Patents Issued in March 22, 2007
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Publication number: 20070062387Abstract: An inking and doctor unit for a rotogravure print and spread cylinder includes a casing; a doctor assembly; and an inking chamber bounded by a concave inner surface of the casing and at least partly by the doctor assembly. The casing and the doctor assembly form a box body closed except for one side engaging a print cylinder having a first axis; and the doctor assembly has a doctor mounted to lie flat with respect to a lateral surface of the print cylinder, when the box body engages the print cylinder.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2004Publication date: March 22, 2007Inventor: Domenico Percivalle
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Publication number: 20070062388Abstract: A method for electronically layering product label designs onto an electronic representation of a digital media storage disc to enable accurate representation of opaque, Pantone, white, and transparent inks on the digital media storage disc background to produce a soft disc print proof.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2005Publication date: March 22, 2007Inventor: Keith Thomas
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Publication number: 20070062389Abstract: In a method and device to generate a print image on a carrier material, a separate hydrophilic layer is applied onto a surface of a print carrier. By a structuring of the hydrophilic layer, hydrophilic regions and hydrophobic regions are created corresponding to a structure of a print image to be printed. At the surface of the print carrier, a fountain solution is applied whereby the fountain solution layer forms on the hydrophilic regions such that ink-attracting regions and ink-repelling regions are created corresponding to the print image structure. Ink that adheres to the ink-attracting regions and that is not substantially absorbed by the ink-repelling regions is applied on the surface. The applied ink is transferred onto the carrier material. Before a new structuring process, the surface of the print carrier is cleaned.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2006Publication date: March 22, 2007Inventor: Robert Link
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Publication number: 20070062390Abstract: An assembly for a rotary press is provided including a hub which is suitable for being rotatably mounted about a center axis in a rotary press, a format adaptation sleeve and means for fixing the adaptation sleeve to the hub. The hub and the adaptation sleeve each include a stop surface. The stop surfaces have a frustoconical shape about the center axis, and the fixing means comprise a radial stop element which is suitable for being interposed between the hub and the adaptation sleeve.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2006Publication date: March 22, 2007Applicant: GOSS INTERNATIONAL MONTATAIRE SAInventors: Franck Chagnon, Philippe Robin
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Publication number: 20070062391Abstract: A press unit of a web-fed press is disclosed. The press unit has at least one pair of cylinders including a form cylinder and a transfer cylinder and also an impression cylinder, it being possible for a printing material web to be led through between the transfer cylinder and the impression cylinder and covered with ink. The pair of cylinders has a width of eight horizontal or upright newspaper pages, and the width of the form cylinder has a ratio of 1:3 to 1:5 to the circumference of the form cylinder.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2006Publication date: March 22, 2007Applicant: MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AGInventor: Hans-Eckhard Mamberer
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Publication number: 20070062392Abstract: Flat objects are distributed by a device which includes a transport section that is used to transport a stream of flat objects to be distributed, and a plurality of sequentially arranged paddle wheels or delivery fans, each of which has at least one component that is configured to receive an object from the transport section. Each paddle wheel delivers its object to a distribution point. The paddle wheels can be rotated, with respect to each other, to provide a phase shift which permits each of a number of objects, which corresponds to the number of paddle wheels in the sequence, to be received by a compartment of a different one of the number of paddle wheels.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2004Publication date: March 22, 2007Inventor: Holger Ratz
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Publication number: 20070062393Abstract: A label application device, which holds a label strip stationary under a rest condition, and prints, advances and separating labels from a backing ship at successive label positions. It holds stationary a backing strip of the label strip and an advancing wheel for the backing trip so that they are not shifted when the backing strip extends out of a housing main body and is cut. A driving mechanism has an stopper operable to hold stationary the rotation of the advancing wheel, which advances the label strip and the backing strip in the advancing direction. The advancing wheel engages the backing strip and advances the strip in accordance with the retraction and the release of a movable lever. The driving mechanism has a stopper which detachably couples on the advancing wheel for being driven by each label pitch, and holds the backing strip stationary not to be transferred in the advancing direction in a rest condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2006Publication date: March 22, 2007Inventor: Shintaro Nishizaka
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Publication number: 20070062394Abstract: A printing blanket carcass, comprising a fabric stack substrate comprising at least one fabric ply. Each ply has a plurality of warp and fill fibers or yarns. A compressible layer comprising a moisture cured thermoset polymer matrix is deposed on top of the substrate. The compressible layer contains a plurality of closed cells distributed substantially uniformly therein such that said layer has substantially uniform compression characteristics. A top fabric stack, comprising at least one fabric ply each of said ply having plurality of warp and fill fibers or yarns, is then deposed atop the thermoset compressible layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2005Publication date: March 22, 2007Inventor: John Damewood
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Publication number: 20070062395Abstract: A printing plate and a method of fabricating an LCD device are disclosed. The printing plate includes convex and concave portions, and a blanket support formed in the concave portion to prevent the bottom of the concave portion from being directly in contact with a pattern material coated on a blanket of a printing roll. The blanket support is additionally formed in the concave portion of the printing plate to prevent the pattern material coated on the blanket of the printing roll from being directly in contact with the bottom of the concave portion. In this case, the pattern material can be prevented from being transferred onto the printing plate in an undesired pattern. As a result, it is possible to form a precise pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2006Publication date: March 22, 2007Inventors: Chul Kim, Tae Oh
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Publication number: 20070062396Abstract: An imprinting apparatus according to the present invention is configured to be capable of removing a stamper having one surface thereof formed with a concave/convex portion and having flexibility, from a resist layer to which shapes of the concave/convex portion of the stamper have been transferred by pressing the concave/convex portion of the stamper against the resist layer on a disk-shaped substrate. The imprinting apparatus comprises a suction device (a suction section, an air pump, and a restrictor) configured to be capable of sucking a predetermined part of the other surface of the stamper to thereby remove the predetermined part from the resist layer such that a removal completion range of the stamper can be gradually expanded from a state where the predetermined part is removed from the resist layer by the suction device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2004Publication date: March 22, 2007Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuru Takai, Kazuhiro Hattori, Minoru Fujita
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Publication number: 20070062397Abstract: The invention describes a sheet offset machine in which may be applied an air-drying ink/varnish. The invention furthermore concerns a drying unit that may be used for drying air-drying ink/varnish. The drying unit is disposed in connection with a cylinder surface and includes an integrated ventilator with suction and exhaust duct. These are used for sucking in fresh air and for exhausting used air having swept a wet print on the print carrier. The ventilator is connected to nozzles having an elongated nozzle orifice oriented in parallel with the center axis of the cylinder surface. The nozzle orifice is provided immediately opposite the cylinder surface for blowing an air stream towards counter pressure on the print carrier while it is disposed on the cylinder surface. By using such a system is achieved an efficient and energy economical drying of the applied inks/varnishes.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2004Publication date: March 22, 2007Applicant: Tresu Anlaeg A/SInventor: Erik Gydesen
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Publication number: 20070062398Abstract: A lithographic apparatus has a mechanism with a movable element, at least partially made from a magnetizable material. The movable element is movable between a first position and a second position. A pretensioner exerts a pretension force on the movable element urging it to the first position. A permanent magnet produces a magnetic field exerting a force on the movable element urging it to the second position. A coil produces, when energized in a first direction, a magnetic field exerting a force on the movable element urging it to the second position. The combined magnetic field of the magnet and the coil exerts a force on the movable element which is higher than the pretension force.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2005Publication date: March 22, 2007Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.Inventor: Hans Butler
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Publication number: 20070062399Abstract: A printing group of a printing machine is comprised of a pair of cylinders each having a circumference that corresponds essentially to a length of a section of a side to be printed. The effective generated surface of at least one of the cylinders cormprises, at the most, one break in the circumferential direction. The surface forms, in the longitudinal direction, a plurality of adjacently arranged breaks which, when viewed in the circumferential direction, are arranged in a staggered manner with respect to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2006Publication date: March 22, 2007Inventors: Ralf Christel, Oliver Hahn, Karl Schaschek, Georg Schneider
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Publication number: 20070062400Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing directory printing. The disclosed systems may include a roll having a first axis. In addition, the systems disclosed may comprise a first print cylinder configured to receive web from the roll. The first print cylinder has a second axis parallel to the first axis and is configured to print a first plurality of rectangular pages on the web from the roll. Each page of the first plurality of rectangular pages has a dimension parallel to the second axis longer than a dimension perpendicular to the second axis. Moreover, the disclosed systems may comprise a collector configured to collect the web from the roll subsequent to the first plurality of pages being printed on the web from the roll.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2005Publication date: March 22, 2007Applicant: BellSouth Intellectual Property CorporationInventor: Eric Berke
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Publication number: 20070062401Abstract: A media sheet having a customized carbon paper portion thereon and a method for making the same are disclosed. The media sheet having a first and second side, the first side of the media sheet comprising a carbon paper portion, the carbon paper portion being capable of transferring a marking onto a surface capable of receiving the marking, the marking corresponds to a pressure applied to the second side of the media sheet over the carbon paper portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2006Publication date: March 22, 2007Inventor: Swee Guan Chee
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Publication number: 20070062402Abstract: A printing system for printing both secure value documents and non-secure documents while ensuring that fraudulent copies of secure value documents printed by the printing system can be detected is provided. The printing system determines if the source is a secure or non-secure source. If the source of the image is a secure source, it will print the image, including any graphic security features. If the source is a non-secure source, before printing the image a filter is applied to the image data to remove any graphic security features included in the received image and/or the printing system will not add any graphic security features to the received image to ensure that the printed image will not contain any copy detection graphic security features.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2005Publication date: March 22, 2007Applicant: Pitney Bowes IncorporatedInventors: Frederick Ryan, Robert Cordery, Donald Mackay
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Publication number: 20070062403Abstract: A system and method for determining the thickness of a mail piece is provided. A first image of at least a portion of a surface of a mail piece is captured using a first optical axis for a feature on the surface of the mail piece. A second image of the feature is captured after the mail piece has moved a distance using a second optical axis that is angled with respect to the first optical axis. The first and second images are correlated to determine a displacement of the feature, and the thickness of the mail piece is determined based on the displacement and the angle between the first and second optical axes.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2005Publication date: March 22, 2007Applicant: Pitney Bowes IncorporatedInventors: John Braun, Robert Cordery, Frederick Ryan, Ronald Sansone
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Publication number: 20070062404Abstract: Multicolor image, formed from at least two component images, are printed on non-planar surfaces of edible pieces by maintaining registration of the pieces from one printing station to another. The registration is maintained by firmly securing the pieces to the transporting surface by applying a pressure differential, by a combination of a pressure differential with a resilient surface, or by trapping the pieces between a retaining member and a recess portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2006Publication date: March 22, 2007Applicants: Ackley Machine Corporation, Mars IncorportedInventors: E. Ackley, Samuel Louden, James Suttle, Michael Webster, Neil Willcocks, Michael Wozniak
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Publication number: 20070062405Abstract: A method for compensating for a thermally induced deformation of press cylinders which occurs during a printing operation in a well-defined circumferential area of the radially outer surface of the cylinder includes controlling the temperature of a well-defined circumferential area of the press cylinder to compensate for the deformation.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2006Publication date: March 22, 2007Inventor: Klaus Reichel
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Publication number: 20070062406Abstract: The present invention is directed to a mobile platform for the delivery of bulk explosives to a blast hole. One embodiment of the platform provides the ability to obtain weight information relating to the contents of a tank that is associated with the platform and that, in operation, contains either the bulk explosive or a constituent of the explosive. The platform comprises a vehicle with a frame, a tank, a load cell structure for connecting the frame and the tank and providing weight data relating to the contents of the tank, and a suspension system that prevents relative movement of the frame and the tank that could compromise the load cell structure. Another embodiment of the platform provides a tank for holding an explosive composition and a rotary shaft that supports a mixing blade that mixes the explosive composition within the tank. The platform further comprises bearing structure for supporting the rotary shaft that is located to deter any of the explosive composition from entering the bearing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2005Publication date: March 22, 2007Inventor: Kevin Waldock
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Publication number: 20070062407Abstract: The present invention provides a releasable skate retarder for railway cars. The retarder includes a plurality of spring packs including springs which bias shoe carrying beams toward running rails, trapping wheels of a railway car entering the retarder between the shoes and the running rails, and applying a frictional force to the railway car wheels for stopping the railway car and retaining the railway car in the retarder. The retarder is operable in a release mode in which an operating mechanism moves the shoe beams to a release position in which the spring force is released, allowing the railway car to move freely through the retarder. The retarder is operable in a service mode in which the operating mechanism moves the shoe beams outwardly, allowing the insertion of shims which cause the shoes to be repositioned closer to the running rails to compensate for shoe wear.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2006Publication date: March 22, 2007Inventor: Gregory Kickbush
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Publication number: 20070062408Abstract: Methods and compositions for electrolessly depositing Co, Ni, or alloys thereof onto a substrate in manufacture of microelectronic devices. Grain refiners, levelers, oxygen scavengers, and stabilizers for electroless Co and Ni deposition solutions.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2005Publication date: March 22, 2007Applicant: Enthone Inc.Inventors: Qingyun Chen, Charles Valverde, Vincent Paneccasio, Nicolai Petrov, Daniel Stritch, Christian Witt, Richard Hurtubise
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Publication number: 20070062409Abstract: A compound of Formula (1) or salt thereof: wherein: A is optionally substituted phenyl or naphthyl; B is optionally substituted phenylene or naphthylene; n is 0 or 1; and D is a pyrazolyl group, with the proviso that when A is an optionally substituted phenyl group and B is a phenylene group of Formula T, wherein Ra is OH or a C1-4-alkoxy group; and Rb is H or a C1-4-alkyl group, hydroxy group, C1-4-alkoxy group, C1-3-dialkyamino group or a group of the formula NHCORc (wherein Rc is C1-3-alkyl or an amino group); and * shows the point of attachment to the azo linkages on B in Formula (1); A is free from nitro groups. Also, claimed are compounds, compositions and ink-jet cartridges for use in an ink-jet printer and substrate printed with an ink-jet printer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2004Publication date: March 22, 2007Inventors: Prahalad Mistry, Roy Bradbury
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Publication number: 20070062410Abstract: A coloring liquid which contains metal salts as a coloring component for the homogeneous coloring of ceramic workpieces made of oxide ceramics, the coloring liquid having a viscosity of from 10 cP (centipoise) to 100 cP, preferably from 30 cP to 60 cP (as measured with a Brookfield Rheometer DV III and RV spindle according to DIN 53018).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2005Publication date: March 22, 2007Inventors: Norbert Thiel, Marc Stephan
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Publication number: 20070062411Abstract: The present invention is directed toward fluorescent inks and markers comprising carbon nanotubes. The present invention is also directed toward methods of making such inks and markers and to methods of using such inks and markers, especially for security applications (e.g., anti-counterfeiting). Such inks and markers rely on the unique fluorescent properties of semiconducting carbon nanotubes.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2004Publication date: March 22, 2007Applicant: William Marsh Rice UniversityInventors: R. Weisman, Sergei Bachilo, Eric Booth
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Publication number: 20070062412Abstract: A coating composition comprises at least one material dispersed in a vinyl or acrylic polymer, wherein the vinyl or acrylic polymer comprises (a) one or more anchor group monomer units (a) having an ionizable or active hydrogen functionality or a functionality that forms a covalent bond with the dispersed material, wherein the ionizable functionality is other than a carboxylic acid group in which the carbonyl carbon is separated from the closest ethylenically unsaturated carbon by at least four atoms and the anchor group monomer units (a) are other than those having polyoxyalkylene groups; (b) about 5% to about 45% by weight of one or more stabilizer monomer units (b) having a carboxylic acid group in which the carbonyl carbon is separated from the closest ethylenically unsaturated carbon by at least four atoms, having polyoxyalkylene groups, having gamma-hydroxy carbamate or beta-hydroxy carbamate groups, and combinations thereof; and (c) up to about 50 percent by weight of aromatic monomer units.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2006Publication date: March 22, 2007Applicant: BASF CorporationInventors: Walter Ohrbom, Nicholas Caiozzo, Sergio Balatan, Zenon Czornij, Clair Certo, Janice Echols, Paul Harris
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Publication number: 20070062413Abstract: The present invention provides magenta dyestuff represented by the formula (1): (wherein symbols are as defined in the present description), with hue and vividness suitable to ink-jet recording, records excellent in fastness to light, gas, water and so on and a superior ink composition using said dyestuff.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2004Publication date: March 22, 2007Inventors: Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Katsunori Fujii, Yasuo Shirasaki, Takufumi Fujii, Yasuo Murakami
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Publication number: 20070062414Abstract: Disclosed herein is a coating solution for use in forming Bi-based ferroelectric thin films comprises a specified compound, such as triglyme, dipivaloylmethane, pinacol, pivalic acid or hexyleneglycol, in combination with an organometallic compound containing metallic elements of which a Bi-based ferroelectric thin film to be formed is composed. Disclosed also herein is a method of forming Bi-based ferroelectric thin films using the coating solution.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2006Publication date: March 22, 2007Inventors: Yoshimi Sato, Atsushi Kawakami, Yoshiyuki Takeuchi
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Publication number: 20070062415Abstract: A lightweight ready-mix concrete composition that contains 8-20 volume percent cement, 11-50 volume percent sand, 10-31 volume percent prepuff particles, 9-40 volume percent coarse aggregate, and 10-22 volume percent water, where the sum of components used does not exceed 100 volume percent. The prepuff particles have an average particle diameter of from 0.2 mm to 8 mm, a bulk density of from 0.02 g/cc to 0.64 g/cc, an aspect ratio of from 1 to 3. The slump value of the composition measured according to ASTM C 143 is from 2 to 8 inches. After the lightweight ready-mix concrete composition is set for 28 days, it has a compressive strength of at least 1400 psi as tested according to ASTM C39.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2006Publication date: March 22, 2007Inventors: Tricia Guevara, Michael Williams, Rick Hughes, Michael Kelley, John Madish, Kristen Buskirk
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Publication number: 20070062416Abstract: Improved patching compositions can comprise one or more mineral aggregates and a binder, wherein the composition can be substantially free of asphalt and/or asphalt products. Due to the selection of the mineral aggregate(s), optional pigments and binder components, the improved patching compositions can have a light (i.e., gray, white, off white) color such that the improved patching compositions can be used to patch light colored concrete and pavement surfaces without the unsightly appearance associated with asphalt-based patching formulations. In some embodiments, the binder can comprise a mixture of one or more resins, polymers, oils, pigments and additives.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2005Publication date: March 22, 2007Inventors: John Brzuskiewicz, Robert Parkison, James Chehovits
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Publication number: 20070062417Abstract: A liquid accelerator composition for sprayed concrete, comprising aluminium sulphate, amorphous aluminium hy-droxide, alkanolamine and an organic dibasic acid anhydride. The compositions allow the attainment of high early compressive strength, and they can be tailored to give good performance with a wide variety of cement types.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2004Publication date: March 22, 2007Inventor: Terje Angelskaar
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Publication number: 20070062418Abstract: An umbrella table with an inlaid turntable is disclosed. The table includes a tabletop having a substantially planar top surface with a circular aperture therein. A disc is rotatably mounted in the circular aperture. The disc has a substantially planar upper surface and a central opening therethrough. The top surface of the tabletop and the upper surface of the disc are substantially coplanar, and the central opening is capable of receiving a cylindrical shaft such as the shaft of an umbrella.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2006Publication date: March 22, 2007Applicant: Hanamint Corporation, Inc.Inventor: Jun Li
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Publication number: 20070062419Abstract: The invention relates to load-carrying apparatus, for example pallets and shipping containers, rotationally moulded from a plastics material filled with a mineral filler. Methods and apparatus for manufacturing the load-carrying apparatus are also described. In one embodiment, the load-carrying apparatus comprises a pallet formed in two halves as two pallet elements. The plastic, rotationally moulded pallet elements form a nested configuration when stacked in the same orientation, but interlock to form a double-sided pallet when one of the pallet elements is inverted.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2006Publication date: March 22, 2007Inventor: Henry Stevens
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Publication number: 20070062420Abstract: A reinforced pallet includes a pallet body having a plurality of flexible support arms, each integrally molded adjacent one of the plurality of channels formed in the pallet body. Each of the flexible support arms is configured to flex outward away from the channel upon insertion of an elongated reinforcement member into the channel and to subsequently return to its own deformed position in the channel, thereby retaining the reinforcement member in the channel. In this manner, the reinforcement members can be inserted and locked in the pallet body in a single motion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2004Publication date: March 22, 2007Inventors: William Apps, Sean Ogburn, Roger Hsu, Steven Trieb, Christopher Gab, Jeffrey Hentges
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Publication number: 20070062421Abstract: A modular table system formed of modular tables of identical design that can be interleaved to form a larger table. Each individual table utilizes a multi-level tabletop having a top with at least one cutout mounted to a base with at least one cutout, the top and base having nearly identical construction with open areas formed in each that align with corresponding shapes in adjacent tables to permit overlapping and interlacing of the tables to create a sturdy, larger table. The modular tables can be interlaced to form a modular table system with a variety of shapes and patterns.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2006Publication date: March 22, 2007Inventor: Brad Sherman
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Publication number: 20070062422Abstract: A method and apparatus for optimally loading and conditioning materials for transport is provided. Specially, the invention, in a preferred embodiment, relates to loading ash-like materials which require treatment prior to loading onto a truck or vehicle to avoid slurry spillage, overload or airborne particulate during loading or transport. The system conditions the ash-like materials by liquid additions proportional to material flow rate, truck information, slump height and/or slump weight. The system further includes a slump height or weight indicator and a communication and integration system.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2006Publication date: March 22, 2007Inventor: Blake Wotring
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Publication number: 20070062423Abstract: The invention refers to a toilet system (1) comprising at least one toilet unit (2) having a device (3) for macerating and transportation of waste together with flush-water, so-called blackwater (4) to a holding-tank (6), and a combustion chamber (8) with economizer connectable directly or indirectly via a transportation-tank to said holding-tank (6), in said combustion chamber (8) the blackwater is incinerated.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2005Publication date: March 22, 2007Inventors: Rune Johansson, Lars Ehnhage
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Publication number: 20070062424Abstract: An apparatus and method designed to introduce jets of air or other fluids at some velocity into a chamber designed to dry, combust, heat or cool solid materials and gases, such as solid fuels, biosolids, biofuels or other solid materials and their off-gases. The apparatus may be designed to introduce these jets in a particularly beneficial arrangement with some velocity and often with a vertical component (usually downward) to produce large and small scale recirculation regions combined with impingement of the jet stream onto the lower surface of a chamber, thereby greatly increasing the rates of heat and mass transfer between the fluid and the solids near the bottom (as well as other parts) of the chamber, and mixing of the gases and fluids in the chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2006Publication date: March 22, 2007Inventors: Darren Habetz, Richard Echols
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Publication number: 20070062425Abstract: A dry material surface applicator comprising: a plurality of receptacles for attaching hoses from an air seeder cart; a plurality of towers mounted on a boom; a plurality of smaller distribution tubes emanating from each tower; a plurality of deflector shields mounted to the rear side of the boom; two boom wheels at either end of the boom; a center section comprising a single axle, two center wheels, an inside support bar, and two outside support bars; two swing arms, each of which is pivotally connected to one of the outside support bars of the center section proximate the center wheels; two main arms, each of which is releasably attached to a swing arm on one end and a bracket mounted to the boom on the other end; and a latching mechanism that locks the swing arm in place when the applicator is in a field or highway position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2006Publication date: March 22, 2007Inventors: Leslie Auer, Bart Erickson, Mitchell Auer
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Publication number: 20070062426Abstract: A stitching device for producing stitching wire staples for stitching stacked sheet materials, includes a stitching head base body and a cutting box fixed to the stitching head base body. The cutting box includes a movable knife slide. A control device controls the movement sequences of the stitching head, in particular of the knife slide, for cutting off the stitching wire automatically. The stitching head base body, the cutting box and the knife slide are configured in such a way that, during interaction, the movable knife slide can be displaced relative to the stitching base body in order to cut off the stitching wire. The cutting box and the knife slide are provided with at least partly aligned openings in such a way that, during interaction between these openings and an operating device, it is possible to cut the wire off manually.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2006Publication date: March 22, 2007Inventors: Holger Klamt, Siegmar Tischer
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Publication number: 20070062427Abstract: A cutting apparatus which is comprised of a main body including a hook section for hooking thereon a sewn material, a fixed blade fixed to a predetermined position of the main body, a cutting blade that cuts the sewn material by moving toward the fixed blade, and a drive device that moves the main body between a predetermined retracted position that does not interferer with sewing operation and a predetermined cutting position for cutting the sewn material. In sewing the sewn material, the main body is held at the retracted position, and in cutting the sewn material, the main body is caused to move from the retracted position to the cutting position by the drive device. The hook section is provided in the main body and at such a position as to hook thereon the sewn material as the main body moves to the cutting position. In cutting the sewn material, the cutting blade moves toward the fixed blade in response to driving operation of the drive device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2006Publication date: March 22, 2007Applicant: TOKAI KOGYO MISHIN KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tetsurou Kondo
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Publication number: 20070062428Abstract: The invention relates to high-speed sailing craft, in particular, high-speed sailing craft that have one or more substantially horizontal airfoils for lifting the craft up from the water and one or more substantially vertical, rotating foils that are generally at least partially submerged in the water for providing tracking or steering. By lifting the craft out of the water, the airfoil allows the craft to travel faster, by reducing the friction of the water on the hull(s) and/or float(s). By rotating, the generally at least partially submerged portions of the vertical foils reduce the friction on the vertical foils. In combination, airfoils and rotating tracking/steering foils have the combined effect of reducing the friction of water on the craft, and improving the speed of the craft.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2006Publication date: March 22, 2007Applicant: XYPTX, Inc.Inventor: Jason Eveleth
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Publication number: 20070062429Abstract: A personal watercraft including a body including a hull and a deck covering the hull from above; a water jet pump configured to pressurize and accelerate water sucked from a water intake provided on a bottom surface of the hull and eject the water rearward; an engine room that is formed at a front portion of the body and is configured to accommodate an engine; a seat that is mounted over the deck and is located behind the engine room; a steering handle mounted forward of the seat; and a battery accommodating portion that is provided in an interior of the body and is located below the seat and above the water jet pump.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2006Publication date: March 22, 2007Inventor: Yoshinori Tsumiyama
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Publication number: 20070062430Abstract: A liquid containment system for an ocean-going vessel. The liquid containment system includes a tank having converging upper walls. The converging upper walls of the tank contain a substantial portion of the liquid therebetween and reduce the free surface area associated with the liquid. The upper converging walls of the tank extend above the horizontal deck of the vessel, but still allow sufficient deck space for supporting various required equipment. In one embodiment, the liquid containment system is a prismatic membrane tank designed to receive and hold liquefied natural gas (LNG).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2006Publication date: March 22, 2007Applicant: ConocoPhillips CompanyInventors: Peter Noble, Robert Levine, Christopher Chipuk, Edward Stokes
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Publication number: 20070062431Abstract: A fitted deck and a method for installing the fitted deck above an as-built deck of a boat, ship or yacht (sometime referred to hereafter collectively as a vessel). Threaded stud elements are stud welded or glued to the surface of the as-built deck of the vessel to form a regular grid of threaded studs spaced close together (preferably about 1 foot apart). Onto each stud a “leveling plate” is threaded to a specific height preferably indicated by laser level indicator and a set of height specifications determined by a computer processor to achieve for the deck a desired camber, sheer, and slope. Support rails are spot welded to the leveling plates to provide a floor support for the deck. The support rails are preferably aligned in directions generally perpendicular to the vessel axis (i.e., aligned port to starboard).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2005Publication date: March 22, 2007Inventor: Michael Kimble
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Publication number: 20070062432Abstract: A position-adjusting mechanism of an optical engine comprises a base, an adjusting board, two adjusting devices, two fastening devices, and a universal bearing. The adjusting board is set on the base and has two arc slots and two screw holes formed thereon. The adjusting devices are respectively screwed in one of the screw holes and set against the base. One end of the fastening device is inserted through one of the arc slots and is fixed on the base, and the other end of each fastening device is used to press the adjusting board towards the base. The universal bearing is located between the base and the adjusting board and serves as a pivot for rotating the adjusting board against the base.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2006Publication date: March 22, 2007Inventors: Wei-Cheng Huang, Wen-Tsai Cheng
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Publication number: 20070062433Abstract: A flexible abrasion resistant omnidirectionally reflective rope has a central braided high strength core comprising gel fiber or p-aramid fibers that is surrounded by cylindrically braided sleeve of reflective strips composed of narrow width reflective strips that comprise a woven or knitted narrow width strip and a flexible nylon retroreflective sheet sewn thereon and covered with abrasion resistant coating. The flexible retroreflective sheet is formed by thermally bonding corner cube, microsphere retroreflectors, or wide angle exposed retroreflective lenses to a flexible polymeric sheet. Due to its braided construction, the reflective rope reflects light omnidirectionally over a large angle of acceptance, thereby providing an improved measure of safety in the marine craft environment. The reflected light beam provides accurate illumination of the marine craft gunnels, sail edges, mooring lines, railings and the like when the omnidirectionally reflective rope is used during dusk, fog or nighttime hours.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2006Publication date: March 22, 2007Inventor: Marni Hurwitz
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Publication number: 20070062434Abstract: Anchor comprising a fluke and a shank which at a first end is attached to the fluke and a second end that is situated opposite to the first end, is provided with means for attachments of the anchor to a penetration line or anchor line, in which the shank comprises two shank legs, which at the second end are connected to each other using a pin, in which the portion of the pin situated within the shank legs also serves as connection means for an end link or end shackle of the penetration line or anchor line.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2006Publication date: March 22, 2007Inventor: Gijsbertus Degenkamp
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Publication number: 20070062435Abstract: A portable folding seat has a fabric seat supported in an open position by support rods and a rigid support tube. In an open position, the support tube acts as a pedestal for the seat and is removably affixed to a mounting surface. The folding seat may be folded into a retracted position such that the fabric seat is completely collapsed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2006Publication date: March 22, 2007Inventor: Tony Picou
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Publication number: 20070062436Abstract: A rotating inflatable ornament has a main chamber, a bottom chamber, a rotating chamber, a rotating device, a joint tube and a blower. The bottom chamber is attached to a bottom of the main chamber. The rotating chamber is mounted in the main chamber and has a main air-entering tube, multiple jet tubes and multiple inflatable adornments. The main air-entering tube communicates with the bottom chamber. The rotating device is attached rotatably to the main chamber. The joint tube is attached to the main air-entering tube and is mounted rotatably in the bottom chamber. The blower is mounted in the bottom chamber and fills air into the bottom chamber. The air coming out of the jet tubes makes the rotating chamber rotate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2005Publication date: March 22, 2007Applicant: Gemmy Industries CorporationInventor: Sheng-Hung Hsu