US Applications Published on 31-Dec-2009

A sensed signal corresponding to a note played on a musical instrument is electronically sustained by electronically combining the sensed signal with a synthesized signal whenever a sustain control switch is activated. The set of characteristics of...

A gun barrel with a gun barrel liner and a breech ring, which are joined with each other by a bayonet thread. A continuous cavity is left between adjacent bayonet ridges of the gun barrel liner and the bayonet ridges of the breech ring that are...

A damage localizing transparent armor having one or more mosaic tile layers each having two or more transparent projectile-resistant tiles bonded together along their edges in a mosaic arrangement, and preferably a transparent polymer backing plate...

A particle trap for a remote plasma source includes a body structure having an inlet for coupling to a chamber of a remote plasma source and an outlet for coupling to a process chamber inlet. The particle trap for a remote plasma source also includes...

The present invention relates generally to processes and systems for recovering helium from low helium-containing feed gases (i.e., containing less than about 10 volume % helium and more typically, less than about 5 % helium by volume). The present...

The present invention provides a filtering system for a semiconductor processing tool. In one embodiment, the filtering system is associated with the semiconductor processing tool. A system of the invention comprises a first and second filter layer...

Scrubbing systems and methods for removing carbon dioxide from a gas are provided. The scrubbing system can include a scrubber defining a vertically oriented tubing assembly, a gas inlet and a gas outlet. The tubing assembly has a tank section, a...

A canister includes a canister case having an adsorbent chamber, an adsorbent housed in the adsorbent chamber of the canister case, a filter disposed between the adsorbent chamber and a port mounted on an end wall of the adsorbent chamber, and a...

An absorbing tower is provided in its side wall with a gas entrance for introducing a combustion exhaust gas into the absorbing tower, and an absorbing liquid is sprayed from the nozzles of a spray header into the exhaust gas introduced to rise from...

A drift eliminator is formed from alternating curved spacers and corrugated spacer members to define tube-like passageways for the flow of air through an evaporative cooling apparatus. The formation of the corrugated blade member with beveled side...

The invention substantially relates to the distillery industry. Said invention makes it possible to increase the vodka purification efficiency by that each portion of vodka poured from a bottle being treated and purified prior to the consumption...

The capsule (2) for the preparation of a beverage in a beverage machine comprises: a brewing enclosure (20) containing one or more beverage ingredients; filtering means (22) delimiting at least one filtering side of the brewing enclosure, beverage...

There is provided a toaster grill having a lower housing that supports a lower cooking surface and an upper housing that supports an upper cooking surface. The upper housing pivots with respect to a “U” shaped frame that is hinged with respect to the...

The present invention is a continuous pressing system and method for the manufacture of composite materials. The press system incorporates at least one belt opposingly positioned with a surface, that may be another at least one belt. The opposing...

A printing machine includes: a frame a tower which is driven in rotation relative to the frame in order to move an object to be printed between at least a printing station, an introduction station and/or discharge station; a conveyor which is capable...

The stamp-type printer includes: a stamp-type printer comprising: a receiving section for receiving image data including character information; a transfer member; a print head for printing an image on a portion of the transfer member with ink based...

A printing machine in which automatic supply of ink from different types of ink container to the ink fountain is possible, and in which further automation of replacement procedure, simplification of replacement procedure, and reduction of time...

A forme cylinder of a printing machine includes a plurality of sections in series in an axial direction of the cylinder surface. At least one printing forme is arranged in each one of these sections. The forme cylinder has at least one channel, also...

A gripping device that grips a plate member provided with a long plate body, a first recess formed along a shorter length of the plate body, and a second recess formed at a position spaced apart from the first recess along a longer length of the...

Embodiments of the invention relate to a safety lighter intended to initiate the combustion of a pyrotechnic device, the lighter including a lighter body (10) having a cylindrical void (12) of axis XX′, and a pyrotechnic slide-in module (14)...

A munition including a munition core and a plurality of particles attached to an external surface of the munition core designed to release from the munition core upon impact of the munition with a target.

The Application discloses People & Cargo Transit Systems & Vehicles (PCTSV), using Narrow Vehicles (NV), which can have the form of a Bus, Train, Tram, Maglev, Mono-Rail or even Car or Truck. A preferred version of which is Single Seat Wide or below...

Structure for mounting batteries in a guideway electric vehicle driven by a battery-driven motor is provided, with which balancing in weight of the vehicle is properly achieved, batteries can be cooled enough, battery rooms are completely sealed from...

Flame-retarding additives that may also have insulating properties are disclosed that include at least one carbonate salt, and at least one additional salt, active ingredient or combination thereof. In addition, methods of forming flame-retarding...

The present invention relates to a pearlescent pigment with large aspect ratio and a method of their preparation, and particularly to pearlescent pigments prepared by coating a metal or metal precursor on the flaky alpha-alumina crystals obtained by...

An X-Y table includes a platform and a frame which has an X and Y-truck trough. An X-drive motor interfaced to an X-drive gear. A Y-drive motor interfaced to a Y-drive gear. Both motors are affixed to the platform. An X-drive linear gear slideably...

A pallet comprises: a plurality of side rails, each side rail including upper and lower runners; a multiplicity of boards, each board being adapted to extend between a runner of two of the rails; a spine member extending parallel to the rails, the...

A furnace system 10 including a combustion vessel 12 having an outlet end 19 and at least one aperture 20, 22 extending into an interior area 14 defined by the combustion vessel. The furnace system 10 includes a flue duct 42 coupled to the outlet end...

A shield for a refractory structure that houses refractory bricks. The refractory bricks are assembled with respect to each other to form a refractory wall, roof or another refractory structure. A hanger can be used to suspend or mount at least one...

A seaming machine for seaming segments of sheet material to one another to form larger sheets includes a frame defining a sheet-receiving area and a pair of spaced seaming devices on opposed sides of the sheet-receiving area for respectively seaming...

In a displacement-type marine vessel which travels in a velocity range where the Froude number is smaller than the last hump, a stern shape includes knuckle lines connecting knuckle points, provided on the surface of the cross sections of the hull at...

Sail membrane preferably made of a woven fabric of synthetic fibers, with said membrane having a microroughness in the form of parallelly extending grooves arranged so as to achieve a density of 5 to 25 grooves/mm deposited on or integrated into said...

Consists of a telescopic arm (8, 9) which is fixed to a rotating base (2) by means of a second shaft (7) on which the arm can tilt up and down, whereby the second shaft can be used to fixed the arm in a selected vertical position. The rotating...

A hydrofoil craft, particularly a method of economically modifying a conventional hull with cambered foils to obtain and calculate increased lift from dense spray and to achieve enhanced craft performance is disclosed. The present invention improves...

A support block for a watercraft which can include a pontoon having a keel strip, comprises a curved upper surface for accommodating the bottom of the watercraft, wherein upper surface has a radius of curvature that is larger than the radius of...

It is described hereby a temperature indicator device (1), to be used on containers holding beverage, preferably metallic cans, composed of a thermo sensitive and/or biodegradable material.

A system for growing silicon crystals that facilitates controlling a shape of a melt-solid interface is described. The crystal growing system includes a heated crucible including a semiconductor melt from which a monocrystalline ingot is grown...

An improved heater for processing materials or growing crystals in supercritical fluids is provided. In a specific embodiment, the heater is scalable up to very large volumes and is cost effective. In conjunction with suitable high pressure...

[Object] To provide a roll-to-roll vacuum deposition apparatus capable of easily and speedily adjusting a pressing force between a printing roller and a backup roller. [Solving Means] In the present invention, by adjusting a pressing force between a...

An integrated system for depositing films on a substrate for copper interconnect is provided. The system includes a processing chamber with a plurality of proximity heads, and a vacuum transfer module coupled to the processing chamber. Selected ones...

A texture spray pump unit (100) having a tank (140) with an outlet for providing texture material to a pump (120), for delivery to a texture spray gun. The spray pump unit (100) also has an air source (180) for providing power to the pump (120) and...

A painting system includes a conveyor, a first travel guide rail, a second travel guide rail, a painting robot, and an opener robot. The conveyor is configured to convey in a paint booth an article to be painted. The first travel guide rail is...

In the plasma pretreatment a substrate, preferably a silicon solar cell, is transported into a pretreatment chamber (1). In this pretreatment chamber (1) is contained a gas mixture comprising at least NH3 or hydrogen. By means of a cathode (4) a...

An exemplary device for film coating, is provided. The device has an evaporating unit, wherein the evaporating unit includes a driving member and a carrier. The driving member has an extending rotatable shaft. The carrier includes a main body, a...

An arrangement is provided in a milking system for simultaneous milking of animals comprising milking positions (P1-P24), each of which being provided with teat cups, which are attached to the teats of an animal and are connected to a source of...

A poultry weighing apparatus includes a support surface configured to permit at least one fowl to stand thereon. A force sensor is operably connected with the support surface, and detects the weight of the fowl or fowls on the support surface. A...

A method of managing feed flow within a feeder from a feed supply conduit to a pan of said feeder is provided. The method includes the step of providing a feeder including a pan and a drop tube assembly where the assembly is configured to receive...

A top-fill hummingbird feeder has a generally upstanding reservoir bottle or liquid container with a large opening at its top end that is closed and sealed by a removable top or cap. The bottom of the bottle or container has a lower bottom opening...

A hair grooming tool including a housing defining a cavity and including a grooming end, a vibratory motor assembly positioned within the cavity and configured to vibrate the housing, and a pet-engaging member coupled to the housing at the grooming...

A dog leash (10) comprising an elastic section (11) having an elliptical section elastic material (12) and an outer braiding (13) whereby the braiding is woven so that it may extend in a limited amount in the direction of the arrow (14) and be...