Patents Issued in December 4, 2008
  • Publication number: 20080296260
    Abstract: This invention provides a method for the fabrication of surfaces of high surface area ratio on polymeric/plastic materials, and their application in the control of the wetting properties of surfaces, of the transport of liquids on such fabricated surfaces, or of the separation of liquids in microchannels of said surfaces. The fabrication of surfaces of high surface area ratio comprises the following steps: (a) selection of a polymer/plastic layer which contains two or more components differing in their plasma etching behaviour (b) exposure of said polymer/plastic layer to an etching plasma to provide selective removal of one polymer component versus a second plasma-resistant component so as to result in a randomly rough columnar-like surface. In addition, exposure of the said surface to an oxidizing plasma or to a fluorocarbon. depositing plasma renders the surface fully hydrophilic or en super-hydrophobic, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2006
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Angeliki Tserepi, Evangelos Gogolidis, Konstantinos Misiakos, Maria-Elena Vlachopoulou, Nikolaos Vourdas
  • Publication number: 20080296261
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for improving treatment uniformity in a plasma process. The sacrificial body, which is extends about an outer peripheral edge of the workpiece during plasma processing, is composed of a plasma-removable material. The sacrificial body may include multiple sections that are arranged to define a circular geometrical shape. The sacrificial body functions to increase the effective outer diameter of the workpiece, which operates to alleviate detrimental edge effects intrinsic to plasma processing by effectively reducing the etch rate near the outer peripheral edge of the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: NORDSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jiangang Zhao, James D. Getty
  • Publication number: 20080296262
    Abstract: A simple process is disclosed for treating substrates having pre-structured zinc oxide layers on rigid or flexible supports. The ZnO is treated with an etching medium then with a cleaning liquid. The treatment with the etching and cleaning liquids is carried out while the substrate is conveyed through a device. The process is technically simple to implement and makes it possible to regularly and homogeneously roughen and texturise ZnO layers of up to 1 m2. The device for treating substrates having pre-structured zinc oxide layers on rigid or flexible supports has for that purpose a first means for treating the substrate with an etching liquid, a second means for treating the substrate with a cleaning liquid, and another means, in particular transport rollers, for conveying the substrate from the first to the second means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Joachim Muller, Gunnar Schope, Hildegard Siekmann, Bernd Rech, Tobias Repmann, Wolfgang Apenzeller, Brigitte Sehrbrock
  • Publication number: 20080296263
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for directing laser energy to surfaces of materials via elements which have sharp points, and for reducing the adverse effects of particles which become dislodged by scribing and laser machining of materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
    Inventors: DENNIS R. ALEXANDER, JOHN BRUCE, III
  • Publication number: 20080296264
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an electrical service switching device, in particular a circuit breaker, motor circuit breaker or the like, having a housing which has two housing halves and connecting means for electrical connection to busbars and/or power lines, having at least one electrical switching contact on which an arc is struck in an initial arcing chamber on disconnection of the electrical contact, with an arc quenching unit being provided adjacent to this, in order to quench the arc. An AC blowout device which comprises two iron plates adjacent to the initial chamber area in the lateral direction and guides the arc into the arc quenching device by magnetic interaction during AC operation, is provided. The housing wall has an opening in the area of the iron plates, through which a permanent magnet can be inserted in order to create an AC/DC blowout device, which guides the arc into the arc quenching device in both AC and DC operation, when the housing is assembled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: ABB AG
    Inventors: Bernhard Schulz, Andre Dickgiesser
  • Publication number: 20080296265
    Abstract: A shielded metal arc welding machine having a characteristic with a constant current output characteristic and a drooping output characteristic properly combined is provided. A shielded metal arc welding machine having a constant current output characteristic, characterized by having a desired drooping output characteristic, which has an optional drooping degree with a point at which a characteristic line of said constant current output characteristic intersects a welding load characteristic line L as a base point, and replaces said constant current output characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Toru Hiroi, Kentaro Kawabata
  • Publication number: 20080296266
    Abstract: A processing head is supported for pivotal movement around a pivot point in a processing apparatus. An urging member applies an urging force to the processing head at the pivot point. The processing apparatus allows establishment of point contact between the urging member and the processing head. When the surface of an object inclines from a predetermined attitude, the processing head is allowed to follow the inclination of the surface. The processing head is allowed to establish a predetermined attitude relative to the surface of the object. The processing head thus reliably enables a predetermined action to the object as desired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Toru Okada, Yutaka Noda, Seiichi Shimoura
  • Publication number: 20080296267
    Abstract: A spot welding tip for use in a spot welding machine includes a base portion having a longitudinal base axis that passes through a center of the base portion. A tip portion extends from the base portion and provides a contact surface. The tip portion includes a longitudinal tip axis that passes through a center of the tip portion and a center of the contact surface. The spot welding tip includes a transverse axis that is perpendicular to both the base axis and the tip axis. The base axis and the tip axis are parallel to one another and offset from one another by a length. The contact surface is angled with respect to the transverse axis by an angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2005
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventor: John E. Hill
  • Publication number: 20080296268
    Abstract: Disclosed are a plasma generator and a workpiece processing apparatus, wherein an adapter 38 is attached to a distal end of each of a plurality of plasma generation nozzles 31 to convert a spot-shaped spout port of the plasma generation nozzle 31 to a lengthwise sport port 387, and a cover member 93 is provided to cover the plasma generation nozzles 31 so as to allow a narrow space to be defined between the cover member 93 and a workpiece, whereby plasma spouted from the spout port 387 is retained in the space in such a manner as to hit against and rebound from the workpiece into the space. This makes it possible to subject a workpiece having a relatively large surface area to plasma exposure in a uniform manner, while suppressing cooling of plasma in the space to allow the plasma to survive for a relatively long period of time (reduce a plasma disappearance rate) so as to provide enhanced efficiency of plasma exposure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: NORITSU KOKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaaki Mike, Hirofumi Mankawa, Shigeru Masuda, Hirofumi Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20080296269
    Abstract: The TIG welding methods of the present invention include generating an electric arc between an electrode and an object to weld the object, wherein a first shielding gas including an inert gas flows toward the welded object surrounding the electrode, a second shielding gas containing an oxidative gas flows toward the welded object along a periphery of the first shielding gas, and the concentration of the oxidative gas in the second shielding gas is set such that the oxygen concentration in the welded metal portion of the welded object is within a range of 70 to 220 wt. ppm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation
    Inventors: Toyoyuki Sato, Koji Nakamura, Yutaka Kimura, Hidetoshi Fujii, Shanping Lu, Kiyoshi Nogi
  • Publication number: 20080296270
    Abstract: A direct metal deposition (DMD) process is stabilized by monitoring the temperature and the shape of the melt pool during deposition, applying a recursive least square (RLS) model estimation algorithm to adaptively identify process characteristics in accordance with the temperature and the shape of the melt pool, and delivering the process characteristics to a generalized predictive controller with input constraints to control the process. The process may be controlled by adjusting laser power or by adjusting the speed of the movement of the laser. In the preferred embodiment the temperature is monitored using a two-color pyrometer, and the shape of the melt pool is monitored by detecting the edge of the melt pool with a camera and/or photodetector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Lijun Song, Jyoti Mazumder
  • Publication number: 20080296271
    Abstract: A remote beam laser welding system that includes a mechanism comprising at least one mirror for directing a laser beam at a power level greater that approximately 2 kW to a weld spot of a workpiece and a device configured to direct a shielding gas to the weld spot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2005
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
    Inventors: Carl F. Klein, Richard B. McCowan, Joseph W. McElroy, Mark S. Williamson
  • Publication number: 20080296272
    Abstract: Dual-beam laser outputs, preferably derived from a single laser beam, improve the quality of the sidewalls of vias drilled in a target material, such as printed circuit board, comprising fiber-reinforced resin. Two embodiments each use two laser output components to remove a portion of target material from a target material location of a workpiece and rapidly clean remnants of the target material bonded to a metal layer underlying the target material location at a material removal rate. A first embodiment entails directing for incidence on a portion of the target material at the target material location a processing laser output having first and second components characterized by respective first and second wavelengths. A second embodiment entails directing for incidence on a portion of the target material at the target material location a processing laser output having first and second components characterized by respective first and pulse widths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: Electro Scientific Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Weisheng Lei, Yunlong Sun, Yasu Osako, John Davignon, Glenn Simenson, Hisashi Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20080296273
    Abstract: A method of and an apparatus for drilling blind vias with selectable tapers in multilayer electronic circuits permit forming electrical connections between layers while maintaining quality and throughput. The method relies on recognizing that the top diameter of the via and the bottom diameter of the via, which define the taper, are functions of two separate sets of equations. Simultaneous solution of these equations yields a solution space that enables optimization of throughput while maintaining selected taper and quality using temporally unmodified Q-switched CO2 laser pulses with identical pulse parameters. Real time pulse tailoring is not required; therefore, system complexity and cost may be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: Electro Scientific Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Weisheng Lei, Hisashi Matsumoto, Gregg Hardy, Yunlong Sun
  • Publication number: 20080296274
    Abstract: A method for making a device includes providing a tubular member which will be formed into the device, masking at least a portion of the inner surface of the tubular member with a removable sacrificial material, selectively removing a portion of the tubular member and sacrificial material using a laser device, and mechanically removing the sacrificial material from the inner surface of the tubular member. The method may also include applying a chemical solution to the tubular member and sacrificial material which primarily attacks the either the tubular member or sacrificial material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Michael Bialas, John A. Simpson, Robert Barbier
  • Publication number: 20080296275
    Abstract: A laser beam machining apparatus including a laser beam irradiation unit, the laser beam irradiation unit including: a laser beam oscillator for oscillating a laser beam; a beam splitter by which the laser beam oscillated by the laser beam oscillator is split into a first laser beam and a second laser beam; a rotary half-wave plate disposed between the laser beam oscillator and the beam splitter; a condenser lens disposed in a first optical path for guiding the first laser beam split by the beam splitter; a first reflecting mirror disposed in a second optical path for guiding the second laser beam split by the beam splitter; a first quarter-wave plate disposed between the beam splitter and the first reflecting mirror; a second reflecting mirror disposed in a third optical path for splitting thereinto the second laser beam returned to the beam splitter through the second optical path; a second quarter-wave plate disposed between the beam splitter and the second reflecting mirror; and a cylindrical lens dispose
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: DISCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryugo Oba, Hiroshi Morikazu
  • Publication number: 20080296276
    Abstract: A welding-type system and method for operating a welding-type system is disclosed. The system includes a switched power delivery circuit connected to deliver power to output terminals and an open-circuit voltage (OCV) control circuit configured to adjust an operational state of the switched power delivery circuit. A controller is included that is configured to monitor the output terminals to identify an open circuit condition and selectively engage the OCV control circuit to adjust the operational state of the switched power delivery circuit to reduce a voltage of the output power delivered to the output terminals during the open circuit condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Quinn William Schartner, Thomas A. Bunker
  • Publication number: 20080296277
    Abstract: A hot wire welding process. An induction coil is used to preheat the filler metal wire prior to its entering the welding puddle/arc region. An induction coil is placed in close proximity to the welding arc. The filler wire is guided by the delivery nozzle so that the filler wire passes through the center of the induction coil. The induction coil induces a current flow in the filler wire. The current produces heat as a result of the electrical resistivity of the filler wire. The heat produced raises the temperature of the filler wire just before it is fed into the weld arc region, thus reducing the energy required from the welding arc to melt the filler metal wire into the weld puddle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventor: Michael D. McAninch
  • Publication number: 20080296278
    Abstract: An automatic wire feed adjuster, including a feeding mechanism including a pair of rollers that feeds a wire therebetween, a tension controller that adjusts a tension between the pair of rollers, a wire speed sensor that measures a fed speed of the wire after exiting the feeding mechanism, and a control circuit that compares a driven speed of the wire with the fed speed of the wire, and that decides whether to instruct the tension controller to adjust the tension between the pair of rollers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC.
    Inventor: Andreu P. Meckler
  • Publication number: 20080296279
    Abstract: A heater for a wheel well includes a layer of material contoured to fit within a top of a wheel well of a vehicle. A heating element is coupled to the layer of material, and an electrical connector is coupled to the heating element and adapted to be coupled to a power source within the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Dylan P. Forrest, Andrew Thomas Nelson
  • Publication number: 20080296280
    Abstract: A method of controlling a phase of an alternating current (AC) power having an AC voltage waveform having a predetermined cycle includes counting a number of times a zero crossing signal has been generated, the zero crossing signal being generated whenever a level of the AC voltage waveform becomes “0”; calculating a half cycle of the AC voltage waveform based on times at which the counted number of times the zero crossing signal has been generated changes; detecting phases that divide an area surrounded by a waveform corresponding to the half cycle of the AC voltage waveform into a predetermined number of equal areas; and generating control pulse signals based on the detected phases
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics., Ltd.
    Inventor: Se-joong KIM
  • Publication number: 20080296281
    Abstract: The invention relates to a glow plug (11) comprising a combustion chamber pressure sensor (19) for an internal combustion engine. Said plug essentially consists of a housing (13), a glow element (17) that is located in the housing (13) and a channel (21) for measuring the combustion chamber pressure. An inventive heating element, (26) which is connected to the channel (21), prevents the clogging of the combustion chamber pressure sensor (19) that is located at the end of the channel (26) by coking or combustion residues. The glow plug (11) comprising a combustion chamber pressure sensor (19) is preferably used in the automobile industry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2005
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Oliver Glock, Christoph Kern, Steffen Schott, Jan Bahlo, Pavlo Saltikov
  • Publication number: 20080296282
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to reduce a frictional resistance which is generated between a support member and a heating resistor when the heating resistor is thermally expanded and thermally shrunk, whereby generation of a permanent deformation of the heating resistor caused by a residual stress thereof can be restrained, to thereby improve the durability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Makoto Kobayashi, Ken Nakao
  • Publication number: 20080296283
    Abstract: A furnace of controlled heating and treatment of material using infrared radiation. The furnace is capable of continuous infrared treating of material with consistent radiation being applied to the material, ease of access to the furnace for maintenance cleaning and repair, excellent control of radiant cooling of the material to be treated, and ease of maintenance of a volatile component condenser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2005
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Hans L. Melgaard, Matt Weierke
  • Publication number: 20080296284
    Abstract: A combination cooking oven is disclosed comprising a cooking cavity, a controller, thermal heating source, blower assembly, air directing means, deflecting means and a vent assembly wherein speed cooking or slower cooking of food products may be accomplished within the same appliance by movement of a gas baffle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: TURBOCHEF TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: David H. McFadden, David A. Bolton
  • Publication number: 20080296285
    Abstract: A method for automatically controlling the heating/cooking of a food item in a cooking oven having a door, heaters and an oven temperature acquisition system, comprising the steps of measuring the total electrical power (Pin) absorbed by the oven, measuring the oven temperature, and assessing the actual power (Pload) transferred to the food item by automatically compensating disturbance factors. A cooking oven is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: ETTORE ARIONE, ALESSANDRO BOER, PAOLO CROSTA, FRANCESCO DEL BELLO, DAVIDE PARACHINI, GIANPIERO SANTACATTERINA
  • Publication number: 20080296286
    Abstract: A warmer bag includes a casing, a warmer bag, a heating arrangement including a heating element for heating up a fluid contained in the warmer bag at an usable temperature, and a safety arrangement electrically coupling with the heating arrangement, wherein when the heat exchanging fluid is heated above the usable temperature, the safety arrangement automatically cuts off an electrical connection between the heating element and the external power source for preventing the fluid from being overheated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventor: ShengQuan Liang
  • Publication number: 20080296287
    Abstract: A heating device includes an electrically conductive heating wire unit having two opposite end portions and a middle portion extending between the end portions, a phase-change material enclosing the middle portion of the heating wire unit and that is capable of storing heat through phase changing, and an enclosure enclosing the phase-change material for preventing leakage of the phase-change material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventor: Steven Yue
  • Publication number: 20080296288
    Abstract: A filter (1) for diesel fuel comprising a tank (11), a filtering cartridge (2) which subdivides the inner volume of the tank (11) into two distinct chambers (50, 60), to which an input conduit (14) of the fuel to be filtered and an output conduit (15) of the filtered fuel are respectively connected, a heater (3), fed by means of electric current and adapted to melt the possible solid paraffins present in the fuel before they reach the filtering separator (21) of the cartridge (2), where said heater (3) has a porous surface (33, 34, 35) adapted to be crossed by the liquid component of the diesel fuel coming from the input conduit (14) and to hold the solid phase component, which forms at temperatures below the paraffination temperature, said porous surface (33, 34, 35) being adapted to be heated in order to liquefy said held solid component, so that it may cross said porous surface (33, 34, 35) in liquid form and reach the chamber (50) of the fuel to be filtered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: UFI FILTERS S.P.A.
    Inventor: Giorgio Girondi
  • Publication number: 20080296289
    Abstract: A heating system for brazing a stator bar to a clip including: a heating coil having a seat to receive the stator bar and clip; a heating mass adapted to fit into the seat of the coil, and an extendible press applying the mass to the stator bar or clip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Yu Wang, David Robert Schumacher, James Michael Fogarty, Alan Michael Iversen
  • Publication number: 20080296290
    Abstract: An apparatus and process are provided for inductively heating a workpiece by transverse flux induction. The apparatus comprises a pair of identical coils, each of which includes a reversed head section bent to the opposite side of the workpiece. The assembled pair of coils is configured to effectively form a generally O-shaped coil arrangement on opposing sides of the workpiece. Combination electrically conductive and magnetic compensators, passive or active/passive, are also provided for use with transverse flux inductors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Mike Maochang Cao, Vitaly A. Peysakhovich
  • Publication number: 20080296291
    Abstract: A warm wave generating system includes a direct-current power supply, a frequency generator to output a variable signal wave at a predetermined frequency range, a transformer in which a primary coil through which a direct current outputted from the direct-current power supply can pass is opposed to a secondary coil through which the signal wave outputted from the frequency generator can pass, and a heating element connected to the direct-current power supply via the primary coil of the transformer. The direct current, which is modulated by the signal wave passing through the primary coil of the transformer and then through the secondary coil, is used to allow the heating element to generate heat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2006
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Hiromi Nanba, Masaaki Harita
  • Publication number: 20080296292
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heater assembly for a microwave oven. A heater assembly for a microwave oven according to the present invention comprises a ceramic heater and a halogen heater for providing heat used for cooking food in a cooking chamber provided in a cavity assembly; a heater supporter fixed to a side of the cavity assembly, with the ceramic and halogen heaters fixed to the heater supporter; and a reflection plate provided above the ceramic and halogen heaters to reflect heat of the ceramic and halogen heaters to the cooking chamber, wherein a portion of the reflection plate corresponding to the ceramic heater is open in its longitudinal direction. According to the present invention, there are advantages in that contact between a heating wire of the ceramic heater and the reflection plate is prevented and the heat dissipation of the ceramic and halogen heaters is obtained by means of airflow that is generated by a cooling fan assembly for cooling electric parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2006
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Jun-Bo Byun
  • Publication number: 20080296293
    Abstract: A VOC waste gas microwave burning furnace uses nano titanium dioxide as a catalyst, which is coated on a carrier substance, such as an activated carbon. The titanium dioxide coated carrier substance is charged in a plurality of refractory ceramic/glass tubes arranged in a carrier in a reaction tank of the burning furnace. When the refractory ceramic/glass tubes are irradiated by microwave generated by a magnetron type microwave generator, the carrier substance charged therein has an increased high dielectric constant to increase the microwave effect, and the catalyst of titanium dioxide is excited to produce high-energy free radicals and electron-hole pairs. Therefore, the magnetron type microwave generator may generate non-ionizing radiative microwave energy, which causes ion transfer and dipole rotation to achieve movement of target molecules, and accordingly, to destroy and decompose target pollutants, that is, the organic gas in industrial waste gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventor: Chuan-Line Tseng
  • Publication number: 20080296294
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for generating pure steam torch by microwaves and more particularly to the microwave steam torch for reforming hydrocarbon fuels by injecting steam into discharge tube energized by microwaves and by injecting the fuels into high temperature steam-plasma. The invention provides a compact and portable apparatus for generating pure steam torch. The apparatus includes a magnetron, an electrical power supplier, a waveguide system, a microwave power monitoring system, stub tuners, a discharge tube, a steam supply system, a plasma ignitor and fuel injection system for reforming of hydrocarbon fuels. The method is also described for reforming of hydrocarbon fuels by injecting gaseous, liquid or solid-powder hydrocarbon-fuels into the microwave steam torch to decompose the hydrogen and carbon containing fuels, and to mix the resultant gaseous carbon compounds with oxygen or hydroxide molecules, instantaneously generating hydrogen or other hydrocarbon compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventor: Han Sup Uhm
  • Publication number: 20080296295
    Abstract: A method for the filling and optionally emptying transport containers with plastics granular materials is disclosed. A flexible plastics inliner is inserted into a transport container. A front side of the inliner includes at least one receiving flexible hose connection for filling the inliner with plastics granular material, at least one discharge hose connection for discharging blown in conveying air from the inliner, and at least one emptying hose connection for emptying plastics granular material from the inliner. The front side of the inliner also includes a protective liner. The cabin and the transport container are positioned at a decanting station, the cabin being adapted to transfer plastics granular material from the decanting station and decant the transferred plastics granular material into the transport container through the receiving hose connection. The transport container is then filled with plastics granular material utilizing the cabin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: Bayer MaterialScience AG
    Inventors: Christian Kords, Reiner Horl, Uli Franz, Raimund Zimmermann, Norbert Schniesko
  • Publication number: 20080296296
    Abstract: A module receptacle having a main frame arranged to hold a mountable functioning module in a specified position with respect to a covering frame. The covering frame can be attached by means of at least one fastening element to the main frame. The covering frame is at least large enough to cover the main frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: EnOcean GmbH
    Inventors: Armin Anders, Erwin Grassl, Frank Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20080296297
    Abstract: A lid structure for opening and closing an opening in an upper portion of a reagent container includes an outer lid member attached to the reagent container and having a first opening corresponding to the opening of the reagent container, an inner lid member arranged inward of the outer lid member, attached to the outer lid member in a vertically movable manner, and having a second opening opposing the first opening, and a rotator having a through hole, arranged inward of the inner lid member, engaging with the outer lid member and the inner lid member via an engaging unit in a rotatable manner around a horizontal axis. The engaging unit rotates the rotator to open the opening when the inner lid member performs a downward opening operation, and rotates the rotator to close the opening when the inner lid member performs an upward closing operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naoki OHASHI
  • Publication number: 20080296298
    Abstract: A container includes a container body and a container cover. The container cover includes a cover seat, a door panel and an induction actuation arrangement. The cover seat has an accessing window communicating with a container cavity. The door panel is pivotally coupling with the cover seat to move between a closed position and an opened position. The induction actuation arrangement includes an induction unit supported by the cover seat for detecting a presence of an object approaching the cover seat within a detection area of the induction unit, and an actuation unit driving the door panel between the closed position and the opened position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Xin Wang, Jiang Qun Chen
  • Publication number: 20080296299
    Abstract: There is described a spout for opening devices of sealed packages of pourable food products. The spout has an annular flange fixable to a respective package, and a tubular neck portion projecting from the flange and defining, with the flange, a through opening through which to pour the food product; and the spout also has, at least at a section crosswise to the axis of the opening a constriction constricting flow of the pourable food product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.
    Inventors: Pietro Martini, Davide Morciano
  • Publication number: 20080296300
    Abstract: A pouring package for a fluid comprises a container (10) substantially impermeable to the fluid and having a pouring opening (11). The pouring opening is hermetically sealed by means of a breakable seal (30) in at least unopened state of the container. The container is provided with a pouring member (20) at the position of the pouring opening. Situated between a wall of the pouring member and the seal is a breaking member (21) which is awe and adapted to act on and break the seal when an external pressure is exerted on the wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2005
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventor: Thomas Gijsbert Paulen
  • Publication number: 20080296301
    Abstract: A unitary threaded closing cap for a closure includes a body having a sidewall and a top panel and at least one bail handle unitarily joined to the top panel wherein the at least one bail handle is arranged in three sections, including an intermediate section and opposing end sections, the intermediate section including a shaped portion that extends above the top panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Gary M. Baughman, Lynn A. Brooks
  • Publication number: 20080296302
    Abstract: A closure 10 is provided for retaining fluid pressure within a vessel, and comprises a hub 12 having an access opening to the vessel, with the hub having a circumferential stop 17 and one or more recesses 50 each extending radially outward from an adjacent inner surface 26 of the hub. A door 22 is positioned between the stop surface and the vessel, and a latch member 30 brings the door into sealing engagement with the stop member. One or more lugs 24 each extend radially outward from an exterior surface of the door, such that a respective lug engages the hub about a respective recess to seal the door to the hub, while the door may be moved to pass through the one or more recesses and out of the hub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventor: Michael J. Guidry, JR.
  • Publication number: 20080296303
    Abstract: A domed splatter screen with a fitted rim. The domed splatter screen is placed over a pan used for frying a food item. The splatter screen includes a handle, a body, and a rim. The body is constructed of metal mesh and is dome shaped. The mesh catches and prevents oil droplets from splattering onto the stovetop. The dome shape allows the splatter screen to cover a pan with a food item that extends above the pan wall. The rim encircles the edge of the body and is fitted to securely attach to the pan wall. The handle is attached to the body to enable the splatter to screen to be placed over and removed from the pan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: Lifetime Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Krent, Youngjin Seo
  • Publication number: 20080296304
    Abstract: Embodiments of a valve assembly for a process chamber having improved seal performance are provided herein. In some embodiments, a valve assembly for a process chamber includes a housing having an opening disposed in a wall thereof and through which a substrate may be transferred; a door movably coupled to the housing in a plane substantially parallel to the wall of the housing for selectively sealing the opening; a compressible sealing member disposed at least partly between an upper surface of the door and a corresponding surface of the housing for forming a seal therebetween by compression of the compressible sealing member in a direction substantially perpendicular to the wall when the door is in a closed position; and a mechanism for restricting the exposure of the compressible sealing member to an environment on a process chamber side of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Toan Q. Tran, Dimitry Lubormirsky, Lun Tsuei, Won Bang
  • Publication number: 20080296305
    Abstract: A method and device for storing and dispensing a fluid includes providing a vessel configured for selective dispensing of the fluid therefrom. Provided within a vessel is a nancomposite material comprising an imidazolium surfactant and an integral solvent that is essential to the formation of the nancomposite material. The fluid is contacted with the nanocomposite material for take-up of the fluid by the polymerized nanocomposite material. The fluid is released from the nanocomposite material and dispensed from the vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: Matheson Tri-Gas
    Inventors: Carrie L. Wyse, Robert Torres, Andrew R. Millward, Richard D. Noble, Jason Edward Bara, Douglas Gin
  • Publication number: 20080296306
    Abstract: Tubes packed with gas absorbent media are installed in radial sectors in a high pressure gas tank interior. When a tank is fully packed with gas absorbent tubes in all sectors, interstices in the internal spaces between the tubes, an internal heat exchanger may be centrally installed within the tank having conduits for high pressure gas flow in the tank in a configuration in accordance with the cooling and heating requirements of the particular tank system. Flanged ends on the tubes maintain spacing of the tubes, facilitating gas flow and absorption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventor: Kiyoshi Handa
  • Publication number: 20080296307
    Abstract: A steam-table pan having a pinch-gripping bead including a gripping-skirt which is configured and vertically dimensioned for horizontal pinch-gripping of the bead with an adult's fingers to raise the pan from the steam-table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: Polar Ware Company
    Inventor: Mark Liebzeit
  • Publication number: 20080296308
    Abstract: A container for shipping, displaying and selling items, such as flower bulbs, includes a base to which four walls are hingeably connected, such that the walls can be collapsed onto the base. A front wall is a substantially open frame, providing access to the interior of the container. A rear wall, opposite the front wall, is hingeably connected to the base. The front wall and rear wall are latchable to a pair of opposed side walls, which are also hingeably attached to the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Daniel Barbalho, William P. Apps
  • Publication number: 20080296309
    Abstract: A covering member (1) for mounting on a fastener ring (2), the ring and the covering member co-operating with each other to form a fastener device for fastening a dispenser system (3), such as a pump or a valve, on a receptacle neck (40), the covering member presenting a general configuration that is substantially cylindrical and that includes an outside wall (14) and an inside wall (15) for coming into clamping contact around the ring (2), the inside wall forming an array of grooves (16, 17) hollowed out in a base zone (151), the grooves extending in at least two different directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2006
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: Valois SAS
    Inventors: Gilles Jourdin, Cedric Mesnil