04th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 31 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130022368 | CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cartridge is provided with an electrode portion for connecting a main assembly contact. The cartridge electrode includes a first contact portion, exposed toward an outside of a frame of the cartridge, contacted to a main assembly contact provided in the apparatus main assembly. The cartridge electrode further includes a second contact portion provided for being electrically connected to a process means of the cartridge, and an injection receiving portion into which resin is injected when the cartridge electrode is molded into the frame. The electroconductive resin injected from the injection receiving portion is branched to mold the first contact portion and the second contact portion so that an electroconductive path for electrically connecting the main assembly contact and the process means is formed. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022369 | Component Movement Mechanism for an Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus may include a photosensitive member, a plurality of developing devices each including a developing roller, a support member detachably supporting the plurality of developing devices, and a developing device move mechanism that moves each of the developing devices to a close position and a distant position. Each of the developing devices includes a cover member that is movable between a cover position and an exposure position. The image forming apparatus further includes a cover member move mechanism, which moves the cover member from the cover position to the exposure position in association with movement of the developing roller from the distant position to the close position, and which moves the cover member from the exposure position to the cover position in association with movement of the developing roller from the close position to the distant position. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022370 | Image Forming Apparatus and Photosensitive Unit - An image forming apparatus is described. The image forming apparatus may include: a main body provided with an accommodation chamber partitioned by an inner side surface; a photosensitive unit configured to slid between an accommodated position and a drawn position; a first electrode disposed on a first outer side surface on the photosensitive unit; a second electrode disposed on a second outer side surface on the photosensitive unit to protrude toward the inner side surface beyond the first outer side surface; a third electrode disposed on a first inner side surface on the inner side surface; and a fourth electrode disposed on a second inner side surface on the inner side surface to protrude toward the photosensitive unit beyond the first inner side surface. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022371 | TONER FOR ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE DEVELOPMENT - To provide a toner, which contains a binder resin, a colorant, and a releasing agent, wherein the binder resin contains a low molecular weight resin component, where the low molecular weight resin component has a resin softening coefficient (A), represented by the following formula (1), satisfying A>0.165, and has storage elastic modulus (dyne/cm | 2013-01-24 |
20130022372 | FEED AUGER WITH PADDLES - A development system ( | 2013-01-24 |
20130022373 | METHOD OF USING FEED AUGER WITH PADDLES - A development system ( | 2013-01-24 |
20130022374 | TONER SUPPLY DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A rotary-type toner supply device includes a toner container and a scraping member. The toner container has a peripheral wall section which is shaped so as to surround a side face of an imaginary column K | 2013-01-24 |
20130022375 | DEVELOPING DEVICE FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A developing device of an image forming apparatus to convey a developing agent, the developing device including a housing having a developing agent accommodating compartment disposed therein, a first rotation member and a second rotation member that are disposed inside the developing agent accommodating compartment, a plurality of developing agent convey members that rotate around the first rotation member and the second rotation member being arranged along a shaft direction of the first rotation member, and at least one torque limiter coupled to between the first rotation member and at least one of the plurality of developing agent convey members, the at least one torque limiter to allow at least one of the plurality of developing agent convey members to perform a relative rotation with respect to the first rotation member when a load is applied to the plurality of developing agent convey members is varied. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022376 | DEVELOPING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing device for use with an image forming apparatus, includes a developing roller for carrying a developer and for forming a developer image on an image bearing member; a supplying roller for supplying the developer to the developing roller, wherein the supplying roller has a foam layer at its surface and forms a nip between itself and the developing roller; an accommodating portion, provided below the supplying roller, for accommodating the developer; and a feeding member for feeding the developer from the accommodating portion onto the nip by being rotated in a direction opposite to a rotational direction of the supplying roller. The supplying roller is rotated in a direction which is from a lower end of the nip to an upper end of the nip. The supplying roller is provided so that its top is higher than a top of the developing roller. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022377 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT CARRIES OUT COLOR REGISTRATION ADJUSTMENT, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus which is capable of improving the accuracy of detecting the amount of misregistration. A control unit controls a plurality of image forming units so as to form a color registration pattern on a image bearing member. A detection unit detects diffusely reflected light reflected on the image bearing member and the color registration pattern. The control unit compares a first output value output by the detection unit detecting the surface of the image bearing member with a second output value output by the detection unit detecting a low-reflectivity toner pattern formed on the image bearing member, and determines a density of the color registration pattern corresponding to the low-reflectivity toner pattern based on a result of the comparison. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022378 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is an image forming apparatus including a main body provided with an opening, a cover to open and close the opening, a plurality of development units developing electrostatic latent images into visible images through developers, a transfer device including an intermediate transfer belt receiving the developers from the plurality of development units and transferring the developers to printing media, and a sensor unit provided with light windows located at first positions opposite the intermediate transfer belt when the opening is closed by the cover, and located at second positions exposed to the opening when the opening is opened by the cover. Thereby, a user may clean the light windows through the opening. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022379 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTER TRANSFER STATION WITH SKI - A transfer station is described for an EP printer that transfers a toner image to a receiver sheet carried on a rotatable transport web. The web is wrapped around a rotatable image-bearing member to define a transfer region. A nip-forming ski adjacent to the transport web on the opposite side thereof from the image-bearing member extends upstream of the transfer region. A ski mount causes the ski to press the transport web towards the image-bearing member. Therefore, as the receiver sheet moves with the transport web, the receiver sheet engages the image-bearing member upstream of the transfer region, causing the transport web to push against the ski to provide a selected nip-spacing between the image-bearing member and the transport web in the transfer region. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022380 | TRANSFER DEVICE - A Transfer device ( | 2013-01-24 |
20130022381 | FUSER AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - A fuser includes a cylindrical heating rotating body including a heat generator and a pressure rotating body including a circumferential face which has contact with the heating rotating body to form a nip portion for fusing, wherein a disk-like outside plate, which is exposed outside, is provided in one end or both ends of the heating rotating body in a rotation axis direction, a disk-like inside plate is provided in an inner circumferential face of the heating rotating body on an inside of the outside plate to have an interval relative to the outside plate, a center vent is provided near a center of the outside plate, an outer edge vent is provided in an outer edge or the neighborhood thereof of the outside plate, and a flow path, which connects the center vent and the outer edge vent, is provided between the outside vent and the inside vent. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022382 | SECURING PLUGS FOR ATTACHING COMPUTER COMPONENTS - A keyboard assembly for a small form factor computer includes a number of keys and associated electrical contacts positioned between the top case portion of the computer and the feature plate. The attachment of the keyboard assembly during the manufacturing process can be accelerated by welding securing fasteners through small holes in the feature plate directly to the top case portion of the computer. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022383 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus configured to perform printing on a sheet that is wound in a roll shape, the printing apparatus including: a feeding unit configured to feed a sheet that is drawn out of a roll sheet of a loaded sheet; a cut unit configured to cut the sheet fed by the feeding unit; and an operation unit configured to operate the feeding unit and the cut unit to function. The operation unit can operate the feeding unit and the cut unit to convey the sheet by an arbitrary amount and cut before the sheet is first printed. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022384 | MECHANISM FOR DEPLOYING A STICK OF COSMETIC PRODUCT, ASSOCIATED DEVICE AND PROCESS - The mechanism comprises an inner hollow sleeve ( | 2013-01-24 |
20130022385 | ADJUSTABLE WIPER - The invention relates to a cosmetics unit, in particular a mascara unit, that includes a storage container for storing the cosmetic to be applied, an applicator which in its stowed position preferably dips into the cosmetic, and a wiper device which wipes off a portion of the cosmetic picked up by the applicator during dipping. The wiper device consists of several wipers that produce a different wiping action and through which the applicator can be passed alternatively. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022386 | PAINT TRIMMER WITH EDGING GUIDE - A paint trimmer with a three-part edging guide includes a paint applicator, a paint distributing manifold and a handle. The three-part edging guide includes a paint mask, a spacer, and a beveled trimmer guide. The three-part edging guide components work together to allow the paint trimmer to create a straight edge of paint along a surface without any extra traditional masking needed to prevent paint from being applied to any unwanted areas. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022387 | Foam Applicator For Applying A Fluid - A fluid applicator includes an applicator body, a foam element, and a fabric cover protecting the foam element. The applicator body includes a foam element support platform having first and second sides. A foam element engaging surface is provided on the first side of the foam element support platform. A foam element retaining wall is disposed at a peripheral edge of the foam element engaging surface. The foam element has a first side supported on the foam element engaging surface, a second side opposite the first side, and a peripheral edge at least partially enclosed by the retaining wall. A fabric mounting surface is disposed outside the retaining wall. The fabric cover is arranged on the second side of the foam element and is peripherally bonded to the fabric mounting surface. A fluid port provides fluid communication between the first side and second sides of the foam element support platform. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022388 | LOWER BALL JOINT ASSEMBLY - Embodiments of the invention are directed to a lower ball joint assembly for connecting a lower control arm to a steering knuckle of a vehicle. In one embodiment, the lower ball joint assembly comprises a plurality of components including a ball-head tapered ball joint pin (or stud), a ball joint housing and a securing ring configured to assemble together into a lower ball joint assembly. In an assembled configuration, a proximal, or ball-head, of the ball-head tapered ball joint pin may be housed within the ball joint housing. The securing ring may reversibly couple with a distal end of the ball joint assembly by a plurality of fasteners to complete the assembly. The ball joint assembly may have a hardness characteristic of between forty (40) and one-hundred (100) Rockwell. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022389 | LONGITUDINAL JOINT - A longitudinal joint forms a surface usable as a passage between first and second passage surfaces ( | 2013-01-24 |
20130022390 | Adapter device of tandem bicycle - The creation is an adapter device for tandem bicycle. The tandem bicycle consists of the bicycle and the connected bicycle. The adapter device comprises the universal joint and twist apparatus. The universal joint is connected to the scheduled placed of the seat tube, so the reaction force caused by rugged roads can be eliminated by the device when riders make a turn. About the twist apparatus, which links the connected bicycle, the flexible components in the twist apparatus can make the preceding part of bicycle more stable at the start or at low speed in riding, so the bicycle can have good stability and mobility, and is easy to ride. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022391 | Molded-In Insert and Method for Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic Composite Structure - In an embodiment of the disclosure, there is provided a molded-in insert for high strength retention in a fiber reinforced thermoplastic composite structure. The insert has a cylindrical body and at least one circumferential groove formed in the cylindrical body, the groove having a substantially concave configuration, having a groove radius of 0.025 inch or greater, and having the groove radius greater than or equal to a groove depth. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022392 | DECKING SYSTEM AND ANCHORING DEVICE - The present invention is an anchoring device for joining three boards. It includes a substantially flat horizontal top element having a top view configuration which includes two sides and has a first predetermined width as measured wide to side at its maximum width between the two sides. There is at least one substantially vertical support member attached to the underside of the top element along an imaginary center line and extending downwardly from the top element for a predetermined length, which has two sides and a second predetermined width as measured at its maximum width. There is a substantially flat horizontal bottom element with two sides and has a third predetermined width at its maximum width. The first predetermined width is greater than the second predetermined width and the third predetermined width, and the third is greater than the second. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022393 | Hinge Device with Lever Released in Cycle and Insertion Device Having the Hinge Device - The present invention relates to a hinge device, which comprises a first lever and a third lever pivoted on a frame, and the first lever is pivoted with a second lever. When a first machine body inserted in the insertion device is desired to be removed, the third lever can buckle an unlocked lock member thereby preventing returning and allowing the first machine body to be easily removed; when the first machine body is inserted, the second lever drives the third lever to release the lock member for buckling and fastening the first machine body, then the third lever can be released and recovered through the second lever thereby allowing another cycle of buckling the unlocked lock member to be processed; as such, through continuously releasing of the levers in cycle, operations of inserting and removing the first machine body are more smooth and simplified. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022394 | Joint structure for furniture - A furniture includes a first connecting member, a second connecting member and a joint structure. The first connecting member has a distal end portion, a proximate end portion and a securing surface formed on the proximate end portion. The second connecting member has a coupling surface and a connecting slot formed on the coupling surface, wherein the connecting slot has a size which is substantially the same as that of the proximate end portion of the first connecting member. The joint structure is provided on the first connecting member and the second connecting member, in such a manner that when the proximate end portion of the first connecting member is inserted into the connecting slot of the second connecting member for substantially withstanding a load applied on the distal end portion of the first connecting member. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022395 | Coupling for Hair Mannequin Head - A coupling secures a mannequin head to a mannequin head holder. The mannequin head holder has a stem. The hair mannequin head has a neck with a base. An opening is formed in the base. The opening extends longitudinally into the neck for receiving the stem. The coupling has a neck engaging member, a retention mechanism, a stem engaging member, and a bridge. The neck engaging member has a pair of arms extends substantially parallel to one another. The retention mechanism is affixed to each arm and, together with the arms, grasps the neck of the hair mannequin head. A notch is formed in the stem engaging member. The notch defines a plane and has a longitudinal axis perpendicular to the plane. The longitudinal axis passes between the arms of the neck engaging member. The bridge fixes the relative positions of the neck engaging member and the stem engaging member. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022396 | Self-Fronting Spring Assembly for a Traffic Delineator - A spring assembly for a self-uprighting delineator. The assembly has a rotationally self-aligning cam attached to a delineator post and cooperating with an upper knuckle of the delineator to rotate the post from a misaligned rotational position to a first frontally aligned position. The cam has sloping surfaces which engage and slide along complimentary sloping surfaces on the upper knuckle under compressive forces of a spring which urges the cam and upper knuckle together. When rotational forces are withdrawn, the post will return to the first frontally aligned position | 2013-01-24 |
20130022397 | TRACK SYSTEM FOR USE WITH VEHICLES AND METHODS REGARDING SAME - A track system may include a plurality of connected slat members that may form rollable tracks. The rollable tracks may be used in moving vehicles across sensitive ground. The rollable track may be deployed using various methods and/or apparatus such as, e.g., deployment apparatus including one or more spool portions for rolling and unrolling the rollable tracks. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022398 | CEMENT FINISHING ATTACHMENT FOR CEMENT RAKE - A cement finishing attachment for a cement rake includes a cement finishing blade with a first face, a second face, a first edge, a second edge and peripheral side edges. At least one retainer is positioned on the second face of the cement finishing blade for fixing the cement finishing blade to a rake blade of a cement rake and a receiver is positioned on the second face of the cement finishing blade for receiving a shaft of the cement rake. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022399 | Wave Suppressor and Sediment Collection System - A system and method to provide water and sediment flow through a rock jetty, which includes a plurality of collection components mounted along a forward face of the rock jetty, each collection component having a plurality of flow pipes to receive water carrying sediment; a principal flow pipe to receive flow from the plurality of flow pipes and to carry water and sediment a predetermined distance to deposit at the rear of the jetty; a continuous trough mounted on the jetty forward face to efficiently capture water and sediment at entrances of the plurality of flow pipes; and a filter screen covering the entrance of the trough to allow water and sediment to flow into the trough and to prevent large rocks and other debris from entering. Sections of principal flow pipe may be removed when sufficient quantity of sediment has been deposited, so that additional sediment can be deposited. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022400 | SUBSEA DISPERSANT INJECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A system for supplying a chemical dispersant to a subsea hydrocarbon discharge site comprises a dispersant source and a dispersant pump configured to pump dispersant from the dispersant source. In addition, the system comprises a first flow line coupled to the pump. Further, the system comprises a subsea dispersant distribution system coupled to the first flow line. Still further, the system comprises a dispersant injection device coupled to the distribution system and configured to inject dispersant from the dispersant source into a subsea hydrocarbon stream. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022401 | AIR-FREIGHTABLE SUBSEA WELL CONTAINENT TOOLING PACKAGE - A system for supplying a chemical dispersant to a subsea hydrocarbon discharge site comprises a surface vessel including a dispersant storage tank and a dispersant pump configured to pump dispersant from the storage tank. In addition, the system comprises a first flow line coupled to the pump and extending subsea from the vessel. Further, the system comprises a subsea dispersant distribution system coupled to the first flow line. Still further, the system comprises a dispersant injection device coupled to the distribution system and configured to inject dispersant from the tank into a subsea hydrocarbon stream. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022402 | LEAF FOR A MITRE GATE AND MITRE GATE INCLUDING SUCH A LEAF - A leaf for a mitre gate is provided. The leaf for a mitre gate may include: a skin plate intended for withstanding a pressure exerted by a liquid; and at least two uprights respectively located on either side of the skin plate, the uprights being secured to the skin plate. The skin plate is in the overall shape of a cylinder portion, the longitudinal axis of the cylinder being essentially parallel to the uprights. Each upright extends overall according to a generatrix of the cylinder. Each upright includes at least one bearing element, arranged to project relative to the skin plate and each bearing element includes a bearing surface, for supporting the bearing element against a lock wall or another leaf of the mitre gate. The bearing surface of each bearing element is aligned with a plane that is tangential to the skin plate. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022403 | CONTINUOUS FLUID TIGHTNESS FOR A CIVIL ENGINEERING WORK - A civil engineering work ( | 2013-01-24 |
20130022404 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING A FLOOD BARRIER - A method and apparatus for compacting material in a unit. In one embodiment the compacting apparatus comprises an attaching device, a base coupled to the attaching device, and a head coupled to the base, wherein the head comprises at least one sloping face. The head is lowered within the unit to compact material within the unit. As force is applied by the head, the sloping face distributes the force in a direction normal to the slope of the face. This compacts the material within the unit and prevents the formation of voids within the unit. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022405 | AMPHIBIAN ISLAND - An amphibian artificial island ( | 2013-01-24 |
20130022406 | FREESTANDING HYBRID RISER SYSTEM - A free standing hybrid riser system including: a vertical section including an upper strengthening joint; a buoyant unit; a top riser assembly (TRA) below the buoyant unit and connected at a first connection point on the TRA to the upper strengthening joint; the buoyant unit is connected to the TRA at a second connection point on the TRA; and a flexible jumper is connected to the TRA at a third connection point on the TRA; wherein a first bending moment is applied about the first connection point to the TRA by the buoyant unit, and a second bending moment is applied about the first connection point to the TRA by the flexible jumper, wherein the first and second bending moments oppose each other. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022407 | Riser tensioner - A riser tensioner that tensions a riser extending to the seabed from a drilling ship which drills for submarine resources such as oil. The riser tensioner is disposed under a drilling ship to tension a riser used for drilling operation of submarine resources and includes a plurality of cylinders. The riser tensioner further includes: an injection nozzle for injecting water to a surface of a piston rod exposed from each of the cylinders; and a scraper unit which removes salt or seawater from the surface of the piston rod by scrapping the surface of the piston rod to prevent salt from accumulating on the surface of the piston rod. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022408 | Riser tensioner having oil collecting means - A riser tensioner that includes an oil collecting means and tensions a riser extending to the seabed from a drilling ship which drills for submarine resources. The riser tensioner further includes a piston rod partially inserted into each of the cylinders and reciprocating within the cylinder, a piston seal disposed between a head of the piston rod and a wall of the cylinder to provide fluid sealing, an oil collection passage extending from the head of the piston rod to an outside of the cylinder through the piston rod to allow oil leaking into the cylinder through the piston seal to be discharged from the cylinder to the outside of the cylinder through the oil collection passage, and an oil leakage detection sensor which detects oil leakage positioned on the head of the piston rod. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022409 | RISER TENSIONER HAVING AN EMERGENCY SEAL - A riser tensioner has an emergency seal and tensions a riser extending to the seabed from a drilling ship which drills for submarine resources such as oil. The riser tensioner is disposed under a drilling ship to tension a riser used for drilling operation of submarine resources and including a plurality of cylinders into which oil is supplied. The riser tensioner further includes a piston rod partially inserted into each of the cylinders and reciprocating within the cylinder, a piston seal disposed between a head of the piston rod and a wall of the cylinder to provide fluid sealing therebetween; an oil leakage detector detecting oil leakage through the piston seal, and an emergency seal disposed in a groove formed at an upper portion of the head of the piston rod to be compressed towards the wall of the cylinder and protrude from the head of the piston rod to prevent oil leakage through the wall of the cylinder when the oil leakage detector detects oil leakage. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022410 | WORKER'S CAGE FOR EXCAVATION WORK - Provided is a cage for protecting a worker in an excavation. The cage includes spaced apart side panels formed from a material suitably-strong to withstand a force exerted on the side panels by a collapsing wall of the excavation. A plurality of cross members extend between the side panels to substantially maintain a distance separating the side panels when subjected to the force exerted by the collapsing wall of the excavation. And a connection head that is cooperable with a coupler supported by a boom of a piece of mechanized equipment is included to couple the cage to the boom. The connection head is coupled to one or both of the side panels, one or more of the cross members, or one or both of the side panels and at least one of the cross members. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022411 | FACING ELEMENT FOR USE IN A STABILIZED SOIL STRUCTURE - A facing element ( | 2013-01-24 |
20130022412 | Food Grade USDA Abrasive Media Free Flow System - The Food Grade USDA Abrasive Media System is an aqueous slurry Food Grade USDA abrasive media or FDA Approved aqueous slurry toothpaste formula system, or differential pressurized variable control regulation closed-type Food Grade USDA abrasive media or FDA Approved toothpaste formula system. The aqueous slurry type system pumps aqueous slurry media from an aqueous slurry pump. The differential pressurized variable control regulation closed-type system utilizes negative pressurized air or drawing the media from a control valve. The hallmark of The Food Grade USDA Abrasive Media System is light and easy to operate opening the door to whole new market of customers to safely perform paint stripping and cleaning tasks. Efficiency of operation is acquired by way of diffusion, equal particle distribution, and the effective Food Grade USDA Abrasive Media System can compete against harmful paint thinners, petroleum distillates, and chemical cleaners. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022413 | Food Grade USDA Abrasive Media System - The Food Grade USDA Abrasive Media System is an aqueous slurry Food Grade USDA abrasive media or FDA Approved aqueous slurry toothpaste formula system, or differential pressurized variable control regulation closed-type Food Grade USDA abrasive media or FDA Approved toothpaste formula system. The aqueous slurry type system pumps aqueous slurry media from an aqueous slurry pump. The differential pressurized variable control regulation closed-type system utilizes negative pressurized air or drawing the media from a control valve. The hallmark of The Food Grade USDA Abrasive Media System is light and easy to operate opening the door to whole new market of customers to safely perform paint stripping and cleaning tasks. Efficiency of operation is acquired by way of diffusion, equal particle distribution, and the effective Food Grade USDA Abrasive Media System can compete against harmful paint thinners, petroleum distillates, and chemical cleaners. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022414 | Cutting Body Configured for Fine-Tuning and Metal-Working Machine Tool Comprising a Plurality Thereof - A cutting body for a metal-working machine tool includes a cutting portion extending from a body portion. The body portion is configured to fine-tune the position of the cutting portion. The body portion includes an inner sub-portion and an outer sub-portion disposed between the inner sub-portion and the cutting portion. The outer sub-portion includes adjacent first and second sections. The first section is configured to elastically bend, extends between the inner sub-portion and the cutting portion, and comprises a face adjacent the second section. The second section includes a biasing surface and a biasing sub-portion configured to hold a biasing member. When the biasing sub-portion is moved due to biasing of the biasing member against the biasing surface, the first section is configured to bend and thereby change position of the cutting portion extending therefrom and allow fine-tuning thereof. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022415 | CUTTING TOOL - To provide a cutting tool in which the amount of waste of a main body unit and a cutting head can be suppressed and oscillation at the time of a cutting process can be suppressed. In a cutting tool | 2013-01-24 |
20130022416 | SHANK DRILL - A shank cutter has plural circumferential cutting edges which run in a helical manner in the region of its cutting section and of which at least one critical number are equipped in each case with a preferably essentially flattened roughing profile with chip-separating grooves with rounded bases, so that the chip-separating grooves of cutter ridges which are adjacent in the circumferential direction are axially offset relative to each other. To create a tool which provides long service life by combined advantages of a vibration-stabilized finishing cutter and a conventional roughing cutter, at least one circumferential cutting edge has an angle of twist which differs from that of another circumferential cutting edge. In addition, the chip-separating grooves of the circumferential cutting edges which are equipped with a roughing profile in each case merge into a preferably essentially flattened central section of the roughing profile by means of a predefined flank radius. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022417 | Cutting insert for tooth cutters - A cutting insert for tooth cutters includes a substantially cuboid basic body. The basic body has two top surfaces on sides opposite each other. The basic body also has four circumferential surfaces which extend in each case from an edge portion of the one top surface to an edge portion of the other top surface. A cutting edge is formed at at least one transition from each circumferential surface to one of the top surfaces. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022418 | CUTTING TOOL - Provided is a cutting tool such that the progress of wear is delayed and that wear resistance is excellent. This cutting tool is configured in such a way that multiple cover layers ( | 2013-01-24 |
20130022419 | CUTTING TOOL - A cutting tool with excellent resistance to adhesion and wear. The cutting tool has a cutting edge on the intersecting ridge line of the rake face and the flank face, and is covered on the surface of the base thereof by a coating layer comprising Ti | 2013-01-24 |
20130022420 | CUTTING TOOL - A cutting tool having a high oxidation resistance, a high wear resistance and a good defect resistance. The cutting tool comprises a base body and a coating layer, the coating layer comprising Ti | 2013-01-24 |
20130022421 | ABRASIVE CORING BIT - A coring bit accessory for a rotary tool is provided herein, including a shank for coupling with a rotary tool, a body including a generally cylindrical structure having a proximal end portion defining a leading rim, an abrasive ring bonded to or incorporated into the leading rim, and at least one abrasive strip bonded to or incorporated into the body and extending from the proximal end portion to the distal end of the body. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022422 | IDEXABLE DRILL INSERT - A quadrangular indexable drill insert includes a substantially flat top and bottom surfaces, a side surface adjoining the top and bottom surfaces, four identical cutting edges of the side surface intersecting the top surface, a through hole extending between the top and bottom surfaces, and a chamfer provided at the bottom edge of the drill insert. Each cutting edge includes a first part edge; a second part edge extending from the first part edge; a third part edge extending away from the central axis, the second and third part edges being joined together by a transition part edge having a concave curved portion and a convex curved portion; and a curved nose portion of predetermined radius disposed at a corner of the insert adjoining the first part edge of one cutting edge with the third part edge of a succeeding cutting edge of the four identical cutting edges. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022423 | IDEXABLE DRILL INSERT - A quadrangular indexable drill insert includes: a top surface, a bottom surface, a side surface adjoining the top and bottom surfaces from four sides of the insert, four cutting edges configured at the intersection of the side surface and the top surface, and a screw hole disposed at the center of the insert. Each cutting edge includes: a first part edge; a second part edge extending from the first part edge; a third part edge extends away from a reference axis, a nose portion adjoins the first part edge with the third part edge of a succeeding cutting edge and a transitional edge joining the second and third part edges. The transitional part edge forms an angle of about 10° to about 90° with respect to the reference axis and forms a convex curve with the second part edge and a concave curve with the third part edge. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022424 | FACE HOB HYPOID GEAR TOOTH TOP-LAND RADIUS BY COMMON CHAMFER TOOL - A ring gear or pinion common outside chamfer tool and a common inside chamfer tool are disclosed. The common chamfer tools comprise a shank, a tip end and a chamfering edge. The shank is attachable to a gear cutter and has a tip end formed on the distal end thereof. The chamfering edge is positioned within the tip end and is configured to form a tooth top-land radius of multiple gear ratios. A method of designing a ring gear or pinion common outside chamfer tool and common inside chamfer tool for multiple gear ratios is also described. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022425 | INSULATION HANGER STRIPS AND SAFETY STACK PACKAGING THEREFOR - Hanger strips for securing insulation material to a surface of a structure formed of sheet metal material including a plurality of bases which are connected by one or more breakable tabs integrally formed between each pair of adjacent bases and wherein first open slots extend from each of the breakable tabs toward opposite side edges of the bases and wherein a shank extends from each of the bases in a common direction and wherein pluralities of strips are oriented in first and second assemblies of rows of strips having their shanks opposing one another and their bases overlapping one another such that tips of the shanks are safely enclosed between the bases of the opposing assemblies and seated within the first open slots. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022426 | SCREW - A screw includes a head and a shank combined together. The head is formed with a circumference provided thereon with continuously arranged point-shaped ribs. When the circumference of the head is being locked into a wood piece, the ribs will function to carry out excavating to enable the screw to be locked into the wood piece comparatively easily. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022427 | METALLIC GLASS FASTENING SCREW - A metallic glass fastening screw that is not susceptible to loosening, and is capable of implementing fastening with high strength and reliability. In processing a screw thread and a screw groove of a screw, amorphous bulk metallic glass is form-rolled at glass transition temperature or less of the bulk metallic glass serving as a member to be processed. The bulk metallic glass has a plastic strain property introduced by plastic working such as form rolling, to improve ductility. A relationship of d>0.022×D is set so that a depth from a bottom of the screw groove in the region where the plastic strain is introduced is d and an outside diameter of the screw is D, to relax stress concentration of tensile stress generated in a region at the bottom of the screw groove due to tension (axial force) applied to the screw in fastening. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022428 | METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING AN INNER GLASS-LINED STEEL TANK FOR A HOT WATER HEATER - A method of constructing an inner glass-lined steel tank is described. The lower edge of the top dome shell is machined wherein a smooth angulated surface is formed between an outer and an inner surface of the top dome shell to form a smooth angulated surface to eliminate abrupt transition edges. Also, couplings are machined and press-fitted into the tank wall to form smooth surfaces with the inner surface of the tank. When the porcelain enamel is sprayed inside the tank there are no sharp edges which often results in defects due to the fact that the porcelain enamel is not properly adhered thereto. Such defects eventually cause corrosion within the inner tank and greatly reduce the life expectancy thereof as well as the life expectancy of the sacrificial anode connected to the tank and extending therein. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022429 | AUTOMATED WAREHOUSE - An automated warehouse includes an apparatus main body transfer device. The apparatus main body includes a plurality of stationary shelves arranged horizontally and vertically, and having upper surfaces on which cassettes can be placed. The transfer device transfers the cassette by holding a flange of the cassette. The transfer device includes a vertical rail and a transfer head. The vertical rail includes an upper end adjacent to a supporting surface of a top stationary shelf. The transfer head is a member vertically movable along the vertical rail. The transfer head includes a vertical arm having a length such that the vertical arm can hold the flange of the cassette placed on the top stationary shelf. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022430 | MATERIAL TRANSFER SYSTEM - A material transfer system including a first vehicle, a second vehicle and at least one towed container. The first vehicle has a material discharge device. The second vehicle can move in a forward direction and a reverse direction. The at least one towed container includes a first towed container. The first towed container is coupled to the second vehicle such that the first towed container follows the second vehicle when the second vehicle moves in the forward direction. A control system is coupled to either the second vehicle or the at least one towed container. The control system coordinates the movement of the second vehicle and the towed container relative to the material discharge device as the first vehicle is moving and the second vehicle is moving in the reverse direction | 2013-01-24 |
20130022431 | MECHANISM TO EMPTY TRUNNION EQUIPPED REFUSE CONTAINER INTO SIDE LOADING COLLECTION BODY - An automated side loading mechanism for a refuse collection body capable of lifting and emptying a refuse container equipped with a trunnion bar. A carriage reaches out from the side of the collection body and includes a lift mechanism. The lift mechanism includes pockets to receive opposing ends of the trunnion bar on the refuse container. Lock arms pivot downward so that bar members on the lock arms overlie top edges of the refuse container. The carriage is retracted and the lift mechanism is raised on the carriage so that the refuse container can be upended over the load opening of the collection body. The bars on the lock arms angle upwardly to allow plastic lids hinged to the refuse container to swing past the bars when the container is upended, while restraining the container from falling into the collection body. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022432 | ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM - The present disclosure provides an engine cooling system. The engine cooling system includes a first heat exchanger receiving a first fluid and a second heat exchanger receiving a second fluid. The second heat exchanger is located adjacent the first heat exchanger, thereby creating a stacked heat exchanger. The engine cooling system also includes a third heat exchanger receiving a third fluid. The third heat exchanger is located apart from the stacked heat exchanger. A venturi is located between the stacked heat exchanger and the third heat exchanger. An air mover is mounted to the venturi and located within the venturi. The air mover is configured to move air through the stacked heat exchanger and through the third heat exchanger. In a specific embodiment, the engine cooling system is incorporated into a vehicle, such as a skidder vehicle. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022433 | MATERIAL TRANSFER SYSTEM - A material transfer system including a first vehicle and a second vehicle. The first vehicle has a pressurized compartment maintaining a first air pressure therein. The ambient air outside of the pressurized compartment is at a second air pressure, with the first air pressure being different than the second air pressure thereby defining a pressure differential. The second vehicle has a material discharge device. The material discharge device is capable of delivering material to the first vehicle. The second vehicle having a reservoir for receiving the material. The material passing from the reservoir into the pressurized compartment without substantial loss of the pressure differential. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022434 | PLATFORM LIFT TRAILER AND COUPLING SYSTEM - A platform lift trailer includes a chassis to which a lift device is mounted. The chassis is configured to be coupled to a standard motor vehicle trailer hitch or the like using a coupler. Some embodiments of the coupler provide protection against larges torsional forces applied between a motor vehicle and coupled trailer when they are angularly displaced relative to one another. One or more ground-engaging wheel assemblies are mounted to the chassis to assist in supporting the weight of the lift and any cargo thereon. The platform lift trailer is highly adaptable so that a wide variety of lifts can be mounted to the platform lift trailer and thus to smaller motor vehicles. Adaptation of mobility lifts and the like to a larger array of motor vehicles is therefore possible. One or more embodiments of a trailer coupler use torque-limiting apparatus so that vertical angular displacements of a motor vehicle and a coupled trailer do not apply large forces directly between the motor vehicle and the trailer. Instead, the coupler torque-limiting structure limits such forces using a biasing means such as a spring or the like to accommodate or limit torsional forces applied between the motor vehicle and the trailer. The biasing means also can limit the maximum angular displacement allowed between the motor vehicle and coupled trailer. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022435 | LOW PROFILE WHEEL LIFT - A low profile wheel lift having a new crossbar/boom pivot connection enabling a recovery vehicle to quickly engage a disabled vehicle to facilitate damage-free towing to a degree not previously possible. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022436 | Melting Process Having Sheathing That Can Be Pushed Through - The invention relates to methods and devices for melting furnaces, conveying paths and conveying means for the melt, the melt product and for any type of discharges from a melting furnace and transportation means for the melt, with an extended service life, which in the case of a complete screen, that is to say in the optimum situation, may also be infinite, and/or with increased purity of the melt. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022437 | Agricultural Storage Container Manipulator - An automated, high volume container manipulator and process useful with an agricultural seed box. In an exemplary application, the manipulator removes an upper ring of a seed box, rotates the ring 180 degrees and places the ring over the lower seed box base in a nested condition. Container lid removal, transport and replacement devices and processes are also included. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022438 | WATER-CHAMBER WORKING APPARATUS AND INSTALLATION METHOD OF WATER-CHAMBER WORKING APPARATUS - A water-chamber working apparatus ( | 2013-01-24 |
20130022439 | HOISTING AND LOWERING DEVICE - The present disclosure provides a device, system and method for hoisting and lowering a load, comprising a device having a front plate that may be displaced to reveal a sheave, and a friction accessory. The friction accessory is arranged to create friction between a rope and the device when a load is suspended from the device using the rope and where the device is secured to a support structure. The system may be prepared by an operator, having ascended to an elevated location, and further allows the operator to lower the load from the elevated location prior to descending. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022440 | HITCH-MOUNTABLE BICYCLE CARRIER - A bicycle rack for carrying bicycles behind a vehicle includes a tongue configured for connection to a vehicle hitch. A base portion includes wheel trays for supporting the wheels of a bicycle in cooperation with a slidable hook for contacting the top tube of a bicycle. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022441 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BULK TRANSPORT OF PROPPANT - A method of bulk transport of proppant is disclosed comprising: transporting proppant in an intermodal transport container to a well site, the intermodal transport container having four vertical walls, a roof, and a base, defining an enclosed interior, the proppant being loosely disposed within the enclosed interior; and unloading at least a portion of the proppant through one or more gates in the intermodal transport container at the well site. An apparatus for bulk transport of proppant is also disclosed. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022442 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A TURBINE - A system for operating a turbine includes a rotating component and a non-rotating component separated from the rotating component by a clearance. A first actuator is connected to the non-rotating component, and the first actuator comprises a shape-memory alloy. A method for operating a turbine includes sensing a parameter reflective of a clearance between a non-rotating component and a rotating component and generating a parameter signal reflective of the clearance. The method further includes generating a control signal to at least one actuator based on the parameter signal and moving at least a portion of the non-rotating component relative to the rotating component to change the clearance. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022443 | FAN MOTOR COOLING - An example fan assembly impeller moves air along a secondary flow path when driven by a motor. The motor also drives a fan rotor to move air along a primary flow path of the fan assembly. Air moving along the primary flow path moves in a first direction. Air moving along the secondary flow path moves in a second direction opposite the first direction. An example fan shroud communicates air used to cool a motor into a primary flow path of a fan assembly. The shroud communicates the air into the primary flow path so that the flow of air is at least partially aligned with air moving through the primary flow path of the fan assembly. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022444 | LOW PRESSURE TURBINE EXHAUST DIFFUSER WITH TURBULATORS - A turbine exhaust diffuser for use adjacent a last stage row of buckets fixed to a turbine rotor includes an annular inner diffuser ring and an annular outer diffuser ring defining a flow path for steam exiting a last stage row of buckets in a first substantially axial direction at a diffuser inlet, and turning substantially ninety degrees to a diffuser outlet. The outer diffuser ring has a curved steam guide surface extending between the diffuser inlet and the diffuser outlet including a first portion extending away from the diffuser inlet and a second portion extending to said diffuser outlet, the second portion shaped to extend beyond vertical and back toward the diffuser inlet so as to establish a flow component in a second opposite axial direction. The second portion is also provided with a plurality of turbulators to minimize flow separation along the steam guide surface. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022445 | System for Reducing Compressor Oil Consumption - An air induction system for a power source including a first compressor and a second compressor is disclosed. The air induction system includes an air feed passageway that directs compressed air from the second compressor to an area between a compressor wheel and a center housing in the first compressor to reduce oil consumption in the first compressor. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022446 | FLUIDIC DAMPENING FILM SUPPLY METHOD FOR A GUIDING BEARING OF A TURBINE ENGINE SHAFT - A fluidic dampening film supply method for a guiding bearing of a turbine engine shaft, said turbine engine being known to vibrate according to at least one given vibratory mode, said turbine engine being adapted to enter in resonance at a given resonance speed (w | 2013-01-24 |
20130022447 | CENTRIFUGAL PUMP FOR DE-WATERING - A method of de-watering during intermittent dry running periods with a self-priming centrifugal pump is presented. Centrifugal pumps, as opposed to diaphragm pumps, are advantageous because they are less expensive and can provide greater capacity. The shaft seals are sensitive, however, to frictional heating when water flow is interrupted. In some situations, this fractional heating may desiccate self-priming. The inventive concept provides a continuous stream of pressurized water moving through the pump to cool the seal and sustain priming capability without substantially impairing the ability of the pump to resume wet operation. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022448 | UNCOUPLING SYSTEM FOR AN AIRCRAFT TURBOJET ENGINE ROTARY SHAFT - A decoupling system for a rotary shaft of an aircraft turbojet, the decoupling system including: a rolling bearing including rolling elements inserted between a first ring fastened to a stationary bearing support and a second ring mounted in a mounting chamber fastened to a rotary shaft; a transmission mechanism transmitting rotary torque from the rotary shaft to the second ring; a mechanism allowing the second ring to move radially relative to the mounting chamber when a static force associated with an unbalance affecting the rotary shaft exceeds a predetermined threshold; and a plurality of leaktight flexible bags interposed between the second ring and the mounting chamber and each including a heterogeneous structure including a porous capillary solid matrix and an associated liquid relative to which the matrix is lyophobic. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022449 | Radial-Flow Turbomachines Having Performance-Enhancing Features - A turbomachine that includes a radial-flow impeller and one or more of a variety of features that enhance the performance of machinery in which the turbomachine is used. For example, when the turbomachine is used in a dynamometer, the features enhance the useful shaft horsepower range of the dynamometer. One of the features is a variable-restriction intake that allows for adjusting flow rate to the impeller. Other features include a unique impeller shroud and a shroud guide each movable relative to the impeller. Yet another feature is an exhaust diffuser that facilitates an increase in the range of shaft power and the reduction of deleterious vibration and noise. The turbomachine can also include a unique impeller blade configuration that cooperates with the adjustable intake and the exhaust diffuser to enhance flow through the turbomachine. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022450 | PUMP IMPELLER AND SUBMERSIBLE PUMP HAVING SUCH PUMP IMPELLER - A non-clogging type pump impeller ( | 2013-01-24 |
20130022451 | BEARING SURFACE COMBINED LOAD-LOCK SLOTS FOR TANGENTIAL ROTORS - A system for assembling a turbine engine component has a disk having a groove, which groove has a bearing surface and an upper wall, at least one locking slot being positioned at an intersection of the bearing surface and the upper wall; each locking slot having a shaped surface; and at least one lock having a shape which matches and mates with the shaped surface of the locking slot; and said locking slots providing clearance to assemble blades into the disk. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022452 | ENGINE COMPRESSOR, PARTICULARLY AIRCRAFT JET ENGINE COMPRESSOR, FITTED WITH AN AIR BLEED SYSTEM - A compressor including at least one cascade of fixed vanes, the vanes of which are mounted on a wall and between them form air-flow passages, and an air bleed system which bleeds air from the passages between two vanes, through openings made in the wall, the openings being discontinuous and each including a plurality of orifices arranged one behind the other in a direction of the air flow. An upstream orifice of each opening has a larger cross-sectional area than downstream orifices of the opening, and a number and cross section of the downstream orifices are adjusted to suit a predetermined bleed-off flow rate. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022453 | ALIGNMENT MEMBER FOR STEAM TURBINE NOZZLE ASSEMBLY - An alignment member for a turbine diaphragm segment is disclosed. The alignment member is configured to span radially across a portion of the turbine diaphragm segment and an adjacent turbine casing segment. The alignment member can include: a main body having a first aperture for aligning with a first corresponding aperture in one of the turbine diaphragm segment or the turbine casing segment; and a flange extending from the main body, the flange including a second aperture for aligning with a portion of the other of the turbine diaphragm segment or the turbine casing segment, the alignment member for adjusting a position of the turbine diaphragm segment relative to the adjacent turbine casing segment. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022454 | AIR TURBINE STARTER - A blade profile section for an air turbine starter includes an airfoil which defines an airfoil profile section through a leading edge and a trailing edge. The airfoil profile section is defined by a set of X-coordinates and Z-coordinates defined in any of Table I, Table II, Table III or Table IV scaled by a desired factor. The X-coordinate is the tangential direction, and the Z-coordinate is a radial direction between an airfoil root and an airfoil tip. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022455 | Pump - A radial pump for fluids has a central water inlet that leads to a rotating impeller that is enclosed by an annular pump chamber extending radially outside the impeller and from which leads a water outlet. An intermediate wall is arranged in the pump chamber which is of an encompassing design and divides the pump chamber into an annular inner region, lying radially on the inside, and an annular outer region, lying radially on the outside. These regions, at one end of the pump chamber that is remote from the impeller, merge into each other through openings in the intermediate wall, wherein the water outlet projects from the outer region. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022456 | Axial flow action turbine - Axial flow action turbine utilizing the energy of water entering axially and tangentially into a turbine runner with cylindrical hub equipped with radial oriented buckets having cross-section consisting of segments of cylindrical tube where the segments are angularly offset along the bucket's radial axis and where the water exits the turbine runner axially. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022457 | MULTI-SHELL TURBINE CASING SYSTEM - A multi-shell turbine casing system comprises at least one supporting cell joined to at least one retaining cell. The at least one supporting cell has at least one supporting cell wall and at least one truss section. The at least one retaining cell has at least one retaining cell wall. According to the invention, the at least one supporting cell wall and the at least one retaining cell wall form an outer shell and an inner shell. In an exemplary embodiment, the at least one truss section is oriented to provide support for the inner shell and is a triangular truss comprising cylindrical members joined by plate-type or box-type connectors. An exemplary truss section includes a plurality of horizontally oriented stabilizers joining the vertically oriented member to the outer shell. A multi-shell casing system may include additional truss sections, which may be joined to one another and to adjacent structure. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022458 | Screw Pump having an Integrated Pressure Limiting Valve - A screw pump includes a pump housing on which a flange section for installing the pump is formed. The screw pump further includes an integrated pressure limiting valve. The pressure limiting valve in the flange section of the pump housing is installed in the pump housing. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022459 | SEALS FOR REDUCING LEAKAGE IN ROTARY MACHINES - A seal assembly for a rotary machine is provided. The seal assembly includes multiple sealing device segments disposed intermediate to a stationary housing and a rotor. Each of the segments includes at least one plate and a sealing element. The seal assembly also includes multiple inter-segment gaps formed between the multiple sealing device segments. Further, for each pair of adjacent sealing device segments, at least one pair of adjacent plates includes one plate overlapping another plate at an inter-segment gap. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022460 | Mechanical Seal for Large Pumps - An improved mechanical seal assembly is provided for hydro transport applications and other similar applications, such as large high pressure slurry pumps. This mechanical seal is used in large scale pumps having an axially adjustable shaft to accommodate high wear applications by maintaining suitable pump performance. The improved seal is a cartridge seal that includes a stationary seal adapter which is mounted to a pump casing and has a static gasket sealingly contacting a movable gland which non-rotatably supports the stationary seal rings of a mechanical seal. Additional seal rings are rotatably supported on the shaft wherein these rotatable and non-rotatable seal components are movable axially with the shaft to improve pump performance in high-wear conditions. The gland and non-rotatable seal rings are supported on and move with a bearing housing, along with the shaft and its seal rings. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022461 | MINIMAL-ACOUSTIC-IMPACT INLET COOLING FLOW - An impeller shroud for a mechanical system has a hyperboloid shape with a rim at the air-inlet end. The face of the inlet rim is perpendicular to the flow direction. A plurality of slots through which air is allowed to pass is disposed symmetrically about the rim. A plurality of solid areas extends along the circumference of the rim between the adjacent slots. The ratio of the sum of the plurality of slots in degrees and the sum of the solid areas in degrees disposed about the rim is between 3:1 and 11:1. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022462 | ENERGY-EFFICIENT WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SCHEME FOR WIND TURBINES - A method of operating a wind turbine includes providing a wind turbine having a plurality of blades. A respective sensor is attached to each of the blades. First measurements of a structural characteristic of each of the blades are repeatedly taken by use of the sensors. A tolerance band is established for the measurements. Signals indicative of the first measurements are wirelessly transmitted only if the first measurements are outside of the tolerance band. The transmitted signals are received at a controller. An actuator signal is sent from the controller to at least one actuator associated with the blades. The sending is in response to the receiving of the transmitted signals. At least one of the blades is actuated dependent upon the actuator signal. The actuating is performed by the at least one actuator. Second measurements of the structural characteristic of each of the blades are repeatedly taken by use of the sensors after the actuating step. The wirelessly transmitting, receiving, sending and actuating steps are repeated for the second measurements. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022463 | TURBINE BLADES AND SYSTEMS WITH FORWARD BLOWING SLOTS - A blade for use in a wind turbine comprises a pressure side and suction side meeting at a trailing edge and leading edge. The pressure side and suction side provide lift to the turbine blade upon the flow of air from the leading edge to the trailing edge and over the pressure side and suction side. The blade includes one or more openings at the suction side, in some cases between the leading edge and the trailing edge. The one or more openings are configured to provide a pressurized fluid towards the leading edge of the blade, in some cases at an angle between about 0° and 70° with respect to an axis oriented from a centerline of the blade toward the leading edge. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022464 | Control of a wind turbine, rotor blade and wind turbine - A wind turbine rotor blade is equipped with an air chamber and equipped via the air chamber to route a modulation beam out of the rotor blade such that the air current along the rotor blade is changed. Thereby the laminar current is changed into a turbulent current on the one hand and its detachment and on the other hand its recreation is achieved in order to produce the laminar current. The control may occur via electrostatic actuators via a learnable control strategy based on neural forecasts, which take the complexity of the non-linear system into account and allow for the plurality of influencing factors. The stress on the rotor blades may be reduced, resulting in longer service life and reduced maintenance costs, a higher level of efficiency or quieter operation. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022465 | HEATING MATS ARRANGED IN A LOOP ON A BLADE - A wind turbine blade is disclosed. The blade includes a heating mat for generating heat. The heating mat is mounted at an outer surface of the blade. The heating mat includes a first section with a first end section and a second section with a second end section. The first end section and the second end section are electrically connectable to a respective power terminal for supplying power to the heating mat. The second end section defines an opposite end section of the heating mat in a longitudinal direction of the heating mat with respect to the first end section. The first section and the second section run along the surface of the blade in one or more loops from the first end section to the second end section. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022466 | CONTROLLING OF A HEATING MAT ON A BLADE OF A WIND TURBINE - The present invention describes a blade for a wind turbine. The blade includes a heating mat for generating heat by resistive heating, wherein the heating mat is mounted to the blade. The heating mat includes a first heating power emitting section for emitting a first heating power and a second heating power emitting section for emitting a second heating power. The heating mat is coupleable to a power supply unit for transferring power to the heating mat in such a way that the first heating power differs to the second heating power. | 2013-01-24 |
20130022467 | ROTOR ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A BIASING MECHANISM - A rotor assembly for use with a pump includes an impeller having an impeller plate and a cam ring extending from a first surface of the impeller plate and a cam plate positioned proximate the impeller plate. The cam plate includes at least one camming surface. At least one cam follower is positioned between the cam ring and the at least one camming surface. The at least one cam follower is configured to cooperate with at least one of the cam ring and the at least one camming surface to enable the impeller to rotate in a first direction and substantially prevent the impeller from rotating in a second direction opposite the first direction. | 2013-01-24 |