31st week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 4 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100192571 | Turbocharger Having a Turbocharger Housing - A turbocharger has a turbocharger housing and a through opening for a shaft. The shaft is pivotally supported in the housing by way of a bearing arrangement. Lubricating oil is supplied for lubricating the bearings. A section of the shaft is provided on the outside of at least one bearing, the section forming a gap together with the housing. The gap is configured as a lubricating oil regulator in order to at least reduce a passage of lubricating oil from the sides of the bearing. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192572 | CLOSED-CYCLE PLANT - The objects are to provide easy maintenance/inspection and to rapidly achieve stable start-up of a plant. Provided is a closed-cycle plant including a high-temperature gas-cooled reactor having a nuclear reactor; a gas turbine that is driven by working fluid heated in the high-temperature gas-cooled reactor; a low-pressure compressor and high-pressure compressor that are linked coaxially with the gas turbine; a power generator connected to the gas turbine through an output shaft; and a power supply unit that is connected to the power generator in a disconnectable manner and supplies electric power, wherein, at startup, the power supply unit is connected to the power generator and electric power is supplied so as to make the speed-up ratio of the power generator constant. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192573 | USING HEAT FROM PRODUCED FLUIDS OF OIL AND GAS OPERATIONS TO PRODUCE ENERGY - The instant invention pertains to new processes and apparatuses which can effectively and efficiently convert heat contained in wellhead fluids comprising hydrocarbons to a useful energy source like electricity. The process generally comprises first producing a heat containing fluid comprising one or more hydrocarbons from a wellhead and then passing said heat containing fluid to one or more heat exchangers. The one or more exchanger exchange at least a portion of the heat contained in said heat containing fluid to a working fluid thereby producing a heated working fluid capable of converting energy. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192574 | Power compounder - A power compounder system and method is disclosed, wherein the system includes a prime mover producing waste heat and a power compounder coupled to the prime mover. The power compounder includes a. working fluid configured to receive thermal energy from the waste heat, a working fluid collector to hold the working fluid, an evaporator fluidly coupled to the working fluid collector for transferring the waste heat to the working fluid to change the working fluid to a vapor working fluid, a feed pump to cause the working fluid to flow between the working fluid collector and the evaporator, a double screw expander fluidly coupled to the evaporator to receive the vapor working fluid to create rotational mechanical energy, where the double screw expander is associated with the prime mover via at least one of a mechanical clutch, an electrical clutch and a sprag clutch. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192575 | PROCESS AND SYSTEMS - An apparatus for recovering energy from an osmotic system, said apparatus comprising: (i) a feed stream ( | 2010-08-05 |
20100192576 | DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING THE STROKE VOLUME OF HYDRAULIC PISTON MACHINES - A device for adjusting the stroke volume of a first piston engine ( | 2010-08-05 |
20100192577 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING COMBUSTION DYNAMICS IN A TURBOMACHINE - A turbomachine includes a combustion chamber, and at least one pre-mixer mounted to the combustion chamber. The at least one pre-mixer includes a main body having a first end portion that extends to a second end portion. The first end portion is configured to receive an amount of fuel and an amount of air and the second end portion defines an exit plane from which a fuel-air mixture discharges into the combustion chamber. The turbomachine also includes a combustion dynamics reduction system operatively coupled to the at least one pre-mixer. The combustion dynamics reduction system includes at least one of a boundary layer perturbation mechanism and an acoustic wave introduction system which disrupt a flow pattern of the fuel-air mixture within the at least one pre-mixer. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192578 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPRESSING COMBUSTION INSTABILITY IN A TURBOMACHINE - A system for suppressing combustion instability in a turbomachine includes at least one combustion chamber operatively connected to the turbomachine, and at least one pre-mixer mounted to the at least one combustion chamber. The at least one pre-mixer is configured to receive an amount of fuel and an amount of air that is combined and discharged into the at least one combustion chamber. In addition, the turbomachine includes a combustion instability suppression system operatively associated with the at least one pre-mixer. The combustion instability suppression system is configured to create a combustion asymmetry. The combustion asymmetry facilitates combustion instability suppression in the turbomachine. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192579 | Apparatus for Fuel Injection in a Turbine Engine - In one embodiment, a system includes a fuel nozzle that includes a fuel injector configured to output a fuel flow and a premixer tube disposed about the fuel flow output from the fuel injector. The premixer tube includes a perforated portion and a non-perforated portion, and the non-perforated portion is downstream of the perforated portion. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192580 | Combustion System Burner Tube - A combustor includes a burner tube that receives fuel for combustion from a fuel delivery system. An axial swirler is installed in the burner tube. The burner tube is flared downstream of the swirler. The structure provides for improved combustion stability while extending lean blowout and low frequency dynamics margins, which in turn serve to further reduce NOx emissions. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192581 | PREMIXED DIRECT INJECTION NOZZLE - A fuel/air mixing tube for use in a fuel/air mixing tube bundle is provided. The fuel/air mixing tube includes an outer tube wall extending axially along a tube axis between an inlet end and an exit end, the outer tube wall having a thickness extending between an inner tube surface having a inner diameter and an outer tube surface having an outer tube diameter. The tube further includes at least one fuel injection hole having a fuel injection hole diameter extending through the outer tube wall, the fuel injection hole having an injection angle relative to the tube axis. The invention provides good fuel air mixing with low combustion generated NOx and low flow pressure loss translating to a high gas turbine efficiency, that is durable, and resistant to flame holding and flash back. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192582 | COMBUSTOR NOZZLE - A secondary nozzle is provided for a gas turbine. The secondary nozzle includes a flange and an elongated nozzle body extending from the flange. At least one premix fuel injector is spaced radially from the nozzle body and extends from the flange generally parallel to the nozzle body. At least one second nozzle tube is fluidly connected to the fuel source and spaced radially outward from the first nozzle tube with a proximal end fixed to the flange. The second nozzle tube has a distal end, spaced from the proximal end, with at least one aperture therein. A passageway extends between the proximal end and the distal end of the second nozzle tube, with the passageway fluidly connecting to the fuel source and the aperture. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192583 | Non-rotational stabilization of the flame of a premixing burner - A method for stabilizing the flame of a premixing burner, comprising a reaction chamber containing a fluid is provided. The method includes injecting an air-fuel mixture into the reaction chamber at a speed that is different from that of the fluid present in the reaction chamber, adjusting the speed such that vortices form at the boundary between the air-fuel mixture and the surrounding fluid. A premixing burner including a reaction chamber and at least one premixing spray nozzle opening into the reaction chamber is also provided. The premixing burner injects an air-fuel mixture into the reaction chamber at a speed that is different from that of the surrounding fluid, the speed being adjusted such that vortices from at the boundary between the air-fuel mixture and the surrounding fluid. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192584 | GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR - An object is to provide a low cost gas turbine combustor. The gas turbine combustor has a plurality of main nozzles annularly supported on a nozzle pipe base ( | 2010-08-05 |
20100192585 | NOZZLE ASSEMBLY - A nozzle assembly ( | 2010-08-05 |
20100192586 | GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR - An object is to provide a low cost gas turbine combustor. The gas turbine combustor comprises main nozzles ( | 2010-08-05 |
20100192587 | COMBUSTOR ASSEMBLY FOR USE IN A GAS TURBINE ENGINE AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING SAME - A combustor assembly for use in a gas turbine engine and method of assembly is described. The combustor assembly includes a combustor liner having a slot that at least partially circumscribes the combustor liner. The slot is defined adjacent to a venturi throat region defined within the liner. The combustor assembly also includes a restrictor plate having at least one aperture defined therein. The restrictor plate is removably coupled within the combustor assembly such that the restrictor plate is inserted within the slot and extends at least partially across the venturi throat region. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192588 | METHOD FOR THE PROVISION OF A COOLING-AIR OPENING IN A WALL OF A GAS-TURBINE COMBUSTION CHAMBER AS WELL AS A COMBUSTION-CHAMBER WALL PRODUCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS METHOD - A cooling-air opening in produced in a wall ( | 2010-08-05 |
20100192589 | Method for Production of a Coating System - Conventionally, cavities and cracks are filled with a solder metal which forms brittle phases with a subsequently applied coating, which have a negative effect on the mechanical properties. According to the invention, the components which form brittle phases are removed from the solder metal. The above is achieved, whereby a second material is applied which reacts with said component and which is removed again with the brittle phases, before the coating. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192590 | THERMALLY BALANCED MATERIALS - A material includes inner and outer skins joined together by a core. The core has a different thermal conductivity than the inner skin to balance heat conduction therethrough. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192591 | BURNER FOR A GAS TURBINE AND METHOD FOR FEEDING A GASEOUS FUEL IN A BURNER | 2010-08-05 |
20100192592 | COMBINED CATALYSTS FOR THE COMBUSTION OF FUEL IN GAS TURBINES - A catalytic oxidation module for a catalytic combustor of a gas turbine engine is provided. The catalytic oxidation module comprises a plurality of spaced apart catalytic elements for receiving a fuel-air mixture over a surface of the catalytic elements. The plurality of catalytic elements includes at least one primary catalytic element comprising a monometallic catalyst and secondary catalytic elements adjacent the primary catalytic element comprising a multi-component catalyst. Ignition of the monometallic catalyst of the primary catalytic element is effective to rapidly increase a temperature within the catalytic oxidation module to a degree sufficient to ignite the multi-component catalyst. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192593 | LINEAR QUADRATIC REGULATOR CONTROL FOR BLEED AIR SYSTEM FAN AIR VALVE - A system and method are provided for controlling the temperature of engine bleed air from a turbofan gas turbine engine. The system includes a fan air valve and a fan air valve controller. The fan air valve is adapted to receive a flow of fan air from a turbofan gas turbine engine intake fan. The fan air valve is coupled to receive valve position commands and is configured, in response to the valve position commands, to move to a valve position to thereby control the engine bleed air temperature. The fan air valve controller is configured to implement a linear quadratic regulator (LQR) control. The fan air valve controller is adapted to receive a plurality of sensor signals, each sensor signal representative of one or more system parameters, and is configured, in response to the sensor signals, to supply the valve position commands to the fan air valve. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192594 | COMPRESSED AIR STARTER FOR TURBOMACHINE - Air starter for turbomachine, comprising a forward casing ( | 2010-08-05 |
20100192595 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE ASSEMBLY AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLING SAME - A turbine engine assembly includes, a core gas turbine engine, a first low-pressure turbine section in serial flow communication with the core gas turbine engine, the first low-pressure turbine section configured to rotate in a first rotational direction, a first gear assembly coupled to the first low-pressure turbine section, a second low-pressure turbine section coupled to the gear assembly, the second low-pressure turbine section configured to rotate in a second rotational direction, and a fan assembly coupled to the second low-pressure turbine section. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192596 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COOLED AIRFLOW FOR DERMATOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS - A system and method of providing a temperature controlled gaseous medium for dermatological applications is described. The gaseous medium may be cooled and applied to an area such as a skin area to provide an analgesic effect thereon. The system and method also include an automated defrost cycle for minimizing the effects of decreased hydraulic diameter due to freezing. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192597 | Method and Apparatus for the Regasification of LNG Onboard a Carrier - An LNG carrier for transporting LNG from one location to another that includes a vaporizer on board said LNG carrier for vaporizing the LNG to a gaseous state, one or more heat exchangers at least partially submerged in seawater, an intermediate fluid circulating between said vaporizer and said heat exchanger, and one or more pumps for circulation said intermediate fluid is disclosed. A method of regasifying LNG while on board an LNG carrier is provided that includes circulating an intermediate fluid between a vaporizer on board the LNG carrier and a submerged or partially submerged heat exchanger, heating the LNG to a temperature above its vaporization temperature using heat energy carried by said intermediate fluid and heating the intermediate fluid, using heat energy supplied by the submerged or partially submerged heat exchanger. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192598 | DISPENSING LINE COOLING - A beverage-dispensing assembly having a cooling system includes a dispensing tower having an outer wall defining an inside first channel between a first end and a second end of the tower, wherein a second channel and a third channel are provided in the first channel. The second channel is configured to accommodate a dispensing line, and the third channel is in fluid communication with the second channel at the second end of the tower. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192599 | AIR CONDITIONER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An air conditioner is provided. The air conditioner includes a heat exchanger which exchanges heat with air by passing a coolant therethrough; an anti-freeze apparatus which prevents the freeze of water on the surface of the heat exchanger by supplying energy to the heat exchanger; and a control unit which controls the anti-freeze apparatus according to operating conditions of the air conditioner. Therefore, the air conditioner can effectively prevent the freeze of water, if any, on the surface of the heat exchanger. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192600 | AIR COOLED DISPLAY CASE SHELF - A refrigerated display case is provided that includes a display chamber for displaying product. The display chamber includes a product tray for supporting the product. A cooling chamber is arranged beneath the product and is in communication with a surface of the product tray. The cooling chamber is sealed from the display chamber, in one example, and includes a cooling coil. A fan is in communication with the cooling chamber and cooling coil. The fan circulates a cooling flow through the cooling coil. The cooling flow moves across the surface and absorbs heat from the product tray by convection. The cooled product tray removes heat from the product by conduction. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192601 | PORTABLE AIR CONDITIONER - A portable air conditioner ( | 2010-08-05 |
20100192602 | ABSORPTION COOLING SYSTEM AND COOLING METHOD - An adsorption cooling system and cooling method as disclosed. An energy storage system is arranged to capture and store energy generated by the adsorption cooling system that is determined to be surplus to the energy needed to meet the current demands for cooling by the adsorption cooling system. The energy storage system is arranged to store said energy for subsequent use. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192603 | Method for Calculating and Adjusting the Concentration of Absorbing Fluid in an Absorption Air Conditioning Device, and Absorption Air Conditioning Device for Implementing Said Method - The invention relates to an absorption air conditioner that comprises a desorber ( | 2010-08-05 |
20100192604 | Refrigerator and/or Freezer Unit - The present invention relates to a refrigerator unit and/or a freezer unit having an outer unit wall and/or having a door or flap closing the unit interior, wherein a heating device is provided at or in the region of the door or flap and/or at or in the region of the outer unit wall. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192605 | HUMIDITY CONTROL SYSTEM USING DESICCANT DEVICE - A humidity control system for an enclosure includes a housing having a process air duct and a regeneration air duct, with return air from the enclosure and/or atmospheric air being supplied to the process air duct and atmospheric air being supplied to the regeneration duct. A desiccant wheel is rotatably mounted in the housing for rotation through the ducts for absorbing moisture in the process air duct and releasing moisture in the regeneration duct. A refrigeration system including a condenser coil in the regeneration duct upstream of the desiccant wheel is connected to a heat pump which includes a heat exchanger and a recirculating fluid loop connected between the condenser coil and the heat exchanger for transferring heat from the recirculating fluid loop to said reactivation airstream. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192606 | LIQUID CIRCULATION HEATING SYSTEM - A liquid circulation heating system performs air-heating by heating a liquid to produce a heated liquid and releasing heat of the heated liquid from a heating radiator. This liquid circulation heating system includes: a heat pump circuit for circulating a refrigerant, having a radiator for heating the liquid by radiating heat from the refrigerant; and a solar heating apparatus for heating the liquid by solar heat. In this liquid circulation heating system, a first passage passing through the radiator and a second passage passing through the solar heating apparatus are formed as passages through which the liquid flows to produce the heated liquid. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192607 | AIR CONDITIONER/HEAT PUMP WITH INJECTION CIRCUIT AND AUTOMATIC CONTROL THEREOF - Heating equipment, including a first heat exchanger, a compressor, a second heat exchanger, and a first expansion valve that decompresses a refrigerant flowing from the second heat exchanger to the first heat exchanger, are connected so as to circulate the refrigerant. A third heat exchanger provides heat of the refrigerant flowing from the second heat exchanger to the first heat exchanger to the refrigerant flowing from the first heat exchanger toward the compressor. An injection circuit merges part of the refrigerant flowing from the second heat exchanger to the first heat exchanger with the refrigerant that is sucked by the compressor. An injection expansion valve is installed in the injection circuit and decompresses the refrigerant flowing in the injection circuit. A fourth heat exchanger is installed in the injection circuit to supply heat of the refrigerant flowing from the second heat exchanger toward the first heat exchanger to the refrigerant flowing in the injection circuit. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192608 | REFRIGERATOR - Disclosed is a refrigerator that includes a main body having a cooling chamber. The refrigerator also includes a door coupled to the main body and configured to open and close the cooling chamber. The refrigerator further includes a home bar positioned at a front surface of the door and configured to provide access to contents of the refrigerator without opening the door. In addition, the refrigerator includes a heater positioned at the home bar and configured to adjust an amount of heat based on an ambient temperature. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192609 | REFRIGERATOR RELATED TECHNOLOGY - A refrigerator includes a cabinet having a plurality of storage compartments and a cold air generating compartment provided in an upper portion of the cabinet. The cold air generating compartment is in communication with the plurality of the storage compartments and houses a plurality of evaporators, with each evaporator corresponding to a particular storage compartment in the cabinet. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192610 | INDOOR UNIT OF AIR CONDITIONER - An indoor unit of an air conditioner includes a heat exchanger accommodated inside a indoor unit body which is a housing whose lower face is opened, a drain pan which is disposed below the heat exchanger and receives drain water generated at the heat exchanger, a drain pump which is detachably disposed within the indoor unit body, sucks drain water accumulated in the drain pan and discharges the drain water to the outside, a drain port which is disposed at a bottom face wall section of the drain pan, the port being an opening portion through which the drain pump is insertable, and a drain cap which openably closes the drain pump insertion port. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192611 | CEILING-EMBEDDED AIR CONDITIONER - An air passage has a blow-out side opening opposed to a position other than the longitudinal ends of a blow-out port of a decorative panel. The width of a louver, as determined in an air-blowing direction, decreases from a longitudinal center of the louver to the ends of the louver. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192612 | Apparatus and method for dispensing water and ice - A portable apparatus for dispensing ice, water and/or ice water in large quantities to large groups of people is provided. The apparatus includes a portable housing including a plurality of ice making machines disposed to dispense ice into an ice hopper. A plurality of finger members is movably disposed within the ice hopper to prevent ice from clumping. The hopper is adapted to dispense ice into a plurality of ice and water dispensing compartments. Each compartment is provided with an ice dispensing passageway and a water dispensing conduit that are preferably situated close to one another so that water and ice can be simultaneously dispensed into a container placed within a compartment. The apparatus includes an ice button and a water button for each compartment to control dispensing of ice and water. Pressing the ice button may also cause movement of the fingers members within the ice hopper. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192613 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator is provided. A water supply passage unit of the refrigerator is installed going around a freezing compartment but via an outer side of the main body. Therefore, the water supply passage unit is not frozen. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192614 | REFRIGERATOR - The present invention discloses a refrigerator with a water tank for supplying water to an ice tray by closing of a door. A refrigerator includes a cooling chamber for storing an article at a low temperature, an ice tray positioned in the cooling chamber and filled with water, for making ice, a water tank with a water supply hole for storing water and supplying water to the ice tray, and a valve for selectively opening and closing the water supply hole. In addition, a refrigerator includes a cooling chamber for storing an article at a low temperature, a main body for defining the cooling chamber, a door for opening and closing the cooling chamber, an ice tray positioned inside the door and filled with water, for making ice, a water tank with a water supply hole for storing water and supplying water to the ice tray, and a valve for selectively opening and closing the water supply hole. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192615 | ICE MAKER FOR REFRIGERATOR - The present invention relates to an ice maker for a refrigerator. The present invention provides an ice maker for a refrigerator, which is provided at one side of the refrigerator to make ice. The ice maker comprises an ice maker body provided with an ice-making tray for making ice; an ejector rotatably mounted at one side of the ice maker body so as to eject ice made in the ice-making tray to the outside; a water supply hopper provided at one side of the ice maker body and having at least an open portion so that the water supply hopper is supplied with water from a water supply source through a water supply tube and then transfers the water to the ice-making tray; and a hopper cover coupled to the water supply hopper so as to selectively open and close the open portion of the water supply hopper. According to the present invention, it is possible to avoid a phenomenon in which water supplied from an outer water supply source to the water supply hopper splashes to the outside. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192616 | AIR GUIDING ELEMENT HAVING A FLOW CONTROL ELEMENT - An air guiding element ( | 2010-08-05 |
20100192617 | REFRIGERATOR RELATED TECHNOLOGY - A refrigerator includes a cabinet comprising a storage compartment An evaporator is positioned at an upper portion of the cabinet and generates cold air supplied to the storage compartment. A unit (e.g., closable damper) controls supply of cold air generated by the evaporator to the storage compartment. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192618 | EVAPORATOR ASSEMBLY - An evaporator assembly through which a refrigerant is circulated to transfer heat out of a volume of air in a housing in which the evaporator assembly is at least partially disposed. The evaporator assembly includes an evaporator in fluid communication with a compressor for compressing the refrigerant, a solenoid valve subassembly for controlling circulation of the refrigerant, a thermostat electrically connectable to the solenoid valve subassembly via a solenoid control circuit, one or more fans for circulating the air in the housing, and one or more fan motors for rotating the fans. Drive voltage supplied to the fan motors is controlled by a fan controller. The fan controller provides a first predetermined drive voltage to the motor drive when refrigerant is circulatable and a second predetermined drive voltage to the motor drive when refrigerant is non-circulatable. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192619 | Temperature conditioning device for a food transport container - In order to provide a temperature conditioning device for a food transport container for conditioning air disposed in an internal space of a container body of the food transport container with respect to its temperature that is user-friendly and easy to maintain, it is proposed that in a closed state of the food transport container the temperature conditioning device is insertable from the exterior of the container body into a wall of the container body of the food transport device and removable therefrom. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192620 | CONTAINER REFRIGERATION UNIT AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - Disclosed is a structure in which part of an internal casing of a container refrigeration unit for cooling the container interior is reinforced, and which enables the internal casings to be produced more efficiently. A casing includes an external casing whose periphery is fixed to a container body to close an open end of the container body, and an internal casing which covers a container interior side of the external casing. The internal casing is formed by hot-pressing a material sheet as a resin material by a pair of mold halves, with the material sheet covering an entire press surface of one of the pair of mold halves and with a reinforcement sheet which is made of a glass fiber being layered at part of the material sheet. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192621 | ACCEPTING DEVICE FOR REFRIGERATOR - A storage device for a refrigerator includes a storage box defining a storage chamber storing food therein and installed removably in a storage space, an opening/closing unit for opening/closing partly or fully the storage chamber, and a guide unit for guiding the opening/closing of the storage chamber by the opening/closing unit. An apparatus/method is provided. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192622 | REFRIGERATING SYSTEM - A refrigerating system is disclosed. Since heat exchange is performed between first and second evaporators by a heat exchanging unit, the first and second evaporators have temperatures similar to each other, thereby requiring no additional ‘pump-down’ operation. Also, a compressor does not have a discharge occurrence owing to no additional ‘pump-down’ operation, thereby having no loss and an enhanced reliability. Besides, since no additional pump-down operation is required, power consumption for operating the compressor so as to collect a remaining refrigerant is reduced. Accordingly, the efficiency of the refrigerating system is enhanced. Furthermore, as the ‘pump-down’ operation is not required, a backflow preventing unit for preventing a refrigerant collected from an evaporator from backflowing to the evaporator is not required. Accordingly, the fabrication cost is reduced. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192623 | REFRIGERATION CIRCUIT - A refrigeration circuit ( | 2010-08-05 |
20100192624 | HEAT EXCHANGE SYSTEM - A heat exchange system includes an outdoor heat exchanger, an indoor heat exchanger, a compressor, an expansion valve, a capillary tube, and a cooling jacket. The compressor is provided on a first path that is one of two paths connecting the outdoor heat exchanger and the indoor heat exchanger, and the expansion valve, the capillary tube and a check valve are provided on a second path of the two paths connecting the outdoor heat exchanger and the indoor heat exchanger that is opposite to the path on which the compressor is provided. The cooling jacket for cooling an object to be cooled is provided between the expansion valve and the capillary tube. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192625 | Method for Adiabatic Cooling Type Crystallization of Organic Compound and Apparatus Therefor - The present invention provides a method for adiabatic cooling type crystallization of organic compound and an apparatus therefore, by which running cost and facility cost can be reduced. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192626 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LIQUEFYING A GASEOUS HYDROCARBON STREAM - A method and apparatus for liquefying a gaseous hydrocarbon stream such as natural gas. The method comprises at least the steps of providing a feed stream ( | 2010-08-05 |
20100192627 | Method And Device For The Cryogenic Separation Of A Methane-Rich Flow - A method and device for the cryogenic separation of a methane-rich flow is provided. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192628 | APPARATUS AND AIR SEPARATION PLANT - The present invention relates to an apparatus and air separation plant in which a pumped liquid oxygen stream is heated within a heat exchanger through indirect heat exchange with compressed air to produce an oxygen product. The liquid oxygen stream is pressurized in a range above about 55 bar(a) and no greater than about 150 bar(a) and is a supercritical fluid after having been heated within the heat exchanger. The air is compressed to an air pressure that is a function of the oxygen pressure that will result in a minimum power being expended in the compression of the air. The heat exchanger can be a brazed fin heat exchanger fabricated from aluminum in which the fins located in heat exchange passages have an undulating configuration to increase the flow path length and induce flow separation and thereby increase the heat transfer coefficient within the heat exchanger. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192629 | OXYGEN PRODUCT PRODUCTION METHOD - The present invention relates to a method of producing an oxygen product by heating a pumped liquid oxygen stream within a heat exchanger through indirect heat exchange with compressed air. The liquid oxygen stream is pressurized to an oxygen pressure in a range above about 55 bar(a) and no greater than about 150 bar(a) and heated within the heat exchanger to form a supercritical fluid. The air is compressed to an air pressure upon entering the heat exchanger that is a function of the oxygen pressure that will result in a minimum power being expended in the compression of the air. The heat exchanger can be a brazed fin heat exchanger fabricated from aluminum in which the fins located in heat exchange passages have an undulating configuration to increase the flow path length and induce flow separation and thereby increase the heat transfer coefficient within the heat exchanger. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192630 | INTERLOCKING LINKS FOR JEWELRY - A jewelry piece comprising strands made from connected links wherein complementary strands may be interconnected to form double strands or larger strands consisting of multiple interconnected single strands. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192631 | JEWELRY APPARATUS - Jewelry apparatus that includes a decorative insert body and a receiving portion that includes an opening for receiving the decorative insert body. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192632 | Resorbable macroporous bioactive glass scaffold and method of manufacture - A method of manufacturing a resorbable, macroporous bioactive glass scaffold comprising approximately 24-45% CaO, 34-50% SiO | 2010-08-05 |
20100192633 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE ENVIRONMENT AROUND ONE OR MORE VESSELS IN A GLASS MANUFACTURING SYSTEM - A system and method are described herein that control the environment (e.g., oxygen, hydrogen, humidity, temperature, gas flow rate, pressure) around one or more vessels in a glass manufacturing system. In the preferred embodiment, the system includes a closed-loop control system and a capsule that are used to control the level of hydrogen around the exterior (non glass contact surface) of the vessel(s) so as to suppress the formation of gaseous inclusions and surface blisters in glass sheets. In addition, the closed-loop control system and capsule can be used to help cool molten glass while the molten glass travels from one vessel to another vessel in the glass manufacturing system. Moreover, the closed-loop control system and capsule can be used to maintain an atmosphere with minimal oxygen around the vessel(s) so as to reduce the oxidation of precious metals on the vessel(s). | 2010-08-05 |
20100192634 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING GLASS/RESIN COMPOSITE - To provide a process for producing a glass/resin composite having a sufficient transportability, handling efficiency and processability, even though the thickness of the glass is very thin, without impairing excellent properties of glass. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192635 | MOLDING DIE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF OPTICAL ELEMENT - A molding die with a simple structure, which produces an optical element of a low eccentricity degree, without narrowing the option for materials of the molding die and a method for producing an optical element by using the molding die are provided. The molding die includes a top die, bottom die, guiding member having a guiding surface kept in contact with the side faces of the top die and bottom die during the press molding of glass material, an expansion member for pressing the top die and bottom die against the guiding surface by thermal expansion by heating, and a supporting member for supporting the guiding member and expansion member. Among these members, the expansion member has the greatest thermal expansion coefficient. The press molding is applied to the glass material while the top die and bottom die are pressed against the guiding member by the thermal expansion of the expansion member. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192636 | METHOD OF RECYCLING THE WATER FROM A PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING AN INSULATING MINERAL FIBER BLANKET - The invention relates to a method of controlling the level of corrosivity of an aqueous solution recovered during a process for producing a blanket of mineral fibers, comprising in particular the fiberizing and the coating of said fibers with a binder comprising a polyacid typically of the acrylic type, said aqueous solution being at least partly recycled into a zone in which said resin is prepared and/or a scrubbing zone of the production plant, said method being characterized in that the pH of the solution in the recycling circuit is maintained between minimum and maximum values by injecting into said circuit an agent for modifying said pH, such as a base, the quantity injected or the flow rate of the pH-modifying agent being adjusted directly according to the quantity or the flow rate of acid binder injected during the fiberizing process. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192637 | Circular Knitting Machine for Socks with Needles on the Dial - A circular knitting machine for men's socks with needles on the dial comprising a dial needles selector mechanism able to selectively move the dial needles to involve the selected needles in the formation of the stitches and to exclude the needles not selected. In addition the machine is able to repeatedly perform transfer of the stitch from the cylinder to the dial. Moreover, the machine is fitted with a mechanical traction mechanism for tensioning the sock being formed. In addition, the machine presents expedients to limit the deformation of the selector rods and reduce detrimental effects on the actuator or flaws in the formation of the stitch. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192638 | LATERALLY-STRETCHABLE KNIT FABRIC - The subject invention relates to a warp-knit fabric and methods of constructing the fabric. The fabric includes a plurality of walewise stitch-loop chains and a weftwise elastomeric thread running in successive courses and held in place by the stitch-loop chains. The fabric may include border segments that have filling yarn disposed weftwise across the stitch-loop chains. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192639 | LAUNDRY TREATMENT DEVICE - A laundry treatment device is provided which includes a first space for laundry treatment, a second space formed separate from the first space, and an air supply device provided in the second space, the air supply device supplying heated dry air to the first space. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192640 | PLASTIC SUDS TUB FOR A WASHING MACHINE OR A WASHER/DRYER - A plastic suds tub for a washing machine includes a cylindrical casing, an end face wall closing off the casing with a hollow-cylindrical, solid bearing mount, a stabilizer on the end face wall of a more solid and higher-quality plastic than the casing, and reinforcement ribs molded into the stabilizer or end face wall. The reinforcement ribs being radially-aligned from the bearing mount and branching along their radial extent. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192641 | COMBINATION LOCK - A combination lock includes a locking mechanism, a plurality of dials, and a code identifying member. When each of the plurality of dials is rotated to an unlocking orientation, a recess on each of the dials aligns with a portion of the locking mechanism, allowing the locking mechanism to move from a locked condition to an unlocked condition. When the code identifying member is in a dial engaging position, and one of the plurality of dials is rotated to the unlocking orientation, one of a plurality of dial engaging portions of the code identifying member engages the recess of the one of the plurality of dials to provide a perceptible indication that the one of the plurality of dials is in the unlocking orientation. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192642 | SECURITY SYSTEM INCLUDING ADAPTER - A system comprising a portable electronic device including a lock interface member, an adapter configured to be used in the lock interface member, and a security apparatus capable of engaging the lock interface member when the adapter is attached to the lock interface member. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192643 | Window sash latch - An improved window sash latch which has a locking mechanism and a keeper is provided with a handle that rotates from a “locked” to an “unlocked” position. An inner cavity of the handle has a spring assembly having a sliding part that can be forced into a detent as the handle slides around a cylindrical extension of an outer surface of the latch. The detents correspond to a “locked” and an “unlocked” position of the latch. The latch also provides two cams where both cams revolve relative to each other; one cam is activated by the handle through the handle's shaft, the other cam engages the keeper, and both cams engage each other. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192644 | OUTBOARD MOTOR LOCK ASSEMBLY - An outboard motor lock assembly ( | 2010-08-05 |
20100192645 | KEY DEVICE - A regulating member, an allowing member and an urging member are easily assembled to a subject to which these members are assembled. When assembling of an interlock unit is carried out, with a fitting convex portion of a link being fitted into a fitting concave portion of a release link, a torsion spring (particularly, a connecting portion) is temporarily elastically deformed, and a pair of spiral portions of the torsion spring are mounted to spring holding shafts of the link and the release link, respectively. As a result, the link, the release link and the torsion spring can be brought into a temporarily assembled state, and can be easily assembled to a unit box. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192646 | KEY REGULATING DEVICE - A driving section and a regulating member are easily mounted to a subject of assembly. In an interlock unit, a solenoid, a shaft, a link, a release link, and a torsion spring are integrated together by means of a unit box. By the interlock unit being mounted to a lock body, the solenoid, the shaft, the link, the release link and the torsion spring can be mounted to the lock body. For this reason, it is not necessary that the solenoid, the shaft, the link, the release link and the torsion spring are separately mounted to the lock body, and the solenoid, the shaft, the link, the release link and the torsion spring can be easily mounted to the lock body. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192647 | HOUSING FOR ELECTRONIC LOCK - A housing assembly adapted to fit into a mortised recess in a door is provided for accommodating components of an electronic lock mechanism. The housing assembly comprises a housing including opposed major side walls at least partially defining an opening into the housing. A circuit board comprising electronic circuitry for operating the lock mechanism is disposed in the housing. A bracket for holding batteries is adapted to be disposed in the opening in the housing. The bracket is accessible when the housing is in the mortised recess of the door such that the bracket is movable relative to the housing between a first position and a second position. In the first position the bracket is in the housing and in the second position the bracket is at least partially outside of the housing such that batteries may be inserted into or removed from the bracket. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192648 | VEHICLE PANEL CONTROL SYSTEM - A vehicle panel control system includes a vehicle panel and a handle pivotably connected to the vehicle panel. The handle is movable about a pivot point in a first direction to unlatch or move the panel. A switch is positioned to be closed when the handle is sufficiently moved in a second direction opposite the first direction, closure of the switch is operable to unlatch or move the panel. Thus, the unlatching or movement of the panel is accomplished by either of two different motions. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192649 | KEY DEVICE - Rotation of a rotating member to a predetermined rotational position is properly regulated by a regulating member even when a thickness of the regulating member in a rotating shaft direction is made smaller. In a steering lock device, a pair of restricting portions formed in a release frame of a release link is disposed at both-sides of a link in front- and rear-direction, so restricts tilt of the link to both-sides in the front- and rear-direction. For this reason, even if thickness of the link in the front- and rear-direction in the vicinity of the shaft is made smaller, when rotation of a cam shaft from an “ACC” position to a “LOCK” position is regulated by the link, tilt of the link to both-sides in the front- and rear-direction can be suppressed, so that the link can properly regulate rotation of the cam shaft from the “ACC” position to the “LOCK” position. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192650 | SELF-ADJUSTING CYLINDER MONITOR ASSEMBLY - A cylinder lock monitoring assembly for monitoring position of a lock cylinder. The monitoring assembly includes a housing having an inner cavity and an exterior diameter. The exterior diameter of the housing is not significantly greater than the corresponding cylinder diameter. The assembly further includes a switch received into the inner cavity of the housing. The switch is in electrical communication with an indicator. The switch is reactive to any change in position of the lock cylinder. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192651 | NOVEL LOCK WITH A TOOL AND METHOD OF FORMING THE LOCK - A pin tumbler lock having a housing with a series of holes running parallel to the longitudinal axis of the cylindrical bore in the housing. The holes are bored through the housing, and a first end of each hole opens to one of each of the chambers in the housing, between the first and second ends of the corresponding chamber, and a second end of each hole opens to the outside of said housing. A tool having a body comprising a tumbler-lock-housing receiving cavity, for receiving the housing therein, wherein the body comprises a first and second series of channels for creating the holes in a conventional pin tumbler lock housing. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192652 | TEMPORARY SPACER DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH LOCKING MEANS - The present invention relates to a device ( | 2010-08-05 |
20100192653 | ANTI-CAKING COMPOSITIONS FOR FERTILIZERS - The invention relates to novel compositions for preventing caking and crust formation in several types of manures or fertilizers in the form of granular solids. Said compositions comprise at least one phosphoric ester and at least one fatty trialkylamine of formula (III) | 2010-08-05 |
20100192654 | GAUGE CONTROL APPARATUS - A gauge control apparatus reduces deviation of an actual plate thickness from a target plate thickness on the delivery side of a rolling mill, in all speed ranges, and produces good products by controlling plate thickness considering changes in the oil film thickness of oil film bearings of backup rolls and the deformation resistance of a rolled material with respect to rolling speeds. The gauge control apparatus computes an oil film thickness compensation value to compensate for increase and decrease of the gap resulting from a change in thickness of the oil film bearing attributable to rolling speeds, an acceleration compensation value to compensate for increase and decrease of plate thickness on the delivery side of the rolling mill resulting from a change in deformation resistance of the rolled material attributable to rolling speeds, and deviation of the predicted plate thickness from the target plate thickness, in consideration of the computed compensation values. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192655 | CLEANING DIES FOR HOT FORMING OF ALUMINUM SHEETS - In substantial volume production operations involving hot blow forming or hot stamping of aluminum alloy sheet workpieces, debris largely comprised of particles of aluminum alloy material adheres to critical forming surfaces of the heated steel tools. This debris mars forming surfaces and causes defects in aluminum alloy parts formed against them. Such aluminum-rich debris may be reactively transformed to change its adherent properties and removed from tool surfaces without removing the heated tool from production. In one embodiment, a hot sacrificial magnesium sheet may be formed on the tool(s) to alloy with aluminum debris and carry it from the forming surface. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192656 | DRIVE FOR A COLD PILGER MILL - A drive for a roll stand having a reciprocal frame, has a pair of substantially identical cranks rotating about respective crank axes offset from the frame, respective connecting rods pivoted on and connected between the cranks and the frame, and respective counterweight on the cranks opposite the respective arms. The cranks, rods, and counterweights flank a central plane. Respective drives rotate the cranks about the respective axes in opposite rotational directions. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192657 | Rolling stand - A rolling stand | 2010-08-05 |
20100192658 | METHOD FOR COOLING HOT STRIP - A method for cooling a hot strip with less facilities and processing costs in which the temperature variation of a strip after cooling is controlled to be small and a cooling end temperature can be precisely controlled particularly when the hot strip is cooled to the temperature range of 500° C. or less is provided. The method for cooling a hot strip, which is obtained after a hot rolling process, by bringing cooling water into contact with the hot strip, includes a first cooling step and a subsequent second cooling step. In this method, cooling is stopped at a strip temperature that is higher than a transition boiling initiation temperature in the first cooling step, and the cooling is conducted using the cooling water having a water flow rate that causes nucleate boiling in the subsequent second cooling step. Entering the temperature range of transition boiling can be completely prevented to avoid thermal instability in cooling resulting from the transition boiling, and the temperature variation of the strip after cooling is controlled to be small while the cooling end temperature can be precisely controlled. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192659 | Elevated temperature forming method and preheater apparatus - An elevated temperature forming system in which a sheet metal workpiece is provided in a first stage position of a multi-stage pre-heater, is heated to a first stage temperature lower than a desired pre-heat temperature, is moved to a final stage position where it is heated to a desired final stage temperature, is transferred to a forming press, and is formed by the forming press. The preheater includes upper and lower platens that transfer heat into workpieces disposed between the platens. A shim spaces the upper platen from the lower platen by a distance greater than a thickness of the workpieces to be heated by the platens and less than a distance at which the upper platen would require an undesirably high input of energy to effectively heat the workpiece without being pressed into contact with the workpiece. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192660 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A STATE OF A ROLLING STOCK, PARTICULARLY A NEAR-NET STRIP - In a method and a control device for adjusting a state of a rolling stock, particularly a near-net strip, defined at least by an out-of-parallel condition and/or a curvature of the rolling stock, the rolling stock is transitioned from an initial into an intermediate state by a roll stand and by impressing a stress onto the rolling stock by an additional processing device, and the rolling stock is transitioned from the intermediate into a final state by at least one processing aggregate. By determining whether rolling stock should be fed into the at least one processing aggregate, the intermediate state requiring a non-zero out-of-parallel condition and/or curvature in order to achieve a predetermined final state, and the roll stand and/or the processing device are controlled and/or regulated as a function thereof to adjust the required intermediate state, the shape reliability of an ultimately parallel, non-curved rolling stock can be increased. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192661 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING A PLANAR IMPLANT FOR A HUMAN OR ANIMAL BODY - The present invention relates to a method and a device for producing a planar implant (I) for a human or animal body, which planar implant (I) is preformed corresponding to a desired anatomical shape. The method comprises the following steps: making available a blank of the planar implant; making available a preforming device (V) that comprises a plurality of discrete adjustable support elements (STE) for adjusting an associated plurality of support points in accordance with the desired anatomical shape; defining the desired anatomical shape and determining corresponding settings for the support elements; adjusting the support elements in accordance with the settings determined for the desired anatomical shape; and producing the preformed implant by bending the blank onto the adjusted support elements. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192662 | METHOD FOR CALIBRATING AN ACCELEROMETER OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AN ACCELEROMETER, AND AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING AN ACCELEROMETER WITH IMPROVED CALIBRATION FEATURES - An accelerometer with improved calibration features, an electronic device having an accelerometer with improved calibration features, and a method of calibrating an accelerometer of an electronic device are provided. In accordance with one embodiment, there is method of calibrating an accelerometer of an electronic device, the accelerometer having at least a primary sensing axis and a secondary sensing axis, the second sensing axis being oriented parallel to the primary sensing axis and in the opposite direction of the primary sensing axis, the method comprising: measuring acceleration calibration data using the primary sensing axis and the secondary sensing axis of the accelerometer; determining calibration parameters in accordance with measured calibration data from the accelerometer; and storing the calibration parameters in a memory of the electronic device. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192663 | METHOD FOR TESTING ABRASION RESISTANCE OF A TEST SPECIMEN - A method for testing abrasion resistance of a test specimen made of refractory material, wherein the method includes using an insulated furnace with a first chamber having a refractory lining, a second chamber disposed within the first chamber, a tube for flowing pressurized air into the second chamber, a conduit for flowing heated air from a burner operating on a fuel to the second chamber, for mixing with the pressurized air, and an air gun for mixing an abrading material into the pressurized air prior to introduction to the test specimen. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192664 | TEST DEVICE FOR REFRACTORY MATERIAL - A system for testing abrasion resistance of a test specimen made of refractory material, wherein the system includes an insulated furnace with a first chamber having a refractory lining, a second chamber disposed within the first chamber, a tube for flowing pressurized air into the second chamber, a conduit for flowing heated air from a burner operating on a fuel to the second chamber, for mixing with the pressurized air, and an air gun for mixing an abrading material into the pressurized air prior to introduction to the test specimen. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192665 | Friction Measuring Device - Friction against a road surface is measured by a friction measuring device that is pulled along behind a car. At the side of a main unit ( | 2010-08-05 |
20100192666 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONDUCTING CRASH TESTS - The invention relates to a method for conducting crash tests in which an object, in particular a motor vehicle or part of a motor vehicle, is typically mounted on a test slide which is accelerated, the acceleration force being generated by means of a pressurized-gas reservoir and specifically applied to the acceleration object via a piston and a push rod, while for reducing the cycle times, the desired gas pressure in the pressurized-gas reservoir is generated by moving a piston, itself exposed to a hydraulic fluid, so as to apply pressure on the gas. The invention also relates to a correspondingly implemented system. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192667 | VEHICLE ROLLOVER TEST FIXTURE - A test fixture for rollover crash testing of a test vehicle onto a movable sled surface employs a cradle to support and rotate the test vehicle. A suspension assembly is attached to each end of the cradle for vertically supporting and dropping the cradle. A gantry has a cross beam supported by a first telescoping column for support of a first of the suspension assemblies and translationally supported by a second telescoping column for support of a second of the suspension assemblies to position and releasably hold the suspension assembly. Roll control arms rotate the cradle and a trigger assembly releases the cradle and test vehicle from the cross beam for contact within a drop impact zone on the contact surface of the sled. A brake assembly then arrests vertical motion of the cradle. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192668 | GAS PERMEATION TESTING SYSTEM - A system for the automated regulation of a gas permeation testing system is disclosed, wherein a control system in communication with a data processor facilitates more precise control of a pressurized fluid caused to flow through the gas permeation testing system. | 2010-08-05 |
20100192669 | PHOTO ACOUSTIC SAMPLE DETECTOR WITH LIGHT GUIDE - A photo acoustic sample detector ( | 2010-08-05 |
20100192670 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING EXHAUST GAS WITH CHARGED PARTICLES - The invention relates to a device used to measure exhaust gas having ionised particles in a motor vehicle. The device comprises an ionising device which includes an electrode arrangement and a charge measuring device. The electrode arrangement comprises at least one pair of electrodes including at least one electrode and at least one counter electrode. A dielectric is arranged between the electrode and the counter electrode in order to generate a dielectrically impeded discharge. The invention also relates to a corresponding method. | 2010-08-05 |