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20090037327 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE ANONYMOUS EXCHANGE AND VERIFICATION OF ELECTRONIC FILES IN ESCROW OVER A COMPUTER NETWORK - A method and system for exchanging electronic files, such as digital images, digital documents, and/or digital audio files, via an escrow transaction. The method allows two transaction partners to store electronic files on a third party system and then grant each partner access to the files of the other partner only after both partners agree. The two partners can review partial information about the electronic files that is sufficient to determine if the files contain the expected data, but insufficient to derive meaningful information about said data. Instead of electronic files, it is also possible for one of the partners to provide payment in various forms in exchange for the electronic documents provided by the other partner. | 02-05-2009 |
20090060343 | METHOD FOR PARTIALLY OBSCURING CONTENT OF DOCUMENTS AND IMAGES - A method for partially obscuring part of a document (or image) for the purpose of hiding the content of that document while still revealing portions of the document so that the nature and validity of the content can be determined. | 03-05-2009 |
20110218902 | INTELLIGENT EXECUTION FOR BROKERAGE TRADE ORDERS - A method and apparatus for driving a trade via an electronic trading platform are provided. Traders may define trade order parameters including at least one monitored parameter and at least one rule for assigned thereto. The trade orders will only be executed when current market data satisfies the at least one monitored parameter and at least one rule. Said monitored parameters are selected from a current market price, a current bid and/or ask value, volume, a Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP), or a combination thereof. The rules are based on a number and/or volume of executed market orders, placed by other traders, during a certain time period, a time period passed since it was determined that the at least one monitored parameter satisfies the market data, or a combination thereof. | 09-08-2011 |
20120279803 | CENTRIFUGAL LUBRICATION APPARATUS - A lubrication apparatus is disclosed. The “Gheorghe Vasilescu” apparatus comprises a shaft having a passageway therein, a sump for storing a lubricant, and a lubricant pickup tube having one end connected to the passageway and another end having an intake orifice. The lubricant pickup tube and the shaft may be configured to rotate together as one assembly about the shaft axis. The lubricant pickup tube may be capable of picking up the lubricant from the sump due to the centrifugal force arising during such conjoint relative rotation. The passageway may be configured to deliver the lubricant from the sump to the outer surface of the shaft. The apparatus may further comprise at least one bearing. The shaft may be installed in the bearing. The shaft may be a part of an engine, a electric motor, a rotor, a turbine, a pivot, or alike. The passageway may have an S- or L-shape or any other appropriate form. The apparatus may further comprise a lubricant return element for draining back redundant lubricant from the shaft surface to the sump, thereby prvoviding a closed lubrication circuit. In yet another example, the sump may further comprise lugs on its inner surface to assist with centrifugal lubricant acceleration. The lubricant may be one of a mineral oil, synthetic oil, grease, or a combination thereof. | 11-08-2012 |
20140144726 | Centrifugal Lubricating Apparatus - The “Gheorghe Vasilescu” lubrication apparatus comprises a shaft having a passageway therein and a sump for storing a lubricant. The sump has a substantially cylindrical form and includes a bottom and side walls. The sump is also configured to rotate about a central axis of the shaft. The side walls are provided with multiple parallel lugs on an inner surface of the side walls. The apparatus further includes a lubricant pickup tube having one end connected to the passageway and another end having an intake orifice. The lubricant pickup tube is substantially perpendicular to the central axis of the shaft, and the intake orifice is substantially perpendicular to the central axis of the shaft. The passageway is configured to deliver the lubricant from the sump to an outer surface of the shaft. | 05-29-2014 |
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20140137663 | VALVE BALL FOR DIRECT FLOW MEASUREMENT - A valve includes a body having an upstream port to measure upstream pressure and a downstream port to measure downstream pressure, both ports configured re a common axis, and includes a ball arranged in the body to rotate re the common axis between open and closed positions to allow for fluid flow/non-fluid flow. The ball has a calibrated member having a calibrated orifice to allow fluid flow and has a flow coefficient, an upstream pressure tap located upstream of the calibrated orifice and in fluidic communication with the upstream port to measure upstream pressure when in the open position, the upstream pressure tap angled re the common axis, and a downstream pressure tap located downstream of the calibrated orifice and in fluidic communication with the downstream port to measure downstream pressure when in the open position, the downstream pressure tap angled re the common axis, so conditions of fluid flow are determined based on a measured pressure differential between upstream and downstream pressure taps re the flow coefficient of the calibrated orifice when in the open position. | 05-22-2014 |
20140140837 | FLOW CONDITIONING FEATURE FOR SUCTION DIFFUSER - A suction diffuser or arrangement is provided featuring a main suction diffuser body and a flow conditioning arrangement. The main suction diffuser body is configured with an inlet to receive an incoming fluid flow, an interior cavity to receive the incoming fluid from the inlet, and an outlet to receive the incoming fluid from the interior cavity and provide an outgoing fluid. The flow conditioning arrangement is configured in relation to the inlet and also comprises a flow conditioning portion having at least one inwardly contoured surface, configured to extend into the interior cavity, diffuse the incoming fluid passing from the inlet into the interior cavity, and provide a flow conditioning that produces a uniform flow of the outgoing fluid by directing the incoming fluid towards the outlet, based at least partly on a contoured design corresponding to the at least one inwardly contoured surface. | 05-22-2014 |
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20140360604 | Combination Isolation Valve and Check Valve With Integral Flow Rate, Pressure, and/or Temperature Measurement - A combination valve includes an isolation shutoff valve to prevent a fluid flow; a check valve to prevent backflow and gravity circulation of fluid flow; a pressure sensor to sense a pressure measurement of fluid flow and determine pressure sensor signaling containing information about a sensed pressure measurement; a temperature sensor to sense a temperature measurement of fluid flow and determine temperature sensor signaling containing information about a sensed temperature measurement; and a flow measurement sensor to sense a flow measurement of fluid flow and determine flow measurement signaling containing information about a sensed flow measurement. The pressure sensor, temperature sensor and flow measurement sensor are all embedded and preassembled in the combination valve with the isolation shutoff valve and the check valve as part of one integral composite unit or component, so as to form a combination isolation valve and check valve with integral flow rate, pressure and/or temperature measurement. | 12-11-2014 |