Patents Issued in August 14, 2018
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Patent number: 10046294Abstract: A microdeposition pin having a contact surface with at least one concave edge for creating microarrays and the like. The microdeposition pin may be used either alone or with a plurality of microdeposition pins in conjunction with a holder. The concave edge of the pin is especially adapted for helping to control the spreading of a deposited material. By selectively controlling the spread of the reagent composition from the microdeposition pin, the flow of the reagent composition from the deposition target area may be reduced. Sensor strips having raised substrate features with limited or no spreading of the reagent composition beyond the target area are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2015Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: ASCENSIA DIABETES CARE HOLDINGS AGInventor: Huan-Ping Wu
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Patent number: 10046295Abstract: A method for scale-up of a micro reactor process from lab to production scale comprises using a wall material for a lab reactor having thermal conductivity ?3 W/m·K, and using a wall material for a production reactor having thermal conductivity ?5 W/m·K. Desirably, flow velocity is kept constant, and the height of the production-scale process channel is determined by: H G = 2 × ( A + B ? W + 1 C × ( D h ) ( b - 1 ) ) - 1 h = H G ? ? 0 wherein A B and C are constants; HG is the overall volumetric heat transfer coefficient, Dh is the hydraulic diameter, ?W is the thermal conductivity of the wall, b is the empirically determined power to which the Reynolds number is raised in the equation for the Nusselt criteria (Nu=a·RebPrc) for the type of flow used, and h is the height of the channel, all in the production-scale process; and HG0 is the overall volumetric heat transfer coefficient in the lab-scale process.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2012Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Roland Guidat, Olivier Lobet, Pierre Woehl
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Patent number: 10046296Abstract: A fluid is processed between processing surfaces capable of approaching to and separating from each other, at least one of which rotates relative to the other. A first fluid is introduced between processing surfaces, by using a micropump effect acting with a depression arranged on the processing surfaces from the center of the rotating processing surfaces. A second fluid, independent of this introduced fluid, is introduced from another fluid path that is provided with an opening leading to the processing surfaces, whereby the processing is done by mixing and stirring between the processing members.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2014Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: M. TECHNIQUE CO., LTD.Inventor: Masakazu Enomura
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Patent number: 10046297Abstract: Disclosed is a Hot Isostatic Pressed ferritic-austenitic steel alloy, as well objects thereof. The elementary composition of the alloy comprises, in percentages by weight: C 0-0.05; Si 0-0.8; Mn 0-4.0; Cr more than 29-35; Ni 3.0-10; Mo 0-4.0; N 0.30-0.55; Cu 0-0.8; W 0-3.0; S 0-0.03; Ce 0-0.2; the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities. The objects can be particularly useful in making components for a urea production plant that require processing such as machining or drilling. A preferred use is in making, or replacing, liquid distributors as used in a stripper as is typically present in the high-pressure synthesis section of a urea plant.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2014Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Stamicarbon B.V.Inventors: Linn Larsson, Daniel Gullberg, Ulf Kivisäkk, Martin Östlund, Alexander Aleida Antonius Scheerder
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Patent number: 10046298Abstract: The invention relates to a chemical conversion process and to a process for removing particles from a reaction mixture. The chemical conversion process of the invention includes plasmonic heating of a reaction mixture having at least a one component and plasmonic particles, by exposing the reaction mixture to light having one or more wavelengths which are absorbed by at least part of the plasmonic particles, thereby controlling the reaction rate of one or more chemical reactions.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2017Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST-NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNOInventors: Pascal Jozef Paul Buskens, Maurice Christian Danho Mourad, Maria Elizabeth Louise Wouters, Leonardus Johannus Maria Genoveva Dortmans, Earl Lawrence Vincent Goetheer, Nanning Joerg Arfsten
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Patent number: 10046299Abstract: A system with a non-thermal, repetitively-pulsed gliding discharge reactor for converting gaseous hydrocarbons into liquid fuels efficiently. The system optionally contains a gas separator for removing non-hydrocarbon components from the gaseous hydrocarbon feed to improve efficiency of the system. The system may optionally reclaim hydrogen gas from the product gas for storage, transportation or power generation.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: LTEOIL LLCInventor: Yury Novoselov
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Patent number: 10046300Abstract: A system for performing liquid treatment using ionized gas comprises a plasma membrane reactor. The plasma membrane reactor includes a gas zone, and ion membrane along with electrodes to create a plasma. The membrane allows ions to pass through and contact the liquid thereby treating the liquid.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Ion Inject Technology LLCInventor: Walter Riley Buchanan
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Patent number: 10046301Abstract: An appliance for producing a personal care product. The appliance includes a reaction chamber configured to receive one or more ingredients of a personal care product. The appliance also includes a cartridge, wherein the cartridge holds at least one of the one or more ingredients of the personal care product. The appliance further includes an output port configured to allow removal of the personal care product from the reaction chamber.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Inventors: Reed Quinn, Spencer Quinn
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Patent number: 10046302Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for manufacturing a potassium compound and a method of recovering a potassium compound from a brine, and provides the apparatus for manufacturing the potassium compound, including: a continuous pre-treatment apparatus including a crushing portion, a pulverization portion, and a particle size separation portion for processing a mixed raw material salt obtained after lithium, magnesium, and calcium are extracted from a brine to have a particle size for easy separation and sorting; a continuous potassium compound lump recovering apparatus continuously separating and recovering the potassium compound from the pre-treated mixed raw material salt; a continuous potassium compound separating and sorting apparatus continuously separating and sorting potassium chloride and a glaserite (Na2SO4.3K2SO4) from the recovered potassium compound; and a continuous potassium sulfate conversion apparatus extracting potassium sulfate from the separated glaserite.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2014Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignees: RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, POSCO, MPPLY CO., LTD.Inventors: Uong Chon, Gi-Chun Han, Im Chang Lee, Ki Young Kim, Woon kyoung Park
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Patent number: 10046303Abstract: A plate-type flow reactor device with a first plate (20) having first and second opposing surfaces (22, 24) and one or more through-holes (26); a second plate sealed against the first surface (22) by at least two first O-rings (50); a third plate (40) sealed against the second surface (24) by at least one second O-ring (60); two or more first elongated channels (70) defined between the first surface (22) and the second plate and one or more second elongated channels (80) defined between the second surface (24) and the third plate, wherein each first channel communicates with the at least one second channel (80) via one or more of the through-holes (26) through the first plate (20), and said one first channel (70a) communicates with another first channel (70b) of the two or more first channels (70) only via said at least one second channel (80), and each first channel (70) is individually surrounded by at least one of the first O-rings (50) and the at least one second is individually surrounded by the at leastType: GrantFiled: April 22, 2014Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Roland Guidat, Olivier Lobet, Alexis Maury
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Patent number: 10046304Abstract: The present invention provides (i) a water absorbing agent which is excellent in a water absorbing physical properties, in particular water absorbing speed and has a great bulk specific gravity and (ii) a method for producing the water absorbing agent. The method for producing the water absorbing agent includes a surfactant adding step of adding a surfactant whose HLB is 10 or less. The surfactant adding step is the step of adding a dispersion liquid, which contains the surfactant equivalent to 30 parts by weight to 150 parts by weight, relative to 1000000 parts by weight of a water absorbent resin solid content, and the surfactant adding step is carried out after a drying step. Further, in a case where a water-soluble polyvalent metal salt adding step is carried out after the drying step, the surfactant adding step is carried out after the water-soluble polyvalent metal salt adding step.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2013Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.Inventors: Reiko Nakatsuru, Nobuya Tanaka, Yoshiro Mitsukami
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Patent number: 10046305Abstract: Disclosed are a surface-modified superabsorbent polymer and a method of preparing the same, wherein a superabsorbent polymer is surface-modified with the addition of a water-soluble salt having a multivalent cation and superhydrophobic microparticles, thereby improving attrition resistance, permeability and absorption speed without significantly deteriorating the other properties thereof.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.Inventors: Su-Jin Kim, Young-Sam Kim, Young-In Yang, Yeon-Woo Hong
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Patent number: 10046306Abstract: A treater regeneration system in a polyolefin production system, the treater regeneration system comprising an off-line treater receiving a first portion of a regenerating stream and regenerating a desiccant in the off-line treater to yield a regenerating effluent stream, where the regenerating stream comprises a regenerating medium, and where the regenerating effluent stream comprises the regenerating medium, water and an impurity; a decanter receiving at least a portion of the regenerating effluent stream to yield the regenerating stream and a water stream, wherein the water stream comprises the water; and a stripper receiving a second portion of the regenerating stream to yield an impurity stream and a process recycle stream, wherein the impurity stream comprises at least a portion of the impurity, and wherein the process recycle stream comprises the regenerating medium of the second portion of the regenerating stream.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2017Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LPInventors: Ralph W. Romig, Timothy O. Odi, Jennifer F. Drew
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Patent number: 10046307Abstract: The present invention relates to: a catalyst for glycerin dehydration; a preparation method therefor; and an acrolein preparation method using the catalyst. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the catalyst is used in glycerin dehydration so as to exhibit high catalytic activity, a high yield and high acrolein selectivity, and has a characteristic in which carbon is not readily deposited, thereby having a long lifetime compared with that of a conventional catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2015Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: Ji Yeon Kim, Jun Seon Choi, Joo Young Cheon, Wang Rae Joe, Hye Jeong Ok, Kyung Soo Kim
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Patent number: 10046308Abstract: A production method comprising: adding a hydroxycarboxylic acid to an aqueous solution containing a Ce salt, a Zr salt, an Al salt, and at least one selected from a La salt, an Mg salt, and a Ca salt, to produce a gel, heating the gel to obtain a solid product by decomposition of the salts, firing the solid product to obtain a fired product containing a ceria-zirconia-based regular array phase precursor and an aluminate-based composite oxide precursor, performing a reducing heat treatment of the fired product to obtain a first composite having mutually dispersed therein a pyrochlore phase and an aluminate-based composite oxide, and performing an oxidizing heat treatment of the first composite to obtain a second composite in which at least part of the pyrochlore phase is transformed into a ? phase; and an oxygen storage material having mutually dispersed therein the composite oxide and the regular array phase.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takashi Minami, Satoshi Nagao
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Patent number: 10046309Abstract: A catalyst support comprising samarium, zirconium and aluminum is disclosed. The catalyst support may have a general formula of Sm2xZrxAl2xO4, in which x is a molar ratio that may be between 0.3 and 0.6.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2017Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Inventors: Yasin Khani, Farzad Bahadoran, Zahra Shariatinia
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Patent number: 10046310Abstract: A catalytic converter includes a catalyst. The catalyst includes a supporting oxide layer. The catalyst also includes platinum group metal (PGM) particles partially embedded in the supporting oxide layer such that a portion of each PGM particle is surrounded by the supporting oxide layer and an other portion of each PGM particle remains exposed.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Xingcheng Xiao, Gongshin Qi
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Patent number: 10046311Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a silver-based epoxidation catalyst. In certain embodiments, a method is provided for modulating the reactivity of the silver-based epoxidation catalyst, comprising the catalyst being post-treated with at least two different salt solutions. In some embodiments, the treatment results in the deposition of one or more metals onto the surface of the catalyst. In further embodiments, method is also provided of using the silver catalyst to generate an epoxide from an olefin.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Lyondell Chemical Technology, L.P.Inventors: Sandor Nagy, Barbara Kimmich
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Patent number: 10046312Abstract: The present invention relates to an oxidation catalyst, a method for preparing the same, and a filter for exhaust gas purification comprising the same and, more specifically, to an oxidation catalyst, a method for preparing the same, and a filter for exhaust gas purification comprising the same, the oxidation catalyst being formed by comprising an amorphous metal alloy powder, thereby being preparable at a low cost, being capable of enhancing purification efficiency for exhaust gas when applied to the filter for exhaust gas purification, and being capable of deriving reliability enhancement for operation of an exhaust gas purifier having the filter for exhaust gas purification mounted therein.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2014Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Corning Precision Materials Co., Ltd.Inventors: Wun Gwi Kim, Min Seok Kim, Hyung Rae Kim, Goo Soo Lee, Jae Myung Chang
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Patent number: 10046313Abstract: A process for preparing a mesoporous material, e.g., transition metal oxide, sulfide, selenide or telluride, Lanthanide metal oxide, sulfide, selenide or telluride, a post-transition metal oxide, sulfide, selenide or telluride, and metalloid oxide, sulfide, selenide or telluride. The process comprises providing a micellar solution comprising a metal precursor, an interface modifier, a hydrotropic or lyotropic ion precursor, and a surfactant; and heating the micellar solution at a temperature and for a period of time sufficient to form the mesoporous material. A mesoporous material prepared by the above process. A method of controlling nano-sized wall crystallinity and mesoporosity in mesoporous materials.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2014Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: University of ConnecticutInventors: Steven L. Suib, Altug Suleyman Poyraz, Lei Jin, Chung-hao Kuo
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Patent number: 10046314Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst for ammonia synthesis and ammonia decomposition. The catalyst includes a nitrogen-containing compound of a main group element and a related support and an additive. The present invention is a novel catalytic material, which exhibits good catalytic activity in ammonia synthesis and ammonia decomposition reactions.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2013Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCESInventors: Ping Chen, Jianping Guo, Peikun Wang, Zhitao Xiong, Daqiang Hu
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Patent number: 10046315Abstract: A hydroprocessing catalyst has been developed. The catalyst is a unique transition metal tungstate material. The hydroprocessing using the crystalline transition metal molybdotungstate material may include hydrodenitrification, hydrodesulfurization, hydrodemetallation, hydrodesilication, hydrodearomatization, hydroisomerization, hydrotreating, hydrofining, and hydrocracking.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: UOP LLCInventors: Stuart Miller, Laura Collins
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Patent number: 10046316Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an AFX zeolite having a novel structure. An AFX zeolite having a lattice spacing d of a (004) plane being not less than 4.84 ? and not greater than 5.00 ?, and a molar ratio of silica to alumina being not less than 10 and not higher than 32. Such an AFX zeolite can be produced by a production method comprising a crystallization step of crystallizing a composition at a temperature of not lower than 160° C.; the composition containing a silicon source, an aluminum source, a 1,3-di(1-adamantyl)imidazolium cation, and an alkali metal; a molar ratio of hydroxide ions to silica being less than 0.25 or a molar ratio of silica to alumina being not higher than 27; and a molar ratio of the 1,3-di(1-adamantyl)imidazolium cation to silica being less than 0.20.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: TOSOH CORPORATIONInventor: Yusuke Naraki
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Patent number: 10046317Abstract: A hydrocracking catalyst is provided comprising: a. from 0.5 to 10 wt % zeolite beta having an OD acidity of 20 to 400 ?mol/g and an average domain size from 800 to 1500 nm2; b. from 0 to 5 wt % zeolite USY having an ASDI between 0.05 and 0.12; wherein a wt % of the zeolite beta is greater than the wt % of the zeolite USY; c. a catalyst support; and d. at least one metal selected from the group consisting of elements from Group 6 and Groups 8 through 10 of the Periodic Table. A process for hydrocracking using the hydrocracking catalyst to produce middle distillates is provided. A method for making the hydrocracking catalyst is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2015Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.Inventors: Yihua Zhang, Theodorus Ludovicus Michael Maesen, Yalin Hao, Don Ramon Bushee, Thomas Michael Rea
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Patent number: 10046318Abstract: A ligand component is formed according to formula (1):R12P—X—N?C(R2)—Y, wherein R1 is Ph or Cyc or a C1-C20 substituted or unsubstituted ailkyl group; each Ph is a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group; each Cyc is a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group; X is an unsubstituted arylene or a C2-C3 substituted or unsubstituted alkylene; R2 is H, methyl or Ph; and Y N is pyridyl, 6-phenylpyridyl or 6-methylpyridyl; with the proviso that when X is a C2 substituted or unsubstituted alkylene and Y is pyridyl, R2 is methyl or Ph. A reaction product including the ligand component and a metal precursor is prepared by combining the ligand component with the metal precursor. An activated reaction product is formed by activating the reaction product as a hydrosilylation catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2015Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignees: DOW SILICONES CORPORATION, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISInventors: Aswini Dash, Thomas B. Rauchfuss, Wan-Yi Chu, Ryan J. Gilbert-Wilson
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Patent number: 10046319Abstract: Water-insoluble anion exchange materials which exhibit improved insolubility in water are used, for example, for anion exchange membranes or as anion exchange resins.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2017Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: LEIBNIZ-INSTITUT FUER POLYMERFORSCHUNG DRESDEN E.V.Inventor: Jochen Meier-Haack
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Patent number: 10046320Abstract: A kit comprises a container having an open end; a pipette for transferring the material to and from the container with an open tip for drawing and the biological material; a cap configured to seal the open end of the container and to allow the pipette tip to enter the container through the cap. The cap and the pipette have cooperating stop portions for preventing the pipette from advancing into the container upon engagement of the stop portions. The pipette, the cap and the container are mutually configured such that upon engagement of the cooperating stop portions, the tip stops above a first predetermined level but below a second predetermined level in the container; the first predetermined level being a level for a first substance; the second predetermined level being a level for solution second substance, and the first level being lower than the second level.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2014Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: BiomerieuxInventor: Michel Guy
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Patent number: 10046321Abstract: A diagnostic device, particularly of the lab-on-chip type having a station for inserting a native sample of a fluid to be tested; a chamber for stabilizing the native sample, and a station for separating the native sample. The device further includes an electrophoresis chamber, with a capillary connection to the separation station, a reaction chamber, and at least one pair of electrodes. The electrodes are arranged upstream and downstream of the electrophoresis chamber, whose electrical field propels the sample from the electrophoresis chamber to the reaction chamber, a separative electrophoresis occurring inside the electrophoresis chamber. The insertion station, the stabilization chamber, the separation station, the electrophoresis chamber (5) and the reaction chamber are defined in a single chip and include inert containment surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2014Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: DIANAX S.R.L.Inventors: Eugenio Iannone, Maurizio Moroni, Giacomo Germani
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Patent number: 10046322Abstract: This disclosure relates to an apparatus for simultaneously filling a plurality of sample chambers. In one aspect, the apparatus comprises a common fluid source and a plurality of independent, continuous fluidic pathways. Each independent, continuous fluidic pathway comprises a sample chamber and a pneumatic compartment. The sample chamber is connected to the common fluid source, and the pneumatic compartment is connected to the sample chamber. The sample chamber comprises, in part, an assay chamber. The assay chamber comprises a monolithic substrate and a plug. In some embodiments, the assay chamber contains a magnetic mixing element. In some embodiments, the assay chamber is a double tapered chamber. In some embodiments, a ratio of a volume of the sample chamber to a volume of the pneumatic compartment is substantially equivalent for each fluidic pathway of the plurality of fluidic pathways.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2018Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: TALIS BIOMEDICAL CORPORATIONInventor: Thomas H. Cauley, III
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Patent number: 10046323Abstract: The application relates to a closing element for closing a container for samples for analysis, particularly biological samples. The application also relates to an assembly of a container and a closing element connected to the container. The application also relates to a device and method for analyzing samples. The closure comprises a vent channel (6) with a bacterial filter (7), a penetrable element (5) and the vent channel is configured to be connected with an analyzer and can be opened and closed.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2013Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: eNose Holding B.V.Inventor: Albert Bos
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Patent number: 10046324Abstract: A motorized latch assembly includes an electric motor, an eccentric cam attached via gears to a shaft of the motor and a latch plate configured to lock the reagent cartridge to the coupler. The eccentric cam is rotated when the shaft of the motor rotates. When the eccentric cam is rotated so that the eccentric cam presses down upon the latch plate, the latch plate moves a sufficient distance to permit the reagent cartridge to be disconnected from the coupler.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2014Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Colder Products CompanyInventors: William J. Rankin, Robert Keith Johnson
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Patent number: 10046325Abstract: A method and device for warming biological samples utilizes a heater and an outer chamber fabricated from a thermal regulating material. The outer chamber includes an outer surface and an inner surface with the heater being in operative contact with at least a portion of the outer surface of the outer chamber. A biological sample receiving region defined by the inner surface of the outer chamber is included, the biological receiving region being configured to operatively accept a biological sample and, alternatively including a liquid that has a freezing point near to or below that of the biological sample, and, wherein one or more of the inner surface and the liquid is in close and intimate contact with the biological sample. The thermal regulating material may obtain and maintain a substantially constant predetermined temperature when heat is imparted to the outer chamber by the heater.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2015Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: RECHARGEABLE BATTERY CORPORATIONInventors: John Beckerdite, Christopher Pedicini
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Patent number: 10046326Abstract: A supporting device for a multiplicity of parallel, highly elongate bioreactor elements having an at least partially transparent wall of plastic, through which a microorganism-inoculated nutrient solution is conducted for producing biomass by photosynthesis, includes a plurality of stationary support pylons disposed along the bioreactor elements and horizontally spaced apart from one another. The expenditure on production and assembly is decreased by providing at least one carrying element running between at least two support pylons above the respective bioreactor elements to be carried. The carrying element is supported on the corresponding support pylons and the bioreactor elements to be carried are connected to at least one carrying element by at least one holding element at least at one support point situated between the two support pylons.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2014Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: PatEffect Schutzrechtsmanagement GbRInventor: Hans Vaeth
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Patent number: 10046327Abstract: Tweezers, in particular for handling histological preparations, preferably thin tissue specimens, with two limbs connected elastically at one end, and with tips formed at the other, free end of the limbs and together forming an engagement area, wherein a central area serves for holding and actuating the limbs in order to bring the tips into contact with each other, are characterized in that the tips and/or the connection area of the limbs are designed as a housing with a storage medium for storing energy, and in that the storage medium directly or indirectly heats the engagement area or the tips to a predefined temperature.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2015Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: pfm medical agInventors: Erwin Schneider, Steffen Kraus
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Patent number: 10046328Abstract: Provided is a jaw crusher driving device in which a driving torque can be transmitted reliably to a rotation driving shaft to perform a crushing operation by strongly fixing a hydraulic pressure motor between a body frame of a jaw crusher and a flywheel. The jaw crusher includes a fixed tooth, a movable tooth, a rotation driving shaft rotatably supported on a body frame, and a pair of flywheels provided in the rotation driving shaft. The driving device includes: a hydraulic pressure motor in which a rotation shaft portion can rotate in relation to a motor body when pressure fluid is supplied; a connector for connecting one flywheel of the pair of flywheels and the rotation shaft portion; and a torque arm provided between the body frame and the motor body so as to prevent the motor body from rotating about an axis of the rotation driving shaft.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2015Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: NAKAYAMA IRON WORKS, LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Nakayama, Hideki Tominaga
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Patent number: 10046329Abstract: A gyratory crusher topshell assembly in which a spacer (filler) ring is mounted radially intermediate a topshell and an outer crushing shell. The spacer ring is locked axially at the topshell via a shape profile of the mating surfaces of the spacer ring and the topshell. Additionally, the spacer ring is rotationally locked at the topshell via contact between abutments extending between the spacer ring and the topshell.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2014Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: SANDVIK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ABInventors: Joel Andersson, Henrik Steede
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Patent number: 10046330Abstract: A regenerated cutting blade to be mounted and used in a shearing type grinder. The cutting blade includes a fixed part and a blade tip projecting outward from this fixed part, in which the blade tip has a leading edge pointed toward the rotating direction. Side edges 110 on the lateral side outer periphery including the blade tip, the leading end edge and the side edges are regenerated and formed by build-up welding. The lateral sides are provided with slip preventive build-up welding parts 111, 112, 113 extending from the side edges 110 toward the central side of its rotation or the central direction, and the build-up welding parts are formed by three regenerating processes.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2012Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha KinkiInventors: Naoya Wada, Naoki Ueno, Yasuhiko Honda, Isao Nagai
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Patent number: 10046331Abstract: A method for fragmenting and/or weakening material by high-voltage pulses is provided. The material and a processing fluid are arranged in a processing zone formed between two electrodes such that the entire processing zone is flooded with processing fluid, and high-voltage pulses are applied to the electrodes such that high-voltage breakdowns occur between the two electrodes and/or such that predischarge channels are formed without breakdowns. An electrode with a metallic conductor is chosen for at least one of the two electrodes, the conductor being provided partially or completely with an insulator or insulating coating at the working end of the electrode that is in contact with the processing fluid, the permittivity of the insulator/insulating coating being at least 75% of the permittivity of the processing fluid.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2012Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: selFrag AGInventors: Reinhard Müller-Siebert, Fabrice Monti Di Sopra, Harald Giese, Urs Friedli
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Patent number: 10046332Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing high quality recycled aggregate by using concrete debris as raw material including: crushing a raw material including concrete debris; classifying the crushed raw material into small diameter components and large diameter components; supplying the components to a mill with a volume ratio of the large diameter components relative to the small diameter components equal or greater and rubbing the components with each other at the mill, the mill not including a milling medium; reprocessing the components in the mill at least once or more; and collecting the reprocessed components as recycled aggregate.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2012Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Daito Dobuko Ltd.Inventor: Shigeo Yanase
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Patent number: 10046333Abstract: Provided is a method of restoring arsenic-contaminated soil. In the present invention, arsenic may be easily separated from soil particles by washing the arsenic-contaminated soil by using a basic solution and simultaneously irradiating the soil with ultrasonic waves. Also, since iron oxide and manganese oxide are exposed to the basic solution by dissolving a portion of the surface of a silicate mineral using the basic solution, a residual form of arsenic may be removed.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF GEOSCIENCE AND MINERAL RESOURCES (KIGAM)Inventors: Jae Gon Kim, Chul Min Chon, In Hyun Nam, Jung Hwa Lee, Yong Chan Cho, Dong Hyun Seok
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Patent number: 10046334Abstract: A process and system for the separation of materials from electrochemical cells is disclosed. Electrode materials are removed from electrochemical cells and separated into constituent active materials using magnetic separation.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2015Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: RSR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Timothy W. Ellis, Joshua A. Montenegro
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Patent number: 10046335Abstract: A centrifuge including a lid section of a sample container, the lid section having a rotating shaft for swinging, and a swing-type rotor, and the centrifuge conducts centrifugation operation in a state where the sample container is seated in a bucket housing section by making the sample container in which the rotating shaft is mounted to a rotating shaft engagement groove of the rotor swing due to the rotation of the rotor. The rotating shaft comprises a plurality of members connected by a connection section and is configured so as to be bendable at the connection section by a centrifugal load accompanying the rotation of the rotor.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2015Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jun Sato, Kenichi Nemoto
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Patent number: 10046336Abstract: A system for cleaning polluted scrubber fluid includes a disc stack centrifugal separator a separator inlet for polluted scrubber fluid, a first separator outlet for cleaned scrubber fluid, and a second separator outlet for a pollutant phase. A first transportation system transports polluted scrubber fluid to the separator inlet, a second transportation system transports cleaned scrubber fluid back to the exhaust gas scrubber, a bleed-off transportation system connected to the second transportation system bleeds off part of the cleaned scrubber fluid, a dirty drain tank connected to the bleed-off transportation system receives the bled-off scrubber fluid, and a waste reduction transportation system transports scrubber fluid from the dirty drain tank to the first transportation system. A controller receives information related to the work load of the disc stack centrifugal separator and regulates the transport of scrubber fluid based on the information.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2015Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: ALFA LAVAL CORPORATE ABInventor: Staffan Königsson
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Patent number: 10046337Abstract: A cleaning in place system for a centrifugal separator and a method of cleaning a centrifugal separator are disclosed. The centrifugal separator includes a rotor having a separation space, a separator inlet and a first separator outlet. The first separator outlet includes an outlet pump configured to provide a flow of fluid from the first separator outlet. The cleaning in place system further includes a container for cleaning fluid, a cleaning fluid pump for providing cleaning fluid from the container to the separator inlet, such as an eductor. The cleaning in place system is configured to receive a flow of fluid from the first separator outlet and that the cleaning fluid pump is configured to pump cleaning fluid from the container to the separator inlet by means of the received flow of fluid.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2013Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: ALFA LAVAL CORPORATE ABInventor: Neil Whitehead
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Patent number: 10046338Abstract: A centrifugal liquid separating system broadly comprises an insert cartridge including a housing, an inlet, one or more flow guides, a stator, a compression nozzle, an expansion nozzle, and an outlet. The flow guides guide liquid flowing into the inlet past the stator into the compression nozzle. The stator induces a rotational vortex into the liquid flow. Liquid with heavier particles in the liquid flow is urged to the outside of the rotational vortex. Liquid with lighter particles and cleaner liquid is urged to the inside of the rotational vortex. The compression nozzle and the expansion nozzle are aligned to cooperatively form an annular liquid channel. The liquid with the heavier particles flows through the annular liquid channel and the liquid with the lighter particles and the cleaner liquid flows to the expansion nozzle to the outlet.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2017Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Inventor: Mark Harold Whitehead
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Patent number: 10046339Abstract: A shower head outlet switching device includes a fixing portion having an inlet waterway and at least two diversion waterways; a switching mechanism within the fixing portion and including a water diversion plate that is movable with respect to the fixing portion; a first driving mechanism; and a valve shaft that is slidable with respect to the fixing portion; a driving mechanism including an operation button movably connected to the fixing portion that causes the valve shaft to slide; and a second driving mechanism connected to the valve shaft; and an elastic body directly connected to the driving mechanism and to the fixing portion to reset the driving mechanism. The first driving mechanism is connected to the water diversion plate and the valve shaft so that, when the valve shaft slides one round, the water diversion plate rotates to connect one diversion waterway to the inlet waterway.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2015Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: XIAMEN SOLEX HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Huasong Zhou, Fengde Lin, Mingfu Zhang, Daliang Yang
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Patent number: 10046340Abstract: A combination showerhead with rotary button switching includes a fixing holder mounted to a supporting arm and having an inlet passage and at least two diversion passages; a first showerhead mounted to the fixing holder and connected to at least one diversion passage; a second showerhead connected to another diversion passage; and a switching mechanism including a diversion plate configured to rotatably connect to the fixing holder and to cooperate with the inlet passage and the at least two diversion passages to switch waterways; a rotary button configured to rotatably connect to the fixing holder; and a transmission mechanism connected between the diversion plate and the rotary button to control position of the diversion plate, and that includes a first gear connected to the diversion plate and a second gear connected to the rotary button, the first gear and the second gear being engaged with one another.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: XIAMEN SOLEX HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Fengde Lin, Mingfu Zhang, Xi Huang
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Patent number: 10046341Abstract: A shower system includes a top sprayer with at least two water types and a hand shower. The top sprayer is disposed with an inlet waterway to connect to the water source and first diversion waterways corresponding to the water types one by one; wherein the top sprayer is further disposed with a second diversion waterway, the hand shower is connected to the second diversion waterway by an external flexible pipe; the top sprayer is disposed with a switch mechanism, the switch mechanism is cooperated to the inlet waterway, the first diversion waterways and the second diversion waterway to switch the waterways, thus switching any diversion waterway to connect to the inlet waterway.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2014Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: XIAMEN SOLEX HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Yulin Wu, Wenbin Fan, Bin Cao, Huasong Zhou
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Patent number: 10046342Abstract: A side spraying outlet device is assembled to a supporting arm fixed to the wall, wherein the outlet device includes a side spraying component. The side spraying component includes a fixed portion secured to the wall and at least a side spraying mechanism disposed in the fixed portion, the fixed portion is disposed with a first diversion waterway, the side spraying mechanism is connected to the first diversion waterway; the side spraying component is connected to the supporting arm by a first flexible pipe.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2014Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: XIAMEN SOLEX HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Mingfu Zhang, Yulin Wu, Lei Wang, Huasong Zhou
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Patent number: 10046343Abstract: In one example, an electrostatic spray gun includes a spray tip assembly, an alternator, an electrode, and at least one controller. The alternator includes a stator having an inner diameter and an outer diameter. The alternator further includes a rotor disposed within the inner diameter of the stator and configured to rotate within the stator to cause the alternator to generate alternating electrical current. The electrode, positioned proximate the spray tip assembly, is coupled to receive electrical energy from the alternator. The at least one controller is coupled to the alternator and is configured to output a representation of a rotational speed of the rotor.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2013Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Graco Minnesota Inc.Inventors: Adriana Fitzgerald Mickols, Joseph A. Daniski, Mark E. Ulrich