Patents Issued in January 2, 2014
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Publication number: 20140000501Abstract: Boat cabin construction, which can be built in significantly short time, is low cost and suitable for decorative modifications.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2012Publication date: January 2, 2014Inventor: Mehmet Nevres Ulgen
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Publication number: 20140000502Abstract: The disclosure reduces vertical movement of a floating offshore platform by including a centralized open keel plate coupled to the hull that allows water below and above the keel plate. As the floating platform moves vertically, the keel plate separates the water and causes drag on the platform. The water moving vertically with the plate also increases the dynamic mass. The drag results in less vertical movement of the offshore platform without the need to extend legs of the platform to gain an equivalent reduction in vertical movement. The added dynamic mass increases the natural period of the vertical motion away from the wave excitation period to minimize the wave driven motion. The keel plate generally is above or at the same level of the keel, and therefore would not reduce the clearance between the seabed and the keel of the hull at the quayside.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2012Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: TECHNIP FRANCEInventor: Chan Kyu YANG
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Publication number: 20140000503Abstract: An elongate anchor arm is rotatably secured to the side of a boat so that the arm may be rotated down from the floating boat and locked into engagement with the water bottom. An anchoring and/or orienting effect is achieved by rotating and locking the arm such that a portion of the side of the arm is forced into and held against the water bottom. For anchoring in water deeper than the length of the anchor arm, one end of a flexible anchor line is secured to a conventional line-deployed anchor and the other line end is attached to the far end of the anchor arm. The arm is rotated to achieve the anchoring and/or orienting effect of attaching the anchor line at different points on the boat.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2012Publication date: January 2, 2014Inventors: Carlos A. Torres, Rainer Kuenzel
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Publication number: 20140000504Abstract: Watercraft having a hull and a stern and including at least two additional floaters stretching out at the stern of a watercraft, wherein the additional floaters form a U at the stern of the watercraft, wherein the additional floaters and the hull each include bottoms and the bottoms of the additional floaters are positioned above the hull bottom, and wherein the bottoms of the additional floaters are stepped by one or more steps.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Inventor: Peter A. MUELLER
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Publication number: 20140000505Abstract: A towing apparatus comprises a structural assembly extending between opposing first and second bases for pivoting between operating and stored positions. A locking assembly includes a pin in each base and a hook carried at opposing ends of the structural assembly. A cam is pivotally connected to the hook for movement between locked and released positions. In the locked position, the hook is secured to the pin for preventing rotation of the structural assembly. In the released position, the hook is spaced from the pin to permit rotation of the structural assembly. The hook is rotatable with the cam from the released position to adjacent the pin by rotation of a shaft and slidable along the pin into the locking position by a continued shaft rotation. A cable is attached between the base and a spring within the structural assembly for biasing the structural assembly toward the operating position.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: Roswell Wake-AirInventors: Robert Oswell, Richard Behnke, George Cant
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Publication number: 20140000506Abstract: A counting device includes a shaft, a handle affixed to a first end of the shaft, and a locking unit mounted in the handle spaced from the shaft. A locking plate has an opening for accommodating the shaft. The locking plate has a plurality of recesses facing the locking unit for cooperating with the locking unit. A position indicating assembly is coupled to the shaft to move as the handle is rotated. The recesses are arranged in a circular pattern on the locking plate such that the locking unit engages each recess as the handle is rotated around the shaft. The recesses are configured to permit one-way rotation of the handle.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2012Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: DANA PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Harry Bala, Mark Bala
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Publication number: 20140000507Abstract: Chemical indicator apparatuses containing one or more chemical indicators for use in monitoring the quality of water in an aquatic environment. The apparatuses are designed and configured to be submersible in the water that is being monitored. In some embodiments, each apparatus includes a plurality of immobilized-dye-based chemical indicators that undergo a physical change as levels of one or more constituents of the water change. Such indicators can be read by one or more suitable optical readers. These and other embodiments are designed and configured to be movable by a corresponding monitoring/measuring apparatus, for example, via a magnetically coupled drive. Also disclosed are a variety of features that can be used to provide a chemical indicator apparatus with additional functionalities.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2012Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: STEP AHEAD INNOVATIONS, INC.Inventor: Step Ahead Innovations, Inc.
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Publication number: 20140000508Abstract: A needle indicator assembly that includes a pointer formed at least in part of magnetized material, and configured to rotate about an axis and thereby define an area swept by the pointer. The assembly also includes a plurality of electromagnets arranged around a perimeter of the area, said electromagnets operable to urge the pointer to point in a desired direction. An instrument panel equipped this needle assembly overlying a reconfigurable display gives the appearance that the pointer is floating above the display, and the means by which the pointer is moved is not readily apparent.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2012Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Steven A. Liburdi, Stephen C. Blackmer
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Publication number: 20140000509Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor crystal removal apparatus which realizes effective removal of a semiconductor crystal from a crucible through rapid melting of a solidified flux, and a method for producing a semiconductor crystal. The semiconductor crystal removal apparatus includes a crucible support for supporting a crucible so that the opening of the crucible is directed downward; a heater for heating the crucible supported on the crucible support; and a semiconductor crystal receiving net for receiving a semiconductor crystal falling from the opening of the crucible. The semiconductor crystal removal apparatus further includes a determination portion for determining removal of the semiconductor crystal on the basis of a change in weight through falling of the semiconductor crystal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Inventors: Shiro YAMAZAKI, Seiji NAGAI, Miki MORIYAMA
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Publication number: 20140000510Abstract: A spray gun (31) is attached to a multi-function unit (32) movable in a horizontal direction and a perpendicular direction. The spray gun (31) is mounted to a support holder (33), and the support holder (33) is connected to a support arm (35) of the multi-function unit (32). The support arm (35) is attached to a unit cover (36) which is openable/closable with respect to a casing (2). The support holder (33) and the support arm (35) can hide and house a liquid hose and an air hose therein so that the hoses and the like are arranged in an apparatus in such a state as to be completely free from being exposed. An installation position of the spray gun (31) can be finely adjusted by the multi-function unit (32) during a coating process, thereby enabling a control for keeping constant distances between tablet surfaces and the spray gun (31).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: FREUND CORPORATIONInventors: Yasutoyo FUSEJIMA, Takuya NAKAMURA, Takashi TERADA, Shigemi ISOBE
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Publication number: 20140000511Abstract: A coating module is suitable to coat a liquid onto a substrate and includes two plates and a diversion structure, in which there is a slot between the plates, and the slot has a slot inlet and a slot outlet, and one of the plates has an injecting port. The diversion structure makes the injecting port communicated with the slot inlet, in which the liquid is configured to enter the diversion structure via the injecting port, and flow to the slot inlet through the diversion structure, then flow into the slot via the slot inlet and then outflows from the slot via the slot outlet to be coated onto the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITYInventors: An-Bang Wang, Yu-Wen Hsieh, Yu-Ju Liu
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Publication number: 20140000512Abstract: The invention relates to a roller drive device for use in a deposition system for manufacturing a photovoltaic device having a substrate (12), the roller drive device comprising a roller means (9) and a cover means (1), whereby the roller means is arranged slidable along a roller means axis (11) between a rolling position and a retracting position, whereby the roller means is configured for transporting the substrate in the rolling position, the cover means is arranged slidable along a cover means axis (2) between a shielding position and an opening position, whereby, if the roller means is in the retracting position, the cover means is configured for shielding the roller means against contamination by a substance present in the deposition system in the shielding position, and the roller means axis and the cover means axis are arranged tilted to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2012Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: OERLIKON SOLAR AG, TRUBBACHInventors: Michael Clauss, Silvio Jaeger, Alexander Fornaro, Guido Castelmur, Liberato Raffaele
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Publication number: 20140000513Abstract: Improved apparatus and methods for filtering and applying coating fluids onto substrates. The apparatus and methods are useful for casting embossed sheeting, and in fluid application dies. Improved fluid filtration methods, apparatus, elements and media are also disclosed. An apparatus and method for collection of mist generated in high speed liquid film splitting processes are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Inventors: William K. Leonard, John W. Louks
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Publication number: 20140000514Abstract: The invention provides coating units, heat-treating units, and a first main transport mechanism for transporting substrates to each of these treating units. The substrates are transferred from the first main transport mechanism to a second main transport mechanism through a receiver. When a substrate cannot be placed on the receiver, this substrate is placed on a buffer. Thus, the first main transport mechanism can continue transporting other substrates. The other substrates in the treating units are transported between the treating units without delay, to receive a series of treatments including coating treatment and heat treatment as scheduled. This prevents lowering of the quality of treatment for forming film on the substrates.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: Sokudo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Ogura, Kenya Morinishi, Tsuyoshi Mitsuhashi, Yasuo Kawamatsu, Yoshiteru Fukutomi, Hiromichi Nagashima
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Publication number: 20140000515Abstract: Devices and methods are provided for monitoring low-level microwave excursions from a UV curing system to determine if equipment is damaged, such as screen tears or improper assembly of UV lampheads. A radio frequency (RF) detector may be used to detect microwaves in a range of about 0.2-5 mW/cm2, wherein the RF detector comprises an antenna with a hoop shaped portion, a circuit board having a diode detector and an amplifier circuit, a housing, and a bracket coupled to the housing that is suitable for coupling the RF detector to the UV curing system. An alarm threshold may also be set, which can be correlated to microwave levels at or below levels that could cause damage to semiconductor devices being processed. A substrate processing system comprising an RF detector is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2012Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: SCOTT A. HENDRICKSON, Liliya Krivulina, Juan Carlos Rocha, Sanjeev Baluja
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Publication number: 20140000516Abstract: A contrast target tool for locating and marking a desired location on a surface of an object. The contrast tool can have a target flange with a plurality of contrast targets thereon and a marker that is rigidly attached to and extending from the target flange. The marker can have a marker end that is operable to produce a mark on the three-dimensional object and the target flange with the marker can be operable to be viewed by a digital imaging system. In this manner, a present location of the marker end can be determined and tracked in real time to allow the operator to locate and place the marker end at the desired or precise location on the object surface and produce a mark thereon.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2012Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventor: Brian Ray Dickinson
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Publication number: 20140000517Abstract: Disclosed is a coating apparatus capable of enhancing the film thickness uniformity. The coating apparatus includes a nozzle and a moving mechanism. The nozzle includes a storage chamber that stores a coating liquid and a slit-like flow path that is in communication with the storage chamber, and discharges the coating liquid through a discharge port formed at a front end of the flow path. The moving mechanism moves the nozzle and the substrate relatively to each other along a surface of the substrate. Also, in the flow path provided in the nozzle, flow resistance at the central portion in the longitudinal direction is larger than that at both end portions in the longitudinal direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Inventors: Takayuki Ishii, Takahiro Sakamoto, Takahiro Kitano, Shoichi Terada
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Publication number: 20140000518Abstract: A coating apparatus includes a nozzle, a moving mechanism, a pressure adjusting unit and a pressure control unit. The nozzle is provided with a storage chamber and a slit-like flow path, and configured to discharge the coating liquid from a discharge port formed at a front end of the flow path. The moving mechanism moves the nozzle and a substrate relatively to each other along the surface of the substrate. The pressure adjusting unit adjusts the pressure inside the storage chamber. The pressure control unit controls the pressure adjusting unit so as to adjust pressure inside the storage chamber. The pressure control unit controls the pressure adjusting unit such that the inside of the storage chamber becomes a negative pressure, and fills the coating liquid inside the storage chamber while slowly decreasing the negative pressure inside the storage chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Inventors: Takayuki Ishii, Kimio Motoda, Takashi Terada, Atsushi Yamashita, Shigeto Tsuruta
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Publication number: 20140000519Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a chamber having a reaction space therein, a substrate seating member disposed in the reaction space of the chamber to seat a substrate thereon, an induction heating unit to heat the substrate seating member, and at least one altitude adjusting unit to selectively adjust the altitude of the induction heating unit at the outside of the chamber according to a temperature adjusting region of the substrate seating member. Therefore, it is possible to constantly control a temperature of the substrate seating member by adjusting the distance length between the substrate seating member and the induction heating unit at the outside of the chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: JUSUNG ENGINEERING CO., LTD.Inventors: Ho Chul LEE, Sun Hong CHOI, Seung Ho LEE, Ji Hun LEE, Dong Kyu LEE, Tae Wan LEE
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Publication number: 20140000520Abstract: A teat modeling device includes a housing with an illumination unit operative to project a structured light pattern on at least one teat of a dairy animal and a camera axially aligned with the illumination unit and positioned between the illumination unit and the at least one teat of the dairy animal, wherein the camera is operative to capture images of the structured light pattern reflected off the at least one teat. A teat modeling device further includes a memory unit storing expected shape parameters of the at least one teat based on a pre-defined shape of the at least one teat and a processor operative to compute a three dimensional model of the at least one teat based on the stored parameters, positioning of the reflected pattern on the image and spacing between elements of the reflected pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2012Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: Mirobot Ltd.Inventor: Tal Bareket
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Publication number: 20140000521Abstract: An animal toy features the ability to connect two or more separate toys of varying shape, size, color, and/or texture, together to create larger and more complex toy systems. The animal toy allows an almost endless variety of toy systems to capture the interest as well as challenge and develop the animal's problem solving skills. The animal toy is either solid or include internal chambers for holding and ultimately dispensing food. When two or more toys with the internal chambers are combined the food may flow from the chamber of one toy into another toy several times before exiting the toy system. The increased problem of extracting the food challenges and develops the animal's skills. Moreover, by combining solid and food dispensing toys in random combinations further increases the problem solving skills required to completely extract the food from the toy system.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: CANINE GENIUS, INC.Inventors: Alise Shatoff, Birte M. Haakansson
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Publication number: 20140000522Abstract: A method for automatically feeding at least two animals wherein at least one feed dispenser is used which comprises at least one registration device, an electronic control unit, a feed container, a conveyor mechanism, a trough, said at least two animals being each provided with an information carrier containing data, wherein the method comprises the following steps: the information carrier is registered via registration device; the control unit activates the conveyor mechanism which advances feed to the trough, wherein said control unit activates the conveyor mechanism to the effect that the conveyor mechanism advances a varying amount of feed per time unit depending on the registered information carrier; said control unit stopping the conveyor mechanism when registration of information carrier is interrupted whereby dispensing of feed is stopped.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2011Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: ASTUTE A/SInventor: Anders Christensen
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Publication number: 20140000523Abstract: The purpose is to provide a feeding sheet and a method of feeding baby birds, from which suitable raising of the baby birds can be attained where the baby birds eat more food. The feeding sheet (1) according to the present invention is configured such that the color of the feeding sheet (1) to be installed on a floor (3) for raising baby birds (5) is made different from the color of food (2), and the method of feeding baby birds is configured such that the color of the feeding sheet (1) to be installed on the floor (3) in a raising area is made different from the color of the food for raising.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2012Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: MF CO., LTD.Inventor: Takaaki Fujimoto
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Publication number: 20140000524Abstract: A breather cap assembly is provided which is configured to be connected to a stand-tube used in a watering system. When the watering system is in normal operation, the breather cap assembly is configured to allow for air to flow between the outside the assembly and the stand-tube. The breather cap assembly also provides for structure which acts as a baffle to minimize the introduction of foreign material from outside the breather cap assembly into the stand-tube. When the watering system is in flushing operation, the breather cap assembly is configured to seal off the stand-tube in order to minimize the possibility of water leaving the stand-tube. The breather cap assembly further also provides for structure which acts as a baffle to collect and retain a majority of any water that does leave the stand-tube during a flushing operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2012Publication date: January 2, 2014Inventors: Michael Allen Orgill, Christopher Richard Roes, Roger Steven Kiphart, Grant Alexander White
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Publication number: 20140000525Abstract: A clumping agent composition is provided that includes a pre-gelled starch divided to a starch size with at least 70% by weight of said starch being ?200 mesh. An polyoxygenated moiety is present and includes at least one of borax, bicarbonate, or aluminate. The starch and the polyoxygenated moiety combined to form the clumping agent composition with a rapid build of viscosity when wet. A litter is formed when the clumping agent composition is present from 1 to 10 total weight percent decorating the surface of a particulate. Divided carboxymethylcellulose is included in some embodiments along with the starch and the oxygenated moiety.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: The Andersons, Inc.Inventors: Joseph Schumski, Frank Butwin
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Publication number: 20140000526Abstract: The present invention relates to sodium carboxylmethylcellulose (CMC), xanthan gum or combinations thereof and uses thereof, particularly as a clumping additive for cat litter.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: Oil-Dri Corporation of AmericaInventors: Monika Kuras, Donata Ostapyshyn, G. Robert Goss, Robert Soral, J. T. Harrison
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Publication number: 20140000527Abstract: An animal confinement housing includes an air intake section and an animal confinement section. Air is drawn into the housing through the air intake section and directed through the confinement section to ventilate the confinement section and the animals confined therein. The height of the confinement section can be selectively varied between a raised position of sufficient height to permit personnel and equipment to enter the confinement section and a lowered position that is of sufficient height to accommodate the animals confined therein by reduces the cross-sectional area through the confinement section to increase the air flow rate through the confinement section, without requiring an increase in the rate of intake of air into the air intake section.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Inventor: Shan MARTIN
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Publication number: 20140000528Abstract: According to an aspect of the invention a device for braiding horse hair while minimizing damage to the horse hair is provided. The device includes at least one semi-rigid, resilient material being intertwined with the horse hair into a braid and to form and retain the braid into a decorative shape. In an embodiment, the at least one semi-rigid, resilient material intertwined with the horse hair to form and retain a decorative shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Inventor: Sandra Mary Rabinowitz
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Publication number: 20140000529Abstract: A pet food may be packaged in a container having at least one rigid, metallic wall. When shaken, the pet food may strike the rigid, metallic wall, creating a unique auditory stimulus that is appealing to many pets. The pet food may be a routine diet, a treat, or a supplement, and may be dry or semi-moist.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Inventors: Gregory Dean Sunvold, Jeffrey Douglas Metzner
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Publication number: 20140000530Abstract: A pet-to-person communicating device and a method for use with the same are provided. The pet-to-person communicating device comprises a base, at least an operating element disposed at the base and capable of being operated by aforesaid pet's pawing motion, a circuit module, a speaker electrically connected to the circuit module, and at least a switch electrically connected to the circuit module. The circuit module has a controller and a memory for storing at least a sound signal. The switch is controlled by the operating element to send a start signal to the circuit module when the operating element is operated such that the circuit module sends to the speaker a sound signal corresponding to the start signal to enable the speaker to generate a sound corresponding to the sound signal. The device enabling the pet communicate with person by its instinctive act is structurally simple and easy to use.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2012Publication date: January 2, 2014Inventors: Ricardo SALAS, Donald Richard Bradrick
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Publication number: 20140000531Abstract: A highly manufacturable toy for cats with which cats can play in direct contact contains silverine. The manufacturing method involves the preliminary mixing step to form a molding compound by melting a resin raw material and then mixing the molten resin material with silvervine, and the molding step to melt the molding compound formed in the preliminary mixing step and then molding the molten molding compound into a toy shape. Silvervine is characterized in that the degree of activity to cats is increased when it is heated prior to the molding process.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 2, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: DOGGYMAN H.A. CO., LTD.Inventor: Tomoya SUMITSUJI
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Publication number: 20140000532Abstract: A pet toy comprising a rod that has a proximal end and a distal end. The rod becomes increasingly flexible from the proximal end to the distal end. The pet toy further comprises a flexible line member connected to the distal end where a ratio of a length of the rod and a length of the flexible line member can be from about 5:1 to about 50:1. The connection between the distal end and the flexible line member comprises a pin with a needle and a head where the needle can be inserted into the distal end, and a connector that is mounted on the head.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Inventor: Jesse G. Cogswell
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Publication number: 20140000533Abstract: The invention provides a retractable illuminated dog leash, with an two LED lights providing pet owners with a sturdy leash and a flashlight that illuminates ground around one's feet and also the path ahead. The Maxine is an ergonomically designed handheld device that combines a retractable reel type pet leash with a two directional LED flashlight and serve as both leash and light, leaving a pet walker with one hand free to attend to other matters.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Inventors: Dennis Limberis, Joyce Limberis
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Publication number: 20140000534Abstract: High intensity combustion and low intensity combustion are carried out together, to stabilize flames and to hold down the emission of carbon monoxide. An air-fuel mixture outlet member (back plate) that includes a single or a plurality of outlet(s) (air-fuel mixture outlet(s)) out of which an air-fuel mixture (GA) flows is include, and a metal fiber knitting body (metal knit) that covers the air-fuel mixture outlet member is included. Therefor, the air-fuel mixture, which is made to flow out of the outlet(s), passes through the metal fiber knitting body (metal knit) and is combusted, a flame of low intensity (flame) is generated together with a flame of high intensity (flame) by combustion of the air-fuel mixture, and the flame of low intensity holds the flame of high intensity.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Inventors: Katsumi Naitoh, Yasunori Katoh, Jun Aiso, Kentaro Suzuki
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Publication number: 20140000535Abstract: A metallurgical plant has a plant positioned upstream of a steel-generating plant and has a gas-generating plant which generates an export gas. Carbon dioxide and/or water contained in the export gas is removed from the export gas in a separation device. A resulting product gas is heated, before being supplied to the upstream plant, in a firing unit through the combustion of a heating gas. Excess thermal energy produced during the combustion of the heating gas which is not used for heating the product gas is thermally utilized. The utilization may take place within the firing unit through steam generation and/or downstream of the firing unit to preheat the heating gas and/or an oxidation gas used for the combustion of the heating gas and/or through the pre-heating and/or drying of raw materials to be supplied to the upstream plant and/or to the gas-generating plant.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2012Publication date: January 2, 2014Inventors: Robert Millner, Gerald Rosenfellner
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Publication number: 20140000536Abstract: A powertrain cooling system includes a coolant pump and coolant flow passages. A first three-position valve is operatively connected with an outlet of the coolant pump and has a first, a second, and a third position to at least partially establish different coolant flow modes through the coolant flow passages. Coolant flow from the coolant pump is blocked from both the cylinder head and the engine block in a first coolant flow mode when the three-position valve is in the first position. Coolant flow from the coolant pump is provided to the cylinder head and is blocked from the engine block in a second coolant flow mode when the three-position valve is in the second position. Coolant flows from the coolant pump to the engine block and from the engine block to the cylinder head in a third coolant flow mode when the three-position valve is in the third position.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2012Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventor: Daniel B. Glassford
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Publication number: 20140000537Abstract: A power tool has an internal combustion engine with an injection valve through which fuel is supplied to the internal combustion engine; a crankcase; and a crankshaft arranged in the crankcase so as to be rotatable about an axis of rotation. A fan wheel housing is provided and a fan wheel is arranged in the fan wheel housing and conveys cooling air to the internal combustion engine. In the fan wheel housing a connecting opening is formed. The injection valve is arranged in a cooling area, wherein cooling air is supplied by the fan wheel through the connecting opening to the cooling area.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2012Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: ANDREAS STIHL AG & CO. KGInventor: ANDREAS STIHL AG & CO. KG
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Publication number: 20140000538Abstract: A mechanically controllable valve drive includes a gas exchange valve on which a transmission arrangement acts via a working contour. The transmission arrangement comprises a first wheel element comprising a toothing which is connected to a camshaft, and a second wheel element comprising a toothing which acts on the gas exchange valve. The transmission arrangement is mounted to move in a cylinder head via a bearing, and is operatively connected to the camshaft and to a valve stroke adjusting device comprising an adjusting shaft. The first and second wheel elements are each mounted to rotate on the adjusting shaft and to be in a geared connection with each another via their respective toothing so that a rotation of the adjusting shaft effects a phase shift between the first and second wheel elements and so that a rotary fixing generates an oscillating movement of the first and second wheel elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2012Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: Kolbenschmidt Pierburg Innovations GmbHInventors: Michael Breuer, Karsten Grimm
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Publication number: 20140000539Abstract: A valve assembly is provided herein. The valve assembly may include a valve stem coupled to a coil spring and an impact dampening tappet partially enclosing the spring and valve stem and in contact with a cam, the impact dampening tappet including an exterior metal layer having a cam contacting surface and an interior elastomeric layer traversing at least a portion of the interior surface of the exterior metal layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2012Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Yitzong Chern, Chong Jack Chen, Stanley Berlinski
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Publication number: 20140000540Abstract: A composition is provided that contains a major amount of a hydrocarbon base fluid having a viscosity of up to 600 cST at 40 ° C. and (b) a minor amount of a micronized cellulose acetate butyrate having a particle size distribution on average of less than 30 microns. The compositions reduce and control the friction coefficient and anti-wear film of hydrocarbon base fluids.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Inventors: Joseph Michael RUSSO, Timothy Michael SHEA
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Publication number: 20140000541Abstract: A starter can independently drive an actuator for moving a pinion gear to a position where the pinion gear is engaged with a ring gear and a motor for rotating the pinion gear. When synchronization between the ring gear and the pinion gear is restricted, a rotation mode in which the pinion gear is rotated before the actuator is driven is restricted.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2011Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kouki Moriya, Jumpei Kakehi, Hasrul Sany Bin Hashim
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Publication number: 20140000542Abstract: A work apparatus has a work tool and a combustion engine for driving the work tool and further includes a start enrichment device for the combustion engine. The start enrichment device has a start position and is actuated via an operating mode selector. The work apparatus has a braking arrangement which brakes the work tool in the actuated position and releases the work tool in the unactuated position, and also an actuating device for the braking arrangement. To ensure that the start position can only be engaged when the braking arrangement is actuated, the work apparatus has a blocking device which prevents engagement of the start position in a blocking position. The braking arrangement is coupled to the blocking device such that the blocking device is in the blocking position with the braking arrangement in the unactuated position.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Inventors: Carel Karrar, Helmut Zimmermann, Werner Geyer
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Publication number: 20140000543Abstract: A work apparatus has a work tool and a combustion engine which drives the work tool. The combustion engine has a rotatably mounted crankshaft. The work apparatus has a start enrichment device for the combustion engine. The start enrichment device includes an operating mode selector to be actuated by the operator. The start enrichment device has an operating position and at least one start position. The work apparatus has a reset unit which resets the start enrichment device from the start position into the operating position when the rotational speed of the crankshaft exceeds a reset rotational speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Inventor: Carel Karrar
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Publication number: 20140000544Abstract: A work apparatus having a work tool and having a combustion engine which drives the work tool has a start enrichment device for the combustion engine and a braking arrangement for the work tool. The work apparatus has an operating mode selector for actuating the start enrichment device. The start enrichment device actuates the braking arrangement in at least one start position. Low actuating forces and a simple configuration are achieved when the braking arrangement is a differential band brake.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Inventor: Carel Karrar
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Publication number: 20140000545Abstract: An apparatus has a turbulence generator valve which is arranged in an intake air passage. The valve generates turbulence in a cylinder of an engine. The valve receives an intake flow torque TA by flow of intake air. The valve is driven by an electric motor in an electric actuator. Reverse transmission torque TB is necessary to rotate the electric motor in the electric actuator when the electric motor is not activated. A cancel spring is provided to apply a cancel torque TC to the valve. The torques are set to satisfy |TA+TC|<|TB|. As a result, it is possible to keep a valve opening degree of the valve while the electric actuator is not activated.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Inventor: Hideki HAYASHI
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Publication number: 20140000546Abstract: Disclosed is a system and apparatus for starting an engine. The apparatus includes a stand that can be erected in a folded configuration above the engine to be started. A lever arm is pivotally secured to the bottom portion of the stand. A cord extends from the engine, over the stand, and connects to the lever arm. A pulley may be used to route the cord over the stand. This allows the user to push down upon the lever arm to pull the cord and start the engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2012Publication date: January 2, 2014Inventor: Philip R. Hardy
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Publication number: 20140000547Abstract: An internal combustion engine having two cylinders, which are arranged in “V” configuration and accommodate respective pistons, and a first balancing body, which is fixed to a crankshaft at a first piston so that the first order reciprocating inertial forces of the first piston lie on a first straight line forming a first inclination angle which is not zero with the first cylinder; the combination of an angle between the cylinders with the first inclination angle is such that the first straight line on which the first order reciprocating inertial forces generated by the first piston lies is parallel to a second straight line on which the first order reciprocating inertial forces generated by the reciprocating motion of a second piston lie.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: Ferrari S.p.A.Inventor: Fabrizio Favaretto
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Publication number: 20140000548Abstract: A reciprocating engine 1 is so arranged that, in an initial period of an expansion stroke, a high-pressure combustion gas 12 above a piston 2 is introduced via gas passage holes 23 provided in an upper portion 22 of a cylinder inner surface 8 on a thrust side 10 into a gas chamber 4 formed by being encompassed by the cylinder inner surface 8 and a top ring 5, a second ring 6, and a second land 7 of the piston 2, so as to support the piston 2 from the thrust side 10 by the introduced high-pressure combustion gas 12. A half ring 13 is inserted in the gas chamber 4 in a state of being placed on the second land 7 from the thrust side 10 and so as to be movable up and down with clearances 20 above and below, whereby as the piston 2 reciprocates, the half ring 13 moves up and down an amount corresponding to the size of the clearances 20, thereby continually cleaning the inside of the gas chamber 4.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: Bando Kiko Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shigeru BANDO
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Publication number: 20140000549Abstract: A compression ring for an engine is disclosed. The compression ring may have a cylindrical body having an outer surface, and a central opening formed within the cylindrical body and concentric with the outer surface of the cylindrical body. The cylindrical body may have a radial dimension from the central opening to the outer surface that is about 1.1 to 1.3 times as long as an axial dimension of the cylindrical body.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2012Publication date: January 2, 2014Inventors: Frank Matthew Graczyk, Aaron Gamache Foege, Farhan Ferozali Devani, Edward John Cryer, David Edward Burrell Stone
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Publication number: 20140000550Abstract: A piston system comprises a first arm and a second arm, each mounted respectively on a first shaft and a second shaft, and being mounted for rotational oscillation about a central axis. Both arms terminate radially outward from the central axis, and are coupled to piston arrangements. The piston arrangements include pistons. Each set of pistons is mounted for movement within respective stationary chambers. Each stationary chamber may be defined, at least in part, by a piston coupled to the first arm and a piston coupled to the second arm. The stationary chambers are arranged about the central axis. The first and the second shaft are connected to an energy transfer mechanism. An energy transfer mechanism includes coupled non-circular gears arranged to convert oscillatory rotational motion to unidirectional rotational motion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Inventor: Peter Ross Taylor
