Patents Issued in September 8, 2016
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Publication number: 20160258057Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for cleaning a semiconductor processing chamber is provided. The semiconductor processing chamber may include a UV radiation source, a substrate holder, and a UV transmissive window. The UV transmissive window may include one or multiple panes. One or more panes of the UV transmissive window may be non-reactive with fluorine containing chemistries. In multi-pane windows a purge gas flow path may be formed in the gap between windows. A purge gas may be flowed through the purge gas flow path to prevent process gases used in the chamber interior from reaching one or more panes of the UV transmissive window.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2015Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventors: James Lee, George Andrew Antonelli, Kevin M. McLaughlin, Andrew John McKerrow, Curtis Bailey, Alexander R. Fox, Stephen Lau, Eugene Smargiassi, Casey Holder, Troy Daniel Ribaudo, Xiaolan Chen
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Publication number: 20160258058Abstract: A semiconductor manufacturing apparatus in this embodiment includes a reactor, a pump, an exhaust pipe and a mesh member. The reactor houses a semiconductor substrate to treat the semiconductor substrate. The pump exhausts a gas inside the reactor. The exhaust pipe connects between the reactor and the pump. The mesh member is located at a flow inlet of the pump for the gas or in the exhaust pipe and has a main plane having a plurality of meshes arranged thereon. The mesh member has a protrusion and/or protruding shape projecting upstream of the gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2015Publication date: September 8, 2016Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Koji Nakahara, Kazuhiro Matsuo
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Publication number: 20160258059Abstract: Disclosed is a fluidized bed atomic layer deposition device for manufacturing nanocoating particles. A fluidized bed atomic layer deposition device according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a fluidized bed reactor, into which particles to be coated are injected; a reaction material supply unit for supplying reaction gases for coating the particles to be coated into the fluidized bed reactor; and a vibration pump coupled to the fluidized bed reactor such that the reaction gases can move therethrough, the vibration pump giving the reaction gasses regular vibration and thereby forming a turbulence inside the fluidized bed reactor.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2014Publication date: September 8, 2016Applicant: GWANGJU INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Jaeyoung LEE, Sang Ho CHUNG, Jae Kwang LEE, Hyungkuk JU, Jin Won KIM
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Publication number: 20160258060Abstract: A display apparatus and an apparatus for and method of manufacturing the display apparatus. The display apparatus includes: a substrate; a display unit formed on the substrate; and a thin film encapsulation layer formed on the display unit. The thin film encapsulation layer includes an inorganic layer, and the inorganic layer includes a first sub-inorganic layer including a compound oxide including at least two of aluminum (Al), zinc (Zn), zirconium (Zn), and hafnium (Hf).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2015Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventors: Myungsoo Huh, Sungmin Cho, Dongkyun Ko, Sungchul Kim, Inkyo Kim, Cheollae Roh, Sangjoon Seo, Seungwoo Seo, Choelmin Jang
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Publication number: 20160258061Abstract: Apparatus for improving substrate temperature uniformity in a substrate processing chamber are provided herein. In some embodiments, a cover plate for a substrate processing chamber includes: an outer portion; and a raised inner portion having a thermally emissive layer, wherein a thermal emissivity of the thermally emissive layer varies across the thermally emissive layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2015Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventors: CHENG-HSIUNG TSAI, YOUQUN DONG, MANJUNATHA KOPPA
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Publication number: 20160258062Abstract: A deposition apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of reaction spaces, a plurality of plasma electrodes respectively disposed in the reaction spaces, a first plasma processor connected to at least two plasma electrodes, and a first plasma power source connected to the first plasma processor. The first plasma processor may include a plasma distributor or a plasma splitter.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2016Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventors: Ki Jong KIM, Hyun Kyu CHO, Jin Su LEE, Se Yong KIM
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Publication number: 20160258063Abstract: An atomic layer deposition apparatus that uniformly controls film thickness throughout an entire area of a substrate includes: a film formation container in which the substrate is disposed inside, the film formation container provided with a plurality of exhaust ports for discharging an internal gas, the plurality of exhaust ports arranged at intervals and arranged parallel to a surface of the substrate on which the thin film is formed; a source gas supply unit that supplies a source gas of the thin film into the film formation container; a reactive gas supply unit that supplies, into the film formation container, a reactive gas for forming the thin film in reaction with a component of the source gas adsorbed to the substrate; exhaust valves connected to the exhaust ports; and a control unit that controls the plurality of exhaust valves to control an exhaust volume from each of the exhaust ports.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2014Publication date: September 8, 2016Applicant: JSW AFTY CORPORATIONInventor: Keisuke WASHIO
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Publication number: 20160258064Abstract: The disclosure relates to a chamber component or a method for fabricating a chamber component for use in a plasma processing chamber apparatus. In one embodiment, a chamber component, for use in a plasma processing apparatus, includes an aluminum body having an anodized coating disposed on the aluminum body formed from a neutral electrolyte solution, wherein the anodized coating has a film density higher than 3.1 g/cm?2.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2015Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventors: Yogita PAREEK, Ankur KADAM, Laksheswar KALITA, Bipin THAKUR, Dmitry LUBOMIRSKY
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Publication number: 20160258065Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a rotary table arranged in a vacuum chamber, a first reaction gas supply unit that supplies a first reaction gas to a surface of the rotary table, a second reaction gas supply unit that is arranged apart from the first reaction gas supply unit and supplies a second reaction gas, which reacts with the first reaction gas, to the surface of the rotary table, and an activated gas supply unit that is arranged apart from the first and second reaction gas supply units. The activated gas supply unit includes a discharge unit that supplies an activated fluorine-containing gas to the surface of the rotary table, a pipe that is arranged upstream of the discharge unit and supplies the fluorine-containing gas to the discharge unit, and at least one hydrogen-containing gas supply unit arranged at the pipe for supplying a hydrogen-containing gas into the pipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2016Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventor: Shigehiro MIURA
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Publication number: 20160258066Abstract: A plating method has an electroless plating step for forming a conductive coating on a non-conductive substrate and an electrolytic plating step for forming a metallic coating on the conductive coating by using an auxiliary electrode. In the electroless plating step, with the position of the auxiliary electrode adjusted in relation to the non-conductive substrate, the non-conductive substrate and the auxiliary electrode are both immersed in an electroless plating solution to form the conductive coating. In the electrolytic plating step, with the position of the auxiliary electrode adjusted in relation to the non-conductive substrate, the non-conductive substrate and the auxiliary electrode are both immersed in an electrolytic plating solution to form the metallic coating. In the electroless plating step, electric current is applied by using the auxiliary electrode as an anode and a conductive member immersed in the electroless plating solution as a cathode.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2016Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventors: Takao HIEI, Atsushi KAWAHARA
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Publication number: 20160258067Abstract: This disclosure relates to compositions for protecting a metallic surface susceptible to corrosion, the composition comprising a first component comprising an aqueous mixture of an acid-phosphate of chemical formula Am(H2PO4)m.nH2O, where A is hydrogen ion, ammonium cation, metal cation, or mixtures thereof; where m=1-3, and n=0-6; the first component solution adjusted to a pH of about 2 to about 5, the first component having a particle size distribution between 0.04 to 60 micron; and a second component, configured for combination and at least partial reaction with the first component to provide a phosphate ceramic, the second component comprising an aqueous solution or suspension of an alkaline oxide or alkaline hydroxide represented by B2mOm, B(OH)2m, or mixtures thereof, where B is an element of valency 2m (m=1, 1.5, or 2) the second component solution adjusted to a pH of between 9-14.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2014Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventors: Sameerkumar Vasantlal Patel, Benjamin Chaloner-Gill, Anthony V. Collins
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Publication number: 20160258068Abstract: The invention provides a self-peening feedstock material for cold spray deposition comprising a higher ductility matrix material and a hardened particle.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2014Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventors: Michael A. Klecka, Aaron T. Nardi
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Publication number: 20160258069Abstract: The invention provides a novel, template-free process for the fabrication of metal nanowires of novel dimensions. The unconventional method produces highly ordered and freestanding aluminum nanowire arrays.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2016Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventors: Nathan T. Nesbitt, Michael J. Naughton
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Publication number: 20160258070Abstract: In a method for surface-modifying a neural electrode, a neural electrode array is formed, first and second metal nanoparticles having different solubilities with respect to an etching solution are simultaneously electrode-deposited on a surface of the neural electrode array, and the second metal nanoparticles are selectively etched using the etching solution, thereby forming a porous structure including the first metal nanoparticles on the surface of the neural electrode array.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 29, 2016Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventors: Yong Hee KIM, Sang-Don JUNG
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Publication number: 20160258071Abstract: There are provided processes for preparing lithium hydroxide. The processes comprise submitting an aqueous composition comprising lithium sulfate and/or lithium bisulfate to a first electromembrane process that comprises a two-compartment membrane process under suitable conditions for conversion of the lithium sulfate and/or lithium bisulfate to lithium hydroxide, and obtaining a first lithium-reduced aqueous stream and a first lithium hydroxide-enriched aqueous stream; and submitting the first lithium-reduced aqueous stream to a second electromembrane process that comprises a three-compartment membrane process under suitable conditions to prepare at least a further portion of lithium hydroxide and obtaining a second lithium-reduced aqueous stream and a second lithium-hydroxide enriched aqueous stream. There are also provided systems for preparing lithium hydroxide.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2014Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventors: Jean-François MAGNAN, Guy BOURASSA, Gary PEARSE, Peter SYMONS, David J. GENDERS, Geneviève CLAYTON
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Publication number: 20160258072Abstract: Broadly, the present disclosure relates to sidewall features (e.g. inner sidewall or hot face) of an electrolysis cell, which protect the sidewall from the electrolytic bath while the cell is in operation (e.g. producing metal in the electrolytic cell).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2016Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventors: Xinghua Liu, Robert A. DiMilia, Joseph M. Dynys, Jeffrey S. Martello
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Publication number: 20160258073Abstract: A raw gas collection system for collecting raw gas from a plurality of aluminium smelting pots is equipped with a plurality of branch ducts, each of which is arranged to channel a respective branch flow of raw gas from an aluminium smelting pot to a collection duct, which is common to and shared by the branch ducts. Each of said branch ducts is, near an outlet thereof, equipped with a curved section for aligning the branch flow with a flow direction of raw gas already present in the common collection duct, and a constriction for accelerating the branch flow through the branch duct outlet into the common collection duct. Furthermore, each of said branch ducts is equipped with a heat exchanger for removing heat from the respective branch flow of raw gas. The combined flow resistance of the constriction and the heat exchanger reduces the need for adjusting the respective branch flows using dampers, thereby reducing the power required to transport the raw gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2016Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventors: Anders Kenneth SORHUUS, Geir WEDDE, Odd Edgar BJARNO
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Publication number: 20160258074Abstract: A method of producing titanium, comprising providing an oxide of titanium having a level of impurities of at least 1.0 wt %, reacting the oxide of titanium to form a titanium oxycarbide; and electrolysing the titanium oxycarbide in an electrolyte, with the titanium oxycarbide configured as an anode; and recovering a refined titanium metal from a cathode in the electrolyte.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2012Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventors: Derek J. Fray, Shuqiang Jiao
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Publication number: 20160258075Abstract: Electrochemical fabrication processes and apparatus for producing multi-layer structures where each layer includes the deposition of at least two materials and wherein the formation of at least some layers including operations for providing coatings of dielectric material that isolate at least portions of a first conductive material from (1) other portions of the first conductive material, (2) a second conductive material, or (3) another dielectric material, and wherein the thickness of the dielectric coatings are thin compared to the thicknesses of the layers used in forming the structures. In some preferred embodiments, portions of each individual layer are encapsulated by dielectric material while in other embodiments only boundaries between distinct regions of materials are isolated from one another by dielectric barriers.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2016Publication date: September 8, 2016Applicant: Microfabrica Inc.Inventors: Dennis R. Smalley, Adam L. Cohen, Ananda H. Kumar, Michael S. Lockard
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Publication number: 20160258076Abstract: There is disclosed an apparatus for use in an electroetching or electrodeposition process in which material is etched from or deposited onto the surface of an electrically conductive component. The apparatus comprises a support for supporting the component within a tank containing an electrolytic solution; and a first-polarity electrode arranged to be located within the tank and immersed in the electrolytic solution and shaped to surround at least a part of the component in a contactless manner. In use, an electric field produced by the first-polarity electrode results in an electric variance between at least a part of the component and a second-polarity electrode having a polarity opposite to that of the first-polarity electrode. An electroetching and an electrodeposition process are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2016Publication date: September 8, 2016Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE plcInventors: Alpesh DESAI, Richard Keetley DAVIS, Colin James COOK
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Publication number: 20160258077Abstract: The method for copper electroplating according to the present invention comprises an aqueous acidic copper plating bath containing a leveler additive which forms copper trenches having a cross-sectional round shape under direct current plating conditions, and at least one reverse current pulse cycle consisting of one forward current pulse and one reverse current pulse wherein the fraction of the reverse charge to the forward charge applied to the substrate in said at least one current pulse cycle ranges between 0.1 to 5%. The method is particularly suitable for simultaneously filling blind micro vias and plating trenches with a rectangular cross-sectional shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2014Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventors: Andreas MACIOßEK, Olivier MANN, Pamela CEBULLA
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Publication number: 20160258078Abstract: Prior to electrodeposition of copper onto a nickel-containing or a cobalt-containing seed layer, a semiconductor wafer is pretreated by contacting the seed layer with a pre-wetting liquid comprising cupric ions at a concentration of at least about 10 g/L, more preferably of at least about 30 g/L, and an electroplating suppressor, such as a compound from the class of polyalkylene glycols. This pre-treatment is particularly useful for wafers having one or more large recessed features, such as through silicon vias (TSVs). The pre-wetting liquid is preferably degassed prior to contact with the wafer substrate. The pretreatment is preferably performed under subatmospheric pressure to prevent bubble formation within the recessed features. After the wafer is pretreated, copper is electrodeposited from an electroplating solution (such as an acidic electroplating solution) to fill the recessed features on the wafer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2015Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventors: Matthew S. Thorum, Steven T. Mayer
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Publication number: 20160258079Abstract: A system and method for developing a defect-free or reduced-defect electrophoretic coating on an electrically conductive substrate involves vibrating the substrate to remove residual paint solids after the substrate has been removed from the electrophoretic deposition bath and before the electrophoretically deposited coating is cured.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2015Publication date: September 8, 2016Applicant: TKS Industrial CompanyInventors: Mark J. Sweeney, William Eddie Barnett
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Publication number: 20160258080Abstract: There is disclosed a plating apparatus which can dispose an anode, a substrate and a regulation plate parallel to each other in such a manner that the center of the anode, the center of the substrate and the center of an opening of the regulation plate are aligned in a straight line. A frame of the plating apparatus includes: a support for supporting upper portions of an anode holder, a substrate holder and the regulation plate; a box structure secured to the support; an upper positioning structure for fixing a relative position between the support and the upper portions of the anode holder, the substrate holder and the regulation plate; and a lower positioning structure for fixing a relative position between the box structure and lower portions of the anode holder, the substrate holder and the regulation plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2016Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventors: Masaaki KIMURA, Mitsutoshi YAHAGI
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Publication number: 20160258081Abstract: A method of making an ordered graphene structure includes exposing a substrate to a laser beam to locally melt a portion of the substrate, exposing the substrate to a laser beam in the presence of a carbon source, to form a nucleation site for a graphene crystal, and either a) moving either the substrate or the laser beam relative to the other, or b) decreasing the laser beam power, in order to increase the size of the graphene crystal, thereby forming an ordered graphene structure. The ordered structure can be a plurality of columns, hexagons, or quadrilaterals. Each ordered structure can have a single crystal of graphene. A polymer coating can be formed on the ordered graphene structure to form a coated graphene structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2014Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventors: Barbaros Özyilmaz, Chee Tat Toh
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Publication number: 20160258082Abstract: A method for producing a carbon fiber, the method comprising: (i) subjecting a continuous carbon fiber precursor having a polymeric matrix in which strength-enhancing particles are incorporated to a stabilization process during which the carbon fiber precursor is heated to within a temperature range ranging from the glass transition temperature to no less than 20° C. below the glass transition temperature of the polymeric matrix, wherein the maximum temperature employed in the stabilization process is below 400° C., for a processing time within said temperature range of at least 1 hour in the presence of oxygen and in the presence of a magnetic field of at least 1 Tesla, while said carbon fiber precursor is held under an applied axial tension; and (ii) subjecting the stabilized carbon fiber precursor, following step (i), to a carbonization process. The stabilized carbon fiber precursor, resulting carbon fiber, and articles made thereof are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2015Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventors: Orlando Rios, Michael Alan McGuire, Karren Leslie More, Wyatt Evan Tenhaeff, Paul A. Menchhofer, Felix Leonard Paulauskas
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Publication number: 20160258083Abstract: A fibrous element and/or fibrous structure comprising such fibrous elements and/or product comprising same containing a deterrent agent and methods for making same are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2016Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventors: Paul Thomas Weisman, Mark Robert Sivik, Mark William Hamersky, Paul Dennis Trokhan
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Publication number: 20160258084Abstract: Woven material and altering the weave pattern of the woven material. The woven material may comprise a first portion comprising a weave pattern formed by a plurality of warp threads and at least one weft thread woven between the plurality of warp threads. The first portion may have a first thickness. The woven material may also comprise a locally thinned portion positioned adjacent the first portion. The locally thinned portion may comprise an altered weave pattern, which may comprise the plurality of warp threads positioned on a single side of the at least one weft thread, and/or the at least one weft thread woven between the plurality of warp threads in the locally thinned portion is separated by a first distance. The first distance may be greater than a second distance positioned between the at least one weft thread woven between the plurality of warp threads in the first portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2015Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventors: Motohide Hatanaka, Ying-Liang Su, Yoji Hamada
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Publication number: 20160258085Abstract: Woven material having tapered portions and altering the weave pattern and/or material construction in the tapered portion. The woven material may comprise a first width portion comprising a first weave pattern formed in a plurality of layers of warp threads. The plurality of layers of warp threads may comprise two distinct outer columns of warp threads, and inner columns of warp threads positioned between the two distinct outer columns. The woven material may also comprise a tapered width portion formed adjacent the uniform portion. The tapered portion may comprise the first weave pattern formed in the plurality of layers of warp threads of the inner columns of warp threads, and a second weave pattern formed in at least a portion of the plurality of layers of warp threads of the two distinct outer columns of warp threads. The second weave pattern may be distinct from the first weave pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2016Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventors: Motohide Hatanaka, Ying-Liang Su, Yoji Hamada
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Publication number: 20160258086Abstract: Present aspects hereof are directed to a circular knitted garment for a lower torso, formed from a circular knitted tube of fabric. In some aspects, a bottom edge of the tubular fabric body includes an arched front cutout with generally convergent legs, and an arched back cutout with generally divergent legs. Upon sewing a seam between the arched front cutout and the arched back cutout, a vertical seam is aligned with a vertical axis of the tubular fabric body and a front rise of the garment is lower than a back rise of the garment. In further aspects, a bottom angled cutout along the bottom edge of the tubular fabric body provides a perpendicular alignment between the bottom edge of the garment and the vertical inseam of the garment.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2015Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventor: David Turner
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Publication number: 20160258087Abstract: A circular knitting machine (1) for knitwear or hosiery, comprising a bearing structure, needle cylinder (C), a plurality of needles, and a dial group. The dial group comprises a support ring (4), a hook plate (5), and a thread feeding and cutting organ. The knitting machine comprises rotation transmission means (10) comprising: a drive pulley (11), a hook plate shaft (12), a flange (13) and an engaging mechanism (20) which operates between an engaged configuration, in which it constrains the pulley and the flange to one another, and a disengaged configuration, in which the flange is free from constraints.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2014Publication date: September 8, 2016Applicant: SANTONI S.P.A.Inventors: TIBERIO LONATI, ETTORE LONATI, FAUSTO LONATI
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Publication number: 20160258088Abstract: A loop joining apparatus is for joining loops of a tubular knitted article, and includes a reed unit and two loop holding units. The reed unit includes a first reed including a plurality of first reed teeth, and a second reed including a plurality of second reed teeth. The first and second reeds are pivotable relative to each other about a folding axis to transform between an expanded state and a stacked state. Each of the loop holding units holds at least one of two adjacent ones of the loops that are positioned closest to and symmetrical about the folding axis, to retain the at least one of the two adjacent ones of the loops on a corresponding one of the first and second reed teeth when the reed unit is transformed to the stacked state.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2016Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventor: Mustafa Inli
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Publication number: 20160258089Abstract: A method for producing a rope (35) that is useful for forming pelagic trawl mesh, particularly self-spreading trawl mesh. The rope (35): 1. is stronger for a given amount of material; 2. has less drag; 3. exhibits the same. or better lift when subjected to water flow at trawl mesh angles of attack; and 4. is also less costly to manufacture in comparison with known helix rope constructions. Most broadly, the method and apparatus of the present disclosure include a standard braiding apparatus (11) where an additional planetary carrier apparatus orbits about the outside of the usual planetary carrier apparatus, at a same or similar height as the usual planetary carrier apparatus, at a lower speed than the usual planetary carrier apparatus, and preferably carries fewer bobbins (19) than the usual planetary carrier apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2014Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventors: Hjortur Erlendsson, Sherif Safwat
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Publication number: 20160258090Abstract: A bulkiness recovery apparatus for nonwoven fabric includes a hot-air source; and a case unit including a base member, and first and second members. The first and second members face opposite first and second surfaces of the base member and partition first and second conveyor spaces. The base member has first and second hot-air chambers. The first and second surfaces have first and second jet inlets. The first and second hot-air chambers at least partly overlap in a direction normal to the first surface. First and second conveying directions of the nonwoven fabric in the first and second conveyor spaces are different. Hot air flows along the first conveying direction and is blasted from the first jet inlet into the first conveyor space. Hot air flows along the second conveying direction and is blasted from the second jet inlet into the second conveyor space.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2014Publication date: September 8, 2016Applicant: UNICHARM CorporationInventors: Jun OKUDA, Satoshi MITSUNO
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Publication number: 20160258091Abstract: The invention relates to the use of binder compositions containing one or more polymers based on ethylenically unsaturated monomers for producing textile sheet products, characterized in that the polymers are based on a) from 0.1 to 10% by weight of one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers containing epoxy groups, b) from 0.1 to 10% by weight of one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers containing silane groups and c) one or more other ethylenically unsaturated monomers differing from the monomers a) and b), where the % by weight data are always based on the total weight of the polymers.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2014Publication date: September 8, 2016Applicant: Wacker Chemie AGInventor: FLORIAN BAUERS
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Publication number: 20160258092Abstract: A nonwoven fabric includes a fiber including a first portion and a second portion connected to the first portion. A first fiber diameter of the first portion is smaller than a reference fiber diameter. A second fiber diameter of the second portion is equal to or greater than the reference fiber diameter. The reference fiber diameter is smaller than 1 ?m. A ratio of a maximum fiber diameter of the second portion to a length of a linear line connecting both end portions of the second portion is from 1/10 to ?.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2015Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventors: Yuki YOSHIOKA, Takayoshi YAMAGUCHI, Takahiro KUROKAWA
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Publication number: 20160258093Abstract: A sewing machine translates a stitchwork frame with which a cloth is fastened along a direction of a plane where the cloth is fastened based on stitchwork data to form a stitchwork pattern. A presser foot located above the cloth has a height changed by an actuator like a stepping motor in accordance with the advancement of a stitchwork formation. Hence, a predetermined clearance between the cloth and the presser foot is maintained.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2016Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventors: Mikio KOIKE, Jun MAFUNE
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Publication number: 20160258094Abstract: A presser foot of a sewing machine includes: a presser main body that presses a cloth; a guide base provided to the presser main body so as to form a single unit, and configured to guide a ribbon to be sewn to the cloth; a right guide and a left guide configured as members that are provided such that they can be relatively moved with respect to the guide base, that guide a position of the ribbon in the width direction, and that are arranged symmetrically with a position at which a sewing needle moves in a vertical direction as a base position; and an adjustment screw, a right guide bush, and a left guide bush, configured as a linking portion that links the movements of the right guide and the left guide such that they are positioned symmetrically with respect to the base position at all times.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2015Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventor: Eiichi Shomura
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Publication number: 20160258095Abstract: A presser foot for a sewing machine includes: a presser main body having an opening in which an upper feed dog is to be arranged, and configured to press a cloth; a rotational shaft connected to an upper feed mechanism of the sewing machine; a guide base provided to the presser main body so as to form a single unit, and configured to guide a ribbon; right and left guides configured as a pair of members provided such that they can be relatively moved with respect to the guide base, and to guide a position of the ribbon in the width direction, and arranged symmetrically with a position at which a sewing needle moves in a vertical direction as a base position; and an adjustment screw, right and left guide bushes, configured as a linking portion that links the movements of the right and left guides.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2015Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventor: Eiichi Shomura
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Publication number: 20160258096Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for distressing an object by projecting polysaccharide particles onto a surface of the object. The present disclosure relates also to methods for cleaning the distressed fabric or garment and optionally methods for recycling the polysaccharide particles. In one embodiment, a method for distressing an object comprises suspending polysaccharide particles in a gas, creating a suspension, and projecting the suspension onto an object.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2014Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventors: Dave Holland, Denis Monette
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Publication number: 20160258097Abstract: A washing machine for washing articles includes a housing and a drum mounted within the housing for rotation therein. A door is mounted to the housing, with the door being movable relative to the housing for providing access to the drum. An expandable bladder is mounted within the drum, with the expandable bladder being operable between an extended position for squeezing moisture from articles being washed and a retracted position.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2016Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventors: Ralph F. HAKE, Thomas E. GILL
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Publication number: 20160258098Abstract: A combination clothes washer/dryer apparatus for receiving, washing, and drying clothes or other washable items includes a housing for resting atop a generally horizontal surface (like the floor), with the housing being generally box-like and having a bottom portion. A first drum is pivotally mounted within the housing, and the first drum is pivotable about a pivot axis that is oriented generally between about 10 degrees and 50 degrees up from the bottom portion of the housing and a movable door is mounted at an angle of between about 40 degrees and 80 degrees up from the bottom portion of the housing. So constructed, a compact washer/dryer combination is provided that minimizes the risk of water leaking through the door and that is easy to load and unload.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2016Publication date: September 8, 2016Applicant: Hg LAUNDRY SYSTEMS, LLCInventors: Ralph F. HAKE, Thomas E. GILL
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Publication number: 20160258099Abstract: A laundry treatment apparatus includes a drawer. The laundry treatment apparatus further includes a cabinet that has an entrance opening and that is configured to receive the drawer through the entrance opening. The laundry treatment apparatus further includes a drum that is located inside the drawer and that is configured to receive laundry. The laundry treatment apparatus further includes a drum drive unit that is located inside the drawer and that is configured to rotate the drum. The laundry treatment apparatus further includes a fastening mechanism that is configured to reciprocate in a first direction that is either up and down or left and right with respect to a front of the drawer. The laundry treatment apparatus further includes a transfer member that is configured to reciprocate in a second direction that is either up and down or left and right with respect to the front of the drawer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2016Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventors: Jihong LEE, Wooseong KIM, Inbo SIM, Gunho LEE, Inhee HAN
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Publication number: 20160258100Abstract: A washing apparatus having an enhanced agitating effect on the clothes or article(s) being washed therein comprises a housing, a rotating drum within the housing, and at least one fluid conduit fluidly connected to a source of air and/or auxiliary water and fluidly connected to the drum for injecting air and/or auxiliary water into the drum from outside of the drum for mixing with the wash/rinse water to agitate the wash/rinse water.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2016Publication date: September 8, 2016Applicant: Hg LAUNDRY SYSTEMS, LLCInventors: Ralph F. HAKE, Thomas E. GILL
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Publication number: 20160258101Abstract: A washer/dryer apparatus including a rotating joint to allow water and/or air to be introduced into the drum, despite rotation of the drum. In example forms, the apparatus includes a housing, a fixed bulkhead fixedly attached to the housing, and a drum mounted for rotation in at least one direction. In example forms, the drum adapted for containing a quantity of wash water, and the drum is sealingly mounted to the bulkhead at a rotating joint, in example forms, a portion of the drum is nestably and rotatably mounted within a portion of the bulkhead. In one form, one or more openings extend through the bulkhead portion for passage of air and/or water therethrough.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2016Publication date: September 8, 2016Applicant: Hg LAUNDRY SYSTEMS, LLCInventors: Ralph F. HAKE, Thomas E. GILL
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Publication number: 20160258102Abstract: Disclosed herein is a washing machine having an improved balancing function. The washing machine includes a cabinet, a drum disposed in the cabinet to be rotatable, a balancer installed at the drum to offset an unbalanced load generated at the drum when the drum is rotated, 100 and at least one magnetic body disposed between the balancer and the drum.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2014Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventors: Min Sung Kim, Jeong Hoon Kang, Dong Ha Jung
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Publication number: 20160258103Abstract: A tub ring mountable to an upper end of a liquid holding tub in a laundry treating appliance may include a circumferential side wall, a top wall extending radially inward from the side wall, and a plurality of radial stiffening ribs extending between the top wall and the side wall. The ribs may have a bottom edge with at least a portion inclined relative to horizontal. At least a portion of the bottom edge may also be complementary to a top wall of a balance ring.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2015Publication date: September 8, 2016Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: JOHN M. HUNNELL, PRADEEP KUMAR, BRENNER M. SHARP, CHRISTINE L. STRAIN
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Publication number: 20160258104Abstract: A laundry washing machine with a human interface configured to receive information, specifying for each item, introduced into the washing machine to be washed, essential information including a typology and a description of its characteristics. The laundry washing machine also has a memory means configured to memorize the essential information, and a data management means configured to use said information to determine the most appropriate washing program among multiple washing programs, chosen taking into account the items singularly specified through said essential information when they are introduced in said washing machine. The data management means is also configured to report to a user, by means of an output means, the presence of at least a conflicting laundry item into the washing machine, after having determined on the basis of said essential information which conflicting laundry item is unsuitable to be washed by means of the selected washing program.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2013Publication date: September 8, 2016Applicant: Saronikos Trading and Services, Unipessoal LdaInventor: Robert JAMES
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Publication number: 20160258105Abstract: A device for softening fabrics in a dryer comprising a generally spherically-shaped outer body with one or more truncated surfaces and a securing mechanism for dryer sheets is disclosed. Various embodiments of the present disclosure include a dryer device having an open-ended body with a central securing mechanism coupled to an interior surface of the body. The securing mechanism includes a panel with a plurality of slits to form moveable flaps configured to secure a dryer sheet within the panel such that the sheet remains secured to the dryer device while tumbling through fabrics in a dryer load. The dryer device can further include a plurality of protrusions extending from an exterior wall of the open-ended body. Each protrusion can have a rounded shape that curves along a distance between the first open end and the second open end to create the generally spherical outer shape of the dryer device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2015Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventors: Rolando Hernandez, Gabriel Prero, Abigail Irzyk
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Publication number: 20160258106Abstract: The present invention relates to a detergent supply box of a drum washing machine which is not only mounted to implement an electronically stable device but also has a simple structure capable of improving the operational reliability thereof. The present invention provides a detergent supply box of a drum washing machine, the detergent supply box comprising: a fixed body (21) fixedly coupled to a washing machine body (11); a withdrawal body (22) detachably coupled to the fixed body (21); and an automatic pumping device (50) fixedly installed on the rear side of the fixed body (21).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2014Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventor: Hag Yeol KIM