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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120103433 | MULTI-MODE HEATER FOR A DIESELEMISSION FLUID TANK A heater assembly used in connection with a diesel emissions fluid tank in a vehicle, the heater assembly including a first heater connectable to an alternating current power supply; a second heater connectable to a direct current power supply within the vehicle; wherei... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120067438 | POLYMER TREATMENT DEVICE FOR PROVIDING A TREATMENT TO A POLYMER BED, A COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM ASSOCIATED WITH A CONTROLLER THEREOF, AND AN ASSOCIATED MOLDING SYSTEM Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a polymer treatment device (100) for providing a treatment to a polymer bed (4) having granules (2) of a polymer that are in a solid- state, a computer-readable medium associated with a contro... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120034374 | EXTRUSION MATERIAL SUPPLY DEVICE AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION BODY MANUFACTURING METHOD USING THE SAME The invention provides an extrusion material supply device suitable for use in melt extrusion molding, and a method for manufacturing an optical transmission body, in which a deterioration of an optical signal transmission loss is extremely small, and productivity intri... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120003122 | FLOW CONTROLLER ASSEMBLY FOR MICROFLUIDIC APPLICATIONS AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING A PLURALITY OF EXPERIMENTS IN PARALLEL A flow controller assembly for microfluidic applications includes at least one microfluidic flow controller, which includes a microfluidic chip, a thermal energy transmitter, a flow sensor for measuring the flow rate of a fluid running through the flow controller and a ... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110303305 | FAUCET ASSEMBLY A faucet assembly includes a faucet body, a pipe unit and a control unit. The pipe unit is disposed outside the faucet body. The pipe unit uses an inlet pipe, a junction pipe and an outlet pipe to complete the pipe configuration of the faucet body. It is easy to manufac... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110290340 | VACUUM VALVE A cartridge heater is accommodated in a heater bore in a shaft connected to a valve element, and a heating portion provided at an end portion of the cartridge heater is located at a joint portion of the shaft and the valve element. At the joint portion, a heat receiving... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110290328 | CONTROLLING A HEATING/COOLING SYSTEM The invention relates to a hydronic heating/cooling system. In the system, liquid is led along a main supply pipe (1) to a supply manifold (2) and distributed in the manifold into heating loops (3). The heating loops (3) return to return mani... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110284088 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING EFFLUENT FROM AT LEAST ONE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT Exemplary embodiments of using effluent from a wastewater treatment plant are provided, where treated wastewater can exploit geothermal energy while delivering usable thermal energy to buildings by passing through an effluent distribution system including mains. The eff... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110277983 | TEMPERATURE CONTROLLER, FLUID CIRCULATOR AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL METHOD USING TEMPERATURE CONTROLLER A temperature controller includes: a closed first circulation circuit having a fluid cooler; a closed second circulation circuit having a halogen lamp heater as a fluid heater and feeding a thermal fluid heated by the halogen lamp heater to a vacuum chamber as an object... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110277681 | GAS INJECTORS FOR CVD SYSTEMS WITH THE SAME The present invention provides improved gas injectors for use with chemical vapour deposition (CVD) systems that thermalize gases prior to injection into a CVD chamber. The provided injectors are configured to increase gas flow times through heated zones and include gas... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110265887 | APPARATUS FOR RADIAL DELIVERY OF GAS TO A CHAMBER AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Apparatus for the delivery of a gas to a chamber and methods of use thereof are provided herein. In some embodiments, a gas distribution system for a process chamber may include a body having a first surface configured to couple the body to an interior surface of a proc... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110259442 | INCREASED POWER IN COMPRESSED-GAS ENERGY STORAGE AND RECOVERY In various embodiments, energy is stored or recovered via super-atmospheric compression and/or expansion of gas in conjunction with substantially adiabatic compression and/or expansion from or to atmospheric pressure.... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110207170 | Bioreactor Exhaust An exhaust system suitable for high volume exhaust from flexible disposable bags is described that prevents nutrient media volume loss and prevents cross-contamination without using any filters. The invention described here allows the use of disposable two-dimensional b... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110180156 | Method for heating and/or cooling agricultural related feed additives A hydronic system for heating and/or cooling fluid feed additives passing through a delivery line is disclosed. The system includes a hydronic heating system which will heat fluid passing through a closed loop radiant line which is closely positioned adjacent a portion ... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110139259 | STORAGE HOT WATER SUPPLYING APPARATUS, HOT WATER SUPPLYING AND SPACE HEATING APPARATUS, OPERATION CONTROL APPARATUS, OPERATION CONTROL METHOD, AND OPERATION CONTROL PROGRAM A storage hot water supplying apparatus which efficiently operates with largely increased available heat in a water storage tank is provided. The storage hot water supplying apparatus (1) provides heated water to a load circuit (300) through which users us... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110132263 | System and Method for Depositing a Material on a Substrate A method and apparatus for depositing a film on a substrate includes introducing a material and a carrier gas into a heated chamber. The material may be a semiconductor material, such as a cadmium chalcogenide. A resulting mixture of vapor and carrier gas containing no ... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110132262 | System and Method for Depositing a Material on a Substrate A method and apparatus for depositing a film on a substrate includes introducing a material and a carrier gas into a heated chamber. The material may be a semiconductor material, such as a cadmium chalcogenide. A resulting mixture of vapor and carrier gas containing no ... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110108135 | MAGNETIC HYGIENICAL WATER TAP The present invention discloses a magnetic water tap including a watercourse main body and a water flow switch. The watercourse main body includes a water tank, a water inlet, and a water outlet. The water inlet, water tank and water outlet are sequentially connected wi... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110100483 | GAS SUPPLY APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH VAPORIZER An energy-saving, downsized gas supply apparatus equipped with a vaporizer is provided, wherein the gas supply apparatus is capable of stably and easily performing highly accurate gas flow rate control without requiring rigorous temperature control on the vaporizer side... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110073195 | PREHEATING BACKWATER DEVICE A preheating backwater device comprises a tank body fabricated with a pump, a control module, a Y-pipe and a plurality of pipes inside. The device is assembled with a general hot-water heater and existing hot water and water supply pipes in a building. Users can activat... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110064644 | GAS HYDRATE CONVERSION SYSTEM FOR HARVESTING HYDROCARBON HYDRATE DEPOSITS In one embodiment, a gas hydrate conversion system is provided comprising a floating factory, an appendage for harvesting a gas hydrate from an oceanic hydrate deposit, and one or more storage tanks. The floating factory comprises one or more heat exchange assemblies, o... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110051897 | Liquid Target Producing Device Being Able to use Multiple Capillary Tube And X-Ray and EUV Light Source Device with the Same A liquid target producing device to which multiple capillary tubes are mountable includes a capillary tube for injecting a liquid target in a jet form; a gas storage tank connected to the capillary tube through a gas line to store a gas to be supplied to the capillary t... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110036011 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO PRODUCE SYNTHETIC GAS A method of producing a synthetic gas (syngas) includes injecting a plurality of reactant streams into a gasification reactor via at least one injection device having a plurality of injection annuli, an inner portion that extends annularly about a centerline extending t... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110030811 | PREHEATING BACKWATER DEVICE The utility model provides a preheating backwater device, comprising: a tank body, a pump, a control module, a Y-pipe, a first joint pipe, a second joint pipe, a third joint pipe and fourth joint pipe. The device is installed with a hot-water heater and existing hot wat... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110023971 | Device for controlling the flow of fluids through microfluidic channels A device for controlling a flow of fluids through n=2m microfluidic channels, m being a natural number >0 includes a substrate having the microfluidic channels therein. Each channel includes m contact points. A respective heating element corresponds to eac... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110008540 | CANISTER FOR DEPOSITION APPARATUS, AND DEPOSITION APPARATUS AND METHOD USING THE SAME A deposition apparatus, and a canister for the deposition apparatus capable of maintaining a predetermined amount of source material contained in a reactive gas supplied to a deposition chamber when the source material is deposited on a substrate by atomic layer deposit... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110000549 | FUEL SUPPLY APPARATUS AND FUEL SUPPLY METHOD The temperatures of fuel oils stored in fuel tanks 12a, 12b, 12c are separately detected by temperature sensors 52a, 52b, 52c, respectively. Based on the detection results, a CPU 49 | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100319790 | USABLE WATER USAGE DEVICE The invention relates to a method of using tap water intended for an outflow (4), in that a water-dispensing valve (58) is opened and the temperature of the tap water flowing out of the water-dispensing valve (58) is increased by a heating means, wh... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100319785 | FLUID PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROCESSING METHOD A fluid is processed between processing surfaces capable of approaching to and separating from each other, at least one of which rotates relative to the other. A first fluid containing a material to be processed is introduced between processing surfaces 1 and ... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100304024 | Working process for the treatment of an interior of a pipework system as well as a subdistributor and a working equipment for the treatment of a pipework system The invention relates to a working process for the treatment of an interior of a pipework system (1), which pipework system (1) includes a part-system (2, 21, 22) between a first connection (3, 31, 32) and a second connection (4, 41, 42 | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100229552 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GAS ENRICHMENT OR GENERATION OF MECHANICAL POWER The present invention relates to a device comprising:
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| 20100212772 | Hydrogen Filling Method And Station Hydrogen filling station, in particular, for refilling vehicle tanks with hydrogen gas, comprising a source reservoir designed to hold liquid hydrogen (LH2), a pipe for withdrawing liquid hydrogen from the source reservoir to at least one user station, an electric cryog... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100212889 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO MEASURE FLUID FLOW RATES Example methods and apparatus to measure fluid flow rates are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus includes a circulator to selectively circulate a fluid in a flowline, a generator thermally coupled to the flowline at a first location and controllable to form a heat... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100212622 | SLEEVE VALVE ASSEMBLY A sleeve valve assembly. The assembly includes a valve seat, a sleeve valve and an oil path-defining piece. The sleeve valve includes a distal end with a cavity. The distal end contacts the valve seat when the sleeve valve is located in a closed position. The oil path-d... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100206397 | Device for collecting and dispensing roof rain water The container is mounted onto the structure and attached to the bottom of the rain gutter. It collects rain gutter water and pumps the water out across the lawn area using a battery/solar powered system, using a sump pump with hoses and nozzles. It also keeps leaves and... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100193492 | TEMPERATURE CONTROL OF LIQUIDS, IN PARTICULAR CONTINUOUS FLOW HEATING Disclosed is an apparatus for altering the temperature of a liquid, comprising: a pipe having a first end for receiving a liquid and a second end for discharging the liquid; and a thermal element for altering the temperature of the liquid, wherein the thermal element is... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100186830 | Hydraulic Control Module Disclosed is a hydraulic control module that can be downsized. The hydraulic control module includes an upper control valve, a lower control valve, and a wiring plate. The upper and lower control valves each include an oil path having a groove portion. A sandwich struct... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100180959 | TEMPERATURE-CONTROLLED PRESSURE REGULATORS Temperature-controlled pressure regulators are described. An example temperature-controlled pressure regulator described herein includes a regulator body having an inlet fluidly coupled to an outlet via a first passageway. A heat block is disposed within the regulator b... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100163116 | MICROFLUIDIC NOZZLE FORMATION AND PROCESS FLOW A method that includes forming a chamber in a substrate, forming a silicon layer overlying the chamber, etching the silicon layer to remove selected regions and retain a selected portion overlying the chamber, the selected portion being at a location and having dimensio... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100146954 | Liquid-Cooled Exhaust Valve Assembly A valve assembly may include a valve body, a valve member, and a valve shaft. The valve body may include an inlet, an outlet, and first and second fluid paths in fluid communication with the inlet. The first fluid path may extend axially through at least a portion of th... | 06/17/2010 |
