Household kitchen opening appliance
Patent 7,841,093
An under-the-cabinet household opening appliance including an electric can opener, a jar opener mounted on the bottom wall of the can opener housing, and a sheath for a scissors on the back of the housing. [private]A scissors holder in the sheath releasably retains a scissors within the sheath. A bottle opener and a hone are also mounted on the appliance housing.
Inventors: Martin Brady (Chesterfield); Anthony Cruz (Thousand Oaks, Calif.)
Assignee: Hamilton Beach Brands Inc. (Glen Allen)
Nov. 30, 2010
Packaging system with an improved inner structure
Patent 7,845,496
A package includes a slide card that is received in an outer sleeve having a false end wall. The false end wall extends between a top wall and a bottom wall to enhance the structural integrity of the outer sleeve. The false end wall provides child resistance in that it prevents a user from manipulating the outer sleeve to inadvertently disengage a locking feature that lockably retains a slide card in the outer sleeve. The false end wall also prevents a user from accessing the slide card through an opening that is created by removing an end wall.
Inventors: Christopher Hession (Richmond)
Assignee: MeadWestvaco Corp. (Richmond)
Dec. 7, 2010
Non-ceramic hard armor composite
Patent 7,845,265
A hard armor composite includes a rigid non-ceramic facing and a ballistic fabric backing. The fabric backing is carried by the facing, and includes an array of bundled high-performance fibers. The fibers have a tensile strength greater than 7 grams per denier and a denier per filament ratio of less than 5.4.
Inventors: Andrew Park (Ashburn); Dave Park (Glendora, Calif.); Alexander Park (Midlothian); William Perciballi (Phoenix, Ariz.)
Assignee: Armorworks Enterprises LLC (Chandler, Ariz.)
Dec. 7, 2010
Side opening pack blank design
Patent 7,845,490
A cigarette package, which includes an outer box and an inner frame. The outer box includes a lower box portion and a side opening hinged lid. The inner frame includes a front panel, a back panel, and a side panel extending between the front panel and the back panel. The outer box includes a tab and the inner frame includes a notch, such that the notch engages the tab when the hinged lid is in a closed position.
Inventors: Pamela Moore (Gloucester); Eric Schardt (Powhatan)
Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc. (Richmond)
Dec. 7, 2010
System and method to provide multiple private networks using MPLS
Patent 7,843,944
A system and method are supplied to provide multiple private networks. The system can include an Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) interface configured to receive a plurality of data stream types from a packet switched network. A plurality of local area network ports can be configured to communicate data to local area networks. A switching process can be provided between the MPLS interface and the local area network ports. The switching process can be configured to map individual data stream types from the MPLS interface to each of the respective local area network ports. In addition, the switching process can communicate packets between the MPLS interface and the mapped local area network ports.
Inventors: C. Robert Peterson (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Thomas Herbert (Richmond)
Assignee: Entry Point LLC (Idaho Falls)
Nov. 30, 2010
Functional polymers via surface modifying agents
Patent 7,842,388
Polymers, and particularly conventional commodity bulk polymers, are modified to have a surface activity of interest using a surface modifying polymer that includes a moiety that favors migration to the surface of the bulk polymer together with a moiety provides the activity of interest (e.g., biocidal, wettability modifying (hydrophobic or hydrophilic), resistance to radiant energy, providing a functional group for functionalizing the surface, etc.). The surface modifying polymer is combined with the bulk polymer, and, due to the presence of the moiety that favors migration, concentrates primarily on the surface of the bulk polymer such that the moiety that provides the activity of interest is located primarily on the surface of the bulk polymeric article which is produced. Advantageously, only a minimal amount (such as, e.g., about 2 weight %) of polymeric surface modifier is needed. Being able to achieve desired properties (such as biocidal activity, wettability modification, etc.) without needing much polymeric surface modifier is highly advantageous.
Inventors: Kenneth Wynne (Midlothian); Biao Duan (Richmond); Steven Grunzinger (Tokyo, Japan); Umit Makal (Strongsville, Ohio); Pinar Kurt (Richmond)
Assignee: Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond)
Nov. 30, 2010
Blowing gases in electroblowing process
Patent 7,846,374
The present invention is directed to a method for preparing a nanofiber web by feeding a polymer solution, which has at least one polymer dissolved in at least one flammable solvent to a spinning nozzle, discharging the polymer solution from the spinning nozzle into a blowing gas or gas mixture that will not support combustion, wherein the blowing gas exits a jet at a lower end of the spinning nozzle, to form polymer nanofibers and collecting the polymer nanofibers on a collector under the spinning nozzle, wherein an applied high voltage differential is maintained between the spinneret and the collector.
Inventors: Joseph Hovanec (Richmond)
Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (Wilmington, Del.)
Dec. 7, 2010
Process for the preparation of UHMW multi-filament poly(alpha-olefin) yarns
Patent 7,846,363
A process for preparing ultra-high molecular weight poly(alpha-olefin) (UHMWPO) multi-filament yarns having improved tensile properties at higher productivity. The process includes drawing a solution yarn, then drawing a gel yarn and then drawing a dry yarn continuously in sequence to form a partially oriented yarn, winding up the partially oriented yarn, unrolling the yarn, drawing the partially oriented yarn to form a highly oriented yarn, cooling the highly oriented yarn under tension and winding up the highly oriented yarn.
Inventors: Thomas Y-T. Tam (Richmond); Qiang Zhou (Chesterfield); John Young (Midlothian); Charles Arnett (Richmond); John Hermes (Colonial Heights)
Assignee: Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, N.J.)
Dec. 7, 2010
Methods to improve the low temperature compatibility of amide friction modifiers in fuels and amide friction modifiers
Patent 7,846,224
The present disclosure provides an amide friction modifier which exhibits improved low temperature compatibility with fuel. The amide friction modifier is formed from a hyper-branched fatty acid and an amine. Methods to reduce the frictional property of a fuel and a fuel composition including the amide friction modifier are also disclosed.
Inventors: William Colucci (Glen Allen); Kyle Fricke (Richmond)
Assignee: Afton Chemical Intangibles LLC (Richmond)
Dec. 7, 2010
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Household kitchen opening appliance
Patent 7,841,093
An under-the-cabinet household opening appliance including an electric can opener, a jar opener mounted on the bottom wall of the can opener housing, and a sheath for a scissors on the back of the housing. [private]A scissors holder in the sheath releasably retains a scissors within the sheath. A bottle opener and a hone are also mounted on the appliance housing.
Inventors: Martin Brady (Chesterfield); Anthony Cruz (Thousand Oaks, Calif.)
Assignee: Hamilton Beach Brands Inc. (Glen Allen)
Nov. 30, 2010
Packaging system with an improved inner structure
Patent 7,845,496
A package includes a slide card that is received in an outer sleeve having a false end wall. The false end wall extends between a top wall and a bottom wall to enhance the structural integrity of the outer sleeve. The false end wall provides child resistance in that it prevents a user from manipulating the outer sleeve to inadvertently disengage a locking feature that lockably retains a slide card in the outer sleeve. The false end wall also prevents a user from accessing the slide card through an opening that is created by removing an end wall.
Inventors: Christopher Hession (Richmond)
Assignee: MeadWestvaco Corp. (Richmond)
Dec. 7, 2010
Non-ceramic hard armor composite
Patent 7,845,265
A hard armor composite includes a rigid non-ceramic facing and a ballistic fabric backing. The fabric backing is carried by the facing, and includes an array of bundled high-performance fibers. The fibers have a tensile strength greater than 7 grams per denier and a denier per filament ratio of less than 5.4.
Inventors: Andrew Park (Ashburn); Dave Park (Glendora, Calif.); Alexander Park (Midlothian); William Perciballi (Phoenix, Ariz.)
Assignee: Armorworks Enterprises LLC (Chandler, Ariz.)
Dec. 7, 2010
Side opening pack blank design
Patent 7,845,490
A cigarette package, which includes an outer box and an inner frame. The outer box includes a lower box portion and a side opening hinged lid. The inner frame includes a front panel, a back panel, and a side panel extending between the front panel and the back panel. The outer box includes a tab and the inner frame includes a notch, such that the notch engages the tab when the hinged lid is in a closed position.
Inventors: Pamela Moore (Gloucester); Eric Schardt (Powhatan)
Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc. (Richmond)
Dec. 7, 2010
System and method to provide multiple private networks using MPLS
Patent 7,843,944
A system and method are supplied to provide multiple private networks. The system can include an Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) interface configured to receive a plurality of data stream types from a packet switched network. A plurality of local area network ports can be configured to communicate data to local area networks. A switching process can be provided between the MPLS interface and the local area network ports. The switching process can be configured to map individual data stream types from the MPLS interface to each of the respective local area network ports. In addition, the switching process can communicate packets between the MPLS interface and the mapped local area network ports.
Inventors: C. Robert Peterson (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Thomas Herbert (Richmond)
Assignee: Entry Point LLC (Idaho Falls)
Nov. 30, 2010
Functional polymers via surface modifying agents
Patent 7,842,388
Polymers, and particularly conventional commodity bulk polymers, are modified to have a surface activity of interest using a surface modifying polymer that includes a moiety that favors migration to the surface of the bulk polymer together with a moiety provides the activity of interest (e.g., biocidal, wettability modifying (hydrophobic or hydrophilic), resistance to radiant energy, providing a functional group for functionalizing the surface, etc.). The surface modifying polymer is combined with the bulk polymer, and, due to the presence of the moiety that favors migration, concentrates primarily on the surface of the bulk polymer such that the moiety that provides the activity of interest is located primarily on the surface of the bulk polymeric article which is produced. Advantageously, only a minimal amount (such as, e.g., about 2 weight %) of polymeric surface modifier is needed. Being able to achieve desired properties (such as biocidal activity, wettability modification, etc.) without needing much polymeric surface modifier is highly advantageous.
Inventors: Kenneth Wynne (Midlothian); Biao Duan (Richmond); Steven Grunzinger (Tokyo, Japan); Umit Makal (Strongsville, Ohio); Pinar Kurt (Richmond)
Assignee: Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond)
Nov. 30, 2010
Blowing gases in electroblowing process
Patent 7,846,374
The present invention is directed to a method for preparing a nanofiber web by feeding a polymer solution, which has at least one polymer dissolved in at least one flammable solvent to a spinning nozzle, discharging the polymer solution from the spinning nozzle into a blowing gas or gas mixture that will not support combustion, wherein the blowing gas exits a jet at a lower end of the spinning nozzle, to form polymer nanofibers and collecting the polymer nanofibers on a collector under the spinning nozzle, wherein an applied high voltage differential is maintained between the spinneret and the collector.
Inventors: Joseph Hovanec (Richmond)
Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (Wilmington, Del.)
Dec. 7, 2010
Process for the preparation of UHMW multi-filament poly(alpha-olefin) yarns
Patent 7,846,363
A process for preparing ultra-high molecular weight poly(alpha-olefin) (UHMWPO) multi-filament yarns having improved tensile properties at higher productivity. The process includes drawing a solution yarn, then drawing a gel yarn and then drawing a dry yarn continuously in sequence to form a partially oriented yarn, winding up the partially oriented yarn, unrolling the yarn, drawing the partially oriented yarn to form a highly oriented yarn, cooling the highly oriented yarn under tension and winding up the highly oriented yarn.
Inventors: Thomas Y-T. Tam (Richmond); Qiang Zhou (Chesterfield); John Young (Midlothian); Charles Arnett (Richmond); John Hermes (Colonial Heights)
Assignee: Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, N.J.)
Dec. 7, 2010
Methods to improve the low temperature compatibility of amide friction modifiers in fuels and amide friction modifiers
Patent 7,846,224
The present disclosure provides an amide friction modifier which exhibits improved low temperature compatibility with fuel. The amide friction modifier is formed from a hyper-branched fatty acid and an amine. Methods to reduce the frictional property of a fuel and a fuel composition including the amide friction modifier are also disclosed.
Inventors: William Colucci (Glen Allen); Kyle Fricke (Richmond)
Assignee: Afton Chemical Intangibles LLC (Richmond)
Dec. 7, 2010
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