Patents Issued in March 28, 2013
  • Publication number: 20130074689
    Abstract: A device for adsorption treatment of a fluid or fluid stream, comprising a container for receiving adsorber material, wherein the container has a fluid inlet opening and a fluid outlet opening, and two fluid connection devices, wherein one of the fluid connection devices is provided at the fluid inlet opening and the other one of the fluid connection devices is provided at the fluid outlet opening, wherein the fluid connection devices are locked in a fluid-tight manner and are designed in such a way that they can each be connected to a fluid line connector and unlocked and, if they are connected to the respective fluid line connector they can be unlocked or are unlocked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Georg Anfang, Christian Hamel, Norbert Modl
  • Publication number: 20130074690
    Abstract: A method for operating a dust collection device by reducing the adhesion of high-resistance dust while performing stable charging, with minimal pressure loss and high efficiency. The dust collection device comprises a pre-charging unit and a bag filter in a flue gas duct through which a gas flows, with the pre-charging unit disposed upstream from the bag filter, wherein the pre-charging unit comprises electrodes that charge the dust, a power source that supplies electric power to the electrodes, and a gas flow rate control device that adjusts the flow rate of the gas flowing through the pre-charging unit to a prescribed value. The method comprises a step of charging the dust by applying a voltage from the electrodes to the dust, and a step of removing the dust adhered to the electrodes by increasing the flow rate of the gas flowing through the pre-charging unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventors: Kazutaka Tomimatsu, Masaya Kato, Akiyoshi Namba, Yasutoshi Ueda
  • Publication number: 20130074691
    Abstract: A water-proof air-permeable filter (1) includes: a resin film (2) having formed therein a plurality of through pores (21); and a treated layer (3) having hydrophobicity and oil repellency, and formed on at least one of both surfaces in the thickness direction of the resin film (2) such that the treated layer (3) has openings (31) at positions corresponding to the through pores (21). The through pores (21) each have a predetermined size larger than or equal to 0.01 ?m and smaller than or equal to 10 ?m, and are uniformly distributed such that a density of the through pores falls within specific limits included in a range from 10 to 1×108 pores/mm2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoru Furuyama, Yozo Nagai, Junichi Moriyama
  • Publication number: 20130074692
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the separation of charged aerosols, in which the aerosol is, first of all, separated in a collector electrode, which can be flowed through under the effect of a space charge. For the production of a high electrical potential, electrical charges of the aerosol to be separated are subsequently collected on the collector electrode. Finally, the residual aerosol exiting from the collector electrode is guided through the separation zone at high field intensity. In accordance with the invention, the invention also relates to a device for the implementation of the above-stated process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventors: Christian Lübbert, Ulrich Riebel, Sergiy Lebedynskyy
  • Publication number: 20130074693
    Abstract: A method for treating a process gas with a liquid comprises contacting a process gas with a hygroscopic working fluid in order to remove a constituent from the process gas. A system for treating a process gas with a liquid comprises a hygroscopic working fluid comprising a component adapted to absorb or react with a constituent of a process gas, and a liquid-gas contactor for contacting the working fluid and the process gas, wherein the constituent is removed from the process gas within the liquid-gas contactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Christopher L. Martin, Ye Zhuang
  • Publication number: 20130074694
    Abstract: In a bubble-column vapor mixture condenser, a fluid source supplies a carrier-gas stream including a condensable fluid in vapor phase. The condensable fluid in liquid form is contained as a bath in a chamber in each stage of the condenser, and the carrier gas is bubbled through the bath to condense the fluid into the bath. The bubble-column vapor mixture condenser can be used, e.g., in a humidification-dehumidification system for purifying a liquid, such as water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Prakash Narayan Govindan, Gregory P. Thiel, Ronan K. McGovern, John H. Lienhard, Mostafa H. Elsharqawy
  • Publication number: 20130074695
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and systems for improving the utilization of energy in a cement manufacturing plant comprising an absorption based contaminant, e.g. CO2, capture process using thermal regeneration of a liquid absorbent. The methods and systems of the present invention are characterized in that the thermal regeneration of the liquid absorbent is at least partially effected using a hot exhaust gas stream generated in the kiln of the cement manufacturing plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventors: Nareshkumar B. Handagama, Rasesh R. Kotdawala, Ajay Vajpeyi
  • Publication number: 20130074696
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for treating water of the spray type, such as a deaerator or preheater. According to the invention the connection between the vessel (12) and the sprayer (34) and the supply of water to be treated comprises a pipe section (40) having a first open end in fluid communication with a treatment chamber and a second open end provided with a first flange (60) for connecting to a sprayer (34), the sprayer (34) comprising a sprayer flange (68) connected to said first flange (60), the sprayer flange (68) carrying the sprayer (34), which is in fluid communication with a connecting pipe (72) at one end thereof, the connecting pipe (72) extending through the first flange (60) to a coupling flange (74) for connection to the supply of water to be treated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: STORK THERMEQ B.V.
    Inventor: Jan Johan Averesch
  • Publication number: 20130074697
    Abstract: An air filter for electrical equipment includes metallic filter media including a first outer layer, an opposing second outer layer, and at least one inner layer disposed between the first outer layer and the opposing second outer layer, and a frame disposed along a perimeter edge of the filter media configured to retain the filter media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventors: Teri F. Verschoor, Glenn C. Simon, James D. Hensley, David G. Rohrer
  • Publication number: 20130074698
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to microwave filter air purification systems, methods of using the microwave filter air purification systems, microwave absorbing filter packs, methods of degrading a contaminant, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventors: Chang-Yu Wu, Wolfgang Sigmund, Chang Yul Cha, Johannes C.M. Marijnissen
  • Publication number: 20130074699
    Abstract: A clog indicating device indicating clogging of a dust collecting filter in a dust collector id disclosed. The dust collector includes on an upper region of its casing an exhaust port opening upward, and a cover member is mounted interspatially above the exhaust port. A colored indicating float is so located as to be movable upward between the exhaust port and the cover member due to pressure of an air exhausted from the exhaust port. Clogging of a dust collecting filter is indicated according to a degree of exposure or a position in an up and down direction of the indicating float between the exhaust port and the cover member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventors: Satoshi Sakuragi, Yoshifumi Kamakura
  • Publication number: 20130074700
    Abstract: A cooking appliance includes a base upon which a pot is supported, with a stirrer configured as a lid, for closing an open top of the pot. A tool coupled to a motorized drive of the stirrer extends downwardly into the pot. A heating element is coupled to the base and resiliently biased outwardly from the base to engage the base of the pot. A latch mechanism is provided for releasably connecting the pot to the base. The motorized drive includes a planetary gear set mounted coaxially with a pot axis, and a tool coupling is connected to a planet gear of the planetary gear set to drive the stirring tool in an orbital motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: HANG SHUN HING COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Man Fai CHEUNG
  • Publication number: 20130074701
    Abstract: A food processor has a container, a working piece for processing food material in the container, and a motor assembly for driving the working piece. The motor assembly includes an electric motor and a speed reduction gear unit connected between the motor and the working piece. The speed reduction gear unit includes a damper for isolating the motor from vibrations from the working piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: Johnson Electric S.A.
    Inventor: Johnson Electric S.A.
  • Publication number: 20130074702
    Abstract: Apparatus for cooking foods such as pasta and or rice including a container which receives a liquid to be heated, and a cooking strainer-basket that is partially submerged within the liquid and container for cooking of food. The container and basket having an oblong shape wherein the median length dimension is greater than the median width dimension. This shape provides for positioning of the basket within the container for cooking of the food, and then repositioning the basket above the liquid for straining of the food.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventor: Agostino Difante
  • Publication number: 20130074703
    Abstract: A food processing apparatus including a tank having an inlet end for receiving food product and an outlet end for discharging food product, the tank having a rotatable auger mounted in a compartment, the auger for advancing food product within the compartment from the inlet end toward the outlet end, the auger including flights having a flight wall with a radial edge, a clearance space being defined between the radial edge of the flights and a solid, imperforate wall portion of an inner wall. One of the inner wall and the flight wall may include a perforated wall portion. A transition zone includes a moveable surface to contain food product while in use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: LYCO MANUFACTURING, INC.
    Inventor: Daniel D. Maupin
  • Publication number: 20130074704
    Abstract: A cooking device includes: a base; a rotation transmission member mounted rotatably on the base and having a cylindrical surrounding wall that defines an annular top transmission face; a plurality of holding shafts supported rotatably on the base; a plurality of driven wheels secured to and extending radially from the holding shafts, respectively, each of the driven wheels having an outer end face engaging the top transmission face in such a manner to drive rotation of each of the holding shafts upon rotation of the rotation transmission member; and a driving member for driving rotation of the rotation transmission member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventor: Shan-Shao Huang
  • Publication number: 20130074705
    Abstract: A flipping grilling grate includes a primary grate member with a food contact surface and four pivot posts formed in diametrically opposed pairs. The grilling grate also includes a secondary grate member with a food contact surface and four pivot post formed in diametrically opposed pairs. A first pair of opposed pivot posts on the primary grate member mate with a first pair of opposed pivot posts on the secondary grate member and a second pair of opposed pivot posts on the primary grate member mate with a second pair of opposed pivot posts on the secondary grate member when the primary and secondary grate members are assembled together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventor: Robert J. Ciaciura
  • Publication number: 20130074706
    Abstract: The invention refers to a mechanical food treatment processor comprising a driving block topped by a bowl unit. The driving block comprises a motor connected to a rotation driving device configured to move a food treatment tool. The bowl unit comprises a functional element electrically supplied via an electric circuit connecting the bowl unit and the driving block. The electric circuit comprises at least two contacts between the bowl unit and the driving block. At least one of the contacts is achieved by the contact of two electrical contact surfaces, respectively located on an external surface of the bowl unit and on an external surface of the driving block. Each of the two electrical contact surfaces is substantially leveled with the external surface of the bowl unit or of the driving block. Such a configuration facilitates the cleaning of the external surfaces of the processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: HAMEUR S.A.
    Inventor: HAMEUR S.A.
  • Publication number: 20130074707
    Abstract: A horizontal juicer for extracting juice from a food includes a base housing a motor and an extracting unit. The extracting unit is disposed adjacent the base. The horizontal juice includes a compression chamber having at least one first strainer disposed at a first end of the compression chamber, at least one second strainer disposed at a second end of the compression chamber. An intermediate portion is disposed between the at least one first strainer and the at least one second strainer. An auger is disposed in the compression chamber. The auger has a blade disposed spirally around a first end of the auger and a plurality of ribs disposed at a second end of the auger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: GREENFIELD WORLD TRADE, INC.
    Inventor: Greenfield World Trade, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130074708
    Abstract: A vertical juicer adapted to extract juice from a food including a bowl and a motor connected to the bowl. The vertical juicer also has a filter disposed in the bowl, an auger disposed in the filter, and a brush disposed between the bowl and the filter. A gear system includes a first gear disposed on the auger and a second gear disposed on the brush. Actuation of the auger by the motor causes the auger and first gear to rotate, and rotation of the first gear causes the second gear to rotate. Rotation of the second gear causes the brush to rotate around the filter and remove a food residue from the filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: GREENFIELD WORLD TRADE, INC.
    Inventor: GREENFIELD WORLD TRADE, INC.
  • Publication number: 20130074709
    Abstract: A bale turning apparatus for attachment to a baler to generally align the cylindrical of the bales in each row as the bales are released from the baler. Using the disclosed invention, the bales are essentially turned ninety degrees from the orientation of bales from the position that they are typically released from a round baler. By accomplishing this general alignment of the cylindrical axis of each bale in each row, when baling corn stover or other row crops, the bale loading operation can later be done more efficiently by driving down the rows in the same direction as the combine and baler have traveled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: FORAGE INNOVATIONS B.V.
    Inventor: Forage Innovations B.V.
  • Publication number: 20130074710
    Abstract: Provided is a low-cost servo press promoting energy saving by driving a press machine by a driving system suited for the magnitude of a load on a worked object. It includes a first motor coupled to a slide drive shaft to ascend/descend a slide, a second servo motor driving a flywheel, a clutch coupling/decoupling the second servo motor to/from the slide drive shaft, and a press controller controlling rotation of the first and second servo motors and coupling/decoupling of the clutch. The press controller controls to decouple the clutch when the press is small-loaded, thereby ascending/descending the slider by driving the first servo motor, and to couple the clutch when the press is large-loaded, thereby ascending/descending the slider by driving the first and second servo motors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: AIDA Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Kuboe, Akira Yamanouchi
  • Publication number: 20130074711
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a press apparatus for an electrode, includes, a press unit configured to compress an electrode sheet includes a first region formed with an electrode layer on a surface thereof and a second region on which the electrode layer is not formed, and a stretching unit includes a stretching member, which comprises a projecting surface located opposite the electrode sheet and projecting toward the electrode sheet, in a position corresponding to the second region, a retracted surface retracted from the electrode sheet relative to the projecting surface, in a position corresponding to the first region, and a relief surface retracted away from the electrode sheet, in a position corresponding to an edge portion of the electrode sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventors: Ikuo UEMATSU, Masaomi NAKAHATA
  • Publication number: 20130074712
    Abstract: Various systems for compressing and loading an expandable medical device into a sheath are disclosed. One system comprises an array of moveable blades radially disposed about a central axis and forming a radially contractible aperture. The blade array includes at least a first plurality of blades and a second plurality of blades. The first plurality of blades is independently moveable with respect to the second plurality of blades. Additional aspects of the invention include methods of using the various compressor systems to compress and load an expandable medical device into a sheath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventor: COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
  • Publication number: 20130074713
    Abstract: A leveling machine for rolled-up tablets has a base, a mounting frame and a wheel-leveling device. The base has two sideboards faced each other and each sideboard has a spindle hole. The mounting frame is rotatably mounted in the base between the sideboards and has a spindle, an adjusting motor, two mounting boards and a bottom cylinder. The spindle is rotatably mounted in the spindle holes of the sideboards. The adjusting motor is mounted securely on the corresponding sideboard to drive the spindle. The mounting boards are respectively, obliquely and securely mounted around the spindle near the sideboards. The bottom cylinder is rotatably mounted around the spindle between the mounting boards. The wheel-leveling device is connected to the mounting frame and has two top cylinder mounts, a cylinder, a top cylinder, two pushing mounts and two telescopic drivers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventor: Steven LAI
  • Publication number: 20130074714
    Abstract: A scoring and weighting system and method for providing print device selection on the basis of product characteristics that are specified for a print product is provided. The system determines the properties of one or more printing devices in relation to the product characteristics. The printing devices have one or more print mediums for providing the print product. A score is derived by determining a status respecting the conformity of the one or more print mediums to the product characteristics and evaluating the one or more printing devices' properties. Associating that score with each of the one or more printing device. Also, associating the print product with a print job and utilizing the score to route the print job to one of the one or more printing devices to produce the print product on one of the one or more print mediums.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: FUJIFILM North America Corporation
    Inventor: FUJIFILM North America Corporation
  • Publication number: 20130074715
    Abstract: A moving-out and adjustment device for screens is revealed. The moving-out and adjustment device is applied to screen printing machines and having a frame, two sliding member and an adjustment mechanism. The frame consists of an upper frame and a lower frame. The two sliding members are disposed on two sides of the upper frame symmetrically and a screen is mounted between the two sliding members. Thus the screen is moved from a printing position of a screen printing machine horizontally by the sliding members. The bending and deformation of the screen can be avoided. The adjustment mechanism is arranged at the frame and having a first moving unit and a second moving unit. By operating the first moving unit and the second moving unit, the upper frame is moved in both the X direction and the Y direction in the X-Y plane in relation to the lower frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventor: Tung-Chin CHEN
  • Publication number: 20130074716
    Abstract: A pattern of a reaction gas flow passage in a separator plate of a fuel cell is formed by screen printing with high accuracy. The invention relates to a method of producing a separator plate for fuel cell, the method including forming a partition wall (11) having a predetermined pattern which is to be a reaction gas flow passage on a base plate (10a), wherein two or more coats of an ink composition containing a conductive material are laminated on the base plate by screen printing to form conductive ink layers (11a to 11c) having a predetermined thickness as the partition wall (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicants: Paramount Energy Laboratory Ltd., Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial Technology Research Instititute
    Inventors: Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial Technology Researc, Paramount Energy Laboratory Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20130074717
    Abstract: A relief printing plate includes: a plate material; and a relief formed on the plate material. The relief includes: a cap part including the top face; and a frustum part configured to support the cap part. The cap part includes: the top face including a flat surface parallel to a horizontal plane orthogonal to a gravitational direction when the top face is oriented upward; a cap chamfered part including a flange part of the top face, the flange part at least partially chamfered to form a curved surface not perpendicular to the top face; and a cap steep part formed downward from the cap chamfered part in the gravitational direction at a steep angle nearly perpendicular to the top face. The frustum part has a shape thicker than the cap steep part, and a cross sectional area of the frustum part gradually increases toward a bottom of the relief.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventors: Norimasa SHIGETA, Hirokazu Kondo, Takeshi Kiso
  • Publication number: 20130074718
    Abstract: A laser-engraveable flexographic printing precursor or patternable element comprises a laser-engraveable layer having two orthogonal dimensions. This laser-engraveable layer comprises one or more elastomeric resins and non-metallic fibers that are oriented in the laser-engraveable layer predominantly in one of its two orthogonal dimensions. The non-metallic fibers have an average length of at least 0.1 mm and an average diameter of at least 1 ?m. The oriented non-metallic fibers reduce curl and shrinkage in the precursor and improve print quality and press life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventors: Ido Gal, Ophira Melamed
  • Publication number: 20130074719
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for producing a sleeve printing plate which is attached to a cylinder of a printing apparatus, including a notch forming step in which, a laser beam is irradiated to the sleeve element assembly while rotating a sleeve element assembly attached to a rotating drum together with the rotating drum, thereby forming a positioning notch which is engaged with a guide pin erected on the cylinder and an image pattern forming step in which the laser beam is irradiated to the sleeve element assembly while rotating the sleeve element assembly attached to the same rotating drum as that of the notch forming step together with the rotating drum, thereby forming an image pattern to be printed on a work piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: Universal Can Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Hanafusa, Hiroaki Hashimoto, Naoto Honda
  • Publication number: 20130074720
    Abstract: A printing device includes a head unit having a print head and a sensor that detects a presence or an absence of a sheet, a drive unit that causes the head unit to move to a width direction orthogonal to a feeding direction of the sheet, and a control unit controlling a position of the print head to the sheet based on a detection result of the sensor, wherein the control unit executes a first control that obtains the detection result of the sensor whenever the head unit moves only a first interval to a specific direction from a reference position and a second control that, when a change from the presence to the absence of the sheet is detected by the sensor during the first control, obtains the detection result of the sensor whenever the head unit moves only a second interval that is shorter than the first interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Junichi YAMAUCHI
  • Publication number: 20130074721
    Abstract: A method includes creating a stream of uniquely-addressed mail pieces on a web offset press by printing on sections of a web, separating the sections of the web, and printing unique address information on each section of the press-printed material. The unique address is printed by a variable printer according to a mail file of intended recipients. The stream of uniquely-addressed mail pieces is conveyed in a shingled formation. An on-press conversion of the stream of uniquely-addressed mail pieces into a plurality of batches of stacked mail pieces is performed, each batch containing only mail pieces belonging to a common mail delivery group. The on-press conversion includes controlling via the controller the creation of batch separation points among the mail pieces according to the mail file, conveying the stream of mail pieces in the shingled formation into a stacking device, and stacking the mail pieces with the stacking device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventors: Donald S. Terkel, Kenneth J. Frohmader, Kip Rohde, Gary J. Schermer
  • Publication number: 20130074722
    Abstract: An igniter includes a housing having a first end with an opening, a second end opposite the first end, a longitudinal axis extending from the first end to the second end, and a top surface with a Weakened area. The igniter may further include a pyrotechnic material disposed within the housing, a header having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, and a bridge element provided on the first end of the header and having lead wires on the second end of the header. The first end of the header may be inserted into the opening of the housing in a first direction so as to force the header against the pyrotechnic material. Flow of current through the bridge element heats the bridge element and ignites the pyrotechnic material, which causes the weakened area to rupture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: EAGLEPICHER TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Mark ANDERSEN, Steve BRANDON, Jim FERRARO, James KELLEY, Grant TOLLEFSON
  • Publication number: 20130074723
    Abstract: A fuze includes a shell, a plunger a firing pin unit, a spring, a receptacle, a plurality of detents, a detonation unit and a restraint unit. The plunger is movably provided in the shell. The firing pin unit is movably provided in the shell, in the vicinity of the plunger. The spring is compressed between the plunger and the firing pin unit. The receptacle is provided in the shell and movably connected to the firing pin unit. The detents are movably provided between the firing pin unit and the receptacle. The detonation unit is movably provided in the receptacle opposite to the detents. The restraint unit is provided in the shell and movably connected to the detonation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology, Armaments, Bureau, Ministry of National Defense
    Inventors: Li-Tin Chiang, Chun-Wei Chiu, Kuei-Ju Lee
  • Publication number: 20130074724
    Abstract: The invention provides in some aspects a transport system comprising a guideway with a plurality of propulsion coils disposed along a region in which one or more vehicles are to be propelled. One or more vehicles are disposed on the guideway, each including a magnetic flux source. The guideway has one or more running surfaces that support the vehicles and along which they roll or slide. Each vehicle can have a septum portion of narrowed cross-section that is coupled to one or more body portions of the vehicle. The guideway includes a diverge region that has a flipper and an extension of the running surface at a vertex of the diverge. The flipper initiates switching of vehicle direction at a diverge by exerting a laterally directed force thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: MAGNEMOTION, INC.
    Inventor: MAGNEMOTION, INC.
  • Publication number: 20130074725
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a non-curable coating composition which is used for preventing adhesion of various sticky substances to the surfaces of substrates. The non-curable coating composition contains a carboxy-modified silicone represented by the following general formula (1) and an epoxy/oxyalkylene-modified silicone represented by the following general formula (2) in a weight ratio ranging from 1:2 to 1:30, and further comprising an oxyalkylene-modified silicone having an HLB of 10 or more, represented by the following general formula (3): R3SiO (R2SiO)m(RASiO)nSiR3 (1) R3—pXpSiO (R2SiO)x(RX—SiO)y(RYSiO)zSiXqR3—q (2) R3—pYpSiO (R2SiO)a(RYSiO)bSiYqR3-q (3) wherein each R?C1—6 alkyl; A=carboxy-containing group; m=0 to 1,000; n=2 to 100; X=epoxy-containing group; Y=oxyethylene-containing group; p=0 to 1; q=0 to 1; x=0 to 500; y=1 to 100; z=1 to 300; a=0 to 100; b=0 to 50; and p+q+b=1 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Kojima, Masaru Ozaki, Tsunehito Sugiura, Seiji Hori
  • Publication number: 20130074726
    Abstract: The present invention provides a printing ink dryer including a fatty acid manganese salt (A) and an aminoalcohol (B) represented by general formula (1) below. The printing ink dryer exhibits drying performance equivalent to or higher than the excellent drying performance possessed by cobalt metal carboxylates with using a smaller amount of a cobalt metal soap concerned about the influences on human bodies or without using the cobalt metal soap. (In the formula, R1 and R2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, X1 and X2 each independently represent an alkylene group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms, and Y represents —NR3— (wherein R3 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms) or an oxygen atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: DIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeki Matsunaga, Takanori Ohtsubo
  • Publication number: 20130074727
    Abstract: A water-in-oil (W/O) emulsion ink having an ejection performance suitable for inkjet printing and superior storage stability at high temperature includes as emulsifiers, a polyglyceryl fatty acid ester (A) having a fatty acid moiety is isostearic acid or oleic acid with an HLB value of 7-14 and a glycerol polymerization degree of not less than 4, at least one nonionic surfactant (B) selected from (B-a) an esterification product of an organic compound with 3-5 hydroxyl groups and a fatty acid having 18 carbon atoms, (B-b) an alkyl glyceryl ether, (B-c) a diterpene alcohol and (B-d) a sucrose fatty acid ester having an HLB value of not more than 13.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyuki ANDO, Naofumi Ezaki, Shinichiro Shimura
  • Publication number: 20130074728
    Abstract: To provide metal microparticles, with less content of alkali metal, halogen, sulfur, and phosphorus as impurities, wherein surfaces thereof are coated with a protective agent, and the protective agent is selected from at least one type of an amine compound and a calboxylic acid compound, and a total content of the alkali metal, halogen, sulfur, and phosphorus contained in the metal microparticles is less than 0.1 mass % relative to a mass of the metal microparticles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: HITACHI CABLE, LTD.
    Inventor: HITACHI CABLE, LTD.
  • Publication number: 20130074729
    Abstract: The present invention provides a functionally dry warm mix asphalt binder composition modified with lubricating agents or additives that can be mixed with aggregate and compacted at temperatures substantially below asphalt binder compositions that do not contain the disclosed lubricating additives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: A.L.M. Holding Company
    Inventor: A.L.M. Holding Company
  • Publication number: 20130074730
    Abstract: A composition for manufacturing a composite of a non-oxide ceramic matrix and a refractory phase within the non-oxide ceramic matrix includes a preceramic polymer for forming a non-oxide ceramic matrix and a refractory material dispersed within the preceramic polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wayde R. Schmidt, Tania Bhatia Kashyap, Xia Tang, David C. Jarmon, Owen B. Donahue, JR.
  • Publication number: 20130074731
    Abstract: The invention relates to a stable, highly concentrated, aqueous suspension of nanoparticles, particularly of titanium dioxide particles, a method for production, and use of the suspension, e.g. for coating or impregnation, or as an additive in organic or inorganic matrices. The suspension contains a first dispersant based on a polymeric alkoxylate and a second dispersant selected from the group of amino alcohols. The suspension is preferably characterized by the fact that its stability is preserved even during and after vigorous dispersion in an attrition mill and no increase in viscosity occurs. In a preferred embodiment, the viscosity declines by up to 10 to 50% as a function of the milling time. In a further embodiment, the suspension can be dried and subsequently redispersed, without the state of dispersion deteriorating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: Kronos International, Inc.
    Inventors: Ina Metz, Christian Scheidt, Stephan-Peter Blob
  • Publication number: 20130074732
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an in-line mixer for mixing a plurality of fluids to produce a mixed product. The mixer includes one or more mixing chambers, an impeller in each of the mixing chambers, one or more inlets coupled to injection valves for conveying the fluids into the mixing chamber, and an outlet for conveying the mixed product out of the mixing chamber. The in-line mixer is well suited to components, such as those used in making automotive OEM and refinish paints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventor: Antonio RETAMAL
  • Publication number: 20130074733
    Abstract: Solid waste of metallic or plastic composition is cleansed of contaminants by solvent extraction using a combination of primary solvent and co-solvents that may be pressurized and heated to above the critical state. The process is particularly applicable to the remediation of solids contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls. Contamination can be reduced to less than two parts per million (by weight).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventors: Lalit Chordia, Jose L. Martinez, Bhishmakumar Desai
  • Publication number: 20130074734
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the surface modification of titanium dioxide pigment and to its use, particularly in coatings, for interior and exterior walls (emulsion paints) and in water-borne paint systems. The method for surface modification is based on a titanium dioxide pigment that has been provided with a fluffily structured surface coating and where the fluffily structure of the surface coating is at least partially compacted, preferably by exposing the pigment particles to high shear and impact forces. The pigment particles are preferably coated with silicon oxide and/or aluminium oxide. The method according to the invention preferably reduces the specific surface area (BET) by roughly 30%. The pigment according to the invention can be used to optimise the rheological properties and the open time of the paint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventors: Uwe Wilkenhoner, Jurgen Bender
  • Publication number: 20130074735
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a process for producing purple-blue natural pigment containing violacein and its derivative (deoxyviolacein) using Chromobacterium sp. NIIST-CKK-01 (MTCC 5522, NCIM 5341; Genbank Accession No. FJ982784). The method comprises the steps of maintaining and growing the bacterium in a specific medium under defined conditions of pH, temperature and agitation. At the end of incubation, pigment and biomass is separated from the culture broth, pigment is recovered from the biomass through solvent extraction and finally pigment is concentrated by drying.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC & INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH
    Inventor: Krishnakumar Bhaskaran
  • Publication number: 20130074736
    Abstract: This invention relates to a new class of chemical admixtures for hydraulic cement compositions such as pastes, mortars, grouts and concretes. The cement compositions are comprised of ordinary Portland cement, blended cements, or non-Portland cements made with Supplementary Cementitious Materials. The admixtures contain complexes of metals with derivatives of hydroxycarboxylic acids, and improve properties of cement compositions, including setting, hardness, compressive strength, shrinkage, and freeze-thaw resistance. The invention discloses a method for improving the properties of hydraulic cements by adding the disclosed chemical admixtures to cement compositions, and also discloses methods of preparing said admixtures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventor: Iqbal Gill
  • Publication number: 20130074737
    Abstract: A wallboard, a method of preparing a wallboard, and a method of making a gypsum slurry to prepare a wallboard are provided. The wallboard includes a set gypsum dihydrate derived substantially from a non-fibrous form of calcium sulfate and selected from the group consisting of anhydrous gypsum and gypsum hemihydrate. The wallboard also includes an aerogel dispersed in the gypsum dihydrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC
    Inventor: Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC
  • Publication number: 20130074738
    Abstract: The method of production of polymeric construction material from flotation waste originating from copper ore flotation and waste sulfur is described. The method includes mixing of 20-50% by weight of waste sulfur which is combined with 10-50% by weight of flotation waste from flotation of copper ore and 3-25% by weight of waste phosphogypsum as pH regulator. Finally, 10-40% by weight of mineral filler is added. The mixing occurs at a temperature of 130-150 degrees Celsius and the mixing lasts for about 30 minutes with rotational speed of an agitator of 20 rpm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2010
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventors: Wlodzimierz Myslowski, Andrzej Janiczek