06th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 28 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130034394 | Cutting Tool and Clamping Mechanism for Holding a Cutting Insert Thereto - A cutting tool ( | 2013-02-07 |
20130034395 | LEVELING AID FOR DRILLING TOOLS - According to an embodiment, a leveling aid ( | 2013-02-07 |
20130034396 | DEBRIS COLLECTOR - A debris collector for use with a hand or power cutting tool such as an electric drill has a conical body made of a foldable, flexible material. The conical body has an open upper base end and an open lower apex end. An upper support ring is secured to the conical body at the base end and a lower support ring is secured to the conical body spaced from the apex end. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034397 | JIG AND METHOD FOR MODIFYING CASING IN TURBINE SYSTEM - A jig and a method for modifying a casing in a turbine system are disclosed. The jig includes a body and a protrusion extending from the body. The protrusion is configured for engaging a hole defined in a spot face on the casing. The jig further includes at least one machining passage defined in the body, the machining passage provided for machining the casing therethrough, and at least one alignment feature configured on the body, the at least one alignment feature provided for aligning the jig with respect to the casing. The method includes engaging a jig with a hole defined in a spot face on the casing, aligning the jig with respect to the casing, and machining at least one installation hole into the casing through the spot face. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034398 | POWER HONING/GRINDING MACHINE FOR THE FINISHING OF CYLINDRICAL GEARS WITH EXTERNAL TOOTHING TOOLS - Power honing/grinding machine for the finishing of cylindrical gears with external toothing tools, comprising a workpiece clamping unit having a first electrospindle rotatable about a first axis, and a tool-holder unit having a second electrospindle rotatable about a second axis, in which the movement of rotation of the second electrospindle about the second axis is synchronized with the movement of rotation of the first electrospindle about the first axis, wherein the first electrospindle has an external stator and an internal rotor and the second electrospindle has an internal stator and an external rotor. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034399 | THROW AWAY TYPE ROTARY CUTTING APPARATUS AND TIP HOLDER - The invention is provided to improve the cooling efficiency for cooling a throw away tip regardless of whether a tip holder is rotating. A throw away type rotary cutting apparatus comprises a throw away tip having a cutting edge formed thereon, a tip holder having a support section that holds the throw away tip, a drive unit that supports and rotates the tip holder, and a mounting table that can move relative to the axis of rotation of the tip holder, wherein the tip holder further comprises an inlet path that is formed in the position of the axis of rotation and through which coolant is introduced, a heat exchange section that performs heat exchange between the introduced coolant and the throw away tip, and a discharge path that discharges the coolant after heat exchange. Cooling efficiency is improved by cooling the throw away tip from mainly the inside of the tip holder. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034400 | FOLDING PALLET LATCH WITH INTEGRAL ROLLOUT PREVENTION - A safety and restraint assembly allows transition of palletized cargo into a cargo bay and prevents the palletized cargo from inadvertently rolling backwards out through the cargo bay door. The assembly includes a wedge-shaped, spring-loaded, anti-rollout component that rotates downward as force from a pallet is applied to the anti-rollout component during loading of pallets, and the anti-rollout component returns to its original position after the pallet has traversed entirely over the anti-rollout component. The assembly also includes a folding restraint pawl for vertical restraint of adjacent pallets during transport. In an engaged position, the restraint pawl snaps into a slot in the anti-rollout component. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034401 | Device Providing Additional Attachment Points in a Vehicle Bed - A strap provides additional connection points in a vehicle bed to tethers at more convenient locations than OEM anchor points. The strap includes a ring or series of rings that are connected by webbing segments. A tensioning device is included in the strap to adjust the length of the strap and to provide tension when installed. Two straps can be used along the lateral sides of a pickup-truck bed. Tether such as bungee chords, ropes, straps, or cargo nets can be placed from one strap to another to secure cargo in the bed in ways that are not possible when using the OEM anchor points alone. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034402 | Self Locking Nut and Bolt Assembly - The present application provides a self locking nut and bolt assembly for a stack of rotating wheels. The self locking nut and bolt assembly may include a tie bolt extending through the stack of rotating wheels, a locking nut positioned on a first end of the tie bolt, and a locking washer positioned on the one end of the tie bolt within the locking nut. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034403 | SCREW COMPONENT WITH A WATERPROOF STRUCTURE - A screw component with waterproof structure includes a screw body and a resilient waterproof member. The screw body has a screw head and a thread portion. The thread portion is connected to a side of the screw head for being screwed into a screwing structure. The resilient waterproof member includes a resilient body and at least one waterproof structure. The resilient body surrounds the screw head, and the at least one waterproof structure is disposed around a periphery of the resilient body. A width of the at least one waterproof structure is increasing from a side close to the thread portion to a side far from the thread portion. The at least one waterproof structure seals a hole on a housing cooperatively with the resilient body when the screw body screws the housing onto the screwing structure. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034404 | Fastener - A press-fit component is proposed, which can be both press-fitted into an existing hole in a sheet metal component and also punched into sheet metal where there is no hole. The press-fit component exhibits a head with a bearing surface and a shaft which emanates from the bearing surface. The shaft has a trilobular cross-section and may be provided with knurling over at least part of its length. The shaft may be provided with a threaded through-hole. As a result of the trilobular form, the shaft and with it the press-fit element is secured against turning, without deformation of the sheet metal from a plane taking place during press-fitting. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034405 | Screw with Helical Groove for Receiving Chippings - A screw includes a shank and a thread extending spirally around an outer circumference of the shank. The thread includes a plurality of thread convolutions each having a front flank facing an insertion end of the shank and a rear flank facing away from the insertion end. The screw further includes at least one helical groove. The helical groove is formed in the outer circumference of the shank and extends helically along bottom edges of one the front and rear flanks of the thread convolutions. The helical groove is adapted for receiving chippings produced by the thread screwing into articles to be fastened, allowing rapid insertion of the screw into the articles while providing a high tightening force. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034406 | VIBRATION-ISOLATING SCREW - A vibration-isolating screw is disclosed. The vibration-isolating screw includes a screw head and a screw tail portion. The screw head includes a first screw body, a first magnetic element, a second screw body, a second magnetic element, a third screw body and a third magnetic element. The first magnetic element and the second magnetic element are mounted on the first screw body and the second screw body, respectively. The third screw body is mounted between the first screw body and the second screw body. The third magnetic element comprises a first end and a second end and is mounted on the third screw body. The first end and the first magnetic element are adjacent and mutual repulsion. The second end and the second magnetic element are adjacent and mutual repulsion. The screw tail portion is connected with the second screw body. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034407 | Segmented Nut for Screw Connections - A nut for screw connections has two substantially identically sized nut segments of a half-shell shape, wherein the nut segments each have an inner side provided with an inner thread segment defining together an inner thread. The nut segments are connected to each other so as to be moveable toward each other until the nut segments reach a closed position. The nut segments are maintained in the closed position by springs or a locking device. An actuating device is moveably arranged on at least one of the two nut segments for releasing the closed position, wherein the actuating device is adapted to manually actuated. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034408 | MINIATURE TACK PINS - A fastener pin has a head at a topmost end that is the greatest diameter of the fastener. A shoulder extends downward from the head and includes a bottom surface for displacing material of a host object. A broaching section of rectangular lateral cross-section is located immediately below the displacer by cutting a rectangular profile into a round installation hole in the host object. Immediately below the broaching section is a tapered tip at a bottommost end which may be in the shape of a rectangular pyramid rotated radially out of alignment with the remainder of the other fastener features which all have parallel side edges. This individual fastener is one of a series of substantially identical pins attached toe-to-head at severable joints in a continuous string of fasteners. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034409 | AUTOMATIC GAP ADJUSTOR - An automatic gap adjustor is provided. The automatic gap adjustor includes an upper cammed disk, a lower cammed disk spaced apart from the upper cammed disk, and a resilient spring element therebetween. The upper cammed disk includes a first plurality of cams on an upper axial surface and a second plurality of cams on a lower axial surface. The lower cammed disk includes a third plurality of cams on an upper axial surface and a fourth plurality of cams on an undercut portion spaced apart from the upper axial surface. Opposing cams can be radially offset from each other, such that reciprocating axial movement of the upper disk relative to the lower disk can achieve a stepped rotation of the upper disk. Rotation of the upper disk can drive the automatic gap adjustor along a threaded support to eliminate a gap along a portion thereof. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034410 | SYSTEM FOR TRANSPORTING CONTAINERS BETWEEN DIFFERENT STATIONS AND A CONTAINER CARRIER - A system for transporting containers between different stations is presented. The containers are accommodated in container carriers. The system comprises a control unit for controlling the transport of the container carriers, a transport area divided into subareas and on which the container carriers can be movably arranged, and a drive. The drive is activated by the control unit and each subarea is assigned a respective drive. Each drive applies a drive force to an associated container carrier. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034411 | PROCESS CONTAINER - In order to provide a process container for carrying out a cleaning process, a drying process, a deburring process, a coating process and/or a coating removal process on a workpiece in the interior of the process container, comprising a wall delimiting the interior of the process container, which is usable in a maintenance-friendly and flexible manner, it is proposed that the process container comprises at least one medium passage, by means of which a medium is guidable through the wall of the process container, at least two different process elements of different types being adaptable to at least one of the medium passages. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034412 | LOAD LEVELING MODIFICATION FOR FRONT LOADING REFUSE TRUCK - A modification apparatus to convert an existing front loading refuse collection truck so that the lifted container remains level until the container is near the load opening of the refuse collection body of the truck. A mounting plate is bolted to brackets added to an existing refuse collection body and provides multiple connection points for attachment of one end of a slave cylinder that is hinged at its other end to one of the main lift arms of the collection body. As the rod of the slave cylinder extends or retracts with the movement of the lift arm, hydraulic fluid from the slave cylinder passes to fork cylinders which retract or extend to control the orientation of the lifted container relative to the lift arms. The apparatus can be easily added to a variety of existing front loading collection bodies. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034413 | VEHICLE - When the load factor of a loading/unloading apparatus reaches a second reference value that is smaller in load factor than the first reference value, the operation speed of the loading/unloading apparatus becomes a reduction state. It is possible to make load vibration difficult to be generated in a load. Further, fine adjustment of the manipulation becomes easy, such that it is possible to prevent the load factor from reaching the first reference value due to careless manipulation of the operator. Even if the load factor reaches the first reference value, the operation speed of the loading/unloading apparatus has been reduced, such that it is possible to prevent load vibration of the load W when stopping. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034414 | VEHICLE - Provided is a vehicle that elevates a working beam installed between a pair of booms with a working beam elevating unit and can ensure the area of a load receiving surface where a load is loaded. The working beam elevating unit is received in a working beam and one end of a chain is fixed to a boom. Therefore, the working beam is moved up/down by loosening and retracting the chain. Therefore, as the working beam elevating unit is installed at the working beam, it is not necessary to ensure a space for installing the working beam on a vehicle body. Therefore, it is correspondingly possible to enlarge the space (area of the load receiving surface) on the vehicle for loading a load. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034415 | VEHICLE - Provided is a vehicle that controls operation of a loading/unloading apparatus based on a manipulation instruction from a manipulation remote control unit and can ensure safety when loading/unloading a load. An opening window is formed to be open on the rear side of an operator cab and an LCD displaying the operation state of a loading/unloading apparatus is installed, with the display surface facing the opening window, in the operator cab. Therefore, it is possible to check the display of the LCD from the outside of the operator cab through the opening window. Therefore, an operator can perform manipulation while acquiring the information on the operation state of the loading/unloading apparatus from the LCD, such that it is possible to ensure safety when loading/unloading a load by manipulating the manipulation remote control unit. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034416 | VEHICLE - First and second connection terminals that are connection places of manipulation remote control units are installed at the front and rear of a vehicle. Therefore, it is possible to manipulate the manipulation remote control units at positions (ahead of and behind the vehicle) according to the amount of sunlight by changing the connection position. In this case, the rotation direction of the loading/unloading apparatus is reversed in accordance with the connection place of the manipulation remote control unit, such that it is possible to prevent miss-manipulation of the manipulation remote control unit by an operator who manipulates ahead of and behind the vehicle. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034417 | VEHICLE - There is provided a vehicle which can stably load or unload a long heavy load and lower a height of a working space necessary for loading or unloading the weight body. The loading/unloading apparatus suspends and maintains a load in a working beam installed between a pair of booms and rotates the pair of booms toward the left or right direction of a vehicle body, such that the load is unloaded from the vehicle body in a construction field or loaded from the construction field onto the vehicle body. Thus, the height of the working space necessary when the load is loaded or unloaded can be reduced as compared with a crane structure for loading and unloading the load by the fluctuation of a boom. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034418 | Bottle Pushing Mechanism for Tunnel Type Sterilizing Dryer - A bottle pushing mechanism for a tunnel type sterilizing dryer, includes a bottle pushing block ( | 2013-02-07 |
20130034419 | CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - In a construction machine, a boom assist cylinder ( | 2013-02-07 |
20130034420 | VACUUM GRIPPING APPARATUS - A gripper grasps irregular and deformable work pieces so as to lift and hold packaged, processed, or raw, and manipulate the work pieces for the purpose of material handling, assembly, packaging, and other robotic and automated manipulative functions. A vacuum is induced at multiple points through a flexible gripping hood to provide lifting force to, and facilitate rapid movement of, work pieces. An array of lighting devices and a double ring array of segmented mirrors provide uniform illumination to ensure accurate positioning of the gripping hood with respect to the work piece to be manipulated. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034421 | Method of processing a substrate in a lithography system - A method of processing substrates in a lithography system unit, the lithography system unit comprising at least two substrate preparation units, a load lock unit comprising at least first and second substrate positions, and a substrate handling robot for transferring substrates between the substrate preparation units and the load lock unit. The method comprises providing a sequence of substrates to be exposed to the robot, including an Nth substrate, an N−1th substrate, and an N+1th substrate; transferring the Nth substrate to a first one of the substrate preparation units; clamping the Nth substrate on a first substrate support structure in the first substrate preparation unit to form a clamped Nth substrate; transferring the clamped Nth substrate from the first substrate preparation unit to an unoccupied one of the first and second positions in the load lock unit; and exposing the clamped Nth substrate in the lithography system unit. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034422 | SLIDE AND DUMP TRAILER - A sliding dump trailer that provides dumping, loading, and unloading functionality using mechanical manipulations. A bed frame is attached to a towing tongue using hinges, and one or more slide rails. The slide rails selectively engage and disengage with an axle frame. The bed frame is manipulated to a loading/unloading position by locking wheels on the axle frame, disengaging the axle frame from the slide rails, and pushing the tongue in a reverse direction, causing the slide rails to slide over the axle frame which, in turn, allows the bed frame to tilt over the hinges. Continuing to push the tongue in the reverse direction further tilts the bed frame to a dumping position. The bed frame is returned to a horizontal towing position by pulling the tongue in a forward direction. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034423 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PASSIVELY CONTROLLING CLEARANCE IN A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A system for passively controlling clearance in a turbine engine comprises a static assembly arranged circumferentially about an engine rotor assembly and defining a gap between a tip end of the rotor assembly and an adjacent inner surface of the static assembly. The static assembly includes a gap control member that defines the inner surface, is exposed to the engine working fluid, and comprises a shape memory material selected and preconditioned to deform in a pre-selected manner in response to a temperature of the engine working fluid. Alternatively, airfoil blades of the rotor assembly include a gap control member. A method for passively controlling clearance in a turbine engine comprises assembling the engine so as to define an initial set of build clearances, operating the engine to observe running clearances, configuring a gap control member comprising a shape memory material and re-assembling the engine with the gap control member. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034424 | TIP CLEARANCE CONTROL DEVICE - A tip clearance control device adapted to control the clearance of a rotating aerofoil structure with a surrounding casing portion, and a method of controlling the tip clearance of a rotating aerofoil structure with a surrounding casing portion. The device includes a member operatively connected to the casing portion; the member having at least a first configuration in which the casing portion is at a first radial position and a second configuration in which the casing portion is at a second radial position, wherein the configuration of the member is controlled by magnetic flux in a magnetic circuit which includes at least one ferromagnetic element including ferromagnetic material, where the configuration of the member is responsive to the temperature of the ferromagnetic element. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034425 | METHOD FOR ADAPTING THE AIR FLOW OF A TURBINE ENGINE HAVING A CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR AND DIFFUSER FOR IMPLEMENTING SAME - A method for maintaining efficiency and duty of a turbine engine compressor to reduce specific consumption, while guaranteeing a high enough pumping margin with partial load. The method adapts airflow to a variable demand for flow or mechanical or electric power in a centrifugal compressor of a turbine engine. The method includes diffusing the airflow through a first annular blade ring having variable pitch blades, radially bordered by a second annular blade ring having a same number of fixed pitch blades with an equivalent extension, guiding the radial extension diffusion by coupling the blades of the two blade rings. According to the method, each blade of the first blade ring is spun off-axis. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034426 | PORTABLE BLOWER - A portable blower includes a casing ( | 2013-02-07 |
20130034427 | ADJUSTABLE MECHANICAL COOLANT PUMP - An adjustable mechanical coolant pump for an internal combustion engine includes a pump rotor wheel comprising an axial inlet. The pump rotor wheel is configured to pump a coolant radially outwardly. Variable pump stator blades are arranged so as to pivot radially outwardly at a circle concentrically with the pump rotor wheel. A control ring is configured to pivot the variable pump stator blades when the control ring is rotated. An actuator is configured to rotate the control ring so as to pivot the variable pump stator blades between an open position and a closed position. A pump housing body is configured to support the variable pump stator blades and the control ring. A separate static blade holding frame is mounted to the pump housing body. The variable pump stator blades and the control ring are captively mounted at the separate static blade holding frame. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034428 | SEGMENTED SEAL ASSEMBLY - Systems and devices for sealing portions of a rotary machine are disclosed. In one embodiment, a seal assembly element includes: a head flange; an axial neck connected to the head flange, wherein the axial neck includes a mating flange extending circumferentially from a distal end of the seal assembly element, the mating flange configured to form a multidirectional seal with a recessed portion of a complementary seal assembly element; and a set of axial seal teeth connected to the axial neck. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034429 | BLADE OR VANE FOR A TURBOMACHINE - A blade or a vane component of a turbomachine includes an inner space between two opposite inner walls of the component, and a plurality of ribs projecting from the two opposite inner wall forming a plurality of channels on each of the two opposite inner walls to guide the cooling fluid towards the trailing edge. The inner space is divided into a leading section towards the leading edge of the component and a trailing section towards the trailing edge of the component. The ribs are arranged in the leading section. A plurality of pin-fins projecting from the two opposite inner walls is arranged in the trailing section in a discrete manner. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034430 | PORTABLE SWIM CURRENT GENERATOR - A swim current generator apparatus includes an enclosure and a motor shroud, the motor shroud enclosing a motor coupled to a propeller and having openings therein to permit the intake and discharge of water by the propeller, wherein the motor shroud is moveable between a retracted position within the enclosure and an extended position outside the enclosure. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034431 | CAMBERED AERO-ENGINE INLET - A propulsion system includes an engine with a fan and a nacelle that circumscribes the engine. The engine defines an axis. A distance between a forwardmost point at the top of the nacelle and at the front of the nacelle to a forwardmost point of the fan is greater than a distance between a forwardmost point at the bottom of the nacelle and at the front of the nacelle. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034432 | CORRUGATED CORE COWL FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A core nacelle for a gas turbine engine, according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a core cowl positioned adjacent to an inner duct boundary of a fan bypass passage having an associated cross-sectional area that radially extends between a fan exhaust nozzle and the inner duct boundary. The core cowl includes at least one groove that is selectively exposed to change the cross-sectional area at an axial location of the fan exhaust nozzle. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034433 | INTER-TURBINE DUCTS WITH GUIDE VANES - A turbine section of a gas turbine engine is provided. The turbine section is annular about a longitudinal axis and includes first turbine with a first inlet and a first outlet; a second turbine with a second inlet and a second outlet; an inter-turbine duct extending from the first outlet to the second inlet and configured to direct an air flow from the first turbine to the second turbine; and a first guide vane disposed within the inter-turbine duct. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034434 | VANE ASSEMBLY FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A vane assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a first vane and a second vane. The first vane and the second vane include an inner platform, an outer platform and an airfoil that extends between the inner platform and the outer platform. The first vane and the second vane are attached at least at one of their inner platforms or their outer platforms with a first attachment mechanism and a second attachment mechanism. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034435 | VANE ASSEMBLY FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A vane assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a first platform, a second platform, and an airfoil that extends radially across an annulus between the first platform and the second platform. The airfoil is centered relative to a centerline axis of the second platform and is offset relative to a centerline axis of the first platform. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034436 | Systems, Method, and Apparatus for Modifying a Turbine Casing - Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems, methods, and apparatus for modifying a turbine casing. According to an example embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for modifying a turbine casing. The method can include providing one or more casing retention pin bores in the turbine casing; inserting a retention pin in the one or more casing retention pin bores; providing one or more patch ring segments configured to be radially constrained by at least a portion of the turbine casing and further configured to slide circumferentially in cooperation with at least a portion of the turbine casing, wherein the one or more patch ring segments comprise at least one retention pin locking bore; installing the one or more patch ring segments in the turbine casing to radially constrain the one or more patch ring segments; and engaging the retention pin in the at least one retention pin locking bore to circumferentially constrain the one or more patch ring segments to the turbine casing. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034437 | FASTENING DEVICE PARTICULARLY SUITABLE FOR THE FASTENING BETWEEN AN AIR INTAKE AND AN ENGINE OF AN AIRCRAFT NACELLE - An aircraft nacelle includes a first conduit for an air inlet and a second conduit for an engine, arranged end to end and connected by an annular flange, attached to the air inlet, and an annular flange, attached to the engine. The annular flanges are connected by a plurality of passage holes in the annular flanges and arranged in line with each other. Rods are housed in the passage holes. For at least one rod, the passage hole of one of the annular flanges has a diameter greater than the diameter of the rod allowing the rod to move in case of deformation of one of the two conduits. An angle profile is inserted between the rod and a cylindrical portion adjacent to the annular flange and. is connected to the adjacent cylindrical portion through the intermediary of at least one means for absorbing eventual deformations in radial direction. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034438 | SEALING ARRANGEMENT - A sealing arrangement, for example for providing an intershaft seal between shafts of a gas turbine engine, includes an air-riding sealing ring disposed between runners. A buffer fluid, such as air, is conveyed to a buffer cavity through a passage in the sealing ring. The buffer air provides a positive pressure drop along fluid-riding gaps, preventing leakage across the sealing arrangement. The sealing ring may be a split carbon ring, and measures may be provided to minimise leakage of buffer air at the split. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034439 | Method for lubricating at least one blade pitch bearing of a wind turbine - A method for lubricating at least one blade pitch bearing of a wind turbine is provided. The wind turbine includes a rotor hub with a number of rotor blades, with each rotor blade being supported to the rotor hub by at least one blade pitch bearing. At least one rotor blade is pitchable and a rotor blade pitch control device adapted to control pitching of the at least one rotor blade. The state of lubrication of at least one blade pitch bearing by a lubrication detection device generating at least one lubrication information signal indicating a degree of lubrication of the at least one blade pitch bearing by measuring the electrical capacitance and/or resistance of the at least one blade pitch bearing. A rotor blade lubricating device is actuated to perform at least one action to lubricate the at least one blade pitch bearing, if the lubrication information signal indicates that the at least one blade pitch bearing is not sufficiently lubricated. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034440 | HORIZONTALLY ORIENTED WIND TURBINE - A mill that reacts to fluid flow to create energy includes a vertically oriented hub, an arm attaching to and rotating with the hub in a horizontal plane, a plate attaching to the arm, a vane cooperating with the plate, the vane having a curved suction side and a planar pressure side, a leading edge and a trailing edge. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034441 | MULTIPLE-LAYER STRUCTURE OF INFLATABLE DEVICE CAPABLE OF PRESSURE RESISTANCE - A multiple-layer structure of inflatable device capable of pressure resistance includes a gasbag unit and a reinforcing shape-forming net. The gasbag unit includes a gas inlet, a flexible waterproof inner tube for fluid communication with the gas inlet, and a flexible material of outer tube covering the flexible waterproof inner tube, wherein the gasbag unit and the reinforcing shape-forming net covering the gasbag unit are both in independent structures. When the gasbag unit become expanded over the reinforcing shape-forming net, the reinforcing shape-forming net will resist the applied force from the gasbag unit, so that the gasbag unit can be made of a light weight material and thus the maintenance and renew become easy. The present invention is not only easy in maintenance but also efficiently reducing cost for all kinds of inflatable products and environment protection. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034442 | LEAD LAG DAMPER FOR HELICOPTER ROTOR UNIT - A lead lag damper ( | 2013-02-07 |
20130034443 | PLANAR FLEXBEAM UNIT - A planar flexbeam unit ( | 2013-02-07 |
20130034444 | Dispensing system for odor control with fan - Apparatus for dispensing fragrance from a refill component that is installed and removed along a vertical axis through an opening at the bottom of the housing of the apparatus. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034445 | TURBINE BUCKET HAVING AXIALLY EXTENDING GROOVE - A turbine bucket and corresponding turbines are disclosed herein. In one aspect, the turbine bucket includes: a blade member; and a base member affixed to the blade member, the base member configured to attach to a turbine rotor radially inward of the blade member, wherein the base member includes a first semi-elliptical extension spanning substantially an axial length of the base member and extending at least partially perpendicularly in relation to a primary axis of the turbine bucket. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034446 | TURBINE BLADE POCKET PIN STRESS RELIEF - A turbine blade comprises an airfoil having a pressure side and a suction side, and extending from a leading edge to a trailing edge. The airfoil has a tip remote from a mounting root, and a pocket extending inwardly of the tip. The pocket has spaced walls with one wall associated with the pressure side of the airfoil, and an opposed wall associated with the suction side. A pin extends across the pocket and connects the opposed walls. A slot is formed in the pin at a location intermediate ends of the pin which connect to the opposed walls. A method for identifying a location for the pin along a distance between a leading edge and a trailing edge of the pocket utilizes a modal analysis, and seeks to find a location where both a reaction force and a moment are lower than they might be at other locations. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034447 | WIND TURBINE BLADE HAVING AN OUTER SURFACE WITH IMPROVED PROPERTIES - A wind turbine blade including an outer surface that serves as an aerodynamic surface when the blade is subjected for an air stream. A resin matrix made of a laminate of at least one ply includes the outer surface. The outer ply includes a nano structure embedded therein such that the filaments of the nano structure in the ply have essentially the same angular orientation relative a plane of the outer surface. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034448 | Integrally Rotating Machinery and Method and Apparatus for Achieving the Same - An article formed with blading members comprising a rotor a a plurality of blading members integrally formed with the rotor wherein each blading member having continuous zones of compressive residual stress on the pressure side and the suction side and extending substantially along the perimeter and extending inwards, towards the center of each blading member, and wherein the continuous zones of compressive residual stress have an improved surface finish. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034449 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE ROTOR CONSTRUCTION - A gas turbine rotor is provided with a longitudinal stack of blade supporting disks each including a medial web and a radially outer rim. The disks are spaced from one another by axial gaps. The disks include recesses in the forward and aft major surfaces thereof proximal to the juncture of the webs and rims thereof. Annular spacers received with the recesses in the disks span the axial gaps and provide a load path for the axial compressive preloading of the disks and the transmission of torque along the disk stack. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034450 | WIND POWER PLANT WITH MODULAR TOWER SYSTEM - A wind power plant tower having a multiplicity of tower segments which are arranged one on top of the other and enclose an interior tower space, and at least two system components from the group of a conductor, a lighting and a climbing device for operating personnel arranged in the tower inner space. Segments for the system components are structurally combined with a beam to form a separate supply module spanning a number of tower segments. The laborious assembly of the system components can thus be carried out at ground level, and only the supply module thus completed, which spans a number of segments, is then mounted in the tower. This obviates the need for a considerable amount of work in the form of hazardous working in the tower. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034451 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A gas turbine engine comprises a hollow rotor including a plurality of rotor segments stacked and coupled together in a direction of its center axis and forming at least one of a compressor and a turbine; and a pipe unit inserted into an inner space of the rotor in the center axis direction. In the gas turbine engine, a weight distribution of the pipe unit within an axial transverse section is set eccentric with respect to the center axis of the rotor. In this way, a gas turbine engine which is high in performance and reliability is provided, in which a pipe provided in an inner space of the rotor to transport a cooling medium or lay out a cable, etc., is prevented from whirling. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034452 | DIAPHRAGM PUMP - A diaphragm pump includes a motor having a recess in an outer circumferential portion, a crank which rotates together with a motor output shaft, a driving member including a driving element which reciprocates in accordance with the crank rotation, and a diaphragm which forms a pump chamber which expands and contracts in accordance with the reciprocating driving element. The pump also includes a suction passage which draws a fluid into the pump chamber, a discharge passage which discharges the fluid, a suction valve formed in the suction passage to regulate a reverse flow of the fluid to the suction passage, a discharge valve formed in the discharge passage to regulate a reverse flow of the fluid to the pump chamber, and an elastically deformable cylindrical member which holds the diaphragm and includes a projection which engages with the recess of the motor. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034453 | FAN MOTOR, ON-VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONER USING THE FAN MOTOR, AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING FAN MOTOR - A fan motor includes a motor having a shaft, a fan, and a fan fixing section for rigidly connecting the fan to the shaft. The fan has a first mounting face for the fan to be integrated with the motor. The fan fixing section has a fan mounting plate mounted to an end of the shaft and including a second mounting face in a radial direction, and an elastic plate having elastic force. The first mounting face is connected to the second mounting face via the elastic plate. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034454 | WAVE ENERGY CONVERTER - A self priming gravity wave water pump, double acting, vertically self adjusting incorporating a submerged column platform as shown in FIG. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034455 | ELECTRIC PUMP - An electric pump may comprise a motor, an impeller driven by the motor, and a casing comprising a pump chamber that accommodates the impeller. The motor and the pump chamber may be disposed along a rotational axis of the impeller. The casing may comprise an intake port extending in a direction parallel to the rotational axis of the impeller and a discharge port extending in a direction perpendicular to the rotational axis of the impeller. The motor may have an oblong cross section that is perpendicular to the rotational axis of the impeller. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034456 | REFRIGERANT COMPRESSOR HAVING LINEAR DRIVE - A coolant compressor has a hermetically sealed compressor housing, in the interior of which lies a piston cylinder unit that compresses a coolant. The cylinder housing of the piston cylinder unit is closed at the front end thereof by a cylinder head. A linear drive is provided, comprising at least one oscillating body which is surrounded by an excitation winding and which is connected to the piston to move same along a longitudinal axis in an oscillating manner. The piston cylinder unit has at least one first permanent magnet that lies on the piston, and at least one second permanent magnet that lies on the cylinder housing. Both magnets face each other and are oriented in the same magnetic pole direction in order to generate a repelling effect between both magnets to limit the path of the piston in the region of the top or bottom dead center. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034457 | DISTRIBUTING VALVE FOR CONCRETE PUMP AND THE CONCRETE PUMP - A distributing valve for a concrete pump and the concrete pump are provided, the distributing valve comprises a valve body ( | 2013-02-07 |
20130034458 | PUMP DEVICE FOR LUBRICANT - To provide a pump device for lubricant which is downsized and reduced in cost due to a simplified decompression structure. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034459 | Pump - The invention relates to a pump for pumping a fluid, including an inlet, an outlet, and a pumping chamber, wherein a valve is arranged between the inlet and the pumping chamber or between the pumping chamber and the outlet. The valve includes a valve body having a valve seat pointing in the direction of the outlet, and a valve member that interacts with the valve seat, wherein the valve member is loaded under pre-loading against the valve seat into a closed position of the valve and allows fluid to pass through in a pumping direction due to the valve member lifting off against the pre-load, wherein the valve body is accommodated in a receptacle of a pump part. A pump for which the development of noises and vibrations is reduced in that the valve body can move axially relative to the receptacle that accommodates the valve body. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034460 | Variable Displacement Vane Pump - A variable displacement vane pump has an inner peripheral face of a cam ring formed so that in a maximum eccentric state, a radius vector gradually shortens according to the rotation of a rotor in an area from a starting point of a first seal interval to an intermediate point of the first seal interval and an area from an intermediate point of a second seal interval to an end point of the second seal interval. The inner peripheral face of the cam ring is formed so that in a minimum eccentric state, the radius vector is substantially fixed or gradually lengthens according to the rotation of the rotor in other areas. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034461 | COMPRESSOR - A compressor has auxiliary and main oil reservoir chambers that retain lubricant oil that is separated from refrigerant in an oil separation chamber. A part of the auxiliary oil reservoir chamber is defined by a peripheral wall of the oil separation chamber. An introducing passage for introducing lubricant oil in the oil separation chamber to the auxiliary oil reservoir chamber is formed in the peripheral wall. The inlet of the introducing passage opens to the oil separation chamber on the inner surface of the peripheral wall. The outlet of the introducing passage opens to the auxiliary oil reservoir chamber. The main oil reservoir chamber is located below the auxiliary oil reservoir chamber in the direction of gravity. A drain port for draining lubricant oil in the auxiliary oil reservoir chamber to the main oil reservoir chamber is formed in a bottom wall of the auxiliary oil reservoir chamber. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034462 | Fluid Energy Transfer Device - A rotary chambered fluid energy-transfer device includes a housing with a central portion having a bore formed therein and an end plate forming an arcuate inlet passage, with a radial height and a circumferential extent. The device also includes an outer rotor rotatable in the central portion bore with a female gear profile formed in a radial portion defining a plurality of roots and an inner rotor with a male gear profile defining a plurality of lobes in operative engagement with the outer rotor. A minimum radial distance between an outer rotor root and a corresponding inner rotor lobe define a duct end face proximate the end plate, wherein the duct end face has a radial height substantially equivalent to the inlet passage radial height at a leading edge of the inlet passage. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034463 | Gear Pump - A gear pump includes a plurality of gear wheels rotatably retained in a pump housing and that engage in one another for the conveyance of a medium. One of the gear wheels is driven by a pump shaft, which can be coupled to a drive by means of a coupling end. To maintain a uniform conveyance flow, in particular with strongly fluctuating operational pressures, during alternating load states, within a single rotation, a brake ring is disposed on the circumference of the pump shaft, which acts with at least one brake surface on a friction surface of the pump shaft or on a friction surface of the pump housing. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034464 | Active decontamination microcapsule filtration media - Filtration devices, methods, and systems comprising a decontamination filtration medium. The filtration medium comprises a remotely-triggered decontamination material stored in microcapsules that are embedded in or attached to a filter element. The microcapsules contain a decontamination agent that will detoxify one or more toxins, including but not limited to chemical and biological warfare agents, and industrial materials and chemicals, among other things. The microcapsules can be locally or remotely triggered to release the detoxifying agent by a triggering agent such as light, electrical potential, pressure, temperature, or other methods. One method of use of the filtration device comprises the following: when a target toxin is detected in the vicinity of the device, the microcapsules are actively triggered to release the detoxifying agent, thereby neutralizing the toxic agent. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034465 | Hydrogen Sensing Device - The invention provides a hydrogen sensing device capable of preventing sensor sensitivity decreases. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034466 | SAMPLE ANALYZER - A measuring section | 2013-02-07 |
20130034467 | METHOD OF MAKING A MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE - A microfabricated device is fabricated by depositing a first metal layer on a substrate to provide a first electrode of an electrostatic actuator, depositing a first structural polymer layer over the first metal layer, depositing a second metal layer over said first structural polymer layer to form a second electrode of the electrostatic actuator, depositing an insulating layer over said first structural polymer layer, planarizing the insulating layer, etching the first structural polymer layer through the insulating layer and the second metal layer to undercut the second metal layer, providing additional pre-formed structural polymer layers, at least one of which has been previously patterned, and finally bonding the additional structural layers in the form of a stack over the planarized second insulating layer to one or more microfluidic channels. The technique can also be used to make cross over channels in devices without electrostatic actuators, in which case the metal layers can be omitted. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034468 | EXHAUST PURIFICATION SYSTEM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In an internal combustion engine, inside of an engine exhaust passage, air-fuel ratio sensors each of which has a solid electrolyte, electrodes which respectively cover the two side surfaces of the solid electrolyte, and a diffusion resistance layer which covers one of electrodes are arranged. In operation, the greater the amounts of deposition of sulfur ingredients at the air-fuel ratio sensors, the smaller the amounts of change of the air-fuel ratios detected by the air-fuel ratio sensor and the longer the time period of change of the air-fuel ratios. The amounts of sulfur poisoning of the air-fuel ratio sensors are detected from the changes of the air-fuel ratios detected by the air-fuel ratio sensors. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034469 | CONTROL SYSTEM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control system of an internal combustion engine in which a catalyst device having oxidation ability is arranged in the exhaust system, is provided. When a temperature of the catalyst device is lower than a set temperature, the combustion temperature is made a first combustion temperature or under or is made a second combustion temperature or over, to make an amount of lower olefin in the exhaust gas smaller than that when the combustion temperature is higher than the first combustion temperature and is lower than the second combustion temperature. Therefore, an amount of lower olefin which reduces the oxidation rate of CO in the catalyst device is decreased so as to realize the quick warming-up of the catalyst device by using of the oxidation reaction heat of CO. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034470 | LED ACTIVATED PHOTOCATALYST AIR FILTER - The present disclosure provides devices and methods for making a light emitting diode (LED) activated photocatalyst air filter. One or more embodiments include a filter material that includes a photocatalyst, and a frame that includes an array of a number of LEDs positioned on the frame to project a wavelength of light directed toward the filter material, wherein the array of LEDs is positioned a distance from the filter material. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034471 | STEAM-HYDROCARBON REFORMER IMPROVED MANIFOLD SUPPORT AND HEADER BOX SYSTEM - The disclosure provides an independent support of outlet system in a steam reformer furnace. The thermal expansion of the firebox and/or header box that occurs during operation of a reformer is decoupled from the manifold. The manifold is supported independently on a separate saddle support that supports and allows the manifold to move, while the manifold is still substantially enclosed in the header box. The header box is allowed to expand thermally into different configurations without forcing a substantial change in the manifold configuration. Further, the present invention allows the transfer lines coupled to the manifold through connection tees to laterally move the manifold and reduce lateral stress on the manifold. Thus, the invention provides for independent support of the manifold that allows vertical, lateral, and longitudinal thermal expansion of associated components without overstressing the manifold and causing failures. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034472 | CATALYTIC CONVERTERS, INSERT MATERIALS FOR CATALYTIC CONVERTERS, AND METHODS OF MAKING - Catalytic converters and insert materials for catalytic converters comprising metalized nanostructures coated on metal or ceramic honeycomb substrates are described. The nanostructures can be bonded directly to the channel walls of the metal or ceramic honeycomb substrates, and generally extend approximately 0.1 mm into the open pore volume of the substrates. The nanostructured coating can be used to support various catalyst formulations, where the nanostructured coating can provide advantages such as increasing reactivity of the catalysts by providing higher accessible surface area, decreasing light-off temperature through enabling smaller particle size of the catalysts, improving durability and lifetime of the catalysts through increased thermal stability, decreasing costs through reduced amounts of precious metals, and/or functioning as a filter for particulate matter. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034473 | DEVICE FOR GENERATING CHLORINE DIOXIDE - A device for generating chlorine dioxide includes a cartridge having a chemical-holding space, in which a granular chlorite is held, a fan, and ultraviolet LED lamps disposed within a device main body, which can be separated into two or more detachable portions. The cartridge has light-transmitting properties and has a structure, which enables air to pass through the chemical-holding space and the inside of the device main body. When the fan is in operation, air is discharged from the inside of the device main body and, simultaneously therewith, air comes in from the outside of the device main body. By the action of ultraviolet rays, chlorine dioxide gas is generated from the chlorite present in the cartridge. By the operation of the fan, the gas is discharged from the inside of the device main body through air discharge ports. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034474 | COMPOSITIONS, METHODS AND DEVICES FOR CONTROL AND CLEAN-UP OF HAZARDOUS SPILLS - Disclosed are methods for treating hazardous materials, such as those which result from an unwanted spill or leak, which comprise one or more of the steps or effects of: neutralizing the dispersed material; solidifying the dispersed material; immobilizing the material; and/or reducing the evolution of harmful or unwanted gaseous forms from the spillage, preferably using a binding agent which comprises a polyacrylate-polyacrylamide cross-linked copolymer. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034475 | FLUID CONNECTORS FOR MICROREACTOR MODULES - An end-face sealing fluidic connector [ | 2013-02-07 |
20130034476 | BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE-PROCESSING APPARATUS HAVING A DOOR WITH SPACE FOR RECEIVING REAGENT TANKS - A biological sample-processing apparatus has a sample-processing chamber, which has a door with space for receiving reagent tanks. The reagent supply tanks have conduits in fluid communication with reagent buffer tanks in the sample-processing chamber. The door has a pivot with a hollow interior. At least one conduit connects the reagent supply tanks to the reagent buffer tanks through the hollow interior of the pivot. The present invention provides a modification of the door of a biological sample-processing apparatus so that the door is equipped with reagent supply tanks that contain reagents for processing biological samples and that facilitate the operation of the processing and increase convenience, and further, enable more of the apparatuses to be allocated in the same space. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034477 | CATALYTIC FILTER SYSTEM - A catalytic filter system adaptable to the various challenges of a catalytic gas phase reaction is provided, wherein the system comprises a filtration vessel having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, a separation wall provided in the interior of the filtration vessel and a plurality of filter candles, the separation wall dividing the interior into a raw gas chamber and a clean gas chamber; the separation wall comprising a plurality of openings designed to sealingly accommodate the plurality of filter candles; the fluid inlet being arranged in fluid communication with the raw gas chamber upstream of the plurality of filter candles; the fluid outlet being arranged in fluid communication with the clean gas chamber downstream of the plurality of filter candles; and the filter system comprising a first catalytic medium accommodated in the clean gas chamber downstream of the filter candles and upstream of the fluid outlet. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034478 | Hydrocarbon and alcohol fuels from variable, renewable energy at very high efficiency - A Renewable Fischer Tropsch Synthesis (RFTS) process is disclosed for producing hydrocarbons and alcohol fuels from wind energy, waste CO | 2013-02-07 |
20130034479 | MERCURY CONTROL USING MODERATE-TEMPERATURE DISSOCIATION OF HALOGEN COMPOUNDS - A system and method is provided for the removal of mercury from flue gas. Effective removal of mercury is obtained by oxidation of elemental mercury, with highly reactive halogen species derived from dissociation of halogen compounds at moderate temperatures brought into contact with the flue gas with or without the addition of carbon. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034480 | Off Gas Treatment Using a Metal Reactant Alloy Composition - This invention relates to a method and apparatus for treating a flue gas stream containing oxygen containing greenhouse gases. In particular, the method comprises reacting a flue gas steam with a molten aluminum or aluminum alloy bath, creating alumina and elemental carbon, elemental sulfur, and molecular nitrogen. The apparatus includes a reaction vessel for carrying out the reaction, as well as other equipment necessary for capturing and removing the reaction products. Further, the process can be used to cogenerate electricity using the excess heat generated by the process. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034481 | AIR TREATMENT PROCESS FOR DILUTE PHASE INJECTION OF DRY ALKALINE MATERIALS - The present disclosure is directed to the introduction of an additive to a contaminated gas stream. An additive introduction system uses a compressor and carbon dioxide separator to provide a treated carrier gas for introduction of an alkaline additive to a contaminated gas stream. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034482 | REDUCTION OF OXIDES OF NITROGEN IN A GAS STREAM USING MOLECULAR SIEVE SSZ-23 - The invention relates generally to molecular sieve SSZ-23 and its use in the reduction of oxides of nitrogen in a gas stream such as the exhaust from an internal combustion engine. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034483 | REDUCTION OF OXIDES OF NITROGEN IN A GAS STREAM USING MOLECULAR SIEVE SSZ-25 - The invention relates generally to molecular sieve SSZ-25 and its use in the reduction of oxides of nitrogen in a gas stream such as the exhaust from an internal combustion engine. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034484 | REDUCTION OF OXIDES OF NITROGEN IN A GAS STREAM USING MOLECULAR SIEVE SSZ-28 - The invention relates generally to molecular sieve SSZ-28 and its use in the reduction of oxides of nitrogen in a gas stream such as the exhaust from an internal combustion engine. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034485 | MERCURY REMOVING SYSTEM AND MERCURY REMOVING METHOD - According to the present invention, a mercury removing system (A) includes a reaction gas supplier ( | 2013-02-07 |
20130034486 | APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR TREATMENT OF HALOORGANOSILICON COMPOUNDS FROM OFFGASES - The present invention relates to a novel apparatus in the form of a regenerator and to a process executed therein for treatment of offgases comprising impurities in the form of haloorganosilicon compounds. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034487 | Method and Device for Producing Ammonia - A method for producing ammonia includes dissolving air in water to obtain a two-phase coexistence aqueous solution with air that is pressurized and heated to a critical state to separate critical state nitrogen, critical state oxygen and critical water from the two-phase coexistence aqueous solution. The critical water is electrolyzed to obtain super critical state hydrogen and super critical state oxygen. The critical state nitrogen reacts with the super critical state hydrogen to produce ammonia. A device for producing ammonia includes a pressurizing member and a heating member mounted between a conversion unit and a mixing unit. The conversion unit outputs a critical state gas. A synthesis unit is connected to the conversion unit by a pipe allowing the critical state gas to flow into the synthesis unit. A gas outlet pipe is connected to the synthesis unit and outputs a synthesis gas from the synthetic unit. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034488 | METHOD FOR REMOVING OXYGEN FROM ALUMINUM NITRIDE BY CARBON - Disclosed is a method for removing oxygen from aluminum nitride by carbon. At first, an oven is provided. An aluminum nitride substrate is located in the oven. Nitrogen is introduced into the oven to form an atmosphere of nitrogen. The temperature is increased to the transformation point of the aluminum nitride substrate in the oven. Then, the heating is stopped and quenching is conducted in the oven. Carbon is introduced into the oven in the quenching. Thus, oxygen included in the aluminum nitride substrate reacts with the carbon to produce carbon monoxide or carbon dioxide. The carbon monoxide or carbon is released from the oven as well as the nitrogen. Thus, the aluminum nitride substrate is purified. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034489 | ELECTROCHEMICAL HYDROXIDE SYSTEM AND METHOD USING FINE MESH CATHODE - Provided herein are methods and systems including contacting an anode electrolyte with an anode; contacting a cathode electrolyte with a cathode where cathode is a fine mesh cathode; and applying voltage across the anode and the cathode. The methods and systems further may include treating hydroxide ions produced at the cathode with carbon from a source of carbon. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034490 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUBSTANCES TO BE SEPARATED HAVING CONTROLLED AMOUNTS OF DOPANT ELEMENT - A method is provided for producing separated substances, particularly metal compounds, the dopant element amounts of which have been controlled by the use of an apparatus that processes fluid between the processing surfaces of a processing member that can be made to approach/separate and which rotate relative to each other. The substance to be separated is separated by mixing a raw material solution, wherein the substance to be separated is solubilized in a solvent, with the solvent for separation and with the dopant element or dopant element-containing substance solubilized in at least one solvent selected from the solvent of said raw material solution, said solvent for separation or a solvent other than that of said raw material solution or said solution for separation. Separated substances with controlled dopant element amounts are obtained by controlling the solubility of the dopant element or dopant element-containing substance in the solvent for separation. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034491 | SHAPE PRESERVING CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATION OF ZnO MESOSTRUCTURES INTO ANATASE TiO2 MESOSTRUCTURES FOR OPTOELECTRONIC APPLICATION - The present application discloses a shape preserving chemical transformation of ZnO mesostructures into anatase TiO | 2013-02-07 |
20130034492 | Class I Anti-CEA Antibodies and Uses Thereof - The present invention provides compositions and methods of use of humanized, chimeric or human Class I anti-CEA antibodies or fragments thereof, preferably comprising the light chain variable region CDR sequences SASSRVSYIH (SEQ ID NO:1); GTSTLAS (SEQ ID NO:2); and QQWSYNPPT (SEQ ID NO:3); and the heavy chain variable region CDR sequences DYYMS (SEQ ID NO:4); FIANKANGHTTDYSPSVKG (SEQ ID NO:5); and DMGIRWNFDV (SEQ ID NO:6). The Class I anti-CEA antibodies or fragments are useful for treating diseases, such as cancer, wherein the diseased cells express CEACAM5 and/or CEACAM6 antigens. The Class I anti-CEA antibodies or fragments are also of use for interfering with specific processes, such as metastasis, invasiveness and/or adhesion of cancer cells, or for enhancing sensitivity of cancer cells to cytotoxic agents and have favorable effects on the survival of subjects with cancer. | 2013-02-07 |
20130034493 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MODULATION OF OLFML3 MEDIATED ANGIOGENESIS - The present invention relates to antibodies against specific domains of Olfml3 and the use of such in angiogenesis. In particular aspects, angiogenesis-related conditions, such as cancer, can be treated by the composition comprising the Olfml3 antagonists. | 2013-02-07 |