Patents Issued in August 14, 2018
  • Patent number: 10046946
    Abstract: Disclosed a load measurement system (100) includes a compartment (110), a damper (112) and a weight calculation unit (131). The damper (112) is configured to be positioned between the compartment (110) and a platform (121) and to compress at a predetermined rate based on a load of the compartment (110). The weight calculation unit (131) is configured to calculate a weight of the compartment (110) based on the compression of the damper (112).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Gang Tan, Zhiyong Yao, Xiaofei Guo, Bin Wu
  • Patent number: 10046947
    Abstract: An elevator controller may include a memory configured to store acceleration data therein; and a processor configured to, register a passenger-specific destination call, the passenger-specific destination call including destination information indicating a destination floor of a passenger, receive passenger acceleration data indicating a vertical acceleration of the passenger in one of a plurality of elevator cars, compare elevator acceleration data of the plurality of elevator cars departing a floor with the passenger acceleration data, determine whether a correlation exists between the passenger acceleration data and the elevator acceleration data of a detected one of the plurality of elevator cars, and guide the detected one of the plurality of elevator cars that has left a floor to the destination floor according to the passenger-specific destination call, if the processor determines that the correlation exists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Kone Corporation
    Inventor: Ilpo Haipus
  • Patent number: 10046948
    Abstract: A system 110 includes an input/output 113 unit for receiving a user request to call an elevator 101, 102 and a processor 111 for processing the user request to assign an elevator to the user 105. The processor performs one of a first assignment process and a second assignment process. The first assignment process includes determining whether a delay condition exists for delaying assignment of the elevator to the user 202, delaying assignment of the elevator to the user based on determining that the delay condition exists 203, and assigning the elevator to the user based on determining that the delay condition does not exist 204. The second assignment process includes assigning the elevator to the user and notifying the user of the assignment, determining whether an assignment change condition exists 206, changing the assignment to another elevator based on determining that the assignment change condition exists 207, and notifying the user of the assignment change 208.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael Garfinkel, Theresa M. Christy, Jannah A. Stanley, Harold Terry
  • Patent number: 10046949
    Abstract: A deflection unit for guiding and deflecting the support apparatus of an elevator system includes a deflection roller and an axle which is mounted on a carrier and on which the deflection roller is mounted and is freely rotatable. The axle has an axle head that axially secures the axle on one end. For torsion-free mounting of the axle, a securing member is bolted onto the carrier and supported on an anti-rotation safeguard section arranged on the axle head. A horseshoe-shaped retaining part as a retaining means for axially securing the axle on the carrier is mounted on the axle on the end opposite from the axle head. An annular securing member, which is connected by bolts to the retaining part, is used for securing the retaining part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: INVENTIO AG
    Inventors: Christof Moser, Carlos Latorre Marcuz, Gert Silberhorn, Steven Bian, Wayne Pringle, Greg Kennedy, Sergio Guslandi, Peter Schwarer
  • Patent number: 10046950
    Abstract: A pair of displacement restricting members are fixed to a support member. When the support member is viewed from above, the displacement restricting members include reference end portions, respectively, which are positioned on a setting straight line set on an upper surface of the support member. The pair of displacement restricting members is fixed to the upper surface of the support member so that the reference end portions are directed in directions opposite to each other in a direction along the setting straight line. The end portion of the truss includes a pair of abutment surfaces facing the reference end portions, respectively. A gap is present in at least any one of a region between the reference end portion of one displacement restricting member and one abutment surface and a region between the reference end portion of the other displacement restricting member and the other abutment surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiko Nawata
  • Patent number: 10046951
    Abstract: A fixing module (2) for fixing a pallet (8) of a pallet conveyor, in particular a people conveyor, to a pallet chain (40; 50; 90) comprises a pallet side (4) comprising a connection portion (6), which is configured to be fixed in a non-rotatable manner to a pallet (8) of a pallet conveyor; a pallet chain side (10), which is configured for facing the pallet chain (40; 50; 90) and for receiving at least one fixing element (47) protruding from the pallet chain (40; 50; 90); and a securing mechanism (12, 14, 16), comprising at least one moveable securing element (12) which is configured for securing the at least one fixing element (47) within the fixing module (2) so that the fixing module (2) is non-rotatably fixed to the pallet chain (40; 50; 90).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Alexander Turek, Goetz Metzdorf, Martin Michalke
  • Patent number: 10046952
    Abstract: A moving handrail monitoring system includes a sensor configured to sense at least part of a moving handrail of the passenger conveying device to acquire a data frame; a processing device configured to analyze and process the data frame to monitor whether a tension degree of the moving handrail is in a normal state, wherein the processing device is configured to include: a target object recognition module configured to recognize, based on a sensed movement and/or position and/or color and/or shape, a moving handrail portion that serves as a target object from the data frame; an object feature extraction module configured to extract a tension degree feature of the moving handrail portion; and a judgment module configured to compare the extracted tension degree feature with a system preset interval, and judge whether a current tension degree of the moving handrail is normal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: ZhaoXia Hu, Wilfrid Fuchs, Alois Senger, Hui Fang, Zhen Jia, Jianwei Zhao, Qiang Li, Anna Su, Alan Matthew Finn
  • Patent number: 10046953
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a method for the control of a drive of a crane, in particular of a slewing gear and/or of a luffing mechanism, wherein a desired movement of the boom tip serves as an input value on the basis of which a control parameter for the control of the drive is calculated, characterized in that the oscillation dynamics of the system comprising the drive and the crane structure are taken into account in the calculation of the control parameter to reduce natural oscillations. The present invention furthermore comprises a method for the control of a hoisting gear of a crane, wherein a desired hoisting movement of the load serves as an input value on the basis of which a control parameter for the control of the drive is calculated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: LIEBHERR-WERK NENZING GMBH
    Inventors: Klaus Schneider, Oliver Sawodny, Sebastian Kuechler
  • Patent number: 10046954
    Abstract: A suspension type lifting device includes a base unit, a balance unit, two servo units, a hanging unit and a steering unit. The steering unit is mounted in the base unit and includes a housing having a receiving chamber, a control module mounted on the housing, and at least one gyroscope rotatably mounted in the receiving chamber of the housing and electrically connected with the control module. When the at least one gyroscope performs the self-rotation and the side-rotation simultaneously, the side-rotation produces a torque to change a direction of the self-rotation and to produce a precession, so as to change the direction of the lifting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Inventor: Chuan-Shan Huang
  • Patent number: 10046955
    Abstract: An extendable folding boom includes a turntable rotatable about a vertical axis, a plurality of boom segments pivotable at folding joints about respectively horizontal folding axes with respect to an adjacent boom segment or the turntable, and a sensor configured to sense a folding angle between two adjacent boom segments or between a boom segment and the turntable. The sensor includes a field-generating element and a field-sensing element spaced apart from each other along a horizontal axis in a contactless arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: SCHWING GMBH
    Inventors: Reiner Vierkotten, Carsten Conrad
  • Patent number: 10046956
    Abstract: A lifting column, lifting system and method for lifting a vehicle, such as a rail-car. The lifting column includes a frame having a movable carrier; a drive operably connected to the frame for the lifting or lowering of the carrier; and a lifter attached to the carrier for lifting the vehicle to be lifted. The lifter includes a positioner for moving of the lifter relative to the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Stertil B.V.
    Inventor: Jurjen Jan De Jong
  • Patent number: 10046957
    Abstract: An industrial vehicle including a frame, a counterweight connected to a rear part of the frame, and a drive device disposed in a lower position of the counterweight to drive rear wheels. The counterweight has an opening extending in a vertical direction. At least part of the drive device is disposed immediately below the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Fumihiro Fukatsu, Takaaki Takenaka
  • Patent number: 10046958
    Abstract: An apparatus and method may be configured for detecting selection between a hot version and a cold version of a beverage, causing opening of a first of a plurality of valves and closing of a second of the plurality of valves for providing water to a first of a plurality of mixing chambers based on the selection, causing delivery of beverage concentrate to the first mixing chamber, controlling a flow rate of the water and a flow rate of the beverage concentrate into the mixing chamber for mixing of the water with the beverage concentrate in a controlled ratio to create the beverage, and dispensing the beverage from the mixing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Xuejun Li, William W. Segiet, Fernando A. Ubidia, John F. Lewis, Aaron M. Stein
  • Patent number: 10046959
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for providing a selectable beverage from a post-mix beverage dispenser are provided. In one embodiment, the method for providing a beverage having a separately selected color from a post-mix beverage dispensing system comprises: (a) providing at least two beverage bases for dispense from the post-mix beverage dispensing system; (b) separately storing at least two colorants in the post-mix beverage dispensing system; (c) receiving a request for a selected beverage base and the separately selected color with a computer processor; and (d) in response to the selection of the selected beverage base and the separately selected color, automatically dispensing through a single faucet of the post-mix beverage dispensing system, continuously in a predetermined ratio for any volume of the beverage dispensed, the selected beverage base and at least one of the colorants to provide the beverage having the separately selected color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
    Inventor: Arthur G. Rudick
  • Patent number: 10046960
    Abstract: A refrigerator having a dispenser that includes an outlet and that is configured to dispense content through the outlet and along an output flow path. The refrigerator also includes a detection unit configured to detect user activity that is indicative of a desire to fill a container with content using the dispenser. The refrigerator further includes an optical system that is configured to, in response to detecting the user activity, direct a beam of light along at least a portion of the output flow path of the dispenser to assist a user in positioning a container to receive content dispensed along the output flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Inventor: Jason Adam Denise
  • Patent number: 10046961
    Abstract: A closure system suitable for sealing a growler and dispensing beer under the influence of gravity and atmospheric pressure through a conventional tap faucet. A growler sealed with the closure system is held in an inverted position by a support system. The closure system is lower than the body of the growler and is connected to a conventional tap faucet. The closure system includes a cap with a manually operated valve. The valve rotates from a closed position to an open one, which opens two channels in the cap: one to conduct beer from the growler to the tap and the other to conduct ambient air into a collapsed bladder—which is an integral part of the cap—when the tap is opened to dispense beer. The collapsible bladder expands into the growler when the beer is dispensed to take up the volume vacated by the beer. The closure system and the support can be included in a kit, alternatively each component can be packaged as a stand-alone item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Inventor: Stuart Miner
  • Patent number: 10046962
    Abstract: A system whereby a mobile fuel station may refuel vehicles is disclosed. Fuel reservoirs are provided in a mobile fuel station that may store fuel and dispense fuel through a hybrid fuel line. Fuel nozzles are provided which can be detachably connected to the hybrid fuel line and can measure and display fuel dispensed from the mobile fuel station. Communication devices and a network are provided that allow a vehicle and a mobile fuel station to communicate location and status information wirelessly with the network. Refueling services and maintenance services that may be carried out using the mobile fuel station are also disclosed and claimed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Hall Labs LLC
    Inventors: David R. Hall, Stephen Hall, Haley Lott, Eric Magleby, Joe Fox
  • Patent number: 10046963
    Abstract: A connector assembly used with split reins and configured to directly attach with the split reins. The connector assembly includes first and second connecting members, each of the connecting members include a pair of spaced end bars and a center bar that define a first and second spacing, and a pair of side bars having a semi-U shaped configuration. A raised member upwardly extends from a top side of the center bar, and a fastener is attached to a lower side of the center bar. One connecting member having a male fastener half, and one connecting member having a female fastener half, such that the rider releasably attaches one connecting member on the first rein to the one connecting member on the second rein by attaching the male and female fastener halves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Inventor: Kelly Dean Smith
  • Patent number: 10046964
    Abstract: A method for fabricating an integrated MEMS-CMOS device. The method can include providing a substrate member having a surface region and forming a CMOS IC layer having at least one CMOS device overlying the surface region. A bottom isolation layer can be formed overlying the CMOS IC layer and a shielding layer and a top isolation layer can be formed overlying a portion of bottom isolation layer. The bottom isolation layer can include an isolation region between the top isolation layer and the shielding layer. A MEMS layer overlying the top isolation layer, the shielding layer, and the bottom isolation layer, and can be etched to form at least one MEMS structure having at least one movable structure and at least one anchored structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: mCube Inc.
    Inventors: Te-Hsi “Terrence” Lee, Sudheer S. Sridharamurthy, Shingo Yoneoka, Wenhua Zhang
  • Patent number: 10046965
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a CMOS structure, including a substrate, a metallization layer over the substrate, a sensing structure over the metallization layer, and a signal transmitting structure adjacent to the sensing structure. The sensing structure includes an outgassing layer over the metallization layer, a patterned outgassing barrier over the outgassing layer; and an electrode over the patterned outgassing barrier. The signal transmitting structure electrically couples the electrode and the metallization layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Jung-Huei Peng, Chia-Hua Chu, Fei-Lung Lai, Shiang-Chi Lin
  • Patent number: 10046966
    Abstract: A method for a MEMS device includes receiving a diced wafer having a plurality devices disposed upon an adhesive substrate and having an associated known good device data, removing a first set of devices from the plurality of devices from the adhesive substrate in response to the known good device data, picking and placing a first set of the devices into a plurality of sockets within a testing platform, testing the first set of integrated devices includes while physically stressing the first set of devices, providing electrical power to the first set of devices and receiving electrical response data from the first set of devices, determining a second set of devices from the first set of devices, in response to the electrical response data, picking and placing the second set of devices into a transport tape media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: MCUBE, INC.
    Inventors: Ben Lee, Ming Hong Kuo, Wen-Chih Chen, Wensen Tsai
  • Patent number: 10046967
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for the production of hydrogen from a H2S-containing gas stream also containing ammonia, comprising subjecting both gas stream to catalytic oxidative cracking of both the H2S and the NH3, so as to form H2, S2 and N2. In this method, preferably, an additional amount of oxygen is added as compared to the amount used for H2S catalytic oxidative cracking. Also, preferably, the contact time of the gas stream with the catalyst is increased. The catalyst preferably is provided as a single bed, and then preferably comprises iron and molybdenum supported by a carrier comprising aluminum. The preferred carrier is alumina. The iron and molybdenum preferably are in the form of sulfides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: STAMICARBON B.V. ACTING UNDER THE NAME OF MT INNOVATION CENTER
    Inventors: Michele Colozzi, Lucia Barbato, Fabio Angelini, Emma Palo, Vincenzo Palma, Vincenzo Vaiano
  • Patent number: 10046968
    Abstract: A desulfurization system removes sulfur ingredients included in synthetic gas generated from gasification of coal in a high temperature dry state. The system includes a desulfurization reactor, a desulfurization cyclone, and first and second regeneration reactors branched with the desulfurization cyclone. A first oxidizing agent is injected to a first oxidizing agent inlet of the first regeneration reactor, and a second oxidizing agent is injected to a second oxidizing agent inlet of the second regeneration reactor. A controller operates one of the first and second regeneration reactors in a regeneration mode, controlling the other to operate in a desulfurization mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF ENERGY RESEARCH
    Inventors: Ho-jung Ryu, Dong-ho Lee, Gyoung-tae Jin, Do-won Shun, Chang-keun Yi, Jae-hyeon Park, Dal-hee Bae, Sung-ho Jo, Seung-yong Lee, Young Cheol Park, Jong-ho Moon, Hyo Jin Lee, Jeom In Baek
  • Patent number: 10046969
    Abstract: An apparatus of the present invention for producing an aligned carbon nanotube includes: at least one injection section including at least one injection hole from which a raw material gas is injected to a base substrate; an exhaust vent for exhausting the raw material gas; and an exhaust section including a plurality of exhaust vents, the plurality of exhaust vents being provided so as to be closer to the exhaust vent than a plurality of injection holes included in the at least one injection hole of the at least one injection section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignees: ZEON CORPORATION, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Shibuya, Kenji Hata, Motoo Yumura
  • Patent number: 10046970
    Abstract: A two-step sc-SWCNT enrichment process involves a first step based on selective dispersion and extraction of semi-conducting SWCNT using conjugated polymer followed by a second step based on an adsorptive process in which the product of the first step is exposed to an inorganic absorptive medium to selectively bind predominantly metallic SWCNTs such that what remains dispersed in solution is further enriched in semiconducting SWCNTs. The process is easily scalable for large-diameter semi-conducting single-walled carbon nanotube (sc-SWCNT) enrichment with average diameters in a range, for example, of about 0.6 to 2.2 nm. The first step produces an enriched sc-SWCNT dispersion with a moderated sc-purity (98%) at a high yield, or a high purity (99% and up) at a low yield. The second step can not only enhance the purity of the polymer enriched sc-SWCNTs with a moderate purity, but also further promote the highly purified sample to an ultra-pure level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Inventors: Jianfu Ding, Patrick Malenfant, Zhao Li, Jacques Lefebvre, Fuyong Cheng, Benoit Simard
  • Patent number: 10046971
    Abstract: A nitrogen-containing carbon material to the present invention comprises a carbon material having a carbon skeleton formed of carbon atoms and nitrogen atoms introduced into the carbon material, wherein part of carbon atoms in the carbon skeleton are substituted with nitrogen atoms. The nitrogen-containing carbon material according to the present invention can be produced by a production method including the steps of bringing the carbon material into contact with a first treatment gas containing a fluorine-containing gas to subject a surface of the carbon material to a fluorination treatment; and bringing the carbon material after being subjected to the fluorination treatment into contact with a second treatment gas containing a nitrogen-containing gas with heating to perform a nitriding treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignees: Stella Chemifa Corporation, Tohoku University
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Tohji, Yoshinori Sato, Koji Yokoyama, Kazutaka Hirano, Yoshinori Sato
  • Patent number: 10046972
    Abstract: Functionalized reduced graphene oxide (functionalized rGO), and a method of producing the same are provided. The functionalized reduced graphene oxide comprises reduced graphene oxide which is fluorinated and co-doped with at least one co-dopant selected from the group consisting of B, N and S.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Research & Business Foundation SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Hyoyoung Lee
  • Patent number: 10046973
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for manufacturing SiO, which may lower a manufacturing cost of SiO by collecting SiO continuously. The apparatus for manufacturing SiO includes a reaction unit configured to receive a SiO-making material and bring the received material into reaction by heating to generate a SiO gas; and a collecting unit configured to maintain an internal temperature lower than an internal temperature of the reaction unit, the collecting unit including a rotating member in an inner space thereof, wherein the collecting unit collects a SiO deposit by introducing the SiO gas generated by the reaction unit through an inlet formed at least at one side thereof and allowing the introduced SiO gas to be deposited to a surface of the rotating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-Yun Jung, Han-Nah Jeong, Cheol-Hee Park, Chee-Sung Park, Jae-Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 10046974
    Abstract: A process for preparing an aluminum-free boron containing zeolitic material comprising the framework structure MWW (BMWW), comprising (a) hydrothermally synthesizing the BMWW from a synthesis mixture containing water, a silicon source, a boron source, and an MWW template compound obtaining the BMWW in its mother liquor, the mother liquor having a pH above 9; (b) adjusting the pH of the mother liquor, obtained in (a) and containing the BMWW, to a value in the range of from 6 to 9; (c) separating the BMWW from the pH-adjusted mother liquor obtained in (b) by filtration in a filtration device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Andrei-Nicolae Parvulescu, Ulrich Mueller, Hans-Juergen Luetzel, Georg Uhl, Robert Bayer, Regina Vogelsang, Robert Schlosser, Franky Ruslim, Pawel Czajka
  • Patent number: 10046975
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for synthesizing a molecular sieve having the structure of SSZ-83 in the absence of a source of fluoride ions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventor: Dan Xie
  • Patent number: 10046976
    Abstract: A method of making the inorganic gold compound, such as tetrachloroauric acid, sodium tetrachloroaurate, potassium tetrachloroaurate, sodium tetracyanoaurate, and potassium tetracyanoaurate, includes the step of: treating gold with a halogen-containing oxidizing agent in a hydrochloric acid to obtain the inorganic gold compound, wherein the halogen-containing oxidizing agent excludes chlorine gas. The method of making the inorganic gold compound is simple, safe, time-effective, cost-effective, and environment-friendly, and has the advantage of high yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: TRIPOD TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lin Lu, Chen-Hsiang Wang, Kuei-Sheng Fan, Cheng-Ding Wang, Jim-Min Fang
  • Patent number: 10046977
    Abstract: A process for purifying red mud including reduction of the red mud to reduced material, and traversing the reduced material with an oxygen-containing gas in the presence of a catalyst suitable for iron oxidation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Outotec (Finland) Oy
    Inventors: Andrew Adipuri, Edgar Gasafi
  • Patent number: 10046978
    Abstract: The subject of the present invention is a method for processing metallized packaging materials, especially beverage cartons, or blister packaging. According to the invention, the aluminum is dissolved with the aid of acid and separated from the plastic. The metal-containing acid solution then undergoes pyrohydrolytic treatment and the acid is thus recovered. The aluminum can be recovered as valuable aluminum oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Andritz AG
    Inventor: Helmuth Gabl
  • Patent number: 10046979
    Abstract: A method for recycling rare earth from a wastewater from rare earth mining or from rare earth smelting, includes the steps of: removing oil from the wastewater to obtain a degreased wastewater; purifying the degreased wastewater to obtain a purified wastewater using a pretreatment system; recycling rare earth from the purified wastewater to obtain a rare earth slurry and a low rare earth wastewater using a rare earth recycling tank; treating the low rare earth wastewater to obtain ammonia gas using an ammonium degassing device; and converting the ammonia gas to obtain aqueous ammonia using an aqueous ammonium preparing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES (WUHAN)
    Inventors: Chunjie Yan, Sen Zhou, Luru Jing, Chen Liu, Youfa Zhu, Zhenhua Wang, Xujian Li, Tian Liang
  • Patent number: 10046980
    Abstract: The present invention relates to bismuth-titanium oxide composite nanowires used for photocatalysis and a preparation method, belonging to the field of inorganic nanomaterials. The preparation of the bismuth-titanium oxide composite nanowires is: polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) and bismuth nitrate are added to N—N dimethylformamide (DMF), tetrabutyl titanate and acetylacetone are added after magnetic stirring has been performed for a period of time, continual stirring is performed for more than six hours, and a transparent, stable solution is obtained. Electrospinning is performed on the solution in an electrospinning generation device under certain conditions, and the obtained electrospinning precursor nano fibers are air-fired in a muffle furnace to remove organic matter. After being cooled to room temperature, the electrospinning precursor nano fibers are placed in a tube furnace to be reduced and sintered in a hydrogen atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: CHONGQING UNIVERSITY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
    Inventors: Bitao Liu, Lu Li
  • Patent number: 10046981
    Abstract: The present disclosure concerns a filter device for filtering source water for the purpose of obtaining potable water; and further concerns a method for assembly of such a device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: STRAUSS WATER LTD.
    Inventors: Haim Wilder, Eyal Krystal, Stanislav Ratner, Hella Frenkel
  • Patent number: 10046982
    Abstract: An improved gray water reclamation system. A filter-valve is coupled to a gray water conduit between a drain where gray water enters the system and a gray water tank and/or sump. Water which enters the filter-valve contacts a filter screen which separates the incoming water into a portion of screened water and a portion of particulate matter which remains behind in the main portion of the filter-valve. The portion of screened water continues out of the filter-valve and into the gray water tank. The filter-valve is cleaned or maintained by backwashing the collected contaminates and particulate matter through the normal sewer drain system by opening an installed motor operated valve and allowing the collected particulate matter and backwash to pass there through via the waste conduit. The backwash and particulate matter from the filter-valve is then directed into a second waste conduit which is coupled to a pre-existing drainage system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Inventor: Todd McIntosh
  • Patent number: 10046983
    Abstract: A plastic debris collection system intended for marine use is disclosed. The system includes: a buoyant ring structure; various surface sheathings of plastic disposed on the buoyant ring structure and configured to be joined to a plastic debris; and a heating device disposed on the buoyant ring structure and configured to heat and join the plastic debris to one of the various surface sheathings of plastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Hughes Network Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Nicholas P. De Luca
  • Patent number: 10046984
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a colloidal precipitated calcium carbonate (cPCC) for adsorbing and/or reducing the amount of at least one organic material in an aqueous medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Omya International AG
    Inventors: Daniel Gantenbein, Patrick A. C. Gane, Joachim Schoelkopf, Juhana Tuomas Lehtipuu
  • Patent number: 10046985
    Abstract: A method of removing at least one cationic dye from an aqueous solution. The method includes contacting the aqueous solution with an adsorbent comprising a water-insoluble membrane disposed on a substrate. The water-insoluble membrane comprises cross-linked humic acid, at least one alginate, and hydroxyethyl cellulose. The contacting forms a treated aqueous solution having a lower concentration of the at least one cationic dye relative to the aqueous solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventors: Amir Al-Ahmed, Arun M. Isloor
  • Patent number: 10046986
    Abstract: The invention relates to composite materials, and more particular to composite adsorptive materials for purification of liquids, in particular, a drinking water, on the basis of components of a granulated material and a fibrous material. The new composite material for filtering purifying a liquid on the basis of a mixture of components of granulated and fibrous materials comprises volume zones with adjustable density, which zones create the structure of the material, which structure is self-strengthened when a liquid flows in the course of filtration, wherein, said volume zones make the material most part, each zone is created in the form of a interlaced fiber site, which sites are bonded among themselves by separate fibers, and the space within and between said interlaced fiber sites is filled with a granulated material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Electrophor, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Lvovich Shmidt, Gleb Dmitrievich Rusinov, Alexander Ivanovich Andreev, Alexander Gennadievich Mitilineos, Denis Vladislavovich Baigozin
  • Patent number: 10046987
    Abstract: A method of treatment of radioactive wastewater. The method includes: allowing radioactive wastewater to undergo reverse osmosis treatment and continuous electrodeionization treatment in sequence. The continuous electrodeionization treatment is carried out in a continuous electrodeionization unit including a continuous electrodeionization membrane stack including a dilute chamber and a concentrate chamber. The dilute chamber is filled with between 30 and 60 vol. % of a first strong-acid cation exchange resin, between 40 and 60 vol. % of a first strong-base anion exchange resin, and between 0 and 30 vol. % of a weak-base anion exchange resin. The concentrate chamber is filled with between 20 and 50 vol. % of a second strong-acid cation exchange resin, and the rest is a second strong-base anion exchange resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Xuan Zhao, Fuzhi Li, Meng Zhang
  • Patent number: 10046988
    Abstract: The RO installation for producing ultrapure water, preferably for medicinal flushing solutions, with a raw water supply conduit, which leads to a feed tank, from which a conduit with a pump leads to the primary side of an RO membrane, from where a concentrate circulation conduit leads back to the feed tank, and with a permeate feed conduit and a first permeate circulation conduit, which either extends to a permeate return conduit, which leads to the feed tank, or communicates via a further permeate circulation conduit with the secondary side of the RO membrane, and with a filtrate outlet conduit is characterized in that the primary circuit including the feed tank, the conduit, the primary side of the RO membrane and the concentrate circulation conduit and the secondary circuit including the secondary side of the RO membrane, the first permeate circulation conduit and the further permeate circulation conduit may be flowed through by a disinfecting and cleaning agent independently of one another, wherein a disi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Inventor: Manfred Volker
  • Patent number: 10046989
    Abstract: An electrochemical system and method are disclosed for On Site Generation (OSG) of oxidants, such as free available chlorine, mixed oxidants and persulfate. Operation at high current density, using at least a diamond anode, provides for higher current efficiency, extended lifetime operation, and improved cost efficiency. High current density operation, in either a single pass or recycle mode, provides for rapid generation of oxidants, with high current efficiency, which potentially allows for more compact systems. Beneficially, operation in reverse polarity for a short cleaning cycle manages scaling, provides for improved efficiency and electrode lifetime and allows for use of impure feedstocks without requiring water softeners. Systems have application for generation of chlorine or other oxidants, including mixed oxidants providing high disinfection rate per unit of oxidant, e.g. for water treatment to remove microorganisms or for degradation of organics in industrial waste water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Advanced Diamond Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian Wakefield Wylie, Prabhu U. Arumugam, Hongjun Zeng, John Arthur Carlisle
  • Patent number: 10046990
    Abstract: The invention is directed to an apparatus and methods of its use to generate chlorine dioxide. The apparatus comprises three cation exchange resin chambers in fluidic communication to convert chlorite salt into chlorine dioxide. Unlike previous converters, the invention utilizes an novel method of acidifying some of the chlorite to produce a more effective process. The invention can achieve a 100% theoretical yield which is s significant improvement over the 80% theoretical yield in previous attempts using non-acidifying chemistry. The method also avoids the need for expensive catalysts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventor: Felice DiMascio
  • Patent number: 10046991
    Abstract: A hydromagnetic desalination cell including at least one hollow rectangular flow conduit, a first rectangular magnet and a second rectangular magnet each having a north pole face and a south pole face opposite of each other, wherein the first and second rectangular magnets are disposed along a longitudinal axis and on opposite sides of the rectangular flow conduit, a first opening and a second opening on opposite walls of the rectangular flow conduit extending between the first and second rectangular magnets, and a first and second chamber fluidly connected to the first and second openings. A hydromagnetic desalination system and methods of desalinating brine water with the hydromagnetic desalination system are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventor: Moustafa Elshafei
  • Patent number: 10046992
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a process for treating water and the use of calcium carbonate in such a process. In particular, the present invention is directed to a process for remineralization of water comprising the steps of providing feed water, and injecting gaseous carbon dioxide and a slurry into the feed water, wherein the slurry comprises micronized calcium carbonate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Omya International AG
    Inventors: Michael Skovby, Martine Poffet, Matthias Buri, René Vinzenz Blum
  • Patent number: 10046993
    Abstract: A compact system for treating pharmaceutical waste at a location at which the pharmaceutical waste is disposed includes a waste influent tank configured to hold and discharge a fluid containing pharmaceutical waste, a first container configured to hold and discharge hydrogen peroxide utilized in a chemical reaction to treat the pharmaceutical waste, a second container configured to hold and discharge aqueous iron solution utilized in a chemical reaction to treat the pharmaceutical waste, a neutralizer tank in which the chemical reaction is carried out, and a drain container configured to receive treated fluid. The system excludes a UV light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: CLEAR RIVER ENVIRO, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Sanborn, Todd McGee, Mark Macdonell, Scott Kosch
  • Patent number: 10046994
    Abstract: A method for treating contaminated liquids in a flow by ozone, wherein the ozone is fed in gas form into the flow at one point and then is mixed into the flow in stages by mixers following one another in the flow direction, so that an absolute quantity of introduced ozone increases after each mixer until a feed efficiency of more than 95 percent is reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: XYLEM IP HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventors: Arne Wieland, Martin Kampmann, Jens Scheideler, Achim Ried
  • Patent number: 10046995
    Abstract: A method of operating a waste water treatment plant (WWTP) having at least one of an aerobic digester (AD) and a membrane bioreactor (MBR) is described. The method of operating AD is comprised of monitoring and controlling AD in real-time using an online extended Kalman filter (EKF) having a online dynamic model of AD. The EKF uses real-time AD measured data, and online dynamic model of AD to update adapted model parameters and estimate model based inferred variables for AD, which are used for AD control by AD control system having supervisory and low-level control layers. The method of operating MBR is similar to that of AD. The supervisory control ensures the WWTP satisfying the effluent quality requirement while minimize the operation cost. A WWTP having at least one of AD or MBR is disclosed. The method of operating a WWTP can be implemented using a computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Aditya Kumar, Anthony John Murray, Ruijie Shi, Zhaoyang Wan, Mustafa Tekin Dokucu, Vijaysai Prasad