Patents Issued in May 2, 2019
  • Publication number: 20190127868
    Abstract: An aluminum electrolytic bath having continuous aluminum-frame anode with built-in conductors, solving the problems of the existing aluminum electrolytic baths, such as poor electrical and thermal conductivity and exhausting capability, high energy consumption, complex operation, poor electrolytic bath stability, large amount of asphalt fumes and the difficulties in collecting the same and in electrolytic fume purification, few variety and poor quality of produced products, and influence on integrity of the anode, includes an aluminum-frame anode and a cathode. The disclosure greatly reduces power consumption and improves current efficiency, the stability and yield of the electrolytic bath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Jianping DANG, Xingpei DANG
  • Publication number: 20190127869
    Abstract: A forming manifold and method for electroforming a component, including providing an electroforming cathode disposed within a first bath tank having a solution with a first metal ion concentration, overlaying at least a portion of the electroforming cathode with a forming manifold having a housing and applying a voltage to the electroforming cathode while disposed within the first bath tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Gordon Tajiri, Emily Marie Phelps, Dattu GV Jonnalagadda, Joseph Richard Schmitt, Yanzhe Yang
  • Publication number: 20190127870
    Abstract: A method for preparing a palladium-gold alloy layer on a substrate by electrodepositing said coating surface with an aqueous electroplating solution comprising of an aqueous solution of a soluble palladium compound and a soluble gold complex, wherein the ratio of gold to palladium to in the solution is from 5 to 40 w/w %. Also taught is a substrate such as a vanadium or vanadium alloy gas separation membrane coated with a palladium-gold alloy layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION
    Inventors: Matthew LANGLEY, David VIANO, Michael DOLAN
  • Publication number: 20190127871
    Abstract: A copper-silver dual-component metal electroplating solution includes copper methanesulfonate, silver methanesulfonate, methanesulfonic acid, chlorine ions, and water. An electroplating method for forming a copper-silver dual-component metal by using such an electroplating solution, the steps of which includes (a) contacting the copper-silver dual-component metal electroplating solution with a substrate; (b) applying an operating voltage, the current density of which is controlled to be between 0.1 and 2 ASD in order to carry out electroplating on the substrate. Therefore, the electroplating solution has environmental characteristics, such as less poisoning hazards, through the design of methanesulfonic acid and methanesulfonate electroplating solution. Also, the potential and the current are adjusted during the electroplating in order to obtain a copper-silver dual-component metal plating layer with a specific silver content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: CHI-HAW CHIANG, LIANG-HUEI JIANG, REN-RUEY FANG, CHIEN-LIANG CHANG, YU-PING WANG, MING-TA HSIEH
  • Publication number: 20190127872
    Abstract: Methods and electroplating systems for controlling plating electrolyte concentration on an electrochemical plating apparatus for substrates are disclosed. A method involves: (a) providing an electroplating solution to an electroplating system; (b) electroplating the metal onto the substrate while the substrate is held in a cathode chamber of an electroplating cell of electroplating system; (c) supplying the make-up solution to the electroplating system via a make-up solution inlet; and (d) supplying the secondary electroplating solution to the electroplating system via a secondary electroplating solution inlet. The secondary electroplating solution includes some or all components of the electroplating solution. At least one component of the secondary electroplating solution has a concentration that significantly deviates from its target concentration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Zhian He, Shantinath Ghongadi, Quan Ma, Hyungjun Hur, Cian Sweeney, Quang Nguyen, Rezaul Karim, Jingbin Feng
  • Publication number: 20190127873
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for electroplating which employ seed layer detection. Such methods may operate by selecting a wafer, illuminating one or more points within an interior region of the wafer surface, measuring a first set of one or more in-process color signals from the one or more points within the interior region, illuminating one or more points within an edge region of the wafer surface, measuring a second set of one or more in-process color signals from the one or more points within the edge region, each color signal having one or more color components, calculating a metric indicative of a difference between the color signals in the first and second sets of in-process color signals, determining whether an acceptable seed layer is present on the wafer based on whether the metric is within a predetermined range, and repeating the foregoing for one or more additional wafers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Daniel Mark Dinneen, Steven T. Mayer
  • Publication number: 20190127874
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for a mandrel used during an electroforming process. The mandrel is formed of a structural wax and includes a metallic layer utilized to formulate a metal component. During the electroforming process, the mandrel is actively cooled utilizing a closed loop. The closed loop includes the mandrel and a heat exchanger through which a coolant flows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Gordon Tajiri, Emily Marie Phelps, Dattu GV Jonnalagadda, Joseph Richard Schmitt, Yanzhe Yang
  • Publication number: 20190127875
    Abstract: A plating apparatus for plating a substrate is provided to reduce vibration of a paddle. The plating apparatus includes a plating bath configured to accommodate plating solution; a paddle that is arranged in the plating bath, and configured to move in a reciprocating direction along a surface of the substrate to stir the plating solution; a support member for supporting a first end portion of the paddle; a first magnet provided on the paddle; and a second magnet provided on the plating bath. The first magnet and the second magnet are configured to exert a magnetic force on each other so that a second end portion on an opposite side to the first end portion of the paddle is suppressed from vibrating in directions approaching and leaving the substrate while the paddle is moving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Shao Hua CHANG, Yasuyuki MASUDA, Jumpei FUJIKATA, Masashi SHIMOYAMA, Tsutomu NAKADA
  • Publication number: 20190127876
    Abstract: The application discloses a preparation method of monocrystal uranium dioxide nuclear fuel pellets, comprising: granulating and pelleting UO2 powder to obtain UO2 pellets; then coating surfaces of the UO2 pellets with monocrystal growth additive micro powder to form core-shell structure particles; and activated-sintering the core-shell structure particles at high temperature, liquefying the monocrystal growth additive on the surface of the core-shell structure particle at high temperature and then diffusing into UO2 pellets, dissolving the UO3 in the liquid monocrystal growth additive, and recrystallizing the UO2 to form the monocrystal UO2 nuclear fuel pellets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: ZHENLIANG YANG, BINGQING LI, RUI GAO, JIANPING JIA, HAO TANG, LIMEI DUAN, Xuxu Liu, YI ZHONG, QIQI HUANG, ZHIYI WANG
  • Publication number: 20190127877
    Abstract: A process for directional solidification of a cast part comprises energizing a primary inductive coil coupled to a chamber having a mold containing a material; energizing a primary inductive coil within the chamber to heat the mold via radiation from a susceptor, wherein the resultant electromagnetic field partially leaks through the susceptor coupled to the chamber between the primary inductive coil and the mold; determining a magnetic flux profile of the electromagnetic field; sensing a magnetic flux leakage past the susceptor within the chamber; generating a control field from a secondary compensation coil coupled to the chamber, wherein the control field controls the magnetic flux experienced by the cast part; and casting the material within the mold under the controlled degree of flux leakage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph V. Mantese, Thomas Anthony Rebbecchi, Ryan C. Breneman, Andrew Boyne, John Joseph Marcin, Dustin W. Davis, David Ulrich Furrer, James Tilsley Auxier
  • Publication number: 20190127878
    Abstract: An induction furnace assembly comprising a chamber having a mold; a primary inductive coil coupled to the chamber; a layered susceptor comprising at least two layers of magnetic field attenuating material surrounding the chamber between the primary inductive coil and the mold to nullify the electromagnetic field in the hot zone of the furnace chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph V. Mantese, Ryan C. Breneman, Thomas Anthony Rebbecchi, Andrew Boyne, John Joseph Marcin, Dustin W. Davis, David Ulrich Furrer, James Tilsley Auxier
  • Publication number: 20190127879
    Abstract: Provided is a manufacturing device capable of effectively and sufficiently reducing an edge crown. The wafer support is used in a chemical vapor phase growth device in which an epitaxial film is grown on a main surface of a wafer using a chemical vapor deposition method, the wafer support including: a wafer mounting surface having an upper surface on which a substrate is mounted; and a wafer support portion that rises to surround a wafer to be mounted, in which a height from an apex of the wafer support portion to a main surface of the wafer mounted on the wafer mounting surface is 1 mm or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Daisuke MUTO, Jun NORIMATSU
  • Publication number: 20190127880
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a silicon carbide single crystal includes: packing a silicon carbide source material into a crucible, the silicon carbide source material having a flowability index of not less than 70 and not more than 100; and sublimating the silicon carbide source material by heating the silicon carbide source material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Sho SASAKI, Shin HARADA, Tsutomu HORI
  • Publication number: 20190127881
    Abstract: A new GaN single crystal is provided. A GaN single crystal according to the present embodiment comprises a gallium polar surface which is a main surface on one side and a nitrogen polar surface which is a main surface on the opposite side, wherein on the gallium polar surface is found at least one square area, an outer periphery of which is constituted by four sides each with a length of 2 mm or more, and, when the at least one square are is divided into a plurality of sub-areas each of which is a square of 100 ?m×100 ?m, pit-free areas account for 80% or more of the sub-areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideo FUJISAWA, Yutaka MIKAWA, Shinichiro KAWABATA, Hideo NAMITA, Tae MOCHIZUKI
  • Publication number: 20190127882
    Abstract: An induction furnace assembly comprising a chamber having a mold; a primary inductive coil coupled to the chamber; a susceptor surrounding the chamber between the primary inductive coil and the mold; and a shield material contained in a reservoir coupled to or proximate the mold between the susceptor and the mold; the shield material configured to attenuate a portion of an electromagnetic flux generated by the primary induction coil that is not attenuated by the susceptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph V. Mantese, Ryan C. Breneman, Thomas Anthony Rebbecchi, Andrew Boyne, John Joseph Marcin, Dustin W. Davis, David Ulrich Furrer, James Tilsley Auxier
  • Publication number: 20190127883
    Abstract: Iodine doped bismuthyl carbonate nanosheet and molybdenum disulfide modified carbon nanofiber composites, preparation method and its application in wastewater treatment are disclosed. Bismuth citrate and sodium carbonate as precursors, sodium carbonate as a precipitating agent, dispersed in a mixed solution of water and ethylene glycol, sodium iodide as a iodine source, nano carbon fiber membrane act as the carrier, to synthesis carbon fiber membrane that modified by iodine-doped Bi2O2CO3 nanosheets; then sodium molybdate and thioacetamide as precursors, dispersed in water to react to obtain iodine doped bismuthyl carbonate nanosheet and molybdenum disulfide modified carbon nanofiber composites. The composite material synthesized through a series of steps exhibit excellent photocatalytic activity for the degradation of Rhodamine B and can be recycled for many times. And this invention has the advantages of simple preparation process, easy recovery and multiple use, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Jianmei LU, Dongyun CHEN
  • Publication number: 20190127884
    Abstract: The invention is directed to products and methods for preparing self-seeding vascular constructs generated as a bi-layered electrospun matrices, conjugated with EPC-specific antibodies and anti-thrombogenic agents on the inner surfaces of their lumens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Sang Jin Lee, James J. Yoo, Young Min Ju, Anthony Atala
  • Publication number: 20190127885
    Abstract: A method for producing ultrafine fibers of the present invention includes forming an electric field between an discharging nozzle from which a raw resin is discharged and a charging electrode which is disposed apart from the discharging nozzle, and supplying the raw resin which has been heated and melted into the electric field from the discharging nozzle to spin the raw resin. The raw resin is a resin mixture which contains a resin having a melting point and an additive, and satisfies a relation (I) below: A/B?1.0×102 ??(I) wherein A represents the absolute value (?) of electrical impedance of the raw resin at 50° C., and B represents the absolute value (?) of electrical impedance of the raw resin at a temperature 50° C. higher than a melting point of the raw resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naomi AMARI, Takehiko TOJO, Koji SAITO, Hiroya SUZUKI, Keitaro YONETA, Kenta MUKAI
  • Publication number: 20190127886
    Abstract: A medical electrical lead includes an insulative lead body extending from a distal region to a proximal region and a conductor disposed within the insulative lead body and extending from the proximal region to the distal region. An electrode is disposed on the insulative lead body and is in electrical contact with the conductor. The medical electrical lead also includes a cross-linked hydrophilic polymer coating disposed over at least a portion of the electrode. The cross-linked hydrophilic polymer coating includes a fibrous matrix comprising a plurality of discrete fibers and pores formed between at least a portion of the fibers and a hydrophilic polyethylene glycol-containing hydrogel network disposed within the pores of the fibrous matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Joseph T. Delaney, JR., Jeannette C. Polkinghorne, Adegbola O. Adenusi, David R. Wulfman, Kasyap Seethamraju
  • Publication number: 20190127887
    Abstract: A manufacturing process includes spinning at least one continuous poly(glycerol sebacate) (PGS)/alginate fiber from a polymeric solution comprising PGS and alginate in water, drafting the at least one continuous PGS/alginate fiber in at least one coagulation bath, and drawing the at least one continuous PGS/alginate fiber from the at least one coagulation bath. A yarn includes at least one continuous PGS fiber. A continuous poly(glycerol sebacate) (PGS)/alginate fiber forming system includes a feeding tank holding a polymeric solution of alginate and PGS, a pump, a spinneret, a first coagulation bath, a first winder, a second coagulation bath, a second winder, and a bobbin winder, the system forming at least one continuous PGS/alginate fiber from the polymeric solution of alginate and PGS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Mevlut TASCAN, Kayla WROBLESKY, Todd CRUMBLING, Michael S. FLEMMENS
  • Publication number: 20190127888
    Abstract: The invention relates to a modified viscose fiber containing an incorporated material from algae. The fiber according to the invention is characterized by a wet modulus at an elongation of 5% in the wet state which complies with the following formula: wet modulus (cN)?0.5*?T, wherein T is the titer of the fiber in dtex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: LENZING AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Heidrun Fuchs, Christoph Schönberger, Gert Kroner, Harald Schobesberger
  • Publication number: 20190127889
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is cellulose acetate fibers that have an excellent affinity for resins and is capable of reinforcing resins. The cellulose acetate fibers have a cellulose triacetate I crystal structure and a number-average fiber diameter of 2 nm or more but 400 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicants: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY, NIPPON PAPER INDUSTRIES CO., LTD., DAICEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasumitsu URAKI, Haruo KONNO, Shu SHIMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190127890
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a filament for use in an extrusion-based additive manufacturing system made from or containing a propylene terpolymer containing (a) ethylene and 1-butene or (b) ethylene and 1-hexene, as comonomers having MFR L (Melt Flow Rate according to ISO 1133, condition L, at 230° C. and 2.16 kg load) from about 1 to about 20 g/10 min; and xylene solubles measured at 25° C. from about 3 wt % to about 30 wt %, based upon the weight of the propylene terpolymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: BASELL POLIOLEFINE ITALIA S.R.L.
    Inventors: ROBERTO DE PALO, CLAUDIO CAVALIERI
  • Publication number: 20190127891
    Abstract: A multicomponent latent-crimping staple fiber, or a non-mechanically-crimped staple fiber contains a first component and a second component which each have their own differing lengths and a shrinkage differential therebetween and eccentric cross-sectional centers of mass. The staple fibers herein have a tenacity after crimping of at least 90% as compared to the tenacity prior to crimping. Processes for making such a fiber are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventor: Jeffrey S. DUGAN
  • Publication number: 20190127892
    Abstract: The present invention provides a winding and twisting device of a ring spinning or ring twisting machine with at least one stator, which comprises at least one superconducting material and a stator cooling system, at least one rotor that creates a magnetic field, and a rotatable spindle, wherein the rotor and the stator are arranged co-axially to the spindle; and wherein the rotor and the stator are formed in a way that a ring-shaped air gap, which is arranged co-axially to the spindle and in which the thread to be wound up can circulate, is formed between the rotor and the stator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: SANKO TEKSTIL ISLETMELERI SAN.VE TIC.A.S. BASPINAR SUBESI
    Inventors: Oliver DE HAAS, Lars KÜHN
  • Publication number: 20190127893
    Abstract: An apparatus for imparting false twist to a staple yarn comprising a yarn guide for guiding a staple yarn along a path and a false twist device comprising a convex surface for engagement with a staple yarn so as to impart a force to the staple yarn when the staple yarn engages with and traverses the convex surface of the false twist device, and wherein the relative positioning between the yarn guide and the convex surface of the false twist device is adjustable such that, when a staple yarn is engaged with the convex surface of the false twist device and extends between the yarn guide and the false twist device, the amount of contact between the staple yarn and the convex surface of the false twist device can be controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
    Inventors: Xiaoming TAO, Rong YIN
  • Publication number: 20190127894
    Abstract: An electric heating cloth having gaps and a connection structure thereof are disclosed. The electric heating cloth having gaps comprises plural conductive yarns arranged in a first direction and plural textile yarns and plural metal conductive wires arranged in a second direction for interweaving with the plural conductive yarns. The plural metal conductive wires are aligned at external sides of the plural textile yarns to form a first conductive side and a second conductive side respectively, and each of the first conductive side and the second conductive side has plural gaps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: CHUNG-YEH HSU, TZU-CHIN HSU, YIE-YEH HSU
  • Publication number: 20190127895
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a fabric including at least one interlaced thermoplastic yarn. The fabric includes a first region and a second region. At least a portion of the thermoplastic yarn in the first region is fused together, and the thermoplastic yarn in the second region is not fused.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: KUO-KUANG CHENG, CHIH-YI LIN, KAO-LUNG YANG, KO-FU CHU
  • Publication number: 20190127896
    Abstract: A perforated non-woven fabric having at least one fiber layer that has a plurality of through holes. The total area of the through holes accounts for 10˜80% of the total area of the perforated non-woven fabric; the opening of the through holes is flat with the surface of the perforated non-woven fabric; and the density of through holes on the perforated non-woven fabric is 3/cm2˜100/cm2. The fiber density at the edge of each through hole is similar to or the same as the fiber density in other areas of the perforated non-woven fabric. The fiber surrounds the through hole, and only the surface of the fiber is bonded to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: XIAMEN YANJAN NEW MATERIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jihua XIE, Jixiang CAI, Jielong LUO
  • Publication number: 20190127897
    Abstract: Apparatus for manufacturing a non-woven fabric includes a diffusing shaft, which includes a first shaft portion in a defined location and provided with a slit-shaped air guide, wherein filaments are supplied together with air from an inlet side of the air guide to an outlet side of the air guide; a second shaft portion in a defined location, having an inlet side that is communicated with an outlet side of the first shaft portion and an outlet side that is disposed to face a filament collecting unit, wherein an opening width along a machine direction of the inlet side of the second shaft portion is larger than an opening width along a machine direction of the first shaft portion; and a stepped portion provided at a connecting portion between the outlet side of the first shaft portion and the inlet side of the second shaft portion and connecting the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Shouichi TAKAKU, Kenichi SUZUKI, Naosuke KUNIMOTO, Atsushi KAWADA, Takayuki TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20190127898
    Abstract: The present invention teaches a tear away quilting template system comprising a row template and at least one corner template. The row template and at least one corner template each feature a solid line pattern and a dashed line pattern. The dashed line pattern is designed to match and correspond with portions of the solid line pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventor: Patricia Ritter
  • Publication number: 20190127899
    Abstract: A cloth washing device contains: a washing machine and a fiber opener. The washing machine includes multiple transmission rollers arranged on water and multiple bearings fixed in the water. The fiber opener includes multiple transmission rollers arranged on the water, multiple bearings fixed in the water, and at least two mesh wheels arranged in the water. The fiber opener is mounted behind the washing machine, and a cloth is delivered between the washing machine and the fiber opener by way of the multiple transmission rollers and the multiple bearings of the washing machine and the fiber opener and the least two mesh wheels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Ming-Chi Chang, Kuei-Feng Chen, Jhen-Long Chen
  • Publication number: 20190127900
    Abstract: The present invention provides a laundry treating apparatus including a drain pump having a motor, an inverter unit to transfer power to the motor, and a control unit to control the inverter unit to operate the drain pump, wherein the control unit sets an operation mode of the drain pump based on a current flowing in a part of the inverter unit, and controls the inverter unit based on the set operation mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Kiwook LEE, Jungmoon JE
  • Publication number: 20190127901
    Abstract: A household appliance having a tub wherein the items to be washed are placeable and which is made of a composite material comprising a matrix of a polymeric material and glass fibers embedded in the polymeric material. It is an object of the present invention also a process for producing the above mentioned tub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: Arcelik Anonim Sirketi
    Inventors: Orkun KAYMAKCI, Hulya KIRAZ, Umut KILIC, Eren SALMAN, Elif OZPERK
  • Publication number: 20190127902
    Abstract: A tub assembly for a washing machine appliance includes a tub and a wash basket rotatably mounted within the tub. The tub defines a central axis extending along an axial direction, a radial direction perpendicular to the central axis, and a circumferential direction extending around the central axis. The tub comprises a first material. The wash basket defines a wash chamber for receiving articles for washing. A reinforcement band encircles the tub generally along the circumferential direction. The reinforcement band comprises a second material having a greater strength than the first material of the tub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: James Quentin Pollett, S. Neil Malone
  • Publication number: 20190127903
    Abstract: Disclosed is a drain pump driving apparatus and a laundry treatment machine including the same. The laundry treatment machine includes: a drain pump driving apparatus configured to drive a drain pump, wherein the drain pump driving apparatus includes: a motor to drive the drain pump; an inverter to convert a direct current (DC) power to an alternating current (AC) power by a switching operation, and output the converted AC power to the motor; an output current detector to detect an output current flowing to the motor; and a controller configured to control the inverter, wherein the controller is further configured to calculate a speed of the motor based on an output current, and calculate a lift, which is a difference between a water level of a water introduction part through which water flows into the drain pump and s water level of a water discharge part for discharging water from the drain pump, based on the calculated speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Jungmoon JE, Chungill LEE, Kiwook LEE
  • Publication number: 20190127904
    Abstract: An apparatus and method towards a laundry treating appliance for drying laundry comprising a rotatable drum at least partially defining a treating chamber and having a front and a rear where at least one conductivity sensor is located within the treating chamber, and a motor rotating the drum tumbles laundry within the treating chamber to enable contact of the laundry with the conductivity sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventor: ANDREW ADKINS
  • Publication number: 20190127905
    Abstract: A clothes dryer includes a drum configured to accommodate an object to be dried; a first sensor configured to sense a dry state of the object to be dried accommodated in the drum; a heating unit configured to heat air supplied into the drum; a blower including a fan configured to generate a flow of the air passing through the inside of the drum; a second sensor configured to sense a temperature of the air discharged from the drum; and a processor configured to control a rotation speed of the drum, a temperature of the air discharged from the drum, and a rotation speed of the fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Do-haeng Kim, Hye-joon Seok, Sang-oh Yoo, Young-min Choi, Ju-dai Kim, Yong-joon Jang, Seong-min Oak, Hyung-woo Lee
  • Publication number: 20190127906
    Abstract: A damage process for a textile product may include, but is not limited to, irradiating a laser beam onto a surface region of a textile product which is dyed, to burn the surface region, exposing the textile product to an ozone gas; and agitating the textile product together with at least one of: pieces of one or more solid materials having uneven surfaces and one or more abrasives of artificial fibers to allow the surface region to be shaved by the at least one of: the pieces of one or more solid materials and the one or more abrasives of artificial fibers. One or more subsequent processes can be carried out, without dipping the textile product into water or a liquid of chemicals, after agitating the textile product and until softening the textile product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: FAST RETAILING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaaki MATSUBARA, Darwin DUMPIT
  • Publication number: 20190127907
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of a composite textile article which includes at least a biopolymer layer, comprising the following steps: providing at least one textile article, in particular selected from a fiber, a yarn, a fabric and a garment; providing at least part of said textile article with at least a biopolymer layer; providing at least part of said biopolymer layer with at least a textile softening agent, to provide a composite textile article; and to a composite textile article as obtainable therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Jitka ERYILMAZ, Ertug ERKUS, Ozgur COBANOGLU, Leyla ZENGI, Ece SENEL
  • Publication number: 20190127908
    Abstract: Disclosed is a napped artificial leather including: a fabric that has been impregnated with a first elastic polymer and that has a napped surface including napped ultrafine fibers with an average fineness of 0.01 to 0.5 dtex, wherein the napped surface has, as measured by a surface roughness measurement in accordance with ISO 25178, an arithmetic mean height (Sa) of 30 ?m or less in both a grain direction and a reverse grain direction, and a density of peaks (Spd) having a height of 100 ?m or more from a mean height, of 30/432 mm2 or less in both of the grain direction and the reverse grain direction, and a difference (absolute value) in the density of peaks (Spd) between the grain direction and the reverse grain direction is 20/432 mm2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masashi MEGURO
  • Publication number: 20190127909
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for printing on polyester fabric comprising (1) contacting polyester fabric with an aqueous solution comprising (A) 5% to 35% by weight of at least one multivalent cationic salt; (B) 0.1% to 5% by weight of a blocked polyisocyanate crosslinking agent, and (C) 3% to 40% by weight of a waterborne resin, all percentages based on the weight of the aqueous solution; (2) drying the polyester fabric to remove the water from the polyester fabric; and (3) digitally printing the pretreated and coated polyester fabric with a water-based textile ink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Andrew Chastain, Christopher Chen, James DeMarco, Benjamin Norman Lane, Shawn Liu
  • Publication number: 20190127910
    Abstract: A method and an arrangement for generating process steam at a chemical pulp mill. Water is heated by subjecting it to an indirect heat exchange contact with steam in a heat exchanger. The water is heated with live steam produced in a steam boiler for generating process steam, whereby the live steam is condensed and the generated condensate is recovered. The process steam is subjected to a direct heat exchange contact with a material for heating the material. The water used for process steam production is obtained from secondary condensates, purified waste water and/or raw water. Process steam can be used in the treatment of cellulosic fibrous material, such as chips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventor: Aki MUHLI
  • Publication number: 20190127911
    Abstract: A method of forming an aqueous solution comprising mircrofibrillated cellulose, the method comprising the steps of providing a substantially dry composite material, comprising microfibrillated cellulose and a filler material, wherein said filler material is precipitated onto fibers or fibrils of said microfibrillated cellulose; providing an aqueous media, wherein the method further comprises the step of lowering the pH value of said aqueous media and then mixing said aqueous media with said substantially dry composite material, such that the filler material is released from said microfibrillated cellulose, thus dissolving said microfibrillated cellulose; or the step of mixing said aqueous media with said substantially dry composite material, and then lowering the pH of said mixture, such that the filler material is released from said microfibrillated cellulose, thus releasing said microfibrillated cellulose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventor: Jari Räsänen
  • Publication number: 20190127912
    Abstract: A screen feed arrangement for a pulp production process, comprising a discharge tank having an outlet, which is connected to an inlet of a discharge tank pump having an outlet, a dilution tank having an outlet, a screen feed pump having an inlet and an outlet, and a screening arrangement, wherein the outlet of the discharge tank and the outlet of the dilution tank are connected to the inlet of the screen feed pump, the outlet of which is connected to the screening arrangement, and that pulp which passes the outlet of the discharge tank has a mass concentration from about 8% to about 15%. A corresponding method for feeding pulp to a screen feed arrangement is also presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: VALMET AB
    Inventors: Andreas ENGELFELDT, Magnus HAGGLUND
  • Publication number: 20190127913
    Abstract: A method of making deflection members is disclosed. The deflection members are 3D objects that include cross-linkable polymers and are printed directly onto permeable materials utilizing at least two different printer settings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventor: Jeffrey Glen Sheehan
  • Publication number: 20190127914
    Abstract: The present application discloses improved cellulosic products and methods of making improved cellulosic products using split base core wet press felt designs having at least a first woven base core material and a second woven base core material, wherein the first and second base core materials are separated by at least one fibrous batting material. The present application further discloses improved cellulosic products and methods of making improved cellulosic products using press felts designs having an apertured polymeric sheet-side surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventor: ANTHONY O. AWOFESO
  • Publication number: 20190127915
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for producing ultrafine fibrous cellulose, which is capable of efficiently obtaining ultrafine fibrous cellulose having phosphoric acid groups with a high yield. The present invention relates to a method for producing fibrous cellulose having a fiber width of 1000 nm or less, comprising: a (A) of introducing phosphoric acid groups into cellulose fibers to form crosslinked structures via the phosphoric acid groups, thereby obtaining crosslinked phosphorylated cellulose fibers, a (B) of breaking some or all of the crosslinked structures to obtain crosslink-broken phosphorylated cellulose fibers, and a (C) of performing a mechanical treatment on the crosslink-broken phosphorylated cellulose fibers to obtain fibrous cellulose having a fiber width of 1000 nm or less, wherein, in the (A), crosslinked structures in an amount of 0.05 mmol/g or more and 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: OJI HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichi NOGUCHI, Ikue HOMMA, Yusuke MATSUBARA
  • Publication number: 20190127916
    Abstract: A crepe process includes applying an adhesive composition to a nonwoven web, drying, and creping the nonwoven web on a creping drum. The improvement includes using an adhesive composition that includes an aqueous copolymer dispersion obtained by emulsion polymerization of a monomer mixture including 65 to 94.5% by weight of vinyl acetate, 5 to 30% by weight of ethylene, (meth)acrylamide, and 0.1 to 4% by weight of an N-methylol functional monomer. The N-methylol functional monomer constitutes from 25 to 85% by weight of the combined amounts of acrylamide and N-methylol functional monomer, which combined amounts constitute from 0.5 to 5% by weight of the monomer mixture. The emulsion polymerization is performed in the presence of 1 to 10% by weight of polyvinyl alcohol, based on the total weight of all monomers used for the polymerization. The adhesive composition does not include alkylphenol ethoxylates, phosphate ester surfactants, or sodium laureth sulfate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: John Richard BOYLAN, Dennis SAGL
  • Publication number: 20190127917
    Abstract: A coated paperboard having a natural appearance is disclosed which includes a barrier coating containing substantially no fluorochemical or wax, exhibiting good resistance to oil, grease, and moisture and having no tendency toward blocking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Jiebin Pang, Scott J. Reigel, Natasha G. Melton, Teresa Krug, Steven Parker, Terry Clark