Patents Issued in July 14, 2011
  • Publication number: 20110168680
    Abstract: The invention relates to a resistance welding electrode (1) having a shaft-shaped holder (2) and an electrode part (3; 3?) in the form of an electrode cap (5) or a pin electrode (7) which are non-positively connected via tapered surfaces. Furthermore, cooling bores (9) are also present. In such a resistance welding electrode (1) the tapered cone angle is in a region of about 1 degree to 3 degrees and the holder (2) and the electrode part (3; 31) are connected such that the holder (2) and the electrode part (3; 3?) are further in axial contact with each other via a radial surface contact (6), and the edge (15) of the electrode part (3; 3?) facing the holder is restrained in an associated reception recess (16) on the holder side by means of reduction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: Holzhauer GmbH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Anton Holzhauer
  • Publication number: 20110168681
    Abstract: A shield device for a plasma arc torch includes an inner shield member defining an inner auxiliary gas chamber and an outer shield member surrounding the inner shield member. An outer auxiliary gas chamber is defined between the inner shield member and outer shield member. The shield device allows an auxiliary gas flow to be split into a first flow of auxiliary gas through the inner auxiliary gas chamber and a second flow of auxiliary gas through the outer auxiliary gas chamber. The inner shield member and the outer shield member are configured to be mounted to the plasma arc torch as an integral unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: Thermal Dynamics Corporation
    Inventors: Nakhleh A. Hussary, Christopher J. Conway, Thierry R. Renault, Darrin H. MacKenzie
  • Publication number: 20110168682
    Abstract: A laser lap welding method, for a galvanized sheet, includes, irradiating a laser beam while traveling at a laser traveling speed (v) mm/sec which leads a power per volume in unit time (P/øtv) of the laser beam within a range from 0.07 to 0.11 kWsec/mm3 when the laser beam has a power (P) which is not less than 7 kW and an irradiation spot diameter (ø) which is not less than 0.4 mm and a galvanized steel sheet has a thickness (t) mm, so that an elongated hole is formed in a molten pool extending backward from a laser irradiation spot at least in the steel sheet on the outer surface side, whereby metal vapor produced by laser irradiation is vented through the elongated hole backward in a laser traveling direction and in a direction towards a laser irradiation source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Tsukasa HAGIHARA, Takayoshi DAN
  • Publication number: 20110168683
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for processing a movable substrate by means of laser, wherein the processing results in the release of material separated from the substrate, wherein during processing of the substrate a higher pressure prevails on the side of the substrate where the substrate is impinged by the laser beam than on the other side of the substrate, and to a device for performing such a processing, wherein the device comprises guide means for guiding the substrate and laser processing means adapted to cast onto the substrate a laser spot which processes the substrate in a laser processing zone, and comprises means for generating a higher pressure on the side of the substrate where the substrate is impinged by the laser beam than on the other side of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION INTEGRATORS (IAI)B.V.
    Inventor: Johannes Ignatius Marie Cobben
  • Publication number: 20110168684
    Abstract: A weld current generating apparatus includes a voltage conversion circuit, a control circuit, and a charge/discharge circuit. The voltage conversion circuit receives an AC voltage from an AC voltage input terminal and converts the AC voltage to a DC voltage. The control circuit receives the DC voltage and outputs control signals. The charge/discharge circuit receives the DC voltage and is charged by the DC voltage or discharged according to the control signals. The charge/discharge circuit outputs a continuous weld current during discharging process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicants: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: LING-YU XIE
  • Publication number: 20110168685
    Abstract: A thermal pixel array stimulating device is disclosed providing flexibility between the different pixels of the array to enable wrapping of the device over a curved surface of the human body by connecting the pixel substrates by flexible material or linkages. The distance between the pixels may further optionally be adjustable. A controller may control the temperature pattern generated by the array. The controller may be programmable to provide a temperature pattern. Individual pixels may be provided with sensors to measure stimulus, with the outputs from such sensors being directed to data recordal and display devices. Stimulation modes provided may include at least one of vibratory stimulation, actuation stimulation, thermal stimulation or a combination of two or more of them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Prakash CRJ Naidu, Milos R. Popovic, Kshirsagar CJ Naidu
  • Publication number: 20110168686
    Abstract: An approach is provided for adaptively indicating users to operate a cartridge-type soldering iron with a proper setting temperature. The cartridge soldering iron assembly includes a sleeve and a color indicator. The sleeve coupled to a connector and a tip. The color indicator indicates a setting temperature of the tip, is disposed on an outer surface of the sleeve and is associated with the sleeve at a predetermined position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: Beijing Shimaichuang Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Joseph Zhuo LI
  • Publication number: 20110168687
    Abstract: A vehicular rearview assembly with a heating element. The heating element is affixed behind and in thermal communication with the mirror element of the assembly. The heating element includes a plurality of heating zones that operate in alternation according to a pre-determined time-sequence. A peripheral area of the mirror element is heated up to at least as high a temperature as an inner area of the mirror element. Switching the heating zones on and off so as to have only one heating zone on at a time is determined by a controlling circuitry at least a portion of which may be separated from the assembly and disposed in a different part of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: Gentex Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Door, Craig R. Myers
  • Publication number: 20110168688
    Abstract: A method for installing a heated piston into a cylinder sleeve that is initially smaller than the piston includes: receiving the engine block at a heating station, heating the engine cylinder sleeve with heated air for a predetermined time at a predetermined temperature such that a temperature of the cylinder sleeve is equal to or greater than a temperature of the piston, and inserting the piston into the heated cylinder sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Brent C. Rankin, Michael Bergman, Phillip Ford
  • Publication number: 20110168689
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an oven comprising a first chamber and a second chamber, which are separated by separation means, conveyor means for guiding products from the inlet through these chambers to the outlet, temperature control means for controlling the temperature in each chamber individually using a fluid, respectively, and means to adjust the flow distribution over the width of the conveyor means depending on at least one process parameter or recipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: CFS BAKEL B.V.
    Inventor: Hendrikus Antonius Jacobus Kuenen
  • Publication number: 20110168690
    Abstract: In a process in which cooking is performed under a first heating condition under which superheated steam produced by a steam heater (4) is supplied to a heating chamber (2) to heat an object to be heated (7), when a steam detector unit detects that there is no steam produced in a water reservoir part (105), a control unit (5) ceases power supply to a water heater (103), performs switching to a second heating condition under which cooking is to be performed without supply of steam, and continues the cooking by the steam heater (4), without supply of steam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Tomomura, Motoki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20110168691
    Abstract: A feed gas conditioner includes a pressure vessel that encloses at least part of a pre-heater. The pre-heater has an inlet for connection to a source of feed gas and an outlet for delivering the feed gas into the interior of the pressure vessel. An electrical heater element located within the pre-heater increases the temperature of the feed gas as it flows through the pre-heater. An expansion valve reduces the pressure of the feed gas as it flows from the pre-heater so as to initiate condensation. A super heater is at least partially located within the pressure vessel and has an inlet within the interior of the pressure vessel. A filter is in a flow path in the pressure vessel leading from the pre-heater heater to the super heater for removing condensate from the feed gas. An electrical heater element is in the super heater for heating the feed gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: Gaumer Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Jack L. McClanahan, Craig S. Tiras
  • Publication number: 20110168692
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical heating element which is in the form of a flat piece and has the following layers: a first ceramic substrate in a burnt state, a resistance layer composed of a resistance material which is applied to the first ceramic substrate, a low-melting-point glass layer, which completely covers the resistance layer 16, such that the resistance layer is an integral component of the glass layer, and a second ceramic substrate in a burnt state, which completely covers the glass layer. The invention also relates to a method for its production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: HE SYSTEM ELECTRONIC GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Klauss Assman, Armin Barnert
  • Publication number: 20110168693
    Abstract: A method of determining a welding process parameter for an object comprises subjecting a specimen removed from the object to a controlled specimen welding process, measuring a property of the specimen, and determining a welding process parameter associated with the object from the measured specimen property and the controlled specimen welding process. In one disclosed embodiment the method permits the determination of a welding process parameter of a full scale pipe by use of a specimen removed from the pipe, or a similar pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: TUBEFUSE APPLICATIONS V.O.F
    Inventors: Wayne RUDD, Denis BRADBURY, James BURNELL-GRAY, Per Thomas MOE, Kjell RABBEN, Bjorn HALMRAST, Jan Inge AUDESTAD
  • Publication number: 20110168694
    Abstract: An induction heating cooker includes a top plate adapted to have an object placed thereon, plural heating coils provided below a lower surface of the top plate, an inverter for supplying high-frequency power to the heating coils, a data memory, and a controller controlling the inverter. The data memory stores first and second heating coil patterns. Each of the first and second heating coil patterns defines one or more heatable regions and one or more non-heatable regions. The controller selects a heating coil pattern from the first and second coil patterns. The controller controls the inverter such that high-frequency power can be supplied to one or more first heating coils out of the plural heating coils located in the one or more heatable regions of the selected heating coil pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Sadakata, Atsushi Fujita, Makoto Imai, Yuta Miura, Shinichiro Sumiyoshi
  • Publication number: 20110168695
    Abstract: A radio-frequency heating apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes: radio-frequency power generation devices (101a, 101b, 101c) that radiate radio-frequency power at frequencies; and a control unit (150) that sets, for the radio-frequency power generation devices (101a, 101b, 101c), a combination of frequencies of the radio-frequency power to be radiated from the radio-frequency power generation devices (101a, 101b, 101c), and reverse flow power detection units (108a, 108b, 108c) in the respective radio-frequency power generation devices (101a, 101b, 101c) detect reflected power and through power separately, and the control unit (150) determines, based on phase and amplitude of the detected reflected power and through power, the combination of frequencies of the radio-frequency power to be generated by the radio-frequency power generation devices (101a, 101b, 101c) to heat an object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Okajima, Toshio Ishizaki
  • Publication number: 20110168696
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a computer with an electric heating unit, wherein the casing of a computer unit is integrated with an electric heating unit. The electric heating unit has an electric heating plane on the casing. The electric heating plane heats a heatable article placed on the casing. A support device is arranged on the casing to hold a heatable article preventing the heatable article from being accidentally knocked over.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: HANNSPREE, INC.
    Inventor: Wen-Hung Huang
  • Publication number: 20110168697
    Abstract: To aim to reduce ripple current flowing through a capacitor in a power converter apparatus including a converter, the capacitor and an inverter. A current sensor 6 is connected between a capacitor 5 and an inverter circuit 7 for detecting current Iinv flowing from the capacitor 5 to the inverter circuit 7. A frequency detecting subunit 11 performs fast Fourier transform on a waveform of the current Iinv to detect a frequency of a frequency component having the largest amplitude. Also, the frequency detecting subunit 12 detects a zero-cross point of the frequency component having the largest amplitude. Then a carrier signal control subunit 13 performs control such that a frequency and a rise time of a PWM carrier signal for driving the converter circuit 4 match the frequency and the zero-cross point that have been detected by the frequency detecting subunit 11 and the phase detecting subunit 12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Shun Kazama, Masaki Tagome, Makoto Kitabatake
  • Publication number: 20110168698
    Abstract: A construct for supporting a food item comprises a plurality of divider walls and a plurality of base panels. The divider walls are spaced from one another along a length of the construct. Each base panel is located between a pair of adjacent divider walls and connecting the adjacent divider walls. A microwave energy interactive element may overlie a surface of the construct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Colin FORD, Daniel J. Keefe
  • Publication number: 20110168699
    Abstract: In a microwave heating apparatus of the invention, microwaves from oscillation parts 1a, 1b are divided into a plurality of microwaves by power division parts 2a, 2b and inputted to amplification parts 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, and desired microwave powers from the amplification parts are supplied from feeding parts 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d to a heating chamber 8. Reflected powers reflected from the heating chamber to the amplification parts via the feeding parts are detected by power detection parts 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d. Each of the feeding parts has a plurality of antennas for supplying the microwaves having different characteristics to the heating chamber, and a control part 7 extracts an oscillating frequency with which the reflected powers detected by the power detection parts are minimum, and causes the oscillation parts to oscillate at the extracted oscillating frequency so as to supply the microwaves having the different characteristics from the plurality of antennas to the heating chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Oomori, Tomotaka Nobue, Kenji Yasui, Makoto Mihara
  • Publication number: 20110168700
    Abstract: An apparatus for heat treating manufactured components using microwave energy and microwave susceptor material is disclosed. The system typically includes an insulating vessel placed within a microwave applicator chamber. A moderating material is positioned inside the insulating vessel so that a substantial portion of the exterior surface of each component for heat treating is in contact with the moderating material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: BABCOCK & WILCOX TECHNICAL SERVICES Y-12, LLC
    Inventor: Edward B. Ripley
  • Publication number: 20110168701
    Abstract: A storage system for an emergency apparatus provided in a conveyance includes at least one structure-holder connectable to a structural component of the conveyance. A frame is attached to the at least one structure-holder, and a carrier is configured to receive the emergency apparatus. A locking apparatus has a locking position in which the carrier is fastened to the frame, and an unlocking position in which the carrier is detached from the frame. A belt element is fixedly connected to the carrier. A first end of a retaining belt is connectable to a structural component of the conveyance via a belt-winder, and a second end of the retaining belt is fastenable in a detachable manner via a belt lock to the belt element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Daniel Conen, Sebastian Westphal
  • Publication number: 20110168702
    Abstract: A collapsible bulk container for dry, flowable particulate material is provided with a frame to support a bottom wall having a discharge opening and a gate moveable between opened and closed positions relative to the discharge opening. Four side walls are pivotally connected to the frame, with the pivot axes being at different elevations, such that the side walls can be folded between an upright use position and a substantially flat storage position. Lid panels are pivotally connected to opposite side walls for moving between an open position adjacent the connected side wall and a closed position over the bottom wall. Multiple containers can be stacked one upon another in both the use and storage positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: WOODHAVEN CAPITOL CORP.
    Inventors: JUAN NEUFELD, BERNIE THIESSEN
  • Publication number: 20110168703
    Abstract: Limited flow cups are provided which deliver a metered amount of fluid to a user during a drinking motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: RELIANT MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Andrea Burke, Richard M. Davis, Gerald Melsky, David Porat, Jerry Porter
  • Publication number: 20110168704
    Abstract: A double-walled above-ground storage tank includes a primary tank and a secondary tank, and an interstitial space; an containment chamber formed by a primary chamber wall and a secondary chamber wall, forming a chamber interstitial space therebetween, and an exterior door assembly; and at least one pipe and valve assembly wherein the pipe originates in the tank interior volume and the valve is disposed within the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: PEARL POINT HOLDINGS LTD.
    Inventor: Russ HEBBLETHWAITE
  • Publication number: 20110168705
    Abstract: A fuel filler system for an automotive vehicle includes a filler pipe connected with a fuel tank and an interceptor mounted about an open end of the filler pipe, with the interceptor and filler pipe defining a generally annular contaminant collector having a drain extending from the collector. A filler cap closes both the open end of the filler pipe and the open end of the interceptor, so as to prevent ambient contamination from entering either the contaminant collector or the filler pipe. Removal of the filler cap from the filler pipe first causes venting of the fuel tank into the collector before a sealing condition between the filler cap and the interceptor is released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventor: Shahid Ahmed Siddiqui
  • Publication number: 20110168706
    Abstract: The invention relates to a material feed receptacle for a thick matter pump comprising a receptacle lower part and a receptacle top that is detachably connected to the receptacle lower part, a two-part front wall, a rear wall, two two-part lateral walls, an upwardly pointing material feed opening delimited by a peripheral edge, and a pipe junction, which is situated inside the receptacle, can, on the entry side, swivel in an alternating manner in front of the delivery cylinder openings and which, on the output side, leads to a pressure pipe. The invention provides that the receptacle top has an upper lateral wall part and upper lateral wall parts, which have free ends and which extend away from the front wall part. The invention also provides that the peripheral edge has a first edge part, which forms an upper edge of the receptacle top, and ha a second edge part on the receptacle lower part, which is situated on the rear wall and is joined to the first edge part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: Putzmeister Engineering GmbH
    Inventors: Gernot Göggelmann, Helmut Hurr, Markus Fritz
  • Publication number: 20110168707
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the invention provides a molten metal containment structure, including a vessel having an internal volume for containing molten metal and an open upper end. The structure further includes a cover for the vessel having an underside facing the internal volume, the cover being movable between a closed position, covering the open upper end of the vessel with the underside of the cover, and an open position in which the cover is remote from the open upper end of the vessel to allow access to the internal volume from one side of the structure. The cover is attached to at least one lifting arm (preferably two or more) and at least on rotation control arm (preferably two or more). The lifting arm(s) operates to guide the cover from the open position to the closed position, and vice versa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventor: Eric W. Reeves
  • Publication number: 20110168708
    Abstract: An overcap is provided for removably covering an access opening into the interior of a container. The opening in the container defines a peripheral rim and includes an outwardly projecting bead for releaseably retaining the overcap. The overcap is defined by a body portion formed to cover the opening of the container and a depending skirt. The skirt extends from the bottom surface of the body portion for a distance sufficient to cover the projecting bead of the container rim. An inwardly directed retaining ring is formed on an inside surface of the skirt for engagement with the projecting bead on the container. A vent is formed within the retaining ring to define a flow path past the retaining ring. The vent may be a spacing rib formed on the inside surface of the skirt with one or more flow channels formed within the retaining ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: Sonoco Development, Inc.
    Inventor: Keith E. Antal, SR.
  • Publication number: 20110168709
    Abstract: An easy-open beverage container which can be selectably reclosed and reopened, after it has been opened. A unitary opening and reclosure structure attached to the end wall by a hinge connection permitting selectable movement of the unitary member on a first path normal to the end wall and on a second path parallel to the wall. The end wall having a selectively separable region of predetermined weakness forming an openable panel recessed a limited distance below the level of the wall. A portion of the openable panel retained to the wall by a hinge formed by a disruption in the separable region on predetermined weakness. The recessed region being surrounded by a platform and side wall located a limited distance from the openable panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventor: Robert Andrew Wells
  • Publication number: 20110168710
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a closure for an aperture. More specifically, the present invention relates to a closure for an access aperture in a panel, such as a closure for an oil filter access aperture in an engine cover. The present invention comprises a single-piece rotatably-engageable access closure element having a plurality of tension arms and adapted to seal an access aperture having cutouts corresponding to each of the plurality of tension arms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Pal M. Molnar, Steven J. Wille, Tim E. Droege
  • Publication number: 20110168711
    Abstract: A drain cover with a locking mechanism which includes a cylindrical body with a first end, a second end, an end wall at the first end and a peripheral sidewall that extends between the first end and the second end. The peripheral sidewall has an exterior surface and an interior surface which define an interior bore. Rotatable fasteners extend from the end wall to the second end. Drain cover is adapted to fit into a pipe. A cam member extends radially from each rotatable fastener. The cam member is movable from a release position to a locking position upon rotation of each rotatable fastener such that in the release position the cam member is spaced from an interior wall of the pipe and in the locking position the cam member is engaged with the interior wall of the pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventor: Gabe Coscarella
  • Publication number: 20110168712
    Abstract: The invention provides a dispensing container including an outer casing having an open end, a top, a bottom, sidewalls extending between the top and bottom, and an interior compartment, wherein the outer casing further includes a depressible button in the top or bottom and at least one projection adjacent to the depressible button that extends into the interior compartment; and an inner tray slidably received within the interior compartment of the outer casing. The inner tray includes a first end received within the outer casing, an opposing second end extending outwardly from the outer casing, a flexible locking tab positioned proximal to the first end, and an opening adjacent to the flexible locking tab, the flexible locking tab including a first segment extending toward the second end of the inner tray and a second segment extending transversely from the first segment. The second segment is positioned to engage the projection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Ryan A. Bailey, John A. Gelardi
  • Publication number: 20110168713
    Abstract: In the area of manufacturing peel-off lids (28) out of lid rings with a peel-off foil (25) sealed on it, a part of the sealing surface (26) is bent up in the direction of the lid edge in order to tension the sealing surface with the peel-off foil. A clamping tool (30, 31) is provided in order to clamp the sealing surface with the peel-off foil and a pressing tool (35) in order to bend up the unclamped sealing surface section (26?).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: Soudronic AG
    Inventors: Marcel Oberholzer, Peter Schreiber
  • Publication number: 20110168714
    Abstract: A vent valve, and a vent valve assembly, for a liquid dispensing container, employ a vent disc having small open vent holes in cooperation with an overlying thin flexible flap that covers and closes the vent holes to limit liquid pressure on the holes when the container is upright, yet require little suction pressure to move the flap to draw liquid or vent through the holes. The vent valve can be used in a bottom cap that is attachable to the bottom open end of the container. The vent valve assembly includes such a bottom cap, a sealing member for sealing the bottom cap to the container, and a vent valve. The vent valve and/or bottom cap have an elevated vent disc and a top portion having the thin flexible flap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventor: Charles J. Renz
  • Publication number: 20110168715
    Abstract: A fuel tank cap for use with a fuel storage tank includes: a vapor storage receptacle; a purge path in fluid communication with the vapor storage receptacle; and a liquid discriminating membrane configured to be disposed at least in part between the vapor storage receptacle and fuel in the fuel storage tank. A fuel storage system includes: a fuel storage tank; a fill inlet connected to the fuel storage tank; and a fuel tank cap. The fuel tank cap includes: a vapor storage receptacle; a purge path in fluid communication with the vapor storage receptacle; and a liquid discriminating membrane configured to be disposed at least in part between the vapor storage receptacle and fuel in the fuel tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Lorenz Erdmann, Vaughn K. Mills
  • Publication number: 20110168716
    Abstract: A ground level closure (GLC) that can address deficiencies found with traditional pedestal installations is disclosed. The GLC can combine benefits of a sealed (e.g., hermetically sealed) system with functionality of a pedestal style enclosure. Additionally, the GLC can provide an ability to store slack cable in an internal cavity of the base assembly. Further, the GLC can provide simplified access to and isolation of grounding elements without disrupting the sealed portion (e.g., internal organizer assembly) of the enclosure during inspection and troubleshooting. Moreover, spacers can be employed to adjust height and/or angle of installation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: Preformed Line Products Company
    Inventors: Mark Stransky, Chris Grubish, Michael Avery
  • Publication number: 20110168717
    Abstract: A container for water-based paint. The container includes a housing having an open top with a seal surface extending around the open top. The housing defines a chamber and includes a vent opening open to that chamber. A flexible bag is disposed in the chamber and the bag includes an open top with a seal formed around the open top. This seal abuts against the seal surface on the housing. A lid is attached to the housing so that the lid covers the open top of the housing and compresses the seal against the seal surface. A dispensing opening is formed in the lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: Dedoes Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Boboltz, Sebastien Gouverneur
  • Publication number: 20110168718
    Abstract: An improved structure of trashcan includes a main body, a bearing seat, and a slipped-on cap. The main body being a container with chopped-head-cone in shape furnishes a plurality of recess portions at equal spaces at the bottom edge thereof and a fastening part inside and at the bottom thereof. The fastening part further includes an opening, a first flange, a second flange, and a sliding track. A neck part being formed at the top open end of the container has a plurality of perforations. The bearing seat, being a member capable of slipping in a roll of trash bag further includes a first wrapping part, a second wrapping part, a slot part, a first supporting end, and a second supporting end. The slipped-on cap being a wrapping member is capable of slipping on the neck part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Cheng-Yu TSAI, Chen-Hao Fan
  • Publication number: 20110168719
    Abstract: A lid with a compartment for housing a breath mint, pill, toothpick, or similar item. The lid may comprise a standard lid of various sizes and configurations as is known in the art, such as for a cup for coffee, tea, soda, or other food item, solid or liquid. The compartment or indentation may be open or closed, such as with a flap. If open, the indentation may be sized to securely hold a mint or other item until removed by the user. If a flap or similar cover is used, it may have a ridge, tab, protrusion or corner that the user can use to lift the flap or cover and expose the mint or other item. The indentation or compartment may be square, circular, oval, triangular, or other polygonal form. The flap or cover may be perforated for tearing off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventor: WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER LOTTERHOS
  • Publication number: 20110168720
    Abstract: A meal package includes a reusable bag and first and second inserts arranged in the reusable bag to form compartments. The first insert has a first side edge and a second side edge and includes bottom and top portions bent out-of-plane from a side portion at first and second score lines. The second insert has a top edge and a bottom edge and includes two side portions bent out-of-plane from a middle portion at first and second score lines. The bottom portion of the first insert is located adjacent a bottom of the bag and the side portion of the first insert is located adjacent a first side of the bag. The bottom edge of the second insert abuts an interior surface of the bottom portion of the first insert. An interior surface of the top portion of the first insert abuts the top edge of the second insert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: TARGET BRANDS, INC.
    Inventor: Joel L. Mesman
  • Publication number: 20110168721
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments provide a fiberglass (i.e., fiberglass-reinforced polymer) wastewater treatment tank that has at least one lower portion and an upper portion that are joined above the tank water line. The lower portion or portions is/are tapered to allow a plurality of tanks to be nested in a shipping configuration. The top portions may optionally be tapered to allow them to also nest during shipping. Interior tank elements such as clarifier walls, risers, BAT media, aerators, divider walls, piping, etc. can be stacked and shipped within the uppermost of the nested lower portions or possibly used as packing material between nested tanks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: Jet Inc.
    Inventors: Gary E. Waite, Trent M. Lydic, Terry A. Fischer
  • Publication number: 20110168722
    Abstract: A tank that may include an inner containment membrane defining a containment volume, an exterior structural shell enclosing the inner containment membrane, and a contingent containment membrane sandwiched between the shell and the inner membrane. The tank may further include a first insulation layer between the contingent membrane and the shell, and a second insulation layer between the inner membrane and the contingent membrane. The tank may further include first or second insulation layers that include a reinforcing beam comprised of foamed or block insulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Ned Baudat, Joe A. Nelson, II
  • Publication number: 20110168723
    Abstract: Reservoirs for fuel tanks, which can be filled via an opening that can be closed by a closing element, are already known. Such a closing element interacts with a sealing seat and is arranged on a bearing that is located in the region of the opening and is fixed to an edge area of the opening by at least two struts. In prior art, the opening, with the bearing and the struts, is often produced as a single-piece together with the reservoir and the base by injection moulding. A disadvantage thereof is that the struts can undergo material shrinkage during production, which leads to a tension of the struts between the edge area of the opening and the bearing. This can lead to an irregular deformation and hence to an uneven sealing seat, so that the closing element does not seal in a tight manner and that the valve has a leak. In the reservoir according to the invention, the sealing of the opening is improved by at least one strut not having a rectilinear form, thus obtaining elastic expansion compensation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Radek Malec, Vladimir Ptacek, Martin Ptacek, Martin Sykora, Josef Jarosik, Miloslav Gabris
  • Publication number: 20110168724
    Abstract: A security device protects the vulnerable portions or accessories of a bulk storage tank or container against unauthorized access. The device includes a housing that covers the vulnerable portions of the tank, the housing having two or more lockable doors that selectively permit access to the tank or container via two or more respective apertures. A first door is openable after unlocking a readily-accessible lock, while the second movable door is openable after an elongate lock member that is positioned internally within the housing is moved to an unlocking position. The elongate lock member can be moved to its unlocking position after the first door is opened. Certain tank operations, such as dispensing fuel, may be carried out after unlocking and opening a single door, while other operations, such as refilling the tank, may be accomplished after opening a second door once the first door has been opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: BURLINGAME INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventor: Mark W. Bruinius
  • Publication number: 20110168725
    Abstract: An autonomously rotating cookware adapted to more evenly cook a food item within a cooking space presenting variable temperatures, includes a rotatable member and a thermally activated active material element, such as a shape memory alloy wire, drivenly coupled to the member, such that heat by-product during the cooking process causes the element to activate and activating the element causes the member to rotate, so that the food item is alternatively exposed to the variable temperatures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventor: William J. Jacob
  • Publication number: 20110168726
    Abstract: A pressure vessel is provided including an inner tank formed from a tank liner surrounded by a wound layer of composite filaments. A protective jacket is disposed on the inner tank that facilitates stacking and portability of the pressure vessel and helps to define an air passage for convective heat transfer between the hybrid tank and the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: AMTROL Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Pedro Alexandre Queirós Oliveira Silva Vieira, José Adelino Pessoa Santos, José Manuel Castro Fernandes Portocarrero
  • Publication number: 20110168727
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a transport package which efficiently maintains payload temperature within a predetermined temperature range during delivery through regions having ambient temperatures outside the desired range. The transport package is used for transporting temperature sensitive materials and thermally protecting the materials from cold and hot ambient temperatures in a manner that does not require a power source or other mechanical devices. Aspects of the invention relate to a temperature maintaining packaging system having an outer container, thermal insulation materials and two or more different phase change materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: ENTROPY SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Preston Noel WILLIAMS, Henry Adolph COUSINEAU, III, Arnold Charles HILLMAN, Christian Peter KRAMER, David Nicholas LEGAS
  • Publication number: 20110168728
    Abstract: A fluid storage tank having opposite upper and lower ends, a tank wall extending between the ends, and an internal tie assembly to assist the tank wall to resist hydrostatic pressure induced by fluid in the tank, the internal tie assembly comprising an elongate tie having spaced apart couplings, and a plurality of retaining formations fixed to, or integrally formed on, an inner surface of the tank wall, wherein the couplings of said tie are arranged to be received in respective ones of said retaining formations to connect said tie to said tank wall so that said tie is able to resist outward deformation of said tank wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: BLUESCOPE STEEL LIMITED
    Inventors: Terry McDermott, Neil Wallace
  • Publication number: 20110168729
    Abstract: A portable container (1) is proposed, with a container body (2) which has a top (4), facing upwards in a first container alignment. A movable carrying handle (5) provided on the container body (2) may be moved from a not-in-use position close to the container body (2) into a position of use, so that it may be used to carry the container in the first container alignment. Also formed on the top (4) is an immovable additional carrying handle (6) formed by a side wall of a recess (38) which has an engaging recess (54) in which the fingers of one hand may engage in order to carry the container (1) in a second container alignment with its top (4) oriented to the side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: TTS TOOLTECHNIC SYSTEMS AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Koenig, Timo Kuhls, Raimund Schäffer, Lutz Wolle