Patents Issued in February 19, 2019
  • Patent number: 10207246
    Abstract: A fuel activation and energy release apparatus is provided for increasing energy output of a fluid substance. The apparatus comprises a fluidly sealable reactor chamber, adapted to withstand a predetermined fluid pressure and temperature; a fluid injection port, adapted to provide a one-way fluid communication from an external fluid reservoir to said reactor chamber; a fluid ejection port, adapted to provide a one-way fluid communication from said reactor chamber to an external region, so as to controllably release said fluid substance from said reactor chamber and at least one first electromagnetic radiation (EMR) waveguide. The first EMR waveguide having a first waveguide input port and a first waveguide output port, operably coupled within said reactor chamber and adapted to couple electromagnetic radiation of a predetermined first wavelength to a fluid substance injected into said reactor chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: ARCS ENERGY
    Inventor: Anthony Archer
  • Patent number: 10207247
    Abstract: A device for heat, mass, and chemical exchange and interaction between gases and liquids. Nozzles feed the gas at angles in different directions to form a gas-liquid mix, swirls, and/or foam above an array of such nozzles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Inventor: Vladimir V. Fedorov
  • Patent number: 10207248
    Abstract: A methyl iodide adsorber, comprising a zeolite containing at least one iodide-adsorbing metal or a compound thereof, wherein the zeolite is a hydrophobic zeolite. Also, a use of the adsorber and a method for the adsorption of methyl iodide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Areva GmbH
    Inventors: Katharina Donabauer, Arno Tissler, Mika Endler, Olaf Buttner
  • Patent number: 10207249
    Abstract: Organosilica materials, which are a polymer of at least one independent monomer of Formula [Z1OZ2OSiCH2]3 (I), wherein Z1 and Z2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a C1-C4 alkyl group or a bond to a silicon atom of another monomer and at least one other monomer is provided herein. Methods of preparing and processes of using the organosilica materials, e.g., for gas separation, color removal etc., are also provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY
    Inventors: Quanchang Li, Preeti Kamakoti, David Charles Calabro, Mary Kathryn Lee, Stephen M. Cundy, Kanmi Mao, Matu J. Shah, Dennis George Peiffer, Daniel P. Leta
  • Patent number: 10207250
    Abstract: A low cost, a disposable diaper is provided that presents no difficulties in disposable diaper manufacture in humid climates, and that has a minimal amount of flowback, and rapid absorption time. A particulate water-absorbing agent is provided having as the principal component a poly (meth)acrylic acid (salt)-based water absorbing resin, wherein the water-absorbing agent has a particle size distribution of a weight average particle diameter of 300 to 500 ?m, a blocking ratio after moisture absorption when left for one hour at 25° C. and 90% relative humidity of 20% or less, a surface tension of 60 mN/m or more, and a gel capillary absorption (GCA) of 28.0 g/g or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Ikeuchi, Yoshifumi Adachi
  • Patent number: 10207251
    Abstract: A process is disclosed for limiting the emissions of gases from a porous material in the form of particles comprising a porous inorganic support and at least 0.1% by weight of one or more compounds chosen from organic compounds, halogen compounds, boron compounds and phosphorus compounds. The particles are placed in motion within a hot gas stream traversing them, and a liquid composition containing one or more film-forming polymer(s) is sprayed over the moving particles by means of a twin-fluid atomization nozzle, in which the liquid composition is mixed with a pressurized gas, with a relative atomization pressure of greater than or equal to 0.7×1005 Pa, until a protective layer containing the film-forming polymer(s) and exhibiting a mean thickness of less than or equal to 20 ?m is obtained on the surface of the said particles. A material resulting from this process is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Eurecat S.A.
    Inventors: Pierre Dufresne, Pauline Galliou, Mathieu Baffert, Fabien Laboulfie
  • Patent number: 10207252
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the use of pristine and surface functionalized cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) incorporated hydrogel beads as adsorbent materials for water treatment applications. Here the hydrogel beads were prepared by ionic crosslinking of biopolymer sodium alginate using calcium chloride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Inventors: Nishil Mohammed, Nathan Grishkewich, Kam Chiu Tam, Richard Berry
  • Patent number: 10207253
    Abstract: A vanadium oxide catalyst supported on a cerium oxide and zirconium oxide composite core is described. The catalyst comprises 0.1-3 wt % vanadium oxide relative to the total catalyst weight, and the catalyst is in the form of microparticles having diameters of 5-80 ?m. A method using a wetness impregnation technique to produce the catalyst is described. The use of the catalyst in the partial oxidation of methanol to produce formaldehyde is specified, along with the catalyst's stability for reaction periods of 50 or more hours. A method of regenerating the catalyst for multiple reactions is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: King Abdulaziz University
    Inventors: Hitoshi Inokawa, Sharif F. Zaman, Muhammad A. Daous, Abdulrahim Al-Zahrani, Lachezar Petrov
  • Patent number: 10207254
    Abstract: A catalyzed substrate monolith 12 for use in treating exhaust gas emitted from a lean-burn internal combustion engine, which catalyzed substrate monolith 12 comprising a first washcoat coating 16 and a second washcoat coating 18, wherein the first washcoat coating comprises a catalyst composition comprising at least one platinum group metal (PGM) and at least one support material for the at least one PGM, wherein at least one PGM in the first washcoat coating is liable to volatilize when the first washcoat coating is exposed to relatively extreme conditions including relatively high temperatures, wherein the second washcoat coating comprises at least one metal oxide for trapping volatilized PGM and wherein the second washcoat coating is oriented to contact exhaust gas that has contacted the first washcoat coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Philip Gerald Blakeman, Gavin Michael Brown, Sougato Chatterjee, Andrew Francis Chiffey, Jane Gast, Paul Richard Phillips, Raj Rao Rajaram, Glen Spreitzer, Andrew Peter Walker
  • Patent number: 10207255
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method for making a catalyst, comprises: forming a mixture comprising a germanium source, an alkali metal source, an aluminum source, and a silica source, wherein the mixture has a pH; adjusting the pH of the mixture to a value of greater than or equal to 9.5; crystallizing and calcining the mixture to form a zeolite; depositing platinum on the zeolite; and calcining the zeolite to form the final catalyst. The final catalyst is non-acidic and has an aluminum content of less than or equal to 0.75 wt % based on the total weight of the final catalyst excluding any binder and extrusion aide and a Si:Al2 mole ratio of greater than or equal to 125.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: SAUDI BASIC INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alla Khanmamedova, Scott Stevenson
  • Patent number: 10207256
    Abstract: The present invention provides a photocatalytic concrete material sprayed with titanium dioxide/activated zeolite composite material and preparation method thereof, and the photocatalytic concrete material sprayed with titanium dioxide/activated zeolite composite material comprises following raw materials in parts by weight titanium dioxide 0.1-20 parts, activated zeolite molecular sieve 0.1-20 parts, dispersant 0.1-5 parts, emulsifier 0.05-2 parts, coupling agent 0.05-2 parts, cement 40-90 parts, fine sand 40-90 parts and water. In the present invention, the activated zeolite molecular sieve can load titanium dioxide photocatalytic material as a carrier, and can easily adsorb gaseous pollutant of automobile exhaust with huge specific surface area (280.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: YANCHENG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Xinguo Xi, Pengyu Dong, Xing Cai, Hao Tian
  • Patent number: 10207257
    Abstract: A zeolite-containing fixed bed catalyst is formed by pre-shaping a mixture of a reactive aluminum-containing component and a matrix component into pre-shaped particles, and contacting the pre-shaped particles with a reactive liquid containing a silicate for a sufficient time and temperature to form an in-situ zeolite within the pre-shaped particles. The contacting of the pre-shaped particles and the liquid is achieved such that there is relative movement between the pre-shaped particles and the liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Xingtao Gao, David Stockwell, Gary M. Smith
  • Patent number: 10207258
    Abstract: A porous ceramic honeycomb body including a substrate of intersecting porous walls forming axial channels extending from a first end face to a second end face. An active portion of the walls include a zeolite catalyst disposed inside pores thereof and/or is comprised of an extruded zeolite and a three way catalyst (TWC) is disposed on wall surfaces of at least a portion of the active portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventor: Mallanagouda Dyamanagouda Patil
  • Patent number: 10207259
    Abstract: Prepare a hybrid SAPO-34/ZSM-5 catalyst via sequential steps as follows: a) form a mixture consisting essentially of ZSM-5 as a sole source of silicon atoms, aluminum isopropoxide and a solution of orthophosphoric acid; b) combine the mixture with an aqueous solution of tetraethylammonium hydroxide to form a reaction mixture; and c) subject the reaction mixture to hydrothermal conditions for a period of time sufficient to convert the reaction mixture to a hybrid SAPO-34/ZSM-5 catalyst. Use the hybrid catalyst in converting an oxygenate (methanol and/or dimethyl ether) to an olefin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Yu Liu, Andrzej Malek
  • Patent number: 10207260
    Abstract: Carbonylation process for producing methyl acetate, by contacting dimethyl ether and carbon monoxide under carbonylation conditions in the presence of a catalyst having a zeolite of micropore volume of 0.01 ml/g. The zeolite is an as-synthesized organic structure directing agent-containing zeolite and contains at least one channel which is defined by an 8-member ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: BP Chemicals Limited
    Inventor: John Glenn Sunley
  • Patent number: 10207261
    Abstract: The present invention provides a photolatent Ti-chelate catalyst formulation, comprising (i) at least one compound of the formula (I) wherein R1 is C1-C20alkyl or C2-C20alkyl which is interrupted by one or more non-consecutive O-atoms; Y is formula (II) or optionally substituted phenyl; Y1 is formula (III) or optionally substituted phenyl; Y2 is formula (IV) or optionally substituted phenyl; Y3 is formula (V) or optionally substituted phenyl; R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R12 and R13 independently of each other are hydrogen, halogen, optionally substituted C1-C20alkyl, or R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R12 and R13 independently of each other are optionally substituted C6-C14aryl, provided that only one of R2, R3, R4 is hydrogen and only one of R5, R6, R7 is hydrogen and only one of R8, R9, R10 is hydrogen and only one of R11, R12, R13 is hydrogen; and (ii) at least one chelate ligand compound of the formula IIa, IIb or IIc, wherein Y? is formula (VI) or formula (VII); Y?1 is formula (VI
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Tobias Hintermann, Didier Bauer, Antoine Carroy, Caroline Lordelot, Rachel Kohli Steck
  • Patent number: 10207262
    Abstract: The invention relates to oligomerization of olefins, such as ethylene, to higher olefins, such as a mixture of 1-hexene and 1-octene, using a catalyst system that comprises a) a source of chromium b) one or more activators and c) a phosphacycle-containing ligating compound. Additionally, the invention relates to a phosphacycle-containing ligating compound and a process for making said compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Jerzy Klosin, Kara A. Milbrandt, Scott D. Boelter, David R. Wilson, Mari S. Rosen, Dean M. Welsh, Peter M. Margl, Kyoung Moo Koh, David M. Pearson, Rafael Huacuja
  • Patent number: 10207263
    Abstract: This invention relates to methods, systems, and computer program products for detecting pipette tip integrity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: bioMerieux, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremey Joseph Pionke, Joel Patrick Harrison, Daniel Oliver Luebbert, Daniel Joseph Pingel
  • Patent number: 10207264
    Abstract: A functional device (and a functional device manufacturing method) includes a first substrate in which a groove is formed in one surface, a second substrate which is integrally disposed by bonding one surface of the second substrate to the one surface of the first substrate, and forms a flow path together with the groove of the first substrate, at least one modification object of a capture body which captures a target substance supplied into the flow path, an electrode which imparts an electrical or a chemical action to the target substance, and a catalyst, in which the modification object is disposed by being modified on a part of an inner surface of the flow path, a bonding portion between the one surface of the first substrate and the one surface of the second substrate is formed by bonding fluorine to silica.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Science and Technology Agency
    Inventors: Takehiko Kitamori, Kazuma Mawatari
  • Patent number: 10207265
    Abstract: A microfluidic device molded in a single step provides a seamless fluid communication path from fluid input features to microfluidic channels. The device comprises a molded material which is formed around thread for forming high aspect ratio microfluidic channels. An associated method for the manufacture of the device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Hummingbird Nano
    Inventor: Eleanor Augusta Hawes
  • Patent number: 10207266
    Abstract: An microfluidic device includes a substrate (1) having a wandering groove (12) formed on a first surface (11) thereof; a shielding member (2) abutting on the first surface and covering the groove to form a flow channel (101) to deliver blood; an inlet (14) at one end of the flow channel for introducing the blood into the flow channel; and an outlet (16) at another end of the flow channel for discharging the blood. The flow channel (101) has a detecting region (102) for the blood passing through separately, the detecting region includes an entry (1021) for a single cell entering into at a time and an exit (1022) for a single cell exiting out at a time. A pair of electrodes (211) are disposed between the entry (1021) and the exit (1022) to detect the cells (200) of the blood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Genn-Sheng Lee
  • Patent number: 10207267
    Abstract: A microfluidic detection system for micrometer-sized entities, such as biological cells, includes a detector component incorporating a plate with a plurality of opening, the plate separating two chambers, one in communication with a fluid source containing target entities bound to magnetic beads. The openings are sized to always permit passage of the magnetic beads therethrough into a lower one of the chambers and are further sized to always prevent passage of the target entities from the upper one of the chambers. The detector component further includes a magnet positioned to pull unbound magnetic beads through the openings and to capture target entities bound to magnetic beads on the surface of the plate. In a further feature, the microfluidic detection system is configured to pass target molecules through the plate to be bound to a functionalized surface of the lower chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Cagri A. Savran, Philip S. Low, Chun-Li Chang, Wanfeng Huang
  • Patent number: 10207268
    Abstract: A sample plate comprising a sample well is disclosed. The sample well can comprise one or more bead retaining chambers. A method of using the sample plate and a kit comprising the sample plate is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Dynex Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Adrian Bunce, Andrew Fusellier
  • Patent number: 10207269
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fluidic systems for controlling one or more fluids and/or one or more reagents. These systems can be used in combination with one or more devices for assaying, processing, and/or storing samples. In particular, the systems and related methods can allow for dispensing fluid in a controlled manner and/or introducing pause(s) when implementing assays or processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Rustem F. Ismagilov, Feng Shen, Liang Li, David Selck, Joe Baker, Espir Kahatt, Chris Da Costa
  • Patent number: 10207270
    Abstract: A method for coding and identification of biological samples for in vitro fertilization comprises the steps of applying to receptacles intended for unfertilized eggs and sperm, respectively, an identification code characteristic of the patient; placing unfertilized eggs and sperm, respectively, in the receptacles; storing, transporting and admixing the respective samples in receptacles which each carry the same code; and implanting the resulting embryo in the patient. The identification code may based on RFID technology, in which sample vessels (12) are codified by the application of an RFID tag (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Research Instruments Limited
    Inventor: David Charles Lansdowne
  • Patent number: 10207271
    Abstract: Complete nucleic acid library preparation devices are provided. Aspects of the devices include: a thermal chip module comprising multiple CLC reaction wells; one or more plate locations; a robotically controlled liquid handler configured to transfer liquid between the one or more plate locations and the thermal chip module; and a bulk reagent dispenser configured to access each CLC reaction well of the thermal chip module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: GENCELL BIOSYSTEMS LTD.
    Inventors: Brian Barrett, Noel Sirr, Brian Chawke, Kieran Curran, John Daly
  • Patent number: 10207272
    Abstract: The non-vertical tube holder enables visual control for transferring a microscopic sample into the test-tube, decreasing the chance of the sample loss. The tube holder may also be used for a tube transportation to the sample testing facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: VitroSolutions, LLC
    Inventor: Dmitri Dozortsev
  • Patent number: 10207273
    Abstract: A test tube holding assembly or test tube rack includes at least two test tube holders, where each test tube holder in turn defines a central longitudinal axis, two storage zones, and includes a connecting member. The connecting members permit coupling of the two test tube holders and rotation of the two coupled test tube holders about an axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of at least one of the test tube holders. The test tube holders are also positionable in multiple orientations, where each orientation at least partially determines which of the two storage zones are available to receive a test tube therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: HEATHROW SCIENTIFIC LLC
    Inventor: Gary Dean Kamees
  • Patent number: 10207274
    Abstract: Improved free-swinging hammermill hammer configurations are disclosed and described for comminution of materials such as grain and refuse. The hammer configurations of the present disclosure are adaptable to most hammer mill or grinders having free-swinging systems. The configurations as disclosed and claimed are non-forged and incorporate a saddle or hammer mouth. The merging of a hammer and saddle improves strength to reduce or maintain the weight of the hammer while increasing the amount of force delivered to the material to be comminuted. The improved configurations incorporate comminution edges having increased hardness for longer operational run times. The improved configurations improve installing, removing, and cleaning hammer components within the hammermill. The improved configurations may incorporate hammermill rod hole of varying shapes and sizes and saddles of varying shapes and sizes or the use of non-planar hammer bodies that have a recessed or protruding surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Inventor: Roger Young
  • Patent number: 10207275
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an advantageous and effective process for the concentration of iron ores, which can be fully dry or mixed, part of the process being dry, part wet. The invention thereby improves process efficiency as a whole by increasing recovery of concentrators and increasing the useful life of the mines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: VALE S.A.
    Inventor: Joaquim Donizetti Donda
  • Patent number: 10207276
    Abstract: A small area electrostatic aerosol collector combines electrostatic collection of aerosol particles and electrohydrodynamic spraying of fluid so that a sample collected electrostatically can have fluid applied thereto. The fluid may assist with disaggregation and/or desalinization of biological material collected onto a sample substrate. A controller associated with the collector may control an electrostatic charge device and a spraying device such that the charge device and spraying device may operate in alternating fashion, or the charge device and spraying device may operate simultaneously. Further, mechanical systems are provided, for the disaggregation of particulate clusters collected onto a sample substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Andrew P. Bartko, Rodney S. Black, James R. Busch, David R. Chase, Ryan W. Daly, Theodore J. Ronningen, Matthew S. Young
  • Patent number: 10207277
    Abstract: A drilling fluid conditioning system can include a centrifuge, and at least one heat transfer property sensor that outputs real time measurements of a heat transfer property of a drilling fluid that flows through the centrifuge. A method can include measuring a heat transfer property of a drilling fluid, and determining, based on the measured heat transfer property, an operational parameter of a centrifuge through which the drilling fluid flows. A well system can include a drilling fluid that circulates through a wellbore, and a drilling fluid conditioning system including a centrifuge and at least one heat transfer property sensor that measures a heat transfer property of the drilling fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Katerina V. Newman, Dale E. Jamison, Xiangnan Ye, Cato R. McDaniel, Timothy N. Harvey
  • Patent number: 10207278
    Abstract: A centrifugal separator separates a mixture of fluid and particulate matter in a cylindrical tank. The mixture enters the tank tangentially through one passage. The mixture is swirled within the tank through the use of angled blades to guide flow rotation, increasing centrifugal force on the mixture. Separated fluid flows into a discharge pipe and out of the tank. The flow of fluid into the discharge pipe may be provided by an opening along the length of the pipe, the fluid may enter and exit the tank at opposing ends, and the angled blades may be circumferentially offset from adjacent blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Cyclext Separator Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Richard D. Bovensiep
  • Patent number: 10207279
    Abstract: A perforated replaceable insert for a sand separator vessel in a digester feed system where the perforations have at least a width and a length. The perforations are aligned columns and rows, with the columns being positioned to be parallel to a line formed by the tangent of the conical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Andritz Inc.
    Inventors: Tyson B. Hunt, Alexandre David
  • Patent number: 10207280
    Abstract: An overhead shower head with rear switch has a main body. The front of the main body is disposed with an accommodating chamber to accommodate an outlet cover including a cover plate with a ball seat, and the rear is disposed with a switch including a dial button at an eccentric position. The main body is disposed with a through hole that accommodates a water inlet joint. The water diversion body is a water diversion ball and is disposed with two outlets to form a first function waterway and a second function waterway with the inlet joint. The switch includes a first rotating shaft disposed at an eccentric position, a dial button linked to the first rotating shaft and a sealing element linked to the dial button. Thus, the overhead shower head has a short switch route to switch the outlet functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: XIAMEN SOLEX HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fengde Lin, Mingfu Zhang, Wenxing Chen
  • Patent number: 10207281
    Abstract: An electrostatic painting method includes supplying, via a pure water supply passage, pure water to a paint tank within which paint is stored, applying a voltage to paint that is pushed out from the paint tank by the supplied pure water, and spraying the paint to which the voltage has been applied, at an object to be painted. Pure water remaining in the pure water supply passage is replaced to increase an electrical resistance value of the pure water before starting to paint the object to be painted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Isamu Yamasaki, Kengo Honma, Nobuo Kodaka
  • Patent number: 10207282
    Abstract: A wash-free air-guiding cover includes a cover having a body with a fixing seat disposed on a side thereof. A ventilation tube is disposed on the fixing seat and includes a ventilation hole intercommunicated with the other side of the body. An air guiding device is mounted to the fixing seat and includes a tube having first, second, and third air guiding spaces. The air guiding device further includes first and second sealing members and first and second flow guiding rods. Air flowing into the tube must flow zigzag through the first, second, and third air guiding spaces and between the first and second flow guiding rods and the second and third air guiding spaces, assuring smooth flow of air during the painting operation and avoiding the paint from leaking via the ventilation tube and the ventilation hole of the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Inventors: Hung-Yen Cheng, Kai-Cheng Chang
  • Patent number: 10207283
    Abstract: A coating apparatus includes a jig supporting a guide vane equipped with a metal sheath covering a leading edge portion; a nozzle spraying paint onto a vane body; a robot moving the nozzle; and a control unit controlling a spraying operation of the nozzle and robot. The jig includes a movable covering body adapted separably covering the metal sheath and covering an exposed portion of adhesive between a lateral edge portion of the metal sheath and the vane surface of the vane body, and a covering body drive unit moving the movable covering body between a state in which the movable covering body covers the metal sheath and a state in which the movable covering body is separated from the metal sheath while covering the metal sheath. The control unit performs control to make transition from a sheath cladding coating mode to a finish coating mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideyuki Miki
  • Patent number: 10207284
    Abstract: Disclosed is a coating machine. The coating machine includes: a movable component, a plurality of nozzles and a pump, the plurality of nozzles are sequentially arranged along the length direction of the movable component, the pump is configured for pumping coating agents into the nozzles, the movable component can drive the nozzles to move, and coating agents are coated on substrates by the nozzles with the movement of the nozzles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignees: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Hefei BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kun Li, Lei Zhang, Zhuyi Luo, Jin Hu, Chang Zhang, Bin Wu
  • Patent number: 10207285
    Abstract: The current document is directed to a fluid dispensing nozzle assembly for use with a multi-well synthesizer and in other reagent distribution systems. In certain implementations, a fluid dispensing nozzle assembly comprises a nozzle body with a built-in dispenser tube, a reagent inlet tube, and a fitting that securely connects the inlet tube to the nozzle body. The nozzle body with the built-in dispenser tube and the reagent inlet tube are securely attached to one another by various coupling elements or adhesive material to ensure that liquid is transmitted through the inlet tube without leaking into the nozzle body and other undesired areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Gary McLuen
  • Patent number: 10207286
    Abstract: The present invention provides a foam dispenser having a twice automatic cleaning function that automatically discharges a compressed air toward a mixing chamber, when releasing a pulled trigger lever, thereby improving convenience of work and providing economic advantages. The foam dispenser having a twice automatic cleaning function includes a main body 4 including a hose connection unit 34 and an air hose connector 42, a coupling end part formed at the other end thereof, a pair of fluid passageways 20, an air passageway 22, and a handle 3; a dispensing nozzle 6 connected to the coupling end part of the main body 4, has a mixing chamber 64; a separate-fluid supply unit 8 provided inside the main body 4 to open or close the fluid passageways 20; and an automatic cleaner 10 provided at a middle portion of the air passageway 22 to automatically open the air passageway 22.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Inventor: Hyung Goo Kim
  • Patent number: 10207287
    Abstract: The invention relates to a machine for chromatogenous grafting treatment of a scrolling substrate (S) having a hydroxylated face (Fh), comprising: an application device (3) of a grafting reagent on the hydroxylated face (Fh) of the substrate, a heating roller (4) for the development of the grafting reaction on the hydroxylated face (Fh) of the substrate, said roller (4) being provided with a bar-end system (5a, 5b) for applying a face of the substrate (S) against said heating roller (4), an extraction device (6) of the hydrochloric acid produced during the grafting reaction, an application device (7) of an air knife on the treated face of the substrate for eliminating the residual grafting reagent. The invention also relates to a chromatogenous grafting process used in said machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignees: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS), CENTRE TECHNIQUE DU PAPIER
    Inventors: Daniel Samain, David Guerin, André Lemaitre, Laurent Lyannaz, Jean-Luc Guillouty
  • Patent number: 10207288
    Abstract: A tool for applying a corrosion-protection substance to a rail for securing seats in an aircraft. The tool includes a component of elongate overall shape, with a base configured to slide along the rail, and a rollers support connected to the base. The tool also has an axle incorporated in the rollers support, which extends transversally with respect to the longitudinal direction of the component on each side of the rollers support, and rollers for applying the substance mounted on the transverse axle, one on each side of the component. The tool allows the substance to be applied effectively to the flange parts of the rail that is to be protected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Christophe Menard, Nicolas Blond
  • Patent number: 10207289
    Abstract: A coating comprises a resin solution including a solution of neoprene latex and liquid asphalt emulsion and an accelerator solution including an aqueous solution of zinc sulfate powder and water. A spray system for applying the coating includes a spray gun having first and second nozzles, a first pump fluidly connected between the first nozzle and a resin solution reservoir for delivering the resin solution to the first nozzle at a first fluid pressure, and a second pump fluidly connected between the second nozzle and an accelerator solution reservoir for delivering the accelerator solution to the second nozzle at a second fluid pressure different from the first pressure. The accelerator solution may be aerated by a source of compressed air prior to discharge from the second nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Harco Americas, Inc.
    Inventor: David H. Smith
  • Patent number: 10207290
    Abstract: The present invention provides a coating method for coating an adhesive solution on a substrate to form a film layer. The coating method comprises the following steps: S1, obtaining an initial value of a coating parameter corresponding to a target thickness of the film layer based on at least one functional relation between a thickness of the film layer formed within a predetermined period and at least one coating parameter; S2, starting to coat in accordance with the initial value of the coating parameter obtained in step S1, so that the thickness of the film layer obtained reaches an initial target thickness. Accordingly, the present invention further provides a coating device. According to the present invention, the value of the coating parameter can be determined quickly, thereby coating efficiency can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yangkun Jing
  • Patent number: 10207291
    Abstract: A process for preparing a container for a liquid, wherein the process includes applying a coating layer, which includes a polymeric coating and a monomeric resveratrol additive, to an inner layer of a container wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: BAROKES, PTY LTD.
    Inventors: Gregory John Charles Stokes, Steven John Anthony Barics
  • Patent number: 10207292
    Abstract: An aerodynamic recirculating separator of bulk materials that includes an air blower capable of forming an air stream, an outlet stream directing means, a separation chamber including two inlets and two outlets, a loading hopper, at least one discharge channel, a return air duct including a plurality of turning portions, and at least one residue collection chamber. An outlet of the air blower connects to the first inlet of the separation chamber, an outlet of the loading hopper connects to the second inlet of the separation chamber, the first outlet of the separation chamber connects to the return air duct, and the second outlet of the separation chamber connects to the at least one discharge channel. The air blower, the separation chamber, and the return air duct are consecutively connected so as to form a recirculation channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Inventor: Olena Kostrubiak
  • Patent number: 10207293
    Abstract: An LED Assisted Rapid Assembly system is disclosed wherein a plurality of rack locations are provided with an addressable LED light puck at each location, such that the puck may be illuminated to indicate to a worker the rack location for a specific garment by correlating the garment, the invoice/ticket and the location electronically and controlling the LED.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Inventors: Evaz Fanaian, Nabil Fanaian
  • Patent number: 10207294
    Abstract: Disclosed is a sorting and distribution system for sorting a number of different types of articles to a number of different clients depending on types and amounts of articles ordered by the different clients. The system comprises a plurality of article tracks and a plurality of order tracks arranged substantially transverse to the plurality of article tracks. Each order track is divided into m order track parts. The system further comprises a control unit controlling movement of the plurality of order tracks and movement of articles arranged on the plurality of article tracks to the plurality of order tracks such that an article positioned on a first article track is moved to a first order track part of a first order track when a first client to which the first order track part is associated has ordered a first article type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Inventor: Talib Abedalsada Mahdi
  • Patent number: 10207295
    Abstract: A sorting device and a method for sorting bulk material. In order to be able to load a sorting facility of the sorting device with just one feeding facility with bulk material such that the sorting facility can be operated with a high throughput, provision is made for the sorting facility and the feeding facility to be arranged so as to run in parallel with one another in a transfer area. In the transfer area, bulk material is transferred from the feeding facility to the sorting facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Carsten Aschpurwis