Patents Issued in April 28, 2020
  • Patent number: 10633238
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a machine 1 for filling containers with liquids, comprising:—a support structure;—a rotating carousel provided with a tank;—a plurality of valve groups mounted on said carousel for filling containers; and a logic control unit suitable to automatically manage the operation of the filling machine. Each valve group comprises an air return tube which is provided with an open lower end, susceptible to be inserted in a container, and an opposite upper end and can be moved axially between at least one lowered position and a raised position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: MBF S.p.A.
    Inventors: Giuliano Boscaro, Nicola Dal Monte, Paolo Albertini
  • Patent number: 10633239
    Abstract: A beer keg is identified to a brewery which fills the keg and identifies the date on which the beer keg is filled. A sensor system is attachable to or built in the beer keg, including a temperature sensor for the beer and a location sensor for the keg. The sensor information is transmitted to data storage associated with the brewery. Information is provided directly between the brewery and the sensor system on the keg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Shyft Advanced Industries
    Inventor: Gregory W Herlin
  • Patent number: 10633240
    Abstract: An adapter, a system, and a method of capturing liquid from a feed line of a liquid delivery system, the liquid delivery system including liquid container, a delivery tap, a gas source, a liquid delivery line from the liquid container to the tap, the liquid delivery line containing liquid, and a gas line from the gas source to the liquid container, the gas line containing gas; by disconnecting the gas line and the liquid delivery line from the liquid container, and flowably connecting the gas line to the liquid delivery line, using an adapter, and pushing the liquid in the liquid delivery line out through the tap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Inventor: Donald J Jaillet, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10633241
    Abstract: A tap for industrial use allows the collection of liquid samples. The tap is partially made up of a body crossed by a pipe and a control mechanism including, in particular, a handle and a shutter. In a closed position, the shutter entirely obstructs the hole of the pipe. In an open position, the shutter does not even partially obstruct the hole of the pipe. The tap is attached, in a closed position, to a container holding a liquid. An operator can, using the lever, switch the tap from a closed position to an open position, and vice versa, thus allowing the liquid to flow through the pipe according to variable flow rates ranging from a flow rate of zero in closed position to a maximum flow rate in open position. The pipe is removable to enable optimal cleaning of all the elements of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Inventors: Benjamin Thurin, Aurélien Guenerie
  • Patent number: 10633242
    Abstract: Disclosed is a fuel supply structure for a filler pipe including the hollow circular cylindrical part having the fuel filler port and the connection opening, the first flap mechanism which is disposed on a side of the fuel filler port of the hollow circular cylindrical part and opens the fuel filler port in response to press by a nozzle, the drain through hole for communication between the inside and the outside of the hollow circular cylindrical part, and the drain hole shutting valve for open and shutting the drain through hole. The drain hole shutting valve is provided with the opening/shutter mechanism including the valve member for shutting the drain through hole in response to an opening operation of the first shutter member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masaki Wakao
  • Patent number: 10633243
    Abstract: A distribution station includes a mobile trailer, a pump, a manifold, a fluid line connecting the pump to the manifold, and a bypass line leading into the fluid line between the pump and the manifold. The bypass line permits fluid to be provided to the manifold without use of the pump. Reels on the mobile trailer are individually connected with the manifold, and hoses are connected with a different one of the reels. Valves on the mobile trailer are situated between the manifold and different ones of the reels. Fluid level sensors are connectable to the ends of different ones of the hoses. A controller is configured to individually open and close the valves responsive to the fluid level sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: FUEL AUTOMATION STATION, LLC.
    Inventor: Ricky Dean Shock
  • Patent number: 10633244
    Abstract: The disclosure provides blowable insulation or filling material, and apparatus and methods for making same. The blowable insulation or filling material includes a plurality of discrete elongate floccules each formed of a plurality of fibers. The floccules include a relatively open enlarged medial portion. The floccules also include relatively condensed twisted tail portions extending from opposing ends of the medial portion. The floccules can be utilized by existing garment fill blowing machines without clogging thereof, and include a superior soft hand feel, thermal resistance and launderability. The floccules may be formed by forcing staple fibers through apertures of a rotating hollow drum to partially form the floccule structure within the drum. The partially formed floccules may be retained within the rotating drum for a dwell time to finalize the floccule structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: PRIMALOFT, INC.
    Inventors: Jon-Alan Minehardt, Vanessa Mason
  • Patent number: 10633245
    Abstract: A method of forming a pocketed spring unit for an upholstered article comprises taking successive strings of pocketed springs and welding at least one sheet of material to at least a first end of the pocketed springs. Anvils 46 are moved from a non-operative position to an operative position, in which they are located between adjacent pockets at upper and lower ends of the springs. This embodiment makes use of the surplus material that is formed at the ends of the pockets in the form of flaps or “ears” of material. These flaps protrude upwardly initially, and then become folded flat as the spring unit advances between the rolls 48 of material. The external anvils are then made to apply heat and pressure to the material flaps trapped between them and the internal anvils at the sides of the pockets, between the springs to weld them to the material from the rolls 48.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: HARRISON SPINKS COMPONENTS LIMITED
    Inventors: David Clare, Simon Paul Spinks, Richard Essery, Michael Gallagher
  • Patent number: 10633246
    Abstract: A mixed-signal multi-chip package comprises a lead frame, a first die, and a digital die. The first die can provide an analog signal in an analog chip pad of the first die. The digital die can receive the analog signal from the first die through an analog chip pad. The analog input chip pad is coupled with the respective analog output chip pad of the first die by a first bonding wire. The digital die is configured to communicate with external circuitry using a digital signal-bearing signal exchanged via at least one first bond pad of the lead-frame. A second bond pad of the lead frame configured to be coupled to a DC voltage extends laterally along a plane of the lead-frame between the first bond pad and the first bonding wire, to form a DC guard between the first bond pad and the first bonding wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kimmo Kaija
  • Patent number: 10633247
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and its manufacturing method, relating the semiconductor techniques. The semiconductor device manufacturing method comprises: providing a first semiconductor structure, wherein the first semiconductor structure comprises a first part comprising a plurality of films separated from each other, and a first bonding component on the first part; forming an anti-stick layer on the first part covering the plurality of films; providing a second semiconductor structure comprising a second part and a second bonding component on the second part; and bonding the first bonding component with the second bonding component, so that the first part is bonded to the second part. This inventive concept prevents the adhesion of neighboring films in a semiconductor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignees: SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING INTERNATIONAL (SHANGHAI) CORPORATION, SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING INTERNATIONAL (BEIJING) CORPORATION
    Inventor: GuangCai Fu
  • Patent number: 10633248
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a device having n input ports and n output ports. The n input ports are configured to receive n corresponding physical objects of a physically processed, quantum redundancy coded state. The n output ports are configured to output the n physical objects in the physically processed, quantum redundancy coded state. The device is configured to measure bits of a syndrome of the physically processed, quantum redundancy coded state by passing the n physical objects through the device. The device is configured to measure a parity check bit for the measured bits of the syndrome by the passing the n physical objects through the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: ALCATEL LUCENT
    Inventor: Alexei Ashikhmin
  • Patent number: 10633249
    Abstract: A method for simultaneously producing carbon nanotubes and hydrogen according to the present invention is a method for simultaneously producing carbon nanotubes and hydrogen, in which using a carbon source containing carbon atoms and hydrogen atoms and being decomposed in a heated state, and a catalyst for producing carbon nanotubes and H2 from the carbon source, the above carbon nanotubes are synthesized on a support in a heated state, placed in a reactor, and simultaneously, the above H2 is synthesized from the above carbon source, the method comprising a synthesis step of flowing a source gas comprising the above carbon source over the above support, on which the above catalyst is supported, to synthesize the above carbon nanotubes on the above support and simultaneously synthesize the above H2 in a gas flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignees: The University of Tokyo, Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Suguru Noda, Dong Young Kim, Toshio Osawa, Hisashi Sugime, Kei Hasegawa, Eisuke Haba
  • Patent number: 10633250
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process and an apparatus for producing a mixed feed stream for a steam reforming plant from a first feed stream containing methane and a second feed stream comprising higher hydrocarbons, olefins and diolefins. According to the invention, the required hydrogenation of the mono- and diolefins and the hydrodesulfurization of the organic sulfur compounds contained in the feed stream are carried out step by step under process conditions optimized in each case. Furthermore, the inlet temperature into the respective reaction zone is controlled such that overheating of the feedstocks is avoided, which otherwise leads to undesired coke deposits, cloggings and the accelerated deactivation of the catalysts used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Jorg Ott, Maik Lehmann, Sebastian Nieding, Christian Szieleit
  • Patent number: 10633251
    Abstract: The invention is a method and a sulfuric acid plant design for reduction of start-up SO2, SO3 and H2SO4 emissions in sulfuric acid production, in which SO2 is converted to SO3 in n successive catalyst beds, where n is an integer >1. The final catalytic beds are used as absorbents for SO2 to SO3 during the start-up procedure, and one or more of the m beds downstream the first bed are purged, either separately or simultaneously, with hot gas, where m is an integer >1 and m<n, during the previous shut-down. Also, one separate purge with hot gas is used on the final bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: HALDOR TOPSØE A/S
    Inventors: Mårten Nils Rickard Granroth, Per Aggerholm Sørensen, Kurt Agerbæk Christensen
  • Patent number: 10633252
    Abstract: A surface-modified inorganic substance is obtained by performing surface modification on a inorganic nitride by using an aldehyde compound such as a compound represented by General Formula I. A resin composition contains the surface-modified inorganic substance and a monomer having a group selected from the group consisting of an oxetanyl group, an oxiranyl group, and a (meth)acrylate group. ZZ—XX—CHO??General Formula I In the formula, ZZ represents a group selected from the group consisting of an amino group, a thiol group, a hydroxyl group, an isocyanate group, a carboxyl group, a carboxylic acid anhydride group, an oxetanyl group, an oxiranyl group, and a (meth)acrylate group, and XX represents a divalent linking group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Seiichi Hitomi, Keita Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10633253
    Abstract: A method for carbon nanotube purification, preferably including: providing carbon nanotubes; depositing a mask; and/or selectively removing a portion of the mask; and optionally including removing a subset of the carbon nanotubes and/or removing the remaining mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Aligned Carbon, Inc.
    Inventors: John Provine, Cara Beasley, Gregory Pitner
  • Patent number: 10633255
    Abstract: Disclosed here is a method for producing a graphene macro-assembly (GMA)-fullerene composite, comprising providing a GMA comprising a three-dimensional network of graphene sheets crosslinked by covalent carbon bonds, and incorporating at least 20 wt. % of at least one fullerene compound into the GMA based on the initial weight of the GMA to obtain a GMA-fullerene composite. Also described are a GMA-fullerene composite produced, an electrode comprising the GMA-fullerene composite, and a supercapacitor comprising the electrode and optionally an organic or ionic liquid electrolyte in contact with the electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick G. Campbell, Theodore F. Baumann, Juergen Biener, Matthew Merrill, Elizabeth Montalvo, Marcus Worsley, Monika M. Biener, Maira Raquel Ceron Hernandez
  • Patent number: 10633256
    Abstract: Aerogels, aerogel composites and methods of making the same are discussed. One example method can include the act of creating a Boehmite colloid and adding a hydrolyzed silicon precursor to form a sol. A reinforcement can be infused with the sol, gelled to form a gel, then dried to form an aerogel composite. Such a method can also include the acts of performing one or more solvent exchanges and subjecting the gel composite to subcritical drying. Additionally, such a method can include the act of heat treating the aerogel composite. The aerogel composite can be used in high temperature, flexible seals capable of withstanding temperatures, pressures, and compression levels associated with aerodynamic heating generated during flight and in aerospace applications. The aerogel composite also can be used in thermal protection systems designed for fire protection for structures or in personnel fire protective equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventors: Haiquan Guo, Frances I. Hurwitz
  • Patent number: 10633257
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for the preparation of phosphor aerogel of uniform size having high porosity, low density; high thermal insulation and high luminescence, which is useful for various applications like lighting, display, sensing and other applications. More specifically, the present invention provides a simple and versatile process for the formation of monolithic gel, at room temperature, which on further drying at supercritical temperature and pressure result in dry aerogel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Council of Scientific & Industrial Research
    Inventors: Haranath Divi, Nahar Singh, Sneha Chawla
  • Patent number: 10633258
    Abstract: A process for producing alumina, the process having a seeding phase and a precipitation phase. During the seeding phase a seed mixture is produced by adding an aluminium salt to an aqueous solution and then adding an alkaline metal aluminate to the mixture while maintaining the seed mixture at generally neutral pH. The precipitation phase produces precipitated alumina by simultaneously adding aluminium salt and alkaline metal aluminate to the seed mixture while maintaining a pH from 6.9 to 7.8. The recovered precipitated alumina has at least one, preferably all the following characteristics: i) a crystallite size of 33-42 Ang.: in the (120) diagonal plane (using XRD); ii) a crystallite d-spacing (020) of between 6.30-6.59 Ang.; iii) a high porosity with an average pore diameter of 115-166 Ang.; iv) a relatively low bulk density of 250-350 kg/m3; v) a surface area after calcination for 24 hours at 1100° C. of 60-80 m2/g; and vi) a pore volume after calcination for one hour at 1000° C. 0.8-1.1 m3/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Sasol Performance Chemicals GmbH
    Inventor: Maria Roberta Rabaioli
  • Patent number: 10633259
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the surface treatment of a surface-modified calcium carbonate, a surface-treated calcium carbonate obtained by the process as well as the use of the surface-treated calcium carbonate in a polymer composition, in paper making, paper coatings, agricultural applications, paints, adhesives, sealants, construction applications, pharma applications and/or cosmetic applications, or for cross-linking of rubber, in sheet moulding compounds, in bulk moulding compounds, in cross-linkable polyolefin system formulations, preferably for pipes and cables, in cross-linkable polyvinyl chloride, in unsaturated polyesters and in alkyd resins, and the use of the surface-treated calcium carbonate and a curing agent for crosslinking of cross-linkable compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Omya International AG
    Inventors: Samuel Rentsch, Fabio Ippolito, Patrick A. C. Gane
  • Patent number: 10633260
    Abstract: A scum filtration system is used to separate, collect, capture, and remove surface scum and contaminants from a body of standing water. The scum filtration system includes at least one treatment assembly, a pumping system, and a main support structure. The at least one treatment assembly is used to filter scum, contaminants, and other similar material from a body of water such as, but not limited to, a pond or lake. The pumping system is used to drive water from a pond or lake into the at least one treatment assembly. The main support structure is used to support the at least one treatment assembly. Further, the main support structure is used to maintain the arrangement of the at least one treatment assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Inventor: Charles Cornish
  • Patent number: 10633261
    Abstract: A portable water filtration system that is configured to provide potable water from a contaminated water source. The portable water filtration system includes a pre-treatment module and a polishing module that are fluidly coupled and contained within a stackable housing configuration. The pre-treatment module has disposed therein a pump, two solenoid valves, a first filter and a pair of ultra-filters wherein the aforementioned elements are all fluidly coupled utilizing plastic tubing. Water is cycled through the elements of the pre-treatment module and is then directed to the polishing module. Disposed within the polishing module are four filters that have filtration material therein operable to filter material within a range of 0.0002 to 0.0009 microns. The portable water filtration system is operable in a filtration mode and a flush mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Inventor: Nimon Bondurant
  • Patent number: 10633262
    Abstract: A control valve (10) includes a valve body with a plurality of ports (A, B, C, D, E, F) and a plurality of annular flow passages (53, 55,57). A piston (34) which includes a plurality of annular flow passages and a longitudinal flow passage is selectively movable within a bore (32) within the valve body through operation of a valve controller (70). The valve controller is selectively operative to control the position of the piston so as to enable liquid flow through a plurality of flow paths. The valve controller further includes a installable and removable valve controller housing (74) which is releasibly engageable with a valve base (72). The valve may include a changeable piston and changeable injector and plug components to adapt the valve to different flow and fluid mixing requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: CHANDLER SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: William D. Chandler, Jr., Aaron R. Wolfe, Cody A. Harbaugh
  • Patent number: 10633263
    Abstract: A conventional media filter such as a gravity sand filter is converted into a membrane filter. The media is removed and replaced by immersed membrane modules. Transmembrane pressure is created by a static head pressure differential, without a suction pump, thereby creating a membrane gravity filter (MGF). Preferred operating parameters include transmembrane pressure of 5-20 kPa, 1-3 backwashes per day, and a flux of 10-20 L/m2/h. The membranes are dosed with chlorine or another oxidant, preferably at 700 minutes*mg/L as Cl2 equivalent per week or less. The small oxidant does is believed to provide a porous biofilm or fouling layer without substantially removing the layer. The media filter may be modified so that backwash wastewater is removed from near the bottom of the tank rather than through backwash troughs above the membrane modules. Membrane integrity testing may be done while the tank is emptied after a backwash.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: BL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Pierre Lucien Cote, Jason Cadera, Steven Kristian Pedersen, Nicholas William H. Adams
  • Patent number: 10633264
    Abstract: A purifying device including a container, at least one cover, a sensing assembly and an ultraviolet source is provided. The container has a containing space, wherein the containing space is adapted to contain a liquid. The cover is adapted to be connected to the container to cover the containing space. The sensing assembly is disposed on the cover, wherein the sensing assembly is adapted to sense a usage state of the cover. The ultraviolet source is disposed on the cover and is adapted to generate an ultraviolet emitted to outside of the cover, wherein the ultraviolet source is turned on or turned off according the usage state of the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignees: Industrial Technology Research Institute, Changhua Christian Hospital
    Inventors: Chen-Peng Hsu, Cheng-Da Shaw, Chien-Chun Lu, Yi-Keng Fu, Hung-Ming Wu
  • Patent number: 10633265
    Abstract: The invention relates to a water filtration with a process optimization method, which employ cartridges with conventional electrolytic cells that have electrolytic cells, modified with automated control systems for the purpose of manipulating, monitoring and performing maintenance strategies in a single device, either in mobile containers or in swimming pools, gutters, etc., in such a way that: the purification process of the liquid, preferably water, is increased, the speed of its processing is increased, a process that is conventionally performed manual way is automated; in addition to optimizing the materials used in the purification, the process minimizes the risks of infiltration of impurities in the organism by immersion in treated waters with high pollutant levels; finally the process decreases the formation of tartar in the containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Max Pool System, Inc
    Inventors: Narcedalia Gonzalez-Sanchez, Prisciliano Gonzalez-Sanchez
  • Patent number: 10633266
    Abstract: An apparatus for treating a contaminated fluid has a UV lamp within a tubular housing. A plurality of baffles within the housing create meandering pathways parallel to the lamp for exposing the fluid to the UV light along the entire length of the pathways. A photocatalytic coating on the baffles and inner surfaces of the housing is maintained within a pre-set radial distance, preferably no more than about 75 mm, from the lamp for optimal creation of a photocatalytic reactant. The contaminated fluid flowing through the meandering pathways is maintained in close proximity to the lamp and has adequate time for exposure to the ultraviolet light and photocatalytic reactant for treatment before exiting the housing. The baffles are removably positioned within the housing for convenient maintenance or to alter the length of the pathways, without re-sizing the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: UV-DOX PATENT INC.
    Inventor: Reinhard Schuetz
  • Patent number: 10633267
    Abstract: A diffuser assembly includes a flexible diffuser membrane and a diffuser body. The flexible diffuser membrane defines a circumferential bead. The diffuser body defines a circular plate underlying the flexible diffuser membrane, and an edge ring covering a covered portion of the circumferential bead. The edge ring defines an inside surface that conforms to an outside shape of the covered portion of the circumferential bead. The edge ring is integral to the diffuser body. Such a diffuser assembly may provide a disposable diffuser assembly option with many advantages over conventional technologies such as improved ease of installation, lower weight, and lower cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas E. Frankel, Seoungil Kang, Todd D. Ritter
  • Patent number: 10633268
    Abstract: Provided is a water treatment module including a bundle of hollow fiber membranes that includes a treatment portion extending between bottom and top ends and at least one gas diffuser. The membranes may be gas permeable and water impermeable. At least one end of the hollow fiber membranes is linked to a source of biofilm growth-supporting gas (BGSG) and configured to permit inlet of said BGSG into the hollow fiber membranes. Also provided herein are devices, systems and methods making use of the module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: EMEFCY LTD.
    Inventors: Ronen-Itzhak Shechter, Steven D. Kloos
  • Patent number: 10633269
    Abstract: A method and a kit for determining the amount of anammox bacteria in a bioreactor, comprising the steps of 1) removing a sample from the bioreactor, 2) mixing the sample with alkali, 3) heating the samples to at least 60° C., 4) separating solid components, 5) adding a reducing agent to the liquid phase, 6) measuring the translucence of the liquid phase in a spectrophotometer at three wavelengths ranging from 500 to 600 nm, and 7) comparing the measured translucence to a reference spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: UNIVERSITAT INNSBRUCK
    Inventors: Thomas Pümpel, Sabine Marie Podmirseg
  • Patent number: 10633270
    Abstract: A filter enhancement device applied to a circulating water culture system and the method of making same, the device includes four components: protective shell, protective agents, microbial powder and proliferation promoting agents. The interior of the protective shell contains protective agents, microbial powder and proliferation promoting agents. Microbial powder and proliferation promoting agents are embedded in the modified-release layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: KYORIN INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tommy Chi-Kin Wong, Christopher Kenneth Clevers, Tin-Han Chien
  • Patent number: 10633271
    Abstract: A zero discharge process for separating sludge and salt from desulfurization wastewater includes a pretreatment process, a membrane treatment process and an evaporative crystallization process; in the pretreatment process, the desulfurization wastewater enters a raw water tank, an aeration fan introduces compressed air into the raw water tank, and the wastewater is lifted to first-stage reaction and clarification by a raw water pump; in the membrane treatment process, the incoming wastewater is first filtered by ultrafiltration, then enters a pH adjustment tank, and is pumped into a nanofiltration membrane separation system and a reverse osmosis membrane separation system; in the evaporative crystallization process, the incoming wastewater is first subjected to two-stage preheating, then enters a degasser, and finally enters an evaporative concentration system and a crystallization system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: JIANGSU JINGYUAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xianhua Ji, Wulin Li, Kuan Li, Zhenguo Zeng, Hui Xu, Chen Wang, Qinqin Liu, Xiong Zhang, Feng Yan, Xin Lu
  • Patent number: 10633272
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a process for recovering phosphates from wastewater by adding to the wastewater at least one organic coagulant or polymer in a mechanical treatment step that leaves dissolved phosphorus in the water phase, separating a mechanical sludge from the treated wastewater, preferably by sedimentation, flotation or filtration, carrying the phosphorus-containing treated wastewater in a post-treatment step, where at least one chemical precipitant is added to precipitate the dissolved phosphate into solid phosphates, and separating the solid phosphates from the treated wastewater to recover the phosphates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: KEMIRA OYJ
    Inventors: Outi Grönfors, Hanna-Mari Kangaslahti, Bengt Hansen, Sakari Halttunen, Fazlollah Azarnoush
  • Patent number: 10633273
    Abstract: A process and an apparatus for refining molten glass. The apparatus includes a porous body having an inlet, an outlet, and a plurality of pores through which molten glass can flow between the inlet and the outlet. The plurality of pores are defined by walls having wall surfaces that are configured to interact with the molten glass as the molten glass flows between the inlet and the outlet to help refine the molten glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
    Inventor: Terence J. Clark
  • Patent number: 10633274
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method of making molten glass. The apparatus includes a vessel for conveying the molten glass and at least one flange configured to supply an electric current to the vessel through the flange, the flange including a first ring extending completely around the vessel in a closed loop, the first ring comprising a first portion including a first thickness and a second portion including a second thickness different from the first thickness, wherein the first portion and the second portion overlap in a plane of the flange such that at least a portion of the first portion is positioned between at least a portion of the second portion and the vessel wall, and neither the first portion nor the second portion extends completely around the vessel. Also disclosed is a method of making glass using the disclosed flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Gilbert De Angelis, Chunhong Chelsie He
  • Patent number: 10633275
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for cooling a component of a glass melting plant that contacts a glass melt, the corresponding cooling device, as well as the system of the cooling device and the cooled component itself. The method provides that a pipe with an open pipe end at least on one pipe section is introduced into an open cavity in the component with the formation of a peripheral annular space, and a cooling medium is introduced through the pipe into the cavity and is deflected at the base of the cavity, flows back in the annular space, and flows out of the cavity. In its pipe section introduced into the cavity, the pipe has a constriction and has perforations through the pipe walls in the region of the constriction, whereby the cooling medium is accelerated in its passage through the constriction in the inside of the pipe, and a portion of the cooling medium flowing back from the annular space is aspirated into the inside of the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Holger Hunnius, Reinhard Zintl, Ludwig Dürsch
  • Patent number: 10633276
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method of making molten glass. The apparatus includes a vessel for conveying the molten glass and at least one flange (100) configured to supply an electric current to the vessel through the flange (100), the flange (100) including a first ring (112) extending completely around the vessel in a closed loop, the first ring (112) comprising a first portion (118) including a first thickness and a second portion (128) including a second thickness different from the first thickness, wherein the first portion (118) and the second portion (128) overlap in a plane of the flange (100) such that at least a portion of the first portion (118) is positioned between at least a portion of the second portion (128) and the vessel wall, and neither the first portion nor the second portion extends completely around the vessel. Also disclosed is a method of making glass using the disclosed flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Gilbert De Angelis, Chunhong Chelsie He
  • Patent number: 10633277
    Abstract: Provided is a sheet glass production process for properly producing sheet glass having a convex shape in section in a width direction orthogonal to the advancing direction of a glass ribbon. A glass ribbon G2 advancing on molten metal 22 is heated so as to have both edge portions G2B heated more intensely than a central portion G2A in a width direction thereof in an upstream zone of the molten metal bath, and a plurality of rolls 23 are rotated in contact with both edge portions G2B of the glass ribbon G2 such that upstream rolls 23A in an advancing direction F1 have a lower peripheral speed than downstream rolls 23B in the advancing direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Takamitsu Yamato, Kouhei Sunaga, Akira Hasegawa, Akira Sugahara
  • Patent number: 10633278
    Abstract: A cut-out glass plate positioning apparatus includes: a cut line forming device 4 provided in a cut line forming position 4a; a bend-breaking and separating device 6 for cutting out unworked plate glasses 5 from an unworked plate glass 2 along the cut lines 3; a pair of position and angle correcting devices 8 for effecting correction of the position and angle with respect to the unworked plate glass 5; a pair of sucking and transporting devices 9 for suckingly lifting and transporting the unworked plate glass 5 to each position and angle correcting device 8; and two CCD cameras 10 respectively installed above the position and angle correcting devices 8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: BANDO KIKO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuaki Bando
  • Patent number: 10633279
    Abstract: A glass composition includes: from 55.0 mol % to 70.0 mol % SiO2; from 12.0 mol % to 20.0 mol % Al2O3; from 5.0 mol % to 15.0 mol % Li2O; and from 4.0 mol % to 15.0 mol % Na2O. The glass composition has the following relationships ?8.00 mol %?R2O+RO—Al2O3—B2O3—P2O5??1.75 mol %, 9.00?(SiO2+Al2O3+Li2O)/Na2O, and (Li2O+Al2O3+P2O5)/(Na2O+B2O3)?3.50. The glass composition may be used in a glass article or a consumer electronic product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Xiaoju Guo, Peter Joseph Lezzi, Alexandra Lai Ching Kao Andrews Mitchell, Rostislav Vatchev Roussev
  • Patent number: 10633280
    Abstract: In one aspect, a method for use in preparing a glass includes performing an ion exchange process by treating the glass with a eutectic mixture including at least a first rubidium salt. In another aspect, a glass is prepared at least in part by performing an ion exchange process by treating the glass with a eutectic mixture including at least a first rubidium salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Qiang Huang, Kenneth P. Rodbell, Asli Sahin
  • Patent number: 10633281
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a solid state binder composition for binding mineral fibers comprising a component (i) in form of one or more carbohydrates; a component (ii) in form of one or more compounds selected from sulfamic acid, derivatives of sulfamic acid or any salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: ROCKWOOL INTERNATIONAL A/S
    Inventor: Erling Lennart Hansen
  • Patent number: 10633282
    Abstract: Method and installation for calcining cement raw meal in a calciner whereby fuel and a calciner oxidant having an oxygen content of at least 30% vol are introduced into the calciner so as to generate either an oxidant-lean zone or a fuel-lean zone in the calciner located between the lowermost fuel inlet level and the lowermost oxidant inlet level of the calciner, between 50% and 100% by weight of the raw meal being supplied to the calciner upstream of and/or within the oxidant-lean, respectively the fuel-lean zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour l'Etude Et l'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Faustine Panier, Xavier Paubel, Carlo Renna, Michel Gimenez, Colin Paxton, Henrik Wassard, Morten Drivsholm, Remi Tsiava
  • Patent number: 10633283
    Abstract: A method for treating and utilizing bypass dusts from a cement production process involves a) contacting the bypass dust with an aqueous phase and mixing the same to obtain a suspension, wherein water-soluble components of the bypass dust are dissolved in the aqueous phase; b) performing a solid/liquid separation, in particular a vacuum filtration or a filter press filtration, to separate the solids contained in the suspension, wherein a brine remains; c) precipitating a partial amount of the heavy metals present in the brine, and optionally Ca, and separating the precipitate from the brine; and d) subjecting the brine to an electrocoagulation, wherein a flocculate containing the heavy metals remaining in the brine is separated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Holcim Technology, Ltd.
    Inventors: Serge Lukas Zihlmann, Florian Christian Gross
  • Patent number: 10633284
    Abstract: The invention comprises a composition comprising hyaloclastite having a volume-based mean particle size of less than or equal to 40 ?m. The invention also comprises a cementitious material comprising a hydraulic cement and hyaloclastite, wherein the hyaloclastite has a volume-based mean particle size of less than or equal to approximately 40 ?m. The invention further comprises a cementitious-based material comprising aggregate, a cementitious material comprising a hydraulic cement and hyaloclastite, wherein the hyaloclastite has a volume-based mean particle size of less than or equal to approximately 40 ?m and water sufficient to hydrate the cementitious material. A method of using the composition of the present invention is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Inventor: Romeo Ilarian Ciuperca
  • Patent number: 10633285
    Abstract: An additive pack which comprises a water-soluble capsule containing a water-dispersible polymer powder (dispersion powder) is used to prepare aqueous construction materials such as cements and mortars on site, while offering set properties equivalent or superior to ready to mix dry mix formulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: WACKER CHEMIE AG
    Inventors: Manfred Selig, Klaus Bonin, Saulat Aijaz Khan, Richard Zhang
  • Patent number: 10633286
    Abstract: A two-component mortar compound contains at least one resin component (A), which, as the curable ingredient, contains at least one epoxy-base resin that can be polymerized by addition reaction; and a hardener component (B), which contains a hardening agent for the resin of the resin component (A), wherein at least one of the components contains at least one siloxane, which has at least one functional moiety that is capable of addition reaction with an epoxide but does not have any hydrolyzable group bound to a silicon atom, especially no alkoxy moieties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Mesut Cakmak, Memet-Emin Kumru
  • Patent number: 10633287
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a product. The product comprises a first mineral in particulate form and having a first pozzolanic reactivity and a second mineral in particulate form and having a second pozzolanic reactivity greater than the first reactivity, wherein the surface of at least some of the particles of the first mineral is at least partially covered with particles of the second mineral. A method of making the composition of the present invention is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Inventor: Romeo Ilarian Ciuperca
  • Patent number: 10633288
    Abstract: A building product is made from granular material and a binder that includes steel slag. A process for making the building product includes combining the granular material and the binder and then curing the combined granular material and binder with carbon dioxide. A building material includes a mixture of steel slag and a silica-rich material. The steel slag and silica-rich material is treated by heating. The silica-rich material may be waste glass and/or fly ash. A process for making the building material includes mixing the steel slag and silica-rich material and further heating the mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: CARBICRETE INC.
    Inventors: Yixin Shao, Mehrdad Mahoutian, Zaid Ghouleh