Patents Issued in January 11, 2024
  • Publication number: 20240010480
    Abstract: A fork assembly can include multiple forks configured to surround a load. Multiple attachments can be made on the forks to couple to straps for support a load. The fork assembly can further include multiple fork extensions having end attachments to couple to straps for pulling on the load. Alternatively, the fork assembly can include multiple fork lifters having blades rotatable between a non-lift position and a lift position. The fork extensions can also have blades rotatable between a non-pullable position and a pullable position. The blade rotation can be performed by a remote rotate mechanism by an operator operating the fork assembly. In some embodiments, the fork attachment assembly for a forklift or a forklift vehicle can include roller legs coupled at far ends of the fork beams or the fork extensions. The fork assembly can include roller legs coupled at far ends of the fork beams or the fork extensions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventor: Nhon Hoa Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20240010481
    Abstract: A corkscrew including a screw shaft and a pair of wings configured to lift the screw shaft when the pair of wings is compressed. The pair of wings are disposed opposite each other relative to the screw shaft. The corkscrew also includes a housing connected to the screw shaft, the housing having a first end configured to engage a container. The corkscrew also includes a pair of paddles connected to the housing and depending from the housing, past the first end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventor: J. J. O'Laughlin
  • Publication number: 20240010482
    Abstract: The invention relates inter alia to a device for filling a container. The device comprises a filling valve for discharging a filling material into the container. The device further comprises a throttle valve for adjusting a flow rate of the filling material. The throttle valve comprises a valve member for adjusting a flow cross-section. The throttle valve has a pneumatic drive that is operatively connected to the valve member for moving the valve member, and an electric drive that is operatively connected to the valve member for moving the valve member. Advantageously, the device can combine the advantages of a pneumatic throttle control and the advantages of an electric throttle control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Michael PETER, Thomas GREN
  • Publication number: 20240010483
    Abstract: A method may comprise storing a first service provider record associated with a first project located at a first geographic location, receiving a request for project identifiers located within a section of a geographic area, providing a subset of the first set of the one or more project identifiers to be displayed on a second map the first user device, receiving a selected project of the project identifiers, providing a project page indicating categorical identifiers associated with the first project indicating at least some work performed, a link to at least one service professional's profile page, an opinion review and an insight review, receiving a selection of the link to the at least one service professional's profile page, and providing, a profile page of the at least one service professional, the profile page including contact information of the at least one service professional.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Versabev, Inc.
    Inventor: Harry Otto
  • Publication number: 20240010484
    Abstract: A post-mix drink dispenser includes a mixer body securable to a drink dispensing system and having at least one beverage concentrate inlet and outlet sheltered within a downwardly open cavity in the bottom thereof; a diluent channel formed exterior to the cavity and about a lower sidewall of the mixer body; and a nozzle housing securable in place about the mixer body. The dispenser includes an air channel formed in a wall portion of the nozzle housing, a diffuser to organize flows of diluent along the interior surface of the nozzle housing, or both a vent and a diffuser. The air channel includes provisions to impede ingress of diluent, and to contain flow through the channel of liquid beverage components. The diffuser may be formed unitary with the nozzle housing, or may be selectively removable from the drink dispenser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Lancer Corporation
    Inventors: Darryl E. Conover, Brandon P. Ojeda, Merrill R. Good
  • Publication number: 20240010485
    Abstract: A method and device for cleaning a beverage dispenser diffuser. The device is removably coupled to the beverage dispenser and creates a vortex in within the device when fluid is dispensed from the diffuser to clean the inside of the diffuser. The cap has a main body with a base portion having an open end for receipt of the diffuser, a cleaning chamber, and a vortex creator configured to create a vortex within the beverage dispensing diffuser from fluid dispensed from the diffuser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Jeffrey McCollum, Mark Ebbenga
  • Publication number: 20240010486
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a beverage font lens comprising a housing accommodating a customer display panel embedded in the housing and visible through a first window; an operator display panel embedded in the housing and visible through a second window opposite the first window; and a microcontroller unit configured to display information on the customer display panel and the operator display panel. The present disclosure further relates to an information system for monitoring a beverage dispensing system, said information system comprising one or more measuring devices, one or more electronic devices, at least one cloud server suitable for cloud computing, and one or more microcontroller units, each of said microcontroller units embedded in a beverage font lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Peter BACH, Ricardo TEIXEIRA, Ricardo SILVA, Kaare Zoffmann JESSEN
  • Publication number: 20240010487
    Abstract: Certain aspects relate to systems and techniques for smart draft beer taps that can dynamically vary flow rate and control the amount of dispensed head based on one or more of sensed parameters of the beer, the draft beer environment, characteristics of the beer, and on brewery specified pouring standards. The disclosed systems provide networked data communication relating to bar draft beer pouring conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Ahmet Necdet ALPMEN, Yusuf Can ALGÜL
  • Publication number: 20240010488
    Abstract: A product delivery vehicle system includes a product delivery vehicle with at least one tank compartment. The system includes an internal valve fluidly coupled to the tank compartment, a control valve, and an air system comprising a main air valve and a solenoid valve fluidly coupled to the main air valve and to the internal valve. The solenoid valve is operable to open and close the internal valve. The system includes an electronic control unit communicatively coupled to the control valve, the main air valve, and the solenoid valve. The system includes a tank tag reader operable to read a tank tag and transmit a tank tag indicator associated with the tank tag, the tank tag indicator indicative of a stored liquid type in a distribution tank. The electronic control unit may maintain the internal valve closed and the control valve locked when a product type mismatch is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Knappco, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Dudley, Erik Bjornebo, Randy Robinson
  • Publication number: 20240010489
    Abstract: A MEMS device comprising: a semiconductor body defining a main cavity and forming an anchorage structure; and a first deformable structure having a first end and a second end that are opposite to one another along a first axis, the first deformable structure being fixed to the anchorage structure via the first end so as to be suspended over the main cavity. The second end is configured to oscillate, with respect to the anchorage structure, along a second axis. The first deformable structure comprises a main body having a first outer surface and a second outer surface, and a piezoelectric structure, which extends over the first outer surface. The main body comprises a bottom portion and a top portion that delimit along the second axis a first buried cavity aligned with the piezoelectric structure along the second axis, wherein a maximum thickness of the top portion of the main body along the second axis is smaller than a minimum thickness of the bottom portion of the main body along the second axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
    Inventors: Manuel RIANI, Gabriele GATTERE, Federico VERCESI
  • Publication number: 20240010490
    Abstract: The detection structure for a MEMS accelerometer is formed by a substrate; a first movable mass and a second movable mass which extend at a distance from each other, suspended on the substrate and which are configured to undergo a movement, with respect to the substrate, in response to an acceleration. The detection structure also has a first movable electrode integral with the first movable mass; a second movable electrode integral with the second movable mass; a first fixed electrode integral with the substrate and configured to form, with the first movable electrode, a first variable capacitor; and a second fixed electrode integral with the substrate and configured to form, with the second movable electrode, a second variable capacitor. The detection structure has an insulation region, of electrically insulating material, which is suspended on the substrate and extends between the first movable mass and the second movable mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
    Inventors: Gabriele GATTERE, Francesco RIZZINI, Federico VERCESI
  • Publication number: 20240010491
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a structure comprising membranes overhanging cavities, comprises: a) forming cavities opening at a front face of a support substrate, the cavities having a depth and an area, and being spaced apart by a spacing; b) assembling, by way of direct bonding, a donor substrate on the support substrate to seal the cavities under vacuum, the direct bonding being hydrophilic and involving a given number of water monolayers at a contact interface between the substrates; and c) transferring a thin layer from the donor substrate onto the support substrate, the thin layer comprising the membranes. A specific area is defined around each cavity in the plane of the contact interface and is expressed as a function of half of the spacing. The area, the depth of each cavity, and the specific area are defined in step a) to satisfy a particular relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Bruno Ghyselen, Thierry Salvetat, Guillaume Berre, François Rieutord
  • Publication number: 20240010492
    Abstract: The invention includes a gas processing system for transforming a hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas into outflow gas products, where the system includes a gas delivery subsystem, a plasma reaction chamber, and a microwave subsystem, with the gas delivery subsystem in fluid communication with the plasma reaction chamber, so that the gas delivery subsystem directs the hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas into the plasma reaction chamber, and the microwave subsystem directs microwave energy into the plasma reaction chamber to energize the hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas, thereby forming a plasma in the plasma reaction chamber, which plasma effects the transformation of a hydrocarbon in the hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas into the outflow gas products, which comprise acetylene and hydrogen. The invention also includes methods for the use of the gas processing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: David S. Soane, James Nathan Ashcraft, Jason Samuel Hummelt, Mark Ellis Soderholm, Mathew Leeds, Alexander Olson Santana, Matthew Elijah O'Reilly
  • Publication number: 20240010493
    Abstract: There is provided a method for the synthesis of nitrogen oxides (NOx) comprising the steps of providing a gas mixture comprising oxygen and nitrogen; and heating the gas mixture to a temperature of at least 2300 K at a pressure of 10-100 bar in a thermal reactor forming a gas mixture comprising NOx. There is also provided a method for the production of HNO3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Gustaf Forsberg, Peter Baeling, Ronnie Andersson
  • Publication number: 20240010494
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a preparation method of a layered carbon-doped sodium iron phosphate cathode material, including: placing a carbonate powder in an inert atmosphere, introducing a gaseous organic matter, and heating to allow a reaction to obtain a MCO3/C layered carbon material; and mixing the MCO3/C layered carbon material, a sodium source, ferrous phosphate, and a dispersing agent in an inert atmosphere, grinding a resulting mixture, washing and drying to remove the dispersing agent, and heating to allow a reaction in an inert atmosphere to obtain the layered carbon-doped sodium iron phosphate cathode material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Haijun Yu, Yingsheng Zhong, Aixia Li, Yinghao Xie, Xuemei Zhang, Changdong Li
  • Publication number: 20240010495
    Abstract: A powder of carbonaceous matrix particles with silicon-based sub-particles dispersed therein, wherein the particles have a harmonic mean value of their average Vickers hardness value and their average elastic modulus value, both values of hardness and elasticity being measured by nanoindentation and expressed in MPa, being superior or equal to 7000 MPa and inferior or equal to 20000 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Michal TULODZIECKI, Jean-Sébastien BRIDEL, Sul-Hee MIN
  • Publication number: 20240010496
    Abstract: The present invention addresses to a plasma reactor for the thermal and/or plasmatic decomposition of hydrocarbon molecules aiming at the production of carbon nanotubes on a large scale, as well as amorphous carbon of superior quality in terms of purity. Because it is operated at pressures close to the atmospheric pressure and can operate in a continuous flow regime, said reactor has a superior capacity for the production of carbon nanotubes. The hydrocarbon pyrolysis by means of thermal plasma or the heat derived therefrom produces carbonaceous material that presents a higher purity content than those obtained by the methods most used in the production of solid carbon, which are based, generally, on the burning of part of the load hydrocarbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Aurelio Reis Da Costa Labanca, Cláudio Fernandes Da Silva
  • Publication number: 20240010497
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses capable of enabling carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to be grown from a structured catalyst to produce zero-chirality strands (fibers), as well as methods for manufacturing catalytic membranes capable of use in such methods and apparatuses and structures produced with such methods, apparatuses, and membranes. Such a method includes forming interlinked cyclic graphene hexagons at a growth site on a permeable catalyst layer disposed on a porous support. The growth site is located over a pore in the porous support. A strand of zero-chiral carbon nanotube is continuously grown from the dome by providing a hydrocarbon feed at a positive pressure through the porous support and the permeable catalyst layer toward the growth site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventor: Peter J. Schubert
  • Publication number: 20240010498
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes methods of producing superhydrophobic carbon nanotube sheets. The methods disclosed herein allow the rapid and scalable production of superhydrophobic carbon nanotube sheets that may remain on a substrate, or they may be removed from the substrate to produce freestanding superhydrophobic carbon nanotube sheets. The carbon nanotube sheets produced by the present methods were confirmed to be superhydrophobic by water droplet contact angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Technology Innovation Institute – Sole Proprietorship LLC
    Inventors: Zainab Karam, Sunil Lonkar, Juveiriah M. Ashraf, Myriam Ghodhbane, Chiara Busa, Vincenzo Giannini
  • Publication number: 20240010499
    Abstract: Apparatus for plasma synthesis of graphitic products including graphene, comprising: a plasma nozzle coupled to a reaction chamber; means for supplying a process gas to the plasma nozzle, the process gas comprising a carbon-containing species; and means for supplying radio frequency radiation to the process gas within the plasma nozzle, so as to produce a plasma within the nozzle in use, and thereby cause cracking of the carbon-containing species; wherein the plasma nozzle is arranged such that an afterglow of the plasma extends into the reaction chamber, the cracked carbon-containing species also passes into the reaction chamber, and the cracked carbon-containing species recombines within the afterglow, so as to form graphitic products including graphene. A method of plasma-synthesising graphitic products including graphene is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Levidian Nanosystems Limited
    Inventors: Dale Andrew PENNINGTON, Aaron Robert CLAYTON, Katarzyna Luiza JUDA, Catharina PAUKNER, Lukasz KURZEPA, Robert Henry ST. JOHN COOPER, Krzysztof Kazimierz KOZIOL, Jerome Yi-Zhe JOAUG
  • Publication number: 20240010500
    Abstract: A gas production device and a gas production system capable of efficiently manufacturing a produced gas containing carbon monoxide from a raw material gas containing carbon dioxide are provided. The gas production device 1 is an apparatus that manufactures a produced gas containing carbon monoxide by bringing a raw material gas containing carbon dioxide into contact with a reductant that reduces the carbon dioxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki NAKAMA, Rasika DASANAYAKE ALUTHGE
  • Publication number: 20240010501
    Abstract: Silicon and silica values are obtained from recycled organosilicon products such as silicones, by introducing a recycle feed containing the organosilicon products into an electric furnace while producing metallurgical grade silicon from a silica source and a carbon source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: WACKER CHEMIE AG
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz RIMBOECK, Konrad MAUTNER
  • Publication number: 20240010502
    Abstract: In order to improve a purity of an entire polycrystalline silicon rod, a polycrystalline silicon rod (1) is configured such that: an outer-side total concentration (C1) is 100 pptw or less; and a ratio of an outer-side total concentration (C1) to an inner-side total concentration (C2) is 1.0 or more and 2.5 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Junya SAKAI, Akira HAKOMORI
  • Publication number: 20240010503
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a porous silicon-based composite, a preparation method therefor, and an anode active material comprising same, and, more specifically, the porous silicon-based composite comprises silicon particles and fluoride, and thus a porous silicon-based composite with excellent selective etching efficiency can be obtained, and the anode active material comprising same can further improve a discharge capacity and a capacity retention while holding the excellent initial efficiency of a secondary battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: DAEJOO ELECTRONIC MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Seok LEE, Jeong Gyu PARK, Young Min JEON, Hyun Hee LIM, Eo Rang LEE, Jong Chan LIM, Jung Hyun LEE
  • Publication number: 20240010504
    Abstract: A composition of matter is provided comprising hierarchically ordered crystalline microporous material having well-defined long-range mesoporous ordering of lamellar symmetry. The composition possesses mesopores having walls of crystalline microporous material and a mass of mesostructure between mesopores of crystalline microporous material. Long-range ordering is defined by presence of secondary peaks in an X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern and/or lamellar symmetry observable by microscopy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Rajesh Kumar PARSAPUR, Robert P. HODGKINS, Omer Refa KOSEOGLU, Kuo-Wei HUANG, Anissa Bendjeriou SEDJERARI
  • Publication number: 20240010505
    Abstract: A composition of matter is provided comprising hierarchically ordered crystalline microporous material having well-defined long-range mesoporous ordering of hexagonal symmetry. The composition possesses mesopores having walls of crystalline microporous material and a mass of mesostructure between mesopores of crystalline microporous material. Long-range ordering is defined by presence of secondary peaks in an X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern and/or hexagonal symmetry observable by microscopy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Rajesh Kumar PARSAPUR, Robert Peter HODGKINS, Omer Refa KOSEOGLU, Kuo-Wei HUANG, Anissa Bendjeriou SEDJERARI
  • Publication number: 20240010506
    Abstract: An aluminosilicate zeolite may have a molar ratio of Si to Al of about 3 to about 10, a monoclinic space group C2/m with unit cell dimensions of a of 13.6 ?+/?5%, b of 21.7 ?+/?5%, c of 6.7 ?+/?5%, and ? of 93°+/?3°, 12-ring pores along a c-axis having dimensions of 7 ?+/?5% by 6 ?+/?5%, and 8-ring pores along an a-axis having dimensions of 3 ?+/?5% by 3 ?+/?5%. Said aluminosilicate zeolites may be useful in hydrocarbon conversion processes, selective catalytic reduction of NOx, CO2 and/or N2 adsorption, carbonylation reactions, and the monoalkylamine and dialkylamine syntheses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Allen W. Burton, Hilda B. Vroman, Joseph M. Falkowski
  • Publication number: 20240010507
    Abstract: The invention belongs to the field of bromine recovery from waste circuit board, and particularly relates to a method for recovering high-purity sodium bromide from bromine-containing crude salt. The invention mainly includes the steps of acidification oxidation, multi-stage extraction, and cooperative back extraction. Compared with traditional chlorine oxidation and single urea back extraction technology, the acidification oxidation process can be effectively controlled by reasonable adjustment of the added amount of hydrochloric acid and sodium chlorate, and the tail gas can be absorbed and reused to avoid secondary pollution and resource waste. At the same time, urea is used with sodium carbonate for cooperative back extraction to achieve a high back extraction rate which greatly reduces the amount of urea, and obtains high-purity sodium bromide crystals. The efficient recovery of bromine resources in bromine-containing crude salt is realised.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Dean Pan, Guanjun Li
  • Publication number: 20240010508
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for processing bauxites to produce alumina comprising: filtering an alumina slurry obtained after a digestion of the bauxites, the slurry, after leaching, dilution or thickening, is filtered at a temperature of at least 95° C. to obtain a filtrate representing a green liquor after the filtration and a solid phase of a red mud on filtration equipment; and washing the solid phase of the red mud on the filtration equipment, the washing being carried out with hot water at a temperature of below 98° C. the filtrate being subjected to security filtration or precipitation, and the water after washing the red mud on the filtration equipment is fed for dilution of the alumina slurry after the digestion of the bauxites or dilution of the filtrate to obtain a specified concentration of the green liquor, wherein a resulting cake is a waste product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Viktor Khrist'yanovich MANN, Yakov Yur'evich ITSKOV, Maksim Nikolaevich PECHENKIN, Sergej Fedorovich ORDON, Andrej Vladimirovich PANOV, Oleg Nikolaevich MIL'SHIN
  • Publication number: 20240010509
    Abstract: Provided is a calcium carbonate that comprises crystals having a particular shape and structure and has a nano-order average particle size. Provided are a method for producing a calcium carbonate that comprises crystals having a particular shape and structure and has an average particle size in a particular range and a crystal growth method. The calcium carbonate has the calcite structure, has a BET specific surface area of 2 to 50 m2/g, has a number-based average particle size of 30 nm to 1.0 ?m as determined by electron microscopy, and partially comprises substantially ring-like particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: SHIRAISHI CENTRAL LABORATORIES CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Kezuka, Maya Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20240010510
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a sintered yttrium oxide body having a total impurity level of 40 ppm or less, a density of not less than 4.93 g/cm3, wherein the sintered yttrium oxide body has at least one grain boundary comprising silica in an amount of not less than 1 to not greater than 10 atoms/nm2 wherein the sintered yttrium oxide body has at least one surface comprising at least one pore, wherein no pore is larger than 5 ?m in diameter. A process for making the sintered yttrium oxide body is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Luke WALKER, Matthew Joseph DONELON, Lillian THOMPSON
  • Publication number: 20240010511
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods and compositions for synthesizing a phosphor and preparing a surface-modified phosphor comprising a phosphor, a silica, and a silane, and articles comprising same. The invention also relates to a method of dispersion of the disclosed surface-modified phosphor with a blue emitting agent in a polymer matrix and uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: SolGro, Inc.
    Inventor: Sunil Sahi
  • Publication number: 20240010512
    Abstract: The present application discloses a method for regulating an electron mobility of a zinc oxide, and the method includes following step: preparing the zinc oxide, wherein the electron mobility of the zinc oxide is regulated by controlling a surface hydroxyl content of the zinc oxide during the preparation of the zinc oxide. In the method for regulating the electron mobility of the zinc oxide provided by the embodiment of the present application, carrier injection balance or improving electron mobility of quantum dot light-emitting diode devices can be achieved only by adjusting the surface hydroxyl content of the zinc oxide, without changing the device structure (inserting the electron barrier layer) or modifying the zinc oxide film by doping and other methods. The whole process is simple and low-cost, and has a good repeatability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Longjia WU, Tianshuo ZHANG, Junjie LI, Yulin GUO, Kai TONG
  • Publication number: 20240010513
    Abstract: This present disclosure is directed to a method of extracting germanium from a solid material, comprising: (a) grinding a solid material comprising germanium to generate a mixture of particulate solids; and (b) leaching the mixture with a leaching solution; wherein the leaching solution comprises water and a lixiviant; and wherein the lixiviant comprises at least an organic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Fatemeh Molaei, Hossein Siavoshi, Rasoul Khosravi
  • Publication number: 20240010514
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to nanomaterial composites capable of selectively extracting lithium from a lithium-containing liquid resource when the nanomaterial composite is activated, a method of preparing the nanomaterial composites, and the use of the nanomaterial composites for the extraction and recovery of lithium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Gerardo Vitale ROJAS, Ghada NAFIE, Pedro Almao PEREIRA
  • Publication number: 20240010515
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of new materials, and aims at providing an A-site high-entropy nanometer metal oxide with high conductivity, and a preparation method thereof. The metal oxide has molecular formula of Gd0.4Er0.3La0.4Nd0.5Y0.4)(Zr0.7, Sn0.8, V0.5)O7 and is a powder, and has microstructure of the metal oxide as a square nanometer sheet with a side length of 4-12 nm and a thickness of 1-3 nm. Compared with an existing high-entropy oxide, the product in the present disclosure has high conductivity, and can be well applied to a conductive alloy, an electrical contact composite material, a conductive composite material, a multifunctional bio-based composite material, a conductive/antistatic composite coating and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Lingjie Zhang, Weiwei Cai, Ningzhong Bao
  • Publication number: 20240010516
    Abstract: Methods for utilizing waste products of the steel industry are provided that utilize spent pickle liquor to recover valuable alkaline earth metals from low value wastes with significant calcium content in the form of insoluble oxide, hydroxides, and/or salts are provided, as well as methods for generating a ferric oxide hydroxide composite from steel slag. Suitable raw materials include slag from steel manufacturing and ash from various operations. Ferric oxide hydroxide composite materials described herein can be used for removal of sulfur and metals from contaminated materials. Accordingly, compositions and methods of the inventive concept introduce considerable value to low value waste materials that would otherwise be discarded. In addition, compositions and methods of the inventive concept serve to reduce waste streams from industrial processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventor: Michael D Wyrsta
  • Publication number: 20240010517
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a composite hydroxide that can appropriately control a BET specific surface area. The method of manufacturing a composite hydroxide containing at least nickel (Ni) and cobalt (Co), wherein a first metal-containing aqueous solution containing A mol % of nickel (Ni) and B mol % of cobalt (Co), a second metal-containing aqueous solution containing C mol % of nickel (Ni) and D mol % of cobalt (Co), wherein A>C, B<D, A+B=100, and C+D=100, an aqueous solution of an alkali metal, and an aqueous solution containing an ammonium-ion supplying material, are separately fed into a reaction vessel; and a solution in the reaction vessel is maintained to have a pH value based on a liquid temperature at 25° C. within a range of 10.0 or higher and 13.0 or lower and a concentration of ammonium ion within a range of 1.0 g/L, or more and 10.0 g/L or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: TANAKA CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuki KATAGIRI, Yasutaka IIDA, Masahiro TAKASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20240010518
    Abstract: A method for producing a lithium metal composite oxide includes charging a substance to be treated from an inlet of a heating facility including a rotary cylinder having the inlet and an outlet, rotating the rotary cylinder around an axis of the rotary cylinder under supply of an oxygen-containing gas to move the substance in a direction toward the outlet and heat the substance, and discharging the heated substance from the outlet, in which the substance includes one of a mixture of a metal composite compound and a lithium compound and a reactant of the metal composite compound and the lithium compound, in a heating region of the heating facility, an average movement distance of the substance where a surface of a layer of the substance is moved is 13 m or more, and a temperature in the heating region is 700 to 900° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventor: Tatsuya HANAFUSA
  • Publication number: 20240010519
    Abstract: A method for producing a lithium metal composite oxide, in which, in a calcining step of calcining a substance to be calcined using calcining means, the substance to be calcined is a mixture of a metal composite compound and a lithium compound or a mixture raw material containing a reactant of the metal composite compound and the lithium compound, a content rate of Li in the substance to be calcined is more than 5 mass % and 10 mass % or less, the calcining means includes an inner wall, a main material of the inner wall is an alloy, the alloy contains Ni and Al, a content rate of the Ni with respect to a total amount of the alloy is 93 mass % or more and 95 mass % or less, and a content rate of the Al with respect to the total amount of the alloy is 3 mass % or more and 5 mass % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventor: Yuki MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240010520
    Abstract: A water sterilizer (60) includes a foreign-material removal filter (61) that removes foreign material in water, a first sterilizer (62) that is disposed downstream of the foreign-material removal filter (61), a first sterile filter (63) that is disposed downstream of the first sterilizer (62), a second sterilizer (64) that is disposed downstream of the first sterile filter (63), and a second sterile filter (65) that is disposed downstream of the second sterilizer (64). The first sterilizer (62) and the second sterilizer (64) sterilize the water by using an ultraviolet ray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Atsushi HAYAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20240010521
    Abstract: A portable liquid filtration device includes a portable housing, an inlet defined on the portable housing and oriented to receive liquid therethrough, an outlet defined on the portable housing and oriented to discharge liquid therethrough, and an ultraviolet (UV) chamber in downstream flow communication with the inlet. The UV chamber includes a UV lamp configured to irradiate the liquid with UV light. The device further includes a mounting assembly for coupling the UV chamber to the housing. The mounting device includes a set of rails coupled to the housing and defining a corresponding rail notch, and a clamp. The clamp includes a first grip arm at a first end of the clamp and a flange at a second end of the clamp. The first grip arm is shaped to secure the UV chamber to the clamp and the flange provides a friction fit between the clamp and the rails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventor: Steven J. Blad
  • Publication number: 20240010522
    Abstract: The invention relates to a screening device in coarse solids chambers in a wastewater treatment plant, which has a coarse solids chamber (1) in which heavier solids will settle directly at the bottom, whereas lighter solids seek to escape through an opening (3) leading to a pumping chamber (2), having a first retention grating (4) positioned covering the opening (3) communicating both chambers (1, 2), on which a cleaning mechanism acts periodically; and a second grating (4) identical to the aforementioned one initially at rest in the upper part, above the water level, where by means of respective movement mechanisms both gratings (4) are interchanged from the resting position to the operating position opposite the opening (3). It also has a cleaning brush mechanism (5) for cleaning the gratings (4) when they are positioned in the upper portion at rest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventor: Carlos J. SÁEZ MARTÍNEZ
  • Publication number: 20240010523
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are generally related to a system and method to remove hydrogen sulfide from sour water and sour oil. Particularly, hydrogen sulfide is removed from sour water and sour oil without the need for special chemicals, such as catalyst chemicals, scavenger chemicals, hydrocarbon sources, or a large-scale facility. The system and method in the present invention is particularly useful in exploratory oil and gas fields, where large facilities to remove hydrogen sulfide may be inaccessible. The present invention addresses the need for safe and cost-effective transport of the deadly neurotoxin. Particular embodiments involve a system and method that can be executed both on a small and large scale to sweeten sour water and sour oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Anschutz Exploration Corporation
    Inventors: Galen Brenize, Jeffrey Blair Morris
  • Publication number: 20240010524
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compounds of Formula (I), their methods of preparation, their methods of regeneration of the compound of Formula (I), and their methods of use for binding perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contaminates from sources of PFAS contaminated water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Anuradha Singh, Jimmie D. Wearver, Richard Lunch, Jacob Solomon
  • Publication number: 20240010525
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are processes for isolating purified water from a waste stream, such as, e.g., a waste stream formed in the manufacture or recycling of batteries, and further e.g., processes for isolating purified water suitable for use in downstream industrial processes from a waste stream generated during delithiation of a lithium metal oxide material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Jack Bender, Tinoush Dinn, William C. Mays, Martin Lawrence Panchula, Dieter G. Von Deak
  • Publication number: 20240010526
    Abstract: A direct water purifier includes a first filter for filtering water introduced through a first flow path; a second filter for receiving the water supplied from the first filter through a second flow path and filtering the same; a first valve disposed in the second flow path to control water flow; a pump disposed in the second flow path to supply water having a predetermined hydraulic pressure or higher to the second filter; a third filter for receiving the water supplied from the second filter through a third flow path and filtering the same; a heating part for receiving the water supplied from the third filter and heating the same to a predetermined temperature; and a flushing valve disposed in a flushing flow path through which concentrated water is discharged from the second filter, wherein the flushing valve is opened during operation of the heating part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: WOONGJIN COWAY Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyoung-Min MOON, Chul-Ho KIM, Hyun-Seok MOON, Hyun-Soo SHIN, Byung-Sun MO, Byoung-Phil LEE
  • Publication number: 20240010527
    Abstract: A water purification and disinfection device is provided, including a cartridge cover, a filter cartridge, and an electrolytic unit. An inlet pipeline, an outlet pipeline, and an electrolytic unit fixing element are provided on the cartridge cover. The electrolytic unit fixing element has a mounting chamber, and a top of the electrolytic unit fixing element is provided with an electric connecting element. The filter cartridge is detachably connected to the cartridge cover, and the filter cartridge being provided with a to-be-filtered zone, a filtration core, and a filtered zone. The electrolytic unit is detachably mounted in the mounting chamber. A water inlet of the electrolytic unit is communicated with the filtered zone. A water outlet of the electrolytic unit is connected to the outlet pipeline, and an electric connecting pin of the electrolytic unit penetrates through the mounting chamber and is connected to the electric connecting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: GUANGZHOU DEPOSON ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianhua ZHONG, Wenying ZHANG, Yufu PAN
  • Publication number: 20240010528
    Abstract: A method of treating an aqueous composition includes immersing a galvanic cell in the aqueous composition to form a treated aqueous composition. The galvanic cell includes an anode including Mg, Al, Fe, Zn, or a combination thereof. The galvanic cell includes a cathode having a different composition than the anode, the cathode including Cu, Ni, Fe, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Carlos Borras, Domald A. Luke
  • Publication number: 20240010529
    Abstract: Methods of treating water having organic contaminants are disclosed. The methods include performing a first treatment on the water effective to oxidize a predetermined amount of the organic contaminant and electrochemically treating the water. The methods include introducing a hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) containing reagent into the water, allowing the H2O2 containing reagent to react with the organic contaminant for a reaction time effective to oxidize a predetermined amount of the organic contaminant, and electrochemically treating the water. Systems for treating water are also disclosed. The systems include an electrochemical cell, a source of an H2O2 containing reagent upstream from the electrochemical cell, and a controller operable to regulate a reaction time of the H2O2 containing reagent in the water and a potential applied to the electrochemical cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Evoqua Water Technologies LLC
    Inventors: SIMON P. DUKES, GEORGE Y. GU, JOSHUA GRIFFIS, YANG CHEN