Patents Issued in February 11, 2010
  • Publication number: 20100031559
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a fuel oil composition with enhanced conductivity. The oil composition comprises a Petroleum Based Component and a combination of Lubricity and Conductivity additives. In one aspect, additional additives can be added such as: (a) low temperature operability/cold flow additives, (b) corrosion inhibitors, (c) cetane improvers, (d) detergents, and (e) dyes and markers (f) anti-icing additives, (g) demulsifiers/anti haze additives, (h) antioxidants, (i) metal deactivators, (j) biocides, and (k) thermal stabilizers. Further, the present disclosure describes a method of using such composition is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: Cenk R. Burgazli, Cyrus P. Henry, JR.
  • Publication number: 20100031560
    Abstract: Disclosed are novel engineered fuel feed stocks, feed stocks produced by the described processes, and methods of making the fuel feed stocks. Components derived from processed MSW waste streams can be used to make such feed stocks which are substantially free of glass, metals, grit and noncombustibles. These feed stocks are useful for a variety of purposes including co-firing with coal and as substitutes for coal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: CASELLA WASTE SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Paula A. CALABRESE, Dingrong BAI
  • Publication number: 20100031561
    Abstract: A raceway for cultivating algae in a liquid medium, comprising one or more precipitators positioned along the raceway, and at which precipitators the algal biomass produced in the raceway is precipitated from the liquid medium and concentrated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Patrick G. Hatcher, Aron Stubbins, Elodie Salmon
  • Publication number: 20100031562
    Abstract: A method and lighting installation for use in horticulture for lighting crops in a greenhouse, with a number of lamps (2a . . . 2n) provided above the crops to be lighted, and a number of dimmer devices (4a . . . 4n) for the lamps, wherein the dimmer devices (4a . . . 4n) are provided with control means for periodically, automatically, varying the light intensity of the light sources cooperating with the dimmer devices according to a predetermined pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2006
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: Randolph Antonio Marcus Browne, Petrus Gerardus Maria Wolberink, Antonius Marinus Telgenhof Oude Koehorst
  • Publication number: 20100031563
    Abstract: An apparatus and method to isolate at least a part of a plant from passage of things or materials of certain size or characteristics. In one aspect, a shroud or sock (10) of material can be removably placed over at least a part of the plant (3) with a releasable closure (13). The material is highly permeable to air and moisture and is substantially light transmissive. However, it has a pore size which blocks the undesirable materials or things (e.g., pollen or insects). The material can have a relatively light weight so that it can be optionally suspended by the plant (3) without significant effect on the growth or health of the plant. The material can have substantial tensile strength to resist deformation, tearing, or puncture during normal handling or in moderate to high winds. It can be utilized to provide a barrier over a part of a plant, substantially an entire plant, or a plurality of plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: MARK M. IWIG, MITCHELL BRETT CALLAWAY, DANIEL M. GOLDMAN, KIRBY L. KESTER
  • Publication number: 20100031564
    Abstract: A material composition, including metallic nanoparticles of silver, silver alloys, or copper, having antimicrobial properties is disclosed. The metallic nanoparticles are embedded or encapsulated in a matrix formed of chitosan or chitosan derivative-based compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Loebl, Joseph Hendrik Anna Maria Jacobs, Wolfgang Otto Budde
  • Publication number: 20100031565
    Abstract: One of the more common causes of plant rot and pest infestation is low-hanging branches and heavy blossomed stems lying on the ground, encouraging rot and fungus and providing pests a way to climb to the core of the plant or bush. The Branch Support Invention lifts these problem branches and stems and supports them safely.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventor: Sheldon H. Beugen
  • Publication number: 20100031566
    Abstract: An automatic garden apparatus comprises a container having a lower portion adapted to hold liquids, a pocket portion and a tray portion mounted atop the lower portion. The pocket portion forms an enclosed structure having a plurality of pockets, a mist generator and a mist opening therethrough. The plurality of pockets and the mist generator are positioned on the top surface of the pocket portion. The plurality of pockets are adapted for insertion of plants and cutting and seeds. The tray portion includes a plurality of shallow trays whose bottoms are positioned to contact the liquids, the tray portion facing the mist opening whereby mist from the mist generator keeps moist the trays. An electronic circuit informs the user when to add water and nutrients, and includes a timer to controls operation of the mist generator to keep a high moist environment inside the plant portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventor: Sidney S. Azoulay
  • Publication number: 20100031567
    Abstract: A plant receptacle with at least one opening, the receptacle preferably formed of a fibrous web or sheet material, where the web or sheet material preferably is a non-woven cotton fibre material, e.g. vlies, with a first structural strength, where the plant receptacle has at least one structural area with a different and greater strength, where this different structural area is formed by wetting, compressing and subsequent drying of a part of the web or sheet material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventor: Øjvind Ellegaard
  • Publication number: 20100031568
    Abstract: A container watering system and method are provided. A gardening container can include an interior shell and an exterior shell. The interior shell includes an interior base and an interior wall. The exterior shell includes an exterior base and an exterior wall. The interior shell and exterior shell enclose a fill chamber. At least a portion of the fill chamber is between the interior base and the exterior base. The interior shell includes an interior opening that fluidicly couples the fill chamber with a volume partly enclosed by the interior wall. The exterior shell includes an exterior opening. The exterior opening is adjacent to the fill chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: Lee Burnett, DO, APC
    Inventor: Lee Burnett
  • Publication number: 20100031569
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of dry and compacted aquatic grasses containing zosteric acid and/or zosterin, as a support for soil-less cultivation. It also relates to a support for cultivation consisting at least in part of such aquatic grasses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: ALGIEPLUS
    Inventors: Herve Floury, Herve Le Deit, Bruno Jacob, Jean-Francois Sassi
  • Publication number: 20100031570
    Abstract: A method and system for an integrated gasifier and syngas cooler are provided. The system includes a gasifier including a reaction chamber, a syngas cooler integrally formed with the gasifier and including at least one heat exchanger element, and a transition portion integrally formed with the reaction chamber and the syngas cooler and extending therebetween, the transition portion further including a throat extending between the reaction chamber and the syngas cooler, the transition portion further including a heat exchanger circumscribing the throat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: Wei Chen, George Dodan, Robert Henri Gauthier, James Michael Storey
  • Publication number: 20100031571
    Abstract: The invention concerns a reactor for pyrolysis and a method for charging and emptying such a reactor. A reactor according to the invention for the recovery of carbon and hydrocarbons from organic input material through pyrolysis, comprises a vessel (2) that extends along a vertical central axis (6) and demonstrates a chamber (3) that is limited outwardly by an outer surface (5) and by an upper and a lower end-wall section (7, 8), in which chamber it is intended that input material (4) in fragmented form is to be placed whereby the vessel has an opening (12) with a hatch (14) that when in a closed position forms a limit between the chamber and the surrounding atmosphere, an inlet (9) for the introduction of heated gas into the chamber, and an outlet (10) for the passage out from the chamber of gas that has passed through the input material that has been placed in the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2007
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventor: Bengt-Sture Ershag
  • Publication number: 20100031572
    Abstract: A method of increasing the hydrogen/carbon monoxide (H2/CO) ratio in a syngas stream derived from a carbonaceous fuel including coal, brown coal, peat, and heavy residual oil fractions, preferably coal. The fuel-derived syngas stream is divided into at least two sub-streams, one of which undergoes a catalytic water shift conversion reaction. The so-obtained converted sub-stream is combined with the non-converted sub-stream(s) to form a second syngas stream with an increased H2/CO ratio. The method of the present invention can provide a syngas with a H2/CO ratio more suitable for efficient hydrocarbon synthesis carried out on a given catalyst, such as in one or more Fischer-Tropsch reactors, as well as being able to accommodate variation in the H2/CO ratio of syngas formed from different qualities of feedstock fuels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: Joachim Ansorge, Scott Bilton, Hendrik Jan Van Der Ploeg, Arold Marcel Albert Routier, Cornelis Jacobus Smit
  • Publication number: 20100031573
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an electronically controlled hatch system for safe ingress, egress, hazard detection, and methods thereof are provided to reduce or eliminate hazards to personnel, including protection of people above and below a scuttle hatch, access port, skylight or elevated deck. Said hatch system reduces the risk of falls while ascending or descending a ladder through an access port. In certain embodiments, severe weather, hazard, security, and other safety information are detected and transmitted to a central control unit for processing and regulating the opening and closing of a hatch covering the access port and/or raising and lowering a safety railing system based on said information and/or user input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: SafePro, L.P.
    Inventors: Richard J. Whiting, Timothy Edward Rainey
  • Publication number: 20100031574
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rail element for a door drive, in particular of a garage door, comprising a rail and a drive means, in particular a chain or a toothed belt, wherein at a deflection end of the rail element a deflection pulley and at a drive end of the rail element a drive wheel are provided, via which the drive means is circulated, so that the drive means extends within the rail in two counterrotating strands, wherein one of the strands of the drive means is guided from the drive wheel via a deflection element into the rail, so that the distance of the two counterrotating strands of the drive means within the rail is smaller than the diameter of the drive wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventor: Michael Hormann
  • Publication number: 20100031575
    Abstract: [Problem] A subject is to provide a window regulator and a jig which facilitate assembly. [Means for Resolution] A wind regulator includes a drum configured to be able to rotate in a normal direction/reverse direction, an annular wire 71 partly wound around a drum, guide members 81, 83, 91 and 93 configured to guide the wire 71 in such a manner that the wire 71 is arranged along a direction of upward and downward movement of a window glass 53, slack preventing means configured to urge the wire 71 in a stretching direction and eliminate the slack of the wire 71, and window glass mounting means 101 and 103 configured to mount the window glass 53 to a portion of the wire 71 extending along the direction of upward and downward movement of the window glass 53, and a bracket 131 being mounted rotatably on the inner panel and having the guide member 83, and being configured to guide the guide member 83 to a mounting position on the inner panel is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: Kimihiro Kinoshita, Koji Kawamatsu
  • Publication number: 20100031576
    Abstract: A window regulator includes a carrier. The carrier includes a holding section and is capable slide along a guide rail with the holding section slidably contacting on the guide rail. The carrier supports a window panel. A brake mechanism is provided on the carrier. The brake mechanism prevents the window panel (the carrier) from self-weight drop by slidably contacting onto the guide rail by an urging force thereof. According to the window regulator, good down operations of the window panel can be maintained even if a slidably contacting portion(s) of the holding section that holds the guide rail becomes worn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: MITSUI MINING AND SMELTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Sasaki, Yosuke Kitamura, Yasunori Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20100031577
    Abstract: The device used to hold a separation element (6), in particular a glass panel, comprises a carriage (1) with a carriage body (11) and at least one wheel (124, 125) which rolls on a running surface (231) of a rail (2). The carriage (1) is releasably connected to a mounting element (3) which is connected to the separation element (6). The mounting element (3) which is mounted laterally on an upper edge (62) of the separation element (6) comprises a guide profile (30) provided with a first guide surface (333) which holds a lower and an upper flange element (114; 115) of the carriage body (11) inserted therein which can be displaced along the first guide surface (333) extending inclined by a first angle (a) relative to the upper edge (62) of the separation element (6) and can be locked in an appropriate position by means of locking elements (35, 92).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: HAWA AG
    Inventors: Gregor Haab, Hans Wuthrich
  • Publication number: 20100031578
    Abstract: ADA compliant collapsible thresholds for use with sliding door assemblies are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, a bottom assembly for a sliding door includes a threshold having an upper moveable surface, a lower stationary surface and flexible connectors therebetween, wherein the upper moveable surface is capable of moving towards the lower stationary surface when sufficient downward pressure is applied to the upper moveable surface; and a sill member having a track capable of attaching with the sliding door and allowing lateral reciprocating motion of the sliding door and further comprising at least one recess capable of attaching with the threshold. In an embodiment, the threshold has an overall height equal to or less than about 0.75 inches when the upper moveable surface collapses onto the lower stationary surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventor: Chris Hartwell
  • Publication number: 20100031579
    Abstract: Provided is a door system including a door and a door sill. The door is coupled with a push-resistant device including a protruding plate hook. The door sill is coupled with a locking device. The push-resistant device is coupled and locked into the locking device when the door is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventor: Kyung-Don Choi
  • Publication number: 20100031580
    Abstract: A refrigerator door in which a decoration member is mounted to a door frame using a foam material is disclosed. In the refrigerator door, the foam material fills a space formed between the decoration member mounted to a front side of the door frame and a rear panel mounted to a rear side of the door frame. Accordingly, the decoration member can be fixed to the door frame through direct contact with the foam material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeong Wook Lee, Sang Chul Ryu
  • Publication number: 20100031581
    Abstract: A door for a washing machine is disclosed. A door for a washing machine includes an inner frame having an opening with a predetermined size, an outer frame provided at a front surface of the inner frame, having an opening in communication with the opening of the inner frame, a glass member fitted between the inner and outer frames, covering the openings of the inner and outer frames, a decorative member provided at a front surface of the outer frame, having an opening in communication with the openings, and a front cover fitted between the decorative member and the outer frame, covering the openings of the inner and outer frames and the decorative member, the front cover having a positioning portion determining a position of the front cover coupled to the outer frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Min-Gu Kang, Kyu-Chul Lee, Chang-Woo Son
  • Publication number: 20100031582
    Abstract: A ferrous powder material which may be compression molded by a compression molding press and may be recycled as a valuable resource is provided. The ferrous powder material contains grinding chips of a ferrous metal. The ferrous powder material is obtained by stirringly mixing a sludge mass with calcined lime and water, the sludge mass comprising the grinding chips of the ferrous metal and a grinding fluid containing oil and water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: Mitsuma Matsuda, Soichi Nouchi, Naoki Miyagawa
  • Publication number: 20100031583
    Abstract: A wind driven device for preventing the accumulation of debris in a gutter at a mouth of a downspout comprises a drive shaft coupled to the impeller and a bit is disposed at a distal end of the drive shaft. Means for mounting the device on the gutter ensures that the bit is disposed above and spaced-apart from the mouth of the downspout.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventor: Tung Jung Chang
  • Publication number: 20100031584
    Abstract: The present invention provides thermal insulation products including a thermal insulation batt, board and loose fill, and methods of manufacture thereof, and a method of insulating an attic with loose fill, and an attic having the loose fill. The insulation products include randomly distributed inorganic fibers which are supplemented with microspheres, preferably hollow microspheres.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventor: Christophe Wagner
  • Publication number: 20100031585
    Abstract: An assemblable enclosure includes sidewalls 111, which are made of corrugated plastic sheets and surround a predetermined space, and a ceiling 15, which is detachably mounted on the upper part of the sidewalls 111 and made of a corrugated plastic sheet. The detachable ceiling 15 is attached to the upper part of the sidewalls 111 with hook-and-loop fasteners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2007
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventor: Eizo Saito
  • Publication number: 20100031586
    Abstract: A roof joist for a roof section of a modular building having an interior ceiling with a length, having an upper chord, central chord, and lower chord. The lower chord comprises: (i) a top chord segment joined to, and parallel with, the central chord; (ii) a pair of sidewall chord segments that oppose one another and extend parallel to the top chord segment; and (iii) a pair of outer flanges that extend outwardly from the sidewall chord segments to support the interior ceiling. A pair of inner flanges can also extend inwardly from the sidewall chord segments to support fixtures in the interior of the building.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: Project FROG, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Miller
  • Publication number: 20100031587
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a floor pier support and, in particular, to a pier support which allows for in-situ height adjustment of a floor frame mounted thereabove. In particular, the pier support includes a base adapted to be fixed to said surface, a connection member including a first and a second attachment means, the first attachment means used to fix the connection member to a frame element, and the second attachment means being connectable to the base in a configuration which facilitates height adjustment of the frame relative to the base. The pier support of the present invention provides for a strong, robust support for floor frames and is advantageous in that the height of the frame can be easily adjusted at regular intervals post-construction, for maintenance purposes, or for height re-adjustment where for example the ground has subsided over time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2007
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: WEEKS GROUP PTY LTD
    Inventor: Kevin Weeks
  • Publication number: 20100031588
    Abstract: A stair handrail mounting bracket facilitates the installation of handrails, the bracket including a series of elements that make it, mechanically, a fixed support of the handrail anchored to the nosing of the steps, allowing the automatic and uniform positioning at a level of the handrail for the whole length of the stairs before it is fixed to the wall. The mounting bracket includes two support bases, a system of clamping elements including a clamp provided with a threaded bar that can be adjusted via a nylon knob. The nylon know allows the tightening or loosening of the support that anchors the bracket support bases to the stair step nosing. The bracket support bases includes two sliding tracks on which to slide a support bar that can be locked in place as required with two geared knobs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventor: Ennio Sangiacomo
  • Publication number: 20100031589
    Abstract: A tower and wind turbine supporting structure which at least partially envelops the tower. The tower is of uniform cross sectional configuration throughout and has a plurality of outriggers. The outriggers are connected with the tower after the wind turbines and their supporting structure have been positioned at the base of the tower, raised to their point of attachment and secured in place. Individual foundation members for each vertical tower member and for each outrigger are in the form of micro piles and may include a plurality of micro piles and a manifold for maintaining upper end portions thereof in desired positions. Another aspect of the method of the invention involves providing a tower of uniform cross section, positioning wind turbines and their supporting structures sequentially at the base of the tower, raising them and mounting them on the tower sequentially, and thereafter providing a plurality of outriggers and their foundations and attaching them to the tower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: Christopher M. Fernald, Russel Hugh Marvin, Bret Thomas Sleicher
  • Publication number: 20100031590
    Abstract: In an insulating glazing unit including at least one curved rigid pane, another rigid pane and a spacer frame joining the two panes together by an impermeable adhesive, a space is created between the panes. The spacer frame has a variable cross-section over its length, looking in the direction of its longitudinal extension, in the region of the joining between the curved rigid pane and the other rigid pane. The spacer frame, in at least in the aforementioned region, includes a plastically deformed elastomer material when the two rigid panes are mutually pressed together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Detlef Buchwald, Oliver Kroessel, Helmut Maueser, Stefan Immerschitt, Hubert Hauser
  • Publication number: 20100031591
    Abstract: The subject application is directed to a composite spacer bar for use in glazing units. The spacer bar includes a low-thermally conductive inner component and a low-thermally conductive outer component that partially encases the inner component. The inner component has four walls of a predetermined thickness that define a chamber containing a low-thermally conductive material. The thickness of the outer component is substantially less than the thickness of the inner component. The outer component also includes a rear wall having an irregular profile and associated longitudinal edges, with the inner component configured to engage the longitudinal edges of the outer component. The longitudinal edges also include a portion that extends a predetermined distance into the top wall of the inner component. The composite spacer bar is also configured to receive a linear key member that is configured for insertion into the chamber so as to join ends of the spacer bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventor: Raymond G. GALLAGHER
  • Publication number: 20100031592
    Abstract: A composite cladding panel 1 comprises a backing tray 2 and an external skin 3 with a layer of foam insulation material 4 such as a phenolic or polyurethane based foam material therebetween. One of the skins, in this case the external skin 3 has a plurality of tongue and mortise blocks 5 fastened to the panel 1 by fasteners 12. Each fastener 12 comprises a peel rivet having a mandrel, a stress plate, and a main body. Pilot holes 13 are first drilled through the blocks 5 and the rivet 12 is inserted. On operation of a rivet gun the main body curls up 22 and is clamped against the inside surface of the external skin 3. The blocks 5 are thereby efficiently and effectively clamped to the external skin 3. A composite insulating panel with an integrated high performance brick cladding is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: James Carolan, David Cookson
  • Publication number: 20100031593
    Abstract: The invention relates to an insulation panel (6) for a sloping roof system, comprising an insulation body having a planar base and a surface as well as lateral surfaces (14) connecting the base to the surface, wherein the base is directed anti-parallel with respect to the surface, so that the surface is at least inclined with respect to the base, wherein the insulation body is designed in a sandwich fashion and includes at least a first layer (11) having heat and/or sound insulation properties, particularly from mineral wool, preferably from rock wool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: DEUTSCHE ROCKWOOL MINERALWOLL GMBH & CO. OHG
    Inventor: Gerd-Rüdiger Klose
  • Publication number: 20100031594
    Abstract: A hardwood floor system with press down locking mechanism. Each floor board is equipped with both male and female locking mechanisms. The male locking mechanism of a floor bard can be locked into the female locking mechanism of an adjacent floor board by simply exerting downward force on the floor board. The female locking mechanism is equipped with a spring slot that enables easy engagement of male and female locking mechanisms. The invention may be applied not only floor boards, but also to wall tiles and roof tiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: David C. Liu, Jun Liu
  • Publication number: 20100031595
    Abstract: A plate employed for securing substrate to a roofing structure employs a recessed central hub through which a fastener is driven. A barrier membrane covers the plate and is bonded in position to the plate. A sidewall of the recessed hub includes at least one vent opening to equalize pressure within the recessed hub during installation and post-installation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventor: Joshua S. Kelly
  • Publication number: 20100031596
    Abstract: A profiled strip system, in particular for closing off edges and/or for concealing joints, for a surface covering, having a lower base profile and an upper cover profile, wherein a latching connection is provided between the base profile and the cover profile to connect them, wherein the latching connection has a latching receptacle, which has two leg profiles with mutually opposite latching regions, and a latching profile which can be latched into the latching receptacle and which is provided with multiple latching points, and wherein each latching region has at least two latching points. The latching regions are provided only in certain regions on the leg profiles and portions of the leg profiles that are free of latching regions are situated at far from one another such that the latching region-free sections of the leg profiles further from one another than the latching regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: PROVERUM AG
    Inventor: Moritz Muehlebach
  • Publication number: 20100031597
    Abstract: The present invention provides an outer wall construction apparatus for a building, that is, an outer wall construction apparatus for constructing outer wall of a building having slab between floors or wall surface using stone or metal plate structures including first bracket fixed through anchor bolts inserted into the side of the slab or the wall surface along the side of the slab or the wall surface; fixation beam fixed to the first bracket, substantially vertically projected outward from the side of the slab or the wall surface; horizontal beam fixed to the fixing beam to be horizontally arranged; vertical beam fixed to outward side of the horizontal beam to be vertically arranged, having a hollow along the longitudinal direction thereof and an opening part in the shape of slit along the longitudinal direction of the outer surface thereof; second bracket comprising fixation end fixed tightly to the vertical beam along the outer surface thereof through first bolt of which the head has short side narrower t
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventor: Jong Gyoun Baek
  • Publication number: 20100031598
    Abstract: Fastener blankets disclosed herein can be fitted over each row of the roof and/or wall support members of a building to enclose the fasteners utilized to secure additional building materials to the building structure. The fastener blankets disclosed herein can provide additional insulating R-value properties at the points of the building where the current standard practices provide avenues of significant energy loss. The fastener blankets form a closed shape with the structural member, and at least partially encloses the structural member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: ROBERT W. MOORE, Michael A. Kochheiser
  • Publication number: 20100031599
    Abstract: A structural sandwich plate member particularly adapted for use as a floor panel comprises first and second outer metal plates and a core bonded to the outer metal plates and arranged to transfer shear forces therebetween, wherein the core comprises: an inner core comprising a corrugated metal plate and a filler material within the corrugations thereof; and an outer core layer of plastics or polymer material bonded to parts of the corrugated metal plate and the outer metal plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: Stephen John Kennedy, Guy Lockley Turner
  • Publication number: 20100031600
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a load bearing frame for suppressing generation of buckling of diagonal materials and breakage of connection parts and having high deformability. A load bearing frame 1 has two pillar materials 2 and 3, two frame materials 4 and 5 and four diagonal materials 6 to 9. A connection point 41 between the pillar material 3 and the frame material 4 is apart from a connection point 43 between the diagonal material 6 arranged on the uppermost side and the pillar material 3 by a distance L1. A connection point 48 between the pillar material 3 and the frame material 5 is apart from a connection point 47 between the diagonal material 9 arranged on the lowermost side and the pillar material 3 by a distance L2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOVE STEEL, LTD.)
    Inventors: Tomokazu Nakagawa, Tadao Hatanaka, Toshikazu Karatsu, Nobuo Hiura, Tetsuo Tamada, Takeshi Morii, Takeo Suga, Fumio Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20100031601
    Abstract: A hanger for supporting a held member from a holding member is provided with a seat member adapted for supporting the held member, first and second side members connected to the seat member, the first and second side members having lower portions and upper portions, the lower portions of the first and second side members each having inner an face and an outer face with the inner faces facing each other, and the upper portions of the first and second side members being connected to first and second back flanges respectively, the upper portions of the first and second side members each having an inner face and an outer face, and the first and second back flanges being adapted to be connected to the holding member by a plurality of fasteners, wherein the inner faces of the lower portions of the first and second side members and the inner faces of the upper portions of the first and second side members form reflex angles with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2006
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventor: Jin-Jie Lin
  • Publication number: 20100031602
    Abstract: A bag of compressed blowing wool configured for use in a blowing wool machine is provided. The bag includes a body of compressed blowing wool. The compression of the blowing wool is in a radially inward direction with respect to a longitudinal axis of the bag. A bag is configured to substantially encapsulate the body of compressed blowing wool. The bag has an end configured as a tear-away portion enabling the end of the bag to be readily torn away from the bag. The bag is configured to retain the compression of the body of blowing wool in a radially inward direction after the tear-away portion has been torn away.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: Robert J. O'Leary, Steven G. Schmitt, Alvin L. Miller
  • Publication number: 20100031603
    Abstract: A construction board comprising a cellular body including at least one planar surface, where the cellular body includes a polyurethane or polyisocyanurate cellular structure, where the cellular structure has a density greater than about 2.5 pounds per cubic foot, an ISO index of at least 270, and where the cellular body includes at least 5.0% by weight flame retardant based on the weight of the cellular body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: John Letts, Gregory Brandt
  • Publication number: 20100031604
    Abstract: A door panel that permits formation of small ventilation holes therein while ensuring adequate rigidity is provided. The door panel includes an outer panel, an inner panel, and a perforated ridge-and-furrow plate. The outer panel has openings, and the inner panel has openings. The inner panel is formed by means of press molding so as to have an uneven surface with recessed portions and a raised portion, with the raised portion protruding away from the outer panel and the recessed portions recessed towards and fixed to the inner surface of the outer panel. The perforated ridge-and-furrow plate is attached to the reverse side of the inner panel. The perforated ridge-and-furrow plate is a punching plate that is already provided with numerous small, circular ventilation holes, or with ventilation holes arranged in a mesh or a honeycomb shape. The perforated ridge-and-furrow plate includes alternating furrow portions and ridge portions formed in the region that corresponds to the openings of the inner panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR JAPAN LTD.
    Inventors: Norio Nakajima, Ryoji Uto, Eri Uchikoshi
  • Publication number: 20100031605
    Abstract: A composite concrete column comprising: upper and lower concrete column portions extending in the lengthwise direction and having an exposed portion between the upper and lower concrete column portions; an H-beam connected between the upper and lower concrete column portions to be exposed at the exposed portion; and a plurality of reinforcement bars embedded in the upper and lower concrete column portions around the H-beam to extend in the lengthwise direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: Won-Kee Hong, Ho-Chan Lee, Jum-Han Kim
  • Publication number: 20100031606
    Abstract: Thin-webbed profile member is intended for reacting primarily compressive load and have shape and cross-section dimensions constant along its length. The profile members have main strips and additional strips. The ratio of a width of an additional strip with common reinforcing ribs to a width of the main strip satisfying the expression: a/b=0.3-0.7 and the ratio of the thickness of the additional strip with common reinforcing ribs to the thickness of the main strip satisfying the expression: ?a/?b=1.0 to 3.0 where: a is the width of the additional strip with common reinforcing ribs; b is the width of the main strip; ?a is the thickness of the additional strip with common reinforcing ribs; and ?b is the thickness of the main strip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventor: Aleksandr Ilich Kamenomostski
  • Publication number: 20100031607
    Abstract: A splice assembly and corresponding system for connecting multiple fiber-reinforced polymer rebars include a polymeric tube that is externally covered by a reinforcing layer to control radial expansion of grout within the polymeric tube and of the polymeric tube itself, and the polymeric tube may be internally provided with locking structures for mechanically interlocking with the grout, ensuring that the splice assembly functions as a unit for transferring loads from a first rebar, extending from a first end of the polymeric tube, to a second rebar, extending from a second end of the polymeric tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: Michael G. Oliva, Lawrence C. Bank
  • Publication number: 20100031608
    Abstract: A method of shrink wrapping packs of containers and a shrink-wrapping arrangement for performing the method. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventor: Christian SCHILLING