19th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 3 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110107691 | MODULAR ACOUSTIC CONFIGURATION FOR CREATING A FLOOR WITH IMPROVED ACOUSTIC INSULATION PERFORMANCES, AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING SAME - An acoustic configuration ( | 2011-05-12 |
20110107692 | Storm shutter assembly - A storm shutter assembly for a building structure has a frame assembly configured for securing around an opening in the building structure. The frame assembly has a top frame member, a bottom frame member coupled to the first frame member, a first side frame member coupled to the top frame member and the second frame member, and a second side frame member coupled to the top frame member and the second frame member opposite said first side frame member. One or more shutter panels are configured for fitting within the frame assembly when the frame assembly is secured to the building around a window or door opening. The shutter panel may be secured by hinges or locks with sliding pins and easily put up or taken down in case of a hurricane or tornado. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107693 | HIGH EFFICIENCY BUILDING SYSTEM WITH REDUCED COSTS AND INCREASED THERMAL PERFORMANCE - A system for constructing wood framed homes reduces the materials and labor costs for home construction while improving the thermal efficiency of the home. Conventional home design, layout and appearance are maintained. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107694 | Window and door assembly structures - Interfaces between nosings on respective frames and frame combinations to be joined. Each nosing has an elongate receptacle extending along the nosing length. A remote wall of the receptacle is displaced from the remainder of the nosing. The remote wall on the nosings to be joined can be generally aligned with and proximate the receptacle opening on the other nosing. With the remote walls and respective receptacles aligned, the frames are moved toward each other with the remote walls on the respective nosings entering the receptacles, with the remote walls in generally facing relationship with each other. Spacings and tolerances of the remote walls, and corresponding receptacles, can optionally provide frictionally-restrained engagements of the remote walls in the receptacles, whereby the frames can be re-oriented with limited assembly support to such assembly without disengagement of the nosings from each other by the action of gravity. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107695 | Window and door assembly structures - A nosing and drip cap are mounted to each other by elements of the nosing and drip cap. A hook receptacle and/or a stud receptacle extend the length of the nosing. A cooperating hook and/or stud extend from the drip cap. The drip cap is secured to the nosing by engaging the hook in the hook receptacle and/or the stud in the stud receptacle, in a loose engagement combination. While nosing and drip cap are engaged, the assembly can be secured together by (i) installing fasteners spaced along the length of the assembly or, where hook and hook receptacle are used, (ii) bending the assembly into an arcuate configuration, with the inner flange of the nosing to the inside of the bend. While being bent, the hook and hook receptacle create a tightened locking-type engagement between themselves. Either way, the nosing and the drip cap are substantially permanently locked together. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107696 | ITEM OF WALL-LIKE STANDING FURNITURE - An item of wall-like standing furniture, in particular in the form of a partition wall, is distinguished, inter alia, by the following features: —a hole ( | 2011-05-12 |
20110107697 | Protective cap for a stake - A protective cap for use on the free end of a projecting stake includes a base platform, a receiving collar, a secondary collar, reinforcing ribs, and a cover. Optionally included are a plurality of metal clamps, and a tether. A horizontal hole in the receiving collar, or the secondary collar, provides a means for tethering the cap to the stake. Reinforcing ribs extend between the receiving collar and the secondary collar. Gripper teeth on the cover engage a variety of stake cross sections. An optional tether is configured with conical segments to engage with the horizontal holes. Optional notches and holes in the base platform would hold a glow stick. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107698 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A MOLDED DOOR SKIN FROM A FLAT WOOD COMPOSITE, DOOR SKIN PRODUCED THEREFROM, AND DOOR MANUFACTURED THEREWITH - A method of manufacturing a hollow core door is disclosed, as well as a corresponding hollow core door. The method includes the steps of providing a solid flat door skin, moisturizing the flat skin, applying a conditioning resin thereto, pre-heating the flat door skin, and thereafter pressing the flat door skin between a pair of heated platens in a press in order to reform the flat skin into a molded skin including a plurality of panels defined therein. The press continuously closes in order to reform the flat skin into the molded skin, with the rate of press closure being a function of the determined hardness of the flat skin to be reformed. The resulting door skins have an improved bond strength, and are efficiently manufactured. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107699 | METAL JOINT AND BUILDING COMPRISING THE SAME - A building including a metal joint is provided with a damping member that is mounted between at least a pair of structures and yields in accordance with relative displacement between the structures. The damping member includes strength-suppression device that suppresses an increase of strength after yield, and exerts a damping effect with rocking or expansion and contraction of at least one of the structures. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107700 | SOUND CONTROL MAT - The disclosed invention relates to a sound control mat, comprising: a resilient layer of extruded polymer monofilaments, and a fiberglass scrim adhered to the resilient layer. A floor assembly employing the foregoing sound control mat is disclosed. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107701 | MATERIAL - A material ( | 2011-05-12 |
20110107702 | Building Structures and Components Therefor - A building component for a structure, the building component including a component body which includes two spaced apart and generally parallel interconnected side walls having opposed ends and opposed longitudinally extending sides, the building component being adapted to join with a second building component or to a connector for joining the building component to the second building component, the building component further including a plurality of coupling elements arranged at spaced-apart intervals along a length of the sidewalls from one of the longitudinal sides to the other and arranged such that in use the side walls can be cut or otherwise separated along the length thereof so as to provide a coupling element at the cut or separated end which is adapted to cooperate with a coupling element on said connector for securement of the component to the second building component or connector. A building component for a structure, the building component including a component body which includes two spaced apart and generally parallel interconnected side walls having opposed ends and opposed longitudinally extending sides, the building component being adapted for joining to another building component or to a connector for joining the building component to another building component, the building component further including coupling elements disposed at said opposed longitudinally extending sides of the sidewalls which cooperate for securement of the component to the other building component or connector, wherein each of the side walls comprises inner and outer skin elements which are spaced apart and interconnected by a plurality of webs which extend between the inner and outer skin. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107703 | DOOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF - A door including a frame having a plurality of slots on opposing sides, a pair of skins having a plurality of protrusions extending from a back surface, wherein the skin is secured to the frame with an adhesive between the skin and the frame as well as between the protrusions and slots. A method of manufacturing a door including the steps of forming a plurality of slots in a frame, forming a plurality of protrusions on a back side of a first skin, applying a layer of adhesive on at least one of the frame and the skin, and inserting the plurality of protrusions into the plurality of slots. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107704 | STRUCTURE FOR CONNECTING PREFABRICATED PANEL USE OF ARCHITECTURE - An assembly of prefabricated panels, which may be attached to outer and inner walls of buildings, is disclosed. The assembly includes mounting brackets and a plurality of prefabricated panels. Each of the prefabricated panels has a panel body, a bent section extending from an upper end of the panel body to define at least a portion of a coupling recess, and an engagement protrusion downwardly protruded from a lower end of the bent section to engage the mounting brackets, thereby allowing the prefabricated panels to be supported by the mounting brackets. Each of the prefabricated panels further includes a lower bent section extending from a rear surface of the panel body near a lower end of the panel body such that the lower bent section of an upper one of the prefabricated panels is fitted in the coupling recess of a lower one of the prefabricated panels when the prefabricated panels are coupled together. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107705 | Repair device - A repair device for sealing a hole in a wall and enabling its repair without the need for numerous tools and processes, the device comprising; a body portion having at least two plate members each having a front face and a rear face; at least one hinging means hingedly connecting the at least two plate members to each other; a biasing means engaging the at least two plate members to bias the plates apart into an open flat position such that the relative front faces of each of the at least two plate members substantially share the same plane; and at least one attachment means mounted on a front face of the at least two plate members; wherein the repair device allows for insertion into the hole in a folded position and release to the open flat position and the attachment means provide attachment to the wall adjacent the hole. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107706 | SYSTEM OF INTERLOCKING BUILDING BLOCKS - A system of interlocking building blocks includes one or more building blocks having a generally right triangular planform, a generally rectangular elevation form, and a periphery generally defined by respective generally rectangular side panels. Each building block has alternating male and female fastener elements arrayed generally around the periphery. The male fastener elements on opposed edges of the same generally rectangular side panel are offset generally diagonally from one another. Each male fastener element is aligned generally normally with a female fastener element on an opposed edge of the same generally rectangular side panel. The building blocks may be formed by folding single flat sheets, and may be made from cardboard, plastic, metal or other conventional materials. Each building block may be coated or filled with structurally reinforcing or insulative material. Two interlocked building blocks may be geometrically distinctive in a manner which optimizes the system for simplified and efficient construction of walled and roofed structures. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107707 | RETAINING WALL BLOCK - A retaining wall block has parallel top and bottom faces, a front face, a rear face, first and second side wall faces and a vertical plane of symmetry extending between the front and rear faces. The block is formed as a body portion including the front face, a head portion including the rear face and a neck portion connecting the body portion and the head portion. The body, head and neck portions each extend between the top and bottom faces and between the first and second side wall faces. An opening extends through the neck portion from the top face to the bottom face, dividing the neck portion into first and second neck wall members extending rearwardly from the body portion to the head portion. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107708 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CONCRETE PREFINISHED PARTS - There is provided a process for producing precast concrete parts, in particular pylon segments. Concrete is poured into a casting mold with a planar bottom for producing a planar underside. After the concrete has reached at least a minimum strength an equalization layer is applied to a join surface of the precast concrete part that is opposite to the underside. As soon as the equalization layer has reached the minimum strength, the precast concrete part is placed on a horizontally oriented surface and the equalization layer on the top side is removed in a plane-parallel relationship with the underside. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107709 | TRUSS TOWER LEG REINFORCING SYSTEM - A reinforced triangular truss column having two vertical pipe reinforcing columns added to the three rods of the truss column is provided. Also provided is a method of reinforcing triangular truss columns comprising adding two vertical pipe reinforcing columns to a triangular truss column. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107710 | FOUR-WAY RADIAL CONNECTOR - An improved connector and connection joining a plurality of supported structural members, preferably four roof trusses or rafters to a supporting structural member, preferably a header or girder truss. The connector is formed with a plurality of seat members, preferably four, that are joined to back member sections at angular junctures stiffened by shallow embossments. Variations can have three or five seat members. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107711 | Connector system for securing an end portion of a steel structural member to a vertical cast concrete member - A steel structural member such as a joist or beam is secured to a vertical cast concrete by a connector system including a fabricated steel receiver embedded within the wall. Embedded anchors are attached to the receiver which has front wall portions flush with the concrete wall and define a front opening. A support bracket has an attachment plate secured to the beam and a vertical plate which fits through the front opening within the receiver. The bracket is attached to the beam which is then elevated, and the vertical plate is inserted through the opening into the receiver. The beam and vertical plate are then shifted until opposite edge portions of the vertical plate are blocked by the front wall portions of the receiver. In the illustrated embodiments, the front opening and vertical plate are generally triangular, and the support bracket has a vertical or horizontal attachment plate. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107712 | Factory Building Assembly Structure and Method for Assembling Factory Building Using the Same - A factory building assembly structure and a method for assembling a factory building are provided in which the factory building can be efficiently constructed at a low cost and the factory building with excellent design can be constructed. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107713 | DOOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF - A door including a frame having a lock stile, a hinge stile, a front side, and a back side, the lock stile having an outer member connected to an inner member with a dovetail joint, the hinge stile having an outer member connected to an inner member with a dovetail joint, a first skin secured to the first side, and a second skin secured to the back side. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107714 | System For Attaching Reinforcing Bars - A system of attaching and aligning both parallel and transverse bars for supporting a concrete matrix includes a plurality of substantially identical molded plastic clips for alternatively attaching and holding two parallel reinforcing bars of equal diameter or two transverse reinforcing bars of equal diameter. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107715 | Ceiling anchoring device with locking rail system - A ceiling anchoring device with a locking rail system is disclosed. The device comprises an anchor having a shaft, a head attached with an end of the shaft, and a rail system. The rail system comprises rod and pin insertion rails, a turning space, and a locking rail. A rod having a perpendicular pin is inserted into the rod and pin insertion rails and pushed along the shaft until the rod and pin enter the turning space in the shaft. The rod and pin can then be turned one-quarter turn and be lowered into the locking rail, whereby the rod and pin are retained in the shaft of the anchor. A plug and cap are inserted into the turning space to secure the rod and pin within the locking rail. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107716 | Connector system for securing an end portion of a steel structural member to a vertical cast concrete member - A steel structural member such as a joist or beam is secured to a vertical cast concrete member or wall by a connector system including a fabricated steel receiver embedded within the wall. Embedded anchors are attached to the receiver which has front wall portions flush with the concrete wall and define a front opening. A support bracket has a horizontal plate attached to the beam and a vertical plate which fits through the front opening within the receiver. The bracket is attached to the beam which is then elevated, and the vertical plate is inserted through the opening into the receiver. The beam and vertical plate are then shifted until opposite edge portions of the vertical plate are blocked by the front wall portions of the receiver. In the illustrated embodiment, the front opening and vertical plate are generally triangular, and the support bracket has a welded reinforcing gusset. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107717 | Convertible Hard Side Shelter - A hard side shelter is convertible between transport and deployed modes. When in the transport mode, the shelter has an envelope identical to an ISO-cargo container. A side section floor and cover are each connected to the center section for rotating between being coplanar with the center section floor and roof when in the deployed mode, and being vertical and lying in a center section side planes when in a transport mode. Each side section has end and middle panels that are turnable relative to each other, and a door assembly that is turnable relative to the middle panels. Locking bars engaged the center section floor when the shelter is in a transport mode, and engage the side section floors when the shelter is in the deployed mode. The shelter is handleable by pallet handling systems and includes insulation panels to enhance the heat transfer characteristics of the shelter. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107718 | System for Finishing Openings in Log Structures - A method for finishing a window opening in a log structure during erection of the log structure comprises: at least partially forming a wall of the log structure by placing at least one support log into a wall position; disposing a pre-assembled window opening frame upon the support log; nestably engaging a side receiving channel of one a pair of side frame pieces of the pre-assembled window opening frame with an end of at least one wall component log stacked vertically atop the support log and adjacent the side frame piece; and stacking a frame header log vertically atop an upper frame piece of the pre-assembled window opening frame. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107719 | Bar Connecting Apparatus With Clip Advance - An apparatus for connecting bars includes a clip string, a barrel having a clip receiving cavity, with a terminal clip of the clip string received in the clip receiving cavity. A drive is received in the barrel and extends proximally from the barrel. The drive includes a hammer received in the barrel. The hammer reciprocates longitudinally within the barrel for contacting and expelling the terminal clip from the barrel. A cam guide is connected to the drive. A cam plate having a cam track is pivotally connected to the barrel. The cam guide engages the cam track such that the cam plate pivots back and forth as the drive is moved distally and proximally relative to the barrel. At least one finger is connected to the cam plate such that the finger engages and advances the clip string end of the clip receiving cavity as the cam plate pivots back. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107720 | CARPET TILES AND CARPET TILE INSTALLATIONS - Certain embodiments utilize carpet tiles of varying sizes and/or shapes that are connected together using connectors to form a carpet tile installation. In some instances, the carpet tiles used in the carpet tile installation have different colors, patterns, shapes, and/or styles. In some embodiments, carpet tiles of a standard size and shape, such as one-half square meter carpet tiles, are partitioned into carpet tile fractions. In certain embodiments, these carpet tile fractions are used in conjunction with larger carpet tiles in a carpet tile installation. In other embodiments, these carpet tile fractions may be connected to other carpet tile fractions to form a combination carpet tile that is then used in a carpet tile installation. Among other things, the use of different sized and/or shaped carpet tiles increases the randomness or diversity and/or improves other aspects of the appearance of the floor coverings formed by the carpet tile installations. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107721 | INSULATION PANEL FOR A BUILDING SYSTEM AND A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING SUCH INSULATION PANEL - The present invention concerns an insulation panel for fitting between profiles in a framework of an insulating building system for an external building structure, such as a wall or a roof, or an internal building structure, such as a partitioning wall or a ceiling or floor structure, said panel comprising substantially parallel first and second main surfaces with substantially parallel, oppositely situated first and second profile contact sides and substantially parallel, oppositely situated third and fourth sides between said main surfaces. In addition, the invention concerns a method of producing insulation panels and an apparatus for producing insulation panels according to the method. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107722 | Spacer tube for an insulated glazing, as well as device and method for production of the spacer tube, and insulated glazing having a spacer frame composed of such spacer tubes - The present invention relates to a spacer tube ( | 2011-05-12 |
20110107723 | Thermal Barrier Construction Material - A thermal board including a first layer, a reflective layer a spacing device and a second layer bonded together as a single unitary structure. The spacing device forms a cavity between the first and second layers in which insulation may be positioned. It is contemplated that in one embodiment the first layer is provided as gypsum board and the second layer is a paper material. In another embodiment, a third layer is positioned between the first and second layers, where the third layer is a dense fiber board. Reflective layer(s) is/are provided as thermally reflective layers are provided as, for example, a spray coating and/or a metallic foil acting like a mirror to Infrared Radiation. The thermal board may be provided as a 4′×8′ sheet of material as a single bonded, unitary structure that may be cut and installed in the same manner as standard drywall. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107724 | MULTI-ELEMENT CONSTRUCTIONAL ASSEMBLY - A construction system includes a pair of bi-planar sheets of structural material, each bi-planar sheet having two alternating series of vertical segments, each segment of the series, in horizontal cross-section, defining a planar base parallel to a base of a successive vertical segment of the alternating series of vertical segments, the bases of each segment of the series integrally connected to each other by sidewalls; a pair of longitudinal members, defining in, transverse cross-section, a substantially U-shaped geometry, each longitudinal member being open-ended for horizontally enclosing and securing a portion of each bi-planar sheet of the pair of bi-planar sheets; upper horizontal longitudinal members defining, in transverse cross-section, a geometry of a square, each upper longitudinal member vertically disposed between the pair of bi-planar sheets; and second horizontal longitudinal members defining, in transverse cross-section, a geometry of a square. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107725 | Packaging Machine - A packaging apparatus wherein each product is packaged by enveloping the product in flexible packaging material. A programmed microprocessor calculates the length of flexible packaging material needed to package the product based on the physical dimensions of the product, calculates the weight of the flexible packaging material needed, and calculates a total package weight as the sum of the weight of the product and the calculated weight of the flexible packaging material. A printer prints information specific to the product that is being packaged onto a label that is then affixed to the flexible packaging material prior to the product being packaged. The information can be a function of the package weight, and the calculated total package weight can be communicated from the microprocessor to the printer. Finally, the product is packaged in the flexible packaging material having the label already affixed thereto. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107726 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BAGGING MATERIAL - A method and an apparatus for enclosing material in a bag is described for a bag comprising a stretchable material and having a first dimension and a second dimension. The method comprises stretching the bag in the first dimension, placing material in the bag, releasing the bag in the first dimension, stretching the bag in a second dimension, evacuating the bag, and sealing the bag. The apparatus comprises a bagger configured to stretch the bag in a first dimension, to receive the material, and to release the bag in the first dimension, and a packaging apparatus comprising a nozzle coupled to a vacuum system, a grasping means, and a clipper means, the grasping means configured to hold a neck of the bag to the nozzle and to stretch the bag in the second dimension. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107727 | DIAPER PACKAGE WITH PLURALITY OF INDIVIDUAL DIAPER PACKAGES VACUUM PACKED THEREIN - The invention relates to diaper packaging and, more particularly, to vacuum packing together a plurality of individual diaper packages. The invention also relates to an overall package containing a plurality of individual diaper packages, wherein each individual diaper package is a vacuum packed diaper (VPD). In accordance therewith, a method of packaging diapers includes the steps of: (a) individually packing each of a plurality of diapers to form a plurality of individual diaper packages; and thereafter (b) vacuum packing the plurality of individual diaper packages together to form an overall package of diapers. In a feature, each individual diaper package includes only a single vacuum packed diaper. In another feature, a retail package for sale to consumers includes a group of non vacuum packed diapers, none of which are individually packaged, and an overall package of VPDs. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107728 | LOW PROFILE, WRAPPABLE ELONGATE MEMBERS SPACER AND METHOD OF MAINTAINING ELONGATE MEMBERS IN FIXED, SPACED RELATIVE RELATION - A low profile, wrappable spacer and method for maintaining a pair of elongate members in fixed, spaced relation to one another is provided. The wrappable spacer includes a flexible elongate body having oppositely facing inner and outer faces extending along laterally spaced, lengthwise extending edges between opposite ends. The inner face has an adhesive surface. At least one member extends between the edges transversely to the lengthwise extending edges. The member extends outwardly from the adhesive surface, wherein the adhesive surface is configured for adhesion to at least one of the member, the elongate members or the outer face. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107729 | BAG MAKING AND PACKAGING MACHINE - A bag making and packaging machine includes a conveying unit, a transverse sealing mechanism, and a gusset forming mechanism. The conveying unit is configured and arranged to continuously convey a tubular packaging material. The transverse sealing mechanism has a pair of sealing jaws configured and arranged to revolvingly move while following annular loci to seal the tubular packaging material in a transverse direction with respect to a conveyance direction of the tubular packaging material. The gusset forming mechanism has a pair of folding members configured and arranged to be pressed against side portions of the tubular packaging material to form gussets in the side portions of the tubular packaging material while the folding members move along the conveyance direction of the tubular packaging material before the transverse sealing mechanism seals the tubular packaging material. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107730 | DEVICE FOR FILLING OF CONTAINERS - Apparatus for filling packages of the collapsible type, comprising a first station and a second station, a transport unit for intermittent transport of said packages from the first station to the second station along a transport direction (P) which extends between the first station and the second station, the transport unit being designed to transport the packages in a hanging position, and a swing-inhibiting unit which is designed to engage with said packages in order to counteract a swinging movement of the hanging packages during said transport, said swing-inhibiting unit being movable along said transport direction (P) while the transport unit transports the packages. The swing-inhibiting unit is arranged separately from the tranport unit. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107731 | Spur Strap for Quick Release - A spur system including a body that may be attached to footwear, a spur strap assembly attached to the body that is adapted to secure the body to the footwear, and a quick release mechanism attached to the spur strap assembly. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107732 | FILTER ELEMENTS - A filter element according to the invention comprises a filter volume having an inflow side and an outflow side defining an average flow direction. The filter volume has an axis substantially parallel to the average flow direction and further comprising a casing delimiting the outer boundary of the filter volume in the direction of the average flow path. The casing is gas impermeable in radial direction. The filter volume is filled with a filter material comprising fibers, a majority of the fibers at least partially encircle the axis. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107733 | APPARATUS TO IMPROVE MODULAR CUTTERBAR CONNECTING SHAFT SPLINE DURABILITY - An improved modular disc cutterhead connecting drive shaft configuration having a means for laterally centering the shaft between adjacent cutterhead modules thereby equalizing engagement on each end of the shaft with the module connectors. Further durability improvement is realized by a structure to radially center the shaft in the shaft receptacles of each module to maintain uniform loading on the shaft/receptacle interface which improves the durability of the connecting drive shaft end connections. Additional connecting shaft durability is provided by a means to lubricate the drive shaft connector connecting interfaces using lubricant reservoirs disposed within the modules. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107734 | Drive Arrangement For A Reel And A Chaff Spreader Of A Combine - A drive arrangement for a reel and a chaff spreader of a combine, having a first hydraulic motor for driving the reel and a second hydraulic motor for driving the chaff spreader, wherein the hydraulic motors are connected in series with regard to the flow of hydraulic fluid. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107735 | GAS ENGINE DRIVES FOR GASIFICATION PLANTS - The present application provides an integrated gasification combined cycle system. The integrated gasification combined cycle system may include a gas turbine engine, a syngas system for producing a syngas for the gas turbine engine and having a compressor therein, and a second gas engine in communication with the syngas system. The second gas engine dives the compressor via the syngas. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107736 | SYSTEM FOR RECIRCULATING THE EXHAUST OF A TURBOMACHINE - A portion of the exhaust generated by a turbomachine is recirculated through an inlet portion by an exhaust gas recirculation system. The system reduces the level of harmful constituents within the exhaust before the exhaust is recirculated. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107737 | Gasification Power Generation System Provided with Carbon Dioxide Separation and Recovery Device - A gasification power generation system provided with a carbon dioxide separation and recovery device is disclosed. The system includes a carbon dioxide separation and recovery device having a shift reactor to convert carbon monoxide contained in fuel gas into carbon dioxide by mixing steam into the fuel gas containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen to cause a shift reaction; a carbon dioxide absorption tower to produce fuel gas from which carbon dioxide has been removed by allowing an absorption liquid to absorb carbon dioxide from the fuel gas containing carbon dioxide flowing down the shift reactor; an absorption liquid recycling device to recycle an absorption liquid by separating carbon dioxide absorbed by the absorption liquid in the carbon dioxide absorption tower; and a gasification power generation system. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107738 | Combined Cycle Integrated Combustor and Nozzle System - An engine that operates and produces the entire required vehicle thrust below Mach 4 is useful for a Hypersonic combined cycle vehicle by saving vehicle and engine development costs. One such engine is a combined cycle engine having both a booster and a dual mode ramjet (DMRJ). The booster and the DMRJ are integrated to provide effective thrust from Mach 0 to in excess of Mach 4. As the booster accelerates the vehicle from Mach 0 to in excess of Mach 4, from Mach 0 to about Mach 2 incoming air delivered to the DMRJ is accelerated by primary ejector thrusters that may receive oxidizer from either on-board oxidizer tanks or from turbine compressor discharge air. As the TBCC further accelerates the vehicle from about Mach 0 to in excess of Mach 4 exhaust from the turbine and exhaust from the DMRJ are combined in a common nozzle disposed downstream of a combustor portion of said DMRJ functioning as an aerodynamic choke. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107739 | WARM-UP METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WARMING UP EXHAUST PURIFICATION CATALYST - A warm-up system for warming up an exhaust purification catalyst arranged in an exhaust passage of an engine equipped with a turbocharger. The warm-up system includes an electric motor coupled to a turbine of the turbocharger, and control device that operates the electric motor to apply counter torque to the turbine when the exhaust purification catalyst needs to be warmed up. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107740 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO OPERATE FUEL CELL IN THE EXHAUST OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A method for operating an international combustion engine, the engine also includes a first cylinder, a second cylinder, an exhaust system, and a fuel cell in the exhaust system. The method comprises operating the first cylinder lean to provide air to the fuel cell during at least one condition; and operating the second cylinder rich or stoichiometric to provide torque output and fuel to the fuel cell. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107741 | EXHAUST GAS OXYGEN CONCENTRATION CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - An engine control system comprises an oxygen comparison module and a regeneration control module. The oxygen comparison module compares an oxygen concentration of an exhaust gas of an engine to an oxygen threshold. A regeneration control module initiates regeneration of a particulate filter and controls regeneration based on the oxygen comparison and at least one of a particulate filter load, a particulate filter temperature, and a speed of the engine. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107742 | Reducing agent injection valve abnormality detection device and abnormality detection method - A reducing agent injection valve abnormality detection device for detecting clogging of a reducing agent injection valve in a reducing agent injection device has a pressure detection component that detects the pressure inside a supply path based on a sensor value of a pressure sensor, a pump control component that fixes the output of a pump in a state where the pressure inside the supply path has become a value in a predetermined range, a reducing agent injection valve control component that opens the valve for a predetermined amount of time in a state where the output of the pump has been fixed, and a clogging determination component that determines the extent of clogging of the reducing agent injection valve by comparing, with plural threshold values, the pressure, or a pressure drop quantity, inside the supply path when the valve has been opened for the predetermined amount of time. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107743 | Nozzle Diffuser Mixer - A diffuser for aiding in the vaporization and mixing of an injected reactant with the exhaust gas feed stream of an exhaust gas aftertreatment system is disclosed. The diffuser is disposed within an exhaust gas conduit of the exhaust gas aftertreatment system and has an impingement surface and a baffle plate disposed downstream of and adjacent thereto. The baffle plate extends outwardly from the diffuser, to terminate at a baffle plate tip that is located intermediate of the diffuser and an inner wall of the exhaust gas conduit. The baffle plate is operable to trap a portion of an exhaust gas feed stream, and a reactant resident therein, to increase the vaporization and residence time of the reactant in the exhaust gas feed stream. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107744 | Apparatus for Maintaining a Urea Solution in a Liquid State for Treatment of Diesel Exhaust - A system for keeping a reservoir solution of urea in a liquid state at normally sub-freezing temperatures comprising a reservoir tank module having a heater and disposed in a solution storage tank. Solution in the storage tank is heated by passage of heat through the walls of the reservoir tank module which are formed of a hybrid of plastic polymer and metal, preferably a urea-resistant stainless steel, such that the thermal conductivity of the walls is sufficient to liquefy frozen solution in the storage tank in a practical time frame at an acceptable net manufacturing cost for the tank module. The hybrid combination may be formed in any of various arrangements such as, but not limited to, a lower portion formed of metal and an upper portion formed of plastic, or alternating bands and/or strips of metal and plastic. The optimum thicknesses of metal and plastic may be determined conventionally. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107745 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION CATALYST AND EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION APPARATUS USING THE EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION CATALYST - This invention provides an exhaust gas purification catalyst, which can burn PM (particulate matter) at a temperature below the temperature required in the prior art technique and can realize a high PM combustion rate at elevated temperatures, and an exhaust gas purification apparatus using the exhaust gas purification catalyst. The exhaust gas purification catalyst comprises a composite oxide having oxygen release properties and Ag and a noble metal co-supported on the composite oxide. The exhaust gas purification catalyst and an exhaust gas purification apparatus ( | 2011-05-12 |
20110107746 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION DEVICE - An exhaust gas purification device in which catalysts are efficiently activated and in which pressure loss caused by deposition of particulates exhausted from an internal combustion engine is suppressed. The exhaust gas purification device has a first purification section and a second purification section. The first purification section has a metal honeycomb structure where a first oxidation catalyst is carried. The second purification section is placed on the downstream side of the first purification section and has a particulate filter that carries different amounts of second oxidation catalysts on the upstream side and on the downstream side of an exhaust gas route. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107747 | EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR A LOCOMOTIVE TWO-STROKE UNIFLOW SCAVENGED DIESEL ENGINE - A locomotive two-stroke uniflow scavenged diesel engine system including an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system and apparatus is described for reducing NO | 2011-05-12 |
20110107748 | PARTICLE FILTER WITH HYDROLYSIS COATING, DEVICE AND MOTOR VEHICLE - A particle filter includes channels that are formed by porous walls and run between a first end face and a second end face of the particle filter. The first end face has a hydrolysis coating outside the channels. A device includes at least one exhaust gas line through which an exhaust gas can flow in a flow direction, a nozzle for introducing a reducing agent containing or forming ammonia, and the aforementioned particle filter. The first end face of the particle filter is oriented towards the nozzle. A motor vehicle having the particle filter or the device, is also provided. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107749 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - There is provided an exhaust gas purification system for an internal combustion engine in which exhaust gas that is in a state in which an even concentration distribution of reducing agent is achieved is caused to flow into an exhaust gas purification apparatus. The system includes a small-diameter catalyst | 2011-05-12 |
20110107750 | EXHAUST EMISSION CONTROL DEVICE - An exhaust emission control device is provided which is compact in size and has favorable dispersibility of exhaust gas from a muffling structure | 2011-05-12 |
20110107751 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION CATALYST - In an exhaust gas purification catalyst in which Rh-doped CeZr-based mixed oxide powder and precious-metal (at least one of Pt and Pd)-supporting heat-resistant powder are included in a catalyst layer 2 provided on a support 1, Rh-doped CeZr-based mixed oxide particles either contain at least one of Pr, La, and Y, or are complexed with Al | 2011-05-12 |
20110107752 | Small Engine Layered Catalyst Article and Method of Making - Catalyst articles comprising substantially only a palladium precious metal component in a first catalytic layer and a rhodium component in a second catalytic layer and related methods of preparation and use are disclosed. Also disclosed is a catalyst article comprising a first layer formed on a carrier substrate, wherein the first layer comprises a refractory metal oxide and has a surface that is substantially uniform; a second layer formed on the first layer, wherein the second layer comprises i) an oxygen storage component that is about 50-90% by weight of the second layer and ii) a palladium component in an amount of about 2-5% by weight of the second layer, wherein the palladium component is substantially the only platinum group metal component, and a palladium-free third layer comprising a rhodium component supported on a thermostable oxygen storage component which is about 80-99% by weight of the second layer. One or more improved properties are exhibited by the catalyst article. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107753 | EXHAUST LINE FOR AUTOMOBILE - An exhaust line connected to the engine of an automobile, includes:
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20110107754 | HYDRAULIC HYBRID TRANSMISSION RETARD DEVICE - A retard device ( | 2011-05-12 |
20110107755 | ENERGY STORAGE AND GENERATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING COUPLED CYLINDER ASSEMBLIES - In various embodiments, pneumatic cylinder assemblies are coupled in series pneumatically, thereby reducing a range of force produced by or acting on the pneumatic cylinder assemblies during expansion or compression of a gas. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107756 | ELECTRO-HYDROSTATIC ACTUATOR EXCELLENT IN SNUBBING CHARACTERISTIC, AND DRIVE DEVICE USED FOR THE SAME, AND CONTROL METHOD USED FOR THE SAME - The present invention is to provide an electro hydrostatic actuator excellent in a snubbing characteristic including a cylinder type actuator main body | 2011-05-12 |
20110107757 | STIRLING ENGINE - The invention relates to a Stirling engine, including at least one cylinder in which two pistons are arranged which move counter to one another, with each piston being connected by means of a first connecting rod to an oscillating lever, and the oscillating lever is connected by means of a second connecting rod to the crankshaft, where the oscillating lever is connected in an articulated manner with its first end to the second connecting rod, it is pivotably mounted at its second end in the cylinder housing, and the first connecting rod is connected in an articulated manner between the first and second end. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107758 | DRIVE MODULE, METHOD OF ASSEMBLING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A drive module of the invention includes a tubular or columnar body to be driven, a tubular supporting body for receiving therein the body to be driven, a plate spring member for elastically holding the body to be driven so as to be movable in a specific direction with respect to the supporting body, and a driving device for driving the body to be driven in the specific direction against a restoring force of the plate spring member. The driving device includes a shape memory alloy wire engaged with the body to be driven and contracted by heat, which is generated when an electric current is applied thereto, to drive the body to be driven against the restoring force of the plate spring member, and a holding terminal having a wire holding portion for holding an end of the shape memory alloy wire. The holding terminal has a fitting portion positioned by being fitted to the supporting body, and a regulating portion serving as a detent of the supporting body. The holding terminal is supported by and fixed to the supporting body. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107759 | Pressure Generator of a Hydraulic Vehicle Brake System and Operating Method for This - The present invention relates to a pressure generator for a hydraulic vehicle brake system for the regulated generation of a hydraulic brake pressure in a brake circuit, the pressure generator having a multiple-piston pump for delivering a brake fluid with at least two pump pistons and associated pressure chambers, on which the pump pistons act, an actuator for actuating the multiple-piston pump, and a fluid feed line which extends to the pressure chambers and is configured for connection to a storage container, in which a hydraulic fluid is stored. At least one valve is arranged in the fluid feed line and divides the latter into a first section which is arranged upstream of the valve and into a second section which is arranged downstream of the valve, the valve being configured to optionally at least partly shut off or open the second section of the fluid feed line and therefore to control the fluid supply of at least one pressure chamber. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107760 | Intercooler Having Condensate Reservoir - An engine air intake system for a vehicle having an internal combustion engine may include a turbocharger; a CAC heat exchanger having an inlet end for receiving compressed intake air from the turbocharger and an outlet end; a remote condensate reservoir spaced from the CAC heat exchanger, for storing condensate therein; a condensate drain tube extending from the outlet end to the remote condensate reservoir to allow condensate produced in the CAC heat exchanger to flow into the remote condensate reservoir; an air duct connecting the outlet end to the engine to direct air flow from the outlet end to the engine; and a reservoir outlet hose connected to the remote condensate reservoir at a first end and connected to the air duct at a second end to allow condensate evaporating from the remote condensate reservoir to flow through the reservoir outlet hose into the air duct. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107761 | Hybrid high efficiency motor - This device is an improvement on an internal combustion engine (ICE) in that the device is a hybrid of an ICE directly linked to a heat engine (HE) via an adjustable transmission to drive the power shaft for the transmission for the car, boat, generator or other equipment. The improvement provides a means of directly receiving the heat from the exhaust of the ICE and using it to power the HE which is linked via an adjustable transmission, such as a continuous variable transmission (CVT). This linkage allows the HE to use the power of the ICE to start turning until the HE has warmed up enough that it can contribute power to the ICE crank shaft, and subsequent final common power shaft for the two engines, such that it acts as a unified, hybrid motor that powers the transmission of a truck, generator or other equipment. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107762 | STEAM-JET ENGINE - A steam engine in which a liquid and a steam are jetted so that a rotor is turned by the reaction thereof, and the rotor having a well-balanced simple structure. In the steam engine, the rotor | 2011-05-12 |
20110107763 | MICRO-TURBINE COMBUSTOR - A micro gas turbine engine for use in a turbo heater or co-generation application is described. The micro gas turbine engine includes a fuel delivery system which minimizes the development of deposits in the air-fuel passageway. To this end, a fuel delivery channel formed between a fuel deflector and a slinger body is formed with a contoured or undulating surface. A fuel deflector ring is interposed between the fuel delivery channel and the slinger impeller to facilitate the flow of the air-fuel mixture into the combustion chamber. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107764 | FUEL NOZZLE ASSEMBLY FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING THE SAME - A method of assembling a fuel nozzle assembly for a gas turbine engine having a natural operating frequency includes providing a flange and providing a premix tube. The flange is fabricated from a first alloy such that the flange is configured to exhibit a first frequency that is different than the natural operating frequency of the gas turbine engine. The premix tube is fabricated from a second alloy such that the premix tube is configured to exhibit a second frequency that is different from the natural operating frequency of the gas turbine engine. The premix tube is coupled to the flange. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107765 | COUNTER ROTATED GAS TURBINE FUEL NOZZLES - In certain embodiments, a system includes a gas turbine controller. The gas turbine controller includes a first operational mode enabling fuel flow only through a first plurality of fuel nozzles having a first swirl direction. The gas turbine controller also includes a second operational mode enabling fuel flow only through a second plurality of fuel nozzles having a second swirl direction opposite from the first swirl direction. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107766 | COMBUSTOR ASSEMBLY FOR A TURBINE ENGINE WITH ENHANCED COOLING - A combustor assembly for a turbine engine includes a combustor liner and a flow sleeve which surrounds the combustor liner. Compressed air flows through an annular space located between an outer surface of the combustor liner and an inner surface of the flow sleeve. A plurality of cooling holes are formed through the flow sleeve to allow compressed air to flow from a position outside the flow sleeve, through the cooling holes, and into the annular space. The height of the annular space may vary along the length of the combustor assembly. Thus, the flow sleeve may have reduced diameter portions which result in the height of the annular space being smaller in certain locations than at other locations along the length of the combustor assembly. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107767 | SECONDARY FUEL NOZZLE VENTURI - The present application provides a secondary fuel nozzle assembly for a combustor. The secondary fuel nozzle assembly may include a liner, a fuel passage leading to a pilot burner tip, and a venturi extending from the liner and downstream of the pilot burner tip. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107768 | Variable Performance Valve - A variable performance valve for use in a fuel nozzle is presented. The valve includes a spring, an inner spool having a port, an outer sleeve, and an orifice, which in a fuel nozzle application may be a calibration orifice. In a low flow condition, the inlet to downstream pressure is the spring force divided by the area on which the pressure acts. At low flow the orifice does not cause any appreciable pressure drop. As the flow increases, a pressure drop develops across the orifice. Since the pressure drop across the valve cannot be greater than the spring force divided by valve area, the valve is forced to open to compensate. As flow is increased, the valve will stroke completely open and the pressure drop at the port becomes negligible and the pressure drop across the orifice is nearly 100% of the pressure drop across the valve. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107769 | IMPINGEMENT INSERT FOR A TURBOMACHINE INJECTOR - A turbomachine includes a compressor, a turbine operatively coupled to the compressor, and a combustion assembly fluidly linking the compressor and the turbine. The combustion assembly includes at least one injector having a burner tube including an outer wall portion and an inner wall portion that define a mixing zone. A swirler arranged within the mixing zone. The swirler includes a plurality of vanes, with at least one of the plurality of vanes having a wall section including an outer surface and an inner surface that define a hollow interior portion. An insert member is arranged within the hollow interior portion. The insert member includes at least one guide element that is disposed and configured to deliver a fluid flow to the hollow interior portion to flow over the wall section of the at least one of the plurality of vanes. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107770 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSFERRING HEAT - A method and device for transferring heat in a heat pump, where heat energy is transferred with the aid of light or other electromagnetic radiation from an element (1) emitting radiation to an element (2) absorbing radiation in a direction opposite to the direction defined by the second law of thermodynamics and in which a part of the energy of the absorbed radiation is converted back to an exploitable form of energy, like electrical or mechanical energy. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107771 | FOOTWEAR TEMPERATURE CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS - Embodiments herein relate to footwear, such as a boots and shoes, and in particular to footwear having a removable element, such as a liner, that includes temperature control elements for controllably regulating and/or altering the temperature of the footwear and thus the wearer's foot. Various embodiments also include an electrical contact in the foot bed adapted to couple to the temperature control element in the liner, and a power source, controller, and actuator coupled to the footwear upper. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107772 | THERMOELECTRIC DEVICE EFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENT USING DYNAMIC FEEDBACK - A cooling system is disclosed including a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger, a means for regulating a flow of a fluid, and a thermoelectric device for cooling a fluid, wherein a difference in temperature between a hot side and a cold side of the thermoelectric device is minimized and an efficiency of the thermoelectric device is maximized. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107773 | CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR HYBRID VEHICLES USING THERMOELECTRIC DEVICES - The present invention provides a system for controlling the climate of a hybrid vehicle. The system includes a thermoelectric module, a heat exchanger, a pump, and a valve. The thermoelectric module includes thermoelectric elements powered by electric energy. The thermoelectric elements emit or absorb heat energy based on the polarity of the electrical energy provided. A tube containing coolant runs proximate the thermoelectric elements. To aid in the transfer of heat energy, a blower is provided to generate an air flow across the thermoelectric elements and the tube. The coolant is provided from the thermoelectric module to a heat exchanger that heats or cools the air flow provided to the cabin of the vehicle. The pump and valve are in fluid communication with the heat exchanger and thermoelectric module. The pump pressurizes the coolant flow through the tube and coolant lines. In a cooling mode, the valve is configured to selectively bypass the engine coolant system of the vehicle. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107774 | Self-Powered Refrigeration Apparatus - A fan for refrigerant fluid, including at least one blade having an internal space through which a refrigerant fluid passes; at least one nozzle in fluid communication with the internal space of each blade, wherein the at least one nozzle discharges the refrigerant fluid at a velocity sufficient to rotate the blade(s); and an electrical generator operationally engaged with the blade(s). Also, a snow injection device for a CO | 2011-05-12 |
20110107775 | Parallel Condensing Unit Control System And Method - A system comprises a condenser for a refrigeration system and a control module. The condenser has a plurality of variable speed condenser fans. The control module controls the plurality of variable speed condenser fans. The control module increases condenser fan operation by activating a deactivated variable speed condenser fan at a first fan speed when at least one variable speed condenser fan of the plurality is deactivated and by increasing a fan speed of an activated variable speed condenser fan to a second fan speed when each variable speed condenser fan of the plurality is activated and operating at the first fan speed. The second fan speed is faster than the first fan speed. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107776 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLED COOLING - A method and an apparatus for controlled cooling of hot rolled metal ( | 2011-05-12 |
20110107777 | AIRCRAFT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED COOLING EFFICIENCY - An aircraft system for improved cooling efficiency comprises at least one air conditioning pack, coupled to an aircraft, having at least one air compression device powered by at least one power source and having an air compression device inlet. The system further comprises at least one air flow path for redirecting a first portion of a first volume of aircraft interior outflow air from an aircraft interior to the air compression device inlet. The air flow path includes a shutoff valve to enable the air flow path during ground operation of the aircraft and to disable the air flow path for flight operation of the aircraft. The air compression inlet mixes the first volume of aircraft interior outflow air with a second volume of aircraft exterior inflow air to form an air mixture. The air conditioning pack conditions and circulates the air mixture into the aircraft interior. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107778 | Parallel Condensing Unit Control System And Method - A method comprises monitoring an operating parameter of a refrigeration system that includes a first condensing unit having a first control module and a second condensing unit having a second control module, the first and second condensing units each having at least one compressor. The method also includes controlling, with the first control module, the at least one compressor of the first condensing unit based on the monitoring. The method also includes controlling, with the first control module, the at least one compressor of the second condensing unit based on the monitoring. The first control module controls the at least one compressor of the second condensing unit by communicating with the second control module via a communication link. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107779 | Frost detecting apparatus, and cooling system and refrigerator having the same - A frost detecting apparatus including a first electrode to generate an electric field in a frost detection region, a second electrode to prevent the electric field from leaking into a frost non-detection region, an insulator arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode, to insulate the first electrode, and a shield arranged around an exposed portion of the insulator, to prevent the electric field from leaking into the frost non-detection region through the exposed portion of the insulator. As the same potential is established at the first and second electrodes, it is possible to prevent electric field from leaking into a frost non-detection region through side surfaces of the first electrode. Accordingly, the electric field is varied only by frost formed in a frost detection region, so that it is possible to more accurately detect formation of frost and the amount of the formed frost. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107780 | AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS AND AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS REFRIGERANT QUANTITY DETERMINATION METHOD - A refrigerant circuit of an air conditioning apparatus includes a heat source unit, a utilization unit having a utilization-side heat exchanger, an expansion mechanism, and liquid and gas refrigerant connection pipes interconnecting the heat source unit and the utilization unit. The heat source unit has an adjustable capacity compressor, a heat source-side heat exchanger, and a cooling heat source adjusting part to adjust cooling action of a cooling heat source with respect to the heat source-side heat exchanger. The refrigerant circuit can perform at least a cooling operation. A determination of the adequacy of the quantity of the refrigerant charged inside of the refrigerant circuit is made based on a first degree of supercooling corrected value derived by correcting a degree of supercooling or an operating state quantity by at least one of outside air temperature, condensation temperature, and a value obtained by numericizing cooling action. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107781 | STARTUP CONTROL APPARATUS OF AIR CONDITIONER - An air conditioner performs startup control in which compressor capacity is reduced as measured indoor temperature approaches a set temperature. A desired time of day is set directly or indirectly. A startup control apparatus of the air conditioner measures an inflection point occurrence time from when the air conditioner starts operation until when measured indoor temperature exhibits an inflection point. Alternatively, the startup control apparatus measures a control parameter lowering arrival time from when the air conditioner starts operation until when a control parameter transmitted to the compressor decreases to a prescribed value. A scheduled operation start time of the air conditioner is set as a time of day that is the desired time of day set moved forward by the inflection point occurrence time or the control parameter lowering arrival time. Operation of the air conditioner is started when the scheduled operation start time arrives. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107782 | AIRCRAFT COOLING SYSTEM EVAPORATOR ARRANGEMENT FOR TWO MUTUALLY INDEPENDENT COOLANT CIRCUITS - The present invention relates to an aircraft cooling system evaporator arrangement ( | 2011-05-12 |
20110107783 | CHANNEL CLOSURE MEANS FOR A DEFROSTING WATER CHANNEL OF A REFRIGERATION UNIT, DEFROSTING WATER CHANNEL OF A REFRIGERATION UNIT, AND REFRIGERATION UNIT - A channel closure means for a defrosting water channel of a refrigeration unit, such as a NoFrost refrigeration unit, is provided, wherein the channel closure means is water-soluble. Further, a defrosting water channel of a refrigeration unit is provided, wherein the defrosting water channel includes a channel closure means. In addition, a refrigeration unit, such as a NoFrost refrigeration unit is provided, wherein the refrigeration unit has a defrosting water channel. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107784 | APPARATUS FOR BLAST FREEZING PALLETIZED PRODUCT - Apparatus for blast freezing palletized products is disclosed in which tall racks have openings on at least one side that connect to a plenum chamber, against which stacked pallets can be placed one above another as well as beside one another adjacent the plenum openings, but with the rack providing only one pallet depth to optimize circulation of regular warehouse freezing air through the pallets at a rapid rate for rapid blast freezing. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107785 | REFRIGERATOR WITH ICEMAKER - Refrigerator with an icemaker including a cabinet having a mullion wall for compartmentalization of a freezing chamber and a refrigerating chamber, a case provided to a door on the refrigerating chamber, having a cavity therein, a first duct for supplying cold air from a neighborhood of an evaporator in the freezing chamber to the cavity, the icemaker in the cavity for producing ice, an ice container in the cavity for storing the ice, and a dispenser in the door in communication with the cavity, thereby having ice supplied to a user at an outside of the refrigerator through a dispenser provided to the door. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107786 | Attic cooling process & apparatus - A process and apparatus for improving the cooling of the attic of a building by increasing the air flow therethrough includes the use of an air diverter attached to an A/C condenser unit casing partially around the exhaust fan opening in the casing for directing air from the exhaust fan into an air stream through open space towards a building soffit. A separate air hood mounted to the building soffit captures the air stream and directs it through the soffit into the attic. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107787 | Vertically Arranged Heat Pump and Method of Manufacturing the Vertically Arranged Heat Pump - In a heat pump with an evaporator and a liquefier as well as a gas region extending between the evaporator and the liquefier, the liquefier is arranged above the evaporator in a setup direction for operation of the heat pump. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107788 | CLIMATE CONTROL UNIT WITH GERM-PROOF SEPARATED SECTIONS - Climate control unit with an interior section containing a storage space and with a closable access opening to the storage section whereby at least one part of the interior section is separated and sealed against the rest of the interior section thus forming a separate germ-proof section. The division takes place at least in part by a membrane that is permeable for water vapor and gas but impermeable for microorganisms. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107789 | Liquefier for a Heat Pump and Heat Pump - A liquefier for a heat pump includes a liquefier space and a process water tank. The process water tank is arranged within the liquefier space such that it is substantially surrounded by liquefied working fluid. A wall of the process water tank, however, is spaced from a wall of the process water tank so that a gap formed to communicate with the region of the heat pump in which compressed gas is present is obtained, so that the process water tank is thermally insulated from the space for liquefied working fluid via this gas-filled gap. The liquefier itself may also be surrounded by the gas region, in order to provide for inexpensive insulation of the liquefier. | 2011-05-12 |
20110107790 | Air Cooled Helium Compressor - This invention relates generally to oil lubricated helium compressor units for use in cryogenic refrigeration systems, operating on the Gifford McMahon (GM) cycle. The objective of this invention is to keep the oil separator and absorber, which are components in an oil lubricated, helium compressor, in an indoor air conditioned environment while rejecting at least 65% of the heat from the compressor outdoors during the summer. The balance of the heat is rejected to either the indoor air conditioned air, or cooling water. This is accomplished by circulating hot oil at high pressure to an outdoor air cooled heat exchanger and returning cooled oil to the compressor inlet, while hot high pressure helium is cooled in an air or water cooled heat exchanger in an indoor assembly that includes the compressor, an oil separator, an oil absorber, and other piping and control components. It is an option to reject the heat from the oil to the indoor space during the winter to save on the cost of heating the indoor space. | 2011-05-12 |