2005
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventor: Alexander Kanaris
  • Publication number: 20070012550
    Abstract: A modular operating switch assembly comprises a housing defining a plurality of switch operating cells. Each of the operating cells has guide walls, a switch actuating member in sliding contact with the guide walls, and a switch contact carrier configured to be selectively equipped with contact pairs such that each of the contact pairs is associated with at least one said switch actuating member. Each switch actuating member is operable to be selectively connected to a key cap associated with a single switch operating cell, or with a key cap associated with a plurality of adjacent switch operating cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventor: Karl-Heinz Wohlfart
  • Publication number: 20070012551
    Abstract: A tank for storing a compressed gas, such as hydrogen, that includes a connection assembly to increase seal integrity. The tank includes an inner gas tight liner and an outer support layer that provides the structural integrity. The connection assembly includes a boss positioned within an opening of the support layer. The inner liner includes a neck portion extending through an internal bore of the boss having an outer collar or flange at an outside surface of the boss. A tank valve is bolted to the boss at an outer perimeter of the collar where a portion of the tank valve extends through the neck portion of the liner and into the tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2005
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventors: Thorsten Rohwer, Ingo Hermann
  • Publication number: 20070012552
    Abstract: A jerk-initiated switch includes a housing having an inner housing wall which defines an accommodation chamber therein. First and second terminals are disposed to define a switching action enabling path of a straight length that crosses the accommodation chamber. A ball member and a momentum reducing member are disposed in the accommodation chamber. When the housing is jerked, the ball member is displaceable from a first position, where the ball member is disposed to interrupt the switching action enabling path to establish a first electric switching state, to a second position, where the ball member is disposed outside the switching action enabling path to establish a second electric switching state. The momentum reducing member is configured to yield under impact from the ball member to reduce the momentum of the ball member when the ball member is displaced from the first position to the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2005
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventor: Tien-Ming Chou
  • Publication number: 20070012553
    Abstract: A keypad assembly for a portable terminal is disclosed. The keypad assembly for the portable terminal includes a light guide plate which has reflection patterns locally formed on a lower surface of the light guide plate for reflecting a part of light transmitted in the light guide plate toward an upper surface of the light guide plate. The keypad assembly also includes at least one key button seated on the light guide plate, for outputting the light reflected by the reflection patterns out of the keypad assembly, upper and lower cases for containing the light guide plate, a switch substrate seated on a bottom surface of the lower case and having at least one switch, and an extension member which extends from an upper case of the portable terminal toward the switch substrate. The extension member has a reflection filter for reflecting the light exiting from the light guide plate toward the light guide plate back.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventors: Joo-Hoon Lee, Sun-Tae Jung
  • Publication number: 20070012554
    Abstract: An apparatus and method to minimize teasing and contact welding at contact points includes a switch having a first contact movable toward a second contact from a switch-deactuated position to a switch-actuated position and movable away from the second contact from the switch-actuated position back to the switch-deactuated position. A transfer carriage is operatively engaged with the first contact and includes a flip-flop mechanism for bringing the first contact into contact with the second contact and releasing the first contact from the second contact. The flip-flop mechanism utilizes a transfer barrier to switch between the switch-actuated and switch-deactuated positions. An actuator imparts movement on the transfer carriage to overcome the transfer barrier when moving between the switch-deactuated and switch-actuated positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2005
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Applicant: DEFOND COMPONENTS LIMITED
    Inventor: Nelson Lui
  • Publication number: 20070012555
    Abstract: A membrane switch is formed by laminating a pair of flexible printed circuit (FPC) boards with two types of resist between them. An oil-resistant thermally adhesive resist is used in the peripheral area between the laminated FPC boards, and a resist that is not thermally adhesive is used in the central area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2006
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Applicant: FANUC LTD
    Inventors: Hiroshi Fuchigami, Osamu Yairo
  • Publication number: 20070012556
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for water purification. The unit can include a boiler chamber, a degasser, and a demister.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventors: Gary Lum, Joseph Urban
  • Publication number: 20070012557
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to sputtering of materials. In particular, the invention relates to sputtering voltage used during physical vapor deposition of large area substrates to prevent arcing. One embodiment of the invention describes an apparatus for sputtering materials on rectangular substrates at a voltage less than 400 volts, that comprises a sputtering target; wherein the target is biased at a voltage less than 400 volts during sputtering materials on the rectangular substrates, a grounded shield surrounding the sputtering target, wherein the shortest distance between the grounded shield and the sputtering target is less than the plasma dark space thickness, a magnetron in the back of the sputtering target, where in the edge of the magnetron does not overlap the grounded shield, and an antenna structure placed between the sputtering target and the substrate, wherein the antenna structure is grounded during sputtering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2005
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventors: Akihiro Hosokawa, Hien H. Le
  • Publication number: 20070012558
    Abstract: The present invention generally provides an apparatus and method for processing a surface of a substrate in physical vapor deposition (PVD) chamber that has an increased anode surface area to improve the deposition uniformity on large area substrates. In general, aspects of the present invention can be used for flat panel display processing, semiconductor processing, solar cell processing, or any other substrate processing. In one aspect, the processing chamber contains one or more adjustable anode assemblies that are used to increase and more evenly distribute the anode surface area throughout the processing region of the processing chamber. In one aspect, the one or more adjustable anode assemblies are adapted to exchange deposited on anode surfaces with new, un-deposited on, anode surfaces without breaking vacuum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2005
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventors: John White, Akihiro Hosokawa, Hienminh Le, Makoto Inagawa
  • Publication number: 20070012559
    Abstract: The present invention generally provides an apparatus and method for processing a surface of a substrate in physical vapor deposition (PVD) chamber that has an increased anode surface area to improve the deposition uniformity on large area substrates. In general, aspects of the present invention can be used for flat panel display processing, semiconductor processing, solar cell processing, or any other substrate processing. In one aspect, the processing chamber contains one or more anode assemblies that are used to increase and more evenly distribute the anode surface area throughout the processing region of the processing chamber. In one aspect, the anode assembly contains a conductive member and conductive member support. In one aspect, the processing chamber is adapted to allow the conductive member to be removed from the processing chamber without removing any major components from the processing chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2005
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventors: Akihiro Hosokawa, Hienminh Le, Makoto Inagawa, John White
  • Publication number: 20070012560
    Abstract: The present invention relates to treatment units for the wet-chemical or electrolytic treatment of flat workpieces (1), such as metal foils, printed circuit foils or printed circuit boards, in which the workpieces (1) are transported on a conveying path by means of conveying members (6, 6?, 6?, 7). The treatment unit comprises carrier elements (4) with recesses (21), said carrier elements (4) being oriented to be parallel to the conveying path, and at least one module system for carrying the conveying members (6, 6?, 6?, 7) that consist of insertion elements (14, 26), preferably arranged in pairs, the at least one module system being configured such that it registers with and is preferably slidable into the recesses (21) of the carrier elements (4). The treatment unit is preferably utilized in horizontal conveyorized lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2004
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventors: Uwe Hauf, Henry Kunze, Ferdinand Wiener
  • Publication number: 20070012561
    Abstract: A wafer clamp assembly for holding a wafer during a deposition process comprises an outer annular member defining a central recess that has a diameter slightly greater than the diameter of the wafer. A plurality of finger members are carried by the outer annular member and extend radially inwardly from the outer annular member into the central recess, wherein each of the finger members has a free end for contacting the wafer during the deposition process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS DEUTSCHLAND, GMBH
    Inventors: Hermann Bichler, Reinhard Hanzlik, Stefan Fries, Frank Mueller, Heinrich Wachinger
  • Publication number: 20070012562
    Abstract: A rectangular magnetron placed at the back of a rectangular sputtering target for coating a rectangular panel and having magnets of opposed polarities arranged to form a gap therebetween corresponding to a plasma track adjacent the target which extends in a closed serpentine or spiral loop. The spiral may have a large number of wraps and the closed loop may be folded before wrapping. The magnetron has a size only somewhat less than that of the target and is scanned in the two perpendicular directions of the target with a scan length of, for example, about 100 mm for a 2 m target corresponding to at least the separation of the gap between parallel portions of the loop. A central ferromagnetic shim beneath some magnets in the loop may compensate for vertical droop. The magnetron may be scanned in two alternating double-Z patterns rotated 90° between them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Hien Minh Le, Akihiro Hosokawa, Avi Tepman
  • Publication number: 20070012563
    Abstract: A multi-chamber plasma process system includes a plurality of process chambers, each of which has an inductively coupled plasma generator. The inductively coupled plasma generator is electrically connected to a main power supply through a first impedance matcher. The first impedance matcher has at least one variable inductor. Ignition electrodes of the inductively coupled plasma generators are connected in parallel with an ignition power supply configured as a variable transformer. The variable inductor of the first impedance matcher and the variable transformer of the ignition power supply are controlled by a controller. Each process chamber has a plasma density regulator. Power supply systems, including an ignition power source, a radio frequency (RF) power source, an impedance matcher, etc. can be effectively integrated. As a result, it is possible to decrease the area of facilities and the cost of the system, and to individually control the plasma density of each process chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2005
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventor: Soon-Im Wi
  • Publication number: 20070012564
    Abstract: An element crack detecting apparatus for an oxygen sensor detects a sensor output voltage for an abnormality detection period after a fuel cut-off is started during operation of an engine. When the output voltage becomes negative, an abnormality counter is counted up. When the abnormality counter value reaches a determination value, it is determined that the element crack is present. The abnormality detection period is variably set in response to an engine rotational speed, an intake air quantity and the mixture state immediately before the fuel cut-off is effected. The determination value is variably set in response to the oxygen sensor temperature and the mixture state immediately before the fuel cut-off is effected. Further, the determination value is variably set in response to a magnitude of the negative voltage of the oxygen sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2006
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsutomu Hayashi, Hajime Nomura, Yoshitaka Uematsu, Toshiaki Iwashita, Kensuke Mizui
  • Publication number: 20070012565
    Abstract: A gas detection device includes a gas sensing portion, a heater, and an insulating layer provided between the gas sensing portion and the heater. The gas detection device further includes a control section and a portion of an engine control device for controlling operations of the gas sensing portion and the heater, the control section ensuring that timing of changing a current supplied to the heater is synchronized with a detection operation by the gas sensing portion. The gas detection device prevents detection errors of a gas sensor even when noise associated with temperature control of a heater occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2006
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshio SUZUKI, Noriko SHII, Kenji SETO
  • Publication number: 20070012566
    Abstract: A mixed potential NOx sensor apparatus for measuring the total NOx concentration in a gas stream is disclosed. The NOx sensing apparatus comprises a multilayer ceramic structure with electrodes for sensing both oxygen and NOx gas concentrations and includes screen-printed metallized patterns that function to heat the ceramic sensing element to the proper temperature for optimum performance. This design may provide advantages over the existing technology by miniaturizing the sensing element to provide potentially faster sensor light off times and thereby reduce undesired exhaust gas emissions. By incorporating the heating source within the ceramic sensing structure, the time to reach the temperature of operation is shortened, and thermal gradients and stresses are minimized. These improvements may provide increased sensor performance, reliability, and lifetime.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2005
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventors: Balakrishnan Nair, Jesse Nachlas
  • Publication number: 20070012567
    Abstract: A gas sensor is provided which has a water-repellent filter and a rubber tube through which air is admitted to inside the gas sensor. The water-repellent filter extends from an end of an air cover in a lengthwise direction of the gas sensor and is kept in a lower-temperature atmosphere to have enhanced thermal durability. The water-repellent filter is retained by a first and a second cover around an outer periphery of the rubber tube in contact therewith. The first and second cover are located away from each other in the lengthwise direction of the gas sensor so as to provide the flexibility to the water-repellent filter and the rubber tube, thereby permitting them to be bent elastically to decrease an overall height of the gas sensor, which facilitates ease of installation of the gas sensor in a narrow space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuya Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20070012568
    Abstract: Disclosed is a capillary electrophoresis method for simultaneously electrophoresing an unknown sample and an internal standard material, determining an earliest peak as a peak derived from the internal standard material, and identifying the unknown sample on the basis of the internal standard substance-derived peak. The internal standard substance consists of a fluorescent substance or a salt thereof which has a positive or negative net charge of 2 or more in an electrolyte solution used for capillary electrophoresis. An earliest one of detected peaks is determined as a peak derived from the internal standard substance, and the remaining peaks are identified on the basis of the internal standard substance-derived peak.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventor: Naoki Morita
  • Publication number: 20070012569
    Abstract: A cationic electrodeposition coating composition having superior defoaming property and being capable of effectively preventing the generation of unevennes of drying is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2006
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventors: Yasuo Mihara, Takefumi Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20070012570
    Abstract: Methods for preparing oxidizing agents having enhanced water solubility properties, such as magnesium permanganate, calcium permanganate and ammonium peroxydisulfate are prepared from oxidizing agents having more limited water solubility properties, such as potassium permanganate and potassium peroxydisulfate by electrochemical means employing oxidant stable, cationic permselective ion-exchange membranes that are also suitable for transporting a preponderance of cations with lower water of hydration, such as potassium over other more highly hydrated cations, such as sodium, magnesium and calcium used to replace the leaving potassium ion, and form more soluble oxidizer salt solutions. The methods may be practiced in multi-compartmentalized electrolytic cells, such as metathesis electrodialysis cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Applicant: Carus Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Carus, J. Genders, Dan Hartsough
  • Publication number: 20070012571
    Abstract: A device and method for the treatment of fluids using electrostatic fields generated by a high voltage electric current, which reduces or eliminates calcification, scaling and microbiological contamination. A high voltage negative DC current is applied to a core electrode, generating an electrostatic field which traverses a dielectric sleeve surrounding the core electrode and charges the exterior surface of the dielectric sleeve. Organic and inorganic particles as well as biological contaminants which pass through the electrostatic field or contact the surface of the dielectric sleeve are then charged. Fluid flowing through the device is agitated by a combination of spiral vane sections surrounding the dielectric sleeve and helical baffle sections lining the housing wall. Charged inorganic particles coalesce into spherical aggregates which resist adhesion to pipes and vessels and can be filtered by techniques such as RO without deteriorating the filter membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2005
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventors: Michael Beckley, William Ormsby
  • Publication number: 20070012572
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of producing a mold for preparing a hydrophobic polymer substrate including forming an adhesion enhancer on a substrate, forming a first conductive layer on the adhesion enhancer, adhering a predetermined patterned hydrophobic template on the first conductive layer, forming a second conductive layer on the template to prepare a template assembly, metal electroplating on the template assembly to form a metal plating layer on the template assembly, and removing the first conductive layer, the second conductive layer, the adhesion enhancer, and the template from the template assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Applicants: POSTECH ACADEMY-INDUSTRY FOUNDATION, POSTECH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Seung-Mo Lee, Tai-Hun Kwon
  • Publication number: 20070012573
    Abstract: A lithographic printing plate support in which surface unevenness due to surface treatment has been suppressed and a presensitized plate of excellent sensitivity are produced from an aluminum alloy plate containing iron, silicon, titanium and boron by specifying the state in which TiB2 particles are present in the surface layer and the width of the crystal grains, and by having specific indicators relating to the respective concentrations of iron and silicon in the surface layer following graining treatment fall within specific ranges. In a method of manufacturing the lithographic printing plate support, an aluminum alloy melt having specified alloying ingredients is subjected to a specified casting process to have the amount of the alloying ingredients in solid solution following cold rolling fall within specified ranges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventors: Hirokazu Sawada, Akio Uesugi
  • Publication number: 20070012574
    Abstract: A process for the fabrication of macroporous silicon from silicon wafers. Preferred embodiments include a two-step-etch process that results in a single, macroporous layer of silicon with pore depths of several microns and relatively uniform equivalent diameters with an operator chosen mean equivalent diameter. The mean diameter determined by the operator is a mean diameter within the range of about 40 nm to about 250 nm and is determined, at least in part, by selection of an applied current density. Uniformity of equivalent pore diameter is greatly improved as compared to prior art porous silicon fabrication techniques. In a first electrochemical anodisation step, a macroporous layer is created that is covered by a shallower combination microporous-mesoporous layer. The wafer is removed and the top surface of the wafer is dissolved under alkaline conditions, producing “pits”.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2005
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventors: Christine Rauh-Adelmann, Hus Tigli, Susant Patra, Kenneth Dickerson
  • Publication number: 20070012575
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electroplating solution for obtaining bright white rhodium electrodeposits, said solution containing rhodium in the form of a soluble sulfate or phosphate compound, together with an excess quantity of sulfuric acid, phosphoric acid, or mixtures of the two; the improvement of which is the addition of one or more nitrogen-containing heterocyclic organic compounds, in which at least one nitrogen is incorporated into a six-membered aromatic ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2005
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventor: Ronald Morrissey
  • Publication number: 20070012576
    Abstract: Methods of depositing layers of copper that selectively incorporate certain impurities are provided. Such copper layers reduce stress-induced void formation in wide copper lines under vias.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2005
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Applicant: Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials LLC
    Inventors: Robert A. Binstead, Chunyi Wu, Robert D. Mikkola
  • Publication number: 20070012577
    Abstract: An isocyanate is produced by: (a) reacting chlorine with carbon monoxide to form phosgene, (b) reacting the phosgene with an organic amine to form an isocyanate and hydrogen chloride, (c) separating the isocyanate and hydrogen chloride, (d) optionally, purifying the hydrogen chloride, (e) preparing an aqueous solution of the hydrogen chloride, (f) optionally, purifying the aqueous solution of hydrogen chloride, (g) subjecting the aqueous hydrogen chloride solution to electrochemical oxidation to form chlorine, and (h) returning at least a portion of the chlorine produced in (g) to (a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Applicant: H. C. Starck GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Bulan, Rainer Weber, Wolfgang Lorenz, Gerhard Moormann, Friedhelm Kamper, Berthold Keggenhoff
  • Publication number: 20070012578
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of hydrogen peroxide comprising: providing an electrochemical cell comprising an anode and a cathode; contacting the cathode with an electrolyte comprising at least one organic mediator dissolved in an at least partially organic continuous liquid phase comprising an at least partially organic salt and a neutral co-solvent, said salt comprising at least one kind of organic cation and/or organic anion, said continuous liquid phase having an electrical conductivity under process conditions of at least about 0.1 S/m; reacting the organic mediator at the cathode to form at least one reduced form of the mediator; and, reacting the at least one reduced form of the mediator with oxygen to form hydrogen peroxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Applicant: Akzo Nobel N.V.
    Inventors: Rolf Edvinsson Albers, Magnus Rosvall
  • Publication number: 20070012579
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of alkali metal chlorate comprising: providing an electrochemical cell comprising an anode and a cathode in separate anode and cathode compartments; contacting the cathode with an electrolyte comprising at least one organic mediator and one or more organic or mineral acids; reacting the organic mediator at the cathode to form at least one reduced form of the mediator; reacting the at least one reduced form of the mediator with oxygen to form hydrogen peroxide; contacting the anode with an anolyte comprising alkali metal chloride; reacting chloride at the anode to form chlorine that is hydrolysed; and, reacting the hydrolysed chlorine to form chlorate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Applicant: Akzo Nobel N.V.
    Inventors: Magnus Rosvall, Rolf Edvinsson Albers
  • Publication number: 20070012580
    Abstract: A structure for mixing different materials in a pouch container includes a spout main body provided with a spout hole through which mixture of first and second materials is exhausted; a cap removably coupled on an outer portion of the spout hole and storing the first material therein; and a seal member coupled to a lower end of the tube portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2004
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventors: Jeong-Min Lee, Seong-Jae Lee
  • Publication number: 20070012581
    Abstract: An improved, highly efficient, readily-accessible, easily manipulated, adjustable, reusable protective polyethylene (preferred embodiment) garment bag. The garment bag's bottom front panel is higher than the opposing back panel. A releasable pressure sensitive closure strip is attached at the bottom edge of the inside back panel. The closure strip is peeled back exposing a resealable pressure sensitive adhesive. The bottom end of the adhesive backed panel is positioned to the desired level of adjustment on the front panel and adhered to the outside of the opposing front panel using light fintertip pressure. The hanging garment is secured inside the bag by adhering the adhesive backed panel to the outside of the opposing front panel. The level of placement of the adhesive backed panel creates a fold in the bag that should be at or near the hem or bottom of the hanging garment enclosed within the bag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2006
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventors: Betty Phillips, Michael Phillips
  • Publication number: 20070012582
    Abstract: A container for CDs or DVDs include a case having lid, spine, and base portions, and a main hinge structure including a spaced pair of hinge posts projecting forwardly from the base portion; and a main tray pivotally connected to the main hinge structure and having a secondary hinge structure pivotally supporting a secondary tray, the trays being movable as pages of a book. The main tray can have an additional secondary hinge structure engaging another secondary tray. Each of the trays can be double sided for retaining up to seven disks that contact their supporting structures in closing of the case. The main tray can have oppositely projecting rim portions for nesting the secondary trays flush with the main tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2005
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventor: Kwok Lau
  • Publication number: 20070012583
    Abstract: A media storage disk box for containing a media storage disk, or optical disc, includes a unitary plastic body having a first panel, a second panel, and a spine panel, the spine panel intermediate of the first panel and the second panel, the first panel and the second panel movable about the spine panel between an open position and a closed position; a first metal cover coupled to the first panel, the first metal cover including one or more securing tabs proximate to a spine edge of the first metal cover, the one or more securing tabs engaging the first panel; and a second metal cover coupled to the second panel, the second metal cover including one or more securing tabs proximate to a spine edge of the second metal cover, the one or more securing tabs engaging the second panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventors: King Choi, Kwok Kwong
  • Publication number: 20070012584
    Abstract: An album-like package and storage container is formed of two housing sections that pivot into (and out of) mating engagement. To motivate retention of the memory card package for subsequent storage application, one housing section contains multiple open receptacles or compartments for post-sale storage of a number of memory cards. Prior to the sale the housing section need contain only the single memory card being offered. In one embodiment, recessed compartments that hold memory cards are arranged in rows and columns. With an additional feature, recessed ramp regions on the exterior of the package provide a terminus for ends of a protective tape applied about the periphery of the album-like package, making it impossible for a person to remove the tape by hand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventor: Moshe Begim
  • Publication number: 20070012585
    Abstract: A tube is provided with an internal anti-rotation means to enable the holding of objects more securely. The tube defines a passage and has a top end, a bottom end, an inside surface, and an outside surface. The shaft anti-rotation means is positioned in the passage near the bottom end of the tube. The assembly is well adapted for holding golf clubs, fishing rods and other objects having a cylindrical handle so as to resist rotation of the object. For use with golf clubs, a shaft centering means is preferably further positioned in the passage near the top end, and a plurality of tubes can be provided in bundle form inside of the golf bag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2005
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventors: Steven Sugarek, C. Sugarek
  • Publication number: 20070012586
    Abstract: A tool bracket has a base and multiple detachable containers. The base has a tool mount, a shelf and a container holder. The tool mount and shelf have tool-mounting holes. The container holder has multiple magnetic metal elements mounted securely in the container holder. The containers are mounted detachably on the container holder, and each container has a jar, a lid and a magnet. The lid is mounted detachably on the jar. The magnet is mounted securely on the container and detachably attaches to a magnetic metal element on the container holder. The containers can be detached and carried safely without injuring a person carrying the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2005
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventor: Wei-Chi Wang
  • Publication number: 20070012587
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a packaging, storage and display system for articles, such as small tools, like drill bits and the like. An index for holding the articles is pivotably mounted in a case. A rack, which may be selected from a variety of rack structures, is mounted within the index, for holding articles having particular sizes and shapes. A frame structure is resistively pivotably mounted on the index, so that the frame structure may be pivoted to a particular position relative to the index, and will tend to remain in that position, until a force in excess of a particular amount is exerted on the frame structure. The index and/or the frame structures may be interchangeably mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2006
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Applicant: TG TOOLS UNITED COMPANY
    Inventor: Yuhong Wang
  • Publication number: 20070012588
    Abstract: A pallet can be detachably carried on a sled for shipping heavier objects on the pallet as carried by the sled, or lighter object on the pallet alone, the sled spreading the weight over a greater area than the pallet alone. The dimensions of both the pallet and sled are related to contribute different integer fractions of a given dimension such as the length of a standard intermodal container. This arrangement is apt for shipping smaller steel coils on pallets and larger steel coils on pallets carried by sleds. Thus, for example, quarter-container-length pallets, normally appropriate for a pallet to carry lighter coils, can carry heavier loads on a sled occupying a larger proportion of the container length, such as a half-container-length sled. An attachment mechanism affixes the sled to the pallet and the assembly is configured for manipulation with a fork lift.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2005
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventors: Michael Smolenski, Rudy Posthumus, Hubertus Frijns
  • Publication number: 20070012589
    Abstract: A process for the manufacture of flexible packages. The process may utilize a continuous flexible wall material sequentially attached to a reinforcing member. The process may have the ability to form multiple packages in a single moment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2005
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventors: Robert Cassoni, Michael DiPaola, Heiner Bouten, Peter Whitlock
  • Publication number: 20070012590
    Abstract: The present invention provides a container for holding product therein during shipment, storage, or display and being returned for reuse. The container has a base and perpendicular side walls. The side walls are not attached to each other. The base and side walls are adapted, individually or in combination, to flex so that a second container can be nested within a first container. When the second container is placed within the first container, a portion of the base and the side walls of the first container form an obtuse angle. The base and the side walls are biased to form a right angle before the second container is nested within the first and after the second container is unstacked from the first container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2005
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Applicant: BRADFORD COMPANY
    Inventor: Calvin Nyeboer
  • Publication number: 20070012591
    Abstract: Disclosed is an inflatable space filler structure comprising a cushioning member to encircle a shock-brittle object contained in a container for protecting the object from any shock action. The cushioning member comprises: two rectangular pieces of resin film or sheet, which are laid on each other and thermowelded in air-tight condition along their sides and in their confronting major planes in the form of partition lines arranged in parallel and reaching short of the opposite lateral sides of the rectangular pieces of resin film or sheet, thus defining divisional air-tight sections. Also, the cushioning member includes an air inlet equipped with a check valve for inflating the divisional air-tight sections with air, thereby applying the expanded divisional air-tight sections to the front, rear, upper and lower surfaces of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2006
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventor: Hideo Igarashi
  • Publication number: 20070012592
    Abstract: A child-resistant blister card package is disclosed having a plurality of unit package regions for enclosing one unit dosage form, each comprising a cavity and a closure sheet to seal the cavity. Once a unit package region is detached, the corner defined by lines of weakening with perforations can be detached to expose an unsealed area and easily access the content of each unit package region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2005
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventors: Shane Bertsch, Steven Breitenstein
  • Publication number: 20070012593
    Abstract: Stowable Cooler with insulated walls, resealable mechanical devices, a stowing medium, and an access lid. A preferred embodiment includes the insulated walls having a soft or semi-rigid construction. The lower edges of the insulated walls are permanently secured to the stowing medium forming a flexible bond. The side edges of the insulated walls each feature at least one half of at least one resealable mechanical device. The lower edges of each resealable mechanical device are secured to the stowing medium. The stowable cooler has a stowing mode and a usage mode. The stowing mode is true when the sealable mechanical devices are unsealed, and the usage mode is true when the sealable mechanical devices are sealed. The stowing medium is of sufficient volume to house the insulated walls while in stowing mode in a plurality of overlapping flats.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2005
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventors: Mark Kitchens, Regis Wandres, John Chiu