33rd week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 3 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090199518 | MEANS FOR PENETRATING A PORTION PACKAGING CONTAINING AN EXTRACTION PRODUCT, DEVICE FOR EXTRACTING THE EXTRACTION PRODUCT CONTAINED IN THE PORTION PACKAGING, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE MEANS - Disclosed is a means for penetrating portion packaging, especially a capsule ( | 2009-08-13 |
20090199519 | VERTICAL FILLING-PACKAGING MACHINE - There is provided a vertical filling-packaging machine capable of feeding fluidized content material into a tubular film with good quantitative accuracy and in which air bubbles are mixed into the content material. The packaging machine according to the present invention performs an operation of feeding content material through injection nozzle ( | 2009-08-13 |
20090199520 | Non-cylindrical filter elements, and methods - A filter element that has at least two, planar, non-curved filtration panels. In a preferred embodiment, the filter element has three panels, providing a generally triangular filter element. The outlet aperture, from the filter element, generally follows the configuration of the filter. That is, a filter element having three filtration panels will have a generally three-sided outlet aperture. The outlet aperture preferably is not a true polygon, but rather, includes rounded or curved sides and/or corners. The filter element includes an outlet sealing configuration that may provide both axial and radial sealing to outlet ductwork. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199521 | FRUSTUM-SHAPED INSULATION FOR A POLLUTION CONTROL DEVICE - A preformed insulation mat is provided for use between the inner and outer end cone housing of a pollution control device. The preformed insulation includes a frustum-shaped mat. The mat comprises primarily heat moldable, silica based glass fibers containing Al | 2009-08-13 |
20090199522 | Compressed Air Supply Device - A compressed air supply device for a commercial vehicle is provided. The compressed air supply device includes a valve housing and an essentially axially symmetrical, exchangeable air-drying cartridge which is connected to the valve housing. The valve housing and the air-drying cartridge are connected via an essentially circular seal which lies in a plane perpendicular to the axis of the air-drying cartridge. The valve housing and the air-drying cartridge can be coupled to each other by being brought together in an axially parallel manner. The valve housing and the air-drying cartridge have features which permit a leak-proof connection between the valve housing and the air-drying cartridge at one or more angular positions of the air-drying cartridge relative to the valve housing. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199523 | Compressed Air Supply Device - A compressed air supply device for a commercial vehicle is provided. The compressed air supply device includes a valve housing and an air-drying cartridge connected releasably to the valve housing. The valve housing and the air-drying cartridge are connected to each other via a bayonet fastening arrangement. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199524 | AIR FILTRATION ARRANGEMENTS HAVING FLUTED MEDIA CONSTRUCTIONS AND METHODS - Filter arrangements include a barrier media in the form of fluted media treated with a deposit of fine fibers. The media is particularly advantageous in high temperature (greater than 140 to 240° F.) systems. Such systems may include engine systems, gas turbine systems, and fuel cell systems. Filter arrangements may take the form of media packs having a circular cross-section or a racetrack shaped cross-section, or media packs formed in a panel configuration. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199525 | FRAME FOR FILTER PACK - A filter pack includes filter media formed into a filter structure having a front, a back and at least one side surface; and a frame adhered to the at least one side surface and comprising an adhesive and an adhesive carrier. The adhesive carrier can be a sheet of material which can be impregnated with the adhesive, one example being a sheet of the filter material itself. The adhesive carrier can alternatively be a single use tray mold for holding the adhesive while it cures, and which is left into the final product. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199526 | Easy Access Air Filter Housing - An easy access air filter housing and cover assembly for homes with tall ceilings is provided that enables a user to replace the air filter without the need of standing on a ladder. A kit including special tools and a conventional extendable pole is provided to enable the user to change the filter according to a novel method of changing the filter. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199527 | FANFOLD MEDIA DUST INHIBITOR - Fanfold and/or perforated media comprising a substrate including one or more friable coatings and an overcoat covering at least a portion of the one or more friable coatings proximate to one or more associated fanfolds and/or perforations is provided, wherein the overcoat mitigates spallation of the one or more friable coatings. Methods and apparatus for making the same are also disclosed. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199528 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF FILTER MEDIA AVAILABLE AT MEDIUM AND HIGH TEMPERATURE EXHAUST GAS USING FOAM COATING TECHNOLOGY AND FILTER MEDIA MANUFACTURED THEREBY - Disclosed herein is a method of producing a filter medium for treating medium and high temperature exhaust gas using foam coating and a filter medium produced using the method. The filter medium has excellent heat resistance and heat contraction resistance, and exhibits partial dust collection efficiency of 99% or more by weight, total dust collection efficiency of 99.999% or more by weight, and high dust removal efficiency, for all dust particle sizes. Further, the filter media can be efficiently used to treat medium and high temperature exhaust gas because pores having an average pore size of 30 μm or less are uniformly distributed on the surface of the filter media. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199529 | Sickle guard with integral streamlined air discharge system for blowing plant material toward a header of an agricultural plant cutting machine - A guard for a sickle of an agricultural plant cutting machine includes a forwardly extending finger including a longitudinally extending, upwardly facing surface extending over the sickle, which includes a rearwardly facing air discharge nozzle therein located above and/or forwardly of the sickle, and the finger includes an air flow passage extending internally therethrough from an air inlet adjacent to a base of the finger to the nozzle, for delivering a flow of pressurized air thereto, the nozzle being at least mostly flush with or recessed into the upwardly facing surface. As a result, the nozzle is operable for discharging the flow of air rearwardly over the finger without obstructing plant material flow thereover, the air flow being sufficient to blow at least a substantial amount of loose grain and other plant material located forwardly of the front edge of a header floor of the machine, onto the floor for collection by a conveyor of the header for processing. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199530 | Articulated Transport Arrangement For Windrower With Cutting Platform - An agricultural windrower includes a traction unit having a frame. A cutting platform has a longitudinal extension, a feeder opening associated with a first mounting location, and a first hitch at an end of the cutting platform associated with a second mounting location. A lift assembly carried by the traction unit frame is configured to mount with the cutting platform at the first mounting location. An articulated transport arrangement is mounted to the traction unit frame. The articulated transport arrangement includes a second hitch configured for mating with the first hitch, and at least one actuator for coupling between and adjusting a relative angular orientation between the frame and the cutting platform when the first hitch and the second hitch are mated together. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199531 | MOWER LIQUID HERBICIDE APPLICATOR - An apparatus and method for supply of treating fluid to a cutting apparatus directly to cut vegetation substantially simultaneously with the cutting of the vegetation. Treating fluid is delivered from the supply to an intermediate, sealed reservoir into which a desired volume of treating fluid is maintained. The treating fluid is then delivered from the sealed reservoir, via centrifugal force, through a channel to a passageway formed in the bolt connecting the cutting blade to a blade mount of the mower. The treating fluid is ejected from the bolt passage directly onto the exposed undersurface of the cutting blade and directly to the vegetation at the same time that it is cut so that the treatment fluid, herbicide or other chemical is absorbed directly into the translocation system of the cut vegetation. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199532 | Fruit harvesting belt and bucket system - A fruit harvesting belt and bucket system provides for the redistribution of weight from the wearer's shoulders to the wearer's hips. The belt includes a padded back support and a front support. There is an extrusion on the front support that is used to connect to a bucket, which is strapped to a person wearing the belt. The belt is adjustable, and may be made of a variety of materials, such as nylon. The bucket may hook onto the extrusion on the belt, and the bucket has a closeable opening at the bottom, which is used to release the harvested fruit. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199533 | FALSE TWISTING YARN AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - A false twisting yarn composed of monofilaments containing a polyester component of which main component is polytrimethylene terephthalate, wherein the false twisting yarn is a false twisting yarn which satisfies all of the requirements of (1) a shrinkage ratio by wet heat treatment at 98° C. for 20 minutes is 5% or less, (2) a ratio (TS/WS) of elastic stretch ratio after wet heat treatment at 90° C. for 20 minutes (WS) and elastic stretch ratio after dry heat treatment at 90° C. for 15 minutes (TS) is, 02009-08-13 | |
20090199534 | OIL RECOVERY DEVICE - It comprises two bearing supports ( | 2009-08-13 |
20090199535 | ANTI-ICING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AERO-ENGINE NOSE CONE - An aero-engine nose cone anti-icing system ( | 2009-08-13 |
20090199536 | PROCESS FOR REVERSING THE THRUST PRODUCED BY A PROPULSION UNIT OF AN AIRCRAFT, DEVICE FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION, NACELLE EQUIPPED WITH SAID DEVICE - The object of the invention is a process whose purpose is to reduce, cancel or reverse the thrust generated by at least one air flow exiting from a propulsion unit of an aircraft by deflecting at least a portion of the flow that is able to assist the thrust, characterized in that it consists in injecting at the level of the propulsion unit a fluid called a thrust reversal fluid to deflect by an entrainment effect, from the inside of the nacelle toward the outside of the nacelle, at least a portion of the flow that is able to assist the thrust. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199537 | METHODS TO PROTECT SELECTIVE CATALYST REDUCER AFTERTREATMENT DEVICES DURING UNCONTROLLED DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTER REGENERATION - The present invention is directed to a method to operate an electronically controlled internal combustion engine with an exhaust system equipped with a diesel particulate filter upstream of a selective catalyst reducer to protect the selective catalyst reducer from premature aging and failure caused by exhaust temperature heat generated during uncontrolled regeneration of the diesel particulate filter. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199538 | FLUID TRANSFER SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present invention relates to a fluid transfer system and method for transferring fluid from a reservoir ( | 2009-08-13 |
20090199539 | COATING FOR PARTICULATE FILTERS - The invention relates to the coating of a particulate filter used in the treatment of exhaust or waste gases. In the manufacturing of the coating according to the invention, there is used a liquid-based sol, where the average particle size of the contained particles is below 100 nm, preferably below 50 nm. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199540 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A REAGENT METERING VALVE AND APPARATUS FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD - A method is proposed for operating a metering valve which is realized as a solenoid valve which is actuated by an electromagnet that interacts with an armature which is connected fixedly to a valve needle and, furthermore, is loaded with a pulse-width modulated metering signal which defines the metering of a reagent which is to be introduced into the exhaust-gas region of an internal combustion engine or of a preliminary stage of a reagent, as is an apparatus for carrying out the method. The opening duration of the metering valve is limited to a minimum opening duration, for which the metering valve is opened completely and which is fixed in such a way that a spray mist is always produced during the metering. The procedure according to this invention prevents the reagent from crystallizing and, as a result, firstly ensures exact metering of the reagent and secondly counteracts clogging of the metering valve, in particular if a urea/water solution is provided as preliminary stage of the reagent. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199541 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD - A method for operating an internal combustion engine in whose exhaust gas region at least one SCR catalytic converter is arranged, a reagent which contributes to NOx conversion in the SCR catalytic converter being applied to said SCR catalytic converter, and a device for carrying out the method are proposed. A measure for the NOx current which occurs downstream of the SCR catalytic converter is both calculated and measured with an NOx sensor which has lateral sensitivity to the reagent. The difference between the calculated measure and the measured measure of the NOx current is determined. A reagent signal which defines the metering of the reagent is influenced as a function of the difference. Plausibility checking is provided, during which the reagent quantity which is metered in a predefined time period and the reagent quantity which is converted in the SCR catalytic converter and/or the converted NOx quantity are compared with one another. When a deviation is detected, a correction signal which also influences the reagent signal is made available. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199542 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD - The invention relates to a method for operating an internal combustion engine, in the exhaust gas section of which is arranged at least one SCR catalytic converter, which is hit with a reagent that contributes to NO | 2009-08-13 |
20090199543 | CATALYST MONITORING SYSTEM AND MONITORING METHOD - A catalyst monitoring system diagnoses deterioration of an NO | 2009-08-13 |
20090199544 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMBUSTION ENGINE PARTICULATE FILTER REGENERATION - A method for regenerating a particulate filter in an exhaust system of a combustion engine. The method: (a) measures, every time the combustion engine is started, a parameter representative of a condition of the combustion engine and/or of the exhaust system, (b) when the measured parameter reveals that the engine and/or the exhaust system are cold, the parameter representative of the mass of accumulated soot measured before the engine was last turned off is frozen, (c) the deviation between the frozen mass parameter and the parameter representative of the mass measured at time t is continuously determined, and (d) when the deviation has been resolved by convergence, it is added to the frozen mass parameter and the resulting corrected value is used in an ongoing regeneration process. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199545 | Apparatus For Reducing Dibenzodioxin Emissions And Dibenzofuran Emissions From Transition Metal-Containing Catalyzers - Apparatus for reducing emissions of PCDD and PCDF in exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine includes a transition metal-containing catalyzer for the selective catalytic reduction of nitric oxides, and a molecular sieve upstream of the catalyzer, either as a layer on the catalyzer or on a separate structure. The molecular sieve blocks hydrocarbons from reaching the transition metal-containing catalyzer. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199546 | Device For Reducing Dibenzodioxin Emissions, Dibenzofuran Emissions And Particle Emissions - A transition metal-containing catalyzer is arranged on a particle filter installed in the exhaust gas line of an internal combustion engine and cannot be separated therefrom without being destroyed. To reduce emissions, at least one molecular sieve which retains polychlorinated dibenzodioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans is arranged between the transition metal-containing catalyzer and the exhaust gas outlet. Further, the input side of the molecular sieve and/or the output side of the catalyzer has an oxidation activity for hydrocarbons, polychlorinated dibenzodioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans upstream of the molecular sieve. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199547 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXHAUST AFTERTREATMENT IN A SPARK-IGNITION DIRECT-INJECTION INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The disclosure sets forth a spark-ignition, direct-fuel injection internal combustion engine selectively operative at an air/fuel ratio lean of stoichiometry and fluidly connected to an exhaust aftertreatment system. The exhaust aftertreatment system consists essentially of an electro-thermal heating element adjoining a converter element. A control system comprising a control module is signally connected to a sensing device and adapted to monitor a temperature of the converter element and operatively connected to the engine and operative to connect the electro-thermal heating element to an electric power source. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199548 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - Engine air-fuel ratio controlling means is provided to control an exhaust air-fuel ratio that is the ratio between the air contained in the exhaust gas discharged from the engine and the fuel element contained in the same exhaust gas and acting as a reducing agent at a NOx catalyst by controlling the air-fuel ratio of the gas combusted in the engine. Fuel adding means is provided upstream of the NOx catalyst in an exhaust passage to add fuel into the exhaust gas. During the SOx poisoning recovery control, when developing a state enabling SOx reduction reactions, the exhaust gas air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas discharged from the engine and the amount of fuel added from the fuel adding means are controlled to minimize the sum of the amount of fuel injected in the engine and the amount of fuel added from the fuel adding means. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199549 | Apparatus For Reducing Dibenzodioxin Emissions And Dibenzofuran Emissions From Transition Metal-Containing Catalyzers - A device for reducing the emission of polychlorinated dibenzodioxins (PCDD) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDF) from transition metal-containing catalyzers for selective catalytic reduction of nitric oxides in the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine by means of ammonia and/or reducing agents which split off ammonia. At least one catalyzer for oxidizing hydrocarbon-containing PCDD precursor substances and PCDF is arranged upstream of the at least one transition metal-containing SCR catalyzer and/or at least one catalyzer for degrading precursor substances for degrading the polychlorinated dibenzodioxins and/or polychlorinated dibenzofurans is arranged downstream of the at least one transition metal-containing catalyzer. The at least one catalyzer for degrading PCDD and PCDF and/or the at least one catalyzer for oxidizing hydrocarbon-containing precursor substances thereof are/is additionally active for the reduction of nitric oxides by means of ammonia. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199550 | Catalytic Converter Assembly in an Exhaust Gas Posttreatment System - The invention relates to a catalyst arrangement in an exhaust gas after-treatment system of an internal combustion engine comprising an exhaust gas line in which an SCR catalyst is positioned in the direction of flow of the exhaust gas. A reducing agent production system has an NOx and CO/H2 production unit and a combined NOx storage/ammonia production unit in the standard gas-carrying path of the reducing agent production system which supplies ammonia as the reducing agent. The NOx and CO/H2 production unit is at least temporarily supplied via a fuel supply and an air supply with starting products for producing ammonia. The combined NOx storage/ammonia production unit has a plurality catalyst sections having different characteristic properties or functionalities, enabling a higher ammonia yield in the combined NOx storage/ammonia production unit. The catalyst formulations make it possible to adjust a temperature profile that additionally influences the ammonia production rate and contributes to higher ammonia yields. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199551 | EXHAUST MANIFOLD - An exhaust manifold includes a plurality of branch pipes | 2009-08-13 |
20090199552 | HYDRAULIC WORKING MACHINE - A hydraulic circuit for a hydraulic working machine is composed of a main pump | 2009-08-13 |
20090199553 | HYBRID WORKING VEHICLE - An engine room is divided into a left room and a right room by a cooling unit. An intake chamber is disposed at a left side and an engine and the like are disposed at a right side. A cooling heat sink is provided on a side of the intake chamber, and a storage and a controller for controlling hybrid electronic devices are formed in this order in a cooling heat sink. Further, a cooling pump for supplying cooling liquid to the cooling heat sink is provided in the intake chamber. A radiator for cooling the cooling liquid is provided in front of the cooling unit. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199554 | Hydraulic Stepless Transmission - [Problems] A hydraulic stepless transmission having increased layout freedom and a compact structure with the functions of conventional hydraulic stepless transmission retained and having increased easiness of production. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199555 | Braking system and automatic brake actuator - A braking system comprising wheel cylinders that brake respective wheels when brake-fluid pressure is applied to the wheel cylinders, a master cylinder that generates brake-fluid pressure in response to a braking action of a driver, and an actuator including a slave cylinder and an electric motor, which is disposed between the master cylinder and the wheel cylinders, and which generates brake-fluid pressure by a forward motion of a piston driven by a driving power of the electric motor. The actuator is activated by an electric signal independent of a braking action of the driver and the actuator is activated only when the wheel cylinders are to be automatically activated without relying on the braking action of the driver. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199556 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPLIT-CYCLE ENGINE WASTE HEAT RECOVERY - A waste heat recovery system for a split-cycle engine includes a heat exchange unit. An air compressor device is in communication with the heat exchange unit. A waste heat input receives waste heat from the engine and is in fluid communication with the heat exchange unit. An ambient air intake connected to the air compressor device draws air into the air compressor device. A compressed air outlet member on the air compressor device in fluid communication with a compression cylinder of the split-cycle engine delivers compressed air from the air compressor device to the engine. Engine waste heat is communicated to the heat exchange unit and energy from the waste heat is used to drive the air compressor device, causing the air compressor device to draw in ambient air through the ambient air intake, compress the ambient air, and deliver compressed air to the engine through the compressed air outlet. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199557 | Solar Thermal Power System - A solar thermal power generator includes an inclined elongated boiler tube positioned in the focus of a solar concentrator for generating steam from water. The boiler tube is connected at one end to receive water from a pressure vessel as well as connected at an opposite end to return steam back to the vessel in a fluidic circuit arrangement that stores energy in the form of heated water in the pressure vessel. An expander, condenser, and reservoir are also connected in series to respectively produce work using the steam passed either directly (above a water line in the vessel) or indirectly (below a water line in the vessel) through the pressure vessel, condense the expanded steam, and collect the condensed water. The reservoir also supplies the collected water back to the pressure vessel at the end of a diurnal cycle when the vessel is sufficiently depressurized, so that the system is reset to repeat the cycle the following day. The circuital arrangement of the boiler tube and the pressure vessel operates to dampen flow instabilities in the boiler tube, damp out the effects of solar transients, and provide thermal energy storage which enables time shifting of power generation to better align with the higher demand for energy during peak energy usage periods. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199558 | EXHAUST STACKS AND POWER GENERATION SYSTEMS FOR INCREASING GAS TURBINE POWER OUTPUT - An exhaust stack having a junction tube and a flue is provided. The flue has a silencer portion, a converging duct portion, a tubular portion, and a diverging diffuser portion. The silencer portion fluidly communicates with the junction tube. The silencer portion has a first hydraulic mean cross-sectional flow path, and the tubular portion has a second hydraulic mean cross-sectional flow path less than or equal to the first hydraulic mean cross-sectional flow path. The converging duct portion is coupled between the silencer portion and the tubular portion. The diverging diffuser portion is coupled to an end of the tubular portion opposite to the converging duct portion, such that exhaust gases flowing through the junction tube, the silencer portion, the converging duct portion, the tubular portion and the diverging diffuser portion have a reduced overall pressure drop, at least in part due to the diverging diffuser portion and the second hydraulic mean cross-sectional flow path being less than or equal to the first hydraulic mean cross-sectional flow path. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199559 | External combustion engine - An external combustion engine alternately repeating a first stroke of making a working fluid evaporate at a plurality of heating portions and making a liquid phase part of the working fluid displace toward an output part side and a second stroke of making the working fluid evaporated at the first stroke condense at the plurality of cooling portions and making the liquid phase part of the working fluid displace toward the side of the plurality of the heating portions and provided with inflow adjusting means for reducing differences in inflows among the plurality of the heating portions, wherein the inflow is defined as the amount of a liquid phase part of the working fluid flowing into the heating portions when the liquid phase part of the working fluid displaces from the output part side to the side of the plurality of the heating portions in the second stroke. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199560 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR COLD START EMISSIONS REDUCTION IN HYBRID VEHICLES - A method comprises modifying combustion parameters of an engine of a hybrid vehicle to provide an engine power level insufficient to maintain crankshaft rotation at a desired speed including increasing a temperature of an exhaust gas and reducing an emissions content of the exhaust gas; and supplementing the engine power level with an electric machine of the hybrid vehicle to maintain crankshaft rotation at the desired speed. A control module comprises a cold start combustion control module that modifies combustion parameters of an engine of a hybrid vehicle to provide an engine power level insufficient to maintain crankshaft rotation at a desired speed, wherein the modifying includes increasing a temperature of an exhaust gas, and reducing an emissions content of the exhaust gas; and an electric machine control module that supplements the engine power level using an electric machine of the hybrid vehicle to maintain crankshaft rotation at the desired speed. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199561 | Fuel nozzle for a gas turbine engine and method for fabricating the same - A method for fabricating a secondary fuel nozzle assembly includes providing a nozzle portion defining a passageway configured to supply fuel. At least one peg is operatively coupled in fuel flow communication with the passageway. The at least one peg extends radially outward from the nozzle portion and defines at least one opening configured to direct a flow of fuel in a substantially upstream direction. A disc is positioned about the nozzle portion upstream of the at least one peg. The disc is positioned in communication with the at least one opening and configured to interfere with the flow of fuel to facilitate fuel atomization. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199562 | INTERNALLY MOUNTED FUEL MANIFOLD WITH SUPPORT PINS - An apparatus for internally mounting a fuel manifold within a surrounding casing in a gas turbine engine which includes a fuel manifold and support pins which are displaceable relative to mounting portions on the fuel manifold between a retracted position, wherein the fuel manifold is able to be inserted within a casing of the engine, and an extended position, wherein the support pins project outwardly from the fuel manifold for engagement with the casing. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199563 | Scalable pyrospin combustor - An axial-flow pyrospin combustor comprises inner and outer combustor liners and a plurality of pyrospin effusion holes. The inner liner is coaxially mounted inside the outer liner, about a central combustor axis. The pyrospin effusion holes are formed in at least one of the outer combustor liner and the inner combustor liner. Each of the pyrospin effusion holes has a down angle and a back angle, which control a global swirl flow about the central axis, and promote film cooling without detachment. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199564 | DEVICE FOR MOUNTING AN IGNITER PLUG IN A COMBUSTION CHAMBER OF A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - The present invention relates to a device for mounting an igniter plug in a combustion chamber of a gas turbine engine contained in a casing, in which the combustion chamber has an axis YY, the mounting device comprising a hollow shaft, of axis XX, a floating igniter plug sleeve absorbing expansion along an axis perpendicular to the axis XX of the hollow shaft. The device is one which further comprises a hollow shaft sleeve such that the igniter plug sleeve is housed in the hollow shaft sleeve, and means of inclining said hollow shaft sleeve relative to the axis XX. Inclining the hollow shaft sleeve allows the chamber to be inclined relative to the axis XX. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199565 | STAVE AND RING CMC NOZZLE - An engine exhaust nozzle comprises a plurality of CMC staves attached to one or more support rings arranged axially. The support rings provide a circumferential load path between the staves and for attaching the exhaust nozzle to the metallic engine components. The staves are fixed to the support rings with a spacing intended to accommodate for relative movement due to the difference in CTE for the CMC and metallic components and due to thermal gradients through the wall thickness. The resulting apparatus is lightweight, relieves the nozzle of thermal stresses, and is easier to manufacture and repair. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199566 | CO2 EMISSION-FREE ENERGY PRODUCTION BY GAS TURBINE - The invention relates to a method for reducing the CO | 2009-08-13 |
20090199567 | DECOUPLER DEVICES TO PREVENT BACKDRIVE IN AIR TURBINE STARTERS - An air turbine starter for starting an engine includes a housing, and a flow path communicating a flow of gas therethrough; a turbine member; a clutch; and a decoupler device at least partially housed within the output member of the clutch. The decoupler device includes a first shaft portion coupled to and rotating with the output member and a second shaft portion coupled to and rotating with the engine. The first and second shaft portions are axially aligned and configured to engage each another for rotation in a first direction and to separate from each other in a second direction to decouple the output member of the clutch from the engine. The starter further includes a bearing between the inner surface of the output member and the second shaft portion for reducing friction between the second shaft portion and the inner surface of the output member when the first and second shaft portions are decoupled. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199568 | TRANSITION SCROLLS FOR USE IN TURBINE ENGINE ASSEMBLIES - An engine assembly includes a combustor having a combustion chamber in which an air and fuel mixture is combusted to produce combustion gases. The engine assembly further includes a transition scroll coupled to the combustor for receiving the combustion gases. The transition scroll includes an interior surface, an exterior surface, and effusion cooling holes for providing cooling air to the interior surface. The engine assembly further includes a turbine coupled to the transition scroll for receiving and extracting energy from the combustion gases. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199569 | PULSE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETACHING ICE - A pulse system for detaching ice includes a power supply for applying a high-power heating pulse to the interface between ice and an object such as a cold plate of an ice making system, an ice-container, a heat-exchanger, a refrigerator surface or an airplane wing. Pulse heating may be generated within a metal foil or resistive film disposed upon an object to be deiced, or a capillary tube proximate the object to be deiced. An interfacial layer of ice is melted and the ice is released from the object. A force, for example gravity, pressure of vaporization or mechanical scraping, removes the ice from the object. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199570 | CORE UNIT FOR REFRIGERATION UNIT AND REFRIGERATION UNIT INCLUDING THE CORE UNIT - A refrigeration unit is provided without impairing freshness, as before thawing, after thawing frozen subjects, and, with providing excellent color of dark colored flesh of fish/meat, especially in the case of using perishable food, such as meat or fish, for subjects to be frozen. A core unit for a refrigerator, between a substantially-rectangular first plate member and a substantially-rectangular second plate member spaced apart and arranged in parallel toward each other, where an electric wave is propagated to the sides of the first plate member and the second plate member by an electric wave transmission antenna, and that can form a unidirectional and substantially-uniform static magnetic field in substantially-normal directions of a principal surface of the first plate member and a principal surface of the second plate member, is used. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199571 | Body temperature control system - In an embodiment, a system is provided. The system includes a heat exchanger including a thermal exchange block having a top surface and a bottom surface. The system further includes a first thermoelectric cooler abutting the top surface of the thermal exchanger block and a first heat sink thermally coupled to the first thermoelectric cooler. The system also includes a second thermoelectric cooler abutting the bottom surface of the thermal exchanger block and a second heat sink thermally coupled to the second thermoelectric cooler. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199572 | Solar-thermoelectric air-conditioning in vehicles - An apparatus for providing air-conditioning to a vehicle is disclosed. The apparatus includes a solar photovoltaic panel positioned in a window or windshield to provide direct current to power a thermoelectric assembly to pump excess heat out of the interior of the car. The car is air-conditioned in a parked state and pre-air-conditioned before use. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199573 | METHOD AND APPARATUS IN CONNECTION WITH A VORTEX TUBE PROCESS - A method and apparatus in connection with a vortex tube process. A pressurized medium flow is fed into a nozzle inlet. The medium flow expands while moving forward. The medium flow is twisted while entering a working tube. The twisted medium flow is divided into separate cold and hot flows. The cold flow is discharged from the vortex tube via a cold flow head after going through a hole in the center of a wall limiting a first end of the working tube. The hot flow is discharged from the vortex tube via a hot flow head after passing through the working tube having a flow valve at its second end. Parameters of thermodynamic processes in the vortex tube are controlled: by regulating the hot flow rate in the hot flow head by regulating the medium flow in the nozzle inlet, by regulating an efflux speed of the cold and/or hot flows in the vortex tube, and/or by intensification of heat transfer in the vortex tube by mechanical, chemical and/or electrical assemblies therein. To enable a wide range adjustment of parameters of the conditions for a gaseous flow of a medium, the medium flow may be affected at least by: precooling and/or preionization in connection with the nozzle inlet; extra moisturization in the working tube; and/or mechanical vibration in the working tube before the hot flow head valve. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199574 | Hydrogen storage device - When hydrogen is taken out, para-hydrogen having a low energy is converted into ortho-hydrogen having a high energy, and a cooling effect of endothermy of the para-ortho conversion is utilized for maintaining the temperature within a hydrogen storage device low. For accomplishing such a system, there is provided a hydrogen storage device for storing a liquid hydrogen, wherein a porous magnetic body serving as a para-ortho conversion catalyst is arranged in a hydrogen circulation. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199575 | BOIL OFF GAS MANAGEMENT DURING SHIP-TO-SHIP TRANSFER OF LNG - The present invention relates to a process and system for managing boil-off gas generated during ship-to-ship transfer of LNG at sea. The LNG is transferred from a storage tank onboard a delivery vessel to a storage tank onboard a receiving vessel. The process includes the steps of a) operating the receiving vessel storage tank at a pressure greater than the operating pressure of the delivery vessel storage tank; and, b) transferring a portion of the boil-off gas from the receiving vessel storage tank to the delivery vessel storage tank onboard. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199576 | PROCESS AND PLANT FOR THE VAPORIZATION OF LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS AND STORAGE THEREOF - A process and plant for the vaporization of liquefied natural gas (LNG) consist in obtaining electric energy during the vaporization operation by means of thermal exchange by transformation means of an energy source for obtaining electric power. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199577 | Quick Freezing Apparatus and Quick Freezing Method - [Object] To provide a quick freezing apparatus and method making it possible to prevent a subtle reaction between an object-to-be-preserved and a gas inside its freezing store to prevent deformation and deterioration of the object-to-be-preserved as much as possible and freeze-preserve the object maintaining its freshness and quality at a high standard for a long term, and thereby applicable to a long-term preservation of a living tissue. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199578 | Production of Very Low-Temperature Refrigeration in a Thermochemical Device - The invention relates to a thermochemical device and to a method for producing refrigeration at very low temperature. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199579 | PROCESS FOR COOLING A STORAGE CONTAINER - A process for cooling a storage container, in particular a mobile storage container for a cryogenic medium, is described. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199580 | AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM CONTROL - A cooling system for cooling a room containing a plurality of computer devices is provided. The cooling system has a number of cooling supplies and at least one temperature sensor. Using the at least one temperature sensor and altering the cooling supplied to the room by the cooling supplies, the affect of each cooling supply on the temperature of the room can be approximated and used for the operation of the cooling system. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199581 | HEAT PUMP WATER HEATER OUTDOOR UNIT AND HEAT PUMP WATER HEATER - To provide a heat pump water heater outdoor unit and heat pump water heater capable of preventing reduction in heating/hot water supply ability even at a low ambient temperature. A heat pump water heater outdoor unit, in which a compressor, a water heat exchanger, a first expansion valve, and an air heat exchanger are connected with piping, includes a first internal heat exchanger provided between the water heat exchanger and the first expansion valve and used for heat exchange between a refrigerant flowing between the water heat exchanger and the first expansion valve and a refrigerant flowing between the air heat exchanger and the compressor, an injection circuit branching off at a point between the first internal heat exchanger and the first expansion valve and to inject the refrigerant into the compressor through a second expansion valve; and a second internal heat exchanger for heat exchange between the refrigerant flowing between the first internal heat exchanger and the first expansion valve and the refrigerant flowing between the second expansion valve and the compressor in the injection circuit. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199582 | Air Conditioning System Operating On A Supercritical Cycle For Use In Motor Vehicles - An air conditioning system operates on a supercritical cycle for a vehicle and includes a circuit through which a refrigerant flows, which circuit includes an evaporator where the refrigerant collects heat from the ventilation air to be conditioned, a compressor, a cooler where the refrigerant releases heat into the outside air, an expander, and an arrangement for humidifying the outside air that contacts the cooler. The system has no internal heat exchanger. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199583 | Indoor unit of air conditioner - Disclosed is an indoor unit of an air conditioner, in which discharge units respectively provided on upper and lower portions of the indoor unit have an improved discharge structure such that the discharge units are interchangeable, to increase cooling efficiency regardless of installation position of the indoor unit. The indoor unit includes a cabinet; a first discharge unit being detachably provided on the cabinet and configured to discharge air in a forward direction; and a second discharge unit separated from the first discharge unit, being detachably provided on the cabinet and configured to discharge air in the oblique direction, the first discharge unit and the second discharge unit being interchangeable according to a height of a position at which the cabinet is installed. The indoor unit of the air conditioner sets the optimum direction of discharged air, thus increasing the cooling efficiency of an indoor space. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199584 | COOLING TOWER - A cooling tower comprises a body provided with air-intake windows located above a catch basin, and a water distributor, which has a sprinkler, and an irrigators. Ring tubular units are connected to each other to form a ring-type evaporator fed from a pipeline, which is used for water supply from a water source independent of the water distributor, and are vertically arranged in the apertures of the air-intake windows. Equally spaced atomizing sprayers are mounted on each of the tubular units along the circumference of the unit. The invention makes it possible to enhance the operational performance of the cooling tower in a hot environment by improving operating service and maintenance conditions. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199585 | FIN-TUBE HEAT EXCHANGER, FIN FOR HEAT EXCHANGER, AND HEAT PUMP APPARATUS - A fin-tube heat exchanger | 2009-08-13 |
20090199586 | COOLING DEVICE - The cooling device ( | 2009-08-13 |
20090199587 | HUMIDITY CONTROL LID - A vegetable bin ( | 2009-08-13 |
20090199588 | REFRIGERATOR WITH A PRESSURE-COMPENSATION VALVE - A refrigerator with a body and a door attached to the body wherein the body and the door delimit a thermally-insulated interior space, the refrigerator including a pressure-compensating valve for controlling an inflow of air from the outside of the refrigerator into the interior space and an outflow of air to the outside of the refrigerator out of the interior space to the outside of the refrigerator, wherein the pressure-compensating valve is disposed in thermal contact with a heat source and for heating the pressure-compensating valve to a temperature greater than the freezing point of water. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199589 | EVAPORATOR/ABSORBERS COMBINATION, ABSORPTION COOLING DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED MOTOR VEHICLE - This unit ( | 2009-08-13 |
20090199590 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPRESSING A NATURAL GAS STREAM - A method and apparatus for compressing a natural gas stream is disclosed. The natural gas stream to be compressed is liquefied and then compressed by means of at least one cryogenic pump. Liquefaction of the natural gas stream to be compressed preferably takes place using the energy from a low-temperature process, specifically in the exchange of heat countercurrent to at least one medium to be heated, preferably countercurrent to a cryogenic medium. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199591 | LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS WITH BUTANE AND METHOD OF STORING AND PROCESSING THE SAME - Disclosed is a liquefied natural gas composition. The composition contains methane, ethane and propane and butane. The composition contains a substantial amount of butane while being substantially free of hydrocarbon molecules larger than butane. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199592 | Piercing tear preventers - A tubular protector prevents the tearing and elongation of body piercing holes by heavy jewelry and decorative items which mount using small gauge wire or other sharp mountings. Several configurations of the protector are described as well as installation tools and methods. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199593 | JEWELLERY ELEMENT INCLUDING A PRECIOUS STONE - A jewellery element, in particular a precious stone ring, comprises a magnetic device to cause the jewellery element setting to float with respect to the jewellery element base. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199594 | CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEM FOR THE HEAT-TREATMENT OF GLASS - A method and apparatus for controlling the process used in the heat treatment of glass measures the quality of the glass following the heat treatment process. Inputs to the control system for the heat treatment process derive from the automated inspection of glass following heat treatment. Outputs from the control system for the heat treatment process may adjust one or more parameters in the heat treatment process including a furnace or heating setting, a transport setting, and a quench or cooling setting. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199595 | DEVICE FOR GRAVITY-BENDING GLASS ON SEVERAL SUPPORT MOULDS WITH CONTROLLED TRANSITION BETWEEN MOULDS - A device for gravity bending of at least one glass sheet supported by at least one support forming part of a bending assembly, plural supports supporting the sheet during bending. The device includes a drive system for changing the shape of the support, the drive system controlling the rate of the change. A method of bending glass sheets utilizes the device. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199596 | Setting Plate Arrangement - In order to permit more effective cooling in comparison to the prior art, in particular in its floor area, of a hollow glass article ( | 2009-08-13 |
20090199597 | Systems and methods for collapsing air lines in nanostructured optical fibers - Systems and methods of collapsing the air lines in the air line-containing region of a nanostructure optical fiber are disclosed. One method includes initiating irradiation of a portion of the nanostructure optical fiber from essentially opposite directions with at least first and second laser beams having substantially equal power and essentially the same mid-infrared wavelength. The method includes continuing the irradiation for an irradiation time t | 2009-08-13 |
20090199598 | DRUM TYPE WASHING MACHINE - Disclosed herein are a drum type washing machine and a control program therefore. The washing machine includes a control mechanism to control a motor. The control mechanism includes a torque control unit to perform torque addition processes of adding pulse type torque during only a period for which a drum makes one rotation in a uniform torque control state in which torque of the motor is uniformly controlled at least two times and to perform the second torque addition process after n+0.5 rotations of the drum (n is an integer not less than 1) on the basis of the first torque addition process, and a weight calculation unit to calculate an average value of rotational accelerations of the motor at the respective torque addition processes and to calculate a weight of laundry received in the drum based on the average value. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199599 | Drum type washing machine - Drum type washing machine including a tub of plastic for holding washing water, the tub having a wall for mounting a driving unit thereto, a drum mounted on an inside of the tub, a shaft passed through the tub and coupled to the drum mounted inside of the tub, for transmission of driving force from a motor to the drum, at least one bearing for supporting the shaft, a bearing housing insert molded in the plastic tub for supporting the bearing, a stator to form the motor with a rotor, the rotor around the stator, and a tub supporter of metal between the wall of the tub and the stator, wherein the stator includes an annular helical type core having multiple layers formed by winding a steel plate having Ts and a base portion in a helix starting from a bottom layer to a top layer, an insulator insert molded with the helical type core to cover an outside surface of the helical type core for electrical insulation of the helical type core, and three fastening portions formed as a unit with the insulator projected from an inside circumferential surface of the helical type core toward a center of the stator, for fastening the stator to the tub supporter, wherein the fastening portion has a fastening hole at a center for fastening the stator to the wall of the tub with screws, thereby providing a drum type washing machine of a direct coupling type of a new structure having employed a motor for reducing factors of noise, faults, energy waste, and improving washing performance. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199600 | Washing Apparatus - [PROBLEMS TO BE SOLVED] It is intended to provide a washing apparatus for reliably cleaning water-soluble contaminations such as sweat without damaging fabrics. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199601 | LAUNDRY TREATING DEVICE - A laundry treating device is disclosed, which includes a cabinet that defines an exterior appearance of the device, a tub installed in the cabinet, a lower water holding part recessed in a lower portion of the tub to form a predetermined space, and a water drain hose connected with a side surface of the lower water holding part. The laundry treating device is capable of providing a sufficient water drain height, with improved inner space utilization. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199602 | LOCKING ARRANGEMENT - A locking arrangement for the latching of a door to a counterpart has an upper part and a lower part. The upper part has at least one base section, a first side section which is angled with respect to the base section, a cover section which is angled with respect to the first side section, and a securing section which is angled with respect to the cover section and has a securing opening. The lower part has at least one base section and a securing section which is angled with respect to the base section of the lower part and has a securing opening. A holding means for the holding of a hoop lock is provided at the upper part or at the lower part. The upper part and the lower part can be positioned in a position of use relative to one another such that the securing opening of the upper part and the securing opening of the lower part are arranged in alignment to be able to secure the two securing sections to one another by means of a lock hoop. The cover section of the upper part has a key opening for a front-side introduction of a key. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199603 | STEERING LOCK INDICATOR FOR SELF-STEERING AXLE - A land vehicle includes a wheeled axle that is operable to be selectively self-steering. The axle includes a ground wheel that is operable to be selectively locked into a straight-ahead position so that self-steering is restricted. The land vehicle also includes a wheel lockout indicator system that is operable to sense when the ground wheel is locked in the straight-ahead position and can alert an operator by confirming that the ground wheel has been locked in the straight-ahead position. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199604 | STEERING LOCK DEVICE FOR COUPLING ELECTRONIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF - A steering lock device and method of manufacturing the steering lock device, which is interoperated with an electronic authentication system via minimal structural changes, whose productivity is improved since coupling/decoupling is simple, and whose security against motor vehicle theft is improved, is provided. In the steering lock device, an actuator is coupled with a cam protrusion being coupled with a lock pin, and thereby moves the lock pin. The actuator is operated by an electronic authentication device being carried by a driver, moves the lock pin when receiving a driving signal, and selectively fixes a steering column. Due to the steering lock device and the method of manufacturing the steering device, productivity is improved since coupling/decoupling is simple, and security against motor vehicle theft is improved. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199605 | LATCH ASSEMBLY - A latch assembly includes a chassis, a latch bolt moveably mounted on the chassis and having a closed position for retaining a striker and an open position for releasing the striker, a pawl having an engaged position at which the pawl is engaged with the latch bolt to hold the latch bolt in the closed position and a disengaged position at which the pawl is disengaged from the latch bolt, thereby allowing the latch bolt to move to the open position, an eccentric arrangement defining an eccentric axis and a pawl axis remote from the eccentric axis. The eccentric arrangement is rotatable about the eccentric axis, and the pawl is rotatable about the pawl axis. When the pawl moves from the engaged position to the disengaged position, the eccentric arrangement rotates in one of a clockwise and a counter-clockwise direction about the eccentric axis. With the pawl in the engaged position, a force applied to the pawl by the latch bolt creates a turning moment on the eccentric arrangement in the one of the clockwise and counter-clockwise direction, and the eccentric arrangement is prevented from rotating in said one of the clockwise and counter-clockwise direction by a moveable abutment. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199606 | TAMPER EVIDENT SEAL - A security sealing system providing tamper detection. Including a self locking flexible material strip bearing indicia and an electronic system. The electronic system includes at least a transponder, having two separated subunits. The transponder is accessible when intact by a wireless reader means, indicating the intactness of said transponder and reading the transponder's memory. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199607 | Tubular lock structure - A lock includes a shell, an annular holding member, and a bead holder; the shell has three gaps around its lock hole; the annular member is held in the shell, and has a central shaft, three gaps, and several holes each holding a pine therein; the bead holder is positioned around one end of the shaft in the shell, and has cavities around its middle hole; long beads are held in the cavities respectively, and biased towards the holes of the annular holding member with springs to engage the annular member; a key is used with the lock, which key has three outer bar portions; when the key is inserted in the lock hole, and pressed inwards, it will force the pins to push the beads, and its bar portions will be received in the gaps of the annular member; thus, the annular member can be turned with the key. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199608 | COMPOSTING APPARATUS, INSTALLATION AND METHOD THEREOF - There is disclosed a system and method for composting large amounts waste material comprising a predominant amount of compostable organic material, such as Source Separated Organic (SSO) material. The method comprises mixing the waste material with a bulking agent such as tree bark, removing larger inorganic material then compositing the remainder using compositing bacteria and forced air to promote composting. During its initial composting stages when the majority of noxious gasses, fumes and odours are generated the composting is carried out in an enclosed area and the gases removed and treated using a bio-filter. Once the compostable organic material has been adequately decomposed the bulking agent is removed along with any residual inorganic material and the composting process completed. In particular embodiment the bulking agent is recycled. There is also disclosed a method and device for mixing the waste material with the bulking agent. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199609 | Robot and method for bending orthodontic archwires and other medical devices - A robotic bending apparatus for bending archwires and other types of elongate, bendable medical devices into a desired configuration includes a first gripping tool and a moveable gripping tool. The first gripping tool can be either fixed with respect to a base or table for the robot or positioned at the end of robot am. The moveable gripping tool is mounted to the end of a moveable robot arm having a proximal portion also mounted to the base. The robot preferably comprises a six axis bending robot, in which the distal end of the moveable arm can move relative to the fixed gripping tool about three translational axes and three rotational axes. The gripping tools preferably incorporate force sensors which are used to determine overbends needed to get the desired final shape of the archwire. The robot may also include a resistive heating system in which current flows through the wire while the wire is held in a bent condition to heat the wire and thereby retain the bent shape of the wire. A magazine for holding a plurality of straight archwires needing to be bent and a conveyor system for receiving the wires after the bending process is complete are also described. The robot bending system is able to form archwires with any required second and third order bends quickly and with high precision. As such, it is highly suitable for use in a precision appliance-manufacturing center manufacturing a large number of archwires (or other medical devices or appliances) for a distributed base of clinics. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199610 | ACTUATOR, PARALLEL LINK MECHANISM USING THE SAME, AND LONG MATERIAL BENDING DEVICE - The dimensions of the fitting part of an actuator are to be dramatically reduced while enabling control items such as a driving motor and a position sensor of standard designs to be fitted around outside the actuator. To achieve this purpose, the actuator is provided with a trunnion type universal joint including: a fitting shaft, holding members and a rotary block having a nut arranged in it; a ball screw that is screwed into the nut of the universal joint and, being operationally linked to a driving power source, can move the nut back and forth; and a ball screw guide that is provided on the universal joint and guides the back-and-forth moving direction of the ball screw. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199611 | DEVICE FOR ROTATIONALLY LOCKING THE SUPPORTING ROLL BALANCED ARCHITECTURE OF ROLL STANDS - In a rolling stand ( | 2009-08-13 |
20090199612 | Hot bend pipe and a process for its manufacture - A high-strength hot bend pipe which has a balance between an excellent strength of at least X70 grade and toughness and which has excellent tensile properties and a weld metal with excellent low temperature toughness is manufactured. A UOE steel pipe having a base metal with a composition of C: 0.03-0.12%, Si: 0.05-0.50%, Mn: 1.4-2.2%, S: at most 0.01%, Al: at most 0.06%, N: at most 0.008%, and a remainder of Fe and impurities, with the carbon equivalent (Ceq) being at most 0.36% and the weld cracking parameter (Pcm) being at most 0.22%, and having a weld metal with a weld cracking parameter (Pcm) of at most 0.28%, a B content of at most 5 ppm, and an O content of at most 280 ppm is heated to a temperature range of 900-1100° C. and subjected to bending, and then is immediately cooled to a temperature range of 300° C. or lower at a cooling rate of at least 3° C./sec, and then is tempered in a temperature range of 300-500° C. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199613 | Battering ram - A battering apparatus including a battering element, an air source, a sensing device, a triggering mechanism, and a battering element release mechanism. Engagement of the sensing device activates the triggering mechanism which in turn activated the battering element release mechanism. The battering element is then released, and driven by air from the air source, moved to its extended position, causing the battering head of the battering element to engage an item to be broken. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199614 | FORMING TOOL AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING THE FORMING TOOL - The forming tool is provided for sheet-metal components and embodied in particular as a forming gripper. The forming tool can be positioned and handled in an automated manner by an industrial robot system. The forming tool has a component-probing system, which contains a probing element that is displaceable upon contact with the component. The displacement of the probing element can be ascertained by a measuring system. Furthermore, a suitable method for positioning the forming tool is provided. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199615 | INSPECTION SYSTEM FOR PRESSURE TRANSMITTING DEVICE OF PLANT - A pressure transmitting device inspection system for a plant includes a gauge calibration terminal used for inspection of a pressure transmitting device of a plant, a determining unit which automatically downloads a gauge specification of the pressure transmitting device, monitors an applied pressure, automatically collects inspection data and automatically determines an inspection result, a remote server for gauge calibration which generates a result sheet based on the determination result, and a control unit for centrally controlling the gauge specification, the inspection result and an inspection history. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199616 | SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR MONITORING UREA LEVEL - A sensor diagnostic system comprises first, second, and third dosing agent sensors and a control module. The first, second, and third dosing agent sensors indicate whether a dosing agent is present at first, second, and third volumetric levels of a dosing agent tank, respectively. The second volumetric level is greater than the first volumetric level and the third volumetric level is greater than the second volumetric level. The control module selectively diagnoses a sensor fault in at least one of the first, second, and third dosing agent sensors based on the indications of the first, second, and third dosing agent sensors. | 2009-08-13 |
20090199617 | Apparatus and methods for management of fluid condition - A method is provided for invoking condition monitoring and predicting parametric equipment and lube condition among a plurality of machines; relying on individual or multiple machine and or lube combinations; comprising establishing a based routine accepting information from multiple sources to simultaneously calculate and compare measured and projected conditions relative to parameters selected to be critical; including multiple condition monitoring techniques like: lube analysis, vibration analysis, thermography, ultrasound and equipment lube monitoring techniques whereas parameters monitored are variables and a specific parametric value represents condition or a group of variables together represents a condition; said variables are not to be confused with attribute data indicating pass/fail without identifying a specific parametric value. The process outputs the specific parameter and days to exceed specified condemning limit for each combination of equipment and lube selected. | 2009-08-13 |