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Patent App Num. |
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 Sealing die assembly for form fill packaging machine | 20130118117 | 20130516 |
 A sealing die assembly for a form fill packaging machine is disclosed. The sealing die assembly may have a forming station, a loading station, a sealing station, and a cutting station. The sealing station may contain a sealing die box and a sealing die head that come together to secure pieces of packing material around a product. To minimize the amount of scrap that the sealing die assembly produces, the die box may have one or more protrusions that extend in a longitudinal direction and provide surface area. The one or more protrusions may be configured so as not to interfere with the longitudinal spacing of one or more cavities that may be formed in the packing material.
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| Cryogenic reciprocating pump intermediate distance piece | 20130118424 | 20130516 |
 The present invention teaches providing heating elements into the nose of an intermediate distance piece of a cryogenic reciprocating pump in order to warm the piston packing seals of the pump. The heating elements increase the temperature of the piston packing seals to limit deformation of the seals while the pump is in operation. In addition, a warm, dry vapor purge may be provided to the interior of the intermediate distance piece to reduce or eliminate rime from interfering with the piston packing seals.
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| Methods for geosteering a drill bit in real time using surface acoustic signals | 20130118808 | 20130516 |
 Disclosed is an apparatus, method, and program product for steering a drill bit within a pay zone in a lateral well. The method includes receiving acoustic signature data from an acoustic signal analyzing apparatus. The acoustic signature data includes an amplitude spectrum and one or more acoustic characteristics evaluated from an acoustic signal provided by a sensor attached to at least one of a drive shaft and a packing box of a drill rig, and generated in real-time as a result of rotational contact of the drill bit with encountered rock in the lateral well during drilling. The method further includes comparing the received real-time acoustic signature data to predetermined acoustic signatures determined for a plurality of rock samples, and identifying a lithology type of the... |
| Battery pack and electric bike having the same | 20130118825 | 20130516 |
 Provided is an food packing material, manufacturing method. A battery pack and a electrical bike having the same are further provided. In particular, the battery pack may include a battery pack, battery array, a protecting circuit module, and a connection terminal section. The battery case may be formed as cylindrical or polygon. The battery array may include a plurality of batteries formed as multi-stage within the battery pack. The protecting circuit module may be provided between an upper portion of the battery array and an upper surface of the battery pack. A connection terminal portion may be formed at the lower stage of the battery pack and may include a power terminal and a control terminal. By providing the battery pack as bottle shape, the electrical... |
| Connector inspection system | 20130120000 | 20130516 |
 There is provided a connector inspection system. A connector housing to be inspected includes reference flat surfaces formed by straight extending in an insertion direction of a connecting terminal in a top side outer peripheral region of a terminal receiving part so as not to overlap with a mounting range of a packing attachment surface, and an inspection jig includes guide flat surfaces for slidably making surface contact with the reference flat surfaces in the case of inserting a detecting pin into a hole for inspection of the connector housing, and a position and a direction of insertion of the inspection jig into the connector housing are regulated by sliding contact between the reference flat surfaces and the guide flat surfaces.
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| Endodontic obturation system and method | 20130122452 | 20130516 |
| A root canal filling system is provided that allows for better control of temperature delivery, position and/or compaction forces of filling material when sealing root canals. The system comprises a holder and a removable filler material delivery device. The delivery device allows for a thorough and precise heating of the filler material in vivo, provides information related to the position of the filler material at the time of filling, and increases the 3-dimensional packing forces applied to the filler material. The system can additionally include a base unit and/or a plugger. The system (1) analyzes the position of the filler material in the canal prior to heating and packing the filler material, (2) heats the filler material such that the filler material is of a substantially... |
| Process for modifying the properties of citrus pulp | 20130123374 | 20130516 |
| A process is disclosed for modifying citrus fiber. Citrus fiber is obtained having a c* close packing concentration value of less than 3.8 w %, anhydrous basis. The citrus fiber can have a viscosity of at least 1000 mPa·s, wherein said citrus fiber is dispersed in standardized water at a mixing speed of from 800 rpm to 1000 rpm, to a 3 w/w % citrus fiber/standardized water solution, and wherein said viscosity is measured at a shear rate of 5 s−1 at 20 C. Citrus fiber can be obtained having a CIELAB L* value of at least 90. The citrus fiber can be used in food products, feed products, beverages, personal care products, pharmaceutical products or detergent products.
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| Method and apparatus for packing packed data | 20130124831 | 20130516 |
| An apparatus includes an instruction decoder, first and second source registers and a circuit coupled to the decoder to receive packed data from the source registers and to unpack the packed data responsive to an unpack instruction received by the decoder. A first packed data element and a third packed data element are received from the first source register. A second packed data element and a fourth packed data element are received from the second source register. The circuit copies the packed data elements into a destination register resulting with the second packed data element adjacent to the first packed data element, the third packed data element adjacent to the second packed data element, and the fourth packed data element adjacent to the third packed data... |
| Method and apparatus for packing packed data | 20130124835 | 20130516 |
| An apparatus includes an instruction decoder, first and second source registers and a circuit coupled to the decoder to receive packed data from the source registers and to unpack the packed data responsive to an unpack instruction received by the decoder. A first packed data element and a third packed data element are received from the first source register. A second packed data element and a fourth packed data element are received from the second source register. The circuit copies the packed data elements into a destination register resulting with the second packed data element adjacent to the first packed data element, the third packed data element adjacent to the second packed data element, and the fourth packed data element adjacent to the third packed data... |
| Photovoltaic modules for an agricultural greenhouse and method for manufacturing such modules | 20130111810 | 20130509 |
| A photovoltaic module for an agricultural greenhouse includes a front plate, intended to be in contact with the sunlight, a back substrate and an assembly of photovoltaic cells arranged between the front plate and the back substrate. The photovoltaic module has a cell packing factor of substantially between 0.2 and 0.8, and includes at least one layer of a light-cascade doped material enhancing photosynthesis for absorbing the sunlight in at least one range of wavelengths for retransmitting same in at least a second range of wavelengths, enhancing the photosynthesis of at least one plant species.
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| Method and equipment for performing a packing operation in a safe way | 20130111854 | 20130509 |
| Method for performing a packing operation in a safe way at a manual filling station (5) of the packing operation to which manual filling station a packing billet (8) is moved mechanically with the help of a conveyor device (10) and at which station the item (12) to be packed is set manually on top of the packing billet (8). The packing billet (8) is moved to the manual filling station (5) with the help of a conveyor device with which the side edge of the billet is grabbed seen in the direction of the packing billet (8) in such a way that the mentioned edge is separated from the manual filling station (5) with the help of a dividing wall (2) located in the direction... |
| Packing box | 20130112741 | 20130509 |
| A packing box and method of forming a packing box provides a bottom plate, a pair of first side plates which upon final assembly are bent with respect to the bottom plate so as to face each other, a pair of second side plates which upon final assembly are bent with respect to the bottom plate so as to facing each other, and a pair of flaps at both sides of each of the first side plates which upon final assembly are bent with respect to the first side plate. Each of the flaps includes a first flap portion and a second flap portion, and before final assembly, the first flap portion is connected to a first side plate and the second flap portion is connected... |
| Tubular cylinder | 20130112793 | 20130509 |
| A tubular cylinder (2) particularly for handling plastic film webs in connection with production of thin plastic film, e.g. thin packing film, the cylinder (2) including an outer tube (4) with a large number of radial apertures (6) that communicate with an inner tube (8) arranged coaxially relative to the outer tube (4), and which by means of radial longitudinal partitionings (10) is divided into a number of longitudinal curving ducts (12), the inner tube (8) being connected with a tubular duct (14) for the supply of air, the cylinder (2) include bearing means at opposite ends allowing the cylinder (2) to rotate, where the radial nozzle apertures (6) in the outer tube (4) are arranged along two helical lines, and that the helix at one... |
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| Electrode active material composition, method for preparing the same, and electrochemical capacitor using the same | 20130114183 | 20130509 |
| Disclosed herein are an electrode active material composition, a method for preparing the same, and an electrochemical capacitor using the same, the electrode active material composition including: an electrode active material; and a conductive material agglomerate having a size of 1/7 to 1/10 times the average particle size of the electrode active material, the conductive material agglomerate containing two or more kinds of conductive materials agglomerated therein, thereby providing electron moving paths through which electrons can move well and increasing packing density of an electrode active material layer, resulting in increasing capacity.
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| Fully ceramic microencapsulated replacement fuel assemblies for light water reactors | 20130114781 | 20130509 |
| A fully ceramic micro-encapsulated fuel assembly for a light water nuclear reactor includes a set of FCM fuel rods bundled in a square matrix arrangement. Fully ceramic micro-encapsulated fuel assemblies replace standard reference solid fuel assemblies with smaller number of FCM fuel rods that have a larger diameter than the diameter of the solid standard reference fuel rods, while keeping similar amounts of fissile material in the fuel assembly and maintaining comparable rates of burnup and number of EFPDs, and compatible power production, heat transfer and thermo-hydraulic features. A fully ceramic micro-encapsulated fuel rod includes multiple fully ceramic micro-encapsulated fuel pellets, which are comprised of tristructural-isotropic particles. In order to obtain compatible burnup rates with the standard reference fuel, the tristructural-isotropic particles have preferentially large diameter... |
| Pearl packing structure | 20130115463 | 20130509 |
| A pearl packing structure is provided, which is used to pack at least a pearl. A predefined three-dimensional soap body is formed from saponified soap material, and said pearl is covered into a fixed position of the soap body, so the pearl is enclosed by the soap body. Hence, it is possible to realize the concept of environmental protection and improve the added value of the pearl while applying the soap body to keep the body clean more easily.
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| Method and apparatus for packing packed data | 20130117539 | 20130509 |
| An apparatus includes an instruction decoder, first and second source registers and a circuit coupled to the decoder to receive packed data from the source registers and to unpack the packed data responsive to an unpack instruction received by the decoder. A first packed data element and a third packed data element are received from the first source register. A second packed data element and a fourth packed data element are received from the second source register. The circuit copies the packed data elements into a destination register resulting with the second packed data element adjacent to the first packed data element, the third packed data element adjacent to the second packed data element, and the fourth packed data element adjacent to the third packed data... |
| Polyester fabrics for airbag and preparation method thereof | 20130106081 | 20130502 |
| The airbag fabric of the present invention uses a low-modulus polyester fiber having high strength and high elongation to impart good mechanical properties, such as high toughness and high tear strength, and excellences in packing property, dimensional stability, and air sealing performance, thereby minimizing collision impacts on occupants and protecting occupants with safety.
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| Hidden pin type high-power led support and hidden pin type high-power led packaging structure and technology using same | 20130107462 | 20130502 |
| The invention discloses a hidden pin type high-power LED support, which comprises conductive pins and a base for packing the conductive pins, wherein a cavity is formed on the top of the base; a heat sink is fixedly arranged at the bottom of the cavity; the conductive pins pass through the bottom surface of the base; and the bottom surfaces of the conductive pins are parallel and level to the bottom surfaces of the base and the heat sink. The high-power LED support provided by the invention realizes the subsequent automated production of LEDs through a vibration plate smoothly by successfully hiding the conductive pins extended to both sides of an imitated Lumen lamp bead in the prior art in a frame of the base. Moreover,... |
| Process for preparing isocyanates and/or polyisocyanates | 20130109883 | 20130502 |
| The invention relates to a process for preparing isocyanates and/or polyisocyanates by reacting the corresponding amines with phosgene, optionally in the presence of an inert medium, in a reactor (1), a first reactant stream comprising the amine being supplied to the reactor (1) in liquid form, and a second reactant stream comprising the phosgene being supplied to the reactor in gaseous form. The reactor is a centrifugal reactor (1) having a packing (9) which rotates about a central axis (7) in a housing (13), the first reactant stream and the second reactant stream being supplied to the rotating packing (9) such that the reactant streams are mixed due to the centrifugal force in the rotating packing (9) and are transported outward, the mixing in the rotating... |
| Third party advertising on envelopes and boxes | 20130110593 | 20130502 |
| An envelope comprising a rectangular panel having parallel long and short sides with a front outer surface onto which a delivery address is made visible and a reverse side opposite the delivery address side. The envelope includes at least one third party advertising message on its reverse side. Ideally, a stamp cancellation for that envelope can be sold for additional third party advertising messages/promotions. The same applies to shipping boxes, packing boxes of movers and even those box-like containers in which foodstuffs are packaged after preparation.
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| Vacuum packing methods and apparatus for tobacco | 20130098785 | 20130425 |
| Apparatus and methods of packing leaf tobacco preserve the integrity of tobacco, help retain freshness and moisture content of tobacco, and also help eliminate insect infestation. A packing container for leaf tobacco includes a carton, and a flexible, non-porous bag located within the carton. The bag includes a closeable opening through which the bag receives a quantity of tightly packed leaf tobacco. The bag is configured to have air extracted therefrom and to maintain a sub-atmospheric pressure therein.
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| Packing mechanism | 20130098907 | 20130425 |
| A packing mechanism includes a plurality of first connecting members connecting end to end to form a polygon; and a plurality of sidewalls mounted on the first connecting members. Each first connecting member includes a main body, and a fixing portion mounted on an end of the main body. The main body defines at least two latching portions and at least one connecting portion. Each sidewall includes a base body and at least one positioning portion formed at an end of the base body, and the positioning portion latches with the connecting portion of the corresponding first connecting member. The fixing portion engages with one of the latching portions of an adjacent first connecting member; such that a volume of the packing mechanism is adjustable by... |
| Whey protein isolate hydrogels and their uses | 20130101548 | 20130425 |
| A biodegradable hydrogel has been made based on high concentrations of whey protein isolate (WP1). WP1 gels of different compositions were fabricated by thermally inducing gelation of high-concentration suspensions of protein, and characterized for compressive strength and modulus, hydration swelling and drying properties, mechanical behavior change due to polysaccharide additives, and intrinsic pore network structure. The gels were shown to be compatible with bone cells and could be used as bone tissue scaffolds. In addition, WP1 fibers were produced by electrospinning. Several additives could be incorporated into the WPI gels, including structural additives, growth factors, amino acids, etc. The WP1 hydrogels can be made with glycerol to increase flexibility and stability. The hydrogels could be used for tissue regeneration, food protection, controlled-release applications (including drug encapsulation,... |
| Method of thermostabilization of a protein and/or stabilization towards organic solvents | 20130102763 | 20130425 |
| Thermostabilization of a protein where the protein contains access routes and wherein at least one amino acid in the bottleneck of the access route is mutated, includes identifying the amino acids of the bottleneck and the amino acids control exchange of the solvent between a buried protein core and surrounding environment and/or in the packing of the amino acids inside the access route. Modification of the amino acids are determined so that the packing of the amino acids inside the tunnel is improved and the access route prevents access of undesired solvent molecules to the protein core, while allowing passage of the compounds necessary at the protein core to enable the protein to perform its biological function.
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| Tape and reel orientation system | 20130091804 | 20130418 |
| A method and system identify an orientation of a part to be packaged by a tape and reel machine. The method includes identifying a packing slot of the tape and reel machine. The method includes identifying the orientation of the part in the packing slot. The method includes determining whether the orientation of the part in the packing slot matches a predetermined orientation for the part. Additionally, the method includes generating an alert in response to determining that the orientation of the part does not match the predetermined orientation of the part.
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| Brush ring seal | 20130094957 | 20130418 |
| A brush ring seal device for installation within a packing case of a turbine includes: a brush seal carrier having a substantially ring-shaped body portion having a front face, a rear face, an inner circumferential groove, and an outer circumferential groove; a brush seal mounted within the inner circumferential groove of the brush seal carrier; and a ring-shaped spring mounted within the outer circumferential groove of the brush seal carrier. The rear face of the brush seal carrier is coated with an anti-friction coating, thereby allowing movement of the brush ring seal device within the packing case.
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| Sol-gel based antireflective coatings using alkyltrialkoxysilane binders having low refractive index and high durability | 20130095237 | 20130418 |
| Methods and compositions for forming porous low refractive index coatings on substrates are provided. The method comprises coating a substrate with a sol-formulation comprising silica based nanoparticles and an alkyltrialkoxysilane based binder. Use of the alkyltrialkoxysilane based binder results in a porous low refractive index coating having bimodal pore distribution including mesopores formed from particle packing and micropores formed from the burning off of organics including the alkyl chain covalently bonded to the silicon. The mass ratio of binder to particles may vary from 0.1 to 20. Porous coatings formed according to the embodiments described herein demonstrate good optical properties (e.g. a low refractive index) while maintaining good mechanical durability due to the presence of a high amount of binder and a close pore structure.
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| Wound filling apparatuses and methods | 20130096518 | 20130418 |
| Many embodiments of wound filling devices and methods of their use in systems for the application of negative pressure therapy are described herein. In one embodiment, a wound filling device comprises: an inflatable bag member having at least one fluid carrying conduit operably connected thereto to inflate/deflate said bag member; a separate textured covering sock member at least partially covering the inflatable bag member. Another embodiment comprises a three-dimensional wound packing member, and may optionally comprise a plurality of such members linked together. Certain embodiments of wound packing members may comprise a porous bag member adapted to be non-adherent to the wound. Yet other embodiments may comprise a non-porous bag member provided with means to connect a fluid supply to the interior.
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| Downhole device actuator and method | 20130087334 | 20130411 |
| A temperature activated actuator installed on a tubular to actuate an adjacent device may include one or more shape-memory alloy elements. The elements may be coupled between a first portion and a second portion of a device, or the elements may be coupled between the tubular and a portion of the device. The elements are activated by raising the temperature to a transition temperature to cause metallurgical phase transformation, causing the elements to shrink and displace at least a portion of the device. The actuator may be used, for example, to actuate a centralizer from a run-in mode to a deployed mode or, alternately, to actuate a packing member from a run-in mode to an isolating mode. A nickel-titanium alloy, for example, may be used as... |
| Assembly of magnetic capacitor with packaging | 20110013339 | 20110120 |
| An assembly of an magnetic capacitor with a packaging comprises: a magnetic capacitor; two packing electrodes, one of the two end electrodes including an upper magnetic casing installed upon a top surface of the capacitor and a lower magnetic casing installed at a lower surface of the capacitor; each of the upper magnetic casing and the lower magnetic casing being formed with extruding pieces which is arranged around a lateral side of the capacitor; and at least one insulation material for isolating magnetic material is arranged within the magnetic capacitor.
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| Acoustic generator and associated methods and well systems | 20110011576 | 20110120 |
| A well system and associated method can include an acoustic generator which can be used to excite a formation with acoustic waves transmitted from the acoustic generator. Another well system and associated method can include an acoustic generator which can transmit acoustic waves into cement surrounding a casing. Another well system and associated method can include an acoustic generator which can be used to transmit acoustic waves into an annulus surrounding a well screen during or after a gravel packing operation. Another well system and associated method can include an acoustic generator which can be connected in a drill string in close proximity to a drill bit, with the acoustic generator transmitting acoustic waves into a formation ahead of the bit.
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| Process apparatus with output valve and operation thereof | 20110011282 | 20110120 |
| An apparatus is provided for treating a loose fibrous solid organic feedstock. The apparatus includes a reactor vessel and a compressor operable to introduce feedstock at elevated pressure into the reactor chamber. The apparatus includes means for controlling and modulating moisture level within the reactor. The apparatus includes an outflow or discharge assembly that has its own feeder or drive for packing feedstock into a discharge accumulator. The discharge accumulator feeds an outflow valve, in this case a uni-directional rotation ball valve operated by a servo motor. Discharge from the valve may be carried through a diffuser into a settling cyclone. In operation the ball valve is rotated to open and close the outflow passageway, the rate of rotation being variable in real time. The rate... |
| Prescription order packaging system and method | 20110011034 | 20110120 |
| A system for automatically packaging prescription orders composed of one or more prescription containers. The system includes a printer for generating literature associated with each order and a packer for packing the prescription containers and the associated literature into a package. The packer has a scale or other means for determining the weight of the prescription containers. A packer controller calculates package weight information based on the container weight information. The package weight information is transmitted to a mail manifest system, which generates shipping information comprising postage. A labeler applies the shipping information to the package. The packer also includes a loading mechanism for inserting the prescription containers and the literature into the package.
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| Multi-user packing techniques for wireless network | 20110010610 | 20110113 |
| Various example embodiments are disclosed herein. According to an example embodiment, a method may include transmitting a Media Access Control Protocol Data Unit (MAC PDU) via a wireless link to one or more mobile stations, the MAC PDU including a plurality of MAC management messages as a pay load, at least some of the MAC management messages directed to different mobile stations, the KIAC PDU including a MAC header having a connection ID field identifying a connection for all (or at least one, or a plurality) of the MAC management messages included in the MAC PDU.
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| Catalyst layer for fuel cell membrane electrode assembly, fuel cell membrane electrode assembly using the catalyst layer, fuel cell, and method for producing the catalyst layer | 20110008707 | 20110113 |
| A catalyst layer for a fuel cell membrane electrode assembly includes a plurality of agglomerates, adjacent ones of the plurality of agglomerates contacting with each other with pores provided between said adjacent ones of the plurality of agglomerates, each of the plurality of agglomerates being formed by packing a plurality of catalysts each consisting of noble metal fine particles supported on a fiber-like support material, adjacent ones of the plurality of catalysts contacting with each other with pores provided between said adjacent ones of the plurality of catalysts, and each of the plurality of catalysts contacting with a plurality of catalysts other than said each catalyst at a plurality of contact points. This allows providing a catalyst layer, a fuel cell membrane electrode assembly, and a... |
| Mems jetting structure for dense packing | 20110007117 | 20110113 |
| A fluid ejector includes a fluid ejection module having a substrate and a layer separate from the substrate. The substrate includes a plurality of fluid ejection elements arranged in a matrix, each fluid ejection element configured to cause a fluid to be ejected from a nozzle. The layer separate from the substrate includes a plurality of electrical connections, each electrical connection adjacent to a corresponding fluid ejection element.
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| Methods and apparatus to load a valve packing | 20110006242 | 20110113 |
| Methods and apparatus to load a valve packing are described. An example apparatus to load a valve packing includes a load assembly having a biasing element disposed between a valve packing flange and a stop flange to provide a load to a seal assembly. The packing flange is adjustable relative to the stop flange to adjust the load to be applied to the seal. A first guide member coupled to the packing flange or the stop flange provides a first predetermined distance between the packing flange and the stop flange. The first guide member provides an indication of a first predetermined load to be provided by the load assembly when the packing flange and the stop flange are spaced at the first predetermined distance provided by... |
| Apparatus and method for stowing suspension lines | 20110006161 | 20110113 |
| An apparatus for packing a parachute is presented, the apparatus including an expander member extending along a longitudinal axis and having at least a ramp portion that extends in the direction from a first end of the expander member to a second end of the expander member. The ramp portion has an outer surface expanding in perimeter shape from the first end to the second end of the expander member. A channel defined from inner surfaces of the ramp portion extends along the longitudinal axis from an opening at the second end of the expander member towards the first end. The first end of the expander member is configured to engage a substantially unexpanded loop of a stowage device and to expand the perimeter shape of... |
| Packing cushion | 20110005964 | 20110113 |
| A packing cushion for packing an object and accessories thereof is provided. The packing cushioning includes a first packing portion, a second packing portion, and a third packing portion. The first packing portion defines a first accommodating space for receiving accessories of the object. The second and third packing portions are coupled to opposite ends of the first packing portion to corporately form a space. The space is opposite to the first accommodating space, and is configured to receive the object.
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| Tilting and rotating station for use in an automated order-picking system | 20110005897 | 20110113 |
| A system (10) and method for packing an article (20) onto a shipping carrier (26), the article (20) having an arbitrary orientation relative to the conveyor (28) and being transported within an order-picking system on a conveyor (28; 28a, 28b) downstream towards a packing station (22), which includes a packing robot (12) for automatically loading the shipping carrier (26), wherein the article (20) is to be put down with one of its faces (38) onto the shipping carrier (26). The one of the faces can be predetermined arbitrarily, comprising: a rotating station (30), preferably provided in the conveyor (28), and thus dividing the conveyor (28), having a rotation area (42), which is substantially arranged in a plane of the conveyor (28) for receiving an article (20)... |
| Method and device for inserting (tube) bags into cartons | 20110005174 | 20110113 |
| In order to insert packages, particularly bags (10) having fragile packaging goods into containers or cartons (14), the carton (14) is held ready in a packing station (16) such that the bags (10) can be inserted into the carton (14) by means of a delivery device, particularly a pusher (56). In order to create different, ordered formations of the bags (10) within the carton (14), said carton can be moved during the filling or packing process such that the packing formation is created due to a corresponding relative positioning of the carton (14) at a predetermined feed plane.
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| Packing-packaging apparatus | 20110005172 | 20110113 |
| A packing-packaging machine includes: sheet feeding means; a horizontal bonding unit for forming a bag body by forming horizontal bonding on a tubular body at predetermined intervals; and an object dispensing unit for dispensing an object to be packaged to the bag body during a repetition of the formation of the horizontal bonding. The object dispensing unit includes a shutter for opening and closing a falling path of a predetermined amount of the object into the bag body. The shutter is opened and closed such that the predetermined amount of the object and another predetermined amount of the object fall with a spacing therebetween, and that before the horizontal bonding is formed on the bag body packed with the predetermined amount of the object which has... |
| Multi-layer frankfurter loading method | 20110005170 | 20110113 |
| A system and method for multi-layer loading of food items such as frankfurters in a receptacle includes the steps of displacing groupings of frankfurters along a staging area, allowing the frankfurters to drop downwardly by gravity to an accumulation and storage area until at least two layers of frankfurters are accumulated and allowing the double layer of frankfurters to drop downwardly into a packing receptacle in a packing area. The method of the invention is accomplished by providing a lug chain with lugs spaced to group frankfurters in desired groupings on the staging area, a first set of displaceable supports positioned below the lug chain to allow a layer of frankfurters to fall downwardly by gravity to the accumulation and storage area, a second set of... |
| Hierarchical skipping method for optimizing data transfer through retrieval and identification of non-redundant components | 20110004750 | 20110106 |
| A method for optimizing data transfer through retrieval and identification of non-redundant components. Efficiently packing each network transmission block using sequence search criteria. A hierarchical skipping method. Avoidance of sending undesired pieces. Segmentation of each file and object into a hierarchy of pieces in a plurality of types.
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| Multi-streamed method for optimizing data transfer through parallelized interlacing of data based upon sorted characteristics to minimize latencies inherent in the system | 20110004601 | 20110106 |
| A method for optimizing data transfer through parallelized interlacing of data based upon sorted characteristics to minimize latencies inherent in the system. Operating a plurality of threads in parallel on disparate file sizes ordered by an additional thread. Efficient backup of heterogeneous non-volatile mass store to a network attached server. Scalable distribution of backup processes for computing hashes and eliminating duplication. Increased granularity of file pieces to match blocking of file I/O with network transmission. Efficiently packing each network transmission block using sequence search criteria. Avoidance of sending undesired pieces. Segmentation of each file and object into a hierarchy of pieces in a plurality of types.
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| Virtual network embedding method in wireless test-bed network | 20110004456 | 20110106 |
| Provided is a technology for providing an efficient embedding method in virtualizing a wireless test-bed network. In a virtual network embedding method in a wireless test-bed network, at least one packing point is generated in a two-dimensional strip comprised of time and frequency bandwidth, and the best virtual network slice according to the packing point is disposed. To dispose the virtual network slice, a set of packing points on the strip is collected, the suitability of the network slice according to each packing point is determined, and the network slice is disposed such that a left bottom point of the network slice is disposed at a suitable packing point. Accordingly, the length of a TDM super frame in the virtual test-bed network can be minimized.
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| Spaghetti noodle packed in retort pouch and method for preparing the same | 20110003043 | 20110106 |
| Disclosed herein is a method for manufacturing a spaghetti food packaged in a retort pouch, comprising: (a) boiling dry spaghetti noodles in hot water; (b) cooling and dehydrating the boiled spaghetti noodles; (c) spraying oil over the dehydrated spaghetti noodles; (d) packing the oiled spaghetti noodles in a retort pouch; and (e) subjecting the packed spaghetti noodles to multiple retort sterilization under predetermined temperature, time and pressure conditions. The spaghetti noodle product can be stored at room temperature for 12 months or longer without germ growth therein and can be instantly cooked al dente only by microwaving rather than by boiling in water.
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| Sample packing device | 20110002812 | 20110106 |
| Provided is a sample packing device for packing a sample with respect to a microchip for performing reaction of a micro component contained in the sample, the microchip at least including: a sample reservoir; a reaction reservoir; and a channel connected between the sample reservoir and the reaction reservoir, in which a package including a sample chamber packed in advance with the sample is mounted on the microchip so as to pack the sample in the sample chamber into the sample reservoir.
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| Packing case with centring tab, set of cutouts and method for creating such a case | 20110000957 | 20110106 |
| This is a packing case (40), a set of cutouts and a method of obtaining a case comprising a bottom that forms a half-case (41) obtained from a first cutout and a lid formed from a second cutout, the underside of the bottom being equipped with recesses (19, 85, 108, 109, 110, 111) and the lid comprising at least two tabs (33, 43, 54, 55, 56, 57, 73, 74, 75, 88) bonded onto its top face, in vertical alignment with the recesses of complementary shape. The lid comprises a central panel (20, 37) equipped on its sides with four lateral panels (21, 22, 23, 24, 77, 79, 81) of which two (21, 23) are equipped with end flaps (27, 28, 29, 30) said tabs each being... |
| Clay stabilization with nanoparticles | 20110000672 | 20110106 |
| A treating fluid may contain an effective amount of a particulate additive to stabilize clays, such as clays in a subterranean formation, by inhibiting or preventing them from swelling and/or migrating, where the particulate additive is an alkaline earth metal oxide, alkaline earth metal hydroxide, alkali metal oxide, alkali metal hydroxide, transition metal oxide, transition metal hydroxide, post-transition metal oxide, post-transition metal hydroxide, piezoelectric crystal, and/or pyroelectric crystal. The particle size of the magnesium oxide or other agent may be nanometer scale, which scale may provide unique particle charges that help stabilize the clays. These treating fluids may be used as treatment fluids for subterranean hydrocarbon formations, such as in hydraulic fracturing, completion fluids, gravel packing fluids and fluid loss pills. The carrier fluid used in... |
| Flow passage control mechanism for microchip | 20110000561 | 20110106 |
| A channel control mechanism for a microchip has a laminated structure formed of members including elastic members, and includes: a sample reservoir for packing a sample therein; a reaction reservoir in which mixture and reaction of the sample are performed; and a channel formed in a middle layer of the laminated structure, for bringing the sample reservoir and the reaction reservoir into communication with each other. The channel control mechanism performs the reaction and analysis in such a manner that the sample is delivered into the reaction reservoir through the channel. A shutter channel (pressurizing channel) is provided in a layer different from a layer in which the channel is formed so that the pressurizing channel partially overlaps the channel. The channel is closed through applying... |
| Cassette and apparatus for packing disposable objects into an elongated tube of flexible material | 20110000172 | 20110106 |
| A cassette (3) for dispensing bags from an elongated tubing (32) comprising an annular receptacle (38) accommodating a length of tubing (32) in an accumulated condition. An annular opening at an upper end of the annular receptacle (38) is for dispensing the tubing (32). The annular receptacle (38) defines a central opening (34) through which a knotted end (40) of the tubing (32) passes to form a bag supported by the annular receptacle (38) with disposable objects passing through the circular central opening (34) to be received in the bag, and a clearance (41) only at a bottom of the central opening (34).
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| Supply group of a packing band from reels, with an automatic change of the reel, for object-packing machines | 20110000169 | 20110106 |
| The supply group of a packing band from reels, with an automatic change of the reel, for an object-packing machine, comprises a supply track (13) along which the packing band runs to the zone of use(45) thereof, means for transversally cutting (14) the band (11) located at a start of the supply track, means (17A) for supporting a first reel (12A) of the band (11A) of slim packing material and means (17B) for supporting a second reel (12B) of band (11B) of slim packing material. The group comprises a first entry track (20A) of the first band (11A) from the first reel (12A) to the supply track (13), a second entrance track (20B) of the second band (11B) from the second reel (12B) to the supply... |
| Processor and control method for processor | 20100332803 | 20101230 |
| A processor includes a storage unit storing an instruction, an instruction extension information register that includes a first area and a second area, an instruction decoding unit that decodes a first prefix instruction including first extension information extending an immediately following instruction written to the first area when the first prefix instruction is executed, and that decodes a second prefix instruction including the first extension information and a second extension information extending an instruction after two instructions written to the second area respectively, an instruction packing unit that generates a packed instruction including at least one of the first prefix instruction or the second prefix instruction, and the instruction immediately following the first prefix instruction or the second prefix instruction when the instruction decoding unit decodes... |
| Unpacking packed data in multiple lanes | 20100332794 | 20101230 |
| Receiving an instruction indicating first and second operands. Each of the operands having packed data elements that correspond in respective positions. A first subset of the data elements of the first operand and a first subset of the data elements of the second operand each corresponding to a first lane. A second subset of the data elements of the first operand and a second subset of the data elements of the second operand each corresponding to a second lane. Storing result, in response to instruction, including: (1) in first lane, only lowest order data elements from first subset of first operand interleaved with corresponding lowest order data elements from first subset of second operand; and (2) in second lane, only highest order data elements from second... |
| Titanium alloy | 20100329919 | 20101230 |
| A titanium base alloy powder having lesser amounts of aluminum and vanadium with an alkali or alkaline earth metal being present in an amount of less than about 200 ppm. The alloy powder is neither spherical nor angular and flake shaped. 6/4 alloy is specifically disclosed having a packing fraction or tap density between 4 and 11%, as is a method for making the various alloys.
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| Memory controller and memory system using the same | 20100328330 | 20101230 |
| According to an aspect of embodiment, a memory controller for controlling a memory having areas of data unit of K bits, includes a data mapping unit dividing N bits of data, where N is not a multiple of K, into K bits and (N−K) bits, and in regard to L pieces of the data, arranging L K-bit data into L data units, and arranging L (N−K)-bit data into M (M=L×(N−K)/K) data units by packing; and an access control unit access-controlling the memory to access the L K-bit data as L data units, and access-controlling the memory to access the packed L (N−K)-bit data as M data units.
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| Semiconductor with bottom-side wrap-around flange contact | 20100327448 | 20101230 |
| A packaging technique for electronic devices includes wafer fabrication of flexible contacts on the bottom surface of the substrate underneath the active circuit. Inherently reliable contacts suitable for a variety of devices can be formed via a simple fabrication process with good wafer packing density. For one embodiment, a trench is formed from the back of the substrate, exposing an upper conductive layer on the top surface. A standoff is formed on the bottom surface of the substrate. A lower conductive layer is formed that runs from and electrically connects with the exposed portion of the upper conductive layer onto the substrate standoff. The standoff is removed, releasing the formed conductors, resulting in a flexible contact.
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| Packaging of confectionery items | 20100327046 | 20101230 |
| Packaging of a stack of confectionery pellets having a longitudinal axis extending through all the pellets in the stack comprises a sheet wrapper that encases the stack. The wrapper is formed into a side wall portion which encircles the stack about the longitudinal axis and two end cap regions, each end cap region enclosing a respective axial end of the stack. A tear guide to assist a user in opening the packaging extends about the axis and is positioned at least partially within one of the end cap regions. The tear guide may be defined by lines of weakness in the wrapper which may be formed by laser etching. A method of packing a stack of confectionery items is also disclosed.
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| Package and process for producing thermoplastic resin film | 20090326160 | 20091231 |
| The compound is taken out of the bag and is then added to a thermoplastic resin which may be the same as or different from the thermoplastic resin as the main component of the bag to obtain a composition; and the composition is formed into a thermoplastic resin film. In this regard, no paper chip arises even if the bag containing the above-described compound is roughly opened with a cutter or the like, and thus, occurrence of fish eye gels in the film can be suppressed when the film is formed of the composition comprising the thermoplastic resin and the above-described compound.
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| Silicone rubber composition | 20090326122 | 20091231 |
| A silicone rubber composition, which comprises 100 parts by weight of a vinyl group-introduced methylfluoroalkylvinyl-based silicone rubber obtained by copolymerization of a dimethylsiloxane copolymerization unit as the main component with 5-50% by mole of a methylfluoroalkylsiloxane copolymerization unit, and 0.2-8 parts by weight of an organic peroxide. When silica is used as a filler, it is desirable to use a surfactant for silica, and water at the same time. The present silicone rubber composition can give distinguished low-temperature characteristics and blister resistance, and thus can be used for seal materials directed to high-pressure hydrogen gas storage tanks, for example, to storage under 70 MPa, and particularly as suitable vulcanization-molding materials for O-rings, packings, gaskets, oil seals, valves, etc. High-pressure gases for storage are not limited only... |
| Gas-barrier containers | 20090324865 | 20091231 |
| A gas-barrier container having at least one gas-barrier layer, characterized in that the gas-barrier layer is made of a cured epoxy resin obtained by curing an epoxy resin composition mainly comprising an epoxy rein and a curing agent for epoxy resin and that the cured epoxy resin contains the skeletal structure of formula (1) in an amount of 30 wt % or above. The gas-barrier container exhibits high gas-barrier properties and a low environmental load by virtue of the use of a non-halogen gas-barrier material and is advantageous in economical efficiency and workability in production steps and excellent in interlaminar strength, gas-barrier properties under high humidity, impact resistance, and resistance to retorting, thus being usable as container for foods or drinks, packing material for drugs, and... |
| Order-picking system having a rack transport unit and method for operating such a system | 20090324378 | 20091231 |
| An order-picking system and method includes a pallet warehouse (12), preferably in terms of a high-bay warehouse, being used as a supply warehouse dedicated to a plurality of, preferably different, packing units (40) which are stored, preferably by one sort only, on pallets (14) in the pallet warehouse (12); a tray warehouse (24) which is used as a picking buffer for supplying connected order-picking stations with packing units (40), wherein trays (38) are stored in the tray warehouse which have been loaded with a pallet layer of packing units (40) before; a conveyor (22) which transports from the pallet warehouse to the tray warehouse trays (38) which are respectively loaded with a pallet layer of packing units, particularly across longer distances; and at least a rack-transport... |
| Container for viscous cosmetic | 20090324321 | 20091231 |
| A container for a viscous cosmetic includes a cylindrical receiving body, a lid body detachably connected to the upper end of the receiving body, a rotation body connected and placed in the receiving body in a rotatable manner, a screw shaft placed at the center of the rotation body, an inner tray attached to the outer periphery of the screw shaft by means of screw thread and whose outer periphery is placed so as to be slidable on and in intimate contact with the inner surface of the receiving body, and an annular packing placed in an intimate contact relation around the surface on the screw thread connection section side of the inner tray and whose inner peripheral end surface is placed so as to be... |
| Semiconductor with bottom-side wrap-around flange contact | 20090321930 | 20091231 |
| A packaging technique for electronic devices includes wafer fabrication of flexible contacts on the bottom surface of the substrate underneath the active circuit. Inherently reliable contacts suitable for a variety of devices can be formed via a simple fabrication process with good wafer packing density. For one embodiment, a trench is formed from the back of the substrate, exposing an upper conductive layer on the top surface. A standoff is formed on the bottom surface of the substrate. A lower conductive layer is formed that runs from and electrically connects with the exposed portion of the upper conductive layer onto the substrate standoff. The standoff is removed, releasing the formed conductors, resulting in a flexible contact.
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| Packing container and assembling method thereof | 20090321505 | 20091231 |
| A packing container includes: an outer case; a partition member disposed inside the outer case; and a pair of holding plates connected to upper edges of a pair of side plates of the outer case and inserted into the inside of the outer case, the pair of holding plates holding the partition member.
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| Arrangement in packing of sheet material such as paper | 20090321293 | 20091231 |
| This invention relates to an arrangement for packaging sheet material such as paper intended for printing or photo-copying use, in which arrangement a set of paper sheets (3) is placed within a continuous protective package (1). Inside the protective package (1) there is at least one handle (4), which is placed essentially around all of the paper sheets (3) in the package.
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| Fabric for packing | 20090321205 | 20091231 |
| Fabric for packing an object, wherein the fabric is flat, is not sewn into shape, and has in unfolded condition, the shape of a symmetrical cross. Further, it is of a textile material and is provided with straps on one side. At least some of the straps are for tightening, in such a way that the packing is of a size matching the packed object.
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| Packer insert for sealing on multiple items used in a wellbore | 20090321066 | 20091231 |
| A packer insert for sealing multiple items used in a wellbore includes an elastomeric member having one or more channels configured to seal on the multiple items when compressed by a packing unit, wherein the elastomeric member is made of a material selected from rubber, an elastomer, and a composite material, and wherein the packer insert is not affixed to a pressure control apparatus having the packing unit disposed therein. The packer insert is axially fixed to at least one of the multiple items.
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| Manufacturing machine of packing material inflated with air | 20090321020 | 20091231 |
| The present invention is applied to a shock-absorbing packing material inflated by air and relates to an apparatus for manufacturing the shock-absorbing packing material, polystyrene plastic that is used now as a shock-absorbing material becomes difficult to use because of environmental pollution, so that a shock-absorbing means that are formed by compiling plastic films or sheets, bonding them using heat or high frequency, and then inflating it by injecting air are used. However, it was difficult to develop an apparatus for manufacturing these shock-absorbing means, so that apparatuses that substantially have economical efficiency were not in the market. Accordingly, the invention provides an apparatus for manufacturing a shock-absorbing material with economical efficiency, which improves productivity without looseness or extension, although plastic sheet or films rolled on... |
| System and method for measuring or characterizing properties of ultra-fine or cohesive powders using vibrations | 20090320588 | 20091231 |
| The present disclosure provides for systems and methods for measuring and/or characterizing properties of ultra-fine or cohesive powders. More particularly, the present disclosure provides for systems and methods for measuring and/or characterizing packing density and/or flowability of ultra-fine or cohesive powders using vibrations. In one embodiment, the present disclosure provides for systems and methods for improved characterization or specification of powder or packing density as a function of consolidation stress. In an exemplary embodiment, the present disclosure also provides for systems and methods for improved characterization or definition of a parameter which indicates the flow property of the powder.
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| Method of folding a sheet of packing material about a group of cigarettes | 20090320414 | 20091231 |
| A method of folding a sheet (2) of packing material about a group (3) of cigarettes; the method includes the steps of: bringing a first end wall (8a) of the group (3) of cigarettes into contact with the flat sheet (2) of packing material, so that the major transverse edges (10) of the group (3) of cigarettes are parallel to the long sides of the sheet (2) of packing material; folding the sheet (2) of packing material into a U about the major transverse edges (10) of the first end wall (8a), so that the sheet (2) of packing material partly covers both the major lateral walls (6) of the group (3) of cigarettes; folding the sheet (2) of packing material about the minor transverse edges... |
| Buoyage and environmental monitoring instrument for use on regatta courses, comprising an inflatable pneumatic platform and a modular mast which can be folded and transported in a reduced-size compact packing container | 20090318040 | 20091224 |
| The present invention relates to an instrument for marking and environmental monitoring in regatta courses. Incorporated by inflatable pneumatic platform and modular mast, foldable and transportable in compact packing of reduced size. It is intended to simultaneously define the area of conducting such nautical trials, at the same time as the environmental conditions thereof are characterized, in both meteorological and oceanographic terms. The system comprises an inflatable pneumatic float (1) and a support structure—mast—(2), which serves to hold the meteorological (3) and oceanographic (6) instrumentation, as well as the group of elements intended for communications (4), electromechanical components (5) and anchorage system (7). The marked modular level and reduced weight thereof, allow handling from craft of reduced cargo-carrying capacity without the help of additional infrastructures, which... |
| Refuse vehicle packing system | 20090317219 | 20091224 |
| The present disclosure is directed to a refuse collection vehicle including a vehicle body for receiving, compacting, transporting and ejecting refuse materials of a type using a packer panel that operates reciprocally along in said vehicle body with a connected follower panel in which the receiving and packing arrangement enables refuse to be deposited into a receiving section or area at any time regardless of the reciprocal position of the packer panel and which includes an efficient, low maintenance wiper member design in conjunction with a follower panel attached to the packer panel such that the top surface of both the follower panel and the packer panel are cleaned or swept off during the return or retraction stroke of the packer panel.
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| Micro air-vehicle transport container and launch system | 20090314882 | 20091224 |
| A Micro Air-Vehicle (MAV) starting system that provides the combined functions of: packing protection of sensitive vehicle components, a mechanical starting assembly, and a launch pad. The preferred embodiment comprises a container and a container lid with the MAV clamped to the lid. Also disposed on the container lid is a starting assembly. The lid which doubles as a launching pad with the attached MAV is removed from the container, placed on the ground, the MAV is started with the starting mechanism and launched. The arrangement minimizes the physical risk to the operator, minimizes weight of the total MAV system, consumes minimum space in the operators transport system, and eliminates dependence on supply lines for battery replacement or charging.
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| Thermoelectric conversion material and method of producing the same | 20090314324 | 20091224 |
| A thermoelectric conversion material wherein at least a part of the insulating material contained in the thermoelectric conversion material has a particle size not larger than a mean free path of the phonons in the insulating material or wherein a dispersion gap of the insulating material is not larger than a mean free path of the phonons in the thermoelectric conversion material, and a method of producing the thermoelectric conversion material comprising the steps of forming composite nano particles by reducing and precipitating starting particles of a thermoelectric conversion material on the nano particles constituted by an insulating material, followed by a heat treatment to coat the nano particles with the thermoelectric conversion material; and packing and sintering the composite nano particles.
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| Lightweight, portable cooking stove | 20090314274 | 20091224 |
| A small, lightweight, portable cooking stove that utilizes alcohol as fuel and is suitable for backpacking, hunting, camping and similar activities. The cooking stove includes a combustion chamber which encloses, contains and regulates the entire combustion process. The stove also includes an efficient fuel vaporizer, which is adapted to perform in unison with the combustion chamber, to effect the metered and efficient mixing of the air and fuel vapor. An integral, simple and convenient means is provided to vary the intensity and pattern of the heat output, thereby controlling the cooking performance of the stove. The stove achieves high heat output and efficiency, low fuel consumption, and superior cooking performance in a small, lightweight, portable, convenient, simple and integrated assembly.
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| Lightweight, portable cooking stove | 20090314273 | 20091224 |
| A small, lightweight, portable cooking stove that utilizes alcohol as fuel and is suitable for backpacking, hunting, camping and similar activities. The cooking stove includes a combustion chamber which encloses, contains and regulates the entire combustion process. The stove also includes an efficient fuel vaporizer, which is adapted to perform in unison with the combustion chamber, to effect the metered and efficient mixing of the air and fuel vapor. An integral, simple and convenient means is provided to vary the intensity and pattern of the heat output, thereby controlling the cooking performance of the stove. The stove achieves high heat output and efficiency, low fuel consumption, and superior cooking performance in a small, lightweight, portable, convenient, simple and integrated assembly.
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| Twin layer packaging machine | 20090313953 | 20091224 |
| A twin layer packaging machine is disclosed for packing cartons with articles such as beverage cans in two layers, a top layer overlying a bottom layer. The packaging machine has a selector flight defining selector bays, a can flight defining can bays, and a carton flight transporting cartons to be packed, all synchronously movable with each other. A single infeed assembly at the upstream end of the machine directs first groups of cans into selector bays on the selector flight, sweeps them into adjacent can bays, and directs second groups of cans into the same selector bays, all on the same level. The selector flight and the second groups of cans in its selector bays then ramps up to an elevated level, from where the second... |
| Custom packaging solution for arbitrary objects | 20090313948 | 20091224 |
| A method of producing a custom packaging system for arbitrary objects. A first image of an object to be packaged is received via an electronic user interface. Information relating to the material properties of the object may be received as well via the interface. A three dimensional size for the object is determined. At least one package for the object is automatically selected. Based on the material properties, a packing material type is automatically determined. Based upon the size and the selected package, a packing material amount is determined. Further printing options are permitted.
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| Trace compression method for debug and trace interface of microprocessor | 20090313460 | 20091217 |
| The present invention proposed a trace compression method for a debug and trace interface of a microprocessor, in which the debug and trace interface is associated with a plurality of registers for storing data. The trace compression method comprises the steps of: (1) finding register content of each of the registers in a first cycle and register content of each of the registers in a second cycle, in which the second cycle is next to the first cycle; (2) calculating difference of the register content of each of the registers in the second cycle and the register content of each of the registers in the first cycle; and (3) packing the differences of the register contents into data trace packets, in which the differences of the... |
| Nano-sized particles for formation fines fixation | 20090312201 | 20091217 |
| A treating fluid may contain an effective amount of a particulate additive to fixate or reduce fines migration, where the particulate additive is an alkaline earth metal oxide alkaline earth metal hydroxide, alkali metal oxides, alkali metal hydroxides transition metal oxides, transition metal hydroxides, post-transition metal oxides, post-transition metal hydroxides piezoelectric crystals and pyroelectric crystals. The particle size of the magnesium oxide or other agent may be nanometer scale, which scale may provide unique particle charges that help fixate the formation fines. These treating fluids may be used as treatment fluids for subterranean hydrocarbon formations, such as in hydraulic fracturing, completion fluids, gravel packing fluids and fluid loss pills. The carrier fluid used in the treating fluid may be aqueous, brine, alcoholic or hydrocarbon-based.
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| Medium access control protocol data unit overhead improvements | 20090310533 | 20091217 |
| An apparatus comprising a controller configured to pack a plurality of Service Data Units (SDUs) from a plurality of connections associated with a Mobile Station (MS) into a single Medium Access Control (MAC) Protocol Data Unit (PDU). In various embodiments, the controller may be further configured to generate a Generic MAC Header (GMH) that indicates that a plurality of Service Data Units (SDUs) from a plurality of connections associated with a Mobile Station (MS) have been packed into the MAC PDU. In some embodiments, the controller may be further configured to generate, for each SDU, an associated Extended Packing Sub-Header (EPSH). The apparatus further comprising a memory configured to store MAC PDU. The apparatus also comprising a wireless transceiver configured to transmit the MAC PDU.
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| Rotation angle detection device | 20090309585 | 20091217 |
| A rotation angle detection device comprises a rotor (120) attached to a measurable rotation body (Sh) for rotating with the measurable rotation body to be measured a rotation angle, and comprising a magnet (110) that a magnetic flux density around the measurable rotation body is changed thereby in response to the rotation angle of the measurable rotation body; a stator (130) to be attached as independent of the rotation of the measurable rotation body; a detection element ((150) (151-154)) fixed on the stator for detecting a change in magnetic flux density due to the magnet in response to the rotation of the measurable rotation body; and a case for packing the rotor, the stator and the detection element. By detecting the rotation angle of the measurable... |
| Methods and system for removing impurities from heavy fuel | 20090308812 | 20091217 |
| A method of removing impurities from heavy fuel includes providing a first stationary adsorption column. The method further includes packing adsorbent particles that have a particle size distribution wherein at least about 50% of the particles have a diameter greater than about 18 microns in the first column. The method further includes diluting heavy fuel with a solvent to form a solvent-fuel mixture, and supplying the solvent-fuel mixture through the first column to facilitate removing impurities from the mixture.
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| Process and device for converting biomass to gaseous products | 20090308726 | 20091217 |
| A device for converting biomass with a water content of at least 50% to gaseous products includes a reactor filled at least partially with a packing including at least one filler body for accommodating supercritical water and a hydrothermal molten salt. A heater is arranged to heat up the reactor and its content. A first feeding pipe is coupled to the reactor to feed water and salt solution into the reactor. A second feeding pipe is coupled to the reactor to feed to biomass into the reactor. A discharge pipe is coupled to the reactor to discharge gaseous products from the reactor. An outlet is proved in the bottom of the reactor for removing portions of the molten salt.
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| Method and apparatus for modifying flow | 20090308619 | 20091217 |
| Disclosed herein are apparatuses and methods for packing off or choking a radial flow port through a tubular. In some embodiments, the apparatuses and methods comprise a support element and a polymeric element surrounding the support element. The polymeric element closes or chokes the radial flow port when contacted with the tubular.
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| Electromagnetic flowmeter | 20090308176 | 20091217 |
| To ensure, with ease, airtightness of an internal cavity when connecting a shielded lead lines to the outside. Tubes are installed on the portions of shields of lead lines positioned at through passages of a packing. An adhesive agent is caused to flow between the tubes and the shields, to bond therebetween. Doing so maintains an airtight seal through the adhesive agent (an adhesive agent that is caused to penetrate the spaces in the meshes of the shields, and hardened therein) between the shields and the inner peripheral surfaces of the tubes of the lead lines through the inner peripheral surfaces of the through passages of the packing and the outer peripheral surfaces of the tubes of the lead lines being tightly sealed.
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| Very low packing density ceramic abrasive grits and methods of producing and using the same | 20090307985 | 20091217 |
| Producing and using very low packing density ceramic abrasive grits comprising various fused aluminum oxide materials with or without other oxide additives, fused aluminum oxide-zirconium oxide co-fusions with or without other oxide additives, or sintered sol gel aluminum oxide materials with or without other oxide additives where the ceramic abrasive grains are preferably made by crushing bubbles of the material.
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| Air evacuative binding type air packing bag and packing method using the same | 20080313996 | 20081225 |
| In an air evacuative binding type air packing bag and a packing method using the same, an air cylinder is bended to form a first cushioning wall and a second cushioning wall, two sides of the first cushioning wall and the second cushioning wall are adhered to each other to form an accepting space. Next, an article is placed in the accepting space, and air in the accepting space is then evacuated to allow the first cushioning wall and the second cushioning wall to bind the article up to retain the article in the accepting space and not to be shaken with the air packing bag.
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| Structure of air-packing device | 20080314783 | 20081225 |
| An air-packing device inflatable by compressed air for protecting a product, where the air-packing device is used in a pair to securely hold the product for protection. The air-packing device is configured by an inflated portion that has a plurality of air containers, each of the air container having a check valve that prevents reverse flow of air, an uninflated portion that is not filled with compressed air, an air input commonly connected to the plurality of check valves to supply the compressed air to the air cells through the check valves. The plurality of air containers create an enclosure structure to surround one end of the product to be protected, and the uninflated portion is flipped inside the enclosure structure to create a pouch portion... |
| Flat uv light source | 20080315132 | 20081225 |
| A flat UV light source has a tight packing of UV light-emitting diodes (56) that are arranged in a matrix. These light-emitting diodes are cooled by cooling air flows (66) or by cooling water flows.
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| Image encoding apparatus and image decoding apparauts, and control method thereof | 20080317362 | 20081225 |
| An image encoding apparatus generate encoded data having a fixed length L which is less than or equal to m×n bits and an integral multiple of 32 by m×n pixel block, while resolution information and color information are excellently maintained. For this purpose, a block generation unit inputs image data by m×n pixels. A 2-color extraction unit extracts representative colors C0 and C1 from the input block image data. An identification information detection unit generates m×n items of identification information each identifying each pixel in the block as a pixel approximate to one of the colors C0 and C1. An identification information deletion unit deletes the items of identification information in corresponding positions based on a deletion pattern stored in a deletion pattern memory. A packing... |
| Packaging system with dunnage delivery assembly | 20080307756 | 20081218 |
| A packaging system (10) and method for supplying and distributing dunnage products to multiple packing stations (14, 16) is characterized by a supply of dunnage products (12), a plurality of packing stations (14, 16), and a distribution assembly (20) that selectively distributes the dunnage products from the supply (12) to selected ones of the packing stations (14, 16). The supply of dunnage (12) may include a converter (22) that converts sheet stock material into a relatively less dense dunnage product. The distribution assembly (20) includes a conveyor (40), an alignment device (50) downstream of the conveyor (40), and a tiltable dunnage product support surface (60) below the alignment device (50). The alignment device (50) controls the descent of a dunnage product therethrough to the support surface... |
| Precision hoe opener with draft force compensation | 20080308023 | 20081218 |
| A precision hoe opener assembly is provided with improved accuracy of seeding as well as improved control over the opener and packer wheel assemblies. The opener assembly includes a hydraulically-driven parallel linkage assembly, a swing link, a ground engaging tool, and a packer wheel. The design provides improved seeding accuracy, by compensating for changes in draft force caused by changes in terrain elevation. The swing link allows the cylinder to compensate for the forces applied to the ground engaging tool, thereby providing a substantially constant packing force to the soil beneath the packing wheel.
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| Processing apparatus and method of operation thereof | 20080308433 | 20081218 |
| A manufacturing facility includes a storage facility and a production facility. Workpieces are located in the storage facility in temporary storage accommodations, and are moved between the storage facility and stations in the production facility by mobile carrier units. The temporary storage accommodations may be units having a generally circular lading envelope, and an hexagonal optimal packing density. The optimal packing density is such that supports for the accommodation units lies outside the lading envelope circle, but within the corner regions of the hexagons of the packing density pattern. The accommodation units have lifting fittings that are accessible from the corners of the hexagons, whether the same as those of the supports, or different ones. The mobile carrier units may be automated guided vehicles. The guided... |
| Drawer type packing box | 20080308615 | 20081218 |
| A pull type packing box comprises inner and outer containers. The outer container is a tube type box for receiving the inner container like a drawer. The outer container is provided with handles and performs the function of a shopping bag. As the outer container partially exposes a head portion of the inner container, a user can grasp the head portion to open the inner container, and information about an article can be printed on the exposed head portion. The strength of the mouth part of the outer container is increased so that the mouth part does not bend and the outer appearance of the packing box is not deteriorated. The outer container generates appropriate frictional force so that the drawer is not excessively opened and... |
| Packing seal and piston comprising such a packing seal | 20080309021 | 20081218 |
| A packing seal for the piston of a reciprocating engine can be inserted into a circumferential groove of the piston and is provided with three segment rings that adjoin each other in an axial direction, i.e. a second (lower) segment ring, a first (top) segment ring thereabove, and a conical pressure securing ring above the first segment ring. The second (lower) segment ring is characterized in that the ends of the seal segments and the lock parts which adjoin each other in the peripheral direction radially engage behind one another in a hook-like manner, the seal segments being provided with an inward-pointing hook and the lock parts being equipped with an outward-pointing hook.
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| Audio stream processing method, playback apparatus, and output apparatus | 20080310647 | 20081218 |
| According to one embodiment, the invention is made to generate time information, when no time information is appended to a header of a data unit obtained by packing a plurality of audio streams upon transferring that data unit. To this end, data obtained by packing a plurality of audio streams together with playback time information (PTS) is transferred as data of one unit. When no PTS is appended to the header (header HDR of UNITb) of the data of one unit, new time information is calculated from time information immediately before the HDR of UNITb.
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| Casein producing method and a device for carrying out said method | 20080311269 | 20081218 |
| The inventive method consists in separating unpasteurised cow milk in a separator, wherein a skimmed milk and fats are separated. Said method is characterized in that it consists in pasteurising said skimmed milk in a pasteuriser at a determined temperature, in cooling said milk and conveying it to an intermediate balance tank from which the milk is supplied to a micro-filtering membrane-type filter for dividing it into casein and whey proteins, in supplying the separated casein protein to a membrane-type ultrafiltration-defiltration filter, wherein the concentrated product is transferred to a drier for drying, and in cooling and packing the thus produced water-soluble casein flour.
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| Method of separating a peptidoglycan recognition protein from a hemolymph tenebrio molitor larvae | 20080312408 | 20081218 |
| Provided is a method of separating a peptidoglycan-recognition protein from the hemolymph of Tenebrio molitor larvae, the method including: (a) preparing an affinity chromatography column by packing a column with a resin bound with at least one synthetic peptidoglycan; (b) applying the hemolymph of Tenebrio molitor larvae to the affinity chromatography column; (c) applying a mobile phase to the affinity chromatography column to obtain a peptidoglycan-recognition protein-containing solution eluted from the affinity chromatography column; and (d) purifying a peptidoglycan-recognition protein from the eluted solution.
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| Combined tamping tool and packing follower | 20080301924 | 20081211 |
| A combined tamping tool and packing follower, wherein a cylindrical sleeve having a threaded outer surface is threaded through a packing gland for compressing a packing set, wherein each seal ring of the packing set is sequentially pressed into a stuffing box using the sleeve to seat each ring, whereupon the sleeve is fixed to function as a packing follower. The sleeve includes a nose portion for pressing the rings into the stuffing box, an interior seal, drain holes, and wrench engaging apertures.
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| Nail clipper with clippings-catcher | 20080301946 | 20081211 |
| The rubber packing behind the blades of the nail clipper catches the scattering nails, thus preventing it from leaving the compartment between the blades and the rubber surrounding in a circular fashion. This approach saves time and effort tracing nail scatters after nail clipper use.
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| Fixture for hand-packing of cartons | 20080302065 | 20081211 |
| An apparatus is disclosed for use in packing containers into a carton, the apparatus including a base defining a support surface having a width substantially equal to the width of the carton bottom wall, a longitudinal stop disposed at an end edge of the support surface, a lateral stop disposed at a side edge of the support surface, and a corner edge stop. A corner edge stop support connects the corner edge stop to the base and positions the corner edge stop such that the distance between the corner edge stop and the support surface is substantially equal to the carton side wall widths.
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| Expandable packer system | 20080302543 | 20081211 |
| The expandable casing packing element systems for cased and open-hole wellbores include an expandable casing member having a sealing device comprising a sealing element disposed between at least two retainer rings. In one embodiment, both retainer rings have flat cross-sections and the sealing element is forced radially outward by the expansion of the expandable casing against the two retainer rings such that the sealing element protrudes outwardly beyond the retainer rings and engages the wall of a wellbore in three locations. In another embodiment, both of the two retainer rings include flares that extend outwardly from the body of the expandable casing to which they are attached. As the expandable casing is expanded, the flares are forced inward to compress the sealing element which is then... |
| Check stand with a two belted input and a slidable scanner | 20080302607 | 20081211 |
| This invention provides a high-volume check stand with a front transport that has two belted input conveyors so that a customer can load one belt while the cashier is checking out products purchased by a second customer on the second belt. This two belt module has a flush rear end to which is attached a scanner that can be slid from one belt to the other. Preferably this check stand has an output module which has two belts and two rollers so that the check stand can use a bagger on each side for bagging the items, to speed checkout time. Embodiments of this check stand may have an output module that is a carousel or a turntable. It could also have any combination of one... |
| Non-bolt joint structure and method for producing non-bolt joint structure | 20080303277 | 20081211 |
| A non-bolt joint structure comprising; a packing ring sealing between a receiving opening section and an insertion opening section; an engaging means provided with an inner circumference of the receiving opening section preventing a polyethylene pipe from disengaging from the receiving opening section by engaging with an outer circumferential surface of the polyethylene pipe; and a tubular metallic inner core fitting an inner circumference of the insertion opening section of the polyethylene pipe, wherein the inner core is plastically deformed to include a first bulge portion that its cross-sectional shape bulges toward an outward radial direction, a second bulge portion is formed so that the insertion opening section of the polyethylene pipe bulges toward the outward radial direction along the first bulge portion of the inner... |
| Fluid ejecting apparatus | 20080303858 | 20081211 |
| A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising a plurality of nozzles, an ejection head capable of ejecting a liquid through the nozzles, a cap member that is capable of being brought into contact with the ejection head so as to maintain or regain initial ejection characteristics of the nozzles, a packing member with a changeable volume that is capable of being packed into a gap between the cap member and the ejection head, and a driving unit that is capable of changing the volume of the packing member.
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| Multi-layer frankfurter loading method | 20080305225 | 20081211 |
| A system and method for multi-layer loading of food items such as frankfurters in a receptacle includes the steps of displacing groupings of frankfurters along a staging area, allowing the frankfurters to drop downwardly by gravity to an accumulation and storage area until at least two layers of frankfurters are accumulated and allowing the double layer of frankfurters to drop downwardly into a packing receptacle in a packing area. The method of the invention is accomplished by providing a lug chain with lugs spaced to group frankfurters in desired groupings on the staging area, a first set of displaceable supports positioned below the lug chain to allow a layer of frankfurters to fall downwardly by gravity to the accumulation and storage area, a second set of... |
| Non-bracket windshield wiper | 20080295273 | 20081204 |
| A non-bracket windshield wiper includes an H-shaped and smoothly arched elastic metal bow strip having a middle neck and two longitudinal crevices at two sides of the neck, a holder frame mounted with a packing member and riveted to the middle part of the elastic metal bow strip for mounting to a windshield, two holding strips respectively coupled to the longitudinal crevices of the elastic metal bow strip, two back rubber strips respectively coupled to two top engagement structures of the holding strips, a rubber wiper blade coupled to two bottom engagement structures of the holding strips, and two end caps respectively capped on the two ends of the elastic metal bow strip.
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| Packaging-type vacuum-forming composite board welded by ultrasonic welding | 20080295454 | 20081204 |
| A packing-type vacuum-forming composite board welded by ultrasonic welding includes a plastic surface plate, a plastic bottom plate and filling materials packed between the plastic surface plate and the plastic bottom plate. The edge of the plastic surface plate overlaps the edge of plastic bottom plate, wherein a welding rod made of plastic is arranged along the edge at the overlapped joint region between the plastic surface plate and the plastic bottom plate. The welding rod is connected to the plastic surface plate and the plastic bottom plate by ultrasonic welding.
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| Steel strip shears with a hammering device | 20080295665 | 20081204 |
| A steel strip shears with a hammering device consists of a shearing device and a hammering device, which are pivotally connected at a preset location of their front portions, and respectively connected with a commanding handle and a positioning rod at their ends. The hammering device is installed at the rear portion of the positioning rod, able to move back and forth along the positioning rod to strike the rear surface of the positioning rod, so as to quickly squeeze a second blade connected in front of the positioning rod into under a steel strip tied around a packing box, getting ready for shearing.
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| Completion method for fracturing and gravel packing | 20080296019 | 20081204 |
| In one embodiment telescoping members are extended to bridge an annular gap either before or after it is cemented. Some of the telescoping members have screens and others have flow passages that can be selectively opened with associated valves to frac an interval in any order desired. The valves are then closed after the frac job and the other telescoping members are made to allow screened flow from the fractured formation. In another embodiment an interval to be gravel packed and fractured has a series of screens and selectively opened valves on a bottom hole assembly such as a liner. One or more external packers are provided. The entire interval is gravel packed at one time followed by packer actuation and then selective opening of ports... |
| Self-lifting dispenser | 20080296184 | 20081204 |
| A self-lifting dispenser, including a pack(1) opened with sliding method. A rigid thin wire(2) is threaded and moves up and down through a channel(11) within the inner side of the wall of the pack(1). The upper end of the wire(2) is mounted on the opening device of the pack(1). The lower end of the wire(2) is the hook(21) located at bottom of sliding open exit(15) of the pack(1). The bottom of the pack(1) may be associated with a cavity(12) at corner under the sliding open exit(15). Compared to current technology, the lifting device could be extremely thin, pre-made and inserted during the automatic cigarette packing process with slight modification of existing packing line.
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| Packing method and apparatus for the transport of asphalt at ambient temperature | 20080296195 | 20081204 |
| The present invention discloses an apparatus and method for packaging, cooling and transporting asphalt at ambient temperature. The packaging of the asphalt can be melted and integrated with the asphalt by the end user providing a beneficial additive to improve the characteristics of the asphalt.
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| Packing ring with dovetail feature | 20080296847 | 20081204 |
| A packing ring in a multi-staged turbine that includes two ring segments joined by a dovetail feature. In some embodiments, the dovetail feature may include a male/female configuration. In other embodiments, the dovetail feature may include an insert/groove configuration. The insert of the insert/groove configuration may include a protrusion that extends from an approximately flat surface of an end of one of the ring segments. The groove of the insert/groove configuration may include a notch in an approximate flat surface of an end of one of the ring segments. The insert of the insert/groove configuration and the groove of the insert/groove configuration may be of a similar size such that the insert closely fits within the groove.
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| Air packing bag for tightly holding article and manufacture thereof | 20080298724 | 20081204 |
| According to an air packing bag for tightly holding an article and manufacture thereof of the present invention, a first outer film and a second outer film are staked together, in which the first outer film comprises a first side, a second side and a foldable side. The foldable side is positioned between the first side and the second side and an accepting space is formed on the first outer film after the first outer film is folded up along the foldable side. Next, the first film is pierced through to form at least one air inlet thereon, a periphery of the air inlet is hot-sealed, the second outer film is folded up and stacked on an outer side of the first outer film, the first... |
| Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery | 20080299463 | 20081204 |
| A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery that even at high-rate discharge wherein discharge is carried out at relatively large current, can attain an increase of discharge capacity. There is provided a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising positive electrode (2), the positive electrode (2) including a collector and, superimposed thereon, a mixture layer containing a positive electrode active material in which lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) is contained, a conductive agent and a binder, the mixture layer exhibiting a mixture packing density after electrode formation of ≧1.7 g/cm3, and further comprising nonaqueous electrolyte (5) containing a solvent in which ethylene carbonate and a linear ether such as 1,2-dimethoxyethane are contained.
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| Needle-shaped bristle and method of manufacturing the same | 20080289131 | 20081127 |
| The present invention provides a needle-shaped bristle and a method of manufacturing the needle-shaped bristle. The manufacturing method of the present invention includes the steps of cutting and removing a packing sheet, which is wound around a bundle of bristles, by a length ranging from 30 mm to 50 mm from a first end thereof, and grinding first ends of the bristles using a rotating grinder. The manufacturing method further includes steps of packing the first end of the bundle of bristles, from which the packing sheet is removed, using a packing sheet, cutting the bundle of bristles to a length ranging from 22 mm to 32 mm, and immersing a second end of the cut bundle of bristles, thus tapering second ends of the bristles.... |
| Auxiliary toilet stool seat | 20070294811 | 20071227 |
| An auxiliary toilet stool seat adapted to be mounted on a seat of a western-style toilet stool which allows the auxiliary toilet stool seat to be fixed securely to the seat or bowl of the toilet stool and which can prevent the seat or bowl from being given minute scratches when the auxiliary toilet stool seat is used thereon, the auxiliary toilet stool seat having a main body portion which is formed from a hard resin into an annular shape having an angled cross section made open at a bottom and having a flat top portion, including a circumferential edge packing made from a soft resin and adapted to cover a lower end of an outer circumferential edge of the main body portion, and further comprising... |
| Frit for high pressure liquid chromatography | 20070295663 | 20071227 |
| A frit (44) includes a porous support structure having a plurality of void spaces, where a plurality of secondary particles (46) are filled in the void spaces, the secondary particles (46) being dimensioned with respect to the void spaces such that the frit (44) retains packing materials with diameters of less than about 2.5 microns. Preferably one or more frits (44) are received in a high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) chromatographic column, where the column includes fittings and filter assemblies for receiving frits (44) at its inlet and outlet. The frit (44) can be constructed from a porous support structure with void spaces or pores that are filled with secondary particles (46) smaller those used to manufacture the support. The particles (46) contained in the void... |
| Variable clearance packing ring | 20070296159 | 20071227 |
| Disclosed is a variable clearance packing ring including a plurality of arcuate packing ring segments positional seriatim, a plurality of biasing member interfaces defined by the plurality of arcuate packing ring segments, and a biasing member interactive with one of the plurality of interfaces on one of the plurality of arcuate segments and one of the plurality of interfaces on an adjacent one of the plurality of arcuate segments.
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| Apparatus for identifying support tray data and method thereof | 20070296598 | 20071227 |
| An apparatus for identifying information regarding an auxiliary tray used to supply medicines to a tray of a special tablet system for an automatic medicine packing system, includes an electronic tag that is attached on a predetermined location on the auxiliary tray, an information reader that retrieves information from the electronic tag without contacting the electronic tag and a terminal that compares information read from the electronic tag and a prescription information. The terminal recognizes the auxiliary tray as the correct auxiliary tray if the informations are the same, and issues an alarm if the informations are different. The apparatus further includes a marking device that is installed on the auxiliary tray and visually displays medicine information and patient information and a marking device controller that... |
| Method and system for electronic unpacking of baggage and cargo | 20070297560 | 20071227 |
| In accordance with certain embodiments a method and system to analyze the content of a packed bag utilizing a scanner is provided. The bag is scanned for a scannable characteristic to acquire scan data representative of a content of the piece of baggage. A volumetric data set is generated from the scan data, wherein the volumetric data set includes voxel values of the scannable characteristic throughout a volume of interest in the baggage. A rendered view is produced of the content of the piece of baggage based on the voxel values within a selected range from the volumetric data set. The method and system also provide identifying a threat by analyzing Hounsfield Units of the material of interest.
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| Reactor with expandable structure providing improved heat transfer | 20070297956 | 20071227 |
| A method and a reactor made by a method for increasing heat transfer from a heat source outside a vessel to the fluid inside the vessel are characterized by expanding a structure within the vessel toward the inner vessel surface so as to decrease the spacing between the structure and the vessel wall. The structure may be any of the various so-called structured packings, for example, ceramic honeycombs, metal honeycombs, plate stacks, and the like. The structure may comprise catalyst. The reactor provides high activity, low pressure drop, and high heat transfer. The reactor may be especially suitable for steam hydrocarbon reforming.
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| Dicing and packing metod of sheet-like wafer, packed product of water, and separation jig | 20070298540 | 20071227 |
| To provide a dicing and packing method of a sheet-like wafer that can collectively solve conventional problems such as damage of an individual piece, generation of dusts, and increase of troublesome work at a time of packing, caused in a process of packing the individual pieces obtained by dicing a wafer with a large area, and a packed product of a wafer. The method includes a dicing step of, in a state in which a dicing tape 2 has been adhered on one face of a cleaned wafer 1, dicing the wafer into individual pieces from the other face thereof, a thermal separation tape adhering step of adhering a thermal separation tape 3 on the other face of the wafer, a dicing tape peeling step, a... |
| Method and apparatus for making curled decorative grass | 20070298955 | 20071227 |
| Curled decorative grass having a variety of configurations and methods for making such decorative grass is provided which, because of its increased bulk, can also be used as a packing material, an animal bedding, cat litter, mulch for soil and a media for plants. The curled decorative grass is produced by curling a substantially flat sheet of material and thereafter cutting the resulting curled sheet of material, or by cutting a pre-curled material.
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| Tubular reactor with packing | 20070299148 | 20071227 |
| A multitubular fixed bed reactor suitable for carrying out a catalytic process is described. There actor includes a plurality of reactor tubes, one or more of which include a fixed bed of catalyst and is/are at least partially surrounded by a heat transfer medium, preferably a cooling medium, wherein the one or more reactor tubes include at least one insert, especially a heat transfer insert and/or a pressure drop decreasing insert. Preferably the tubes are elongate, and preferably the inserts are elongate. The inserts may not extend the full length of their respective tube or tubes. The inserts may extend partly, substantially or wholly along the length of the relevant tube(s). All the tubes of the reactor may include a heat transfer and insert. Most preferably,... |
| Packing method and machines for producing packets of cigarettes | 20070289259 | 20071220 |
| On a packing machine, packets of cigarettes, selected from different alternative packets of cigarettes of at least a first and second type, are produced by transferring groups of cigarettes relative to the selected type of packet from a forming path to a first packing path, along which an inner sheet of packing material is folded about each group of cigarettes, and then to a second packing path, along which at least a collar is folded about each group of cigarettes and on top of the inner sheet of packing material; each group of cigarettes is then transfer red, depending on the type of packet selected, to a third packing path, along which folding of a first outer blank about each group of cigarettes is completed to... |
| Tabletop cigarette maker | 20070289601 | 20071220 |
| The present invention relates to the cigarette making apparatus 10 which may comprise a housing 12 with mechanical and electrical features. Cigarette apparatus 10 has a solenoid-assisted hopper 14 for accepting loose tobacco 15, a cigarette tube filling cassette 16 with nozzles 30 and a hinged lid 34 for assisting in maintaining cigarette tubes 24 in a predetermined alignment for loading tobacco 15, a filling area 17 with a indexing means for aligning cigarette tubes with a tobacco pushing means inside the apparatus, a cigarette tube loading and tobacco packing means 18 with guide pins 20 for guiding the cassette 16 in engagement with flattened tip pins 22 that compress tobacco 15 into cigarette tubes 24 after tobacco 15 has been inserted, and an electronic control... |
| Encapsulated back-up system for use with seal system | 20070290454 | 20071220 |
| Disclosed is an anti-extrusion assembly used in conjunction with an expandable packing device. The assembly comprises two slotted metallic rings encapsulated in a non-metallic material. The slotted metallic rings prevent extrusion of the sealing mechanism of the expandable packing device as the device is set in a wellbore casing. The encapsulating non-metallic material protects the metallic rings from damage as the packing device is run into the wellbore. In an alternative embodiment, the anti-extrusion assembly comprises a crimped metallic ring flanked by non-metallic rings. As with the slotted metallic rings, the single crimped metallic ring prevents extrusion of the sealing mechanism of the expandable packing device as it is set in the wellbore casing.
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| Inkjet nozzle with supply duct dimensioned for viscous damping | 20070291091 | 20071220 |
| An inkjet nozzle with an elongate ink inlet channel that defines a straight flow path of a length sufficient to provide enough viscous damping to prevent significant reverse flow of ink in the channel when an ink drop is ejected from the nozzle. This removes the need to form ink supply channels with complex geometries such as pinch points and baffles in order to have the required hydraulic resistance to reverse flow. The nozzle packing density on the printhead can be significantly increased if these complex geometries are not formed adjacent the chambers. The ink can be supplied from the ‘back’ surface of the wafer, thereby removing the need for ink feed channels beside the chambers. This provides more room for the power and print data... |
| Preparation of hydrophilic coatings utilizing a 1,3-dioxolane compound | 20070292595 | 20071220 |
| A method for the preparation of a package comprising a packing means holding a medical device element of a substrate polymer, said substrate polymer having on at least a part of the surface thereof a hydrophilic coating, wherein the hydrophilic coating has been applied to the surface of said substrate polymer in the form of a solution of a hydrophilic polymer selected from the groups consisting of polyvinylpyrrolidone and polyethylene oxide in a vehicle comprising an optionally substituted 1,3-dioxolane compound, followed by evaporation of at least part of the vehicle and arranging said medical device element having the coating of the non-cross-linked hydrophilic polymer within a packing means, and sealing said packing means.
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| Injection-volume regulating device of liquid medicine | 20070293828 | 20071220 |
| Disclosed herein is an injection volume regulating device for a liquid medicine, designed to allow a flow rate of the liquid medicine to be precisely adjusted through change in a length and a cross-sectional area of a passage through which the liquid medicine flows, to prevent a packing for sealing from infiltrating the passage and from being pushed by pressure buildup thereon, and to be operated with one hand. The device is equipped to a hose hermetically connected to a lower end of a pack containing the liquid medicine and to a needle. The device comprises a disk-shaped fixing member, a disk-shaped regulating member, a passage recess-sealing member, an outflow hole-sealing member, and a fastening member. The fixing member comprises an inlet connected to the hose... |
| Rod pump stuffing box | 20070284115 | 20071213 |
| A stuffing box for sealing around a polished rod in a well including a cylindrical connector for receiving the polished rod, a packing member having top and lateral surfaces and wherein the packing member is concentrically disposed around the polished rod, a body concentrically disposed around the packing member and sealing engaging the cylindrical connector, and wherein the body may be selectively moved to expose the top and lateral surface of the packing members is disclosed. A method of repairing, redressing, or replacing packing members of a stuffing box including providing a stuffing box at a wellhead, manipulating the stuffing box such that top and lateral surfaces of the packing members are exposed, removing the packing members, and redressing the stuffing box with new packing members... |
| Monitor | 20070284488 | 20071213 |
| A monitor having: a monitor main body displaying a picture; a base member; a stand member standing on the base member; a moving member combined to the stand member to move up and down, that supports the monitor main body with a force counterbalancing a weight of the monitor main body; a locking part provided in the moving member; a locking hook provided on one of the stand member and the base member to be locked to and released from the locking part of the moving member; and an elastic member to release the locking hook from the locking part when the moving member supports monitor main body with the force counterbalancing the weight of the monitor main body. With this configuration, the present invention provides... |
| Packed breast milk absorbent pad and method for packing | 20070287979 | 20071213 |
| A packed breast milk absorbent pad according to the present invention includes a breast milk absorbent pad and an individual packing envelope adapted to pack the breast milk absorbent pad therein. The breast milk absorbent pad is laid upon an envelope sheet so as to extend astride a first fold and thereby to lie both first and second regions of the packing sheet and is temporarily bonded to the inner surface of the first region by means of a temporary fastening zone.
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| Method and device for identifying a tablet cassette in an automatic tablet packing machine | 20070277477 | 20071206 |
| A device and method are used for identifying a tablet cassette in an automatic tablet packing machine, which includes a plurality of tablet cassettes that contain medicine, and a plurality of cartridges, each of which is installed in a predetermined position in the automatic tablet packing machine and is adapted to receive the tablet cassette. The device includes a non-contact tag that is attached to a predetermined location of the tablet cassette and a position scan board. The non-contact tag contains medicine data and cassette data. The cartridge reads data from the non-contact tag in a non-contact way, combines the cassette data and the medicine data with a unique number for the cartridge and outputs the combined data as medicine position data. The position scan board... |
| Luggage with foldable legs | 20070278058 | 20071206 |
| A suitcase has retractable telescoping legs that are stored on the edges of the suitcase and are deployed into a position with respect to the suitcase that resembles a hospital gurney. The suitcase is then oriented horizontally but in a location that is elevated to be convenient for packing or unpacking. The legs have casters on them and are telescoped and folded adjacent to edges of the suitcase during storage so the legs are out of the way, but with the casters located adjacent to one edge of the suitcase in the manner of wheeled suitcases.
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| Semiconductor package, method of producing the same and semiconductor package assembly | 20070278649 | 20071206 |
| A semiconductor package, includes: element substrate having first surface, including: functional element on first surface, and extracting electrode on first surface and configured to output a signal of functional element, extracting electrode being disposed around functional element; rim substrate shaped into a frame, and configured to have first junction with element substrate to surround functional element, rim substrate including: first through hole through rim substrate, and connecting electrode which is: formed by packing first through hole with first conductor material, configured to seal signal extracting aperture of extracting electrode, and configured to electrically connect signal extracting aperture with takeout electrode; and cover substrate configured to have second junction with rim substrate to block aperture of rim substrate, cover substrate including: second through hole through cover substrate,... |
| U-packing and fluid pressure single acting cylinder | 20070278749 | 20071206 |
| A U-packing is fitted externally in a seal grove of a piston of a fluid pressure single acting cylinder to maintain fluid tightness between a bottom side and a rod side of the cylinder. The U-packing has an open side facing the bottom side, and a return hole that allows communication between the open side and a non-open side. The U-packing is movable within the seal groove so that when a working fluid pressure on the bottom side is higher than a working fluid pressure on the rod side, the return hole is closed by structure of the seal groove, and when the working fluid pressure on the rod side is higher than the working fluid pressure on the bottom side, the return hole is opened.... |
| Modified electrodes for low energy nuclear reaction power generators | 20070280398 | 20071206 |
| A low energy nuclear reaction power generator in which hydrogenous atoms are driven to increase atom-packing in a lattice and to increase the flux of hydrogenous atoms. An electrolytic cell is provided containing an anode-cathode electrode pair and an electrically-conductive electrolyte. Modifying substances, such as diamond, diamond-like, boron, beryllium, and/or carbon-based constituents, may be grown in and/or on the electrodes for enhancing the nuclear reactions. Applied across these electrodes may be a train of electrical packets, each comprised of a cluster of pulses. The amplitude and duration of each pulse, the duration of intervals between pulses, and the duration of intervals between successive packets in the train are in a predetermined pattern in accordance with superwaving waves in which each wave is modulated by waves of... |
| Bushing in dishwasher | 20070271728 | 20071129 |
| A bushing in a dishwasher is disclosed. The bushing in a dishwasher according to the present invention includes a hook part having a slot for its extending and contracting in a radial direction of a hole to be detachably inserted into the hole, a packing part formed as one body with the hook part for enhancing a contact force between a first securing member having the hole thereon and a second securing member corresponding to the first securing member, and a stress dispersion recess formed on a boundary portion between the slot and the packing part, extended from the slot toward the packing part for preventing a stress from being concentrated at the boundary portion when the hook part extends and contracts.
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| Filling machine and method for packing comestibles | 20070271873 | 20071129 |
| A filling machine and a method for filling foodstuffs, particularly beverages, in composite packages open on top and for sealing the packages, using a package transport device, a sterilization unit, a drying unit, a filling unit, and a sealing unit, are shown and described. In order to have more time available—at the same output—for the individual processes (sterilization, filling, and sealing processes), and in order to prevent undesired foaming, multiple aggregates, made of a sterilization unit, drying unit, and filling unit, which are assembled into processing lines, are positioned fixed on a rotating rotary machine (1) and the transport direction of the composite packages (P) runs radially around the axis of rotation (R) on the rotary machine.
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| Apparatus and process for producing a tabular bag | 20070271878 | 20071129 |
| The present invention relates to an apparatus to bend a first and second cross seal of the bag made of a flexible packing material towards the side-wall. The present invention further relates to a packaging machine including the inventive apparatus and a method for producing a bag made of a flexible packaging material.
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| Make-up holder/travel kit | 20070272268 | 20071129 |
| The Make-Up Holder/Travel Kit is a new invention that is made of durable fabric on the front of the product, with pockets made of the same fabric. The backing is made of a cotton material. By design, the unit can be transformed into a self-contained traveling unit. We have invented and designed a product that: 1. Holds make-up supplies and various other toiletries in pocketed compartments 2. Is adjustable and can be worn around the neck during the application process 3. Can be hung on standard bedroom and bathroom door knobs, until needed 4. Converts into a self-contained travel kit 5. Reduces the mess and spills normally found when using traditional make-up pouches 6. Allows consumers to wear the unit and move about freely from room... |
| Seal configuration for top drive swivel apparatus and method | 20070272403 | 20071129 |
| For use with a top drive power unit supported for connection with a well string in a well bore to selectively impart longitudinal and/or rotational movement to the well string, a feeder for supplying a pumpable substance such as cement and the like from an external supply source to the interior of the well string in the well bore without first discharging it through the top drive power unit including a mandrel extending through a sleeve which is sealably and rotatably supported thereon for relative rotation between the sleeve and mandrel. The mandrel and sleeve have flow passages for communicating the pumpable substance from an external source to discharge through the sleeve and mandrel and into the interior of the well string below the top drive... |
| Modular and customizable photographic equipment packing system | 20070272719 | 20071129 |
| An adaptable and transferable backpacking system that is particularly suited for safe and efficient transportation of photographic equipment. The backpacking system is designed to eliminate unneeded weight and bulk, protect equipment when the backpack itself is open, and to prevent equipment from falling from an unzipped backpack. The backpack system generally includes a plurality of light-weight receptacles for the equipment the user needs for a specific trip and a backer board. The backer board is removably mounted and secured within a backpack of the user's choice. The individual receptacles are operably coupled to a backer board and/or each other and arranged to the user's desire by an attachment means, such as a hook and loop system. Alternatively, the backpack system generally includes an insert that is... |
| Packing system having interactive objects | 20070272748 | 20071129 |
| A packing system is provided having an object to be packed which has an interface surface having coded data identifying the object, and a sensing device for sensing the coded data to generate indicating data indicative of the object identity and at least one of a position and orientation of the sensed coded data and a position and orientation of the sensing device relative to the interface surface. The sensing device is configured to transfer the indicating data to at least one of: a packing device which is responsive to the indicating data to pack the object; a computer system which is responsive to the indicating data to cause a packing device to pack the object; and a packing device which is responsive to the indicating... |
| Wafer fixing and marking | 20060288662 | 20061228 |
| The invention relates to a method for individually packing sheet or film-type materials in an automatic manner, said materials consisting of at least one material layer, in a packing unit with marked contents. A marking (40) made of a waxy marking material is applied to a warmed first packing material strip (20). The sheet or film-type material (10) is fixed to the marking with a surface thereof, whereby the roughness of the surface thereof is greater than the roughness of the surface of the first packing material strip. A second packing material strip (30) is applied to the sheet or film-type material and is connected to the first packing material strip in order to form a closed packing unit. The packing unit (35) is cooled and... |
| Top drive swivel apparatus and method | 20060289154 | 20061228 |
| For use with a top drive power unit supported for connection with a well string in a well bore to selectively impart longitudinal and/or rotational movement to the well string, a feeder for supplying a pumpable substance such as cement and the like from an external supply source to the interior of the well string in the well bore without first discharging it through the top drive power unit including a mandrel extending through a sleeve which is sealably and rotatably supported thereon for relative rotation between the sleeve and mandrel. The mandrel and sleeve have flow passages for communicating the pumpable substance from an external source to discharge through the sleeve and mandrel and into the interior of the well string below the top drive... |
| Molded pulp container | 20060289665 | 20061228 |
| The invention provides a container which can store a product which is constituted of a plurality of devices therein integrally and in a compact manner, and can also facilitate the packing of the product. A molded pulp container includes a storing recessed portion which has an opening at an upper surface thereof and is molded in conformity with a shape of a first material to be stored, a partition portion which is connected to the brim portion of the opening of the storing recessed portion and is foldable toward the storing recessed portion side to be placed on at least a portion of the brim portion of the storing recessed portion and, at the same time, forms a base on which a second material to be... |
| Liquid-continuous column distillation | 20060290016 | 20061228 |
| Bubble columns fractionate with vapor-liquid mass transfer efficiencies approaching that of distillation towers when vapor velocities in excess of 50% of jet flood are used. If the vapor velocities are pushed above about 70% of jet flood then the distillation performance of a given column packing becomes similar for both liquid continuous operation (bubble column mode) and vapor continuous operation (ordinary distillation tower mode).
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| Magnetic disk apparatus | 20060291095 | 20061228 |
| A magnetic disk apparatus includes a base body of which one surface is opened, a cover part covering the opened surface of the base body, and a recording and reproducing part provided on the base body and having a magnetic disk and a magnetic head received in a space formed between the base body and the cover part. A convex part is provided along a perimeter of a circumference edge part of one of the base body and the cover part. A first surface of the convex part faces a second flat surface. A packing for sealing is fixed to the first surface of the convex part so as to come in contact with the second flat surface.
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| Block-based assignment of quality of service precedence values | 20060291449 | 20061228 |
| An ordered list of precedence values includes a number of blocks of precedence values. An operating system receives filters from an application. The operating system assigns a precedence value to each filter from the available block of precedence values that has the highest priority. Precedence values are assigned to maintain a precedence order specified by the application. Filters and their assigned precedence values are communicated to an entity that filters packets by applying the filters in the order of their precedence values. Filters for an application can be added, deleted, or modified without affecting the precedence values of other filters for other applications. If an assignment is to be made when the lowest priority block is not available, then a repacking operation is performed to fill... |
| Oxidation process and reactor with modified feed system | 20060292046 | 20061228 |
| In an oxidation process in a shell and tube reactor (10), an improvement is disposing a short bed of packing material (30) about the tube (50) inlets. The short bed operates to direct contaminants derived from heat exchange media away from the headspace (20) and thus prevents formation of combustible gas mixtures.
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| Engaging member and packing bag with engaging member | 20060292322 | 20061228 |
| This engaging member includes a male part and a female part each of which is capable of engaging with each other, in which each of the male part and the female part has a welded part to a main body of a bag and a part other than the welded part, at least the welded part is formed by a resin composition including (A) a polypropylene type resin having a maximum melting peak temperature measured by a differential calorimeter of not more than 145° C., and a melt flow rate ranging from 0.5 g/10 min. to 20 g/10 min., and (B) a polybutene type resin having a maximum melting peak temperature measured by a differential calorimeter of not more than 130° C., and a melt flow... |
| Apparatus and method for parity generation in a data-packing device | 20060294447 | 20061228 |
| A data-packing device, such as a direct memory access controller (DMA), aligns data at a granularity smaller than an error protected unit (EPU) encoded by an error correction code (ECC) in the memory. For example, the data alignment is at a double-word level or a byte level. The data-packing device reads data from the memory, shifting the data, and marks a good data unit as corrupted if the data unit constitutes a fractional portion of a corrupted EPU. The marking of the data unit is performed by inverting a parity bit of the data unit.
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| System and method of processing and packing disk-like objects | 20060283150 | 20061221 |
| A system for automatically forming several parallel rows of disk-like objects on a conveyor into stacks and packing those stacks into boxes is disclosed along with a method of operating the system. The system includes a stacker receiving the disk-like objects as they fall of the conveyor, a buffer receiving stacks from the stacker in groups of a first number, a transfer device for removing the stacks from the buffer in groups of a second number, and a packer for packing the stacks into boxes. The second number can be less than, greater than, or equal to the first number.
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| Method and apparatus for packing | 20060283151 | 20061221 |
| A packing method and system are disclosed which system includes a first platform having a product support surface for supporting a product and a second platform for supporting a box into which the product is to be packed. After a box is received on and secured to the second platform, the second platform is rotated so that the open top of the box faces the first platform and moved toward the first platform until the box substantially surrounds the product on the product support surface. The first and second platforms are then rotated simultaneously so that the product is transferred from the product support to the box, and the full box is discharged to a discharge conveyor.
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| Double swivel apparatus and method | 20060283593 | 20061221 |
| A double swivel for use with a top drive power unit supported for connection with a well string in a well bore to selectively impart longitudinal and/or rotational movement to the well string, a feeder for supplying a pumpable substance such as cement and the like from an external supply source to the interior of the well string in the well bore without first discharging it through the top drive power unit including a mandrel extending through double sleeves which are sealably and rotatably supported thereon for relative rotation between the sleeves and mandrel. The mandrel and sleeves have flow passages for communicating the pumpable substance from an external source to discharge through the sleeve and mandrel and into the interior of the well string below... |
| Packer insert for sealing on multiple items used in a wellbore | 20060283601 | 20061221 |
| A packer insert for sealing multiple items used in a wellbore includes an elastomeric member having one or more channels configured to seal on the multiple items when compressed by a packing unit, wherein the elastomeric member is made of a material selected from rubber, an elastomer, and a composite material, and wherein the packer insert is not affixed to a pressure control apparatus having the packing unit disposed therein. The packer insert is axially fixed to at least one of the multiple items.
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| Shunt tube connector lock | 20060283604 | 20061221 |
| A locking mechanism for securing a jumper tube to a shunt tube in a well screen assembly for use in gravel packing is disclosed. The jumper tube features a telescoping connector that extends to engage the shunt tube and a locking mechanism that extends the connector the proper distance and then locks the connector into place by engaging lugs that are connected to the jumper tube. Also disclosed is an apparatus and method for securing a connector tube to a well screen assembly using a receiver that is attached to the well screen assembly and is configured to receive a connector tube and secure the connector tube into place with screws. The receiver can be mounted to the well screen assembly via the shunt tube, a... |
| Shipping, storage and display packaging for collapsible-shade lamps | 20060283741 | 20061221 |
| A lamp packaging device provides a useful shipping and storage container and convenient display box for lamps with collapsible-shades. In a first embodiment, the device comprises a shell with a bottom, trunk and hood. A base suitable for supporting a lamp is placed within the bottom during assembly. A collapsible lampshade is placed within the trunk over which an insert is placed, securing the shade for shipment. The lamp is placed on the base and secured to the device via a tie from the hood to the top of the lamp. A second embodiment provides for nesting of a pair of devices during shipment. A third embodiment provides for packaging of a pair of lamps and shades within one device. A fourth embodiment allows packaging of... |
| Modular and customizable photographic equipment packing system | 20060283906 | 20061221 |
| An adaptable and transferable backpacking system that is particularly suited for safe and efficient transportation of photographic equipment. The backpacking system is designed to eliminate unneeded weight and bulk, protect equipment when the backpack itself is open, and to prevent equipment from falling from an unzipped backpack. The backpack system generally includes a plurality of light-weight receptacles for the equipment the user needs for a specific trip and a backer board. The backer board is removably mounted and secured within a backpack of the user's choice. The individual receptacles are operably coupled to a backer board and/or each other and arranged to the user's desire by an attachment means, such as a hook and loop system.
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| Folding box | 20060283925 | 20061221 |
| A packing made of cardboard or of cardboard laminate, for receiving ampoules (2), phials or other elongated objects, has a cuboid packing body (6) configured as a folding box. The packing body contains, for filling with the pack products (2), a planar lid (3), which can be swung out about a side edge (12) and which extends over an entire of the base area of the packing body and can be permanently sealed after the filling. For the removal of the objects (2), the packing body has a hinged lid (4), which is delimited by a predetermined tear line (18, 19), can be resealed after the initial opening, is cuboid in configuration, and which can be swung out about an articulated fold (11) disposed in the... |
| Extracorporeal circulation tube connector | 20060284423 | 20061221 |
| To realize compact packing without causing a tube kink in an extracorporeal circulation circuit of especially a pre-connecting type which uses tubes and connectors. A connector includes a first fitting member and a second fitting member into which ends of tubes are to be fitted, and a connecting member sandwiched between and connected with the first and second fitting members. The connecting member is constricted in the middle, thereby forming a thin-walled part that has a smaller wall thickness than the other parts of the connecting member which are closer to the first and second fitting members. The thin-walled part is continuously formed around a circumference of the connecting member.
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| Stabilization of malt-based and hops-based products | 20060286207 | 20061221 |
| Malt-based or hops-based beverage products, such as beer, ale, malt coolers and malternatives, are disclosed. These compositions contain a stabilizing mixture comprising a metal (in the form of ions, salts or oxides) such as zinc or magnesium, either alone or together with an adjunct component such as ascorbic acid. These beverage products do not form off-flavors when they are exposed to sunlight or fluorescent light. This provides for more efficient and inexpensive manufacture of the products, makes the products easier to ship, and eliminates the need for expensive opaque packing materials.
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| Process for packing separation and granulation of processed food content thereof, and products and uses thereof | 20060286230 | 20061221 |
| A process for grinding packaged processed food and simultaneously separating its packaging in a single unit operation in a continuous, short-duration manner. Grinding may be effected without the need for moving mechanical parts. The granulated food product obtained from the grinding treatment of the packaged processed food is functionally suitable for re-use in food production lines and the packaging material fragments may be further recycled.
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| Method of preserving a fish meat product | 20060286274 | 20061221 |
| A method of preserving a fish meat product includes cleaning the fish meat product; packing the fish meat product with a vacuumed package which contains an oxygen-containing protective gas having a vacuum pressure ranging from 80% to 95% of atmosphere; and freezing the package together with the fish meat product.
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| Wafer dicing process for optical electronic packing | 20060286773 | 20061221 |
| A wafer dicing process for optical electronic packing is provided. The process includes: providing a first wafer (glass wafer) and a second wafer (interposer wafer); etching the second wafer to form a reference plane coordinate; laminating the first wafer on the second wafer, providing a third wafer (CMOS wafer); laminating the third wafer under the second wafer, cutting the first wafer by a first dicing saw according to the reference plane coordinate, dicing the third wafer by a second dicing saw to form a first reference axis and a second reference axis perpendicular with each other and to establish a backside dicing reference coordinate. The process not only can reduce wearing loss of the dicing saws but also ensure to form high quality cutting edges and... |
| Fluororubber composition, cured fluororubber formed article using the same and method for producing thereof | 20060287417 | 20061221 |
| There are provided a polyol curable fluororubber composition using a fluororubber of general use, a cured fluororubber formed article used as a grommet, a seal packing and the like for a gas sensor which can be used under high temperature circumstances using this, and a method of producing the same. A polyol curable fluororubber composition, which comprises 100 parts by weight of a fluororubber, 6 to 15 parts by weight of magnesium oxide, 0.5 to 5 parts by weight of a hydrotalcite group compound and 20 to 55 parts by weight of a mixture of thermal black and a bituminous coal filler. A cured fluororubber formed article which is produced by forming and curing the fluororubber composition in the presence of a polyol curing agent, and... |
| Multi-purpose air-packing method and system | 20060278554 | 20061214 |
| A multi-purpose air-packing method and system enables to pack a product having an irregular shape easily at low cost. The air-packing method includes the steps of placing a product to be protected in a container box; applying a first air-packing device having a plurality of air containers to side surfaces of the product in a manner to surround the product in the container box; and inflating the air-packing device by supplying an compressed air to securely hold the product within the container box.
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| Method and apparatus for packing and bi-directional cooling of produce | 20060278639 | 20061214 |
| Method for improved packing and cooling of produce. According to the present invention, baskets for the packing of fruit are provided with ventilation channels disposed upon a lower surface of the basket. Vent apertures communicate between the ventilation channels and the produce stored in the baskets. Upper vents are formed on four sides of an upper portion of the baskets. After packing the baskets with produce, they are loaded into trays. The trays may be provided with tray vents that align with the ventilation channels. Alternatively, the trays may be formed without tray vents to improve some cooling regimes. In this manner, entire pallets of produce-filled baskets, oriented in either the “X” or “Y” directions can be efficiently chilled by introducing a flow of cooling air... |
| Packing insert | 20060278647 | 20061214 |
| A packing insert is shown, which includes a first face, a second face, opposite the first face, a first side support and a second side support. The first side support is flexibly connected to the first face and the second face, preferably to one edge of each face. When not fully extended, the side supports bend inwards between the first face and the second face, and they are in positions with respect to the first face and the second face and each other such that when they are bent inwards between the first face and the second face, the first support member does not interfere with the second support member. In different arrangement, each side support includes a forward support member flexibly connected at one end... |
| Precision loader of injection molds | 20060279023 | 20061214 |
| In one aspect, a method of precisely loading a component into an injection mold is disclosed. The method includes packing a component into a first receptacle in a nest plate assembly. The nest plate assembly is in a packing position during packing. The method includes transferring the nest plate assembly from the packing position to a loading position via a guide rail system. The guide rail system includes a guide rail that extends from the packing position to the loading position. The method includes precision aligning the first receptacle with a second receptacle in a mold cavity. The method includes loading the component from the first receptacle into the second receptacle.
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| Method for terminal sterilization of transdermal delivery devices | 20060280645 | 20061214 |
| A method and system for providing a terminally sterilized transdermal natriuretic peptide delivery device. A microprojection member having a plurality of stratum corneum-piercing microprojections is coated with a natriuretic peptide- formulation an exposed to sufficient radiation to sterilize the microprojection member while retaining sufficient activity of the natriuretic peptide. Preferably, the microprojection member is sealed in packing with an inert atmosphere and reduced moisture. The sterilizing radiation can be gamma radiation or e-beam, preferably delivered in a dose in the range of approximately 14-21 kGy. Also preferably, the irradiation is performed at −78.5-25° C. In preferred embodiments, the radiation is delivered at a rate greater than 3.0 kGy/hr.
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| Glass repairer | 20060280824 | 20061214 |
| A glass repairer for summary repair of crack developed on the surface of a piece of glass is comprised of a positioning fixture adapted with a sucker each on both sides, a center hole to lock up an injection pipe containing repair liquid with its root to directly contact the crack with a rubber retaining ring and flushed against the surface of the glass with a packing packed to the root of the pipe to push against the surface of the glass in opposite direction; and a rotary extrusion device disposed at the top of the pipe to deliver the repair liquid.
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| Packing material and method for packing an object using the packing material | 20060280913 | 20061214 |
| A packing method for an object to be packaged is capable of packing the object therein in a stable manner by using a packing material obtained by a simple manufacturing method. The packing material is formed with two thermoplastic films overlapped with one another and heat-sealed at predetermined locations. Folds are created on the thermoplastic films by a heat-sealing process so that a base of the packing material is folded along the folds. The packing material having the product to be protected in a space created by folding thereof is placed in a container box and is inflated by gas or liquid.
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