Patents Issued in October 19, 2017
  • Publication number: 20170297012
    Abstract: The present disclosures and inventions relate to methods of reducing and activating a cobalt catalyst by contacting an at least partially oxidized cobalt catalyst with a reducing gas, such as a first, second, and/or third reducing gas, at a temperature from 220 ° C. to 270 ° C. for at least 8 or 50 hours depending on the reducing gas, thereby reducing and activating the cobalt catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Talal Khaled Al-Shammari, Abdulkarim Al-Mutairi, Khalid Karim, Asad Ahamad Khan, Jayen Barochia
  • Publication number: 20170297013
    Abstract: A universal pipette that can serve as a standard pipette or as a capillary action pipette. A side tube emanates from a main tube in the pipette. The side tube comprises a through hole which is sealed with a through hole tab. The through hole tab can be broken off by a user, thereby removing the seal and exposing the through hole to outside of the pipette. Liquid can now easily be drawn into the tip of the pipette by virtue of capillary action which is now enabled do to the exposed through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventor: Jesse Cohen
  • Publication number: 20170297014
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to a colorimetric system for detecting a substance, the colorimetric system that includes a first chemical container adapted for releasing a first chemical; a second chemical container adapted for releasing a second chemical; a flow modulation sheet adjacent each chemical container; and an encapsulation covering the flow modulation sheet and each chemical container, where the encapsulation comprises a window defining a target area of the filter paper such that the target area is adapted for applying the substance; where the flow modulation sheet comprises a design adapted for automatically controlling a first flow of the first chemical and a second flow of the second chemical to the target area after simultaneously releasing the first and second chemicals; and where the design comprises a first void disposed in the flow modulation sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: DetectaChem LLC
    Inventors: Mark Kisner, Travis R. Kisner
  • Publication number: 20170297015
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a means for improving fluid exchange across a microplate, comprising a microplate which comprises one or more internal modifications which aid the introduction and removal of fluids from the wells of the plate and minimize the damage caused to biological matter located therein upon introduction or removal of a pipette tip and/or fluids, and/or a means for inclining the microplate at an angle from the horizontal and retaining the microplate in the inclined position, to facilitate fluid introduction and aspiration from the wells of the microplate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventor: Simon Stafford
  • Publication number: 20170297016
    Abstract: The invention relates to devices, methods and kits for separating biological materials, particularly populations of cells of different densities. The invention finds particular utility in the separation of blood into its different component parts or cellular populations. An insert for a centrifuge tube is disclosed that facilitates the effective separation of blood fractions by achieving a sharp and distinct interface between the density gradient medium and the blood sample. Methods and kits involving the use of the insert in separating cells are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Michelle Louise Janas, Michael John Smith
  • Publication number: 20170297017
    Abstract: Fluid transport approaches are described that operate without the need for precise displacement of an actuator and with little or no sensing in the flow path. In certain implementations, a gas phase in a fluid reservoir is compressed by a pressure source such that releasing the pressure, such as by opening a valve to an intermediary conduit, displaces fluid to the intermediary chamber. Closing that fluid path and opening a different fluid path to a chamber at ambient temperature causes the fluid to be displaced to the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Philipp Lang, Ruben Julian Salvamoser, Victor Donald Samper, Christian Friedrich Peter Rensch
  • Publication number: 20170297018
    Abstract: A process for the modification of a solid material, said process comprising contacting a surface of the solid material comprising nucleophilic groups with a hydrosilane in a first step to produce a hydrosilanized surface, and contacting said hydrosilanized surface with at least one alkene and/or alkyne under irradiation with visible and/or ultraviolet light in a second step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Rui Pedro Rijo da Costa Carvalho, Sidharam Pundlik Pujari, Elwin Xander Vrouwe, Johannes Teunis Zuilhof
  • Publication number: 20170297019
    Abstract: Microscale fluidic devices and components thereof having a fluid retention groove, as well as systems and methods related thereto. The fluid retention groove facilitates uniform bonding of microfluidic device components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Alwin Wan, Amir Sadri, Tal Rosenzweig, Nenad Kircanski, Edmond Young
  • Publication number: 20170297020
    Abstract: A mobile, self contained molecular diagnostics system is provided with a microfluidic chip, detection apparatus and an integrated or wireless control interface and imager. The system provides automated sample preparation and rapid optical detection of multianalyte nucleic acids and proteins. On chip PCR may be performed to improve the optical fluorescence signal for nucleic acid detections. Plasmonic protein detection is performed using a dark field smartphone microscope. Dark field illumination is based on an evanescent field generated by LED total internal reflection. The smartphone element may also be used as an interface to control the detection apparatus, acquire images, process data and for wireless communications with remote computers. The handheld automated system has low power requirements and is particularly suited for point of care and on demand diagnostics in resource limited settings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Luke P. Lee, Jun Ho Son, Sang Hun Lee
  • Publication number: 20170297021
    Abstract: A multiplexer for controlling a fluid in a microchannel by controlling pneumatic pressure in the microchannel in a microfluidics chip includes: a first pneumatic channel; and a second pneumatic channel forming a cross point which is in communication with the first pneumatic channel, wherein the cross point is in communication with the microchannel of the microfluidics chip, and predetermined pneumatic pressure is provided to the microchannel by using a combination of providing of the pneumatic pressure to the first and second pneumatic channels, channel closing, or channel opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Bong Geun CHUNG, Tae Hyeon KIM, Jong Min LEE
  • Publication number: 20170297022
    Abstract: A method of flowing a fluid with a tracer in a microfluidic channel of an assay device and detecting the tracer for determining the channel location or condition of the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Martin A. Putnam, Jeffrey T. Branciforte, Charles O. Stanwood
  • Publication number: 20170297023
    Abstract: A removable cartridge for a microparticle sorter. The removable microparticle sorter cartridge may be used with a microparticle sorter to sort and collect microparticles using a series of fluidic channels having a specific orientation and geometry and a series of inlets/ports. By adjusting the flow rates within the channels and applying either positive or negative pressures at the various inlets, microparticles may be sorted based upon a pre-determined characteristic. The disposable microparticle sorter is intended to be used with a corresponding microparticle sorting apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventor: Junyu LIN
  • Publication number: 20170297024
    Abstract: A microfluidic apparatus, systems and methods for microfluidic crystallization based on gradient mixing. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes (a) a first layer, (b) a plurality of first channels and a plurality of vacuum chambers both arranged in the first layer, where the plurality of vacuum chambers are each coupled to at least one of the first channels, (c) a membrane having first and second surfaces, where the first surface of the membrane is coupled to the first layer, (d) a second layer coupled to the second surface of the membrane, (e) a plurality of wells and a plurality of second channels both arranged in the second layer, where the wells are each coupled to at least one of the plurality of second channels and (f) a plurality of barrier walls each disposed in the plurality of second channels and arranged opposite to one of the plurality of vacuum chambers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Alexandra ROS, Bahige G ABDALLAH
  • Publication number: 20170297025
    Abstract: A particle manipulation system uses a MEMS-based, microfabricated particle manipulation device which has a sample inlet channel, output channels, and a movable member formed on a substrate. The device may be used to separate a target particle from non-target material in a sample stream. In order to improve the sorter speed, accuracy or yield, the particle manipulation system may also include a microfluidic structure which focuses the target particles in a particular portion of the sample inlet channel. This focusing element may include cavities of variable cross section along the channel length. In addition, a filtering element may also be included upstream of the focusing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: Owl biomedical, Inc.
    Inventors: John S. FOSTER, Kevin SHIELDS, Mehran Hoonejani
  • Publication number: 20170297026
    Abstract: An embodiment of a reagent container includes a bottle with a pipe to reduce the effects of reagent sloshing. The bottle has an elongated base and an opposed cover connected by side walls and an end wall. A flat platform surrounded by a raised rim lies in the base opposite an opening in the cover. A ribbed pipe frictionally fits within the bottle opening and may attach to the anchor region leaving vent passages around the pipe. The pipe includes an aperture adjacent to the anchor region and oriented toward the end wall so that sloshed fluid has only a small effect on the level of reagent in the pipe during transfers. A modified blow molding process produces the anchor region by extending a pin a predetermined distance into a mold while the molded material is still plastic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Onishi, Masato Kayahara, Hiroshi Suzuki, Ryusuke Furuya, Naoki Mukaiyama, Michael Cooney, Marcus O'Neill, Sean O'Mahony
  • Publication number: 20170297027
    Abstract: An assembly for storing sample processing consumables can include a cover and a tray. The cover defines a cover cavity. The tray defines a first plurality of wells. The tray includes a first portion received within the cover cavity such that a press fit is formed between a first tray surface of the first portion of the tray and a first cover surface of the cover defining the cover cavity, thereby releasably coupling the cover to the tray. Each of the first plurality of wells contains a sample processing consumable. The assembly can be used to load sample processing consumables into a sample processing instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventor: Byron KNIGHT
  • Publication number: 20170297028
    Abstract: A heater includes a body and a heating element. The body has a channel in a surface and the heating element is positioned in the channel. At least a portion of the heater is plastically deformed to mechanically retain the heating element in the channel. An electrically insulating layer is positioned between the heating element and the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: David E Jones, Michael Bills, Aaron Wernerehl, Anson Cole Chamberlain
  • Publication number: 20170297029
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a microfluidic system including a temperature controller and a thermoplastic microfluidic chip that enables rapid PCR in a PCR chamber of the microfluidic chip. Thermal control of the PCR chamber is achieved by applying voltage to heater electrodes patterned directly onto one layer of the microfluidic chip. The temperature controller adjusts the voltage applied to the heater electrodes by changing temperature controller parameters selected to minimize duration of each PCR cycle. Furthermore, simple operation of the microfluidic chip is provided through using an integrated passive capillary valve, requiring minimum operator intervention and eliminating the need for fluidic interfacing, pumping, or metering during chip loading.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: University of Maryland
    Inventors: Donald DeVoe, Eric Kendall, Alex Sposito
  • Publication number: 20170297030
    Abstract: Provided herein are anti-static pipette trays that reduce the amount of static charge accumulated on or in pipette tips and allow for discharge of any accumulated static charge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Arta MOTADEL, Scott Edward CURRY
  • Publication number: 20170297031
    Abstract: A method and system for of cooling a disc mill having a rotating disc blade is disclosed. A disc mill may have a first and second material outlet positioned generally along tangents to the rotating disc blade. Air may be drawn through the first and second material outlets. A disc mill may include first and second air inlets positioned generally along tangents to the rotating disc blade. The first and second inlets may direct air streams to cool a first and second portion of the rotating disc blade and pulverized material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventor: James Hummel
  • Publication number: 20170297032
    Abstract: A material processing tool assembly includes a tool for material processing having a base section and a processing section extending from the base section; and a tool mounting block mountable on an outer surface of a support base. The mounting block has a base surface and a tool mounting surface intersecting the base surface. The base surface has a protuberance extending away therefrom and spaced apart from the tool mounting surface to define a tool receiving gap between the protuberance and the tool mounting surface. The base section of the tool is snugly received in the tool receiving gap between the tool mounting surface and the protuberance in abutment with the tool mounting surface, the processing section of the tool extending past the protuberance. A displaceable material processing head and method of mounting a material processing tool to a mounting block secured to a displaceable head are also discussed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventor: Laurent DENIS
  • Publication number: 20170297033
    Abstract: This invention discloses an electric tobacco grinder, comprising an electric controlling member and a grinding member, wherein: the electric controlling member comprises a body case for electric controlling member, two batteries, a reducing motor, and a PCBA controlling board; the reducing motor is disposed within the inner center of the body case; the batteries are disposed in the corresponding battery container of the body case, wherein the two battery containers are located adjacent to both sides of the reducing motor; the PCBA controlling board is disposed within a flat port of the body case; the grinding member comprises: a grinding upper case, a grinding lower case, a bottom cover, an upper reamer and a lower reamer; the grinding upper case is embedded to fix itself under the body case; the lower reamer is disposed within the grinding lower case that is screwed up beneath the grinding upper case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: Lrider Technology Co.,Ltd
    Inventor: Yongsheng LI
  • Publication number: 20170297034
    Abstract: Weld balls disposed in solutions in full immersion tanks of a phosphate system are collected by magnets attached to at least some of the hangers that carry skids through stages of the phosphate system. The magnet attached to a hanger is immersed in the solutions when the hanger is immersed in the solutions and magnetically attracts the weld balls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventor: Lloyd M. Seery
  • Publication number: 20170297035
    Abstract: Disclosed is a dust collection assembly (100), comprising a first annular ring (110), a second annular ring (120), an insulated spacer assembly (130) and an air guide (220), wherein the second annular ring (120) is arranged below the first annular ring (110); the insulated spacer assembly (130) is arranged between the first annular ring (110) and the second annular ring (120), so that the first annular ring (110) is spaced apart from the second annular ring (120); the air guide (220) is formed as annular and sheathed outside the first annular ring (110) and/or the second annular ring (120); the air guide (220) is connected in a snap-fit with the first annular ring (110) and/or the second annular ring (120); and the external diameter of the upper end of the air guide (220) is greater than that of the lower end thereof. Further disclosed are an air purification device and an air conditioner comprising the dust collection assembly (100).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Bin YOU, Min ZHANG, Zhenlong TIAN, Zhengqing YI
  • Publication number: 20170297036
    Abstract: A method for performing contactless ODEP for separation of CTCs is provided with the steps of obtaining patients' blood with rare cell suspected CTCs; adding at least one fluorescent antibody binding to CTCs into the blood; staining the blood; injecting the stained blood with fluorescent dye into an ODEP device and then performing fluorescent image identification; trapping the CTCs with at least one fluorescent antibody in the ODEP device by creating an image pattern and then generating an ODEP force; Separating the trapped CTCs from other non-CTCs cells; absorbing the trapped CTCs; and obtaining a high purity of CTCs. An apparatus for performing contactless ODEP for separation of CTCs is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: MIN-HSIEN WU, CHIA-HSUN HSIEH, HUNG-MING WANG, WEN-PIN CHOU, TZU-KENG CHIU
  • Publication number: 20170297037
    Abstract: In order to prevent air from being sucked into the separation chamber (12) of a counter-current type of centrifugal separator through the liquid outlet (24) thereof during the normal operation the separator a liquid trap in form of a well (28) is provided in the bottom of the separator housing (10). An outlet conduit (32) opens into the lower part of the well (28), wherein the well (28), at least in its upper part, has a substantially larger cross-sectional area than that of the outlet conduit (32).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Claes INGE, Peter FRANZEN
  • Publication number: 20170297038
    Abstract: A device for separating and extracting suspended solids and particles from a fluid is shown. The device can include a hydro-cyclonic process unit, a variable geometry vortex process unit, a reverse coalescence and flocculation process unit and a fixed geometry vortices separator process unit. The fluid to be treated can enter the device through a fluid inlet and travel and recirculate through the several process units. The process units can collectively induce vorticose separation of the fluid and separate suspended solids and particles within the fluid. The suspended solids and particles can then be extracted from the device via one or more extraction fluid outlets. After the desired amount of suspended solids and particles has been removed, the processed fluid can be discharged from the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventor: George R. King
  • Publication number: 20170297039
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a massage mode assembly for a showerhead is disclosed. The massage mode assembly includes a drive element, a cam, and a shutter. The drive element has a drive element length or diameter, depending on the shape of the drive element, and is rotatable about an axis by fluid flowing through the showerhead. The cam is connected to the drive element and rotates with the drive element. The shutter is operably engaged with the cam and has a shutter length that is longer than the drive element length and the rotation of the cam causes the shutter to move correspondingly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Joseph W. Cacka, Craig P. Rogers
  • Publication number: 20170297040
    Abstract: A shower assembly includes an inlet port, a reservoir, a valve, a plurality of first outlets, and a plurality of second outlets. The inlet port is for receiving water from a water source at a source flow rate. The reservoir is for receiving the water from the water source through the inlet port. The valve is for controlling a flow rate of water from the inlet port to the reservoir to maintain an unpressurized reservoir. The plurality of first outlets are configured to continuously pass water from the reservoir. The plurality of first outlets have a first collective flow rate that is approximately equal to the source flow rate. The plurality of second outlets are configured to selectively pass water from the reservoir simultaneously with water being passed from the plurality of first outlets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Rafael Alfredo Rexach, Stephanie Szemetylo, David J. Richter-O'Connell, Jeffrey James Elsesser, James S. Giefer
  • Publication number: 20170297041
    Abstract: A valve injector (10) comprising: a body (12) defining a fluid conduit (14), the fluid conduit (14) accommodating first, second and third checks (16, 18, 20), the first check (16) being disposed within the fluid conduit (14) towards a first end (10a) of the injector (10), the second check (18) being disposed towards a second end (10b) of the injector (10), distally from the first end (10a), and the third check (20) being located between said first and second check (16, 18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: Score (Europe) Limited
    Inventor: Kenneth DELANEY
  • Publication number: 20170297042
    Abstract: A spray nozzle for a system for dispensing a pressurized product is provided with a pushbutton. The nozzle includes a dispensing orifice and a vortex chamber emerging on the dispensing orifice. The chamber includes a conical part defined by a conical side surface. The conical side surface converges from an upstream end toward a downstream supply end of the dispensing orifice. The nozzle further includes at least one supply channel of the vortex chamber, each supply channel emerging in the upstream end of the conical part, the conical side surface having at least one stepped portion provided with multiple levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventor: Jean-Pierre SONGBE
  • Publication number: 20170297043
    Abstract: A spray nozzle that includes a nozzle body defining a first surface, a cap defining a second surface able to define an annular nozzle opening therebetween, a turbine having a plurality of radially extending fins circumferentially positioned about the nozzle opening for directing the flow of fluid exiting the nozzle opening, and a reverser member including a cup portion positioned below the cap to intercept the flow of fluid from a flow passage of the cap. The reverser member coupled to the turbine such that the reverser member is caused to rotate in response to rotation of the turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventor: Harold D. Curtis
  • Publication number: 20170297044
    Abstract: A recirculating powder applicator includes an applicator body having an inlet on an upstream surface and an outlet on a downstream surface, wherein the inlet and outlet define a passage that extends transversely through the thickness of the applicator body, a powder conduit, an air inlet, an exhaust aperture located on one of the upstream or downstream surfaces, and a circulation chamber located on the interior of the applicator body. The powder conduit and air inlet are in fluid communication with the passage and the passage is in fluid communication with the circulation chamber. A method of applying powder to a substrate during a continuous process includes using a recirculating powder applicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Bradley Jerome Blazer, Craig Miller Conrad, Ming Li, Warren Welborn McAlpine
  • Publication number: 20170297045
    Abstract: A system for regulating the power supply of the electric, motor incorporated in an airless paint spray unit so as to enhance the efficiency and performance of the airless paint spray unit. The system includes the utilization in the rector control for the electric motor driving the pump of the airless paint spray unit of an active Power Factor Correction (PFC) switching power supply adapted to regulate the electrical power supplied to the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: TRITECH INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventor: Troy ANDERSON
  • Publication number: 20170297046
    Abstract: A siphon-type airbrush, comprising a front handle, a tail handle, a needle, a sprayer, a nozzle, an air inlet valve and a nozzle base; the front handle corresponds to the tail handle to form an airbrush body; the airbrush body is internally formed with an accommodating cavity; the accommodating cavity is internally provided with the needle; the front handle is internally provided with a siphon channel; the air inlet valve is disposed at the middle part of the airbrush body; the rear end of the nozzle base is in threaded connection with the front handle; the front end of the nozzle base is in threaded connection with the sprayer; the nozzle comprises a nozzle body; the nozzle body is pressed between the sprayer and the nozzle base; the front end of the nozzle body extends to form a nozzle tip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventor: Minggui ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20170297047
    Abstract: A transportable vehicle enclosure for painting vehicles includes side, front, rear, ceiling and floor portions, one of the portions being configured to allow vehicular access. In use, a vehicle may be placed within the enclosure. The enclosure further includes an air handling unit for respectively producing a first temperature level within the enclosure suitable for a spray mode of operation and a second temperature level within the enclosure suitable for a baking mode of operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventor: David John Utting
  • Publication number: 20170297048
    Abstract: A holding device for fastening bar cutters in order for the cutting edges thereof to be coated, wherein the fastening is configured in such a way that a plurality of bar cutters can be arranged in a row such that the cutting faces and tips thereof have the same orientation, and the holding device includes a screen which at least partially protects the cutting faces from the coating, wherein, with bar cutters arranged in a row in the manner described, the top edge of the screen projects beyond the knife tips in such a way that no knife tips protrude.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Remo Vogel, Robert Eugene Stewart, Phillip J. Laforce
  • Publication number: 20170297049
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an adapter piece for an application device for multicomponent materials, including multicomponent adhesives or multicomponent sealants. The application device has at least one first cartridge receiving device for receiving a first replaceable cartridge containing a first material component, at least one second cartridge receiving device for receiving a second replaceable cartridge containing a second material component, at least one discharging device for discharging the material components out of the cartridges through cartridge outlets, and at least one mixing device for mixing and discharging the material components. A second cartridge receiving area includes a relief chamber such that a material component exiting the second cartridge first fills the relief chamber before entering the mixing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG
    Inventors: Manuel BUCK, Andreas HUFSCHMID
  • Publication number: 20170297050
    Abstract: There is provided an applied liquid applicator for discharging applied liquid by turning of an operating portion provided to a barrel main body, in which filling efficiency of the applied liquid stored in the barrel main body with respect to an inside capacity of the barrel main body is improved. The applied liquid is fed to the applicator portion through the first valve and the applied liquid feed path by turning the operating portion and sliding the piston in the front-back direction by use of the cam mechanism portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI PENCIL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Satoru Sumiyoshi
  • Publication number: 20170297051
    Abstract: A holder for a paint striping tool as provided than has a plurality of guide pins which allow for engaging a temporary template to allow for the precise painting of single and multiple paint strips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventor: MICHAEL STUART CAMERON
  • Publication number: 20170297052
    Abstract: The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a method for forming a multilayer coating film capable of forming a red-based multilayer coating film having high chroma and an excellent sense of depth and weatherability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: KANSAI PAINT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shoichi SHINKODA
  • Publication number: 20170297053
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for continuously manufacturing a composite hollow structure. The method may include continuously coating fibers with a matrix, and revolving matrix-coated fibers about a non-fiber axis. The method may also include diverting the matrix-coated fibers radially outward away from the non-fiber axis, and curing the matrix-coated fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: CC3D LLC
    Inventor: Kenneth Lyle Tyler
  • Publication number: 20170297054
    Abstract: A method of forming a sprayed coating includes preparing a spray target member having a surface on which openings of first ends of holes are formed, preparing a plurality of masking pins each of which comprises metal, and inserting each of the masking pins into a corresponding one of the holes so that each of the masking pins partially protrudes from the surface. The method also includes applying an adhesive agent for fixing the masking pins to the respective holes, to at least one of the holes or the masking pins, forming a ceramic layer by spraying on the surface of the spraying target member, the ceramic layer comprising a ceramic material, while the masking pins are fixed to the respective holes via the adhesive agent, and removing the masking pins from the holes after the spraying step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Taiji TORIGOE, Masahiko MEGA, Yoshifumi OKAJIMA, Shuji TANIGAWA, Masamitsu KUWABARA, Naotoshi OKAYA
  • Publication number: 20170297055
    Abstract: The invention provides a solvent-free plasma method for depositing an adherent catechol and/or quinone functionalised layer to an inorganic or organic substrate from a precursor which comprises at least a quinone group; a protected or unprotected catechol group; a molecule substituted by a quinone group and/or a protected or unprotected catechol group; and/or a natural or synthetic derivative of a catechol group and/or a quinone group; wherein the quinone group is a 1,2-benzoquinone group and the catechol group is a 1,2-dihydroxybenzene group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Christophe Detrembleur, Cecile Vandeweerdt, Christelle Vreuls, Rodolphe Mauchauffe, Maryline Moreno-Couranjou, Nicolas Boscher, Patrick Choquet
  • Publication number: 20170297056
    Abstract: A method of producing a sheet including the photocatalytic nanoparticles by applying the particles in a freshly impregnated and wet surface. The method including the steps of impregnating the sheet with a polymer resin; spraying the sheet, freshly impregnated with the polymer resin in an uncured and wet state, with an impregnation fluid composition comprising dispersed photocatalytic nanoparticles; drying and/or at least partly curing the impregnated sheet comprising the polymer resin and the impregnation fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: Valinge Photocatalytic AB
    Inventors: Göran ZIEGLER, Theis REENBERG, Henrik JENSEN
  • Publication number: 20170297057
    Abstract: A PET container comprising a wall having an inside surface and an outside surface wherein the inside surface is coated with a silicon oxide barrier coating and having a barrier improvement factor (BIF) for oxygen as a result of the silicon oxide barrier coating, wherein the coated PET container retains at least 17% of BIF after the PET container is exposed to a thermal sterilization process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Sergey B. Bobrov, Mark D. Schneider
  • Publication number: 20170297058
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes various embodiments of a structure for a composite light regulating film, methods of using the composite light regulating film, and for methods of making a composite light regulating film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Peng Jiang, Yin Fang, Khalid Askar
  • Publication number: 20170297059
    Abstract: Systems and methods disclosed herein relate to texturing a metal surface. A method for texturing a metal surface comprises disposing a first ceramic coating onto a first surface on the metal surface, applying a media to the first ceramic coating, disposing a second ceramic coating onto the media, and/or heat treating the metal surface for an end duration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventor: David Pavlick
  • Publication number: 20170297060
    Abstract: A screening system for separating/screening a conveying medium formed as fluid, powder and/or bulk material comprising a screening system inlet, a screening system outlet, a screen between the inlet and outlet, a feeding system for feeding the medium upstream of the inlet and/or the screen, a transport path between the inlet means and the outlet means, which is delimited by a conveyor channel line, a flow-limiting means wherein the volume flow of the conveying medium can be changeably limited is arranged in or down-stream from the transport path that comprises a flat transport surface, which is formed as a flat metering plate and a metering plate edge forms the outlet means of the feeding system, the flow-limiting means comprises an outlet opening wherein the outlet opening size can be changed to change the volume flow of the medium, which passes through the outlet opening that is arranged at the end of a conveyor channel or line of the feeding system, the outlet opening is arranged between the conveyor chann
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Joachim Maas, Christopher Tegelkamp
  • Publication number: 20170297061
    Abstract: In a sieve apparatus, a housing (1) is provided with an inlet section with a feed inlet for material to be sifted and a discharge section including at least one outlet. Means are provided for vibrating the screen mesh. The housing has two substantially vertical side walls(2), and a screen mesh (5) having at least one side edge (51) is supported by a support structure (6, 7) connected to the respective side wall (2). The support structure includes a support element (7) along each side wall and adapted to support the screen mesh (5). Each support element is provided as a support profile (7) having an inclined support surface (73) for the side edge (51) of the screen mesh and constituting a V-shaped structure protruding into the housing, said support surface (73) meeting a lower surface (74) in an apex (75) located at a distance from the side wall (2) inside the housing (1). Specifically, each V-shaped support profile (7) is formed as an integral part of the respective side wall (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: GEA Scan-Vibro A/S
    Inventor: Karsten Pedersen ELLEHUUS