15th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 3 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100088995 | REINFORCING BAR JOINT - To avoid the rotation of a sleeve, providing an enhanced joint force. A reinforcing bar joint | 2010-04-15 |
20100088996 | APPARATUS FOR MOUNTING A SOLAR PANEL OR OTHER ARTICLE TO A ROOF OR OTHER STRUCTURE - An apparatus for mounting an article to a roof includes a base plate, threaded stud, lag bolts, spacer, and flashing. The base plate includes bolt holes to accommodate the lag bolts to secure the base plate to the roof. The threaded stud is secured to and extends vertically from the base plate. The spacer is inserted over the stud so that the stud passes through an aperture in the spacer, and is secured by a nut. The spacer acts as a lift for mounting an article up off the roof, thereby permitting drainage. The spacer includes a recess to accommodate the head of a lag bolt. The wrap-around flashing is captured between the base plate and spacer, creating a water free environment underneath the assembled unit. The flashing slides up underneath the roofing shingles to prevent water from penetrating the structure, and includes a lip to accommodate the base plate, and a detent to accommodate the bolt heads beneath it. | 2010-04-15 |
20100088997 | FLOOR SPAN CONNECTOR - A connector for connecting wall studs of two adjacent floors in a light frame building structure, the connector having a first attachment tab, a seat member, a diagonally slanted support leg, and a second attachment tab, all substantially planar. The connector is intended to be paired and the paired connectors joined by an elongated tie member that pierces the sill plates of the intervening floor structure. | 2010-04-15 |
20100088998 | SEGMENTED BAND JOIST BATTS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - Insulation is partially divided into segments ( | 2010-04-15 |
20100088999 | SYSTEM, ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR PREPPING/FLATTENING A FLOOR - An article, system and method for flattening a three dimensional depression within a substrate floor. A straight edge is applied in a progressive X and Y grid fashion across the depression, with varying levels of shims defining contact locations, thereby establishing a floor template identifying common depths of depression at overlapping perimeter defined boundaries. One or more thermo-polymer sheets is resized to define an outer perimeter matching that of a perimeter boundary. A subset thickness of the sheet is incised around its outer perimeter to establish a feathering effect upon the sheet prior to it overlaying the boundary perimeter and prior to sizing and application of additional overlapping sheets up to an outermost boundary corresponding to a shallowest depression. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089000 | HANGER ASSEMBLY - A method of assembling a hanger assembly for mounting to a fan housing in a building includes, providing a first bracket having a first end and a second end, the first end having a first flange and a second flange, providing a second bracket having a first end and a second end, the second end having a first flange and a second flange. The method further includes inserting the second end of the first bracket in a first direction into a first end of a third bracket, inserting the first end of the second bracket in a second direction, opposite the first direction, into a second end of the third bracket, and coupling at least one spacer to the third bracket, the spacer extends from the third bracket in a third direction, substantially perpendicular to the first direction. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089001 | COMPRESSION MOLDED DOOR ASSEMBLY - A door member comprising a frame having a first side and a second side, opposite the first side, a core positioned within the frame, and a molded skin attached to the first side of the frame. The skin is prepared from a molding compound which, when molded, has a shrinkage of between about −0.0003 to about +0.0015. The molding compound comprises a resin system comprising a curable polyester resin, a co-curable unsaturated monomer, and at least two low profile additives. The molding compound also comprises at least about 30 percent by weight, based on the weight of the molding compound, of filler material, and fibrous reinforcement in an amount of less than about 35 weight percent, based on the weight of the molding compound. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089002 | COMPOSITE STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - A composite structural element and a method for making same are provided. The element includes a polymer foam core and at least one fibrous layer adhered to the polymer foam core by epoxy. Nano-particles are suspended in the epoxy prior to curing; preferably they are mixed with the hardener before it is mixed with the resin. The polymer foam core is preferably an exothermic foam such as polyurethane, and heat generated by the exothermic foam cures the epoxy, thereby causing the fibrous layer to adhere to the foam core. The nano-particles may be made from at least one of carbon, a ceramic, tungsten, a carbide, titanium, zircon, aluminum, silver, or boron. When carbon nano-particles are used, the strength of the composite is greatly increased, and the curing time of the heat-curable epoxy is significantly reduced. Ceramic nano-particles can be used to increase penetration resistance and provide increased ballistic protection. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089003 | SEAL INTEGRITY FOR MAILPIECE ENVELOPES - A method, system and article for producing an envelope having improved seal integrity. A method includes the steps of: disposing at least one material at the interface of the adhesive seal between the flap and the body portion of the envelope, which material radiates thermal energy when combined with an activating agent. The envelope is then sealed by closing the flap onto the body portion of the envelope and combining the material with the activating agent at the sealing interface so as to change the thermal energy radiated therefrom. The seal is then inspected to determine whether the thermal energy radiated from the activated material has changed thereby confirming that a seal has been produced between the flap and body portion of the envelope. The system and article are directed to the various modules of a mailpiece fabrication system employed to produce the mailpiece including an inspection module for confirming that a seal has been formed. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089004 | Capping Chuck - A capping chuck for a bottle capping machine is capable of applying a pre-defined torque to a cap and reducing top load during application. The capping chuck includes a drive gear mechanically connected to a clutch. The clutch controls the torque transmitted to a gripper head through a driveshaft. The gripper head secures the cap to the bottle, and includes a substantially continuous perimeter wall surrounding a plunger that moves under load in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the driveshaft. The extent of movement can be controlled by a resistance element such as, for example, a spring. An engagement device affects the contact the drive gear has with the bull gear of the capping mechanism. The engagement device can rotate the capping chuck relative to the bull gear to ensure positive engagement of the drive gear with the bull gear. The engagement device can include a slotted opening and an adjustment screw. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089005 | Vertical banding machine - Machine for applying elastic bands onto objects comprising at least two band holding devices for receiving the elastic band from the elastic band supply mechanism; stretching the elastic band for providing a band opening surrounded by the elastic band for accommodating a plurality of objects for banding therein; and, disengaging the elastic band from the holding devices for deploying the elastic band onto the plurality of objects; an actuator coupled to the band holding devices for moving the band holding devices between a first position for receiving the elastic band and a second position for disengaging the elastic band; and, a flip mechanism having the band holding devices and the actuator mounted thereto for moving the band holding devices from a band receiving position, where the elastic band is disposed in a plane oriented substantially horizontal, to a band disengaging position, where the elastic band is disposed in a plane oriented substantially vertical, wherein in the disengaging position the band holding devices, the actuator, and the flip mechanism are disposed outside a handling space determined by projecting the band opening along a straight line through the band opening and oriented substantially perpendicular thereto. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089006 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MARKING PALLETS - A method for marking a pallet loaded with stacked goods includes fastening at least one marking element having information relevant to the marking to an intermediate layer, and disposing the intermediate layer between two layers of stacked goods during loading of the pallet. The marking element is fastened to the intermediate layer by a positive connection created by deforming the intermediate layer and the marking element. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089007 | DUAL LAYER PACKAGING WITH EXPANDABLE INNER LAYER - A dual layer packaging for shipping compressible items or goods includes an inner expandable layer and an outer non-expandable layer. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089008 | Thermoforming Plant For The Blow Moulding And Heat-Welding Of Containers - A plant for heat-welding and blow moulding containers having feed apparatus for feeding a thermoformable and heat-weldable plastics material in a preferred direction and a plurality of stations for processing the plastics material to form the containers when in use. The stations, which are located in succession along the preferred direction comprise one or more filling stations to fill the containers with filling material when in use, and at least one station for welding an insert onto a container, each insert defining the opening of a corresponding container. The insert welding station is located upstream of the one or more filling stations in the preferred direction. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089009 | METHOD OF TREATING THE INSIDE SURFACES OF A CLEAN ROOM AND TREATING A ROTARY BEVERAGE BOTTLE BLOW-MOLDING ARRANGEMENT AND BLOW-MOLDING BEVERAGE BOTTLES FROM PREFORMS AND AN ARRANGEMENT FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - A method of treating the inside surfaces of a clean room and treating a rotary beverage bottle blow-molding arrangement and blow-molding beverage bottles from preforms and an arrangement for performing the method. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089010 | Method and device for plastic wrap - A plastic or nylon wrap gripper to pull the wrap off its roll in such a way that the lose ends of wrap material will not fold back on itself and stick to itself. Hand held gripping device made to grip the plastic wrap by a hand and wrist movement and thereby pull the wrap off its roll. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089011 | CUSHIONING CONVERSION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A packaging system includes a cushioning conversion machine for converting stock material into relatively low density cushioning material or dunnage and a packaging system controller. The packaging system controller provides packaging instructions related to a part or parts to be packaged and instructs the cushioning conversion machine to produce the cushioning material. In one aspect of the present invention the packaging system controller provides packaging instructions by retrieving a predetermined set of packaging instructions associated with a particular part. In another aspect of the present invention the packaging system controller provides packaging instructions by determining an optimized packaging methodology using one or more characteristics of the part or parts to be packaged. The packaging system also provides for automated inventory control and productivity monitoring. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089012 | CASE SEALER WITH INTEGRATED HOT MELT DISPENSING SYSTEM - A case sealing system comprising an integrated hot melt processing, dispensing and application system whereby the bottom and the top of a filled box are both substantially simultaneously sealed with a hot melt adhesive. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089013 | MECHANICAL NET WRAPPER - A manually operated bale wrapping apparatus for a round baler having a wrapping apparatus position indicator device which is visually observable by an operator that enables the operator to manually monitor and manipulate the wrapping apparatus, thereby reducing the need for an electronic control system on the baler to manage the operations of the bale wrapping process. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089014 | CYCLONIC SEPARATION DEVICE FOR VACUUM CLEANER - It is provided in the present invention with a cyclonic separation device for vacuum cleaner comprising a external barrel having a main wind inlet and a main wind outlet; a primary separator and a secondary separator in communication with each other both of which are located in the external barrel, and the primary separator is connected to the main wind inlet when the secondary separator is connected to the main wind outlet. Both filter and cyclonic separators are integrated in present invention: cyclonic filter device works as the primary separator and cyclonic separation device works as the secondary separator; which increases separation efficiency and reduces the volume of whole machine. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089015 | DUST REMOVER - A dust remover includes a small container disposed above a work, an aperture provided on the small container. Air is supplied through the aperture to generate high-speed cyclone within the small container. A big container is formed with a suction opening through which dust containing air is sucked out and disposed above the small container to form a flow passage between the small container and the big container. A suction equipment is provided to suck dust containing air through the suction opening of the big container. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089016 | Aquatic Weed Harvester - An aquatic weed harvester includes an open frame and a tubular mesh harvesting material that is secured to the open frame via a series of hooks disposed about the harvesting frame. The frame can be secured to a bow of a floatable structure or vessel via a variety of configurations, such as a pair of mounting channels or a rotating frame assembly. The rotating frame assembly allows the user to rotate the harvester between an in use orientation and a stored orientation. When placed in a stored orientation, the harvester opening is rotated upwards aiding the user in sealing the harvesting bag. The vessel preferably is designed having a split bow, where the weed harvester is positioned between the two bow extensions. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089017 | Composite yarn, method for obtaining same and resulting textile structure - A composite yarn for technical or industrial use, particularly suitable for textile webs, is uniformly coated with a polymer and exhibits improved fir behaviour and improved resistance to sheath stripping. The yarn may be obtained by a process where a continuous yarn, obtained by spinning a large number of fibers, such as about 100 to 600 fibers made of an organic or inorganic material, of a suitable yarn diameter, such as between about 1 to 10 micrometers, is subjected to a process for mechanically opening the yarn by splaying, to uniformly spread out and separate the fibers, including inner layers of the fibers, without impairing functional properties of the yarn, simultaneously with or prior to coating of the fibers by a polymer material having a viscosity between 1000 and 10,000 mPa·s, and formed to have a circular cross-section and uniformly distributed fibers throughout the cross-section of the polymer material to limit desheathing of the yarn. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089018 | METHOD FOR PREVENTING DEPOSIT FORMING ON GUIDE ROLLERS - The invention relates to a method for preventing or reducing deposit forming of superabsorbent material and/or oil onto guide rollers during the process of applying a superabsorbent water-in-oil emulsion onto a yarn wherein the oil is a mixture comprising saturated hydrocarbons, characterized in that the at least 70 wt % of the hydrocarbons have 20 to 32 carbon atoms. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089019 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A gas turbine engine having three shafts connecting respective high, intermediate and low-pressure turbines and compressors is characterised by an intermediate pressure turbine that includes two rotor stages. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089020 | METERING OF DILUENT FLOW IN COMBUSTOR - Disclosed is a combustor including a baffle plate having at least one through baffle hole and at least one fuel nozzle extending through the at least one baffle hole. A circumferentially adjustable collar is located at the at least one baffle hole between the baffle plate and the at least one fuel nozzle. A plurality of openings at the collar are configured to meter a flow of diluent between the baffle hole and the at least one fuel nozzle. Further disclosed is a method for providing diluent to a combustor including providing a plurality of openings disposed at a circumferentially adjustable collar between a baffle plate and at least one fuel nozzle extending through a through hole in the baffle plate. The diluent is flowed through the plurality of openings toward at least one airflow hole in the at least one fuel nozzle. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089021 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF INTRODUCING DILUENT FLOW INTO A COMBUSTOR - Disclosed is a combustor including a baffle plate having at least one through baffle hole and at least one fuel nozzle extending through the at least one baffle hole. A plurality of injection holes extend through the at least one fuel nozzle and are configured to meter a flow of diluent into the combustor. Further disclosed is a method for providing diluent to a combustor including providing a plurality of openings located at at least one fuel nozzle extending through a through hole in a baffle plate. The diluent is flowed through the plurality of openings toward at least one airflow opening in the at least one fuel nozzle. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089022 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF FUEL NOZZLE DILUENT INTRODUCTION - Disclosed is a combustor including a baffle plate having at least one through baffle hole and at least one fuel nozzle extending through the at least one baffle hole. A shroud is disposed between the baffle plate and the at least one fuel nozzle and is affixed to the baffle plate. A plurality of openings in the shroud are configured to meter a flow of diluent between the baffle hole and the at least one fuel nozzle. Further disclosed is a method for providing diluent to a combustor including providing a plurality of openings disposed in a shroud affixed to a baffle plate and disposed between the baffle plate and at least one fuel nozzle extending through a through hole in the baffle plate. The diluent is flowed through the plurality of openings toward at least one airflow opening in the at least one fuel nozzle. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089023 | INTAKE AIR HEATING SYSTEM OF COMBINED CYCLE PLANT - A gas turbine | 2010-04-15 |
20100089024 | Method for operating a gas and steam turbine plant and a gas and steam turbine plant for this purpose - A method for operating a gas and steam turbine plant is provided. In the plant, the flue gas that escapes from a gas turbine is routed through a waste gas steam generator and where a flow medium that is used to drive a steam turbine is conducted in a flow medium circuit that includes several pressure stages. At least one of the pressure stages has an evaporator circuit with a steam collection drum that has a plurality of downpipes connected to the steam collection drum and a plurality of rising pipes downstream of the downpipes that are likewise connected to the steam collection drum and are heated by the flue gas in the waste heat steam generator. The height of the fluid column formed by the flow medium in the downpipes is monitored and a transient dry operation of the evaporator circuit can thus be detected and safeguarded against. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089025 | Fuel Delivery and Control System Including a Positive Displacement Actuation Pump With a Variable Pressure Regulator Supplementing a Fixed Displacement Main Fuel Pump - A fuel delivery and control system is provided including a dual pump fluid circuit configuration comprising a fixed positive displacement pump sized to supply the main engine burn flow ranging from above windmill through cruise, a positive displacement actuation pump including a variable pressure regulator, wherein the actuation pump is sized to supply fluid to engine actuators, valves and other hydraulically operated engine components and a pump flow sharing system interconnecting the two pumps. The combined flow from the two pumps is sufficient to meet the engine flow demand for windmill relight and maximum flow conditions. During cruise or normal operating conditions, the pumps operate in completely isolated flow circuits, minimizing recirculation and therefore heat input into the fuel supply system. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089026 | Fuel Delivery and Control System Including a Variable Displacement Actuation Pump Supplementing a Fixed Displacement Main Pump - A fuel delivery and control system is provided including a dual pump fluid circuit configuration comprising a fixed positive displacement pump sized to supply the main engine burn flow ranging from above windmill through cruise and a variable displacement pump sized to supply fluid to engine actuators, valves and other hydraulically operated engine components with a pump flow sharing system interconnecting the two pumps. The combined flow from the two pumps is sufficient to meet the engine flow demand for windmill relight and maximum flow conditions. During cruise or normal operating conditions, the pumps operate in completely isolated flow circuits, minimizing recirculation and therefore heat input into the fuel supply system. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089027 | MAGNETIC GAS ENGINE AND METHOD OF EXTRACTING WORK - The present subject matter overcomes the deficiencies in the prior art by introducing or generating charged particles in an air stream and manipulating the air stream with magnetic fields operating on the charged particles. Embodiments of the present subject mater compress the air stream by accelerating charged particles with a moving magnetic field, where the magnetic field has a velocity perpendicular to its flux lines. The increased velocity of the charged particles increases the statistical mean particle velocity and thereby increases the pressure in the air stream. The compressed air stream is then heated and expanded through a second magnetic field. The expansion of the air stream substantially increases the velocity of the air stream and the charged particles therein. The interaction of the high velocity charged particles and the magnetic field imparts a force perpendicular to the flux lines, this force powers the movement of the magnetic field and can also be extracted in the form of mechanical work. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089028 | CORRUGATED CORE COWL FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - An example core nacelle for a gas turbine engine includes a core cowl positioned adjacent to an inner duct boundary of a fan bypass passage having an associated cross-sectional area. The core cowl includes at least one groove that is selectively exposed to change the cross-sectional area. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089029 | Actuator - An actuator comprises a screw shaft, a nut translatable along the screw shaft upon relative rotation occurring therebetween, and articulated connection means securing an output member to the nut, the output member being of elongate form and extending substantially parallel to or coaxial with the screw shaft when the actuator is in a retracted position. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089030 | CONTROLLING THE AERODYNAMIC DRAG OF A GAS TURBINE ENGINE DURING A SHUTDOWN STATE - A gas turbine engine system includes a gas turbine engine ( | 2010-04-15 |
20100089031 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VECTORING NOZZLE EXHAUST PLUME WITH EXTERNAL ACTUATION - A vectoring nozzle with external actuation generates thrust vectoring by applying mechanical or fluidic actuation, or both, on the nozzle deck, external sidewalls, and/or air vehicle aft body to produce changes in the aft body flowfield and/or exhaust plume. An external mechanical sidewall may be integrated into a nozzle deck or side walls without the need for engine bleed to supply fluid injectors. An external fluidic vectoring system uses injectors or plasma devices located aft of the nozzle exit to vector the exhaust plume with no external moving parts. Elements of both mechanical and fluidic systems may be combined for a given application. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089032 | EXHAUST EMISSION PURIFICATION METHOD AND EXHAUST EMISSION PURIFICATION SYSTEM - In case of emergency regeneration, i.e. any one of forced regeneration after a judgment is made that purification is insufficient in purification judgment after ending forced regeneration, forced regeneration after time has expired before completing of forced regeneration, or forced regeneration when the pressure difference across a DPF exceeds a predetermined first judging pressure difference under a state where traveling distance of a vehicle is shorter than a predetermined distance for judgment an alarm for urging manual regeneration is issued, and wherein when manual regeneration is designated thereafter manual regeneration is performed and when predetermined conditions are satisfied without the reception of a designation of manual regeneration, automatic regeneration is performed. In forced regeneration of the DPF for purifying PM in exhaust gas, forced regeneration is performed surely even if manual regeneration is not selected at the time of emergency regeneration, and convenience is enhanced by reducing burden on a driver. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089033 | DIAGNOSTIC METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPERATING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An internal combustion engine has an exhaust gas catalyst, a first exhaust gas sensor that is arranged in such a manner that it can be used in lambda control, and a second exhaust gas sensor that is arranged in such a manner that it can be used in trim control. A HC quality value (EFF_CAT_HC) which is representative of an oxygen storage capacity of the exhaust gas catalyst is determined depending on a measuring signal (VLS_DOWN) of the second exhaust gas sensor. A NOx correction factor (COR_NOX) is determined depending on the measuring signal (VLS_DOWN) of the second exhaust gas sensor, namely depending on signal portions that are representative of the residual oxygen. A NOx quality value (EFF_CAT_DIAL_NOX) is determined depending on the HC quality value (EFF_CAT_HC) and the NOx correction factor (COR_NOX). | 2010-04-15 |
20100089034 | EXHAUST-GAS AFTERTREATMENT SYSTEM - The description relates to an exhaust-gas aftertreatment system for exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine, in particular a diesel engine or a direct injection gasoline engine, said exhaust-gas aftertreatment system being arranged in an exhaust system and having a filter element and a catalyst element as exhaust-gas aftertreatment element. A portion of the engine exhaust gases goes to the particulate filter and the other portion of engine exhaust gases goes to the catalyst element. The outlet of the filter element is directed to the inlet of the catalyst element and the outlet of the catalyst element is directed to the inlet of the filter element. Thus, the engine exhaust gases are filtered and processed by a catalyst. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089035 | EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEM FOR CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - Before a large amount of PM is deposited in a filter | 2010-04-15 |
20100089036 | EXHAUST-GAS TREATMENT DEVICE HAVING A SENSOR FOIL - A device for exhaust-gas treatment includes at least one housing with an inner surface and at least one sensor foil disposed in the housing. The sensor foil is formed at least with a sensor element and a conductor element. The sensor foil is also provided with an edge up to which the conductor element extends and which bears against the inner surface of the housing. The housing also has an opening for contacting of the conductor element. The opening is surrounded on the inner surface by an electrical insulating layer. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089037 | OPTIMIZED DISCRETE LEVEL SENSING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE REDUCTANT RESERVOIR - An example emissions-control system of a vehicle includes a reservoir configured to contain a reductant solution, and an SCR device disposed in the exhaust system and configured to consume the reductant solution. The example emissions-control system further includes a base sensor responsive to whether a volume of the reductant solution exceeds a base volume, wherein the base volume is a sum of a dead volume of the reservoir plus a standard volume, and one or more elevated sensors corresponding to one or more elevated volumes. The example emissions-control system further includes an emissions sensor responsive to a NOX level in the exhaust system, and a misformulation indicator operatively coupled to the emissions sensor and to at least one of the base sensor and an elevated sensor, and configured to indicate when an excess NOX emission follows, within an interval, an increase in the volume of the reductant solution above the base volume or an elevated volume. The example emissions-control system may further include an insufficiency indicator operatively coupled to the base volume sensor and configured to indicate when the volume of the reductant solution becomes less than the base volume. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089038 | EXHAUST PURIFICATION DEVICE OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An internal combustion engine wherein an HC treatment catalyst ( | 2010-04-15 |
20100089039 | EXHAUST PURIFICATION DEVICE OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In an internal combustion engine, an NO | 2010-04-15 |
20100089040 | EXHAUST EMISSION PURIFIER OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An electronic control unit | 2010-04-15 |
20100089041 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR MAINTAINING A DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTER IN A DIESEL ENGINE EXHAUST SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for maintaining a diesel particulate filter (DPF) is provided. A pressure drop across the DPF is measured and an initial estimate of soot loading in the DPF is provided to a recursive filter. Using the recursive filter, the initial estimate of soot loading is updated in view of the measured pressure drop to provide an updated estimate of soot loading in the DPF. Active regeneration of the DPF is triggered when an earliest one of at least one triggering condition occurs, the updated estimate of soot loading reaching a predetermined value being one of the at least one triggering condition. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089042 | TWO-STAGE REGENERATION OF DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTER - In accordance with exemplary embodiments, the present invention relates to systems and methods for regeneration of a filter, particularly a diesel particulate filter. In one exemplary embodiment, a method of regeneration of a particulate matter filter is provided. The method includes providing a heat source for regeneration of a particulate matter filter. The heat source is disposed proximate or upstream from the particulate matter filter. The method also includes activating the heat source to generate a first temperature profile of the heat source, the first temperature profile including a first temperature average. The method further includes increasing the temperature of the heat source to generate a second temperature profile of the heat source, the second temperature profile including a second temperature average, wherein the second temperature average is greater than the first temperature average. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089043 | COOLING SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a cooling system ( | 2010-04-15 |
20100089044 | DRIVE HAVING AN ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR STORING KINETIC ENERGY - The invention relates to a drive ( | 2010-04-15 |
20100089045 | HYDRAULIC CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - A hydraulic control circuit includes a hydraulic cylinder, a control valve, a recovery oil passage, a hydraulic pump, an engine rotation speed setting unit, a recovery control valve, and a controller that reduces an engine rotation speed to not more than a preset reduction control engine rotation speed when the load is lowered; and adjusts an increase or decrease in an opening amount of the recovery control valve in accordance with a level of the target rotation speed set by the engine rotation speed setting unit. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089046 | LOCKUP DEVICE AND FLUID TORQUE TRANSMISSION DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH SAME - A lockup device ( | 2010-04-15 |
20100089047 | ACTUATOR, UNCLAMP APPARATUS HAVING ACTUATOR, AND MACHINING APPARATUS - An actuator includes a power source, a cam member driven by power from the power source, a following member moving in connection with a motion of the cam member, an accommodation chamber accommodating an actuating medium, and a punch cylinder outputting the power transmitted to the actuating medium by the following member. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089048 | ACTUATOR FOR AN ACTIVE HOOD - A pneumatic actuator includes, but is not limited to a pressurized gas source, a cylinder, and a piston which is moveable between a rest position and an extended position. Together with the cylinder, the piston borders a first working chamber which is connected with the pressurized gas source via a first inlet opening and which can be pressurized with a first portion of the pressurized gas of the pressurized gas source for moving the piston out of the rest position, and a second working chamber which is connected with the pressurized gas source via a second inlet opening for moving the piston into the rest position and which can be pressurized in a delayed manner with a second portion of the pressurized gas. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089049 | HYDRAULIC DRIVE DEVICE AND WORKING MACHINE WITH THE SAME - A hydraulic drive device capable of utilizing return oil effectively while maintaining a driven speed of a hydraulic actuator, as well as a working machine having the hydraulic drive device, are provided. The hydraulic drive device includes a controller. During an external force applying period in which a return oil pressure exceeds a discharge pressure from a hydraulic pump, the controller specifies a regenerating flow rate capable of being conducted to a regeneration oil passage and a surplus flow rate other than the regenerating flow rate on the basis of power required of the hydraulic pump out of return oil other than return oil which is conduced to a tank through a control valve, then conducts the return oil of the regenerating flow rate to the regeneration oil passage and controls an MO valve and a regulator so that the return oil of the surplus flow rate is conducted to an outlet oil passage. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089050 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A WORKING MACHINE AND A WORKING MACHINE - A method for operating a working machine provided with a power source providing power and a plurality of power consuming systems connected to the power source includes the steps of providing a model predicting a power demanded by at least one of the power consuming systems, detecting at least one operational parameter indicative of a power demand, using the detected operational parameter in the prediction model, and balancing a provided power to the demanded power according to the prediction model. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089051 | HYDRAULIC DRIVE APPARATUS - The present invention provides a hydraulic drive apparatus which can flexibly be set. The hydraulic drive apparatus which drives a variable displacement hydraulic motor | 2010-04-15 |
20100089052 | POWER MACHINERY OF WAVES - Method for getting of an optimum drift of a power machine of waves, where the arrangement or the apparatus consist of one or more upright standing legs ( | 2010-04-15 |
20100089053 | HYBRID ELECTROMECHANICAL/HYDRO-MECHANICAL ACTUATION CONTROL SYSTEM - A hybrid actuation system includes one or more electromechanical actuators, one or more master hydraulic actuators, and a slave hydraulic actuator. Each electromechanical actuator is adapted to be controllably energized and is configured, upon being controllably energized, to supply a drive force. Each master hydraulic actuator is coupled to receive the drive force from an electromechanical actuator and is configured, upon receipt of the drive force, to at least selectively supply pressurized hydraulic fluid. The slave hydraulic actuator is in fluid communication with the master hydraulic actuator to receive pressurized hydraulic fluid therefrom. The slave hydraulic actuator is responsive to pressurized hydraulic fluid supplied from the master hydraulic actuator to move to a control position. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089054 | ADAPTIVE FREE-TRAVEL REDUCTION - The invention relates to a brake system, an operating device, in particular a brake pedal, and a control and regulating device, wherein the control and regulating device controls a drive apparatus on the basis of the movement and/or position of the operating device, wherein the drive apparatus moves a piston of a piston/cylinder system, so that a pressure is set in the working chamber of the cylinder, wherein the working chamber is connected to at least one wheel brake via at least one pressure line, wherein the operating device acts on a pedal tappet and moves said pedal tappet, and the pedal tappet is connected to a travel simulator and acts on a displaceably mounted coupling element by means of a spring, wherein the pedal tappet and the coupling element are locked to one another by means of a fixing device, wherein the coupling element can be locked or fixed to and/or released or disconnected from the panel tappet by means of the fixing device optionally in any desired positions or in at least two different positions relative to said pedal tappet. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089055 | Tamperproof and Calibration Device, Especially for a Turbocharger with a Variable Nozzle Device - A tamperproof and calibration device comprises an adjusting member for adjusting the position of a first element in respect to a second element in a direction which is different from another direction in which a fixing member acts for fixation of the first element with respect to the second element. The tamperproof and calibration device is applicable to a turbocharger comprising a variable nozzle device coupled with an actuated member to be actuated by an actuator, wherein the tamperproof and calibration device connects the actuated member with the actuator for calibration of the relative position of the actuated member of the variable nozzle device with respect to a predetermined position of the actuator. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089056 | INTEGRATED TURBO-BOOSTING AND ELECTRIC GENERATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - An integrated turbo-boosting system for an engine system including an internal combustion engine, the internal combustion engine having at least one combustion chamber with an intake system and an exhaust system. The integrated turbo-boosting system includes a turbo-boosting device including a compressor coupled to a turbine by a rotating shaft, the turbine driven by exhaust gas, and an electric generation system integrated into a portion of the turbo-boosting device, the electric generation system configured to generate electricity for an electrical system. The electric generation system is maintained at an operation temperature through direction of an intake gas around at least a portion of the electric generation system. The integrated turbo-boosting system is operated in a first mode to compress intake gas for supply to the engine and a second mode to generate electrical power. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089057 | Axial Bearing, in Particular for a Turbocharger - An axial bearing for a turbocharger contains a through hole for a shaft and at least one at least partially or completely circulating segment section on a first and second side of the axial bearing. At least one bearing surface is disposed in the segment section. At least one oil pocket is on the first side of the axial bearing. The oil pocket is connected to at least one recess opening outwards, the recess being configured such that it connects the oil pocket for oil supply purposes to the respective segment section and the bearing surface(s) thereof on the first and second side of the axial bearing. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089058 | Combustion Powered Hydroelectric Sequential Turbines - This invention is a method to extract energy from a pressurized gas in the case that the gas may be unsuitable for use in a gas turbine. The system is a gas powered liquid pump. The system expands the gas against a liquid such as water and the water then flows through a series of liquid turbines to generate power. As the gas expands the pressure decreases. The water is initially directed to a turbine designed to work efficiently with high-pressure water, and then the water is redirected to another turbine which is designed to work efficiently with lower pressure water. As the pressure of the gas and the water decreases, the turbine which most efficient for extracting the energy at a given pressure is used to extract the energy from the stream of pressurized water | 2010-04-15 |
20100089059 | Hybrid Power Facilities - A hybrid power plant is disclosed wherein a first power plant produces secondary steam of a first, relatively low temperature using a renewable source of energy such as geothermal or solar. The steam from the renewable source plant is passed through a fossil fuel power plant that has an operating temperature higher than that of the first temperature which results in superheating the first temperature steam to the higher temperature in the fossil fuel power plant. Higher efficiencies and reductions in emissions are obtained. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089060 | HYBRID POWER FACILITIES - A hybrid power plant that combines a variety of renewable heat sources with a fossil fuel furnace system. Saturated steam generated by the renewable sources is routed through the fossil fuel fired furnace where superheat is added. The renewable sources would include geothermal, thermal solar, and biomass energy sources. Reductions in emissions per unit of power and cost per unit of power are obtained. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089061 | START-UP SYSTEM MIXING SPHERE - A start-up system mixing element including; a body defining a cavity, a first inlet port disposed in the body and configured to provide a first fluid to the cavity, a second inlet port disposed in the body and configured to provide a second fluid to the cavity, an outlet port disposed in the body and configured to remove the first and second fluids from the cavity and an internal distribution pipe disposed in the first inlet port, wherein the internal distribution pipe is configured to provide the first fluid to the cavity via a plurality of holes directed toward a center of the cavity. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089062 | Cao heat engine and refrigerator - This invention provides heat engines based on various structures of internal combustion engines, such as a four-stroke piston-type combustion engine, two-stroke piston-type combustion engine, rotary combustion engine, or a free-piston type combustion engine. Said heat engine is provided with at least a heating chamber per piston or rotor, a heat exchanger unit disposed within said heating chamber through which thermal energy is extracted from a heat source and at least a port leading to a working chamber space from said heating chamber, and has a significantly increased heat transfer duration from the heat source to the working fluid within said heating chamber without increasing the number of strokes per power stroke in a cycle. Additionally, said heat engine is provided with an over expansion mechanism in conjunction with a compression means for intake charge. Thereby many of the operational characteristics of an Otto power cycle may be attained in said heat engine, and a heat source with a relatively low temperature may be accommodated through the combination of a lower compression ratio, the over expansion mechanism, and the boost of the intake charge. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089063 | Systems and Methods for Energy Storage and Recovery Using Rapid Isothermal Gas Expansion and Compression - The invention relates to systems and methods for rapidly and isothermally expanding and compressing gas in energy storage and recovery systems that use open-air hydraulic-pneumatic cylinder assemblies, such as an accumulator and an intensifier in communication with a high-pressure gas storage reservoir on a gas-side of the circuits and a combination fluid motor/pump, coupled to a combination electric generator/motor on the fluid side of the circuits. The systems use heat transfer subsystems in communication with at least one of the cylinder assemblies or reservoir to thermally condition the gas being expanded or compressed. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089064 | Method for Operating a Hybrid Motor Vehicle - The invention relates to a method for operating the drive of a hybrid motor vehicle by an internal combustion engine torque and the torque of at least one electric motor which are superimposed in such a way than a common drive torque of the hybrid motor vehicle is produced. According to said invention, the torque of the internal combustion engine is influenced by the speed of rotation thereof or a signal derived therefrom and the torque of the electric motor is influenced by the speed of rotation or the signal derived therefrom. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089065 | FUEL DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR A TURBINE ENGINE - A fuel delivery system for a turbine engine has at least one fuel injector having an upstream orifice arrangement that produces a first pressure drop of flowing fuel and a downstream orifice arrangement that produces a second pressure drop of the flowing fuel. The upstream orifice arrangement or the downstream orifice arrangement includes a noncylindrical orifice. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089066 | COOL FLAME COMBUSTION - A combustion process for burning fuel in a combustion chamber is provided. The process includes supplying fuel and air to a burner, the amount of air supplied being at least as much as required for stoichiometric combustion of the fuel and subsequent dilution of the combustion process. The process also includes injecting the fuel and all the air from the burner directly into the combustion chamber in a substantially unmixed state as a fuel stream within an air stream. Fuel is injected from a nozzle, which is nested within an air nozzle. The fuel nozzle ejects a fuel stream of such thickness that the fuel burns in the combustion chamber as a diffusion flame with a high surface-to-volume ratio at or close to the stoichiometric fuel/air ratio. The flow of air through the air nozzle is subject to the venturi effect. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089067 | ADAPTIVE PERFORMANCE MODEL AND METHODS FOR SYSTEM MAINTENANCE - A system includes a correction factor module that receives modeled data generated from a simulation model and measured data, that determines a difference between the modeled data and the measured data, and that applies a filter to the difference to determine a correction value; and a performance monitoring module that analyzes the correction value, and that generates a component alert based on the analysis. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089068 | Combustion liner damper - The present invention are directed towards a system and method for providing a way of reducing the vibrations and wear between mating components of a gas turbine combustor. The gas turbine combustor includes a flow sleeve having a plurality of liner stops and a combustion liner located radially within the flow sleeve. Spring dampers are positioned between the combustion liner and the flow sleeve to restrict the relative movement between the flow sleeve and the combustion liner and dampen vibrations at their assembly location. The spring dampers are capable of compressing to permit thermal growth between the combustion liner and flow sleeve. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089069 | Low temperature device - A low temperature device has a low temperature container with an investigational opening. A material sample to that is to be examiner is mounted on a sample-holding device in the low temperature container. A sample that is fastened to the sample holding device can be cooled to the desired temperature using a cooling device, such as a pulse tube cooler, with a cold head that is inside the low temperature container. The sample holder is disposed in the low temperature container in such a way that the sample can be seen through the investigational opening. Because the investigational opening is flexible and not rigidly connected to the low temperature container, vibrations produced by the mechanical cooling device are prevented from being transferred to the investigational opening. Thus, a vibration-sensitive investigating and manipulating device can be coupled to the investigational opening without vibrations being transferred to the investigating and manipulating device. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089070 | Fluid Reservoir with Thermal Management - The invention relates to a fluid reservoir, particularly a fluid reservoir with a sorption medium. According to the invention an improvement is provided by a device for the temperature control of the fluid reservoir. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089071 | Apparatus For Recovery Of Volatile Organic Compound Vapor - A self-contained unit which is automated for safety and efficiency recovers emissions present as a result of loading volatile organic compositions at marine or land based vessels or terminals. The unit is enclosed for protection of its components from wind, weather and the saltwater marine environment, while including venting for protection against possible vapor build-up. The unit also includes required support services and materials, and also includes structure for protection against transfer of explosion back into the cargo vessel or terminal. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089072 | FUEL SUPPLY APPARATUS OF LIQUEFIED GAS CARRIER AND FUEL SUPPLY METHOD THEREOF - A fuel supply apparatus of a liquefied gas carrier includes: a compressor for compressing gas fuel into a high pressure; a compressed gas storage tank being filled with the compressed high-pressure gas fuel, for storing the gas fuel; and a decompressor for decompressing the high-pressure gas fuel drawn from the compressed gas storage tank into a pressure suitable to be used in a propulsion system, to supply fuel to the propulsion system. The gas fuel is at least one of a natural boiled-off gas which is naturally evaporated in the cargo tank, a forced boiled-off gas which is artificially evaporated, and a gas additionally supplied for the use of fuel. Further, the compressor is a multistage high-pressure compressor and the decompressor is a multistage decompressor. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089073 | High temperature superconducting magnet - A high temperature superconducting (HTS) magnet coil disposed within a cryostat is configured with a thermo-siphon cooling system containing a liquid cryogen. The cooling system is configured to indirectly conduction cool the HTS magnet coil by nucleate boiling of the liquid cryogen that is circulated by the thermo-siphon in a cooling tube attached to a heat exchanger bonded to the outside surface of the HTS magnet coil. A supply dewar is configured with a re-condenser cryocooler coldhead to recondense boiloff vapors generated during the nucleate boiling process. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089074 | Apparatus and Method for Cooling an Outer Wall of Pipe - A method of cooling an outer wall of polymer pipe is provided. The method includes extruding a layer of polymer onto a pipe to form an outer wall of pipe; conveying the pipe including the outer wall of pipe through an inner aperture of an annular air-cooler having an annular air manifold; and blowing pressurized air, at a temperature lower than a temperature of the outer wall of pipe, through the annular air manifold such that it contacts the outer wall of pipe and cools the outer wall of pipe at a rate that is a function of a pressure of the pressurized air and a difference between the temperature of the pressurized air and the temperature of the outer wall of pipe. An apparatus for cooling an outer wall of polymer pipe is also provided. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089075 | Refrigerator with icemaker and control method thereof - A refrigerator to provide information of completion of an ice making operation performed in an ice making container or ice separating information via an electric unit thereof is provided. Completion of the ice making operation is determined based on a temperature of a storage compartment and/or an ice making time. Providing information of completion of the ice making operation or ice separating information allows a user to easily know completion of the ice making operation so that the user can conveniently separate ice cubes from the ice making container at an appropriate time, and prevents unwanted conglomeration of ice cubes stored in an ice storage container due to insufficient ice making. Further, when the ice cubes are automatically separated from the ice making container, the electric unit of the refrigerator provides information informing the user that an ice separating operation is being performed. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089076 | REFRIGERANT CHARGE INDICATION - A method and apparatus are provided for indicating the status of the refrigerant charge in an air conditioning system based upon the degree of subcooling present in the condensed refrigerant system temperature measurements. The status of the refrigerant charge in the system is indicated in real-time on a service panel for access by a field service technician. The status of the refrigerant charge in the system on a time-average basis for a specified period of operation is presented on an indicator panel. The indicator panel includes a first indicator light indicating that the refrigerant charge is low, a second indicator light indicating that the refrigerant charge is high, and a third indicator light indicating that the refrigerant charge is correct. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089077 | HEAT PUMP SYSTEM, METHOD FOR ADJUSTING TEMPERATURE OF LUBRICATING WATER IN HEAT PUMP SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING HEAT PUMP SYSTEM - A heat pump system, a method for adjusting a temperature of lubricating water in a heat pump system, and a method for operating a heat pump system, which suppress boiling of lubricating water for bearings and thereby minimize the deterioration in reliability of the bearings. A heat pump system comprising an evaporator | 2010-04-15 |
20100089078 | OIL SUPPLY METHOD OF TWO-STAGE SCREW COMPRESSOR, TWO-STAGE SCREW COMPRESSOR APPLYING THE METHOD, AND METHOD OF OPERATING REFRIGERATING MACHINE HAVING THE COMPRESSOR - A two-stage screw compressor has a low-pressure stage screw compressor and a high-pressure stage screw compressor integrally constructed. Compression space is formed by a male rotor and a female rotor, and operation gas is fed for compression to the compression space. A method of supplying lubrication oil prevents degradation of volumetric efficiency caused by return of lubrication oil, coming from a bearing and a shaft sealing device, to the low-pressure stage screw compressor. As a result, refrigeration capacity is improved and the amount of the lubrication oil is reduced. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089079 | COOLING FURNITURE COMPRISING AT LEAST TWO THERMALLY SEPARATE COMPARTMENTS - An item of cooling furniture includes two thermally separate compartments which are associated with respective evaporators. An expansion valve and evaporators are connected in series in a refrigerant circuit. The adjustment valve permits adjustment between different discrete flow coefficients. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089080 | Thermal Storage Air Conditioner - The present invention relates to air conditioners, and more particularly, to a thermal storage air conditioner in which a cold heat is produced and stored in a tank during night time for using the cold heat during day time for cooling a room. For this, the thermal storage air conditioner includes an outdoor unit having an outdoor heat exchanger for making heat exchange, and at least one compressor for compressing refrigerant, an indoor unit having a plurality of indoor heat exchangers for making heat exchange, a thermal storage unit for storing energy, the thermal storage unit having a plurality of thermal storage heat exchangers for making heat exchange, and a functional unit having a plurality of valves for selective control of refrigerant flows among the outdoor unit, the indoor unit and the thermal storage unit according to an operation mode, and a valve controller for making a unitary control of operation of the valves. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089081 | VENDING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR DEFROSTING - A method includes sensing an exposure of a refrigerated compartment of a vending machine to ambient air and, in response, sensing an initial temperature of the refrigerated compartment. The method also includes, responsive to sensing the exposure to ambient air, selecting a procedure from a plurality of procedures according to the sensed initial temperature, and controlling a refrigeration system of the vending machine using the selected procedure during an initial period. The method may include sensing a current temperature of the vending machine and, once the refrigerated compartment reaches a second predetermined temperature, controlling the refrigeration system according to the sensed current temperature, monitoring an operational characteristic of a compressor of the refrigeration system, and performing a defrost procedure according to the monitored operational characteristic. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089082 | AIR CONDITIONER - When during a heating operation the value calculated by an oil amount calculation section ( | 2010-04-15 |
20100089083 | Refrigerated Transport System - A refrigerated transport system has a container, a generator system, and a refrigeration system. The refrigeration system is electrically coupled to the generator to receive electric power and thermally coupled to the container. The refrigeration system includes an electrically powered compressor. A condenser is downstream of the compressor along a refrigerant flowpath. An expansión device is downstream of the compressor along the refrigerant flowpath. An evaporator is downstream of the expansión device along the refrigerant flowpath. A controller is coupled to the expansión device to control operation of the expansión device. The controller is configured to opérate the expansión device to control an evaporator superheat. The evaporator superheat is to be relatively high for a set temperature of a first valué associated with non-frozen perishables. The evaporator superheat is to be relatively low for a second valué of the temperature associated with frozen goods and subject to maintenance of a minimum suction superheat. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089084 | HEAT SOURCE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF STARTING THE APPARATUS - After a chiller unit is started, an opening command of 10 pulses is output to an electronic expansion valve, and after a predetermined period of time (at the time of starting with unload) elapses, an opening command of 100 to 150 pulses is output to open the electronic expansion valve up to a predetermined opening degree. Thereafter, a discharge side refrigerant super-heat TdSH is monitored and a closing command of 1 pulse/sec is output to the electronic expansion valve to drive the same in a closing direction in a short time until TdSH becomes 20 K. After TdSH has reached 20 K, a closing command of 1 pulse/3 sec is output to the electronic expansion valve, until TdSH becomes 25 K, to drive the electronic expansion valve 3 at a smaller speed in the closing direction than that speed in the closing direction until TdSH becomes 20 K. After TdSH reaches 25 K, it is judged that an operation has shifted to a stable operation, and the opening degree of the electronic expansion valve is controlled while a suction side refrigerant super-heat TsSH is monitored. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089085 | HEAT SOURCE UNIT AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEM - An outdoor unit ( | 2010-04-15 |
20100089086 | DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A CONDENSATE REMOVAL PUMP - This invention relates to a device for controlling a condensate removal pump, including:
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20100089087 | Cold Probe for Cooling Liquids - A chilled probe for quickly and conveniently cooling a liquid is positioned to permit a user to insert the probe into the liquid to be cooled. Feedback, in the form of an indication of a representative liquid temperature, is also provided to increase the value of the method and apparatus. Individual sleeves are conveniently provided on a roll to keep the chilled probe from coming into direct contact with the liquid, thereby avoiding contamination between liquid samples being cooled. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089088 | COOLING ARRANGEMENT FOR AIR OR GAS INPUT IN A VEHICLE - The present invention relates to a cooler arrangement in a vehicle powered by a combustion engine. The cooler arrangement comprises a first cooling element for cooling a first medium in the form of a circulating coolant, and a radiator fan adapted to generating an air flow through the first cooling element for cooling the coolant when it circulates through the first cooling element. The cooler arrangement comprises also a tubular casing adapted to serving as a flow passage for the air which passes through the first cooling element and at least one further cooling element for cooling a second medium, which further cooling element is arranged in the flow passage at a position downstream of the first cooling element with respect to the intended direction of flow of the cooling air through the flow passage. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089089 | REFRIGERATING DEVICE WITH CIRCULATING AIR COOLING SYSTEM - A refrigerating device is provided that includes an evaporator and a compartment that is cooled by air circulating air from and to the evaporator, wherein a diffusion layer can be displaced between a first position, in which air passage openings distributed in a wall separating the compartment from a distribution chamber are covered by the diffusion layer, and a second position, in which the diffusion layer is positioned so as to allow air to flow from the evaporator through the distribution chamber into the compartment while bypassing the diffusion layer. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089090 | Centrifugal fan and air conditioner having the same - A centrifugal fan, which equally maintains air-blowing capacities of both inlets regardless of different suction resistances of both inlets due to a driving device, and an air conditioner having the centrifugal fan. The centrifugal fan includes a rotary plate; first blades disposed at the edge of one surface of the rotary plate; and second blades disposed at the edge of the other surface of the rotary plate, and having a larger outer diameter than the outer diameter of the first blades. Thus, although a large flow resistance is generated at one inlet of the centrifugal fan due to the driving device, air-blowing capacities of both inlets are maintained equally. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089091 | ABSORPTION REFRIGERATING APPARATUS - The present invention is directed to developing a new absorption refrigerating apparatus that can be miniaturized and can be mounted on a mover such as an automobile or the like. The absorption refrigerating apparatus is characterized in that a semi-permeable membrane is interposed between a refrigerant positioned in an evaporator and an aqueous solution of a moisture absorbent positioned in an absorber and/or between an aqueous solution of a moisture absorbent positioned in a regenerator and a refrigerant positioned in a condenser. Even when the apparatus is vibrated, the movement of steam from the evaporator to the absorber and the movement of steam from the regenerator to the condenser are not blocked while avoiding the refrigerant positioned in the evaporator and the aqueous solution of the moisture absorbent positioned in the absorber being mixed with each other and avoiding the dehydrated aqueous solution of the moisture absorbent positioned in the regenerator and water positioned in the condenser being mixed with each other. Therefore, the apparatus can be mounted on the mover such as the automobile or the like. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089092 | REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUS AND FLUID MACHINE USED THEREFOR - A fluid machine ( | 2010-04-15 |
20100089093 | SCROLL COMPRESSOR AND REFRIGERATING MACHINE HAVING THE SAME - A scroll compressor and a refrigerating machine including the scroll compressor are provided. An oil supply channel may be formed in a fixed scroll of the compressor so as to provide for communication between a back pressure chamber and compression chambers formed between the fixed scroll and an orbiting scroll. The oil supply channel enables oil to be smoothly introduced from the back pressure chamber into each compression chamber, so that frictional losses and refrigerant leakage in the compression chambers may be effectively prevented, and efficiency of the compressor and the refrigerating machine including the compressor may be enhanced. | 2010-04-15 |
20100089094 | COOLING STORAGE - A liquid refrigerant from a compressor | 2010-04-15 |