44th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 33 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100278544 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENSURING THAT ONLY A SPECIFIC TONER IS USED FOR PRINTING A DOCUMENT - The present invention relates to a system and method for ensuring that a correct toner is used for printing a document. A printer receives data about a document requiring a specific toner type to print the document. The printer receives toner type identification from a toner cartridge inserted into the printer. The specific toner type required is compared with the available toner type in the cartridge. If the available toner type in the cartridge matches the specific toner type, the document is printed. If there is no match, the printer displays an error message and does not print the document. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278545 | PRINTER - A printer includes a feed unit; an image forming unit, which executes double-side printing; an acceptance unit, which accepts an execution command of either continuation printing and reprinting if double-side printing is stopped and a first recording medium with only a first side image printed thereon exists in the conveying path of the printer; and a control unit, which prints only the unprinted second side image, if a continuation printing command is entered and the control unit reprints the first side image on a second recording medium and also prints the unprinted second side image on the second recording medium, if a reprinting command is entered. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278546 | SELECTIVE JOB AGGREGATION - A selective job aggregation method includes identifying a predetermined usage match between a first consumable component and a second consumable component of printer device. Print jobs are then selectively aggregated to encourage expiration of a first expected useful life of the first consumable component to occur with expiration of a second expected useful life of the second consumable component. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278547 | Image Forming Apparatus and Voltage Applying Device - An image forming apparatus includes a voltage applying unit for applying a voltage to an electric load; a sub control unit for controlling the voltage applying unit; a restarting unit for restarting the sub control unit in response to receipt of a restart signal; a determining unit for determining whether or not restart of the sub control unit is abnormal restart; and a main control unit. The main control unit generates a control start signal for allowing the voltage applying unit to start generation of the voltage, and the restart signal. When the determining unit determines that restart of the sub control unit is abnormal restart, the main control unit sends again the control start signal to the sub control unit. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278548 | AUTOMATED CLEANER FOR A CHARGING DEVICE - An image forming apparatus including: a first charging device for charging an imageable surface; recording means for recording an electrostatic latent image on the imageable surface; developing means for developing the electrostatic latent image with developer; a second charging device for transferring a developer image on the imageable surface onto an a substrate; control means for setting a value of the bias of either the first charging device or the second charging device from an operating bias to a testing bias; test pattern forming means for forming test patterns on the imageable surface at operating bias and said testing bias; test patterns detection means for scanning non-uniformity of the test patterns, and means for associating non-uniformity of the test patterns to a reliability condition of either the first charging device and/or second charging device. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278549 | IMAGE FOMRING APARATUS AND METHOD OF ADJUSTING CHARGE BIAS - An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier configured to carry an image and a charger to which a direct current voltage overlapped with an AC voltage is applied as a charging bias to charge the image carrier. The charger is positioned in contact or contactlessly with the image carrier. The AC voltage applied to the charger in an adjustment of the AC voltage is not less than twice a charging start voltage Vth at which the image carrier starts to be charged. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278550 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus including a latent image bearing drum on which a latent image is formed, an exposure unit that exposes the latent image bearing drum, a developer unit that develops the latent image formed on the latent image bearing drum, a transfer medium onto which the image developed by the developer unit is transferred, and a transfer roller that transfers the image from the transfer medium to the transfer material, the transfer roller having a concaved portion extending in the axial direction and a support portion disposed on the outer circumference of the roller that supports the transfer material, where the outer circumference of the transfer roller being an integral multiple or an approximate integral multiple of the circumference of the latent image bearing drum. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278551 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - Disclosed is an image forming device which can prevent occurrence of damage on the surface of a fixing roller or a fixing belt due to the contact of the end of a sheet with the fixing roller or fixing belt. The image forming device, for transferring a toner image to a sheet fed out from a sheet feed section and fixing the toner image to the sheet by pressing the sheet carrying the toner image at a fixing section, comprises a moving section for moving the sheet and or the fixing section in the direction at right angles to the traveling direction of the sheet within a preset moving range, the moving section being controlled based on a preset operation pattern. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278552 | CARRIER BEAD COLLECTION ASSEMBLY FOR A XEROGRAPHIC PRINTER - A carrier bead collection assembly in a xerographic printer is disclosed. The carrier bead collection assembly may include a tray defining a cavity for retention of carrier beads, wherein the tray is located below a slot in a media transport surface in the xerographic printer and is removable so that is may be cleaned, and a magnet that is disposed beneath the tray, wherein the magnet attracts carrier beads that reside on the media transport surface such that as a result of the attraction, the carrier beads come to rest in the tray. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278553 | AUTOMATED CLEANER FOR A CHARGING DEVICE - An apparatus for controlling a cleaning device for cleaning a charging device, including: means for detecting contamination on the charging device; means, in communication with detecting means, for generating a cleaning command; and a controller, responsive to the cleaning command, for controlling operation of the cleaning system. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278554 | Laser Printer Toner Cartridge Cleaning Blade - Process and apparatus for reducing and/or eliminating chances of new or used cleaning blades, installed in a laser printer toner cartridge, failing in operation due to high friction forces applied by the photo-sensitive member, achieved by trimming the corners of the polymeric section of the blade so that the corners are not at 90-degree angles, and thus reducing the forces and pressure applied on the corners, or by fabricating new cleaning blades with angled or rounded corners that do not have 90-degree angles. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278555 | Detachable developer capable of maintaining nip - A detachable developer in which a photosensitive unit and a development unit are separately and independently installed in a main body. The detachable developer includes a first axis connection member extending from one end portion of the photosensitive unit toward a rotation axis of a developing roller and having a first guide slot formed therein in which one end portion of the rotation axis of the developing roller is inserted, and a second axis connection member extending from the other end portion of the development unit toward a rotation axis at the other end portion of a photosensitive drum and having a second guide slot formed therein in which the other end portion of the rotation axis of the photosensitive drum is inserted. The first axis connection member and the second axis connection member extend parallel to each other. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278556 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a medium conveyance unit; an image recording unit; and recording unit support portions. The image recording unit is supported by the medium conveyance unit in an undetachable manner for a user who uses the medium. The recording unit support portions has a first support portion and a second support portion which are disposed in the image recording unit on a side of an outlet and are spaced from each other in a width direction of a medium conveyed, and a third support portion which is disposed in the image recording unit on an opposite side to the outlet. At least the first support portion and the second support portion are supported on the side of the outlet of the medium conveyance unit. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278557 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming apparatus body; an openable member that is supported movably between an opening position and a closing position; a positioning portion that is provided in the image forming apparatus body; a positioned portion that is supported on the openable member and that is brought into contact with the positioning portion to be positioned when the openable member is in the closing position; a rotary member that is supported on the image forming apparatus body; and an opposed member that is supported on the openable member. When the openable member moves to the closing position, the opposed member moves in a direction crossing an opening/closing direction of the openable member and then moves in a reverse direction to the moving direction. And the opposed member is opposed to the rotary member rotatably when the openable member is in the closing position. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278558 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus includes a latent image bearing member; a charging device charging the surface of the latent image bearing member; a latent image forming device forming an electrostatic latent image on the surface of the latent image bearing member; a developing device supplying toner to the electrostatic latent image to form a toner image; a cover film supplying device supplying a cover film to the surface of the latent image bearing member at a cover film supplying position located on an upstream side from the development position so that the toner image is formed on the cover film covering the surface of the latent image bearing member; and a cover film separating device separating the cover film bearing the toner image thereon from the surface of the image bearing member before the cover film bearing the toner image thereon reaches the cover film supplying position. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278559 | CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cartridge for a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, wherein the main assembly includes a rotatable driving coupling member including a driving force transmitting portion for transmitting a driving force and a driving side abutment, wherein the cartridge is demountable in a direction substantially perpendicular to a rotational axis of the driving coupling member, includes a rotatable driven coupling member including a driving force receiving portion for receiving the driving force, and a driven side abutment to be abutted by the driving side abutment, the driven coupling member being slidable in a predetermined direction which is substantially parallel with a rotational axis of the receiving coupling member; wherein at least one of the driving side abutment and the driven side abutment is inclined so that the driven coupling member is retractable away from the driving coupling member in the predetermined direction by a force received by driven side abutment from the driving side abutment, and wherein a distance between the rotational axis of the driven coupling member and the abutment of the receiving abutment is not more than a distance between the rotational axis of the driven coupling member and the driving force receiving portion. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278560 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a first drum to be subjected to image formation by exposing to light said first drum at an exposure position to form a latent image and then by transferring a toner image, formed by developing the latent image with toner, onto a transfer material at a transfer position; | 2010-11-04 |
20100278561 | ELECTRON EMITTING ELEMENT, ELECTRON EMITTING DEVICE, LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AIR BLOWING DEVICE, COOLING DEVICE, CHARGING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, ELECTRON-BEAM CURING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTRON EMITTING ELEMENT - An electron emitting element ( | 2010-11-04 |
20100278562 | Development Device and Image Forming Device - A development device includes a developer container reserving a liquid developer containing toner particles and a carrier liquid. A developer supply member supplies a developer supporting member with liquid developer. An agitating member is disposed in the developer container and supplies the developer supply member with the liquid developer. A developer supporting member cleaning member removes liquid developer on the developer supporting member. The developer container includes a first developer holding section having at least one communication section for making liquid developer flow in, a second developer holding section for reserving liquid developer recovered by the developer supporting member cleaning member, and a partition member partitioning between the first and second developer holding sections, and at least one flowing section shifted from the communication section in an axial direction of the agitating member and allowing liquid developer to move between the first and second developer holding sections. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278563 | DEVELOPING UNIT AND DEVELOPER STIRRING AND TRANSPORTING METHOD - A developing unit and a developer stirring and transporting method are provided that enable smooth discharge of a developer in the developing unit without being affected by the inclination of the developing unit. A developing unit | 2010-11-04 |
20100278564 | DEVELOPER SUPPLY CONTAINER AND DEVELOPER SUPPLYING SYSTEM - A developer supply container detachably mountable to a developer receiving apparatus and settable in a developer receiving apparatus by a setting operation including at least a rotation toward a setting position, includes a containing portion for containing the developer; a rotatable discharging member for discharging the developer out of said containing portion; drive transmitting means, engageable with a driving gear provided in said developer receiving apparatus and rotatable in a direction opposite the setting direction, for transmitting a rotating force from said driving gear to said discharging member. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278565 | DEVELOPER SUPPLY CONTAINER - If a user is not familiar with the operation for the developer supply container, the rotating operation for the developer supply container may be insufficient, so that developer supply container does not reach a predetermined operating position, with the result of abnormal developer supply. by increasing a rotation load of a second gear | 2010-11-04 |
20100278566 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, DEVELOPING DEVICE AND TONER CARTRIDGE - An image forming device has: a developing cartridge for developing an electrostatic latent image on an image carrying member and a toner cartridge. The developing cartridge contains a developing roller and a single auger. The toner cartridge is detachably attached to the developing cartridge and containing toner. The toner cartridge has an agitation mechanism that agitates the toner, a conveyance mechanism that conveys the toner to the agitation mechanism, and two ports, the two ports being aligned in the axial direction and communicated with the developing cartridge, respectively. The toner cartridge and the developing cartridge are arrayed side by side in a horizontal direction. The toner cartridge has a shape having a vertical cross section in which a horizontal length is greater than a vertical length. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278567 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member for bearing a toner image; a rotatable intermediary transfer member; and a transfer unit, configured and positioned to form a transfer nip between the intermediary transfer member and the image bearing member, for transferring the toner image from the image bearing member onto a surface of the intermediary transfer member. The transfer unit includes a sheet member on which the intermediary transfer member is slidable, and includes an elastic member for urging the sheet member toward the intermediary transfer member at a position of the transfer nip. The sheet member is provided with a reinforcing portion, having a linear expansion coefficient different from that of the sheet member, in an area in which the elastic member urges the sheet member. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278568 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a transfer unit having an endless transfer belt stretched over a plurality of rollers, a pair of integrated support side plates for supporting the plurality of rollers rotatably, a pair of press side plates supported, to be able to rotate in the direction of moving toward or away from the image carrier, by means of a supporting member provided in the frame of the transfer unit, a swing portion provided on the press side plates and supporting the support side plates swingably with respect to the image carriers when the transfer belt and the image carriers are pressed, and a member for urging the press side plates in the direction that the transfer belt presses the image carrier. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278569 | APPARATUSES USEFUL FOR PRINTING AND METHODS OF TREATING MARKING MATERIAL ON MEDIA - Apparatuses useful for printing and methods of treating marking material on media are provided. An exemplary embodiment of the apparatuses includes a first member including a first outer surface; and a roll including a second outer surface forming a nip with the first outer surface. The second outer surface includes an inner portion having first and second axially-spaced edges, a roughened first high-friction surface axially outward from the first edge and a roughened second high-friction surface axially outward from the second edge. The first and second high-friction surfaces extend circumferentially around the roll and have a higher roughness than the inner portion. The inner portion and the first and second high-friction surfaces contact the first outer surface at the nip, and the first and second high-friction surfaces lie outside of a media path through the nip. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278570 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In an image forming apparatus having a fixing rotor ( | 2010-11-04 |
20100278571 | Photosensitive Unit and Tandem Photosensitive Unit - A photosensitive unit includes: a photosensitive member that carries a developer image on a surface thereof; a primary roller, which contacts the surface of the photosensitive member, and which captures a foreign substance on the surface of the photosensitive member; a pair of primary bearing members that rotatably support axial end portions of the primary roller; a pair of pressing members that press the pair of primary bearing members toward the photosensitive member; and a pair of guide members that guide the pair of primary bearing members in a pressing direction in which the pair of pressing members press the pair of primary bearing members. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278572 | SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet conveying apparatus including: a sheet conveying path through which a sheet is conveyed; a sensor unit configured to output a signal according to a characteristic of the sheet which is conveyed through the sheet conveying path; a pressure unit configured to press the sheet against the sensor unit; and a moving member protruding into the sheet conveying path, the moving member being moved by being pushed by the sheet passing through the sheet conveying path, wherein the pressure unit is interlocked with the moving member so that the sheet is pressed by the pressure unit against the sensor unit when the moving member is not pushed by the sheet, and a pressure force on the sheet applied by the pressure unit is released or reduced when the moving member is pushed by the sheet. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278573 | MOVEABLE TRAIL EDGE SENSOR FOR DUPLEX REGISTRATION - A print device for registering a printable medium during a duplex printing process. The print device includes a controller, at least one leading edge sensor operably connected to the controller, the at least one leading edge sensor configured to detect a leading edge of a printable medium having a first and a second side when the first side is facing away from the at least one leading edge sensor, a coarse registration sensor operably connected to the controller, the coarse registration sensor configured to detect a leading edge of the printable medium when the second side of the printable medium is facing away from the at least one leading edge sensor, and at least one trail edge sensor operably connected to the controller, the at least one trail edge sensor configured to detect a trailing edge of the printable medium. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278574 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A before-toner-fixation conveying guide is provided between a transfer portion configured to transfer a toner image, which is formed by an image forming portion, onto a sheet and a fixing portion configured to fix the toner image, which is transferred on the sheet by the transfer portion, to the sheet. The before-toner-fixation conveying guide guides the sheet, on which the toner image is transferred, to the fixing portion. A plurality of consecutive chevron shapes are formed, along a direction orthogonal to a sheet conveying direction, in an end portion on a downstream side in the sheet conveying direction of the before-toner-fixation conveying guide. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278575 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In case of both sides printing, the sheet S having an image formed on the obverse surface is conveyed to the first reversal section of the reversal device | 2010-11-04 |
20100278576 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is an image forming apparatus including: a support portion configured to support first and second rollers to be able to increase/decrease a distance between an axis line of the first roller and an axis line of the second roller including a second roller body; an elastic member configured to urge at least one of the first and second rollers to relatively bring it close to the other; and a regulating portion configured to regulate, at a position at which part of the plurality of first roller bodies and part of the second roller body overlap each other in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction, movement of the at least one of the first and second rollers in a direction of increasing the distance between the axis line of the first roller and the axis line of the second roller. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278577 | PRESSURE REDUCING FOLDING SYSTEM - A device for folding sheets of a medium is provided. The device has a frame; a cam mechanism attached to the frame; a lever attached to the frame, the lever being actuated by the cam mechanism; a first scissor arm attached to the frame, the first scissor arm being actuated by the lever; a pair of first rolls, one of the first rolls being movable by the first scissor arm; a second scissor arm attached to the frame, the second scissor arm being actuated by the lever; a pair of second rolls, one of the second rolls being movable by the second scissor arm; and a crease blade for contacting the sheets to create a crease in the sheets. Rotation of the cam mechanism through a first period of rotation causes the crease blade to move in a contact direction to create the crease in the sheets by pushing the sheets between the first rolls. Rotation of the cam mechanism through a second period of rotation causes the crease blade to move in a retracting direction away from the sheets and causes the lever to move the first and second scissor arms such that the first pair of rolls is separated and the second pair of rolls is separated. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278578 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND PRINTER DRIVER - A printing system includes a printing unit performing printing on a sheet, a conveyance mechanism, a control unit, and a selection unit causing a user to select any one of a plurality of methods whose maximum numbers of sheets existing in the conveyance mechanism at the same time are different from each other. The control unit controls the printing unit and the conveyance mechanism to perform double-side printing processing depending on any one of the methods. The control unit performs double-side printing processing in accordance with the method selected by the selection unit. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278579 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - The image coding apparatus includes conveying unit configured to convey a roll-shaped recording medium, a recording head adapted to record an image on the recording medium, a guide member configured for guiding the recording medium, and a cutting unit configured to cut the recording medium, wherein the guide member is provided with at least one friction member on a surface of the guide member, the at least one friction member configured to come into contact with the recording medium. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278580 | COSMETIC APPLYING DEVICE - A cosmetic applying device includes a soft tube with an end member connected to the open end of the soft tube in which fluid cosmetic material is received. The end member has two through holes in the closed end and an engaging portion extending from an inner end of the closed end. A core piece has an end inserted into the end member and an applying head extends through a passage in the core piece. A cap is threadedly connected to the soft tube to protect the applying head. When the cap is connected to the soft tube, the passage of the core piece is sealed by the engaging portion to prevent air and cosmetic material from entering the soft tube. When the cap is removed from the soft tube, the core piece is moved and the engaging portion is disengaged from the passage. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278581 | Refill Adaptor - A refill adaptor for use in ball point pens essentially comprising a main body ( | 2010-11-04 |
20100278582 | ELECTRIC TOOTHBRUSH - Disclosed is an electric toothbrush ( | 2010-11-04 |
20100278583 | RING BINDER MECHANISM - A ring binder mechanism has a housing supporting first and second hinge plates and rings, each ring including first and second ring members. The first ring member is mounted one of the hinge plates and moveable with the hinge plate relative to the second ring member between closed and open positions. An actuating lever for opening the rings is mounted on a pin secured to the housing. Pivoting of the actuator moves a travel bar relative to the hinge plates. A blocking element is secured to the travel bar for conjoint movement therewith between a locking position in which the blocking element blocks pivoting movement of the hinge plates to open the rings and a non-locking position in which the blocking element does not block pivoting movement of the hinge plates to open the rings. A torsion spring on the pin biases the actuating lever to its closed position. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278584 | BINDING DEVICE - [Object] To provide a binding device easily manufactured and having binding rods easily opened and closed for easy leaf replacement. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278585 | Connector structure of a music instrument stand - A connector structure of a music instrument stand includes a first connector and a second connector. Each of the connectors has an annular gear part that matches with each other. A first through hole and a second through hole are formed at the center of the annular gear parts of the two connectors, respectively. A screw is fastened from the first through hole to the second through hole and fixed so that the two connectors can pivotally rotate. Each of the connectors has a groove for the disposition of a bar. A corresponding cover covers the bar and is fixed by a screw and a nut. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278586 | STRUCTURAL CONNECTING ROD MADE OF A COMPOSITE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SUCH A CONNECTING ROD - A connecting rod is composed of two or more assembled shells made of a composite, open over the entire length of the connecting rod. The shells incorporate clevis joints for introducing stress at each of their ends. The shells are produced separately then assembled together to form a sealed section. Each shell is made from a material preimpregnated with long fibres. The production of each shell is simplified due to the overall shape of the shell as a simple curve, thus a shell may be produced industrially, for example, by thermoforming a flat composite preform. The two shells are assembled by simultaneous polymerization of the shells, by bonding, by welding, by riveting or any other assembly process or combination of assembly processes that are compatible with one another. The structural composite connecting rod obtained has very good mechanical properties, especially in compression, with a simple and economic production process. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278587 | Retainer Band for Use in Fluid-Handling Vessels - A connecting mechanism for joining the ends of the retainer band that does not damage the band ends may help prevent separation of the ends as the band is compressed, and corrosion of the band when it is exposed to a chemically-charged environment. A retainer structure for use in a fluid-holding tank comprises a main band body having a first end portion and a second end portion and a connecting member for receiving the first and second end portions so that the main band body forms a loop shape. The connecting member is configured to directly secure the received first and second end portions without deforming the first and second end portions. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278588 | CONNECTION DEVICE - A connection device for connecting first and second furniture components to one another and which furniture components are adjustable with respect to one another. The connection device includes at least two connection elements spaced-apart from one another and located on the second furniture component and at least two adjustment holes spaced-apart from one another and located on the first furniture component. Distances between the at least two connection elements are different from distances between the at least two adjustment holes. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278589 | APPARATUS FOR COMPACTING ROAD SHOULDERS - An apparatus for compacting road shoulders is provided comprising a primary carriage adapted to be mounted to a vehicle, an attachment carriage adjustably mounted to the primary carriage, a compacting attachment adjustably mounted to the attachment carriage, a control system in communication with at least one actuator, and a vibrator disposed on the apparatus. The apparatus for compacting road shoulders able to be positioned within a normal width of a vehicle, vibrationally compact the road shoulder, and adjust according to a grade of the shoulder. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278590 | VIBRATION PLATE HAVING BELT DRIVE HAVING MULTIPLE DEFLECTION - A vibration plate has an upper mass having a drive and a lower mass which is mounted so it is elastically moveable relative to the upper mass. The lower mass has a vibration generator and a ground contact plate. The drive is coupled by a belt drive to the vibration generator. The belt drive has a drive disk which is provided on the drive, an output disk which is provided on the vibration generator, and a belt which circulates between the drive disk and the output disk. To this end, at least two further deflection rollers are provided for guiding the belt. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278591 | Containment Barrier - A containment barrier is provided in a plurality of compartments, such as linearly arranged, with a supply of super absorbent polymer in each of the compartments. In a wetted configuration, the barrier can prevent the flow of fluid into a drainage, or even past a garage door. Compartments may be defined in an inner bag contained within an outer covering. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278592 | Solar Energy Cover System - A solar energy cover system, landfill cover system and method of use. The solar landfill cover system typically comprises a foundation layer of compacted soil above a solid waste pile and a solar cell geomembrane on top of the foundation layer. The solar landfill geomembrane preferably comprises a flexible solar portion and a flexible water impermeable geosynthetic portion. The flexible solar portion is on a top side and comprises solar cells and the geosynthetic portion is on a bottom side and comprises a layer of a flexible water impermeable geomembrane. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278593 | EXPANSION SHELL ASSEMBLY - An expansion shell assembly for mine roof bolts includes an expansion member threaded onto an associated mine roof bolt. A support device is annularly disposed around the associated roof bolt. An expansion shell is annularly disposed around the associated roof bolt between the expansion member and the support device. The expansion shell has a base ring for engaging the support device and fingers for engaging a peripheral edge of the tapered plug. The engagement between the base ring and the support device permits axial traverse movement of the support device relative to the expansion shell for tensioning the roof bolt. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278594 | EROSION CONTROL SYSTEM - Improved erosion control systems are provided which, in some embodiments, may comprise large, porous aggregate stabilized with a continuous mesh and a polymeric binding agent. In some embodiments, an erosion control system may include an aggregate layer comprising porous aggregate having a particle size of at least 7.5 mm and containing no more than 5% by weight of smaller particles; a continuous mesh disposed at an upper surface of the aggregate layer; and a polymer adhesive affixing at least some aggregate particles to each other and affixing the mesh to some of the aggregate particles, wherein the polymer adhesive permanently binds the aggregate and mesh such that the system remains porous. The polymer may be applied in-situ after the mesh has been placed on the aggregate. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278595 | SOIL FORMULATION FOR RESISTING EROSION - This disclosure relates to soil erosion and the establishment of an appropriate seed bed. More specifically, the disclosure relates to a composition applied to exposed soil wherein the composition comprises organic material produced when the methane is burned from green manure and dried. This organic material combines seed and a liquid carrier, such that the substance can be hydraulically applied to the desired area. Fertilizer or other nutrients are often added to the mixture to further enhance the product and to encourage growth. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278596 | METHOD AND APPARATUS IN PNEUMATIC MATERIAL CONVEYING SYSTEM - A method in a pneumatic material conveying system, such as a waste conveying system, which conveying system comprises at least one feed point ( | 2010-11-04 |
20100278597 | DEVICE FOR TRANSPORTING POWDERS ALONG PIPES - A device for transporting powders through pipes comprises at least one pumping unit ( | 2010-11-04 |
20100278598 | METHOD IN PNEUMATIC MATERIAL CONVEYING SYSTEM AND A PNEUMATIC MATERIAL CONVEYING SYSTEM - A method for feeding and conveying material in a pneumatic material conveying system, such as a waste conveying system, which conveying system comprises at least one feed point ( | 2010-11-04 |
20100278599 | CUTTING INSERT COMPRISING A RIBBED SWARF GUILDING LEVEL - A cutting insert wherein, in particular an indexable cutting insert for machining predominantly metal materials, comprising a first surface that acts as a contact surface for a chuck tool and a depression in the first surface in the cutting corner region and along the cutting edges, said depression acting as a swarf surface. To reinforce and stabilize the cutting edge, the first swarf surface border or the second swarf surface border has or have one or more interruptions in the form of ribs surface, said ribs lying on the same plane as the second surface. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278600 | SUPPORT BOARD FOR PERFORATION PROCESSING AND METHOD OF PERFORATION PROCESSING - The support board for perforation processing 1 of the present invention having a lubrication layer 3 formed on at least one surface of an aluminum substrate 2 is characterized in that the lubrication layer 3 is made of a mixture containing crystalline water-soluble resin and crystal nucleation agent. This structure provides a support board for perforation processing having a lubrication layer excellent in adherence to an aluminum substrate, free from stickiness, and excellent in blocking prevention, and capable of easily being washed after processing. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278601 | Cutting Apparatus - Cutting apparatus includes a pilot arrangement which has a tip. The tip engages a workpiece to form a pilot recess to engage the workpiece and prevent the apparatus skidding across the surface of the workpiece. The tip can retract against the action of a spring. Accordingly, the apparatus is prevented from skidding across the workpiece, but wear on the tip is minimised. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278602 | ARTICULATING DRILL METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CUTTIG OPENINGS IN NESTED STRINGS OF UNDERWATER PIPING AND/OR TUBING FOR OVERTURNED WELLS OR PLATFORMS - A method and apparatus for angularly drilling during a tapping procedure into a pressurized multiple strings of coaxially situated tubulars for wells and/or platforms which have overturned wherein the tapping occurs underwater via a diver or remotely operated vehicle. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278603 | Multi-Piece Drill Head and Drill Including the Same - One non-limiting aspect of the present disclosure is directed to a multi-piece spade drill head for a spade drill, wherein the spade drill includes an elongate body portion and a cutting portion removably secured to an end of the body portion. The multi-piece spade drill head includes at least two insert pieces, each piece including a cutting edge. The at least two insert pieces are configured to be removably secured to the body portion of the spade drill adjacent one another and with the cutting edges of the insert pieces aligned to together form a cutting edge on an end of the spade drill. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278604 | CASTING OF TUNGSTEN CARBIDE MATRIX BIT HEADS AND HEATING BIT HEAD PORTIONS WITH MICROWAVE RADIATION - A method of making a drill bit having the following steps: placing matrix material in a bit body mold; placing a metal blank in the bit body mold; placing a binder material in the bit body mold with the binder material proximate the matrix material and the metal blank; and exposing hinder material to microwave radiation, whereby hinder material and other constituents is heated to a selected temperature to allow hinder material to melt and to infiltrate matrix material. A method of heating selected portions of a drill bit comprising: placing the drill bit in an insulative oven having a wave guide of microwave radiation from a microwave generator; positioning a portion of the drill bit to be heated proximate the wave guide; and exposing the portion of the drill bit to be heated to microwave radiation, wherein the portion of the drill bit is heated without overheating remaining portions of the drill bit. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278605 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MACHINING THE TOOTH EDGES OF END-CUT WORK WHEELS - A method and a device for machining the tooth edges ( | 2010-11-04 |
20100278606 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SYNCHRONIZED MACHINING - Machine tool systems and methods include methods of synchronizing cutting tools with a workpiece retainer. In some embodiments, the methods and systems provide at least two cutting tools that are synchronized to machine a common surface of a workpiece in a quick and efficient manner. A controller having a single line of code for controlling both cutting tools and the workpiece retainer may be used. The cutting tools may be synchronized such that they engage substantially opposite portions of the workpiece, thereby to reduce resulting forces in the workpiece that may tend to induce workpiece deflection and/or chatter. In other embodiments, a cutting tool is synchronized with a split workpiece holder that may be controlled to induce a compression, tension, or torsion pre-load in the workpiece. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278607 | Transportation Unit with an Alignment Unit for a Vehicle - A transportation unit, such as a wagon and/or train, includes at least one plate-shaped alignment unit, which can rotate about a vertical axis, for picking up a vehicle from a ramp and aligning it. The length of the vehicle exceeds a useful width of the transportation unit, but the width of the vehicle does not project beyond the transportation unit. The alignment unit is mounted on the floor of the transportation unit so as to rotate on a carrier track. The transportation unit carries respective flaps which can pivot onto the ramp or ramps and onto which the carrier tracks extend and as a result also support the alignment unit in a rotated, partially projecting-out state at that location. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278608 | INTEGRATED EXPANDING SLEEVE HOLE FILLING THREADED FASTENER - A novel fastener is provided which includes an expanding sleeve for receiving a pin where the pin has shank terminating at a first end in a pin head and terminating at a second end in an externally threaded portion of the pin. The expanding sleeve may include a hollow tubular shank terminating at a first end in a sleeve head and having an opening at a second sleeve end for receiving the pin. The sleeve head include an internal sleeve head surface for engagement with an external pin head side surface when in an assembled position. When the pin and expanding sleeve in the assembled position are inserted into an aperture in a structure, a gap is formed between the aperture and an outer surface of the expanding sleeve. The outer surface of the expanding sleeve radially expands outward into the aperture filling the gap upon engagement of the internal face of the sleeve head and the external pin head surface. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278609 | SUPPORTIVE WELDED BOX SECTION COLLAR - A box section connector assembly includes a box section having a supportive weld collar positioned between the outer channel of the box section and the inner channel of the box section. The weld collar is fixedly attached to the inner channel. The weld collar includes a cylindrical body. The length of the cylindrical body is substantially equal to the distance between the inner side of the inner channel and the outer channel, thus the weld collar prevents the box section from being crushed upon attachment of the component to the box section by the bolt. In both embodiments the weld collar includes a flange which is attached to the outer side of the inner channel. In another embodiment the weld collar includes a shoulder which extends through an aperture formed through the outer channel in order to further locate both channels. A mechanical fastener such as a bolt is used to attach one or more attachable components to the box section. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278610 | UNIVERSAL ELASTIC RIVET - A fastener for joining a first member and a second member. In one implementation the fastener includes an elastic hollow body having a proximal end, a distal end, and an axial hole. An elongate rod extends through the elastic hollow body and has a washer positioned at the proximal end of the elastic hollow body. A first head is located at a proximal end of the rod and abuts the washer while a second head is positioned on the rod so that it resides at a distal end of the elastic hollow body. The rod also includes an elongate body that extends distally to the distal end of the elastic hollow body, the rod and elastic hollow body being in non-threaded engagement with one another. The first head has a second diameter greater than the first diameter, the washer has a third diameter greater than the second diameter, the second head has a fourth diameter greater than the second diameter and smaller than the third diameter. The elastic hollow body is axially compressible between the washer and the second head upon an axial force applied to the elongate body in a direction toward the elastic hollow body. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278611 | Apparatus to mechanically load a compression member - A compression generator uses a plurality of jackbolts threadedly engaged at a spaced apart relation about a bolt circle in a main core element. The main core element is releasable interlocked by threads, bayonet connection or other form of fasting system with the mounting element forming a fixed part of the mechanical connection. The jackbolts torqued to generate a pushing force in an axial direction for compressing a moveable part of the mechanical connection against a compression seat for forming a mechanical connection between juxtaposition fixed and moveable parts. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278612 | ADJUSTMENT ELEMENT - The present invention provides an adjustment element | 2010-11-04 |
20100278613 | FIXED EYEBOLT ASSEMBLY AND INVENTORY THEREOF - An eyebolt assembly is provided in which a skirt member is reinforced by radially projecting diametrically extending ribs. A fixed lifting eye projects from one side of the skirt, and a mounting stud projects from the opposite side. The mounting stud is double threaded with one thread being adapted to mate with a threaded bore in the body of the eyebolt assembly, and the other thread being matched to a threaded bore in a load. The same eyebolt body can be employed with a plurality of different mounting studs, which simplifies inventorying eyebolt assemblies to meet all of the different threaded bores that may occur in different loads. Only the mounting studs need to be threaded to match the loads. The skirts are provided with striking faces so that they can be tightened and loosened by striking them with a hammer. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278614 | FIXING DEVICE - The present invention relates to a fixing device for fixing to timber, plastics materials and friable substrates, the fixing device comprising a shank ( | 2010-11-04 |
20100278615 | METHOD FOR PRIMARY MOLDING OF A MOLDED PART, AND MOLD PART PRODUCED BY PRIMARY MOLDING, IN PARTICULAR NUT - In a method for primary molding of a molded part having an opening and an internal thread formed in the opening, segments of a course of the inner thread arranged in two different sectors of the opening are formed by molding cores projecting into the opening. For release from the mold, the mold cores are withdrawn from the molded part radially with respect to the longitudinal axis of the internal thread. A molded part produced according to the method has an opening and, formed in the opening, an internal thread that has segments of a course of thread located in different sectors of the opening, wherein one core opening is opposite each segment of the internal thread, which opening penetrates the wall of the molded part radially outward. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278616 | HIGH PERFORMANCE SLEEVED INTERFERENCE FASTENERS FOR COMPOSITE APPLICATIONS - A fastener adapted to pass through aligned holes through workpieces is disclosed. The fastener includes a pin member having a transition portion wherein the diameter of the transition portion decreases radially as it extends from the smooth cylindrical shank portion to the threaded portion. The fastener may also comprise a sleeve member and a clamping means. The clamping means includes a collar, a nut, or any other possible clamping means. In exemplary embodiments, the workpieces can be formed with a plurality of materials, the materials including composite, metallic, or composite/metallic structures, any combination thereof. In particular embodiments, the fastener has interference capability of 0.0005 to 0.0100 inches in composite structures without risk of composite delamination or damage. As a result of the fastener interference, gaps between the fastener and the structure are eliminated thereby providing good electrical conductivity between components. As a result, the potential for electrical sparks is reduced, providing a safer fastener for use with aerospace applications | 2010-11-04 |
20100278617 | Trimming apparatus and bookbinding apparatus provided with the same - To provide a trimming apparatus that does not stain a fore edge end by an adhesive adhering to a blade receiving surface in trimming a bunch of sheets subjected to bookbinding using the adhesive, the trimming apparatus has a transport path | 2010-11-04 |
20100278618 | BOOKBINDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - The book binding device includes a section for forming a cut in the end side of a conveyed sheet, a control section for controlling the section for forming a cut, and a selection section for selecting each sheet for the presence/absence of a cut to be formed by the section for forming a cut, wherein the control section controls the formation of a cut by the section for forming a cut based on the presence/absence of the formation of a cut selected by the selection section, and then the mixture of sheets in which cuts are formed and sheets in which cuts are not formed are bundled and bound to complete a booklet. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278619 | Feeder of rods with advancement control - A feeder for rods into a lathe comprising a motorized thruster for sliding and pushing a rod along a guide towards a processing lathe until the rod is taken by the lathe. An automatic control device actuates the thruster to advance according to a first thrust value and a sensor detects the movement of the thruster. If the sensor detects a minimum movement or no movement at all a thrust increase is commanded up to a predetermined maximum value. If the thruster does not move at all, this indicates jamming. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278620 | REFUSE RECEPTACLE LIFTER MOUNTING/WEIGHING ASSEMBLY - A lifter mounting assembly for a refuse receptacle lifter is disclosed. The lifter includes a fixed support adapted to be fixedly mounted to a refuse collection facility. A movable support is carried by the fixed support, with the movable support being adapted for mounting a refuse receptacle lifter thereon. The movable support is movable relative to the fixed support under force exerted by the lifter when lifting a refuse receptacle. A load cell is positioned for actuation by movement of the movable support relative to the fixed support. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278621 | Bulk Material Container and Container Discharging Apparatus - A bulk material container suitable for handling with a pallet mover includes a hopper portion which tapers downwardly to a discharge gate which is in an upright orientation offset to one side of the container. When several containers are supported on a flat deck vehicle or trailer, the gates of all of the containers can be oriented to discharge to the sides of the deck. A discharge apparatus supported on the deck comprises a track supporting a discharge conveyor for displacement along the sides of the deck such that an inlet hopper of the conveyor can be aligned with respective ones of the side discharging gates of the containers supported on the deck. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278622 | Automated Materials Handling System Having Multiple Categories of Overhead Buffers - An automated materials handling system comprises a plurality of overhead hoist buffers (OHBs) for receiving a plurality of semiconductor wafer carriers. Each OHB is assigned to a respective one of a plurality of categories. Each wafer carrier is associated with one or more of the plurality of categories. Each respective category is associated with at least one of a plurality of event trigger types. An overhead transport (OHT) if provided for transporting each of the plurality of wafer carriers to a respective one of the OHBs in response to a respective trigger event. Each trigger event has one of the plurality of event trigger types. Each wafer carrier is stored in a respective one of the plurality of OHBs assigned to a respective one of the categories associated with the respective event trigger type of the trigger event causing that wafer carrier to be transported and stored. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278623 | MAGNETIC ROTATIONAL HARDSTOP FOR ROBOT - Rotational hardstop assemblies that provide greater than 360 degrees of non-continuous rotation for rotating mechanisms are provided. In certain embodiments, an assembly is used to provide 630 or more degrees of rotation for the shoulder axis of a robot, such as a wafer transfer robot. The rotational hardstop assemblies include opposing magnets as springs. According to various embodiments, the opposing magnets provide non-contact engagement and produce no contact noise nor have any wear over time. The rotational hardstop assemblies provide the ability to location from either direction of rotation of a robot cylindrical coordinate system. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278624 | GOLF BALL STACKING DEVICE - A golf ball stacking device comprises a hollow, elongated body formed of three panels of clear, flexible plastic sheet material connected together at ends to form a hollow tube having an hourglass shape and a generally triangular cross section. Each panel has relatively wide upper and lower ends and a relatively narrow neck portion positioned between the ends. The neck portions are bowed inwardly to form a relatively narrow arcuate throat for balls to pass between larger upper and lower chambers of the body. The upper chamber comprises an inlet for receiving golf balls. The lower chamber comprises a stacking chamber for stacking the golf balls in a triangular pyramid. The panels are not rigidly connected together at the throat, so that the panels surrounding the throat can flex outwardly to prevent ball clogging in the throat. Slots in the side edges permit manipulation of the balls inside the device. A removable flat tray fits under the body and supports a triangular pyramidal stack of balls on the tray. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278625 | CONSIGNMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF LOADING A FREIGHT CARRIER - The invention relates to a consignment system and method for loading a freight carrier ( | 2010-11-04 |
20100278626 | Collecting Apparatus with Seat - A collecting apparatus having a seat, and method of use thereof, wherein the collecting apparatus comprises a plurality of selectively positionable elastic members secured to a plurality of securing points on a lower portion of a frame or a removable base section connected to the frame. The elastic members are secured to user-selected securing points so that the distance between the elastic members can accommodate objects of different sizes. The collecting apparatus is pressed on top of a ball or similar object, causing the elastic members to separate and allow the ball or similar object to enter and be retained within the frame. Upon entering of the object within the frame, the elastic members retract to their original position, therein preventing the object from falling back out. Objects can be retrieved by lifting the seat or reaching through an aperture formed by a seat opening and a frame front opening. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278627 | CASSETTE AND EMBEDDING ASSEMBLY FOR HANDLING AND HOLDING TISSUE SAMPLES DURING PROCESSING, EMBEDDING AND MICROTOME PROCEDURES, STAGING DEVICES THEREFOR, AND METHODS THEREFOR - The disclosure relates to a cassette, frame and mold for holding a tissue sample during an embedding and mircotoming process, and related methods. The cassette is sectionable in a microtome and includes a body with a bottom wall and a plurality of side walls. First and second side walls are generally V-shaped to present an apex of the āVā to the microtome blade. A lid of the cassette is stiffer than the bottom wall of the cassette to assist with positioning the tissue sample. The side walls of the cassette are perforated so as to significantly reduce the amount of cassette material that must be cut by the microtome blade. In one embodiment, to additionally reduce blade wear the ribs on one side wall are offset lengthwise relative to the ribs on an opposite side wall. An upper flange of the cassette includes depressions configured to register with detents in the frame. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278628 | Turbine with variable number of nozzles - A gas turbine generally exhibits a substantial deterioration in efficiency against fluctuation of gas flow rate. A variable nozzle turbine is a solution for this disadvantage; however, it has also another disadvantage of low efficiency under partial load conditions and a large number of heat-resistant moving components. A variable nozzle number turbine according to this invention overcomes these disadvantages. The turbine includes nozzles for injecting gas to rotor blades. The nozzles include inlet ports circumferentially arranged so as to be grouped into a group and an opening and closing valve disposed thereover so as to be commonly functioned therefore. This arrangement realizes a gas turbine with no deterioration of efficiency against fluctuation of gas inflow rate by only one heat-resistant moving component additionally installed. The variable nozzle number turbine according to this invention also realizes a turbine compressor with no surge limit when used as a regenerator. These turbines further realizes a small-sized gas turbine with improved fuel economy under partial load conditions and a turbocharger for regenerating electric power as well as improving efficiency of a displacement engine used therewith. It is to be noted that the inventor is ready for grant of working license. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278629 | Vertical Multi-Phased Wind Turbine System - A rotational axis multi-phased wind turbine power generating system is disclosed. A differential pressure is created by utilizing the prevailing wind, and air from the prevailing wind is directed into air blades for the creation of power. Optimally, the air blades directly utilize the prevailing wind in combination with the created differential pressure to create power. An adjustable air scoop, adjustable exit drag curtain or barrier, orienting systems, and air flow directing dampers are disclosed. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278630 | POWER GENERATION ASSEMBLIES, AND APPARATUS FOR USE THEREWITH - A floating power generation assembly comprises at least three floating units ( | 2010-11-04 |
20100278631 | TURBINE ENGINE HAVING COOLING PIN - In one embodiment, a turbine system may include a turbine casing, a shroud block coupled to the turbine casing, a fluid passage in the shroud block; and a pin configured to interface with the fluid passage. The pin may include a hollow shaft; a rod inserted into the hollow shaft; and a valve disposed on a distal end of the rod, wherein the valve is configured to open and close the fluid passage when the rod is actuated remotely through the hollow shaft. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278632 | Radial compressor of asymmetric cyclic sector with coupled blades tuned at anti-nodes - A gas turbine engine includes a radial compressor having first and second blades. The first blade has a tuned leading edge that prevents either blade from exciting at a natural frequency at speeds within an expected operating speed range. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278633 | Radial compressor with blades decoupled and tuned at anti-nodes - A gas turbine engine includes a radial compressor with first and second blades. The first and second blades have tuned leading edges that prevent natural frequencies from exciting at speeds within an expected operating speed range. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278634 | ROTARY MACHINE BALANCE WEIGHTS - In a one embodiment, a balance weight includes a base, a rotational axis extending from the base, and a circumference having opposite cam surfaces about the rotational axis. The opposite cam surfaces are at least partially angled toward one another in a direction away from the base along the rotational axis. The balance weight is designed to mount in a groove of a rotary component of a turbine engine. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278635 | Noise attenuation device for a centrifugal compressor discharge or suction nozzle - A centrifugal compressor discharge or suction nozzle is provided. The centrifugal compressor discharge or suction nozzle includes a side resonator integrally formed in the centrifugal compressor discharge or suction nozzle. Further, a centrifugal compressor discharge or suction nozzle formed as a pipe section piece adapted to be mounted on a centrifugal compressor, includes a side resonator integrated into the pipe section piece. Furthermore, a centrifugal compressor includes the centrifugal compressor discharge or suction nozzle and/or the pipe section piece. Additionally, a centrifugal compressor arrangement includes the centrifugal compressor. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278636 | MAGNETIC DEVICE FOR DAMPING BLADE VIBRATIONS IN TURBOMACHINES - An arrangement for damping blade vibrations in a turbomachine is provided. The blade vibrations are due to an arrangement made of magnets and multiple induction plates and the undesired vibrations of the blade are damped by creating turbulent flows, wherein the induction plates are directed parallel to the rotation axis, and the magnetic field caused by the magnets is formed homogenously in the circumferential direction. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278637 | Ceiling Fan with Variable Blade Pitch and Variable Speed Control - A fan comprises a hub, fan blades, and inserts. The hub comprises outwardly extending mounting tabs that lie along a common horizontal plane. The fan blades are hollow, such that each mounting tab is inserted in the hollow interior of a corresponding fan blade. Each insert is positioned in the hollow interior of each fan blade, between each mounting tab of the hub and the interior surface of the corresponding fan blade. Each insert is configured to position and maintain the chord line of each corresponding fan blade at an oblique angle relative to the horizontal plane of the hub. A kit may include several insert sets to choose from to provide adjustable angle of attack. A fan control system includes a dimmer switch and a control module, which allows the dimmer switch to be used to infinitely adjust the speed of a fan motor within a range. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278638 | ROTATING DEVICE - A rotating device includes a wind machine, a transmission mechanism, and a vane rotatably mounted to the transmission mechanism. The wind machine is adjacent to the transmission mechanism, used to rotate the vane. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278639 | CONTROL MECHANISM - A control mechanism is provided for moving at least two components of a gas turbine engine. The control mechanism comprises a moveable actuation rod. The control mechanism further comprises a first linkage arrangement which includes a first bell crank and which operatively connects the actuation rod to a first component of the gas turbine engine. Movement of the actuation rod produces an output motion of the first bell crank which in turn drives movement of the first component. The control mechanism further comprises a second linkage arrangement which includes a second bell crank and which operatively connects the actuation rod to a second component of the gas turbine engine. Movement of the actuation rod produces an output motion of the second bell crank which in turn drives movement of the second component. The first linkage arrangement and the second linkage arrangement are configured so that over a predetermined range of movement of the actuation rod the first component is moved by the first bell crank while the second component is not moved by the second bell crank. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278640 | TURBINE ENGINE HAVING COOLING GLAND - In one embodiment, a turbine may include a bearing housing for a rotor with a passage along an axis of rotation of the rotor shaft. A cooling gland configured to transfer cooling fluid to the passage may be mounted to the bearing housing with a mounting structure configured to mount the cooling gland substantially in-line with the passage of the rotor. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278641 | LINER FOR A TURBINE SECTION, A TURBINE SECTION, A GAS TURBINE ENGINE AND AN AEROPLANE PROVIDED THEREWITH - A liner for a turbine section includes a first wall, a plurality of webs interconnected with and projecting from the first wall, and a plurality of cooling channels, each of the cooling channels being delimited by two adjacent webs and the first wall, wherein each cooling channel presents a height corresponding to the height of its delimiting webs, and a width corresponding to the distance between its delimiting webs. At least one of the cooling channels has a width/height ratio of below 5 or/and the material of the webs has a higher thermal conductivity than the material of the first wall. A turbine section, a gas turbine engine and an aeroplane provided with such a liner are also disclosed. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278642 | BYPASS LIP SEAL - A cooling apparatus for cooling a fluid in a bypass gas turbine engine comprises a heat exchanger disposed within a bypass duct and accommodated by a sub-passage defined by a flow divider affixed to an annular wall of the bypass duct. The sub-passage defines an open upstream end and an open downstream end to direct a portion of the bypass air flow to pass therethrough. A sealing assembly for the bypass duct is also provided. | 2010-11-04 |
20100278643 | CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR VANE DIFFUSER WALL CONTOURING - Diffusion in the vane island passages of a centrifugal compressor diffuser is in part controlled by contouring the diffuser passage wall with low profile surface variations. The surface variations can be provided in the form of flow boundary disrupting protrusions disposed within the downstream portion of the vane island passages to prevent flow separation. | 2010-11-04 |