Patents Issued in July 22, 2010
  • Publication number: 20100180607
    Abstract: The cryogenic fluid generator includes at least one pump assembly having an actuator mounted to a container assembly. A pump assembly housing includes a longitudinal positioning opening and a pressurization cavity at a distal end terminating with a pump assembly outlet. An internal check valve assembly includes a shaft positioned within an opening of the pump assembly housing that extends into the pressurization cavity. The shaft is attached to the actuator and includes a longitudinal guidance slot; a fluid passageway; and, an internal sealing surface. A positioning bar assembly is positioned within the guidance slot. A connecting rod is securely connected at a first end to the positioning bar assembly, the connecting rod being positioned within the fluid passageway and terminating with a flow inhibiting element. A seal is positioned between the pump assembly housing and the check valve to provide a closure for the pressurization cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: ENDOCARE, INC.
    Inventors: THACH DUONG, JAY J. EUM
  • Publication number: 20100180608
    Abstract: An ice storage bin and an icemaker apparatus are disclosed. The ice storage bin has a body for defining an ice collection cavity and a channel surrounding at least a substantial portion of the body for permitting fluid flow through the channel. The icemaker apparatus is disposed in a fresh food compartment of a refrigerator. The icemaker apparatus has an ice maker, above the ice storage bin, and an icemaking compartment for accommodating the ice maker and the ice storage bin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventors: Bipin Shaha, Wayne E. Lawson
  • Publication number: 20100180609
    Abstract: In a method for servicing an apparatus having a compressor (22) mounted to a support structure (32, 38, 40), a guide structure (102, 104; 202, 204) is placed adjacent to the support structure. The compressor is lifted from an installed position. The compressor is withdrawn by rolling the compressor along the support structure and guide structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2007
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Heitz, Jean-Pierre Chanon, Steven E. Von Borstel
  • Publication number: 20100180610
    Abstract: An HVAC system, and a method of operation, for use in a vehicle is disclosed. The HVAC system may comprise: an evaporator having a drain that receives condensate dripping from the evaporator; a refrigerant compressor that receives a refrigerant from the evaporator and compresses the refrigerant; a condenser that receives the refrigerant from the compressor; and a condensate-to-refrigerant heat exchanger that receives the refrigerant from the condenser and the condensate from the drain, whereby the condensate absorbs heat from the refrigerant as the condensate flows through the condensate-to-refrigerant heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Mukund S. Wankhede, Gregory A. Major
  • Publication number: 20100180611
    Abstract: A method is provided for applying a cover layer (9) to a net structure (4) to be used for medical purposes, in particular a thrombosis filter. The net structure (4) is applied to a planar substrate (1) that covers openings (5) of the net structure on one side, wherein the openings (5) across the uncovered side are filled with a sacrificial material (7), in particular copper. The net structure (4) is lifted from the substrate (1). A cover layer (9) is deposited on the surface previously covered by the substrate, and the sacrificial material (7) is removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: KAESER KOMPRESSOREN GMBH
    Inventors: Kristian DERING, Michael FEISTHAUER, Andreas FREDENHAGEN, Andreas FOERSTER, Klaus-Ulrich KOBELT
  • Publication number: 20100180612
    Abstract: A refrigeration device includes a compression mechanism, a radiator, a first expansion mechanism, a second expansion mechanism, an evaporator, a first internal heat exchanger, a branch pipe, a third expansion mechanism, and a second internal heat exchanger. The first internal heat exchanger causes heat to be exchanged between refrigerant that flows from the radiator to the inflow side of the first expansion mechanism, and refrigerant that flows from the evaporator to the compression mechanism. The branch pipe branches from a third refrigerant pipe for connecting the radiator and the second expansion mechanism, and merges with the second refrigerant pipe. A third expansion mechanism is provided to the branch pipe. The second internal heat exchanger causes heat to be exchanged between refrigerant that flows out from the first expansion mechanism, and refrigerant that flows out from the third expansion mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2007
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Kasahara, Toshiyuki Kurihara, Shuuji Fujimoto, Takahiro Yamaguchi, Atsushi Yoshimi, Yoshio Ueno
  • Publication number: 20100180613
    Abstract: An expansion valve having a tubular member (15) for receiving a low-pressure refrigerant (14) sent from an evaporator (13) and also having a tube member (16) inserted in the tubular member (15) and receiving a high-pressure refrigerant sent from a condenser (12). The expansion valve has a valve mechanism (17) provided in the tube member (16). An end wall (18) is formed at one end (15a) of the tubular member (15), and the end wall (18) has a low-pressure inflow hole (19) for allowing the refrigerant (14) sent from the evaporator (13) to flow into the tubular member (15) and a high-pressure outflow hole (20) for allowing the refrigerant (14) to flow out from the tube member (16) into the evaporator (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2008
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventors: Hiromi Takasaki, Toshisada Kujirai, Fuminori Ooba, Takayuki Kume, Enhua Bian
  • Publication number: 20100180614
    Abstract: A Cold Plate Refrigeration System Optimized for Energy Efficiency is provided utilizing two refrigerant compressors and a single set of cold plates; or two refrigerant compressors, a conventional evaporator to air heat exchanger, and a single set of cold plates; or a single refrigerant compressor, a conventional evaporator to air heat exchanger, and a single set of cold plates. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. 37 CFR 1.72(b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC
    Inventors: Gerald L. Larson, James J. Anderson, Larry Peterson
  • Publication number: 20100180615
    Abstract: An improved display cooler for storing and displaying refrigerated items for retail purchase. The improved cooler includes an LED lighting system integrated within the periphery of the glass display door of the cooler that is oriented so as to provide substantially greater illumination of the products contained within the cooler. The LED system is further of substantially lower maintenance and space efficiency compared to prior art lighting systems. The improved cooler further includes a base-integrated refrigeration unit that is substantially easier to access than prior art coolers. Such cooling system further includes condenser coils having a fin-free design that substantially reduces servicing and cleaning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2009
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventors: Nathan Linder, Leo Wills
  • Publication number: 20100180616
    Abstract: An improved open lid display refrigerator for use in storing and displaying refrigerated items for retail sale. The exterior of the improved display refrigerator is characterized by a multiplicity of panel portions operative to interchangeably receive and display advertisements, and in particular advertisements for products that can be aligned with a corresponding brand of products stored within the refrigerator. The open lid display further includes a novel lid that is condensation resistant and is further secured by a hinge that minimizes the risk of injury to the arm or hand of a consumer. Still further, the improved display refrigerator includes an easily-accessible refrigeration unit that further may optionally include low maintenance hardware that is exceptionally easy to clean.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2009
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventors: NATHAN LINDER, LEO WILLS
  • Publication number: 20100180617
    Abstract: A positive shutoff device is provided for a connection point of a refrigeration system. The connection point includes a manually-actuatable valve that permits charging and testing of the system. The device includes a first fitting engagable with the connection point and having a raised actuator that actuates the manually-actuatable valve when the first fitting engages the connection point, and a shutoff valve having a first end coupled to the first fitting and a second end coupled to a second fitting, the shutoff valve is operable in a closed position to prevent flow therethrough and an open position to permit flow therethrough, so that the refrigeration system may be charged or tested by connecting equipment to the second fitting and opening the shutoff valve, and the connection point may be positively shut off to prevent leakage of refrigerant through the connection point by closing the shutoff valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventor: J. Scott Martin
  • Publication number: 20100180618
    Abstract: A water collection device for collecting water at least one of condensing, dripping, flowing, running, and a combination thereof from an exhaust portion of an air conditioner includes a housing having an open ended top portion for placement at least one of beneath an exhaust portion of such air conditioner, closely adjacent an exhaust portion of such air conditioner, and a combination thereof. Water enters such housing through such top portion for collection. An aperture is disposed through at least one of a side wall, a bottom wall and a combination thereof of such housing. An attachment mechanism is operably connected to such aperture. A hose is releasably attachable at a first end thereof to such housing via such attachment mechanism and receives collected water flowing through such aperture into such hose. Such water exits a second end of such hose for dispersal to a predetermined area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventor: WILLIAM J. GAVAN
  • Publication number: 20100180619
    Abstract: A refrigerator, in which a guide member is arranged at an inlet of a cold air generating compartment that houses an evaporator. The guide member uniformly distributes cold air introduced into the cold air generating compartment to upper and lower portions of the evaporator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Youn Seok LEE, Jang Seok LEE, Min Kyu OH, Kyeong Yun KIM, Su Nam CHAE
  • Publication number: 20100180620
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes an air guide provided with a defrost water hole and inclined with respect to a centrifugal direction of a cold air fan. The air guide guides cold air discharged from the cold air fan to a guide duct and also guides, to the defrost water hole, defrost water falling in the centrifugal direction of the cold air fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Youn Seok LEE, Jang Seok LEE, Min Kyu OH, Kyeong Yun KIM, Su Nam CHAE
  • Publication number: 20100180621
    Abstract: In a refrigerator, cold air discharged from a cold air fan is guided by a guide member such that it flows directly to an evaporator. The guide member reduces flow of air through a gap between an inner surface of a cold air generating compartment and the evaporator. The guide member also includes a drainage portion configured to guide defrost water generated at the cold air fan to a position beneath the evaporator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Youn Seok LEE, Jang Seok LEE, Min Kyu OH, Kyeong Yun KIM, Su Nam CHAE
  • Publication number: 20100180622
    Abstract: The machine for the production of ice, comprises a tubular pipe to form the ice, covered by a refrigerator group evaporator, and having an auger inside to move the ice towards the delivery outlet, associated with a ring nut having a plurality of drawing holes arranged angularly spaced along a circumference, the delivery outlet of the tubular pipe is associated with the terminal inlet of the conveyor of ice, having a substantially upward axial extension and a terminal outlet part positioned at a level substantially higher than the top of the machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventor: Emanuele Lanzani
  • Publication number: 20100180623
    Abstract: Disclosed is a refrigerator having a dispenser. The refrigerator has a chute that defines an ice flow passage through a door of the refrigerator, and an opening and closing member configured to open and close an outlet of the chute. A cross-sectional area of the outlet of the chute is less than or equal to a cross-sectional area of any other portion of the chute.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Seung-Hwan OH
  • Publication number: 20100180624
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a tray having an icemaker as well as having a holder to fix the icemaker to the tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventors: Rudolf Gottschling, Volker Friedmann
  • Publication number: 20100180625
    Abstract: A refrigerator, in which an evaporator and a cold air fan are horizontally arranged in a cold air generating compartment positioned at an upper portion of the refrigerator. The evaporator and the cold air fan extend along a depth of the refrigerator in forward and rearward directions of the refrigerator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Youn Seok LEE, Jang Seok LEE, Min Kyu OH, Kyeong Yun KIM, Su Nam CHAE
  • Publication number: 20100180626
    Abstract: A refrigerator is disclosed, in which shielding members installed on doors installed in a pair at both sides of the front surface of a main body shield a gap between the doors when the doors are closed. The gap between the doors is not exposed when viewed from in front of the refrigerator even when the assembly state of the doors is deformed or the doors are not completely symmetrical with each other, thereby effectively preventing the external appearance of the front part of the refrigerator from being spoiled due to the exposure of the gap between the doors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventors: Kwang Deok Ahn, Suk Ho Jang
  • Publication number: 20100180627
    Abstract: A heat-insulating wall for a refrigerating device, the heat insulating wall having an exterior wall and an interior wall that surround a cavity which includes a heat-insulating layer. A profiled region is arranged between the lateral edges of the exterior wall and/or the interior wall to increase a rigidity of the heat-insulating wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
    Inventor: Helmut Hanke
  • Publication number: 20100180628
    Abstract: An expander-integrated compressor (5A) has a compression mechanism (21) for compressing a refrigerant and an expansion mechanism (22) for expanding the refrigerant. The compression mechanism (21) is located above the expansion mechanism (22) inside a closed casing (10) and shares a rotating shaft (36) with the expansion mechanism (22). An oil pump (37) is provided at the lower end of the rotating shaft (36). The oil pump (37) is immersed in oil in an oil reservoir (15). Usually, the oil is placed in the oil reservoir (15) in such a manner that the oil level (OL) is located above a lower end portion (34e) of a vane (34a) of a first expansion section (30a). More preferably, the oil is placed in such a manner that the expansion mechanism (22) is immersed in the oil. An oil supply passage (38) for guiding the oil to the compression mechanism (21) is formed inside the rotating shaft (36). A suction port (37a) of the oil pump (37) is provided below the lower end portion (34e) of the vane (34a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2007
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hasegawa, Takeshi Ogata, Masaru Matsui, Atsuo Okaichi, Masanobu Wada, Yasufumi Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20100180629
    Abstract: A turbo chiller that allows for temperature adjustment even when a target heat load is low is provided. A turbo chiller (11) is equipped with a chiller-side control unit that controls an operation so that a coolant outlet temperature is equal to a desired value. When a target heat load is lower than or equal to a predetermined value, the chiller-side control unit outputs a target coolant flow rate, which satisfies the target heat load, of the coolant on the basis of a current coolant inlet temperature, which is a current temperature of the coolant flowing into an evaporator, and a target coolant outlet temperature, which is a coolant outlet temperature to be targeted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Ueda, Minoru Matsuo
  • Publication number: 20100180630
    Abstract: To provide a motor-driven valve with a small number of parts, with excellent assemblage, capable of maintaining a large valve port diameter even downsized, and to prevent deterioration of housing environment due to sound caused by the impact and shortened life that are generated by collisions of closing limit stopper parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventor: Yoshio Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20100180631
    Abstract: This invention provides an isothermal turbocompressor and a combined turbo-compressor-condenser-expander arrangement, which includes heat-transferring blades that are mounted on, or surround, individual conduits to promote air exchange and heat transfer. In operation, the open framework rotates in free air to promote heat exchange. This optimizes contact with free air during rotation. The assembly includes a first plurality of spokes extending radially outwardly from a first central hub to an outer perimeter with first radial conduits that transport refrigerant under centrifugal force and compression from the hub to the outer perimeter. The first radial conduits include heat exchanging blades. A second plurality of spokes extend radially outwardly from a second central hub at an axial spacing from the first central hub. This second plurality of spokes each includes a second thermally-insulated conduit that transports refrigerant from the outer perimeter to the second central hub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: APPOLLO WIND TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Benoit Roisin, Andrew S. Geffken, Ian E. Graves
  • Publication number: 20100180632
    Abstract: Provided are a pileus-gills type helium condenser and an apparatus, including the same, for condensing helium. The pileus-gills type helium condenser includes: a body having a hemispheric shape and formed of a highly thermally conductive metal; a plurality of cooling fins collectively having a pileus gills-like shape and arranged along the circumference of the body to be spaced apart from one another; and a through-hole formed in the center of the body to be adjacent to the cooling fins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL & MEDICAL SCIENCES
    Inventors: Bong Hwan Hong, Yu Seok Kim, Joonsun Kang, Dong Hyun An, In Su Jung, Hong Suk Chang, Kun Uk Kang
  • Publication number: 20100180633
    Abstract: Apparatus for treating a gaseous hydrocarbon fraction to obtain a gaseous fraction and a liquid fraction which apparatus comprises a shell-and-tube heat exchanger and a distillation column, wherein the shell-and-tube heat exchanger comprises an inlet and an outlet for cooling fluid which inlet and outlet are in fluid communication with the tube side of the heat exchanger, and an inlet for the gaseous hydrocarbon fraction at the upper end of the heat exchanger which inlet is in fluid communication with the shell side of the heat exchanger, and a conduit for guiding hydrocarbons from the heat exchanger to the distillation column which distillation column comprises an outlet for gas at its upper end and an outlet for liquid at its lower end, and process in which such apparatus is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventor: George ANDERSON
  • Publication number: 20100180634
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of producing a synthetic quartz glass for excimer laser by depositing on a target silica particulates obtained by subjecting a silica raw material to vapor-phase hydrolysis or oxidative decomposition in an oxyhydrogen flame in a vacuum sintering furnace to form a porous silica base material, vitrifying the porous silica base material, and subjecting the vitrified material to hot forming, an annealing treatment and a hydrogen doping treatment, wherein the vitrification of the porous silica base material includes: (a) a step of holding a vacuum pressure at or below 20.0 Pa in a temperature range from 400° C., inclusive, to 900° C., exclusive; (b) a step of holding a vacuum pressure at or below 10.0 Pa in a temperature range from 900° C., inclusive, to 1100° C., exclusive; and (c) a step of holding a vacuum pressure at or below 3.0 Pa in a temperature range from 1100° C. to a transparent-vitrification temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventors: Shigeru Maida, Hisatoshi Otsuka
  • Publication number: 20100180635
    Abstract: This invention provides a molding die in which increase of the surface roughness due to crystal growth of chromium oxide is restrained, and thereby allowing long term use without deteriorating surface roughness of a glass gob or a molded glass article. The invention also provides a method for manufacturing the molding die, a glass gob, and a molded glass article. A molding die is provided with a substrate having a molding surface and protective film containing chromium formed thereon, and the protective film has the X-ray diffraction peak intensity of (110) plane of chromium higher than the X-ray diffraction peak intensity of (200) plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventors: Naoyuki Fukumoto, Shunichi Hayamizu
  • Publication number: 20100180636
    Abstract: Three bonding materials are provided on a first plate. The first bonding material is located between the second and third bonding materials. The first bonding material is thicker than the other bonding materials. A second plate is provided on the first bonding material. All of the plates and the bonding materials are heated to the softening point of the first bonding material. A load is exerted on the first bonding material to reduce the thickness of the first bonding material to that of the second and third bonding materials and transfer the load to the second and third bonding materials from the first bonding material. The temperature is raised to and kept at the crystallization point of the first bonding material. The temperature is raised to the wetting point of the second and third bonding materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: ATOMIC ENERGY COUNCIL - INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH
    Inventors: Chien-Kuo Liu, Tung-Yuan Yung, Kin-Fu Lin, Szu-Han Wu
  • Publication number: 20100180637
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and apparatus for bending a glass panel. A heated flat glass panel is fed from a furnace onto a bending conveyor while the bending conveyor is in a straight configuration. The bending conveyor and the glass panel are arched to a desired curvature while the glass panel travels along the bending conveyor. An interpolating position-setting for the tempering conveyor's upstream end with respect to the tempering conveyor's bending radius is performed in such a way that a certain point at the tempering conveyor's upstream end coincides with a certain point at the bending conveyor's stationary downstream end. This position-setting is performed by moving the tempering conveyor in vertical and horizontal directions and by pivoting the tempering conveyor so as to change an angle between its center line of curvature and a vertical line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: GLASTON SERVICES LTD. OY
    Inventors: Pete Harjunen, Veijo Valtonen
  • Publication number: 20100180638
    Abstract: A forming system (10) having particular utility for making outer and inner formed windshield glass sheets provides glass sheet positioning centrally on a forming face (34) of a forming mold (32) to form each glass sheet to a design shape regardless of any size difference between the glass sheets from one cycle to the next.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: GLASSTECH, INC.
    Inventors: Terry A. Bennett, Steven M. Connell
  • Publication number: 20100180639
    Abstract: A method is described for manufacturing an optical fiber preform, including a tube collapsing phase, and including monitoring the concentration of at least one fluid component of a fluid that is exhausted from the tube, to detect structural integrity of the tube. A system is also described for manufacturing optical fiber preforms. The system comprising a holder configured to hold a tube, a heater configured to heat at least part of the tube to a tube collapsing temperature, a fluid exhaust configured to discharge fluid from the tube, held by the holder. The system also includes a tube integrity monitor configured to monitor structural integrity of the tube, during a collapsing phase, by monitoring fluid that is discharged from the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: Draka Comteq B.V.
    Inventors: Igor Milicevic, Mattheus Jacobus Nicolaas van Stralen, Johannes Antoon Hartsuiker, Roland Heuvelmans
  • Publication number: 20100180640
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an optical fiber preform is described that includes detecting structural integrity of the tube during a collapsing phase utilizing a fluid flow that is fed to the tube. Also, a system for manufacturing optical fiber preforms is described that comprises a holder configured to hold a tube, a heater configured to heat at least part of the tube to a tube collapsing temperature, and a fluid supply system configured to supply a fluid to the tube held by the holder. The system comprises a tube integrity monitor configured to monitor structural integrity of the tube, during a collapsing phase, by monitoring the fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: Draka Comteq B.V.
    Inventors: Igor Milicevic, Mattheus Jacobus Nicolaas Van Stralen, Johannes Antoon Hartsuiker, Roland Heuvelmans
  • Publication number: 20100180641
    Abstract: A knitting machine for hosiery comprising a needle holder having a plurality of vertical slots accommodating each a needle movable along the corresponding slot in order to form knitting, and a device for feeding the yarn to the needles, arranged above the needle holder and supporting at least one elongated vertical yarn finger, its lower end being located proximate to the needle work area and having a passage for dispensing the yarn to be fed to the needles. The device comprises a supporting block arranged laterally and above the needle holder to support a rotatable intermediate element. The intermediate element supports, so that it can rotate a corresponding yarn finger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: SANTONI S.P.A.
    Inventors: Ettore Lonati, Tiberio Lonati, Fausto Lonati
  • Publication number: 20100180642
    Abstract: The invention describes a method of fabricating textile, comprising the steps of preparing a first plurality of cotton yarns, preparing a second plurality of non-cotton yarns, said first plurality of cotton yarns and said second plurality of non-cotton yarn forming warp threads of a fabric blank, warp knitting said fabric blank, characterized in that a proportion of cotton yarns is at least 65% by weight; and is characterized by forming a border of said fabric blank by intermeshing at least part of said first plurality of cotton yarns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2007
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: PENN ELASTIC GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Regenstein, Nadja Svidskaia
  • Publication number: 20100180643
    Abstract: A device for pumping out lye 5 for a washing machine 4 having a washing drum 6, a lye pump 24 and a return flow container 30 arranged in the course of the pumping-out device for filling the drain area in the lye container 2 is to be presented in a cost-effective and easy-to assemble manner. To this end, a lower pumping-out connecting element 25, the return flow tank 30 and an upper pumping-out connecting element 26 is designed in one piece as an at least partially flexible tube 17, which is guided at least partially through a tube holding device 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
    Inventors: Edwin Bolduan, Necdet Patel, Wolfgang Proppe, Raymond Römer, Horst Wiemer
  • Publication number: 20100180644
    Abstract: A water tub for a washing machine, manufactured by injection molding under the condition that a bearing housing to install bearings is inserted into the water tub and including support holes to allow the bearing housing to be supported by a water tub manufacturing mold unit, and the water tub manufacturing mold unit including support protrusions to support the bearing housing through the support holes. The support holes and the support protrusions prevent the bearing housing from moving in the injection molding process of the water tub, into which the bearing housing is inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jeong Ho Cha
  • Publication number: 20100180645
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fabric treating apparatus and method for controlling the same. A fabric treating apparatus according to the present invention includes a treating space within which fabrics are treated; a heating unit configured to supply heated air, or steam, or heated air and steam to the treating chamber; a motor to generate a rotational power; a device receiving the rotational power from the motor, the device configured to move a rack disposed within the treating space; and a control unit adapted to: control the motor according to a sensed electric current of the motor, and drive the motor to rotate at a speed defined by a target number of rotations per minute.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jong Seok Kim, Dong Won Kim, Sog Kie Hong, Hea Kyung Yoo
  • Publication number: 20100180646
    Abstract: The dual lock box is a secure box or enclosure for receiving and storing documents or the like. The dual lock box is selectively locked by a pair of locks. The dual lock box may be opened by unlocking either one of the locks, without unlocking the other. The dual lock box includes a housing having an open front end. A pair of doors cover the open front end of the housing. Each of the doors is pivotally attached to opposing side edges of the box by hinges or the like. Each of the doors has a tang extending therefrom. A plate is having a pair of slots formed substantially centrally therethrough for receiving the tangs overlaps the doors. Each tang is adapted for engaging a respective one of the pair of locks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2009
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventor: James M. Mazingo
  • Publication number: 20100180647
    Abstract: A locking apparatus having a clipping mechanism is provided. The locking apparatus includes: a main body including upper and lower pressing portions defining a gripping space and a support or connecting member supporting or connecting the upper and lower pressing portions and providing a gripping force to the upper and lower pressing portions; an opening/closing member that is affixed to the main body and transmits a force to the upper and lower pressing portions so that the upper and lower pressing portions may open; and a cover member enclosing the main body and controlling a force for opening the upper and lower pressing portions. The locking apparatus can be widely applied to usefully lock or secure personal articles vulnerable to privacy intrusions such as a bag, a notebook, a planner/diary, and a book and an electronic dictionary, a gaming machine or other electronic devices vulnerable to theft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2008
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventor: Dae-ung Yoon
  • Publication number: 20100180648
    Abstract: A security attachment for engagement in a security slot (1100) in the casing of a laptop computer or the like provides a body (1) with a rotatable lock (10) and a projecting tongue (20) which is axially retractable into a flat sided, rotatable outer casing (2). A pair of spring steel strips (40, 50; 100, 110) are slidably mounted in an elongate cavity (22) in the tongue. The tongue is inserted into the security slot by pushing the lock into the casing, and then locked in place by rotating the lock so as to advance the strips axially through the security slot within the tongue. The distal ends (42, 52; 102, 112) of the strips are deflected progressively outwardly via lateral apertures (23, 24) at the distal end (27) of the tongue by sliding engagement with a wedge (28, 29) formed at the distal end of the tongue so that they engage the laptop casing at the periphery of the aperture at an oblique angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventor: Stefan Knox
  • Publication number: 20100180649
    Abstract: A self-powered electronic lock is provided having a housing, a lock element mounted in the housing for movement relative to the housing between a locked position and an unlocked position, a code input device operating with a first set of electronics, and an electric actuator operating with a second set of electronics. The electric actuator is operatively coupled with the lock element to allow movement of the lock element from the locked position to the unlocked position. A first electric power generator is operative by a user to supply electrical power for operating the code input device and the first set of electronics. A second electric power generator is operative to supply electrical power for operating the electric actuator and the second set of electronics. The first and the second set of electronics are electrically isolated and are synchronized to generate a common number for a combination code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2009
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventor: Michael P. Harvey
  • Publication number: 20100180650
    Abstract: An anti-theft lock includes a cylinder having multiple upper pin holes and a core is rotatably received in the cylindrical recess and has multiple lower pin holes which communicate with the upper pin holes. Each lower pin hole includes a shoulder located close to the wall of the core. A lower pin, an upper pin, a spring and a cap are installed into the aligned lower pin hole and upper pin hole in sequence. A special lower pin, a special upper pin, one of the springs and one of the caps are received in one of the aligned upper pin hole and lower pin hole. The special upper pin includes ridges rested on the shoulder of the lower pin hole and a gap is defined between the special upper pin and the special lower pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventor: Tien-Kao Liu
  • Publication number: 20100180651
    Abstract: A lock device comprises a cylinder housing (10) with a cavity (12) and a substantially cylindrical cylinder core (20), which is rotatably accommodated in the cavity. A tailpiece (50) arranged to cooperate with a lock mechanism. An adapter (40) is rotatably accommodated in the cavity in the cylinder housing and axially connected to the tailpiece First means for interconnecting the adapter and the cylinder core are arranged to allow mutual and free independent rotation of the core and adapter in a locked operational mode and to prevent mutual rotation in an unlocked operational mode. Second means for interconnecting the adapter and the core are arranged to fix the cylinder core against axial displacement relative to the cylinder house in both operational modes for the first means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventor: Daniel Andersson
  • Publication number: 20100180652
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing an insulated electric wire and an apparatus for manufacturing an insulated electric wire that can stably manufacture a conductor having a larger sectional width according to desired dimensions as compared to the rolling where the conductor is rolled by a pair of rolling rolls free-rotated, and that can conduct the entire process in a tandem arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventors: Shinji Ichikawa, Satoshi Saito
  • Publication number: 20100180653
    Abstract: In a rotary-draw bending die with eccentric clamping for bending elongate workpieces such as pipes, wires, profile strands or the like, comprising a twistable bending mandrel, a clamp die which is associated with said bending mandrel, can be moved relative to the same and can be brought from an opened position remote from the same in which a workpiece to be bent can be inserted between bending mandrel and clamp die to a clamping position on the bending mandrel or vice-versa and is freely twistable about a swivel axis which is offset eccentrically in relation to the rotational axis of the bending mandrel, which swivel axis is disposed on a rotary plate which is rotatable relative to the bending mandrel, the clamp die is freely twistable about the swivel axis and can be moved between its clamping position and its opened position by twisting the rotary plate relative to the bending mandrel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: WAFIOS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Juergen Wolf
  • Publication number: 20100180654
    Abstract: A cold roll forming mill for the manufacture of hollow flange seam welded beams from a single strip of metal comprises a forming station (1), a seam guide and welding station (2) and a shaping station (3). Either or both of the forming and shaping stations (1,3) comprise independently supported side engaging roll combinations (7,12) adapted, in use, to roll either or both of opposite sides of the strip. Adjacent transverse pairs of side engaging roll (7,12) combinations are selectively movable relative to each other in a transverse direction perpendicular to a direction of travel of said strip through said mill. At least some of the side engaging roll combinations (7,12) are driven. Drive rolls (6) spaced within the forming and shaping stations (1,3) engage the strip between opposite edges thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: SMORGON STEEL LITESTEEL PRODUCTS PTY LTD
    Inventors: Ross John Bartlett, Alexander Noller
  • Publication number: 20100180655
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a hot rolling apparatus for manufacturing a metal plate by hot-rolling-treating a metal material including copper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2008
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventors: Kengo Ishige, Yasuo Matsunaga, Hiroyuki Otsuka, Kenichi Ide, Masahiro Kuchi, Hisashi Honjou
  • Publication number: 20100180656
    Abstract: A rolling technique for manufacturing magnesium alloy sheets with high plasticity which is characterized in that by heating the rolls during rolling to ensure an unconventional decreasing temperature field from the surface to the center within the rolled material. Due to the poor plasticity and formability of magnesium and magnesium alloys, the use of their sheet products are currently limited, in particular, in high performance applications. To solve this problem, improving on the plasticity and formability of magnesium and magnesium alloy sheets is urgently needed. The present invention presents a rolling technique to manufacture magnesium and magnesium alloy sheets with high plasticity. The said rolling method is featured by heating the rolls during rolling to ensure an unconventional decreasing temperature field from the billet surface to its center, and to make the roll temperature to match with the initial temperature field of the billet material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2008
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventor: Erde Wang