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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20080173047 | Circular Knitting Machine and Electric Motor A motor speed controller is structurally integrated into an electric motor for a belt drive in a circular knitting machine. The motor speed controller is connected by means of a cable strand with an interface unit placed at the circular knitting machine. The motor speed... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173048 | Handcuffs A set of handcuffs which has a first bracelet, a second bracelet, and a central holder. In one embodiment, the central holder contains a one-way clutch and a retraction mechanism. In a second embodiment, the central holder comprises a retraction mechanism. One end of a ... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173049 | COMBINATION PADLOCK A combination lock includes a lock body, a shackle axially moveable between a retracted position and an extended position, a locking mechanism, and a dial secured to the front side of the lock body. The locking mechanism is movable from a locked condition to an unlocked... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173050 | Lock assembly A lock assembly, which includes a casing with two lock through holes at one side, a combination lock mounted in the casing, a locking plate axially sliably mounted in the casing to block/open the lock through holes of the casing and having a hook portion at one end, an ... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173051 | LOCK CORE STRUCTURE A lock core structure including a housing, a lock core, at least two latch elements and plural lock piece sets. Each lock piece set includes a division plate and a first lock and the second lock piece are embedded in two sliding tracks on the division plate, and an elas... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173052 | METHOD FOR TREATMENT OF DISTILLATION WASTE FROM STARCHY MATERIALS There is provided a method for highly treating distillation waste generated in the process of separating a distilled alcoholic material after alcoholic fermentation of starchy materials. The method includes the steps of adding sodium polyacrylate to the distillation was... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173053 | FERTILIZER-POLYMER MIXTURES WHICH INHIBIT NITRIFICATION IN SOILS Improved, low-pH aqueous polymer mixtures are provided which can be applied directly to soils or incorporated within ammoniacal nitrogen-containing fertilizers to inhibit nitrification in soils, thus enhancing plant uptake of ammonium and yields. The polymers are advant... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173054 | OPEN COMPOSTING BIOFILTER The present invention relates to control of volatile emissions from a pile of composting organic material. Specifically, the present invention relates to covering the composting pile with a blanketing layer of finished compost material. The invention further relates to ... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173055 | Deep rolling head of a deep rolling tool for the deep rolling of crankshafts The invention concerns a deep rolling head (2) of a deep rolling tool of a shears-type deep rolling unit of a deep rolling machine used for the deep rolling of radii or fillets (5, 6) on the bearing pins (9) of crankshafts (7) with the aid of... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173056 | Bending device of a spring forming machine A bending device used in a spring forming machine is disclosed to include a vertical rail at the machine frame, an upper slide and a lower slide respectively driven by a respective power source to move along the vertical rail relative each other, an oblique upper holder... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173057 | Stamping of work hardenable aluminum alloy sheets Work hardenable aluminum alloy sheet material is progressively stamped to a final stamped shape in a succession of stamping operations. A blank sheet of annealed starting material is stamped into a least a first preform shape between heated stamping tools to form a pref... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173058 | Shell press and method for forming a shell The invention generally relates to an apparatus for forming a shell. The apparatus has a die center and a panel punch located in opposed relation to the die center. A panel punch piston is coupled to the panel punch. The panel punch piston has an upper end and a spacer ... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173059 | Expandable Skin for Restructuring an Inner Lining A skin and a method for restructuring the inner surface of a tube of long length includes manufacturing a skin, in a material with expansion rate greater than 50%, the external surface of which includes a restructuring print determined in order to take into account the ... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173060 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING UNDULATING CONDUIT Method and apparatus for forming conduit or pipe of various sizes into undulating, helical pipe by feeding a length of conduit at a controlled rate through a bending mechanism while also continuously rotating the pipe at a controlled rate so that bending occurs in multi... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173061 | APPARATUSES FOR CRIMPING AND LOADING OF INTRALUMINAL MEDICAL DEVICES Crimping apparatuses for reducing the diameter of an intraluminal medical device from a first diameter to a second diameter prior to loading the medical device into a catheter delivery system and loading apparatuses for introducing the medical device into a catheter del... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173062 | Fitting device for producing the arrangement for locking a sealing element, arranged at the front end on a rotor of a turbine, against a displacement in the circumferential direction, and method of producing such a locking arrangement The invention relates to a fitting device for producing the arrangement for locking a sealing element, arranged at the front end on a rotor of a turbine, against a displacement in the circumferential direction, the sealing element locking moving blades arranged on the r... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173063 | TORSIONAL WIRE TREATMENT DRAWING SYSTEM A torsional wire treatment drawing system for increased drawing speeds and die life by using wet or dry lubricant and by distributing the heat of drawing over two or more drawing dies, thus increasing the ability to remove heat from the system, is provided.... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173064 | Creatinine Sensor Calibration In a method for calibrating a biosensor for the amperometric determination of creatinine in biological liquids, consisting of one electrode system each for measuring the concentrations of creatinine and creatine, with at least two calibration solutions being used, the e... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173065 | METHOD OF CALIBRATING A GAS SENSOR A method of calibrating a gas sensor that generates an output related to the concentration of a sensed gas, the method comprising:
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| 20080173066 | TESTING PERFORMANCE OF GAS MONITORS Method, apparatus, and system are utilized for testing the performance of a gas monitor against predetermined monitor characteristics to determine if performance of the gas monitor is validated in a manner whereby testing gas is directly delivered to the gas sensor.... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173067 | Automated nasal spray pump testing An automated system for testing a spray pump assembly includes a system computer, a robotic handler, holder tray, actuator, and analytical balance. The system computer issues commands to the robotic handler to handle and to transport spray pump assemblies, collection ve... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173068 | Reliability Test Plate for Appearance Treatment and the Method Thereof The reliability test plate for appearance treatment is used to coat with predetermined paint or material. The reliability test plate at least includes an appearance simulation area for simulating at least partial appearance of an electronic product, and at least one tes... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173069 | SENSOR A sensor including: a detecting element (4) as defined herein; a plurality of metallic terminal members (10, 211, 221, 231, 268) as defined herein; and an insulating separator (82) as defined herein, wherein the insulating separator includes: an out... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173070 | Method For Correcting a Measured Cylinder Pressure of an Internal Combustion Engine A method for correcting a measured cylinder pressure of an internal combustion engine, in which a cylinder pressure sensor (16) is connected to a combustion chamber (4) via a duct (21), disturbing portions resulting from whistle oscillations being s... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173071 | Honeycomb filter defect detecting method A method for detecting defects in a honeycomb filter body. In operation, a gas flow stream containing particulates emerges at an outlet end face of the honeycomb body through defects, if any, in the honeycomb walls and/or plugs where they are illuminated. The gas flow s... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173072 | Device for detection of residual content and leakage warning for gas canister A device is provided for detecting residual gas content inside a gas canister and issuing a warning of gas leakage. The device includes at least one temperature sensor, one pressure sensor, a calculation/processing circuit, an alarm element, a display device, and a powe... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173073 | Method and Apparatus for Monitoring Fluid Pressure A method and apparatus for monitoring the pressure of a fluid within a rigid vessel are disclosed. A preferred method comprises monitoring the capacitance of a capacitor comprising a deformable resilient solid dielectric separating first and second conductive elements, ... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173074 | LIQUID STATE DETECTING SENSOR A liquid state detecting sensor includes: a state detecting element including a heating resistor; an energization unit; a first output acquiring unit; a reference acquiring unit; a first calculating unit; a state detecting unit; a second output acquiring unit; a second ... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173075 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FLUID RHEOLOGY MEASUREMENTS An apparatus for automated fluid rheology measurement includes a probe, a torque tube engaging an inner cylinder of the probe, a motor that drives the inner cylinder, and a circuit board programmed to drive the motor at variable shear rates in a time-dependent manner. A... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173076 | Method and Device for Measuring the Minimum Miscibility Pressure of Two Phases Method and device for measuring the minimum miscibility pressure of two phases. In a pressure cell, gas is bubbled into a liquid, or conversely, liquid is dripped into a gas. The presence of bubbles or of drops is detected through the diffe... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173077 | Acoustic assessment of characteristics of a fluid relevant to acoustic ejection Methods are provided for analyzing characteristics of fluids in the context of an acoustic ejection system. Such a system has a controller, an acoustic radiation generator, and a coupling medium coupling the radiation to a reservoir holding fluid. The methods can use ac... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173078 | Method for surface replication via thermoplastic media A method of inspecting a specimen under test may comprise the step of disposing melted thermoplastic media onto a surface under test of the specimen under test, maintaining a constant temperature of the specimen under test at or about room temperature wherein the temper... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173079 | Method for detecting engine rotation direction A method for determining a direction of rotation of a rotatable shaft includes rotating a disk in synchronization with the rotatable shaft. The disk has a plurality of contiguous zones, and the zones include a set of first zones and at least one second zone. Each of the... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173080 | NASCAR BODY DIMENSION OR CONFIGURATION MEASURING DEVICE The Measuring Device (1) disclosed and claimed comprises a Frame (10) pivotally supporting an Extender component (20) having an Extender contact (32). The Frame (10) additionally pivotally supports a Stabilizer (40) which is piv... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173081 | ROUGH ROAD DETECTION SYSTEM A rough road detection system includes an engine speed module, a feature space module, a normalization module, and a rough road module. The engine speed module generates an engine speed signal based on a crank signal. The feature space module generates a feature space s... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173082 | TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SENSOR AND MOUNTING METHOD A tire pressure monitoring sensor includes resilient spring members to support and resist movement during rotation of the wheel.... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173083 | BOREHOLE TESTER APPARATUS AND METHODS USING DUAL FLOW LINES A formation tester system with a tester tool comprising two or more functionally configured flow lines. The two or more functionally connected flow lines cooperating with one or more pumps and cooperating valves direct fluid to and from various axially disposed sections... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173084 | Method and device for continuous measuring of dynamic fluid consumption, including pressure regulator A method for the continuous measuring of dynamic fluid consumption using a continuously-operating flow sensor with variable pressure drop wherein the pressure downstream of the flow sensor is adjusted to a constant value by a pressure regulator, and when the pressure do... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173085 | METHOD & APPARATUS FOR FLUID FLOW RATE AND DENSITY MEASUREMENT A fluid flow rate and density measuring apparatus is disclosed including a section of cylindrical conduit comprising a measurement section or housing for the flow sensor. The flow sensor housing is fixedly attached to a conduit at its distal ends allowing fluid to pass ... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173086 | Liquid Level Indicator A liquid level indicator (1) is provided for sealing engagement with an opening of a receptacle. A float (8) is used which rests at the liquid level and which is connected to a float rod (7), which in turn is pivotally connected to fixed (5) ... | 07/24/2008 |
