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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20080173167 | VEHICULAR BASED MINE BLAST ENERGY MITIGATION STRUCTURE A blast energy mitigation structure may employ a V-shaped hull to decrease the pressure wave imparted to a vehicle during a blast event, and/or an energy absorbing structure to absorb a portion of the blast force, thereby minimizing the forces and accelerations experien... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173168 | Short Recoil Semi-Automatic Shotgun A smooth-bore barrel semi-automatic shotgun include a frame comprising a breech. A barrel is slidingly mounted on the frame relative to the breech. A slide-bolt assembly, which slides relative to the breech, is adapted to close the barrel. A friction spring opposes the ... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173169 | Fluid Pressure Cylinder First and second cushion rings are arranged respectively on both end surfaces of a piston constituting part of a fluid pressure cylinder, through fitting grooves. The first and second cushion rings are formed with substantially hollow cylindrical shapes by press working... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173170 | IGNITION HOUSING FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE A two-stroke internal combustion engine including a molded ignition housing connected to the crankcase of the engine which protects the electric generator of two-stroke internal combustion engine.... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173171 | Monolithic cylinder-crankcase A cylinder-crankcase is disclosed that includes a cylinder block having a cylinder head for receiving a spark plug. The cylinder-crankcase also includes a crankcase and a crank arm for supporting a crankshaft. The cylinder block, cylinder head, crankcase and crank arm a... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173172 | Position Sensing Composite Cylinder A fluid power composite cylinder that includes conductive and resistive material as part of the composite cylinder. The conductive and resistive material to provide a sensor feature that is used to assist position sensing electronic devices in sensing the position of a ... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173173 | Method for the treatment of air and air treatment system A method and system for the treatment of air, in particular for pneumatic brake systems of utility vehicles, is described. The method includes feeding compressed air to a compressed air storage tank through an air dryer, initiating a regeneration of the air dryer using ... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173174 | Continuous pressure letdown system A continuous pressure letdown system connected to a hopper decreases a pressure of a 2-phase (gas and solid) dusty gas stream flowing through the system. The system includes a discharge line for receiving the dusty gas from the hopper, a valve, a cascade nozzle assembly... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173175 | Oxygen humidifier An apparatus and method for separating breathable oxygen gas from a source of gas and then humidifying the oxygen gas while preventing over humidification of the oxygen gas, the apparatus comprising a gas pathway located on a first side of a water transfer member, an ox... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173176 | FLUID SCRUBBER A fluid scrubber in the form of a submerged gas reactor includes a reaction vessel, a gas delivery lube partially disposed within the reaction vessel to deliver a gas into the reaction vessel and a scrubbing liquid inlet that provides a scrubbing liquid to the reaction ... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173177 | METHOD FOR REMOVING HARMFUL SUBSTANCES AND FILTER FOR REMOVING HARMFUL SUBSTANCES A method and a filter for efficiently removing harmful substances in ambient air or generated from tobacco, such as dioxins and pyrene, using DNA are provided. Specifically, in the method, gas containing harmful substances is brought into contact with DNA to be trapped ... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173178 | Modular Ductwork Decontamination Assembly A modular ductwork assembly decontaminates an air stream circulating within an heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system. The assembly includes (a) an ionizing module for removing particulates from the air stream, (b) a sterilization module for neutralizin... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173179 | COMPOSITE MEMBRANE FOR SEPARATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE A membrane and method for separating carbon dioxide from a mixture of gases, where the membrane includes expanded polytetrafluoroethylene and polysiloxane. The membrane is highly stable and can separate carbon dioxide at high flux in harsh environments and high temperat... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173180 | MACHINE WITH AUTOMATICALLY SEALED BREWING CHAMBER A machine for the preparation of a hot drink with a housing and a brewing chamber, wherein the housing is provided with a connection region through which the brewing water is passed to the upper part of the brewing chamber. In order to seal the inflowing brewing water a... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173181 | MACHINE WITH A COMPLETELY REMOVABLE BREWING CHAMBER Please substitute the following paragraph(s) for the abstract now appearing in the currently filed specification: A machine and a method for the preparation of a hot drink with a housing, a water tank and a reclosable brewing chamber, which... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173182 | MACHINE FOR THE PREPARATION OF A HOT DRINK A machine for the preparation of a hot drink with a water tank, a closed brewing chamber and a region for the accommodation of a cup. In order to minimize the size of the machine, to simultaneously prevent the production of germination and to save manufacturing and oper... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173183 | Portable Tea Seat with Observation Window This invention relates to a portable tea set with observation window, which is comprised by upper cap, tealeaves vessel, teacup and lower cap, featuring in: said tealeaves vessel is equipped with a one-body molded U-shaped filter sieve and an observation window outside,... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173184 | Tea cup device A tea cup device includes a container having a chamber for receiving a tea or other drinkable materials, and a filter device disposed in the container for separating the chamber of the container into two separated compartments, and for receiving the tea in either of the... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173185 | Toaster with mini cooker A compact combined toaster and cooker includes in a single housing a toaster and a cooker that has first and second food-heating locations. The toaster is in most ways conventional, having at least one slot and at least one electrical heating element. The cooker has a s... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173186 | Sandwich bun toasting and warming apparatus A bun heating and toasting apparatus provides at least one elongated, inverted V-shaped bun support member formed of heat conductive material, each bun support member arranged to support a partially opened hot dog bun or other elongated bakery bun over an underlying hea... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173187 | Baking pan The baking pan which may have various forms has a substantially metal base and a substantially metal side wall connected by a flexible loop. The base comprises first and second metal segments that are connected by a flexible strap-like band. One edge of the band is conn... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173188 | Hot dog cooker A hot dog cooker has a rotatable sausage rack received in a space between two supporting housings installed on a base housing mounted on a chases. The sausage rack has a pair of round end plates respectively mounted on the supporting housing, a plurality of transversal ... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173189 | Apparatus for extracting juice and pulp from vegetable products for large introductions and associated straining The disclosed embodiments relate to a juice extractor (1) permitting the processing of a food product. The juice extractor includes a base (2) enclosing an electric motor from which extends a drive shaft (7), a tank (3) transpierced by the dr... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173190 | Molding-System Platen having Anti-Tilt Structure Disclosed are: (i) a platen of a molding-system having anti-tilt structure, (ii) a molding system having a platen including an anti-tilt structure, (iii) a component of a platen of a molding system having a frame, the component including an anti-tilt structure, (iv) a c... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173191 | MANUALLY OPERATED PRESS HAVING AN OVERLOAD PROTECTION A manually operated press comprises an actuation lever coupled to a shaft assembly. An actuation of the actuation lever is transformed into a stroke movement of a press ram coupled to the shaft assembly and, accordingly, into a change of a relative displacement position... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173192 | Embossing apparatus There is described an apparatus for embossing a decorative layer of an embossing film (12) which is of a strip form, on to a small-radiused corner of a surface element, wherein a high cycle speed and high cycle rates are achieved in that the embossing apparatus (... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173193 | Method of advertising A stencil displaying a pre-selected image or message is placed upon an unclean surface. The area within the stencil is washed to create a contrast with the area of the unclean surface outside of the stencil. The contrast between the cleaned area within the stencil and t... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173194 | Lithographic offset press and method of applying a thin layer of moisture directly to a blanket cylinder An offset lithography printing press and method wherein dampening structure applies a thin moisture layer directly to a blanket cylinder to facilitate separation between the blanket cylinder and paper or other printable sheet material when passing through a nip between ... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173195 | Offset printing press with cutting register adjustment and corresponding method An offset printing press is provided, including at least one unit for printing a web of paper, a device for transversely cutting the web of paper arranged downstream of the printing unit, and at least one system for controlling the printing unit. | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173196 | SLEEVE FOR PRINTING CYLINDER, PRINTING MACHINE AND METHOD OF REPLACING INNER PERIPHERAL LAYER OF SLEEVE FOR PRINTING CYLINDER Provided is a offset web press, particularly a variable cutoff type web press, which can reduce costs of replacement of a sleeve for a printing cylinder, which is deteriorated through printing operation. The sleeve for a printing cylinder, which is cylindrical and which... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173197 | System for optimizing a regeneration schedule for a contact cleaning roller A system for optimization of a regeneration schedule for a contact cleaning roller (CCR) used to remove particles from a substrate surface by being rolled along the substrate surface. In rolling along the surface, the CCR leaves a residual static charge. The level of le... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173198 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CLEANING A WEBBING-UP DEVICE IN A PRINTING PRESS An apparatus and method for cleaning a webbing-up device in a printing press is disclosed. A webbing-up device for webbing up a printing substrate web in a printing press, namely in a web-fed printing press, includes a finite conveyor chain, which is made up of several ... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173199 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CHANGING A PRINTING PLATE OF A PRINTING PRESS An apparatus and method for changing a printing plate of a printing unit of a printing press is disclosed. A printing unit of a printing press, in particular a web-fed printing press, has at least one printing couple, where the, or each, printing couple includes a plate... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173200 | ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND PROCESSES FOR FORMING THE SAME An electronic device includes an array. In one embodiment, a process for forming an electronic device includes the array, which includes electronic components, can include printing one or more layers as a series of segments onto a workpiece. In one embodiment, a process... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173201 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INITIATION OF A DETONATOR A method for controlling the initiation of an electronic detonator when located in surrounding ground, the method comprising the steps of: measuring the actual spatial position of the said detonator in relation to one or more adjacent detonators; and calculating the tim... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173202 | TAIL FUZE A tail fuze (10) is described having an electrical detonator (12), a fuze needle (14) which is associated with the electrical detonator, a piercing fuze (16) which can be moved into line with the fuze needle (14) and is intended for a ... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173203 | SAFETY AND ARMING UNIT FOR A SPINNING PROJECTILE FUZE A safety and arming unit (10) for a spinning projectile fuze, which has a fuze body (12) and a bearing body (14), which define a spherical cavity (16) between them, in which a spherical rotor (18) is mounted such that it can rotate, in... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173204 | CONNECTOR FOR DETONATOR, CORRESPONDING BOOSTER ASSEMBLY, AND METHOD OF USE Mining operations frequently involve the use of electric or electronic delay detonators in operative association with an explosive charge contained in a booster. Disclosed herein are connectors for connecting a signal transmission line to a detonator associated with a b... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173205 | Stemming Plug The invention relates to a stemming plug (10) which is made from a suitably resilient plastic material and comprises two cup-shaped members (12,14) which face each other with their rims (22) in abutment and means, which extends between the centres o... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173206 | REACTIVE SHAPED CHARGES COMPRISING THERMAL SPRAYED REACTIVE COMPONENTS Shaped charge liners are made of reactive materials formed by thermal spray techniques. The thermally sprayed reactive shaped charge materials have low porosity and high structural integrity. Upon detonation, the reactive materials of the shaped charge liner undergo an ... | 07/24/2008 |
