22nd week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 37 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100135685 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus and a control method thereof are disclosed. A charge unit charges a surface of an organic photo conductor (OPC) to a predetermined electric potential. A developing unit develops an electrostatic latent image formed on the surface of the OPC by coating a developer on the same. A power supply unit supplies power to the charge unit and the developing unit. A control unit regulates the power supplied to the charge unit and the developing unit. After a developing process in the developing unit, the control unit regulates the power applied to at least one of the charge unit and the developing unit so as to collect a residual developer on the surface of the OPC to the developing unit. Accordingly, contamination of the charge unit and the transfer unit can be prevented and an image of a good quality can be achieved. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135686 | GAIN SCHEDULING APPROACH FOR FUSER CONTROL TO REDUCE INTER-CYCLE TIME - A fusing apparatus includes a fuser roll and a pressure roll which define a nip therebetween. An internal heat source is disposed within a interior of the fuser roll. An external heat source is disposed adjacent the fuser roll for heating an outer surface of the fuser roll. One or both of the internal heat source and the external heat source is controlled during a print job such that the thermal gradient across the fuser roll is adjusted. As a result, a temperature overshoot which generally occurs after the print job is finished can be reduced. The influence of subsequent jobs on the fuser roll surface temperature can also be accommodated. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135687 | AUTOMATIC INITIATION OF PRINT JOB PREPROCESSING BEFORE RELEASE OF PRINT JOB - Print job management information, including management actions performed by a press operator, is collected from a print job manager. An evaluator evaluates the collected print job management information using an evaluation algorithm to generate a predicted press-operator job release sequence of one or more of the print jobs. The evaluation algorithm may be adapted to predict print job release behavior of the press operator. A print job is selected in accordance with the predicted press-operator job release sequence. Print job preprocessing of the selected print job is initiated in the printing system, prior to actual release of the print job by the press operator. Actual print-job release information may be compared with a predicted job release sequence to revise the evaluation algorithm. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135688 | FUSING DEVICE - Disclosed is a fusing device and more particularly, is a fusing device having an improved configuration to apply voltage to a press roller to achieve an enhanced image quality. The fusing device includes a first roller configured to produce heat and a second roller configured to apply pressure on the first roller. The first roller can include a shaft configured to rotate and having a conductive material, a first member configured to surround the shaft and having a non-conductive and elastic material, a second member configured to surround the first member and having a conductive film, and a third member having a conductive material and configured to electrically connect the shaft and the second member. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135689 | Image Forming Apparatus and Process Unit - A process unit and an image forming apparatus are provided. The process unit is slidably moutable on an apparatus main body of the image forming apparatus. The process unit includes plural photosensitive units which include photosensitive members, respectively, and are arranged at an interval, each of the photosensitive units including a unit contact, an electrode unit which electrically connects the photosensitive units to the apparatus main body. The electrode unit includes plural unit-side electrode members which come into contact with the unit contacts of the photosensitive units, respectively, a relay electrode member which comes into contact with the respective unit-side electrode members to electrically connect the respective unit-side electrode members, and a body-side electrode member which comes into contact with an apparatus main body contact provided in the apparatus main body. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135690 | Laser Printer Toner Cartridge Seal and Method - A reassembled laser printer toner cartridge and method of manufacture including a cartridge seal assembly in which the remains of an OEM laser printer toner cartridge's toner hopper pull seal strip(s) is left in position, or a substitute conductive strip is put in the same position to simulate the OEM pull seal strip(s) if the OEM strips have been damaged or are missing in order to enable a repaired or remanufactured cartridge to cooperate with the printer in detecting measuring and displaying the amount of toner consumed from the cartridge and shut the printer down, once the toner cartridge is empty, and a toner cartridge hopper foam seal strip assembly that covers the remnants of the OEM seal strips and provides a seal to prevent leakage of toner from the re-filled toner cartridge. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135691 | COLOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A color electrophotographic image forming apparatus having an apparatus main body to which a plurality of cartridges are detachably mounted adjacently in one direction for forming a color image on a recording medium, wherein each of the plurality of cartridges has a gripping portion disposed on a rear end of the corresponding cartridge in a mounting direction in which the cartridge is mounted to the apparatus main body, the gripping portion being protruding from the rear end to an upstream side, wherein when the corresponding cartridge is mounted to and detached from the apparatus main body, a user grips the gripping portion, and wherein in a state in which the plurality of cartridges are mounted to the apparatus main body, at least one gripping portion is disposed out of line with a gripping portion of an adjacent cartridge in a direction orthogonal to the mounting direction. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135692 | Process Cartridge and Image Forming Apparatus - A process cartridge and an image forming apparatus are provided. The process cartridge is detachably mountable in an apparatus body of the image forming apparatus, and includes a plurality of photosensitive drums, a first outer side plate which is provided on one side of the photosensitive drums in an axial direction of the photosensitive drum, a second outer side plate which is provided on the other side of the photosensitive drums in the axial direction, and opposes the first outer side plate with the photosensitive drums interposed therebetween, and a plurality of input parts which are provided on ends of the photosensitive drums at the one side, respectively. An end face of each of the input parts being provided inward with respect to the outer surface of the first outer side plate. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135693 | Image Forming Apparatus and Photosensitive Unit - An image forming apparatus is described. The image forming apparatus may include an image forming apparatus body and a photosensitive unit detachably mountable to the image forming apparatus body. The photosensitive unit includes: a frame; photosensitive bodies supported by the frame; cartridges including a developer carrier and detachably mountable to the frame; and a pressing portion provided on the frame for pressing the cartridges to direct the developer carrier toward the corresponding photosensitive body. Each cartridge can shift in the frame to a first attitude pressed by the pressing portion, and a second attitude released from the press of the pressing portion and detachable from the frame. The image forming apparatus body is provided with an abutment portion abutting the cartridge in the second attitude thereby bringing the cartridge into the first attitude when the photosensitive unit is mounted to the image forming apparatus body. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135694 | Photosensitive Unit and Image Forming Apparatus - A photosensitive unit is provided. The photosensitive unit includes a frame, plural photosensitive drums which are held by the frame, plural cartridges detachably mounted in the frame. Each cartridge includes a developing roller for supplying developer to the corresponding photosensitive drum, a supply roller, and a casing having a first casing portion supporting the developing roller and the supply roller and including a first wall, and a second casing portion storing developer and including a second wall connected to the first wall through a first stepped portion. The frame includes plural beam members which are provided between a pair of side parts. Each beam member includes a third wall which opposes the first wall with a distance therebetween, and a fourth wall which opposes the second wall with a distance therebetween in a state where a cartridge is mounted in the frame. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135695 | CHARGING MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - A charging member is provided which can inhibit defective images due to poor charging and adhering substances from occurring even after being repeatedly used for a long time, and can inhibit deformation and defective images due to the C set, caused by a change in rotational speed accompanying such deformation even after being left standing in a stopping state for a long time. The charging member includes a conductive support and a surface layer. The surface layer includes a binder and resin particles dispersed in the binder, each resin particle having a depressed portion on its surface. Protrusions resulting from the resin particles are formed on the surface of the surface layer. The protrusions each have a depressed portion resulting from the depressed portion of the resin particle, and the surface of the resin particle is covered with the binder. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135696 | TANDEM PHOTOSENSITIVE-MEMBER UNIT HAVING GRIP PART - An image-forming device includes a main body and a tandem photosensitive-member unit. The tandem photosensitive-member unit includes a unit frame, a plurality of photosensitive members, a front-side grip part, and a rear-side grip. The unit frame is configured to be slidably installed to and removed from the main body in a predetermined direction. The unit frame has a leading side and a trailing side with respect to the predetermined direction. The plurality of photosensitive members is provided corresponding to a plurality of colors and is supported by the unit frame. The front-side grip part is provided at the leading side of the unit frame. The rear-side grip part is provided at the trailing side of the unit frame. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135697 | Tandem Type Photosensitive Unit and Image Forming Apparatus - A photosensitive unit includes: plural photosensitive drums; side plates provided on a first side and a second side of the photosensitive drums in an axial direction of the photosensitive drum, respectively, each of the side plates being formed with through holes at a position opposing each photosensitive drum in the axial direction; and plural bearing members fitted into the through holes, respectively, to support end portions of the photosensitive drums. An inner surface of each of the through holes has four linear portions. The four linear portions are in contact with a virtual circle virtually set in the corresponding through hole, and arranged at a regular angular interval with respect to a center of the virtual circle. Each of the bearing members includes an insertion portion which has an outer peripheral surface having a diameter larger than that of the virtual circle, and is inserted into the through hole. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135698 | POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A power supply apparatus including a current regulation unit configured to regulate a surge current generated on a primary side of a piezoelectric transformer. The surge current is generated when the piezoelectric transformer including a piezoelectric element and a holding unit, which are connected to each other using a conductive rubber, is driven. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135699 | Exposure Head and Image Forming Apparatus - An exposure head includes: a group of light emitting elements in which light emitting elements are arranged in a first direction; a light emitting element substrate in which the group of light emitting elements is arranged in the first direction and in a second direction orthogonal or substantially orthogonal to the first direction; and a driving substrate which drives the light emitting elements arranged on the light emitting element substrate, wherein the driving substrate controls a light emission intensity of a light emitting element that is near to an end side in the first direction of the group of the light emitting elements, among the light emitting elements constituting the group of the light emitting elements, so that the intensity is smaller than the light emission intensity of a light emitting element constituting the group of the light emitting elements different from the above light emitting element, and the light emission intensity becomes smaller towards the end side. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135700 | DEVELOPER ,DEVELOPING UNIT,DEVELOPING DEVICE,AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developer of the present invention includes a toner and a carrier. The toner contains a charge control agent, and the carrier has on its surface a coating layer to which a charge control agent and electrically conductive particles are added. All of constituent elements of one of the charge control agent of the toner and the charge control agent of the carrier are contained in constituent elements of the other one of the charge control agents. With the configuration, the developer of the present invention is capable of stably maintaining a toner charge amount and outputting high-quality images for long periods. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135701 | DEVELOPING UNIT OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing unit provided in an image forming apparatus includes a regulating member that improves developer layer regulation performance. The developing unit is configured to feed developer to a photoconductor, on which an electrostatic latent image is formed, to form an image. The regulating member of the developing unit includes a bending portion contacting an outer peripheral surface of a developing device provided in a frame of the developing unit. The width of the regulating member is variable to increase rearward from the bending portion. The regulating member may further include an extension portion extending from the bending portion. Sealing members may be attached to both ends of the frame of the developing unit so as to contact the respective ends of the bending portion. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135702 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING COLOR-TO-COLOR REGISTRATION - In one embodiment, a method of measuring color-to-color registration includes: a) marking test pattern images on an image receiving member using a reference color separation station and a first color separation station over a process direction span in relation to selected target media and a cyclic characteristic of a multicolor marking platform, b) detecting each test pattern image, c) determining a registration measurement associated with the first color separation in relation to the reference color separation for each test pattern image, and d) determining a repeatable registration error pattern associated with the first color separation and the selected target media in relation to the cyclic characteristic based at least in part on the registration measurements determined in c). In one embodiment, the multicolor marking platform includes a marking engine, a controller, an image receiving member, a sensor, color registration measurement logic, and repeatable registration error determining logic. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135703 | Transfer Apparatus and Image Forming Apparatus - A transfer apparatus includes a transfer belt that has a volume resistivity of 10 | 2010-06-03 |
20100135704 | BELT UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A belt unit includes: a pair of roller members spaced from and opposing each other in a first direction, each of the roller members having an axis extending in a second direction; an endless belt extending around the roller members; a plurality of transfer members arranged along the first direction between the roller members and spaced from one another so as to be enclosed by the endless belt; and a frame that rotatably supports the roller members and the transfer members. The frame includes: a pair of resin side frames spaced from each other in the second direction, each of the resin side frames extending in the first direction; and a resin bridging beam extending between the side frames. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135705 | PAPER GUIDING MECHANISM AND PRINTER USING THE SAME - A paper guiding mechanism and a printer using the same are provided. The paper guiding mechanism is disposed in a casing of a printer and located at an exiting end of a fusing device of the printer. The paper guiding mechanism guides a recording medium to a paper exit of the printer. The paper guiding mechanism includes a first guiding member and a second guiding member. The first guiding member is disposed in the casing. The second guiding member is movably attached to the casing. A passage is formed between the first guiding member and the second guiding member for the recording medium to pass through. The second guiding member may be moved by the force applied by the recording medium to guide the recording medium through the passage. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135706 | IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS - An image heating apparatus includes a rotatable member; a heater contactable to a surface of the rotatable member to heat the rotatable member; and a back-up member cooperative with the rotatable member to form a nip for nipping and feeding a recording material carrying an image, wherein a position of a peak in a pressure distribution with respect to a rotational direction of the rotatable member is in an upstream, with respect to the rotational direction, of a central portion of a contact region between the rotatable member and the heater with respect to the rotational direction. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135707 | SCANNER PAGE ALIGNMENT TOOLS - This is a system to provide real time ways of aligning a paper original with a skewed image so that a right imaged reproduction is produced on subsequent copies. Alignment members used in the method of this invention are at least two members of: (A) flood lamps positioned above and below a platen, (B) alignment marks on the platen, and (C) a video camera. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135708 | Curl correcting device, image forming apparatus, and sheet post-processing device - A curl correcting unit can be attached in a normal orientation and inverse orientation. In the normal orientation, a sponge roller being on the lower side, a sliding plate is pressed down by a curl-correction-amount adjusting mechanism. When the sliding plate is pressed down, a roller-side plate is lifted up via a link, where the link works as a shaft of a seesaw that connects the sliding plate and the roller-side plate. As a result, the sponge roller moves up and comes into press-contact with a metallic roller. In the inverse orientation, the sponge roller being on the upper side, the roller-side plate is directly pressed down by the curl-correction-amount adjusting mechanism and thereby the sponge roller comes into press-contact with the metallic roller. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135709 | TAPE DRIVE AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A tape drive for use in for example a transfer printing apparatus to drive a printer ribbon. The printer ribbon is mounted on two spools each of which is driven by a respective stepper motor. A controller controls the energization of the motor such that the ribbon is transported in at least one direction between spools mounted on the spool support. The controller is operative to energize both motors to drive the spools of ribbon in the direction of ribbon transport to achieve push-pull operations. Ribbon tension is monitored to enable accurate control of ribbon supply and ribbon take-up, the ribbon tension being monitored, for example, by monitoring power supply to the two stepper motors. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135710 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes: a first support unit which is disposed at an intermediate location of a transport path of the target and supports the target; a second support unit which is disposed at a location of a downstream side of the transport path of the target further than the first support unit and supports the target; a tension applying member which is disposed at a location of the target transport path between the first support unit and the second support unit and pressures the target from one side thereof to apply a tension to the target; and an optical detection unit which is disposed at a location corresponding to the tension applying member to face the other side of the target and irradiates detection light to a surface of the other side of the target to which the tension is applied by the tension applying member. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135711 | INK COMPOSITION FOR WRITING TOOL AND WRITING TOOL - The writing tool | 2010-06-03 |
20100135712 | BINDER - A planar section is formed on one or a plurality of ring sections of a binder, on an outer circumference side of a portion orthogonally intersecting with a spine section. When a binder holding member of a binding machine holds the binder, the planar section of the binder is permitted to abut to a planar table formed on the binder holding member. Since the planar section of the binder abuts to the planar table of the binder holding member when the binder holding member holds the spine section, the binder is held in a status where the binder cannot incline nor rotate and binding is performed by the binding machine with a prescribed posture. Thus, a possibility of causing a mounting failure due to inclination of the binder posture is eliminated. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135713 | BINDER - One binder is constituted by arranging a spine section between a plurality of openable ring sections. A through hole is made on the ring section at a portion which orthogonally intersects with the spine section, and the binder is permitted to extend and retract in a longitudinal direction to a certain extent. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135714 | GREASE TRAP - A transmission system including a damper having a hysteresis package and a flange, wherein the flange includes a first set of splines, an input shaft having a second set of splines arranged about an interior of the input shaft, wherein the first set of splines form an engagement with the second set of splines for transferring torque between the input shaft and the flange, wherein grease is included between the first and second sets of splines for lubricating the engagement of the input shaft and the flange, and a grease trap mounted to the flange located between the input shaft and the hysteresis package for restricting the grease from traveling radially down the flange and into the hysteresis package. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135715 | FOLDING DEVICE WITH SAFE RETAINER - A folding device with a safe retainer comprises a base and a seat axially connected with each other, and a quick release assembly axially coupled to the connected base and seat, wherein the base includes a hole disposed on one side thereof and a tab mounted on another side thereof, and the seat includes a first connecting sleeve to correspond to the hole and a second connecting sleeve to correspond to the tab; the quick release assembly includes an engaging member and an adjusting shaft member axially connected with each other, and the engaging member includes a bore disposed on a lower end thereof to insert a first stem, and the adjusting shaft member includes a coupling segment formed on a lower side thereof to be pivoted to the tab of the base by using a second stem. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135716 | UNIVERSAL HITCH WITH INTEGRAL ARTICULATION, CLAMPING AND LOCKING - A hitch for connecting a movable object to a rigid rod which includes a semi-rigid main substrate including a plurality of grooves, a flexible element fixedly formed over the main substrate including a first portion for gripping a rigid rod, a clamp connected to the first portion of the flexible element. The clamp includes a lever that couples the clamp to at least one of the plurality of grooves of the main substrate such that the first portion can grip the rigid rod. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135717 | Vibration Coupling Unit - The invention relates to a coupling unit ( | 2010-06-03 |
20100135718 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HOLLOW ELEMENTS, HOLLOW ELEMENT, ASSEMBLY PIECE, AND FOLLOW-ON COMPOSITE TOOL FOR CARRYING OUT SAID METHOD - A method for the manufacture of a component assembly comprising a sheet metal part and a functional element attached to it by a riveting process or by a riveting and piercing process or by a press-in process, wherein the sheet metal part is provided with an imprint, is wherein the imprint is produced prior to attachment of the functional element and consists of a sequence of regions which are raised and recessed relative to one another and wherein, during the attachment of the functional element this is pressed against the sheet metal part in such a way that the imprint of the sheet metal part leads to a complementary shaping of the functional element in the region of the functional element which comes into contact with the imprint. A sheet metal part and a functional element are also claimed. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135719 | THREE-CLAMP LOCKING DEVICE - A three-clamp locking device comprising a locking housing, a three-clamp spring plate and an eccentric wheel, wherein the three-clamp spring plate is arranged within the locking housing and an opening in adaptation to the eccentric wheel is arranged at the three-clamp spring plate, wherein the three-clamp spring plate is configured to move forwards and backwards by means of rotation of the eccentric wheel provided in the opening, and a bulge for supporting, which supports the three-clamp spring plate, is arranged at the locking housing, and wherein the eccentric wheel is a fan-shaped eccentric wheel, and the opening is a semi-circular opening, which is adapted to the fan-shaped eccentric wheel and which is formed by overlapping a rectangular and a round shape. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135720 | DUCT FASTSEAM - A seam for ductwork has a male end portion integrally formed at a distal end of a duct wall and a female end portion integrally formed at another distal end of the duct wall. The female end portion includes a first fold and a second fold, which define a female groove for accommodating the male portion. A distal end of the second fold is bent transverse to the female groove prior to the male portion being inserted into the female groove. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135721 | Snap Fastener - A snap fastener which secures a first thin wall with a through-opening. A base part includes a plate which overlaps the longitudinal edges of the through-opening. A head part is provided as a housing with fastening projections such as fastening cams or leaf spring devices having flexible fastening surfaces. The housing is snapped into the through-opening so that it grips only the first thin wall. Unlocking devices are provided in the housing, via which the push elements can be pulled back into the housing from the front, and the housing can be disengaged from the other thin wall (e.g., a wall support). The dimensions between (1) the holding area of the fastening projections and the push members, and (2) the supporting plane of the base part are selected in such a way that, when the push elements are pulled back, the fastening projections lie on the front panel with clearance. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135722 | TRAFFIC CONTROL MARKER WITH DELINEATOR AND GROUND STAKE - A traffic control assembly for marking roadways or other marking areas is shown generally having a base, a stake, a pin, a collar, and a flexible marker that extends substantially vertically from the base when in a non-impacted and non-deformed state. The pin passes through pin holes in the stake, collar, and marker when the traffic assembly is installed. The traffic control assembly has fewer parts and is thus easier to install and replace. The pin is in contact with the base to provide support to the stake and prevent it from listing when the assembly is struck by a vehicle. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135723 | Multiple Comb Gates and Method of Applying Road Markings - An apparatus and method for applying a snowplowable traffic stripe to a surface of a road comprising independent dual comb gates for permitting compounds to be released from a tractive box through a comb. The independent dual comb gates can be opened and closed independently at different intervals to form a successive elongated protuberances overlapping along the longitudinal direction. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135724 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPACTION, BREAKING AND RUBBLIZATION - An apparatus for compaction, breaking and rubbilization comprises a first non-circular plate having a first plate flat portion and a first plate thickness, a second non-circular plate having a second plate flat portion and a second plate thickness substantially equivalent to the first plate thickness, and a third plate having a third plate first flat portion and a third plate second flat portion and a third plate thickness less than the first plate thickness and the second plate thickness. The first plate flat portion is coupled to the third plate first flat portion and the second plate is coupled to the third plate second flat portion and each of the first plate, the second plate and the third plate are configured to form a multi-lobed roller assembly. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135725 | Drainage systems employing preassembled drainage elements - Pairs of preassembled drainage units are disposed in the bottom of a trench in laterally spaced apart relation with each drainage unit having an integral flap extending outwardly into overlapping relation with the flap of an adjacent drainage unit to form a chamber below the flaps and between the drainage units. An adapter can be used at one end of the drainage units to space the drainage units apart and to seal off the end from the entry of dirt and debris. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135726 | Apparatus and method for generating waves - An apparatus for generating waves in a liquid container, with a container, which has an outlet opening in the upper region and an inlet opening in the lower region, and a shiftable body, which is arranged in said container and which can move in the direction towards the outlet opening in the container as a result of a buoyancy- or spring force, so that the liquid situated before the body in the movement direction is pressed through the outlet opening. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135727 | WAVE GENERATING APPARATUS AND METHOD - The teachings herein are directed to a wave forming apparatus and method including a channel directing a flow of water over modular forms in the bed of the channel, such as aerofoils, that can be changed, repositioned or removed to create various effects such as barrel waves for surfing. Also disclosed is a water smoothener system and method for reducing turbulence in water flowing through such an apparatus. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135728 | MOBILE OFFSHORE DRILLING AND PRODUCTION PLATFORM - The present invention relates to a mobile offshore oil drilling and production platform ( | 2010-06-03 |
20100135729 | Mooring - A mooring ( | 2010-06-03 |
20100135730 | FOUNDATION AND A METHOD FOR FORMING A MONO PILE FOUNDATION - This invention relates to a method for forming a mono pile foundation in soil for a wind turbine tower including drilling a plurality of holes into the soil, the plurality of holes being arranged along a curve having a contour corresponding to a cross-dimensional shape of the mono pile, and placing the mono pile in an annular cavity, the annular cavity being formed by the plurality of holes alone and/or by the mono pile breaking up intermediate soil walls between adjacent holes in the plurality of holes while being placed therein. A foundation in soil for a wind turbine tower, a wind turbine comprising such a foundation, and use of such a foundation in a wind turbine is also disclosed. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135731 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING UNDERGROUND PRESSURE - The present invention relates to in-place soil stabilization. Specifically, the present invention relates a method and device for measuring the increase in subsurface earth pressure during the injection of a stabilizing agent into the soil. The rise in sensor pressure indicates an increase in soil strength and bearing capacity. Therefore, real-time monitoring of these pressures may serve as a guide during the injection process. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135732 | VERSATILE GROUT BAG TYPE OF UNDERGROUND SUPPORT - A support assembly ( | 2010-06-03 |
20100135733 | INORGANIC, STATIC ELECTRIC BINDER COMPOSITION, USE THEREOF AND METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF SAID BINDER COMPOSITION - An inorganic, static electric binder composition for use as a texture stabilising element in masses of organic and/or inorganic particles and also as a filtering mass is presented. One major use of the binder composition is to reclaim arid and hyper-arid deserts and to prevent desertification and the movement and advancement of sand dunes, in other words stopping wind erosion efficiently. Also presented is a method for the preparation of the binder composition and the use thereof. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135734 | SYSTEM FOR TRANSPORTING GROSSLY ASYMMETRICAL OBJECTS SUCH AS A CLUSTER OF GRAPES OR OTHER FRUIT THROUGH A PNEUMATIC TUBE - A pneumatic tube transport system for grossly irregular shaped objects is disclosed. The system comprises a pneumatic tube and a series of one or more flexible, sealable bags adapted to contain the objects to be transported. The bags may be fenestrated, but, if desired, the bags can be designed and manufactured so that when they are filled and sealed, they can assume a generally inflated shape. The bags can be made out of a thin material such as that found in a grocery store produce section or check out area. A bag providing apparatus can be supplied either to the individual picker in the field or to the region near the entry to the pneumatic tube. If desired, an inflating device and a bag sealing device can be provided. After placement of the object(s) into the bag these devices can inflate and the seal the bag and then allow for its quick release and deposition at the entry end of the pneumatic tube. In accordance with another aspect of the invention, the tube can be provided with a series of baffles to encourage rapid yet gentle travel of the bag and the enclosed fruit or other objects down the pneumatic tube. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135735 | Cutting Tool and Clamping Mechanism Therefor - A clamping mechanism clamps a cutting insert in a tool body. The clamping mechanism has a clamping arm seated within a clamping arm pocket. The clamping arm includes a clamping protrusion extending rearwardly from a rear surface of the clamping arm. The cutting insert has a bore having an insert retaining surface and is seated within an insert pocket. Upon tightening the clamping arm into the tool body, the clamping protrusion presses against the insert retaining surface and the cutting insert is securely abutted within the insert pocket. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135736 | Tool Holder for Clamping an Insert Holder - A tool holder for clamping an insert holder has a main block, two clamping members and a single adjustment member. The main block has a longitudinal side surface with a longitudinal groove with upper and lower walls. The two clamping members include mirror symmetrical left and right clamping members interfacing with two inclined non-parallel planar ramping surfaces of the lower wall of the longitudinal groove. A blade-shaped insert holder is mounted in the longitudinal groove on the two clamping members. The adjustment member interfaces with the two clamping members, and when rotated causes each clamping member to move up its respective non-parallel planar ramping surface, decreasing the distance between the two clamping members and the upper wall of the longitudinal groove until a clamping force is uniformly applied between the insert holder and the upper wall of the longitudinal groove. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135737 | Surface Coated Member and Manufacturing Method Thereof, and Cutting Tool - A surface coated member and its manufacturing method are provided. The member has a substrate and a coating layer on the substrate surface. A plurality of first phases and a second phase exist in the coating layer surface. The first phases are composed of at least one compound containing at least one element selected from metals in Groups 4, 5 and 6 of the periodic table, aluminum and silicon, and oxygen. The second phase is composed of at least one compound selected from carbide, nitride and carbon nitride of at least one element selected from the abovementioned metals, aluminum and silicon. A cutting tool includes the surface coated member and has a rake face on the upper surface, a flank face on the side surface, and a cutting edge at a crossed ridge portion between the rake face formed by at least the coating layer surface, and the flank face. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135738 | COATED CUTTING TOOL AND A METHOD OF MAKING THEREOF - The present invention relates to a cutting tool for metal machining with improved wear properties, comprising a cutting tool substrate of cemented carbide, cermet, ceramics or a super hard material, and a wear resistant coating, wherein the wear resistant coating comprises a PVD Ti—Si—C—N layer, and a method of making thereof. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135739 | Gun Drill - A gun drill in which coolant delivered to a cutting part can be discharged intensively to a cutting chip discharge groove along with the chips, damage on the inner circumference of a drilled hole or fall of machining precision due to clogging with chips can be prevented, and cutting efficiency is enhanced by reducing rotary load and long lifetime can be attained. Coolant supply paths ( | 2010-06-03 |
20100135740 | CUTTER APPARATUS AND METHOD - A method of cutting a workpiece having a longitudinal axis including cutting the workpiece with a cutter tool, having a longitudinal axis, in one or more cutting strokes, is provided. Each stroke includes a relatively long unidirectional displacement between the cutter tool and workpiece along a first orthogonal axis; and a plurality of relatively short reciprocatory displacements between the cutter tool and workpiece along a second orthogonal axis perpendicular to the first orthogonal axis. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135741 | Drill Bit Including One Piece Cutting Head - A cutting head for a drill bit has a body with an overall cruciform shape. One pair of opposing arms defines a main cutting edge. The other pair of opposing arms defines an auxiliary edge. The main cutting edge is defined by rake surfaces and relief surfaces. Each rake surface and relief surface is defined by a plurality of facets. The main cutting edge includes a chisel edge. A first pair of planar rake facets, one on each end of said chisel edge, and a first pair of planar relief facets, adjacent said chisel edge, defines a portion of the cutting edge. A remaining portion of the main cutting edge is defined at the apex of a plurality of curved rake facets and curved relief facets. The auxiliary edge is defined by a plurality of curved surfaces. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135742 | Enclosed Shipping Platform - An enclosed shipping platform for transporting over-dimensional items, adapted for stacking above or below the decks of container ships on top of standard sized ISO cargo containers. The enclosed shipping platform has a base, walls, roof, and load-bearing end door frames. The enclosed shipping platform is wider than a standard ISO shipping container. The base has transverse end beams that are sufficiently rigid to allow the enclosed shipping platform to be mounted atop the corner posts of the standard ISO shipping container and support that portion of the enclosed shipping platform that extends beyond the width of the ISO shipping container. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135743 | ANCHOR STUD AND METHOD OF FORMING AN ANCHOR STUD - An anchor stud includes a stud portion including a body portion having a first end that extends to a second end though an intermediate portion. A wedge member is operatively coupled to the second end of the stud portion. The wedge member includes a body having a generally frustoconical profile and is formed from a material having a Vickers hardness of between about 218 HV and about 290 HV. A sleeve element is positioned on the stud portion at the second end adjacent the wedge member. The sleeve element is formed from a material having a Vickers hardness of between about 218 HV and about 290 HV. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135744 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HOLLOW ELEMENTS, HOLLOW ELEMENT, ASSEMBLY PIECE, AND FOLLOW-ON COMPOSITE TOOL FOR CARRYING OUT SAID METHOD - Disclosed is a method for producing hollow elements ( | 2010-06-03 |
20100135745 | MICROALLOYED STEEL WITH GOOD RESISTANCE TO HYDROGEN FOR THE COLD-FORMING OF MACHINE PARTS HAVING HIGH PROPERTIES - The steel according to the invention is characterized in that, in order to keep its weight content of molybdenum below 0.45%, its chemical composition, besides the iron and the inevitable residual impurities that result from the smelting of the steel, corresponds to the following analysis, given as percentages by weight:
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20100135746 | CONNECTING BOLT - A connecting bolt has: a screw rod which has threads in outer circumference part; a guidepost which is integrally formed so that the guidepost projects from a tip part of the screw rod, and which is the same outer diameter size as the root diameter of a thread, or is outer diameter size smaller than the root diameter of a thread; a shavings insertion hole which is formed in the guidepost and the screw rod; a tap part which is formed in a thread near the guidepost; a notch which is provided at least two or more, guides shavings into the shavings insertion hole, and is formed in the tap part and the guidepost; and a connecting means of the shape of a bolt or a nut which is integrally formed in the back end part of the screw rod. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135747 | EXTRUSION BLOW MOLDED COMPONENT MADE OF THERMOPLASTIC - The invention relates to an extrusion blow-molded component ( | 2010-06-03 |
20100135748 | FASTENERS AND SPACER RINGS THEREFOR - An axially expanding spacer ( | 2010-06-03 |
20100135749 | BINDING FOR BOOKS - Disclosed herein is a book, comprising a first page, a last page, and a plurality of pages therebetween; a front channel between the first page and the plurality of pages; and a back channel between the last page and the plurality of pages; methods of producing the same; and methods of producing stacks of paper to be used in the book. Also disclosed herein is a stacker, comprising a baseboard; a plurality of page-positioning means; and an adjustable bar. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135750 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TRIPPING PIPE - Methods and systems of for tripping pipe on a rig floor positioned over a well are provided. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135751 | ROTATION INTRODUCTION MECHANISM, SUBSTRATE TRANSFER APPARATUS, AND VACUUM PROCESSING APPARATUS - There are provided a rotation introduction mechanism which transmits a rotating motion on the atmosphere side into vacuum, is arranged simply, has a low sliding resistance, and has a long life, a substrate transfer apparatus, a substrate transfer apparatus having a small pivot radius and generating a smaller amount of dusts, and a vacuum processing apparatus. A lubricant holding member is attached to a vacuum seal mechanism. The substrate transfer apparatus is arranged such that a first link mechanism includes a first arm and a fourth arm, a second link mechanism includes a second arm and a third arm, the first arm is fixedly attached to a first drive shaft, the first arm is fixedly attached to a second drive shaft, the third arm is rotatably attached to the first drive shaft, and the fourth arm is rotatably attached to the second drive shaft. The vacuum processing apparatus includes the substrate transfer apparatus. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135752 | ROBOT DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The robot device according to this invention includes an arm mechanism, multiple hand mechanisms, and a control unit. The arm mechanism has its base end rotatably supported on a base point set in a predetermined position in the horizontal plane, and its free end moves among orthogonal coordinates in the horizontal plane. Each of the multiple hand mechanisms has its support end rotatably supported by the free end, and its holding end moves among polar coordinates in the horizontal plane. The holding ends hold substrates. The control unit drives the arm mechanism so that the free end approaches a base line connecting a base point with the center of a stage without passing over the base point, and drives the multiple hand mechanisms so that an export holding end moves along the base line and a non-export holding end separates from the export holding end. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135753 | LOAD PORT - A load port is disclosed which allows a wafer to be transferred between the inside of a FOUP and the inside of a semiconductor fabrication apparatus even during a purge operation. The load port is provided adjacent the semiconductor fabrication apparatus in a clean room and includes a purge stage having a purge port through which a gas atmosphere in the FOUP is replaced into nitrogen gas or dry air, an opener stage provided in a juxtaposed relationship with the purge stage and having an opening communicating with the inside of the semiconductor fabrication apparatus and a door section capable of opening and closing the opening, and a moving mechanism for moving the FOUP between the purge stage and the opener stage. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135754 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SUPPLYING STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS TO AN ASSEMBLY ZONE - The invention relates to a device for the preferably automated supply of structural components to an assembly zone for producing a fuselage portion of an aircraft by multi-shell construction, comprising: | 2010-06-03 |
20100135755 | LID CLOSING METHOD FOR CLOSED CONTAINER AND LID OPENING/CLOSING SYSTEM FOR CLOSED CONTAINER - Provided is a method of detecting whether or not a lid is fixed to a pod appropriately when performing an operation of closing an opening of the pod by the lid in an FIMS system. Determination is made whether or not a door is present at a predetermined position when the lid is attached to the pod and whether or not the pod is displaced from a position of opening/closing the lid, and determination is made again, after the lid engages with the pod, whether or not the door is present at the predetermined position and whether or not the pod is displaced from the position of opening/closing the lid. When it is confirmed in both the determinations that the door is present at the predetermined position and the pod is not displaced, determination that fixation of the lid is appropriate is made. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135756 | SYSTEM FOR LIFTING AND STOWING A VEHICLE - A vehicle lifting and stowing “VLS” system compactly stores a vehicle by lifting and tilting it vertically. The VLS can be attached to a fixed structure for compactly storing a vehicle, or mounted to the aft end of a host vehicle, such as a motor home, for vertically mounting and transporting a smaller vehicle with the host vehicle. The VLS includes a main frame and two rotatable extensions hingedly joined end-to-end. The first extension is rotated by a drive mechanism while the second section maintains attachment to the vehicle, thereby lifting first one end of the vehicle and then the entire vehicle above grade. Some embodiments also include a pulling strap. Positioning of the vehicle above the extensions can automatically cause the second extension to contact and attach to the vehicle. Embodiments include alignment and/or support pins. Some embodiments include latches that hold the extensions together in the stowed configuration. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135757 | Container Trailer - A trailer includes a coupling to attach the trailer to a tractor, and a frame attached to the coupling. The frame is positionable as a single unit about a container such that the frame can be attached to the container in four regions of the container to lift the container. The trailer has road wheels for long-haul transportation over road systems. The trailer frame can be positioned about the container by laterally expanding and retracting, pivoting about a horizontal axis, and pivoting about a vertical axis. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135758 | VEHICLE MOUNTED CONVEYOR SYSTEM AND VEHICLES HAVING CONVEYOR SYSTEMS - One example of the invention is a vehicle including a chassis, engine and wheels, and further comprising a rotating main turret; an outflow conveyor mounted on the main turret and configured to be rotated relative to the vehicle through rotation of the main turret; a feed turret assembly configured for vertical movement between a lowered storage position and a raised operational position, the feed turret assembly configured for rotation independent of and relative to the main turret; a feed conveyor configured to be rotated relative to the vehicle through rotation of the feed turret assembly, a discharge end of the feed conveyor connected to the feed turret assembly and positioned above the outflow conveyor when the feed turret assembly is in a raised operational position; and wherein when the feed turret assembly is in a raised operational position material being carried along the feed conveyor is deposited from the discharge end of the feed conveyor downward onto the outflow conveyor and transferred along the outflow conveyor to a distal end. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135759 | Articulated Combine With Unloading and Rear Bogey Steering Architecture - Disclosed is an articulated harvester composed of a forward bogey having an operator's cab, an engine, a grain harvesting assembly, a grain transfer assembly, but being devoid of an on-board grain bin. A rearward bogey is attached by a joint to the forward bogey and has a powered wheel assembly, an on-board grain bin for receiving grain from the forward bogey grain transfer assembly, and a grain off-loading assembly. The disclosed improvement includes the rearward bogey having a powered wheel assembly of a powered stiff axle wheel assembly pivotable for steering the articulated harvester when the joint has articulated by a defined number of degrees. The joint may be connected to the rearward bogey powered stiff axle wheel assembly by a beam that has a second joint disposed ahead of the stiff axle and actuatable to crab the articulated harvester for grain unloading. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135760 | VACUUM GRIPPING APPARATUS - A gripper grasps irregular and deformable work pieces so as to lift and hold packaged, processed, or raw, and manipulate the work pieces for the purpose of material handling, assembly, packaging, and other robotic and automated manipulative functions. A vacuum is induced at multiple points through a flexible gripping hood to provide lifting force to, and facilitate rapid movement of, work pieces. An array of lighting devices and a double ring array of segmented mirrors provide uniform illumination to ensure accurate positioning of the gripping hood with respect to the work piece to be manipulated. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135761 | SUBSTRATE TRANSPORT APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE TRANSPORT METHOD - A substrate transport apparatus includes: a pair of arm units having a substrate-carrying surface on which a substrate is placed; a support member freely rotatably supporting the arm unit; and an inclination device inclining the arm unit with each of the substrate-carrying surface facing one another. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135762 | STACKING DEVICE FOR PRINT PRODUCTS - A stacking device for print products that includes a table to receive the print products such that the print products form a stack. The device also includes at least two ejector elements arrangeable against the stack to push the stack in an ejection direction away from the table. The stacking devices further includes at least two drive elements operatively connected, respectively, with the at least two ejector elements so that the at least two ejector elements move independent of one another. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135763 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ALIGNING A GOOD, WHICH CAN BE EASILY DEFORMED AT LEAST IN THE AREA OF THE LOWER OUTER EDGES, ON A TRANSPORT SUPPORT - The invention relates to an apparatus for aligning an item that can be deformed easily, at least in the region of the outer lower edge. The apparatus has at least one aligning device that can be displaced in the direction of the item, and the transport substrate upon which the item is resting, in order to align the item on the transport substrate. For damage-free alignment of the item projecting laterally from the transport substrate contour, the subregion of the aligning device which comes into contact with the lower region of the item projecting laterally includes a stabilizing device. The stabilizing device prevents the item from being deflected, during the alignment process, in the direction of the transport substrate or, respectively, in a downward direction from the lower region of the item projecting laterally beyond the outer contour of the transport substrate. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135764 | MAGNETICALLY COUPLED THIN-WAFER HANDLING SYSTEM - The present invention describes a method of and an apparatus for including: separating magnets and corresponding target plates; separating a lower support assembly from an upper retainer assembly of a thin-wafer handling system; and inserting or removing a thin wafer from the thin-wafer handling system. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135765 | PUMPS - A pump assembly and components therefor including an impeller which has flow inducer elements on an inner surface of a front shroud thereof, a flow directing device or strainer having passageways for delivering material to the impeller and at least one flow circulating passageway and a pump casing having an intake section with flow distribution vanes in the region of a feed opening adjacent the intake section. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135766 | KINETIC HYDROPOWER GENERATION SYSTEM AND INTAKE THEREFORE - A kinetic hydropower generation system has a turbine and a generator coupled to the turbine. An underwater intake nozzle assembly is fluidly coupled to the turbine. For one embodiment, an underwater tower nozzle may be fluidly coupled between the turbine and the underwater intake nozzle assembly. The underwater intake nozzle assembly may include a collector and a converging nozzle. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135767 | Variable and Centrifugal Flywheel and Centrifugal Clutch - A flywheel is attached to a shaft of a turbine. As the shaft rotates, the flywheel swings outwards away from the shaft and regulates the angular velocity of the rotating shaft. In an embodiment, there are multiple flywheels attached to the shaft. In another embodiment there is a first flywheel that controls a second flywheel. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135768 | Column structure with protected turbine - A turbine system includes a turbine positioned so that its blades are exposed during at least part of their rotation to a region of fluid flow accelerated by a columnar structure, such as a building or a bridge pylon. A protective casing moves to isolate the turbine blades from the fluid flow, thereby protecting the turbine from overpowering conditions. Upwind and downwind fairings may be used when retrofitting pre-existing buildings. Turbines may be positioned on opposing sides of a building. Multiple turbine modules may be positioned in line along peripheries of a building. Turbines may be mounted on in-water structures, such as buoys. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135769 | Filter Device - A Multi or single-stage turbo compressor with at least one compressor wheel fastened to a shaft. the shaft is mounted in a turbocompressor housing which is separated by a hub disc a front interior housing region in front of the hub disc of the compressor wheel. The driven compressor wheel delivers a fluid from an inlet channel (10) to an outlet channel. The front interior housing region comprises a wheel lateral space from which an extraction channel for the extraction of fluid is provided. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135770 | MID TURBINE FRAME SYSTEM FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A gas turbine engine mid turbine frame having an inner case supporting at least one bearing and at least three spokes extending radially outwardly to an outer case, the mid turbine frame having an interturbine duct extending through the mid turbine frame, the interturbine duct spaced axially closer to an upstream turbine disc than a bearing supporting structure of the mid turbine frame and mounted axially slidingly relative to the bearing supporting structure to substantially isolate the bearing supporting structure from axial loads, for example such as disc loads incurred in the unlikely event a turbine disc shaft shears within the engine. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135771 | CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR WITH IMPROVED LUBRICATION SYSTEM FOR GEAR-TYPE TRANSMISSION - A centrifugal supercharger includes a case presenting a compressor chamber and a transmission chamber. An impeller in the compressor chamber is mounted to a shaft that extends into the transmission chamber. The impeller shaft is drivingly connected to a power input shaft by intermeshing gears provided on the shafts. A portion of the transmission chamber defines a fluid reservoir in which lubrication fluid is held. The intermeshing gears, as well as the bearing assemblies supporting the shafts, are located outside the fluid reservoir portion of the transmission chamber. A rotatable fluid-propelling element partly submerged in the lubrication fluid contained within the reservoir portion ensures that sufficient but not excessive lubrication fluid is supplied to the intermeshing gears and the bearing assemblies. A dedicated lubricant reserve system ensures that the required operating level of fluid is provided to, and maintained in, the reservoir portion. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135772 | TURBINE AIRFOIL COOLING SYSTEM WITH PLATFORM COOLING CHANNELS WITH DIFFUSION SLOTS - A cooling system for a turbine airfoil of a turbine engine having suction side platform cooling channels and pressure side platform cooling channels for cooling hot spots in a platform attached to a turbine blade. The cooling system may include one or more pressure side platform cooling chambers having a diffusion slot for cooling downstream platforms on the suction side of the turbine blade. The diffusion slots reduce the velocity of the cooling fluids released from the platform to increase the capacity of the film cooling of downstream platforms. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135773 | TURBOCHARGER HAVING A DEVICE FOR DETECTING A MALFUNCTION OF THE TURBOCHARGER AND A METHOD FOR DETECTING SUCH A MALFUNCTION - The turbocharger having a device for detecting a malfunction of the turbocharger, particularly a malfunction of at least one bearing of the turbocharger has the following features: The device for detecting a malfunction of the turbocharger has a memory device, in which the target operating states of an intact turbocharger are stored. The device for detecting a malfunction of the turbocharger further has a comparing device, in which the determined actual operating state of the turbocharger is compared to a corresponding target operating state of an intact turbocharger. The turbocharger further has a measuring device for determining an actual operating state of the turbocharger, wherein the device for detecting a malfunction of the turbocharger emits an error message if the comparing device detects that the actual operating stage deviates from the target operating state by a predefined measure. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135774 | BALANCING FLYWEIGHT, ROTOR DISK EQUIPPED THEREWITH, ROTOR AND AIRCRAFT ENGINE COMPRISING THEM - The balancing flyweight of a turbomachine rotor includes two pyramid shaped end parts each one having a base and an apex, and an intermediate part which connects the two bases of the end parts together. The two apexes are aligned on a longitudinal axis. The two end parts and the intermediate part exhibit, in cross section through a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, cross-sections having polygonal shapes centered on said longitudinal axis. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135775 | TURBOMACHINE, ESPECIALLY STEAM TURBINE - A turbomachine includes a turbine stage having a plurality of blades including a first and a second blade disposed adjacent to each other, each blade having a radial longitudinal axis and a blade tip and configured to twist around the radial longitudinal axis in an operating state in a twist direction, wherein the first and the second blades are pretwisted in a direction of twist in a non-operating state, and wherein a connecting element interconnects the first and the second blades to each other in a circumferential direction in a region of the respective blade tip so as to maintain the pretwisting. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135776 | COOLING SYSTEM FOR A TURBOMACHINE - An embodiment of the present invention may provide an integrated cooling system for multiple compartments of a turbomachine. The cooling system, in accordance with embodiments of the present invention, may provide the following benefits to the user. Improvement on the combined cycle efficiency and an increase in the power output. This may result from reducing the exhaust dilution losses and reducing the parasitic load by requiring fewer air circulation devices. The present invention may also benefit the user by reducing the installation and start-up costs of the cooling system by requiring fewer air circulation devices and integrating the cooling systems. The present invention may circulate a cooling fluid through an integrated cooling circuit, which may be in fluid communication with each compartment of the multiple compartment of the turbomachine. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135777 | SPLIT FAIRING FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A fairing for a structural strut in a gas turbine engine includes: (a) an inner band; (b) an outer band; (c) a hollow, airfoil-shaped vane extending between the inner and outer bands; (d) wherein the fairing is split along a generally transverse plane passing through the inner band, outer band and vane, so as to define a nose piece and a tail piece; and (e) complementary structures carried by the nose piece and the tail piece adapted to secure the nose piece and the tail piece to each other. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135778 | Vane - A vane for a gas turbine engine comprising a cap arrangement comprising a cap insert and a cap adapted to receive the insert, the cap insert comprising a wall defining a through passage from top to bottom of the cap insert for receiving a cable or the like therethrough, the wall comprising a slot with a convoluted profile. Also a vane for a gas turbine engine comprising a cap and a cap insert as described. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135779 | SEMI-FINISHED PRODUCT FOR PRODUCING A REPAIRED BLADE FOR A GAS TURBINE AND REPAIR METHOD FOR REPAIRING A BLADE FOR A GAS TURBINE - The invention relates to a semi-finished product for producing a repaired blade for a gas turbine. Said semi-finished product comprises a first part ( | 2010-06-03 |
20100135780 | Component with Compressive Residual Stresses, Process for Producing and Apparatus for Generating Compressive Residual Stresses - A turbine blade or vane is provided. The turbine blade or vane includes an airfoil portion, a root portion arranged below the airfoil portion, a dove tail shaped securing portion arranged below the root portion have a surface including subregions that have locally different compressive residual stresses, and a convexly curved sub region arranged on the surface and adjacent to the concavely curved sub region. The concavely curved region has higher compressive residual stresses than the convexly curved region, and the level of the compressive residual stress in the concavely curved region is at least 30% of the component base material yield strength. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135781 | BLADE ROW OF AXIAL FLOW TYPE COMPRESSOR - In a blade row of an axial flow type compressor in which a rotor blade row and a stator blade row are alternately arranged in an axial direction, the stator blade row | 2010-06-03 |
20100135782 | ASSEMBLING METHOD OF STATOR BLADE RING SEGMENT, STATOR BLADE RING SEGMENT, COUPLING MEMBER, WELDING METHOD - The present invention has an object to provide an assembling method of a stator blade ring segment that can prevent the risk of thermal deformation and a reduction in strength, ensure flexibility of shape, and increase compression performance of a compressor. The present invention has another object to provide welding that prevents an object to be welded from rising from a groove or a recess during welding and allows satisfactory welding. A groove | 2010-06-03 |
20100135783 | FAN BLADE AND SHAFT ASSEMBLY MOUNTING ARRANGEMENT OF A BATHROOM EXHAUST FAN - A fan blade and shaft mounting arrangement for bathroom exhaust fan includes a housing, a fan blade which has a hub, a center tube at the center of the hub and blades arranged around the hub, a fan shaft inserted through the center tube of the fan blade and supported between two bearing members in the housing, and a torsion spring that has a torsionable portion sleeved onto the fan shaft and a positioning portion fastened to the fan blade. When the fan shaft is rotated, the torsionable portion of the torsion spring is twisted and secured firmly to the fan shaft so that the fan blade is rotated with the fan shaft. | 2010-06-03 |
20100135784 | VACUUM PUMP - A pump insert ( | 2010-06-03 |