49th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 3 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120304556 | ROOF CLAMP - Roof clamps and methods of securing roof clamps are provided. The roof clamps include a saddle, a wedge, and a securing member. The securing member facilitates engaging a seam of a roof with the clamp and removably fixing the roof clamp to the seam through the camming action of the wedge against a region of the saddle. The securing member also serves as the connection point for an auxiliary item, such as a solar panel or a snow guard. The placement of the securing member allows the roof clamp to be secured from, and the auxiliary item to be attached at, a top surface of the saddle. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304557 | EXPANSION JOINT SYSTEM - A cover plate system for a gap ( | 2012-12-06 |
20120304558 | LOADING BAY - This loading bay comprises a hinged ramp to form a passage between the warehouse and the container of the truck, a lateral and upper shelter, a hinged platform, located at a level below the hinged ramp and associated with actuating means, movable frontal stops, assembled on the front end of the platform and that form contact means for the trailer or container of the truck when it is approaching the loading bay, means for detecting the position of the frontal stops that activate the luminous signal means to issue different luminous messages depending on the movement of the frontal stops and longitudinal movement means of the frontal stops to move them away from the container of the truck once it is stationary in the loading bay. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304559 | ROOF STRUCTURE, CLAMP FOR SOLAR CELL MODULE, AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING SOLAR CELL MODULE - It is an object to develop a roof structure having high water interception, being safe from rain leakage, and ensuring a certain level of mounting strength even in the case of a broken roof member. Solar cell modules are mounted on a roof structure with slate tiles via eaves-side mounting brackets and intermediate mounting brackets. The intermediate mounting brackets are attached to a “specific roof member” wherein a lower plate is positioned between the “specific roof member” and an “underlying roof member.” The lower plate is fixed by a screw driven into a hole. The “specific roof member” is arranged over the “underlying roof member”, thereby protecting an attaching hole from rainwater. An upper plate overlaps the “specific roof member” with a fastening element driven into the attaching hole. An “overlying roof member” is arranged over the “specific roof member,” thereby protecting the attaching hole from rainwater. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304560 | KIT FOR PRODUCING A STAIR CASE - A kit for assembling to produce a staircase, the kit comprising: a pair of star supports ( | 2012-12-06 |
20120304561 | INTEGRAL CATWALK SUPPORT - A structural support system for a bin structure. The structural support system comprises at least two parallel and spaced apart support columns. Each column has a plurality of inner column sections adjacent to the bin structure and a plurality of outer column sections coupled to the inner column sections. The inner and outer column sections form a closed shape support column configured for transferring vertical loads from an upper area of the bin structure to the foundation. An auxiliary device such as a catwalk or conveyor system may be attached to the top of the support columns. An anchor member may be provided, configured to allow limited movement of the auxiliary structure in relation to the support structure. Associated methods for strengthening the structural support of a bin structure are also provided. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304562 | ARCHITECTONIC SPACER BUILDING SYSTEM - The architectonic spacer building system is a simplified prefabrication assembly using industrialised building system concept. The architectonic spacer building system for skeleton construction includes a spacer ( | 2012-12-06 |
20120304563 | SPACE LIGHT STEEL FRAME CONCRETE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION METHOD THEREOF - A spatial light steel frame concrete building and a method for constructing the same are provided. The building comprises: a wall spatial light steel frame; a floor slab spatial light steel frame connected to the wall spatial light steel frame to form a building unit spatial light steel frame; and concrete poured in the building unit spatial light steel frame. The wall spatial light steel frame and the floor slab spatial light steel frame each comprise a welded mesh reinforcement, and a plurality of trellis profile steels spaced apart from each other and each having a plurality of stretching holes. Each trellis profile steel comprises two wing edges parallel to each other and a plurality of web members between the wing edges which are integrally formed, the stretching holes are defined by the web members, and the web members and the stretching holes are formed by stretching the wing edges. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304564 | System for Anchoring Precast Concrete Wall Columns to Foundations - A wall structure system may utilize precast concrete columns and panels. Each concrete column may be secured to an in-situ concrete footing by a threaded anchor bolt imbedded in the footing. The column may be positioned onto the footing so that the exposed threaded rod extends through a cylindrical opening in the bottom of the column. A washer and threaded nut may be installed on the threaded rod and secured through an access port in the side of the concrete column. Wall panels may be installed by sliding them into vertical slots in the columns, thereby concealing locations of the access ports. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304565 | Apparatuses and Methods for an Improved Lath, Vapor Control Layer and Rain Screen Assembly - An improved lath and rain screen assembly for fastening to an exterior building surface or the like is provided. The lath and rain screen assembly comprises a rain screen configured to encourage ventilation and drying, and a lath configured to receive at least a portion of a first mortar layer. In various embodiments, the rain screen comprises a first and a second body, defining respective co-parallel first and second planes, while the lath comprises a third body spaced apart from and substantially parallel to at least the first plane. In certain embodiments, the first body and the lath are spaced apart so as to provide a first intermediate pathway. In certain embodiments, the first intermediate pathway is at least partially defined by the second body of the rain screen. A method of applying the improved lath and rain screen assembly is also provided. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304566 | Floor Tiles with Hybrid Interlocking System - A floor tile system for protecting a substrate is described. The system includes two tiles or mats that interlock with one another along numerous axes to provide a tight, high-strength seam. Specifically, the tiles include teeth that interlock with teeth of the other tile in a side-by-side manner. The tiles also include male and female portions that interlock when the tile edges overlap with one another. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304567 | ROOF VENT - A roof vent for ventilation of a roof, the roof vent adapted to be placed on the pitch of the roof, not the ridgeline. The roof vent has a flat or tabular floor and a base attached to the floor. The floor includes a throat member having vertical walls and the base has sloped back lower walls, and upper walls that are non-horizontal and slope back from the lower walls, and finally a horizontal top. The effect of the nonnormal lower walls and the sloped back upper walls, in conjunction with a typically rectangular flat (parallel to the floor) top provides an airfoil shape to the roof vent that assists in the flow of an over the roof vent. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304568 | WAINSCOT WALL PANEL SYSTEM - The wainscot wall panel system may comprise a plurality of panels which are mounted to a wall. The plurality of panels are mounted to the wall with a plurality of horizontal joints including but not limited to a bottom edge joint and a top edge joint and one or more intermediate or middle horizontal joints. Each of the joints are attached to the wall and used to mount the panel to the wall. In particular, the joints may have panels which mechanically receive the panels so that no adhesive or chemical attachment methods are necessary in order to mount the panels to the wall. This reduces the exposure of toxic chemicals to the occupants of the building and permits air to flow behind the panels, thereby mitigating the creation of mold. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304569 | REINFORCED STRUCTURAL MEMBER AND FRAME STRUCTURES - Disclosed are frame members and mullions for a window frame that comprise a reinforcing member that is surrounded by an outer plastic layer. The outer plastic layer is held securely to the reinforcing member as a result of a waist banding effect that comprises an inward force created by the outer plastic layer as it cools and contracts around the reinforcing member. In addition, lobes are formed in the reinforcing member that assist in holding the outer plastic layer to the reinforcing member. Window inserts can be removed and replaced using adapters and removable brackets. Frame members and mullions can be built sufficiently strong to provide structural support. The frame can also be used to hold photovoltaic cells and protective coverings for photovoltaic cells. Structural members are also disclosed that have reinforcing members with apertures, debossing, scarification and/or indentations that secure the thermoplastic layer to the reinforcing member. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304570 | Anchor system of a concrete wall formwork - A locking device | 2012-12-06 |
20120304571 | CONNECTOR FOR BOARDWALK SYSTEM - A boardwalk system including a first component having a pre-formed recess and a second component having a pre-formed recess. The system further includes a connector configured to be positioned in the recesses of the first and second components to connect the first and second components such that the connector limits the movement of first component away from the second component. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304572 | RECESSED REVEAL WALL PANEL SYSTEM - An eco-friendly wall panel system may comprise a plurality of panels, horizontal joints and panel clips which are all fabricated from the same sheet of material. For example, the panels may initially be fabricated from the phenolic sheets. After the maximum quantity of panels has been fabricated from any one sheet, the remaining portion of the phenolic sheet may be used to fabricate the horizontal runners and the panel clips which may be smaller than the panels. As such, as much of the phenolic sheet is being used to fabricate the system. Hence, the process and the product are both eco-friendly. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304573 | UNIVERSAL ARCHITECTURAL SYSTEM - A wall panel system may comprise a plurality of panels which may be mounted to a wall. The panels have panel clips attached to the backside thereof. The wall has a plurality of horizontal joints attached thereto. The panel clips and the horizontal joints have tongues and grooves which allow the panel to be mounted to the wall. Preferably, the tongues are formed on the panel clips and point in the same direction. The grooves are formed on the horizontal joints and point in the opposite direction from the tongues. In this manner, the tongues can be inserted or hung into the grooves. The panels are locked in place by a plurality of horizontal caps which engage the horizontal joints and prevent the panel immediately below the horizontal caps from being removed. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304574 | OPEN WEB GRID RUNNER - A suspended ceiling grid runner comprising separate parallel upper and lower chords, a plurality of identical web plates fixed between the chords and the plates having a height less than the height of the grid runner and a width, the chords being made of roll-formed sheet metal strips and symmetrical about a vertical plane, the chordal strips each having marginal sections folded parallel to one another and on opposite sides of the vertical plane, the web plates including vertical slots for receiving connectors of cross runners, the web plates being spaced at regular centers along the grid runner with a distance that is a small fraction of the nominal length of the grid runner, the gaps between adjacent web plates being longer than the height of the grid runner. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304575 | Process For Making Cylindrical Bodies - A ceiling panel assembly for being secured to, and for concealing, a suspended inverted T-shaped, longitudinally extending main runner having a vertically disposed web, a horizontally disposed flange divided by the web to equal flange portions, and a protuberance at a terminal end of each of the flange portions, which comprises: a main section with a first and second lateral edge and visible panel sections and two support sections laterally extending in opposite directions, which are disposed above the main section. The two support sections releasably contact two adjacent and laterally spaced main runners, respectively, and one of the sections is adapted to multi-directionally stiffen a corresponding main runner. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304576 | DUAL SEAL TUBULAR ANCHOR FOR CAVITY WALLS - An anchoring system for cavity walls is disclosed. The system includes a stud-type wall anchor and a wire formative veneer tie. The stud has a driver head, a dual-diameter barrel, and a driven tip. A flange at the juncture of the two barrels houses an interior seal; and a flange under the driver head, an exterior seal. The smaller diameter barrel is coextensive with the drywall installation; and the length of the larger diameter barrel, with the rigid insulation. The interior seal seals the insertion point into the drywall installation; and the exterior seal, the opening of the anchor-receiving channel. The interior seal and the larger barrel of the anchor fill the anchor-receiving channel and stabilize the wall anchor. Also, the wall anchor is clamped in place by the seals. The stud-type anchor operates with a variety of veneer ties for different applications. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304577 | EXPANDABLE CRACK INHIBITORS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - One or more crack inhibitors can be installed to improve fatigue performance by producing stress states that prevent or inhibit crack initiation. Crack inhibitors can also prevent or retard crack growth. A mandrel can be used to radially expand the crack inhibitors to both induce compressive residual stresses and to form an interference fit between the crack inhibitor and a workpiece. The mandrel can be removed from the installed crack inhibitor, which is left in the workpiece to ensure proper stress states are maintained. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304578 | Edge Assemblies For Slate And Tile Roofs - An integral roof and gable edge assembly includes a metal or plastic sheet formed with positioning surfaces to facilitate slate tile installation by relatively unskilled roofers. The roof and gable assemblies include one or more hooks for holding one or more slate, ceramic or other similar roofing tiles in fixed position along the eaves and/or gables of a roof. A lift arm can be provided on the roof assemblies to replace cant strips and simplify tile installation. Tiles can be easily installed without nailing through the tiles. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304579 | Removable Mid-Section Production Floorboard - A removable flooring system includes modular floorboard panels having one or more latches, placed on longitudinal support structures having mating locking disks, so that the floorboard panels can be readily secured to the longitudinal support structure. In one embodiment, the floorboard panel comprises a top skin, a frame, and a bottom skin. Two latches may be located in the panel, where each latches comprise a latch handle, a moveable cam, and a board disk. The locking disk is affixed to the longitudinal support structure, and is designed to receive the board disk. The latch can be rotated so the cam readily engages and disengages with the locking disk. To use the system, a plurality of longitudinal support structures are placed in a plane, and a plurality of floorboard panels are placed over the longitudinal support structure, and affixed by rotating the cam in the latch. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304580 | Magnetic Tiles - This invention offers a kind of magnetic material, which especially refers to wall tiles and floor tiles. This invention contains a building material( | 2012-12-06 |
20120304581 | PRESS-FITTED DECORATION TILES - The present disclosure relates to press-fitted decoration tiles installed as finishing materials on an indoor floor surface of a building, an apartment and/or a house is disclosed, wherein a coupling force among decoration tiles is excellent through mutually press-fitted plurality of decoration tiles to prevent the decoration tiles from being distanced and disengaged and to free from adhesive harmful to human body, the press-fitted decoration tiles including a groove unit formed at each one lengthwise marginal circumference and one cross-wise marginal circumference of the rectangular decoration tile, and a lug unit formed at each other lengthwise marginal circumference and other cross-wise marginal circumference of the rectangular decoration tile that face the each one lengthwise marginal circumference and one cross-wise marginal circumference of the rectangular decoration tile. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304582 | POOL LINER RETAINING SYSTEM - A pool liner retaining system having a pool wall structure that includes a plurality of interlocking panels and methods of constructing a pool wall structure using such interlocking panels are disclosed. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304583 | Metal stud roof deflection clip - An improved deflection clip for connecting metal stud walls to a structural building member, which accommodates relative compensating vertical movement, is disclosed. Some embodiments of the present invention allow for the deflection mounting clip to be set into place by metal barbs, eliminating the need for screwing the stud to the ceiling track runner, then subsequently removing the screws when the wallboard is installed. A deflection clip in accordance with the present invention has a flat base with left and right flanges substantially perpendicular to the base. Each flange has a number of triangular barbs facing externally to secure the deflection clip to the track without the need for temporary fixation. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304584 | ARCHITECTURED REINFORCEMENT STRUCTURE - This invention presents a modified reinforced concrete structure, which has a steel structure composed of a beam steel box unit, column steel box unit, and beam-column joint steel box unit with lap jointing reinforced steels. The side plate and/or end plate of the steel box has through holes for concrete flowing therebetween. In this way, the workability of concrete grouting and tamping are improved, and the phenomena of hive, segregation, or floating can be avoided. It can also enhance the performance of beam-column joints (e.g. with better confinement ability, etc.). Applying the invention, the efficiency and accuracy of constructing beam-column joints can be increased, and in addition to better ensure the structural safety, it can also reduce construction manpower and schedule. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304585 | VISION PANEL ASSEMBLY MOUNTED IN A TWIN SHEET DOOR OR WINDOW AND METHOD OF INSTALLATION - The Invention relates to Vision Panel Assembly for a twin sheet door/window and a method of installation. The vision panel assembly comprises of a frame, brackets, a vision panel and securing means for fastening the vision panel assembly. In one embodiment of the invention the vision panel is installed equidistant from either sheet of the twin sheet door/window. In a second embodiment the vision panel is installed to one side of the vision panel assembly to rest against the cutout in the Outside sheet of the twin sheet door/window. The method of installing the vision panel assembly comprises the steps of making cutouts of equal or unequal dimensions on both sheets of the door/window, fixing the frame members onto the inner surface of the sheets of the twin sheet door/window to form the frame and securing the vision panel into position in the frame with the help of brackets which are fastened into the frame using securing means. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304586 | BOND BEAM REBAR POSITIONER - A bond beam rebar positioner including a center segment having an undulating form positioned between first and second legs, each of the legs including a first segment arranged perpendicular to a notional straight line longitudinally bisecting the curves of the center segment, a second segment perpendicular to the first segment, parallel to the straight line, and in a direction away from the center segment, and a third segment perpendicular to the second segment, coplanar with the second segment, and perpendicular to a common plane of the center, first and second segments. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304587 | FASTENING DEVICE - A fasting device that fastens a supporting member such as a foundation plate ( | 2012-12-06 |
20120304588 | Method for Erecting a Wind Turbine Tower - The present invention concerns a wind turbine ( | 2012-12-06 |
20120304589 | DOUBLE-DUTY, HOLD-DOWN SYSTEM - A method for securing a building to a foundation provides hold-down units that perform double-duty by acting as a compressive load on a floor immediately therebelow due to the force of a seat or base portion thereof. Meanwhile, a flange portion of each hold-down device extends upward to fasten to the upright members in an upper floor applying tension thereto. Thus, an anchoring rod extending through multiple floors of the shear walls may reduce the number of total hold-down devices by an amount approaching half that otherwise required. Likewise, the number of more expensive, automatic, take-up devices used is reduced by approximately half. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304590 | SET OF PANELS COMPRISING RETAINING PROFILES WITH A SEPARATE CLIP AND METHOD FOR INSERTING THE CLIP - The invention relates to a set of panels, preferably of floor panels, consisting of a first panel and at least a second panel with, in each case, a top side and an underside, wherein the first panel comprises at an edge a first retaining profile with a hook directed towards the top side, the second panel comprises at an edge a second retaining profile with a hook directed towards the underside, the first retaining profile and the second retaining profile can be connected by a relative movement directed perpendicular to a plane of laying, and wherein a separate clip is provided, which comprises a clip head, a clip body and a clip base. Moreover, the invention relates to a method for inserting the clip into a retaining profile. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304591 | Spacer systems for insulated glass (IG) units, and/or methods of making the same - Certain example embodiments relate to improved spacers for insulated glass units. Certain example embodiments relate to corrugated spacers that extend around a periphery of an IG unit. In certain example embodiments, the spacer includes at least one structured concave cavity. When positioned in conjunction with a substrate, the cavity may be filled with a sealant. In certain example embodiments, the sealant may be a thermoplastic sealant. In certain example embodiments, another cavity may be provided that may accept a structural sealant. In certain example embodiments, the thickness of the corrugated faces of a spacer may be less than the thickness of the shoulders of spacer. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304592 | Decking Member - A decking member can have a plurality of panels each with first and second side supports. The plurality of panels can each have a plurality of slots and optional hooks. A shelving system has a frame and at least one decking member. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304593 | FLAT ROOF SUPPORT STRUCTURE - A flat roof support structure includes a plurality of vertical columns, an elongated generally horizontally oriented beam associated with and positioned atop each vertical column, and attachment structure fixing the upper end of each vertical column to a mounting area of the associated elongated beam. The attachment structure includes U-shaped attachment members affixed to opposed sides of the vertical columns at the upper end of each column with the attachment members opening in an outwardly directed orientation parallel to the associated elongated beam. A pair of attachment plates is fixed to opposed sides of each elongated beam in the mounting area. The attachment plates extend downwardly below a lower surface of the elongated beam a distance equal to a portion of the U-shaped attachment members so as to overlap the portion. Attachment devices fix the attachment plates to the U-shaped attachment members and are assembled on-site. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304594 | Machine for filling bottles with solid forms of pharmaceutical products, in particular capsules, pills, pastilles, and/or tablets - A machine for filling bottles with solid forms of pharmaceutical products is provided with a plurality of discharge ducts, each of which feeds a plurality of the solid forms from a containing tank into a corresponding bottle and cooperates with a deviating device, which is movable between a first operating position, in which the deviating device is arranged so as to allow the solid forms to be fed along the discharge duct and into the bottle, and a second operating position, in which the deviating device is arranged so as to prevent the solid forms from being fed along the discharge duct and into the bottle. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304595 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR CONTROLLING AIR INSIDE A CLOSED CONTAINER - A system having a sealed container capable of storing an oxygen-degradable product and an air control device attached to the container, where the air control device includes an activation device; at least one air control valve to allow air to flow out of the container, at least one pressure relief valve, an at least one air flow device comprising a vacuum pump, at least one filtration device and at least one controller and where the air control device is designed to securely attach to the container. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304596 | MEDICINE DISPENSING APPARATUS - A medicine dispensing apparatus fills a vial having a polygonal cross-sectional shape with medicines to dispense the medicines. The apparatus contains a stocker, a first vial transporting unit, a vial orienting unit, a labeling unit, a second vial transporting unit, a medicine filling unit, and a vial discharging window. The stocker stores the vial. The first vial transporting unit transports the vial from the stocker to the labeling unit. The vial orienting unit adjusts an orientation of the vial. The labeling unit labels the vial. The second vial transporting unit transports the vial from the labeling unit to the medicine filling unit. The medicine filling unit fills the vial with the medicines. The second vial transporting unit further transports the vial from the medicine filling unit to the vial discharging window, where the vial is discharged through the vial discharging window. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304597 | UNIVERSAL CONTAINER CAPPER/DECAPPER - A universal container capper/decapper includes a capper/decapper assembly, and an axial actuator. The capper/decapper assembly comprises a capper/decapper housing, and at least one gripper arm. The capper/decapper housing has an axis of rotation. Each gripper arm has a driven end, a gripper end, and a knee portion intermediate the driven end and the gripper end. Each gripper arm is pivotally coupled to the housing proximate the knee portion. The axial actuator is coupled to each driven end and is configured to drive each gripper end in a radial direction relative to the axis of rotation by rotating each gripper arm about the respective knee portion relative to the housing. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304598 | Slot Gripper - A slot gripper for removing twistlocks from container fittings or for inserting twistlocks into container fittings, comprising a twistlock receptacle, arranged in a receptacle plate and a tool that locks and unlocks twistlocks arranged in the twistlock receptacle by rotating, is characterized by two clamping jaws extending in the receptacle parallel to the receptacle plate and arranged opposite each other. A first pin extends from the receptacle plate at a right angle at the edge of the receptacle, a second pin is arranged on side of the first pin opposite the receptacle and extends from the receptacle plate at a right angle, and a rope guiding element extends from the receptacle plate at a right angle at the edge of the receptacle. The first pin, the second pin, and the rope guiding element are each supported against the force of a spring and can be lowered in the receptacle plate. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304599 | Flexible Supercapacitor and Preparation Method Thereof - A flexible supercapacitor and a preparation method thereof are provided. The flexible supercapacitor includes a polymer-based solid electrolyte layer, two active layers respectively disposed on opposite surfaces of the polymer-based solid electrolyte layer, and two electron conducting layers disposed on outer exposed surfaces of the two active layers. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304600 | Containment Device And Method Of Use - A flexible, portable, storable, tamper-evident, containment device comprising a substrate, a transparent laminate, and a liner is used to identify, preserve, and protect medications, specimens, samples, small parts, and other objects. The laminate is bound or fixed to a side of the substrate and extends beyond the substrate. The portion of the laminate that extends beyond the substrate is removably secured to a liner with an adhesive that remains on the laminate when the liner is removed. After the liner is removed, the laminate is folded over the substrate and secured to the substrate by the adhesive that remains on the laminate. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304601 | SELF-ADJUSTING SADDLE PAD - The present application relates generally to an apparatus to be used as a saddle pad for laying on the back of a riding or pack animal to reduce pressure point, irritation, and injury. More particularly, the present application relates to a saddle pad that has self-adjusting features that can compensate for wide variances in the contours of an animal's back as well as various saddle configurations, and thus, can reduce the discomfort an animal that is associated with a saddle or weight load. The self-adjusting features are provided by at least one protective packet configured to be removably placed within at least one interior pocket of the saddle pad. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304602 | WAVED FILTER MEDIA AND ELEMENTS - Various high performance, high efficiency filter media are provided that are cost effective and easy to manufacture. In particular, various filter media are provided having at least one layer with a waved configuration that results in an increased surface area, thereby enhancing various properties of the filter media. The filter media can be used to form a variety of filter elements for use in various applications. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304603 | LOW ELONGATION STRUCTURES FOR HOT GAS FILTRATION - Structures containing a fiber mat inserted into a high modulus scrim of minimum basis weight 35 gsm. The structures have reduced tensile elongation at 50 N per 5 cm fabric strip in MD under ISO 9073-3 standard norm. The structure has a basis weight of at least 9 ounces per square yard (305 grams per square meter). The structure also has heat resistance of at least 150° to 190° C., preferably over 200 up to 260° C. to for service under typical hot flue gas filtration conditions. Filter bags made from these structures provide a controlled dimensional stability over their entire filter life time. In addition such stable structures are suitable for lamination with fragile membranes especially e-PTFE membranes where minimum amount of mechanical damage to the membrane occurs. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304604 | BUILDING AIR FILTRATION SYSTEM - An air filter system and an air filter therefor are provided for use in a building with first and second zones separated by a wall-door system having a wall with a door therein. The gap between the door edges and the door frame and the door threshold region has an air flow permitting region in at least a portion of the gap. An air filter is mounted to extend substantially across the air flow permitting region. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304605 | CATCH BOX - A catch box may include two air intake sections of an air intake system, wherein the catch box is embodied as water separator at the same time. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304606 | Dual Storage Dust Collector - A dual storage dust collector for a vacuum cleaner has a hopper for receiving the dust from the vacuum and a dump tank for receiving the dust from the hopper. A valve between the hopper and the dump tank is operable whether or not the vacuum is running. Thus, whenever the valve is open, dust falls from the hopper into the dump tank and, whenever the valve is closed, the dump tank can be disconnected from the hopper and emptied without interruption of the vacuuming process. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304607 | AIR CLEANER FOR MOTOR VEHICLES OPERATING IN EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS - A motor-vehicle air cleaner comprises the filter assembly, an air-cleaner housing configured to fittably and removably accommodate the filter assembly and to enclose the main filter and the auxiliary filter separately when the filter assembly is accommodated in the air-cleaner housing. The motor-vehicle air cleaner further comprises a flow restrictor configured to restrict air flow to the auxiliary filter. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304608 | Air Treatment Device - An air treatment device for a commercial vehicle includes a housing set up for connecting to an air dryer device by way of a bayonet fitting. A retaining device that is or can be mounted on the housing for retaining the bayonet fitting is provided on the housing. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304609 | Z-filter media pack arrangement; and, methods - Z-filter media pack arrangements and methods for providing them are described. The preferred arrangements have a cured-in-place jacket around an outside of a coiled z-filter media combination. The preferred cured-in-place jacket is a mold-in-place overmold which includes, integral therein, a housing seal arrangement. Preferably a cured-in-place center core is used, most preferably one that has opposite concave ends with seal arrangements configured to seal a lead end portion of the coiled z-filter media combination. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304610 | Cut Sight Gauge - The present invention relates to the field of corn field production equipment used for detasseling operations. More specifically, the present invention is a cut sight gauge for providing an integrated means of monitoring the height of cutters and tassel pullers on corn crop cutting machines. The cut sight gauge ensures a uniform operating height of cut consistent with the optimum growing demands of the plants. The added safety advantage to the operator and the area supervisors who manage field operations are also a benefit for the field-specific set up applications as described herein. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304611 | CAM SHIELD FOR A ROTARY REEL - A cam shield for a rotary reel of a crop harvesting header disposed adjacent to a tine bar of a rotary reel and mounted for movement along a cam in a generally constant angular relationship thereto for deflecting crop material from a cam region forward of a cutter bar and below the cam during rotation of the reel. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304612 | INTERMESHED FEEDING SYSTEM FOR ROUND BALERS - An improved crop pickup apparatus for a round baler in which the pickup apparatus substantially wider than the bale chamber inlet opening. The pickup apparatus includes a transversely aligned, overshot crop feed rotor positioned longitudinally between the forwardly disposed pickup tine reel and the rearwardly disposed floor roll. The feed rotor comprises a plurality of generally radially extending feed fingers that intermesh with a plurality of circumferential grooves on the floor roll and tines on the tine reel thereby enabling the spacing between the rotational axes of the floor roll, tine reel, and feed rotor to be reduced compared to a non-intermeshing arrangement. The intermeshed relationship also strips crop from the feed rotor without the use of a separate crop stripping device. The feed rotor further comprises a pair of tapered feed augers arranged on the feed rotor rotational axis positioned outboard of the inlet opening. The auger taper improves crop movement from the outboard portions of the pickup apparatus to the feed rotor feed fingers. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304613 | SPLIT FIBER PRODUCING DEVICES AND METHODS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF MICROFIBERS AND NANOFIBERS - Described herein are apparatuses and methods of creating fibers, such as microfibers and nanofibers. The methods discussed herein employ centrifugal forces to transform material into fibers. Apparatuses that may be used to create fibers are also described. Described herein are fiber producing devices that are composed of two or more members, that, when coupled together, define an internal cavity and a plurality of openings. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304614 | Wrapped Yarns For Use in Ropes Having Predetermined Surface Characteristics - A blended yarn comprises a plurality of first fibers and a plurality of second fibers. A coefficient of friction of the second fibers is greater than a coefficient of friction of the first fibers. Abrasion resistance characteristics of the second fibers are greater than abrasion resistance properties of the first fibers. A gripping ability of the second fibers is greater than a gripping ability of the first fibers. The plurality of second fibers are combined with the plurality of first fibers such that the first fibers extend along the length of the blended yarn and the second fibers do not extend along the length of the blended yarn at least a portion of the second fibers are engaged with and extend from the plurality of first fibers effectively to define surface characteristics of the blended yarn. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304615 | PROCESS OF MAKING A FIRE RESISTANT THREAD - A method for producing a fire resistant thread comprising the steps of: unwinding a first yarn being a fire resistant polymer from a first spool onto a first pirn; unwinding a second yarn being a synthetic and/or natural yarn from a second spool onto a second pirn; unwinding a third yarn being a synthetic and/or natural yarn from a third spool onto a third pirn; unwinding the first yarn, the second yarn and the third yarn from the first pirn, the second pirn and the third pirn; twisting the first yarn, the second yarn and the third yarn each in a first direction; twisting the first yarn, the second yarn and the third yarn together in a second direction to form a three-ply thread; coating the three-ply thread with a bonding agent in order to form the fire resistant thread; and collecting the fire resistant thread. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304616 | COMPONENT FOR A LINE ROUTING SYSTEM INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE LINE ROUTING DEVICE, AS WELL AS A CORRESPONDING LINE ROUTING DEVICE AND LINE ROUTING SYSTEM - A component for a line routing system including at least one line routing device having at least one section of the surface of the component that is flocked. The component of line routing device is at least one of a chain link, a chain link plate of a chain link, a transverse web of a chain link, a cover of a chain link, a dividing web of a chain link, a guide element, a housing, a line, and a hose. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304617 | COMBINED CYCLE POWERED RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVE - A combined cycle power plant for a railway locomotive is disclosed. In one embodiment, the power plant comprises two prime movers operating independently of one another. The waste energy of one prime mover is used as the energy source of the other prime mover. The shaft work of each prime mover is connected to a common load. The shaft work of the first prime mover is directly connected to the load, whereas the shaft work of the second prime mover is selectively coupled or decoupled to the load using a clutch. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304618 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SMALL SATELLITE PROPULSION - In a propulsion system, an electrohydrodynamic (EHD) body force is used to control the flow of a propellant through a micro channel, expansion slot, plenum chamber, or other flow region and thereby increase the specific impulse created by a propulsion system. In an embodiment, a plurality of electrodes are arranged and powered to create a plasma discharge, which can impart an EHD body force to a fluid. Various configurations of electrodes can be used to control the flow of the fluid into, out of, or through the flow region. In an embodiment, the use of EHD body forces can reduce, or substantially eliminate, shear forces on the surface of a plenum chamber, micro channel, or expansion slot of the propulsion system, resulting in a smooth flow of the propellant and increased thrust. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304619 | ENGINE FOR THRUST OR SHAFT OUTPUT AND CORRESPONDING OPERATING METHOD - An engine and a method of operating the engine are provided. The engine includes a gas turbine and fan that rotate together to provide an exhaust gas flow stream, which flows over a free turbine that is connected to a power take-off. The free turbine can extract energy from the exhaust gas flow stream and transfer it as shaft power to the power take-off and the amount of energy extracted by the free turbine is controlled by varying the pitch of the free turbine's blades and/or by varying the pitch or stator vanes of a stator upstream of the free turbine. The control over the amount of energy extracted by the free turbine allows the engine to be used to provide thrust from the gas turbine and fan or to provide shaft power at the power take-off, or a combination of thrust and shaft power. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304620 | CATALYST, GAS GENERATOR, AND THRUSTER WITH IMPROVED THERMAL CAPABILITY AND CORROSION RESISTANCE - A catalyst includes a carrier of essentially hafnia, up to an equal part zirconia, and optionally additional stabilizers, upon the surface of which is deposited an active metal suitable to promote the reaction of propellants to be used in gas generators and thrusters. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304621 | CLAMPING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THRUST REVERSER ATTACHMENT - A method and system suitable facilitating the connection and disconnection of a thrust reverser assembly to a fan case of a nacelle of a gas turbine engine. The method and system entail operating a clamping system to simultaneously engage and disengage flanges associated with the fan case and flanges associated with the fixed structure of the thrust reverser assembly. The clamping system includes a plurality of over-center clamping mechanisms, each of which is movable to simultaneously clamp together complementary flanges of the thrust reverser assembly and the fan case. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304622 | METHOD OF USING A REGENERATIVE BRAKE SYSTEM FOR HEATING A MOTOR VEHICLE CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND POWERING OTHER ELECTRICAL ACCESSORIES - A method for a motor vehicle includes using a regenerative brake system that produces electric current as a result of application of said regenerative brakes and sending at least a fraction of the electric current directly to an electrical accessory of the vehicle and bypassing the battery. One electrical accessory may be an electrically heated catalytic converter. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304623 | EXHAUST GAS AFTERTREATMENT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR A GASOLINE ENGINE - Embodiments for an exhaust gas aftertreatment device are provided. In one example, an exhaust gas aftertreatment device for a gasoline engine comprises a filter body with porous filter walls through which exhaust gas flows to remove soot, the porous filter walls containing a first catalyst material and having a coating of a second catalyst material on partial areas of the filter walls. In this way, a particulate filter and catalyst may be provided in a common aftertreatment device. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304624 | NON-STOICHIOMETRIC PEROVSKITE OXIDE OXIDATION CATALYST FOR OXIDIZING NO TO NO2 - A non-stoichiometric perovskite oxide having the general chemical formula La | 2012-12-06 |
20120304625 | EXHAUST DEVICE OF OUTBOARD MOTOR - A water jacket is attached to an exhaust manifold connected to an exhaust port to annularly cover an outer side of an exhaust channel in the exhaust manifold. An engine cooling coolant is made to flow as a cooling medium of the water jacket of the exhaust manifold. An exhaust pipe in a siphon shape is connected to the exhaust manifold, a water jacket is attached so as to annularly cover an outer side of a front half portion of the siphon shape, and seawater is directly supplied into the water jacket to flow therein. Consequently, an exhaust device of an outboard motor practically having a compact structure and excellent exhaust performance and accordingly realizing excellent engine performance is provided. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304626 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN AMOUNT OF LIQUID REMOVED FROM A TANK AND REDUCING AGENT SUPPLY DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method for determining an amount of liquid removed from a tank per unit time includes discontinuously feeding the liquid to exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine by at least feeding the liquid through an injection line into the exhaust gas, measuring pressures simultaneously at least at two points in the injection line and determining an amount of liquid fed in per unit time from the measured pressures. The amount of liquid removed between a first point in time and a second point in time is further derived by integrating the amounts of liquid removed per unit time over a period of time from the first point in time to the second point in time. The method allows the precise consumption of the liquid to be calculated and the remaining amount of liquid in the tank to be additionally determined. On-board diagnosis is further possible with the method. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304627 | ELECTRONICALLY HEATED HYDROCARBON (HC) ADSORBER - An exhaust gas treatment system is provided, having an internal combustion engine, an exhaust gas conduit, an electrically heated catalyst (“EHC”) device, an oxidization catalyst (“OC”) device, an OC temperature sensor, a hydrocarbon (“HC”) adsorber, and a control module. The hydrocarbon supply is selectively activated for delivery of a hydrocarbon and formation of an exhaust gas and hydrocarbon mixture therein. The EHC device is selectively activated to produce heat and induce oxidization. The OC device is in fluid communication with the exhaust gas conduit and located downstream of the EHC device. The OC temperature sensor is in fluid communication with the exhaust gas conduit and located downstream of the OC device. The HC adsorber is located downstream of the EHC device. The control module is in communication with the hydrocarbon supply, the EHC device, the OC device, the OC temperature sensor, and the HC adsorber. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304628 | EXHAUST SYSTEM MIXING DEVICE - A mixing device comprises a circular disc of fin sections positioned so as to create openings in the inner and outer regions of the mixing device that generate oppositely rotating flows of exhaust gas. Each fin section may be identical, and may be created by a stamping process. The smooth surface of each fin section reduces creases, and thus, is less prone to urea buildup. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304629 | Adsorption Unit and Absorption Muffler of an Intake Manifold of an Internal Combustion Engine - An adsorption unit for combustion gas of an internal combustion engine has an adsorption housing having a chamber section with an inner wall. An adsorption element disposed in the adsorption housing is made of a gas-permeable adsorption medium that is formed to a hollow body and encloses an interior of the adsorption element. The hollow body has opposed open ends. A main flow passage extends through the hollow body and the combustion gas flows in main flow direction through the hollow body. The adsorption element has an exterior circumferential side facing away from the interior and delimiting together with the inner wall of the chamber section a bypass chamber surrounding the absorption element outwardly. In the main flow direction, the bypass chamber has a downstream end that is closed off and an upstream end that has at least one bypass opening that communicates with the main flow passage. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304630 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - A control system for construction machine includes a main pump; a circuit system including operation valves; a boom cylinder being connected to a specific operation valve; one passage allowing communication between the specific operation valve and a piston-side chamber; another passage allowing communication between the specific operation valve and a rod-side chamber; a hydraulic motor rotating by the action of return oil from the piston-side chamber; a generator generating power by a rotational force of the hydraulic motor; a battery storing power generated by the generator; and a valve mechanism being provided in the one passage communicating with the piston-side chamber, introducing the return oil from the piston-side chamber at the time of descent as a regeneration flow to the hydraulic motor and introducing the return oil as a recovery flow to the rod-side chamber if necessary by causing the return oil to flow into the other passage. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304631 | HYDRAULIC FLUID SYSTEM - A hydraulic fluid system for a mobile machine includes a closed loop hydraulic fan circuit. The hydraulic fan circuit includes a primary pump, a motor fluidly connected to the primary pump, and a fan driven by the motor. The hydraulic fan circuit also includes a supply passage extending from the primary pump to the motor, a return passage extending from the motor to the primary pump, and a first accumulator selectively fluidly connected to at least one of the supply and return passages via a charge valve. The hydraulic fluid system also includes at least one open loop hydraulic circuit fluidly connected to the first accumulator. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304632 | Oil jet for increased efficiency - The Oil Jet for Increased Efficiency system makes use of internally developed, and stored, oil pressure to direct additional force to assist moving parts in an internal combustion engine, rotating device of any nature, and/or any power producing mechanism, to assist in overcoming frictional, compression, drag, and other resistive forces within said mechanism in order to increase efficiency. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304633 | INTENSIFIER OF HYDRAULIC POWER WITH RELY WITH MAINTENANCE OF THE REACHED POSITION AND FORCE - The invention relates to a linear hydraulic actuator which incorporates inside it a piston which can be reciprocally actuated by means of a distributor and a feedback positioning and reversing device. If during its uniform linear travel the actuator meets a resistance or an obstacle, actuating the double-action piston reciprocally will enable the actuator to continue its stroke with intermittent motion and multiplied force without the mobile part of the actuator moving back from the previously reached position and until the obstacle has been overcome. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304634 | Engine Control Device - A first target engine speed is set in response to a command value commanded by a command unit and a second target engine speed lower than the first target engine speed is set based on the first target engine speed. A reduction range from the first target engine speed to the second target engine speed is set according to a type of a hydraulic actuator operated by an operation lever or a combination of plural hydraulic actuators operated by an operation lever. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304635 | Engine Control Device - A first target engine speed is set in response to a command value commanded by a command unit. A second target engine speed equal to or lower than the first target engine speed is set based on the first target engine speed. When the first target engine speed is reduced, the second target engine speed is set to be constant or be decreased and a reduction range for decreasing the first target engine speed to the second target engine speed is set to be decreased. The reduction range is set at zero when the first target engine speed is equal to or lower than an engine speed at least at a maximum torque point. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304636 | HYDRAULIC FAN CIRCUIT - A hydraulic fan circuit includes a primary pump, a motor fluidly connected to the primary pump, and a fan operably connected to and driven by the motor. The circuit also includes a supply passage extending from the primary pump to the motor, a return passage extending from the motor to the primary pump, and a pressure limiting valve configured to selectively reduce pressure of a flow of pilot fluid directed to the primary pump. The circuit further includes an override valve configured to selectively connect the supply passage to the pressure limiting valve. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304637 | HYDRAULIC APPARATUS - A closed-loop hydraulic apparatus | 2012-12-06 |
20120304638 | TEMPERATURE DIFFERENTIAL ENGINE DEVICE - A temperature differential engine device includes a low-boiling-point medium steam turbine ( | 2012-12-06 |
20120304639 | LEAN BURN ACTIVE IGNITION ENGINE WITH AFTERTREATMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - An engine system including a lean burn active ignition engine and aftertreatment system, and a method for operating such a system, are disclosed. In a representative embodiment, the lean burn active ignition engine includes an engine block including plural cylinders, an intake manifold adapted to provide charge air to the cylinders, an exhaust manifold, an active ignition source; and fuel and air handling systems that provide fuel/charge air mixture such that an air-to-fuel ratio of the mixed charge air and fuel in each of the engine cylinders is substantially greater than a stoichiometric quantity to achieve a lean burn condition. An exhaust gas aftertreatment system is fluidly coupled to an outlet of the exhaust manifold and includes an oxidation-reduction catalyst, and a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst fluidly coupled to the oxidation-reduction catalyst and positioned downstream of the oxidation-reduction catalyst. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304640 | EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION SYSTEM FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An exhaust gas recirculation device for an internal combustion engine having a supercharger has an intake air passage that intakes intake air for the internal combustion engine, an exhaust passage that carries away exhaust air from the internal combustion engine, an exhaust gas recirculation passage connected to the intake air passage, and an exhaust gas recirculation valve interposed within the exhaust gas recirculation passage. The exhaust gas recirculation passage recirculates a part of the exhaust gas based on an openness of the exhaust gas recirculation valve to control an amount of exhaust recirculation introduced into the intake air passage. A first end of the exhaust gas recirculation passage is connected to the intake air passage upstream of a compressor of the supercharger. A second end of the exhaust gas recirculation passage is connected to the exhaust passage downstream of a turbine of the supercharger. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304641 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE EQUIPPED WITH TURBOCHARGER - A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes a turbocharger; an exhaust gas purifying catalyst which is arranged at a section downstream of a turbine in the exhaust passage; and a low pressure EGR passage which connects a section downstream of the exhaust gas purifying device in the exhaust passage and a section upstream of a compressor in the intake passage. The compressor is provided with a movable vane mechanism capable of varying throttled quantity of a flow passage of intake gas by moving diffuser vanes. The movable vane mechanism is controlled so that the throttled quantity of the flow passage is decreased when the exhaust gas is led to the compressor via the low pressure EGR passage as compared with a case when the exhaust gas is not led to the compressor. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304642 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In an internal combustion engine having at least one exhaust gas turbocharger and an engine crankcase with at least one ventilation unit, by means of which a mixture of gas and lubricant generated in the crankcase of the internal combustion engine can be removed from the engine crankcase, and which cooperates with at least one first separating unit, by means of which lubricant can be separated from the gas and lubricant mixture formed in the crankcase, at least one further separating unit is associated with the at least one exhaust gas turbocharger, by means of which lubricant of a mixture of the lubricant and gas formed in the exhaust gas turbocharger can be separated from the lubricant and gas mixture. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304643 | WASTE HEAT RECOVERY MECHANISM AND WASTE HEAT RECOVERY APPARATUS - A waste heat recovery mechanism and a waste heat recovery apparatus generate electricity even when an expander, which is coupled to a combustion engine outputting rotational drive force, is locked. The waste heat recovery mechanism includes an alternator having a rotary shaft, which is coupled to and driven to rotate by a combustion engine, and an expander having an output shaft, which is coupled to the rotary shaft of the alternator. The output shaft applies a rotational drive force to the rotary shaft, thereby assisting rotation of the rotary shaft. A torque limiter is located between the rotary shaft of the alternator and the output shaft of the expander. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304644 | Method for retrofitting a fossil-fueled power station with a carbon dioxide separation device - A method for retrofitting a fossil-fueled power station is provided. The power station includes a multi-housing stream turbine with a carbon dioxide separation device. As per the method, a suction capability of the steam turbine is adapted for an operation of the carbon dioxide separation device to a process steam to be removed. The carbon dioxide separation device is connected via a process steam line to an intermediate superheating line. Further, an auxiliary condenser is connected to the carbon dioxide separation device. On failure or deliberate switching off of the carbon dioxide separation device surplus process steam is condensed in the auxiliary condenser. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304645 | Fuel Cell Powered Jet Engine - This invention is the use of a fuel cell for powering all the components of a jet engine, but especially heating elements used to heat the air moving through the engine, rather than burning jet fuel. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304646 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPAIRING AN ENGINE COMPONENT - A shim is provided for repairing damage in a surface of a mechanical piece at or near an outer edge of a bore in the surface. The damage may penetrate a given distance within the surface and the bore is in close proximity to an attachment hole. The shim has a body having a first side and a second side and a thickness therebetween that is equal to or greater than the depth of the damage penetrating the given distance and contiguous to the attachment opening, wherein the body fits within an area machined into an outer surface surrounding the bore. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304647 | REVERSE-FLOW ANNULAR COMBUSTOR FOR REDUCED EMISSIONS - A combustor for a gas turbine engine is provided. The combustor includes an inner liner; an outer liner circumscribing the inner liner; and a combustor dome having a first edge coupled to the inner liner and a second edge coupled to the outer liner. The combustor dome forms a combustion chamber with the inner liner and the outer liner. The combustion chamber receives air flow through the inner and outer liners, and the combustor dome is configured to bifurcate the air flow at the combustor dome into a first stream directed to the inner liner and a second stream directed to the outer liner. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304648 | INTEGRATED LATE LEAN INJECTION ON A COMBUSTION LINER AND LATE LEAN INJECTION SLEEVE ASSEMBLY - A late lean injection sleeve assembly allows the injection of fuel at the aft end of a gas turbine liner, before the transition piece, into the combustion gases downstream of a turbine combustor's fuel nozzles. The late lean injection enables fuel injection downstream of the fuel nozzles to create a secondary/tertiary (with quaternary injection upstream of the fuel nozzles) combustion zone while reducing/eliminating the risk of fuel leaking into the combustion discharge case. The fuel is delivered by the flow sleeve into one or more nozzles that mix the fuel with CDC air before injecting it into the combustor's liner. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304649 | FUEL INJECTOR - A fuel injector includes: a pilot injector configured to spray fuel so as to form a first combustion region in a combustion chamber; and a main injector provided coaxially with the pilot injector so as to surround the pilot injector and configured to supply a fuel-air mixture that is a mixture of the fuel and air to form a second combustion region in the combustion chamber, wherein the main injector includes: a first inflow channel through which the air having a major flow component in an axial direction is taken; a second inflow channel through which the air having a major flow component in a radial direction is taken and which causes the air therein to meet the air from the first inflow channel; and a main fuel injecting portion configured to inject the fuel only to the second inflow channel. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304650 | INJECTION SYSTEM FOR A TURBOMACHINE COMBUSTION CHAMBER, INCLUDING AIR INJECTION MEANS IMPROVING THE AIR-FUEL MIXTURE - An air and fuel injection system for the back of a turbomachine's annular combustion chamber, including a central injector and a peripheral annular fuel injector including at least one fuel injection aperture made in an annular wall and emerging in a peripheral annular channel separated from a central channel by the annular wall and having an annular space of admission of air. The system also includes multiple air ejection apertures made in the annular wall downstream from the fuel ejection aperture or apertures in reference to the flow of the air stream, for an additional injection of air into the channel. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304651 | INTEGRATED FUEL NOZZLE AND IGNITION ASSEMBLY FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINES - There is provided an integrated fuel nozzle and ignition assembly for a gas turbine engine comprising a body having a fuel nozzle portion and an igniter portion. The fuel nozzle portion defines a fuel passage extending therethrough between a fuel inlet and a fuel outlet for directing a fuel flow into a combustion chamber. The igniter portion projects laterally from the fuel nozzle portion on a side thereof and comprises an igniter receiving cavity positioned adjacently and laterally on a side of the fuel passage. The assembly further comprises an igniter secured in the igniter receiving cavity for igniting the fuel flow discharged by the fuel passage. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304652 | INJECTOR APPARATUS - An injector apparatus is provided and includes an annular inlet in which a first fluid traveling in a first direction is mixable with a second fluid to form a mixture, an annular outlet disposed downstream from the inlet from which the mixture is injectable into a main flow in a third direction and an annular intermediate section fluidly interposed between the inlet and the outlet and along which the mixture is re-directable from the inlet to the outlet. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304653 | LOAD MEMBER FOR TRANSITION DUCT IN TURBINE SYSTEM - A loading assembly for a turbine system is disclosed. The loading assembly includes a transition duct and a load member. The transition duct extends between a fuel nozzle and a turbine section, and has an inlet, an outlet, and a passage extending between the inlet and the outlet and defining a longitudinal axis, a radial axis, and a tangential axis. The outlet of the transition duct is offset from the inlet along the longitudinal axis and the tangential axis. The load member extends from the transition duct and is configured to transfer a load between the transition duct and an adjacent transition duct along at least one of the longitudinal axis, the radial axis, or the tangential axis. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304654 | COMBUSTION LINER HAVING TURBULATORS - A combustor for a turbine is provided. The combustor includes a plurality of fuel nozzles and a combustion zone is aligned with a combustion process associated with each of the fuel nozzles. A combustion liner includes a plurality of turbulator groups, and each of the turbulator groups has or more individual turbulators. Each of the turbulator groups is aligned with a hot streak caused by the combustion zone associated with the fuel nozzle. Each of the turbulator groups are circumferentially spaced from a neighboring turbulator group. | 2012-12-06 |
20120304655 | TURBOMACHINE COMBUSTOR ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A LINER STOP - A turbomachine combustor assembly includes a combustor housing and a combustor body. The combustor body defines a combustor liner having a first end portion that extends to a second end portion through a combustion chamber. A cap assembly is mounted at the combustor housing. The cap assembly includes an endcover, a plurality of fuel nozzles supported by the end cover, and an outer barrel member. The outer barrel member extends about the plurality of fuel nozzles. A liner stop is arranged on one of the outer barrel member and the first end portion of the combustor liner. The liner stop includes a stepped lip portion that receives the other of the outer barrel member and the first end portion of the combustor liner to form substantially smooth liner to outer barrel interface. The liner stop restricts axial movement of the combustor liner relative to the outer barrel member. | 2012-12-06 |