713 results about "HOLDING CHAMBER" patented technology

A single cup pod beverage brewer is presented utilizing a pod (20) containing coffee grounds or tea leaves surrounded by filter paper. A pod holding chamber (22) consisting of a upper head (26) and a lower head (28) having an ejection disc (42). An upper head mounting frame (48) is attached to its horizontal base (50) and includes lower head rotating arms (60) attached to a first shaft (62) with a first gear motor (66) rotating the arms into a pod loading position, a pod brewing position and a pod disposal position. A second gear motor (66a) is secured to the upper head mounting frame, driving a cam (76) through a second shaft (62a) engaging the upper head to lower, seal and raise said upper head. A pod ejector solenoid (84) is disposed on the base electromechanically propelling the pod from the chamber when the lower head in the pod disposal position. An electronic control system employs a solid state direct current arrangement for control regulation and alternating current for heating system functions. An enclosure with panels and a door (90) protects moving elements and electrical controls.

A recording apparatus includes a housing body, an opening/closing member, attached to the housing body via a pivot shaft so as to be capable of rotating freely, that covers the surface of the housing body on one side thereof, and an ink tank having an injection port for filling an ink holding chamber with ink used in recording. Here, the ink tank is disposed so that one end thereof is positioned within the housing body on the opposite side of the housing body as the side in which the pivot shaft is provided, and has a stepped shape including a step portion, the step portion being provided on a side of the ink tank that is further from the pivot shaft. The injection port is provided in the step portion, and when the opening/closing member is opened and the ink is to be filled.

The present invention provides electronic systems, including device arrays, comprising functional device(s) and/or device component(s) at least partially enclosed via one or more containment chambers, such that the device(s) and/or device component(s) are at least partially, and optionally entirely, immersed in a containment fluid. Useful containment fluids for use in containment chambers of electronic devices of the invention include lubricants, electrolytes and/or electronically resistive fluids. In some embodiments, for example, electronic systems of the invention comprise one or more electronic devices and/or device components provided in free-standing and/or tethered configurations that decouple forces originating upon deformation, stretching or compression of a supporting substrate from the free standing or tethered device or device component.

This invention relates generally to devices and methods for performing optical and electrochemical assays and, more particularly, to test devices, e.g., cartridges, methods and systems, wherein the test devices have an entry port configured to receive a test sample into a holding chamber; a first conduit having at least one lateral flow test strip; and a displacement device, such as a pneumatic pump, configured to move a portion of said test sample from said holding chamber into said first conduit. The present invention is particularly useful for performing immunoassays and/or electrochemical assays at the point-of-care.

The present teachings relate to methods and apparatus for depositing one or more materials (e.g., one or more films, such as one or more solids) on one or more substrates, which may form part of an OLED or other type(s) of display. In some embodiments, the disclosure relates to apparatus and methods for depositing ink on one or more substrates. The apparatus can include, for example, one or more chambers for receiving ink, and plural orifices configured in the one or more chambers which are adapted for ejecting droplets of the ink; a discharge nozzle comprising an array of micro-pores (e.g., configured in a rectangular array), with each micro-pore having an inlet port and an outlet port, and the discharge nozzle receiving plural quantities (e.g., droplets) of ink from the chamber(s) via the orifices at the inlet ports and dispensing the ink from the outlet ports. The droplets of ink can be received at unique, spaced-apart locations on the inlet ports of the discharge nozzle. In some embodiments, a single liquid ink-holding chamber, which includes plural orifices (e.g., three), receives ink in liquid form having a plurality of suspended particles, and droplets of the ink are ejected substantially simultaneously from the chamber to respective, spaced-apart locations on the discharge nozzle; and the discharge nozzle evaporates the carrier liquid and deposits the solid particles on one or more substrates.

A humidifier for use with a pressure support system. The humidifier includes a body having an inlet, a fluid holding chamber, and an outlet. The inlet is positioned upstream and in fluid communication with the fluid holding chamber. The outlet is positioned downstream of and in fluid communication with the fluid holding chamber. A back-flow preventing valve is positioned upstream of the fluid chamber. The back-flow preventing valve is movable between an open position, in which the inlet is unblocked, and a closed position in which the inlet is blocked. In the closed position, the back-flow preventing valve prevents fluid, fluid vapor, or both from entering the pressure support via the inlet to the humidifier.

A cable assembly (1) comprises an insulative housing (2) having a body portion with a front surface and a pair of upper and lower tongue portions (212, 222) respectively extending forwardly form a top and bottom sides of the front surface of the body portion; the body portion defines a receiving room therein. A printed circuit board (3) is disposed in the receiving room of the body portion of the housing and defines a mating portion (31) extending forwardly from the front surface of the housing and disposed between the upper and lower tongue portions, a terminating portion (32) opposite to the mating portion and a connecting portion (33) connected with the mating portion and the terminating portion. The connecting portion and the terminating portion are received in the receiving room. A cable (4) is terminated to the terminating portion of the printed circuit board and extending out of the housing. And, a shielding member (5) received in the receiving room and surrounding the printed circuit board (3).

A refrigerator including an auxiliary receiving chamber is disclosed. The refrigerator includes a main body having a storage chamber, and a door which opens or closes the storage chamber and has a receiving space formed at a back side of the door. The door includes an auxiliary storage area having an opening to store goods, an auxiliary receiving chamber disposed in the auxiliary storage area to move back and forth, an auxiliary door to open or close the opening, and an opening/closing member to extract or retract the auxiliary receiving chamber.

A drying apparatus having a purpose of shortening a drying time of laundry, comprising an accommodating chamber in which the laundry is accommodated, and executing a washing operation of the laundry and a drying operation after end of the washing operation in the accommodating chamber, the machine comprising: a refrigerant circuit in which a compressor, a gas cooler, an expansion valve, and an evaporator are successively connected to one another in an annular form via a piping; an air circulation path for discharging air which has exchanged heat with the gas cooler into the accommodating chamber by a blower to exchange the heat of the air passed through the accommodating chamber with the evaporator; and a control device for operating the compressor and the blower to perform the drying operation, wherein the control device starts the operation of the compressor before entering the drying operation.

A beverage container having a slidably openable lid assembly is disclosed. The lid assembly basically comprises a base member and a cover member. The base member includes a wall portion releasably securing the lid assembly to the container and an opening in fluid communication with a beverage holding chamber in the container. The cover member is slidably coupled to the base member to slide from a closed position to an open position and vice versa. When the cover member is in the closed position it isolates the opening and the contiguous portions of the base member from the ambient surroundings. When the cover member is in the open position it exposes the opening to enable a user to drink the beverage via the opening. The cover includes an elastomeric member arranged to engage and seal the opening in the base member when the cover member is in the closed position.

A portable water disinfecting and purification apparatus comprising a first chamber into which water to be purified may be drawn by suction or negative pressure, a second chamber into which the water from the first chamber can be forced by a pumping action or positive pressure, whereby the water is initially passed across a pre-filter secured over the inlet to the first chamber and having a very small pore size and an inner cavity in which a disinfecting agent is place to filters most contaminants before the water is drawn into said filtering device, and once in the first holding chamber the water is isolated and may be further treated with a disinfectant agent, and then is passed though at least additional filtering substance including an activated carbon or nano-filter.

A peeling, grinding, breaking and blending device for food, vegetables and fruits, it comprise a lower cover having a receiving room, a base provided under the lower cover, a cutting and grinding portion and an upper cover used to cover the lower cover. The cutting and grinding portion is received in the receiving room of the lower cover, a cutting, peeling and grinding plate is provided on the upper end of the cutting and grinding portion, a plurality of toothed knives are provided with the surface of the cutting, peeling and grinding plate, a grinding layer is provided at the surrounding portion thereof, a through hole is provided on the upper cover, the bottom of the through hole is provided with a grinding layer, a stopper layer is provided with the grinding layer, thus, when the vegetables and fruits are placed in through the through hole, the functions of juice squeezing and grinding can be proceeded at the same time. The device is applicable to use as a food processor having the twin functions of squeezing juice and grinding food.

An aerosol medication delivery apparatus includes a fixed volume holding chamber which is constructed to allow for a uniformly mixed, concentrated bolus of medicated aerosol to be delivered with each breath. The device further includes a universal inlet, so that any standard small volume nebulizer, as well as any standard metered dose inhaler (MDI), may be utilized therewith. Also filtration can be added to address contaminated patient air and aerosol. A one-way valve is positioned in the patient mouthpiece, to help control the loss of aerosol, and thereby reduce waste.

A rotary damper includes a housing (1) that has a holding chamber (4), a rotor (2) integral with a gear (2a) disposed rotatably in the holding chamber (4) of the housing (1), and a braking member (3) for controlling the rotation of the rotor (2). The braking member (3) is interposed between the outer periphery of the rotor (2) and the inner periphery the holding chamber (4). A supporting shaft (5) is erected on the bottom part of the holding chamber (4) of the housing (1). A through-hole (7) is bored in the rotor for permitting insertion therein of the supporting shaft (5) in the axial direction of the rotor (2). The rotor (2) is supported through the supporting shaft (5) and the through-hole (7). With this configuration, a stabilized braking force is constantly provided because the rotor (2) does not incline it is being rotated.

The present invention pertains to a valved holding chamber suitable for use in an aerosol medication delivery system. The valved holding chamber includes a housing and a mouthpiece coupled to the housing. A one-way valve assembly is coupled to the housing, the mouthpiece, or both so that fluid flows in a first direction from the housing to the mouthpiece passes through the valve assembly but does not pass back into the housing. The valve assembly includes a conical flange disposed such that the conical flange tapers in the first direction to smooth the fluid flow in the first direction toward the patient. In a further embodiment, the mouthpiece includes an exhaust port defined in a conical collar portion of the mouthpiece, and an exhaust valve element is disposed over the exhaust port to provide a one-way flow of fluid from within the mouthpiece to ambient atmosphere via the exhaust port.

A fan module for use in a computer or server is disclosed to include a rack, which defines a holding chamber and has a plurality of guiding grooves symmetrically disposed at two sides inside the holding chamber, and a plurality of locating plates insertable into the rack at different elevations to carry a respective fan in the holding chamber, each locating plate having two guiding portions symmetrically disposed at two sides and insertable into two sliding grooves at same elevation inside the rack without the use of any tool.

Repeating animal traps incorporating one or more inclined plane trap assemblies with means to preclude an animal on the tilting floor member of the trap assembly from engaging the top and/or side edges of the door member of the trap assembly in an attempt to escape from the trap by pulling the door member down to thereby unblock access to the entrance opening. Additional means are shown to preclude an animal within the enlarged holding chamber or enclosure of the repeating animal trap from engaging the inner end portions of the floor member in an attempt to escape from the trap by pulling the floor member down, enabling the animal to climb onto the floor member and then attempt to pull the door member down to escape from the trap. A barrier in the form of sharpened projections and/or an inclined ramp is provided beneath the inner end portions of the floor member to discourage an animal entering or nesting within that space when the floor member is raised in the reset position of the trap assembly. The barrier can include an inclined ramp whereby the space between the floor member and the ramp is decreased as an additional animal enters the trap assembly, to push an animal beneath the tilting floor member back into the enclosure. A plastic version of the repeating animal trap assembly enables thermoforming of many of the structural elements into the housing cover. Catches are also provided to selectively secure a glue board to the cover of the repeating animal trap to capture an animal attempting to bypass the entrance openings of the trap by running over the trap housing.

A spreader assembly for spreading sand or salt comprised of a molded, double-walled hopper having a bin portion and leg portions. The hopper has an inner wall and an outer wall, wherein the inner wall has a front end section and opposing side sections. The end sections and the side sections define a media-holding chamber within the bin portion of the hopper. The chamber has a generally rectangular upper portion, a funnel-shaped lower portion and a bottom having an opening extending through the bin portion. The funnel-shaped lower portion of the chamber slopes toward the opening. The outer wall of the hopper defines the leg portions, and the leg portions are dimensioned to extend below the opening in the bin portion.

In one embodiment, the invention is to a sample metering device, comprising a sample holding chamber oriented between a sample entry port and a sample extraction unit, wherein a portion of said extraction unit defines a metered volume of a sample. A diluent may be transported over and/or through the extraction unit to form a diluted sample for sample analysis. In another embodiment, the invention is to an apparatus and method for rapid determination of analytes in liquid samples by various assays including immunoassays incorporating a sample dilution feature, capable of being used in the point-of-care diagnostic field is provided. The devices and methods of the invention preferably are well-suited for high range sample dilution.

A portable file case holder including a case housing having a rear wall, side walls, a top wall and a bottom wall for forming an interior compartment; the rear wall having an exterior wall surface and an interior wall surface; each of the side walls having an exterior wall surface and an interior wall surface; and each of the side interior wall surfaces include a plurality of paired, spaced-apart mounting receiving slots; and wherein each of the mounting receiving slots having U-shaped channels thereto for receiving the side edge of a shelving member. One or more of the shelving members for forming one or more compartments within the interior compartment of the case housing for receiving documents in the form of file folders, books, notebooks, 3-ring binders, manuscripts, transcripts, and/or computer print-outs. The case housing includes a detachable file case door having an exterior wall surface, an interior wall surface and a perimeter edging with a plurality of locking means thereon for covering the interior compartment. Each of the side exterior wall surfaces include a wheel receiving compartment; each of the wheel receiving compartments for receiving a tire wheel and wheel strut having a strut locking knob thereon. Each of the tire wheel and wheel strut having a first wheel retracted position within the wheel receiving compartment and a second wheel extended position extending from the wheel receiving compartment. The rear exterior wall surface includes a handle receiving compartment; the handle receiving compartment for receiving a case handle member having a handle locking knobs thereon; and the case handle member having a first handle retracted position within the handle receiving compartment and a second handle extended position extending from the handle receiving compartment.

Disclosed herein is double cap having a lower cap rotatably connected to an upper cap. The lower cap has an insertion pipe body defining an adjunct receiving chamber therein. The insertion pipe body has a bottom opening covered by a bottom cover. A plurality of rib protrusions is provided on an inner surface of the insertion pipe body. First and second steps are formed on an upper end of the lower cap and stepped downward from an upper end of the adjunct receiving chamber. A push member, having a push pipe body is received in the adjunct receiving chamber of the lower cap, with a plurality of guide protrusions formed on the exterior of the push pipe body, so that the rib protrusions of the lower cap are guided by the guide protrusions to guide the upward and downward movement of the push member. External push threading is provided around a circumferential outer surface of the push member. The upper cap has internal threading provided for engagement with the external push threading formed on the push member to provide an upward and downward moving force for the push member relative to the direction of rotation of the upper cap, so that, when the upper cap is rotated in a predetermined direction, the push member moves downward to open the bottom cover.

A body tone exercise brick includes a brick body having a receiving chamber opened upward, a bar detachably mounted in the receiving chamber of the brick body, and a pair of weight members alternatively placed in the receiving chamber of the brick body or detachably coupled to two ends of the bar when the bar is taken out from the receiving chamber of the brick body. Thus, the body tone exercise brick of the invention has a variety of exercise modes to train muscles of various portions.

The invention provides a device for crushing ore through continuous discharge and a method for crushing ore by using the same. A high-voltage discharge electrode partially stretches into a deionized water container, an insulating bush is arranged between the high-voltage discharge electrode and the deionized water container, the deionized water container contains deionized water, a low-voltage discharge electrode is fixedly arranged in the middle of the deionized water container, the low-voltage discharge electrode is provided with a holding chamber, the bottom surface of the holding chamber is provided with screen holes, the stretching portion of the high-voltage discharge electrode is aligned to the holding chamber on the low-voltage discharge electrode, and the upper end of the high-voltage discharge electrode is connected with the rotating shaft of a motor. The device for crushing ore through continuous discharge and the method for crushing ore by using the same have the beneficial effects that the crushing of ore through continuous discharge can be realized, the problem that discharge dead zones exist during electrode discharge is overcome, the electric crushing efficiency of ore is improved and the subsequent treatment difficulty of ore is reduced.

An optical fiber connector according to the present disclosure includes an outer housing, an inner housing and a handling member. The outer housing has an accommodation room defined by a first wall, a second wall, a third wall and a fourth wall, wherein the first wall faces the third wall and connects with the second and fourth walls. A hook is formed at each of the second and fourth walls. The inner housing protrudes outwardly from the accommodation room of the outer housing. The handling member has a pair of grip hooks that are configured to hook on to the hooks at the second and fourth walls, respectively.

A structure of light tube includes a main body, a power supply module, and at least one light emission element. The main body has first and second heat dissipation zones and an accommodation chamber. The main body has two ends respectively and electrically connected to two conductive terminals. The power supply module is received and retained in the accommodation chamber of the main body. The power supply module includes an enclosure forming a receiving space in which a power supply device is received and retained. The light emission element is coupled to the main body so that heat from the light emission element is directly drained through the main body, while the power supply dissipates heat through natural air flows without relying on the main body, so that there parts do not cause thermal interference with each other and the performance of heat dissipation is improved to thereby extend the lifespan of the light tube. Further, the light emission element and the power supply are of modularized arrangements, which allow the users to conduct maintenance and repairing operation with simple tools by themselves.

A dual-purpose vacuum cleaner includes a self-walking carriage including three or more wheels, an accommodation chamber providing at least one bearing face, a roller brush, a dust guide, a passageway connected to the accommodation chamber and a plurality of first contacts disposed in the accommodation chamber, a hand-held vacuum cleaner detachably accommodated in the accommodation chamber and including at least one abutment face, a handle, a dust suction entrance attached to the passageway and a plurality of second contacts respectively physically kept in contact with the first contacts, and a cover covered on the self-walking carriage to conceal the hand-held vacuum cleaner in the self-walking carriage.

A portable solid waste container designed with a central holding chamber. The device features a storage member with a lid that is contained within the chamber. An accessory holding chamber is externally attached to the central holding chamber and is intended to hold a flashlight. A waste bag holding chamber is also externally attached to the central holding chamber and is intended to hold disposable waste bags. The apparatus may be carried by hand by means of an attached handle, or attached to an animal restraining tool, such as a leash or similar device.

A battery cover mechanism comprises a battery cover (10), a housing (20) and a hinge mechanism (30). The battery cover has an installing side (101) and a movable side (102) opposite to the installing side. The housing includes a first surface (201) and a second surface (202) that is opposite to the first surface, and the housing defining a receiving chamber (21) in the first surface. The hinge mechanism rotatably mounts the installing side to the housing, and the cover is rotatable to cover or uncover the receiving chamber.

A canister includes a casing that has a tank port connected to a fuel tank, an atmospheric port connected to an atmospheric passage communicating with atmosphere, and a purge port connected to an intake passage of an engine. An adsorbent is charged in the casing for adsorbing fuel vapor. A support member defines an accommodation chamber in the casing. The support member supports the adsorbent. A pump is supported by the support member. The pump is accommodated in the accommodation chamber. The pump introduces atmospheric air into the accommodation chamber through the atmospheric passage. A motor is accommodated in the accommodation chamber. The motor drives the pump. A damping member is located between the pump and the support member for absorbing sound and vibration transmitted from the pump to the support member.

A voice coil motor includes a case, a moving barrel, magnetic elements, a lower plate, an elastic plate, a first and a second coil assemblies. The case includes an upper plate and a sidewall extending downward from peripheral edges of the upper plate. The upper plate and the sidewall cooperatively define a receiving room. The moving barrel is received in the receiving room. The magnetic elements are received in the receiving room and surround the moving barrel. The lower plate is positioned on one end of the sidewall The elastic plate is connected between the upper plate and the moving barrel or between the lower plate and the moving barrel. The first coil assembly includes pairs of coils. Each pair of the coils is opposite to each other and attached on the moving barrel. The second coil assembly is annular shaped and sleeved over the moving barrel.