Patents Issued in November 24, 2016
  • Publication number: 20160339405
    Abstract: A method of operation of a machine control indicator located on a first machine includes the step of monitoring operational parameters of a second machine operationally associated with a first machine. Each of the operational parameters is associated with a common clock of the machine control indicator. The operational parameters are stored in a memory of the machine control indicator with a date and time stamp based on the common clock. The operational parameters are transmitted along with the date and time stamp to a user device separate from the first machine and the second machine. In one embodiment, the operational parameters comprise one or more of a weight value, a rotation value, a revolutions per minute value, a peak weight value, a gearbox temperature value, and a hydraulic pressure value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: Digi-Star, LLC
    Inventors: Jerome A. Bump, Jack Allen Danner, Christopher V. Horton
  • Publication number: 20160339406
    Abstract: An Animal Feed Mixer (Dairy or Beef) Scale indicator system records Feed Mixer Operating Speed along with the operating temperatures and hydraulic & lube oil pressures of the mixer gearboxes and hydraulic drive system and notifies the operator and records the temperature or pressures, along with the weight, date, and time, when limits have been exceeded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: Digi-Star, LLC
    Inventors: Jerome A. Bump, Jack Allen Danner, Christopher V. Horton
  • Publication number: 20160339407
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for calculating a food additive. A first method includes identifying chemical compounds of an averse food ingredient, identifying chemical compounds of a flavorful food ingredient and calculating a set of chemical compounds for the food additive such that an olfactory perception of a mixture of the averse food ingredient, the flavorful food ingredient and the food additive is the same as an olfactory perception of only the flavorful food ingredient. A first device includes a database storing information identifying chemical compounds of an averse food ingredient and identifying chemical compounds of a flavorful food ingredient, and a processor for calculating a food additive such that an olfactory perception of flavors of a mixture of the averse food ingredient, the flavorful food ingredient and the food additive is the same as an olfactory perception of only the flavorful food ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Kush R. Varshney, Lav R. Varshney
  • Publication number: 20160339408
    Abstract: A fluid transport apparatus includes a pressure chamber to which a fluid is supplied, N drive elements that deliver the fluid to a channel by changing pressure of the fluid within the pressure chamber, and a control section that supplies a drive signal to each of the drive elements. The control section controls the N (N?2) drive elements such that phases of drive signals which are supplied to each of the drive elements are different from each other. Therefore, by changing the pressure of the fluid within the pressure chamber while suppressing an amplitude of the drive elements as a whole, pulsation of the fluid is effectively suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventor: Hiroshi SERA
  • Publication number: 20160339409
    Abstract: De novo synthesized large libraries of nucleic acids are provided herein with low error rates. Further, devices for the manufacturing of high-quality building blocks, such as oligonucleotides, are described herein. Longer nucleic acids can be synthesized in parallel using microfluidic assemblies. Further, methods herein allow for the fast construction of large libraries of long, high-quality genes. Devices for the manufacturing of large libraries of long and high-quality nucleic acids are further described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: William BANYAI, Bill James PECK, Andres FERNANDEZ, Siyuan CHEN, Pierre INDERMUHLE
  • Publication number: 20160339410
    Abstract: Reactive composition comprising between 60% and 98% by weight of sodium bicarbonate, between 1% and 40% by weight of sodium carbonate and between 0.02% and 2.0% by weight of ammonia, expressed in the form of ammonium ions NH4+, characterized in that the composition comprises less than 1.0% by weight of water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Marc THIJSSEN, Patrick PERRIN, Jorge KABBABE
  • Publication number: 20160339411
    Abstract: The present invention discloses activated carbon-metal organic framework composite materials (AC@MOF) with enhanced gas adsorption capacity. The present invention also discloses a process for the preparation of carbon-metal organic framework composite materials (AC@MOF). The present invention involves the use of “void space filling method” in metal organic frameworks (MOFs), which have been accomplished by in-situ addition of selected type and appropriate amount of activated carbon during the synthesis of MOF such as Cu-BTC, in the storage of gases such as methane. The gas adsorption capacity of these AC@MOF composite materials is significantly increased through this method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Hari C. Bajaj, Rajesh S. Somani, Phani B. Rallapalli, Dinesh Patil, Karikkethu P. Prasanth, Checkalazhikathu R. Manoj, Rajendra S. Thakur, Mathew John, Bharat L. Newalkar, Nettem V. Choudary
  • Publication number: 20160339412
    Abstract: Ligand-functionalized substrates are describe that are useful in selectively binding and removing biological materials from biological samples, and methods for preparing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Jerald K. Rasmussen, Catherine A. Bothof
  • Publication number: 20160339413
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the production of a TiO2 material comprising: preliminary mixing a titanium alkoxide with an acid; adding water, a phase separator and of an N source to the mixture thereby obtaining a TiO2 gel; washing the TiO2 gel with isopropanol; drying and calcining the TiO2 gel to produce the material. The invention also relates to a TiO2 material exhibiting an absorbance in the visible spectrum and in particular a light absorption at 500 nm which is greater than 50% of the light absorption at 400 nm, and its use as photocatalyst for the degradation of pollutants in air or water and water splitting into H2, under radiation in the visible spectrum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Paolo Boscaro, Vasile Hulea, Nathalie Marcotte, François Fajula, Anne Galarneau, Francis Luck
  • Publication number: 20160339414
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved process for the preparation of 2.5-dimethylfuran and furfuryl alcohol over ruthenium supported catalysts. Further, the present invention disclosed a process for the selective hydrogenolysis of biomass derived 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) into 2.5-dimethylfuran (DMF) using Ru nanoparticles supported on NaY zeolite as a catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Satyanarayana Vera Venkata Chilukuri, Atul Sopan Nagpure, Nishita Satyendra Lucas
  • Publication number: 20160339415
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a composite catalyst for the photocatalytic isomerisation of norbornadiene to prepare quadricyclane, comprising: a solid photocatalyst, selected from the group consisting of TiO2, Ti-MCM-41, Ti-SBA-15, ZnO, WO3, Ta2O5 or SrTiO3; and an organic photo-sensitizer loaded on the surface or in the channel of said solid photocatalyst, selected from benzophenone, acetophenone, Michler's Ketone, tetraethyl Michler's Ketone, and diethyl Michler's Ketone, where the organic photo-sensitizer is present in the solid photocatalyst in an amount of 0.5% to 20% by weight. The catalyst of the invention can catalyze a target reaction under the condition that no solvent is used, and the yield of the target product quadricyclane is higher. Furthermore, the catalyst of the invention has a stable activity, and it can be recycled. The invention further discloses a process for preparing the composite catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: TIANJIN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jijun ZOU, Xiangwen ZHANG, Li WANG, Qingfa WANG
  • Publication number: 20160339416
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to a hydroprocessing catalyst including (i) one or more hydrogenation metal components selected from a group consisting of a VIB group metal, a VIIB group metal, and a VIII group metal, and (ii) an organic compound expressed by the formula: R1COCH2COR2 (wherein, R1 and R2 are the same or different from each other, and are one or more groups selected from a group consisting of C1 to C12 alkyl, C6 to C12 allyl, C1 to C12 alkoxy and hydroxy), or an organometallic compound expressed by the formula: X(R1COCH1COR2)n (wherein, X is selected from a group consisting of VIB group metal, VIIB group metal and VIII group metal, R1 and R2 are the same or different from each other, and are one or more groups selected from a group consisting of C1 to C12 alkyl, C6 to C12 allyl, C1 to C12 alkoxy and hydroxy, and n is an integer of 1 to 6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: SK INNOVATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Il LEE, Do Woan KIM, Jae Hyun KOH, Seung Hoon OH, Hee Jung JEON, Sang Heup MOON, A Ra CHO, Young Moo PARK
  • Publication number: 20160339417
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a composite material which contains a support material and an ionic liquid, as well as a composite material and its use as synthetic catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: Clariant International AG
    Inventors: Normen SZESNI, Melanie Kaiser, Richard FISHER, Hans-Joerg WOELK
  • Publication number: 20160339418
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the present application discloses a catalyst composition comprising: a) a reaction solvent or a reaction medium; b) organometallic nanoparticles comprising: i) a nanoparticle (NP) catalyst, prepared by a reduction of an iron salt in an organic solvent, wherein the catalyst comprises at least one other metal selected from the group consisting of Pd, Pt, Au, Ni, Co, Cu, Mn, Rh, Jr, Ru and Os or mixtures thereof; c) a ligand; and d) a surfactant; wherein the metal or mixtures thereof is present in less than or equal to 50,000 ppm relative to the iron salt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Bruce H. Lipshutz, Sachin Handa
  • Publication number: 20160339419
    Abstract: Non-activated charcoals from living plant materials are useful as ion exchange agents for adsorbing cations from an environment, especially metal ions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicants: THE FORESTRY COMMISSION, THE UNIVERSITY OF SURREY
    Inventors: Franciscus Antonius Anna Marie DE LEIJ, Tony Richard HUTCHINGS, Jeremy Robert WINGATE
  • Publication number: 20160339420
    Abstract: A modular cooling storage system is disclosed, which has one or more storage containers, wherein each have cold-insulating walls including at least one side wall, a bottom, and a cover; wherein the cold-insulating walls each have two opposite lateral surfaces, which are connected to each other in a thickness direction by edge surfaces; and each storage container has at least one closable access opening. The lateral surfaces and/or edge surfaces of at least one of the walls of each storage container have integrated coupling elements, wherein the coupling elements are designed in such a way that the coupling elements engage with the coupling elements of a directly adjacent wall of a further storage container, wherein storage containers engaged with each other along a section of the walls of the storage containers have a common wall in the section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Dennis Machling, Robert Koppen
  • Publication number: 20160339421
    Abstract: A quantitative pipette includes an air bag, an air-guiding tube, a liquid-storing capsule and a quantitative capillary. Said air bag, said air-guiding tube and said liquid-storing capsule are all made of transparent polymer material, and connected sequentially to be communicated through internal holes. Said quantitative capillary is made of transparent polymer material or glass material. The upper end of the quantitative capillary is inserted into the liquid-storing capsule and close to the air-guiding tube, and the lower end of the quantitative capillary projects out the liquid-storing capsule. Volume of the quantitative capillary is selected based on the volume of the liquid to be pipetted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: Dongtai Kehua Medical Instrument Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ronghua MA
  • Publication number: 20160339422
    Abstract: Apparatus for isolating an individual cell from a group of cells and transferring that isolated cell to a desired location, the apparatus comprising: a single-cell pipette tip, the single-cell pipette tip comprising: a structure having a distal end; a Y-shaped microchannel formed in the structure, the Y-shaped microchannel comprising a base microchannel, a first branch microchannel and a second branch microchannel, wherein the base microchannel extends to the distal end of the structure, the first branch microchannel is connectable to a first pressure channel, the second branch microchannel is connectable to a second pressure channel, and a single-cell trap is disposed in the base microchannel, distal to the convergence of the base microchannel with the first branch microchannel and the second branch microchannel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Lidong Qin, Kai Zhang
  • Publication number: 20160339423
    Abstract: The invention relates to a microfabricated device for the rapid detection of DNA, proteins or other molecules associated with a particular disease. The devices and methods of the invention can be used for the simultaneous diagnosis of multiple diseases by detecting molecules (e.g. amounts of molecules), such as polynucleotides (e.g., DNA) or proteins (e.g., antibodies), by measuring the signal of a detectable reporter associated with hybridized polynucleotides or antigen/antibody complex. In the microfabricated device according to the invention, detection of the presence of molecules (i.e., polynucleotides, proteins, or antigen/antibody complexes) are correlated to a hybridization signal from an optically-detectable (e.g. fluorescent) reporter associated with the bound molecules. These hybridization signals can be detected by any suitable means, for example optical, and can be stored for example in a computer as a representation of the presence of a particular gene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Stephen R. Quake, Hou-Pu Chou
  • Publication number: 20160339424
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods and materials for the manufacture and use of wettability tracks on various substrates for rapid fluid transport and drainage, even in a condensing environment. The degree of wettability of the materials' surfaces range from superhydrophobic to superhydrophilic. The method centers on the formation of a dispersion of titanium dioxide and a fluoroacrylic co-polymer in an alcohol and water solution. The dispersion may then be deposited onto a surface to form a coating, which is then dried to evaporate the alcohol. The dried coating is exposed to radiation to produce a wedge-shaped track. The coating is exposed to the radiation through a photomask to produce the track. The radiation may be high energy, such as UV radiation. The radiation may be selectively exposed to designated areas on the coating. The hydrophilic wedge-shaped track may have a wedge angle of from 0 degrees to 45 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Constantine M. MEGARIDIS, Ranjan GANGULY, Aritra GHOSH, Thomas SCHUTZIUS
  • Publication number: 20160339425
    Abstract: A magnetohydrodynamic force fluid logic controller is provided including a solid substrate, a fluid chamber disposed above the substrate, containing a fluid under test. It also includes an active magnet such that the active magnet is disposed to control north and south poles on the fluid under test or on the carrier fluid and a two-dimensional distribution of magnetized domains disposed on a surface of the solid substrate. The magnetized domains have poles activated by the above the active magnet, where the different parts of the above the fluid under test self-interact and split, merge or propagate along different directions on the above the substrate subject to their placement on the magnetized domains, whereby the active magnet regulates the self-interaction. The results of the self-interactions are equivalent to physical binary logic operations where “1” is the presence and “0” is the absence of a fluidic volume at a given location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Georgios Katsikis, Manu Prakash
  • Publication number: 20160339426
    Abstract: An apparatus configured for displacing fluid from a fluid container comprises first and second actuators configured to be movable together until the first actuator compresses a first part of the fluid container and then moveable independently until the second actuator compresses a second part of the fluid container. Fluid containers comprise a first vessel, a second vessel, and a sealing partition preventing fluid flow from the second vessel and further include piercing means for piercing the sealing partition to permit fluid flow from the second vessel. A fluid container comprises a vessel configured to be collapsed to displace fluid from the vessel, a housing surrounding at least a portion of the vessel, and a floating compression plate movably disposed within the housing and configured to permit an external actuator to press the compression plate into the vessel to collapse the vessel and displace the fluid contents therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: GENMARK DIAGNOSTICS, INC.
    Inventors: DAVID WALTER WRIGHT, DOMINIC AIELLO
  • Publication number: 20160339427
    Abstract: A microreactor array platform and method for sealing a reagent in microreactors of an array of microreactors are provided. The microreactor array platform includes an array of microreactors, and a sealing film having a first surface and an opposite second surface, the sealing film configured to movably seal the array of microreactors. The microreactor array platform also includes an injector for delivering a reagent into the array of microreactors via a fluid path between the array and the second surface of the sealing film, and an applicator for directing a sealing liquid against the first surface of the sealing film. The microreactor array platform further includes a system for creating a pressure differential between the reagent in the injector and a space between the array of microreactors and the second surface of the sealing film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventor: Peter Wiktor
  • Publication number: 20160339428
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device and method for forming a chemically patterned paper microfluidic device (cPMD) having controllable hydrophobic regions for purposes of providing a repeatable and versatile production with no temperature limitations similar or expensive printers, enabling point of care sensor devices. The disclosed invention comprises multilayer capability, including the ability for various biomolecules to be immobilized with charge interaction. The paper-based microfluidic platform as disclosed repeatable, versatile, cost effective, and allows for the creation of complex channels using the settling time calculated from calibration results. The disclosed system supports a wide variety of scenarios for testing, diagnostics and drug delivery, and related products and services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: Texas Tech University System
    Inventors: Jungkyu Kim, Ryan Howse
  • Publication number: 20160339429
    Abstract: In illustrative implementations of this invention, microfluidic perfusion tubing is easily and precisely inserted into a microfluidic device. The tubing is inserted in a manner that aligns one or more holes in the perfusion tubing with one or more channels in the microfluidic device. For example, a hole in the tip of a perfusion tube may open into a channel in the microfluidic device. Or, multiple holes in a tube may open into different channels in a microfluidic device. The system may include a microfluidic device, two or more couplers, and a support frame. The microfluidic device may be inserted into a recessed region of the support frame, and the couplers may be attached to the support frame. The effect of doing so is to fix the position of the components relative to each other, and to precisely align holes in the tubes with channels in the microfluidic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Andreas Mershin, Alexander Leffell
  • Publication number: 20160339430
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and system for generating droplets of an aqueous solution on a microfluidic chip with an air continuous phase. Specifically, the droplet generator according to the present invention is integrated into a microfluidic chip to generate and introduce droplets of an aqueous solution into the microfluidic chip. The droplets travelling in a network of chip channels may be captured in on-chip traps in a manner defined by hydrodynamic resistances of chip channels. A biological reaction may be performed on a droplet trapped on the microfluidic chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: University of Maryland
    Inventors: Ian M. White, Srinivasa Raghavan, Kunal R. Pandit
  • Publication number: 20160339431
    Abstract: A device for monitoring fluid media, and methods of manufacture thereof are disclosed. The monitoring device may be implemented as a single monolithic unit made from a certain type of material without a separate packaging, and having a base element comprising at least one fluid port and at least one cavity or fluid flow path fluidly coupled to the at least one fluid port for enabling fluid exchange of fluid media therewith. The device comprises at least one sensing element associated with the cavity or fluid flow path and configured and operable for measuring at least one property or condition of fluid media introduced thereinto, and generate measurement data or signals indicative thereof. Electrical contacts disposed on the base element of the device, and electrically coupled to the at least one sensing element are used for establishing electrical connection with the at least one sensing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Tsvi SHMILOVICH, Nicola MOLINAZZI
  • Publication number: 20160339432
    Abstract: A nanofluidic biosensor system (200) comprising a bottom substrate (120) and a top substrate (110) between which are defined an input lateral aperture (210), a nanoslit (230) which contains at least one functionalized area (231) and an output lateral aperture (220) or an internal reservoir (221), said biosensor system (200) being adapted to let a solution containing biomolecules (320) enter the input lateral aperture (210) and successively pass through said nanoslit (230) and said output lateral aperture (220) or internal reservoir (221); said biosensor system (200) furthermore comprising a gas evacuation subsystem (150-155) which is located between said nanoslit (230) and the biosensor external environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Nicolas Durand, Iwan Maerki, Matthias Geissbuehler
  • Publication number: 20160339433
    Abstract: The present invention relates to systems and methods of monitoring velocity or flow in channels, especially in microfluidic channels. In some embodiments, the present invention relates to systems and methods of monitoring velocity or flow rate in systems and methods for performing a real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in a continuous-flow microfluidic system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Kenton C. Hasson, Gregory A. Dale
  • Publication number: 20160339434
    Abstract: One example of systems and methods for inertio-elastic focusing of particles in microchannels includes a substrate including a channel having an inlet and an outlet. A viscoelastic fluid, i.e., a fluid having a dynamic viscosity that varies with shear rate, and that carries suspended particles is driven through the channel. The volumetric flow rate at which the fluid is driven results in the formation of a localized pathline in the fluid at or near a center of the channel. The localized pathline defines a width that is equal to or slightly greater than a hydraulic diameter of the particle. The particles in the fluid are focused into the localized pathline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Mehmet Toner, Gareth McKinley, Eugene Lim, Thomas Ober
  • Publication number: 20160339435
    Abstract: A bridge (30) comprises a first inlet port (31) at the end of a capillary, a narrower second inlet port (32) which is an end of a capillary, an outlet port (33) which is an end of a capillary, and a chamber (34) for silicone oil. The oil is density-matched with the reactor droplets such that a neutrally buoyant environment is created within the chamber (34). The oil within the chamber is continuously replenished by the oil separating the reactor droplets. This causes the droplets to assume a stable capillary-suspended spherical form upon entering the chamber (34). The spherical shape grows until large enough to span the gap between the ports, forming an axisymmetric liquid bridge. The introduction of a second droplet from the second inlet port (32) causes the formation of an unstable funicular bridge that quickly ruptures from the, finer, second inlet port (32), and the droplets combine at the liquid bridge (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Mark Davies, Tara Dalton, Kieran Curran
  • Publication number: 20160339436
    Abstract: Microfluidic system, including methods and apparatus, for processing fluid, such as by droplet generation. In an exemplary method, a sample-containing fluid may be dispensed into a well through a sample port of a channel component. The channel component may include (a) a body having a bottom surface attached to the well, and a top surface with a microchannel formed therein, and (b) an input tube projecting into the well from the bottom surface of the body. The sample-containing fluid when dispensed may contact a bottom end of the input tube and may be retained, with assistance from gravity, out of contact with the microchannel. A pressure differential may be created that drives at least a portion of the sample-containing fluid from the well via the input tube and through the microchannel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Anthony J. Makarewicz, JR., Luc Bousse, Stefano Schiaffino
  • Publication number: 20160339437
    Abstract: An apparatus for thermal cycling can transfer heat uniformly and efficiently. The apparatus can be used in a method that reduces condensation on sample wells. The apparatus can also be manufactured to provide uniform configurations. For example, a sample illustratively for polymerase chain reaction (PCR), in each sample well and the components of the embodiment of the thermal cycler apparatus shown at including a well block, a base plate, a layer of adhesive, a peltier device, another layer of adhesive and a heat sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Zackery Kent Evans, Thomas Knight Bodily, Richard David Abbott, Patrick L. Riley
  • Publication number: 20160339438
    Abstract: A system and method directed to DNA amplification with optional in situ purification, sequencing and/or detection, or a system compatible with integrated, post-amplification purification and or sequencing by capillary electrophoresis and other methods. The device is a single, helical channel formed of fused silica with heat zones defined about fixed arcs of the helix inner and/or outer circumference. The length of the helical channel and the cycle number and dwell time may be varied by altering the pitch of the helix within the cylindrical substrate. In another embodiment, the heat zone arcs lengths are also variable. In still another embodiment, multiple helical channels are available in parallel within the same structure. Separation channels may be integrated on the device for post-amplification purification and/or sequencing. One or more detection schemes may be provided on the device or seamlessly integrated with the device, for monitoring amplification and/or detecting specific products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: Cyclone Biosciences LLC
    Inventor: Stephen E. Griffin
  • Publication number: 20160339439
    Abstract: Provided is a microarray processing apparatus which is capable of sufficiently washing a microarray. The microarray processing apparatus (30) includes a well plate (38) in which one or two or more wells (40) are formed, each well (40) accommodating a microarray (1), and a suction nozzle (46) that suctions a liquid from the well. The well has a concave portion whose upper end is opened, which has a depth equal to or greater than a height of the microarray, and into which a front end of the suction nozzle can be inserted up to a height position of a lower end of the microarray accommodated in the well. The suction nozzle can relatively descend in the well until the front end of the suction nozzle is located at the height position of the lower end of the microarray accommodated in the well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kouji SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20160339440
    Abstract: Cone crushers with differing main bearing styles therein being manufactured with interchangeable parts and with a common exterior configuration so that a roller bearing cone crusher could be replaced at a crushing site by a plain bearing cone crusher without the need for any modification to either the plain bearing crusher or the crushing site. Methods of manufacturing roller bearing cone crushers which have components therein which are interchangeable with components in a plain bearing cone crusher is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventor: Joseph E Musil
  • Publication number: 20160339441
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a machine frame for a roll crusher that has two side walls and two end walls, where the mentioned end walls accommodate the storage of the rolls. The end walls are split horizontally in the area of the mounting of the rollers, and vertically between the mountings of the upper part. One advantage is that to remove a roller, removal of the respective upper end wall is sufficient. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the adjacent upper parts of the end walls do not touch. An advantage of this is that tilting of the end wall upper parts among each other or in contact with the side walls is prevented during removal. Furthermore, the gap resulting from the distance between the front wall upper parts in the preferred embodiment would be sealed, with the advantage that no material and dust can exit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: TAKRAF GmbH
    Inventors: Burkhard PETACK, Marko SCHMIDT, Karsten EBENHAN, Patrick NEUFELDT
  • Publication number: 20160339442
    Abstract: A shredder includes a strip-cut shredding portion including paired disc-shaped multi-plate rotary cutters to be engaged with each other to shred paper in a strip-cut direction, and a cross-cut shredding portion including a fixed cutter and a spiral rotary cutter for further shredding strip-cut waste pieces discharged from the strip-cut shredding portion in a cross-cut direction, the shredder including an intermediate holding portion, between the strip-cut shredding portion and the cross-cut shredding portion, for feeding the strip-cut waste pieces to the cross-cut shredding portion while holding the strip-cut waste pieces. The intermediate holding portion includes paired rollers which have outer peripheral faces capable of coming into close contact with each other to pinch the strip-cut waste pieces, and which rotate in feed directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventor: Shigeru FUJIMORI
  • Publication number: 20160339443
    Abstract: The invention relates to a crushing tool for plastic materials drivable to a rotary motion, comprising a carrier (1), which can be rotated about a rotational axis (B) centrally located on it and on the surface (3) of which tools (4) for the processing and crushing of the plastic materials are arranged. It is provided according to the present invention, that in the area of the rotational axis (B) of the carrier (1) a deflector (5) is arranged, wherein in an area of the carrier (1) connecting radially to the deflector (5) web- or strip-shaped conveyor wings (6) are arranged and in the area of the carrier (1) connecting to the conveyor wings (6) radially towards the edge (7) the tools (5) are arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Klaus Feichtinger, Manfred Hackl, Peter Pauli, Georg Weigerstorfer
  • Publication number: 20160339444
    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally related to an apparatus having cutter elements for destroying articles such as paper sheets and a mechanism for separating at least a sheet from a stack in a tray. The separation mechanism can be activated by rotation of the cutter elements. In one embodiment, the separation mechanism is provided in the form of a helical mechanism, such as a coil, configured for insertion into the stack and to receive separated sheets from the stack in between its space(s) as it is rotated. The separated sheets can fall via gravity into the shredder mechanism. Optionally, a paper feed mechanism can feed separated paper to the cutter elements. The tray can include an edge to assist in directing separated paper towards the cutter elements. One or more staple picking support mechanisms can also be provided to assist in separating sheets from a stapled set of pages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Steven CARSON, Tai Hoon K. Matlin, Shawn Michael Applegate, Dennis William Gruber, Dipan Pravin Surati
  • Publication number: 20160339445
    Abstract: Systems and methods for liberating materials of interest from an item, and sorting those materials. Systems and methods may separate shredded material of an item into shredded material that contains ferrous metal, and remaining shredded material, and sort the remaining shredded material into fine material, light material, and heavy material. Systems and methods may separate the heavy material into heavy material that contains ferrous metal and remaining heavy material, separate the light material into light material that contains ferrous metal and remaining light material, and sort the remaining light material into at least a first type of remaining light material and a second type of remaining light material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventor: TCHAD ROBINSON
  • Publication number: 20160339446
    Abstract: The present invention relates to core-shell-particles, wherein the core comprises at least one metal, or a compound thereof, or a mixture of at least one metal or a compound thereof and at least one semimetal or a compound thereof, and the shell comprises at least one silicon comprising polymer, to a process for the preparation of these core-shell-particles, to the use of these core-shell-particles in an agglomeration-deagglomeration process, in particular in chemical, physical or biological test methods or separation processes, decontamination processes, water purification, recycling of electrical/electronic scrap or gravity separation, and to a process for separating at least one first material from a mixture comprising this at least one first material and at least one second material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Florian BLASBERG, Andreas LUZ, Igor SHISHKOV, David J. GILBERT, Wolfgang ROHDE
  • Publication number: 20160339447
    Abstract: An electrostatic particle collector may generally include a housing having sidewalls extending lengthwise between a first end and a second end. The housing may define a plate slot that extends heightwise within the housing between a top end and a bottom end. The housing may further include a plate access window that provides access to the bottom end of the plate slot. The collector may also include a collector plate configured to be installed within the plate slot that extends heightwise between a top edge and a bottom edge. Additionally, when the collector plate is installed within the plate slot, the bottom edge of the collector plate may be accessible from an exterior of the housing via the plate access window so as to allow the bottom edge of the collector plate to be moved relative to the housing to facilitate removal of the collector plate from the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Matthew J. Siegfried, Daniel R. Radford, Russell K. Huffman
  • Publication number: 20160339448
    Abstract: The method for monitoring the signal quality of an electrostatic precipitator comprises measuring in real time at least one feature of a primary electric power sent to a transformer of the electrostatic precipitator and/or at least one feature of a secondary electric power sent to the collecting electrodes and discharge electrodes of the electrostatic precipitator, elaborating the at least a measured feature generating an information indicative of the electrostatic precipitation signal quality, providing the information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Nanda Kishore DASH, Niraj Kumar SINGH, Elisabeth PETTERSSON, Carl Marcus WILLIAMSSON
  • Publication number: 20160339449
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cover for a centrifugal filter, and is intended to propose a cover for a centrifugal filter, in which when water separated from oil is discharged through outlets provided in covers, the cover for the centrifugal filter can reduce the amount of oil leaking out with mixed gas and water. According to the present invention, there is provided a cover for a centrifugal filter, the cover constituting the centrifugal filter by covering a rotor that rotates so as to filter impurities contained in oil by using a centrifugal force, the rotor being provided with at least one nozzle through which filtered oil is jetted, the cover including: an inner cover configured to cover the rotor, the inner cover including a first outlet and a first inlet; an outer cover provided outside the inner cover; and an oil leak prevention member provided in the first outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: SHIN HEUNG PRECISION CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yong Keun KIM, Ho Jin EUM, Kyo Hye YE
  • Publication number: 20160339450
    Abstract: A system is provided that includes a controller, a touch screen having a plurality of control icons, a controlled device, and a single safety sensor. The controller prevents operation of the controlled device without contact by a user of both the single safety sensor and a respective one of the plurality of control icons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: Alfa Wassermann, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt Spiegel, Sorin Weissman, Bill Lepse, Blaine J. Marsh
  • Publication number: 20160339451
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for processing an initial liquid medium (4) comprising cells in an initial concentration in order to obtain a product liquid medium (4?) comprising cells in a product concentration, the device (2) comprising a separator (6) adapted to separate the initial liquid medium (4) into various constituents, a first supply system (8) for supplying the initial liquid medium (4) to the separator (6), a first outlet system (12) for extracting the product liquid medium (4?) from the separator (6), a sensor (22, 22?) adapted to measure a physical parameter related to the concentration of the cells in the initial or product liquid medium (4, 4?), and a control unit (24) coupled to the sensor (22, 22?) and adapted to control at least one process of the device (2) as a function of the physical parameter measured by the sensor (22, 22?). The device is characterized by a second supply system (10) for supplying a solution (18) to the separator (6) with a given flow rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Artur Meisberger, Melanie Fahrendorff, Michael Brinkmann, Martin Biehl
  • Publication number: 20160339452
    Abstract: A centrifugal, liquid-liquid separator is controlled, first by automatic control of back pressure to position of the dispersion band and equalize the settling lengths of both heavy and light phases. In line testing of a parameter reflecting the BS&W content of output oil controls withdrawal from a tank, and throughput rate through the separator. Output always meets a predetermined specification established on a daily basis by a market price and quality (contamination limit, maximum BS&W) for oil. Control provides assurance that all of a particular load in a tank will meet specification, and that it cannot change significantly before refining. Once the adjustment of the separator system reaches its lowest flow limit, processing halts, to assure that the oil quality is optimized. The controller may be used on any tank of separated oil to assure that no oil is withdrawn “out of spec.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: C. Michael Miller, D. Andrew Bell, Ngai Keung Tam
  • Publication number: 20160339453
    Abstract: A cyclonic separator with an inlet, a fuel outlet, an inner wall comprising a water-permeable material, an outer wall, a cavity between the inner wall and the outer wall, and a water outlet. The cyclonic separator is adapted to discharge water from the water outlet via the cavity and relatively less dense liquid fuel from the fuel outlet. The water-permeable material enables water in the cyclonic separator to flow through the water-permeable material into the cavity, but substantially prevents liquid fuel in the cyclonic separator from doing so.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Joseph K-W LAM, Stephen LISLE-TAYLOR
  • Publication number: 20160339454
    Abstract: A flexible dispensing apparatus for coupling to pressurized fluid containers is described. It includes a flexible tube and a handle assembly. The handle assembly houses a second end of the tube. The handle assembly has a first side connected to a second side, a slide trigger, a roller coupled to the bottom of the slide trigger with a dowel pin, a spray nozzle assembly, a magnet reservoir, and a magnet. The first side has an inclined ramp that runs along a length of the first side and extends into the second side above and beyond a seam that is formed by the connection of the two sides. The tube is within a channel in the handle assembly formed between the inclined ramp and the roller. When the roller is rolled toward the end of the ramp it pinches the flexible tube near the top of the inclined ramp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Nick Rhea, Eric Young