Patents Issued in December 20, 2007
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Publication number: 20070289645Abstract: A coaxial coupling comprising a female part and a male part which are couplable to each other is disclosed. The female part and the male part having an inner passage and a concentric outer passage, wherein the inner passage of the female part is fluidly connected to the inner passage of the male part and the outer passage of the female part is fluidly connected to the outer passage of the male part in the coupled state of the coupling, one of the parts further comprising a by-pass valve that guides the fluid flow internally from the inner passage to the outer passage thereof in a non-coupled state of the coupling, the other part comprising an activator for activating the by-pass valve during coupling of the two parts wherein the by-pass valve is adapted to guide the fluid flow from the inner passage of the one part to the inner passage of the other part during coupling of the two parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2004Publication date: December 20, 2007Applicant: B.V. HOLMATRO INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENTInventor: Christiaan Schutz
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Publication number: 20070289646Abstract: The mixer valve includes a valve body with at least a first and a second inlet for connection to a source of hot water and to a source of cold water respectively, and an outlet manifold. This body is associated with a first electrically operated shut-off valve interposed between the first inlet and the outlet manifold, and a second and third electrically operated shut-off valve, in parallel hydraulically with each other, between the second inlet and the outlet manifold. A control unit is provided to set the valves selectively to one of a plurality of predetermined modes, to provide a flow of water at the outlet manifold with a temperature at a corresponding predetermined level.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2006Publication date: December 20, 2007Inventor: Paolo Ravedati
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Publication number: 20070289647Abstract: The mixer valve unit includes a valve body having a first and a second inlet connector for connection to a source of hot water and a source of cold water respectively, and a manifold leading to an outlet connector; a first and a second electrically operated shut-off valve, interposed, respectively, between the first inlet connector and the outlet manifold, and between the second inlet connector and the outlet manifold, to permit, when open, the passage of a flow of hot water and a flow of cold water respectively between the first and the second inlet connector respectively and the outlet connector; a control unit for setting the valves selectively to one of a predetermined plurality of different operating modes; and a flow rate meter device directly connected to a connector of the valve body and capable of supplying electrical signals indicating the flow rate of the flow of water through this connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2006Publication date: December 20, 2007Inventor: Paolo Ravedati
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Publication number: 20070289648Abstract: Provided is a tap (9) having a base (10) for fixed installation and a body (20) that can be mounted on the fixed base (10) and removed from said base. According to the disclosure, the removable body (20) has an essentially bell-or-well-shaped form, having a larger opening (8) on the side that is to be connected to the fixed base (10) and a smaller opening (21) on the opposite side (7). The interior of the tap (9) is equipped with mechanisms (40-43), which can be introduced into the removable body (20) via the larger opening (8) and can be removed from said body (20) via this opening (8).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2007Publication date: December 20, 2007Applicant: Masco Corporation of IndianaInventor: Alfons Knapp
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Publication number: 20070289649Abstract: A fluid control valve capable of rapidly opening and closing. The valve includes a housing with an annular-shaped spool cavity that contains an annular-shaped spool capable of axial movement within the spool cavity between first and second spool positions. The spool has axially-spaced circumferential spool sealing features and optionally radial passages therethrough. The housing has axially-spaced circumferential housing sealing features configured and disposed within the spool cavity so that, with the spool in the first spool position, fluid flow is enabled through the spool cavity axially between the spool sealing features and the housing sealing features, which provide axial force balancing of the spool. With the spool in the second spool position, the spool sealing features and the housing sealing features cooperate to substantially prevent fluid flow through the spool cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2007Publication date: December 20, 2007Applicant: PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATIONInventors: Mark Batdorff, John Lumkes
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Publication number: 20070289650Abstract: A fluid system component is provided that includes first and second elements configured to be removably engaged with each other and defining a fluid passageway when engaged. The first element defines at least one groove. Correspondingly, the second element includes at least one engagement member configured and arranged to be received in, and travel along, a corresponding groove. The presence of a line pressure in the passageway substantially forecloses disengagement of the first and second elements until the fluid pressure in the fluid passageway has decreased to a predetermined magnitude. A handling and locking mechanism for selectively securing the second element relative to the first element is included. The locking mechanism includes a movable pin controlled by a pin handle adjacent a collar handle. The pin and collar handles can be gripped simultaneously by the same hand of a user to release the first element relative to the second element.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2007Publication date: December 20, 2007Inventor: Lee Krywitsky
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Publication number: 20070289651Abstract: A dispensing valve is provided for dispensing fluid products. The valve includes a marginal portion, a flexible valve head portion with a discharge orifice therein, and a flexible connector sleeve having one end connected with the valve marginal portion and the opposite end connected with the valve head portion adjacent a marginal edge thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2005Publication date: December 20, 2007Inventors: Paul Brown, Timothy Socier
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Publication number: 20070289652Abstract: A fluid handling unit is disclosed and includes a body, a plurality of fluid passage ports formed in the body, and a plurality of orifices formed on surfaces of the body to provide fluid access to the ports from outside the unit. At least two of the orifices may have different cross-sectional areas. A modular fluid handling system is also disclosed and includes a plurality of fluid handling units, wherein adjacent fluid handling units are coupled together to form the fluid handling system. The fluid handling system may deliver fluid from at least one fluid source to fluid utilizing equipment. A plurality of fluid passages may be formed by the fluid handling units, and the diameter of one fluid passage may be greater than the diameter of another fluid passage. At least one control component may be coupled with at least one fluid handling unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2006Publication date: December 20, 2007Applicant: Matheson Tri-GasInventors: William J. Curran, Dane C. Scott
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Publication number: 20070289653Abstract: A method and system for reducing pulsation in lateral piping associated with a gas compressor system. A tunable side branch absorber (TSBA) is installed on the lateral piping. A pulsation sensor is placed in the lateral piping, to measure pulsation within the piping. The sensor output signals are delivered to a controller, which controls actuators that change the acoustic dimensions of the SBA.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2007Publication date: December 20, 2007Inventors: Ralph Harris, Christine Scrivner, Eugene Broerman
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Publication number: 20070289654Abstract: A heat-insulated conduit having at least one internal tube (1), a heat-insulating layer (2), an intermediate layer (3), a film (4) and a corrugated external tube (5).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2007Publication date: December 20, 2007Inventors: Roberto Rudi, Robert Schneider, Roland Demuth
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Publication number: 20070289655Abstract: A high-strength welded steel pipe having a pipe base metal with a tensile strength of at least 760 MPa and which prevents the occurrence of transverse cracks in weld metal without carrying out preheating or postheating has a seam weld having weld metal with a tensile strength of at least 780 MPa and an average grain diameter of prior austenite in the weld metal of an inner seam weld of at least 90 ?m and at most 150 ?m. The pipe base metal contains C: 0.02-0.12%, Si: 0.01-0.50%, Mn: 0.4-2.5%, P: at most 0.015%, S: at most 0.003%, Nb: 0.005-0.10%, Al: 0.005-0.06%, and optionally at least one of Cu, Ni, Cr, Mo, V, and B, and the inner seam weld metal contains C: 0.02-0.12%, Si: 0.05-0.50%, Mn: 0.4-2.5%, Cr, Mo, and Ni: 0.1-3.0% each, Ti: 0.005-0.050%, and Al: 0.005-0.050%.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2007Publication date: December 20, 2007Inventors: Masahiko Hamada, Shuji Okaguchi, Yuichi Komizo
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Publication number: 20070289656Abstract: A thread clamp for a rapier head (1) is presented which contains a clamping part (4) for firmly clamping a weft thread (3) and an actuator (5) for moving the clamping part (4). The actuator (5) includes a ferromagnetic core (12), an armature (11) and at least one winding (13) which is arranged on the core or armature in order to produce a magnetic field in the latter and to move the armature and the clamping part, which is operatively connected to the latter, with the core (12) having two limbs (12.1, 12.2) between which the armature (11) is movably arranged, and with each limb being provided with a permanent magnet: (14.1, 14.2) in order to hold the armature at one of the two rest positions in the current-free state of the winding.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2007Publication date: December 20, 2007Applicant: Sultex AGInventors: Erich Klaui, Marius Bachofen, Dietmar Markward
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Publication number: 20070289657Abstract: A tyre placement and filling apparatus (10) includes a receptacle for loose material 11. Movable legs (41) are adapted so that they couple to opposing sidewalls of a tyre. There is a movable leg assembly (12) which moves the legs to expand a tyre engaged therewith, and a forcing unit (13) is operable to cause the loose material from the materials hopper (11) to transferred to, and be compacted within the tyre.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2005Publication date: December 20, 2007Inventor: Robert Gunson
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Publication number: 20070289658Abstract: A method of filling containers (50) with gases (12) provides each container, when filled, with a first predetermined amount of a first gas and a second predetermined amount of a second gas. The method comprises the step of forming a mixture comprising first and second amounts of the first and second gases, respectively. The first and second amounts are greater than and are in proportion to the first and second predetermined amounts, respectively. The method further comprises the steps of: determining a sum of the first and second predetermined amounts; and adding a third amount of the mixture to each of the containers. The third amount is equal to the sum of the first and second predetermined amounts.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2006Publication date: December 20, 2007Inventors: Fred J. Cook, William B. Butler, George W. Goetz, Darrin L. Johnson, Christopher J. Ruf, Barry F. Shaffer
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Publication number: 20070289659Abstract: Apparatus and methods for delivering liquid color to a plastic resin processing machine include a scale for weighing a container of liquid color, a pump for removing liquid color from the container, controller for actuating pushers in the pump in a sequence whereby a first pusher is displaced to squeeze the delivery tube while a second and third pusher are not displaced thereby permitting liquid color to flow through the tube from the supply to a first position of tube squeezing, whereupon a second pusher is displaced to squeeze the tube and substantially trapped liquid color in the tube at the first and second position of tube squeezing, whereupon the first pusher permits liquid color to flow through the tube pass the first position of tube squeezing and the third pusher squeezes the tube and thereby forces at least a portion of the trapped liquid color material through the tube pass the first position of tube squeezing thereby supplying liquid color to the plastic resin processing machine at a predeterminedType: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2006Publication date: December 20, 2007Inventor: Stephen B. Maguire
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Publication number: 20070289660Abstract: A pill handling apparatus having a plurality of rotary slats delivers pills from a reservoir to a number of containers. The rotary slats have receptacles in fluid communication with a vacuum assembly and the pills are drawn into the receptacles by vacuum. The pill may be released into containers by expelled air from a blower assembly. Pills entering containers may be individually counted to assure accurate filling of the containers. A conveyor may position the containers at filling stations to receive pills. The rotary slats may be independently rotatable for delivering accurate pill counts to the containers. Optical devices may inspect the pills as they travel toward the containers.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2006Publication date: December 20, 2007Inventor: John Thomas Aylward
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Publication number: 20070289661Abstract: A method and apparatus for the recovery of vapors associated with propane fueling. The fuel vapor recovery system can be implemented with typical retail propane fueling facilities.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2006Publication date: December 20, 2007Inventor: Michael Siegler
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Publication number: 20070289662Abstract: A filling system for filling plastic bags and containers in an expedited and relatively dust-free manner. The filling system includes a coaxial tube having a supply passage for supplying a material and a return passage for drawing dust from the container during filling. The coaxial tube includes at least one aperture within the sidewall that extends into the return passage that forms a vacuum suction force against a wall of film surrounding the coaxial tube during filling of a container.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2006Publication date: December 20, 2007Inventors: Robert DeMatteis, Donald Carroll, Donald Pansier, James Scott
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Publication number: 20070289663Abstract: An initially sealed storage apparatus carrying a material The present invention is directed to a mixing unit comprising a sealed container joined to a second container. When the second container is fully united with the sealed container, a seal in the sealed container is breached and the contents of the first container and the second container can be mixed. The seal is breached by a bushing enclosed within the sealed container or enclosed in a coupler between the sealed container and the second container which is advanced against the seal, and ruptures the seal when the second container is advanced into the coupler of the coupler portion of the sealed container.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2006Publication date: December 20, 2007Inventors: Garry P. Johns, Corey N. Johns, Tim Kuitems
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Publication number: 20070289664Abstract: A fuel overflow prevention device for minimizing or eliminating fuel spillage during fuel storage container filling. The device may also minimize or eliminate some types of fuel spillage after filling. The device includes an overflow prevention chamber for receiving therein fluid from a fuel storage container vent tube. The overflow prevention chamber also includes a space for removably receiving and retaining therein the spout of an automatic shutoff fuel nozzle including a sensor port. A flow restriction interface is established between an interior portion of the overflow prevention chamber and the exit port of the spout. Fluid received from the vent tube into the overflow prevention chamber fills the space until covering the sensor port to a level sufficient to trigger automatic nozzle shutoff. The device optionally includes a vent tube extension to aid in regulating the fuel level within the container at which nozzle shutoff is triggered.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2006Publication date: December 20, 2007Applicant: University of Maine SystemInventors: Michael Peterson, Stephen Ergmann, Stefan Scarks, William Dow
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Publication number: 20070289665Abstract: Container transportation line for bottling plants, comprising transportation means provided with a support surface for receiving, resting thereon, the containers and with a motor-driven chain having, connected thereto, a plurality of ribs with a constant interval delimiting a plurality of first seats for the containers movable on the support surface. Adjustment means are provided for varying the position of the ribs with respect to the first chain depending on the dimensions of the containers, as well as means for performing transfer from the transportation means to at least one operating machine formed by a rotating starwheel associated with the operating machine and provided with a plurality of second seats formed in the recesses of the starwheel and intended to receive in synchronism the containers from the first seats, resting on flanges associated with the seats.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2007Publication date: December 20, 2007Applicant: MBF S.p.A.Inventors: Giovanni MAZZON, Franco Balzarin, Sergio Ciocchetta
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Publication number: 20070289666Abstract: The present invention relates to a mounting apparatus with three through holes, which is provided with a top wall, a bottom wall, an inverted annular body extending downwardly and inwardly connecting the top wall to the bottom wall, a cavity enclosed by the annular body, and a post defined in the cavity, wherein the post extends from the bottom wall into the cavity, with through holes defined in the bottom wall and guiding grooves defined on the post, in which the guiding grooves extend from a free end of the post to a bottom end thereof and are correspondingly formed with respect to the through holes. The mounting apparatus with three through holes is advantageous in that it integrates conventional feed probe and mounting apparatus so that the integrated structure is simplified, and its components are more effectively assembled at a relatively lower cost. Meanwhile, vents provided on the outer side of the top wall define a clear air passage for the water dispensing system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2006Publication date: December 20, 2007Inventor: Qidi Zhou
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Publication number: 20070289667Abstract: A hammock accessory has a funnel portion tapering down to an internally threaded base, into which the mouth of a container such as a standard soda bottle may be screwed. The accessory and bottle are suspended from the corner of a rain fly by means of a bail within the funnel. When it rains, the funnel catches water pouring from the corner of the fly and fills the bottle, which can be removed and capped for subsequent use.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2005Publication date: December 20, 2007Inventor: Thomas Hennessy
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Publication number: 20070289668Abstract: An apparatus for the handling of hazardous fluids includes a collection vessel, a collection vessel connector, a dose control connector, a unit dose container, a delivery control connector, and a delivery site access device. The collection vessel contains the fluid prior to dispensing, the unit dose container contains a predetermined amount of the fluid for dispensing, the delivery site access device provides access to an intended delivery site, and the connector attaches pieces of the apparatus to one another. The method of the invention allows needle-free connections to be made for the apparatus, using a predetermined arrangement of the pieces of the apparatus, and in one embodiment, employs deformable elastomeric valves capable of creating a decreased pressure at a valve surface, so that upon closure of said valves, a fluid on the surface on the valves is withdrawn within the connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2006Publication date: December 20, 2007Inventor: Jerry Costanzo
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Publication number: 20070289669Abstract: A refrigerator is provided in which, when a structure that secures space to place a container is provided in a dispenser, an object can be dispensed from the dispenser regardless of the position of the structure. The dispenser includes a dispensing port in which an object is dispensed, a switch installed in the dispensing port to dispense the object, a support pivotally installed in the dispensing port and unfoldable from a folded state to place various vessels thereon, and an access portion of the support providing access to the switch to activate the switch in the folded state of the support. The access portion may be a cut-off portion such that the switch is inserted into the support to be exposed or an auxiliary switch to transmit force to the switch when the object is dispensed to indirectly activate the switch. Moreover, the support may directly access the switch.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2007Publication date: December 20, 2007Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jae An, Jung Kim, Jong Kim
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Publication number: 20070289670Abstract: The present invention is directed to a mixing unit comprising a sealed container joined to a second container. When the second container is fully united with the sealed container, a seal in the sealed container is breached and the contents of the first container and the second container can be mixed. The seal is breached by a bushing enclosed within the sealed container or enclosed in a coupler between the sealed container and the second container which is advanced against the seal, and ruptures the seal when the second container is advanced into the coupler of the coupler portion of the sealed container.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2006Publication date: December 20, 2007Inventors: Garry P. Johns, Corey N. Johns, Tim Kuitems
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Publication number: 20070289671Abstract: A yard waste funnel includes first and second planar supports each having a neck edge and a support edge, wherein the first planar support is substantially parallel to the second planar support. A first funnel wall has a trapezoidal shape including a neck edge and a funnel edge. The neck edge of the first funnel wall is hingedly connected to the neck edge of the first support and the neck edge of the second funnel wall is hingedly connected to the neck edge of the second support. First and second connecting walls each have a trapezoidal shape including a neck edge and a funnel edge. The first connecting wall is hingedly connected to the first funnel wall at a first hinge and the second funnel wall at a second hinge. The second connecting wall is hingedly connected to the first funnel wall at a third hinge and to the second funnel wall at a fourth hinge. The yard waste funnel may be adjusted between an expanded position for collecting yard waste in a refuse bag and a collapsed position for storage.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2006Publication date: December 20, 2007Inventor: Michael A. Kolarik
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Publication number: 20070289672Abstract: A woodturning tool for creating containers has a first rigid arm, and a second rigid arm. The first rigid arm has two ends with a cutting blade at the first end. The second rigid arm has two ends with a guiding device at the first end. The cutting blade and the guiding device are operatively aligned. The first and second rigid arms are adapted to move relative to one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2006Publication date: December 20, 2007Inventor: Roland E. Hege
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Publication number: 20070289673Abstract: A method and apparatus for trimming the edges of sheets including providing a conveyor, a first saw and a second saw, first conveying the sheets on the conveyor past the first saw, trimming a first side edge of the sheets, and then conveying the sheets on the conveyor past the second saw and trimming a second side edge of the sheets.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2006Publication date: December 20, 2007Inventors: Wolfgang LaCroix, Daniel J. Rastatter, Juergen F. Trost
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Publication number: 20070289674Abstract: Methods for determining appropriate span lengths for a given piece of lumber for use as a joist and conveying that information to a user are provided. The appropriate span length may be a function of load type, amount of load, bending stiffness, joist spacing, or the like. The span lengths may be conveyed via, for example, printing of a table onto the lumber piece itself. A user may then review the table and determine into which applications the lumber may be implemented. Accordingly, the method of the present invention enables more efficient allocation of lumber towards building needs.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2006Publication date: December 20, 2007Inventor: Thomas F. Schulner
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Publication number: 20070289675Abstract: A titanium based carbonitride alloy containing Ti, Nb, W, C, N and Co. The alloy also contains, in addition to Ti, 9-14 at % Co with only impurity levels of Ni and Fe, 1-<3 at % Nb, 3-8 at % W and has a C/(C+N) ratio of 0.50-0.75. The amount of undissolved Ti(C,N) cores should be kept between 26 and 37 vol % of the hard constituents, the balance being one or more complex carbonitrides containing Ti, Nb and W. The alloy is particularly useful for milling of steel.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2007Publication date: December 20, 2007Inventors: Gerold Weinl, Ulf Rolander, Marco Zwinkels
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Publication number: 20070289676Abstract: A high strength and creep resistant soft magnetic Fe—Co alloy includes, in weight %, Fe and Co such that the difference between the Fe and Co is at least 2%, at least 35% Co, and 2.5%?(V+Mo+Nb), wherein 0.4%?Mo and/or 0.4%?Nb. This alloy can further include B, C, W, Ni, Ti, Cr, Mn and/or Al. A vanadium-free high strength soft magnetic Fe—Co alloy includes in weight %, Fe and Co such that the difference between the Fe and Co is at least 2%, and at least 15% Co, the alloy further satisfying (0.1%?Nb and 0.1%?W) or 0.25%?Mn. This alloy can further include B, C, Ni, Ti, Cr and/or Al.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2005Publication date: December 20, 2007Inventors: Seetharama Deevi, Rangaraj Sundar
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Publication number: 20070289677Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, a fatigue resistant stent comprises a flexible tubular structure having an inside diameter, an outside diameter, and a sidewall therebetween and having apertures extending through the sidewall. According to other aspects of the invention, processes for making a fatigue resistant stent are disclosed. According to further aspects of the invention, delivery systems for a fatigue resistant stent and methods of use are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2007Publication date: December 20, 2007Applicant: ev3, Inc.Inventors: Jianlu Ma, Joe Tatalovich, Lixiao Wang, Xiaoling Zhao, Dan Ranum
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Publication number: 20070289678Abstract: The invention relates to a device for cooling long objects such as wires, tubes or rods. In order to provide improved cooling, provision is made of a nozzle region which has a diameter greater than the diameter of the object and contains a plurality of nozzles which blow a cooling gas at the object, and a cladding tube whose diameter is equal to or less than the diameter of the nozzle region.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2007Publication date: December 20, 2007Inventor: Anders Astrom
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Publication number: 20070289679Abstract: A high-strength isotropic cold-rolled steel sheet having excellent shape-fixability, and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The steel sheet is made using a low-carbon steel comprising a little amounts of Ti to have an r of 1.3 or less, r approaching 1, and a low in-plane anisotropy index (Dr) of 0.15 or less, ensuring excellent shape-fixability so as to be suitable for automotive outer panels which are essentially subjected to deformation in a stretching mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2005Publication date: December 20, 2007Applicant: POSCOInventors: Shi-Hoon Choi, Chin-Chul Kim, Kwang-Geun Chin
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Publication number: 20070289680Abstract: High strength, high ductility aluminum base alloys containing from 3 to 18.5 atomic percent nickel and 3 to 14.0 atomic percent yttrium, said alloy being in the devitrified state and containing less than 40 percent intermetallic phases.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2005Publication date: December 20, 2007Inventor: Thomas Watson
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Publication number: 20070289681Abstract: An illustrative embodiment of a system for handbags, purses, clutches and other such hand luggage includes a plurality of interchangeable decorative trims that are releasably attachable to a coupling device. One or more coupling devices are attached along the circumference of and adjacent to the upper rim of the hand luggage. The interchangeable decorative trims each include one or more corresponding coupling devices. Each coupling device and corresponding coupling device pair can be, for example, a pair of magnets or a magnet and a ferromagnetic or paramagnetic element. The decorative accessories may be, for example, a ribbon, fringe, a scarf, or other trim having an aesthetic element.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2007Publication date: December 20, 2007Inventor: Carol Bond
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Publication number: 20070289682Abstract: A pallet bag for a palletized load includes a body portion having at least one panel, at least one restraining or tightening device, at least one fastening device, at least one identification device and at least one tamper-proof evident security device, so that the pallet bag provides covering for a palletized load in order to protect the contents of the load from exposure to external elements or to reduce the risk of tampering of the palletized load.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2007Publication date: December 20, 2007Inventor: Graham Young
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Publication number: 20070289683Abstract: A protective cover for a personal mobility vehicle (PMV) for use when the PMV is stored on ground or on a platform left attached to a vehicle. Only two mating flexible flat side panels form the cover. The arcuate mating upper margins are connected together by weather stitching, the lower margins being unconnected for cover installation over the PMV and preferably include a casing and a drawstring for tightening the lower margins beneath the PMV. The weather stitching is formed by multiple closely spaced lines of stitching through an inward seam allowance. The arcuate upper margins may be semi-circular, ellipse-like in shape, or similar to a side elevation profile of the PMV. The panels are preferably formed having a weather resistant outer layer and a felt-like substantially non-abrasive inner layer. The cover has a cover length and a cover height preferably established by formulas related to PMV profile sizes.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2006Publication date: December 20, 2007Applicant: Cover Express, Inc.Inventor: Marc D. Linton
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Publication number: 20070289684Abstract: A pneumatic tire with a rib pattern that is able to suppress uneven wear further than conventionally is provided. Uneven wear in the vicinity of the tread edge due to dragging and shoulder scrubbing wear can be suppressed more than conventionally by providing a pneumatic tire in which, under conditions that the pneumatic tire is mounted onto a rim with maximum loading, and with an air pressure corresponding to maximum loading, the ground contact shape has a gradually decreasing circumferential direction length from the tire width direction center to the portion corresponding towards the tire width direction outermost circumferential groove, followed by the ground contact shape having a gradually increasing circumferential direction length towards the tire width direction outside, and such that the following relationships are satisfied: 0.02?(A?B)/L?0.1, and 0.02?(C?B)/L?0.1.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2005Publication date: December 20, 2007Applicant: Bridgestone CorporationInventors: Mie Nonaka, Naomichi Funato
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Publication number: 20070289685Abstract: A body (30) designed to be placed inside a tire (10) so as to seal any puncture which a sidewall (12) of said tire may suffer while providing said tire with support. The body (30) comprises a flexible skin (31), of resilient elastomeric material, reinforced by a carcass reinforcement (311) anchored to two inextensible circumferential reinforcement structures (33) incorporated in said skin. The carcass reinforcement (311) is capable of withstanding the forces applied by an inflation pressure corresponding to the rated inflation pressure of the tire inside which the body (30) is placed. An assembly is disclosed formed of a tire (10) mounted on a rim (20) and equipped with such a body (30).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2005Publication date: December 20, 2007Inventors: Alain Clouet, Pascal Auxerre
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Publication number: 20070289686Abstract: A bead cord which is lightweight and inexpensive, high in formability, and includes an annular core that is high in corrosion resistance. The bead cord which is lightweight and inexpensive and high in formability includes an annular core 1 and a wrap wire 2 helically wrapped around the annular core 1, the annular core 1 being made of a medium carbon steel or an alloy steel having a lower C content and containing specific elements in suitable amounts, and having a diameter dC that satisfies the following relation 1.04?dC/dS?1.30 with respect to the diameter dS of the wrap wire 2, the wrap wire 2 having a coil diameter DS which is 0.5 to 1.3 times the coil diameter DC of the annular core 1. In order to improve the corrosion resistance of the annular core 1, the annular core 1 may be formed with a plating layer 4 of an Al—Zn alloy or a thick plating layer 4 of Zn, or the annular core 1 may be made of stainless steel.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2005Publication date: December 20, 2007Inventors: Hiroshi Sasabe, Hitoshi Wakahara, Kenichi Okamoto
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Publication number: 20070289687Abstract: A display device having an elongate member with an adhesive, in one or more locations on the elongate member, with the adhesive having properties such that a face of the elongate member and a substantially planar surface, i.e., a face of another elongate member, a face of a sign, or a face of a supporting member cannot, after having been attached to one another, be separated and then reattached using the original adhesive. The adhesive is either remoistenable or protected by a release backing, the removal of which exposes the adhesive. Such release backing is preferably designed to be easily removable with a fingertip.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2006Publication date: December 20, 2007Inventor: Stacey D. Floyd
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Publication number: 20070289688Abstract: A process for forming a flocked article is provided that includes the steps of: (a) cutting a pre-formed or solid adhesive film into a desired shape; (b) removing a first portion of the cut pre-formed adhesive film from a second portion of the cut pre-formed adhesive film; and (c) heating and applying pressure to the cut pre-formed adhesive film to adhere the film to flock to form a flocked article.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2007Publication date: December 20, 2007Applicant: HIGH VOLTAGE GRAPHICS, INC.Inventor: Louis Abrams
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Publication number: 20070289689Abstract: The present invention provides a foamed resin laminate sound insulation board capable of exhibiting sound proofing performance, which is free from restrictions of shape, applicable place and weight, thinned as the whole laminated plate to enhance plastic workability such as press work, and provided with sufficient vibration damping performance in a final using state after heating foaming process. This foamed resin laminate sound insulation board 1 is a laminated plate comprising at least an unfoamed foamable resin 3a to be foamed at a foaming temperature by heating and a hard plate 2.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2007Publication date: December 20, 2007Inventors: Akio Sugimoto, Hironobu Nakanishi
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Publication number: 20070289690Abstract: A method for manufacturing a ceramic stack is provided, which can suppress distortion, separation, cracking and the like that may be caused in plural types of ceramic sheets after being stacked and baked for integration. The method includes a step of obtaining a relation between volume rates of organic materials contained in the ceramic sheets and baking shrinkages of the sheets, resulting from baking the sheets at a predetermined temperature, a step of selecting a volume rate of organic materials for each of the ceramic sheets based on the relation obtained at the previous step, so that all the sheets may have substantially the same baking shrinkage as desired, a step of forming the plural types of ceramic sheets based on the volume rate selected at the previous step, and a step of stacking and baking for integration the plural types of ceramic sheets to fabricate a ceramic stack.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2007Publication date: December 20, 2007Applicants: DENSO CORPORATION, NIPPON SOKEN, INC.Inventors: Eturo Yasuda, Noriaki Kihara, Hirokatsu Mukai, Daisuke Makino
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Publication number: 20070289691Abstract: A method of manufacturing a non-shrinkage ceramic substrate comprises preparing a plurality of green sheets; forming internal electrodes and conductive vias in the respective green sheets; laminating the plurality of green sheets to form a multilayer ceramic substrate; forming a constrained layer on the top and bottom surfaces of the multilayer ceramic substrate by using one or more methods selected from the group consisting of an ALD (Atomic Layer Deposition) method, a sputtering method, a CVD (Chemical Vapor Deposition) method, and a sol-gel method, the constrained layer not being fired at the firing temperature of the green sheet; firing the resultant structure at the firing temperature of the green sheet; and removing the constrained layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2007Publication date: December 20, 2007Inventors: Yong Kim, Young Oh, Byeung Chang, Sung Park, Ki Hong
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Publication number: 20070289692Abstract: A method of restoring a section of a composite includes the steps of removing an undesirable section of a composite and securing a repair section in the location of the removed undesirable section. One or more covers are secured on at least a portion the repair section to prevent or resist peeling of the repair section.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2006Publication date: December 20, 2007Inventors: William Bogue, Richard B. Ringler
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Publication number: 20070289693Abstract: The present invention is an improved polymeric resin composition comprising units derived from ethylene, from about 20 wt % to about 30 wt % units derived from an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid having from 3 to 8 carbons, and optionally an effective amount of at least one additive selected from the group consisting of hindered amine light stabilizers, UV light absorbers, and thermal stabilizers. Resins of the present invention are particularly suitable for preparing transparent laminates useful as glazing elements that provide a greater measure of safety than non-laminated glazing elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2006Publication date: December 20, 2007Inventors: Jerrel C. Anderson, Richard A. Hayes, Steven C. Pesek, John W. Paul, C. Anthony Smith, Stephen J. Bennison, Sam L. Samuels
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Publication number: 20070289694Abstract: During manufacture of a tire, a carcass reinforcement ply is wound on a cylindrical laying surface on which have been deposited a pair of profiled elements spaced apart along the cylinder axis. The reinforcement ply is fed onto the laying surface while being pressed thereagainst by an application roller which is deformable so as to conform to both the cylinder diameter and the larger radii defined by the profiled elements. Additional rollers can be positioned upstream of the application roller for pressing the ply against respective ones of the profiled elements. A transporter supports one or both the end portions of the ply as they leave a feeder conveyor and approach the laying surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2007Publication date: December 20, 2007Applicant: MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A.Inventors: Daniel Macheffe, Michel Deboeuf