| 52nd week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 41 |
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| 20100329766 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRINTING BANNER MEDIA - An apparatus and method for printing banner media utilizing a conventional laser printer wherein no or substantially no modification is required to the paper tray of the laser printer. The apparatus further includes a storage compartment that can be operably coupled with the paper tray. Disposed within the storage compartment is a plurality of rotatably mounted spools having a banner media stored thereon. Additionally, an alternative method of configuring banner media in a conventional paper tray is provided whereby the banner print media is configured in one of a z-fold configuration and a modified z-fold configuration, with the modified z-fold configuration to inhibit creases in the banner print media. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329767 | TAPE CASSETTE - A tape cassette that includes a cassette case, a printing tape fed along a specified first feed path, a double-sided adhesive tape fed along a specified second feed path, a cylindrical tape feed roller that guides the double-sided adhesive tape along a section of its outer circumferential surface, a laminated tape restricting member provided on a downstream side of the tape feed roller on the first feed path and the second feed path and at downstream ends of the first feed path and the second feed path where the first feed path and the second feed path overlap each other, and an adhesive tape restricting member disposed to oppose the section of the outer circumferential surface and apart from the outer circumferential surface by a distance that is shorter than a length of the channel of the laminated tape restricting member. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329768 | CUTTING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cutting apparatus configured to cut a sheet or a sheet bundle includes a cutting blade whose blade surface has a plurality of grooves. In the cutting apparatus, a scraping member enters the grooves provided on the blade surface to scrape off cutting scraps remaining after a cutting operation. Accordingly, the cutting apparatus can scrape off cutting scraps from the cutting blade even if the adhesive force of the cutting scraps is great. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329769 | Printer - A roll paper printer having a cover movable between an open and closed position with the printer having hooks on locking levers disposed to the cover to hold the cover in the locked position upon engaging pins located on the printer body side and having an opening lever to unlock the cover. The printer also includes a paper cutter device having a stationary knife which is attached to the cover and contact plate parts which extend from the stationary knife for contacting the front panel part on the printer body and having extension springs disposed in tension for pulling the stationary knife towards the back of the printer such that upon closing the cover the contact plate parts push the cover to the front of the printer. This causes the hooks of the locking levers to press from the back against the engagement pins to eliminate any play in the cover when in cover is in the locked position and to assist in opening the cover when the cover opening lever is operated. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329770 | Nail Polish Bottle - A nail polish bottle has a pair of external generally arcuate depressions formed in opposite walls of the bottle that are sized to accommodate a respective one of adjacent fingers of a user's hand when those fingers are spread apart so that the fingers exert a gripping and stabilizing force against the bottle. The preferred location for the generally arcuate depressions places them at the lower portion of the bottle at approximately the same distance from the base of the bottle, and preferably close to the base. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329771 | ROLLING BALL STYLE COSMETIC CONTAINER STRUCTURE - A rolling ball style cosmetic container structure includes a tube, an axle sleeve, a hollow piston rod, a resilient member and an exterior cap. The axle sleeve includes a holding space, an inner flange, an outer flange, a resistant holding surface and a material discharge hole. The hollow piston rod includes a flanged disk, an annular flange, a receiving space, a central bore and a rod part. The hollow piston rod closes the material discharge hole in the retracted position and being with the central bore, the holding space, and the material discharge hole in fluid communication when the hollow piston rod is in the extended position, The rod part blocks the material discharge hole of the axle sleeve to avoid it from leaking. Thus, the cosmetic container structure doesn't have the problem of leaking liquid. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329772 | TUBE WITH RESILIENT APPLICATOR AND SCRAPER FOR DISPENSING TEXTURE MATERIALS - A method of patching a destination surface to substantially match a structure of an existing sprayed on visible texture pattern. A sponge member is displaced in a dabbing direction towards and away from the destination surface to transfer texture material to the destination surface. Individual particles of the texture material are supported by binder on the applicator surface such that at least a portion of the structure at least some of the individual particles supported on the applicator surface visibly extend from the destination surface. The portion of the structure of the individual particles supported by the binder that extends outwardly from the binder on the destination surface forms a visible structure on the destination surface. The visible structure substantially matches the structure of the existing sprayed on visible texture pattern. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329773 | ELEMENT FOR CONNECTING A LATTICE SYSTEM - An element is provided for connecting the chords of a lattice system, which consists of upper chords and lower chords, between which struts and/or stays are arranged, to a telescopic boom head. Thereby, the lower chords are directly connected to the telescopic boom head by means of bolts, while the upper chords can be connected to the telescopic boom head by a connecting element of variable length in such a way that—with respect to the connection of the lower chords—the upper chords can be connected to one another at a variable angle, and wherein the connecting element consists of two butt straps which can each be fastened at one end of mutually facing ends of the upper chords and can be connected to one another at different points. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329774 | CONNECTION DEVICE - A connection device for detachably and strongly fixing two connection target members has two confronting lever members configured to swing about a fulcrum member, a screw hole formed in the lever member of the confronting lever members and an insertion hole, through which a screw passes, formed in the other lever member. Both the lever members are caused to approach each other by screwing the screw into the screw hole so that locking portions of the lever members are displaced so as to be moved upward through the fulcrum member constituting a fulcrum portion. A fixing device main body is fixed to one of connection target members by a screw passing through the fulcrum member and the locking portions are locked to the other connection target member. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329775 | CONNECTING STRUCTURES COMPRISING HEATED FLEXURES AND OPTICAL PACKAGES INCORPORATING THE SAME - Particular embodiments of the present invention relate generally to connecting structures comprising heated flexures for aligning a first component with a second component. According to one embodiment of the present invention, an optical package includes a laser, a wavelength conversion device, a mirror and a connecting structure. The mirror reflects a laser beam such that the laser beam is incident upon the wavelength conversion device. The connecting structure includes a structure base and three bipod flexures. Each of the bipod flexures includes first and second bipod legs extending from the structure base to the mirror. A heating element is thermally coupled to the first and second bipod legs. The bipod flexures are arranged in a tripod configuration such that changes in the length of the bipod legs alter the reflection of the laser beam from the mirror. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329776 | CLAMPING ASSEMBLY - A clamping assembly ( | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329777 | DEVICE FOR AND METHOD OF FASTENING TWO COMPONENT MEMBERS - A device and method for fastening two component members. The device includes a first component member including at least two protruded portions each having a predetermined lead angle, and a second component member which keeps predetermined positional relationship with the first component member and has at least two protruded portions which are engaged with the protruded portions of the first component member, among at least two of which protruded portions, at least one of the protruded portion has a different lead angle from the lead angle of the protruded portions of the first component member, and the first and second component members can be moved closer opposite each other, the protruded portions are engaged with each other after moving opposite each other by a certain distance, and the first and second component members are integrally fixed by frictional engagement of the protruded portions differing in the lead angle. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329778 | Metal Sheet with Reinforcement Structure - A metal sheet comprises a main body; and numbers of reinforcement portions formed on peripheries of the main body, each reinforcement portion having an initiating terminal end coupled to the main body, a finishing terminal end extending from the initiating terminal end and two abutted portions respectively defined on two ends thereof; wherein the abutted portions of the two adjacent reinforcement portions are joined to each other. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329779 | Composite Structure - A composite structure adopted in composite closet, cabinet, combination house, mechanical assembly, wooden interior decoration or other composite furniture is provided. The composite structure includes a first board and a second board. The first board contains at least one male fitting, wherein said male fitting has a fitting head and a locking pin thereof and the radius of said fitting head is larger than the radius of said locking pin. The second board contains at least one groove on the lateral. Said groove has a wedge therein and said wedge has a mounting extending a fork thereon. Said fork has a slot with width smaller than the radius of said fitting head. Wherein said locking pin is located in said slot and then said fitting head is clipped by said fork and a groove base if said male fitting and said wedge is fastened. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329780 | BUSHING AND COUPLING SYSTEM - A bushing includes a base portion having a central axis, a substantially circular aperture extending through the base portion along the central axis, and a plurality of tapered fingers integral with and protruding from the base portion. Each of the tapered fingers are configured to deflect from a first position in which a bolt or similar fastener may pass through the bushing to a second position in which the bushing constricts or clamps down around the bolt. A coupling system and method for rigidly securing two or more components together using one or more bushings is also provided. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329781 | Road Barricade - Disclosed is a road barricade for creating an entry barrier or an obstacle. The road barricade includes an elongated body portion, a pair of leg assemblies, a pair of connector assemblies and a release mechanism. The pair of leg assemblies is configured to support the elongated body portion over a ground surface. The pair of connector assemblies is configured to pivotally connect a leg assembly of the pair of leg assemblies to the elongated body portion. The release mechanism is capable of actuating a movement of the pair of leg assemblies for assuming an un-collapsed position from a collapsed position. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329782 | Utilities Access Closure - A concrete lid for an in-ground utilities box includes a reinforcement structure filled with concrete. The reinforcement structure includes a plastic frame and one or more reinforcing trusses that extend between opposing sidewalls of the plastic frame. The reinforcing trusses also extend substantially between the upper and lower edges of the opposing sidewalls. For example, a reinforcing truss may include a flat truss member that is substantially coplanar with the lower edges of the sidewalls, and an arched truss member that extends towards (but does not reach) a plane defined by the upper edges of the sidewalls. The reinforcing trusses include openings that allow wet concrete to pass through. The sidewalls of the plastic frame protect the edges of the lid from damage. The reinforcing trusses reinforce the concrete lid, eliminating the need for separate reinforcement material. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329783 | ROAD FINISHER WITH AUTOMATIC ENGINE CONTROLLER - The invention relates to a self-propelling machine for processing bituminous or concrete pavement material, in particular a road finisher or a feeder. The machine comprises an internal combustion engine as a primary drive source, a controller for the engine, said controller receiving control signals, at least one additional drive unit for functional and operational components of the machine as well as at least one hydraulic circuit comprising a hydraulic medium reservoir. The invention is characterized in that the controller is configured for automatically causing starting and/or stopping of the engine in response to receipt of at least one specific control signal. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329784 | Self-Propelled Road Construction Machine - In an automotive road construction machine ( | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329785 | WATER SHIELDING BARRIER - A protective module for use as a water shielding part of a barrier, said barrier being adapted to be positioned between a body of water and an area of land to be protected. The protective module has a main plane and a first, second, third and fourth side, which sides define a main surface of the protective module, in the main plane of the protective module, the first and second sides being arranged opposite each other. A method of manufacturing a protective module according to the invention, concerning a barrier made up of interconnected protective modules and a barrier system including two or more protective modules, the protective modules being adapted to be joined together in such a manner as to form a barrier. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329786 | Fluid and Nutrient Delivery Irrigation System and Associated Methods - A system and method for efficiently delivering an aqueous solution to plants includes a hydrophilic solution-channeling device having a delivery portion positionable adjacent a root system of a plant. The solution-channeling device has a lumen therethrough for channeling a solution from an inlet to the delivery portion. At least a portion of the delivery portion has a porosity adapted for permitting a flow of the solution therethrough when acted upon by at least one of a surfactant root exudate and negative root pressure generated by the plant roots, for example, when experiencing water stress and/or a need for nutrients. The system also includes a pressure regulating device for providing at least a minimum pressure value to permit fluid to flow through the lumen and at most a maximum pressure value above which fluid flows through the lumen even in the absence of surfactant root exudate or negative root pressure. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329787 | Corrugated Leaching Chamber with Hollow Pillar Supports - A plastic leaching chamber has an arch shape cross section, corrugations, and one or more hollow pillars extending downwardly within the interior of the chamber, to support the top of the chamber when the chamber is under load during use. Chambers nest within one another to form a stack of chambers for transport or storage. Chambers have peak corrugations which are substantially wider than the intervening valley corrugations. Chambers having different widths and profiles have common size connectors. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329788 | Corrugated leaching chamber having wide peak corrugations - A plastic leaching chamber having an arch shape cross section and corrugations running transverse to the chamber length has peak corrugations which are substantially wider than the intervening valley corrugations. One or more hollow pillars extend downwardly within the interior of some chamber embodiments, to support the load applied to the chamber. Chambers nest together to form a stack of chambers for transport or storage. Chambers having different widths and vertical profiles have common size connectors for interconnecting as chamber strings. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329789 | Leaching chamber family with common end connectors - In a family of plastic leaching chambers, each having an arch shape cross section and corrugations, there are chambers of different top heights and possibly different widths. Each chamber has a common size of end connector, so chambers within the family, of any size, can be interconnected. Preferably, the height of an end connector is no more than the top height of the smallest chamber in the family. Preferred chambers have one or more hollow pillars extending downwardly within the interior of the chamber; and preferred chambers have peak corrugations which are substantially wider than the intervening valley corrugations. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329790 | Treatment and Prevention Systems for Acid Mine Drainage and Halogenated Contaminants - Embodiments include treatments for acid mine drainage generation sources ( | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329791 | SYSTEM FOR DEPLOYMENT OF A SEABED CABLE DISTRIBUTION NETWORK - The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for retrieval and deployment of a cable distribution network comprising a main cable and secondary cable sections branched off from the main cable. Retrieval and deployment of the cable network is accomplished by use of a multi-reel system having separate primary and secondary reels for accommodating sections of the main cable and the secondary cable sections. Since the primary and secondary reels are independently rotatable, the cable network can be installed efficiently and reliably. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329792 | Controlled bending of pipeline by external force - Controlled bending of a pipeline laying on the sea floor is achieved by attaching a bending sleeve assembly to a selected bending zone of the pipeline for limiting the controlled bending of the pipeline to a predetermined resulting bending configuration. External force is then applied on the bending sleeve assembly, bending the pipeline to the predetermined resulting bending configuration in cooperation with the bending sleeve assembly and the sea floor. External force can be exerted from one or more weights placed on top of the bending sleeve assembly. External force can be exerted from a winch attached to a wire, the wire passing through a pulley attached to a fixed structure, and the wire attached to the bending sleeve assembly. External force can be exerted through the bending sleeve assembly's contact reaction with an immobile object. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329793 | SMALL DIAMETER SPLITTER AND METHOD - A pipe splitter is shown including a splitter body having a central opening configured to accept a pulling or pushing member. An expander has an entry profile smaller than an inner diameter of a pipe to be split and an expanded profile that is larger than the inner diameter of the pipe to be split. A protrusion is disposed on the expander. The protrusion is configured to concentrate splitting stress at a location on the pipe. The concentrated splitting stress is greater than a threshold stress of the pipe to burst the pipe. In some examples, a method of pipe splitting is described. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329794 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR BOUYANCY COMPENSATION FOR DIVERS - An improved buoyancy compensation device having a lesser change in buoyancy with depth than conventional buoyancy compensation devices which use ambient pressure bladders is disclosed. The improved device comprises one or more elastic members that, throughout the working range of diving pressures and volumes, is always elastic and, when pressurized, maintains an internal air pressure that is always greater than the ambient pressure at any dive depth. The invention also relates to a method of providing a buoyancy compensation device with an elastic member having a lift versus depth characteristic that approaches the lift versus depth characteristic of a constant or fixed volume buoyancy compensation device. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329795 | Arctic platform - The instant disclosure relates to a system and method of constructing drilling and production platforms that are particularly useful in remote, inaccessible and/or environmentally sensitive operating environments. According to one aspect of the invention, an arctic drilling platform is provided wherein various methods and means of interlocking neighboring platform modules are provided. Methods and means for sealing the intersections formed between a plurality of interlocked platform modules are also disclosed. According to further aspects of the invention, improved platform floor plans are provided, and various wellhead cellar layouts and sealing means are also described. Methods and means of enhancing the usefulness of modular storage platforms are disclosed, and a number of support post installation and removal techniques are also provided. Also taught are a variety of methods of adjusting the height and level of an assembled drilling platform, and methods and means of adding extension members useful for extending the length of a support post are also described. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329796 | DRILLING RIG ICE PROTECTOR APPARATUS AND METHODS - A diversion assembly to protect a leg of an maritime structure from floating debris includes at least one upper inclined surface and at least one flotation element to buoy the diversion assembly around the leg of the maritime structure, wherein the at least one inclined surface is configured to divert floating debris away from the leg of the maritime structure. A method to protect an offshore platform from damage due to floating debris includes attaching a diversion assembly about the periphery of at least one leg of the offshore platform and diverting the floating debris away from the at least one leg of the offshore platform with at least one inclined surface. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329797 | Modified Storage Pod and Feeding System for Binder Utilized for In-Situ Pilings and Method of Utilizing the Same - In a vessel utilized for providing powdered materials, such as binder, for the construction of an in-situ piling, the vessel has a binder feeding system having a fluidization chamber, where the fluidization chamber receives air at a higher pressure than the substantial portion of the remainder of the vessel. This higher pressure enhances the fluidization of the powered materials as the materials are dispersed through an actuated valve at the bottom of the vessel. This system results in a decreased volume of air required for transporting the powdered materials through the feeder hose to the tool in the piling borehole, thereby reducing the creation of air pockets in the in-situ piling. This feeder system replaces the cell wheel currently used in binder feeder systems. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329798 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GROUND IMPROVEMENT - An apparatus and method for ground improvement includes a device having a plurality of tines extending downwardly from a top plate in a manner to achieve displacement of ground material downward and radially outward. The device is mechanically driven into the ground to achieve predetermined depths of penetration by the tines. The device is retracted and driven repeatedly to achieve densification. Optionally, voids made by the device can be filled with a flowable media. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329799 | Cutting tool for lapping plate - A cutting tool for a lapping plate surface profile comprises a major body and a cutting body, and the cutting body comprises a first connection surface, a second connection surface and a third connection surface connecting the first connection surface and the second connection surface. The third connection surface has a secondary portion connecting a arc-shaped portion of the first connection portion and an inclined portion of the second connection portion. The cutting tool employs the arc-shaped portion and the secondary portion to cut the lapping plate so as to form a sound profile surface. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329800 | TOOL FOR CHIP REMOVING MACHINING AS WELL AS A SOLID INDEXABLE CUTTING INSERT AND A SOLID BASIC BODY THEREFOR - A tool for chip removing machining, including a basic body having an insert seat, and an indexable cutting insert fixed in the seat. The insert includes an upperside, an underside, a pair of side contact surfaces, two cutting edges that individually extend along a chip surface included in one of the upperside and underside, at least two heads that are spaced-apart via an intermediate part and individually include a front portion having at least one cutting edge and a rear portion along which the pair of side contact surfaces are formed. The insert seat of the basic body includes a central hollow space, and a front cavity and at least one rear cavity in which the heads of the cutting insert are housed, the front cavity including a pair of side support surfaces against which the pair of side contact surfaces of the cutting insert are pressed when a tightening element pulls the head rearward toward the side support surfaces. The basic body is solid by being formed integrally of steel material. The seat is countersunk in the basic body such that the side support surfaces are integrated in the steel material. The cutting insert is formed integrally from a second, hard-wearing material having at least the same hardness as cemented carbide, the pair of side contact surfaces of the insert being integrated in the second material. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329801 | METHOD OF FORMING PISTON PIN HOLES AND BORING SYSTEM THEREFOR - A piston pin hole boring system and method of forming pin holes therewith includes fixing a piston to a fixture supported by a slide member. Then, rotating a cutting member about a first axis and moving the slide member with the fixture thereon toward the cutting member along the first axis and bringing the piston into cutting contact with the cutting member. Further, moving the fixture along second and third axes, each extending transversely to the first axis and machining the desired pin hole contours in the piston with the cutting member. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329802 | CUTTING DRILL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PRINTED WIRING BOARD - A cutting drill includes a shank having a hole and formed to be gripped in a tool holder, and a drill body having a rod shape and locked into the hole of the shank. The shank has an axis around which the drill body rotates. The drill body has a cutting-edge portion forming a tip portion of the drill body and a neck portion having a diameter smaller than a diameter of the cutting-edge portion. The cutting-edge portion has a first cutting-edge portion and a second cutting-edge portion formed between the first cutting-edge portion and the neck portion. The first cutting-edge portion is contiguous to the second cutting-edge portion by a step portion such that the second cutting-edge portion has a diameter which is smaller than a diameter of the first cutting-edge portion. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329803 | SELF-ALIGNING THREAD TAP AND METHOD OF UTILIZING THE SAME TO TAP EXISTING BORE HOLES - A self-aligning tap is used to produce correctly aligned new threads in an existing smooth bore hole. The design of the tap's shank, flutes, and cutting surfaces is that of commonly used existing taps. The flat end of the tap—the end that enters the existing bore hole—contains a threaded bore. A removable pilot that aligns the tap to the axis of the existing bore consists of a cylindrical body with a diameter slightly smaller than the existing bore hole, and a length no greater than the diameter of the major diameter of the tap. The upper end of the cylindrical pilot—the end that shoulders against the tap—comprises a threaded stem whose thread pitch matches that of the tap end's bore, and whose length is slightly less than the tap end bore's depth. Once the cylindrical pilot's stem is threaded into the tap end's bore and the resulting assembly is placed into the existing bore hole, it serves to align the tap so that its cutting teeth produce pilot threads which are accurately aligned to the existing bore hole's axis. Once the pilot threads have been produced by rotation of the tap, the tap may be removed from the existing bore hole, the pilot detached by unscrewing it, and the tap reinserted into the newly formed pilot threads. Further rotation of the tap completes the tapping operation of the existing bore hole to the desired depth. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329804 | Cutting Insert for Drill, Drill, and Method of Cutting Using the Same - A cutting insert for a drill of the present invention comprises an upper face having a first side and a second side respectively disposed on both sides of a first corner portion, a bottom face corresponding to the upper face, and a side face located between the upper face and the bottom face. The insert has a first cutting edge formed along the first side, and a second cutting edge formed along the second side. The side face has a first region corresponding to the first cutting edge, a second region corresponding to the second cutting edge, and a third region corresponding to the first corner portion. The third region has an upper region which is adjacent to the first corner portion and disposed toward the upper face, and a lower region located below the upper region. An inclination angle θ3 of the lower region to the bottom face is larger than each of an inclination angle θ1 of the first region to the bottom face and an inclination angle θ2 of the second region to the bottom face. A drill comprising the insert, and a method of cutting using the same are provided. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329805 | DIAMOND TOOL - Disclosed is a diamond tool. The diamond tool is coupled to a processing apparatus and may form a hole in a workpiece. The diamond tool includes a shank coupled to a connection portion formed at one end thereof and further coupled to the processing apparatus. There is a cylindrical opening formed at the other end of the shank; and segments formed at intervals along the periphery of the shank, the segments come into contact with the workpiece to form a hole in the workpiece. Each of the segments has at least one linear groove formed on the inner surface thereof or at least one oblique groove formed on the outer surface thereof. The segments are improved in shape to achieve improved cutting and cooling performance, increased stiffness and durability, and reduced load upon processing. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329806 | FORM TAP AND METHOD OF MAKING SUCH - A form tap includes a shank having a shank length and a thread portion that extends along at least a portion of the shank length. The thread portion includes a finishing portion and a chamfer portion. Each of the finishing portion and the chamfer portion include a plurality of threads and each thread has a crest and a root. The plurality of threads of both the finishing portion and the chamfer portion are spaced apart at a constant pitch, such that a crest-to-crest distance between adjacent threads remains constant along the entire thread portion. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329807 | ANGULAR INDEXING APPARATUS FOR MACHINE TOOL - An angular indexing apparatus for a machine tool includes a rotating shaft to which a rotationally driven member is secured; a housing, surrounding the outer periphery of the rotating shaft and mounted to and removed from the body of the machine tool; bearings disposed between the housing and the rotating shaft, and driving means disposed between the housing and the rotating shaft and rotating the rotating shaft to index an angular position. The driving means includes drive motors, each including a motor rotor and a motor stator concentrically disposed around the rotating shaft in the housing. The housing has wiring holes in a thick-walled internal portion of an outer cylinder surrounding the outer periphery of the rotating shaft. The wiring holes are provided along an axial direction of the rotating shaft. The wiring holes receive at least upstream portions in entire lengths in a drawing-out direction of cables connected to the driving motors. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329808 | Apparatus for Securing Heavy Columnar Construction Members, Including Oilfield Tubulars, to a Transporting Conveyance and Method of Using the Same - A pair of pipe bunks are utilized on in combination with a flatbed truck, deck of a work boat, or other conveyance means for securing loads of long, heavy, structural members during transportation. The pipe bunks have particular utility for oilfield tubulars. Each pipe bunk comprises a horizontal base member which is attached cross-wise to the flatbed of the truck, or deck of the workboat. A horizontal beam is attached to the horizontal base member and a vertical member is affixed to each opposing outside end of the horizontal beam. Adjustable slide members are slidingly attached to the horizontal base member, where each adjustable slide member has a vertical member which is disposed in offset facing relation with a respective outside vertical member. The slide members are attached to the horizontal base member with guide members. The slide members are adjustable with respect to the distance of each from the respective outside vertical member to accommodate the width of the desired load. The slide members are locked into position to secure the relative position of the slide members with the respective outside vertical members. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329809 | ARRANGEMENT FOR SUPPORTING LOAD IN TRANSPORTATION UNIT - A support arrangement for supporting load in a transportation unit, includes a rod-like support member to be placed beside the load to support it and two parallel rails in the longitudinal direction of the transportation unit and at a distance from each other. The support member includes support ends to be fastened to support points in the transportation unit so that the support member is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the transportation unit. To achieve safe and easily implemented support for the load to be transported, the support member is arranged to move along the inner walls of the rails and guided by the inner walls to set it against the load. The support arrangement includes an elongated flexible member and a tightening element for tightening the elongated flexible member against the load to be supported so that displacement of the load in relation to the rod-like member is prevented. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329810 | Load suspension device - A load suspension device that can be adjusted, locked, and braced horizontally, by means of hydraulics, has an extension device for length adjustment, and consists of two supporting parts and a hydraulic operating element having two work chambers, which is connected with one of the supporting parts and supports itself in the other supporting part, and adjusts these relative to one another. There is a pressure line and a tank line, a controller, a measurement sensor disposed on the hydraulic operating element or on the extension device, and a pressure measurement system. The extension device remains braced when the system is without current or pressure or when current or pressure is applied. The device is inexpensive to construct, service and maintain, minimizes damage due to impact of the supporting parts with an obstacle, and avoids impact stresses on the operating element from the hydraulic system. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329811 | VARIABLE GRIP BLIND RIVET - A variable grip blind rivet includes a tubular rivet body and a mandrel. The rivet body has a first shank, insertable into a hole in a workpiece, and a flange at a first end of the first shank for abutting the workpiece when so inserted. The mandrel has a head, for engaging a second end of the first shank, and a second shank adapted to extend through the axial bore of the rivet body. The head has an abutment portion for abutting the first end of the first shank, and the second shank has a first reduced diameter portion adapted to break when a predetermined tensile is loaded applied. At least one protrusion adjacent the abutment portion defines a recess for receiving the first end of the first shank during setting of the rivet. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329812 | SYSTEM COMPRISING A COMPOSITE ANCHOR BOLT AND GLUE - The invention relates to a system comprising a composite anchor bolt ( | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329813 | Self-Tapping and Self-Aligning Insert to Replace Damaged Threads - A self-tapping insert is installed in a pre-existing bore hole in a workpiece by rotating the insert, causing cutting threads on the exterior of the self-tapping insert to cut new threads. Engagement threads on the exterior of the self-tapping insert engage the new threads to retain the self-tapping insert within the workpiece. The self-tapping insert may comprise internal threads which are used to replace damaged threads in the workpiece. The means of installing the self-tapping insert may include a drive bolt having threads which make up into those of the self-tapping insert's internal threads. The self-tapping insert is aligned within the bore hole by means of a detachable pilot, which is connected to the insert with attachment means. The attachment means include the pilot being attached to the drive bolt. The pilot may be attached to the drive bolt means of left-handed threads in an axially-centered aperture of the pilot and matching left-handed threads on the end of the drive bolt. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329814 | Self-Tapping Insert and Method of Utilizing the Same to Replace Damaged Bores and Threads - A self-tapping insert is installed in a pre-existing bore hole in a workpiece by rotating the insert, causing cutting threads on the exterior of the self-tapping insert to cut new threads. Engagement threads on the exterior of the self-tapping insert engage the new threads to retain the self-tapping insert within the workpiece. The self-tapping insert may comprise internal threads which are used to replace damaged threads in the workpiece. The exterior threads of the self-tapping insert may be configured as left-handed threads, while the internal threads are right-handed threads. The top of the self-tapping insert may comprise a recessed hexagon configuration, and a drive device having substantially the same configuration may be employed to install the self-tapping insert, eliminating the need for a drive-bolt or special tooling, and allowing the counter-clockwise installation of the self-tapping insert. The exterior of the self-tapping insert may further comprise an integral pilot for aligning the insert straight with the axis of the bore, as well as a leading edge for cutting the new threads, which edge has a radial extension equal to or greater than the trailing edge. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329815 | Trim Panel Retainer Assembly - A retainer assembly comprises a pin including a head and a flange defining a groove therebetween for engaging a first panel. A grommet includes a collar encompassing the pin and flexible arms extending from a hinge point at the collar. The assembly is initially in a shipped position wherein the flexible arms extend along the pin and are maintained in a pocket between ribs of the pin. The pin is inserted through a second panel until the collar engages the second panel. The grommet bends at the hinge points allowing the flexible arms to slide out of the pocket and adjustable engage the pin and the second panel until the second panel is maintained in position by the flexible arms, collar, and flange. Upon removing the assembly from the panels, the grommet adjusts back to the shipped position and the assembly is ready for reuse. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329816 | Self-Tapping Insert and Method of Utilizing the Same to Replace Damaged Threads for Hydraulic and Pneumatic Applications - A self-tapping insert is installed in a pre-existing bore hole in a workpiece by rotating the insert, causing cutting threads on the exterior of the self-tapping insert to cut new threads. Engagement threads on the exterior of the self-tapping insert engage the new threads to retain the self-tapping insert within the workpiece. The self-tapping insert may comprise internal threads which are used to replaced damaged threads in the workpiece. The exterior threads of the self-tapping insert may be configured as left-handed threads, while the internal threads are right-handed threads. The top of the self-tapping insert may comprise an integral hexagonal shape, and a drive socket of corresponding size and shape may be employed to install the self-tapping insert, eliminating the need for installing the insert with a drive bolt, and permitting the left-handed rotation of the self-tapping inserts external threads. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329817 | TWO-WAY FASTENER - A two-way fastener includes a first member configured to be attached to a first workpiece via a tool selected from the group consisting of: a pair of pliers, a screwdriver, a nutdriver and a hammer; and a second member configured to be attached to a second workpiece such that the second workpiece comes together with the first workpiece and at least substantially hides the entire two-way fastener, the second member extending in an opposite direction as the first member. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329818 | CONNECTING FASTENER - In a connecting fastener consisting of a plurality of fasteners connected through a connecting member of synthetic resin, the connecting member includes a ring-shaped portion attached to so as to encircle the shaft of each of the fasteners to be connected and a connecting portion connected to the ring-shaped portions encircling adjacent fasteners. When the fasteners each suffers from the blow at the time of driving by a fastener driving tool, the ring-shaped portions each has strength enough to be held over the shaft and the connecting portion has strength enough to be broken. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329819 | HOLLOW WALL FASTENER - An anchor system for a hollow wall or ceiling includes an anchor portion having a flange and a penetrating portion extending from a rear surface of the flange. The penetrating portion has a fixed sleeve extending from the rear surface of the flange and a pivoting locking leg connected to the fixed sleeve by a hinge. The fixed sleeve has a sleeve opening extending longitudinally therethrough and the pivoting locking leg has a stub extending from a rear surface thereof to retain the penetrating portion rigid as the anchor is inserted into the wall or ceiling. A pin portion has a body and includes a flexible shaft extending from the body. The pin portion has an actuating element extending transversely from the shaft. The pin portion further includes an opening in the body, spaced from the flexible shaft. Once the pin portion is in place in the anchor, a secondary locking pin is inserted through the pin portion body opening into the hollow wall or ceiling to prevent rotation of the pin portion relative to the anchor portion. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329820 | SINGLE RETAINER MOUNTED RISER - A motor vehicle car body framing apparatus for use at a welding station, the apparatus including a gate having a frame structure and a plurality of tooling members carried by the frame structure for use in positioning components of the vehicle body at the welding station for welding. The tooling members are mounted on the frame structure by a plurality of mounting brackets. Each mounting bracket includes a base member mounted on the frame structure and a riser mounted on the base and mounting a respective tooling member. The riser is fixedly mounted on the base by a single central fastener bolt which may include a reduced diameter portion sized to breakaway in response to predetermined impact against the riser. The interface between the riser and the base comprises a plurality of contact points arranged in concentric relation with respect to the fastener bolt. The contact points may comprise a plurality of circumferentially spaced balls mounted on the base for coaction with circumferentially spaced grooves defined on the riser. A breakaway bolt assembly replacement kit is also disclosed as well as an arrangement wherein the riser is constituted by an integral extension arm of the tooling member. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329821 | Booklet stacker, ring-binding device, ring-binding system, and booklet stacking method - A booklet stacker to stack multiple booklets each bound with a ring member includes a stack tray on which multiple booklets are stacked, a shifter disposed upstream from the stack tray in a booklet conveyance direction in which a booklet is conveyed, the shifter to adjust a position of the booklet in a width direction perpendicular to the booklet conveyance direction by shifting the booklet a distance shorter than a ring pitch of the ring member in the width direction, and a booklet conveyer disposed upstream from the stack tray in the booklet conveyance direction, to convey the booklet positioned by the shifter to the stack tray. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329822 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MULTIPLE-SECTION PUBLICATION DOCUMENT - A method of producing a multiple-section publication document ( | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329823 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DELIVERY OF A TUBULAR TO A DRILLING APPARATUS - A method for delivering a tubular to a well centered drill axis includes rotating a transfer arm to which a tubular is secured about a first axis from a horizontal position to a vertical position at which a center of gravity of the transfer arm and the tubular is disposed above the first axis; and rotating an upper link of the transfer arm about a second axis while oppositely rotating a clamp support beam about a third axis from the vertical position toward the drilling apparatus while a lower link remains in the vertical position. In delivering the tubular to a drilling apparatus, a tubular supply apparatus controls the speed and acceleration of the tubular without having actuators thereof change between compression and tension states or between rotational states. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329824 | SWINGABLE SPACING DOCK - A swingable spacing dock is configured to berth a ship spaced from the shoreline and includes a support positioned on shore, a swingable dock arm pivotally mounted on the support, and a powered drive. The dock arm is driven by the powered drive to swing between a ship docking position where the dock arm extends outwardly beyond the shoreline to engage the berthed ship and a storage position where the dock arm is positioned substantially entirely over the shore. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329825 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR STOKER LADDER REPLACEMENT VIA AN OPEN TOP STOKER FRONT BEAM - A stoker device including: a ladder conveyor having legs extending over a bed and a channel, a yoke connecting a rear portion the legs; a beam assembly fixed to the bed and coupling the yoke to a reciprocating drive, wherein the beam assembly an anchor attached to the bed on one side of the channel, a brace beam attached to the anchor and extending over the channel, and a front beam on an opposite side of the channel to the anchor. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329826 | CHARGING DEVICE FOR DISTRIBUTING BULK MATERIAL - A charging device ( | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329827 | LINEAR VACUUM ROBOT WITH Z MOTION AND ARTICULATED ARM - There is described apparatus and methods for transporting and processing substrates including wafers as to efficiently produce at reasonable costs improved throughput as compared to systems in use today. A linear transport chamber includes linear tracks and robot arms riding on the linear tracks to linearly transfer substrates along the sides of processing chambers for feeding substrates into a controlled atmosphere through a load lock and then along a transport chamber as a way of reaching processing chambers. A four-axis robot arm is disclosed, capable of linear translation, rotation and articulation, and z-motion. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329828 | VACUUM PROCESSING DEVICE, MAINTENANCE METHOD FOR VACUUM PROCESSING DEVICE, AND VACUUM PROCESSING FACTORY - A vacuum processing device includes a first processing chamber for housing a workpiece and performing vacuum processing on the workpiece, an evacuatable second processing chamber for housing a workpiece to be vacuum-processed and a workpiece having been vacuum-processed, a gate unit provided between the first and second processing chambers in such a manner that the gate unit is attachable to and detachable from the first processing chamber, a transport device for loading the workpiece to be vacuum-processed, from a loading unit to a vacuum processing unit through the gate unit and unloading the workpiece having been vacuum-processed, from the vacuum processing unit to an unloading unit through the gate unit and a movement mechanism for separating the first and second processing chambers from each other. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329829 | FEED AND REMOVAL SYSTEM FOR MACHINE TOOLS - A feed and removal system for a machine tool has a supply device and a removal device for workpieces. Arranged at the front side of the machine tool are loading arms and unloading arms, which are pivotable about vertical pivot axes and, at their free ends, carry workpiece carrying devices. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329830 | Conveyor vacated shopping bin - A shopping bin which attaches to the top of a cart. The bin is detachable from the cart and can be slid onto the conveyor belt of a conventional check stand. The bin mechanism allows the conveyor belt to vacate the contents of the bin. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329831 | VEHICLE MOUNTABLE LIFT - Disclosed is a lift for use with a vehicle that includes a lifting surface, a telescoping assembly that telescopes horizontally further than the length of the lifting surface, a pair of moving pivots operatively coupled to an actuator and carried by the telescoping assembly, a pair of linkage rods pivotally connected between the lifting surface and the telescoping assembly by fixed pivot points and a second pair of linkage rods pivotally connected between the moving pivots and lifting surface, where the second pair of linkage rods are connected to the lifting surface by fixed pivot points, where the lifting surface is suspended from the telescoping assembly by the first and second pairs of linkage rods, where the lifting surface is raised and lowered by moving the pair of moving pivots with the actuator and where the telescoping assembly allows the lifting surface to move into and out of the vehicle. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329832 | SHAPE MEASURING APPARATUS AND ROBOT APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A housing including a base and cover has an open space that is open to the atmosphere and a closed space that is closed to the atmosphere. The open space contains a laser having a low operating temperature. The closed space contains a heat generating element and the like, which have higher operating temperatures than the laser. The heat generating element is in close contact with the base, which also serves as a heatsink, so that the heat generating element is cooled. Most parts of a motor, which is a heat generating member, are disposed in the closed space. A fan is diagonally disposed with respect to side surfaces of the heat generating element, which has a rectangular shape and flat side surfaces, so as to efficiently blow air toward the heat generating element disposed in the closed space. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329833 | Multi-Mode Unstacker Device for Unstacking Mailpieces - A mailpiece unstacker device comprises a feed magazine for moving the mailpieces in a stack and on edge in a certain direction towards an unstacker head. It is provided with materials sensors for delivering signals indicating that a current mailpiece has a cover made of a plastics material and/or includes a metal material. A control unit forces the feed magazine and the unstacker head to operate as a function of the signals generated by the sensors so that the mailpieces are presented facing the unstacker head in positions that are inclined backwards to various extents. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329834 | Low Friction apparatus(LFA) - An apparatus and method for creating and utilizing a low friction structure is provided. The low friction apparatus (LFA) of the present embodiments allow for moving a load across a work surface with minimal effort. The LFA provides for easier movement over a transport surface area, wherein the impact of a large bearing area is minimized using minimal friction. The LFA is further adapted to greatly reduce the frictional force between a load and a work surface thereby allowing low surface stress on a work surface combined with ease of movement. In addition, the LFA provides low friction and subsequent ease of motion even while turning or moving sideways since its characteristics are non directional. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329835 | AIRFOIL WITH HYBRID DRILLED AND CUTBACK TRAILING EDGE - An apparatus for a gas turbine engine includes an airfoil, a metering opening for metering a cooling fluid, a cutback slot configured to deliver the cooling fluid from the metering opening, and a cooling hole. The airfoil defines a trailing edge, opposite first and second faces, and a mean camber line. The cutback slot is defined along the first face of the airfoil adjacent to the trailing edge and offset from the mean camber line of the airfoil. The cooling hole has an outlet that is located at the trailing edge and substantially aligned with the mean camber line of the airfoil. The cooling hole delivers a portion of the cooling fluid from the metering opening. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329836 | METHOD OF OPERATING A HEATED GUIDE VANE ASSEMBLY - A method of operating a heated guide vane assembly for turbomachinery, the heated guide vane assembly including a plurality of guide vanes each having two major surfaces joined about their periphery by edges and an associated electric heater element secured to at least one major surface of the guide vanes. The method includes the steps of energizing heater elements on at least one of the guide vanes, de-energizing heater elements on at least one of the guide vanes, and energizing heater elements on at least one of the guide vanes which was not energized in the first energizing step. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329837 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALIGNING TURBINE COMPONENTS - Embodiments include a system having a turbine support key having a set of key segments selectively stackable together in a plurality of combinations to adjust a thickness between turbine supports based solely on a selection of the key segments from the set. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329838 | AERODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS USING DISCHARGE PLASMA ACTUATORS - The current invention provides significant performance improvements or significant energy savings for fans used in these applications: personal, industrial and automotive cooling, ventilation, vacuuming and dust removal, inflating, computer component cooling, propulsors for unmanned and manned air vehicles, propulsors for airboats, air-cushion vehicles, airships and model aircraft. Additionally, the invention provides higher performance such as higher lift and higher lift efficiency to small air vehicles. These advantages are achieved by using plasma actuators to provide active flow control effectors into thin fan blades and wing. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329839 | Screw Shaft Turbine Compressor and System - Disclosed herein are screw shaft turbine compressors having (i) a compressor section, (ii) a turbine section, (iii) a combustion section coupling to the compressor section and the turbine section, and (iv) a grooved shaft. The grooved shaft can include one or more grooves for providing fuel from the compressor section to the combustion section and for allowing exhaust to leave the combustion section and exit the turbine section. A method for generating different speed to torque ratios on the shaft and a system for generating torque on the shaft are further disclosed. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329840 | FLOW DEFLECTION DEVICE CONSTRUCTION - New devices and methods for the construction of large Flow Deflection Devices (FDDs) are presented. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329841 | California wind engine - The CWE Concepts are designed to extract the maximum possible wind energy passing through a given square footage area of influencing machine interface at given calculated velocities, to deliver that energy to two power take off shafts for end user's useful work (electrical power generation and other requirements). A multi-bucket “S” rotor, airfoils, baffles and cowling combined, utilize one hundred percent of that moving air volume most efficiently. Our strategies are to use smaller units, yielding more power than existing designs while being installed at much lower levels, urban friendly, less visible, nearly-enclosed rotating machinery, quieter, and safer for indigenous wildlife populations. We plan to market for commercial and residential customers, in turn providing HVAC and electrical power augmentation to utility companies—a reliable and robust addition to the national power grid. Our goals—reduce dependency on foreign oil and provide a clean alternative. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329842 | Arrangement and method to control the yawing of a wind turbine - A wind turbine and a method of controlling yawing of a wind turbine are provided. A nacelle is mounted rotatable around a first axis by an adjustable yaw angle and a hub is mounted rotatable around a rotational axis. The hub includes a blade rotating around the rotational axis, the blade defining a rotor plane perpendicular to the rotational axis. A channel of the wind turbine has an opening, the opening being located at a predefined distance to the rotor plane. At least one component of incoming wind is guided through the opening and into the channel as air flow. A measuring device is provided for measuring the air flow, the measuring device being connected to a controller. The controller detects a yaw angle error between a direction of the incoming wind and the rotational axis, the yaw angle error being used to adjust the yaw angle of the nacelle. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329843 | PANEL FOR SUPPORTING ABRADABLE MATERIAL IN A TURBOMACHINE - A panel for supporting abradable material in a turbojet, the panel comprising a rigid support for fastening to an inside wall of a fan casing and having one face covered in a laminated structure carrying a layer of abradable material, the laminated structure comprising sheets of fibers embedded in a polymer, and comprising an upstream portion covered by the abradable material and a downstream portion that extends beyond the abradable material, the thickness of the downstream portion being greater than the thickness of the upstream portion and being capable of withstanding ice impacts. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329844 | PROPULSIVE FAN SYSTEM - A propulsive fan system comprises a fan unit comprising a first stage array of rotatable blades upstream of a second stage array of rotatable blades. The first stage is coupled to a first drive means. The second stage is coupled to a second drive means. The first drive means is independently operable of the second drive means during operation of the fan system. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329845 | TURBO-MACHINE HAVING BELLOWS UNIT FOR AUTOMATIC AXIAL THRUST CONTROL - The turbo-machine of the present invention includes a volute casing, a rotating shaft, an impeller, seals, an axial thrust control member and a bellows unit. The volute casing defines therein a fluid passage. The rotating shaft is rotatably provided in the volute casing. The impeller is coupled to the rotating shaft to draw fluid using centrifugal force. The seals are provided around the front and rear ends of the impeller to prevent leakage of fluid. The axial thrust control member is installed in the volute casing behind the impeller. The bellows unit includes the piston installed in the volute casing in a shape surrounding a circumferential outer surface of the axial thrust control member; and a bellows connected with one surface of the piston, the bellows having the predetermined elasticity; and an internal space, between the piston and the volute casing, isolated from the fluid drawn behind the impeller. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329846 | TURBINE ENGINE COMPONENTS - A turbine engine component includes a wall, a main opening, and two clusters of two or more auxiliary openings. The wall includes cool and hot air sides. The main opening extends between the cool air side and the hot air side and has an inlet and an outlet. The inlet is formed on the cool air side, and the outlet is formed on the hot air side. The first cluster of two or more auxiliary openings extends from the main opening to the hot air side. The second cluster of two or more auxiliary openings extends from the main opening to the hot air side. The main opening may be cylindrical or conical with a converging passage extending from the cool air side to the hot air side. The converging main opening may enhance flow through the auxiliary openings especially at high blowing ratios. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329847 | STATIONARY BLADE AND STEAM TURBINE - A stationary blade and a steam turbine capable of reducing self-excited vibrations with a simple configuration are provided. A stationary blade has a cavity, extending in a blade-width direction, formed therein and slits communicating between the cavity and the outside. A wave-shaped plate spring that is in sliding contact with at least one of a pressure-side member and a suction-side member is provided between the pressure-side member, which is a portion on the pressure side of the cavity, and the suction-side member, which is a portion on the suction side of the cavity. When the stationary blade is elastically deformed, the wave-shaped plate spring causes friction between itself and at least one of the pressure-side member and the suction-side member. This friction attenuates relative positional displacement between the pressure-side member and the suction-side member. Thus, self-excited vibrations occurring at the stationary blade can be reduced. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329848 | SHROUDLESS BLADE - A shroudless blade for use in a compressor or fan of an axial flow gas turbine engine includes a treatment to the tips of the blades to improve the surge margin of the compressor. A series of cross bleed holes are formed at the tip of the blade, which may be a stator or rotor component, extending between the pressure and suction sides of the blades. Notches are provided at the tip of the blades to provide initiation sites for any fatigue cracks such that the cracks propagate from the base of these slots or notches and radially inwards into the body of the blades. The present invention provides an arrangement, which by provision of the cross bleed holes the propagation of the cracks is arrested. A preferred placement and orientation for the holes for best mechanical and aerodynamic performance is described. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329849 | TURBINE ROTOR - A turbine rotor which is easy to manufacture and has a high tolerable temperature is provided. A highly efficient steam turbine power plant is also provided. The turbine rotor is configured from a rotor shaft, an inner rotor disc constructed integrally with the rotor shaft, and an outer rotor disc which is welded to the inner rotor disc via a weld metal part and has a structure for fixing a turbine blade. The outer rotor disc preferably has a cooling hole which extends in an axial direction to penetrate the outer rotor disc over the thickness of the outer rotor disc. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329850 | EXTERNAL EXTRACTOR FAN FOR EXHAUST HOOD - An external fan for an extractor device, wherein the external fan includes a fan housing; a ventilator housing that is arranged in the fan housing and that has an air discharge; and a sound absorbing member that is arranged in the fan housing and that is opposite the air discharge of the ventilator housing. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329851 | Inlet Guide Vane for a Gas Compressor - An inlet guide vane for a compressor is provided. The inlet guide vane is adjustable to modify gas flow properties in the compressor, wherein electroactive polymers are arranged in the inlet guide vane such that the shape of the inlet guide vane is adjusted in a specified manner upon applying a voltage to the inlet guide vane. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329852 | CIRCULATION STRUCTURE FOR A TURBO COMPRESSOR - A circulation structure for a turbo compressor, in particular for a compressor of a gas turbine, is disclosed. The circulation structure includes at least one annular chamber that can be traversed in a circumferential direction, is concentric with a shaft of the turbo compressor in the region of the free blade ends of a blade ring, and radially borders a main flow channel. Several chambers that can be traversed in an axial direction are situated upstream of the or each annular chamber, when viewed from the main flow direction of the main flow channel. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329853 | MOISTURE REMOVAL PROVISIONS FOR STEAM TURBINE - Disclosed herein is a moisture removal system for a steam turbine including at least one perforated ring in an outer casing enclosing a stage of the steam turbine. The ring is configured to allow moisture to pass therethrough out of a steam path of the steam turbine. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329854 | SUPERCHARGER - A centrifugal supercharger is provided. One embodiment of the supercharger comprises a two-piece housing wherein a parting area is substantially aligned with a rotational axis of a drive or impeller shaft. Another embodiment comprises a sleeve, or intermediate member disposed substantially between the housing and a bearing assembly(s) located within the supercharger housing. Another embodiment comprises a disengagement device located between the supercharger impeller and the engine. The disengagement device allows selective disengagement of the impeller from the engine. This Abstract is provided for the sole purpose of complying with the Abstract requirement rules that allow a reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the disclosure contained therein. This Abstract is submitted with the explicit understanding that it will not be used to interpret or to limit the scope or the meaning of the claims. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329855 | FAN SHROUD WITH MODULAR VANE SETS - A fan shroud with modular vane members for a cooling system. A plurality of modular vane set members are positioned around the inner surface of the fan shroud ring, each of the modular vane set members having a plurality of vane members. The modularity provides flexibility and versatility for the fan shroud and corresponding efficiencies in costs and manufacturing. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329856 | SUPERSONIC COMPRESSOR COMPRISING RADIAL FLOW PATH - The present invention provides novel supersonic compressors comprising novel supersonic compressor rotors. The supersonic compressor rotors are designed to operate at very high rotational speed wherein the velocity of the gas entering the supersonic compressor rotor is greater than the local speed of sound in the gas, hence the descriptor “supersonic”. The new supersonic compressors comprise at least one supersonic compressor rotor defining an inner cylindrical cavity and an outer rotor rim and at least one radial flow channel allowing fluid communication between the inner cylindrical cavity and the outer rotor rim, said radial flow channel comprising a supersonic compression ramp. The novel supersonic compressor rotors are expected to enhance the performance of supersonic compressors comprising them, and to provide for greater design versatility in systems comprising such novel supersonic compressors. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329857 | Compact Fan - The present invention relates to a compact fan, comprising a fan wheel, in particular a radial fan wheel ( | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329858 | ROOF WIND-POWER GENERATOR DEVICE - Roof wind-power generator device of the present invention includes a rotor with a horizontal axis of rotation substantially at right angles with respect to the direction of the wind. The rotor is placed in a frame aimed at being arranged on the ridge of a roof. The frame includes, on each of both sides of the roof, a set of deflectors focusing the air flows in the direction of the rotor. Each set of deflectors has four walls, two side walls, an upper wall and a lower wall, which form a cone-shaped tunnel narrowing from its outer end to its end. The frame and sets of deflectors include devices permitting an adapting to the slopes of the roof, while keeping, for the tunnels, the same ratio between openings. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329859 | FAN ASSEMBLY - A fan assembly includes a first fan and a second fan mounted on the first fan. The first fan includes a plurality of locking units and a plurality of positioning dots extending upwardly therefrom. Each of the locking units includes a perpendicular portion and a horizontal portion. The second fan defines a plurality of through holes therein corresponding to the locking units of the first fan, and a plurality blind holes therein corresponding to the positioning dots of the first fan. Each of the locking units of the first fan extends into a corresponding through hole of the second fan with the horizontal portion thereof engaging with the second fan near an edge of the through hole. Each of the positioning dots of the first fan is received in a corresponding blind hole of the second fan. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329860 | FAN ASSEMBLY - A fan assembly includes a first fan and a second fan mounted on the first fan. The first and second fans respectively include first and second frames. The first frame includes four pairs of first flakes on a top thereof. The first flakes of each pair are arranged face to face, and each protrudes a first hook towards the other one. The second frame includes four pairs of second flakes on a bottom thereof. The second flakes of each pair are arranged back to back, and each protrudes a second hook pointing away from the other one. The pair of second flakes are received between a corresponding pair of first flakes with the second hooks respectively engaging with the first hooks. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329861 | Inlet Connecting Piece for an Axial-Flow Compressor - An inlet connection piece for an axial compressor, particularly for a turbocompressor, includes an inlet housing ( | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329862 | Cooling Hole Exits for a Turbine Bucket Tip Shroud - A turbine bucket for a gas turbine engine is described herein. The turbine bucket may include an airfoil, a tip shroud positioned on a tip of the airfoil, and a number of cooling holes extending through the airfoil and the tip shroud. One or more of the cooling holes may include a length of narrowing diameter about the tip shroud and a length of expanding diameter about a surface of the tip shroud. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329863 | METHOD FOR REDUCING TIP RUB LOADING - A method for reducing tip rub loads in a rotor blade is described having the steps of selecting a location of contact between the rotor blade and a static structure; selecting a location on the blade for incorporating a tip-cutter; selecting a cutter-profile for the tip-cutter; and incorporating the tip-cutter on the selected location on the blade such that tip-cutter is capable of removing a portion of the static structure during a tip rub such that tip rub loads are facilitated to be reduced. | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329864 | PLACEMENT OF STRAIN SENSORS IN WIND TURBINE BLADE - A method of monitoring strain on a wind turbine blade that has several structural components comprises locating at least three strain sensors ( | 2010-12-30 |
| 20100329865 | LIGHTNING PROTECTION MESH - A lightning protection mesh for a blade of a wind turbine comprising a first set of wires running in a first direction, and a second set of wires running in a second, different direction. The mesh has at least one tapered end at which wires from at least one of the first and second set of wires run together. The total conducting cross-sectional area formed by the wires in the tapered end is maintained within the tapered end, and the wires are bundled at the tapered end to provide an electrical connection to the mesh. | 2010-12-30 |
