Patents Issued in July 15, 2014
  • Patent number: 8778038
    Abstract: A method for controlling the peak temperature of a fluid gasification zone used for the gasification of carbonaceous materials to a syngas. Pulsed oxygen is used to control the peak temperature of the gasification zone and to avoid hot spots in the gasifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Syngas Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Duane A. Goetsch, Jacqueline R. Hitchingham, Lloyd R. White
  • Patent number: 8778039
    Abstract: The invention relates to an elastically deformable composite material suitable to be processed further into sheet-like abrasive products, comprising a sheet-like supporting base coated or impregnated with a prepolymer material which obtains thermosetting properties when thermally post-cured, or consisting of a coated or impregnated supporting base, characterized in that the supporting base comprises at least one layer of bonded fibers selected among inorganic fibers and organic synthetic fibers, if necessary mixed with natural fibers. Moreover, it relates to a method for the manufacture of the composite material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Bamberger Kaliko Textile Finishing GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Klenner, Klaus Fuessmann, Waldfried Weier
  • Patent number: 8778040
    Abstract: Methods of manufacturing a superabrasive element are disclosed. In one embodiment, a substrate and a preformed superabrasive volume may be at least partially surrounded by an enclosure and the enclosure may be sealed in an inert environment. Further, the enclosure may be exposed to an elevated pressure and preformed superabrasive volume may be affixed to the substrate. Polycrystalline diamond elements are disclosed. In one embodiment, a polycrystalline diamond element may comprise a preformed polycrystalline diamond volume bonded to a substrate by a braze material. Optionally, such a polycrystalline diamond element may exhibit a compressive stress. Rotary drill bit for drilling a subterranean formation and including at least one superabrasive element are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: US Synthetic Corporation
    Inventor: Kenneth E. Bertagnolli
  • Patent number: 8778041
    Abstract: In an exhaust gas treatment device provided with: an exhaust gas treatment unit in which an oxygen combustion boiler 1 using coal as fuel, a denitration device 3, an air preheater 4, a dust-collection device 5, a desulfurization device 6, and a carbon dioxide recovery device 8 are sequentially arranged from the upstream side to the downstream side of an exhaust gas duct; and an exhaust gas circulation unit which branches off from the exhaust gas duct at an outlet of the dust-collection device 5 or an outlet of the desulfurization device 6 and through which the exhaust gas is preheated by the air preheater 4 and returned to the oxygen combustion boiler 1, a heat-recovery heat exchanger 13 that adjusts a gas temperature at an inlet of the dust-collection device 5 to be not greater than an acid dew point of SO3 and not lower than a water dew point is provided between the air preheater 4 and the dust-collection device 5, a reheating heat exchanger 13 that adjusts a gas temperature to be not lower than the acid de
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Babcock-Hitachi Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Mitsui, Hidehisa Yoshizako, Noriyuki Imada, Naoki Oda
  • Patent number: 8778042
    Abstract: An exterior duct filter retainer used in connection with a heating and air conditioning vent, the duct filter retainer including a filter body constructed of a material that is air permeable yet catches particles exiting the vent, the filter body having a an attachment assembly connected to the filter body; the attachment assembly being adapted to attach the filter body such that the filter is against and/or in registry with the vent. The filter body can be flat, and the attachment assembly can use a variety of means to attach the filter body in registry with the vent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Inventor: James Albert
  • Patent number: 8778043
    Abstract: A filter cartridge, a safety element and fluid cleaner assembly are described. The fluid cleaner assembly generally includes a housing having a cover and a primary fluid cleaner section. The filter cartridge generally comprises z-filter media, arranged in a straight through configuration. Preferred cartridges include a seal gasket positioned to extend continuously around at outer perimeter of the straight through flow construction. The fluid cleaner assembly can have a precleaner positioned therein. Preferred features are described. Methods of assembly and use are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.
    Inventors: William J. Krisko, Wayne R. W. Bishop, Steven S. Gieseke, Benny Nelson
  • Patent number: 8778044
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compact filter element (1) for exchangeable use in a filter housing (2). The compact filter element (1) has a filter body (3) with a longitudinal axis (7) and at least one seal (4) arranged in the area of a front end (5) of the filter body (3), the seal having a seal section (8) which is arranged across the width (10) of a housing wall (6), sealing same. The seal section (8) projects beyond a front surface (12) of the filter body (3) in the direction of the longitudinal axis (7). The seal section (8) has a peripheral support wall (9) and at least one seal lip (17) integrally bonded to the outside of the support wall (9), across the width (10) of the latter, wherein the support wall (9) and the seal lip (17) consist of a rubber elastic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Mann+Hummerl GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Amesoeder, Thomas Sieber
  • Patent number: 8778045
    Abstract: Cellular ceramic articles are manufactured from a green cellular ceramic body that includes a binder material and a plurality of channels. At least one of the channels is coated with a slurry that includes a green coating composition and a solvent to form a coating layer. The binder material is insoluble in the solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Thorsten Rolf Boger, Willard Ashton Cutler, Kenneth Joseph Drury, Todd Parrish St Clair, Patrick David Tepesch, John Forrest Wight, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8778046
    Abstract: The fiber webs described herein may be incorporated into filter media and filter elements. The fiber webs may exhibit a high dust holding capacity. The fiber webs may also exhibit a low thickness. The fiber webs may be sufficiently flexible and/or deformable so that they may be processed to include a series of waves (also known as flutes) that extend along the cross-machine direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Hollingsworth & Vose Company
    Inventors: James M. Witsch, Douglas M. Guimond
  • Patent number: 8778047
    Abstract: The fiber webs described herein may be incorporated into filter media and filter elements. The fiber webs may exhibit a high dust holding capacity. The fiber webs may also exhibit a low thickness. The fiber webs may be sufficiently flexible and/or deformable so that they may be processed to include a series of waves (also known as flutes) that extend along the cross-machine direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Hollingsworth & Vose Company
    Inventors: James M. Witsch, Douglas M. Guimond
  • Patent number: 8778048
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a new resource processing method of kitchen waste, in particular, provides a method of preparing biochemical humic acid from kitchen waste and biochemical humic acid product prepared therefrom. The kitchen waste treated by technical solution of the present invention has a high conversion rate of organic matter, reaching over 90%. Meanwhile, the biochemical humic acid product prepared by the invention is nutritious, the amount of the total humic acid, free humic acid and water soluble humic acid in the product reach up to 38-42%, 35-40% and 14-16%, respectively; it contains not only the major elements such as nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, but also the trace elements such as zinc, iron and manganese as well as other active substances. Thus the product is suitable for fertilizer in agricultural production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Beijing Goldenway Bio-Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qian Huang, Yu Haiyan
  • Patent number: 8778049
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for treating heap leach stacks by applying an insoluble polyimide composition, such as polysuccinimide, to the surface of an ore stack and/or incorporating the insoluble polyimide composition throughout the ore stack. The insoluble polyimide composition is then exposed to an aqueous solution to initiate hydrolysis and produce one or more water soluble products, such as hydrolyzed polyimides, polycarboxylates, polycarboxylic acids and mixtures thereof that will permeate the ore stack at a concentration sufficient to suppress scale formation within the leach stack. The water soluble products may also act to suppress scale formation in piping and channels peripheral to the leach stack, thereby reducing maintenance expenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Chemtreat, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Gottschalk, John Richardson, Greg Rose, Rob Bedinger
  • Patent number: 8778050
    Abstract: A process for removing heavy hydrocarbons from a natural gas stream comprises passing the natural gas stream thought a TSA adsorbent unit to adsorb heavy hydrocarbons, regenerating the TSA adsorbent by heating to form a contaminant-containing gas phase, cooling the contaminated gas phase to separate water and heavy hydrocarbon liquids to form a third gas phase and directing the third gas phase to a PSA unit to adsorb heavy hydrocarbons from the third gas phase. The product from the PSA unit can be sent to pipeline or recycled to the TSA unit for further hydrocarbon removal and recovery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: William Bachop Dolan, Roger Wyatt
  • Patent number: 8778051
    Abstract: A process for separating a primary gas component from a feed gas mixture comprising the primary gas component and secondary gas components in four or more adsorption beds. The process comprises subjecting each of the four or more adsorption beds to a repetitive cycle. The repetitive cycle comprises, in sequence, a feed step, a pressure decreasing equalization step, a provide purge step, a blowdown step, a purge step, a pressure increasing equalization step, and a repressurization step. During the pressure decreasing equalization step, rinse gas is co-currently introduced simultaneous with the withdrawal of pressure equalization gas. Rinse gas is formed by compressing blowdown gas and/or purge gas effluent from the adsorption bed undergoing the purge step. The process is particularly suited for separating H2 from a reformate stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Landis Weist, Jr., Jianguo Xu
  • Patent number: 8778052
    Abstract: First and second multi-phase streams are processed in first and second trains that are structurally different from each other such that the first and second trains have different operating conditions. The first and second trains produce first and second gaseous hydrocarbon streams and first and second liquid hydrocarbon component streams. The first and second gaseous hydrocarbon streams are combined downstream of the first and second trains to provide a combined gaseous hydrocarbon component stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Willem Dam, Dirk Willem Van Der Mast, Johan Jan Barend Pek
  • Patent number: 8778053
    Abstract: A method of removing ash from a wall flow type particulate filter which is arranged in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine in which combustion is performed in an excess of oxygen for trapping particulate matter in exhaust gas, using a solid acid which is carried on the particulate filter, renders the state of the particulate filter a state where the exhaust gas which flows into the particulate filter is lowered in concentration of oxygen and the particulate filter is raised in temperature, and then renders the state of the particulate filter a state where the exhaust gas which flows into the particulate filter in an oxidizing atmosphere contains SOx.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Otsuki, Shigeki Nakayama, Hiromasa Nishioka, Katsuhiko Oshikawa, Yoshihisa Tsukamoto, Junichi Matsuo, Yuichi Sobue, Daichi Imai, Kou Sugawara
  • Patent number: 8778054
    Abstract: A method for generating heat energy in a power plant by burning a carbonaceous fuel in a combustion chamber of the power plant and a system for carrying out the method is described. A combustion chamber is fluidly connected to a membrane chamber that includes a membrane operating at a temperature between 600 and 1000° C. The combustion chamber receives a cleaned flue-gas oxygen mixture for combustion from the membrane chamber. Oxygen from heated air passes through the membrane in the membrane chamber to the permeate side of the membrane, where it is mixed with cleaned heated flue gas and the resulting gas mixture is fed to the combustion chamber. Flue gas removed from the combustion chamber are cooled, cleaned and heated as described herein and recirculated to the membrane chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH
    Inventors: Jewgeni Nazarko, Ernst Riensche, Reinhard Menzer, Wilhelm Albert Meulenberg, Stefan Baumann
  • Patent number: 8778055
    Abstract: In accordance with at least selected embodiments of the present invention, an improved liquid degassing membrane contactor or module includes a high pressure housing and at least one degassing cartridge therein. It may be preferred that the high pressure housing is a standard, ASME certified, reverse osmosis (RO) or water purification pressure housing or vessel (made of, for example, polypropylene, polycarbonate, stainless steel, corrosion resistant filament wound fiberglass reinforced epoxy tubing, with pressure ratings of, for example, 150, 250, 300, 400, or 600 psi, and with, for example 4 or 6 ports, and an end cap at each end) and that the degassing cartridge is a self-contained, hollow-fiber membrane cartridge adapted to fit in the RO high pressure housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Celgard LLC
    Inventors: Gareth P. Taylor, Amitava Sengupta
  • Patent number: 8778056
    Abstract: There are provided a process for producing a zeolite membrane which, even when large, has few defects and which has higher separation performance than conventional zeolite membranes, and a zeolite membrane obtained by the process. In the process, the structure-directing agent is removed in the atmosphere having an O2 concentration of 22.0 vol % or more. Specifically, the process includes: a particle adhesion step of allowing zeolite particles functioning as seeds to flow down the surface of the substrate by means of the weight of the slurry itself, thereby adhering to the substrate and a membrane-forming step of forming a zeolite membrane on the substrate by immersing the substrate having the zeolite particles adhering thereto in sol containing the structure-directing agent for hydrothermal synthesis, thereby forming a zeolite membrane on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Uchikawa, Kenji Yajima, Makiko Niino
  • Patent number: 8778057
    Abstract: Includes gas adsorption device (1) in which gas adsorbent (3) is decompression-sealed by first package (4) with poor gas permeability, and second package (2) with poor gas permeability. Second package (2) is at least partially flexible. Air that is a gas that gas adsorbent (3) can adsorb is filled between gas adsorption device (1) and second package (2). In this configuration, gas adsorbent (3) adsorbs air when first package (4) is damaged, and thus a pressure inside second package (2) reduces. Due to this pressure reduction, the shape or dimension of second package (2) changes. Any damage to first package (4), i.e., any degradation in adsorption capacity of gas adsorption device (1), can thus be determined by confirming this change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Masamichi Hashida
  • Patent number: 8778058
    Abstract: The invention relates to thin, hydrogen-permeable, sulfur-resistant membranes formed from multi-layers of palladium or palladium-alloy coatings on porous, ceramic or metal supports, methods of making these membranes, methods of repairing layers of these membranes and devices that incorporate these membranes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Colorado School of Mines
    Inventors: J. Douglas Way, Oyvind Hatlevik
  • Patent number: 8778059
    Abstract: Methods and related systems are described for improving component separations in chromatography through novel techniques. The improvements in separation is due primarily to the provision of differential acceleration of the components being separated. Various systems and methods for providing differential acceleration are described including: increasing the cross section of the column towards the column outlet, changing the thickness or other composition of stationary phase within the column, and providing a temperature and/or mobile phase velocity gradient along the column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: William H. Steinecker, Jagdish Shah, Oleg Zhdaneev, Gordon R. Lambertus, Hua Chen
  • Patent number: 8778060
    Abstract: A vapor generator system (1, 101) for an IMS (4, 104) or other apparatus has a chamber (9, 109) in which vapor is produced. A fan or other flow generator (6, 106) is connected to an inlet (8, 108) of the vapor chamber (9, 109) and its outlet (13, 113) is connected to an adsorbent passage (14, 114), such as formed by a bore through a block (15) of carbon. When the fan (6, 106) is on gas flows through the vapor chamber (9, 109) and the adsorbent passage (14, 114) to the IMS (4, 104) or other outlet, with little vapor being adsorbed in the passage. When the fan (6, 106) is off, any vapor molecules that escape to the adsorbent passage (14, 114) do so at a low rate such that substantially all is adsorbed and no vapor escapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Smiths Detection-Watford Limited
    Inventors: Jonathan Richard Atkinson, John Patrick Fitzgerald, Stephen John Taylor
  • Patent number: 8778061
    Abstract: The reaction exhaust gas from which chlorosilanes and hydrogen chloride have been removed in a hydrogen chloride absorption unit (30) is introduced to an adsorption unit (50) to recover a purified hydrogen (S105). Activated carbon is packed in the adsorption unit (50), the gas, which is mainly composed of hydrogen, is passed through the activated carbon-packed layer during which unseparated chlorosilanes, hydrogen chloride, nitrogen, carbon monoxide, methane, and monosilane contained in the gas are adsorbed on the activated carbon and removed from the gas, and thereby the purified hydrogen is obtained. Nitrogen, carbon monoxide, methane and monosilane are a compressed gas in the state of adsorption, whereas hydrogen chloride and chlorosilanes are a liquid in the state of adsorption, and require a vaporization heat during desorption. Using these properties, the separation of hydrogen chloride and chlorosilanes from other impurity components is possible merely by separating the pathways for the desorbed gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasushi Kurosawa
  • Patent number: 8778062
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing air. The apparatus comprises an air separation module, a first input, a first output, a second output, and a flow control system. The air separation module is configured to generate an inert gas. The first input for the air separation module is configured to receive first air. The first output for the air separation module is configured to output the inert gas from the air separation module. The second output for the air separation module is configured to output separated air from the air separation module. The flow control system is configured to control a flow of air in the air separation module that increases a rate at which the air separation module reaches a desired operating temperature for generating the inert gas using a number of ports in the flow control module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Donald Ray Snow, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8778063
    Abstract: Various apparatus and methods for exchanging heat from a solid to a liquid. Some embodiments pertain to removing heat from a pressure vessel in which a gas absorption reaction is occurring. Yet other embodiments pertain to pressure vessels in which hydrogen is being absorbed into a metal hydride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Issam Mudawar, Milan Visaria
  • Patent number: 8778064
    Abstract: A filtration system for filtering gas may comprise a liquid pump, wherein the liquid pump may be configured to pump liquid. The system may also include a spray nozzle, wherein the spray nozzle may be in fluid communication with the liquid pump. The spray nozzle may be configured to spray liquid on a gas stream; wherein the spray nozzle may be configured to spray horizontally. The system further includes a liquid collection basin, disposed near the spray nozzle, wherein the liquid collection basin may be configured to collect liquid after spraying on a gas stream. The system may additionally include a plurality of condensation drips disposed along a top of the liquid filter configured to condense any liquid which may evaporate during filtration and returns the condensed liquid to the chambers for filtration. The system may be a closed system, enabling liquid to be recycled throughout the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Inventor: Eugene Hecker
  • Patent number: 8778065
    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 condensable fluid into the bath. Energy from condensation is recovered to a coolant in a conduit that passes through the liquid in the stages of the condenser. The bubble-column vapor mixture condenser can be used, e.g., in a humidification-dehumidification system for purifying a liquid, such as water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
    Inventors: Prakash Narayan Govindan, Gregory P. Thiel, Ronan K. McGovern, John H. Lienhard, Mostafa Hamed Elsharqawy
  • Patent number: 8778066
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vacuum pump exhaust pipe of a chemical vapor deposition apparatus, wherein two ports of the vacuum pump exhaust pipe are respectively connected to a vacuum pump outlet and a scrubber, and anti-sticking inner pipes are installed inside the exhaust pipe and closely contacted with inner walls of the exhaust pipe. The present invention also relates to a vacuum pump of the chemical vapor deposition apparatus. Blockage hardly occurs in the vacuum pump exhaust pipe of the chemical vapor deposition apparatus and the relevant vacuum pump according to the present invention to solve problems of the easily found blockage in the exhaust pipe, wasting the manpower and the time for clearing the exhaust pipe and the effect to the uptime of the chemical vapor deposition apparatus in the prior arts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Peng Chen
  • Patent number: 8778067
    Abstract: An adaptable emission filtration, monitoring, and notification system for emission sources within a civic infrastructure has a filter housing with filtration media located inside. The system has a control system with a filter intake sensor, a filter discharge sensor, a microprocessor, a power source, and a transmitter. The system has a civic reception system located in a geographically bound area of interest, with a receiver. The filter housing intake side is attached to an emission source discharge opening. The filtration media filters toxic emissions from the gas stream. The microprocessor compares the signal from the filter intake sensor and the filter discharge sensor then sends a resultant signal by way of a transmitter to the receiver of the civic reception system upon detected decreased efficiency of the filtration media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Inventor: Gary A. Stokes
  • Patent number: 8778068
    Abstract: A water-in-oil (W/O) emulsion ink which is suitable for use in inkjet printing and superior in ejection performance and storage stability is provided. A polyglycerin fatty acid ester which fatty acid moiety is oleic acid or isostearic acid and which has an HLB value of 7-14, is used as an emulsifier. The polyglycerin fatty acid ester preferably has a glycerin polymerization degree of 4-20 and preferably contains 1-3 fatty acids per one molecule thereof. The polyglycerin fatty acid ester has an organic value of preferably 550-2300 and an inorganic value of preferably 600-2500. Preferably, the emulsion ink comprises 40-99 mass % of the oil phase and 60-1 mass % of the water phase, and comprises 0.5-40 mass % of the polyglycerin fatty acid ester relative to the total amount of the ink. The water phase may contain a dye and optionally a solubilizer such as an amine based surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Riso Kagaku Corporation
    Inventors: Naofumi Ezaki, Shinichiro Shimura, Kazuyuki Ando
  • Patent number: 8778069
    Abstract: Disclosed is a phase change ink comprising an ink carrier which comprises a crystalline component and an amorphous rosin ester. In specific embodiments, the crystalline component can be a trans-cinnamic diester, a diester of tartaric acid, or a diurethane. In specific embodiments, the ink exhibits a peak melting point of no more than about 150° C., an onset crystallization temperature of no less than about 60° C., a melt viscosity within the temperature range of from about 100° C. to about 130° C. of from about 5 cps to about 22 cps, a peak solidification viscosity at about 50° C. of no less than about 1×106 cps, and a hardness at about 25° C. of at least about 70.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Rina Carlini, Adela Goredema, Edward G. Zwartz, Kentaro Morimitsu, Gial Song
  • Patent number: 8778070
    Abstract: A solid ink composition includes a crystalline component; an amorphous amide component; and a colorant. The crystalline component includes a mono-amide compound with an aromatic ring core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Naveen Chopra, Adela Goredema, Kentaro Morimitsu, Barkev Keoshkerian, Jennifer L. Belelie, Gabriel Iftime
  • Patent number: 8778071
    Abstract: An inkjet ink set including at least a black ink, a cyan ink, a magenta ink, and a yellow ink. Each of the inks includes at least a water-soluble dye, water and a water-soluble solvent including a specific alkoxypropionamide compound. The cyan, magenta and yellow inks has a S/W ratio of not less than 1.5 and not greater than 3.5, wherein S represents the content of the water-soluble solvent in each ink, and W represents the content of water in each ink, and the black ink has a S/W ratio of not less than 1.0 and less than 1.5, wherein S represents the content of the water-soluble solvent in the black ink, and W represents the content of water in the black ink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Matsuyama, Hiroshi Gotou
  • Patent number: 8778072
    Abstract: An ink composition contains a dye whose free acid is expressed by formula (1), lithium ions, and an aromatic compound having a carboxy group. In formula (1), Q represents a halogen atom, x represents an integer of 2 to 4, and y represents an integer of 1 to 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiromi Iseki, Kazuhiko Kitamura, Yasuhiro Oki, Ryosuke Teramoto, Shigemi Wakabayashi, Yasunari Ikeda
  • Patent number: 8778073
    Abstract: A phthalocyanine dye with extended conjugation includes one or both of a phthalocyanine component and a naphthalocyanine component and at least one water soluble substituent on an aryl group of the phthalocyanine dye. The extended conjugation of the phthalocyanine dye includes at least one benzene moiety of the component being one of (a) joined to an aryl group either indirectly using an alkylene linkage or directly, (b) joined to a benzene moiety of another of the components to form an oligomer of the components, and (c) a combination of (a) and (b). The extended conjugation shifts absorption of the phthalocyanine dye to greater than 800 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Sivapackia Ganapathiappan, Zhang-Lin Zhou, Jayprakash C. Bhatt
  • Patent number: 8778074
    Abstract: Solvent-based inkjet ink formulations including an organic solvent, a resin, a surfactant, and a colorant are provided. The inks have many desirable attributes such as extended decap time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Markem-Imaje Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin J. Brown, Richard C. Woudenberg, Richard J. Larson, Jr., Ann Benjamin, Corey Williams
  • Patent number: 8778075
    Abstract: Lithium silicate glass ceramics and glasses are described which can advantageously be applied to zirconium oxide ceramics in particular by pressing-on in the viscous state and form a solid bond with these.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Christian Ritzberger, Ricardo Dellagiacomo, Marcel Schweiger, Harald Bürke, Wolfram Höland, Volker Rheinberger
  • Patent number: 8778076
    Abstract: A foundry coating composition for molds and cores, a process for preparing coated foundry molds and cores, and coated molds and cores obtainable by the process. The foundry coating composition comprises a liquid carrier; a binder; and a particulate refractory filler. The particulate refractory filler comprises a first (relatively coarse) fraction having a particle size of d>38 ?m and a second (relatively fine) fraction having a particle size of d<38 ?m. No more than 10% of the total particulate refractory filler has a particle size of 38 ?m<d<53 ?m and no more than 50% of the second (relatively fine) fraction is constituted by calcined kaolin. The foundry coating composition is applied to molds and cores to assist in the removal of the casting from the mold and prevention of casting defects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Foseco International Limited
    Inventors: Martinus Jacobus Haanepen, Frederik Willem Von Piekartz
  • Patent number: 8778077
    Abstract: A solvent comprising 40 to 100 wt % of 1,3-dioxolane and 0 to 60 wt % of tetrahydrofuran, wherein the solvent further comprises 30 ppm to 800 ppm of an antioxidant, based on the total weight of the solvent, provides a long shelf life with good adhesive strength even after exposure to air. The solvent can be effectively used for labeling of heat-shrinkable polyester-based labels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignees: SKC Inc., SKC Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Taebyoung Oh, Tae Houng Jeong
  • Patent number: 8778078
    Abstract: A process for producing a doped III-N bulk crystal, wherein III denotes at least one element of the main group III of the periodic system, selected from Al, Ga and In, wherein the doped crystalline III-N layer or the doped III-N bulk crystal is deposited on a substrate or template in a reactor, and wherein the feeding of at least one dopant into the reactor is carried out in admixture with at least one group III material. In this manner, III-N bulk crystals and III-N single crystal substrates separated therefrom can be obtained with a very homogeneous distribution of dopants in the growth direction as well as in the growth plane perpendicular thereto, a very homogeneous distribution of charge carriers and/or of the specific electric resistivity in the growth direction as well as in the growth plane perpendicular thereto, and a very good crystal quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Freiberger Compound Materials GmbH
    Inventors: Ferdinand Scholz, Peter Brückner, Frank Habel, Gunnar Leibiger
  • Patent number: 8778079
    Abstract: A CVD reactor, such as a MOCVD reactor conducting metalorganic chemical vapor deposition of epitaxial layers, is provided. The CVD or MOCVD reactor generally comprises a flow flange assembly, adjustable proportional flow injector assembly, a chamber assembly, and a multi-segment center rotation shaft. The reactor provides a novel geometry to specific components that function to reduce the gas usage while also improving the performance of the deposition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Valence Process Equipment, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Begarney, Frank J. Campanale
  • Patent number: 8778080
    Abstract: Disclosed is an atmospheric-pressure double-plasma graft polymerization apparatus. The apparatus includes a workbench, an initial roller of a roll-to-roll device, an atmospheric-pressure plasma activation device, a peroxide formation device, a coating and grafting device, a drying device, a graft polymerization and curing device, a curing device and a final roller of a roll-to-roll device. The devices are sequentially provided on the workbench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Institute of Nuclear Energy Research, Atomic Energy Council
    Inventors: Mien-Win Wu, Tien-Hsiang Hsueh, Cheng-Chang Hsieh, Chi-fong Ai
  • Patent number: 8778081
    Abstract: Systems and methods for depositing complex thin-film alloys on substrates are provided. In particular, systems and methods for the deposition of thin-film Cd1-xMxTe ternary alloys on substrates using a stacked-source sublimation system are provided, where M is a metal such as Mg, Zn, Mn, and Cu.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Colorado State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Walajabad S. Sampath, Pavel S. Kobyakov, Kevin E. Walters, Davis R. Hemenway
  • Patent number: 8778082
    Abstract: A point source assembly for a thin film deposition device having a chamber for holding a substrate, includes a crucible configured for holding and vaporizing a deposition material therein, where the crucible is configured for operative engagement to the chamber, an opening in the crucible configured for directing therefrom a vaporized form of the deposition material, where the opening includes a longitudinal line extending through the center of the crucible opening, and means operatively engaged to the crucible for facilitating rotational movement of the crucible for varying the orientation of the longitudinal line relative to the position of the substrate in the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: HelioVolt Corporation
    Inventor: Joseph D. LoBue
  • Patent number: 8778083
    Abstract: A deposition apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is a lateral-flow deposition apparatus in which in which a process gas flows between a surface where a substrate is disposed and the opposite surface, substantially in parallel with the substrate. The lateral-flow deposition apparatus includes: a substrate support that moves up/down and rotates the substrate while supporting the substrate; a reactor cover that defines a reaction chamber by contacting the substrate support; and a substrate support lifter and a substrate support rotator that move the substrate support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: ASM Genitech Korea Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki Jong Kim, Yong Min Yoo, Jung Soo Kim, Hyung Sang Park, Seung Woo Choi, Jeong Ho Lee, Dong Rak Jung
  • Patent number: 8778084
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for treating a cellulosic feedstock, such as for subsequent ethanol production, are disclosed. The method comprises determining an initial moisture content of the cellulosic feedstock and adding an amount of moisture to the cellulosic feedstock to obtain a predetermined moisture content of the cellulosic feedstock, wherein the cellulosic feedstock may subsequently be subjected to hydrolysis. The apparatus comprises a moisture sensor that provides an initial moisture content reading of the cellulosic feedstock, and a weight sensor providing the weight of the cellulosic feedstock. A processor is configured to determine an amount of moisture to be added to the cellulosic feedstock based on the weight and the initial moisture content of the cellulosic feedstock to obtain treated cellulosic feedstock having a predetermined moisture content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Abengoa Bioenergy New Technologies, LLC.
    Inventors: Quang A. Nguyen, Sunalie N. Hillier, Murray J. Burke
  • Patent number: 8778085
    Abstract: A dissolved nitrogen concentration monitoring method is used for monitoring a dissolved nitrogen concentration of a cleaning liquid when an ultrasonic wave is irradiated onto the cleaning liquid in which a substrate is dipped. The method includes measuring an amount of increase of a dissolved oxygen concentration of the cleaning liquid resulting from an oxygen molecule generated from a water molecule as a result of a radical reaction caused by ultrasonic wave irradiation. A dissolved nitrogen concentration of the cleaning liquid is calculated from the measured amount of increase of dissolved oxygen concentration based on a predetermined relationship between a dissolved nitrogen concentration and an amount of increase of dissolved oxygen concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Siltronic AG
    Inventors: Teruo Haibara, Etsuko Kubo, Yoshihiro Mori, Masashi Uchibe
  • Patent number: 8778086
    Abstract: A method of cleaning residue from a surface using a disposable cellulosic wiper that includes from about 25% or more by weight of pulp-derived papermaking fibers. The pulp-derived papermaking fibers have a characteristic scattering coefficient of less than 50 m2/kg. The wiper also has from about 25% to about 75% by weight of fibrillated regenerated independent cellulosic microfibers. The fibers are finer than 14 mesh, have a characteristic Canadian Standard Freeness (CSF) value of less than 175 ml, have a number average diameter of less than about 2 microns, and are present in amounts such that the wiper exhibits a scattering coefficient of greater than 50 m2/kg. The wiper is applied, with a predetermined amount of pressure, to a residue-bearing surface. The surface is wiped with the applied wiper to remove residue from the surface, such that the surface has less than 1 g/m2 of residue after being wiped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP
    Inventors: Daniel W. Sumnicht, Joseph H. Miller
  • Patent number: 8778087
    Abstract: A cleaning device for cleaning a substrate is provided. In one aspect, the cleaning device includes a brush including a first end, a second end opposed to the first end, an outer surface, and a hollow bore defined in the brush about a central axis of the brush. The brush defines a first cross-sectional area near the first end and a second cross-sectional area near the second end. Both the first and second cross-sectional areas are generally perpendicular to the central axis and the second cross-sectional area is greater than the first cross-sectional area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey J. Tyrrell, Bradley S. Withers