US Patents Published on 15-Dec-2009

A plug for sealing a bore in the wall of a high-pressure fluid container is provided. The plug includes a sloping surface adapted to seal at an edge between surfaces of different diameter. A method for sealing the bore by forming a socket in the wall...

A reinforced flexible hose that has at least one layer of stainless steel threads braided about the outer surface of the inner core and a transparent flexible polymeric covering located over the braided stainless steel threads, thereby protecting...

A piping element having at least two longitudinal components, such as flow pipes (4), outside of which there is an insulator (3), outside of which there is a corrugated outer sheath (2). The piping element is bendable. Fastening means are arranged to...

A medicament tablet dispensing system and method dispenses any selected number of tablets, up to a maximum number, with minimal dispensing delays. During fill operations, a preset number of tablets are counted and stored in dedicated storage...

A fluid hydration system for providing a replenishable supply of fluid by replacing a depleted fluid reservoir with a replacement fluid reservoir, and housing such reservoir in a protective housing specifically designed to withstand the rigors of...

A working machine includes a main frame, a work table, a plurality of working tools, and a distance adjustment device. The distance adjustment device includes two guide tracks, two positioning members, and an adjustment unit. Thus, the adjustment...

The invention relates to a tire having a split ply carcass member with the ends of the split carcass ply spaced apart in the central crown portion of the tire and a central rubber layer spanning the gap between the split carcass ply ends, wherein...

The invention concerns a hot air device for thermowelding membranes to surfaces. It includes an air inlet, a casing in fluid communication therewith, a combustion chamber mounted within the casing and spaced apart therefrom. The chamber has...

An adhesive tape peeling mechanism has an adhering section and a porous member. The adhering section adheres to a segmented semiconductor wafer bonded to adhesive tape. The porous member is provided on the surface adhering to the semiconductor wafer...

A retractable window covering that has a flexible fabric panel having a bottom edge with a weight bar attached to it. The fabric panel has one or more elongate pockets across its width, accommodating a length-expanding stiffening rod with: ...

The invention relates to a continuous casting installation, for example for steel billet and bloom formats having substantially rectangular or circular cross-section. The invention improves the strand structure in the corner areas, to avoid...

A liquid cooling device (10) includes a heat sink (12), a reservoir (14) distant from the heat sink, a duct (16) connecting with the reservoir, a flexible tube (18) connected to the duct and the heat sink, and a heat-transfer member (19) in the...

A heat exchanger including a stack of flat tubes for gas and a housing for the stack of flat tubes, with the housing enclosing only part of the periphery of the flat tube stack. The tubes have wide and narrow sides and are spaced to form channels...

Methods for treating a hydrocarbon containing formation are described herein. Methods may include treating a first zone of the formation. Treatment of a plurality of zones of the formation may be begun at selected times after the treatment of the...

An embodiment of a method of cementing comprises: introducing a cement composition into a subterranean formation, wherein the cement composition comprises cement kiln dust, a natural pozzolan, and water; and allowing the cement composition to set....

A modular steam injection line, for use in steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) operations for delivery of an equal steam mass flow along a length of the apparatus, incorporates steam splitter modules fluidly connected for forming the steam...

A zone isolation assembly array (794) for a well (712) includes a first zone isolation assembly (722A) and a second zone isolation assembly (722B). The first zone isolation assembly (722A) selectively inhibits fluid communication between a first zone...

A depth control system for maintaining a tubing conveyed tool in a desired location in a cased wellbore during wellbore operations performed with the tool includes a bottom hole assembly carried by a tubing, the bottom hole assembly including a tool...

A firefighting vehicle. An illustrative embodiment of the firefighting vehicle includes a portable vehicle frame, a vehicle body carried by the vehicle frame and having a plurality of body panels disposed in angular relationship with respect to each...

The instant invention relates to a double-coated sintered composition on a hard-faced disk blade for agricultural use as a rotary knife blade of a farm implement termed a harrow wherein the sintered hard-faced composition is applied to both the...

A removable plug and collar for a hollow stem screened auger and a method of collecting water samples using the plug and collar. The plug has an outer threaded surface that is threaded in a first direction. The top of the plug has an internal...

A rotary steerable apparatus is provided having an actuator for pushing the bit or pointing the bit that includes a shape memory alloy. An elongated form of the alloy, such as a wire or rod, is employed in a mechanism that applies force in a...

A rolling cone drill bit includes a cutter element having a cutting portion with a chisel crest and a pilot portion extending beyond the chisel crest. The pilot portion includes a cutting surface that may be generally conical, or form a second chisel...

Exhaust air from an electric-powered battery cooling fan which draws in an exhaust airflow from a battery for traveling purpose is diffused in a direction to a ventilating opening provided in a first cross member, as shown by an arrow C (10), an...

A car mounted with a hydrogen internal combustion engine is driven by supplying hydrogen gas fuel which is produced by vaporizing an aqueous hydrazine solution carried on the car and bringing the vaporized hydrazine into contact with a catalyst...

A golf caddy vehicle comprise a seat assembly mounted on a frame of the vehicle at an attachment location ahead of an axis of rotation of a pair of rear drive wheels via at least one spring element. A pair of rear legs of the seat assembly are...

A motorcycle license plate support including a coupling portion and a support portion. The coupling portion is coupled to a rear fender of the motorcycle and includes a display surface that is visible through an aperture defined by the rear fender....

A hybrid drive system for a four-wheel drive system arranged to supply motive power to a first output shaft of a transfer case from an internal combustion engine and to a second output shaft from an electric motor/generator. The transfer case...

A tilting chassis vehicle has a differential gear driving opposed half shafts (16,18). Each half shaft is connected to a respective wheel hub. Pivoting tie rods (24,26) are provided between the chassis (12) and these wheel hubs, and a control arm...

A loudspeaker diaphragm having light weight and an excellent balance between a rigidity and an internal loss, and a simple and inexpensive method for manufacturing such a diaphragm are provided. The loudspeaker diaphragm includes a base layer having...

An exhaust system comprising: an exhaust chamber having a longitudinal axis and an outer wall defining alternating longitudinally-extending ribs and grooves; and an insert within the exhaust chamber, the insert including a plurality of fins extending...

A description is given of a sandwich structure which comprises a core and outer layers arranged on both sides of the core, in which the core has core clearances which are dimensioned such that the acoustic behavior of the sandwich structure in the...

A reciprocating compressor includes a compressing unit placed over a motor unit. A crankshaft, which converts rotating action of the motor unit into reciprocating action of a piston of the compressing unit, has (a) a centrifugal pump provided at a...

The present invention relates to an elevator and a method for measuring the load in an elevator, in which the elevator car is suspended on hoisting ropes with at least one upward-directed diverting pulley or diverting pulley pair, from which the...

A brake assembly includes a caliper having a first side portion connected to a second side portion by two circumferentially spaced bridge arms. The brake assembly includes a first brake pad and a second brake pad that are interchangeable and each...

A mounting system for a rotary damper includes a base mount, a damper mount member, a damper arm, and a frame bracket including a spherical bearing. The base mount and frame bracket are designed to be mounted on a motorcycle and the damper mount...

To achieve automatic setting into coincidence, the following are provided: a mechanical tension elements arranged to act on an upstream member (9) substantially along the axis (X) along which approach elements (13) act, but in...

A dual clutch for a transmission with a first transmission input shaft and a second transmission input shaft that is positioned in coaxial relation to the first transmission input shaft. The dual clutch comprises a clutch portion comprising a hollow...

An actuator linkage for imparting a rotating motion to a clutch operating shaft according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises a linear actuator including an extendable and retractable arm, the arm including a pivot end, a linkage bar...

Paper currency is conveyed to a resend area 522 when deposited paper currency is folded paper currency, wherein a front corner thereof, relative to the direction of conveyance, is folded, based on information that is read in from a sensor unit 530a....

An apparatus for coating such as printing objects transports the objects through treatment stations along a transport path using at least one transport means. The transport means is in the form of an endless flexible belt which circulates in a...

A method and apparatus for controlling gaps between articles traveling on a conveyor system includes providing a plurality of tandem conveying surfaces defining a series of sequentially arranged conveying surface interfaces. At least one of the...

A table drive system for driving a support table is disclosed herein. The table drive system comprises at least one of a first drive assembly or a second drive assembly or a combination thereof. The first drive assembly is configured for moving the...

A cartridge magazines for a handgun, which magazine includes a closed or closable bottom at its lower end and an opening at its upper end, from which one cartridge each is supplied to the handgun, is at least largely surrounded by a single-part,...

An apparatus includes a receptacle that has monolithically formed and bifurcated front and rear portions. The front and rear portions include an open top section and defines a cavity therein. The front portion has a linear slot formed medially...

An accessory golf bag stand is provided having a central rod with a pair of L-shaped anchors. The rod and the anchors are sharpened for embedding into the ground. A hook portion at an upper end of the rod provides means for carrying the stand and...

Sealed package that includes a formed plastic container, a shaving cartridge (or other stored unit) in a storage region in the container, a surface defining a rim surrounding an entrance to the storage region, and a ramp that connects the rim to a...

A packaging bag 1 according to the present invention comprises a pair of packaging films 7x, 7y that are disposed facing one another, and are sealed together around a perimeter thereof so as to form a housing portion 9 housing a plaster. On one of...

A container for supplying warm wipes having a compartment for holding a plurality of wipes and at least one pocket for holding a chemical heat pack. The pocket has a first surface in thermal contact with the compartment holding the wipes and a second...

A golf club reminder method includes providing a golf bag that has an upper edge. A plurality of golf clubs is positioned in the golf bag. A post has a bottom end and a top end. A flag is attached to the post adjacent to the top end of the post. The...