| 39th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights (09-24-09/09-24-09_3) part 3 |
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| 20090235620 | SELF-ADJUSTING CENTRING DEVICE - A device for centring objects, comprising a supporting frame ( | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235621 | GLUE-ON HORSE BOOT - A horse boot has an upper that includes substantially independent side walls that may be flexed inward or outward as needed to conform to the shape of the hoof to which the boot is fitted. The upper also includes a short rear lip projecting backward at an approximate 45-degree angle to facilitate entry while still providing a ridge to enclose the back bottom portion of the hoof. The inside of the boot is lined with bonding material along the interior surface of the upper. The boot is fitted to the hoof and held in place while the bonding material hardens, thereby securing the boot to the hoof. The entire fitting process may be carried out in less than two minutes. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235622 | Water separator for a steam turbine plant - A water preseparator ( | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235623 | DEVICE FOR DEPOLLUTING EXHAUST GASES OF A THERMAL ENGINE - A device for depolluting a heat engine exhaust gases includes an outer casing ( | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235624 | Fluid flow filter and method of making and using - A filter well suited for paint arrestor usage having a monolithic high loft manmade fiber body with a convoluted flow contact surface. The filter is preferably formed by a convoluter as in one with a roller set and blade cutter to form mirror image fiber filter sheets from a received fiber batt. Provided is a well mixed proper fiber blend, such as one having a set of fibers made of a majority of course fibers joined by way of thermal bonding fibers which facilitate, during convoluting, formation of a crisp cut and high integrity three dimensional surface, as in one of rows of peaks separated by valleys. The projection/recess arrangement over the flow contact surface as well as the thickness and relative projection-to-base dimensions are arranged to provide a high paint holding capacity without too fast a load up of, for example, paint particles and while avoiding too great of a pressure drop within that load up time. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235625 | FILTER AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - A filter includes a membrane having pores and that is air permeable. A nanoparticle precursor is dispersed throughout the pores, and the nanoparticle precursor is responsive to a stimulus to form a catalytically active nanoparticle. An associated method is also provided. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235626 | System and Method for Managing the Electrical Control System of a Windrower Header Flotation and Lift System - A system and method for managing the electrical control system of a header flotation and lift system of an agricultural harvesting machine, particularly one using only once fluid cylinder in connection with each respective side of the header, which system and method, in addition to executing header raise and lower commands, provides several automatically executable operating modes for the flotation and lift system, including a wake-up mode; a normal mode, which can include float; a charge accumulator mode; a transport mode; and a header remove mode, and the ability to seamlessly and easily transition between the modes. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235627 | ELECTRONIC ENGINE SPEED CONTROL SYSTEM FOR GRASS MOWING MACHINE - An electronic engine speed control system for a grass mowing machine powered by an internal combustion engine includes a microcontroller providing an output signal to an engine speed actuator for the engine, a pedal position sensor connected to a foot pedal and providing a voltage input signal to the microcontroller based on the position of the foot pedal, a PTO clutch switch providing a signal input to the microcontroller indicating if a PTO clutch is engaged, and a lever position sensor connected to a hand lever and having a range of positions including an Automatic mode position and a plurality of Manual mode positions. The hand lever position sensor provides a voltage input signal to the microcontroller in the Automatic mode position such that the microcontroller output to the engine speed actuator is related to the voltage inputs from the pedal position sensor and PTO clutch switch, and provides a voltage input signal to the microcontroller in a range of Manual mode positions such that the microcontroller output to the engine speed actuator is related to the voltage input from the lever position sensor. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235628 | Baling systems and methods - Bailing systems and methods for bailing a material into bales. The bailing systems may include a movement mechanism, a compactor disposed downstream of the movement mechanism and a controller in wired or wireless communication with the movement mechanism and the compactor. In some examples, the movement mechanism includes an arm, a first sensor configured to collect dynamic arm position data, and a second sensor configured to collect dynamic movement parameter data. In some examples, the controller includes instructions for determining the length of the material by comparing dynamic arm position data and dynamic movement parameter data. In some examples, the compactor includes a ram, a block, and an actuator configured to move the block between a passageway position and a ram position. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235629 | MOORING LINE - The present invention relates to a mooring line comprising synthetic fibers, said mooring line having a length of at least 800 meters and being suitable to secure in place a water floating system, whereby the mooring line comprises at least a first and a second module, wherein at least the first and the second module have different compositions. The line according to the invention is suitable for use to secure in place a water floating system. The water floating systems may be a system floating on water or a system buoyant in water at a certain water depth, suitable examples including floating production storage and offloading vessels, spar buoys, semi-submersible or other hydrocarbon storage and/or processing and the like. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235630 | NON-INTERRUPTED OIL SUPPLY FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINE - An oil supply system for a gearbox in a gas turbine engine includes a holding container which holds a quantity of oil to be delivered to a pump. The holding container includes a flexible barrier. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235631 | TURBOMACHINE CONTROL SYSTEM - A turbomachine control system comprising an auxiliary hydraulic circuit with an auxiliary hydraulic pump, at least one hydraulic actuator, and at least one servo-valve, the auxiliary pump powering the actuator via the servo-valve. The auxiliary hydraulic circuit is connected in parallel with the main fuel or lubricating oil circuit of the turbomachine. Said auxiliary pump is driven by an electric motor. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235632 | Gas-turbine bearing oil system with improved oil return arrangement - A gas-turbine bearing oil system with an oil supply arrangement includes at least one oil pump | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235633 | Integrated process plant utilizing a fractionating auxiliary treatment system - An integrated power plant comprising a gas turbine set with a compressor, a combustion chamber and a gas turbine, a waste heat recovery unit (WHRU) arranged downstream of the gas turbine, the heat from the gas turbine flue gases being recovered directly in the WHRU in a coil fed by hydrocarbons or other process fluid. The resulting two-phase hydrocarbon or process stream leaving the WHRU is separated into a vapour and liquid stream using a Fractionating Auxiliary Treatment (FAT) system. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235634 | SYSTEM FOR EXTENDING THE TURNDOWN RANGE OF A TURBOMACHINE - A system for heating the inlet-air of a gas turbine is provided. The system may incorporate an external energy source to increase the temperature of the inlet-air. The system may extend the turndown of a gas turbine operating at partload. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235635 | Igniter Assembly for a Gas Turbine - A gas turbine component ( | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235636 | Reinforced, regeneratively cooled uni-body rocket engine - A rocket engine having a combustion chamber, a throat, and an exhaust bell is made with spaced apart inner and outer skins each unitarily formed in one piece of carbon fiber fabric. Longitudinal ribs in the space between the skins reinforce the engine and divide the space into a plurality of flow channels. An oxidizer ring at the bottom of the exhaust bell is in fluid flow communication with the flow channels, and one or more oxidizer tubes are connected tangentially at one end to the ring to supply oxidizer to the ring and thence to the flow channels. The oxidizer tubes are connected at their other end to the engine above the throat, further reinforcing the engine. An igniter is in the combustion chamber, and ignition fuel ports are directed toward the igniter to provide a soft start ignition. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235637 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LEAN COMBUSTION WITH PLASMA FROM AN ELECTRICAL ARC - The present invention provides a plasma arc torch that can be used for lean combustion. The plasma arc torch includes a cylindrical vessel, an electrode housing connected to the first end of the cylindrical vessel such that a first electrode is (a) aligned with a longitudinal axis of the cylindrical vessel, (b) extends into the cylindrical vessel, and (c) can be moved along the longitudinal axis, a linear actuator connected to the first electrode to adjust a position of the first electrode, a hollow electrode nozzle connected to the second end of the cylindrical vessel such that the center line of the hollow electrode nozzle is aligned with the longitudinal axis of the cylindrical vessel, and wherein the tangential inlet and the tangential outlet create a vortex within the cylindrical vessel, and the first electrode and the hollow electrode nozzle crate a plasma the discharges through the hollow electrode nozzle. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235638 | VARIABLE AREA NOZZLE ASSISTED GAS TURBINE ENGINE RESTARTING - A turbofan engine starting system includes a core nacelle housing ( | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235639 | ROCKET NOZZLE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR COMBUSTION GAS FLOW IN ROCKET ENGINE - A rocket nozzle includes a dual-bell nozzle and a gas introducing section configured to introduce gas into space surrounded by the dual-bell nozzle. Combustion gas flows in the space. The dual-bell nozzle includes a first stage nozzle bell-shaped and surrounding an upstream portion of the space, and a second stage nozzle bell-shaped and surrounding a downstream portion of the space. The dual-bell nozzle has an inflection point between the first stage nozzle and the second stage nozzle. The gas introducing section includes a gas inlet provided to an inner wall surface of the first stage nozzle. The gas is introduced into the space from the gas inlet. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235640 | Pellet Loaded Attitude Control Rocket Motor - There is disclosed a solid fuel rocket motor which may include a case and a nozzle coupled to the case. A plurality of fuel pellets may be disposed within the case. An igniter may be disposed to ignite at least a portion of the fuel pellets. A pellet retainer may be positioned within the case to retain the plurality of fuel pellets within the case. The pellet retainer may be perforated to allow exhaust gases to flow from the ignited fuel pellets to the nozzle while preventing unburned fuel pellets from being expelled through the nozzle | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235641 | T-Jet - The following is the design of a personal, strap-on the back flight device. It is my version of an air breathing jetpack; it is designed to give an individual pilot vertical take-off, horizontal flight and vertical landing capabilities. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235642 | VALVE SYSTEM FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A valve system intermediate a secondary flow path and a primary flow path to selectively communicate secondary airflow into the primary gas flow path and control airflow injected from a higher pressure plenum into a lower pressure flowpath. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235643 | VALVE SYSTEM FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A valve system intermediate a secondary flow path and a primary flow path to selectively communicate secondary airflow into the primary gas flow path and control airflow injected from a higher pressure plenum into a lower pressure flowpath. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235644 | Method of Controlling Exhaust Gas Purificaiton System, and Exhaust Gas - In an exhaust gas temperature raising control for recovering purification ability of an exhaust gas purification device ( | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235645 | EXHAUST PURIFICATION SYSTEM, CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An exhaust gas purification control apparatus for an internal combustion engine instructs an exhaust fuel valve to inject additive fuel when a diesel particulate filter is to be regenerated, and determines that both the exhaust fuel valve and an oxidation catalyst are normal if an exhaust temperature rises. If the exhaust temperature does not rise, the control apparatus instructs an engine fuel valve to inject additive fuel as a post-injection. If the exhaust temperature does not rise, the control apparatus determines that the oxidation catalyst is abnormal. If the exhaust temperature rises, the control apparatus determines that the oxidation catalyst is normal but the exhaust fuel valve is abnormal. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235646 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - In regeneration control of an exhaust gas purification system ( | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235647 | Method for Controlling Exhaust Gas Purification System and Exhaust Gas Purification System - In regeneration control in a manual regeneration mode, when a first exhaust gas temperature (Tg | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235648 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A device for controlling an internal combustion engine comprises a device for trapping particulate matter (PM) in exhaust gas in an exhaust passage, means for supplying ozone to the particulate matter trapping device from the upstream thereof to oxidize and remove PM deposited in the device, and means for interrupting the fuel injection of the internal combustion engine upon the execution of ozone supply by the ozone supply means. It is possible to prevent components consuming ozone, such as NOx, from being contained in the exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine, whereby ozone is effectively usable. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235649 | Method for Regenerating a Diesel Particulate Filter - A method is disclosed for regenerating a diesel particulate filter without excessively increasing NO | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235650 | Liquid Injector Assembly with a Flanged Connector Connection - A system for injecting from an injector into a duct of an engine system is provided. The system may include a first flange on a duct connection side, a second flange on an injector connection side, a stand-off separating the first flange from the second flange to form an air gap therebetween, and a seal offset from at least one of the first and the second flanges and located within the airgap and between the first flange and the second flange. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235651 | Device and method for recovering catalyst for fuel cell - The present invention provides a device and method for recovering a catalyst for a fuel cell, in which a carbon nanotube filter is provided in an air circulation loop of the fuel cell to recover catalyst particles washed away from a catalyst layer of an air electrode during operation of the fuel cell. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235652 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION APPARATUS - An exhaust gas purification apparatus includes a honeycomb structure which has an introduction end face and an exhaust end face opposite to the introduction end face in the longitudinal direction of the honeycomb structure. A casing houses the honeycomb structure and has an introduction casing end face connected to an introduction pipe and an exhaust casing end face connected to an exhaust pipe. The introduction end face of the honeycomb structure faces the introduction casing end face. The exhaust end face of the honeycomb structure faces the exhaust casing end face. A holding sealing material is disposed between the honeycomb structure and the casing. A stopping member has a plurality of openings and covers the exhaust end face. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235653 | PARTICULATE MATTER FILTER ASSEMBLY WITH A FLOW DEVICE - A particulate matter (PM) filter assembly includes a PM filter that filters PM from an exhaust stream and that includes an entry face facing a first direction of flow of the exhaust stream, and a swirl element disposed in the exhaust stream and that includes a blade that directs a portion of the exhaust stream in a second direction of flow that is different than the first direction of flow. The blade directs the portion of the exhaust stream to distribute the exhaust stream over a frontal area of the entry face of the PM filter. A related method of filtering particulate matter from an exhaust stream is also provided. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235654 | EXHAUST GAS SWITCHING VALVE - A partition wall partitioning a cooler inlet port and a cooler outlet port extends from a cooler connecting surface of a connecting portion to a vicinity of a shaft supporting a four-way butterfly valve. An EGR gas leakage around a first valve plate can be restricted. Thus, an increase in temperature of EGR gas flowing through an EGR gas outlet port can be restricted at a cooled mode. A deterioration of emission reducing performance can be avoided. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235655 | Hystat transmission having pressure override control - A transmission for use with a machine is disclosed. The transmission may have a pump, a motor fluidly connected to receive pressurized fluid from the pump and propel the machine, and an operator input device configured to generate a signal indicative of an operator desired gear ratio of the transmission. The transmission may also have a controller in communication with the pump, the motor, and the operator input device. The controller may be configured to determine an desired gear ratio of the transmission as a function of the signal, and determine an efficiency loss of the transmission at the desired gear ratio. The controller may also be configured to select a known setting of at least one of the pump and motor that provides the desired gear ratio and accounts for the efficiency loss. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235656 | Coiled Tubing Injector with a Weight on Bit Circuit - A control circuit for a coiled tubing injector includes a circuit controller ( | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235657 | COOLING SYSTEM AND A TRANSMISSION SYSTEM HAVING SAID COOLING SYSTEM INTEGRATED THEREWITH - The present invention provides a cooling system such as employed in cooling a heat source and a transmission system having said cooling system integrated therewith. The cooling system further includes a pump for supplying hydraulic fluid under pressure to a motor for driving a fan employed in the cooling process. In operation, a controller initiates operation of the pump such as to supply hydraulic fluid to said motor only when needed, thereby to improve the efficiency and controllability of the cooling system. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235658 | INERTIAL BODY DRIVE SYSTEM - A pressure selector valve ( | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235659 | Energy Source Device - The present invention relates to an energy source device, which includes a potential energy change device, an energy acquiring device and an object transfer device. The potential energy change device is prefilled with material having density greater than air to enable more than one object having a density smaller than the density of the material to gain potential energy from the density difference between the material and the objects. Furthermore, the objects are moved to the energy acquiring device using the object transfer device, and weight of each of the objects themselves and the principle of kinetic and potential energy transformation are used to acquire a predetermined potential energy difference, which is transformed into energy. Accordingly, basic principles of physics are used to acquire needed energy from the predictable energy produced by buoyancy and gravitational acceleration, thereby achieving environmental protection and meeting the objective of providing economic benefit. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235660 | DEVICE FOR CONVERTING WAVE ENERGY - Device for absorption of wave energy, comprising a floating body ( | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235661 | EGR Apparatuses systems and methods - One embodiment is a unique system which is operable to provide a mixture of charge air and exhaust to an internal combustion intake at a sub-ambient temperature. Further embodiments, forms, objects, features, advantages, aspects, and benefits shall become apparent from the following description and drawings. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235662 | MODULATING FLOW THROUGH AN EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION COOLER TO MAINTAIN GAS FLOW VELOCITIES CONDUCIVE TO REDUCING DEPOSIT BUILD-UPS - A heat exchanger of motor vehicle processes a gas flow including combustion exhaust gas. Combustion by-product deposit build-up within the heat exchanger is reduced by maintaining a minimum gas flow velocity within the heat exchanger by reducing heat exchanger total gas flow cross section to locally increase a gas flow velocity. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235663 | Device and Method for Supplying Fresh Air to a Turbocharged Reciprocating-Piston Internal Combustion Engine - A device for fresh-gas supply for a turbocharged, compression-ignition, reciprocating-piston internal-combustion engine is provided. The engine has fresh-gas supply pipe and exhaust gas manifold pipe, between which an EGR device is installed. A tubular inside space section of the fresh-gas supply pipe located downstream of a turbocharger has a compressed-air connection with a volume control device, and a butterfly valve for controlling throughflow. Operation of the butterfly valve is controlled by an electronic control unit of the engine which processes sensor signals. A control valve of the EGR device, which is electronically controlled and controls the exhaust gas throughflow volume, is connected to the electronic control unit for synchronized operation of the butterfly valve with the volume control device. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235664 | Cavitation evaporator system for oil well fluids integrated with a Rankine cycle - Oil field fluids are heated by a cavitation device to minimize or eliminate scaling while reducing their volume by evaporation. Heat is conserved by combining the system with an organic Rankine cycle, which is utilized to rotate or help rotate the cavitation device. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235665 | POSITION SENSORS, METERING VALVE ASSEMBLIES, AND FUEL DELIVERY AND CONTROL SYSTEMS - Position sensors, metering valve assemblies, and fuel delivery and control systems are provided. In an embodiment, by way of example only, a position sensor includes a rotor, a primary winding wound around the rotor, a stator surrounding at least a portion of the rotor and the primary winding, and a secondary winding disposed adjacent to the stator. At least one of the primary winding and the secondary winding comprises copper and nickel. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235666 | CRACK RESISTANT COMBUSTOR - A combustion chamber louver assembly includes an aft louver having a forward panel | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235667 | Gas-turbine combustion chamber with ceramic flame tube - A gas turbine combustion chamber includes an essentially cylindrical flame tube | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235668 | Insulator bushing for combustion liner - A combustor for a turbine including: a combustor liner, a first flow sleeve surrounding the combustor liner to define a first flow annulus, the first flow sleeve having cooling holes for directing compressor discharge air as cooling air into the first flow annulus, a transition piece body connected to the combustor liner to carry hot combustion gases to the turbine; a second flow sleeve surrounding the transition piece body, the second flow sleeve having cooling holes for directing compressor discharge air as cooling air into a second flow annulus between the second flow sleeve and the transition piece body; at least one dilution hole in the combustor liner for flowing compressor air into a combustion chamber defined by the combustor liner; and a bushing seated in at least one of the cooling or dilution holes and secured with respect thereto for defining a flow passage for compressor discharge air through the hole. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235669 | Gas Turbine Topping in Sulfuric Acid Manufacture - A method of generating electrical power using sulfur, the method having the steps of combusting oxygen with a stoichiometric quantity of sulfur comprising predominantly diatomic sulfur to generate hot sulfur dioxide gas; and mixing a cooling gas substantially cooler than the hot sulfur dioxide gas with the hot sulfur dioxide gas to produce a mixed working gas for driving a gas turbine, the mixed working gas having a temperature less than a maximum allowable temperature determined by a metallurgic limit of turbine blades in the gas turbine, whereby the gas turbine generates electrical power. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235670 | Bleed Air Supply System and Method to Supply Bleed Air to an Aircraft - The invention relates to a bleed air supply system and a safety device for closing a valve in at least one of the several bleed air supply lines depending on an alarm signal that indicates an opening in at least one of the several bleed air supply lines. To stop the supply of bleed air irrespective of the type of the bleed air source, the safety device comprises a filter device for generating the alarm signal depending on the ground connection signal and on an opening signal from an opening signal device that indicates any opening of the bleed air supply line that is connected to the high-pressure ground connection. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235671 | PARTIAL OXIDATION GAS TURBINE COOLING - A power generation system and method in which a fuel gas is introduced into a combustor and at least a portion of the fuel gas is combusted in the combustor, producing an exhaust gas having no appreciable available oxygen. The exhaust gas is introduced as a working fluid into a gas turbine, thereby generating power. Cooling of the power generation system is accomplished using a cooling fluid selected from the group consisting of synthesis gas, natural gas, natural gas/steam mixture, flue gas, flue gas/steam mixture, and mixtures thereof. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235672 | TWO-STAGE COOLING SYSTEM - A two-stage cooling system configured to cool an interior of an enclosure includes a cabinet, a first vortex tube secured within the cabinet, and a second vortex tube secured within the cabinet. The cabinet defines a venting chamber. The first and second vortex tubes each include a hot pipe within the venting chamber and a cool gas delivery pipe extending outwardly from the cabinet. The first and second cool gas delivery pipes are configured to deliver cold gas to the interior of the enclosure. A separate thermostat may be operatively attached to each vortex tube and extend outwardly from the cabinet to be positioned within the interior of the enclosure. Additionally, first and second dampening sleeves may be secured around at least a portion of the first and second hot pipes, respectively, such that the dampening sleeves dampen noise produced by the vortex tubes. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235673 | DETECTION OF REFRIGERANT RELEASE IN CO2 REFRIGERANT SYSTEMS - A refrigerant system utilizes environmentally friendly natural refrigerant such as carbon dioxide. A pressure relief mechanism such as pressure relief valve is incorporated into the refrigerant system design to allow for at least some amount of refrigerant to be released to atmosphere to provide safe operation or comply with agency regulations if pressure within the refrigerant system exceeds a certain limit. This release can occur during refrigerant system storage, transportation or operation. A detection device such as an electrical circuit is included into the refrigerant system design to provide an indication that pressure relief valve has opened, such that the determination can be made by a refrigerant system control or an operator whether the refrigerant system needs to be recharged and whether it can continue its normal operation, narrow its operational envelope or shut down until the refrigerant charge can be restored. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235674 | DEMAND DRIVEN ICE MODE SOFTWARE - This disclosure is related to software that responds to consumer usage patterns in order to create more ice. The developed software monitors ice dispenses rather they are crushed or cubed. When a threshold of the number of dispenses within the preset time period has been met, the freezer enters a high demand mode. During high demand mode, the freezer is commanded to run at a colder temperature for a preset period of time. The method described in this disclosure includes setting a threshold for the number of dispenses within a time interval and detecting the number of dispenses that are related to a trigger's activation. The method continues with sending a signal when the number of dispenses surpasses the threshold within the time interval and taking a corrective action that increases the production of ice when the signal is received. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235675 | Air conditioner and method for changing refrigerant of air-conditioner - A air-conditioner and the refrigerant charging method of the air-conditioner are disclosed. When a refrigerant amount determining mode is requested to be performed, whether or not the refrigerant amount in the air-conditioner is proper is automatically determined and a shortage amount of refrigerant can be charged. Thus, a user can easily check whether or not the refrigerant charged in the air-conditioner is sufficient or insufficient, and if the refrigerant is not sufficient, the user can automatically charge the refrigerant without having to entirely remove the refrigerant from the air-conditioner, thus increasing the user convenience and reducing time and costs. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235676 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING PURIFIED WATER - The present invention relates to a system for providing purified water, the system including a water vapor condenser, a separate water purifier, and piping coupling the condenser to the water purifier, the water purifier being distanced from the condenser sufficiently to provide noise insulation. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235677 | Cooling Storage Cabinet and Method of Operating Thereof - When an internal temperature of a freezing compartment becomes lower than a lower limit temperature T | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235678 | OPERATION AND CONTROL OF TANDEM COMPRESSORS AND REHEAT FUNCTION - A refrigerant system control operates tandem compressors. If one of the monitored system conditions does not change as each of the tandem compressors or associated components is brought on line, then a determination is made that the respective component is malfunctioning. A refrigerant system can also be additionally equipped with other functions and components, such as variable speed drive, economizer circuit, unloader bypass, and reheat circuit. In case of a reheat circuit, the system can consist of single or multiple compressors. The control algorithm can also be updated such that that particular malfunctioning component is eliminated from the operational sequence. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235679 | OPTICAL FROST DETECTOR WITH GAS BLOW OFF - A frost detector, system, and method for controlling frost formation on the evaporator of a device operating in a refrigeration cycle by initiating defrost cycles when frost is optically detected. The system includes apparatus for delivering gas at a volume and velocity sufficient to remove residual water and debris from the frost detector of the system that might degrade performance if not removed. When frost is detected, a signal is sent to a controller which activates a defrost cycle. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235680 | COOLING SYSTEM BY CONTACT - A cooling system which comprises a cooling fluid to cool a body or object, and at least a cold transmission surface in direct or indirect contact with said body or object. It is characterized in that it comprises at least a device for collecting and storing frigories that can receive a preset quantity of cooling fluid from an external charging device, store said frigories and transmit them at a preset velocity and temperature to said cold transmission surface. It is obtained a system in which it is not necessary to use a cryogenic deposit forming part of it, so that the security is enhanced and the cost is reduced. Further, the invention comprises a device ( | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235681 | Pulse Electrothermal Mold Release Icemaker For Refrigerator Having Interlock Closure And Baffle For Safety - The present document relates to an icemaker having a pulse electrothermal ice release system for separating ice bodies from an ice mold. The pulse electrothermal ice release system operates by applying an electric current through the ice mold through two wires. Safety apparatus for preventing electric shock to users of the icemaker is described. A refrigerator having the icemaker, and an operating method of the icemaker are disclosed. In an embodiment, the safety apparatus interrupts current flow through both wires. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235682 | Pulse Electrothermal Mold Release Icemaker With Safety Baffles For Refrigerator - An icemaker and a refrigerator having an icemaker are discussed. The icemaker has pulse-electrothermal ice release and includes an ice-making tray having several ice forming portions in which water is stored and ice is formed; and a housing surrounding the ice-making tray provided with at least one cold air inlet and/or ice ejection port through which cold air is supplied and ice released along a bent channel. The cold air inlet and/or ice ejection ports are baffled to prevent contact with a user's fingers and thereby reduce the possibility of electric shock. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235683 | WATER DISPENSER FOR REFRIGERATOR FREEZERS - A water dispenser mounted on a door of a refrigerator freezer that is provided with a spigot that is movable between inner and outer dispensing positions. The dispenser includes a dispenser housing having a dispensing cavity and the spigot is movably mounted in the top of the dispensing cavity. When the spigot is in the inner dispensing position water can be dispensed into a container positioned in the dispensing cavity. In the outer dispensing position the spigot can dispense water into a container positioned outside the dispensing cavity. The dispenser housing can be provided with a movable tray in the bottom of the dispensing cavity. The movable tray can be withdrawn to support a container under the spigot in the inner dispensing position and extended to support a container under the spigot in the outer dispensing position. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235684 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator ( | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235685 | ARRANGEMENT FOR AIR CONDITIONING OF SUBASSEMBLIES - Subassemblies are arranged in the interior of a closed housing. The housing has an air inlet via which air-conditioning air is guided into the interior of the housing. The housing contains a fan via which the air used for the air conditioning of the subassemblies is guided to the outside from the interior of the housing. In addition to a fan input opening, the fan has at least two fan output openings wherein a rotatably mounted screen is arranged in the interior of the fan. By variably adjusting the position of the screen, the air sucked in via the fan input openings is optically guided via at least one of the fan output openings. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235686 | FLUID TEMPERATURE REGULATOR - A fluid temperature regulator includes: a case, containing a refrigerant; a cooling/warming device, configured to cool/warm the case; and a storage, including an opening through which a circuit for transfusing fluid is to be inserted/removed. The storage is configured to house the circuit inserted through the opening and be in contact with the circuit. The storage is surrounded by the refrigerant and watertight for the refrigerant in the case. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235687 | REFRIGERATING APPLIANCE - The present invention refers to a refrigerating appliance preferably for cooling of drinks, comprising a cooling section with a freezing unit arranged therein having a freezing section where an ice making device is arranged, said cooling section and/or freezing section being optionally divided into several compartments by means of partition walls, and having an evaporator for creating and supplying cold air into the freezing section and cooling section, where several cooling channels are formed in a body of the refrigerating appliance for distributing cooling air via several discharging slots into each separate compartment. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235688 | Earring for stimulating spots on the body suitable for acupuncture - This invention is about wearing earring that stimulates the acupoints of the ear and provides easy wearing with beautiful feature. In detail, it is consisted of a pair of parts formed to press a specific part of the ear; a connecting part that links above-mentioned parts together; a decoration for the surfaces of a pair of above-mentioned parts or connecting part; a stimulating protrusion part combined with at least a part of above-mentioned pairs to stimulate acupoints. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235689 | Gemstone jewelry with enhanced appearance - The appearance of gemstones, such as diamond, of various cuts is enhanced with a narrow non-planar strip of a reflective, color matched material, such as gold with yellow gems or platinum with clear gems, is peripherally positioned around the visible portion of the gemstone in a setting. A realistic multiple reflective optical illusion is created of a larger size gemstone. The appearance of a gemstone is also visually enhanced in a ring setting with the band of the ring being constructed of separated ring elements which permit additional ambient light to strike the normally hidden lower and lateral portions of the gemstone and increase sparkle. Optionally, connecting members between the separated ring elements incorporate monograms or design. The invention includes the jewelry items of gemstones and settings having the enhanced appearances of size and/or increased sparkle. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235690 | PIECE OF JEWELLERY - In the case of a piece of jewelry with a jewelry body ( | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235691 | System and Method for Configuring a Glass Hardening System Capable of Transition between Configurations for Annealing and Tempering Glass Objects - The present invention relates to a glass hardening system and method capable of transition between configurations for annealing and tempering glass objects comprising a conveyor system, a glass object positioning system, a tempering chamber, and a plurality of temperature zones oriented to form a tunnel through which glass objects are conveyed by a conveyor system. The temperature zones can be set to implement a temperature profile for either annealing or tempering the glass objects. Furthermore, in an exemplary embodiment an annealing lehr can be configured to temper glass objects by making a portion of the conveyor system accessible to the glass object positioning system after preheating, such that the glass object positioning system can temporarily relocate the glass objects from the conveyor into a tempering chamber and then the glass objects are returned to the conveyor system. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235692 | SAG CONTROL OF ISOPIPES USED IN MAKING SHEET GLASS BY THE FUSION PROCESS - Isopipes for use in making sheet glass by a fusion process are provided which exhibit reduced sag. The isopipes are composed of a zircon refractory which has a mean creep rate (MCR) at 1180° C. and 250 psi and a 95 percent confidence band (CB) for said mean creep rate such that the CB to MCR ratio is less than 0.5, the MCR and the CB both being determined using a power law model. The zircon refractory can contain titania (TiO | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235693 | Manufacturing Method of Plate Glass - Proposed is a manufacturing method to continuously fabricate plate glass which comprises supporting at least bottom surface of the traveling glass before stiffening by means of a gas generated from support members and controlling the gravitational effect on the glass to provide the partial displacement and deformation repeatedly while changing the position thereof so as to achieve propagation of overall glass extension. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235694 | GLASS MELTING APPARATUS - A glass melting apparatus is provided with a clarifier tank adapted to clarify melted glass which is obtained by melting a raw glass material. Partition walls are provided in the clarifier tank so as to define a meandering flow passage through which the melted glass flows. A bottom of the clarifier tank is sloped so that the flow passage ascends from an upstream side thereof to a downstream side thereof. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235695 | FURNACE WITH IMMERSED BURNER AND OVERHEAD BURNER - A furnace for melting batch materials, including, upstream in the direction of flow of the molten materials, a zone for introducing solid batch materials, and including a submerged burner and an overhead surface burner providing a flame that touches the surface of the glass at the point where the bubble from the submerged burner emerges. This association of an overhead, especially roof-mounted, burner and a submerged burner reduces the quantity of batch stones that may be sent toward the downstream end of the furnace. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235696 | Method for Manufacturing Grin Lens - A method of manufacturing a GRIN lens includes a forming a wet gel from an alcohol solution containing a silicon alkoxide, a dopant alkoxide, and an aluminum alkoxide; dissolving by leaching the dopant and aluminum away from an outer peripheral surface of the wet gel to provide a refractive index distribution; forming a dry gel by drying the wet gel; forming a glass preform by firing the dry gel; and wire-drawing the perform. In the step of leaching, most aluminum dissolves from the wet gel, thereby increasing the porosity of the dry gel and preventing cracking during sintering and foaming during wire-drawing. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235697 | TEXTILE PRODUCT TREATING APPARATUS HAVING AN ULTRASONIC CLEANING DEVICE - The invention relates to a textile product treating apparatus, in a particular washing machine ( | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235698 | Rotary lock mechanism - A rotary lock mechanism disclosed includes a housing, a linear latch, and a rotary latch. The linear latch is disposed next to the housing and slides corresponding to the housing. The rotary latch is pivoted at a side of the housing, which faces the position structure. The rotary latch includes a dual-angle ramp disposed facing the linear latch. The linear latch may touch the dual-angle ramp to rotate the rotary latch when the linear latch slides corresponding to the housing. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235699 | ANTI-THEFT DEVICE FOR THE SECURITY - The present invention relates to an anti-theft device for a portable device, wherein the portable device includes an aperture. The anti-theft device includes a coupler, an engaging/disengaging device, and a localizer. The localizer couples the engaging/disengaging device with an immovable object. The coupler includes a bridge portion and a leg, wherein the bridge portion and the leg are disposed on two different sides of the portable device. The engaging/disengaging device engages with the aperture of the portable device and also couples with the coupler to clamp the portable device. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235700 | SEALING BOLT - A sealing bolt for sealing a container lid to a container body, the sealing bolt including: a first identity element configured so as to provide a first identification signal when sensed with an ultrasonic reading device; a second identity element configured so as to provide a second identification signal when sensed with an ultrasonic reading device; and a third identity element. The third identity element includes the first and second identity elements and a third identification signal is formed by the intersection points created by an overlap of the first and second identification signals. The invention also concerns a method for sealing a container lid to a container body using such a sealing bolt. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235701 | Safety Device for Cap of Liner of Thermos Bottle - A safety device of a cap sealing a liner of a thermos bottle comprises a rod of a pushing member passing through a through hole of a lock assembly that is for being screws with the opening of the liner wherein after the rod is pierced into an accommodating space of the lock assembly and combined with components therein, the rod juts out a fastening member deposited in the depression of the cap to be combined with a moving member, whereby when there is a pressurized steam in the liner, the steam lifts the pushing member so that the rod pushes upward to disengage the moving member from a recess of the fastening member and in turn sit the moving member in the corresponding gaps of the upper decorating plate so that this point, even if the cap is rotated, the cap does not drive the lock assembly to rotate. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235702 | ELECTROMAGNETIC LOCK - An electromagnetic lock comprises: a body combined with a retaining frame by using locking studs and retaining screws; one side of the retaining frame being installed with a trigger receiving box; and an absorption plate combined to a supporting frame; two metal rings being installed in the absorption plate; the absorption plate having locking screws; wherein in installation, for aligning the body and the absorption plate, adjusting screws are installed between the absorption plate and the supporting frame. The supporting frame has screw holes for receiving the adjusting screws; one side of the supporting frame has two magnetic holes for receiving magnets; a magnet protection sheet are installed at lower side of the magnets; and a small screw serves to lock the protection sheet to the supporting frame. The trigger can be hidden so as to occupy a small space and the installation work is easy. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235703 | ELECTRICAL LOCK APPARATUS - Disclosed is an electrical lock apparatus in which protrusions are formed at constant angles in a key head of a key provided with a chip and grooves are formed in an input socket to allow the protrusions to be inserted into the input socket, whereby the input socket can be rotated by turning the key inserted into the input socket. In an electric lock apparatus including a key having a key head provided with inner and outer terminals of a hemispherical shape, and an input socket into which the key head is inserted, having grooves provided with terminals being in contact with the inner and outer terminals of the key head, the electric lock apparatus comprises protrusions formed to surround the key head, and grooves formed at the grooves of the input socket to allow the protrusions to be respectively inserted thereinto, whereby the input socket is rotated as the key is rotated in a state that the key head is inserted into the input socket. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235704 | DEADBOLT LOCK KNOB RESISTOR - A deadbolt knob restrictor used to prevent the rotation of the inside knob on the deadbolt lock. The restrictor includes a ring member designed to fit between the cover plate located on the inside surface of the door. Attached to the ring member are two perpendicularly aligned support arms with a pin-style hinge formed on their distal ends. Attached to the hinge is an L-shaped latch. Formed on the latch is a cam surface which presses against a spring loaded piston disposed between the cam surface and the support arm. The latch includes a long leg that may be disposed transversely over the ring member, and a short leg that may be placed adjacent to the wide surface of the deadbolt lock's turn knob to prevent its rotation. During assembly, the ring member is placed under the locks inside cover plate. During use the piston forcibly holds the latch in a locked or unlocked position against the turn knob. The latch may be rotated in the opposite direction so that the turn knob is free to rotate to the unlock position. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235705 | Key ring tool - An improved key ring tool for adding or removing keys or accessories. The new design will attach and detach from the key ring without spreading the key ring, remain attached to the ring and help to locate specific keys via the visual location of the device. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235706 | Method For Rolling A Sheet Metal Strip - A method is provided for controlling cold rolling of a sheet metal strip involving continuously passing the strip in at least two successive rolling stands, each stand including at least two driven rolls between which the strip moves and is plated. The method includes estimating the sliding variation in output of one rolling stand; and correcting the rotation speed of the rolls of at least one corrected rolling stand based on the estimated sliding variation. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235707 | Method For The Operation Of A Rolling Mill Used For Milling A Strip-Shaped Rolling Stock - Disclosed is a rolling mill comprising a roll stand with working rolls, a roll train located at the feeding end of the roll stand, and a control device. The working rolls form a roll gap. The control device triggers the roll stand such that the working rolls rotate at a certain peripheral speed while triggering the roll train located at the feeding end of the roll stand in such a way that the leading edge of the strip-shaped rolling stock reaches the roll gap at a feeding speed that is greater than the peripheral speed. The control device adjusts the peripheral speed and the feeding speed to each other in such a way that a potential angled position of the leading edge relative to the roll gap is at least reduced as a result of said adjustment. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235708 | HOT FORMING PROCESS FOR METAL ALLOY SHEETS - Magnesium and other metal alloy sheet materials are deformed at hot forming temperatures into vehicle body panels and other articles. Many such hot forming operations are improved in speed and product quality by predetermining a static recrystallization temperature of the sheet material. As the sheet material is being heated to its hot forming temperature, deformation is commenced below the static recrystallization temperature. As heating and deformation are continued, dynamic recrystallization of the workpiece occurs and deformation may proceed faster and to a greater extent. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235709 | Non-planar sputter targets having crystlallographic orientations promoting uniform deposition - A non-planar sputter target having differing crystallographic orientations in portions of the sputter target surface that promote more desirable deposition and density patterns of material sputtered from the target surface onto a substrate. A closed dome end of the sputter target is comprised of a first crystallographic orientation and sidewalls of the sputter target are comprised of a crystallographic orientation different from that of the dome. The sputter target is formed, preferably by hydroforming or other metal working techniques, in the absence of annealing. The hydroforming manipulations result in the different crystallographic orientations while minimizing, or ideally omitting, the application of heat. Quick and cost effective non-planar sputter targets that are easily repeatably producable are achievable as a result. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235710 | ADJUSTABLE KNURLING TOOL - A knurling tool, with a base body featuring an axis and adapted to be clamped into a machine tool, which accommodates a holder and knurling wheels rotatably mounted in the holder, wherein knurling wheels arranged at equal circumferential distances are mounted in the holder around a wheel axis which embraces a first angle α | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235711 | HEADREST FRAME AND METHOD - A device and method for forming notches in tubes or other parts includes a roller that travels along a non-linear path. The roller may include a component of motion away from the part to reduce bulging or other deformations in an outer surface of the part that could otherwise result from a straight roller path. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235712 | INTEGRATED PUSH PULL ROLLER HEAD - A roller hemming apparatus includes a linear actuator mountable on an end of a multi-axis robotic arm. The linear actuator includes a connector. A roller hemming head is mounted on the linear actuator by the connector. The roller hemming head includes at least one hem roller. The roller hemming head performs both push force and pull force roller hemming operations. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235713 | MAGNETICALLY ACTUATED ROLLER HEAD - A magnetically actuated roller head includes a linear actuator mountable on an end of a multi-axis robotic arm. The linear actuator includes a slide, a magnet operably connected to the slide and operable to urge the slide in a linear direction, and a connector disposed on a distal end of the slide. A roller hemming head is mounted on the linear actuator by the connector. The roller hemming head includes at least one hem roller. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235714 | Ejection of Residual Parts from Plate-Type Workpieces - A plate-type workpiece part ejector tool includes an upper tool portion and a lower tool portion. The upper tool portion includes a tool body, and a plurality of cutting tools that carried by the tool body. Each of the cutting tools includes a guide body having a punch. The lower tool portion has a single ejection opening. The ejection opening has at least one counter-cutting edge. The cutting tools are accommodated in the tool body so as to be movable relative to the lower tool portion, such that each of the cutting tools is optionally alignable with the counter cutting-edge. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235715 | Method for selectively forming (plastic working) at least one region of a sheet metal layer made from a sheet of spring steel, and a device for carrying out this method - A method for selectively forming at least one region of a gasket sheet metal layer made of a spring steel, wherein, for the purposes of facilitating the forming process, the region of the sheet metal layer that is to be formed is heated up inductively for reducing the hardness thereof and the electromagnetic alternating field serving for the inductive heating process is concentrated onto the region that is to be formed, wherein the application time of the electromagnetic alternating field on each part of said region of the sheet metal layer that is to be formed amounts to at most approximately 2 seconds. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235716 | DETERMINING TOTAL MILL FLOW IN A BIOFUEL PRODUCTION PROCESS - System and method for determining total mill flow (TMF) in a biofuel production process. Measured slurry flow and density values from a process fed by mill(s), backset, and at least one water source, are received. The slurry includes biomass solids and water. Measured backset flow and density values, and a backset composition value are received, as well as a slurry composition value indicating % biomass solids of the slurry is received. A quantity of biomass solids and/or water of the slurry determined based on the slurry flow, density, and composition, and a quantity of the biomass solids and/or water of the backset determined based on the backset flow and density, backset composition, and a system filter characterizing time delays and lags between measurements of the backset flow and biomass slurry flow. Total mill flow is determined based on the quantities of biomass solids and/or water of the slurry and backset. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235717 | Sensor Self-Test Transfer Standard - A system, computer program product and method of obtaining a performance parameter associated with a sensor, such as an accelerometer, is provided. The method includes applying an acceleration to the accelerometer and a first frequency to obtain a sensitivity of the accelerometer at the first frequency. A first self-test is performed on the accelerometer. The first self-test includes stimulating the accelerometer with a first self-test stimulation signal encoded with the first frequency, such that the accelerometer outputs a first signal. A self-test equivalent acceleration is then determined based, at least in part, on the first signal and the accelerometer sensitivity at the first frequency. A second self-test is performed on the accelerometer. The second self-test includes stimulating the accelerometer with a second self-test stimulation signal encoded with the second frequency, such that the accelerometer outputs a second signal. A parameter of the accelerometer is determined at the second frequency based, at least in part, on the second signal and the self-test equivalent acceleration. The parameter may be sensitivity of the accelerometer at the second frequency. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235718 | Puncture-Resistant Containers and Testing Methods - A method and apparatus for testing a container for puncture resistance using a structure having a means to guide a dropper as the dropper freefalls and impacts with a pressurized container or a pressurized container freefalls and impacts with an impact target. An improved method of manufacturing a steel sheet having an isotropic metallurgical microstructure, the steel sheet being used to form a pressurized container with increased puncture resistance, wherein the improvement comprises heat treatment also is disclosed. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090235719 | CO2 ABSORPTION DEVICE FOR ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS INSTRUMENTS - The invention relates to a CO | 09-24-2009 |
