Patents Issued in December 16, 2010
  • Publication number: 20100313872
    Abstract: A barbecue stove has a cover, a pan, a connecting bracket and a fastener. The cover is alternatively opened or closed relative to the pan and has an edge. The pan has a sidewall and an edge. The connecting bracket is mounted on the sidewall of the pan. The fastener is mounted pivotally on the connecting bracket and has a clip. By operating the fastener, the edges of the cover and the pan are stably held together in a closed state by the clip of the fastener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventor: Jui-Ju Yeh
  • Publication number: 20100313873
    Abstract: An outdoor stove is provided which includes a burner to project gaseous fuel, an ignition structure capable of generating multiple sparks to ignite such fuel for cooking purpose, and a support means to hold the burner, the ignition structure and a cooking vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Dongsheng Zhou, Danyun Zhou
  • Publication number: 20100313874
    Abstract: An energy recovery system (10) including a structure (12) including at least a boundary (14) area made of a material which is substantially transparent to solar radiation, thus to capture solar energy in the internal environment of the structure, a heat pump (19) including a closed fluid circuit (16) which includes a first heat exchanger (18) in which heat from the internal environment of the structure (12) is transferred to the fluid, a second heat exchanger (20) in which heat from the fluid is transferred to a heat energy store (24), and an impeller (22) for moving the fluid from the first heat exchanger (18) where the fluid is at a generally lower pressure to the second heat exchanger (20) where the fluid is at a generally higher pressure, power to drive the impeller (22) being derived solely from the energy stored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2008
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventor: Hugh Breeden Verey
  • Publication number: 20100313875
    Abstract: Improved solar collectors (40) comprising glass tubing (42) attached to bellows (44) by airtight seals (56) enclose solar absorber tubes (50) inside an annular evacuated space (54. The exterior surfaces of the solar absorber tubes (50) are coated with improved solar selective coatings (48) which provide higher absorbance, lower emittance and resistance to atmospheric oxidation at elevated temperatures. The coatings are multilayered structures comprising solar absorbent layers (26) applied to the meta surface of the absorber tubes (50), typically stainless steel, topped with antireflective Savers (28) comprising at least two layers 30, 32) of refractory metal or metalloid oxides (such as titania and silica) with substantially differing indices of refraction in adjacent layers. Optionally, at least one layer of a noble metal such as platinum can be included between some of the layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2007
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventor: Cheryl E. Kennedy
  • Publication number: 20100313876
    Abstract: A vacuum solar thermal panel including a vacuum envelope defining a sealed volume and able to withstand atmospheric pressure when evacuated, at least one heat absorber being disposed inside the vacuum envelope, a pipe entering and exiting the envelope and being in contact with the heat absorber, the vacuum envelope including a first plate made of glass, a peripheral frame, a metallic peripheral belt being joined to the first plate by way of a vacuum tight bulk glass-metal seal, including glass material and obtained by fusion and subsequent solidification. The metallic peripheral belt includes at least one elastically deformable portion that prevents the bulk glass-metal seal from getting damaged and is no more vacuum tight when subject to the evacuation process of the envelope and the thermal treatments of the panel and the potential reciprocal displacements of the glass plate and the joined metallic peripheral belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: TVP SOLAR SA
    Inventor: Vittorio Palmieri
  • Publication number: 20100313877
    Abstract: A solar heat collection element includes: a central tube (102) formed from glass-ceramic material; and an outer tube (104) formed from glass material disposed coaxially with respect to the central tube (102) to form a volume therebetween (106).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Robert Alan Bellman, William Joseph Bouton, Douglas Warren Hall, Karen Irene Matthews, Ljerka Ukrainczyk
  • Publication number: 20100313878
    Abstract: The present invention relates to, among other items, a concentrating reflector comprising: a reflector reflective to radiant electromagnetic energy and operable to produce a concentration of electromagnetic energy; and a safety member disposed to provide a physical barrier at least partially surrounding a concentration of electromagnetic energy at a focal point or focal zone defined by the reflector, wherein the apparatus is further characterized as having a radiant-energy-absorbing structure of one or more material-processing or food-processing devices positioned in proximity to the focal point or focal zone, for example, a beverage-brewing device such as for brewing coffee or tea; a kernel-popping device such as for popping popcorn, among others. The present invention further discloses collapsible, nesting reflector apparatus, whereby a plurality of the apparatus, when in a collapsed condition, are compactly stackable to facilitate portage and storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: John Essig, James Michael Essig
  • Publication number: 20100313879
    Abstract: A solar energy collector includes a frustoconical reflective shell and a light converging lens. The frustoconical reflective shell includes a top opening and an opposite bottom opening. The reflective shell tapers from the top opening to the bottom opening. The reflective shell is configured for reflecting light. The light converging lens is arranged at the top opening and is fixed on the sidewall of the reflective shell. The light concentration lens includes a central lens portion and a periphery lens portion. The central lens portion includes a first light incident portion facing away from the bottom opening. The central lens portion includes a plurality of concentric annular prisms cooperatively forming a Fresnel-lens structure. The periphery lens portion is arranged surrounding the central lens portion. The periphery lens portion includes a convex second lens portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: SHAN-FU HUANG
  • Publication number: 20100313880
    Abstract: A solar concentrator comprises an upper transparent surface and a lower transparent surface. A reflective layer is on the lower transparent surface. The lower transparent surface is shaped such that the reflective layer reflects and concentrates incident light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventor: Feng Shi
  • Publication number: 20100313881
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of what are called multiple-chamber ring furnaces, for the baking of carbon blocks, and more particularly to a shutter (13) with inflatable seal (15), for sealing off a port (8) of a hollow partition (7) in a multiple-chamber ring furnace, characterized in that its shutter comprises: a rigid core (14) of a substantially rectangular elongated shape, intended to be placed opposite a port (8) of a hollow partition (7) in said furnace, so as to shut off most of the flow area for gas entering via said port (8); and at least one inflatable air chamber (15), retracted in the deflated state in a housing of the core (14) and forming, in the inflated state, a peripheral seal (16) projecting around the perimeter of the core (15) such that said seal (16) extends around its entire periphery in order to complete the sealing off of said port (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: olios Carbone
    Inventors: Gérard Benharbon, Pierre Mahieu
  • Publication number: 20100313882
    Abstract: A process is defined for the continuous steam pretreatment and fractionation of corn cobs and low lignin lignocellulosic biomass to produce a concentrated cellulose solid stream that is sensitive to enzymatic hydrolysis. Valuable chemicals are recovered by fractionating the liquid and vapor stream composed of hydrolysis and degradation products of the hemicellulose. Cellulosic derived glucose is produced for fermentation to biofuels. A hemicellulose concentrate is recovered that can be converted to value added products including ethanol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: GREENFIELD ETHANOL INC.
    Inventors: Frank A. Dottori, Robert Ashley Cooper Benson, Regis-Olivier Benech
  • Publication number: 20100313883
    Abstract: A nebulizer includes a piezoelectric transducer for aerosolizing a drug solution in a disposable cup module disposed above the transducer. Acoustic waves generated by the transducer propagate sequentially through transmitting medium, a first barrier, coupling medium, and a second barrier that forms part of the cup module, and into the interior of the cup module. The transducer at least partially comprises silver. The silver fluidly contacts the transmitting medium to discourage bacteria growth in the transmitting medium. The device includes electronics components that drive the transducer and measure an electrical characteristic associated with the transducer during operation. The electronics components measure changes in the electrical characteristic to determine when the drug solution level falls below a predetermined threshold, and deactivates the device accordingly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Dirk Von Hollen, Eric A. Lieberman, Alexandru Bucur
  • Publication number: 20100313884
    Abstract: There is provided an actuation counter comprising a driver feature having one or more driver elements, which driver feature is arranged for drivable movement in response to an actuation; and a count member including one or more drive receipt elements arranged thereon for receipt of drive from said one or more driver elements of the driver feature for drivable movement of the count member. The driver feature includes one or more brake elements arranged to selectively interact with the count member to prevent overrun thereof when registering a count of an actuation. The actuation is suitably arranged for use with a drug dispenser device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventor: David Vincent Elliman
  • Publication number: 20100313885
    Abstract: A method for delivering a dose of a gaseous drug to a patient with a respiratory disorder including powering a control circuit via a power supply, determining a normal resting breath rate for the patient via the control circuit, determining a current breath rate for the patient via the control circuit, comparing the current breath rate to the normal resting breath rate; determining a dose of the gaseous drug for the patient based on the comparison, positioning a spool valve within a spool valve assembly; and delivering the determined dose through the low flow valve, the high flow valve, and/or a combination of the low flow valve and the high flow valve, and the continuous flow valve based on the position of a spool valve. The control circuit may control a low flow valve, a high flow valve, and a continuous flow valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: INSPIRED TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Richard Joseph Kocinski, David Tomas
  • Publication number: 20100313886
    Abstract: In an inhaler for administering a powdery medicament in the form of an inhalable substance, substance formulation or mixture, a blister cavity to be opened by piercing elements (11) is mounted in the lower part (1) of a housing (2), which is composed of an upper part (6), designed as mouthpiece and with an inhalation channel (16), and of the lower part (1), which comprises an air inlet opening (9). The inhalation channel (16) of the upper part (6) of the housing has a unit (15) for dispersing the powdery medicament, said unit (15) being connected to the piercing elements (11), wherein the upper part (6) of the housing can be moved relative to the lower part (1) of the housing in order to open the blister cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Herbert Wachtel, Matthew Neil, Ivan Milivojevic, Quentin Harmer
  • Publication number: 20100313887
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a rebreather, wherein oxygen is metered to the breathing gas as a function of a signal of at least one oxygen sensor (11). The oxygen sensor (11) is checked automatically by rinsing it with a gas having a known oxygen concentration. The safety of the system is improved in that the check is triggered automatically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: DP SCANDINAVIA AB
    Inventor: Arne Sieber
  • Publication number: 20100313888
    Abstract: A spool valve assembly for a gaseous drug delivery device includes a housing, a gas inlet, a continuous flow orifice, a valve outlet, a valve mounting surface, a spool valve, a patient outlet, an exhaust chamber with a pressure sensor detecting inhalation and a gaseous drug path to the patient, and a control circuit connected to the pressure sensor. The gas inlet includes a port connected to a gaseous drug supply, with a first portion inside the housing and a second portion outside the housing. The valve mounting surface includes a mount for a high flow valve and a low flow valve, with the valve mounting surface between the gas inlet and the valve outlet. The spool valve includes a knob, an outer surface, sealing members and a counter bore, with a first portion of the knob inside the housing and a second portion outside the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: INSPIRED TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Richard Joseph Kocinski, David Tomas
  • Publication number: 20100313889
    Abstract: Second-stage valve for a breathing-gas regulator for an air aqualung for underwater activity, of the type comprising a chamber which houses the stem of an open/close element that is pushed permanently in a direction of closure against the seat of the breathing-air release valve by a spring, the free end of this stem being connected to a lever that works in conjunction with a constant-pressure diaphragm and that opens said valve in opposition to the action of said spring, said valve being characterized in that said chamber comprises a thin metal inner liner coated with a coating of plastic or composite material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventor: Dante Noceti
  • Publication number: 20100313890
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a protective mask that has high filtration efficiency, yet is easy to breathe through and is comfortable to wear. The mask includes a thin filter body layer configured to cover the mouth and nose of a user when the mask is worn and a thicker compressible gasket positioned along a periphery of the mask. The gasket comprises a high loft, porous dielectric filtering material that forms a breathable closure about the user's face without forming an airtight seal, such that the user can draw breathable air from the sides, top, and bottom of the mask. The mask preferably includes a outer scrim coated with biocidal iodinated resin to provide surface antibacterial properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventor: Pierre J. Messier
  • Publication number: 20100313891
    Abstract: A respiratory mask for use with a patient, and that is suited for use with children, includes a flexible cushion arranged to interface with and deliver air to the patient's nose. The cushion has a tube connection portion at one or both sides adjacent the patient's nares, the tube connection portion being arranged to connect to an air delivery tube. This location, plus the very low profile of the mask, allows a patient (e.g. an infant) to sleep on their face more comfortably. A more rigid support structure adjacent the cushion is provided to stabilize the cushion and prevent it from collapsing. Headgear is also provided and arranged for releasable attachment to the support structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: ResMed Limited
    Inventors: Lee James Veliss, Carmel Therese Harrington, Philip Rodney Kwok, Philip John Gunning, Joshua Adam Gudiksen, Bart Jeremy Caffin, Richard Sokolov, Ian Frederick Johnson, Eric Siu
  • Publication number: 20100313892
    Abstract: A breathing apparatus including a face piece for covering the whole face or part of the face, an inhale valve and an exhale valve provided on the face piece, a motor fan for supplying external air into the face piece through the inhale valve, a filter for cleaning the external air sucked into the motor fan, a breath monitoring apparatus provided on the face piece and not comprising the inhale valve and the exhale valve, and a controller for controlling the operation of the motor fan synchronously with the breath based on the detection signal from the breath monitoring apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: SHIGEMATSU WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuo Shigematsu, Hiroyuki Ide
  • Publication number: 20100313893
    Abstract: The invention relates to a devices and methods for lung ventilation in a patient. In particular, there is provided a laryngeal mask airway device for facilitation of lung ventilation in a patient, comprising an airway tube opening at one end into the interior of a hollow mask portion, the mask portion including a backplate and a cuff, the mask portion shaped to conform to and to fit readily into the actual and potential space behind the larynx and to seal around the circumference of the laryngeal inlet without penetrating into the interior of the larynx, the airway tube extending from a proximal end to a distal end and having a tab disposed near said proximal end, a sealed airway passage extending from the proximal end of the tube to the glottic opening when the cuff is at the inserted location, characterized in that the tab is adapted to be biasable towards the philtrum of the patient in use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: THE LARYNGEAL MASK COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Archibald Ian Jeremy Brain
  • Publication number: 20100313894
    Abstract: There is disclosed an endotracheal tube which has a minimal cross-sectional profile for easy viewing of anatomical features during intubation. After the tube is placed into the trachea, the tube is adapted to increase the diameter. In this manner the tube diameter may be expanded to allow for decreased Work of Breathing (WOB) for patient, while not having so large a diameter as to cause tracheal discomfort.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLC
    Inventors: Gary L. Crumback, Charles E. Porges, Alfred Chung, David Hyde
  • Publication number: 20100313895
    Abstract: There is disclosed an endotracheal tube which has a minimal cross-sectional profile for easy viewing of anatomical features during intubation. After the tube is placed into the trachea, the tube is adapted to increase the diameter. In this manner the tube diameter may be expanded to allow for decreased Work of Breathing (WOB) for patient, while not having so large a diameter as to cause tracheal discomfort.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLC
    Inventors: Michael P. O'Neil, Joel C. Colburn, Gary L. Crumback, Charles E. Porges, Alfred Chung, David Hyde
  • Publication number: 20100313896
    Abstract: There is disclosed an endotracheal tube which has a minimal cross-sectional profile for easy viewing of anatomical features during intubation. After the tube is placed into the trachea, the tube is adapted to increase the diameter. In this manner the tube diameter may be expanded to allow for decreased Work of Breathing (WOB) for patient, while not having so large a diameter as to cause tracheal discomfort.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLC
    Inventors: Michael P. O'Neil, Joel C. Colburn
  • Publication number: 20100313897
    Abstract: An automated therapy table is disclosed. The automated therapy table may have various support portions capable of independent automatic actuation of a person's lower extremities through passive exercise. The automated therapy table allows a patient to perform leg elevation, approximation/decompression of the leg, internal/external rotation of the leg, ankle plantar flexion/dorsiflexion, and foot inversion/eversion movements. During each movement, the patient may be instructed to think in the direction of the movement. It has been found that doing so helps increase the healing effects. The disclosed table and method may be beneficial for patients after certain operations as well as for those suffering from various forms of debilitating illnesses, such as Multiple Sclerosis, Charcot-Marie-Tooth, and Muscular Dystrophy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventor: Dwight L. Schaeffer
  • Publication number: 20100313898
    Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to a method and an apparatus for delivering a gas to a subject in need thereof, for instance, for the treatment of an unhealthy condition, such as sleep apnea. The method may include sensing the onset of a subject's inhalation and delivering a gas, such as a pulse of gas, in response to the subject's inhalation. For instance, the method may include providing the subject with a gas delivery device configured for delivering a quantity of gas to the subject, such as in response to the subject's need, and instructing the subject to use the device. The device may include a mechanism for generating and delivering the quantity of gas to the subject, as well as a sensor for sensing the subject's need for the gas. A controller for controlling the delivery of the gas to the subject in response to the subject's sensed need for the gas may also be included. The device may further include a cannula to facilitate delivery of the gas to the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Ronald F. Richard, Paul L. Edwards, Patrick Dunne, Adrian Knight
  • Publication number: 20100313899
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a cigarette box structure capable of collecting cigarette ashes and cigarette buds, and the cigarette box reserves a collecting space, and includes surfaces a refractory adhesive material enclosed around the collecting space, such that after a smoker lights up a cigarette, the smoker can use the collecting space in the cigarette box to collect cigarette ashes and cigarette buds appropriately or put out a cigarette to avoid cigarette ashes from flying all over the place, dumping cigarette buds anywhere, or causing a fire or a dirty visual effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventor: Chin-Hung WU
  • Publication number: 20100313900
    Abstract: A user engageable device disposed within the tobacco burning path of a smoking article's ember at a pre-selected point. The device may include a visual and/or audible and/or olfactory warning component which alerts the user in response to a proximate ember. This provides one or a combination of a visual, audible, or olfactory alert to the user that the ember has reached a predetermined point. The device is preferably in the form of a sleeve frictionally engageable around the smoking article, but can also may be engaged upon or impregnated into a wrapper of the article's cylinder. Alternatively, the sleeve type device may be disposed within the wrapper. Alternatively the indicator material may also be in the form of selectively placed integrated or stick-on patches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventor: Clifton C. Heath
  • Publication number: 20100313901
    Abstract: An electrically heated smoking system includes a secondary unit capable of receiving a smoking article having an aerosol-forming substrate. The secondary unit includes at least one heating element and an interface for connection to a primary power supply for supplying electrical power to the at least one heating element during a pre-heating mode, to increase the temperature of the aerosol-forming substrate to an operating temperature. The secondary unit further includes a secondary power supply arranged to supply electrical power to the at least one heating element during a smoking mode, to maintain the temperature of the aerosol-forming substrate at substantially the operating temperature. The secondary unit also includes secondary circuitry. The electrically heated smoking system optionally includes a primary unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: Philip Morris USA Inc.
    Inventors: Felix Fernando, Marc-Robert Chemla, Fredrik Stahle
  • Publication number: 20100313902
    Abstract: Devices having real or synthetic hair that are worn on a user's head to complement, accent, or otherwise alter the appearance of the user's hair are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a hair addition for providing a bump up effect includes a foundation, a plurality of attachment members coupled to the foundation for attaching the foundation to a wearer's hair, a plurality of hair strand retention members spanning the foundation, and a plurality of hair strands coupled to the hair strand retention members and collectively concealing the foundation, the attachment members, and the hair strand retention members. The foundation has an outer frame and a plurality of shaping strips. The outer frame defines front and rear sides and opposed ends. The shaping strips extend from the front side to the rear side, and each shaping strip is bendable and retains its form until further manipulated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventor: Teresa Lane
  • Publication number: 20100313903
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device for applying hair dye liquid to hair from a variety of starting levels of the hair. The device includes a storage section (1) storing liquid to be dispensed, a piston (3) dispensing the liquid in a measured amount, and a cap having a base (8) provided with a plurality of hollow teeth (6) used for dyeing hair roots and a plurality of openings (7) used for dyeing the hair along the entire length of the hair. The base (8) is concave so that it corresponds to the shape of the skull, and the cap (5) is provided with fixing means (2) which allows the cap (5) provided with the hollow teeth (6) and the openings (7) to be replaceable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2006
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventor: Jean Alazet
  • Publication number: 20100313904
    Abstract: A system and method for self-applying a French manicure using an adjustable form includes positioning a base member over a user's finger so that the nail is located within a nail receiving opening. An outer edge of a shield member wall is positioned at a position relative to the nail receiving opening to expose the tip of the nail. A first paint type is applied to the exposed nail tip using an applicator means. The first paint type is a water-based, non-toxic acrylic paint and the applicator means atomizes the paint to apply a plurality of droplets to the exposed nail. The shield member is repositioned relative to the nail receiving opening to expose the entire nail surface. A second enamel nail paint type is applied to the exposed nail surface to seal the first paint type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventor: Tammy Garinger
  • Publication number: 20100313905
    Abstract: A two-part hair dye composition, including a first part containing an alkali agent, a second part containing hydrogen peroxide, and a non-aerosol type foamer container for discharging a liquid mixture of the first part and the second part as a foam, wherein the liquid mixture contains the following components (A) to (D): (A) 0.1 to 5% by mass of an alkyl sulfate or a polyoxyalkylene alkyl sulfate; (B) 0.1 to 10% by mass of an alkyl polyglucoside; (C) 0.01 to 3% by mass of a dimethyldiallyl ammonium chloride-acrylamide copolymer or a dimethyldiallyl ammonium chloride-acrylamide-acrylic acid copolymer; and (D) 0.01 to 0.8% by mass of a higher alcohol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Fujinuma, Takashi Matsuo, Masahiko Ogawa, Takeshi Iizaki, Hiromi Saimiya, Kazuhiro Okada, Tomohito Koshika
  • Publication number: 20100313906
    Abstract: The present invention is a cosmetic for eyelashes characteristically comprising modified cross-section hollow fibers. What is preferable is a cosmetic for eyelashes characteristically containing said modified cross-section hollow fibers that are polygonal cross-section hollow fibers having depressions so they can orient along the eyelashes wherein the length of the hollow fibers is 0.5-4 mm and the size is 20-50 ?m. The object of the present invention is to provide a cosmetic for eyelashes that exhibits a superior curling effect and long lash effect and allows a beautiful finish.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: SHISEIDO COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Takuma Kurahashi, Katsuyuki Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20100313907
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for cleaning a substrate (e.g., wafer) in the fabrication of semiconductor devices utilizing a composition of magnetic particles dispersed within a base fluid to remove contaminants from the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Nishant Sinha, Steve Kramer, Gurtej Sandhu
  • Publication number: 20100313908
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of at least one alkanesulfonic acid of formula R—SO3H, in which R represents a saturated, linear or branched, hydrocarbon chain containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms, as agent for cleaning cement, mortar, concrete, lime, laitance and other derived products. The invention also relates to a method of cleaning cement, mortar, concrete, lime, laitance and other derived products using at least one alkanesulfonic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Jean-Alex Laffitte, Bernard Monguillon
  • Publication number: 20100313909
    Abstract: An apparatus for treating a dovetail in a dynamoelectric machine is provided. The apparatus includes a housing, at least two pads for treating, cleaning or polishing a dovetail surface, at least a pair of guide wheels for aligning the apparatus within the dovetail, and at least one motor connected to the pads. The motor is operatively configured to rotate the pads. The dovetail surface is treated, cleaned or polished by sliding the apparatus along the dovetail and activating the motor to rotate the pads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Dwight F. Calkins, JR., Steven S. Mounnarat
  • Publication number: 20100313910
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a robot cleaner that has an improved traveling performance, and a method of controlling traveling thereof. The robot cleaner allows driving wheels, which move the robot cleaner, and a brush unit, which sweeps dust on a floor, to be rotated in the same direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Hwa LEE, Jae Man Joo, Sam Jong Jeung, Jeong Gon Song, Dong Won Kim, Jun Pyo Hong, Jang Youn Ko, Woo Ram Chung, Kyung Hwan Yoo
  • Publication number: 20100313911
    Abstract: Use of moldings with length·width·height dimensions respectively in the range from 1 mm to 3 cm as dust binders in vacuum cleaners, where the molding(s) has/have been produced from chemically untreated open-cell foam whose density is in the range from 5 to 500 kg/m3 and whose average pore diameter is in the range from 1 ?m to 1 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2007
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: Basf SE
    Inventors: Ulf Baus, Stefan Frenzel, Bernhard Vath, Christof Moeck, Stefan Tiekoetter, Andre Bertram, Joerg Kinnius, Cornelius Wolf
  • Publication number: 20100313912
    Abstract: A cleaning apparatus and a dust collecting method using the same are provided. The cleaning apparatus includes a body, a brush unit rotatably provided at the body, a dust collecting unit to store contaminants, such as dust, swept by the brush unit, and a blowing unit to suction contaminants, such as dust, scattered by the brush unit and to move the suctioned contaminants to the dust collecting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Jung Gyun HAN, Myeong Ho KIM, Kyoung Woun KIM, Joo Sung MOON, Hak Bong LEE
  • Publication number: 20100313913
    Abstract: A physical-chemical method for cleaning a secondary chamber of a heat exchanger in a nuclear facility, includes drying the secondary chamber and introducing a cleaning solution into the secondary chamber to treat deposits present in the secondary chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: Areva NP GmbH
    Inventors: Ursula Hollwedel, Franz Ammann
  • Publication number: 20100313914
    Abstract: A method of clearing a pipe of contents with an air system. The method may include providing air by the air system at high pressure and low velocity until the contents begin to move within the pipe, providing air by the air system air at low pressure and high velocity until a majority of the contents are removed from the pipe, and continuing to provide air at low pressure and high velocity until substantially all remaining contents are removed from the pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: THE COCA-COLA COMPAPNY
    Inventors: Rémi Lafon, Alexis Pierrot, Jean-lue Combal
  • Publication number: 20100313915
    Abstract: The substrate cleaning method of and the substrate cleaning apparatus for removing contaminants such as particles adhering to a surface of a substrate attain a high throughput and effectively remove the particles and the like. To clean the back surface Wb of the substrate W, DIW cooled down to a temperature near its freezing point and cooling gas which is at a lower temperature than the freezing point of the DIW are discharged toward the center of the lower surface of the substrate which rotates. When thus cooled DIW flows along the back surface Wb of the substrate W, the particles and the like adhering to the substrate are removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Naozumi Fujiwara, Masahiko Kato, Katsuhiko Miya
  • Publication number: 20100313916
    Abstract: A wash cylinder or chamber for an automated cleaning station to clean an object or a person's body part includes nozzles on the interior of the cylinder, the nozzles of one embodiment comprising an increasing roll angle providing a novel spray pattern. Additionally, embodiments of the invention include fluid guidance and conveyance structures, angled nozzles, sealing structures, finger guards, nozzle ribs, wash chamber seating mechanisms and drains, and nozzle inlays having a plurality of nozzles. Also disclosed are methods of washing an object or body part using a wash cylinder or chamber and methods of assembling a wash cylinder or chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: RESURGENT HEALTH & MEDICAL, LLC
    Inventors: Paul R. Barnhill, Thomas M. Johannsen
  • Publication number: 20100313917
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for removing particle contaminants from a solid surface includes providing a layer of a viscoelastic material on the solid surface. The viscoelastic material is applied as a thin film and exhibits substantial liquid-like characteristics. The viscoelastic material at least partially binds with the particle contaminants. A high velocity liquid is applied to the viscoelastic material, such that the viscoelastic material exhibits solid-like behavior. The viscoelastic material is thus dislodged from the solid surface along with the particle contaminants, thereby cleaning the solid surface of the particle contaminants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: Lam Research Corp.
    Inventors: Mark Naoshi Kawaguchi, David Mui, Mark Wilcoxson
  • Publication number: 20100313918
    Abstract: A substrate holder is defined to support a substrate. A rotating mechanism is defined to rotate the substrate holder. An applicator is defined to extend over the substrate holder to dispense a cleaning material onto a surface of the substrate when present on the substrate holder. The applicator is defined to apply a downward force to the cleaning material on the surface of the substrate. In one embodiment the cleaning material is gelatinous.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: Lam Research Corporation
    Inventors: Mikhail Korolik, Erik M. Freer, John M.de Larios, Katrina Mikhaylichenko, Mike Ravkin, Fritz Redeker
  • Publication number: 20100313919
    Abstract: Transportable apparatus for winding and hygienizing fluid pipes for food use, includes a support frame supporting a rotating drum, the rotating drum being constrained to a horizontal rotational shaft, supported by the frame. The rotational shaft is engaged to motion transmission means engaged with a ratio-motor integral with the frame of the apparatus. The rotating drum is subdivided into concentric frusto-conical and also intercommunicating sections, at least one of said frusto-conical sections being provided with a device for the engagement of at least one end of the corresponding pipe to be wound. A dispenser is joined to the apparatus for the distribution of a hygienizing solution inside the pipe. The control device of the movement of the rotating drum, includes a logical unit, which controls the speed, the rotational direction of the drum and the rotational periods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: ART ACCIAI srl
    Inventor: Ruggero Todesco
  • Publication number: 20100313920
    Abstract: An ultrasonic cleaning device includes a drain connecting member adapted to be engaged with a drain hole of a sink, and having a valve seat, a valve member having a valve portion angularly movable relative to the valve seat between an opened position to be disengaged from the valve seat to thereby allow for liquid communication between a reservoir of the sink and the drain hole, and a closed position to be engaged with the valve seat for interrupt the liquid communication, and an ultrasonic generating unit disposed in the valve member for exerting ultrasonic vibration on liquid within the reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventor: Wender Yang
  • Publication number: 20100313921
    Abstract: A caustic recovery arrangement for a clean-in-place system permits recovery of the caustic solution used for cleaning sanitary liquid-food processing equipment. A recovery tank receives the caustic aqueous solution and entrained solids. The caustic recovery tank has an upper barrel portion and a lower conic portion. The caustic solution remains in the recovery tank for about eight hours to allow the solids to settle out into the conic portion. A solution drain conduit at a lower end of the barrel portion connects to a caustic recovery line with a pump that feeds the recovered solution back to a main caustic supply tank. A solids drain conduit leads from an outlet at the bottom end of the conic portion of the caustic recovery tank to a solids receptacle so that the solids can be recovered for use, e.g., as animal feed or as fertilizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Barry L. Wilson, Dale Brintnall