04th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 33 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110020038 | DEVELOPING DEVICE - In an embodiment, a reducing plate that dams up a part of a developer scraped up by a blade is provided. The reducing plate suppresses swell of the developer held up by a discharge mixer from fluctuating according to the rotation of the blade. Fluctuation in an excess developer discharged from a discharge port is suppressed and replace a deteriorated carrier in a development container with a new carrier little by little. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020039 | TONER CONTAINER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR TONER CONTAINER - A toner container includes a cylindrical container body, having a first opening in a first end thereof and a notch in a circumferential surface thereof continuous with the first opening in the first end, a flange member to engage the first opening and the notch in the container body and having a toner outlet therein through which toner in the container body is discharged, a shutter member disposed on the outer circumferential surface of the container body, a conveyance member, rotatably installed inside the container body to convey the toner from a second end of the container body opposite the first end to the toner outlet in the flange member, and a recessed portion in the container body that projects inward into the interior of the toner container 5 mm or less from an inner surface of the container body. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020040 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member, a charging device, a developing device, a thickness detecting unit and a parameter setting unit. A photosensitive layer is formed on a surface of the photosensitive member. The charging device charges the photosensitive member. The developing device forms a toner image on the surface of the photosensitive member. The thickness detecting unit detects a thickness of the photosensitive layer on a basis of a value of a current supplied to the charging device. When the thickness detecting unit detects the thickness of the photosensitive layer, the parameter setting unit sets at least one of a charge parameter for the charging device and a development parameter to be different from that used in forming an image on a recording medium by transferring a toner image formed on the surface of the photosensitive member onto the recording medium. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020041 | CLEANING DEVICE, IMAGE HOLDER DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cleaning device includes: a removing unit that removes a toner on an image holder by coming into contact with the image holder that rotates; a transporting unit provided above the removing unit and adapted to cause the toner removed by the removing unit to be axially transported as the transporting unit rotates; and an accommodating container in which the transporting unit is provided and which accommodates the removed toner, and the transporting unit is movable in a direction in which the transporting unit moves away from the removing unit. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020042 | SHEET HUMIDIFIER, SHEET FINISHER, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A sheet humidifier which executes a humidifying process to a sheet, the sheet humidifier including: a pair of humidifying rollers each of which has a first surface layer formed of rubber containing plasticizer, the pair of humidifying rollers nipping and conveying the sheet; and two water supply rollers each of which has a second surface layer formed of rubber containing the same kind of plasticizer as the plasticizer of the first surface layer, the two water supply rollers contacting each of the pair of humidifying rollers and supplying water to the each of the pair of humidifying rollers, wherein a hardness of the first surface layer is higher than the second surface layer. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020043 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRAWING A WEB OF PRINTABLE CARRIER MATERIAL - In a device or method for drawing a web made of a printable substrate material in a printer or copier, the web is directed in a transport gap between a drive roller and a contact pressure roller. The drive roller is driven by a motor via an electrically controllable coupling. The coupling is controlled so that the web is charged with a predetermined draw force by the drive roller. A rotation of the drive roller is detected wherein, given a set operating state with a standstill of the web, the controllable coupling is controlled depending on the detected rotation so that a draw force of the drive roller is reduced until the drive roller comes to a standstill. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020044 | PRINTING MEDIUM CLAMP MECHANISM OF BARCODE PRINTER - A printing medium clamp mechanism is provided for use in a barcode printer and includes a housing, at least one swivel arm, at least one resilient element, at least one medium roll clamps, and at least two movable arms. The housing comprises an inner casing arranged therein. The inner casing forms two through slots serving as tracks. The swivel arm is rotatably mounted to a bottom of the inner casing. The resilient element is connected between an end of the swivel arm and the inner casing to provide a biasing force for return rotation of the swivel arm. The medium roll clamps are respectively and movably received in the tracks. The two movable arms have first ends coupled to opposite ends of the swivel arm and opposite, second ends coupled to the medium roll clamps respectively, whereby the two medium roll clamps are coupled in a resilient manner to the swivel arms to be movable along the tracks of the inner casing for outward movement of separating from each other or inward movement of approaching each other and effecting clamping of a roll of printing medium. In this way, when the medium roll clamps are forced to outward move against the resilient biasing force, a roll of printing medium can be received and installed; and when the medium roll clamps are released, they are biased to return and clamp the roll of the printing medium. As such, a printing medium clamp mechanism featuring a resilient returning and clamping force for clamping a roll of printing medium is provided. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020045 | PRINTING MEDIUM ROLL CLAMPING SUPPORT OF BARCODE PRINTER - A printing medium roll clamping support is provided for use in a barcode printer and includes at least two bases, each having a top forming at least one connection section and at least two positioning sections, and at least two changeover devices, each having opposite surfaces respectively forming a first positioning ring and a second positioning ring. The bases are respectively and movably fit in tracks defined in a housing of the barcode printer to allow the bases to be selectively moved inward for clamping a roll of printing medium or moved outward for releasing the roll of printing medium. Each changeover device has a bottom forming a pivot joint section and at least two positioning elements. The pivot joint section corresponds to and is rotatably coupled to the connection section of the corresponding base so as to allow for selective rotation of the changeover device by 180 degrees to switch between the first positioning ring and the second positioning ring for clamping rolls of printing medium of different diameters. With the positioning elements fit into the positioning sections, the changeover device is securely retained on the top of the corresponding base. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020046 | COSMETICS UNIT COMPRISING TWO PARTIAL UNIT CONNECTABLE BY MEANS OF A COUPLING SLEEVE - The unit for cosmetics ( | 2011-01-27 |
20110020047 | SINGLE PACKAGE FOR MULTI-APPLICATOR WITH SINGLE OR MULTI-CHAMBERS - The present invention relates to multi-chambers having a unit for safely separating a cap, the multi chambers including: a chamber body that separates and receives one or more liquid; a plurality of brush rods that are immersed in each chamber of the chamber body; a cap that selectively takes out any one selected from the plurality of brush rods received in the case body; and a unit for safely separating a cap that is coupled with the lower part of the cap in an idle state and has its lower end screw-connected with the upper side of the case body. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020048 | CLICKING TYPE DISPENSING CONTAINER - A clicking type dispensing container that can dispense the content by pressing a crown disposed at the rear end of a barrel body, forwards in the axial direction, and has a structure, including a mechanical assembly that transforms the pressing force acting on crown by user operation into rotational force, a threaded body fixed to barrel body and a threaded rod screw-fitted into threaded body, and dispensing the content by advancing the threaded rod through the threaded body when the threaded rod is turned by the rotational force transformed by the mechanical assembly. The clicking type dispensing container can produce the rotational force without depending on spring force and cam configuration only, is constructed of a fewer number of parts and can dispense a fixed amount of the content by use of a thread. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020049 | Marker pen with magnetic closure arrangement - A marker pen includes a hollow shank comprising a finger grip including a forward opening and a cavity; a spring depressible ink applicator and ink source assembly slidably disposed in the shank; a handle for actuating the assembly; a hub in the finger grip and comprising an axial channel with the ink applicator being adapted to slide therethrough, and a forward truncated conic recess being in communication with the cavity and the channel; a metal sleeve in a forward enlarged portion of the channel; and a spherical magnetic member having a diameter greater than that of the metal sleeve so as to seat on one end of the sleeve when a marking face of the ink applicator is in a non-operating position. Pushing the handle will project the marking face out of the forward opening of the shank by disengaging the magnetic member from the sleeve. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020050 | POWERED INTERNAL FEED ROLLER - A hand-held, battery powered liquid applicator ( | 2011-01-27 |
20110020051 | FLOOR MOPPING APPARATUS - In the exemplary embodiment, a floor mopping apparatus has a handle portion, a mopping head, and an elongate pole portion. The elongate pole portion connects the handle portion to the mopping head. The mopping head has an equilaterally triangular shape for accessing into corners and has notches in each side of the head for accessing around furniture legs and such. The handle includes a fluid spraying mechanism that allows for spraying a fluid ahead of the mop head during mopping. The handle is otherwise removable from the pole portion for use as a portable pistol for spraying the fluid directly there-from apart from the remainder of the apparatus. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020052 | POWDER CASE - The present invention relates to a powder case, the powder case including: a case body; a powder chamber that is elevatably installed in the case body and includes a brush provided on an upper surface thereof; powder supplying units that supply powders inside the chamber to the brush side of the upper side when penetrating through the center of the powder chamber; and an elevation operating unit that elevates the powder chamber, thereby making it possible to conveniently wear powders and reduce the amount wasted to transfer powders to the brush. In addition, the present invention wears powders using the brush and then receives the brush in the case body, making it possible to easily open and close the cap directly transfers and applies powders to the brush by the powder supplying device that is configured to penetrate through the powder chamber by the elevation operation, such that a predetermined amount of powders are applied on the brush, making it possible to minimize the waste of powders, stably apply powders even in the state where the brush faces up, and increase the use convenience. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020053 | RING MECHANISM HAVING GUIDE FOR TRAVEL BAR - A ring mechanism has a housing having a guide formed by tabs extending down from a plateau of the housing. The guide is elongate in a direction extending lengthwise of the housing. Some of the tabs are spaced apart from each other longitudinally. The housing supports pivoting hinge plates. The mechanism has rings for holding loose-leaf pages. Each ring includes first and second ring members. The first ring member is moveable with the pivoting motion of one of the hinge plates between a closed position and an open position. A travel bar is restrained by the guide for longitudinal movement relative to the housing between a locked position and an unlocked position. The travel bar includes at least one locking element formed as one piece with the travel bar. The locking element is adapted to block movement of the hinge plates in the locked position of the travel bar. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020054 | THERMAL STRAIN RELIEF DEVICE FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE FURNACE - A system and method for connecting a plurality of components in a furnace incorporate a thermal strain relief device made of graphite or other material designed for high temperature environments in which operating temperatures of the furnace are between about 1000° C. and about 1700° C. The thermal strain relief device includes a body, a raised area provided on a first side of the body, and an elevation structure provided on a second side of the body. The thermal strain relief device is assembled with at least first and second components, and a connector for connecting the first and second components in the furnace, where the first and second components may have different coefficients of thermal expansion, and the thermal strain relief device is configured to flex in response to tightening of the connector, and in response to thermal expansion of the first and second components when operated at high temperatures. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020055 | Adjustable joint for microphone - An adjustable joint for use with a microphone is provided that includes a ball and a stem connected to the ball. The ball is located within a ball housing that defines a slot that has a length that extends along a portion of a front side and an end of the ball housing. The maximum width of the slot at the end of the ball housing is different than the maximum width of the slot at the front side of the ball housing. The adjustable joint allows for reorientation of an attached microphone. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020056 | Sealing Assembly of a Ball Joint and Ball Joint - A sealing assembly of a ball joint, in particular for a vehicle, comprises a retaining ring which includes a ring axis and a radial ring flange having a flange upper side and an opposed flange lower side, and a sealing element which rests against the flange upper side and against the flange lower side and is exclusively connected to the retaining ring with an interlocking fit, the interlocking fit being configured such that the retaining ring and the sealing element are fixed to each other free of play in the axial and in the radial direction, and the flange upper side having an exposed contact surface for a sealing bellows. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020057 | THREE-WAY CONNECTOR FOR CABINET FRAME - A three-way connector for a cabinet frame, including a body | 2011-01-27 |
20110020058 | Device for the forced locking of two elements oriented orthogonally to one another - A device for the forced locking of two elements oriented orthogonally to one another, especially suitable for steadily connecting and constraining two tubular elements ( | 2011-01-27 |
20110020059 | Probe Connector - A probe connector has a barrel having a main body, with a chamber defined therein, and a base connected with one end of the main body. The main body has a mounting opening at a substantially middle portion thereof and communicating with the chamber. A plunger includes a basic portion restricted in the barrel and a contact portion extended from one end of the basic portion and exposed from the other end of the main body opposite to the base. A resting element has a mounting slice received in the mounting opening, and a resting lump protruding from a side of the mounting slice and protruding into the chamber of the main body to rest against a side of the basic portion when the contact portion is pressed inside the barrel for deflecting the basic portion to contact an inner surface of the main body by an opposite side thereof. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020060 | REVERSIBLE ATTACHMENT APPARATUS FOR A FOOTPEG ASSEMBLY - An attachment apparatus for adjusting the position of a footpeg of a motorcycle relative to a frame of the motorcycle includes a base plate and a support plate. The base plate is coupled to the frame. The support plate is secured to the base plate. The support plate includes a first side, a second side that is opposite the first side, and a footpeg retainer that retains the footpeg. The support plate alternatively supports the footpeg in a first position while the first side contacts the base plate and in a second position while the second side contacts the base plate. The second position is different relative to the frame than the first position. The support plate can include a supporter aperture and the base plate can include a base plate aperture. A plate attacher can extend through the supporter aperture and the base plate aperture to secure the support plate to the base plate. The footpeg retainer can include a footpeg retainer aperture that is adapted to receive a portion of the footpeg. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020061 | QUICK COUPLER - A quick coupler includes mounting structure for mounting the coupler to a machine, and for mounting the coupler to an implement. The mounting structure on the coupler includes wedge coupling surfaces and a tube. The mounting structure on the implement includes hooks for engaging the tube, and complementary wedge coupling surfaces. The wedge coupling surfaces wedge together during coupling to produce and tight fit and solid hold between the coupler and implement. The mounting structure is robust, and can accommodate future possible wear. The kinematic impact on the performance of the implement due to the use of the quick coupler is minimized. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020062 | VEHICLE INCURSION INHIBITORS - Detailed are systems and techniques for protecting structures from vehicular attack. The systems incorporate deformable materials sufficient to disable or otherwise inhibit certain vehicular traffic yet support weights and weight distributions typically associated with pedestrian or other non-threat traffic. Bodies of deformable materials further may include rigid structures or vehicle-immobilization devices. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020063 | Cutting Unit For Producing A Road Marking, And Road Marking - The invention relates to a road marking having multiple depressions introduced into the road surface, the depressions comprising two lateral longitudinal walls, extending in the longitudinal direction of the road, that transition, proceeding from the road surface, continuously into a bottom region; and the depression being delimited by two transverse walls extending transversely to the longitudinal direction of the road. The road markings have improved utilization properties if provision is made that the longitudinal walls comprise a region convexly curved transversely to the longitudinal direction of the road. The invention further relates to a cutting unit for producing such road markings. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020064 | SCREED DIE IR ABSORBTION COATING - The striper | 2011-01-27 |
20110020065 | Leaching chamber having pillars and wide peak corrugations - A plastic leaching chamber has an arch shape cross section, corrugations, and one or more hollow pillars extending downwardly within the interior of the chamber, to support the top of the chamber when the chamber is under load during use. Chambers nest within one another to form a stack of chambers for transport or storage. Chambers have peak corrugations which are substantially wider than the intervening valley corrugations. Chambers having different widths and profiles have common size connectors. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020066 | Reinforced Soil Arch - This invention relates to a novel design of reinforced soil arches which can be used to construct bridges, overpasses, underpasses, snow sheds, landslide and rock fall protection structures, and the like. The reinforced soil arch comprises alternating layers of compacted mineral soil and geosynthetic reinforcement located on and adjacent to each side of an arch form to construct a versatile and environmentally compatible reinforced soil arch that can be used for numerous purposes. The invention includes a method of constructing a self-supporting reinforced soil arch comprising: (a) placing on the ground at the location where the soil arch is to be erected an archway form, said top surface of said archway form having disposed thereon a plurality of shear resisting devices; (b) erecting adjacent to and on the archway form a combination of alternating and interacting layers of compacted mineral soil and geosynthetic reinforcement material, the interface between the alternating layers of compacted mineral soil and geosynthetic reinforcement material and the top surface of the archway form being connected by the series of shear resisting devices on the top surface of the archway form. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020067 | METHOD OF INSTALLING AN UNDERWATER RISER - A method of installing an underwater riser includes anchoring an installation to the seabed; coupling a tubular pipe to the installation; equipping the installation with a submersible float; submerging the float and the pipe, while the float and the pipe are being held from a surface vessel; a cable and a return device are installed on the seabed installation so that the cable can be connected to the pipe; attaching a submerged hauling buoy to the hauling cable; then removing ballast from the float in order to compensate for the tensile forces corresponding to the weight of the float and the pipe and to some of the load applied to the cable; and finally, anchoring of the hauling buoy to the installation, and gradually releasing the float. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020068 | Height-Adjustable, Structurally Suspended Slabs for a Structural Foundation - To form a new structurally suspended slab or to raise an existing slab for a structural foundation, structural supports are placed in the ground. The structural supports are attached to lifting assemblies, which are also installed in the slab. Actuation of the lifting assembly allows the slab to be raised and/or lowered, thereby forming a suspended slab over a void of a desired size. Existing slabs may be repaired using similar techniques. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020069 | Self-Driving Pylon - The present invention is a self-driving pylon which has two hollow chambers, one of which is nestled within the other and also serves as a water jet. The lower extremity of the pylon contains a number of apertures permitting the flow of water and other material into and out of its interior. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020070 | Anchored Cantilever Using Modular Block - A modular block wall system is provided. In one embodiment, among others, the system comprises a modular block wall adjacent to earth material, the wall exhibiting an elevational angle; a first elongated member passing through the wall along the angle, the first elongated member secured at a bottom end and secured at a top end to the wall; and a second elongated member coupled, directly or indirectly, to the top end of the first elongated member and passing generally vertically downwardly into and secured in the earth material. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020071 | METHODS FOR DUST CONTROL USING MINIMAL WATER RESOURCES - Aspects of the present invention include systems and methods for the use of brine from salt mined, dissolved and moved from a natural source deposit (an evaporite deposit) to create target deposits within wetting basins originally created and flooded with fresh water for the purpose of dust control. The target deposits can mimic the stable non-dust-emissive source deposit by having horizontal beds of precipitated salts with the most soluble salts retained within a brine solution that bathes and caps the salt deposit beneath to retain the deposit in a non-desiccated state. The method provides for the preparation and management of the lakebed surface using separate steps to prevent the release of windborne dust with a minimum of water used. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020072 | SHIM FOR A CUTTING INSERT AND CUTTING INSERT-SHIM ASSEMBLY WITH INTERNAL COOLANT DELIVERY - A cutting insert-shim assembly that has a cutting insert with a bottom surface and a plurality of interior coolant passages wherein each interior coolant passage has a coolant inlet in the bottom surface of the cutting insert. The shim has a first side surface and a second side surface and contains a cavity, which communicates with the coolant conduit. The cavity defines a first opening in the first side surface and a second opening in the second side surface. When the shim is in a first condition, the first side surface contacts the bottom surface of the cutting insert and the first opening provides a first level of coolant communication to the interior coolant passages in the cutting insert. When the shim is in a second condition, the second side surface contacts the bottom surface of the cutting insert and the second opening provides a second level of coolant communication to the interior coolant passages in the cutting insert. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020073 | CUTTING INSERT ASSEMBLY AND COMPONENTS THEREOF - A cutting assembly that is useful in an operation for chipforming removal of material from a workpiece. The cutting assembly includes a holder having a seat and containing a coolant delivery passage. A locking pin, which has a longitudinal locking pin bore, is affixed to the seat so the longitudinal locking pin bore is in communication with the coolant delivery passage. A cutting insert has a rake surface, a corner cutting edge region, a central cutting insert aperture, and a radial coolant trough with an orientation toward the corner cutting edge region. At least a portion of the locking pin is within the central cutting insert aperture. A clamp assembly attaches to the holder and engages the cutting insert. The clamp assembly has a diverter plate, which has a bottom surface defining a diverter bowl and a diverter channel. The longitudinal locking pin bore opening to the diverter plate whereby coolant flows into the diverter bowl and through the diverter channel into the radial coolant trough toward the corner cutting edge region. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020074 | CUTTING INSERTS - A cutting insert for use in a chipforming material removal operation that includes a cutting insert body, which has a seating surface, a flank face, and a corner cutting region at the intersection of a peripheral edge and the flank adjacent corresponding corners thereof. The cutting insert body contains a central aperture. The seating surface contains a coolant delivery trough, which has a radial orientation toward a corresponding corner cutting region. The coolant delivery trough has a radial outward end terminating at the peripheral edge and a radial inward end opening into the central aperture. There are a pair of lateral topographic regions wherein the one lateral topographic region is along one side of the coolant delivery trough and the other lateral topographic region is along other side of the coolant delivery trough. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020075 | METAL CUTTING SYSTEM FOR EFFECTIVE COOLANT DELIVERY - A metal cutting system with a tool holder, a shim, an insert with a top depression, a top piece and a clamp. A rake face cooling channel for fluid delivery is formed between the top piece and the depression in the insert. A primary discharge slot at the end of the rake face cooling channel delivers fluid from below the cutting edge of the insert. A second cooling channel for delivery of fluid to the flank face is formed between the insert and the shim or is formed between the shim and the tool holder with a portion of the cooling channel passing through the shim. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020076 | METAL CUTTING SYSTEM FOR EFFECTIVE COOLANT DELIVERY - A metal cutting system with a tool holder, a shim, an insert with a top depression, a top piece and a clamp. A rake face cooling channel for fluid delivery is formed between the top piece and the depression in the insert. A primary discharge slot at the end of the rake face cooling channel delivers fluid from below the cutting edge of the insert. A second cooling channel for delivery of fluid to the flank face is formed between the insert and the shim or is formed between the shim and the tool holder with a portion of the cooling channel passing through the shim. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020077 | CUTTING INSERT HAVING A CHIP DEFLECTOR - The cutting insert ( | 2011-01-27 |
20110020078 | HELICAL BROACH FOR ROUGHING - A helical broach | 2011-01-27 |
20110020079 | COATING PROCESS, WORKPIECE OR TOOL AND ITS USE - The invention relates to a process for coating a substrate composed of cemented carbide, a cermet, steel or ceramic with at least one Ti | 2011-01-27 |
20110020080 | Cutting Insert and Rotary Cutting Tool - An indexable cutting insert has first and second side surfaces and a peripheral surface extending therebetween. The peripheral surface has identical peripheral faces, each divided into two identical first and second cutting sections. Each cutting section has a first cutting edge, a second cutting edge, a corner cutting edge which extends between the first and second cutting edges and a rake surface having a planar rake surface flat forming an engagement surface. The rake surface meets the first side surface at the first cutting edge. The rake surface flat meets the second side surface at a rake surface open edge. On each peripheral face, the two cutting sections are non-coplanar. Each two rake surface flats associated with first cutting sections converge in a direction along an insert axis and the cutting edges are raised above the rake surface flat. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020081 | THICK THERMAL BARRIER COATING FOR SUPERABRASIVE TOOL - The present disclosure relates to cutting tool edges that include on a rake face a superabrasive layer and a HPHT sintered or HPHT bonded cap layer. The cap layer improves adhesion between the superabrasive layer and an optional coating system for the cutting insert and acts as a thick anti-friction layer and/or a thermal barrier coating. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020082 | JOINED PRODUCT - There is provided a joined product suitable as a cutting tool that is fit for high-speed cutting, CVD coating process and the like, and does not cause a reduction in joint strength of a joining layer even if a high temperature exceeding a temperature at which a brazing filler forms the liquid phase is reached during cutting. Specifically, the joined product includes a cemented carbide sintered compact serving as a first material to be joined and a cBN sintered compact or a diamond sintered compact serving as a second material to be joined. The first material to be joined and the second material to be joined are joined by a joining material that does not form a liquid phase at a temperature lower than 1000° C. and that is placed between the first material to be joined and the second material to be joined. The joining is performed by resistance heating and pressing at a pressure of 0.1 to 200 MPa. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020083 | REAMER | 2011-01-27 |
20110020084 | Drilling apparatus and methods - The present invention provides a method of drilling a hole in a workpiece in order to control breakthrough of the workpiece comprising the steps of: a) initiating contact between a drill bit of a drill unit and the workpiece; b) operating the drill unit to rotate the drill bit to drill the workpiece; c) during drilling of the workpiece measuring the force, F and torque, T, experienced by the drill bit; d) calculating a variable F′, based on the measured force, F, representing the rate of change of F; e) calculating a variable, T′ based on the measured torque, T, representing the rate of change of T; f) calculating a variable F″ representing the rate of change of F′; g) calculating a variable T″ representing the rate of change of T″; h) detecting the onset of breakout of the workpiece by use of the variables F′, F″, T′ and T″; i) thereby controlling the speed of rotation of the drill bit during breakthrough of the workpiece to control the degree of breakout of the drill bit from the workpiece. A drilling system is also disclosed. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020085 | Drill and production method - A drill having a drill head ( | 2011-01-27 |
20110020086 | ROTARY CUTTING TOOL, SUCH AS A DRILL, COMPRISING AN EXCHANGEABLE CUTTING INSERT, AND AN EXCHANGEABLE CUTTING INSERT - A rotary cutting tool that is composed of a tool shank with at least one chucking groove or chip flute and one exchangeable cutting insert. At the tip of the shank a recess for accommodating the cutting insert is provided. The tool shank, on its circumference, has a limb with a bearing surface that is inclined relative to the tool axis and that corresponds to a likewise inclined bearing surface on a wing of the cutting insert. The inclination of the bearing surfaces produces an axial force that retains the cutting insert on the tool shank. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020087 | THREAD FORMING TAP - A thread forming tap having a complete thread portion, formed with a predetermined back taper with that decreases rotational torque during tapping work, which reduces load acting on first complete protruding portions, formed at an extreme leading end of the complete thread portion, and thereby suppressing degradation in service life of the tool due to wear or the like | 2011-01-27 |
20110020088 | Spindle Device - By controlling an amount of preload applied to a rolling bearing that supports a spindle in accordance with the change of state of the spindle in actual machining, the rotation of the spindle is controlled in an optimal state, and the service life of the bearing is extended while the required stiffness of the spindle is ensured. When a corrected preload amount falls outside a range of a preload as a controllable region, the corrected preload amount is corrected so as to fall within the range of the preload. That is, an actually controlled preload is regulated to fall within the preset range of preload. Therefore, it is possible to ensure the stiffness of the rolling bearing or prevent heating and excessive increase in contact pressure of the rolling bearing. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020089 | LINER FOR CUSHIONING AND SECURING ROLLED COILS AND OTHER CYLINDRICAL OBJECTS IN A TRANSVERSE TROUGH OF A RAILWAY CAR - A liner for a transverse trough of a coil-transport railway car for cushioning a coil and for preventing lateral creep of the load during transport. Each sloping wall of a transverse trough is lined with at least one liner to prevent lateral creep in both transverse directions. Each liner is comprised of a horizontal bottom base or support layer, from which upwardly project a plurality of spaced-apart, flexible fingers or ribs. The fingers or ribs of the liner of the invention may be oriented leftward or rightward in direction of cant, and oriented such as to face or incline toward the centerline of the transport vehicle, and behave or act as leaf springs. When the load of coil is placed onto the liner of the present invention, the fingers thereof serve as the load-bearing surface, and bend or deflect in accordance with the weight of the load, to thereby support the load of coil. In addition, those remaining fingers or ribs not deflected by the load and immediately adjacent to the coil at either end, act as leaf springs to resist any side-to-side, lateral movement of the roll or coil, as would otherwise occur due to vibration and shock imparted during transport. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020090 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CARGO LOADING SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is a unique system providing for the quick and efficient movement of cargo such as pallets, containerized loads, and the like while providing enhanced safety measures to reduce or eliminate some of the injuries that are typically associated with cargo transport. By deploying a cargo transport system constructed from a fiberglass cargo loading grid with one or more cargo restraining latches, the movement of cargo within the trailer or bed of the truck can be more efficiently restrained, thereby minimizing inadvertent exposure of personnel to accidents associated with the movement of the cargo and damage to the cargo during transport. The cargo restraining latch is a spring-loaded, multi-fingered mechanism that is selectively and removably inserted into a portion of the cargo transport system, thereby restraining any undesired movement of the cargo. Additionally, certain embodiments of the cargo transport system comprise a plurality of hinged folding panels with handles, providing an apparatus that is portable and reconfigurable, allowing for maximum flexibility. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020091 | Cage Nut Assembly - A cage nut assembly is provided for retaining a nut within a cage's nut capture region defined by a base with a hole substantially in its center, two lateral truss integral with the base and perpendicular to each other, and two upwardly extending arms also integral with the base. The two upwardly extending arms form a C-shaped head at the distal end that extend over the nut capture region. Thus a nut disposed in said cage is substantially flush with the base of said cage. A multiple cage nut assembly is provided for retaining a nut within cage's plurality of nut capture regions. One such nut capture region being defined by a base with a hole substantially in its center, two lateral truss integral with the base and perpendicular to each other, and two upwardly extending arms also integral with the base. The two upwardly extending arms form a C-shaped head at the distal end that extend over the nut capture region. Thus a nut disposed in said cage is substantially flush with the base of said cage. At least one other nut capture region being defined by a base with a hole substantially in its center, two lateral truss integral with the base and perpendicular to each other, and two upwardly extending arms also integral with the base. The two upwardly extending arms form a head with a bearing surface at the distal end that extend over the nut capture region. Thus a nut disposed in said cage is substantially flush with the base of said cage. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020092 | QUICK ACTING PANEL FASTENER - A panel fastener is comprised of two separately formed interacting parts: a panel retainer and an actuator pin. The retainer is fashioned from sheet metal using progressive stamping technology. The retainer and pin work together to create a fastener for securing two panels together that can semi-permanently snap into the first panel and then be clamped onto and then selectively removed from the second panel. Attachment to the second panel is obtained by expanding and later released by contracting the legs of the retainer by rotating a cammed expander pin between self-locking positions. A head of the expander pin can be configured for hand actuation, tool-only actuation, or both. The retainer is fashioned from sheet metal using progressive stamping technology. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020093 | FASTENING ELEMENT FOR CONNECTING A SUPPORT PART TO AN ADD-ON PART - In a fastening element ( | 2011-01-27 |
20110020094 | BOOKBINDING APPARATUS, BOOKBINDING SYSTEM, AND BOOKBINDING METHOD - A bookbinding apparatus provided with an accumulating portion, which accumulates sheets into a sheet bundle, a bundle position correcting device, which corrects an adhesive application position of the sheet bundle, an adhesive applying portion, which applies an adhesive to the sheet bundle, and a bookbinding device, which cases the sheet bundle having the adhesive applied thereto in a cover for casing-in a book. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020095 | BINDING SYSTEM WITH BINDING MACHINE AND BINDING ELEMENTS - A binding system for binding a stack of sheets with a binding element includes a binding machine having an indicia associated with an operation to be performed in binding the stack of sheets, and at least one binding element having an indicia corresponding to the indicia on the binding machine. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020096 | Batch processing system in an in-line facility - Methods and apparatuses for a batch processing system with in-line interfaces are provided to batch processing substrates in an in-line processing facility. In an embodiment, the batch processing system comprises carrier assembling and carrier disassembling stations interfacing the in-line path and the batch processing stations. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020097 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FIXING AND TRANSPORTING IMPACT SENSITIVE SHEETS IN SPUTTER FEED SYSTEMS - The invention relates to a device and method for fixing glass sheets in a superclean room for feeding a sputter system, comprising the following: a) a roller drive ( | 2011-01-27 |
20110020098 | STORAGE RACK WITH LOADING MANAGEMENT - The invention relates to a method of introducing article carriers ( | 2011-01-27 |
20110020099 | OUTBOARD MOTOR CARRIER - An outboard motor carrier comprises a frame, a motor support structure to which an outboard motor may be attached, and upper and lower wheels. The lower wheels are rotatably attached to a lower region of the frame so as to support the carrier when it is tilted from an upright standing position. The upper wheels are rotatably attached to an upper region of the frame so as to facilitate loading the carrier onto a bed of a vehicle and to support the carrier when in a reclined position. The motor support structure is attached to a mid region of the frame and may comprise a transverse mounting board. The lower region of the frame may operate as a stand when the carrier is an upright standing position. The carrier is configured to hold an attached outboard motor in a semi-upright position when it is in its reclined position. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020100 | Loading Mechanism - The present invention relates to a device for loading and unloading objects onto trailers. The device has particular application for use with boats and boat trailers. A telescoping frame is used to provide a retractable extension that assists in moving a boat onto and off a trailer. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020101 | Vegetation cutter support assembly - A support assembly for a vegetation-cutting unit is mountable on an all-terrain vehicle or other suitable vehicle. The propelling vehicle has an undercarriage frame, on which the support assembly is suspended. An undercarriage support bar is configured for detachable mounting on the undercarriage frame and an elongated lift arm is pivotally secured to the undercarriage support bar. A free end of the lift arm has a U-shaped yoke, which is secured to the vegetation-cutting unit. The bent aspect of the lift arm allows vegetation cutting along a steep slope. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020102 | Fixing Arrangement for a Work PIece - An arrangement for fixing a work piece ( | 2011-01-27 |
20110020103 | Handling device and handling method of quartz glass crucible - An object of the present invention is to provide a crucible handling device that can firmly sandwich and reliably move a quartz glass crucible under a clean environment and a method of handling a quartz glass crucible using the crucible handling device. The present invention provides a crucible handling device | 2011-01-27 |
20110020104 | RAPID EXCHANGE DEVICE FOR LITHOGRAPHY RETICLES - Provided is a method and apparatus for moving and exchanging reticles within a vacuum lithographic system with minimum particle generation and outgassing. In an example of the method, a first arm of a rotational exchange device (RED) receives a first baseplate holding a first reticle. A second arm of the RED supports and buffers a second baseplate. The first and second baseplates are located substantially equidistant from an axis of rotation of the RED. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020105 | NACELLE FLOW ASSEMBLY - A nacelle assembly for a turbine engine has a cowl for a turbine engine. The cowl has a first surface spaced from a second surface. The second surface defines defining a bypass flow passage. A flow volume is spaced between the first surface and the second surface. A plurality of holes are disposed on the cowl. Each of the plurality of holes are configured to alter local air pressure about one of the first surface and the second surface of the cowl. The plurality of holes are in communication with the flow volume. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020106 | Blade containment structure - The fan duct of a ducted fan gas turbine engine has a fan case lined with a honeycomb structure that acts to absorb the energy of a separated part of a blade. A layer of composite material lining honeycomb structure delaminates/breaks when a separated blade part passes through a further, inner honeycomb liner and hits it. The resulting free end of composite liner wraps round the striking end of the blade part, thus blunting the cutting action of the blade part and spreading the generated forces to the extent that the blade part is de-energised sufficiently to prevent it penetrating the fan case. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020107 | MOLDED WIND TURBINE SHROUD SEGMENTS AND CONSTRUCTIONS FOR SHROUDS - A wind turbine shroud that comprises a plurality of wind turbine shroud segments engaged to each other in a radial pattern about a central axis. Each wind turbine shroud segment may be created through a rotational molding and/or blow molding process and can be engaged with other wind turbine shroud segments to create a variety of wind turbine shrouds. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020108 | TWO-STAGE TURBO-CHARGER ENGINE SYSTEM - A turbine housing for a high-pressure turbo-charger of a turbo-charger engine system for an internal combustion engine is provided that includes, but is not limited to a low-pressure charger opening for taking up a low-pressure turbo-charger and a high-pressure charger opening for taking up a high-pressure turbo-charger. A high-pressure exhaust opening is attached to a corresponding flange at an exhaust manifold of the engine and there is a short-cut exhaust opening with a high-pressure turbine by-pass valve area attached to a corresponding flange at the exhaust manifold. An external connection opening is attached to a muffler, a waste gate valve area being provided in the close vicinity of the external connection opening. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020109 | Peripheral Tunnels Propeller - This disclosure is related with propeller noise and cavitation abatement in applications like propulsion, ventilation, pumping or turbine systems on liquid or gas fluids working like a propellers, pumps, fans or turbines, by novel techniques that allows a stronger propellers and improves laminar flow and allow a smooth acceleration or deceleration of the liquid or gas by means of a propeller that consist on a rotating cylindrical block with one or more tunnels around it axis, said cylindrical block also may have flow separators structures at both input and output that helps to keep laminar flow of the fluid or gas with it surrounding media, having This rotating cylindrical block tunnels with either circular or irregular oval section that accelerates fluid or gas by means of both combined centrifugal and axial movement. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020110 | WIND TURBINE WITH REDUCED RADAR SIGNATURE - Various components of a shrouded wind turbine are coated with carbonyl iron powder. The resulting wind turbine has a reduced radar signature compared to conventional wind turbines. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020111 | TURBOCHARGER - According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a variable geometry turbine comprising: a turbine wheel mounted on a turbine shaft within a housing assembly for rotation about a turbine axis, the housing assembly defining a gas flow inlet passage upstream of the turbine wheel; an annular wall member defining a wall of the inlet passage and which is displaceable in a direction substantially parallel to the turbine axis to control gas flow through the inlet passage; at least one moveable rod operably connected via a first end of the rod to the annular wall member, the rod being moveable to control displacement of the annular wall member, the rod extending in a direction substantially parallel to the turbine axis, the rod being connected to the annular wall member via a first arm and a second arm, a first end of the first arm and a first end of the second arm being attached to the rod, and a second end of the first arm being attached to the annular wall member at a first circumferential position, and a second end of the second arm being attached to the annular wall member at a second, different circumferential position, the first arm and the second arm being resilient in order to allow relative movement between the first end of the rod and the annular wall member during expansion of the annular wall member. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020112 | SEWAGE SEPERATION GENERATOR - A system is presented that can partially separate solids from liquids and produce energy simultaneously. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020113 | Seal Structure for Preventing Leakage of Gases Across a Gap Between Two Components in a Turbine Engine - A seal structure is provided for preventing leakage of gases across a gap between first and second components in a turbine engine. The seal structure is adapted to be received in first and second adjacent slots provided in the first and second components. The seal structure may comprise: a wear resistant layer; and a deformable layer defined by a material having one of a varying density and a varying porosity. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020114 | Seal Assembly - A seal assembly disposed between a rotor and a stator especially of a turbo-machinery is provided with a close clearance gap there between. The clearance gap is bordered by a rotor surface at the side of the rotor and by a stator surface at the side of the stator. The rotor surface or the stator surface or both are provided with openings which open into at least one chamber arranged at the side of the openings turned away from the clearance gap. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020115 | REFRACTORY METAL CORE INTEGRALLY CAST EXIT TRENCH - A refractory metal core for use in casting a turbine engine part has a main portion and a plurality of tabs extending from the main portion. An end portion having a first edge which joins together the plurality of tabs and a second edge, opposed to the first edge, located internally of an exterior boundary of the cast part may be provided. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020116 | GAS TURBINE - A gas turbine including exhaust chamber defined by a cylindrical casing wall and a bearing case that supports a bearing part of a rotor in the casing wall, struts provided at equal intervals in circumferential direction of the bearing case and extending in tangential direction of the bearing case to couple the casing wall and the bearing case, a diffuser unit having an outer diffuser at the inner periphery of the casing wall and an inner diffuser at the outer periphery of the bearing case, a cooling chamber in which the outer diffuser and the inner diffuser are coupled by a strut cover, led to a portion between the casing wall and the outer diffuser, a portion between the bearing case and the inner diffuser, and the insides of the strut cover, and a partition wall that covers the outer periphery of the bearing case. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020117 | CASING STRUCTURE OF STEAM TURBINE - In a steam turbine according to a first embodiment, an outer casing | 2011-01-27 |
20110020118 | TURBINE NOZZLE ASSEMBLY INCLUDING RADIALLY-COMPLIANT SPRING MEMBER FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINE - Embodiments of a turbine nozzle assembly are provided for deployment within a gas turbine engine (GTE) including a first GTE-nozzle mounting interface. In one embodiment, the turbine nozzle assembly includes a turbine nozzle flowbody, a first mounting flange configured to be mounted to the first GTE-nozzle mounting interface, and a first radially-compliant spring member coupled between the turbine nozzle flowbody and the first mounting flange. The turbine nozzle flowbody has an inner nozzle endwall and an outer nozzle endwall, which is fixedly coupled to the inner nozzle endwall and which cooperates therewith to define a flow passage through the turbine nozzle flowbody. The first radially-compliant spring member accommodates relative thermal movement between the turbine nozzle flowbody and the first mounting flange to alleviate thermomechanical stress during operation of the GTE. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020119 | JET ENGINE NACELLE INTENDED TO EQUIP AN AIRCRAFT - The invention relates to a jet engine nacelle intended to equip an aircraft, comprising a forward air inlet section, a mid-section intended to surround a fan of the jet engine, and an aft section formed from at least first and second hath-shells rotatably mounted about an axis such that they can each be deployed between a working position in which the half-shells are drawn towards one another and a maintenance position in which the half-shells are spaced apart, at least the first half-shell ( | 2011-01-27 |
20110020120 | UNISON RING ASSEMBLY FOR AN AXIAL COMPRESSOR CASING - A unison ring assembly for an axial compressor casing is provided. The unison ring assembly includes a unison ring and at least three unison ring supports being radial inwardly and equally spaced arranged along a circumference of the unison ring, wherein each unison ring support has a unison ring bracket attached to the unison ring. Further, the unison ring assembly includes a slide bearing to be sliding along a slide face of an outer surface of the compressor casing and a resilient member being arranged between and coupled to the slide bearing and the unison ring bracket such that the unison ring is rotatable around the compressor casing by sliding the slide bearing along the slide face and to be centered free of clearance about the compressor casing. The resilient member is adapted to accommodate radial displacement of the compressor casing. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020121 | AXIAL FLOW FAN FOR EXTERNAL ROTOR - An axial flow fan for an external rotor, including at least: an axial flow blade, a support comprising an annular cylinder and multiple installation pins, and an external rotor motor comprising an external rotor. The installation pins are extended from the outside of the annular cylinder. The axial flow blade is disposed on the installation pin. The annular cylinder is fit on the external rotor of the external rotor motor. The flow fan features simple and convenient assembling, reliable connection, high production efficiency, low requirement for workers, and low production cost. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020122 | INTEGRATED CONDITION BASED MAINTENANCE SYSTEM FOR WIND TURBINES - A computer implemented method includes receiving condition information from a plurality of condition detection sensors coupled to a wind turbine and receiving wind turbine controller information. An anomaly detection algorithm is applied to identify maintenance activities for the wind turbine as a function of both the wind turbine condition information and the wind turbine controller information. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020123 | Wind Turbine with Adjustable Airfoils - The present invention concerns a wind turbine having a plurality of vertically extending airfoils forming a rotating carousel rotating about a central axis thereof. The airfoils pivot about their leading edges to adjust the pitch angle thereof to maximize energy harvest when the airfoils are rotating both in an upwind direction and in a down wind direction. This pivoting movement results from trailing edges of the airfoils being pivotally secured to rigid spokes or cables of a trailing edge hub. An adjustment mechanism is pivotally mounted between a carousel hub and the trailing edge hub and is used to control the separation between a central axis of the trailing edge hub and the axis of rotation of the carousel as they co-rotate. As the carousel rotates, the offset distance between the two axes determines the maximum achievable pitch angle of each airfoil. The airfoils then continually cycle between a positive and negative value of the maximum pitch angle so that each airfoil is at its most desirable pitch angle relative to its position around the carousel and relative to the existing wind direction in order to create maximum lift. A wind direction rudder is secured to the adjustment mechanism to provide for movement thereof resulting in movement of the trailing edge hub as wind direction changes so that the most desirable pitch angle of the airfoils relative to wind direction is maintained. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020124 | TIP-FORMING MEMBER FOR A WHEEL OF A HYDRAULIC MACHINE, AND WHEEL AND HYDRAULIC MACHINE EQUIPPED WITH SUCH A MEMBER - This member ( | 2011-01-27 |
20110020125 | Arrangement for axially securing blades in a rotor of a gas turbine - An arrangement for axially securing blades of a rotor of a gas turbine is provided. The arrangement includes a sealing element arranged on the end side surface of the rotor, which may be particularly reliably attached to the rotor by means of a sheet metal strip, the sheet metal strip including a shape-memory alloy. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020126 | MODULAR ROTOR BLADE FOR A POWER-GENERATING TURBINE AND A METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING A POWER-GENERATING TURBINE WITH MODULAR ROTOR BLADES - A modular rotor blade for a power generating turbine allows simple replacement of individual rotor blade sections in case of damage to or malfunction of a section. The modular rotor blade includes at least two rotor blade sections, wherein each rotor blade section includes at least one connecting part having at least one conical opening. The connecting parts of adjacent rotor blade sections rest against each other such that the conical openings of the connecting parts are aligned with each other and form a continuous conical connecting opening. Receiving elements for receiving tensioning elements are arranged at the smaller diameter end of the conical connecting opening. A conical bolt corresponding to the continuous conical connecting opening is arranged therein, and at least one tensioning element passes through the conical bolt and tensions the conical bolt against the receiving element. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020127 | Component Comprising Overlapping Weld Seams and Method for the Production Thereof - A turbine blade or vane with a platform and two overlapping weld seams, each weld seam having a width, is provided. An overlapping region of the two weld seams is 40% to 60% of the width of one weld seam. The weld seams run parallel or perpendicularly to the platform of the turbine blade or vane. Further, a method for welding a turbine blade or vane is provided. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020128 | WIND TURBINE BLADE WITH AN AUXILIARY AIRFOIL - A blade for a rotor of a wind turbine having a substantially horizontal rotor shaft, the rotor comprising a hub, from which the blade extends substantially in a radial direction when mounted to the hub. The blade comprises a main blade part having a profiled contour comprising a pressure side and a suction side as well as a leading edge and a trailing edge with a chord extending between the leading edge and the trailing edge. The profiled contour generates a lift when being impacted by an incident airflow. The profiled contour is divided in the radial direction into a root region with a substantially circular or elliptical profile closest to the hub, the substantially circular or elliptical profile having a diameter, an airfoil region with a lift generating profile furthest away from the hub, and a transition region between the root region and the airfoil region. The profile of the transition region gradually changes in the radial direction from the circular or elliptical profile of the root region to the lift generating profile of the airfoil region. The blade further comprises a first auxiliary airfoil having a first pressure side and a first suction side as well as a first chord extending between a first leading edge and a first trailing edge. The first chord has a length that is 75% or less of the diameter of the substantially circular or elliptical profile in the root region and the first auxiliary airfoil is arranged so that it extends in the radial direction along at least a part of the root region of the main blade part with a distance there between. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020129 | REVERSIBLE SYSTEM FOR DIVIDING AEROGENERATOR BLADES INTO SEVERAL PARTS - Aerogenerator blades of several sections or sectors are joined by specifically designed inserts that allow assembly to be carried out at a wind farm, particularly, at the base of a tower. These inserts are disposed both inside and outside of the original blades, in a single piece or several pieces and joined to the blades by any mechanical, physical or material fusion connection. Adhesives and other type of joints can also be used for this purpose. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020130 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE BLADE FOR AIRCRAFT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A gas turbine engine blade for aircraft which has a 3-dimensional blade surface shape twisted around a center line at an angle of 45 degrees or more and 70 degrees or less, wherein the aforementioned blade is provided with multiple composite material prepregs which contain reinforced fiber and which are integrally molded after being laminated in the thickness direction, and the aforementioned reinforced fiber runs continuously without interruption within each layer of the aforementioned composite material prepregs. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020131 | MANUFACTURING WTG BLADE HAVING A SPAR - Within the field of wind turbine generators (WTG), to provide a consistent way of manufacturing a WT blade there is disclosed a blade mould and a blade spar fixture to support the spar in the mould so as to provide a fixed predetermined relative position, and preferably also orientation, between at least a root end, such as a bushing in the root end of the blade spar, and a root end of the mould. Overall consistency is also obtained in that hereby a blade with anticipated aerodynamic and strength characteristics is provided, among others in that at least adjacent to the root of the spar there is substantially the same distance for a cured adhesive between an innermost surface of each of blade shells and an outermost surface of the spar. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020132 | DECOMPRESSION MACHINE (SUDARSHAN CHAKRA)SU [good], DARHAN [looking;appearance] CHAKRA [wheel] - A decompression machine to be called SUDARSHAN CHAKRA is a better efficiency of energy conversion method than prior arts i.e. turbine, internal combustion engine & steam engine. Gas or liquid containing intermolecular forces from anywhere is harnessed & released intra-corporally & sequentially to get discharged tangentially from the blades which absorb the momentum of the propellant by pressure drops &/or velocity rises, in order to produce torque force resulting into rotations of axle, which can drive any other machine for production or transfer of energy. This is an action& reaction turbine. Here the idea is to produce circular motion from natural linear motion of the propellants like wind, gas, steam, water, hydrocarbon Etc. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020133 | TORSION BLADE PIVOT WINDMILL - A pair of airfoil blades having a longitudinal axis coincident with one another. Each blade is bent at the center on the plane of the chord. Each blade has an airfoil tip blade placed at the outer most trailing edge. The blades are affixed by their root ends to opposite ends of a torsion shaft. The blade chords are offset from one another, which defines a blade pitch angle. The torsion shaft is journaled perpendicular through a driveshaft, whereas the rotation of the blades can transfer through the torsion shaft to the driveshaft and cause the driveshaft to turn, eliminating the need for a hub. The blades are adapted to pivot along with the torsion shaft. The blades lie in substantially the same plane, and are adapted for rotation in a plane orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the driveshaft. Each blade has an airfoil shaped fluid gate valve disposed on the leading edge. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020134 | LIGHTNING RECEPTORS COMPRISING CARBON NANOTUBES - The present invention relates to a wind turbine rotor blade comprising a lightning protection system. The lightning protection system comprises a lightning receptor for capturing lightning strikes. The receptors are arranged in the rotor blade. The lightning receptors comprise carbon nanotubes. In embodiments, the nanotubes are at an exterior surface is provided with a layer of carbon nanotubes and/or at least part of the lightning receptor is of a carbon nanotube metal composite material, such as a carbon nanotube metal matrix composite material. Moreover, the exterior surface of the receptor may in embodiments be provided with one or more electric field enhancing protrusions. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020135 | CEILING FAN - A configuration including outer-rotation motor portion ( | 2011-01-27 |
20110020136 | BLADE PITCH-ANGLE CONTROL APPARATUS AND WIND TURBINE GENERATOR - A blade pitch-angle control apparatus is provided which can reduce the number of machining processes required for manufacturing a hub and which improves the maintainability due to a reduction in weight of each of hydraulic cylinders. The blade pitch-angle control apparatus, which is used in a wind turbine generator having a plurality of blades and which individually operates the pitch angle of each of the blades, uses the two hydraulic cylinders to operate each of the blades. | 2011-01-27 |
20110020137 | Spar and shell constructed turbine blade - A blade for a rotor of a gas turbine engine is constructed with a spar and shell configuration. The spar is constructed in an integral unit or multi-portions and includes a first wall adjacent to the pressure side and a second wall adjacent to the suction side, a tip portion extending in the spanwise direction and extending beyond the first wall and the second wall and a root portion extending longitudinally, an attachment portion having a central opening for receiving the root portion and a platform portion. The root portion fits into the central opening and is secured therein by a pin extending transversely through the attachment and the root portion. The shell fits over the spar and is supported thereto by a plurality of complementary hooks extending from the spar and shell. The ends of the shell fit into grooves formed on the tip portion and the platform. The shell is made from a high temperature resistant material, such as Molybdenum or Niobium, and is formed from a wire EDM process. | 2011-01-27 |