Patents Issued in July 25, 2017
  • Patent number: 9713783
    Abstract: An air purifier having an improved air purification capacity. The air purifier includes a base, a body arranged at a top of the base and having a cylindrical shape at a portion thereof, a suction unit arranged within the body and having a suction port, a discharge unit arranged within the body and having a discharge port to discharge air intook by the suction unit, a blowing unit arranged within the body to blow air from the suction unit to the discharge unit, and a filter unit arranged within the body to purify air blown by the blowing unit, wherein at least one of the suction port and the discharge port has a periphery defining a surface having an oval or ovoid shape inclined from a central axis of the cylindrical body portion, wherein the suction unit is pivotally coupled to the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Gibong Yu, Kyoungho Lee, Sangjin Cha
  • Patent number: 9713784
    Abstract: Embodiments provide methods, apparatuses, and articles of manufacture for filtering particulates from an airflow directed at a heat exchanger. A blade may gather the filtered particulates. The gathered particulates may then be exhausted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Mark D Senatori
  • Patent number: 9713785
    Abstract: An air filtration system with vertical construction includes a suction intake for taking in contaminated air and vertical channel. Contaminated air is taken in and conveyed downward through the vertical channel which includes a lateral opening, through which the air flow is deflected toward and conveyed through a material pre-separator. A process chamber having at least one filter element is provided downstream of the material pre-separator. A fan is provided downstream of the process chamber. The material pre-separator has an intake side and an outlet side for a particle-contaminated air flow and consists of several strip-shaped separating elements that are arranged vertically on top of one another. The separating elements are initially arranged from the top toward the bottom with an increasing positive angle relative to the vertical line and at least one lower separating element has a negative angle relative to the vertical line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: ESTA Apparatebau GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Novosel, Bernhard Frank
  • Patent number: 9713786
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an agglomeration-resistant desulfurizing product for removing contaminants from a fluid stream. The agglomeration-resistant desulfurizing product comprising a metal oxide composition for reacting with contaminants and a polymeric crystallization inhibitor for reducing the agglomeration of the desulfurizing product resulting from using the desulfurizing product. A method to produce the agglomeration-resistant desulfurizing product and a method to treat a fluid stream is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: M-I L.L.C.
    Inventor: Thomas G. Braga
  • Patent number: 9713787
    Abstract: The embodiments of the disclosure relate generally to adsorbent beds, adsorbent contactors, and methods of using same. The disclosure includes polymer filaments that include an adsorbent particle, such as a zeolite, metal oxide, metal organic framework. A plurality of fibers composed of the polymer filaments can be formed into an adsorbent bed for use in pressure swing and/or temperature swing adsorption processes. The plurality of fibers can be packed into a bed randomly, spirally wound, or woven into a fabric that can be formed into a contacting structure. The adsorbent particle can be contained within the polymer filament and can interact with a medium having a component for adsorption by being in fluid communication with the medium via tortuous pathways within the polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
    Inventors: Tracie L. Owens, Daniel P. Leta
  • Patent number: 9713788
    Abstract: A method is described for separating CO2 and/or H2S from a mixed gas stream by contacting the gas stream with a non-aqueous, liquid absorbent medium of a primary and/or secondary aliphatic amine, preferably in a non-aqueous, polar, aprotic solvent under conditions sufficient for sorption of at least some of the CO2. The solution containing the absorbed CO2 can then be treated to desorb the acid gas. The method is usually operated as a continuous cyclic sorption-desorption process, with the sorption being carried out in a sorption zone where a circulating stream of the liquid absorbent contacts the gas stream to form a CO2-rich sorbed solution, which is then cycled to a regeneration zone for desorption of the CO2 (advantageously at <100° C.). Upon CO2 release, the regenerated lean solution can be recycled to the sorption tower. CO2:(primary+secondary amine) adsorption molar ratios>0.5:1 (approaching 1:1) may be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY
    Inventors: David Charles Calabro, Lisa Saunders Baugh, Pavel Kortunov, Benjamin A. McCool, Michael Siskin, Dennis George Peiffer, Quanchang Li
  • Patent number: 9713789
    Abstract: Process for reducing the water and carboxylic acid content of an alcohol composition containing at least one alcohol having one to four carbon atoms, water and at least one carboxylic acid having from one to four carbon atoms by contacting the alcohol composition with a desiccant bed containing at least one porous inorganic oxide material at elevated temperature. At least one of the porous inorganic oxide material(s) contains Brønsted acid sites and/or neutralized Brønsted acid sites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: BP P.L.C.
    Inventors: Leslie William Bolton, John Glenn Sunley
  • Patent number: 9713790
    Abstract: Disclosed are a compound including an oxalate, a carbon dioxide absorbent including the same, a method of preparing the carbon dioxide absorbent and a method of removing carbon dioxide, which may overcome issues of high recycling energy and low absorptivity of a conventional carbon dioxide absorbent to considerably reduce recycling energy and absorb a greater amount of carbon dioxide per unit absorbent, so that a size of a carbon dioxide absorption tower may be reduced and a less amount of recycling energy may be used, contributing to a substantial decrease in device manufacture costs and management costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Energy Research
    Inventors: Soon Kwan Jeong, Yeo Il Yoon, Sung Chan Nam, Soo Hyun Choi, Sung Ho Yoon, Nam Seok Kim, Bon Sik Joo
  • Patent number: 9713791
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for separating a composition of matter with the aid of a membrane cascade having at least two stages, in which a separation is effected in each stage at at least one membrane at a separation temperature set for the particular stage. The invention further relates to a corresponding membrane cascade, to the use of said membrane cascade for catalyst separation from homogeneously catalyzed mixtures, and to a process for hydroformylation, in which the catalyst is separated by means of a membrane cascade. The problem addressed thereby is that of specifying a membrane-based process for separating compositions of matter, which has a minimum membrane area requirement and nevertheless fulfills the separation task and separation performance required. This problem is solved by the use of a membrane cascade with falling separation temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: EVONIK DEGUSSA GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Priske, Robert Franke, Bart Hamers, Patrick Schmidt, Andrzej Górak
  • Patent number: 9713792
    Abstract: A process for making a composite membrane comprising the steps: (i) providing a moving poriferous support (1) impregnated with a curable composition, wherein the composition is present in the pores of the support and on a surface of the support; (ii) scraping or squeezing the poriferous support and thereby removing at least some of the curable composition (2) from the surface of the support; and (iii) after performing step (ii), irradiating the support, thereby curing the composition present therein. Composite membranes are also claimed having a surface layer thickness of below 0,5 microns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Fujifilm Manufacturing Europe BV
    Inventor: Johannes Adrianus Wilhelmus Van Engelen
  • Patent number: 9713793
    Abstract: A microporous membrane may be manufactured using a polymer binder and a filler material using a liquid pore forming agent having a surface free energy that is lower than that of the filler and higher than that of the polymer. The repulsion of the pore forming agent to the polymer may form the pores of the membrane, while the attraction of the polymer to the filler may encapsulate the filler into the structure of the membrane. The filler may be particles that are on the order of or smaller than the wall thickness of the microporous structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kirby W. Beard, Ann M. Edwards
  • Patent number: 9713794
    Abstract: According to example embodiments, a separation membrane includes a graphene on at least one surface of a polymer support. The graphene may include a plurality of grains defined by grain boundaries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-young Choi, Ho-bum Park
  • Patent number: 9713795
    Abstract: Provided is a porous polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) membrane that satisfies the following expressions: 0.2?F?4.0; 0.2?R?1.0; and R??0.1F+0.5, for the Frazier number F [cm3/sec/cm2] and the water entry pressure R [MPa]. This porous PTFE membrane may be a single-layer membrane. This porous PTFE membrane has the properties suitable for use as a waterproof air-permeable membrane, and achieves a good balance between high water resistance and high air permeability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyoko Ishii, Seiji Aizawa
  • Patent number: 9713796
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an in-situ process for the preparation of Metallic Organic Framework's (MOF's)—polymer composites at room temperature, without requirement of pre-seeding o MOF's or substrate modification. Further, the invention provides MOF-polymer composites membranes, wherein MOF forms a layer substantially covering the porosity of the membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Council of Scientific & Industrial Research
    Inventors: Ulhas Kanhaiyalal Kharul, Rahul Banerjee, Divya Nagaraju
  • Patent number: 9713797
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present disclosure involves a re-aeration device and re-aeration method for constructed wetland. In one aspect, the re-aeration device comprises a re-aeration pipe and a windmill. The re-aeration pipe has a tubular structure with openings at both ends; one end inserts into the wetland substrate, and the other end connects with the windmill for receiving and accelerating air flow. The re-aeration pipe may also contain several telescoped or parallel arranged pipes with openings at both ends as well as with different pipe diameters and lengths, which connect with the windmill to form the re-aeration device. The present disclosure also provides a method of re-aeration for constructed wetlands by using the above-mentioned device. The re-aeration device provided herein has features of being simple in structure, environment friendly, and low-cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Research Institute of Forestry New Technology, Chinese Academy of Forestry
    Inventors: Lijuan Cui, Xinsheng Zhao, Wei Li, Manyin Zhang, Yinru Lei
  • Patent number: 9713798
    Abstract: An apparatus for regulating a temperature of a fluid inside a container, and aerating and dispensing the fluid from the container is disclosed. The apparatus has a body that contacts the fluid inside the container. The apparatus includes an axis, a cavity, a fluid inlet, and an air outlet. A second fluid is located and sealed inside the cavity. An aerator separates the fluid inlet from the air outlet. The aerator includes a channel to the fluid inlet through which fluid flows out of the aerator, an air inlet through which air flows to the air outlet and into the container, and a passage from the air inlet into the channel to aerate the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: HEWY WINE CHILLERS, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin R. Hewitt, Roy Paul Prosise, Dan Caputo, Benjamin D. Litteral
  • Patent number: 9713799
    Abstract: A mixing device includes a base, shaft, impeller sleeve, and impeller blades. The base can be constructed for releasable attachment to an opening of a container, such as a 55-gallon drum. The shaft extends from the base and is coupled thereto such that rotation can be transmitted to the shaft by way of or through the base. The impeller sleeve is mounted on the shaft and supports the impeller blades. Each impeller blade includes an attachment leg and a stirring leg extending from the attachment leg. The impeller blades are supported so as to transition from a collapsed position with the stirring leg proximal to a central axis of the shaft to an extended position with the stirring leg distal from the central axis when the shaft is rotated. Each impeller blade can be formed of a plastic, such as a glass-filled polypropylene or glass-filled nylon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience LP
    Inventors: Douglas J. Mattson, John F. Gee, Jeffrey R. Susalla, Ryan K. Bergman, Ronald R. Renkel, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9713800
    Abstract: A multi-tubular reactor (1) comprising a cylindrical shell (2), a plurality of reaction tubes (10) located in the shell, and a disk-and-doughnut type baffle (5), wherein the reaction tubes (10) are arranged so as to be in a triangular configuration, one or more of the reaction tubes (10) is/are a temperature-measuring reaction tube(s) provided with a thermometer (20), and a line (BL) through a central axis of the temperature-measuring reaction tube and a central axis of the shell (2) forms an angle from 0 to 15 degree with a line (CL) through the central axis of the temperature-measuring reaction tube and a central axis of at least one adjacent reaction tube next to the temperature-measuring reaction tube, in a cross section of the reactor (1) perpendicular to the central axis of the shell (2), as well as a design and production method thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Shingo Yamauchi, Tamotsu Takamoto
  • Patent number: 9713801
    Abstract: The present application provides a self-healing material which comprises silica sol as self-healing agent encapsulated by a polymeric shell. The self-healing material may be further embedded in a concrete mixture to heal micro-cracks in concrete. A method for preparing the self-healing material is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Nano and Advanced Materials Institute Limited
    Inventors: Lok Hang Keung, Noel Peter Bengzon Tan, Wing Ho Choi, Wai Chak Lam
  • Patent number: 9713802
    Abstract: The present invention provides microsphere manufacturing method and apparatus capable of stable obtaining microspheres of a desired size and reducing facility cost. According to the method and the apparatus, to manufacture microspheres made of a second liquid in a first liquid, the first liquid is supplied into a first channel to flow therein and the second liquid is supplied to an intermediate part of the first channel through a second channel. The supply velocities of the first and second liquids are set such that the second liquid closes the first channel and the closing part of the second liquid is cut off due to a pressure difference between an upstream side and a downstream side to form microspheres.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ban, Koji Noishiki, Kazuto Okada, Seiichi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9713803
    Abstract: Method and device for changing the properties of at least one liquid medium, in which method the liquid medium is exposed in at least one container to vibrations in the low-frequency power ultrasonic range and, to regulate the flow speed of the liquid material in the container in which the liquid medium is present for ultrasonic irradiation and/or to regulate the internal pressure of the container, the cross-section inside a line upstream of an inlet of the container in the direction of flow and/or downstream of an outlet of the container in the direction of flow is varied by means of at least one pinch valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: DR. HIELSCHER GMBH
    Inventors: Harald Hielscher, Thomas Hielscher, Holger Hielscher
  • Patent number: 9713804
    Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst composition suitable for the non-oxidative dehydrogenation of alkanes having 2-8 carbon atoms comprising silico-zinc aluminate, wherein the relative molar ratios of the elements comprised in said composition are represented by SixZn1-xAl2O4, wherein x stands for a number in the range from 0.003 to 0.76. The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of said catalyst composition, to a process for the non-oxidative dehydrogenation of alkanes, preferably isobutane using said catalyst and to the use of said catalyst in a process for the non-oxidative dehydrogenation of alkanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: SAUDI BASIC INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Subhash Chandra Laha, Antonisamy Selvanathan, Sandeep Negi
  • Patent number: 9713805
    Abstract: A catalyst for exhaust gas purification includes a carrier and a platinum group element supported on the carrier. The carrier includes a modified aluminum borate which contains an aluminum borate and at least one of oxides of an element selected from the group consisting of Zr, Si, Fe, and Ti. The modified aluminum borate contains the oxide in a concentration of 0.06% to 18% by mass relative to the mass of the modified aluminum borate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Nagao, Hironori Iwakura, Michiyo Inoue, Yunosuke Nakahara, Masato Machida
  • Patent number: 9713806
    Abstract: This invention relates to a hydrotreating catalyst suitable for heavy distillate oil hydrodesulfurization, production and use thereof. The present hydrotreating catalyst exhibits significantly improved heavy distillate oil (deep) hydrodesulfurization activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignees: CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION, FUSHUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM AND PETROCHEMICALS, SINOPEC
    Inventors: Zhanlin Yang, Hong Jiang, Zhaoji Tang, Jifeng Wang, Derong Wen, Dengling Wei
  • Patent number: 9713807
    Abstract: A method for producing a hydroisomerization catalyst according to the present invention includes: a first step of preparing a catalyst to be treated, which contains a support having a one-dimensional porous structure including a 10-membered ring and at least one metal selected from the group consisting of: group 8 to 10 metals of the periodic table, Mo, and W supported on the hydroisomerization catalyst; and a second step of producing a hydroisomerization catalyst having a carbon content of 0.4 to 2.5% by mass by subjecting the catalyst to be treated to a coking treatment by means of a carbon-containing compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Nagayasu, Kazuaki Hayasaka, Marie Iwama
  • Patent number: 9713808
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to catalysts and processes for the Z-selective formation of internal olefin(s) from terminal olefin(s) via homo-metathesis reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Trustees of Boston College
    Inventors: Richard R. Schrock, Annie J. King, Yu Zhao, Margaret M. Flook, Amir H. Hoveyda
  • Patent number: 9713809
    Abstract: A method for the heterogeneous catalysis of a chemical reaction using, in a reactor, at least one reagent and a catalytic composition that can catalyze the reaction within a given range of temperatures T. At least one reagent is brought into contact with the catalytic composition which includes a ferromagnetic nanoparticulate component whose surface is formed at least partially by a compound that is a catalyst for the reaction; the nanoparticulate component is heated by magnetic induction in order to reach a temperature within the range of temperatures T; and the reaction product(s) formed on the surface of the nanoparticulate component are recovered. A catalytic composition includes a ferromagnetic nanoparticulate component that can be heated by magnetic induction to the reaction temperature, whose surface thereof is at least partially formed by a catalyst compound for the reaction. The catalyst is heated by the effect of the magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignees: INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES APPLIQEES DE TOULOUSE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS), UNIVERSITE PAUL SABATIER TOULOUSE III
    Inventors: Bruno Chaudret, Julian Carrey, Pier Francesco Fazzini, Vinciane Kelsen, Sebastien Lachaize, Anca Meffre, Boubker Mehdaoui, Marc Respaud
  • Patent number: 9713810
    Abstract: Devices and methods for washing a suspension of cells are provided. The devices include concentric center, intermediate, and outer compartments. The center compartment and the intermediate compartment are in communication with each other by a first valve and the intermediate and outer compartments are in communication with each other by an opening, aperture, or second valve. The methods include loading a suspension of cells into the center compartment, loading a wash solution into the intermediate compartment, and rotating the device. Centripetal force forces cells through the wash solution and into the outer compartment, where they are isolated and collected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Biomet Biologics, LLC
    Inventor: Michael D. Leach
  • Patent number: 9713811
    Abstract: A bottom grate for a crusher for chipping or comminuting material which includes: support ribs each substantially perpendicular to the rotational axis of the crusher; grate blades mounted to the support ribs and substantially parallel to the rotational axis, wherein the grate blades are releasably mounted to the support ribs and the grate blades each have a cutting edge proximate to a cutting or crushing rotor in the crusher; pulling members extending between two of the support members, wherein the pulling members are in tension and the tension in the pulling members binds the blades in the support members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Andritz Oy
    Inventors: Markku Kaljunen, Pekka Kokko
  • Patent number: 9713812
    Abstract: Methods and systems for mining or recovering high value recyclable materials from waste streams with high percentages of recyclable materials. Examples of waste streams that can be advantageously processed using the methods and systems herein include dry commercial solid waste, dry industrial solid waste, and/or source separated curbside collected and processed single stream waste. The methods utilize a shredder to improve the efficiency and recovery rate of recyclables. Some methods also include upgrading an existing waste processing facility to include a shredder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: ORGANIC ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventor: George Gitschel
  • Patent number: 9713813
    Abstract: The invention relates to a centrifuge cup, which has a container and a cover. The cover has a lever including a guide element in each case on opposing edge areas thereof. The guide elements are able to be introduced into an associated guide path of the container by pivoting the lever. The guide elements are implemented in such a way that in a closed state of the cover with the container, a clamping force (F) having vertical force component (Fy) and horizontal force component (Fx) is provided at a contact point or a contact line of the guide elements with the particular associated guide path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Thermo Electron LED GmbH
    Inventor: Norman Ballhause
  • Patent number: 9713814
    Abstract: A switchable slot valve for a coating plant controls delivery of a pasty coating material. The switchable slot valve has a valve bore incorporated in a valve main body and is aligned in a valve extent direction, and a valve control rod is rotatable to switch between a throughput position and a closed position and is mounted in the valve bore by bearing faces is disposed. To mitigate disruptions by coating material which has made its way into a bearing gap between the valve bore and the bearing faces, depression regions are provided in the region of which the respective outer circumferential part-face does not bear on the inner circumferential face of the valve bore, on the outer circumferential part-faces between the slot-shaped duct inlet and the slot-shaped duct outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: VW-VM Forschungsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Huth, Robert Sekler
  • Patent number: 9713815
    Abstract: A marker airbrush device for transferring marking solution from a marking device onto a writing surface using air is provided. The airbrush device includes a housing with an air outlet, a trigger for controlling an amount of air travelling through the air outlet, and a marker positioner coupled to the housing. The marker positioner positions a marking device relative to the air outlet such that air traveling through the air outlet contacts at least one surface of the marking device to transfer marking solution onto a writing surface. In embodiments, rotation of a portion of the marker positioner advances and/or retracts the marking device with respect to the flow of air through the air outlet, thereby altering the angle and/or amount of air that contacts the marking device during spraying. In another embodiment, the marker positioner includes a locking lever for engaging against the marker device nib and/or housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Crayola, LLC
    Inventors: Douglas Brand, Adam Scott Sharp, Thomas R. Rau, Adam Sandt, John D. McBride, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9713816
    Abstract: A paint cartridge includes a housing and a piston slidably disposed within a cavity in the housing to divide the cavity into a paint chamber and a solvent chamber. A valve assembly extends through an aperture in the piston to selectively put the paint chamber in fluid communication with the solvent chamber. A solvent inlet provides solvent to the solvent chamber to move the piston. Movement of the piston discharges paint from the paint chamber through the paint outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: PACCAR INC
    Inventor: Pierre-Alexandre Robert
  • Patent number: 9713817
    Abstract: Control method and apparatus for a manual spray gun may include a second manually actuated trigger disposed on the spray gun handle, with the second trigger being operational to select one or more coating operation parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Nordson Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Mather, Jeffrey A. Perkins
  • Patent number: 9713818
    Abstract: A deposition apparatus and a deposition method are disclosed. In one aspect, the deposition apparatus includes an electrostatic chuck and a tensile plate attached to and formed over the electrostatic chuck. The deposition apparatus further includes an elevation unit configured to move the tensile plate towards the substrate and a tensile unit configured to apply a tensile force to the tensile plate to expand the tensile plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jeongwon Han
  • Patent number: 9713819
    Abstract: A shield for a rim of a vehicle wheel for covering a rim during treatment of a tire mounted on the rim includes a panel that is circularly shaped and rigid. The panel is dimensioned such that the panel is configured to abut to a rim of a vehicle wheel to substantially cover the rim while leaving a tire attached to the rim exposed for treatment. A brace is pivotally coupled to the panel proximate to a center of the panel. The brace is configured to extend between the panel and a surface upon which the vehicle wheel rests, retaining the panel in abutment to the rim of the vehicle wheel. The improvement is the brace positioned on the panel, allowing the panel to be retained in abutment to the rim without further action by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Inventor: Johnny Wilson
  • Patent number: 9713820
    Abstract: A system for use in producing a nanotube mesh structure is provided. The system includes a first nanotube collection apparatus including a first substrate configured to collect a plurality of nanotubes substantially aligned in a first orientation on an attachment surface thereof, and a second nanotube collection apparatus including a second substrate configured to collect a plurality of nanotubes substantially aligned in a second orientation on an attachment surface thereof. The first and second nanotube collection apparatuses are configured to combine the pluralities of nanotubes at an interface. The system also includes a first energy source configured to direct energy towards the interface between the pluralities of nanotubes, wherein the energy is configured to join the pluralities of nanotubes to form the nanotube mesh structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Keith Daniel Humfeld, Mark Stewart Wilenski
  • Patent number: 9713821
    Abstract: A coating device provided for connection to a discharge pipe of a coating container, includes a guide base and a cover. The cover is pivoted to the connecting end of the guide base, so that the cover can cover the guide section of the guide base to close the coating device, and can also be pivoted with respect to the guide base to open the coating device, which makes it convenient for the user to take out the residue of coating material from the guide space, so that the coating device can be used repeatedly. Furthermore, the coating material is guided by the guide ribs and the cover ribs to flow evenly to each of the discharge holes, which ensures even distribution of the coating material from the coating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Inventor: Eric Liao
  • Patent number: 9713822
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus comprising a substrate holding rotating mechanism, a process liquid supply mechanism having a nozzle for dispensing a process liquid toward a principal face of the substrate, a processing liquid reservoir for holding sufficient process liquid to form a liquid film covering the whole principal face of the substrate, a liquid film forming unit for forming the liquid film by supplying the process liquid onto the principal face of the substrate in a single burst, and a control unit for controlling the liquid film forming unit and the process liquid supply mechanism such that the process liquid is dispensed from the process liquid nozzle toward the principal face of the substrate after formation of the liquid film covering the whole area of the principal face of the substrate by the liquid film forming unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Miyagi, Koji Hashimoto, Toru Endo
  • Patent number: 9713823
    Abstract: A continuous galvanizing line having an annealing furnace of an all radiant tube heating type includes a moisture removal device, dew-point meters, outlets through which the atmospheric gas in the furnace is collected and inlets through which the atmospheric gas from which moisture has been removed with the moisture removal device is fed into the furnace, the dew-point meters and the outlets being placed at least at two points which respectively exist on a side wall in the vicinity of the entrance of the annealing furnace and on a side wall in the vicinity of the furnace top or the furnace bottom at a position where a steel sheet has a maximum end-point temperature, the inlets being placed at two points which respectively exist on side walls on the sides opposite to the sides of the two points for the outlets in the height direction of the furnace, making it possible to steadily control the dew-point of the atmospheric gas to be ?45° C. or lower and ?80° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Sato
  • Patent number: 9713824
    Abstract: The method to radially displace liquid liner inside a pipe includes the step of flowing the liner around a distributive body placed within a pipe gas stream. As the gas streams past the distributive body, the liner coats the pipe homogeneously from top to bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: ENVIROLOGICS ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventors: Brian Thorogood, Kevin Lillie, John Hochfeller
  • Patent number: 9713825
    Abstract: A multilayer backing absorber for use with an ultrasonic transducer comprises a plurality of absorber elements, each absorber element having at least one metal layer and at least one adhesive layer, wherein the backing absorber is adapted to be coupled to a vibrating layer of the ultrasonic transducer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Measurement Specialties, Inc.
    Inventors: Minoru Toda, Mitchell L. Thompson
  • Patent number: 9713826
    Abstract: A popcorn dispenser for use with a popcorn maker. The dispenser includes a hopper having two openings, the first opening larger than the second opening and sides tapering from the first opening to the second opening. A kernel catcher is located in the bottom of the dispenser adjacent to the second opening. There is a paddle wheel including a shaft and paddle blades below the kernel catcher. A turn dial is operationally coupled to the shaft so that when rotated, the shaft and paddle wheels rotate caused kernels in the hopper to be moved from the hopper to a bowl below the hopper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: NOSTALGIA PRODUCTS GROUP, LLC
    Inventors: Gregg Bond, Edward E. Boughton, III, Rob Houston
  • Patent number: 9713827
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for decontaminating surfaces such as a wall, a floor, or a ceiling of a building, or the like, having one or more toxic products, such as, asbestos, lead (Pb), PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), or radioactive products. The device includes at least one hydroblasting head fed by a high pressure unit and connected to a vacuum source comprising a low pressure source connected to a cyclone head mounted on a container which collects water containing toxic products and residues of the support. A filtration system having a filtering press is provided. The filtering press is fed with water containing toxic products collected in the container and whose output feeds a buffer tank wherein the water from the filtration comprises particles less than or equal to 5 ?m. Another objective of the invention concerns a method for decontaminating surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: PERI-BAT
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Bonneau, Cedric Bonneau, Michael Bonneau, Vincent Bonneau
  • Patent number: 9713828
    Abstract: A dampening fluid useful in offset ink printing applications contains water and a surfactant whose structure can be altered. The alteration in structure aids in reducing accumulation of the surfactant on the surface of an imaging member. The surfactant can be decomposed, switched between cis-trans states, or polymerizable with ink that is subsequently placed on the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignees: Xerox Corporation, Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated
    Inventors: Naveen Chopra, Peter Gordon Odell, Steven E. Ready, Eric Peeters, Timothy D. Stowe, Ashish Pattekar, David K. Biegelsen
  • Patent number: 9713829
    Abstract: A washing apparatus has a vacuum unit and a pressure washer unit. The vacuum unit has a mud tank, a first centrifuge, and a second centrifuge, and the pressure washer unit has a first water tank having a bottom, a top and a side, and a second water tank having a bottom, a top and a side. A frame having a top, a base and four corners supports the vacuum unit and pressure washer unit. The first centrifuge and the second centrifuge are fixed in respective first and second corners of the frame, and the first water tank and second water tank are fixed in respective third and fourth corners of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Katch Kan Holdings Ltd.
    Inventors: Quinn A. J. Holtby, Dallas Greenwood
  • Patent number: 9713830
    Abstract: A direct double-action extrusion press includes a main crosshead to which an extrusion stem is fixed; a main cylinder having a main ram that advances the main crosshead and pressing on a billet; a piercer cylinder disposed inside the main ram and drives a mandrel; a plurality of side cylinders that retracts the main ram via the main crosshead; and a hydraulic circuit for supplying hydraulic oil to the main cylinder, the piercer cylinder, and the side cylinders. Cylinder chambers of the plurality of side cylinders on a side where the hydraulic oil is discharged when the main crosshead is advancing have a pressure-receiving area equal in total to that of a rod side chamber of the piercer cylinder. During billet extrusion, the hydraulic circuit causes fluid communication through the rod side chamber of the piercer cylinder and each cylinder chamber of the plurality of side cylinders on the side where the hydraulic oil is discharged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Ube Machinery Corporation, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takeharu Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9713831
    Abstract: An external weld bead removal system for removing and chopping an external weld bead from a tube includes a weld bead cutting apparatus and a weld bead chopper apparatus for chopping the removed external weld bead. The weld bead cutting apparatus includes a cutting tool operative to cut and remove an external weld bead from a tube. The weld bead chopper apparatus, the weld bead chopper apparatus includes a first blade member, a second blade member mounted adjacent the first blade member, and a chopper actuator operable to forcibly rotate the first blade member about a rotation axis relative to the second blade member such that the first and second blade members cooperatively cut the removed external weld bead into smaller weld bead segments as the removed external weld bead is advanced through the chopper apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Quartz Matrix, LLC
    Inventors: Marian Martin Balta, Gheorghe Mihailescu
  • Patent number: 9713832
    Abstract: The drawing press (10) according to the invention has for driving its ram (15) a directionally reversing gear mechanism (22, 54), for example a coupling gear mechanism, and at least one servomotor (23). The servomotor (23) passes through the reversal point (Ut) of the ram movement, which is predetermined by the kinematics of the coupling gear mechanism, for example the extended position of an eccentric drive. During the closing of the die (18), that is to say during a press stroke, the servomotor (23) is activated in such a way that it first passes through this reversal point (Ut), then stops, reverses and then passes through it once again, in order to open the die (18) again. Consequently, the braking to a standstill and re-acceleration of the servomotor for the upper ram (15) takes place while the actual drawing operation is still or already being performed, i.e. during the forming of the metal blank, which significantly reduces the cycle time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Schuler Pressen GmbH
    Inventor: Dietmar Schollhammer