US Applications Published on 04-Feb-2010

The present invention provides a liquid fuel composition comprising: a) a base fuel suitable for use in an internal combustion engine; and b) one or more poly(hydroxycarboxylic acid) derivative having a terminal acid...

The present invention relates to the field of fuel additives for hydrocarbon fuels that acts to enhance efficiency and/or reduce pollution. The fuel additive is a phosphorus-containing composition that can be dispersed in hydrocarbon fuels or liquid...

The invention concerns a weed control apparatus and a method for thermal weed control, wherein the weed control apparatus has a heating area to which is supplied secondary air, where the secondary air is preheated before introducing it to the heating...

A grass protection mat, used for protecting grass on golf courses, grass playing fields, park lawns, etc., or for promoting growth of grass, is provided. The grass protection mat is fixed to a ground surface through a mat anchoring member, and...

A soil moisture sensing system includes a housing embedded in the soil and having a water chamber adapted to receive water from a water source. A controlled drainage assembly includes a semi-permeable membrane coupled to said water chamber for...

The invention has its object to arbitrarily adjust an amount of particles to be circulated without changing a flow rate of a gasification agent to thereby enhance gasification efficiency in a fluidized bed gasification furnace. The fluidized bed...

An energy contained waste to energy process and system includes a waste treatment unit having a treatment chamber and including a pressurizing presser movably supported in the treatment chamber for pressing the energy contained waste in the treatment...

The invention specifies an anti-trapping device (26), comprising a motor (M) for driving a pivotable actuating element (6) of a motor vehicle (2), a sensor (8) for contactlessly identifying an obstacle in the way of the actuating element (6) with an...

The invention relates to a regulating valve, which is attachable, in particular in a bore of a hydraulic door closer, executed with a female thread. The regulating valve has a body, adjoined by a regulating area, and a thread provided with an...

A method and apparatus for a tracking door centering system. An apparatus may comprise an elongate member, a first centering track, and a second centering track. The elongate member may have a first end and a second end capable of being rotatably...

A security gate apparatus (10) with first and second buttress assemblies (12, 14) and a barrier member (16) slidably movable along the track 68 between a closed position extending between the assemblies (12, 14), and an open position clear of the...

The present invention is directed to a metal door. The door includes a pair of sheet metal door panels. Each of the door panels includes a central body portion with top, bottom and opposing side edges. The doors include an integral flange along each...

A wind turbine assembly is configured for standing on a foundation. The wind turbine assembly includes a wind turbine generator, and a tower having an upper end and a lower end. The tower is configured to support the wind turbine generator generally...

A movable cover structure for a fixed ground area, such as a swimming pool cavity (4), has a platform (15) which is displaceable horizontally from a position where it covers the fixed ground area to a position where it is retracted clear of such...

A prefabricated structure comprises a shell including a shell frame and an extension including an extension frame deployable from the shell. The shell frame comprises a floor support, a roof support, and a plurality of columns extending between the...

A prefabricated structure comprises a shell including a shell frame and an extension including an extension frame deployable from the shell. The shell frame comprises a floor support, a roof support and a plurality of columns extends between the...

A system of cooperating prefabricated structures comprises a first prefabricated structure including a first shell and a first extension deployed from the first shell, wherein at least one of the first shell and first extension has a frame that forms...

A shim is described that includes a plurality of snap lines extending along a length and/or width of the shim.

An energy-saving house, has a main frame, an enclosed wall, a floor cover plate, a top cover plate, a separation wall, a bathroom, and stairs. The enclosed wall is assembled from multiple integral composite prefabricated external wallboards and fixed...

A vapor retarder system includes a vapor retarder sheet. At least one and typically a plurality of parallel spaced-apart tie-straps are located adjacent an inner surface of the sheet, and the tie-strap extend across a width of the sheet and are...

A method of manufacturing a stepped riser comprising providing a first sheet of metal with a layer of plastics or polymer material bonded to the metal with at least one indentation formed in the layer of plastics or polymer material thereby to allow...

Connectors for joining adjacent modular floor covering units. Embodiments of the connectors include a film and an adhesive layer coated on one side of the film. The connectors can have a conductive component that allows electrical continuity to be...

A distribution angle plate for a concrete floor system in a multi-level building is disclosed. The plate helps to create a joist bearing point at the interior surface of a vertical structural wall and proximate the top portion of the vertical...

A system for attaching non perfectly stretched suspended partitions made of a flexible web attached at the edges thereof to a frame attached to the walls or the ceiling of a room in a building, the frame including rails with a shoulder on which the...

A protective barrier assembly is especially adapted for service tower installations. A pair of pre-cast quasi-U-shaped shells, mate to form a vertically extending enclosure. A pair of caps bridges the shells. A retention rim of the caps extends...

A solid composite material is suitable for construction and industrial uses. The solid composite material consists of at least an effective amount of assorted agricultural remnants bound in an effective volume of cured resin.

A foam board divider comprises a front plate, a back plate, and a cross bar generally joining the front plate to the back plate. The front plate is preferably narrower in width than the back plate to facilitate the installation of the divider. The...

An interlockable panel for forming a generally planar surface. Each panel includes a first surface positioned substantially in a plane and a second surface facing opposite the first surface and substantially parallel to and displaced from the first...

The invention relates to a gabion module (1) having three metal wire panels (2a, 2b) and to a gabion (3) having metal wire panels (2, 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d) connected to one another to form at least one first compartment (4). The compartment (4) may be...

A truss member transportation apparatus may include a member transporter and a member queue. The member transporter may be configured to transport truss members including at least one pre-plated member for truss assembly. The member queue may be...

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided. A clamping apparatus, comprising: a first clamp provided with: a first clamp surface; a second clamp surface; and a substantially straight shaft, the first clamp surface and second...

A method of deploying a prefabricated structure including a shell and an extension nested within the shell comprises positioning a container, the container supporting the prefabricated structure on a plurality of rollers connected with the...

A method of distributing a prefabricated structure comprises providing a prefabricated structure for use at a first site. The prefabricated structure includes a shell with a shell frame, a plurality of wall panels mated with the shell frame, and a...

A method of deploying a cooperating set of prefabricated structure comprises positioning a first prefabricated structure, which includes a first shell and a first extension nested within the first shell, the first shell and first extension have...

Prefabricated panel (1) for building construction that includes a core (2) that is made of insulating material and that is covered on its two faces by a uniform concrete layer (3A, 3B), and in which there are provided, close to one face of the plate,...

A baler and wrapper combination comprises a baler, a bale wrapper, and a bale transport table. The bale transport table is movable between a bale receiving position at a bale output location of the baler, a wrapping position at which the wrapper can...

The present invention relates to a packaging machine having a deep-drawing, filling and sealing station, by way of which a packaging cavity having a recess in the packaging cavity edge is shaped into a plastic film, the packaging cavity is filled...

A method for producing a preferably cosmetic item. Furthermore, the invention relates to a device for producing preferably cosmetic items, and to a packing unit, in particular a capsule (33), for producing preferably cosmetic items. According to the...

An apparatus for producing, bagging and dispensing ice has an ice supply station, an ice collection station, a film supply, a bag forming station, and an ice transport device to transport ice from the collection station to the bag forming station. A...

Apparatus for inserting a content pack into an envelope, the apparatus comprising: a gripping mechanism; means for operating the gripping mechanism to hold an envelope; means for opening a throat of the envelope; means for moving the content pack in...

A bagless vacuum cleaner includes a separating unit for separating dirt and dust from a dirt-laden airflow which is drawn in by the cleaner. The separating unit has a chamber with collection areas for collecting dirt and dust which is separated from...

In order to be able to adjust in a simple and inexpensive way in the manufacture of an air filter housing (10) for a cylindrical filter element, the housing comprising a tangentially adjoining unfiltered air socket (1) and an outlet socket (2) and...

In a compact air filter element (10) having a filter body (11) consisting of a coiled filter medium, through which filter body flow can pass through axially through its end sides (11.1), and which filter body (11) has at least one ring sealing...

Berry, such as grape, harvesting machine includes a plurality of superimposed shakers formed by flexible bars, and attached through their ends to two vertical shafts. At least one shaft is an oscillating actuation shaft controlled by a mechatronic...

A rotary type rake having a plurality of finger wheel rotary raking elements mounted on a frame and movable thereon from one to the other of a raking position to rake material on the ground into a windrow and a retracted raised traveling position....

The present invention is a shackle apparatus used for the lifting of subsea objects. The shackle apparatus includes a shackle body having a first leg and a second leg in which each of the legs has an eyelet formed therein. A pin is mounted through...

Embodiments of the present disclosure relates to a system for reducing nitrogen oxides in a combustion exhaust gas comprising a selective catalytic reactor assembly comprising a catalyst bed for receiving a flow of the combustion exhaust gas, an...

A method of operating a turbine engine system and a turbine engine system are provided. The method comprises supplying a flow of oxygen to a combustion chamber defined within a plurality of turbines coupled serially together within the turbine engine...

A system is provided and includes a first condenser configured to fluidly receive a first steam supply and tower water and to output a first water supply, a second condenser configured to fluidly receive a first portion of a second steam supply and...

A pulsed plasma thruster and method of operation are provided. The pulsed plasma thruster comprises solid propellant material. A main discharge source provides a pulsed discharge across the propellant material for ablating the propellant material to...